The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-18
Twentieth Century Club.

The Twentieth Century at home
| proved a most delightful affair. The hall
was filled with a cultured and appreci-
alive audience. The interest shown in
Shakespeare. speaks well for the intel
lcctual status of our city.
In the absence OF Mrs r. p. Murdoch.
the president. Miss Meddie o. Hamilton.
leader of the Shakespearean department
OF the club. presided.
The program opened with piano duet
by Mrs. f. Higginson and Miss Jessie l..
Clark. Very appropriately they had
selected the schertz from Mendelssohn's
Midsummer Nights Dream; their magic
fingers worked the faIrier. created the
Shakespeare play OF enchantment and
transmitted into exquisite harmonies by
the great musicians art
For the next hour and n quarter Hon.
s s Ashbaugh held his audience SPELL
round. while ne argued the case OF Sir
francis Bacon VS.. MFR. william Shakes
reare The trend OF his argument was
as follows:
He sketched very briefly the life Of
Bacon and the life Of Shakespeare; the
one born in Soudan. in the court circles.
and during his whole life surrounded by
the influences Of the government and Of
office: a lawyer. courtier. Judge. govern
ment attorney. philosopher. and writer OF
essays trea;ises on law. history. science
and philosophy: the other born IN War
rlckshire. among the fields and strean ms
and f0rest-fringed meadows. loved the
birds and the flowers and learned the
inner lives OF men and women their
kumors. foihles. passions. sentiments and
ambitions The one was a lawyer. philo-
scpher and reforfner. 8nd bresfhed the
atmosphere of the court, the other was
? poet living among the people and
hreathed the atmosphere ~ country.
These plays themselves are the best evil
dences Of their authorship Bacon could
never have written "JuilUs Caesar. FOR
he never could have cornprehcnded the
character OF Br.fus. and n n had been
the author the sreech 81 Mark Antony
- ouid have beer a legal argument n a
criminal trial Neither could Bacon have
written the trial scene IN The MerohaH;
Of Venice" The trial was rot heid &C.
cording 10 law. the Judge was not quail
ed and The bond was void. no real court
would have held bord valid then deny
q creditor :he money due. or given fsn
The right % abate part - Tho suFn nBe.
end the nTh~n the creditor ssked fgr thr
enforcement - tho hond h~id valid. was
deprived 81 rs property. bic religion ans
lis hle ard a pardon - TIE duke coBis
only relieve him from execution This
= hole trial scene f. highly dTarnaslc. but
70; according 70 LEGAL prpe~egrs. Bacou
could not have written The Merchant
a venice~ ard - he az not write This
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