The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-10

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Today being DECORATION day. ,..,,.
that there are but few Of us LETT.
eugene ware never paraded his 49,
0Atfon with the Muse. He always an.
cussed It reluctantly. especially for puh,t
cation. because years ago he feared thu,
his reputation as q writer OF verses nigh,
nufs him IN the practice Of law. But
his reputation as . poet never hurt him
In business and he built up 4 great nrac.
tioe. l''-S
Not long since ne discussed his versa
with Kansas City Star interviewer who
visited him in his Kansas farm homo
He wore an old hat with holes in the
crown" said the interviewer, ian old pair
OF shoes and he was collarless He was
at work on his front porch repairing a
chair that had been damaged in ship.
ment from Kansas City. had last seen
office in Washington, bossing several
thousand clerks. and the contrast wa,
striking He led the way TO the bun
galow library. where hundreds Of Law
books were ranged on shelves He
allowed the visitor his photograph with
several hundred records, and the thou.
sands OF pictures that he brought from
Europe some years ago, and his three
grandchildren and declared that he would
enjoy life now.
"How did you get started In poetry?"'
he was asked.
when came TO Kansas away back
IN tho '6os." ne said. and settled down
IN Fort Scott was q harness maker.
That 10 really my trade. learned II
when . boy. only practiced Law for
the fun Of II, and have written poetry
- . pastime-my real business is MAX
ing harness. and I can mako az good
get Of coach harness "a anybody.
Along IN the early .70s-that was be.
fore picked up the law-there WA
2 young Job printer 1t Fort Scott named
Les Winters. and he began to publish a
little paper to advertise his Job work
Before that time had advertised my
harness shop in the local pagers. and
to make people read what said I triet
putting 1t In rhyme My competitor
wrote advertisements In verse and did
the Same thing to meet his competition
That Is what started me. I found ]
could mako rhymes and people would
read them. 10 I kept 1t up.
'One OF Ironquills earliest poems. ant
the ono which did most to establish III.
reputation as a writer OF verse was
The Washerwoman's Song One OF the
verses In this poem contained a sentt.
ment that gained for him reputation al
an atheist and caused wide controversy
at the time II appeared. In this poem he
declared:
IT'S song do not sing.
For scarce believe thing
OF the stories that are told
OF the miracles OF old;
But know that her belief
Is tho anodyne OF grief.
And will always be friend
That Will keep her to the end
Many years have passed since the poet
penned these lines but he says his views
have not changed
~ had no ideas on The subject o, a
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