New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-16
By Martha Mc(ullocIi-W Williams.

TO think of Yourself i'm capital letters Is
more than "A gift-an endowment IL
makes YOU "A natural headincr. As such
Won yet the right Of way everywhere ana
the ton of the page. The endowment MAJ
be too pronounced. the line should he
drawn at block type and red ink. FOLK
who 20 so far as that are hard to Dear
one such. casually encountered. spent a
whole evening with mis- back To- the rest
of MS gazing devouily IT roW Of his
hooks. lust presented tD our hostess. An
other INDUCED i'm essences - potent they
came upstairs three fights ahead OF him.
You thought the scent oVcr2oWcring unul
the scented came i'm Wow. Then you un-
dorstood that neither Dusk nor civet had
ANYTHING on the gentleman 5 estimate OF
himself.
This however, is merely by the way.
The appealing thing about the capital
letter estimate is that it makes so Tor
comfort. Capital letters in type are won
derfuly oonyincng-in mind they are
even more so. If one may but think /
am myself. therefore right in all my judg
meuts" what emotional wear and tear Is
rrevouted, Conscience shuts IN shop ana
goes out Of business And, no matter how
the little dogs Tray. Blanche and sweet
heart yap and howl who minus them
Eminent examples i'm public III" VIII AT
once recur To all readers. Wherefore turn
we 10 smaller considerations-as, for IN
stance. the capital letter person disporting
i'm the company of mere people.
He meets them with a condescension
truly noble. Indeed, upon occasion he re-
calls those electric signs which untli they
catch the current look mostly like a sue
cession of curllcues and blobs without
meaning slowly painfully. one may
puzzle out the letters. So with the capt
tai letter person. Until he begins to Wink
and twinkle at you you get mainly the
impression Of junk. \ well meaning per-
son said once To an eminent artist upon
whom an afternoon gathering was being
PLAYED hgura lively through hose: i
ought To be- restful don't know a thins
about your pictures. rhe others have
raved go over them you must be tired.
The artist looked TO her a rather ordinary
person-so much SO that she suspected
him Of common humanity She was un-
deceived when he flashed at her, all his
capital letter personality suffering
Madam, you know nothing Of genius If
YOU dream appreciation Of 1t can ever
tire" Being wholly unregenerate, the
woman went her way glgslins-not open
~. OF course. but in the decps of her soul
Myself and Kipling will he recognized
as the poets of the nineteenth century.
another capital letter person pronounced
20 a breathless group. That the group did
not gunaw wildly was a triumph of
breeding As It dissolved one said dream
lis 20 his elbow ncighbor. noddlng toward
the self-olccted poet: lie feels II mighty
generous of him to include Kipling."
Stil the capital letter habit is not
wholly a masculine appanage. woman
who got printed I'm a household magazine
a menu Tor Thanksgiving dinner such as
was served in her Western home tells
her friends i'm strict confidence that she
now has faith in her section getting itself
really expressed
Capital letter thinking is humorous on
tho face Of H. As with other things
humorous. there is underneath touch OF
pa;hos. Those who do il have normal
couceit carried 10 the nth power. To
withhold tribute from them Is cruelty Of
the first water. Children not merely de-
serve sugar plums. but require them for
health and wholesome development.