The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-29

remely Interesting
Calmly wcrc my sorrows taken.
You hut listened SANITY
TIL | rhNnrd them tlAintllv.
Then your heart with pain wns shaken
All of Miss Wright's work . noticeable
for a lack OF the anna tenrsh and is sur-
prisngly marked 10y certain moderation
and finish one would only expect IN an
older writer She combines al q true
Southorncr's hove fur the beauty in nature.
with a Eirls natural touch OF nghtncss
aud fancy clearly suggested In Jane
Song" part OF which is.
on lovely June, thy riponing fields ana
wooia
Thy birds and butterflies ana bccS
/ my sunny mornings. and thy starry
nighta.
The secret south wind in thy trees.
Bring TO me only vague rogrnt--
on lovely June could | forget
Inst winter Miss Wright spont much
time In 'ranslatne several selections from
llo,ne that were Ia ho set to music bv a
clever Young composer of Louisville. John
+ Ford Barbour ~ died before the manu-
script had hecn published. but. fortunate
I ly, It was In finished state, nnd q CHI
cago publisher win brlng out tho ilyo
songs next month IA MIR. Barbour was
an exceptionally talented young writer
eNceliing IN ballad music. delightful en-
semhln may be looked for,
Miss Wright inhcrts much Of her liter
AIRY taste from General William Butler.
her grent-unclr. who was one OF ken
tuckys carly soldier poets. Her father IS
General j. N Wright. one OF the brlliunt
officers OF the ciNil war ami now marshal
Of the United States supreme court. Ilor
mo,her Is a daughter OF Dr. Ewing She
is surrounded by all the delishta II d
happy home lifo and so far none Of the
cynical thoughts common TO young poo'a
have crepi into her wr,,ing. which mak &
It sinsu.arly refreshing. She writes Ia a
delightfully."- naive personal letter that
June is such II favorie month the subloc;
is always CLOSE to her heart, and encloses
a recent BIT Of verse that win nter on
drift into some periodical 1t IS one OF
her happlosi IDEAS
The gracious month Of June 10 here.
. Ic ldircst month IN Al the year.
Tnc grac.ous month Of gay De- re.
Sm7thsr,l in roses with hearts on me,
sweet with fWccfuf-s all its oNn.
II sw ot,r with thoughts Of Jun thatt
The Tent winds whisper q wordlesa yong
IN tht lelfy fats the whole day long;
Tho liitis streams RuiSle merry tune.
And the agasAin.'s bright n the month OF
June.
Miss Mudrei I'm. who has won muet
comm~nda,lon Of late by her dainty little
compositions. brugs out book Of song.
this month. several OF whrh are by Mis'
Wright one particularly pretty song b,
the above clcver duo runs;
m, old love $ tho best love
tntu II Il - away.
Tho urW love IL the true love
Forever and a day.
In an entirely different vein. showing
flcetous Dip 20 the pen that appeals e
oues laughing mood. f..
oh sad lbo sight must ever he,
Of virtue led away,
That humble worth and industry
should over 20 aa ray
Ard vet Saw this very hour
bluTh 20 tell the tale
a t.Npl uE hgfutie b'e half drunk
On goidcp raI cocktail,
The army stories Indian tales and pros'
sketches generally are IN an or gina
strain. Thre. Sketches entitled "'TwIx
AIa5i end Mirror appearei in a Southern
uae1ziue and were bright chats OF d
som.-phi!orophloal nature, between tn
ma drcf Hfd 20 30 Uefs HbWhlhN TOT
d nuer party. ana returning from sen
shore summer All the world fnows of 1
woman's love for her ml'ror, the pot one
ana these three llite chats were as OF
as Interesting
rs q translator from the French, M!a
Wright shows a faCiie pen, and as sh
ereakp this as well az several ether Ian
uuaros nue7uy she may be eounts'
arn1ng me ftw feminine nsusis AIMEE "a
GYMS "A tcfuar naturally - he', Tor
! white she rke the usual hunter q
| hours fhs o. "a dcyOtre ~ socini re an
ore Of tie fagor,cs u tho gay se' g
ToussvIe She Knows aomfihlnE o. onHi
ana 'opcH 4 next 20 h'r own i1leat .
| writing in fact, she iT ilsi the criiulr
loyphie southern ~ with an unusual al
i-van.- OF the intellectual. She r. petit
In n,surc. with brown ewes Hni shoft. cor.
hair. clear cuinpiex on and a bright happ
dirD1s,t'on. She 10 pretty, accur Ling I
| thn I'd neral verdict, hut she rs oven NOR
tn IT,, than That MIR.
IL LITERARY LIFE.
New York journalist lately returned
e,or, an unsuccessful attempt 20 Interview