New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-08-09
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TO the Edftor Of The TriIune.
Sir: MAJ ask Tide space in Your excel.
len. paper .os idea w,.io. consider Important and
which 10 not T,snenber seeing touchcd upon tholoi 1t
relates 70 M evil rapidly increasing among the Wy peg
DE 10 whom one naturally look for examples Of he wseNt
conduct Of life, AMI from whom the coming generation
instmctlvcly takes it's tone.
one calls this great hepnbic, aid rightly 1t is great
There is in it a vitality, u Int n swing. ard moral
earEesiness, too, which equal 10 the dlgcshg o moro
Rings and scandals than 1t has yet been troubled d.
and Of which the future VIII read "Lh thrill moi Unlike
our delgh; ID the Florence Of Dante or he England Il
Shakespeare Bus j. Is unlen.be that people Of culture
and rein lnent axe sadly beat about, no present trying
to satisfy the demands of their own cultivated tas'c IN
the details @. everyday life. The single item OF servants
l. almost n - break down tie apirii OF lazy VINO
has prcudcc OF her own in rd 70 ncked Dishes ard
domestic etiquette Prandia otherwise. 1t is nearly
nuossole for her love money TO mud dressnater
vino " m mako dress plainly and yet with scruplcu'
rcatncss Rarely does one have book bound without
an instructive desire to the binder when the book
comes home. The Instances OF bad minor work, Il HAY
20 call IL, numberess. Ii is about easy for per
son OF cultivated and individual preferences to express
himself by his environment it is for Ny 70 ,sc3po
from spiders web.
Even IL il were possible 1t would not lie right deliberately
10 deaden orr sensibilitles They significant ard
proper Philosophers may ain'ise themselves Dy hnhb
patron znely OF the advantages OF barbarsn. but II
Natures analogios are worth nythlng, then cultivated
fruit is the finest and the discrimination Of the scholar -
better than the indifference OF the clown. Yet II these
fanoes encroach something more important aud uet-
teri Is not possible nure the geston more by lo
TOO anxious choosing good food than by eating poor
food sometmesl May it not be wiser to close the eyes 10
unequal folds upon Skin. than 10 stand and glover upon
the dressmaier while she tries 70 put them maihemst-
cay exacti IL not the life more than and tho body
than ramenti
But good people say: 1--WE find fault with Imperfect
work upon principle. II the only way 10 make better
work possible" The stat. sounds well, bat sHs-
pect that il is not quite true. Except instances IN
demanding perfection VIII tny
damage the nerves nd call the ilwill Of the ""iA-
The causes lie deeper AMI ~ h'.st "a SONY u'
urc, OUt of control Discerning 'hc aPl''n,"r 70
drill Is hardly harmful than thr ABSENCE oI ~
slohnl pride in occupation 10 WHO" vlc n"s 49,.
without special training The system may be t''"t
fcddaisu, but there il nothins ~ !c 20 l"Ht ~" P
TAcn too, are AL little impatient O' P,,n ~ r
the aud the mining cXc'tcnicnts, na ~, !" 49,. miv
comprehensive is that In America tue b"l "lhn
struggle for existence has hardly begun an. >Ori! 70
SAY Il, but is oiiorn fact thar the want OF p'N ms
moved more people To what may DE- chio" Vohse'o"0'
work than conscience itself. -.
Now IL nothing but anne viii cure the evil ann onps
endcay0rs necessarily help 50 little TT me sgHe'' W..
UlbcrIan substitute, the middle extreme. Irlil J0u,,
demands 10 the FORM In which they Ought 10 DC suPPu
by the average Workman In CaGes where II Is no'spo
make yOni orders ccnr aud emphatic; thei II your "VH
Is badly DONE tell the workman 10, hut neither wolE
over yourself inhct Ii on your friends GIVE or
sct DOgbcrran philosophy or sirug your sLoue's,
according ~ your nature demands, and make an,hi u
n. tine Centennial OF 1870 things viii mobaUy
la, heller \.
Charlotte. ", July 10, 1878.