National Republican., 1874-05-09
TRIALS OLA 0ANWiSSER.
INTERESTING LECTURE BY MYRTLE
HOOKE AT LINCtlI,N HALL.

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HOoKE AT LINO0LN HALL. r
The audience was not large that greeted the
charming girl lecturer, Myrtle Hooxe, last night
at Lincoln hall, but from the close attention and
hearty applause which it bestowed upon the sill
ver-toned speaker alone can the estimation in
which she was held be determined She is q
noble appearing miss Of sixteen summers, with
large, bright, dark eyes, ant5 long Sowing curlsof
Jetty black. Her face is fall Of expression, and
during her address would, occasionally light up
with intellectual force an radiancs that bespoke
for her Q cultured mind, Of talent and %bmanly
power. She was condu' ksd TO the stage and In
troduced to the audiAace by her mother, the
author Of the work fos which she has recently
been canvassing.
Her attire was OF = modest, neat, yek elegant
nature. Dressed in white, with shoes and gloves
to match, and d'lScate black velvet cord sur.
rounding her nee 4 falling in a graceful tie, she
presented an appearance which at once secured
for her the estee' and interest of her audience.
Alter . lev prel hnansry remarks from her mother
she commenced nz sayiag that she felt that most
people looked upon work as a despieable affair,
but with 1t she had been acquainted from her
| earliest childhsOd, :End that she believed that
every thinking man pnd- woman would agree with
her that in thsthings OF this world experience is
| the master tescher. Although my parents were
born in refined and cultivated circumstances, yet
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| to teach me tho. honorable work is man and
wemsn's highestueSIling. Ever since was large
enough to work, u have endeavored, by my per-
sonal exertions, Ito provide for myself and assist
my mother in hereforts to put before the reading
world the work foe which eanvassed.
4 Most people .dsride work. They scorn it In all
of its varied conditions, but the capital OF the
country is crezted by the sterling worth OF the
toiling masses, and am heartily proud to be
ranked among that class Of our people who are
willing to work where Q field of honorable labor
isopened for toiling hands. hope that the good,
sensible and industrious public will put forth a
strong handuFon the enormous evil which scotfs
at and denounces the laborIng class as being to-
tally unworthy even to touch the skirts OF gilded
AID glowing wealth, and crush the pernieious
fashion out from this beautiful land of ours.
When Icommenced canvasSng for my mothers
work toiled earnestly and energetically, but at
almost every turn received taunts and unkind-
] nesscs from those who were constitutionally dis
posed to treat their fellow men merely as objects
Of contempt, as creatures of the brute creation.
| In speaking of the great pcrsonages who have
risen from the laboring ranks she mentioned
| Johnson the tailor; Lincoln, the rail-splitter;
| Greeley, the cowboy and Farraday, the errand-
lad, who, when he DIE, was the recipient OF
ninety-ive titles OF honor and about whom many
books have been written. What greater honors
| have ever been conferred on any monarch Of on
clent or modern time than upon THIS man, VINO
once toiled in the vineyard of the world as a
ragged errand=boy. The fact is, the true and only
| independence on the face Of the globe is honest
work.
After reeounting many amusing incidents con-
nected with ber. .canvassing experience, she dwelt
atlength upon the misery in our land which is
supernduced by mans inhumanity to man. She
closed with the following eloquent peroratiOn,
which was greeted with prolonged applause:
"Let ignorance and poverty neyerrefeetits low
ering shadows upon us, and let rs think ofthe fu-
ture with bright hopes as it reveals the distant
towers of that celestial city to which, hope we
are all journeying on Let no worldly grandeur
or temptation ever come between the bright mir
ror of our souls and the light Of God. And re-
member, my friends, If We accept that light It
will be an eternal sunshine, which will dwell in
our hearts forever. Yes, even light as brilliant
and luminous as the star of Bethlehem
At the close Of the lecture Miss Boone an
nounced to the audience that she would give m
entertainment Of Shakspearean readings at Lin
coin Hall in about two weeks, in which she will be
assisted by several Of our prominent dramatic
Stars