The sun., 1909-02-21

Street az tne sign OF tno 1u", 9ui'
DICKS Hagerstown Mail.
Every page OF the Fldmbedu burns
with the immortal and quenchless n
oardo-dithyrambic flame, The an@mio
parade OF autumn, the blue, insolvent
hills, the penurious fields, a vague
smooch against the mist, pellucid fla
ment, shadows OF brawling jewels, the
gray and dusty pike; here Ia the grand
pastoral style. What other living author
can come near the magical beauty OF
this truly Pilduzerian passage:
Sharply and Oft repeated from a bsrnysrd
hard by lad In a dlngy shlrs OF blue syllables a
cry, brief and imperative. among the mottled
cattle a. he shreds In ambensh display for them
the elashlng fodder To that Is added the crash OF
eager feet that trample through IL and the shrill
protest Of an angered beast that 10 prodded BY q
petulant and low driving comrsde. This 10 the
animation and tonsi variety OF the land. and for the
mist above there are the pigeons that slant the
gray and after back beating circles spec<ls the
gray green roof There are the sparrews that
nck In and out the caverned wagon shed and dis
charge the gloom as though neeins bits Of H. and
on high there are the buIIards that swim with
ebon moveless oars, bequeathng to the oiouded
pearl a seallke mystery as they like funeral ships
with blaekened sails 60 slowly forward to some
port OF tombs-all these things mobile or stIll.
all these dry. nst and untunefui noises, all this
desolstlon Of effect and dresrine Of color. all
together. broadening, deepening. intensifylng the
forlornty OF the sky and the poverty OF the
land"
Match that for us, il you please, be-
tween Rydal Mount and Agawam, be-
tween Summit and Slabeides! And it
Is no purple patch. The whole fabric
Is Of cloth of gold. The fidelity Of OBJ
servation is such as a faunal natural
lat might be proud Of. There is an un-
derstanding Of, but no stale pretenoe Of,
sympathy with Nature You don't
sympathize with Nature; you congfatu-
late her for having found at last maker
who can reproduce all her variety and
her splendor. The great Pilduzerian has
uplifted Nature even more than Mr..
ROOSEVELT has uplifted country life.
Who would not love to follow Dithy-
ramb DICK as he goes "on quiet foot
baslSing in joyous eddies under leafy
arches or carousing in diamond shoals 2
Nor in formal and footful song is he
less glorious and marvellous. There
is high ethereal Shelleyan Swim
burnian fight in Signal"
And tue gray green trunks Of the trees
Bloom out from the gossomer wells
OF opalescent DRIFT,
While pearl pink TUFTS attack
Their topmast quletude-
And sudden radiance nees
The hills by their crcnnelate gates,
And the Thrush takes immediate Ere.
Is yoluble, spiral name.
lisa geyseT OF SPARKS that enspangle
The brief empire Of Dawn.
And jet with an srdor OF stars
The cool. fair brow OF Day.
Who comes. with smiles, 10 sioot
ON the golden droop OF the hills.
Aad the Thrush svoons down and is dumb
In the warm release OF the Sun"
Let us too be dumb and watch a
world OF voluble flames in this Fldmbeau.
Pilduzer Park burns inextinguishable
The Hagerstown fremen are called out
Of bed as usual:
| Might cuhously stirring. recos 10 her dark
self her auerueus legions gropes westward from
her throne and shrinls from the apprehenslve
sasi where already gnmly show gray fangs tha,
| threat the ashen hills-and lo the Dawn laughs
from her aureate seat, her indescent pinions wide
displayed, and smiling shakes from her spacious
glory her rich enfrsnc chisements, with the glad
meshes OF her miraculous hair nooses not alone
the ruby flaming heights the Eilded trees and
one by one the pinklly blushing hurry Of small
streams but In her Turing tendrils redy takes the
sea. the ssnsuousiy slow and drowsy tumblIng
sea. Iolllng on It's amorous sands TO the Dorian
moods OF iutes."
Crusty and bilious critics have been
gibing the Hon. WILLIS LUTHER MOORE
and his collection Of weather wishbones.
Where were the cold wave and mighty
SHOWS that were scheduled to come East2
Let us be just to Mr. MOORE and his
soothsayers. With Pilduzer Park pro-
ducing and diffusing such an ocean OF
light and fervent heat, how the blazes
the context demands the expletive-
could a cold wave get by?