Middletown transcript., 1869-12-18
Mis-. Olive Losan,s L.esu..,
Miss Logan lectured atIthe Town

Miss Olive Lossn's Lscsse,
Miss Logan lectured atsthe Town Hall,
ON Thursday evening, pursuant to an
naapeemcnt. There was q fine. audience
ii' ATTENDANCE, aud the fair lecturer was
introduced to her auditors by T. s. Mer-
ritt, Esds Miss Hogan makes 4. .fayora-
blerimpressiou at FIRST sight. She is good
looking, some of the ladies say pretty !;
she dresses with taste and elegance, and
her contour and general appearance is
that of ailady of culture and refinement,
Her .manncrsis easy, self-possessed and
graceful; the expression of her couhte-
nance pleasing, animated and joyous.
The subjectiof her lecture was +" GIRLS"
and she presented them to the considera-
tion of her auditors, under several classif-
cations--the pretty girl, the fashionable
girl the wcmanly girl, the. Yankee girl,
the western girl, and the strong-minded
girl. We shall not attempt synopsis Of
her lecture, for this was the fourth time it
had been delivered, in this State and in
Maryland, within the last twelve days,
and the public have read of it until it has
become as familiar as ''thrice told tale" 1"
The lecture was well delivered; as his
trion she possesses no mean attainments
Her voice is good, when speaking in her
ordinary colloquial tone, but when eleva-
ted above that, it becomes piping treble.
As composition, her lecture was credita-
bic; her sentiments and opinions, in the
main. unobjectionable, except when inter-
mixed with the political lunacies of the
period respecting woman's rights and wo-
man suffrage. In word, we may say Of
the several parts of her lecture, as was
said Of tf ~ rF
a. b Jeremiah's figs;
The good were very good
The bad too sour to give the pigs
Not to give countenanee to Miss Lo-
gan's political opinions did that refined
and intelligent audience assemble. They
awcre attracted by the novelty of woman
lecturer, and by the. notoriety she had at
tanned, Practiced as she is in the art o.
understanding an audience, and quick tc
perceive the effect Of her utterances upor
her hearers, Miss Logan saw and felt tina
her views upon woman's rights and thu
ballot, met with no response here. They
were received with most expressive silence
whereas, the audience were quick 20 SHOW
their appreciation of her pleasantries, he
sallies of wit and her well-told anecdotes
by demonstrations of applause. Miss Lo
gan understood that silence, and SHADOW
of disappointment overcast her counte
nance, more than once, in the progress o
her political pasquinade. The ladies her
shaye. not received and accepted the new
tangled notions of womans rights and wo
man suffrage. nor the new evangel as pro
claimed in their organ, the Revolution
They are not so advanced" Such les
osons do not comport with public sentimen
s;hefe. Our ladies do not desire to lear
them, nor to take Miss Logan and her CO
laborers as their preceptresses. Miss Lo
/, gan is about the best Of her class; she ap
pears desirous to champion the right, a
far as she understands it; but wrong tea
.chings have given her wrong opinions, to
tally at variance with the commonly re
pieeiyed notions of right and propriety {
a her sex here. uAa HIu,
saa Her visit. has served to crafty publ
curiosity, but of the peculiar mental pal
: ,ulum which she dispenses, this commun
5asty has now quantum suf. She came, 81
lectured, she departed, leaving not a trat
behind. Our good wishes attend he
however, save in her political peripatetic
If she can sell her wares at 300 per le
a. ture, she don't belong to the shrewd cir
If she don't push her present voeatio
For, as she naively limited, there is mo
money in it than in housekeeping, unle
d she can cntangle in her pretty mesh
& some millionaire.