The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 5, 1900, Page 9

HSATHIN | THE REPUBLIC Cs Anent the Forthcoming Elections. ——— ys That Whichever Candidate Wins No Disaster Will Re- sult to the Country. i Ma Nov ca at ALUTIMORE 4.—Cardina) high mass the subject of the e ca- never takes an) arely if ever cast to those who are fort ¥ be in his confildence he tate 1o express himself freely nvolved in the present jtion that th part of any o 1 electipn and in the situ hat the el y wis weifare a. renublic. He ok r & few n that 1 a social up- MESSAGE ACROSS FIFTY MILES OF SEA Demonstration of rfection of His Wire- ess Telegraphy. ™ New York Her- the Herald Pub G ves a an packet while nea exchanged nearly fifty system of eliminary of- ate officials formal approval land instrument Franko-Belglan rom Ostend. egs Clementine left erator, sat in, from which a he extended mas 2 message to La Panne along the coast to crossed over the instrument merely Dover was reached re- at he vessel then efore received to the message a. When the Belgian au- formally approved of the e extended to all the other GRAPE-NUTS. A FAMOUS DISH. 2 New and Savery Flavor. beef 1t m 1 or pork Into a hash. of Grape-Nuts equal to r Mix into the egg and what milk it | meat. taste. Now cr mix meat and all into 2 hash, T into patticy like sausages | asl : place hot skillet with only | enough b r on bottom to prevent stick- | over over the skillet and cook | Put a little plece of butter on top of | each patty if they tend to become dry, but do not use enough to make greasy. | Serve hot and you will discover that the meat has acquired a most savory fla- | vor from the Grape-Nuts and at the same time it has been rendered easily digestible | end the elements in the Gfape-Nuts fur- nish most valuable nourishment for ath- letes as wgll as invalids. Grocers #11 Grape-Nuts. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1900. STRICKEN WOMAN NOW AT BEST linal Gibbons Speaks!Sorrowful Scenes Witnessed at the Funeral of Mrs, Ledderhos. AT S His Congregation to Vote and | Beautiful Floral Pleces Cover Casket Containing All That Is Mortal of a Heartbroken Mother. SR Literally covered with flowers was the casket that was carried yesterday from the h of Theodore dderhos at 6 Gol ace. The remains within the coffin were those of a loving wife and mother and the sorrowful ‘mien of the spectators as the remains were reverer tially placed in the hearse was mute te timony of the sympathy felt by them. Following the stricken husbaud and | motherless children came the broth and sisters of the deceased, weeping bit- ter tears. The eyes of the friends at- tending the funeral moi: ed at sad ght, and m wiped away furtively by the hous the funer: panions of the For From the deso. late hom way to St rch, where the funeral service of the Catholic Church was read. From there the funeral pro- ceeded to Calvary Cemetery, where the The mai; vmpatheiic 4 piece: red the freshly life the ch and anxiety she fi to lo broke down ana r the strai At the time of his commitment to_th asylum she was an inmate of St. Winl- fred’s Hospital. Her condition at that nd at a f her bo: she suffered a re never recovered The condition of the ved any the “THE MAN AND THE VOTE"” IS ONE PASTOR'S THEME Dr. Rader Speaks of the Influence on Social Conditions Wielded by the Ballot. The Rev. Willlam Rader preached an able sermon on the topic of “The Man and they Vote” at the Third Congregational last night. The preacher drew a between the ancient method of ion by pop AT Ac tion an the system of voting by ballot. Con- ng, he said in part: are approaching a national election and a President, ie a picture national that are the govern s weapon Tt elec- we are peop e r'is the spi permitted to ote—to use the A citizen- an who fault is only of the ballot business is_election. The vote defines the man, which i to say, makes him a responsible agent: give volition, the power of cholce and reco him as @ freeman. Cattle do not vote, cause they have no intelligent will. The eatest gift God gives to man is freedom of chojce. He is not a puppet, but a freeman, apable of saying There have be at eclection days in the past. Moses stood before the camp and Who is on the L Choose this day wh and the mob before Pilate on_ of the relea that election. The power choice has been the judge of the g questions of life, — e ——— SCHLATTER PASSES BY ALL THOSE WHO ARE LAME His Exhibition at Hoover Hall Last Night Was to a Very Light House. Forty-seven people § a quarter of a dollar