irt THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : ! SUNDAY , JUNE 16 , 1895.
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CLIMBING THE HIMALAYAS
Experience of a Traveler in Regions Ex
plored by Hnmboldt.
SENSMIONS FELT AT HIGH ALTITUDES
The Mlchty Ailntlo Heights that Oyertop
the Earth nimcultlc. Encountered unil
Overcome In Scaling 1'eaki 1'ur
Above the Cloudi ,
( Copyright. 1655. by S. 8. McClure. Limited. )
LONDON , June 1. H would seem that
mountaineering , more than any other pastime -
time , except golf , Is full of fascination for
men of Intellectual mark ! Among the seniors
the names of John Tyndall , Leslie Stephen ,
I > rof. Dryce , James David Forbes , John Hall ,
Justice Wills , Loppe , the painter , and Signer
Sella. sometime prime minister of Italy ,
readily suggest themselves In evidence ; while ,
latest In point of time , we have William
Martin Conway , who has not only traversed
the Alps from end to end and explored
the Karakoram Himalayas , but come- forward -
ward , In the liberal interest , as the
Parliamentary candidate for Bath , and Is
alto chairman 'of the Incorporated Society ol
Authors , was the first Uoscoe professor ol
art In University college , Liverpool , and will
presently. If the prophets arc to be trusted ,
elt In John Uuskln'a chair as Slado professor
tn the University of Oxford.
In thd beginning , when he was at Cam
bridge , Mr. Conway was by way of being a
mathematician. As it Is , his mathematical
talents are of colld service to him when he I :
surveying or mapping a new country a tasli
to which he attaches so much Importance
and devotes such sedulous attention that tin
map which accompanies his great work
"Climbing In the Himalayas , " cost him ni
less than four months' hard and contlnuoui
wdrk.
But the higher mathematics failed to oc
cupy Mr. Conway's interests permanently
and as we sat In his house at No. 21
Clanrlcardo Gardens , Dayswater , the subjcc
about which he first talked to me was tin
history of art. The hall and staircase am
drawing room have all the characteristics o
an art museum a museum quite as interest
Inc In its way as some of the museumi
mentioned tn the guide books. The moun
tains have contributed comparatively llttli
to its embellishments.
A. MOUNTAIN CLIMBER. FROM SIXTEEN
As my cyo wandered 'round the largi
luxurious drawing room and recalled tin
palms and the fountain on the staircase , tin
wonder crossed my mind that a man win
had built his tout a pleasure house so lordl ;
ihould ever be willing to leave it for tin
wilds to risk his neck on sullen precipice
ftud sleep out In a windy tent upon a horrli
Glacier. Yet , when one looked at Mr. Con
way and marked what manner of man li
was , It was impossible to retain that wondei
Of moderate height , with sturdy well-knl
frame , with muscles that demanded vlgorou
exercise for their well being , ho clear ) ;
could not bo contented with the contemplatlv
life alone. So that I could easily imagln
Mr. Conway In nailed boots and knlcker
bockcrs , and Norfolk jacket , threading th
mazes of an Ice-fall , though I only saw lilr
In the garb of polished civilization , tmr
rounded by pictures and curios and brlc-a
brae.
"I climbed the Drelt-horn. " Mr. Conwa
laid , "when I was 1C , arid I bcvo cone o
climbing ever Mnce. "
Kor would EC admit that climbing was
dangerous arnutemcnt.
"Of courie , " he said , "there are dangerou
cllmbi , but you go to them knowing \vlii
they are. H you deliberately climb up
Hope down which stones or avalanches fal
as ay the Monte Uoia slda of Macuquag :
you naturally take your chance of bolu
swept away. Hut foolhtirdlncss avoided an
the proper precautions taken , mountalneerln
Is not dangerous , I have been climbing fc
more than Unity years , and I have neve
Sad an accident * The pearcsl approach t
one was when I was skylarking and fell off
a rock. "
"How high was the rock ? " I naturally
asked.
"Oh , about as high as the arch at Hyde
'ark corner. I was bruised a bit , of courie ,
and laid up for a few days , but It was only
a trifle. It was extraordinary luck. "
A man who considers that It Is only a trifle
o fall off a rock as high'as the arch at
lydo Park corner , has certainly one , at
east , of the qualifications of a successful
mountaineer. Mr. Conway has been not only
a successful , but also a useful mountaineer.
WHAT IS YET POSSIBLE.
