The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-10-29


lowing a definite program. but do
wish that now you've had such a
splendid Introduction. instead Of
going on with Some other subject
next year you could return and take
up the poets moro In detail. Especi.
ally actual quotntions--evcn though
their lives are 10 interesting and. AS
Mrs. Warren said. so morally In
structivc. And perhaps there are
several poets not mentioned today
whom Il might be worth while con
sidcring Keats. for instance. and
Matthew Arnold and Rossetu and
Swinburne. Swinburne would be
such a---wcii. that Is. such n contrast
10 life as We all enjoy u In our beau
tifui Middle west"
She saw that Mrs. Leonard War.
rem was not with her. She cap
turcd her by lnnocently continuing
Unless perhaps swinburnc tends
to be. uh. more outspoken than you.
than we really like. What do you
think. Mrs. Warren7"
The pastors wife decided. why.
you've caught my very thoughts.
Mrs. Kcnnicott. OF course I have
never read swinburne. but years
ago. when he was IN vogue. I re-.
member Mr.. Warren saying that
swinburne Tor was n Oscar wilder
but anyway1 he said that though
many socalied intellectual people
posed and pretended to find beauty
In swinburne. there can never be
genuine beauty without the message
from the heart. But at the same
time ! do think you have an excel
lent idea. and though we have
talked about Furnishings and China
as the probable subject for NEXT
year. ! believe Il would be nice II
the program committee would try to
work In another day entirely devos.
ed To English poetry In fact.
Madame Chairman. 40 move you"
When Mrs. Dawson's coffee and
had helped them 20 re-
cover from the depression caused by
thoughts Of shapcspcarc's death (
they all told Carol that II was
pleasure TO have her with them. /
The nembership COMMITTEES retired
TO the sstfingroom for three min !
utcs and elected her n member.
And she stopped being patronix-
Ing.
She wanted 20 be one Of them
They were 30 loyal and kind. II was 1
they who would carry out her as
piration. Her campaign against vii |
age sloth was actually begun! ON
what specific reform should she first /
Dose her army7 During the gossip !
utter the meeting Mrs George Ed
win Mott remarked that the city |
hall seemed inadequate for the
splendid modern Gopher Prairie.
Mrs. Nat Hicks timidly wished that i
tho young people could have free
ianccs therc--the lodge dances were
20 exclusive. The city hail. That
vas II. Carol hurried home.
She had not realized that Gopher
Prairie was city. From Kcnn!cott I
the discovered that II was legally
with mayor and city
council and wards. She was de.
lighted by tho simplicity OF voting \
,ne's self metropolis. Why not7 I
She was proud and patriotic 4
sitizen. all evening.
III
She examined the city hall. next !
She had remembered II
,nly as \ bleak inconspicuousness.
She found 1t Iiver-colored frame
,oop half a block from Main Street.
rhe front was an unrelieved wall OF /
and dirty windows. II
had an unobstructed view Of va
.ant lot and Nat Hicks tailor shop.
Il was larger than the carpenter l
shop beside II. but not so well built. |
No one was about She walked
INTO the corridor. On one side was
the municipal court. like a country |
school; on the other. the room Of the I
volunteer fire company. with a Ford .
hose cart and the ornamental he'll
nets used In parades; at the end OF !
The hall, a filthy twocelI jail. now
empty, but smelling OF ammonia and
ancient sweat. The whole second
story was large unfinished room
Uttered with piles OF folding chairs.
1 Iime.crusted merchandising box.
and the skeletons Of Fourth OF July |
floats covered with decomposing
plaster shields and faded red. white
md blue bunting. At the end was
IN abortive stage. The room was
argc enough for the community
lanccs which Mrs. Nat Hicks advo-
,ated. But Carol was after some
hing bigger than dances.
In the afternoon she scampered 10
he public library.
The library was open three after
rooms and four evenings week. II
vas housed In an old dwelling. suf
icient but unattractive. Carol
,aught herself picturing pleasanter
rooms. chairs for children.
In art collection. a librarian young
.nough to experiment.
She beratcd herself. stop this
ever OF reforming everything!
will be satisfied with the library!
rhe city hall Ia enough for be-
And it's really an excel