The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-15

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morning and the AUTHORS club steamer
went ashore. The dead are w. =. Nor
San, Ewing Herbert, z. W. Hoch, J. E.
House. David OTermyer and T. A. NC
Neal Their bodies have not been re-
covered. Further particulars later.
This caused a great laugh which was
/ followed by heartier one when Dr.
Roby Immediately afterWard read let
tiers of regret from Mr.. Morgan and MI
Herbert Another dispatch from Kan
sas City, no. read. Don't make so
much noise at your Authors club ban
quet. can hear you way down IN
Kansas City.-E F. ware"
Dr. Roby said that he and those in
charge Of the banquet had received no
I inkling Of the possible disaster Wnlcn
looked for a time az though it might
mean that there would be only two or
three speakers. He said he had gone
out and drafted the first men and Wo-
men who came along He had ne apol-
ogies to make for them and none were
needed for they acquitted themselves
Just as good, if not trffie better, tnan
the original ones would have OF the
speakers on the original programme
only three were present Mrs Cofollh
Crawford williamson Of New York. Who
has been visiting in Topeka tor some
time: Justice H. r. Mason of the su-
preme court, and Luther c. Bailey, the
secretary of the club.
Capt. j. G. Waters Speaks.
LII. EAODy introduced NeAAAA "a 49,
speakers with an original poem and the
first one he called on was Capt Joseph
G. waters who had been drafted. Cap
tain Waters talked in his Usual brillian;
fashion, saying among other things;
AT haIf-past three Ihis after con,
received an invitation to address you. L
have never been in the presence Of the
ImmCrtals before. / have never been
permitted to sit on lofty Parnassus ana
ride booted and spurred down the lealy
-1a.l
from high Olympus to my oven and
bakery in the Columbian building
have never written a book or indlted
sOne. and If / live a thousand years,
could not by compulsion be compelled to
do so. I remember q paragraph In
oliver Wendell Holmes Autocrat OF the
Breakfast Table. in which he says, that
the best evidence of small
poet is when he consents
to publish pamphlet of song.
This froze my young blood forever. 1
have read some poetry, but do not pre-
tend to be an expert. / wonder now,
among poets, such a man as David
Overnyer ever found place A man
raised on the Wabash bottoms, amid
the loWly environment of sycamore,
cottonwood and paw-paw thickets; in
nigh contiguity with milk sickness;
where bright day is consumed in cutting
hoop poles; with fierce tert1an feYer
periodically racking his frame; where
ms tune as a IilA LilllAC AdtAE ~ III AA'A A-i
that night and morn, is yelling Tor
Ouinine, Quinine, is not unto the manor
born so far as pOeSy is concerned NO
wonder he is not here tonight
II am a great reader Of poetry and i
think I know it when / read it. a. l..
Williams has the finest library of poets
in the world. Every bad verse that
touched ink is on his shelves. There IS
Thomas Brewer Peacock alongside OF
the Sweet Singer of Michigan. There
"a
you how many, many more he mas
been a lifetime friend Of mine, and
there never has been time that he
could appropriately suggest 1T, but what
he urged me to print a book containing
The Vision of Dodge City .Ehe Souie
Canal Tales from IronfOn, Iron Coun-
Nv Missouri. +" and other society verses.
There never has been but one poet in
Kansas, and who he or she is 1 VIII not
answer nor say, that he or she IS allFe
or dead. I have read bad poetry but
never read amy so infefala3r 9aaet ehat
could not find a publisher. and # the
book publishers declined, the hame pa
pers. were open to it. And this puts me
in mind that when reporter, raised
nv honest parents. gets so low down IN
the scale of human existence that he
prostitutes his local column to his own
verse, it is about time to quit taking his
paper
T see that Governor Hoch was to be
here with q speech H Stl4EES ne LID l.
literature is about the last thing ne
would have time to deal with. Lltera-
ture has before this killed governors in
Kansas; the magnificent structure com
posed wholly of language has been des-
truction to our gubernatorlal occupants
ere this
| mot speech his administration lacks;
Have Carver find his certain facts
And then, not talk, but acts
t.--. si+- ~,--e 1,e-a or75 every where
All Ger our city bright and fair,
When Carver calls, they are not there
THE iuries listen to the lawyers talk,
But somewhere long the line they balk-
And then the jointist takes walk.
"a thousand joints keep open door,
A thousand faucets beer Outpour,
And still there's room for many more.
ooh, for a Foster on the scene,
/ or Ross GiIluly, do mean2
! To mop the state and make it clean.
/ "Oh. for a Carver and his wrlts,
To make bad men at last play quits,
/ Dick Bros. Blatz, Anheuser. SchIitz."
Mrs isabel Macarthur recited an origi-
/ nal poem entitled 'Cup1d'S Careless
ness" which was well received The
! Rev. John D. Knox delivered an address
/ and Miss Elizabeth Barr recited an or
/ iginaI poem, All Flesh is Grass Ad-
] dresses were delivered by DR. Fl L,
/ Alkire and Luther c. Bailey and Mrs.
/ Corolin Crawford Williamson, who was
/ introduced as the Clubs fair valen-
/ tine, read scholarly paper on Will
/ lam Shakespeare.
Justice H. F. Mason concluded the
/ speechmaking with a brilliant talk on
! literature in general, which he inter
/ spersed with the recitation of some ex-
ceediugly humorous poems. In conclu-
sion he called attention to the fact that
it was st. Valentines day and that no
| apparent notice had been taken of the
women present, except those who had
taken part. He toasted them in a
/ pleasing fashion.
Between the numbers on the pro-
/ gramrne mentioned Mrs. r. H More
/ house. who has q fine soprano voice
sang IT Love Thee THE Maid of
Dundee and Fraternity" the words of
which were written by Dr. Roby She
was applauded to the echo. Prof Wor-
! rau accnrnnaniad her on the piano