The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-03
Increase. fDecrcase.

The san Francisco muse ana DfdWd
criticises Mr.. Lawrence Barrett's article
on Shakespeare, and thinks that the &C
tors pretense 10 being a scholar Is found
ed on a superficial study of other mems
ideas without a foundation 10 his own
education, which is doubtless true as any
body will conclude who has heard Mr..
Barrett pronounce the word spectacle"
on the stage.
The conventional interpretations of the
stage given by numerous actors called
STARS" amount TO n certain degree of
professional skill, but as for making an
artist of high ability ont OF Mr.. Barrett
there is no ground for the claim. The
paper we quote says that No. 219 OF tie
North American Review contains an
article from the pen Of James Freeman
! Clarke, that contains nearly every idea
that Mr.. Barrett's article contains. II any
of cur readers doubt this statement let
them turn to the Review of February,
1881, and there they will find the good
Scholar Barrett labels as his. lrres-
pec,ive Of this, we are glad to have him
think as we do; but why couldn't he drop
us a line and asked US TO help him ont OF
! his difficulty. lie knows that we WELD a
pen that Shakespeare himself would not
refuse 10 single out for the defense OF his
character. and instead of laboring to show
that we are scholarly, we would, without
effort, show that 10 us belongs the swell
ing soul that stretches from earth TO sky
and catches in the journey such thoughts
az were showered upon the actor-bard
we who tread the stage so love 10 defend
and honor
President Cleveland tersely said in his
message: ut is a condition which con-
fronts us-nCt a theory"
What this condition is appears in the
Treasury statement for December, show
Ing the collection Of surplus revenue OF
$lJ,42i,G03 during the month.
This is a condition which cannot last
without serious danger 10 the business of
the country. That it should have existed
so long Is a reproach TO our statesman
ship.
The collection of halfd miUiOa doRdrs a
dan beyond the needs Of the Government
is an injustice that.would not be tolerated
in any other civilized country in the
world.
The first and The most important duty
of Congress, upon re~assembling, will be to
take steps for the prevention of the sur
plus by reducing taxation upon the me-
c~essities o. the people.
The condition is one that demands a
change.-N. y. World.
The New York Sun gives the compli-
ments of the season to the following
somewhat forgotten potentates
A Happy New Year to Brother Malic-
toa. the fired out boss of Samoa. We are
sorry to see that he doesn't seem
capable Of leading the Germans in his
tight little island. We advise him to
"trust not TO freedom TO the Yanks ii is
their job to buy and sell" .
4 Happy New Year TO Major-General
Ras Alula, the Abyssinian miliatiaman,
and may he sing Glory Hallelujah, but
not until after he has licked the Italians.
The very upper crust OF the season to
the Lady of the Nine Cocoanuts, Ii. Nj.
the Queen Of the Wallis Islands. She has
decided TO prefer French to English.
Perhaps she will not regret her choice If
ever she comes TO Europe and America.
We warn her Majesty, however, that to
speak French implies neither the ability
to understand ii o to be understood by
those to the nasals born.
The happiest and loudest New Year
salutaiion to her other Majesty, the
Queen Of the Tongaland. She is said TO
be the original Of She" She is old but
beautiful, and might do better than to
become Mrs. Leo Yincey. She should
come here and grow mp with the country.
The question of what 10 do with our
Young men has at last been satisfactorily
settled by a San Francisco naturalist, who
has discovered a kind of turtle that
eats grass. This opens a new industry.
Turtle farms can be established through
out the country, where rich fathers can
establish their sons at a much less expense
than on Western ranches.
Fancy, too, what an inspiring sight IL
would be TO see the degenerate sons OF
noble sires riding to the annual round
up" on the prize turtles of their respec-
tive farms l-Ph3a. Times.
St. Peters, in Rome, as will be seen from
our commercial cable dispatches, was the
scene Of a remarkable manifestation.
The Pope celebrated the fiftieih ami
versary of his taking holy orders, and
from all parts Of the world pilgrims
gathered to witness the ceremonies and tc
nav the tribute Of reverent regard &c
their spiritual father. 1t is remarkable
because il illustrates The spiritual strength
of the Papacy just at the time when its
temporal forces are at the lowest ebb
The tendency of the age seems TO point
toward the cultivation of the former a.
the best policy for the Pope.-N. I
Herald.
In computing the imports Of foreign
dry goods in the port of New York, thu
Journal Of Commerce reports that for the
month of December, the total amounts tt
$S,254,5OS, compared with $s,2S6,755 fol
the same month last year and S7,S77,2Ss
for the same month in 1885, against 81,
O45. 695 for the same month in 1884 anC
S7,O54,5O3 for December, 1883. In 1888.