The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-21


chirp and cheer the livelong day.
Good birdie this). But the back
ground of the birds--the beautiful
skies--is just what makes them fit
with such seeming yanity-is Just
where they dip their plumage in such
exquisite dyes. The skies at Swamp
scott are unveiled. We can see them.
and 81 they are spiritually bright,
beautifully blue. and wondrous in
their change. Strong. living. glowing
lines of radiant hue are drawn in the
west at setting of the sun, and as
distinctly and boldly seem they to be
set in the blue ether as the rainbow
that rests upon the cloud. We must
always admire them, but especially as
they are seen from this spot Here
we must look and look to catch every
change and wish even they were not
80 transient so fraught with earth,
as just to stay long enough to make
us In love with them. and then to fade
and dissolve into night.
Nature and Contemplation.
But night, the moon, and old
ocean. are a glorious trio, and one that
does not deceive. To watch the moon
beams on the wave. to listen to tho
voice of many waters sending up
solemn sounding anthems to the moon
A.tII " &dAtii an o1tdSiDfiil Eitif pSt,
In another survey of thought. of(one's
spiritual self--is to see what shadows
we are and what shadows we pursue.
But the people and the steeples
are the most natural ideas Of the
character of the place, and these
ideas are distinctly drawn here" she
now touches on the church work, the
schools and the now hall fof the
Seaside Temperance lodge, and con-
tlnues:
But there are other Newhalis here,
located In Paradise. or on the road to
It. Mr. A. G. Newhalls residence in
Paradise avenue has very command
ing view The buildings are within
an enclosure of two and n half acres.
The arrangement and decoration of
the grounds does credit to the taste
and eccentrIcity OF the owner Near
tho terminus of gracefully sloping
lawn is a fountain OF crystal water,
the basin OF which is beautifully Dor
dered by weeping willow. while with
in IL gold and silver fishes are swim
ming dreamil} in the sunlight. Fruit
trees delicious pears and apples4 are
ranged in stately rows. while straw
berry beds. currant and gooseberEes
are scattered about in admirable con-
fusion The buildings are an excel
lent two-storv house, piazza in front
and on side. with a fine stable and OBJ
aervatory. A winding brook strays
through The grounds which the own
or designates the Jordan of the place;
but we centure the assertion that q
stranger would not long weep or hang
his harp on the willows Of its banks
II seen by the kind and hospitable
owner of the homestead
II would seem that Mrs. Patterson
IS describing what she looks upon from
her own window and that she was at
this time sharing the Newhall home.
Red Rock Fayorite Spot.
This description, with its picture Of
the sea, Is a reminded of Mrs. Eddy
love for Red Rock a tumbled heap on
the shore about half way between
Ss;Fs5s tft tttit Lynn. 1t is pleas
ant walk from either direction and
until the very last Of her stay irA
Lynn she was accustomed to sit there
watching the ocean and sky. Her pu
pills remember walking TO Red Rock
with their teacher but the picture
one has of her there is rather the
lonely. silent flgue which she draws In
her poem of September. 1865, pub
lished in the Reporter Poems, p. s.
the third and last starlza of which runs
thus:
Il IN watching alone Ger the star
light glow,
Ger the silv'ry moon and the ocean
flow:
And sketching in light the heaven of
my youth
It's starry hopes and It's waves Of
truth.
m weeping alone that the vision is
fed.
The leaves all faded, the fruitage
shed,
And wishing this earth more gifts
from above,
Our reason made right and hearts
all love-