New-York tribune., 1907-08-04

TO thousands The hour is obliterated. the
crowded hour of glorious life. when he saw th'
multitude breathIeSs and dazzled. a throns #
Danars under a shower Of gold, as tn" phrase
of the great concerto flashed around them. No.
body listens /" him now any more, b" Is r"Ie-
gated TO the limbo Of the obsolete.
He PLAYS second fiddle in a transr"utn" band
But what Of thos. who bore the burden and heat
Of the day toilinI and moiling. reSoLute t" shun
delight and live Iaborious days: Must all their
stress go for nothing? These. most of all cialn
YOUR sympathy: and to these. least of all, can
you offer adequate solace- They have striveT-
and failed For ali their strenuous enteaVor
they shall never taste the intoXication of tri-
unph. never know the dizzy joy of the toprn"St
rung of the ladder They are hard 10 convinc":
"Thcsc Englishmru never know when they ar"
beaten" Sometimes a valiant arrogance sustainS
them awhile: but this is insecure at best. and
grows weak by constant huf"tugs- Nothing
succeeds like. success, and success never comes
their way Mountainous obstacles hem them in
which in other conditions might b" ra'I-hiIl~.
life becomes a replica Of the contracting chamber
Of til, TtquisitIon Poverty. mischanc". sick
ness. sorrow. dr.jmit every sauEuin" view
Divine potrutjalitic- urge them ON. Iik" whip
to tired horse. they stumble and stageer a
little further before they r"nouuo" the desperate
attempt I:atll-d Ly ti, most ingenious cri.tj.S
OF circumstance f,.l.I ty Incredible ron.at~na-
tlons Of disaster thy -,r thu thumbs Of Destiny
turned downward above the arena.
Yet again ,hiI. ,h.r- is yout!. There. is hope.
When the I;ubicon %. middle age is past and
the exhausted pilgrim is IN no humor for fan
daugos- then If ypu like. Let him accept mex
oratIo facts. 1t hirn adjust his chin r.-t and
tighten his E->triag till it snaus Hi,A vicious
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all thy friends arr i'pI.d iu lead Nobody viii
be at all surprised or disappointed. indeed III"
poor creatures vanity was always outrijrr %
his execution. New stars have rr~-n. to whom
he can 1T best but figure "a dark companion,
new stars rising every night, trrmuou~ with
.rdsccnt Vibrations. or. - vary thu metaphor.
upon thu stage Of life hv but figure
utility man: even that unIssumiuG role is
capable Of being played in Two ways And.
after ALL If the second hIdl,s >hold be omitted
the strings would have but eviscertte1 =
fcct-;.n hat and boots. Thr relative inpor-
tducc If he second ndllcr cannot be- overesd
mated. a mistake on his part is silnaIly
faInitous il infriuges the harmony of the PARTS
Your mighty genius may by common suffrage
BE- as crratic as hr likes. even to wrong notes
al libitum. II h. turn steam roller over the
Ten Commandm, ,nts not head shall vag
let him trtmpI" laws and ignore traditions;
it is but his notorious privilege. But smaller
men must walk Warily and work steadily; they
must observe the rules Of the game. whether
in life or art. and perhaps this makes for hap
Tincas At any rate, there is abundance of the
herb called hcarJs-casc" to be pucked in that
valley whore the scrapings Of second fiddles
rc-ccho Here" observes the dreamer. "a
man shall not be 50 let ana hndered in his
co ltrmplation as in other places he is apt to be