The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-09-24


thor's h usband.
contributes a num-
yer OF Illustrations. Mrs. Ponnel says
OF The beach.
very good one for the Eng
".a coast, though perhaps not to be
sompafed 10 the beautiful sweep OF
,.aaa al Atlantic City and many an
s,aeF little town on the Jersey coast.
-oNes'f, not a square foot OF Il u
ea There the London crowd |
sua"-there IA no othef word for Il;
we sane crowd. partly small trades
a' patty staggering clerks, partly |
n'.o-do workmen. partly profess
una loaiers. and largely their wives
uaaghleru that you see picnlcking
and bettng on the downs At Epson, or
scattered over the river-banks at the
Henley r1gatta or packed into a solid
mass ~ no Lord Mayors show. The
only dinofence IL In the background
and the Wy the holiday is spent.
Oh. / love 20 slt a-gyElng on the bound
iesf blue horlzing
Mhtn w houfchink sun u bllAuh
on binds and seal
And 20 uh;cn the busy hggera Of the
happ little digger.
OR listed 10 the niggers when they
ehoot 10 come TO me.
There youl have q IN Mr. Anstey's
"idyllic" verne. Only no one can ever
81 "a-gyzing' IN romantic solitude.
Not even IN Santa Lucia IN Naples
have ! seen people herded 20 close to-
ge,her. and living an outdoor life with
such unombarFassed franknoss. Rows
upon rows groups upon groups. Of men
and women sprawl on low steamer
chairs. Open-mouthed and snoring
without shame Lovers he In each
others arms prone upon the sand
the disooncertlng spectacle 'Arry and
'Arriet always present IN their hour
Of oourishlp. Family parties III With
In neatly dug-out Enclosures. mothers
with the weeks mondlng. fathers with
their pipes. And children BY the
doTen by the hundred. by the thou
sand. bare-legged. frocks and knicker-
bockeu rolled wen up into little bath
ing drawers. are dlgging and padding
and building. while Ia a space apart.
marked BY a gay red nag. poor little
pale-iaced eripples are hobbling about
m the sand, a show Cor the pennies d,
he compassionate. And down into this
mess Of people. too atupehed BY sun
hght AMI sea air to seek amusement.
come The same beloved negro min
sire'A Who turn up al EPSON and Hen.
iey ana Hamnersmith. and AZ chance
aeon siree, egyssrs on a Saturday
-. afternoon But they an, ten tlres
more gorgeous n Mareate: faces
SIMMER. coats and trousers gaudier
sashes wider huttonhole bouquets
huger. hats iauntier. some IN tights
some In hannels. with bones. tambour-
= Inc and banjo an complete And 4
wide space IL made for them hours BE-
forehand. and the audience collects
first a circle Of children lov on IN,
sands: then circle after circle Of N,
steamer chairs. then people siandlnI
NrNlMN AUN NNAAANf ANN AANNN IfNNNN ~
the embankment For the late-comerl
there IL no getting near enough I,
hear a joke or a song And when 9
nally the mornings heroes arrive. the,
bring another audience with them
men. women and children dogginl
their every step through the streets
patiently waiting outside every pub
Ne house where Il pleases them to stop
Talk Of the success Of a Patti or
Melbi. Il IL nothing to that OF III
mlnrr,ls At Margate'
And down. too. on the beach com
the ssedy German bands. and the un
blaekened sirolllng singers. and a.
men with pianos and oouctrtinas an
comets and harmonluma and IN
preaehers and the photographer,
And down. too. comes the Punch-and
INDY man. but not the summer | wa
A Nargaie. Tor Mr.. Brown. who ha
me monopoly. was lll-so learned up
On lnoulry-and not another Punch O
,sch Irreproachabie aorals was to b
found IN all England The fact Il
though YOU could no, believe Il. IN
,ol,es have a strict eye upon the pro
.,,w Of the beach performance
Th,oneh the crowd boys push an
- -.rrrle with trays Of nougat or fEul
hona And over the chorus Z
s,,s,s YOU hear the ceaseless "hil nj.
7, ... donsey.boys. and the shrieks {
sisay Young ladies' cllnglng to N
s,nrsys a. they gallop full tilt alon
,,e lands and the screams OF deiishic
ssblren In the little goat-elrriagea o
,ss sn,,lnkmeut above. Away out b
vord standing IN a whiie-and-gree
line Wheci.doop N the surf are n
,.surd hathlng machines and betweo
tbem and the dry beach an old cal
loaded with people Is beisg continual
driven backward and forward. viii
n, ola ha.hne-women. as out Of dal
.s s,,rey Camp herself wait gossiplr
IN ,he water. and farther stlll hathel
AZ, splarhlnr. men and women apa
-. wep tley may bo, for the oogiuu
NJ the men would be a scandal an
vh.r, save in rrufisa hngiani
This o. the scene praenied by Ma
cate sands every day. and every hon
III he DAY. during the scason-seren
Nv domestic a. moments. auisiorous
hilarious at o,hera especially when
blr excursion r. bet loose upon q
Mace. Then you have the couri''
that "a done by blows and ,humps; The
- a.
YOU see AIRY and Arriet exchansi'
hats; then you have horse-play be
lam: and mounted police show ther
selves In the near a'ree,s. and magl
trates. the next morning are Official
.h..LnA hr the conduct % the ga