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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-02

NERVANT of Man. well done
Thy war Of peace is won IT,
~ The dream of continents hive and centuries '0U'
Is dream no more
Once, on a waiting peak in Darien'
Obscure till then,
But made immortal by single line
OF verse divine,
Bold Balboa, following the lure
OF fell Adventures backward gancing eyes
Found the new wonder that he sought
What did he not endure
That still another watery realm ,
He thus might add as kingdom to the spanish helrn'
Oh. Joy supreme of half-divined surpIisel-,
When. foremost climber. to his heart ne Caught
The virgin sight of that uplfted sea-
AS new. free,
Az though it had but just begun to DC.
Then. as he knelt. second dream thefe CAME
The wild surmise
Hi. silent followers felt but could not frame
For who could see so those oceans now
But wish them mated-nay, but see them so
Did he not dream that. far beneath some oay'
The hungry waters would devour way
Te slip his earavels and shalops through
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-02

Soldier of Peaceful War
Forgive US if our doubt shall mar
Thy victory that has neither blot nor scar
lis for the moment. when the Muses. gaze
Wanders from thee. Our country is so dear
Her lovers may indulge lovers fear.
Forgive us, too. a final word of praise:
That in these troubous days
Thy hand has written for the world to learn
A symphony of Labor where we may discern
| lie as a grander music than before.
Up to the heights that hide the sun
We hear the chorded tumult soaT
The cheer of morning ardor well begun
A hundred instruments that blend as one:
The dominant whistle and the whirring wheel;
The ringing peal
OF falling steel on steel;
The rhythmic hammer and the thrilling chain,
With intervals as palpable pain
The pulsing engine, the insistent drill
Treble of steam and bass of roaring TRAM
With Echo making fugue from hill to hill.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-02

O Soldier of our Peace,
If in this conflict thy great work shall be
Not thoroughfare of Honor and Amity.
But route of Conquest. avenue OF Hate.
Way of Cupidity and road to Wrong
Better those hills had never heard the din
OF steam and rvet, and the strong
And jubilant song
OF thy triumphant army, with one purpose kin.
Before it be too late
Adjourn the exultation Of the State:
Let it await
An Age of Reasons more propitious date.
Borrow a lustrum to undo the toll,
Unhinge each mighty gate
And let it rust supine on desecrated soil.
Turn the robbed waters backward to the sea,
If in their magic mirror there shall be
No worther vision of futurity.
The path to wonders, the allurng track.
Unto the Jungle mournfully give back.
And let the lazy lsthmus creep
Again in misty silence to its sleep.
Until some sullen earthquake, like god
Offended, where mans impious foot has trod,
Unwilling to be warder of his bones.
antly regurgitates the cyclopean stones
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-02

Leisure for leisure, but more worthly to liver
Why agonize and struggle for repose,
Remote uncertain, and unseen,-
If impose
On every bud the fury to be
Spy on the seed to witness if it grows;
Despoi the silver dawn OF its serene;
Startle the quiet dusk; like Phacton
Lashing the hours that draw the tagging sum-
Were it worth while the precious years to save
That we may mady gallop to the graveP
Oh, time, time mel Boon that we daily crave
And waste in craving losing as we save
Misers of all beside. spendthrft strife 49,
filings to each passing wind time that alone is life
Now have we need of days for nober use
Than savage barter or patrcian food.
Or ease that only childish joys amuse
Or a~less pleasure mixed with wi manners iT rude
For while ponder progress. half the world
Has turned volcano, and aside has hurled
All that long ages built upon its heights
Not time but life is squandered and the halt
Of all the wheat is winnowed with the chat
From trusted harbors the familiar lights
h BY which we steercd % safety have gone out
And left our laden hopes in drifting doubt
Death that was once Gods servant, now is Mans,
And at his bidding speeds his monsrous plans
u O marvel never sung to any lyrel
49, O certainty incredible and direl -
That one with anger thus could set his age on hrel
OF those who with cathedralpatience sought
Our liberty to buttress and upift
Who could have thought
The downward plunge to chaos was so swift
Is life false gem in our treasure store,
Once richly priced, richly priced no more,
And souls but sands beneath the waves OF WARP
Come country of my heart lest thy pure pledge
OF hope to the unborn be sodden sacrilege, 80
Cry though the cannon echoes, feace peace peace'
Summon thy hosts that kill not but Increases
Firm Justice calm of Wisdom fear Of Wrong
Courage Of Science. consancy of Law,
The poise of knowledge and the glow OF Song,
Religions solace, Doubts still reverent awe;
Beauty the smile of God, Music, His voice
Oh may these hold and true
Lift us from and teach us to rejoice,
Throw wide prison doors.
Self-built Of jealousy and fear;
That ruined empires may through renew
The long, slow march toward that miennal year
When men shall be Of universal love the willing servitors
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-02