The rest of our talk was about the famous
Ilmalayan expeditions ; and I asked Mr.
Conway his opinion as to the possibilities
at mountain climbing.
"We know , of course , " he answered , "that
a man may go as high as the highest moun
tain top In a balloon , and come down un
comfortable , but alive. But then the man
n the balloon Is sitting still , whereas the
man on the mountain has to work. That is
, o say , he has to waste Issue , and the ques-
: lon Is whether he can manage to get bis
.Issues sufficiently repaired. For the repair
of the tissues the blood has to bo constantly
oxidized by- inhalation ; and at these altl-
: udes the supply of oxygen Is limited , and
ho power of absorbing oxygen Is lessened.
The consequence Is that , when he gets above
certain height , the climber tends to be
poisoned , much as the prisoners In the black
Hole at Calcutta were poisoned , or as any
ofus begin to be poisoned when we sit in
overcrowded , overheated and unventllated
W. M. CONWAY.
rooms. The sensations too are pretty much
the same , only far more pronounced. "
I asked for a further description of the
sensations , and Mr. Conway detailed them
for me :
"Headache the same splitting headache
that you gtt In overcrowded looms , Short
ness of breath a tendency to pant irpon the
least exertion. , A general feeling of sickness
and above all a terrible lassitude a sense
that the slightest movement is an effort. "
"But not , I suppose , the sort of lassitude
that tempts you to turn back ? "
"No , not that. One feels too Indolent tc
begin to do anything. I would sit for a
couple of minutes wondering whether It was
worth whllo to take up the trouble to wind
up my watch. But as for turning bach
when one has started one does not think ol
that. The Impetus behind one Is too great ,
One has come all the way from England tc
do the thing , and to one must go on will :
It. The tendency would be rather. I should
think , to continue to go on too far , and cc
get benighted on the mountain side , or pact
the point where action was possible. "
IN THE HIMALAYAS.
Then Mr. Conway traced the course of hi !
Journey for me on the map , telling me how hi
had crossed the great Hlipar and Blafo am
Uultoro glaciers , and cut his way througl
the labyrinth of ieracs and reacLel the top o
I'loueer peak , the highest point on the globi
on which human foot has e\er trod. 13u
his talk was more of the majesty of thi
scenery than of the toll and hardihlp hi
had endured.
"There la nothing In. Switzerland that a
all prepare * you for It , Everything In thi
Himalayas Is on such an Immensely larger
scale. The precipices are higher , blacker ,
more sheer and more appalling. The gla
ciers arc Infinitely vaster. Even the Great
Aletach glacier , with its thirteen miles of
ce , is nothing compared with the Hispar and
Blafo glaciers , which between then took us
ten days to traverse , and sometimes for
twenty miles on a stretch have greit bowlders
piled upon their surface. The Ice falls are
steeper , longer and more difficult. In
Switzerland , as you know , to pass an Ice fall ,
however tortuoua , Is only an Incident In a
long day's climb. In the Karakorams it
sometimes took us a whole day to ascend 100
yards , and even then we might find pur way
barred by some unpassablc crevasse. As
for the Ice falls at the head of the 'Baltoro '
glacier. It took us three days to get from
the bottom to the top of It , and we had to
make two camps In the middle of the cre
vasses the ono at 19,000 and the other at
20.000 feet above the sea. "
But It was by way of this Baltoro glacier
that Mr. Conway made his big accent , and
again I asked for details , and he pointed to
his fellow traveler , McCormlck's picture , and
told me all about it.
"Here , " ho began , "Is the head of the Ice
fall , where our last camp was pitched , ana
here is the camp above the serdcs , where
McCorrnlck eat to make his eketcu of the
mountain"
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Ho said It , not after the manner of a man
who was conscious of haying passed through
any exceptional adventures , but In the matter-
of-fact straightforward tones of a man who
might direct you how to find your way from
St. Paul's cathedral to , the Strand. But I
had heard of these seracs before. McCor-
mlck , who had no graduated education In
seracs , liaJ told me of them , and had filled
In the details far more luridly. He had
spoken of the perilous position pf the tent
which stood upon a small plateau of Ice , with
yawning precipices of Ice on every Side of It.
