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The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1919-08-22

nearly s15,000.00, and has over $22,-
100000 cash balance on hands,a gain
of nearly 100000 for this year. This
department is little over 10 years
old and has paid TO widows of de-
ceased brothers in that time nearly
$I20, ,0O0.00.
The Grand. Secretary's report
showed that aside from the Insurance
department the subordinate lodges
have paid nearly $16,0O0.00 shis year
for the relief of sick brothers, their
widows and orphans.
Crystal Palace Lodge of Dayton
was the banner ledge in getting new
members, having sent 168 applica-
tions to The medical director. The
age average is the best in years COR
new members, being 3i1a years. This
lodge has over 900 members now and
expects to have 500 by The next
Grand Lodge meeting.
Peace and harmony prevails
throughout the state. There were no
appeals or grievances.
It is conceded that The order has
made greater gains in the past Two
years than in any twenty-five years
previous. On Monday evening, Aug
ust H.. a grand reception was given
in st. Paul A. Nj. E. Church 20 The
Grand Officers and delegates by she
local members and citizens. The
mayor delivered The welcome address
on behalf Of the city, which was ::'e-
sponded TO by the State Grand Mas
ter, Chas. W.. Price, of Dayton. Vel
come on behalf Of The Household Of
Ruth was given by Sister q. /. Otery
and responded TO by Grand Most No.
Bile Governor, Sister Mamie Trotter
of Cincinnati. A musical program
was rendered and refreshments were
served.
On Tuesday morning. ioint-openine
services were held at st. Paul Church
by the Grad Lodge and Grand House.
hold of Ruth, presided over by .he
Grand Master, after which The swe
brand bodies went into executive ses-
sions, the Grand Lodge convened nj
the city building and the Granc
Household at st. Paul Church.
At the opening session .he Crane
Master appointed the various com.
mittees and The following grand off.
GERS: Rev. O. r. Williams, of Hamil
ton, Grand Chaplain; I W. Fisco, d
Springfield, Grand Warden; $. A
Mauley, Of Bellefontaine, Crane
Guardian; Eugene Jackson, of Day
ton, Grand Assistant Secretary; 2. e
Jackson, Of Springfield, Grand Re
porter. I'm The afternoon she Grane
Master delivered his annual address
and The other officers made their ae,
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MARRIED WOAEN'S
AFTERNOON CLUB

Mrs. Mary Wheeler entertained the
Married Women's Wednesday after-
neon club at her home on McLain.
The club will have picnic on Labor
day. Each member IS TO invite IS
many guests as they would like.
The guests were Mrs. Bessie Brown
and Miss Green. Each gave such IN
Inspiring and interesting salk.
The next meeting viii De with Mrs.
Rosa Willis on Dakota at1eet.
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ports. Wednesday was given over TO
hearing various committees reports,
the holding Of Joint memorial services
and The election of officers. The re-
suit of The election was;
Chas. w. Price, Grand Master, Day
ton, o.; Chas. e. Armstrong, p. d
G. M., Lockland, o.; w. E, Speaks,
G. sec'y., Springfield, O.; W. Q. Dale,
G. Treas, urbana, o.; Earl Lewis, G,
Director, Oxford, O.; DR.. !. F.
Haynes, G. Medical Register. Toledo
o.; T. ]. Monroe, G. Advocate. Gin
cinnati, Ohio.
The Grand Household officers are;
Mamie Trotter, y. G. NJ. N. G.; Flor
ence Cochran, G. r. NJ. N. G.; Jessie
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ST. PAUL A. NJ. Z.
ZION NOTES

Sunday, Preaching i0:45 a. IN.
Subject: 1.-THE Law Established
Through Faith" Romans 3rd Chap,
32nd verse.
Sunday school 2:3o p. m, Chas,
Mason, Supt. Christian Endeavor,
p. M, led by Mrs. Rachel Smith.
5 p. m. preaching. Subject: Some
Account of the Late Works OF God III
N. America"
Tuesday evening Glass Meeting.
Thursday evening, Prayer Meeting.
Saturday night, Fish Fry and
Chicken Supper.
Rev. j. ID. MEADE, DID,, PASTOR.
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NOTE OF THANKS

