The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-13

were the last who would consent tC
 obey"
 When the shock came they proved
 themselves fine soldiers, sagacious poll
 ticians, great lawyers and statesmen.
 Out of the apparently inert asistoc-
 racy steeped as it would seem in pride
 and sloth, came a set of leaders, who
 have done the greatest honor to the
 American name
 Turning now to that most interesting
 book, "Richard Carvel," the notorious character of the clergy is we'll llustra-
 ted in the person of MT Allen. The
 fault lay, no doubt, in his lordship's s
 charter, which gave to the parishioners
 no voice in the choosing of their pas
 tors. Whence it was that owing to
 Lord Baltinore's whim, many persons
 were sent to the Maryland colony who
 read the service ill preached drowey land illiterate sermons. Gaming and
 fox-hunting parsons. These are but charitable words to cover the real char
 acters of these imposters in holy orders, whose doings would often bring the blush of shame to the cheek. Richard Carvel ayers that he has seen clergy
 man drunk in the pulpit, and even in those free days their laXity and immo-
 lality were such that many flocked to hear the parsons of the Methodists and i Lutherans, whose simple and eloquent words and simpler lives were worthy of 1 their cloth. Small wonder was it that when every strolling adventurer and s2ldier out of employment took orders, and found favor in his lordship's eyes, and were given the fattest livings in place of worthier men, that the Estab pute. A verse which came to be com mon saying in Maryland, was not far wrong for the great body of them: Who is monster of the first renown? A lettered sot drunkard in a gown" Be this as it may MT. Bennett Allen might indeed have been a very good fellow if Providence had placed him in a different setting. He was one of those whom his excellency dubbed 1 fools from necessity" He should have been born with fortune, though it would be hard to think of one he would not have run through in a year or so But nature had given him aristocratic tastes, with no other means toward tffSAi SidtitiSo tioii tiioii s5oou lophN|, Stii- yincing ways and certain bold, half defiant manner, which went far with his lordship and certain others who thought MT. Allen excellent good con1- pany. With the rector as with too many others, holy orders were but a means to an end. It was a sealed story what he had been before he came to Governor Sharpe with Baltimore's di- rection to give him the best in the col ony. He had ever a tale an his tongues end, tempered to the ear of his listener
 We have the type of Marylond lady of quality put before US in this way Nothing but worship has she had from the cradle. Her nose was of patrician straightness, and the curves of her mouth came from generations of proud ancestors And she had blue eyes to conquer, and subdue, with long lashes to hide them under when she chose, and black hair with blue gloss upon it in | the slanting lights and in a gallop | through the country would take fence or ditch at which a man might well hes itate. She knew not the meaning of | fear.
 And noW<let us glance at the Christ | mas celebrations, which were kept with | much good cheer They rarely had snow, but more frequently sfoggy, drizzly Christmas, with the fires crack ling in parlor and lady's boudoir. And | when the ladies and gentlemen came down the winding stairways, there were the broadly-smiling servants drawn up in the wide hall-all who could gather there-and the rest on the lawn outside, to wish Merry Christ mas'' to de quality" Then would come little speech of thanks and good will from the master, and all would join in singing Christmas carol; the sweet and clear melody of the negro voices with those of the guests. The hall loaded with holly and mistletoe. with generous bowls of egg-nog and punch on the mahogany by the wall. And then after the breakfast os sweet nam and venison and hot bread and and tea and coffee and choco- ate steamng in the silver and ale for he gentlemen, if they preferred, came he prayers, and more carols In the big lrawing- room. Tbere was no stint, taught but good cheer and praising God ut of sheer happiness at Carve Hall At Christmas time the company arrived n coach and saddle, many having come 10 far that they were to spend the light One young man carried his ,ride in a billion behind him, her red iding cloak flung over her ball-dress; mother family came in barge, and a 'reat gentleman in coach and four. We are also sold of the dress of a andy at this Christmas celebration; each -colored coat and waistcoat, with lack satin brooches and white silk and pinchbeck buckles as parkle on his shoes, descending the tairs stroking his ruffles and greeting he company with the indifferent ease hat was then the fashion.
 Of the schools in those times we have lso vivid picture. MT Isaac ,oaken was their master, and had un- CT him some eighty scholars. After all nese years he stands before us a rominent figure of the past in an ill., ting suit of snuff color; the sun com lg into the school-ropm of a bright lorning; the bulging glass panes of the indows, and by strange irony it so nanced that where the dominic sat nd he moved not the whole morning ng-saye to reach for his blrches, the