Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-13

drop OF wafer .c,entists which had
baInod 10 wider view OF tne I'M sci.
He was down on cocklore spe.,nns overv
ence had TO change its c2nS esy were d,s-
DAY. II an Egyptian 1,'o algo'O" Of many an
! t,gvntojoaist would be destroyeo;
,Iho synthesIs OF all sciences - n,am,
Tho novelist Is dealing with mah-1Se !, rns
with the basal principles OF ~, r. deal
oiires great Intellectual power ~ ,,,rst
with one thread OF life. how grea. oy ,,.us
he the power which enables the ho'e''''
TO deal with so many stranus. .,,ry
SHORTHAND OF HUMANITY.
rho greatest creations OF fiction iori
the Shorthand of humanity. Don Qu'nISe
and other great characters sum ny mn
lions Of human characters ., incidental
Fiction Is the shorthand or inolu, ,nt,i-
method of condensing the innnite Peet'
nessees OF life. The essential .Iciii 'll,,o
stand out when we look back; tns noii i
essential disappear. Even sinsio ~,
ment of life is too complete TO De put
into book-form. w. 40
All social life Is a sort or art. we 40
not show all Of ourselves to our friends.
We make a careful selection. Na tuie
forms her creatures by natural sy iie =,
art by artificial selection. The fulness o,
life is human life. The novelist inethou
OF expression by selection Is Sclentilc IN
preston. The novelist must De an aI,ls.
as well as a scientist He must present
truth attractively. Science Is Ike II s
latest toy, the phonograph. IL gives out
what IS spoken into II. curses ana Dle ,s.
! ings are to 1t all the same. me Iorcns'
Is more OF less swayed by MS enlot,o i. =
Emotions are a part of the general truth
Of life. .,, .,
/ would like 10 change the meaning OF
truth from a dead fact TO i've TACT VI
| the whole being.
JANUS-HEADED HUMoR.
1.-THE humorist IS Janus-headed." con
| tinued the lecturer. He looks Dotn ~
| tragedy and comedy. Humor Is the twin
| kle in the eye Of wisdom. There Is COM
| mon general standard of truth, but 10
| each truth is different
Though there Is a dead truth cdlieu
| science, there is n greater truth In when
intellect. will, and emotion are one The
universe Is O great storehouse from Whicn
we may draw as we Will, III contains an
truth. Ask, and ye shall receive; seek,
and We shall find That Is the highest
| truth which takes up and saturates Itself
with most Of the truth Of the universe.
The lecturer closed amid great applause
He spoke an hour and twenty minutes.
Throughout his address he was interrupt
ed by laughter and applause. me lee,
ture was one OF the most enjoyable ol
any delivered in the Lyceum course. III
was deeply literary, but its style Was
such that men and women who do not
love books could enjoy it, ..
RECEPTION AT THE JEFFERSON
CLUB.
Immediately after leaving the stage Mr..
Zangwil was driven to the Jefferson
Club, where q reception was rendered
him and a banquet was served In ms
honor.
MIR. Zangwill was formally presented
by Mr.. NJ Il. Marcuse, the president or
the club. Including the members OK the
club and invited guests there were wei
on 70 $50 persons present me club
rooms including the dining-room and ball
decorated
palms and cut flowers, and rarely pre-
scented a more brilliant appearance.
After the reception the guest OF honor
was escorted TO the banquet hail. where
covers were laid for about one hundred
and fifty persons. There was not va
cant place. The banquet was all that the
taste of a gourmand could suggest. Noes
Ia was the caterer, and he surpassed him
self.
After the banquet Mr.. Zangwill re-
manned some time conversng with the
ladies and gentlemen who had so lavish
ly entertained him, and then drove TO the
Jefferson where he is registered. He
was TO have been the guest of DIR. E. n.
Calisch, but the latter was unable TO en-
terrain him, owing TO Mrs. Calsch having
had to leave for Peoria, I'LL, yesterday,
being called thither by the sudden ILL
ness of her mother.
Among the clubs invited guests at the
reception and banquet last night were
Professor +. w. Boatwright, president
Of Richmond College, and wife; DIR. Henry
G. Jones, DIR. George Ross, Hon. J. Al
ston Cabel. Mr.. s. W. Travers and wife,
Mr. and Mrs. John q. Farland. Mrs. Ste
phen Putney, Mr.. ]. Stewart Bryan, Mr..
and Mrs. j. Rosenheim, of Savannah, and
their daughter, Miss Tessie; Miss Eisfield.
OF Burlington. Ia. and Mr.. and Mrs. 5.
Fink. Of New York.
RETURNS TO NEW YORK TO-DAY.
Mr. Zangwill will return to New York
to-day. Before his departure he will be
driven TO many points OF interest about
Richmond
This will be my only appearance on
tho lecture platform this season." he said.
Il am going TO devote my time TO super
intending the production of the children
Of the Ghetto"
Mr.. Zangwill would not admit that tho
play had had the success which is given
10 it by the critics. There has been lit
tie more than dress rehearsal Of II rs
vet" he said. Its merits on the stage
have not been fully tested"
Mr. Zangwil professed a deep Interest
in the history Of Richmond
Out 7 am deeply interested In all
America" he said 1T IS a wonderful
country, with wonderful people; both
wonderful in many WAYS. Yours IS dif-
ferent from any other country and your
people are different from any other peo-
pile"