, ' v V'i i I V P if ! - I v,& J iV -a I y t EVENING PUBLIC) EDUEK-PHlliiDELPHlA, THUKSJDAY, lEBKUAlli: aolUlO J4MES RUSSELL LOWELL SPENT HONEYMOON fS HERE IN HOUSE AT FOURTH AND ARCH STREETS' WARPP!R1 Men of Letters Recall on Centenary of Poet's Birth He Brought Bride to This City One of His Manuscripts at Drexel Institute Orig inal of "A June Idyll" Presented by Childs Tlio centenary ol the birth of James ftussell' Lowell, American poat, essayist jiliil diplomat, which Is now vbelne ot. yerved In this city ami throughout' the country, has a particular significance for Philadelphia. For it was heie, though comparltlvely few know It, that Lowell brought his jbung bride, and their honeymoon was passed In lodgings at what was then 127 Arch street. This building Is still standing, at the northeast corner of Fourtli and Arch streets, and Is now being used In rmall manufacturing, scarcely a placo of In spiration for a poet at present. Lowell was born 100 years ago Sat-1 urday, the date also of Washington's birth, and at this time of tho famous poet's centenary, literary men of Phila delphia tpeak In praise of his attain-1 ments. One of these men, Prof. Felix' Schelllng, of tho department of nngllsh, at the University of Pennsylvania, hncw Iiowell. Speaking of his meeting with tho poet, In 1889, professor Heliell-' lng said today: ( "From the pictures 1 had seen of him I expected n. large, dark man, but when he cam in I was looking at a light man, rather slim, about fle feet eight Inches tall, and, at tills particular moment, with rather watery eyes. "As I was p. young man at mai uiiie ' sifcBBrr r A It fi ' iTj'--r I i i I ,M m T'crr " -,-- -.l ... ., PBl'TJ'k.lTV W&21 w-M-'w-'iiWi Kmwamn!smmvi2mmt&s i&r z.. , .bbbbH mivmJim22zz??3wum aav. ms JmWmWk -?Min FsWPMHHhlSS mjMAwki vtm$tem Stml?: ..Mi m.ikLXs.. Dv - Ha ft m m7 '?.1P if VI v& s 1 iisFiiif i iwtni" mjii isJJ-"r s :'a m iiis-t i raw? i; di' W.J. I Jul .k.r 1 .4L i x 4 Ir KM-'-? &rtft 4- pAf) h . m JRw ? W iwswjtwtiirjnrw f?l "fT-,' 'r ? 1 d.V. At r ' '7 '"J J " V' Ai. ft.., ut. fi'U'V.A.I k. it "1 "i A r !r f - ? -A zr"J t'",i:,,.i A w. "-f-f i ,-, y.ALr .i -' fe. .,t.. '&. ,?. ,,,;. t' ifflM -f - 7,7, -... 4V. yf-I .. ,"'"'" 1""",'AA... A -- - SiHIHHP - 1 mf 'M I i;3i Am? . I til fa I Jl. .' ''I If i 'il II J 'i- :& w fc.v i.-, Liquidation Ended Soon of Supplies Valued at $120,000,000 Liquidation through salo In the open market of SISO.OOO.OOO worth of fin ished products, semifinished products and raw materials loft on tho hands of the purchaclng department of the Brit ish War Mission In the United States when tho armistice was signed Is ex pected to be completed by the end ol April, it was learned yesterday. With this done It Is probable that the present purchasing organization will bo lls banded, although there is n possibility that tho Ilrltlsh Government will main tain a permanent huylng agency In the United Mates. The surplus now being sold by the war mission represents the war stock i of only ono of the three largo pur chasing agencies of the Brltisn uovern inonf 4r ttita Aimtrv. nnd It is esti mated that the total of sich products I and raw materials was close to J50P,- I 000,000 when hostilities ceased. , Much Junk Included ' A I These products Included large amounts j c 1 of steel, (hell steel, steel ship plates and j ' i there was no obligation on the part of the Ilrltlsh Government to do so. Spends Tonr lllUlons The British War Mission, organized In September, 1817, to tako over the pur chasing for tho British military and naval establishments from J. P, Morgan & Co., who had acted In that capacity since early In tho war, bought about $400,000,000 worth of American products and materials up to tho first week In November 1913, when tho nrmlstlco was signed. A conservatUo estimate put the vnluo of tho total expenditures of the Brltldl Government In this country' for watMnf" tertala at 4.000,000,000. This Inclu'M food, meats, wheat, sugar, horse, ri chlne tools and all kinds of ordnaneeV shells, steel, copper and other metal products. i - - - tfH A SCO. A SCO. A SCO, "j MMClWfVl MJTl A S CO. A SCO. A SCO.' ' A s c C" ' A- s C O x i I X M -4 ' . Tlio' centenary of the liirlli of James Kusscll Lowell, American poet and iliplouiut, lias a pai titular signifu-anrr tu I'liilailclpliia. Lowell brought liis young lirhle to this city and their lioncjnioon vas passed in lodpings at llic northeast corner of Fourth and Arch streets (shown at the left of the etching). At the right is the inanunriit of James Huisell I.pwelrs poem 'A June Idll,'' presented liy lieorge W. C.hihU to the Drexel Institute