The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-11
Large Audience Greets the
Orator.
FA1HERsl. J. VAUGHAN
Appears as Third Number of
Lecture Course.
'sSermons From Shakespeare, Sub.
jecl Of a Mastery Discourse
Given at Epworth n. E. Church

Father l.. J. Vaughan appeared at
Epworth NJ. e. church Tuesday
evening as the third number on the
Y. M. G. A. lecture course. "A large
and intelligent audience was enter
tanned for an hour. while the remark
able orator painted magnificent PIC
lures of Shakespearian characters and
disclosed some of the prettiest les
sons and impressive thoughts that
have been expressed in a lecture In
this city in many years.
Sermons from Shakespeare, was
the subject of the lecture which the
|dramatist interpreted. Twelve years
|of stage fife in which he carried the
heavy roles In various Shakespear-
ian plays. fitted the lecturer to handle
the subject in masterly way. Faith
er Vaughan Is a painte. of word pic
lures and with his powerful and me-
lodious voice he is able to drive his
thoughts home to the hearts Of his
auditors.
Mr.. William P. Moloney introduced
the speaker. Father Vaughan i'm
mediately plunged into his subject
and there was not dull moment
from the beginning to the end OF
the lecture. He declared that II
the work of Shakespeare is literature
then literature is an art and should
be studied as an art. "If you have a
magnificent masterpiece of art, do
you lay 1t on the lower shelf Of
your parlor center-piece or do you
place 1t high upon the wall where
every visitor may admire the beau
tlful scene. Why is your volume
of Shakespeare hidden beneath the
library table. Is It not one of the
lgreatest masterpieces of art in lang
uage that the world has ever had?'
said the lecturer.
Father Vaughan pronounced Shakes
peare a marvellous picture artist. Said
lhe, "the first feature which the
Iartlst aims to develop before paint
ling his scene Is to have a magnificent
and appropriate BACKGROUND. The
background of Julius Caesar rolls out
ibefore the reader in marvellous
clearness.
The lecturer pictured Caesars rise
land downfall as Shakespeare had
portrayed it, He acted the scene Of
Mark Antony, Brutus, Cassius over
the dead body of Caesar. He ex-
claimed that the scenes of julius
Caesar were simply drawn pictures
|of a world without God. n'
Father Vaughan reviewed the play
lof Henry the Eighth, giving an i'm
Ipressive description of the downfall
of Cardinal Woolsey Perhaps what
would be considered one OF the rich
est and most dramatic parts of the
lecture was the portrayal of Shylock
in the Merchant of Venice. He acted
the part of the rich Jew when
Antonio asked for the loan of three.
Thousand ducats. The act was per.
Ihaps the finest ever seen in the city
'"rhe play Of the Merchant of Ven
| ice is neither tragedy or comedy,
said the speaker. "but 1t is satire.
1t ridicules professed Christianity
without brotherly love. 1t is satire
Iof Christian teachings"
mo man in the history of the
world has pictured more deep down
devils than did Shakespeare. IagO
in Othello is as mean and despisable
la character as could be painted. Yet
where Is there more beautiful
character than Desdamona," he said
In closing the speaker referred to
various scenes in the nlay Of
I"Hamlet.