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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1899, 2%’“%@“%%%%%0‘. NEW STRIPED (COLORED) THE POPULAR NOVELTY BLACK DR extra heav b1 inches wide, extra heavy all cents per yard. S8 GOODS—En yard. $54540 4040468900540 4308004542 4F 48050 & inches wide, at 5O cents per TWO-TON ENGLISH COVERT CLOTH, 60 LADIES' STYLISH JACKE LADIES’ finished, at $15.00 and upward. and brown, fly-front Jackets, LADIES’ GOOD QUALITY F LADIES’ UNDERWEAR—IL also drawers, In Gray and Whi 450545434808 540404500400 4305400 beb b0l FINE QUALITY! SEASONABLE GOODS! gant soft, heavy quality, extra special value at $1.00 per yard. fashionable colors and Black, $1.00 per yard. , 60 cents per yard. -wool Scotch Cheviot, special at 75 WATERPROOF SERGE, b4 inches, all wool, extra value at $1.00 per COLORED DRESS GOODS—Navy Bius. Storm Serge, D CAMELS' HAIR, 38 inches wide, at 5O cents per yard. CAMELS' HAIR CHECKS, 48 inches wide, at 75 cents per yard. BTORM SERGES in great varlety at 75 cents per yard. NOVELTY SUITINGS, silk and wool effects, at 75 cents per yard. $15.00, 817.50, $20.00 and upward. GOLF CAPES, a fine quall'v materlal and handsomely £3.50, $5.00, $6.50, §7.50, $10.00, $12.50, SPECIAL—LADIES’ TAILOR-MADE SUITS, in black, navy made and lined, at $5.95 each. with brald trimming, lined yoke, at 75 cents each. LADIES’ FLANNELETTE SKIRTS, In plain colors or striped flannel, embroidered edge, at 50 cents each. suitable for winter wear, at 75 cents and $1.00 each. TAFFETAS, 24 inches wide, ele” “WHIP CORD™" TAFFETA, In glish Serge, 48 Inches wlide, all wool, + o all wool, 50 yard. inches wide, at 50 cents per yard. o800+ @ TS at £3.75, $5, $7.50, $10, $12.50, lined with silk serge, skirts well LANNELETTE GOWNS, finished ies’ Heavy Ribbed Knit Undervests, te, very superior quality, particularly — + LADIES’ HOSIERY—Ladies’ BI Wool Hose, in_Plaln and § ribbed, with merino heel and toe, excellent values at 25 cents and & < 5O cents per pair. . + T PS < 11-4 WHITE CALIFORNIA BLANKETS, double-bed size, made & - from a cholce grade of Lambs’ Wool, closely woven and a fine finish, ¢ + at £4.90 a pair. ¢ PS — ¢ ,:, 11-4 WHITE CALIFORNIA BLANKETS, 72 inches wlde, extra (. + heavy and handsomely finished, at $5.75 a pair. $ 3 MEN’'S FURNISHINGS—MEN'S EXTRA FINE CASHMERE ; * MERINO SOCKS, in tan, vicuna, natural grav, black and ¢ b4 cadet blue shades, made full finished, with double spliced heels and | > toes, for 25 cents per pair. & $ = 3 2 4 MEN'S WINTER =~ WEIGHT AUSTRALIAN WOOL UN- > DERSHIRTS AND DRAWERS, In undyed sanitarv grav © and camels’ hair colors, warranted thoroughly shrunk, at $1.00 ¢ 2 each. ¥ . © - + A | ¢ < {/ Murphy Bullding, / Murphy Bullding, S Yarket and Jomes Streets | Market and Jomes Strety 2 31 ] flll | L, bebei st et e B e o e g ] AMUSEMENTS. CALIFORNLY THEATER v PACKE NIGHT. ny stage of Paul Lin- at drama, ¥irst product! The dau's g hadow. ew stage effects. 4 Saturday SHADOW?” Thursday ~ matinee al = SCHOOL FOR DAL Friday night, “MAGDA."” aturday night new “CAMILLE™ the 60e, OPULAR PRICE Ma 50c, 25 COLUMBIA SECOND WEEK. #0 do not fall t Nathews and Bulger Yn the Up-to-Date Version of the Vaudeville Operetta, By the Sad Sea Waves. PRICES, 50c and 2%o. Bext Mo Broadhurst's Greatest Laugh- Loosener, “WHY SMITH LEFT HOME.” WESTERN TURF ASSOCIATION. INCORPORATED. Member American Turf Congress. TANFORAN PARK. rancisco, San Mateo Co. ior A, Palace Hotel, S: F. F. H. GREEN, . and Manager. 18, 1899, Bix b = races every week- day, beg Last race at 4 p.m. Beaut sunshine and fresh TRAIN ern Pacific Co. Station.) 10:40 and 11:30 a. m. a 40, 12:50 and 2:45 p. lately after the last race tral Local Bpecial 5 AY BTATIONS—Arrive a3 Téntoran st m. Leave Tanforan at 8:10, 4:00 an street ten mi m | later than from Third stop directly at the entrance Il traing reserved for women From San Francisco t : admiesion p tickets 40 Jadges May secure a twenty-four ride ticket, limited to thirty days, upon Third or Valencia Tanforan and return, grounds, $1 25 ound-tr’ fation E coupon o cet stat egister, all comp! the Secretary and nts without delay with anager of the Association, CONCERT:s AND RESORTS. GONEY ISLARD KOW IN SAN FRANCISGO, STEEPLECHASE—GENTRAL PARK. 25 attractions creating a world of amuse- ments; 3 hours of genuine pleasure. Novelties sdded daily. JEFFRIES-FITZSIMMONS en- tire fght; Professor Hill on the high wire. razzle dazzle, funniest ride on earth. Admis Flon to attractions and ride 10c, Presents t winners of every race. Opem from 1 unt| 21:30 p. m. night, | Trains leave