New-York tribune., 1891-03-01
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THINGS PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW.
To the weary wording Lent must be welcome in
sses and to have truly fashionable and legitimate
ovcnse TO give up striving must be an absolute relief
to many. To the mother who has conscientiousN
stmcced to every ball In order that her Young
donrhter might see and be seen; to the father who
fsc that his girls have had their chance" for this
vinter at least and that he can draw in The
pnrsestrings; and even to the girls Themselves WHO
mnst experience genuine sensation OF relief in being
able at least to stay home and take the much-neeacl
rcst without feeling that they are out Of it," the
ouecr admXturc of socaed religion and fashion tl2'
we have nowadays would have considerably aston
ished the Apostles. "Paccavi" all cry Willingly
and gladly at this season of the year, when we are
tired ont and weary beyond measure for the tine
belng OF the world, the flesh and the devil! Nah''N
Of vantes we find it all, and we are rs READY 10
morallze now as were in the beginning OF tho
season and talk "chfonc.'
1t was very amusing the other day to hear the
srtless talk of two matrOGs, who the listener kne"
have said about the same things every year at Tho
same time "What is il all worth!' said one with
a sigh Il often think that said the other "Lilo
is too short to give it all up TO such frvollies'
am sure sometimes when l am going to DINER
would just give worlds to have cup OF tea ana
good novel and stay at home"
And there is nothing but money nowadays, pu'
in No. l. Il think New-York is getting intoleTabie'
Just think who the people are who entertain now
Ten or fifteen years ago we would not have hho"h
one Of them"
IL really think we should live for something
higher. l shall 90 to Mrs. IS (naminS very
fashionable Bible class regularly" "How l eu'S
you" said her friend. 1t is such a privilege
should go of course if here, but We are eols
TO Florida next week Did you ever see anyihnS
like it; every one is leaving. No end OF people one
knows are going to sail on the - next week -a'iu
The girls, too. have their Lenten fadS. "Teachine
in the sums" is very fashionable indeed 1t IS doubt
ful II our Lord would have called the wretched homes
of the poor "slums," but all the same they mean
wcll. the work is a good one, and Just TO see the
bOrny, kindly faces of the good hearted mondaincS
must be pleasant to the poor and miserable-that Is
it is not aggravating We do not mean to beAtte
these funny fashionable efforts Every one VOC
in his own way, and to his own master he standeth
or faeth." We simply note them Lenten develop
mentS.
a pessmist might well ask if there is after all any
true criterion Of taste. After certain point of
ceence is attained does it become then either the
preference Of the individual or the circumstances by
which the particular product is brought before the
critics and the publcl Woud Albrech Durer, for in
stance, be admitted to the class at the Art
Students League if he submitted a sketch nowadays?
Or could Salvat0r Rosa any of the old landscape
painters have their paintings accepted they sent them
to the Academy Two men Of culture were discussing
this very question the other day and oddly enough they
were both wellknOwn critics themselves. d" ! remem
ber' said one Of them "a curious instance apropOS Of
this. very famous Boston artist frequently
asked to identify himself with New York, but with the
arrogance Of the true BOstonian he had very low
opinion of New Yorl's feeling Tor ar-this by the
way, ten fifteen years the conditions are very
different now. If he had lived he would have un
dOubtedly found his Mecca here At the time, how
ever, Of which speak, there was competition for
some public building, and half in malice he sent in
beautiful and accurate drawing by Of his pupils
done under his immediate supervision, and touched
by himself and in which he introduced an exact rep
resentation Of Trajans Column. The design, which
was signed only by his pupil, promptly rejected by
the committee and when the artist spoke afterwad 10
of the judges about SO-and-SO's design being
jected, he replied quickly Of course had TO reject
such trash; why did you not send something really
good7'
At this story the other critic laughed and promptly
capped it by another equally dscouaCing to the be
ginner. " In London, not long ago, prize given
by publishing firm for the best poem in blank
Another mischief maker copied out certain portions Of
Milton's Samson AgOnistcs which would
tainly have imagined was welLknown, and sent IL in
for competition. His paper returned him with
the single comment that IL was not up to their
Standard =
AS an Offset, however, to these very dscouraclns
accounts, the best story told was of a lady who was
Charming gcndre writer and whose first story was
refused distinctly six times by the same magazine
She felt II % be good, evcred and finally il
cepted and she is now regular contributor 10 the
same periodical.
There are no utensils for cooking at once so mex
pensive and welsued 10 their purpose Of producing
Slow steady ebullon as piplns of pottery or stone
If they are handled with care they will last
a long time. Stcwed frat, acid vegetables. Ike
tomatoes. and grains Of various kinds are far more