Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-06-11

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This first verse is completely transformed by
| subsequent fnterlineations and erasures being
| erected by magic touches from q quatrain OF
commonplace prose, such as you OF I or any
body might write, into the radiant jewel OF
poetry that il is. The first two words In the
original version are "Revered Victoria, a weak
salutation indeed. In another verse we have q
touch Of sychophancy as well as Of common.
place, both Of which disappear under revision.
the first reading:
AND II your greatness, and the care
| That yoEes with splendor, yield You time
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And the amended copy reading, very much i'm
proved
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| Hay is thoroughly domestic man. with a
comely and sympathetic wife and four hand
| some children to help him. And in a large
sumptuous house, that il warm In winter and
cool In summer and has every appliance of
| comfort and luxury, 1 shouldn't do q cents
worth OF work in year if were he.
SCION OF DISTINGUISHED STOCK.
Next door to Hay lives Henry Adams, son of
Charles Francis and grandson Of John Quincy.
de Is one Of our most productive authors and
the quality of his work is even better than the
quantity. He may be said to be the successor
among historians Of Bancroft, who lived on the
same street, just block away: He has written
dozen histories besides the 'History of Jeffer-
sons and Madison's Administrations" in nine
volumes, an entertaining and exhaustive work
Adams 10 man of independent fortune and an
extensive traveller. He has twice been around
the world, and on his last trip, recently con-
ciuded, ne made something of q study of the
Islands OF the Pacific, especially the Polynesian.
he was for some weeks q guest Of Sir Charles
somebody, the British representative at Samoa,
who exhibited to him those islands Of conten-
ton In all their various possibilities. He
organised fleet Of bis own at Tahiti, consist
ing OF twenty or thirty boats manned by
| natives, and circumnavigated that tropical APP
pendage to the French republic, making q care
! rul study OF its coral reefs and social customs.
CHARLES LANMAN
Occupying q unique position in world Of
brain workers is Charles Lanman, equally
author and artist. He has published twenty
five books and produced some thousands of
paintings, having put upon his canvas land
ecapcs In every one Of the states east of the
Mississippi and in Canada. He was Daniel
webster's private secretary during the last
years Of that statesman and wrote his "Private
| History" So widely did he travel and SO well
did he write concerning hitherto wild and I'M
| frequented American scenery that he was
called by Warrington Irving the picturesque
| explorer" He WAS the first to enter and de-
scribe the gorge Of the Saguenay. On resign
which he had held for twelve years, he was pre-
seIted with $4,000 by the Emperor Of japan.
In his old-fashioned three-story residence on
the heights Of Georgetown he il still industri-
Gus and writes and paints every day. From his
large garden he gave away for Decoration day
bis parlors are hung with paintings by artists
famous half century ego.
eArH's MULTTTUDINoUs HOUSE.
George Alfred Townsend, Cath" who does
much Of his work in Washington, never writes
anything with his own hand, except his poetry,
for writing is to him an t2tolerable drudgery.
He always dictates to good stenographer. His
vocabulary Is very large. He does not hesitate
for picturesque terms, synonyms or metaphors,
never refers to book or dictionary, but PAGES
the floor and talks straight on, carefully avoid
ing all hackneyed phrases, inventing combine
tons OF words that no man ever hoard before
and indulging during his dictation in a sood
deal OF head wagging and vigorous gesture.
which are completely lost upon the reader. And
as he walks the room and gives utterance to his
emouon In infection and gesture he fills up
with Apollinaris water. Cath takes huff a
dozen papers, keeps abreast OF the news and
reads everybody's letters but his own. He has
written seventeen books, three Of which are
novels, two volumes Of poems and play. His
D"ps P'oouStioAS aIc POtbTv, ana ne Is ca
pable Of better work than he has ever done. He
lives In New York city in winter, in his own
house up town, and at Champion Gap, Nd, in
summer, where he has built for himself hot
weather retreat in the shape Of little struggling
rustic village of wood and stone. His kitchen
and dining room are in one house, his library
100 feet away in another, his parlors and studio
800 feet away in another, his billiard room in
still another, delightful bed rooms for his
family and guests over them all. This summer
home is in a notch Of the Blue Ridge, between
precipitous mountains, and commands view
OF twenty-five miles across the valley Of the
Monocacy below.
SCIENTIFIC WRITER'S.
No city in the world has probably a more &C
complished or prolific corps Of scientific writer's
than Washington, the list including Simon New
Powell, Willis, Ward, Wiley, Riley, Mallery,
Gilbert, Greedy, MCGEE, Cushing ,Emmons,
Russell, Langley, Merriam, Mendenhall Clarke.
White and Dali, most OF them, Of course, on
the geological survey. OF those whose output
Is exclusively scientific writing it is not my
purpose to speak.
Or. Alexander Graham Bell is best known as
the inventor Of the telephone, which, under the
direction Of his father-in-law Mr. Gardiner
Hubbard, has made them both famous and both
millionaires. But he ts also distinguished
physicist and an extensive author. especially
OIL electricity and vocal physiology. He is an
ENTHUSIASTIC student of anthropology and. hav-
ing married deaf mute while teacher in q
Boston college, has maintained a grow
ing interest in methods of mute speech
and the laws of heredity. He is
an eloquent speaker probably the most efYec-
tive orator in the scientific world Like most
students he knows nothing about business
methods and never transacts business himself.
DR.. Hubbard lie the business man Of the Arm,
attending to every detail, while Bell deyotes his
time TO research. He would probably never
have got cent out Of the telephone if it had
not been for his sagaciops and practical father
in-law. Bell is swarthy Scotchman, Of me-
dunn size and sturdy build, assiduous, incred-
uious to the point Of proof, and thoroughly So
ciabie, adable and companionable when he has
time to be. He 10 constantly investigating and
discovering, and is still perfecting his method
OF communication by photographing jet of
water exposed to the waves of sound caused by
human speech.
COMPLIMENTS FROM THE GAR
One OF the most remarkable Of these men, and
one whose personal history is fine example to
the boys of this land, is Lester F. Ward, who
has climbed to success over great difficulties
from the lower rounds of the ladder A poor
boy from the west, he fought through the civil
war and was wounded Obtaining clerkship
In the Treasury Department here, he began az,
enthusiastic study Of botany, burned much mid
night kerosene, graduated at Columbian Uni