last evening to Schlatter in his great act of “healing the sick on the platform.” The affair was very tame, and one disgruntled member of the audience, on leaving Hoover Hall, where the exhibition took place, remarked that he did not get a run for his money. Schlatter “looked like money” when he stepped upon the stage and made a stiff bow to the audience. He commenced {fe n Joshua sery n the ques- Barabas won asked says evening's entertainment with a long ad- | dress about his being a *“grand plece of work,” but the forty-seven members of the audience began to get restless and shuffle their feet, so with a few more bouquets at himself he settled down to business He invited all those who were sick to step upon the stage and he would deliver the goods; but he scratched all those who were lame or biind. ‘One negro ascended the stage, and was shortly followed by a gentleman with a long white beard, who said he was not sick, but “would like to take a chance.” Two ladies also sum- moned enough courage to go up and be healed. The negro was barred because he was lame and the sentleman received a hearty shake of the hand. He was asked afterward how he felt, and with a knowing wink he said: “I feel quite well, thank you.” The ladies were more en- thustastic, and sald they felt much bet- ter. Schlatter then dismissed the subjects from the stage, and with a remark that he might possibly be seen at the hall next Eundn.&' night, but that as it was a long way off and he mirht go somewhere else before then, he retired. ———————— Hugh 8. Hart Dead. NEW YORK, Nov. 4—Hugh S. Hart, a well-known writer on sports, died in Brooklyn this evening o of diseases. ————— Professor Dyer’s Lectures. BERKELEY. Nov. Dyer of Oxford will lecture on Dr. Schiie- mann's excavations at Troy, Mycenae and a complication Tiryns before the students of the State | University to-morrow afternoon in the gymnasjum. One of the interesting fea- tures of the lecture will be the story of the finding of a site now recognized as the place where Homer's Trov lay. Friday morning Professor Dyer will speak during students’ hour on the Boer war. —_—————— . When a man looks in a mirror he knows how it is himself. 4.—Professor Louls | BUBHNELL - PreoTn . ANNUAL VAUDEVILLE SHOW OF ALAMEDA BOATING CLUB Well-Known Specialty Artists on Both Sides of| the Bay Are to Be Among Talent. | | ‘-; MISS MAUD FAY. THIS YOUNG LADY HAS A SPL SHE WILL SING AT THE V. Vo CLUB AT DID BTAGE PRESE AUDEVILLE SHOW TO BE GIVE ARMORY HALL NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT. NCE AND A BEAUTIFUL SOPRANO N BY THE ALAMEDA BOATING LAMEDA, Nov. 4—Alameda’s | next big amusement affair, to | follow the recent event of the | ladies’ minstrel company, will be the annual vaudeville en- tertainment to be given in Armory Hall on Friday evening, the 9th inst., under the management of the Alameda Boating Club. All former shows put on by the local oarsmen have drawn Immense crowds, and the +high class programmes | rendered have established a reputation for the boating club in the entertainment line that is second to none In this city. | Already the sale of tickets has been large, | and before Friday evening it is expected | that standing room will be at a premium. Among the executants on the prog- ramme ls Miss Maud Fay, a soprano of exceptional promise. She has a voice of remarkable purity and sweetness, with a | carrying guality that is always effective. Miss Fay's splendid presence is another advantage, which has contributed much to her success as a vocalist. George Ham- mersmith of this cit who has by his clever work in specialties becomé the vogue among the clubs and in amateur performances, will produce an original travesty on ‘‘Sapho.” Clinton R. orse and his Berkeley quartet, comprising Ralph Phelps, Ray Judah, Arthur Nahl and Ralph McCormick, will be heard. Messrs. Nahl and McCormick are Ala- meda boys. Mr. Morse will give a serles of his special skits. Helen Callaghan, who are soon to the Orpheum circuit, will sing and 0 on ance. Popular songs and fresh stories will be | “Bob” Mitchell's contributions. The Kehr- lein brothers of the Olympic Club are to fence, and there will be two four-round sparring matches by boxers from the same club. under the leadership of Miss Sadle Rice, will furnish music. The boating club committee in charge ot | the vaudeville show consists of W, B. Hinchman, Theodore Eisfeldt, Fred .