The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-02-09

And bring a. 90 a. close
Perhaps DO rll be- better
e. makH thr 2. Al in prose
The esgerness with which sne con-
senad 10 this proposition made me fear
that Ioh.ry VAS rot Xacuy ny bp-t
cad Bu. She was q dear. sweet sri.
and upon her retutu home she pttted
and encouraged my peer LITTLE rhymes
much more than trey deserved. ln~
REF of my boyhood vas her dfa'h.
few yeats aiteiwatd. Sne would have
% ade her mark ~ literature. and nope
is 10 day writing songs - heaven
NuL CArLgrON.
LITERARY MOTHS.
OF james Wniicomb Eley the To-
iiarapolis Journal pliviuuy Observe.
The father az young Riley was law
ser of large practice. VINO us'd, IA mo-
mpnls # deep thought, 40 ard his
boz as the worst case Doe ever bad This
may have been the reason that. in time.
he ms stfd on his reading law. which
tne boy really tried TO DO: but. finding
that pJiitical Ic lnomy aud - acksfono
dIda'. rhyme. he slid ols 81 the nj .
one hot. sulIry afternoon. and ran away
Sl.h patent medicioe ana concert
wagon. from the tail end OF winch bo
was decov red by some relatives OF his
IN the next town violently abusing "a
s--irum. fnis was a proud moment
Toe tue boy u0r did bis peculiar pres
-nce Of mind entirely desert MIN tili all
the country fans were over for the sea
.on. Then. atar Of. amoog strangers
iu strange ) ste. h. thought 10 would
boz fine % make ii ing visit lone.
But he couldn't ny. Fortunately. in
former years he had purlJined
some knowledge of trade. IL
could paiut sign. or house. or "A ttn
Tolf. 81 some ous else would furnish
nim wi h the paint-ani one III Rley's
hand paiuted picket fences was rapt.
are 90 the mot eAacting eyc. vt.
through all hl,stiess and trial be pre-
served q simple. l)you nlture. together
With an Overwhelming love of men and
,nings IN geuefal III made friends,
Add money. TOO enough at last 10
gfaiify the highest ambition II his lie.
/ nameiy. 10 own an oyefcplt win fur
iIOuLd tha tail of %. H. then croped
ais way back home. and worked for
no.hiDg on little country neNsDapcr
tbat iii not long survive the bow.
! So asIug c)yly Of himself one day be
.aIt. 4 write from the heart: .hats
one thing IKE about me: ! may not
Nrite q good hand. ADD my copy may
occasionally gst miNrd up with the
marke. reports. but all the same what
challenges my admiration Is thar hu-
name popularity OF nine /. o.. writing
! from the heart. aud therefore 10 the |
neart
or the late WllIiqm Gilbert. the
fafher OF the author of inaioren aud
The bllkadO. ~ The L3ndOn Athen-
ie1m -ays. lie was not an author by
early choice or inclination. H.. began
NE By being a mld~hipm1n ia The SER
vice of the East lnda Company, afesr
leaving that company seryice he quail
liie himself Tor pIac icing a. slr-
gaOn, but wien he WAS prepared 60 ID
80. a legacy enabled Tim 90 i've with
out labor. lie began tO write boOJs.
DOT As an OccuD1tiOn. but as a means OF
making lie moro interesting. MS first
work OF note appearing when ne was
not mu,a uniec ,ix'y. H. dis
played OfIginali y 40 the Oh st,
]
90 write by lhe necessity Of
earning his dlils bre 3D. he might hays
oecn a second D. Foe. n, mo i.r,.
wliger has written 50 closely ~ De Zoe
style az William Gilbert; in1,ed
readily admitted thlt the aJ,hJf OF "
BINS IA Cfu-Oo' was his master an the a
Of puIiog tbings. TOE qI,l,t'es f.
which ms Weil-knO0D son. ". >. G..
IL celebrated. were mark Il in hln. n
wrote Of himself, with perfect lrut
that he bad keen sense of the ridls.
luus. and that 30 'ayOid the painful.
olten find myself seeking shelter ia th
ridiculous. HIS works number up~ar.
OF twenty five, aud though ne died az
great age. be- bad not lOsl hope OF addi0
to their number"
There j. a good PAPER IN the ~
B.ackWood, which tells Of some eccel
uic and remarkable arsiocrals I'D
Days Of the Dlndies' Is very annsil
aud b-i-k. Anecdotes Of Gore H0l
, and Cambridge House. 81 Lady BIZ
iagtOn and Count DO say. Of the
. merstous. and Lldy jersey il0@ pJ
7 antly along. Best II al J., the desc
I, tiol Of "A day ADD light - NJ az
= country seat Of the eccentric " qub.
who was such a celebrity M bis dsy.
: have read nothing more comicai a,
!, long time than the scene Il the amt
- guests arrival, when a dripping lat
urchin, developed Us a towel. ran.IT
inform him On 4 every one was II
: batb.' and presently there fled
!, procession OF Eistern-iooking liz
AL draped Ia sheets aud furbaDed
\ fresh from their morning Turkish
at a lempefatUrs Of gOodnes,
what Ir. Ufquharts passions
everything Ouental. his rage u
= one ever veniured 10 differ viii
~ on that or any other subl,cI, bis NJ.
- oddities aud idiosy ncraciss alloxS
- form a most civertiDg poftiJnip
- very ligbtaud radable article. 10
a e;
- Toat disconnected critic. "The y,
- day Review. says that II "realtm
,r. not help IL that Anericrn bl 4
- dull. consisting for the most
A. asy victories won by rather o.
he place men and followed b. is,5-
~ commou-Disc e prosperity "A "
no first Plcsiient.it deci3rts Ga a " =
ve 40 Dis rscrnt WDsk, mos Ous Iclt
IN Washingt, look Ike what nc.n-
ld ple have thought him all al.
/, E0elisLman who happened ttmb,.
If IN Virginia, and had his inter,sfes-
.lv whose local patriotism and cen
N personal dlgOlty was strong e.. .
"a. was always GLAD Of = ctance=
me thar be was a. good a. a kiogr,,
md who was 50 FAR general that''o
,rt- stood the need II orglnlz
or could recognize q iacs. an
a easily led away by phrases. ~
rhe respect sble. bat it d, Uot greNon
the will any amount OK easy lrol.
nile any chorus 81 applause ale
20 tial character Al AmeT,uh-'f
she no none than note this crIllc=
, of radiant and iDdulgent smile.RB
ter N
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