The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-23

Ul6 GOIllDDTldDly Wll4lput 4t' LhCII uG clination threw the whole responsibility
 of the tour upon the bureau, and the ; writer at once started out to lay tht
 route
 When completed 1t stood; Harris.
 burg, Pittsburg, Columbus, Cleveland
 Cincinnati Louisville, Cincinnati (sec-
 end lecutre), Indianapolis, St Louis two Chicago, Milwaukee, Chicago (seo- ]; ond lecture,) Toledo, Detroit, Rochester
 Buffolo was preferred for the last night
 but the latest train from that city that
 would get MT. Beeeher home by the hour agreed upon left early in the even-
 ing, so Rochester was substituted
 The idea was to go at once as far
 away from New York as possible, and
 remain as far away as possible until
 the end. Train service on the railroads, especially the Western roads, awsI not nearly so good then as now, so a num-
 public hearing in city hall last even
 Der of specials were necessary durig the trip, adding much to the total cost. Of
 course, MT. Beecher was given the best
 of everything. When the whole outlay | was summed up 1t was found that the , expenses averaged over SLIGO a lecture. 1 Of the seventeen lectures five were sold two to Carpenter and Sheldon. of
 Chicago; one to the Young Mems Christian Association of Toledo. and
 one to a boat club in Detroit These
 four were sold for $1,25Q each. The fifth was sold to Charles R, Gardiner of
 Milwaukee, for $1,000. This was less
 than the average cost of the lectures to
 the bureau. but at the time the sale
 was made the management had caught
 some of the ague that chilled it's cor
 respondents, and was inclined to
 hedge" It would gladly have sold
 every lecture for the price paid by the
 three cities first named for at that
 time 1t was hard-and would be diff
 cult even now-to find fifteen towns
 west of the Allegheny Mountains and
 east of the Missippi River large enough
 to warrant the placing in them of a lecture that cost SLIGO, no matter by whom delivered. With the exception of
 the four towns named, the bureau had to assume all the risks, no man or so- ciety elsewhere possessing the courage to buy at the price asked
 Having finished laying the route and returned to New York, it was thought best to go over it once more to make sure that all the work laid out on the first trip had been properly done, so It was traversed again.
 In most instances the unsold lectures were placed under, the auspices of so- cieties they to get a small percentage of the gross receipts for doing the local work, without liability for debt or loss. Societies everywhere coveted the honor of taking Mr. Beecher under their wing but often it was difficult to overcome their business inertia, born of | the belief that "all it is necessary to do send line to the newspapers, and | MT. Beecher's name will fill the house" This was especially true of St. Louis, Lwhere the lectures were under the au- spices of the Library Assiciation, the lbration, MT. Dyer, having charge. He would not be convinced that no man however eminent, could command the HS@AAA~ AiiNSS1AAE OI SuA'SG5S bS AtlS llcIllG alone as could be achieved if his per- sonal strength were supplemented by "local push The audiences were uni- formly large, and the prices of tickets, $$1 and 51,50 Gin Chicago they ran as high as $3,) brought the receipts up to goodly proptions; but there was not an instance in the tour of any one being turned away for want of room. The Chicago lectures were given in the Union congregational Church, the northern and southern sections of the ,ity being n ruins from the great fire.
 The only hitch" occurred on the first night in Cincinnati. Mr. Beecher was from Cleveland. There had been very heavy rains; the roadbed was in bad condition and the train was often at standstill. Frequent tele- grams carle from it promising an early arrival, but at o'clock the hour fixed For the lecture, it was yet long way off. The local managers hired a band Of music to entertain the expectant audience, meanwhile reading the rose ,olofed telegrams from the platform. Then word came that the train was disabled near the outskirts of the city, A cab was procured, and, lfter long and disagreeable drive through the mud and ruts of the un- paved strets of the suburbs. MT. 3eecher, protesting against such sum nary methods, was hustled upon the Itage at 10 o'clock having been on the 'oad since early morning. Nearly all he ticket holders waited and in the warmth of great ovation he soon for $ got the annoyances of the day. h
 Throughout the trip, with the ex- ,eption of that provoking first night in 'incinnati, Mfr Beecher was most f agreed ble. While in his car at the sta ion in Louisville the following day see- ng two of the bureau managers confer ing anxlously together, he left his seat ( 0 ask in the most fatherly manner he could be of service in their eliberations.
 From Rochester 1t was necessary to t ake train about o'clock in the eve- ling, the train even then being held for dr' Beecher so the lecture was an- lounced for an unusually early hour. The gross receipts at Rochester did lot much exceed $500, about the same as ! tt Harrisburg the first night of the { our. Nearing New York on the morning f the last day of the trip conversation a urned on the great American novel { ! subject then much talked about and t lOf q Iittlh sinnn thnf tiYnnn thn !, nrt,c- a