Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-10-16

SmlLn RUSSELL SO HuCH. 1dSn any
one told you so before? You have
such a typically New England face
Eugene Wares was a striking fig'
ure, tail, straight, with face which
would impress stranger with conf
dence -,
Although kindly In manner. he had
o shrewd reserve which no doubt came
from his way back Puritan ancestry.
But he had lived long time in
Kansas and identified himself with
the country and people there, and from
this vantage ground he issued the
Ironquil poems which made him Ia
nous. p, - -. = L f.5st
Like Myron Reed (who had drift
ed from Orthodox Congregationalism
In Massachusetts, westward to Indian
apolis, Milwaukee, then to Denver,
growing more liberal as he VENT, he
was prominent representative OF
present-day liberalism. s7.f
-: Strange as II may seem, when Mr..
Ware was nominated by President
Roosevelt as commissioner OF pen
siOns, objections were recorded be.
cause of Mr.. Wares heterodoxy. And
this objection was based upon Mr..
Wares famous 'Washerwuman' 8
Song %.<. V
"Of this tender, charitable poem
quote only portion: n-..p@
In very humble cot,
In a rather quiet spot,
In the suds and In the soap
Worked a woman full Of hope;
Working, singing all alone,
In q sort Of undertone,
with the Savior for a friend,
He viii keep me to the end"
It's a Song I do not sing,
| For Il scarce believe q thing sasr
/ OF the Stories that are told 4 e
OF the miracles Of old; f11Fs IS
/ But 4 know that her belief Is
Is the anodyne Of grief. ~
And will always be q friend
That will keep her to the end.
/ cherish my midsummer's nights with
these men because I'VE were associated
a. cDnis1des. Ne sat and fossInsd.
had our simple meals, walked along
the shady paths, or padded over the
nearby lake Always II friendly faith
and carnaraderis. ON leaving, Reed and
Riley ASKED me to Join them ID triple
expedition lcamping Ind fishinel, but
I could not go. It would have been q
rememberful outing, am sure, for
Mr.. Riley Is keenly sympathetic, a
sentimental man he expressed It to
me. = % ..z,ss sE1g
HE told me much of Nye and his
tender, w0man's heart. 'Ah,i the pub
lie does not know, he said: .tNye was
one Of the most loVable characters I
ever knew ~ ~.
L. too, knew something of his home
side. Years before, In friendly cor
respondence, he had sent me pen.
and-ink sketch Of himself, drawn from
memory" 1 keep 1t among my treas.
ures. Like Riley, he was always a
good soul, cheerful even when his
spirit was weighted with physical SUI.
fering. Pr :, x ~
| "A GI.e, sense of courtesy and
thoughtfulness so rare today IL a Riley
EQUALITY an rold-South kindliness and
interest which Is passing away. even
In the hearts and manners of those
Iwho come to as from the Sunny South.
II is too bad that they are selling this
most valuable heritage for a mess of
northern pottage. 80. -
Owing TO my little sons Illness I
had to leave our party sooner than
expected. so Mr.. Riley came to me and
Expressed his regret that the lad was
I'll, that ] could not stay and hear the
reading from "Raggeddy Man" that
evening. -
We do we'll to enshrine the poet in
the hearts of our children. Mr.. Riley
Is one Of Gods gentlemen.
In an age when hollow social func,
tons take the place of cordial friend
ships; when there is no time to make
even a type-written acknowledgment
Of friendly favor, let us emphasize
the value of the only things which will
be real to us at the hour of our
passing.
Thursday, October Z, 1915.