La Grande evening observer., July 01, 1916, Image 8

GE EIGHT
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1916.
THE CLOSI
NG ATTRACTIONS AT THE CHAUTAUQUA
SYLVESTER LONG..MAN WHO
SAYS THINGS
Prominent Lecturer One of Popular Speakers In
America Today
ROBERT PARKER MILES HAS
TRAVELED ALL OVER GLOBE
Served on Hearst Newspapers as Religious Editpr
and Travels Over World In Search of News
Amah s success in tui.s day ana age depend a ureal deal on whether he
cau "coino buck." The uinn who caii "come back" and muke a bigger
success thiui ever before is the luuu who forges ahead aud in the end bus
won a way uito the hearts of the people.
Sylvester A. Long Is a man who can "come back." . He Is one of the to-tur-rs
on the Chautauqua, and he "puts It over" iu a way that is unusual. He Is so
well liked over the country that he has lectured in 6omo cities as many as flf-
Tcen unies, anu unit is an unusual record. Mr. Long bus lectured in Cincinnati,
-joruana, ivansns uuy, uguen, i-nlladelpula aud dozens of other large cities.
Mr. Long will be In demand here after he has been heard at the Chautauqua,
(or Mr. Long says things and says them fast and well. .,,.,..
Wood Brig'g's, Famous Story Tell
er, to Appear at Chautauqua
Kentuckian Makes You Laugh Till Your Sides Ache In
Evening of Funny Story Telling
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ROBERT PARKER MILES, who la brought to the Chanlauqtias this year,
was the confrere of Gladstone, Pope Leo XIII. and many other of tho
great characters of modern times, both in this country and Europe. As
reformer, traveler and "uplift" editor of the greatest chain of newspapers In
the world, Dr. Miles Is equipped with a fund of first hand information seldom
experienced In one man's career. As an orator Dr. Miles is distinguished for
his dramatic power to visualize the famous characters and events of the past
generation, with which he is so thoroughly familiar.
N a miscellaneous program of an hour and a half of lovje, laughter and
pathos Wood Brlggs will present his inimitable lecture entitled, "It's
tunny, but Is It Art?" at the Chautauqua. Wood Briggs is one of the
best known or the story tellers of the east, and many say that he la the equal
or jbod Taylor, tue famous Kentucky humorist.
Wood Briggs Is a young man and puts all of the vigor ana Joy of youth
into his program, and ir you do not laugh long and loud at his stories and
witty philosophy It will be because your daughter" is uot geared In to high. I
Briggs will nx that if you will only give him half a chance.
SINGING KAFFIR BOYS UNIQUE NOVELTY
Balmer Brings Boys From Kaffir Land In South Africa, to Chautauqu
The Scquia Quartet
ME TOPICS
WELL HANDLED
PLATFORM MAN'AGKK
NEW MESSAGE
BRINGS
In Three Different Lectures He Covers
Multitude of Questions
"Three very live subjects have been
handled by Platform Manager Hrick
son in an able way during- the time he
lectured ut the morning hour.
One of his lectures was upon the
subject, "Jane and Jimmy."
The Problem of Jane and Jimmy
Tie dwelt upon the importance of
ascertaining the bent of a child's
mind early and then attempting to
train him or her for the particular
field the child is fitted for. He told
of a peanut man in San Francisco who i been spent by
made a good living and was happy,
until somebody advised him to enlarge
his business and take on popcorn.
When he did so, in a year he whs broke
and died of nervous prostration.
"If your child has a peanut mind,
don't try to train him for something
else," he Raid. "Train a child for
what he is fitted for. If he has a me
chanical mind, train him for mechan
ics, not for law or for medicine."
The Gary System
A school system that does not meet
the needs of a community, he said, is n
failure, and he recommended the Gary
system as n preat melting pot where
there are foreign children, and, said:
"I should think it would work won
ders here nmonir your school chil
dren. In New York and Chicago, in
the slums, the Gary system is work
ing great things and is going- to be a
great success.
j "The Gary system is a great melt
j ing pot and is of greatest service
j where tlicio are foreigners. Of course,
iit is expensive, but it pays.
