The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-12-23
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Quicxlv. etc. are wholly unhistosisal
persousres No sort OF affinity can De
proved to exist between the J. Fastolfc.
al COMMANDER under Henry ~, and our
/ Knight. Sir John. Shakespeare surely
never thought OF any such connection, as
Is proved hy the difference Of the name,
and still more by the fact that our corr
puient knight was originally called Sir
/ john Oldcaslc. and re-Shristenod Fall
staff only unon demand OF the Puri-
tans. who houored q man OF their sect
by the SAME name. This substitution Of
names may accouut for the many me-
lrical imperfcctions 20 hc found iu this
play AT least, ne IS first introduced
here as the bnoti companion Of Prince
! Harry, as ccrpulent warrior, whose
favorite weapons are his tongue and the
wine bottle. He was surely ihc most
witty and humorous combination ever
portrayed by human pen. A compound
OF sense and vice OF sense. we admire
but not esteem. or vice. we dcspise
but can not detcst Though corpulent
and loaded with faults, he yet makes
hlnislf necessary TO the prince (who de-
spisos him) by his perpetual gayety. IN
which he could indulge freely as his
wit was OF that type which could ex-
! AlNN NhAANtfiNNA AtAhhltt't tAiAR "A"ANf "NtN
never cause envy His very imperti-
nence is sublime. and the grand secret
OF both his wit mad humor lay in his im-
purtabe self possession.
Morgan, IN his Dramatic Character oi
Falstaf says he is a man az once younp
ana old entorprising and fat. n dups
and a wit harmless and wicked. wcah
in principle and rcsoluto by constltu-
tion. cownrdly IN appearance but brave
I'm reality a lSnavo without malice, liai
without deceit, and a knight gentle.
man, and q soldier without either dig
nifty, decency OF honor.
Hazlitt says Faistam is perhaps th.
most substantial comic character tina
ever Wag invented. We are as well ac
auainted with his person as bis mind
while his jokes come with double fore
and relish from the quantity OF hcsl
through which they make their way "a
he shakes his fat sides with lnughte
or lards the lean earth as he walk
b.. along other comic characters upon arp
proach become vaporous. empty, an
often nsipid. but this IS renl TO th
most dense apprehension, lying thre
fingers docn ON the ribs lie masquer
AIDES as har braggart "a coward
elutton, etc. delighting an instca
OF giving onense He indulgos in hi
own ease. appsutcs aud convenience
perfectly unrestmined. as there Is d
flavor Of hypocrisy or multce 20 &C. II
ASSUMES amy character TO show tho ht
actor in himself almost as much as upo
the stage. and we no more think
critclsing Faistnf from moral poii
OF view than we should think OF hrlul
ing a great comedian who is capable
10. O.
police court We only see the pleasii
lights in which he represents eertn
foibes, without worrying about cons
qGences, for nothing unpleasant ev
does occur
II WAS one Of his chief pleasures
rldicule tho heroic ideal Of manhood al
genuine integrity maintained by I
:. Prince, as wen as the external homo
which fIotspur was ambitious to q
taiA His own reputation Is simply
bubble. which he took delight IN bio
ing for the pleasure OF seeing It bur
Coming from a good family, and servi
n'' as page 20 tho Duke OF Norfolk, a
being on jesting terms with John
tiaunt. he. Ike tbe Prince and Hotsp
despised The conventions which hedf
royalty, and though the greater re
Of the three, he Is saved by his hun
zee. and his genius.
Mabic says he lies steals. boasts, d
see. takes to his legs Ia time Of peril W
such unfailng good spirits that We
g charmed by his Vitality
Brandes calls Faistan the bright
and wlttiest spirit England ever p
arc ducei Fun of raacauiy a.d gcni
ees. there was no trace OF msdiocriW ga D.
Always superior 20 his surroundings
al witty resources. always nt peri
ebse though often pu. 20 shame,
bis cffrontery encctully prevented &
~. barrassmnt Whatcver Sins bee CONN
he IS So entirely froo from malice
hypocrisy that he invariably scoms al
able and charming. although be- is
butt for The wi. of l't
In iha nrst Yart ot Henry ~ Fa's
M Is ntm Il deml-sod supreme alike
ana intellect ana w.t. so fat and set so %
curlal. 80 old ana yet 30 youthful IN
Q on Ills tastes and vices The people
hon culture were moro delighted with
marye'ous ouickness Of fence. WI
ndof parties every thrust and in the rc
,bleh noss which never iaaves him toaf
lied or allows him 90 confess bin
with beaten. There WAS something for e'
the class Of admirers Ia this mountain
ncsh. exuding wiz az every pore,
- &. this hero without shame or console
this robber. poluoon. and iiar "
al Is very imDudence is poetic, this br
ola cynic with TONGUE as sharp as q
eSsed sword.
good Fllstah reaches the zenith of his !
ife velous wit and dr0liery in the aoll'
on honour which he iudulgea in on
battle field of Shrewsbury soli'
which distinctly shows the difference
tween nc other leading personages
himself as they nl stand la "a cen
relation 90 honor 1he King 90 IS
honor means dignity and power,
spur 10 whom IL means the fame
glory which surrounds the conqn'
hor5 tie Prince to whom a. means
''' conscious achievement OK great d
while Faisnn with h'a Keen anpr
ton OF all that is enjoyable in life
Gar above aud shows i,s utter el
ard. ness with his childlike innoccne
any sense OF right OF wropg d y
bo as absurd to appiy moral stan'
10 him as to B1cchus. lic was "a
,... tore OF ne purely elemental nature
M. corrupt by Intention, human
cold2 noatlng joyfuliy ana gieafully throua
Immoral world yet as age iiaahe
aearchueht and reveals Die lc
bed" characteristic hla wit smacks of CO
pr. ness. and aH Mahio says. he d only
here from contemp, by one Of those g
site touches with which the grent