Show A moet ecuadorian poet thero there is at least ono one modest man in in ecuador and he be is a poet who according to his own ideas is ono one of tho the greatest the world has ever produced this human aggregation of the quintessence of modesty recently incited a 1 letter lette r to the directors of the worlds fair at chicago in which ho he coyly suggests that lie be paid for a poem the liero hero of which is to be columbus lie ile states that it will equal the iliad or the eneid and writes 1 I 1 will como come to chicago and recite the poem it will take nine days for its delivery thero should lie be copies of the poem printed for which I 1 beg you to appropriate OGO there is not much risk rik in hazarding the opinion that tho the ge gentle n t i mans I 1 poem will never bo be heard hear at t the worlds fair or anywhere else for that matter |