The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, July 13, 1921, PART II 8 PAGES, Image 14
ARE THE SHAKESPEARE
RELICS A MYTH?
There is not a literary shrine in the
world that is visited by a greater
number of people than Stratford-onAvon.
Xo one goes on a sight-see-j
ing tour of England without paying |
his respects to the greatest literary!
genius the world ever has seen. There]
is much to be seen there that is, if:
authentic, quite closely connected
with the bard. There is the home in
which it is declared that Shakespeare
was born. It is now national
property. It contains the Shakes
peare museum, which is full of rel- j
ics. There is also the New Place,
where Shapespeare died, and the
Mary Arden farm.
The Stratford iconoclasts have
thrown doubts as to the genuineness
of any of these places as associated
with Shakespeare in the degree they j
are represented to be. Is the Ann i
Hathaway cottage, then, nothing more [
than a fraud and is there not a single j
genuine relic in the Shakespeare Museum?
At least so certain wiseacres
would have the public believe.
Xo less important a Shakespeare
critic than Mr. Halliwell-Phillips. we j
are told, is of the opinion that the
probabilities are decidedly against the!
so-called cottage ever having contained
the woman, who, at the age}
of 27 married William Shakespeare, I
when the latter was only 19. Here isj
a pleasing allusion dissipated at once j
for those who hereafter visit the spot |
will conjure up the May morning j
when the Bard of All Times must j
have gone the same round on a court- j
ing expedition, and probably sat un- j
der the. eaves with his arm ai*ound I
his future bride.
But what next? The next surprise,''
is the disestablished and disendow-)
ment of the old farm house still I
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shown as that in which the poet'^l
mother. Mary Arden, lived. Its his- i
^ tory now is said to be altogether inconsistent
with the theory that any
of the ancestors of the Shakespeare
stock ever resided there.
Naturally the people of the little
old English market town are resentful
over the scepticism. They would
be the last people in the world to admit
the truth of the story about Ann
Hathaway's cottage or Mary Arden's
farm, even when backed up by such
a competent crtic as Mr. HalliwellPhillips.
They have hitherto found
the fame of the prince of poets ex
ff?
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| ceedingly useful to their small borj
rough.
I With so much scepticism regard-*
j ing the place at present being nois-"
j ed abroad, it is possible that the time
I will come when visitors, instead of
I seeing the present sign which guides'
'them, will see. staring them in the*
; face, the following: "To the reputed
cottage of Ann Hathaway." and Maryj
' Arden's Farm labelled "The uncer- j!
tain building."
Then suppose that the Shakespeare'
Museum were to meet the same fate, j'
and such is not unlikely, for the;
iconoclast has argued that many of j
the so-called relics are spurious. Of
what interest would be the ring that
the hard is supposed to have worn,
the chair and books that he used, and
so on? "Washington Irving described
that ancient chair many years ago,
and is it possible that he was imposed
upon? The American writer
draws a picture of how Shakespeare
IUct> IlclVtf SUL III It \\ lltfll UUX |
ing to the gossips and cronies of
Stratford, dealing forth churchyard
tales and legendary anecdotes ofAhe 1
troublesome times of England."
Irving remarks that the chair par- i
took of the volatile nature of the Santo
Casa of Lorette, or the Flying
Chair of the Arabian Enchantress, for
"though sold some time ago to a ;
northern princess, it has found its j
way back again to the old chimney ]
corner." <
To doubt Shakespeare's chair i
means a depression in the relic- and
tourist trade at Stratford, and. after
all, what does it matter if the chair
is a modern one. supposing every one J
believes it to be that in which Shakespeare
sat while he composed "Macbeth?"
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FIREWORKS
We are indebted to the Chinese
for the Fourth of July firecrackers
and other more or less deadly weapons
of celebration. They used these
articles, shortly after their discovery
of gunpowder, to scare away any evil
spirits that might be in the vicinity.
Fireworks were manufactured in Italy
as early as 1540, and were used in
France to celebrate events of National
import in 1606. The industry
1 now- fpnfprs in the T'nited States.
Rub-My-Tisin is a powerful antiseptic.
Cures infected cuts, old sores,
tetter, etc.
reciate d e t
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1 reception i
Boosters b>
"Ridge"
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We believe that the opening
luda Bus Line marks the beg
operation between the peop
lurpbia, their Capital City.
We are certain that this cloi
of mutual and lasting benef
made the first step in perfor
it possible for us to get toget
On behalf of this store we 1
tality. May we not have the
needs in our special line?
Clothing?
Men s Furnishi
A special department on ou
clusively to the clothing neei
lnd comr
35 MAIN STRE1
COLUMBIA, S. C.
