Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-08-07

ment At last with gasp she said to
her husband. ooh my, amt he planl'
Well. Mr.. Vischer is lit lie plain.
quality which is also possessed to a GER
tain extent by Mr.. Harris. Mr. Nischer
is well known in Chicago. He is also
known in other quarters, aud he thought
Of course Mr.. Harris would know HIM
hy name. So he stepped iauntily into
the office and held out his hand and
said:
"How are you, Mr.. Harris2" Ny
name is Nis"her."
.'Uncle Remus looked up, ard as he
did so, held out his hand and then burst
into a hearty hs hal hal Why, how do
you do, Mr.. Vischer2 Hal ha! ha! |
am glad to meet you, Mr.. Vischer. Hal
hal hal and he went on laughing as
though he would split his fat sides.
81 am glad to meet you" said Mr..
Vischer, a, he Strengthened himself up
a little Indignantly. But | can't see
what on earth you are laughing at"
At this Unc Remus burst into an
other laugh and said, as he rather affec-
tionately laid his hand on Vischer's
shou der "Well, to tell YOU the truth,
Mr. Vischer, | am laughing at you.
like your looks. You see, | have al
ways had the reputation Of being the
ugliest man in the United States. but
you beat me. | want to take you cut
and introduce you 10 my wife
This was said in such a tone that
Vischer could not get angry at it. He
rather disputed the position which Uncle
Remus had thrust ugon him as he 10 ked
at him. But he shook hands, and it,
tie later on the two went out to Uncle
Remus' home tope her. Nischer was
DELIGHT with Uncle Remus, Uncle
Remus liked Vscher better upon ac-
quaintance, aud the two plan men be
came fast friends.
FRANK STANTON, THE wHITcoMB RILEY
OF THE SOUTH.
1t was in the Atlantic Constitution OIL
free that met Frank l.. S'an'on, whose
poems are now quoted IN nearly every
new paper Of the lard He writes a
half column OF bright paragraphs and
verse every day Tor the paper. and at the
same time turns out Fl st-Tate political
editorials. Mr.. Stanton is dark-faced,
bright-eyed young man OF abou. thrty-
eight years OF age. His hair is not long
and his black eye, in ordinary converse
ton at least, is not I'm fine frenzy roll
ing" He has, however, the soul OF
poet. He is the James Whitcomb Riley,
OF the south, and his book, "Songs cf the
Soil" has had a very generous circula-
tiou. Stanton was bTou hit up on
Methodist hymns. HIS mo her made
him lean one every Sunday. and lie Can
rscite the hymn book from one end TO
the other. He began his life work rs an
GRAND boy in the office OF The Savannah
News, when Jcel Chandler Harris was
one Of its editors. He rose to be
reporter, and soon began TO write verse.
Later on he edited a country neH spaper,
and his poems in it were widely copied.
Then the Constitution took HIM on its
staff, and now at tuirty-eight he is as
widely quoted as any writer of the United
States. His poetry IS simple, tender and
lull OF soul. 1t has cheered many
poor man and woman. and thousands
have dropped tears while reading some
OF his sadder poems. Mr.. Stanton is a
poet OF hope rather than despair. His
verse is stimuli ting and helpful, and he
looks on the right side Of things,
During my call upon hun | asked him
really he penned the two tile poems
which follow. The first reads:
Oh, the future sky is the buest sky.
WI h never cloud in view;
But the sky today is the truest sky,
And that is the Sky tor you'll
The second poem is more in dialect.
1t reads;
This world that we're alvin in
Is purity hard to beat;
You st thorn with every rose,
But--aint the roses SWEET
GOSSIP ABOUT HAMLIN GARLAND.
Mr.. Hamlin Garland has spent some
months here at Washington, working
upon his life OF Grant. He has already
put in fifteen months of solid labof get
ung his material. and he is not ye, MALT
through, He has travelled over Grants
footsteps almost from his birth to his
death, and he says that he hopes to be
able 10 tell the story OF General Grant
with all the truthful romance there is in
1t. Said he TO me the other night:
" think the truth abou, Grant is more
interesting than any novel could he, and
ttel that book can be made which
will be historically true and at the same
time have literary merit. My book will
be complete life OF Grant. 1t will give
the story of his bnyhood, the struggles
OF his early manhood, the bright nd
daIk days Of the civil war, and his final
ilumphs and DEATH"
''WIll 1t be large book2' asked.
Nc" replied Mr.. Garland. ut will
contain. suppos' =, about las. 900 words,
and will sell Tor 81 so There will be
enc edition published wi h illustration,
and one which will be printed on good
paper without illustrat ons. This last
VIII be my favoritc hope to make it
so good that twill be readable without
the pictures"
THE POET OF rHR PIONEERS.
Hamlin Garland has made a reputa-
non within the last few years as the poet
81 The pioneers. The story of his own
lite is quite "a interesting as anything he
has written. He told il to me the other
night, escriblng how he was born in
Wisconsin, the son of a poor farmer,
IN how be went with his father 10 Iowa,
and later on to Dakota, trying 10 make n
hVng by farming, The POEMS he has
written have bean 10 lhige exent
based upon his own experiences. They
have the flavor Of The SO abou them.
and his fl Id of literature, which he con-