The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-07-30
JEAN ELIOTe|
LETTER.

this has been! The grass 10 as green
a. in Maytime, the trees also, and no.
whore 10 there a trace, of the parch-
ID and dusty look that has come to
he associated with the very name, OF
Aueust-and August Is but two days
onf--in town.
Even the hot wave OF last week
brought so much moisture with II
that It uassed leaving the town a.,
green ana sigvslS 4nsbefore -..g,5
NeverthS ies5 M. ApGust exodusgss
well UNDER Wy and sysn tbs, Tact
that the President Sad MRS. Wilson
are stir M fssiashte@., A. the White
House abdiiihat no defhite Ssts ~
set for tSs.sdaournment b. c6peress
can keep.thS Town from tlns BIT
com.to.s.N.s ,S'A+- G *
All week sTyss pssni Fading the'|
varied Sfibufcs 70 James whitcomb
NIeyln S&Sh hkye YhSd Ejascs-S n 'Jthel
nstspspefs. HIVE you noticed now
my Of them Aaye been modelled
AYE his best known verses and how
Wide ID the range Of poems selected?
..fhS Raggedy Man. Little Orphan
Annie" ."Lockerbte Street. IAN Old
sweetheart of Nine" and half a doz-
en- others have been. selected by some
rhymester as the vehicle through
watch to express his sorrow. In hte
dsath Of the poet iand his debt to
HIM
Question of Greatness r'',' %a'
Does Not Apply. s.t"Hs
OF course. there are already some who
adj was Riley a great poetf', Prob
aAly he wasn't. but does that matter in
til case Of a man who could charm SO
nlnpy with his hopely songs?
rATt -. 80 =.
~ good many years ago in the little
term Of Greencastle. Ind. two lads were
studying law In the office of Hamilton
Daipbar. One of them was my father
a. the other was James whitcomb
E6W. The two were great chums. and
h4tphed in the fertile brain of the other.
Nv father used to tell me that Riley
wa the most pranksome boy. who ever
W On one oSsasS sT,. he was sa sd
n6thing for him. feeling that he had
been doing too much playing and not
enough work, no young. Riley conceived
q APPELLANT idea Picking dark night.
he hired q wagon and took from his
fathers cellar an entire load Of wood
the Judge had just purchased. Next
day he ,donned oteralls and battered
neS drove up 70 MS own Iather ooor'
Y. - -..
Started. Making,
Verses EARLY in Life.
5Nhitcomh tsiley and father used
often to spend the night together. and
st. ss makinr verses He used to
set upS in the hight to write down
sbfne rhyme nhat had come to him
UPON a slate h4.kspt by. His, bed for
tbs purpose In, the. nlorningt ~ It
Hsssed.nim' me poeMMAui1 ps, sdsns-
iEnot wo;,iS rscstW. short shrift 1
rsmemb Der hearins that he dreamed
one night ne was; being cosxeq to
pS9y-y6ul Know ne. MAD q Talent for
mVsic a. ..wsll ~ for verse making
and his violin used. to give s'great
wASn hsiiooked" ~ shis slate. VI the
morning GhAss >wsf,ten ON IT,, e 80 d -. !,
~ fr3a,,S.e tWet n,ntner,siI dssAv s~nv
smustS TO- begin .ss: TI:t 40 g
% - ~ { .Sia.. y !.
amiltcn Dunbar died. while the two
eahtm,. wsIs stvdyin 2; with, him Riley y
MT fasssr as.ssaSsss H sN way .se p ps
w AND Gown room. speakfrg his
uH2usnss "erselaO. .ns: ano Axns
uIsrsncs..n - sas. peaoiifua, .as trpute
~ one, H.1n ccuIa ;psy 70 enotner.
; nsStrs isLen e, m0py 81; tnSse verses;
nnnersy M t RuSyHsneo. wnicn appeafeo
sWeH westerr paper was sent 10
nrx t toss mem sin and GIVE "heen' re-
rs
Admiral Ffske walks. !, -, =, -
Tn ThunderOus Miles. - ,..~,
It seems ato me ttfsft 4 ttinan, VINO can
,.,AISr fan n,fl4:' in, !. rsIr9S er oAy, IN
Il fx~N -. M 1910,
~,s1t t1S suieS
cen DO OF ufe 20 the navy even tnough
ho has passed his +sixtytsecond birth
dkv, Rear Admiral Bradley * Tiske
NJ n N retired Who ss snendino the
s1cusyoer At Hcatcn Hall. In S1ockfyTidge
MSSs.. walked from, his hotel to Leriox
IA. back In a rain stor,I, and finished
IL erceiient form despite the fact that
~ yVas the hottest day of. the oeason.
Nosr. y6I knew suck a NAH. shotlid
nsf he ON the retired. list-partIc,Ilarly
~ he has a, brilliant. mind and ia n
eood fighter. y 4, -.
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anh,,t ,.,x raet' .aryxann varv hand.
.Snos ana dec,dediv breesv,s Ia the de-
sS.snt,oM. whiSh so mar, gave me or me
OfsWs.oAA WnaSA ~ AfoA SoNv hiS - -