The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-07


tories of that time. Then, too. It's good
10 SEQ play like this which shows IN
It's setting and its costuming tho hapi'S
OF the day We may not approve Oh inc
manners or that time, but II our own arc
better We realize 10 all the more Dy iooh-
ing in this fine mirror OF the past Inc
historical play is like the good historical
novel, 1t sends the interested reader Oh
looker-on. to the fountain head for IN
formation. How many Of us nave ever
thought OF George the Fourth as "eh's
young. handsome. and having one par
ticle OF honor? And yet, / 50 posi.i leiy
agree with Mrs. Burnett that thihS
there Is no human being who hasn h'.u
his minute or hour Of good-the ih'e,Na
when tho best that was in him SPOKE
for IL this were not true. then men "ouiA
DO devils.
FASCINATING GEORGE.
ut IS told OF George that as chiiu he
was 50 lovely people used to thronS
around him TO get a peep at him, ana
that the middle classes. hoped so niuCh
from him thatthe boy was their IDOL In
any good edition Of Thackeray there y
lovely picture of him-a baby asleep III
his mothers arms-she has her nls'l
raised as II she would warn "hoeSe1
WAS around 20 keep quiet ana hot ulS-
turb her darling. II IS said that uuIlns
the siXty-eight years OF his lie 'he'e W. W
moro pictures taken Of him thah Oh any
other prince. or indeed, OF any hui'lnn
being that ever lived He was SHOWN
,yi,b long fair hair with powdered hair.
with a wig having a pigtail and with one
lacking this appendage: he was IN SCOTCH
Kilt and tartans. In a Dragon uhiio'H'.
in a field marshars clothes thoush' OK
course. the picture best known 10 ina
world at large is that taken III MS coro-
nation robes. or this he was so VAIN
that ne caueed 70 TO be circulated an over
the world OF that time. ThacKeray re-
members seeing II I'm every dining room.
As boy he was so clever that ne couio
completely floor his tutors. Bright ana
wondrous good 10 look upon. 10 you
wonder. then that wherever he went
WOMEN ADORED HIM
True he became worse than merely
O reckless profigate: he became wicked.
gross, abominabe but still he could Ias-
cinatc Tho young men OF to-day WHO
call themselvos great drivers might Try
TO emulate the Prince He once Grove III
four hours and a half. from brighton 10
Carlton Housc-hfty-siX miles. lie was
q bad husband hut l have often WONDER
ed what this wife. who was so offensive
10 him. was Ike. lie certainly oncour-
AGED literature and the arts, ana how
the fattefers the tme-servers, always
reody TO admire whatever he did, have
TO DO with making him what ne wasE
And how much did heredity have 10 90
with Il? Think Of his fathers and grand
fathersi When they were not wicked tney
were stupid. The First Gentleman OF ltu-
rope was not a very good man. Ills
honor was on the surface. HIS WORD was
worth nothing. Ills manners were TOO
fine to have been good. But us wen 70
see him pictured nowadays. IL sood iot
us 30 realize that tho world IS better
That society would not accept even
pripca who had so little regard FOR vir-
tue and honesty and truth; ana us goou
TO know. even If it's only In the play that
the man. once I'm while rose superior
to education. heredity ana ms
environments. l like q historical play
like its effect
PEOPLE WE MUST AVOID.
That's what I said. And the other per-
son I'm the duet agreed with me. some
how when there IS a duet and one Of the
two I'm It Is q man and the other is q "o-
man the man generally does agree WIN
the woman. But then In such discussions
q man is not a cOrporatiOn-he has soul.
~ dot,bt there have been soulless people.
and bv soulless people 1 mean those VINO
puttiuc down In themselves that which ls
GOOD. bright. kind. honorable and sympa-
theffc kin the sensitive and heavenly part
OF them and become men and women oily
IN name. Let's pray God. everyone or us.
10 keep us away from ouch people. They
are the people who find nothing good IN
tho earth or the heavens above It. They
are the people who refuse 10 turn over
tho pages OF history TO find out how the
world has improved. They are the peo-
pls who see wickednees IN men ard "o-
men and vice governing all humanity
borrll people. People that suggest those
awful creatures-the bats. Those dread
mi birds OF the night whose faces suggest
mummies and whose wings seem TO Hap
death and annihilation Pray that the
human bats may never disturb your wax
ing hours. and the other bats never come
near you IN your slumbers. BAb'