The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-27

pitable roof-tree of Dr. Arnold that he
was entertained. He gave several recita-
tons, or lectures while here and was lis
tened 20 by large audiences of the refined
cultured and Intellectual people OF Savan-
nah.
one of these lectures, as reported for
the Republican, March q, 1873, was on
the subject of Love" and was before
the Georgia Historical Society. The poem
recited by the distinguished visitor that
evening began;
Twas Love that fired Anacreon's
liquid tongue;
Twas all for Love that gentle Sappho
sung.
And Horace, happiest of the tuneful race,
With wit and sense to blend poetic grace,
Learned half his love from Lydia's lips
and curls,
In vineyards vocal with Vendusian girls.
So Burns, that mightiest poet of the
heart,
Whom Nature blessed beyond the reach
of art.
From Love alone, a finer culture drew
Than ever Sophist taught or Schoolman
knew;
BY Highland Mary's self the power was
To sing the song that reached her ear in
heaven"
Other poems and Rotations were given
by Mr.. SAKE while here. among them be-
ing his Power of the Press THE Proud
Miss Mcbride" etc. His visit was
source Of great pleasure to the people OF
Savannah.
With a great deal of pride Dr. Arnold
had a way Of telling all visitors beneath
his hospitable roof, that he was born in
the room over the dining room. He was
proud of this fact, because the house was
one of the old landmarks of the city, and
he had lived in the same room In which
he first saw the light of day away back
in 1903, throughout all the years of his
life. SO, upon the occasion of Mr.. Saxe's
visit TO Savannah, while he was being
wined and dined in the Arnold house, the
genial doctor made reference to this COM
bination of Incidents in his life. During
the course of the dinner Mr.. Sake, the
wit and poet was hurting epigrams right
and left at those he knew and making
merry generally, when Dr.. Arnold in his
jovial way said: SAKE, you can't
show off your epigrammatic wit on me-
whereupon Mr.. SAKE said he would see
what he could do, and quick as lightning
told the doctors popularity in verse, as
follows:
And the Doctor said
AS he went to his bed:
Gentlemen, I was born
In the room overhead
This spontaneous flow at the expense of
the doctor caused an outburst Of laughter
and merriment, and he had to acknowledge
with as much grace as he could command
that he had been fioored by the poet.
On the occasion of one of Edwin Booths
visits to Savannah, while playing an en-
gagement in the theater here, he was en-
tertained by DR.. Arnold and an incident
which occurred then, in which one of the
darkies of the coterie of servants at the
Arnold house was the principal figure,
bears relating. 1t seems that the colored
woman had gone to the theater the night
before to see the immortal Booth in Ham
let. The chief impression she carried
away from the theater was in profound
anxiety for the health of Mr. Booth, for
when she was asked the next morning by
DR.. Arnold what she thought of Mr.. Booth
the innocent old soul replied: "Fo de
Lawd, sab, dat ar man is dyin' wild con-
coughin so he couldn't hardly talk, and
stranglin' in de throat
Nobody enjoyed the joke more than Mr..
Booth, for he had never heard such a crit
icism of his matchless rendition of Ham,
let's ranting soliloquy before.
Many celebrities visiting Savannah have
been entertained in the Arnold house, and
the "reminiscences of their sojourns here
brought to mind by the older citizens of
to-day are rich in the narrative of inter-
esting incidents. The Arnold house will
always be held in reverence by the citi-
zens of Savannah, who are loyal to the
traditions of the past history of the city,
and will be a landmark as long as il
stands in its quaint structure to tell of
the glorious days Of yole.