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A SHAKESPEARE FETE.
TO CELEBRATE THE BIRTHDAY OF TIN
IMMORTAL BARD"
AN INVITATION GIVEN ~ THE POETS OWN
WORDS TO WHICH ANSWERS MADE OF
Quotations FROM HIS WORKS


WORDS TO WHICH ANSWERS MADE ov
Quotations FROM HIS WORKS
ARE REQUESTED.
From the University Of Mississippi unique in-
vitaton Is sent out by s. NEG lsom, instructor IN
e.ocution and oratory which all Shakespeare lovers
and students will find to bs of great interest. Il
reads follows.
Il DO beseech your grace let this letter be read"
,Loye's Labour's Lost.
oxford. Miss. April 2. 1900.
Gentle Friends Julius Cesar: -,
- DO desire With Al nv hear, C,As You Like ~
league without The town. where wheat is green.
yenent place for our Sa cMidsummer Night,
Dream) 'c'shakespeare Fete Champetre.') do
posi- that m rom q osfoT enry
S1ss You in zS Ss6 As S s .s
natraC, (and whcn) the worshipped sun peers forth
the shady curtain from Auroras bed c'Romeo and
juliet 'whiie yep tho dev STANDS in the pretty
YOU with me to cciebrate this Feast iRirhardIYo
Re NOT afeard cTempesi.1 thar We may have tn.
al al the beauty Of the SIM and by and by. a cloud
envlous sneakng frost that bi - the first born in
fanis Of the spring cloves La bours Lost') tand)
falls in the fresh lap Of tho crimson rose t.'Mid.
sweet south that nreathes unon bank Of vioets
S' Wt 20 and S,i giv ing od0Gr rMSh Nigh2
peonied and lilied brims C'Tempest: ewhere) wink.
be sE" of Sps musk Fosss ss
Toodone and eglantine '"Midsummer's Night
q chaplet Of sweet summer ouds c'Mdsummer's
N MI Dream y carnations hot lavender streaked
with the sun. and with him rises weeping; dafo-
dis that come before the swallow dares and take
the winds Of March with beauty: violets dim. bur
sweeter than the lids Of Juno's eyes. or Cythera's
they can behold brsh PhbS e in his srenssh
bold ox.lips and The crown imperial lilies Of al
Tae'): 0ris) the many-colored messenger with her
saffron wings cTempestD, rosemary and rue
silverwhite cloves Labours Lost: and) flowers
or this purple dye. bat with 'upids arcnery
In the forest here Gas You Like IT. exempt
from public haunt CAS- You ike ~ where tbs
1.-Two gentlemen of Verona. We will find tongues
In trees. books IN the running brooks sermons in
As merry as cricke,s shall We be Henry fw'!
under the greenwood tree CAS- You Like ~. and
cTmon of Athens'). will tell you OF what KIND
If you will give me hearing wit shall not go Slip
voice ('Timon Of Athens'); we'll make a lip at
the physician c.corio;anus'l and after some ora
millions can speak like us crempestl therell es
muse with her silver sound Why silver sound;
musicians sound for silver c'Romeo and Juliet'D
one esceI the qks OF olno o sp pehs
sweet birds throat CAS- You Like lt) land) sing
s aors s0 Win sing PcIssro will with sweet melody
sing ("Midsummer Nights Dream'c, tof thel bank
the nodding violet grows C'Mdsummer's Night
WHAT'S more. We will perform CMacbeth,o an
excellent play. we'll digested in the scenes Ham
lqt'D-CAs You Like IT, The green plot shall b.
C'Midsummer Nights Dream'y: they who play Il
are the men who work in CMdsrmmers NIsh n
OF Verona in this Athens tof the SOUTH here
Midsummer NIGHTS Dream the s best ae ss,1ri n
pastoral-comical, historical pastoral tragical-h's-
torical. tragca-comical;hi storical-pasora scene
indivdabie, poem unlimited: Seneca cannot b.
too heavy. nor Plautus too light For the law %
.Iephtha. Judge OF Israel. what treasure 'Ham-
In the afternoon cloves Labour's Lost') while
the West yet gmmers with some streaks OF day
CMacbeth'D; We will with some .pastime soIsc'
in revels. dances. merry hours Gloves Lsoours
calls the shepherd .MeasuIs for Measu.s and
the blessed moon tips with silver all the fruit tree
tops C"Romeo and !ulet'l, hOmeward will we bend
y f. that oatliyss hi, day ard come. safe h0m'
VIII stand tp-toe when the d day I Is named
Bmt he'll he Il re- remember With sdvantages
What feats he did that day '"Henry W
prav you then remember C'HamletD April the
loved: in osfordshire to muster up thy friends
10 shakespeare birth C'Twelfth Night): at the
hour Wao Of "o oser h snd f' bs a hsy begin"
With hey ana no. os s1d al hey Sss nonno'
In the springtime the only pretty rinstima.
''" GAS You Like It")
This letter "a too long by half mile C'Loves
rshovr's iost'p. IT'S like tangled chain. nothing
impaired but all disordered midsummer Nights
Dream'D yet not one word more t"Richard III:
Titus Andronicus'D; YOU are full OF pretty an
swers Gas You Like IL: you shall nor say M
nav Gloves Labour's LOST. | am so full OF bus-
nesses cannot answer thee acutely c'Alls Weir.
iat it be written in eight and six-now make " two
lines more. eight and eight Midsummer Nights
Dream'D an answer OF most monsfrous size ms:
will fit all demands CAlrs Well'. STUDY dav s"n
night TO answer I'Henrv 1N) tln). . 49,.
ison go with YOU t'Machethl
Thine evermore c'Hamletp - .....