MORE THAN 400 PERFORMANCES OF
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comedy In three acts, with book
nd IjTlcs by C M. 8. McLel-
lan. adapted from ths French farce "La
fatyre" hr Georges Berr and Marcel
Caillemaud. The music Is by Ivan
Caryll. heretofore identified with the
Oayety Theater. London.
Klaw Erliuixer produced the piece
In the season of 110-11 at Atlantic
City. N. J., and following a brief sup
plemental engagement at the Forest
Theater In Philadelphia, it was taken
into the New Amsterdam Theater. New
York City, where It ran for more than
400 performances. This engagement
continued until December 10. when the
company was transferred to Boston,
and goes to London In the Spring of
1U after 1 phenomenal weeks in the
Hub.
Another company Is playing a record
breaking engagement In Chicago and a
third big organization Is touring the
I'aclfic Coast for the remainder of this
season. In the Boston company, which
will be taken intact to London, there
are 75 people utilised, together with a
opeclal orchestra organized for the run
at the Colonial Theater In that city. The
Chicago run Is also being carried on
In the Colonial Theater. In that com
pany are 10 people and a special or
chestra. The Pacific Coast organization la
composed of 87 people and the famous
Pink Lady orchestra of musicians re
cruited from the New Amsterdam The
ater forces that played the Caryll muslo
all daring the New York run of this fa
mous piece.
Herbert Gresham and Julian Mitchell
U. OF O. LIBRARY SECURES POPE'S
EDITION OF SHAKESPEARE'S WORKS
Purchase Made for Purpose of Developing Opportunities for Graduate Study in Literature
Other Valuable Books May Be Added to Collection.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene.
Or.. April 17. (Special.) Pope's
edition of Shakespeare, published
in 1721. has just been added to the col
lection of eariy editions of Shakespeare
works and commentaries that have
been bought during the last few years
at second-hand stores in England and
at auction sales in this country by M.
H. Douglas, librarian of the university.
The addition of these antequated vol
umes is not to make a museum out of
the library, but for the purpose of de
veloping the opportunities for gradu
ate study in literature.
In order to get a Just conception of
what Shakespeare writings are, it is
necessary for a student to follow them
In the old editions, which have not the
changes made by the later publishers
in their attempts to eradicate errors
maJe by the pirate copyists who trans
mitted plays from the mouths of the
it-tors to their manuscripts befere the
lams of copyright existed.
The first requisite for research schol
arship Is material for research. This.
In the case of science students. Is sup
plied In the laboratories, but to stu
dents of liberal arts, by the library. It
is the plan of Professor H. C. Howe,
l ead of the department of English lit
erature, to make the University of Ore
trun a center of Shakespeare scbolar-
KlllD.
Hew Oatllaea Flaaa.
Professor Howe has the following to
(sVay of his plans and purposes:
"What Shakespeare scholarship Is.
only the research student begins to ap
preciate. It is not reading the plays,
or memorizing them. Shakespeare
scholarship busies itself primarily with
two subjects, the correct reading of the
text, and the interpretation, of the
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staged all the productions for Klaw &
Erlanger. The piece Is mounted In three
acts rereallng the same number of
scenes, all placed In a different locale.
The first act takes place In the Jardin
de Joll Coucou at Complegne, a woody
suburb of Paris. It Is an ezterlor which
reveals the pastoral tints and the open
country for a background.
The second act shows the antique
shop of Phillip Pondidier In the Rue
Sr. Honore, Paris. The final scene
shows the ball of the Nymph and
Hatyre In the Latin Quarter of Paris.
The scheme of color decorations in the
second art la golden and gilt,. with deli
cate pinks and blues to relieve the
foreground. The final scene Is of bril
liant effects In blue and gold and floods
of white, with the shining lights of
Paris shown In the background through
a massive French window that frames
the revels of this merry ball.
