New-York tribune., 1909-09-05

case; but for the rest is Indifferent soothing his
conscience easily by assuming that others will give,
With all this the Londoner should be thrifty. He
is not He should buy macintosh for a rainy
day The fates when they decide to be cruel. find
him unprepared There exists scarcely any class
which can plead not guilty to the charge of waste
fulness from the family in Gee street Somers
Town. putting its parcel away at the corner shop
on Monday mornings and retrieving it Saturday
nights to the household In Mount street, Grosvenor
Square, never paying a bridesmaids account until
a summons has been issued. Folk in enjoyment of
exact and precise income with precise and exact
disbursements might be reasonably expected to
draw up with the aid OF compound arithmetic
financial scheme that would prove satisfactory
frequently discover themselves IN straits lden
tica with those encountered by people who have to
rely upon fuctuating receipts upon whom disas-
frequently calls Junior clerks. paid monthly
begin to borrow from each other before the Ioth'
seniors lunch at Lyons's after the 18th Payday
is looked upon miraculous event. and the I'M
preston seems be- that a second miracle may
cause the proceeds to vanish unless they are as
tributed without delay In many quarters the haste
is result of desire to be royal for day- Oi
the easy come, easy go argument 'his o"ii "
understood when a sudden and unexpected ds-
covery of gold is made. but it seems unparoonaoe
in ordinary circumstances, and the old excuse W
be offered is that those who concentrate iiasi,
cence into first few days are, at any ra'e' 'o
same people who willing to endure strict econ
omy during the remainder of the month"; anu ''le
nuntshment is therefore selfapplied. All the sIe'
IT could be wished that the literature 1oulu III .o
home of the Londoner included more Often p0
| Office savings book
He reads a good deal, but his studies are MANN!
| devoted TO the morning and evening newspapers
and for this one need blame him; it Is at least
evidence of an interest in the world ms "o'iie
| folk read fiction, and more than once H"'' nv I
in town the one-novel-a- day lady IL is gehelal'S
her proud boast that she possesses the usetul IacS
| of dismssing the entire matter from her thoughts
| Mot characters name of author title of book-so
COON as the last page reached and it seems likely
| that she may times. by inadvertence' lehu tie
| same volume three or four times over. Whal
complain of but this is possibly preJudiced Vew'
| is that the Londoner makes at the ooohshop llo
| purchases exceeding the amount OF slApeiice' io
does not the contents of his BOOKCASE III INC
| manner of a provincial. .T2ecently he has been
tempted to buy the cheap edition OF a copyright
expired work. and find this on his table with page
six turned down. and he tells me that some Day
| when he has plenty of leisure, he intends 10 nave
another go 1t. Men who deliver lectures III Lon"
don and in other towns are unanimous In annouhc-
ing q preference for audiences provided by the lat
Ter they the provinces furnish an lntellige
| and sustained attention which London can rarely
offer In every gallery OF serious theatre In
the West End you will find every night some
describing regret and disappointment at hnding th
they have enticed themselves into the place under
the impression that musical comedy TO be
| performed; this IS the attitude OF the OMNIBUS
driver who. seeing the announcement of Much Ado
About Nothing" remarked to a passenger on the
| front seat "Rummy titles they do make up. to be
| sure nawadays" In the variety halls the, enter
4 tanment Is of such an inferior nature that
the sensitive might well look upon It as studied
insult some the vulgarity has gone, but fnepti-
| tude has taken It's place. and you may sit through
several turns obviously meant TO be detern1in-
edlv amusing. without experiencing the slightest
| temptation to laugh-Nineteenth Century.