11
CELF A GWYDDOR
YN ISGWLAD Y GAN
Pjofcssor Herkomer Speaks Before the
Welsh Natlooal Society.
ART OF A HIGHER ORDER NEEDED
la a Few Years Male Will Have
Her Proper Place Among the Ar
liitic Nationi ofthe Earth.Making
Strides in That Direction.
Professor Merkomer spoke recently
before the Liverpool Welsh National so
ciety, his subject being "Art In Wales.
He spoke as follows: "The letter to the
press in which I appealed to Welshmen
to lift their art to the level of their
music has been so well received, and
has been so spontaneously responded to.
that I warmly embrace this opportun
ity to enlarge upon any suggestions,
which could only be brletly dwelt upon
in that one letter. Now, although It is
known to most people thnt I am a
teacher, it Is not usually known that
my life's teaching has been done as a
love, and not as a business. Free me,
therefore, from any suspicion of sordid
motives when I take up a nation's cause
In art. I consider that no nation can
be said to have fulfilled, in an Intellec
tual sense, its entire mission until the
graphic and the plastic arts have been
adequately represented, and it Is from
an enthusiastic desire to help Wales to
attain this indispensable condition that
I hold out hand, heart, and experience
at this critical juncture. Nor do 1 come
as an Interloper, for my connection with
Wales has been. Indeed, a close one for
twenty years, through my wifes' family,
although 1 only came Into contact with
the Qorsedd lately. I opened my cam
paign by telling the truth about the
Mate of art. as represented at the Na
tional Eisteddfod held that year at
Llanelly. and that in uncompromising
language. With the National Kistedd
fod held at Llandudno I could do noth
ing, as the details hud been already Bet
tied; therefore, I hud to let that event
pass. Hut the National Eisteddfod of
Newport for 1 817 was entirely open to
me, and I wish in every way to ac
knowledge my appreciation of the way
in which the local committee' has met
me. it readily gave me what I asked
for a free hand. Having planned the
art prizes for that occasion, I shall get
a real start; maybe, an Insignificant
one in some ways, but it will be the
lirst step In a now era for art In Wales.
Am I too optimistic In my reading?
From the following facts I deduce a
logical concision the Celts were superb
art-craftsinen before the Christian era
and after, and, as the later scientific
theory Is that acquired faculty is not
hereditary. I take it that innate faculty
is. The history of Wales provides us
with ample reasons to account fr the
Celtic ait-faculty lying dormant. Hut
dormant is not dead, and 1 believe the
original Celt, with all his Innate ar
tistic faculty, lies dei'p down in the na
ture of the present Welshman.
WELSHMEN FULL OP MUSIC.
It is undeniable that the present
Welshman Is full of muHic, of rhythm;
that lie luves the "vast and the ideal,"
and that he is full of "receptivity."
There is an originality about his very
language which must have been begot
ten by a race of original capacity. This
peculiarity was strongly marked In
the early bnrds of Hrituln, for they
clenrly showed, 4 wild originality. In
addition to this.' there was a rugged
spirituality. This romantic, rugged
spirituality is the key-note to the char
acter of this tnce. n I seo it. This
was the note in the age of ages, when
the metallic thunder of tne simple
C.od-ft tiring thinker was heard as lie
worshipped his unseen I.elty in the
Temple of Hnered Hock. Suffice it thnt
this early Hriton's once sharply-defined
shadow guarded by the Welsh
through centuries, getting dimmer
and dimmer, but never lost, until the
mysterious form was re-drawn on the
old hazy outline by the modern Qor
sedd drawn by faltnful men, who,
with racial preogatlves, inherited the
spirit, but were not artists enough to
trace the artistic aspect of the dim
shadow. That was left lor my hand to
complete .
Professor ilerkomer then gave an In
teresting description of the Oorsedd
robes, portraying with much minute
neps those worn respectively by the
arch diuiil, the bards nnd the ovates.
He also treated at some length of the
historical and aesthetic aspects of the
Oorsedd, us the repository of bardic
tradition and truth. Of the Oorspdd as
a social and educational factor, the
professor said: "The (Jorscdd is an
institution for cementing the national
characteristics, by bringing together
for a special purpose, all manner of
thinkers interested in their country.
I know of no other scheme that can ac
cntnr.llsh this with peace! I have per
mission to quote the pregnant words of
an Irishman, after he had witnessed
the Eisteddfod, who said. "If we In
Ireland had had through the past ages
such an institution, we should now be
a great and united nation." Ureater
praize I cannot conceive of that Insti
tution, which Is the outcome of the
Oorsedd, and which, I trust, will al
ways be regulated by It. In this way
the Gorsedd broadens Its mission and
becomes a practical supervising coun
cil, and well It Is that such a gigantic
piece of machinery as the National Eis
teddfod should be under a permanent
superior power, to prevent local ambi
tion from over-reaching the mark of
good taste at any time.
ENTHUSIASM AT EISTEDDFODAU
Professor Herkomer next passed In
review the method of conducting els
teddfodau, picturing the enthusiasm
they produce and the influence they
wield over the national mind and
moral habits of Wales, and went on to
speak more in detail of his favorite
ubject Art and Eisteddfod. He said:
As the art-teaching In Wales has
hitherto not only been scanty, but for
the most part of the wrong sort, the
aspirant who could go away did go
away, with the result that he never
returned. If the art-workers have been
few, the art-patrons have been fewer,
and this proves that the best workers
did not venture back for fear of not
getting patronage, and thnt the native
patrons of art never thought of looking
for the workers within the principali
ty. (Hear, hear.) If the Welsh artists
and art-craftsmen, living In or out of
the Principality, will only send to the
eisteddfod, we shall soon And the work
ers who are worthy of being re-called.
