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THE -SUSTDAY OREGOIAN, PORTLAND, JULY 13, 1902.
THE HOMES AND HAUNTS OF CELEBRATED AUTHORS
SIR WALTER SCOTT, BY ANDREW LANG, AUTHOR OF "BOOKS AND BOOKMEN."
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WEEKLY and monthly the inquiring
public is gratified, by newspapers
and magazines, with photographs
and descriptions of the homes of actresses,
Puchesses, literary mn and others -who
do not object tp publicity. That is a more
pious tasto -which interests us in tho
homes of tho illustrious dead. But pil
grims will search In vain for the first
home of Sir Walter Scott, the house in
College Wynd -where his little brothers
and sisters (1759-1766) "perished in Infan
cy." That house, as far as I can trace it,
must have stood very close to the site of
Kirk ,o' Field, -where Iarnley, the hus
band of Queen Mary, -was murdered In
1557. But College "Wynd does not seem to
have existed at the time of the murder;
it probably -was built not long afterward,
on the gardens or -waBte lands of the
Black Friar's- Monastery, or of the town
house of the Duke or Hamilton. Shortly
after Scott's birth his family moved, to
George's Square, then new and fashion
able, as, with Its site near the meadows,
it is still comfortable and airy. Perhaps
the area gate, which nearly crushed the
fingers of Scott's child sister, Anne, "be
twixt the hasp and staple," may still be
swinging In the Edinburgh gales. Strong,
square-built and commodious is the dwell
ing, it was from the window of this house,
perhaps, that Scott's father threw the
teacup out of which Murray of Brough
ton, the betrayer of Prince Charles, had
drunk. Certainly the boy, "Walter, treas
ured the saucer, "Broughton's saucer,"
"with his old ballads, skull and crossbones,
and similar "gabions" (as he called them)
in his little study in George's Square.
But, on reflection, I think that the date
of the legal dealings of the traitor Mur
ray with Mr. Scott (I have seen the actual
papers) was earlier In date than the move
to George's Square. The pavement of
College Wynd, not of the square, must
ha e rung the fall of the historic teacup.
The Honse in George's Square.
For some 25 years, till his marriage,
George's Square was the domicile of Sir
Walter. Out of Its windows, as a studious
child, ho saw the other boys playing, and,
when asked why he did not join them,
said: "You can't think how ignorant these
bojs are." Thence, later, he crept not
very willingly to the old High School (not
the present handsome building), thence he
sallied forth to take part in tho bickers
with tho "Keelles" (street lads), In one
of which poor Greenbreeks got a clout in
the head .from a huntlng-sword. To
George's Square he returned, late and
wear', from long country rambles, a va
grant, whom his father expected to end
as "a gangrel scrape-gut" In the mead
ows hard by, Charles Klrkpatrlck Sharpe
saw Mm limping home from cavalry drill,
and mocked at his lameness. Later, as a
clerk in his father's office, he copied pa
pers here, at night, and wore the shabby
old clothes that "be good enough for
drinking In." Ho showed more of the
dandy when he had lest his heart to his
first and -unforgotten love, and commenced
poet, and went into society, being en
deared by his humor to the Duchess of
Buccleugh, and other grand dames of her
world. The studious child, the venture
some schoolboy, the truant student, the
noisy, daring. Jovial young advocate,
"first at a fray and last at a feast," the
patient and ardent lover, the young poet,
all these avatars of Scott dwelt under the
roof of the house In George's Square. For
a t'rd of hlg whole life this place was-
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN '
EFFECTIVE AND HARMLESS LOTIONS FOR THE SKIN
AND HANDS r CONTINUED FROM FAGE 28
follows: Sulphur precipitate, 4 drachms;
camphor gum, 20 grains; acacia gum, 40
grains; lime water, 4 ounces; rose water,
4 ounces. Bathe the face with soap and
-water and rinse it before using this
lotion.
A good shampoo for oily hair Is bay
rum, S ounces; alcohol, 4 ounces; water,
4 ounces; tincture of cantharldes, ounce;
carbonate of ammonia, ounce; carbon
ate of potash, V ounce.
Dissolve the ammonia and potash in the
water. Mix the bay rum, alcohol and can
tharldes and add to the carbonates and
water. Agitate thoroughly. Wet the hair
-with the liquid, rubbing it well into the
eealp, and rinse -with several waters.
You can make bandollrfe for the hair of
quince seeds. 1 drachma; hot water,
pint; cologne, 2 ounces; oil of cloves, 6
drops; oil of lavender, 6 drops.
Soak the seeds In hot water for several
hours. Strain and add the cologne, which
has previously been mingled with the oils.
If you have cold feet and dull eyesight,
two things which accompany each other,
try this: Rub the soles of tho feet with
vaseline and sprinkle them well with red
pepper before putting on the stockings.
Your feet will be warm that day, the
blood will be gone from the head an'd the
sight will improve.
For freckles and similar facial blem
ishes, it is well to try simple remedies first
and keep them in subjection with these,
rather than resort to even the occasional
use of more heroic treatment. Lemon
Juice rubbed well Into the face at night
is excellent for whitening the skin. Tho
following ia an effective remedy, but It
may not agree with all skins: Pulverised
borax, 30 grains; lemon Juice, 22 ounces.
Buttermilk Is also an excellent and
harmless face bleach.
Hjdrogen peroxide made Into a paste
with chalk or cuttlefish bone Is an effi
cient agent for whitening discolored teeth.
