Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-07-12

litter and te-hee with sn laimitable
rendition Of poem whose title u for
gotten, but when reeitea tie trials and
sTa5ptstlons or IA old chap Who had
tired to Aye away from "Indlany,
but could not Dr. III. W. Taylor,
scholar ard poet, reclted
"Deserter Black" pathetic
PORN founded upon an incident OF the
ate esvsl var. There were other reclta-
tsens OF original productions. Then
many or tie prom saent members OF the
afsoclstlon were called 10 a conspicuous
position and introduced. Among them
sas Hon. BENZ. ). Parker, OF New Cas-
lie, Int, the man who % "a "a 10 make
: 90. The association 10 undoubtedly
more indebted 10 Mr.. Parker for its sue
cess than 10 any other one person. Mr..
PaFker's zeal and faithfuiness in the
work are withouta parallel. lie Was
accompanied by his wife. son and
daughter, the quartet comprising . de-
llghtful family.
Daily sessions were held each morn
lng. the afternoons beng devoted to
snatever pleasures the inclination
prompted. The address of President
John Clark Ridpafh. of Green
castle. on The Democracy of
Letters" and the annual poem by
Lee %. Harris were remarkable efforts.
Any abstract OF the former. however
complete, would DO the writer an injus-
st.ee, go none will be attempted. The
poem, though written To order" bore
the imprint OF the true poets versatll-
ity. There were letters OF regret read
from sbs,-nt members by the secretary,
Mrs. VI. SEARS Brooks, of Madison, Ind.
They come from all over the word and
and Great Britian. Among them were
letters from Don Plat., United States
Consul At Cork, Ireland; James Whit
com Riley, who is now travelling in Eu-
rope; Maurice Thompson, who was de-
tanned in Washington; DIR. John George
Bourinot. clerk of the Dominion House
OF Parliament. at Ottawa, Canada; Dan
L. Paine. of Indianapolis. Indiana's
sweetest singer, of songs, and many
others. But though absent in
body fraternAl spirit came
over the seas and across the
lands to mingle with the actual pres
encc ut Warsaw
Ii has been the custom of the associ-
alton TO devote one session to Surfeit
OF Rhyme and an exceedingly delight
ful program of that nature was pre-
sented Tuesday evening at the NJ. T..
church. Warsaw. There were jingling
rhymes and poetic flights of fancy,
many OF them being true gems. Real
ling that the greatest minds some
times enjoy little nonsense there
was composite poem on the program
called Lovely Woman by u number
of gentlemen. AS an offset TO this
there had been prepared q similar poem
entitled "Horrid Man by fifteen
ladies. But when the gentlemen who
comprised the program committee in
spected the poem and realized how
hopelessly lost they, the men, were in
the dish ut the top Of the menu they
revolted and appealed to the President.
He, mindful OF his unprotected sex,
left the poem Off the program and the
ladies were permitted to return with
their effusions unread. Tuesday had
been rainy cold day, the weather
being fragment left over from North
ern Michigan's early spring and shipped
south with ice and other summer lux
uries. Overcoats and wraps were CON-
Portable and u brisk tire added mater
ial happiness.
When Wednesday dawned, bright,
fair and slightly warmer. there was .
general exodus from the hotel to the
pavilion, where the exercises began at
$50 O'Clock, continuing until the dinner
hour. There was MI admirable paper
on 1.-THE Limitations of Nature and
Art in Poetry" by Miss Minetta Taylor,