The Washington times., 1914-10-22
Learned When Only Boy That
Only Way to Learn Was To
Be Energetic.
By GARDNER MACK.

The reputation Tor doing one thing
that rushes a person or an institu-
ton Of community into the nails
Of fame is very often like the tin
can tied to the tail Of dog. The
can, you know, is only an indirect
means Of causing the dog to get
flying start and maintain the general
attitude of flight. 1t Is the sturdy
legs of the animal that do that, and
the distance he goes depends en-
tirely on the sturdiness Of his legs.
The reputation, like the can. is fire.
quently tied on by some mischievous
person. Far from being thing that
the person. or the dog, looks upon
with pride. 1t Is a positive source Of
annoyance Anyone who has OBJ
served a dog with can attached
must have been struck by the ap-
pearance Of what we might call deep
chagrin that is only prevented from
dominating the animals countenance
by the spirit Of undertaking deter
mination that it's whole attitude
illustrates. 1t Is just this way with
people and communities. And this is
written for the purpose Of setting
the fair name Of the city Of Boston
right in the world.
: Ask any group of people what Bos-
ton suggests, and those who do not
answer beans" will say culture
The facts are, a lone Boston baker,
who beat the delicatessen experts to
the so-called modern method of doing
your home cooking by absent treat
ment, found he could cook beans
in his oven Saturday nights after
the regular bake of bread sought
custom from his neighborhood. The
economy of Sabbath kitchen labor
to housewives became noised about
the city, and all the bakers adVer-
tised their ability to cook beans.
That Is where the bean tin became
attached to the tale OF Boston
greatness. There are many conmu-
mites that consume more beans tnan
Boston. "
Then some one from Boston in dis
cussing omar Khayyam nonchalant-
ly announced that the rubai he most
admired was the one about the book
beneath a tree. The combination of
the word rubai, which no one ever
seems to have heard, and the book
was the can Of culture. Amy one
' sitting Boston and viewing the
Latin quotation on famous monu-
ment-that is. any one who knows
real Latin when he sees twill
understand that Boston can slip, let
it's culture slip, as far out of sight
as it does it's principal thorough
fares.
IT isn't just our purpose to make
the bare statement that Boston's
great name should not rest upon
its thrifty bean baker and what
we might call it's mockLatin cul-
directly responsible for its fame
than the can that has been tied to
the dogs tail. 1t is the purpose to
bring forward another foundation
upon which Boston might more just
Iv and more solidly rest her fame.
I've had this idea in mind for a
long time and couldn't really get
the proper start on the thing until
the fact Of Julian Eltinge's forth
coming visit to the Columbia Thea
ter next week with his newest play,
The Crinoline Girl" was called to
NV attention. And then l knew
that | had the thing that 1 had
been looking for.
Julian Eltinge is a product Of Bos-
ton.
for the Julian Eltinge We know
and esteem to have come from any
where else. 1t was the peculiar cir
cumstance of being in Boston that
permitted Eltinge not only to be-
como q man-and a regular honest
to-poodress- -good-fellow Of a man,
AZ that-but to develop into one
Of the most fascinating women that
the world has been permitted to
see. TN,
Eltinge came to Boston as child.
His people were the kind Of regular
neopie who believe in giving their
son all the chance possible and they
gave him an excellent education.
Among other things they desired
that he should acquire a graceful
carriage. as he was growing into a
very comely youth. And so they
sent him to dancing school.
A Young boy does not take kindly
to dancing at first: And Elttnge was
M exception to the rule. When he
found that dancing was a thing that
he had to do. however, he knuckled
down to it, and within few months
became such an uncommonly fine
dancer that the fame Of him pene-
trated the sacred precincts of the
EYrst Corps of Cadets. Anybody
that knows anything about Boston
reaIizes at once that thing with
that power Of penetration was some
thing of which even the Krupps
would be proud. The First Corps OF
Cadets Is not only a military organ
ization. but an institution that the
notive Bostonese point to with the
same awed pride they show i'm ex-
bibitinr the public library. Faneuil
Ipronounced FanD Hall and the fish
wharf The First Corps or Cadets
breaks into the front pages of the
nawsnapers once each year. 1t FRO
duces spectacle play. This spec
tacle play. by the way. is the grand
father of the Zeigfeld Follies and the
natursI dauShtsr OF The Black