The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-11-17

above the rocks. above the wrecks. beyond
the touch Of derelicts." She was a flower
bonn meath redwood trees" and a playmate
Of the rain and breeze In the matter Of her
physical appearance:
a comedy maid she wsa Ha hair
Was golden as the autumn Gfain:
Her eyes were blue. her skin was fair
Despite the touch Of wind and rain.
She seemed a dryad Of the wood
Jus, merging Into wonanhood.
A girl with recommendation. II will Be seen.
whatever may he the opinion Of some people
regarding the advantages OF a city education.
And the other surviving person In the poem
John orme-what Of hin' Let US turn to
pages ~ and -.
Within the city there did dwell
An unknown youth. John orme By name
whom fortune favored not too well
Although he fought his way TO fame
In after years "a all must do
Who wish 10 Join the chosen few.
An uprlrh lad OF king IL hear.
~ klngly mien and kinely soul;
Mad TO take and play q pan
And leave his name on honor's scolL.
AMd whom men would love and whom
A girl would follow TO the tomb.
A Western lad who had not been
Beyond the borders OF bis State.
Blu, knew full well for he had seem
What makes our California great:
And was content 10 stay and be
A partner in her destiny.
John Orme was a good man and o Californian.
and Jacinta was what We have seen; but even
II J~acinta's mother had lived. We do not be-
Meve that the poem would have been cheerful.
The authors instinct is to reach out for mel
lancholy. and 1t must be said that he does 1t
upon very slight provocation. Because Jacnta
was not brought up In the city he is reminded
Of -sweatshops" and other painful urban
things. We think It was Clever Alice. In one
Of the stories told by the Grimm brothers. who
saw an axe hanging on the wall when she went
to draw beer in the cellar, and who wept and
let the beer run over because she thought that
she might marry and have a son. and that the
sou might grow up and CONT into the cellar
to draw beer. and that the axe might fall upon
him and cut his head on. She had a gift OF
melancholy vision. and Mr.. Sutherland re-
minds US Of her when he weeps for the sorrows
Of the sweatshops because Jacinta was brought
IN In the country. The poem OF Jacinta Is
forty pages long and contains something like
three times that number OF stanZas. That
IL a good deal for a story with the limited plot
that We have described. Here is tho opening
verse:
sing Of home. OF western shore.
Which hears each morn and night the s~A
With mighty crash and booming roar
Give praise TO God e%ternally;
Upon whose sands are sometimes hurled
The wreckage OF one-half the world.
II starts like an epic, draws great. sweeping
pictures Of the ocean and San francisco. apos-
trophies the people and the vegetable and min
eral productions Of California. and is concerned
with Jacinta and John Orme In only q very
trinine proportion. Death and Hope at the
Grave Of Love" are the titles Of two Of the other
poems contained In the curious little book.
The Ballad Of Manila Bay and Other Verses
by Horace Spencer Ffske University OF Chicago
press), Is a little larger than "Jacinta and Other
Verses" Its cover Is red. with relieving touches
Of black and gold. Its spirit IL revealed in
mediately:
And men by Q million hearth nIes shall tell Of Manila
bay
How Dewey swept past the iots a night
And struck the DUns In the Gushing hight
And for freedom won the day.
The Charge Of San Juan" follows the Manila
BAY poem. Then comes The Dash Of Cervera"
and there are poems OF action. including The
Ballad OF the Plsskin. " The Genius OF Football
and Upon the Diamond" Here Is a poem
about the South Chicago Rolling Mills at
night:
out aamlny like a giants torch a, night,
ulumlng sky and cloud with mounting FIRE.
Shoot red and swift and sudden. high and higher.
The furnace hastings OF . molten might.
Beneath In shadowy spaces. barred from sight
The sweaty shapes OF Labor toll for hire.
inten, 10 get what clamorous mouths require -
Grim strugglers in ife's nerce and endless night.
No.. fxorn thslv snuls spyipO q adlant hnns
To win the sky OF promise and Of peace,
Though now below their lives In blackness grope;
And like the furnace nasn that speaks release.
Their spirits leap into a clearer seope
where stars forever shine on toIl's surceass.
There are sonnots on characters In shak e.
peare and on a number Of pieces OF statuary.
The vo lume is Illustrated.
1t Ia always a pleasure to meet with the man
who loves his own country and Is not afraid
10 say so. And we all OF us have a kindly feel
ing for the man who thinks his own town is
what the classical writers call the real thing.
Mr.. II B Wandell. the author OF In a Nut
she'll. The Story Of a Great Cfty-or Five
Hundred Facts About ST. Louis" lice La
trobe WandellI, thinks that 81, Louis is all
right. And he lie doubtless justified In his
belief. We have heard Of 81. Louis. They
brew thing there Good things that are sent
abroad TO a grateful and thirsty world In casks.
Sometimes also In bottles, But MIR. Wandel
tells US that st. Louis has other points. From
the luIuriant foliage Of his 800 facts We Gull
a spray or two. 81. Louis Ia tho most charit-
able city in the world and the most hospitable
city on the continent, IL is the home al
the most beautiful and best dressed women,
and of the "brainiest" and bravest men. though
We wish that MIR. Wandell had not called them