The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-12-23


SOU think you have him neatly captured
he calmly floats over your head and dis
appears 80 cioveiiy that you have not
the heart 90 follow. unless 81 be 70 en-
10y repetition Of his witty resources.
Faistan bad many talents which utone
for his Grossneas Of body. His nimblc
wit. common sense. coupled with a vivid
imagination prepared him TO do what
ever he undertook on an ample scale. let
a. be lying, burlcsquins or ioudlng even
himself with irony. as ''fhcrc " not a
dangerous action. but J am thrust upon
a. Well ! emit last forever. II was
always yet the trick of our English ma
ton when they have a good thing to
make ID TOO common. I would 70 Cod
my name were not 30 terrible TO lie
onemy az Il is'
lie never drops q subject untn he
shows all sides Of II in every possible
light Morgann says. 'rhere is no such
thing as demolshing Falstan. he has 80 Z
much OF the lnvulnernble frime. that \
no ridicuIc can detroy him. He l. safe
even la defeat and seems 60 rise with
renewed vieor at very fan"
Ills burlesnue portrait OF Justice Shall
low. which closes act third Of the Sec
ond part Of King Henry w. Is said TO
gbc a., finest ever drawn. and Is a spcc-
linen Of his marvellous wit aud exagger-
alton. Falstaff is too much q phiioso-
] pher to have angling In common with
real wickednesA. or fross crimes end
vices. as wiclscdness Always undermincs
\ its own enjoyment ltnd crime requires
exertion and i.ounlo, followed BY fear
Of d,tectiou snd punishment. Vices also
blunt and deaaon an sense Of enjoy
ment--a hss be could lily afford
Falsmff had no taint OF envy. as envy
Is It's own iormentor. lie is aiways glad
20 SEQ othcrs enjoy themselves, aud
ready TO help them when 81 causes him
no trouble or annoyance, but he never
stops TO phrosophize over the lesser sins,
Dragging, lying. and dlceiving. and
little thiovlne shen it can be easily done
or IS connected with SOME good Joke.
II 'twere possible he would rather not
be guilty Of wrong-dong. unless IA a
Joke. as he would like 20 be honest ana
unrlght. II Il only cost no effort He
likes virtue less than vice, as Il demands
moro energy. seif-deniaL and seli-con-
troll. While he well knows one must APP
pear TO possess such virtues as honesty
ana bravery and above an things au-
thois,y and honor yet & is mere de-
, lusion to give up any pleasure against
the instincts of nature IN order 20 OBJ
tain lt At most honor is only perma-
nent 10 the dead who are insensible
OF Il.
. The main features on adventures OF
Faismn IN these two pays are his ed-
: venture al Gadshili n act second, scene
: second his pefsonanng Horny ~, act
= second scene fourth, hs accounts
OF his soldiers. nci fourth scene sec-
ond. and counteffcltng death M tho
= battle OF Shrewsbury. IN the opening Of
y act nth. after all FaiNans pre-ar-
y ranged greeting Of the new King load
5 ing him with ondearlng titles oqe CON
y not help feeling sympathy for Falstan
e as the king sums up his case and proc
= nomcos his doom. az the same time We
~ renilze he got an he deseryed-bansh-
ment from Bis presence with the chance
g OF reformation and promise Of advance
ment according to his meriC Furivpl
10 saws King Henry In his new position
I'd could not have AFFORDED 20 give any othei
be kind OF reception TO this dirty, slow
rs enlv dohauched old sinner, who 50 pub
4 ucly thrust himself upon him, as his
own reformation might have been doubt
ed otherwise.
st Queen Bess surely could not have pos
ns sessed an artistic nature, or she coul'
nd never have conceived The idea Of want
Of ing to soc Faistnff in love. She won'
ir, have seailzed that his hguro was alread
ed "a rounded whole and could not be repro
pei duoed.
or Shakespeare promises az the close Q
Henry ~ a continuation Of The history
sd bot failed to do SO in Henry V. as b
th evidently thought that Falaiah ha
ire played out his part 50 when the sen
timental queen issued her harbarous re
ast quest. it must have proved an unwiilin
.o- task, and outraged his sense OF fitness
ls, TO be required TO utterly ruin this %
m imitabic character. 40 he resurrccts th
ul whole merry company from llcury
ect VINO hnd been his former friends, but tt
pet now Falstnn Is only an ordhary amol
m- ous old dehauchce, surrounded by ne
dis work OF circumstances whose meshes "a
or Invisible 10 him. while he Is continl
ni- ally deceived he imagincs he is q
thc doeeWer rushing biindly from one di'
lemma 10 another provoking ausht
an more by lis sufferinEs than MS aesion
IN ImzIltt says; "Wits Snd nhhosophc
er- seldom shine aa lovers" and Sir Jol
all proves The truth Of the adage iiut wi
Of an these drawbacks none bur hina'
his can ho bis conQueror When be 10 81
ich comnted d is not so much tho siliil
idi- hls antagonists. as from the fact that
uc- has bcon lorsuaded 90 act a part
sef which he has not been qualified To q
cry Gel. Yet no stil Dosaosses enough
OF hfs marvellous agility and tact TO preye
In any unpleasant rising over bis vl'
ace ana failures, aud 10 conceal the off'
iose slre an the same time keeping the col
Ken ical fen.ures prominent. Tho same lo
.een lmpudcnco and sublime cdr0ntery viii
save him from realizing defeat. and
iar- eloquent emggeration with which he
iquy lights 10 set on whatever is most lu
the cr0us an his person or surroundings.
,Quy these Qualiies though dim, ho sihl
be- taina. while his average rate OF mirih
and altogether zoo high TO bee affected by
tain blood OF the grape.
hom Weiss saws; "rhe monstr0ua quaf
.Iot- ties of sack sink through tha pors
ana Ties OF hls rotuudity. and mildly per
ring late subicrrancln world. 90 That
the abriinance iu the article OF bread !
,cds, very nice Instinct that balancing b
,cIf- enough exists nlraady.
rises our sympathles 81 ont % Fnlaian vi
lptl- we consider the fact That he was
r of urrecied by royal odici without D
,ould ing amy cholee in The matter. and 90
birds 10 act "A part entirely ot 9f his {
.rea- sphere of action. AS we close e.
lsvcr Merry WIVES" we can only eNclaim.
iafyr one wants q dead Dast resurrecied
h an sic with its hideous spectral form at
as gus Dalauat of the present
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