Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-01-30
Natural Gas"
BY FRA ROBERTUS
Planting Memorial Trees TO
Poets May BE All Right, But
Handing II Poet Some Fruit
While He Lives Might he
More Filling.
BY FRA ROBERTUs

The latest thing in memorial
forestry is the Authors Grove, in a
park at Atlanta, Ga Wonder, by
the way, if there will be q Poets
Corner, as in Westminster Abbey?
IN. c.
The idea is to plant trees to the
memory of authors. One tree to
one author, The late Eli Perkins
was a sort of an author, and per-
haps it will require two trees to
memorabilia him, Somebody once
said that Mark Twain was the big
gest liar in America and Eli Per-
kins was the other two.
N. c.
However. Authors Grove is
fine idea and should be adopted in
every commonwealth at the state
literary headquarters. In Indiana,
of course. there must be many Au-
thors' Groves, to accommodate the
rush of authors ghosts to be freed
In Missouri there will be no need
for such grove-Missouri might
just as Well be treeless plain
because all native authors aban-
don that state in order to make a
living at authoring just as soon as
they can borrow railroad fare.
IN. c.
/ noticed that In Atlanta the
Reviewers, a literary organization
composed of women, is about to
plant a tree to the memory of
Frank l.. Stanton InasInuch as
Mr.. stanton happily appears to be
considerably alive, and, has begun
syndicating his merry jngles to the
press, simultaneously with the
death bells of John Barleycorn, one
Is inclined TO wonder just why the
ladies' of his town are to tree
plant him thus prematurely.
IN. c.
Perhaps they fancy that Mr..
Stanton will be glad to loaf under
his memory-tree and parodize
Omar's IA book of verses under
meath the bough, loaf of bread.
a jug of wine, and thou" With
the jug Of wine only fragrant and
pathetic memory!
IN. c.
Which reminds me somehow of
faux pas, or a bonehead that !
pulled when was young ard nno-
cent. I happened to be on the
program committee when .he Ma
tional Editorial association was TO
meet i'm Asyury Park. n. j., inanv
": RS ago. V was suggested that
several distinguished Americans be
invited to address the gathering
The list was handed to present
company. who wrote and mailed
letters Of invitation to each celeb
rity, One was addressed to EN-
President Rutherford B. Hayes. An
contemporary remarked
that as Mr.. Hayes has been dead
for some years it was curious to
know Just where the letter had
been addressed.
N. c.
Cup or DOWN., inquired the cruel
contemporary.
N. c.
But, as 70 Authors Groves. II
there be Poets Corner, as sug-
gested, will the memorial foresters
adhere to the eternal fitness OF
things and plant California Sc.
UuoSdH Tree W N''e 'iS''op' >
Shakespeare. or of Homer, and
mulberry sprout TO the sweet
Singer of Michigan? Win Mrs.
Felicia Hemans and Mrs. Brown
ing be memorialized equally with
twin weeping willows? Nothing
like poetic verify you know. even
in tree planting: and the height OF
the tree really should represent
the importance of the poet.
N. G -
And as to Edgar Allan Poe ana
other more or less bibulous poetic
geniuses-will the memorial trees
be fitted With grapevine climbers *
IN. c.
However. 1t doesn't matter much
what kind Of tree poet gets to his
memory after he is dead and gone.