The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 29, 1900, Page 9

JUMPS THROUGH WINDOW TO ESCAPE Mrs. Mary Nelson Tells Harrowing Tale of Hus- band’s Cruelty. g the Protection of the Police r Self and Children After Being Choked and Beaten. s Ozkland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Oct. 28. | ave herself from the brutality of furd A husband Mrs. Mary Nel- through a window at her th street, and with her the youngest 3 years of oldest 9 years, followin = and the e her way to the police station ight for shelter. She told Captain of lice Peterson a story of cruelty and asked to be given a place to sleep In the fearing to return to her home, from w she bad fled to escape the beating choking her spouse had been administer Chris Nelson, the accused & longshoreman. According to story bhe became angered at her t ever & minor domestic differe some words he grabbed the help man and tried to choke her into submis- sion. While one hand clutched throat, Nelson used his free arm er terror for days, but to- ugliest of all, and bis ugly mood. t tp investigate, and t ber children were given quarters ir @il Mrs. Nelson did not want he nd arrested, feering his vengea ars be were put behind the b: EARLY MORNING ROBBFRY ON THE WATER FRONT Two Sailors Fall Into Hands of Thieves, One of Whom Is Cap- tured by Officer Flinn. Two saliors, named August Kaufer and *F. Traboit, fell into the hands of robbers e water front early yesterday morn- ng and as a result John J. Lioyd, who claims to be & baker, has & charge of ding egainst his name on the >n book. Trabolt accuses pal, who escaped, of tak- ors were in the hands of oried out and Policemen end Hightower, who were patroi- beats, gave chase to the robbers, retreat. Flinn capture ion was lost ightower fired s b him to a halt. Lioyd © speak about the affair. He had key in his possession. that he and Trabolt had some dancehall, where ¥4 and his partner. Kauf- e pistol, which was taken some attache of the to secure a permit yd and his pal repre- and fol- street. ce Lloyd pretending t o search the sail- from Traboit, but his watch th - and gave the outcry which brought the officers to the scene and resuited in Liloyd's arrest. —_——————— FATHER KIDNAPS HIS CHILD FROM NURSE George Gray Makes a Bold Move to Get Possession of His Minor Daughter. Mrs. Madge G who resides at 109 “hief of Police Sul- , 4nd in an ex- her in finding her laughter Mildred, who had by George Gray, the divorced husband of relating the story of the Mrs. Gray declared that g along Taylor street, 11 o'clock yests with her nurse, & and took the Gray failed to retu vicinity for her 1 race of =e, and reported her employer. Mrs. Gr: to find her child, and neighborhood untll dark t n that she the police. member of the of Gray set out re- t of which will spply to the Superior o have her child restored and will endeavor to pre srced husband for abduc- FIVE HUNDRED BURNING LETTERS ARE PRODUCED Catherine Haight Says They Were ‘Written to Her by Cyrus Elwood Brown. position of Mrs. Cyrus wn has not as vet been com- aced among the papers in of promise r husband by nnati, the attorne: mant are prep: by invading t Br 1 d " ardent wooing in o f other depositions and a A m from Cincinnati says: Depositions will be taken here next week in = Jue $20,000 breach of promise case i b the plaintiff is a fair resident of this . endant @ well-known promoter reputed to be worth half a he case is Catherine Haight Brown, and they met under > Brown was an ardent d, and wrote some 500 let- which will be offered in ev will be taken as to id rtain_photographs. Miss Haight e on Price Hill MRS. RORER ON COMPLEXION. Not a Matter of Cutward Application. | Mrs. Rorer answers, in tle Ladies’ Fome Journal, an inguirer about good complexion, reciting that it can only come om & healthy condition of the entire stem and that it is not a matter of ward application, finishing with the “your food camnot pos- ¥ e with you if you have muscu- r rheumatism and a bad complexion.” is a known fact that many people to properly digest the starchy part ¢ bread and other food. Grape-Nuts (a aelightful breakfast food) arr made of grape sugar which results from pre- g the starchy parts of the cereals, in the same way ertificlally as the body should do by natural processes. There Grape-Nuts give one food all ready immediate assimilation into blood and tissue. They are ready prepared, re- quire no cooking whatever aud will ba found most valuable by Athlete, Braic Worker or Invalid Sold by grocers. re THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1800. OVERCONFIDENCE 5 THEI EXCUSE Berkeley Athletic Experts Tell Why the Fresh- men Were Beaten. e o Blue and Gold Football Players Very Much Cast Down by the Unex- pected Victory of Stan- ford Team. e N pursuance of & custom recently in- augurated by the great chiefs of the Red Men, the local lodge held a “Council of Sorrow’" yesterday in tha lodge room on Post street. It is the or- | der of the great chiefs that once a year in any place where there are two lodges of Red Men, a memorial service for those of the order who have died during the year s shall be held. It was a service of this ORI ot I sf“"m:‘f he | iind that was held yesterday. T s o b (e eley | The large lodge room was crowded long reshmen is 4 mo o le¥ | pefore the services were opened, and sore over their def were many times m s is due to the spirit of with which the blue ry word of the speakers was followed h an interest that befitted the solem- y of the occasion. Fhe services opened with an address o the game. by Davis Louderback, past grand sachen \e opinion of the col-|He referred to the day and the occaslon, was the chief reason for | explaining the object of the services and of its boasted Tecalling those in whose memory it was being held this the Lord's and And this over- @efeat Following address The California men expected an easy walk-over and talked glibly of repeating the famous 44 to 0 victory, and,.in this| frame of mind, faced the Stanford eleven, om even its supporters looked to see! | bedly beaten. The fierce rushes of the, | Palo Alte youngsters completely discon- | certed the Berkeley boys, who lost their heads, played wildiy at times or relapsed into a paralyzed state of uselessness as the Stanford backs kept pressing them irresistibly. The line, which had heid firmly in practice, fell to pieces; the backs, in the defensive game they were | rced to play all the time, proved totally cient at supporting their line. | e Berkeley men are chagrined be- belief is still strong that their team power to defeat their rivals. npeded before the remarkable and | ked for strength of their opponents, r ia colts forgot all that had into them by thelr ed no judgment in choos- ; they failed to show even f team work; they weak- hase of their play. Only iid y rally “enough to v the stuff that was really in them. letic experts at the university have regarding the defea el won,” said Colonel dwards, chairman of the fac- committee. ‘‘Our defeat was superior team work and to wh we made. Stanford »y short plunges through T gains at times, the ball, owing » fumbles. 1 did not believe Stanford had of the time. There is ersity, said to- | we lost was that the b_lg\ 8 e boys were all 1 about it, they lly. No one ndition. The RED MEN REVERE METORY OF DEPARTED BROTHERS “Council of Sorrdw »” Exercises Held in the Pres- ence of a Throng of Warriors and Palefaces. i i s 01 - N tention this a freshman ned out at the THE “COUNCIL OF SORROW,” WHERE THE RED MEN MOURNED FOR THE DEPARTED OF THEIR TRIBES. THE GRAND SACHEM ADDRESSING THE WARRIORS AND PALEFACES ASSEMBLED TO JOIN IN THE TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY. this team | | the teams | | ever since football has been played here, | % and I belleve truly that this is the best freshman team we have ever had. Any prayer was chanted by a quartet and one who has wa men prac- | then A. Andrews, past grand sachem, re- ga e teams on the camp ave a strong team cited an invocation. Dr. M. B. Ryer then S WUS! recited “There is no Death” and the But say re with Stanford we got the worst of it, 1 | Quartet sang “‘One by On that we The oration was delivered by F. D. | Brandon, grand sachem. In his remarks | he spoke of the purpose of the order, the fellowship which it fostered and the mem- am sorry to say. YOUNG GIRL DIES FROM orfes which it aroused. He reviewed its history and its origin, and he referred to the men who had brought the order to what it is to-day. Though the services were principally. for those who had gone during the vear, he said, still it was also for those who had died since the order sprang into existence, long before the eclaration of Independence was signed. He prayed that the spirits of the departed Red Men might be with their living broth- ers, comforting them in adversity and | guiding their ‘pnthwuy through life. | “Lead Kindly Light” was then sung by | the quartet ‘and Emelio Lastreto fol- lowed with the reading of the death of Minnehaha, ~from Longfellow's “Hia- watha.” ‘“‘Good Night,” by the