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EDlTOR ASTOR ON THE QUESTION,
“WHO WROTE SHAKESPEARE!"
Everything Known of Him Argue That
the Ste-tiara Man Was Not the Author
of the Plays and Poems Attributed to
Him which Like a Strong Cue.
Fifty years ago, says William Waldorf
Astor in the Pall Mall Gazette, the asser-
tion that the man of Stratford did not
write the plays attributed to him was
laughed out of court. Today it is admit.
ted by all but the worthy dwellers by the
Avon to ban subject for serious discus-
sion. Even the stanchest adherents of the
Stratford man admit the existence of a
few awkward facts which cannot be ex-
plained away. Let us glance briefly at
some of them.
.Of William Shakespeare‘s youth little is
known, and that little tells against him.
lie is supposed to have received acommon
school education, there being no other at
Stratford, which would have been acourse
of rudimentary instruction in writing,
reading, arithmetic and general informa-
tion inferior to that new possessed by the
average London cabby. Shakespeare could
certainly boast but little of his handwrit-
ing, and it is astounding that one who is
supposed to have written so voiuminously
could have cmployod so barbarous and ii-
legible !) chirogrcphy. Fancy a play traced
in such barbarous characters! It is use«
less to ailirm that such was the general
style of the age, for the signatures of
many of Shakespeare’s contemporaries
show that educated men wrote wall
The village tradition paints him in coi~
are We should not expect to belong to the
author of the “Sonncs. ” lIe was reputed
intemperate; he was whipped for poach-
ing; he married Anne Hathaway under
circumstances discreditchie to them both.
At 10 he is said to have been apprenticed
to a butcher, afterwhich he became a dcai~
er in wool. Amid so runny uncertainties
we know positively that he came of a fam-
ily not one of whom could tell the letters
of the alphabet and was brought up to
speak the jargon used by the village folk
of all England in those “good old days, "
which is saying that his speech was as
rude as his writing.
The first 20 years of his life were evi-
dently spent without books, among illiter-
ate pecple in the narrow limits of a squal-
id villagc. We find him at this period cm-
ployed as a stage carpenter, venturing oc-
casionally upon subordinate parts, and
more often holding horses at the stage
door. His life up to this time was one
of poverty, of menial tasks and linen com-
panionships, while his writings from the
very first are marked by an unrivaled re-
flnemcnt and subtlety.
Moro than this, however, the plays evince
not only an incomparable knowledge of
the English language, but a widc famil-
iarity with foreign tongues as well. 'l‘lu-ir
comrmsor is a man of universal reading.
delighting in thoclassics, conversant with
untranslntmi French, Spanish, lianish
and Italian literature, loving philosophic
spcciilntiorm, and, in spite! of scvcrnl gm
graphical errors, cvldcntly a traveler.
Where could the Stratford man have
acquired all this crudition? \‘ct this phc-
nomcnon of universal knowlodgc, this
born aristocrat. who has nlrcudy lcorncd
to dcspisu- trndc and thc vulgar multitudc.
this natural gcnius who has Nlucutcd and
trulncd himself to the lofricet intclicciuoi
flights and who rcpcatcdly dliat-cs upon
the Hlii‘l't‘ll duty of pan-tits to their chil-
drcn, so ncuiccts his own daughter, Ju
dilh, that at Ibc age of 27 her beast in the
way of a signaturc is. n more scrnwl.
in all England thcrc is no trace of any
thing writtcn by Shakcsponrn except four
signatures. nor is tbcrc any indication
that he possessed a library. it. might. bc
that after his death his papers were whol»
ly destroyed, but this could not include
the lcttcrs in: mm! have written. It is
not possible to corn-civcof him as ncvcr
writing a h-rtcr. ’l‘bc activc brain, tho
varied cxpcrivncc. tin- knowicdgc of innu—
kind, all mark one who livcdxamong mcn.
