The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-10-08
THE PAYOF LECTURERS
What Beecher and OTHERS Get for their
Brains Ladies on the Platform.

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The prospects for the coming season are
not so brilliant ts the professional lecturers
could desire. The season Of 1873 ~ IL expected
I? he month LATER In opening than that OF ore
vious years. This l. partly owing 10 the election
aud partly TO the dizziness Of the times. he
first IN imporIance as sensation IS Mr.: Beecher.
hedpath, Of boston. makes all Mr.. H. engage
monts, ana 1t t. stated tn Z he his the famous
preacher down this season for eighty lectures
at 1890 each, or $4,000 W. all. The statement Is
.nt Wholly credited, 10 Nevcr. especially as 10
the $500 per lecture. Persons who have means
oI knowing say the amount IL 500 instead Of
sooVs ,W n,ch would hting the gross figures down
To- s2iOOO Deduct 5000 Tor tx fcnscs "a far
h,l4'wancel and II. W; y. VIII have s2o00 f.r
occurring as well rs $4,000 for preaching. lie
should soon he able to pay of has mortgages.
i'eecher took the field some weeks ago. 1ilton
has M5o inau9urlted his season. aud WAS ON
ms way home from "A lecture n Vermont when
he got into the ully scrapc in sleeping or
He lecturcd eight months last year and cleared
about 5000 lila terms, when he makes
SPECIAL engagements. average $50 Der .ht
Df. t. ii. Chaplin. the nhest preacher in tho
lniver- ast Church, commands from Sl2j to
$50 in the lecture room. and delivers ABOUT
forty lectures duun2 the season. lie could got
engagements for twice IA many, bat will not 20
that Is. he wants to bs WITHIN reach OF the city
in that time in the event uf his presence here
being necessary. George W. Curtis Is out Of the
Geld for tue present. have seen letter from
him, IN which ho saws, &" shall not lecture this
season." when Curtis does lecture. he gener-
ally gets $50 Wendell Phillips IKE DIR. Chaplin.
viii not go more than a days journey from his
home. His price Is 500. but he frequently takes
less, even when that sum Is agreed upon. II the
huulente - not large enough 10 pay. rue
lively Cough takes better than any other man
the lecture list except Beecher, and can
get fom 900 to $50 each for all the lee
lures he Is able to denver. Frederick Douglass
averages about forty nights in the season, aud
his price Is 500. lie IL not so much In demand
~ he was "A few Years ago. DE COrdov VINO
carries on business IA tea uerChi ut In New
YORK, lectures for 500 aud excuses. Prof
DOremus. the welt known chemist. comma IDS
from $3.50 ard, according % tie elaborateuess
Of his ILLUSTRATIONS Du Chullu is expected
back from Europe in tinc Tor tho season. lie
docs not demand more than Sll5, ana will not
take less. Dr. llcpwOrth Of this city, DIR. Gal
laher, now II New Haven. and DR.. Hayes the
Arctic explorer command each 500. Tue Rev.
Robert COilyrr OF Chicago Is "A fayOfito. and
easily gets $l25 DR.. John Lord surpasses all
which he offers. His nsi comprises seventy-nve
lectures. and lac has been revising and peffect-
ing these for thirty-nve years. Frank Beard. the
artist gets SlOO and Irving Bishop, VINO
poses the frauds OF spritualsm. the same.
John G.. SAX Ia al present on the invalid list,
but when able to lecture his price Is like
wise 800.
Ladies who succeed on the platform COM
mand almost nigh figures men. Grace
Greenwood could get ATTY en1ageuients At 800
each. Mrs Abby sage Richardson asks the
same amount. Mr.. Waller. the worthy success
sOr Of Charlotte Cushmau AS "A reader. Is good
for $50 to $50 every night. Anna Dickinson
topped them all, but her popularity had greatly
declined before she ab .nd oned the platform for
the stage. The price tnlt successful lecturers
now ask and ret is oxorbitant In comparison
with the figures before the war. w to 1880
the most popular lecturer ~ the country could
not command more than go, And very few
could get that sum. BUecher often lectured for
$40 or $50, and thought himself well paid.