Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-08-14
MINNESOTA WOMAN
SCORES BIG HIT
f WITH TALK
800 IN ATTENDANCE
ERNEST GAMBLE CONCERT COM
PANY AND FRANK WALLER
ALLEN SLATED TO APPEAR ON
PROGRAM TONIGHT.

Eight hundred people listened to th'
address delivered by Mrs. Anna Uickil
Olescn the Minnesota woman orator
last nisht at the Ottawa Chautauqua
The day was a great success, both
from a financial standpoint and from
the entertainment viewpoint, the
thau auqua association officers bcln5
well pleased with the gate receipts
and the patrons with the entertain
ment. Judging by the attendance Of
the opening day. the Chdutauqud
movement has ben permanently reVi-
cd ana the summer assembly i, a fix
ture i'll Ottawa summer life in the
future.
This afternoon at ) O'Clock the
Ernest Gamble Concert company VIII
give program OF both classical and
popular numbers. The company prOn-
iSes to be one Of the most delightful
heard at the Chautauqua for many Il
day.
Tonight Frank Waller Allen, short
story writer and LECTURER, will talk Oh
Creative Personality" Mr., Allen has
Nill'h iIdHA PbPhldl bohh9' Hulti
have been classcd among the best
sellers Of the year.
Following Mr., Anon, thc Ernest
Gamble Concert company viii give
another concert.
The auditorium Of the Chautauqua
has been attraCtivcly decorated win
American flags and with baskets o,
cut flowers and plants for the eight
day assembly.
After listcueiug to Mrs Olcseu one
could readily believe that she hcld
the Democratic national convention IN
San Francisco for one and Onc-halt
hours by her OrdtOry. Possessed Of d
Speaking voice that easily carried til
the farthCat corner of the large open
auditorium, airs Olcscn spoke for
more than an hour in a tluCu' and
spontaneous manner, dclighting her
hearers. After listening to her re-.
markahe lecture it was easy to senI
why she has been accorded a unh
as one of the leading woman orators
in the United States.
She took for her subject last night
'1he New Social Consciousness, and
spoke in the manner Of q moderu
ldeaist, appealing to the masculinaI
members of her audience as well as tot
the women Am my brother
Keeper She asked. declaring That
practically all Of the modern nations
Of the earth would respond no, then
launching into talk on the world
war TO indicate that the nations OIL
the earth really were their brother.
keepers and showed themselves to !
when the time came for them to Catfrj
into the world war.
"Tho new social consciousness aha |
declared was born from the spirit Of /
the world war which both the WON II |
and the men adopted toward the win
ming Of the big struggle.
Up TO date' was given as the key |
note of the now social consciousness !
and law enforcement was given as the |
principal manner in which the ileal-I
istic state O., affairs could be reached /
The licensed saloon was branded BY |
the speaker as a greater foe 10 demuc |
racy than the kaiser, or any of III e |
heads Of the mOnarchicS Of Europe /
who tumblcd from their thrones as 4
result of the world war. She named /
the countries that have gone dry
since the war. and those that have |
adopted suffrage. telling Of the bene-
fits that have been derived from TIE
bloody struggle.
LaWossncss Of all kinds was scored |
and the women ana men were urged |
to see that minors could not purchas" /
cigarcts, and that the young girls Of !
the nation were shielded from im-I
proper costumes, dances and action |
of all kinds.
The proiiteer was also scored by the |
speaker, who declared that she belie,- .
ed II Christ We're here today Hell
would have the commandment "Th0nl
shalt not steal" written Thou shalt /
not proiitccr."
Following Mrs. Olesen, the Kalaluhi |
Hawaiian company gave one of thaI
finest musical programs ever heard |
at the thautauqua. Six very talented |
musicians, George Kalaluhi. the man
aRcr; MIR. and Mrs. David Kaleikoa. |
David lIopcki, C.. =, kukao and Miss
Lynn Ale. comprise this company. |
They made such hit with their
music in the afternoon that their pro |
gramc planned for the evening enter
tanment was almost disregarded, 50
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