| Cone, Charles#. Smith, George H. Miller | and 'John A. Hammersmith. The last named, who is the leader of the Olympic | VOLCANO KILUE HAS PROBABLY GONE INTO ACTIVE BUSINESS- ONCE MORE The bark Roderick Dhu brings the news that the volcano on the island of Hawali i likely to be in eruption at any time now. In July last earthquake shocks warned the people of Hilo that ‘“‘some- | thing was doing,” and a few weeks later | Kilauea was on fire. The lava overflowed | the crater and ran down the mountaln | side. at one time threatening destruction to Hilo and all the surrounding villages. Kilauea seems to be again getting active, | for on October 10 last there were four shocks of eartaquake, that made the townspeople leave their homes in a hurry. “There were three rumbles, one succeed- ing the other at intervals of about an hour,” sald Captain Johnson of the bark Roderick Dhu yesterday. ‘‘Then, about 3 2. m., there came a shock that made us all seek the open alr. I am satisfled that the volcano {8 again in eruption and that the next steamer will bring the news.” The Roderick Dhu brought up the fol- lowing named passengers: Mr. and Mrs. McKinnon and two daughters, Mrs. E. R. Folsom, Mrs, Knowlton and baby, Mrs. Larsen and W. H. Little. All of these | Club in San Francisco, will be stage man- i | | | | ager. were shaken out of their beds ashore by | the earthquakes and are glad to get away | from the land of “The House of Fire.” | The clipper was twenty-one days get- | ting here and Captain Johnson is dis- gusted. The Roderick Dhu is the fastest of all the sugar fleet, and her master hates to see other vessels pasding him. It is | nearly a year ard a half since the Roder- | ick Dhu was docked, however, and barna- cles retard a ship's progress.” The Rosa- moypd s still cutside, and last Thursday she pased the Roderick Dhu as though the latter were at anchor. | DIES N AGONY FROM LOCK AW Peter Farrell Succumbs to . Disease the Result of Buckshot Wound. —— Oakland Office San Francisco Cail, | 1118 Broadway, Nov. 4. Peter Farrell, who was shot a week ago last Friday by Edwara Rivest during a fight over the removal of furniture from Farrell’s house at 1316 Kirkham street, died of lockjaw In the Receiving Hospital at 8 o’clock this morning. Farrell had been taken to the hospital Friday in a dying condition. The wound, which was caused by a load of buckshot, was in the leg close to the groin. The missiles made an ugly, agged hole, and while not considered fatal In.itself, was at all times dangerous, because of the possible complications. Farrell was treated at his home unt!l nis condition began 10 become serfous. | He was seized with violent convul- sions and spasm& Thursday. An opera- | tion was performed as soon as he was sent to the hospital, but it had only the effect of prolonging life another twenty- four hours. The body was removed to the morgue. There this afternoon Annie Hollenbeck. | who claimed to be Farrell's wife, and | Mrs. A. Brockoff of 13 Henry street, San | Francisco, the dead man’s sister, met. | “*You must let me bury him,” ‘declared Mrs. Hollenbeck “No, Annle; you are the cause of his being on the slab,” replied Mrs. Brockoff. | *We will_bury my Urother from our home in San Francisco.” The women separated -vithout further words. Farrell was a deputy poundmaster with athan Hollenbeck, wWho was shot and killed several years ago by a Chinese ardener in Temescal. After Hollenbeck's | death Farrell and the widow occupled the house on Kirkham street where the shoot- ing occurred. The couple quarreled and they agreed fo separate. Mrs. Hollenbeci wag given the vilege of removing some of the household_ furniture. Her brothers, mund and Hector Ri- | vest, went to'the house Friday after- noon and removed one load of the furni ture. When they returned Farrell wi there. Hector started In to get some more_stuff, when Farrell ordered them out. In the quarrel that followed about the removal of a stove Hector drew a knife and Farrell threw him Into the street. Edmund came to his brother's support with a shotgun, which he had concealed in the wagon. Farrell fafled to heed Rivest's warning t6 keep away and as the poundman rushed upon him fired, and the charge lodged in Farrell's leg. Policeman Cockerton was a witness to the shooting. Edmund Rivest was ar- rested and charged with assault to mur- der. Hector was charged with assault with a deadly weapon. Both men are now in' the City Prison. The result of the Coroner’s inquest, the time for which has not vet been fixed, will determina t future action of the authoritles so far a the Rivests are concerned. They both claim that the