New-York tribune., 1897-07-24
STUDY, SPEECHES AND RAIN.
NOTHING SEEMS TO DAMPEN THE
ARDOR OF THE POINT o
WOODS CHAUTAUQUA.

WHEN THE AUDITORIUM TAKES A NOTION TO
FLOAT OUT WITH THE TIDE THE STUDENTS
MOVE INTO THE GIRARD HOUSE.
Owing to the severe storm of Thursday the audi
forum al Point O. Woods made uninhabitable,
and 1t thought wise 10 postpone the exercises OF
literary day Point o. Woods. Later they were
held In the parors Of the Girard House Mrs. Ar
mold Schramm. OF Clio. was introduced by Miss
Lindley and presided in her own genial and felic-
tous manner Miss Helen Keeler talented young
miss at the hotel opened the programme with
pjano solo, "Carbele,ta" and followed by DR.
John Nichol, who related some tales OF Scottish
yalor and hero!sm, and also gave his views OF mems
and women's rights from the standpoint Of
Scotchman, and all with the most delightful accent
Dr. Nichol is the Editor OF The Photographic
Journal" charming raconteur and is one Of the
pioneer workers in this summer ChautauQua. BY
request he sang song in Scotch dialect. with
warning 10 the young women present how not TO
treat the adorable young lover destined by Provi-
dence TO rule them some future day
Following this came some Scotch airs by Miss
Keeler.
Current Topics" was considered by Mrs. Jane
Pierce, who took up the fight over the Tariff BILL
which she declared facetiously 10 be sweetness
long drawn OUT over the sugar schedule She
doubted that even the feminine interest in sealskin
sacks would induce the women 10 read all the COM
ments of the English press the Behrng Sea affair
The literary climax OF the day was critical paper
on "Shakespeares Cleopatra" by Mrs Emiiy
Dickey Beery and II is safe TO say that the audience
appreciated the new and better light throwr on the
character OF this marvellous Womah 'he Aeii"ie
sphinx OF the Nile.
Mrs Beery, unlike most Shakespearian scholars
does consider the great poet from the ln'eectuai
standpoint alone but rather gives precedence TO the
more advanced thought, the highest psychologicai
development-the soul.
She said in part: Shakespeare has been accused
~ he,ng too enient toward Cleopatras faults,
while in reality ne has depicted with true insp'ra-
tion not only the historical. but the real woman
peerless in her realm. She was unique IN the MS
tory of womanhood being gifted with purely femi-
nine fascination that no other woman IN the hs'oI!
OF the world has possessed.
While endowed with rare personal charms these
alone would have been suf1cient 70 captNa'e
and hold the love Of TWO world conquerors-CHsaf
and Mark Antony. 1t was the inner lie or IN
tellec, and spirit which irradiated and dominated
her whole being Through the drama we dscer.
her unouenchabe thirst for knowledge the philoso-
phc tendency Of her mind and her brilliant feminine
Intellect of the rarest type.
Besides all her knowledge OF the arts and sciences
and esoterc thought OF which Egypt held the Key
she could speak eight or ten Languages
In critcising her character. the age IN "hich
she lived her environment OF cruelty and treachery.
her world OF sense and intellect must be taken
into account, and / do not hesitate 10 say that
in genuine morality she was superior 10 'he
niCh-DOrn Roman women OF Iei udS' anu -" 'NA"N
than many luxurious women Of these modern days
Not from the whirng eddies OF the stream, bit the
deem currents OF her life. mus we study her ana
look for her nnermost reveaings, and thls IL "hat
tho immortal bard has done. and his underlying
thought OF what constituted the real source OF the
vondrous power and charm OF this spirit OF sense
has been echoed by Tennyson, swnburne and Hugo.
She was loyal In her attachment 10 Cesar and
there s no charge Of licenticusneSs against her,
even by her enemies. during the eight years she
lived alone before meeting Antony.
Does history berate Caesar for his immortality
Who was the greater sinner the young girl or
nineteen wears battling for her life and crown. or
the expcrlepccd man Of the world who took ad-
vantage Of the situation? IT Is high time TO take
some OF the burden Of sin from delicate shouiders
and place II upon the strong. where 1t belongs
THAT she regarded herself the wife Of Antony
csnrot no doubted for In her dying moments she
speafs OF him as husband.
Tie speaker drew strong contrast oya Sae
SsSo;s5 sSs5n DatIeni 2h-GTe affection G Of caopatTa
"sSskesgpeare g nowhere" continued Mrs Beery r
hows sganT suSFs after t1u' Anionys deseon which
,recudes censure. even whHe hei -, bsr Iovnr
rhese traits enhance her femininiy, apart az IRON IRON
n, consderation ' Of the helonS nSre equally to man
The historical sketch Of the drama wan osd as the
esing as fairy tale. A reception iono"eu ''e
eS wGdnesaay x S BE parasitic ppTsde Gay and
Mrs Margaret sangster and other "eh-kho""
"TPsn TbsTsdsy M Viii be Little Patriots day the rst
time in a Chautauqua Assembly In which , the IN,
teres Of the children has been directed exclusively
u some casks Of something that Is asserted ITO to
shore q. Point O. Woods and are supposed 10 have
been part Of the cargo Of as 'fp Ppnt hs' Woods IS
strct1y temperance place i considered mos, most
presamptuoas Of Father Neptune neud % be % Found at
the Point YESTERDAY who would s bs fenisss wise 10 KNOWING
anything about the quah'y OF 'ne WIN