Morning journal and courier., 1892-06-24
Indeed, his song, "Come Away, Come
Away, DEATH, and where he sings,

Indeed, his song, ''Come Away, Come
"What is lover tits not hereafter
Present mirth hath present laughter"
have quite touch of pathos and gives
this jester peculiar interest and attrac-
ton.
And why should he not give way at times
to sadnessl For jester, even, has heart,
and while he is ever laughing IL 1t not
natural that he should nourish . little
melancholy Of his own? For, moreover,
no one can deny that jestsr's life was
sad one. Cut off from all sympathy, and
without even those cares and respondbih-
ties of life which are often ones only ties
spoken for truth, but for effect, and that |
even only for laughter; is it strange that |
Shakespeare should have made the char |
acter of even one of his most jolly testers |
tinged with sadnesss
Shakespeare's next jester, taken in the |
order of his works, is the fool in "Alrs
Well that Ends Well" This play is gener-
ally considered to be some early work of
Shakespeares, which he rewrote and pub
lished later. Indeed, the fool himself is
very like the clowns Of the early plays, and
testers. Yet he is quite as fond of
the court as Touchstons is, and
proves himself to be "shrewd
knave," as Lafen calls him. This
wit, though not SO "swift and senten-
tious" as Touchstone's, is always gay, often
clever and serves to brighten the gloom of
| this somewhat doleful play.
But among the testers of Shakespeare
| we can scarcely leave out the dead Yorick,
| that "fellow of infinite jest, ;" whom Hamlet
so touchingly speaks Of in the famous
churchyard SCENE. He is brought before
US 80 wildly and naturally that We can
but regret he is not there in reality, for by
| the description he must have been "rare
| fellow"
| "Where be your gibes now7 your gam
bolss your songsa your flashes of merri
ment, that were wont to set the table on q
roar" Perhaps Shakespeare when he thus
wrote, was thinking of the dead Tarleton,
the famous jester who was great favorite
throughout England.
In the tragedies of Shakespeare the great
ness of the contending passions brings the
characters to higher level, and in King
Lear even the fool becomes heroic.
But this jester differs entirely from the
others. He is the earliest type of lester
whose laughter comes from the heart and
is friendly sympathetic companion, rath-
er than hired joker. Lear and he must
have been friends from boyhood. They
are most intimate, and the FOOLS tender
ness and devotion to the king are only
equaled by Cordelia's.
It is hard to appreciate the fulness of
his fidelity when he follows his dear mas
ter through all privations, attempting to
cheer him with gaiety, which he does not
feel in his own heart. His words seem
: wild and uncouth, yet they are all said
with discretion and tact. He must case
his masters hard lot whatever his own
feelings may be.
! The love for Cordelia reminds one Of
, Touchstone's affection for Celia. He il
heartbroken by the loss of his young mis-
, | tress, and Lear, though he himself is toe
proud to acknowledge his longing for her
{ feels more kindly towards him on this &C
! count. And with his last breath the king
, looking upon the dead body of Cordelia, Il
? reminded of the fool who, with her, hai
r been 80 true to him.
, It is we'll that Shakespeare did not intro
i | duce the fool towards the end of the play
When they were first driven out to thei
. | weary wanderings, his Lport was we'll con
J. trasted with the kings rawlings, but whe,
Il Lear falls into a state of imbecility tn
>. grief is too intense and the fool would b
t out of place. But what of his later life
n Lear says he was hanged, but however h
/ died the poor fool met bis end broken
l. hearted. With his master forssken
v Cordelia banished, and oppresse
q by all the force OF man and ne
"a ture, life, at which he had so often laugh
y ed, overcame the fool.
"a Trinculo, in ''The Tempest" is the onl
# court jester of Shakespeare's later plays
- He is droll enough in his way, but Ia
3 none of the wit of the earlier testers, an
r. has little Importance but to make q secon
j in the prsnks of Stephano.
vi The worlds great character painter. wh
d has portrayed SO many phases of life, show
It us by means of these wearers of the ca
o and hollis that comedy is made all ii
sweeter by tinge of sadness, that TRACED
IA is more real when mirth is its sssociat,
v and above all how true and deep We
d Shakespeare's sense of humor.
THE GRADUATES.
Is The graduates of the classical course wi
- all enter Yale college in the fall and thoi
IF of the scientific course will all enter She
y field. The class of '92 consists of the 70
10 lowing:
10 Classical course-William Mossgro,
- Beard, Pcughkeepsie, N. Y; Danfort
~ Phipps Blake, Whitneyville; Charles He,
~ ry Boyer, Elkton, Md; George Lam
Buist, jr., Charleston, s. c.; Willis
.r Woods Chandler, New Haven; Leroy NJ
.. Kim, New York. N. Y. Walter Palm,
If Paret, New York, N. Y; Ezra Halloc
W Young, Orient, L. I.
~ Scientific course-Thomas Heaton Beer
, 20 West Haven; Frank Richard Faitsch, Ne
Haven; Edward Galligan Fennelly, Birn
T. ingham; Robert William Hall, Cambridg
y, Mass; Nathaniel Saville Mansfield, Peori
u ILL.,; John Richard North, New Havel
~ John Smith Phelps, Springfield, Mo
-, ~ George Harvey Seward, West Havel
50 Theodore Edward Smith, Milford; Willia
II McEnerney, Derby.
ae THE ALUMNI ORGANIZATION.
c. The graduating class of Hopkins an
n many of the old graduates of the Soho
met at the grammar school to form an q
umni organization. The following Office
~ were elected: President, Professor GeorI
T., E. Day; vice president, Simeon E. Ball
:. win; treasurer, Frank Beach; secretar
=. - Rector Fox; standing committee, Colon
~, w N. G. Osborn, Leroy MeKim, DR.. Gustav,
y, Eliot.
,e Rooms for Yale Men.
8. The Yale Y. NJ. G. A. has been accu
~ ~ toned for a number of years past to mai
~ out list of rooms available for the IL
r coming classes. They have experience
Of no trouble in securing enough high price
j. rooms, but are DESTROYS of obtaining
70 larger number of moderate priced room
Is Anyone having such rooms will confer
as favor by informing Mr.. Clifford w. Barne
IS who will send blanks to be filled out. S,
Of advertisement.
m European Journey1ngs.
IL Hon. ]. D. Plunkett will sail for E,
to rope on June 20. He intends to Wis
d Holland and other countries on the cont
A. nent.
a. DR.. and Mrs. F. E. Beckwith have gor
ia to Europe for the summer.
in T. w. Moore sailed for Europe Wedne
al day.
~ Haven Boy.
N Edward A. Weed, q New Haven boy
,e years ago prominent in lodge and societ
is circles here, was in town recently visitin
ls old friends. Mr.. Weed was manager {
80 the famous Oregon exhibit, entitled Cor
ID gon on Wheels" and accompanied the ca
containing the exhibit as far east as Ne
c. York. The height of the car prevented
/ dar no hid IF he No,