The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 7, 1899, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, DEGEMBER i 1899, ADVERTISEMENTS. emington Standard Typewriters are used M the 20 leading office buildings of San Fran- cisco than of all other makes put together. Remingtons, 413 Al Others, - 405° New Models Nos. 6, 7, and 8 (Wide Carriage), - Fe st T WYCKOFP, SEAMANS & BENEDICT Portland San Francisco Los Angeles AMUSEMENTS. | Jacob Litt's revival of Bronson Howard's | AMUSEMENTS. ‘ ! THE DATE IS Thursday Afternoon, ‘ December 14, DOAH | AT TnE Orpheum. 50 H TLE ne. . s EE SATURDAY—Z23c to 15¢ . | MoxsTER CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE IN AID OF THE CHARITY FUND | —OF THE— | . o | Associated Theatrical Managers XTRA-NEXT MONDAY. ARDE, FREDER ICK W RUNE = B \‘"‘ Matinee, of San Francisco. — ST o7 -~ | THE GREATEST BILL EVER OFFERED. 5 The DERICK WARDE and Company, from CAUF“RM-\ T“EAIE E RAWLEY COMPANY, from the Call- t of “THE CHIMES OF NORMANDY," nd Opera House. Mother Earth'" from the Alcazar. I'ARVILLE, GEORGE FULLER 1 the Cream of Vaudeville, from HARTMAN and an Operatic Sur- 1 GEORGIA MINSTRELS, from ra MITE and Big Things, from the THE PEOPLE WILL GO TO APLAY WHERE THEY KNOW | THE PERFORMANCE IS GOOD AND THE PRICES ARE LOW. THE FRAWLEY CQMFANY. [ ene AN ENEMY T0 THE KING. THE FAT ARD.” SUCCESS WILEON and Vaudeville Lights, from CURTAIN RISER AT ONE O'CLOCK EHARP. CARRIAGES AT 530 The Managers and Actors have helped every known charity. Now help them. Enough d. RESE! TAL CARI SEATS—Entire Ground Floor, A 4 50c; Box Seats, $1 50. . C AL AY AT THE ORN- .y &nd Jones 3 one . CAMILLE D'ARVILLE WE KEEPING OUR PROMISE BY GIV- 2 2 S IN i{E FUNNI SHOW IN TOWN GEORGE FULLER GOLDEN, «yp pLASTER OF PARIS” strong tion of high ciass Vaude- ONE WEEK. MATIN SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. SPECIAL PRIC:! e, and 50c .-15c, 2c and 35c NEXT SUNDAY NIGHT— ORIGINAL GEORGIA MINSTRELS. OPERA-HOUSE. o rerarms . GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. cats, TELEPHONE MAIN &2, TIVOLI OPEI GRAND GALA REOPENI T SHTE NG RDAY NIGHT ™~ a Season, TAR and TARTAR ANOTHER CALIFORNTA ALL THIS WEEK. Stewart and Peter Robertson’s Brilllant Comie Opera, TRIUMPH. noe of the popular comedian All previous productions totally eclipsed. FcRRIS H"’?T”_}y“”- A DELIGHTFUL ENTERTAINMENT. ANNIE MEYERS., BY GEM ST, | “THE CHIMES OF NORMANDY.” USUAL PRICES—50c, 36c, %ic, 15c, 10c. rved Seat at Saturday Matinee, 2Se. nch ticket office, Emporium, CHUTES AND 700. EVERY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALCAZAR THEATER. | TO-NT’.HT! AN ACKNOY “MOTHER EARTH” INCREASED ORCHESTRA EMILE BRUGUIERE « Humorous Fa “UP TO WATKINS.” SEATS 15¢, 25¢, 35¢, 50¢. MATI SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. STEEPLECHASE ! CENTRAL PARK fh and Market sts—Open Daily from 1 to 11:30 p. m. IT'6 THE PLACE WITE THE PUNNY STAIRS, PROYESSOR HILL, r ¥ st in His Hazardous nlty. MAN CARROUSEL f Wild Beasts. FRANK HALL Subduing ““Wallace,” the Monster Lion, OR MITE, In His Great Imitation of CORNILLE. ADGIE AND HER LIONS, High Diver and a Great Show. Preceded by | Try to Die In the “CABARET DE LA MORT." TO-NIGHT, THURSDAY, AMATEUR PINAFORE MINSTRELS. Phone for Seats—Park 23, HIT Tragedy, Mex} Mustc by CONCERTS AND RESORTS. SPECIAL NOTICE ! The Panorama is open Panorama d.ul[\ from 10 A. M. to 5 of the 2! A correct representation “I f of the greatest victory ever achieved ¢n land or sea, ¥urpassing anything ever cxbibited in artistic merit - terest. Don’t fail to | Manuia y\ it it. Market street, near Eighth. THE MEC | = # iy irporied T Jfrom G Voo POULTRY MAN CAGE. EARTHQUAKE FLOOR and | 1000 Chickens 00 Pigeons, 200 Dogs, valued Soores of Other . at over 3200000, on exhibition. Incubators ME BILL hatching chickens every day and night. Ths I FR( EY ISLAND. Adn n in on the horses. DOG Hana T Winners. igrest show you ever saw. Doors open from - 10 &, m. to 10 p. m., Exposition Bullding, Onk- land, Dec. 6, 7, § and 5. Admission 250; Chil- aren’ 15c. WESTERN TURE ASSOCIATION et onse TANFORAN PARK. Inclustve. week-day, [Imitation . Eye-Glasses. | p*HE GOOD FOLKS WHO TRY TO COPY Tt clip have failed because they don’t know our method of Atting them. They're the only firm and easy grip ever made—becoming and | accurate; 5 cents. 