New-York tribune., 1879-01-18
TIE LECTURE.


begin with. thinE, as my Quaker ancestors WON"
,hrase IT, shall have littc more liberty If there If II"
misunderstanding between nv house ana NE
"a 10 how / am here. There has been n E"ou
deal written and spoken, some wlse some o'u''
,.c s,u,c tr,epdIy some the about what i
called ny return to the platform. as Though al so"e
lime in the ia,t had dcAucly abandoned and pefma-
neuiy tol.Worn tnc platform for sCme other lie ana
ac,iyity and iu ADDITION, as though some lai"ic
IN tlis same other life and @cUNiN h'o
driven me back 10 the old cam3'n- ground yl'luhS
W, r,Iuc.pf On tho contrary. cannot return TO
that that one bas never abandoned TW" years ago
said in Boston on the Of some work which, Il In some
,csoects II has been sorrowfu ii has also been profit
able since experience, rightly considered i
alWays OF profit said at that ume ana
stand on record as saying that h"u
.toupci talking, simply and sOcY because
did not believe making bricks Witho"t straw !" NE
The most unprotta table OF al tasks uLder the san
- tle strirang together Of words the combining %
sentences prominently in the face oi an "ln''p'c'
without some upellmg cause ana alSunIcCh' moH'''
In one w,rl. | do believe in talking unless nave
something to say. TO me the platform always seemed
n species OF lay pulpr not merely vehicle OF enter
tainment, but something that ought to be used When
one has thing pushing strongly from head and
heart that J; must hnd outlet. think u
is capital Iulc and a sufficient one VIZ"
say for both spccch-mahing and marrying lha'
ff you can help it in either case. "dont'
wed why. well. Anything short Of That in marrying
would he very apt To- bring YOU supreme unhapplness'
with that any misery IN marriage viii he apt 10 give
You a measure OF Its own happiness. 20 with
speech. II there is something on tms side
tbe line that must be sad there will be
listening with content and Soht on either hand IL II Is
here dayns her hand upon her hcarD 10 utter VIII be
there Gointin 10 the audicnce) to hear. never said
farewell to The platform Mol Nor even good bye. |
smpv shut my mouth because Thought At the time had
nothing 10 say that deserved he time and ears OF other
prope. Aud / am here Tonight, not as repentant
prodca not bitter and disappointed woman. not as
rejected sui,or o the brilliant and dashipg and worldly
girl returning cntreat the pardon and embraces OF
tnc emiuenty and proper and right minded one.
No merely take up the reus where put them down.
am here tonight on INV feet with the platform un-
der them because as Of old, think have something
10 hay that ought to be spoken and that hope you will
care to hear IAprlausc.l Aud TO the stage, ii l
were the most cmircntly popular and successful of
actors with crowded tine. with lDess constituency,
with multitude OF admirers. do not see how. by any
possibility. even in that case. the new life should
pass sentence Of death upon the old II the actor
knows how tLl6 has thing TO say, ana lecture
sane I know OF no law that should intervene, that
Should command silence, any more than in the case
Of clergyman, physician, AWEeI, states
mana politician. l mcan-a man OF business or Of
successful Of the yccum lecturers ave. one ana all thOse
VINO have some other trade and calling or almost az
those THAI have some other trade ana calling than at
Of migrating TO and ir2 on lhe face 81 t1e eaIn hans
here and there fot the prpOse OF laIkihS 10 thoSe
VINO 10 listen since there has never
workmanshp of the bar and bench and the
platform he pulpit and platform, the office aud plat
pencil, the artistic brush ana the platform why should
Que lind the deep moved and continent hftcd up
s5s6sS sf ou e ETi% 5e @h' oa sraap the
one. 1t must he by renouncng NE Other" :.
