St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-20
She Chats Entertainingly
With a Globe Reporter
About Many Things.
Why She Decided to Go Be-.
fore the Public on the [
Lecture Platform.
Rev. D. j. Burrell Is Home
Again and breaches a
Vigorous Sermon.
General Minneapolis News
Gathered by Vigilant
Globe Enjoys.

Mrs. Frank Leslie. the celebrated
| publisher, litterateur and lecturer, sat
| i'll her parlor at the West last evening
and talked to GLOBE reporter of her
numerous enterprises, projects and
achievements with the spirit of wom-
an who gluries in her work. In what she
has done, and who never ceases to plan
some new outlet for her Overfowing
energies. Such interesting converse
tlonalists as Mrs. Leslie are indeed rare.
Such pleasing subjects for interviews are
blessings to the newspaper reporter.
She Is. Of course, as she says, "a news
paper man herself" She seems to ap-
preclate just what information is
wanted. 1t never has to he asked for
twice. Then she talks with such
charming frankness, as if she were al
ways letting one into secret. 1t she
is as entertaining and attractive upon
the lecture platform as she is in lile
parlOr, and SHE seems to he, judging
from the reception accorded her in
every city which she has visited, there
is no reason why should not become
the NEST popular lecturer in this hation
of lecturers. Yesterday she was warned
that the stereotyped question, what do
you think of MlnneapOllsT' would not
he asked her. Nevertheless she lnSiSts
ed upon giving her opinion of the Flour
City.
81 am amazed" said she, Eat the size
and beauty OF your city. could not be-
lieve that such Il city existed out here.
When first met Col. " est three years
ago and he told me about your Western
country, could not believe my ears"
YES broke in Col. West, '.She
thought L was rOn.ancing when | spoke
about our wonderful growth and size.
Pm glad to have the opportunity to
show her that | smoke the truth"
Indeed you did," replied Mrs. Leslie.
Co. est, sac Iuii..nayd, mas utcn
taxing me everywhere to-day. find SO
much individuality of taste in houses
here. Every man seemed to want
something different from his neighbours.
Then SO great eXpanse of glass In pri-
vate houses surprises ME. We don't
see that in New York except in the
palaces Of the wealthy.
~ u see luis Is III, very first visit to
the West. l was i'll Chicago once Wnen
| sold my newspaper to Mr. Arkeil, but
l saw Little OF tne city then Or OF any OF
the West outside of Chicago"
Naturally the reporter asked how
Mrs. Leslie calut 10 undertake this
lecture tour, her time being So fully de-
voted to her publishing house. She re-
piled:
iii is the outcome of my restlessness.
grew ashamed, When asked of my
country by persons whom | met abroad.
of my ignorance, and resolved TO visit
the west. L wanted to study it. too. III
the interest of my work Tor a syndicate
"
syndicate work. haven't you?" she i'll
qaired archy. such good advice 10
Young menl All ABOUT the art of kiss
ing aud that. you know!
We'll, Sone OF the newspapers spoke
abunt it, and Titarle IL Benhani. my
managers NOW, suggested that lecture.
| laughed at it at first and cOquetted
with the proposition. But work is my
god. | mist be doing something. But
| didn't think seriously of lecturing
until my managers inade such advau-
tageous propositions that | felt bound to
do something. Finally | consented to
lecture for twenty nights, and here |
am"
All interesting tale was it that Mrs.
Leslie told of her experience i'll writing
her lecture. She re-wrote it two or
three times before the result was salts
factory.
'My lecture" said she. '.is The
Royal LeauerS OF Society," | think
now that purely American subject
would have been better. But there is
poem in it which is grand. Joaquin,
Miller wrote il 1or me; only five staIZas
but it tells the whole story of Columbus
life. | can't read it, even now, without
cold clillo down my back"
Both interesting aud amusing was
ht oSlI it.,1f # hon
ance in the role OF public entertainer.
1t was an entertainment with char
table object. Her experience with
stage fright was memorable.
Returiiiug to newspaper work. she
said she could not understand why the
London edition of the New York Her.
aid was failure: 1t was such an excel
lent publication. But the Herald taught
the London papers much about making
a newspaper. They are gradually
adopting American methods. Thus she
chatttd on about England and London
and London newspapers, especially of
L. p. OCOnnor's Star. Mrs. Leslie hav-
ing practically "made the match" be-
tween MIR. O'Connor and his wife. an
American girl.
Mrs. Leslie now confines her atten-
ton solely to her monthly and nnual
publications.. 1t was too much of a
strain to attend to the publication of an
| illustrated weekly newspaper. Every
| BODY Knows how she cleared off the in
debtednesS upon her husbands busi-
ness, despite the lack of business eX-
perence. She said she had never been
| through the publishing house more than
| three times before her husbands death,
and there was a tinge of sadness in her
voice and shallow in the handsome
| eyes when she spoke of her husband s
| death. 1t would require volume TO
| properly relate the interesting things
| which Mrs. Leslie said and another to
| describe her attractive and magnetic
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