New-York tribune., 1901-04-05

early effort Of her talent. 1t is improbable. un-
real and conventional Mr.. Rexford's little
sketch, Our Village Improvement Society,
ought to be widely circulated. wise its
teachings. We are especially glad Of its sugges-
tions for the use of native plants and trees in
village parks-thrifty friends taken from the
nearest roadside and wood.
Mr.. w. ID. Lyman's article in The Atlantic
on the new State of Washington is a collection
Of interesting details. East, he observes,
does not mean to the people of Washington
what ii means to the New -Englander. Any
thing the other side OF the Missouri he says,
lis East to us A new arrival from Massachu-
setts was greeted very cordially. in my
hearing, by a lady who had been here some
time. and who said. I came from the East my
self" All" said the New Highlander From
what place? From Iowa.. was the unexpected
answer
In business methods and spirit Washington is
more like the East especially the Lake States,
than the other Pacific States. With regard
TO manners and outer sembance the men are
less reserved, more flexible less mindful or
dress. style and appearances. than men OF IKE
wealth and education in the East Outside show
counts for very little With one OF these har9
headed, keen sighted pioneers. who, in his varied
career, has rubbed up" against nearly every
species of human being. 1t will never do in
Washington 40 judge man by dress or I'M
mediate surroundings You may think that you
have a country pumpkin or raw backWoods-
man. only To find. when you have "scratched
him. that you have a university star or a vet
eran of half dozen wars. But the women ana
children Of the Far West come nearer 10 being
types than do the men. The average western
man leaves literature. art and society 10 MS
wife and girls The Western woman Is an IN
stitution in herself keen, alert, eager for I'M
pressions education, culture, experience, career,
MISUNDERSTANDING in short. that Will
widen he- sphere The native Pacific girl IS
conspicuously bright. ambitious, rather spoiled
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lar and cultured in general as her Eastern
sister. but thoroughly womanly and fasclnat-
ing. ana possessing good sense ana capacIlI io'
improving her own powers ana lmParuhS IN
spiraton 10 others beyond most Of her SEX
The majority of Western men are out of their
element in anything except business ana pon-
tics The wife usually acts as head of the
family in all manner Of social and religious
crises.
a deeply interesting paper in The Monthly
Review" is contributed by Mr. Arthur ]. Evans,
explorer among the ruins of Crete. He tells
therein the story OF his excavation of King
Minos's palace, that stra lge relic of pre-My-
cenaan times. All the world will hope with
him that the boards OF inscribed clay tablets he
has discovered may be finally deciphered and
something of the heroic age" of Greece be
learned from them. In any case. as he points
out the written records of the Hellenic world
are thus carried back some seven centuries be
yond the date Of the first known historic writ
ings. The frescoes jars and seals unearthed are
fascinating in their revelations Of prehistoric
civilization. In fresco of handsome young
cupbearer the coIors are almost as brilliant as
when laid down, over three thousand years ago.
There was something very impressive" says
Mr.. Evans. in this vision Of brilliant youth and
of male beauty. recalled after so long an in
terval to our upper air from what had been till
yesterday a forgotten world
Even our untutored Cretan workn,en felt the
spell and fascination. They. indeed, regarded
the discovery of such a painting in the bosom of
the earth nothing less than miraculous, and
in il the icon OF saint! The removal OF
the fresCO required delicate and laborious
process OF under plasterng. which necessltated
its being watched at night. and old Manolis. one
of the most trustworthy Of gang was told
of for the purpose somehow or other he tel
asleep, but the wrathful saint appeared to him
in a dream. Waking with start, he was con-
scious of a mysterious presence: the animals
round began To low and neigh, and there were
visions about" "Phantazei." he said in sum
ming up his experiences next morning, the
whole place SpOOkS,
To the north Of the palace. in some rooms
that seem 10 have belonged 10 the women's
quarter frescoes We're found in entirely
novel miniature style Here We're ladies with
white cOmpleXiOns-due. we may fancy TO me
Seclusion Of harem life-decOleteeS, hut WIN
fashionable pufted sleeves and hounced gowns
and their hair as deliberately cured and frlse as
if they fresh from "A cofeur's hands
"Mais." exclaimed a French s&vant who non
ored me with visit, zee sont des Parlsiennes.
Mr.. owen Wister. in the course of his spirited
article in "Everybody's Magazine tells this
queer story of Western life:
Two men were playing cards. They had
discussion which appeared Ito one of them) 10
he amicablv ended. This to go, the
game being finished and the evening late. AS
he walked away toward the door the other from
behind fired at him. The bullet ploushed a
partinE in his hair, but il was little more than
skin deep. | il when it was practically
healed And now comes the significant part Of
this story The wounded man asked me, was
there a way TO escape being "A witness when you
had been subpnnaed2' His asSallant had been
duly arrested and the trial imminent. My
friend had been summoned to testify, and did
not wish to. Why? Well, you could never
guess: and his Will be fun OF freshness TO
you unless you know the various Workings o.
the frontier mind better than I did at the time
this conversation took place. II seems the
wounded man had been carried 10 bed in a
room near by Next morning. before breakfast.
before ANYTHING, the other man had come 70 IN
ouire for him.
And he blamed himself that thorough and
apologized in such spirit" said my friend,
that | couldn't feel myself a gentleman If l
harbored any feelings. go
For a while / suspected him of trlhlng with
nv innocence; what game equals the tender
foot? But he seriously meant what he said, and
srieved at learning there was no legal escape
from the subpoena. Damned lawyers" was his
final expression
The most satisfactory description of the man
ToIstoT which we have ever chanced upon is in
the article contributed by Mr.. Andrew ID. White
10 "McClure's Magazine" The ambassador does
Justice alike to the authors nObleness and to his
foIlies and absurdities-he has looked upon them
with eyes as kind they are keen. The Rus
SLAMS wrongheadedness. his preposterous theo-
ries opinions and criticisms Mr.. White
ascrbes to his mode of iving-''tkat during so
large a part of his life he has been wont to dis
and NOT