Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-09-08
THoRoFARE.

Irvine;
And in the silence of night begun
The fairy spinners mystic lace have spun
Around the clustered purple OF the yine-
I am reminded these days of an autumn
spent in Switzerland. The illness OF one
OF our party detained US for some weeks at
little town called Vevey, which some
among the readers Of the DEMOCRAT may
know The town faced some OF the most
noted of the Alpine peak, while the waters
of Lake Geneva flowed between. AT the
back Of the town were more Alps, little
removed. It was our pleasure after mid
day breakfast. to make easy ascents among
these the plateaux of which were, for the
most part, covered with vineyards. l
should say that the vineyards were,
usually, on the slopes Of the mountains, or
foothills, and the pIateaus, or tab GLANDS,
were more often used for grazing and other
farming purposes. A Californian who was
STAYING at our hotel said that, in Switzer-
land, they set the vineyards up on end, and
he was not far wrong. They were often so
steep that one wondered how they could be
cultivated at ALL 1t was the time OF the
vintage, and what comes back to me with
such force now is the riot of c0lor-the
intense blue of see and sky; the wonderful
gold of the sunshine, and the translucent
amber of the air. Even the stone walls on
each side the road were just the right shade
of gray to harmonic with it all, and /
half enyied the lizards which backed on the
copings during the whole little day OF their
lives. They must have felt the beauty
around them in order to gain the brilliant
colors with which they were invested. The
season was good one, and mirth and jol-
lily were everywhere apparent. The men
and women. or girls, laughed and sang as
they gathered the grapes; the latter with
their long braids of yellow hair, which
FILTERED in the sun, and their gowns OF
bright blue, or red, added to the pictures
queness of the scene. Their mountain car
DIS, and calls to each other, filled the air
with music as with sunshine But it is Of
no use words are inadequate One must
be in Switzerland in order to appreciate the
beauty and charm of it. Though even
there we found touch of sadness in an
unexpected place. One afternoon when the
air was unusually fine, we had assembled to
the third or fourth plateau, and we came
to little mountain village which we had
not seen before. The air there is like
wine, and one can walk seven or eight
miles in an afternoon without perceptible
fatigue. The one street of the village was
steep and stony, but what attracted our
attention was number of implanted build
ings, or, perhaps they were of gray stone,
the gables and fronts of which were a1orn-
ed with charcoal sketches. There was a
horse life-size full of spirit and action
Many of the sketches showed a sense of hu-
mora spirit of fun which would have
made the fortune of the artist on comic
paper in America. We asked about him
4o1l 4 L
without instruction of any kind; that yisi-
tors and artists had considered it remark
able, and had encouraged the youth to 90
to Paris and study. until, finally, he had
turned everything he possessed into money
and had followed their advice But when
he had shown his work among artists in
Paris they had laughed at him, and the
journals had turned him into ridicule. 1t
broke his heart-so the people said, and he
returned to his native village only to die.
It was the touch Of pathos which saved the
region from the commonplace.
Mrs. Rogers spent some days last week
with her nephew, Mr. VIM. Brinton and
wife, in Philadelphia.
Mr.. Charles B. Leonard visited his
friend Mr.. Charles W. Curtis, in Philadel-
phia at the same time. They made party
and drove to Moorestown, Mount Holly,
and Burlington.
Mrs. Sarah Atkinson, of Philadelphia,
Mrs. Hannah Bates, of Vineland, and Mrs.
z. E. Cowgirl, of Paulsboro, visited Mrs.
Rebecca Gleason last week.
Mr.. and Mrs Hackett and two children.
May and William, from Narberth, Pa, are
spending two weeks at Baird's boat house,
on the river.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude V. Guerin, and
their three children, from Ocean Grove,
we're over-Sunday visitors in the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. 4, Wilkins. The chill
dren will remain, while Mr.. and Mrs.
Guerin visit the Worlds Fair at st. Louis.
Mrs. John Harrlgan, Miss Name Harri- |
gan and Mr.. Jack O'Neil, all of Philadel- |
phia, were guests in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert E. Gibbs, last week.
The Misses Title and Lizzie Beaupain
are spending several days with Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard Phifer
Mrs. Rebecca Gleason, of Pitman Grove,
and Mrs Linda Brown and daughter,
Lizzie, of MillviIle, were visitors last week
in the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Gleason.
Miss Ella Moore, Of Paulsboro, visited
Mrs. John Murrell, last week.
Mrs. Name Byron, and Mr.. William
Gibbs, from Camden, were guests over
Sunday in the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Rob't
E. Gibbs.
Miss Emily Laughlin, from Woodbury.,
visited Miss Bertha Richards, last week.
Mrs. Scott Rambo and her three little
girls, May, Abbie and Laura, are spending
some days with Mr.. and Mrs Edward
Smith, at Gloucester City.
The base ball team of Thorofare has won
eleven straight games, and last week beat
the Hutchinsons A. A. of Philadelphia
The score stood Is to 6.
The wall decorations in the recently en-
larged house of Mr.. and Mrs. Thos Glea-
son are unusually artistic Their beauty is
due to the skill and taste of Mr.. Charles
Conine, Of Philadelphia, now a resident Of