The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-16
LECTURES AND LECTURING.
THB HARVBsTs REAPED BY FAVOR
TIES IN THE FIELD.
Becchcr and Tiidcu-tiough and his Guardian
-Pcculinrities Of Prominent Women hii-
lips, Douglass, Iin rte, nnd others.


nom tie Cincinnati Gdsene.
NEw YoRK, July b-Beecher has already
accepted lecture invitations to the amount Of
$4,000. His fee IL $500 night. Beecher can htl
any house, and seldom has less than f.2a0 hear-
ers. At $500 per night II would require ia en-
gagements TO mako $4,000, and this number Ia
az large any clergyman can fnlhi.
Tilton Ia also engaged In wide tour, but his
success Ia not equal to that OF his great antago-
mist. lie demands sl25 per night. aud makes
about four engagements per week: Last year
Ds made cart of his tour In speculation. and did
muOh better than might have been expected.
There wac at that time curiosity 10 see ne
man who had FOUGHT Beecher, ana this ms In
some degree ahHted. II Il said That last year he
cleared $2OVOj by IcCta.iug.
IL Is said that List year Beecher had 100 Invita-
lions to lecture. tut only accepted thirty-hve
lie was too much envrossed with hts law
troubles to accept suth engagements; liis sal
$1,000 he may cxpect the handsome income OF
$4,000 TINS would, In some mems hands, he
an enormous sum, but Beecher, like DANIEL
Webster, could snend million NE easily IA 500
600 u IL were placed in his reach, He has very
expensive family, and IL Is doubtful IL anV Que
Of his sons rms alving. The farm at poekskill
IL m Immense annual expense. and uuon the
whole there are few pIacea mt lenat among re-
spectacle ueople) where money l. more needed
than In the house of the Plymouth Iastor.
Should he have any money over he certainly
ought To assist the Ford concern. John II. Ford
Is one OF the principal victims OF the scandal.
| iir was ~ one time prominent member Of the
subscription book department. This position
he cit In order to issue the Chris ian tnion,
which would have been q success had not the
scandal occurred. This has crushed IL, and Mr.
Ford certainly has claims ON Bcecher's gener-
osity.
! COUGH.
This man has delivered moro popular lectures
| than any speaker on the record Of oratoTy. The
entire number IL SAID to be 1000 Being now
! engagements, but last year he lectgrsd l3Utnes.
AZ hi. price is ffom 400 to s2J0, his earnings
| must have amounted to $4,000. Cough can Oil
any house that can he obtatned. and the lecture
| committees generally clear a larger sum than
| they pay him. Cough lives near Springfield,
| Mass. where he has u fine farm. lie Is much
! given 20 the culture of fowls. and has u large
| agent to make his appointments. and II II said
| that he also einploys a man TO travel with him
asa special guardian. He is; according TO re-
| relapse into his former bad habits.
ANNA DICKINSON.
This gifted woman has always been highly
| profitable TO our lyceums, who, on an invest
ment Of 500, usually doubled their money.
| Miss Dickinson formerly taught school In Phila-
delphia. and was not recKoned remHkabe ae a
| pcdagOCuc. Her elOquence WAS cevelOued at a
war meeting In led2 when she was not moro
than seventeen. since then she has been con-
! tinudily before the public. From conscious
| ness OF her humble beginning In Philo deipha.
che demands TN extra price for sueaking In that
city. thus, while her usual price ia $50, she
does not appear In philadelphia for less than
$40 II Is now said that she will connne her
to appear on the New York boards ne II autumn u,
| and also In Chic 20 and other Western towns
| during the Water. Miss Dickinson Is 80 de-
| termined character that she viii not allow the
| adverse criticism Of the newspapers TO drive her
| from her new role. Miss Dickinson has. during
! the past ten YEAR, earned SlnOOO by eeturinz.
| She has given away enormous sums Tor the relief
| OF distressed friends; but she bss retained u
| handsome surplus, and Ia what most people
would call rich.
NIsFoRruNEs or SUCCESS.
The peculiar misfortune OF woman thus
gifted Is that she is separa,ed by her Teslus
all such PERSONS feel keeny. There are few M n
who are sum ctentS her equals In talent TO co
may oe asked. who is there that would fall in
Love with sucn a lionessf Let none envy the
desolstion. II Miss Dickinson ever marry, it
| must be the act OF cDndssceusion. Women OF
talent, when they take husband. must view
for instance, was, In her day. noted poet, bat
who ever heard OF Sieourney3 lie was merely
| Hartford cnrpet dealer. unknown beyond the
| limits OF the trade.
