Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-11-02

.,,es,alnmenls and gathering
!. t,,ee Tuesday evening. and cut dow
were ,.adsnee ;" a, Unity church to hear Pol
ihe ~. -. lecture on Shakespeare eomedI
Cp,p",I 10 lille. The audience was verl
o' WV w,,so, one. and was twice As large as las
i"'e" wi,b "Romso and Juliet,"s thi
:" W. extremely popular II was pure
P'p A.. IN the highest vein. The plot wa
oO"''. .,nnle The parties TO the comedy are
vsy s"y,"smbed in various ways in the forest oi
Arden.
~. ,psaker's description Of the forest
,,.hiv DOC tic. lIe,e all motives were
N ,,e. hate and love were without motive.
n.a,,, ,"r in that forest acted as children, alb.
,.onless. All actions were without
,sr,,d | for moral consequence
,.,,.s the philosopher, had the cynicism
.i,yavs attaches to the lowest mstives.
u"0alsr eyncism disbelieved in merit and
r ~. fool and Philosopher equally wise.
M, analysis Of the character OF Orlando was
especially ime'
mis- the duty Of moral man to see through
.,d under the plots Of the iniquitous, and
hoi,, the william with his own petard' Slander
'.s ~ ,he most stupid Of all the devices Of vice.
w. Jorb,ed If SANDER had ever injured
,nyoO. Small politicians were always
: ,,.n bv men Of intelligence when they
m,, them in politics. The old phrase so
a6,o heard, "know thyself," was usually
eoo,,red to mean, get frightened over your
..r weaknesses. 1t meant to know your full
strength and power
II. thanked God for the character Of Rosa
lind as depicted by Shakespear. Once in
ure,ime we all know Rosalind, but once and
40 more. 1t was then we saw the rosy cheek,
,he waving hair. The great difficulty Of
dazzling with people Of small minds was that
,bey always imagined that others would do
Il ,bey had a chance what their little minds
would suggest.
A great many men were like the micro
,eopic germs that cause typhoid fever-their
liuIsness kept them from being seen until it
was too late.
The fourth-rate erotic novel said that
somen could not be faithful friends, because
II ,bey bo,h fell in love with the same man
,bey would hate each other. But men who
loved the same woman were also led to hate
each otner. The reason is because women
were not taught standards Of honor as men
we're. We teach our girls to simper and look
silly but we teach them none OF the lessons OF
honor. Out Of this grew some OF the moral
distinctions by which men and women'S
actions were under or overestimated. II was
not natural to sink gently down without re-
sstance against wrongdoing. Christ said
return not evil for evil. To righteously re-
sist evil with justice was not unchristian.
This has raised women to be the guiding star OF
life and would raise them still higher. The
quality Of elingng was not all the nobility
that woman was capable Of. In the insect
world in many species the only purpose oi
the male was to perpetuate the race. The
arrogance VI tue nuulAh ihoiS Wao NhhhSAJ Hh-
founded. Women were doing all things as
we'll and many things much better than the
men.
ROsalind had many qualities we find only in
men. She had feminine sweetness with ad-
mnistntive ability. We need not be afraid to
study this sweetness Of Shakespeare women,
Or afraid that we will get more out Of the
character than he put into it.
Jacques mad used up the first part OF his
life in dissipation ami then turned sage and
cynic. He was like Solomon a pessimisl
Life was to him mockery. He was an acute
and disappointed man. We to the man WIN
was seduced by the pessimism of Jacques.
Human life was part Of the infinite life oi
God, to which it returned after death.