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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-05

II you don't know James Stephens "Crock
of Gold" this should drive you to it. 1t is
the opening of Chapter 1:
TN the centre of the pine wood called Coila
Doraea there lived not long ago two phi
losophers. They were wiser than anything else
in the world except the salmon who lies in
the pool Of Glyn Cagny, into which the nuts
of knowledge fall from the hazel bush on its
bank. He, Of course. is the most profound OF
living creatures. but the two philosophers are
next TO him in wisdom. Their faces looked
as though they were made OF parchment there
was ink under their nails and every difficulty
that was submitted TO them, even by women,
they were able TO instantly resolve The Gray
Woman of Dun Gortin and the Thin Woman
of Inis Magrath asked them the three questions
which nobody had ever been able TO answer
and they were able to answer them. That was
how they obtained the senmity OF these two
women, which Is more valuable than the friend
ship of angels The Gray Woman and the Thin
Woman were so ineensed at being answered
that they married the two philosophers Ia
order TO be able to pinch them in bed, but the
skins of the philosophers were so thick that
they did not know they were being pinched
They repaid the fury OF the women with such
tender affection that these vicious creatures
almost expired OF chagrin. and once in a very
ecstasy OF evaporation. after having been
kissed by their husbands. they uttered 4he 1900
maIedictions which comprised their wisdom
and these learned by the philosophers
who thus became even wiser than before
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Subway SouI-Searchings

/ sent my soul through the invisible the other
night on the subway, and learned that:
The fellow with the broad shoulders and the
glow of health upon his cheeks was a clerk
in a ladies' emporium; and the frivolous
looking little blonde school teacher; and the
fat man with the lay-down collar and red
necktie had gallery tickets in his vest pocket
for that nights performance of die Wal
kuere''; and the poorly dressed. hungry-look-
ing old lady was a wealthy tenement house
owner; and the melancholy individual with the
set stare a popular cartoonist; and the little
brown wren OF woman with a child cling
ing 10 her skirts unused over admiring
glance sent her by handsome stranger that
afternoon; and the carefully guarded parcel
in the rough hands Of an Italian street laborer
was potted plant for his sick wife; and
the we'll dressed, refined-looking young chap
with sensitive lips meditated eth pleasure
upon blow he had given an inofrehsive, home
less dog as he entered the subway: b. G. E.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-05

'If you must advertise Germantown peculi-
nrites," writes Elco, here's one: The mar
rowest tailor shop in this town is at 102 Bring
hurst street, It's only Az feet wide, and the
mere act of taking pair of trousers into the
place presses them"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-05

PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 5, 1916.
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Shakespeare Positively Eyas-
i've as Tax Payer, But Keen
on Collecting Money Due

It seems that Shakespeare took
himself far less seriously than others
took him. ..: =. T.
Almost every element in the ro-
mantle drama he took over from his
predecessors. Lily, Kyd, b Greene,
Peele, Marlowe and Fletcher all con-
tributed to swell the tide on which he
rode supreme. With two exceptions
out of 81, his very plots were Dor
rowed. e. ...- -. -. =. -
The fact that Greene had black
guarded him did not prevent him from
appropriating a novel of his to make
The Winters Tale" There are prob
ably thousands of lines In the Folio
from other pens. :>>..@
To him what he wrote we're popu-
lar plays-not works. His two
poems he published and proofread;
but not one of his dramas received
the like attention. He left the thea
ter, retired to Stratford and died,
without making any provision for the
publication of the dramas that have
placed him supreme and unchallenged
above all mankind. His, certainly,
was the genius that is unselfcon-
scious. He was as modest as he was
amiable, and otherwise gentlemanly.
Why He Did Not Publish. .-=.
One reason may be given for not
publishing the plays, and we have
reason to think it was of kind to
appeal to Shakespeare. There was
no copyright, and to publish the
plays was to lessen their financial
value to his company. This gentle
WILL" this sweetest Shakespeare"
this swan of Avon," was an admit
rable man of business. II We had
only the records of the law courts.
in fact, we might not be able to think
so very well of him. He had a keen
ness for litigation which he seems TO
have inherited from his father
AS a taxpayer he was slow, If not
positively evasiye. He was apparent
ly negligent of debt contracted by
his wife. Like many men of propert,
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whole COUNTRY
OFFERS HOMAGE
TO GREAT POET
Every City,7Town and Village
Pans Observation of Tercen-
tenary of Bard'S Death

