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An Injury to Esprit dc Corps In the
American N'nvy.
Wc have not the slightest doubt that
the Arm; ciud .Vnrj Journal will have
the gratitude of, the rank find tile of the
navy for saying that, far from approv
ing ,of the'whool exercises Imposed upon
them by Mr. Danifxs, "they want to
feel that they are part and parcel of the
great, throbbing, glorious Institution
that has produced Paul Jones. Ste
racv Decatur. David Varraout. (Sforoe
Dewey and others wuote names glorify
American history." This does not mean
that officers and men want wnr and are
filled with the lust of battle; It means
that they entered the service from An
napolis and from the public schools
not to teach and be taught grammar,
geography, the rule of three, and "ex
tras." but to undergo a rigorous, prac
tical training to tight the battles of
their country If the call comes.
No man enlists to continue the school
ing that the State gave him up to a
certain ase. or to prepare himself to
earn a better living when he leaves
the navy: he enlists because he wants
to be trained for active service under
the flag, and he covets, or at least does
not wlih to mlfs. the opportunity to
distinguish himself. It is a spirit that
may not be deetwd righteous by the
present 'Administration, but it animates
every man who wears the uniform.
It has been well said that It takes
three years to make a man-of-war's
man, and no time In the period of
training Is really wasted. Granted
that the Daniels curriculum can be
squeezed in, the fact remains that It
U unwelcome and Irksome to both offi
cers and men, and does not add to but
detracts from the esprit de corps of
the service, which Is a bad thing. The
navy does not offer civilian education
to recruits, and they do not ask for It
ot desire It. Such being the case. It
will never be popular, and must repel
rather than attract. Therefore the
aooner the Wilson-Daniels hobby Is
discarded the better It will be for the
try and the country.
In Simple Justice to the Philistine".
Here Is a tale which It were a pleas
ure to tell In Gath, any newspaper of
general circulation would be glad to
publish it In the streets of Ashkelon.
Too long the symbol for all that Is un
couth. Boeotian, at war with nrt, the
Philistine is at last coming Into his
own. His crowning shame Is Chat
Delilah trapped Samson to bis blind
ing, yet now we know that the woman
of the valley of Sorek was a daughter
of Israel no better than she should be.
The downfall of the Philistine might
ensued when David slew the giant
Goliath with a smooth stone out of
the brook, yet now we know that Go
liath was no Philistine at all but one
of the sons of Anak.
This rehabilitation of an ancient peo
pie Is entertainingly and most con
vincingly set forth In the.Schwelch lec
tures of the British Academy by Pro
fecsor ft. A. Stewart -Macalistfr of
Dublin. There Is more in It than the
mere clearing up of an obscurity iu the
history of the Jews, for Professor Mac
alister goes far to set forth the proof
that the Philistines were among the
founders of European culture as dis
tinct from (Aslan society. So far as
relates to the history of the Jewish
.nation he makes It absolutely clear
that the Pblllstlnes.were the dominant
rjco of Paler-tine, for to this day we
celebrate in the name of PeleMlne the
glory of the Philistines In the only
name we, jkikscss for the terrain of the
two kingdoms of Israel and of Judah.
In this series of lectures Professor
Macamstfr sums and Interprets 'the
arid and evasive record of the Hebrew
historians. To It he adds a store of
Information derived from the great
cuneiform libraries now available for
etudy. He collates exhaustively rhe
Eryptlan record of the Philistines as
contained In the carvings of Mcdlnet
Habu and other shrines, l'rnni the re
cently discovered GolonlschefT papyrus
he translates the tale of the seafaring
of We.v-Amon after cellar of Lebanon
In the land of Zakak-Baal, prince of
Byblos; a stirring tale of adventure by
land and by sen. Important because It
shows us a rhlllstlne community at Its
be.nt and bravest.
The stun of this new discovery Is
that the Philistines are Cretans, a
product of HmMnoan culture which we
are Just beginning to gaze upon and
to try to Interpret. This was a civili
zation ns far anterior to that of My
ceme ns the hitter was anterior to the
Athens of I'erlcles. l'rrifessor Macal
ihtf.r shows how this Philistine race
spread over the adjacent coast of Asia
Minor with a strong settlement In the
Troad. It Is Interesting to find the
name of Ariiisn, whom David be
tnlyed. equated with that of Anciiisf.s,
old pater ANcmsrs.
The Hebrew record has preserved to
us but a single word of Philistine
speech, - "seron," which In the Kngllsh
version Is translated as lord. In the
terra cotta disk unearthed at the Cretan
palace of I'hiestos, of the lerlod known
as Middle Mnoan III, mid correspond
ing .to about icno t. C. we have a
series of sixty-one words made up of
forty-live characters as n probable syl
labary. Not one word as yet are we
able to read, but the frequent repeti
tion of the bead with the plumed hel
met which we recognlr.o as the distin
guishing mark of the Philistine Identi
fies this piece of terra cotta as a veri
table muniment of that race which the
Hebrews so feared and whom they were
not nble to overthrow until the reign
of David.
