The National tribune., 1894-11-22


electing myself but not having the consent OF
any other member could not proceed further.
appointed Frank Brown, of New Hartford,
Adjutant, and Roscoe Clark, of Mt Morris. Quar-
termaster. to whom all dues should be sent.
! trust that under the new system every one
will do bis best to make the Loyal Home
Workers an Order in which VIC will feel a just
pride; for the objects and aims for which we
stand pledged surely justify our hearty sup
port.
As the order of Divisions is now optional
with members, l would respectfully ask that
each and every one send me their vote OF
what we shall do in regard to this, within Ia
days. so / can report the decision of the Illinois
Division to the Secretary. Yours, Pro Patia,
M. Rose Jansen, Quincy, III.
THE IMMORTAL sHAKsPERE.
DEAR G. C.: do not profess to admire Shak-
spere to the extent he should be admired, nor
do pretend to be able to analyze his style and
tell why lie should be admired above all other
writers. / simply intend to tell why l learned
to like him and show the benefit of having
read and appreciated him, even little.
There is respectable opera-house in this
place, but the population is too small for any
really good opera company to play here. MI
merous times in the past there have been grand
lose advertisements posted up of coming
play in which an actor, or the actors, have been
Landed TO the skies. and we who are not well
posted on music and the drama have attended
some of them with the expectation Of enjoying
some very good acting. I am sorry to say we
get badly fooled sometimes, and our expecta-
lions never fully realized.
Our experience in this matter has made Us
careful about believing what we read on the
bills, and when an attractive set of posters told
rs I" Hamlet" was to be played, and as their
leading actor, Walter Whiteside, was posed as
being nearly All equal OF Booth, concluded
here was another occasion where opera-goers
would be badly deceived and consequently /
stayed away. / have regretted it greatly since.
1t turned out that our town was favored for
once with an actor who in the near future will
be ranked as first class. In talking TO friend
OF mine who attended. she said that many times
during the play she thought of me- and knew
when I would hear " Hamlet" talked about
how sorry | would be of having missed it, be-
cause she had heard me different times quote
Shakspere.
1t may be 10 years more until we are favored
again with such an actor as Wbiteside; aud
right here am going to impress the benefit of
reading Shakspere.
Did all who gazed on "Hamlet" admire
him? No. There were many who did not en-
JOY the acting at all, and all those were persons
who never read Shakspere; had no idea of the
spirit of his works, and consequently they could
not enjoy the best acting that they ever looked
spoken here.
Thinking that there may be some Loyal
Home Workers who do not read or do not adj
mire this best of writer's, / will tell of my
experience in the matter and how learned to
like Shakspere.
In our small library at home was a copy Of
Shakspere, but there was not as much attention
paid to it rs since believe there should have
been. l took it up at different times and laid
it aside with the idea that l never would be-
come interested in 10, aud thinking also that
the writings were too deep for person of COM
mon understanding. -
i had read and admired Dickens, Scott, Lyt-
ton. Macaulay, Burns, Byron. Longfeilow. etc.,
and still did not yet admire SHAKESPEARE. =.
Some of my readers are doubtless acquainted
with the career of John Boyle ORielly. He
was the editor Of the Boston Pilot and he not
only became famous as writer OF both prose
and verse. but also achieved notoriety as an
orator, and his philanthropic utterances were
applauded by men of all creeds and colors.
think it is six years ago We were shocked
by hearing of his death, cut down in early life
by heart disease
Among the many newspaper sketches of thi
great man. read of the beauty of his home.
He left behind him wife and two daughters,
IL and 13 years of age
This great man, who was more SOLICITORS
about the moral than temporal welfare of his
family and friends, had encouraged those chit
dren TO read Shakspere. and not only had them
read for themselves, but also spent many an
hour reading his works to them and impressing
on them the truth and sablimity of senti-
ments contained therein.
Now, here was a lesson for me. If children
OF so tender an age could understand and adj
mire SHAKESPEARE, why should not | who soon
would be passing out of my teens dmire him
After that time / always took up the volume
with the belief that could understand Shaks-
pere. and very soon learned to admire him.
have at different times when my spirits re-
ceived chilling blow from some reason or
other. turned my mind TO some fitting senti-
ment OF Shakspere, and it made me feel stronger.
What a sermon, what grand philosophy is
contained in this: There is nothing either
good or had. but thinking makes it 3d."
What knowledge Of the frailty of earthly
attachments We get from "All things that are,
are with more spirit chased than enjoyed"
What excellent advice we get IN the exhorta-
tion of Polonius to Laertes in Z" Hamlet" What
an impressive lesson Of the hollowness of pro-
fessed love, or friendship, in King Lear, aud
what an amount of practical wisdom we get
from the expression of various characters
throughout his works.
James Donahoe. Indepen dence, Iowa.
LOYAL HOME WORKER.
DEAR, G. c. FRIENDS: After quite lengthy
pcTIou OF sHeHce CONC INTO your circle again,
but what difference now to what our columns
were before the Reunion. 1t makes me feel
quite stranger. 1t takes time TO become ac-
customed to the change of name.
! was terribly disappointed when found
that il was impossible for me TO meet you all
in Pittsburg. / had looked forward to renew
ing my acquaintance with some and making
new friends but fate wlled otherwise.
think Illinois will be glad of the change,
for although We had members we lacked the
enthusiasm TO make our Division successful
/ think Past Commander De Houstan forgot
the promise at Indianapolis to send me her
photograph / sent mine. but haven't received
hers in return. Why, Isabelle?
Where were the girls from Calendar Den,"
and where the w. s. w. Club? They fourished
at indianapolis, but must have been lost at
Pittsburg. Hoping to have the pleasure of
meeting you sll at Louisville. / remain Loyal
Home Worker,
Edith NJ. Haines, East st. Louis, iii.
UP WITH THE FLAG.
To MRS. KATE B. SHERWOOD, GREETING:
We the undersigned members Of Southamp-
ton Council. No. $40, Jr. o. U. A. M, and other
Councils. having heard your resolution to the
National Council of Women on Teaching Pa
triotism read for the first time, do sincerely
and heartily approve of the same, it being in
direct line with the cardinal principles of our
Order.
And we further promise to cooperate and
assist by every means In our power, both as u
body and individually, in the execution of the
resolution above referred to.
John II. Noller, Morton B. Maddox, Charles
II. Davis Wesley Ridge, John W. Leary