Shakespeare died on April %. 1916.
either on or soon after his fifty-second
birthday, ana that date in 1915 is to
mark the climax of an observance,
which has already begun, of one Of
the great events of history.
1t will then be 300 years since there
ended a life which has had an effect
altogether incalculable not only upon
the literature of the whole world, but
upon the subsequent life and history
of the world. His existence on this
earth was one of the profound inf!u-
ences upon human development, and
it is IS such, not solely as a great
poet, that the tercentenary of that
existence is being commemorated
everywhere.
To stimulate public interest in the
Shakespeare revival that is being led
by lovers of the best in English Etera-
ture, numerous Shakespeare tercen-
tenary celebrations are being or
ganized throughout the United States.
In practically every large city Of
the country there are to be during this
year community plays, Mosques, festi-
walls, pageants, tablea1x and other
forms of celebration iii honor of the
great poet whose fame has grown con-
.stantly during the three centuries
since his death. Into the smaller
cities and towns the celebration is
also to be carried, in the form of spe-
cial study courses. -.
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Joining in the worldwide CONNIE.
moration of the Shakespearean ter
centenary, the Morning Music Club
this week gave a notable program for
members and invited guests, which
interpreted from the musical stand
point some OF the qualities and char
acteristics Of the great dramatist,
poet and Iyricist. 49,. 81
The program was given at the Wal
kiki home of Rev. and Mrs. w. d.
Westervelt on Wednesday evening
and is regarded as among the most
notable literary and musical events
Honolulu has created-for it was an
achievement in creating--in years.
Shakespeare in Music" was the
theme. 1t was carried out in schoI-
,arly and interesting paper by Mrs.
Frank c. Anterior, piece of work of
really authoritative value, with mu-
steal interpretations by club members
interpreting the Bard of Ayon's
achievements in the realm of song and
Instrumentation. -,-5:... ".~.
The program was as follows, the
musical numbers occurring in the
course of Mrs. Atherton's paper as
appropriately illustrating her COM
ment:
/. Paper :..- -.. H..
. Mrs. Frank Anterior
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JAPANESE SHOW
keen INTEREST
in GREAT BARD
Newspapers Here Run Articles,
and Dramatic Society viii
Present One of Plays

A visitor from the mainland walked
into a Japanese book store one day
last week and was surprised to see on
one OF the tables a drawing of VIII.
am Shakespeare. what Is this fof3f
she asked. well, we are having i
number of calls for the works Of the
English bard at present, and natil.
rally keep large stock on hand" the
proprietor replied
The Japanese in Honolulu know
more about William Shakespeare than
perhaps any other 10 English writers.
All OF Shakespeare's plays have been
translated into Japanese, and already
club has been formed for the study
of his works.
Each week the Nippu Jill publishes
an article on Shakespeare. and begin.
ming on April 10 this publication will
carry an article on the works OF
Shakespeare each day. The editors
of the Nippu Jill and the Hawaii
Home Journal have found that the 10.
CONTINUED on page 49,
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Bard Of Avon Commemorated in
Morning Music Clubs Program
Notable Paper BY Mrs. Frank c. Atherton Points to Shake
speares Musical Abityustrated BY Rendition of Songs

2. Songs possibly sung in the original
performances:
LAS You Like It."-Act H.. Scene V
In the Forest of ary-an ..:....-
a. Under the Greenwood Tree.
.................. Unknown
MELODY very popular in the
= 18th Century, j
"Othello"-Act w, Scene I'll
b. Oh! Willow, Willow, Willow.
.................. Unknown
-. Melody from Dallis's Lutte
Book" t15S2) .. =. -.
''As You Like It."-Act V, Scene III
C. 1t Was a Lover and His Lass
$500. Thomas Morley 1557-1604
Mrs. Robbins Anderson
g. Midsummer Nights Dream -.
Overture ............. MendelSsohn
written in 1926 =. 49,.
Miss Clark, Miss Caldwell, Miss Suth-
49, erland, Miss Garfield g.:
4. Cymbeline.-Act II, Scene Ill.
Hank! Hark! the Lark. -.
......... Schubert-Liszt
Mrs. Ray Allen
5. Hamlet H.. ......
O., vim, dissipe la tristesse
(Oh! Wine, This Gloom Dis
pel)-Act l, Ambrose Thomas
... 1S11-1S96 ..@.... ~.
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HAD PETTY LAWSUITS ON HAND
While Doing GREAT TRAGEDIES