The l.ove Letters of on.
They are going 'to sell a great batch
of Nelson's love letters at auction In
Iondon, not the tlamlngs of his 111
starred passion for Emma, Lady Ham
ilton, hut embers of the pure affection
which England's greatest sea fighter
felt toward Fanny -Visret, the charm
ing West Indian widow whom he mar
ried on the Island of Nevis on Mnrch
11, 17S7. Down there, on that strange
little mole of earth which has slipped
back more than a century while the
years have gone on, they still show
you the old manor house In which the
wedding took place, and the "KIg Tree"
church, now. alas, with a corrugated
Iron roof, where the registry of It Is
preserved under a glass case:
"17S7. Mar, 11. Horatio Nelson,
Esq , Captain of H, M. S. thf Koreas, to
Frances Herdert Nibdet, widow."
Wealth, prosperity, fashion, glory, al
most the white race have deserted Ne
vis, but It still holds Its fame as the
scene of two historic occurrences, the
birth of Alexandfr Hamilton and the
marriage of Nelson.
It has sometimes been questioned
whether Nelson's marriage waf a love
match. The documents now for sale
must be taken as proof that It was:
they would otherwise be the evidence
of an Incredibly sustained hypocrisy.
There are altogether 232 autograph
letters consisting of about .ISO quarto
and folio pages. The series begins
August 10, 175.1. eighteen months be
fore the marriage. It breaks off with
the latter event, after which the cou
ple went to England and Nelson re
tired on half pay. There Is then only
one letter (August 20. 17SS) until he
resumed active service In 1703. From
January 7 of that year there Is an un
broken series until Novemlw 0, 1800,
when he once more landed In England
In company with Lady Hamilton and
her husband.
Trom the ante-nuptial missives down
,to a late date In 1705 the letters are
ardent In their tone. It Is only possi
ble to quote a few sentences, but here
Is one from the opening of the corre
spondence :
"Most sincerely do I love you. and t
trut that my affection If not only founded
upon the principle of reason but also
upon the basis of mutual attachment. In
deed my charming- Fannt did (I) possess
a million my greatest pride and pleasure
would be to share It with you."
In March. 17S7. Just before the cere
mony, he wrote: ,
"Never was poor Mortal more "disap
pointed than myself yesterday at not re
celvlng a letter I sometimes
fear It was occasioned by Illness It would
make me miserable Indeed my dear Fannt
no person but yourself can tell -what my
feelings are."
All through the wooer's letters run
dreams of love In a cottage, the life
which wis In fact realized for years.
When duty and glory recall him to the
peas he pours out, his Inmost soul to the
wife of his bosom at home. His hopes,
his pride, his vanity, his successes, the
praise of others all the things that n
man writes only to one person In the
world burn In these faded pages. When
he lost hlR right hand In the abortive
attack on Santa Cruz he begins the
first almost Illegible scrawl with his
left In these words:
"My dearest FaiJnt, 1 am so confident
of your affection that I feel the pleasure
you receive will be en.ua! wetther my
letter -Is rote by my right hand or left.
I shall not b urprlied to h
neglected and forgot as probably I shall
no longer be considered as ueeful, how
ever I shall feel rich If I continue to en
Joy your affection, the Cottage Is now
more necessary."
He was not forgotten, of course.
His great glory and great shame were
still before him. In 1705 the Hamil
tons first figure In bis letters. There
are sundry allusions to them, some
times under color of their kindness to
Jokiah Nibdet, his wife's son. The
waning of the true love Is sad to ob-
serie. I'nder date of Palermo, June
.1, there Is this cruel slur:
"Had I two hands, I cannot get thro'
my pen and Ink work I have
told you before all my private correspon
dence must stop and my friends forgive
me."
In the last letter of all (Yarmouth,
November 0, lSOOi this appears:
"Sir ft- Lady Hamilton beg their best
regards and will accept your offer of a
bed."
With the great Admiral's ow let
ters there are to be sold three of Lady
Nllson'8 written In 1801, after the
separation. They contradict the (ten
crally accepted notion that flic made
no effort to win him back from Lady
Hamilton. The first thanks him for
the generosity of the allowance he
made her and ends: "(Sod bless my
dear husband." In July Rhe writes:
"I cannot be silent In the general Joy
throughout the kingdom." Apparently
she 'has reference to the battle of Co
penhagen. She thanks Gon for spar
ing his life and goes on:
"Let me beg, nay entreat you to be
lieve no wife ever felt greater affection
for a husband than I do."
There Is much pitiful pleading for
the return of his love, and In the last
letter of all .(December 18) she assures
him that she has but one wish In the
world: to please him. These are three
heartbreaking letters.
One of the most curious nnd Inter
esting features of Nelson's own let
ters Is the strange change of his hand
writing due to the loss of his hand.
In facsimile the sale prospectus shows
three phases of his rcrlpt. The early
natural writing Is small, light, deli
cate, more like a woman's hand than
that of a seaman nnd a warrior. Then
comes the first attempt with the left
hand, an almost undecipherable scrawl.
