The age-herald., 1902-04-27


 From the New York Sun.
 The first duty that the visitor to rope- l1a Kan, must perform to win the hearts of his hosts, is to get acquainted with Eugene T. Ware, tho man Presi- dent Roosevelt has selected for pension commissioner There are about dozen men in Kansas whose presence the stranger begins to feel almost before he gets inside the state. One is Ware O. course. Everybody knows him. and is proud of him.
 Another fellow who IS spreading all over the state and far beyond is 'Wllf' White of Emporia, the "Whats-the- Matter-With- Kansas man and the Tom bdcNcil of the Mall and Breeze. whose fables make Aesop's look-well different And, then, there Is the Atchi- son Globe man, who wrote the novel about life in country town.
 Chief Judge Doster, who once said something about the rights of the user being paramount to those of the owner, Is another man. John w. Breidenthal, banker. populist, political dreamer. and philosopher, is another. Webb McNall and his old gray marc is another institu- tion
 And so the list might go on, not omit ting the new United States senator, Bur ton. typical Kansas political hustler, and 1t might include orators. poets, cranks, and a lot of other folks who make up the most active-minded peo- ple In the United States, always inter esting, free-born cit:zcns of "bleedin' Kansas There's mighty little dead wood in Kansas.
 And Tnpal-a fS Oot I,ixa Ot1iar cities It Is not large place. but it IS electrical. A walk slong the beautiful wide Main sti eet. with the capitol casting p slant ing shadow at it when the farmers are in town and the sashion or the place end there's a good deal of it-is out driving, is like concentrating all of Kan sas into Q small area It sets one up Ard ther when night comes and the Vis | itor Is drawn down to the Topeka elul by one of the Mulvane family witt Judge Dillon's son and Judge Smith t. | add sparkle to the evening, and one ol two of the newspaper boys of Kansas City come in and some of the clevel | politicians Of the state arriNe-why, iti morning before the visitor knows 1t. But of all the joys of Topeka, the chic is to get Gene" Ware eff from th' crowd in some friends house, and aftei he has warmed up to let him ramble on Ware is what might be called trul! cultivated man.
 Of course, he knows literature and that part of it called poetry. They cal him the Kansas poet, "Ii onquill' H, knows Latin and Greek. He knows poll tics and he xnows law, for ne makes mighty fine living at it.
 Moreover, ne js tall and handsome. H, has a presence and manner that make. others keep still when he has the hooi or shows signs of wanting to talk, ant his wit is wholesome and bubbing. Ht is an intense patriot, and, next he is ( Kensan.
 He would call himself mere versifier Some of his verses are mighty good and some are not so good. Few of them are what would be called bad. They ring true, even if occasionally, as the writings of most all poets do, they limr little.
 'rhe Washerwoman's Song has brought more fame to We're than any thing he has written. It's a good piece, but his friends like other things he has done just as well. Here Is something that shows his ardent patriotism. It is There is something in a flag and a little
 burrished eagle That is more than emhlematic-it is glo- ious. it Is egal.
 You may never live to feel 1t. you may never be in danger.
 You may never visit foreign lands ant
 play the role of stranger. l You may never In the army check tn,
 march of sn invader, | You may never on the ocean cheer tht swGrthy cannonader. | But if these should happen to you, then
 whcn age is on you pressing, l And your great. big, boohy boy comes tC
 ask your final plesing. | You will tell him: "Son of mine, be youi
 station proud or frugal, | When vour country calls her children
 ard you hear he blare of bugle, | Don't you stop to think of Kansas, ol the quota of your country; | Dent yol g0 tc asking questions, don't you stop for pay. or bounty; But you volunteer at once: and you gc | where orders take you | And obey them 60 the letter, if they make you or they break you | Hunt that flag and then stay with it bt you wealthy or plebian, | Let the women slag the dirges, scrapt the lint and chant the paean Don't you ever dream of asking, ''Is tn, war right or wrong one?'
 You are in it, end your duty is to make the fight a strong one,
 And you stay till 1t Is over, be the war g short or long one. Make amends when he war Is over, tho
 power witt you is lying
 Then, If wrong, do ample justice-bu- that flag, you keep it flying.
 Here's Fourth of July scream from the kanSaE EaSip.