A WOMAN LECTURER.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2147, 1 August 1907, Page 2

A WOMAN LECTURER.

THE VISIT OF MISS ADA MU.RCUTT.

Tho novelty of hearing a woman lecturer will probably appeal to many Gisborne residents, but it is evident from the reports which have preceded her that Miss Ada Mureutt’s claim to public support rests upon much higher ground. As slio naively puts I it when referring to her confidence in arranging for six lectures in Gisborne: “Give mo one audience and I’ll undertake to socuro the other

livo.” , ~ Miss Murcutt is an Australian by birth but has lived lor years | in. America, and has a world-wide reputation as a lecturer, traveller and writer. She is, indood, a remarkable woman, having come through experiences quito uniquo in their way, and undergone hardships which very tow womon have had the temerity _ to face. She has travelled four times round tho world, and has left the | “beaten track” and explored regions where no other wliito woman has been, facing innumerable perils and dangers. .As a result of ovor ten yoars of travel and observation in almost every country in the world. Miss Murdutt has collected a fund of information and experience which provokes the closest interest, and awa'kons the public conscience to the existing evils of tho day. She is said to have a stylo peculiarly her own. Possessed of a clear, penetrating voice, tho large audiences which fcne addresses have no difficulty in following her story, while her great fluency and descriptive powers at onco captivate her hearers, holding them spellbound from tho time she rises to speak until she resumes her seat. One never tires of listening to her, which is partly accounted for by the fact that she has the saving grace of being able to see tliejiumorous side of while as she warms to her subject in her peroration one cannot but be compelled to admire her for her earnestness, sincerity, and wisdom, which rank her among the most able and powerful women who have ever graced the platform. Miss Murcutt commences her Gisborne season at His Majesty’s Theatre on Sunday night.