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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-26

caste. how puny are our social hicker.
nSs, what little thing is mere pleasure
rs compared with the large happiness OF
mankind. shilling will bring happi.
ness to the humbiest understander OF
Shakespeare, and for the nonce. he will
mix with emperors, philosophers, princes
and wits on equal terms, for Shake.
speares humanity is every mans That
is his title 20 immortality. Ills wide
spirit viii out!ivc the mere letter OF mar
roW doctrines. rld his winged words
vibrant with tn music OF the larger re-
igiou OF huma. ..ty. will go thrilling dowr
the ages. while dogmas die and creed.
crumblo in tho dust.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-26
Shakespeare
the Altruist.

There can be no doubt that At the time
Shakespeare wrote The Merchant Of
Venice" the Jews we're not regarded With
high favor, and Shylocks first speech
shows him informed by the spirit of re-
venge. do not deny that Shylock had
just cause to be angry. and Il has been
said that revenge is primitive form OF
Justice But Just when we begin To think
that Shylock is becoming the martyr
hero Of the PLAY. and that all our sym.
pathes are meant for him. Shakespeare
the altruist. enters upon the scene, and
gives us the immortal speech on the quail
ty OF mercy. which, bursting the walls
OF the narrow court, breaches 10 human
ity the eternal message of Christian for
giveness. Here Is put in consummate
fashion the tragedy of peoples oppres-
sion; then the whole ancient Jewish
wisdom Is shattered, flung down, p thing
outworn, rent to pieces by the mightier
wisdom OF the greatest Of all the Jews.
Glance al Richard II. He Is as many
sided as The other great creations Of the
poet. What is 10 he said OF that strange
mixture Of power and icebleness. OF no
bility and apathy. of courage and irreso-
luton, of Incidence and energy? The
poet sives us the clue TO the enigma in
his presentation of the character Of this
spoilt child Of fortune, and informs us
more Ny INC CHliSnleDlnS magic OF HIS
genius than does the historian by rec
ord of dry facts. It may we'll be mag
ined that the tragic figure OF Richard
served the poet as a model for the de.
velopment Of the character of Hamlet,
with whom the Inflated King has many
points of resemblance. In both instances
we have the spectacle OF a young prince
thrown into surroundings Of barbarism
and corruption both incapable of Crap
ping with the stern facts OF life. In each
case the idealist succumbs to the ma
teriaist-the man OF action. Each in bis
way laments the futilty OF his existence
Hamlet on the immortality Of his soul.
Richard on the divine rights Of kings
each seems to breathe that sad and fan
tastic irony which is so dominant a note
in the poets mind.
In the beginning OF the play, when the
two appellants come before him. Richard
exhibits that princely confidence which
had already enabled him to quell the fol-
lowers Of Wat Tyler, and to raise in his
people those high hopes for a great future
which were never to be realized. Again,
in the lists at Coventry, when he stops
the intended fight and there and then
banishes both combatants, he comes
forth as strong, quick and resourceful
statesman. But, later. at the bedside OF
his dying uncle his bearing is harsh and
unfeeling, completely overshadowing the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-26
Scene of Desdemonas Murder by Othello

good qualities he had shown before Fur
thermorc, on tho return TO Bolingbroke a
few months afterward, when the unhappy
king is deserted by his subjects, Shake
speare reveals him in the throes OF an
exaggerated and over-indulgcnt Seli-pity.
The passionate. hayward artistic nature
that bfeore made him ovorbcaring and
imperious. turns him nov into an cficm
mate and sclf-compassionaio creature
There are occasional rallies Gf wit and
spirit, bat the poet shows them rs mere
fickers flaming up oUt Of the darkness
OF his despair. Then Just as we are feel
ing contempt FOR Tho man the humanity
OF Shakespeare bursts through again
and, in the scene Of the surrender OF his
crown, compcls lis TO acknow ledge Ia this
complex character a distinct nobieness
and pathOs-thiS possibly. 10 prepare us
for the death Of Richard in prison, whore
we arc given Il remnant OF his old bear
ing. though tempered by repentance and
resignation.
Take asaiu the development Of The
characters Of * ing Lear Of Macbeth and
OF King John. None Of these is hero
IN the conventional sense OF the word.
In themselves, they do not call forth Our
sympathios. It is their humanity thrown
athwart the tragic incidents OF their
lives which gradually awakens in US emo
tons eliminating in a climatic agony Of
grief
Let MS now pass from the contsmpla-
ton OF ShGkcspeare's work 10 a consd-
eration o! the treatment which his i'll
terprcters should devote 10 that work in
order 30 bring nome 10 the spectator the
true meaning OF the poet. And here it
is the actors highest aim 10 give that
note OF humanity which makes the whole
world kin.
II is tho fashion 10 say that the mount
ing of Shakespeare is the main consid-
Grafton the modern actor-maGager has in
view. That is al! nonsense. These are
the outward fourishes and not the cs-
seniials. II was once thought necessary
that the actor should pat Oh stills in
order to reach the Shakespearean height.
No author demands more natural. a
more sincere. a more human treatment
al the hands OF the actor than does
Shakespeare lie. being the most mod.
crn OF writer's. demands the most modern
treatment. He is moi OF yesterday, nor
io-day.--he is OF yesterday and to-day and
tomorrow and the day after tomorrow
The actors own humanty-that is the
all-important question. How far is he 10
allow that to he infused with the char
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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-26