5 p. m., ¥ ace and at 4:45 p. m. Rear B and thelr eecorts. No smoking. | Oculists’ prescriptions filled. | Quick repairing. lencia street 10 minutes later. ool e, B " Mat P s Jove and way stations. Arrive at Sen | FOCUOrY on premises. Phone, Main 10. t 32.45 p. m. leave San Bruno at 4:00 and 4:45 p. m Rates: San Francisco to Tanforan and re- turn, including mdmission to track, $1 3 A J. MARTIN, 'President. ¥. H. GR Secretary and Manager. THE WEEKLY CALL, APPARAT OPTICIANS %50 oGP Erivc 642 MARKET ST. INSTRUMENTS GRBER CROMICLE B DN Corner Fourth 8. F. totarged to 16 Pages CAFE ROVAL el HIS MAJESTY. FRENNK SAYS HE SHOT TURNER TO SAVE HIS LIFE He Claims His Victim Made Threats. TRAGEDY VIVIDLY DESCRIBED —_— DEFENDANT SAYS HIS ENEMY MADE A MOTION TO DRAW. el Treatment He Received at the Hands of the Dead Man Turned Him Gray and Robbed Him of Sleep. e Joseph P. Frenna's recital of how he was tricked, bamboozled and robbed by James F. Turner until in a moment of frenzy he turned on the author of his woes and slew him is finished. How much of the barber's tale will be given credence, or whether, if credited, the facts as related by him will be consid- ered by a jury to have furnished suffi- down from behind, will only be known when a send Frenna to the gallows or give him his lberty. The climax of the defendant's testi- An Excellent Combination. 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A mo- ment before he had testified that as a result of the constant worry brought about by the latter's swindling practices of which he had been the victim his hair had turned gray and he had been un- able to get a night's sleep for months. Then on the eve of the fatal meeting in the Crocker building he had received letter containing still further evidence of his undoing. He did not know when he entered the Crocker buliding, intend- ing to go to C. D. Gregory's office, that Turner was anywhere in "the neighbor- hood. “I stepped into the north one nearest Post street,” sald nna, while the spectators in the courtroom held their breath In expectancy, “and went up to the third floor. As I got out of the elevator 1 saw Turner directly in front of me. I said: ““Turner, what did you do with my elevator, the la you — — —, I'll show renna, v he sald. “As he sald that he stepped back and put his hand behind him, and then pulled my gun and kept firing until every shot was gone.” Frenna sald he did not remember any- thing after Turner made the fatal'move except firing as fast as he could, until Mr. aul spoke to him and took him into room 27, where he remained until the ar- n officer. He testified that he had heard from a number of sources that Turner had threatened to kill him. Frenna complained of a slight headache when he resumed his testimony in the morning, and this temporary indisposi- tion was very likely accountable for much of the nervousness he at times displayed during the ‘day. Several times his an- swers to the quesuonadput by Mr. Hosmer were more explicit and extended than his attorneys wished to hear, and he was sharply rebuked for going beyond instruc- tions. "He took up his story where it was dropped the day before, but nothing of articular interest was extracted from him until he came to the account of how Turner had robbed him of a ranch in Sonoma County by "rnlnf in_ the de- ecription of the property In the blank space on a deed he had previously given rner to some Santa Clara property. He discovered this new evidence of Turner's perfidy upon sending for an abstract to the Sonoma propel‘lg. intending to_ex- change it for an orchard near San Jose. He received the abstract in C. D. Greg- ory’s office In the Crocker building, and when he saw the statément that his prop- erty had been, according to the official record, transferred by him to Turner and by the latter to J. J. Rauer through a third part he jumped to his feet and exclaimed, “Turner’ has robbed me again!” He then proceeded to relate the events immediately following his latest discovery. He visited George D. Collins, Turner's attorney, and explained the sit- uation, soliciting his ald in having the matter straightened out. “Mr. Collins told wus,” sald Frenna, “that’ Turner was a very lucky man that he had escaped going to the peni tentiary, and‘if he keeps on he will wind \}:r in San Quentin or somebody will kill Then followed an account of his visits to Rauer's office and conversations with | Rauer in regard to the deed. “Did you at any time in the presence Rauer, or in his office in the pres- any of his clerks, threaten to Turner?" asked Attorney Hosmer. 