Mr. e. r. Banks desires to thank
all who assisted him in his campaign
of protest during the recent prim-
aries. He repledges his allegiance TO
his race in its struggle upward and
holds himself ready for any duty
loking toward race betterment which
may arise from ti1ne to time.
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Mr.. gives: Here is a clipping Of
the last weeks Labor Review, which
clearly demonstrates how she White
Public regards the defeat oil she col
ored candidate.
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PROGRAM

Sunday, August 24-2:30 r. M.
Re-e1penina of Weeleya an A1etnodist
Church Rev u. Il. Bass. Pastor
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that this buNom middle class lady Is
widow Of thirty-five. but one rather
gathers that from her appearance.
She is very least county" very Nordlc
IN build. Her lover. on the other hand.
one suspects from his Identification of
fairies and cupids, is dolichoceph-
allie IriShman. a kinsman OF Lloyd
George. Good luck TO his suit. This.
at all events, is his invocation:
Fairy. FOR her my passion move.
Whisper meath her ringlcts that ! love.
FAIRY. upon her nodded bosom press
Thy rosy fingers to yield a happiness
"Crandra" IN the Picture.
Man. the dcceiver, comes Ia for n
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FEW COMIC VALENTINES NOW
Little Regret That Foolish and Vulgar
Custom Has Been Pretty Thor
ouahly Abandoned.

The comic valentine, which was
painfully ugly and coarse. and which
flourished very broadly at one time,
has now almost entirely passed away,
at least in its cruder forms II used
10 be the greatest happiness OF the
schoolboy's life TO purchase a very
large assortnent Of these wretched
comics and leave them on the front
doorstep Of his school teacher, male OF
female. Then when he had left a few
comics on the steps Of the village con-
stable and paid his respects in similar
fashion Ia the Sunday school superin-
tendent he felt that ST. Valentines eve
had been well spent. The JOY OF st.
Valentines day has diminished greatly
since the practice OF throwing yalen-
tines on the doorstep, ringing the bell
and running, gave place TO the less ex-
citing method of mail delivery. But
in spite of up-to-date Interference
with the valentine spirit ST. yalen-
tines day always will hold its own.
The most famous valentine verse ever
written is still being attached to home
made valentines In painfully neat chill
dren's handwriting In various happy
outlying districts where boys and girls
nave real fun without spending much
money for valentines or anything else.
Roses are as red as ever and violets
are still true blue In the joyous land
of boy and girl love affairs where
relgns the ,od ST. Valentine.
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Some RecoIeetic7s Of the Time
When People Took the Day
Most Seriously.
RHYmssTERs OUT IN FORCE
Deeserei for the Nest Part, but Some
Really Pretty Verse Can BE Found
Ia the Treass 4 Rcards
Of colleS.ofs.
sx FRhncEs g. Ms.

