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corruption OF De La PCer. IS an old Ital-
ian one. antidating the name Of the river
Pc. which followed the ancient spelling
Of the family for which II was named
The family. Ike other Angl0-NoTman set
tiers in Ireland. passed through Normandy
from Italy, and thence through England
and Wales. into ireland. where for q
long period they retained hereditary Ital-
ian traits
Descendants OF the family were found
IN Ireland as early as 1217, but now the
name IS IN Gaelic form-Poer.
Where was Edgar Poe b0rn2 I have
been shown the house n Norfolk, Va,
where he IS supposed 10 have come into
the world. BOstonians have assured me.
with an awful emphasis. that his first
worldly home was in their quaint town.
As a matter o. fact, Maryland. not Vir-
ginia or Massachusetts. can justly claim
The wierd poet OF the night as her
own.
In January. 1909. the Hopkins theatri-
cal company. Of which the poets parents
wer- 7 cTnbers. vas filing an engagement
al the Holiday Street Theater. Baltimore.
a famous playhouse. where the best tai
ent o. the early years OF the century
performed. and which was the first thea
ter in the United States 20 be lighted
by gas. On the evening Of the 18th Of
the month. Edgar Allan the second child
-of David and Elizabeth Poe was born
IN a clearinghouse. at 9 Front street.
two doors from the Old shot tower. The
place was kept by 2 Mrs Beers. who af-
terwards asserted that she had 10 pro-
vide clothes for the little stranger
Now "A Drinking saloon.
The place IS now utilized as a drinking
saloon This spot where the lovers OF
the Raven and the Bells should revere
is now desecrated by the cHnkIng OF beer
glasses and the hilarity Of their de-
voices.
Boston SAYS Poe was born IN that city
on that eventful night which meant much
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land. His experiences there have been
immortalized in William Wilson" In
| this school he received a thorough CLASH
cal foundation There his future poetic
nature was aided by reveries in the old
fashioned garden. picturesque n its tan
/ yew trees and arbored walks. The Al
/ lans returned 10 Richmond IN 1871. and
Edgar, q dark-eyed STRIPPING Of eleven.
continued his preparatory studies IN Dr.
Clarke's Boys Academy. This school
was attended by the aristOCratic boys OF
/ Richmond, and 1t was through intimacy
with Dick Stanard. chum there. that in
/ IS22 first love. the sweetest thing in life
came 10 Edgar Allan Poe.
To Poe that his first love was many
years his senior mattered little She re-
paid his lOve-the mother Of his churn
Dick Stanard. This singular fact proves
that true love can ignore age. That this
was divine inspiration 10 the genius Of
Poe is shown IN that immortal word
poem Ito Helen she crystallized into
being Edgar. though fourteen years old
only, with instructive dislike OF the com
monplace, changed her name to Helen. -
In which Mrs Stanard laughingly acQui-
esced.
Her gracious friendship fred the sensi-
tive heart OF Poe. He was in ecsta sizes.
He could not talk, he could only gaze
admiringly on her. He dreamed of her.
lived only 10 see her. and a strange bon
camaraderie sprang Up between them. an
intimacy so pure and holy. so strange
and unearthly. that its impress was
craven eternally on the passionate heart
OF Edgar Allan Poe.
Visits Cemetery ut Night.
No one can doubt Mrs. Stanard felt the
mystic influence Of this mad genius. Sud
denly the golden thread Of their friend
ship snapped. her brave. loving mind
failed. and the grave inciosed Helen
Stanard forever from his sight. This
was in 1924, Mrs Whitman, the love OF
Poe's maturity, says. "She (8irs Stan
aruJ was very kind to Edgar and when
she died suddenly, he felt such sorrow
for her death. as he told me, that he
used to go every night to the cemetery
where she was buried, leaving the aead-
envy or home. privately, 70 visit it."
The boy poet kept midnight watches
for months. his anguished heart learn
ing there that sense OF intimacy with the
dead that has so distinguished his work
Who can doubt that, in these dreadful
love vigiis. his weird nature became
enamored OF mystic creations Of night.
that there he learned the terrOTs Of death
and the despair Of loss
Perhaps there he learned the most
exquisite theme Of poetry IS a beautiful
woman in death" that motif Of all his
writings. the rosary Of beautiful dead
women who make his work unique and
strange.
A Boy and Girl Love.
Sixteen. and his heart was buried in a
wOman's grave, Happily, though. there
is ever resurrection for youth from sor-
row and grief Youth forgets- Presently
we see Master Edgar Poe amusing him
self in boy and girl love affair with
Miss Sarah Elmira Register. young
lady OF fourteen. In after years, Miss
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reputation as an educational institution.
