The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-17
THE DAILY STAR
rALmAsE,s ENGLISH SEASON.

New York World.

Mr.. Talmage comes his manager in Eng
land, Maj. J. B. Pond, of Hathaway &
Pond, lecture agents. The Major arrived
on the Berlin at 9 p. m. Saturday, and
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel at 9 a. m.
yesterday. ,
A reporter asked him for a real busi-
ness account of Mr.. Talmages tour
throughout Great Britain.
"Well, there isn't much to telp an
swered the Major. ~ didn't 60 over on
the vessel with him, but l understand
they asked him to preach and he de-
cilned, because he wanted to resi-"
"What did he do when he reached
LondonY"
"He rested for week"
"Wasn't that great loss of timer
"Well, you see when l found Mr.. Tai
mage was going to have vacation |
went over to see him, and offered to hire
him for trip through Great Britain, l
didn't know then that he had made up
bis mind to go, and he demurred at first;
but offered him liberal terms, and he
consented to go. / was to pay him so
much, and he wasn't to interfere with
the business My intention was to run
him myself"
"In what way%'
~ intended to hire halls and advertise
him, and so | made no prior engagements.
But when cot on the other side-I pre-
eeded him about four days. found the
people crazy about him. So | sold him
outright at el00 night. Ididn't spend
. penny in advertising. just announced
through the religious papers in London
that Talmage was coming, and | had lots
of applications for him to lecture at diff
ferent places. Then l had to make out a
route and printed that as circular and
sent it around. Why, sir, you couldn't
imagine what the people over there
thought of Talmage. He has made the
fortune of three religious papers in Lon
don. About nine years ago the Christian
Age began to publish his sermons, and
they got circulation of one hundred
thousand. Then came the Christian
Herald and Signs of the Times, the
Christian Globe and the Christian World.
The World went back on him after his
trial. but it didn't hurt him any. The
secular press didn't notice him at all. 1t
doesn't notice much of anything but
Church of England matters"
"When was Mr.. Talmage's first appear
nce?
"He preached in the Islington Presby-
tartan Church, North London, June 10th.
He and Mrs. Talmage, my wife and
myself drove to the church in one car
riage. The streets were 50 blocked with
people that the horses were stopped.
You may have seen something like that
in the newspapers. They were all the
lower strata of people who had been
reading his sermons for years, people
who are awfully superstitious and want
things hot. 1t was u regular-regular
~
"What is called in America a mob, y
suggested the reporter.
"Yes," said Maj. Pond, ''it was an
English mob. They lifted the carriage
bodily, and tore the doors off their
hinges"
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the reporter, with alarm.
"No; they wanted to shake hands with
him, and they Just walked over him. BY
thunder, sir, how those people went for
him."
"How did Mr.. Talmage like thatp'
"Oh, he only smiled. But finally he
got to the church and preached his ser
mon. The next day there wasn't line
sbout it in the daily papers"
"Did Nh Talmage lose any of his play,
fulness in Great Britain?"
"Well, he didn't sling his arms and legs
around 50 much. He'd get up and put
his hands behind his back and walk two
or three PAGES back and forth and ge, tic.
ulate very little. But he had that same
winning smile that can not be initiated y
"Perhaps he didn't have room enough
in the old country halls"
"Oh, yes; the platforms were large
enough, but he seemed to be toned down
somehow, don't know why"
"Was he a success from the start?'
"Well, no. You see, the people had
Seen used to his sermons and they want
cd plenty of preaching. But he went
over there with three old lectures, THE
Bright Side of Things Big Blunders
and Our New House. | saw right away
what the matter was, and I wanted him
to preach all the time. But he wouldn',
do it. He said he had come over there
to amuse the people, and he was going tc
amuse them. argued with him, but il
was no use | never saw q man SO deaC
to his own interest. The only thing
could do was to insist on his preachin,
on Sundays"
"What was he paid for preaching?'
"Oh, we didn't charge anything fo
that. 1t paid of itself 1t kept the peo
pie excited. Why, sir, the people lookec
on his coming with awe-real awe.
never saw man so venerated on his frs
appearance, and by thunder sir, he die
splendidly. / made money out of him.
"What was the general feeling of tn
audiences as to his lecturesw
'1t was one of disappointment. The,
wanted preaching hot and hot. But fo
all that he made them laugh with hi
funny stories. Now, he preached il