You are wiz sou are Or tv
o. are nE --Urlt "a r-.
an sins lIr VOW elsf.
y hat b. n.soule rot'ie we shall b..
Such dogyerel. little rver Gov
rury a-p. hack writers used 20 da-
OF 20 include in the n y chapboof
through which rustic -Fains were i'm
srructed how 20 make hove ca st. Val
enrine's day.
That was before the era of the corr
mercial printed valentines. Cent e-
men. and ctAers. still peLned their own
OF some ~h0ughten" sentiments on or
about The 1frh 81 February. and trcm-
hliHgiy dispatched the caligraphic pro-
ductlon 20 The cherished fair" often
OurSide h-.lp Ia rhymng was sought
The Gentlemsu's New Valentine
Writer The Bower 0f Cupid. g"
-s'upld's Annual Charter" The school
OF Love- The Ladies' Polite vaien.
dne Writer are some Of the
souvenirs Of the period when all val
entines were hand made and home
mads.
About \ generation Iater-that Is. in
the thirries of the nineteenth century
came the real thing in valentines-
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Mrs. Gunson was entertaining Z
visitor when Nora appeared at AAs
door Of the drawing room
"Plaise, mum, will yes tell me
phat yez want done wid tn oyster
shells yez left from lunch ? abe in
quired.
81 want them thrown away. Il
course" replied Mrs. Gunson-
"Yis, mum. But Oi didn't know
phere TO throw thim," replied Morn
'Do they b. ashs or jazbzidge p
Ju@kA -,
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l1 60 s.rr'v Fart Of the isr
- t--I. Conn, rad q house
= F---l ash ton vas sad 10
ne s7eut r u rhr- II vas IN 1888
rie1 VA n-or made tou- Of
,sF s1ra-d T-7sliroa sa1s that
-,'-s Fsc- certain rhiurx anout III.
"a II 20 Estard tavern which be
= aac "a ~ The supper set be
n. -ln consisted Of boiled meat
m - l-lss. Tie w,s not pIeased
- IT, ue.rf and asked for a bowl
N -r-at L,t mix The Iandlord
-r1'irnS The rev s-1er and a hroESen
ref srron wl-h w4ich to eat IT.
-IE. 7sr To barrsr spoons than
--a astsit General Washington
rs re sess I have n the house.,
~ rrpEs't the Ens--
ezd ne tie se-vart.- said hi,
,s--sncT Here's ? shiILnrx Go
: tae r-rrr-r's and borrow q siL
~ spc,s1r
Aral--IoC tpes rot add whether
&c sas sposa az 49, -E-
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The crowd swayed .sssN Ne
manager Of the open air sLOs
"What did you mean by adves<Ss
In thet tight rope walker" crie~
the Spokesman.
Gust what I said," replied the
mabashed manager.
"But the rope was laid on tn
Sround," cried the spokesman, "s >
your fraud Of rope walker just
walked on il a step or two! Do you
call that tight rope walking"
"Certainlyl" shouted the man
ager. "The man was tight, want
he p'-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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well-nigh improperly low, bodice, nils
- - - n,, ,r,u - -" ~ -.
IL. ..,,, ~.
N -, -
ions I,,orotnra 80 ,ha nor,od ond thns
ucginS Il hoinlly Which Is interrupted
and contradicted by the young man
sending thS tenAer missIve.
a.
Dear ,ir, ,vhus, its,a,i,, 90 ,o,.or,s
vov.s
- a.
i,'. s,s "nen Sou'"
''-' o'
So,c sssa
ve
az
pet "a. .n -ret re-
fas. ~ me loye 3 arrows ran l there
~ ~. ,.,i,n ~ -, p,.sS .''o"'
That heart alone can duIy feel
The madning icy. the ecstatic bliss.
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chance board was formally organ
izel and a constitution adopted
Nathaniel Pnme was appointed
president and John Burson secrs-
tary.
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No. love so wonderful as that first
experienced maintains another versi-
fer whose lines on "First Love" ac-
company. pretty picture:
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Custom VIII Not Down.

Custom has decreed that on ~. VAL
entine's day persons OF the opposite
sex should exchange affectionate mis-
sives, and custom is more potent than
any other authority known to man
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tl- leIciousiy. hope --eT hDp. .ssly
sentimental eHusions OF tie age Of
autograph albums and daguerreotypes
During these decades Of British and
continental romanticism. when the
fire arts III together dropped to the
they had ever reached. the art Of val
entlne making lourlshed as never be
FORE or since. when the collector OF
today says valentines" lac means
those of the funny forties.
Great Valentine Industry.
Especially in En-land, the home Of
The ariS ~ the heart. great industry
grew up around the valentine. employ.
ing multitude of workers from poets
fn no ~iukcrs. Everybody gave every
BODY el~e valentine 20 delight or 10
in.ur Maids and bachelors. widows
and widowers al looked eagerly for
the postmail on 81. Valentines day.
II Is these mid-cpntury English val
eptineS that have In the past few years
y
old mlssives. a readers Of a chap
ter on "A Box OF Ord Valentines"
lu Virginia Robie's The Quest Of the
Quaint" may have noted. In Cincinnati
Frank II. Bear has formed collection
sf Valentines that is internationally
famous. with upward of 1000 speci.
mems. representing such makers as
Kerssaw. Marks. Dobbs. Martin, Gllks.
Peck. King. Richardson, Hughes,
Bysh. Hodgson. Kidwell. Tegg. Dean.
Bailey, Harrison and Others OF Lon
don; Lloyd OF Edinburgh. Leleux OF
Calais and Rledel Of Nurnberg.
Churches and towers rise In the
background Of many OF these Febru-
airy romnDces. In one. at least, is
sued over the name OF "A. Park, Lon
don.- the village church Is all the pic
ture-just a fine, substantial late
Gothic structure quite literally de-
picted. To the receptive maiden 1t
must have come as a rather common
place II apparent symbol Of her suit
ors hope for early nuptials. Seem
lngly he might have sent something
with n little more Of the color of love.
However. probably he knew the tenn
permanent Of the lady
The Message Revealed.
Just the bare church and II imper-
feet. for that flap over against the
southern aisle has not been properly
pasted down. "Why. look. II was in
tended 10 be lifted You raise IL. the
loose cardboard. and behold, you are
looking into the warmly lighted
church interior where pretty we'd
ding. just like the one we hope to
have. Is in progress. Was there ever
a Swecfer couccity no match the senti-
ment Of the picture these dainty lines:
Yes. fere NJ last young love and
Tie Gcrdlan hEot of love shall tie.
And thro1oing thus. my bosom swellA
No listen 10 the marriage bells.
Oh hasten fond oue-nGste 70 me.
. thine avn ruth snd cOnstanc--
Concerning the maker OF this church
wedding valentine. and OF many Others
which are much sought after by col.
lectors. Mss Robe has gathered q bik
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Concerning the maker OF this church
wedding valentine. snd OF many Others
which are much sought after by COL
lectors, Mss Robe has gathered 4 vs.
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The STOCK EXCHANGE.
Dste Of The First Agreement Amors
n Works Brokers.

