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Society and Clubs English Town Celebrates Shakespeare's Anniversary Stratford-on-Avon, England William Shakespeare pen name or person? The literary debate over whether Shakespeare or Bacon wrote the plays, which has been waged for years, comes to an annual climax of conviction on both sides on April 23, the day commonly accepted as Shakespeare s birthday. In the bard s birthplace, Strat ford-on-Avon, It's a day of joy ful celebration and one of Eng land's most colorful events, ac cording to the British Travel association. Shakespearian schol ars and visitors from all over the world converge on ilie little market town in celebration of the "glorious 23rd" to the green-eyed envy of a small group of zealots who cling to the belief that Shakespeare was a pen name for Sir Francis Bacon, a 16th century essayist and states- man. It must be admitted that the dispute over authorship of the plays is not too remarkable in view of the lack of documentary evidence a b o u t Shakespeare's life. All that is known about Shakespeare as a person could be scribbled on the back of a A postal card. One letter to him, a few legal records, the date of his baptism and death that's all there is. What is remarkable is that so little evidence exists, The plays he wrote came to be regarded as extraordinary dramatic achievements only a century after his death. His daughter, who inherited his prop erty, was undoubtedly aware of his reputation. Why she made no attempt to preserve his pa pers is a puzzle that has bothered scholars for years. There is one possible explanation: that she was somewhat embarrassed by her father's fame. As a daughter of Stratford and the wife of a devout Puritan, she may have felt religious scru ples about playwrights, actors and the stage. One guess schol ars make to explain the absence of any personal documents is that Shakespeare's daughter and son-in-law, a good Puritan pair, destroyed the bard's papers as something distasteful for up right, churchly people to have in their home. Whatever the reason for such neglect, the people of Stratford do their best to make up for it every year on April 23rd. Flags of all nations are unfurled in the streets. The natives wear sprigs of rosemary ("Rosemary's for re membrance") with the pride that Irishmen sport the green on St. Patrick's day. The Mayor of Stratford leads a floral proces- VENETIAN BLINDS . SPECIAL FOR APRIL 10 OFF ON ALL JOBS $50. OR MORE "LEE" THE BLIND MAN For F-ree Estimates THREE DAY SERVICE Sun-Ray Venetian Blind Co. 1617 N. 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Central Rexall Drug MAIN AND CENTRAL PHONE 2-9431 OPEN SUNDAYS sion through ancient streets of timbered Tudor houses to Shakes peare's grave at the Church of the Holy Trinity. Their whole hearted enthusiasm results in evidence of a sort emotional if not historical. Visitors who join the procession through the leafy lanes of old Stratford and 6leep in raftered, age-darkened inns claim they feel a closeness with Shakespeare and his works which they have never experi enced before. This year, visitors wishing to pay homage to Shakespeare by witnessing plays in his home town will have a better chance than ever; the season of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre has been extended to 33 weeks, the longest on record. Sir Ralph Richardson will head a distin guished cast which includes Mar garet Leighton and Mary Ellis. This year the repertory includes: "Coriolanus," "As You Like It," The Tempest," and "Macbeth," new production directed by John Gielgud. . Baconians are not always si lent onlookers at the Shakes pearian goings - on. Convinced that the visitors are applauding the wrong man, they are oc casionally driven to find an out let for expression even going as far as defying the famous Shakespeare curse. One year a devotee of Shakes peare lovingly placed a wreath at the foot of the master's statue. Under cover of night, someone crept up and placed a placard over the wreath which read: "To the blessed memory of Sir Fran cis Bacon." This over -ardent Baconian was running quite a risk. The wreath was hastily re in o v e d, and Baconians were sternly cautioned to remember the famous Inscription on Shakespeare's grave: "Good friend for Jesus sake forbeare To dig the dust encloased here: Bleste be ye man yt (who) spares thes stones, And curst be he yt moves my bones." There's still another group to be heard from a group which disagrees with both Shakespeari- ans and Baconians. 