The celebration viii net be merely local,
but national. and even international in its
character
The university hiss always taken deep
pride in the fact that Edgar Allan Poe
was a student within its walls. diStln-
gushing himself By marked proficiency
In Latin and French, and In Italian trans
lati0n; well known 70 the librarian as a
free user Of his books, with discrimin-
atEng taste in the selections made, and
noted among the students for athletic
pr0wess and gift Of narration.
No. 3 West Range, the room desig-
mated by a little bronze tablet as the
small home Of a great poet will be
used as a museum This museum IS kept
open this week In this, through the en-
ergetic efforts Of Prof James A. Har-
risOn. author OF the Virginia edition OF
Poe's works have been placed not only
all Of the mementoes Of Poe available
In the university. but also such as may
be borrowed for this interesting occa-
sion.
Plans Poe Exercises.
On Monday evening. January IS. the
Raven Society. the undergraduate society
OF the university named for the most
celebrated poem Of the schools most
famous poet. viii have charge Of the local
exercises This programme viii include
musical rendition Of some Of Poe's poems
an organ Interpretation OF The Raven. -
illustrated recitations from his best
known works. possibly the play Of Poll
tian,' and q short address from a distin-
g1ished Virginia speaker
The next morning. that Of the 18th. IN
ternatiOnal tributes TO the genius Of Poe
viii Se given. There wiz be an address
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OF his stern father. Gen. David Poe. the
first citizen. Revolutionary patriot and
I friend OF Washington and Lafayette
I David had entered the gay life Of BO-
/ hemia. The old general viewed intoIer-
antiy and wTathfUlly DaFid's wayward
ways and his uncommon fondness for
+ Thespia- But young David could scarcely
I help his Bohemian inclinatfOns His veins
I pulSated with the fervoT Of Latin ances-
/ Try. Celtic mysticism, Irish impUlsive-
ness. and passionate. Southern languor.
l What wonder the strict discipline Of his
/ fathers household frked him
Wooed Actress widow
When David saw Elizabeth Arnold
Hopkins playing in the Holiday Street
Theater, Baltimore. the die was cast He
loved her. The company left Baltimore
and he followed IT. Ardently he wooed
4 the Young actress widOw-valnly. AT first
, for Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins had not yet
/ forgotten her first husband.
/ David. IT. persisted. and in Norfolk.
I Va, the lovers were married As David
/ Poe. jr., made his nuptial vows he IN
derstood his proud family would Ostra-
else him. for they had no sympathy with
actor folk What married 10 an ac-
tressl" Gen. Poe promptly disowned his
son when he heard the news The lack
Of paternal blessing did not deter the
young folks happiness, however.
In 1871 William Poe, their first child,
was born. Then two years later was born
to them Edgar Allan Poe. the Bard OF
Melancholia. Best family traditions place
this interesting event in Baltimore: other
biographers say Massachusetts. Wher-
ever IL was, II was on January g. 1879,
that the natal day OF Edgar Allan Poe
dewned. Mrs. Poe has been described al
this period in the following words:
In the face Of Poe's mother were
fOreshadOwed those ethereal Eleanoras
and Ligeias that haunted the poets
dreams with their delicate impalpabilities.
their Indian summer-like vagueness- It
Is the face OF an elf. q sprite. an Undine
who was 20 be the mother Of the most
elfsh. the most unearthly OF poets; whose
luminous dark gray eyes had a CLINT Of
the supernatural in them and reflected.
as he says in one Of his earliest poems,
the wiIdered nature Of man
From Comedy Team.
The stroIling immortals Of 7 Pagliacci'
did not suffer more hardships than the
Hopkins Stock Company endured in those
days Of no railroads, poor coach and
lodging house accommodations. After
marriage the POes formed a comedy
team called the ''vIrginian Comedians
Up and down the country they wandered.
Now as Ophelia. now as Cordelia. Poe's
piuclJy mother played, laughed, and sang
fer daily bread. All the while her heart
was breaking. for fate's cruelest blow was
in store. David Poe developed consump-
ton of a malignant type.
Elizabeth Poe, Ike Edgar. knew what
hand-to-hand battle with poverty
meant She knew the disheartening.
soul-crushing, hope-murdering sense Of a
hand-to-mouth existence; OF hard. tedi-
Gus work; OF daily debasement Of divine
art 70 the needs Of mere existence. Poe
drank in the bitteT-sweet drink OF loss.
regret, and sorrow with his mothers
milk. Is there any wonder that be was
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By VILLA POE WILSON.
