THE BEE: OMAHA. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4. !U2l.
A Glimpse of
the Poet
Bynner
By STANLEY V. WEISER.
(Omaha holds a young man, per
tonal Iriend to iha poet Wittsr Byn
ner, who will speak in Omaha, No
vsmbsr I, Fonttnclla hoitl, befors
th Fin Art society. 6tniy v.
Wslser it ha. Hit friendship with
Mr. Bynner hat grown largely
through correspondents. He hat
been persuaded to writ the follow,
ing glimpse of tht poet, and to quota
from one ol the many letters wmcn
he cherishes, from Mr. Bynner.)
Witter Bynner it not only poet.
but one who seeks poetry in others.
The poetry he hat inspired and the
friendships that he hat quickened
are at tilvery witneitet of him at
are hit own word. Hit career hat
been little ihort of a grand tucccs
tinn of triumpht from 1907, when
hit "Ode to Harvard" ws hailed
by critict at one of the really great
lucres 01 inocirrn jiociry, until mc
present day u licit lie occupies a poll'
lion of stall pre-eminence in Amerl
can pnrtry at ha been accorded to
few men in their lifctiinf. Hit
place is iiiii'tie in the amtalt of lit
erature. Mr. Byiiner is a dramatist of great
note, but it i particularly by virtue
of hit "Grrnstone JWms, "The
New World" and "The Beloved
Stranger." that he hat marked him-
telf upon the best that we may to
far hand down to the next genera
tion.
There is oriental Mood which flow
in the veins of Witter Hynncr and
perhapt it is due to this ancestral
heritage that the prophetic uttcrancet
found in our greatest port it to
strongly developed in him. Mr. Byn
ner hat made many visit to the
orient and has become thoroughly
imbued with its spirit. In Juife,
iy-0, the poet sailed for China,
where he spent 10 months working
on his anthology of Chinese poetry.
His purpose may best be expressed
in hi own words in a letter which
1 received from China in August,
1920:
"I am trying to do for their clean
beauty what I tried to do for the
beauty of 'Iphigonia in Tauris:' Ex
press them in simple, human, hon
est English. ' To acquire rhythmic
grace in that kind of language is
more difficult than in "literary'
English but is, to my mind, a finer
undertaking. Tart of my object
is. of course, to bring across- the
stas a realization that the Chinese,
like any other people, arc our own
close kin in the essentials. They
have had for centuries the same
emotions, the same hopes, the
same doubts, the same devotions
that we have had; and in many re
spects they have solved life more
sanely than we have solved it. They
have a deeper sense of true value
than our more materialistic civiliza
tion has taught us; and in poetry as
in painting their old masters have at
tained a simple perfection that we
are only beginning to appreciate.
What I find in their art and in the
individuals I meet is a corrobora
tion of my faith in people every
where." Witter Bynner is a firm believei
in the work of American poets and
has given high place to the works
of Vachel Lindsay, Edgar Lee Mast
ers and Edwin Arlington Robinson.
Edna St. Vincent Millay he regards
as "the clearest . voice in English
poetry since 'A Shropshire Lad.'"
"A. E. Housman first," he said re
cently, "and then, Millay."
Mr. Bynner is a large man, broad
shouldered and very tall, informal,
gracious, extremely modest, and full
of easy conversation. He is a
brilliant pianist. The poet's long,
narrow-backed hands may slops
over the ivory keyboard as he sings
a Spanish song, mellow and throb
bing. From it he may drift into a
French song, then into some of his
: cwn lyrics, improvising melodies
far them as he goes along. With
out the least self-consciousness and
with no effort at all Mr. Bynner is
one of the few really great men who
have not forgotten , the meaning of
' Friendship" and "Comradcry."
Centi al High Scene
of Rehearsal .
"Westward Ho!" came the shout
from 100 lusty boy throats, accom
panied by a sweeping chord from
the piano "Westward, Hoi" and
the opening chorus of pioneers and
adventurers tramped out of the
wings and on to the so-called stage
for a rehearsal of. the first act ot
the Fageant "Nebraska." The
gymnasium of Central High was
the scene of the rehearsal Wednes
day afternoon in preparation for the
presentation, November 10, at the
Brandeis theater, before the Teach
ers' cqnvention. ,
While Miss Lena May Williams,
who is the director of the pageant,
and Mrs. ntts, wno icaas tne music,
watched and criticised, one chorus
followed another with business-like
and well-drilled assurance. Even
the youngsters of the Golden Hours,
mere babies, twirled and cut and
gavotted with perfect aplomb. The
singers, mainly recruited from" the
High School Glee club, did well, anil
woe be to them if they failed to
keep their attention on Mrs. Carol
Pitts' baton. "I don't car- if a
bomb goes off under your feet," she
announced from her commanding
position on a chair. "Don't you dare
take your eyes off me."
After the final chorus, grouped
about the Spirit of the West, Mrs.
Pitts lost her severity. "I have
to talk that way to them, she ex
plained with laugh, "but they real
ly behave wonderfully well, for, of
course, rehearsing is tiresome."
The cast was trooping off, boys
and girls from Central and from the
various grade schools of the city, of
various ages and assorted size.
Some of them had mothers around
the edges of the gymnasium watch
ing the rehearsal. One little girl
trudged otf with a pink cheeked
doll under her arm, which had re
posed patiently on a table while her
young mother was doing the heel
and toe. Another had a little sis
ter on the aide lines, a 3-year-old
sister with yellow Jiair and a de
termined chin, who insisted on com
ing down to the "practice," and
who waved her arms in time to the
music and announced to thej world,
"I want to dance, too."
