Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-26
Stanton Eulogized as Singer
Who Lightened Life Burdens

appealing in humor" The Winston
Mighty LAX Rose" and Just
a-Wearyin' for You" would alone en-
title him to permanent fame.
"Georgia'S poet didn't bother about
copyrights and syndicates," remarks
the Toledo Blade. "He wrote as a bird
sings-for all who might care to hear
his song" The Savannah Press. re-
calling that Mr.. Stanton's career be-
gan in its own city, AYERS that "he
loved to write, not for it's returns. but
for it's inspiration" The Asheville
Times predicts that "the message of
singer who kept his faith to the last
viii go singing down the years on the
lips of thousands in all it's sweetness.
hope and love" The Charlotte OBJ
server suggests that ''it will he a long
time before Constitution readers will
outgrow the feeling of something
missing from it's pages
To the Birmingham News the out
standing fact is that Stanton saw
beauty in the little. everyday things
of life and he made thousands also sea
their beauty" The Cincinnati En-
quirer views him as content to wan
der through the smiling valleys below
the heights, plucking now and then
tive perfume" The Baltimore sun
says that "he planted seeds of sun
shine in Georgia that two rays might
burn where only one burned before
and much of his sunshine has so be-
come a habit of heart and mind in the
lives of his numerous followers that
even in his death they will be warmed
by loving memories of his skill, his
grace and his modest genius"
The Albany Evening News sees in
him something both of Stephen Eos
ter and of Eugene Field" while his
passing removes a living tradition; his
greater poems will live just as 'Swa-
nee River and Little Boy Blue will
remain in the cherished possession OF
posterity." Recalling that Stanton was
an esteemed friend of James Whit
comb Riley, the Indianapolis Star re-
marks that 1.-THE poems of both found
place in scrapbooks and inner pockets
OF readers--one of the strongest proofs
of appreciation" The Philadelphia.
Public Ledger's tribute is that Tin an
age when jazz makes millionaires
Stanton held fast to his ideals and
wrote the philosophy of life rather
than it's absurdities."
Quoting the statement from Uncle
Remus" that his associates "snatches
of song ring true to the ear because
they come straight from the heart"
the New York Herald Tribune finds
that that was kind natures gift to
Frank l.. Stanton, and that was his
enduring gift to the world"
Typical of the many epigrammatic
tributes are the following: He con
tributed toward making life more toll
cradle for his fellow voyagers. He
gave more than he took. Little Rock
Arkansas Democrat. Real contribu-
lions to the poetic literature of Amer.
lea. Dallas Journal. He opened
shattered souls that sunshine mighe
filter in. "-Richmond Times Dispatch.
rs not he that brings good cheer and
joy greater than he that taketh a
city? "-Raleigh News and Observer.
His verses will live long in Southern
literature. ADMISSION Star. For
more than 40 years Frank l.. StantorA
whom the children of Georgia elected.
the States poet laureate, scattered ths'l
sunahine of his CHEEKY genius over the ,
whole country. Kansas City Journal.