The Delta independent., 1889-07-16
A POET LAUREATE

OF the New AdmInIstration-Bea
Of Having q Husband who Can
Make Himself Handy.
The administration is to have poet lau-
reate-Mrs. Corporal Tanner" the wife
Of the sturdy and widely known commits
sioner Of pensions. Ever since she gradu-
ated It Charlottesville, N. T., she has writ
ten verse, but during the last year this has
bourgeoned into . stately and ambitious
form that may be said to be unique. She
has now three finished lectures written in
verse, which she has delivered since inaug-
uration day-one as her husbands substi-
tute In Connecticut, when, In the middle
Of the campaign :. In Washington, she tele-
graphed him:
flames Tanner: Do not come. Twin
take your place"
And she did, reading anew -lectu1e In
verse ON soldiers, and especially the duty
Of the government towards them. Mrs.
Tanner has four children, ranging from
10 years old to twice ten, but she finds
some time to give to the G. A. R., and to
her other friends, the woman suffragists.
l heard her lecture this week On this lat
ter queston-it was . rhythmical and
rhyned argument, In the dialect Of an old
faahiored New England farmer, contro-
versy between John and Betsy, after the
fashion Of Lowell or Carlton. Betsy's
srAnnnaf was sometimes out Of Joint, bat
she bad lots q facts and shrewd wit and
sarcasm that turned to derision Johns
ridiculous claims to superiority.
have heard her lecture to the grand
army Of the republic, too. II Is heroic
dtdactic verse, and tho memories Of war
time arc emphasized BY the scream Of the
old eagle. Corporal and Mrs. Tanner
seem exact counterparts, like their prede-
cessors, Gen. and Mrs.. Black.
Gen. Black Ii one Of the most eloquent
Of orators. and his wife an accomplished
reciter and each 10 proud Of the attainments
and ability Of the other. Corporal Tanner
b IN eloquent man, fasils and Vigorous Of
speech. Careful and precise Of articula-
tion. and with . rich and ringing voice
capable Of pathetic moduiations; and Mrs.
Tanner seems likely to win distinction In
current polemics and dialectics. Mrs. Tan
ner has comely and attractive personal
ity. large head firmly poised upon ample
shoulders, and square taco In which
Tsngth Of purpose and decisisn Of char
are conspicuously marked. She
:. her iron-grsy hair brushed back
'"rehead in q .ssr'-s which
- an Illus
Commissioner and mrs. Tsnbse are
going next week to Georgetown to i've,
snd there they will take the boys and girls
and household pets and penates to .
great, stately old mansion in the middle Of
two acres Of lawn.
-
Z Oneof the prominent figures IN the YER
nal hegira was that Of Senator Ingalls,,
who has at last pulled up his lares, etc.,
and gone to Kansas with his wife and
seven children.
made . neighbor's call and spent
pleasant hour the other evening 1t their
sastelated homo opposite the capitol. The
senator was away making the last arrange
Iaents, and the pretty little girls swarmed
over the house, exhilarating over the home
ward journey next day.
"Now, Mrs. Ingalls," +" said lady Of the
party, ''we must mot stay minute, but
~ hasty good-by for you are doing your
st packing"
No, I am not hurried" she said, ..and
next to nothing to pack. Everything
ed. Mr.. Ingalls, did Il Itell You
,reat thing to hsve husband who
!pful and effective a. mine ia
does he get time for everythiner'
zzles me-" said Mrs.. Ingalls,, ''but
am glad every day Of my life
'rried good packer and good
nd she laughed with US a this
alton of the leader Of American
a: "Mr. Ingalls, has fairly
lis universal usefulneas. He
thing. He can buy horse
he can build . house - 1t
+ and he superintends the
ale Of our wood at home and
of Q farm. To be an editor
yer is commonplace, but James
IAN be trusted to select buttons and match
. ribbon. What do you think Of that3 He
buys our carpets and curtains and por-
there's and they harmonize. He can do the
marketing. Now and then he picks out .
bonnet down town and fetches It homo to
me. He can select the girls clothes as well
asI can. One day when was ut home
At Atchison, big box cams to me by
express from Washington. / opened It