When good art work Is forthcoming at
the national eisteddfod, it should be
re-produced In all the London art mag
azines, and I Intend to Introduce this
form of publicity next year. Now, I
have mud that national art training
should be substituted for the present
, national art training, and It wl'l he
necesary to go a little Into detail, in
order to make you more clearly under
stand the foregoing conclusions The
national method of tuition means, In
Short, a direct and personal Influence
of master upon pupil and the present
national" means an Impersonal Influ-
. ence, exercised by that gigantic and
unwieldy piece of machinery at South
Kensington. With all the modifica
tions, It has practically remained in
the same sroove In which it started.
The central governing body Insists on
mechanical perfection as much now as
It did 40 years ago; and no master who
wishes to please his own committee by
earning grants can free himself from
this bondage. He must send up works
that conform with the laws laid down
ly this central management. No plan
could te better calculated to crush out
nil Individuality, both In the masters
and the pupils. And. further, no sys
tem could act more perniciously on the
morals than payment on results. In
the future we must see freedom of ac
tion given to each master, to each
town possession an art school. And
this Independence Is only obtained by
municipal support, assisted by money
at the disposal of the county council
for educational purposes, each town to
Itself, each town with Its well-paid
responsible masters. First In rank is
to be the artist who teaches the artis
tic branches, and then should come the
master who is to teach the more me
chanical branches, such a might bo
needed for mechanics In their crafts.
But never should one man be expected
to be pjoflcient In both these branch
es, for no man has ever been.
TEACHING ON A PERSONAL BASIS.
This emancipation from the apron
itrlngs qf Kensington through munici
pal and county council support would
produce an Individuality in the art of
each town. It would vary according to
the necessities of the community. All
teaching must be on a personal basis.
The longer my experience the more cer
tain I am that the art faculty In every
human being Is worked by his charac
ter. I mean that, provided the natural
gifts are there. Its successful issue de
pends on the mere character of the in
dividual, and It Is precisely for this
reason that the art master must be the
student's best friend. We must remem
ber that all questions of art resolve
themselves Into the one, "What do you
see?" To train "seeing" does not mean
to implant an original brain faculty,
for that Is Impossible. The student can
only be shown hii strength or his weak
ness. Out of himself comes his Ideal
ity; out of himself comes the gift; out
of himself comes his inner "seeing" or
Imagination. Strange to say, the art
that needs this precious faculty above
all others has been generally consid
ered to be one of the lesser arts, name
ly, decorative art. But I tell you that
true and noble decorative art Is rarer
than true and noble pictorial art, and
the teaching of this art offers far more
obstacles than the teaching of the pic
torial art. It cannot be taught on' a
large scale; it cannot even be taught in
schools; it must be taught In the work
shop. Turning schools Into workshops
Is the alternative, you might say; yes,
but not with the ordinary system of
classess. It must take the form of com
plete apprenticeship. This brief survey
tuition will Bhow you the drift of my
beliefs. You will have gathered that
the unwieldy system governed by that
central body at Kensington is not of
the kind likely to unearth Individual
talent. You will further have noticed
that I put the strongest emphasis on the
importance of "personality" In teach
ing; that the pupils must be around a
strong man, who Is a Bystem in him
self, without having to conform to a
central system, which must necessarily
become stereotyped and lifeless. That
the aoplled arts need this method of
teaching more than the pictorial. You
have heard me say that certificates ob
tained from such a system as that prac
ticed at South Kensington are worthless
as guarantees of ability; therefore, the
whole question for Wales resolves Itself
into the following: Wales needs mas
ters who will establish art schools on a
newer and more national babis. The
National Eisteddfod must appear to you
the one and only agent for finding the
masters through their work, and that
the selection will follow naturally upon
the work sent In. When you have the
men. then, surely, the formation of
schools simply means local enterprise.
Hut we cannot move In the matter of
selecting the masters until we have
seen what the next few National Eis
teddfodau bring forth In nrt work.
Fim, get united effort on the part of nil
Welsh-born, living In and out of the
principality, in order to gauge tlie qual
ity of the present living Welsh work
ers. (Hear, hear.) If, in the next few
years, it Is shown that there are too
few Welsh artists to select from, we
must turn to those who have lived three
and more years In the principality; fail
ing that, we must turn to foreigners to
help, ns they have been obliged to do
lu other young countries. The times
r.re propitious for n new nrt era in
Wales. The Oorsedd Is allvp to the Im
portance of the moment, and will watch
over the Eisteddfod with ever-Increasing
interest. The' Eisteddfod Is creat
ing more and more Interest, and I be
lieve each local committee will, in turn,
exert Its Influence to Improve thnt in
stitution year by year. I see the goal
tlmt Wales Is to reach In art. clearly,
and I believe the nntlon Is ready to fol
low the voice of a friend who sees that
goal. And may I live to see great art
works, at least In the applied arts,
branded with the phrase "Made In
Wules!"
