The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-25
ADVLCE 10 MEMPHIS.

The Sardis Miss Reporter thinks the
literary and scholastic spirit Of Memphis
has not attained TINT high degree OF devcl.
opmcnt which city enjoying a cotton
business Of zoo 900 bales year should, In
all reason display. The Reporter Is some
what too previous, 30 TO say. There. arc
many projects now under way which denote
the strong aud cbullicnt aspiration Of the
people toward higher things. The Cossltt
Library will soon ndon the bluff The
Gould Uni, orsity Is something more than q
hope The Lecture Bureau was proposed
too late, but we must be credited with the
proposition. The researches Of tie Qucry
Club continue with undated yigor. There
arc two or three industrious literary
ocictics that keep abreast with
tho literary movement Of the world.
The Reporter takes gloomy view
of the situation because Of the collapse OF
the Lecture Bureau. but In the course OF
~ comment Il says ''rhc population Of
Memphis embrace, talent intelligence,
purity, refinement, wealth, energy aud
every quality, in fact, that Is desirable or
can I'd iund 20 her credit" Let the r.
porter, then, be not discouraged. Memphis
Is reaching out for metropolitan diguitlcs
and Il will not be many years before the
passing traveller may nnd here everything
from n compress tu q college, from noble
! library ~ woll-pavcd streets. hut for the
benefit of those concerned We quote the fol.
lowing from the R,p,rio'
Mcmphis has uhunltnt talent 10 make such a
bureau gfind surUr.s without calling IN nuy
/ i1pigu all whatever, hut the talent Of the whole
country would bo At her command. Awisrli cuu.
ducici icctnr nurciu would not scnd abroad Tor
! raimases. uorrhers aud other men Of national
! reputation lust Cor o. show. They would select
/ lecturers who would know how aud be able g. en-.
tcraiu Intelligent audiences and 10 inicr,,i them
| in intellectual entertainments They would
neither pay hlrh PRIV no anything mulu than cx
| uDusra nor chang high cor himl..io They
would sr,k ~ popularfc Observation-Disclosures snd
they would succccd. iur. ns We have aid before
Memphis IL blessed with refinement AMI lniclli
rcncc. aud thcsc woui soon c1nc 10 rgafd the
lcciurcs ns sources ui hlIhost enjoyment 1hcu
arr spmc pfnmiurui cltfsns OF Memphis nj
this tmc. who Formerly lived IN rcicisbunf a.,
CaTkadc City IT NinIult and they will fcmrnhof
fhc irsnuinr the rHlwIh. the great enjoyment
and the almost uuhuundoi popularity oi Oh,
i,riures there Coz yrau prior ~ the war. before
the ilhmry Association. AZ hf'i they VEN gifcu
m 10 small nom. thcu large hall whs uuici up
po.iic what was "l"Nolls Hotel" and finally
large AMI magnificent building was erected br ~,
Association NJ the curIgf of -ycamorc aud Boiling
brualc ,trrcis We have scn the lnmc icciuu
hall 10 dousCly oniWli that a eat could hardly
go in. and this w. the ca'o ~ almost ever
lcJtum The lvcinfc ucc attended anil cnioyci
by 90 tIassts AMI all ages. AMI people would q.
through almosiany wDith,f lohrstthcm. Indeed
After tio cpuro hai soften hfly under way. ani
thc rhhmrtrf ui thestiHfialumruis boJamo known
We have known p'of,0 Oh ~ Into tho city from ihi
surrounding o1unu1 fIIy of sixty miles away 9,
bear th.o IcCiunr. l u would D. In Memphis
We haven't doubt of H. Even She circucv au,
haste o. mako mnnpf would yicid. nov aud then
o. thuss iHirlicI tta IUtat1 lnt ua hops that th
friends and urlmut D. n the icTtufu iurau vii
unI Del iIsHnunEeL I. PMS forward their laui
. hh'c Hui maud rnirHf'sa. until ucir iahon nu
, grUHuol with UIainrU. .HCcDa.