Evening star., 1954-06-06
PhiIoteIic News
By james Waldo Fowcett

Post ONCE Department off,
GERS are thinking about a new
series Of stamps in honor of
the Nations Heroes of
Peace" Such issues, indeed,
have been under consideration
ever since the release of the
Famous Americans sequence of
IS in 1910. The passing Of
nearly IS years has served to
stimulate interest in the sub
ject not only among collectors
but likewise among people not
yet attracted by the worlds
favorite hobby.
If James Fenimore Cooper
was entitled to admission to
the national gallery Of phila-
tely. why should not Nathaniel
Hawthorne u804-186D author
of 1.-THE Scarlet Letter" "The
House of the Seven Cables"
Twice Told Tales" and the
children's wonder Book" and
"Tanglewood Tales" be hon
ored similarly?
The stamp In tribute to
Washington Irving inevitably
raised the question Of recog-
milton Of Herman Melville
(1819-189D, whose "Moby
Dick" "Typee" and "Omoo"
set the fashion for adventurous
stories Of the South Seas;
Henry James Q843-1916.
whose DAISY Miller" wash
ington Square" and THE Bos-
tonians" pioneered the psyche
logical novel in the United
States: and o. Henry. In real
life William Sydney Porter
(1862-1910). whose "Cabbages
and Kings" 1.-The Four Mil
lion" and other collections OF
fictional briefs created the
modern short story vogue.
Margaret Deland (1857-
1945), famous for her "Old
Chester Tales" John Ward,
Preacher" and "The Awaken
ing of Helena Richie; Villa
Gather O876-194D, celebrated
for THE Song of the Lark"
my Antonio" Youth and the
Bright Medusa" and Death
Comes for the Archbishop;
Theodore Dresser Q871-1945),
known to a world audience for
SISTER Carrie" THE Genius"
and THE American Tragedy"
and Sinclair Lewis 1885,
1850, assured of long remem-
brance for Main Street."
"Babbitt," "Arrowsmith," Ell
mer Gantry" and "Dodsworth."
merit the same homage.
At least eight American
poets certainly deserve con-
sideration in the projected
new series. They are: Julia
Ward Howe (1819-1910,
author of The Battle Hymn
of the Republic; Paul Laur-
ence Dunbar (1872-1906), Ne
gro author of Lyrics Of Lowly
Life" and Lyrics of Sunshine
and Shadow; Emily Dickin-
son Q830-1886), New England
mystic author of six volumes
of verse published after her
death; Vachel Lindsay Q879-
193D, author of General
William Booth Enters Into
Heaven" THE Chinese Night
ingale" and "The Golden
Whales of California; Edna
st. Vincent Millay (1892-1950e:
author of "Renascence," THE
Harp Weaver" and THE Kings
Henchman"; Eugene Field
185O-1895). author of Little
Boy Blue" and many other
poems about or for children;
Edgar Lee Masters Q869-
1850, author of THE Spoon
River Anthology" and Edwin
Markham Q852-1940), author
of The Man With the Hoe"
Stamp tribute for Amelia
Earhart Putnam Q898-1937,
pioneer aviatrix, repeatedly
has been suggested. Other
American women entitled to
nomination for like acknowl-
edgement of their services to
the Nation are: Maria Mitchell
Q818-1889) astronomer; Char
lotte Cushman U816-1876),
actress; Elizabeth Ann Seton
G774-182D, founder Of the
Sisters of Charity; Lillian
Genth Q876?-1953) and Lydia
Field Emmet 1866-1952,
painters; Mary Lyon d797-
1849), founder Of Mount Hol-
yoke College: and Louise
Homer Q872?-1940 and Err
nestine Schumann- Heink
(1861-1936). operate singers.
In the field of science, the