shooting was done in self- Aecfense. Farrell was 35 years old. He was with Hollenbeck when the latter was killed. The Chinese cialmed that thoy were robbing his cornfield. —————— SOUTH END ROWING CLUB m’%‘AIN’g ITS FRIENDS Annual High Jinks of Popular Or- ganization Proves a Highly Successful Affair. The South End Rowing Club enter- tatned over a thousand of its friends at its regular annual high jinks yesterday afternoon in the clubhouse, at the foot of Third street. The affair proved to be highly successful, replete as it was with vocal and instrumental numbers by well- known amateurs. Refreshments were served in unlimited quantities and the oc- caslon served as an opportunity for a number of political candidates to meet in an exchange of pleasantries. The pro- ceedings were opened with a graceful speech by Timothy I. Fitzpatrick, presi- dent of d’\’e club and candidate for Justice of the Peace, who then turned over the active management of the entertainment to_William Humphreys. ‘Jullus Kahn and Porter Ashe told some funny stories, and Judge William P. Law- lor, Steve Costello, Thomas Graham, Judge Frank H. Kerrigan, Thomas F. Dunn, Percy Long and Jimes Murphy made speeches that were entertaining. Songs were rendered by the Columbia Quartet—Captain Leale, Willlam Hess, Keaver and Parker. Tom Gilfeather and “Doc’” Flynn appeared in a furious four- round boxing contest. W. T. Rosetti, Jo- geph Hangon, Kelly and Marlow and nu- merous others helped out. The commit- tees having the affair in charge were: ents — Edward Scully, A Ko T homas _ Grennan, « Wiillam. Mead, George lllc()ralh l.:l:uflfi:lplhl. Jud x\!nu,,“ i R rtbs Cretitten. Wotve, Costiiin, 36 r. Edward Barry, Edward Short- all, gg’nfl:mnum. John McGuire, g Mulcrevy, James Feehan, Ed Pallas, John Bo- g.n, Thomas F. Dunn, John Willlams, John Gara, John Humphreys, John J. McCarthy and J. J." Lermen. LYCLIST RUNS INTO A BUGEY | | | Harley Noyes ~ Fractures His Skull and Receives Other Wounds. il gy Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Nov, 4. While scorching on his wheel along the Ban Leandro road this morning Harley Noyes, who was to have represented the | Capital City Wheelmen in the California | Associated Cyclers’ annual road race, ran | into a buggy and was serfously if not | fatally injured. Noyes now lies at the Recelving Hespital with a_fracture of the | skull at the base of the brain, his right ear nearly torn off and fiumerous bruises about the body. The hospital physiclans | are awalting developments before oper- ating upon him. | Noyes, accompanied by John Posch, an- other cyclist, arrived from 8acramento | this morning at Fruitvale station and started out on their wheels to inspect the | course for the ten-mile road race. After | going out on the county road for a mile or more they turned and started to come | back to the starting point at High street. | Posch was leading and Noyes was imme- dtately behind him. When the riders arrived opposite one of the crossroads they met a buggy which was being driven by an Italian. Without warning the driver of the rig made a sud- | den turn into the crossroad. Posch just got out of the way in time, but Noves aid not see the buggz and ran directly into it, striking the right rear wheel with great | force. The right side of his head struck | against the tire of the wheel and he fell | like a log. - He was picked up in an un- | consclous condition by his companion and several other cyclists who witnessed the accident. The wounded man was placed aboard | the first electric car that came along and | was taken to Thirteenth and Washington streets, whence he was removed in an am- bulance to the Receivin Hoa%!tn.l. “Noyes must have had his head turned the other way, judging from the way he was struck,” said the wounded cyciist's companion. ‘‘He was close behind me and we were going pretty fast. It was all T could do to get out of the way of the man in the buggy. and Noyes was so close to me he could not have seen his dan- ger. We did not have idea the Italian was going to turn into that road, or we | would have been prepared.” | object he w | evidently ve Arnold Grazer and | An orchestra of ten pieces, | CRITICAL STUDY OF “RICHARD IIL” Copyright, 1900, by Seymour Eaton. THIRTY SHAKESPEARE EVENINGS. 