Large ripe cucumbers, cut in slices, ap
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
THINGS USEFUL IN THE KITCHEN AND ELSEWHERE
IN THE HOME
MARINE oalc furniture Is new and par
ticularly adapted for Summer fur
Jilshlngs. It Is an unusually rich shade of
brown and so named because It sugegsted
to the designer some oak seen aboard an
old schooner, and colored by the action of
the silt water and other elements a deep
brownish tint.
Flower pots of terra cotta in shades of
red or buff are used as decorations for
porches and balustrades and are con
sidered effective substitutes for the ordi
nary Jardinieres.
For Summer use blue and white china
is always in favor and comes at moderate
figure e. Somewhat higher in price and
better in quality is the fine white ware
bordered -vlth lace designs In blue, pink
and green, or decorated with floral bou
quets in pompadour pattern.
Individual shortcakes are preferred by
some folks to the customary triangular
pieces cut from a large cake. The most
satisfactory way to make these individual
cakes is to take baking powder biscuits
somewhat larger than the ordinary tea
or luncheon size, split them while hot
and butter.- Put mashed and sweetened
berries between these biscuit layers and
on top. the same as with cake, and serve
with cream.
A delicious sauce for serving with bread
or cottage pudding or plain boiled rice Is
made by beating to a cream, one-half
cupful of butter and one cupful of sugar,
then adding a cupful of ripe mashed
his home. We enter the square and fancy
sees the limping, strange, tall-browed
child at the window; the burly schoolboy
limping forth with a shout: the amateur
cavalryman, or the footsore wanderer
trailing home; the student going to the
Speculative Society; the advocate march
ing to the Parliament House, the publish
er's or the ball at tho Assembly Booms,
where, in 1745, Invernahyle quartered his
company of Appin Stewarts. Scott dwelt
longer In no one place than in George's
Square, a place little altered and worthy
of a visit from the pilgrim.
Sandy ICnoire.
The pilgrim will next, if he follows
chronology In his wanderings, go to Sandy
Knowe farm, under tho crags on which
stands the Border peel of Smallholme.
Scott's first memories do not really date
from Sandy Knowe, as he occasionally
said. He remembered the earlier night
.on which his lameness began, at George's
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Square; he was about three when he went
to his kinsfolk at Sandy Knowe. The
view from the tower takes In Tweed, with
Mertoun, and the Interesting old house
of Lesuddcn, the patrimony, still, of the
Scotts. Dry burgh, where the Minstrel
sleeps. Melrose, which he made Immortal
ly famous, and Hume Castle, so renowned
In Border wars, are all In view; so Lock
hart says I do not know Sandy Knowe,
though familiar with the adjacent places.
Here the child came to his own, to his
Border heritage; ho learned the ballads,
the legends.
And e er, by the Winter hearth.
Old tales I heard of wo or mirth.
Or lover's slights, of lady's charms.
Of w itches' spells, of warriors' arms.
Of patriot battles, won of old
By Wallace Wight and Bruce the Bold
Of later Holds of feud and light.
When, pouring from their Highland height.
The Scottish clans, 1n headlong' ew ay.
Had -swept the carlet ranks away.
Here the child learned to read, studied
plied to tho face and hands, allowing the
Juice to dry on, will make tho skin soft
.and white. A simple cucumber cream is
made after the following formula: Al
mond oil, 8 ounces; spermaceti, 2 ounces;
white wax, 2 ounces; cucumber Juice, 4
ounces.
The following will be found to be a good
skin food: White wax, 1 ounce; sper
maceti, 1 ounce: lanolin, 2 ounces; sweet
almond oil, 4 ounces; cocoanut oil, 2
ounces; tincture of benzoin, 30 drops;
orange flower water, 2 ounces. Melt the
first five ingredients together. Take off
the fire and beat until nearly cold, adding,
little by little, the benzoin, and lastly the
orange flower water.
To whiten and soften your hands, wash
them several times a day with oatmeal
or bran water. Make it thus: Take some
fresh bran or good, sweet oatmeal and
boil it In water enough to make It a very
thin gruel. Strain and use the liquid a
little more dnuted whenever the hands are
washed. Do not make a large quantity
of the bran or oatmeal water, as it quick
ly sours. Wear cosmetic glovca at night.
They are gloves three sizes too large.
Spread with a paste as follows: OH of
sweet almonds, 2 teaspoonfuls; glycerine,
1 teaspoonful; rice flour, 1 teaspoonful;
rose water, 1 ounce; tincture of benzoin,
80 drops; yolks of two fresh egga.
A vinegar for toilet use made from fresh
strawberries will be found very agreeable.
This is very simply made. Steep one and
pne-half quarts of strawberries in one
quart of white wine vinegar for seven
dftya; strain and cork in bottles until
used., Dilute in water when Rising.
