Evening gazette, Tuesday, July 19, 1898 · page 7

 

 
 
 

 

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I THE KEY MONUMENT

IN HONOR OF THE WRITER OF THE
GREAT NATIONAL ANTHEM.

 

This Poem of Francis Scott Key’s Needl
No Organization to Push It Along—Its
Name and Music Wait the Soul to the
Skies. _ M -

It was Fletcher of Saltown who said:
“Give me the making of a nation’s
songs and I care not who makes its
laws." It is perhaps. the irony of
fate that this saying was destined to be
contradicted in the circumstances of
Key’s case. Sympathy remained a
barren abstra cticn untranslated into
action. For eighty- four years while
distant California raised a monument
to Francis Scott Key his own Mary-
land was silent and unready or failed to
see the merits and genius of her indus-
trious son. At the entrance of the
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, there
has been these many years a splendid
monument rising to a height of fifty-
one feet to commemorate the services
of the author of America’s great na-
tional lyric. It cost $60,000 and con-
sists of a double arch, under one of
Which is seated 'a' bronze figure of Key
of the “Star
Spangled Banner" folded in the hand.
However late in the day, therefore.
Maryland honors herself and contrib-
utes to the gratification of the national
feeling, by observing the obvious pro-
prieties in respect .of her national
'songstcr. Five thousand dollars was
recently appropriated by the Maryland
legislature, and the balance of the pres-
ent monument was subscribed by the
generous and patriotic hearts that were
quickened by the famous song which
has now-become the national anthem
of America. It is usually sung at the
close of public meetings and never
fails to awaken in audienms that in-
tense thirst for the' spirit of freedOm
which is the country’s chief safeguard.

The present monument is to be erect-
ed in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Balti-
more. It is the design of the famous
New York sculptor Alexander Doyle,
and it is a‘deSign befitting the subject
and the solemn environments. It con-
sists of a circular pedestal of granite
on a series of unusually wide spreading
bases- Its height will be thirteen feet,
and at the base fifteen feet. It will be
devoid of floral elaborations but will
throw into' strong relief the figure’of
Key who is represented on shipboard
‘with that anxious look upon his
gathering brow indicated by the first
line of his immortal poem—“Oh, say
can you 'see by the dawn’s early light!"
His attitude is one of exultation and
of joy, as with his right arm he proud-
1y points to the flag, manifestly re-
joiced to find that it is “still there,"
and with the other waves aloft the pa-
per on Which he is writing the poem
that thus records the inspiration of his
enraptured discovery.

The chisel of our American Praxiteles
has eloquently perpetuated the beauti-
ful and pairiotic inspiration which
Key’s lyric awakens in every Ameri-
can breast. ‘At the base of the pedestal
is a bronze group emblematical of pa-
triotism. The figure of Liberty is seat-
ed and is in the act of teaching the les—
son of patriotism to a youth standing
air—her left; with n>t~he Americannag
resting on her shoulder. and upon
which the youth reveiently- 'lays‘ his
hand. Liberty’ s left hand extended.
grasps the sword of defence, While her
arm embraces the figure of a little
child, indicating at once a; disposition
to protect the weak against the stroll;
and that martial readiness to defen the
flag Which is ever the duty of a free
people. . Beneath the grodp on the face
of its base is carried the seal of the
State of Maryland, while under the cor-
nice is a cluster of stars. In the rear
of the monument and resting on its
base, is a tablet bearing the text of
Key’s poem. “Upon the whole there-
fore the Baltimore memorial is a more
realistic work and more symbolic of
the circumstances and better calcu-
lated to inspire the observer, than the
earlier and mere expensive'monument
in the far western city, and which owes
its existence to the philanthropist
James Lick. Maryland has redeemed
herself by this timely and beautiful
work and thus does much to crystalize
the principle for which the song stands.
in the living memorials of to-day.

