The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-11-08

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q The prosyeess FIR the coming ,eA. ~
are not - brliiia.s a the prot.-.siaual
lestarers eg4id desire The es-ss,ti If
1876 - - expected 90 bs- = uouth later
ln ogsersing 81 ~ that uf r~siosl. ys-ar..
Ii ). fastiy oWIng 80 tbe -iss-rinn atsd
partly 20 the iallness of the times.
The trss in ia ps4r'ance as sen-afioa
- Nf Be+eflses Red,sa'h nf Bo.tuu
msk@z sil H. Il r pugagwnseats. sn.i
1, 4. stated that be ht. the fsnson-
pfta9esF dbwn tals ia ~su for eighty
lectures. a. 80 each or SO, 600 10 all
The stai~Ben, y I.o, holly credited.
= = 80 = ~ y "A To the f.tst ,.rr
teassse. Psssoa~ asss. ha.. .a.~,. :.
knowing. say VIZ
st.-sd "a saIo hlch wosili bring the
gro~s figure dp~n io $4,000 Deduct
= iss fDr sxp~t<,s fair allowance
AID II " H. alli have $50 tFn Tor
lecturlng - sell So. 'al ''r preach
ing II. III .uil sx AZ. ta pay I'll h,~
mortgage Be-ch.r .uok the field
some weeks agu Tlltor has also iu-
augsrateei his season. and VAS oU his
Way home from "a lrctnre In Vernon,
when be got into the ugly -cr2pc ia
sleeping car H i,cturrvi .l-ht months
last yeai AID clrared abput - 600 His
terms. when hc niukrs sI~ei.i arrange
men's. average $50 Isr night DE-. r.
II Chap:n. the sblc,t preacher in the
Universali.t Church. Commands from
4i25 10 $3.50 in the lecture roon9. AID
delivers about for'y lecture. during the
season. He could get engagements for
twice ~ many. but will not go more
than one days journey from New
York that H., ii- wsnt- 10 he within
reach Of the city in that time in the
event Of his presence being necessary.
George W. Curtis is out OF the held
for the present. have seen u letter
from him, ia which he says: d" shall
not iec,ur. this season" When Curtis
does lecture he generally gets
$50 Wendell Philips. like DR.
Chspin. will not 60 any more
than days journey from his home
HIS price j. $500. but be frequently
takes less. even when that sun is agreed
u pon. lf,he srdieuee il no, large en"ngh
10 pay The lively Cough takes lt ticr
on the lecture list than any other mau
except Beecler. aud can get from 5000
la $3.50 each for all the leetur : be Is
able H. deliver Frederick Douglass
average about forty nights in he STA
son. sud his price is fi0o. lie u not
so much in demand as he was few
years ago DeCordova, who carries on
business ss tea merchant in New York
lectures for sio0 and expenses. Prof
Doremus, the well known chemist. com
mands from $50 upwards. according tol
the eiaborsteness of his illustrations
Dn Chaillu is expected back from Eu-
rope in time tor the se,son He docsI
not demand more than fllj. and will
not take less nr Hepwortb of thisa
city Dr Gallsger. now Of New Hlvsn.u
aud DR. Hayes. the Arctic explorer
zach commands 800. The Rev Robt.
CoiIyer. of Chicago. il "a favoritc. and
easily gets Sl25 Dr. John Lord SUR
passes ali the other lecturers in the va
riety of subjects which he offers His
list comprises - lectures, and be has
been revising aud perfecting these for
81 years. Frank Beard. the artist. gets
tio0. and Irving Bishop, who exposes
the frauds OF spiritualisn,. the same.
John q. SAKE. il At present on the IN
valid list, hut whrn able to lcctuft his
price Is likewise 500
Ladies who succeed on the platform
command almost as high figures ~
men Grace Greenwood could get fifty
engagements AT Sl00 'ach. Mrs. Abby
Sage Richardson asks the ,amc amount
Mr. Waller. the worthy succs>snr at
Charlotte Cu.hnsn ss a reader. is good
for Sl25 or slJo every night Anna
Dickinson topped them Nil. bat her pop
nlatity had greatly declined before she
abandoned the platform for the stage
The price that successful lecturers now
ask and get Is exorbiiaut IN comparison
with the figures before the war Up to
1859. the most popular IN the country
could not command more than S6o. aud
very few could get ths. sum Bcccher
often icciurcd for $40 or $50, aud
,hought himself well paid