The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-21

life in the mimic world to some purpose
in this warm world of reality, whose
warmest corner is where father, mother
and son foregather.
The boy and his fair mother Mrs. Mans
field .erstwhile Beatrice Cameron Of the
stage. have trailed of in a ripple of fresh
morning laughter. and Brutus is looking
after them with softened eyes.
NO. ne says turning sharply, Il have
not read the criticisms / made that re-
solved, and am saved that much trouble.
It is not to say that l scorn criticism;
that | am impervious to fault-fnding.
I found it so often hard to separate small
motive from portentous opinion and an
noying things for the sake of annoyance
from opinions set forth in all honesty
that ] have felt myself wen quit of it.
Remember. the best mans criticism can
never be more than one mans opinion
But criticism reaches one, does it not?''
With certainty. when it is well found
ed 1t IS not merely one voice, but a
chorus, that tells YOU YOU are wrong
that thing had better be done one way
and not another. When it comes in that
volume 1t is not TO be denied
As YOU know. perhaps. the critics vi
fer about your Brums"
DO they" Here twinkling Mansfield
ian smile
As ] cannot answer them. he goes
on. as if in stately regret that he really
cannot oblige the critics an and sngu-
lar with personal replies. Il may tell
YOU something about my conception Of
the part :hat VIII answer them all.
II did not read the great tragedy for
the sake OF finding some new point of
view some starting novelty OF interpre.a-
ton. but purely in the lish. of my
knowledge and my own human nature
10 discover the man behind the lines of
the poet And there AT last foun,
Marcus Brutus as I picture him. Not all
at once. for the character is complex.
and has marked subtlety Under its ap-
pearance of great simplicity and direct
ness. He was dreamer of great things
just as he was q doer OF dire things. for
noble ends. but sundry hints are in the
part of % worldly sense that is at SEEM
ing variance with pure idealism.
We are not To say that it MAS Shake
speares fault that this was SO. We may
rather admit that it was Shakespeare
groat human mind srasping the human
frailty that often goes with great ma
lures Had nor Brutus pretty clear
notion OF what Cassiu~ was driving Il
in the first meeting in the play Did he
NOT see that the thought of the intoler-
able in Julius Caesars attitude was
brought before him to stimulate an am
hition I'M Brutus himself as the man 70
succeed Caesar
What you would work me 20 I have
some aim
tle knew what Cassius was driving at
ana let IL somewhat tempt him. though
Caesar himself supplied ample cause FOR
IS removal" in the view Of SO strict
republican IS Brutus. There then. was n
problem. How much should this faw
III his armor 81 Roman virtue be seem
II Is curious how notes IN this direction
occur In The orchard episodes Tor those
who seek them Ana. after the Staying
is done and il is a question whether An
tony shah be permitted 20 speak how
easy 60 read q SIS humonity into The
lines:
By yogr g, nlon
win myself into the pulpit first
Ara show the reason II our Caesars
Death
What Antony shan speak ! VIII protest
lie speaks by leave ard BIZ permission;
And that we are contented Caesar shan
Have an the rites ana lawful eere-
monies;