NO TITTSBURO.
llr. Robert Davis, secretary of the
Pittsburg eisteddfod, visited the West
Side singers the latter part of last
week. Mr. Davis was accompanied by
Mr. Roberts. Their mission was to get
a holr or party of singers organized
for the purpose of competing at Pitts
burg on Christmas day. Since the
World's fair eisteddfod very little is
the interest in music on the West Side,
and we are not led to believe that a
choir of any kind will participate in
the competition at Pittsburg. The per
sons who know how to organize a choir
will not do it and those who would like
to do it do not know how to. We would
like to see the Pittsburg folks helped
out, but the scheme to take a choir
down there Is very Impractical.
ROBERT MORRIS EI STE DDFOD.
We understand that the Robert Mor
ris lodge will soon be able to publish
the programme of their second annual
eisteddfod which Is to be held next
year. We do not see why the commit
tee should go out Its own circle for ad
judicators. There are two or three
musicians in the lodge well able to do
justice In that department. They have
Prof. George Howell, Howell Harris
and others very capable to adjudicate
the literary compositions. Dr. Beddoe
is a splendid judge of what a good reci
tation should be. All the outside help
they need Is a Welsh poet to adjudicate
the Welsh poetry. What Is the matter
with Mr. Griffiths, of Turin, N. Y., who
seems to be the Welsh poet of the day
and the winner of the three hundred
dollar prize at Denver?
WHEN DICKY HAP THE MEASLES
We found we had to hide his shoes,
His stockings, trousers, waistcoat, coat
And then he vowed he'd put on Sue's
Pink gingham, and he'd find his boat
And have a lark. He wouldn't stay
In bed and swallow nasty stuff!
And thus he'd fret and toss all day
Oh, there was Interest quite enough
When Dickey had the measles!
On Monday he was eloquent:
"I nay, now, mother, since I'm sick,
I must live like a nobby gent;
What if Old Spectacles docs kick?
8ee, here's the lunch list: Ave cream tarts,
Three red bananas and some dates,
A coffee cake and walnut hearts!"
We sadly thought of pearly gates
When Dickey had the measles!
On Wednesday 'twas he called for Bess;
"Halloo; Come in and read a story,
That's It; the pnge Is turned, I guess,
Now give us fights and men all gory,
I-le tt ill. Don Carlo shh you'd bent!
Was that a Cossack rode the horse?
All rlKht, no on, oh, skip the rest.
That's only love." This was, of course,
When Dickey bad the measles!
On Sunday In a steamer chair
VV'e left him and we went to church,
The service over, in the glare
Of sunlight on a wooden perch.
Sat freckled Dickey with Is chums;
His tongue was running like a streak.
Were thankful now, whatever comes, .
It can't surpass that awful week
W hen Dickey had the measles!
Anna M. Williams.
TO A CHAPKHONfi,
Are sitting at the play,
Tomororw night, when three of lis
If I should chance to hold May's hand,
Please look the other way.
Later, as in the carriage, we
Are speeding homeward, say
Dear chaperon, don't see my arm
Pray look the other way.
But when at last we're In the hall,
My friend, I beg, I pray,
When I beEln to say good-night
Don't look don't even stay!
Vogue.
What Harold Meant.
Mother Every name means something
Hairy, the bold, Charles, the brave!
W -.Ilium, the good, Harold, the
Helen (starting from a reverie) Har
old oh, yes. Harold means business. He
told me so last night. Chicago Chrgntcle.
CELEBRATED RHYMES
OF NOTED CAMPAIGNS
Soap That Have Very Materially As
listed the Spellbinders.
LYRICS THAT OUR FATHERS SANO
Hanrr. Clay the Flnt Victim of the
Doggerel Warblers, bat There Hate
in the Course ofthe Fait Half Cen
tury Been Numerous Othen.
From the Times-Herald.
Oh, poor Cooney Clay!
Oh. poor Cooney Clay!
You never can be President,
For Polk Is In the way.
Thus sang In the year of grace 1844
and of the remibllc the sixty-eighth
I some million-odd voters. By their bal
lots these songsters and sootn-sayers
made good their prophecy. Campaign
songs have offended the ears of music
ally cultivated and fired the partisan
heart since politics began. None of the
lirlcs has' endured. Your campaign
I poet is not usually a high-class genius.
anu generally a parodist, a matter oi
the weakest and most sinful form of
verse, his efforts die of weariness and
Inanition almost before their echoes
have ceased. For these reasons it Is
difficult to And examples of campaign
melodies of a past day. An old man
may sometimes be found who can
work off In cracked voice a stanza or
two celebrating Harrison the elder, fa
miliarly known as "Old Tippecanoe,"
and execrating Martin Van Buren. .
Here's to our fathers and mothers,
Likewise to Ould Ireland, too;
Down with Martin Van Buren
And up with Old Tlppecano.
That was a favorite more than fifty
years ago. It Is a model of its kind.
Where can you find another four-line
selection which teaches reverence for
the parents, love of the motherland, de
spite of the opposition and honor for
the party candidate, combining all with
a bid for the gravel train vote? The
song was written as fnr back as 1S40,
and yet there are men who Bay our for
bears were clumsy and awkward In the
art of politics.
II II II
Prior to 1840 the voice of the cam
paign melodies was not loud In the
land. There were campaign poets true
enough, but fortunately their produc
tions were not set to music, or were not
adapted to tunes already written. The
only political song generally known
was the still familiar "Yankee Doodle,"
written to ridicule the colonists, but
adopted by them In lieu of a national
hymn. "Hall Columbia." "Star Span
gled Banner" and "Columbia" do not
seem to answer the description. The
country has been unfortunate in its
patriotic singers. Even Julia Ward
Howe's famous "Battle Hymn of the
Republic," beginning "Mine eyes have
seen the glory of the coming of the
Lord," has been criticised for lti Inco
herence. In the fragrance of the lilies.
