New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-09-15
BOWS AND ARROWS.

We occasionally hear lamentations on the decins
OF archery In "the strenuous sos" or little
later. there were more than hundred first class
to1ophiltte clubs in the kingdom; NOW, IL is al
legged. lawn tennis and golf badmlnton. croquet
and cycling provide metal more attractive, and
bows and arrows az a discount, says The
London Globe II Is true that there still
some faithful found whose loyalty Is Unabated.
and who will discourse with Uzwea-ied enthusiasm
on COLDS and "steles'' seIf-bows and backed
bows. bracers and flights and cock feathers Be-
sides being. IN the language OF OF its laureates
a specific against obsJrUcrions Of the liver. stinlu-
latinz 70 nerves. lungs and arteries and "a Zoe
protest 10 all Corsu1lptiOns,' archery had this
CrowuinS merit according 70 iEdisputable au-
thority. that the attitude OF lady IN me act OF
shooting with bow - the most graceful tnat can
be assumed Even II there Is any decline IN its
popularity. 1t is pretty safe TO wager that archery
viii revive: il is. so TO speak indigenous 70 me
soil part Of the heritage OF every native or this
Land Of bowmen-' And one proof o. this may be
seen IN the place that bows and arrows have taken
in CooQuia1 phraSeO!oSy. far larger than that &C
cupied by SMILES or illusions drawn from guns
tn srIsr,s4 T,a~1a,o7is fs7ts Of the old bowr1eu
are Responsible for the expression drawing tbs
long bow. when admit % feeling unstrUnS
We ar making unconscious alluSl0n 20 a sIacAen-
ing bowstrinE; il wish u intimate that We are
not Yet at the end o. our resources W CeCta-7
that We have another arrow IN cur CULVER, or
more than one string 70 orr Do" CeIeIlly =
still expressed by swift as an arroN EeloHlO1s
and unfair taUuts or innuendOes are "barbed and
s-poiSoned arrows. we summarize tHe epaeIlerdL
achievement Of a shallow Ecart by the comment
"a fools bolt is soon shot Other Instances VII
sstC,,z 4slss1 from the sacred writings. the
number and frequency OF illusions 70 BOWS anu
arrows Will surprise most OF US
And considering that-eNceQt mere ana teF9
more or less htfuly as a -teIE -
been long ouSted by guupow1er' tIe continual -
il for the purpose % metaphor by writers T8In
in poetry and prose IS still more remarkable. We
seldom il ever md spears or oatlle-aXes OF ulaeeS
used 10 point an aIIusiou. only very occasionally
and then more often by way OF quotation tlan
original symbolism do We meet with helmet or
E,g-VV Not MT
il is still survives as an emblem OF cheHse
but then II was actually used ce-enloTial!y a.
recently the time OF George " EqnaAy
remarkable. too. is the fact that these poeI4c1L
illusions to bows and arrows are among the best
known Of familiar quotations Hamlet though re
had ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS lSticd44y. 70 - 'I40
non roaring out their salutes. soiiloquizeS about
the arrows of outrageous fortune, ana MAKES
his pathetic amende TO Laertes by declaring, !
have shot mine over the house and wound
ed my brother YoUng's apostrophe 10 Death,
familiar and touching IN itself is noteworthy as
being OF the comparatively few passaseS
where Death is credited with the weapon corVeh-
tiouaIly attributed 10 Cupid
T .bs A5aT ,srs opa ana go th2 Rs nun peace wa, slain
though Byron it will be remembered. arms n 70
DabIe with similar weapons in his well known
cOuplet The Devil hath not If all his qlIVeI
choice an arrow FOR the heart HE s9tl ~. 49, ~
Perhaps often quoted. because OF their zoe IN
versal applicability. as any OF Scouts AHeS S
these:
Full many shaft at random sent
Finds mark the archer little meant
Longfelow's pretty song. i shot an arrow 10
the air. is a favOrite. as well its own account
as from its tunsfuI setting And Tennyson. 0@-
scrbinS IL I'm Nenlorianl'' the college DEBATES n
which his dead friend took part. employs bows a2d
arrows in a metaphor Ct matches grace ara apt
ness One" he says,
Would arrow fair
sIackly from the string;
And would pierce outer ring
an inner
but the dead friend. the master bowman 70
would cleave the mark And all these passages q
mere fraction OF those that might De lnStaICeO'
were written IN times when fer all practical pur-
poses firearms and bullets had token the pa
| of bows and arrows. and archery was SPNS-
nlodio and comparatively unirnportanr survival