The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1921-03-24
Florida Assembly Course Is
Closed for Present Season
luith Reading by Bachelor


given by Irving Bachelor, famed jour
nalist. anthor and lecturer. al the Aud
itorium Tuesday evening His great
address gas fitting close 10 the -
number Assembly Course presented 10
the Triple Cities public by the Flor
ida Assembly and Forum during the
season OF 1890 and y.
Apparently 20 years old. but finely
preserved in body and mind, this noted
man Of letters was introduced in his
conventional dress attire BY Director
/ James Heafon just little after the
time for him 70 appear The large
audience seemed glad OF an opportu-
nifty 20 give him a hearty greeting
his lecture consisted of a more or less
faithful reading Of his widely read
story, keeping Up with Lizzie" To
hear an author read his own work
cannot help but give an added charm
10 such an entertainment. and Mr.
Bachelor has an original and iniInit-
able style all his own. which delighted
every reader in his audience
Lizzie Henshaw was the daughter Of
a country merchant in Pofnfyiew.
Conn and Dan Pettigrew. who was in
love with her. was the son OF her
fathers competitor. Lizzie was pretty
and bright and her rich friends had
no trouble IN intoxicating IN her mind
the idea that she should aspire for
someone besides country. boy. and
induced her father TO make all sorts
OF sacrifices 10 send her TO college
and finally TO Europe 10 polish OF her
finished education This woke Dan 5
I folks up and they entered the rivalry
TO do as much for their boy as was be-
I ing done for Lizzie He was sent 70
college, and the fathers OF both Lizzie
and Dan we're obliged TO raise the
price OF their groceries above the mar
{ ket value in order 10 levy a tax on
/ their patrons TO pay for the luxuries
they were lavishing on their children.
/ Ii was not long until all the young
folks OF Pointyiew were more or less
/ jealous Of Lizzie and Dan and were
trying TO match them N gaiety and
! extrayaganees and very few, if any. IN
the little place were making any eI-
| fort 10 i've within their means.
From the beginning The interest Of
/ the story Is woven about the admir-
able character and sensible mind of
+ Socrates Potter. the village lawyer. Il
/ was 10 him that both the fathers OF
/ Lizzie and Dan Went for money and
I advice when the extrayagances OF
I their children brought their finances
/ 10 very low ebhs On several occasions
i When Lizzie and her mother returned
from Europe all swelled up with the
/ thought of the girl marrying a Russian
noblemaa for whom her parents were
10 pay la.00o. her father took the
matter up with Potter. While the
4 lawyer Tiliculed the idea he told the
father II he would permit him 10 in
vestigate the Russian ana found him
/ all right he would advance the neces
sary cash. This was agreed TO bat
the waiting couple had hard work q
put of the wedding until Lawyer Pot
ter had received an answer Is his IL
quiries regard ing the prospective
bridegroom In fact. they made III
their mind everything must be Al
right or thew would have heard some
thing 10 the contrary. and the tei
thousand dollars to bind the wedding
ceremony was paid him by Lizzie
father. Just two days before III
4, wedding day Lawyer Potter received
Ia cable notifying him thai the Rus
sizu was 8 four aaslser and ftraut
and his character nil BY some sh1ewi
: WGTk fStSSf S1SteC4-8 IL x S<al-A e--At
the Russian from the cash from Lizzi'
and everything else about PolntvleY
after this incident Lizzie goes I
Lawyer Potter for advice, and ate
the latter showed her she had bee
chasing after the frivolities OF life
that her parents could not auord "a
jewels. expensive clothes and socls
extravagances she had been indus
ing in and that her father was pras
tically ruined financially as resM