Yci. not only have we not a lino from his
hand, but in all contcmpornry corrcsponli
cur-o tin-re is not an allusion to him. liu
ncvcr mct with authors and thinkcrs, m-v
or was prescntai a single mcrnoruidc occzr
sion, ncvcr uppcnri‘d at. court. ncvcr at
iractcd the lilllii‘i‘ of that intclh-ciuul gal
axy which mudc up thc liliizabcthnn cm,
and no man thought enough of him to
.wrlic his biography during his lifc.
it is impossiblc to rcr-onclh- iiu-untuior
cd and sordid conditions, which am all we
know of Simkcspmrc, with thc philosophy
and crudition of the plays. it is incredible
that the grunt simlcnt of that scholarly
one should have spcnt his life without
books; that he did not gather a library of
choice- volumcfl nimut him, or that, if he
[mascsscd them, he rhouid, in making his
will, have forgolicn those companions of
his inicllcctuai domain and have rcmcm
bcrcd only the commonplamvs of "Wcaring
uppurcl" and a “second best bod." it is
impossible to undcrsmnd the total (limp
pcurnncc of his llIiii'H. his manuscripts, hire
i'ill'l‘l'iiliillltli‘lli'i‘, his books, his diary or to
I'I'iltilli‘ilti his uttcr (‘nrclcsencss and bull!
fcrcncc to thc fate of his own copics or of
those rnastrrpicccs of which he proudly
(it clan-s:
Not marble
Nor ilm icilliv-d fliiiiillllli‘llh or prim-c»
Should outiivr- this pchrrui rhyme.
It was in loud or lot": that the man of
Strutlord, then aged about :Ji, rumovcd to
London, and imnu-dlatciy upon his or
rival, if not. just bcforc, npprnrcd the first
plays, exquisite in diction, (winning a
vast cxlwi-louco of tho World and llllui
with technical information. From loud to
1!an cight millions of Himkospcarv‘splays
were puirilshcd without his name and
without bring copyrightcd, Ten years
laicr he returned to Htratford, to disappear
from our vii-w and from that of his con»
icmpnrarh-s lluring thc clght yours that
ho rcsidcd there until his dcnth he wrote
nothing and was contcnt to pass, frmn
no reason, from an activity that cmbrnci'il
the World to ilu- vacuity of a dirty and
studios-i llitlcvllingc. is this consistent
with a great man's nature?
Tradition dcnla unkindly with the man
of Htrnifortl to tho wry last, and his curl
is not what might have iwcn expected of
the w i‘iti'i' of “ Venus and Adonis. "
Wrappmi in mystery and contrmllcilon as
is Shakcepcnrc's llfc, we hcar nothing of
his dcntlumi lwyond the ninxiking siutc
mont that he Huccnmiu-d to a favor nisnit
ing iron: a drinking bout of oxcobtionai
length and ecvcrity. .
For lhehy's flood lleaitle.
Keep the baby's bib dry if you have to
make 00 changes an hour. Give him not
a scrap of meat before his third birthday.
Save him from the kisses of his friends.
Keep the sun out of his face and his head
a e the clothes. Put him on his side
a d train him to wear his sweet little
mouth closed day and night. The air is
fidgety with germs, dust and dirt, ele-
ment- that are not good for human leap.
. prophet te- . shout honor
in his own country, in onset the new
lugs that are never out of date.
“You have been very naughty, Nelly,"
said a writer of children’s stories to her
little daughter one day, "and I shall have
to punish you. i'
“What are you going to do to me, mam-
mai" inquired the tearful Nelly. “Shall
you put me to bed now in the middle of
the day?”
“No,” replied her mother.
“Well, i don't think anything else
would be so had,” said the child, with re-
newed checrfulness, "unlees—~ Oh, mam-
mal" she walled as a sudden thought
struck her. "I haven‘t got to sit still and
hear you read one of the stories you've
written, have If"--Youtb'l Companion.
\
Educational Item.
Professor—Docs dat queshun boddcr
you, Melchiscdck?
Mclchisodck—Not in do lcas'. llit‘s do
answer what lmdders nun—Texas Siftings.
Expecting Too Much.
