Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-30
The Silent Army.

| The Silent Army.
Written for THE EVENING STAR
Lo! Here ys slssp
Brave boys. side by sds and comrades true!
Thy bones dust! IT'S for the memory Of you
This day we keep!
score of years!
And yet you sleep; each In bis grave!
A nation loves you for that life you gave!-
Your memory rsvsrss!
Aye not sadly
Mourn We now. Sorrow hath fed!
In love and memory are Our dead
Honored SO gladly!
The brothers war
Was bitter! Internal the strife and deep
The wounds! Now are they healed! We keep
The flag you bore!
So sleep, ye braves!
Above thy silent bvollAc stand,
In gratitude and praise! With lavish hand
We wreathe thy graves!
They that were boss-oncs friends and kin;
Now mates In death. We count them ia
As brothers!
The strife is done!
We have no wound. to heal! Malice. naughtl
Love only speaks. The battles fought!
The victory won.
And thus, to-day,
The nation honor. all her dead, The true!
The brave! North and South! Flowers for the Blue
Flowers for the Gray!
GAY DAVIDSON.
Carthage. Illinois.
A Conversation with Miss Cleveland.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
WASHINGTON, May 26.-Your correspondent
enjoyed an Interesting conversation with Miss
Cleveland this morning in which a variety OF
topics were touched on, starting in with an ex-
change of honest compliments on the beauty of
Washington In general just at this season and
the special change of the scene about the White
House. now in the perfection Of Mays horticul-
tural excellence. Then we ran through the
gamut, of which everybody VINO knows any
thing of the small talk Of Washington society
can imagine, until / saw in the Intelligent
countenance of the first lady of the land an ex-
preston which meant, palmer than words, as
that all that brought you here?' That brought
and to the inquiry, Miss Cleveland tell me
how you u enjoyed your New York trip and all
Miss Cleveland answered with smile: "Woll
now, there is very little to tell. My trip to New
York was a busy one, for you know there gave
friend superintended the details of its publ
cation. The subject matter everybody knows
now who Is interested enough in literature of
However, what has been printed abounds in
Typographical errors, which will surely not APP
of agreeable surprise TO the publication"
asked were the quoted chapters such as she
would have preferred to make the first impress
sion with, and she replied: "Oh, do not care
anything about that. do not know that there
is any demand from the reading public for the
particular manner in which my subjects are
heated. The book is made up entirely Of nv
lectures and essays which have been delivered
before CLASSES OF students ut different schools
within the last few years."
"Then, with the exception OF the portion you
wrote in New York within the past fortni ght,
none OF it is absolutely fresh?"
"Oh, yes, since 1t presents oil my public eff.
forts; and only stopped working when I de-
cided should come here: gave it consider
able attention through the winter so that the
| work was pretty well on. My duties here lett
me no time for it. My visit to New York gave
the necessary opportunity to finish it just as
mysteries OF bookmaking has undertaken all
tue Details and SO far as anr concerned per
publication day comes in a fortnight or SO. I'M
til then the enterprising newspapers will, l
know, keep me we'll posted as to what effect
must stand good deal of notoriety from it.
OF course they cannot possibly know anything
about 1t, but that VIII only make the criticisms
more readable. The book is not of q kind to
suit the masses, but it will be- 1 hope. read
by students, for whom every line of 1t was origi-
life work thus far think it should seek ex-
preston in this form, and such kindly suasion
and the sincerity know which underlies it, has
fill some good purposes"
When asked her If she had come back to the
White House to stay for the summer she as
surcd me: "feS; both my brother and myself
find the house cool and comfortable and we see
nothing to be gained by even trying cottage life
at the Soldiers Home. My friend, Miss Nelson.
who Is with mo here, enjoys the restful life and
the quiet which one can secure by exercising a
little tact, aud stu seeing quite number OF
people every day."
Miss Cleveland has improved greatly in health
and strength by her visit home. Her fnce is
full, and her hair, worn in soft pufTs followino
the contour of her head, is extremely beconS
ing. She wore this morning short wallsinv
dress OF dark blue satin which was stylishiv
made and worn. She had the high collar
turned In; about the V-shaped space there were
folds of wash net, simply tucked In. It is quite
study to watch her dispose of visitors to whom
she has no special affinity. She stands to talk
the compensation Is not apt to get tedious
Miss Nelson, who assists in the hosnitalftfes
Of these morning receptions Ia q very stylish
and MISUNDERSTANDING lady OF middle ACE.
and not unlike Miss Cleveland at q first glance
Miss Bayard and her mother were amorr Miss
Clevelands morning callers to-day az yotir cor.
respondent entered, and 1t was quite Drivi-
lege to witness the charming group made bv
the presiding lady Of the White House her
guest and the wife and daughter of the Premier
OF the administration.
In PARIS q telephone ticket at hair n franc ia
issued at any OF the post Offices which entities
the holder TO . i've minutes conversation with
persons At any other Of the city post offie 100 or
ct any Of the telephone company's stafions'
The telephone company Oders 1t the ssrna
rate, conversations at any of its eleven stafinns
with persons 1T any other station or @ the reai.