He bad spoken of the horrible heat within
pnd of the terrible cold without , and of the
horrible sense of sickness that overcame him
whenever he wasted tissue by exertion. He
had even told me that the crevasses were so
near at hand and the sides of them so slip
pery that whenever a man had occasion to go
outside the tent for any purpose ho had
to bo held tight by a rope securely fastened
around his waist. But Mr. Conway went
straight ahead with his narrative as though
such details of danger and discomfort were
too Insignificant for a businesslike moun
taineer to talk about. He continued , pointIng -
Ing with the poker :
EIGHT HOURS MOUNTING 3,000 FEET.
"When wo left the Ice fall , which ran
further up the mountain side than the Ice
falls usually do tn Switzerland , the next step
was to get on the ridge. It was toler
ably steep , but not hard going , as , for the
most part , we only had to travel over snow.
Then , when we had got upon the ridge , we
had to follow It. 'We could not keep upon
"the crest , because It was heavily corniced
to our left , and if wo had trodden on the
cornice It would certainly , sooner or later ,
have given way ; so we had to keep along a
little below the ridge , with Its crest on our
left. The ascent was not very rapid , but
It was blue Ice all the way , covered only
with the thinnest possible crust of frozen
mow , crisp and sparkling In the sunlight.
The sun beat upon our heads and roasted us.
Ileforo U rose our feet were nearly numbel
and frost bitten. And , all the way along
that ridge , we had to cut with the Ice ax
every step we took. Fortunately we had
climbing irons , strapped to our boots like
skates , and this enabled us to cut the steps
smaller than would have been necessary If
wo had been without them. Even as It wa. ,
however , wo could not cut , on an average ,
more than two steps a minute , and to It took
us about eight hours to climb 3,000 feet. We
did it , however , and reached the top at a
quarter to 3 in the afternoon. And then
we rested and I examined the guide Zurbrlg-
gen's pulse with tbo sphygmograph , "
A'N ACCIDENT COMING DOWN.
I had already seen those sphygmographlc
tracings. A man of science who was lookIng -
Ing at them with mo had assured me that
they showed that Mr. Conway's own heart
was In a weaker state than his guide's. We
did net talk o ( that , however , but I made
haito to ask Mr. Conway about the acci
dent which I had heard bad Imperiled hit
party during the descent. With character
istic British phlegm he made light of the
Incident and would not admit that his party
bad ever been In peril.
"It was nothing at allhe said. "It Mc
Corrnlck hadn't made a picture of U I
shouldn't even have referred to It In my
book. "
I pressed him , however , to describe the
thing which he belittled , and Mr. Conway
told the story , characteristically pooh-poohing
It the while.
"It happened on the way'down , " ho said.
"We hadn't enough climbing Irons to go
round and so Hark BIr , the Gurkha , had to
go without. As I told you , the steps which we
cut In the Ice were small and of course the
heat of the sun had partially thawed them
and made them smaller and les secure and
as the nails In Hark Blr's boots were rather
worn he couldn't In reason be expected to
keep his footing all the time. I shouldn't
have been surprised If ho had slipped half a
dozen times and I should have been very
much surprised If he hadn't slipped at all.
Of course we were roped , and equally of
course I kept the rope taut so as to be ready
to hold him when he did ellp. Ultimately he
did lose his footing and I held him. "
And Mr. Conway Illustrated by graphic
gestures how bo had his hands ready upon
the rope so as to use the muscles of his
arms as springs to break the first Impact of
the shock. But , to bring- out all the graphic
features of the situation I had to ask some
further questions questions that no doubt
to Mr. Conway betrayed the Inexperienced
amateur.
"You mean that you were standing in two
tiny sfeps cut in ice and that the Gurkha's
body swung round like a weight at the
end of a pendulum and you In your Insecure
foothold had to hold him up. "
"With Zurbrlggen's help , " Mr. Conway
said ; but otherwise , he- admitted that the
description was tolerably accurate.
"And at the time you were all tired and
panting and suffering from weak hearts and
splitting headaches. "
Mr. Conway allowed that that also was the
case.
"And , If you had not been able to hold
him you would all have slipped down the
Ice slope and fallen over the precipice on to
the glacier ? "
"No doubt something of that port would
have happened , " he replied. " , It certainly
wouldn't have done for us to fall , But then ,
you see , there never was any real danger of
our falling , because we knew what was going
to happen. I'm quite sure that I made too
much of the Incident in my book. "
And that was all. By no persuasion could
Mr. Conway bo Induced to attach any par
ticular Importance to an accident which
would have provided the ordinary voyager
with material for nightmares lasting him
for many months. FRANCIS GRIBBLE.
