Show maim 0 da aw fx 0 V IL j f SRO hf 1 sea mrs of HERE me I 1 FOUND ali ARRO MEAD KIG HT OUR MYSELF oo 00 ft L 8 T THERE ALL AT THE 0 POP all 50 MO WOWS by ELMO SCOTT WATSON ANG I 1 goes another of our illusions Illusion st 1 it Is in regard to that pleasant period in an dumn known as indian sum mer and as usual it Is 1 bel 1 euce which has his disIllusion A u no leia less an authority than the united states weather borean bureau basing its statement upon accurate mr te observe eions this to say ay about that delectable season famed for its genial sunshine and alluring laring al haze base indian bummer summer I 1 Is the main Rop 11 liel la in this C country C to a period of mild tall til weather following follow lne a iseli et c unseasonable cold known as a auw squaw winter u h an a occurred thil this fall 11 II it in Is not a fl faril x ea season in the th calendar in man many y year it ie in that li Is there iny my be avral indian summers auiT imer in one cn autumn thoreau in to note notes on w weather abor condition conditions at t concord was lit s from 1151 if to 1164 1864 record records the occurrence of indian summers on date dates ranging from september 27 37 to december 13 in europe aa as well as a in this coun try it Is I 1 popularly believed tU ved that ft re r nowal of mild weather occur occurs ivory ou u dumn and the tb dates of iti its d ace are more defini t ely fixed thau than in I 1 the tb car case in america th period 1 associated aBOda td with the th names nm at 0 var out saints aint T th he halll period thu thus Is known in diff different rent parti parts of europ europe BI as st martin sumar Suin 1 st lukel luke I 1 summer c ti st Ul chale atlo summer and n 4 fotr foste to th the id idea that it 1 I alway always mim mild and warm about bout the th tinn time of 0 lh tb ps various saints Jil nta dayi facts however do not alway always square with thil this belief indian summer has always been a favorite theme of artists and poets especially the latter who however hae bae ha ba e usually been better verse mat mak ers er than meteorologists finhen hen was wai the red mans man a cum meri aas lydia Il sigourney Sl gourney the felicia hemans of america ard one of the early nineteenth century poets then with out trying to fix dx the date la in one of her ber poems she jays it came when the craves in ill firming ceiling colon colors wrote their own do d cay when with heart ForebA lair or depressed de the th whit while 1 lain n r A ked the th al ilana a n tto ot t z lic ining winter t 0 an a began tho tb indian a joyous season john 0 CL a bontempo coo con tempo et of lira sim sigourney Sigo arney la Is more specific in placing the season at the time when the froit frost turns into beau beauty ty al october i a ch nna rma longfellow flies the season about the ike farst of november in a passage in his evangeline as follows then followed that beautiful season on called by 1 the plou pious acadian pea pe peanea anta the th sarv mer mar of all saints filled wail ahlo ali air with a dreamy and inagi madcap e al I 1 leht and the landscape lande cape lay sm if it new now created in all the th fresh aen loss ot of childhood since election day comes in novem br ber the following follow lne quotation from whistlers whittlers Whitt lers the th eve eye of election also places indian rammer summer in that month prom cold old to cray tray our mild sweet day of indian bramer fade fades too oon soon but tenderly above the th sea stants white and calm the h huntr hunter 3 moon in its it pal vale if tire the village spire shew shows like the th godise iodise spectral lane the painted wall walls where whereon n it fall ails Trams figured tsai land la in marble granc stephen henry thayer put puts it a lit fit tie later in the month mouth when he aye says that it in I 1 in the th autumn autumns dote dotage mid no ymer when skits act seductive ducoit duc tiT Iva seem to woo the th arth earth other poets however are more con with what it Is rather than bhea hen it la Is and lit h a 4 liven given us some charming description descriptions sam walter fose foss la in his inimitable dialect call calls it 1 piece of sweetmeat I 1 in the fol lowing loving verse the th coed good old chool school marm who pities our distress she gives elv her bar children vry every yar year a little flad glad recess rc an ol 01 tray haid headed boy boys and girl thy they fl feel their b brt arts thaw out an AD life lit flow flows on As a music ly IY aa as we ter from a pout an all now the th login summer urn time ith lith all iti its rt rest la im hr bore A piece of 0 wet sweet meat stuck between the th alycei leej of 0 the th year A borter reign er jubilee twixt mow snow an thunder showers ho A ch chunk chink ink of sweetness sandwiched hi in between the th froit frost and flowra bior were the early american poet poets the only ones who paid their tribute ai as witness the following by barlan trian isabel angus INDIAN SUMMER indian