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With The Churches

| by the church quartet.
81. Baurs. 30. asa and L sta.
Rev. w. III. Baker. pastor. Bible
school. 9:45 a. M; Epworth league
$3.50 p. M; preaching. IL a. m. and
1880 p. m.
cor. 10th and ] SITS. Services, IL q
m. and 7:45 p. M; s. S., 10 a. m
Rev. Joseph Olsen, pastor. Mid
week meeting. Wednesday eve.
Park NJ E., Richard Decker, pas
tor. So. 25th and Wilkeson. 8. s.,
10 a. m; Epworth league, p. M;
preaching, IL a. m and 1880 p. M;
midweek prayer meeting. Thursday.
Tacoma City Missions, Rev. Clar.
ence b. Seely, city missionary. Old
Town. Preaching and S. S. COM
bined. 10 a. m. to 1880 a. m. Bryant
school house, same. Ruston,
preaching, 1880 p. M, Arlington
park, 8. s., 10 a. M; class meeting,
IL a. m; preaching. 1880 p. m.
Swedish M. e. church, 18th and
streets, John A. Whitman, pastor.
Services, 1915 a. m. and 1880 p. m.
PREsBYTnnIAN
Oakland. So. saith and Proctor sta
Z. g.. 10 9 m; Intermediate nm
deavor at $3.50 D. m. Services 1880 p.
M. Rev. w. Chalmers Quinn. speak,
~.
Emmanuel Presbyterian. No. J ana
9Th, Robert III. Milligan. minister.
Morning service, 1890; Bible school
~ o'clock; vesper. 8 p. m; Y. p. 8.
G. E., p. m.
Manitou Park. 8. g., 1000 q. M:
sermon at IL g. m. By w. Chalmers
Gum; Endeavor services. 1880 .. m.
Westminster Presbyterian church.
So. 60th and L sts.. Rev. Il. r. d.
Hollensted, pastor. Morning Wor.
ship, IL q m; evening. 1880 p. m.
MISCELLANEOUS
Society of Spiritual Truth, Fra
ternity Bldg, f117h Tacoma av.. 8
p. m. and p. m; healing and mes
sage meeting. Thursday. 2:30 D. m.
Tacoma Theosophicai society, sv-
cry Thursday. 8 o. m, at Tie SO. n
St. Reading room open Tuesday,
Friday and Saturday; Lotus circle
meets every Sunday at IL a. m.
Mr.. Hale speaks Sunday at 7:3e
p. m.
East Side Society of Friends. 1903
Mckinley av. Bible school, 9:45 a.
M; Y. P. s. c. E., 6:45 p. M; SER
vices, ii a. m. and 7:45 d. M;
sermon illustrated with stereopti-
con views in evening.
Associated Bible Students meet
every Sunday at Temple OF Music,
945 c st. International s. S. les
son, 1880 p. m; discourse, 8 D. M;
Berean Bible study, $3.50 p. m.
Order of the Star in the East
meets LIST and ard Wednesdays OF
each month at Tie So. L street, at
8 o'clock.
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A LEADING QUESTION

! What did they say to you? :
asked little Harry's mother, after
his first visit to the new Sunday
school.
= "The teacher said she was glad
to see me there"
yes"
and she said she hoped 1
would come every Sunday"
"And was that all she said:"
mo, she asked me If our fam
lily belonged to that abomination."
Chicago Record-Herald.
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Men of brains live longer than
others. they say"
Well, II you look at II In that
way, don't wonder you're feel
Ing desDondaut r--Naw York
World.
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HORREURs DU COMBAT

A gilt Of the Highlander Pypres,
Who tried to say "Przemysl" and
"Ypres.''
Cried out. Holy zoundsl
amt uttered such sounds
Since was babe and wore
dypres."
Chicago Tribune.
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War saw, war Sc, warseesaw,
Up they go and down they go.
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A sERyE-sEIlF PLACE?