Valencia | AMUSEMENTS. GRAND AND ENGLISH OPERA SEASON. TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT! Wednesday, Fridgy eves, Saturday matinee. The Jolllest of all comic operas, "“THE THREE BLACK CLOAKS.” | Three hours of fast and furious fun!! | Sparkling music to drive dull care a | "Beiititin Costumes worn by pretty giris autit The enormous grand opera success, “L°>AFRICAINE,” POPULAR PRIC] Telephone for sea evening election returns will be read stage. Thousands Grest ths New Bill With Enthusiasm ! CORNILLE, the auburn - haired Parisian and the biggest hit in town. Her sing- acting, her dazzling beauty and charm never been surpassed by any 14 Alexis, the Frog and the the one man comedy wi in and Davis, con Cotton, the seneation of the centurs; h, with Dewey reception and Jocal view J Norworth, Merritt and Murdock, Loui: yreseer and kaninnies. Reserved seat opera chal y, Saturday e and Sun- urns =day night NEW ALHAMBRA THEATER Eddy and Jones Sts. Phone SOUTH 770. RTISED, INE SURPRISE. MLLE. FIFI! The Sensational DEWEY Moving Plotures. 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ELECTION RETURNS TO-MORROW NIGHT, | | | ELECTRIC BELTS, B Prices from $350 to )52 Largest manu- 24 Cacturers in the Uni- ted States. No-Quacks connected establishment. 7 Fop particulars call or 'send 2o In stam ““Booklet Address 620 Market St., \ No. PIERCE ELECTRIC CO., Opposite Palace Hotel, S. F. Piles and all diseases cured or no pay. No detention from business. DRS. MANSFIELD & POR- TERFIELD, 828 Mar- BUPTURE - AMUSEMENTS. CHUTES AND 100. EVERY AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAJOR MITE, The Smallest Actor on Earth. ADGIE and HER LIONS, High Diver, Frank Hall Subduing “Wallace,” AND A GREAT VAUDEVILLE SHOW. Rectal See the LOCAL CANDIDATES on the ANIMATOSCOPE. ' Visit the “CABARET DE LA MORT." AMATEUR MEGAPHONE MINSTRELS THURSDAY NIGHT. Phone for Seats, Park 23 OVERDUE SHIP HAS, £, MO0DY REACHES PORT At Honolulu When the Ohio Sailed. WENT VIA CAPE OF GOOD HOPE e REINSURANCE GAMBLERS MADE MONEY ON THE DEAL. e TUnderwriters Paid 65 Per Cent to Avoid Their Risks—British Ship Falls of Clyde Granted Ha- walian Registry. e The American ship Charles E. Moody, on which 65 per cent was paid to reinsure hull and cargo, arrived in safety at Ho- nolulu on October 26. The owners and underwriters had grave fears for the safety of the vessel, but the ship cap- tains along the front always asserted that she would reach Hawali in safety. In consequence there was considerable gambling on the result, and one broker gaid yesterday that the insurance people will have to pay $20,000 to different San Francisco men who backed the ship. Captain Anderson, the owner of the ves- sel, is out about $5000 on the long voyage of the Moody. She is a splendid vessel and well found throughout, so when she left Norfolk, Va., on April 19 he had not a cent of insurance on her. When the months rolled by and there was no news from the ship he began to feel uneasy, but still showed his confidence in Captain Woodside and the craft by refusing to in- sure. When the Moody was 170 days out, the underwriters at the rate of 50 per cent to insure his interest in the vessel and cargo. Among_those who made “a killing” on the overdue ship was Captain Gilmore of the Servia. He knows the 1 well and when _the rate went to 6 per cent he in- vested considerable money and will now reap the reward of his judgment. Cap- | tain James H. Bruce, ptain Berriman and Captain Blair always maintained that the Moody would go to Honolulu by way of the Cape of Good Hope and | backed their opinion to the extent of s however, he changed his mind and paid | SAILORMEN ON THE PATHFINDER WANT THEIR PAY Captain Afraid They Will Desert. PREPARING FOR NOME RUSH e A BIG FLEET TO LEAVE THIS PORT IN THE SPRING. e Russian Steamer Dalney Vostok Ar- rives From Honolulu—Launch of New Schooner Lottie Ben- nett—Water Front Notes. P S The men on the Coast and Geodetic Survey steamer Pathfinder are protest- ing vigorously because they have not re- ceived their last month’s pay. The vessel is lying at Main street wharf getting an overhauling, and the men assert that the captain is afraid to pay them what is coming to them for fear all hands would desert in a body. Said one of them yes- terday: “Our captaln has discovered & new way to prevent desertion. Last pay day sev- eral of the crew ran-away as soon as they got their pay, and the captain is pre- venting a repetition of the exodus by ‘withholding our pay. We asked him ves- terday when we were going to get pald, and he told us