New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-26
WAR on YOUNG MEN.

The Tribune has always been the friend OF
,bo Young man. Our doctrine has ever been that
tbe Young man must and shall be protec'ed'
Espccially have we stood by the excessively SounI
man in bs great hour OF nccd-that il. while
oo,duc,ing his courtship During this trying
no,,od in the life OF the exceedingly young map
yc have always felt that he needed the wiscst
and most prudent counsel. and we nave HecN
yiyrn 10 10 him. We have not only come TO .he
vounr man In the capacity OF gnide' phloSop"''
and friend. but we have scanned the horizon lor
danger and warned him when we noted IL aiaf
~ 7, & in this latter capacity Of watcher on
tho battlcmcnts that we hail tho young man III
lave this morning and say TO him that n move
man, Il being started agnins. him. And the
,ors. ~ {, il that It l. starting In Oonnec'lcut'
,,o, homo ~ new movements. where they always
,lrivc and whence they spread 20 Boston and then
.,,o, over ,be remaining fraction Of the civilized
world. c
Tho rcv idea las for birthplace Mansfield.
aud ,be frs, victim * a young man named FRANK
parsons. For the last few months young Mr..
p,r.o,s according 10 the newspaper reports. mas
,,or .,crdinc an evening or two week WITH
~ NIL. tho handsome and accomplished daugh-
,r - Mrs Mary Wilson, n widow who mas hVeu
l., ,ho nlocc for many years. We are not to"
90 o. tL. exact progress which the young folks
-. ,,,de oloup the uncertain but ever delight
o1 na,h leading 10 full matrimonial ollhs'
,,d 81 this we are glad, since we would not WIN
,,,d, hand tear the veil from So sacred SUBJECT
p,, II is fair 10 presume that everything "aS
,oin, on smoothly, since he continued 10 can
,,itb slightly increasing regularity. bu' WiI'V was
rho voung mans CONSERVATION whch' Oh s'a''i
,o take his leave the other night he was uic' 10y
Nc Wilson IN the hall, who looked at him with
ooid ,lapce and called him Mr. Parsons IN
ominous tones The young mans knees siho'e
,''a,l,or with n report like n pistol. His heart
s,ood still he gaspcd for breath and could only
cav "ma'am ?7 in shaky, asthmatic tones. Mr..
porsonsr she continued, as she adjusted hei
sncctaclcs Mr. Parsons. I wish to speak To you
ON a matter Of importance Inc young hnh
droppcd his hat and chung convulslvey 10 ''r
horis,crs for support. "Yes, Mr. Parsons, mat
Ter Of Importance. You and I'elle burn great
dc,, Of wood sitting up 50 late. | shall expect
rou in the future, Mr.. Parsons, TO cut your own
wood Say little or nothing, Mr.. Parsons but
saw woods She turned and went up stairs
The next morning the young man was on hand
n 9 o'clock. Miss Belle had the saw warm and
,be blade daintily CREASED with bit of bacon
rnd. He took it and, in the words of the dis
match. lent enough wood TO last the rest OF tho
winter for sparkling purposes
Now what do the young men Of the rest Of
the country say 10 this? We should like to hear
from them on the subject II the idea spreads
are they going to resist it. or are they going to
say nothing and manipulate the saw? The
ordinary buck saw" used in the reduction Of
cord wood is no easy thing 10 handle. There Is
an up.anddown, push-and-pnll, is-lifc.worth-liv-
ing monotony about it that is far from pleasant,
especially when about half way through the
second cord On the other hand. since none but
the brave deserve the fair is n young man worthy
TO succeed in his suit who is afraid Of any kind
Of saw? On the whole, we should say not. But
what have the young men themselves TO say about
it? They have the floor