!§ (To the Valdez Miner) !|
Really, you know, I’m so flattered to
think you have noticed my "stuff” at
last. Now that the Valdez Miner
knows the Cordove Poetess (?) exists,
—I, being more or less identified with
this person, feel that I have not lived
in vain! We expect our friends to tol
erate us and sometimes to commend
us; we are also unsurprised when our
enemies criticize and berate us. All
well and good. We can appreciate the
former and even bear up under the
latter, but the one too dreadful hap
pening, which crushes and annihilates
us is to remain unnoticed! So before
proceeding I make profound obeisance
and I thank you,—I thank you, deep
down.
First of all, I am sorry to disappoint
your understanding, but the “one
weety-teenty kiss” which has caused
something akin to excitement in your
Sleeping City, was not of the Cordova
variety. As is true of all things poets
write, they are practically without ex
ception merely suppositious incidents,
instances, experiences, etc.,—mere
fancies of the imagination. So also
was this particular effusion, from
which you do me the honor to quote.
Admitting "infatuation” was purely
imaginary,—while letting my “fancies
wander,” I did not limit their realm
to Cordova, nor to Alaska,—a place so
far removed from the center of things
and the real world where wheels go
around. I know nothing of the Cor
dova kiss, save from a rather disin
terested observation, but I can well
believe that the herein discussed
poem (?) might prove startling read
ing as descriptive of either the free
pr paid for kisses indulged in, in the
Copper City.
If Milton’s ‘‘Paradise Lost,” Homer’s
‘Iliad” and "Odessy” and other like
works were really all personal chron
icles; if poor Bill, dady of all the poets
in the world, lived a hundredth part
pf the marvelous plays he wrote, then
surely his life must have stretched
* hundred years, at least.
You know, just as I became really
interested in your article, (which al
though containing many errors, com
mon to prose writing, is not so badly
lone) I was keenly disappointed and
3hagrined to read that you have “al
lowed old age to creep upon you;”
that your illusions are dead and that
pnly via the Castor Oil route can you
revive your drooping enthusiasms.
Alas! Life is short and fleeting at the
most and one day we must all reach
your state; but what a comfort, to
know that when that sad day over
takes us, we shall be able to buy a
perfectly good imitation of lost ecstas
ies from our druggist at 10 cents per
punce.
Think not I like thee less
Because thy faults I see;
Poor man, I truly like them too,—
For they are part of thee!
C. P.
(This C. P. means Cordova Poetess.
Do not confuse with Carlisle Packing
Company.)
BELOVED AND HEROIC
PRELATE OF BELGIUM
HELPED VICTORY LOAN
Cardinal Mercier, the “Grand Old
Man,” the beloved and indomitable
hero of Belgium, was a subscriber to
the Victory loan. In the following
characteristic letter to Cardinal Gib
bons, he sent in his subscription with
a touching expression of his gratitude
for what America has done for his
distressful people:
Cardinal’s Letter
Archdiocese of Malines..
Dear and Venerable Colleague:
For a long time I have awaited an
occasion of testifying to the noble
American nation the ardent thanks of
the Belgian people for the inestima
ble services, rendered by them to our
country and the world, not alone for
the material and financial help, so
generously conferred upon distressed
families, but especially for the great
example of their chivalric virtues.
Without doubt, I have eagerly de
sired to reply to the very friendly ap
peal to Your Emminence and to the
flattering invitations, which have come
to me, in great numbers, on the part
of those who, in the United States
and Canada, represent the moral ideal
of Christian society. I wished to
come in person and tell your fellow
citizens of my admiration and grati
tude, but I do not see how I can ar
range the time, which a stay of some
weeks in your midst demands, before
next autumn. I ever awaited an oc
casion of telling you, without delay,
the expression of my sentiments.
It seems to me that occasion is vol
untarily offered me at this moment,
and I seize upon It eagerly.
I understand the American congress,
through the medium of its noble Presi
dent, invites the public to subscribe
to a last loan, “The Victory Loan.”
My financial contribution is insig
nificant I know; but I am not unmind
ful of the teaching, which we preach
to the faithful: “If you have much,
give much; if little, then give of the
little you have.”
I have little, but that little is what
you, my dear brothers of the great
American republic, have in great
measure given to me.
The joy is mine of giving something,
no matter how little I have received.
I beg you, therefore, do not refuse to
accept my very modest contribution
of $1,000 to the Victory loan.
Be good enough, Your Eminence, to
ask your fellow-citizens to regard, not
so much what I give, but the loving ■
and grateful heart, which offers it; 1
and accept, I pray you, the hogaage of
my veneration and my affectionate
devotion. v
Desire,
' CARDINAL MERCIER,
Archbishop of Malines.
P. S.—I beg those, who have so
kindly addressed Invitations to me to
be their guest, either at a religious
ceremony or assembly, to be good
enough to regard this present letter as
a provisional reply to their letter or
cablegram.
Rev. H. H. Lumpkin of Fairbanks
who is editor of the Alaskan Church
man has his troubles in common with
others. The August issue was lost
when the Princess Sophia went down,
the November issue was unavoidably
detained a month, and the pictures of
the Alaskan scenes which he had sent
east to make into cuts for his Febru
ary issue have been lost.
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