Daily Republican., 1882-02-02

A special despatch from B.ston dated last
night says: A clever use Of tilttery this eve
ping failed to capture foeton for Oscar Wilde
He was, however, greeted by an immense au'
dience. Some three or ur thousand people
were packed into Music Hal. 1t was given
out in advance that the Harvard students in
tended TO give the celebrated 9sthete rous.
ing reception and it is ga fs to cay that three
f1urths OF the Gro 7d came to see the fun. 1t
was respectable audience, In VIII Oh there
were no prominent persons,
The vicinity Of the ha rang with the har-
and at about o'clock there catered pro
ession ofsixty young Blu tn rne's. The fresh
men were clad in exaggerated imitation Of
Osca s well known cost lme, including Tres
coats, knee .b-sech es, aud naring neckties of
riking colors. Several w)re Immense wigs,
and all had lilies in button-hO ss and carried
biz sunhoScrs. They entered as BunthOrne
comes upon the stage in Patience, ana took
seats in the two front rows. The lecturer
made his appearance shortly atterward, and
received very much the same reception that
hal been given his imitators. On his coming
Ia sight the eat crowd broke into loud ap
plauss. which WIS chang d to immodcrate
laughter by the time the lectur, had reached
the desk. He had discarded the Knee b cech
rs, bat otherwise his raiment was the saTc az
tina in which he has a 1Deared in other place.
Oscar was bu, signify dscon imposed b. the
doubtful greeting, and quickly s,leece his
grinnil * Listeners by ex ressing tls h nor he
felt appearing In Boston, which he sad
the only city in America that has q en- 1
| :, hool of thouyht and phil osophy to Europe
He was evidently prepared for the col eye
boys, for be adhe tn the was alsJ hopoIei at
seeing a oout him such eyidea e3 Of art. He
had 10 dJubt that these wers young men 81
ce,e III taelr Animation Of art bu. for the
first time in his life he brelthod Il 81 ent pray
er to Dc dc lvered from his des iploG. lie FL.
ike quoting fiCm WorCsRorth:
Tura from these bold bad men
The audience applauled heart y The
young men on the front seats were sguci he'd
into beha7irr that averaged as good IS hos
| around them, but their fellow students sup
plied the deficiency in the way Of delcu,tra
! ton.
| Oscar pro'ee led with his regular lecture
The crowd listened to { cul. cfemiI ate
monotone very patiently for nearly tlhecn
mnu es, when many began 70 leave, ard the
sun flower fans h the audience began to tLt.
ter omin usjy. Presently the lecturer paused
| t. driuk slass o. water, After moment a
rattle Of Gaping ana Stamping began, which
| Continued Tor some time after the peIsecutPd
:, eaktr was ready 10 re commence. There
re quite Lumber of true wOrshiyers in the
| autieucc AMI they soon manifested taeir d
approval by vigorous Kissing. The pcriDr
! nance was several times repeated. Wild,
bore it braysly for more than hslf an hour,
even permitting his tormeLtJrs to again In
terrspt him after attempting to begin. He
was hoarae AMI in rather bad voice, having to
resort frequently to the glass at his side.
This was ctcc tine lEIde the signal for s,r-
castle Applause and hls:ing In condemnation
| oft until the lc,ture was tiUisheJ.
The FlXty Bunt .orues filed ont as they an.
tered before the aud Hence rose to leave he
! nall. They were the only ones whose ENJOY.
| mcnt OF The evening entertainment had not
! been as com pleta as they Anticipated. Wilde
| remarked, with evident satisfaction. that "the
young men rather lapsed into acquiescence. ),
| but his impressions Of Boston ayiheticlsn ar
| mt entirely pleasant.