Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-12

.~v of shakespeare'a death
~ Esfcen.,s .,I.,-ed the similar anniver-
s - oyefsntausu,,es lee but tonight Philadel-
81 o ceIIs ceIsb sbe University of Pennsyl-
"a lhrousn. i've commemoration TO tne
.ssz 70 ~ great IIispanic humotist
.s|as o. VIZ VIZ serylces. open to the pubic
lniyers'.s of the Spanish-Anerican
1 81 - u ens Sin take place in Houston
#a "a, he made by Alfredo
4ldfesses n p. w. Crawford, OF the
zshs end ree and llteratures fac-
snee ians Issooi selections Will be rem
~ vhne. ~. nfargarlta Costello, MISS
,'s,a BY MISE ,,is Aoenjo and NJ A.
~ dlecKenss, .,,-,e nicture Don Quixote'
sst me ~. accompanied by Spanish
H.lons By the orchestra' .,
Hs''''". ..ons are under the impre ssior'
tafg pels.,,. If Cervantes and SNAKES.
III nc rrad on the same day. as Wen
esfe occur, vear. But this is not the
{ ne san0 heing a papal country
- spslh cregorlan calendar in 1889,
tsipsfo t,e ,..,,on calendar was otilclal IN
t ne "a colonies till 1852, CerVantes
nfsha sne are Gregorian calendar,
ad pnue under the Julian. FROM
.so0 the difference Is ~ Gays
HN ayor w Of the Gregorlan. since
hla ~. difference Is Ii days.
wv ~ mantle was the one great figure
Ml - 10 universal literature by
enflOu ssa rssneare that by England,
ialI ~. Germany. so was Miguel ue
fatlne ~ esavedra Spain's contribution.
rdfahsess s,,ainus sixteenth century not
ne MAJ hsded a new world to the map In
nerey aeu ~" eynloration, but the impulse
as ~. .si,.ct,ial curiosity quickened the
t iis ma IA enrlcbed poetry and romance
F1iN smosonhy ao with Hamlet and Don
Qgfess' taken the 900 years since his
y snr,J ha "a. to bring other commemo-
e1san, shan his great comedy OF ch.Valry
falen "a,or of the Knight of the Ruetul
Q ms srre s and the faithful squire, san
4 tpu'sen san-a THE King of Spain year
uo - purchased the old homestead oil
at Yalladolid, as a permanent
u ~, ~ the author, and the Hispano.
sa.. nePyl,~ socIety of New York hasreared
Aps nssrv adjoining the great Hispanie
aaseurn.
non ourxoTE" HIS MONUMENT
4. ,its Horace's odes, what the grea'
s'.h bumorlst has left is more endur'
" ,s.n brazen tablet or marble pie
~ ,rulv great man was buried with
y y nv ceremony or mark OF distinction
" " ~ nuns of Trinity, and 1t was not
N ,s7O that his resting place was luen
y WI hv the Marquis ofsMolino. An ordi-
n Maidstone marked until very recent
n. * ne grave to which his remains were
IN, removed. The only visible monu-
~ ~. srected to him during the centuries
- the heroic statue placed, 1883, If
w p,sza del Estamento, Madrid, and the
-ssil bust placed the preceding year ovei
4 aoor Of the house in the Gale de ioi
rtsncos where he died.
N, 6e had one eminent distinction. His
+ ~ continued TO be read generation after
s,ssyation Many of the great names or
sasyature are merely names to all except
M lterany antiquary or the college stu
AN fulfilling required reading. Don
oaisotes IS read still on the testimony
d ,he numerous editions which are put
All wear after year by the commercial
publishers.
snauish cities, at least, did him the
Z honor in the last century of dlsputing for
he glory Of his nativity. out of the
cites nearly as many as the seven which
claimed Homer dead, ii has been definitely
I established that Alcala de Henares, III
Castle, was his birthplace, He was born
there october o. 1547. His career was
varied His earliest work, pastoral
poem, eFflena," attracted the attention
Of CARDINAL Acquaviva, who took him to
Home In 1871 he Joined the armament
Of Don John, of Austria, against the
Turks He lost his left hand at the battle
Of olLepanto October y, which shattered
ipf ell time the naval supremacy of the
n oil flaf tsf tn fIS.8
gHtal conflict only the poet who fought
s private is universally remembered.
H vas called during his lifetime 'El
haneo de Lepanto" For five years he
Eas captive in Algiers. But Cervantes
ala not receive preferment of any sort
HWth while He became a collector of
public and private debts in connection
Ellh his labors as a playwright which
hgduced little fame and less money. He
Nnes into contact with America in the
apaetty of royal agent of the fleet. He
= imprisoned lat Seville for a small debt
aa ~ the Government in 1897. From 1898
" 1893 trace of him Is entirely lost. 1t
sad that he spent the time in La
aancna as collector of debts for a mon
~ sssfy. Here, however. he was prosecuted
~ ~ imprisoned. At this time he began
lpn Quixote," laying the scenes of the
naghts earlier adventures there in satirlc
..ss.lplllon ~ for the indignities he had suf-
issed IN the place.
iRoNIEs AND PARoDIEs.
1Ae death Of Philip IL in 1898 ended
period or tyranny Men of letters were
: az. aDie TO express their opinions with
ssae y 7. freedom Cervantes took advantage
A.. \ Jug ppportunlty in the ironies and paro-
j. ~, Don ouixote." His life in camp.
A. = as seas, as government agent, as
,ssss..al ,-aaslse showing the ways of actors and
ss,saL sss.lss OF the stage, as ecclesiastical
NJ ~, as captive and traveller equipped
Rsa :. 'ul q diversity of experiences. He
~ .aanisAhaustible stock of humor in his
kssa,o love of the ideal and the
snesS ~ ms heart Out of them he pro-
II "a .he full towering of his genius
uss Apsashable Don" The first part
sss.ug gpphshed In Madrid in 1905. The
q ,a sn,,. part came In 1915, after a number
asss zsg,ous es competitions of the work had
IL n. aii epigrams, Byrons famous say
an as Ceryantes laughed the chivalry
49, SPAIN Is only half a truth. Ger
ksIsts ald traYesty the mummerles of
lssssa- arahtry, he did scourge caste pre-
lsallshs. But 1t was only the external
hashstFs and foolhardiness he held up 10
- 80 ana It was the selfshnsss, mean
- aanousness underlying the cuirass
ii aeFssht in human nature that he
oaI,s,s,, sssa nercllessly with his whiTS"Don
- s satire, but like all great
zk|Esg y directed at general extray-
Asspie particular objective or