The Mena weekly star., 1921-07-07
LECTURER BROUGHT.
 STRONG TRUTHS.
Dr. McCord Raps Present Day tond'- tions-Gypsy Serenaders An other Feature Friendly
 Enemies" Tonight.

"Modern Jekylls," the lecture de-
 livered at the Chautauqua Tuesday
 night by Dr. Clyde Wilson MeCord Of
 Lincoln, Nebr., was one of the mas terpieees that has come to the people
 of Mena thru the medium of the
 White & Myers Chautauqua System.
 Doctor McCord, while professing not
 to be talking about conditions in Mena and the State of Arkansas, neverthe-
 less struck home at the very thing
 that is weakening our present educa-
 tional system and the civilization of
 the twentieth century. The keynote of his lecture was that in this day
 fathers and mothers have forgotten the fine art of thinking, and that as result we are all drifting with the tide, which condition is especially playing
 havoc with our educational institu- tions. He pointed out that from our high schools on thru universities and colleges, the matter of studying IS
 now a secondary matter, the atten- tion of the youths being given to dress and to having a good time. He drove home with force the truism that each man is the master of his own destiny, and as one of the splendid examples of this truism he related briefly the | life history of Dr. Frank Gunsalus, who as a widowed washwoman's son willed to become a preacher, and so worked and lived that in the life time of his mother she was able to give up | the washtub and once each Sunday sat under the voice of her son, as one of many thousands who heard him from Sunday to Sunday after he be- came one of the greatest preachers of | this country. The message that Doc tor McCord brought to Mena, to many. was worth the cost of the chautauqua.
 In the afternoon of Tuesday the | Gypsy Serenaders, a quartet of re- lmarkably versatile young ladies en- tertained the audience with songs and lreadings. The music, songs and cos tunes of the faraway countries made this number especially unique and in lteresting as we'll as entertaining. The | Gypsies gave the prelude at night, meeting with even more favor and hearty applause than they did in the lafternoon. In this connection it is in- teresting to note that Miss Frances Pettijohn, reader and pianist and manager of the company is a friend and acquaintance of Miss Ethel De- Pew Henderson. The meeting of the two ladies in Mena was an especially happy occasion for both.
 This afternoon Capt. Frank c. Ar mitage is the whcle showr using the program hour in giving interpreta- tions of Dickens characters, readings and stunts in magic art and ventrilo- quism. Captain Armitage went thru the World War as Canadian soldier, and doubtless during the afternoon, mixed in with his program of enter tainment, he will give Mepa folks vision of some of the horrors of the great war. Four years of fighting, living thru all of the hell and horror, l fit him to tell us something of what | took place at the front.
 Tonight the program will be the play, Friendly Enemies" play that will grip every one who comes under it's influence. Last year all agreed that Peg Q My Heart" was good, but all who have seen Friendly Enc
 mies," with one accord assert that the play this year is much stronger
 and teaches greater lesson than does the one given last year.