Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-13
IN ENGLAND.
Wakeman Writes About Bright
and Breezy Brighton,
THE GREAT SEASIDE RESORT.
History, Romance and Song All Send Their
Hosts Crowding Into the Mind
When You Rest at His
toric Brighton.
Copyright, 1911

ltOpSrlEht, lSSl
BRIGHTON. ENGLAND, Aug. 81, 1891.
with whatever one may be out of sorts in
.T.gliSh travel: whether WEAKNESS, dreari-
rs or positive Illness may have prompted
~. coming: with whatever desperation one
NV have escaped London an its irrcvoC-
able grimiursS and hardness, Il sunniuess
aaI good natured lazineSs possess the soul
Whenever PadGington is left behind and
p.r-~ face Is At last set toward tn most
famous of all English watering places,
b-.u5. breezy, historic and glorious old
B.gA'on.
j. Moon smoke and dust may blacken sum
ra.r skies behind; London fog and smut
M make lis millions Of hurrying. harry
IL humans more fiend-like by day than by
Ef-4r, he fog and its shapes may still can
fr.. beside YOU" train beyond the sweet Law
ca4.e fields of Mitcham; there may still be
Z ack fog at Ciaphaln Junction, where the
f.-rrrs below and steam and puff and get
=ug's Of people and all manner of luggage
ITO wrong carriages: there may be Z yellow
feat Croydon Junction, where the iucOm-
g.. u-s seAGcrs are as satfrOny as pilgrims
L. Arab shIiIes; there may be i white fog
a. Red Hill Junction, bringing up to the
81 Il with the country yOkels the milk
U..- ,.ug vegetables Tie affairs OF sleeping
r.a-.a Three Bridges al kinds of fOgs
Die. r' Mapping ard wriuging from their
,...-. FOLKS an endless OOZe, drip and
o.. ..... ana you may sit through the long
r..-.-s OF Clayton tUnnel like a clammy
,-- q rulasIuatic cave; still, when your.
'..r mas irapcd ont Of the tunnel. you may
l.... always nc certain of the sunshine i
r....es9 SKY and 4 breath Of blessed ozone
rs.-mgg strong and clear from farthest
s.-..rrd7 across the tuueful sea.
lus aHurty kinks in Your being are lOos-
p..s Tine tension of your whole nature,
sr 'o its highest pIIch from resistance
,.r.. nUiI .iu"S Of briefest London expert
tr..- r.,aNcS a. if by magi". The hard
vr .e~ leave your face, and il the little
s..r.i mirror opposite YOU See your own
r...tryaucc mantlcd with q sunny smile.
~ rr Even il alone ana unknown
J. ....l. Of g0uuly companions have crept in
t..r sou 20 accompany You Oh yoUr Journ-
o.. They rempt You 10 Renaissance, III
r rou with mellow memories, tap at
o.. -l-lt windows of your heart with
l.r and invitation bland The little
o. .t English bill, and vale. stretches of
,..-.. IrIts OF hedge, ribbons OF highway.
z...g- Of white cottage wal and flashes of
-. rlu-. between the tumcl.and Brighton,
al. aHH aI. TOO brief for reminder rejOiudcr
IIut. -ha odd things and folks OF old
lr.-.'n4 aUd new come rrawdiug into the
gat. History, romance and song all send
their familiar hosts. There - old King
u.i'o. so pulled with his own greatness
t,t' HtrA his chair was placed upon the
l..a-. SaLLs lie commanded the incoming
o.. 'r STAY It's onward march. and got for
H. nHtgarn Hu iHTlurlOuS ducking IN the
Ir.-..le nj his entire court. The lordly
m.ui William. tine Norman cUuQucrCr
r-.aut lee disassociated from the place
Ita every school child knows Of Earl God
Wa. Ear of Brighton manor, who. tempt
ill.,. ..r sovereign 10 play the fool, was
G. ErH 20 death in attempting 10 swallow Il
bread crust. The rare I'D Flemish pirates
came over once and took all the town away.