But Inside n year the left hand has
grown firm and bold. It writes In well
formed letters of the usual "backhand"
slope, but strong nnd virile. Just such
manuscript ns one would look for from
the hero of The Nile nnd Trafalgar.
These letters rass;d at I-ady Nel
son's death to her cousin, Mrs. Franck
ltn, nnd from her to her son. Alfxan
der Allan Weiiiie. .Some use of the
material In them ns respects Nelson's
public career has been made by his
biographers, but t,he light they shed
on his prlvnte life and character has
never before been revealed. It seems
ns If the strange nnd varied story
would presently have to be revised and
rewritten.
No All Night Drinking at Conr.y
Island.
The Mayor is undoubtedly right In
refusing to issue all night licenses for
Coney Island resorts. Legal closing
time keeps the crowd supplied with re
freshment on any reasonable theory of
pleasure or necessity.
So far as the young people of New
York are concerned, the great evil of
Coney Island Is Its lateness. Those
who have an opportunity of seeing the
returning crowds will find little to crit
icise or complain of In their condition
or behavior. The young women are
untouched by sign or symptom of
liquor. They nre quiet and well be
haved, absolutely Irreproachable In np
pearance and behavior In nine hundred
nnd ninety-nine cases out of a thou
fnnd. The young men nre In the vast ma
jority of Instances stone sober. Intoxi
cation Is so rare that the stray victim
Is conspicuous nnd his condition Is the
subject of severe comment by all. The
occasional exhibitions of boisterous
mirth nre not the result of liquor but
of high spirits.
All this Is the common observation
of cool, disinterested outsiders, work
aday or rather work o' night people,
who encounter the homing pleasure
crowd In the cars and subways. But
there Is also a common observation of
fatigue nnd overstrain, especially among
the young women. Any one c.in see
thnt many a delicate girl making her
way with a batch of other young people
from the Island to Harlem at 3 or 4
o'clock In the morning ought to have
been In bed hours ago for her own
good. The tired eyes, drawn faces and
listless attitudes tell the story of exer
tion nnd excitement far too long drawn
out. Perhaps the victim of the amuse
ment passion hnd stood bhlnd a coun
ter all day. She had danced or strolled
about and laughed and talked all night
nnd at S o'clock or thereabouts she was
due behind thnt counter again. The
tired lads fraukly doze In their feats.
Decorum forces the girls to sit up wide
awake and as primly as they are
able.
The fact Is Coney' Island should be
shut up tight at 12 o'clock. In view of
the long Journey home for ninety-five
per cent, of Its patrons the whole
crowd should be turned away at that
hour. What possible need can there
be for all night revelry: above all what
excuse for all. nlgbt liquor drinking?
None but the drink sellers can get any
profit out of It. None of the many rea
sons that exist for a limited relaxation
In the city hold good. Lite drinking at
this, resort Is not only bad In Itself but
tends to develop mo'ral evils from which
It might be almost free.
It Is to be hoped the Mayor will
stand pat In the position he has taken
on this subject.
A Methodist Minister.
The Rev. Dr. Hiciiard Beverly Pal
more of St. Louis, editor of the St.
Louis ChrinUnn Advocate, died in his
seventy-first year In Richmond last
Sunday. As a Methodist divine, a lee
turer, a traveller, the founder of col
leges narned after him In Mexico nnd
Japan, and a person of various capaci
ties aud distinctions, he Is recorded and
described In the contemporary house of
fame "Who's Who." We get tho man
a character of unusual flavor and ex
perience, in the memorial sermon
preached by the Rev. Dr. James W. Lee.
He was born In a Tennessee log cabin.
His father died when the boy was six
weeks old. He bad to earu his own
living ever since be could remember.
"He ploughed all day with grown men
when he was 10." At 17 he was In
Marmadukfs cavalry, In which ho
served through the war. Ills blanket
npd overcoat his tent nnd the saddle
his pillow. After the pence he got an
education, was ordained, did much for
tho world aud must have enjoyed him
self much In It. He travelled all over
the world, but his first attempt tn'cross
the Atlantic was his most noteworthy
voyage:
"He cut a lifeboat down with his pocket
knife, and without bread or water, chart
or compass, fled In this lifeboat from his
sinking ship, and was picked up by an-
other steamer and brought back to his
native land."
Once at Petra) some Arabian robbers
posing as guides skedaddled, Impressed
by the ferociousness with which he
made "a plunge for Imaginary arms as
If he were loaded with flrearmB." He
was booked for the Titanic, but had
the good bad fortune to be knocked
down nnd out by a Paris cab. He was
worth more than $100,000. hut thrift
for the benefit of others was always
his housekeeper:
"I do not suppose he paid more than
JIB a month for what he actually ate, not
that he wasn't able to go to a club and
pay from il to JL50 for every meal, but
because he was economizing at every
point with reference to saving money
that he might educate poor girls, and that
he might add more to his estate, every
ilollar of which he had resolved to give
to the church."