Hath chance OF falrer SKY
Whether its shall lie
From Oregon's dark forests to the cheer
OF proud Manhattan, bright and clear
From London sooty docks many isle OF fear
That long scared the Western but shall quicker
Through Love and Law earthly Paradise.
No longer shall the bark iimitaby
That follows half the globe from Java Japan;
And they for tagging craft who gaze,
AS only lovers can,
Shall count with blessing all the dwinding days
That bring the wandering heart the sooner home. In
Now shall be saved not one mere month but Junel
Not three but Loves long winter of delight
Beauty of mountain meadow slope and dune,
As grateful to the welcome travellers sight
AS the recaptured glory of a
Now for a while shall he remain content
AS Life meant
For Preside voyage the MUSES. flight
High with Beethoven. with Shakespeare tar.
AS if the lore of Fee Zanzibar
Were that curly head
A little longer may delay the hour Of bed.
Devouring tales in wonder. to be dreamed in dread
Since the worlds turbulent prime
One war has ceased-the with lime:
Our one right of conquest yielding spoil
OF years of hours Of minutes Why this toll
To be companion to the cloud
To whisper with the Antipodes,
And where no blade had ploughed,
To carve a path for argoses2
Why should we win, equal cost
OF take and give
Of gained and lost
Evening star., 1915-02-07

daily by the great President and his
wife than these.
Once in a while a young daughter
would accompany her father and
mother, but it made no difference
whether she was debutante from
Philadelphia or Boston, or New York,
or a tired school ma am from some lit
tie red schoolhouse, or a hard-Working
farmers daughter-the President and
Mrs. Lincoln greeted her warmly.
There came few along in that
slow-moving line to whom the Presi-
dent seemed especially grateful for
what he considered the honor of their
here and there. were old women, with
bowed shoulders and white hair, dim of
vision, feeble of step, whose sons and
grandsons were somewhere south of
the Potomac, carrying muskets or wan
dering in swamps, suffering with gap
ing wounds in hospitals, or unde rgoing
terrible misery inseparable from some
of the military prisons And such
women were usually accompanied by
husbands or brothers vastly different
in appearance from the well-fed, we'll
dressed men from the great cities, who
formed a majority of those present
"It is a literal fact that not Il few of
the men presented to President and
Mrs Lincoln at the levee of January
). 1863. came up to them wearing neg
ligc shirts and heavy. clumsy, cow-hide
boots, into which were thrust their
trouser legs. They thought nothing of
such iucon&ruous clothing at the White
Evening star., 1915-02-07
Carmen.

MIME. cALvE' the famous Carmen.
GVA said, as she sped under azure skies
and bright, warm sunshine over the
blue Mediterranean toward snow and
ice and New York opera:
There's a story that illustrates the
spirit of Carmen. If you keep this
story in mind you won't go far wrong
in playing the part. It's a story about
a beautiful, wild. Carmen-like girl.
whose husband said to her on their
wedding day:
Now I've married you, and remem-
Der this-the first time you deceive me,
I'll kill you
THE girl blew cloud of cigarette
into her husbands face, laughed
and said:
"'And the second time 1 deceive you,
what will you do then, deag9"
Evening star., 1915-02-07
THE IL
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tive in his capacity of treasurer of the
association. AS there is no one With
this authority. the money has not been
delivered, and forty-eight interest
checks for $3.50 each are now in the
United States Treasury. held there for
want of a properly authorized receiver.
The funds collected by Gen. Spinner
prior to his death, with the books and
vouchers of the association, are at
present in the hands of his son-in-law,
j. II. Schumacher, whose home is in
Jacksonville, Fla, where Gen. Spinner
died. Mr.. Schumacher is anxious to be
relieved Of his inherited trust, and
would like to transfer it to an ac-
credited representative of the old as
ISOLATION. When the new Lincoln me-
mortal commission was inaugurated
several years ago Mr.. Schuma cher
wrote. begging that he be relieved of
his responsibility, hoping that the new
commission might absorb the assets of
the old.
The elaborate Clark Mills design was
never used, and is simply lost to the
world. 1t would seem that during the
busy and troublous post-bellum period
interest in the monument Jagged, as
sufficient funds were not Forthcoming
to carry on the work. American art
ideas and ideals have Changed radically
since 1867: people and powers have had
time to develop and expand their
knowledge of art, and in the interven-
ing half century the greatness of
Abraham Lincoln has been revealed in
fuller stature. The Lincoln memorial
commission of today. composed of just
such a patriotic body OF men as COM
Evening star., 1915-02-07