June brides are so numerous that the stock
of old shoej Is alreadjr exhausted.
One-half of the senior class at Yale has
solemnly decided nevorito marry.
The amount of bullion represented at the
Sloane-Burden wedding < at Lenox , Mass. , on
the Cth inst. is computed at $851,000,000.
Prince Alexander von Hohenlohoson of
the German chancellor , married the widow
of the prince of Solms-iBraunfcls In Cologne
the other day.
"The trouble withitoo many women , " says
the scornful philosopher , "Is that they re
gard the marriage ceremony mainly as a II-
cense to cat onions tand wear Ill-fitting
clothes. "
A marriage license was Issued In Chicago
last Saturday to Jacob Goldman , aged 22 ,
and Rachel Sllberman , also aged 22. Chicago
cage thus comes to the front with the first
bimetallic marriage of the season , although
the ratio differs materially from the accepted
standard.
W. P. Weathers and Miss Janle Doty of
Sweet Springs , Mo. , were married at that
place on the 10th. The father of the bride
Interposed objections and had the groom
aroused on their nuptial night , arrested and
locked up by a Sweet Springs constable on
tbo charge of perjury and running off with
and marrying a female under age.
Willie Oh-o-o-o ! Is that great big dish
of Ice cream for you , grandpa ? Grandpa-
No. Willie ; that'a for you. Willie Umph !
What a little bit.
Mamma It Mrs. Smith gives you a piece
of cake be sure and fcay "thank you. " Fred
die What good Is that ? She never gives you
any more.
POWER OF WOMAN'S ' BEAUTY
A Pronounced Possessor of it Talks on This
Veiled Topic.
CHARACTERISTIC ; OF DIFFERENT NATIONS
The Encllnh , American and French Idenli- *
Beauty Common Among the Mauci ,
Uiiro In Aristocratic Clrclei In
road * Made by Illc'i Living.
Exactly what the term , "professional
beauty , " means Is somewhat difficult to de
termine. I should say It means a woman
whose beauty has been BO remarked by her
contemporaries that her name has become
synonymous with extraordinary physical at
tractiveness. In England the opinion of tbo
prince of Wales , publicly expressed , carries , of
course , great weight so far as the English
public's opinion Is concerned. Directly It Is
said that the prince thinks Lady This or
Mrs. That Is particularly charming , para
graphs are printed about her in the society
papers , her face is reproduced In their
columns , and before very long the photog
raphers have to work night and day printing
her photographs to meet the public demand.
Because a woman Is a professional beauty
for one generation It does not necessarily
follow that her type would be the admired
of the next generation. Our Ideals and
standards change , and efcn * the -most expert
connoisseurs differ with each other. I am
not at all sure that If the Barbarenl Juno
of tle ? Vatican- the Venus do Medici were
suddenly to appear In an opera box In a
Worth gown she would be raved about as she
now Is by artists.
We hear much of the power of govern
ments of potentates , presidents , monopolies ,
millionaires , Krupp guns , but If you will stop
to consider I think you will remark that the
greatest power.the world has ever known is
that of beauty.
ITS INFLUENCE OVER ANCIENTS.
Antony threw away an empire for
Cleopatra , and many of the world's most
chivalrous , patriotic and learned men ,
whether In the fields of battle or In times of
peace , have been swayed , and frequently com
pletely changed , In their course by woman's
fascination. In Russia , where the' big-brained
men have failed In anarchistic plots , slender
women , by their wiles , have won a way.
All of which , proves that the power of
beauty Is pre-eminent.
There are many who worship only the
purely classic features and consider none
other worthy admiration , white there Is an-
ptlier and possibly equally large class of men
that prefer a retrousse nose , a mouth too
large and a face to.o oval to be of Greek
outline.
I think there are as many beautiful women
today as there were In the times of Homer ,
and If you will walk down PIcadllly , the
Champs Elysees or Fifth avenue you will
see riding in victorias and landaus quite a
number of women as beautiful , If not more
so , than were reputed to be the women of
Home , Florence , Carthage and other of the
ancient cities.
TYPES THROUGH THE AGES.
It Is really remarkable how tbo style of
beauty changes ; how one type succeeds an
other ; bow our Ideals are shattered from
time to time. The Greeks delighted .In
beauty of form , and today the French are
following In their footsteps , for , with them ,
a symmetrical figure ranks highest.
