Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-09
CHAUTAUQUA AT
WATERv|LLE|S
we'll attended

Ai.nough not capacity audience.
the big brown tent canopied a large
number of chautauqua enthusiasts
curing the afternoon program yester-
oay. George G. Allen. Judge Of the
superior court of Boston, held his
hearers for little more than an hour
with very interesting lecture on the
Needs of the Hour" Judge Alden
perhaps unconsciously demonstrated
the fact that he is something more
than wonderful lecturer. He is
numorist with rich sense Of humor.
a teacher, but rarely didactic: an ora.
tor, playing the part Of Truth: and a
natural born wit. A clear voice and
telling gesture gave added interest to
SUBJECT well chosen and we'll re-
ceived.
Among many other sharply pointed
observations, he said he didn't hank
, much on ancestry. Family trees were
all right, but often needed spraying.
Some people, however, were so COM
| pletely sold to the beneficial effects of
an honorable ancestry that they would
refuse to eat eggs that were not laid
oy plymouth Rocks. He said it mat.
tered little what person had done or
where he came from, the important
thing being what he gives and where
he is going.
He told story Of four bearers at
a funeral, one of whom snickered
while carrying the casket. After the
ceremony one Of his fellow bearers
took him to task for this breach of
courtesy. Well" he replied in self
defense. II Just couldn't help 1t. I
knew the man well. He was an athe-
tolI
no heaven and no hell. And now he's
all dressed up and no place to CO."
He touched on vice, fashion, fads,
use of cosmetics. and landed squarely
on the great evil Of the age-man's
passion for money. History, he said,
would bear out the fact that every ma
ton in the past that turned from God
to gold began at that moment to de-
| generate.
| In speaking of gfafters he intimated
that there were petty ones and big
| ones, and that the former should look
well to the elimination of his lesser
aptitude ere he could be justified in
| raising hue and cry against his more
clever brother sinner. Many, he re-
marked, hold up their hands in horror
at the mere mention Of grafters and
| tainted money, with peculiar empha sis
| OAi e4Aes lotits "hIlC tiCI Ouiy re-
greet is that it faint theirs A high
standard of national honesty could be
| brought about, he believed. only
through the individuals conscientious
Interpretation Of the term.
| The attitude of the audience at the
conclusion of Judge Aldens lecture
was such as to plainly indicate a high
degree of appreciation.
Miss Mayme Lillotte was unani-
| mously conceded to be exceedingly
| clever with her Riley stories and apt
| impersonations of the characters de-
picted in the Hoosier poets verse. She
! easily won the applause of her hear
ers, holding them in wrapt attention
/ for nearly an hour.
Abraham Lincoln" John Drinkwa-
| tcrs splendid masterpiece, wrought
| tremendous and lasting impressions in
the minds of those who were priv
! ileged to witness this wonderful drama
| last evening at the tent. Allen Lee
certainly presented a truly faithful
picture of the Great Emancipator. His
! individual physical characteristics
plus dramatic art and ingenious make
up seemed to bring our Honest Abe"
back to life again. 1t may well be said
that the entire case is credit to the
author in his glorious endeavor to
bring the great Lincoln even more
closely to the hearts of the American
people.