New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-09
AZ TySpIPED KENTUCKY P.EAN.

pcv Dcmo,th mes has arisen. Woman mas
foupd a new champion. Politicians have been
tauobt q lc,son An inspired voice has seducrd
Civil Scrvc, rcformcrs into abandoning thelr
fond traditions The school-boOks possess n new
standard Of coqucncc. and Patrick Henry OH
Liberty aud Chatham on humanity are ior''ei
Supcrs,dcd In the union Of Irish oratorS al"
Kentucky beauty. the SplrluaIsts say '"e c''',
ditions Of subllmity are met at frahhlor'' l-'S'
week a woman was TO be nominated ior o'a'
Librarian. DID the chvalrous Legislators waste
time in prosac rccitals Of her acqure"'n'
No. On the contrary, they dcputcd senator -Hui-
ligan. of Lexington to undam his buoDlihg io"h'
of clooucnc, and wrcathe her. to speak IN an
aurora Of rosy pocsy. lin these dinidcnt haiuhg
syllabcs he approached the task; .,
How dull unmu,lcal. colorIess, the'c poor WUrn
NJ mine 10 paint such an one the maNieI, e',a(eu
tn fix won th,y -pupht to picture the purity on t,
soul in the radiant beauty Of the tempe ooIu no
>arto in inspired tints, some Enron or i,i1 'm,,oic
tr.,ucinp numbers, some Handel IN me "rllu n'Slo
Of hi, notes alternately Pae1n or PlaEer, LIa
angelic chor, or Il might IN the hyN9f| oi III,
I charming tho sense. Transporting the slul prcIlt
trac portiiit OF one who among the daughters OF
Eve is - rare a combination N all tmt Is ech'o'''
mrc,t mos womanly-of Mary Brown Day
Even orators heads Written, even Mnlngahs
GROW Old. even the chivalrouS saddcn as they gaze
bacl, along the Years but consider thc compehs'-
lions.
Inc ,,orcd stream that ~urseS near Us; n nnnry
ON il, bosom full. round century OF history 49,
tradition wa, broader deeper clearer thln nov N III
I'D hills thlt tower above H. wrm greener. "lfr'
easier climbed this cld pill was 'iaclier MAJ so,
men were Drawer. lonth NOR n'!' t,,i,';,, ,nd
farer may be- parioncd foI a least DelcS Hi; ;ifi
amid that rOoplg thrOng o mald '.', more ~ ,h
han the nvmph, Of Thc--alan grows pnrer n1n 1
vill-lr. WHO fed the sacred flames on Epl sian
altar, brighter in glance and smile tnan the beam .,
Vcnu, happy q, the wild birds that t"lct'a ulu",n
Them tbe echo OF these hills repeating. but addls u"
,wcenc,, to their nughter ne -ic !" vI"n, we 20
love to remember A. Mary Brown Russell
The Star-cycd Goddess herself must have shed
Tears ~ She listened 10 what followed
Her womAuhood Ia, mad" good all that her slrlhoou
promised. y patriotic a the -tuuy Ntnal"r H ,h
wlJ,r olns she Is sprung a. l'you' IN lu,c ~ 'no
sparkling stream by who's" bank, she g.hlooilet ni
rhdh, ID 20, brave tn maldcn' WhJ hed iOfih rom
Hryant'~ stations rude l",uol>. a G'Htlr ~ nc
brath Of tle .prnstm" =, -nrc IN ,hMn rs , ,h
.nnnnwc~ bon honngc fixed TN integrity aS the mus
that liined in IN" song> Of Her giilhvOd, yer SUI
garlandcI n virtues June J., with lu~e> ne Is As
90, - tutt,. A. tie uncomfortable Maid u DOmT'mv
tnd naw. though thc soft outline Of her girsh
l.aut, ~ mould MAY have lost somewhat 81 IT, per
.rinf. though the ll pom - the may have faded
i,m her rircls. though the Upp" OF anghi'r birth-
not - spontaneously often from her lip, a. OF Elic
a, tluc ana th0>. VINO loved and houor1 Mary Brown
u,, in other day~ -till a. Indly cling abont thnl
.uunv .pD t'mi ever "ncrclci MARI Brown Day These
b,-lrts 49, a responsive second when ! name her ~
your choice for Librarian Of the state.
Practical climax Of majestic ontburst, No
wonder the suc-bound caucus used handlScrchiefs
Burke on Marie Antoincttc. Brougham on Queen
Caroline. Irving on Ms Emmett. never scared like
this. Tie whole world will he grateful To Ken
tucI,y for having wanted librarian. and the names
~ Clay and Mulligan. the Lexington silver
tongued Will hcuccforth ring together along the
golden corridors Of time. II is pertinent TO remark
that the lady was duly elected