The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-16
WAKEMANSWA
POINTS ABOUT ENGLISH VILLAGES
AND THEIR FOLK-1.

The Tremendous Object Lesson and
Historic Reminders Which Each
Tiny Bit of Old England's Face AT.
fords-Panoramic Sweeps of Gray
Old Nests Which the Centuries Have
Softened and Beautified Even in Age
and Decay.
CCoDWi0ht.l
LONDON. April ST is no wonder that
the cookies Of Briton's heart, be he Irish
man, Scotchman or Englishman, thrill with
fsdeless affection as he recalls, in any for
eign land, the immediate environment of
the home spot that gave him birth. Were
be but cotter's child. and knew in bis
youth-tide hours only the fierce and hurtful
srings Of perjury, there is still unreliable
charm In the backward vista centering in
the lowliest British home.
1t is because rural England-and it is
almost equally true of rural Scotland and
Ireland-in nearly every square acre is so
endearing in its age. association and natural
winsomeness, that those who possess il, or
those who have lettit, and. for the absence.
hold it more intensely close and precious.
will justly brook no belittlement, any more
than you would let some smart stranger
come into your home and sneer at your
sweetest and most cherished, II simple, be-
Iongings-beautified by effort, hallowed by
time and use, even more tenderly loved for
your own errors and shortcomings-with
out pitching both him and his airs inconti-
nently into the highway.
1t Is such beautiful country such a we'll
kept and delicious old garden; such a smil.
ing land in sunshine and snug and comfort
a IN In md hal ryfxy 70 he
stranger within 1t such sense of constant
interest, coupled with close human compan-
tonship and sympathies; that oynic and prig
and incapable OF interest in any land but
bis own, though one be, he cannot now and
then repress a kindling enthusiasm, be here
and there pricked into secret admiration, in
this place and that find tender aud assooia-
tive interest.
In less than three hours journey. on an
English day in May-time, what innumer-
able scenes of interest, Of stirring quality
and OF restfulness and repose fash upon
you from your carriage window Still
more gratefully feastful are the things one
will see and feel, as innumerable hamlets
stesdings and halls are passed. Glorious
old manor houses fash from parks aud
denesne forests. Thatched roofs Of vii
lsge homes, yellow with lichen. are varied
here and there by red tiling Avenues Of an
Gent selms, beech and LINES give tempting
lights and shades, and as gray and smooth
as some old cathedral door. Cropped hedges
with trim, tiny fields give place here and
there 70 downs, rolling away in billowy hills
OF heather, spangled with tho golden aspho-
del, or wide meadows and tiny marshes
where flames the yellow marigold, or where
the forget~me-n ots are so dense and blue
that their surface seems like a breeze-rippled
pool. Hawthorn lanes are white a bove and
beneath as banks of driven snow. Great
masses of honeYsuckle trail from copse and
hedge; and in, around and above all this
May time nature-heaven, thrushes and
blackblrds, high above the roaring Of your
train, flood all the day with song.
In the tremendous object lesson and his
toric reminder which each tiny bit Of the
face Of England affords, there is no more
impressive study than that Of English vii.
lagos and their folk. These villages are the
most delightful OF all objects in every pan
orRmic rural scene. Closer study reveals
countless hidden beauties for even age and
decay here possess a mournful beauty aud
charm-to the artistic and vagrant mind
And their quaint, quiet folk, OF whom
shall particular speak in another article
hough regarded as dumb and sodden BY