Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-05-20
WARDE ON GREAT POET.

The Opera House was filed yesterday
afternoon with students from the vari-
Gus educational institutions and others
to hear Frederick Warde speak on
Shakespeare and his pays. The hour
for the beginning OF the lecture was an
nounced as 3 o'clock but the theater
was filed long time previous to that
time. Mr.. Warde spoke for nearly two
hours and at not one moment during
that time did interest in the speaker
and his valuable words abate.
BY way OF introduction, Mr.. Warde
spoke of the life of the poet. He told
Of Shakespeare father and mother,
Of the earlier days Of the poet up to
his arrival at the age Of is when he
married Ann Hathaway, lady eight
years his senior. II had been alleged
by some that his marriage was an un-
happy one but this could not have been
the case, considering the creation OF
the beautiful and womanly women in
his works.
h' ihNlh'hl Whl'h ItSull-
ed in the departure 0t the poet from
Stratford was also dwelt upon. Then
came the iampooning Of Sir Thomas
Lucey. showing for the first time tho
literary capacity OF the poet The ca
reer of shakespeare in London &C.
cupied the speaker for some length OF
time.
Mr.. Warde next took up the period
when the poet was in the service OF
the Old Globe theater At that time,
he was engaged in many varieties OF
literary labor. He edited plays. re-
wrote them and produced new ones.
Reference was next made TO the con.
troversy that someone other than
Shakespeare wrote the works acrrc-
dited to him. The controversy. he said,
was one which was raging with bitter
ness. Della Bacon, q poor demented
lady OF st. Louis, had said she thought
the works OF Shakespeare We're really
those OF her ancestor LORD Francis Ba-
con. Ignatius Donnelly, DR.. Owens
and others took up the fight
Mr. Warde described Bacon as a ira
veler. a student. a soldier ana a states.
man and ended win the words: 81
would as soon doubc the authenticity
OF the Lords prayer. which I learned
10 lisp in childhood at my mothers
knee. as to believe that any other hand
than that OF Shakespeare wrote tho
plays ascribed 20 his pen"
The speaker next showed that the
writings OF Bacon consist OF essays
works which contain logic but nothing
OF Imagination. The writings o;
shakespeare. on the other hand. were
full of gems OF pOesy. There was not
a note in the gamutof human passions
which had not been struck by the
master haNl. trC~l the towering am.
bition OF the king to the first faint
fiuttering Of love in the maiden's heart
What matter II all his plays were not
the creatures Of the imagination. He
| took the dramas OF the Italians anL
gave them life and vitality.
Mr.. Warde next dwelt on Shakes
peare as an apostle OF Christianity ant
mentioned the fact that it had beef
computed that in the name OF God ant
mercy appear 937 tunes in the works o
the poet. Next came illustrations, Mr.
Warde taking Wolsey in Henry VIII
The prayer Of Henry V before tn,
French army, OF Richmond on the eve
OF Bosworth Field and the appeal o
the King in Hamlet were also given
Then came other characters in Shakes
peare's works.
In closing, Mr.. Warde said that on,
should not be frightened in taking vi
Shakespeare. The greatest charm
about the poet was his simplicity. On,
of the first things 10 do was to burr
the commentaries If there were non,
Of these, Shakespeare would be bette
read than he is. The thing to do was L
go right TO the words of the author
himself. II the poet had intended
works for the library reader he woulC
have made his poems epics. Shakes
peare should be read first for the story
then for the poetry. next for the phil
osophy and finally for the beauty. Tn
words and thoughts should be inward!
digested. To understand his beautie
| was TO grow nearer to God