0, I never did,”” was the reply. Then, as an afterthought, the witness con- tinued: “That would be the last thing I would do, would be to commit myself in a place like Rauer's office.” This unguarded answer brought Hos- mer to his feet before it was half ut- kil tered, crying “That will do, that will do.”” Tt was a bad break, but Frenna ap- parently did not look upon it that way. Then followed the detalled statement of Frenna's doings on the morning of the tragedy until he surrendered himself to Officer Ross and handed over to him_the weapon with which he had destroyed his enemy. tion of the witness, and as it was then 3 p. m. and District Attorney Murphy was unavoidably absent the case was| continued untll this morning at 10 o'clock. It is expected the cross-examina- tion of the accused will be extremely rigid and will hardly be concluded before night, 80 Frenna has a hard day ahead of him. MORE BOLD SMUGGLING ON THE CURACAD INSPECTOR NICHOLSON SHOT AT A SATLOR. Five Hundred Cigars Dumped Over- board, When the Watchfulness of Customs Officers Pre- vented the Attempt. The coast steamer Curacao added an- other sensational chapter to her smug- gling history yesterday morning at 2 o'clock. The incidentals were a bag con- iaining 50 Mexican cigars, a revolver shot from the weapon of Customs In- spector Nicholson and an escaped mem- ber of the crew. At conversation on deck with an unknown member of the crew. When the two sep- arated the watchman went down the gangplank and engaged In conversation with Mr. Chamberlain, the gangway of- ficer. At the same time the unknown man stepped off the stem of the steamer. was intercepted by Customs Inspector Nicholson, who commanded him to halt. The fellow immediately threw a gunny sack_into the bay and broke into a run. | ir. Nicholson fired a shot after him, in- cting a serious wound ‘on the atmos- here, and the fellow got away with what- ever other booty he m1?m have had upon him. The sack containing the cigars was recovered. When the affair was reported to Acting Customs Surveyor Chauncey St. John the guard around ‘the steamer was doubled and a thorough search of the vessel was ordered. The Curacao plies regularly be- tween San Francisco and Mexican ports and brings rmuggled cigars to this port on almos® every trip. Quartermaster John Bensoin_of the steamer was caught last Friday by the customs officers while he was {rylng to leave the vessel with 200 around his legs under his clothing. Through an oversight the cus- toms officers allowed him to return to the vessel, and when a deputy United States Marshal visited the Curacao with a war- rant for Benson's arrest for smugglin Bepson was not to be found. He is stii at large. ———— CHARGED WITH MURDER. M fl P! | Dr. Newman and Ji ohl; Vaccari Booked for the Death of Miss Su-Ela Tyson. The inquest into the cause of the death of Su-Ela Tyson was concluded yesterday morning by Coroner Hill, and the jury returned a verdict to the effect: That the said Su-Ela Tyson, age 21, nativity California, occupation none, residence 614, eet, In the city and county of San came to her death at her sald resi- in sald city and county on the 1st day of den December, 1899, through peritonitis, and we do further find: That her death was due to an operation performed upon her. the sald Su-Ela Tyson, by Dr. 8. Newman of 412 Post street, San Francisco, California; and we further find that said Dr. §. Newman should be held to answer before the criminal court for man- slaughter. Coroner Hill declined either to approve or disapprove of the verdict until he had an opportunity of consulting with his at- torney as to kis right to amend a verdict after it had been handed in by the jury. The Coroner wanted young Vaccari also charged with manslaughter. = After con- sulting the man of law over the telephone the Coroner approved the verdict without change. Dr. Newman and John Vaccari were af- terward placed under arrest for murder, on complaint of Warren J. Tyson, & brother of the dead girl. —————— ‘Whipple and Murphy. Savs