New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-10

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The poets who sing OF spring, TO be sure come
n for rather more than their share Of gentle
badnage and even scorn, notably in the pages
o. the sO-csIled comic papers But they keep
on singing just the same, because they cannot
ltlp il any more than they can help singing
Of love and sweethearts windows In truth, who
would wish them 10 cease? As the world puts
on q glory when Love enters the heart, so at the
hrst warmth and murTnur Of spring the life OF
the senses, winter killed revives and stirs slug
gish veins once more. feet that trod the icy
pavement in dull content long TO be out and
roaming On the fresh and windy hulsides, and
into the head, like the fumes Of wine, comes the
Odor Of the great Outdoors, the balm Of tired
brains, the reminder Of better ways and days
the rejuTenator OF city-pent mankind, What bet
ter theme could The poets have2
In the country every boy and girl knows from
the lessons Of Nature every stage in the arrival
OF spring. from the first run Of the maple sap,
through the merry pussy willow days Of March.
TO GROWING time OF horseshoe violets and after
supper sunsets Of wonderful lemon gold. But IN
Town spring Is apt to come and pass almost IN
noticed. except Tor the worry Of buying new
clothes and the hot days press forward upon Us
before We are aware Of their seasonableness
which Is Natures own carnival, can have free
play to It's exuberance can show its many
moods and herald its coming by other signs than
The calendar and the shop windows Yet IN
such spots as there are spring works with espe-
ca good will and one can hardly be said to
Know his New-York unless be is acquainted
Win The April aspects Of these places. To
search them out to study them at this time and
e ~ Foa1
spring and the beauty that after all exists in
I'on abundance IN this great. noisy, busy stone
hesped tOEn.
There are several reasons why one would, per-
laps wisely choose Riverside Drive on the first
Gay when spring is Enthusiastically in the air,
Ala aeieT his visits 10 Central Park. or Chelsea
OF stUyFesant Square, or such other srots as he
may know Of until later. On that magical
cay when one arises into a warm. sunny world
WIN strange yet familiar languor in the legs
sNa constant impulse to sniff the air every
HoH'ent one is out Of doors. Riverside Drive
oHers relief to the spirit that can hardly be
lfano elsewhere in the city. Yet IL is well 70
0One TO this relief by degrees, and so one enters
~ 'ne drive al Eighty first st, say, OF course
% loot There can be no sadder spectacle than
ENJOY The first day OF spring in a carriage or an
automobile. When Pan takes the road It is
WIN The swing Of bis own limbs: else what are
limbs for7
turning northward up the drive at Eighty
-S'-si. hcn you make your way through the
s-'erhOon thrUngs, all the happier II your morn
LIe ) toil has not completed the allotment for
-e aag and this Is a stolen outing. The theft
~ q hoAday Is not even venial sin; IL is no sin
ANe rOA OF carriages is possibly no heavier than
-~- out The crowds on the sidewalk have re-
1'onoeo 10 The call OF sun and air and are al
-,'a' As dense as on Sunday In summer Lit
- oIAoren- IN the first relief from winter wad-
- give their nursemaids infinite trouble and
~DDee and tangle round your feet Schoolgirls
80 u laughing groups. here and there one
- Inpetuously responsive to the call OF
D-ng Dangling her jacket from one shoulder.
'y small boys, disputing fercely after the
a '-A.lsr OF their kind. hasten by armed with
- -0eoaA bats And not infrequently one sees
contemplate face OF an old man. which to-
wears smile OF insc-utable happiness
Do" lies the Hudson, but you are hardly
oISoaous OF that yet, nor does the Soldiers and
---OS Monument strike che eye with the cool
VI restful pleasure as IN summer. There is
sieeh In the trees 20 set off its whiteness,
= me sky behind it Of the radiant blue 10
tIi@e rs lines. The flag, too is absent
me star. and its final touch of ripping
a. soreiy missed You pass by and follow
beyond N'''e 'i''o ONe MONO"
a., .sre you must leave the roadway and strike
lou