The Washington herald., 1908-08-25

I Midsummer Nights Dream as5 its
-i1t OF fancy and charm is no more far
tastIc than the real faIryIand as seen and
! explored By those who have the eyes 70
see and the ears 20 hear the world Of
fays. elves. so.amanders. sylpas. gn0nes.
and water sprites-
OF these is C. " Lesdbeater, who
claims 10 have knowledge Of the deeds
and looks and habitat Of fairy 1olk. says
the Chicago Tribune
1-r- Leadoeater says tte nature spirits
Of the land may be regarded in a sense
as the original Inhabitants Of the country
driven away from some parts Of It by the
invasion O.: man. mucl as the wild ami
male have been Just Ike Wild animals.
The nature spirits avoid altogether the
great cities and all places where men
most do c51gregate. 50 that il those rzei-
eject is a negligible quantity But IN
all quiet country places. among the woods
and heids. upon Tie mountains. or out al
sea- he says. nature spirits are con
s-al--y present. and though they rarely
show themselves. their influence IS power
flI and sIl-p7rvsdirg- just as The scent
of viole-s 6lls the air. though they are
hidden u-c5sstlv among the leaves"
They aye FAR more numerous than man
c-1Hdi-z the earth far more tlickly and
az rne same time populatils the enormous
plains az the sea and the fields OF the a--.
TIE fairies are invisible because their
bodies are made Of matter subrl=r than
The a--- Some Of them i1hah.t the interior
of the earth. living actually within tie
solid rock or tire crust Of the earth
among The fairies there are an ero--
NOUS number OF Subdivisions or races
che individuals OF each race also varying
I'm intelligence and opposition precisely as
men do
Appear in Many CoIors.
+ Among the Vineyards Of sicily are viva
1l7-s rolIczlEg purple ard orange or
scarlet and sold nlzllzlrs. Among the
oaks and fu-se-c0ve-eG EearEs OF Brit
tary move more sz5ztely almost vis-tul
S-a- and green creatures" IN England
the emerald green varieties are the com
m5aeSt- These. however. M LeaG5esJsr
has also seen u the woods Of France.
Belgium SaNocy. 1Iassaclusstts. and on
tle banks az %iasa-a River
IN Il1-l are many different kinds. DELI
cate rose and pale green and pale blue
and primrose il The ElII country. and
oa the plains a rich medley OF g-or5ously
cleaning c1l5rs almost blroaEic il their
intensity and rrofusi0r- In some parts
s a--7aa A.--.-A
and cleaning crimson. a curious va
rle-y. as though cast out OF bronze and
. FURNISHED IS found thus far only iE the
immediate -e-Ehoc-Lcod Of volcanic dis
tGrl1uces. on the slopes Of Nes1vl1s and
3 Etua. The Sandwich Islands. the Yellow
stone Park, and a certain part Of New
Zsa-a-d-
T Il viii remember" says Mr.. Les6b=ater-
+ when climbing one Of the JraG--icEaliy
a~ 10
lines 1f G5uarca--or between the different
. types The lower slopes. ike the SIT
I rounding plains. were alive with the in
tsusely active and ulscLisvOus little red
and black -acs which sWarr1s all over the
south and west ~ Ire-ald- After Lz-E an
hours climbing. however. not one Of
these red and black gentry was 20 be
seen. but instead the hillside was poqI-
LoGs with a gentler blue and brown type"
Fairies Are Not Born.
. some Of the nature spirits live much
= longer than human beings. others not SO
Ions They have no birth or growth a
2 fairy appears fuil-siz5d in his world Just
as an insect does
Bath and death are much simpler for
the fairy than for genus homo. and death
Is quite free from all thought of sor-ow-
His whole life seems simpler joyous
+ irresponsible kind Of existence much such
among exceptionally favorable surround
iuCS-
There is no sex among fairies There IS
no disease there IS no struggle for exist
ence. 50 that they are exempt from The
most fertile causes of human suffering
They have keen affections and are Capa-
bic Of forming close and lasting friend
ships. from which they derive profound
s2d never failing Joy
. les.
them. but seem quickly 20 fade away
before the overwhelming delight in al
the operations Cf nature. which is their
most prominent characteristics. says
Leadbeater.
Gets Along without Eating.
An inescimable advantage that the fairy
enjoys over human beings is that IT does
not need TO eat
When a hunaa being chances 70 catch