The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1921-07-29
THE CHAUTAUQUA.

The Leavenworth chautauqua
opened Sunday afternoon, the Liberty
Bellies of Boston being the first num-
ber. They were heartily received
They appeared again in the evening
followed by Dr.. Robert Parker Miles
in his lecture, "Tallow Dips The
doctor delivers an entertaining lee
ture purely along sentimental lines
This lecture, it is said, he has deliver
ed over 5000 times. We hope that
we may be pardoned for saying that
he ought to prepare a new one and
say something of an educational val
ue For man of apparent great tai
ent to spend lifetime on the plat
form delivering this lecture is incon-
ceivable.
Monday afternoon the Stone Platt-
Bragers Trio appeared in very fine
musical entertainment. Dean Ell
wood c. Perisho followed in his lee
ture on "The Problems of Today"
ably delivered and fine, helpful dis
course which ought to be heard by all
the people of every community in our
nation. The evening was taken up by
the Trio, featuring Electra Platt,
monologist.
Tuesday afternoon we had the Low
eli Patton Company in a concert pre-
lude and Winifred Windus, reader
Each was heartily received The
Lowell Patton Company again APP
peared in the evening in concert and
f. B. Fish delivered his great lecture
Paying the Fiddler a discourse
in support of Americanism, Individ-
ualism and our present constitutional
government and against Socialism,
Communism or whatever name radio
alism may work under.
Wednesday the junior parade came
off and was a great success. The
children were logged out in fancy
dresses and presented novel appear
ance.
The winners Of the prizes were:
Three firsts as follows: Dorothy
Leslie as Miss Liberty; Constance
Campbell as Daisy; Mel Walton as
a wounded soldier.
Three seconds: Barnell Welsh as
Grandma; Juanita Burgess as Jigg'a
wife; Grover Cannon as Jiggs.
The afternoon lecture by Chief
Strongheart-" From Peace Pipe to
War Trail"-was heartily appreciat-
ed by all who heard him, Judging
from the applause. 1t is remark
able address. The chief claims that
| Ec has never attended school for a
day, but he reads and talks like a
man of much schooling. He explained
various Indian traditions, the Indian
educational method, code of ethics,
etc. He cannot understand why the
Indian is called savage and the
white men civilized and explained
that recently while in Washington, D.
| c., he had met a man who is a grad
uste of Harvard, Yale and Princeton,
| and he had asked him to explain it.
| The man of letters said that it was
because the Indians used to fight that
they were termed savages, and be
cause the whites are men of peace
that they are called civilized. The
answer did not satisfy him and he is
still seeking better reason. At the
close he told of the $4,000 Indians
who volunteered and fought in the
Great War, Of whom 800 were killed,
and thought that people good enough
to fight for a country ought to be ciii-
zens of that country especially since
| il is their native country, given them
| by God, and he asked that those who
agreed with him come forward at the
close and sign a petition asking that
lrdian children be obliged to attend
the schools of the whites in order that
they may learn the ways of the
whites and that the aged be given
proper care by the government, their
lands withheld from sale, etc. Many
went up and signed the petition.
Wednesday evening, the side-split-
ting farce, at Pays to Advertise, -
was presented to full house by the
keighley New York Players. As =
gloom chaser, at Pays to Advertise
cant be beat, and the large audience
thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it