Jenny Lind threw herself upon an inferior fell
low. whose name she has been compelled to
wear. and Mr.. stowe has always ranked above
her excellent husband. he Professor. Aud Mr..
must nave been Nr. Siddons, but. though he
was clever player, he was lost In the grandeur
OF his wife.
PHILLIPS AND DOUGLASS
Wendell PHILLIPS receives about $1,000 a year
fr n his lectureh-A sum which, large as it N ny
seem, Is much Les than his income from ms
paternal estate. lie bas tried to avoid promis-
cuous occurring. and In one year declined i've
hundred invttitio ns. limiting himself to towns
Of large size and rapute. MS wealth enables
him To deal generously with lecture committees
ana often " The attendance should be hight
owing To bad weather he Will abate his fee tn
order 10 meet the deficiency. Lecturing Is with
him con amorc pursuit, aud he loves to poul
out his opinions upon an audience. lie de-
cllnes this year to 70 ont OF New Engl4nd.
FREDERICK Douglass Is general iavorite and
Indeed IN many POINTS nc Is one Of the won
and never yet fitted.
There is no denying the peculiar gift enjoyed
ny hlA m h4a Al lana Z
much Ike that OF musician over sound. He
has not made great deal Of money by lectur-
Ing. as the prejudice o. color holds an adverse
influence. but though muatto. his appear
snce l. grave and naJestic, aud he has beer
styled by the press the Black Demosthenes.
SCOTT sIDDoss AND OTHERS
Mrs. Scott -siti0ns IA now In Australia. Anc
VIII do well N sHe there gets rid Of her drunk ef
husba d: Ilis fellow attended her during he
last years enforcement ia this country, and " o.
generally drunk at the tavern while she wa,
eiectTifHinR the audience. Her terms have beer
$3.50 pee night, ami she has made large sums
sac ~ expected to return from Australia mex
autumn, ana Will no doubt then resume he
readings. Two other women, well known OF
the Iustrum, ara open to engagements, And
these are Mrs. Livermure aud Mrs. Henry
Stanton. hrs. STATIONS father was an eninen
lawyer, who left four daughteTs-all women o
fine talent. and 81 very dignned personnel. Mrs
Stantons fee Is said to be s15, while Mrs Liver
more demands SlO.
HARTE AND TAYLOR.
Bret Harte demands $l25 per night. He IL nov
getting UP IA play for the Union Square Theatre
Bayard Taylor Is tlso unattractive as a speak or
but his reputation a n traveller renders nm
curiositv. Hc Is o permanent resident Of TIT
city, and writes editorials for the Tribune. a.
which urnal he Is one OF the oldest stock
holders. MIR. Taylor is more thoroughly Ger
Rnized than any other American. III SPEAK,
aud writes the language with great ease, an,
has read much of its literature. his explain
the fact that one of his cnuice subjects 4
"schicr." Mr. Taylor's fec IL SIS. aud he vi.
make but one Western trp. Taylor IL said TO b
rich. aud has certainly made II great sum out %
books and lectures.
TWAIN AND SAKE.
Marx Twain IL omen to engagements at SEQ
nigLt. lie does not care to lecture, but oder
| t. read sVme or his humorous productions. II
H. really one Of our best humorists, and vet %,
, | lifo has been often checkered with sorrow. IL
| lives IN Hartford. Marx Twain has got on won
= ! dcrfuiv. Ten years ago he WAS unknown. $ ne
! then his books aud his lee "a es have put none
| into his purse UNtil he 10 worth about $lOJOG
| In addition to which II may bc said That hi
| wife has 4 snug fortune Of her own. lie IL, hlt
| most humorsts, very sensitive, and tiis IL on
reason why ha objects to lect Iring Sometime
the audience N ind rerrnt u his best thugs
and the lack Of applause under such cucuu
stances affects him Ike a shower bath. John q
SaK", whose wit Is 80 sharp, Is now very H. al
can make no vngagcm, nts. lie lives IN BrouA
Ign, and Is now past sixty.
The Trophies OF CroedmOor.
The Hepburn Trophy match was contested
Creodmo7 Yesterday Tor the fourth time, ami Won
Mr., l.. Weber. Of the American Team, with score