The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-01-06
The uumorist Finds Time to Comment OIL
Great Sensational PIsy.

bbrfetL very Wisely ueCIusu tuAt II " buC
ceeded here it would do well anywhere
II the people Of New York like play ant
cay 30 1t is Almoat sure to 20 elsewhere
Judging by this tasI the play Of "Juliu.
Caesar" hes a glowing future GbeRd Of it
Ii was written by Gentlemen Shakespeare
Bacon and Donnelly, who collaborated
together on it. Shakespeare did the iinel
and plot, Bacon furnished the cipher and
Donuelly called attention to 1t through the
papers.
The sceno OF "Julius CRJar" 10 laid in
Rome just before the railroad was com.
plsted 10 that place. In order to under
stand the play itself We must glance
briefly at the leading Chsrscters which are
introduced and upon whom its success
largely depends.
julius Cesar frat attracted attention
through the Roman papers by calling the
attention OF the medical faculty to the
now Justly celebrated C@saIian operation.
Taking advantage OF the advertisement
thus attained be coon rose to prominence
and hourished considerably from 100 to A
u C, when committee Of representative
citizens and properly.nwners Of Rome
called upon him and on behRlt OF the PEG.
ple begged leave to aessssina.e him "a q
mark OF eRtecm. He wRs stabbed twenty
tbrso limea bstwsen Pompsy's Pillar aud
eleven o'clock, many Of which were NOR.
tai. TAis SeCeHRs OF the ASSASSINATION ia
taksn from local paper and is graphic,
alrciT C. and lacks tie sensational ele-
mentO 10 common and so lamentGblO in
our oWa time. Cesar was the implscable
foe Of the ariatocrAcy and refused to wear
plug hst up to the day Of his death.
Suiia once sI1d, betora Cesar mad made
much CT showing, that Rone day this
young Ioen would be the ruin Of the aris-
tOCraCy, and twenty years Afterwards
when Cesar sccked, RssaeBin6ted and ho'a-
Csu6tad whole theological seminary for
saying "cyelher" and "nyesher," the old
settlers recalled Whist sulls he'd ssid.
Caesar continued to sat pie with knife
aud mary other Ways TO en6ear himself
to the masses until Us, u. C, when he ran
for Que4tor. AttsrSatd ha WAS Ndlla,
during tho term (Which otliCo he sought
tolntECGnce number Of new Rsnes and
to extend the Limit on come Of the older
onse. From thla 10 the Senate vas but
step. In the Senate he was known az q
good speaker, Dut ambitious, and liable
to turn up during close vote when his
enemies thought ha was ct home doing
chores. This made him at times odioua
to tho7e who opposed him, and when he
defended Cataline Gnd oleEsd to 20 on his
bond, Caesar came near being condemned
to death himself.
IN 81, D. C., he went 70 Spain as Pro-
piPSor, intending to write book about
tbs Spanish people and THAR c7stgms SO
soon 60 ne got back, but he was 60 busy
on bis return that ne did not have time
10 do 90.
Cesar WEa q powerful man with the peo-
pie, aud while il the Senate worked hsrd
for his constituents, while other Senat0rs
waYs having theis photographic taken. He
went into the army when the war broke
cut, and after killing great many people
against whom he certainly could not have
had anything personal he returned, head.
Cd by the Rome Silver Oornes Band and
leading procession over two miic1 in
length. It Wss at this time that he Taa
rendered crown just as he was passing
the City Hall, but thrice he refused Il,
Alter esCh refusal the people applaudsd
snd enccred him till he had to refuse 1t
agaiR. 1t is at about this tims tho play
openg. Cesar has just arrived On spsck.
led Coufser and GiHlnounted ouiBidG the
town. he cones in 81 tue head Of the
procession with the understanding that
the crown is TO be offered him Just Rs he
Crosaea over 10 the Court House,
Here Q0asiun and Hrutga meet, and Gas-
siu9 ;ries to make MugEump Of Brntug,
SO that thay can organize q now move
lneDs. Mr.. Edwin Booth takes tho Chsr-
gCter OF Brutus and ME. Lawrence Barrett
takes that OF Csssiue. would not want
to take the character Of Csssius myself,
sven IL he'd Tru abort OF character aud
needed come very much indeed, but Mr.,
Barrett takes it Gnd does 1t first rate. Mr..
Booth slao plays Bru.ug 60 that cid Get.
.lsr8 here ssy it seems almost like having
BfuLua hese among us sgAi1.
Bfrtpe was Roman republican with
strong tariff tendencies. He Was q good
axtenp oEGaeous ettar.dinneS speaker and
worm personal friend Of Cesar, though
differing with him politically. In assassin.
ltinS Cesar, Blutus used to soy after.
Warda he did not feel the GliGhtest per.
aonsi luminosity, but did 1t entirely Tor the
good OF the p8ity. That is one thing /
Axe about politics-you can cut cut o
mans vitalB and hsng them on the Christ.
mas tree and drag the fair name Of his
wife or mother around through the sew.
sys for six weeks before election, and 30
lonR IS it is done toT the good Of the party
it lie oil right.
So when Brutus ia authorized by tho
saucr9 to RssasAinsts Cesar he feels that,
like being President Of the United States,
1t 10 dit8greeable job; but II the good OF
,hB patty seems to YesllY demand it he
will 10 il, though lie wishes IL distinctly
understood that personally he hasn't got
A thing against Caesar.
Iu sec 4 Brutus cite up late reading a
story Wy j. A. Roe, and Just as he ia in the
most exciting part Of 1.-THE ghost Of the rs.
eagalns,e2 Cesar appeGra aud statea that
II will meet him with hard gloves at Phil
lippi. BIutua looks bored and says that
be- 10 not in condition, but the ghost
lesyGH IL th6t way and BrutuR looEs still
more bored till ths'ghost goes out through
a white oak door without opeuing it.
AZ Phillippi, BEulas sees thas there ID
70 hope OF police interference, and 30 be-
fore time Ia called he inaeYtB bis sword into
his being aud dies while the polite Amer
lean audience puto on It's oyslcoat and
goes out, looking over its shoulder to see
that BrulUs does not take advantage Of this
moment, whit the people NE Soing away,
to resusci.ate himself,
THE DYAD CESAR.
The play Is Thoroughly enjoyable all
the way through, especially CGaar'B fu-
neral. The idea OF introducing funeral
and engaging Marx Anthony 10 deliver
the eulogy, With the understanding that
he was to hsvo his travelling expenses
paid and the privilege Of ceiling toe GER
mon to syndicate, shows genius on tho
part OF the joint authola. All the way
through the plsy is good, but sad, There
Is no advertisement Of tank in 1t, but the
funeral more than makes up for all that.
Where Portis beSs Brutus, before the
assassination, to tell her all and let her
in on the ground floor, Rrd asks wis.
The rrsttar IA. and Ia claims that X Ia