exceptionally gifted and noble young i together death claimed tlio young wife I looked upon him with awe, but 1 re member the Impression he made upon me with his genial, kindly and' courteous manner. I heard him tell several stories. Jin was famous for his ability to tell a good story. He had the knack of giving a new and attractive turn to them. Jinn of Many Accomplishment "Thn thine that made Lowell stanl out among all his contemporaries was, moon that he was an all-around literary man. Ho waa a poet, a satirist, an essayist, a political writer of philosophical Inter pretations and an able diplomat. "He was the most brilliant and the woman. Their marriage was one of Ideal happiness. They lived Blmply. but to gether found rich enjoyment in the world of books and of nature, Lowell married her In 1844. She had boon living lif Philadelphia for some time beforo her marriage and had come to like the city very much. "I have 'talked so much to James of Phila delphia," she writes, "that I have In- Ailred him with the desire to try Its and Lowell was left desolate. There after he devoted himself inoro onrnestly to his literary work. The tide In his for tunes began to turn In 184G, when nt tho time of the war with Mexico he I began writing tiie famous and successful Blglow Papers. Itf 1855 he succeeded I Longfellow as Smith professor of modern .languages at Harvard nnd for twenty ' yearM thereafter no man. not even ! Longfellow himself, was more honored virtues." Lowell nnd his yoilng bride 1 or more popular as a loacner. unfile to Philadelphia on New Year's Day, i J8D7 he becamo the fl-st editor of 1845, on what was virtually their Honey- the Atlantio Monthly, and nt once en listed in bis service as contributors the Tho lodgings they took at 127 Arch ! verv fl0Wer of New lingland geulus and street were conducted bj a kindly ( ability. Including virtually all of hl3 Quakeress, Mrs. Tarker. j great literary contemporaries. "We have a little room In the third IIo ,va8 aw,0nted minister to Madrid Btory (back), with whlto muslin curtains b Prc8dtnt Hayes In 18". Ho was best satirist among American men or inmmeu wun evergreen, wocn """ held to be eminently fitted for a dlplo- letters Ills' satirical poer Is revealed to a rricnci, -anu are as nappj un i matc post by his learning, his accom Iti the famous Blglow papers dealing mortals can be." Mrs. Lowell '"chopd ,,snmentB. his character nnd his dig- with political questions, Beginning ni ne r luumiu iwijimc9 - nflcij -et courteous manners. In 1880 Lowell was transreriea to tlio embassy nt London. As ambassador to i. .i .i. nvi..., wr nu nnwer i Mrs. Hawthorne, of cr iclsm and satire showed him aj "James's prospects" the wrote, "are satisfaction of being so very poor auer all. But wo are, In spite of thin dis appointment of our expectations, the happiest of mortals or spirits and cling tho court of St. James, Lovol reaped a success nnd popularity which up to that tlmn had been unequalcd. ' Lowell married a second time, bis later bride being Miss Frances lmnlap, of Portland. Me. 'With hor his life was n happy and congenial one. After re signing from the diplomatic service In 1885, he devoted h'mself to Ills writings I nnd to travel. Ills death occurred at Klmhurst. the Cambridge house m wlm-li he was born. October 12, 1891. Ah to Lowell's original manuscripts, It Is difficult to locate the owncre. 1 .ml recently there was only ono listed jul vate collector of Lowell, V. V,'. Lehman, of St. Louis, Mo, The Drexel Institute. Philadelphia, has tho original of the poem "A June Idyll." It wns In the collection of Ocorge W. Childs nnd was presented by him to the Institute. Tlieio are ten pages of manuscript, with few corrections. H Is written In Ink. Lowell began It In 1S50 and fin shed It In 18G8. according to his own marginal note" Ho explains more fully the writing of It In another notation, other articles, aside from fooastuns. i under contract. They are being gradually I liquidated, large quantities having al-1 teady been sold ns mere Junk. It is ex. i pected that the entire surplus will have j been cleaned up by tho end of April. I Some copper and cotton held under con- i tract nro not being disposed of. but are , being shipped to.Kngland as required. In nil of the contracts mauo uy me British Oovernmeiit wltli American pro ducers and maiiufactuiers there wan an minlstlee clause allowing for Immediate cancellation. It was said yesterday, how o cr. that In no Instanco did a manu facturrr sustain a loss through tho ttnct ciiti'iccment of this provision. In Eomo caws whero American firms were far behind In their contracts settlements ' were mado on a liberal basis, although ' Pure and Harmless It Can' Save Your Teeth Don't experiment with dentifrices claims to cure disease and acidity are dangerous. Ask your dentist. You can depend on sixty-year tested SOZODONT to keep your teeth and gums' clean, wholesome and healthy which is the real and only life work for a dentifrice. 