The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-08
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES.
MS LECTURE on "THE WOMAN OF
THE NINETEENTH CENTURY,
a Bcpn.ifnI word Picture Presented.
Tributes Paid the. Sex Individuals
~ ana Collectively.

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Those who missed the first part o. John
i Temple Graves lcotura on "Thc Nineteenth
4 Century Woman" III Turner hall last night
regretted ii exceedingly 5Gforc the last
i sentences Of the beautiful word picture
(. were spoken. Mr.. Graves, in order to make
/ connections, was Obliged TO feHve the city
on the $3.50 Houston East aud West Texas
/ train, and on that account his lecture was
brgun carly and rushed through, and while
he ala not. perhaps, appear to 50 good an
advantage as he would have done Under
more favorable circumstances. 1t may be
truibiulJy said that tho evening furnished
an intellectual treat such as has been ac
corded the people OF Houston Oh but few
previous occasions. Mr. Graves proved
himself more than pleasing speaker. not
withdrawing tho fact that he was com
PEELED to talk very rapidly indeed In order
10 finish la time to catch his train. He
Is the posaessor Of Il magnetic personality
which. aside from WnJt he IL saying. soclns
to draw ono TO MIN and interest ona IN MIN
ot once. His voice is gents aud evenly
modutated, his gestures are appropriate
throughout and the language ~ when his
ideas are clothed and presented 10 his
hearers is at ali times chastc ana hcauti-
iul aud iilled with imrfcssiycncss. lie APP
prodcheS bis climGYgs in wonderfully
clever manner aud when he reaches and
tnrniscs Que Of them he leaves his hearers
something 10 think about. In short IL, is
one OF the most entertaining lecturers ever
heard from local platform.
He began his lecture last evening vita
n sUrpasaingiy beautiful description OF the
Garden nr Eden He told OF Adam. the
first of his kind :oId of the FIRST tree. the
first loai. the hrst sunrise, the first ahldow.
The first sunset told how Adam. even IN
the midst Of all the peace and a,iiet and
luycinoss of the harden. WAS restless and
lonely. and how the lack Of suitable rom-
panIonshin Impressed usalf upco him. and
finally, In the mos, beautiful linclisr tmag-
Unable, the lecturer told OF The coming of
Eve IL the Eden aud to Adam. she WAS
dcscribod as rsiug from , he'd If hltl,h,nr
rogo .lepyca nor foir bnd,, mn loss f,i,, ana
delicate ihuu tbev with nor strands Of bpau
Hful hair failing in prosusion on her ala
baatcr shouIds rs. tho light of love supreme|
was In bo, uenniit,,, NO an shc ,ool,cd a
the loneliness or tho garden. ana when
among The God given trees and nowrrs
ana sunlight she moi nor lord and hu,-
hand mo \,crld v,oe nst beeun
Then down thro,n,h tho ,pcs IN the
present lime The lrcturrr followed the
baths Of woman. He told Of the good deeds
,hc had vrourbt and cf Tho evil ,,hr had
crushed bv her swert ana ,sentle influence
Coming down ia modorn tir,,rs. her etr,lp-
rl,s far indepcndence In me ,ys, of liener
education and social ennoIitv wore touched
on when Inc movomont Ma. ,lrst beenn.
Mr. Graves said there we're loss than one
dozen avenues Of o.nn,oyinon, for her hut
by har ,ndomitablo Mi, pnwer ana her peI.
aeyering cndravrr ,,i,r ma, yi1suSd and en-
lnrerd tbnse channels until now tho means
Ly which she rnul,, earn an honorable. IN
rieht llyinp were numbered by huudreds
Jlo answered the argument mat women
should net work hcrouee nv so doing many
mon v.sro ebonlca out Of wives nv stating
The fnd that IN New YORK. ,.tty alone there
wore scmothinr like y Gao bipoda support
cd by the labor of their wives. He thought
TO worl, for ones self was proferrablo n
eipnportirg one's s1f and n ghiftlesg nus.
band in edition
The yo-cliled "rpw woman" aud her
idiesvnrraslss were handled without gloves.
After exnosint and holding nm to ridiculc
Der rltlful n,tams the lecturer said that.
Notwithstanding he fact shat sho con
d,mned "mIserghle man in tho most nm
measured terms nnd actions she e3ncd his
rnib and his wcokncsscs and In oihSr ,v,vs