BELIEVING

Tonight I am thinking of Christmases gone, My heart with each memory lifts. A radiant spirit would somehow adorn Our home and our games and our gifts. We knew why the Day was both holy and glad­ A Saviour was given to men. And 0, what a glorious season we had! I believed in a Santa Claus then. Indeed it was bliss in this magical time Mid gay preparations to dwell: The rustle of paper; "Don't look!" The sublime Ineffable holiday smell! At last, Christmas Eve! And the carols we sang! (We children could sit up till ten) And bedtime excitement. A stocking to hang. I believed in a Santa Claus then. o joy! Christmas morning! A stocking arranged With goodies! A noble supply! Glad greetings and breakfast, then presents exchanged. No child was as happy as 1­ A doll in my arms and an orange to suck; A puppy outside in a pen; Roast turkey in nearly two hours (with luck). I believed in a Santa Claus then. Now years hurry by-how the years used to creep! And Christmas is coming apace. Yet somehow December has managed to keep A sparkle, an infinite grace- The Holiest Birthday has given us, in truth, I Fresh courage and faith and goodwill • And so, while enjoying my newly coined youth, I believe in a Santa Claus still!

EDITH EARNSHAW Wake Forest, North Carolina Ne.vJS C)..AAd ob~~V-V":V"J 'go..~Q..~~k Sv~d.'o...y tv\()rv-.(~S Od.3, (q 3.., -I

2 o THE NEWS AND OBS. \ "~" ' .---- - Travellers Find Two Edenburgs ~ , ~othDeservingofScottish ' Pride

>pghtTraffic, ,Polit~ ' Motorists, Kindly Poli ce~~n And Shopkeepers, Shiny Dogs And' :., .' ,;Del1lure Children,Impress American S hocked That She's Instantly Identified '. ,".' As An American, And,Therefore ' Labeled As a Yankee . . ' , ' . ~ ~ . '.- , . , . . .

-. .". ' ". . . ' . ~ By EDITH EARNSHAW. .' ·of the 'city in a:hus, getting a bird's' I noticed an e n ormous ' cro~d . 'l'hls : la the second in 'a serles, of ' fou~ ey~vie.wand ' after ·,·that it was across the street 50 after, rd paid: artiel,," by Mrs; !:Unshaw on a sum~ simple to B9 back to the places we my bill I went over ,to see what - :'.mer vlcl!.tion... spent ,ovetseiu_ ' liked ·best and stay as long as we was hapPening_ A girl with a. thin ,.,i:" o~, ;, t~it Shi; going over~ . l asked wished. .: . neck and thick abkles told me they ~}li::, attrit~ti_ve . 5cotchn1an ' where he ,;:After 'r took that first bus ride r were watching the people come out \- w:a~ ;'f~oin ; ,c ,,'.' Madani , " heteplied, "I ' could 'hardly .be" kept out of the of the hotel-"You know~toffsthat _;, helllrig :·Jo ;' l!i4inb~h . " And' these things.. BU5Se~ ' in Edinburgh are are going to be presented at court!", y foUr:: wo~ds ' w:~~ pac~ecl with pride il'andlycomfortable; the top 'rolls I Joinedtl]e . neck-streicher! and' ~' Ilrt(;t ~: pr~prjde · .. b\!cause _he . "be". .back . .to ' let in sunshine and give saw many a bright vision come out I ~ ' longed ;" pity ,because ·1 didn't.' And a better view;'.. and a warm Scotch to a waiting Rolls-Royce-women in ~ &fte1" l'd. b.een .there I couldil't really rug is provided for each passengerthrllling evening iOwns wearing . bll1iil~ ,finn;-.', :. ""',' '. 'incase of' chilly' knees. - What I thr~ white plumes and a short tulle <' ' F'r 9 f1l ':~,my ;'j,iUe , you're probably liked best were their steadiness and veil. and men in glittering uniforms. thmkmg I'm going to tell about-the .their ' moderate speed. · You could The policemen grew crosser and , / pld., ;" an:d'. ·: n,~,* " sections ' 9f the city. see the landscape as you went along, cre'sser and the rain grew rainier ~ No~ ~: fpf . I , r,:eally : did see two Edi!l" , bitby bit, .instead of all scrambled. and rainier. , My feet were soaking :-.Piirgs;-79r"perllaps) shoul4 say one , So my . first i Edinburgh offered wet; I felt sneezy; my "fish tea" 1.Edinburgh in two-distinct mooc!s:' ,' bountiful ' entertainment;' and we wasn't behaving 'right. The bobbles ;" MiftrsO tdiriburgh made me thfnk window-shoppecC .on . uncrowded kept saying to the ' crowds: "Git :-of aji~!lv~i:: be~utitul12dY' :. withlle!, Princes Street and,went to picture along! Cit along!" until 'all in all head held-hi&h. with'lines of suffer. galleries ' and museums and 5at in L telt like a little dogie .headed tor ~ ing on her' tace. also angelic &weet· .the gardens and listened to ' band the last round-up! ' . . , ness. " Gownel1 :sii;lply' but-perfectly conce:r~s, and ,. prowled about, iilthe . The tram was one ot those double: ! ~ndstanding ' in Llarden.' ,The ~om· _'.old >Part of the, city, poking into deck affairs and I had. to ride in the " ,p~ete . ·.opp6~ite : ·of _ Glasgow ~ v.r.h i ch · ' antique ShOpS' (In'' the .historic street upper part, hanging . on ' a &trap the ' ': ' 51ltg~sted : ' ; )l :T p~thy, ,·,by-the-da..y' krio,wnas ,the "Royal Mq~"; visited whole blessed way. . When I got '.; wenchr"Glasgow I! a Martha..among ·'the ,Zoo, 'one ' o! the best In the ,en­ back to my room ,and sawmyse!f ~. the':eiUesY':, .',:"_' ~ :. ', ::" - , .' _;,-- tire w:orld~it- 'has 'a ~ ' wolf wood, n in the mirror I looked just like my h 1 ~\\t~5 :: trav.~ling " with . myfrlend·.and ,it has ferocious. lions that seem passport picture-in other' words, " "lin,, an

It seems ' that Margaret Rose was g'etting tired 'of the big parade. and on ' one of the trips through long lanes ofcheeri~gcrowds she slipped down- In her seat and said to her Isister: "I can't keep ·on smiling arid

·bowirig to all these people. can't!" I Little Elizabeth's Spartan reply might well serve as a lifE! motto . for anyone: "Margaret Rose," . she . said. "the more you can't, the more .·you must!" . , -..1 ~';..;;~~~> ..' . .. r, ---i ,(I ~ ..' THE NEWS ANDOBSER~ER. RALEIGH. N. C. SUNDAY MORNING, OcrOBE~ '; C~fd~Y