On the 18th Of January the literary eye
OF the world VIII be focused on the his
toric town OF Charlottesville, Va, where
the Poe centInary VIII take place The
Poe lovers have prepared numbers Of fes-
rivals and levees 20 do him honor Honor.
which II it had been accorded him while
he lived. would have been 10 the sensitive
soul a surging wave TO have carried him
above his hand 70 hand struggle with
destiny. They bring. too late. an offer
ing Of devotion and recognition OF his
genius
His anna mater, the University Of Viz
ginia, proud indeed. 10 claim her son to-
day. proud OF his distinction in the world
Of letters. viii pay tribute 10 his memory
For four days the old university VIII lay
aside studies and lectures. and together
with the Ilterati. which viii gather from
al over the world. Isud her poet, her
son, Edgar Allan Poe.
Enters the University.
Edgar A Poe entered the University Of
Virginia during the second session. which
commenced February !. 1876 He signed
the matriculatiOn book on St Valentines
Day. February 4 Little did the prosy
custodian Of the book realize that the
mere admittance Of the curiy-haired.
dreamy-eyed lad Of seventeen into the
university would one hundred years later
prepare a festival for Poe lovers, who
brought the offering CT devotion TO the
altar Of this mans genius
The university viii do honor 10 Poe's
memory. not merely for his sake, but IN
gratitude to him for spreading wide her
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By ELISABETH ELLIOTT POE.

By ELISABETH ELLTCOTT POE
Edgar Allan Poe wrote in The Poetic
Principle"
NO man can consider himself entitled
to complain Of fate while. IN his adver-
sity, he still retains the unwavering love
Of woman
He should have been happy, than. for
Woman's love was a golden rosary IN the
domestic and literary life Of America
master poet.
Women have eagerly defended his mem
ory; women were his guardian angels
women were the themes OF his most
exquisite poetry. and the only monument
erected 70 his memory in Baltimore was
placed there through the efforts OF
women.
Mrs. Frances Osgood Sargent has writ
ten OF Poe's relations with women IN this
beautiful strain:
TO a sensitive and delicately nuTtured
woman, there WAS a peculiar charm IN
the chivalric, graceful. and almost tender
reverence with which he always ap-
preached al women who won his respect
I think no one could know him-nO one
voman-withOut feeling a deep interest in
him"
Beau Ideal with Women.
Every woman who knew and loved Poe
gave the same testimony as Mrs. OsgoOd
Sargent He was a beau ideal with wo-
men In the galaxy Of his women stars
none surpass the enduring briIIiancy OF
his three mothers. This paradox is ex-
planned. They were Elizabeth Arnold
Pee, the mother OF Edgar; Mrs. John
Allan. first. his foster mother, and
Mrs Maria GLENN. his step-aunt and
guardian mother. His mother Edgar re-
membered but family, for her tragic
death occurred in his third year
From her, this dream mother Of
lonely boyhOod. Edgar inherited rich i'm
aginative powers. She was a dainty,
mystic BIT Of womankind. an Eleanore,
Lenora OF his subsequent idealistic i'm
agery. Born IN mid-Ocean, while her par
ents were crossing the Atlantic, this
fairy creature without a country was the
child Of English Thespians. Of good fam
sly. but members Of a second-class stock
company Elizabeth. the only child, was
an artistic from childhood. gifted with
talent for singing dancing. and deClama-
ton When barely able 10 lisp. she be
came a Juvenile and entered stage life.
Knew the Stage Only.
In the unreal world OF the footlights
all her life was passed She knew moth
ing else; she was a eE1id OF the theater.
and this should be taken into account
IN the consideration Of the wandering,
unbalanced disposition Of her gifted son,
Edgar Allan Poe Like her, his world
was one OF fantasies. peopled by weird
creatures unseen to others. ike her. he
dyelt in that bOrderland OF genius, hard
by the moTasses Of insanity.
Her first marriage was TO an actor.
c. II. Hopkins After his death. 70 this
Undins 81 the stage. this wayward child
heart came love IN the guiSe OF David
Poe. r.. an imaginative, sweet-terpered.
high-sDirited boy. Fretted and impatient
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DR. W,A.Rice and wife, their laugh
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departed this life March %, 1909, ag-
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She was converted in January 1902,
Under the ministery OF tile writer,
and Joined the NJ. E. Church South,
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All was done by her parents that
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