The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-06-04
The StereoptIcon Lecture.

ana intellectual life or chiluren tndh lh0
stereoptieon lecture. Beneficial alike 10
teacher and pupil. familiarizing the young
mind with scenes that are dear 10 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 fun TINS
evening, and that the dear little faces
upturned to meet me, filed with enthus-
iasm, are more OF reward than the
fifty-five tickets which we have sold. IL
that little boy on the right will keep ms
little feet quiet It will add so 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 crying? Susie Brown? Wen,
that is too bad, Susie. Now, what little
boy IS pulling Susie Browns hair VIII
the sexton please turn the gas on again
that we may find out which little boy is so
naughty? No one will acknowledge it,
1 see, which proves that he is quite
ashamed OF himself and will never do
Il 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 a
naughty boy, and won't see the pretty
pictures half as nicely as you will. Oh.
no, you won't see them n darned sight
better Sammy. That isn't a pretty way
to express yourself, and the further away
you get from a picture, the better IL looks,
you know. SO you are being properly
punished for your naughtiness. But l
don't wish you 10 go home, Samuel We
are 10 have some cake and ice-cream by
and by. Children, you must not talk out
loud You are not I'm the street. you
know,-and ! hope you will remain and
be a better boy. Very well, then, Samuel
you may go, and / shall be obliged 70
ask Miss COrinthian 10 leave her little
charges and go home with Sammy, for
he lives in Roxbury and his parents were
coming I'm for him at . o'clock. Now,
dear boys and girls, let us learn a lesson
from Sammys actions. Just TO crafty
himself with mischief, see what he has
done He has delayed one pleasure for
US all. He has very nearly, L hope not
wholly, destroyed Susie Browns evening,
and he has deprived our valued friend,
Miss Corinthan, Of the instruction and
entertainment Of this lecture. Very true.
Jimmy Powers. he has also lost his cake
and ice-crcam, which Is perhaps, as you
say, the worst OF 1t for Sammy. And
now we viii 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 bondage? You don't
Ia A Oh
man, who told them IL they would only
follow him ne would lead them out Of all
their troubles. oh no, Johnny Barrows.
not Napoleon. Now we shall see and we
shall know who ne is when we see his
noble face" (Screen shows Grover Cleve-
land upside down, wild excitement among
the children) Now, children, we can't
have any noise like this over a little sim
pie mistake. Mr.. Phillippeau. who has
kindly consented to work the stereoptlcon
for us, has never worked one before, and
we must excuse him II he does not al
ways get things correctly. hir. Phillip
peau, we will let Moses go, since you
can't find him among the slides, and we
will proceed. Susie Brown. what is It this
time! Boys, n isn't possible that any Of
you are naughty and rude enough TO
stick pins in Susie Browns legs. I
wouldn't have believed Il of you II any
one had told me you would do IT, Now,
who has done ST. The same one that
pulled her hair? But that can't be, for
it was Sammy Dexter who did that 1T
wasn't Sammy that pulled her hair and
you let poor Sammy go home without
his good time and being accused wrong
fully OF something he didn't do. Miss
Ephesians, L am very sorry. but / must
ask you 10 help me retrieve this painful
error by leaving your class and going
out 10 Roxbury after Miss Corinthian and
Sammy. He will get back in time for
the ice-cream and cake, at least. And
now 1 wish the little boy who has made
all the trouble TO come forward. And so
no one Is honest enough 10 own up 10
what he has done. / am very very much
surprised and panied. What is It? No
body pulled her hair or pricked her legs.
She said IL Just for fun. And so we are
10 blame you, Susie, for spelling our even
ing's pleasure. ] do not know what TO
say. l thought that Susie Brown was
nice, good, little girl, who loved to see
those about her happy. / see / was
wrong: and now Susie must come down
I'm front and sit. Oh, yes, you will, Susie.
Oh, no, you won't, because there isn't
any one left to go home with you. ex-
cepting Mr.. Phiilippeau, and he can't
leave the lantern. Now be good little
girl and come down here. as L say. Very
well then, remain where you are, and II
you make any more disturbance we will
stop the pictures. Now, Mr.. Phillippeau.
we will go on. Leaving the story Of the
Israelities, children, as it IS now getting
a little late, and we must hurry lit
tie. / will show you the temple where
the wicked money-changers were carry
ing on their bad business when they were
driven out; where bribing and all sorts
of wrong-doing went on; and you must
look at II and always remember It as
place condemned for the wicked actions
that went on In II. Now, Mr.. Phillippeau"
Screen shows city hall. Boston,. There
IS some mistake, children, this isn't the
Temple Of course. Yes. | see a good
many OF you recognize it: but you must
be careful, you know, and not think OF
it-that is, associate it-in your mind
with the Temple l meant to show you,
because that wouldn't be correct, you
know. Now, you will have 10 wait a few
moments while / consult with Mr. Phillip
peau, for ] am afraid there is little mis-
understanding about the slides" Con
suits Mr.. Phillippeau) II am very sorry
to tell you, children, that the wrong slides
have been sent us. L intended 10 show
you as you know, pictures Of old Bible
stories and the Holy Land; but Dy some
strange error, which 1t is too late 20 cor
rect, the gentleman who kindly loaned
us the slides has mixed US up with an
illustrated lecture at the Ex-ConWctS
Coterie They have our slides. you see,
and We have theirs. But, while we may
feel a passing moment of disappointment,
I know the dear children will be pleased
to feel that our loss is their gain and
rejoice that the ex-convicts are being
treated 10 such a beautiful series Of pic
lures as those OF the Holy Land; and now