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~bout,...... · :EliglishCusioms,' ., . " . ' Car_.s ' ., n:: -". ~ ,: --qilth~~als.: ,~d ' ~omplexiot!~ " ~••-:" • ..t . ) '· ,: · : ~L., _.... ~~.ft • •_' .. _~._ ' ...... >t...... _ ~. _ . I, !.:•• .J , . :-' BT EDITHEAR;NSHAW. . joyouS 'and lelightful,' and I almost ~r windscreen, as £hey· call i.t? , N~~ . ..l"h1S 1. the thIrd t'n a'serI\!5 'oti;urarli-" torgot tha~ onmylanding·card, ,just A discouraged·looking :- Penon" 'fi ,;,'1.' cles by Mrs. Earnshaw on a Summet;'~ before!' I reached Glasgow, 1 ·was grimy overalls issued .. !ro·m '··wa . vacation across the Atlantic. ", • . ' -1----d· .. I' " .. Ce taOI I I ". ' ; ': ;. --,.-.- ,- ... ~ -'_; ' ~ jas an" a len. , ,r In y 'ooked like a venerable' blaaiSmi • I had never,·seen the car: but·had didn't Ieel like an alien now. > " ~ shop' and askEid' drably ~ what tite; "S:O 'ideiiitwas smail. ', Anyway,sin~e ' . Freda looked .at ' her watch a~d wanted. ' . . .':. ' ", there were, to:be10ur wome'i( in the said we'd better. get started. ', 0 yes, Freda' said. He gave it ~ · ·U; " b ,.' ' rty' ' r ..' . " 1 thought;' sightseeing , takes :loads > "Two gallons of petrol;, pleare;,l pa , ' . fel: sure ~at the Ie,ss lug- of time and' it's , sucll . a. large~athe~ m~ans.of a hand-pump: . otten ~ : Ul~ , " ga~e .. 1 .arnved . ,WIth, the gladder dral. ,The' nextmome'nt they were' ZEaster o.f the pump liv~ next doOi.1 , ' : my . triends ~: Eng~d , would· be ~g abou~ my . l~ggage ,and .r was' and . has to be summoned_by lou" to""see me. ","TIieir '. one , admonition gomg. acrosli ·to the 'station to·get it h()rn-tootingS, and ~ Jn · .. ,ome-~ : in~ ,had, been 'to come 'prepared'for rain and by the ,.tim,e my porter"and 'f stances,. his 'wile ·or·daughter·,;-wi!t; · :' d " ld ' ·th ' . . " , came out they had ,the ,car .by·;.the on the motorist. . ' . '." . ".r ..-;'''' • an co • wea er. , . . . curb, ', "," , ~, . Gas---:"petrol"~osts ' .tbeequiva- , ~ V!inter .Clothes .are simpler than It waS ~~ :Au;~i n! : 'And ~ov: ;o~;i'e ' lent of 40. cents a ' galIon, but 'tbe~ Summ!r • c:,lpthes; you ,can carry having vi~ ioris . of the doll-.carriage use lhe litre measure, so- their gar f ~~ theni as ' a ~ mail' carries his sheU!-on v,arieties .we. see _on Am-erican ·high.. .Ions are more generouS .than · ou.~ · l y~ur back. ' Th.aUs . if th~ wea.... er \Vays. • I'll ha~e you ,to know" this eight English ,pintS equalling abou~ " " 'ts " Th• ' d·'" ' ' ." " ... . .was a ' n e. w ,shin y, grown~up A us tIn.' 10. ot our ~ints, and this helps' con'~', . perm:~ ' e ,ay."1 sljlled ,\Vas ~~' . ' ~ got .in,next to Freda. w'ho 'was slderably, It helped _also , to ' fin perah,on ' hot :md th! very Uioughtdnving.' ·•..It·s 'coni.!ortable!': , 1 ' ex~ ' ~at our Austin had a dain.ty ap.,e:­ :,~,?f ' WmterJaunept .!Vas. enough ·to .c1aimed. ~ ;·'Ye~/"She. ,repli~d, 'Wsa hte: ',Vr:e made ,trom 38 U? ,40 mi\~ • .Induce sunstro,ke, Scf I wen~. ll-P: the, well-SJ,irung car and has a: ''jolly­ to the gallon, thus we seldohlj: ,. --g8:Ilgplank " WIth .•my arms ' \' pi~ed good engine, Nine horSepower: ,~" , bo~ht. more than a gallon 'or .two ' , ~: .. ·Wlth woolly garments; 1.must have . Nine horsepower! . But there waS ata time. , OnJs once \lid Freda: , : ~ ' 'i'~ooke~ . like .the rimner ~o!.; a :dry- perfect I ~ teamwork '~ among ' thQse grow brash and ~ for tOil! ,!IhoJe: ;', .". f l,eanlng . ~!~nt! · .' ;',': .' , horses and we .had all the speed..·we ,Kallons. . ~ . ' , - " _~J, . ':l , . ~ ', " The- remamder·.wl\.s an.obJect les-. ever wanted. ~ Ana inside the ' "sa~ 1 learned several things that 31tet!. ,<. ,~~ I~!l , in 'subtracti9t;1,,: ~ut even , ~eil . I loon," . asthey:· called it, - the~e was noo.n ab~ut motoring in : EnglaM ~ :-_~ ,r. : '; ; ma.gage~ , to , c;.arry" , S1~ ~_::~,s, two plentyo~ r!,o,m tqr ~ iiI,! ot ;U$ : :,, ~ Once learn~d. ~at . there ' an: ' nyo .~ grell. " ~' ~b!~~~s!. a :}tm~ted' . SUIt" . an ~gligee, ,we Cll!T1ed ,fIve gJ;'own! ,{people :and ?rgaruzations for. m.otonst:>'~!le :.~i . :- ,four . pau:sYof ' shoes;'70ilet- afticles,: a dog,' ~~e: car liad' ,so"" much. spaee' mg.,~e .Automobile Ass0C¥ition,! ll!l~ ' · ' iundi~s.. an~ an ',e,:enmg ·hat. ·And for stowmg luggage 1 J:>egan to wish the , other . the-:R0~.Autom,o~*. , ,..practically ih.a brIef-case. : ' .~~ _ I'd broilght a wardrobe trimk.Sure ClUb. 'Our Austin IS a memb~ o~ _ " ,Really, I dId manage wIth , one enough they carried a good-sized the tormer and pays two gu!ll~U ' .s!IJ,Sllish, suitcase ,and oqe, littIezip- steamer' trunk. one ve~ large suit­ ?r about $10.50 .a y~" Many. 8.r~i ~ ' ,per bag -Jt.can.\be done,it you know' case; two 'smaller' bags at least two' Its advantages. The roads -are pa~'. how.to Pllc~, '1 ~sed so much tisSue-, dozen bOOks;,an ~xtra' ti;re, . the in­ trolled b.y men in khaki uriiloqnS~ ' paper my trocks came out as smooth evitablye ' English tea~baskel: ' and over whIch they. wear yellow oil . ,as \he. face o!~ tr,eshman. : . '; -' . last ot all my own luggag~ ' and. skins on ':ra in~ da!5... The~e ~en: Over .there , ItlSn't pOSSIble 'to Chubby, You see . the 'door behind .carrya first-aId ]tit m their SIde:. ' . :check baggage on a. ticket,. lIo" the let down ' and m;de ·.a platform to ca~s , aIso .materials for minor ~ .x:e.~ .day J>:tore I left Edmburgh I took strap .luggage upon. in addition . to paIrs. ' If one of. these patr0lzne~ ,my sUI~case to Waverly Station and the spa'ce ,under the back seat, and does not happen 'along at a Cl'1l.C!al; when 1 made my' wants known was a large mackintosh. was ' tastened rnom~nt, a member of the A.' A) 'escorte4' ilpstairs and down' a,corri­ over, all in case of rain; . , ' can , send him word' by , a passing . 'dot; andatter' I ,had filled ' out. a We were ott, and when' we were motorist or cyclist 'or','phone .p',om Jilank almost 'E!qual to an ,income a,bout tive miles .out of the city o.'le of the boxes alopg the road"sit~ .taxreport they. !lave me a rec,eipt Audrey said: "By the way. 'what 'did ·uatedevery. few mil.~ach:mem { and took my sUItcase. It came,un- you think of the cathedral?" / ber has a key, Such friends J1l n~ tier the head..of "delivered l~ggage . " I suppose they are wonderingstiIl as p~trol.maps 'o!the distric~ an~ , Next mornmg 1 took a t~81n called why I gave such a start. ; To tell .~urncane Iamp~" ~.tc..,_ are . a,v~~_~~ - the .Flying ,Scotsman, ,I was ,there theiruth, I'd been IlO excited over m the .boxes. . ',,',, ' ' '' ~ c-' - " r.t 'hal! ,an .hour, be~ore it lett' ,but h~d seeing the Austin and helping' to ' . , Learninr EnKlisb: ',; ; . ' ~ :.t !1 hard time fmdlng a seat" My mls­ get .my' "delivered luggage" on 1 It the patrolman does not salute ~ake~1 should have paid 3. shilling hadn't realized until that ' minute wh~n ~~ " mee~ ..a: memper of the ,and booked a seat the day before. that we were going away from York A, A., said member must eStop .• As it was, ,·1 had , elbows jabbing' Cathedral ,as fast as 'nine ' horses once and ask why-not to reprove .meo~ both sides and' my neighbors' could pull us: But' I wasn't going hm bu~ .because his fa!Iure to salut~ n~wspapers between me, an? , th\! to let on I'd never<.put toe inside! me~s. he has s?mething to tell thet wmdows. ' ' Not I! ''Marvelous!'' I replied in 'motorISt. For InStance, that there " I , was glad to leave' the crowded throaty, thrilled tones. "; is a police ,trap. ahead, so be .care:: carriage and ,go to the restaurant ~e arrived at3 and went to ii tul to;cut down speed!,,'No' won~er , 'car ,for my luncheon,:' I was shown at once;' Fe' thought maybe we'd the A.,A, has about a millionl!lem­ to a sumptuous green leather, chair meet you there. What a pity' so' bers! " . ;.: .: .~ " ". ~ r· .';: ~· -."'.•, 'Bfa . ,table for two and asked many of the windows 'were " cov~ . 'r knew' already that-cars turned whether I '. would have the three- ered," Audrey went on . i'l "should t,o'- the'left .when --meeting' 'and' to' and-six or 'the two-and-six, Feel- ·h~ve liked seeing the Five Sisters Ithe .right when pa~ing, but I.must ·inrl th~f: An l!entq w~q pnn11 ah tn ,", ,, ,,,, .4',..efore We had a -discussion one dav as on the Scottish border that we saw lire get to York. ' .- , to how we ··should describe - the the sign: "Please hoot!" , 'By this tinie·it was :2 o'clock, and moors to someOne who had never I learned that trailers .are 'called ·the plan was for me to meet my seen them~ I should· say they ::Ire c~ravans, · and tru~ks are ca~:d lor­ itriends ' at .the Royal Station.' Hotel long. : hIgh hills, bare except for nes, and 'by that tlI!1.e my bra..m was ,.t 4. It Was jllSt .across . the street, heather and brackeri and an occa­ filled to capacity and I feared to add ·and I left my zipper bag and Chub- slonal 'patch of woods with isolated another feather of. information for by', . "my ' brown imbrella, with alarms here and there'.· . Even when fear of a blowout ' hall-parter-who looked like a col- the heather is not ·in bloom their I,n that part of England it doesn't lege president . Then I. had a ·won-..color ·ls indescribabiy beautiful, for get dark until alter' midnight sb I .derful ·time 'rambling around , the moors. have ever-changing moods, can't speak of the gathering 'shad­ . itathedral. ' .. . They ' smile, ·they are pensive, they .ows, but by twilight-time, if there · · .. Around". the cath~ral is correct, wrape 1py pills!':) . ' '_ " . . Au4t:ey! td'y, heart' sank. ..The next " ,Bracken is' a ,stiff, branching fern moment th.~ " d~r .opeil~asaili:anQ ir'owmg ' at tiines viaist~high. ' It is a womancanle iii; 'VerY English .as beautiful an'd decorative in its shiny to her .C;lothes-:-but a. beautiful per~ ~eItiless. but'is too lusty a grower; bee like a Radiance rOseL. Audrey! aIIlS; it is ~lowly crowding out the :.:;. ~ . Chlna or JndlL . c ~ .. : heather. " . ' , BY. the t1ine her sisters Freda .and I. · (Gay.told me of. walking on the Gay 'olned 'tis . we had become ,ar~ South Downs and finding a baby ticulate' oo'ce mpre, ' and'· '\110 of _us fawn' curied in a nest- of bracken!) I18t·. down,. at .;a · tabl~ . in the lounge" The road grew more and )nore :S,efore they. ordered tea, they. asked precipitous and soon , we / were , ~e wbether I ·.drank.·China or.India" reaching "signs' like ' this: "Gradie.'1t ! -use:,Orange Peko'e .. at: home; but, one In'· fiv~, " · Engage first gear and they: fanC!7' ; China· .~ea, : and. 1- :fo~nd ;-etain io·' next sign," " We,· stopped .Itt so. JI'Od- l , ne~er_ ordered any lit' a· fiUirlg station-{)nIy" they call Jl~er'- ldnd."We nad ~iland"!icheS 'and them '''petrol pUmps," . Did ' a brisk, ~cy., cakes ~and · lots' of:. crisp "bls-- smiling young iI)an dreSsed in:white . _'~ ..

