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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-25

Wise Dream Man Tells B@bbie About Memorial Day

graves were decorated with roses and
yiolets and other flowers. and the people
carried to the cemeteries wine, milk.
honey, oil, fruit. bread. salt. eggs and
the blood Of cattle. pigs and black sheep
They left these there in honor of their
ancestors.
In another part of Italy, especially in
the city OF Salerno, the people would
spread their tables at home with all sorts
of good things, and then. leaving their
doors unlocked, they would spend their
Memorial day in church. Although a
great many thieves came to the city that
day-and 1t wouldn't be hard to guess
where the food went to-the people be-
lieved that the souls Of their dead rela-
tiyes and friends had taken the food to
eat as they Journeyed toward heaven.
I'm Greece olives and wreaths were
carried to the cemeteries. and II any
flowers were found growing on the graves
they believed 1t to be sign that the
people buried there were happy. In
France for two or three weeks before
Memorial day comes the store windows
are Allied with wreaths Of the little flow
ers called immortelles. When the day
arrives the people carry thousands OF
wreaths and flowers to the cemeteries.
and no one forgets even the potter
field. where the poor are buried The
children carry the very brightest and
happiest looking flowers they can nnd
to put on the graves of their little dead
brothers and sisters.
I'm the villages among the Alpine noun
tains the people have their memorial All
Saints day. The mothers and sisters
weave wreaths Of evergreen and any
flowers that they can find high up there
In the mountains, and these they carry
to the cemeteries. In the evening they
put lamps at the foot OF each grave. and
i, Is a strange sight to see them kneeling
there In the snow by the light OF their
queer little lamps
'Umm. shouldn't like that" Bobbie
declared, thinking how much more cheer
full the beautiful Arlington cemetery
looks with the sun shining down on 1t.
But are all memorial days so peculiar:
he asked.
Many of them are like ours now. for
most OF the queer old customs have died
out, although the feast OF lanterns in
China and Japan is still beautiful
sight. But haven't time now to talk
any longer. Bobbie," replied the Dream
Man. Then off they flew toward home
on the Dream Mans magic coat. and
Bobbie determined 10 be one little Wash
inStqn boy at the memorial celebration.
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forced in run. When the announce
ment was made that Cash!on's arm was
hurt one cold-blooded fan sighed.
Whats the natter his friend asked.
Its shame" replied the fan. .'and
of course l am sorry. But ] can't help
remembering that this will prevent him
from walking any more opposing batsmen
for while, at least.
THE enthusiasm of The Stars con-
I tingent of scoreboard fanatics is by
no means confined to the game between
the Nationals and their opponents. 1t
fingers after the game is over. Each
day, especially on occasions when Wash
ington has been whipped, the crowd
will hang around the scoreboard until all
of the results are in and. If the Attn
letics or Chicago or Cleveland get theirs,
the base ball bugs 60 home and happily
figure up percentages for the next day.
There is one man who derives a double
pleasure from the score. As ne eX-
planned it to a friend:
I'm almost sorry when We play the
Athletics. l get all my fun in one dose
then. What l like is TO see Washington
out the game in the last innngs-and
then find out that the Athletics got
the eternal tar knocked out of them by
some lowly aggregation like the st. Louis
BROWNS OF the i dHhetS. nan the IuI
with me in watching scoreboards -
to see these whining. four flushing Ath-
letfcs get what is coming to them on
every and all OCCASIONS"
X < x
WHEN Joe Engel. pitching for Wash
w ington, knocked out a triple and
then forgot to touch first base, the crowd
of fans let out a howl of anguish that
has not been equaled around The Star
scoreboard this season. Nor was the sor-
row mtigated when the next man knock
ed out a long fly, which would surely
have brought the young pitcher home.
Precedents in the matter of bone-head-
ed playing were discussed at some length.
casiun when Hulseman. playing for
Washington, whaled the ball over the
center field fence and then, in response
back to second anu touched that base,
which he had missed in his initial trip
toward the base.
THE trouble is said one long whisk-
cred visitor after the general comment
had died down, that no inexperienced
man ought to he allowed tn break loose
with triple. Take this yonngster Engel.
He probably hit the ball and for "A mo-
ment was paralyZed with wondermeut.
