New-York tribune., 1907-08-11

statues portraying tuberculosis, Famine and out
of-work Ir is said that these art WORKS @ lilect on
lockers SO powerfully that some of the latter de-
veon weak lungs faint for hunger, ana even lose
their iobs from contemplation Jimmy
father invariably drops dime OF Two ,o 10 me . sao
in the base of these three monuments as he passes
and so do thousands Of other citizens with me re-
sut that at the time Of which we are speaking t'le
revenues of the charity orgahlzauOn aio "e'"t1N
entirely 10 the erection Of more and inner ihohu-
rnents there being no longer any SICK ano
in the town With equal sureness the Prohlpllioil-
ss.s iroer tho Demon Rum eInbalmed in bronze and
marble at street corners and prevent apso4utey n
entrance into human mouths Famous arusCs ~ , IiaEo
,,,odernized and vived the LAGOON so as TO make
II svmboiicaI delirium tremens; replicas OF lhe
revised statuary group stand on the site OF @ lang
en ancient thsist parlor. to discourage Spectators
from swallowing perfectly good automoDlie Iuel'
In a nearby city. the seer tells u.s. a hllllohaiie
crank the Golden Age has erected ms
AGAINST the end-seat hog and the woman VINO won
take OFF her hat in the theatre The painful motto
riatv these parties have thus achieved mas ois
cOliraged them from their obnoxious pracuces' liu
- ,1roy1rtl1 too that other reformers OF lesser
evils are beginning in this future epoch 10 fharpie
ize f,erv known species of human pest and nui-
sance from the who keeps parrot 10 the
streefcar company that makes half OF It's patrons
stand In many communities the ahu-sihohe , -
saders and the anti-warriors are dspanolhs u'ahhS
TO the victory their monumental eH"rls iio''
brought them 49,, ea,r norizo,, of
this future commonwealth After ha'ihs useu up
ali the brick and stone in libraries. schools ana
colleges the monument builders turned 10 the
earth for further supplies. and they found mate
so great was the success OF education by slaluay
SO obvious did IL become that to spare the chlssI
meant TO spoil child that everybody demanded
the total abolition of paper literature paliy news
rapers therefore had to yield to public clafhor
ana then the cloud appeared Ihe generation VI
which we now speak wakes up in the morning
and reads the days news in the plaster niohu-
rnenfs set ur overnight the street corners AS
evening approaches the multitudes flock 10 inc
rubIic squares and parks. where the evening edtlos
Of obeiisk and colOnnades are set up rms is eA-
ceedingly interesting. much better thah ile ou.
fashioned method of sitting in solitude over d
damn sheet of smelly paper and tiring ones eyes
Cartoons and illustrations made out OF plaster are
far more effective than zinc etchings ana cheap
halftoues. But statesmen are beginning 10 see
that at the at which plaster OF paris cement
hair and the other necessities Of high speed statua-
,v are being consumed the day is drawing near
when the morning journals viii fail 10 unNei tner
works OF art the appointed hour and the pubic
viii either have To pass the day IN ignorance %
world events or else go back TO ink again Inc
discomfort that either OF these alternatives VIII
inevitably breed makes politicians look with oread
into the future. Maybe 1t would DO "lss ~