And now -we come to his grand re
nunciation. A fortune estimated nt
$10,000,000 was In his reach where
with he could have endowed nnd fur
thered those works of charity, educa
tion, piety, which were ilea rest to his
heart. The story is too romantic to
be trusted save In a sermon. So Dr.
Lee shall tell :
"Long after the civil war, when the
boy had grown to be a man, he found, to
his amazement, among his father's papers
a deed to 5,883 acres of land, located In
what Is known as West Virginia. This
deed was a great surprise to all who saw
or heard of It. Putting this deed In hla
pocket, young Palmohe, the only heir to
the property, made a trip to West Vlr-.
glnla to look over his vast estate, which
was far In the Interior.
"Starting from the city of Charleston.
West Virginia, he drove In a buggy Into
the region where his plantation was lo
cated, He traced the boundaries of his
properly and found that hundreds of
families had settled on It without any
right to It, but were living as If secure
In the possession of their separate little
patches of territory. He found that be
neath the surface of this land there was
almost limitless wealth, but the multi
tudes who had built themselves humble
homes on the surface did not know of it,
and had been living thua In undisturbed
possession for a number of years. He
quietly walked about at night and looked
through the .windows nt the parents and
children living on his estate. Great law
yers were ready to Inaugurate legal pro
ceedings that would have made him a
millionaire, and such legal proceedings
would doubtless have been Instituted If
the heir In person had not visited the
scene of his great estate. He began to
feel that Instead of such a fortune being
a blessing, as he dreamed In the night
time about dispossessing such a multi
tude of people of their humble homes It
occurred to him that to secure hla estate
at such an expense would make. It a bur
den. "After earnest prayer and sleepless
hours In the midst of his vast acres, he
was seized with the conviction that each
member of this multitude of families
living on his property needed It more
than did the heir, and there and then he
made up his mind that he would leave
them In quiet possession of his estate."
Naturally his friends told him he
was a fool. Well, so in a sense he was.
Is It Celtic or medlreval or both, that
phrase which the "quixotic" course of
Palmire brings up in the memory,
The Fool of Gon"?
The Landor-Hooevrlt War.
It turns out that Mr. A. Henry Sat-
age Lanpor. the South American path
finder ami pundit, did not call Colonel
Roosevelt' a "pallonnro." which means
In the Italian one who fills toy bal
loons with gas. The Colonel, there
fore, had no provocation to describe
Mr. L.vndor ns "the buffoon of explor
ers"; If he will amend by calling his
sensitive opponent the Buffon of ex
plorers all may be forgiven.
fnfortunately. this Is hardly to be
expected, as Mr Lanpor continues to
Impeach the Colonel ns the cartog
rapher of tie River of Doubt, quoting
a German engineer, Herr Moerrech,
ns saying that the waterway has long
been well known as the Rio Castanho,
or River Chestnut. This Is to add In
sult to Injury, aud Colonel Roosevelt
Is human. Could not the case be sub
mltted to arbltartlon to avoid an In
terminable Internntlonnl controversy?
If Secretary Brtan insists on talking
for pay on Saturday half holidays he
will have the unions down on him for
violating the overtime rules.
Tho severe penalties meted, out to
Charles F. Baxter, recently resident
physician In the workhouse on Black-
well's Island, suggest that there Is no
real difficulty In stopping the sale of
drugs In penal Institutions if tho fight
against them Is taken up In an earnest
spirit. The State Prison Commission
Is tnklng somewhat deliberate steps to.
end the anuses in sing Sing tardily
revealed by ex-Warden Clanct, A
study of the Bxter case would be an
excellent mental and moral tonic If
taken as n preliminary to tho con
templated reform wave.
One of the two biggest battleships
of the navy takes the name of the least
populous State, Nevada, Some of the
largest States must be content to know
that obsolete ships bear their names.
However, handsome Is that handsome
does, Nevada has a fine, swinging,
mouth filling, romantic sound.
The representatives of Governor Car-
ranza and General Villa at the Torreon
conference having voted that no mill
tary leader shall become provisions!
President of Mexico, It Is said "this
would eliminate Carranza." Technically
It would, for the Governor haa been
calling himself in official documents
"First Chief of the Constitutionalist
Army," but ns n. matter of fact the
Governor is not regarded by the brigade
commanders ns a military man, except
by courtesy. However, It will make for
harmony In tho ranks If the old gentle
man Is eliminated as a candidate.
Alarm In the Progressive ranks oven
the Sulzkr bogy looks very like a
crime bringing Its own punishment
Tho party of virtue opened Its arms to
the discredited statesman and Rave him
his first lift In regaining a footing
from which to beguile and bamboozle
the voter.
TnE BIG TIT REE.
Various Lists of the Most Important
Problems.