The moving characters In the story
are Lucien Garldel and his fiancee An
gela, and their confreres. Including a
rival lover In the person of Marsac and
his worthy henchman Bebe Gulndolph;
Claudlne, an old flame of Lucien and
M. and Mme. Dondidler. not to mention
a detective on the scene of the supposed
satyr, and the clerk and customers In
Dondldler's shop and the girls who are
following the quest of the satyr from
Complegne to Paris, and thence to the
ball of the Nymphs and Satyrs.
Farewell Laaeaeea Plaaael.
Lucien Is about to turn his back upon
his old merry as a young blade In
the iray French capital, and arranges a
farewell luncheon with Claudlne, the
Pink Lady, at the suburban retreat.
plays, and the latter is In many ways
secondary to, and dependent on the
former.
"The correct reading of the text
sounds like a dry and useless subject
of investigation. What doubt can
there be, one asks, about the correct
wording of a text after three centuries
of editors? Moreover. In the case of
Dickens, Tennyson and other recent
authors, there has been no dispute
about the correct text from the begin
ning. This is because the modern au
thor corrects proofs, and sees his work
through the press.
Mosrrs Methods I'akaewa.
"Shakespeare never authorized the
printing of any of his plays, or correct
ed any proofs.
"Shakespeare's plays, in 19 cases,
were not printed at all until seven years
after his death, and then from mutilated
stage manuscripts.
"Shakespeare lived in the worst age
of handwriting since the invention of
letters, and was himself a past master
of illegible handwriting, and of pecu
liar, original modes of spelling.
"Such of Shakespeare's plays as were
printed during the author's lifetime
were pirated, printed from notes taken
down In the theater by stenographers,
and full of ludicrous mlsreports of the
words. One example will serve for a
thousand. Hamlet's most familiar so
liloquy was "taken" thus: ..
To be or not to be. I ttirn's the point.
To die. to lHPi Is that all T I all;
No. to sleep to dreanie, 1 mary there It
goes.
Maay Ckaases Made.
"How do we know Just what Shake
speare wrote)? The answer may be
startling, but it is true: We do not
know the exact words that Shakespeare)
wrote. Tare centuries of editors and
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Marsac induces Angele to surprise him
there. In endeavoring to wriggle out
of this predicament Lucien takee the
Pinv TjLdv s hint and Introduces her to
Mme. Lwndldler. When It Is suggested
that there may not be such a person
Claudlne admits that she has used the
name of the little antique dealer whose
shop he often frequents in Paris.
From Complegne they rush back to
Paris to heU off Dondidler and force
them to assist them In carrying through
this Innocent deception. Meanwhile the
detective has made the girls believe
that Dondidler is the satyr they are all
looking for.
Arriving In Paris and bursting In
upon Dondidler, it is explained to him
that if he will only appear as the hus
band of Claudlne and explain to An
gele that it was all right for his wife
to be dining with Lurlen, all will be
straightened out. Dondidler agrees upon
promise that he shall have a snuff box
of antique origin to complete a won
derful collection he is making. When
Angele and the others arrive Dondidler
undertakes to come up to expectations
and the complication of being sus
pected of being the satyr plunges, him
Into all sorts of predicaments.
He is forced to make love to the girls
and play the part of a satyr, for which
he is about as thoroughly unfit as one
could Imagine. Out of this situation la
extracted a world of humorous situa
tions and it Is all carried forward with
Interest until the final scene, when
matters are happily adjusted and the
story runs its course.
The music accompanies the action
and adds to the delight and charm of
a thoroughly diverting presentation of
a funny story.
-Hope Expressed That
commentators. In all the countries of
the world, have spent their best wits
guessing just what Shaaespeare wrote,
and our library and school texts are
compilations of those guesses. How un
certain the text still is may be seen
from a few moments' comparison of
the text, say of "Hamlet," as printed
In two different school texts, like the
Rolfe and the Hudson texts.
"It is not too much to say that
Shakespeare's plays, as we now have
them, are the combined product of
three centuries of authors, working on
Shakespeare's hints. . -
"Alexander Pope, whose edition has
just been added to the university col
lection the second edition ever revised
and annotated by a scholar remarks
in his preface: 'Had the works of Aris
totle and Cicero undergone the same
fate, they might have appeared to want
sense as well as learning.'