But right here I want to cay that no
amount of creams or face bleaches Is
going to keep the complexion soft and
white if one's digestive organs are not
performing their proper functions, or If
one neglects to bathe regularly, or grows
lax In regard to proper diet
strawbcrrlesand the white of an egg
whipped stiffly
A variation from the ordinary way of
serving bananas Is to make them Into
a sort of scallop something after this
fashion: Cut half a dozen bananas into
half Inch slices and also cut some bread
Into small pieces. Put aMayer of the
bread on the bottom of a baking dish,
cover with a layer of the banana, sprin
kle with two tablespoonfuls of sugar and
one tablespoonful of lemon Juice. Re
peat these layers until the desired quan
tity has been used with tread for the
uppermost layer. Put a tablespoonful of
melted butter over the top and cover with
sugar. Bake in a quick oven for 30 min
utes. A good way to serve string beans and
potatoes for luncheon on a hot day is in
a salad. Wash and string tho means, cut
them into strips aid boil until tender in
salted water. Drain and place on Ice to
cool. Cut the tame quantity of cold
boiled white potatoes Into straws and put
the two vegetables into a salad bowl with
some minced parsley. Serve with a dress
ing made of two parts oil to one of vine
gar and salt, pepper and onion Juice to
taste.
Whipped cream Is an essential accom
paniment of the most delicious of Summer
desserts, and in preparing it it is Impor
tant that the cream be well chilled, other
wise it will not whip stiff. Another point
to remember is that it must not be too
rich or it will turn butter during the
whipping process. If it eeosM too heavy
Hardiknute, made friends with sheep and
shepherds, and took that romantic play
which made him the Border mlnlstrcl and
historian. Almost his first proof of his
mettle is the ballad of "The Eve of St.
John." of which Emailholme Tbi er is the
scene.
The early portions of Scott's life passed
at Bath, and in the house of a relation
near Kelso (Hose Hall) leavo no great
mark in his career. At Kelso, the Tween1
and the Abbey strengthened his affection
for the Borders; Indeed, one of his love
letters to his wife, before their marriage.
dwelt on his desire to find his last home 1
at Dryburgh. But the young lady gayly
declined to take views so long and bo
sepulchral.
At Lnssvrnde.
After his marriage, Scott rented a house
in South Castle street. Its interior docs
not repay a pilgrimage, nor is much to
be said about the house In North Castle
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street, where he lived, when in Edinburgh,
till 1S26. In the Summer, after his wed
ding, Scott at first rented a cottage at
Lasswade, on the Esk, six miles from
Edinburgh. The Esk, of course, had not
then been polluted, and, when, free from
such modern improvements, it was a pret
ty stream, associated, with the Battle of
Pinkie Cleugh, and with Queen Mary's
surrender at Carbcrry Hill. Hard by
were Pennyculk, and
Aucbendlnny's hazel shade.
And haunted Woodhouselee.
Tho ghost is connected either with the
wife of Hamilton of Bothwcllhaugh, or
with the Lady Anne Bothwell of the La
ment When the old house was pulled
down, the stones were used to build the
new house, and the phantasm stayed on.
Here, too, were
ITblvllle's beeehy groes, -
And Roslln's rock' glen:
Dalkeith, which all the virtues love.
And classic Hawthornden.
At Lasswade Scott' edited the BoFder
dilute with milk. While whipping the
cream place the bowl In a larger bowl or
pan filled with Ice water or chopped ice.
Add the flavoring or sweetening before or
after the whipping process according to
fancy. To servo with compote whipped
cream prepared In this way is very good:
To half a pint of rich cream allow a quar
ter of a cupful of milk, the juice of half a
lemon, two rounded tablespoonfuls of
powdered sugar and a half glass of sherry.
Put all the ingredients in a bowl and
whip.
A method of cooking sweet potatoes that
Is especially well liked in tho South Is the
following: Boil the potatoes with their
skins on until tender, then peel, eMce
lengthwise and arrange In a buttered
baking dish. Sprinkle with a small cup
of brown sugar, add a generous lump of
butter and a little hot water and bake
slowly about an hour or until the dish is
well browned on top.
Soft gingerbread is a dainty relished in
the nursery all the year round. Here Is an
excellent recipe for making it: Take 10
ounces of flour, three ounces each of moist
sugar and butter, one teaspoonful of soda,,
two teaspoonfuls of ground ginger, half
a pint of syrup and half a gill of warm
water, to which one egg has been pre
viously added. Mix well together, half fill
a shallow, well-buttered baking tin and
bake in a quick oven.
To make a sweet dressing for tt fruit
salad boil one-half cupful of sugar with
one-fourth cupful of cold water until the
syrup will spin a delicate thread. Uld
tho unbeaten white of one egg and sim
mer three minutes. Remove from the fire
and add the Juice of two oranges, two
tablespoonfuls of lemon juice, one-half
cupful of plneapplo Juice and strain
through a cloth.
How to Cook Lamb Chops.
The loin chops should be cut a little over
an inch thick, trimmed and skewered Into
round shape. French chops are cut thin
ner, the fat trimmed off and bone scraped
clean. Do not serve loin and French
chops at tho samo time and do not have
them cut of varying thicknesses. Lamb
chops should be broiled to be at their
beet and require about the same time as a
steak. Hold In a greased wire broiler
over tho coals turning at first as often
as you count 10. Be careful not to smoke
the meat by scorching the fat.
A lamb chop is broiled long enough
when it 13 puffy but if It is allowed to
cook until dry and hard it Is spoiled. If It
is not convenient to broil over coals a
pan-hroll mgy be substituted, and if tho
fat is not burned tho chop will be fairly
good.
French chops look well with paper frills
round the ends of the bones made from
Inch strips of fringed and curled white
paper.
Peas are the suitable accompaniment, if
green, be sure they are not wilted and
tasteless, else It will be better to substi
tute canned peas'. Rinse the canned arti
cle thoroughly in cold water for the liquor
about them has an unpleasant flavor.