that died O Wednesday. Doth he feel
it? No. Doth he hear it? No. Is 1t
insensible then? Yea. TO the dead. But
will 1t live with the living? No. Why?
Detraction will not suffer 1t. Therefore
I'll none of it. Honor is a mere scutch-
eon-and so ends my catechism.
Turn 10 Marc Antony in Julius Gaze
sar." How serenelv relentless was his
observation of humanity in dealing with
this motley crowd! Marc Antony has
the complex nature OF a man, and is not
merely a stage figure. Though a hero
he does not disdain TO stoop TO subtcr-
fuge to gain his end, and plays upon the
unwashed mob as great composer
sways and dominates, iatters and ca
joleS. DULLES and inspires All orchestra.
Brutus. too. Is he q hero? No-though
noble in utterance, he is the sclf-deceiv-
ing politician. There have been many
such. who, 10 gain their ends. persuade
themselves that their means are hon
est-that they themselves are sincere.
Brutus kills Caesar-for the good Of the
cause, from his point OF view. Antony
revenges his death--for the good of the
cause. from his point of view. Shakes
peare remains the apoloeist OF both. Was
Caesar right? Was Brutns right? Was
Where Is Shakespeare sympathy? Every
where-nowhere-hc holds the scales OF
justice, mysterious. elusive. impartial,
inscrutabe. seeing with equal eye as
God OF all, hero perish or sparrow
fall"
Take Shylock Most people appear TO
think that Shylock must either be de-
mon or saviour. lie is. in truth a
mixture OF both-the man-the lew!
But mark the serene impartiality where
with Shakespeare sits in judgment on
the soul OF Shylock! He presents in
him the vices as we'll as the virtues of
his race. Domesticity is one Of the He
braic virtues. The love Of his daughter
commends him TO our sym pathies-anon
his vengeful and cruel nature commands
our censure. II is, therefore. ridiculous
10 present Shylock as a merely sympa-
thetic character. OF course. the culmi
nation of suffering creates sympathy
with any man. and, while laughing at
his prctensions. we weep At his griefs.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-10-29
Where Some of
Our Crude Oil Goes

Light IS furnished by an American
product in over a hundred countries,
in every grand division and every eli.
matte section Of the world The prod.
ucts from mineral oil are used to
generate power and lubricate machin.
cry In more than eighty countries.
over a billion gallons OF American
kerosene pass out Of this country
yearly. The United States now pro.
duces two-thirds Of the worlds supply
%, petroleum. the enormous exporta.
tion being a billion and a half gal
Ions.
What becomes OF this billion and
a half gallons OF petroleum passing
out yearly? II goes as already stated
20 a hundred different countries. col.
onies and islands. Scarcely a coun.
try in the world can be named to
which 90 Is not SEN, Even Russia,
which was Tor years our chief rival
in the worlds petroleum markets,
was taking prior 20 the war. consid-
cradle quantities OF American lubri.
eating oils made from petroleum, and
her Asiatic possessions took great
quantities OF our Iubricating oil.
England was the best customer. and
next came Germany. China, the Meth
erIands, Japan and British India. In
fact. practically every country in the
world receives greater or less guam.
titles o' our petroleum
Not only is our petroleum popular
IN the homes Of all parts o. the world
but American gasoline. exported IN.
der the name Of naphtha, is furnish
ing power 20 automobiles. motor
boats and aeroplanes In various sec
tons of the world. while lubrlcating
oil is exported % over eighty coun-
tries and is valued at more than S2O-
10000 per year.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-10-29
Uncle Sam Oil
Company; Producers
and Rcfiners

