The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1879-05-25
SUNDAY GOSSIP.
rhe Rev. Mr.. Bristor's Lecture.
b Palmers Notions Of Evangelical Work
v,nnles from the HLOst Continent. (" "OId
Creole Days." The Saxon Soros's'

A. The Editor OF the Democrat.
Tho lectures this week came very approprl- |
s..,v under the head Of entertainments That
~ Brstor was q superb exhibition Of dra-
~.uc oratory, though after the magnetic
.r.ot N delivery had passed one could not
n realize that no new revelation OF the In
,.,,or life Of the old biblical period had been
..aoved. There was not any attempt at the
@ .rmrate portralture with which. for example,
psnar, gives us photographic likeness of st.
psuI The audience were generally well
a,sased with the impassioned speaker, who
spsraned himself to sacred records accessibl,
= III instead of searching In less frequented
IN noesbIy apocryphal fields. It must be
.antted the Athenlan want of a new thing Is
snapetrating desire, especially when a prom
II \ getting has been seductlvely implied.
Dr. Palmer's lecture should more properly
have been entitled, "The Legitimate Work
i the Young Mems Christian Association"
Il il sad to think Moody and Hammond, and
ii they who go singing and talking OF Him
shod for men must be put down" as theo
lvjcaI arlacks and preachers on the preserves
II ina regulars. it might happen their ag-
rpssiye methods would suggest uncompli-
nmsaniarv comparison between the Fabian pol
M 81 the Commissioned officers and the
Ieyander-like energy OF young enthusiasts
from out the ranks.
yWhy should torches lighted at church affairs
" regarded secular tlames, because carried to
Sunday schools or cottage meetings. inaugu-
rted without authority Of some particular
Hvment OF Gods Church, but yet.directed by
he best working material from out all Of
thsm?
l.A Do bolt haf
tie greatest harm committed In this sinful
world ID done by good men, going to work
doing good work In the wrong way" What
npnsOlstion to the sluggish Christian, who
has at least refrained from this greatest
harm" Strange omission, which did not
not good In what may be the wrong way.
An Industrious collector Of ecclesiastical
uarioslties has preserved and filed away this
lecture, In company with some remarkable
alocutions of the Popes.
Since clergymen are In order, am impelled
toHpress my sympathies for DIR. Thompson
whose harmless bit OF irony at Grunewald
Hall seems to have entered the souls of a
number Of his flock.
| Wehave all heard VI une femme incOmprise.
! Now, surely, here is great and good man
ttally misunderstood and misinterpreted.
II may be the enlightenment that would
apprpclate that noble specimen OF muscular
shall have been removed from this literal
mor-exterminating community.
Possibly the difficulty may yet be composed
BY the Doctors signing a solemn agreement
ager again ito be as funny as he can"
The notice OF the reprint OF George Cables
kr days, when Seribner or the weekly news
PAPER was Illuminated by one Of them.
TO my surprise, the book itself has not yet
Hached New Orleans; not single bookseller
hs been progressive enough to procure early
ages.
ma days was the character of Jean all
hquelin.' The self-poise of his resolve not
hhaye his privacy invaded by city survey
uE and the consequent lordly announcement
b Monster le Gouverneur that "Strit-cant-
pass -at-me-o ouse." How loyal the devotion
Nhis leper brother and how careiessly indif-
Efent to the weird suspicious which followed
him.
The whole motive is SO perfectly preserved
that 1t would battle the most astute devotee of
heAm to discover the secret and anticipate
tie danouement.
:, In lovely contrast TO the rugged Poquelin is
TIE other story of Madame Delieeuse" IL
astrating her name 80 perfectly and herself
afesh and distinct creation, her innocuous
mendacity, as innocent as babe and yet SO
INGENIOUS as to beguile the most sophisticated
Ofhis sex
/ remember, too, how effectively On occa-
sDn MI. Gable would use the phenomena
d our Southern nature. The little touch was
Gquisite where the hardened Madame and
much more tlmid DIR. Messy blushed scarlet
when, at the happy moment OF reconciliation,
Me!ilrst subtle breath of orange blossoms was
waited over them.
The Cafe des Exile was M most ART tstically
perfect sketch. The description of it's exterior
vas something like this: IAN ancient willow
troops over the roof of round tiles and M rtlv
hiding the discolored stucco. which keens
dropping off into the garden, as though the
old cafe was stripping for the plunge into OBJ
nyl0n- -diSrObing for its execution
And then, after the discovery of the con
sspiracy and concealed arms, the traitor had
been drawn out of the canal, cold and dead
and, when his wounds had been counted and
eDrresponded to the exact number of the Cafe
ues E2iles' children, save one-the personiii.
cation ran thus:
But the mother, that is the old cafe, die
Ivy see 1t, she had gone up the night before
ma chariot Of fire.
There must be in the collection those othe,
e1arming nouvelettes, lite Poulette.
.Seur George and "Posson Jone,' each dis
anctively delightful and worthy extended
molselle Plantation
Ia Belle Demoiselle has the right Of pr
aMNogentnre liz my affections, having been til,
arst OF the series which had ever read. An(
Sthe se seven demoiselies are to me all prin
cssses royal.
,.lIhe Inc family pride OF de Charleu and hi
sWy,etance of his cousin, with the bar sinister
aa9ln Charley" We're characteristic OF tn,
saient Msnt descendants Of the Latin race.
Il. he.naarley's own family PRIDE In the gift 0
mn me Count de Charleu to his great gran
Sualef, su,,ff, and the dogged ultimatum that ht
en,iio vaia hot trade Except my house for yours,
nuasllllng Nv SO delicately the kinsmanship o
ssnt e common point OF view between the ee
saal ssSal oreole gentleman and the half-breed In
Nm I'M who ching to the local Charleu habita
Ia fsi snat so he might assert his nearest CLAIM
sa..ee sane catastrophe in this most beautiful
Ts NM al - overwhelmingly tragic.
Cahhlse parallel between the stories OF George
sueh e ;,ai ana Bret Harte suggests ITSELF and il
@ @sr,taunxtaposition, think, our line would bt
Aaaesuned INV Id as that OF the Western folk.
hsss.SS.s,he hsVS. she great American novel has not vet
Ressss ssi.ten ' Is universally conceded-that its
Gscrmvee m might be Louisiana, its author
Wskasrss MIN liable, is eminentiy possible.
ue sorry for the dilemmas OF the con-