New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-09-09
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We publish on another page q list OF 90
hundred and ninety -four gentlemen aud eight latie
reside ut in the United States, in whose behalf "
are authorized to announce to the publ, that tAg
are prepared on proper conditions to fill tho once
If public lecturer during the coming season. OF
these persons there are two or three who make
lecturiDg profession; while BY fer the gresx
msiority, including some of the most distinguished
iayortes of the public, are clergymen, lasysrs
ply sicisps, and literary men and women, who L.
liver one or many lectures in q season, N pay snd
opportunity are offered In looking through tho
list Lecture Committees for whose benefit it is pub
lisbed, will readily discover the names OF tho fow
whom every audience desres to see and 10 hear and
a, for the rest We can say that among tho mass Of
those NC known to fame, We knO Of severA! who
are as clever, entertaining, ~ instructive, and
in some cases as good looking as any of the stars
the possession of whom is disputed BY rival lyce-
uus, who habtuaily perform to throngs Of ID
nifers, whose jokes pfovoke irresistible barsts
of laughter, and whose pathOs moves to foods Of
sympathetic tears; while there are also many 10
our list, of whom We only know the names they
btar, and with respect 10 whose genius aud skill
we are able to give no guaranty whatever We
trust, however, that the friendly and Inexpensive
advertisement which We have now given them may
insure them all as numerous engagements and %
ample wages as they can possibly DESIRE
This is now the third or fourth autumn that 10
have published such list; and as the profession
seems to be securely established, we think We nay
L. l.. D. H. H.. O.
lecturers have already discovered the advantage Of
advertising in those columns Of THE TRIBUNE which
are devoted 10 such announcements; and " presume
tie number Of these will henceforth increase. With
such stock Of artists 10 the country, there is no
danger Of cessation of the business. Like the
drama the lecture satisfies want Of society, and
will be kept 10 existence accordingly. In any
community where public recteations are few, the
lecture is a social entertainment which breaks tho
monotoby of life in the most agreeable manner.
For twenty five cents you can gaze at greIt
man for an hour, criti:ss his style Of dress,
herr bis best Original and selected witticisms,
enjoy his highest flights Of rhetoric, and
gather whatever Of instruction or inspiration 10
NAY have to dspense, while at the same time you
e1char ge word of gossip with the pretty girls or
the charming old people Of the neighborhood This
j. an invaluable resource in tho long weeks ri
Winter, and the people Of the country will never
abandon it.
AZ for the lecturers they are, as general thing,
well paid, and the cleverest and most popular mast
earn from $4,000 to s., 900 in season. Their in
telectual outlay is not large for single new lee
tuIe year, with occasional judicious use Of the
old ones, will carry man along. But their phyG.
cal tolls and suderings are tremendous. Constant
riding In heated and unventilsted cars; Leepiug on
feather beds in hot rooms and straw.beds 10 cold
ones; the water in the ever frozen solid in tie
morning, and no means Of getting any more; tough
ote'teaks, sodden potatoes, eathery slap,cks, asl
sloppy coffee for breakfast; no time for dinner;
taking tea after the lecture with the masuats Of
the village, who has invited party Of intellectual
spnsters to discuss philosophy and literature, who
Will not take fatigue - an e-.no wonder that
at the end of couple Of months of such diss pliss
the hard-~orked, ll-fsd, and illslept peripstetis
philosopher wit, savsn, and orator is usually 70
duced in flesh, and heightened in temper, not~ith-
standing the increased contents of bis purse
However, the splendor of the rewa brings nov
competitors into the arena of these a. 10 all other
spheres Of labor, most Arc probably destined to
disappointment; while some of them, let us hope,
are fitted TO succeed those few shining leaders Of the
business, whose names are 20 well known that il 10
unnecessary to repeat them here.