The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-03-19
FIELD.
se-eth,re About Hin and His Scrap Book
spd His Letters TO the

CHICAGO. March 19-The little drawinH room
| az the Field house on the North Side. in Chi
| caro-. looks lIko Mrs. Field. It is pretty and
dainty and modern and homelike. 1t IL sweet
and su f1cient-when Mr.. Field is not there.
When no il It becomes n background. Mr..
| Field IL OF the size and personality to create
backgrounds. He can make one out OF almost
| an thIna. material or human. He 10 q sur
prIse-ono Of the few surprises left There
never has been n portrait or q description OF
| him TINT would cnuse him to be recognized ono
inch beyond the limit OF his " acquaintance.
All OF his photographs are ridiculously
old or insipidly young. He has no age
There could TO into no photograph the solemn
light Of the big gray eyes-or tho long body
with the look OF fbrous strength. the long head
land the mouth that is only saved from being
pathetic by tho look o! being able to take care
Of it's own affairs. Mr. Fields personality ex-
presses his poetry. He is imple and entirely
natural. and altogether generous. There has
never formed upon his mind or heart or man.
ner anything OF the crust OF conventionality.
He writes for children because he has Kept
embedded In his larger growth OF experience
and strength OF knowledge. his child's heafe
and soul and deiicacy OF perception. His
poetry touches everybody. because he puts his
finger on the pulse OF humanity. He makes
poetry OF not tho ophemernl fashions OF
ttVuAh oe' VI w
which guard the rncc.
Mr.. Field 10 about 40 years old. counting By
years, and his face Is smooth and long and his
hair is thin and blond. He Is over six fees
tall and broad shouldered. You look Mt him
and think that almost anything could have
been made out Of SO much good material. and
you congratulate yourself and the world that
it happened to be used up rs 1t was. There ID
nothing Of the practical man Of affairs about
Et.ll III, y,;fA ouu ha only mazda tn hAya n
little more money than he could spend to DO
entirely perfect There Ia notin his work or lie
or character any drawing w TO set rules. He
Is as he is. he works az he doer: because iis
Into those wa sAimf lie is. impatient Of forms:
Half his humor comes from his sense OF t,e
tanIs ssIsTm. a Of 'G Fnor tHs%s' Of !" . n,s T iIserA ny
:"triole.'' from an .%.iambic." and an "anapest'
Not long ago. one Of Mr.. Fields friends had
o large and beautiful scrip LnPk mnde and
hand i Il Ta 'E". It ,sf IS almost In sa' dile 4 with al sort:
Mr. Fisttj. Of ali descriptions. including iuliy
a dozen orISi2nI draT VII by d f,ts fsn or ar,'sts.
which Mrs. Field thinks the best one ever male
81 upon u detected lust Of Horace. his long
ioIeanreE ON HE, forehead. pondering upon
One OF Mr.. Fields new books Is q translation
OF Horace, Ho gets tn. spirit OF HORACE from
nature and from long acauaintapee with Latin
ppD DfreaS him to co aH sns with him in Latin.
until the language became as easy to him a.
f SSsssit e Iassif. 1HSra %ss' w fa'IsS was !. sent sa"'f 70
Horace" svery BIT. Of which. text and illus.
%trntions. is engraved.
NH TSF sJast .Ss I lax Of e III, hi: as sHErp So fSsi G":
for which the compiler Is famous. one large
Page Iss m Il ,s sn aa + F,v mIc up to 5h'f h Legend writ
An ErrTArn FREQUENTLY QUOTED BY DE-, ovs'
'is %sa l's s.. ssf IN sG iay Ss %aay q t HSiaa.m
But It's mighty tough on Abraham.
On the next page Is a photograph OF Marie
tn: .k fs91.p N. co, Yorker.
sS ) s.,i :1 from =. ~ State,
All the same. she's . corker.
His friends took aiansy TO teasehim about
bis admtration for Marie Jansen: and every
This BOX. Ac rss; the page Is a dsieetedp pos
s sh1ie nj nl% Il IS ssid f' tRes aii The q eirfs w WIZ nil
Mr.. Field Gene wear bangs. On one page 10
T ~ 4 hh ne .tanza omitted from Case's "I"-
Though that was many years ago. I think I see hin
For he was SIGH a spectacle one doesn't soon forget,
lie wuaa low SO. gentleman an somsho" seemed -
~ Il; " TRsn '' +. ' fs s.s' y wy s., 10. his +: f ssT I s ansA, w 70 b.;
ssss 81 i. . Tbs Esp 81. :, s ::!'s s s:'s 4: . @Iss s:' :'! Is - =:ss .o,...
when 81 opened upths esny TO run that hubble do,e.
There are souvenirs Of many ,banuuets given
to s"g gi2sn P Sy III. f FRI tf Himself II an a, f the tnIS q.
League Club Among the, guests were Pr.
famous ior thelr Saoodiy cempany. The menu
consisted chiefly Of corn beef hash; potatoes
dyspspsls.. drunk with buttermilf. was leis
There is q large and splendid picture o., Gov.
Flower Of New York upon one page; c,u,
its dedicstors banquet. Mr.: Field was intro
have s ssiws az { Esa a q ds Mt; t e meet e y ss,d' The
large commercial intorests"- 49,.
9Su are %!stfksn; a y Eugene ,s. r IslS;
s ssid G assst Won "A reporter on one OF the pa
one nhf from are sE . rS"a' .b m"o Oily I't asas;ht SneFSn i:
Field deelarss that ho Is golns 70 hl out the
, Ono "i the best things ln the BOOK is the coli
iscti1n Of reaaests for money tdas was sent 70
!" do ~ sge5 worth q work to get 81 H.. /:
I'm provident: what he keeps out Of
ME income IOT personal. expenditure - HOn0
before dark OF the day It comes In. He met
Hamlin Garland on the street. the other day
and proudly exhibited nm ancient copper ket-
tie. Behold! I" he said. "a man who once had
This Interesting collection is headed bya
pen and-ink Christmas card bearing n cross
and illuminated text 1t reads:
DrAR Mn. sHAcKLrroRpi VIII you please hand my an
yelope and Ats contents TO Mr.: Charles u. Dennis 10
AN. l s m..s'nt !. % ss:e. T your o ssigsI friend 9s:atap. ana ID oa::
dent servitor. EuGEkg Fniu.
CHRisraAs Eve. 1889.
The next one Is dated Washington's Birth:
day. ana contains portraits OF an .crauleted
gentleman who looks as though he had small.
pox: He 10 proudly referred to by his maker
IS Fields Washington"
Behold our country's honored son,
The proud, immortal Washington,
oh, but for HIM where now " Ould he
a Shack leforl 70 succnr mel
And where would lie that faithful friend
Who pleads with Shackisford TO send
A"hyer" by the bearer back
That ! now send 81 " orry shack
A third is o half dozen bars OF music heaiedi
cn ErpresTon..