Mr. William McIntosh, author of a fine article printed herein, is the Great Original Philistine. He is also Managing Editor of the Buffalo _News_, a paper that has a larger circulation than any daily between New York and Chicago. But Mr. McIntosh will live in history because he wrote the leading article in the first number of the PHILISTINE Magazine, and not because he is Managing Editor of the Buffalo _News_, a paper that has a larger circulation than any daily between New York and Chicago. * * * * * “Where do you get your plots?” asked the interviewer of Mr. Zangwill. “I’ll tell you, young man, if you’ll say nothing about it: I get my plots from stories that are sent me for criticism by little boys and girls.” “But does not your conscience trouble you?” “Oh, no. You see it gives the little boys and girls a chance to call attention to themselves by crying aloud that they have been robbed.” * * * * * It is now pretty generally conceded that Steve Crane is in the secret pay of the British Government, with intent to throw all possible discredit on the patriotism of the American Volunteer. * * * * * _Scribner’s_ for July shows a picture entitled, “Mr. Hornaday at work on his Bengal Tiger.” Now my friend Hornaday, being a genuine Jebusite, is really a fine looking man; but Frank Stockton writes me that in the picture it is a toss-up to know which is Hornaday and which is the tiger. * * * * * In the _Missus’ Home Journal_ of Philadelphia it is learned that “Ice cream may be eaten with either a fork or a spoon.” It is so nice to have an option in these important matters. Sometimes it is inconvenient to gum it over the edge of a butter plate in the New York fashion. * * * * * It is still permissible to wear a white tie in daylight—especially if the tie is fresh. * * * * * Populist whiskers are worn long and bloomers short. * * * * * Finger bowls are made larger this season—with fluted edges. This avoids mistakes. * * * * * We have proceeded so far in our imitation of foreign refinements that one who reads the _Loidy’s Own_ may easily determine where to improve on Providence in the giving of good gifts. The _Loidy’s_ advises that “In a hotel one only tips those servants who have rendered some special service. It is not necessary to tip servants for doing their usual work.” In private life the old-fashioned providential way of bestowing on the just and the unjust, still prevails. * * * * * If you would have friends, be one. * * * * *