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Show I biwoml 'If! feir I J THE PLACE OF POETS ' I l I IN MODERN LIFE 1 tf s Poets nro always considered fair ' , I ijl t game fcr newspaper humorlstB. There m ! (I I Is no closed sc.'ison on them, tor the H I It spring poet hobs up Indefinitely, re- J II j jj , gnrdless of tempcrntures nnd seasons. I I Ijl ' And persons who live bo much In a I! j ft world of Imagination apart usually Ull J have some eccentricities nt which tho 1 t If ' Jokesmlths naturally him pleasant 1 1111 Jests. 1 Ijl A real poet lias' still n largo place I 1 1 I in modern life. Tho fact Is cmphtislz- I Ull . icd by tho Invitation just extended to I " Alfred Noycs, tho brilliant and rhyth-I rhyth-I f mlcal English poet, to lecturo four 1 II I S " montjis each year at Princeton unl-R unl-R 111 ' verBtty.' j ) There Is 'always a demand for go'od V HI poetry, though tho pecuntary returns j Ijl i aro usually -small. Tho space given lj j by tho newspapers to printing vers-fjjj! vers-fjjj! cs Is still large. Much of It Is dog- ' j gcrel alleged to bo humorous. But a 1 II I good dehl of It Is nt least an effort W IHIf to express Joy and Borrow In an olo- 11 I jlj , vated and Imaginative way. I l!l Tho troubles of tho poetry editor I,' of magazines nnd nowspnpors come j) Hill from tho fnct that nlno-tentJis of tho , E ; peoplo who try to wrlto verse have ' I JL o conception of what the essential I elements of poetry aro. Tho popular 1 j llea Is that It Is n string of verses , I M tacked together which end In words i I !! tllat rhyme Rhyme, however, Is , 1 jjjy only no of tho smaller olemonts In 1 1, rcnl Poetry, nnd may not bo round ' I Ifls nt nU I Tho essence of real poetry Is h girt for expressing human sentiments In an Imaginative way. having some po-cullar po-cullar beauty of expression, a very rhythmical wording, along which tho mind dancos in a motrical way, is much moro Important than rhymo. U Is this singing and dancing gift of verso that has been ono or tho principal prin-cipal factors in giving Mr. Noyes his lnrgo success hero and in England. LacktaB Bomo suggestions of these gifts, tho poetry Bcrlhblora may well bo cautious how they spend too many Postago stamps in efTorts to market their stuff. Their offuslon may bo Pleasing to tho participants In gold- J en weddings and old folks reunions, but tho nowspapors usually want advertising ad-vertising rates for printing it. A CURIOUS ANOMALY OF DIPLOMACY Bills nro oxpectcd to pass In Con-gross, Con-gross, providing for tho ratslng of 1 I tho United States legation In Argon- tlna to tho rank of an embassy. I iff An nmlMador is traditionally sup- I posed to bo a personal representative . ( 0t h,s BvorelBn. Ho Is supposed to , bo entitled to tho samo direct person- , j al access to tho ruler to whom ho Is , 1 1 accredited, as hlB own sovereign r, 'j j '0lld bo If presont. :'! Tbero ,s i toudi of absurdity when HI !i : tho Governments of two republics uso V, j lllC8o Pretentious tags nnd labets. iH'l1 Lk. T'ly nr 8Upposcd to hav thrown overboard the, ornamental Imggago of kings nnd emperors? Yet ntf doubt.lt is good sbuslness in this caso,, Aron-tlnals Aron-tlnals a 'grent 'country, lnhnbUed"by proud andiSensltlvo peoplo. No doubt It has hurt their self esteem that theV must do 'business with a moro minister, when our gqvprnment was sending abroad ambassadors to otbiu' J - i 1 1 . , governments, f " The objection has always been made to raising; legations to ambassadorial ambas-sadorial grade, tent tho diplomat bearing tho bigger tltlo must launch out on moro elaborates entertaining It used to bo snld that Ambassador Held spent 1250,000 a year maintaining maintain-ing his dignity in tho artificial ltfo or London dlplomncy. Students of diplomatic problems seem pretty woll ngrccd that some thing must bo dono to glvo our ni.v bassadors and ministers moro uniform qunrtors. When a millionaire got9 tho appointment ho may leaso aonio gaudy houso and play tho gamo to tho limit. U ho lacks good tn3te, ho creates n f til so Impression. Tho next nppolntco if n poor mun, must go into a shabby slilo BtrcQt and lilro quarters next to Swltzoilar.d or Costa Rica. Tho United States' looks pretty small during that tfg-Imo. tfg-Imo. What Is 'needed nro permanent quarters, under which rich nnd. poor representatives could livo nlong in turn, In nn nmplo but slmplo dignity, without such startling contrnsti. |