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can laugh at the powdered wig and hoop
skirts of the lady and at the valet costume
OF tho gentlemen; in sooth It does look
Like an Ainazonian Marie Antoinette run
ming of with n frightened George III. But
no one can deny that the imperious mind
Of Lady Macbeth peers forth in the por-
trait and that the broken, vacillating will
OF her husband Is shown in Garrick's con-
science stricken face. And what, after all,
is Correct coituining without these great.
indispe nsable factors? We Of the present
day know only too well.
Perhaps tho Sayer portrait OF Mrs. Yates
Mrs. Pritchari's successor and Mrs. Sid
dons's Immediate predecessor at Drury
Lane in the part OF Lady Macbeth-wil
strike many as ever more provocative Of
laughter. In it are displayed the very eX-
,renes OF hoped and panniered maraiii-
cencc. Yet somehow. in regarding It, ono
sees the justification OF DaviesS praise.
Mrs. Yates he says, was AN actress
whose just elocution. noble manner. warm
passion and majestic department had cX-
cited the admiration OF foreigners aSd liked
the affection and applause of her ovn
countrymen.' In leaving her etfigy |
cannot help wondering whether "A modern
hobblc skirted Lady Macbeth would te any
nose impressive to us.
Before leaving the Garrick period. ] de-
sire to call attention to a picutre of Mrs.
Barry as Rosalind, in coat and brcechcs
of no time or place. but with the "cutcst'
little puff,d and powdered and qneued wiz
OF the midccntury; Mrs. Abingdon, the
great original Lady Teazlc, as AN anus
ingly powdered and behooped and fe>-
tooNcd Beatrice, and Mrs. Yatos as Isabella
in Measure FOR Measure" with no trace
.. n nuns !. rh .<tst,t , Nlil ,i u1p1,, than
casual mundane susgestivcneSs depending
from her towering couture. Mrs. SiddpnS
dressed Isabella in exactly the same way,
hut Fanny kemble aud AdelalJr Nelson
and Mudteska made her the peusirc nun,
devout and pure, of Shakt pcdre's aud our
fancy.
Garrick : successor on the London stage
was John Phi.ip k,mbic, who reignc,! from
1888 TO 1917. Much water had flowed under
the bridges since Garrick began, and 10y the
end of the century both kcmblc and his
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printed in 1869.

imagination as sovereign and subtle as his.
that II is able while hitting the mark" OF
the particular situation with an infall!blc
accuracy to lead ones mind inward. back
ward and beyond where the cry of the mo-
ment. however absorbing, is merged and
fulfilled in something unmy steriously large
and satisfying.
Matthew .Arnold'S famous attempt 10 de-
fine and formulate what he calls the grand
style" is rendered less valuable than it
might have been for critical purposes by
his tendency 10 assume that such style,
when once 1t has risen to a certain level
he calls it the level OF the highest
truth and highest seriousness"-loses
the flavor and distinction Of it's espe-
cial author and becomes in IA sense impcr-
sonal. One finds difficulty in following him
here. There Is surely AS much difference
between the style of Shakespeare at his
very greatest and the style OF Dante, say,
or Goethe, as there is between that Of
Wordsworth and Byron. Style when It
rises to the supreme heights Of imaginative
power does not become less personal, but ~
anything more personal. Here, as in every
thing else, Goethc's great saying holds
true. "ln art personality is eNerything."
The chief popularity OF Shakespeare's
for 1t 10 surely = most unworthy
device of the critics to seek to escape the
burden Of analyz!rg this supreme achieve
ment VI art 10y begging the whole question
IN such phrases as lie has every style"
He Is at the top of every situation and
so forth lis the use he makes of little, cas-
ual, homely realities, giving them "A touch.
a glamour, Il poisnancy, an imaginative
heishtening, which throws a strange
beauty round them. while 1t does not for
n moment DESTROY the SAVIOR Of their real
ity. only second to this element In his
manner is the extraordinary sense OF IL
nallty which he is able to convey by tho
mere rhythm and cadence, II might seem.
Of the flow of his sellables,
Finality! In this word, perhaps. you
have the very secret and ultimate quality
Of the highest art. To communicate to us
by the purging potency Ut tragic emotion
IT. is the artists own delnition--that
sense of rcpose, of rest, 81 profound quiet
ness which has the quality OF energy and
yet remains In such absolute equilibrium
that It libcrates and rclaxes instead Of
stimulating and rousing: this. and nothing
less. 10 what art At it, highest y able
to achieve And nothing. a. q matter Of
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fact, is more characteristic OF the style
Of Sha kespcare than this liberatinG air OF
tnnli,y. this note Of absolute rcpose
and rest and Quictness.
one is conscious Of this impression IN
every one Of the great Tragedies. particu-
larry ut the clos. of them. And those last
Mass he wrotr, "C'ymbelinc.' the "Wintcr's
Tale and "The Tempest" are woven, II
one might say 80, of the very stun of ahsn-
lutte rest. and the dreamy tinality of the
land OF hearts desire. 1t Is herein TINS
power OF producing on impression of monu-
mental rest and calm-that Shakespeare
for all his romantic lapses, Ii with III"
classical masters. The great, solen'h
single lines in his plays with which ne
very often sums up the whole tragedy OF
what has gone before produce upon tho
mimi precisely that effect uf large ana Ep-
Grating peace. with all harassins turmoil
excluded. which one IL conscious ol III the
presence OF Greek statuary. But the point
one must never allow oneself to forget IN
seeking to capture the supreme magic oil
Shakespeare's style and reduce II 10 It's
constituent clements IL the fact thst 80
far from being AN anonymous ana iinper-
Sonal evocatioN It il penetrated tnroue"
and through with tho passion OF his per-
sonality.
One often amlscs oneself with "N'
dering how far the most vivid and inter-
esting characters In fiction arc drawn fr"T
persons the author has known and how
far they are projected from his own III
terror consciousness. In Shakespenrc's
case It seems as though the latter method
were nearly always the one ho adopts II
would be possible to make II list Of char
acters, and. putting the women aside. such
characters would prove the most interest
ing of all who. taking all together, might
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Mrs. Pd@had and David oAek in Macbeth" coNumed in thu court dress of the reign Of George Ill