Christ wus born across the sea,
sounds sweetly, says the analysist. but
what does It mean? Other propositions
contained In this widely ijMebrated
production nre likened unto bits from
Browning for, their Incomprehensibil
ity. And what can be suld for the ap
preciation of the masses? "John
Brown's Body" goes easily to the same
music that carries the sublime buttle
hymn. Nine hundred persons of every
l.noo of American birth of the age of 12
years and upward can give the metri
cal tale of John Brown's body, what
befell John Brown's lambs, and the
dire treat to Jeff Davis In connection
with a sour apple tree; they can give
the serial and give It correctly In alt
lis forty parts with the glory hallelujah
chorus between each, and bo glad of
the chance. Is It a safe assertion that
two persons of 1,000, with the same
conditions ns to age and nativity,
could repeat the first stanza of Mrs.
Howe's poems? Probably not. But
this is a shade wide of the murk, al
though perhaps both "Battle Hymn"
and "John Brown's Body" might be
properly catalogued as campaign
songs.
II II I
To return to earlier days. Tt was In
the presidential struggle of 1840 that
the poet found his strength. It was a
campaign of a 'phrase and of a jmg.
The Inspiration came from the enemy,
ns usual. When General William
Henry Harrison was nominated by
the whlgs the Van Buren courtiers and
the administration organs elevated
their aristocratic noses In contempt
for the homely North Bend farmer's
poverty. A New York paper-r-they get
off wrong even unto this daysaid con
cerning the candidate: "Give him a
barrel of hard elder, and settle a pen
sion of $2,000 a year on him, and. our
word for it, he will sit the remainder
of his days content In a log cabin."
This attack upon the hero of the
western country vastly stirred the
common people and the opposition
newspapers. They returned contumely
for reproach and the light of the sun
was obscured by the mud cast at
"King Van." "Matty, the Aristocrat,"
or whatever they chose to miscall the
President and candidate for renomlna
tion. Political speeches of this genera
tion are as a breath of weather from
Medicine Hat on a June day when read
In comparison with the tropical utter
ances of our grandfathers. And they
did not find basis for a libel suit In a
political circular at that. Their dif
ferences were talked out on the stump
or voted off at the polls or shot off In
the crowd. This particular paragraph
quoted from the New York paper had
much bearing on the result. The whlgs
made it the text of their speeches and
editorial uproar. They did worse; they
set it to music and sang it. In a month
there was not a whig who could so
much as achieve the scale but was
distending lung- and uplifting voice
thus:
They say that he lived in a cabin
And lived on old hard cider, too;
Well, what If he did? I'm certain
Here's the hero of Tippecanoe.
This ballad contained some score of
verses and was so constructed that it
could be sung to the tune of "Old Rosin
the Bow." This melody had much
vogue In the first half of the century.
Everyone knew It and the greater num
ber of political ballads were built on Its
lines.
II II II
They sang It so wisely and so well
that Harrison received a popular ex
pression of 1.275,000 votes to 1,128,000 for
Van Buren. In the electoral college the
man from the Ohio valley had 234 votes,
against Van Buren's 60. One of the
popular songs of the campaign, and one
which may be heard yet in the remote
rural districts of Ohio, was entitled
"Where Is Your Ljg Cabin Built?"
Ohio was then, as now, a great figure In
national politics. It was the home state
of the candidates. The Ohioan has an
Instinct for pipe-laying and combining
which results In bringing many rich
gifts of national office to the buckeye
men. In the Harrison campaign a log
cabin was erected at every Ohio cross
road, and a barrel of "stone fence." by
which stalwart name aged cider is
known In the state, was on tap for all
comers. It was a season of barbecuing
and hurrahing, and this was the song
they sang:
Oh, where, tell me, where was your log
cabin made?
Oh, where, tell me, where was your log
cabin made?
'Twas built among the mcry boys that
wield the plow and spade.
Where the log cabins stand. In the bon-
nie buckeye shade.
The writers of the song shrewdly
made It possible with the air of "The
Highland Laddie." a lyric which stood
high in Ohio districts and was approved
by men and women both. Therefore
the log cabin song which wus the Joint
creation of the Clark county delegation
to the Ohio People's convention Feb. 22,
1844. was presently heard all over the
state. No one person could be proved
culpable, for each delegate furnished a
stanza. A prophet wrote the second
verse. He said:
Oh what, tell me what, Is to be your
cabin's fate? , .
Oh what, tell mo what, is to be your
cabin's fate?
W'eil wheel It to the capital and place it
there elate.
For a token or a sign of the bonnle buck
eye mate.
The composite concluded with the fol
lowing: By whom, te'.l me whom, will the battle
next be won?
By whom, tell me whom, will the battle
next be won? ... ' ...
The spoilsmen and leg treasurers will
soon beirtn to run.
And the log cabin candidate will march
to Washington. .
Another effective ballad of the cam
paign was a parody of "The Swiss
Boy." It also appealed to state love.
Come, nrouao ye, arouse ye, my brave
buckeye boys,
Take the ax and to labor away!
The sun is up with ruddy beam.
The buckeye blooms beside the stream;
Then arouse ye, arouse ye, my bold buck
eye boys.
The necessity for converting the en
ergy of enthusiasm Into the power of
the ballot Is impressed in the conclud
ing lines:
To the polls, to the 'polls, then my brave
buckeye boys,
To the rescue then haste ye away.
