New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-06
PROFESSOR TYNDALDS SCREEN.
A CAMPAIGN FOR PEACE AND QUIET.

From The Pail Mall Gazette
The question OF Professor Tyndalls screen at HIM
head having once agan cropped up ~ me ~ 20,
Mall Gazette at the instance Of correspondent Wi'
docs not appear ~ love Professor Iyndah' u on,,
seems fair to give the eminent scentlsts own Ver5 G
OF the story As every one knows, there are Two sc
To every question Communicating with tie WIFI
soon after his return nom switzerland last wear tlI
Professor in referring to the charges eVeiied agS
him made an interesting st cment "a % the sclenun
work he has under completion. lie said -,
If nv ife1s work to Which quiet thought IS absolutely
necessary. The place was uninvaded when ! came
on the Shotterml Road exactly opposite my gate ad-
yertsng the land adjacent 10 mine overlooking the
grounds Of Professor rynda for sale In hats for build
Ing purposes. Determined to the best Of my ability
to protect IIindhead from the speculative builder am
Ia preserve II IN its primitive beauty. bought thirty
seven acres Of the heathland advertised These when
otbcr pieces arc added ~ them. make the nearly
sixty %Sy OF s%hf 9 TRs sRo G be I'M
this land remains to-day almost as iree ara open ~
the air one brcathcs Not yard Of that eXccI9ble
barbedwire runs along the fences, while every privilege
open TO the Professor IS likewise accessible 10 ms NUN
bier nclghbors. Only week or two since Tor in
stance. The men, women and children living in the
enecioitv NJ t6e lovely heathery heights This juicy
wild fruit Is literally carted away without any demur
hndrance on the part OF the poSo2ntT, . nr CO..
Thcn too the numberlcss picnic parties who ramblc
through tho Devils Punch Bowl, and possibly on 70
WaggOncrs Wells, and partae of luncheon or TEA on
Undhead are BIZ no means dcbarred from the PrOieS-
sors property So long they behave themselves and
take back the torn newspapers empty bottles and usual
remnant, Of al frcscO meals they remain undis'urD'u
in their enjoyment Of these essentially private rights
Coming 20 the point which mas caused we nc" eP
pers to raise howl against me- the Professor con
@Tbc following IS Simple statement of the case
As soon as learned that my neghhor. whom bcleve
70 be nj bottom kindly man. intended 10 bIld staDeS
close TO my boundnry-close to a little walk |hefe
dOOrs--I offered him site free OF COST. on my OWL
land and 600 in money, II he would only buiId ms
stables south Of his house, instead OF directly III Ho'
Of my study window ,,,a
THIS not llliberal offer refused by the adjoining
e9an9f course 1 qRt S T TtoWs ms bo Proo quick
nervous temperament quite understand as ne says
we're a perpetual worry to in the execution OF my
work. The only course open to me was TO defend my
self by the screen which has raised TINS outcI Al
the materials of my screen indigenous 10 tne sol
Of Hindhead Larch poles and heather constitute us
fabric and have had tho eve OF an artist 70 hep ne
Won ever be passing this way think yOu will find that
it is not unsghtly but that 1t hides from my vision
Itofessor Tyndas critics evidently desire that the
public should know him the most ungenerOus OF
landlords and churlsh Of neghbors; bu i IS trio
remarlt that II yOu want to know q mans character
Won must 90 10 his friends Tho cOttagerS al Hndhead
and Shottermil and the villagers at Iaslemcre are
entirely ignorant Of these criticisms. They know that
their scientific neghbOr subScrlbes to their beneht
society. supports their workmen's club and reading
room. supplies them, without the aid Of the parson
or the Primrose League, with Goals and blankets In
the winter and IN fact Is generous FRIEND to one ana
all. only recently appeal TO the local gentry has
been made for funds partly 10 level an objectionable
hill and ar the time raj se sharp depression. The
out delay he placed 50 10 the credit Of the movement
one looks in vain for the name of Tennys0n on the
same list. though the poet would benefit by the I'M
ready TO preside friendly societies anniversaries, de
liver scientific lectures TO the llndhead institute Or
assist his niglb0rs in any intellectual enterprise.
dav or two ago the Professor seventy two, and
all readers Of Z" Tbs p. VI: G,7 whether they love
that he may finish tho work Of his life in the secuson
he desires and FREQ from the physical dsCOmfOrt which
have prOsaed him for the last six or seven months