Let's drop into this restaur-
ant" ~
II don't believe I care to ees
anything" ss
We'll, come In and get new
hat for your old one, anyway.
Boston Transcript.
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First Methodist, So. sth and q
SITS, Rev. Delmer H Trimble, min
lister. s. s.. ~ o'clock; services,
lv.s0 a. m. and z go p. m; Epworth
class by M. H. Marvin, Of state
Industrial Welfare Commission.
500 p. m.
Christmas concert at 1870 p. m.
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Church notices for The Times
must be In the Editorial Office by
. D. m. Fridays. Only those notices
supplied each week Will be pub
lished
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NECESSARY FACTOR

Teacher--If batted ball tray
els twenty-eight and one-half feet
In a second, how far will 1t GO
in three and one-third seconds.
Boy-It depends on the OUT
fielders, ma'am.---Puck. Y
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BAPTIST

supplied each week Will be pub
lished
Bethesda. cor. SO. 46th ana X Sta.
II. f. Cheney. pastor. s. s., 9:45 a.
m: morning services IL a. M; Jun
Tor b. Y. p. u, GAS D. M; Senior
B. Y. P. u, leader H. F. Cheney,
1880 p. m.
First Baptist, sth and d sts, .
downtown church.. J. A. sutton.
pastor. Morning service 1880 4
o'clock: B. Y. p. U. 6;4s; Mems
Bible class. 9:45 a. m.
South Tacoma Baptist church, So.
Goth and Warner sts.. r. BENJAMIN.
pastor. Morning service. IL Q. m;
evening, 1880 p. M; s. s., 10 q. M;
B. Y. r. U. meeting, $3.50 p. m.
CHRIsTiAN
First. 9Th ~ ana X. W. A. Moore
pastor. Bible school, GAS a. M;
morning service, 100 a. M: Chris
tian Endeavor. s;s0; evening service
Mckinley Park. East ssth ana
communion at IL Z M: q. n. s:S1
p. m. Frank Naples, pastor.
coscRnaA7IoNAL
First Congregational church, d.
vision av. and SITS. Rev. Frank
Dyer, pastor. Services 11:00 a. M;
adult s. s., 1920 p. M; vesper SER
vice. p. M; Christian Endeavor. g
p. m.
Pilgrim Congregational, Rev. Ed
gar G. Wheeler, pastor, No. Gath
and Warner SITS. s. S., 9:45; wor-
ship and address at IL a. m; ves-
pers p. m.
Park Avenue Congregational, Rev.
o. L. Fowler, pastor. Bible school.
10 a. m; services, IL q. m. and $3.50
p. M; Christian Endeavor, GAS D.
m. Rev. o. ID. Grey will preach
morning and evening.
EPISCOPAL
81 ana I sfS :v Rsy sRar Ss., g.
bishop. Rev. r. I. webb. yiosr.
Services. 7:so and II .. m: g. g..
9:45 a. m.
81. Andrews church. No. sth ana
rector. s.. s.. 1000 a. M; evening
prayer and sermon. 1880 p. m.
Trinity church. No. Sd and X,
Rev. c. Y. Grimes, rector. Early
celebration, 1880 a. M; morning SER
vice, II a. M; evening, 1880 D. m; S.
s., 9:45 a. m.
st. Peters church, No. Starr and
29th, L. @. Drake. lay reader. s. s.,
1o;4b a. m; children's service, 1890
q. m.
Church of the, Holy Communion.
So. 14th and I sts. Rev. Robert II.
McGinnis, rector. Services. 1880
and II q. m, and 1880 p. M; s. s.,
and Bible class, 9:45 a. m.
EVANGELICAL
Swedish Tabernacle. Cor. So. 10th
and / sts.. II. Sundquist, pastor.
Services at IL a. m. and 7:45 D. m.
5. s. at 9:46 a. M; Young Peoples
meeting at p. m.
Mckinley Park chanel. East astb
and G SITS. s. s. and Bible class. 10
a. m.
FREE METHODIST
First Free Methodist church. 1a1,
30. st.. q. M. DeFoe. pastor. 8. 81
10 am; preaching, IL am. and 7.sn
" AAAst @Ot@e >oRtto hUCtlnK. n
J.; district quarterly meeting. from
Thursday to Sunday.
LUTHERAN
Emmaneul Norwegian Lutheran
Rev. o. Hagaas. PASTOR No. 18th
and Stevens. s. s., 10 a. m, Serv-
ices, ii a. m. Christmas, 1880 D. m.
Trinity, 1907, So. l., Rev. II. Veg
ner, pastor. S. s., $50 a. M; refor-
nation service, 1880 a. m.
So. Tacoma Norwegian Lutheran
SD and Warner. Rev. o. Hagaes.
pastor. s. s., 10 a. M; services,
1880 p. m.
METHODIST
First Methodist, SO. Sth and al
SITS. Rev. Delmer H Trimble. min
lister. s. s., IL o'clock; services
1880 a. m. and Z 80 D. m; Epworth
League services 6:3O D. M; specfai
class by M II. Marvin, Of state
Industrial Welfare Commission.
Christmas concert at 1880 D. m.
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No pictures ideal husband
lated ON character drawing by any wife,
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Read The ea---'r-n Ads %
Page Six.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-26

