Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-11

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ishing. They often begin to work
in these shops and factories as
soon as they are able to do even a
little work. The result is almost
sure and certain destruction TO
health. Some are pale and I'M
healthy, their organs are only
partially developed and the devei-
oped ones are injured by over tax
alton. Rest and country air
gradually restores health. Among
the innumerable bevies of holiday
girls the poor pale faced factory
girl may be seen with her sad,
bloodless face doing her best to
revel in the luxury of one day of
ease from the hum Of spindlers.
The poet, Hood, made his poor
over worked seamstress say truly
but sadly, ooh! God, that bread
should be SO dear, and flesh and
blood SO cheap"
1t may be asked what all these
people do on holidays. Well, they
go on excursions, on trips, on
walks and on visits, this is the
gala day of English counting;
lords and lasses cultivate each
others company. Friendships are
built up on these days. It would
seem that any ordinary observer
could see quite difference in the
spirit in which counting is held in
England, and Germany and the
States. The English public seem
to put a more serious and less
sportive nature to the early COM
pany ofthe young men and women.
In philosophy it may be observed
that affection, especially sexual
love is a matter of weakness, that
love is born of weakness dependant
on another. It is no uncommon
thing to see the demonstration of
affection sneered at public, curious
| ly enough, affection, which the
Individual holds the most dear and
sacred in the home is often BELT
tied and scorned at in the public
gaze, but however the philosopher
may advocate his views Or the
public treat counting lovers, the
sexual instincts will remain dom
inant in every race. These in
stincts will no doubt, mainly create
the song and poetry of life.
The railway systems anticipate
these pleasure seekers by estab-
fishing cheap trips to local places
of historic note The most attrac-
tive excursion from Birmingham to
day is a trip to the home and grave
of Shakespeare, the lord of Avon,
whose name, at least, is attached
to song and thought as immortal
as human nature. Shakespeare
lived and died some 80 miles from
this city, and his body was buried
at Stratford, on Avon, though he
has an honorable burial in West
minister Abbey, in London. In
Westminster his marble statute
stands CONSPICUOUS, the observed
Of all observers, though it be
among a GALAXY of great dead
whose name and fame have spread
abroad in the earth. The excursion
costs two shillings to go and re-
turn from Shakespeare's home.
The respect which the Birmingham
people show to dead Shakespeare
may be easily seen at the railway
station where the crowds are SO
great that dozens are compelled to
return home as the trains are so
full that people are sitting on each
others knees to economic room.
1t has long ago been suggested
that Bacon wrote the plays of
Shakespeare and that for some un-
known reason Bacon attached to
them the name of Shakespeare.
At the time the plays were written
Bacon and Shakespeare, both about
the same age, lived in London,
Bacon was a great state official
and Shakespeare was playwright
The more | read Shakespeare and
look over the grounds and circum-
stances the more it seems such an
impossible and unnatural thing
that Shakespeare could have been
the author of the immortal