Show J Jovial ovial Hoo Hoosier el Poet May B Become Rileys Riley's S Successor INDIANAPOLIS May 7 A 7 A s successor successor to James Whitcomb Riley i is being suggested by the natives of Indiana who claim William William- Herschell as their poet laureate since the former poet died Herschell is often taken for tor a prosperous prosperous business man or a jovial physician instead of the theauthor theauthor theauthor author of or friendly verses Indianans In- In believe Herschell knows more citizens of 1 by ly y their first names than any other dweller in ii the stat state He ranges from capital to like a atro tro troubadour badour writing and reciting reciting reciting ing his rhymes A native of Owen county 53 53 years old he was a boso bosom i friend of Riley The ne new v Hoosier p poet et attributes attributes attrib attrib- utes his sense of ot rhythm to the fac fact that his father a Scotch blacksmith after leaving the f forge rge at evening would read the poems poems of Robert Burns to his hist family t |