Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-26

A NUMBER Of Americans famous in the
"A world OF literature. music. painting
and various phases OF national life de-
cded some months ago that they would
combine their forces in a tribute 10
France. Under the guidance of Mr.
Charles Hanson Tuwne, poems, stories,
bits of music and drawings were gathered
together from these men and women and
now appear between the covers OF a sim
Gle volume "l'or France just published
by Doubleday, Page & Co. All profits
coming from the sale Of this book will go
, to the French Heroes Fund. The con-
tributors include Colonel Roosevelt
William Dean lloWells, owen Wistcr,
james NJ Beck, Otis Skinner, John Bur
roughs, Charles Dana Gibson asd many
others. They have drawn pictures, writ
ten stories aud "reminiscences and paid
tributes Of admiration for the splendid
hcruisru of tho French. Bcsides prose
| and pictures there is a particularly distin-
cuished collection of verse III the vol
umc.
4 posthumous poem from Allan SecEer,
| whose 81 Have IL Rendezvous With
| Death" has achieved international fame,
appears in the early part Of the book as
! follows:
! There WAS a stately drama writ
! BY the hand that peopled the earth and air
! And set the stars in the Infinite
I And made night gorgeous and morning tar,
And all that had sense to reason knew
/ THAT bloody drama must be gone through.
/ Some sat and watched how the action
/ Necrcd-
| Waited. prohtcd, trembled. checrcd--
! We saw not clearly nor understood
/ Rut Welding ourselves 90 the master hand,
, Zach in his part ~ best he could,
, we played it through as the author planned.
/ Thcodosia Garrison takes Il line from u
/ newspaper, "rhc women of France today
: do not weep" and writes upon 1t:
! Braho eyes, dry eyes, that do not weep
Your tears shalt be at last your great &c
ward,
, Even AS those of old who faced the rcd
, And rack dry-cyed, then gained III one sur
Nty
| An heaven, with its shining aeraplrs starred,
| And know through splendid tears the Iacb
of God.
"lrance in Battle-flamo' is the subjec,
of Edwin Markham's contribution, which
concludes:
O France of the worlds desire,
| q France, new lighted by superndl ire,
! Wrapt in your battle-llame,
| All nations take II splendor from !oui
| name;
| All souls are touched TO greatness by your
| soul.
| Tn YOU we are reborn to noble dreams
| I'm YOU we see again the sacred CLEANS
| From mans immortal goal
| The faith that rises from you as q star
| Will light the ages coming from afar,
When men shall band In one confederate
| fate
To build the beauty of the Comrade State
Something of the Joan OF Arc" OF
Mark Twain is expressed by Ilizette
Woodworth Reese In "rhe Good joan
She writes:
Along the thousand roads OF France
Now there, now here, swift US Il 81 lnce
A cloud. a mist blown down the sky,
Good Joan of Arc goes riding by.
In Domremy at candlelight,
iPhe orchards, blowing rose and white,
About the shadowy houses lie;
And Joan of Arc goes riding by.
Who saith that ancient France shall fail
A rotting leaf driven down the gale!
Then her sons know not how to die:
Then good Sod dwells no more on high!
Tours, Aries and Domremy reply!
For Joan of Arc goes riding by.
| Amelie Riyes Prlncess Pierre Trou