I "Every school system should be
adapted to its surroundings to the
needs of the community. The Gary
system is a great system for any city
with a large foreign population.
Meeting I'arm Need
"Out in tho state of Washington
they have evolved a system to meet
the need of a lurge farming region,
sparsely settled. They have estab
lished a school in a small town with
dormitories for the boys and girls,
where tho children of the farmers can
attend. If they had to depend upon
the old fashioned small country school,
they would have but a few months a
year anil that of the niedicore type.
Instead, they have built n good school
in a central location and the boys and
girls are boarded there. The farmers
support it with money and with food
products. These products are brought
direct from the farm by the parents of
the pupils. . '
School as Civic (enter
"In Santa Rosa, C:il., $1(10.000 have
the people in making
the schools a civic ceat.-r. The bov
scouts, the camp firo frirls, all meet
at the schools, where their teachers
and leaders amuse anil entertain them
along riglit lines. There are lectures
every evening by teachers, printers,
preachers, lawyers, doctors, bur.iness
men. Everybody takes an interest and
helps the work. The children are
trained in the light manner and kept
away from chean amusements that are
not good for them.'-
Says Sterilize All Imbeciles
Upon another day he spoke upon
the subject of "Hilly the Tough."
."Two French scientists have discov
ered a test nf intelligence by which
they ran apply the test and determine
the intelligence of any petson or croup
of persons." t!-e mnniimr locUt'-c-r told
his audience. "By this test it i? pns-
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D i u V'"' ln ,Ptture represent a group of cannibals, even though they may be dressed quite warlike. These dots
bers o Balmer's Kaffir Boy Choir, which J. H. Maimer has brought to America direct from South Africa. It Is probablv one It tte m
gunizations ever brought to the west aud will undoubtedly cause much comment when the boys give their conce t at .hB rn,f , "
are the mem-
tlirwaf iiTilmiA n
the boys possesses a. remarkable voice, and. although thev cannot mib th k,.i.i. i., .,.. .h. ' " alae "".itauqua. Each of
derstood. B.tlmer spent many years amone the tribes of Kntlirs'nn,! nmomn.. nr s.V,.,,, f.T"T.. MM sln:9 t,lem so "'".v are un-
Ihese boy. are graceful and manly aud are as perfect physical., as a human being eouii "be. TU Km n I n utnalV "ZZt , mL
the ways of the white people. The Kaffir choir program la one ot unusual lu.erest, and whoever spends that even l"g at ci MMuawm
him new concent on of Afrlcn imil (i n,iii,iiinua 1 "luh, at (.uauiauqutt will carry away with
ible to determine whether a mind is
imbecile, part imbecile or normal.
I hen, by going into the penitentiaries
nd other reform institutions and ap
plying this test, it is possible to segre
gate the imbeciles and prevent them
from marrying and h:nding down
their curse to future generations.
Sterilization is also urged and I ap
prove of it as n sure method of pre
venting the inil oeile blood from being
transmitted to children.
love on dogs and other pets, when they
should be .lavishing it upon children.
At the same time they are doing this
there are thousands of motherbss
boys and girls who go to the reform
school because there is no other place
to send them. Reform schools a'e !
a man who drops fear thought into
the minds of the men who come in a
community to spend their money and
to make it go and those same men
leave after the pepless person hti3 got
to them.
No Use for Knocker
scuoois ior crime ana 00 per cent orj I have no use for a man who
the inmates of these schools graduate i knocks, lie retards every commun
ing junior penitentiaries. This is a j ity and never does anything himself,
loss of society and is a most eNDcnsivn Neither hvo I mv fv,- n, ..J
.bss. for it is wasting our manhood and j who has accumulated wealth for tho
womannooo.
will have work if it takes every dol
lar I have.'
Moneyed Men Do Things
"It is the moneyed men who are do
ing things in this world. They have
developed pepan ability to work.
