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Show Is a. - i m V fCii:.V. STANDARD: TIIK SUNDAY SUNDAY UTAH MORNING FEREUARY 2IJ 1907.' .. - .f - ; ; '. - il ! !: : ' But waa set hla whole Ilfs, aa rkt, aud tender and nunny. the sweeten ( all hla puemaT One 1a reminded of Bjorn aoa i phrua, tha white Mr. long, fellow." by bin simple imitation of tba master's words, "Buffer little children i ants me." No other witness needed ta ravesl tha beauty of his spirit. When the spreading chestnut irre" was filled which shadowed tbe vtllsga smithy In Brattle street a great armchair for tta poet waa fashioned fmta of school Its wood by tha children. Longfellow gave orden that any child should be allowed to set the chair at any time, gad Mr. Hlggtusna records that "tha tramp of dirty nttie feet, through tha hall was for many months tbe daapalr ef hoasrmalds." Another evidence of his entailing kindness was bla altitude toward tha autograph flred. Once ha records la hla diary that "yesterday I wrote, aralrd and directed TO autographs." Just before bis srveaty-fnartbirthday a lady arat blm a hundred blank cards, asking hits to writn hla name on each, aa ahe waa going to give a party and wished rarh guest to have a souvenir. Hla hospitable homo waa alwaya apea i i i 'I ) aubUL-rlptlan- h I ; j to f w I probably tbe only eurvtTOr except Hew-aliHe will read a paper an. Longfellow at tha Cambridge celebration thla a. ; ovary newcomer, A week. For g years Longfellow waa a i ; 2 i XaJT Piercer tajcpzt 2jicptzt LCfXZFZZLCW'Z nth th OX of this month a wl rlll have (imM lleury irai born la Hie large. rambling house overlooking tba sea ai Portland, Ma. Tba iwet'i faaia baa nudergoue sharp eicliMltuiIesdiiring this century. Ila rasa speedily to ba tba muat popular anil beat beloved of Ancrkai when ba died. In IbH it was considered an Irrrpurahla national ralaailty; today literary inugola nalt Whitman and ! aud sueer that Longfellow la enough for children. Rut tba amhiMlaNia arlllt which props ratlona ha to bora unde to aalahrata tba catenary. nut mil? In Iortland and Cambridge, but at many othar plates, aaama to Indlrata that the paiidnluia of opinion la about to awing bnckward again. and people will realise, daaplta aupari'lllnna critics, that what la Knud chough fur la none too kinnI fur tbrlr elders. Thorn la non story about I Oh g fellow, told by William llran llinralla in Friends and Acqualitleaee," which budlaa forth battar than columns of aulugy the charm and loveliness of Iba aiaa aud hla sung. It naa at funeral. Kinaraoa had cuiuo from Court rd and aloud licslde tba liter, ( tony upon tha while faro of tba white poet, an "dead ho lay amniiK hla hooka" Rmaraoa'a memory waa but a dlcheiliic lamp al that lima, and aa ba guard uwn etm-- e ld . ckll-dra- a "U-tarar- J i Ixuigft-l-low'- Longfellow's pcai-efu- l Bleep ha acamod to ha pathallrally etniyitlluK to recall some-thinA little la tar ha aalil: "Tha gentle' man we hare Just been burying waa a act and beautiful auul, but 1 forget hla name." All of fomgfalhiw'a Ufa and all hla literary work are auuimnl up In that elm-pitribute. Ila waa "a awcet and beautiful auul " Tha rude Norsemen, after tlu-leonreraloa tu I 'biiatlanlty. iia.il I apeak Of "the white rheata" anil Itjoruaou, lu a letter to an Aincrtran friend, wrote of "the white Mr. lauigfellow.'1 Though literary eriil-- a may "forget bl name" the great Amerli-uieople will alwaya remember him aa a sweet and beawiirul aonl." . Deaeewded Praia PI In riot Fathers. Rn life waa eer fni-from the tnlut of am thtog r or vile, lie disprmed the notion Dial grtilun muat he iiuhealiliy and The apreea of llolilue lliirna. tbe IlnKer.i of l.l'nl llj ron laid untiling to do with their genius; ie.p nien might have lieen greater pneta had they lived decent and onlerly Iti.