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Print plainly YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, ZONE, SIZE and STYLE NUMBER. pion is the seventeenth Earl of Oxford in the eyes f most Stratford folk, Just a second pre tender to the title, "Bard -of Avon." r i f o s Here's a Bargain in Fertilizer 45 lb. Bag $1.00 3 Nitrogen 4 Phosphate feat Moss Base 1 MORTON MILLING CO, Your Health and Its Care By DR. WILLIAM BRADY, M.D. Readers should address Inquiries lot William Brady 265 fl Camino, Beverly Hills. CaL NO, NO, NOT AGAINI Each blessed winter now for years an expedition has set out into the wide blue yonder in quest of the cause of "the common cold." This winter it began to look as though we might te spared for once, but just as we came within sight of spring, the middle of Brady March, the latest "War on the Common Cold" was started by the newly organized Common Cold Foundation. The executive director of this expedition admits it is impos sible even to identify any parti cular ailment or indisposition as a common cold. 1 That's what I contend but, darn it, who am I to elevate an eyebrow at the pronouncements of experts, 'specialists and auth orities on such a question? Having acknowledged that the hypothetical "cold" cannot be identified ,the Common Cold Foundation winks the off eye and says some of the questions the Foundation hopes will be answered are: Is it caused by a virus? Re searchers disagree on this theory. (Doctors, too.) Does sudden chilling make normal individuals suscep tible? 3. Why do outbreaks of colds follow sudden weather chang es? (This reminds me of the orchestra leader who stopped the music, stepped forward and demanded "Who called the piccolo player a nut?" A voice from the audience re plied "Who called the nut a piccolo player?" The Common Cold Foundation purposes to pursue studies in many parts of the world, includ ing the Arctic and the tropics and to help other expeditions to complete work already under way. The announcement of the Foundation's plans conspicuous ly ignores the conclusion reached by the British Medical Research Council after many years of study, including experiments on volunteer subjects, that expos ure to cold, wet feet, dampness and drafts has nothing whatever to do with ailments which un teachable doctors and laymen call "colds." , Well, naturally! An expedi tion of that sort would look silly if the findings of a previous ex pedition were accepted as fair or reasonable. Even though no one has iden tified "the common cold," the doctors blandly say that any d.f. knows what a "cold" is and so you do. QUESTIONS & ANSWERS Fertile Boy-Girl Twins My grandmother had a twin broth er. She bore eight children. My father raised four children, the last two my twin brother and myself. I have rais ed six children, and am soon to be come a grandmother. My twin brother and his wife have raised two daugh ters and they are grandparents. So we Know you are right in assuring peo- pie that twins of opposite sex are not Dr. SUNDAY MONEY SAVERS OPEN 9 A.M. To 9 P.M. STRAWBERRY SHORT CAKE Birdseye Frozen Oregon Strawberries Large Home Purity Shortcake Layer SWIFT'S PREM 12-oz. can 39c BUMBLE BEE PINK SALMON No. 1 tall can 49c KITCHEN QUEEN FLOUR 10 lb. sack 89c AllOther WEEK- END BARGAINS EXTENDED THROUGH TODAY - SUNDAY sterile. (Sin-!t Answer Thank ymi.Ma'arn. In the same mail with your letter came two others of similar import, but I tossed them into the chucker as not valid trie writers didn't sign 'em. Coffee and the Heart Husband recently had heart attack from drinking too much coffee. Phys ician satd his heart beats too hard. If he eliminates coffee is this serious Is the damage already done irrepar able? (Mrs. L. H.) Answer You give no inkling In re gard to the quantity of coffee the man taMcs. Send 23c and stamped, self addressed envelope for booklet CVD (cardio-vascular, that is. heart-artery troubles. H has a chapter on The Abuse of Analgesic Drugs and another titled coffee is Good for the Heart: liow to Lose Builf Have already lost 12 of these hated 20 pounds of slacker flesh in just two wccks on tne oiet ymt give in me pamphlet, and needless to say I'm overjoyed . . . (Mrs. N. D.l Answer Better simmer down a hit that's too rapid reduction. The pamphlet HOW TO LOSE WEIGHT is available to any one who asks for it in writing and provides stamped, self-addressed envelope. High School News By ROBENE STARCHER Boys attending Medford high met in the auditorium Thursday for a sports movie. Amendments to the Medford high constitU' t i o n which were passed at at the student body election held April 17 include the following: Minor sport lettermen may R. Slarcher uncover a stripe on their letterman sweat ers instead of wearing chevrons; minor sport lettermen who win or place in state competition may be awarded major letters; the student council may amend the by-laws to the constitution as long as the meaning of the by-laws is not changed; and the student council may amend the constitution to bring it up to date. All Medford high students were excused from Friday class es because of the district music contest held at the school. A dance was held Friday aft ernoon in the girls' gymnasium for all students participating in the music contest. Recent scores in the traffic safety contest are sophomores, 606; seniors, 6414; and Juniors 1057V4. The contest ends May 