The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-03-01
Mr.. CLARK'S SECOND DAY
He HAD AN APpREclATNE AUDIENCE
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
Last Night He Discussed that Great
Creation of Shakespeare,
king Lear"

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Creation of Shakespeare,
king Lear"
The audience for Mr.. Ciark's second ar.
tcrnoon lecture was decidedly moro proMpI
IN assembling, only very few eutcr.nc
after the hor named. Mr.. Clark had tab N
the "Antisonc" Of Sophoclcs FOR the sub
feet OF his lecture. hut before taking mp
this play he gave a few minutes talk on
the necessity OF discrimination In the books
to be read aud the plays TO be seen Mr.,
I iarh holds that the habit OF indscrluinatc
rendtne is rs dclcterious to the mind AMI
character -as the opium hahlt is 10 tue
body. Tie impresscs OH his audiences The
inevitable payment OF law, and urges the
high benefit TO I've rcaped from wise read
Ing. En- passant, MIR. Clark gave the card
playing habit resoundlng slap, splhg
that above all things he respected honesty.
ami II the people honestly pruGesscd play
Ing cards to good reading why, then, let
them go on playing carus, etc. The MT
told and he got q rouud of applause.
Prefacng his reading Of the play with
some very Instructive hints MS 10 thr pc
ouliar ideas OF tao Greeks about the sane
uty Of the burial rites as we'll as To the
Greek methods In presenting q play aid
the Greek point of view, MIR. Clark read
the terrible tragedy with q FORCE nud are
the heart OF every listener. His sonor"us
hut sympathetic voice gave added grandeur
to the lofty thoughts, and, in passing, hc
drove them home by frequent lnterSperSing
of his own. Tue afternoon lectures nave
been very instructive aud entertain. NJ.
and the audience has proven that IT Is
very npprCciatNe one ny the intense 81
lencc, broken only by an occasional ripple
OF laughter, or Spontaneous applause, VITA
which they listen.
IL was nouccd that Yesterday almost
every lady present removed her hat, which
was a decided Improvement on Wcdncs
day afternoon, and IL Is hoped that today
there VIII he no exceptions but those VINO
are sitting against the wall The session
this afternoon will begin at $3.50 To give
time for any questions 10 be asked by the
audience. and the subject OF the lecture
Will be Shnkcspcare's Macbeth Tonight
miscellaneous programme will be given,
49,
Mr.. Clarks lecture on king Lear" last
night is the best Of the present course No
far. He began with graceful elaboration
of the thought embodied In these lines OF
Tennyson:
For any man that walks the mead
In bud or blade or bloom may and.
According as his humors lead,
meaning suited 10 his mind
Taking rose ms tho object contemplated,
/ he cited lis various possibilities MS inSpra.
lions 10 different men of many minds SO
at the same time the most complex Of
shakospeare's plays In the number Of plot
threads simultaneously developing in 1t.
often interviewer, never cntaugled and each
complete and perfect In itself For IN
stance, rho thread of Glousccetcrs family
relations as contrast between hllia love
aud the lack o. II, may be called an echo
OF the lett motif Of the whole grand har.
mony of the play. TO hear the rich tones
night. Ia enough In itself 10 repay one for
facing tho tragedy of the angry Gle
ments even II he had spoken in an IN
known tongue. What the French critic
said of George Eliot, Ellie s'ccoute Cuand
ellie parle, could not he applied 10 Mr..
tnneity Of hts speech. IN an earlier lee
ture some have wondered II they heard
Alright, or Il Mr. Clark really did transgros,
some trivial text book law of grammatical
English. Remember language WIS made
for man--nOt the reverse. Conventionallty
kills art as inevitably as noble conyen.
Louis Stevenson was n master OF English;
but not a schoolmaster
Ono device which kostands readers have
learned 70 appreciate. Mr.. Clark uses Su.
perhy. The culmlnative value Of single
word or maybe two, insisteutly repeated,
ringing the changes on eontrastcd tones
words 'tilal love IN such tones as might
draw the heart ont of oDc's body.
i would b" hard to hSlieye that any one
not richer In heart, intellect and, above all,
In spirit.
The miscellaneous lecture set for tonight,
Mr., Clark saws, VIII be intcrspersed with
humorous selections.
Prof. Clark Shskespearian Interpretation.
To the Editor of The Post.
Houston, Texas, February 2s.-Wherc
many are excellent, Distinctions are diff
cnlt, but certainly Prof Clark's lofty SPIT
itual conceptions found their fullest ex-
preston last night in his Interpretation OF
King Lear
Indeed, the acme of literary perfection
is attained In Shakcspcarcs tragedies.
Whether presented with dramatic art or
considered as AN intellectual study. their
Infinite variety furnishes at once widcr
scope for the display Of talent than an3
other class Of literature Hence we are
constrained 10 accord supremacy 10 his
Shakcspenrean selections.
The reading Of Macbeth this afternoon
is anticipated with special Interest; In
this reading Mr. Clnrk viii undoubtedly er.
hiblt great talent In the psychological an.
alyss Of character and lis pungcnt ap.
pl.cntion 70 conscience,
He emphasized In his initial lecture the
utter uselcssncss ~ stage craft to illus
trnte the inImi.ahle laws of truth.
THIS play is supreme test for L Is
we have almost learned 10 regard the pres
encc Of the weird sisters and the hover. /
ing ~ superstitious fears as essential 10
thus vitalizc fiction Is pre,emmcntiv the
province Of the actor. But presented as a
reading We VIII bc enabled 10 understand
moro clearly It's spiritual Significance. for
Mr. Clark will only deal with tho eternal
yerltleg contained In the tragedy. and thus
render II Infinitely more profitable than the
dramatizntion.
Interest In these lectures has almost !
reached the point ~ enthusiasm. Success .
10 me Federation Of Clubs, Truly thcy are
furnishing M feast Of reason AMI Tow
of soul." Mary Hobby.
DROPPED DEAD IN HIS WAGON.
An AGED Market Gardener Expired Sud-
denly Yesterday Morninr,