Then came the vague idea that having
made a hit he must run. He did hut. not
knowing the way-and this is natural as
he probably hadn't been III the vicinity
Of first for a dogs age-he simply got
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A CONGRESSMANS
WIFE COMPLAINS

IT wouldn't be quite fair to tell her
! name, but she is the wife of a repre-
sentative from a nearby district. She
says she is about TO die from an over
dose of guests on sightseeing.
IF anybody mentions the gold dome of
the Congressional Library to me l shall
scream" she declared. II know every
object In the new National Museum:
know. moreover. the dates of the pur-
chase of each object; / could find Its To-
cation in the museum with my eyes blind
folded and my hands tied behind me. The
Medical Museum is All open book to me.
though | wish my friends had been of
less scientific turn of mind.
PLEASE, please, refrain from speaking
of the view from Washington Monument,
and if you love me don't ask me how
many steps one has TO climb to get up TO
the top. I have climbed those steps and
counted those steps, not once, but
dozen times this spring. My back aches
madly from the strain. | have blisters on
my heels and no soles my most com
fortab BILE pair of shoes.
My nerves? They gone. just gone
l am thinking of going To sanitarium
to rest. My husband says l look like a
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wounded or dead on the field and some OF
them wore the blue coats and some gray.
Whichever side had won the battle sent
out its burying squads and they marked
the graves they dug and saved any letters
or cards so that the mothers or fathers
or relatives of the dead soldiers might
know where they were buried
Sometimes. though. Bobbie If the bat
tlefeld was large these burying SQUADS
couldn't get around very fast and many
of the wounded men, would crawl away
hunting for water. They often died and
were buried by the farmers or negroes
living nearby, in graves that mad no
tombstones or even sticks to mark them. =
boys at home didn't know they were
dead. did they, Mr.. Dream Man,? Bob
bic asked as he tried to wipe away a big
tear that rolled down his nose without
letting the Dream Man see him.
NO. and perhaps they wondered if the
men had been towards and had tried to
run from the fighting, but then there
weren't many men like that in the civil
war" declared the Wise Dream Man.
NO one likes to think of those brave
men lying in some unknown grave, and
so Uncle Sam has been paying $40 for
each soldier found near the old battle
fields. and has sent them to be buried In
the beautiful cemeteries.
Il should like to put some flowers on
their Eraves Memorial day" Bobby de-
clared.
And SO you can. or any other little
Washington girl and boy replied the
Dream Man, for ii is just this little
custom OF putting flowers on all the
graves that made the northern and south
ern people begin to love each other Two
years after the end OF the war one of the
newspapers wrote little story of some
OF the women in Mississippi. who had
put just many and as beautiful flowers
on the graves of the northern soldier.
as on the southern: and this seemed such
2 sweet thing to the people all over the
country that many OF them stopped hat
ing each other right then and there.
Then Gen. John \. Logan. commander
Of the Grand Army of the Republic. an
organization that all the Union soldiers
had joined. declared that the 6th of May
should be a day when people could SHOW
their love and admiration for the dead
soldiers and bring beautiful MOWERS and
wreaths to decorate theii. graves. So II
is Robbie that here in Arlington forty
five Years ago. the first regular Memorial
Gay was celebrated. People throughout
the country soon began to think It q
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red-faced man consistently PANIED the
Nationals.
Back to the good old last place he
would bawl. Back to the knitting days
Of Jack Townsend and Wee Willie Will
son-Back!'
He appeared to be almost crestfallen
when Washington tied things up. :,
When the game was over small
Say. mister said he, IF we had a.
team of fellows like You that quilted
after the fourth inning l reckon we
would be in last placer
The raucous voiced man reached for
the youngster. but he had skipped up
the street.
NOTHING appeals to the crowd like
= Laporte's attempts to steal bases.
During the game between Cleveland and
Washington Monday there was a stout
man-stout is putting it mildly, for he
weighed over 200 pounds-who viewed the
combat with two friends.
During the early part of the game the
hefty third baseman Of the Nationals
divef into second on his ear and was pro-
nounced safe. The crowd cheered wildly.
as did the two friends of the fat man. but
he merely looked thoughtful. A little
later Laporte attempted to steal again,
and his second effort, to the establishment
Of the fans, was as successful as his
first.
Great work." yelled the friends of the
fat man, waving their arms wildly.
THAT settles it, said the obese one.
speaking for the first time. I'm going
to play ball. too!
