The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-24

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watching yeu WITH shy eyeA In sne eecsAs
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legs IN suprlscz.scn 70 q human heavc. rep
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tack. a,oae ~aica TIE graceful bicycle
skss.ss ~ prophecy q TIRE races sAat are
sacn 70 BE- Ai0ng The outlying dswns
you see the rse.es and Bounds that ten ~
cricket and football ard baseball and 9th
er nead sports. Tea see . ntsie paxcaa-
LIE stand. whoee rcsxa psa1ks. sccordtng
70 TIE theory o. acoustics. s-ziI yzerzts
via The echoes u last summers srcn air
concerto and = towering aaxssaf. from the
very top Of the hsn. whass ample forty
FOOT nag . certainly nos hid under q
hgsaes.
Bas all these THINGS are mere incidents.
diversions appezGaees. The resi triumph
o. the park. quite apart from Ali these ard
srcsgen6ess q them. hes in its lrtr;nsss
beauty. Ard the greatest achievement %
the landscape gardener here Is that As has
had eommc1 sense enough no. 70 let a<zs-
nee interfere too mich with nature. In
dpsng this he has had he advantage ss
Awaiting himself Of effects ssca ~ art
could never create. He has kept intact
and fnvsoissa that sacred quality OK TN
marred natural beauty. of vesch poets IN
all ages have SUNG their sweetest stratns
Consequently, as yca wander about the
place you become saturated with a rsSs
OF rcsffsi beauty. ard you become dcciie 10
tne lessons Of the h.sA prsezteSs that leads
you by an unseen hand You climb by
easy stages from the cool shadows ami
kofs sward o. the woodland daies and open
meadows 10 tire clear summit OF the hill.
There the climax q the scenic beauty %
the place u In store for voa. You must
not lock behind you. as YOU climb. Walk
with downcast eyes. and le, the run giory
OF the prospect come upon you IN masS
Then your enlarged horixoa gives you an
ethereal vasioa. Look northward. and the
city . spread betore You Ike . panorama,
Donsmudr castle lying on the outskirts,
and Tar beyond sweiis the rounded contour
OF Cedar hill and Mount Tolmie Turn to-
ward the west. and the fair hArbor, with
is wharves and mastA Il stretched at
your feet Ike Flemish etching. Keep the
sorthwaru ali the last. - the view that
VIII thrill you most Then look across the
A<<-4AS& tWC4&y n&@68 Nk19s El9 CAIN Stl3lS
OF Fuca. TO the Washington shore. Whera
drawn close By the lens Of q crystalline
atmosphere the snow-capped Olympics rise
peak on peak. while away IN the furthess
distance on either hand the sky and water
meet 1nger long upon the picture. i:
cannot b described. but IL can be remem-
oered And as you 80 back to the busting
world from the little park that has given
You . chromat.c scale of loneliness. rang
ing from marsh to mountain. congratulate
the people who. when jaded By business
cares. worn out by worldly pleasurea or
fevered with the breath OK disease. can
como to this spot. and. like the tabled
giant q classic anthology. by touching
mother earth grow strong again
PicturesQus Environa.
Many other me views ere to b had
about the city. From the heights which
lie beyond the municipal linits the pros
pect inspired the following tribute from
one who looked down on the city from
Mount Tolnaie:
what . prospect y that which one
may behold from these convenient heights.
The well-ordered picturesque city IN the
foreground; beyond. the shimmaring har-
Dor and straits rejecting the deep blue
OF the aky: across this grand body CT
water. the Straits Of San Juan de Fuca,
may be seen the giittering. snow-capped
uneven line Of peaks OF the Olympic rAngs,
extending over the westerly part Of the
state of Washington: 70 their east, on the
other side OF Puget sound. the forest-cov-
cred foothills. and then the mountains
themselves Of the Cascade range. tower
Ing into sight and presided over by the
great snow sentlnels. Mount Baker and
the Sisters Further to the north loom
the white saw-toothed peaks Of the great
ranges of British Columbia. the Fraser
and Seikirks. while between them and the
point Of vision extend the Straits Of Geo--
gia, dotted with inauHerabie islands. Such
continuous scenic splendor can b viewed
at no other place In the Pacific Northwest:
every variety OF scenery IL familiar to
victorians--the calm and pleasing pastoral.
TO the stern. the imposing and the majes-
tic"
Beautiful drives extend from the city in
all directions-to Oak Bay and EsQuima,t
connected By electric tram line and at the
nrst Of which are q frst-class summer no
tel and . splendid recreation park. TO
Goldstream. twelve miles away: to Cad
boro and coriovA Bays. and to Albert
Head and Metchosin. this latter road skirt
ing the sea coast. being one OF the most
charming drives in all Canada
The Gorge. formed by the outgoing and
incoming tides on Victoria Arm. . con-
tinuation OF the harbor which runs In
land from the sea to all but connect with
Esauimait harbor four or Eve miles away,
Is another place of resort alike popular
with citixans and visitors Here II is that
bathing might with very little trouble be
made most enjoyable, the waters OF the
open straits being usually too chill for .
dip. and here II Is that the
Queens birthday regattas for which Vic
torsa Is famed all along the Coast, are an
nuaiiy contested
Esquimalt. but three or four miles dis
sant from the city and separated from Il
BIZ a recently fortified peninsula. 10 fam
Gus the world over as the headquarters.
coal.ne and supply station OF the British
feet in North Pacific waters, and ~ con-
tanning the largest and most admirably
equipped craving dock on the Coast,
Jointly maintained by the imperial and
dominion governments and capable OF re-
ceiving the largest vessel that floats on
the neighooring ocean. The cfficers OF the
feet ahow every courtesy to s.ses-seeins
visitors and AFFORD them al possible facils-
ties for inspecting the great msn-of-wsr
always 10 be found at anchor in the ample
ana beautiful harbor. The same epportur-
.ty of Inspection cannot. of course. be AZ
sorfed BY the officers in charge OF the re-
Gently constructed land Notifications oc-
cupyiug the Nacauisy point peninsula. and
which are now receiving their massive
modern ordnance.
These fortidcsfions are the reverse OK
imposing, but illustrate the most modern
system OF defense works. and In cornbina-
ton with The nava, force always at COM
maad on the station render the hsrbors OF
Victoria ana Esoumslt safe from the pos
ssbGltty OF successful attack by the strong
est combined feet thai might under any
Circumstances be sent TO rnenaes them.
The works 70 far ~ tse general public
comprehend them. consist chiefly OF .
series Of wells or shafts. subterraneaiiy
connected. In each % which Is mounted
one OF the latest and best pieces OF srtii-
I'll -aA m Esxw4sk HrArr.