The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-04-26
AN EVENING LECTURE
A sTEREoPncoN EXHIBITION THAT
6, is INTERESTING.

is INTERESTING.
Woman schoolteacher Has Written Out
Word For Word the Remarks Of Her
Fellow Instructor Upon = Recent Night
When There Was to BE q Lecture.
DEAR TEACHERS AND PuPILs-Probably
nothing ever thought Of has been more
helpful to the higher moral and intellectual
life Of children than the stereopticon lee
ture. Beneficial alike to teacher and pupil,
the young mind with scenes
that are dear to US, yet could not be made
familiar in any other way; stimulating the
teacher to fresh flights OF descriptive fancy,
what wonder that our audience room Is full
this evening, and that the dear little faces
upturned to meet me, filled with enthusi
asm, are more of reward than the IS tick
cts which we have soldf II that little boy
on the right will keep his little feet
quiet, 1t will add 30 much more TO
the pleasure of his little companions
Now, dear children, the gas will be turned.
out, and you must not be alarmed, for You,
know good children are Just as safe in the
dark as in the light What little girl is
that cryinga Susie Brown' Well, that is
too bad, Susie. Now, what little boy is pull
ing Susie Browns hairl Will the sexton
please turn the gas on again that we may
find out which little boy Is SO naughty
No one will acknowledge it, sec, which
proves that he Is quite ashamed of HIM
self and will never do 1t again, Now we
will have the light out again, II you please,
The first picture we shall see. dear little
ones, will be-Sammy Dexter, was afraid
you were the one who pulled Susie Browns
hair, and now you can come right down In
front, away from all your little companions,
and Susie can have an opportunity to enjoy
the pictures. Don't cry any more, Susie.
Sammy is q naughty boy and won't see the
pretty pictures half as nicely as you will.
Oh, no, you won't see them "a darned sight
better" Sammy. That isn't a pretty way
to express yourself, and the farther away
you get from picture the better 1t looks
you know. So you are being properly pun
ished for your naughtiness. But l don't
wish you to go home, Samuel. We are TO
have some CT re and ice cream by and by.
Children, you must not talk out loud. You
are not in tba street, you know-and hope
you will remain and be a better boy. Very
we'll, then, ..amuel, you may go, and
shall be Obliged to ask Miss Corinthian to
leave her little charges and go home with
Sammy, for he lives in Roxbury and his
parents were coming In for him at o'clock.
Very true, Jimmy Powers, he has also
lost his cake and ice cream, which is per
haps, as you say, theworst of it for Sammy.
And now we will lose no more time, but go
on with the first picture. You have all been
studying, dear children, about the Israelites
and their manifold trials and SORROWS, and
who was 1t, now, that just led them out OF
hpo
do. A great, good man, who told them Il
they would only follow him he would lead
them out of all their troubles. Oh, no
Johnny Barrows, not Napoleon. Now We
shall see anu we shall know who he is wher
we see his noble face. Screen shows Grover
Cleveland upside doom. Wild excitement
among the children.) Now, children, We
can't have any noise like this over little
simple mistake. Mr.. Phillippeau, who hes
kindly consented to work the stereopticor
for US, has never worked one before, ono
we must OF course excuse him IL BIZ
does not always get things correctly
Mr.. Phillippeau, we will let Moses go
since you can't find him among the slides
and we will proceed. Susie Brown, what
is it this timer Boys, it isn't possible thai
any of you are naughty and rude enough
to stick pins. in Susie Browns legs
wouldn't have believed 1t Of you If any
one had told me you would do it. Now
who has done it, 1.-THE same one thai
pulled her hairf" But that can't be, for il
| was Sammy Dexter who did that. "I
wasn't Sammy that pulled her hair' ant
you let poor Sammy go home without hil
good time and being accused wrongful,
of something he didn't do. Miss Ephesians
l am very sorry, but must ask you to hell
| aftta FAIL hxr
your class and going opt to Roxbury afte
Miss Corinthian and Sammy. He will ge
back in time for the ice cream and cake, a
least. And now wish the little boy who ha
made all the trouble to come forward. An,
SO no one is honest enough to own up t
what he has donep ] am very, very nue.
surprised and panied. What is it2 Nobod
pulled her hair or pricked her legs. Sh
said it justfor fun. And SO we are to blam
you, Susie, for spelling our evenings plea.
ure. I do not know what to say. though
that Susie Blown was q nice, good littl
girl, who loved 10 see those about her haI
py. see was wrong. Now, Mr.. PHILLIP
peau, we will go on. Leaving the story {
the Israelites, children, as It is now gettin
little late, and we must hurry little,
will show you the temple where the wicke
money changers were carrying on their ba
business when they were driven out; whsr
bribing and all sorts of wrong dom
went on, and you must look at it an
always remember it as place cor
demned for the very wicked actions tha
went on in it. Now, Mr.. Phillippeal
Screen shows the city hall, Boston
There is some mistake, children; this Ism
the temple, Of course. Yes, see a goo
many of you recognize it, but you must b
careful, you know, and not think of it
that is, associate it--in your mind with tn
temple meant to show you, because tina
wouldn't be correct, you know. Now, 20
will have to wait few moments while
consult with Mr.. Phillippeau, for al
afraid there Ia little misunderstanding
about the slides. (Consults Mr.. PHILLIP
peau.) am very sorry to tell You, chi
dren, that tn, wrong slides have been ser
us. l intended to show you, as you know
pictures of old Bible stories and til
Holy Land, but by some strange erro
which 1t Is too late now to correct, the ger
tleman who kindly loaned us the slides ha
mixed us up with an illustrated lecture 9
the ey-conyicts' coterie, They have ou
slides, you see, and we have theirs. BIT
while we may feel q passing moment
disappointment, know the dear childre
will be pleased to feel that our loss is the
gain and rejoice that the ex-convicts al
being treated to such beautiful series
pictures as those of the Holy Land, and no
If Mr.. Phillippeau will play "0nwart
Christian Soldiers" on the piano we wi
march out and have some ice cream.-Mii