Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-12-08

er.~ zee look a. n il rrere a tunnel
The evolution Of the "cl0che' shaps
certainly seems to be leading In IN
direction Of grandmother's quain
headgear.
twentieth century women arr
alarmed al the prospect Of having Z,
wear the antique bonnet Of theil
grandmothers. II j. considered as en-
itireIy unsuitable for the modern
woman. VINO j. energetic. indepen-
dent and with the poke bonnie woule
feel like a horse IN blinkers. TIT
modern woman wants a clear view All
around. Just like q man, not Ike thf
timid. ciinging creature u sixty year-
ago. who looked upon the world winl
d limited view from the DEPTHS Of the
poke boRnet'
THAT brains and studious habits
are not appreciated in an officer Of
the kings guards. has been shown
once more in the case OF Lieutenant
H. {. Woods. Of the grenadier guards.
wbo obtained a military c0urt Of IN
quiry into his grievances against hi
superior officers and brother lleuten-
ants
Lieutenant Woods. the son Of a
wealthy man. was ambitious TO quail
IS for the thinking department Of
the army. and studied hard at east
ern Languages. military history and
other abstruse subjects He made
himself useful 10 the war office. es-
p~eeially in his work Of assisting the
late Colonel Henderson with his Of
fetal History OF the war IN South
Africa"
Meanwhile Woods was making him-
self unpopular with his brother Off
GERS BY not mixing with them, or
joining IN their sport and pleasure.
one Of his most serious offenses Vas
not going out with the regimental
drag The lieutenant also allowed
his studies 70 Interfere with his maxi
ing himself perfect In regimental du-
ties His slackness 10 this regard Was
the subject OF adverse reports from
superior officers. who formed the
opinion that he could not control men
and was not likely 10 be a good reg
mental officer. He was privately ad-
that he would do better in some
other profession.
Woods resented these aspersions on
ability as a soldier. contrasting
them with the praise n thanks he
received from the war office To-
his extra regimental and literary
work lie therefore applied for the
which resulted In q copiOus
'%eveiation Of the Internal affairs ~
Grenadier guards. and the publ
'ati0n % Confidential reports
M%an-hunting IS now q recognized
port IN county Tyrone. ireland.
i here a pack Of twenty bloodhOunds
; maintained By Mrs. Parde Kirk.
This Is probably the only pack OF
'~loodhoguds in the world kept for
'urely sporting purposes.
The t~wo-legged quarry. a fleet
ooted peasant lad. Is well paid for
he risk he takes in being chased BY
ierce bloodbounds. He Is also al
o. choose his own route. and
half an hours time allowance.
handwriting pack. which Is
allied in Irish tongue the Tirnaskea.
the only hunt Of any Kind covering
he same country.
4 poet q genius Who once peddIed
In the streets has quietly
.assed away In a Roman Catholic
.asrital- IN London. This was Fran
Is Thompson. quite unknown 10 the
enerai reading public. but acknoWI-
by critics 20 be a master Of I'M
ginative verse. Who failed 10 be a.
reat goet simply through soaring too
and striving 10 utter the unut-
erse.
Although belonging 10 a good Irish Z
tmiiY. M sister being LADY Butlersr
noted painter of battle pictures
thompson was Ut one period OF bis
irefr reduced 10 absolute destltuiion.
j. Was trying 10 suhsist bv peddling
catches and touting for cabs ln the
lrand when ne was disco. er~d hv
lends who provided him With dneans
live and write his remarkable
-rses.
fhompson- idiosyncracy Was the
~ Of odd and p~olysyllabic words.
nd his vocabulary included such un-
words as refOrmafe. pleni-
me. supportlessiyf' "impitiablet
,onsoriress 'purpurate." ~unmedi- ,
tably. and roseal" His stvle ,
'metimes rivalled Browning in OBJ 4.
.uritN. but the beauty Of his verse I
The wealth 81 his Imagination was
He produced only three
iiumes of verse poems, an published !
1881 and 1897 4.