The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-11-10
THE WOMAN'S CLUB.
MRS. EMMA WEBB FASKETT ON
SHAKESPEAREAN WOMEN.
SECOND NIGHT OF THE FAIR
Large Crowd Throngs Central Music Hall
and Listens to Delightful Pro-
gram.-Success of the Fair
is Assured.

dOl6 afternoons ever Sp0QG Dy GQ0 Ne
nosha Woman's club was the literary
meeting held at their rooms on We'd
nesday afternoon. Thes'subject was
the " Women of Shakespeare" and the
essayist, Mrs. F. W. Bowen gave the
ladies delightful surprise by inviting
Mrs. Emma Webb Haskett, the we'll
known Shakespearean student and
actress of Chicago, to deliver her lee
ture before the club.
Actual intellectual treats are few
and far between, especially such as
have the further beatihc combination
of artistic interest, so the KenOsha
WOman's club was most happily enter
tanned by Mrs. Emma Webb Haskell
Wednesday afternoon. In her lecture
on the Women of Shakespeare Mrs.
Haskett has breathed new life upon
the ashes of the past, so that they have
glOwed and famed again. She shows
a living Shakespeare, not dead dra-
matist of by cones. It was Shakes
peare full of the vigor and impetuosity
of a youth that knows genius, and
which deals with real men and women,
not puppets and playthings.
Perhaps the strongest of Mrs. Has
kett's charms as lecturer is the actual
force of her knowledge. She does not
come as a dreamer of dreams, nor as
one who would exploit mere theories.
She has lived in the artistic world, she
has heard the greatest actors of her
time, and has known many of them
intimate ly and we'll. She has studied
Shakespeare as the dilettanete never
does. She is a woman whose opinion
has weight, because Of the best and
strongest reasons in the WOrld-beca
she knows! Besides this phase of
study, the lecture went into the more
subtle and psycolOgic domain. The
thought was shown behind the act,
the laws which govern all action work
ing out their irrevocable destiny.
Nothing was hap-hazard in Shakes
peare any more than in the workings
of the universal world. Truth must
prevail, and wrong be subjected, be-
cause so reads the immutable law.
There was matter in the lecture to
make the most superficial pause and
think, yet it was never too heavy to be
understood, nor so massive as to
Cypress.
Not alone was the lecture approach
ed from the literary and artistic side,
but from the pleasantly reminiscent.
1t was a harmonious whole, and all the
more delightful because it was given in
an easy conversational style, without
manuscript rolls or lengthy notes, but
unstudied and natural. 1t was a lee
ture happily given and passing beyond
the domain of review and reminescence
entered the higher one of thought.
During the lecture Mrs. Haskell
introduced many, beautiful illustrations
from the plays of the great play writer,
giving them the beautiful interpreter
ton of the finished actress. Among
these were scenes from OthellO, in
which she took the part of the charm
ing Desdemona. The balcony scene
from Romeo and Juliet and the famous
sleep walking scene from Macbeth. In
conclusion Mrs. Haskett read the
funeral Grafton of Mark Anthony from
julius Caesar.
The evening closed with the custom
airy cup of tea.
Second Night Of the Fair.
The second night of the A. 0. FL. fair
at Central Music Hall only duplicated
the great success achieved by the
managers on the opening night. The
room was crowded nearly the whole
evening and the cashier filed his box
with the nickels and dimes which were
cheerfully given by the guests to aid in
the building of the new building. The
dining room was the most pupular
place of all and was crowded during
the hours in which supper was served.
At 8 o'clock a delightful informal
program was rendered, starting out
with jolly, rollicking song by the
Ladies' Auxiliary, who are doing all in
their power to make the entertainment
given by the men financial success.
Mrs. Clifford Dexter, always KenOsha
favorite, followed with vocal solo,
which was greatly applauded. Walter
Burke broke the spell of melody by
treciting the famous story of Sheridan's
ride, which reused the patriotism Of
the audience to high pitch. Walter
! is as yet young in the oratorical field,
but his work along this line promises a
bright future for him. The patriotic
strain Of the entertainment was contin-
ued by Miss Mary Roberts, who sang
in a charming manner Break the
News to Mother" The program was
concluded with a reading by Miss
Heating and solo by Miss Sara Ward, |
which were heartily applauded.
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