Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-06-14
CHAUTAUQUA TO
OPEN JUNE Il
Will be Held on the Public School
Grounds. Prepare for
Ii Now.
ON SALE AT
PARMAN'S AND SCHRUBBE'S
Season Adult Tickets Will be $3.50
Children Under Ia, S1.00.
No War Tax.

The DEBORAH Chautauqua will open
here on the public school grounds
on June 81 and run until and in
GLIDING June 81 A house to house
canvass will be made this week by
three women connected with the
Chautauqua who will be accompanied
by local women.
Tickets are now on sale at Z. j..
Parman's drug store and r. Schrub-
be's book store. Season adul. tickets
will be $3.50 and children under IA,
$1.00. No war tax.
Apropos of the coming of Prince
Raphael Emmanuel on our chautau-
qua program is the following story
related by Elizabeth H. Manson, the
author, which give very fine in
sight into the character of this ex-
tremely interesting speaker. She
tells it as follows:
"He has a keen sense of hunor
and becomes hilarious when he
quotes our slang. One anecdote as to
this, then ! am going to the library
and get Pope's Essay on Man."
which he thinks / will enjoy. During
the war, his very foreign appearance
gave someone the suspicion that he
might be a spy. He was ques-
toned thusly:
"What is your name? ?" Raphael En-
manuel" "Family?" 81 am descend
ed from Abraham of Ur of the
Chaldees."
Country" "Mesopatamia (Chald-
dea). where is that" 1t is in
the valley of the Tigris and Euph-
rates" "By Gosh! l never heard
of that countryw
Then Prince Emmanuel went INFO
gales of laughter over that "By
Gosh"
81 Immediately vssualized the
name, "a silly habit l have), Raphael
Emmanuel patriarch with white
hair and flowing beard at least a
foot long. l even thought we might
have a stupid evening. Imagine my
surprise when the most faultlessly
attired young man stepped off the
stage. He is about thirty-has
black, piercing, magnetic eyes, black
i-@s-s,a~-s-ss-sa.--f--- the
| r.arfna4 "a 81 nxr
saw. He has been in the country
six years, and having learned his
English from Shakespeare, Burns
Emerson and Addison, he speaks a
purely classic tongue in heroic
style making constant illusions to
Aeneas and his travels much as
our young folks refer to the --latest
stunts of a movie favorite. / never
before realized the beauty of Virgi
until / heard him recite it with the
fervor and appreciation of a mar
who has never corrupted his minC
with modern trash. He said, 81 have
many times starved my body, but
have always fed my mind (Havine
learned English by reading metre, HI
always gives "ed" the accent of ;
| syllable.)
81 feel so ashamed when | com
pare the way ! have spent my TIM
and wasted my opportunities, tina
today / am sitting in sackcloth an
ashes. Here is this Chaldean, VIII
in the last six years has mastere
our language and read everything j
liable to quote at length from a
the best minds things apropos to a
occasions and not only that, but fine
ing in them daily comfort and solac
for his own soul. Who of US couI
do the same? He is old beyond h
years, having been isolated from HI
man companionship and yet at tim'
he reveals the frankness and naive
of a child. His face and especial
his hands, denote superlative refin
ment and sensitiveness which act
ally suffers at sight of anythir
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