Jim Whipple to Chester Murphy, “Come vp to Zinkand's and talk it over.” He went and felt better. & —_—————— In Favor of Bond Issue. The following resolutions were unani- mously adopted last evening by the New Charter Democratic Club of the Forty- fourth Assembly District at its regular weekly meeting at its headquarters, Pow- ell and Union streets: ‘Whereas, Inasmuch as this munic) on the eve of the dawn of & new era. beiey o5 the adoption of the new charter and of the election of its ardent supporters, who are to be_its first officers; and Whereas, The improvement of the eity s in the line of'the policy of that (nstrument; there- ore be it Resolved, That the New Charter Democra Club of the Forty-fourth Assembly. Disceioe indorse all the proposed issuance of bonds for public improvement and beautifying of the claliy, This ended the direct examina- | the hour mentioned the B(eBmPr‘si watchman was seen holding a whispered | He | WILSDN, COLORE, FENLED WIT WILSON, WHITE Attorney’s Story of Straw Bonds. FLATLY CONTRADICTS REILLY e SAYS THE LATTER GAVE HIM THE INSTRUMENTS. e Prisoner Works Himself Into a Fren- zy and the Bailiff Asks for Per- mission to Remove Him From the Dock. | et ne— It is the consensus of opinion that there will be trouble in the future between Wil- son, colored, and Wilson, white. J. N. B. Wilson, the attorney whose name was mixed up in the scandal following the ex- posure of the release of Harry Wilson, the gentleman of color, on straw bonds | alleged to have been forged by ex-Police Court Clerk Thomas A. Kelly, was on the stand yesterday In the trial of the ac- cused before Judge Lawlor. Attorney Wilson's story {s bound to create trouble for some one. He sald that on the night Wilson was released on three charges of petty larceny he was telephoned to by some woman whose name, address or ap- pearance he doesn’t know. She asked him 10 meet bondsmen who would qualify for the release of the prisoner. He made an engagement and met none other than Cos- grove or some one giving that name and Edward A. Reilly. Notwithstanding the fact that Reilly denied positively on the stand that he had signed the document or that he had met | Kelly or was aware that his name was on the bond, Wilson testified point blank that Reilly had told an untruth and that it was none other than he who handed him the bonds. After meeting the bonds- men Wilson said that all of them went to a saloon on Mason street, near Post, and | there met Kelly. Kelly refused to accept | he bonds in the saloon, but they went | ogether to his rooms up on Geary street. When they were in front of the hol Cosgrove said that he was in a hur and he and Reilly were sworn. Wilson | then took the bonds, secured the prison- | er's release and started with him down- town. The prisoner testified during the | | case that he went with Wilson to the Cali- | | fornia State House on Ho d street and | there pald him §300, after which they met | a man of Kelly's appearance. Wilson then told him to go and the prisoner left. | Attorney Wilson swore yesterday that he never recelved one cent from his client and that he did not go to Howard street, but as Wilson (colored) was afrald to go | along Market street, having a fear that he would be arrested for a strangler, they | went up Taylor street and then zigzagged | down to Montgomery. On reaching th corner of California and Montgome | streets Wilson (colored) pretended to be | ill, and they took a drink, and later, when | the witness was trying to find the watch- | man to get the key for his office bullding, | his client took flight and made his escape. When the witness reached this portion | of his statement Wilson, whose release | caused the present trouble, ralsed himself from his seat in the dock, from which he { was viewing the proceedings. y | | col- { ored man he was pale as death and the foam trickled from the corners of hs | mouth. The balliff asked for permission | to remove him from the dock, but Judge Lawlor instructed the detectives to keep | a close guard on him. He trenzied | at the attorney on the stand and his | ner plainly meant trouble for the witness | when the opportunity presented _itself. | The court took an adjournment at this | oint, as Assistant District Attorney 3lack wanted an opportunity to prepare for the cross-examination. | During the morning session yesterday | Karl Eisenschimel, the handwriting ex- | pert, testified that In his opinion the sig- | nature on the bond was In Kelly’s hand- | writing and was not that of Reilly, who, Wilson says, presented him with the docu- | ments. 