, 1863-07-22
whitewaeh the walls and ceilings Of the lat

"AkA ttic3t llfT1F afiu 1OrI} years aE0. n't1tI:
as fresh and as legfble as though inscribed bu
yesterday. Of course they are all the name
Of Insignificant me diocri;ies, OF whom one @
D.. C%ytey thus disconrses, on written cart
carefully shown to visitors:
mo intellect above the itch to scrawl
Lot Weak and etfoug alike wentto tbs wall.
The wafl7 grown uAra with names, loltier feel
ing
Raised lands and cycs to scribble on the ceiling
For me. poor nam. less bard. oh sad disaster,
No single inch remains Of nameless plaster;
ltt1 thy pearls have tsampled, and must hfgn
NY name among the other grateful swine
Who come to make sty Of Shakespeare's shrine.'
Yet these Insignificant name-sc1awls, as fa1
as the present generation Is concerned, form
Part and parcel of the famous room and tt
bury them a1l In shroud Of whitewash woull
Ce but to Make ahothsrau Il needless aftera
zion Of the familiar though deserted shrine
Besices this, each person who, With more
h1ce than ever Dogberfy could lave demand
Ell, thus wrote himself down an ass," de-
SERVES, for detlling these hal1owed walls, to
nave Ills wretched name 60 down to the cou-
tempt Of people yIt unborn. Walter Scott
himself, whose autograph Is to be seen on
the window, deserves disgrlce for this petty
piece Of egotism.
:. a rear room, reached BY short entry from
the birth chamber. contains the portrait dis,
COVERED gear or two ago. It is enclosed In
m iron safe which is carefully shut every
night, while brass label below gives place to
There words:
'This portrait Of Shakespeare. after having been
IN the possession of William 0akes HINT. town
wards Of century. was restored BY Mr. Simon
Collins, Of 1ondon, and being considered q por.
fIait ot mnch interest aud salue was given by Mr.
Hunt TO the town Of Stafford on-Ayon to be placed
aud PRESERVED In the Shakespeare House."
No clue can be found to the painter Of this
portrait, which represents Shakespeare {half
ltng1h) clothed III scarlet doublet, over which,
is tlubg black gown-the eaule costume and
co1ors Of tho bust in Siratfurd Church. The
friends Of the picture clai1n that it Sas paint
cd in Suakespeare's life, but, ia the absence OF
dec!siye proof, it Is generally thought to be q
the portrait is certainly splendid bit of punt
ing, and presents u head, q brow and eyes
which will anbwer well to the ideal tlle warm.
est aduirrr Of Shakespeare may have foruled
Of the teEsonm appearance Of the "Swan Of
Ayon.n
TIE BURIAL PLACE.
The Church Of the Holy Trinity at Stratford
Is well known as one OF the most perfect
types of rural aud architectural combination
in ali England. The tall, sharp spirc, the
graceful avenue Of dense oyertauglng lime
trees, the gently auwiog river retlectiug the
chaIctl window, the quaint old graye~stoues,
lie quiet beauty Of the whole scene, are
enough to render the place most attractive
without even the special sanctlty Of the re-
n,a1I mirds The rea1t.Ts IF WitEie G,,11;ass.
toucbinC little slory. 1Ths Stolen MASK :, r..
1atinr INV IN enfhusfaErjc ofi noenn ,+o1a
into fhr church ont. Multi and r1andes+;oeiv
took u cast Of Sl,ak kespeSre's heud. wilI ind n
it as t,leusipr drscrintfon of tbe f,n,on: aii.
Church-as modem litnr,tnra
has supplied.
-
Tie organ gallery at the west e3d Ina hean
e. a71 "a o-s-." .,,.oa5 ~, cn ~ oee1
ths ,rn-'.nt -,1i,oa p+aS tAe 4o1t ol
ec.J .sr ,h.. ,re:t "u1m a.'a mas ocen ,
aoms ~ are nlleo "1ta stained g1ass.
4n1 Mi lanso !. auAAespea,ean bllst mas bcen
te-e0lote9 as IL "as originally, and the effect
Us ceit'nly oetteT Inah Wien 1t wore its for
ule1 urao nan aus IL Is tstihatcd That on an av.
ti,c n,,st yv & ptsonn ~. N4s.. In1s cautsh to see
number are Americans. ~ N''A' - NV
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TIE s1RA1PoRn CHARITIES
do Dof enter the yestrv rnnu, ,nd fnrr.,.i.y:,
Shol.srn.ra ~ . mn,,nt aoiEc.au5
1n1n,, r. 80 ~ ~ 1sr1e ;e tthS took a. lae
u11en y! wv " Afse Ra1uteu olacKooafds
" llcA are suspended on the walls, and record
on The little yellow letters the charities left
70 tAe parish Dy plous 1ulk oi the olden time.
ouch pe4nests are ue4o " almost every par
III u tAe h1p6ootn, ano dlaostono lately
raised IN eScnemect W proposing in Parlta-
ment 10 SUBJECT Them TO taxation, or even to
conlscate thtm 10 Inc use OF the State- In
most instances these requests hare more
,aan donp,en ID Faiae, aud certain districts Of
Ebg g''h'd-Hefefordshlre IN particuiar-prac-
tlcstlly of1ef large pteMi0tns to pauperism. In
s1Ia'1ord the poor are also remarkably well
of, owing to such lesg5acies rs these:
'.uenry Smith, gent. OF Old Stratfo,d, caye
twelve peace week, 10 be raised out OF tic rent
of his six tcntmthts n The Chapel Lane. to buy
nsea1 10 " Sstfn 70 tHe!'e poos people of this
paa.n % " n WY motuS u'y. 's aferldt Jactam
% foei[< U<i." <''' ~ - "'"'"'' aes"'E0F
TAtse "six tenements'' have since been
ton. down and the money otherwise inycsted-
but 1lle bread Is E.tAf11lly distributed eyery
Sunday in little room behind the church o1.
,an.
A,o+be- ;nst,,co is Tim. roooraos,
..T,s-"a ~ n.'.. 80 'A1s tee"su ueo'
.snl'E Scnt ' 1ao 70 oe iet oal 70
rts1e r. Ihrs rcars ~ cirht nenn!. IT, to tnrGo
the partIrs ryrry rhi1d var ~. 31crast a.
hertof 10 be given ~ tolioweth, IL: 3 shillin"s
md four pence for sermon to be preached every
1ret Sunday i1 September, and ten shitlings to tho
Mayer a and Aldermen to be drunk On the same day:
ne a fvalnns1 @ 70 oS Glven TO the poor IN brcad
'e'0's
I'M. lAis 9eqnest mas been somewhat tampercd
FlI. Tue sermon, nfooablS Tor want Of lis
eneFs, mas peen anahoohed, anu the Mayor
Ino i, A,oe1men, W1tn m aostefntousness unp3r-
9ieta lii N muniSlpnl annals, nave always de-
= a1nea Ine zen snnllhgs Aoefally provided foE
~ - ~; y.ouaono e p.opeuslu eug ug,aPp1gpsiaiohs
Il oGtu cases 1oI tuese respective OBJECTS nav