Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-08
The GENIUS OF
SHAKESPEARE
Dr.. EiSenberg's Eloquent Trlb-
ute 10 the Great Author.
WOMEN OF BARD OF AVON
Real and Intensely True to Life--A
Word Picture That Even Shakes
peare Would Have Applauded.

DR.. Elsenberg's lecture on the Genius
of shakespeare at the Auditorium was
an intellectual feast, and those who have
undertaken the Inauguration of a univer-
sity lecture course feel very much pleased
with the result of last night. DR.. Eisen-
berg won fresh laurels as a lecturer and
gave abundant proof of his versatility in
his i~mpersonation of some of the char
acters created by the great author. The
presence of the Boston and Montana
band added much to the evenings en-
joyment.
Ex-Governor Richards presided and his
remarks in calling the meeting to order
were highly apropos. He said the peo-
pie of Butte were the salt of the earth, |
but that they were too much engrossed !
in the cold-blooded matter Of making |
money, and in the past had neglected
those opportunities which lead to higher
development. He gave the various wo-
mems clubs Of the city credit for agitat-
ing the proposition of a university course
of lectures, and said he hoped their eff
forts in this direction would meet with
success. He thanked the Boston and
Montana band for rendering their ser
wees free of charge, and then introduced
DR.. ~Elsenberg, whom, he said, needed no
introduction to the people of Butte. DR.. !
Elsenbelg SAID in part:
shakespeare lives in his matchleSs
lines and is his best and only biographer.
What the Bible is to religion, the work
OF Shakespeare IS to culture and mental
development. He combines all the IN
gepuity, all the wisdom, all the culture,
all the endowments of the immortals.
Shakespeare was born to higher honors |
than any to be derived from a Pagan
apOtheosis. Shakespeare is the most pic
tulesque of all those who We're permitted
to penetrate natures inner temple. BY
the magic touch of his wizard-like wand
the most commonplace becomes trans
formed into the most sublime, the grain
of sand trodden under foot he endoWs
with potency, vitality and virtues UNI
dreamed of. The rising sun as he gilds
the mountain tops, richly colorlng ma |
ture and bounteously dispensing warmth, |
life and beauty in his majestic sweep, ,
spells to him glories matchless and royal.
AS to his women, 1t is beyond
my province in this address to do aught
more than to merely mention a few, and
these by name only. They are SO real,
so intensely true to life, that you can
see the purity Of blood coursing their
veins, see the b~ewitching beauty of face |
and form, hear the ripping laughter fall
ing with rhythmic cadence from their
coral lips and feel daylight become
brighter and the stars shine with greater
luster as their piercing, dreamy and scin-
tillating eyes peep into your eyes. And
as each one passes by you will feel that
you are under a new sky, breathing a
different air, salubrlatlng in a new at
mOsphere. These women, as they pass in
professional array, you may hear the
lisping sound, see the pouting lips, the
! radiant eye, the heaving bosom, the soft
and elastic tread, SO vivid, so lifelike as
to make you forget the airlness of the
phantom pageant and feel an irresistible
impulse to lose yourself in that seduc-
tive throng. Women pure and stainless
and imaculate as the rlven snow, sweet
and beautiful of face, form and soul; wo-
men marble hearted and flint breasted;
women standing on the highest peaks on
the mountain SUBMITS, sun-kissed and
redOleScent with an aroma OF chastity
and virgin purity; women fallen INTO
the abysmal chasm of perfidy and shame.
The deformity of souls and their deity
/ like perfection, their vices and their vir-
tue, their ideals and their dreams are so
apparent that you can hear the intriguing
whispers or the softer sounds Of melod-
ious tones arising from hearts attuned
to celestial harmony. Nothing Is hidden
from our searching eyes; their artlhces
and their natural endowments, their art
full ~witchery and their heaven-born
guilelessness-al are most wildly inten-
sifed in this ma g~niicently beautiful pam
oramic view. The genius and versatility
Of Shakespeare can best be UNDERSTOOD
nv those who become familiar in it's en-
tirety with his tremendous work. They
will then discover not only the vastness
NJ his intellect, the copiousness of his
knowledge, the penetrativeness Of his
genius, but also the thorough cosmopol-
itanism of his character. For, when he
speaks OF Greece. Rome, Denmark, Troy,
Alexandria,, England and Scotland, you
will feel that you are indeed transported
RI the countries ancient, medieval and
modern, Not only the name of the quaint
habits and the customs are vitalized, but
even the dialect Of each nation and peo-
ME has a freshness and originality very
difficult to affect or initiate"