New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-23
AS | WAS SAYING

With many heart throb and many thrill we
have followed that glorious series In II. r.
Weekly" called How l Began" Magnificent!
Great oaks humbling themselves to encourage htue
acorns. Good stories too though not more amaz-
ing than that of rise in the world.
Everything was against at the start We had
nc morals We drank. We would not say sar-
saparilla" we were bald toothless understood
bedridden All. but look at us now Getting our
living by jumping through hoops
See the grand theological fox hunt heretcai
young foxes T. Dogmas pursuing them Old ex-
perienced fox cutting the trail to thro" the
pack off the scent. Horns footing, dogmas BARKING
hoofs laundering the wildwood reveroerant WIN
tira la las and the ungodly hopping for JOY.
II strikes u.s. however. that the ungodly nave
hoped too suddenly. Whoa. Patience! Let Us
pause and consider Maybe the fox hunters are
bit excited and hastv and cross but they have had
their Presbyteranism for quite spell and KIND OF
got attached to il. When young foxes come prowi-
ing around to eat it up before their very race aho
eyes it makes them mad, and quite properly for'
odd though 1t may appear, there are folks left aNe
on earth who regard their religious beliefs as some
how related to truth They refuse to define faith
As Endorsing lot Of things you know aren't so
They are unwilling to declare that "one humoug Is
as good as another" They have convictions Ihey
take them seriously They value them Incl
dentally they have spunk. and primordial dander
and q fine red blooded gusto. For which we re-
spect them. though personally we side with the
foxes and have placed our money accordingly
II saws in Life" that "a spider tatooed on bald
head will keep off flies" Begging 'Life's" pardon
we have our doubts II is true. of course that SEN
sitive discreet judcious hes-that is to say ies OF
the more enlightened cass-woud take warming
but we have read the immortal treatise beginning
"Our marble brow is fast creeping over to the BACK
Of our neck" and we cannot recall that MI Nye
managed to attract flies OF that character
A lovely being-she describes herself "a woman,
Young and good looking informs US that she pre-
fers her Joke to ours II you happen 10 remember
we quoted a string OF coupets on literary favorites
-"Ivanhoe" Robin Hood" "Huck Finn odd
sleuth" and the rest-and added modestly we
love TO steal away alone with masterpieces OF our
own" Not 50 this fairest Of the fair. Sings She
As easily satisfied. you'll DO
I've read my name In Who Is VINO.
With the eve Of faith we gaze upon our beautiful
correspondent throw up our hands and drop the
subject before it begins verge upon the personal
However. It is permitted TO pursue her train OF
thought TO the next station. Can any reader ac-
count for the distinct Of eminence and we'll
being one experiences coming upon ones name IN
the Telephone Directory?
End OF an era. Here. right In judge We ind
the familiar back fence tomcat Of legend yodeing
as OF yore and the familiar enthusiast rushing TO
his window TO lam" said tomcat So far, classic
But look. What IS that missile In yon enthusiasts
hand? Is Il the sacred the time honored. the
eternay mlrth provoking bootjack Of antiquity and
all the ages? All. no! 1t is mere boot.
Awful warning this! Long had the bootjack sur
vived its extinction raining tomcats years and
wears after the last OF the bootjacks had been
gathered 70 its fathers In our blindness We had
believed II impershable. Quick brethren; chain the
pantophagou goat insure the twins. embalm the
parrot cage the mule and nail down the mother-in-
law.
How are we going 10 spend the summer? Camp
ing OF course only we have not fully made up our
mind which method to adopt Camps vary a little
Behold yonder marble exposition building that looms
majestic in the Adirondacksl Sure enough. 1t Is
camp Or observe the despcable hovel. with the
sign over the door "Hatetoqu!ttit" That too, Is
camp. Then, IL you like. consider the canvas
covered mudhole where a true sport camps: not
for pleasure but to insult the elements
Finally pray notice how young Tommy Bangs
goes camping. Guards with guns all round the
place for the rascal IS undergoing moral and
soiritual repairs from the ground up and might
weary of camping at any moment
As above ntmated. still puzzled TO know
which style Of camping to go in for; but on one
po,nt we have reached an rrevocable decision. We
shan take a dog Leavings are always accumu-
latng in camp and dog is the best place 10 put
them. H. L" H.