The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-14

That read led his feet 20 mvs-ertous rooL,
40 cool. shaded dells and TO tinkiing brooks.
"here dragon nies danced when the ripnles
broke thin.
And the nimbIs trout ieaped at the dangling pln.
And his tired soul longs. with a wanderer.. main
For the haunts and the Joys OF his boyhood again,
And his wtstful eyes seek. through the mists of
the past,
For faces and scenes all too happy to last
They are gone and that lane That he loved to .1-
plore.
VIII follow, fnli soon. to svee, memory's shore.
For the trumpet of progress has nOurished IT'S
The Old. tOr tn. fresh-bloOded New. mus, max.
room"
10. the sickle OF Art sweeps the prineysl scene
feiiinS forest and farmsteat and meadow be-
And from the grim wreck Of the pioneer time
Springs a scene OF enchsntment, a vision sub
lime.
From valley to terrace. from hilltop to glade
sweep palace and temple and aroned colonna6s.
And from tower and minaTet. window and stair.
The nags or the continents nannt IN the air.
AZ the gates Of that city a boulevard springs.
Broad. stately and shining. a csusewAy for kings.
IL shoulders the palaces out Of Its path
As a mountain food tosses the rocks In 1t,
wrath.
All. boy Of the ysster time. could you foreh.ode
Such alchemic change in the old skinker road?
That the lane where you froiicked In innocent
mirth.
Should become the parade Of I'll. Nations O,
MRS. H. HUTCHINSON.
Hannibal. No.
That the delicate touch is possible with
out departure from the conditions. as inter-
preted by the minority. the following will
show:
HI COUNTRY ROAD.
oh. a living Joy IS the country road.
With the Wild vines screening the rocky ledge.
And coveT,s Of fern and patches OF sedge,
The piping OF birds from the nearby hedge.
Ard blackberry bushes with luscious load:
While in early spring the violets' blue
Seems a bit OF the heavens fallen through.
The Joy Of a canter along the way.
At morn. tender eve. or the starry night,
When the years are young and the heart Is
light.
And eyes look love into eyes as bright:
Or perhaps like a star al the close Of day.
At the journeys end a glad heart wait.
For the coming one that her love belates.
All, skinker Road. let them do as they dare:
Whether boulevard. PARK. stately avenue:
Your charms Of the past ever cling TO you
I; Is skinker d-w old or new:
And leads as Il did Of yore to the Fair:
Though the one-horse shay gives place to the
And the old-fSshiensd coach 70 the automobile.
y CLEVELAND WOOD.
Harrodsburg. Ky.
II seems necessary to present these sam
pie efforts to illustrate and emphasize the
position OF the minority, which Is, that th-
selection OF the majority does not come
within the spirit of the competition. The
poem entitled Polly is. In the Judgment
of the minority. not a poem on 'the sub
ject of Skinker road"
No issue Is raised with the majority upon
the merits OF the poem about Polly" al
though that might be discussed II there
were profit in II. To those who know Skin
ker road the poem "Pclly' Is n strain on the
imagination. "DobbIn" is a very unfam.l-
lar name for horse-fiesh in Missouri. No
Polly" or other self-rcspecting Missouri
girl OF romantic age. rides double. ''On n
bicycle built for two" IL might be different
author of Polly evidently never saw
Skinker road. He has never read the story
of Skinker road. He hes neither local color
nor allotted theme In his poem. He enters
his poem under the capion of Polly" he
Is true to Polly" no; to ''Skinker road"
In view of the action OF the majority, the
minority Is not called upon 10 do more than
There being no second prize. the
best poem on Skirker road need not he
Indicated. WALTER B.. STEVENS.