ITO those accustomed to the formal
ity of receptions during recent admin
istrations. that levee away back in
1855 would have been an amusing con-
trast. All sorts and conditions of peo-
pie from every section of the country
came up to be presented. Many of the
private citizens were in full evening
dress. of course. and many of them
were men and women occupying high
positions in finance, commerce. profess
s1onal life and society. But in that long
stream slowly vending its way to
where the President stood were also
men and women from the country dis
tricts and backwoods and from farms
in New England and the middle states
and from what we now call the middle
west.
Many of those humble folk, whom
Lincoln thought so much of, whom he
implicit faith as strong bulwark of
the nation, wore dresses and bonnets
most unfashionably made and of any
thing but expensive material. Among
them We're hearty, strong farmers
wives. arrayed in their best Sunday
go-to-meeting frocks. Some of them
wore mitts, others gloves fitting none
TOO well. And many woman put forth
a hand hardened by toll in the service
of husbands and sons who were then at
the front. And you may well believe
that no handS were grasped more cor.
Evening star., 1915-02-07

House, and least of all did the Presi-
dent entertain such thoughts, for to
Lincoln clothes meant nothing.
when the last of the several hun
dred guests present had been intro
duced by Marshal Lammon. the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Lincoln quietly withdrew
and went upstairs to their living room.
1t was then after IL O'Clock, and about
1870, the guests having all departed
from the White House. the President
would come down again and go to the
War Department. passing through the
basement of the White House. AS
usual, he would make his midnight call
on Secretary Stanton, to get news from
the front"
Evening star., 1915-02-07

Rf6N HERE is something ] want to
show you before you leave,
q said Henry A. Vale, secretary
of the Lincoln Memorial commission.
70 the contractor for the work OF
buildinc the great monument in Poto-
mac Park, as they stood together III
the Offices of the commission rev days
ago. Mr.. Vale walked over 10 ME
and took from it a packet OF papers,
From among them he extracted small
photograph. Handing II over, ne saio'
..There is the orginial plan FOR ma
tional monument to Abraham Lincoln
at Washington. The present memorial
is the fulfillment of that idea ihe
photograph was the accepted design
made bv Clark Mills for national
lincoln monument at Washington
If was in 1867 that the Lincoln Monu-
ment Association was incorporated Wy
act of Congress, approved March % VI
that year. for the purpose of erecting
. monument in the city of Washington
commemorative of the great charter Oh
emancipation and universal nper'y III
America The first president of the
association was James Harlan. at that
time United States senator from Iowa
If is not known whether he had any sue
cessor The vice president was John r.
briggs the treasurer Francis L. SPIN
ner. at the time of his appointment
treasurer of the United States, and
James ii. Edmunds was secretary The
other original members of the assocla-
ton were Francis Thomas. Sidney Per-
ham, Henry D. Cook, Bishop Simpson.
Richard Yates. Alexander w. Randall,
Burt Van Horn. Schuyler Colfax, Nath-
aniel G. Taylor, Frederick Douglass,
Gen. O. o. Howard, Samuel Shellabarger.
John Conness and George Fl. Willims.
An act of Congress in 1868 authorized
the Secretary of War to deliver dam
aged and captured ordnance when VOL
untary contributions were paid in to
the amount of a hundred thousand dol
lars An act of 1870 removed the re-
strictions as to the amount of sub
scriptions paid in and authorized the
Secretary of War to deliver damaged
and captured ordnance from time to
time as the models were completed.
An appeal for subscriptions was sent
out by the Postmaster General to post
masters throughout the country, who
acted as agents in receiving them. The
to Gen. Spinner. the treasurer. Those
contributing were presented with
elaborately engraved receipts en-
bellished with fine portrait of Abra-
ham Lincoln. The contributions reach
ed the sum of $4,000, and Clark Mills,
the sculptor. was asked to make the
design. For his memorial he chose a
site in the Capitol grounds. near the
Senate wing. designating the spot by
very cleverly photographing his model
in front of picture of the Capitol His
description of the monument is as fol-
lows:
1.-THE pedestal to be of granite and
figures bronze. The whole structure to
be seventy feet, surmounted by thirty
five colossal figures. Its construction
triangular; the base of which admits
three groups. presenting slavery.
The first (to the right presents the
slave in his most abject state. as when
brought to this country. Here we be-
hold him nude. deprived of all which
tends to elate the heart with any
spirit of pride or independence.
'Ths second presents a less abject
Evening star., 1915-02-07
No National Holidays.