To the Emtor or The Sun Sir.' A
correspondent of The Sun, Mr. Joseph
H. Lyons of New Brighton, has proposed
for discussion the question, What are the
three most Inrportant problems now be
fore the American nat)on7
The query Is at once Interesting and
serious, but so extensive that It may be
Incapable of definite answering. Aa condi
tions In America now are, many "impor
tant problems" occupy our time In dis
cussion and the space In our newspapers :
for Instance, rhe Mexican situation, the
Colombian treaty, rrogresslvlsm, the In
dependence of the Philippines, the tariff,
the currency plan, &c
It has been my purpose to separate the
greater from the lesser problems, and I
submit my answer: Mexico, capital and
labor, and woman suffrage.
D. J, RCOLtS.
Lono Island Citt, July 10.
To Lhe or Not to Live?
To THE Editor or Tiir Kit v .?.- The
three problems of most Importance at
this time are:
1. How to live decently when the at-
tentlon of the community Is divided be
tween eugenics and the tango.
z. how to live sanely under the tn-esent
psychological conditions.
3. now to live at all at nrevntl nr
prices. David A. Curtis.
New York, July 10.
I Thl Trlpllee Posalhle?
To the Kditor or The Sun Kir.1 The
three great problems In America and else
where; 1. To mind one's business.
2. To mind no business but one's own.
3. To discourage, meddlers, reformers.
preachers. W. J. H.'s, W. W.'a, J. D.'n. Ac,
from minding' your business or anything
but their own. J, jr. O.
Corona, L. 1 July 11.
Philosophy, ISeonomlcs, Aviation.
To the Editor of The Son sir.- The
three great problems that confront the
nation to-day are: "To be or not to be."
poverty, and crossing the ocean by sea
plane, p, l
New York, July 9.
Another Ilallm.
To the EotTOR or The Sun Sir; Pro.
gress'vlsm. woman suffrage and Mexico.
X. Y. Z.
Port Richmond, 8. I., July 10.
Fnnv FIRE TO FRYIXO PAN.
IltMlncM Men Forced by MIIon Policies
to Support llooeelt.
To the Editor or The Sun Sir.- One
of tho signs of the times, slgnMcant of
tne gravity or tne preeent political and
economic conditions. Is tho effect they
nive upon DUslness men who seriously
consider them and contemplate their log
ical result.
I refer to the willingness of those here-
toforc opimsed to the policies of Theo-
dore Itoosevelt to give ear to his utterances
with tolerance, ex-ldently with the hope
ina.1 tney nuy nna jn them some modi
cum of reason that would Justify or at
least excuse them In tempering their hos
tility to him.
Seemingly, many are willing to be con-
verted and seek salvation where but a
fw years ago they were euro it could
not be found.
Stromr as was the violence with whloh
they denounced the Roosevelt regime,
tneir present attitude and utterances now
express a much deeper resentment of the
policies or the exist ng Administration.
and their anxiety for relief from Its bond
nge Is so acute that they willingly sacrl-
nee an consmerations or consistency and
submit without murmur to accusations
of wavering Inconstancy.
It Is a desire to get back from rhe flre
Into the frying pan. If no more deelrable
change may be made, nnd at preeent the
prospect seems to offer no better choice.
me enruigenee of the fortunate star
that guides the destinies of Roosevelt
eecms to Increase In brilliance when com
pared with the Cimmerian obscuration of
the road upon which the Democratic
Jackals Is blindly staggering.
It appears to be generally conceded
that academic attainments do not furnish
all the qualities to be desired In a Chief
Executive, and although 1t Is not to be ex-
pected that we shall get exactly what we
want, we certainly want something else.
Urookltn, July 10, Oscar H. Lear.
ONE MASTER MIND.
neflertlons of Kphralm Slatts on the
Present Monarchy.
To the Editor or The Sun Sir. Last
Sunday you printed a piece called "OH
garchy" bjl a feller named Carman about
the political dettlnles of all the great na.
tlons of the world beln' controlled by less
than nfty master minds as he called It.
by which I suppose he meant men who
seeln' a chance had scooped It to run
things, as they thought they ought to be
run.
Well, If this Is eo. what I'd like to know
is how mnny or these less than fifty mas
ter minds Is runnln" this here country of
ourn? Looks to me like we was about as
big a bunch as any, but It looks too like
we was bound to be run by Just one
master mind, same as we was back at
school. And that don't somehow seem
right, specially when a teacher seems set
on runnln' the school board and the folks
In the next town as well.
What's Congress got to say for Itself?
Is It goln to be llke'a punk school board,
afraid of Its ehadder? Em Slatts.
Four Corners, July S,
The Floer of Tarherlla and the Weed
of Sin. ,
To the Editor or The Sun Sir.- In
this age of the holler than thou reformer
has the use or abuse of tobacco been left
a matter or Individual selection?
How comes It that J. Dart!ela over.
looked the suppression of this filthy habit
in nis moral upuri oraer ovilsnlng rum
rrom tne navy7
Why not a smokeless as well as rum-
less navy?
If we are to have national prohibition
of alcoholic beverages, why not prohibit
the use of tobacco as well?
It's a bad habit, of no moral, mental or
pnys cai benefit. Louis J. Sntder.
New Vork, July II.
The Stone That the nullders Rejected.