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I • ~ J t .. . • • _ . ' . , -~'. '. -!, I ~l!: ~ , THE NEWS AND OBSERVER. RALEIGH. N. SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 26,-;1931. . . c.. .' . ~ . - " =>--­ .. ----E!L!iiI: 'Moral of This Travel Chaptei-' o: Is.'B~ Nice to.Dour.Old Ladie's \ ., . " - ­ : Also Ailsa ·Cra·ig. Stern And ·.. · Gho~tly. · Gets Shock Of Its Alkalk Life In ~Eari:l 1 Morning Greeti~g From Tourist In N;i,g~t .. ~, ~ '_, ~ ~-, -':, , ~' \.{:.. ~~~~ . ' J _. '_. ' • GaP' And J';:old Cr~~ _:'" :. -~ ' ~ --"' . - ' t. " ,,"': -: ""~ ::'-~j.; r ' ~~ '-. . . --. ' ,~..:.::..'..:- - , .,. ;:.' : : -:"""t ~' : :':" " ," . ~ ..-. ._ .... . , ,'~ -~' . ,," ..-; 'r ,:'·-: ::- ' - " ~~ :-'i "~t ' ' . r I By EDITH EARNSHAW. ~.. Idlt'is about'the most'romantic sight' was 'being shoWn . for• w;'tiom-th. , It was the letter that" started I know~ If only l~d been chummy deck-upand' down and all 'around'" everything, a thin letter ,with the with those ' two ' dour-looking ladies The "sunshine , was ' bright ·.'by. this ,. Duke of ~indsor's profile on' the I might 'have rated 'at le~ a hand- tim!!, and we were ' abletO~' slipol!. stamp. and It came on a busymorn-, shake .from this lovely. laird. I de­ our' heavy coats. - '," ', ' • ..)-' ;' ing in late spring. 'A rainy ,day. .'. termined on my .next voyage to .In·less than two houn :we reached .My English friend Audrey 'w,rites .make a sp.ecial pOint of dull mid- Inversnaid' and regretfWl:Y left oUl" interesting letters but they're most- dle~agedladi~s ·with false teeth. darling blUe water; as , we ,went ·UD. ly about.her garc:iens and ~e pla~s . It : w~s notraining' m.. Glas?OW but the hill I .heard Ann .singfugaen:: she has Just seen and English poli- . the 'skIes lo~ked .low. and dirty and timentally:', . . " ,; ~'t. ~-" ... . " ' tics and usUally Lwait until I can all the best dressed men were car- ,.. , .' :' '- - ... get off to myself .and enjoy them rying neatIy 'fUrled umbrellas. We "But me and my true Iovei~ wnt quietly. How~er. some occult inl- noticed .the ' traffic. cops wore long . n~ver meet again: , ,::":'~ . ;" ',"; pulse made me open this one right white dusters. . 1 hope they had rain- .On the bonnie, boniUe ' banks "ea ,. away. I read: ' coats: handy." .-. Loch Lomon· ... ·, ' ~. \ '" . . "Freda and I have just been look- .. "Pinch me, please,'" I said to. my . ' " -"~ ing at the calendar and find we are companion, ' who shall for brevity's ' Ipunched her: .' ."Look, ·I ~ erfe:a. to leave for oUr vacation exactly five sake be known henceforth as Ann. "there's' our coach-and-four!" ~ . : ,~ weeks from ." today. Instead of "I'm afraid I'm 'dreaming this. Can And it was! There' sat on'a hip " spending .it all. in one place we are it be that .l .am:really ,in Scotland?" perch in ' front in 'a ' red .coat'. an.t ~ going to motor ' about~firstwe'll It · didn't. '. even .seem ' possib1e. I top hat, .with five rows: of seats fOI . ' , spend a week in Yorkshire,- then we couldn't . gltt over' the .idea that I passengers behind hirit. . . lwas-- glad" , are going to the .Roman , Wan for .a .was w .~dering about .in a Waverly the horses' looked strong and capa-. few days and last of all to Bamburgh noveL ble for r saw 'the mountaiil · tower~ on the North Sea. ' . _ . . .We left oui: :bags ·at. the station above and realized ·the poor thingr ''We're taking .three weeks this and' called 'another taxi and told the had to tug the ' whole coachload, aI year instead of two.. · We ' have an 'driver 'to take Us ·to the American us .'!P.' thaLsf-:ep; ,~ptP~7~ -~.~' .,....-.. extra seat 'in the ear. Why don't ExpressCoIIipany~The deaf old Ann and I, our bags and uinbrellu 'y •you come over and go with us?" She driver 'said . aye, he~d' take us, b~t were ' safely ' stowed, 'all . the "ljeau were ' filled. our Spo~ · driver 'chir.. ruped to the horses andtheiv{~iid c - slowly upward, These cOaches ;ar'e said to. be the ' laSt .- ones left: ' in Scotland and I feel .sure . eveli ~1.he horses must ha,ve realized iiow · pi~ . ,. turesque they"were, not 'tomentiOll • the driver. I hope they'll con~Jle · · " to . transport passengers . for · many, • a day-think. of the banality >01 ~ exchanging' a coach,and four' for ". -. motor bus!' • , .. ' .. ':" -. The ' road was narrow · and :w.- · had a perfect view. :·1 feasted' mli" ... eyes on the Wild . flowers, . ~Ther. ," \l were masses:""ofpink rhododendr0l2 and the May . (or hawthorn> trees " were clouds of white and pale pink; I saw bluebells-I did: ', honestly! " Well, one. anyWay! . And iliidgrass-' " Was embroidered · with ,: ::Englisbj' ; daisies. The sun-warmed : air ~'-was · filied ~ith delicious flower scen~ : . then all ot· a sudd~ there. ~as . · . · perfume so marvelous) turned im­ pulsively to ask the wo'man behind",

- ~- -.- - me .what it could hEi. · I was a trifle ' taken aback when I foUnd she- had "amplified from there on, saying a't where was it? ''You 'should know!" opened .her · compact . and . 'W'U .. the very end: "Just cable us you Ann said, school-mammily. ' He sigh­ powdering her nose, and it was the· are coming," ed and shook his head, Ann clam- powder' which had well·nigh moved Over went my mental filing-cabi- bered out and 'ran to an information me to poetry! . .... ::- " .:. net, scattering my neat summer plans· booth, ."n's just 'across the street!" in every direction. I jumped up she cried. andhad him putour bags It. ·w_as a chamiing ride ,'and . J 'and laid the letter on my husband's on the sidewalk and dismissed hUn. hope the horses didn·tget.too'tired. After all. it took oruy an bour and ' '\ desk, rightund~r " his nose . . . ,' Howeve~. w~ hadn't seen the lilst of About three mlllutes later he was Ithat taxl-drlver, for .he came pad­ we went very slowly. . At" length we reached Stronachlacher , :and : standing beside my d~sk. ''Well,'' he 9.i~~" after, ,:s~ncr~a~'y . ~ld · !e,g~ th~r,,\w" ·hn",.rI"rI th.. T....;.h v .. +..;..... me what It coma De. 1 ,Was a trifie '~'\ • taken aback when I found she had . amplili~d from there on, saying at where was it? "YoU: should know!" opened , her compact and , was.'­ the very end: "Just cable us you Ann said, school-mammily. . He sigh- powdering her nose, and it 'was the '.' are coming." , ' ed and shook his head. ' Ann ,clam- powder which had well-nigh moved :. Over went my mental filing-cabi­ !>ered out and 'ran to an information me to poetry! I net, scattering my neat summer plans booth. ,"It's just across the streetl" It was a charming , ride ''and ! in every direction. I jumped up she cried and had him putour bags hope the horses didn't get, too tired. 'and laid the letter on my husband's on the sldewaIk and dismissed him. After all, it took only an bour and 'desk, right 'under his nose. , , , However: we hadn't seen the last of we went very slowly. At lerigth Apout three minutes later he was that taxi-driver, for he came ,pad- we reached Stronachlacher and , " standing beside my desk. "Well," he ding after us on ,creaky , old legs, there'we boarded the Loch Katrine asked, "why not go?" , hold{ng out Ami's pocketbook, which ,steamer. ,We were now in the Tras. In one of the galleries-the Louvre she had 'left on the back seliL, It sachs arid Loch Katrine is as beauti.. ' ~: • , 1 think":-'there hangs a picture call­ had all her money in it not.lo men­ ful as a Loch with such a name: ed ''The Last of England." A band tion her passport. should rightly be. No wqnder "The ' I, of emigrants are turning for a fi­ The young Edinburgh student on Lady of ,the. Lake~ had adventures! .~ na] wistful look at their native the boat-collegiate,in a browp coat, We wove in and, out ' among ,the .. shdres. ," ", I ' . ',' blue · grey trousers and a Byronic islands, gazed up', at ' thedenseli ._ I wasn't con,cerned with the last shirt., had' ,told me that whatever wooded shores and felt ourselves ,' > of ' England, ' but Bfter' I'd gone to, I did or didn't do in . Scotland, 1 part and parcel ' of 'the' olden' dayS:-;: : ~