-- like Wordawrortb, Iriiiiyanu and cur gvi New Kuglaod hnnl. Nn that lamgfellnw waa ore of Natoie'a noMemen; he waa dethe atem add I'llgrim (tflek fended -- no mro her' a able from four Mayflower fumilin. In.'lndlug that of John A it. n awl Irlwdlla Mulllna. whom he hai Iicii, fit fitligctl In "The tourtahli of Mllea " Ilia grandfather' S'enT-t!- a grandfather, a'lo her ei'fneldenee between and i " g"re;iiiVy, waa a "Vi'lase waa or'iginaily Hie name of and the written l.ancft-llay- , ot'oenie of Wadsworth Aral apix-- imI iw tVordewnrth. ao that there may bare l. n a link of relationship with the n'st--ini- -- nt lh poet Wordsworth, who waa iiiao i to.ks-hirended from an family. Perhaps there la i bid'i-of Longfellow's real pnc-lthe fart that he boenme a hi i In aplte of hla rather ludl.-rne-- . i.nnie N.iu,ea like OhnkeaiM-arand hp -r tine a Ana flniulih and dlgmtr ir-- ) penfila ! muI) tr ,t cl. If .a poet hy mr of Khi.j .. t m Ihp .d far ffciw. Tbro In ii nanu1-iei- .i exit (ft iii aiiaF os Koata lb a4V-ti"Kr.ifk." inipiUm Miwri litna Keg tN naiiir ththink any nm. Ilka it - htry fr liaa Made mrii . IjH ntinoTa-1N- forvt ipprMfltioR af ftnefi llnw wt-br- r matrwd ta tba fount, aa fritn-aih iunmM. In tt ttaihMiuc Hall of Fam Ijonyf!! nw tmma tntb awirj tti, Kuifrna .i tb omj frviv a literary pirn ahnrf Mm. Kor ! b fr bud liauibarac art lk- vnj j Whose iZrvaprjzB '(&3C2oarcwrjTXJjzi2T bo rankad ihmit ffeonni. Tba ulna maa of Longfellow wara Wawlilnton. f.knroiii. Marahall, Jtf M'rlwlar," Franklin. fanum, Kinaraon and Fultoa. rarfi Tha Prow ar atudr I ear la tha laaphgU. Daoamdhg tha broad tall Wain Gni A lira and lamhlng Alkym And Edttk wkk (oMra talr. rklMkM l.lka dhwMia and many atioibrr yraat Aral taught tu np ItfNifffllmr irradato tha haautlra of raraa 1y hla kKilhat. Nln raad Cowwr, Hannah Sfnra Fha waa and fhialas to iba children. not afraid of arnalhla woman liaaldf From thla poem, witb Ita plctansqae adjectives, everybody knowa tha Wa ran see their meUier. children. too. by tha light of the poet a phrase about her "deep, unutterable eyea," and hy the lines In hla pathetic sonnet; "The thuudamiorm, but "anjoflug tha ai Hlaiaatit of Ita plrudnra. llaory'a flmt uani waa pahllnliid In thr Foriland Uaaotla whan ha waa llltla wore follows: than 1.1 It ruua ' THB B4TTLK or LOV ILL'S Croea of Bnow: out mora whtta Ihrauik aiaitiidom of flto was To Ita irposr. Kmr I'ONU. Coll cidd la tba airlh wiad and tuda la tba bww That awfrto Ukr a burrlraat kwdly and fiat Ai M amana thraacb tba tall. attig pma low and dmar. ifka a ttqiika lad o'ar tha vanior bW. la atiR. and tha aavap'a yvtl Ik vikft dril; tlaa annk Niti allAioa Tlio dia of lh hattlt, tha tiunult la oar. And tha toka ia aaw heard aa wow. (Mr ami courdfr. Llrt. Ha fmk to tbrtr mat; tha dawp rarth la tf wtfimm trite th jbiffR hr hry iwsdU ul tha ap4 fmai nf thtr irvw. IliHr aahm t' yraua r la iMr fWrr. anvmfindpd W fain, Aud tuUmy a loud tnmp lhtr dcaih dsd rr Thy Ao Atad rialm; Thy ova dad, huf rh hi rarti !ir bmit. And fhrtr naiwa am CfMto azr&j'JiLcojv-- an hnoora brxlit Aiyraa s ifczrjrr (zarB&r&G-j- ? pra Tba younjf ymMflnn rotmlrrd a rriii'l Mow th of th ry d;i wbon b first aaw Mmalf In ptliit. !t to a D,ih lutmhlf d Ida fiilior whoro th talk of th mn turn. . "IM uiMin piNtry. ih ii.itt 1011 ig m w-- j naki ib adih'd, muavk'tliiy, mo: orr, It m all tMrrofi, vrw wm. .if It." Th i:irarolil jus! , h to pWi Ihnt nieht. A In or ao K.M. Visf-loyar to ltrrt in wti 1hr Natbauiol u Ila thorn n nn u f bla w.h Kmnk lnaiiaty; lrfik4l to tei,ii:iii of tha 1 iiitial Stiita Ivr i.tj tin mot alg niii'annf pia.H (tf micrplloWa rt'lh'i: Ilf spa t!iat it ctinltitloii tiny. In a dM'.at h 'n.iiiPirf th and do fn mi ; .