The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-14

makes life tolerable and society possible,
and robs death of its terrors and the
grave of its gloom Union Signal
THE POET"
The poet. under whatever name. al
ways stands FOR the same thing-imaGi-
nation. And imagination in its highest
form gives him the power as il We're. of
assuming the consciousness of whatever
ne speaks about, whether man or beast,
or rock or tree. II is the ring of Canace.
which whose has on. understands the
language of all created things. And as
regards expression. il seems to enable
the poet TO coudense the whole of him
self into single word. Therefore. when
d great poet has said "A thing il is finally
and utterly expressed and has as many
meanings as there are men who read
his verse. y great poet * something
more than an Interpreter between man
and nature, he is also an interpreter be-
tween man and his own nature. II is he
who gives US those lley-words. the pos
session Of which makes us masters of all
the unsuspected treasure-caverns of
thought and feeling and beauty which
open under the dusty path OF our daily
life. j r. Lowell.
HOW TO BE AN AUTHOR"
We'll. if You must have it i'm brief,
get the best education you caI-and keep
on getting it, Study the best writer's
with constant reference To their matter
and their manner. Go into society, OBJ
serve men and women, fill up your mind
with facts, and exercise it by rejecting
on many topics. big and little. Write.
for practice merely. say for five years,
and then for another FIVE be content TO
see your efforts go into the fire or the
county paper After this period of pro-
baton you Will perhaps find out whether
hu,- srff .fs iY0r~ not
not everybody has.''-F. Il. NJ. in jan
uary.
"A FRIENDLY LETTER TO GIRLS
Z spoke of the world of
( bOoks-its realms and its regions; 1
might have said at once the worlds or
! books, for they are manifold. distinct.
as are the worlds OF life. There are as
many worlds as there are sorts and diff
ferentiationS of people: and to each world
OF life belongs its own provision and re-
/ source-supply to its demand. What
you find I'm life, and SO i'm books. depends
upon the world you are in touch with
and want To live in. The other worlds
/ of other natures-though they may Dor
der. and even nterpenetrate yours. are
separate. essentially. as distant planets.
| The persons the scenes. the thought, the
| sNmpathieS. that you are drawn To. YOU
I Will find ana gather about You. if YOU
allow the drawing. The frivolous tends
:
| est; the large and loving and generous
come to kin and stimulus and work: the
selfish, narrow and graSping to their like
and opportunities; the coarse graNitate
to the coarse; the delicate and pure rise
To their level with the gentle and
fined. A man is known by the company
he keeps. Books are company: you may
! know yourself by the books YOU like to
! read For every book is a little life
which YOU voluntarily enter into and
Q
! acter, thought. chapter, Is reVela ton
of YOU to yourself. as are the tests chem
iStry to substances. What YOU take To
YOU are of. What you choose and delight
in you acknowledge of yourself and grow
10 more and more. So the power of let
ters is most heavily responsible. their re-
| sources most critical TO employ.
Il do not care very much for
courses Of reading that are mapped out
and prescribed. / think it better to feel
| ones way 10 things and let one step
/ lead and help 10 another, as we learn
the next we want. III there is amy
! knowledge that YOU desire get the first
information YOU can upon il and you
will then see what you need reach for.
! There will be a trail To follow. or rather
/ with star and compass YOU will make
! your own trail | believe in mouSinS
| brouSing; the little discoveries and light
| ings-on i'm books delight and impress
and so stay by, in mental possession and
result. more strongly than anything To
! which YOU are led 10y the hand. that it
may be pointed out to your PERCEPTION.
! Be alive. and live in Your world; then
/ YOU will find all that belongs TO it,
Whatever YOU love You Will learn-peo-
+ pie, things, places. birds. flowers. in
SeCts, stars. climates, habitationS. races
! and their boundaries. men of history and
their deeds. men of art and their works
| thoughts. beliefs. hopes and their re-
I corded expressions. All are yours. just
/ far as you really want To reach and
have them; but YOU can have absolutely
nothing from others until YOU have that
/ i'm your own nature which makes recep-
! tiVity for il. The air may be fun of
| germs. of health or disease. but YOU Will
| take and develop nothing for which YOU
J have not the pre-depositiOn. The first
| thing to know then is yourself. Settle
| what you want to get and then go for
/ it,
Measure what You find YOU enjoy by
! a high standard. one. perhaps. which YOU
! have not reached, but yet may recognize
| and eject or perSue. according as it
stands the test OF value. BE sure YOU
J follow out the best that is in YOU and
! indulge no unworthy craving The safe
| way-the way of a right pure instinct
/ is to enter no scenes. lnger in no COM
| partnership I'm fiction. which you would
| not seek. or would be ashamed to seek,
! In real life. Mrs. y. ID. T. Whitney.
! u PIRATES"