quartet, and an invocation by Past Grand Sachem | Andrews closed the services. Jennie McKown Succumbs to a Weak Heart While Being Operated Upon. Coroner Cole received a certificate yes- terday morning signed by Dr. Ralph Ad- dison Huntington, ¥ , that | Miss Jennie McKown, tter street, | had died at his office day night from chiloroform. The C fused to sign the certificate a ied Captain Sey- | mour. The captain D1 when silver was as low as 60 cents. When lead and copper dropped in price silver ad- vanced. Attention is called by the writer to the fact that the silver market has not been very erratic. Its rise and fall have both been gradual. In January of 1896 sil- ver was 671, and was about stationary at 681 all through March, April and May. August, 1898, it began to decline, and ed Detectives Wren Miss McKown, who 21 years of age, had, | her sister, Mrs. Belle | nurse with whom | her to Dr. Hun- y_night to have | for a complaint ong suffered. Dr. reet, was called in ation. Chloroform he patient and she iknown to her sister, a | ., ot to 60 in April, 159. The movement is the first thal tained since the first part of 18%6. Th writer says: It is important to note In connection with this advance that the price of the two metals, lead and copper, is very much higher than in former years. The average price of silver In 1596 was 66 cents, while this vear it will be | less than 62 cents, yet at that time copper was worth only 10 cents & pound and lead 5. | Copper began slowly to advance and was 17 cents in August, 1899, and s now steady at 16 cents. The average price of lead Is better, consequently the intrinsic value of a ton of ore in which silver, lead or copper 18 an ele- ment, is much higher than at any time sinc: 1850, ‘when silver shot up to over a dollar. It is important to remember also that very much | lower grades of refractory ore can be handied. | Ores that went over to dump elght or nine years ago are now being shipped, and mining men are making elaborate tests of the older dumps to endeavor to secure some satisfactory method of treating their former waste pro- duct. ecting will be held at Redding, Shas- o County “to form an assoclation of the mining men of Northern California, to send delegates to the State convention to | be held next month in this city and to take such other steps as may seem best gas and placed the other end of | {5 the miners of the north. E. H. Benja: tube in her mouth. | min, secretary of the California Miners’ J. . Harrison, a roomer in the house, | Association, has written to the Supervis- got home about 2:30 o'clock yesterday | ors of Shasta, Trinity and Siskiyou coun- morning and his attention was attracted | ties asking them to assist in making the | of gas coming from Mrs, | movement in the north a success. In a ym. He opened the door and | letter to Mineral Wealth, published at "1 in bed with the tube be- | Redding, Mr. Benjamin calls attention to head and gas pouring out of the | Some benefits that have been derived by n at once notified Willlam P.| American Insi n, 814 nrvnmnure'e‘t. and he communi- | to California, which was brought abous 4" with the Morgue officials and the | by the efforts of the California Miners’ was taken there. Mrs. Flinn's son | Association. He writes that three inve: d =he had been ailing for some months, | ments of capital in the mining industry of California have been the fruit of the visit reported the facts to and he instructed them | r action in the matter. ives could not find either Dr. n or Dr. Hill, but left word for all the Coroner’s office and | mstances. and Hill called upon m ast evening and explained cause of death to him. The Coroner | ordered that an autopsy be held, about an inquest. R S —— COMMITS SUICIDE BY INHALING GAS Mrs. Elizabeth Anna Flinn Ends Her | Life Because of Sickness and Despondency. Flizabeth Anna Flinn committed | yvesterday morning at her 3 Haves street. She inserted tube on top of the gas jet, turned Mrs. resic ar on -the the which ade her despondent, and she had frequentl 3 er life. | of the mining engineers. A;,,Jn" e:m;:jif:':&dmtfia :\l:e had “One of the investments is in Siskiyou made | preparations for yesterday | County,” he says, “and as consulting en- morning's _breakfast before retiring | gineer for this company I am at the pres- ent time erecting a large cyanide plant, and have glven continuous employment to some forty men since the 1st of July. for the night. She was 51 years of age and a native of Oregon. Her husband is at present in the country iooking after