New-York tribune., 1890-05-27

| DuslIesSf
And for the fact that ninety-nlne successful bus
ness men in a hundred send their sons 10 ooHese'
| And for the fact that the same ninety nine per
cent wish their fathers had been able to send them
to college, And would give big slice lice, OF 'Ae'F
| fortunes to gain what they have thus loSt.
And for the fact that, on the other hand you can
hardly find graduate in a thousand OF what
ever age or station who is sorry his father sent
him to collegel
And for the great and growing power and influence Oh
ilc educated lawyer a business adviser ana lacor
| OF the nneducated half educated storesweeper'
The discussion rather suggests President Llncoln's
question when certain or rather uncertain genera
| presented to him: Mastfed or corn fed ten
| cral2" As the went many an officer, Union
and Confederate, would have given at least one ear
to have been corn fed IN tile close keePInS o Wei. t
Point instead Of "cornfed in the freedom bt 4 he
life yet never cOrnfed' man regretted that le
had missed his mast
"some Of these fine churches of your city that are
struggling under loads of Indebtedness, incurred III
period, Of extraordinary fervor and hopefulness said
| a Philadelphian visiting New York the other day,
might be relieved quickly perhaps than they
otherwise will If their trustees would learn lesson
from Of our boards. 1t struggled on for great
number Of years paying interest big mortgage. but
| never succeeding in making any appreciable reduc-
| tion Of the principal. Meanwhile the neighborhood'
which had been fashionable. decroraed steadily
| and most Of the rich members Of the congregation
moved away IL began 10 look as II ,e M lmvrcSe - VT %
g,',tcd that the parish go into business ior HSeii
| and make enough money to pay its own debts a
| lodging house. cheap, but clean really clean, was
opened, and the innovation was Starring allhe 10
| church members and dodgers 1t well patronzed
| from the start and proved paying investment.
| Enlargement became necessary anu the ueDt on
the church began to disappear. slowly 1t Is true, but
steadily and the prospect Of its total erasure seems
| certain.
II A church does not find an opportunity to start
| a lodging house. why E)t open a laundry Urge the
| members Of the congregation 10 patronze it. Give
them the worth Of their money and don't let them
forget that the profits going 10 pay for theit
| church and their purses, and you Will not
| lack patronage. Tho idea Of church going into
business Is dista -tcfu' You say. Why should II be
Don't they all have fairs and bazais 10 raise money,
and don't the wives and daughters Of the members
| themselves sell goods at such times at outrageous
prices too What is there about a laundry or
| grocery or coal agency icc-house being
conducted by the trustees purely business basis.
| giving honest weight and measure to It's customers
and soliciting the patronage Of the congregation in
cmployc -hould be easily found in every church, who
would run IL for the trustees. II not. what in the
world IS RELIGION good torl The customers might have
to pay little for their goods, IN order 10 leave
| any profit on a strictly honest method Of dealing.
but would all into their own pockets in The end,
| Won may say. and every church could thus have its
own endowment fund. and the good pastors might
which they now have to spend in begging for The
Lord Think the idea impracticabie eh' Well I've
! seen IL work.
The clothing merchant whose patience IS tried 70
the verge of exhaustion by the pcrvcrsity of those
customer, who never VIII acknowcdce that new
suit Of clothes fits well it ought might be eX-
cuscd for wishing himself a Chinaman, II
| lie stopped to see Mongolan Try
| on n new suit Of clothes in Mott-st clothing
house The outfit consists Of shirt trousers. boots.
