New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-16
AS | WAS SAYING

may arrive eventually, but its path ~ streWn Win
obstacles. favor the maximum wage No OBJ
stacles there, Just look in our big department
stores See how eighteen salesadies are required TO
do the work OF one Why? Simply because hordes
o. nonpurcAasers from counter 20 counter IN
terruptng salesladies right in the middle OF An
George says TO me. he says
This il all that stands between salesady and
the maximum wage; and. rightly considered IT Is
not worth considering Fire seventeen salesladles'
keep the eighteenth, and load her with ri<'es II
will pay. Suddenly confronted with work. she VIII
develop such a temper that non-purchasers Will run
for their lives Thus the main wear and tear on
he goods will be saved.
No doubt YOU are asking what il 10 become OF
those seventeen eX-saessdies and we respect your
anxiety groundess though it is. Freed from the
bondage OF a department store the fortunate seven
teen viii become wealthy and predatory housemaids'
The German imperial valise Is still missing Too
bad, Though OF negligible value In itself. IL con-
tanned the Kaisers favorite handglass. his noe
turnaI rnustache tres. and small copy Of Genesis
with marked passages in Chapter showing the rec
ord Of his silent partner.
So glad that dear Evelyn is 10 represent US
abroad. Nav sine shed every bit much ustre
upon the Stars and Stripes gentle Jack Johnson
did.
Reused by his deightfu crusade against the pict-
IRE In the window have managed 10 recall that
on the September Morning when We last saw Mad
Anthony he wore dense and prudish draperies on
his cheeks and upper lp but absolutely none on his
chin. shocking scandalous, Where are the po-
lice?
Miss Gertrude Atherton reports her discovery that
"vomen almost invariably return money lent them
men. never" safe to add that the kind Of man
vbo will borrow money from woman is not the
kind Of man a woman should lend money to-
We feryently indorse Lady Carisle's onslaught on
men servants. they difficult to please They
demand to be insulted but YOU never can tell when
an insult will annoy them. # Is in bitterness OF
soul that we remember man servant whom We mad
Maternity insulted all summer and who carried our
trunk 10 our cab with tears his After tip
ming him lavishly We said "Goodby, Awkins"' and
held out hand
on. ghastly. our former insults ne could swallow
gratefully and with relish but not this 'A"kins
famed then turned ashy pale. To think that all
hose orrid weeks e 'ad been with on narsty low
bloke as would shike snds with i'm!
From Life" page 976: School for suTragettes.
Appearance. We guarantee positively 10 remove all
traces of femininty inside OF year"
From Life" page 1903: See the sufragette
r. is q mistake TO suppose that she Is ugly with
paunt features On the contrary she is extremely
feminine.
From Us: ".?.?"
How full Of meaning this newspaper appeal TO
ANY one who knows the whereabouts Of Roderick
Singleton Butts alive dead!
Genius inspires genius. Thus THE Baltimore
Sun. Would / again such joys could know as
ban I first read Ivanhoe' Whereupon The
oakland Inquirer. Those days I'd have back, If
co,,ld thrilled by the deeds OF Robin Hood" And
49,, ..Tbe BROOKLYN Eagle: "Oh. could my soul find
,,cb delights az when | read Arabian Nights
After which The Washington Post: Knights
o,,,iaws Caliph Check and Jim all fade away be-
soro .uuck Finn" Finally The Chicago Record
uerald~ oh for those lost days OF my YOUTH
han I in hiding read old Sleuth.'
eu, personally We in no such doletully retro
.uac,i,e mood All. no, We love to steal away
alone with masterpieces Of our own.
We have underestima ted the wild. reckless nature
Nj, az President Taft who IL indeed a desperate man
pold him He has already engaged bungalow IN
Ca,ada and plans TO spend his vacation in that
..,reV ~ the United States" And we called Teddy
ii, Never again, From discreet distance Mr.
roosevelt would take awful risks. but when did no
- o., rigbt in among them? We trust that Mr.
~, itt exercse what little prudence is still pos
III and not allow them TO get behind his back
S' r. L. II.