Dicky
Davis’s gong to wed,
Dicky
must have lost his head,
Dicky’ll
wish at he was dead
In a month or two.
Dicky
he will write no more;
When
their wedding dream is o’er
She
will haunt his study door
Like they always do.
Mrs.
Dicky she will say
“Dicky
talk to me today,
Never
have a word to say,
To me Dicky, now.”
Dicky
he’ll throw down his pen,
Wishin’
he were one again,
But
he’ll bow a sweet “Amen”,
Just to save a row.
April
24, ‘99
Post
Apr.
28, ‘99
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| With TR,Cuba, 1898 |
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| 1905 |
Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 – April 11, 1916) was a
journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first
American war correspondent to cover the Spanish–American War, the Second
Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the
political career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major
role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the
world of fashion and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular
among men at the turn of the 20th century.
Davis was married twice,
first to Cecil Clark, an artist, in 1899 (May 4), and then to Bessie McCoy in
1912, an actress and Vaudeville performer, who is remembered for her
signature Yama Yama Man routine. Davis and Bessie had a daughter,
Hope.
The
Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis, by Richard Harding Davis:
Cecil Clark Davis loved sports, animals,
and painting. Her oil portraits of handymen, hired models, servants, and
friends were as painstakingly crafted as those she painted of flyer Charles
Lindbergh, actor Lionel Barrymore, Antarctic explorer Roald Amundsen, and
Admiral William Sowden Sims.
She viewed
her rarified life as an adventure, yet in 1899 she entered into a marriage
blanc with the dashing young journalist, war correspondent, author and
playwright, Richard Harding Davis. The Marion ceremony, held at St. Gabriel's
Chapel, was reported nationally as a
prestigious social event. Thirteen years later, after touring the world for his
writing assignments, the couple divorced a decade before American women could
vote. Subsequently, Cecil devoted herself to her dogs, to travel, and to her
artwork, becoming an award-winning portraitist of some repute.
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