Show THE IIAWKEYK 1OET I MR WATERMANS HIQK LACE I IN LITBRATURB r I 71 Iynsl of III reed 1 Inwlal III wy ittwr II knell en 1 eh 1ar lint 1r II S trop 1100 Nigh C t If k P ANY hate laughed t over Nixon Waterman f Water-man iiinlnt con celtii and witty I J 01 tarns on common s i J plan Ihlllllo but t t bow many > top to I consltr I what u Rain la ttw world licit n health ninny wrllr If I I i We nee more ol them more sermon with the golden rule fur a text BO cummiul hltlilcu I uwa Hint ono nor iiitpocit anything nernionllko until one In Impelled tn a ktndr thought and act and tan trace tie ImrulM to the reading of tauc poems M full of klndl ficlliiR 1 Mr Waterman In I not n Mahler lie doe not buckle on hits lltirnry nrmor and sally forth with n ilirlon call to arms lie In I not n vllrlolli pen lint the ItMon Is taught nont the Ion rf fectually Then IF I a gentle strength about the wrlllngr of this young western pod which IfidlcAtei an tindei current of thought that dON tint tae ll > ctt In meandirlngi of poetical Imagery but gore slrmghl to the undcritandlng litre u i a merciful tolerance In the tone ol Mr Waterman writing e even when the lesson In I polntid The point II I not dipped In gall In ihort Mr Waterman while not being nl nil ag KroMlvr has a way of making people want to be better and ash lined l of hat Ins store or thought intthlng meanWhile mean-While hit writings the llulletln have nndlitnctltc flavor of heblcile they eerlnlnly hun n tcmleno In mike lh lisper moro Interesting 1 Vo quote from the Midland Month which In a recent article Napa nf Mr Waterman that he U I one of the three belt known and widely quoted now paper pit 0 0 0 TlK keynote of lib nong In located nlMiut midway between a smile and tear and always Imiitcitmably dlilant from u lgh lie It recur peMlmlitlc and 11 Hue of satire van direr formed by bin pen The purity of huts one U I exempli n1 In the following wnlrli presents to the mind nil tint It I wnetet soul bent rf the grandc pindon without any cf the betmlrchlnc lioughti foul a r i ± iet Y7r a14 J amG N e NIXON WATKIIMAV lujgulon which sometimes dim the luster of tlio molt beautiful I poems The Lily lip arc puro and whlto without a touch of tire The roses heart U I warm hull led nnd etcncd with delre In cjrllie broid Held ct deithloiui blcom the gladdest live aro hire Whotc thought are an Iho Illy nnd whose lao li I like the dome The law of compensation Is I mOlt hcautlliilly I > Illuitruted In the following follow-ing fragment The gluts that to our brenit we fold Are brightened by our 1011 The sweetest jays n heart can hold Irnw up between IU cows And on tiles pathway man n mile Ii made moro glad and cheery lleeauie for Just a little while The way teemed dark and dreary There It a peculiar characteristic of Mr Waterman which ear want of a better term we might mil umnlnesi that would dlinrm the moil 1 nggrc ho of raorlnln Ai one might jiidgo from his writing he It I one of the moil appreciative of frlcndt ln1 i n 1 genial companion Wro liowcr Cobb nape of Ihn poet editor lilt ti a nature tint roll away the clouds and pours In a stream of sunshine upon all with whom he come In contract Life 10 l pleuanl and glad to him and the joy of lilt wisdom It that It would make even one Ibo happy hap-py pyMr Waterman Ic I ttlll n poling man I and If the coming u > 11 fulfil tholi promlfo for with inch a naunc biro I grows broader at It grout older what may we not expect I Hut whatever his futuro may bring I the world U richer and better for what he hat already written this sweet songs that will live In the loving memory all the people Hli poems barn lately been printed In book form |