Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 194, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1913 — NEW ZEALAND SENDS LECTURER [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NEW ZEALAND SENDS LECTURER

Chas. H Pule, Leader of Parliament, Will Be Here. WAS VERY POPUUR LAST YEAR Noted Statesman, Just Returned from European Lecture Tour, Will Be a Speaker at the Coming Chautauqua.

There is no end to the effort which the modern Chautauqua manager will make to secure talent that will draw crowds. Many people marvel at the fact that Bryan is paid three hundred dollars for a single speech or that some great musician or singer commands a price per week reaching into the thousands. Chautauqua audiences want the best that is to be secured, and it was that knowledge which led the management of the Lincoln Chautauqua System to send clear across the Pacific a year ago and bring. HonChas. H. Poole from his New Zealand home to this country to fill two hundred Chautauqua lecture engagements. The outcome proved that the move had been a wise one. Mr. Poole’s lectures were something new, original, {&nd dealt with live subjects. People flocked to hear him and he was by far the most popular lecturer on the course. He lectured In only a few towns outside of Illinois, and his return to those few towns will be hailed with joy. In one of these, towns last summer the superintendent of schools said Poole’s night address was worth a thousand dollars to their city. The fame of this speaker was not confined to America alone, and last fall Canada and England sent requests to him to come there and lecture. As a result, Mr. Poole has spent most of the past winter in Europe and has just recently returned for his summer’s work here Mr. Poole is one of the keenest statesmen ever appearing on an Amer-

lean platform. Born in Ireland, and gifted with real Irish wit, for six years past the leader of the New Zealand parliament, representing In that body one of the largest and most important city districts of that Dominion, he comes to America with a wonderful message. New Zealand is indeed a progressive country. Many of our recently acquired reforms, such as postal savings banks, parcels post, etc., have been in effect in New Zealand for years. In addition they hav* woman suffrage, single tax, ond age pensions, workingmen’s insurance, prohibition, government ownership of railroads, telegraph, etc. Mr. Poole has helped to frame these laws, his experience has been gained first hand, and he tells his audiences how such reforms actually woyk. In addition to this, he shows many fine stereopticon views of New Zealand, eae of the most beautiful countries on earth. These slides are furnished by his government and are the best in existence. Mr. Poole is a fluent speaker and uses excellent English, so that hi* messages can be understood by all.

HON. CHARLES H. POOLE.