The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-02
THE IMES-DISpATCH SCHOOL or
POETS AND CRITICS.

THE REPRESENTATION SCHOOL OF
POETS AND CRITICS.
Here IS Ignorance for you! It is a
question to the editor: In an cd-
torial In your paper some time ago
YOU mentioned The Tmes-Dispatch
school of Poets and Critics Is It an
organization to which I could refer, or
Is 1t an Informal kind of brotherhood?"
Everybody ought to know the School
by this time. II is an organization, and
you can refer anything on top OF the
earth to tho members with 4 fair
chance OF getting Some light in return.
Yet, even more. 1t is an informal kind
of brotherhood We have to thank
our qucstioner for that nice definition.
tits n brotherhood with some sisters)
of amiable persons who love the noble
English language and what can be OK
pressed therein. 1t meets In that
democratic stadium of intellectual
sports. the Voice of the People Column.
1t has but one qualification for mem
be,ship--that what you say be Inter
estins. It seeks amusement and Gull
ture, and the preservation of those
gentle virtues love of beauty and love
pedestrian prose; YOU can be sentl-
mental or satirc: YOU can be serious
or funny, or try to be serious and sue
coed in being funny. You must be
Interesting
There is that good ilegible poet,
Duval Porter, from that nook in Vir-
ginia, OF which the very name is Tyr
zeal We mean Cascade. Noting, rs
is the wont of the brotherhood, our
lament about quiescent spring poets.
he sends n bit of Cascade moonlight,
with this charming note: u send you
spring poem suggested by little
white rosebush in my front yard This
trust you will publish and thereby
break the vcrnal poetical silence"
That hits the spirit of the It'd. school.
They are the people who have beauti-
full thoughts suggested by the little
white rosebush in the front yard. They
enjoy this garden world, and want to
share it with others. SO they write
and We print and both feel better all
over for doing so.
There Is Frank Monroe Beverley. of
tho sweet figures and the tempestu-
Gus lines; there is that valiant Cru
sader OF the Single Tax. who hides his
ancient and honorable name under the
poetical heraldry OF piedmont He
has so much to tell people that he
signs his name with a rubber stamp
Z mt
blood OF tho race to which Piedmont
is so devoted that he wants to lift off
all the burdens of taxation and put
them on the ground. He just loves
folks. Then there are Charles Macon
Wesson and cx-private Turpin, both
racy and full of wisdom that comes
from long living close to the heart OF
things
The Critics are the fellows who find
fault with the poets, or with anything
else that displenscs them. They are
our Attic salt The little essay in
taultlcss English from Hcilcman Will
sons subtle pen won him place, and
the letter We publish to-day from Will
lis Pepoon PAYS his Initiation fee, even
I II there had been any doubt after the
pocsy OF his name lie rebukes the
I dictionary III deft phrase and declares:
at tho college where ! imbibed the
! pabulum or approved English, we were
not only taught 20 place the accent
upon the first syllable of the word
OPP ponent.' but TO place it upon the
second syllable of the word 'contro-
vcrsy'" See how naturally he picks
ont the words that indicate his dispu-
tatious turn OF mind?
II you wan; TO know more Of them
read the daily Offering. You will find
beauty and charity and sweetness. You
viii find simplicity and sentlcness and
reverence. You VIII find faith ana
courage. You Will find tho fragrance
from thf little blue flower Of love of
/ life aud men.
It's nice weather to study anncxa-
! ton from n motor car