bed, the ' lastrught out, a friend must not miss the Trossachs1 adding: : ·Forty-five·minutes.wer!:n't enougl1 .:},; ba!lg~(l., ~ at mi. ~ door,. 'calllng:, :Look ''They're"' the.'Very ' epitome 'of"the. to' dream ', our .dreams ; m, 'but':',',ve." : . ' out: quick! ' We're (passIng' Ailsa Highlands!" : ' .< • found outselves at Trossachs Pier. ;_ Crafg! The first "of , Scotland!" So I So the ever-kind and resource- at the end of that time, with a 'W: _ poked my head out of my port-hole, ful :American Express ', evolved a motor bus waiting to take us' :to ,'" ..i my,hair in a pale green Sleeping cap day's ,trip : for us, beginning" in 'Trossachs Hotel for · our ,~tea. " '. The ' ... < Scotland'sa'nd my face first shiny glimpse'with ,ofcold 'me cream.",must Glasgow and endirig in Edinburgh-' smell of gaSoI.me brought, us back: '~ " have been something of a shock. right through the Trossachs. to earth and we were prosaically: " , 'Ailsa Craig is a mountain-of rock There was just time for Ann to whisked up a windirighill..·1 must ~'.: rising' sheer out of'the'rrish Sea~ The flutter off and buy a small,plaid- mention the men in highland cos­ .:.';. dictionary" Says ' it ',is ' made' Of "an covered copy of "The Lady of ' the tume stationed along the wa:y," play~ ...... ::, , Lakes" before' our train came slip, ing hopefully, on' 'their bagpipes "<' , siderablealkalic microgranitec~mtaining ,riebeckite," so 'now' con- you ping into the station.. ,English trains while ' their women held out wist. ; know all' about"it. :, It ':"certainly start and stop without a jerk; don't, ful hands for coins from the passing looked ghostly when ' the curtain of even realize 'you're ' goin'g until ,YOU ' motorists. They must have known fog, which all day had wrapped the simply find yourself gliding along, those pipers, how perfectly , they lovely Irish coast;in what the dark- Everybody knows ' the carriages are fitted ' in with the wild mountain: ies 'cail · ·.. giey flariniilgs;'~ ' parted arranged, , with two longish seats scenery. , .' ,: :-, • suddenlY. '1 ':wondered if ' Scotland facing each ,other and a window and We :wer~set doWn at the hotel' I, was going to' be like' this; 'aloof and door at each side, and the com- door and It WlU flung 'open ,by ' II i wet and' grey, and not very glad to fortable way one can walk 'from small page and we knew at once ,\ 'see' Us ' I , ...... ;, " , ' ~ . the platform, into ' the-train. '. _ , we' were in a very nice place: "And' , 'Wh~n ~~ ,'got our"tariding-:'cards I '; Ann 'rushed indignantly past 5ev- 'expensive," Ann whispered :in: DlY ; found that everybody who wasn't a era(carriages ' marked "Smoking 31- ear.. ' . ' ': ' ; British· sUbjectw'as classed as, an lowed" arid appr'opriated one.i.vith"And where ' is my umbrella~" , l! I alien, and, tllat in - itself ',made me a "No smoking" , sign. ."'Toribad moaned irrelevantly. "Here's IllY, I feel like a puppy On the ,way' to ~e it's rainy;" she ' said 'ai; 'she pulled bag and here 1 am-but where­ : pound. , 1 wished Audrey had plan- the 'strap, letting the glass portion where-?" .' I' ned ,to meet me in Glasgow, or any- of the ' door' down ,cand filling the "Go over to the desk," . she rug­ : w'ay·that I couldjoinher right away, cai-riage with,' fresh, though some- gested, ,"and see if they can't trace ~ I instead' of ' waiting five whole days: what damp ,air: it for you ' and rn go ,to the ,sun. ' I As I was waiting, to 'disembark, a Glasgow spreads out, and' out, and ,room and order our' tea.", ' " ' ' very nice woman was standing just not very beautifully. Arin ',put In The girl at the desk, promiSed to I in front. 'I had seen her once ,be- her glasses and began to read "The do what she 'could but didn't ' offer - fi' fore, when we'd sung 'out , of ~he Lady of the Lake" .aloud, 'Suddenly much 'hope. 1. foUnd Ann sitting at same hymnal at service the thIrd I interru'pted her: ~'Look, look-the the table" her eyes snapping, ;her day out. ' 1 thought atthe, time she flowers!" ' Close by the ' railroad face very red. !fer voice was :11. I was Ii. real person, 'but somel;lO.w there was a garden filled with lu- most a wail: "I ate almost no ,break­ ~ hadn't been thrown with her since. pines in shades of lav~nder~nd fast 'and that soup we had on ",the ~ The weather is like some people pink, a dozen stalks, shoulder hIgh, boat wasn't anything, so rm posi­ , -always getting talked about. We to each clump. ' And oriental pop- tively hollow. But I heard , ., the ~ blackened its char,acter a little more PM!S, scarlet and enonnous, and waiter ' tell a woman ' the 'tea was i,',' and began to discuss our plans,~d peonies like, fluffy white plumes. one dollar and sixty centsl" ," ,- ', ~ what do you think! She was gomg ·"And the sky's ,getting blue!'" I ' ''I'm starved, too," t said. I "i sup­ : ' to ' join ,friends, but not for five told ' her. ':Look,Ann; there's ,an- pose this really is a very . grand - ~~ days, so she was'at loos 'e,~ds her- other garden-and, "0, those sweet, hotel. And, anyway, we can't get ' ''''' self; and feeling pretty timId about sweet stone cottages!" up and leave now." ·· ;' :. . " '..­ it. Sol gazed, at her ,and, she gazed Back into her bag went ''The The waiter came wjth alI the ,,:. at me and the "Upshot .was that we Lady -of .the·Lake/' for the. sunlight ·paraphernalia. He ,was followed bY. ,'" decided to 'play a twosome. ' " was gilding Scotland for ' us, our another waiter pushing a .'tea-carl: The. first time 1 went abroad I -very first day! She ,at her window, laden with good things. , Sandwich~s .was' alone. 1 .was ,you!1g and the I at ll)ine: both of us were' falling and biscuits (what we call crackers) family was ,a little anxIous. I had in love with Scotland. ' " , . and scones and bannocks and oat:­ , not even ' reached Hende;son when In a little while we reached Ba;l- cakes and a,dozen differentldndt .. I an old man across the aIsle on ~he loch and went down a, short' ,hill of,- fancy pastries. ' , ', .' ' train leaned ov~r a~d asked ,~hat~IY to our little steamer which "was ,"1 mean , to make a good me;!l," I where 1 wasgomg. En'.land. I SaId. bobbing gaily up and down on Ann told me in low tones 'as'she "To England! What In the ,world beautiful Loch Lomond. We went piled' up her plate. "I! I'm' eating . :', ',' , are you going 'way' over there for- aboard and found a comfortable seat goldl'm going to get my' money's ' I as a m~ionary?" . . . - ., on the upper de'ck. .No ,trouble worth." . ' ~ , . .' l . :',; I I wrote the ' famIly 1 dldn t need about this, for' the tourist rush hadn't ' Both of ' us made a ' large, de­ .~" . " .' worrying about any longe~. '. Well, started and there was 'only a small licious tea and she relinquished a this woman had , that misslon~ry group of pa.ssengers~nlY the two pound note expecting to receive only look, .al~o s.he was enough , il~e of us to represent the .whole of the a little change ' in return. < To her AmerIca s .Flrst Lady to be her -twm U. S. A. An old ' man played wild surprise the waiter , h'!Ilded, her a sister, ' WIth her. 1 felt I s?ould be Highland tunes on' an accordion as ten shilling note and a good ,deal Cook's Toured and Amencan Ex- we ski mined along and collected of silver. She ' gazed at' him, pressed in ot?er words!, perfectly pennies from us' just befor,e we "Haven't you made 'a mistake? I ' ':: safe. ,- . landed. " think .' you've ' giv~Ii me' too " ,mucl~ " Pretty soon ,we were gomg_doW? Wooded hills were rising from change." , - . , . ! ," " -;' ; " -i , the gangplank. ,The cu;;toms~ffi- the water's . edge; these , and the ,, "0 no, madani, ,I think.it is' qwte ~er asked me conversatIonally If,J blue skies were reflected In the correct.'" :, " '" ' -" ::, ' _ had any tobacco ~r perfume. , I sal blue of the water. Now and '''''''__ ,. . with my best smIle that I had one

