New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-18
AT PORTSMOUTH,.

There is silence down at Portsmouth there is quiet
Like the stiiiness Of the farmhouse they light
There is deafness in the village such reigned
Of the recent peace convention that enlisted every
There is notseIessness in plenty. there is assitude
There is just the sort of pacdness for which the
Quakers yearn- . - - .t
And the do-lessness pervading every corner OF the
Ought to bring smile of gladness to each mild
Silence? Why If you listen you can hear the
wizt 1.-The the cobbies in the pavement of that village
Silence? should a naiden's kerchief fall upon her
All the town would be excited at the sudden,
silence? If You never heard it in its purity, tits
You should visit quiet Portsmouth since the ending
For the deafness of the duckpond when the ducks
Seems Compared with Portsmouth's stfllness) like
the widest, loudest shout
is. w. Gillian. in The Baltimore American
More than thirty thousand postage stamps were
used in the making Of dress for a worn
at n ball in Bermuda Years had been spent in
collecting the stamps and three weeks in making
the dress which of the finest muslin. The
lady appealed to her friends to help her. and the
dress completely covered with stamps of all
nations In the centre of the breast an eagle
made entirely with brown Columbian stamps. Sus-
pended from the talons globe made Of very
old blue stamps On either side of the
globe was an American flag. the stripes of blue
and red stamps collection of foreign stamps
was pasted on the back of the bodice in the form
of a shield. the centre of which was made up of
a portrait Of the brave Sir George Summers. cut
from old revenue stamps large picture hat
cred with red and blue stamps worn with the
costume.
He Knew.-"Come. Willie" said mother. at the
table, like q
WHY. mother. replied Willie. men sit down
air sit m IF h IA
delpha Press.
1T was the sheer beauty of its wonderful en-
semble." says Professor Harry Thurston Peck in
describing the Columbian Exposition at Chicago
rather than the wealth of its exhibits that made
this exposition remarkably significant in the
history Of such undertakings and especially in
its effect upon American civilization. SO the
display within its buildings was concerned this
had been equalled several years before at Paris.
as it was afterward surpassed at both Paris and
st. Louis. Upon that side indeed. the American
people stood far less need of education than was
commonly supposed The Importance of the
Columbian Exposition lay in the fact that it
vealed to millions those whose lives were neces-
sary cooress and narrow the splendid possibilities
of art and the compelling power of the beautiful.
These possibilities and this power could have
been forced upon their understanding In any other
way than by demonstration impressive to
stutify denial. The far reaching influence of the
demonstration is not that be measured by
any formal test. But a study of American condi-
tons will certainly reveal accelerated appre-
citation of the graces of life and quckening of the
aesthetic sense throughout the whole decade which
followed the creation or what H. G. punner most
telicitously designated the White city.
The Wind That Blows .he Ship That Goes and
the Lass That Loves a Sailor-She-n I can set
round the buoy in a quarter of an hour we win.
fo HEN that case dear lady Is GeEta IaiS
five minutes.-(The Taller.