The cup we nil the hard elder pass,
In friendship round until the last;
With a shout, with a shout, go the brave
buckeye boys.
With Old Tip to the White House away.
Hie true dignity of labor and the re
ward which Invariably attends upon
modest patriotic merit was voiced in a
.song beginning:
In a cabin made of logs by the river side,
There the honest Tanner lives.
Free from sloth and pride.
To the gorgeous puluce turn.
And his rival gee
In iis robes of regal state and tlmeled
finery.
It was evident that commercial and
industriul depression was not unknown
in coon Hkln days, nor did the voters
hesitate to affix the blame for drought,
poor crops and overproduction upon
whom It belonged the head of the ad
ministration. To the Joyous strains of
"Mai brook," more familiarly known as
"We Won't Go Home Till Morning,"
was sung this:
The times are bad and want curing;
They are getting past all enduring;
Let us turn out Martin Van Buren,
And put In old Tlppecano.
The best thing we can do.
Is to put in old Tippecanoe.
It's a business we all can take part In,
Bo let us give notice to Martin.
That he must get ready for starting,
The song; goes on to tell that "We've
had of their humbugs a plenty, we've a
dollar now where we had twenty; their
roguery can't be defended, and it's time
their reign be ended, wo shall never see
things mended" until old Tippecanoe
goes to the White House.
II II II
This Harrison presidential canvass
marked an epoch In the history of politi
cal campaigning. Heretofore votes had
been beguiled by speechmaklng, by ar
gument; candidates had been vilified or
lauded In prose principally. Thereafter
glee clubs and bands ha? tneir part, ana
a large one, In shaping opinion. The
close of the campaign of 1810 with Har
rison's triumph was marked by the In
spiration or a New England singer,
whose words will outlast the republic.
Of the state of Maine he suld:
She went hell bent.
For Governor Kent.
For Tippecanoe and Tyler, too.
il !l II
The Clay campaign four years later,
when James K. Polk defeated "The
Millboy of the Slashes," was the season
of another epidemic of song, less pro
nounced than the first outbreak, but
widespread. It wus in honor of Clay,
whose history was more picturesque
than his antagonist's, that most of the
songs wore written. The Polk ballad
mongers, instead of telling their hero's
deeds, Invented metrical attacks on Clay
nnd prophecies on the result. The
quatrain which heads this article tilled
tho air In the Polk districts. For the
tariff party there was "The Clay Song
ster" to draw from, and a single leaf
impression of "That Ha me Old Koon
Roarer" had a circulation larger even
than that claimed by the Now York
World of today.
Four years luter, when Zachary Tay
lor, Cass and Van Buren made the can
vass, the "Cass and Butler Song Hook,"
"The Free Soil Minstrel" and "The
Bough anil Heady Melodist" contained
the lyrics. None of the songs outlived
the occasion, and they are to be found
only occasionally lu garrets of farm
houses or Infrequently explored library
regions.
There ivna a Scott songster printed In
18fi2. but Franklin Pierce, although hu
gained the election, dues not seem to
have Inspired the minstrel to nny ex
tent. When Fillmore, Fremont and
Buchanan took the Meld In 1856, if one
were to have prejudged tho result by
the poise, it would have been Fremont's
victory. "The Kocky Mountain Songs
ter" contained yards of verse lauda
tory of the pathfinder, and the woods
and country roads were full of singers.
Fillmore had a poet or two under pay,
but the muse did not work in Buchan
an's behalf. Yet "King Buck" gained
the election.
"The Hob o" Link Minstrel," "The
Lincoln and Hamlin Hongster" and
"Honest Abe of the West" -sufficiently
indicate the time of their publication
by their titles. There was a "Little
Olnnt Songuook," filled with the lay
of the Douglass minstrel, but all the
productions were uniformly bad.
Then came the four years of the war.
"Weil Hnlly 'Round the Flag."
"Tramp! Tramp! Tramp," Marching
Through Ueorgia," "John Brown's
Body" and some others born in these
times of pain and distress live yet. in
a great measure because the music is
stirring and the words are readily
parodied. Of the songs of the southern
cause two lived longer than the war.
"Maryland" and "The Bonny Blue
Fag" are poems. The name of the au
thor of the latter has been mislaid
somewhere in the last third of the cen
tury. "Maryland" was written by
James R. Randall, who Is now the
Washington correspondent of the
Augusta (Ua.) Chronicle.
In the presidential year of 1864 war
songs had the ear, and the campaign
lays generally found basis and topic In
the rebellion. "The Little Mao Hongs
ter" and "The Lincoln and Johnson
Campaign Songbook" contain all that
was written.
II II II
In 1868 the "Grant and Colfax Songs
ter" and "The Seymour Campaign
Songbook" were filled with the paro
dies of martial songs. Myles Reilly'a
"Come fill your glasses, fellows," Is
perhaps the best of the efforts of the
day. It went thus:
So boys a final bumper.
While we all in chorus cha.it.
For next president we'll nominate
our own Ulysses llr.int.
And If asked what state he halls from.
This, our sole renly shall b.;
"From near Appomatox Cuuit House,
With Its famous aupl- tiv."
For 'twas there to oi.r Ulysses
That Lee gave up the tight.
Now, bovs! To Grant for president,
And Uod defend the right.
