New-York tribune., 1871-01-04
I0TTv H. SIRR\TT.

TO me Edffor OF me Tr.bWhc.
SIR: John II. SuUatts manager evidently un-
GcrsiaDC. his business else 5urra is fortunate above
t,oragco Of suubbed and Struggling would oiectucrs
for every dag tlc newspapers reveal to ta people hat
to Gentleman is bcin BcrgcCufsd. am Of tie lectur!ng
guild sir and that tho cheapest and The suIest
way 10 get undcsired OF unknown person sp'hoidy
hsfore tie public and croUd his houses y 10 fct some
body 10 ersocus him Thcre arc other ways but tis Is
the urct one Of tie most c0Wtcd lady lecturers ot tho
svo, by far the lnrg,st half OF her protirbe noto
rirtv 10 dreadful platform failure which procured for
her uch an avalanche Of newspaper scorn and rebu&e
tat she became known and sympathized |ti9 81 over
n land in single day. Another or the mos. couftou
| laiy.,ectrrers OF The day Is 9oasms hSAs
| ,r n Incentive notorioty nlc.teuths Of which is
IN, r,sIt OF industriously-supped twolno personal
item, telling how she wore her hair at Long Branch SO
van see how easy IL 10 excite the public Interest IN an
ud.viduaI aud III That individuals bclueuaIs Iot
him. DO you not perceive that Mr. Surra't WHO e9hhoI
M present induce than hundred people 70 is'eh
o him "a on the high road 10 noorety which In avery
little while will cram the largest halls in AIheI'" win
u opie eager f. ftt the new wonder hnc heaf A' In
d.cd he is ON that very high road.
Mr. Sm1att's Manager fancy, Is deliberately lFocur'
iur ills persecution, and the deep old fox knows ihat "
is exactly the Of advertising be needs ll'a huhuIed
thousand .imcs effective thancommonphco cpnmeh
dot, n the dramatic column. which IN kes not the least
',ouresson upon tho reader. NEcn the telegraph re'
cl praad i over the country tina! Mr. srlratt had on
al, audience OF only hundred and fifty to hear him ut
C,oyer Institute 81 was most damaging lmhg' tN
more such unaccomanedbJ by any s"'he
oer,ocutiou would have hurried the lecturer surhu
tevoud the hope Of rcmrection but at lucky moment
tro vas talk Of his arrest Gncited 10y Es manager no
Doubt and next thnro story that Att0rney-Generai
Uo,t once offered to save Mrs. surat and set her free
81 tbs son youI take her place, and NE San fffnsed
more acute managerial invention, NO doubU, hhd
next came tho announcement that surratts Bal
tr,or, lecture was incrforcd with by his arrest on
cboro. of uonpay1nent of riAng tobacco taX years
ogo uIs official pcrsecut0r being gueless catspaw on
t,at manager without the shadow Of douhO; and now
a, l comes tho announcement that the Mayor OF wash
ugou has warned surratt against driving tic people OF
tc capltl 10 extrcmitlcs by attempting 10 lecture there
mud Immediately tho meek and awabding suTratt
fake. I'm Liz sign and closes his han dhe entiro thing
crownng triumph of hat managers inventive genus
without question!
Iitts desired 20 make JOHN II. surrait prodgion'
euerees as lecturer and give him an income ~ $4,000
voaf Il is only requisite that mayors. revenue otcers
and ali uroprctors continue 30 stand In fout and per
srcute Tho locmcr while the ingenious manager stands
beI,pd and uul, their Rtrngs-and II ~ further only
necessary that he telegraph people get knowledge OF the
saiJ u,r.ocuii0n fa thing which the said mnnneor VIII
nd to But If il is desired that Mr. Srfiait crop en-
trIy ont Of the public notice In three short W,cks u
only ,lry lei him alone and cease 10 make puphc
irriu 10 burn weaker and weaker apd the cabbage
head" would hC Kin Ia develop moro ana moro ITohi
urrtiy on it, top and presently the poor thlhg Nohlu
flicker out aud pas5 away n "a hn oi AeAc; i'f i'5
r~ltI MARK TWAIN.
BaJaio. Dec. %, 1870