1 A REMARKABLE CHRISTMAS WINDOW A Display of Which the Whole City Is Talking. A most wonderful plece of work is now being shown in three of the large windows | of the Emporium, which easily eclipses any holiday window display hitherto made in San Francisco. It is a reproduc- | tion in miniature of every detail of the front and a birdseye view of the interior | | of the big store, constructed entirely of handkerchiefs. ; is about 0 feet | | The miniature buildin, long and feet high, showing the entire seven floors. Not a detall has been over- | looked. The electric light fixtures are all | reproduced, and when lighted add to the | { brilllancy of the scene. On the sidewalk in front of the handkerchief structure a constantly moving throng of pedestrians (dolls of all descriptions) pass and repa the beautifully decorated windows. These tiny show windows contain minlature dls- lays of dry goods, cloaks and suits, | Books, ”" turniture, érockery, clothing, | shoes, etc. Looking into the maln entrance, in | which are reproduced the elaborate chan- | deliers, bronzed doors, showcases, etc., one sees the band stand with its musi- clans; the crowded balcony; the show- | cases and counters, and another moving multitude of dolis representing custom- | | ers. Two colored doorkeepers are in | charge of the doors of the little store, | just like the well known guardians of the | doors of the big one. On_the windows of the upper floors of | this handkerchief palace the names of the | doctors, lawyers and other occupants of the offices are printed in gold upon the glass windows, just as they are seen every day by the thousands who pass the big granite bullding. The fronts and sides | | of the three windows occupied by the | | miniature building are filled with a vast | ! array of beautiful holiday goods. The work is the design of Frank IL. Carr, who won the first prize and gold medal in the famous window dressing con- | test at the World’s Fair in Chicago, and | who is now employed as head window dresser in the big store. ————————— WILL SEARCH FOR THE WILL. Maria T. Elliott Makes Grave Charges Against William Fennell. The premises of Willlam Fennell, 441 Fair Oaks street, will be searched to-day by Mrs. Marla _T. Elliott and Deputy Sheriff Charles Fancher for the purpose of discovering, If possible, a will alleged to have been made I»{thru. Winifred Fennell, who dled November 28 In an affidavit filed by Mrs. Elliott vesterday she al-| leges that she was a friend of Mrs, Fen- nell who a few days prior to her death told her that she had made a will and showed her the document, which be- queathed her estate, which Is valued at $15,000, to Mrs. Delfa R. Brooks, daughter of Mrs. Elliott, Miss Winifred Brooks, Willlam _Fennell, her husband, and thé affiant, Mrs. Elliott. | Mrs. Elliott alleges that the day after Mrs. Fennell dled she was_ forbidden to | enter her late home by her husband, who said that he knew there was a will_but that he would break it when found. Mrs. Elltott says that unless restrained by the court Fennell will destroy the will. The | court made the order and the result of the search will be reported to the court to- day. ———————— Helping a Comrade. Saturday evening, December 9, a bene- fit will be given In Mission Opera Hall, Mission street, between Seventeenth and Eighteenth, for Lyman W. Wentworth, formerly.of Company M of the First Cali- fornia Volunteer Regiment, who was in- jured in- Manila. The benefit is being given by the members of his old com- any. Wentworth i now in the general Rospitar at the Presiaio. Picture Frames. ‘We have zll the newest novelties in shapes, woods and finishes in picture frames. O1d Flemish, Dutch, English and gray oaks, mat gilts and bronzes with mat boards in colors to match. Any pic- ture can be appropriately and nuonnb¥ fitted in our frame department. Sanbors, Vall & Co., 741 Market street. . | Indeed, that Is practically what | time ! laughter-hater, like Malvolio. A STUDY OF SHAKESPEARE'S FOOLS, Copyright, 1889, by Seymour Eaton. POPULAR