| Show r MEAKINS CO TO HOME OF POETESS Former Spend Day With Mrs Ella Wheeler Wilcox RECITES FOR AUTHORESS LAUREATE OF PASSION VERSES IS MUCH PLEASED The Tho following letter latter has bAa been ro re received from rOm Jehn rehn P MeakIn at Now New York rork Prearranged by en with Mrs Irs vita BUa Wheeler Mr Mn 1 and Ad myself left leU on the Now T rk New Haven do Hartferd rail railroad railroad railroad road Sunday July ruly S 9 for a visit with tula talented tal woman w man at her country home tIme The Th Bungalow Granito Granite Bay BeY Short Beach B aoh Conn CoDDo The Tho distance from New York cork to New Ne Haven Is III a miles mile ml lea covered en OR the limited In la one eDe B hour and ancI minute The heat haat In New York City at af the present time Ume to Ia J one continuous Turkish bath therefore It was a relief nISeI to speed away from It catching at the cool breezes brese of or the sea BeL seaOn BeLOn On the tho train we met a number of or Boston Daton people and ad chatted chat with them Casual remarks that we were from I Fait bait Lake oa OR our owr way to 10 visit the pr Mrs Bite Bill Wheeler WIlcox wu waa Quito quite enough to start Mart the Ute ques question qu tion n box boz running In d t ma me D about Mormons 1 r h of or Salt halt Lake polygamy poll U 9 e poetry and Mrs Mn Wilcox tumbled over OTer each other and all aU the tho talk that ev w I Ls 3 s crowded Into lato about one hour hoar hourt ai t med md to add to enjoy rr IT ut The re la In the we western estern tern t vy to refresh quite as IUS much 03 1 the tho bry oy atmosphere of ot the sea Ilea W soon goon arrived at New Now Haven the tho limo of DC Yale Yala Using a printed card c rd rS r f direction of ot how boW and aDd where to go hrh Mrs Ira Wilcox had sent u ua In ia her het Letter 1 of ot invitation we wo followed the mart r art otherwise like the babes In the Ule thew thew w ow d we wo would have been loot boat Frum New Now Haven we took a trolley Cir car C to Bungalow Lane about eight el ht miles i out Ia la the country In Old Now New Haven We Wo Journeyed through the old art atta of ot New Haven HaTen dotted with pretty picturesque and dilapidated to undines buildings and aad passed people black and white young and aid eld ld their faces indicating 1 all shades of or Intellect and s of oC social standing We new now OB OR Into the quiet and It ita at a term emt d as though we wo had loft civili civilization far behind na u and aad Ad found round T auty and aad grandeur in the absolute fence a and aad Ad solitude of or nature Wo We traveled oa OR and oa OR ever hill atU and dale U L low land and high land bog bogar bogur ar ur tl r 1 J fern tern It was wu a beautiful I fg r Kline acene of or variegated negated colors aou aau Th The contrat of lICe W and Its Ita aur sur r u Il la In the short ort apace of two ars urs wa wee W very WIrY wonderful wo First Ii trat w York T Tk City with Ka lie clamor and 3 v millions its Ita tomblike streets n rt Tn which a little flower can never Us Ito heed head b where above the noise o a J l dia of oC trade tra e one oae hears liean continual th the tone toa of the mac ma mo maCline Cline cune c ins railroad man calling Step p live Ue liver liven r ni n re room ahead then the Ut stew low r f f tg g Connecticut C s ors ore the tho lanes are ue green greeR the roads CT c ra dunty du and aDd Ute the sidewalks sandy cM fI c 11 where the Ute say ea y Mow cheerful I timer i with you IOu genially where were the tho conductor looks looka pleasant plea ant fid says How do and hands you ur C r any old oW time tIm It Is le iud of or the he At Atour lilt af our particular conductor with a ai i pile MId Next Nut atop is la I yours Ours V ht he h meant to say aey was wall Bungalow So is e Use the tn home of oC Blia Wheeler Wil z It was wan unnecessary for him to toc tos c s oak eak these words wor for a first glance t is wn the lane laae e ted peotry poetry mu rau mur mue f r art refinement retiRement 1 t wets There we saw a fairy gar