Passages Still Riddles.
"Many passages still defy the best
guesses of the editors. Thus the pass
age in "The Tempest" where Caliban
offers to fetch 'young scamels from
the rocks' Is a riddle still unsolved.
Some editors guess camels. But camels
on the rocks of a remote Atlantic islet
will not do. Other guesses range from
oysters (sea birds) to birds (sea metis,
or sea-mews). But no one is satisfied.
The only way to tell what your editor
has made it Is to look It up. He has
28 varying readings and Interpreta
tions to choose from. Maybe he has
been original, and added an unrecorded
29th.
"The line 'most busle least when I
do It,' also In The Tempest. has been
printed 41 different ways. None makes
very good sense.
"In Romeo and Juliet, 'Runaway's
eyes may wink.' has had 35 variant
readings substituted.
"Nor are such corruptions rare, a
few in a play. Probably there are not
ten consecutive lines In any play that
have not been tinkered and changed by
generations of editors.
Editorial Gaessea lasatlsfaetory.
"Very few editorial guesses have been
good enough for general adoption. Of
these, the most famous Is the account
of Falstaffs death, where the quarto,
published In Shakespeare's lifetime,
reads only: 'his nose was as sharp
as a pen. Poor dying fat man.' The
folio, the first collected edition printea
after Shakespeare's death, created a
mystery by reading 'his nose was as
sharp as a pen and a table of green
fields.'
"Pope, 'in 1721. made the first at
tempt to correct this. He said this was
a drinking scene, and needed a table
brought in. Some actor had scribbled
on the margin of his acting copy this
memorandum, 'and a table of Green
field's." ' Greenfield was evidently the
property man. Then a stupid composi
tor had embodied this in the text.
"Payne Collier said every lawyer
would understand that Shakespeare
wrote 'his nose was as sharp as a pen
on table of green frieze,' which
would show the sharpness of a quill
pen very distinctly, by contrast.
Interpretation Now Accepted.
"But Theobald, whose edition, pub
llshed In 1726, was ridiculed unmerci
fully by his contemporaries, 'piddling
Theobald' as they contemptuously
called him, printed it 'bis nose was as
sharp as a pen, and a babbled of green
fields.' This idea that the wandering
mind of the dying old sinner had gone
back either to the playgrounds of in
fancy, or to the confidence - of the
Psalmist is now accepted by every
editor. It Is poetic. It is beautiful.
There is no evidence that Shakespeare
ever thought of It. But evidently he
oug-ht to have written it, if he didn't
"Mr. Fumess, some 30 years ago, be
gan petting out a 'Variorum' edition.
which gives the text of his choice on
the page, and all the variant readings
up to date in the footnotes. In 30
years about one-third of the plays have
been edited in this fashion, and the
host of new editors in the interim have
made the earlier volumes of the Herles
chiefly of historic interest, like the
earlier Variorum of 1821."
Best la Northwest.
The University oX Oregon probably
has the best Shakespeare collection in
the Northwest, certainly the best in
Oregon. The "first folio" and "quarto"
editions of Shakespeare are not now
purchasable at any price, but the unl
versity has a facsimile of the first
folio, published In 1623. It lacks th
second folio (1632) but has facsimiles
of the third (1663) and fourth (1685)
folios. It has been offered an original
copy of the last of these for the rea
sonable price of $750, but owing to its
present financial straits, was unable to
secure this for the people of Oregon.
It has not yet the first edition
brought out by a modern scholar.
Nicholas Rowes, (1709) but It 'is ex.
pected that this can presently be ob
tained. This was the first edition to
divide the plays into acts and scenes,
of which. It seems, Shakespeare did not
dream. It also added the stage dlrec
tlons. such as Ophelia's coming in fan
tastically decked with flowers in the
mad scene. Xhls perpetuates to our
time the stage business of Rowes
age, y0 years after Shakespeare's.
- Other Editions of Value.