STUDIES IN SHAKESPEARE. Contributors to this course: Dr. Edward W. Mable, Dr. Albert S. Cook, Dr. Hiram Corson, Scudder and others. | VIL. THE FOOLS OF SHAKES- PEARE. BY PROFESSOR J. V. DENNEY. ers of Shakes- 1t is common among rea peare to speak of scenes of intensity and scenes of relict and to regard the latter as less essential than the former to the plays in which they are found. The speeches of the clowns and fools, es- pecially, are often considered as mere waggery devised by the dramatist as a | temporary relief from the strain of close attention to the main course of the plot. | The fool seems to be, ig this view, an extra character, thrust {n from time to time solely for amusement—to tickle the ears of the groundlings with his droli- erfes. His bolt Is soon shot, the passing fun soon over and the play proper re- sumed in earnest. This conception of the fool and fool scenes, true as far as It goes, fails of anything llke complete jus- tice to the fool and his important office. The fool is so often the wise man of the play, and the wise men are so often focl- ish, that justice would sometimes seem to | require an even exchange of title roles. posed, fronically of course, In Lear” (act I, scene 4) when the teaches Lear the difference between bitter fool and a sweet fool.” tool ., (The exemplification in part of the fine that was levied when Shakespeare purchased the estate of New Place from Underhill in 157.) “King | a| Dowden. Dr. Willlam J. Rolfe, Dr. Hamilton Dr. Isaac N. Demmon, Dr. Vida D. 1;1(::-. n\n‘v_|. o Il’\nuh r is without bitters nes cquit ourselves of expresein superfority by the laug — So solicitous for his fool-folk _does Shakespeare appear 1 o that he Is thought by some to have ored the common bellef of his s simpletons spoke at rection, were indeed an t their frrele therefore to be interpreted as prophetic or fa taln it is that to his simple clowr understanding that & periors in intellect in mind than their mas first to understand the teus and Speed s fl love of Siivia. Lear so) sideration wher ural food of for! and there is an in in “As You Like It (ac! Touchstone makes his first Cella. Though nature ha flout at Fortune, 200l to cut off from the arge farther 2), where appearance: en us wit td sent in this Rosglind. Indeed, there is fortune ton hard | for Nature, when Fortune makes Nature's nate | ural the cutter-off of Nature's wit. « Peradventure this Is not Fortune's rk, e bt ature’'s, who cel h | our natural wits too dull to o §od- 'l:—:" l{fld hxl!'\ sent this urnl £ ur whet- stone: for always the dullnes e £oo0 the whetstone of the u\‘41 b X R The clown “All's Th sl - at Ends | Well” (act T, scene 3), w e by the foul- s disclaimer, prophet I, have more rstanding than they ought to have as mere sim- . unless ac- 1t be taken of the Shakespeare’s age. superstition ot Of course it wi be easy to overr the impor the fools and clowns in the plays and foolish to expect to find meaning in all of their nonsense. A dramatic reason to be is not pe comedies, rficlal _and y verbal, crowded with puns and forced conceits. The fun flles fast and furious; the combat of wits is prolonged until counsell'd thee thy land, here Do thou for him sta The sweet and bitter fool Will presently appear; The one In motley here, The other found o Lear—Dost thou call me All thy other titles that thou was born with. The wearer of the motley not often the real fool of the play after all. Mal- olio, Olivia’'s steward, in ‘“Twelfth ight,” so gravely superior in his treat- ment of the bibulous Sir Toby and Sir Andrew; #o contemptuous of Feste and the servants; who has read books, and !s too lofty in his self-conceit to coun: tenance folly in any form—how does Fool—That lord that To give aw g S H Shakespeare leave him in our esteem as | And, equally de- | compared with Feste? void with Malvolio of a saving sense of humor, Polonius, the sly old politician in “Hamlet,” so se in his schemes for his children’s advancement—how does he fare under the dramatist’s hand? What a fool Hamlet makes of him! Shake peare makes Viola say of the fool Fes (“Twelfth Night,” act 1II, scene 1): This tellow is wise enough to play the fool; And to do that well craves a kind of wi He must observe their mood on whom he fests, The quality of persons and the time, Not, like the