Heat well, add s"alt, a half teaspoon or
sugar md butter, then pile the peas on a
platter and arrange the chops round them.
Mushroom Soup.
Something really new in the soup lino
is a difficult matter for tho home caterer
to achieve, but with mushrooms as the
basis she may sere a delicacy in thiss
line that will set the family guessing what
can hare produced such a savory flavor.
Odds and ends of mushrooms, fresh .ancV
good, but to be had at low price, because
they are the bottom of a baskej; and not
fit to serve whole, will answer excellently
for this purpose. Wash and peel about a
pint of these, put them into a siuccpan
with a point of boiling water; boll until
tender, then rub through a sieve. Pre
pare a cream by stirring a tablespoonful
of flour Into one of boiling butter, and add
ing slowly to this a quart of hot milk.
Season with salt and pepper, stir until
smooth and thick; add the mushrooms and
stir until blended, when it is ready to
serve, if too thick, stir in a little boiling
vkitar. v
Minstrelsy, and composed his own early
ballads.
In ISM Lord Napier very properly In
sisted that Scott should live in his Sher
iffdom of Ettrlck Forest. He thought of
residing at Harden, the house of the head
of his clan, hut found the road long to
Selkirk. He, therefore, rented Ashestlel,
on Tweed, from his cousin, Mr. Russell,
in whose family the estate remains.
, By the Tweed.
Ashestlel, between Ellbank and Tair,
is 'some four miles from Selkirk. The
house, part of which is an old peel tower,
stands on a very steep wooded bank,
above Tweed, and through the grounds
runs a brawling littlo burn, immortalized
in Marmldn. There was then no bridge,
only a ford, to Scott's great delight. The
kitchen range, from Edinburgh, was
wrecked In crossing this ford during a
spate; and so casual -were all the appoint
ments that Scott had o shoot a crow to
secure a quill for his pen. At Ashestlel
were passed the poet's happiest years. Here
he shad "grand gallops upon the hills
when he was thinking of Marmlon." The
hills are the pleasant-heather-clad sum
mits -which divide Ettrick from Tweed;
here, for rierbaps the bnly time, Scott
saw a ghost; or at least nppearances and
disappearances unaccountable of a tall,
brown figure. Finally neither Scott nor
his mare, Flmella. wanted to" sttady the
phantasm any longer, and Flmella bolted
home to her stable.
The anecdote IS given by R, P. Gillies,
not by Lockhart. In the Forest, Scott had
countless friends, from James Hogg, far
away up Ettrlck, to Mrs. Laldtaw, wife
of 4Auld LairdNlppy," al the Peel, close
,to-AshestieL Mrs. Laldlaw was a- kins
woman of my own, and I value the vol
umes of his works which he gavo her,
with autograph inscriptions. From the
Duke to the hind ho knew and was be
loved by everybody. Ho had kinsmen
and friends at Sunderland Hall, Yalr,
Bowhlll, Elibank, and all oyer tho coun
ty. At Ellbank his collateral ancestor
(and mine by a ramification of female
kin), Young Harden preferred Muckle
Mou'd Meg to the lalrjd's gallows. I con
fess that I doubt the veracity of this fa
mous legend, for it also occurs, I believe,
in Germany. However, Scott cherished
Charles JClrkpatrick Sharpo's drawing of
Muckle Mou'd Meg. Ashestlel, with its
woods, heather-clad hills, and Tweed,
then full of trout for which Sir Walter
used to angle, and with the hearty so
ciety of the forest, was an Ideal home for
Scott. And all the while, in his study,
looking out to the south and the wall of
woods, was a huge old Invalid's chair,
belonging to the Bussels. When, at Ab
botsford, Scqtt was stricken with par
alysis, this chair was lent to him, and
now it Is agilin at Ashestlel. I have sat
in it, not without the obvious reflections
on that chmge from the saddle to the
armchair, and on fate, that therein sat
and watched a, strong man from his own
penultimate retreat. Just 20 years were to
elapse between the flitting from Ashestlel
to Abbotsford, and the flitting of tho arm
chair to that new villa, the scene of so
many Joys and hopes and honors, the
cause of eo heavy a ruin. "How Fortune
Jests with us." wrote Bollngbroke, when
Queen Anne's death broke the web of in
trigue, and dashed down tho airy castles
of ambition. Thus Fate "sat there and
smiled" in that ancient armchair, as over
each of us she watches, smiling and In
scrutable. Removal From Abbotsford.
It was In May. lSli, that Scott made a
Joyous- flitting from Ashestlel to Clarty
Hole, on a dull flat or haugh beside tho
Tweed. Clarty Hole was a squalid little
farmhouse. Just below the junction of the
Tweed 'and EltrTck. The river runstamer
TO MIX SUMMER DRINKS
THE porch hostess who adds to her
other accomplishments the. ability to
mix Summer drinks correctly md artis
tically may rest assured of her popular;
Ity, nor will she ever look more attracl
tlve than when presiding over a well-appointed
serving table. The latter should
be light and airy, in keeping with her
own dilnty costume. A complicated serv
ice of bottles and equipments Is less to be
desired than skill In compounding and
serving. Delicacy of touch, termed by
the professional bartender tho technique
of his art, can be attained by practice,
thereby appealing to the eye as well as
the taste.
