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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-02-13
SAYS SHAKESPEARE SPOKE
MANY FOREIGN TONGUES

To the Editor of THE TIMES
Shakespeare as he vas and what he
did in his youthful days is altogether
different to what is accredited to him.
Shakespeare, in reality, was one person
and Shakespeare of to-order-manufac-
tured English history was another per-
son. The matter of fact is, that his
own trunk of MSS, containing his orig
inal writings of poems and plays-in
various anguages-together with the
memoranda of his labors etc, were in
existence up until the spring of 1928,
when they, together with an ancient
Kabala book in which was written the
pedigree Of his ancestors, together with
that of his relatives. etc, and a copy OF
the first printed German Bible, was
burned in a fire that consumed every
scrap of original paper which he had
written until he went to London.
Shakespeare was not an illiterate,
but was highly educated, and could con-
verse and write in many languages. The
writing OF his name, In different ways,
is accounted for by the fact that he al
ways signed in the language Of the party
whom he addressed. He could speak
French, German, Hebrew, and Yiddish,
Greek and italian, Scottish and English,
etc. These languages he had learned
before his occupation as court comedian
aid overseer of park and garden (Which
was his occupation before he entered
the dramatic field. The MSS. were IN
possession Of the third generation of
heirs and direct descendants. From
his belongings, which was at this house,
there was only cane saved, which was
left in a wagon. This cane was in exist
ence until the American civil war time
| when the wood was deCaying, and 1t was
| broken and burned, but the rusty spear
| therein, which he should haNe used oil
! at times in his plays, is still in existence
1 L. II. Sothern is right when he says
| that Bacon never wrote the Shakespeare
plays. Shakespeare was a great humor.
| list. and played jokes wherever he tray.
| eled, whether in Austria, Switzerland
| Italy, Spain, Greece, Turkey, Germany
| or in Great Britain. He was an Egypt,
| ian Rite Mason, and thus he was fai
| from being a superstitious fanatic t
| believe in spooks. II his spoOk could b'
| revived and II would read what Militan
| Sutfragette wrote, he would sit dowv
| and write play that would make Mill
] tant Suffragette crawl into bed and hide
| her face for fear that the spoOk would
| shanghai the Militant SuffraSettc.
| The reason Shakespeare gave his sec
| ond best bed to his wife was because
| she had ii I'm the country home and TIT
| best bed was in his London home, wher,
| his work was and where his plays were
| revised and translated. II was Shakes
| peare's travels and his opportunity t,
| Commingle with the lords and rulers o
| various nations that enabled him L
| write the dramas. He, as a poet COulI
tone up his travel and his reading o
occurrences FRED. e. SWARTZ.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-02-13
WHAT MASTER HAND
REVISED SHAKESPEARE ?

To the Editor OF THE TINES:
The play "Othello" appeared for the
first time in printed form in 1922, in
a quarto edition, six years after Shake
speare's death.
When the first folio with all the
plays appeared in 1923 the text of this
play was revised and extended, about
l5O lines having been added. Who, may
we ask, was the master mind that gave
these plays their final polish?
Not only was "Othello'' revised and
extended, but many other plays like
wise, several thousand additional lines
appearing in the first folio that were
not included in the earlier quartos of
Shakespeare's time.
Among the additional lines appearing
in ''Othello" in 1923, that were not
included in the 1922 quarto published
six years after Shakespeare's death,
are the following:
Like to the Pontic sea,
Whose icy current and compUlsIve course
Ne'er feels retiring ebb. but keeps right on
To the PropOntlCke and the Helespont.
In Bacon's DE Fluxu ct Refluxu
Maris," written between 1916 and 1922
this phenomenon of tides and currents
in the Bosphorus always running from
east to west, is announced. He de-
rived it from George Sandys travels
in the East.
Bacons views in astronomy and sci
| ence generally. whether right or wrong
were lSeQueDuy embodied III the plays
and when he rejected the Copernicar
! theory. the text of certain lines in Ham
let was changed to conform in the
! same year. These and other examples
| might be quoted in full II space were
| allowed.
VIII Shakespeareans kindly tell u:
why the name of St. Alban or st. AL
| bans, the home of Bacon, appears sew
cnteen times. and in five of the plays
while the name Of Stratford can moi
| be found? ORTHUMBERLAND.
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What's on the Program in
WASHINGTON Today

