New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-09-19
NEKYORK as Az AREPATROM
E,sn Llppiaeetrs Maqazine.

New-York is now lamentng Theodore
Thomas as Tom Hoods 4" female Ran,er" mourns 1.-The
Lost Heir for he's my darlIn' OF darn's" Sne won
ders why he did not continue
Sitting as good gold In the gutter APPLYING at making
wonder he left the court where he was better of than
all the other young boys, ,,
with two bricks, an old shoe nine OysterShells ana
dead kitten by way OF toys
Aud IN TRUTH Thomas got little more from the city
he for twenty Ave years chung to and taught II ne
Heirs reception
IL is not that New-York cares for the money which
would have kept him When did II refuse money when
its sympathies were aroused Look at It's MAGNIFICENT
charities It's help Or Chicago to faminesircken China,
and the thousands that were daiy poured INTO the
hands OF the sufferers from yellow fever IN tue
south Religion Is supported with the same mag
nihccnt Hbcrality. But when literature. music or
art are 20 be sustained the community DC,
comes either hghty or apathetic Inc best Oi
Nrw-YOrks monuments are the giIt5 eIIn ,i o,
socet formed upon the basis OF common sentiment
with which society at large 9as no aS'e s1hpab5y,
limited that NevYork would never have acquired the
Cesuoa collection 81 Cyprote pottery gcms and satu-
airy had II not Iouhd a cpmptulof I'D Lnsluuu lno
luxury beating the DrtShrrs was too tempting 10 De-
declined and led result which might not have been
reached had the question been nothnH more t9 one OF
art art-educalion Competition supplied the stimulus
which should have bcvn furnished bY sense the DC
way, historically and artisicaly, 50 valuable Inc
New York public, again, was never really interested In
the Castellan collection IL gInnBen INC Inal en-
trance fee OF - cents levied by th5 trustees ni
the Metropolitan Museum. No leader arose 10 open
non Of mhiOlica aud medtrval leweIrJ. Tue ony
be blind leader Of the blind. and the only result OF Mr.
Clarence Cooks interference was 10 leave tue atoresad
gentleman In the melancholy plight Of plucked crow
me collection wa , l1gr1peu su S p,Sbe et
Itself 10 he gamer the extent Of witnessing piece
OF sport No otoss spoiled is enjoyment oil
tue fun. ---, .,-.- 80,
Icge ~ music was 10 be founded, New-NOrk scarcely
paused ~ examine the plans 81 the proposed building
Tine achemr fell prone the ground upon the day OF s
birth. TIE few vino In earnest communicated
none Of their fire the community at large Society
q n
II compacentiy regarded HIN ne the greatest conductor
ard It's comPncenoy Was ied DS IT'S having ga
Imaginary proprietary interest IN nm. But while tue
few who really uudersto him ana the themes he nm
Jed bowed 10 him IN their Apollo the many
had no real homage 10 pay either Of heart or head lie
educated the people, anu tho people DeHrNcd IN MN
aud the dicnm OF judges m9Io ooln'cucn' t tu,
oc,,fy lie i'd them To lofty heights, bat no sooner
had they reached than was he seen living To
another loficr sill, aud SIM more penlouA lie
worked. moreover, only genius and an enthusiast
could work lie began by winning his auditors, He
went down TO their level, humOred them, pleased
raylshng even when ouly partially inteiUbe. In-
sensiDY they grew TO Ike IT, and although deIeouons
were large many refused 20 rise above the popu-
lar standard there Il doubt be succeeded In Gle
waiting taste OF the general public year by year he
was bringing HE audiences 10 himself and year
by wear ne was winning new ers from the love of
the merericious and hashy 10 that Oi the hoOe anu
lie alone derived no benefit from his abors. He had
no adequate support no relief from the most sordid
and worrying ~ life. He found himself almost
forced iuto competition that was degrading. Had he
entered INTO IL he would have thrown down VITA his
own hand the he had spent his life IN rearing.
lie was alternately warmed by the admiration and love
of few and chilled by general apathy, and has chosen
wisely In going he will at least be lifted above tho
necessity OF struggling for subsistence New-IOrk has
Lost him, but had IL known that Cincinnati was
irving 20 coax him away II would nave let HIM gO
never.
IL Is singular that the matter Of making New-YOrk
attractive lovers OF art and music is mover looked
al by its wealthy citizens from the opmmercnl point Oi
view. ana music exert Influences that eau DO com
puted upOn strict business principles and the policy of
neglectiug them Is extremely shOrtsRhted Every ad-
diton TO the attractions Of city, and especially or
city essentially commercial - an addition 10 it's pros
perty Tne prestige that would have accrued 10 New
York and the wealth that would certainly nave Deen
attracted TO Il, had IL adopted CIncnnatis course
OF action, would unquestOnably have far more than
oensated the outlay Attending the endowment
OF college Of music and the engagement OF Theodore
Thomas. WITH this assumption the ldlOsynerasY OF
NeW.YOrk may be- viewed III full Like tue prudent
merchant Of modern atanments aud medium culture, it
is NOT farseeing when question arises not strictly IN
its limo business. sympathec, outwardly decOrous
keeny sentative full OF pity Tor the suffering, NeW-1OIk
enters the field Of art In purely mercantile spirit lt
mas no love- but only that peculiar Kind OF affection
tbat the outgrowth OF triumph over rival An indl,
ydual parallel might DO found in tue case OF the old
gentleman who haunted the auctiOnrUOma and nled ma
house with loads OF vases, brOnzes aud the like It's
not the things care for" lac said, " but there isn't
millionaire IN the city haven't outbid IN getting them
together" ID.