Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-12-04
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JUICE THURMAN PREDICTS A BIC TALK At tvs

CoIrMEUs RANoJET.
Judge Thurman. as chairman of the committee
mas sent Invitations 90 President Cleveland and his
cabinet aud leading democrats throughout tina
Country TO assemble In columbus, ohio ON thu
e'eiiiis :" TIE sth or January, a. guests ~ the
jackson club. and devote the evening 10 Teasing
ana sisssch-making. The New York World CORE
spondent called upon Judge Thurman AZ hls rasl-
asu.s ~ t9lumeus and asked the object of Tho
senator, 'ot the democrats OF this and other ohio
eiues 20 commemorate January - the anniversary
ei 5scAs"ns great victory at New orleans 10y A
banquet and speeches I'm response "a annponrfste
toasts A democratic banquet always lasts IN
pas. idniSuI, There are So many good thiags 10
and moreover, the democrats are great rsne.t.,rs
oi the spiritual a. we'll as the temporal law and
would not for moment think OF tr,.>nasSlno unon
the sabbath with their festivities The = 1aIltnc.
ON saturday this year, We decided 10 haN. the han
Nuet on The evening III the sth not to infringe
"ls there any unusual significance attached "a
THIS banquet. Mhl there Ice ANYTHING notable
SAID on the occasinns'
1t has no special Significance TO the poltt,cal
world There viii doubtless he a great many
things said that viii attract attention nat only a
home hut abread for W. have invited ana ,.Nns,t
u large number NJ the representative democrats IL
the country. The committee on toasts viii propose
nuinper ~ sentiments which viii "all forth ~
sponses On topic~of Interest 10 the entire country
and these pSpons,s will Indicate the drtf az demo-
era,lc national politics We expert the occasion
10 pe very Interesting one and In harlnoay With
The general sentiment of the national democracy.
The invitations haze just been sent out anu cat
lew responses have Yet bern received; ranS-
quently cannot state who Will be present ON the
occasion, eu The guests VIII include many ol IAe
most prominent national democrats"
Barrett and Carleton.
HOW the DISTINGUISHED ACTOR AND THE POET ca
MESTED A FRIENDSHIP.
From the Boston Globe
There was pleasant episode AT the Hotel Ven
dome on "Wednesday evening hast. After the play
OF Hamlet" little party assembled In Mr. Wiz
son BARRETT apartments IL pata axe OF one of th,s
late suppers that humanity Is always being warned
against and which men 80 on eating and thriving
on through protracted lives. OF the comnanv was
Win Carlton, the pastoral poet, whose writings
carry with them the breath OF the prair1es the color
OF wild flowers, the rhythm OF the farm and the pa
thetic philosophy or the rural home. Barrett Was
There, his kindly, wholesome face touched with The
lines OF WEAKNESS begotten Of two eNacting dTl.-
matte performances, and beside him the enerv-s-
pine tree It's healing balm and bearing his honors
Hke modest conndiQg SSheolboy.
ihen the sturdy Ros'lus, fram far-off York.
SHIRE whose Name Il SYNONYMOUS With dramatic
art in London, and Whose lame l. now rising AT the
feet Of the New World like a caresSing tide told a
httle story. II was OF how he came Soin,, thre.
years ago, To give alton I'm the great Albert
Hall of London, the mighty COLOSSEUM al Bril- ish
Art IL al the inst auce of sir Juiius Ben,,ii,
finance had thfNwn Ia hts way a homely bt III
rhyme entitled, 'Gene with a Handsonler Man"
HE dld not know The name ~ the author, hut his
running through n. lie commit ted A 10 memnry
and ON the appointed day reared A. al the egions
In the hilbert hall. lie promised II with the
marx That he did not know the authorship uf the
poem The recitation WAS hit, and next dan
score OF letters came saying 'the writer OF that
| poem Is " Ill Carleton, the American" From that
day MI. Barrett Inade 'sspne with a HandsoInrr
Man the feature or has recitation r.pertoirr In
Tact II consisted OF this one bt. He gaye Il at
uhners where the NotaT1es II art gathered and &C
flch men ieaSts Upon the suIt wings uI his rich
Voice II was carried through the London clubs
l u M H.
| that khits the brotherhood or men 80 Is cams
about that on this night IN the Nendome hotel the
author and the actor came face 10 face,
| Il want 10 hear you recite my poem, Mr. Bar.
rett said Mr. Carleton, Il have heard OF Your
Kind par'iaiity, aud wish 10 know whether there
| Is any real merit In my fugitive work"
| With becoming modesty Mr.. Barrett finally
| consented first apologiing for a slight change
made In the poem for dramatic eject He cave 10
the recitation the full measure al his artistic feel-
| ing. His soul poured into the passionate lines;
| MS voice, SO responsive 10 human agony, played
| upon every chord until nerves uemblep, then
| sank, like the cadence OF the 1Eoian, into the
] realm OF pathoS where eyes Were believed with
and the actor, with radiant face, dropped Into hi
| chair.
The poet-author had him by the hand at onca.
II thank you Mr.. Barrett" he said, ''for YOU have
| dramatKed my poem You have interpreted Il for
me; You have taught me what did not know
| before"
II was a generous hearty acknowledgment For
| the nrst time In history, perhaps, an author had
thanked an actor for changing his lines.
4 l.
| OF iron, but whose eye rs son aud boyish as
when they first looked upon the yellow da ad lions
| In the far western meadows, stood up and re.
peated one or his poems OF the frontier the story
OF pioneer, 50 woven In with rude heart Interest
and the tender philosophy ~ love that IL deserves
10 stand beside "Ihe Cutter's saturday Night"
Perhaps he never gave such CHOW of tongue such
| light and shade and warmth and sentiment Ia
\ recitation before. Perhaps he gathered inspira.
tlon from the modest actor there ana never feit
the poet crown sitting SO Seienely upon his brBw.
/ Ana Who shall say that this chance meeting be.
| tween author and actor may not cause To d. ear.
| fied across the ocean another of the threads with
which literature and art silently binding two
nations OF intellects.