Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-01-31 | Page 4 | Who Said

, fl WHO SAID r. "Those wlu in quarrels Interpose, Mii-I 1 f -1 1 wipe a bloody nu- Tin la another phrasing ot the old adage that it is the peacemaker who ilways Kfls hurt. That lb- hb-.i i- i new one is found in the fact that John Gay, nn English poet and author au-thor Of the words quoted, lled during Mi. late 17th and early isth century, j Gay was born near Barnstaple, Eng- j land, In 1618 As a lad he was ap- ! prcnttcd to a eloth mnnufeturer in London The first time we hear prom inently of hlin as a writer is in 1711 I when he published hi work, "kurai Sporti bit dedicated this volume to his friend, Alexander Pope. The friendship f Oay and Pope may be credited for some of the success Gay achieved for POpe'B criticism was no mean asset for an ambitious writer to boast. The year following thl publication I of "Rural Sports" Gay wils successful , in securing the appointment of private pri-vate secretary to Anne, Duchess of Monmouth, rind Is the samo year his mock-heroic poem. "Trivia, or Walking Walk-ing the Streets of London." appeared Two years later he published "The Shepherd's Week," dedicated to Lord Bollngbroke. Through the patronage of this man Ga was appointed .secretary' .secre-tary' to the Earl of Clarendon, In his embassy lo tho court Of Hanover. "What d'ye tJu.ll It," ii burlesque drama, appeared In 1 7 1 r, , and was v. ell received. "Three Houre After Marriage." Mar-riage." which followed it was a flat tullure, however. Oay died In the ear 1732 WAYNE D. H'lfURRAl