The sun., 1901-09-15
COMING BtCk TO TOWN.
Familiar Scenes seem DoublJ Beautiful
After shore and Mountain.

New Workers. returning at this season
from seaside and mountain are struck
with the richness and beauty of the region
round about the city After weeks at
arid seaside resorts or amid the Landscapes
Of higher attitudes the vegetation Of the
suburbs and the sky that oyerarches New
York sem almost semi-tropical After
tho dark northern forests Of Maine or the
Adirondacks tho woodlands 81 The Bronx
seem amazingly rich and varied The
eve. long accustomed 20 $50 only ever
greens. beeches. naples and birchcs, takes
q singular joy in the dear and familiar
oaks, elm-. chestnuts, walnuts, tulips, pop
lars, gums and sycamores that give char
act.r 20 tho suburban woodlands
The rich green and rank abundance
% the grass. too. after their seaside lawns
or cold northern pastures strike the eve
with delight and the returned eIilo finds
himself wondering why he ever left land
81 rich in charm lle has seen nothing
all summer To compare In vivid life with
tho serried cornhelds of the suburbs
Away In the north he had forgotten that
his familiar home woodlands were a iangle
with climbing plants IL the size and bril-
liancy Of the Wild flowers, too. he finds
matter Tor pleased asi onizhmeEt No
where has he seen the golden rod ~
weighed with its wealth Of powdered bull
lion aud nowhere has the rich purple ~
the wild asiers 20 splendidly So, On the
Skinner of the golden rod II" had for
gotten the royal purple 81 the thistle and
the varied splendors oi the morning glory.
Perhaps for tho twentieth time u cones
20 him as a revelation that all summer
he has abandoned for "a land poor m vege-
tstion, a land singllaIly rich and varied ia
tree, flower and fruIt
When the returned wanderer begina
10 re-erplore his accustomed haunts, the
hrst impression OF rich abundance l. Tc-
doubled He finds the woodland paths
thicky strewn with new fallen che-tnuts
walnuts, hickory nuts and Acorus tho
mere overpus OF the crop shed that the
rest may the better develop. II has return
falls upon bright breezy September morn
ing when the sky momentaTilv betrhVs
the neighbOThood of the sra. when the
woodland masses seem frcsh as In June
and dense a. In mid July, when miles 81
lush meadow lie asoak IN sunlight that
seems more divinely golden than any that
he ha. seen all summer long, tho truant
can hardly believe thA, hc j. on the fortieth
parallel The very waters Of the harbo-
eaem tho~e OF some southern sea and tho
sky that tends above them bcclazz.e the
eve a. with the ruins 81 shattered rainbows
A. TO ih. CITY itself. after tho lastrboard
architecture ot the summer rsro-'S and the
sandy wastes 81 sea, ide roads. I, -e"ns a
solid and splendid r.a'ry. It, long vista.
troubl,N With tn-.i x banners AMI cnaing
o. -pir,Ni and pevil-i murk, seem mAJ"sti-
cally and apprup iaiely urban The hum
ming gray asphaf - fifth avenue, barfct
With gold and t"eming With life. seems 10
give the rriurn~d wand-r"r an RrtiDula'e -
welonme Every great familiar urban
scrne has Acuuirssi n"w distinct ION. and
the New Yorker has she double Joy ~ -.'.ing &
his own again ana realizing the impression
~ the s'rAng''r
Rr,osivu hiigr. hanging lsr"likc IN the
nidaif, triumph a. onD" 81 Architecture
AMI cugin'-iing D. douby miraculous ih~
long liuoy- 80 the virN at.-l roa,ls. pAlloi iu
thsir it.'isat.ly WOVEN 'is,uc - .n,uk d.
AMI sut .igl' 'hc swirl anal wclfot - th~
great human tide downtown Broadway /.
INFINITELY ,ArsSf parade - .Aint AHd 'Iuu'r.
fauu'.rg NJ. and .t'inliug Nirtu'. sinu-.fi.
Nhi' ius iiana 81 hcr airy T"Hrh. AMI i'm
smiling fsuagut ou his tun synissic
psie-fAl. 'he hare. wind swept. gltfi.i .itug
niduig'' sirs-ts. ard al 'he NArts>i AsT,s~t-
- the mightN caIttA. ts'as.srt 'hoir puv.f
70 charm The r~iufne~i exile, fhls cp-l'v
vslouuif~i 20 lis o~n hAs iuf he niufmsfit
shaur-i s~ri.e - if.fsirlify. ~ u be hat
l--n 'ufirc Nh SONS ootd north-fn
ooansfie ~h~n 'h- rvN uli-frs~s - tis h~Aft
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