Glasses, shiker bottles and syphons
should glisten. For fruits used in gir
nlshing the drinks, provide small, low,
glass dishes. Sliced pineapples, berries
in season, maraschino cherries, orange
and lemon add greatly to the appearance
of the drink. Oranges and lemons should
be pared of both yellow and white rind,
thinly sliced and cut in .half. Where they
form Ingredients, the sugar used in com
pounding should be rubbed lightly over
the peel that some of the pungent oil
may be absorbed. Pulverized sugar is
more pleasing to tho e"ye, but granulated
dissolves more easily.
Where drinks are frequently served it
pays to keep on hand sugar syrup,
known as simple syrup, or "gum," made
as follows: Info an enamel pot pour l$a
quarts of water and two pounds of loaf!
sugar. Boil over a very slow fire, stir
Tlng occasionally, skim off impurities and
strain. into bottles.
Ice should be well cracked or shaved,
for which purpose an ice-shaver may be
secured at any .large hardware store. For
straining provide one with a disc of met
al surrounded by spiral springs. This will
fit closely to any glass, no matter what
shape, and catch either the Ice used to
refrigerate the drink, or seed particles.
In mixing with the shaker a glass
should not be held in one hand with the
mixer In the other. The hands should
grasp both shaker and goblet, the tin be
ing placed over the glaBs firmly but not
too forcibly, lest the stem of the goblet
be broken. A better plan Is to employ a
"mixing glass," which is merely an extra
long tumbler of fine glass. In fact, even
a shaker may be dispensed with If only
the drink be properly mixed. The spoon,
preferably a long-handled tyir spoon,
should be held between the thumb and
index finger, the other fingers remaining
free. Avoid the rotary motion or churn
ing which the average woman considers
stirring. The spoon should not be raised
from the bottom of the glass more than
half an inch, nor should the rotary mo
tion be commenced until the sugar has
dissolved. Then, holding the spoon "be
tween the second and third fingers, about
three inches from the top, the thumb
steadying the top, describe a circle of
Small diameter. All danger of splashing
Is thbs avoided, while the fluids are thor
oughly mixed. The hostess who literally
churns her drinks with & teaspoon de
tracts from the cooling effect by the ener
gy she expends.
The strainer should not be grasped by
the handle and shoved into the mouth of
the glass, but should be held lightly be
tween the first and second fingers of the
right hand and pressed firmly against the
glass, which is supported gracefully In
the left hand.
Where shaker bottles are used, avoid
tho appearance of graaplpg the bottle
fiercely by thef neck. Hold It with tho
than where he foams through the rock3
of Yair: the Selkirk road goes Just in
front of the house, hidden by a hedge.
The ownership of the land does not even
carry the right of salmon fishing, though
Scott was allowed to go leistering, or
fish-spearing, when and where he pleased.
On this rather uninviting sport Sir Wal
ter fixed his eyes. Here he would com
mence Tweedslde laird Sit meae sede3
utlnam Senectao: "would that it may be
tho home ofy old age'" Historical as
sociations attracted him. H.cre was
"Turn Again," the stone that marks tho
place where the Scotts and Elliots turned
on the Kers, in the list great clan battle
Xfor the possession of the person of James
V). Hero
Gallant Cessford's life-blood dear
Reeked on dark Billot's border spear.
Scott "collected" lands rich In historic
memories, as he collected antiquarian cu
riosities. He wanted to buy Faldonside.
the seat once of Andrew Ker, who
stabbed Ricclo, and married the young
widow of John Knox. He coveted tho
old and pretty peel of Darolck, a village
near his marches. He did buy Cauldshlel
Loch, up in the hills, a mere haunted by
the beatach, or water bull, so common in
Highland belief. He also secured the
Rhymer's Glen, where Thomas the Rhym
er met the Fairy Queen, a rivulet flowing
past the pleasant cottage of Chiefswood,
where his son-in-law, Lockhart, lived,
and where I have passed so many a hap
py day. Opposlto Abbotsford, as Scott
called Clarty Hole, was Lord Somervllle's
fishing lodge or pavillfin, with another
fairy glen, and the three towers lmmortal
iied in "The Monastery-" Gala House,
too, was not far off; Indeed, Scolfs neigh
bors were much tho samo as of old, and
Galashiels manufacturers had not yet
erected villas that overcrow Abbotsford.
That house, though so ruinously expen
sive in tho building and "plenishing," is
no castlo or palace, merely a villa, to
which Mr. Hope Scott, on marrying Sir
Walter's granddaughter, had to make
considerable additions. But Scott "lived
on borrowed gear." The vast profits of
his novels reached him in fairy golir-
that turned into protested bills, worse
than -worthless-. He spent great sums on
planting, on his library, on curiosities
(sometimes glmcrack or spurious), on
keeping open house, and on- gifts and
charities innumerable.
To myself Abbotsford is a, supremeljr
melancholy place. All the world knows
It, the littlo hall, with the shields of the
Border clans, the place where Scott saw
tho eidolon of the .dead Byron. The library
is wonderfully rich In raro books of
"grammarj'o" -and of historical lore. "The
great collections of Scott and Lockhart
manuscripts are not kept In the old part
of the building. Here are his family pic
tures and the portrait of Claverhouse;
here is the great bureau at which He
wrote, containing the bright locks of hair
cut from the heads of his little brothera
and sisters, who died in childhood. Here
Is everthing beside which Scott grew
old, fighting, to the loss of Intellect and
life, the ,battle for honor. Here, In the
dining-room, he died, through the open
window came the murmur of Tweed, his
requiem. The halls are crowded with
ghosts of the fair, the famous, the noblej
of the bores whom he suffered gently, of
the family and the friends who loved him;
of Lockhart, the loyal heart, who died
here also, and hence carried into- peace
the burden and the mystery of his sor
rows. At the feet of Scott, in the beautiful
ruined Dryburgh, Lockhart sleeps, and
tho Tweed murmurs by their tombs. At
Dryburgh ends our pilgrimage, and here
la that last home of which Scott was
thinking when he wooed his wife:
Next weekt "The Brownings,"' by Hel
en Zlmmcrn.