in 17+s. ! hope the observer Of the por-
trait will not MRS the armchair in Corio-
ianuss tent: Doran tells US that Quin as
FalstaR In Henry W." when wearied from
fighting sank down or the battlefield TO
moraliss n would repose not on a stump
but OF q red velve armchair with blue
fringe conveniently placed there to re-
ceive his bulky form!
In all matters discussed above conjecture
must not be pushed too far; at best we can
arrive at little more than probability. The
small number Of prints Of the earlier actors
in costume also balks inquiry. Undoubt-
eddy practice varied from decade to decade.
and lot much could be expected in any
case Of an age with 40 little facility for
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Of life itself. transparent and brittle--if
one can Use such words Of such d thing
but ~unconquerable, because 1t must needs
die down In darkness before 1t can know
defeat. 1t is above all an attitude which
has learned the wisdom OF resignation; a
wisdom that does not necessarily render
ns passive or inert. but which saves us
from the vain and useless waste Of energy
cntailed in the effort to change what lam.
cntable experience has taught US can
never he changed.
II Is perhaps for this very reason an
attitude much more friendly to persons,
to individuals--with all their heart break.
ing and seductive weaknesses thick upon
them-than to principles or convictions or
what are called ideals. To these latter
evocations Of human folly the Shake.
spearian attitude Is touched--why should
we not confess it"-with a certain quiet
unmistakab!e vein Of mischievous deviltry.
And yet-for they are so lovely and touch
ing in their ardor--who could treat the
ideals of youth, especially the ideals Of
love impassioned youth, with moro delicate
tenderness than Shakespeare:
It is y very singular thing, and one
well worth noting. that in his attitude
toward women and girls Shakespeare IL
more reverential and more chiva'rously
considerste thar any writer who has ever
lived. And yet It is not that he ideali1es
them In the foolish. insulting manner OF
ordinary erotic minded men. In some
strange way he seems conscious when he
approaches them OF the presence Of
thing mysterlously near to the deepest
secrets OF the universe.
lie does not rend and tear at their
psychological f~ralltles In the manner OF u
Balzac. lie does not patroni1e them or
scold them In the manner Of Il Meredith.
lie does not exhibit them In their tumultu-
GUS and desperate moods Of abandonment
US does Dostoievpky. 1t Ia rather az II he
came to them gently and sravely and very
quietly: almost az II ne would apprehend
the magical secret OF their existence by
catching them asleep, or. at ANY rate. ~
they are in their unguarded. unperturbed
moments, whom they are alone, or alone
with some girl friend.
TurEenief has something Of this Shake
speartAn delicacy and reveSenoe In regard
to women. but With him II 10 often spoiled
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by a certain irritating and ~self-conscious
sentimentality, almost as II, like some ell
derby beau, he were himself "in love with
the little darlings. There is also IA tendency
in Turgenief and II is u peculiarly annoy
Ing one--to emphasize the innocence and
purity OF his Young heroines. There Is
absolutely nothing of this in Shakespeare;
indeed. he is so free from IL that there
have been found commentators heavy
handed and clumsy enough to go so far
as to call attention to the unmaidcnly for
wardness' OF some of the Shakespcarian
virgins.
May one be allowed to hazard the sug-
gestion that what our greatest poet really
feels most conscious Of in the company Of
women and girls is their astounding ali
sence OF pedantry: that magical nearness
to Nature herself. which gives to every
one OF their unexpected capriccs the mys-
terry Of deep clear water or the depths Of
the uncivillzed sea when II is calm and
playful? This primitive. inexplicable ar
bitrariness IN women Is the thing which
above everything else enhances that sense
OF unfathomed mystery which has been
made the subject Of - much classic Won
der. But wonder at Il as much as one
pleases II still remains "A very definite and