none of us would get our money until the ship went back to her anchorage in the bay. Then shore liberty is to bestopped and our pay will be no good to us. Besides, i be a fort- night before we g It we were only treated properly there would be no desertions, and, consequently, no need for such measures as our captafn is taking. Instead of being avoard a United States vessel one would think we were on 2 deepwater packet, where desertions are the rule and not the exception.” A big fleet of vessels will be running to ape Nome next spring. Steamers are be- ing chartered on all sides, and several parties are trying to make purchases in | the East to meet the demand. The racific Steam Whaling Company will put three fine steamers in the run. ihe transport Valencia will not go back to Manila after | eral hundred dollars. When the trans- | port Ohfo reached port yesterday morn- | Ing 1t was learned that” Captain Wood- | side had taken his ship via Good Hope | after falling to round the Horn. | Light winds and calms and a Japanese | crew were responsible for the long voyage | of the ship. When she left Nortfolk sne | had fifteen Japanese and five white men | | before the mast. Ship masters say that | on a salling vessel it takes three Japanese to do one AB's work. In that event the s pped to a very great | in Woodside in his report 3 were the most stupid lot of men he ever had to deal with. On Ma ay | 13 Adolph Pickert, an AB, and three Jap- | anese were out on the jibboom stow the sail. ert fell ng | By some means or another Pick- | overboard, but the Japanese raised no out and_finished their wor! About an_hour aftel the accident the | reported that Pickert was overboard. It | was then too late to do anything, as the | unfortunate sailor was lost. | The Moody reached Honolulu without | of ‘a sail. The officers of the | y she looked as clean as a new | showed no traces of her long | syage. In making Honolulu by the | route he took Captain Woodside sailed 35.000 miles, while Norfolk is less an 5000 miles in a direct line from Ha- The vessel has nearly 5000 tons of 1'aboard for the Government and after arging it she will probably go to Pu- get Sound in ballast, The transport Ohlo brings new: that the Circuit Court of Hawall ha made a peremptory order to the Collector of Customs at Honolulu to issue a cer-| tificate of registration to the British ship “alls of Clyde. The big vessel is pow Iying at Howard street wharf, loaded for | Hilo. She was purchased in San Fran cisco several months ago by Honolulu and Ban Francisco parties and a Hawailan registry_was applied for. The Collector of ‘the Port of Honolulu refused to_give the vessel what was asked for and the owners carried the matter into court, with the result that the Falls of Clyde is | now entitled to fly the Hawallan flag. SUNDAY AT THE PARK. Big Cfowds Enjoy a Day Out in the Open. As far as accidents or special incidents were concerned yesterday was a quiet day at the park and beach. The crowd was large, as was the drive, but all the people were out for fun, not trouble, and in con- sequence the police did not find it nece: sary to make an arrest during the da Over 6000 pcople passed through the gates at the Thutes and enjoved the varfous | features. Much enthusiasm was aroused by the biograph pictures of Republican | candidates, which were taken by the managment of the Chutes in various haunts of the politicians in the down-town districts. Guests at Sutro Baths were enter- tained by the usual aquatic contests, the results of which foliow: “ifty-yard dash—J. O'Brien won, McCormack second, ard juvenile—H. Leicken 2ond. Hundred-yard tub race—W. Dunford firat, L. Bondine second, W. Wilson third. Trick and fancy springboard diving—J. O’Brien first prize, Jake Bradstone second. | Underwater swimming contest—Won by | Fred McDermott. | High diving—J. Laird, H. Leicken recond. e e Trapper's Ofl cures rheumatism & neuralgia. Druggists, f0c flask. Richards & Co. 406 Clay. ————— MABEL GIFFORD IS BETTER. She Promises Her Brother-in-Law Not to Attempt to End Her Life Again. Mabel Gifford, the yqung telegraph operator who hired a room at 235 Kearny street Saturday night and turned on the gas with the intention of killing herself, because her sweetheart quarreled with her, Js_now fully sensible of the foolish- ness of her act. M. L. Maxfleld, the girl's brother-in- law, with whom she lived in East Oak- land, called at the Receiving Hospital vestérday afternoon and took her home. he was repentant and promised never 1 2] repeat the act. first, first prize, P. Boland, candidate for Pul 