The
oi'"
.'
oPPon
som
senieo So 2
uon, aAe oL
was called O. - pro
for nJrpo7es -t f g. ~
cor nit' 'e fpr
VIDE { =" o'' 20 ?
a' mn-e Z ~ 'ecs' :.
END reg "a '''' -. 'e..l-
theT ous n' marc
deemed NC, o'
OF th's 'uAg' sa, : Moo'v" :
azino, as te LIST
ment mon dealers ID se
the oldest ord nov N ihe -
chive' OF tle New lork 9to EN
change Inc agreement reaos as
follows:
We ~. oers. bl e-'
.'- me ronast -'.'
SJccA, - f'H p M
ana pledsee ~. e..' 10 e'th oIhes'
that we VIII not by or sell ron
this day, io' any rer on Nhatsoe.'!'
any kind o. Publr stock ~ 10
rate than on'.qnarteT ler cent GO y
mission o. me specie value, a.
that we "l ne ~, 'crence
''' nc = ms
lea mo nt'S s,
hands TINS f,tn Gay Of May, at Nc"
oTk, lfSE
MS organization hao no ioct-
habitalion Tor conducting exchange
business lake the curo brokers 10
DAY, TRANSACTIONS were carried on 10
the onen air al a point between the
prese ~ numbers OF 90 ana ~ Wan
street, unocr famous oid button
wood trec mas STOOD mere with
"4des '' 'ie''l oranei!es' ~hch pro.
'ecteo llein rom tae SIN . rays ana
ordInariiy incienent weather.
business IN those Gays was not
rusning, ana there was an ar OF
leis lTe a. Guet aoout the gather-
'ng. Sec'ir'nes we're not active
enou@n 20 employ all the time OF
/ the brokers'. so between times bet
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III in n'ormation. He was located at AZ
Leonard street., London, and made
many valentines about the time OF
Queen Yictoria's wedding. His produc-
tons are generally printed in color
over black and white foundation. the
deep reds and blues and a green run
ming at the edges as IL put on with n
full brush. The scene is always set
in the center Of large sheet The
lady is always retiring and coy. The
gentleman wears how waistcoat. n
high stock and Victoria whiskers. alas
for high romance. while Cupid looks
on like a small English schoolboy in
tent on new game. Park valentines
are not beautiful. but they are well
worth securing and a few are decld-
edly amusing"
Cupid and a Merry Widow.
Much in several Of the valentines OF
the famous collection somehow re-
minds one of the art. or artlesSnesS
of the becfy English ladies who semi
expose their charms 10 all weathers
among the forsythla bushes along the
facade Of the Boston Museum OF Fine
Arts.
Wholesome beef-fed Briton. the fact
is. asserted itself even in the most
ethereal manifestations Of nineteenth
century romanticism. in such valen-
tines as the one Of a plump blonde lady
Gently permits three cupids TO paddle
about her neck and shoulders. Nothing
In the wording Of the piece suggests
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90 dc las barandaS que rodcan cl Fo
so, miraban los movimientos Y reto-
zos de los osos blancos. De pronto una
DANA exclam6:-iO iOhi 70 he dejado
caer mi cortaplumas en- el Fosol
Ante la estupefacci6n de todos los
asistentes y antes de que nadie pudiese
intervenir para disuadirlo, el marido
de la sonora, Enrique Pestauri6, de
edad de % amos perteneciente al
2l5 cuerpo dc Artilleria, Sc crey6 cn
el deber de ir a bnscar el objeto per
dido. Salv6 Ia baranda, Y estaba aGn
aside de esta, cuando m rugido formi-
dable Sc hizo Dir uno dc' los osos,
dirigiendose a 10 largo dc In pared
estrech6 al imprudente entire sus patas
delanteras, desgarrandolc el cuerpo 4
zarpadas.
AlgunOs de los asistentes echaron a
correr en- busca de los guardiancs, micn
tras que otros intentaban, lanzando
piedras Ia fiera, hacerle soltar su
presa. Bicn pronto llegaron los guar
dias, pcro como ellos no estan provis.
tos de ninguna arma intcntaron "a Va.
no separar Ia fiera baStonazos, 10 que
no produio otro resultado que volver
adn mas furioso al animal.
Al cabo de veinte minutes Sc pre-.
sentaron varios agentes ciclistas, que
dispararom tiros dc revolver sobrc III
oso, cl cual, pcsar de TODD, contirrs
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PerO, en- In manO divina
qued6, al caer, rezagada
tai cual perla cristalina
de irisaci6n nacarada,
tai cual esmeralda fina
que en- alg1n su"co engarzada
de Ia piel aprisionada,
SIC halo, en- la manO divina,
como en- su pfopia peehina
Ia mejor perla, incrustada.
Dios.escnltOr mira ahOra
su sacra diestra escultura,
satisfecho; y viendo en- ella
tanta arena brilladOra
que Ia manO le decora
como escarcha tembladora
de pedacitos de estrella,
DiOs.eseultOr da en- frOtar
una con otra sus manos
como hacen, al modelar
los escultOres humanOs;
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Ell MUNDo

