New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-06
AS | WAS SAYING

81 =, us 60 into this department store "''' Wv
shower IS over" remarks the lady,
"t nrefcr this harness shop" says her husoahu
..o,, won't see so many things YOU want.
Curtain ,..-o
yas curtain-iust as tho real circus Is oeglnruhS
For "The Courier Journal lacks tho grt 10 20 Wv
and tell us what a tragical mistake that h'Soan'
made and how funny he looked in them. EsPe'idH'
the binders,
.r-tuit," so Professor Felix +. Shilling has been
,oo,arinc ..,s tho most insidious enemy OF cduca-
ton and we have often guessed as much. We take
q serious Wow Of education. We hate 10 see II III
vaded nv anything as frivolous as utility
Behold-u,ith the eye Of faith. at least-lItte As
Was Saying jr, His is grave. grave plght' lieu
~ q brain and unable TO get away from IT, ne mas
incurred life sentence. No pardon no dissolution
or partnership. Reno. For better OF LOT "o''''
he and the brain must 20 It together TO the o'''e'
end
This is where education comes IN. through eau-
cation the brain may become hilarious companion
f,lI or ovial ouips and whimsical jests and source
~ unbounded merriment. Through education II
may become a nuisance and an internal bore eul'H
Of cruel and abusive treatment, not 10 mention IN
compatibility.
ca We shall he careful where send little As
Was Saving ir II will be 10 some institution "here
brains are nicely stocked up with the humah!ues'
which though solemn at first. exceedingly laugh
sble In retrospect and productive Of unquehchao'e
,,irtb We shall defend him against the utI'teS'
W. do not want our son and heir TO pod through
no arm in arm with brain that has the same )oo
&C ne has and woarics him into an early grave D!
telling him only the horrid humdrum thinss he knew
before
q have read" the book review begins and we
have tossed II away, because We think II IN
eyltably prejudced by the method pursued but be-
cause We do not value the opinions OF reviewer "ho
has no more ingenuity than. to pursue that method
Mr. Arthur Pendcnys has discovered that many Of
the successful women Of to-day have very imperfect
noses" and announces II with all the excited giee OF
one letting a cat out OF bag Whoa. Arthur! Per
feet noses find more romantic employment and do not
stoop
It is now several years since the day a sorrowng
soul dropped IN upon and begged favor FOR It's
friend Mr. Dodge MacKnght. who was then exhibit
ing his paintings to a thankless world. Now don't
YOU think" said the sorrowng soul, that something
may yet be done? 4 line or two, please, in your
usual VEIN thoroughly nasty and vicious"
Always ready TO help out in any good cause
prepared a little essay "Macknghtmares." abus-
ing them with great venom, and concluding thus:
Moral: Dodge MacKnight"
We took profound moral satisfaction in this al the
time. but sorry. For here comes Mr. Fred
erick W. Coburn the distinguished art critic. dis
coursng amably OF MacKnight recounting the
painters eminent successes. and-oh. Lordy!-quot-
ing n-starred Joke Never again! Next time
an artist sends Borrowing souls around we shall ruin
him with praises
Discovered: The Father OF Photographers Prowl-
ing through n museum in Constantinople the other
day. professor from the Iowa State University
noticed curious stone and with the intelligence
common to Iowans. read It at glance thus
We have fallen upon evil times
And the world has waNed very old and wicked
Politics corrupt
Children longer respectful 10 their parents
Author the King OF Chaldea Date, $500 r. c.
Then why does that excited little printers devil tear
copy from page by page fast as we can
scribbe II, and rush Gathering away 10 the COM
posing room in a cloud Of dust, with sparks flying
out? The true secret OF timeliness is to wait 3 7l3
years
No little brothers. no little sisters How sad! Yet
our small neghbor. Geraldine E1zabe Is not by
any means the ethical fzzle the circumstances might
indicate. Neither selfish overbearing nor intol-
Grant she has cultivated a really inspiring gen
crosby OF soul. Only yesterday this paragon of
virtue crawled into lap and said earnestly:
you know you oughtnt TO be too hard on mama
She is only mother" r. L. IL