haggard, check at ev That comes before his eve. As full of labor as a wise man's For folly that he wisely shows is But wise men's folly, shown, quite taints their wit. And Celia In “As You Like It" (act I, feather a practice | scene 2), after Touchstone has declared it a pity “that fools may not speak wisely | what wise men do foolishly,” repli in the same vein: “By my troth, thou sayest true; for since the little wit that fools have was silenced, the little foolery that wise men have makes a great show.” The fool in “Lear” also, when, immediately after the sharp taunt quoted above, Kent remarks to the King: *“This is not alto- ether fool, my lord,”” at once rejoins: , lords and great men will not let me; if had a monopoly out they would have part on 't; and ladies, too, they will not let me have all fool to my- self; they’ll be snatching.” In these and similar passages Shakes- peare not only intimates the frequent su- periority of (gm fool over the worldy wise among the characters, but by unmistak- able signs possesses us of the uncomfort- able suspicion that perhaps some of the biggest fools of all are not on the stage, but fronting it, unconsciously furnishing the laughter at their own expense. Lorenzo in the “Merchant of Venice” (act cene 5) says of Launcelot, clown: Oh, dear discretion, how his words are suited! The fool hath planted in his memory An army of good words: and 1 do know A many fools, that stand in better place, Garnished Itke him, that for a tricksy word Defy the matter. “Lord, what fools these mortals be’ cries Puck, as if to dlspel any lingering doubt that for a complete list of Shakes- peare's fools the great poet would send us ountside of the personae of the dramas, oft the stage, through the audience and into the world, where each man “in n blays many parts.”” “Art tnou wise ‘l'n ~hstone of Poor WIIl in “As You It “Ay, sir: Will. asks Like have (Act V, scene 1) pretty wit,” answers “Why,” says Touchstone, *‘thou sa.“'rnfll well. T do now remember a saying, “The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. In their wise moments fools off the stage Jearn what their follies are from the wise fools and foolish wise men whom the dra- matist puts on the stage for their in- struction and enjoyment. And this is doubtless cne of the principal reasons fi the existence in Shakespeare )r S0 mar varieties of fools and clowns. They, like the children mentioned in the adage, are privileged to speak the truth, opportunely and ino portunely, uncon- sciously and without fear, to astonish us with it when we are off our guard, to please us with it as Jacques was pleased When he found Touchstone “so deep con- templative,” or to startle us with it as Teear was startled when the fool's words darted an unwelcome truth home. “I can v a snall has a house,” says tne L Vi asks Lear. “Why, to put his head in'" answers the fool, bluntiy; “not to give it away to his daughters." Imogen spoke very wisely and in a double sense when she said (“Cymbelin®,” act 11 scene 3) that “fools are not mad folks. We cannot doubt that Shakespeare looked with smiling complacency upon the stage fools of his own creation and with com- plete serenity upon their brethren in the world reflected in the plays. On sotme of them he has bestowed almost more than their share of aphoristic wit and philos- ophy. He does not allow us to feel con- tempt for eny of them; he protects them from our ridicule and often turns the laugh away from them and upon some humorless wiseacre, some non-laugher or We laugh for the most part with the fool and ~ot at him; and when we do laugh at him it is usually because of his own unmistak- able invitation. It is the laughable in common human nature and in social sftu- ation that Shakespeare makes us recog- Dy the | sometimes it be- comes wearisome |the quality of the humor does | seem to matter so much as the abl | to keep the war merrily going. | clowns are sometimes put, | their professional honor rapid cross-fire of nonsense | even though the jokes be not worth | much as jokes. But making due allowance for all this, there is.the other Anger, wh | modern reader: speare pecu- ding all of the clown | larly liabl utterances as of little importance and of | underrating their part in the advance- | ment of the main business of the plays. It Is