When the wife orders oe and the husband
beef cabbage the asue divorce ought to send his
them by the waiter.
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Beware the flowing bowl. my
son. Quaff not too freely, or It
will steal away your brains"
do you mean It will make mo
Exactly. That is Illuminating
OIL"
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SO. Tacoma Norwegian Lutheran.
SD and Warner. Rev. o. Hagaes.
pastor. s. s., 10 a. M; services,
T;5V p. m.
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He-But my dear, can't give
you a cent today. I'm strapped.
She-Well, you'll be worse
than strapped II you keep running
around spending all your money.
You'll be chained to an armchair.
that's what you'll be!
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lot Of ignorant editors jumping all the Toledo
demanding know what q rambo u.s. rambo is Neryfs
five Ben Davisses concentrated into
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South Tacoma Baptist church, 80.
Goth and Warner sts., r. BENJAMIN,
pastor. Morning service. IL .. m;
evening, 1880 p. M; S. s.. 10 q. M;
b. Y. p. u. meeting, $50 p. m.
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First Baptist. sth ana d sts., .
church. J. A. Sutton.
pastor. Morning service, 1880 q
m: evening. TAB y. M; 8. 9. at -
o'clock; b. Y. p. u. 6:45; Mems
Bible class, GAS a. M
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Bethesda. cor. SO. 18th and X sts-.
II. F. Cheney. pastor. s. s., 9:45 a.
m; morning services IL a. m; Jun
Tor b. Y. p. u, GAS p. M; Senior
B.. Y. P. u, leader H. +. Cheney,
1880 ID. m.
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First. 9Th ~ ana X. W. A. Moore
pastor. Bible school, GAS a. M;
morning service, 400 a. M; Chris
tian Endeavor. 6;30; evening service
1880.
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Also it's long, long way to Paris!

10 a plum pud-
rather chances with 32en-
tmeer she'll than with an English plum pudding.
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Mckinley Park. East ssth ana
spokane. Bible school ct 10 q m;
communion at II & m: @. n. sac
p. m. Frank Naples, pastor.
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LUTHERAN

Emmanuel Norwegian Lutheran
Rev. o. Hagaas. pastor. No. 18th
and Stevens. s. s., 10 a. m. Serv-
Ices, IL a m. Christmas, 1880 D. m.
Trinity, 1907, So. l., Rev. II. Veg
ner,. pastor. S. s., $3.50 a. M; refor-
nation service. 1880 a. IN.
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FREE METHODIST
First Free Methodist church, 1911
10 am; preaching, IL am. and 7.3n
.. M: Young Peoples meeting. 7 D.
g.; district quarterly meeting, from
Thursday to Sunday.
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by the church quartet.
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.OBSERV ATIONS'

