Show A k POET OF LITTLE THINGS Cleveland Plain Dealer There is no probability Sty ity that any poet oct of n toda today will dispute Mrs Julia JUlin A A Fletcher Sier Carne Carneys Carney's s claim dalm to tho the authorship of ot Little Dr Drops ot of Water Vater That famous humble clas dna sic dates back to 1845 18 when Mrs Carney Curnc then a primary school teacher In Boston wrote the tho verse as S an exercise In ln shorthand This fact tact was brought to light the other day when tho the author died at hor her home in iii aged 83 85 5 Thero There Is no doubt that the fame famo of tho the dead poetess will rest up upon n the single poem And yet et this Is an exaggerated state tate ment because the was Va never popularly known Her Hea verse has been Gun and eald saId millions suns sung by of or lit lit- tb tle voices voice has been burlesqued and parodied times without number ha haa known a Juvenile vogue that Is 18 Isi only c b by tho the Immortal Mary Iary and her faithful lamb Iamb but hut few Cew indeed aro ara the readers who ho knew that its authors author's name namo was Carney As R a su successful effort at conden condensation atlon Little Things s as the tho poem wa was called deserves high praise AS AI a lesson it Impressively teaches leaches the value vat val ue no rif nf tho the Infinitesimal There arO are three stanzas in addition to the famous first one but It Is on the that tho the popularity o of the poem will wm reet reel And while 1119 th writer also has that golden cub rule ulo poem Deal Gently With tho Erring to her credit It Is Little Drops of Water Vater Little Grains of ot Sand that alone calls public attention to her demise |