significant and sometimes it {s important Costard, the clown in * Lost,” is a silly country booby most “‘a natural”;: he belongs to the low- | est order of Shakespeare’s fool-folk; he | 1s unconscious of the droll figure he cuts | and incapable of intentional wit; little portance can be attached to any of his say} yet Costard’s part In the de- velopment of the theme could not easily be dispensed with. His prompt violation | of the king's decree makes that solemn instrument laughable a¢ once. Costard | succumbs to a higher or lower but at any rate a more natural law than the king's, as his betters also do, in the end, includ- ing the king himself.’ Shakespeare keeps | this poor clown In close, though uncon- sclous, complicity with the main plot at every point. The Costard element in the | play affords a humorous comment on the kin folly and affectation in disregarde ing natural human instincts. Launce and Speed, the clowns In the ~fwo Gentlemen of Verona.” and Laun- celot of the “Merchant of Venice” belong to the same low order as Costard. They are unwitting or natural fools. Launce s, however, capable of a vulgar kind of e ning. He manages to get Speed a whip ping as a penalty for reading his letter and prying into his love affair. The sta work laid out for Launce seems unimport ant until it is noted that he Is employed at least three times to hold up in & clear light the innate vulgarity of his master, Proteus. When Launce enters with his dog (act II, scene 3) Proteus, not yet known to the audience in his true cha | acter of flirt, has just parted from Julla | and left her in tears, though Proteus him- self, in spite of his fine sentiments, has | mot shed a drop. Proteus is soon to prove untrue to Julla. In preparation for this, | Launce vuigarizes the scene by describing his own parting from his family, all of | whom have “this very fault” of tears, ex- | cept the satirical “I think Crab, | my dog, be the sourest-natured dog that | lives; “my mother weeping, my father walling, my sister crying, our maid howl- | ing, our cat wringing her hands and all | our’ house in great perplexity, yet did not | this cruel-hearted cur shed one tear; he is a stone, a very pebble-stone, and has no more pity in him than a dog.” Wa remember this last against Proteus when he forgets Julla. Launce’s Instinctive ob= scenity (act IV) in rec unting Crab’s m: demeanors also_reflects tupon Proteus, whose moral offenses against love are oarodled by Crab's conduct. I ove affair (act III, scene 1) serious and sincere in reality as affairs of Pgoteus. Launcelot, rchant of Venice,” pe matic function similar to that of Launce, Shakespeare has made him serviceable to the theme of the play. Launcelot runs away (before Jessica does) from the rich Shylock to enter the service of the poor but generous Bassanio, because Bassania has “the grace of God, sir,” while Shy- lock nnl{ “has enough His reflections on the right and wrong of running away (act II, scene 2), leading him through o struggle between conscience and the flend, and resulting in his decision to follow the advice of the flend as being more nearly rlrm. furnish a comment on Jessica's flight the r?hl and wrong of which Is equnlli; hard to determine. The scene with his father, which brings out their fondness for each other, reminds us by contrast of the feeling existing betweern Jessica and her father. Note—This study b{ Professor Denney of Ohlo State University will be concluded on Monday next NEVADA IS COMING. California Songbird to Be Welcomed Along With the New Year. Emma Nevada is commg. The Califor- nia prima donna is to ee nere during tho second week In January, and already her many friends are making ready to wel- come her. European triumphs have not turned the head of the talented songbird. and her letters to her old friend and teacher, Mrs. C. T. Mills, tell of her de- Iight in’ coming to California once again. §¢ is some fourteen years since Nevada last visited America_and her recent re- appearance in New York was the signal for renewed triump In her visit to this coast Madam N a will be accom- panied by her husband and daughter Mig- non. The little girl, who s but 15 years old, is sald to possess a remarkable voice, which it is believed will startle the mu- sic loving world even more that ot her talented mother, B