Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-11-03
NEV-CENTURY CLUB.

this beautiful and historic city. Since
Scotland laid aside the sceptre in 17O7,
Edinburgh has become the home Of
literature, rather than of history. II
is the most picturesque city In the
world, whether under bright sunshine,
or gray skies and cinging mists. The
old town is grim and dark, with narrow
streets and wynds, the new, bright
modern city with such regularly laid
out streets as would do credit to Phila-
| delphia.
The first authentic appearance In
history of the old castle and city is in
the records of the life of its first Queen
Margaret, the saint and patroness Of
Scotland. who bequeathed it, among
many other benefactions, her name,
still the most common among Scotch
women. She was the sister Of Edgar
the Atheling, the feeble but rightful
heir of the Saxon line, and therefore
of the English throne, who, knowing
that he could not Withstand William
of Normandy, hastily set sail, with his
court for Hungary, the home of his
mother. Their ship was driven by
storm to take refuge in the Firth Of
Forth, behind little promontory
called ever since, 1.-THE Queens
Ferry until it gave way to the giant
cobwebs OF iron which bear the weight
of the great Forth Bridge.
Malcolm, the King of Scotland. son
| of the murdered Duncan, welcomed the
fugitives and soon fell under the spell
| of the young princess by reason of
her Incompatible beauty and the
pleasantness of her jocund speech. In
the same year, 1910, Margaret was
brought with great rejoicing to Dun
feminine and there married to the king
amid the general joy. Her new sphere
Of influence was great, and she leavened
and moulded and embellished her new
country and introduced many reforms.
She had brought with her much
wealth, and the fame of the new and
splendid court, suddenly evolved among
the mists of the north, brought mer-
chants with their wares up the Forth,
and quickened, if it did not originate,
the first feeble current of trade which
was the origin of Scotland's wealth to-
day. Relics of her still exist in the
walls of the dark little chapel within
the walls of Edinburgh. castle, and in
the Abbey of Dunfermline, which she
founded. Her son David,
1llumyned in his dawes
His landys with kinks and abbayes,
II Bishoprychs he fand bot foure or three
Bot or he deyd nyne left he. M. q
among them the palace and abbey OF
Hollywood, in memory of his mother,
who died pressing to her breast the
! holy rood or cross,
J The town was in the height of its
; glory under the Stuart kings, when
the houses of the nobility clustered
around the castle on the hill of the old
town. One is reminded that Sir Walter
Scott once lived in Edinburgh not alone
by the beautiful monument in his
honor which adorns the Princes st.
Gardens, but by the names that ono
sees at every turn, the Waverley sta
ton, JEANNE Deans house, and the
, marble heart let into the pavement on
the spot where the Tolbooth prison
once stood, and which marks the heart
, of the county OF Midlothian.
Pleased with the name of Modern
. Athens, bestowed upon Edinburgh, its
Z inhabitants have increased the resem-
| blance by erecting many buildings in
4 Grecian style. Many of the old places,
: identified with the history, romance
and literature of Scotland are still un-
1 changed. In the eighteenth century
q many landmarks 81 the past were
q swept away, but the nineteenth
. century is beginning to respect the
! past, and to restore and preserve the
Q t1uiiuinss cohhectea Win IL, among
t Inem the quaint Old mouse OF John
hhoA, tne praVesp man IN scotland,
VINO never reared the race OF man.,
md openly rebuked Mary Stuart and
bothwill. In 81 GILES i shown the
spot whence Jeanne Geddes threw her
cut,y STOOL at the minister who tried
70 introduce the Episeopal service into
peoIlanu. Inc FREE MIX stiil tries TO
stem me current OF ritualism.. The
sadaest sight OF edinburgh is that OF
the many victims OF intemperance,
among women as well as men. Miss
Eollihs' next lecture viii be on Tho
Homes ana Haunts of the English
Lake Foets'
Ihursoay afternoon Miss Porter met
her prospective class in physical
cuitnre, and others interested, and
outlined me work Tor the winter. She
oeslens TO examine the physical
capaelty and requirements of every
pupil IN order to give the exercise
b FORMAL taik she gave many hints for
gaming ana preserving sound mind