Smyrna times., 1870-10-26

oiHiauc0S LII InIs Town ON IurSday and w ed
nesday evenings next. 1t has always been q
popular troupe OF mnstrels
MISS LOGAN'S LECTURE-A more fashion
able audience never assembled in the Town
Hall than was that of Friday evening last to
hear Miss Olive Logan lecture; and perhaps
no entertainment could have better pleas
ed an assemblage of people than the bright
Side OF things as presented by Miss Olive.
Each hearer was critic, of course, and the
CRITICISMS, IN the aggregate, amounted to about
this That the lecture was highly entertaining
and greatly appreciated as much, or more, for
the manner OF Its delivery as for the matter it
contained. The lecturer commenced by delin-
ating the bright side of the domestic circle a,
depicted in lone hut in the wids of Califor-
MA, III the persons OF an old lady and her son.
whom she visited last Summer The former,
by her dark torebodings, made the hut more
desolate than 1t really was, while John, her
son, by the cheerful aspect he put on every
thing, made his isolated habitation seem a
blessing in disguise, and Glove in a COTTAGE
appear the most desirable Of all coniugal fe-
llctles. In viewing the bright side of religion
she condemned, in severe terms, the PuritaDi-
cal rgldlty which some good church people,
under the plea OF earnestness, insisted should
characterize believers, thus allowing the devil,
VINO was thief and liar, to steel all the
brightness and gayety, whilst he made believe
that religion was something that required one
to i've miserable that they might die right
She hOOted at such a plea for earnest sin.
cerlty and insisted shat the canary was as ear
nest as the owl. The bright side of politics
was the female suffrage question, which she
handled with much tact and with considerable
logic. She fortified her position by citing Wv
omlng Territory as an example. There. where
the women vote and sit as jurors, the groggries
and brothals of Cheyenne have been broken IN,
the courtroom mitigated of its tobacco ouids
and obscenty, and Judge Howe, the presiding
Justice OF the Territory won over to their side.
Her travesty and sarcasm on this point was
we'll aimed. The bright side in times of af-
nIctloh was dwelt upon In pelthetic vein that
touched the hearts of many, and demonstrated
considerable force on her part in this direction.
She thought she had suffered in her own life
as much or more of calumny, treaehery, false
love, &c, as usually falls to the lot of any wo.
man, and yet she, with not an oyer-buoyant
disposition, had lived down the dark side by
perslstant determination to look in the opposite
direction. Even death had its bright side
heaven. Her illusions to her departed niece.
Nelly, were in most feeling and chaste Ian.
guage. This young girl, in whom she had CEN
tered SO much of love and hope, had been tax
GU ny ueaCn Dut shortly after she had left her
embrace, in robust health, and though the
blow was crushing she looked though her tear.
to the bright side, above, as she "laid her
under. the daisies" The applause at the close
was given with a will.
Her voice and intonation were all that could
be desired and her gestures and smiles were
50 graceful and winning that they gave zest
which nothing else could supply, and without
which the bright side of her lecture weud hav,
been clouded. Her facial expressions, in de-
llneatng character, also came in admirably
and with the other accomplishments, mad,
her humorous sketches success. Nearly al
her stories were familiar to the audience, We
her graceful rendering of them gave them /,
new touch OF the ludicrous, notwithstanding
they were thrice told tales" Many, wh,
were opposed to female lectures, were NOR
disposed to look on the bright side of the sub
Ject, after hearing her. to say the least, anC
while her female-suffrage doctrines were no
sanctioned by any, or very few, they were re
ceived with remarkable good will, and wer
thought to be the best handled part of her lee
ture. And to conclude, we don know of any
thing that could draw larger audience i
Smyrna than another lecture from Miss Oliv
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