( i.f th Amrlaii w ho h tuny limp lumn'lb Intf tn writing "lliawatba Imp'iMA many tdny' atiff. It ni'f ainri i'riiit ftr J!1 Hla Rarlp Wrltlava, MM h waa In polios I.oncf7w h n11iig rontrlbntlonn t lh 'Tn1tM MatLltorary Oavtt.'' In niiiiia Bryant alo flguril iinlt f Hir:Along with nurh Imnistur i" "1lnm br thy a)aiTd MoraTtaa Niiih.' vhh'h flu of th vtliy our an'l pnladt nttboiiKli w ktifw rn'nskfa him-anaa only ! lnb a,ar . pm1 no- ii inmh n w-- y not bar g -- H ni " cloak and . Th 'I ! of Si jiMinx who kui-la,,cnisi rl.l-- d. tT that . ., llnt,., Wl-n- t f al'IwV t. . , r t th i:t 1it:iik, ,i?'f t.i .,,i fni Umwiiomi. me f!PHf priJaWfl ii. ar. irnn- - Itp'-'-- .u ; (, .wN t ., !. WI4 a , f H rp. h r ' frMn tli SpanUb roiilaa of Man Aniline hla nlfvtl inma w i iran1uilotii from tirrmxii. Swod Jhiiiitih. Srtm:u'. AnaloSmon nn l.iiiin. htipa lh langnugca b1rn.1jr mentioned ontro Mr n Piljrrniatf Urjonl tl in Kl and trt.f Ky" waa n!li-hii- ! to do for th riit;nlit vhuf Ironci "8krtb ltMk' had dor f r riilniul. ml I si is . n t lunu rhiii lat rpt "Karaun:.vh.' in jt x- - n.n aatn yar "111 mli yhod hIhw,i aaw u Vaflia tf lh NtzM." wlil.-l- i f th p'lr'ii that Inn in.nl taliitsl in hi fnm w irhlni-l- , "A lSa!m of l.if" and th lit:nr 1 fiir " 1iln!j:1.! Mtaa Aitofhr of ti. a Mtaiia, ! I'Hrjinecd f'lty," proi.Mki fund Top an I' ir:.t'rd rhjirc "f piMjinrtui. wihh tfK t..-- til'll rt lt'l-if th Hla irnirla !U l T I yt pfi ton riT ho 1 .ijie-i:- f.-- An w !'-- t - u..!ue ;i ' ... n s. 'i s . SI .11 : j. j. fl- i,( of tram hr ,i ... ' r.. fii, f j ,; I.. ..i.e 1,1 ' - .. : . ' I , -. 'in-- 'e . "l i m Ii . e? The y:ir of h iv le fi, t uni- l.e the rim. of rrnir I'rae.e . niilil lie rise ilamset re-- .. ie g"r w ah. .ill iike to Im.I nn Men wtiut well a flute wrote lAiogfellow. Tli'iuclil uulbing Iml atarvatloo won'.il lr!e ic" to .T'jtse ,ip t tin- entrame ef n sl'lige a. liiililun'th Olii." ti.e A':)eri:,n minister to Sonin m lu the a.reeta rn him au bit romantic bm'i tuiy waa w.n "I "Ar'er II bUa rang by Tragedy. wllh th Txagfrllowa. mat rmwnd with tunrripg hippiiii'.i. o SheIVynu atorma. ri..np.ni.-i- i inarpxl Ita ralm ldft! no By-- I and Joy. rrcipi'riiy. i.t Rk.i a year aalury. and In the f.urn of an appointment at :: 1. f.i meciieil the learned Tleknor. Il.i she eln le of domeatle felicity. The apnsir.tii-enat Harvard carried with It of a year'a reaiilenee entering nion hla new ic., aiel lawcfcilew availed bimaelf el thin taking hla young wife liim. After fhey had Journeyed hither r.n-- Miitlier for elx month., meet-l'ithe i'arlyie. and other eelelirltiee, M r. died at ltittcr,1am. Ikiv f,. hut hb grlcr it hrnvrly. Going to Heidelberg he liiiir.gf-ii;ti the study of German literature. And no he came to lie the intc ulus opened fi.r Amcrls-anthe rich tress-ur-- - tint. Never-ilieli'- " : ' Weimar. Xtw-Eigl- Thla houae waa tba poeta home all the ret of hie life, aod became the center of Canihrlilge'n literary eodety. Cambridge waa thea the literary capital ef America