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By EDITH EARNSHAW. dral and fortress 'both,' for' the rlve~ and a gcide-book told us the r~ st.l The man at the petrol pump (filling winds aroUnd, leaving the ~eat stone learned that the Wall was built fu station) said it ,was quite simple.All pile ' on , an isloted , 'promontry ,125 A. D. by the EmperorH3:drail"Ss; we had to do was ' keep a straight high above the surrounding coun- a gentle reminder to the Scots to stay 'road until we came to the Bunch try. , , " ' in their ow'tJ. back yard. Quite ;aI1: of Grapes Inn; then turn northward. ' There were boat-races that after- extensive tut-tut, for the wall is',.75 We thanked him, treated our nine h. noon and every tea-sh,op in Durham miles long, in general seven fee~ siX p. Austin to a gallon of petrol,!lDd was packed. So we got. the car, and inches thick, and built of smiliisii rolled on. ' ", " drove away, hoping to 'find an inn as stones, pretty regular in size al},rd'e.. > ~ - You see, I w,as motoring with three alluring 8S the Bunch of Grapes. We signed to be easily earried and"han.. English triends in the north of,Ehg- entered each village with new hope, dIed by one man, without the aid :oi ' land, and our 8im was to keep out of orily , to' pass through' without even cranes, wagons, or .other Inachiri~ ·the beatentra.cltof tourists and at hesitating. '·,;This' was', terrible. - It These stones serve merely' suave and used her. very ,pest dishes. He fol-niches in the bath~house were 'for: pleasing. Then we ' seemed to' . go lowed us~' in; he ,had fired-up ' his All of this was somewhat as if we all at on,ce trom the Promised"Land cIgarette and between puffs a regu- had gone to a-houset,hat has just had into the desert! We had reached the, Iir Niagara F~lls of ,cwords gushed ,its foundations'laid and walked 'with ,"distressed areas". ~.: forth. Audrey,said afterward she, was the bUilder ,'over "them , 'and ':hadi :', ~ Houses had a tumbledown appear.. a!rciict he'd ta~)he curl out of ,our hinitell us: "This Is the livirig"rool;i1,: : ance and there :wasn't a 1l0wer any- hair and the varnish off'the chl M:r .and this is ,the study and this is' the' - < where. And the people! The Poor comment was: "Well. if he was,allbathroom"-and ' so on. - The :-0i1l.v ; darlings looked as if they were liv.. that :gabby for one cigarette, just be' difference being that , in these 1 Ro~ ' : 'tmg on bread 'and water and they th~t4 it" ,w~'.ta .cig'arl" .'. , man caInpS the totinciations. arr;"not -. couldn't have bad a nice clean tub- ,The ',.countryslde continued to !moo piOmises but reminiscences-that . it ~ bing since , last Whitsuntide-Eng.. prove and so did the weather. We "a memory of·what has"beenjUl,cf :land's favorite .time to date !jom: by-pass,edHexhain, and realized that nevermore will be." " ~. ,,"-" {:i' , Factory chimneys are Unsightly theRo~n -Wall. ' must ' be near. I , , There's a museu~ {t ,Che~ts~fun en~>ugh, even whenthey'r,e busy car- ~ept Iookmg-for It, bU,t when.1 rose. ofcurlous ,aod interesting .treaSii ," . ~g smoke, a,way, but a cold f~c- m ' lll~ ~e?t anq shneked:'L~ok, but museums always ' do ,.hUi-tii:l'g' · ,tory chimney 1S both uglX an~ sm- !here It IS! , tJi.e othJer~ glancedpl~-thingsto the balls of.my,feeti ~ ister-a sooty monument to nus~ry. mgly,at me and saId It wl!3 nothing my eyeballs, too; regretfully I 'an;!, ~ 1 don't know which were m~e b~t a sh~ep-fence: ! . mit that I didn't stay , in thisf one " ~istres~ed ' that .day, ; the famous 1 subSIded, but th~ !le~ m~ment IVery long. It was soJIiilch'mcer tOgOi , areas' , or, our little foursome and . aU of us were realizmg excI~ back and mingle with''the 1l0wi!rs. ~" , , when 1 0 dock , came, and we got that we had.. reached our dear d~ling During the excavationS 1I0wer.. '.out 'of the car and snuggle?, down noors agam! These , ~ere , wlld-:r ,seeds were evidently uncovered ~b~ , ~der a hedge to e~t, ~e ,wmd .was and lI;1?I"e , bBl'!ell tJ:an"the ones m c'ause ,the very next year maDY ne~ · distressed, ~o . 1 think It must h:,-ve Yorks~·llr~ulte . different r~ally, varieties came int6bloom: Wlui:Ca£ ,'; had whool?mg cough. We .had slIces but Wlth a di,t!~rence we couldn t d~ :, ~dventure for these slE:epmgbea~~ ..:: ~t , York,shlre ham, ~ll~er~ - scones, fine...... -, - ;- .. : . .', ties! ~ . l wonder · where". they ~ came ' , and strawberry 1lans. Smce you may And - here were , : glonous _trees" fIiom . originally-do you , :suPpose : ~o~ bo:" what a 1lan is; r~ tell you groves ,?f chestnut and oaks. Now some' Romsri soldier's , wife brought ,lt 1S a kmd of tart made- Wlth plenty and agaIn, we rOd~ through av~nues them fiomher ownfar=away garden of, butter and eggs .and :rugar, fille.d of co~per beeches, t~es~ are S8ldto to SOW: ,wistfully upOn"thisnottheri:I ~WIt? ripe strawberries WIth a 1l~ of take a thousand years to 'grow, ,a soil! That's what 1 think, but.' th'~ ,whipped cream on top. And ,Just thousand years to.. blow, ,and a thou:- 1 ,always get sentimeo'tal over lIow think, we were too low in our mmds sand' years to, go! ., , ers ' ~' . • -, c~"";' ''-''-'''',~'!N''' ,. ' ,to want a mout!lful.! : . ' <' i . '~;:' I , ;¥d then-;-and ' then,,:"we ,saw . a , 'When 1 left f~r EUrop~ Thad ~­ , So we were glad w~en we !tot to SIgn-post whic~ ;,~d~, '\Vall-upon~ Iriissions from severalfriends~Out:­ Durham, for the prospects of Vl5itingTyn~ , 9ne : nule, , :"Ouryery , own, standing among them ;were i:eques'fl 'th~ Cathedral made?S forget every- destmahon! 1 ,was so exCIted ~ for- I for: an. unabridged dictionary"and Ii 'Jhing else. Durham IS a dear, funnt got to powdex: ~y ;nose ! I practic~ 'piece of the' Roman ,WauNo . ' ,(old town. and 1 had to be dra?gl!d forgot I had,a'nose! , ' " was said about pianoS or 1latiroili: ' . away from ,the shops, ' especially , ",He hadez;gAged roo,lJls at a plac,e trito be obliging sO ',I really:,)U' · : tha~ i of,th!; 'Robe-makers , for ~e WIth the delightful ~ameof Hadran s; 1l1~h a smooth,:. greY;'stone, ~~t:. ~ . , ' UmverSlty. , ,'_ "':' Hote~ and,t,hree :pmutes , .1a,~_ o,urfriend, which wasn't nearly 'ai! bad . (I grew'up in the shadow of a Austi,nwa.!Isto{>pmg before It w;th as peeling off the facirig orthe'Wa ,college. and love.the pageantry of a happy ~gh,. and we were ,lOOking ,and Quilcling a hoUse '.With ':- i ~ ' ;8cademiC pro!:essJ.o~s. Once there at the nObl.e sIgn that ?ungm ~pnt mimy people ':livinK ;·.ngarbY ~. hav '. J; was to .Pe an ~eclal1y grand one -a medalllOn ,of HadrIan weaz:mg .a~ done. But .it ' m\ist~ ',Ii. telICtcitl ' . ~ and ,ourne:w presi~el}t:s , li~e . ';b.oy: ,laurel:,wreath and a _double . chm~ : :!Q jln'd onE! ~eS hot onlyh6'ities'Ilhu __ .••.ha~ ~t all mIxed up m his mmd WIth ""-1, am pleased to r~late .that ,'. o~ bYre'and fence made of' this';el ern" " ' _ ,~ . a CU'cus narade. At ,bre e-' " ' . '" ..' ", .. '< . • .. . - -..- ..- -. ----.•~ ------friend, which wasn't nearly as b'acf l t grew~ up ' 1n the shadow of Ii Austin was stopping before it with as peeling off the facing of the Wall college and love the pageantry of a happy sigh, .and we were .looking and building' a house with it, as . i .. academic pro~essions. Once there at the nobl~ Slgn', that ?ung l1l: -~pnt many. people . ·living . nearby ~ have , '. was to be an ~ecially grand one -a medallion. pf Hadnan wear.mg , ~ done. But it must" .be ' a temptation '.' ' and our new president's little boy: laurel-wreath and a _double ,chm! . :' and one sees not only houses but a . ' . •..·had It all mixed up in his mi.D.d with ...... r am pleased to r~late that .,.our bYre and fence' made of this' eternal .',/ \ 8 circus parade. At breakfas~ on..t~e arrival .c;-eated·,a defi.nite· s~r_ ~por- matei-ial, of Hadrian's. ', ' . ,- .' .. :big..,Gy his older brother b.roke 'roster hurn~d uP .and unmedlatelywe " Another day" we went back to ! .':,r 'V hi!art 'by~11ing him there, :w;~en't named, him .~e 9I?-e ; ~yed 9~I~ps. Ch'e~ters to 'see the ·remains of a , . ' ' :'1 lt1()ini ~;~~ ':"anY . ~han~~ .tn; the Gay , 1U1~} w~x:e , sho~to adJOl,mng~Oni.an . bridge. We' reached-it by .e( 1 :. ' · S»\\An,riidli~J.:UQ~lLtDo , " :' Dl.Ipmostl:lt .:.::lll,jg~ub;1e. . ~- 'ootpatk- sca1loped -'7 : ~ ,?, daisies : --a _. : .;.:-'"a;ee '.it; .anyway,.' and when he spied Freda and A-1idrey , ~ere aJittla,way meado,w-Iark rose ' from.:J ~!! gra$S' ' :" , a'cerWn"'digrutary w;~ighll!i all of down the ball; thetr.f90IPc ~wasl!;g.-_ ever~higher~ .; ana...;hlgher; ·' S$'gmg _ !n I ;'." ~ " ' 300 pounds, sporl.ing a"s,cat1et doctor: gel' than .ours but ~y ,had.. t?~ un- she!,!r. jubllation.,' 'Se!!ing: us; ~a' man I ,- of divinity's robe, he was perfectly welcome p.rospect " of. .,sIeepmg to- came 'across , the stream as fast as , satisfied!) , . . ' . gether. . : .. '. , his oars could splash and collected : ' ,: Fm~lly they prized ~e away and I found ,thepostoffice was only a lmoney fr0I!1 :.u~whether for. the ' 'we tOlled up a steep hill and at the few doors, awa,y so I ,,:ent there lark's 'broadcast,or ,the old bndge, · top' foimd ourselves ' in.'· an ·, open the very first ~mg . The ':vroldow was rril not 'sure..·The latter,' I suppose, square-enclosed ~y ancient.buildings, full of toffee. andglnger . beer and sirice he went on to 'say what a per­ '.the historic walls washed over with coronation mugs and you have to fecUy swell piece 'of ,engineering it ' :pale IIUllShin~ Directly · oP,ilosite, pull · a bell .,to· summ0I?- tbe . post-, ~as-andwhy. The R,omans could acrosS a square of ..greeneSt' 'gniss, mistress. I ma.delt jangle like on out, use it to . Cross this ' sprightly 'river was ·Durham Cat~edral-:-so ' utterly raged , ,. cor~Clence and · here she:tull of spark1~d ,the :enemy grand 'it fairly smashed Us between cameo;. wiping h~r. mouth.- ,I think I couldn't! c. .... • . ' ,:".; . ., ~ jbe eyes. :. ' , " interrupted herlligh tea. . ; ,; !!Very :day .We . tD9.k Out .lu?cb ~ , , The first thing we did was to b,uy "Is there any mall for me'! I With u~ur lunch apdourgwde-I '. ___ _ _ . .• guide-book ~hich should be call- prayed, giving my name. , book, also "Puck of Pook's Hill," -.-- i ed ."Common 'Sense in the Ca~e~ She stared, .frowning; ''Wha-at?'' , whi~ Kipling must have ' written drinking 'our tea by the roae t 'dral", for it begins by .saying: "I "MaiL You know, M-A-I-L!" . just for us, and absorbed all three they passed us on their way to- : think you will' do best to sit down Still she :'looked worri~d. Franic- in ihe shade of the WalL We went the cattle. We could imagine towards the west.. end of the nave, ally I pointed .to ,neat pIles in the to Borcovicus; we went to Sewing- desolate the region must be in ; . behind the ·tont, and I 'will try , to postoffic.e boxes. "Oh-h~h·" .she cried, shields; . where ; there .was once a ter hal! buried in sn~w, wit\ • describe 'to you what you see froIIl''yOU ,mean LETI'ERS!", :' . " mediaevaL castl~d ,King ·Arthur neighbors within ni.i1es. ·:P,rol:JlIl there. It is a good place tq be~, be- • ''Yes, . yes! . Letters.' or : cards ' or with his .knights is'.said to be .sit- tliat- explained the look in the ~ cause you .are now 'looking at,the_ packagelt-l!, any!"., _ .. ting in an \mderground .hall, sleep.. an's eyeS: ~ We·gave~.them ' somEtl -great Norman Church which' extends There weren't-any; . . " , - . ing until someone :comes Who can ples.,and m.i1k~ocolate . b~t J: -.; . from the .wall behind you ' to be- Hadrian's Hotel actually .has two break ,tbe 'spell We scrambled over ed I'd had.dolls for the childreD; S hind the great 'altar of St.. .Cuthbert's bathrooms' so .'alI' of us luxuriated a fence and got sllliogged up in net- shiny slippers for their mothe! . shrine." , Now that's a ' guide-book alid by dinner time were. sitting in tles in ,order to ga:ie doWn into the . On the only grey, drizzly mo~ .after my own heart! '. the garden; It,was a lovely' garden sacred well of Coventina the water we had, nothing seemed togo 1 . We did what it said visiting the with a higH' wall ar,ound it but.our nymph,·The well looked, I must con- Some days are like that, even -.Galillee Chapel, the tOmb of the Ven- One-eyed Cyclops said it wasn't near fess, like~a rather scummy cisternl/ holiday. After an unprofitable. "erable Bede, St. Cuthbert's tomb,and high ,enough. ''The- flowers, they get . 