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Show "Ta the .Manner Iljrn.' Dliputet over tliawnrdlngand mean. IngofHhakeepetre'a telt uaed to be riimmon enough In the 'palmy ilaytM ot tha drama, when Intellectual glanla llkethe tiler Ilwtll. KJwIll I'orreat and Macready wera It eiponontt, but they are eeldom hear I of In theae dayt or to called " arie-comrdy." However, How-ever, thert are man atlll dlaputallou over fuctl theme, fur Mr. ThoUlt W. Ketmylurlng hla recent great engage. ment at MoVtckvi'a new theatre In Chicago, waa waited on one evening by two gentlemen, who dllfrred In oilnPin a to the proper worllug In one of Hamlet' apevrhra. One contended con-tended that It wai "riiou(li I am native here and to the tnunor born," while the oilier held Ihtt It waa "lo Ihemniricrtorn." 'thla la delightful," aald thn traga dlan, when told that lilt drclaloii wu-il I tattle the wager they had lutde ..Mr the ipn-ttloti. "Hut why lint apealto the pllntwl telt of the boat edition of Hhaketieiri7" hea.ked. "1 have ahowad him by the liook that I waa right," reainded thageu tlamati whncUlnml ''inaunor" lo be mrieot, "but he tayt It It a ml rlnt," "No, It la not a mlaprlnl," rapllrd the actor, whole, without dult,oue of the profotln leat Hhakeapearean echolara allva. "Hamlet waa not born to a manor, ma-nor, but to a klnglmn. He waa a irliiiNiof the blood, and not the jwtty lord of a, iniuur When he claim to he 'to tha manner born,' he mean to the ruatom and habit ot hi oounliy," Die explanation waa eutlrely Mtla factory, and the actor waa awarded tha atakaa, lkelof champagne, llela ready b devlJa any uther knotty Hhkeprareiu lnton almllar term. |
