Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-08-03
CHAUTAUQUA SESSIONS TO
DATE VERY INTERESTING

T, SATURDAY night anu SWellCu 10 1dIse
proportions by Sunday night
The management was most for
tunate in it's musical offering for
the first two days, the Scholle fam
lily orchestra being one of the most
artistic as well as the most enter
tanning companies ever appearing
here Their closing program Sun
day night so carried the audience
away that it was difficult to bring
the concert to a close and the COM
pany responded to vigorous cur
tain call after leaving the platform
The first afternoon program was
upset by the failure of the platform
manager to reach McConnelsv1lle,
owing to poor train service. He was
to have substituted for DR.. Fess,
who changed his date to Saturday
afternoon, Aug. 5. On Saturday
night everything was in good form.
DR.. Gage presided on the platform,
and from his first appearance on
the stage was great favorite. The
opening lecture by Ex-Governor W.
L. Harding, of Iowa, was one of the
best lectures heard at this Chautau-
| qua in many years.
Sunday morning was of unusual
interest because of the appearance
of the Muskingum Valley Music
Club, so strong, under the direction
of Prof. Omar Wilson. They led In
the singing Of a number of songs
and sang Listen to the Lambs as
more pretentious number, in a
style which delighted all present
and demonstrated the fact that mu-
sical ability in this locality is not on
the wane and needs only capable di
rection and proper encouragement
to restore music here to its tradi-
tional glory and set new standard
of artistic achievement and appre-
citation.
DR.. Gage preached a very helpful
sermon Sunday morning and in the
afternoon Hon. Webster Davis lee
tured on 1.-The Square Deal" Mr..
Davis who looks like Bryan and has
much of the pleasing quality of
Bryan's voice, gave happy, whole
some, cheerful and charitable dis
cussion of - the application of the
square deal to political, commercial
and social life, and greatly pleased
his hearers.
Again in the afternoon and at
night the Scholles were at their
| best and no company ever made
more friends here in two days than
they
Charlie Hitchcock was about av-
erage as an entertainer and gave a
program so different from the ordi-
nary reader program, that it per-
| haps would have made a hit had it
| been on any other night, but the
general feeling was that the leading
numbers were not appropriate for
Sunday.
Miss Frances B. Stillwell began
her work with the children Monday
morning and will train them all
| week for the big pageant Saturday
night.
The Ward Waters Company SEEM
ed rather light and feeble following
the ShOlles, but Mr. Waters rem
dition of a number delineating the
doings of bunch of "city fathers
and the honorable mayor of small
town in an important council meet
ing, rescued the entertainment from
the mediocre and delighted the aud
ience as few readings have done.
The lecture of Newton N Riddell
Monday night on Love, Marriage
and Parentage" was masterful and
one of the most timely, valuable
and interesting of the assembly.
DR.. Gage began a series of Moral
Culture talks on Tuesday morning,
which will continue throughout the
week
The Pierces, announced to appear
as an extra number Tuesday after
noon, were not able to come be-
cause of Mr.. Pierce being suddenly
taken i'll at AsburyPark forcing him
to cancel all engagements for the
week. DR.. Riddell's lecture on
Brain Building and Soul Growth"
was deep and constructive, and one
of the high spots of the assembly
for those who go to think and learn.
The music for Tuesday evening
consisted of community sing. con-
Quoted by DR.. Gage, new feature
for this assembly, which started off
very auspiciously. The lecture by
Henry Clark. on "Play Ball" gave
splendid satisfaction
Wednesday was featured with
two exceptionally strong and
thoughtful lectures, one by Mr.. Rud-
dell in the afternoon on ''The Psy-
chology of Success" and one in the
evening by DR.. M. H. Lichliter, of
Newton, Mass, on "The Vaudeville
Mind" The evening lecture was
one of the strong ones of the session
through the speaker took ground
which he admitted was not general
ly accepted.
The Nettle family which was sup
posed to be one of the big entertain
ment features of the program, failed
to appear for some reason and caus-
ed much disappointment.
The weather has not been the best
and this has hurt attendance some
up to this time. The management
feel that they have a very strong
program for the rest of the assem-
bly,, and with good break in the
weather, the attendance should be
large from now on. There is much
interest in the play by the Clifton
Mallory Company tonight, also in
Mrs. Stevens and the De Sellem-Fol-
som Co. Friday night, the pageant
by the children Saturday night,
with music by the famous Hruby
family, and in DR.. Benson, Jessie
Rae Taylor, the Muskingum Valley
Music Club and the Hruby concerts
for Sunday. 1t is very important for
the future of the assembly that the
public get into the spirit of the
ChautauQua, sacrifice some of the
personal plans and give it their 10y
al support.
C,,rrrseo DAINTY