Eastern papers Specializing why woman VIII
under>the corner of carpet. Only guesswork on Q
haps it's because when she wants to use the none
so days to grab 1t from beneath the rug.
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Be you have the biggest gun and then fire VIII
ready, Gridley.
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Norwegian Danish M. e. church,
cor. 10th and SITS. Services, IL q
m. and 7:45 D. M; s. S., 10 a. m.
week meeting, Wednesday eve.
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Park M. E., Richard Decker, pas
tor, So. 25th and Wilkeson. 8. s..
10 a. m; Epworth league, p. M;
preaching, IL a. m and 1880 D. m;
midweek prayer meeting. Thursday,
1880 y. m.
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BvANGELTCAL
Swedish Tabernacle, Cor. So. 10th
and 1 sts.. H. Sundquist, pastor
Services at IL a. m. and 7:45 D. m. !:
8. s. at 9:4e a. M; Young Peoples
meeting at p. m.
Mckinley Park chapel, East s6th
and q SITS. s. s. and Bible class, 10
q. m.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-04-23
WHO THINKS FOR MEXICO?

VYVHE Of this conflict is the Mexican mind.
The censorship established by Iuerta strict to degree
nconceabe the people this country despatch mailed
to Havana the de President chad concealed
all knowledge Of strained relations beween
Mexico United States and that he general public was
the dark the controlled by the Government
published columns Of glowing accounts Of victories gained by the Fed
eral armies in the north"
Shortly the serious break the relations the two
tries Nelson Ohaughnessy the of the United States Gov
Huer declared that "moe than 90 per cent Of the
Mexican residents the Federal capital went about their affairs
total ignorance Of the crisis"
We proclaim friendship and good will toward the Mexican
people. VINO the Mexican people!
Despite all bsr troubles Mexico still claims to be republic with
misrepresentation government Where public opinion in Mex
leo? Shall among the 100000 who read and write
among the who cannot? Shall seek among the
100000 whites among the 100000 Indians among the
100000 half breeds? Shall seek it the 100000 who
pay among the peon whom have piece
of money?
Who permanent hold such public sentiment
exist? Hucrta, Va Caranza unknown figure who will
emerge in the present crisis9
ago there and periodicals pub
lhed Mexico How far do they influence popular thought
when the loosens his grip?
Is there conceivable get at public opinion
Mexico convince Of honor and good faith strengthen it, educate
H. induce to act for its good and repudae the Huerta type
Of head?
has Mexico mind? II the outlook would be grave
indeed Over territory Of 900 square miles, among population
Of born fighters already odds with another deceived deudd
By their leaders, kept in state Of ignorance and suspicion conflict
might well be long and costly.
When discover the full Of the task have under
taken will prove to be . conquest Of enlightenment?
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Chapters From
a mans Life
copysht 1914 rs Publishing Evening word
CHAPTER XXI said after I told her T 70,
By Dale Drum mond

as Co. CThe New York Evening world,.,
said after I told her could ,~o.
something with a little color
want Won N ioot ,r,,.,,..I,,, LII,
Mr.. Howelis will think ! don't E.o OF
what a pretty woman H." and 80
laughed mefrily.
Very much excited. hurr,,<
through INV ,nnchsnn
Banks put Emelie to rleen WIKI
dressed. My hair was troublesome.
and I finally coiied IL simply around
my head as usual 7 mt IN ne ~.
afternoon dress. n soft hiscL NJ: ss.s
I had worn 4, snvar.i .,,, Soh:
was with Mrs. Somers and r w ~,,oh
I had a new one. R,,t ~ u,.. III, =
had. and I really looked yer,, Iii
in Il. ~ wy We"
About z o,cIock she cor,o ,or q.
her machine ran downst,ir. ru;.S
iy. 40 that oh. wo,,,d not S"S0-
and ss tooS rn,, " sont ILL., mos come up.
looked ma ovsr cr,ticai,v ona tn LEI sns
marLad. "au 'non Se'
"You look VARY .ma+
~ .oUN vory smart am sure
~ vo,, :, nn wiz nS' De aisappoimeed
IA. ..,,d,,s. w" ner heao on one
sr;aS raay,n , rave you cver
hit o-"~a." 'anse' moi Yellow
.,uhH NO .. ,. IN.
u.,,. 49,. ~, -. iepMea, ~ mas Al
waSs seeuioo 700 conspicuous q color
0''' "heh ONO mas 10 wear t
oi.In,
uHs s.ie satne you would DO stun
I'Ins =" ~, piack nat with orange
wings would De pretty for you. I
WIS" "i"ua''o Lorraine could dress
you.
maoame Lorraine! Noted for Aer
extreme dressing Of her customers,
and for her fabulous prices. fairly
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Il Trademarks Son, He Ran
Array From Home, Became
"Vagrant," and Von I'M
mortality. :: :: :: :: =:

