New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-22
ARCHIBALD FORBES IN CANADA.

HOW HIS LECTURES WERE RECEIVED
GREAT ENTHUSIASM OF HE AUDIEYCgs-cHASgys
WHICH IT WAS NECESSARY TO MAKE-PREscH
CANADIANS SoT ALWAYS PLEASED.
Archibald Forbes the Engl sh war correspondent
returned to New-York from his Canadian lectlring
tour Saturday. lie was found bya TRIBUNE r..
porter yesterday at the Gllsey House in company
With some friends. he was looking as hale and
hearty as ever and received his visitor cordially
We'll suppose you nave seen that letter in To-
DAYS He1ald,n ne exclaimed suddenly, broad smile
oyerspreading his features 9" It's capital IOk.
somebody has been PLAYING on me- for never wrote
line of It, | saw it in the paper this morning and
was struck by It's being headed Brevoort House,
where stopped upon nv arrival in America. When
| read 1t through | saw 1t was bogls. and
had a hearty laugh over It. for you know 10
really is capIIally written; there Is a smell
OF yeractv about 10; certain Sobernes and grave.
ness OF style indicative OF the ScOtchmla and am
Iruiv sorry that had to write 10 Tie Herald and
spoil the fun. was half a mind TO let the delasioa
remain. / he letter was probably the work OIL one
OF those Alumni young oloois VINO W wa 70 PIE
ON th. agony of ihe original joke OF course my
reply 20 the Herdh was written III Jocnllr yeR
and limited. among other things, that bogus letten
seem a to be an American speciality"
What success nave You Dad III Your lecfnrlng
tour IN Canada p the reporter asked. indicating ths
object of bis visit
"Wcll. / can say without eXaggeration nat my
success in Canada, more especially IN the Eastern
nr,rviuces hls been rldi uOasiy stupenlous In
some pans Of the country, Nuch as Prince EDWARDS
Island, for instance people had never aI,eIdeda
lecture bafoie except on the occasion Of Henry
Ward Btec lrt's visit. Lee urllg was quite
novelty t. them, and they Hooked 70 hedf ne by
bundrpds When delivered a curr at one town
r.onip yyould come iron miles away, III Sei ghs and
On snow-shoes. | was often engaged to al ir IS tie
oDbllc at twelve hours n0'lce. mat Is, delegs-
ton from a certain town or FIilage-contah.
ing perhaps at most 3.OOO i9n9Oitlnts-
vou,d wait on my manager ana conclude an ar
m cement for the next night, gVIng ma lee Of
S75 and promising me 20 per cent OF tue receipts
In other words the $40 nine regardless Of the
success OF iaiure OF my lecture; and Whrn IS was al
most invariably the case fhe 20 per cent VI the re-
CENTS exceeded $7j, the difference was handed over
to M. WnV only last Thursday received q gaaral.
tee fupd ol go from delegation OF Inhabitants Of
Carleton Place in Cenr Canada aviage Of less taan
900 iahaOilantS. The reason 81 al. tnis that 10
some parts OF Canada where the Ennii5D, J1t above
ali the Scotch element - predominant, or at any
rate strongly represented. my name has become Q
housenO.d word. The -Cdu2C'ans were deepy
Interested ~ the events o lS77-7S which brought
England 70 the yrr%e OF war Win Russ.a; hence
their curiosity TO hear man speak WHO was an eye
witness OF the most important o. llose events
Many people would Outtpnools ne ana halVey
ask, Are you really the m an WAC RODE au Tue way
from SniDka To Bucharest! VINO did lhls ana wac
lid tbatp The ScO,ch IHdeed, seemed TO makeHa
national question TO attend nv lectures, ana Sels
perfectly enthusiastic over them. lhe way came
ID
of - ich had never even heard before was thai
the leading members Of these communities would
subscribe money for the formation OF guarantee
fund, one man subscribing TlO, amor ler 20 anObei
81. etc, and would then oHer me tue SUN ~ '"'
them. ~ IN,
II soon abandoned my lecture on Royal People
have Met aud lectured on the MECHANISM
War Corresp0ndence.' After awhile. however,
concluded that thc subject, rs l presented II, was
rather overwhelmed with technlcalltes and cor
seIucntiV brOadeued IL out by lntT0duclnga seiesw
incidents and adventures IN the professional iva
of war teLiing people OF the various
danger. and obstacles thar beset war CORE 'pol.
den Is patn of the harisnips aud prlyatiohs nc as
toendure; of the different channels ol commuhlcaS
Mt MS disposal; in snort, showing them no" su'
thing was done that they got the outcome o. Nv
lated how McGahan marched with the hussisn a.
niles through ice aud snow, now MiIlet ""s ut
in the Balkans, and how lnYset mahaBeu 'V g%
strip the Cars cOurlers with the news OF tbe lut
ish surrender AT SnIpka. Apart from my reputation
another thing whlcn tslnk contributed 10 ny IsS
cess was that invariably tried TO make NV , ~
lures in part humorous and IN part pathetic' . IL
NOR aternated b. strong pathos Is thing an 'uu a
ence goes for. The moment you raise iaugn, gVs
must already be trying to make your hearers c,s,.
" The only part of the Canadian populatlon NnlJ L
showed Indifference toward me was the rteno .
They seemed TO be IN a complete state OF moei rS
ton with regard to anything had 10 sai, FnS.
may be attributable to the fact tIat spoke hus
Iish and not French. But think. also, ina. ~, ~
censures of the Napoeonlc regime. my praises VI
German character, and perhaps some allu nnrso
lnaue 10 the fauco-I tusSiau Wal, PiJJ, 'h Cana
dered q certain feeling among the FRENCH onn ,r
dians AT any rate they were no factors ~ an"
our business" 49, N,
What are your plans for the future M
Forbesi' ..,,
well | shall leave the city in day or two oeus
engaged TO lecture Ia Boston next Friday ana o'
urday evenings. After this | intend lecturYysH
different towns at q few hours ride from Aew-i"'
My time will thus be occupied until Chrlstnas
shall then probably 20 TO Canada again. alter "n"'
my tour West aud South will begin" tia
In CONCLUSION Mr. Forces expressed hlin s-n,sJ
highly pleased with what he mad seen oil the INA
States aud with Americans IN general w "a
steamer which brought him across the ocean ne ssd
met number of very amiable Americans ahJ ,Ibs
formed very favorable opinion III advance ~ mot
people OF this county. fhls opinion so lsL aty
changed in the least; in fact 1t had been grea'
strengthened