he eyaded the restrictions against
brewing malt liquor for his private
use--being In his way a moonshiner.
Liberal in giving aid and lending
money to his friends in need, he was
strict in collecting debts. At about
the time he wrote the final version
of Hamlet he sued the village apo.
thecary at Stratford to recover a small
loan, and while he was at work On
the world tragedy of Antony and
Cleopatra he engaged in litigation
that brought him in conflict with the
village blacksmith state Of affairs
that Emerson relates with something
akin to horror.
Got Coat Of Arms,
He conspired with his father to
secure from the conniving Herald s
College shady coat of arms and the
right to subscribe himself Gem" !;
and, while apparently not actively aid
ing an attempt to inclose Stratford
common lands, in defiance of the
rights of the people, he at best re.
manned strictly neutral toward the
project.
Careless as he seems to have been
as to his fame as a dramatist, he was
in business by no means above cur
rent standards of conduct. One gath
ers that the chief interest of his later
years was to live at case as gentle
man and provide well for his family.
Died Of "Feavour."
It is related on pretty good authori-
ty that he died of "a feaWour" after
"a merry meeting" at Stratford with
his old friend Ben Jonson and the poet
Drayton. But it is not unlikely that
the true cause of his fever was not
drink, but the insanitary condition Of
the street In which he lived.
Aubrey, Shakespeare's earliest bio.
grapher, records that he was "a
handsome, wellshapt man." Rowe
records a legend that he played the
ghost in Hamlet" II so he must
have had an imposing figure and a
voice of no common impressiyeness.
The only other part with which he
can be clearly associated is old Adam
in "As You Like It." in which his
brother, Gilbert, when an old man with
failing memory, said he had seen him
lin his youth.
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John Corbin Says Belief That
Nothing is Known of Him is
Mere Popular Myth

II is the fate of most of the great
ones of history to become heroes OF
legend-the center of picturesque
tales that simply aren't so. says John
Corbin. writing In a recent special
Shakespeare supplement of the New
York Times. The world insists upon
knowing more about them than is to
he known
Homer as a blind singer, George
washington as a boy. who, though
a very bad boy at times. told the
truth and took his spanking. are more
vivid In the popular imagination than
their merely historical personalities.
Shakespeare reyerses the rule.
He is, indeed. the center Of myth;
Tut the myth is that We know nothing
at all about him. Supreme and unap-
preached in his genius, no fact in his
biography has Impressed the world as
in the least interesting. or even cred
ible.
WIIfulIy Fosteredg
This il not merely prejudice of
the crowd. 1t is rather myth If
the greatest minds--an almost will
fully fostered myth. it sometimes
seems. All that is known with airy
degree Of certainty writes Stce.
yens-and he has often since been
quoted with approyal-''is, that he
was born at neutrality-suspicious.,
married and had children there. went
TO London, where he commenced act
ing and wrote poems and plays, re-
turned To STAFFORD. made his will,
died and was buried Said Emerson:
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Was
GOOD FELLOW TO
HIS NTIMATES

The only anecdote OF Shakespeare
that Is positively known to have been
recorded In his lifetime indicates
clearly his reputation for levity.
A citizens wife who had been deep
~ impressed with Richard Burbage's
impersonation OF Richard III made an
appointment to meet him after the
performance.
Shakespeare heard of this. and was
already there when Burbage arrived;
he shut Burbage out of the house.
saying that William the Conquered
came before Richard III. The anec.
'dote bears the familiar marks Of pop
ular invention, but for that very rea'
son is the more significant as to
Shakespeare's contemporary reputa,
ton.
The dignity Of the poets mind. IT,
exquisite sensibility, It's passionate
love Of truth and purity, we're less
evident to his contemporaries than
the light goodfellowship OF the man.
To the end the high passions OF the
tragedies and their somber. deep I'M.
agination seem not TO have been a..
ISOLATED with Shekespeare's personal.
fly. The favorite adjective for his
muse was sweet" and for himself
gentle" Even Milton, who Of al
men might be expected to appreciate
the somber, tragic words Of HIS greal
predecessor. sang:
Sweetest Shakespeare, fancy
child,
Marbles his native woodnote wild
Milton was a boy ofsS when Shakes.
peare died, and wrote these lines
some IS years after his DEATH
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WILLIAM 6AssE's POEM.
WHICH BEN JoNSoN
REPLIED

= Renowned Spenser, lie thought 4
= more nigh
= To learned Chaucer; and, rare
Beaumont, lie
= A little nearer Spenser, TO make I
y room
+ For Shakespeare in your three I
y fold, fourfold tomb.
= To lodge all four in one bed
r make, shift.
= For until doomsday hardly will I
y fifth,
= Betwixt this day and that, by
y fates be slain,
= For whom your curtains need be :
drawn again.
= But If presidency in death doth :
y bar
y A fourth place in your sacred
y sepulchre,
= Under this sable marble Of thine =
y own,
= Sleep, rare tragedian, Shakes =
y peare, sleep alone:
= Thy unmolested peace, In an IN
y shared cave,
y Possess as lord, not tenant Of
y thy grave.
= That unto us, and others, it may =
: Honor hereafter to be laid by >
= thee.
: *++*++++t+++.%@4tf
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"The Tanning of the ShreW' to
Be put on Here BY Profess
SIGNALS and Amateurs