WHAT" exclaimed his friends.
eff LapOrte can steal second twice in
one game explained the fat man. then
I do not doubt that l can become Ty
Cobb. Me for a tryOut in the Sunday
School League tomorrow!
K
WHEN Laporte was stationed on sec
W ond he came in for some criticism
by the disappointed fans for not attempt
ing to run the blockade at third Nc
Bride was thrown out and Shanks flied
out while the bulky infelder held his posi-
ton at the keystone sack.
One man kept yelling hopefully:
Take lead off second, old boy, Get
off the sack! You'll make third easy.
Take lead!'
After a while sad-eyed fan turned
toward the enthusiast and snorted:
You're crazy! Talk about taking A
lead off second-why il would take the
state militia of Ohio and all the police
Of Cleveland to get that Frenchman off
the bag.
TN the first inning of the CleSelan nd
! Washington squabhle. J. Carl Cash
ion unfortunately. strained his pitching
wing and WAS forced to retire. Previously
he had given two bases on balls and
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.srHE BIvouAc- IS MUCH Quoted.

before the war After the echoes OF
that conflict had died away the federal
government attempted 10 gather up
the dead of many batuefelds and as
semble them in national cemeteries
The states OF the south followed
similar course with reference to their
soldiers who died in battle. Eventually
the government came to marking the
graves of Confederates who died in
the north. Confederates were admitted
into Sthe national cemeteries and the
breach was healed.
In this way great numbers OF Gene
teries have come to be maintained by the
federal government. In all there are
eighty-three Of them They are under
the care of the War Department and are
managed from Washington. All that may
be is done to make these resting places
of the martial dead all that cemeteries
should be. They are parked and guarded
and cared for. The government contrib
utes a monument to every soldier whose
people ask it, Finally it seeks to create
just the right atmosphere in its Gene
tories. ana that this may be done tablets
are placed about the walks and drives of
these quiet stretches and these reflect
the governments idea of the best OF sem
timent that is to be had In all the records
of all the men who have put thoughts on
paper since the world began.
To secure this perfection OF sentiment
the government has resorted to the poem
of the Confederate colonel, Theodore
OHara. From the one short poem. The
BiVouac of the Dead. il has selected
dozen couplets and these ii has cast into
iron or bronze and wherever Ia blet is
placed one of these is used. So has Theo-
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The Bore.

DaESIDENT WILSON, thanks in part
to his splendid training at Prince
ton. but thanks in greater part to his
tact. is said to receive and dismiss Wis
itors more adroitly than any former
occupant Of the White House.
Sometimes however. A stupid visitor
turns up and then President Wilson 5
tact is unappreciated. and the visitor
overstays his time. Apropos of such
visitors the President at a luncheon in
Washington told a story.
There was old fellow" he said.
who was praiSfng the rising young
la yer of the town
George. for a busy man. said the
old fellow. 'is one of the pleasantest
chaps | ever met Why. / dropped in
on him for social call this morning
and l hadn't been chattin' with him
more than fifteen minutes before he'd
told me three times to come and see
him again.
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beautiful thing to do. and in nearly All
the states Memorial day is now legal
holiday"
II think it's fine. too Robbie declared.
land ] do love to see the Old soldiers =
when they parade by and look so happy
Eyes. for that one day they forget that
they have grown older and that they per-
haps have only one leg or one arm,
said the Dream Man. smiling such a
beautiful smile that any one would forget
to look at his funny bald head and the
little tuft of hair standing up on top.
"All over the country those soldiers are
marching. Bobbie. but If you went little
further south YOU would find them wear
ing gray instead of blue, and carrying
a flag that once meant so much to them
the Stars and Bars.
But this doesn't make them love the
Stars and Stripes any the less, It's only
that they are living over again the days
when they started out to fight for what
they thought was right. When you're
a man. Bobbie. there won't be many OF
either blue or gray men left and Memo
rial day is one of the biggest days IN
the year for 1t will never let us forget
those brave men.
But the United States is not the only
country to have Memorial day." contin-
ued the Wise Dream Man after looking
out across the river for little while.
Centuries ago the Drufds believed that
il people were wicked when they died
their souls went into the bodies of ami
mails. and so about November !. the day
before they had great festival of
thanksgiving to the sun, they celebrated
their Memorial day.