Ao ‘e shipped In fifty odd tons of mining ol SR 11 T Tneninery - and have distributed many FRIEND OF ABRAHAM thousands of dollars in labor and machin- ery in Biskiyou County, so I do not think that any statement that the California Miners’ Association has brought no bene- fit to Northern California can be substan- tiated. I hope that Northern California will have a large, energetic and ambitious delegation in our next convention.” The discussion over the advisability of establishing an independent smelter for Utah has some interesting phases. The local papers are not united on the propo- sition. One argument that has been urged LINCOLN PASSES AWAY Colonel Charles B. Wagner Dies at His Home in Alameda After Long Illness. ALAMEDA, Oct. 25.—Colonel Charles B. ‘Wagner died to-day at his home In this city, aged 76 years. He had been {ll for about eleven months. Death was due to a stomach trouble. A letter from Leadville discusses the sil- | ver market, and incidentally comments on | the fortunate position of Leadville, where | there was lead to sell at $4 per 100 pounds | In | that such a project will surely meet with the reached 64% in January, 1897, but dropped | metal < resent upward | that an independent smelter can be success- s been sus- | ry o | ance of ore for treatment can be secured; that against the enterprise by Salt Lake jour- nalists is that while there is no doubt about the successful operation of the smelter there is doubt whether the product | could be as successfully marketed against | the combination, with which it would be | in direct competition. The Mining Re- | vlew, published at Salt Lake, says: The Mining Review strongly tavors independ- | ent smelters and a competitive market; still, | it seriously doubts whether any combination | of capital for the building of an independent | smelter can prove successful for the reascn { opposition of the trust with its influence, its millions and its almost absolute control of the market. There can be no doubt fully operated in this State; that an abund- | treatment charges can be reduced and that | individual mine owners can be induced to_ be- come sharehoiders in such an enterprise. This is freely admitted and the times are ripe for the inauguration and consummation of such a project, viewed from one side of the fence. However, it is admitted that the trust con- trols the metal market: that it makes its great- of the product of its This fact alone would bring the independent smelter squarely againat a solld, impenetrable stone wall. It can pro- duce the bullion, but where can it find a mar- ket for it if the combine refuses to become u party to its sale? There is the rub. A com- | pany producing bullion which it cannot dis- pose of might as well go out of business. The report is given currency by the! Randsburg Miner that the dry dx!{glngsl situated about fifty miles from Rands- burg are paying well, and one company fis | credited with taking out $7000 in two months. Says the Miner: None of the miners strip the ground, tie sand being shoveled in right from the top. Pay dirt is found In all of it and gold can be found throughout the entire section. Of course a great deal of this Is fine gold, the coarser gold being fourmd nearer the bedrock. The bedrock formation fs of two kinds. In some places the miners stop work when they reach a kind of bedrock formed of a mixture of sand, gravel and a formation of volcanic clay. The ‘other is a limestone formation, which in all probability is the real bedrock of the sec- tion, as the dirt is found to be very rich where that is found. From six pounds of screened dust taken from a seven-foot hole, “mot selected,” about 50 cents in gold was ob- tained, showing that the so-called bedrock mentioned above is very rich and with the proper kind of machinery could be. made to give handsome returns. At the time the writer visited the washings about fifty men were dry- washing, some on their own ground and some on leased ground. Two men, Murphy and Fisher, were taking out about $15 per day. Many others seen at work were doing better than wages. When it ls figured that there are in the nelghborhood of 10,000 mcres In the section it can easily be seen ‘that the ground has not even been prospected yet. There is no question about the fact of gold being found all over the ground; It is only a question of how to properly work it to obtaln the fine gold as well as the coarse. The dirt is very heavy with black sand 8o that no attempt is being made at present to save anything but the coarss