The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-11-30
The Little Ones Were Always In
His Thoughts and They in
Turn Loved Him. I.s5s
His Fondness For Pets, the Ani-
NAL Creation and His Gentle !.
Ways in Treating Them.
\ Lover of Nature He Never For
got: Even the Smallest That
Needed Human Care.

Needed Human Care.
The people who were the chosen friends
of Eugene Field and who knew him well
and could read in the depths of thas
great heart SO filled With love and hui
nanity, great and small, find that one
thought recalls another and they can go
OF forever recounting the tender thought
fulness of their friend whom they feea
they can never replace, writes Nellie s.
Yenowine in the Chicago Iimes-H Herald.
Each day the loss grows greater, and
when | stop to think ! shall never again
hear him utter his words Of cordial wel~
come and good cheer, it seems all too
hard to bear. I was visiting IIr. and Mrs"
Field at their home in Buena Park, and
c1l our way home after the luncheon Mr..
Field stopped at {; Wholesale toy store
TO get some little things for the babies,
as he never went home without some
thing for them. Among the things Ne
ordered were a dozen medium-sized
bisQue dolls. said; what are you go
ing to do with all those dolls?" f3s an
swered: ooh, [ like 10 have them, SO
whenever any little girls come out to nee
me l can give them one" Every one
knows he was always thoughtful Of the
little ones, He enjoyed toys as much as
any child and had a, very large and
unique collection Of dolls. [ shall never
forget when he reached Louisville two
years ago On his way back from New Or
leans When l met him at the station
nc appeared with many bags, boxes anH-
bundles, all containing queer things
which had been given him or he had &C
CURED while in the sunny cline he loved
SO we'll In one box was an alligator,
which received as much care as a c1ild.
The uucerest Of all was what looked like
a healthy baby about 2 years Old. strap
pel up tightly in a big shawl, making u
large bundle From one end hung two
we'll developed, very life-iiI1e legs and
feet. neatly encased in little bronze slip
pers and the conventional socks. This
proved to be a large rag doll, such as 4
they make in New Orleans. 1t certainly
was most realistic and created any
amount CT excitement about the station,
for people thought, as they say i'll the
South, that it was 9 sure enough baby.
Mr. Field was perfectly obiivious to the
CONSERVATION he was creating and went
sereneiy on in his own peculiar way. Al
this time he made a several weeks, yl5it
OH our old Kentucky farm. lie loved IT
there; The simplicity and sweet hosDl-
tajity Of the people of tne surrounding
country charmed him. He had only been
r, rte,ro s11S
on the place, from chickens up, would
follow him everywhere. He kept a cor
slant supply of shelled corn ia his pock-
cts. I4e was told one day before he left
the farm that there Was a nice turke!'
fattening for him, as he was exceedingly
fond Of our national bird. He said: You
needn't have 1t killed. Do you suppopse
that could eat that turkey that we have
fed together and watched strut around
With such prideo No sir, / won't touch
it, It is needless to say the turkey Was
not killed. The next day he warmed the
horse and carriage and my little boy, z
asked hnl where he was going Never
mind he said you viii know when !
get back" In the course Of a few havrs /
ne returned, bringing with him q bis
turkey gobbler and two hens, which NJ
named Eugene, Alice and Hattie.
JEt3L LWp HESho <1f3C III oiosSA5 ts1:~' KIP
iting his ia,uily. when she said, aSr.
Field. have a turkey I'm going to sesass
you Thanksgiving. He quickly replied
Don't you dare murder ana cut NJ Old
f.,1go1le sN3l3 Alice ~ Hattie. IL yo7lao
will never have anything more to doW'th
yuu' Among the other animals en me
farm in Kentucky is "Peor Old Den. IA.
Every one y,a1o knew Mr.. Field Blen ,l@
lived on Fullerton aycnue, Chifaiga$SW u
remember Don. . lie IS a Jertssaleai
donkey, and was given TO thc3IFieid Chill
dran so7ne years ago with q cora pic:ss gif>7
fit, cart, harness and all. III believe M
so1ne early part Of s3Dpn's" 3pxis stencs NJ r
used to be a trick donkey m t'le sfsfs's,4S
1t mattered not what time &of DAY or n1sn n
Mr.. Field would get lionaa OF. aappanales
70 think OF Don, he Woul3 call out OF tllv \
window in his deep. farr1e.ching yotcasi#g
ss.Ionor Old Don, y, whereapon Don would 4
at once proceed to answer in the usual 4
way OF donkeys, untilfthe whole Helgia-SSEE
borhood WAS aroused and np in arms. y y Il
il happened to be baking day i'll the fisssa f55
hou saaoM and Mr. Field should stray
10 the Kitchen MS eyes wDItd II ghI$ ;aE f
once on the. row Of fresh breaa, CAKES
MES. ana ii would Instantly occur 10 M ~
how Don would like some OF THESE gooa II
things and ia moment sjoEi WoI1isl ',ssa
licking his chops. AS it We're over fselr5
ica cics which his friend had brown z
Af,tersxhlr. FIELD left !lertol q Vetl'.s
Don was boarded 1T q faspIan iaolss' stsMlS M
and Ills boarb bill became quite
.c,1estjon gLE Field wculd not he sessoali i5S 81
him. IS he was afraid some ope'zfl ghtgss
him VINO wonle. not treat hin, we'll s4 at
was then proposed tas1 tss pc sent F1 1t'gS 1eSS
Isentuck 10 end his iayg III l'ixlsrloais
.ease ort1ae farm. lAt tssae tine
shipped the following moafas1al m %
peafed ii s5 eld's coll1an m = 2 'al g
ord : u, .. !,
io,,rras st. has Just sent TO
stock farm at e 1sas' + loHi
tIie rnagnifl iasl 1
sSsasssa,. ~ 4 de Baena he recent
auired at the World $ lls
sfo most psilal
o q. 70 ss 4 h