The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-02-25

fore the cost of the course places 1t 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 WEIGH 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 Buffalo newspaper
woman. serving an apprenticeship of
| ten years in journalism before she be-
| gan to lecture on American history.
which she has made her field. She was
a college friend of Mrs. Grover Cleve-
/ 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 to 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 a lecturer on Amer
| lean history. She made her debut in
the New York free lecture course and
soon had d short lecture course to in
clude the small towns about New York
From this the step to 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 80 in advance. so that when the
lecturer is a popular one and gives lee
lures each day 10 about so or a hun
dred women the results in dollars is
very soul satisfying. to the one on the
platform at least.
Miss Adele Field. who~a business it IS
to instruct on topics OF the day. is one
Of the most popular and successful, Of
women lecturers She devOtes herself
to 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
~t-1SBl4S tE4E Ol tAA| DA1A-oN VI PNA~
sons.
The subject Of taking care OF the
house and of cooking all sorts Of dain-
ties to tempt the appetite has come 10
be one Of the. methods Of passing the
dull mornings Of the penitential season.
Miss Parloa. Mrs. Porer. Mrs. Christine
Terhune Herrick. Mrs. Lemcke all lee
ture. while the hosts Of Jess well known
authorities on the culinary art do like
wise. There is good deal OF amuse-
nent to be obtained from a practical
lesson in cooking. especially when a wO-
nan who is not accustomed 70 mixing
ut 1dings and pies and sauces has
cA1-ce TO experiment in the originating
Of ~ FERROUS compounds that may turn
ouc Id IDS 81 for the gods or su Distances
whose only value would be as building
concrete OF raper weight material
One OF last seasons Lenten pastimss
was the hearing OF talks from women
Of eninence IN philanthropfc work,
Mrs Maud BaIlinEton Booth and Aiss
Jane Adams OF Hull House. Chicago.
being tEo popular speakers in this lfr.e.
They told of what they had seer among
the poor. the glimpse 81 the Submerged
Tenth" being most interesting 10 fash
lcnabIe folk
Mss Ida Benfy. whose adaptation
II novels 70 the needs Of the lecture
platform has made her famous. always