Omaha daily bee., 1888-02-29
and the frost on thy forehead is motion

and the frost on thy forehead is motion,
thy lips are aglow -.
As lovers that kindle with kissing, and
earth with her raiment and tresses yet
wasted and torn,
Takes breath as she smiles in the grasp OF
thy passion to fell through her spirit the
sense of the flow.
When the American Notes Of Mrs. Acland
relate to social matters they are vastly inter-
esting, but when she touches upon the fish
cries question or politics she is queerly wide
of accuracy. Here is a specimen of this:
Every citizen of the United States must pay
q poll tax Of e. beforc'hs name is placed on
the register He is not obliged to pay the
tax, but unless he does so he is not allowed
to VOTE and he has been known to take his 81
from one candidate and vote Immediately
afterwards for his opponent.
New York correspondents Of London pap
ers are saying that Mrs. Blaine has infiu-
enced her husbands declnation. Mrs. Ac-
land evidently believes Mrs. Cleveland ire
sistible as factor for her husbands renomi-
nation and election. There is one character
istic Of American democracy which should
not be passed over and that is its tendency to
hero worship. Politics are much more a mat
ter of persons than of principles, and the
leader Of u political party is hero to his fol-
lowers oand monster to his opponents.
From heroes to heroines is short step and
the presidents charming wife is worshipped
and set on pedestal as the
| first lady Of the land. II all
| hero worship took such q harmless form as
| this latest development there would be little
to be said against it, but it is significant that
| il should spring up in the Oldest and most
| conservative democracy in the world, and is
| one more proof of the the ineradicable ten
| dency of human nature to find some one to
look up to and admire, however scrupulously
| the doors may be shut against an arstoc
| racy. :.
| Mr.. Arnold White draws largely, in con-
sidering the invasion Of pauper foreigners,
| on American precedents. He is compliment
| tary to them and observes: We wish to ex-
| clude all those who are now excluded by the
| Americans. If we cannot recognize their
| facts, let us hire few Americans to enable
| us to do so, and if the intellectual capacity
| and technical skill of British lawyers is
unequal to the task of drafting an act OF
parliament, they might be reinforced by the
American lawyer who drew act $40 of 1882.
Minister Phelps paper is principally, in its
conclusion devoted to the difficulties OF
amending the constitution, but in ending q
much needed article for English readers, and
with remarkable simplicity and yet finished
dicton he avows himself no proselyter Of its
constitutional exccllencies. $50.
Murrays Magazine for March begins tc
shake off its lethargy, and contains u poem
on the Marlboro house silver wedding by
Lewis Morris, best known for his "Song Un
sung" and "Epic of Hades," who remains
next to Tennyson the favorite poet OF thu
English scholar. Just now every
thing is silvered. Silver scarf pin!
and hair pins, combs, trimmings
ribbons, furs, etc, are the temporary rage
His poem is devoted to royalty, although he
is u pronounced RADICAL He thus commem
| crates the prince:
| Its lord an English noble,
Strong for public cares, for homely Joys
A prince among the courtly throng,
A brother with his boys.
| And his reference to the crown prince il
pathctically sweet:
Nay, now, by the ansonia sea,
Daughter Of England, good and wise,
Thou watchest with sad, anxious eyes,
Thy flower of chivalry.