1 blic Admin- istrator; Democratic nominee, . —_————— Evil Effects of Gin. Bert Hiles, a drayman Iiving at 26 Third street, was found by Policeman Folsom at Valencla and Hermann streets yesterday morning wandering aimlessly around with blood flowing from a wound on his scalp. Hiles was taken to the Re- celving Hospital, where his wound was stitched and dressed by Dr. Hopper. He sald that he started out Saturday night to ;ny a small bill. He had between $15 and $16 in his pockets. After paying the bill, which amounted to 7 cents, he went into a saloon and drank two glasses of in. He walked around for a little and ad another glass of gin in another sa- 0on. After drinking the third glass Hiles did not seem to realize anything until two or three men came up to him, knocked him down and robbed him of ali his money. ML B Dr. R. Beverly Cole for Coroner. Dem, LM o e Father Bartlett Receives. An elaborate reception was tendered on Thursday evening to Father F. Barth- waite Bartlett, the new rector of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin. The rec- tory parlors, beautifully decorated with holivhocks and chrysanthemums, were crowded from 9 to 10 o'clock by members of the congregation and their friends. The rector was assisted in receiving by Father Parrish and Father Radcliff. —_——— 1 Chas. A. Low, candidate for Police Judge® | the captain accepted the services of the | making this trip, but, in company with | the Excelsfor and Jeanie, will run to Cape Nome. The Jeanie is sheathed with iron wood and will probably be the first vessel to reach the gold fields. She was bullt for a tender to the whalers and will have lit- tle difficulty in breaking her way through the She will leave here the last of April or the first week in May. The whaling company is also building a small steamer that Will run_between St. Michael, Nome and Golovin Bay. For her they have secured the only boiler in the world that was not contracted for. New boilers cannot be procured for love or m and in_consequence very ex- pensive repair work has been done on the boilers of some San Francisco vessels. The boiler procured by the Steam Whal- ing Company is a Babcock & Wilcox, and being butlt in England, but ‘will be in New York April 5. Over fifty shipowners were after the boiler, but the San Fran- cisco firm made_the best offer and it was accepted. The hull of the new steamer will pe built by Hay & Wright at Ala- meda. She will be 115 feet long, 23 feet beam and 9 feet 6 inches deep. The new four-masted schooner Lottie Bennett has bee launched at Port Blakeley and will begin loading to-day | for Hilo. e is a magnificent vessel and will carry 0,000 feet of lumber. Her principal are Captain Bennett, Captain Harry Goodall, Captain T. Wal- lace, Captain Jepsen and Captain Humphrey, all of this city. The little gasoline crabboat Fra Diavalo was nearly o ved by fire vesterday morning. She w up on the ways being cleaned and painted, and just as the fin- ishing touches were being put on some one dropped a match into the oil tank. In a moment evervthing w in a blaze. All the upper works of the little craft were destroyed, but the hull and machinery is not usly damaged. The Te: ee delegation {s anxiously looking for the Indiana with the Tennes- see soldiers. The Fearless lay at the wharf all day vesterday with steam up waiting to take the members out to meet the transport, but she did not put in an appearance. The Russian steamer Dalney Vostok ar- rived from Honolulu yesterday afternoon. She broke down off the Heads and, as her charter as a transport expired yesterday, and t into ze to the machinery was slight, but it would have delayed the arrival of was to port. the vessel. The Dalney Vostok went from | Kobe to Honolulu with a lot of Japanese contract laborers. After discharging them he sailed for San Francisco a few hours after the Ohio and made the run in al- most the same time as that vessel. MAYOR PHELAN STATES THE ISSUES What Success Will Signify. | In view of the false issues raised and persistently advocated, I desire to say that I and my colleagues will construe our success at the polls as an indorse- ment of our official acts and the policy we have established in expelling bossism and corporate control from the City Hall, and also as a rebuke to the gentlemen who are seeking to destroy the principal | feature of the new charter, which, in re-| quiring city elections separate and dis- | tinct from national elections, designed to | insu 1 dispassionate business discussion | of 1o affairs uninfluenced by mere par- tisan zeal, which in