The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-03-03
EDITORS CHAT.
AS 0rHERs sEE Ig.

Robert Burns, the Ercui Scottish poet, set forth
universal need when he exclaimed
% Uad some power tic ciftic gle us,
To see ourselves ne iilers see u.s.
il wad frae mony a bluuder free as
And foolish notion"
We ure Hl slaves Of custom sometimes the most
absurd We do things because our ancestors have
done a aud never dream that making our
relvrs ridiculous Ia the eyes Of Others who may
have beel brought up uuder wholly diverse con-
diilons.
We become acq tainted with the customs a. race
foreign 10 our own, aud are moved to laughter be-
cause their habits discourse are not ike ours.
We are nA creatures Of custom, The slaves Of cir
eumsiances.
Tie whole United States was oonvulsod with
laughter ihe other day the spectacle 81 The
Prince o. Wales dancing the Highland Fling some
th.Ag thh we in America associate with tie clog
dance Of The negro minstrel stage. But over In
Sooiland, and even IN Canada, staid ohurchmen
and their decorous wives lead OF tie social fesliyi-
ties viii reel that would make au American head
swim 20 look al. And the Highland Fling is an
accomplishment f0T the British statesman 10 be
proud Of wlsen he would feel at home among the
HighRndrrs
We read 81 tie dancers 10 Holy Writ, who went
forth 90 cslebrHte the victories Of Kings and OF
David dancing with tile women. aud laugh in
was the custom ~ the lime aud the Nation 10
praise the Lord Ia the dance ss with The tabre and
the hhrp aud the loud sounding instruments
Perhaps the nations d few Thousand years hence
when the sword has been beaten into plOwslRros
sno tine Hpsar into pruning hooks. viii laugh when
theg read of the military parade aud Tie torch
liFili procession o. tiie present day.
Happily we need not wait n thousand years 10
learn what 10 thought Of aud our Anglo Saxon
witness tbe following from article Ia Temple
Boz. iu which Huan HsinR-fu. Of China. records
hiE impressions Of a visit 10 England.
Row WE SKIP.
lseHides Invitations 10 dinucr he writes there
are luFttat0us to parties such az are occasion
ally given ~ wealthy merchants or distinguished
Dineluh. v iseu toe unie comes equal number
o. tBen aud women assemble. and Tea sugar IA X
brend End the Ike set out ~ aids 90 con
Eefsatiou. More particularly uIe tlerr Invitations
~ skip aud posture when the host decides what
man b. a. d. the partner 81 what woman aud what
woman u what man.
Then. ,gIib both arms RrasIilr each other they
leave ic table 10 Tirs hnd ielp, skip, posture aud
prHnrr fuT their mutual qualification. A man and
a ""ihhh previously unknown % one another ttHy
thhe per- % a. They Gull inls skipping taHsBcH
dancing
AEGLo-sAEoE coUrrsmP.
Not long since writer iu Chinese illustrated
paper, HBn FHo. gave an account Of another Anglo
Saxon ousiom thst laos excited the nuuzeIuesli of
Onehtals nnd gives us o true picture " What we
are "as itH,Ts see ua."
Western etiquet reuuires 4" saws tIiis writer
hie mhu ll search ~ ,gifr 90 waite 10 The FL ~
home HDu agree upon some time and place Tor a
skipping match 'ssiiicei, lHnoe.. THE duy mr.
rived, youth iH rcd aud maid boz green tIsev come
ln paIrt "a Le brilliant spacious hall where n ~
tremulouF sound ~ flute una drum tla pat5tb
chsihng i.e maidcn.s wHls' nHd Tie maid resting
upon hrT partners shoulder. ullr pair VIII sizifl
forward, nuotHcr pfHuoe hIr.s ward, round aud
Fohna liie room uulA they are forced 10 slop lJT
want Oi breath
After ilis they will become acquainted f-orly
sitter THE observe" aud then by occasional atieu.
tom over bonle 81 wine ~ cxciInuge Of coma
aencee 81 tilc Tea Table. their intimacy vii dcer,eU
Abe maid'u's heart become filled will love sud
hey viii HiHle."
PASSING ~ EEylEW.
~ az i"zledures, Los Angelo CAL b. sugi0as
tat,ul 'iiSS lvithu4H lor preparing butte. with
year ago.
hary D.. Hunt Esedtown. O.. writes thai her
sister Hattie D. loo M 10 sea HUsg lodge autoprnpUr
le=-ness
Leonard = Marin. Empora. Kan. offers a rbo.
losfhph ~ one Of tie - churches Of I.mporih IL
eteryone - lao writes iu hs autograph HIbsm
susie 20 cord wants 30 know low - cover an old
army c1Iieen ior pHrlor ornament
Mrt lsIia .. Fassetl 28O2 Lake street Aiinnenpo-
m aouih Minn.. is aesirOus 81 securing the poeIn
Ihe Dinnlmer's Bride" which wac published 81
seafh AZ De- lsoadiUH Dime REGULATIONS
hdiie Fuller Spring Lake ~ u seuds a me.
moral card Ia black aud gold which reads:
la loving remembrance of Anna Igtll,r MA
Jan. y 1872
precious one from ~ has gone:
voice we loved is ntilud:
place b vacant lH our home
Which never can DC filled
'God la liis wisdom hns recalled
Toe boon lac love lass given:
And though the body lderh here
The soul As safe in Heaven
~ KIND letter from Mabel g. Eggleston now az
Nhrreni pa, late Delhyau o. conc udes l,y sa,Iply
thel eha expects 10 meet ler a. a. friends Al Wa.l
ington next summer. That her Illinois ffIgndE