9. Many seniors are particlpat ing in Senior Weekend activities at state-supported Institutions this week-end. Representatives of the armed services met Tuesday with all interested boys over 17 years of age. Court Records DISTRICT COURT Ronald Willis Richey, no operator's license, sin. Gerald Duane Newman, $6. William Ear! Atwood, stop at stop slfn, $10. no muffler, CIRCUIT COURT Wayne Ruben Butiram vs. Melvena Edna Buuram, divorce complaint. Frances Johnson vs. Harold , Johnson, divorce complaint. Sunday, April 27, 195 J On The Side (Distributed by King If I had but two little lni, To you I'd fly, my dear! But thoughts like these are Idle things And 1 stay here. But in my dreams to you I fly, I'm always with you In my dreams The world ll all one's own. But then one wakes, and where am I? All, all alone. Coleridge. In some sections (including San Francisco) the price of a hair-cut for men has been raised to $1.50. 1 don't say the tonsorial- ists asking this fee are going to price themselves out of business. However, with the way those home hair cutting gadgets have recently been improved it might not be wise to push the cus tomers too far. Especially those customers who only ask for "a little off the sides and back, none off the top." The sides and back are easily handled with the aforementioned gadgets. Says She Although considered one of the leading specialists in that thing called "oomph," Marlene Dietrich does not approve of sweater girls and plunging neck lines. Says she: "Women have become too figure conscious. All those sweater girls! I think it is quite vulgar. As for wearing a plunging neckline off the screen. I never would, I am sure no mother wants her daughter to go around like that, nor does any man like his wife to look like that." Lively Blonda The first burlesque irotipe to tour this country was Lydia Thompson's British Blondes." Lydia was a very lively blonde but would stand for no refleo tions on her morals. She horse whipped a Chicago drama critic for hinting she was not as good as she might be. It was Lydia Thompson who introduced that ditty "If Ever I Cease to Love," now the theme song of the New Orleans Mardi Gras. The follow ing is an excerpt from that rol licking ballad: If ever I cease to love. May the fish get legi And the cows lay eggs If ever I cease to love. Passing By Rudolf Friml. Distinguished HOW... you can have CYCLOJ You can fence your yard for a few cents a day! Make your own yard a safe playground. Protect your pete, lawn, flowers. Cyclone is made of heavy galvanized steol lasts longer than fence of other materials. Expert erection service, Call for free estimate. No obligation. CALL CYCLONE FENCE 2-5480 215 Cottage Street Medford, Oregon BOTH by e. v. Duriing Features Syndicate, Inc.) composer. Chiefly recalled as the composer of that entertaining operetta. "Rose Marie." Yet he had written many hits before that such as "The Firefly," "Ka tinka," and 'High Jinks." Mr. Friml is among the innumerable celebrated and successful men who married their secretaries. Such marriages are usually suc cessful because the bride has nad a good chance to study her man and knows how to handle him. . John Jelke. Handsome, healthy and wealthy young fel low who is president of the New York Bachelors club. Most of the members of this organization are young men with wealth or fancy salaries. Their attitude of play ing "hard to get" is highly Irri tating to many young women of Manhattan. Also, many married women view them with disfavor. A married woman is never pleased at the sight of a happy Bachelor, hue considers it a re flection on her sex and Its ne cessity to male contentment. Aklng Queries from clients. Q. Was there ever a hypnotist featured in big time vaudeville? A. There were several but the only one I recall was "The Great Pauline." He was a headliner and his sal ary is said to have reached $2,000 a week, in the days when there -was no Income tax to pay and a dollar bought three times as much as it does today. Q. Which does a native of Scot land prefer to be called: a Scot, a Scotsman or a Scotchman? A. I believe "Scotsman" is pre ferred. In any event, that cele brated railway train is called the Flying Scotsman. Asides There is a political campaign song called "Get on the Raft With Taft." This was written 44 years ago for the successful presidential campaign of Wil liam H. Taft. CARD or THANKS We wish to thank the many friends for their kindness and beautiful floral offerings during the recent illness and death of our beloved wife and mother. We especial! v thank the memher f the Ashland hrnnch of the Church of waiter-day satnte. James Lilly and family. Mr. and Mrs. L.en Crum. G FENCE 1 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE DETROIT You Can Do It On a Two Week Vacation ... and Pick Up 3 New Plymouth ... for a Leisurely Return Trip Home . . . enough to pay for a Good Portion of Your Vacation Trip! 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