New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-24
VANDALISM REPROTED.
A CHICAGO CRITICISM.


The pleasing effects wrought uron Chicago culture
by tho sores Of Dante lccu and by the irving
> aHon mas teen most unhappIly cOun,eracted by
crah auOcons personal alta ks made by one of
our morning journals Mr.. c. Norman FAY. the
tlPhest coASte alton In thai social literary critical
anu philosophical hinament which Is indeed the glory
o. our local civil atom
The mou,e- mpclling these envious assaults ara
700 apparent ald too Insignificant TO merit ,cussion
IN our columns. More era. ifyng than an exposition
OF their ho' d IN malicou-ness l. it to turn TO a
calm cOntem lation of that versatile genius about
who's masSv" form the gusts Of vltul arc
now coquctng
Mr.. lay is a poet OF high order His poct ical
nstinc' first exhibited Itself while he was serving
In a clerical capacity In small bank som where i'm
me .Or,hcrn peninsula Of Michigan. just from
Tue picayunish acorn rnEs the majestic oak and as
from the humble puddle in which the tadp0le Is
polteth courses the noble river, from sporadic
qua rains and occasional cOuplcis has thu poesy of
lay grown swelled. am lfed. matured and developed
INTO a dignity I'm arallced I'm local annals Tho
potc spark nur-cd into Goals I'm this singers
,">on by me raw harsh norea,t ahaius OF the
Northern peninsula (sOOn after Fav's immi-
BY the lake breze hcrea outs '0 pre- aiins "H' So,
ha' ing gradually risen above The paltly. dcsutOry
practice OF contributing crude on thn town
ump.' -" he village belle" ana the vagrant COW"
10 tire columns Of the rustic hcbdOmedsl, this full
blown muse Is III contcnf 10 air it-ef save I'm the
at some social rarty where defenceless women are
bound by thu Draconlsn laws OF etiquette to submit
to the mos exquisite intellectual torments.
We should Ike to get hold OF that poem entitled
scl gh-Tlidlng." We should like to publish 1t for
the del 'ctaon and e1fca Ion of tho public; we will
cheerfully give dollars for verified COPY OF il
the very poem and none ofher--that our modest
poet IS I'm tie habit Of dcclaming under the pro-
lection Of the law OF fOsrtayl with all the superb
. amadc accessories of his imposing presence, his
northern peninsula gcstcula,ion and his shinsleand-
sla-cOunTy voice.
And II tho local morning Journal hereinhefore
referred to does Immediately suspend IT. audacious
assault utOn the poet. shah secure and print
thaf POEM These assaults ar strociou- enough
70 Justify equally realiaOrv measures, and a.
we firmly approve III" homeopathic theory, "-miua
similU IL curantur" shall not hesitate 20 make tho
punishment n the crime IN all It. h'deou aIiopsihlc
details intrcacl-s. cOnra enators and ram neat on"
Aside from his TOcfic genius, which has all mo
GLOW OF a va n sock ard all the me,rica grace OF
a.cseuadao tstrameter sanphic club f"e'), TINT roe
star Of orr most conspicuous cuture Is endowed
with musical gifts Of III erOr order. No' thai be
can hun tr~c o. plav a notethr-e are coarse ungar
and common eotlOnaltieS n i IN h anprr'a "h
and dscss on Of the chef doruvres o. the old maestro.
that ii, rirtues A. critic arc exhibited. He aid
tv-,lvs silver grpscNens twenty five simolian- JOY
a seat Al Performance OF " Farsifal' In FcNrfuih
once H. on a time and ever since then he has mos.
naturally evnc"d a Lofty diSdan for other musical
compositions excepting only, ~ course, mat doI OF
Chicago coa grease fashion. "The Begun"
In addition 10 his extraordinary in''li.rtua grs'
our roet f. possessed Of most attractive person
% mol shed and leautincd with every graceful accom-
rliahrpnt that whoresc"ver hr mOve- NJ seems 10 y"
envirnned an atmosphere OF ultra refinement hal
wonder, therefore that person of SUCH cohSumnl1,gg
phv-lcal Intellectual and spiritual d'licacy Shoulu
be revcrenced as boon by all @a' = the few VINO ~
na'ur AID by education are III qallhed 10 appreciate
a delectaile pink OF Perfection. -
Hands on thOn varlet, vindi"tvc vandais IT1
sumo NOT 10 mar with thv deSecrafory tOnch thS luo
tied paragon. o. thou bias hcmou- lconoca,,s nnmh
away into your obscrr'y and surfer me- JOYOUS
thing 81 beauty 10 pose before our WoNhlp,m &c
botbed A. the melancholy Dano hath SAID IN the
grace and blush OF medesty"