The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-03

pau 1yorld-not he skies and grass
As t.ur,ture and no uses, but the people
ana ,,,orld" That small woman and
IT," b,rnony to tho last degree. Stud
s+tu-Iife, whether they are done by
,.,, in oil or water, or anything else,
NV nature, are to me intensely
imagine that I am writing
ne dawn great fool. But I never
act nm any wild enthusiasm about
enjoy, in an even, quiet sort
ST.. beautiful outlook, but I like bet
effective irlook, when it means ..
&c fire a properly furnished room,
rlertv of books, and best of ell,
If interesting people. Interesting
.,ie make life worth living. or course,
ooonIe who in terest me may seem stu
- Won but then we can fall back on
~, bIackest of falsehoods-the Declare
of Tndepende. nce-declare that we are
a +" norm free and equal" and that each
A ne right to dec ide as to the interesting
.r Tt goes ain lost without saying that
.,h has that right, but then, we are not
free and equal. Just now two people
4 ~. interesting m,s. SO imagine yourself
n fror+ Of the ope fire upon which in
A l., wherever l do abide-imagine yourself
comfortable chair-imagine having
had good dinner, which is the hit of
,rsrv human beirg-and imagine that,
..,irq as comforts bly, as man should
~, under these circumstances, 1 am tell
~, van Of two int eresting people I me-.
5av Being a m an, you look at me in
\ ,.+ronizing way and permit yourself, as
hos man from the beginning, and as he
will even unto the end of the world, to be
entertained by wor nan.
First thing then say, Il had the pleas
mr.. of meeting that well-bred gent leman
and artistic actor. Herbert Beqrbohm
Tree. His personality? He is ia Il, we'll
huilt and fair. He has that pecul lar shy
ness which belongs to well-bred English
men and which, 4 confess to youL is rath-
i er fascinating. I said to him: Mr. Tree,
what did you think of Doltai REP
said he: 'Daltaire is no be 'tter and no
worse than the men of this ii me. He was
only a little cleverer than the average
courtier; he realized all that his wit
meant to him; he knew that Jle was laugh
ed at because he was the son of peas
ant mother; a.ad approved of because he
was the son of a king. At that court lille
gitimacy was made the subject for bon
mot, but it was not ted disgrace
proyided there was royal blood on one
side. Like all bad men, he was not en-
trely bad There were times when he alb
solltely longed to do right; there were
times when he did kind acts, was asham-
ed and furious if they were discovered. He
belonged to an artificial era; men minced
IN their steps as they did in their morals.
They took short steps for fear of shaking
off the powder from their hair, and they
laughed at goodness and virtue to excuse
their own shortcomings.
You see 1 am ia king it for granted that
you have read the Seats of the Mighty, but
liz you haven't, don't do it, Instead, go
4 10 see the play; for the play introduces you
Ito some fascinating people. Madame Pom
|Iadour among the rest. And then it
makes you under stand, as we are all try
ling to realize these days, the cause of rev.
Oiuton, socialism, or whatever you choose
10 call the fiery outburst of the people. You
wave your hand at me-you say don't get
excited; but that's where we women find
more pleasure in life than men do; we are
Enthusiastic.
Then" asked I, talking this time to
Mr. Tree, tell me about Hamlet
There was a polite little smile about the
DOCTORS lips as if 1 had asked him to tell
me about everything that had happened
since the world began. Women invaria-
BY rush in where anything human or di-
4 vine fears even to use an Interrogation
Il POINT The he said: 81 think that which
most distinguishes Hamlet is his simple
iy If you take mp the play and look at
the character as child would read a story
}ou Will get the poets meaning, but, when
You approach 1t with supersubtle thoughts
|n becomes nothing but riddle. 1t vexes
you and spoils your temper. Hamlet, him
self, is human, aIld-it is beause he is eter-
laly human THAI this play has its lasting
Aold on the sympathies of the world. Look
az 1t this way: Here is a young prince of
4 LOFTY ideals, VIII ose natural refinement of
mind has been cultivated al the University
'ol Wittenberg; his sensitive nature shrinks
rom the contemplation of the boorish
court Of Dennak. He returns because he
\ must and he finds riotous rabble, merry
making over the nuptiaSs of his own moth
Ter, with his fathers brother. He sees
.ms hlccoughing monarch sitting on his
|ldthers throne, and the husband of his
mother. What wonder that he sickens at
lhe sight! Then he hears of the appari-
Gon OF his fathers spirit. He has but one
aeSIe, and that is, revenge. Then, as his
y essentially the literary mind, after he
.ndt 1t burns itself out, and subtlety takes
me place of action.
Following the story. one is forced to
knowledge that Haml ct delights in play
s upon the people AROUND him; he ana
uses everybody, incud ing himself, and is
always an artist-thc literary man who
,udNeS copy out of his own emotions for
~. .s own edihcatiop. 1T is true, he seems,
a. unes to forget his love for Ophelia,
out can you blame him? To him all wo-
mankind seems smircheid by the act of his
i'-1er His madness have always
HouSht was feigned. 4 great many peo-
pe VINO read the wor ks of Shakespeare
o'set that before evrything else he was
all actor- manager, and that his plays were
l"harlly designed for the stage; that he
vas an experienced actor, and that the
b'"hpt copies, of his own plays must
"iEe been, originally. filed with stage
.DSlhess that thoroughly illustrated the
and the greatest part OF which has
",'n lost forever"
interrupt Mr.. Tree-somebody was
tVe uhklnd enough to say that / would
IL. upt his SATANIC majesty if I felt like
d. ptohably / would; IL would be a godly
n. and l say: ''Svengali?" Then Mr.
,.t Ie and 1 look at each other. and we
f+.N httle about II, and l tell him what
, r.H gong to tell YOU