Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-07-28
fnv DeIIa Crowder- MiIIcr.)

OF all the chautauqua programs
that have been offered to Salem DUR
ing the past eight years there has new
er been one Of greater educationai
value than the one just closed In
taking a backward glance over the
programs Of the past week we ina
that through the lecturers ana singers
We nave had glmpses OF several sec
tions of the world little known to most
Of us before Truly our geography les
sons through the chautauqua mas
brought the world to our doors.
on the opening evening Julius Cae-
sar Nayphe took US with him Iof
visit to the Holy Land. and who VIII
not recall with pleasure the charm
and grace with which he LED US
through the fathers house OF many
mansions and told us OF the CUSTOMS
manners and dress of that land upon
which so much OF our Biblical inter
pretation depends, and our faith rests
And who can ever forget the Willy,
clever expressions and the humorous
stories OF the "fixings," etc, that rip
ple throughout his lecture-paseant ii@s
water bubblng from spring. ana
who can forget those wonderful pieces
~ expensive tapestries, and the gor-
peous robes and other elegant essent-
lals found in the ceremonies Oh the
orient which he displayed? Ana VINO
can forget the charm of personain,.
ana fhe educational value OF the WORK
az this man? Truly the lesson wnicn
yoi gave us in geography, history anu
tha Bible, Mr.. Nayphe was one we
si,all ALWAYS treasure, and we thanh
Won for coming to us in Salem
Then the second day a little indian
singer came to us from Alaska You
didn't know that she was indian you
saw Well, she didn't wear her natiVe
dress. but she sang to us in her hatiVe
voice. and what a pure sweet voice II
vast 1t was like the plaintive caii oi
some wild bird which we may imagine
mal,as its home in that could noun
tIlnous country which is ours anu
vel Of which we know so little A.
ehe sang didn't you marvel at tne
progress that this little indian girl nag
made in refinement and educatlon
when 1t was but few years ago tha'
she and her people We're almost IN
civilized? -,
Then on the third day you Will re-
call Paul Pereira and his qulhte'
who came to us from that little couh-
try. Portugal, whose beautiful Queer
Isabella in days gone by sacrificed mel
Jewels that a great explorer lhlsh
make real a vision which he had, anc
which later discovered to the woria
new continent, where now Is foune
fshe land of the free and the nome o.
the brave" And whore Paul Periera
and his quintet, by the strings OF thei'
Instruments sang to us through M
own compositions the songs OF his peo
ple. The Portuguese are moody PIC,
turesdue folk. They are vivacious ahe
tempermental and who could not zee
this as he listened to the melodies ex
pressing so many moods and RANCHES
which ran through all Perieras com
positions
on the fourth day we were taken or
n little jaunt through the mountains
ana valleys Of Wales. We visited IL
cities and it's hamlets. We heard III
sacred songs and its popular ballads
we learned of its customs and cos
tune. We saw the fishwomen and w
heard them sing their wares. We visit
ed the home of the great English pre-
mler in his castle among the ruins OF
the north coast, whore for centuries
the tragedies and the ronances en-
acted there have ben producing thi'
great mind that stands so alone in th'
world of men and affairs today. Shu