Among The important development
movements under way IN what SIS
known as the northwest extension OF
the Healdton field. IS the drilling cam
paign being conducted hv the Uncle
sam OIL company Following the
leasing OF about eighteen thousand
acres In that territory the "frhtuE
Independent IS at work with i's drills
there.
The plans OF the Uncle sam Oil
company in the northwest extension
OF the Healdton field assume added
Importance when Il IS remembered
that the policy OF that organ -a'.r4
IS TO not alone produce its own petrol.
cum, but 20 transport it 20 i's owr
rehneries and serve its patrons with
refined products.
Much OF the acreage controlled Dr.
that company IS located on a reported
greater anucline than exists in the
Healdton field proper, and geological
determinations for the properties are
very natter.ns
Il is generally believed among oil
Interests tnat if he development dis
closures by the Uncle sam OH com
pany on its leases in this section of
the state bear out. even to a small
degree, the favorable prospects which
form the basis for lts operations. It
will erect a refinery either In Okla
homa City or in Ardmore and. trans
port its crude oil over It's own pipe
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-10-29

line, after building the latter from its
producing wells to the point al which
.i ii, determines to erect The refining
plant
II this we're 20 be done. The Uncle
sam Oh company would ovl four re-
auer..s as .t u1a has three. located
s7eetigs,y az West Tuls Okla.
clarryale. Kan, anu Kals-s City.
Kan.
This aggressive Iudepe1sa1,r or
rar.Huou ia unique as a factor IN
N.i.Coaeueut oil deId affairs because
Of 'ae fact that &. IS owned tv twenty
one thousand stockholders. embracing
every congressional district 10 the
United States It set out eleven years
ago To- band together a multiplicity OF
moderate Investors for the purpose OF
Organizing and operating 40 ol pro
lu.lng, oil trans porting. @. refining
and on distributing o-Ta ulzation.
which could compete wix any Of the
....::. &C.. a: 4 s: '::.; E. .a'.a i. 's:: :s::
II established. and MAJ aius. d.
rect 90 'ae people disulbu;.a- stations
iu Oklahoma, Kansas al. Missouri.
N..h a con aatly increa ag ogtpu,
of refined oil products.
is pipe line. now uear'e tao hun
ired miles i1 length. Va exempted
from The ruling 0t the Ul..ad States
supreme c1l-r that aI s.sr pipe
lines We're common carriers
The Uncle sam on company nov
has in operation about o-e hundred
dfty producing wells. ana 0ans an
area o, decided lands and leases
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-10-29

amounting TO more than thirty thou
sand acres.
Harry II. Tucker Jr, who organized
the company and who remains its
principal executive officer. is one OF
the stalwart figures Of the petroleum
industry. lie has attracted national
attention by his advocacy OF federal
and state price control OF petroleum
products.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-10-29

SAYS Solom0ns Pr0yarb. when the
righteous are in authority the people
reioice" Tie Uni'sd states finds
that this is 90. and they are going
% keep on rejoicing. four years more.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-10-29

or hyphenates the English spar
.oEs are the most Objectionable.
Evening star., 1916-09-20
FOR sALE-MsCELLANEoUS
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

DICTAPHoNEs-seve big bargains
can be had by seeing Mr.. Mcintosh,
Manager. The Dictaphone, 1910 G st.
NV. NJ. 2067. Outfits sent on trial;
terms IL desired.
Evening star., 1916-09-20
WANTED-GARAGEa

HAVING numerous requests from pfsssnE "a
prospective Ford owners for private and public
garages. we would be pleased to have them
listed with us free Of charge. Univsesal Aute
Ca a21o 0ann. aaA r. ia
Evening star., 1916-09-20
FOR sALE-GARAGM.

BUY OR RENT one Of my PORTABLE 1T1Dk
GARAGES and place II on your own lsG.
WIN. n. DOUGAL,
Phone Main 1913. 1410 st. ~.
STEEL COVERED GARAGES oONPLnT1D
With Cement Floors, SIS uuR.. o.
ph. West esl. once and Factory. 9lo7 o q. ~.
GET GARAGE THAT Will OUII.A8f Az
garage on the market, In appearance, duEnhG.
{ty and price. v. T. b. BIhN, Soo0 11th q
nv, Phone Col. 1912.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-29
: ARE MEDICINES LIQUORS?

