Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-02-24

, York for several seasons past has been
phenomenal.
Mr.. Bagby's lecture recitals have al
ways been given at the Waldorf-As-
toria. The song birds Of the opera are
employed to illustrate them, and there
fore the cost Of the course places il be-
yond the means OF any but very
wealthy women. At these lectures may
be seen practically the same faces that
are on view in the lower tier Of boxes
on fashionable night at the opera.
Miss Jane Meade Nelch was the first
among women TO take up parlor lee
turing, and she is, OF course, one Of the
most popular Of the Lenten entertain-
ers. She was once q Buffalo newspaper
woman, serving an apprenticeship Of
ten years in journalism before she be-
gan 10 lecture on American history,
which she has made her field. She was
a college friend Of Mrs. Grover Cleye-
land. and that lady, as wife Of the
president, introduced her to Washing
ton and New York society and assured
her success. Miss Welch recently was
given an honorary degree by the Uni
versity OF Cambridge. She is one OF the
few women 10 be so honored. Her
beauty and personal magnetism were
no small factor in her success. She
has a bright, interesting style and was
the first to popularize American history
among women.
Miss Jennie Melvene Davis has also
made her success as lecturer on Amer
lean history. She made her debut in
the New York free lecture course and
soon had a short lecture course TO In
clude the small towns about New York.
From this the step 70 lecturing in the
parlors Of society women was a short
one. The parlor lectures are more pop
ular with the lecturers because the re-
turns are larger and more certain.
Course tickets for 10 or IL lectures sell
for SO in advance, so that when the
lecturer Is a popular one and gives lee
lures each day to about 30 or hun
dred women the results In dollars Is
very soul satisfying. TO the one on the
platform at least
Miss Adele Field whose business II IL
TO instruct on topics Of the day. Is one
OF the most popular and successful OF
women lecturers. She devotes herself
70 the giving Of parlor talks and Is
busy during the entire winter and
spring,
Miss Mary Proctor, daughter Of the
famous astronomer, is one Of the bright
particular stars Of the Lenten lecture
galaxy Her talks on the starry heav-
ems are as delightful as the most
charming bit Of fiction, and, as she both
interests and instructs, she Is at all
seasons one OF the very busiest Of per-
sons.
The subject OF taking care Of the
house and OF cooking all sorts OF dain-
ties 10 tempt the appetite has come 10
be one OF the methods Of passing the
dull mornings Of the penltentIal season.
Miss Parloa, Mrs. Rorer, Mrs Christine
Terhune Herriok, Mrs. Lemcke all lee
ture while the hosts Of less well known
authorities on the culinary art do Ike
wise. There Ia good deal OF amuse-
ment 10 be obtained from q practical
lesson in cooking. especially when a wo-
man who is not accustomed 10 mixing
buildings and pies and sauces has
chance 20 experiment in the originating
Of mysterious compounds that may turn
out viands At for the gods or substances
whose only value would be as building
concrete or paper weight material
one OF last seasons Lenten pastimes
was the hearing OF talks from women