, 1873-02-23
Literary Sugar-Sifters---Doston Di-
rided in Opinion upon Emily
Faithful.
A Great Reception---A Hero
Instead Of a Heroine.
j kew Version Of Mary and Her Little
Lamb...A New Light in The
Atlantic"
a Sentimental Wall, and a Story in
Another Key---Kettle- Drums.

Bosros, Feb. 49, 1873.
Some OF the feminine correspondents, who
seem to WELD literary sugar-sifier, wherein
the honest spice OF criticism is entirely left out
talk about
MISS rA1rHFuLL's FIRST LECTURE
in Boston as great SUCCESS, I see. This Is very
complimentary to Miss Faithful, but it is only
compliment. Tho facts, and the immediate re-
ports in the frs:-class newspapers Of tho next
day, completely contradict this dattering tale.
Her first lecture MAS q failure. People went,
expecting to hear something about the special
work Of her life, and they got, instead arambllng
account Of the notable people ahe had met IN
England. There we're pretty much all the great
names, but nothing new about them Evidently
wa have all OF got far clearer idea OF somo
Of these notablities from Justin icCarthys
vivid Gdldxy sketches than Miss Faithful pre-
sented. The Adrer!iser was specially sharp In Its
criticism upon her after this first lecture; but
the criticism lost in dignity and value when 1t
| quoted from London correspondent that the
| English people, or rather the Londonors, "onlo
| be greatly amused if the Americans made very
| much account of Miss Faithfull, as she Was By
| no means Of frst-cIass importance with them!
| This quotation, which, in cum and substance,
conveyed the idea that Mics Faithful had no So
in it, as applied to practical reforner, that the
use Of it entirely destroyed the effect Of the 9TH
erwise candid estimate OF the lectures merits as
a loctura In my last last letter, simply spoke
of Miss Faithful1's advent here, and the recep-
| tions, etc., which we're on the tapts
Hcr pleasant aspect in private, the
| pleasant accounts OF her elsewhere,
all moved in her favor, and the
wave Of expectation ran high. But the 1rst ap-
pea1ance in public disappointed Us I have stated.
| Then the sharp words in the Advertiser, coming
| go directly, added to the prejudices Of tue
thoughtless many, who wanted to catch at any
peg to hang their disappointed hopes upon; and
| 60 two parties wero formed, and the Hub WIS
| divided in it's mind. In the meantime, those
who kept their
| FAITH IN THE FAITHFUL
| were very busy sending out invitations Tor ro-
ceptions. But the little fend Of cold and fever,
which is always lying in wait in Boston east %
| winds, had been still busy with the Faithful,
| and, up to Saturday, bronchial congestion had
made victim Of tie newcomer, and the con-
| templated receptions = failure. But, On satus-
day afternoon. at 2 o'clock, as there WAS
no withdrawal Of the appointed Lecture,
at % the hour named, Miss Faithful appeared, aud:
on this second occasion, spite OF the iabored
| voice, owing to her recent indispos1tlon, most
OF tho prejudiced were conquered and came
away applauding. This time they got what they
wanted "a talk about her work, and her views
and experiences Of women. The subject
matter waa interesting, and the manner OF pre-
senting it simple, aud unpretenilng, and pleas
ing. But what ehall be said Of the taste that
prompted the reading of the English press testl-
nonials as an introduction to this Lecture
Testimonials Of tho advertising Kind, which We
read in the heralding OF any coming entertainer
or entertainment. Only, in these testimonials
| L1a;t h$,Tyr fyaf4 a frenuRDk rifrnnEC
royalty,-"by the Queens gracious approval,
etc. The Whole thing savored Of the Sensational
trumpet-b1oving which goes before An unknown
newcomer. We 1re used enough to 1t IN the
newspapers, but to hear these
| PERSONAL POWDER PUfFs
read OF in business-Gke manner to waiting
audience, vhi1e the aubject Of them sits front
ing quite new thlng Perhaps nx fh.s sns
to success. Perhaps the savage onslaught in
the Advertiser, which denied to the lady 80 much
of prestige and favor in her OVID country, put
her on the defenaiTe. and made It seem neees~
sity to her that she should show her credentials.
But, however it may be, it struck, at the begin
ming, note OF discord, and it is greatly in Miss
FaithfulIs favor to say that in spite OF this, she
conquered. Not the least incongruous part
of it all was, that the reader OF these
credentials should be William Lloyd Ganieon!
How the gentleman felt when he found that his
office as Itroducteur that public trnrn-
peter also, does not transpire: Up to this time,
L
| we're given up on account Of the state OF Mies
Faithfu1ra health. Her appearance on Saturday
afternoon reused expectations, and SUNDAY
evening reception. which had been planned, Pc
you will sec, oh, mild and moral Chicago that
radical Boston has wandered so far out OF the
straight and narrow path OF the Puritans, that t.
"Sunday evening meeting" does net necesBari-
I'D. 4 % On the the : strength t Of tits now hope. the
hostess Of tho occasion did not rescsnd her invl-
tations, but wisely allowed the mattcr to drift,
with the promise from Miss Faithful that ..Eie
suuday eSt eTsnng lDa' c. came, bitterly cold and
most awfu1ly east-1indy but, notwithstaud-
ing, q company whose numbers went
into the hundreds, increased and mu1t.plied a.
the Victoria Press. But the heroine did not
| come. The little iend OF cold and fever carried
the day, and, before 10 o'clock, We knew that we
should not pay our deyoir at that shrine. But,
| luckily. there WAS another shflue. II the nero
inc did not come,
| A HERO DID.
And, il the anxious Attle hosteea 1elt before
| that she was assisting at a variation OF the play
| she was soon reaasured. We didn't have Disa
Faithful, the Queen Of the labor movement but
| We had
and Of cour1e. tho feminine portion Of the COM
pany resigned themselves with very suspicious
| amiability to the loss of the former. Women, I
think, are born hero-worshippers and lion-lovers,
for they seem never go happy, as when bowing
| following. On this occasion, the hero WIS that
King OF the Lions, Wendell Phillips, who ex-
ercises 80 much fascination upon lis own sex
that they can scarcely afford to criticise their
sisters in their hero-worahip. And yet, and yet,
it was funny to seq the following on this even
| ing, because suppose there were so many OF
the followers. "Au re Like sheep" wickedly
quoted one Of the feminines. as she passed me
bent on this very following. why not say
lambs? It would sound better" responded,
"H did, should put 1t in this way:
And everywhere that Wendell went
| The lambs were sure to Co."
was the quick response. And 20 With the King
to follow. and no end OF other delightful guests,
the evening was q auccess, eYen though Niss
Faithful Was not present.
| leave the socety OF lions entirely, does Chicago
know what promising possibility OF the species
| NE have in the young Norwegian with the un-
/ TT Ts.I,. Il,