2 SESERRITS - L VIL The principal character n “Richard IIT"—representing unbounded ambition— s what the dramatic critic calls a “star” part, consequently the drama which holds it is better known to the general public than others, like “Measure for Measure,” which are much more characteristic of the great master’s genius. It is oftemer played and consequently better known through the curtailed acting edition than through the full text. It bas all Shakes- peare’s early faults, which were the faults of that Elizabethan school of which Marlowe was the chief. Professor Dowden names it second in the group which shows Marlowe's influence. about the year 15%. An examination of any typical drama by Marlowe—*Faustus” or ‘‘Tambur- laine” for instance—will show the cha-- acteristics which one easily discoverd In “Richard IIT There is a central sion and a central figure, and all other characters and events are mere acces- sories of the prime passion and figure. There is no development of character, there is much evil, undiminished by hu- man tendern , small sympathy with humanity, a profusion of grandlloquence and little of that fear as to the probable danger of bad actions which even the greatest villaius are subject to. Permit me to recommend to the busy reader, for the higher appreciation of Shakespeare by co “The Best Elizabethan William Roscoe Thayer. “The Jew of Malta,” lowe, which may well be read compar: tively with “The Merchant of Venice. Shakespeare’s “Richard II[™ follows, historically, Sir Thomas More and Hol- inshed’'s “Chronicle.” It does not do t real Richard justice. It would be as un- Just to take without reserve the char- acter of Caesar as painted by Suetoniu as to assume that the great Yorkist, Richard, should be fairly presented by the Lancastrians, whose _traditions Sir Thomas adopted in zood faith It is a fallacy to imagine that Shakespeare’'s “Historical Pla, are histery in our modern sense, that they are to be taken as such. tional view of hi or They embodied tne tradi orical characters taken in England late in the sixteenth century. And Shakespeare presented to his coun- trymen the episodes as he found them, changing and elaborating as the theatri- cal demands of the time required. Fact to him were materia His theater could not afford the means of offering a splen- did pageant to the eve. He made up for it by flooding the ear with mellifluous words. His historical plays stand apart; as a rule they are not dramatic, they are decl 1 contests In orat calleu them—in which one or two speakers take alter nately the front of the stage and try tr effect of blank verse upon the hearers. The character of Richard of Gloucester as depicted by Shakespeare does not grow. From the beginning of the play we find him strong-willed, intellectuai, masterful in resources, looking at hu- manity as his tool. Those critics who wiil insist on comparing one species with an- other rate “Richard III" unfairly when they compare it to “Othello” or ‘‘Mac- beth.” An artist must be judged by the ts to attain and the inten- eare in “Richard III" is v different from what it is ‘Othello™ ‘“Macbeth. The tion of Shaki in either Richard invented by Shakespeare is bori into a land of blood and intrigue. The | crown is the best tHing in life. To attan | it women become mere pawns on a chess- board and men are of no moment when they stand before it. Richard is con- scious of his mental strength and to> consclous of his physical deformity. He is skilled in all the arts of his time, and his very uncouthness has determined him | 80 to cuitivate all his qualities that men —and what is more—women may forget t. He longs for power at all risks. He ac- cepts evil as his servant, says plainly J. B. BOOTH AS RICHARD ITL i i - -+ that he is “false and treacherous” and repares to make the devil serve him. Like Autolycus, “As for the life to come, he sleeps out the thought of it.” Tn spite of his hideousness of mien, he rsuades Anne and Elizabeth into belief in him, after he has done things almost too mon- strous for belief. There are sneers and grins in his thoughts whenever he proves humanity weak or foolish. And human- ity, whenever it comes in contact with this arch-hypocrite, is impossibly weak and foolish. It is true that Anne of War- wick married Richard after his party had killed her father and her husband, the Lancastrian Crown Prince, but not after such an impossible wooing. It was a mat- ter of political arrangement. It is true that the young Elizabeth of York was sent to Richard court and that he in- tended to marry her as soon as Anne should die. He promised the ambitious young Elizabeth—who longed for a crown “that Anne couid not live beyond® Febru- ary, 1485. She did die at the age of 37, and there were suspicions. Elizabeth, after