'We walked on the wall itself until noon, Freda, sat during ·lunc many other holy pla.ces. ·In our rov- iI -}leap of dashing," he :· gloomed. interrupted by a chaSm where some- with a lIlap before her: .then ,a:\ ing we observed.two little windows; Dinner at ~ was delicious; we didn't one· had come quarrying. We : ex- exclaimed: "Come on, we're g. .. ' these lighted the room in which lo~ have 1lanS rout we .didhave stewed plored; milecastles, ' we , investigated for a ride." Somewhat disapprov. , ago lived the men wh06e duty jt was gooseberri~ : They used to tell me valIums. We.discovered three tarns- ly, we got ,into the car, then at ·to receive those who came for Sanc- the: only way to get them '.sweet or small pon~in· a row,' like 'scat- a sudden the COluds, sCattered,\ tuary. ' . enough was to 'shut your 'eyes and tered .turquoises. sky becam~ the bluest we had Sanctuary! '·Fancy some hunted iler- empty' the sugarbowl. It is still J}ec- One afternoon, just as we were re- at all and we tooled along IiI ',80n, ready to die of terror and ex~ essary. . , " packing oUr lunch-basket, an' old car m9St ' adventurous> road, obs , .llaustion, seeing the Cathedral ahead When we bad finished, ~e sun was Came rattling up the.hilL It stopped, it grow narrower-and narrower,' 1 and knowing that if .only he could still shining, so. we decided to walk and an old clergjman 'leaned out finally -it Was: ·liWe · mor~ . th~ ,. : reach it, he would be Safe! And fancyto 'the top of the 'mOor near the hotel and accosted us. "I wonder," he said, Qloss0.!!1yl~e. We went nght j '~; the feel of the Sanctuary Knocker in' aiiei see the sun .set. We were soon "if you can tell me · where' to find the border mto Scotland and stq>p.-~ ·: his trembling hands! motintingup and up over plushy the great Whin Sill." We looked at at · a darling Scotch village anI1 There was evensong at. 3 o'clock. lturl, amopg giant trees. We never each , other ,and shook our heads, pretty .,young Woman witb--a (~ . :This wasn~t in the guide-book but of did reach the top but'bad a lovely then had to tell him we had never in her voice and violets in her ~ -: · . course we stayed, and the Cathedral view when we·got to an opening in heard of it. "I 'was' so 'anxious to gave us tea In her garden. The. ~ ' will always seem, a little' more our the trees. There waS a line of .blue find the great Whin .Sill," he said, ernment had just renovated her.• '!Iery very ' own because_we .did. :which they said must be the Che~ot plaintively, as he drove away. That tage and it had a real bathr9'; ',,Afterwarq . we wen~ again to st.. Hills: Also we saw, jagged agamst night the dictionarY told us that "the -wouldn't we like to come upst . Cuthbert's tomb, which was ' giving an orange skyi"the "Nine Nicks of Whin ,Sill is a ,sheet.of basaltic 'rock and' see ' her bathroom? Arid Y us quite an uplifted feeling until Thlrlwall.'; (Openings-lna range of in the north of England, traceable baby? ' , Freda, stepping back to ,see it, bet· hills or mountains are 'called "gaps" over 80 miles and from 20 to 150 feet We called that the Inspir~d R.I. tel', nearly fell ',.through 'an -open in ·the South and "notches" in New in thickness." We must "have been On 'our last· afternoon, we tl trapdoor into a horribly yaWning pit, England and ':nicks" in ·. Britain. sitting on the dear thing when he ariother drive. .This· was over~ so we left without further ' ado and Whether gaps, nicks ,or notches, all came to ask! ,.' - , highest road ·in- England; and 5hr~ went across the greensw.ard fora seem to mean the same thing.) , ' Through some miracle, the weather have been another inspired ride hurried glance at the .Castle. At any .rate, .we were quietly 105- was fine most of the time, The farm- marvelous scenery, but we ran .. ' -, ~ls is now the, maiD. building of ing our minds over ,the wildflowers, ers began making hay;~verywhere a fog and could hardly see rJ' ~ the U~versi~of Durhaniand a ,so' forgot all about the time unijl there ,wa~. t?~ . v::hol~so.~e, d~!i~ious other, much less the view. Com , pre~ty grrI;:-eVldently,a co-ed-show- Gay. looked at her watch 'and, ~jd smell of drymg grass. ,Some hmes down . we haa .to·,pass throu ' · ed us 'around. The great banqueting us- it was 11 o'clock! . , 1 .:,' we ate our lunch under a haycock regio~ formerly faxp.ous for its lr', hall ..tp the right has become the . Next morning, Freda and Audrey and dropped off to --sleep afterward mines,- over a bleak: plateau .knd . universitY .refectory, but today the said something had to'be done about with a fellow . feeling .. for Little appropriately at Kill Hope MoO~J, tables had been taken .out and the their bed. A 'fat person had eyidently Boy Blue.. But we ·spent most· of . It·must be anoth~ distressed elecitic lights . cqv~ed with bright been sleeping in it and left a 'canyon our time on the wild crags far up on from the lOOkS of it, but as we w , yellow tisljue, paper-gay, but start- in the middle and all' nig~t tl)ey had the moors,' with the wind roaring in passing the"saddest cottage of all.' ling. "You see," she explained, eager-· kept rolling together with a bang. our e'ars , and , curlews circling over door opened and out came a gir~ I ly, "we're having a dance torught- Finally they had to put 'the bolster our \headLwi.th_ eerie ,cries. .I h ad girl dresseq ap,_in red-frock. ':1 \ and we are going to eat dinner in the ~alled a "dutchhtisbarid"=-:-between always pronounced the birfl simply lips, nails. And the highest hee~ , 1 scullery!" We thought it a very hu- them. Fortunately,'some guests were "cur-Ioo" but it does sound a little saw in the British Isles! She switi I man bit. The portraits looking down leaving and sing'!,e beds ~ere pro- more impre5sive the way my friends ed across the road in front' of j.i from the walls ,were a pale lemon- vided and after that Hadrian's Hotel sad it-"curl-yeh." car and began to fill 'a pail fr\ ~ color because of the lampshades but was perfect. , . . '. ,, :. " 'J .Now Wd. then we could ·see a a- 'pump, never-,looking our waYd it seemed to us they, too, were ' There is no luxury method of see- farmhotlSe in one of the "nicks" and all. -. ·1 pleased over th~ ' dance and 'did:O't ing the Roman Wall. One 'must walk, actually' went to ' one to get· some "Is she real?" Freda ~ked brea1 really mln~ looking' bilious. but walking was no hardship to us. water to fill our kettle. 'The request lessly as we drove slowly on. " Thatourist group grew larger and We had clumpy shoes and :wool stock- was quickly granted, for a woman "Certainly she's real She's so larger. The castle is worth spending iogs and rough tweedies,: also 'berets was making tea for her father and girl from 'u'p Newcastle way, ho~ hours in, but Audrey whispereg. to to keep our hair tamed. And so, dar- two surprised-looking little girls and Ion a visit.... But thpn (,!"" ;. ~, ..." US she .couldn't live any longer ing the weather to 'do its wnr~t "nn .~~1 _ --- ' ~ ..' without. e"''''fo .... -# ..,"'... C"Ol- - ~ ... • - " · .l'U.t.~rwarQ we WIIC.U~ . ~CI..1.U ,"v " ~M fl.ll.1b. Z'1J."U W'I;; ~°"' ..I-bb-- .... 0--· .lU&,-,'" " ... ,n... '-4-Io"""""' .... .A ... ~J ...... _...... ~ _a_.. ___ _ 'o.-,rCuthbert's tomb, which was"gi,ving ,an orarige skY; the, "Nine Nicks ot Whin Sill ili asheetot basaltic rock and: see her bathroom? And ..;' .us ~· quite· an~ uplifted feeling until Thlrlwall." . (Op~ings in a range at in the north ot England, traceable baby? ~ . ' T ,Freda, 'stepping back to See" it'.bet- hills or mountains 'are called "gaps" over 80 miles and fToIn 20 to 150 feet . We called that the Inspired R", )".;, ~ ~ter/ nearly fell. through;: an"' open in.the South and "notches" in New in thickness." We. inust have been On our ' lasti afternoon, we tl ';S::trapdoor intci a horribly y8WI).izi'g pii, England ' and· "nicks'" in Britain. sitting on. the dear thing when he Wlother drive. This' was over ~ · :' ~ 50. we leftwithouf further ado and Whether gaps, nic~ ' or .notches, .all came to ask!· · ' · . ' -.- highest road ·in England, and sho. · " ::':went-' across : the greensward' for· a seem to mean the same thing,) ' . . . Through sorne miracle, the weather have been 'another inspired ride v. .: " 'hurried, glance at the Castle. ; . At any .rate, we were.quietly los- was fine most of the time. The farm- ma.rvelcius scene.rY, but we ran~~ . : '~~. ~ is now· the. mambuilding 'of ing our mirids over the wildflowers, ers began making hay; eyerywhere a fog and could hardly· see e ,-~. tJ:ie . University of· Durharil . and a SO" forgot all about the time until there was'the. wholesome, delicious other, much less the view. Co .: .. pretty,girf::-evidentlya co-ed~how- Gay. looked at her watch and. t!>id smell or- (frY-mg' graSs:",Some . times down,. we had to pass thr?ug ', '.-ed -Us around. The great banqueting us it was· 11 o'clock! . .' we ate 6ur lunch under a haycock region formerly famOUS for ltS If .~: hall .to,· the ' right has beCome ' the Next morning, Fred~ and Audrey and dropped off to "sleep afterward mines' over a bleak plateau knd .... , 'universityretectory, but today the said something had to be done about with a .fellow.- feeling.. for Little appropriately at Kill Hope MOO~J . :~ ·· tables had been 1.aker:t out and the their bed..A fat person had' evidently, Boy Blue." But we ':spent most· of .. !tmust be another distressed a..,' -:,eiecitic lights. cqvereci' with· bright been sleeping in it and left a'canyon our time on the wild crags far up on from the looks of i~ but as we WI · \ . yellow tiSljue paper-gay, but stat:t- in the middle and all"nigh,t ~ey had the'moors,with the wind roaring in passing the saddest cottage.of allI ,'>. ling. "You see," she e%plai.ned,eager- kept rolling together with a bang. our ears. and 'curlews circling over door, opened and -out came a gir~ , , , 1Yr."we're having a dance · toriigh~ Finally they had to put -the polster our heads with eerie cries. I had girl. .dre~ed . a!l ,i~ . red-frock, 1: _ " . ...' 'and"we are going to eat dinner in the ~ed a "diltchhilsbarid'~between iUwaYs 'pronounced the bird sunply lips, -nails. And the highest heel! ': BCUllery!". We thought it a very,hu- them. Fortunately, some guests were "cur-loo" bilt it does sound a little saw irithe British Isles! She switc ;'7-'man bit. The portraits looking down leaving and single beds v.:ere pro- more .impreEsive the wai my friends ed across the road' in front of 1 :, ~ .:from the walls .w~ a pale lemon- vided and after that Hadrian's Hotel sad · it-"cilrl-yeh." ' . car and began to' fill a .pail fr~ ..color because of the lampshades but was perfect. •. ,.,_., r ' • .• _ _ ._" .Now , and. then we could see ,a ·a·pump,· never,looking our. way .' ~ :it' seemed to us, they, too; . Were , . There is no luxury method of'see- farmhouSe in one of the "nicks" and all.. ' ' .', ! ! ~ 'pleased over the' dance and · didn't ing the Roman Wall. One must walk, actually: went to, one to ' get· some "Is she real?" Freda asked brea' \ ·_. rea,lly minli looldng bilious. , '. ' . but' walking was no hardship to us. water.to fill our kettle.' The request lessly as we drove slowly on. ·-" :': The tourist group grew larger and We had Clumpy shoes and :wool stock- was quickly, granted, for a, woman ."Certainly she's reaL She's sal · ; :Iarger.The castle is worth spending ings and rough tweedies;' also berets was making. tea for'. her ' father and girl from tiri Newcastle way, hal ; . :,,~~?~ . In, but Audrey whispereg.10 to keep our hair tam~d. And so, dar- two surprised-looking little girlS and on a visit." But then, Guy is alw~ ·. ~ :us '. sbe· couldn't live any longer ingthe weather to 'do its worst;'and toOk us back to the kitchen. TheTIteral. · . ' .. , I ,': - ,Without a spot'bf tea. She had heard feeling as if we'd gone irito reverse; fioor was of stone l1ags and the walls "No' such, a uiiDg," Audrey' ci .' -_' .tliere .was a good shop' near ·theabout 18 centuries, we set out. '. '.' were smoked. We asked it she liked ' indignantly; "it's a scarlet tanage :-- ..bridge, 10 we went on out, down ' I must" say \.the Roman .Wall was living here. She hesitated then re- "All of you are wrong," I told thl '''; :"' aome steep stone steps, and when we pretty vague iIi my mind but I learn- plied:: "Aye, but ·it's cold when win- in my emphatic way, "do ~.ou m! ': .i;got to the bottom we. turned and ed.long. since, when ~ don'~ ~ow a ter comes." .·.. .'~, ,, ~ ~ ., . . : .. '. to say you didn't recognize h I of ; looke(!' up at the Cathedral From thing; sunply to stop advertislIlg. My AU ·of. them. wo~e wooden clogs She's the , Water Nymph ' Conv! , , : ~· ~t .~Ji ~~~~a,~e;-_:~:.~~ k~:~, .~~c~, ~?~~, :~~ I , d,i~ . OD their feet and lat!)r, 8J we sat tinal" , .: : . . .1~: .iZ': '::." "" , ~ " ~"~ ' :::" :,~ ;::) ,:.; .'/",.'":':,' .'::J/:.; '':':'". .·',,; ,

