Pueblo chieftain., 1921-08-28
have q harp of many strings
But two are enough for me;
Ono is for love and one for death;
And what would the third one be?
MIDSUMMER PASSES


MIDSUMMER PASSES
Spring is maiden robed golden and
green.
Kerchiefed and coiffed with the
cherry bloams snow;
Jewel-crowned autumn rides forth like
a queen,
Purple-scarfed hillwinds before her
to blow;
Midsummers naught but Eypsyins
Jade,
The dust of the road on her mantle's
green fold,
Sweet with the fragrance of meadow
Broidered with star-dust and dappled
with gold.
Wind tossed and tousled sunbrowned
and dear,
Winters a crone with regret in her
Autumn i. naughty with Jewels and
gold.
Springs but trickster Of promise anu
Midsumers laughter shall ever grow
old.
P1rlowed in sweet fern. her chain In
Blown with the sea winds and salt
with the spray,
Midsummer tuggies the hours golden
Midsummer masicl-. the m:nuyes
away.
Noon-ttrne and moon-tme vasrant and
dear,
Midsumer passes. the full O. the year.
-ByMartha Haskell Clark.
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WHAT Is THE MATTERf
A l:ttle while aso he had nntinn-
..A Il
respect among the youth of this jazzy
age for the poor old English Language.
l shall express without apology my
opinion that in these free states We
are making no marked headway In the
attempt to improve spoken or written
English. Hardly a day passes tina.
do not hear graduates OF colleges con-
fuse their pronouns; evil usages are so
common as to arouse a suspicion that
proptiety and exactness Of speech are
regarded by many as more highly hon
ored in the breach than the observ-
Ance. And yet grammar and rhetoric
are taught more or less intelltEentiy
by vast army OF overworked and
underpaid teachers, according to text
hooks fashioned by pecialtIt who real
ly do try to make themselves tnteiii-
zible.
Ny attitude toward this whole per-
tolerance. I doubt seriously whether
could pass an examination in Eng
lish grammar. japanese waiter in
club IN my town used to lie in wait
for me. when visited the house at odd
hours in search Of seclueion. for the
purpose Of questioning me as to GER
tain rerple King problems in grammar.
He had fatteringly chosen ne from
the club roster as lettered person.
and Il was with astonishment that he
heard my embarrassed confession that
shared his bewilderment To any
axpert grammartans ~ho, inspired by
this revelation. begin a laborious IN
vestigation OF these pages IN pursuit
OF errors. I can only say that l wish
them good luck in their adventure
A. times do marfestly stumble. and
occasionally the blunder is srevious.
A poem OF my authorship once appea--
ed in a periodical OF the most exactins
standards with a singular noun mated
to a plural verb. For rroof-readers
as class entertain the greatest
veneration. Often a query courteously
noted on the margin OF a galley has
prevented violence to my mother
inflict upon 1t.
euaee." by Meredith Nicholson. in the
September seriene5s'
One Of the enjoyable affairs OF the
past week WAS the subscription dance
given by tho ladies' committee OF lie
Seulah Country Club Tuesday evening.
Aary guests motored out from fueDio
and the pleasure Of the dancing was
enhanced by delightful music render
ed by Mark McDonnell's orchestra.
Those noted during the evening were:
Mr and Mrs. Frank z. Parks. Mr.:
and Mrs. Frederick n. Bullen. Mr.. and
Mrs II. P. Worries, Mr. and Mrs. How
ard s. Ycager. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. r
Stockton. Mr.. and Mrs. J. r. Mccor-
kie. Mr.. and Mrs. John Henry Thatch-
er. Mr. and Mrs. f. S. Ray. Mr.. and
Mrs. E. H. Hall. Mr.. and Mrs. r. j
Weaver, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Duffteld
of Detroit. Mr.. and Mrs. William
Griffith Of Philadelphia, Mr.. and Mrs
e. n. Porter. Mr.. and Mrs. w. %
orar,es. Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Hav-
er. Professor and Mrs ]. r. Keatins
Mr and Mrs. W. N. Thomas. Mr.. and
Mrs A G.. Hoskins. DR.. aad Mrs. ]. J
Pattee. Mr. and Mrs. e. p Chew
Mrs George f. Bragdon. Mr.. and Mrs
Martin Walter. Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew
McGcvern. Mr. and Mrs. A A Weiland
Mrs. Mary Shaw, Mrs. He'e1 Nichols
Mr. and Mrs. Mason Of Daua1, Texas
Or. and Mrs. william senscr. N-
and Mrs Jesse Rood. Nr ard Mrs
Riley. Dr. Bon o. Adams. of River
side. California, Miss Mary Parks
Miss Elizabeth Bullen. Miss Margare'