The verse wns written before the
nominating convention and was sung In
the hall. There were other songs, miles
of them, written to Grant's glory, In
Which
'Lysses comes marching home,
and unconditionally rhymes with X'. S,
O.. but fortunately the dust is on these,
and It shall not be removed. Few of
them were heard four years afterward,
for theft a new 'crop of home grown
poets had sprung up. Greeley had no
lack of singers himself. There was one
song which traveled far. Its chorus
still comes sounding down:
Oreeley forever! hurrah boys! hurrah!
Down with Long Branch and up with
Chappaqua,
For we'll rally round the old white hat
Weil rally once again.
Shouting for honest Horace Oreeley.
The political cartoonist was a strong
man In the second Orant campaign, and
even more effective four years later. In
the Hayes-Tilden affairs there was con
siderable caricaturing, much marchina-
I and burning- of bright lights and pow
der, with but little singing. The glee
clubs were not so popular and the lyres
were unstrung. To say the truth there
was little In the life of a country law
yer in Ohio or a corporation lawyer in
New York to Inspire poetry or har
mony. Therefore saltpeter and kero
sene were invoked to lire the public
heart.
II II II
In 1SS0 the soft spirit of poesy again
dwelt temporarily in the land. Gar
field, the man of the people, was the
chief beneficiary. Hancock was not a
good subject, somehow. In open disre
gard of Garfield's clerical profession
and well-known principles, hundreds of
thousands during his canvass made
tuneful declaration that,
Weil all get blind drunk.
When Jimmy comes marching home.
An eastern writer, almost before the
noise of the shouting in Chicago died
away, put up a brief biography of the
candidate. It was substantially. If not
exactly, as follows:
He early learned to paddle well, his own
forlorn canoe.
Upon Ohio's grand canal he held the helm
(helium for euphony true.
And now the people shout to him: "Lo,
'tis for you we wait.
We want to s?e Jim Oarfleld guide our
glorious ship of state,
Jim Ourfleld's at the front,
Jim Garfield's at the front,
'Twould be a sin to full to win,
With Uailield et the front.
One filled with the reverential awe
felt by the small In the presence of
fame said:
Garfield and Arthur, there they stand.
Match their worth In all the land.
This nation Is not a nation of hero
worshipers and the song of the man
who was impressed lived for one edi
tion only, whereas thousands sang Col
onel John A. Joyce's verse to the famil
iar "Golden Slippers."
When the wur began with a rebel row.
Children, children, won't you follow
me?
He took to the front, put his hand to the
plow,
Halle, halle. halle, hallelujah!
As I said. Hancock was an ill sub
ject. One or two possessors of rhyming
dictionaries and a wnistling acquaint
ance with popular melodies labored In
his behalf. One of them went back to
early days smelting to Interest the Sons
of tho Revolution. Ho not-'d thatthe
candidate's family name the same as
i hat of the line writer who set his sig
nature to the great American docu
ment. "From the old Declaration," he said,
"we follow Its fame; 'twas then honored
unsullied: today 'tis the same."
Another pointedly desired every one
to "Hurrah for him, tne nation s chief,
who wears the civic wreath. Yet an
other Garfield sympathizer, who had
witnessed Gilbert nnd Sullivan's early
atrocity, wrote to Hancock s harm:
In the union war I fought so well
That my name Is greeted with a rebel
yell.
One does not follow the sequence, but
the winter doubtless meant well and
the Idea was probably clear enough to
him. So let It pntss.
I! II II
A Garfield adherent inter In the ram
palgn wrought as follows In the Inter
ests of the cause championed by the
j JnUianupulis Journal:
I Sing a snnir of shotguns.
Pocket full of knives.
Four and twenty black men
Fleeing for their Uvea,
"When the polls arc open
Shut the nlitgcr's mouth,
Isn't thnt a bully way
To make a solid south?
Northern sympathisers
Muklnjf rpenches chaffy;
Major Hi in ml Hancock
Kutlng rebel taffy,
English In a quandary
How tu save their dollars;
Along comes a folid south
AnJ Ills them nil with collars.
Then there was another who had evi
dently heard of sectional lines and who
had a knowledge of the rally song. Ills
production began:
I Weil repudiate the debt, boys, we bor-
roweu rrom me norm;
I Shouting the battle cry of freedom.
Wt II burn ilio public schools and we'll
m.e in? iiixvern lurwi;
Shoutlrg the butlle cry of freedom.
'Tla slavery forever. Hurrah, boys, hur-
ran:
Down with the yankees and up with the
bars.
While we ostracize the loyal and murder
tnonsaiins more;
Shouting l he battle cry of freedom.
The song of 1SS4 was "Grover! Gro.
vir! We shull be In clover." It was
a prediction. In 1SK8 It was an appeal
"drover! Grover! Four years more of
Grover!" The request was denied to
be renewed more successfully at the
end of the second Harrison s term.
Benjamin Harrison did not arouse the
same poetical spirit that his grand
father awakened. Ho wns not so near
the people's hurt. Blaine was a can
didate more of the mind than tho emo
tion and few harps were struck for
him.
LITERARY NOTES.
