Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1866-12-16
AMERICAN DOCFRFSS ABROAD.
Queer Scenes at DIR. Mary r. Walkers
Debut in London.
From the London Telegraph, Nov. Q

From the London Telegraph. Nov. q.
The medical students whose vagaries at
the St. James Hall on Tuesday have excl
ted general attention, were Of the type
scarcely caricatured by Mr.. Chas. Dickens,
in his well-knOwn fancy portrait, Mr.. Bob
Before the time arrived for the lecturers
appearance on the platform, discordant
noises issued from one particular part Of
the hall. To wit, the large gallery at the end
opposite the organ. Deep groans, violent
spasmodic noises, suggestive of that state
Of physical suffering which our ordinary
exneriences Of the Channel may serve %
recall. sharp and sudden cries Of pain as il
, caused BY the extraction Of a tenacious
6ouble tooth, and, IN short every exRgge-
rated imitation of anguish that the human
ltyoics Is capable Of aflording, greeted the
iady even while she remained hidden from
the ewes of the crowded assenblage. At s
p'cIock. Mr.. Nimmo, under whose manage
ment the course of lectures By DR. Mary
E. Walker appears to have been planned,
came 10 the front Of the orchestra, and there
waited very patiently for a chance Of
making himself heard He then claimed q
/ fair hearing for a lady. a stranger, who
had feceiveds from the government OF her
| country ue,lal for valorous conduct. He
| called ON the audience TO respect that deco
ration aud the weareF Of itj and his em-
/ phatic littlespeechw was as arnatter ofoounse,
loudly applauded. .f "a
/ AZ theladyafects a singularity OF attire,
and even deyoles considerable part OF her
/ address 70 a vindication Of Bloomer +"
| doctrines, as illustrated in hsrself We are
/ hirlv iustifed in speaking Of her personal
! Appearance, which Is that Of delicate wo-
4 man. Younger than she states herself 10 be,
4 With a compact. comely head, of the shape
eonyentionally known as the Madonna, and
! With a rather fragile-lOoking form, prettily
! clothed in sort Of vivandiere costume,
/ either black or inyisibly blue A naiyete
IN Dr. Mary F. Walkers mode OF mixed
preaching served for time TO amuse her
| hearers but after she had proceeded with
her sraage combination Of pathos and pan
talelies Shysiolngy, clinical operations, and
negre entaneipatioR, with no apparent pur-
pose q striking into line Of connected mar
rativt fur argument, the noise in the gallery
rt-oosnmenced, Miss or rather Or, Walker,
| who epbke In !" american" but who was
telerahly well understood, except when
using adieciives like concise" as verbs,
would no doubt have conquered the antago-
nism of the clique in the gallery il She had
kept q little nearer to her expressed theme,
and sisalllv told her experience in college,
i in private practice, and in the Federal
army: - bat she hehadsll0Wedherselfs so liberal
a scope for the discussion OF the pants
lette Question and the rights Of the negro,
/ thai there really WAS little chance Of her
1 doing Justice 10 the subject announced for
4 treatment The interruptions were some
time positively brutal; as when an eyi-
i IDENTIFY distressing cough with which the
lady lecturer was troubled, and Which
4 caused her nhmistakable pain, was MIN
\ icked bs male throals and lungs in the Bob
! SAWYER interest This manly amusement
! az one period threatened 10 produce rather
7 the body Of the hall got up and proposed
/ a forcihle clearance af the gallery, and a
I great many hands were held up in favor Of
the motion. An interval Of comparative
quiet ensued, and the lady was permitted
1 10 fpish her lecture though some Of her
Ingenious paihos occasionally provoked
/ laughter even among the Better disposed
/ part az the ahdieace. Il sh6uld Be re-
membefed Of DR.. Mary Z. Walker that she
has done good service IN the canse Of
! humanisE has exposed her life 30 immi-
nent peril. and was for g period Of four
monihs a prisoner OF war. That she shonld
be under the necessity of appeaiing, On
these osany other grounds, % public eotr-
iesy IN England Is not very eredita5le TO
Englishnaen.