Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-03-16
Wanamaker'S Talk.
AN EVENING OF COM MON SENSE
ARGUMENT, MUSIC AND
ANCIENT ARTS.
A NICE ENTERTAINME

"A NlOE EN Ell al ~ VI EN i
The first ftheWilmington Institutes I
four popular entertainments took place =
} on Saturday evening. The hall was
, packed from the main floor to the gal
lery, and many stood all evening crowd /,
: ed into the aiales. The announcement !
that John Wanamaker was to be the /,
speaker Of the evening, no doubt was a !
leading cause for the inspiring turnout |
} Of the masses, and demonstrated that ,
, first class lectures at the small fee of ten
cents are appreciated, and that IL is bet
ter to have an audience Of 900 at ten
. cents each than one Of 800 at fifty cents
\ each.
The platform was occupied by the
1 Opera House orchestra, the Quaftette
choir of the Trinity church under the
' leadership of Prof, G. B Rhoads, and
? "A humber of citizens, amongst whom
= were I. 7. johnson, ID. w. Taylor. Rev.
I'D l.. Estiin, job h jackson, Charles
y w. Rowland. Alfred Gawthrop, w.
:. W. Birdsall, Elwood Garrett, John ii.
+ Adams, Washington Hastings and A.
t =. Beecher.
n After an orchestra overture the whole
/, audience arose and joined the orchestra
= aud choir in singing" Ny Country tits
b of thee, Sweet Land of Liberty, Of thee
3 | sing" Mr.. Parry presided at the
s organ.
!. After this inspirating burst of music
the audience looked for Mr.. Wana-
y maker, bur that gentleman was noticed
}. no place upon the platform. AS 1t was
}, past the hour for the arrival Of the
Il train that was 10 bring him there was a
i fear Expressed that he might possibly
& be- deta iued.
eI This fear, however, was soon quelled
e by Mr.. Isaac T. johnson, who had
o charge of the program, coming to the
II front aud stating that MIR. Wanamaker
had telegraphed that he would arrive
!. on train "a little later. Though the
B. cause of Mr.. Wanamaker's detention
10 WAS not then known, it transpired that
r. he missed the train that left Philadel-
10 phia at $40 thinking that it left at
e I6 i6 y III.
nj Rather than dsappoipt his Whining
& ton friends, be chartered a special train
10 and reached Wilmington a few ninut
y Iater.
lt Mr.. Johnson filled up the time by
10 briefly reviewing the history of the
10 institute since 1t was founded thirty
years ago. The public press had taken
in a great measure the place of the
lecturer, as the daily papers brought to
fu!l report of the evening before, but ii
X failed to bring the music and art ex
re hibitions that were 10 be Intern ngled
O- with the Institute course of lectures tC
o their doors The proceeds OF thes,
popular lectures he said were to bt
aI used for the purpose of providing TO
,e- a further series OF entertainments.
nd The quartette then sang "The Hunter
n. Call" at the close of which MIR. Wsna
tb maker accompanied by George w
Bush, came upon the platform and wa
received with hearty round Of ap
lpause.
eh Mr.. John II Adams then introduc cet
~ Mr.. Wanamaker to the audience
JOB Pointing TO Mr.. Bnsh the speake
raid: "1his is the bu-h that has shaker
me down among you this evening.
~ He said that this WAS the first time h
'A' had ever addressed an audience tha
paid anything to get in TO hear him
AS he had always III his business lit
in. endeavored to give the people the wortl
of their money, upon the same princi
eft. pile he should have brought barrel o
~. ten cent pieces with him to pay bacl
er. to the audience what they paid to hea
he him. Mr.. Wanamaker then expressed
i'll his approval of such entertainments
be and then complimented Delaware
g, lpToduced some great men.
~. The new President In taking bis of
, flee looked around in all the States il
or the Union for his Chief Secretary, an,
w.. found no one that su tied him IA well a
Mr.. Bayard, and he found in him
pure and honorable man. But, said Mr.
,lr Wanamaker, there were other men il
rs; Wilmington as pure and honorable; 70
ha instance, such men as stand at the hest
ru of the Jackson 81 Sharp Company, tin
Harlan ~ HolIiugsworth Comp ny
his and other such establishments. II
ey paid high compliment to skilled me
i'll chanics and workngmen of Whining
ton, whose handiwork was seen al
nd over the Union and in foreign nations
1s- His father was a mechanic ant
M taught him to labor with his hands, an,
his ympathies were entirely with tn
for working men. He was glad to see s
let many boys present, and his advice t,
,er the boys was 10 seek out Gods plan 70
their future lives, and to decide upol
an. some deiiuite purpose, and follow
~ ~,,a closely all through their lives. Th
''' speske then made a pleasant aud prac
tical allusion toPresl1ents Garfield snj
)ru Cleveland ss illustrations of men wit
set purposes Of their own. The heads c
IN large corporations and railroads were )
the determination.
Mr.. .Wanamaker discountenanced lon
, faced preachers and other gloomly look
- ing persons who, upon entering a sicl
room, were sufficient to drive away al
hope from the patient and was motto
served upon him that he should prepar
de- for the undertaken. He urged cheerful
~, ness as papacea for sick rooms. Their
III was nothing he said like looking ou tn
ted bright side of life. He illustrated thi
re- by telling a touching story of Spurgeo
be- visiting an Orphanage in London tina
zen contained 2i0 boys.
'ed Mr.. Spurgeon was reminded of tn
ex- little boy up in the room sick. 1t wa
but a small effort for him to reach th
side of the sick boy. He WAS gloom
and melancholy, as those who cam
pO7 into his room Instead of looking cheel
the full looked as if they expected him t
or. die almost any moment. Mr.. Spurgeo
a saw what was the matter, and sbefor
n Ihe left, he left money to bay canar
an bird for the,sick boy that 1t might chee
'rs. MN Win its cheeriuiness anu cnari
Gle him with its song. If L could ring
said Mr.. Wanam aker in every huma
heart was warm and kind spot
lin 1t WAS kind word that touche
in Francis Murphy's heart while he wa
inc in prison and brought him out Of it
ra1 reformed man. He exhorted all to b
esa patient and to help each other, lookin
a,I upward, outward, forward and alway
-. ready to lend a hand