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Show ENTERTAINED BY FAMOUS SPEAKER The lecture last evening, given by Dr El wood in the First Presbyterian j church, was very largely attended, and for ao hour and a half the audi ence was most pleasingly and lnstrm lively entertained with the lecture up on Bottled Sunshine." It Is a lecture setting forth the need of real and constant love in the home life today W ith excellent humor and tnie pathos the need of making the home the center of living and man feated love was attractlvelj portrayed. portray-ed. The sunshine of the heart's affection af-fection was the "bottled sunshin that was needed to be released in natural and Jov giving expression. The relationship of husband and wife, and of parent and child, were especially dealt with and It was this feature of the lecture that won the praise of fudge Ben Lindsey, when this lecture was given In Denver Judge Lindsey arose at the clone and said that the lecture dealt with the commonplace evils that were resulting result-ing in the cases which filled his conn docket Dr Elwood has rare ability In humor hu-mor and pathos alike The lecture last night was largely composed of ! humor and satire, just enough of pa 1 thos being used to show the speaker's ability in that line The speaker was very severe upon the ordinary neglect of the littlo trends of home courtesy and regard which continued resulted in estranged famil) ties and unloved family rela tions Although a young man the spral. er was quite gray and his face show led the marks of one who has passed through the needed deep waters to enable him to give the helpful m.s j sage in real sympathetic power that ; he did last night All in all. it was a lecture listened to with deep inter-I inter-I est ami continued attention A larce proportion of those attending were j men Miss Pierce rendered three piano i selections as the audience was gathering gath-ering anil Miss Beatrice Hanilll gave ja violin selection at the receiving ot the offering These were meriton is of a special mention The church was decorated with cut flowers After the lecture a very enjoyable en-joyable social hour was given In the Church parlors The lower room was prettily decorated with hearts and flowers and in this room, lighted with candles and a cheery grate fire, the refreshments were served by the young people of the church. It is planned to give other lectures of a similar nature this spring |