The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-30
FOLK WRITE JINGLES
LITTLE VERSES, BIG NAMES

The name OF James J. Hill has been
featured often enough In newspaper
pages. but never before, perhaps. In the
literary columns, Few people know OF
him AZ a poet, hut this creditable prod
uct from his pen appears In a boob just
published
There was a young farm in the West
So much oyerworked and hard pressed
That II YEARLY said,
'lll Just take TO my bed
And drop through to China to rest
But. alas, when the root. Of It. trees
Caught the eye OF the frugal chinese
They proceeded to pounoe
And 20 pant every ounce
OF that farm to potatoes and peas.
It must not be supposed that James J.
Hi has accomplished "A book Of verso
all by himself. He IL hut one contributor
to "A volume which stands as a remark-
able achievement OF two New Jersey
women. Mrs. Karl !. Roebiing and Mrs,
Annie Fisk Greene. both OF Trenton.
These two women last spring. when
hard times seemed to be becoming
harder. even than while ~endeavoring 10
alleviate somewhat the suffering OF their
local poor. conceived a notion. II was
a unique notion, and one which the
worldly wise prophesied would come to
failure. For they set about writing per-
sunal letters to about all the notabili-
ties in this country-statesmen, a
c.ers, artists. scientists. authors, cater
| ers. actors, soldiers. business magnates-
in which they solicited contributions for
n book OF which the profits should go TO
Iprovide pure milk for sick babies,
Perhaps the women themselves did not
realize the probabilities that such a re-
| cues. would be refused. For they even
went SO far as to ask for strictly original
, contribut,ons-rhyme, Jingle. anecdo,e.
moral aphorisms and the like. Hut the
result s,ands-a Response so generous as
to make q big book crammed with the
big names Of this country, "A unique
book.
one man Of big affairs wrote: "Bless
. me. | never had n sick baby and |
never made "A rhyme In my life. What
am | going to do
But he made a rhyme. AZ did Jacob
n. SrhiT and Gen. q. W. ioethals and
| John y. Archbold, James Whitconh
Riley. John Philip Sousa, Marie Dress
Ter. Mrs. Vernon Castle. Nathan Straus,
Lyman j. Gage. Reginald de koven.
Charles Dana Gibson. John Hays Ham
mund. David Starr Jordan, Arnold Rem
nett, John Galsworthy, Adolph Lewisohn,
Gen. Nelson \. Miles, Charming Pollock
De Wolf Hopper, Ebert Hubbard, Rose
Stahl. pr. Harvey w. Wiley. Louise
Homer, Katharine Bement Davis. Robert
! w. Chambers. Elsie de Wolfe. Otis skin
ner. Carter II. Harrison. Elsie Jams,
George Have Putnam, Billy sunday,
Julian street. Walt Mason, Charles
Hanson Towne, Nine. Nazimova and
scores OF others equally well known in
many walks Of life. Famous musicians
have contributed original compositions
and artists have contributed original
dra
James Whitcomb Riley's offering Is
both appropriate and characteristic
onc't ii,tie Wesley Onput watch
His mamma VIII the cow
An ask her whur cows git their mllk'
An why II wuz an how
She puzzle some, an men she ask
Him whur he got his tears
"Dh, SO you has to spank the cow
How funny that uppears"
John Hays Hammond writes OF "a
Youth of Manassas;
Said a young. ut,erateur OF Manassas
some poets catch flies with molasses.
I'm for red blood and snap
And no highbrow' pap
SO IN feed my Wild oats TO Pegasus"
David starr Jordan philosophers on
"Wishing and Fishing:
Llttl. Eric went a-ilshing
with his rod and line and hook
And his wishing cap, for wishing
Half the minnows In the brook,
This Ia what he caught by Wishing: .
Trout and lying hsh and whale!
This II what he got by fishing
one small tadpole by the tam
China IL called upon In a def little
! conceit called Exploration" by Mary
street Written. who writes juvenile lit
erature. as well az by J. j, Hill:
My nursie said, this afternoon
while playing In the sand,
That II III dis, aud dig, and dig,
IA get to CHINA land.
So. with my spoon and spade, | dug
Intil my arm was lame.
Aud IN the bottom of the hole
A little water came.
Now I'm afraid that maybe p'raps
My shovel may have hit
Against "a Chinese laundry tub
L Haadaa lAak I'm Al