"The next edition, Pope's, is on the
university shelves, as are those of
Johnson and Stevens (1765), Harness,
(1825), Singer, 1826). Staunton (1858),
and many other interesting editions,
printed in England, America, France
and Germany, and Including Victor Hu
go's edition.
"In all, the university has gathered
several hundred volumes of Shakes
peare editions and commentaries. Much
care has also been put upon gathering
information preliminary to completing
the collection of the historically Im
portant editions. If facsimiles are
used instead of originals In the case of
the rare folios and quartos, this part
of the collection can be pushed to com
pletion for a few hundred dollars.
No expenditure is likely ever to com
plete a collection of the commentaries
on Shakespeare. It must run into the
tens of thousands of volumes.
ndrnts Take Ip Research Work.
But Professor Howe and Librarian
Douglass are studying the history of
these commentaries carefully, and hope
that, if the state stands by its uni
versity, all the more important com
mentaries may be collected. A number
of students already have been doing re
search work in Shakespeare, and the
books needed for their Investigations
have been collected as needed. One of
these original studies resulted in the
Master's thesis submitted by Miss Mary
Watson, Instructor in Shakespeare
study in the university, on "The Use
of the Personality of Shakespeare in
the Interpretation of His Plays." This
is a contribution of no Bmall Import
ance to Shakespeare scholarship, which
the unU'erslty expects In the near su
ture to print for free distribution
among the high school teachers of
English throughout the state.
The first gun has been fired, there
fore, and it is hoped that Oregon may
become a recognized center of the
world's Shakespeare scholarship, simul
taneously with the other developments
expected to follow the opening of the
Panama Canal. The University of Ore
gon foresees and is building a founda
tion for the great university which the
state will demand In the era of world
expansion which now is at hand. ,
DEITY OF JESUS THEME BY
REV. WALTER B. HINSON
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control of the universe shall be handed
over o the Father by the Son. But it
Is unthinkable that a mere man should
in his own right, and by his own power,
subjugate the kingdoms of the world,
and be able to pass over into the hand
of God a universe In which no rebel
flag could sway, and no traitorous de
sire find place. Surely this can only
be the work of him who was in the
beginning and the end the Almighty.
Then he shall no more be the man of
sorrows acquainted with grief; but the
humanity shall be sunk In the deity,
and God shall be all in all.
Entire Book Only Proof.
Eight texts did you say that deny
the deity of Jesus? If thev do, the
whole book should still be taken into
account! But they do not. On the con.
trary. they gloriously assert that Jesus
Christ stands with the only classifica
tion that is possible to him, even in
the midst of the Father, the Son, and
the Holy Ghost.
And the third objection came in a
form that pained me "I say, do not
worship Jesus Christ." Well, the
Magi did; and they were wise. And
th- leper did. and procured cleansing.
And the disciples did, when Christ
abated the fury of the tempest. And
the women did, after he rose from the
dead. And God eald to the angles,
Let all the angels of God worship
him."
And I think perhaps I do. well to
stand with the Magi, and the cleansed
INDIAN AND WHITE CHILDREN NOW
PLAYMATES IN IDAHO SCHOOL YARDS
American Farmers and Red Men of the Forest and Plain, Former Contenders for Supremacy, Now Till the Soil
Side by Side and Become Good Neighbors.
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BY FRED W. WOELFLEN.
LEWISTON, Idaho, April -27. (Spe
cial.) If one were to visit Fort
Lapwal, that picturesque settle
ment where Indians and white men
mingle peaceably today a dozen miles
north of Lewiston, a spot rich in mem
ories of bygone days of Indian wars, It
would bo apparent at once that the
day of strife, bitterness and animosity
have given way forever to the day of
peace with its attendant triumphs, not
the least of which Is the model rural
school conducted under the supervision
of the Lewiston State Normal school.
Almost 30 years have passed since
Fort Lapwal was abandoned by the
Government as an army post, but since
1883 slowly but surely the Indians have
adopted the ways of the white man, and
one has but to visit the schoolhouse to
realize in the fullest measure that color
alone distinguishes the Indian boys and
girls from their white comrades; for
comrades they really are, sitting side
by side in a two-room schoolhouBe, fel
low pupils in the same classes, play
mates on the field.