Francis Scott lacy was the son 0: a
Revolutionary officer whose \father
came to this country with the poet
Dryden’s brother. When the British
forces invaded Washington in 1814,
Key was taken prisoner on board the
frigate “Su1prise,” from which he wit—
néSSed an attack Iupo'n Fort McHenry.
Owing to the pus; tion the flag of
FOrt' ltIcI-Ienry was distinctly seen
thrdugh the night by the glare of the
dawn the firing
feelings when he
found that the British had not
triumphed, and that the Stars and
Stripes had not been hauled down,
found expression in the “Star Spangled
Banner.” _ ' ‘
.T'here are other great national songs,
but the one which seems intended to
spangled Banner is
‘America” and uh ch being the werk

ceased and Key’s

' of a clergyman a persistent attempt

has been made, particularly at re-
vival meetings, to claw to it into the
dignity of a 11's ional anthem. But the
lines of the latter can never convey the
same feeling as 1; eye burning song
which has not a dull or commonplace

~ line throughout, and Which breaks like

a flashlight upon the mind, holding the
attention and the soul enraptured from
beginning to end; It‘ is said Tthat no

enduring song was ever written that ,

had not a strong personal‘fn‘spiration

“as its foundation_»,andfthat-forums pro- ‘

duction of a striking national song the
soukmust—overfiow itself if “it another
soul (would rea'ich. ’-' The circumstances
of K y; s cap1ui'é,'afid the anxiety with

whlc"i he looked tfor the Stars and
Stripes in the morning when the Brit-

 

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T E E . E vEE1N o. GAZETTE

isn guns ceaseh were surely sumcienuy
exciting and tragic in the life and his-

tory of the writer to establish the truth '

of this statement. His soul was pro-
foundly moved by the battle of Fort Mc-
Henry and had Key himself not told the

printer, who first set the song in type,

the circumstances under which he com-
posed the “Star Spangled Banner" and
had the words been only disentombed
after the lapse of ages, the very setting
of the lines would have themselves told
of an attack on a. fort displaying a flag
amidst the smoke of a great battle.
rIhey would have revealed a captive in-
quiring at the break of day in tones of
intense patriousm and . of tremulous
emotion whether that flag, which meant
for him liberty or death still waved
from the battlements of the beleagured
fort. It would, even, were we to know
no more about its author or its origin.
have revealed its inspiration as effect-
ively as do the words of the “Marseil-
laise" betray the stirring scenes'of De
Lilles’ war song in ratio at the end of
the last century.

The "Stai Spangled Banner” there-
faie originates from a noble inspira-
tion. It comes from the American
heart and appeals to the American
heart. It was written rapidly in obedi-
ence to strong feellngs and while the
author was under martial conditions.
There is therefore a glow, a freshness
and a sparkling spontaneity about
every line and phrase to which not even
“My Country ’tis of Thee " while
chaste, melodious and tender enough to
be a church .13. can ever hope to
compare, One is c. 113' half— American;
in the other patriotism glows through
the lines. One while affecting to laud
liberty is redolent of that meek sub-
mission which saps liberty; the other
breathes a ravishing love of liberty in-
terwoven with the spirit of Mars. The
music, too, of the “Star Spangled Ban-
ner" set to "Anacreon in Heaven,”
more powerfully appeals to musical in-
tellects than a poem which seems to
have been written to that of “God Save
the Queen" and therefore little likely
to rank with “Hail Columbia.” or
“Dixie,” or even “Maryland," or ”Yan-
kee Doodle," or the “Bonnie Blue
Flag,” or to inspire the strong national
sentiment of the Star Spangled Banner.
This poem of Francis Scott Key’s needs
no organization to push it along. Its
n'ame and music waft the soul to the
skies. It springs into the minds of age
and youth alike upon all occasions, and

continues to move as with a divine'
pathos all loyal American hearts as- the

immortal and undying chant of Ameri-
can independence and freedom.

. There is no other national hymn
needed while American States raise
memorials to the sublime genius of its
author.

 

 

‘ French Superstitions.

-The French superstitions regarding

deaths and funerals are all but num-
berlessr ‘ If you meet a funeral while
driving you will have an accident be—
fore your drive is over unless you turn
back," they say. Many a gambler en
route for Monte Carlo will not gamble
that day- if he meets a funeral; others
will'bet only at rouge et noir, and per-
sistently on the black. The peasants
have at least a hundred superstitions
about bees. They believe (and did not
Virgil, too, or did be but 'chroniclei it
of his cOntemporaries?) that bees, are
bred- of dead men’s bones and :flesh.
This seems to be one of the oldest 9f
the current French supersrtions, for
on a very 013 tomb at Aries (found
in the world- famous Zys camp) is this
inscription: ‘ “This has become the
home of unh’a‘llowed 12%.".

