Smyrna times., 1871-03-22

ably spoken more times than any man now
living, never goes before an audience without
a certain degree OF anxiety concerning the sue.
cess OF his effort He is Of opinion that man
VINO does not fear his audience, who does not
acutely feel the weight and dignity of his vo
cation as a speaker, will not attain a gcnnina
success.
lady enters, short of stature. but of as.
Sured step and collected mien not so vouno
as She was eight years ago, though there is vet
IN her countcnance much Of the youthful ex.
preston OF the young girl whose electric ut
terances during the war Influenced the coursa
or events This Is Anna Dickinson, the queen
OF the platform.
The only woman in the profession who pleas
eS every audience every time she speaks There
IS something OF the Quaker in her speech and
d'mtan0r; and we observe that when She
speaks to Mr.. Redpath, the founder of the
Bureau, she says " James and when she ad
dresses his partner, Mr.. Fall, She calls him
george. In her conversation, too, there is
a CERTAIN dlrectness and simplicity, which mark
the woman as one who values self-approyal
more than the homage of the world Marvel
louS little woman She speaks five or six
nights week, with journey between each
performance, and exerts herself intensely every
time she appears, and yet she shows no signs
or fatigue. How she holds her audience with
her Jeanne Dare! In the first fifteen minutes.
She lays out her work in an easy, almost care
less manner but as the lecture proceeds sha
rises and warns with her theme, until during
the last fifteen minutes she seems absolutely
possessed by her subject, and puts into her
speech such blended force, fire and dignity.
and passion, as to thrill every hearer. It is a
strange Spectacle,-this little girl, not well
dressed, not In the least imposing in her pub
tic dem@anor, with even some Quaker sing
song i I, IN her utterance, holding breathieSs a
vast huItltCde OF people as long as she chooses
10 continue Anna Dickinson, too. is one of
those who are generous to all the world exccnt
themselves; so that with all her thousand dol
lar week, she is not much richer, they saw.
than when she began.
no Is tins, with the shabby crowned, soft
nat aud ruddy, benevolent face, his carriage
erect and firm as ever? 1t is he who. nearly
forty years ago, began the system of popular
lectures. with one OF the best ever delivered =
a lecture on the Lost Arts,-delivered since
four or live hundred times, without even hay-
ing been written out by the author. Can
thlS KIND of face be that of Wendell Phillips,
from whose lips issue words so severe. so blast
ing Even so. In private life no man is more
gentle, winning, and cOnsderate. But. per
haps, like other men of genius he is some.
times dominated by his own talent and i
tempted by the briiancy of an epigram to 90
beyond the bounds of justice But people ike
to see public men elegantly tormented. and he
is constantly sought by Lyceum committees !:
ana frequently, when he would regale an au.
dience with the Lost Arts, the people clamor
tor Philippe upon politics. He could lecture
three hunired nights per annum saws the
Bureau, and never deliver any lecture excent
the Lost ArtS.-Ecey Saturday.