palpable fact, witnessed to by all the poets
Of real clairvoyance from Catullus down
to Thomas Hardy.
In answer to the question which after
these 800 years we lind ourselves still ask
!ng--the question. namely, as to where en-
actly lies the extraordinary appeal OF Shake
speare's plays--we seem led To discuss It IN
the manner In which he hits the precise
mark 80 hard. so almost impossible an
achievement in all those recurrent crises
Of human feeling which the drama Of life
evokes. And yet when one has said He
hits the mark" one has after all said very
little. for the ultimate, the residual charm
Of the Shakespearian touch lies not 20
much In hitting the mark as in doing 10,
ut least In his great scenes with an i'm
aginative felicity and absolutencss that
seem to cover In some indescribabie kind
OF way more ground than the mere reyela-
ton Of q particular human mood.
II 10 % though the very beauty. So baf-
Ming TO logical analysis, of the words he
uses conjures up vistas and horizons of re-
moter. less palpable associations than the
mere stress Of the tragic or comic occasion,
such ~ II may DO, 10 able In itself to evoke,
This Is indeed the supreme privilege Of IN
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tain strongly individualized characters like
Shylock. Malvolio and Falstaf rave indi-
vidualized costumes, though the characters
about them appear In ordinary Queen Anne
dress. This strikes one as very curious;
In the l71i nine volume Shakespeare these
same characters. as we'll a. Othello, are
even moro sharply set Off from the rest.
Now years after, a driving quite In the
Hogarth manner represents IA tavern scene
featuring falstaH surrounded by men Of
Windsor. Dame Quickly in the background.
The FalstaH wears a duplicate Of the
dress sported by Quin IN the beautiful
mezzot.nt OF him in the character and may
be faxed up" from II: but all the other
people In the sketch-except Quickly
might have stepped from tho "RAke's
Progress or Marriage "A IN Mode" This
indicates that though in some plays Of un-
certain chronology the dressing would be
contemporary with that Of the artist or
actor. individual characters would inherit
a traditional costume that went from gen
Grafton to generation.
Yet notice that even in Henry w." where
ons would expec. some degree of historical
accuracy throughout. spranger Barry
Garrickis only rival. the handsome. mel
linuous Romeo ~ 1850. the matinee idol Of
a day when matinees were not--Spranger
Rarry enacted Hotspur, perhaps to GUMS
Falstan. IN Il suit like that a noble of his
lime might have worn from the theatre TO
a great function at court, The habit u
noblemen giving their cas,on suits to ac-
tors may account for this. The charming
picture Of Barry's ITotspur, with the
powdered Wig ~jauntily tied with flying rib
bons. is about as absurd as one could
imagine for the fiery rebel Of the North.
Ciarrick himself cssayed the part In "A
,.,oA fvarL md "a Families wig Peg
wofington's Mistress Ford IL decidedly
decked ont In the mode OF 1850. Doran
tells us also tina when Garrick played
Richard In the traditional dress fain'llar
in his portraits and in those OF kembl"'
kean and j. +. BOOTH all the other char
acters wore perfectly modern clothes.
The most generally ridicnlcd picture is
that Of Zofanv, reproduced in m'zzotNt'
and representing Garrick and Mrs.
Prltchard as Macbeth and his guilty wife,
,ust after the murder of Duncan. Any ono
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producing stage effect and with 20 little
tradition behind II.
That all classic plays, for instance. were
not acted in classic dress Is proved by the
fact that Barton Booth. Addison's great
Cato. wore. at the premiere In 1913. q full
wig and q lowered gown. No doubt, II
Cato had been called to the feld OF battle
he would have honned the costume Q Ia
Romaine; but in any case We see from
Booths attire how easily an audience ac-
cepts and abides 10y the theatrical conven-
ton Of it's own time.
The plates in the Rowe Shakespeare
clarity still another situation hat con-
fronts the student Of the English stage Of
Garrick's time. In these Illustrations Ger.
The Cordova daily times., 1916-02-26

