The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-06-28
KATE FIELD.
The Fair Lecturer Scored by
"Wanderer."
BELFAST, June Is, 1885.

have inst learned that the adorable
effulgence Of beauty, who rejoices un-
der the name of Kate Field, has taken
execution to the synopsis made by me
of her Washington lecture on the
Mormon Monster" 1 am panied;
deeply panied. She says the epitome is
s,ckeningly vulgar. Well, admit that
7 have not reached that enviable posi-
ton enjoyed by the lady in question,
compared with whose writings the
works of English classical authors pale
into fiIthiness: nor have attained that
perfection which enables me to give
truthful synopsis of a vile and vulgar
lecture and yet omit all that is vile and
vulgar. 1 hope am too much of a
gentleman to contradict a woman, how
ever lost to self-respect she may be.
Now I also think the eptiome vulgar,
Int it was a decided improvement on
the lecture for chasteness. The correc-
tons the little darling makes may be
lust. 1 listened to a rambling, inco-
herent thing, by courtesy called a
lecture. for over two hours. and am free
to confess | could not remember 1t all,
and she may be right; but cannot see,
admitting the alterations made, where
the effect is changed. She AYERS: IF
| undertake to correct all the errors in
that .eptiome' l shall write it over.
Before this she admits that "a great
deal of this 'epitome' is true as to
facts" and at the close she declares its
perfect truthfulness in this delicate and
subtle manner: Miserable as is the
'epitome' there is so much more truth
in it than is usually found in The
HERALD, that l almost rejoice at its
publication" In all modesty would
like to ask if any one hit literary
acrobat, such as the journal to which
Miss Field writes her grievances, can
reconcile the first with the last two
quotations. They can be explained
| only at the expense of truth or sanity
or both. In this instance the probabili-
| ties are that investigation would show a
loss of both. The dear creature must
have an exalted opinion of her own re-
putation for veracity when she cannot
write two-thirds of column without
contradicting herself; and when she
Is lOTCeQ W U6l6uQ GudI Itpubdi ION
among her friends" from the harmless
worth the candle" | admit that she
had fair-sized audience, but saw no
enthusiasm and heard little applause.
| She cannot deny that the lecture was
ignored by the press. Can she deny
that she expected to make her reputa-
ton in this lecture, and that, on the
strength of that reputation she hoped o
| travel over the United States? Can she
deny that after its delivery in Boston
| and in Washington her managers were
actually afraid to put her on the road
with it? If she can deny these sayings
then, perhaps, this charming little body
will explain why she left the lecture
field. Can she deny that she promised
lady in Salt Lake before leaving that
| city, that she would not lecture on the
Mormon question? If she can deny
that then she can deny anything, what
soeyer.
Miss Field charges me with maligning
her III public and in private. This
most emphatically deny. The lady
! herself knows this is a trife outside the
truth. If I,had doubts of her verac1ty,
they are forever settled by the tender
epistle in which she has ''pillared" me-
have doubted her sincerity and her
sanity in private and do so in public.
l am not alone in the former, and have
the best of backing for tie latter. If as
high authority as the New York World
| dares to intimate that she is mentally
disiointed, woman with one idea land
that very Indifferent idea too,) scarce
ly such a presumption can be over
looked in game not worth the candle"
whatever the tallow illumination may
have to do with the huntsman's sport.
There are innumerable evidences of
! absence OF a sound judgment in this
adorable creature-but far be it from
me to expose her to ridieule.
A lady needs not to be told what is a
confidential communication. Miss Field,
it seems, does. With lady, or a gem
tleman. private communication, no
matter what bitterness may arise after
wards, are ever held jealousy sacred.
Now Miss Field not only shows herself
superior to rule that is recognized by
all true persons in her willingness to re-
veal a thing which, on its face bears the
evidence of a confidential utterance;
but she actually goes to the length of
giving as my words an utterance to
which never gave expression. She
must establish her own veracity, it
would seem, by proving that am
hypocritical liar. Well, every person
to the weapon she is most skilled in
You cannot blame the OK for using its
horns, the ass for employing its heels,
nor certain person for resorting to lies.
1t is said that children and fools tell the
. truth. but this lady is a shining illustra-
ton of the fact that there is an excep-
ton to the rule so far as regards the
second class. rhave no reason to fear
any revelation that Miss Field NAV
make concerning any utterance of mine
to her. Bad as my reputation may be,
it has never been so lamentably de-
PRAYED that 1 need tell the world what
did say, in order to satisfy my
friends" that am not a liar.
WANDFRFR