They believed that this was the day
when their God Saman, the Lord OF
Death. would call together all the souls
who because OF their sins, had been
obliged to live in the bodies OF animals
during the past year. He was a wicked
god. and so they brought flowers and
gifts and prayed him to allow the souls
of their dead friends and relatives tn
leave the bodies OF animals. They thought
that perhaps. when he saw their gifts, he
would be kinder TO them.
The Romans. too had Memorial
day" continued the Wise Dream Man.
For eight days in February they closed
their temples and all the men who were
rich and rulers in the country had IL
wear common clothes. like the other peo-
pie. On the last day the tomhaz81d
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again To where the lighting men of the
United States sleep in the City % Mex
100. are to be read the couplets OF this
poet. placed there by tho government.
For, i'll all these cemeteries. Uncle sam
has sought TO place tablets that express
most adequately the reverence of those
who survive for the heroes who have died
in battle, And, searching the whole world
of literature, he found one poem that
SO far outshone all else that all the tab
let's in all the cemeteries contain lines
from that poem and nothing else.
This one surprising poem of tribute to
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AS THE POET LAUREATE OF NATIONAL GENIE

,lore otnara become the official national
poet Of the government. 50
has he become the only poet of the gov
eminent ;hat was ever officially deslgs
mated and whose Writings were ever or.
fiCially used IN any connection to the exc
clusion Of all others So has he become
the man who pcrsonitie the spirit of Me-
mortal day.
Copyright. 1915. ~ ". \. ~ ruyo
His poem 10 Daniel Boone follow
THE Old PIONEER
4 dirce for the brave Old pioneer
Knight -srTant ~ the woad
Calmly beneath The green S.,d here
He rests from field and flood.
The wsrwhoop and III. panth"r's screams
M more his som shall rouse
For we'll the aged hunter dreams
Beside his good cid spouse.
A drge for the trasr old pioneer.
flushed now his rifles peal.
The dews Of many vallishS year
Are on his rHsted steel.
His horn and pouch liz moidering
TIon the cabin door.
The elk rests by the saited spring.
Nor fees the fierce Wild boar.
A dirge for The brave old pioneer.
old Druid Of the West,
His offering The fleet Wild deer.
His shrine tho mountains crest,
Within his wildwood temples space
An empires towers nod
Whore erst. alone Of all his race.
He knelt 10 Natures God.
A dirge for the brave old pioneeri
Columbus OF tho land,
Who guided freedom proud career
Reyand the conquered strand;
And gave her pilgrim sons homo
No monarchs step prnfanes.
Free as the chainless winds that roam
Upon its boundless plains.
dirge for the brave old pioneer
The muffied drum resound.
A warrior il slumb'rlng here
Beneath his battle-ground.
For nor alone with beast of prey
The bloody strife he waged.
Foremost where'er the deadly frav
or savage combat ragged.
dirge for the brave old pioneer
A dirge for his old spouse.
For her who hlest his forest cheer.
And kept his birchen house.
Now so.Indly by her chieftan may
The bra old dame sleep on.
The red mans step il far away.
The VOLTS dread howl is gone.
dirge for the brave I'D pioneer
His pilgrimage Is done:
He hunts no more the grizzly bear
About the setting sun.
Weary at last of chase and life.
He laid him here rest.
Nor ecks he now what sport or stsiee
Would tempt him further west.
dirge for the brave old pioneer,
The patriarch If his tribe
Tie sieeps-no pompous pile marks whore.
No lines his deeds describe.
They raised no stone above him here.
Nor carved his deathess name
An empire Is his sepulcher:
His epitaph is Fame.
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@HERE was one visitor at The
Star score board last week who
played the whole game accord

~HERE was one visitor at The
Star score board last week who
played the whole game accord
ing to stock quotations. Sounds
foolish. but it's fact Evil
IDENTIFY he was either broker in his own
right, or the promising clerk Of a pros
porous dealer in stocks and bonds on a
margin: presumably the latter, If his
rather youthful appearance and brightly
checked suit counted for anything.
When Cleveland came to bat. with
Groom pitching, his initial yell was:
.sCome on, boys! Buy on a margin.
This Washington stun will be selling at
nine thousand by the eighth inning!'
Then Cleveland made q run.
"Going down." he whooped. The whole
team at a half at a half. at three
eighths, three-eights; quarter, quar-
ter
And then the side was put out. and he
temporarily subsidized.
But his grand explosion occurred In the
ninth inning, when Groom was relieved
and the man with the megaphone an
nounced that Walter johnson was going
to pitch.
