Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-06-19
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS.

OlR NEW lOkk LETTER,
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS.
"Any Young man who expects to
succeed III New York." says Mayor
Strong, "mu>t come here determined
to rely upon himself He must push
out for himself, and not depend upon
his friends. The boy who does that
is sure to succeed if he has good
princinlcs and good habits. He must,
however, bend every energy
toward accomplishing what he
sets ont to do. and he must
he rc"aomical il respect to
money, time and strength. If he does
this and has it in him he will have n
great success, for there is no place
where the pnssih'itic' Of great sue
cesses are more than right here.
don't think the plac" where the boy is
raised has much to do with it. The
mannrr of the boys rearing often has
more. The country boy has, as II rule,
hal the advantage Of being made to
work. He is usually poor boy, and
his nerve uad dmlsrlc have usually been
developed hya lversity This may he the
case with til, city boy. hut in many in.
stances his early life has been too easy.
His parents have pampercd him. He
does not know the value of a dollar
until he learns it by experience after
he has gone into business, and in this
way he stars in behind the horny
handed son of the country. The coun-
try boys life has tended to the 1cvcl-
opment of se!rreliance in him, and he
comes here with the determination to
stand alone.
The mere announcement that the
New York Association for Improving
the Condition of the Poor actually
needs $1,000 to support ten vacation
schools for children during the sum-
mer season should he enough to bring
the necessary funds into its treasury
at once. The vacation schools con-
Quoted hy this admirable organization
were attended last year by wore than
100, 900 children who, hut + skind-
ly ministra:ions, would rae suf-
fered all the hardship and dis
tress of helpless idleness in the
not streets of the city. But thou
sands of other little ones eager to- en-
Joy it's generous aid were turned away
for lack of sufficient accommodations,
and it is to provide for these that the
association now appeals for funds to
open additional schools. If one wants
to startaway on II summer vacation with
a thought that will make the sunshine
all the brighter one eau do SO easily
and surely by allowing ones checkbook
to give the consciousness of having
contributed to the support of this,
which ranks among the best and most
beautiful of all our public charities.
The story to the effect that Freder-
ick Law Olmstead was to bring suit
against j. J. Astor to recover buried
treasure is interesting as illustrating
the way error spreads. The fact is
that several years ago Mr.. Olmstead
and party of friends were spending
the summer on an island ON the
Maine coast. 10 while away the time
one of the party wrote story of
buried treasure to fit cave on the
island, working i'll the names of
several well-known people, including
that of Mr.. Astor. The story was
never intended for publication, but a
guest of the Olmsteads at the time re-
ported it and it got into print. 1t has
been published several times since,
and the changes have been rung upon
it until there is little left of the story
in it's original form except the names
of Mr.. Astor and Mr.. Olmstead.
Nothing can more surely bring ridi-
Guile upon sincere religious effort -
thereby multiplying its effectiveness
than such exhibitions as that given
the other night by Salvation Army
officer in this city at big headquar-
ters meeting. This officer broke the
hymn-singing record by singing fifty
nine songs in tifty-eight minutes, and
in the resulting enthusiasm and exal-
tation the successful man was assailed
by congratulatory throng. The
natural inference from performance
of this sort is that any man who may
now develop an ability to sing sixty
hymns in fifty eight minutes will here
by prove that he is a greater instru-
ment for the salvation of his fellow
beings than the hero of last night
This is nauseating to good sense. 1t
must serve to damage the regard in
which the Army is held by it's sober
minded friends.
Mr.. Depew is going to have the bal
lot framed upon which he recently
voted on $4,000, 900 of New York
Central railroad stock. 1t is the
largest vote ever given at stock
holders meeting by one person, and it
may appropriately I've hung beside the
famous check of William H. Wander
bilt for S6, 600, 600 which he drew off
hand upon one of his bank accounts.
Mayor Strong makes very fair
point in reply to the municipal reform
ers in New York, who are criticising
his administration. He says that no
less than 10 members of the committee
of 20 have refused places i'll the mu-
nicipal administration which the mayor
urged them to accept. Possibly these
critics might have had things to sui!
them had they accepted Office.
The death of broker ON the
floor of the Stock Exchange here,
is the third death that has occurred
under similar circumstances in this
city within few years. 1t is a good
place for people afflicted with heart
trouble to keep ont of. The scenes
there are altogether too exciting for
the welfare and health If delicate peo'
pie.