the past has varrled‘ men into office without respect to their honesty or fitness, to the great Injury of our city I belleve with the true and disinterested friends of the charter that separate mu- nicipal elections are necessary for good municipal government, and I ask _the people, by their votes, to determine their olicy in this respect. If the attempt to orce national issues Into city elections is not rebuked at this time, the great bene- fits of the charter will be lost. Notwithstanding false statements to the contrary, the bi-partisan boards and the civil service provisions give no party ad- vantage to either side in the matter of patronage, which the charter has wisely destroyed, unless the Mayor proves false to his oath of office. The Mayor has but thirty-three direct appointments. Civil service rules regulate the appointment of all the others, and the present members | of the School, Police and Fire depart- ments are secured in their positions by the charter on good behavior, and cannot be removed without cause after a trial. 1f elected I will be loyal to the charter and endeavor to firmly establish its prin- ciples and with least friction introduce the reforms which it conten?lates. acting wholly in full sympathy and accord with its purposes and objects. JAMES D. PHELAN. —_——————— Graham Committed Suicide. J. Frank Graham, residing at 410 Kearny street, was found yesterday morning suffering from an overdose of morphine taken with suicidal intent. From the time he was taken to the Re- ceiving Hospital until he dled no_hope was_entertaned of his recovery. When death claimed him the Coroner was noti- fied and removed the body to the Morgue. In Graham's pocket a note was found, in which the suicide sald that he had been almost crazy for two weeks, and asking that his brother be notified of his death. puts heart and ability into one—heips one over The nard places in life. Its merit is assured by the fact that it is made by the Anheuser- Busch Brewing Ass'n. A Chinese Lecture. A Chinese lecture under the auspices of the Chinese Empire Reform Association will be given to-day at noon at the Jack- son street Chinese theatre. — e——— Copyright, 1899, Contributors to this course: Dr. Edward Scudder and others. IV. KING LEAR. Sketch of the Opening A~t. Lear, King of Britain, had three daugh- ters—Goneril, married to the Duke of Al- bany; Regan, married to the Duke of Cornwall, and Cordelia. Being advanced in years and anxious to disburden himself of the cares of state, he had divided his kingdom into three portions, with the in- tention of conferring one on each of his daughters and spending his remaining days in ease and retirement. But he was a man of someviat unstable character, liable to sudden whims, and all at once he took it into his head to upset the ar- rangement he had already made and to give the larger share of his kingdom to the daughter who should convince him that she loved him best. The three princesses, being called upon to prove which had the best title to the largest share, the two elder sisters were profuse della, who loved nothing better than truth, could not be prevafled upon to share in the exaggerated protestations of her sisters, and declared that she foved % | % | D S S e SRS S g SHAKESPEARE’ her father as her duty bound her to do and no more. The old King, in a violent rage at this behavior of his youngest daughter, divided his kingdom equally be- | tween Goneril and Regan, and utterly dis- inherited Cordelia. Two suitors for Cor- della’s hand were then present at the court, the Duke of Burgundy and the King of France. expectation of dowry with the lady, and YLear turned to them and asked whether they were still willing to take her in her pres- ent penniless and disgraced condition. The Duke of Burgundy, to whom the offer was wife, but the King of France, belleving that she was a dowry in herself, gladly with him as his Queen. Lear was to retain the title only of King, without the authority, and, attend- | ed by a train of a hundred knights, was | to divide his time equally between the houses of Goneril and Regan, spending a | month at a time with each. Not only d | the hundred knights prove to be excee: | ingly troublesome and disorderly inmates | of the household, but their master him- | self, forgetting his part of the compact, acted as If he still possessed the royal | authority which he had given away, and | Gonertl, with whom he was spending the | first month, soon grew tired of such un- y guests, affection of his second daughter and sent | a letter to Regan to announce that he | would be with her Iimmediately.. The the most loyal and devoted subject that | Lear had possessed. Lear had banished him from the kingdom for taking the part of Cordelia, but his loyalty could not be | checked by this, and he had now joined | his old master again, disguised as a ser- | vant. Note—This sketch Introduces some of the leading characters. The student is advised to special studies. Critical Study of the Play. “King Lear” is the universal tragedy of ited sense, of filial ingratitude. there is a father'whose doting fondness outruns his discretion, whose desire for filial approbation blinds him to the con- sequences of his paternal folly; wherever there is a mother who prematurely re- signs into her daughter’s hands the sway of her houschold and sacrifices her own dignity as its head, there the eternal tragedy of Lear Is on the point of being re-enacted. For the human heart is by nature greedy of power, of dase, of defer- ence from others; and it is only held in established authority, by awe and rever- ence. of man from the world of the brute or the vegetable creation Is certain sacred in- stincts, potential at first and afterward reinforced by the institutions of human society. The adolescent oak hesitates not to draw its sustenance from the parent tree lying prone at its feet; the king of the wolf pack is devoured by his fierce sub- jects the moment he falters and suc- cumbs; even in certain savage tribes che aged man, though a chief, is likely to fall, as a useless incumbrance, under the stroke of the warclub or to be led aside to dle in silence of consuming hunger. Note how Shakespeare finds a telling phrase for this: The barbarous Scythian, Or he that makes his generation to gorge his appetite. Wherever mankind is but just from barbarism, the awe that like a halo the hoary head Is likely to messes. emerging from invading the life from which he drew his ow and wherever, in periods when law is weak and order troubled, so- ciety seems reeling back into brutish shamelessness and anarchy, there the family is likely to present an epitome of the moral chaos which threatens the very framework of the world. Under such cir- cumstancés, to use Shakespeare's own words in another play: Strength should be lord of imbeclity, And the rude son should strike his father dead; Force should be right; or. rather, right and wrong, Between whose endless jar justice resides, Should lose thelr names, and so should justice, too. Then everything includes itself in power, Power into will, will into appetite; And appetite, a universal wolf, So doubly seconded with will and power, Must make perforce a universal prey, And last eat up himself. To this condition society is ever tending to revert, and it requires the strenuous and constant efforts of every lover of his kind to hold it suspended above the 1¢ Dr. Thos. H. Morris is elected Supervisor, the people may depend on honest government of municival aftairs, " abyss, to urge it upward toward the sphere of heavenly influence, aware though he may be that at its best estate ‘W. Mable, Dr. Albert S. Cook, Dr. Hiram Corson, Dr. in their expressions of affection, but Cor- | | | | | They had come In the | receiving a handsomse | now | first made, declined to take a dowerless | accepted her hand and took her home | Lear concluded to rely on the | bearer of this letter was the Earl of Kent, | | read the play throughout before taking up the | human ingratitude, or, in the more lim- | Wherever | check by the bcnds of duty, by respect of | That which distinguishes the world | encircles | prove insufficient to deter the parricide | SHAKESPEARE'S TRAGEDY OF KING LEAR. by Seymour Eaton. POPULAR STUDIES IN SHAKESPEARE. Dowden, Dr. Willlam J. Rolte, Dr. Hamilton Isaac N. Demmon, Dr, Vida D. it can only hang In unstable equilibritm, like a wheel on an eccentric axls, ready to swing back toward the earth under the weight of its own base proclivities. The sancity that invests the infant, the blameless octogenarian, and the patfent domestic animal, the tender solicitude which protects and cherishes those who are unable to defend themselves against injury—these are plants which need con- tinually to be watered with celestial dew and which are soon choked out of exist- ence by the rank weeds that flourish with tropical luxuriance in the untended gar- den of the human heart It s by an unerring instinct that Shakespeare has preserved the barbario conditions which form the natural settings for this crime against humanity, just as, by an instinct equally unerring, Jour- genleft has placed his Lear of.the