The peasant pharmacopoela 4 of
France is wonderful—most wonderful.
Wine is an ingredient of every pre-

scription. In fever cases it is'alwsys
the predominant one. The French
peasant’s faith in fermented grape

juice is truly beautiful. If his children
arr-1' stricken with the measles he gives
them beakers of wine. well sweetened
with honey and highly spiced with
pepper. For a severe cold he admin.
.sters a quart of red wine and a melted
tallow candle mixed. For scarlet or
brain fever he gives eggs, white wine
Not
all their superstitions are curious-—
some are pathetic. A mother, for in-
stance, often buries her dead child
with its favorite toy or her own beau-
tiful hair in the coffin, "that it may
not feel quite alone."

A flintormul Bull.

Hardly of less historical interest
than the‘famous Liner iy "Bell of Phila-
delphia was the old clock bell which
announced the how on July 4,1776,
when the Declaration of Independence
was promulgated.

The bell had been used in earlier
days to call assemblages of tl‘ e citizens
of the Quaker City but after the Revo-
lution it was lost.

Recently the Philadelphia Press dis-
covered that the relic had been de—
stroyed. It had been bought for a few
hundred dollars by the Roman Catho-
lic Church of St“ augustine for its
steeple. The whole clock machinery
was bought, but the question is yet un-
ahSwered'as to whether the dials were
sold or not. The church was burned
down in 1844. - '

Several of the firemen collected from
the mass of bell metal pieces broken
off by the fall of the tower and carried
them home as SOhvc’llI’S .. Seveial of
the 'fire laddies had these molded into
buckles of their organization, the Hu--
mane Engine Company,” and one of the
men promises to tequeath to some
museum of Revel-.1 iiona’ry relics his
gelt and buckle, so that the country
nay have another remembrance of the
:rowning point in our history.

 

 

U”__'_
A Clever flame.

King Alexander .r.-f wervia, when on". y

‘ Eighteen yeais old 3: mmoned his Re-

gents to. a dinner- -party, rose as if to

‘oropOSe a toast. diew a revolver. from

his pocket. proclaimed himself of age,

1nd dismissed the Regenzts nhdm he

.ocked up all night in the _di111ng~rdom.
while he went round to- assure himself
if the fidelity of, hisguit'r'ds. ,

that. The policeman, promptly or

 

3

CURRENT COMMENT.

A‘ New York clergyman, after
watching a Broadway policeman talk
to a p1etty glil on his best for twenty
minutes, walked over and inquired
Why the bluecoat was behaving like

 

rested him and locked him up. It
doesn’t pay to be too inquisitive in
New York.

A Havana paper says Americans
“are industrious beéause of a lack
of_charitable feeling, for all; starve
in the United States who become
penniless.” »No one but a. Spanish
philosopher would have thought of
coupling industry with a lack of hu-
mane feeling. It is a new line of ar-
gument for the constitutionally tired.

 

The attorney general o-f'Colorudo
has furnished an opinion that there
is no law authorizing women Lin that
state to drop their maiden name on
the simple excuse of a wedding. The
question calling for the decisibn came
from a woman notary publlc who ~was
recently married. She asked .under
what name she should continue to ex-
ist officially, and ‘was gratified with
the announcement that she must sign
all documents as before marriage, for,
the attorney genera: says, “there is
no authority for a change of name at
marriage or any other‘time.”

