Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-24

1t wouldn't be healthy just now for
Judge Edward Tuthill, of Chicago, to
: come in contact with the Shakespeares Of
Philadelphia, for they resent most thor
oughly his declaration in an opinion rem
dered on Friday that Francis Bacon was
the author of the works of William Shake
speare.
Some of the Philadelphia Shakespeares
claim to be direct descendants of the
famous English bard whose name they
bear and they declare that IL is absurd
for little, narrow, obscure" Chicago
Judge TO set himself UP as Shake
spearean authority. In plain language,
they advise Judge Tuthill to stick to his
line" and keep out of the forbidden pas
lures of English literature.
on the other hand. the Bacons of Phila-
delphia, of which there are fully l5O in
. number. are delighted with Judge Tuthills
decision. More than two-thirds of the
Philadelphia Bacons claim to be direct de-
scendants of the original Francis. and they
declare that Judge Tuthill performed
great service to the literary world In
transferring the credit for the Shake
epearean works to the house Of Bacon. In
fact so pleased are the Philadelphia
Bacons with Judge Tuthill's decision that
IL Is certain that If the Chicago jurist
visited Philadelphia he would be met at
the station by n delegation of Bacons and
brass band. and entertained royalty at
the Bellevue-Stratford.
are so worked up over the dabbling of the
Chicago Judge into Shakespearean lit
erature that they are thinking of chal-
lenging some of the Philadelphia Bacons
20 debate on the subject. 1t is certain
that the fur would fly If a Philadelphia
Shakespeare happened to meet a Philade-
phia Bacon on the street just now.
MRS. SHAKESPEARE INCENsED.
Mrs Andrew j. Shakespeare 604 East
OF Peterborough W.
slow to express her Indignation over the
blight cast on the name of Shakespeare
by the decision of Judge Tuthill.
absurd, absurd. perfectly absurd" she
said. I'D like to know what little one
horse Judge out in Chicago knows about
Shakespeare. 1t Is ridiculous for anybody,
let alone a mere Judge, to come out at
this late day with any such nonsense.
my husband is direct descendant of
william Shakespeare, the English bard
His grandfather came over from England
long ago, and my husband has often heard
his grandfather speak of his ancestor.
Shakespeare. We are not worried by the
senile babblings of that Chicago Judge.
We have confidence In the literary stand
ing of the name of Shakespeare, and we
will never let anybody tell us that Bacon
or anybody else wrote the Merchant of
Venice or any other of the writings which
have forever established the name OF
Shakespeare in every corner of the CIV
ilized world"
DOCTOR BACON JUBILANT.
Dr. w. d. Bacon, 400 North 54th street
Select Councilman from the 44th Ward.
expressed his pleasure at the decision of
Judge TuthiIl.
at was a right decision" he declared.
"Anybody who knows anything at all
about the thing knows that Shakespeare
could not have written those works, My
brother has looked up our family tree
pretty thoroughly, and we find that we
are direct descendants of Francis Bacon.
Francis Bacon was a man of unusual lit
erary ability and he was we'll educated.
None of us Bacons ever had any idea that
Shakespeare was responsible for the so
called Shakespearean literature. OF course
the works were written by Bacon"
DIR. H. Augustus Bacon, 1897 Girard
avenue, was also certaip that Judge Tut
hill had placed the credit for the Shake
spearean works where 1t belonged He
also claimed to be direct descendant of
Francis Bacon. and is the proud possessor
of the Bacon coat of arms. On the top
of the coat of arms is the cut of pig, and
underneath are the words: "A. Bacon"
MY fathers grandfather" said Doctor
Bacon, had the same views expressed by
Judge Tuthill. He was born in England
and was descendant of Francis Bacon"
Mrs Amos w. Bacon, 1928 McCallum
street, is also certain that Judge Tuthill
is correct.
I'VE are descendants of Francis Ba-
con-" she said, land we have always
rather doubted that Shakespeare was the
real author of the works accredited to
him. Some time ago 1 read that an iron
box had been located in England contain
ing papers which shed light on this con-
troyersy, but 1 guess there was nothing
in the story"
Miss Annie Bacon, who also claims
Francis Bacon as an ancestor said:
"Ths decision of the Chicago Judge
seems quite logical. The subject Is too
big. however, TO discuss without consld-
cradle study"