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COMMENT & DISCOMMENT
The last word nl out Gilbert K. Ches
terton's series of lectures in the United
States has been paid, and Stephen Lea
cork is the man who has said it. As in
the case of other critic.-, one is stiil
left up in the air as to what Mr. I.ea
cock really thinks, hut those who have
enjoyed his droll foolery a rent as
much bewildered as they would he
othervvi.-e. Mr. I.oacock'is, in normal
ilfe, a staid rnd sober professor 01
economies in McGll university, some
where in Canada, hut in his liphler
hours he is a professional humorist.
The author of "Moonbeams from the
Larger Lunacy" and
yond," is, in a sense, the same sort of
a character as Lewis Carroll, who, in
addition to "l?ch;nd the linking
Glass"' and "Alice in Wonderland,' vas
caoable of writing theses on the cal-culu-q-
..--.rtJ
detail it resolves itself with more spe
cili'.' inquiries and more refined shades
of opinion.
Thus, in connection with the genera!
Incus of the lecture it is unanimously
held
Thiit is was over the heads of the audi
ence, That it was below their level,
That is was above them.
That it was beyond them,
That it was beneath thoin.
That it was entirely aside from them.
SOCIETY
A elerrnm was received from I.os
Angeles Wednesday that brought the
news of the m.irriaee of Miss Cath
1 erine Knobt of this city to Hay A.
Cook of Los Angeles. The cn-n-le 1 e-
j came acquainted several years avro, I
I when Mr. Cook was private secretary I
I lit the tomstock i'nd Jamison ranch
I near Ellsworth. I. -iter Mr. Cook en
tered the f-ervice, and following his
evening at the Christian church was
a pi e it miooss, ?'JU.(K) beiiiR c!eai el
from the sale of pies and candy.
(James and music were enjoyed, and
the evening pent informally.
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i , , ! .- . , ii Miniti- mil ii:-s imwim hi wm;in;i.
n n "",""'" ",. ' "i ! The b. ide is well known in Alliance,
ot m.on even to the simple ..imst.on of , . ,., ,. n . . - f,,n. .
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Mr. Chesterton is perhaps the fore
most English writer now living. A
month or so ago, ha arrived in the
United States, and has toured the
country giving his lecture, "The Ignor
ance of the Educated." Every place
that he has been he has created an
enormous amount of discussion, some
of his hearers taking the ground that
it was wonderful, and others declaring
tsat so far as they were concerned, it
Ftruck them as the purest piffle.
im'lar diversity of oninion in reirnrd
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eh-.nd the Ue-!,i,
It is variously hold
That it left them cold,
That it got then warmed up.
That they were dimply convulsed,
That they were bored stiff,
That they wove in fits,
That they damn rear died.
And in attrition there aie a number of
The Omaha Bee was the only Ne
braska newspaper to come out openly
anil deride the great Englishman. At
the time this rather hurt our feelings,
because we have always been fond
of "the Napoleon of Notting Hill,"
"Manalive" and "The Man Who Was
Thursday." In fact, we used to read
"The Flying Inn" about once a month
until in a moment of enthusiastic
weakness we lent the volume to a
friend. We've forgotten just who the
friend was, too.
As we said before, Stephen Leacock
says. the last word concerning Mr.
Chesterton. After he has finished with
his foolery, no ordinary newspaper edi
tor will have the heart to take up the
cudgels or weave a bay wreath. But
Stephen has a way of his own. Writ
ing in Vanity Fair, he tells of the ap
palling catastrophe recently occasioned
in his uiet home town by Mr. Chester
ton's lecture:
Until Mr.' Chesterton came and lec
tured in our town, life had moved
along in a more or less monotonous
way. I don't mean that nothing ever
happened. There had been the great
war of course anil various things of
the sort. But no real upheaval.
The standard of general intelligence
had seemed to be slowly rising. The
ability to read was almost universal
among the educated classes and was
accompanied, to a considerable extent,
by a desire to do so. Schools had been
founded and were received with some
thing like general approbation. A uni
versity had been endowed and a pro
fessoriate attached to it. The legisla
ture was even considering a vote of
a million dollars to the institution.
There were a quite considertb'e group
of people who understood Browning,
while the ability to give and receive
the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam as a
assumed of late
extend best w't-hes.
Announcements oi the marriage of
Major George 11. Ilodeman. well
known in Alliance, to MNs Margaret
Jean Butter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
James B. Butter of Alexandria. Nib.,
on Tue (hiy. April have b-cn re
ceived by Alliance friend--'. The cou
ple will be at home at 305 College
Avenue, York, Neb., after the first of
..-. ,..ii.i ma. Y-ues w...i .i.i- fonnPctp. ,v.;th compnnv ( 0f thP
joined in connection w.th the main line Foul.th NVM.Hka, tne Alliance com-
for a time during it
An informal dancing party vas
held at the II. A. lulnnue hone
Tuesday evening. Tho-- pio 'cnf" were
Mis Edna BuHoc'c. Mrs. Hes-i rickctt.
and Mo'-rs. Tom Gee and lb. J. I'.
