The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-04
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M <1ktNk XIV 10 - 1AHO AN 0
field! This one comes unheralded. Her
lectures are given at no ones home, the
lectures are for the benefit of no one but
herself. The two lectures which she gives
will give an opportunity to the cynically
inclined to ese If all their remarks upon
lectures are founded on fact 1t has been
said the popularity of lectures does not
depend upon the merit of the lecture, but
upon the social standing of the ladies' in
charge. If Mrs. Young. for instance, APP
proves a lecturer and is willing to have
the lecture in her beautiful home, half
Jersey City will be willing to flock there
and pay the ticket money, if only to see
the green and gold of Mrs. Young's draw
ing room. And then no matter what the
lecture, If it Is in praise of the wonderful
range of a cats voice, or if it describes
the color of Jersey water, the lecture Is
scharming, delightful, /" the lecturer, 80
sweet, such wonderful command of her
subject Then, too, if the lecture is
given for some charity, and the dies on
the Board of Managers are social leaders,
the lecture is apt to be popular. 1t is
strange how perfectly delightful all
these lectures are. The ladies may groan
when another course of tickets is sent
them, and they may talk about the super
fluffy of lectures and the general worth
lessness of the lectures, but they buy the
tickets, generally attend the lectures, and
at the close they remark in a chorus,
How perfectly beautiful"
Now what can be the explanation of 1T
all? Is it that the lectures heard in Jer-
sey City are of a most superior kind? Or
can it be possible that Jersey City ladies'
are unable to judge between good and
bad? Still another solution. Do the Ia
dies know when the lecture is good n
when it is bad, and yet do they profess
themselves pleased because of the ladies'
having charge? Is it merely amiability
that does all this?
AT one of those many tiresome lectures
of last season, when what little the lee
turer eaid was decidedly undressing
and when a large proportion of what she
said was urlheard, a young lady OF the
Heights who is known as an ~outspoken
young woman expressed her views on the
subject of lectures in general and thai
lecture in particular. She said, accosting
one of her friends, REALLY and truly,
now did you like that lecture? No? Wei
I am glad to hear you say it. | think 1t
was miserable. And at least a dozen peo-
pie have asked me if I didn't think 1t
charming. Why, / could do better than
that myself. I just tell you If ! hear
much more such twaddle / shall start on
a lecture tour myself, and I shall lecture
against Occurring. The idea of that wo-
-.- -1++;n- ,I1 tho and rOir1finp at
those pictures and saying, That is this
and This is that We could find out that
much by looking at some views. Oh. IT
these lecturers only would teach US some
thingr' She sighed and turned away
And yet his young lady still attends lee
lures and has not her inten-
ton of starting on her lecture tour. Per-
haps the cause is found in the recent an
nouncement of her engagement.
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These lectures by Mrs. Craig on "Amer-
lean Artists will afford an opportunity
to these long-suffering 'women to say
lust what they think. They may run
down the lectures without any fear;
they may dispute her authority for every
sentences; they may laugh at the criti-
cism; they may ridicule the whole lecture.
And all this may be done simply because
Mrs. Young and Mrs. Beach and Mrs.
LYLE and Miss Kinds and Miss Edge are
not patronesses: no one can be offended.
Such a golden opportunity is not to be
lightly passed by; it may not soon occur
again.
Miss Cecilia Gaines will deliver the
third Of her series of lectures on Repre-
sentative Women Monday afternoon in
the Carteret clubhouse. The lectures deal
with women In all walks of life in all
ages. Miss Gaines gave six lectures last
year on Representative Women" and
found she had not exhausted the sub
ject. This year she found so many
women who represented SO many things
that she had no difficulty in evolving
another six lectures. viii the day ever
come when some one now unknown lee
lures about Miss Gaines as a representa-
tive woman?
Miss Louise Grace Farrant gave the
first of a course of six lectures on Litter
ature' at the residence of Mrs. A. J.
Newbury last Monday. Miss Farrant is
modest and wishes to call her after.
Moons classes instead of lectures. They
far more deserve the name, however, of
lectures han many dignifed by that
name. She has asked the ladies in her
class to read before each meeting the
books which are to be discussed, SO that
they will nave a clear understanding of
the subject. The books to be used before
the next meeting are Emma Jane
Eyre pride and Prejudice and soThe
Vicar of Wakefield"
The new committee of the Woman's
Exchange, appointed recently upon the
resignation of the entire board of the
Exchange, have issued invitations for a
musical tea and sale to be held at the
residence of Mrs. j. NJ. C. Thomas, No. so
Arlington avenue, December II. The tea
will be held in both the afternoon and
evening, between the hours of three and
five o'clock and seven and ten. There
will be many fancy articles for sale that
aresuitable for Christmas presents. Tea
will be served by the ladies of the Elk
change Committee, and as the name in
dicates there will be music.
The ladies Of the Board Of the Children's
Home gave a tea yesterday afternoon at
the Home. Glenwood avenue. This was
a silver tea Tsaa fit,a dna- nat 4t