The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-05-28


An You might be in 'orspital. the bar
ricks IS so stiH,
We ave all been mighty anxious since
we card It on parade
An we amt no towards neither, but
own we was afraid.
And we all prayed ard and earnest
O Gawd. don't take him yet!
Just let i'm stop and 'elp us;
/ An warn, Lest We forget
1.-THE sergeant said: &c won't get round
It's three rounds blanks for i'm
J p won't write no more stories! And oui
'opes was bloomin' dim.
Literary Notes.
Hall Game has gone 10 Rome. and Dame
Rumor says his next novel will relate &c
the Papacy.
Sarah Grand's new serial story Is enti
tied "Petucoats."
The sequel to Barr'es story. "sentimen-
tai Tommy will be called Tommy and
Grizel.'
a new detective story by Anna Katha-
rlne Green. is announced. 1t is entitled
"Agallia Webb" and it is said to exec
'The Leavenworth Case"
But you 'ad always 'elped T. Atkins, an
though things did look blue
WeYi we amt much 'ands at prayin'
but we did our best for you.
"'E must MT die; we want i'm,
O. Gawd. don't take i'm yet;
Spare i'm a little longer.
II wrote Lest We forget
We card that you was fghtin' 'ard-just
as We knew you would
But we 'ardly 'oped you'd turn IS flank,
they said YOU ardly could.
But the news as come this mornin', an
I'm writin ere to say,
There's no British son more Apply than
your old friend, Thomas A.
40 Gawd. we re all so grateful
You ave left i'm with us yet,
To old US IN. and alt us,
Lest we. lest we forget.
The Rubaiyat-oh shades OF Omar
IS being done with a dance with great
success. by IsadOra Duncan, who, with
suggestive music. has given much enter
tainmcnt 10 society in New York and
Brooklyn. drawing rooms. There is the
dance Of the rose:
Il sometimes think that never blows so
red
The Rose as where some buried Caesar
bled;
That every Hyacinth the Garden wears
Dropt in her lap from some once lovely
head"
And tho dance Of the Bacchanal:
1--WE are no other than moving row
or magic shadow-shapes that come and
Round "a with the sun-nlumined lantern
held
Lastly. tho after-song dance:
Yet an. that Spring should vanish with
the rosel
That youths sweet-scented manuscript
should closet
me nightingale that in the branches sang,
All whence. and whittier flown again. who
knowsy
Miss Duncan's Omarian poses in her
Interpretation OF the poem are said to be
much admired.
Mr.. George Julian Volnay thu designer
OF Poes bust for the University OF Nir-
ginia. and Of the memorial tablet TO the
ever-iamentcd Daughter Of the Confed-
eracy, has been selected 10 memorabilia
another Southern poet. Irwin Russell.
! Mr. Zolnay's personal acquaintance with
Miss Davis was a great help TO him IN
/ his work upon the tablet TO her memory.
Stuart Robson has been selected TO play
'"The Gadhy" IN the decentralization Of
( Mrs. Noynichs novel VIII appear next
autumn. Mr. Mansfield was first given
| the part by popular acclaim. but his pre-
occupation over Cyrano, transferred the
imprisoned persOndtiOn 10 MI. hOusOh.
David Harum." one OF the best liked
OF newly published books IS also 10 be
Grammatical. After a while, no doubt,
we w.n all reach the conclusion that
there must be a play in every novel"
The Young Swedish novelist. Miss Selma
! Lagerlof author Of the Miracles OF
Antlchrist" is a native Of Hermland.
she was born on Lake F'ryken, about 1--WE
miles distant from CARLSBAD and lived
/ there up TO the time OF her fathers death,
/ when She obtained a position as teacher
/ al Skarnee. in southern Sweden. Through
| the influence OF the Crown Prince, She
was enabled 20 study i'm italy. hence the
sicilian atmosphere OF ''1he Miracles Of
/ Antichrist'
William waldorf Astor will contribute
! 10 the June number OF the Pail Mall
/ Magazine an article on the founder Of the
family IN America, John Jacob Astor.
Miss Braddon IS still at the age Of
| sixty-two. as Industrious as ever and the
promise OF new novel, THE lnndel,
! makes II sure that 1899 will not go by
/ without novel from her pen. Since
1862. when she began 10 publish in book
/ form. she has skipped only two Yeas,
! and the total number OF her novels since
| she wrote "Tho Trail Of the Serpent" in
1860, IS ffty-fiye.
The serial story. THE Gentleman from
| Indiana" now running IN McClure's. in
PRODUCES a new American author, Mr..
Booth Harrington. He is still in his early
twenties, and presents a vivid forceful
/ picture Of everyday American life.
Queen Victoria IS now studying Fmer-
son. a volume OF whose essays she Is sell
dom without.
Emperor williams play "Eizenzalm,'
will be produced in Weisbaden while he
and the Empress are there. II Il said
| 20 deal with interesting episodes in the
history OF Brsndenberg. Everybody is
excited about the coming production,
even the critics. who may not ind It sx-