Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-01-18
MATTHEW Am ID s OpTaIOEs.
Afraid That Amer Audiences N u Not
Appreciate H.m

hat Matthew lArHosd said to a New
York reporter was tisis sssWa IS Just
Thinking how my lecture on cd Hca-1
ton would take sii esg atis
Hence. can Get over the idea that
i lecture on the subject will be q great
\ bore to the average An ieri cen, KdaF-s
ing lived the greaateas part 1ef my lifas
I Alaong the schools aii,e.sitls 10 fancy
4 that other peor ls ID not regard The
matter Of education :as Of such vast iim-@
portance. What do you think When
we speak Of the Ans riean people oH
the other side re lte apt TO picture in.
Z our minds d !. nation bent almost emit ~
/ ~ upon aking Iaeney> I;ais may be
= great mistake, an hope it IS Isl Them.
4 j am q little anxious abps.t my English
brogue and accent. They say shat .h Mr.
Froude' s. brogue was against him when
! he WAS here. You know { ana not:
mueh used 70 lecturing. and, although.
e am convinced that what / have to- say
). will be all right, | am 4 little anxious
about the way Of speaking it, and yet
some very inteiligant New Workers
4 have assured me shatsmy pronun citation
1 is not SO broad rs to be at all offensive:
\ or distasnetrll. and that the majority of
educated people here rather like 80
I heat some OF our men talk, SUCH, for
ekanhple,4as the Lord. Chief Justiee,whe'
lately addressed a most Intelligent and
cultivated audience 81. the Academy of
Music. y 81 ~ = it'll -, r., S.. II 4
n Il have three ieeturos prepared for
delivery in this country - said Mr.. Ar
7 mold. <SIhe subjects are sEdacatioR,'
4 Science and sNumbetss' ~ - ,
{ What does Numbers refer to?'' r
h &; ell, not TO the Numbers OF the BIZ
blGyElAt to numbers rs referring to pop
alation and government, JssIlali begin
ia New Xork, then 90 to l3tsston, and
from there sLa}l lecture in dxfArent
cities thgoughoar the country, follow
ing the course laid out by DsOyley
Carte. T shall be in the rountry about
four months, which, I think, will give
me good opportunity TO study the
people and their Institutions. 7 may
lecture on Emerson and compare him
to Carlyle, but I may not be able to get
sufficient time to collect nay thoughts
asd put them ca paper. You know I
ana y listle slow and easy going, and
yet, in passing through the country,
still other subjects may impress one
! with q desire to speak On them. II
want to see whit degree your people
have got out of the narrow-minded
ideas OF the Puritans. ] also expect to
see some old-fastlioned Quakers and
native Indians - .F .
Speaking Of English art or aestheti-
cisn,, as represented by Oscar Wilde.
Mr. A. said: Poor fellow, can't help
feeling sorry for him. He WAS d kind
OF q gooses you know; and yet Ire is a
clever fellow. But he has no solid rep
utation in England. IL Ems lish art he
WAS a kind OF ;s-n
'.Mushroom?'' suggested the re-
porter.
well, yes. But I would rather you
would not say that L said he was a
goose. Oscar is a clever fellow. and
/ m afraid he feels sore over his last
venture in this Country. Carried away
a good deal OF money inr balm? Well,
not near SC much Twenty live thous-
and dollarsp Let's See: how muck is
that in pounds? Yes, $4,000, Oh.
dear, no. He didn't. make anything
like that amount. I know it positive
= ly 1t WAS but a small fraction OF til at
sum.
''LahatAehere? ges, Laheaaehere. He S
a sensational sort OF a man, and enjoys
merry misunderstanding. j don't tnink
he carries very much weight. He
ISLANDERS and abuses people, and then
laughs to see them squirm. 10 Mr..
Labouchere this is exceedingly ANUS
ing.
An, yes, the House of Lords--,the
second house. The question as to its
uses IN our government is open for dis
'cussion, Oh, at any rate, VIII be in time.
1t is certain to come, hnt the time is
+ not ripe for it Yet At present any
,allusiop to it in the Lords is pooh
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