The New York herald., 1872-10-02
SUSANNA EVANS LECTURE.
A Lecture ON sNew YOrss, sts Washions
and It's FOabscs"-A Largo and De-
lighted Audlomco.

n Lecture on New YOrk, s<s WasAaaomg
ana IDS Toablcs'-A Largo and De-
lighted Audiomce.
After an absence from the lecture platform or
hearty six years susanna Evans, tue popalar and
celebrated Welsh Oratress and temperance iec-
turer, made her reappearance In the literary world
at Association Hail last evening, before large and
Intelligent audience. Herr Johann H. B0nawitz
presided at tho piano ana performed the overture
to "willlam Tell" The subject OF Miss Evans lee.
ture WaA Eew York, Its Fashions aud Its Fotbles."
Susanna Evans presented her hearers with truth.
full thoughtful pictare OF New York life as 1t Is to-
day, free from extravaganza and yet glowing with
her own peculiar warmth OF expression She
opened her subject with a few words about her
child life In Wales and her intcnse desire even
then to come to America and try her fortune In the
glorious cause OF temperance. The City's wonder
ful growth OF two centuries, Its riches, commercial
Importance social status aud political peculIarites
were handled In q mastery manner, and not at all
after the fashion OF the conventional lady lecturer.
From the universal grandeur and wealth OF this
beautiful islaad city, which she quantity says is
.niched into Che Continent" Miss Evans proceeded
to give bright, chatty description OF some OF its
special objects OF interest. Its spacious parks
Dues, palatisl residences and rare architectural
beauties were set forth In glowing c00rs, and
among the latter the HERALD came In for its share
of honor as "a newspaper housed in MARBLE" She
but a1ected IN every strata Of society by emigra-
tion; how art and trade flourish In consequence,
and politics are deled BY the ignorant masses who
crease by this vast influx Of weak humanity that
gravtates as last resort to our shores; the good
a% aS%ss wicked sf ies$ %ssF Es Esft Is & sa ~S''SSsa S
police expenses and general misery. The features
ground Ss ON public s OCCASIONS u not entrey snfsa
Miss Evans has brought most forct1F TO light In
her the poor degraded outcasts, who were once
ss %ana s yhs ssse nsss
nieader. and there r rcs hardly dry eve in the
kousa si tas s|OsS Of her intense impdssdned ana
Sny %sysrs TOO 81 ' 5h poos S 5 %,eS e
through poverty, the infants whose cradle hymn is
an oath, the young who never knew the
and cold and privatIon, the old who
Ss ana no sSRs
ing and wretchedness that our great city huddles
in Its centre she held up to her audience in words
were they. From this sad dark side OF the picture
she turned with inimitabe grace to the OTHER ex-
ghtfuiy sancy sketches Of fashionable % Ire up ' town
among the r1ch who live in hotels or fine mansions,
and e S er er nrnce ana Sw ts Ts society 20 Ely
period, the belle OF the season and the fast young
man Wit post.ssysa wth S,srs @ars.
doubt the versatility OF Miss Evans talent.
Gothic churches, where the elect worship and are
deemed immaculate, where minister and choir
sing alternately and Christian charity is preached
though never practised or dispensed, were treated
with just sarcasm, and the musical reunions and
matinees that fashion insists upon, where would
be connOseurs who adore Beethoven and Mozart
because il Is 1.-THE thing, were drawn quite true to
life and were recognized. doubtless, by many who
smiled knowingly. Towards the close Of the lec-
OF financial and political power OF O temporary
nature In the persons OF Fisk and Tweed and cited
theirs as the inevitable fate that attends such un
scrupulOus lives No names were mentioned, but
the pictures were too well drawn to admit OF q
doubt, and a genuine burst OF applause testfned
the general approval by the audience Of the very
cellent lecture.