New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-10-30
FROM BOSTON.
LOLA Monies AS A LECTURER.
Of The n. T. fYftuns.

BosT0S, Oct. ~, 1871
Did you ever 70 TO 500 Lola Monies Did you ever
take notoriety for merit and eIpead half dollar foi
the cake of witnessing . performance whose artistic
value lie, by Common consent, put a. a muca lowsi
figure
have f,equently been solicited by p.ay-bills to do
s-never by friends. Lois Mortes, in blue white,
pink, and yellow hss gl.red a. me from al nsnner Of
wals-the name has seemed 10 dance Attendance upon
nv canisge wherever went in to sn aud out, looking
in a. the windows sod singing:
Be;Benber. renenbsr,
Who heal ped me with riches and rsnh
see 40 reason
Why bis del,,oe treason
Should botr receive honor and thank
Her sdyship indeed ia 10 no sense an artist, her merit
are neither dramatic 6alatic, but simply historical
Yet go TO see her, by al MEANS moral and domestic
Americans. Take your wives and daughters with you
Though no actress she has played various parts on the
great stage Of life. From the Pompadour OF az en-
ghtened European monarch, up to the dignity o. M
English natron, down again TO e chaos OF Bscchantic
disorder and fry--few women have a wider expert
ence. If che tells whs. she knows, 'he may be in
structive az well as amusing. She may give new
views of womans rights and the convenience of their
perambuletirg the globe, released from all the tyran
meal restraints of mage and prejudice. Go, by ali
mean. ~
But did not 90. love women 80 well that avoid
all ISLANDERS on their sex, and such considered her.
never could have drGwn Becky Sharp for never
could have known one. Esving discovered the out
l;res of her character ] would sooner have inside
sketches of the Plague and studies Of al oathsome
leproses than have stsid 10 observe aud depict her
corruption. Mr.. Thackeray, you scs, preserves the
secret of his dsinecng fluid and does not tell US by
what moral antiseptc ne emsrges from such comp Any,
net the worse for having KEEP. it.
First, my burinew s with Lola Mon!ez for, oil
scruples notwithstanding Ihsve at last and heard
her.
Won see, since the time when "ths devil monk
would be-" there had been nothing eeifyug this
assumption, by Lola, of TIE lecturers gown To meet
this celebrated lady on the same platform With Emor-
sop, Theodore Parker, f. P. Whippls, Bishop Potter
and the whole worshpfu company of lecturers II was
more than millernis confusion Of Distinctions. She
assumes there the gres functions Of Public Iusractos
She dscourses probably, Of the social and domestic
virtues, and is q. no extra expense for the Awfd
Warning hired by Temperance and other lecturers to
illustrae the vices they d.cry. The Boston kelodeon
il mort respectable place of a'sembl,gs.
Thackersy has been there, Wsugh's Italy has also
beer there, AID, We believe, somebody's Arctic Pano
fsms Lola speais here 10 nshtshe will pressh mex.
in the Music Hall, on Sunday ater6oon, or exchange
with the Rev. An.oinette l. what Is her name
now Following this train Of thought, we arrived al
the MelodsOn, holding fast our operaglassin this
little too fogetfsl, perhaps, Of human weakness and
the Sin tsst doth easily beset us. large part OF
the Hal is empty, bat being tod that these are
re.cyted s.ax, we seek and End confidential e,rner-
item, the reserve Of the seats contisues unsbassd
throughout the evetiDg. They had no doubt been
secured by the Beacon street people, who probably
the last moment had failed backed out in body,
not feeling the necessary courage. Various hsads 81
houses ard pillars of churches were there, however,
and in all toerab,e number Of persons. Az oceck,
Lola appears; with slight bow che takes her station
Al the pulpit, and opens at once her manuscript and
her mOu h.
The opera-gisss is now in full pay-people have
come rather to look than to listen one would think
T. aha handsome or is shs not is the question that
everv man asks himself if he sees ner for the first
time. did not find it easy to determine. The eyes
are brilliant certainly, the hair glossy and Of raven
baolpess the features well cut and the couptensnce
striking but there is nevertheless, something low and
uey in the tout ensemble The figure is disguised in
her movement is assured, but not pleasing. Her
p,e,,op s bold, her eocutior respectable, her voice
distinct. We are relieved there is nothing really
beautiful or graceful abou. her; it is high order Of
Worn.n that has been so degraded; Society has done
her DO irreparable wrong she s no 'teaine dlte."
Why can we not include her ia The same charities
that thieM Mile. Rschel-a more dissipa.ei woman,
perhaps and equally of e1travagsDt taste and tsmperl
r..,.x
lost some Of the roses Of her womanhOod but she sm
Kept sensoilify enough to weep over them. TIE
auee Of her Ar, hss held ner up fro the proislE;on
Of her genus. Nhaiever she pay have been in
private IL the public abe has presented only the con.
scientific us Artist filed with the sresoess Of the great
est parts. Wssther as Camille, or Paedre, or Adri-
cine, We hsve only the perfection OF poetic em-
boc,nent-we have seen only woman too sincerely
b.sutiful in her words and looks to have become
wholly debased ana corrupted. That Romsa virgis,
in marble.xhite, hanging like snowflake on her
fathers breast. That Grecan mstron nsddened With
fatal passion scorzsd with vain renorse, 10. sarviv-
rp the loss OF herself Tina: actress, adorei on the
stare bet y s,gss in the polite world who witbers
the hypocrisy OF the great lady witt sioge
,tarzs Of the cres. poet Oa' t1s womsa's soll is
akin to oil noble ard beautiful thugs-hurried % by
her power, by ne, osn passion, she viii We; pause
somewhere, perhaps Oh to verge Of the grave, for
tae sacrament of repentance, AM her baptism vii be
one a, which cur hearts ril all bs present, sad a,
which the heroic poets she has 50 molly Interpreted
may hi!y ,taad sponsors. Yes, venerable heads Of
Con;Ile ard Racine, 70 one in this age kne~ your
sIea'ne TIL she Ievealed il. We thought tue mod
err French writer's mueh G sverer fellows THAI yon,
till she just to them as to yo1. showsd us IN her own
Dse'e person the diroren between hrs,ra's seaiu'
aad sLSes sr, ard shy plert thai helps l'seii With
Invention, b0t kuows no res; lave 10 invaluable rules
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