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Show tHpci-1,,1 c,r,.M,.,, , , The latest fH, l:g,,, ,..,,eclallv ' the men ,i, ,: women who do m,t "n nutot, oi.ivs. is to com h. The lytlsh women r,. ope,.,v enlliii "'I'llc nli, nil t,i, niet f tmvcl Von dlstin ccs lire so griit thai Ihn '"t be made on fool. Hie I'ngllnil """"n !" '' r in ks. , -h. fM "" t"P "f hM-e.. ' II;.. "l, nt fl the roach me rhlelly use,: summer nip. In .;.,..h. not ,11 l"ed by the nn I.,. ( M .. i:m-li- h gro.it l ,.) , n t.i,, "''' h.e'.iav ro-H bin: through tuo l 't" lerl,,,, ot ri,g; , , (llO Trov ""Us of Hrotlnml The Pike region I" c.'l'.'clnNj popular f.,r this sort o. iMincK) "xT. Dovs Cottane. IHirt. partly on accumi of Hn nnlural beauty and partly hernuso of the fa-mom fa-mom men that have Inhabited these parts. It waa In thin country that tho great English poet Wordsworth wnn born and npent tho happiest nnd most productive pro-ductive years of life; hero t'olorldgo and Southey shared hln company and enjoyed their happiest days. Thoy oflea were visited by Shelley, Bcntt, Lord Byran and othor well-known writ-era writ-era of the day. It waa not until last summer that I bad the pleasure of visiting the fa- Church at Qrasmsre. tnoui and lovely spot of Windermere. This village, though small, Is unusually unusual-ly pretty; the houses aro made of the rough siatlve slate stone; tho fronts are heavily grown with Ivy, roses and climentlne. Though thla low valley la broken by the calm, placid Inko and rolling hills, the charncter of lis scenery scen-ery Is soft and graceful. It lacka the trcnRlh and wlldnons belonging to some of tho places near about. It was here that the poot Wordsworth spent many of Ms vacations aa a boy and enjoyed skating on Iho lake. Having passed a day exploring tho walks and shores of Wlndermero, we took a coach tho next morning for Conlston. At first tho getting on and off ths coach seemed a little awkward, as It Is hlghor than a break, hut after w were accustomed to It wo found It delightful j for thero Is no hotter way to see the scenery. A short drive brought us to tho end of the luke, where a ferry waa waiting to tako tho coarh and horses to the other side. A beautiful drive over hill and dalo. through splendid woods of oaks, maples, poplars, syrnmorea and laurel, ana we woro at nnuther lake called Esthwnlto Water. Near the hoad of the lake la the quaint old town of Huwkshcad. It was here that Wordsworth and hla brother were educated before entering Trinity college. Kven moro Interesting Interest-ing than tho town with Its old flags, and the simple house, Is tho cottage In which Wurdsworlh lived during his schooldays.. small archway opens Into a court where stand soverul slmplo houses covered with mortar; It In ono of those humhlo dwell-Ingn dwell-Ingn Hint the pout passed hla early dny- Next day we look another conch anil drove over hill and dale through houu llful furest, ,! passed hills liindo bril-Hint bril-Hint hy tho heather until wu camo to (irnamere. known for great mituriil h nut)' and an being closely .ssoclutoil with lh" poet WonlsworUi. A email house up the main country mad la known us Dovo oottngo; It was the early homo of Wordsworth; there i' n I'"''! wrote some of his bust v.-rnes IHs-iprelrled by tho tun, , t,,. n-orc!i rc-.ototio, ln nm hH M,r ,,vi J to Orasmere nnd II v ,1 In so.l-utile. so.l-utile. II" ro the poet and his fi,.n !"'"' '""' ' t their hnpplest hours: tl l " '"'""use of their rhiiIus rather ": n t'1(,r environments. Dove Cottage Is n small nbnile wllh mortnr. On the flr-t floor are the silting room nnd the sister Dorothy's beilnsun. On the Hairs Is the family sitting room, where the poet did nm-t of his writing nnd g.ii l,ere,l his most iiiltiuite friends, in n,i, room aro "iree chairs e-nhrol :,'re,l by the happy irlo. Wordsworth's sister and the luiii: In it h of I'olerl.'go sml Hoiilboy. Hid nerni.s the hall Is the guesl room vli-io Scott. Soulhey mid other writers writ-ers stopped ns Wordsworth's g Is. One room pntilied let a bedroom until un-til the fii nlly reach, , n size where It could not iiccotiimodale nil the liietn-1, liietn-1, 'ri. They then ndded another room, hut their means not pcniuiiing theiu iu imp. r II th.-y rovrrcl the walls with i :, ,-rs. Finally the Wonlsworllin found that II Is place was rnllli ly too slnnll for II-, Ir family, so thoy moved Into a uoro pretentious house In Kydnl Mount, not far from llriiMni ro. Hut It was to f.'rasiticro that the s,et al-wnvn al-wnvn hsiked back with fntulcsl memories. mem-ories. lie chose this place not only for hln home, hut for hln long. Inst resting pinre. Ills grave Is In th" churchyard: church-yard: It Is n-nrkeit by a plain stono and the simple li srrlptlon of hln own and wife's mimes. The ri-n nli s of his sister, wlfo and other niemhers of his family Hn with III in. and close I, el, In, I rests hln friend Hartley Coleridge. The lovely yews, the gili-hlng It,, I liny and the green mountains ofTer a filling epitaph to this great poet of nature. Having st ent a lovely Huiiiluy walking walk-ing nlotig the country road, listening to the quiet str : , admiring tho green meadows stacked with a great quantity of oats ami bay, the next morning wo were away. The scenery from lira 'mere to Kcswlek Is very tine; Iho mountains aro steeper and wilder than In the othor plan s. Their sides were brilliant with heather. In this small village nro many beautiful beau-tiful gardens, tho hotel grounds woro sot out with lilies, astorn, geranluma and every variety of country flowers. The most Interesting feature In tho town Is the house Orentn hall, the residence resi-dence of tho poot Coleridge and later of Houthey. On arriving at Keswick we asked our landlady If there wan not some Interesting In-teresting drive about Keswick. The question wan nettled an soon aa It waa asked, and wo were booked for Ilut-lermere. Ilut-lermere. Next morning the break started off early, carrying about twenty twen-ty guests. At first the drive waa en-Joyablo, en-Joyablo, past meadows and forests, tlrudually we ascended the mountain pass and the road grow steep and narrower. nar-rower. Finally It got so hard on the horses that most of the people hsd to gut out nnd walk. On going over tho summit the path was so narrow and rough that tho horses slipped with every step; several times the coach pitched so far It looked as If we woro going to bo hurled lo the ravine In-low. When we had passed Ibis critical point we had to walk down We wero fully repnld for our hard trip when we got In lluttorniere, wnlrh rests In a low valley encircled by high, Jaggetl mountains. On our way back we had to climb to the top; the tramp wan hard, though the scenery was grand and wild; large valleys stared at us from below, Intercepted by many s ; I I f( . ' t . , Mi' r - - . ..J Wordsworth's Schoolboy Home. Jugged peaks. Our way down tho rend was so sleep thai the horses slipped over the rocks Instead of walking. walk-ing. When ue got hiu li Hint night we 'Aero j'l-ifl to resell Keswick alive and erc sail - 'led to nil Ibis our lust I eiciclilng trip for a while, though some I ,,f i,o prniy ln l found tho adventiiru ' di Hatful. |
