Show 0 v Miss Babcock Gives First Lenten Reading Friday evening Professor Maud May lay Babcock gave the first of the series of Lenten readings at the Hotel Utah A splendid and sympathetic inter interpretation interpretation re- re tation of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew was rendered Th The Shrew was excellently portrayed portrayed por por- por-I por by Miss l Babcock who illustrated illustrated illustrated illus illus- in her reading the status of woman in the social life of Shakespeare's Shakespeare's Shakes Shakes- peares peare's time The story is of Katherine a young i woman of wealth whose frightful temper and displeasing mien are the I I terror of all who know her Petru- Petru chio determined to marry wealth offers offers offers of of- fers himself in marriage to Katherine Baptista father of Katherine is overcome overcome overcome over over- come at this offer and consents then assumes a tyrannical attitude and succeeds in bringing Katherine to such subjection that she does his bidding with meekness and humility This transformation is a source of great wonderment to Katherine's Katherine's Katherine's Kath- Kath erines erine's acquaintances in inthe inthe inthe the meantime through a subterfuge I wins the love of Branca the younger and more beautiful daughter of Bap Bap- tista After marriage he realizes that his wife is not the m modest dest girl whose amiability was the admiration on Page 3 FIRST OF LENTEN READINGS WELL RECEIVED from page 1 of the townspeople Branca is rebel rebel- ious bus to her lord but Katherine the Shrew becomes a loving and obedient helpmate rC I am that wo en n are so simple To offer war where tHey ey should kneel or r peace Or Dr r seek for rule supremacy and sway Where they are bound to serve love and obey Miss Babcock illustrated by this reading and will attempt in her other recitals to to show the evolution of woman as portrayed in drama from the age of Shakespeare to the present time lime The next recital will be A Blot on the age of Shakespeare to the present March larch 5 at the Hotel Utah o |