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

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Look Won eg. Old
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dat fnr dere 0xens va
nation Of an aged eoIore
who with her 'woHsr hals
bowed herself 70 i Oh n
ment in hearing a Apis -
ed in view in his ons and n y
Portable quarters; s. . onr eursory
explanation when s last floas had
passed and We were ising for space
to step down. !. we was onct
blind We kin see: e. y IL good Mas
q b put me whsF - thing a.
dag j W6fshippeI 1lsEf - -
thought been intent en- the easiest
way ont of the hurrying crowd. we
might have indulged the speculation
arising from the old wonans cause
for thankfulness and mieat. without
deviating from from fack. have de-
duced from the general practice Of
society. worship Of idols. taat fall far
short o: that Of Apis in hlutary ef-
feet. ApropOs of Egypt1 old tute-
lar deity, we. are remindeI of the su-
perbly beautiful horses that drew the
splendi | apparatus of onb Of the FIRE
companies. Decked Will ghttering
harness. hung with rare towers, they
trod as proudly as emEerors, rs If
conscious of the noble duty for which
they had been chosen. We clasped
our hands in intense admiration
How much more sensiblei it seems to
US would the deiiers of Apis have
been had they chosen aorse-pro-
vided they could have found one as
beautiful as any of the many beauti-
full ones used in the Fire Department
of Baltimore? Our imagination does
not clothe the White Horse of the
pious King Dasar b !, which was
slain to perpetuate lie throne with
tithe of the value with which our
fire horses are enshrined. If yneces.
sary We 60 out of our way to look at
them, when in full run, as on a mis-
sion of mercy, in answer to the a a m
bell. They seem endowed with soul
and who knows but what they are
-as they strain every nerve and
dash on with the noble bLrden OF
rescue. In passing We cannot re-
frain from giving, expression to our
feelings when the tones of the Stone
wall (sacred name) band fell upon
our ear. Dixie seemed to have
brought the blue sky with its illiini-
table worlds. in contact with this
bright spot OF Earth with its thou
,eends Of voices, so intense was the
ehcofe Never did standard bearer,
hold aloft banner so proudly as did
the strong arm On him who carried
the Virginia State flag in the militia
ry procession. 4 his magnificent
physique, flashing eye and lOrdIy
step, was concentrated the spirit of a
whole solid South. We let many
scenes pass on unhaeded while mem
ory showered her .'gleaned wreath"
into our heart, nor did we repress
the tears that wel!ed up, for they
were as holy oil dropped on a sacred
altar. o beautiful, noble South, how
much we love theel
In the design and artistic work Of
the decorations of the Sun Office in
honor of the 0riole, which showed
above all others, we recognized the
superlative spirit of the Nestor of
the Press, whose sun-rays to the NOR
al world are as those of the day-god
to the material. While we were
waiting at the Academy of Music to
witness the arrival of Lord Baltimore
and his royal court, finding We had
an hour or more to spare, We used
the opportunity TO take peep at the
Natatorium. We found miniature
sea, appropriately heated, with IF
ty or more laSses, ranging from
eight to twenty-five years splashing
about in the clear water like so
many Nereids, all with round dim
pied arms and cheeks. Their mode
'of going out to sea," is by a broad
gang-plauk inclining from the edge
of the gallery, a distance Of fifteen or
twenty feet. over which a constant
flow of water is running. In pretty
swimming costume they rush out OF
their dressing rooms on the gallery
and gracefully and fearlessly launch
themselves on the plank to be driv-
en- swiftly by the dashing water
adown it and forced with swish"
into the waves. The plunge takes
them under for q moment but they
recover themselves with a necessary
snort and strike out for their prac-
tice. The noVices are helped down
cautiously by the urbane Narayda
from little stairways on the "shore"
and after being secured by belt
around the waist to hook fastened
to the ends of a rope attached to a
wheel moving on railroad across
the ceiling of the room, their lessons
begin. The revolution of the wheel
moves the rope carrying the swim
mer along with it, regulated with
the view of safety and the necessary
time to profit by the lessons. One
of the Nereids, worthy of the power
of her Uncle Proteus, put herself in
so many attitudes as to call forth
much admiration of her skill. One
moment with graceful strokes, show
ing of the dimples of her arms, she
sported with the tide as with kit
ten, the next she dived with all the
expertness of hunter after the treas
lures of the sea, again. che padded
as against a rolling sea. as if for
life, then floated, face upward, upon
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