New-York tribune., 1903-04-09

one big, beautiful bird But man with the
eye Of true artist and naturalist might well
be content with the visions. repeatedly gained OF
the splendid creatures.
Half mile away, wavering in the intense
heat stood a line OF about two hundred rose
pink forms, which from that distance looked
like a solid bed OF bright pink MOWERS. Inc
waxy green OF the mangroves behind theI1' the
brilliant turquoise OF the water. ana the siarlle
briIliancy of the mass Of birds made a picture
that 1t was hard to believe even when looking
at ii, and 1 could hardly realize that was one
of the few naturalists who ever had the Joy of
seeing alive and unalarmed, this most glorious
sight that bird lover may look upon For
what can surpass in color and hr1lllancy many
hundreds of rose-pink birds, standing five feet
high and set in picture of such wonderful
colors tropic lagoon under noonday sun
lust as they were nearly lost the whole flock
suddenly veered off at right angles and. In so
doing exposed their glowing backs and wings
where before we had seen only the colorless line
of their forms as they flew away from us But
now the sun full on them although they were
far too distant to show as ind1V1duals' II aP-
peared If the bright blue SKY suooeniy
flushed scarlet and as suddenly resumed It's
color. as the glorious birds veered again ana
sank into some distant lagoon to take up their
interrupted feeding and slumber
The Worlds Work" is wholesome. mascu-
line sort of publication. 1t offers a great deal
of vigorous good sense and in its celebration
of the commercial matters Of the earth does
not lose sight of purely intellectual and humani-
tartan interests. It certainly manages to hit
the subjects which are not too hackneyed and
which please the casual reader-as, for in
stance in the account of '1loyds," about whfch
venerable institution many entertaining delalls
are given A romantic echo is In the sound Of
the great ships bell that hangs beside the
rostrum of the crier who proclaiTns the gooo
and bad news Of the shipping world to the
crowd arrested in all its multifarious businesses
by the deep tones. For the bell once hung on
a76 rorf
with all the crew one, in the autumn OF
1871 For sixty years it lay with the ship and
fine store of bullion at the bottom of the Zuyder
Zee.
There is in this number an optimistic paper
bv Mr. Henry Norman the coming OF the
automobiles machine which he believes Will
revolutionize the life of the individual and the
community. He even looks forward to motor
cabs at Il cents a mile. and to the extinction
Of fixed street railways IN favor of the self
propelled motor omnibuses OF equal speed. COM
fort capacity and economy" that "can use the
common road, and by their ability to be steered
round obstacles not interfere with the rest or
the traffic"
The letter. Of the first Mrs. Longfellow, edited
by her niece for the current Harper" are more
or less trivial and conventional, If amiable
There is an amusing glimpse Of the so-caled
elegant" Willis in one of the epistles Of the
still standing n. P. Willis called In the course
Of conversation he informed us Of the trouble he
got himself into by describing his English ac-
quaintance in letters; he did not imagine they
would reach here Lady Blessington sent for
him Immediately. and wished to know what he
meant by showing them up in such style! 1t
was with difficulty he came off without duel
with some Of the gentlemen, and they are now
at swords points with him. He is much i'm
proved in personal appearance :. He did
not think the letters would reach there!'-n-
cautious Willis
Mrs Longfellow writes again:
Willis, I assure you, is quite the vogue IN the
most fashionable society-here Miss Jane Por-
ter whom by the way H. was much pleased
with. says she thinks him a man OF very me
talents, and fine specimen of the elegance and
ease of American manners.
There have been two balls at Alnacks since
our arrival. Willis goes constantly. He Is
favored one, for how many even of the nobility
are refused adrnittance there