A woman need not necessarily be ol aristo
cratic descent to be a professional beauty ,
for some of the most beautiful women tbo
world has seen have come from the ranks of
the people. Aristocracy does not by any
means guarantee beauty. In fact. It secini ,
In many Instances , to deny It This Is not
to deny that culture refines and enlivens the
physical as well as the spiritual being , for It
Is a truth beyond denial that the richest
most perfect beauty is found In women
whoso lives have been surrounded and eased
by comfort. There are many "lovery peaiant
maids" for poets to fancy Into rhyme , but
the artist will find large flaws in their
beauty , for It cannot but happen that coarse
food and hard work , unrelieved by gcntlo
care and refined surroundings and occupa
tions , will prove hostile to velvet skins , soft
features and dainty hands and feet.
Beauty , however , is destroyed Just ns
surely by a life of high living. The highest
average of , beauty Is probably to be found
at the golden mean , where the highest
reaches of Intellect , imagination and true
nobility are allied with women of the middle
class. This Is doubtles the reason for the
supremacy of American beauty , yet , withal ,
It is a fact that , with the ex
ception of a few actresses , nearly all the pro
fessional beauties of England and the conti
nent have been and are women of noble
birth.
The English woman of the upper rank Is
really too athletic for exceeding beauty. She
rides and walks too much , and her tennis
exerclEO Is too great to allow her to obtain
a very rich appearance ; for womanly beauty
and strength can rarely be combined. Pure
beauty Is calm , tender and gentle. Psyche
could not have been so fair had she equaled
Atalanta In speed. Diana never dethroned
the goddess Venus , the latter not havlun
been a huntress.
The English woman Is , as a rule , too large
and lank of limb , her features too strong
and heavy , and her color too high. She Is
principally attractive as a picture of health.
Among tFo ) middle and more prosperous
classes a warmer grace of person Is more
frequent.
Yet there ore many high born dames
whose brows ore crovuied with a trophy more
dazzling than even their coronets and who
have won that "climax , the title of "pro
fessional beauty. " Although a much coveted
position to attain It Is not always a pleasanter
or desirable one to possess. A professional
beauty Is the-cynosuro of all eyes. Her every
action Is commented on and criticised , every
little act of her life Is Immediately given
wide publicity In the newspapers and she
cannot "go out , " receive or do anything
without being commented upon and approved
or disapproved by the world at large.
BECOMES A PUI1LIC CHARACTER.
She Is looked upon to a certain
degree to eet the fashion , anil ,
of course , she Invariably lives far beyond her
means. She Is extremely unpopular as a
rule among women , for her beauty excites
the envy and sharpens the slanderous tongues
of her less gifted sisters , She Is usually a
good woman , but , nevertheless , her reputa-
thm may suffer. She must accept every In
vitation and ruin her health at a long series
of balls , receptions and dinners. Iy ) the
end of a social season she Is weary , body and
soul , of the honor that has been thrust upon
her by nature and c.rcumstanccs.
Perfect beauty Is. to my mind , largely a
matter of health. A woman who Is not In
good physical condition cannot look attractive.
Ono of the most beautiful features about a
woman Is her complexion , and a good com
plexion is Impossible unless the organs of
the body are tn perfect working order. I
have found that the best way to keep In
good health and to keep the complexion clear
Is to r.TO early and take long walks before
breakfast. It is also good to bathe at least
twice a day and to take massage treatment
twice a week. This method keeps the pores
open , the blood circulates freely and the
ruddy hue Is then In the checks. Many
women rulnjlhelr health by tight lacing. It
Is pure vaiJty and a very foolish vanity.
A email waist la beautiful , but a tight waist
Is bldeoiii.
The effort Is alnays apparent , and the
woman Is thus humiliated and rendered
ridiculous by her own foolishness.
Men do not care particularly for small
waists. It Is not , therefore , a sign of beauty.
Hut a woman with large hips and full butt
will always appear to have a slender waist
whether she really has or not. That , bclnu
natural , Is truly beautiful. As far as correct
proportions go , there are many .uirnen of
today who are nearly akin In beauty to the
Greek statues. One can scarcely go out with
out keelng some woman or girl so perfect In
proportions and so glowing In health and
beauty that she would not tuffer by com
parison with the finest of them. Tlicru are
many writers who go 10 fer as to declare
that civilization has Increased th" pl > j lcal
charms of the human race , as It IMS In-
created Its \\ealth. Its knowledge end Its
comforts , and that this development has
been ctpeclally rapid In the last two rr three
generations.