garn gar n spot hM hid la 18 a neat noet of oC roses rose a ay r c 7 y bungalow Going down the lane c 1 through the Ute trees tr we looked on 0 granite bay a beautiful piece of ot wa we wet wat t f dotted with Hat boats filled with vera frs singing and aad laughing to tho the ther r ii 1 of or the tIte of or the G 5 line as II It floated them c t T r t the alvery very ripples We Ve now nowr t r l unde a large archway of or orIf IT s ar arit et t aad and vine vinet t f i J h a pretty garden of et shady t La ie i s and Ad flowers and arr ar nr art t I r ell 11 1 at It the steps of or tho the bungalow At AS th the 11 door oa on a large porch stood 6 s gracious grado figure and nacI we saw sate the thel theT l T r ming face taGe of Americas Amerle greatest rl red moss mMe helpful woman BUR Bite Vh eter Wilcox Both hands bands were In ia greeting to te the two Salt I Lakers kers Mr Hr and Mrs Mr In Poetry mid Song 1 this sweet t little home with this s n t t little woman we spent several everal r urs In la poetry song and aad optimistic L ll ful talk By request I gave gaver rany i r any aIlY poems from rom the heart and aad brain 1 f r MIT MI Wilcox recited re by b me all over OTer the tho t ht western country with the gentle enU as chief oklet auditor A few neigh s dropped In and all seemed n It e j bo t e entertainment and th the it they jut just enjoyed very v ry n ate ale Light refreshments a re servo by Mrs Wilcox own fair ha ii ida j She naked many questions r out ut tat her ber circle 1 of ot friends friend In la Salt Sal 1 alee lk City Mrs Mrs Hn Welte Welle Mrs Ira Dusenberry not forgetting ou our old chi ok Mend friend Charlie Johnson tho the pho phot t tr grapher l P J i ro rough me the Ule lady sends warm wann t greetings to all her In InAh InAh Ah Ahi race i c will not net permit of ot my giving r i r I 1 i 1 of ot a oR n of Mrs Wilt Wil x t s a homo home The Bungalow Its 18 beau al ll natural nor of Qt its it int t and wonderful furnishings and andI I 1 or d It 1 Is Ie the ideal 1 me te of r the tho poet thinker and scholar walls walk and tables are rustle rustic rec t 11 lJ of t carved erNd and aad scratched names namee I isIora from the ends eMs of ot the earth eartha e a t f rs re ns authors and c m 1 posers There Thore are arc also alao rare 1 Gorging ar gings and curios from all parts perU of ot oft t r world both Oriental and Cc r atal collected by the owner In her tr vela v 1 I was pleased to present Mrs c c t with a IL copy of ot ray DIY Leaves of at roth r she be also presented us with c aei fes 1 of ot her two latest works P I ms of PO Jr and Poems of Progress Fr autographed auto It was time Ume Umer cr jr r for tor it was a long Gurney back to Now how York and time sad had flown as If on wings With kInd kIndy lr IT y words and predictions of ot fT fr r your servant the tho poetess nV me mo a loiter letter allowing me mo tho the loge of or publishing several of ot her herIn h I cm In my new book The Thu hand clasps ol were given and Mrs Wilcox sont sent us upon our way with those these last Jut word I 1 welcome your coming and bid Md our guests godspeed As I looked back bade at the picture of or this rarely gifted woman In Its It natural frame of ot green her own words earns came cameto to my mind Do you wish Jah the world were happy Then remember rem day d by It l day Ju Just t to scatter seed ae lie d of ot kindness As you pa pass s along the way For the pleasure of ot the Ute many J May be traced to one A As the hand that plant an as II acorn Shelters Shelter armies annl from the be sun IMIn In the tho twilight of day we boarded ed edthe the trolley car and in the cool of oC the evening we wended our way back to New Haven then on the we fairly flew back beck to the big hot bustling city through tunnel and tube under ground and aRd over ground arriving at West street welcomed by our loved on ones at tho the close of ono one of th the most de delightful days 4 ever overspent 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