The following Masonic organiza lions
will meet tonight: Lodges-Fed-
eral' No. !. F. 6; Acacia, No. IS, NJ;
Arch Chapters-Mount Horeb, No
z. and Anacostia. No. II, election.
knights Templar-De Molay Com
mandery, No. 1, Red Cross. Eastern
star Observation-Disclosures No. z,
and William r. Hunt, No. II.
will meet tonight: Lodges-Wasn-
ington, No. 6; Golden Rule. No. 81;
Amity, No. q. and Phoenix, No. 2S.
stuart, No. 7, degree work
The following knights of Pythias
lodges will meet tonight: Webster.
No. Z; Excelsior. No. a., and Ger
"a. esquire, rank; Myrtle, No. 20.
Meeting of Capital Circle. No. 315.
I. II. G., Twelfth and H streets
Lecture by the + Rev W L. B. Wolf, D. D.,
Bible class of the Keller Memorial
Lutheran Church. D. m.
Lecture by Prof. c. P. Close, pomolo-
gist, on THE Home Fruit Garden as
Lecture by Charles NJ. Cain, on Span
ish Painting" Public Library Lecture
Hall, s p. m.
Lecture by Congressman Henry A
pines" Ingram Memorial Church.
p. m.
Men and Religion Forward Movement
campaign. First Congregational
Church, Tenth and G streets north.
west, $3.50 a. m. tc 4:3O p. m.
Monthly meeting of the Washington
section of the American Institute OF
Electrical Engineers, Telephone build
ing. 722 Twelfth street northwest,
.. m.
pccontion nv JClecta Cbantar No 4 Or.
der of the Eastern Star, AnacostiG
Masonic Hall. p. m.
Lecture on THE Care and Management
of Nervous Children" by DR.. Tom A
Williams, before the Parent-Teachers
Association. Morse School, $3.50 p. m.
Gallery instruction, First Battalion
Second Infantry, District Natlona
Guard, Center Market Armory, s p. m
Meeting of the Washington Chamber o.
Commerce, p. m.
Meeting Of the BroOkland Brotherhood
Lord Memorial Hall Twelfth anC
Newton streets northeast, p. m.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-02-13
THE CLASSICS IN SCHOOL.

The dramatist who wrote Shakespeare S plays may
have been able to get along with small Latin and
less Creek but the head of the Latin department of
a Chicago high school is very much of the opinion
that the plain man in the every day world needs a
knowledge of the classics merely to find his way
about.
She offers to prove it.
In a series of lectures she has pointed out that
without fair knowledge of the classic tongues it is
impossible to understand Bert Taylors daily cryptic
grams or thoroughly enjoy McCutcheon cartoons
And she points triumphanty to the fact that
sxty-fve per cent of the words in the English Ian
guage have their roots in Latin and Greek
She has even cast her eye over the sporting page
and discovered that it teens with classic illusions
There is the reference to the Marathon for instance
without which no daily sporting section is complete
Achilles" which, she tells us, would be all caviar to
the general who had not been schoOled in the Trojan
epic Even a flaming automobile poster bearing a
portrait of Mercury is hailed before the public in this
debate, while Cupid and Hymen and the dear. old
phoenix are each dug from the columns of recent is
sues of daily newspapers.
1t must be confessed that the head of the high
school Latin department has made out very good
case. The array is impressive.
On the other hand it must be conceded that al
most as much might be said of Hebrew and Arabic
and many other tongues of which our language is a
composite. How on earth would ever get along
without Sinbad and Ali Baba, and the Barber of Bag
dad? And how could we get through the day with
out referring to alcohol or algebra, or the tariff? Oh
course if it we're generally known that the Arabs
were responsible for the first and last of these i
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-02-13
DIRECTORS WILL DIRECT.

Directors of national banks will not object to the
rule of the Comptroller of the Currency just
issued. The instructions declare that directors
will be held personally liable for losses incurred
through loans in excess of the provision restricting
single loan to 10 per cent of the capital and per
cent of the surplus. 1t must make for greater
in the conduct of every banking institution and for
the protection of depositors
The rule may be regarded largely outgrowth
Of the famous case of c. w. Morse, inasmuch as it
requires that directors sanconing loans shall include
their initials in the record, which is now also required
by the Comptroller. The rule will require legs-
laton, and, in fact, simply embodes several court
decisions made in cases growing out of the panic of
1907 1t is exactly in line with actual direction of the
banks by the directors which the whole community
agrees is needed and best for all concerned.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-02-13
THE MODERN SEVEN WONDERS.

