New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-07-08

was told that he was London pawhpi"hei'
wearing his badge OF office as President or n
| Benevolent Society
| Notes on the history Of gardening III Ehs
land and discussion Of the various KINDS OF gar
| dens helm TO make up this charming volume. a
| sermon to the young gardener is OF ehceeuine
value. and in nothing more than in Its injunc-
ton to learn continually and not be pump
tious."
| II Elizabeth was happy In the German Gar
| den' Of her first book, she was even napier III
| her SOLITARY summer divided between garueh
and books-solitary except for her husband the
| Man of Wrath her three bewitchng paoies anu
| q few Interruptions How she Ioafed and invi-
cd her soul read her favorite volumes dreamed
and studied the rustic life about her. she tells
| with rare vivacity grace and sweetness. she
&c q winning soul feminine to the core. albeit
the owner Of those qualities Of frankness and
generosity which so many cynics have held 10
he the prerogatives Of man. She has deptn
OF feeling a sense OF humor and an impetuous
and ardent manner that make her chronicles
thoroughly alive. Beside this lovape oooK
other feminine essays on nature literature and
life seem only tame and artificial perform
ances. II is quaint and comical. but nowhere
"smart": there Is tenderness in her fun ana re-
lenting behind her sarcasm Even the one
abominable vexation which breaks In upon her
peaceful summer-the Elm quartierung' OF
ouartering Of soldiers during the annual
nanoeuvres-she endures with a smile as we'll
as a sigh Alas for the German houseno'u
obliged TO pass through the ORDEAL 1t is IAN
epidemic" she says, raging al the emu vi
nearly every summer, when cottages and farms
swarm with soldiers and horses, when hh the
female part of the population gets engaged to
xy
male part is jealous and wants to hght' ana
u,han nv house is crowded with individuals so
brilliant and decorative in their dazzling uni
forms that | wish sometimes / might Keep
hunch Of the taest and senderest forever IN
big china vase in a corner Of the drawing rooih'
This wear the maneuvres are up our way so
that we are blest with more than our usual
share Of attention. and wherever you go $3.50 S%u
see soldiers and the holy calm that mas oroou-
ed over us all the summer has gwen pace W d
perpetual running to and fro OF onceIs sc.
wants to meals being got ready at all nouns "
the clanking of spurs and all those other mys-
terous things on an officer that do clank Wheh.
ever he moves. and to the grieVous Wallin9s vi
my unfortunate menials, who are quite pestue
themselves and know not whittier TO turn LOT
succor We have had one week Of II already.
and we have yet another before us There are
five hundred men with their horses quar-
at the farm and thirty officers with their ser
wants in our house besides all those billeted on
the surrounding villages who have TO ne lnNit-
ed TO dinner and cannot be allowed 10 perish ia
pea SAINT houses: so that my summer mas Tor IL
time entirely ceased to be solitary, ana When-
ever l flee distracted to the furthest recesses
of my garden and begin to muse, ACCORDING 10
my habit on Man. Nature and on human
Life leutenants got up in the most exquisite
Nannes pursue me and want to play tennis WIN
me- game have always particularly dlslih e,
There is no room, of course. for all those eX-
ira men and horses at the farm. ana Wnen n
few days before their arrival sometimes IL ~
only one. and sometimes only few hours an
o,aA inf me- n
be billeted on us. the Man Of Wrath has 10 nave
temporary sheds run up. some as stables, some
sleeping places and some as dlillhg Ioo'Il fc
Nor is il easy to cook for five hundred people
more than usual, and all the ordinary business
of the farm comes to standstil while the
hands prepare barrowfuls Of bacon and potatoes
and stir up the coffee and milk and sugar to-
gether with pole In a tub. Part OF the regl-
mental band is here, the upper part. The base
instruments are in the next village put tndC
did not deter enthusiastic young oIHcer from
marching his men past windows on their
arrival at @ in the morning, with coiors nylhe'
and what he had OF his band playing their tunes
as unconcernedy as though all those big Things
that make such noise were giving the fabric
it's accustomed and necessary base we are
paid six pfennigs day for lodging common, 1nnl
soldier and six pfennigs for his horse-rafher
more than a penny in English money Tor the
pair Of them: only unfortunately sheds ana
carpentry are not quite cheap. Eighty prem
nigs day is added for the soldiers food, and
for this he has to receive two pounds OF bread.
half a pound Of meat. quarter of a pound or
or barley or three pounds of potatoes. Officers
are paid for at the rate OF two marks nfty
day without wine; we are not Obliged 10 give
them wine. and If do they are regarded as
guests and behave accordingly. The thirty
we have now do not. as could have wished. all
go out together in the morning and stay out TIL
the evening but some 60 out as others come in,
and breakfa is not finished TIL lunch begins,
and lunch drags till dinner and all day long
the dining room is full of meals and officers. and
we ceased a week ago TO have the least FEELING
that the place after all. belongs 10 us.
Now really, It seems to me that am a much
tried woman, and any peace have enjoyed up
to now Is amply compensated for by my present
torrents I believe even my stern friend the
missionary would be satisfied II he could know
how swiftly his prediction that sorrow and SUI
ferlne would be to come has been full
filed. All day long am giving out table linen,
ordering meals. supporting the feeble knees OF
servants making appropriate and amiable re-
marks to officers. presiding gracefully as
nature permits at meals. and trying TO look as
though were happy; while out In the garden
oh, I know how it is looking out In the garden
this golden weather how the placid hours are
slipping by in unchanged peace, how strong
the scent OF roses and ripe fruit is how the
sleepy bees drone round the flowers. how warm
ly the shines in that corner where the little
Spanish chestnut is turning yellow-the first to
turn, and never afterward surpassed in autumn
beauty; I know how still II is down there In my
Ar wood. where the insects hum undisturbed in
the warm. quiet air, | know what the plain
looks like from the seat under the oak. how
beautiful, with its rolling green waves burning
to gold under the afternoon sky; I know how
the hawks circle over II. and how the larks sing
above il. and edge as near 10 the open window
can, straining my ears to hear them and
forgetting the young men who are telling me Of
all the races their horses win completely
though they did not exist. I want TO be out
there that golden grass. and look up into
that endless blue. and feel the ecstasy Of that
song through all my being. and there is tear
ing at my heart when ] remember that | can
not. Yet they beautiful young men; all
touchingly amiable and many of the older
even charming-how is It, then. that so pas
sionatey prefer larks?