New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-19
TWO ORIGINAL IDEAS.

w. scarcelv know which is of the greatest
"a. ;.,,n,r,once As we gaze at the Washington
bisoo,ch il seems a. il that was OF the greatest
,.,arost and that we should speak of 1t 10 the
oxclusion OF the other Then as we turn o"i
eves ia the Iowa telegram its magnitude ocooin''
annarcnt and we seem 10 see that our uuN Nv
in calling more forcible attention 10 thhe WIN,
~. ignore the first. 1t IL an emDartaS"e"' y,
ricbr. which u exaspcrating There Is one u""
only one way ont Of the dlhcu"S-" ''''' ."
hasty but impartial glance at Do'h' -,
Tho Iowa dispatch tells of n ienmrkaolc VI"
.,,,au,o, ~. Ot,uunwa named John Is. Wickhail'
who. unfortunately, has just passed away " 1,n1
neerinc from the grip. He should nave u''u
sa,,D, bo,,ever his death was not so much
-, a surprise 10 his friends as it would nave oc''i
- :, '.,or,.d in say. l1s9. or l716, or there
,, ,- tho accounts say that he was one nun
'Is.I and twenty wears old. OF course lie at
,andoI Vosbington's Inauguration IN TINS Guy
d., hare ia the important point about inc oiu
,on,iomop Ouoth the dispatch: For inc pas.
,.o,r Il. had steadily refused to wear trousers
Tho Venerable Mr. Wickham appears to nave i'a'
i,froI ideas Put what must bo me cmo'io"'
- ,bo.c excellent ladies' who last summer II.
I,d.nonolis and again at Nhau'aulua' P''
rosoiutious declaring that trousers were 'hc o"'S
ra,;or.I drcs, and predicted that they wouiu soo',
bo ,vorn by women Here Is person cn'.,,"
nv nature and by custom to trousers WIN 'o'"''
,cnounced them. John b. Wickham cou'u "'"'
trousers without resolutions without conventions
,vi,bout societies for their promotion, wioiou' c'
writing 10 the newspapers and saying 'haV he w'.'
oo;rc 10 do il. still he casts them from MN 10
a.. accumulated woman dress-reforiner this m"so
come like the remuneration by So'er-
.i,, Of his throne. Alas these IT.
e,rn,cru must say, here We almost need
a. o,pcndmeut TO the Constitution To De
allie to wear them yet here is person VINO a''rac'"
attention by not wearing them But, perhaps
wc hayr said too much about Mr.. WlcKhain
,nioue idea. On the whole we nre inclined to
,binl, that we have done wrong TO relega'e tue
Washington dispatch to second pace
1,;s i,em from the Capital refers TO the bill in
,rodnccd in the House By Mr.. Newberry. of Illinois
ho vino for its object an improvement in spelling by
,h. r..ople Of the country To tell the truth. we
Din not know which we ought to have considered
first the original idea of Mr. Wiclllam, or the
INGENIOUS bill OF Mr.. Newberry. Mr.. NewDerry's
plan stripped Of its details. seems 10 DC 10 s'ahu
the people Of this country mp and spell EN- down.
His bill proposes the establishment IN New-iorK'
Washington and Chicago OF spcliihg SCHOOLS Oh
oroa. size with one hundred smaller ones scat
tored throughout the country, and giant, Jumbo
like onr with 1--WE suppose molasses candy ana
rcctotions al the Worlds Fair. There seems To
be something in this scheme ana we presume Ihat
the late Mr. Wicliham. as n practical reiormer OF
an advanced type, would have approved OF 1t.
We can assure the promoters of the bill that New
York will do what she can to make her particular
school a success We can hold it in Madison
Square Garden every Friday night during the win
ter. couple of prominent citizens can choose
nj snpll down. We
have Rotations and dialogues, too. Mr.. Depew.
for instance, can recte You'd Scarce Expect One
Of My Age while Mr.. Cleveland, for example.
can follow with Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.
New-York pledges herself to make her spelling
school great success.
But in welcoming the new idea OF National
spelling schools, the country will still feel pang
of regret that so original and courageous re-
former as the late John Is. Wickham cannot he
here to indorse this upward and onward move.
But grip spares nor youth nor valor