eirept Weimar, ia the deye of tJoethe. and Athena, la tbe age of Perlelen. ptiohably Ba dry ever harbored ao many lllualriooo Uteri ry men at one time. Al Bret Havte laid to Ilowella, who moved there In IWfl: "Why, yon couldn't Are A revoiTrr your front without bringing down porch any whs-ra two returner!" Among Jhooe who lived In wera Lowell. Agamlx. Cambridge lTk". Child. Dana, Norton, the Jameaea ifoih'T and Mum), along with many otnera Huia-eii"t fnrgorien, often ran over fn-lUieion, Cmernotl aomet tinea rami from Concord, aod Whittier from Ameo- e t A. they p. .lion. In .if i.nrpin-- drd A -- K'.rls. "i of l . e the p tncyar i lrtiT th I v.i-a- a iaoi iniriler-lm- ,1,.. wai'ilei.-f . scr In .i l,,, of i .. a- j i hcw k bla iilum mrrrr. h bad ao oftn mlaacd Th mmniK In lt!a for.vcn pilgrlraagc h atnmliled upon short'y yftr hla rttirn hotn. tiua te n'mlndisl of mnta flrat gllmpa of In t'lwtvba and bow h IMnttif "nrvar mid hU tradition that hy ib laonsfrllow ktit Mary Hinrr IVttr at bom without hurh and fnihiwd (hiring to 'i':ik. although ab waa an old ahnofit)na. Th m.lat ynng pt-prffn- r iis jatr to Inirodm' blm to th aniin f:nr on, find a yar or to 'III for h'a p.iottr Waah-ingma- 'a It bad not Inmg-fellow- 'a I a w'i : Karo, I wiit l.opuft.MW , MsHg!.! pTry niitiifiil pwaltuiain ever alure hean PM of Amerleaa literary ahrlnen. The taanalon had been headqiianera during the liege of Koaton; the room that became ttndy naed to be Washington'! ntflee. and Waablngton'a bedroom waa the apartment flrat occupied by the poet, tienrge William Curtla bae told moat amnalngly hww Mra. Craigle conducted the yonng profeater through fbe old manalen, abowiag him ronn after room, witb the Baraieelde wortli Yon cant base that, anUI at iaat ahe came to the Waablngtoa room, overlonklDg tha river, wbea aha omitted the negative and made tbit bontraeeker hippy. lt," fr kh r y rarr h mr of Th Inter. iofl rinrnd and boenni prnfa ttnvin languages at Bowdula. At '.J In is.9 apnvdiMwtk , a nunam--- "IlypoHon," and waa Iroryff'llnw rrnahd. although hy wrot altsthr la flntehd." fliat Mr lrntu ..f - ' - la IMS, undlmlnlshed la poetle sweet-nrsa- . a noble and gracious aonl, full worthy of Emerson's pathetic tribute. Rome of hla ripest and richest wort beTales longs to those declining yearn. of a Wayside Inn appeared In USA; "Chrislm," perhaps hla mark. In 18TS; The Hanging of the Crane" la 187J. "Tbe Bello of Ran Rina." In 188 won tha Iaat Important poem he wrote. blgh-wat- I is i w:iTn fitifh twl.w. awk gable and Grarlam (sal he went on ta tha clone of hla IlfA A fmrw e w'.-.l- i n g ' Iniry. e s I Eil.it .Norton's proas veraloa. Norton, l..ug with lwril. waa the rant proml-Crai- g ncm figure la tba Daata Club, and ll Burk waa tba man, lovable and latge-noled, whom America tbls week, on tbe completion of a century since his birth honors as one of her represeatstlva poets, and tba flrat te wla for America a poetry abroad that reengotllnu wblcb Irving had fooned for Americas By hie choice of national subjects, by hb unerlng taste and srbnlir-sblby bb simplicity and pobe, ha compelled the world te look oar way. A at, aa Barrett Wendell has pelatrd ait, ha dedutlloa "comes very near a world-olof literary grratneaa, which has bean bald tbe virtue ef thine who tlilnk the thoughts of the wbe and who apeak the language of tha staph." ca teaching tba world to look cur way, ha opened for na gate of eong throughout the world. Ha mads Americans familiar with Tegner and Uhbnd and Manrlqoa and