New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-21
AS | WAS SAYING

A modest, because scrawny, estimate has fixed the
value Of a college education at S25OOo as statisucs
show that college increases mans earning capacity
TO this extent.
But what meanwhile of his borrowing capacity
his visiting capacity his marrying capacity! IheSe'
so President Leroyd Of Tippecanoe remarked In MS
recent baccaaureate sermon, have got earhIhe
capacity chased way under the table Consider It.
In this land Of democracy any poverty-stricKeh
urchin may flee TO n college. and there fan IN WIN
the scons OF wealth and compel them to adore MN
That is called fitting oneself for ones lhe-work
Thenceforth. the young gentleman can contract
loans" with a free hand, travel without mourning
hotel bills and. by patiently marrying MS class
mates wealthy sisters, accumulate enough coupons
and cutgass to furnish very CONSIDERABLE man
sion
Imagine then. the shock we experienced open
ing Golfers Weekly" and encountering Mr. Homer
Croy's doeful. doeful article, six Years Out Oh
College and Still Broke"' Guess President LeroSu
ought to drop him line.
We predict, however. that Mr. Croy VIII pun
through even without that for he betrays real i't
crary genius. Read his plea for the kneaded rubber
eraser which costs only FIVE cents and will last
year" whereas you know how hard laundres are
on collars You take a bright. young collar 10
steam laundry. and It comes back niagara ana
toothlcss wreck"
But we shall avoid ovcrpraising Mr.. Croy. He has
style. He has eoQuence lie writes with passion
Yet he is trne careless. and permits the me
fury Of composition to obscure his vision. Though
our own bright. young collar comes back wreck.
and a peculiarly hasg1rd wreck IT Is not toothless
oh quite the contrary. For teeth 1t compares
favoraby with the alligators OF Armaseddon'
Yes the June sunsets widely admired. and ten
thousand hotel pzzas reverberate with enraptured
IN m
sets but We cannot help recalling the great Whist
ers comment on people who can't tell good sun
set from silly one"
There is much chatter about ballet shows, which
are being viewed from various instructive angles
the economic the political. the moral
In the new Metropolitan" our learned friend MI.
Louis Sherwin discusses The High Cost Of Low
Costumes" In Life" Mr.. Hashimura Togo OK
claims "Spposing all Ladies' Union OF England
should 90 on strike-out together. Soonly II would
arrive TO feetlights Of stage Next night when all
House Of Lords go to theatre as usual with mar
riageabIe expression what they see? o yacuum!!
And meanwhile excited editor is rescuing that
long lost observation Of Lafcadio Hearn's An ORR
entail would almost faint with astonishment and
shame 10 n Western ballet"
Though we shall NEEDLE with Brothers Sher-
win and Togo we feel called upon TO pounce fero-
ciousy upon this frlghtful whopper Of Hearns Only
recently had letter from the Rev. Atkinson
Day and that celebrated missionary assures that
Miss Diamond Dinsmore and her Dainty Darings
have been enjoying the lark of their lives all the
way from Calcutta TO Seoul Never such crowds!
Never such yeIls Of harity Never such enthusiastic
and remuneratve response TO the antics OF the SUI
perior race. In fact filed with wicked mirth is
the Orient that the missionaries fear a perfect
pestience Of ballet-shows, and the Rev. Atkinson
Day predicts that long there Will not be ballet
show left in America. Personally. hope he Is
right In our youth we studied art. and acquired
an eve for beauty.
Sugar" says Farmers Bulletin No. 535, rs used
in cooking, in the manufacture Of confectionery
which is almost entirely sugar, and an addition
to a great variety Of foods"
This fills us with wild admiration for the Depart
ment Of Agriculture whose courage borders on the
foolhardy and fanatical. Wonder how much more OF
that sort of thing the farmers will stand? Some
how It occurs that ultimately there will be
bulletins of n still more readable character signed
by anxious but prayerful physicians.
Not word depreclative OF the lavish praises that
are being heaped upon the late Mr. Flager for the
zeal he displayed in developing Florida a winter
resort but justice compels tribute to his willing
helpers. the natives For instance:
When that charming naturalist, Mr. Winthrop
Packard was last in Florida, he stepped out one
morning and saw frozen fountain glitterng In
the sunshine. Naturally he ran for his kodak. on
his return within less than four minutes he found
that the symbol of eternal summer" had been en-
tirely hewn down by natives with axes. r. L. II.
cOMpI ETE PROTECTION