The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

embarrassment at the Importance and re-
sponsibility OF sharing in the government
of his town. From these two extremes one
may find every type known TO New Eng
land and the picture is one worthy of the
ablest brush. 1t is typical of the truest
form Of democratic government.
The secret ballot prevails here. and red
posters of great briIliancy are placed at
the four corners of the church, seventy
FIVE feet from the polls-a warning to all
hustlers tina. "peddiing" votes within this
limit is Against the law. Today some
oyerzealous ones would no sooner infringe
on this restriction than some eagle-eyed
! watcher of the opposite party would sound
the alarm and the lawbreaker would be
made to retreat in disorder
/ have made the discovery that / am a
man denied the privilege of a freeman.
For years ! voted at this place, but
cannot vote here now, and my only offence
is that l am citizen of the District OF
Columbia and do not happen to be on the
Governments payrolls. / am one of the
nations wards, and that alone, / pre-
sumo, saves me from being man without
a country.
The law in so many places is coarse as
a fish net. have studio, and my family
spends the summers here regularly. A
large part of my earthly possessions-not
numerous, / confess-are here; but am
not allowed to vote. while an unmarried
man who had been roaming, nobody
knows where, the entire year, claimed a
residence here recently and was permitted
to vote because 1t was proven that there
was in the house OF a Cornwall resident
a pair of old shoes that belonged to the
truant.
The day was so fine that / left my
I,,.. he N oil
tioneer for his fayorite candidates and
drove down to Cornwall Bridge, one Of
the many charming drives about here. l
am very fond OF this road, because the
greater part of the way IL follows a
I babbling brook through charming glen
lined with beech, birch, maple, and hem
lock trees. A perfect road, but on
either side il is full of huge powders
and broken rock covered with green
moss and lichens centuries old. II is a
charming place to study foreground.
Passing, as the brook and road do,
through this narrow gap in the noun
tains, IL is so damp and shady that it
has all the tone and richness of color
found in those mountain forests In the
Katskllls and the White Mountains.
These tones form q rich yandyke ana
sepia richness OF color in the black
depth of shadow under the rocks and
moist earthly banks to pale yellow and
green. On this opening day of October
much of the foliage and underground
has turned to yellow and sienna and
tempers very much the prevailing scheme
OF green. There have been no hard
frosts yet, SO there is little of the very
brilliant orange and crimson foliage
which must come soon Rocks In the
open never have the mellow harmony
and richness of color that may be found
upon them in the outrageous depth of
these Northern woods. Modern art
makes much OF tone, and really 1t
is a mighty consideration in all great
pictures which touch and hold ones
color sense II is that quality OF tone
which the whole world Is just now
adoring in the treasures left by the
masters. Artists discovered its value,
the dealers have taken it up. and now
they can scarcely talk OF anything else,
while the public are coming to under
stand that tore is quality which wears.
Once one is attached to picture con-
spicuous for tonal qualities, and IL
grows in the affections like a Bakarah