Evening star., 1921-06-19

which Sne hearQ Two nOten NOcailstS,
Sloman and Roberts. sing at the
Washington Theater in 1880. 1t was
called The Adventures Of Mai. Long
Bow" and she sang. in voice like
many that one hears in comic opera
today, the whole song through, but all
I can remember is this:
I'm a general which is vel, known.
Forever in a hustle.
My heA1's hard stone
And dann,e. lots Of muscle:
Nothing hurts me. dye SEE,
can either walk or ny;
Upon my life it's true.
What will yOu lay it's q lie:
Of the sea
With three men my back
met ship in distress
Pumping among the rocks
Lifted her up tyon may gncss)
And carried her safe 10 the docks
! drank whole punrieun Of rum,
Ate an OK and half, or nigh.
Among the other remarkable eX-
ploits achieved by the major were
't9aching quadrilleS 20 mermaids."
"tSasting whale on a fork and
"bunging up the left eye of shark"
After doing this he came home on a
Congreve rocket" He seems to have
been rather a remarkable man. but
one meets many men today who excel
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achievements. Aunt Sarah would de-
clare that to her ear. mind and voice
the most beautiful of songs was:
Meet me by moonlight alone.
And then Will tell you a tale.
Which mus lie told by the moonlight alone.
In the grove at the end Of the vple:
You must promise TO come. for | said
would show the night flowers their queen
Nay. turn not away thy swee; head.
'Tis the lovelesf ever seen:
Oh Meet by moonlight AlOr
Meet me by moonlight alone.
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A UNIT SARAH was so carried away by
"A the enhancing melody OF this
song that she did not weigh the i'm
port of the words. because l am sure
that her sense of propriety was SO
exalted that she would not indorse
this private meeting by moonlight in
the grove at the end of the vale.
Aunt Sarah had another of the classic
songs of the golden age which she
used to sing whenever the discussion
of music came up in the parlor. She
did not maintain that it was equal
in poetic charm to the moonlight in
vitation. but she thought it was sec
ond only to it. 1t was called 1.-The
Woodpecker." and to the best Of my
recollection it ran:
1 knew by the smoke that gracefully curled
Above the green elms that a cottage was
And I said IL there's peace to be found in the
heart that is humble might wait for it
Every leaf was at rest and heard not . sound.
But the woodpeckcr tapping at the hollow
beech tree.
You know. Mr.. Reader. Mrs. Reader
and Miss Reader. there seems to me
a strong Tom Moorish cadence in the
lines. II would show the night flowers
their queen" and Il knew by the
smoke that SO gracefully curled," but
do not know who wrote those
verses and l cannot find it in my con-
science to consult the works of Tom
Moore. Once he was well thought of,
but oh, horrors! how he has fallen from
grace! cannot think Of anything
more sinful or prejudicial to morals
than reading the poetry of Tom
Moore. And to think that we once
read him in the home! Don't you re-
alize that his works are full-realIy
full-of unconstitutional sentiments
like these:
One bumper at pa GsrttnE: though many
The fullest. the saddsst Of any
Remains to be crowned BY us yet.
And this:
Come. send round the wine. and leave points
To simpleton sases and reasoning fools.
And this:
Observe when Mother Earth II dry
She ns drink. ,ssn ~ the droppinxs Of the sky:
To every thirsty plant that lives
The vapofs which at evening weep
Are beverage to the swelling deep;
He drinks the oceans misty tesrr.
OF luster from the solar beam.
Then hence with all your sober thinking
Since Natures holy law is drinking,
III make the laws Of Nature mine
And pledge the universe In wine.
Then, as a further warning to you
against this mischievous bard call
your attaation to these two Of lis
odes toAnacreon. beginning:
Let US drain the nectared bowl.
Let us raise the song Of soul
To him, the god who loves 90 we'll
The nectared bowl, the choral swell;
And.
Twas night. and many q eirclins bowl
Had deeply warmed my swimming soul.
You will understand that though
Meet Me by Moonshine" and Il Knew
by the Smoke That So Gracefully
Curled" in the works Of Mr.. Moore,
still, he felt that to dip into q book
written by that Incorporate writer.
might bring about some conflict of
authority between him and the Con-
stitution. and because Of his bencvo-
lent disposition he Is anxious to spare
the Constitution such q trial.
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MANNERS in that old parlor where
NA the little square piano stood
against the wall were better than one
often finds today. ! can see couple