The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-10-19
A sUBJECT FOR A SONNET:
So YOU wish q tiny sonnet,
lady fairt-

A SUBJECT FOR A SONNET;
So YOU wish a tiny sonnet,
Lady fair!-
Shall II be upon your bonnet,
This most complimented sonnet,
Or your captivating whirls and twirls O..
hair.
Or your eyes Of greyish blue.
Or your little foot and shoe,
Or the airy, fairy dresses that you wear,
Lady fair?
Or shall my verses tether.
Lady fair?
Shoe, foot and maid together,
Happy lovers In the heather.
When the hot love sun OF June Is setting
Lady fair?
While. most kind Of chaperones,
The calm cows rest their bones,
And the bees sing. Love. Love. Love-
through the air
Lady fair?
Lot him know your will and pleasure,
Lady fair. ..,
And your rhymester's lazy leisure
With no stint Of toll or measure.
Shall be given day and night with cease
less care.
But mouth like Cupid's bow,
With pearls set all arrow.
Or great eyes OF greytsh blue,
Or something that Is you,
l<duy IdlT.
Should you choose this for your sonnet
He could write a book upon 1t,
-.s, Chicago Journal.
Is Il wise for public men to marry!
This singular question is raised by the
veteran Journalist, 10 Howard, who an
swers II In the Chicago Times-Herald
BY citing, without expressing either In
ference or Judgment, a few Instances
along the line Of fact. Says he: The
first public man Of great note l was
privileged to know was Henry Ward
Beecher. He married when very young.
The girl whom he sought and won was
a well-born, well-bred child OF New
England clergyman. quite attractive In
appearance. but giving no sign at that
time Of the tremendous virility of her
character, mental and physical. 1t
would be idle to tell the present gen.
Grafton Of Beecher himself. His was
one Of five names OF the century-Na-
poleon. Cavour. Morse. Bright being the
other four The early life of the mar
ried Beechers was prolific In children
and trouble. They were poor as Power
ty's pocket. Mrs. Beecher's Ill health
was a moving factor in the great
preachers determination to leave the
west and come east. Beecher, full
blooded, good-natured, jealous and
forceful In every nerve and sinew,
looked like a boy when he made his
first great success on the platform Of
the Broadway Tabernacle. along about
1876 and 1s47, but his good wife, un-
dertoned. undermined, physically ex-
hausted by the frightful eXactions OF
her western experiences. was thin and
pale. haggard and apparently with one
foot in the grave. So marked was the
contrast that a sympathizing old lady
in the car, Beecher having jumped of
to get his wife a glass of milk or some
thing. leaned forward and said to Mrs.
Beecher. How thankful you should be,
madam. for so good and Thoughtful a
son. II ever there was a socially dis
posed man. with full hammered hospi-
tality and wide horizoned desire to be
surrounded with affectionate and re-
eponsive friends. Beecher was. It's q
very different thing. however. for a
man to ffli his house with friends he
buoyant with life. the red blood of per-
feet health coursing through his veins.
and for a woman In poor health. tired.
anxious and much Of the time in pain,
to prepare for their entertainment. The
consequence was in this particular in
stance that the Beecher home was not
as 1t would have been under other cir
cumstances, a particularly attractive
place or one in which many intimates
felt at ease A curious ending was that
however, which years ago removed the
foremost orator and preacher Of his
time from the scenes OF his earthly la
bors. leaving his good wife in perfect
health, mental and physical. TO mourn
his loss and to battle with the world he