CHAUTAUQIUA.

Colonist, Volume LXII, Issue 15309, 24 February 1920, Page 7

CHAUTAUQIUA.

! The Chauteuqua sessions were con- f tinned yesterday, when the attendances, c especially in the evening, were again r large. The Zedeler Symphonic Quar- fc tette made their first appearance, and s were accorded an enthusiastic reception. Tlje party consists of Mr Zedeler ( ('cellist), Mr S. Sala (violinist), Mr , Parsons (violinist), Mrs Zedeler (pian- \ iPt), aud Miss H. Fortune (soprano and j organist). Each instrumentalist is an accomplished artist, and they provided j a rare musical treat, the audiences ex- , pressing their appreciation by eiithusias- , tac applause. Miss Portune sings de- | light-fully, being the possessor of a so- ( pi ano voice of pure tonal quality, which , •she uses most artistically. Her contri- \ butions were heartily received. ' In tiie evening the principal attraction ' { was the lecture by Dr. Arthur D. Car- ( penter on the subject, "Worlds in the . Making." To state that Dr. Carpen- ; ter's exposition of the vast theme which j he had chosen was altogether removed { from the ordinary will probably seem scarcely necessary. The Ohautauqua , science lecturers obviously rely for their success not only upon the originality of their methods of discourse, but also upon i tlie presentation of the very latest and most profound discoveries bearing on their particular theme. In addition, the lecturers are experieneeed and competent, and possess the happy faculty of immediately getting on the best of terms with their liearers. These facts may help to explain the marvellous success which attended Dr. Carpenter's lecture last night. The audience wore quickly spellbound as the Doctor discoursed on space, on'far-off worlds, so ; far off that their light occupied millions ;of years to reach the earth. They seem- : ed to be transported to the moon, with I its bleak mountains, sterile valleys, and ; yawning sea-bottoms. Then they were : surveying the wonders of the Milky ; Way, with its millions upon millions of • stars; and then, harnessed to a light ; beam, they vei-e' tearing through space ; at the rate of 180,000 miles per second. ; It was all very wonderful, and Dr. Car- | penter never for a moment permitted • the interest of his hearers to flag. |>Nt | it was not "all the vast and the sublime » v/hercon ,the lecturer dwelt. Many a diverting', yet illustrative, anecdote and • story were pressed into seiwice, all to mid to '-the understanding and the enk joyinent of the audience. w' • ■ ■ ~ ■ i