Wliely they toiled, the builders, fitting well
The rranlte blocks of equal ihape and all
ciert from one quirry, that to heaven
hould rlie
A mttchlen temple where thtlr god mlirht
dwell.
Worehlpped aboTe all -o4f of heaven or hell,
And a they wrousht In that lonr vanlehsd
day.
Bulldlnr with even blocks, a curlou stone
Came to their hnd, for which no uie
wn known,
Not like the onei they ud, nor ihaped ai
tney.
Uncouth It teemed and to wae flunr away,
No Inetrument had touched Itj but from flow
Of earth's primeval area 'twaa flaming
caati
And coollnsr Into rugged form at laat
'Twaa waahed by many watera to and fro,
Shaped aa the tide in Inn and the tempeatt
hlow.
No human handt Ita aymmetry had wrourht;
And they, earth Mind, aaw not how paaa
lnr fair
Thla rorner atone unlike all othera there!
Raw not that all life's aecreta It had caucht,
And typified the thine for which they
ouiht.
But when at length the pyramid had grown
In terrace upon terrace to the ky,
l,o, naught could nil the aummlt'a vacancy
Till there they placed, tnajeatlc and alone.
Head of the corner, the rejected atonel
M. E. Bcmia,
THE im'ESTWATISO MANIA.
Plain Remarks on the Postponement of
Prosperity to the Greek Kalends.
To the Editor or The Sun Sir.' The
condition of business is far from satis
factory, and many people wonder why
with all our great resources this condition
prevails. The reasons are not far afield.
We have an Interstate Commerce Com
mission crazy drunk with power, whose
wlnga a nerveless Congress dare not clip.
W have a lot of dollar hating mutts In
Congress with their mania for Investigat
ing who are treating the country to a con
tinuous performance. We have an apotheo
sis of labor with Its possible meddling
tyranny. We have drastic compensation
laws, nnd Incidentally the Mexican Im
broglio enjoying Its grape Juice bath.
The reformers and Idealists halt these
measures as advance agents of that mil
lennium the date of whose arrival Is ever
"subject to change without notice."
With all these forces t work, either
Individually or collectively, It can be read
ily understood why men of affairs hesi
tate about speeding up existing enter
prises, and why they decline to ctmmlt
themselves to new ventures. It Imposes
no great task upon the memory to recall
the "McKlnley good times" before reform
had become a disease and Investigation
a mania, 'That Government Is the best
which governs least" Is now, of course, a
discarded and heretical doctrine, but there
are a few people who have a vague Im
pression that our country in nufferlng
from overdoses of government adminis
tered by a lot of enthusiastic panacea
pedlers. X.
Norwalk, Conn., July 10.
DUxnxEss nv acciiwxts.
Many Preventable Causes of Impairment
of Vision.
To the Editor or The Sun Sir: It
Is well understood among workers for the
blind, and to a certain extent among
managers of Industries, that bursting
water gauges on bollero not Infrequently
cause Injury to the eyes, but I have been
astonished to observe l press clippings
that during the last thirty days four
persons In the State have had tholr eye
sight wholly or partially destroyed In
this manner. In common with many
other matters of dally occurrence, an
accident of this kind Is Inexcusable.
There are manufactured to-day several
types of safety water gauges, all of
which are on exhibit at the American
Museum of Safety, and I trust owners of
plants will soon recognize the absolute
necessity of procuring a proper attachment
of this sort for their boilers.
Other recent accidents resulting In a
serious Impairment of vljlon which have
come to my attention nnd which are In
many Instances preventable are; Injury to
the eyes from quicklime, explosion of
flasks containing caustic, a blow from a
stick, explosion of gas, shot with on air
gun, explosion of dynamite cap, burned by
chemicals, delayed blast In quarrying,
automobile accident, Injury from wood
silver, a thrown stone, and a part of
machine thrown off by centrifugal force.
fortunately the almost certain results
of death or blindness from drinking wool
alcohol or Inhaling the fumes within a
closed space are becoming Increasingly
recognized, as the public prints of the
day contain accounts of unfortunate per-
-una wno, knowingly or otherwise, have
used this poisonous fluid.
The ork State Commission for
the Illlnd Is charged In part with the
prevention or blindness, nnd It has treat
Interest In this feature of Its work, which
will so largely determine the amount of
constructive effort In the State which la
neceisary for Its sightless persons.
CLARENCE M. AnnOTT,
Secretary, State Commission.
New York, July 10.
A Lonely and nillotis Xut'meglan.
To the Editor or The Sun Sir: I
wish to Inform you of the kind of women
In this part of the country. They are
tne Kina you can t get on speaking terms
with, have a valuable Idea of thtmseives,
want nothing but money, must value their
lives at a large sum of money.
A man can speak to another man. even
If they are strangers, and It Is thought
natural, out these unspeakable women
who never want to speak to you even If
ney ooara iitne same house or If thev
tiave seen you agam anil again, that Is
tne Kina we nave in this part of the coun
try. The women or this c ty nuke vou
sick to look at thera. they have such fools'
brains about tpen. They ought to learn
some business that would learn them how
to argue, They are not good for any
thing but light Such tools that don't
want to know people, they ought to be
Kidnapped, tne good for nothing foole,
1 red Grow.
