New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-09
MR. CL1RK'S FIRST READING.
HEARD by LARGE AND APPREclATiVE AUDI
'ENcE IN ASSOCIATION HALL

'ENCE IN ASSOCIATION HALL.
A large intelligent and keeny apprecatve audi
ence assembled in Association Han on saturday
evening TO listen the first OF the four f'"u'"s7
given by 8 u. Clark. o: ;he University OF 'h'rHto'
~, the four Saturday evenings OF this month. win
one exception. this was Mr.. Carks nf5' appearance"
before n Brooklyn audience. When he walked upon
the ulatform he was warmly welcomed, Us II by Il
company OF friends. His hearers saw tall, hdhi-
some man. a model OF physical development, IN
whose appearance there was Il suggestion OF power
which was not bclled 10y his performance lie wears
glasses: his face IL adorned with dark musiifhc
and his thick. bushy hair IL brushed straight back
from we'll moulded forehead His voice IS rich ana
powerful. and under perfect control
His first selection. Matthew Arnolds "Sohrab ana
Rustum" was offered by him In the same place
year ago, when II well received. Mr.. Clark pref
aced It with the remark that In every page II was
reflection OF Homer. being Greek In It's FORM IN It's
simplicity. In its chastity and purity. and added that
Il had been pronounced by a British reviewer the
greatest narrative poem In the English tongue The
audience listened with closest interest the various
phases of the desperate fight between father ana
son were described in Arnod's beautiful blank verse
which gained much from the varied ana Syhp"'"'''o
tones OF the reader.
MIR Clark uses gestures sparingly. and little action
accompanies his reading The impression which he
seeks is created by his voice, with ,s wcll-moduated
tones his rendering OF the Homeric SMILES In when
the poem Is rich being particularly !, "'''
greater familiarity with his lines. az an actor would
saw would be a gain. That he had won the favor or
his audience completely was shown by the hearty
applause given at the close OF the first part OF The
programme.
After the tragedy OF Sohrab's death something IN
lighter vein In order. II was furnished IN an
adaptation from one OF Gilbert Parkers stories
% sSsd w IShn She Revo OF The
priest In the Willis OF Labrador and the hard-cruste
New England farmer. who got his come uppdilcc
at last when he found that his wife and Family h.d
moved into the new barn he had built. were cgu1ii
v ell rendered Brownng's lines. Meeting AT Night
and Parting at Morning" were finely ana syihpa-
thetIcally given, and Mr.. Clark closed programme
of exceptional interest and merit with serio-
comic selection from Thackeray. which sent every
body home the best OF spirits and eager to hear the
The opportunity for doing this will occur next Sat
u-day evening. when King Lear" VIII be presented
on March a the programme vii! comprise selcc'ions
from Tennyson. and on March rs Milton. words
worth Shelley, Keats and Coleridge Will contribute
10 the evenings entertainment and instruction.
In addition to his readings before the Brooklyn
Institute MI Clark q TO give special course oi IN
struction In reading. primarily for the benent OF
frs cheers a. the Art Building In Montague-s begin
ming next Thursday afternoon at O'Clock.