The third centennial OF shake
speare's death will be commemorate,I
IN Honolulu by a Shakesrearean festi-
val given just after Easter by the
sootiights Club OF which Mrs. Walter
Dillingham; is president. ~.
One play, The Tanning of the
Shrew," will be part of the festival,
ind an excellent cast has been Sc
'ured. Z. A. Douthitt, who with his
)rcther will produce their own sketch,
The Spirit of Hawaii" will play
he dash.ng wife hunter and wife
amer. with Miss Desmond Kelley act
ng the part Of Katherine, the shrQw.
sh maiden who becomes the most
locile Of wives under Petruchio s
orceful outstanding. They are sup
orted by:
,apttsta, Katherine's father. 49,.
49,, ............ George G.. Potter
ucentio, sutton to Blanca. and
wealthy Ia. Young CorretheIs
iremio, also suitor to Blanca. ......
..............J Judge w. l.. Whitney
.ortensio, third sutton TO Blanca
.-..........,. Harold Dillinsha,a
ranio. servant to Lucentio
.........E White Sutton
rumio, servant to PeeFuchio. *.
r ..-.....5...........s..R. f. LAMBERT
iondeliC ......s......... ........,
ailor ~ E. e.. Steel
he Cook .............R Rudolf Blehly
ervants: DR.. WeiTiek, Mr. IIile, Ir.
Bush, Mr.. Zabriskie.
iomen In Cast. IT,. 81.
ianca, daughter of Bpptista $500.
........ .I,....... Marie Won Holt
'urtis, serving.woman FIR Petruchio
!. .............. Mrs. r. ID. KflbOnrne
age ........... Katherine Kilbourne
III induction of this play Is to
2 used so as to size = true Shake
earean flavor to the play itself. The
lst for the induction is as follows:
hristoper Sly, drunken tinker.
................ William Warren
lord ;. ...... 49,. Douglas Young
\ page, in the lords employ .....,.
Watson Ballentyne
1untsmen: Mr.. Bennett. Percy Dew
Grill, Philip Spalding. J. P. Morgan.
Committees In Charge.
The committees or the Footl1ghts
club in charge Of the details for the
production and the festival are:
Director and stage manager $780,.
1880. William Levers
Scenery .............Mr Mrs. F. r. Day
Costumes Mrs. Harry Macfarlane
Publicity $780,. Mrs. Arthur Smith
Mrs. w. w. Thayer
Music ............H Harry Macfarlane
Dances ........L. Young Correthers
It is planned to produce this per.
'ormance exactly as it was done In
time. with no elaborate
stage settings or scenery, but with mu-
BIC, dancing and costumes all true to
he Elizabethan period.
Costumes From Mainland.
The costumes have been ordered
rom the mainland. George Casper,
he violinist, has been secured to as
list in the music Of the performances,
ind the dances of the period are being
.ehearsed under the direction Of Mr..
Iorrethers.
Rehearsals are being held three
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The surest recipe for doubling the sweet
ness of life is sharing it generously with
others-Anonymous
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SHAKESPEARE NASG0NSIDERED AS
THE ROBERT CIIAMBERSOE HISDAY

Shakespeare is the only biographer
Of Shakespeare; and even he can tel,
nothing except to the Shakespeare in
u.s." Matthew Arnold wrote:
Others abide our question. Thou
art free.
We ask, and ask. Thou smilest and
art still.
0ut-topping knowledge"
When Wordsworth yentured to sug
gest that Shakespeare's Sonnets are
self-revealing:
With this key
Shakespeare unlocked his heart"
CONTINUED on page 19l
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MILLIONS "EPITAPH ON THE
ADMIRABLE DRAMATIC POET. !
w. sHAkEsPEARE.D

