Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-08
Cornish Riviera Beauties


tains that lends dignity and lowell
ness TO the English lake district;
and In the same way it is the bold.
wave broken conformation of tho
Cornish range of cliffs-the unendlng
variety in the shaping OF the masses
of rock and tho indentations for
shelving beaches and verdant glcns
of heather and broom--that makes 4
Il beautiful and impressive seaboard.
Moreover. the coast has not been
spoiled and vulgarized by modern
improvements. The majestic head
lands, Pardenick and Tol Pcdn Pen
With. are not crowned With garlsh
hotels; nor are the curvlng crests of
the Whitesand and Mill bays decorat.
ed with ambitious villas: nor are tho
shingles of sand Uttered with bath
Ing machines. summer houses aud
advertising hoardings. 1t Is an iso-
lated and lonely coast, free from the
depredations of speculative builders
and the vulgar traffic of trlppers' side
shows. and reserved in It's primitive
wildness and mystery for Tho tran.
quii enjoyment of artists and lovers
OF natural scenery.
There are also the Cornish fishing
villages, picturesque and quaint .as
the honely little Dutch Ravens Three
OF them are within easy walking dis.
lance from Penzanco. Newlyn wag
discovered by Mr.. Stanhope Forbes
and other painters long ago. and il
mas remained the centre for iistinc-
i've and peculiarly vivid style OF Eng
lish art, with intense realism In the
genre work, with dramatic movement
IN the fishing and harbor scenes. and
with subtle observation OF light in
water painting. 1t Is fantastic
jumbo or quaint. stone cottages dsl,
cellars and crooked lanes. with n
reacn of gray water crammod with
small craft after niEhtfall. ami n
rough causeway leading to the artists
quarter. with Its studios and villas.
Fishermen. sailors, net menders, fish
Gamers, marketmen. fish wives aud
swarms OF children form homcly
niue community. sombrc In color and
Swallowed with dirt and poverty, but
aslir with rigor and vivacity. Newlyn
Is ono OF the most delightful and
characteristic bits OF picturesque
Cornwall. and the ancient fishing
quarter OF st. Ives Is another. with
long flights OF stone steps leading 10
wharfside rookeries. with rough hown
arches over squalid alleys paved with
cobblestones. and with the CRIME and
pathos OF poverty clrcling around the
homeiy parish church. st. Ives. ike
Newlyr. has its colony of artists sum
mer and winter, but provides hotter
quarters for them In tho higher anl
more fashionable terracesl NARRATION
Ia another fishing village near Pen.
zance. on the curving shore of the
bay, and linked with It at low tide
py natural causeway is the Eng
fish copy OF Normandy,s Mont ST.
Michcl-the beautiful monastic for
trcss of the st. Aubyns, buttresscd
nigh upon rocky island and looking
screnely seaward.
Altogether it is not strange that
robust walkers released In midyintor
from the smudge and fog OF London
and renewing their youth In the early
Cornish spring. find 1t difficult to re.
strain their enthusiasm afser their
days tramp along tho cliffs and
among the fishing villages has ended
and they join the apathetlc molluslxs
at dinner in the invallds' gllded cage.
Iheir eyes have been opened TO the
beauties and harmonies of wonder
ful region. where the steel gray In al,y
and foaming surge matches the steel
gray OF the coast wall-the impreg-
nable rampant OF the Motherland.
Ihey have not been envying the rich
their motor cars and smart equip
ages. for they have gone far from
inc hint strewn road and been drawn
INTO close companionship. with ma
lure among the grand headlands and
rockbound terraces. Tho only Croe.
sus of whom they can be jealous ia
the pathfinder who can give them
inner walk than they have had. Corn
wall has been revealed to thom AS tho
Deiectable Duchy half within the
tropics. and their only disappolnt
mcnt is that they have come a few
Gays too soon to see the wild dafro-
uiis dancing on the windswept hills
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