Black Father ef Plan.
Several years ago President George
H. Black, of the Lewiston State Normal,
realized the need of bettering the con
ditions In the schools of the rural dis
tricts of the Northwest. He believed
that the people of the country wanted
a change. They wanted better scnoois.
houses and playgrounds, and a better
course of study, one that would be
more closely related to the future en
vironment and vocation of the boys and
girls of the rural districts. He saw the
need for better trained teachers in
those districts, teachers who should be
specially trained for the particular
work and so be fitted to cope with trie
problems which arise in the rural
schools only.
President Black has received hearty
leper, and the disciples, and the wit
nesses of the resurrection, and the
: angels, and be -obedient to the great
. God, as I worship Jesus Christ, Math
ew. Mark. Luke, and John, Peter, James.
Jude. wrote the New Testament. But
every one of them worshiped Jesus
Christ. And I don't think much harm
can come to me in standing among the
eight writers of the New Testament,
as I worship Christ.
Churches Worshiped Jesus.
The church down In Rome to which
Paul wrote and declared that the Chris
tian's life is hid with Christ in God.
worshiped Jesus. The church in Cor
inth, to which church Paul sent the
ringing declaration that "Christ glveth
us victory over death," worshiped Jsus.
And so did the church of Galatla, and
Colosse, and Phillippi, and Ephesus.
And I will remain among the New
Testament Churches as they worship
Jesus Christ.
And if you put your ear to the twen
ty centuries gone, there will gladden
you the great cry of those tall con
fessors of the faith, men who stood
above the fog, and saw the light, and
of the great. singers of the faith also,
and of the noble army of martyrs,
and that innumerable multitude who
lived and died in the Christian faith,
and they all worshiped Jesus Christ.
Oh, I see no reason why I should
not worship hira. For the Old Testa
ment bids me worship the Lord my
maker. And Jesus Christ is my maker,
for "All things were made by him, and
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support during the last three years by
County school superintendents, rural
school trustees and patrons. A no less
significant fact is the large enrollment
in the professional rural school training
department this year. This work was
placed in the immediate charge of Pro
fessor Earle S. Wooster, head of the
rural department of the Lewiston Nor
mal. Mr. Wooster has probably done
more for the bettering of rural school
conditions In North Idaho than any
other one man in the state.
. Outline of Course.
The first step was to outline a defi
nite professional course in training for
prospective rural school teachers. The
second was to announce such a course
In the Lewiston normal, In order that
students might be attracted who would
pursue that course with the Intention
of teaching later In the rural districts.
The third step the students secured
was to provide facilities for the actual
observation of and experience in, rural
school conditions. To understand the
full significance of the rural school
training work now carried on by the
Lewiston State Normal, it is first neces.
sary tq know the course of study pur
sued by the students in training.
Variety of Studies Offered.
The studies offered are: Elementary
agriculture and farm development, civ
ics and health, physical education, rural
hygiene, sewing, principles of teaching,
woodwork, cooking. English, American
rural school, methods of teaching rural
school subjects, observation and criti
cism, practice teaching." '
The Lewiston State Normal model
rural school has the distinction of
being not only the only one of Its kind
in the country, but also the first one
established in the United States. The
great feature of the school is that it
is practical and furnishes everything
without him was not anything made
that was made." The Old Testament
bids me give the homage of my soul
to the God who is holy. Ana Jesus
Christ Is the hold and undented Son of
the Father. So I cannot err even
according to Old Testament instruc
tions, if I worship Jejus Christ.