Columbia professor has made up list of the
seven wonders of the modern world. Here it is: l.,
ST. Peters Church, Rome; 2, the Louvre palace,
Paris; 3, the Tai Mahal, Agra, India 4, the palace
gardens, Versailles; 5, the Columbian exposition
buildings, Chicago; 6, the Metropolitan tower, New
York; 7, the Pennsylvania railroad station, New
York. So far as the sixth is concerned we imagine
that it is subject to revision 1t is not yet high
in the skyscrapers' day.
We question whether anyone but a professor of
architecture would presume to limit the modern
seven wonders to buildings and gardens. There is
every reason, for instance, to put the Panama canal
in the list.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-02-13

had been provided for carrying on the
work which DR.. Bruner and Mr.. Rey-
nolds have, by the grace of God, done
during the past fortnight. They have
preached the religion OF Jesus Christ.
as he proclaimed 1t to the multitude
the religion OF love, devotion. courage,
triumph! And Il has caught the ears
and reached the hearts of the people,
and the church rejolces not only in re-
newed strength within, but in the
knowledge that the forces of evil have
been weakened and power has come to 1t
from without.
EDWARD 3. TAFT.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-02-13

might be difficult to impress the plain man with the
fact that was merely the words and not the things
for which the sons of Ishmae were responsible, but
the knowledge opens up a certain breadth CT vision,
and should be considered when the paramountcy OF
Greek and Latin is under discussion.
Still if the classic tongues are really indispen-
sable in Chicago they must be pretty nearly the
common speech of the rest Of the world
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-02-13
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1912.
LIFE-SAVING SERVICE.

The annual report of the Life-Saving Service pre-
sents figures which are entitled than passing
consideration
Out of total number of 8,846 persons whose
lives we're placed in danger, only thrH-seven lost
their lives, and the service rendered assistance in
l,46l marine disasters
Surely the men who spend their lives saving the
lives of others are entitled to pension when they
reach time when they are no longer able to work.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-02-13

ArriVed-Hannibal at Cape Gracias-a-
Dios. Cincinnati at Teng-chow.
Sailed-Prairie from Santo Domingo
City for Mobile. Celtic, Uncas, from
Guantanamo for Charleston, CulGOa,
PauldinE, from New York yard for
Guantanamo, Petrol from Puerto
COrtes for Bluehelds, California,
Dakota, Colorado from Honolulu for
cruise.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-02-13
ADJUSTMENTS.

ReIasco-"Macbeth," s D. IN.
Standardization II. Crane, in The
NationaI-Emma Trentini, in Naughty
Marietta" S:l5 p. m.
Chase s-Polite vaudeville. 215 and S15
Academy-"A Kentucky Romance"
CasinoGEilte vaudeville 1870. 7:45. and
Cosmos-VaudevilIe, ! to II p. m.
Gayety-Houdini and burlesque; 2:l5 and
LS S;iS p; n has and Sis p. m.
Misunderstanding, bowling, and motion
pictures.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-02-13
ARMY AND NAVY. ORDERS
ARMY.

ARMY.
Captain JAMES a. LOGAN. jr.. COM
mssary, from office of the commits
sary general to St. Louis, Mo, and
to Chicago, Ill, for duty as assistant
to the purchasing cOmmissary- in
that city,
Lieutenant Colonel HENRY ]. GOLD
MAN, cavalry, to Omaha, NebEs, to
an army retiring board at that place
for examination.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-02-13
THE DISTRICT PRIMARY FARCE.

