The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-04-23
IN sHAKSPEARE'S NEIGHBORHOOD.
Miss Kingsley Tells Of Some Interest,"
ing Researches.

, Miss Rose Kingsley, an interesting En-
glish woman. daughter of the late Rev.
Charles Kingsley. is giving q. course of lee
lures on art under the auspices of the Art
Association. Yesterday Miss Kingsley was
asked about her Shakespeare lecture, which
has made her name famous in England and
this country. Miss Kingsley is a south
of England woman, and in the summer of
1879 she went TO visit some friends in War
wickshire. She was I'm a little village about
ten miles from Stratford-on-Avon. AS she
visited about and went through the village
she heard people. particularly the children.
using words that she did not know and
using other words which she did know, in
a manner unlike that of the south of Eng
land people. She made some inquiries about
a number of words. There was the word
"malkin," pronounced as If it were spelled
mawkin. She found this to mean, in War
wickshire, a scarecrow. Another use of the
word applies to the rag which is tied on
the end of a stick to be used for cleaning
out ovens. Thus the word, as used in Per-
icles. becomes ineligible when one knows
the meaning of the Warwickshire word.
From this beginning. Miss Kingsley said.
she found the study of words one of great
interest, particularly in her reading of
Shakespeare. Miss Kingsley made quite a
glossary, and in Ii she had the assistance
Of many OF her friends in that part of
England. Why" said she, 1.-The English
Dialect Society has never had a glossary
of Warwickshire words"
Miss Kingsley worked long and carefully
in discovering the difference in meaning
of the words in both parts of the country
and in securing the new words. The plays
OF Shakespeare took on a new meaning to
her lecture. This lecture is not made in
any sense a dictionary, with its many
terms, but she simply introduces enough
of a translation OF Shakespeare, If SO it
may be called. Miss Kingsley read the lec-
ture in England, where 1t at once placed
OF letters, but as a benefactor of the stu
dents of the immortal writer. Miss Kings
ley has been asked to deliver the lecture
next spring at the annual shakespeare ami
versary festival at Stratford-on-Avon.
Let me tell you about the first perform
ance OF 5 You Lik It. at the Memorial
About 1880 the little theater was opened.
Benson's Theater Company. a fine organiza-
ton. frequently goes to Stratford. There
matinees. On this occasion Of the presen-
tation of As You Like It it was made
particularly interesting: Mr.. Lucy, of
sent his ~gamekeepers to carry it, strung
across their shoulders, across the stage in
the performance. His Scotch deerhounds.
beautiful dogs. were included. This Mr.:
Lucy, of Charlcot. was a descendent of
Sir Thomas Lucy, about whose stolen deer
hangs one of the traditions of Shakespeare.
You know Shakespeare stole a deer, and
when he had to leave the nelghb0rhO0d
went to London. This was his first ap-
pearance in the metropolis.
Miss Kingsley said she had been par
ticular1y impressed by the love of the
American. people for the memory of her
father and that she felt that he was known
and loved almost, IL not quite, as much
here as in England.
In regard TO the art lectures which she
4 Z FoR0canffN0 10 h ri . m III - che
said that in 1889 she was asked to work
on the "Retrospection of French Art"
This covered the period from 177s to 1875.
and she went to Paris to spend the sum-
mer, where she was given every oppor-
tunity TO be behind the scenes. The French
government so Endorsed her work that she
was decorated with the order OF the Of
ficier d'Academie. Miss Kingsley showed
her decoration, which is a small wreath.
OF silver and faintly enameled with purple.
attached to a purple ribbon. Whenever
she goes to France she always wears the
decoration, where all persons honored with
a decoration do the same. Miss Kingsley
Is the second English woman ever Rom
ored with this order. From ner stuiy of
have been evolved. They were given two
years 3 in London in the middle OF the
London season. and were very successful.
art than the Americans" said she. .AIl
the best pictures OF France come 10 Amer
lea. The French government became I'M
easy that so many pictures lief. thu coun-
try. and In the year of the worlds fair
they sent a man to this country whose MS
sion was to find out where The finest pie
lures were. He visited all the galleries OF
this country and traced many of .Nem."
When Miss Kingsley was asked II she
thought the French government would ever
try to collect the pictures for IT'S own gal
leries she answered that she 7id not think
so. The French merely wan;ed TO Keep
track OF the art treasures Nnica nal left
their country.
Miss Kingsley Will remain in the city
until after the last of the series of sec-
lures Saturday evening when she will go
10 Boston. She will VISIT several OF the
smaller towns of Massachusetts and will
then go TO Baltimore TO speri a shor. time
with relatives before sailing for her rome
in England May 2.
Last Art Lecture.
There will be no change OF the hour from
sho tfp,a announces for fAo Lee ..tn~~ ~