DELICIOUS RECIPES FROM A NOTED NEW
YORKER'S PRIVATE NOTEBOOK
thumb and first two fingers, while the re
maining fingers act as support for tho
weighty end of tho bottle. In pouring
from heavier bottles, grasp the baso In
stead of the neck, and In serving aer
ated waters from syphons do not start
the flow of liquid with such force that
tho contents bound from the glass. Do
not press the lever down full until the
weight of liquid in the glass is sufficient
to overcome the force of the stream.
Nothing so destroys the artistic effect
of serving a drink as filling tho glass to
overflowing. In garnishing, add the fruit
last, that it may float on tho top. It
should never appear In the bottom of the
glass.
The following recipes are from tho pri
vate notebook of one of New York's most
noted mixers:
Plain Lemonade.
Peel six lemons and three oranges.
Squeeze the Juice into a large pitcher
and add six tablespoons of sugar and
three quarts of water, plain or mineral.
Stir -until sugar is plainly dissolved, and
when ready to serve placo one largo piece
of Ice in the pitcher. Serve with slices
of pineapple, orange and berries In sea
son. Claret Lemonade.
Made as above, with addition of claret
or sherry as preferred, in tho proportion
of one wineglass to each goblet of lem
onade, pour in last and keep separate
from the mixture in bullc
Ess Lcm6nade.
Add to tho plain lemonade three to six
eggs, according to taste. Beat these
very light and add just before' the ice,
mixing thoroughly.
English Claret Bowl.
Peel and cut In slices one orange and
half, a cucumber. Mix with two or tlrree
tablespoons of pulverized sugar, a wine
glass of brandy or two glasses of sherry
two bottles of claret, and cool several
hours on Ice. Strain, add one bottle of
seltzer and1 garnish with fruit.
Peach Bo atI.
Peel 10 or 12 peaches, cut in quarters,
remove the stones, strew thickly with
powdered sugar and cover the bowl well.
Let it stand eight or 10 hours, add two
bottles of Rhino or Moselle wine and
place on Ice. Strain, add a bottle of
seltzer and garnish.
Cnrrnnt Bishop.
One quart of currants strained through
a hair sieve and mixed with half a pound
of powdered sugar and a quart of light
white wine. Put on Ice and serve over
broken Zwieback, or small biscuit
Orgeat.
One-quarter pound of sweet almonds,
eight to 10 bitter almonds blanched in
bollng water. Mash with one-fourth
pound of sugar, adding during the process
a few drops of cold water. Put In a china
pot, add gradually one pint cold water,
stir well and stand in a cool place for
two hours. Strain through a cloth and
place on Ice. When ready to serve, add
one quart of cold water and one pony of
orange flower water.
Raisin or Passover "Wine.
This noted Jewish concoction and non
intoxicant is prepared from three pounds
of fine raisins chopped and seeded. Place
in a Jug with one pound of sugar and six
or seven quarts of cold Water. Set the
vessel, covered, on or behind the stove
hearth. Skim after three or four days,
filter through a funnel, lined with linen
or blotting paper, Jnto bottles. Add to
each bottle some stick cinnamon, lemon
peel and cloves. Cork well and put In
cellar for at least two weeks.
Nectar, English style, is made after the
above recipe, adding tho rind of one or
two lemons.
The Wind Over the Chimney.
See, tho Are la sinking low.
Dusky red tho mber8 glow,
WhH abo e them still I cower.
While a moment more 1 linger.
Though the clock, with lifted flnlrer,
Points beyond the, midnight hour.
-t
Sines the blackened log a tuna
Learned in romo forgotten June
From a schoolboy at his play.
When they both were young1 together.
Heart of youth and Summer weather
Making all their holiday.
And the night-wind rising, hark;
How above trierf- In the dark.
In the midnight and the snow.
Eer wilder, fiercer, grander.
Like the trumpets of Iskander,
All the noisy chimneys blow!
Every quivering tongue of flame
Seems to murmur some great name,
Seema to say to me, "Aspire!"
But the nlght-wlnd, answers.. "Hollow
Are tho vlsloha that jou follow
Into darkness sinks your Are!"
Then the flicker of the blare
Gleams on volumes of old days,
"Written by masters of the art.
Loud through whose majestic pages
Holla the melody of ages,
. Throb the harp-strings of the heart.
And again the tongues of flame
Start exulting and exclaim:
"These are prophets, bards and seers;
In the horoscope of nations.
Like ascendant constellations,
They control the coming years."
But the night-wind cries: "Despair I
Those who walk with feet of air
Leave no long-enduring marks;
At God's forges Incandescent
Mighty hammers beat Incessant,
These are but tho IJylng sparks.
"Dust are all the hands that wrought;
Books are sepulchres of thought;
The dead laurels of tho dead
Hustle for a moment only.