gold. Barstow is twenty miles from the diggings. There is a syndicate in Los Angeles, of which the president is reported to be a wholesale merchant and several members are connected with the king business, that has its origin in lm“;‘e‘ to fit_out MINERS ARE NOW ORGANIZING FOR WORK AT THE CONVENTION a vessel to to an Alaskan island to mine for The story runs that a sea captain (name not given) was ship- wrecked on the island and there discov- ered that the sands were very rich. His Colonel Wagner served through the Civil War as a captain and later was connected with the commissary depart- ment of the regular “m;{s'-;"‘m“‘ with the rank of colonel in . _He was personal friend of President Lincoln an commanded the guard that was stationcd about the house in which President lx. coin was carried after being shot by John Wilkes Boot! ossession h. Colonel Wagner had in_his a number of letters he had received from Lincoln and which he treasured thly. Colonel Wagner retired from active busi- ness life over twenty yeers ago. He had five vears. leaves a ineral will be held Tuesday y will be_ conveyed LAST SERVICES IN CALVARY CHURCH Congregation Passes Forever From the Historic Old Building on Powell Street. For the last time the members of the old Calvary congregation gathered last night in the church, on the cornmer of Powell and Geary streets, to hold ser- vices. There had been services in the morning—impressive services, al a. m. A ' Cemetery, , | hill preached from the text, ‘‘My pres- :‘::gu mvl«omwfll %’ennduewd“m the | ence i with thee and I wi‘l glve Pl e i il g Gog? | e nf ' S IOEORIR S M onel Wagner v a member, perhaps had the scheme is to have a vessel outfitted at a cost of $25,000, and he is to pilot it to the | nllefied Alaskan treasure island and to| recelve the neat little sum of $75,000 for his trouble and the secret that he imparts, it the realization comes up to what he | predicts; otherwise he will not get any- | mmii He has talked about miles of sea | beach that are very rich. The Los An- | geles Herald is authority for the state- ment that the treasure-seeking vessel will soon sail for the island. The following facts came from the Calaveras Chronicle by the condensing process: The Greek mine will soon be in operation. It has a five-stamp mill. concentrators, hoist- | ing works, etc. The Shenandoah mine s idle, | but will soon start again. It has a ten-stamp | water jower mill. The ore is of the ribbon character. The Mauna Brothers' quartz mine has been bonded to W. H. Rouse of Oakland for four moriths on a working bond. The Spar- rowhawk mine bas been incorporated. These maines are in the Jesus Marla distri The Trinity Journal reports that the ditch constructed for the Last Chance | Mining Company has been accepted. It | is twelve miles long, has an average | width of eight feet on top and five feet on the bottom, with a depth of four feet. The mine is on the Trinity River, in the Lowden ranch and Douglass City mining districts, and embraces 1500 acres of au- riferous gravel. Several reservoirs will be built in the spring and the mine will have 3000 inches of water for ten months in the year. An acetylene plant will be estab- | shed. The Amador County Democrat says: Sargent's mine, on the middle bar of the | Mokelumne River, lying immediately south rf the Hardenburg, ' has increased its force of miners for the purpose of running a 700-foot tunael tc connect with a ledge of ribbon rock. From cvery direction on the mother lode the outlook for the future is bright with hope. Among the fatest propositions where every- thing Indicates a shipper Is the Free American mine, seven miles up the creek east from Sut- ter, managed by W. 8. Weymouth. The com- pany has a good hoist and a new centrifugal pump that wiii handle forty Inches of water. The Baliol mines have sixty-five men on the day and night shifts. | i | | | | | beginnin; The Yreka Journal says: i The Greenhorn Blue Gravel Company No. 2, | working the Nehrbass place, recetved their new pump this week, which is now fixed up | for pumping out the shaft. Most of the miners are preparing for winter operations, =u as to be ready when a supply of | watec {s furnished during the rain and snow storms. At present there is but little water for sluleing to any extent, and the hydraulic miners have been unable ‘to pipe since July. The quartz miners have barely encush to keep the mill batterles supplied. The Crystal and Brown Bear mines on Whites Gulch, owned by | Cleaver, Swain & Newsome, have been closed | dewn for the winter