Jasmin and Michael Ho waa, perhaps, tha Angelo aa poat moat skillful translator of vena that English literature baa seen, and ba his been repaid la kind by being the moat translated of all American porta Boms Interesting facto ore connected with them troualotlona Fiwtlignth, LoogfeHowk friend and Germany's revolutionary post, Hiawatha translated beautifully lata German; Dom Pedro, emperor of Brasil, tranaUtod "Tba blelllaa'a Tala" Into Fee tnguesr; El Iba Burrltt, tha banei Pasta ef blacksmith," rendered tbe p. d anme-tlme- s Bt-al- d Ufa" Into Banecrlt. far from LongfelWs popularity, waning, aeema on tha Increase. Daring the flrat 18 years that ho wrote, ever S3.-- 0 to cop Ira of hb books ware sold poetical and 82,000 proas. It b Impossible to maka any computation alacs. Thera are few Auortcaa homes without a copy of Longfellow there should be nans. I have area found ana In tfca waiting-rooof a dentist, and seen a shopgirl trading "Tha Court ahlp of Mllea Bbadlak" In n street ear quite as absorbed aa If It were a novel by the great Corelli. The learned pay him their tribata aa Mr. aa- tha unlearned. found In tbe British Museum mart books about Longfellow than (boat aay other modern poet eacept Tcanyaon. low-al- l. Browning and Emerson came arat; Whittier, Poe and Bwlnborae alsmt ontblrd aa many. Tba words ha addressed ta Alfred la tbe flne sonnet "Wtpeottke" may ba applied to btmoelf on thb hundredth birthday festival: tta bowling dtrvtdim M mag Ret Whs aue tta fan la with (tab ddbtsm daam Ait ttau, 0 mat hMorlaa of tha hasit; - ever-age- d n Man Thcicfon, to ttaa the karri-bar- m To thru ow bra and ear ill Brim I For Uw allBgbnai ta the poms sit. GEO RGB BEIBEIc WARS LATEST INVENTIONS The French military airship, fa Pitrie, made a remarkable trial flight of 33 miles from Notion to Mendon, near St. Cloud, recently. It accomplished the Journey at a speed ef 31 miles aa hoar, traveling wind blowing at 30 practically against miles an hoar. The airship had four men aboard, and Captain Vnyer steered by a fairly direct route, but made many ascents and descents and rapid turns to teat the navigability of tbe airablp. Tbe great machine responded admirably, and the result of (be trial baa given great utlsfscUon In the military authorities In France. It alee brings up thu great question of, linn civilisation mads war less cruel? It lu donbtful. except, perhaps. so fnr as tbe care of the wounded and the absence of killing for kl(ilug'a sake are concerned. In other respects war. If ant more cruel, hse certainly become, and pearly becomes, more and more terrible. Far It Ii no longer a case of man against man, a In the days of old, hut machine against machine. A man "hoist by hie own petard" la now only pawn In the frigbtfal game between the engines ef war devised hy msn to olny his fellow-mewhit could be more horrifying, even la than tbe torpedo rutting Itnagtnatlnn. through the waves to eel sc Its prey and stain the SCI crimson? Or the silent, It wera stealthy luhmsrine thrown np from the ncenn bel insiaatnaeoaily ta end a thousand liven or more? n land the sinister monstrous gun besvru Itself np over tbe parapet te Are Its smokeless shot and then links berk Into its lurking-placeTha Invisible storm of shot and shell fills the air with lirpalp-iMr- . Intangible but none tbe less swift and sudden death. But these are dangers tbe modem warrior know of and Is prepared te laue, . - f bu st( aud thoght. W.I.