Selling at a quarter. a half f,ve-
eiehths: three-auartery seysntn,e,snths
III,
our chances. sell them at any price and
go home easy in our minds.
The curious rooter has attracted num-
Der of followers already. In his visits
last week his audience never left. and
already a number Of youngsters are try
ing to pick up the queer lingo when they
cali for base hit.
CURIOUS rooters are becoming rather
~ regular. as a matter Of fact. There
is one old man who gives the ardent fans
Mysteries by saying We'll played" when
a Washington player knocks out three
base hit and ties the score.
He made this comment when Wash
ington in the ninth inning OF the third
game with Cleveland, scored two runs
and tied things up.
Gosh exclaimed one perspiring root
er. who heard the remark. III that guys
house was afire he'd apologize to his
wife for disturbing her before he car
ried her down stairs!"
THE tenth-inning victory for the Ma
! tionals at Cleveland proved SOL
ace to the fans who had witnessed two
dreary and disheartening defeats. Incl
dentally. the manner OF winning the
game-four runs after the Nationals were
apparently lost-furnished the rooters
with much desired chance to pan a
red-faced red-headed, humptious man
who had been consistently knocking
During the early part Of the game the
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Heard and Seen ait The Star Scor@b0ard

lost. am in favor Of restricting long
hits TO men who know what 10 do
with them after they get them
x
DURING one of the Cleveland games
- young Joe Boehling who has not
yet made himself solid with the fans,
was announced as the pitcher to succeed
Engel. When he stepped into the box a
fan pointed expressivey to the fagpole
of the Post Office building. where a
Steeple Jack was engaged in climbing
heaNenward.
See that man said he expressively.
Yep, replied his friend.
See any omen in his being up there?'
Nope, replied the friend.
We'll, I'll tell YOU, said the first fan;
right there Is where Joe Boehling is
going to be in less than three minutes
But contrary To expectations Boehling
stayed close to earth and concluded the
game with honor.
!. x K x
~ HE man who is solidest with the
great crowd at the score board these
days is Dutch Schaefer who for all
of his clownism. is building up reputa-
ton as a sterling pinch hitter. second To
none in the league. Every time Schaefer
comes to the bat the crowd loudly de-
mands a hit and when the scoreboard
pcii IiH5S there 10 d Slloul u
Il told you so,
Many of the fans firmly believe that
the German should be allowed TO play
second until young Ray Morgan has
shown an Improvement in batting.
As one horse faced man said
He may he a kidder and the crowd
may laugh at him, but don't forget that
beneath all that frivolity he has the
real goods to produce whenever wanted
X 4
II ST as Tuesdays game was dra wing
J To a close "A White-haired AHA BILE man,
wearing straw hat, drew up quietly to
the scoreDoard and proceeded To take m
ran over the list of hits. errors and runs
and then began 10 perGse the PLAYS.
For ten minutes he stood before the
scoreboard. applaudinS when the per-
Torrance was good and furnishing his
companion With scraps of Information
concerning Walter johnson, Robert
Groom and others among the eminent ia
the Nationals team
AS he went awaN weak-lookinS young
man with a receding chin asked of am
Other young man who the 'old fellow"
Was
He don't seem To know much base
ball" said he Of the receding chin.
oh" said sthe friend with whitening
sarcasm .'he doesn't seh? Well. that ;
Senator Lee Oyerman of North Carolina,
and he has seen more base ball games
than probably any body else in This
crowd"
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A UTHOR of The Bivouac
4 \ of the Dead" the Great
est of All Bards in His Field.
His Life One of Fascinating
Romance-Fought in Several
Wars, and Was a True
Adventurer-His Poem to
Daniel Boone-Poems Are
Much Quoted in Many Coun-
tries A Kentuckian. His
Grave Is Near That of Daniel
Boone.
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III. bard of Me
mortal day. I Il :
poet OF the nation
al cemeteries, is
Theodore oIIara
The federal gov
eminent h a : $ {
designated him. "
every II a t o II a
cemetery. from Ar
ling 10 n. Y a., Il
clusters battlefield
Montana, and back
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specter. His constituents who We're our
guests? Oh, YES. they had a beautiful
visit. They have all written me since
that they gained many pounds during
their stay with me- ] have lost nine
pounds from my already svelte self. ivit
what does it matter about me? I'm just
the wife Of a public man.