Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 October 1910 — ROBERT PARKER MILES [ARTICLE]

ROBERT PARKER MILES

Lectured to Good Audience TuesJ o day Night. Robert Parker Miles, the first attraction on the Epworth League lecture coursfe. 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 mul-ti-millioriiare and Xew York philanthropists Thomas Edison, the inventor: Gladstone,, the “grand old man" of England; Pope Leo XIII, and others. By his impersonations of these characters, lie 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 experience in an interesting manner. Mr. Miles is an Englishman and at present is connected with the Xew York Tribune. On W ednesday morning in a talk to high school on the subject “Opportunity." he gave what many considered a much better talk. In part, he spoke of English schools and his travels ip Italy. The next number of the course will be given Xov. 29, and the attraction will be Schuberts, a mixed quartette. . xx