15 WO of the widely observed and cele-
brated American holidays occur in
February. The anniversary of Abra-
ham Lincoln's birthday falls on FRI
day. the twelfth day of the second
month, and that date IS 4 legal or sta
tutory holiday in California. Colorado
Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois. Iowa,
Indiana, Kansas. Michigan, Minnesota.
Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New
York, North Dakota, Oregon, Penn
sylvania, South Dakota, Utah. WASH
ington. West Virginia and wyoming.
Washngtons birthday is a legal
holiday. or holiday by popular con
sent. in all Tie states of the United
States, in the District Of Columbia.
Porto Rico and Alaska.
Americans sometimes speak of a ma
tionai holiday" or of their national
holidays but the United States has 10
national holiday. \ ruted States
statute would be required to consti-
tute q pa .ticular day a national holt
day. and Congress has always stopped
short of ,his action. numerous con-
stitutional lawyers insisting that such
act belongs to the pow ers of the sey-
eral states and not to the general gov
ernment- In the case of certain days
Congress has declared them legal holi-
days in the District Of Columbia.
Porto Rico and Alaska, the power to
make holidays in the territories o.
the United States being given TO Con-
gress by the Constitution. Not even il
the Fourth of July a national holiday
in legal sense, though a A matter or
fact it is one by state acts and common
consent and usage of the people.
Congress at various times has ap-
pointed special holidays in the District
OF Columbia and territories. One OF
these holidays is Labor day and an
other is Memorial day. Labor day was
made a public holiday I'm the District
OF Columbia by a law enacted by the
Fifty-third Congress during its second
session. Labor day is observed in all
states and it is observed in Alaska un-
der the same federal statute which
makes il a holiday in the District OF
Columbia. May 80, Decoration day, or
Memorial day, has been made by Con-
gress a holiday in the District of Co.
lumbia, Porto Rico and Alaska and by
state action in all the states excepting
Arkansas, Florida. Georgia. Louisiana.
Carolina and Texas. which states have
made other dates holidays in memory
of deceased soldiers. April 26 is Con-
federate Memorial day in Florida.
Georgia, Mississippi and Alabama, May
10 in North Carolina and South Caro-
dina. and June in Louisiana.
Thanksgiving day is very often refer
red to national holiday. The
Presidents proclamation of Thanks
giving day makes ii legal holiday in
the District OF Columbia and territo-
ries and by courtesy and custom the
governors of various states issue a
proclamation Immediately following
that of the President, and this is done
in those states where statutory law
has not been enacted, SO that 1t becomes
"A legal holiday in all those states
and territories, but not a national
holiday.
Christmas is not a national holiday
and neither is New Year day New
Year is not even a legal holiday in
and massachusetts,, while in
Maine, by law. II is only a bank holi,
day.
Evening star., 1915-02-07

