The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-27

Dramatic art tempted me and got into
the company at the old Chambers street
discriminating my greatest hit, | remem-
ber in the role of a dead man-only to get
out of il very suddenly when my father
learned what | was doing. Musical art was
passion with me. By the way, my first
appearance as lecturer was before branch
Of the Young Mems Christian Association.
in the basement Of n church on Thirteenth
street, and my subject was Music" |
quoted Shakespeare's lines: THE man that
hath not music in his soul is fit for treasons.
stratagems and spoils,n looking by chance
straight at a tall, somber-loOking man in
the audience, as / did so. When the lee
ture was ended he stood up and took me to
task for picking him out and aiming it at
him because he bad no ear for music |
had never even heard of him before. or
whether be had no ear or was all ears; but
a good many people have heard of him
since, for h was the Rev. Dr. Burchard, of
Rum Romanism and Rebellion fame. He
was at that time pastor of the church in
which ] spoke.
When l was quite young man, my
father sent me to Europe with the practical
injunction: Don't you come back until
you have learned how to utilize what YOU
Know, and give it some American snap
which means dollars" | had excellent
letters of Introduction to some of the best
people III England, and on the continent.
VI course my great aim was the presentation
ot effective works Of art, principally sculp-
ture and architecture.
lhe details OF realization were not easily
achieved. ] had to make for myself. long
before the detective camera was dreamed
OF, a handy apparatus with which could
ake pictures everywhere, and that little
OoA nave used in taking over 1900 of the
views IN all parts of Europe, India and
Egypt, which are shown in my exhibitions.
mad to achieve the practical enlargement
OIL stereoscopic pictures to the dimensions Of
a dorama, and light them with the blaze
Oh an artificial sunlight. Finally, had to
quallty myself as a lecturer, for which. as
may be supposed, my greatest previous sue
cess upon the stage-the impersouation of
uead man already referred to-gave
me no material help. However, in time
anu with perseverance | succeeded in all.
even the latter, though until this dav no
boIy but myself knows how nervous am
e'ery night when have to face all audi
My first exhibitions were given hero in
New York in Irving Hall, under the man
qgement of Mr.. Lafayette Harrison. where
continued for a year and a half
az intervals with undated success.
o'Lne people in my audiences then.
even here in New York, were
d mute abashed at the audiences of the stat
oos, magnificent pictures, of which, almost
as VIVID as reality, produced. They had
my yet learned 10 distinguish between
nuIeness aud nakedness But persisted in
st'ng them views of the glorious works Of
Grt mad seen in Europe, OF that art which
s 1s,e highest and most exacting Of all arts,
~llpVufe and their interest in the other
t'1DureS L presented and what had TO tell
mem tempted them TO endure being shocked
Na ts'e. BESIDES, they realized first. that
r. was nothing 10 compel them 10 keep
so.a eyes open when pictures Of statuary
us.F on the screen, and second. that they
M" 10 small and ridiculous minority
TIL u Iheir nonsense of prurient prudity.
and tuey Kept their eyes open all the time
NM. oesIhhing TO understand the ennobling
inny OF soul animating the creation of the
IN pieces l presented, would only have
f.i iS a. amed Of the unworthy shame they
M Guy ~ after that year and half bethought
tboriSSSt would like 10 travel aud give 10
fH",ic wider knowledge of these pic
Giig' New England was my first chosen
ta, ouI the people there, where thought
mo-, aeyoIdlng to report should find them
,c1i'. Intellectual, were not prepared for
l1Ipl5ufe' OAo portion of the community
.to,',1 upon the statues as grave
Of ,,. ana Questioned the propriety
Will. - sue" 81 such solemn things,
my evtn.'.!!s thought and loudly said that
moral 'N OS suPpTesseu as I'm
ad 'D Baltimore hoped for better recon
Io4 but there also there were those Who
Iuda "o' YET lear ned to distinguish between
lsttess ana nakedness, to know that the
ress y SIMPLY humanity in all it's gross
tho fa u sensuality Of heshy being. while
crs,t '9'iner is the human form as God
tbansh. H. clothed with the divinity of
we gu l remember that their minds
Psyebs us. disturbed by the Cupid aud
Svoa people of Baltimore took 40 tindIv w
at the eAmnnitlon that my three weeks
a o e1e masonic temple there netted me
WAS NO.. u was rather surprising tlat there
V' more antagonism 10 my statuary