Bosworth, for reasons of state, married Henry VIL. Richard had intended her at first for his son, who dled: he was only prevented from marrying her by the pro- tests of his counselors. The wooing of Lady Anne and the yielding of Queen Elizabeth, under the circumstances of the play, which confirm Richard’s belief in the weakness of women, are inventions. Richard was not looked on as entirely respongible for the excesses of the York- ists. There is even a doubt as to his part in_the murder of the two young Princes. For_us the legitimate interest in “Rich- ard ITT" lies in its: psychological and lit- erary rather than in its historical aspect. We must admit that the character of Richard does not develop; that he shows no signs of kindliness and only one touch of self-pity: There is no creature loves me, And if T dle no soul will pity We know, t00, that he does not deceive himself; he is honest in his own thoughts, while to this world he is a consummate hypoerite. What, then is the charm about him? He is deformed, his observation has convinced him that he cannot be a lover, he deliberately turns a fine mind to the accomplishment of the most atrocfous wickedness: he is even mean. Why do we tolerate him, then? “The woolng of Lady Anne by Richard.” Professor Furnivail says in_ his remarkabl grehce to the ‘Leopold Shakespeare, as stirred me it aloud almost as much as anything in Shakespeare.” The truth is, Richard is not a monster: he IS as human as Milton’s Satan, but never humane. The women in the play—Queen Marga- ret, Lady Anne, Elizabeth, the Duchess of York—are termsgants. Least of all have they any touch of that tender. thetic reticence that accompantes ali Kes- peare's best women. Anne rants with al most the bombast of the Intolerable Ma: garet, her mother-in-law. She exclaims: The | date of the composition of the play Is put | pas- | 0 God, Jhem (his biood maf'el, Tevenge hie eath ! o earth. which this blood drink'st, revenge Mo eath! Either heaven with lightning strike the mar- derer dead, | Or earth gape open wide and eat him quick, As thou dost swallow up this good king’s blood, Which his hell-govern’d arm hath butchered. Ana later she cries out O wonderul when devils téll the truth. Gloucester's retort is: More wonderful when angels are so angry. And when she recounts his murderous deeds, he answers: Your beauty was the cause of that affect; Your beauty which did haunt me in my steep | Tc undertake the death of all the world He utterly despises Lady Anne after she has ylelded to bis persuasions, Was ever woman in this humour woo'd? Was ever woman in this humour won? e her, but I will not keep her long. I that ki'd her husband and her father, To take her in her heart's extremest hate. He finds that he can be a lover, but | does not love. He determines that Anne | shall be broken like the others who have served him; he has that gift of proph- ecy that comes of perfect self-contro He sees the end because he has no seru ples, and he Is as sure of himself as he s of the vulnerability of those wh stand in his way. He bears curses with the air of & man who believes himsel? superior to every decree of heaven listens to the thunders of Margaret wi a half smile and turns then upon her with a quibble; In aet 1, scene 3, sh cries: Thou eifish-marked, abortive, rooting hog! Thou that wast sealed in thy nativity The slave of nature and the son of hell! Thou rag of homor! thou detested— Here the Duke calmly says: Margaret. The curse {s turned upon herself. murder of Clarence wit climax, “Look behind one of the really.dramatic passages the play. The Introduction of the tw | children of the murdered Clarence giving | additional corroberation of Richard's | treachery is marred by the revengeful ness of the children. It is true to tho spirit of the time when revenge seemed to be looked on as a duty of the individ ual, since each man was for himself and organized society was beginning to emerge from chaos. Anne, waked by his “timerous dreams,” for Richard only fears when he is asleep or half asleep, knows now that he hates her for her father, Warwick But, as Richard's wife, she must be crowned, though she knows that her hus- band means death to her. In act 4, scene 4, where the wretched Duchess of York, mother of Richard, bereft by him of two sons, and the utterly wretched Queens | drawn’ together only by their sorrows- which have not softened them—sit down ogether, we have a dramatic culmination entirely worthy of Shakespeare. Margaret is implacable, and our