read that Titus Andronicus" at the
Globe Theatre was turning them
away" when other London play
houses could not make enough money
to pay for heat and light.
Until Shakespeare's time most Eng
lish plays had either been unspeak-
ably foul or else Of a scholarly drear-
mess that failed to grip audiences.
Shakespeare wrote plays that were
not only beautiful In their poetry, but
that were alive with action and
human interest. Naturally he scored
an instant and mighty success-a sue
cess that brought down upon him a
storm Of hatred and envy from his
fellow playwrights.
Robert Greene-one OF the men
whose plays were shelved In favor Of
ShakespearC's--wrote snarlingly Of
him:
This upstart crow. beautified with
our feathers. Is, In his owne concelt,
tfie."
or all Shakespears's plays. ITO plot
Of only one was original.
That was Loves Labor Lost" one
of his poorest. For the rest he took
his plots and ideas from earlier plays
or stories or from history itself. He
acted in some OF his own works;
playing the Ghost in Hamlet" and
Adam in AS You Like It."
For moro than a decade he wrote
at the rate of play every six
required q new one.
He Is said to have written 1.-THE
| Many Wives Of Windsor" in three
weeks: at a hint from Queen Eliza
beth. that she wished Ito see Fall
staff in love"
II is not on record that Shakes
peare. during all his London life. sent
to Stratford for his wife and his three
children to join him.
Yet, with the savings Of these
1 years he returned at last to his old
home; where he remained in homely
comfort.-the typical rich, self-made.
returned wanderer in a small town.
until his death In 1916.
| This Is no place to thresh out again
the old question as to whether Shake
speare wrote the plays that bear his
name, or whether Francis Bacon wrote
them and used Shakespeare as mask
for his own authorship; nor to Ques-
ton how man of Shakespeares lin
tied chances for education could have
written such masterpieces.
Shakespeare. in every way, was
iiterature's premier MAN of Mystery"
And the mystery will never be cleared
up.
Perhaps II was fear lest some Sc
cret of his life might be discovered
perhaps II was only precaution
against having his skeleton exhumed
to make way for new body In the
Stratford church yard-that led him to
write his own strange epitaph df In
deed he did write iD:
GOOD friend, for Jesus sake torbea,
TO dig the dust enclosed here!
Blest be the man ph0 spares these
stones,
But curst be he that moves M
| boncs!"
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Now then. v. Huerta! Your move,
CONTEMPT NO CURE.