hat short coat and overcoat The shirt is generally
f- a flor uuCl
tho ordinary American flannel shirt. Wearing no col
lar the Chlnaman IS not troubled by having % remem
Der the size of his neck As all that Is seen Of The
trousers is the bottom u the legs. and these 10 be In
style must op about the ankles T at tots every have e po M fs
or r2t- As long a. they 90 nov nov run @ UP d &G IN rcb
hacked dwarf may bo fitted with facility. Ihey Aavc
customer simply gathers the garment aron9d MS necS S
adjusts thc clasp 50 that VII not ,tn en- S I S
there he is. Wrinkles are a marx Of ailiuence Ohy
your poorest Chuaman can afford 80 ltle cIotn @ .liI
! h,, garments must cling 10 the shape. nat ionf
pic aG tops IL ali Of ard is tho only American made
arf,rJo OF them all. Why does not John wear his
native hat here, tool
4you can now rent houses on Manhattan Island
said real estate agent last week. "eNceilont houses
with all tho modern improvements inside ana outside
biz enough for au ordinary family for $1,000 year
and less II ,ou will bat 20 far enough uptown iof
them You Will find yourself removed long way
from the present fashionable region Of the city, but
Won VIII meet another society there in no respect
Inferior 70 the old. save only in wealth perhaps /
speak Of that newly and finely bultup region north
and west Of Central Park. \ distinct community l.
craving up there People who rent, own and occupy
| entire dwelling houses. II Is cohpo>ea Vi S'""7
.ouulc, with wealthy parents who have given them
liberal start professional who are well-to-do'
merchants etc, WHO arc beginning to be Succe''ul vi
business, and people who have made money IN o'hcr
parts OF the country and come here To I'VE inc rc''
NJ tncir DAYS IN refined leisure without hein- uhlho
aires. Nearly all Of them are people ot culture o.,
dc,iru. il. Their distance from Ne" orhets oi
similar ways of living. III the oIlcr part ol .lc 1 .I"'
cause, them To- nd their social plca,ur' ano- 'I.Il
,rlvc> and before many year, We Will nave aholer
100" something IKE H. .atttd III .ic, nlr III
for which the Protestant Episcopal Cathcdra WI
growing fast that such social set are t2rceq upon
New Norhcrs hy the impossIblity of iuuIuuI tlc Ic
TbS new part of the town viii be far preyteI.
too than that which adloin9 Flt avg iol tls ar M II
lecture /, FAR In advance o the old oo"hsoheir1n;
m0notony"
II IS good thing for Noneybacs, ir. that the old
man shows little disposition retire from active ous-
mess for It costs 4 good deal more nowadays 10 40
the correct thing than it did when MoneNbag'' ST.
went counting. Take the one item oil candy i"'
| instance The od fellow brought lew DhlIN-
eye. in his pocket now and NIcn perhaps "hch 10
vent 10 see his sweetheart. and even then did more
than was expected of him. but to-day pound oi Ton
hon, at ~ - is nothing less than nothing II not put
nm lu a dainty box that costs twice aS mu'h as thc
"npats "p a - coutains And then. when one gels lc-
c,somed to buying the toN a9d con'aea4s m 1t te Ie
chief part Of the ef how easily one Is l,d on mo
| c"tr,,,rnnc. hy thc charming things themselves
rhe useful i, combined in them WIN tle otnSna IT,
There are pnboXeS, soap boxes sponge b2Se( pnTuer
tn>rs h,udkcrchef boxes jewel cases, BIoNcholacr7
avon sewing Jaskets-al cXquslcly made III slNcf; )r
,ilinw ar wood costing from - 10 T1o ana lolu.,,
frn,n 70 10 $50 worth of candy ard serving alter to
| inr hons are gone perpetual reminder OF 'ne
siycr and oi the fact that the box needs rehllins'
said a clever woman, talltng about mems ideas con-
cerning women and their shopping: "Why VIII you
men persist in misrprcscnting us! Now dont You
know that a woman by her frequent visits TO stores
and bons and her constant watchfuncss over gowns
fashions and prices, keeps herself so familiar WITH
them that she is prepared at moments noucc I'd
start ont o buy carloads of anything that comes
under the head Of shopping she knows Just where
TO 90 knows the cost Of everything IN fact can Hoo
80 ,,,.- in bcr line "A, accurately and generously