Sir George Paish lecture in London last evening" said that the best qualities of the British nation common-sense and couraoe combined with lack of imagination category which all will accept with creduty with especial emphasis on the third division action by England with respect to the United States and international law complete the argument that the British lacking in imagination Otherwise they certainly would laugh themselves to death
The Cordova daily times., 1916-02-26

They've been celebrating Kansas Day' in Kansas Now l ,onId anybody in Kansas want to celebrate 'Kansas Dav It might be fitting for to celebrate Kansas Day he had escaped from the state We assume that KansanS m Kansas celebrated Kansas Day. never have been away from home and don't know any better.
The Cordova daily times., 1916-02-26

The German forces have arranged for meal ticket Tor some time to come by buying the remainder of Roanla cereal crops O000 tons of 35OOOO tons of wheat 50OOO tons barley and 100000 tons of oats short ton o
 wheat will yield about 10O pounds of flour more than that probably, as the Germans now grinding It.
The Cordova daily times., 1916-02-26

While Representative Kitcln, the Democratic House leader and the President can't agree military preparedness there is some consolation in the fact that they on com mercial preparedness
The Cordova daily times., 1916-02-26

Galcia under fire for several months, IS now under water The men trenches pudding about knee deep in slime There are things than walking to work in the snow once twice year.
The Cordova daily times., 1916-02-26

That New Mexico who killed his bride to be and shot himself because his prospective mother in law stepped Tn at the last moment and stopped his wedding will know what measurable satisfaction he might have enjoyed by the inter ference had he only smiled and remained serene
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70 : :

If tbe weather man $ hearing good and he is listening we don't think his auditory apparatus recording any ot the signals of rapturous enthusiasm what he has been handing u and he is showing symptoms Of a tardy re1omatlo
The Cordova daily times., 1916-02-26

"DoIivcr the goods may now take seat beside ''trus and ''graf" in the company of acquisitions to the language it seems President Wilson used it in one of hs speeches.
The Cordova daily times., 1916-02-26

The can experts of the nation in session at LomSvrI If is safe to say their discussions will be free from cant
The Cordova daily times., 1916-02-26

The frequency with which Villa has been reported sur rounded in Mexico has been equaed only by the scarcity reports of his capture.
The Cordova daily times., 1916-02-26

If aeroplanes into general for delivery of mail the service the posofcc will be of higher class than ever
The Cordova daily times., 1916-02-26
THE PORK BARREL.

The Worlds Work for February invites public attention to the possible elimination of the pork barrel by introducing the budget vse under which Congress simply would pass pon the recommendations of administration officers Tn ubc work business The program would remove from Congress great deal of the evil of present spshod systems Wheren really worthy public enterprise often gets help because the man representing the district where the help desTed lacks tacle power while unworthy project sometimes IS gwen len times what deserves because the represent ing it can tell good story by rewd trading IS able to en- force his demands.
 Our pork barrel progress is ridiculous It lacks so much of business sense and contains much of sord scnterest and ineffectiveness.
 The svstem lack of system, has cost us lnnumerabIe millions dollars. It has been of the causes for building m an enormous catalogue of public employees It is one of the reasons why army and navy have cost so much and why ev compare unfavOraby with those of other nations spend ing far less money.
 The very atmosphere of the city of Washington Is tainted with pork There is other air just like it. The greed of Wall Street cmits odor all its own, and 1t IS not pleasant to the noss of who accustomed to ozone the oxudaions of Washington different in taste but no less offensive And there will not be much effective ventilation ano notification as long the initiation of monetary measures lies with band of men who little matter how honest are held ac comabe by their constituencies for occasional shipment o bacon.
Iron County register., 1916-06-15
BRITISH TO TAX AMERICANS
MUST DEPOSIT SECURITIES WITH
OFFICIALS.
May Cause Exodus of Citizens Who
Seek information on New
Measure.

