The Washington herald., 1907-06-09

evidently had a touch Of humor as well
as genius. for he called his effuson
'Twaddle on the Wild Deer
Far on the moarlauds.
Where the lark sings freely,
There with Jut danger. there without fear,
There is the sweet home
There is the green home,
OF the wild red deer
With bs grand high anticrs
Shedding I'm the spring
Growing in the autumn,
For a forifyirg thing
There where the hank IS yellow with b1tiercIps,
There whore the bluehals grow.
Jngling ever tngling ever
High and low quick and slow,
Jngling ever as they grow
And The birds he has FOR music
And the river f0T a cTp.
Aud his dinner grows an round him.
And be can always sup.
Another of his poems he insisted on
calling THE Day His nursery critics, il
is said objected 90 the line CLASSY gauzy
stream" but the young poet insisted on
the words declaring that he had seen il
50 in the River Severn:
1T is not gst the tulips time.
Nor dafgdls 20 bloom.
But acrnite and snordroIs white,
All shining IN the room.
And bv the riverside we sss
The birds and bcats s-giiirg
and down the CLASSY, gauzy stream,
The PIKE are sWepry sliding.
And vater-habes hide among
The cracks iu every rock.
With sa weed hanging 40 their door,
| And sss-veed for their fc1cS'
The Day was composed just about the
Young poets seventh birthday. Says the
New York Post. Just four years after
ward, on the night before his eleventh
/ birthday. last February, he died far from
home. az a preparatory school in Kent.
/ His parents. hastily summoned 10 his
+ bedside returned with the sad burden.
/ and seeing no tulips or daff0diis, but
verify the aconite and snOWdrOps white
/ al shining IN the room. it seemed 10
/ tHem that they knew why he would 50
mysteriously have those lines called The
/ Day" though they had protested that the
! title meant nothing at ALL
/ tourist who saw Tolst0i recently in
/ his home writes Despite his years and
/ his broken health. Count Toist0i leads a
remarkably regular life. His day be
gins at s O'Clock in the morning when
1 he goes 10 breakfast Then lie takes a
walk of about two miles. in the course
OF which he must take frequent rests. Al
10 o'clock he receives his mail IN the
family room. The important letters be
/ answers the same day, those Of less worth
his daughter answers and he signs the
letters. After the letters come tbs
papers and magazines, which keep him
busy until 2 o'clock. when he leaves the
family circle and goes 90 his own room
answers the same day, those Of Jess worth
/ is engaged on a reader for Oh. public
. schools. PuuCtualiy at 8 o'clock he ap-
pears go riding costume, mounts the horse
which is waiting for him, and rides two
. hours. on his ride along the roads, well
known % him. he is Saluted by every
peasant no meets. At o'clock ne meets
his family al the chief meal-pUrely vege-
tauan-and when this has been finished
he resumes his work. which lasts unit
Il o'clock, with an interruption Of a short
time after o'clock. when a group Oi
thirty peasant children come O him f0i
religious instruction. The children who
enjoy this privilege are So enthusiast,
about their teacher that much C0mpeti
ton exists as % who should be in th,
class. and many parents and elders hav,
asked 70 be permitted 20 attend the even.
ing sessions
Dr. Talcott Williams, writing in tn.
/ Philadelphia Press. pays this tribute {.
Dr Watson.
II is the fortunate and happy privilege Of eaci
master iu scotch fiction 90 win a personal dev1
t7n from hts readers neither shared nor attsiues
b, ans other 0f his craft In the English tongue
SCOTS death brought a sense Cf individual less not
svaBsusI by the going q either Dickens .r Tbses
cray. Stevenson was m0I-uCl az hipliug never vii
be The lamen,able death 05 Ian MlclsrCn" vii
cas-, over an the lands many and wide. vheu
MS wrrz read. the shadow OF personal loss aul
intimate scITUw,
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has seldom
been tempted 10 exercise his detectiy,
talent outside Of the covers OF his books
If / undertook 10 unravel the entanEle
ments oil other people l believe I would
fall he modestly declared the other day
once. however. he solved what might
have been a puzzle o. some people. 81
was in a tailOTs shop while a rather un
attractive man was selecting a pair OF
trousers. He fatty objected 70 striped
material, and 1 got the idea that he wai
/ a former convict. To satisfy myself
visited number Of prisons, and, sur,
enough, I found the mans picture IN th'
rogues gallery. Doubtless he had had
enough of striped wearing apparel"
Il may not be generally known thai
/ Queen Alexandra s private library is one
|of the most remarkable in the British
kingdom. Her kindness 10 budding a!
well as to full-blown authors encourage
them to send her specially bound copies OF
their works Her majesty always accept,
them in a civilly worded note OF thanks
dictated TO her secretary. Such note,
commit the Queen 10 nothing-not ever
to an opnion-but they are frequently OF
considerable service 20 the recipient. Nov
and then her majesty does offer an opin
ion-never an unfriendly one-and th'
; sender Of the volume promptly ascendl
20 the seventh heaven. When the autho,
is personally known TO her a little lette1
OF thanks is often penned by the mos
patient Of royal ladies'. The Queen doe
lltL ltdQ liiANh itNstAAasSf tNli-E 10 III
trouble with her eyes, but she enjoys be
ing read 70. More conscientious thar
most playgoers she usually procures
book Of the words Of any play she 4
anxious TO see and studies It befor
visiting the theater AT which it is bein,
enacted.
\ fine example Of civic pride was give,
the question Of erecting a new building
for the public library. Two proposition
were presented to the electors: ID Shal
the offer of Mr.. Carnegie of S750,OO0 70
a new library building be accepted? z
Shall the city issue its bonds for $40. 90
to erect a new library building? The for
! mer Of these propositions was reiecte,
bv A majority Of seVenty-saven while III