S sSe of % Tsrt,lS defmed Partially denied that
i'm f4ND
ondmnation au, de RADIATION on the brow OF every
inau who tIcadS tue boards OF the mimic
ttisc; and il i atAihft that tPIIt th"t
any o;heI work workmanship under the sun; you can
cutter any other avenue; YOU can ma y0nr
nJIGT nl,J%fed risht mouni@cc and worthy NJ
ierer TO s'aud on this Platform or in The pulpit
ness may come to your liIe and move Other peoples
hearts and sonls but you are an aGior you are gwen
Now pardon me If / use III? own nnine. use 1t sim
ny and solely fOI tHc reason ina i is the CDj one that
lies handy II people Ild sdd aOout 'nis woman enc
has e cred SOHO theological seminary some law school;
money making; she has developed some new
faculty FOR sculpture or p,etry or painting, or IKE Sol
h",k; she has converted her foes into friends
bv becoming OF them-whlch she always
il so brilliantly IS 10 be an honor TO the guild
aud one OF heads If size had done any one OF these
tnrg gs hu0ody wOuG have though. Of saving anything
But dnins mat she dd sIv has abandoned the plat
foim." What f'els III one own experience Is ole
thing: what one ads y anOtl or
Through all the years OF my IiSid Quaker traiiing
through all TIE years 'hat haVe iTT"eu to4hiE at n9
what -Ociciy had to feel ami had 10 have found
kn"Nleee reveals deeper depths. experience shows
cleaIor night than thiHg ono can read OF hear; 90
tGou, the lo4E ana short "i the mattr Is,
had cause" No! ain here 10 magnify good one Ap-
Ils,sc The stag! Even 50. Did love it les--andt
il IN the pain OF QUaSerlood used to
der the afternoon Of Zach day! d9y for r.,dI,, ser['
ing from srAool only 70 cross me pavement
Gu.ldngs and read iue by linz and FOR word the
roster every word 4 which knew 10y hcart. and won
lie within. ana T. long past expression fgr tnG
lime to come whs% ilopa Were Anq%Ia'& but I,,h
a personal ,en. OF indifference that looked at it,
h;tSu % I'm 81! a. e .ucn iiat shnuId hayr com,
Iulsoi Oi speech az on ne IN IL behalf
CHAKM or THk THEATRE.
whatever popular Is worthy Of attention. whatever
holds interest o vast muitiiudes, OF the great ma
tor:y Of human beings is certainly worthy, not only
Tie considerations but the cosc consd, ration. OF even
Tao selected And yet, while 1t Is conceded that
there ID form OF entertainment, anuSe'
incnt dI.sipatio0. instruction or Whatever name
frcndhuess prejudice may choose TO give it, that has
such tremendous grip tue interest and affections Of
an enormous majority OF human beings as the theatre,
there is one subject under the sun about
which there Is so httic far and candid and
homes, ana Exhaustive thinking and intelligent ana de
passionate taking done. lA"iGus'' i-V'h thOSe WLO
love % apologize for il! Iyen those who ENJOY II are
tOWod by tt assumption Ui lUhl thdt ~ lNdldp9 car
ricd ty intelligent or ignorant opponents.
'rnry apologize where they should commend; they
,Xicuuaie where thcJ should cXdt-nOt It's external
hrulsLrs hut it, utiusc value and worth; tie TACT
lring tnat. while 1t has been many time
ard oft clad IN tawdIy rags and cheap tnseI-
ave and even 10 Iague-stricken gaimclts-
. that while it has been painted patched Iougcd,
dauhed, IT'S real form l. seen by countless
nyriad to noble and ts actual countcuance Deaut!-
M Tne fact that while IL has had 10 sagSer under he
1ytrneous weights Of its own foilos ana the remen-
tou- burden O1 denuLclalon hoaped upon II, IL
yct lives vital, spieHdd-llves not only III the
:,oinjrstiOn but the affection Of an enormous
tna,nrlty OF clyiZcd beIngsis the proof that II IL IA
Ifsf gc.i aud ought To command great ana c0Se con
sid.rafou no % every and woman WHO loves bis or
her kind s.nce such II ls 1t has the most iOun-