Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-10-14
VISIT TO WHITTIER'S Home.
BY MARY BRENT wHITEsIDE.

COMMUNICATION Of cervera and his men, and
the story is told of their landing gaunt,
hungry and ragged, blue with terror over
the expected barbarity OF their treatmsnt
al the hands Of the Yankees and their
keen gratitude when the latter, instead or
INDUCING in brutality, fed. clothed and
housed them and cared tenderly for the
sick.
Still further out toward the ocean two
forts built for use during the civil. war,
but never used, face eacn olner rom op-
posite banks Of the river, and near oy
stands an unpretentious little brown cot
taRe. where the arctic explorer, Greedy,
spent a winter recuperating after mem
orable and trying expedition.
Summer hotels and cottages are every
where. Oftentimes the latter are 70 oe
seen rising one above another up a steep
and rocky hillside in the picturesque fash
ion of a Swiss village, and again they
stretch down to the very edge OF the
| water. - s--f-
THE CHARM OF GREENAcRE.
In the opposite direction, as one sets out
in a launch for that loveliest and quaint
est of summer resorts, Greenacre-on-the-
PIscasadra, the banks are less thickly in
habited and one revels in the native beauty
Of the whole landscape.
To the left rocky cliffs rise sheer from
the water to a. considerable height, ana
nature has run riot, INDUCING in many q
architecture. Here and there inches are
scooped IN the wall of rock and luxuriant
| ferns spread out their trembling 1ronds
to the river spray and the Sunshine. Dwarf
pines rise triumphantly from the jagged
edges of mere nothfngness and fragrant
tangles of wild white clematis. as though
in pity for the less lovely rock, cover its
gaunt white stretches with green and
] blossoming drapery.
Greenacre itself occupies the crest Of
I long undulating HILL green with billowy
grass and enjoying view OF rivers. VII
| lagos and mountains that is one unbroken
| delight.
| 1t is most gratifying to find that the
people one meets are almost as pictur-
] esoue as the scenery itself. Thither flock
| religious devotees of every nationality un-
der heayen-eminent Mohammedans,
| bronze-slinned Brahmanss followers Of the
| Buddha and OF Zoroaster, opponents OF
] Judaism. Spiritualism and -Theosophy.
Under the friendly shelter of the great
/ tent where all the lectures are given Jew
l and GENTLE sit side by side. orthodox
/ Christians and ayowed atheists jostle each
other in the crowd: grave, turbaned heads
of Oriental mystics line up beside the
| serene faces OF soberly clad Friends
1 Yet all is peace and harmony and good
/ will. 1t is what one might call--if
4 seemingly irreverant expression may be
pardoned- carnival of religions" with
music, art and poesy as side issue.
Many noted and eloquent speakers are
! heard here and Miss Farmer. the founder
1 and leading spirit of the place, herself
| Theosophist, presides at each meeting
with charming dignity and graciousness
Some one has said that a new cult
springs forth daily from the fruitful soil
J OF Greenacre, yet however this may be
! the lectures, the meetings. the whole at
mosphere of this delightful summer en-
o,11nf AT
/ OF that broad and beautiful Christian
! charity, without which all effort toward
/ the real betterment of the universe Is in
vain. Greenacre uses no aggressive meth-
DDS and her motto undoubtedly Is "Toler-
ance."
On one occasion we went over TO hear
the discourse Of an eminent. rabbi Whose
name do not recalD on the Possible Re-
/ Cancellation OF Christianity and Judaism.
The theme had aroused our curiosity and
/ We sat through an excessively. long lee
ture without q moments loss OF interest.
The speakers voice was mellow and mu-
steal and the eloquent mournfulness or
parts OF his address seemed in exquisite
| harmony with the pensive loneliness OF
his surroundings.
It was tribute to the rabbi's power
that all our party seated themselves on
/ the hillside afterward and engaged in q
heated discussion regarding the aspect, OF
i the case as he presented. II. All, 70 %
/ sure, were talking at one and the sans
time and each one was too absorbed in
his or her individual impressions TO have
time to hear any one else's remarks, yet
all had been deeply interested and had
! learned something new.
It was with keen regret that We saw
/ the glorious afternoon fade into evening
j and turned our faces homeward as
THE beacon glimmered from Portsmouth,
| BAR and
1.-THE White Isle kindled its great star.
one after another lights twinkled along
the banks OF the river, the long bridge
from Portsmouth to Kittery became one
line of mellow radiance and its hundred
lights reflected in the water quivered IN
foods of coftened splendor. Yet It was
the kind of loneliness on which one
| shrinks from commenting and to which
neither brush nor pen can do justice. The
day had been perfect yet the glory OF the
summer night ecllpsed 1t and we steamed
i roo1r dou-r7 the river In aWed silence.