Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-19

APPRAISED by him. one of the pieces being
entitled dearest When"st Thou SUM
bercHt Dnstcst Thou DreamoSt of Me-?
Anothe: WAS MARY Had a Little Lamb
(with Mint Sauce Perhaps the one
that elected the most applause Was the
hit at the chaps who had gone North
I" evade the draft and were over the
lin" in the Dominion: Mother. Is the
Iiattle over. ana Can I Safely Return
FROM Cana y" And Vet Art"nlrs WHs not
= frivolous q at least Il shallow person.
mort. More than tlis. he had an innate
delicacy and pride. and il was because
Of these that lac dctCstel shailoWneS' and
dishonesty. II WIS because he bad real
sentiment that lie lIdiculcd @Ush. He was
up to tie intellectual STANDARD of his alI-
,,iCncos. 1t is niStak" to suppose h
was in any WY an inferior man. IL,
knew men. and me knew public affairs
correctly and thoroughly One Of his Eng
fish critics las said of hin that he knrW
as much about England most 'Inglisll-
men knc v, :;aG ITO linn the Tower OF
I-or'l"n Was tn" history of !:n@land i'll
etou" and motar'
saw aim for the last tim" on the eve
Of lis departure Tor London, where ha
vas g. tacc cli'ieal ANA "Xprctnnt pub
lie in Tn" worlds metropolis lie ii .vrr
"noI to doubt the rrtiro s;if.1. of this
venture. ana WIS ~ gl'"ful rs Child
| planned it. i" 'l.liv' red his op. ming lee
t1rc. ON November Il. 1866 in Egyptian
Ian. which l.ad been made famous by
many literary takers. Artists. a"fors
cll!, men tn representatives. of all So
rial ana literary l.onGuiI-Wcrc there. by
inNitHtinn. IL" l'tyint; public not h"int;
admitted on this 4 II night. ;S hay"
said. ne cav. lis lecture on the Nor
mons There was tn" liitl" picture shop
| with it, central curtain If green haize.
| TIL" ri;no lid'lru from view. some pie
| lures to II rnr"ll"d. Il few IF them good
| hut ri"st at th"n bad. while the music
was What the lecturers Wlim might suS-
| grS.
| Whom at tle Lust moment n spare fig
! ur". in evening dress, holding in his deli
cate. handsome hand the dainty little
riding whip to point ont I'll" details Of his
| iictur"& appeared upon lie stage in front
| of the curtain. tier" VAS Il mnInnntAr~
feeling Of depression and disappointment
| a sense. of rcndinG failure. !:'ii this was
| relieved when AricmUS began. in that
| quiet. quaint WAY that no man has ever
| "du%lled and no man can half represent
-h"$itatiuG, and even apparently SIAM
| mcling ard buShiug lust Il little in hi,
| "if"rt I" say the exact and conscientious
| tllng. seemingly 50 difdent as to he
| come wholly confused and incapa bic of
r"ttinr back to what he lad started out
| to say.
| The very next thing would lie appar-
| entity the most chilGlkr statement ;bout
| ms $hGW. Il always tHy to get the best
| without rlrCn regard to expense I nav
| my orchestra FIVE pounds Il week. and do
! !lis washing, Think Of the auciacity of
| " nan WI" could look into the face of
| john Bright and Robert Lowe who SIT
! ~ one OF the front rows, and say such
| things
y considerable portion of his lecture
| was It very clever piece Of ,cscl iption.
and some oI the Illustrations from the
| panorama We're excellent But it was ONLY
! n background for the fun OF tin, show
F.. man. and he W@S supreme master of il
However much the audic me- Nigh, laugh.
| even to Il tumult of melri.nent lasting
| Il minute or two. or Perhaps longer, Az
| teniHs stood with the Giavest n.ien ana
| 1!nEloved face. He could not h"lp laugh
| my While Writin" or planning Il good
thing. hut no ne r"n!"nccr' WIS ever more
| sell -mnSed Wh9n a." Sto"d n"fnre his
audience. The greatest fun of the who'll
| was ihr 'naniruiatinn of tn panorama
itself. Things would go wrong every now
and then. and the .illtiienc.. V-uulI fairIy-
| scream will laughter. sunpu.in il wa;
n mistake: while as Il matter or fact Ar
tenus was always at the bottom Of it all
| Ter instance tie prairie fire would gu
down ~ TIE W'"n" time. aai trc'l brea !.
out a@ain. when the scene it was to il
| ldStrats had WHOLLY passed: O: Tie sick
looking moon would rrfu1, tn stay Gown
III tlie mist: While the lecturer MS ap-
| Na'rntlY almost overcome with vsXatinn
| md despair T'l"n the wrong music would
he played, and the house would break ont
into roars of laughter. as when he
touched upon one ally nathaiic recital
and the pianp ground out Poo Mary
m the midst Of 4 really irst,rIrt;-, talk
on tie Mormon question. OF a truly i'm
nr"sSivt' n-s'-''inti N ~ the Noun: ain
s. n,r1T GROUND .'aIt '.ak tn would srop
I 1s il 4 @t'''i i tAr.;n@ If distress iai
/ c"i-'N over Dim which mus ~ explained
| ;trl N'.nitn- IN nj :rs,"l animal
| ~ n fnr, @.cnrd of \ pi.t,re.