The Washington herald., 1912-11-10

buried. Here are locomotives. dredges
lock gates. huge hulks Of iron. great
wheels. nameless. shapeIess masses-hali
| under water. bali covered with vines
the end Of a great work.
Big subjects began to crowd on 10
seph Pennell. He says that he made
notes IN order to remember them all. and
he also says that FIRST Impressions ars
what are worth treasurfns. On the day
following his arrival he looked down .,
Gatum. into q yawnins gulf stretchins
to right and left, the bottom filled with
crowds Of tiny men and tiny trains-alI
is a mass OF work. To the right the gulf
reached to a lake to the left to mighty
gates which mounted from the bottom to
his feet
AS looked" he writes, "a bell rang.
the men dropped their tools, and lines Of
little figures marched away. or climbed
wooden stairs and iron ladders to the
surface. The engines whistled. the buck
ets paused. everything stopped instantly,
save that from the depths q long chain
came quickly up. and clinging to the end
Of it. As Cellini would have grouped them
were q dozen men-a living des!gn-ths
most decorative motive have ever seen
IL the Wonder Of Work. could not
have imagined it. and in all the time
thee Woo ou khC AoNHtHuS never 81"
II but once again. For a second only
they we're posed. and then the huge
crane swung the group to the ground
and the design fell to pieces as they
dropped or"
Another motive came to Mr.. Pennell
on the day he visited the locks at Pedro
Miguel. He went to see and draw the
canal. and during all me time he was
there he was afforded every facility for
Canal, and from my point Of view, It is
the most wonderful thing in the world.
He tried to express this in his draw
ings before the canal was opened, for
when II Is opened, and the water turned
in. half of the amazing masses Of ma
sonry will be beneath the waters on one
side and filled In with earth on the other
and the picturesqueness will have van
ished. Te Culebra cut will be finer. and
from great steamers passing through the
gorge, worth going B000 miles, as he has
done. to see. But he saw 1t at the right
fine, and has tried to show what he saw.
ST. FRANCIS: By Maurice r.
Epan. University Professor and United ststes
Minister 10 Denmark. Illustrated. The Century
Company. New Yof.
Seldom has 20 charming a picture Of
tender. humble st. Francis been given
sho&A ~ SAA4o StoEy VI Akc W 68bus
who b Q master Of prose and poetry. This
Is not formal biography, but the author
has caught not only the spirit Of the man,
but also his exceeding sanctfty. We hrst
get Q glimpse Of the life Of the period
Of the saints birth. Francis would
scarcely have entered into q world moro
like than that surrounding him
when he lay in his happy mothers arms
under the glowing grapes in the arbor
near his fathers house. And his father,
elated with Joy at the birth Of . son,
one phase Of the burden Of
Iociety. To make good bargains to show
the mobiles that he could buy and sell
hem II the occasion arose. to treat the
poor a. wretched outcasts almost a. ac-
Cursed ~ lepers. to be content In the
uxur1eo he could give his own. not car
ng much who wept with cold and hunger |
outside his gates. were conditions Of his |
life. 1
Then We see the man of the world. rich. |
ny. and fond Of dress. the leader In an |
Iorts Of pageants and pleasures. The |
Prevencal poets were ali the fashion in |
italy. and Francis from his mother. |
new them well. When he attired him.
eli ~ . 5ongleur. in . suit one-haf Of
'rdinary stun and the other half Of silk
md velvet and led the procession Of his
r1endA the eject was pronounced
reschic.
And later . picture pleasing in its SIM
'iicdty y given OF his remuneration Of his
am1ly. r1ches. society, all that the world
,oIes deof While at Rome he gave an
hat he bad at the moment, and for .
~ became one Of the many beggars In
b plasa, thus Initiating unconsciously
he great Augustus. He knew at last
mat 4 was to be % poor that he must
e.
This wns his f1rst victory over his love
{ seneuous deiighty and soft garments. OF
lpctoue Ueetmeats and spiced wine. LeD-
p he had aaRays dstested. but they were
ommon enough where the poor were
togsthsf. He shivered at the ap-
soecA 0f ono Of these poor wretchss.
20 On - .1ny he .mst q distorted lapafst
! IL sdlx1t II tuFDnA hfs horses had j