New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-03
ILLUSTRATED LECTURING.
PLEASANT AND LUCRATIVE FIELD
OPEN TO WOMEN OF ABILITY.
THE PREPARATION OF TEXT-sLIDE PAINTING.
CAMERA OPERATING AND BOOKING
OF DATES ALL SAID TO BE
WITHIN HER SCOPE.

CAMERA OPERATING AND BOOKING
OF DATES ALL SAID TO BE
WITHIN HER SCOPE.
Women schools and colleges abound to-day In
debating societies and all sorts of organizations
that invite or force the most timid 10 speak out
IN meeting" The rapid spread Of women's clubs
continues 10 reveal forensic conversational
gifts that would otherwise in all probability
have laid dormant The ease and fLency of ex-
preston thus acquired at college and in clubs is
naturally increasing the number of women who find
agreeable and lucrative livelihood in the illustrated
lecture field. There is scarcely feature pertain
ing TO the preparation. booking delivery OF an
illustrated lecture that is within the province
of the right woman. In choice Of subject for gen.
eral entertainment instruction. women have
more originality than men. glance at the cir
cuars Of both professional and amateur lecturers
now before the public will attest.
1T is a widely acknowledged fact" said pub
lie speaker to a Tribune reporter that when
women speak IN public they generally have some
thing TO tell Their voices may be painful their
preston crude their embarrassment pitiable. but
at bottom there is usually something tangible.
while frequent attendance at mems gatherings IS
liable TO reveal a waste OF verbosity, and rule.
little that is 10 the point.
The lecture field has many phases which the
novice would do well 10 consider carefully before
embarking In 1t for LIVELIHOOD. Lecturing seems
10 the unlnltlated. IL the testimony or vet
Grams is TO be credited. however 1t is trying pro-
fession. Is there any calling that has not It's
trials?'
Aside from the fatigue of travel. stage fright
and realization Of the responsibility OF facing an
audience and bringing the lecture up to their ex-
pectations" says Miss Nary Proctor. the we'll
known astronomical lecturer. Il find lecturng a
most pleasant profession. The remuneration is ex-
cellent. II a woman so inclined. has other
work to help pay her expenses while she works
her way public favor. l would say let her try
lecturing by all means
il is five years since Miss Proctor took the
platform. Since then she has given than
three hundred lectures and travelled all over the
country. Successor 10 ilustr1ous name the way
practically open to her. She was reared in the
lecture atmosphere Thoroughly imbued with the
work. she has competitors in her line.
'One mus; be fond of the subject" said Miss
Proctor otherwise the audience will detect that
IT Is purely a money making venture. and she Will
fail TO elicit hold their attention. Curiosity may
bring an audience once. but only merit will bring
II second time. There is no public so quiCE as
the American. 1t knows on second return
whether a lecturer has improved. One must study
constantly TO improve. Study audiences. intro
duce new and pleasing features. and never apoi-
ogize The fact that the lecturer is woman Will
not condone failure in the eyes Of public that
pays to be entertained or instructed.
1.-The woman lecturer must above all learn TO
keep her contracts at any hazard It's a great det-
rment for one who hopes to make her living as
q lecturer to start out fad. One season Is the
paying life Of a New-York fad. She must take and
maintain a professional basis II she would have
permanent success. Her repertory must include
at least three lectures. The subject must be fresh
and unhackneyed. Lectures Of travel are over
beautiful and artistic. and the subject chosen one
in which the lecturer has warm Interest No
until she has learned TO breathe properly. other
LESSONS ser are OF the greatest Importance
ually and materially equipped the raD comes In
Many lecturers And /, much more satisfactory and
remuneratve 10 personally manage the booking OF
bureau One may make dates to suit herself and
the percentage agents or bureaus exact
throughout the country find delightful paying
cupaton in drawing room lectures Social pres
s sss is the opening wedge to dr""'"sf00" sue
The increasing popularity OF the illustrated lect-
ure has opened up two other novel fields OF labor.
in which not a few women are earning comfort,
ses Large q
employed in G1ored sdss pb e IN ins
Of stefeopteon rms Copies Of photosraphs en-
cravings and woodcuts are photographed on the
Color only TRANSPARENT pigments being used Sue.
cess lies in deftness Of handling. SO critical and
Slides. that women are now. met in the galleries
abroad copying the colors OF the original pictures
Miss Katharine Breed. of Chicago. spent months
on the Mediterranean In the orient ana IN Yellow
stone Park and the results OF her skill were seen
during last winter at Burton Holiness lectures
Miss Breed, who is an accomplished and widely
travelled young woman. dropped accidentally into
this line OF work She her skill largely TO her
ANGLE the late DR.. David Breed, an artist. who
discovered secret process which greatly advanced
the artistic value OF slide painting Miss Breed Is
a relative OF the veteran stereop,ic9n lecturer John
half an hour TO three hours 10 paint one slide II
IS paid by the piece. and 81 a day Is the experts
steady throughout the year. Professor Bckmore,
OF the American Museum OF Natural History. has
In his employ Miss Bertha Fuller Sexton. whose
work Is confined exclusively TO the painting OF
flower slides.
probably tho most desirable part OF the lecture