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“HANS ANDERSEN."
MRS. SOUTHORN'S BRILLIANT ADDRESS.
MEETING Of English
ASSOCIATION.
first of his famous fairy storica and even then applause came but slowly. Bat when is did come, the whole world acclaimed Andersca as genius.
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It is absurd to go into lengthy or ponderous criticisms and annly ses of Anderson's fairy stories. It is like attempting to gild refined gold or paint the lily. Andersen's A large audience was present attorias were the spontaneous out. the Helena May Institute last evor coma of soms happy fountain of ing to hear Mr. W. T. Southern thought in his simple childlike na ture. They come to him as the song deliver a talk on
"Hana Anderdoes to the thrush or the perfume
to the violet. B013,"
Sir William Hornell presided, and after the minutes of the last meeting had been rend, called on
Anderson was an excellent con-
Terentionalist and had a gift for repartee. He was invited to dino at Court with King Frederic the Mrs Southern to address the nu-Seventh, and at dinner the King pledged him, as in the northern dience.
custom. Andersen did not care for wine, so he poured water in to his ginas You should not drink to Your King in water," said the
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Mrs. Southern said, inter alia: Whilst I was preparing this talk Hans Christian Andersen, 1 came across a vary interesting ar |ticle by. Professor Forster on the Montessori System of educating children and I was struck by this paragraphy: --
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When I drink to my King. water becomes wine," replied Ander
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Anderson devoted a great deal of time to letter-writing. He had cor respondents all over the world, and although he had only a smattering of languages, he wrote his letters in Danish, had them translated: into English, French or German, and then copied them. I have a letter of Anderson's, among my most valved possessions
Memory Perpatunted. Anderson's Fairy Stories - have become so much a part of the daily life of his countrymen that a bronze statue of the tte Mermaid, ox- quisitely executed by the sculptor Edourd Eriksen, has been placed on n barnacled rook gazing, sen warda. Is hns. the appeal of the Peter Pan afatuo in Kensington Gardens-with the added pathos of Anderson's immortal story.
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The beautiful and good. will over be forgotten; they live in legend and song," wrote Andersen. The years pass, and his stories are overgrown. They are the embodi ment of the good and the beautiful they will never die while there are children, and grown-ups who are children in heart," to And a world of exauisite pleasures in fi those magie tears and laughter, t quaint ennooits, and délicous the fairy stories." humour, which are the fairy" Fabris of Anderson's wonderful land of "Make-Believe.”
Interesting Disqussion. Sir William Horng then declar ed the subject open for discussion, and Professor R. K. M. Simpson spoke, deprecating the efforts of the theatre to present certain of the fairy tales on the stage, claiming that such treatdont killed the Charlotte." storius. "The stage has tried to and other special favourites, he "do what Hans Anderson did in his wrote and illustrated a long book simple words," said the Professor, describing their travels obrond. and when they do this it killa
Fallacy Dispelled. It has been said that Andersen was not fond of children, but this It is probably for scientific anomalous statement is quite un "reasons that drying and the true. He did not like children to fairy story are also excluded from worry him or ask silly questions or to climb over him, but he was a. the method, for the far-ranging delightful companion to sensible imaginings of the child; it is well-behaved children. For them he cut out wonderful silhouette ple thought, ought not to be encour-tures, for them he wrote letters in aged. It is desirable, to keep the rhyme, for them he wove stories child in close contact with real-and for "Maria,' ity and no encourage him to escape, into the realm of fancy, as some children are prone to do when they feel themselves unequal to the dieulties and obstacles which surround them in their en- vironment."
I must admit I sat back and Rasped. My heart sank at the thought of thousands of children deprived of one of the greatest joys of n Victorian childhood-fairy slories. It is the fashion to point out what a dull and joyless life we of the gay nineties" led-but Ein our nurseries and schoolrooms no one thought of keeping is in close touch with reality. We revolt- ed in the pages of Grimm and An- dersen, together with. less famous stories of elves and fairies and goblins. I think these, magic case. ments opening on fairy lands help ed Londen children, as we were. over "those difficulties and obstace les" which came our way, threw a glamour over our walks through the London streets to the Kensing ton Gardens and there peopled the grassy lawns and trees with fairy friends.
Thoughts of Youth,
The thoughts of youth are long long thoughts not to be harnessed, ticketed, docketed into, compart ments. One trembles to think what would have been produced of poe. try, erature, painting, music, if the children who grew up into say Shakespeare, Rembrandt or Beeth oven had been kept in close con- tact with reality,"
And new having thrown down the grantlet for the fairy story, let me turn to the real objzet of this talk-Hans Christian Anderson -and add that I think the Danish writer has earned above all others the title The King of the Fairies " bestowed upon him by a writer in the Acndomy. I do not think that either Grimm or the Arabian Nights | exercise quite ao powerful a fraci- nation over the minds of both young and old as Hans Andersen
His History,
I think there must be curiosity in many hearts as to the manter of man who wove the magic stories. This is tho outline of his life flo was the son of a poor cobbler in Odense, a small provincial town in Denmark. There on April 2, 1805, Anderson was born in a very hum ble home. His father was a man who felt he could have doue belter in the world, if education had eme his way. As it was, in the ag evenin, he always read alud to his young sonatories from the Arabian Nights, and from the works of Holberg, the Danish writ ter. One day (Anderse.; tells this in his book The Story of My Life") a young student enins to have his shoca mended and tears of envy stood in old Anderson's ever. as the young man spoke. hie studies. Such chances should have come my way," he said,
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Hard Struggle..
Andersen scribbled sont poetry when he was young, but already at the age of 14 he left his father's house and went away like Dick Whittington and many another youngsfor to seek his fortune with 13 crowns in his pocket, He went by postchaise to Copenhagen, this onger awkward youth, and he first tried for an engagement na
cer in the ballet. The ballet plays a great part in Denmark and ́all actors and actresses go through a training in it. But his plain face wa against hit and many robuffs and hardships foll to his share. - In fact he nearly starved; When his fortunes wore at their lowest ebb, he was discovered by an ominant Dane, salled Mr. Collin. who educated him and assisted him in overy way. But it wai not till he "Wir so years old thất he wrote the
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Chinese Government has banned. Professor Simpson was upheld in Alice in Wonderland" and "Alice his opinion by several other speak-through the Mirror" in gertain ors, the Hon. Dr. R. H. Katawall remarking that he had been brought up on fairy tales, and that Hans Andersen, was supreme and with out a poor in his own sphere.
classes in the national schools, holdi ing that they were misleading. He thanked to. Mrs. Southern for hor vary. elever address, made more in- taresting by her connections with Hans Andersen and the scenes of his stories.
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Mr. G. P. DeMartin said that there was too much explanation in books nowadays; too much A4- Sir William concluded by an- notation, even of Hana Andersen nouncing that the next meeting. spoilt the tales for children... would be held on Tuesday, April Mrs. Davidson also spoke with. when Professor Middleton-Smith fooling, and Sir William Hornell will speak on " Books
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