Like the withered leaves In "lonely
Churchyards at some passing tread.
Suddenly the flame sinks down;
Sink the rumors of renown;
And alone the n!ght-wlnd drear
Clamora louder, -wilder, vaguer
" 'TIs the hTand of Melager
tDylng on the hearth-stone herel"
And I answer "Though It be.
Why should that discomfort me?
JJo endeavor la in vain;
Its reward 13 In the doing.
And the rapturo of pursuing
Is tho prize the vanquished gain.
- Longfellow.
' Dirge for One "Who Fell in Battle.
Room for a soldier! lay him in the clover:
He loved the fields, and they shall be his cover;
Make his mound with hers who called him
onco her lover;
Where tho rain may rain upon it.
Whero tho sun may shine upon it,
Where tho lamb hath Iain upon it.
And the bee will dine upon It.
Bear him to no dismal tomb under city
. churches: v
Take him to the fragrant fields, by the silver
birches,
Whero tho whlppoorwlll shall mourn, where
the oriole perches;
Make his mound with sunshine on it.
Where tho bee will dine upon It,
Where the lamb hath lain upon it.
And the rain will rain upon 1L
Busy as the bee was he, and his rest should be
the clover:
Gentle as tho lamb was he. and the fern should
be his cover;
Fern and rosemary shall grow my soldier's pil
low ever;
Where the rain may rain upon it.
Whero the sun may shine upon it.
Where the lamb hath laln upon It.
And tho bee shall dine up It!
Sunshine In his heart, the rain would como full
often
Out of those tender eyes which ever more did
soften;
He ever could look cold till we saw htm In his
coffln. ,
Make his mound with sunshine on It.
Plant tho lordly pino upon it.
Whero the moon may stream upon it.
And memory shall dream upon it.
"Captain or Colonel" whatever Invocation
Suit our hymn the best, no matter for thy station-On
thy grave the rain shall fall from the eyes
of a. mighty Nation t "
Long as tho sun doth shine upon it
Shall glow the goodly pine upon It,
Long as tho stars do gleam upon It.
Shall memory come to dream upon it.
Thomas William Parsons.
A Jane Harmony.
A bird In the boughs sang "June,"
And "June" hummed a bee
In bacchlc glee
As ho tumbled over and over.
Drunk with the honey dew;
Then the woods took up the tune.
And the rippling runnels, too.
The tuno of the bird that sang In the tree
And the bee that buzzed In the clover.
And "June," cried the leatcs In time.
Till crickets at night
With a wild delight
Sang "Juno" to tho roocn downbeamlns,
"June" to the moon and the stars;
And the grasses Eeemed to chime
With the music's mellow bars.
While butterflies danced with airy flight
In the sunlight amber-gleaming.
And the flowers -were glad that swayed
In the breeze whose tuno w
Was forever "June";
The roso and the regal Illy,
The humble blooms of the mead.
The fragile ferns In the glade,
The quivering rush and reed.
All Joed In the azure afternoon
And the morn and the evening stilly.
And the song in every heart
Found echo and rang.
While the sreen hills sang
With a throb and & thrill of pleasure;
Alike the old and the young.
As they felt their pulses start.
To their musical mirth gave tongue,
TIH from vale and hill the chorus sprang
In a. swelling, merrying measure.
O Joy to be out in June,
'Neath the cloudless blue.
In the dawn and dow,
'Mid the ruddy buds of clover.
To be out. alert and free!
For life Is a precious boon
With the world in harmony.
When June wakes love in the heart anew,
And the cup of bliss runs oer.
Clinton Sccllard.
o
Peltcrs of Pyramids. i
A shoal of Idlers from a merchant craft
Anchor' d off Alexandria, went ashore.
And mmmilnir SLanaa !n thpli- fepilrllnn ifIoa
Hound Pompej's Pillar rodo with hoots and
taunts.
As mea oft say. "What art thou moro than
we?"
Next In a boat they floated up the Nile.
Singing and drinking, swearing senseless oaths,
Shouting and laughing most derisively
At all majestic scenes. A bank they reach'd, '
And clambering up, play'd gambols among
tombs,
And in portentous ruins (through whose depths
The mighty twilight of departed gods.
Both sun and moon glanced furtive, as in awe)
They hid. and whoop'd, and spat on sacred
things.
At length, beneath the blazing sun they
lounged
Near a great pyramid. Awhile they stood
"With stupid stare, until resentment grew.
In the recoil of meanness from the vast;
And gathering stones, they with coarse oaths
and jibes
(As Jthey would say. "What art thou more
than -Re?")
Pelted the pyramid! But soon these men.
Hot and exhausted, sat them down to drink
Wrangled, smok'd, spat, and Iaugh'd, and
drowsily
Curs'd tho bald pyramid, and fell asleep.
Night came a little sand went drifting by
And morn again was in the soft blue heavens.
Tho broad slopes of the shining pyramid
Look'd down in their austere simplicity
Upon the glistening silence of the sands
Whereon no trade of mortal dust was seen.
Richard Henglst Home.
Ike Wnlton.'s Prayer.
I crave, dear Lord. .-
No boundless hoard ' -,
Of gold and gear.
Nor jewels One. ,
Nor lands, nor klne.
Nor treasure heaps of anything -
Let but a little huTbe mine
Where at the hearthstone I may hear
The cricket sing.
And have the shine
Of one glad woman's eyes to mako
For my poor sake.