When the advocates of equal rights
for women have made their crusade
successful. such difficulties as that in
which Nellie Grant Sartoris now finds
her-self will not exist. The daughter
of President Grant was an American
born. but when she married Algernon
Sartoris, who was a British subject,
her nationality Iwas changed by that
act to that of her husband. Now her
husband is dead, she has returned to
her native land and wishes to be re-

stored to American citizenship; but,

the only way iit can be done is by hav-

ing congress pass a special act inher-

behalf. Probably it will be done with.
out demur. But why need it be done
at all? If an American man should

marry an English woman, and go to,

live inEhgland, that would not make
him an- Englishman :or

man. ‘7

_____._______,_ ,
The decision of the trustees of the, ,
University of Pennsylvania, in r’hila—,

delphla, to admit women as students.
to the university, will gratify all who
believe in the higher education of wo-
men. To assist in carrying out the
action of the board, Colonel Joseph‘

M. Bennett presented to the univer-_

forfeit his
American citizenship. Why should
them be a diffewut law for the wo-I

PAY oF rm: NAVY. 3

How the Finances domes“ and Men Are
Looked After.

When one takes Into consideration

 

the intelligence, the technical training

and the other demands made upon
them by their profession, the officers
and men who handle our warships are
poorly paid as. compared with those
who follow similarly exacting duties
on shore. ‘ 1 ,

An ofiicer’s pay varies not only ac-
cording to his. rank, but according to
the nature of his duty. His highest
pay is While at see, his lowest While
on leave or “waiting orders." ‘The fol-
.owing gives the oflicers’ pay per an-
hum:

Rear adminals, $4,000 to $6,000; com-
m-odores, $3,000 to $5,000; captains, $2,- *
$00 to $4,500; commanders, $2,300 to $3,-
500; lieu-tenant commanders, $2,000 to
$3,000,; lieutenants, $1,600 to $2,000; lieu-
tenanwts junior grade, $1, 200 to $2, 000;
ensigns, $800 to 1,400; naval cadets, $500
to $950.

Contrary to-the general popular no-
tion, naval oflicers clothe and feed
themselves. They also heuse them-
selves except when on board ship or
when stationed at a navy yard. where
quarters are provided. True, they are
allowed while at sea the muniflcent sum
of 30 cents per diem fer their rations.

Furthermore, officers of the American
navy have to pay out of their own
pockets for the entertainment, not only
of their own personal friends, but of
officials, the guests of the nation. ‘

The pay of the enlisted men varies
from $9 per month, received 'by a third
class apprentice, to $70 per month.
which is the compensation of a. chief
machiniwst An “ordinary seamen” re-
ceives $19, a “Seaman" $24, and a. lands-
man, Who is an unskilled recruit. $16
per month. Men in the artificer class,
such as blacksiniths, electricians, boiler
makers, eta, getfrom $25 to $50 per
month. All enlisted men. like officers,
receive their 30 cents per diem for ra-
tions. FurthermOre, there is an - in-
crease 111 "pay for each re-‘énli‘stn‘ien't.

One important step, conduclng to ef—
flciency; taken by the navy department
during the past year, was the elevating
of the status of gun captains, who are
now‘ ‘Sp'ecifically rated as such; ’vvith
pay ranging (110111135 to $50 'per month.
Formerly the gun captain was chosen
simply by reasons: 1111: rank on ship-
board, that is, no man could be a. gun
captain. however good his marksman-
ship, unless he held some petty office.
such as boatswain’ s mate, coxswfun or
something of the sort. Now the gun
captain lat-lie best shodter and manip-
ulator of the weapon in the latter‘ 8
crew, regardless of his standing oth-
erwise on board, and he receives extra
pay for his qualities.—Leslie's Weekly.

 

no Punished the Judge. 1’

The Judge had never taken a Turk-
ish bath, but he was not feeling his
best that morning, and it suddenly ‘oc-
curred to him to test its vivifying ef-
fects, so enthusiastically “scented

 

slty a short time agofour houses on
Walnut street, adoiuing Bennett hall,
located at Thirty-fourth and Walnut
streets, the estimated value of which,
including the ground, is said to be
$0,000. , For the present these houses
will be used as they now stand, out
in course of time it is expected to
raze’ these to the ground and in their
place to raise a structure to be devots'
ed exclusively to the needs of the wm
men students. The carrying out of,
,the prccct, it is said will result in
property and building worth about
$500, 000. The gift of Colonel Bennett
adds to his liberallty of eight years
ago, when he presented to the insti«
tutlon the structure now named Ben:
nett Hall, in honor ofthe» donor, and
‘an endowment fund of $17,500 for fel-
lowships. '