"The Story of the Mine" Is the title of
on Important new booK, ny Charles How
ard Shi nil. which will be published Im
mediately by D. Appleton & Co. in the
Htorv of the West Series, edited bv Ripley
Hitchcock. It la an exposition of silver
mining.
o
D. Annleton & Co. announce an elab
orately Illustrated work entitled "Driving
for Pleasure; or, The Harness Stable and
Its Appointments." by Francis T. Un
derwit, mis sumptuous volume Is tne
first book which we have had on the
subject of proper appointments, etc., and
It will take rank both as tho recognised
authority and also as one of the most
elaborately Illustrate. end beautiful of
the books dealing lu any way with the
norae.
o
"Mauler Ardlck, Buccaneer," Is the title
of a strong historical novel by a new
American writer, F. J. Costello, which Is
to De punusneu immediately ny me Apple
tons. It Is described as picturesque his
torical romance, with a wealth of adven
tures on sea and land. Introducing us
among others to the redoubtable Henry
Morgan, whom the reader accompanies lu
his daring Journey across the Isthmus
and in tne sacking or ranama.
William Allen White's book of Kansas
stories, "The Heal Issue," la announced
for publication by Way ft Williams on
iMovemner m. Mr. mte s editorial,
"What's Wrong with Kansas." which
was reprinted from his paper, the Em
poria (Kans. Gazette,) and used as a cam
paign document, has already Introduced
hi in to a lame circle or readers. His io
ries are original and sincere and Inter
esting. Some or them show a deep In
sight Into human nature ami in. all of
them one reels a sympathy with Its weak
nesses and failures. They are fresh and
wholesome, and at times very humorous.
o
The completion of Herbert Spencer's
system of philosophy is announced bv
his publishers, D. Appleton A Co. As first
stated, this division of the "Synthetic
Philosophy" was to be treated In two
volumes, but in their preparation the
amount of matter grew to such propor
tions that a third volume became neces
sary. This coniuins I'urt VI, Ecclesias
tical Institutions: "crt Vlf, Professional
Institutions, and Part VII f. Industrial
Irtltiiticrr. In view of the numerous
chanses. beneficent and otherwise, that
have ben g"!ng on In the industrial
world within recent years, the appearance
of this closing section has been eagerly
look for in many quarters. It will be
found lo be fully up to the hight stand
ard of Mr. Spender's preceding work, and
to shed a strung IlKht on current iadus
trial problems. The many admirers of
Mr. Spencer will Welcome the volume for
quite another reason. It completes the
great phlltsophlc system projected by the
author thlriy-six years aito. that has bejn
Justly styled the grandest Intellectual un
dertaking of the century. The work upon
It has been carried forward with an earn
estness of purpose and a perseverance
that neother rarrow circumstances, re
peated breakdowns of health, nor unreas
oning criticism could withstand. A thus
brought to a close. It constitutes at once
the most profound and most Inuential
body of thought of modern times.
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on a passenser. an. I the voice of the man
who was talking of Inst Saturday's storm
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catch It "half as bad as St. Louis, any
how." "That so? absent-mindedly askd the
man sitting next to him. "What was the
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Directory of Wholesale and Retail
CITY AND SUBURBAN
AHT 9TVDIO.
F. Santee 538 Sprues.
AIIII.KT1C AND DAILY PAPEK4.
Reisman A Solomon, 103 Wyoming ave.
ATHLt.TIC tiOOI AMI BICYCLES.
C. M. Florey, 222 Wyoming ave.
AWNINGS AM) HI II11F.R fcOODS. ,
J. J. Crosby, IS Lackawanna ave.
BANKS.
Lackawnnn Trust and Safe Deposit Co.
Marcharts' and Mechanics', O Lacka.
Traders' National, cor. Wyoming and
Spruce.
West Side Hank. 109 N. Main.
Scranton Savings, 122 Wyoming.
Bl I'lHNU, CAHPKT CLEANING, F.TC.
The Scranton Bedding Co., Lackawanna.
IIHIWIHS.
rtoblnson, E. Sons. 435.N. Seventh.
Hoblnson, Mina, Cedar, cor. Alder.
BK YCI.KS. (ilNS. F.TC.
Parker, G. R., 321 Spruce.
IIICYCI.r. 1.1 VtRY.
ClVy Bicycio Livery, 120 Franklin.
BICYCLE Kr.PAIBS. KTC.
Blttenbender & Co., 31 3' i Spruce etreet.
limns anu shoes.
Ooldsmith Bros. 314 Lackawanna.
Goodman's Shoe Store, 432 Lackawanna,
UKOKI K ANI JLWI-LLR.
Radin Bros.. 12S Penn.
CANDY MAM FACTtRKR.
Scranton Candy Co., 22 Lackawanna.
CAKPF.fS AND WALL PAPER.
Ingalls, J. Scott, 419 Lackawanna.
CARNIAGfc AND HARNESS.
8imwell, V. A., S15 Linden.
CARRIAGE REPOSITORY.
Blume, Wm. & Bon, C22 Spruce.
CATERER.
Huntington, J. C, 308 N. Washington.
CHINA AND GLASSWARE.
Rupprecht, Louis. 221 Penn ave.
CIGAR MAMFACTl'RER.
J. 1. Flore, 223 Spruce street.
CONFECTIONERY AND TOYS.
Williams. J. D. Bros.. 114 Lacks.
CONTRACTOR AND BITLDER.
Snook, 8. M Olyphant.
CROCKERY AMD GLASSWARE.
Harding, J. L., 21S Lackawanna.
DINING ROOM.
Caryl's Dining Room, SOS Linden.
DHY GOODS.
The Fashion. 808 Lackawanna avenue.
Kelly Healey, 80 Lackawanna,
Flnley, P. B., 610 Lackawanna.
DRY GOODS, SHOES, HARDWARE, ETC.
Mulley, Ambrose, triple stores, Provl-
denoe.
DHY GOODS. FANCY' GOODS.
