New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-12
LISTENING TO STANLEY.
HIS OPENING LECTURE HERE.
GREETED BY A LARGE AND BRILLIANT
AUDIENCE

Hy DESCRIPTION OF THE TROPICAL FoRrsTG
THE BUSH, THE TRAILS. THE NATIVES. BIG
AND LIrruE, HIS FORCED MARCHES
AND THE TRIALS AND ENDpAvoRs
OF THE RELrEF PARTY.
Henry NJ Stanley last Eight gave the hlse
lecture Of his present American tour The Metropol-
itan Opera House was crowded with men and
women who are leaders in literature and art, In
journalism, in exploration, in the military, tho
naval, the municipal and other fields Of public
service, in society and the social aspects Of life
| in New-York as well as in other parts OF the
| country.
| The title that Mr.. Stanley gave to the story he
told was The Rescue Of Emin Pacha the Forests,
| Pygmies and March across Africa" But he did
not go much into details of the Emin journey, re-
| serving tnat for future lecture and talked
| principally Of the forests, the Mountains Of the,
| Moon and the pygmy tribes dwelling on few
special incidents and giving elaborate descriptions
| of forest scenery natural wonders ahd the human,
animal and vegetable life of the regions which
he explored He read all Of his lecture, and read
it rapidly in voice audible to large proportion
| of his audience, though not to all Of it.
| LIKE A TROPICAL FOREST
| The stage of the opera house was beautifully
set in q forest scene, suggestive, presumably. OF
| African wildwoods Hanging from the flies, In
| good view of everybody in the house, except the
people on the platform, was big map Of the
| route of the Emin Pacha Relief Expedition, with
| the British, French, German Portuguese, Spanish
and Congo Free State territories marked in differ
| ent colors and the Stanley route indicated BY
brilliant red Lne.
| The stage was extended over the orchestra
| Dit, and, big as it was, could scarcely accommo-
date all the members of the reception committee.
Mr. Stanley, in order to be in good voice and
in good physical condition, had spent quiet
| day. varied only by visit which he and Mrs.
| Stanley paid to General w. T. Sherman.
Mrs. Stanley was at the lecture. and looked
radantly beautiful. She sat in box 4, with Mrs.
Tenant. her mother; Major Pond, Mrs. Pond,
| Hamilton Aide, Lieutenant Jephson and E. j.
| Glave Mrs. Stanley came in wearing an opera
cloak of brown and geld. trimmed with brown fur,
and when she remoNed it she disclosed simple
dress of white. SbG carried a bouquet of white
flowers.
The comments made after the lecture indicated
that not a few people were disappointed because
MIR. Stanley did not tell them more about the
rescue of Emin, but devoted SO much time to de-
scriptions of scenery However, while he was de-
liyering the lecture the whole audience was
cordially appreciative, and IL applause was nos
more frequent it was only because nobody wished
to risk losing anything that Mr.. Stanley said py
interrupting him.
The lecture was praised by those who were in q
postion to be Mr.. Stanley's keenest critics-the
other explorers present, among whom were Gem
eral Greely and other men who have had hard
times in the Arctic regions; George KEENAN, who
. has visited and written and talked about
Siberia and Georgia Lieutenant Jephson,
who was with Mr.. Stanley on the Emin
Expedition, and has written book, ana
f. j. Glave, who decorated by the King
of the Belgiars, after helping Mr.. Stanley in the
founding of the Congo Free State. who has written
able papers the slave trade Tor the
magazines, and has recently added journey In
Alaska to his African experiences.
THE RECEPTION COMMITTEE.
The stage was occupied by the members OF the
reception committee, the honorary members ana
the invited guests On the committee were among
! others
General W. T. Sherman DR.. Robert Able, Charles $.
ASSeSEOIls ASSew, Andrsw iit G. Asnew W. Akin Henry n
Alden, Spencer Adrich, Fred H. Alen; Tens'ns a. &
HpRiefSnA Anoid neSa' john IT, Y 4rno Henry 1Ssa:
eSss TehaS W nsou u 6r JoSn C. Barron
Bayes, W. H. Bcsdleston, Dr. Shanes 4: sd,Ss
samuel nane g Bi"Ssett s. s. Blood Wilbur blood
good Frank Bond samuel Borrowc Ge1rge S ts
ESsn ioh~ B. Calvert Hugh n Camp Robert chess-
broug benjamin o. Chsolm Dwight o: GaPp seti'
rnyer ame C cleveland Henry ciews william p Clyde Gen.
eral John Cochrane, NJ G. CossesIl, 'chTs Hsy o. Iohn
man b,S roS julien f. cSnHf e Day 'aass s'
a. De s0cs coSoYs psaed %a% %aan S' L. rGei
eS J. pennng Dcksssop TSs"ao the Rev. DWIGHT. Rt
Morgan Dix; Cleyeand n; PSug CSarleS $ racRd.
aSSe Fitch Robert Lion ) E%e1s0 Fs eSers
James Robert naway nsey forse B. a. T SenGy
ush usi1,:J j %nsr Grans SSIsS %ssr GSrHee John
Edmand HHpeTG SeeGOe sdTard "a
sHgy sHcyner HhM,'GS & George T. B. rev Dr. f a1 4
,0mnpn o% Daniel l. Huntnson aia J John Tn%a
Rsss: eSp Eas.9a r. F. ksnss ksSsf r% s
Tss Ioseph h. il. Kernochan, David j. King % John 9ay
yoGaSSgy HsH fssne: fs'Rs sas
LnSon Dr. ,e3a1Ssr ass haeaS II So%i Smith, N'Ss 6s
ccnse FFsHsts H. T. ai Mfss0 nsrpons TlsSSsrs
rsndo Mysrs d. r. Rsary Posy z Edward oanad
Ransom Frederick W. Rhnelander Hamper hono, th
Enu sSSy Eoo Horace sattiTss Eugene eSeen p
T. schiencn samuel D. sehieaea Gustav II scn%ao'
r Tsaei Colonel G D. b. sckles John sloane Thomas G.
Sloane. william D. sloane. Theodore B. starr, William
ssS b. stsTn William rayos
Cornelius Van Bnt Robert b. Van Cortland, sscs Mey *
Van slyck Josiah Van yrankep. Judge Robert A. Van
Cornelius vandeOv v,0 william Pns salem II %aes
Charles WatrolIs Edwin II. wcatherbee. William H.
Webb, william storrS Wells osscSd % Welsh Msosx sonv Nm n
, lam G. Whitney Henry s. Wilson, N. orme Wilson ana
, Egerton L. winthrop
J THE LADY MANAGERS.
The lady managers of the Stanley Reception
, who had seats throughout the house were Mira
James W. Alexander, Mrs. William Loring An
drews, Mrs. II. b. Auchincloss, Mrs. Clarence T.
|, Beebe, Mrs Samuel Borrowe, Miss Butterworth'
Mrs. Floyd Clarkson, Mrs. Samuel Colgate, ME-
Chauncey NJ Depew, Mrs. William T. Dodge, ~.
Mrs r. A. Dorman, Mrs. John W. Ellis, MIS- bur
ton Harrison, Mrs. Abram S. Hewitt, Mrs kichalS
i | NJ. Hunt, Mrs. Richard Irwin. Mrs. wiiiam ID
I. Isham, Mrs. John Jay, Mrs. Morris n. Jesup' M-