Commodore Dewey’s opportunity at
Madrid came to him rather late in
his career, but not too late to enable
him to wear his honors for a little
while. Under the law, he will be re-
tired for age on December 26, 1899,
about two'months after the retire-
ment of-Commodore Howison. Dew-
ey will become a rear admiral before
the end of this year and will have an
entire year in which to exercise the
authority and enjoy the prominence
of the highest rank of the navy. The
present list of rear admirals will
wiped out this year. It is probable
that in 1899 the list of rear admirals
will include Sch1ey, Dewey, Sampson
and John Crittenden W'atson. Com-W
modore W'atson ranks Sampson, \vno
has been jumpedover the entirelist
of commodores to give him supreme
control of the forces he organized for
the campaign. In the ordinary course
he will get into the top list early next
ycai. Unless some accident should
happen to him, Watson Will ietain his
place until 1001. Commodo1e.“at—
son was an officer under Farragut at
the time the. war admiral passed the
forts .to reach New Orleans. Farra-
gut had a high opinion of the courage
and coolnessof the then young man.
It was Watson who directed and as-
sisted the lashing of Farragut in the
shrouds of the Hartford so- that he
could observe ,the operations of the
fleet without exposure to the danger
'of being swept away in the confu-
sion. He is a careful captain. Naval
officers who know him well say that
he always had a most “happy ship,”
because it was a- ftstrict snip.” At
the time of the naval rendezvous and
subsequent parade 'to celebrate the

anniversary of the discovery ‘of Am‘ér-

ice, Captain Watson commanded the
San Francisco. He-had just become
entitled to a newssea tour. having for
rlzree years been-in charge of the Na-

! val Home at Philadelphia.

be.

upon by his young friends. It seemed
to the Judge that the rubber wn’sI ter-
ribly rough, but. fearing to expose his
inexperience and Subject 1111111211. to
ridicule by objecting to the regular
treatment. he patiently endured «being
punched,pum1nelled,slappsd Ignited;
whacked and poked iintit’lie could
stand the torture a. moment longer.
“Is‘-—it-—'qultexiieco'ssary- make - me
black .- and - blue-"ell woven". panted
the Judge. as irregularly as the rub-
ber dug his lists 111 more or less vigor
[ 9.311, " 1' fan 11111111. rm "fixln
you," responded the rubber. redéubi'ing
his asie'ults and grinning diabollclliy—

at so t seemed 't Ie.
I “gs-£0 2:13p, 3101115 are (tlfi %

you?" gasped the Judge, a horrible Ins-
piclon dawning in his mlnd.“1’oq_r
(whack, groan) face (thump, groan)
does (Whack, groan) seem (slap. groan)
familiar" (swish, groah). “Oh. you re-
member me, do you?" growled the rub ~
ber sarcasticallfir.“ “Well, dash yer old
hide, meb'be you'd like to send me up
for six months again for prize-fightin'!"
-Harper’s Magazine.

 

Bad Either Way.

Gladys—“Don’t g6 George! Don’t
leave me! Don’t run the risk of losing
your life and leaving me to mourn for
you all the rest of my days. . HOW can
I endure the anxiety, knowing that
you are in danger 2” ' "

George—“There, darling, don‘t wer-
‘ry. It’s all right. I’m giving into the
commissary department.”

Gladys—“Oh, George! That’s even
~Worse? How can I ever marry a
cook?"-I'—Chicsgo Daily How's.

 

"The 1111-5111 Friend.

"I always admired Jlberjohn as a.
man who kept his thoughts to himself. "

“Why, the idea! J ibberjohn makes a.
specialty of epigrams.”

“I know he does, but they are other
persons' thoughts."¢eIndianapolis Jour-
nal.

 

SPANISH STYLE.

 

 

Mrs Hen—What under the sun is
that Rooster crowing about after such

licking? ‘

American Roostm (contemptuouSIy)
—-Ob. it’s a Spanish Rooster. and that’s . ’
the wayfithey celebrate their defeats. _