Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1882-10-26

Amid ourothes pleasures Of AFTER
Three Years. and not the least, il .
visit 10 real, live Editor. His cosy
sanctum sanctornm, coniured up q
world Of thought. which we will put
IN form at our leisure. The ladies Of
our city. 30 proverbial for beauty,
grow handsomer with every genera
tion, and the style Of costume was
never 30 fascinating to the eve. Bnt
We cannot say the same Of the genfls-
men in the last respect Cor they hnxs
certainly deganeraksd il tazte-we
mean aach = woEship fashion--thal
j. ludirresss TO So the least of g. for
tight panse can never be mnaa 60 %
ndmiEaa ~ D. zl.H Ap@nruss b So
> weight Of two hundred pounds. a.
We did lately. no less than four times
in the space Of FIVE minutes, for he
seemed to have business in the same
direction IS ourself. encased thus.
with an obtrusive shirt front, cur
tailed coat skirts, boys hat on his
bra. no, we'll not finish the adiec-
tive, for it might be mistaken iudg-
ment--head and a cane, Ia petit
naitre. in one gloved hand and ci-
garette in the other. Without being
too harsh. we think he might add TO
his exchequer by sitting for Puck.
Folly in costume, though somewhat
exeusable in women by custom, is
something not to be looked upon with
equanimity, in the lords of creation,
at least in this land of heroes. It is
absolutely astonishing what amount
of self-p 'ssession they showed in the
loud habiiiments they We'd with each
other in displaying at the seaside.
1t takes a large amount of individu-
alism to face a crowd of critics in
tight pants and a coat of material
slmeihing on the order of window
awnings. Truly. the tables are turn
ed. but it is to be hoped the teachings
of Oscar Wilde in this respect will
not be of permanent endurance. Sun
flowers are on the decline already.
After getting thus far in this ran
dom letter, where we meant to con-
clnde, the rain storm prevented US
from mailing, and now after the lapse
o. nearly a week including market
day and Sunday, finding few lines
of foolscap remaining, we will add
an item more.
Yesterday afternoon, bright and
beautiful as the weather-god could
create from fair sky and genial at
mosphere, we attended the interes-
ting exercises OF the dedication Of the
Sunday School chambers Of the un-
completed ediice before alluded to.
1t was asweet picture Of the great
Sabbath School Work being done in
the city and we could not think it
possible that boy or girl in that
audience of attractive children could
ever wander from the path pointed
ont to them by the noble laborers
for their welfare. The cornet and
flute. in master hands, mingled melo-
diously with the organ in rendering
the sweet simple hymns of the Long
Ago and gray heads and bending
forms swelled the chorus. WheE
men. whose daily business is to ham
die bonds and stocks and regulate
the onward rush of trade, add their
voices to the stirring notes Of THE
Old Ship Of Zion" then indeed the
Renaissance is. near. At night we
heard from the pulpit Of our own
church consignment of all Atheists.
Pantheists and Deists to the "lake
that burneth with fire and brimstone"
and with an earnest amen, turned Us
to our slnmbers with an added thank
fnlness for a home in a Christian
land.
Respectfully, CRAYoN.