The Chautauqua.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 1 February 1921, Page 3

The Chautauqua.

The local Chautauqua again attracted large audiences yesterday at both fternoon and evening sessions. The musical programme was supplied by Lula Root, contralto, and William Lowell Fatten, pianist, both of whom occupy front positions in the American musical world. Miss Lula Root adds to her, pronounced vocal ability a charming stage presence. Her songs covered a wide field, from classical gems to negro ditties and North American Indian folk songs, the latter in costume, in - each of which she was repeatedly recalled, an. ovation following her final appearance. Mr Patton is a brilliant pianoforte artist, and) h© too scored a pronounced success in a lengthy series of artistic contributions. The lecturer was Mr Joel W. Eastman. His afternoon subject was “Hidden Things,” and his evening theme “The Unfolding of Democracy.” Mr Eastman is a powerful and convincing speaker, and used some brilliant flights of oratory that held and charmed) his listeners, whilst in between he sandwiched numerous anecdotes and numerous allusions that added to the pleasure of the evening. Democracy, the speaker explained, was the form , of government having for its objective the greatest good for the greatest number. Democratic government had been one of the greatest thoughts that had ever sprung from the human mind. Conceived hundreds of years the process of unfolding had gone on slowly but surely ever since. Evidences could be traced) to the ancient empires of Greece and Rome, and . then to the earlier periods of the British Empire. Here it had found congenial soil, had flourished, and through its people had become implanted in the distant possessions India, Australasia, South Africa and America. The process of unfolding was still going on, its benefits ever expanding, until it crave the bop© thait in the not distant future the whole of humanity Avon Id be brought Avithin its compass. Another theme enlarged upon with much eloquence Avas consecration to the common good, and Mr Eastman was warmly applauded during and ait the conclusion of his lecture..