Mrs. Lynn Linton has taken to preach-
ing the gospel of pessimism, and here is
her latest summing up the conditions of
life:
”It is always thcsame thing. We ex-
pect too much. We expect gratitude from
all when it is the rarest quality from any.
Few people in the world know the true
feeling of gratitude, and only those of a
higher morality than falls to the lot of
most. Pleasure, a scantllng of personal
aflecticn for the time being, relief because
of the lift over the stile—those, yes, but
gratitude in the sense of an obligation to
return by sacrifice what has been given by
sacrifice—not one in a million has the
faintest conception of this! All through
the litany of life we might to pray against
the pain accompanying too great expecta-
tions. We expect from fame too much
personal gratification; from work too
much fame; from money too much happi-
ness; from friends too much stability;
from those in whom we belicvc too many
porfoetions; from those we help too much
gratitude; from those we love too much
love in return. If we would find true peace,
we should expect nothing at all. Then
what we got would bo of thc nature of an
unexpected find aml an unaought for tmas-
um."
And Women who have lived with cxpo-
ricuce accumulating behind thorn cannot
gnlusny Mrs. Linton. although thcy have
kept cloned lips through all tbcir painful
awakening.
l.’ unavoidably i‘rcvcntcd.
Captain lilies was, like all scallion, a
strict disciplinntian, and his crew n-scht-
cd him beyond measure. Not one of them
would have dreamed of interpreting a
command otherwise than according to the
strict letter of the law. Things must be
done "shipsluuw" under his rule.
One day while the ship was in a certain
small port the captain gave a dinner to
some town acquaintances, and as tho rc—
sources of the ship wurc not great sonm of
the sailors were deputcd to wait on the
table to rc-rnforcc the insuillcicnt num-
ber of sit-wards.
As thcsc incn wcro not been] to such
work each one was told cxncily what
service would fall to his sham
The hour mum, and tho dinncr wcnt
merrily on. l’n'scntly, buwcvcr, one of
the iodine wanted a Illi'l‘t‘. of brwul. There
was none very near hcr, and the ilncly
discipline-«1 stewards scorned to be quite
oblivious to licr nm-d. She turncd her head
and spoke wry softly to tho man at hcr
elbow.
“Bread, ph-asc," shc said.
He looked rr-grctfuliy at the bread and
then at her. It was cvidcnt that ho Would
fnin hnvo ln~lpcd in-r if it had bccn in his
power. He sniutwi in lino naval style.
“i‘an't doit, Ina'mn," said hc. “l'm
told oil for 'tutcrs,"——Youth‘s Companion.
\Vhy Ila lilovml.
Kiddcm——-Scllcrs has moved out of
the apartments over his store.
Koddcm—Timt‘s queer! Any portion
lat reason?
Klddem-mch; ho was afraid the
firms from whom he buys goods would
not like the idcnoi’ his living above his
income.-—linil'alo Courier.
Without Character.
“Going to the ilrowns' fancy hall to-
morrow ? ’ '
I l Yol)‘ Q!
”What character are" you going to
take?" ‘
, ”Just going as myself. "
“Oh, no character at all, ch?"—-iudi~
anupolis Journal.
No Kick Needed.
“Why don‘t you got a boy to keep
your desk in order?" inquired the caller.
"It looks awfully littered up. "
“I keep it this way, ” said the man at
the (limit, “to show that I’m always
busy. "
“But why—«oh, l noel flood dayl"—-
Chicago Tribune.
In Chicago.
“Wasn't that a friend of yours you
just now spoke to?"
Mrs. Lnkeviow-—-ch.
“Why didn't you introduce me?"
Mrs. Lakeviow—J haven’t called
upon her for a Week, and i didn’t know
what her name might bin—(lineage In-
ter Ocean.
(innaollng.
Artist's Friend (pointing to sketch)
--l say, Harry, where did you get that?
Harry-Why. I got that outcf my
howl.
Friend—Well, it's a lucky thing for
your head that you got it out—JD»
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Mistress—And, prey. why do you
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Cook—um doctor has ordered my
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