The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-12-10

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eoatal boy and L
asked man when The bells he-
San 90 ring ior had been TOLD that
.hey olliy rang at nBhL)
Every quarter 81 al hour. SIR.
they'll ba ringing ia a couple Of min.
uiess sirF.n
One likes 20 indulge in d Sit of
sentiment sometimes. and ( stood aud
waited to hear the bells Of shandon
that sound SO grand on the pleasant
waters Of the river Lee. I had left the
Lee to the fishermen and the make.
believe swimmers. but the bells would
sound sweetly here under the tower
that held them.
"A minute passed. and then another,
and then I heard music music that
called forth old memories Of days long
since dead How it pealed out its de-
light on the dcy) air Of night And
how well knew the tune.
Down Where the Wurzburger
Flows
No, It was not the chimes but q
nurse in the hospital at a piano. Be
fore she had finished, shand0n bells
began, but what they played did not
blend with what she sang, and I went
on my way thinking on the potency
Of music.
4 passed on down where the River
Lee flowed, and the fishermen were
still fishing, but the little boys had
tired Of swimming.
Two signs met me at nearly every
corner. One read, James ]. Murphy
& Co.. and the other "Beamish &
Crawford" or Crawford & Beamish,"
! forget which. Both marked the
places Of publicans (and sinners.
doubt mott, and both were brewers
names The publican's own name
never appeared, but these names were
omniprcsent.
Again I thought Of shandon Bells,
and the romantic song, Down Where
the Wurzburger Flows" and leaving
the Lee still flowing I sought my ho-
tel.
would like to make a revolution
ary statement, that is more often
thought than uttered, but before
make It, I would like to say that
there are two classes OF travellers:
those who think there is nothing in
Europe that compares with similar
things in America, and those who
think there is nothing ii America that
can hold candle to similar things
in Europe.
hope ! belong to neither class. II
| mistake not am Pharisee, and
thank my stars that / am not as other
men are. Most of us are Pharisees,
but few will admit it.
! began being Pharisee when
was small child. and that Is the
time that most people begin.
kept it up. In this, am-like the
multitude
Having thus stated my position, let
me 80 on to say, that | am perfectly
willing to admit that this or that BIT
Of scenery in France. or Switzerland,
or England, or Ireland. lays over any
thing Of the sort | ever saw in Ameri-
ca. If think it does. and am equally
willing to say. that America has al
most unknown bits, that are far bet
ter than admired, and poet.ridden
places In Europe.
Twin Lakes in Connecticut Is one
OF them, and Killarney is a poet-ridden
place.
Why. even in Ireland. there are
places just as lovely as Killarney,
but they have not been written up,
and so no one goes TO visit them.
felt that one Of the worst things
about Killarney was the American
sightseer. and came away soon.
Cooks Tourists have never heard Of
Twin Lakes, thank fortune, and It viii
be some time before they (the lakes)
are spoiled.
The Lakes Of Killarney are so beau
tiful that they are worthy Of the pen
Of poet. but the pen Of a poet does
not make any lake more beautiful. and
am quarreling because SO many peo-
pie refuse to believe the evidence
Of their own senses. and take their
natural beauties at the say 90 Of an
other.
There IS tower going up in New
York at present, a tower that with the
exception Of the Eifel Tower, Is the
tallest on earth.
Many persons look at 1t, reflect that
its Is a skyseraper, and then dismiss
It as therefore, hIdeous. But It IS real
- very beautiful. and seen from GER
tain vantage points. It IS architectural.
y one Of the glories Of New York.
n It ever gains reputation for
beauty. yen viii find persons raylng
over It, who today class # among the
"hideous skyscrapers.
A hundred years ago there were
some skyscrapers in Switzerland, and
they we're thought to be hideous. Aft.
er awhile. a man with a poets eyes
and a courageous tongue visited them.
and he said the Alps are beautiful"
When their reputation for beauty
was established, travellers left the re-
glon round about the Rockies to 90
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