New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-27
AS | WAS SAYING

Here we are again brimful OF the spirit Of rogush-
ness But do we know it? We do not For we
have opened "Mothern Progress an Histhory' by
Jimmie Walsh Ok. c. st. c.. NJ d., Pm. D., Ii" De-
Lit Doc, Sc D.. and broth Nv a pye) ana reao
tn dishgrace iv our dear old frnd tn Irish brogue
"Pure shakespearian English gays Jimmie. In
England tin thousand mispronunciations corrupted
the mother tongue. In Ireland. divVle a wan 90
there We ar-r-re! What has passed for bold ana
iligant originality is nawthing but conservatism Sic
transit gloria Hibernie!
Some comfort though Thanks to Jimmie, the
sbwan v Avon is rayshtoored his prishtne shpln-
dor bedad and we can rade him straight
"Shpake tn shpake, Oi pray yez, as OF pronounsned
II to yez. thrippngly tn tongue, be hivVens! But
If yez mouth IT, as mony iv chape players do oi
had as lafe tn town crier shpoke me loines
"Re nawt too tame nayther, but let tn dishcreoon
" vez be yer tuthor Suit tn action TO the wurrud
begorry, an tn wurrud to tn dommed action
It is a monstrous impertinence to crticise SNAKE
speare and we realize It. Yet we feel that his Eng
lish was very imperfect. When have We heard an
Irshman talk like that?
We were not in the least astonshed by the daz-
cling dividends declared by the American Locomo-
tive Company We have seen what happens 10
locomotives No wonder the makers thrive AS
Bourget would say. II walks without talking
our fluctuations to Brother 5. S. Stimson' who has
a sparket called Cheer Up in "Lppincous for
September:
81 sometimes wonder II life Is worth living
unused the pesslmst.
at is" replied the optimst. 1T Is worth living
much better than most Of US live it
Bravo! Only we doubt II 1t was an optmis' VINO
ka
croat fun correcting these sages IN "Lippincottsl
Further on we find Jolly Nette Rand Miller report
ing the Vermont schoolboy who wrote: "A penitent
is one who earns his living by his pen. NO phIoso
pher, that boy! We think he must be an optimist.
We earn our living by the pen oursclf. but cannot
accept this tribute. Search Us!
However. We must do the square thing by Yer
mont She Is "A noble state. II sometimes her small
philosophers nun II they can often he relied upon
for q three Dagger Witness this by another urchn
I'm the same school.
"Monotony is where person or company mas
everything its own way"
Stated with gloom in the European capitals George
AIDE signs for the gaycty Of his Indiana farm so is
starting home not without condolences TO the Ameri-
can correspondents In London
Something about "our English cousins II aPpe"''
blood thicker than water"-"hands across inc
sea"-a those pretty protestations OF international
love one keeps hearing over there. You know the
vein.
Tell II not to George This cousiniy t"'ttc' I'M
rressos him as much too highly aerated and We
Guess maybe For there are moments when we
doubt if an English cousin burns with the bright
clear flame Of mad affection. lie likes us; now can
he help it, But is there not CLEAN OF slight dis-
trust behind his monocle? oh. needless
Let us be frank We adore an Engishman' ana
are prepared to say why II is because we are
filled with calm JOY OH beholding such well
all things considered such success
Of an American.