Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-03-01

TABLEAU l3-CALDERON AND LOPE DE
VEGA.
lg.ene.-A base incrustsd in Mosaic tile work
ana tracery, with fountains in action. From
the base rises pedestal of arabeSque decOra.
uons ana a group OF horated figures sup
and pomegranates. The statute Of LOFe de
Vega is reclining. Calderon stands erect.
This is 3 statue scene, celebrating toe
poetic genius of Spain. A base, sur
rounded with mosaic trscery, supports
pedestal decorated with ara Jesque de-
signs, above which rises a slender COL
umn supported by figures in graceful a.
titudes. Rising from the column is a
female form, in flowing drapery, which,
with appraised arms, holds al9ft basket,
from which droOp the pendant branch
lets OF q graceful shrub. The statue of
the great Spanish poet Calderon stands
leaning against the massive monument
The grand Lope de Vega is reclining on
the steps. Figures OF mermaide, with
appropriate marine designs, fill out the
scene. LOpe de Vega was bora st Mad
rid, in 1862, and was one of the warrior
host that accompanied the InVincible
Armada that, in Etjz sbeth's time, was
sent to conquer England from the Pot.
estant heretlcs. The poet held houora-
bic position under the Spanish govern
ment, but after death had thinued his
family citcls he became a priest. He
wrote Orlando FiITjOS0 and mny plays,
and was practically the founder OF the
Spanish stage. Calder0n de Ia Barca
was the greatest Of the Spanish dramat.
ists, and one of the national poets OF
Europe. Bora st Madrid, in 1900, of
noble family, he held high Office ia his
cOuntry's government, but ultimately
entered the priesthood.
TABLEAU l4-JEALOUsY.
ARGUMENT,
LudoUico.-God preserve me!
Don Gus IRE BE not frightened,
Whatso'er you see.
Lud.-Where ara your orders?
Don G.-That you bleed her.
Let the blood flow forth,
Drop by drop the ufe-sueam watching,
Standing by her purple bedside
Firmly through the hOrrid scene,
Till from OUT the little puncjure
She doth sink and bleed to death.
Lud.-"Tis LIES Instinct compels me.
Don O You do well 70 yield to II,
Since the world holds many persons
VINO but only 1--we 10 kill:
This was the most subtle method
To dIssemble my sfiOnt:
IL Z were pOlSOD, il were easy
To investigate the cause:
If 7 were by a wound, the death-mark
Never wholly could be hid:
I, physician of my honor,
Mean 10 give it health and LIE
By bleeding, since now ali things
At the cost of blood is cured.
The Physician Of HIS Ot0R Honor, Act 3, /
Scene l2-Cd deTon.
Scene and ChGrdc.ers.-A summerhousa In a |
garden at Seville, re 2chsd By marble steps /
from LAKE, in which swans are SWIMMING
Dona Mencia, wife of Don Gutierre, IN /
swoOn, Is discovered lying on couch in the /
pavilion. Her husband, Don GutieTre, mad
to open mis- wife's veins and thus effects her
murder without discovery.
The fourteenth tableaU Is thoroughly
Spanish scene, as tragic as "OthellO,"
yet picturesque with dramatic beauty.
a pavilion in garden; its roof fan
tas!ic, yet harmonious, shows a blend
ing OF Moorish and christian taste in
ornament. Ii is reached by a number
Of steps. Around the pavilion and its
graceful curtains rise verdant foliage and
the curling tendrils Of hanging vines.
In front graceful fountain fills basin
with lis crystal flood, and from the basin
the stream drops, sparkling and jewel
ike, into lake beneath, ia whose placid
waters float couple ofswans. Ia the
midst of this fair scene, that rivals para
iise In its repose and beauty, Is acting
1ne of those tragedies Of human D ission
hat mads the poet exclalm: Gall AZURE
plsases, and only man is vile." On q
couch within the pavilllon recllnes the
Donna Bencis, of Calderon's play "The