The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-03-09
EDITORS CHAT.
A Few Thoughts About Things Worth Re-
membering by all the C. c.

A Few Thoughts About Things Worth Re-
membering by all the C. c.
PRUDENCE AND PoLITENEss.
B. A: There exceptions TO all rules but pru-
aence ard poli,eness should always be considered.
In general the replies would be as follows:
J. No. il would be highly improper for young
people 10 conduct themselves 10 bring sus-
picion upon them. No one fiy in the face of
custom without, like the moth. coming out with
singed wings. Avoid the very appearance of evil is
old rule. and q good one
.. No. gentleman must not forget his polite
ness, poliieness is the garment of the civilized
man. IL occasion requires he must extend social
couriesies even TO those who have done him a
wrong. real or fanced. Only the rude and ill-bred
will make public demonstration of pique dis
pleasure j. gentleman thinks himself deceived
in lady he ina. trusted. he may avoid her: but
once brought face TO face with her. in any pany,
he must be polite 10 her q any other.
Formal thanks are stiff and perfunetory.
but gentleman should never fail 10 express the
pleasure he has derived from social courie.ies or
favors bestowed upon him.
IL invited 10 company of any kind he should
on parting with his host say, :" I have spent q de-
hghifal evening" or. You have my thanks for a
pleasant afternoon"
IL he escorts a lady, young old, to or from airy
place Of resort he should express his appreciation
In suitable words. He need not be formal, better
not; but iu some suitable manner he should ind-
cate his appreciation Of the favor shown him.
Indirect compliment lie better than formal
thanks, and Inc may say, Your company has
afforded me much pleasure. and l am only sorry
the time lie short" Or, you may simply say
GOOD night, aud many thanks for a pleasant
evening
BEAUTIFUL THINGS.
In the c. C. columns of The NATIONAL. TaTBusE
Of Feb. 3 there appeared a communication from
Eva Crate, oceanside. CAL. saying The name of
Prof David swing attached to her copy Of the
poem IeaU'ifui THING" beginning
" Beautiful faces those that wear,
1T matters little dark fair.
Nbole-souled honesty painted there,
Tn the same issue Of The TEIsuxE under the
head OF " Picket Shots" page 4, appeared the fol.
lewiag:
r. h Palmer, Centerville, n. Y. says he saw Ia
a recent issue an inquiry as TO the author of The
poem Beautiful Things" The author is Lis sis
ter Mrs. Ellen y. Allerton. padonia. Kan. and the
verses are IN her book, " Poems of the Prairie"
in order TO ascertain by what authority Prof
Swings name was attached to Beautiful Things"
tile Editor addressed inquiry To him, aud The
answer came back promptly:
:" I did not write the poem"
Eva Crate and others will please note the COR
reciion aud duly credit the author OF Poems Of
sise Prairie"
OUR POETS ABROAD
One of the brightest memories OF Tin. Editors
experience the British Isles il tina, of long
bright days spent with our American poets In Ire
land. Mr.. and Mrs. Plat. The former haas has Office
at the Consulate al Queenstown. but the family
home lie several miles below at the quaint old
priory The Bay OF Cork. Down close by the
wall. on the greensward, a flagstaff has been
planted. aud there Old Glory greeis the sbius
al, tic
Mr.. :. n. b. Pihtt leads all the American poets
now living in the high rank she has taken in the
literary ranks ia Great Britain. The AU.eas,,rs
recently ssid:
There is need at this time of day to assert
her claim &c recognition side Of the Atlantic
has mot her genius been followed by a hundred
pens"
The Queen" gives her a place in the galaxy Of
English women who are cotemporaneous writers
OF standard verse. and both the Irish and English
have sounded ber praises
Hon. John James Piatt equally distinguished
among American poets has been for nearly dozen
years the United States Consul at Cork Ireland
having been one Of Gar6eIds earliest appointees
When Grover Cleveland WAS elected President the
FIRST time Tie citizens OF Cork led by Charlie. Stew
Rr parnei petiiioned Tor his retention rs they did
four years later. when President Harrison was in-
auguraled aud from what We personally know Of
not be surprised IL Mr.. Cleveland would be tb.
second time peiitioned on his behalf
While Ia ireland Mrs Pistt has issued five dainty
volumes Of verse. IAN Irish Garland (" In Prin,-
rose Time "Cbild's World Ballads. - THE Witch
Ia tile Glass and the " Irish Wild Flower" and
the last 10 our mind, lie the sweetest Of them all.
There ~ a subtle decacy of thought and expres
sion la Mr. Patts poem it is difficult TO define A
word, slight turn of a phrase. suggests "A whols
train OF thought, or flashes instantaneous pict.
urc before you. Take this. the initial poem, on .
barefoot child at a castle. for example:
She felt. think. but a wild fowe. can
Through her bright fiutterisg rags the dark
the cold,
some farihest STAR remembering what man
Forgets. had warmed her little head with gold
Above her. hollow eyed, long blind 10 tears,
Lcaf-cioaked a skeleton of stone arose
Oh, castle-shadow Of Thousand years
Where you have fallen--is this the thing tina
2rows?"
Here is another, voicing the yearnings of on
sveei poet for her old American home-patrioisrt