The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-29
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lists. the attraction de luxe was luilus
Caesar Eaynhe. an Athenian born of Gre
clan aristocracy and educated at Robert )
university of Bagdad and at Harvard
university. An Oriental Pageant was the
title Of Mr.. Nayphe's -demonstra-
tinn and while there was little III the
title 10 Indicate its real nature the lee
ture was the most amusing that has beeh
given in BrattlebOro III recent year, al
belt the gorgeous costumes and tapestries
which Mr.. Maybe used and the fact thai
much of his lecture concerned the are ana
habits of the people of the Near East gave
il an impressive and serious side. Ihe
costumes and tapestries We're made OF six
and leather and were valued at Sl2,oOo
They were under water several hours IN
/ n tent during q recent severe storm IN
Massachusetts, and the lact that they
were in no wise damaged IS proof OF tneif
genuine quality In an oriental wedding
| Scene which he de1ineated. he was as
sisted by six Brattleboro young women IN
costume. Miss Dorothy Shorey, Miss Dor
iothv Pratt. Mrs Gladys Barre, Miss
! Gretchen Goldsmith, Miss Jane Daley
land Miss Malva Roberts. Mr.. Maybe is
i'm great demand for the lecture platform
as he is the only person In tins country
doing this particular kind of work.
/ At the Sunday night service Miss Eek
boff Mr.. Crumrine and Mr.. COlafemIna
were heard in solo and duet selections
with Miss MesSner as accompanies, ana
later Mr.. Maybe. in costume, gave q
beautiful Interpretation OF the I'D psaim
which gave his audience an entirely new
conception of this Psalm. Between the
two narts of the program prayer was
offered by Rev. Newton Nj. Simmonds OF
Elizabeth. " j. who supplied the Raptls1
church Yesterday. and scripture was rea'
: by Rev. Ebert s. Hewitt of the Advent
Christian church.
The first of three series lectures OF
Chapters from the History of Socla
. Progress was given Saturday Afternoon
by the superintendent, DIR. J. Il. kam
: never, for Is years professor of economic
in the Kansas state agricultural college
His topic was The Struggle Upwards.
He traced the struggle of man upward
Z and forward to his present stage. Chron
ologically a mans material lIfe,-hls eco
! nomic life-cOmes first and is of primar.
3 importance to himself because without l
& it IS impossible to have a political, socia
or even religious life. In his primitiv
) condition man lives upon what he cal
appropriate from Nature and begins t
Z make progress as soon as he solves tn
: problem of getting food, clothing ant
Z shelter Progress * determined upon b.
Z the control he gains over his physical en-
: yironment When he had mastered tn
{ problem of getting food supply then h
had time TO learn how 10 make progress il
1 handicraft.-to build hats. etc. In tn
! early years. the speaker said, there wer
! Few permanent cities because of the ne
cesaity of moving about for the purpose O
! getting living and pasturage for tn
! cattle. In explaining the way in whic
! it probably was first learned how t
! plant. DR.. Kammeyer remarked that tn
primitive man conducted the first grea
] experiment station. In closing, he sal
: it was the privilege of each one in hi
generation to contribute his part, what
! ever it may be, to make the life of other
! larger and greater.
The program tonight will consist of
] concert by the Misses Grace and France
: Hoyt and Harry Wilhelm and a lectur
Z by Mrs Helen i. PaulSen on AIothe
8 Goose and Your Town.
q Tomorrow afternoon there will be
series lecture and the Howell COncer
8 party, consisting of Lewis James Howell
8 Nina prettyman Howell and Bessie Phil
lips. will render Il concert. In the even
Z ing there Will be a concert by the sam
8 party and Arthur Hunt Chute will lee
9 ture on The New World Spirit-Youn
Canada-Young America.