New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-28
NOTES FROM THE LECTURE PLATFORM
FACTS OF INTEREST ABOUT VARIOUS PUBLIC
FAVORITES.

FAVORITES.
Max O'Ren sailed for London on the Majestic
Wednesday. closing his fourth American tour. OF
14 lectures. in Yonkers on Monday evening last
This has been the most successful of all his visits
to this country Max ORel will return in October.
Much Of his time will be given to morning and
afternoon comedy lectures in the large cities
The Rev. Charles F. Aked. the young pasor OF
Pembroke Chapel. Liverpool. VINO breaches to the
largest non Episcopalian congregation In the British
Empire, will deliver fifty lectures IN the Chi'eo
States and Canada the coming season
Richard lie Gallienne is considering a proposition
10 lecture in America next season. HIS entertain
,nent will consist of talks and readings from ms
books and unpublished writings
Major Pond expresses the belief. from encouraging
letters received from London. that Anthony Hope
author OF The Prisoner Of Zenda, may lecture In
this country the coming season
The Rev Lyman Abbott pastor Of Plymouth
Church is in great demand for lyceum and college
addresses.
David Christie Murray is successful platform
star az present He is engaged for numerous sum
mer Chautauqua assemblies.
Major Pond says his offer of $500 night for Mark
Twain which has been standing for hve years SUN
holds good. Twain has more calls TO lecture IMAM
any other American citizen.
Apparently F. Hopkinson Smith can be 1ouho
at his business office in the city on Exchange Pace
at regular hours always. He is one OF our busiest
engineers, but in addition TO mis- regular work he
has managed 10 get IN over w iI' 'lc
ing cities in the last lie has also conducted
his exhibition Of water coiors in New-York' Boston,
Buffalo. Cincinnati. Indianapolis, Chicago and MIL
waukee (where he lost the valuable collection by
fire.. He goes abroad in August and Sep-em0e? FOR
vacation. and paints forty-nine pictures IN fifty
consecutive secular days, which bring him an an
nual revenue of $4,000. He is a busy man. but 10
visitors is apparently man of leisure.
H. W. Raymond, late private secretary 20 the
Secretary of the Navy and Editor of The German
town Telegraph" has been lecturing on The Old
and New Navy" and has met with srett success
John Fox, jr. new Southern WTi,e t VINO DE-
scribes the lives and habits Of the Souhe s m9H
has been called upon TO read some OF his stories
oeio seye Sg ocsao5s for Uncut Leaves in New
York. Mr.. Fox has already become popular at
Gene" General Lew Wallace has delivered 19o lectures
IN the last season He is 5000 richer man when en-
Turkey and The Turks" and HOY S.ot came ,n 70
the latter subject has been in the greatest demand
Alexander Black is guilty Of new Invention MI, ioi
Jerry" and as Major Pond, says being TOO poor .S
10 engage company to produce II ihroughoul tne
esve tSe plaV In Costume. and while it being
acted photographed every scene and incident IheI
sa devf 09 with the e Pa 1nf
gay n syeGy does e Sse sHG T Stroke genius
making Mr.. Black rich as we'll as surprising 'h'
pTSrc Conan DOYLE is living al, the Belvider,
Hotel Dayos sP1 PLAIN here his prncp
lemon being that American railway Sc
HaqrV de- wind, the Siberian traveller late from
81 Petersburg. journalist and author or Slberjit
I s He Ss sasa 81 for Emgan1
ia is saturday. Mir. de Wndt declares that Georg
Ken for the cause Of reform in Siberia than al
the political and other influences Of Russia com
george w Cable novelist, journalist. lecturer
Of his oTn man sre Vel ana as four
of land in Northampton Mass wnieh en- cons's.e1 ar .
he managed TO remove the small mountain into III
large hole, making me adai,ioh 10 ,he Town 3p r0
aigb; ana With the proceeds Of lecture hr
Ing ffty abe-bodied aborers to remove the he, hll
When ne had finished the lecture tour ne had IN
reai S,taee which he has built occupying two acre
~ nv sround There are other handsome cottages SUI
rounding his the two acres whlcn ne Sold 10
than enSHEh TO PaS lD1 ns o" mouse
th pr ths Charles sprague smith has become
standard ec[ gsks 2 n i2t & he
as fourteen times e e93e In 9he BTRe
eye scs6ce s9ursf udR Il Of TX Mr. stS
tlI,T ur I Halsted Nils the long felt want which y
and GGe sSoi haTs iy Years 9 Of
Mr.. Halsted does it so satisfactorily ana dehgh'
'u Hsprv " Watterson has made grea, hit with nj
new, lecture on Abraham Lincoln. 49,. ,..r
engaeements with Chautauqua summer assemble
500 500 l daughter of the late Pro
+.ssnr ,3ichsrd A Proctor lectures on astronomy
ana is very successful especially IN neT m9rn,
From these lectures children are enabled 70 ieaI
more about astronomy in an hour IMAM by ~"
William H. McElroy is now an estaohsneo pta!
form favorite and his popularity In me ECeu h,,
increasing with the demand ior MS oe'isii'i'
talks. . 49,, cohoo, NJ Fin
Professor John F. Weir. Of the Scnqoi ol I'm ~,
Arts Yale University is successful With his I poPo
lar lectures. Major Pond VIII conduct MS tour |"
coming season.
PRI CTICAL SUGGESTION.