Kresky, E. H. Co., 114 8. Main.
DRL'GGISTS.
McOnrrah A Thomas, 209 Lackawanna.
- Lorenti, C, 418 Lacka.; Linden ft Wash.
Davis, Q. W Main and Market.
Bloes, W. S., Peckvllle.
Davles. John J., 106 S. Main.
ENGINES AND POILERS.
Dickson Manufacturing Co.
FINE MF.RCIUNT TAILORING.
J W. Roberts, 126 N Main ave.
W. J. Davis, 21S Lackawanna
Eric Audren. 119 S. Main ave.
FLORAL DEMGNS.
Clark. O. R. Co., 201 Washington.
I LOI R. HITTER. EGGS, ETC.
The T. H. Watts Co., Ltd Ttl W. Lacka
Babcock O. J. Co.. IP) Franklin.
FLOI R, FEED AND GRAIN.
Matthews C. P. Sons Co., 84 Lacka
The Weston Mill Co., 47-49 Lackawanna.
FRI'ITS AND PRODUCE.
Dale ft Stevens, 27 Lackawanna.
Cleveland. A. 8., 17 Lackawanna.
FURNISHED ROOMS.
Union House. 215 Lackawanna.
FURNITURE.
Hill Council, 1.12 Washington.
Barbour's Home Credit House, 425 Lack.
GStftCF.HS.
Kelly, T. J. & Co., 14 Lackawanna
Mege.rgel & Connell, Franklin avenue.
1'orter. John T., 20 and 28 Lackawatina
Rice, Levy & Co.. 80 Lackawanna.
Pin J. j., 427 Lackawanna,
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GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
Osterhout. N. P., 110 W. Market.
Jordan, James, Olyphant.
Bechtold, B. J., Olyphant.
HARDWARE.
Connell, W. P. ft Sons. 118 Penn.
Foote & Shear Co.. 119 N. Washington.
Hunt & Coanoll Co., 434 Lackawanna,
HARDWARE AND PLUMBING.
flimsier & Forsyth. 827 Penn.
Cowlfs, W. C., 11)07 N. Main ave.
HARNESS AND SADDLERY HARDWARE,
Fritz, O. V 410 Lackawanna.
Keller & Harris, 117 Penn.
HARNESS, TRUNKS, BIGGIES.
E. B. Houser, 133 N. Main avenue.
HOTELS.
Arlington, Grimes ft Flannery, Bpruet
and Franklin.
Scranton House, near depot.
HOUSE, SHIN AND FRESCO PAINTER.
Wm. Hay, 112 Linden.
HUMAN HAIR AND HAIR DRESSING.
N. T. Llsk. 223 Lackawanna.
LEATHER AND FINDINGS.
Williams, Samuel. 221 Spruce.
LIME. CEMENT SEWER PIPE.
Keller, Luther, 813 Lackawanna.
MILK, CREAM. HITTER, ETC.
Scranton Dairy Co.. Penn and Linden.
Stone Bros., 308 Spruce.
MILLIINER.
Mrs. M. Saxe, lis N. Main avenue.
MILLINERY AND DRESSMAKING.
Mrs. Bradley, 208 Adams, opp. Court
House.
MILLINERY AND FURNISHING GOODS.
Brown's Bee Hive, 224 Lackawanna.
MINE AND MILL SUPPLIES.
Scranton Supply and Mach. Co., 131 Wyo.
MODISTE AND DRESSMAKER.
Mn. K. Walsh, 311 Spruce street.
MONUMENTAL WORKS.
Owens Bros., 218 Adams ave.
PANTS.
Great Atlantic 83 Pants Co., 819 Lacka.
wana ave.
PAINTS AND SUPPLIES.
Jlencke ft McKee, 808 Spruce street.
PAINTS AND WALL PAPER.
Wlnke, J. C, 315 Penn.
PAWNBROKER.
Oreen, Joseph, 107 Lackawanna.
PIANOS AND ORGANS.
Btelle, J. Lawrence, 308 Spruce.
PHOTOGRAPHER.
H. 8. Cramer, 311 Lackawanna aye,
PLUMBING AND HEATING.
Howley, P. F, ft M. F., 231 Wyoming ave.
REAL ESTATE.
Horatio X. Patrick, 328 Washington.
RUBBER STAMPS. STENCILS, ETC,
Scranton Rubber Stamp Co., 638 Spruce)
street.
ROOFING.
National Roofing Co., 331 Washington.
SANITARY PLUMBING
W. A. Wiedebusch, 234 Washington are.
STEAMSHIP TICKETS.
J. A. Barron, 2IS Lackawanna and
Prlceburg.
STF.KEO-RELIEF DECORATIONS AND
PAINTING.
8. H. Morris. 247 Wyoming ave.
TEA, COFFEE AND SPICE.
Grand Union Tea Co., 103 8. Main,
TRUSSES. BATTERIES, RUBBER GOODS
Benjamin ft Benjamin, Franklin and
Spruce.
UNDERTAKER AND LIYERY.
Raub, A. R., 423 Spruce.
UPHOLSTERER AND CARPET LAYER.
C. H. Hazlett, 226 Spruce street
WALL PAPER, F.TC.
Ford. W. M., 120 Penn.
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER.
Rogers, A. K.. 215 Lackawanna,
WINES AND I1QUORS.
Walsh. Edward J., 32 Lackawanna,
W1U AND WIRE ROPE.
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Washburn ft Moan Mfg Co., 119 Franklla
ave