Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-06-17

/ His barQue will fade, in mist and night,
Across the dim sea,hne,
/ And colby ON our aching sight
The solemn stars will shine
All, al in mournful silence, save
For oceans distant roar
Heard where the slow, regretful wave
Sobs on the lonely shore
But, Oh, while winged with love and
prayer
Our thoughts pursue his track,
1 What glorious sights the midnight air
| VIII proudly watt us back,
/ What golden words win tutter down
From many a peak Of fame,
What glittedng shapes Of old renoWn
| That cluster round his name.
/ Ger stored Denmark's haunted ground
/ VIII darby drift again,
Dream-like and vague without a sound,
The spectre of the Dane
And breaking hearts will be the wreath
For grief that knows no tear
When shine on Cornwall's storm
swept heath
The blazing eyes Of Lear
Slow, mid the portents Of the storm
And fates avengng powers,
While moody Richards haggam form
Pace through the twilight hours;
And wildly hurting DER the Sky
The red star Of Macbeth
Torn from the central arch on high
Go down in dusky death.
But-best of all will softly rise
His form Of manly grace
The noble brow, The honest eyes,
The sweetly patient face,
The loving heart, the stately mind
That, conquering every i'll,
Through seas Of trouble cast behind,
Was grandly steadfast still.
Though skies might gloom and tempest
rave.
Though friends and hopes Nigh fan,
His constant spirit, simple brave,
Would meet and suffer all
Would calmly smile at Fortunes frown,
Supreme DER gain or loss;
And he the worthiest wears the crown
That gently bore the cross.
Farewell. nor mist, nor dying cloud,
Nor night can ever dim
The wreath Of honors pure and proud,
our hearts have tWmed for him.
But bells of memory still shall chime,
And yoilets star the sod,
Till our last broken wave Of time
Dies on the shore of God.
Although the slender ana willowy
girl, in her fluffy draperies and big
pulled sleeves, must be accepted as the
typical girl of this year, and although
artists and poets may rave about her
1.-the. serpentine grace" and 'sinuoa-
tv." as Edgar Saltus calls it, the stout
~ built, pulchuudinous woman who
can boast of curves fit for the front
row of the ballet win, says the New
York Herald, always look with disdain
upon the artistic" Brown-pottery girl
Of the period.
Imagine such a woman Tot Il sidl-
ute" they say, and sniff disapprovingly,
forgetful Of many bronze and marble
numphs and goddesses in the galleries
abroad.
When the statue craze broke out last
season upon the announcement that
Ada Rehan had been chosen as a model
for the worlds fair Justice almost every
actress Of note had herself photographed
in clmging draperes Of white. Press
agents besieged newspaper offices
with measurements Of different stars,
and the public felt on more familiar
terms with the female portion Of the
theatrical profession than ever before
i'm the history Of the drama.
one morning a hngering public was
informed that Cora Tanner measured
fourteen and a half inches rodnu the
stoutest portion of her lower limb Ha,
ha, Indeed, That evenings extra Of
the same paper informed its readers
that Miss May Irwin ouflistanced all
competitors, being fifteen inches full
IN this portion Of her anatomy. and il
was dolicatelv limited that she was pre-
pared to 20 On matching in this manner
indefinitely.
Lillian Russell also entered the arena
to contest the veXel question inch by
inch. and the earnest student cf the