Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-30

Doubuess the spectator ~ an OLD foHy anu
TO the modern admlfer Of the realistic school
this protest against restoration Of some
Of The eighteenth century drama may be
rank prudery. "Iionl soft qui NAL y pense'
Is the old French MOTTO but TO think evil
when suggestions Of evil are thrust upon
the ordinary Individual Is natural aud there
fore universal. When Richard Brinsley
Sheridan wrote "SchOol for scandle," society
was rotten to the core The court u George
III, was the rallyiug polut for dssoluteness
aud the wits OF that day delighted In a
broadness OF speech In harmony with the
morals OF society. There Is no special OBJ
lection 10 revival Of the h0oped petticont
punners and GainsbOrOugh hats, Of knee
breeches, lace tunles aud SILK stockings
but there Is serious objection TO a renais-
sance which tends to q re-opening Of tue
sluices Of moral Nth No amount ~ genius
can gOZe over the indecent and much rs
every student OF the drama must admire
the genius which created Joseph Surface
and Lady Teazlc there are few guardians
Of youth 80 lost 20 a sense OF their ohliRa
lions rs TO Wish TO have this play N others
Of Ike character read aloud 40 their family
circle without extensive pruning Ia the
stage presentation less pOrnlclous With all
the accessories Of cOstuming. music aud
whatever renders scenic effects so charm
lug and do the living persons us thoy pass
before the vision rob the play " It's indcli
cntcnesf Certainly not Then if these
d lSI1 be excmpnaed by pS6 cvpureaiiou
as ~ needed. that the youth OF this genera
tinn De- not CONTEMPLATED by an acquaintance
with the vices " a past age
My clolhler has Informed me tho.-,cver.
sihc cuns are bad form. Every one knows
that Guns are often In bad form. especially
when the mercury ranges among the nine
Ties aud at such times the wcarer Of re.
versible cuns finds them most convenient
FORM Doubtless this new fad rs the result
uf combine between habprdashprs aud
laundry urlstuorats 10 make the fellow who
eurns hls bread by the sweat " the brow
sweat Dit more Tor their uggrnndizcmcut
When Viewed from their standpoint the iu-
uovutiou in desirable still 10 De- hard upou
the imppCunlOus and the lazy 90 compel a
clean SHIFT every time Guns are uusightly
this new decree. there " little rest for she
soul Of nun who wishes 10 maintain his
social standing
PARALLELS and definitions are Of the things
Which seem simple hut are really extremely
difficult A young student told his professor
that teaching truth by parable was mo-
proof " superiority His tutor assigned
hls task OR the coming day 90 make a para.
bile equal 10 those hc deprecated: # is almost
4upprluOuH tp say that the student came
tu class ou the following morning with hil
TASK uuprcparcd To exactly define "a word
is not easy. there ls always a suhtlrty VI
meaning which definition rarely conveys
and tie bluudurlng attempt o. not always
q, nearly true as WAS The school boys den.
milton of faith" which be said wac a uual.
ity by which We no, enabled 10 believe thnt
which We know is untrue.
The almost assured speedy passing away
~ Edwin Booth rs The passing of ON. of
America'e greatest actors. There has been
no actor Of this generation 10 rival him I'm
intellectually ana Ia the refined subtlety
gf his interpretations. IN Hnmlet ana Iago
ne was pfe-,iniutntN great aud iu none
, ur u, Dnqisagii,ilAatlons did he even up.
PlVNtl lleul"Tity Fame came to him slow.
". but FOR thirty years be- Inns hDlI fh,
Foremost rank among tugcdluus with
Booths retirement Jefferson alone rauning
OF American actors descrypdIy called gr.nt
huu while there are actors ~ rupute moi
one seems quite worthy TO wear the mantle
~ either NJ these masters.
Professor Garner who went 10 Africa q,
famillariEc himself with the language of
siulans, by close intimacy with monkey
in their native haunts has learned two hun.
dred words. with twenty more he thinks
he can make dictionary. aud when he
writes grammar the woes Of Smiaus
young and old. VIII begin The agents nf
the $. 4. q, a ought 10 exert tGemsrlycs
lu behalf Or tlic monkeys With the mputory
of the dogonrcd spelling book tie long
lhr less understood moral uttoruucrs thut
ulIvu vacant HpJrUs. our symunthlr. rprtBin
~ $50 uut tu thp child monkey. Picture thc
Young Nnlnns shut up loo % hot schuolhousc
nu "a summer ufirruuuu Modelling over
'hnkrr' ur 'mumUrrhuudh ability" on their
equivalents WHEN tNp NOuIng palms invite
th"W 10 % game M uull with cooounuts, or
,9 playing 90 lrlpirug from tree 90 tree
Now, caudidy Is NOT lhls thc refinement OF
cruelty. uhd would uut Professor GARNER
hr better employed hy simply letting the
young "'A OF tue monkey shoot mtruiurd1
There BE- on organized movement here to
secure Tor Fort Worth a public free library
necessity in o city NJ the pretcuiiuus OF
Ibis The Spectator IL convinced that an
attractive building comfortably furnished
and library comprising fair assortment
of hooks and periodicals would ho pre-.
yentivc NJ evil and an incentive 10 ripht
doing. There are many young men coming
INTO THIS town who would much urpfpr IA
frequent a pleasant room presided over by
a uighlhed woman place where they can slt
anu I'ud' 10 luunrlng IN places which do
not suggest rrimemcut uud cannot olive
culture. Astor newer spent money more
wisely than when he bestowed n for IA n
hrurN, aud the mistuEe ~ 'Iildpn WIS ihHt
hr lrft tn olht-s the carrying ont uf ms
most excellent purpose, aud his viii n dis
WWtltI lN'ItiuIr 'NlN' 10 uuuEut.
lN lherc not among So many public spirItel
men lu Fort Worth some one Who will siv.
Of hh means to HE huldmg up ~ "A library
10 p'lpCMgir his name when he shall huve
passed from the scenes NJ earthf
&c
Among the advanced students In New.
York arr school Is ycrituble rovboy
whose first work was done on his burLskIn
trousers. Encouraged by some one who s,t,y
merit IN his work. he determined 90 pursu.
the study or art ia Eastern schools. lie
accordingly took a train lond of earn, 4,
chicago and with his pay, 500 Doe START IA
Tor Now York Whom thcr. DC suptorfci
himself hy hard work. harder much to him
than life on tp range, was laughed pt In
some NJ his fellow students aud alIrl III
Others more generous but he was moi ~
Dee daunlrd he Just doubled his courses ami
GOT on faster than amy OF them. somedav