Pc WISH could believe the precpated
w Row yesterday by W. W. and Anarchist who dared
proclaim the American flag unfit to defend" will be
lesson to these cheap sedition mongers
When the abuse of the nation and the flag became too
for the patience the crowd tried the The
police behaved with caution and forbarance They dubbed
and protected the aaed Their clubbing "hcrl their
protection efecual.>
As long these air agtaor allowed with their
harangus and insults until they disgust cnrage their
the point of violence long will they continue abuse suy
the fair right Of free speech
Contempt is lost on the !. WV.
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ELL. they seemed to on
kVU Toy themselves" Jack
w remarked at the break
fast table. You SEQ.
Sue. that even the
stairs didn't prevent that"
mo. but did you notice that tho
janitor had put out the lights IL the
halls? / was so ashamed! You must
speak to him. Jack, and tell him that
when we have company and they stay
late you will attend to the lights"
IAN right. grille. I'll play Janitor or
any thing else to make sou happy"
kissing me tenderly as he went out.
. looked proudly at him as he passed
down the street, tall, erect, good-iook-
ing.
hiA wife," l thought. :.
He was naturally full Of life and
he had been obliged. for various rea.
sons, to give up. He would have liked
to 60 out to Van Cortlandt Park. Sat-
urday afternoons, and play golf. II l
would have gone with him. HUT while
I played very well and was fond OF
the game, I would not 20 because l
did not have the latest In goifins
clothes.
1 had not IN yet used any Of the
S62 I had left OF the money ! had
borrowed Of Mrs. Somers. tried 10
make myself believe that was going
to keep 1t until / could add enough
10 A to repay her. But all the time
I think l knew that would not,
that i would not SO without some
thing 1 might want to pay this debt
that had almost ceased to worry me-
I soon began ordering little things
over the telephone again. 1t was so
EASY. as Gertie had said. and saved
so much time. Their bills having
been paid, the shopkeepers were only
too willing l should run others. and.
although l knew as well as they did
that II they were not paid promptly
l should again be made uncomfort-
able. allowed myself again to run
In debt.
I did not want to be anything but
q good wife; but I was. I would
have Indignantly denied that was q
hindraIfte to my husband; but was.
! would have been very angry II any
one had said that was extravagant
and lived out Of all proportion to
our means; but did. And this even
though I kept no maid and did most
Of the work. the baby's sewing and
the mending. In all that did was
laying up sorrow and trouble for my
husband and myself.
Mrs. Somers had not forgotten her
promise to take me to Mr.. Howell's
studio. She called me up one morn
inh and wanted to know II that after
noon would be convenient.
Put on something pretty" she
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combined---set flush to tho
village street, lived John
Shakespeare.
He was an illiterate but fairly |
prosperous glove maker Of Stratford-
on-Avon. so ignorant was he that he |
could barely write his own name.
And, apparently. Ge could not
even write that twice alike. For.
among the records OF his signature.
It Ii found that he spelt II no less
than sixteen different ways.
In the rambling old Shakespeare
house, on April 23. 1864. was born the
third of Johns eight children (his
first SOM, who three days later was
christened William at the Stratford
Church, and who was destined to
make the ignorant old glovemaker's
name immortal.
1 am going to sketch briefly the
story OF william Shakespeare. 1t Is
only fair to say in advance that most
of It's happenings are built on word
plymouth stories that may or may
not have been true but that have
been generally accepted for lack OF
anything more accurate TO go on.
There Is probably no great man In
all the worlds history of whom less
In really known. No scrap OF Shake
speare's handwriting Except the sig
natures of his wills) exists. Not n
single manuscript line from his plays
or poems.
are genuine. His death mask" itself
has been proven a fake.
Thus. no one knows. absolutely. what
he wrote. whether he wrote at all. nor
how he looked. il In learned from
| town records when and where he was
born, christened and married, and the
date and place OF his death.
That Ia almost all rhe rest is
made up from a hodge podge of
| rumors that may or may not be true.
| The popular version Of his story Is
this:
lie was taken from grammar school
| at thirteen and was set TO work
This work included the killing Of
calves. whose skins his father used
| fer gloves.
The boy used to make tragedy
event OF each killing. and. according
to Aubrey. would do II IN a high
style and make u speech"
| At eighteen, sorely against his
fathers wish. he was married to
| Anne Hathaway, a rustic spinstor
eight years older than himself There
| is no reason to believe he wanted to
marry Anne. that he lived happily
with her or that he had any great
objection for her or for their three
children. In fact there are several
reasons to believe the contrary.
Two years after his marriage carnc
a series of wild pranks that forced
Shakespeare to leave Stratford in n
hurry. A. protracted drinking bout
which scAndaiized the good folk OF
Warwickshire was followed by tho
crime of deer nj ealing
The -deer park that Shakespeare
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robbed belonged to Sir Thomas Lucy.
powerful local Magistrate. Jail,
the cropping of Of the thiers ears.
and even worse punishment. were the
penalties for such an offense.
Shakespeare Ned by night from his
home and family. and long afterward
revenged himself by holding Sir
Thomas Lucy up to bitter ridicule In
one Of his plays.
From Stratford vanished the TWEEN.
ty-yearsold deer-thief. And what hap
pened to him during the next six
years il not even clearly guessed at.
He simply disappeared.
Not until 1890 is he heard Of again.
Then. says the story. he was pick
Ing up living by holding horses and