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tions of Mr. T u rn e y — “ T h e R ev erie,” “ D aw n ,” “ T h e D an ce,” “ L a
m entation,
T he H u n t ’ all so h au n tin g ly bew itching and fascina
tin g with their wierd charm and touch. It was an evening of rare
charm . O ur people were delighted. T hey will be glad to have you
come again. W illiam W a lla ce Y oun gson , Pastor Rose City Park
M. E . C hurch.
W oodburn, O r., Nov. 1, 1 9 1 5 .
T he m usic rendered by the Chem awa Indian School S trin g Q u artet
at the \ \ oodburn A rm ory was m ost pleasing, q u ite unique, and of a
high order of m erit. A ny words of com m endation th a t I m ight give
would fall short rath e r th an exceed the m erits of these artists. T h e
lecture on Jean \ a ljta n
by M r. R ichard H . K ennedy was an in
teresting, faithful, and tru ly m asterful presentation of V ictor H u g o ’s
m asterpiece. T h ere are few C hautauqua num bers as en tertain in g and
w ithal as in stru ctiv e as th is unique com bination.— O. C. W e l l e r ,
Pastor Presbyterian C hurch.
MADE IN ROTTERDAM
A H A SS O F G R E A T V A L U E
W g reat would be the interest to th e present g en e r
ation could the veil be lifted and it were possible to
gaze back upon th e past some two or three centuries.
Many th in g s exist today th a t link us with the cen
turies th a t have gone and the people of those ancient
tim es, those who long ago passed into etern ity . W e
treasu re tile art creations of the people of bv-gone
ages and it is well th at we should. M any of these creations, w rought
by hands and brains which long ago became dust, are im perishable,
w hile others succeed their generative period a few generations and then
go the way of all th in g s earthly.
In fancy we can visit in th e city of R otterdam , H olland, in A. D.
1648.
To us, as today we view the picture, it appears a most q u ain t city.
How strangely the arch itectu re of th a t tim e contrasts with the style of
today. T he one p articu lar place we would visit is the shop of Joseph
W rent, whose w ork bears w itness to the fact th at he was one of the
greatest double bass m akers of all tim es. In 1648 he com pleted his
fourteenth double bass and th a t in stru m en t is in existence today, and
is a splendid testim onial to th e art and w orkm anship of Joseph W rent.
N ot only is the bass in existence, but it is in Chem aw a, the property of