The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-07-27
IvDFR THE JJLY MOON.
Transf ormation Of the suburban SCENERY
and Its Inhabitants.


Orange tinted and mellow the july moon
look, down uron empty Fifth avenue. tho
! drn-a Fast std. the gnycties sins and mi-er-
i,S = me midsummer town. the swelling,
-wiriing ALT tide - the great harbor and
I scattered humc-trad-. blowing tree tops
. and broad. grassy -uiC'- Of The suburbs.
Perhaps tl. brilliancy Of a moonlight
night act-utuat-- even morr than the
iarhur,- of m~oonIr-s nights the loneliness
II the rrmutar suburban homesteads.
rprh ~,ard. an isolated point Of human
activity amid ~" larc" stiffness 81 fields
ana Wood~
The warm lamplign' gushing from win
dow half hidden IN empowering foliage 10
| ul.uchrd and ~ ahrwrd IN the all pervarive
rndiaucr 81 w.. moon. NOT -eui far abroad
a. ON dark nights. wh"n IN" suburban has
M. ~,r-c uf lr'iug th" chief luminary OF
IN Iutl" world
Tho Iur. suburban Homestead, swimming
Ina moonlight and dnppied With shadows soft
| and uncertain in their play teneath the
finger of 'rr night wind. Scms 20 fs
| nr,rr.ut. "a paint lu the infinite vast 81
r,.,,,u and earth A. far a. the eve can
go. rh, moon reveals only the broad heavens
and ,nr -...miu Civ iu'cnuinahl" stretch OF
t,.Id-. familiar enough hv day, hut now
~ pro-. FL
alien and maguih"d
The woodland wall ri-.-. not with each
great trunk plainly revealed and familiar
s- l.u.atl the sunlight 81 dav. but dim
vrb lr,.r., druil- - shadow. and wildly
,,.IlIrI rutr -ilvcurd - With snow There
.r,. u. iII" revelations - the woodland
,trf.n- such ~ az" made hy great shafts
q Urr' sunlight falling unerrinslv through
cr..,,. and clearing until m" ferny carpet
.frIr Woodland l. laid hare go distant eyes;
nfN dim uncertain sif'iugs ~ faint silvcry
I..if .I,at mnguiiir- M" -iIe and seeming
m..rrrv o. rl. woodland hu' tells nothing
'uHN
All "a. NV Mid creatures that wake 70
r.puruaI activities lsi"ath the moon
r.rfrbui" Co 'hr general impression OF
~~Ifaugsrc-- ami siouflcs- from ~" friendly
and familiar town TIE -cr'"ch-oNI ulu-
I.'.- wi'i voice that only The k'-n"-' car
,t4 Ius o.. aud f,- abroad on noi-eless
I,Nr. linuI'',i uu instant against the
muuu zoo h. iH-. again 90 ''ng'hml rhadow..
lids Of III" iaN. disturbed ON thNr
I.r.h.- by 'ho I~S' TX mponiTains' siiit
Iuat. \ out of fh" uut~cCu-iuin"d hight
Mi d t.fui HfuDt i4g- 81 compliant, or per.
lnl- id alarm Nv forth 20 II" da2Il"d ana
a-'pni-l- hv ihr uua,Cu-'on"d Nsr~cS
# lawn and 'n-'-
Ibsr. arr -fraIfhv movements ia the graso
az uugus s~,d lulr Wild creatures, Hdnk
and W.a-.I and rall / An ai'eniiv" ana
,i-,uu o. t'lrg "ai Cnu PERHAPS di-'ihgua-h
fIr haf,t 4 81 o." FOX sippt an ~" noon
iyhf. and mgsIlE Tor cover ~ on" oi 'he
.,,i -urlri lu park \ iaiiHht eH..,
A., o.. watch 10" woodland "dge until
rbf r.uid i,'rcf 'h" barred and
iu-hv I'd. e b" rar,u"u moving ~'"althiy
among fu' shadow
~, whole PROV 1 Z void has walked 20
n,rty IA 10. noon II th" mOon4ii Light
and fl, vast" -pac.- 81 10" suburb. ara
given up 10 ih"tf old ruhnl i'ant,. UNIV VI.
Ta.u. trru4,tHE t'~l- hiiuself
,r aisr. and ~ - e tim. TN ration Q
men. -a,,y presumption u SENS I'M
r.- i,I. that vrl 10, coming 81 daylighe
a.. ,brrI.- .hpuId ~, ~" iheir near
o. i,ht.fhnud 'o ih" htirt and mortar town.
iI,. fHu uli'trht ,%ruwlrr. ''u.i diSapp@ar
C.Dm .tgHf md ,NpCn tnrWslN'- during all
no. sunny hours 81 ~" ioug summer daN
Ihr suburban R,-- 'p 's-d WIN 10" moon
tr fUl Uar--rs-iuu - "arh AMI -NN. ana .
~.u.., ~ ~ tar' Il -utp.ni'rhg hlln-'f
ami I'LL ftat Do" CALI hi~ owl q" "a" d"ini-
nation - uuiamIiar power rom hs
,laut.f vIUdoW be- g'h"Id- hi- "NN avn
9i.l fr.- &C. ~~iia'E'f-. '"- iu''" h'u''FN
a..H-t. invaded ty mage ana 'n""hllsht
~. % ..ar Eco -f"aihs creatures 'ha' crop
Hur rr.s. r s'.I -.sr'ifN rHIuI hi- ION"
ilrf.u Of ,rHuraftuu. tUu ~ffi'g az 'hh-
Hs ,spuut irf Ht," 'ul-E1Nlug~ o. "N"h
th. sprt summer -lI 'tnuu' a'hh '" t",
store M. surrounding to theH voA'so
AsycCt and cOndAaoa-