The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-06-17
F4fty-fffh Congress from Delaware,
which State. having. but one member OF

| Congress, Is rather particular whom 1t
sends to represent It. and therefore sent
Mr.. Handy, the leader Of the free sill
yer Phaianx. or splendid presence, Gull
fured or speech, an ora tor Of the high
est rank, Mr. Handy, q newspaper man,
| enjoys considerable Of that newspaper
notorlety which Mr.. George Vanderbilt,
Us his house spaniel. Harris, says, "spits
on and 50 do l."
No report necessarily condensed, can
40 justice to MIR. Handy's splendid eff
tort, and as he speaks again tonight, on
Patrick Henry" only brief STUNNING
or the cream will be done. Sallies Of
WIZ, as frequent as pointed, enlivened
the evening, and the speaker was fire.
quently applauded. His definition of
|bachelo Is "a man who was left after
the women had taken all they wanted"
Ills advice to young men to get skill in
some special line of work. His droll
reference to his own career as a. ''pro-
f fs principal Of a high school on
SiO0 a year. His confession that his
friend Joe seemed to never have as
much regard for his {Mr. Handy's) in
tellectual endowments and his worldly
accomplishments as he himself had, were
thoroughly enjoyed, as was his story Of
now zoe marriage was told in Il col
umn and half, while his occupied but
q half inch in the society columns.
The speech was through studded with
many sized gemS-So many that to tell
or them would MI q page of The Virgin
Ian, and the office devils cry of copy,
which MT. Handy has doubtless often
heard with dismay, fills this office at this
hour.
10 the young men Of this city Mr.. Han
dy spoke golden words, as he also did
10 the newspaper men. whom he advised
70 sign their matter. The reporter would
ne pieased TO have him, however. men
non that matter to the editor in chief Of
The paper, remembering, incidentally.
though that in some instances it might
be better for the reporter if the responsi-
bility for his stuff" was unloaded on
the paper. This might be one Of that
kind
Number two Of the Handy Volume Sc
ries" tonight will. doubtless, as it
should, draw full house
me Virginian reporter had a pleasant
interview with Mr.. Handy, who was
with Judge and Mrs Garnett en- route
nome after the lecture. He will visit
Virginia Beach to-day, returning at
night to the city.
MORNING LECTURE.
For an hour and a half Yesterday
morning at the Academy of Music. Pro
lessor %. B. Warman, Of Chicago, enter
tanned n cultured audience with a beau
tiful and mastery lecture on ''Delsarte
Philosophy and Expression" Professor
Warman's great knowledge OF his sub
delivery, has fitted him in a marked de-
gree for the discussion Of this theme.
and his able exposition was thoroughly
enjoyed by his hearers. to most OF whom
1t came as revelation.
TO-DAYS PROGRAMME.
AT II o'clock a. m. DR.. Eugene May, of
Washington, D. c.. will lecture on the
fosemite Valley" Dr. May is an ora
tor the public never tires to hear He
has won golden opinions from the great
lakes to the Pacific. DR.. May Is the
peer Of the ablest lecturers on the Amer
ican platform, and many who listened
to him pronounced him the finest elocu-
ZIONIST they ever rd."-Chautauaua
Acton. Ind.
At p. III. the Hon. Levin Irving
Handy will lecture on Patrick HENRY"
one or the greatest subjects by one OF
the greatest Of ora tors. The public have
a great intellectual feast before them IN
the grafton on Patrick Henry. It will
not nave wit. but wisdom. THE hand
OF the master Smote the Tyre when Levin
Irving Handy stepped on the platform
Hls eioquence and magnetism have
made him the most popular lecturer
wherever he has .'-Phuadelp
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