Faithful One Hollrat. v
And I fail to see any reason in the
lives of those who have worshiped hlra
why I should not imitate them. They
stand there as the holiest who have
ever yet lived, those men upor whose
faces falls the white light of God's
approval, and who ever, amid the
storms , sing their lofty hymn of good
cheer and calm courage And I see no
reajson why I should noi. worsnlp their
Christ. Nor, when I witness them pass
ing away, do I see any cause for with
holding my worship from Jesus,
"Earth is receding, heaven is near
ing," said Dwight L. Moody, as he
died. And he worshiped Christ. "Vic
tory! Victory! Victory!" said the dy
ing Gordon, and he worshiped Christ.
"Nearer, my God, to thee!" said Presi
dent McKinley as he passed out into
the silence, and he worshiped Christ.
And as yet I have .found no reason
In myself why I should cease to wor
ship Jesus. - I never gave him one
thought of homage until the night he
appeared to me and said: ."I died to
save you."
And if ever anything gracious and
good came into my Uti it came to me
through the Christ who saved me that
June night.
Desire te Worship. .
And I do not see why I should not
worship him. For I da know that in
proportion as I worship him. have I
desire to become holy In character, and
am happy and calm in ,my soul. And
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that rural life demands. The teachers,
are here for the purpose of observing'
the rural surroundings, the ways of
the people, and to see that they receive
everything that will make for better
future farmers, both men and women.
Right down to mother nature goes the
teacher. Out over the fields and hills
she takes her little flock of farmer girls
and boys, observing as they go the
beauties and teaching them to appre
ciate what so many who live in the
cities long for.
The student teacher from the Lewis
ton Normal has no palatial home in
which she lives when at this model
school. She makes her home in a
canopy-covered, not luxurious but cosy
house, subject to all kinds of weather
and conditions.
Teachers Happy and Contented.
A trip to this school last week, re
vealed that every teacher studying
there Is happy and contented with a
flock of Indian boys and girls, all as
one family in the fertile little valley
where the Nez Perces were in ploneei
days wont to battle for Indian suprem
acy. Every farmer boy not only learns all
that the "three Rs" have for him, but
he also must learn the elementary prin
ciples of farming and gardening. The
primary thing is to bring him into the
appreciation of the place axfarmer now
occupies. The farmer girl learns how
to cook, mend and sew, and like her
brother, she learns to make garden and
the first lessons of the soil.
Every effort is being put forward in
the Idaho Normal to make the rural
life among the younger generation
more worth living and enjoying. The
old log house has given way to the
cosy, yet plain, two-room rural build -lng.equlpped
with all that goes to make
the children happy, patriotic American
citizens. The farmer has come to ap
preciate that what he did not have his
children shall have, irrespective of cost
or sacrifice.
I see no reason in my life why I should
not worship Christ.
And what shall I do with him if I do
not worship him? You disturb me. You.
tell me to admire him; but tow can
1 admire one who made himsli out to
be the Son of God, when he was not
the Son of God? You tell me to honor
him; but should I honor a mere man
who comes and says to me: "I and God
are one." You tell me to imitate hiin;
but how can I when he said: "He that
hath seen me hath set-n the Father?"
How can I when he says: "I, in your
midst, am the Son of man, and yet I,
the Son of man, am in heaven?";
How can I honor him, or admire, or
imitate him? Oh; I cannot accept an
admission that he is good, or that he
is the best who ever lived, if he is not
God! For it is not a good thing to
claim to be the Son of God, when one
Is not the Son of God! So what shall
I do with Jesus, who is called Christ,
if I must not worship him?
Aye, but I will worship him. I will
worship Christ for wiiat he did, and
I will worship him for what he 1ST For
he is my Saviour! And he forgave my
sins, and therefore bo is God. And
because he is God, I will worship him.
For he Is the root and the offspring
of David; and he is the bright and the
morning star; and he is thi rose of
Sharon, and the lily of the valley; and
he is the way, the truth and the life;
the resurrection and the door and the
good shepherd. Let us evermore wor
ship him, and we shdtl become holy
through that worship, and we shall
have his presence witii us in every ex
igency and trial; and when the end
comes and we can hear no othet sound,
we shall still hear his voice; and when
we open our eyes In the Beulah land,
he will meet us and say unto us: "Well
done," and our heaven will be complete.