London, England. American domi.
ciled here who are subject to the in
come tax must sell to or deposit with
the British government their Ameri-
can securities, under penalty of an
extra two shillings tax. This informa-
tion is given by an official of the
American Dollar Securities committee.
The ruling holds whether the securi-
ties are held here or in America.
The tax of two shillings added to
the income tax will apply to Ameri-
cans who have resided here long
enough to become subject to the regu-
lar income tax, the incidence of which
will be followed, except that no abate-
ment will be granted on American Sc
curities which appear on the govern
ment's list.
If American securities are deposited
with the government only the usual
income tax, with the ordinary abate-
ment, will be charged, but the gov
ernment prefers to purchase the Sc
curities outright.
In the event that American resi-
dents here deposit their American Sc
curities held in the United States, the
government will collect the interest
and pay it to the owners in sterling.
American residents holding such Sc
curities in America may either de-
posit them with or sell them to the
government.
Iron County register., 1916-06-15
GERARDDEN|Es INTERVIEW
WAS ASKED TO lNDoRSE PAPER
BUT REFUSED
National Zeitung Published Article
Concerning Wilson's Views of
European Peace.

Berlin, Germany-The American am.
bassador, James w. Gerard, has re-
pudiated an interview recently attrib-
uted to him on the subject of Presi-
dent Wilson's peace efforts, the Over
seas News Agency says. The ambas-
sador is quoted as asserting that
Count Friedrich Won Westarp conserv-
ative leader in the Reichstag, desired
Mr.. Gerard to have a spurious inter
view published some time ago, but
that the ambassador declined.
According to the news agency, a
manuscript containing q copy of the
spurious interview was submitted to
Mr.. Gerard with the idea that it was
TO have been published in the Ma
tional Zeitung, but the ambassador re.
fused to sanction it, declaring it was
untrue.
The National Zeitung published
what was represented to be an inter
view with Mr.. Gerard, which was re-
ferred to in cable dispatch from
Berlin as bearing on it's face indica-
tions of unauthenticity. The ambas-
sador was quoted as saying he be-
lieved peace was only a few months
off and as referring to President VIII.
sons peace utterances in connection
with the presidential campaign. In
the Reichstag Count Won Westarp de-
clared his uneompromising opposition
to President Wilson as peace media
tor
Iron County register., 1916-06-15
Germans RepuIsed at Hill so4.

London, England.-The Germans, af-
ter their successful thrust in the
Thiaumont Farm, have ceased for the
moment their infantry attacks against
this section of the Verdun front,
Paris reports.
Their artillery bombardment, how
ever, has continued to be heavy in the
region south of the Thiaumont Farm,
in the Chaptre wood, in the Fumin
wood and south of Damloup. On the
left bank of the Meuse several at
tacks by German infantry against
Hill 304 have been repulsed.
Under the pressure of infantry and
artillery attacks the Italian troops
have withdrawn to new positions in
the zone east Of Asiago and east of
the Campomulo Valley.
This is admitted by Rome, and
Vienna officially claims further gains
on the Asiago Highlands The Austro-
HBngariaRs report the number of Ital-
ians taken prisoner since the begin
ming of the month as 12,400.
King Constantine has signed an or
der demobilizing II classes of the
Greek army, amounting to 10000
men. Paris considers this action as
being the result of pressure by the
entente allies. The demobilizing or
der, il is reported from Athens, may
bring about the downfall of the Skou-
ioudis ministry.
Iron County register., 1916-06-15
AMERICANS FLEE TO BORDER

Washington.-An DEM
onstrations in Northern Mexico con-
tinue, according to official advices,
particularly in the states of Chihua-
hua, San Luis Potosi and Nuevo Leon,
and, although the manifestations thus
far have been confined mostly to
speech-making, consular agents have
reported that the temper of the people
appears such that any eventualities
might be possible.
Americans are leaving for the Dor
der in steadily increasing numbers.
Under previous instructions, state de-
partment agents in Mexico are giving
every possible aid. In addition bor-
der agents have been instructed to
urge those seeking to return to Mex
leo to stay on the American side bor-
der for the present