The New York herald., 1877-02-11
LECTURES LAST EVENING.
ALL THE WORLD A STAGE.

ALL THE WORLD A STAGE.
Tho third lecture Of the course Of the Young Mems
Hebrew Association delivered last evening at the
Harvard Rooms by Hon. Simon Wolf. The subject
chosen was the .'stage and Actors" The interest al
ways pertaining to this theme 70 f the hall
its utmost capacity TO the Israelse particularly a
the subject attractive for 10 him the world
has been stage, and In every age
be has been forced to act a part often far
from his natural impulses. Strange u may seem
religion is the parent Of tho drama. For many ages
society was In of semi barbarism that rendered
Il useless TO endeavor to ncucate moral truths by ad-
dressing the The imagination and the senses
alone bore sway men. and was only by acting
on them their conduct could be regulated So on
every festival there drama and the pious among
the clergy rooiced to ind In this means OF revivtng
the truths Of the Bible It y fact snas 10 where % arc
the legitimate drama Is their peasureabie food And
what would ralmags and Moody and their followers
iional amusement, make US all misantnropes and let
prido and ignorance stalk among US In the stage
the mimic words Of an actor, for, as Ham
let says "A plays the thing nn TO 10 eaten ;s tn, sne
fOrse'ntS tUrsT Enough Mr. Talmagos logic may have
no weight against the stage. the new style OF acting in
roduced by his cIass certainly njurng the legitimate
drama. When rant and stagc-strutlng, and sensation
and the ribald jest are openly tolerated IN the pulpit
what chance the real actor? When the church be-
comes circus and furnishes Us with stars at $50 600
year TO turn plety into play, will not the people
work for the SIX days and gorge themselves with thea
tricals on Sunday? Oh when the house OF God has
become tho widest playhouse 70 what pitch
of PERFECTION have we come. We'll, indeed, may
that star Of pulpit actors nons conds%n M v,sw sSe
Sui The stage has an advantage Tor It teaches kindly
hoarcrs and teaches. TOO, without any Of that
manding that distinguishes our church stars and
there are some pastors talking up its defence,
and among these the lecturer was proud TO mention
those OF the Hebrews The lecturer proceeded to ~.
cite several touching illustrative OF the words,
.The world Is all stage, and men and women are but
closed with brilliant peroration on the bonevolence
OF actors.
THE HUMAN FOOT.
The large hall OF the Cooper Institute was crowded
on the occasion Of the lecture OF Dr. A. d. Crosby
the human foot. The human loot was composed Of
twenty bones and though man stands at the head
of animated nature ne stood upon the smallest
almost OF any animal The lecturer thcn went to
explain tho location OF the bones the relation they
bore to each other the several Offices they performed
ana tho manner which they discharge their several
functions. All these were illustrated oy series OF
excellent diagrams shown upon large white linen
surface Each Of the human foot was shown Ia
regular order tho position OF the bones and how they
are united the methods Of nature Tor the fabrication
OF the iotnts the muscles and their duties
explained and how the ball OF the foot and the heel
| ing from conclusion arc broken. After going fully
into the anatomy Of the foot aud describing It's won.
derul mechanism the lecturer then proceeded to ex.
plain the terrible maltreatment that portion o tho
human ramc was subjected TO- The shoemaKer ne re-
gardcd AS a maleiaclor. Horses, us rule are pretty
| we'll shod. but seldom or never The Indian
sandal protects the foot far moro etectuay than the
| boot or shoe OF civilization.