Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 255, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 October 1910 — Robert Parker Miles Lectured To Good Audience Tuesday. [ARTICLE]

Robert Parker Miles Lectured To Good Audience Tuesday.

Robert Parker Miles, the first attraction on the Epworth League lecture course, gave a splendid lecture Tuesday evening at the M. E. church. His subject’ was “Tallow Dips,” in which he portrayed such characters as George Francis Train, the one-time multi-millionaire and New York philanthropist; Thomas Edison, the inventor; Gladstone, the “grand old man” of England; Pope Leo XIII, and others. By his impersonations of these characters, he presented them to his audience in a vivid manner. His portrayal of Gladstone will not soon be forgotten. ’ Some time ago, Mr. Miles visited an old colonial mansion on the Hudson river, and in a corner of the attic, the guide pointed out to him an old fashioned candle stick with a half burned candle in it and with tallow sprinkled on the outside. Here was the inspiration for his lecture. “All people,” said he, “are tallow dips,” and he brought this idea very vividly before his audience by showing that some have the tallow dips of statesmanship, others of invention, philanthrophy, etc. His lecture bristled with good humor and dramatic art. Having traveled widely, and being a newspaper man he has interviewed many distinguished people, and can give his experiences in an interesting manner. Mr. Miles is an Englishman and at present is connected with the New York Tribune. This Wednesday morning in a talk to the high school on the subject “Opportunity,” he gave what many considered a much better talk. In fact, he spoke of English schools and his travels in Italy. The next number of the course will be given Nov. 29, and the attraction will be the Schuberts, a mixed quartette. ‘