Take Luther Burbank, of California,
and Thomas A. Edison.of East Orange.
They have all accumulated wealth but
they did it as an incident to their
hard work, to their service to man-
Mim anu tney deserve all thev have
U-..1:1..!, u-Amatilul " ....UN.. I. i. , ,. . . : v(1 '
; "R euiiieii una more. Thev are Tint-
im r.,iiiiiu- una iui, x cue t-in n , " .vu.,,. uui iiitinv ui i MiwKcrs. 1 nev are built ers AnH Hno.-
I... ., r tk. K-..1:l.1. TU:. r , .... ' thnso whn huvn unnlfK J , - "l U Mill OOeTi
nit- i-nsc ui mi- rvuniv.in. luuu.. i in.-. ir. ciicksou s talk was cm led Bill v " . .... . .......... ,c ntviuicu a nien wno make the world
family originated many generations I the Touch. Refnrmpd or Diimnr.,1." ITo 11 because they developed a habit of around.
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ago. when a soldier of the revolution- icnll.vl nttoni work, a desire to help humanitv and
nry war, a :.ian of good blood and no had been miiile during the past decade non nt,ill,ntally they have acquired
imbecility, lived with an imbecile w..m- j jM education and compared the old i wea'tn' W e w;l,lt '"0'e such men for
an. Of the 480 descendant of this ill?- ' methods of educating the young to th- I lllpJ' nre t,le ones vno are lnin.iT the
guinuue union, no wen. lniuecucs, j m,w. He. also declared that the historv
were normal and. of the remainder, of the child is the history-of the ra -e,
many were criminals and prostitutes, land cited England's historv in the time
Uiter this man Kalikak married a 1 0f Elizabeth to prove that the gang
woman of normal intelligence and the i spirit, which rules 1kvs. ruled a coun
tOU descendants of this union were n'l 'try at that time.
normal, showing conclusively that the Woman Cigaret Smoker No Good
imbecility ot tne tnsl mother was
most for the country
Millionaire Who Worked
"For example. I called on a friend
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ui inj lainers in i.nicago. lie is n
Habit the Thing
"habit is the hi? thing. Take an
inventory of yourself and see how you
stand with yourself. I am not a crank
on liquor. But liquor drinking is a
waste of time and energy and the man
who swills down liquor can't amount
to much. Take the nlaces
mi . nv... n m ii. i in. ...mi .i-m L.i-u iay s lecture. him he must quit that or he would
child en. "Pen unadulterated urn is lid. ' kill himself lt niuu-Ki-nil il..,t L.
vim, cinrer, cot-up-ami-go." he de-! losing $7000 a day and that he mnVr
siay ny nis plant, not for himself hp
Prostitutes Are Imbecile
"Urty per con. ot the prostitutes clnred. "It is move. H is nnwer. pf.
are imbeciles. I-ifty per cnt of all j ficiencv and push. Peplessncss is a
criminals arc imbeciles. We spend i crime. When I see a man who is pep.
one-half billion for education, many iiCjt he rests me to look at him. The
times more to protect society from pi,pi,,s ,!in j, kiuvkcr. He is
crime. Chi Jlcss womfn waste their against proprcss. He is a pessimist-
multi-millionaire. I found him at his i wealth of the country gather Take
desk with his sleeves rolled up work- IM Monte, Newport, Washington
ing hard with the beads of perspira- There the women sit around rir;,,l;
llnilnP UT..I ... "
" -in. -mug ci;,'arets. Show
me a woman who smokes cigarcts and
you don t have to tell me anv more
i. . ... "ici v i-.i..iiuiiK .in nis ince. l TOIM ! "i uur mm smoKlnir Clfrnrete CI,.,...
fur the men and women who worked
there and who depended upon him for
their daily bread. 'They helped ro-
to make my fortune.' he sail. 'I rri
not going to quit them now and th
about he -. -I ve get her number. These
women with penciled eyebrows, face
Painted fi uzlcd hair, who sit and go,
s P and do nothing ,ut chew ,
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