The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-04
PLEASING CHAUTAUQUA DAY.
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decided hit in the afternoon and which
also scored heavily in the evening. was
the musical concert presented by the
Boston Little Symphony orchestra The
personnel comprised Madame Claire
Mayer, a soprano of great range and
quality; Miss Lucille Collette. violin
ist of enviable reputation; Madame
Renee Longy AliquelIe. renowned
pianist; and Georges Mayer, trumpet so
lolst with the Boston Symphony orches-
ira. Georges AIiquelle, the 'ceilist. was
unable to be present, on account of i'll
ness.
The program. both afternoon and eve
ming, was an extremely high grade one.
The fact that both programs were classi-
cal did not in the least detract from
their popularity, because of the remark
able versatility of these artists. Mr.
Niger. in addition to his ability as
trumpet solOist, is also a lyric tenor
with voice Of great range. sympathetic
expression and artistic finish. Madame
Mayer was appiauded with great enthusi-
assn at both concerts. and her duets with
Mr.. Mayer We're features of the pro-
grams. Miss Collette charmed her au-
dience with her artistic ability and rem
dered her violin numbers with perfect
ease and grace. Madame Iongy Mi
quelle Won enthusiastic applause by her
excellent artistry at the piano.
After the concert last night, which
was attended by the largest audience
thus far in the week, Circuit Director
F.. r. Miller of Swarthmore. Pa.
brought greetings from the association
and made a SHORT address on the inter
ests and ideals of Chautauqua.
The speaker of the evening was DIR.
Frank Bohn, whose subject was Good
News. He said that we must get inter
csted in European affairs and we must
get interested to the extent of cancelling
ila fufp iTaI Iabf y,-b1 70 ho
only way to begin the economic recon
StructiOn of Europe. He said this debt
as it affected this country was one of
our contributions to the war and out of
the goodness of our hearts we should
cancel the debt. Europe expects US to
do it, anyway.
Business. the speaker said, was gem
orally good. The best way to watch the
inward trend of business is to watch
the reports on iron, wheat and cotton
and the amount produced for these re-
ports are indices of our future prosper
Nv. Business is bound to be better he
said. Current reports show that in
many cases wages are not being lowered,
railroads are building, cities are build
ing. the iron and steel industry is in
fun swing. great crops of wheat are pre-
hcted and cotton is showing great prom
Uses
Regarding the tariff. the speaker said
this is an old, old, hackneyed question,
nevertheless il is not a question for pol
IticianS to decide. but it should be put
into the hands of a tariff commission
made mp Of experts who have studied the
question for years. for it takes years to
master the subject.
Mr.. Bohn said he hoped the soldiers
bonus would not go through. He said
it was the worst thing that could hap
pen to the returned soldier. The thing
TO do is to encourage the soldier to go
out on the farms, and engage in refores-
tation. There are scores of farms in
Vermont and New Hampshire, he said,
that are growing weeds, where they
should be growing trees and timber for
the future. 1t was a bonus that killed I
the old Roman empire, and the speaker
showed that after Rome won a war she
gave her soldiers free food and charity
which spoiled the man, and America
must not and dare not take that course
with her ex-seryice men.
He hoped for better relations with
Mexico and deplored the method of the
government in recognizing countries like
Turkey. and Austria Why don't we
recognize Mexico? The Mexicans are
progressing faster than many of the Eu-
ropean countries. and he showed the
great strides in education that were be-
ING made in that country.
The present day strikes, the speaker
said were due to the fact that we hated
too much and ana too little thinking ana
too much talking The first thing Jonah
said TO the whale when the latter heaved
Jonah on the beach was, ''If you'd only
kept your mouth shut. this wouldn't
have happened" We should have a coal
congress. the coal industry should be or
ganized, the old and decrepit Sherman
antitrust law should be relegated to the
scrap heap. The New England railroads
should all be united into one system. The
time has come when we must quit small
business and get into big business.
He commended Henry Ford for his
method of operating his Detroit and
Tronton railroad and said he ought to be
given the opportunity to see what he
can do at Muscle Shoals
The afternoon. program today viii
start with a concert at $50 by the
Clarke Concert party. following which
there win he lecture bv Walfred Lind
strom on The Spirit of America.
This evening the Clarke trio win give
another concert after which DIR.
Thomas +. Green. director of the Sneak
ers' Bureau Of the American Red Cross,
will give an address on Guarding the
Outposts. Or Green is n celebrated
orator and his lecture will be wen worth
hearing.
Tomorrow morning. the regular Junior
Chautauqua viii be held at 8 o'clock and
at II o'clock viii come the talk by the
sunerintendent on Economic Adjustment
and the Individual.