Putnam Cou.vtt, Conn.. July 9.
The Movie Labelt
To tne Eniot or Tne Sex Sir The re.
markible Intereat ot the public In going to
the movlea and the attention given to each
picture rolled off the film la a eubjeet that
ahould receive the greateit conilderatlon
at thla time In view of the fact that while.
other ltnea ot builneie are tottering on the
ragged edge of lntolveney and the dad
neae of the general trade la nbvlout, i
find the molea atlll flourlahlnc and "play
ing" to well niled houtea.
In view of thla genertl attltud toward
the moving picture ehow It aeema to me
that while It la stated that certain plcturea
have been paaied by the National Hoard of
Centora, the lnacrlptlona explanatory of the
plcturea ahnuld be aleo cenaored
The Intelligent public doea not want a
mlaute ot the Engllih language flaunted
before Ita eye, neither l there any excute
for mlaipelllng words, yet we Invariably
aee the uord "unexperienced," and the word
"deceived" la often ueed when the word "be.
frayed" la Intended. Intelligent, not to aay
tntellectual audlencea have their rente ot
the fltneaa of thlnga lora.xiul thocked at
the groit Irnorance thua flathed before
their eyes by the moving picture man.
Toailbly the horror of tome of the exhibit!
at the movlea would be leia awful If we
could have correct Engllah on the acreen,
Edwasp r McKtium
Nkw Tobk, July 11
reeelmlem of the Manhattan Philosopher.
To toe Editor or Tne Stn Sir I aaw
a miserable "sex play" laat Saturday which
deals with marriage from the physical
atandpolnt entirely. One of the principal
sentiments enunciated waa that no man
should marry till he was absolutely ture
he could be loyal to one woman physically,
morally and mentally. If auch a aentlment
were acted on marriages would cease, and
the human race would die out, though that
would not be much of a calamity.
New Yosk. July 10, K H J
In the "Zoo."
Trom Scribntr's Maaatlne.
Exllea, they tread their narrbw bounds
Behind the Iron bars. -Where'er
they turn th hind of man
Their straining vision mart,
Save only when at night they gate
Upon the friendly .tart
Seel There a golden eagle brooda
With glaxed. unseeing eyes
That never more will sweep the snows
Where blue Sierras rite:
And there, elck for hit native bills,
A sullen panther lies.
What dreams ot silent polar nights
Disturb the white bear's sleep?
Roama he once more unfettered where
Eternal Ice floea aneep?
What ruemorlee of the Jungle'a waya
Does that gaunt tiger keepT
Such wistful eyes the hartebett turn
Beyond their cramped domain.
They seem to see the yellowing leaguea
Of wind swept veldt again.
And look, a springbok lifts his head
As, though he smelled the plain.
Exiles, they tread their narrow bounds
Behind the Iron bsrs.
For thus the ruthleas hand of man
Each Ood made creature mare.
But oh, what hungry eyes they raise
Up to the friendly stars'
nroRoe T Missn.
The New Torker.
He hangs on straps both night and day
In all hla travellings,
Then for vacation seeks the turf
And to the llf-s line clings.
STORSTAD TO BLAME
FOR EMPRESS WRECK
Lord Mersey's Commission.
Charges Collier's Third Offi
cer "With Negligence.
SHTP CHANGED COVWSK
This Action by Conl Uont Cruised
Collision, the Inves
tigntors Sny.
Qt'Encc, July 11. The wreck romn
alon which has been Investignt r. m
sinking nf tho Canadian Paclitc O ti
pany's steamer Kmpress of Ireland, v th
the loss of more than 1,000 lives, , t(,9
collision with the collier Storstad In the
St. Lawrence Ulver on May 29. publ l
Its llndlngs to-ilhy.
Tho commission was composed of LnrO
Mersey, formerly Presiding Justice of the
British Admiralty Court, who InveiU
gated thn sinking of the Titanic. Sir
Adolphe ltouthler of Quebec and Chief
Justice .McLcod of Now Hrunswlck.
The commlslson Ilnds that the col ir
was to blame for the collision. It huld
that the disaster was due to the Stor
stad's change of cours during a for
prevailing at the tlmo of the acelde-.t.
This chango was ordered by the colllen
third olllcer, Alfred Tuftenes, and the
commission declares that hla action "w.n
wrong nnd negligent." This officer k)
also condemned for falling to call the
captain of the StorsLtd when he saw the,
fog coming In nnd for changing the vet
eel's course without Instructions from the
first olllcer, who waa In command of the
tolllcr at tin. time of the accident.
Mora I lid' Olllci-r Blamed.
Capt. Kendnll of the Kmpreis of Ire
land is mildly criticised for not givlr.f t
the collier a wider betth, but the comml.
sloti adds thnt this was not a contribu
tory cause to the accident. In placing
the blame lor tho acclilcnt on iniru ut
llcer Tuftcnus the commission says.
