Mr. Lanham Revisited: June 9, 1926

He hears an orchestra from Hungary and a talk on laughter during Chautauqua Week

Anne was laid up in bed with her poison oak, but Mr. Lanham escaped the house again that night to take in two events as part of Rome’s Chautauqua Week. He heard a performance by a Hungarian orchestra (“very good”) and a lecture on laughter (“fine, many funny stories”).

The Chautauqua Institution originated on the shores of Lake Chautauqua, New York in 18…