Arizona republican., 1911-05-05
CLOSING PROGRAM
OF THE CHAUTAUQUA
William Sterling BATHS Was a Delight
In Dickens lmpersonations.

connection with this popular team i
that the senior member OF it is dead
| He did his work and passed on leay.
ing the other man to grow up, prepar,
himself for the part and finish it, Their,
are several advantages to this arrange.
ment and one oI them is that two gen.
erations instead of one, are entertained
At first hand. And those VINO heart
BATHS appreciated that il was no ordin.
airy production. 1t took fifty years ol
more to develop it. Dickens had tC
write, become famous and die. and ther
BATHS had to go through his necessary
evolution before the world could get
the great novelist's works concentrated
| to an essence.
heretofore, he who would be gov
erned by the uplifting influence fos-
tered by the kindly humanity of that
great story teller. he who would study
human nature and sociology through
the eyes of one who devoted his life
to it, must spend days and nights of
reading. Now he can acquire much of
1t in a single night, by seeing and
hearing Mr.. BATHS, whose deIineations
and accompanying monologues, an as
sembling of the gems as il were. not
only reflect but actually portray in
realistic manner, the great heart and
accumulated observations of the mas
ter mind OF fiction.
Mr.. BATHS was introduced t. an ap-
preciative and one of the most enthu-
siastic audiences of the Chautauqua
series, by J. Fred Cleaveland, who said
he could thank a few designing friends
- - l.. .rE
He implied that while he felt il a great
honor he was afraid he could not meas
ure up to it. but he did, so no more
need be said Of him at this time
Mr.. BATHS was a delight, though not
a surprise THAT could not be for his
talents had been so wei advertised
that people knew what to expect and
when he fulfilled expectations. enough
had been accomplished. Not the least
part Of the pleasure of the evening was
his making up" on the stage, so peo-
pie could see how easily one who
knows how, may work an almost un-
believable transformation in a moment.
This was done behind his sdrcsser and
while thus engaged he told the audi
ence enough of the story in which
their minds for its appearance. Then
in each instance, on appearing he gave
a monologue that painted in words the
of the character being
studied by the eyes, usually by quota
tons ascribed to them in Dickens
works, familiar to all who had read
them. But the best feature of il all
was that whether one had previous
of the story or not, all was
so realistic il was easily understood !
Children who had never read the books, |
came away as deeply impressed with |
the eccentricities Of this one or that |
)ne. as did their elders. who formed |
heir impressions from the printed |
page in years agone.
The first delineation was that of |
Dickens himself, with a speech from |
)ne of his books. Then came Peck |
sniff, taken bodily from Martin Chuz
zlewit. on the occasion when he re- /
preached a relative for having called /
lim hypocrite. Truth prevails. 4
virtue is triumphant" he said even if
ne illustrated neither by his own
,areer.
Captain Cuttle sailed forth next
md the audience was reminded to
make a note on it." They also made
| note of the manner i'm which his
Mrs. McStinger, frustrated
his effort to flee from her influence,
With all his earthly belongings tied
n a pocket handkerchief The de
;picably humble Uriah Hcep was dug
tut of David Copperfield about the
line Of the signing of the marriage
contract, and was followed to the
ootlights by wilkins Micawber who
vas willing to owe a friend forever,
Who was equally willing to Wait for
omething to turn up"
Oliver Twist who gave the world
he murderous. Bill Sykes was por-
rayod in two scenes from that ras-
ais career The first was where
lie was hit with a can Of beer and
he second was the haunting fears
hat overcame him after the killing
f Nancy" Many thought this was
he finest delineation of the evening
hough others were more impressed
With the scenes from The Old Curl
sity Shop"
Our Mutual Friend" was remem-
cred i'm the appearance OF Rogue"
.iderhood where he asked Bradley
ieadstonc to Tell the tOthcrest gov
rnor to come and see him and not
e too long about it or he would
unit him up" Old Man PeEgoty in
,avid Copperfieid. was shown in the
ct of polishing the lamp he had !
GIFTED to guide his niece Emily on
ne way home from her work. say
ne There's q babby for We i'm the
hape Of an old sea porcupine." The
papers of course brought
ut Sam Weller who instead Of I
sang an English Coster
Dng and then came couple of
Genes from the Old Curiosity Shop
little Nelrs grandfather was shown |
Ist before he left to gamble away I
II his money and again when he re-
IrRed To find her dead.
The last number. was from the j
ale of Two Cities known i'm the the |
trical world as The Only Way" c
he scene was Sidney Carlton when l
e babe farewell to Mannette. the
irl he loved. ard who married an c
Their. and when he uttered the pro- q
hetic words, Il would give my life ,
} keep the life of one you love. be Il
de YOU" v
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