The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-05-07
WON 1T FROM THE WORLD.
A Colu,nbia Young Lady Carries Off Lit
erary Prize.
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Especial to the News and Courier.l
COLUMBIA, S. G., Apri! 29.-One o
Coumbia's young ladies hes carried OF
first prize in 4 competition opened to
the world by the Times, of Manchester,
England. That paper offered a prize for
the best composition on the subject:
"rhe best book, and why like it,"
There were competitors from France,
Germany, Canada, the South American
States, Mexico and the United States.
Miss Jessie Sudiow, of this city, won
the prize for the senior division ciasslf-
cation, that is, the highest order Of lite
rary merit. Miss SudIow is only II years
of age, and is pupil in the public
schools Of Columbia, L very gratifying
additional fact. Miss Sudiow's subject
was "Ivauhoe," and she has promised
u copy of her essay to this office. IL
has not Yet been published, but the
official announcement of the award Of
the premium bas been made in the
Times.
Miss Ethel Sudiow, sister OF the prize
winner, has been commended highly
for a paper contributed to the Junior
division of contestants.
Miss Sudlo,y's Essay.
The "WizGrd OF the North" has cast
his spell over the young people of two
generations and many lands. The in
cantation which bound me is not Of
Scotland, yet still of the North, and
though "Ivanhoe" had the great ad-
vantage Of being first to fall into my
hands, still think it the book of all
others that I would choose could /
have but one. We have two copies.
One, mine, was given ME by my uncle
when l was y Years old, and the con-
dition it is now in it was only paper
covered) testities to the frequency with
which l consult it. 1thas grown to be
my standard of comparison with other
books, its characters my standard With
which to measure other characters
when not utterly dissimilar. AS to
why like it, never inquired of my
self. Because l like nature, / suppose.
Now I will try to scrape the roseleaE to
find the color since that is in the bond.
We all know the measured sweep Of
the couplet:
Day set on Norham's castled steep,
And Tweeds 5 fair river, broad and deep.
The whole Of "Ivanhoe" moves to
the same majestic music. The Saxon
Franklin's the Norman tournament,
the austere tribunal of the Templars,
each strikes different chords, but all
produce divine harmony. Each and
every character is many sided, full,
life-like, and acts from personal motive
or under circumstances that, affecting
them alone, still impel them to take
part in the development Of the whole.
The encounter Of the faithful g 'th
with the Miller, while Robin Hoou's
oand looked on at the sport, is told
with the same charm and spirit as the
contest between Ceur-Ge-Lion, as LIE
Nor Faineant, and Athelstane, with
the beauty and nobility of England as
spectators; and We completely forgot
that Robin Hood is an outlaw in re-
memberiug with King Richard that be
is the prince of good fellows" The
woodland life, suggested rather than
described, is as embracing as the forest
of Arden, while not being in any sense
a copy. And Rebecca, the beautiful,
higE-;pirlted Jewish maided! Itis she
WHO Is the real ueTOlne, size WIN
moved through the pages with the
piety of Ruth, the courage of
Judith, and the self-denial of Jeph-
thah's daughter. She co'npels at
once our love, our reverence, and our
aching sympathy. However many
times we have read it another perusal
but impresses the lesson, that at all
stages of the worlds history there were
men ''leal and true" not TO king
only, but to the nobiest instinct of that
order-which T for one do not believe
is extinct-true knighthood. The
Guild is, I trust, training cadets who
will be belted knights some day. Let
them take up crusade against wrong,
and never forget the rose on their
sleeve.