New-York tribune., 1907-12-22
THE CHARM OF BRIGHTON.

The Bripbton beach is covered with samples Of
life 1t is not what one might can SOFT @ otaG.
II is strewu fathoms deep with sharp pebbles
that follow the recedlng waves with fnolo'-
onors crunching cadence that luils TO sieep on
not summer DAY ShasS1tteo ,t M ~ M, r,eTe
Natures featherbed, and-passins on the gay
little train-one has varied vision OF the Bit
jsh citizen lying on his stomach ana shoiiiiS III
time 10 the rise and fall OF the sea, or young
women outstretched on shawls, some piayIuiIY
decorated with the hats OF .her ,, selite.sei ~
friends or sleeping with an empty iunch pas
11er for pillow. AS for the innunerabie emil
dren they ill the clear warm air with thelr shrl
cries and with their short skirts ana breecheS
rolled up high paddle in the water wth gilstel-
ing active legs, dig in the sand with the eter-
nal spade IL. -. ;..,-,,o-,a,
II was on this same beach that the imnortai
,-re Pinchin stood guard over little Paul DOM
bev under the lee OF DIR. BlfmberS celeoiateo
Academy for Young Gentlemen, ana; hlueeu, y;
nowhere do boarding schools hourlsh as III
Brighton Perpetual professions OF infants t"o
by two. buffeted by the wind ana coI|0yed IN
ROSY checked couples, are walked along Ihe Sod
cent arraved either in pigtai1s or broad collars
without which, it is instructive to note. no
Young thing ever hope to approach tle ai'af
High on the beach rowboats pleasure boats
and hshing srnacks are drawn up, ana oun coi-
ored fishing nets are spread over the peppleS
Vi ornsa the rails to dry. Fishermen sit yarn
i1s or netting on upturned boats while bathins
machines the edge OF the wafer are .b7
stretch out from the shore counties? sedsutiS
nerch and eye with meditauve curiosity tIie
yEl
is a disgrace. They are so faIniI1ar with , tLe
presence of families with lunch baskets. thes
are so conscious that these iuhcn oash a. e. O.
not r1nconnected with llght reIFesiiiiient loi
rniIs that one can follow the ABSORBED ihlel
est with which they follow the destlny oi d & Heai
and ham pie Even the scootlng f py o. ~ Ilj N
r-fsIe train does not rouse them from lheii do
-. bed contemplation .,,o .ocredress
a., cupdavs as a concession 10 the SacIeuheHs
- +be dav and presumably, to the slnluiheSs
20 ,ba floating population. the beach taxes on a
stafd and virtuous appearance me sailor men i
are stiff in Sunday ci3tnss, are a,e are manv are
-asbed in honor of the day; ana ltlherdht
preachers dot the beach and collect apout iieIi
TivaI factions of idle sinners: while stroine SIN ,
80 ri a. hane lang,1idly over the iron railing, rs
tening to the preachers VINO roar tiiuitins 11,o
hoarse and seem on yer! ha!l,Ieno a. H.,
!, .Iur ;ndaed with Divine Providence. AS l IN
ad one day on the outskirts listening TO an
sejtated brother dancing a. pas seul IN ms Ilsn.
eo,,s zeal an irascibe old gentleman turned on
80 Iitb a splutter of indignation: Don't listen
to him madam, he's the worst kIho oi q soo
dreI. and he is just out of jail for enea.ns'
Ms Jofn Lane, in The Fortn1gnuy he'ie"-
THE CHINAMAN'S PASSION FOR WINE
The prjce of wine and the quantity consumed
.n ancient times must always remain fno.e "a
less matter of speculation. IN We" Ch;,aae
rbanpes which have taken place IN ChIhess
,~aI1Ies weights and measures Ihe EmPeIui
Csban Tsung is said TO have been anle 10 1Iinn l
80 Ton or what we now call three Sdilohs,
I.hout being confused but what a tou may
haye contained at the beginning OF the eleNeLIl
century il is almost impossible TO say ne xan @
5ay Incurred of his courtiers what mao oeeii
,he nrice of wine under the Tang dynasty; ana no
Us told three hundred cash sanon, IA, ao
could be proved from a verse OF the poe' a.
c. ,hrae hundred cash in my pocket I've got;
sgrag eyactfy the that VIII buy US a pot
A capacity for wine seems always 10 nc mafo y,
hoo, as highly esteemed in China as WITH US IN III
The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. IN
o.. o,e en,peror declared that 1t was just as
esen,iaI 10 the success OF banquet as a capao
c5fv for verse The mythical ernperors are
,,sva,iv said to have been able to swallow pro
dseious quantities. but as these quantities are
iare measured in cups OF gobiets. we are uii-
away form any reliable estimate of their
bowers. late emperor who asked the the, eiaee the
~ - trothers how he compared Win Tue
OF two csived the following answer: AS a
yo14sr he heats me: drnker. beat MN;
Anotber Official named Ii Tu, who Teguiaias i
al, ~ ,,,,ch was urged by his friends to give
tooA 80 81 take it for my health. he repiied'
Il cannot do without ndna it, ane NV nhu declining elm
ps. piea To his son he once said, IN piay
,,,,r, words which cannot be reproduced Wa.eT