Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-27
WALT WHITMAN.
CGraee Gilchrist in Temple Bar

| "a
ure His greatest enjoyment III hlusio
was derived from the Italian operas, from
| tbosa of tossini Uerdi Donizetti Alboni
, r,,r,,
had been MS taVorlte prllha uoiiha jenny
! Lind. who came to New York in her prime.
,e cared ljttle for-her singing sweet and
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brdltke as it was, lacked the nre or lne
passion 70 move nam; - NJ
me authors ne salked most Inost ol e{ WEI ma ma
mer, ShakSpere, seoul GeoIge SAM an a,
Buiwer Lytton scott ne loyed even pslter
than Shakspere. one qu5Almnl q5 M iletIoq d "
reading Whleh ne lhduige,a "a wo9iu ,s5 AdEe ~
driven the deVout DooA-lover WING Is
would tear book TO Pleces3ilteraily sasa
its leaves putting me loose sheetS lnto ie LIe
breast pockel 2I ms Sodl-t4ds ne Ill3 ~
pursue ms readlng IN less Welgnty ldsuloll
at Timber Creek. Many nave aVerrsu
that they never heard nlln .ltugn = ne
Laughed rarely, out ,Wnen ne dld y was -
deep; nearly nneloalous I4ugn, re re
!aughed at very slHlplei tImIsSIiioIlhelS IIIIeS
| Tests and eplsodeS IN daliy ne. one *
lecedingly single story illustrative or this
he would 1ohngiy relate e elnpnaslAe ms
own love OF notice.
/ An OLD fellow, ~ q diuhken iuh m ilt, eHdNWllls WIZ
y tqrneq nome ana tnFoWI htllisstl uom =
on his ped IS awakened pys the lt llolse s'1t ot
lseveral people in his room gosslpng ABOUT
their afairsTwhere they hay haze o5g been fe,id 5
@t.oli .,isa liz boad di md ssrs. mid anv one
inquire aIteT me Oa JollIIIIs q stoug , pa a.
friends, Wait would .efteh iaugnllS;iiy ASH; Assn;
Pd any one inquire f +Tv afyer ane me in Aaa b
slow, leisur3y, way, Win = lWlnkle OF
amusement in ms plue eyes, tnell plueutSss
intensified by their oYerhanglng' bushy'
white brows.
He had IN the extreme Lhe American
| tralt OF sympathy ana OIL deIerence 10 lne
young iie loved very youns men men ana ana
| boys ana girls. ana II there was one .pIes,-
ent at the social board, or among a group
! OF older takers, ne never rested tlll ne ilad
dT9Wn such one INTO the e9nversa tiol,
iull SWING he would turn to the cailoW
listener with the query: Ana What does
81 say" though pronaply the opinion
thus solicited was not OF the smallest mn
| portance to any rational BENG present. II
any quaint character whom ne ehcoun-
tered IN his l9unts on car or Terry struck
! 1lm as an oddity, ne would say that ne or
she was quite 'Dickensee.
Dickens, however was with nm not
such q fayorite novelist as s, Scott or Bql-
preferred to shaksperes. He .dwelt much
upon SonsueIo, me most beautlIuI oI
| George Sands novels. One scene he once
old corpora, the musician, is trying 10
teach his frivolous tlne lady pupils TO de-
claim ther songs WITH lnteligence' Among
! them Is Consuelo, Porpora's one earnest
/ puph.
! Porpora says: There is one amongst
| you VINO sings Well Is It l! eXclalm
| nall a dozen-and as the old man rises they
| push him down. (Here Walt would rise
| and initiate them
How often, said Wait nave dWelt
| upon that passageW Some one here asked
eqnal ,Shakspere's. He answered: Il
| doh know Why but Shakspere's > heroines
| give me very httle satlsfactlon. thlnk 1t
is partly owing to the fact that women
| never actually acted in Shakspere's time;
| ieoys We're dressed up, ana | thnk that
Shakspere must have had these boys in
| his mind. always compare Shakspere's
| plays to large, rich, splendid tapestry, IKE
KG%paaeff tGip 81 nlst9rleaI cartoons where where every
| snd queens did not really talk like that
| 9ut ought 70 II they qld not, II Is re-
deemed IN that way. Now, you cant say
| that of nature-a tree is what it is, and
YOU can't make it out better. than it is:
| Asked II ne did not admire Rosalind'
Porqa and other favorlte herolnes:
NO. thlLN Cohsneio s dar ,. superior 70
| any OF shakspere's herolnes: He added
| tfat ne relied upon TRANSACTIONS. for he
eouiq not fead Ffehch with any ENJOY
| ment
Ild ne thnk the worse OF george Sand
marriage?
e No he replied unER}esitatinglyi the
| hIlest teaehers IN Iite, the most artistic,
| are tne dafKest. II ls necessary Tor an
aruSt TO see eVerything-to go to the
/ depths of life. l don't regret anything
ABOUT George SAND; her very tra1ties
we're the result OF her good qualities. She
was was IN lnlnpauentt i,.slt OF the goody-good' she
| wanted something freer.
| one evening in October, one of those
| lovely, warm, Sttll evenings OF the Ameri-
can fall, the conversation turned on beau
ty Walt doubted If extreme beauty was
But queried one "how could the
Greeks have got on without it?"
| NOW arises the almost terrific ques-
ton, = answered Walt. fis there not some
thinS artiheial and fictitious in what we,
cael beauty? Should We appreciate the
severe beauty Of the Greeks? The whole
something so different from ours which Is
me result OF books, picture galleries and