summer brood broods today over the th mallow autumn landi lands soft wispy tells 11 of amethyst and ambr vale pal artreal from hr bar ands vines hang bang havy heavy with purple grapes appl apple tree trees bond with crimson tern cam anil in the th woods the th great oak trees are ar crowned with roldo golden like the th lumpkin ile 11 get in a of brown and green ant an mock the th son un while olender odears ct of goldenrod make fay say the th scone ceo nature Is I 1 drowsy hr bar work Is I 1 don done vo v she h await awaits hr bar winter reit rest la over i the tb tired brown earth will 3 dileep I 1 c P w with alth rd red leaves 1 on tf tot breal breast and irving paint paints this gayly 1 colored word picture of BLANKETS sumac birts art are burning brightly bright v ruby rd red the th 11 ra clow glow in indian than council n fari rem rekindled kindled from the aih ash of tone long ago ans the th wind winds a a runner baulne 9 with hi his ft feet in deerskin hod shod ani a chief tall feather toomes id in the th dusty goldenrod wild craves rlyn in the th thicket thick eket tt purple 11 liter asters dc the th tram stream ani ans the th bra to arth earth returning by er the tb ni moon nian an a enchanted irani boom hanf their red aid and yellow blankets on the th windy hapl bouch bough when the th frosty night la Is over tor it its a indian emmr summer now another famous far aou dialect poet frank L stanton St acton writing of 0 indian summer in his native tate state at 0 georgia de decle claes tint injun hummer mummer suits mt me soft night ani and tally tiny day and I 1 could keep on an dr eamile till I 1 dreamed dr tined ray life lit away and cornelia it doherty calls it the season WHEN THE ACORNS DROP th there ores a whisper on the tb hilltop an a murmur in the th wood abores a dream of ciden golden clory everywhere T ery where on th tb beech beach a russet cover on the th im m a in mottled it led hood ahil a the th altti ar her branch branches b brown r ow n and nd bar bare ob oh t tb be er crow we hold their meeting la in I 1 tir he old oak oaks top ulf bo tor for indian summer when the tb acorn morus ther there a a bloom upon the ali meadow like the th ghost of 0 nummer lower cowers but the th forest and nd the tb valley valleys are ar bame alar and on an hill ilde and in hollow through gh out cut all an taj th misty hour hours desband the tb rast lint drop drops of 0 autumn rain oh ob the th squirrel i a at his hi feasting in the tb old oak a top and ho bo for indian mummer when the tb abol to i crupt ivhon the th chestnut and the th hazelnut hail nat put on a richer brown and the th blackbird blackbirds all are ar gathered cath rd li Is a flock mallow ln in tho marabee manh bu button ilona up her yellow gowns then it taj a time to hp hemp the th fudle la Is a shock oh au autumn OB ask hr her waning hot butr tar g kither s that in in the tb coopt cropt crop and ho for or indian summer when the th acorn scorns drop not but tot all the beautiful tribute to indian summer o 0 have been la in verse oliver wendell holmes writ of c d de e prose as well at as poetry in his hi essay on the seasons says in october or early in november after the ali equinoctial ditorra comes the th ind indan an lammer summer it is I 1 th time ta to be b in the th woods or on the th seashore eh ore a watt sweet season that hould should be give n to lonely walk walks to stumbling about I 1 in churchyard churchyards plucking pluck inz on an the vay way tf f j aromatic livery silvery herb nd and smelling at iti its dry flower until it o the soul into aimless ro loverl verl outside of space and tim L there is I 1 no ni need ct of trying to paint the th still till warn warm alty dreamy indian summer in bordi there are many taic states that have no articulate vocabulary and are ar only to be b reproduced by music and tb tbt mood thia this season pro products duc to of that nature in the Gm Ocard ardLan tan angrl he continues on that theme thus to thoi those who know th indian ummer summer bir of our northern taic states it is I 1 nd mood lame to the th influence it arti exacts on the th so ini ones and the th soul tb still til nia mesa tt of the th landscape landa cap in that beautiful time if aa a if the tb planet we wr r s a looping ilka a top before it bagi n s t to 0 rork with the th stormi of c autumn all nature loom to find more truly in tta its fight lov love crow crows mor mors tender mor more spiritual mom cry ory loom farther back loto into the tb grist revisits ita its mossy marbles nar bl the tb pot post harvest the th rip tive thoughts which hi he will tie in sheaves ahab of 0 verses by his hi winter fl reald and in elsie ammer he refer refers again to this by deo declaring laring that the real fort forest Is I 1 hardly still except in summer then there Is death la in the boua and they are waiting for the harp sharp brunken shrunken months to come with while raiment for the summers omra erf burtal burfal |