Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-11-14

his friends all .his phantom wealth
WITH w fas Sso .helr misery Turn IRON TINS
iniscenccs" and hear the robin call.
and inha,c the delicious perfume OF
me nowers that grew atoms; The bank
o. the "Jeens and kanawha;" and
nnu ono OF the lovclicst descriptions
ters
Here the writer is near TO God and
at peace with all tn. world. lie sings
tho hidden songs Of nature: his sou!
has caught the rausic ~ the spheres.
'tause for n moment and then prepare
to read the most lud!crous OF all the
farce. My vile BOARD" or better
known ms Getting shaved in Char
T 1otte;" Is there anything in Mark
approach IL: From this paroxlsm OF
mir tn we turn to the 'M"ek!nses
Twtnses. comparable with the "oId
curiosity shop In exquisite creative
genius.
B-st-k nown story.
10 TINS period belong also ;hc cole
pIaxsd . s R.lS :Wh1n knbenstsin
ali of pr, Bsgby's creations. Hidden
under tho humorous s:yl- 81 a study
IN IN word painting 20; IN" modern;
critiquc Of enhancing beauty. Here
the technique. balaac. and Invention
OF ne author are TO hs studied In all
their maturity. No wonder one biogra.
ouincey's Dream Fuguc." '' " "
Although many Of Dr. Dagby's
course or this article, they do not
convey adequately the prodlyious la
bors OF his pen. For instance. we
hay have not mentioned my Uncle Flat
Mppo ma 10 H." "Cornneid Peas"
"Flize,", and AN Unrcnowned War.
rior. besides host of others,
The children OF the present gener-
NG ivi, y IL,
those of Joel Chandler Harris. In or
der that they ,nay appreciate pathos
ana hnmor In It's present form.
no can fall 20 admire the Spartan
courage OF this man. who laughed
and delighted millions when his con-
Nant companion was pain? lie even
I'm allied his chronic complaint.
dyspepsia. when he wrote the poem
FIJI Joanses"
"Dyspepsia are a fearful iii:
It's full OF grunts and made of
groanses:
No time will settle that az bin
Thni | cunirackted al iii Joanscs"
LITTLE Yellow Man.
ss; 20 one iovei to tell Joke on him
sen any better than Or. BaEby. so
this writer WAS told the other day
by contemporary. This gentleman
said Or. Basby rccount.d that on ono
was TO speak ina small village. Tho
population was assembled al tie Eta.
lion and evidently expected 20 SEQ :,
se.y DIE man. Thi was the CONVEX
..Whar il he? whar Il heY'
Tic amt come"
Yes he have come"
par he Is, dat lltt. yallow man."
,, An! she Immense heart OF this man.
rev people know that ono OF his
great schemes was TO build on the
corner Of Fifth and Main Streets
cathedral to be dedicated 10 music,
80 ,nat pconle OF all classca could
shadow OF death his spirit never fail
60. nor did his labors. Ter ne CON
tSihuted to the nid state" th,s bro
' tner in-Ia". Captain John Hampden
most charming OF his letters written
from different portions of virxIn,a
: nst teInre mia death-Novemhcr as.
a 1Sss-ae wrote a series OF letters
new. England Through the Back
triention to 1Inrpers.
george W. Baghy. though acc.ed.
tel by birth and his writings TO The
south, Is in fact az much nationa!
Mhi,t!sr, Ar,cmus Ward or Mar
Twain 1t is not hy his provincial
but by his mastery Of The p,i n.n
icrn or English, his bubbling. unre-
strained humor. and that he sings and
reflects civilization dead and gone
ono OF the mort glorious hcritsges
OF tho nation.
Scctionalism for time has con-
,ncd the perUsal of his works to the
south, bat the day is not far distant
when he Will be placed IN his proper
hicne In the gallery OF American let
tcrs one closes the study OF his life
and literary achievements with IN.
question: Who has cqualed him thus
FAR. and when will we from present
proscects zee his equal In these days
or haRfy composition and iooHo un-
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