New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-03-23
y1RcH AND IT'S PROGENY.

MARCH And IT'S PROGENY.
March is ready to take his leave, and nobody
il sorry. The month like every other MONTH,
has its work to do of wing up the relds ana
loosing the springs and unrOverlng ma!dIion8
ponds and sending glare of light into every
dirty corner and cupboard OF the house. bu'
there is no need Of such pOthcr and brag-
eing about work. The snow of January ana
the SUNSHINE of May are quiet. In the oldest
times. when the seasons were real hvlhS
creatures To men, March WAS always held to
bc noisy, il-conditioncd fellow, who found
his liLcmc>, in your gusty, hearty friend that
slarpcd you on the back in the street, and
asked after your brother who was hung OF how
You yourself got through that little job of
bribery.
The children of March meet Us at every
turn nowadays. They ar" very busy at wash
in.ton. on in writing letters to country news
papers ancnt thu scandal. Their ylrtac blows
tie most savage, glIStic,t squalls against the
Brlknaps and nuhCdy else. II never occurs 10
them that the corruption extends beyond tler
victims, even to their own households ana 10
themselves. They are tie loud-mohlhcd'
blatant reformcrs in politics, social HE. ana
religion. In every reform worked III state
they are never heard of until quiet doSE"d'
steady thinkers have worked u change IN plblic
opinion ANA made il ripe torl"yoli; then these
fierce radicals rush Ia the front, and blow the
trumpet and hrand,h the sword. and are ch"S' Il
leader, generals. Presidents While the man
who was the motiYc power /, pushed To
the wall and ioIg"t.cn. They are th" Hcct"rian
chiefs who have turned religion INTO bis"i'y,
Who in old times turned the rack al the IN
duisitioa burned Catholics, dIo"Trd GuIhcI>,
and wLiupcd NrtholiNS ~ the cart-t.,Il. Now
.diys th.y edit srciarian newspapers AMI ohl!
.c.li, bum, illy, with pen and lnh. II was
women of this family who took NJ the cause
of womaus work and made II nGicn!on'.
They MAKE cycryc use. belief. 81 even opinion.
which thry adopt dIruuus and obnoxious -
s,b,r ioik,. Vet nobody doubts their sincerity.
Nnbu,ly doubts that The wind .! March Is IN
cainrst when It cutchc, oa; tlIOJtS with
dphth,ria 81 ll. our weak lungs with poison
on, vapur,. The only fault TO Ice found with
ia. e people j. that they are the for;unai" ones
vino never see any hut one side. Always sure
they are right. the 90 ahead, let what VIII
perish before them. The party. the sect, l. n
error Il. e.. doe, not agree with thrm); down
IT goes as ruthlr ,iy Is ia" March wind sweeps
down the cabin. rccnrdr,, oil mother or babe
beneath the ruins.
Pcrlap. oar i.aGc,S are most familiar with
thi, ga~iy elan > private life. They are the
hobby riders Who preach temperance ar Npiit-
uaii,n while the oup grows cold, ignorant oi
the truth that - that moment soup and not
spirit i, ia" IMPORTANT fact IN HE. II You
have one for "a "ic She insists on perfect
unity of soll." ;hc English of which Is that
Won -lall give up cigars ana the club ANA take
tp rcadms-cigclrs or k"tilcdruns. she l.
afflicted with IAN unlaiiing instinct, ana hi|
a nose for vice rs keen as March may be- sup
poscd To have for uncc!nncss. She scents
s,,udulouS propcisi,irs in all the coed fellows
who drop in for chat and smoke and bring,
in every pretty cousin in your family guilty
of idiocy, or worse.
When she has girls or boys of her own TO
manage Won may swear there shall he no tenn
porzing or milk of roses treatment in that
family. She spies ont the bcsntting sin Of
each in the cradle. and instead of choking ont
the poisonous weed with wholesome growthS,
digs and tugs at it the year round to drag 1t
out by the roots. Her children shall thin.
with her thoughts. see with her eyes, walk IN
the narrow path she marks before them. When
they break loose and run To pcrditiOn their
own gait she is apt to reflect how ether iami-
lies "turncd ont well with no bringing mp ut
"all y where, in fact, u sunny, pure atmos
phcre was the chief influence.
There arc fewer Of these savagcy yirtuous
parents than there were thirty years ago.
Sunday is no longer q day of dread, and the
rawhidc hangs behind very few hall-doors.
But the elan born in windy March have be-
| taken themselves to other work, and it is
owing to the fact of their aggressive bigotry
! that men are too apt to turn away from all
hard featured virtue, to find comfort even in
vice if it be sunny tempered and liberal