Women , U U urged , have bson pjylng
more and more attention to the physical
laws of health , and statistics are actually
produced on the authority of makers of
articles of feminine attire , to prove that the-
average girl of today excells her predecessor
of twenty years ago by an Inch In height and
in bust measure , while her bands and feet
have grown smaller.
EFFECTIVE "BEAUTYSLEEP. . "
We have all heard of beauty sleep yet.
perhaps , very few of us fully appreciate how
Important sleep Is In attaining perfect beauty
A woman who Is anxious to maintain her
reputation as a professional beauty cultlvatts
the best conditions for this. She never sleeps
In a room the temperature of which Is per
mitted to fall below 60 degrees. Fancy going
directly from a living room , too often heated
to 78 or 80 degrees. Into one with a tem
perature of 25 or 30 , and then disrobing !
The surface of the body Is chilled and the
Internal organs congested.
I am very fond of outdoor exercise. I find
It keeps mo in better condition than all the
medicine In the world. Tennis and blcycllfiK
are also beneficial. I used to be very fond
of taking loriK rides on horseback , and. In
fact , I am still.
England has probably produced moro
women who may be designated as professional
beauties than has any other country , although
of late America has been rurrfllng Albion
close. Correctly speaking , the princess of
Wales was for a Jong time considered one' of
the most beautiful women In England. She
is a sweet and gracious princess , a good ,
mother and a faithful wife.
TWO FIX\VE S OF LOVELINESS.
Of the same serene type is Iha queenly Lady
Dalhousle , hailed by the English people as
one of the most renowned of their beauties.
She Is a brunette , with a romantically serious
mien. Her tall stature finds compensation
In a generously moulded figure and better
arms than British women are usually blessed
with. Another reigning-beauty in English
society Is the countess of Annesley. .Lady * < ;
Clancarty Is aUo a flower of English loveli
ness. So was the duchess of Lelnster.
It Is rather curious , but none the less true ,
that there have been no striking beauties
among royalty , with perhaps the one ex
ception of the princess of Wales. This la
accounted for by some from the fact that
royalty marries and remarries In a narrow
circle and the blood "blue"
, so jo-called Is ,
perhaps , after all , not as red and capable
of producing beauty and loveliness as It might
be under other conditions.
Volumes might bo written upon the nature
and essence of b auty , but we should have te
confess after reading them that they were
I'pjless. Beauty ls one of the absolute
things an end In Itself , according to Aris
totle ; and It Is as Idle to attempt an analysis
of It as to ccck a reason for the law o (
gravity. LILLIG LANGTRY.
rtlclmid Jlenlf.
Fair tire the ( lowers nml the children , but
subtle susRostlon Is fairer ;
Jin re Is the robo-burst of Uuwn , but th
( iccret that clasps It Is larcr ;
Sweet the cxultance of nonK , but the strain
that precedes it lu sweeter :
And never was pocrn yet writ , but th
meaning outmuhtercj the meter.
Never a daisy that grows , but a mystery
Ruldeth tbe Krowlng ;
Never o river that flows , but n majesty
scepters the Mowing ;
Never a Hhakcspeniu that i-nnrcd , but a
stronger than ho did enfold him :
Nor ever n prophet foretell ? , but a mightier
seer hath foretold lilni.
Back of the canvas that throbs , the painter
l.s hinted and hidden ;
Into the statue that lireuthcs , the aoul o (
HID bculptor In bidden ;
Under the 'joy Mint Is felt lie the Infinite
IECUPS of feeling ;
Crowning the clory revealed U the glory ,
that crowns the revealing.
Great ore the symbols of belm ; , but that
which Is tymuolcd Is grcntrr ;
Vast ( he create and beheld , but vaster thi
InwnrU creator.
Back of this tound broods the silence , buck
of the gift itnr.dB tlm Riving ,
Back of the hand that receives thrill tha
ncnfltlvo nerves of reeelvlns.
Hpace Is nothing to cplrlt , the dcbd (3 ( out ,
done by tbe dc < lni ; ,
The heart of the wooer Is warm , bul
wrirmrr the heart of tlm wooing ;
And up from Hi" pits where tbesa ililver , an4
up from tbu litliM w litre tlioao , i .
i Twin volrrs and shndowB iiwim rtanrurd.
and thu ctier.cc ut life is dtvlnu.