A certain class of prejjudiced and jealous doctors call patent medicines only alcoholic beverages. They will tell you that such and such a medi- cine contains as much alcohol as a glass of beer or a certain quantity of whiskey; but they do not mention that the beer or whSsksk fk Swal- lowed at one draught, while only a small quantity of the medicine is taken at one dosa. At the sa e time they will use alcohol quite as freely and many in four or five times as great proportions in their own pre- scriptions.
 Such standard remedies a.s Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound use barely enough alcohol to pre- serve the root and herb extractives, tco little to have injurious effects and the medicine can be had, if de- sired, in non-alcoholic form.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-29
FIRE DEPARTMENT PROBE.
Council Committee will Today In.
 vestigate DfssensiOn,

The aldermanic fire committee will meet at fire station NO. 1 at 2:3o o'clock this afternoon, and will make an Investigation into alleged dissen- sions existing among members of the department, and which are said to have been existing for some months past, being punctuated by wordy arguments, one or two personal en- counters, and at least one police court case.
 The matter was referred to the fire Committee at last nights session Of the council, and the committee was instructed to conduct full investi- gatioh, give everybody interested a hearing, and report back to the council. Chairman R. G. Johnson fixed the time>h and; place for the meeting, and informed the other members of the committee, Alderman Frank Franey and Alderman D. B. Niven. The mayor is ex-officio a member of the committee.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-29

'I can sand ii no longer. ] au leaving for good" she explained.
 "But where will you &o?" aakeU the bachelor.
 ''To the river: I shall drown my self" said Victoria, overlooking the evidence of the bag.
 You shall marry mo at once" sa d the bachelor. and she did, that very night.
 Unkind persons said that the cX- bachelor was surprised later to dis cover on what good terms his wife and her family were. but that is an other story.
 These illustrations serve to show that, to use an old and Very vulgar p-ovcrb, there are moro ways Of kill ing a dog thar by choking him to doath wit, butter. To say bluntly. Twill you marry mc?" to a man is to alarm him: to create in him q de- sire to fly to the uttcrmost parts Of the earth. But lot the maiden set her scene sllillfully. skillfully choose her topics of conversation and she can have any masculine persons whose af,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-29
Ordinance Creating Side
 walk District No. 10 Passed Last Night.
MAKE ALL TAXES
 DUE AT SAME TIME
City Collector Instructed to Confer With Commissioners of Several Districts on Plan for One Period
 for Payment of Taxes.

The city council last night, in al. journed session. finally passed the ordinance creating sidewalk improve ment district NO. 10, for the laying 0! concrete sidewalks in Cypress stree; from Sixth avenue to Eleventh ave- rue. This matter has been pending for some time, and it is believed now that the property owners have about come to agreement and that the dis trict will go through and the side walks be laid.
 The council granted second readins to the ordinance creating street paw ing improvement district No. 37, for paving streets in the southwestern part of the city, to connect Cherry street with the Sulphur Springs road. and the ordinance then went on the calendar. It will likely be finally passed at the councils regular meet ing next Monday night.
 Occupation Tax Talk.
 There. were talks made by Alder- men Veil, McGibbpny and Simpson on the. matter of.'a proposed "occu- pation tax" and finally, at the sug- gestion of Mayor Bloom, the ordi- nance committee was instructed to
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-29
FAITH NEWS.

c. C. Neale and daughter, Miss Bessie, went to Pine Bluff Monday
 R. c. Richards of Shreveport, La vas here Monday in the interests 0! the oil we'll.
 H. M. Dial was visitor in the city Wednesday.
 Miss Miranda Taylor arrived here Wednesday to visit her brother, Prev. Q. H. Taylor.
 Mrs. w. H. Ellison spent Thursday in Pine Bluff.
 J. T. Hurr has been on the sick list the past week.
 H. E. Helvie returned Friday from a business trip to Little Rock.
 Mrs. Julian Berry of Calmer visited her uncle, s. H. Wilson, Friday.
 J. T. Herr spent Friday and Satur- day in the city with R. c. Helvie.
 MT. and Mrs. Will Greenlee of Millville, visited MT. and Mrs. J. NJ. Greenlee Saturday.
 William, Hensel and Leslie Green lee made trip to the city Saturday.
 Leslie Helvie spent Saturday in Pine Bluff.
 J. E. Stump returned to Shreveport. La. Saturday, after spending some time here in the interest of the Caddo Oil company. After inspect ing the territory, MT. Stump found very Favorable prospects; land ex- poets to return soon to begin opera tions.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-29

