New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-12
AS | WAS SAYING

Evan y dog will sometimes go back on his pup
Usher and Mr. George ii. Mifiin is still holding OUT
inducements to a prodgal pup though as we 'nilin'
not altogether wisely. He began by oHerlng CIV
Point by point the figure advanced TO sou lhe"'
gaining nothing by the bull movement, Mr. Miiiiln
steadily reduced his offer Ingenious this but mas
he not observed that the ump-sum arrangement II
never attractive? Royalty beginning at - per cent
and rising to 20 after the first thousand dogs nav
returned will work much better.
II will go hard with Post -Impressonism, now that
the National Child Labor Committee is aroused
Whereas we ourselves accustomed 10 wake up
Ike n little flower our poet wakes up like little
bird. Thus he sings;
Though prophesy only with scrupuous care
Beng far less audaciouS than good Mother symptom
| stIl feel inspired TO arise and declare
That there's slip twixt the cup and the Upton
With philosophy picking up and theology DO
ing fine" as the booksellers report there Is SAID 70
be hope even for the essay. Much encouraged we
shall continue to follow Montague Addison. Lamb
Hazlett and stevenson-st devoutly respectful dis
tance.
We have always hesitated to attack prudery, for
fear IL would break out in some worse FORM ana
evidently our terrors were Justified. or late the
prudery OF the and tongue and pen mas peen
assaied TN there IS scarcely verbal decency left
alive in America. But meanwhile behold the via
and fantastic high jnks INDUCED In by the prudery
OF the eye In London In Philadelphia In the ONO
state LEGISLATURE and consequently in all the papers
Il is intimated that the Lady OF the Period goes
about so shocklngly costumed that gentlemen VINO
treasure their remaining morals should take refuge
in the nearest Home Of Buresquc Amusing TINS;
but brethren IL IL not unto edihcaton. ana neither
is II philosophical Fundamentally the issue relates
not TO clothes but TO whether women should any
longer be permitted
"Everybody's family" writes Mr.. Ellis o. Jones
is exactly as old everybody else's family"
Sounds reasonable; but darn IT. ours is teething.
Ae this is the omen season FOR Mr. Walter II. Page
we forgive oursef stealing another Of his stories
In Georgia he relates, there was once an INDECENT
genius who conceived n brilliant and highly lucra-
tive idea Observing that the state well peopled
with ambitious but as yet unrequited authors. said
genius issued a circular somewhat as follows:
EDITORIAL CONSPIRACY AGAINST GEORGIAll
NORTHERN PREJUDICE sPuRNs SOUTHERN
TALENT!!
'"This ia why YOUR poems essays, stories are
systematically rejected
stand II longer.
Send them to ME, along with PHOTO and
AUTOBIOGRAPHY. for publication In the newly in
stituted GEORGIA MAGAZINE!
IN B--As this enterprise is patriotic one you
will of course not ask for pay; and please observe
that my offer necessarily limited to subscribers.
Subscription, one Dollar"
In poured free fiction free articles. free poems.
free autobiographies free photographs. and per-
feet raging, warning deuge OF free silver. Moral:
The shell game has been greatly over-p praised.
Dear good Lima Cavaeri says New York is
"vickeder than Paris" Naughty, frisky Lima Cava-
Iieri SAYS New York is a Puritan village" AT first
glance these remarks to indicate that one press
agent Is enough on further reflection, however, the
apparent dissonance vanishes. Many Puritan VII
lage is wickeder than Paris-that Is. when you know
your village and your Paris For Paris has Its saints
tho very salt Of the earth-and II II has also its
sinners why. has the village-plague take IT.
and with far less excuse Conclusion: VOLTA, mean
ing There We ar-r-r-re." K l.. Ii.