New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-05

good hu.nor with which small party OF men, smut
up together for months keep UP thSlr pr ;hev
should not feel seems SUPPLEMENTARY seIse tiat
their companions occasionally ooreS, pteS S
ship and accept everything in ne spirit OF ,ie
admirable maxim that il is al In the Gay s wpln
Thai these are excellent qualities Is undcEidn,,
and we should naturally express our conVlcuon
by repeating ne old eucgium that sncn nm mn
II The enterprise had been undertaken Tor purely
phantnropiG oejec'rto convert sayasGs OF co a@
have felt that our sympathy WAS SO 10 sp t
perfectly normal and legitimate But me pecuIaa 70
the more just because they had no object which
Esqunaus 10 convert and no colony 10
II Is evident. in brief that tho purely u,iita;iln
canon requires modihca don and expansion In
thinking Of Nanson. we have been led 10 the Dor
so vast and rapid in the last TWO three genera
tons tha,. whatever oxuliation We may eXprr' IS
for some Of the results achieved We ccitdinl! i1tl
that W. are far from being properly ADAPTED 10 INC
rew constitution of things. One or the questions
Sec tina; Is forced upon us IS the siinp'e lIou
lem. what is 70 become Of our muscles? Are lney
ne mere is"ments intended 70 move pens , or.r
paper or &c turn the handles WHICH, SCI d H.
IN MOTOR one answer IS perhaps stetes ',i LS
~ o%s,ence Of bicyclss nev.r Sc" Sea roIner
without d OF gratitude 10 'he inventor.
dm Faa tn IN e h ben' Say veil hSr
ana have fresh opportunities OF Se''hs ou'S''e 81
n have vontured TO class Nansen's >s~.ormance
o, q KIND Of play ! have tried 20 hdHe aMel,uS
Cor ny iTysNprpnC, by explaining tndl pa! III
Of the word includes very large paIt Oh tile
most valuable and elcvatng human ac,.N ~ ~,
Of cnor nv, w6ic s eliShtfni Without reference 10
any ulterior end. which Is made delightful because
ready to discharge itself in other directions Than
those imposed upon uS by the ansoi e irdirectv
useful in the highest degree. both in It's mora anu
in what may he called in wide sense. its edacd-
pHicd for want Of exercise in the man hound
strictly TO the ordinary rogi!3e Of suIppS'hs '""'
When we worry ourselves as we sometimes do
ABOUT the position of our Srandchildren-a rainier
share the depressing anticipation that the were S
is growing duh and monotonous. anu ina, tnon
sentiment and occupations without any opportunl-
~ for cultivating the old simple ana many tas,es
And then perhaps we are 1emp9d br 10 accom-,
panments Many games are a mimcry OF war. ana
We begin to think that war i'Te nnS as giving
tho widest scope for muscular energy Nansens
sbe solution of the dificuIty. His expedition re-
Guired such qualities would be essential to me
military or naval Gommander ara we, syc was I Ior
tional end I'VE can follow every step without regret
except. perhaps the unforiunale ,houen nee ns
givngs as to our moral approval. His example 1t
Is true. cannot be widely initiated IN details. rev
%,r,b Pole. even II we should think that such an
adventure would be the most deighiiui IVA, way %
cpnnot low attempt to suggest any efficient sub
stitu,e in other fields. But / believe that the prob
Of energy which shall be innocent in itself and yet
give occasion for preserving and developing the old
S2 he S"s sss sPps left 10 to and inventive
youth Given courage and simplicity and the quail
ties which make good comrades. ! hope that they
will always he able 10 find modes of testing ana
strengthening themselves. So long as such qna,i-
an moderate healthy state their possessors viii rec
ognze in Nansen a congenal spirit and DC stimu-
lated and encouraged by the record Of his advent