ELLEN PALMER ALLERTON.


Ellen Palmer Allerton, the sweet and gentle
poetess, beloved of Kansas, lived at Padonia,
in Brown County, when she wrote her famous
poem, ``Wall of Corn.''

She was past her prime when she came to
Kansas from the Wisconsin home, the subject
of many of her noble gems. As she grew older,
she grew stronger in poetic strength.

Three volumes of poems have been
published, ``Walls of Corn and Other Poems,''
``Annabel and Other Poems,'' and ``Poems of the
Prairie.'' Her ``Walls of Corn,'' written in
1884, famous from the first, as used as railroad
immigration advertising, was translated in
several languages and distributed all over
Europe. This and her ``Trail of Forty-nine''
are her best, although the classic beauty of
``Beautiful Things'' is unsurpassed by any
other American writer.

``Beautiful twilight, at set of sun,
Beautiful goal, with race well run,
Beautiful rest, with work well done.''

is a fitting close to the beautiful, useful life