New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-14

fatal step in the dark her intuition scented danger
where he saw only success, her brave confidence
waters of disappointment threatened to engulf him
and drag him down into the slough Of obscurity. 1t
iustinE his armor and Buciiing on his sword and
the same thing. as Ruskin has remarked is prac-
tcally true to-day. A mans armor is never prop
and when a IS beaten in the conflict of life It
is because the woman 70 whom he turned LOT coun-
sci and encouragement failed him in his hour OF
While a great deal has been said lately about the
hardships which the average servant girl is forced
endure at the hands of the average mistress, a
writer on the domestic problem strikes q new note
in pointing the injustice Of paying Il green"
girl the wages oc a well seasoned one. She urges
that such q course confuses skill with ncompe-
tency and that it not only gives the green"
one false ideas Of her own worth which every
pressing Gset On me Jal9 2 seTTaRt ana on
SO e month for the privilege Of feeding and lodging
a vigorous young person with large appetite AMI
craft There is certainly screw loose somewhere
IN the Arrangement, but whether it bears more
GENEROUSLY on the maid than on the mistress IS 4
point that will stand discr ssing.
popular wo1nan's magazine calls attention 10
the criminal carelessness of college girls IN the
matter of their dress" The writer goes on 10 say
that while coddling or too much clothing, is
bad there is a happy medium in all things A
lightweight suit Of nannels should always be worn
even. than underfannels. Even short skirts will
get damp, and to sit with damp skirts around
ones ankles IN cold. draughty weather is to
certain Illness. Girls often think that they
do not catch what commonly called colds
easily they do all sorts of rash things with
impunity but such is not the case. Exposure may
not give one q cold. but IL may bring on peri
tonitis. Wet feet may not give a girl pneumonia
but they may sow the seeds OF years OF suffering
and invalldism."
There might be hope for the decrease OF
crime Of all kinds II SO many homes not send
ing out so many boys and girls unwarned. undis
ciplined. uninstructed and unprotected" This is
the conclusion Of a statistician who has been
gathering figures relative TO juvenile crime. And
he quotes the judge Of juvenile court in one OF
the large cities saying that the moral training
OF child begins at home, and the failures OF the
parents come 10 the childrens court for treat
ment Believers in corporal punishment judi
clousy administered. in the family and in the
school. have been saying this OF thing for
4OilB Tune but nobody except few old fashioned
persons Ike themselves would believe them The
TACT seems 10 be that even in society people
getlng tired Of the spoiled darings, the petulant
Wilful children, who have been crossed. but
nave been allowed to reason things out so as
develop their powers Of initiativeand all that
OF IhlnS. IN the public schools the teachers
wearing themselves out trying to patch up the
EcaEnug work OF the manners
morals. The Juvenile courts kept busy with
the failures of the parents" That the pendulum
Will begin 70 swing In the direction of hrrner
parental discipline and control before long seems
likely. In the eyes Of q good many thoughtful per
sons It cannot swing too soon