months, owing to lack | of water. They recently let a contract to James Johnson to haul about 3000 tons of ore from the mine to the mill, which will be run through as soon as the water supply permi| Dewey mine at Squaw Creek is still sup- plving a carload of ore every day for shipment from Gazelle to Keswick. The late rains have no doubt stopped all chances of any further river mining this fall, especially in the south- ern sectlons/of this county, where a slight rise in the streams is likely to flood the wingdams. Over in the Salmon River section great prep- arations are being made for starting up the mills and Fydraulic giants as soon as winter opens, a small supply of snow being already on themountain tops as a starter in furaisn. ing water. now arriving at Weaverville for the construction of a dredger on the Junkans property. church to take second place In their hearts had come to attend the services on the last day. In the evening the sermon was from the text, “I will not let thee go except thou bl me—and ‘he blessed them there.” Again BOTTO h{m than Sunday sentiment—more than the Babbath fervor; the prayers seemed heartfelt, the congregation more more . cast ztzo:: mcm all, uflmoeotneould ach Aftntbamonmzmmtmed gm.wordo(mvumdgn- sponse threé members of the flock rose O eretion. would ‘moeet e ‘mount nearer the 3 leaving the church it had occupied for thirty-two years the congregation would lose nope of its faith, nor its grace, and that a new :;A wmnuld commence with the passing of e old. ‘The benediction closed the services and the mple left their old house of worship for last time. It will be torn down at once, and until the completion of the new edifice the co fon in the Y. M. C. A. building. - 1 GRAPHIC METHOD Copyright, 1900, by Seymour Eaton. THIRTY SHAKESPEARE EVENINGS., crosses it in the storm scene and meety it ¥ The development of a given play and | again when Lear is recovering from his the lines of its action may be represented with a considerable degree of accuracy by a system of graphical illustration, in those cases at least where the interest of the play is derived from a general course of events and from the careers of indi- vidual actors in various stages of compli- cation. Character, belng qualitative, is not expressed with the same fairness as plot by any scheme of line relation, but inasmuch as action In Shakespeare is usually the outcome of character it will be found that character and plot common- 1y coincide and the line that develops action is also the expression of character. The advantage of a graphical illustration lies In its directness and vividness. It conveys a good idea of the architecture, 80 to speak, of the play, and is a decided aid to the imagination. The entire action | of a play may be held before the mind and the lines along which the character is supposed to be moving have the same meaning to the student of the play as has a map of a rallroad to a train operator. A manager knows by a glance at a chart the location and movement of each one of his trains at a given moment. In like manner it {s possible to construct a chart of a play so that the student can know the location and condition of a player at any Yuln! in the dramatic process. The de- ect of any system of graphics is, of course, that a map of any kind is a mere approximation of only one aspect of truth, the external, but as a map of a country Is useful 6 an economist or so- ctologist so its counterpart in spiritual geography may be viceable for inter- preting psychical fa A Shakespearean play is divided more or less mechanically into five main divis- fons and these subdivided into scenes. In a plat of a play the smaller divisions may be ignored and the acts only defined. Five uniform spaces may be used to represent the arena or fleld of the action. These acts correspond more or less closely with the logical progress of the play. Take for illustration the course of tragedy. Tra- gedy is the history of unsuccessful strug- gle. It involves at least two permanent conditions—struggle and suffering. From a state of equilibrium a condition of con- flict is evolved. The play proceeds from conflict to conflict and concludes with the downfall of the hero. With the disappear- ance of disturbing elements equilibrium is again established. This process requires 5 and conclusion. The first act will be devoted, therefore, to the intro- duction: of the characters in action and the fifth to their disposition. Between these two_points runs the course of the conflict. For conflict two