New-York tribune., 1890-07-16
4 NEw FIELD FOR STANLEY.

For fifty years it has been the province oil Ihe
Tribune to combat the pessimistlc idea that tue
world is not advancing. IL has steadily held Cla'
man is constantly pressing on III the right dlrectioh
that we live i'm the dawn rather than in the
twilight of human endcavor and human accom-
plishment. II seems possible that to-day WE
stand on the threshold of another important dls-
covcry. Henry VI. Stanley is married May IL
not be possible that the greatest living cNPiorel-
the man who gave Ujjibwai, llunJidon ana Up
sdais-may yet succeed now that he Is nldr'le"'
in finding woman's pocket? The task IS 2Tea.'
but who dare predict that he will not accomplish
it?
If the average Young man with no experience
in either direction were given his cholcc ue'"ee"
dndino Nididdlcdddlc. Interior Africa, and a but
ton-hook in the pocket of . black dress hanging
on the third hook on the rght-hand side OF the
bacl, closet he would select the button-hooK anu
strike ont blindly and fail In this, as in many
other things Stanley has shown himself 10 he no
ordinarv mamie went after Nididdledidd'e irSt
and found II and now he has come back 10 attempt
to teach us how to spell African names and per
hans to undertake the other task II is task
which. We suspect, sooner or later I" every
married man. The wife of his bosom 81 'ndS-or
perhaps We should say sits, since statistics show
that nine ont of ten women sit on the moor -
nut on their shoes-shc Sits say, helpless, WIN
TWO hairpius and a sofcty-pin in her mouth, ana
directs her husband to proceed 10 the closet ana
get "A buttonhook which is in thc pocket ot hcr
cashmere dress. lie, good, easy man, ia>t"hS on
one cun and goes like lamb to The slaughter.
lie searches the first ten minutes in SILK dress
instead Of the cashmere. Then, with copous Ill
rcctions and explanatory notes from the n"or, h'
locates the ri-ht gown. hanging rs ne was told
in the first place, on the third hook, rShf-hand
side There II hangs, limp and innocent lie puts
bi, hand in what be conccivcs 10 be the pocket
and gradually dives deeper til be- is surprised
10 see tie hand with finger, spread wide apart
emerge from the bottom ~ thc skirt He says
nothing but rcncws the attack. There are. in
an ordinary dress between thirty and forty places
where this operation may h. repeated, and as there
is no way of distinguishing between a canyon
which Las been explored and one which has not
the ordinary man viii 20 down each one five ar SN
llmcs. Perhaps he becomes impatient and some
thing rips and hc is rcbukci from the floor
Vow comes his scycrcst trial. He feels the
pocllct with IT'S buttouhaok, and handkerchief
and letter from his Wifc's mother. aai receipt
for spougc-cakc. and half dozen samples OF
dIcsS-eoods. and twO hairpHS. and receipt for
curront Jelly. and other tritcs indl l,cuouS 20 tie
luCAlltA he ItF'lN ", We repeat, from me ON
side md fooishlv thinks Dr., task almost done
Alas What % worm "f the dust is man. cs
specially under these Circumstances r. were better
for tAi, man that ic stood iu Africa searching
for Nappcali near Boastic Bo-sir. which places
as every Intelligent student ol the Dark Conti-
tcut knows. are over Two thousand miles apart.
Finding the pocket on the outSldc mcaus-nothin1.
n Is no cirw 10 the entrance The weary Nouua
husband searches on his work pnrctuotcd by his
wife. who sill hos the floor Reason AT length
topples on her throne. He pulls down the nm
offending gown. nook and aiL lie uttcrN q wild
cry and tears the helpless front brcadtls from
the unrcSlstlug back drapcry. Shrc,lS Of black
cashmere hy t,fouIh the start cd air. The illu-
save pocket strikes him on the nose. stil lie ear
not got into II. Then his wife comes md res
cues the garment with tears bat firmly, puts
her hand in the pocket AZ the first move and the
young husband retreats down stairs covered with
shame and ieuominy.
We have attempted in a few words 10 sketch
an experience which every married man ha, had
Nccd We say that 40 man has ever Yet found q
womans pocket? Has the feat hccn left for the
great explorer OF Dlrkcst Africa We trust ST..
Eut hc must be prepared for failure. Though Lc
has accurately mapped The country Of the Wei
Nyanli. laid bare the mysteries of the Aunyy
Roorzr Forest ard marched from Rucho,h m the
west 10 IlrtlcAat IN the east. still may hc meet
lis Waterloo in the pocket OF a black dress on a
hook