New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-08-08
tTNT IHE INGLL 90,

At a recent conference of SpIrliu lists hcId nj
Ca,,adl.a Lake. an eccentric gentleman IN the
audience. most likely belonging 10 the school ol
h.mlll,tv that always wants Ia know, you know,
roe up and inquired what III angel Wis
obviously in ~ doing he demonstrated that he
WIS a confirmed and abandoned old bachelor
who had never been in love. Virginia very
n,op,il woald hav, .clt iu~u'cl had Paul even
,cntur,d to a.k her such a question ana II
Hero had CHANGED to hear OF Ls.nde.'. attend
ng "A Spnilulll.lIc or any other vi lo'y ol con
ference for the purpose OF ptopoundlnE That
particular angelic inquiry, she certainly would
have sent him a dclicltdy p,IiIWncd note 10 sly
That she could never be- 10 him any thnG mo e
tender than >tcp-S,St,r, and that 1t Wo"id DC
agreeable for her 10 have hlm quit swimming
over to see her every Sunday evening. Accord
iug to the Last ccu>us thee were millions 81
God',-bcSt- gil-to-m man blooming in the United
States. Yet in the face OF this mptuions lact
and with Il cheap edition in good pr'nt "l
&" Lnlll Rookh oh the mtlhct. man Is
found 80 lost To all sense OF appreciation aS
seriously and IN cold blood 10 put the quciy
IN a public meeting, W hat l. IN angel
Nor is that the worst OF 1t. The conference,
instead Of gathering itself like one man with
blood in h., eye and promptly Furnishing his
n,olcncc By pitching him into CaNHadaga Lake,
,loopcd To answer HIM. And such IN answer :.
said the conference to the inquirer, according
to 4 correspondent of The Iu0no Courir,
Winged angel, are unknown to SpirltulliNIN.'
THIS i, serious. Are we Ia undc stand that III
Tine opinion of or Spiit,mli,tic friend, the race
81 angc> have no wing! II 30 and conc''ling
L.. Ina. tr.IS
There j, no help for It, They must go-ilom
the realm of romantic humn interest lhe
average man and woman can 10 more think OF
an angel without Wings than they can THINK oil
a fountain without water or G,orge W aShnSlon
without dignity. 4 statement is now gong the
rounds of the cwspapcs to the effect that the
ROYAL Institute of Archaeology Is discussing the
query, How many wings constitute the Ouiht
of an angel 1t i, ccar from this that the
ROYAL Institute of Archaeology holds that an
angel is a winged creature. 1t Is a pity that the
Institute and the Cls.-ldaga Lake SpiltuallStS
could not convene in joint 81 SION and debate II
question of such general and picturrs que concern
10 the finish.
Some thcologlans-prc> lmby person, of i'm
paired digestion and little sntimcnt--dcny the
existence of angels altogether. But they are III
II hopeless minority. Most people on tins planet
believe in angel, and believe, too, with the great
poets and painters that they have wing. Ours
is matcralistic age. 1t has made up lis acute
mind that the world is hollow and that the vtIl'
OF dolls are mostly s;lwdust. But 1t draws the
lie at angel, and ut winged angels every time.
We pity that poor fellow who asked the Ca,s;l-
daga Lake conference what IN angel was. To
think he never SAW one in Il sweet provision OF
the soul that there never passed before his adj
miring eye, some rare and radiant maiden who
WIS vsibly "brcding her failure wings
| Where can he have lived