Y anadase que cl preclaro
marino dijo, al llegar,
mostrandO la Reina el aro
de sus rastrOs en- el mar:
-'' Pues tan generosa fufsteis,
generoso he de ser hoy:
ivalga este anillo que os doy
por las joyas que me disteis!''-
Y EN- el anillo que, al verla,
Colon Isabel mostraba,
su perla una Isla incrustaba;
iera Borinquen, la perlal
Bes6, entonees, Isabel
Ia meior de sus sortijas
v, beso de orc Y de miel,
iaun palpita ell beso aquel
en- In frente de sus hijas!
Borinquen: he aqui el legado
que mi leyenda eterniza;
I'm regio beso sagrado
blanco como In ceniza
con que 10 ha mgido q Pasado.
70 Sc que el TEMPO es martillo
que iguala todo nivel;
que era excessive aquel brillo
de los dias de Isabel
y que, al quebrarse q anillo
quebr6se su engarce On Ell;
pero yo sc que, en- Ia mci6n
del beso que te acompaha,
puso, Ia Madre, su entrana;
no, Ia Reina, su ambici6n;
yo sc, extranjera region,
que no eres region extraia;
y 81 hoy, en- tn nueva acci6n
no cs hispano el mar que baha
tus tierras de promisi6m,
;ya que no en- sn amillo, Espaha
te lleva en- 81 corazdn!..
E. MARoUINA.
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In cncarnizado sobrc su yie'ima. 81
fin un Inspector DC policia, tomando
el revolver de uno dc sus agentes. -.
gro herir Ia bcstia cn II cabeza v
hacerlc soltar IA presa.
No sin difcutad, Sc lego haecr en-.
trar los dos osos On sus rctrcfes. y con
IN ayuda ne una escalcra de cuerdas.
los agentes dcsecndicron para retirar
Al infcliz militar, que con II cucrpo ho.
niblcmentc mutilado, sin conoeimirn
-. 81 hahaha - un mar dr sangre.
Condueido al Hospital De Val de Gri
cc, espir6 POGO dcsputs
RS IA tercera vcy, desde hacc diey n
scis AMOS, que una persona e yietimn
d. academies analogos.
III hipopdtamo \ q clefante fncron
causas dc otras dcsgracias
No obstantc. las circuns'ancias ~
prcsala~ dcnntan dc parte dc "a vic
tima un caso dc impruicnria sn pro
ccdcntcs Sc sahe, cn cfecto. gue los
osos blancos dcl Polo son los ma erae
l,s los mas camicerns dr tadae lus
animal,s ~ mtsmo Director Iel Iar
din, schor Edmond rcrricr, ha Ieela
RADIO pur podrian SER guza menns gra
Nos las run,ccuaucias II, cntrar III ia
iaula u rs lcoucs. qur ~ haiaJ ai
fo,o de hos osos blancos del polo
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EN- Ell JARDIN DE
PLANTAS DE PARIS
E. MARoUINA.

