New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-16
Some Ways of the World

Some of the rich young men Of New
York who own large farms in New Jersey
o. IN this state, not too far away from
City Hall, have practical sche1he lot
t0ng good at the same time to some ne"
York street gamins and also TO the farms.
hey give the gamins outings Of fortnight
q so on their estates, directing the head
farmer 10 teach them to plant. weed, milk
CONS and so on. The boys generally Ike
tie work because it's so new 10 thenl' anu
then. they are given plenty OF time De-
tween tasks TO fish. and go swimming anu
lsee over the soft turf. and do all the
things that are fun, even for the country
.oy who has done them all his life, put u
Ne lad who has known only crowded CITY
streets are pure ecstasy. 1t makes q mo
outing for the street urchins IL the heau
farmer treats them as real boys ana not
as embryo criminals. and In these Gays Vi
tnculty in hiring farm labor the services
o. bright, active boys are not 10 DO oe-
Elsed.
German governess-one OF those 'P'
cal German governesses with rlB'o ou'
i Ede and a heart melting with sentiment
i Is responsIble FOR "A unique book that ~
4 heing written by the children OF wealthy
New York woman. The children are irau-
en's charges. and their book Is TO De pun
lshed in the fall
| The mother of these children, ike most
/ hcety women with any heart at ALI occa'
Honally takes time from her many CIR
/ tsgements TO visit her offspring In 'hei'
lhool room One day last spring she came
coEn from one of these visits TO hno hei
Sost intimate woman friend waiting u
Ss her
Do you know" she said after they mac
sIthanged greetings and settled down u
az, I've Just had shock. You've seen
isulein, who teaches my Riddles; you re-
nstnber how thin and rigid she is. I've
satded her as machine without senti
cent Imagine my surprise when L 1ouii'
!" teaching the Riddles that every mann
Ssle object has a history, could ten
worry II IT could speak, full or ihteres
40 feeling. Moreover, she was MAKING
@ein imagine some OF these stories u
uer compositions. l just looked at IN
.-''eets. One was The Harpslcnoro
'Vy' Tommy, whose mind runs TO angie
''ms and fish hooks, was writing VIVA
~ Violin Told Cynthia A young barpar
Who has TO be punished frequently 10
s'ng to catch toads TO pull off their iegs
s@ finishing the first sentence or IN
s.es Held by an Old Fan
., Ns preliminary Fraulein BAD trotte'
g." through the picture gallery, Wher
tn' has immortalized some OF the'
=, 'lers ancestors and mine. AS In so man
hose old portraits some OF them nav
,,0ai Instruments In their HANDS az
he Is one old Cynthia with fan. fei
' fraulein got the idea from that ga
an. 'ut for children Of that age 10
49, With oldtime romance Ii ~
~, walt TIL .>ommy, ST., hears OF IL
IVY see here" said the intiiha'
p,.' Who chances TO be a spinster' lin
.stn and like her, full Of rentimeh'
r.a' you nip this pretty little deVeioi
,o,' ~ the bud. / think, on the CONTRA
Ca, usht to rack your brains Tor 3n ~
Pc Oh oid-time love affairs, ana Ia
N. e'h make the children put them '"'
Is n ~ost charming form they can '''
nave them printed In booE.
upshot is that a delighted Frauie'
ths.ng her charges into flights OF ian.
o., ~" unknown to them. DO the on,
NSs III Wei. rather. Ihe tno's'