The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-06-18
ELOQUENCE And WIT
a Magnificent Lecture on the life and
Deeds Of Patrick Henry.
A TRIP TO TIE YOSEMITE VALLEY
Artists In Words Delight <'hnusnuus,n
A"Hicnccs-A Rare Trent-- what
S"iiie People Are Missin=--A Fur.
'her reduction in tslc Price OF
Adm iaHi0n.

AdniaHfon.
:, interest in the Chautauo11,l -bv- thc
Sel grows alKlcc, as well il may. fo,.
.'at DISCRIMINATION is certainly serving IN
70 the people Of Norfolk such =, feast or
itason ana How OF soul as was never
city. :" 'h''
me lecture yesterday morning was
upon the Yosemite Valley. by DR.. Ell-
gene May, that indcratig;Ible globe trni
,' ,et ana wonderful word artist. who has
'usn everywhere worth going, seen
INctSthinS III nature worth Sccing and
brought homo with him, not relics and
ScWSaWS, but Il remarkable fund Of IN
iormallon which he freely diSpenscs for
.ie Delleilt or his hearers in words as
eiuuuetlt rs The scenes they picture.
Ills icctlirc Of yesterday was q master
effort and completely captIvated the nu-
dlcncc, transporting it in spirit to INC
wonderland Of America, the Yosemite
valley, through whose marvellous wind
lhES he conducted them, scene by scene.
uhiii, at the end, his hearers awake. as
It were, TO find themselves once more
III me busy city Of Norfolk. calculating
upon the length of time that would pae
helorc thcy would have al opportunity
OF hearing DR.. May again
PATRICK HENRY
Hon Levin Irving Handy is himself 4
nlclurcSuuc and notable personality. lie
- - genius IN painting thought. u gentle
humoriSt, Il keen politician, q sIiics-
man. broadminded, lovinghcartcd. and
above all, an orator. There is perhaps
IN ihlS country no man better f so
well qualified rs he for the task which
nc undertook last night--to tell the pco-
PIE mere something Of Patrick Henry,
the man they love so well and know 50
slightly.
In an article of'this character i, is quite
Impossible to do justice to that lecture.
it IS enough TO say that it was superior
to anything In the shape OF a biogranh;-
cal lecture heard here in years. II was
al that lecture should be- Interesting
instructive, eloquent. Those who heard
1t have an undoubtcd advantage over
the rest OF mankind in the matter Of
history.
The lecturer brought the famous Vr-
gin!a orator before the audience in a
new light. contradicting Wirt's well
known statement that he was a poor
lawyer. lie emphasized Hcnry's great
ness as q constructive statesman. and
dwelt upon his wonderful eloNuence and
The remarkable incidents of his remark
able life, concluding with an exouisitely
beautiful description Of his death
incidentally, the lecturer spoke of
Cuba making the same struggle that we
made so many years ago. SAYING he
would like to see Uncle san, send a few
Of his white ships Of war to Havana
harbor. He also, in showing how a mon
arch once unseated, never regaincd his
thfone, humorously alluded to Queen Lii
as a moral TO adorn the tale. He
aVerred that he had no desire to see
either Cuba or Hawaii annexed. but
what he did want to see was the day
when Canada populated with white peo-
pie. should els she will inevitably do in
good time. ask to be taken in. Then
f1,.a iff.1 81 ~ =
would spread out her wing. and say,
Come chick, come"
In all earneStneSs, the Virginian in
Sists that the people are missing a great
deal by not attending these lectures
every one OF which, so far, has been
even more. It is gratifying to note
That the attendance upon them is grad
ually increasing, but it should also bd
stated that the Academy should be well
filled both morning ana evening. Those
who go once will return Those who
have not gone should do so before it
is too late.
1t may also be said again that the
Academy is one of the most comfnrta-
BILE places in the city. ana during the
recent ultra -calor!fc days, those who
have attended the lectures there have
not found 1t necessary to use the fans
which are scattered all over the build
Ing. The weekly ticket admitting to
twelve lectures for ST. Is ridiculously
cheap. rs 1t entities the holder to moro
real pleasure and delightful instruction
than the same money could possibly
purchase in any other market In the
country.
TO-DAY'S ANNOUNCEMENTS
June 18th, II a. m, T.. b. Warman,
NJ. A.. Chicago, H., Man as a Triunc
Being"
Ills versatility Of genius, both in IA
cal and vocal expression. was such as
10 hold the interest unbrolicn through
the entire programme"
June 18th, p. m., DR.. Eugene May.
Washington, ID. c., '"rhe Yellowst one"
Gle never falls to please his hearers
His descriptive powers are marvellous
S. r. Kephart, Bishop u. B. Church,
Baltimore, Nd.
"Dr. Mays lecture proved most en-
tertaning. The audience sat the greater
part Of the time spcllbound and en-
tranced Morning Union, Tacoma.
street Railway Combination.
Baltimore, June 17-The Baltimore
(-on soljd1 tod Railway cOmnany was 0v-