The times dispatch. [volume], April 10, 1911, Page 7, Image 7

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Among the Books
??Holl null WlUK." I
By Frederick Fanning Ayer. G. P.
Putnam's Sons, of Now York und Lon?
don. 52.00.
Tho man who publishes a volume of,
poetry nowadays occupies an unusual'
position In the world of letters, for
thin Is not a poetle age, and a maker
and writer of voisu has a more com?
plicated task than formerly to reach
and to touch the heart of the worfd.
Frederick Fanning Ayer ha.-: addresser!
himself to his public, however, with
a mastery of whatever subject ho
makes his theme and a coulllor.ee In
himself that goes far*toward awaken?
ing responsive interest.
His -poems are full of vigorous
thought and beauty of expression, as
1h shown by ihese lines from a bit
?which its author calls "Kgohood." The
lines say.
"Once was one wise one, so ia told,
Took to mastering his brave dog
That know not a way to yield, to cog.
Yet the master thought him overbold,
So took to childing him.
Took, too, to hiding him.
Muzzled him to bring htm under,
Practiced each prime stupid blunder
Which makes for master and slave,
Makes one plaster, t'other knave.
Till he had him so weil in hanj
As the sea lias strips of Sutiting sand, j
All went well enough till (here came
A need of dog-s<ul, need of the Maine
Of love, which is power to do
All the masterful lest of you
"Without iiecd of profit or harm?
There's life at Its superhuman charm?
For one night came, the muster was
down,
Smothered In the clutch anel frown
Of picaroons?each cry for help
Died "On the. mask of dark?
Ca.me there back Just the coward yelp
Of the hound, never growl nor bark
As ho slinked back of each pinaster,
Tall tucked well between two legs
Bent under him like broken pegs
For fear?so he left his master
Gagged and robbed of a last plaster."
Tho "Woman Militant" has occupied
the centre of the thought stage during
the first years of the twentieth cen?
tury. But Mr. Ayer t?lngs "The Man
Militant." of whom he tays: i
"You are my militant man
To tight out a way
To your now other day
Of deeper Bight-light, loftier span."
In another poem, "Old Darby." there
Is a story told of two brothers, eme
of Ignoble, the other of noble mind,
the latter being thds described:
"None feared him. none knew him who
he was,
Only Old Darby was hia name;
Ills purpose to make common cause,
With haVd-luck people?that way
he came
To bo known for his majesty pait
He played, his mighty human heart."
"Old Darby," for the sake of making
Iho woman he loved happy, suve up
everything that Vinn cofTimoTily hold
dear tor a humble, but kindly life in
Chclmsford woods. Here happiness
and love sought and found him on an
April day, fulfilling thu thought of
the poet that?
"Something in Nature makes for Bight,
Keeps always perfect Beauty in sigiit.
So help it along all your soul anil
might;"
i "in a Bell Tower" is the name of
K poem embodying a" romance, that of
a man who was a cripple and was car?
ried into a bell tower by his desire,
so that ho could rise above the lives
of the earth men beneath him and tell
his heart to the world In bei..- with
out the pajn of being seen and Jeered
at beanuso of Iiis Infirmity. A village
girl camo to listen so truly to the
music he rang ou:. that she knew each
"tine ripple from tho lingers of a crip?
ple," and climbed the tower to find
and see the musician who?
"Won her there
To the upper air
By his threnody of love
Beyond her and above."
"Moon Fields, or Man the God," is a I
poerit of length and importance that
demands close reading and thought.
Several lines in it say:
"From my uncle I learned the value
of Right;
From my Natalie "I learned the love
of it;
The twti together make a human Might,
yet voov world gets scarce a snuff
of it:
Man. to be man, shall be himself.
Neither Gbibelin nor Guelf,
The whole of him, not part of him,
Head and soul and pluck and heart of
him."
Woman Is made by Mr. Fanning to
be a royal giver in a poem under the
caption of "Bread On the Wat'.rs," tlie
prelude to which is In these words:
I
"God knows a robin flutes for love of!
song,
Not thinking of the prize.
Which, perhaps, may come ulong,
Or may not. but keeps on fluting
For the prizes in his song."
Tho song of tho poet soars clear
and high in "The Longings of sin
Acolyte," some lines, of which say:
"O for a wing to fly and be free.
Free as a wind tickles among leaves,
Free of these knuckle-gems, this maj?
esty *
Of pomp-light which so wholly be?
reaves
Brain of power to he thinking,
Puts me to my knees to be shrinking
As a newt shrivels in a strong storm?
As if this gabata could keep me warm.
This doctored draught of thought
know a way
Of dealing nie the light of day."
The volume, which is finished by an
index, covers 1,200 pages, the poet's In?
clination and his pen taking a wide?
rango of thought and subject. Fresh
fancy, vigor and freedom of thought
and directness of expression are distin?
guishing characteristics of his verse
making, in which also is dlsplavetl
marked beauty of imagination and sen?
timent'.
Mr. Fanning, aside, from his literary
pursuits, is a lawyer and successful man
of business. He. belongs to the Massa?
chusetts family of Iiis name, I? pres?
ident of the Lowell and , And over Rail?
road and head of the. groat. Ayer prop?
erty interests in New York.
It would seem that he has carried
into the zest and enthusiasm of his
labors as a poet the practical knowl?
edge, of men and things that has made
him u force to' reckon with in the
American business woikl. lie might
have been criticizing his own work in
bo me of his verses. "Man or Book?"