= What needs my Shakespeare for 4
= his honor'd bones, 4
= The labor Of an age in piled 4
= stones?
= Or that his hallow'd reliques
= should be hid
= Under starry pointing pyramid? 4
= Dear son of memory, great heir I
= of fame,
= What need'st thou such weak 4
y witness Of thy name? I
= Thou in our wonder and aston.
y ishment I
= Has built myself liye-long mon.
= ument.
y For whilst to tn shame of slow :
\ endeavoring art
\ Thy easy numbers flow, and that :
each heart
= Hath from the leaves of thy I'M
= valued book
= Those De,phic lines with deep (
= impression took.
= Then thou our fancy of itself :
y bereaying, :
= Dost make US marble with too
y much conceiving;
= And so sepulcher'd in such pomp
= dost lie,
= That Kings for such a tomb :
would wish to die.
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BIG CAST BUSY REHEARSINGFOR
SHAKESPEAREAN PLAY FOR april

times a week at the K!Iohana art
rooms. and the members are showing
the results of the hard work they are
putting into this production.
Mrs. Day, one OF the founders OF tho
Footlights Club, Is now enjoying .
three weeks vacation at the volcano.
AS socn as she returns. she win begin
work on the simple scenery required
for the play and the dances.
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Continued on page 49,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-04-12
CITY COURT WILL
CONVENE ON MONDAY
$4,000 DAMAGE SUIT AGAINST
THE CITY ON TRIAL DOCKET.
MANY CIVIL SUITS.

City court will convene next Mon
day morning at nine o'clock with
Judge M. C. Edwards presiding.
There are 100 civil cases OH the
trial docket which is considerably
above the average. Twenty-six new
cases have been filed for the appear
ance term.
There are also quite a number of
criminal cases to be disposed of by
the court
The most important civil case on
the docket is the suit of Wilbur Smith
against the city of Dawson for $780,
600 damages. The plaintiff came
very near losing his life about two
years ago by coming in contact with
live electric wire while employed
by the Dawson Telephone Co. as line
man. He alleges that he received
his injury through neglect and care
lessness on the part of the officials of
the municipal lighting system. The
city enters denial to the allegation,
and the issue will be fought out in
the courts. Mr.. Smith is represented
by HiXon & Blalock of Americas, and
the city is represented by City At
torney Marlin and Yeomans & Wiki
insOn.
The following is list of the jurors
drawn for the term: R. l.. Saville
j. A. Shields, ID. j. Sem. j. F. Hayes,
]. R. Strickland, A. C. Laing, E. w.
Aven, T. H. Clay, C. L. Durr, w. H.
Garrett, r. G. Hill, J. d. Weaver, j.
j. Johnson, b. C. Perry, j. II. Davis,
T. A. Saunders.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-04-12
MOVING PICTURES.

DR.. NJ. l.. Cummins and family and
Mr.. w. T. Slade and wife motored to
Dawson from Ashford, Ala. Saturday
and spent the night with the parents
of Mrs. Cummins, Mr.. and Mrs. T. j.
Slade.
Mrs. Rosa Calvert, Mrs. Ella Perry
and Mrs. Lucien Phillips returned to
Atlanta Monday after a stay of sew
eral days at the home of Mrs. j. b.
Perry.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus Jones arrived
Sunday night from Oklahoma City.
They were called here by the serious
illness of Miss Florice Jones.
Mrs. w. P. McCarty left Monday
for Perryville, Ala, to join her hus-
band, who is rural carrier from
the Peryville postoffice.
Mrs. j. NJ. Griggs, Mr.. E. w. Hol-
lingsworth and Miss Theodosia Hol-
lingsworth have visited in Montgom-
cry.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Joiner went
to Macon Saturday night and drove
new automobile back to Dawson.
Mrs. George Crouch left Sunday
for Leesbhrg after visiting her pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Mathis.
Misses Lucille Kyle and Marie
Smith of Athens are visiting Miss
Marion Jennings at Midway.
Mrs. G. C. Crowell passed through
mer home at Parrot.
Miss Mamie Bottoms of Thomas
Vile is expected today to visit Mrs
J. NJ Cutler.
Miss Zuleita Clay left Friday for a
visit of several weeks in Atlanta and
Sharon.
Mrs. Frank English has returned
from a visit to her mother in At
lanta.
Mrs. w. H. Locke has returned
from a visit in Huntsville, Ala.
Mr.. j. R Davis of Brentwood spent
Sunday with friends in Dawson.
, Miss Belle Cheatham has visited
Mrs. J. J. Chitty in Fort Gaines.
Miss Johnnie Steadham spent Sun
day with homefolks in Edison.
Mrs. c. A. Wall and Son have re-
turned from a visit in Eufaula.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Davidson have
been on a trip to Atlanta.
Prof. j. C. Layfeld of Richland
spent Monday in Dawson.
Mrs. w. C. Paschal is visiting Mrs.
J. H. Davis in Atlanta.
Col. T. j. Parrish of Lyons has Wis
tied Mr. w. H. Barnes.
Mrs. J. G. Dean has visited in At
lanta.