The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-19

audience, spoke Of him az one Of the
men who had made possible the high
sta ndards Of the club. himself their
sincere and warm friend.
Professor Woodward sci forth In his
argument as to the character OF this
great Shakespearean heroine q COM
parison of the woman and her hus-
band. a playing Of shadows and reaii-
ties. as II were. to bring out the dread
full whole. He saii that Lady Mac
beth In the greatest woman problem
in all Of the great dramatists writings;
she is the woman riddle as Hamlet Is
the man riddle. and the readinS OF
her IL only discerned by deep search
ing of the spirit The mere letter OF
the play is used TO portray only the
negative side. and the common con-
centton of the character of the woman
Is one of vaultins ambition and It's
bloody punishment.
The speaker dwelt at length upon
the deeper motives that scoursed on
this woman to her doom. He SAID
that one must not accept the ordinary
theory that Lady Macbeth was selfish,
crue, and bloodthirsty. She was actu"
ated by an engrossing purpose, a de-
sire TO help her husband TO the crown
her love and ambition for him was
greater than his own Macoeth u
working for his own gain: she TOT
him. Her unexpressiveness and So
cretiveness asks no sympathy: betrays
no self-pity. She 10 woman OF ex-
n,,sit- sensib!lities. but strongly SELF
disciplined; SO very feminine yet simu-
Eating a hardness: an intense woma o
shudderinR back from her dreadful deco
o. scourSed forward by her grea
love and devotion to her husband.
shakespeare's ideal Is unselhsh de-
yo,ion, and Lady Macbeth's unques-
tioning sacrifice on the altar OF per-
tury and murder is construed os SO
many OF her critics and imperson.
ators, who have not gone deep shoush
in a Macbeth in petticoats eaten W
with selfish ambition. Her de'ot'on
IN her husband Is the greatest thing
in ali her life, ana she loved Macbeth
sunremeiy. She Is Shakespeare hnest
nresentment Of the altruistic criminal
deyotee. She is not half fshwffe. hall
damon and all vulgar. but woman
NJ unmeasured devotion. with never
selfish hint, no sigh Of seif-plty' an
exouisitely sensitive soul
Yer mortal thrust and terrible pun
1.hment came in the complete taAiufe
of her plans and the alienation OF ne,
husbands affection with the avn,
realization that she herseh nan
wrought this ruin. This solution 'he
SNEAKER said. was mostly TO be read
hs,v.en the lines. His Interpretation
~ mi. great dramatic problem was a
devoted. self-giving soul: w1ckeo
W. h,,t not a wicked love, supremacy
davota1 without a throb OF seinsh-
90. consumed with ambition anu
80 ara desire to AID the man. MAC
beth. her husband
Invitations Out. , nv
I,xitatj,ns have been Issued ~
Ms Mamie Fitzgerald Bell LOT .ne
~eddinx of her daughter aot"A
En~sh eYb- to Samuel Patrick Pemoe.-
- U,,ston-Saiem. n. c. The wed
III; ri, he celebrated on "Wednesday
.vs1dne November 81. at the home OF
tbe bride. in Danville-
Orxaa Recital a, -.
On FNtsay evening. November ~ AT
as o.clock. there will be an organ re-
80, AZ the Church Of the Covenant
~ potter. Of Monumental Cnufch'
I'm be the organist. and VIII De
sisted by Mrs. Heouembourg ano MS.
clifton Miller A delightful prog an,
has been arranged. and the ahaN VI
Richmond
Pronfnept wedding.
saws a Washington exchange:
..one Of the most picturesque "eo-
s,nps Of the autumn season was tnat
~ William Warwick Reynolds. son OF
r. Leslie ReynoldS superintendent OK
,ha TInited States Botanic GARDENS
ana grandson Of the late DR.. William
Wool CowEng. and MIS- annie D.
M,nnikhuysen. daughter Of M.s. wake
man Nunnikhuysen. Of Belair. Nd.. on
Satnraay afternoon at O'Clock
.sThe brides family on both sioes
n.ve been landed propnetors OF ex-
e.nsive estates for generations. ana
even to-day the ancestral acres belong
Ing to the family stretch miles along
the county FCaA
.-rhe whole tone Of the event par
took Of the nature Of Colonial days.
C;uests were met 1t the stattoE by
ANAL army Of grooms and attendants
and conveyed to the home CT the
hride's mother In private carriages.
tben to the quaint historic old Church
oF 81 Mary's, where the ceremony
sook place. The chancel was an Eden
Of eliNening green laurel and COLO
ana white blossoms, while dozens OF
I0nsed candles Glowsd upon the AL
tar.
TO the strains Of the B1dai
chorus from 'LohenSrin' the brfoe ac-
vanoed to the chancel on the arm OF