The Times is in receipt OF letter signed by John
Davidson, saying in part:
If there was any honest citizen opposed to the
passage of the Brstow bill for legazing local pri-
mares dsgracefu performances of Saturday ought
to remove that opposition.
1t was not an expression of the popular will 1t
tTaVesty decent politics. If President Taft is true
his frequently expressed opinion in favor of honest
primaries he should refuse accept the support of the
delegates elected in his behalf.
Your editorial in Sundays issue had the true ring
and went to the very heart of the gu estion.
Mr.. Davidson is honest and we-meaning, but
pathetically innocent when he suggests so deastic
notion as President Taft refusing the support of
any delegates, however elected.
Mr. Davidson should know that the delegates Sc
lected from the District of Columbia represent the
people of this city just accurately the Admins
tration delegates from these States will represent
the people Of these States:
Alabama Virginia
Georgia MISSISSIPPI
Florida Louisiana
South Carolina Arkansas
North Carolina Texas
Mr. Davidson should know that those ten States
have half of the number of delegates necessary to
nominate Mr.. Taft
He should know that if he were not presumed to
be certain of that big bunch of delegates, Mr.. Taft
would not be a candidate for denomination because
before the unrammeled and independent voters of
the rest of the country would arouse.
The scandal of electing two delegates from the
District of Columbia is just about one one-hundred-
and-twenty-hfh of the whole national scandal of
Southern delegates. Mr.. Taft is heart and soul in
favor of the other hundred and twentythree
hundred-andt wenty-ifth of that gigantic juggle
why should he be expected to worry about so inSg-
nicant fraction as is represented by the pitiful lit
tie job of grabbing off the Districts delegates?
There is no rest for the Board of Charities; the
public, health committee of the Chamber of Com,
merce will have it on the grill again tonight in con-
necton with its Columbia Hospital report, and the
charities and corrections committee of the Board oil
Trade will start an investigation this afternoon.
The Baltimore Sun thinks that a roadway con
Meeting Washington with Gettysburg would be the
proper memorial to Lincoln but it is silent upon its
attitude toward the improvement of Maryland roads
with money from the Federal Treasury
Senator Lorimer made speech out in Spring
field, "draped in an American flag" Certain sar
torial critics thought the stripes were rather be
coming
1t is gravely announced that the SaengerbunC
! Fools Night drew a large crowd
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-02-13
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.

'assed Assistant Surgeon +. O. j. Ely
TlNGE, to naval station, Guam.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-02-13

as owl m y AM fir k he assurance ao dtrnd
to lang Letters uee,a 200 ngLa
L must ar hd as NGned mHh nut mwnnamm
III
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-02-13
NAVY

Ensign JULES JAMES. to Dolphin for
temporary duty.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-02-13

1t is gravely announced that the Saengerbund
Fools Night drew a large crowd"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-02-13

Senator Lorimer made speech out in Spring
field, "draped in an American flag" Certain sar
toria critics thought the stripes were rather be-
coming.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-02-13
JANUARY OR ULATION

The number of complete and
perfect copies OF The washing
ton Times printed daily during
the month of January was as
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-02-13

The Baltimore Sun thinks that roadway con-
Meeting Washington with Gettysburg would be the
proper memorial to Lincoln but it is silent upon its
attitude toward the improvement of Maryland roads
with money from the Federal Treasury.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-02-13

There is no rest for the Board of Charities; the
public. health committee of the Chamber of Com
merce will have it on the grill again tonight in con-
nection with its Columbia Hospital report, and the
charities and corrections committee of the Board Of
Trade will start an investigation this afternoon.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-02-13

Total for the month. :. 1888, $50
Daily average for month. AZ, $40
The net total circulation Of
The Washington Times daily
during the month of January
was 1,104, $50. all copies left over
and returned being eliminated.
This number, when divided by
27, the number Of days Of pub
LEGATION. shows the net daily
average for January to have
been 1922.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-11-06
ROCK ISLAND TIME CARD
Trains perart

tFdtn6 pcNaFT
 l:30 D. m. daily, New York and Chi eago Oklahoma and California. 7:25 p. m. daily. Little Rock Memphis Limited connects at Memphis for all joints.
 5:sO ?. m. daily, except Sunday. Mal- vern local
 FOO a. m. daily. except Sunday. Nal vern local.
 7:55 a. m. daily, Little Rock local An trains arrive and depart from Ben ton street station, opposite the postofftce
 Trains Arrive.
 10:35 8. m. daily, from Memphis. Lit tie Rock and Oklahoma.
 9;l5 a. m. daily. except Sunday, Nal vern local.
 3:55 D. m. daily. from New York and all points east.
 TAO D. m. daily. from Little Rocl Oklahoma and points east
 SIS D. m., except Sunday, from Mal- vern.
 No. 46, the 100 D. m. train, has through steel sleepers to Chicago and Denver, parlor car to Memphis an dining car from Little Rock. all stee coaches to Memphis. Direct connection at Little Rock to Oklahoma, California and all points west Connect at Mem phis for all points. Quickest time {. Now vnrk Citv without extra fare
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|P0IIIRYY EXHIBIT
 WILL BE BIG ONE
PINE BLUFF POULTRY SHOW WILL SEND NEARLY ENTIRE
 EXHIBIT TO STATE FAIR.
indications Are that the Show Wiil be the Greatest Poultry Exhibit
 Ever Shown in South.

