The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-19
NEWS IN BRIEF
\ Budget of Interesting Items Gathered
by Caucasian Representative

OE q Caucasian Representative.
"Lcct1:re and 1mpersonation of Ham
let" BY James Young. is the attraction
?...-o-rced on the cards distributed by
Hvpa,i2 to the second entertainment
given this season under the auspices OF
this leading woman club, for the bene-
ii cf the public school library Mr.
Young is leading man in the Viola Al
len Company which will play here on
March "a. By special and very for
tunate arrangement he has been secured
by Hypatla for lecture and imperso-
nation of Hamlet This is indeel rare
opportunity for lovers OF the Shake
speare drama and we trust Hypatia S
effort will meet with a generous re-
Spouse.
The revival of Shakespeare is one of
the signs of the times 1t is no less
prevalent in Europe than it is here.
Irving. Ellen Terry and other notable
players of England have been doing
more in Shakespeare this season than
they have done in years. Big productions
of Shakespeare's plays have been the
feature of the London season. In Amer
lea there is a return to Shakespeare
that is almost unprecedented Marlowe
and Sothern seem to play nothing else.
Mansfield is doing The Merchant Of
Venice" and Richard ILL., Ada Rel1an
is giving half her time to THE Tanning
of the Shrew" Maud Adams is playing
Rosalind in LAS You Like It." Viola
Allen who is a great St. Louis favor
lite, has given the season to 1.-The Win
ter's Tale" Truly the Bard of Avon is
not forgotten.
MARTA.
The picturesque Spanish play. Marta
of the Lowlanis.' played Saturday night
at the Grand opera house. is of special
interest to us, as the English translation
is the work of Mr.. Guido Marburg. as
sisted by Mr.. Wallace Gilpatrick The
author of Marta is Angel Guinrera,
poet, dranatist and patriot. His motif
in the play was to expose the political
condition by which the aristocrats are
so powerful and arrogant that the people
are reduced to a state of serfdom. 1t
was to demonstrate the vice and wick
edress of these conditions that Marta
was written. Gt1imera's plays have been
translated and acted in all the Latin ma
tons, but the first to be given in Eng
fish was Marta, at the Manhattan The
alter, New York. The papers in Madrid
have been full of praise of the dual
work of AIessrs. Marburg and Gilpatrick
by which their great poet Guimera was
to the American public
49, HYPATIA.
Hypatia's business meeting for March
was held at the home of Mrs w. K.
Henderson. The unanimous election of
two new n1embtrs was announced; which
makes the club membership full lack
ing one place.
Reports of sub iects for the new year
book were discussed and submitted to
the year book committee. composed of
Mrs. Burrell johnson. Mrs. w. K. Hen.
derson, Miss Margaret Scoheld. Hypa-
Tia has been conservative and practical
in the arrangement of year books She
realizes that the club. woman is not a
college student able to spend several
hours each day in systematic study; she
must in many cases work at one of many
studies insteal of the principal duty. To
out before the membership of the club
asks which requires almost unlimited
eisure is discoura.;ing: Hypatia has al
ways maintained the happy medium,
wherein interest can be stimulated and
wherein attainment is made
'aslly possible, and accomplishment en-
,ourages renewed effort, is the ideal
curse.
Hypatia is the pioneer woman's club of
he State. Besides programs On art, mu-
ie, literature, history, earnest effort has
zen made in the line of practical work,
violence of which is seen in the excel
ent work being done for the public Ii
'rary, and in the organization of strong,
ctlye civic league. .-.
Let those who decry .women's clubs
ook at results; words are cheap and
Don forgotten, but results will tell.
SPRING..
1t dawn | heard bluebird's wanton
call,
| he surny-hearted messenger of spring
watched his upward flight On azure
wing,
serulean plumage 'gainst sombre pail. |
[een hreaths GILL 1;n1e.. hor, rs ,,,;,