Wo regret to have to Impute blame
to any one In connection with this lanv
entabln disaster and we should not da
eo If we felt that any leasonnble alter
native was left to ut We can, however,
come to no other conclusion than tb tt
.Mr Tuftems was wrong nnd negllgtnt
In nlterliiK his course In the fog, as h
undoubtedly did, and that he was wroni
and negligent 111 keeping the navigation
of the vessel In his own hands and la
falling to wall the captain when he saw
the fog coming In.
"It Is not to be supposed that thti
disaster was In any way attributable to
any special charaoterlstlcs of the bL
Lawrence waterway. It was a dlsasts-r
which might have occurred In the
Thames. In the Clyde, in the Mersey, or
elsewhere In similar circumstances.
Such 1r the conclusion at which we
have arrived on the ijuestlon as to who
was to blame for the disaster But the
quen.lon of greater public Interest and
Importance remains to De considered, vis,
why the Rhlp sank so quickly, and what
steps, If any, can be taken to prevent
the terrible contcquences which so often
follow such disasters.
The main difference between the two
storiea (of the ofllcers of the Empress
nnd i'he Stontnd respectively) Is to be
found In thn description of the way In
which the two vessels were approaching
each other nt the time the Empress of
Ireland changed her course after having
obtained an oiling from Kather Point
Course Vi ("linnurd In Pnsr.
'After carefully weighing the eviderce
we have come to the conclusion 'hat Mr.
Tuftenes was mistaken If he suppow
that there wns any Intention on the pirfl
of the Emprenj of Ireland to pass port
to port, or that she, In fao hy her llghui
manifested the intention of doing o:
but It appears to us to be a mlstiks
which would have been of no cons-
i.Vence If both ship had subsequently
Kept tneir courses.
'Rhon'ly after the ehlrs came Into the
poeltlon ot green to green, as claimed bv
Capt Kendall, or red to red, as claJmed
by Mr. Tuftenes. the fog shut them out
from each other, and It Is while thev were
both enveloped In this fog that therourss
of ono or i'he other was changed and the
collision brought about From the evt
dence adduced on behilf of both ves
sels it la plain" that before the fog, .ird
when they last caw each other, there wts
no risk of collision If each kept hr
course Therefore the question as to
who Is to blame resolves 1-self Into a
simple Issue ; namely, which of the ships
changed her course, during the fog
"With reference to this Ijsue It will
be convenient to deal with the rvtdf-.c
connected with the Emprcrs of IMinl
nrst
"No witness speaks of having seen rr
make any change of rwurse durtng
fog, and those, who were on board engaged
In her navigation dlstinetlv denv ihit .irr
change whatever was made There is 'n
our opinion no ground for saving ""it
the cotirre of the Empress of Irelanl was
ever changed In the sense that the wheel
was wilfully moved, but as the hearing
proceeded another explanation w.s
pounded, nanvly. that the veisl changed
her rourra not by reason of any wi.ful al
terations of her wheel, but In con.
quenco of some uncontrollable movement
which was accounted for at one fme on
the hypothesis that the Meerine gc.ir ts
out of order, and at another bv the
theory that, having regard lo he fu r jj
of the stern of tho Empress of Ire jnd.
the area of the rudder was insiitli. 'n.
Evidence was nailed In the support of Wa
explanation.
"On tho Whole question of the e'eer'ng
gear and rudder we nre of the opir 'Ml
thei allegations as to their crmdi' nrs
not well founded.
"We think that Capt Kendall would
have been better advised If he hid en
the Storstad a wider berth and hid levi
gated his ship so as to piss the !- 'id
at a greater distant on hi b' " m
he originally Intend'd We do. no! t -
however, that his stopping wh ' is
really done for greater cautio' ''
eild to have been an unteitti"' - '
nor do we consider his failure n pvr ' i"
wider fo'rth as a contrlbum-y v fn"
tho disaster."
The recommendations of the ro-n" 's
elon Inolude the closing of all 'fi1'" it
doors! In foggy wrather, and w "r
practical all watertight doors And port
holes, below the water levels Fncu be
c!osed at sunset and ke-pt closed t sun'
rise. Also that rafts be olnced em d l 'n
such a poiltiou that they wi'" fin" au'o.
matlcally as tho ship sinks.
08TH TRIP ON 08TH BIRTHDAY.
Mr. S. Preacott Mtirte Another
loorney Across Atlnntlr.
Mr. S. I'rescott of Pelham Minor
sailed yesterday by the Kahiv liner fan
ndn on her ninety-eighth trip aTO. Mt
Atlantic, thua romim-innratlng the n te'y
eighth anniversary of her hlrth s " '
accompanied by hi-r daughter nH " '
ppend seven months In southern ru"1P-
Sho believes that her frequent vo.B
have contributed to her health and lon
gevity. Sho walks, when she Is asni,r.
eoveral miles a day, and when on ship
uses the promenade deck dally.