-I- I lie returned to tnkc up bis work at ll.i rs nrt he found rcldcncc in the e H tire, at Cambridge, vluvh has luMi-i- Truly Batkanal Fast. SM-K- . time tbe poets life was desolated, and again he went on hla way In faith and fortllnde, like the mountain "wearing hie cross ef snow npoa hla breas- t- Tha sonnet upon her death oral never shown to the world, and reposed la bts ewa portfolio until after hla own daath. It waa one of those pnema of which ba told William Winter, poems that Were for hlinarjf alone, that be should not eare ercr to publish, because they wera too delicate fur publication." a Thy ararriova that ftmghl for M Mra. Longfellow waa burned te death For a atcond by a shocking accident. t Ha Tragedy. But tbe year 1M1 brought another great aorrow to the poet. Ho bad married a eecoud flute -- Fanny Ellaabeth Appleton, ahum a friend of Kooeuth a deacribad aa "a lady of Junoniaa beauty and tbe klndent heart, praise eonflrmed by the memory of all who saw and know bar. Their marriage la 1843 was followed by nearly SO yean of aerene bapplneaa, mirrored la ruck poem aa "Tba Children's Hoar." I bar la tba diawbrr rbne aa The patttr ef Utile fret. The aound of a door that la Aod tolcaa loft and overt. haa w1f liri ao or lpaaMlaw rinroi poetry of a lndU'nu Pirrjrjjzv, jrsfff arZQN&J&iJUtvrz a look-lit- : Irfaai lltweiria moat wa And n at Harvard, U yearn of duty faithfully performed and literary laurelo earned. Haring them yearn ha had written "Hyperion," "Tha Bpanlah Student." "Kvangellne. Kavanngh," "The Ha tioldea legend" and "Hiawatha. bad rlaen to ba tba flrat of Aamrlcaa potda, both In popular eateea and In foreign appreciation. hea-eotl- y : and at him wishing, when engaged npoa mao particularly absorbing work, "0 fnr a good snowstorm te block the door:" And once when then wae trouble at Harvard between students and faculty one of the young ringleaders said: "let ns gs ta Ho always trrata Professor Longfellow. na like gentlemen." Whet of the new terrors rivtllsstlca baa la atora fnr him? Sbmc art alnadr nearly perfect. If perfection cue be In conjunctton witb each engine of deatractloa. There la, for wampk the armored motor fort, which. Ilk aomf great prehistoric but none ground, an beast, will run, tbe leas swiftly, ever the affrighting apeol'"" hernoi belching Are and death, bog, are imand tn vulnerable. Then there caproved war balloons and war kltrn pable, la favorable rirenmataneae, annihilating an army- It Is a large quest ton endeavoring te forecast what Invention may do (or J within tbe next few yearn. Possible jo ahlp may root Into play. In war flaw re ran which people bib; let be clined to hear of In peace. There "f tie doubt that tbe airship will ba drc" tnv but enon so as to be effective, oped risk will alwaya be great In war It will be naed find aecampun much In the way of Intelligence. Th risk la great In submarines. the one disadvantage ilea la their pnet" cel bHndnesa. We are yet to have WF gar ahlp end faster destroyer far If Ing purposes. We shall have more large armored cruisers and numsrooow" see going cruisers of medium slie I FJj tvol tbs ocean, one most pressing aT In a mechanical contrivance I JI Ing tbe firing line with ammanlttc- bullet-prooJJ of course, be mint, of going over any ground and enough to be a bad target for artni"T-ltbe near future an aeroptoie will be wauted. It la difficult at P"B to hit even a captive ballons. n ewlftly moving neroplnno could st nt nlwerve tbe positions of fir with absolute Impunity. troop might easily decide the Isaac of a11 well-nig- a battle. |