I'ABLKH PHOTtX.i:APHS
Photogruphs haw Io n su:ress- \
fully cabled across the Atlantic. The |
first pictures actually transmitted
were probably those taken in Xew \
York of the recent international!
yacht race and reproduced a few j
hours later in a London newspaper.
There are several methods of transmitting
photographs by wire and
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even by wireless electricity, but the i
system followed in cabling the yacht !
pictures is probably the best. The!
negative containing the photograph
is "coded," or prepared for transmis-]
sion bv an ingenious device which re- [
duces the picture to an arrangement !
of messages which resemble an or-1
dinary cable code and can be trans- j
mitted as such. This message can be j
handed into a telegraph office for
transmission like any other message.'
On being received on the other side j
of the Atlantic his message is placed j
in a machine resembling an ordinary
typewriter and is in turn reproduced
by a series of holes in a long tape.
The tape is then placed in the reproducing
machine with an undeveloped
plate and after being transmitted
the plate is placed in a developing
bath which reproduces the original
picture in every detail. Some details
ire lost in the sending, but it is prom- j
i.-ed that the machine will soon be i
perfected and long-distance transmis-j
5ton of photographs will be a eom-j
rnonplare.?Boys' Life.
Suspicious
A Lover: 1 wish you'd find out how
1 stand with your father.
His Lass: Oh! Why?
A Lover: He gave me a tip on thej
stock exchange tonight.
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^SPECIALISTS^ !
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i||lj j i makes ot" Automobile ilaJiallli.
I. tor-. We make them as ">od j j .jji: j'
IpE as nave. We also repair Un. H If
ll'j j j i Jer-. tanks and make racing n?'jl!
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invented by tin- Chin. ('.'<1
it is believed they had
a religions siirtii'ican< ? when :' t*.*l
down. It is eeitain that :!> s,>ort
of kite-dying was a favorite on* wi.h
the Chinese youth before Europe received
the idea. The Chinese attached
knives to the strings of their kite to
cut those of rivals. The name is derived
from the kite, a hawk, which
has remarkable soaring powers.
LAVEXDA11
''Sweet Lavendar" has a very
plebeian origin. The word is dert
t'orl f i?/"iin t V> T r> f S.. o 1.. _ . i 1..
i uvu lii/iu tut/ ijaiui iu vi
"Lavanda." meaning a wash, or washiris?.
Tht* dried flowers are put away
with linen to perfume it: and the ancient
Romans used the plant to perfume
the water of their baths.
"Was the apple gooda friend
asked Eve.
''Oh. no." she replied, "it wasn't ;
particularly good * * * it was just J
forbidden!"
A/ERY JpEWELER
COLUMBIA. 5.C.
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1508 Main St.
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;<< The time has come to cl
$ * era of low prices.
o> We are determined to n
I<< want every bit of goods w
j<< thing that comes in new i:
>>> This is whv this is to b<
>8 for EVERYTHING must g
?< EVERYTHING IS REDUC
w selling.
l)> No matter what your w
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anticipate ior tne montns
M are splendid stocks too?i
>>>> now.
SS>> Every Silk Dress in
))<< Xo matter what your dress n
SS>> may find your every wish filled
))?? fetas of navy and black. Canton
?<< street and evening wear, lace
dinners and in fact every dress i
\\SS is reduced for very quick sell
M clean out ( ur entire dress stoc
>>)/ reduced the new silks that just
<S? THK PRICES:
$<\ 20 Dresses $25 to $35 Values
22 Dresses $49.50 to $69.50 V;
>>)/ 82 Dresses $69.50 and $79.5
59 Dresses $89.50 to $100 Ya
?>> FIXE SILK UNDERWEAR 1
<<$ SALE
S>// Teddies, Bloomers, Gowns. Ye
ss>> ot ver>v fin 'st Italian silk, ci
SS>> other silks in this sale at very In
<\\s ments from our regular stock ai
?<< now for quick disposal. Read
>>// given below and act quickly.
<<SS thing Monday morning for son.
<<(( ited and the values, as you see.
Teddies $5, $6.50 and $7.50 \
>>>) Teddies $8.50 and $9.00 Value
<<% Gowns $10 and $11 Values, X
>S// Gowns $12.50 and $15.00 Val
>>// Three Gowns, slightly soiled
\S>> Xow
u\\ Four Gowns $16.50 and $18
a(\ Jersey Gowns $15 Values. Xo
yyii Camisoles $2.25 and $2.75 V
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Four Camisoles. $4. $5 and
S>> SENSATIONAL MILLIXEF
(SS $1.00, $2.93 AND $
By taking the entire output o
linerv supply houses we are c
O) oeedingly pretty spring and s
I )X\ $1.00. $2.95 and $4.95.