forces are re- quired, a moving force and an opposing force. If the play is ethical in motive these forces will relate to what is evil and gocd. In the first part of the play the evil plotters will be triumphant, but there ] come 2 moment when thé opposing force has gathered sufficient strength for active opposition. Opposition creates the climax. ~This would naturally occur in the mechanical center of the play and its display would be the function of the third | | | disordered world. | and witnesses his restoration. madness. Then Kent rises suddenly into good fortune, but as his fate is linked so closely to the King his life is forfeit, ai- though he himseif is iitless of any grievous error. The fool rises and falls with his master, but the stress of the storm is too heavy for bis gentle nature, and he disappears at the middle of the third act, the first to feel the effects of a In the clearance of an ethical atmosphere by storm the just may suffer equally with the unjust in the con- flict of the elements. Cordelia was closer to her father than the other daughters, and doubtless special favor had beed shown her, but through her stubborn re- fusal to acknowledge the King's whim at the opening of the play she is utterly cast down from the royal place, deprived of estate and driven abroad with th France. In an alien land, how gathers forces for her return—as we learn from the letter read by Kent when in the stocks—and during the time the other daughters are stripping from Lear the last vestiges of authority she becomes the chief agent of counterplot. She is permitted to meet her father at the last, Although the French forces are defeated, the tide of affairs turns for Cordelia at the last, but it is for a moment and she and Lear 80 down to a common death. While the members of this group are suffering the consequences of Lear's initial error t second group Is rising into place an power. A discordant and disordered state gives Cornwall and the sisters thelr op- portunity for advancement into full eon- trol of the kingdom. Under such condi- tions they become despotic and cruel and generate suspicion and jealousy. - wall, whose marriage with Regan brings a sudden access of power, assumes lead- ership, and is the special agent for evil through the first acts, but with equal speed Nemesis descends and Cornwall's death at the hands of cne of his own ser- vants,who had been touched with remorse, marks the climax of the whole action a the close of the third act. At that poin the dominion of evil begins to weaken and the gods begin to take part in ad- justing the disordered kingdom. Albany’ rise is rapid like that of Cornwall, but un- like Cornwall he is possessed of a sense of justice, and is unable to enter into Queen's ambitions for usurpation. i~ line of destiny gradually withdraws from the course of his group, and as the prin- cipal agent in thwarting the will of evi- doers and as victor in the battle with France, he is made the deputy of all au- thority inhering In the group and {s one of the two rulers who emerge into the re- organized kingdom. Regan and Goneril increase in authority and wickedness un- til the final stages of the play, when their fate finds them out and they go down to horrible death and punishment. Evil such as theirs destroys itself, and their un- natural end is what we should be led to expect from the ethical conditions of the play. With the main tragic story is woven the secondary plot of Gloster. The par- allelism of the lines of Lear indlcates the general correspondence of their weak- ness and destiny. Gloster is credulous 0 b.2 & A1, Lear; 2, Kent; 3, the Fool; 4, Cordella. B—5, Regan; 6, Goneril; 7. Cornwall; 8, Albany. — [ C— 9, Gloster; 10, Edgar. D—11, Edmund. act. acts to exhibit the rising and falling actions respectively. Tne ideal course of a tragedy may then be represented by a line laid upon the field of the play rising from the lower level of zero to the mechanical middle of the third space and thence falling again o the level of the beginning. 