The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-02
Social ana
Personal

One of the foremost writer's Of verse
and prose in the Englsh-speaking world
Is Rudyard klpling. The fact that volun
called "The Five Nations" containing
wtney-five new poems written by Kip
ling was brought out yesterday both IN
New York and London-Doubleday. Page
and Company being the American pup
lishers-has been heralded by the press
as a matter international interest
Men Of the twentieth century are not
much given to reading poetry. So 1t Is all
the more proof Of Mr.. Kipling's power
that they are attracted by his verse
making, and acknowledge the ring and
fire Of his rhythm.
30 1t is that 1.-THE Five Nations" will
he read by people everywhere in the
English-speakng world, for thinkers of
all classes and conditions comprehend Mr..
I<ipling s irresistiblity in the way of put
ting matters. Take for instance, the pro-
test of the South African veteran, who
feels the limitations of English life when
he comes home from the war. and moral-
ICES in this fashion in a poem entitled the
"Chant Pagan:
.Me that ave been what I've been,
Me that ave gone where I've gone,
Me that ave seen what I've seen
'Ow can ever take on
With awful old England again.
An ouses both sides OF the street,
An edges two sides of the lane,
An the parson an gentry between.
An touchin' my sat when We meet
Me that ave been what Two been
Me that ave watched art a world
Fave up all shiny with dew,
Kopje on kop to the sun.
An as.asoon as me mist let'em through
Our' 'elios wlnkin' like fun
Three sides of ninety-mile square.
Over valleys as big as shire
Are We there? Are ye there? Are ye there!
And then the blind drum of our fire.
An I'm rollin' is lawns for the squire.
me-"
Mr.. Kipllng pays a fine tribute to Eng.
lish womanhood in another poem which
he has named "a Dirge OF Dead Sisters"
that contains these lines:
"Who recalls the twilight and the ranged
tents in order.
Violet peaks upllfted through the crystal
evening air?)
And the clink of iron teacups and the
piteous, noble laughter,
And the faces of the Sisters with the dust
upon their hair?
Now and not hereafter. while the breath
is In our nostrilS,
(Now and not hereafter, ere the meaner
years go by
Let us now remember many honorable
women.
Such as bade us turn again when we
were like to die"
,a1 limo at OF 10 ut
omitted in the twenty-five selections
which go into the makeup of THE Five
Nations and many laugh will be heard
over Kiplng's exposition OF the trials OF
1.-The Married Man." sample of them
being mentioned In the following verse:
The bachelor e fights for one
AS joyful as can be;
But the married man don't call 1t fun,
Because e fights for three
For I'm and Err an 1t.
Can two an one makes three)
'E wants 10 finish lis little bit.
An e wants to go ONE to is tea!
The Charles City County Circle Of
Kings Daughters and Sons, who are get
ting out 1904 calendar, as means OF
raising fund towards repairing and
restoring Westoyer Church, are making
an appeal TO the Virginia Daughters and
Sons OF the King at large. They say:
"Will not the Kings Daughters and
Sons of~Yirginia. and all lovers of the
Old Dominion everywhere, whose eyes
may chance upon this paragraph, send
in their names an promised purchasers
pending the time that the calendar shall
be issued? In SO doing they Will help
forward the noble work of preserving
to future generations those sacred edi-
fices Of our beloved State. dcubly dear be-
cause our forefathers gathered within
them to worship the Goi whose presence
yet sacrifices the crumbi.ng walls. All
names may be sent 10 Mrs Ii, S. Saun.
dcrs. Shirley. Va"
active preparations are going on in