The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-14
SOME POSTSCRlp,s
PoETA NAscyr,,p 49,,

gasus, but consideration fosy prahcts
and suffering public mus, loo o.
performed, unpleasant as IL p feeA
Two of the Tribune's most msy al
seinporarles. most welcome vis,,suh
exchange table and most sss.sl!on b
the Tribune artist who ma, vict&S.
educated scissors, are the Cai,pulstu
and Houston Post, each tSnestof n
Its own particular realm ana ~
Ing a noble destiny. 1t is with e ascn III
lnctance and some trepidation e,jhs ltes
uon Is directed to a blot on s,,cs
Sea" and the "Alcalde" ot ny y
Buffalo bayou owe II 10 tbn,, me IA
suppress tho effuslons OF the,r reMn
TO take the young men out IN ivetus
yard ana commune with than tae
to convince them that MEN,
rhyme without justifiable n ,nss
constitutes n misdemeanor nun,.yyvveal
dor the status in such case MAJ soe
vided. "de ant
Perhaps no greater pun,shm...
inflicted on the one than Ia rss,.gta
to translate. analyze and parss ".
lowing verse from his own pen. y
w hen Sonsress meets now washIs,,.
for giving four-syllable sound "a .'s
syllable word or atone for the NJ.
rhythm in the following: AAafus
NO poems cut decolletes
the other young man has ~.
taste and judgment frequently snS 's
~, but the Tribune forbears Perm.
gentle admonttion may be as efsss,sIA
a heroic application.--Galv T,n,a
II should be a proud day for
daily newspaper when nothing q,
foGnd in 1t TO condemn txceot N. -
jlnsles dashed off after WORKING h.,s
some OF the boys In the office
The Post is sensible of the com,...
paid by the Tribune, and really A.. j
mind its attempt to clip the winr ! j
prancing pegasus that may bs l.sj
around the office, A pegasus tina, NJ
prance when supplied with wing. !,
certainly needs clipping.
Tho Tribune knows poetry when y
it. and also writes poetry what I,
etry." The Post is engaged in cmr,.
its noblo destiny department. -,
verses are strictly a side line
awake at night working up schemes
n peer in its own particular realm
it's poetry comes easy.
The suggestion to take the gull,
ties out in the woodward and COM,
with them is unkind. Dear Tribl.,
you ever take poet. with mel,it,
eyes, ruby lips. puffed sleeves and M
Fox curl out into a cold, desola,s NJ
yard, and chide her for inditina M,
TO the moon? II SO. you must kno.
1t hurts.
1t Is with extreme reluctance and 1,
dalton that the attention Of the poe,,
citur OF the Tribune is recalled to IL
Tending line:
NO poems cut decollete."
The Post does not know who Ii N
is, but If the Tribune should requln
to produce his authority for giya
four-syllable sound to the word, We !
he would have presence Of mind sn
to refer to the nearest dictionary AZ
Il further authority, the pronunca
given the word by several millou
people in France.
The Tribune, possibly, might pn.r j.
it intimates three-syllable dIsis !
something like this:
We get it In the neck you bet
our poems are cut de-col-lei.'
or, possibly, the following
THE wind blows cold upon the t.uI
Our poems are cut de-col-lety."
or, the Tribune may have its heart
upon something on this style:
It's hard to say Just what we call Il
When we pronounce the word de-colls-|
II Tho Post were not too busy sa|
its laurels in the noble destiny ROE
would offer few suggestions to The \
gasus clipper of the Tribune. ha
has a shrewd suspicion that the u
critic referred to is not the really 4
truly boss "pome" writer OF the ess
organ of the Muse. There Is an ust7j
in the gentle admonition denartmin
the Tribune. There is a crudeness y /
criticisms that does not suggest The
that wrote Sweet Abigail"
The hand that penned the stately vs
that enumerate the wardrobe Of a cs1
pasteboard doll would never have crs
contracted "decollcte" into three
hlcs. Again, 1t never would have rsA
out its deadly scissors to clip the PEA
wings Of It's contemporaries. The AZ,
of sweet Abigail IS modest ana
bearing. His poems are never cut
lete. The most captious critic wouE
to ncrceive any immodcst exhib''H
collar bones In the following verse !.
that sweet poem:
"She has a walking frock OF blue,
Anu nat TO match with pluines w.
An avnnir so "ost III t'' liars a sonns
Now that "a T,.,hnns poetry. and n
I'm tho enur,ous irsr,rat,on Of the "a
and po,, &c n,,,,nw, .,;ustif,able pruFs
, ,,np s Ma as w,.mouo ~, sas "oIorsd "A
boar, dolls or b,s dos,, IN proyok,
oo,,ius ,ro,,,a- ,.arso elbows the tn,
.,Ni.NS VI .a'e'i'' anu ~ tul ~ ,rru
- i',', ,''e ueep water eu'so' ,.,on sasfj