The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-30

point Of view, sleep under tombstone
soulptursd In London with many . holy tex
and with proud aTmorial bearings. PALM
truly wave over their honored Aahss-AnC
cocks and hens stalk the elusive grasshop
per between their graves.
And now the droning voices OF the school
| children over their lessons all the cir
There seems to be no particular hour foI
beginning, for the classes are all In session
while scholars still stream in. Tho schoo
lies just hack from the road, long. low
frame STRUCTURE. not unlike the dAncinG
pavilion OF tho restaurant Of New York
picnic park. The sides are all open. the
Slated blinds being thrown back until the
sun works around TO the south. In one
corner q dark gentleman in rusty frock
J coat 10 laying down the Law. In another q
young lady several shades darker than the
average OF her class stops waving her rat
tan to inspect you through the open door
Perhaps before you are out Of earshot you
will be RECALLED with . school chorus SUMO
in seventy nine OF eighty different keys.
There is another school just behind this
church one. the Methodist locally the Wes-
leyAn- school. and q quarter Of a milelfurthsr
on. just WheEe the suburbs end and the
country begins. still another. the Moravian,
Close by tho place OF worship Of that sect
heavy. dark stone buildings such as may now
and then be seen in old settlements in this
State and New England. There N an abund-
ance Of schools In 81. Kitta you cannot travel
I'VE miles in any direction without coming
on one or more OF them anglican. Roman
Catholic. Wesleyan OF MorAvian. and II you
visit the Basss Terre Public Library and ask
Mrs Roger. who IL IN charge there, to sh -
you the Blue Book you will md that they
have an enrolment Of 5is2 children.
But the Morayian school IA the last We
shall SEQ this morning. for now the road
leads straight and open between nelds al.
ternAtely Of cane and cotton. In one field
the cutters are busy-stalwart negroes
armed with biIlhooks. girls In gaudy rags
and soft hued bandanna headdre=ses-
chopptnE down and gathering the yellow
stalks and loading them on OF wains.
Further on the plants are still OF n tender
green and the pictorial effect IL not unlike
that OF an Indian cornfeld OF vast acreage
up north. The tall canes cut on the view
like n palisade wherever they border the
road, hut there are long gaps where the
low cotton plants open the view for miles
to the hills on one side or the sea on tho
other. showing pictures OF peace and plenty
in an atmosphere that in itself seems 10
make life worth tho living
All along the road one meets groups Of
barefoot women tripping In 10 market. II
seems no trouble to them 20 walk. 80 straight
aud confident IL their pose. so smooth and
modelled figures. II there II any tedium in
the way they forget II in a laughing chatter
which shows many a row OF white teeth
and which sounds strangely like italian
Indeed the Mediterranean suggestion Of
these people IL always remarkable The
average complexion IL not too dark. the
display Of color In theirHTaiment IN not
dissimilar tho way OF wearing their gar
nents. the walk. the carrying % all i'm pedi-
mentA on the head-all have q Latin touch ::
and thu lingo. which IL almost NJ hard for
a stranger TO grasp a. q foreign language.
has n liquidIty and an abundance Of vowel
sound that strangely aid the illusion.
But " you are entert aimed IN study ina
one after another OF these groups. the Advan-
taRe n not one sided. A white man who
walks in y, kits II a. much of an oddly
As one mounted on q dromedsry would he
in broadway. II grows positively embar-
Passing a. these buxom dameels line w 10
watch you pass. The babel grows noisieP
than ever. GigRles and shrill squeals OF
enjoyment run from lip 90 lip. Those who
have no burdens on their heads double up in
paroIysms of mir1h. Your ere catches the
eye Of one in the group, a comely cream
She IL grave. even sad eyed in a second.
She leans her head on one side and ducks .
cursey. Then she bleats
-GentslmAan. ! beg you a penny. saar!'
You look her up and down. What do
you want with . penny" you ask.
To buy q braid. sAar--this With . sl-
preme effort to appear pathetic.
what do you want with a braidf- you
AK or course a braid IL q bread. . loaf.
They sell tiny loaves for halfpenny or so.
not unlike our breakfast rolls. The reply
comes with a whine:
-Ah'm so hungry. saar:-
Then you grin As you scan her ample
proportions and her own sense Of humor
gets the better Of her begging instinct She
grtns too and they all break out in a chorus
OF sympAthizinR laughter. Maybe you
will bs moved TO dip your hand into your
pocket and throw a small piece Of silver to
the lady. Just for her skill az a Coincidence
But don't unless you are prepared to give
a dole all around OF else to run for Il TO
escape mobbing
Blu, II 10 time 70 hurry on. You can
duplicate the incident II you choose every
quarter of . mile. or a. often A. you choose
20 stop other beRRars will come out As
you pass the clusters Of huts that lie at
intervals along the road half hidden in
bushes and shaded by palms Tiny boxes
they are Of boards painted or Imprinted.
or even Of straw wattlss matched with sugar
cane refuse ten feet by eight, eight feet by
siI or even smaller. one roomed, with un-
glazed apertures foot square to let IN
Il chit and afr and squares Of blAckened
bricks or stones a few feet from the doors
with few charred emberr In them from the
cooking OF Yesterdays evening meal Out
Of these huts tho hidsous old hays too old
for work and the all but naked babies too
young for school totter out In humble or
stAmmer the unvarying appeal -Gentel-
mAAn, beg you n penny saAr''
hut here We are NJ last At the foot % the
hills. just in tho notch where the Govern