The colored American., 1900-08-25
group, talking to his neigbbors in the

group, talking 70 h1s neigbbors in tho
woods apon The necessity anu desl,s.
biiiIy OF putting up school house, and
giving something 20 osupkort the school
in number leg cabin has been "a
paired, new boards aIe seen On lts roof
the stick chimney has been run nm
and the Cracks between the logs have
been filled with Iresn mud. The barny
falner, 10 whom we have siresoy -.
ferred Is seen Heieemlng the school
ma'am from her school mouse in this
cabin. We are presented In No. 6with
view Of the Same farmers family, ~
shewn 30 despalrlngly i'll the first gfoap
only now II Is ten y ears later, ana Won
see his farm we'll laid out, his tastv
home, wagon loaded with produce
horse, hogs, and chickens. Model No,
Is four years still later, aud here Is
1879 We see the nicely dressed young
man whose face you recognize as that
of the barefoot boy of the first gssup,
now the principal oi thriving school,
| his weather boarded house, painted
white, and bTlck chlmneys at the ga
bles. No. s and give views of The
pupils snd buildings of the colored
High Schools Cf Washington, D. T..
Toe much credit esDG oil be given to
Mr. T. ). Galloway fer tins magnlfcent
show.
This splendid exhibit should be given
a place In one OF the prominent public
buildings at Washingt on-say the LII.
brary of Congress. VINO will second
| The molten?
| sTRATFORD. eN-AyON.
This is the home of the immortal
Shakespeare. A party Of Christian
EndeavoTers, OF which Chaplain Arnett
and The writer were the UnIy eoloTed,
visited this place aid Warwick Castle
July 19lh. We were shown the house
where Shakespeare was born, and
l think. 1t Is quaint ola building
containing family relics, the OLD Deds
chairs, tables used by the poet. W hile
I passed through the building, how l
wis he'd for some Of our race poets, that
they might catch inspiration from The
surroundings. We visited the place in
Stratford where he lived in laLer years.
Ihe parish church where lies his re-
mains, under the following lines:
Good friend for Jesus Sc ke forbear
To dig the dust enclosed here,
BEST be the man that spares these stones,
And CURSED be he that moves my bones.
In the Town Hall Is an excellent
statue Of Shakespeare, given to the
town by Garrick, the actor.
The Memorial Building which was
finished in 1879, consists of theater,
library, and att gallery. Ii is an I'm.
posing structure. The picture gallery
!, is lighted from the top, and many OF
the choicest works Of art, on shakespe'
risn subjs cts are on the walls.
The monument is the gift OF LORD
Ronald Gewsr, the figure of Stake
speare seated in the summit OF the
; splendid pedestals is grand beyond de-
scEiption. "He has pen In band, In
thoughtful attitude snd apparently
gazing penslvely at the church where
: lies his remains" Four other life size
J figures stand on projecting bases, rep
resenting the four attributes OF the
, dramatlsts art. The monument Is just
outside of the memorial building ID
. beautiful park overlooking the River
J Avon which passes silently by. sas
: there for while in meditation; the
, scene was sublime.
The home Of Ann Hathaway was Vls
tied and we were shown the seat where
he wooed and won the sweet maiden
Other places of interest were visited
J which have not the time to mention
The city is beautiful one of Is, O0g IN
J habitants.
/ While we were there 1t was proposed
thst picture should be taken oil tas
: party. When all arrangements hau
been made the photographer, an Eng
lish friend demanded that the WrlUs
should sit In the middle of the group;