St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-07
The Stn.l,Inrd Senao,,.


Commencing tomorrow evening the
amusement patrons of this city are guaran-
teed an exceptional treat in the series OF
illustrated lectures by the gifted stoddard,
whose fine views and entertaining descrip-
tive powers have charmed more audiences
than any entertainment of the kind ever
given. The first series viii be as follows:
Monday evening, December 8.-Versailles
and Marie AntOinette.
Tuesday evening, December 9.-Paris in
the Reign Of Terror.
Wednesday evening, December TO-
Through England with Charles Dickens.
recent article in the Boston Traaecript
speaks of the lectures as follows:
Mr.. John l.. Stoddard faced a large and
friendly audience at the opening of his newly
arranged course of lectures in Music hall last
evening. As he appeared upon the platform
ne received most cordial greeting from the
audience, which, apparently included many
of his old admirers. Mr.. Stoddard, as has
been already announced, makes some
changes in his methods for this season. In
stead eff making his lecture merely descrlp-
tive of the screen Illustrations, he gives a
condensed sketch Of the salient points Of two
OF the most remarkable epochs in the history
of france-the initiation of the revolution
and the Reign Of Terror
He characterized the French revolution as
the greatest of all tragedies, and rapidly and
eloquently enumerated the causes which led
10 this revolt of an oppressed nation against
The tyranny of its rulers. The career of that
monster of iniquity, Louis XIV, with that of
the infamous female favorites, Pompad our
and Du Barry, who really ruled France. was
effectively traced, their luxury and tyranny,
their wasteful expenditure Of the vast sums
wrung from the miserable peasantry, and
their utter disregard of the rights of the peo-
pie, being the immediate causes which pre-
cipitated the revolution. The miserable
death of Louis XIV. gave no relief for Louis
XVI, destitute alike of either the vices or
the force of character of his predecessor, was
totally unfit to stem the rising storm of pub
lie indignation, which was to sweep him and
his beautiful but frivolous queen from the
throne, and finally bring them to the gnillo-
tine in expiration of the tyranny of their an
cestors. The lecture closed with the escape
of the king and queen from Versailles, their
capture and return 10 the capital, where they
were held as prisoners Of state. The lecture
was beautifully illustrated. admirable portraits
of the leading characters of this drama being
given with views of the old feudal castles,
Versailles. the Tulleries, the bastile and other
places forever made memorable as the scene
of a nations struggle for liberty. II was evil
dent from the close attention and other man
ifestations of interest that the audience ac-
cepted, with great satisfaction, Mr.. Stoddard's
new idea of making the historical associations
of the famous places pictured forth on the
screen paramount subjects of his discourse.
The field in which he has now chosen to work
is inexhaustible. All Europe furnishes
scenes about which cluster memories of great
men who have done great deeds. These de-
scribed in Mr.. Stoddard's easy manner and
those brought to the eye by means Of pho
Biography, make up an entertainment that is
In every sense edifying.