Show HUNDREDS HEARD WARE Noted Actors Great Lecture on u The Women of Shakespeare Drew a Magnificent Audience to Salt Lake Theater I a large and enthusiastic audience one composed of the representative people peo-ple of n city Is an inspiration to an actor or speaker then Frederick Warde must have been inspired yesterday afternoon when ho stepped before the footlights at the Salt Lake Theater and received the welcoming plaudits of one of the finest audiences which evqr greeted an actor in the famous old theater His lecture on The Women of Shakespeare had been widely heralded and greatly praised but that the expectations of the audience were fully realized almost tl realz was evident from the most breathless attention with which they followed the gifted lecturer and the frequent and hearty applause 3Jr Wardc was presented to his audience audi-ence by William Nelson who said that Salt Lakers evidently knew a good thing when they saw It and assured his hearers that what Mr Warde would say would be not only worthy of their attention hut worthy of Its author Before Be-fore taking up his topic Mr Wardc Inn In-n few graceful words thanked the people peo-ple for the compliment they paid him In attending and said that in thiN city he had received aa much If not more applause ap-plause and generous indulgence than any other city a the world He spoke of the great pleasure it gave him to give n lecture under the auspices of the Press club and said he would be lacking Indeed I under the circumstances circum-stances theme t he was not inspired to his After stating that woman has been the theme of poetry and art since the time that Eve came to the Garden of Eden to relieve the solitude of Adams 1cen Mr Wardc said that no poet had ever paid such compliments to women as Shakespeare that he haa pictured her In every phase of life and has endowed en-dowed his women with the noblest attributes hi tributes of mankind Intelligence honor love devotion lie then portrayed por-trayed a few of Shakespeares women choosing t Portia first afc the highest Porta type and Including in his lecture 0 de ifncatlon of the characters of Jessica Rosalind Iho Portia of Julius Caesar Desdemona Amelia Miranda Cordelia Catherine Juliet and Lady Macbeth lu closing Mr Warde urged the young people present In particular to study ShakMpcarc not through tho eyes of a commentator but from the works themselves He advised them to read the works throe times first for the story second for the poetry and third for the philosophy and his parting appeal ap-peal was Dont keep him on the shelves to much take him down ponder over the pages and I am sure that therein you will find the richest store ol ail that Is best In literature Immediately after the lecture Mr Warde and Manager George Pyper o the Theater were escorted to the Tavern by a committee of the Press club and an Informal dinner was served in their honor by the committee The menu was t dainty one and served In excellent < the lent style all present fully enjoying event Covers were laid for eight and at the conclusion Mr Warde left for Ogden carrying with him the good wishes and thanks of the members of the club which he had again so kindly favored voree |