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However, that is a mere trifle. Mr. Boughton, in catching this touching and dramatic moment in the history of the Plymouth Colony, has rendered a graphic service to us all, and if we could stand upon the little plateau on which this man and maid are standing, and could look out with them  we should see  what should we see? HOWEVER THAT IS A MERE TRIFLE MISTER BOWTEN IN CATCHING THIS TOUCHING AND DRAMATIC MOMENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE PLYMOUTH COLONY HAS RENDERED A GRAPHIC SERVICE TO US ALL AND IF WE COULD STAND UPON THE LITTLE PLATEAU ON WHICH THIS MAN AND MAID ARE STANDING AND COULD LOOK OUT WITH THEM WE SHOULD SEE WHAT SHOULD WE SEE
ldren have gazed wonderingly at this picture, which, contrary to the modern canons of art, "tells a story," and many of those naïve minds have puzzled as to how those poor Pilgrims, who had no tea or coffee or milk or starch, managed to appear so well fed and so contented, and so marvelously neat and clean. The inexhaustible bag which inevitably appeared at crucial moments in the career of "Swiss Family Robinson" is nowhere mentioned in the early chronicles of the Plymouth Plantation, and the precise manner in which a small vessel of a hundred and eighty tons, carrying a hundred passengers, and all the innumerable cradles, chairs, and highboys which have since flooded the museums as "genuine relics" of that first voyage, could also have brought sufficient washboards, soap, and flatirons to have kept the charming costumes so immaculate is a mystery which will probably never be solved--especially since the number of relics appears to increase instead of diminish with the passage of time. NDS OF NEW ENGLAND CHILDREN HAVE GAZED WONDERINGLY AT THIS PICTURE WHICH CONTRARY TO THE MODERN CANONS OF ART TELLS A STORY AND MANY OF THOSE NAIVE MINDS HAVE PUZZLED AS TO HOW THOSE POOR PILGRIMS WHO HAD NO TEA OR COFFEE OR MILK OR STARCH MANAGED TO APPEAR SO WELL FED AND SO CONTENTED AND SO MARVELLOUSLY NEAT AND CLEAN THE INEXHAUSTIBLE BAG WHICH INEVITABLY APPEARED AT CRUCIAL MOMENTS IN THE CAREER OF SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON IS NOWHERE MENTIONED IN THE EARLY CHRONICLES OF THE PLYMOUTH PLANTATION AND THE PRECISE MANNER IN WHICH A SMALL VESSEL OF A HUNDRED AND EIGHTY TONS CARRYING A HUNDRED PASSENGERS AND ALL THE INNUMERABLE CRADLES CHAIRS AND HIGH BOYS WHICH HAVE SINCE FLOODED THE MUSEUMS AS GENUINE RELICS OF THAT FIRST VOYAGE COULD ALSO HAVE BROUGHT SUFFICIENT WASH BOARDS SOAP AND FLATIRONS TO HAVE KEPT THE CHARMING COSTUME SO IMMACULATE IS A MYSTERY WHICH WILL PROBABLY NEVER BE SOLVED ESPECIALLY SINCE THE NUMBER OF RELICS APPEARS TO INCREASE INSTEAD OF DIMINISH WITH THE PASSAGE OF TIME
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