The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-06
ROUND ABOUT GOTHAM
LATEST NEWS AND GOSSIP FROM
THE METROPOLIS.
Az INTERESTING Talk WITH
DANIEL DOUGHERTY.


audience, however small said Mr. DAME
Doughorty. few days ago Even whel
! rise before a jury ] would feel CRATE
ful q the floor would open and swallow
me. / want tO get away My lips are
drg. my hands iremble. and ] feel mysei
turn pale The sound OF my own voice
is unfamiliar After J get started ] lose
mv.olf n mV subject This feeling
gradually wears away. and soon for
rci these disaVTccablc symptoms In my
absorption in Che work before me-"
az The great orators of yonr daywhon
do YOU consider the greatest, and wha'
are your comparative impressions as C
she Characteristic of their oratory?
The greatest orator l ever heard /.
forgotten ] doubt ID Dis name viii bC
found in any book he Is only q trsdi
fon In speaking he lacked an the
physical cmccs Of oraiory Tie had
neither voice. striking appearance, nos
cier0ncc of action Yet j have never
heard, nor never expect i0 hear any one
" hO had such mastery over jury or an
audience as George Washington Barton
Tie alternately cou,ulsed with laughter
and melted tO iear. TIE had the quality
without which none can Doe am orator
NOR great actor ln the higher range Of
Che drains. a quality that cannot Doe
countcrfeIied-intcnsity He was q
wOrld-madc genius Ilis mind had been
compared to rag dipped in gum-arabic.
and rolled through library He worked
himself into p sort of intellectual frenzy.
then lcaped forth into such gorgeous
imagery. thrilling passages, tremendous
flights tipped AN through with classic.
historic, and poetic references. that he
stands alone in my remembrance My
Young remembrance cannot parallel
fellow
Robert r Conrad the author of Jack
tade another splendid speaker was ON
the bench with Barton.
Il heard Henry Clay speak several
times Though William g. Preston. Of
South Caroliua. was considered the most
finished speaker in the Senate. yet cam
NOT conceive of amy being finer than Mr.
Clay ] never heard him ON great
occasion. yet bee flled my ideal and COM
manding presence. voice melOdiOus.
powerful, yei under perfect control,
dignity and grace off action as ] have
never seen since on what % sight 10
was 90 seq him even walk across the
floor of the old Senate Chamber have
heard good many famous speakers
don't think Mr. Gladstone grand old
man AS De is-W0uld compare with Mr.
Clay AS an orator Yet Dee is, ike Cal
h0un. now comparatively forgotten
while the fame oi Webster the granlest
head ! ever saw--groWs brighter every
wear
How DO tine great actors whom Won
have seen stand ont in your recollection
II suppose ! am partial 90 the memory
Of my friends. whom. hv-lhc-by, / want
.0 write 70 sketch of. Edwin Forrest, vet
venture 90 say that hy general accord
be- is The one great actor That ont COun-
rv has produced knew him we'll In
King Lcare. Car0lanus. lGchclicu. or be-
'oic characters De never had his equal
lmOuV Americans The next greatest
.ct0r ! ever SAW was of am entirely diff
erent school. The elder Booth, the father
IF Edwin With % high opinion of an
De noted English-speaking actors of TO- .
lay. don't think any of them deserves
with the two I have named .
The greatest of all | ever saw-he was .
before my time-Edmund Kean"
COLLEGE WOMEN
win q woman ever add am important
discovery to the worlds stock of know
edgeg To IS some such question as this
which the Association of Collegiate
llumnp would like 90 see settled The .
lumng comprise the great body of girl
mduates from the more prominent col
eyes open % women assar. Smith.
Wellesley. the Massachusetts. Institute
y Technology Boston University. Cor
cll. Syracuse. Michigan University. and
lme half dozen other schools are of the
,ld They have done useful work ia The
a.t hy the collection of thC health siaiis-
.cs of women students, and now they are
iscuseing the foundation of @ European
fellowship 90 push young women likely
b become capable of original researches
% any field of intellectual activity Mrs.
hrIstiue Ladd Franklin whose maihe-
lat.cal work Won her such marked dis
nciion 40 Johns Hopkins University .
one oi "a committee having the matter
b charge She says
Women have now shown that they
ana take O. college cOursc without injury
B their health, and with great benefit %
heir intellectual powers. 10 remains 90
f. proved that college course VIII pro-
nee ii9 natural fruits in the form of 40
asst handful of women, who shall take
proper share in The Intellectual activity
their c0lnirymen There are
enty of women who are
el educated there are very
rs WHO are engaged in making addi-
one Co the world stock of knowledge
e believe that this is not owing 90
ly natural incapacity on their part, but
tAer in part 90 their not having felt
at The professors in many of their col
yes are not themselves investigators.
ID cannot lead their students 90 Dc
eb. and in part 90 poverty which COM
.ls ihcm 90 do something for their own
ppou Immediately after leaving coli
Under ihe plan proposed for setting O
c scheme OF "a European fellowship S
.dcr way. committee of The college
omen viii receive. If they decide 20 go y
IWard ln the matter applications in ,
rtilg from candidates A young D
oman Who believes she has 10 i'm her 10 s
h-iant.atc ihe claim of her sex 90 the "
0ssession of original power viii present
ch evidence off Der ability and her d,
aspect of success as she is able 90 ~
ing forward such evidence as is eX- 1
Cted viii include her college diploma. !.
1lm0nial t0 am unusual degree y
ability from college professors
certificate of good health from
yic.an o. standing, q full statement u
ihe line ol study shewishc, TO take nap y
a her plans ioI if- pursuit, and any D
smplcs of work already done, as for 2
stance papers or articles or accounts OF q
entiiic Investigations which she has
uiei out \
The idea is only in embryo, and may II
considerably modified in process of al
10 W'll he taken up and q
Ned finally go the annual meeting of al
, Collegiate Auminp in Boston on
.ufdav az next week OF
STRANGE STORY. BIT TRUE IL
strange. tuc stories, "a n cable, being q
" in vogue. one may tcll the tale OF a !.
lng woman who danced the old year o
in Che city This week. Stella Wilmer
J friends will not know her under This
e--i- looking her trst ON Western