Walking Club Campfire
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A dream of the Omaha Walking
club has been realized in the com
r-letion of its new club house at
Wiley Point, Fontenelle forett rt
terve. The main attraction of the
cabin it the round fireplace, built in
the middle of the room. Thit type
of fireplace wat used by the Indian
in the early dayt and it alio mrd in
the big hotels of Glacier park.
In the picture from left to right
"Never Again."
I've spent all my money, I've worn
out my clothes
Of bills I've' paid threescore and
ten:
This vacation stuffs great, but I'm
here to relate
That my verdict is "Never again I"
And I've sat in the shade, with the
front porch brigade,
And heard gossip andscandal, and
then
Heard them acclaim the very same
dame
The
of Fine
are the Muses Frances Zadak, Helen
Chester, Allie Houston, president;
Olive Fraser and Judith Corr.
An average of 50 members have
been enjoying the Saturday afternoon
walks through Fontenelle forett. Sup
per is served at the cabin and the
evening is spent in singing. "Chorus
singing hat become a regular feature
of the hikes." tayt Edwin S. Jewell,
charter member of the club.
They were roasting Gosh!
"Never again!"
Now I'll need six more weeks to
get back to my cheeks
All the color I lost at "The Glen."
So I think that it's best in the city
to rest.
And the country? Well. "Never
again I" M. V. O'Connell
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The, Characteristic Way Pa Cos
. rovePassed the Tims on tht
Lonely Road.
The motorcycle which I had heard
clattering behind us slowed up as it
passed, and by the light of my lamps
1 taw the state trooper turn for
another look at the long fishing poles
with the lantern at the end of them,
which stretched out behind the iron
luggage carrier at the side. Then
he sped on again, while Pa Cosgrove
leaned forward and spoke slowly but
to the point.
Stop at the first good place in the
road you see, and let me think a
minute," he said. "That fellow's apt
to get a little fussy."
We were just turning a curve.
which, when rounded, brought an
other to view, so that it was an
eighth of a mile at least before I
finally brought the car to a stop,
well t the side of the road, and in
a position where its lights could be
seen for several rods both ways.
"There's no use going the way
we were going," Mr. Cosgrove
mused, evidently thinking the prob
lem out aloud. "That chap will
just about figger out we're going
down that dam road excuse me
ladies, but that's just what it is
and he'll be at the turn there by
Hinchell's store, in the bushes, ready
to trail us. Now, I think we'd better
go slow past that corner, so he'll
get a good look at us and come out
and follow us, and then we'll beat it
down to the Capron corner and turn
up there as if we were going to that
pickerel pond. Ten to one hell go
on past the corner, satisfied, and
when he does we'll double back and
take that road through the reservoir
area, you know, boys"
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"Over past Lisohcris," Fred assented,
"Exactly. We'll come out around
the other way. It will be longer,
but safer.
"So fishing at night is forbidden,"
Bess Dean declared triumphantly.
"I knew it. How scrumptiously
exciting. Do you suppose we'll alt
get pinched?"
"I haven't said anything was for
bidden, have I?" Mr. Coxgrove
urowled it is the only word for his
intonation, and I realized he was
seriously annoyed by the girls
speech "and if you know or guess
such a thing, you d better forget it
For if you're asked any such ques
tion tonight, just remember, every
one of you, that you never dreamed
of such a thing as it being forbidden.
Now, Mrs. Graham, drive along. I'll
tell you about a mile before you
have to slow down, you know by
that inn where you admired all those
flower-beds there's always lights
there at night, so you can see them
plainly."
"I probably shall not need to slow
down much, 1 said lightly, as I
started the engine again. "I'll con-
fess I don't care particularly for fast
driving at night along these roads.
I'd rather emulate our friend the
snail."
"If a few road hogs were of your
thinking,' Mr. Cosgrove Answered,
"there he fewer dead men at the foot
of some of these precipices. See that
place at the right? Two oars went oT
there a year ago, four people killed.
And just down the road a piece "
He proceeded to describe at length
all the horrible accidents, I believe,
that ever had taken place on this par
ticular mountain road since automo
biles were invented. Almost every
curve we passed had its story, and if
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I were possessed of the particular
brand of nerves which responds t
horrort I would have stopped the
car unable to drive further, uut that
tort of thing affects me not at all.
and as Dicky knows my tempers
ntent, and knew also that I'a Cos.
tirove, jovial giant, without a nerve in
liis system, was absolutely ignorant
of the havoc he might be working
and would, no doubt, be highly con
tenipluous toward any irotet. I wa
ctrtain that he would make no com
inrnt. and was prepared to let the
monologue of terror go blithely on
its way. But at the fifth recital, 0et
Mean gave a little suppressed scream.
l a Cosgrove, the exclaimed de
terminedly. "If you tell another hor
rible accident story I shall jump out
ot the car, and my death will lie on
your head. Madge," pettishly, "I
don't see how you can drive and
listen to all that. You must have no
imagination at all.
"A well-trained Imagination rath
er." Dicky drawled. I never knew
Madge to have a nerve in her body
when she's doing anything strenuous
l:ke driving a car or bcatuig'me up.
She goes at either job at coolly al
beit joyously at though the were
going to be crowned CJuecn of the
May."
There was a note of pride under
tieath hit joking which thrilled me a
much at I shrewdly guessed it irri
tatcd Bess Dean. But I'a Cosgrove
was full of contrition, although I
caught a sardonic note in hit prompt
apology:
You sure must excuse me. ladies.
he said. "I had no idea I was har
rowing up any tender feelings. But
at that, I'd advise you to practice
listening to just such stuff, if you
plan to be real mountaineers. No
place for nerves or finicky folks
around these parts. Now, Mrs. Gra
ham, we're coming to the inn. Just
slow up ana see if that motorcycle
tellow will rise to our bait.
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