TO MEN ONLY.

Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 11, 10 June 1893, Page 12

TO MEN ONLY.

J. Chas. Harrison, M.D., a gentleman who has been winning golden opinions front the press and public throughout the colony, and who enjoys a wide reputation at Home and in America, will deliver his first lecture to men only at the Theatre Royal on Monday night. We quote the following from the Otago Witness of May 25th : . “ In the evening, when Dr J. 0. Harrison delivered a health lecture to men only, the theatre was densely crowded in all parts, and a great number of people had to return to their homes, not being able to gain admittance. As in the afternoon, the lecture was illustrated by a vast number of beautiful stereopticon views, many of which were representations of works of art or portraits of celebrated people, but the bulk had a distinct relation to the subject, and a fair proportion were enlarged anatomical plates. The lecturer, Dr J. C. Plarrison, is a man of middle age, above the middle height, and of slight and well-proportioned figure. He is a clear, fluent, and forcible speaker, having what might be described as a good platform manner, and his slight and not unpleasant accent proclaims him a citizen of the Great Republic. The address was plain, straightforward, and humorous. Delicate subjects were not indelicately treated, and the whole tone of the lecture was wholesome and manly. The lecturer advocated the imparting of sound physiological instruction to the young, and. asserted that many of the evils from which people suffered were caused from ignorance. The world, he said was full of needless misery, and his desire being to do good .he hoped his audience would accept his remarks and suggestions in the spirit in which they were offered. Above all he urged the importance of social purity, and appealed for a higher morality among men. The lecture was remarkably well received, the applause being frequent and demonstrative, and the lecturer fully sustained the high reputation he has gained for himself in other parts of the world.” The lecture on Monday night will be free, but a shilling will be charged for admission to the one on Tuesday night.