Maxficld.
Hegular 'Mooting of the Kebeknli
lodge- will bo hoi I at the I. (). O. F.
hall this ove.n'ng. Uefre.- hments will
be Forvod bv Movdanies John Beach,
IT. W. IWrh. M'nnio Sward, T. A.
Cross wnd J. S. Corp.
Hon.?" Cook Shop serves coffee
and waffles from 7 lo 9 a m.
A general delicatessen. US West
Fourth St. Mrs. A. II. Robbins.
.Sec the HAREM-SCARKM
Dresses for (Jills, 1 to 11. Some
thing nrw at
Ilighhind-Holloway Co. 42
Kev. and Mrs. A. .1. Kearns eriter
tained I)r. Clntide M.ison. of S am,
pnd Mevilanies B. L. Johnson and X.
V. Hilliker
evening.
of Omaha, al dinner K;: t
Xmas prcent had
vears. a very flattering proportion. In
Khort there was a deeded atmosphere j thinfi. doinjf jn this ehvrchm -lf
of intellectuality. nk in this churt.n lont come
mis is auiMuu now.
On a given evening, with a fair
warning to the public press, Mr. Chest
erton delivered a lecture on "The Ig
norance of the Educated." Naturally
this topic attracted all the educated
r.nd all the ignorant. No arrangement
was made for seating them separately.
They were all mixed up and there was
no wav of telling them apart. A press
reportreferredtotheau
"intelhgenzia ' of the! city; but I don t , . '..TVlia iw Train Don't
think it was quite so bad as that.
ot dispute. Of these may bemen-
t'onod the claims
That the lecture was pricess, I
That it wasn't worth two dollars,
or the very hotly debated argument
to the effect thr.t
The whole lecture was a delightful
piece of fooling.
That whole lecture was a piece of
damfoolishness.
You might have thought that some
help toward a solut:on would have
been found in a study of the press re
ports of Mr. Chesterton's discourse.
But unfortunately they are character
ized by a peculiar vagueness, as if the
reporter himself hail suffered intern
ally from the same controversy as af
fected the general public. The report
which seems to come nearest to a
definite pronouncement appears to be
the following:
"Mr. Chesterton's lecture last night
was a ilecided coup de surprise for
those who had expected a lecture en
regie. From first to last the whole
causerie was characterized by a
charming espieglerie that was little
short of diablerie. As a jeu d'esprit
it appealed to us as a tour de force
but whether it had any signification is
more than we can expliquer."
Meantime the most distressing phase
of the situation is the fact that Mr.
Chesterton's doctrine, or what is sup
posed to be his doctrine, is spreading.
It is generally understood that he was
claiming that education is no use and
that an illiterate waiter is a wiser man
than a cabinet minister. This idea has
taken hold. The speech and manner
of illiterate waiters are being widely
copied. Several of them are now giv
ing lessons In the illiterate use of Eng
lish at high prices. The effects as seen
already in the speech of our leading
citizens is quite deplorable. As one
example among many, let me refer to
the case of the Anglican bishop of the
city, a man hitherto qu:te notable for
his scholarship and culture. On the
evening of Mr. Chesterton's lecture he
was sitting on a front seat, evidently
much impressed. On the following
Sunday in place of his usual sermon,
he is reported as saying
"There's a lot of guys in this here
congregation that are no belter than
so many boneheads and tightwads. I
want to see them loosen up and shake
out something if not there'll be some-
cvery
gink in this cnurcn ton t come across
with his dough he'll hear from me.
Now turn to Corinthians Six and listen
to me spiel a piece of-it."
Deplorable though this is, it is easily
matched by similar cases of Chester
tonism all over our city. The dean of
one of our college faculties is reported
as having put up a college notice to
the etl'ect that "This Faculty ain't giv-
lmr no Lectures on loosoay. uur
pany,
lion.
organ za-
The children of the booster choir of
the M. E. church held an outdoor
farty yesterday afternoon at the city
park. The booster choir was organ
ized and served during the recent re
vival meetings held at the chuich, and
held a contest for attendance, the
Blues against the Beds. More than
125 children were enrolled. The Beds
won by a small majority. Mrs. M. C.
Smith had charge of the party given
by the losing side yesterday.
Et.i-.c.uo.v Apron.-; C 1 c
to S2.:0.
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Word has been received from Mr.
and Mrs. Lloyd C. Thomas, now tour
ing the south, that they are now en
route to Houston and Galveston.
They spent last week in Fort Worth.
Friends hail expected them to return
the first of the month, but their trip
has been extended from time to time,
and will probaby last for at least an
other month.
