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DLNGENESS, THE CUMBERLAND ISLAND
CV CARNEGIE.
IW OF R- Q. DUN AT KARRAGANBETT PIES
NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, SUNDAY. OCTOBER 15. 1905.
COTTAGE ON THE DUNGENESS ESTATE OF MRS. LUCY CARNEGIE, SISTER-IN-LAW OF ANDREW CARNEGIE.
J.T policy than one in certain great life Insur
ance companies. The sermons are some of the
admirably brief ones preached In the name of
the Greek hunchback, yEsop.
The rafters of the ceiling and balcony are to
be supported on eighteen corbels. Instead of
having a conventional design, each will illus
trate a well known fable. "The idea
of utilizing fables in the decoration of
the school is not only a novel one, but an excel
lent one from every point of view," said one of
those interested in the construction of the build
ing. "The general subject is classical. Prac
tical ideals are suggested. A literature which
finds daily quotation and with which no one can
afford to be unacquainted is illustrated. The
fabulist was a great teacher, a corrector of
morals, a censor of vice and a commender of
virtue. His product had as its object the im
provement of human conduct."
Among the fables chosen for illustration were
"The "Wolf and the Lamb," "The Eagle and the
Arrow," "The Lion and the Mouse," "The Old
Woman and the Wine Jar," "The Ass and His
Shadow" and "The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing."
There are two or three versions of the story
of the wolf and the lamb, but they all have the
same termination. The lamb is gobbled up. In
one a wolf met a wandering lamb. He re
solved to convince the lamb that the latter had
no reason for living:, and by right was his prey.
"Sirrah, last year you grossly insulted me,'
began the wolf.
•Indeed," bleated the lamb in a mournful tone
of voice, "1 was not then born."
"You feed In my pasture," said the wolf.
"No, good sir," replied the lamb, "I have not
yet tasted grass."
"You drink of my well," declared the wolf.
"No," exclaimed the lamb, "I have never yet
drunk water, for as yet my mother's milk Is both
food and drink to me." On which the wolf
seized him and ate him, saying: "Well. I can
not remain supperless, even though you refute
every o ne of my imputations."
In a version very well known the wolf accuses
the lamb of soiling the stream from which the
two are drinking. The lamb replied, with a dis
play of mental keenness not always credited to
lambs, that he was standing lower down the
stream than the wolf was, and therefore the Im
putation was false. In another story the lamb
sought safety from the wolf In a temple. With
an argument that barely concealed his motive
the wolf called out:
"The priest will slay you in sacrifice, if ha
should catch you."
"It would be better for me to be sacrificed la
the temple than to be eaten by you," the lamfe
replied with unexpected energy and wisdom.
The story of the eagle and the arrow is m»
tended to Illustrate the fact that a eonsciousneaa
of misfortunes arising from a man's own mi»
conduct aggravates their bitterness. The <.«agte
has been mortally wounded. Looking at the at*
row's butt, he recognizes the feathers as havtn#
boen furnished by himself.
In the fable of the lion and the mouse th«
mouse had awakened the lion by running otw
his face. In anger the lion was about to kfll
him. when the mouse piteously entreated *+\Vt
his life be spared. "I will be sure to repay yon*
kindness," said the mouse. The lion laughed
and let him go. It happened shortly after thJ»
that the lion was caught in the meshes of a
hunter's rope net The mouse heard the roar at
the imprisoned monster, came up and gnawed
through the rope. When the lion had beaa
freed the mouse said: "You ridiculed the Idea
of my ever being able to help you, not expect
ing to receive from me any repayment of you*
favor; but now you know that it is possible evw
for a mouse to confer benefits on a lion."
The representation of an old woman sniffing m|
a wine bottle doubtless will seem to some out of
place in a school for youth. Its lesson, howevej;
redeems its use. The heroine evidently had tha
tastes of a connoisseur. The fable vividly de
scribes the finding by the woman of an empty
bottle which had lately been full of prime old
wine, the richness of the fragrance which stSQ
clung to the receptacle, and the old womul
quick recognition of the quality of the former
contents. She greedily placed it several time*
to her nose, and drawing It backward and foi*.
ward, said: "Oh, most delicious! How mtaa
must the wine itself have been, when it leaves
behind in the very vessel which contained it a*
sweet perfume!"
Tiie memory of a good deed lives." is tb»
moral appended.
"While quarrelling about the shadow, we oftea
lose the substance," Is the sermon preached by
the corbel illustrating the story of the ass aad
his shadow. A traveller had hired the ass KM
convey him to a distant place. It was an h>
tensely hot day. The traveller ordered the aaa
stopped and the journey suspended in order thMM
he might seek shelter from the sun's rays in th*
shadow of the animaL The shadow was onif
large enough to protect one person. The ownea
thought he would like to rest in the shado<w.
The two violently argued about it, the owns
asserting that he had a right to it, as he had
only let the ass and not the shadow. The tra.v
eller persisted that he had hired not only th«
animal but all that pertained to him. The tw»
came to blows. While they were cudgelling each
other the ass woke up and galloped off.
"Once upon a time a wolf resolved to disgulaa
his nature by his habit, so that he might get
food without stint. Encased in the skin of a
sheep he pastured with the flock, beguiling tha
shepherd by his artifice. In the evening he waj
shut up by the shepherd In the fold, the gats
was closed and the entrance made thoroughly
secure. The shepherd coming into the fold la
the course of the night to provide food for tba
morrow, caught up the wolf Instead of a shee»
and killed him with his knife In the fold." Sc
runs the story of the wolf in sheep's clothing.
i of the corbels were made by Low
, of this city, assisted by Bruno L. Zlnav
from sketches drawn by George B. Post, tkj
architect, of No. 33 East 17th-st-
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