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Show Mrs, Victoria Woodhull. Tho approaching lecture at the theatre of Mrs. Victoria Woodhull who arrived in tho city last evening is ono ol tho chief attractions of next week. Everyone and his friends anticipate being present next Tuesday Tues-day evening to hear tho lady who is perhaps the most widely known of any of her sex in America. -Yesterday, the sister of the lecturess, Miss Tcnnie C. Claflin, w.ia disposing of tickets for Tuesday night, and to say the indomitable, never-wearying lady wag successful, h but drawing draw-ing it exceedingly mild. What with tho attraction of the lecture lec-ture itself, and the persevering labors of the fair Miss Tennie, it may safely be concluded tho house will bo crowtlcd. Mrs. W. is a lady of pleasing address, ad-dress, is a thorough elocutionist and entertaining speaker, possessing the power of riveting the attention of her auditors. Her lectures on tho social ir-mwuiio ui hju ae..v:s are characterized character-ized by direct and telling hits at society, so-ciety, keen, cutting sarcasm on some of what might be termed tho foibles and frailties of high life, and severely satircal strictures on many of the popular practice. "More truth than poetry, and much of the latter," is what one editor who heard her speak isaid in his journal. The following is from the Detroit Union; A tremendous audience 'greeted Mrs. Woodhull at St. Andrew's Hall last night. Every inch of sitting and standing room was occupied. Her address consisted of a scries of hits, some of them very pointed and some very powerful. She complained, (very justly) of the fact thatthe editors edi-tors of the morning Jpapem all called on her to express their entire concurrence, concur-rence, personally, with her doctrines, and then either treated Jier with contempt con-tempt or lied about her in their papers. pa-pers. She apologized for what she had said that might bo construed into a lack of venoration for Christ. She was a religious woman, and revered Him and His doctrines. But she despised des-pised the hypocrites who had His name forever on, their lips, but had none of His principles in their hearts. She said it w:is a disgraco to the city that Mayor Moflat had to speak oi the number af prostitutes living here They must be debauched and prostituted prosti-tuted by men. Men must bo their partners in guilt. She would say to the ladies of Detroit, batter down their doors. Say to them, " Our husbands, our brothers and our fathers have debauched de-bauched you; thoso who are near and dear to us have injured you. Therefor There-for you are our sisters, and we will stand by you." This, she said, would end prostitution. " Your nouses oi ni-iame, saiu sue, are not mainLiincd by your young men and boys, but by your hoary headed old sinners who have become so debauched de-bauched that they have no natural passions left," There was a sensation for a moment mo-ment among the gray haired men. A dyer might have done a good business busi-ness with a lightning article just then. She said she asked no man or woman wo-man about their past life. Her question ques-tion was, How much of God have you left in you? What can you do now? Thero were a great many ladies present. Her conversation was very plain, but not in any sense gross. She said, "To tho pure all thins a putc." Xno moot revolting thing in nature is taken by tho chemist, its elements analyzed and its purposes ascertained. But to the obscene mind everything is vulgar because seen through vulgar eyes, After the lecture, hundreds of men and women crowded round the stage to sec and epeak to her. One man claimed tho attention of tho audience to say it was the grandest thing he had seen during tho Christian era. He didn't say whether he had seen it surpassed sur-passed during Pagan times or not. On the whole she was well pleased with her audience, and pleased them in ro-! turn. |