y Lincoln's administration the
White House receptions were held

0N Lincoln's administration the
III White House receptions were held
despite the fact that the states
q were engaged in fratricidal strife
and the life of the President in con-
stant danger of the assassin.
The receptions of Lincoln's day were
far different from those of recent years
at the White House. 1t seems pre-
posterous today to suppose that not
one but many of the guests appeared
at the receptions wearing cowhide
boots, with their trousers tucked into
them, and neglige shirts. There were
women in ill-titting, clumsily made
gowns, and bowed mothers whose sons
were in the trenches. To these the
President was especially gracious
Yet il must not be supposed that the
assemblages of state in those days
lacked elegance and fashion. The scene
al these ievees was one Of great ele-
gance. and there was a display of cos
tunes that would cause conflict of
amusement and admiration at d func-
tion today. The women wore long
silk, brocade and satin skirts draped
over the wide-spreading hoops, then
prevalent There were panniers and
founces Of exquisite lace. There were
tight fitting bodices oftentinles cut low
with diaInond-shape decollete The
coiffures were also far different from
those of the present. The women then
were more addicted to curls.
lincoln, doubtless because Of the
aeprfvations and frugaIities OF his
early life, had no patience with the
practice of toying with foods For this
the White House receptions during his
1ern,s- He felt that setting forth of
such Refreshments was an extrava-
rance and waste. when so many in
The country were in need
An Interesting account OF one of
these levees is given by Col. w. II.
Crook, who was present as personal
bodysuard of President Lincoln, as
follows:
AT o'clock The doors were thrown
hold stood Ward II. Larnon. marshal
of the District of Columbia JUST he.
yond him was President Lincoln. with
Mrs Lincoln by his side, and next 10
In the receiving line.
As each couple reached Marshal
11ain9n. he introduced them TO the
President, who turning sliybtl,, ~
troduced them TO his Wife; and Then
they passed down the receiving line
lowing to each of the ladies. 1t was
eI very simpIe, very dignified and very
american President Lincoln smiled
and grasped the hand of each man
presented with heartiness and cor
diality which admitted of no doubt as
to its sincerity.
There he stood-tall, lean and broad
OF shoulders. with a noble countenanre
for the time being the lines of care
departed and his eyes were lighted
with the cordiality of q host who is
really glad to meet his guests And
MIS- Lincoln, her head barely reaching
mis- shoulder. was equally cordial.
equally gracious. as she greeted those
VINO were presented. She wore a low
neck dress and hoop skirts.
Enclrcling her beautiful throat was
necklace of fiigree work, and around
her mead the wreath of white roses
which she invariably wore on such oc-
casions- She WAS smiling little lady
graceful although plump. bowinr 10
each OF the men and women as the
teesidant Introduced than. and sYi.
Evening star., 1915-02-07
S
. FIRST NATIONAL LINCOLN MONUMENT MOVEMENT
U>NO<R ~x1aIN
O~R<S~OoDO

prised the earlier association, is but
carrying out upon a larger and greater
scale the plan and purpose of the early
Lincoln Monument Association.
Evening star., 1915-02-07

stage. He is here partly clad, more
enlightened, and hence, realizing his
bondage, startles with a love of Free
dom.
"The third (behind) is the ransomed
slave, redeemed from bondage by the
blood of Liberty, who. having struck
off his shackles. holds them trium-
phantIy aloft. The slave is pictured
gratefully bowling at her feet.
Between these groups are three pas
reliefs First represents the firing on
Fort Sumter. The other two present
the Senate and House amending the
Constitution.
'The second story, first group. repre-
sents the members of the cabinet in
council, while Seward points toward
Europe, as though explaining the i'm
portance of the act.
1.-The second group, officers OF the
navy and prominent Union men who
stood by the President during the war.
.'The third, the fall of Richmond and
surrender of Lee.
1.-The crowning figure is the President
in the act of signing the proclamation.
At his feet are Liberty and Justice,
while behind sits Time. watching the
hour glass, missioned. as it were, from
heaven.
cat the base of the steps leading from
the center structure are six equestrian
statues of leading commanders OF the
army"
Evening star., 1915-02-07

OF the $4,000 contributed for this
monument, about $1,000 was paid to
the sculptor for his work OF the re-
mainder, $4,000 was invested in 3.65
per cent bonds of the District of Co
lumbia loan. The interest on this in
yestment was paid to Gen. Spinner un-
til his death in 1850. AS the bonds are
reeistered in his name, they could only
be paid to him or his legal represents
Evening star., 1915-02-07

IDENTIFY enjoying every moment as the
evening passed
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-02

Mr.. and Mrs. Beasley and Mr.. 10
Huffman of Eaton, o., were Sunday
guests of Frank Huffman and family.
-. Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Crawford,
Reese Ryan and Misses Nora Ryan
and Helen Rosenberger of Richmond
were guests Of Michael Kendall and
family Thanksgiving Day. H..
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Morrow and
daughter Nellie entertained the fol-
lowing at dinner Thanksgiving Day:
DR.. and Mrs. Roy Morrow and son of
Richmond, Mr.. and Mrs. Will Clements
Of Fountain City. Mrs. Alice Haisley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ebert Kemp and Miss
Adelaide Kemp and Messrs Harry
Morrow Of Columbus, Ohio. Walter
Powers and Alfred Kemp. ;. Mr.. and
Mrs. Edwin Charles were Sunday
guests of Michael Kendall and family
-. Misses Emma and Clara Kendall
OF Crothersville and Spiceland spent
the Thanksgiving vacation with their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs Wilson Kendall
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Green entertain
ed the former parents Thanksgiving
Day. Miss Carrie Boerner returned
home Sunday evening after / weeks
visit with Charles Bond and family OF