sympathles are with the Duchess of York when she asks somewhat weary of Margaret's constant curses: Why should calamity be full of words? | To which Queen Elizabeth replies: | Windy attorneys to their silent woes, | Alry ‘successors of intestats joys, Poor breathing orators of miseriest | Let them have scope; though what they do | impart | Help not at all, yet do they ease the heart. Even after this debauch of curpes Eliza- beth in a tremendous duel of words— most musically set in Shakespears's ca- | dences—ytelds up her daughter, and Rich- ard cynfcallv thinks: Relenting fool, and shallow, chansing woman! Richard’s worst enemy lies in his own mind. He has killed all scruples; by day- light he is the all-compelling one; at night sleep unnerves him. His consclence breaks from his control; he is half asleep when, after his fearful dream, he calls out: Have merey, Josul 1 shall despair. He adds as the ghost dream passes: There i no creature loves me; And it I die no soul shall pity ma, 7. Wwherefors should they, since thet I my- ol Fina 'In myself 5o pity for mywelt. The night wanes; he is himself again: the shadows frightened him; ten thou- sand soldiers cannot! He will guard against real dangers: Come with me; Under our tents I'll play the savesdropper, To see i any mean to shrink from me. It was the way of the time; men thought it no dishonor to desert a leader at any moment. He Is clear-headed to the end. To his Intimates he says, drop- ping all hypocrisy: Conscience is a word that cowards use, Devised at first to keep the strong in awe; Our strong arms be our conscience, swords our law. Bombastic, overrhetorical, undramatie, “Richard IIT” certainly is. And yet it is a truly great and artistic Interpreta- tion of a powerful human mind which deliberately chooses evil, not as its good. but as the means of attaining what it deems to be its highest good. MAURICE FRANCIS EAGAN, Catholic University of America. CHILLY WEATHER AT THE PARK AND BEACH Tess and Her Baby the Feature at the Chutes—Contests at Sutro’s Baths. The sunshine of yesterday was a de lusion and a snare, and out at the park and beach the fog seemed turned to sieet in the chilling wind. The small crowds that made their way early in the after- noon to the city’s pleasure places soon turned homeward and by 4 o'clock the park was practically deserted. No ac- cidents or iIncidents were reported to the police during the day. A large crowd, considering the weather, assembled at the Chutes and enjoyed the many featur Tess and her baby in the Darwinian Temple are the features th week and for the time being the Con family is relegated to the background. Many new attractions are on the bill in_the theater. Not'l'.hlt.lndms the cold weather the tanks at Sutro’s Baths were well patron- ized. Following are the results of the aquatic contests: Fifty-yard dash—FH. Lelcken, first; G. Sund- burg, second. Underwater swimming contest— . Rasmy, first; H. Leicken, second. Diving for plates—J. Johnsom, first prize; P. Robert, second; J. Jomes, third. Ome hundred-yard dash—8. Clough, first; D. _Samuels. second Spring-board diving—L. Burdin, first; H Sa second. High diving—S. James, first prize; S. Frank, second prize. ———— PROMINENT FAMILIES U@‘_“ MARRIAGE B. Willard Burr, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Burr, and Miss Ada Belle Jewett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Philo D. Jew- ett, were married last Saturday evening. Owing to the {liness of the bride’s father the wedding, which was held at the home of her parents, 248 Union street, was a (ilet one. The Rev. Bradford Leavitt of 3.. First Unitarian Church conducted the marriage cenmon{. which was witnessed by only the relatives and a few of the most intimate friends of both families. It was a pink wedding, with unique decora- tions In rare pinks, smilax, bamboo and majdenhair ferns. The decorations were under the direction of Mrs. Judd. The mald of honor was Miss Mary L. Farnham, cousin of the bride. The brides- maids were Miss Helen K.Jewett and Miss Ethel A. Greene. The best man was Wil- ltagn_Faull, and the ushers wers Robert H. Collins, A. C. Lawson, Lathrop W. Jewett and Carlton W. Greene. The bride is a sraduate of Miss West's school of this city. Her father was one of the early founders of Bakersfleld. The m is superintendent of the Alvarado §hgar Works, and was formeriy a prom- fnen: upiversity man. He is & grandson of the l;ti. Hon. “Ee.1 . Burr, formerly Mayor of n Francisco, and long prom- inent In banking circles L