Un drama Ell ell foso de los osos
Un militar matado por una fera
Tn drama cmocionante Sc ha desa
rrollado en- el ,Jardin de Plantas, don.
de m militar ha Sido mortalmcnte
herido por TN oso.
Fran cerca de las dc Ia tarde. Nu
merosos paseantes agrupados a 10 lar
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DE SABANA GRANDE

~ II cine Patfia" lievsse = sfssfa
y domingo uua rcuui6n rara sausfi
iuir = Comitt indspeuieniissa''
Asis'ieron 81 aefo nnas veinfs
cinss psrsonas. entire IT, euaies a hla
yofia no "a independsntisia. Par y
que e. ". este pueblo qns siempre ~
csiada Al la4s ~ las eaasas aahies
rrardes. - qHIerr i in4eren.iensia.
,ino = E4'a1o.
pr,ar de taio eonsiiinvsran NJ
Comifs para i propaganda asfita.
\ eau.a II r.taf HrEau1a y frem
con maeho fetraso. pncs sasi siempfr
ilega desrufs dc las echo de ia nofke.
AZ pplcmas faroarf fan rfenta eama
anfss susella. russ lisgaha snfre =
4 Ilamamas ia atensita ~ qaisn -.
rrrsrauia inaisfiremas si - = pnne
rameiIn II nal
~ apresialie b.ra seaofiia -
msI.a|a ir.affv eaatfaefi natfimania
rp tret ,aH u asen Nirenfe lfiga
rry So. adslaniamas dessaflss -
DE- refts q enfufas
fla aiio mra rfasia. 1an.le fnft
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Gabriel RieauI. qnieu fas uaubrasa
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El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-03-01
cuajarse el pecho del mar
de pedrerias lucientesl


iEsta es vuestra gloria!-vuestra
v de todos los isleflOs
del mundo-que, 81 pequefOs
Os di6 Ia divina diestra,
los cOntornos riberefiOs,
en- cambio, como incrustadas
sc quedaron Olvidadas
en- los surcOs de In manO
de Dios las Islas retienen
no Sc que virtud que tienen
de aquel molde sobrehumano;
Y, por el mar esparcidas,
recuerdan Ia aristOcracia
de jOyas, prendiendO I'm velo;
y liberrimas y ardidas
no les merma Ia efcacia
ningGn colindante anhelO;
V, pOr ser tarde nacidas,
refulge, en- elias, Ia gracia
de Beniamines del cielo.
Yo Os querfa traer en- mis- manos
una Ofrenda de rimas y suehos;
besar vuestras playas, llenar estos
(llanos
de verbOs de amor castellanos,
evOcar hOrizontes lejanos:
no podr6; que no cabe, en- dos manos
un coraz6n, borinquefios!
...Pero os dire una leyenda
de dorada poesia
que cs de aver; de cuandO hacfa
DiOs una misma Ia senda
de vuestra patria y la mia.
Cuentan que>una Reina, nm dia
di6, descalzandOse el guante,
sus ioyas a I'm Navegante
que su amparo apetecia.
Tenia el vieio marinO
pacto con Dios; arm6 velas,
hiZo, de tres carabelas
cisnes con alas de limo
Y ech6se mar adelante,
yendO n buscarle n Isabel
I'M mundo, que el Navegante
llevaba va dentr0 de q.
Las naves, n vela snelta,
trazaron, al caminar,
IN circulo sobre el mar
en- su viaje DC ida y vuelta;
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-03-01
UNA LEYENDA

Cuando era el mar como un liquido
(horno
dOnde la TERRA ca6tica hervia,
cuando aGn no habia plasmado el con
(tornO
que el Universe futuro tendria,
Dios, como un fiero cscultor, en- su manO,
sac6 del mar todo ell tango terreno;
sopl6 en- 81; di6le coraz6n al cieno,
le hizo capaz de sustentar 10 humane
y, desde las alturas esplendentes
que el Fiat raya, a donde van los credos,
abri6 la mano el Padre de las gentes,
gote6 tango de sus cinco dedos
las gOtas formarOn Continentes.