Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-10-30
THIN LAST LECTURE
BY PROFESSOR 3. B. WARNAN, SATURDAY
NIGHT.
His Topic, Gan Evening in An Art
Gallsry"-His Subject Handled il
Splendid Manner.

readings was given Sunday evening at
the Y. NJ. C. A. building, by Prof. S.
B. Warman, to q cultured audience,
and to say that the Professor sustained
the reputation already gained is but
saying what all present felt and thought
The performances consisted OF readings
and recitations from our very best au-
thors, and they were Of so varied q
character that all the versatile powers
OF the speaker were employed in giving
them. There are so many would-be
artists posing as elocutioRlsts before the
public to-day, who know but little or
nothing of what true elocution is, that
it is refreshing to spend such an even
ing in an art gallery as was enjoyed
last evening. He surely held the mir
ror up TO nature in his delinlations OF
the different characters represented.
He believes in painting pictures instead
of mechanically acting part, as Is done
by nine-teuthS Of those who are travel
ing over the land as impersonstorS, elo-
cutionists, readers, etc.
The Professor will ever have q warm
place in the hearts of all those who
heard him during the week. At the
outset of his lecture Saturday evening
he stated that he would endeSvor to eI-
emplify what he had been giving dur
ing the week. To do this he would In
vite his audience TO go with him through
two rooms in an art gallery and look at
pictures OF word painting. The pro-
gramms, as printed in Saturdays Reg
IsTER, was followed to the letter, and
the large audience were held spell
bound as they followed the artist and
bshed the different pictures so wildly
painted in q master tongue. His hear
ers saw what Trowbridge, in imaEina-
ton, saw as he wrote The Emil
grants Story" dot Lambs WHAT
Mary Haf Got" brought down the
house, and THE Bouquet of Gems"
was beautiful to the ear If not
to the eye. 1.-THE Old Major" had his
portrait so well painted that all who
ever saw him would know him at once.
The speaker was loudly applauded as
he rendered this masterpiece Of Bret
Harte.
viii Carleton's BETSY and I Are
Out" was so true to nature that doubt
less those in the audience could see
themselves as others see them, or as
they often see themselves at home.
The rendition was very affecting, as
was also that of its counterpart, "Eow
Betsy and 1 Made Up"
THE Od-Fashioned Reading Class"
took the elder portion Of the audience
back to the district school" of long
ago, and the reading of the boys and
girls OF those days sounded very natural
as thew murdered poor "Marco Boz
zaris" as fully and surely as did the
dreaded Turk. At least they murdered
the reading.
After Eve minutes intermlssion the
audience were invited to the second
room where four beautiful pictures
we're presented.
The Quarrel of Brutus and Cas-
sius" was the first picture, and here
the work Of the master artist was seen
and the two characters were portrayed
to nature. The irritability Of Cassius
and the calmness Of Brutus under such
trying circumstances were fully shown.
The picture of "a Little Boys
Pocket" was we'll painted, as was all
the others In this second room. But
the last painting was the picture OF the
evening. 1t was from the pen OF j. T.
Trowbrdge, as was the first presented.
Mr.. Warman said this was picture on
which no human eye has rested, except
those Of the author and himself, as
the poem had never yet appeared
in print The picture is Darius Green
and His Flying Machine" He did not
have the subject on the programme for
fear nobody would listen, but now they
were here they were too polite to leave,
so they were bound to look at the picture
We must say for the artist that the pic
ture was, TO say the least, presented in
a new frams-for the rendering OF the
old familiar selection was wildly APP
plauded.
The Professor leaves Wheeling with
the very best wishes Of all who have
heard him.