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VC:lrs he , '\,c:lrs of :-wo wcnt lI1d heed llllS from llli PotC:lt other It)1" orcst W:lS

e, :Inti hc Bursar E. B. Earnshaw and his wife Edith, who was his assistalll, conferring with )1' 1907 he Dr. Trihble. tow:lrd a 1906, and 1 position was lived in our midst. He will live on. No one, I believe, had more friends. 1rs. Earn- That friendship will continue to be a blessing to all who knew him,

r editori:ll Mrs. E:lrnshaw, who was :I poet and worked with her husband, retircd from the Bursar's Office in 1953 after a forty-year association rs of wars, with the college as all employee. She died on July 14, 1902. At th:lt smile, and time the Board of Trustees took note of Mr. and Mrs. Earnsh:lw's :ouslvand cxpression of purpose recollnted in Chapter 1. The tmstees s:lid: 1 excelknt It was the lifetime intent of Mr. and Mrs. Elliott 13. Earnshaw to return olf, and a to the college whatever material possessions they had accumulated during ,II live on their long association with the institution, Their devotion to the college :hed. is reflected in the bct that their combined years of service at Wake Forest totaled :1pproximatcly eighty-four. Mr. Earnsh:1w served as bursar from 1907 until his death on January ~, 1952. Mrs. Eamshaw, a daughter of Pres­ orest Col­ idem Charles E. T;1),lor, began her service with the college in 191 .~ as sec­ :or in per­ retary to President William Louis Poteat, transferring shortly thereafter to : members the Bursar's Olfice, where she remained until her retirement in 19Q, After Ir. His pa­ her rctirel11ClH she maintained her home in Wake hxest, North CHolina, ossiblc for until her death on July 14, 1962, re able to Their ambition was to provide a slim of $50,000 which would bc avail­ noble life able to the college upon their deaths. This hope was realized when the 1112 TilE lIlSTORY OF WAKE FOREST COLLF<.;E terms of the ",ill of f\,1r.~ . Earmlla\\' dirl'ltnl tllat $10,000 irolll till' s;lk of Gaines, ,lll\, assets of the reillaillder of the l'st,ltl' be added to the $+0 ,0 00 I he\' Iud olliecr 1I alr~'Jd,' gi\'l'll . 'rlle li"illg exalllpk of this wupk is Olle of I he lillest ill the Pattn colkgl"s Izl!'\'l'ar histur\,.s up ill S; sitv) bel Shortly attn Earnsha\\'\ death, Worth CupeL1I1d \\';\S ekcted hur· elor's dl sar allli secretary oLthe Board of Trustees. A native of Ahoskie, Oltice, I Copciand was a 19.N graduate or Wake Forest and e;lrlled a master's W Pas(1 degn:c ill mathematics in 194-1. vVith time Ollt for military SCI'vicc, fi.>r Dr. he had beCil an instructor in tlte Mathematics Departillent umil he he was joined tlte Bursar's Ottice as assistant to Earnshaw ill lY4-7 , Prof. J, . In June 1958 the trustees consolidated the ollices of bursar ,1Ild ),ears,n trcasurer, and Copciand's tille was changed to trclSU reI'. T W Patter Brewer, wh6 had becn treasurer since 1912, was named treasurer fort\' vc ellleritus. lkfore the change the Treasurer's Ollice It,ld been located IIlSurallC in Raleigh and worked with a committee of tlte trustees in 11l;\Il;lg­ ing tlte permanem funds or the colkge. That flllldioll ;llong with Church I a~;lIn III the day-tn-day financial operations would hellcel(lrtlt be the re­ ot Colle spollSibiJity of the merged Onice of the Treasurer. proper 11 As assislallts, Copciand had James B. Cook, J r., a Virginian who his otliu had bcen witlt the college since 1944- except f()I' a vcar's absence f

O' Freshmen, most glc·dly we wcl~ome you ~ere, iI..'1d giw: you [t e're·:: ting: he~i';tfc:.lt i,n:i sinceret

Boys,;;om~. of' 70U 2.ivd l1crr the tOf1s1ng j\tlrntic, V'ihcre i::r.lll'·nt ~CJ! 3-Lg'Ul':'rd"smen keep 'j.i g:l.lF.. nce fn n tic;

E;o:ne h~i.l from the SlmdhHl.s or gret't CJuitcl fl r .in, V,lhore J.our-lper--pines fl·')urish l,nd g':J:ld s·)ldi(: rs trcin;

SJr:le, f'l~')'li the Stf:te'<.; center - beft s03ctiJD b:>' fEr, (A t; lE"w st, thft'S v:hr t WE thin;(, for thr t' S lI.'h€re we .:.: re!)

And s .nne fr)m the Pied:non t, where t> ctn'ies rlm, And consi:..rntly turn out w~r- goods by t~8 bn;

And SO;]l~ fr')m the l11)lmtrin;:;, ··:'h€1'E'.'7:fJOL,'nt f·):'':':.s :::.trive Th", t fF i th 'nl y c':nti:1Ue l wI fl'ee·,lr)m [;<~ rvi Ie;

P.nd SG:ne of ~'ou c\)fr.e fr:)m < l1'..::i.~:ht-rJI'.5_:1t Str. te, And S01\l~ from r- dist;;:nt 1)::1e - Iittl,; y' t7rer.t.

Re .>1[rdless of .!!hen£Q. YJU cr:ne, why you c[·me, hQ!!., Reme;llrGr .v::m ­en 're WAI

WAKE F)RE~T B )YS - ye:: t - end do n"21 be di ~:llf - yed To leE. rn we hive f.Jtuue71 ts of vr rying ;;hrde t

Some !ilv;:::y.:; f,re homesick - .\.)n't If:::t lone, it's true, But rlw<.ys (i)CS ntfke the p:nr .sufferer BLUE)

And some - though 0f course quit.e infrequently seen ­ Are vividl:r, ('Ih, U!vleni!:bly GREEN!

Ar~d often \~hen st['rting his first college quiz A frE:3hmt-n es WR I1'E l'l ~~ ['1 drift of' sn:>w ; s! And some ~re bright-HED, like the freshmf'n Tlf'med J[·ck Vlho quite by .Iili<;tr. ke 5lt pped t. WAC~n1 thc: br ck!

But this I cen sry of u ch Wtke Forest fellow, From freshmtn to senior .- h~~ never is Yl~LOW!

Dec'!' boy~;, v.re YJU lonE" :''nme'( [. t times d·:) Y;)'.l hone 1'0 hove in W! k;~ Forest S0me folks of Y'JtU' ov,rn?

1'hen quickJ.~r get this - bef'1re Enyonrc s:'·'Jpped y:m ­ A LOT OF US HEHE riILL BE GLAD 1\) J\DJPT YJU!

And just for exrmple - Imel this is 11 ') c; nt I think I ::;h·.)ulcl mrke en Dccepteble ,mnt!

(Or "o'nt", es Virf,.ini~ns up ii!':lrth ,')f us sty, But AUNTIE or ARNTIE, it's true, either W1"Y.)

And s'Jme' w:)uld be glr;rlly Yjur fpthers ')1' ::rI'Jthers, lJr 1'1: 't jolly wlcles,Jc sh;Lt·rs, 'JJ' br)thers;

But b?ys) I cdvise y'>U t.o ru~\ 1'J1' Y ,,)U!' li.fe Whenever a girl SEYS: "I'd !ll:~: ke r f ,.)xi wife!"

For !llfny &. girl is r- ch~ rming help--MEET , But !Hr'n;)r t:'.nother is jU cl t [. help-El,1'! .

P. word to the wise is sufficient rdvice, Do let us td:lpt you - it sure would.­ be nice!

The her.rt')f W~ke Forect i~ big, w[ rm f'nd true, And in i t ~'Je hove ~ . pI!' ce weiting for ~!

This town is your h0me till y:)Ur c;:,llege course ends, But we - f')r the rest )f y')ur LIF~ - r re y')ur F~IENDS! . ~j~~

De groun' all white for Christmas Eve - - a mas' unseldom snow; Br'er Malachi say "Rabbit hunt I" I 'clar' to him "Le's gO!"

But jes' as we wuz settin' out, it got norated 'roun' A pickaninny done got los' - jes' natchelly mus' be faun';

An co'se, we boun' to jine de search. It kinder hard to see Which one wuz disap'inted wusst - de dogs or him or me I

Well, me'n my pardner took out wes', a-headin' for de bay; De yuthers scatterated off jes' @ver' which-a -way

De sLin drop Iowan' my, 'twuz cole I We bofe wuz mighty grum; We still repined dat rabbit-hunt, jes' couldn' see how-come.

We reach Sis Tribulation's barn. "Br'er Malachi," I sez, "Le's step inside an' git thawed out, for I is all but frez I" SO in we go'd on' towsy mel I t might' nigh mode me weep ­ Dot pickaninny-chile wuz dar, curled up an' fast asleep I

Yes, in de manger on de hay I Br'er Malachi he smile An' den he kinder choke an' say: "De little Christmas chile!"

We fotch him home. An' when we laid him on his mammy's knee She couldn't find no words to thank Br'er Malachi an' me;

But mos' de neighbors wrang our hands; dey gather all about; "You oughter be presentified wid gif's I" Sis Tol'rance shout.

