New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-09-04

punaed their side and
mine McssieUg IL Ananases swore themselves
black, If not IN the face vet the heart but despite
the advantage they HAD of being three TO they
proved hbccrs, and lost their case. going OF
court somewhat less perkily than they in
During the progress of the whole business. |
much interested a kind Of outside spectator. apart
altogether from my own share IN the proceedings.
Coward Adam climbing his all the time and
l watched him climb. The woman whom thou
Parcst lit the everlasting old CRY! One
OF the Auaulascs concerned some months before had
contributed something 10 the press about the
written laws of chivalrv Oh those unwritten laws
Why they not called those Enacted aws2-seeing
that Coward Adam always quotes them when Ignoring
them
Never kiss and tell is believe an "unwritten
law of chiEalrv' This law | understand, Cow
ard Adam sometimes does manage To- obey. albeit
reluctantly bccause he would like 10 tcl-hc would
very much like 20 tel-if-if the story of the kiss
did not involve himself IN the telling But at this
Juucture the unvriJten laws Of chitalrv step in
and he is saved. And chIgalrv is the tree up which
ne climbs. chattcring % himself the usual formula.
The woman whom thou ga est 20 be with me etc.
Alas poor woman She has heard HIM saving this
ever since she III Uuselrsh desire TO snare her
food with him. gave HIM the forbidden apple No
doubt she offered him IT'S roscSt and rIpest side
She always does-at first. not aftcrvard As soon
he turns traitor and up a tree, she takes
peltIng him. metaphoriealiv speaking with cocoanuts
This Is natural ON her part. She had thought HIM
a man-and when he suddenly changes INTO a monkey
she doesn't understand IL. To tins cause possibly
NAV be attributed some Of the ru,tons which occa-
sionally Jar the harmonious estate of matrlrnony.
Coward Adam does well in America He secs his
position there plainly lie knows that If he climbs
ms often hundreds of feminine hands VIII pull
him down. So he resigns himself To- the inevitable.
He IS not slow to repeat the customary whine The
woman whom thou gavcst but he SAYS IT quietly
himself bctwccn-wnlcs because he knows that She
knows all his share the mischief. So he digs and
dcives. and finds gold and silver and lnItl,ss 3Il
whcrewith 10 turn into millions e dollars Tor her
pleasure. he packs pork lays railway tracks starts
companies. organizes combines 20. and strains every
and sincV TO do every other Adam except
himself in his particular line of business that
the woman" COR may we say the women whom
thou gavest" may be clothed in Paris model gowns.
and Jewels outrvaling size and luster those
OF all the kings and queens that made their sad
and stately progress through history
Indeed Coward Adam in the position he occupies
a free citizen of that mighty Republic which
like beaten animal But he bears his beating well,
whom thou gavest me, he is nearer the imaginary
code of "chvalry than his European brother
If the original Adam had learned the ways of a
modern American gentleman of good education and
fine manner imagine him saying. The
woman whom thou gavest TO be with generously
offered share Of the apple and did eat But
the serpent whom thou didst permit tell lies
my amiabe partner concerning this special kind of
fruit chiefly to blame
Coward Adam, he IS and known among