01 A 4. SJ C .0 A S' c o, U s C ni AQodont FOR THE TEETH Liquid Powder or Paste SOLD BY DEALERS EVERYWHERE enresented a new departure In polltl cal "criticism In America, I should tay. "As 'a. poet alone, he Is excelled by Tjongfcllow and Bryant. Much of. Lowell's- poetry was prompted by the conditions of the moment. As an essay ist ho was not as great as Kmcrton. But he was an all-around man, n great literary man and n great diplomat. He was of tho soil. He was very racy. He ramo from one of tho two most distin guished New Kngland families. He was thoroughly American. He saw things.' In a light which could be seen only by a main with our point of view. He was a thorquffhly good American, a keen New Knglandcr. "Lowell was a liberal. He was not a radical. Liberality is almost the chief element In his writings. He reveals a charming wit and humor In the method of his treatment of political questions. "Ho wroto about nature long before nature became a fad with writers. It Is Illustrated so clearly In his lovely book, My Study Windows.' "It 1b interesting to noto the great contrast In the Ideals of Lowell and Walt 'Whitman, of Camden. Whitman was a rebel. He was against conven tions. He fostered and followed a new spirit. Lowell got the best out of the old things. This is particularly shown in his criticisms. He looked nt the old subjects which everybody had written about from a new angle. ' "Lowell's appeal Is universal, and he should appeal to men today as much as . 1..1 . ,1.. .. ht. An',. J18 UPPcaiCU tU WU lUCll Wl ll.n vr.i fully today as he waa, but I think the celebration of tho centenary of his blrUi will cause the pendulum to swing back again. "When a writer is largely controlled In his works by the questions of the day In which he lives, such as the political situation, he may become the greatest celebrity of his day, but he doesn't gain bo much In after years. My Idea Is that the able literary man Is an able man along other lines. History proves that the most cultivated men are often tho. best in dealing with the present as well as the past. Lowell made a bril liant record as ambassador to 'Spain and to England. "His greatest work Is the 'Com. luemoratlon Ode.' Of course, everybody loves the 'Vision of Sir Lauufal.' Among Ills best works are also "My Study Win dows' and 'Among My Books.' " Regarded Chosen Profession Joke Lowell was born In Cambridge, Mass., and was descended from Perclval Low ell, of Bristol, Kngland, who settled In Newbury, Mass., In 1639, and was the progenitor of one of New England's most distinguished families. At nineteen the poet was graduated from Harvard. For the next ten years he wavered In the choice of what was supposed to be his life work, among' business, medicine, the ministry and the law. When he finally chose the law for his profession ho regarded it some what In the nature of a Joke. Then came the great purpose In IiIh life through love of the girl who be-' came his wife. Her name was Maria White. She la said to have been an to the skirts of every passing Hour though we know the next will bring us Btlll greater joy." Shortly after his arrival In Philadel phia, Lowell wroto to a friend: "I have seen (Jraham nnd shall probnbly bo able to mako a good arrangement after my book has been puffed a llttlo piore. Ho has grown fat, nn evidence of succers. , Ho lives In one of the finest houses In ' Arch street nnd keeps his own carriage. He says he would have given me $150 for the 'Legend of Brittany,' for his magazine without the copyright. I nm sorry I did not think of this at the time." Anticipating the birth of a child, the Lowells returned to Cambridge In May of the same year, after a carriage Jour- ney through Chester County with their friends, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Davis, Lucretla Mott's son-in-law and daughter. They wcro not In Philadelphia long enough to become very closely Identified with Us people or Its life. After nlno years of a most happy life i to F I I I I LOST 1 I null 1 BOTTLE Si I Digit out of v IS the cellar or a . from under I g the back jjorch. I s r'ltriM cs t4- 4-iv! wma return today! K g THE PHILADELPHIA MILK EXCHANGE I E BOTTLE EXCHANGE I & 1115-21 Poplar Street I ma Tel. 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