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A lots; and pat it.* nt 1 ill I vair. effort |
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jot' Mi<- part of a khaki-clad drivot* t >r
j indue a -nalty drawing wka' ap-'.
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: peared ti. 1m* a load of lauralrv. ; .
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jtlirouuli the irat?-way of local hospital
afforded considerable anuiseinent *
J to the lroys iri Muo. v\ ii ? were watch-' 1
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Screen Doors, Wind
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Garden Hose,tWater
Freezers, Base Balls,
Golf Goods.
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naugurates the Most
^learanc*
the Store's Pish
ear away the old stocks complete
lake this a new s tore in every k
ithin these four walls to be SPIC
s also to be marked at the low pri
3 our greatest and most sensatio
:o; hence the prices are not onl
ED?nothing is set aside; nothir
ants may be tod ay?no matter
to come?everything is cut to th
Smith's regular stocks, and the g
This Sale Every Coti
eeds may be, you Although many
in this sale. Taf- ting them in this
i crepes for sport. season. All dres
combinations for latest styles and 1
:i our large stocks *,? ?.. ginghams. v<
!i 11 fir. In order to Both dark and lii
ks we have even figure. The stoc-1
: came last week. and the prices a:
: low.
, Now $10.75
alues, Now $25.00
0 Values. Now r.'Aiglon Voile
$39's0 and
dues. Now $49.50 40 Summer Fn
IX THIS Jl'LY 38 Summer Fr
Summer Frc
sts and Camisoles
epe ae chine and FI?w
prices. All garSeven
lovely si
id placed on sale
made of fine flam
the low prices
inglv smart.
Better buy first
Seven spring c<
e stocks are limvery
good looking
are great. * _ ...
41 fine silk spo
"alues. Now $5.95
ah the new novel
>s. Now .... $5.95
Seven Sport Si
ow $6.95 ?
Four Sport Co?
ues. Now . .$7.95
I. were $32.50. ThreP Sprins C
$g.?r. Nolv
.75 Values. Now 1 * Baronette S
$6.9.% Fine Silk Skir
w $6.9.%
alues. Now $1.7.% ' FINES'
$2.2.%
$6 values." Now Therc a,'e only
go j|- ance. but every s
tailored of the ve
LY SELLING fortunate indeed
>4.9.% sortment. for this
f one of our mil- suit for traveling
ible to offer ex- the fall.
ummer hats for Four Suits wen
Ton Suits were
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ns tho pi'>('0,,<'inu.s. The mule would
lo anything bur |ss through tho
gateway.
"Want any VI|?. < hum shouted
?ne of rho hoys in. hiuo to the driver,
is iii- rested a moment.
' No." replied the driver, "but I'd
ike to know how X?>ah got two oT
he blighters int" th.e Ark."
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Coolers, Ice Cream
Basket Balls- and
SPECIALTY
Lowrance
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?Iy?to inaugurate the new jfl[
ind of merchandise. We >>$
K-SPAN-NEW, and every- ??
ces when the season opens. >>><
nal July Clearance Sale; M
y radically reduced ; but <<?
lg is held back for later M
what purchases you may sW
e bone in price, and there ??
>oods are seasonable right
ton Frock in This Sale
have just come in we are put- />>?
sale af the lowt-st prices of this \\\i
:ses presented are of the very ??
Ine imported materials. There ///?
>iles. dotted Swisses, organdies. %))
?ht shades and sizes to fit every ee?/
ks are wonderfully complete ,>>SS
s you will set. are wonderfully \\yy
THE PRICES: >>?
> and flinghams ..$5.00. $4.50 >>>\
$,>.50
Dcks $18.7") to 525 Values $9.75 $//
oclfs $25 Values $14.75 >SS>
)cks $29 to $32.50 Values $16.75 <\&
CE SPORT SPITS &>>
>ort suits in this assortment />$>
nel and all-wool jersey. Exceed- \\\\
>ats in this assortment that are >>>>
; indeed. Ideal for vacations. \\\\
rt skirts of baronette satins and ??
ty silks of the season. . SSSS
tits $29.50 Values. Now $13.50 >>>>
its $12.50 Values, Now ..$7.50
'oats $49.50 and $69.50 Values. v<<<
$29.50 >>g
kirts $13.50 Values. Now $6.75
ts $18.75 Values. Now ..$10.95 $>>
T TRICOTINE SUITS M
14 suits left for this July clear- ?<<
;uit is good looking, smart and />//
tv finest tricutine. You will be >>>>
to secure your size in this as- <<<<
i summer one will want a new
and they may be worn well in >>>>
> $49.50. Now* $25.00
up to $95.00. Now $55.00 //$
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