The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-12
FRENCH ImpERrAI1srg m LONDON.
TAIN M!
How the New York Papers Speak Of Him

In a lengthy editorial, the New York Times
thus goes for the champion pulpit athletes.
TaImage.
Dean reputation. he would be secure OF q per-
manent engagement IN BrooAlyn. q Y No o AmeTi-
can primo 20 dpnaa mn Il put , at the t9D o. ths llst
ment. No circus rider can hope to succeed
here until he has succeeded ut Asiley's. 80
Talmage Ventured all ON London engages
It Is reported that no preacher In England
has ever perspired 80 freely as Talmage. No
dazzltng display OF legs and arms. drimaldi. in
his best days. could not make so ID any grfmaesa
in given space e of tine Londan is1 Is eonyulssd
the new American pulpit athlete. Nothing like
1t was ever seen In the country. And We may
add. for the benefit Of this K+Dublle, nothinR
like II was ever seen In this or any other coun-
try Perhaps our British cousins thought that
when we had taken all Of the bets offered fn
our resources. They had inuiscrsetly left Mr..
Talmage out # their calcul stiona .'a.,s5
messed many International contests. .vas very
appropt lately seee Cd as the theatre q Mr.TaI- q
mages final triamsh agrientnral {, tr hall II
Club is held. Dniing ths wiao'erI Il + occuyisd
as hippodrome, and The noble ]! pastims !: known
efa X sr o9 asy as ~
raj Hall that ,ns classic O'Leary won the, long
distance ehampisa belt and In in a MAgrieal r
10 j. now blioglng back win lin. Pr B,
London little e Fec what ssben an the aa
the q the fret agyearsnas q the
| raj Hall. London went to hear sermon and
beheld display, OF ain and legs such as 81.
Paul never once dreamed of-a fight oa eontor-s
tions and double-back snmersRults Y terly un-
known to UhrysostoD.. Pp1yearD. Whately Or
Tillotson. Accustomed as they were 20 the re-
Dean atanley the late Canon Kingsley. and r.
". Roberto on. Londoners we're strueA Win
dumb amaZement when he American preaeneEs
having given out his text. vauted l1ghily tp tne
pulpit. cushion and STOOD there on his head
while he delivered his exordium. And when.
e. sf p1s Of les and arms
OF which bis aftenuated torso was the O. ME OF
the iytng periphery. the enthusiasm Oh the au-
dience knew no bounds.
The New York World, Of the same date.
speaks OF him as follows:
We really cannot guarantee the authenticity
Of cable which reaches us announcing thae
Mr.. TamaRe has agreed 70 an exchange o. pull
p5s II ah d
on the principles ef Calvnism, dressed In d
morning jacket OF pink silk. trimmed with tur-
while Mr.. Talmage declafms the part OF Pnedra
in white flannel niehteown;. But here Y
really nothing improbable IN 1t, and II would a.d
r. aDcaise might obiect to It In the name
Of Art and. the. American Dresbyrries. in
the name Of Religion. But as neither Nile.
Bernhardt nor Mr.. Talmaae is amenable TO
such paitry c.nsiderations. that need make no
diff renee. The Londoners who cape r. eesta.ey
against each other for ber craven inne ges, which
resemble sculpture as the Cardiff Giant TefeIn-
bles pre-A -AdamftA. man, will doubtlsss think her
sermons as edifying as those Gf De, d Stanley,
and If Mr.. y almaRe will butc nsent to shave OIL
his whiskers nine London theatre-goers out of
ten will not be ebie to Distinguish him from the
divine Sarah. Besides which they. W II probably
| find his French much more to their liking.
| A brother and sister, aged twelve and nine,
| inmates Of the House Of Refuge at Green's
burg, Ind, packed little wagon fuil Oh Iooq I
| and clothes from the Btore-r0Om, ana escapeu
with the stuff. When overtaken the girl Was
hugging doll-baby and riding upon uparhass .n1
wagon, being pulled by her brother. xahs.a ansy
| left the wagon and fled into the woods. Hhelu
| they were captured.
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