I-r'.-.ul-tuu IL vas called IN those days,
l.. a.nr il WAS built up again the French
r.l....l made q bonfire of it. 1t was time
ruH for BRIGHTON TO be put in Il state Of de
fr-, So they built a nlorkhOuSe, gun
E-...u .Gu four gates. AL done of tynle
49,. -aaI %, a warlykc manner >
I.,-. came the era of the "Auncient
Mar when war RACED for two centU-
re- u..wccu laudsmeu and seam"n over the
election of "hcadboroughs' and ''coun-
."r-. when the "Auncient Mariners
s".ss 1y the good old rule,
The simple plan
|'a. Trey ~houid taken VINO have the power.
.-ury should ltc"p who can,
ill.,. f... should cvcrmorc rule in Brighton;
f.. '.. .aulSmeu sworc. odds fish. hand
e. r.~ aut tack.ing.@ that by the rood,
r.| .aga our share.H the final cOmprO-
q -.' and tine laudSmen four out of the
'H,.," u.acjruteSt, grayrst and wysest i'll
t.H-au'- of the town for assistants 10 the
u.as-a1.c ia every publiquc cause. " out Of
Wa.'l rlur many of the racjest and most
r~. provoking ballads that oiGcu England
ever knew. In Henry Wits time. al the
dissolution of tn" inconsistencies. the manor
O.. b. -nton. with the rectory and advow-
sr. Hrra given by the king TO Anne Of
t...r lNr life
About % hundred years AGO the London
81. coaches We're buwlcd down IN Brighton
a Mad Eallop during daylight. and the
...' steamship service between New
J and Dirppc was forcsnadowcd by
s.rf4r ut packets between Brighton and
.t.a-a The route WAS advertised rs
h.--Hg London ana Paris ninety miles
i".,r than by way of Dover aud Calais.
a.. rim 'pacqUeJ" sailed every evening
liz .Ueuj the tOamIng horses dashed up
"'a ur London coach 10 the old Ship
80. ala the mails and passengers could be
..-' on board. Han the literature of
-. 80 century tcaucd with scenes and
!. ,rarS from these then wonderful Old
.'f..- ana thS crack of ThipS, the notes
ID. Pa. coach horns and the scresch Of the
Nsre- down the frosty hillwayS seem 10
,'1 yoGr carriage window 10 this very
.l- welcome and meiOulouS still.
..' George ~. good old DR.. Richard
" --. and 'ihacEcray. the three who most
g.. Brighton famous. send You the clear
.' faces and most pleasant companions
w.. which ~ enter Brighton Who has
b. .-a memory of broad -beamed Martha
the principal bathing woman" of
.U, who once had the honor of duck
H. aEg George. ami who can still be seen
b.. 3. an hundred huXom prototypes, as
Sit. a= her oyv0 original self. in weird
go ar wing, holding 4 pink-faced boy
= awu with chestnut curls, the infant
az In~ayory memory, with the cobalt
4 her feet ana a lone bathing machine
.....'i .'Smoaker Il Co in the awful per-
s.. .sy' II is sight that VIII leave a
90 "a Your face past many weary jour
J. Then there was 1.-THE principal bath
~ U..., who also ducked King George.
ir "as known 10 local fame Is Old
~. Esr." aud appears and reappearS
c-f- eSs.r through old tales and ballads,
t.n. ripe Tor use - the travelling play ac-
,fiity man. lie is here still, bless
H.. Ia scores of gray old fellows, bronzed
and broad CHEEKY and mellow, l sort OF
~ cross between Santa Claus, Neptune
b. a purpCise more tempting than siren
81" BEE embrace of The waves.
t.t more than Martha Gum, Odd
S1.Ha6er' or George " IL Brighton was
'.-t .LMipous old nudge. the true patron
S. b., Of the place, DR.. Russell. How he
H.. have chuckled 10 himself when he
Son. broadcast through Britain that great
'"tIs-. The Efficacy OF Sea Water in
l.aaUg'Ar Diseases" and saw Brighton Al |
i.De- Instantly grow Is rich is Canterbury
lie time of the pilgrimagcS. The old |
ser knew that the universal British pulse |
a,1 purse lay just beneath the universal |