The sun., 1894-03-04
4 sTRANGB ILLUMISArIoM

| It Was y scsudi.syisH ssevv Lime tbs,
| Made the Picture or Be-uty In the Ysrd.
AT the house Of friend on West Ninety
| third street on the day following our recent
| heavy snow storm" said west side dweller.
we were called from our after-dlnner game
OF whist to come to the rear Of the house The
summons, proceeding unmistakably from the
small but potent lungs OF Harvey. the six
year-old scion Of the house. caused us to go
to the back parlor windows in haste to SEQ
what inventiveness Of mischief had seized
that lively youngster at such an hour.
Our first thought was that he had got
snowbound In the great drift in the back yard
that had been his wonder and play place
throughout the day. Winter. you know. pre-
sents more genuine aspect In New York city
In that spacious and architscturally beautiful
quarter west OF Central Park than In the lower
part OF the town. The wide-open or wooded
area OF the great Park on one side and the
North River on the other. the rise OF the
land and its distance from the harbor foRs.
all serve to mako the air perceptibly cooler
and clearer than below Fifty-ninth street
This may be noticed In travelling upon the
uptown roads. but II is especially obvious
at the time whom snow lies or whitens the
ground. Thus It often happens that while
those down-to wn streets which have not been
clean ed are beds Of dingy slush. in the region
betwee riverside Drive and the Park. except
in much-travelled routes. snow. clear and
white. sheets the ground or lies piled In drifts
to the vast delight Of the youngsters who riot
In their depths and make the most OF them
Harvey was In no tr ouble this time but was
IN high g,ee over sight that foF the moment
ICY US sra anafk TX Tth s. It's osan and @
vent light that tradiated on ali sides from what
the drift. This edl6ce built as we presently
discovered. Of large loosely made snowballs.
Its base. being perhaps four feet high By two
anda hall feet In diameter at the Gass. It's
the rounded top, it was % as % luminous % a. a a
1Sp ESss 6s, i; s gSw wa. varied
ineGsafites of the balls oi snow ' s snd Srisht a
shafts and CLEANS where light from within
cane here and there through an open chink.
Edlth the sWeSsa maid 81 GM al aors i tai. 0Ge .isn
der and blond Of hair and skin; Harvey at
nut f' tSs essa out
iti. .n5 lyfts. What you cali IT in Amer
icanr lamp snow lamp-a light her
what We make in Sweden. at home the girls
and shs shs %sd. 60ydS :, INF. .r.,,oo, a..
was damn IN % sanshins ssa shfn mn .a' h sns
Sis SaIS ThS Sas IN ths sssrs Th.n # fEC1s
do you see that little square hole in the bot
tom where she puts 1t In l-that makes tho IL
dle could throw out such light through
snow She made the snQ lykta. as she calls 1t.
lighted as he was to be piling up the snow
laughing as she worked; She got IL built. and
OF her laughter. and look cd to see her stand
ing by the snow mound crying. 1t had brought
20 her SO many memories o; home
Wasn't this n strange scene for the heart
OF New York city2 The snow lamp shining
with that wonderful soft flame light through
"A g. Il
standing beside the DRIFT barehesded. In her
gay skirt and blue bodice, beside the delighted
child the dark surroundings OF sombre brick
house walls! Beyond these the stesple Of the
new Trinity Chapel stood carved against . cold
sky. from which the winter stars look ed down
upon Swedish farms over seas In the far north
east. where youths and maidens perehanes
were gathered on many an eminenoe, laugh
ing and calling aud whispering in the glow of
their snow lamps or by the Same mellow ra-
Glance signalling messages. well understood.
10 distant friends across wide yAlleya. dark
pine forests, and sheeted lakes"