The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-22
Some Yeas - -
! i and Reviecus.


ioe.s .",DInr than the unfaltenng devo-
~ ma loyalty Of faithful friend. and
~ sssapce the one is an author and the
critic. then is the Intrinsic worth
~. ,,,endship above rubies. Such is the
~ n Mr.. Alden to Mr.. Kipling One
A.'i's ,,,,.lrs the,vnue OF his own wares by
Wv ssr,tb OF his friendship, for literary
W ~ .hould he something quite apart
e'N' .arsonal feellng-the love thai Is blind
~" ,ho hest love nor the wisest-anu
nv ,saom is desirable in friend, II is
80 IN a critic. One must he truly
'''p.' ,.oa nv blind prejudice who could con-
sons much less approve Mr.. hpppg lat-
Y, reductions which are disappearing
!. .octry. Much has been written o. his
.sasoce but this is so poor travesty
~. Ma former work, upon any good work,
wv .ns is moved to wonder he should be
.-,n,nc 70 hermit 1t to bear his name. That
willing. indicates a spirit of indiffer-
49, tbst is objectionable.
wy ~
~, /. Mfr. Alden quick to perceive the
,-etence Of which his friend is guilty?
". from IT. for he says regarding IT.:
srr,ry ope admits that Mr.. .Kipiln's verses
4 ,.r,,o the lesson Of the war contain
.rcs,lent horse sense, but now and then
~, one finds fault with them as poetry.
p,s.bly Mr. Klpllng intended to teach
r -, .bat would be of rather more I'M
A s.,,,ocs than smooth and graceful lines"
n n, nc srst scan the poetry and later
~ birds eye view of the horse
.ense:" here Is sample;
80. BEAUTIFULLY mirrored its makers
ideals. equipment and mental, attitude
,,a so We get our lesson and we ought to
accept It with gratitude!'
And another:
aour holy illusions have been knocked
higher than Gideroys kite, ~
sor we've had a Jolly good lesson and 1t
4 serves us folly we'll right"
4 ~
lk HoweIs laid down fundamental
pdpcIple recently. when he said: THE
mind often supposes itself to be 'orbing
about interests of high import when 1t Is
amply bcbulating in vacuum as Charles
LIMB said he liked to let his do; or was It
a Leigh Huntf'
Nj. Kipling is master Of vigorous, force
Il mi prose The lesson which he apparently
4 has II In mind to teach is one worthy of
hls best effort II his voice be Rfted for
his ccuutry's good It should be lifted with
i dignity and In sincerity OF purpose. and
a not in spirit of buffoonery. This is a
n tragedy OF which he writes, one that has
n royed the civilized world to sympathy and
i 10 honest Indignation, and he iests of it as
q might music hall singer or 4 negro min
n strel. While his friend n man who IS rec
& ,gniiea as an authority in the school of
Il ktters whose cerdict Is accepted as a
Il standard, toerates and condones the of
81 icnse. This is an occasion, when with sa-
q rtary eject. Mr. Kipllng might echo Tai
81 eyrand's petition regarding his friends.
81 = 4 y
II The latest dispatches from the Philippines
n ,re quite as theoretical and imaginative
III Ind the results quite as problematical as
81 ii any time during this protracted and
"A rafylng struggle, Here is specimen of
n our most recent achievements, which reads
VI Ike one Of those bulletins from the British
Y war office that so often awaken our trans
N d Mtiils that General Malvar will either
surrender or he captured "on the Island,
n Of samar hostilitics have been stopped on
4 account Of the wet weather. General Luc-
N bsn he's retired to some fastness; 1t is sup
II posed he was wounded in n recent light,
q Itls is building castles In Spain with
Al Vengeance. We might feel interested and
N Encouraged by n prrusnl of these suppoSi-
s. lions II there was the slightest guarantee
q q even the provcrbiul two grains of truth
n ~ the two bushels OF chat II is said
& that these optimistic prcmonltions should
!. - necessity he dismissed with General
T. Neurlces criticism on the charge Of the
& Light Brigade; "Cest MAGNITUDE, mails
e nest pas guerre"
+. ~
81 II the unprecedented heat Of the past
y " runner accompishes nothing moro. it may
81 'tfye to prove that the true father Of his
81 l"antry Is not The scientist, but the soldier.
lurins the Inst weeks of parliament the
'fhper Of the members rose with the tenn
II pe'ature, growing So perceptibly higher, MS
Y ~ noteworthy the heat OF controversy
81 grooming daily a more palp7ble fact. Tho
"a NNhNitlNhS II tlN ffbnrn fR1NDff
h'se caused NJ Lachnud. who should he an
minority on calorics II there ia anything
! nsme TO Investigate the matter from
'aentidc point of view He finds that
w seats Of the members are so close to-
t'llS as 70 much increase the warmth
ss consequent discomfort, anil that IN
luton the ventilation is bad. In an
-''seney NJ this End nclther Julhs Cne-
!. MOI George Washington could avail
Ia " Iflppler may step forward and with
ulcn OF his magic wand lower the physl-
n A.,s gag mental temperature and thus avert
Ri ana murder and sudden death.
81 ~ eAehsnge SAYS club has been formed
n. 'siand to boom Senator Hanna foc
presidency In 1904 The club viii prob
~ prove boomerang.
recent Interview. Sir Robert Hart
,.taaly replied to Mark Twain's CEN
s u DF. Ament as follows: zone name
< o'eA Nneh spoken Of and written
\. this lootng connection. l allude
i, n Anent. Before the siege began it
''tp,ea Ament, single handed. who ven
pe;ln oNn 10 Tungcbo, fifteen miles from
'nsrl,s asa brought up the missionary com
Isers .aat would probably have persisted
, ma ~, not been for his plucky. time
R,se Il. sensacrihclng Intervention. BUR-,
+ 4, ~ siege Dr. Ament turned out with
la L.