prepare an ordinance and report il to the council at the next meeting. Messrs. Veil, McGibbony and Simp- son are members of the ordinance committee, MT. McGibbony being chairman.
 A communication from Mayor Simon Bloom was read and approved, the mayor inforIing the council Of the resignation of Eugene Downs, as sistant in the office of the city engi- neer, and suggesting that the office be abolished for the time being.
 A communication from the chamber of cnmmerce, urging that the council instruct Mayor Bloom to attend the meeting of the Arkansas River I'm -provement association at Muskogee, March 2 and 3, was read, but no ac- tion was taken by the council in the fatter.
 One Tax Period.
 Alderman Well brought up mat ter which was referred to the city collector, and which was mentioned for the purpose of ascertaining if it will be possible to arrange that taxes of all improvement districts in the city may be due and payable at the same period of the year.
 MT. Veil urged, and his statement was concurred in by Mayor Bloom, City Collector Hutt and members of the council, that if all the taxes can be made to fall due and be payable at the same time, great conve- nience will be conferred upon the tax payers and everybody else interested, and he strongly advocated that the city collector take the matter up with the commissioners of the vari- ous districts, to ascertain what may be accomplished along these lines.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-29
NEW TtbfEL CLERK.
]. ", Davies Sueeecde z. C. GHiil al
 is0tci Viu"s.

Announcement was made &e=.rer- oaY thai j. W Davies has accepted tlte position of night clerk at the Hotel Pines, to sucrevd C. C. Chill. who has tcndered his rcsiguatIor. ihat he might accept A ore lucrative emplcyment in another field.
 Mr. Davies has been with thc Rfckham hotel of GreenWllc, Texas, the Hotel Grace of Abilene, r Xes, and the West End Flo;el of St Louis, Mo-, and is very widely known to the traNcling public. He started in his new position last nigh. and made it plain at the beginning that he is affa- ole and genial. as well as experienced
 Mr. Quill leaves today or tomorrow for Ohio. where h. will be connected with the savings department of biz bank He has made many friends here, who have expressed their hopes for success for him in his new veu- tufe.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-29
IF LEAP YEAR GiitL IS SKIELEuL SHE CAN MAKE. MAN SSY THE, CRYPTIC WORDS
 HIMSELF

He declared that nothing would give him greater pleasure than to advise her, whereupon Mary, in a low voice which trembled with emotion told him that she was sought in marriage by Tom Jones, who was drea dfully in sistent, and that she did not love Tom Jones and she did love someone else, and what should she do:
 "Oh Mary, marry me?" cried the slow suitor, surprised out of his apa- thy, and 10 her end was gaincd!
 It may dawn upon the husband of Mary Brown at some period of his history that he was helped along in his suit very scientifically, but on that occasion he felt nothing but gratitude that he had learned of his rival in time to thWart him.
 Then there was the case of vic- toria. Victoria had ir tow bachelor who was deemed weil-nsh impreg- nable, so often had young women tried to marry him, so often had he escaped their darts. But Victoria had both courage ard resource. She told the bachelor how cruelty she was
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-29
New State Officers Of Daughters of Revolution.

The following are the officers elected last week at the Batesvil!e convention of the Daughters of the American Revolution, of Arkansas: State regelt-Miss Stella P. Hardy, Ratesville. <
 Vice regent-'Mrs. s. P. Davis, Lit tie Rock.
 Recording secretary-Mrs. Theo- core Maxwell, Batesv;lle.
 Corresponding secretary.-Mrs. Full. Ter Magazine.
 Treasurer-Miss Helen Price, Little Rock.
 Registrar-Mrs. c. w. Pettigrew Pine Bluff.
 Historian-Mrs. w. T. Woodbridge, Pine Bluff.
 Parliamentarian Mrs. Bla;sde,i, Hot Springs. Chaplain-Miss Clara Enc, Van Buren.
 Advisory board-Mrs. George Leip- CT, Little Rock, and Mrs. Jacque Ma nier. Hot Springs.
 The conference will meet in Little Rock in 1917.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-29
YOrk-Burbank Wedding Was Sunday Ceremony.

Robert York of Chicago and Miss Ethel Van Burbank were married at noon Sunday, at the home of the brides parents, MT. and Mrs. J. D. Burbank, in South Olive street, in the presence of immediate relatives only, the ceremony being said by Rev. J. I. Norris, pastor of the First Presbyterian church.
 The home was prettily decorated for the occasion, with cut flowers and pot plants. The bride was at tired in a handsome travelling suit of tan, with accessories to match. Immediately after the ceremony, MT. and Mrs. York left for Memphis. for 3: short stay, after which they will make an extended tour of Virginia before going to Chicago, where Mir York is prosperous business man and where they will be at home at the Plaza Hotel.
 The bride is the only daughter ot MT. and Mrs. Burbank, and is 2 charming and talented Pine BluiI girl, who numbers her friends in tn: Hundreds. The groom was formerly 8 resident of Pine Bluff, who is wei! remembered here by many friends. :