When he refers tu u girl gifted lo read
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If the book or the man count most
with me."
Then, after reading", sentence is thus
passed by the maiden:
"In your book, as I say.
Never th? throb of a lay
Of the heart: yet naught flies above
This deep, everlasting human love:
So greater the man than the book,
Now that I've taken my look."
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I Dr. Achorn is. of course, a great
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"Memorial Day."
Edited by Robert Haven Schauder.
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In the introduction to this book, ap
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I as the memorial month is near at
i bond, there Is an extract from the
I Illustrated American of .Iu.no 21. 1SI?0.
i'.vhich says In part: "Memorial Day is
sacred to the memory of the glorified
? lead, who consecrated themselves to
their country, were beatified and can?
onized as martyrs for the right. It is
i well that. In the hurry and press of our
t time?, when the higher soul within nr.
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i did cares of the. hour, wo should pause
j for a period to dwell upon the tuem
j ory of the Illustrious dead, who gave
thrir lives for their country."
I There are many beautiful poems in
the book collection written by men
North and South, East and West. Heb'
I ry Timrod's hymn for Memorial Day
! in Magnolia Cemetery. Charleston, S.
? C. has this verse, which stands out
i among others;
'?In seeds of laurel in the earth
The blossom of your fame is blown.
And somewhere, waiting tor its birth.
The shaft is in the stone."
!
Will Henry Thomnson has a poem in
tho collection. ?'The High Title at
Gettysburg," and the last lines say:
"Fold tin the banners! Smelt the guns!
Love rules Her gentler purpose runs.
A mighty mother turns in tears
The pages of her battle years.
Lamenting all her fallen sons."
And Austin Dobson's "Ballad of He?
roes" Is not left out, and it testifies of
such tiiat:
"While yet in tower or rot
Your story stirs the pulse's play,
And men forget the sordid lot ?
The sordid eaves?of cities gray:
J While yet they grow for homelier fray
? More strong from you. as leading
plain
Thal Lifo may go. if honor stay,
T!i>' deeds you wrought are not in
j vain."
The editor, in his preface, sivys: "The
I srde discrimination shown has been in
selecting from all sources the most
beautiful poeirv and the most clootiehi
prose in this attempt to reveal, from
various standpoints, the true spirit
ami significance of the celebration.
"A war anthology" is Included.
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SHE GOT B150 000
Amount of Theft Grows, but Mrs.
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Kansas City, Mo., April 9.?The valua
of the stocks and bonds stolen recently
from Mrs. S. B. Armour was $K>0.000
nstead of $105,000, as originally report?
ed. It has developed.
Mrs. Armours loss will not be any
larger than first reported when the
story became public. .Securities worth
St5,000, the theft of which has just
come to light, were never sohl. The
thief named their hiding place, and
'.hey were recovered.
Tims fur Mrs, Armour has recovered
about 1120,000 in cash und securities.
What the good.-, in storage. Jewelry,
works of art, rugs and silverware, will
bring is not known. It would appear
from figures now available that Mrs.
Armour will not lose more than $10,000
or $20,000.
Friends of the woman who stole the
securities recall thai the tlrst theft was
committed within a few weeks after
site had recovered fron? a severe case
of typhoid fever. Her Illness was re?
garded as dangerous, she being deli?
rious much of the time she was 111.
Mr*. Armour M alien n Statement.
Mrs. Armour still refuses to permit
any action to be laketi against the
guilty person.
Mrs. Armour last nigh! gave
out for publication the following let
tor regarding the theft:
?'To the public:
?'1 profoundly regret thai so much
publicity has been given to an unfor?
tunate matter connected with my prl
vate affairs. I would have prevented
it if 1 could have dorn; so.
"The person involved has been try?
ing: to make amends for past errors,
and she and I are looKlug forward
for her to a life of much usefulness
and kindness in the future. She has
done much good In the past; she can
db much good in the future. These
things should strongly speak for hei
now.
IJefeudu Erring One.
"They who do not know the faults
in the minds of others who have erred
or the temptations presented, cannot
safely judge them.
"All laws, human and divine, com?
mand not only that we should highly
consider those who have erred, but to
pivc. to the erring a chance to oblit?
erate what have been mistakes in tin;
past by good works in the future.
"We should not seek their destruc?
tion: we. should save thont.
"Respectfully,
* ''MARGARET K. ARMOUR.'
Attorney X. H. Hard, who presented
the. letter for Mrs. Armour, said it whs
her desire that the matter be closed.
Engng'emeut Anuottneed.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch,]
Laesburg, v'a.. April ft.? Mrs. Mary
B. Latlmci'i of Hyattsvllle. Md.. has
announced the engagement of her
daughter, Laura Edith La timer, to
j William Carroll Latham, of Hickory
j Grove, Prince William county. Mr.
Latham is prominent In business and
I llnanelai circles in Prince William and
I is a successful farmer. The wedding
is announced to take place the latter
part of April.
One .\egro Shoot* .toother.
[.Spocial to The Times-Dispatch. |
Lacross, Vs., April 9.?Manuel
Jones, a colored boy, about sixteen
years of age. ?shot ami killed Eddie
Brown, a colored boy, about the same
age. The shooting occurred in Zeb
Cole's store, in the presence of twen?
ty-five or more colored people. The
cause of the shooting is unknown. The
criminal escaped and is still at large.