Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-30
WIFE EULOGIZES
NOTED HUSBAND
MRS. HovEY GIVES REMINIS-
CENCES OF FAMOUS POET
MEMBERS OF FRIDAY MORNING
CLUB ENTERTAINED
Beautiful Tribute Is Paid to Home Life
and comradeship by Woman.
Exposition of Poetry
Is Made

A thoroughly delightful morning was
passed yesterday by members of the
Friday Morning club, who were privi
legged to hear Mrs. Richard Hovey speak
on "Richard Hovey.'' and the great
poets Of the age in which he lived.
Mrs. Hovey's "reminiscences of her
husbands views and his work, her
rendition of his poems and her defense
OF the poetical influences in present
day life were altogether inspiring to
the audience.
Although Mrs. Hovey is distinguished
as a speaker and as an authority on her
subject in the east and abroad, it was
her first appearance in Los Angeles,
where she came to rest for the winter
months. Her friends who had personal
opportunity to enjoy We charm of hear
ing Mrs. Hovey won her consent to
widen that enjoyment to a broader cir
Gle and the Friday Morning club gained
the benefit. s-,-sf-,s 7ae @at ''-
1t lis unlikely, judging from the
expressions of those who heard her,
that Mrs Hovey will be permitted TO
rest now that the club women have
been given an opportunity to hear her
a. wisl1fT might Hear f1fty such "a ks, -
said one of the club members yesterday.
A MRS, t1OVey SfiOWSu
she has no patience with the upholders
of the fashioned Idea that this age
has no great poetry. ~f1 stand for the
now and the here,ao she said. "Our age
has done wonders for us-think how we
speak to the ends Of the earth 2~ think
how we fly through the air. is It not
roetic to think Of these things?@ Are
there not the greatest opportunfties Tor
really great poets? We should know
ard be inspired by the people who lived
and loved and hated and wrote In our
own time.
Poet Loved New York City
'Richard Hovey believed that, and he
loved his city as every man should.
He loved New York and it's greatness,
ard wrote about it, and about today's
economics, philosophy, psychology and
war, as well as the legends. And we
have had others who were great; for
instance whitman, Kipling and Joa-
ouin Miller, three big fellows who told
us that the best in life is not continual
ly to embroider our little bits of linen
with purple violets, and that poems to
my lady'S eyebrows are far from the
best subject That's what poets are for,
to see things and to make US see. There
are many poets who have brought to us
the message that our time Ia the poetic
time, that we have what the Greeks
had. They hadn't any ruins either
they had beautiful men and women and
commerce; and so have we, and a great
deal more
Mrs. Hovey read a long list of distin-
guished contributors to the lyric and
dramatic poetry of this age, adding:
There are many more If l had but the
time to write them down" She assert-
ed that much good poetry is written
nowadays that iis not published, and
cited instances she had experienced in
Los Angeles. 'a'
A beautiful tribute to the home life
and comradeship of Richard 4Hovey was
followed by an exposition Of poetry as
vocal art, the speaker urging that
poems be read aloud, especially in the
schools, and making plea for a better
appreciation of English blank verse.
Invariably I read a poem four
times" said Mrs. Hovey "for the idea,
for the music, for the style, and at the
last I am all ready for the intoxication,
the inspiration in it,