The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-11-10
LECTURES FOR SOCIETY
Many Excellent Attractions
Promised for the Coming
Season.
MUSICAL, LITERARY, DESCRIPTIVE.
Mrs. lie Morne Soon To Give A
Miscellaneous Reading At the
New Hasbrouck Hal.
MUSICAL, LITERARY, DESCRIPTIVE.

The natural accompauimsut OF clubs
and classes is the lecture course. the
one Supplements the other-indsed 1t ia
not seldom that the class springs up In
the track of the lecturer from some seed
that he has planted Ia his talk. Though
it may not be as 1t was twenty years ago,
when the s'lYceum" was the one link
that bound remote settlements to cultur-
ed civilization. with GALL the added
influences of the pre- sent decade. the lee
tursr yet fills a place Ia the intelisctual
community which none but he can prop
erly supply. E specially in this city,
where, in the course of O month. one
finds out s%omsthfng about almost
everything simply by following up the
lectures as they are given all over the city
II IL q curious beginning to say that the
first lecturer on my list Is an elocutlonist,
but 80 1t is Mrs, Sara Cowell La Moyne,
although she gives no original discourse,
SO presents the works of Robert Brown
Ing aud the Victorian poets az to give her
work q distinct educational. as we'll as
artistic value. For THAT reason they are
here included. Ie will DO rene mbered
that last year Mrs. LIE Moyne gave q read
Ing here under the auspices the Rambler
Club-araduases of Aasbrouck Institute
greatly TO the pleasure of u large and
representative audience. Il Ia in response
20 many personal requests that Miss May
Florence Park, who. is q warm personal
friend of MRS. Ls Moyne, has consented
TO make arrangements with her for a
reading to be given Ia Hasbrouck Hall.
probably either December B or December
~. The date frat thought of was Novem-
Der 81. but as this Is Schubert night, the
time WAS put later.
MRS. SARA CowELL LIE MoYNE.
Mrs. LIE Moyue is hey question the
leaGluR interpre er OF Robert Rrowuiue,s
poetry In america, IL not Ia the world. II
seems to BIS her aim to merge her own
personality In tbs authors words as she
reads. not Wrestling the senss through
novel effects of interpretation. as many a
Browning reader Ia re ,dy to do for the
sake of personal distinction, but content
to devore long seasons of study to perfect
ing a conception of the poets inner mean
lug. and then bringing TO its development
ali the resources of art. For with Mrs.
Ls Moyne. are has passed tue visible
point. Mrs. LIE Moyne has been used to
giving Lentsn readings iu the Lyceum
every year. but has OF late preferred 60
read only In parlors or for small assem-
blies. She reads but seldom, and this
opportunity Is one for which We c,n
thank Miss Park of the Hasbrouck
faculty.
There will be two illustrated lectures In
Mrs. II. C. Waits series of parlor CONVEX
sations on literary subjects. They will
be given in HasbroucS Hall. admission
to be entirely through Invitations.
The Carteret Club series. which bagau
last night with Will I'M Il. MeElroy's
lecture. reported In another column, will
becontinued on November 90 by F. W.
Roberson's lecture in costume on India
aud the East Indians" and Der 8,
OF the notwithstanding artist-author, r.
Hopkinson Smith.
RUsKIN AS A CRITIC.
The Bergen Reformed lecture room
viii undoubtedly be filled on Friday
afternoon next, with an audience that
will fairly REPRESENT the literature
loving part OF society. That is, If
all the people come who have bought
Dawes Brown. a critic OF no mean ability.
and will consider the qualities OF John
Ruskln as critic and as aesthetic. The
proceeds will be devoted to the estab. |
ifshment ofa free scholarship at Barnard
College for girls iu the jersey City High
Schonl. The success of the affair will be
Tue largely TO the efforts of Miss Lulu
Grace Farraut, a graduate of the first |
class ever In. tituted at Barnard College. |
She has placed several hundred tickle $, |
and, ss a result. almost every literary
society In the city. will BE- represented in
the audience. Miss Maud Fowler of
Yonkers will play aud Miss Agnes
Sweeny sing.
The lectures on astronomical subjects |
in the University Extension course az the |
Presbyterian Chuvcn, 60 on with
good attendance. Professor Young's
emily remaining subjects will bs "Stars
and NebuIaeR next Thursday evening.
The Dean lee ures on musical topics
will alternate with the Fo%rtnigntly Mus |
ieaies on Friday nights. The Catholic
Club will have a course by the Rev.
Kelly.
So fucn for the main events in the
lecture field.