The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-08-03
CHAUTAUQUA NOW IN
FULL SWING

hard and diligently and are credited
with bringing the ChautauQue to
almost par. The last estimate for the
shortage places it at about $500 per
guarantor, which is indeed a record
for Blackfoot
Friday Evening
Friday evening the large tent on the
Central School grounds was packed
to capacity by the play Turn to the
Right" which was excellently given.
All the characters being fine, with
much showing Of dramatic talent.
Saturday Afternoon
Saturday afternoon the Chautau-
qua audience was charmingly enter
tanned by Alice Louise Shrode. With
most wonderful talent this little girl
gave whistling songs and readings.
Very few musical artists in the
world have such voice control as Miss
Shrode. She was accompanied at the
piano by her mother. The Musical
demonstrator Miss Evelyn M. Nc
Clusky gave a very instructive lee
ture on musical ear training. Miss
McClusky illustrated her lecture with
phonograph selections.
Saturday Evening
Saturday evening the audience was
again pleased by little Miss Shrode
and her mother. The evening lecture
was delivered by DR.. Ng. Poon Chew
on China and Her Future" DR.. Chew
is wonderfully we'll educated and Is
entirely American in spirit. He has
been lecturing in America for many
years, and has been educated since
childhood in this country. He sees
China from our standpoint and from |
the standpoint of a native Of China |
and gives some most valuable infor- |
nation.
Monday Afternoon
Monday afternoon the audience Of
the Chautauqua was entertained with
the most charming musical program
The Mixer quartet gave great and
various number of selections. This
quartet is the finest and best trained
in the U. S. They have travelled on
the Chautauqua platform for num-
ber of years. Their time and harmony
high praise TO his wonderful artistic
work.
Monday Evening
The evening program on Monday
was opened by lecture by Director
White. Then Mr.. Foulks the Presi-
dent of the local Chautauqua gave a
very fitting speech. The Mixer quar-
tet again very delightfully."- entertain
ed the audience with a number of
classical musical selections. Mr..
James Hamilton, Americas Lyric
Tenor gave number of songs which
were very pleasing.
Tuesday Afternoon
Tuesday afternoon The Chautauqua
audience enjoyed the Cartoon Lecture
by Miss Beatrice Stuart Weller. Miss
Weller lectured, while with artistic
skill she drew the pictures on canvas.
Miss Weller has worked in Europe
among the soldiers in the World War
and is very much interested in peace.
Her closing lecture was devoted to an
appeal for peace. She said Destroy
the profit in war and there would be
no desire for war. Our civilization
must be constructive not destructive.
thousand gave the su-
preme sacrifice of life for an ideal
What are we doing now, that the war
is over, to carry out that priceless
ideal?" eff the war questions were
put in the hands of the lawyers for
them to decide the nations would for /
get what they were fighting for be-
fore the questions were decided upon
by the lawyers In order to have a Il
peace we must have
social and economic understanding. II
The American people are so busy
making new laws that they have no
line to try them out. i
Tuesday Evening Il
The lecture Tuesday evening by X
Tom Skeyhill on "The New Renaiss-
lnce of European Civilization" was
most excellent Many expressed it as
he best lecture they had ever heard.
Mr.. Skeyhill is a most wonderful man Il
! bright and shining star in the pro- If
,ress Of the world, in the new orded E
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eacher of the brotherhood of man. Is
The fatherhood of God, Of peace, JUS e
ice, faith, love and all that is noble IE
nd uplifting to. human progress and
utilization Mr.. Skeyhill presented Is
hree questions: Where did present
ivilzation begin? Where is our CIV E
lization today? Which way is it head e
d? lie
Man has civilized himself through IE
ountless ages. The fall of Rome was
be greatest disaster in seven thous- II
nd years. lS
Civilization is very dangerous is
hing. 1t destroys itself and has new IL
r been a permanent thing and must Z
O on indefinitely, although every CIV ID
ization in the history of the human is
ace has been broken up, they should IL
ot be broken up. There is reason IL
r reasons for this break up and H
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