Steppes in the demi-savagery of peasant Russia. Balzac in his “Pere Goriot” has attained a similar though inferior result by sur- rounding ‘he hero of his sordid tale with the refined bestiality of nineteenth century Parls. The Lear of Shakespears is & crpaturs D e S L S S [ he ae s s e s S CLIFF, DOVER. of impulse. He is a Celt, a Celt antedat- Iing the CThristian era by something like a thousand years, a Celt who swears his pagan gods in an epoch when the stars could still be supposed without too great absurdity to determine the destinies of | men. Warm-hearted himself, he craves | the display of affection from those who are’ doubly bound to him as Prince and father. HIs own emotions demand im- mediate and full expression, and grati- tude or love means nothing to him unless it is demonstrative and eloquent in its turn. The significant deed does not con- tent him; it must be accompanied or re- placed by flowery words. For this hs sets the pattern. When he divides his kingdom it is with the swelling language of a pronunclamento; when his anger grows into vehement rage it expends it- self in !nvective which might be calied Ciceronian, were it not Shakespearean. His judgment has always been weak and his rule unsteady; like others of Shake- speare’s English monarchs, notably Rich- ard II, he was born to be an orator or a poetaster rather than a Kinz. He loves the trappings and appurtenances of royalty; his aim has not been to serve his people, but to enjoy his state, the pro- fessions of loyalty tendered by his cour- tiers, and the freedom to do and say whatever comes into his head. Senfiity has but increased his impulsiveness, his show, his impatience of any has rendered insatiable his desire for homage and for the display of | blind, unreasoning, overflowing affection. What a disappointment he is preparing for himself when "he parts with his power, the only thing which has recon- clled his court to bear with his arbitrary and changeful demeanor! He becomes es- sentially a private man, and from t.at moment begins to reap what he has sown. Impatient of discipline himself, he has never imposed it upon his daughters, and there is no reference to their mother, whom we may therefore suppose to have died too early to supply this deficiency of paternal training; he accordingly finds himself confronted with sheer nature— in the case of Goneril and Regan with headstrong, lustful, cruel women, strong with the strength of the tigress, and beautiful, if beautiful, with the gleam of her eye and the litheness of her terrible body; in the case of Cordelia, with a stern uprightness and a dumb tenderness, both of which he is incapable of compre- hending. It is with these that, practically alone and unfriended, he finds himself face to face, for Albany, though sym- pathetic, is under the dominion of his wife's imperious nature; Gloucester, though pitiful, is sufficiently occupied with the retribution for his own sins; Kent, though loyal, wanders in disgulse as an outlaw; and the Fool ruthlessly chastises his master's follies, only tem- pering his sarcasm at times with the tender reflexes of his adoration for Cor- delfa, toward whom his sentiments are like those of the huntsman for his lady in Browning's “Flight of the Duchess.” In this unequal contest Lear is bound to succumb. The kingdom of his soul, which has long been the prey to blind whim or ungoverned passion, has now become ab- solutely chaotic, and is accordingly no match for the steady purposes and con- stant wills to which it is opposed. He is thrust out by calculating and insistent selfishness, and eventually succored by unwavering affection; his own impulsive and fickle nature is but the football of to- and-fro contending forces, and the only majesty which he retains to the end is that of fitful passion and ruinous age, the majesty of a dismantled tower played round by wild lightning. | | Note—This “Critical Study of the Play” by Dr. Cook of Yale will be concluded on Thursday. COURSES OF INSTRUCTION. Autumn-Winter Term, 1899-1900. Mondays and Thursdays: Popular Studies in Shakespeare. Tuesdays: The World’s Great Ar- | tists. Wednesdays: Desk Studies for Girls, and Shop and Trade Studies for Boys. Fridays: Great American States- men. Saturdays: Home Science and Household Economy. These courses will continue until February 15, 1900. Examinations will - be held at their close as a basis for the granting of certificates. XKing’s Successcr. HONOLULU, Oct. 27.—Alexander Young was this afternoon appointed Minister of Interior to succeed the late Captain 1 James A. King.. .