Br'er Malachi he say 0 no, bekaze he reckon it A heap mo' blesseder to gib dan what it is to git;

I sez: "Dem sentiments is mine - wid dis-here added, too: I t wouldn't be no Christmas 't all widoLit sech frien's as you I"

Edith and Elliott Earnshaw. Wake Forest, North Carolina ~?'iiI ... --", o Lor?, it ~hristmas Eve, de chu'ch all bright _Dey,s g~' ~e to d~ a, heap fo' Thee tonight, ' Br'er Malachi, we's proud yau's here--an' co'se Sis' Tol'rance, too, All cep n me, I Isn got a dime For 'twouldn' seem 10k Christmas-time widout sech frien's as you. Jes' unfinancial, seems lak, alf de time. Real glad it's comin' on to rain, to bluster an' to blow- I ain;ed to sell so~e mistletoe today Now interruptious folkses won't be botherin' us fa'; An earn my Chrrstmas off'rin' dat--a-way' But li 'l ' los' _nigger stop me at de stile- ' Dis season's jes' for us an' you, nobody else allowed, . I brung him home an' fed de horngry chile. I feels 10k soyin' (does dey come) : "Fo's comp'ny, mo's a crowd!" Uh-huh, de cabin's lookin' peart, de f'arlight make it shine, Went on a piece. A stranger come along De Christmas declarations, too, de holly an' de pine; Right nervous-headed, shambly-somep'~ wrong! . . I fotch some water kaze he gittin' worse She! sha! de supper do smell nice! (De possum kinder small He seem all right soon as he squinch his thirs'. But plenty 'nuff for jes' us fa', me'n Mandy an' you-all.) I see'd so~e smoke-Br'er Pompey been burnt ou t ! I hears a knock! It Widder Jones, a passe~ young-uns, too! H,s cabrn gone, he naked, near-about· What's dot? Yo' cabin burnded down? Lawd he'p us-we an' you! Wuz wrap up.in a quilt he'd save' by cha~ce­ (Oat mean we's got to 'ny ourse'fs, de vittleses so scant, I carned him my yuther pa'r uv pants. Dese chillun dey so horngry dey's as hollow as a ha'nt!l An' den I hear'n de news dot 01' Br'er June He mighty sidk, gwine be deceasted soon. Felt 'bleeg_ed to v isi~ him, dough it rig ht fa r; Oar now, dor now, you's done an' et, you's stuffed out nice an' roun', He soy It holp to hob me settin' dar. An' now you's actin' yawny-like; mus' spread some pallets down; An' hour b' sun--an' yet, . it wa'n't no use­ But wait! Hang up yo' stackin's, fust, ole Santa's on his way! (Gwine fill'em up wid goodies Mister Johnny brung today); Got word to come straight to de calaboose! I drap my mistletoe--an' dis'am why; Oat's fine! An' oow Ie's sing a song, fa' Christmas comin' soon­ De one in prison wuz Br'er Malachi! 'Sout shepherds watchin' flacksby night; Sis Tol'rance, raise de chune! So, messin' wid sech leastest ones as dese Dem chilluns 'sleep! De rain's halt up! An' look, a star all bright , De time got by-don't think .hard uv me, please! Oar in de Eas'! I 'spec' it koows it Christmas Eve tonight, I s en;pty-purse-ted still, an' boud to pray I koows it, too! An' Widder Jones, I hope you unnerstan's An splanify how-come I dat-a-way. We's one big fambly here tonight, a-jinin' hearts an' hands; • • • • Sha! reckon dot what Christmas for - oot vittleses an' fuss, An now jes' dis! I craves one favor so! But jes' to thaw dese frez-up hearts dot stays inside uv us; (Ain' axin' nuffin fa' myse'f-no no I) An' who's it for? Who's Christmas for? De bells uv midnight call: But 'plea~ Suh, bress my each a n' e~ ' ry fried 'Tain't jes' for me; 'tain't jes' for you; praise Heab'n, it's for ALL! DIS Chrrstmas-sho !-on' on beyont. Amen.

Edith and Elliott Earnshaw. Edith and Ell iott Earnshaw. Wake Forest, N. C. Woke Forest, North Carolina. LILIES FOR RDQMB1UNCB (To Mrs. Cullaa)

We do not need reminders OD this day To make your image clear; You are enahrined within our hearts for aye And thus forever near.

And yet, to you our special gifts we brought In days of long ago, So here are lilies as a special t hought Be Use we love you. so • Perhaps t oday you walked the shining fields And gathered with delight The Easter lilies that your Heaven yields - Fragrant and full of l i ght;

Then on God's Altar jU8t at Easter's birth I, You laid them with a scmg In ory of us who, still on earth, You've loved so much, so long.

- Edith Eamshaw

Easter Sunday, 1949 I t oug t of (;no ' f l mfer s ­ I ey 1:: st, t ough , but day . I f car se to s end y ou pr e~ € nt s , They might get i n y our rlay .

And s o I brin ; f fection, ihich f .d es ;.:. clutter s n ev er ; nd HY t YPG of a ffe ction ~t ~~ br i ght a nd l~ s t s f or ev ~r!

- (~~ ( =- - - Jn~ - l , lS October 27, 1947 Dt'. Cullom, I am sending this letter- fr-om :'8a r-g.':l. r-et uulley bon'lud ibeG 'lUSe I know you will like to have it. I have 3.n3wer-ed it, so it need not b~ c-eturned. Inei­ dentally, 1 sent her one of these LiREETINGS, hoping it mig:ht give her- a slnile, poor dej!t'..!. _I_u.!!d~r..§.t~.£ 1:!e£ .hu..§.bi:!;n.si is_n.Qt_3.QY_b~t.1e.r. ~n.£ .Rr.Qbably never' will be. Love from Elliott and GREETING FROM WAKE FOREST to dear Dr. ':::;ullom

The to? of the morning, and HO¥,;DYt I likt:l to instruct and amuse So thought I i;o~ld seize a f8v; moments And furnish som€ itams of news:

Enrollment is nOl, eighteen hundred) hith va.rious problems ',\'I:: grapple ­ For instance, our sea of young people AUIOST overi'101iS th<3 new c 11£:.9131.

Jt1st half of the group are civilians

VIi th girls sOlJle 300 of these j The rest &re our Veterans worthy Whose recoras continue to pleuse.

Some Fresl~en have seventeen surumers, One student - £l.lert ;;.;.n.:1 alive \ Collegi<..te, one 01" the 13llers - ' Is happy to bOast seventy-rivet

The girls have a new dormitory kId Hunter reverts to the boys; A number of students built houses Near golf course .- a\":ay from the noise.

'rhe registrar, 1::.. lso the bursar Both needed some offices ne~, So cfJ.ch took a classroolt c.djoining And cut a connocting door through.

New fc:.cult;r members are many And some of them have to commute ­ They cflnnot fin( homes in Viake Forest. (V:e hooe we con' t lose 'em en route ~)

Fall costUIr~ ~s are slowly &ppearing, The stJle· maker-s' mc;.nner is curt. They don't ask II Ho·,. green \iaS my valley? II but 2im·:)ly II HO\J lont; is your skirt?"

~,e no~, have u brand-new nolice force ­ He's handsome a~d. comp~tent, too: The folks who drive cars, trucks and busses Have le&rned they must watch what they do; A prof got a ticket one iilorning. On hearing, his v;ife made reply: "HoB a\':fuH" did YOU get a ticket?" Then aa.ded. 110 \;e11 - so dld I!"

And football'! Le make no predictions For seldom are things as they seem; Our schedule is simply terrific ­ But truly 1.:e have a. good team.

In closing - our good \:ishe:3 al'.,ays Are v:ith you, 'illntever betide. We ~ope you will soon come to see us; The latchstring is on the outside.

Fall 1947 Edith Earnsha.\7 (In the Bursar's Office)

I, . 1 49

i.Th en IlP.tions bick81' without end

And tr(,ubles seem to worsen,

Sure, Prov~ence is good, to lend

Our Dr. Cullom for a friend ­

A dear, delightful person!

Sincerely and gr,.<.tefully, o Christmas again, and my garden all bare! At noontime a wee, homeless kitten I found No trace of the bloom which in summer was there. Curled up in my garden-but not on the ground; No fruits and no flowers! This garden of mine _. The clove pinks' grey foliage made a warm nest Can offer no gifts on the Birthday divine. And there had the poor little creature found rest. Like April's own sunshine, with goodwill aglow, The whole livelong day-for I watched them, and Encircling the lily pool's rim, cowslips grow; know- A wonderful wine they would make, sweet and mild, A flock of small birds winged their way to and fro. For the little Christ Child, for the blessed o yes, English sparrows, drab, wary, despised, Christ Child! All seeking the seeds which they mightily prized. My banksian rose blossoms golden in May With never a thorn on its shining green spray; And just as the sun slipped away o'er the brink And out of its gold, what a crown could be styled There came a stray dog to my garden to drink; For the little Christ Child, for the blessed He lapped up the water, inviting and cool, Christ Child! Till stars bright as diamonds looked up from the pool. While hummingbirds hover and bees drone a tune, Tonight, as I waited for Christmas with awe­ Clove pinks are as dazzling as snowdrifts in June; Half waking, half dreaming-a vision I saw: And 0 what a pillow-perfumed, undefiled­ My banksian rose was a crown of pure gold; For the little Christ Child, for the blessed My clove pinks were pillows of whiteness untold; Christ Child! The berries that ripen in ardent July The seeds were transformed into fruits rare and fine; Are lustrous as jewels, delighting the eye; And out in the pool was the water all wine! And think what a gift, in a silver dish piled, A Voice said to me: "Are you not then aware For the little Christ Child, for the blessed A garden is not-and can never be-bare! Christ Child! It gave Me no gifts? 0 but that cannot be: But Christmas again, and my garden all bare! What it gave to those creatures it gave unto Me!" No trace of the bloom which in summer was there. Then the Christmas star glistened and all Nature smiled No fruits and no flowers! This garden of mine On the little Christ Child, on the precious Can offer no gifts on the Birthday divine! Christ Child! This morning a woman-an outcast, God knows­ In passing gazed long at my banksian rose Then asked for one green, curving branch--one, EDITH EARNSHAW no more- To fashion a wreath for her humble front door. Wake Forest, North Carolina TO 'fEE DYING YEAR

Old 'fear, Old Year, do you mind ve.ry much, As the sands of life run lot" ThE:t soon you must turn your lined. face to tl1e ~ ie. ll, Ami close your E>yeG, ani:. go'?

Old Year, Old Year, Goer. it hurt you bec&use :-:,(wn -the v.c.iting \.orlc:. "ill he[.l': "'rhe te&r is dead~" Tilen the cl&mor oi beLls j 'I'hen shout ~J: "Lung live tho it::lar~ II

Old Year, Old [eea:, you \,ere anxious and s[a, And yet generous and true; You brought sombre hf<',vens anc. pitiles~ rain ­ But brought Die rc..inbov,s, too. t - Old 'fesI' , Old YeE..~, yar: bequeath in your •. ill, To be clwrished tin liffJ end:], The look of f'"y gcl.l:den wh8n Bpril v,.:?.~, here, And FRIENDS, Olel Year - my fRlbiWSt

\·:alrp. It "' oI'e::)"t,, l~. c. J6nuary, 1953 To Everett Gill, Jr.

Death took his share, and it was his to keep -­ That finite part of you we cherished so And miss the more as long days come and go. Death took it in exchange for dreamless sleep. Your spirit, though, that set stars in your eyes, Kindled your smile, and made your heart and mind A sanctuary for a lost mankind: • That made you brave and generous and wise -- . _ Your spirit was life's share. And this, life gave Into God's keeping. Mortals cannot see Where God's eternal treasure-house may be. We only know that it is not the grave. And our part? Oh, a precious, priceless thing: The lone hearts' bittersweet -- remembering.

Edith Earnshaw Wake Forest, North Carolina April 25, 1954