The pie social given Wednesday
Pr. J. It. Gettys, of Lincoln, noted
preacher, author and chautauqua lec
turer, wdl be in Alliance for Sunday
May 1 and speak r.t both the morning,
and evening service in the Methodist
church. Dr. Gettys has traveled ex
tensively abroad and conducted sev
eral parties to thj Holy land. He will
probably speak at the Chamber of
Commerce luncheon Monday noon,
May 2. I
Get your supply of sassafras
baiK at Thiele's. 42
Henry Henderson, a member of the
Fifth grade of Central school is very
low with pheumonia. His classmates
sent a boquet of carnations last evening.
(Jills' Wash Dresses of Ging
ham, Percales and Crash, sizes
4 to 14. $1.20 to $4.00.
IliKhland-IIolloway Co. 42
GIFTS
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You do not give a present with the iclen
of supplying a need. That's charity.
Your thought i to make a friend happy
with something choice, which is admired
pnd desired liec.uise of its beauty, artistic
design and permanent character.
So jewelry, silverware, and the many
articles a jeweler sells Gifts That
East are most appropriate of all gift
things. The variety, attractiveness, style and
quality of our stocks, make this store the
Gift Shop of Alliance.
New Styles in Kings $5.00 to $."0.00
Thiele's
Tkt Stort With a Cuarantit Without Kid Taft
notices as "Ihis Here Train Uon t
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At the lecture itself there was little .'.There
and on
visible sign of intellectual disturbance,
A few persons at the close of the lec
Isn't Onlv Standine Room
the boards in front of our churches
ture were permitted to ask quertionj. rea(li ..Divine Service
and were treated as they deserved. It t,..f nff7 t ..
is safe to say that no one at the time Klm; "P n:.. rhtm.ton
realized the catastrophe that had hap- Xnl'SW
UledVm- fntellStSU- Hf suspend back and say that he didn't mean it.
ed; the vote of a million dollars to the fe k as
university by the legislature is in-, T Yr'". V; ' v xf..4oi
i--;il ' t,ll ... I iXe'llc I ran, anil nuncjr muuiuoiu,
definitely held up. 1 . .. . . - miivi.:wi bv Iiev.
The question is this. Some claim
that Mr. Chesterton's lecture was the
most brilliant literary diagnosis they
ever heard. Others say that it was the
damnedest tommyrot they ever list
ened to. The first school hold that
Mr. Chesterton's synthetic hypothesis
was fascinating; the second claim that
thev don't know what in hell he was
Stenhen J. Enler at the office of
County Judge Tash Monday morning.
The bride has been living with her
mother and stepfather, a teamster, and
a few months ago it was necessary to
have him placed under bond to keep
the peace. Another row came off Sun
day of this weelc, and tor a time u
v wnai in iicii n ,,. lU u Xf P-oll ..l,l vo
er h' inVcbuVhego'northe;
in rt ten rwi t; inc. w wiwi.
lecture was the most nimble piece of
than the sheriff's office. He was al
ine must nimuie piece ui , v.,,,
dialectic imaginable -the others, that 'owe -.
it was the most awful piece of piffle u
thev ever had to sit through. r j k o
The above division indicates the gen-1 Diana Beads are the latest at
eral basis of the controversy, but in Thiele's. 4-
Announcement
1 wish to announce that I have leased, for a period 'of six
months, the
VAN GRAVEN STUDIO
I want to assure patrons that there will lie no lowering
of the standard of excellence already attained by Van
G raven's. The same prompt service and careful attention
to the finer points of photography will be insisted upon.
A WIDE VARIETY OF IDEAS
Walter J. Perry
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ALLIANCE HOUSEWIVES WILL DISCOVER THIS CHINA SALE TO BE A MONEY-MAKER FOR
THEM WHEN THEY SEE THE REMARKABLE BARGAINS OFFERED
Saturday we will place on sale a Big Special lot
of American-made Dinnearware, a good
quality that will give you lot of wear
66 Dozen Pieces-6 6
i v.
A SPECIAL LOT
at a
A SPECIAL PRICE
-of
29
EACH
Sale Starts Saturday at 1:30 p. m.
EVERYBODY HAS A CHANCE TO BE THERE TO GET A GOOD SELECTION.
These Dishes Can't Last Long at These Prices
soon
You have our word as a reputable merchant that this olTerinp; represents a truly advantageous buy if you are
to want dishes. Uvey come in a plain white pattern, in the pleasing Mayflower shape. You will buy
29c
GENUINE SYRACUSE CHINA,
at, per piece
This is a sale of real bargains. There is sufficient
quantity to enable you to select a full set of dishes in a
desirable pattern, of good quality.
There is no number in the lot that is not a good
v;due at 29c, and many single pieces would run as high
as ?3 at regular prices. They will average well over
60c in value.
LOT INCLUDES I'LATES all sizes CLTS, and SAUCERS, DOUILLON CUTS, CREAMERS, FRUIT DISHES,
OATMEAL DISHES, SAUCE BOATS, MEAT DISHES
SALE ENDS
WHEN DISHE
ARE SOLI)
Glen Miller
SALE ENDS
WHEN DISHES
ARE SOLD
HOUSE FURNISHINGS