Show THE STAR COURSE the theatre was waa not filled sunday night but it contained a large audience and it la Is safe to say bay a more appreciative or better entertained one is seldom wen seen in that auditorium dr talmage is in a remarkably cool and well equipped speaker his subject was one that he could treat oon con amore his natural love of scientific investigation has haa fed 1 an aa one oan can see upon his hie study of th the lives of the franklins frankline of science Boi enoe the doctor proposed to treat his hie subject in the orthodox way and so BO began with franklin franklins s ancestry ance atry and early life prefacing yale bia story however with a few beautiful sentences among which were that Every man is a letter every life is in a word on this foundation he made his claim for the uses of biography he early life of franklin showing his big struggle with a poverty that had come down to him through five generations of franklins frankline as blacksmiths Be benjamin Djamin franklin was waa set apart by hla his parents for the ministry he began his bis studies with the delight of a young mind eager to learn but as aa the ton tenth tb son of the tenth son in five successive generations he was not in a position to command means to pursue his bis studies and so BO consented to be apprenticed to a soap and candle maker yet he declared that if that was to be his lot he would make the best soap and candles candle in the market then came his apprenticeship to the priner printers as art in his brothers office from there he ran away on account ol 01 ill treatment and made his way to philadelphia there he gradually rose to ea as aa a writer and publisher in all the agitations among the colonists rising out of ef the arbitrary acts of the british parliament towards the american colonies franklin was ever at the front working for justice to his countrymen his efforts in england prior to the revolution were set get forth vividly particularly his protests against the stamp act of 1765 his efforts in france in behalf of the americans and his rela relations tique to general lafayette and other eminent frenchmen were delineated in a most entertaining manner and the lecture closed with touching references to the usefulness of franklins Franklin Pe life and the val value u a of his g great reat example to the adu young n g people of today the lecture was listened to with the closest attention and even the small boys in the audience caught the story ot 0 the great american with wal unflagging lagging interest at the close of the lecture the manager announced that he had just received a telegram from the physician attending hon W H king saying that he is seriously ill and unable to fill 1111 his bis engagement he also stated that hat he had been asked to have a lecture given on the silver and gold question now being considered in the international conference and that ne was trying to secure judge C C goodwin to give such a lecture whether he succeeded or not there won would id be a good lecture next sunday night which would be duly announced miss maude pratt at the piano and aad the union glee club under direction of prof C J thomas Thor nae added to the pleasure of the he evening T the be audience tendered dr talmage a hearty vote of thanks |