Every day additional indications point to the fact that the State Fair Poultry Show will be one of the great est, if not the greatest. ever given in the south. The lateness of the date for the fair has brought out the early winter season snow birds from some of the big breeders of the coratry, and unless all signs fail, the show will be double in extent that of any similar show at the Arkansas State Fair.
 Eiillory Jennings, of Little Rock. was among the many poultry fans ciers who are early on the ground. He came down yesterday to arrange for an exhibit of Black Orpingtons. ne was cae of the exhibitors at the Pine Bluff show and reports that many oi the exhibitors, in fact nearly all oi them, from that exhibit will be brought to the state fair
 The Pine Bluff Commercial, speak ing on this subject, says:
 "It is reported from official circles that at least 75 per cent. of the ex aihits at the Pine Bluff poultry show will be sent to Hot Springs for exhibi ton at the state fair Local poultry men will be represented at Hot Springs by Hearndale Farm A. G Russell & Son, w C. Mcbride, H. l. Sternberg and others. Mir. Sternbers will also send an exhibit to St. Louis ''ln the Pine Bluff show there wert approximately HOO birds, covering all varieties except four, and includ ing geese. turkeys and ducks There were 600 GOODS and nine poultry houses the latter being utilized in thu egg-iaying contest, which event ere ated much interest among poultrl men and visitors.
 | In addition to the fanciers mention ed above, Cook & Sons originators o all varieties of the Orpington breed Dr. LeGear of St. Louis, and a numbe of other big breeders of show bird have made entries for the state fai l show.
 The exhibit will contain not onl,
 more than double the birds hereto | fore exhibited, but the stock will D
 of a much higher grade tnan has here tofore been shown and the judge | will find it difficult work to select tn
 winners from the many fine birds CT | tered
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NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATORS SALE

Notice is hereby given that l, ]. T. T Warren, as executor of the last VIII and testament of Martha Handy, deceas- ed and pursuant to an order of the Pfo- bate Court in and for the county ot Garland in the state of Arkansas, made ard rendered on the 18th day of Octo- Der. 1912. will on Saturday, the 18th day of November 1912, between the hours of o'clock in the forenoon and o'clock in the afternoon at the west front door of the court house in Garland county, Arkansas, offer and expose for sale cer- tain lands in the county of Garland and in the state Of Arkansas, which lands are described as follows:
 Lot one tl) in block six (6) of Me- Gowns subdivision, lots seven O.. eight fS) and nine @ in block E, of Ofdway s addition to the said city of Hot Springs, in the state of Arkansas.
 That said sale win be upon credit of three months, the purchaser or pur- chasers being required to give bond with approved security to secure the payment of the purchase money.
 Said sale will be made to the high est responsible bidder for each separate lot or parcel of land herein described provided that said bid Is equal to or greater than two- thirds of the appraised value of the land bid for
 Given under my hand as executor ol the last will and testament of Martha Handy deceased. on this. the 18th day VI J. T. T. WARREN. Executor.
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COMMISSIONERS SALE,

Notice is hereby given that In pursu- ance to the authority and directions contained in the decretal order of the thancery Coprt of Garland county, made and entered on the 23d day of October, A. D. 1912, in certain cause CNo. 5lsS) then pending therein between Alice Me Guigan, complainant, and T. E. Ruther- ford Fannie E. Houpt and w. II Martin, defendants. the undersigned as commis- sioner of said court will offer for sale at public vendue to the highest bidder, at the northwest front door or entrance of the county courthouse. in which salu court is held, in the county of Garland
 within the house prescribed by law TOT
 judicial sales, on Saturday, the 2Uth day of November A. D. 1912, the following
 described real estate, to-wit. All ot the
 southwest quarter, the east half anu southwest quarter of the northwest qual-
 ter; the west half and the southeast guar ter of the northeast quarter; the north
 half and south quarter of the south east quarter, all in sections sixteen tlol, township two @, south range seventeen Terms of sale--On a credit of three months the purchaser being required tQ execute bond as required by law ana the order and decree of said court m said cause with approved security bear 3ng interest at the rate of per cent pc, knnum from date of sale until paid, and lien being retained on the premises sold to secure the payment Of the pur- chase money.
 Given under my hand this 24th day oi
 Ds'oD' H. A. wTIITTINoTON. | Commissioner in Chancery