The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-02-06
ON OLD MAIDS.
How the Brilliant Lecturer Will
Handle this Difficult Subject.

Handle this Difficult Subject.
For the fourth lecture in the Young
Men Lecture Course the managers have
been fortunate enough to again secure
the Rev Waldo Mossaros, who sill ap
pear in the Hall on Tuesday evening
! February 9.L, his subject being odd
! Maids" 1t is almost needless TO say
that this is a lecture sparkling with
humor. But besides the humor, Mr.
MeSSafos weaycS into his discourse an
amoant Of philosophy and good reason
ing, which Is surprising. The topics
which will be discussed in this lecture
are as follows: How old maids are dis
posed of in FIJI; cunning for husbands
! and rafting for wives; the literary old
| maid; the eccentric old mai6; the invalid
old maid; the blighted old maid; the
masculine old maid; the Woman's Rights
old maid; the retrospective old maid; the
extremely proper old maid; the old maid
aunt; the gossipy old maid; the natural
nun: the beautiful Old maid; the use and
abuse Of old maids in general. and what
to do with them. Those who had the
pleasure of hearing Mr.. Messaros in his
previous lecture here will be able to
Judge Of his ability to talk upon the
above topics. Mr.. Messaros has the adj
vantage of a great many lecturers in
being able to speak without notes on an
unobs'ructed stage The man is elo-
qnent from the time he open his lips I'M
til his lecture is finished, and everything
he says contains something of interest
and amusement. The lecture will begin
promptly at o'clock. Tickets of ad-
mission will be OH sale at the drug stores
and at Hinchille's a few days before the
date of the lecture, and will always be
pr0curable at the Hall on the evening of
the och inst. This will be the fourth
lecture in this interesting and successful
course, the fifth and last lecture will be
given as soon afterwards as possible.
Waldo MesSaros was born near Lc-
pauto Greece, December p, 1852. His
father was Greek gentleman of Spak-
hiote blood, and his mother of Maniote
and Danish origin combined. Thus tt e
North and South of Europe met in him,
and the blood of rugged islander al d
tameless Spartan mingled in his veins, a
circumstance which doubtless has had
much to do with his after career When
barely four years old he removed with
manned iii that city for three years, a
residence which has left the deepest i'm
preston on his mind, which, by the way,
is most tenacious of all that comes with
in it's reach Being now seven years old,
his father, a man ever hungry after
knowledge and always politically dissat-
official residence in Russia, determined
to take the boy with BIN into Asia, and
from that time till his thirteenth year lie
was a wanderer on the face of the earth.
India, Persia and Egypt, wherever the
desire to roam led his father, thither the
boy accompanied him. And his educa-
ton was not neglected during these
years, nor yet was it of that uncertain
kind often received by sons from literary
fathers, vino have the habit of making
the minds Of their children stables for
their own hobbies. Before he was eight
years old a tutor was provided for him,
and for twelve years, even during his
later sciourn in England, they were not
separated. Insensibly he began to I'm
derstand nature of flowers and stars, of
rocks and birds, Of beetles and fishes,
and gradually classify them. Then near
ness to many races brought about close
chronological observation, and books of
many authors in many tongues became
familiar. The process of his education
was 50 healthfui and wholesome that not
till he was fourteen years old did he
wake up 30 the fact that he was going to
school. At fourteen he returned to
Greece staying there and in the lands of
Italy and France over a year. When
barely sixteen he was sent to Oxford,
England, and spent nearly three years
there at hard study, mixed with album
dant mischief and frolic. The death of
his father recalled him to Greece, and,
after all affairs were settled and his
mother we'll cared for in every partcu-
lar, lie came to this country, with the
intention of remaining only a few
moaths. This was in 1>12 lie pur.
chased horse and rode through the
South, apparently aimlessly. but really
wide awake to every place and incident.
During the perturbed election of Grant
lie was in Louisiana, and heard and
This trip occupied u yeal and month,
and at the close of this, finding his means
exhausted, or almost so, he stayed with.
in twenty miles of Philadelphia, waiting
remiltanccs from home. When these
arrived he returned to Greece, and did
not again set foot in America I'll the
winter of the Centennial year. AT this
time he began to lecture, profession
which he continued in New England and
the West, with considerable popularity
and pecuniary profit. lie made his home
in Wells, Maine, near the sea, lured
thither by the resemblance Of the coast
to his home, and the kindness Of his
friends, and from that time, though he
went abroad at intervals, he considered
America as his home. Habits of study
grew upon him till he became almost a
recluse, and only few intimates really
knew the man. lie wrote much in prose
and poetry, and whenever he lectured
his gift Of language and power of ex-
preston made him very popular. He
went to Philadelphia in May, 1850, and
since then that city has practically been
his hone. His career as pastor of the
Northwestern Prpshy terrain Church, and
his personality as a lecturer are too well
known to need repetition. Suffice it to
say that he has gone to Philadelphia to
root, has recently married lady of that
city, and if candid manliness and intel
lectual gifts will win success his future
must be excellent.
THE STORY OF LOVE POINT.