5} vo\xrg!e. ais ideally perfect scheme is rarely maintained in practice. Variations in Shakespeare are found of three kinds. First, the climax may occur_earlier or later than the middle point. This varia- tion at once changes the rising and falling lines. Second, the division into acts may not agree with the logical divisions of the play. The function of the different acts may be transferred. Thus the introduction may extend well into the second act, or the falling action may continue into the field of conclusion. Third, the movement of the play may not be a direct rise and fall, but'the course of events may fre- quently be suspended. This variation may be represented by an irregular line ac- cording to the irregularities of the action. But in general the regular plat serves as the form of construction. To illustrate the course and relation of individual players the tragedy of “King | Lear,” which §s the most regular and con- sistent of all of SHakespeare’s plays in oint of construction, will be chosen for diagram. We draw again the fundament- al plan. Upon it we lay the lines of ac- tion. As the action is here determined by the history of the players before the in- cidents of the first act the scheme may include an indefinite field fronmting the Ap. e Hiagram may be interpreted both by the relation of lines in separate acts and by the course of individuals from the rise to the fall. The four groups are estab- lished on the map according to the primacy of their plots. and within these plots according to their rank or assoel tion with rank. Thus the king’s group o cupies the upper portlon of the diagram and the Gloster group the lower portion. Edmund, as an illegitimate son, holding an isolated place at the very bottom of the fleld. This division coincides also with the distinctions of plot and counter- plot. Thus Kent, Cordelia and the fool suffer with Lear; the other two daughters and thelr husbands triumph together until the separation of Albany from the forces of wi? Edfi“hlmfle“ l‘fltn Gloster as und wends his way alone. E%e play opens with Lear at the height of his authority. As Kent and the fool have been attached to the king's person for many years, and as Cordelia has heen the King's faverite daughter, their lines run parailel to that of Lear during the time anterior to the date of the play. For two acts Lear suffers deprivation of authority. He is cast down from his - 1y position. Through the third and fourth acts he loses control of his mental facul- ties. He has descended to the lowest pos- sible estate. With his recovery of sanity in the fifth act there is a chance also of resto his kingly authority. His line rises in suspense for the moment. but he eak for restoration, B e anods his destn revaritig fatal error. ortunes depend th then rises *m that the King, rn-' with it In descent for two acts. This leaves the second and fourth |as Lear is whimsical. In both stories children are arrayed parents. Gloster's suffering is hardly severe than Lear’s; and his remorse is perhaps greater. His destiny Is an even one tiil crossed bv Edmund and torts by Corn- wall, when he falls to a bitter death in the middle of the fifth act. nd from the lowest possible condition tiil he is within reach of the highest. Hs is the shrewd mover of criminal intrigue, and accepts every opportunity that opens for fis personal advancement. His ambition is at first content with small gains, but as he secures one end after another he comes to strive for absolute power. Hig line of control crosses all the others, and he thus mediates criminally among ail the other members of the play. First, he de- prives dgar of his estate, then brings about his father’s banishment and the confiscation of the estate. His Influenca tends to increase every suffering and to oppose every good. He crosses the lina of Albany, and at Cornwall's death, through intrigue with his sisters—who recognize their affinity in a person of absolutely evil disposition—rises superfor +* * to all in the kingdom. But at the moment of apparent victory he receives his check from Albany and pays the penalty of evil-doing to Edgar. Edgar is_the final resource of the counterplot. From the position of knighthood he has descended to the lowest gary. But the tide of control chan; near the end of the plfi. sin- He is carried aloft with start rapi ity, and through the outcome o gle challenge restores the ethical bal- ance, and Is permitted to rule with Al- bany in a united kingdom. Thus the kingdom, thrown into diseord bv the action of Lear, has been purified by the destruction of all that were evil, and the restoration and advancement of all that were just. The diagram shows the play reaches its emotional height dur- ing the third act. The suffering of the protagonists of the play is then at the exireme and the domination of evil-doers The tide of events death of Cornwall. The fifth act shows the triumph of good, solution of all e tdh a resolu lupt &tn hn‘ !lw an TRI - % of Chicago. Note—On Th my:—'u {his weeke E m‘ hud'm on the ’Lfi 3 forth