Our simplo home a place dllne
Just tho wee cot the cricket's chirr
X.oe, and the smiling face of her.
I pray not for
Great riches, nor
For ast estate and castle halls
Give me to hear the bare footfalls
Of children o'er
An oaken floor
New-rinsed with' sunshine, or bespread,
With but the tiny coerIet
And pillow for tho baby's head;
And, pray thou, may
The door stand open and the day
Send ever In a gentle breeze.
With frasranco from the locust trees
And drowsy moan of doves, and blur
Of robln-chlrps, and drone of bees.
With after hushes of the stir
Of Intermingling sounds, and then
The good-wife and the smile of her
Filling the silences again $,
The cricket's call.
And the wee cot.
gear Lord of all.
eny me notl
I pray not that
Men tremble at
My power of place
And Jordly sway , t
1 only pray for simple grace
To look my neighbor In the face
Full honestly from day to day
1'leld mo his horny palm, to hold. .
And I'll not pray
For gold
Tho tanned face, garlanded with mirth.
It hath tho klngllest smile on earth
The swart brow, diamonded with sweat.
Hath never need of coronet.
And so I reach, dear Lord to thee
jum ao tieseccn ,
A
Thou clvest mo
The wee cot and the cricket's chirr,
Loic, and tho glad, sweet face of hert
James Whltcomb Riley.
i a
At the Church. Gate.
Although I enter not.
Yet round about tho spot
Oittlmes I hover; :
And near the sacred gate.
With longing eyes I wait, fc
Expectant of her. .
The Minster bell tolls out
Above the city's rout
And nolso and humming;
They've hushed tho Minster bell;
The organ 'gins to swell; ' "
She's coming! she's coming!
My lady comes at last.
Timid and stepping fast f-
And hastening hither.
With modest eyes downcast;
She comes she's here she's passed.
May hcaien go with her!
Kneel undisturbed, fair Saint!
Pour out your praise or plaint
Meekly and duly!
I will not enter there
To sully your pure prayer
With thoughts unruly.
But suffer mo to pace
Hound the forbidden place.
Lingering a minute!
Like outcast spirits who wait
And see through heaicn's gate,
Angels within It.
- William Makereaco, Thackeray,
The Song of the Western Men.
A good sword and a trusty hand!
A merry heart and true!
Klng'james's men shall understand
What Cornish lads can do.
And hae they flx'd the where and when?
And shall Trelawny die? "
Here's twenty thousand Cornish men
Will know tho reason why?
Out spake their captain brave and bold,
A merry wight was he;
"If London Tower were Michael's hold,
Weil set Trelawny free!
"Weil cross the Tamar. land to land.
The Severn is no stay.
With 'one and all.' and hand In hand.
And who Bhall bid us nay?
"And when wo come to London wall,
A pleasant sight to -view.
Come forth, come forth, ye cowards all.
Here's men as good as jou!
"Trelawny ho's in keep and hold,
Trelawny he may die;
But here's twenty thousand Cornish bold.
Will know the reason why!"
. Robert Stephen Howker.
J c
After.
One who was rich picked out a spot
High on a noble hill, and there
He built hlmseif a costly tomb.
That all tho people might know whero
He rested when his work was done.
Tho marble glistened In the sun;
Tho white shaft towered in the air.
A toller where the crowds were great
Had love of men big in his heart;
He sang to make the sighing glad.
And preached for peace with all his art.
His song died on his lips one day.
They laid tho ill-clad form away,
From all the costly tombs apart.
Broad paths are beaten to a spot
Watched now with loving. Jealous care;
And rich and poor and great and small
Fare far to stand uncovered there.
HIsh on the hill, seen from below,
A rich tomb stands, hut few men go
To sco what name tho shaft may bear.
S. E. Klser.
e
Song.
Thomas Campbell.
How delicious Is the winning
Of a kiss at love's beginning.
When two mutual hearts are sighing
For the knot there's no untying!
Yet, remember, 'midst your wooing.
Love has bliss, but love has ruelng;
Other smiles' may make you fickle.
Tears for other charms may trickle.
Love ho comes and Love he tarries.
Just as fate or fancy carries;
Longet stas when sorest chidden;
Laughs and flies when prcss'd and bidden.
Bind the sea to slumber stilly.
Bind its odor to the lily.
Bind the aspen ne'er to quiver.
Then bind love to last for eer!
Love's a fire that need3 renewal
Of fresh btauty for its fuel;
Lbe's wing molts when caged and captur'd-
Only free ho soars enrapturd.
Can you keep the bee from ranging.
Or the ring-doxe's neck from changing?
No! nor fettered Love from dying
In the knot there's no untying.
Ahon Ben Adhem.
Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe Increase!)
Awoke one night from a dep dream of peace,
And saw within the moonlight in his rcom.
Making it rich and llko a lily in bloom.
An angel writing In a book of gold;
Exceeding peace had made Een Adhem bold.
And to the presence In the room he said.
"What writest thou?" The lslon raised Its
head.
And with a lock made of all sweet accord.
Answered. "The names of those who loe tho
Lord."
"And Is mine one?" said Abou. "Nay. not eo,"
Replied the angel. Abou epoke more low.
But cheerily still; and said: "I pray the, then,
Write me as one that loves his fellow-men."
The angel wrote, and vanished. The next night
It came again, with a great wakening light.
And showed the names whom loe of God had
blessed
And lol Ben Adhexn'a coma led all the restl