Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-12-21
From tie 4livln;"y Star, N'nma,5cr L..
IiR. bRTEMUS WiHD.

. This C%ut'cman, who prefers still to re-
tain the pseu,lpnym under under whicl. lie
/ has become famous, made his first appear.
ance in London as u lecturer last evening";
nmd his success was only limited hv the
;2;y crcnmscribyi accommodation of the
! Egyptian Hall. We do not remember
any entertainment within tie past few
; years wh;c!, has AT the very OUTSET proved
so decided "!!:i," and we can Only hope
: that Mr.. Wards voi,r-w which, last eve
n:"=, seemed at times painfully weak will
/ allow him to transfer his lecture ard ro,.
Drama to 4 hail capable Of admitting the
! much larger assernbages which will, be.
yond ,!Ie shadow Of u hoabt, be clad to
: hear lini. Tie '.cc.ugc' is a ske:c,, de-.
sc:iptivc Of l'c in the Mormon States, and
Of incidents III the Journey tlither and
! back. 1t is il!ns'rateG by panorama.
which, as Mr.. Wnd's programme truthful.
: y asserts, is rather worse than panoram.s
usually are,' anil accompanied by n scle.-
lion oi p:ano-t to;tc music, performed by
an Invisible p'aycr, who, according to his
employer, receives .clO niyht and his
wa>:,ing'
We can very well understand how
''"" 'i:;: arts. who painted ono Of thesc
; srrHrS WAS. oil Il certain orcason, uuani-
mrn>!y called before the curtnun to re
. cevn the chairs which the au.!iture throw
at lis head: tn: luckily, he charm Of tic
entertainment does no! 'iyi'"ni Oh tie pan
Drama. in the Lecture: Of Ia, evening.
w''"ic no tricks Of srelii!.g could shelter
want Of Wit, Mr.. Ward showed him ci + a
d ""nnnc lnn!uru.i>!, AMI f,u!I i!nt a lttlc
d;liriity in !.'oc""d"s at all with his re-
. malki through the uproaro,,s laughter of
his audience. Especially va, tits the case
with 'he Introduction, whcl was one con-
t'nnal string Of dry jokes, odd sayings, and
l''ia bits CT Mr.. Warl's peculiar Lu,nor.
1t nee,:cd only half dozen words 20 "se,
the house in a roar and thereafter the di!-
iicui'y was to keep them G;,:ct. In those
, PORTIONS Of his lecture, h"wev"r, specially
! devoted to IL pc<crip p;ien of tie Murnons.
Mr.. Ward for the time being talks serious.
/ ly, and gives us bone .Jde statements.
which are very trustworthy, and, " gr.cve
to say it, somewhat dull. Mr.. Wards
! efforts: however, to conlnue serious. are rl
! tile, and we speedily find him Introducing
one or other Of those remarks which, ut
, tered with peculiar d',ncss, first tickle II
lew people here and there, ard then awake
the laughter Of the entire room. Mr..
: Wards manner of recital adds not 4iltle
/" the pungency Of his jokes. lie as
au'"es in almost Lord Dundlearvish un-
consciousness Of his own fun aud it is on
ly occasionally that some particularly
| good thing" provokes slight twinkle of
! his oyc. The entertainment, as II whole, is
really excellent; but any commentator
! Of ours must be sl,pcriluous when we !ook
at the following testimonials Which Mr..
Ward himself has promised:
"ToTNEs, October 20, 1886.
"MR. ARrEMUs WARD:
"Wy De:v Sir My wife was danger
ously urwell for over sixteen years. She
was 50 unwell that she couldn't lift tea-
spoon 10 her lnounth. But, in fortunate
moment, she commenced reading one of
your lectures. She got better at once.
She gained strength SO rapidly that she
lifted the cottage piano quite distance
from tho floor, and then tipped it over
to her mother.in-law, with whom she had
had some little trouble. We like your
lectures very much. Please send me Il
barrel Of them. If yoa should require
any more reco commentators, you can get
any number of them in this place at two
shlllings each-the price charge for this
one, and / trust you may be ever happy.
81 am, sir, yours truly, and SO is my
wife.
....,. R. sSPRINGERS."
AN American correspondent Of a dislin.
g"isI'cd jouroaI in Yorkshire thus speaks Of
Mr.. Wafdsi power as an orator: '
'Tt was i grand scene, Mr.. Artelnus
Notwithstanding on the platform talking;
many Of the%audienoe sleeping TRANQUILITY
! in their aea,sj others leaving the room
land not returning; others crying like a
Child atsone 81 The jokes--all formed
q, most, Impressive scene, anasshowed the
powers Sf this remarkable. orator. And
whanthe announced that ehe should never
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