The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-03-07
"osrLER Joe. !"
The Only unexpurssted Version Reproduced.

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seo,e'a'y ns''ns, ,,.,,ss.s a., n,is St,.,s. nee |
ooupiel' WHICH, 10 p,on'neu ,',, us 'h'
asp ,.,, mees as', 'eau 10 s,,
NeH' sae on,e e1y gown ""'
To the level OF market for the woman OF the town"
Tb,s snsrs "a hsvo heep aitered tn
,;x,.l, 49,. 80 10, ,,.st6, o,, avn
NsA' 'np nyoggcI sra ,rt,s ,emn,e down "'' "''
To the level Of show place for the oucasts OF the
town"
This Is certainly weaker, whether 1t be any more
toIerobIe otherwise or not. The New York papers
w. 70 ,.',.a, w., '.,,os rars,o ~ ronnh,sh,nn
the poem. It may be worth while to remark that
there seems to be question OF morals involved In
the recitation of such verses, but only one Of taste
aoou. wn'ch .nere eau oe pIesetoian, ho a,
Tosome persons, strong ana hoa IKE language, such
as Sims purposely employed in his "Baads OF Baby
sion, "ls as offensive when brought into parlor as
the smell OF garlic or the thunders OF a brass band
would be under the same circumstances. They do
not think that young people OF both sexes ought 10
be told about tho "blood.red rose OF lust,n or how
ne osos @ SSe n.'a piaye" ,or o,o"sa' ao"u' e sne
"mothers SIN, IN a mixed assemblage wnere only
pleasant thngs are expected is 1t proper re'oft
because they show their disgust funny bunder
nerns,ra,ed Inv severa iourna,s ,s in asc,h,no tho
perpe,r"eu oy several Journals was III asctoipR ,he
piece 10 swihourne, ana telling OF the sudden oe-
mana ior nus WORKS created oy IL AT Tue oooks'ores.
swinourne wouiu wrihe under Inc impu'a,ioh OF
having put toeetner 10 cruue ana unme'rical' now
ever vigorous, bahad.
just because II Is question OF taste, tue ptopriey
OF recuine "fnrynes HUSBAND" at parlor enter.
iainmeht threatened iast week 70 become 'he text
Oh u'scussoh US FURIOUS az Iu'ile. Most Oh .ne
comment ana argument was cnr,ously wide OF ,he
marx me ieuers from 'he puoiio puoisheu III tne
Ncw iorh !ourhaH were ahon9 .ne ouues' coh'ri-
outions Mt. peuhcey Maskeii Va'ner OF MISS Laura
Joyce, We oeheve) wrote;
@ ~, yvr PC, NY " say rs, ~ we
a YEAR ago. when mr.. Harry Edwards was en-.
Enthusiastically recalled by fashionable audience for
his'dramatlc recitation OF Mr.. George II. Sms's
,rom pyi,ish trI ~ % tonr on,ss % h
time have repeatedlv heard the bailad riven In
full at West End and city entertainments, and
always with success ana applause'
II seems outrageous 10 cavil at the morality OF the
poem after such high endorsement as that. But
here comes letter signed briefly and severely "a
Woman" which says
| agree with the sun that Mrs. Brown Potter dis.
piayeu pau taste III recll.ng lne poem osIier Joe
and mairons bnt n the noe ia AZ indelirate and so
suggestive Of things that should not be mentioned
why did the sun print 1t In till on Monday? Certain
gooa @ ma many M moaest yes. wives ana pfndlsn women
been shocEed or ia fsocjetv in Nav YorS less
prudish than society in Washington?
This Is truly feminine logic. We infer from 1t that
the sun or any other newspaper ought not to pub.
lsh anything that could not be read aloud with per
feet propriety by lady Of Mrs. Poters social status
to parlor audience or conversely, that 1t is per
fecty proper for lady to read aloud ANYTHING that
appears In a respectable newspaper. 1t used to be
supposed that there was some difference between
nara m and no,ite ,,teraturo "a Uoman,, Ia
.,. ~. anu pV.'e ,,.. 10 %
a!so ou. vi hue wa9 III eahus tne piece sugsesuVe.
II 1t was content to suggest more aud to call things
by their toughest names less bluntly IL would he
nearer ,ise noe,rv and Iesa Iite no,,ce rs
-. =, p's -. .s n po'e ie
port. is not 80 much "indehcate" as coarse
in teaching that IL ia fine and beauifuI for an In
,o,,o,od hn.h,na "a tora,ra - III. ~ ~ -,
ia,ua'eu nusoanu 10 forgive wHe WHO mas oeen
Iaise 10 every tie OF womanhood and maternity, and
who exhibits, SO far as the poem shows, not the
slightest repentance for her manifold crimes
against nun ana o1ners' rms, we are told, is "a
above her ashes bears the nonored name of wife"
of it. THE srSray Hran aa no Ses,,sncv IN
urotro,nn ,na ,os,o. ,oao,sn ,sn Nv ~ re-
matter Of notoriety, and did not by any means fall
without the pale Of what could be exhibited AZ said
iasI SUNDAY, IN coia type. II tneir availability for
pubic reaune, especially IN drawingroom, Is
dubious that is no more than can be said of some
of Burnss hest poems of even Tennyaon,s yivien ,,
for exam example.S and Of manv other acsnor,eGaea en,
Aa ivi eAanp.sn s, "nu y. mauy o'nei a'hu'mleuseu
| private.
II ia simp,v a fac, that "phrvne,s uushand, mo-
dnceJ vary nower,nI and nnnleosant ofrsct ,hi.h
of course Mrs. Potter did not intend, two weeks ago,
and this we chronlcled as matter of news, without
intending to take sides I'm A controversy
pupyNEs uIrsp.Nn
stood at eve, when the sun went down, by a
grave where woman lies,
Who lured mems souls to the shores OF sn with the
light Of her wanton eyes,
Who sang the song that the Siren sang on The treach
erous Lurley height,
Whose race was as fair as summer day, and whose
Yet q blOssom ram would pluck to-day from the
garden above her dust;
Not the languorous y OF soulless sin nor the blood
red rose OF lust;
But sweet White blossom OF holy love that grew In
the one green spot . ~.
parched and hot.
In the summer. when the meadows were aglow with
blue ana red,
Joe the Ostler Of the Magpie' and fair Annie Smith
Plump was Annie, plump and pretty, with cheek
as falr assnow;
But he won the wlnsome lassIe. They'd cottage
And her matronhood sat lightly on the village
beautys brow.
Sped the months and came baby-such blue-eyed
baby boy!
Joe working in the stables when they told him of
he was rubbing down the horses. and he gave them
then and there
All special feed Of clover just in honor of the heir
II had b6en his great AMBITION and he told the horses
so,
| That the fates would send a baby who might bear
the name Of Joe.
Little Joe, the child was chrstened, and like babies
grew apace;
He'd his mothers eyes OF azure and his fathers
honest face.
cloudless sky;
Love was lord OF that small cottage and the tcmpests
passed them by,
Passed them by for years. then swiftly burst In fury
| oer their home.
Down the lane by Annies cottage chanced gentle
| man to roam:
| Thrice he came and saw her sitting by the window
with her child.
| And he nodded to the baby, ana the baby laughed
| and smiled.
So at last 1t grew know hinlttle Joe was nearly
four:
the open door,
| And one day he ran and caught him and in chd's
play pulled him in,
And the baby Joe had prayed for brought about the
mothers sin.
Twas the same old wretched story that for ages