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THE ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC: THURSDAY, DECEMBER S, 1904.
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THURSDAY. DECEMBER S, 1!XM.
Vol. 97... No. 101
CixcuI."bioa Ciaring SToTrexxibar
W. B Carr.Buslneis Manager of The St. Louis Re
public being; duly sworn, says that tho actual-number
of full and complete copies of the Dally and Sunday
Republic printed during the month of November, 1934,
all in regular editions, was as per schedule bolow:
Date. Copies. Date. Copies.
l 107,30: to lon.iw)
a lOOeSrS- 'a'l 0a (112(1
ft 10a,It0 18 lf)."S,270
; 4.. ........... .lOT.nOH 19 10T5(K
. n.., ........... llOJIXi 20(Snndy) 124,1.10
I (((Sunday) 123,8uu 21 10-I.S73
! 7.... iopvkiu 22 10.1.110
' S 108.010 23 104,011)
J B 164000 24 107,800
' Ifl ISSrIMO S3 102.78O
11 .....103,710 20 106,700
IS 110,000 27 (Sunday) 125,070
f 13 (Sandfly) 125,090 28..., JO:5,u:H
14 100530 29.. 10.VJ-0
lo. ............ .10f4U 30. ............ 10w
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ji Total for the month r 3M3500
i Less all copies spoiled in printing', left over
'c or filed ............ 8,8o0
Net number distributed 343, tno
Average daily distribution 10S,1S1
And said W. B.-Carrfurther says that the number
of copies returned and reported unsold during; the
month of November was 13.24 per cent.
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Sworn to and subscribed before mo this 30th day
of November. J. F. FARISIL
My term expires April 25, 1905.
caso conversion and concelvwi 4u "the liarmlcsaiiess
of senatorial senility. It Is a pusillanimous l'laltl
tude destined to "cut no ice."
.. BUILDJNG CODE HEARING.
Architects, contractors, real estate agents, public
officials, officers of Improvement associations and
all who are Interested In building construction,
ebonld participate In the public .bearing which the
Council's Committee on Sanitary Affairs will con
duct next Friday afternoon on the proposed re
vision of the building code. The bill has been un
wisely amended by the House of Delegates, if
there Is to be adequate legislation the Council must
have support from experts.
Revision of the building code is a matter of great
importance; of imperative necessity. The present
lavs are incomplete and ineffective. The bill as
amended by the House of Delegates Is in some re
spects a mockery of legislation and even of prin
ciple; some of Its provisions are worse, both in
meaning and in disregard of correct rules, than a
lew of the worst sections of the existing ordinances.
One or two amendments to which The Republic
referred some time ago, ought never, to be allowed
in any municipal ordinance and ought nover to have
the approval of a single member of the Municipal
Assembly.
St, Loolg needs a complete, modern, effective
building code, and to obtain revision the City Coun
cil and the -public officials ought to have vigorous,
encouragement. The urgency, of revision is obvious.
Around the City Hall are seen rows of mere shacks.
In cereral parts of the city are '"mushroom
structures'"'' which are' equally objectionable. Some
of the "construction which Is authorized does not
coincide with rules as to safety, mncb less as to
modern, ideals regarding beauty of appearance.
There Is doubt as to the force of penalty provisions
in the existing law. There Is, or has been, peculiar
antagonism to certain desirable reforms in the code.
I Is .unnecessary to call attention to the Im
portance, of 'having good, safe, properly equipped,
respcctable-iboklng 'buildings. A city Is what It
looks like. Buildings are as safe as the law re
quires them to be. St. Louis is no longer a town or
a village, but a city, a progressive city, and it
should bare a building code which not only would
permit buf would help approved construction. The
amendments made by the House evoke reproof from
experts and from citizens who arc zealous about
the correct improvement of St Louis.
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.FIDDLESTICKS.
The Honorable Senator Tom Piatt's bill aiming
nt the reduction of the South's representation in
Congress need not scare anybody. Having intro
duced It, the venerable'T. C. P. may as well totter
away back and sit down.
His bill resembles nothing so much as the bill
of' an antiquated, mosquito, capable of stinging a
little, but baring no suction behind It to .draw blood.
Congress will undoubtedly have sense enough to
pay no more attention to it than the average healthy
body would accord to' an invitation to jump astride
of a buzz saw; for nothing Is more admirably cal
culated to split, that august body. Congress is not
looking for trouble. With Its vast tpp-heavy Re
publican majority It has literally enough troubles of
It own already on hand.
The Republican party in Congress suggests an
other comparison that of the ancient elms of New
England which split -of, their own vast spreading
weight Tfie ' Republican party is looking rather
for iron bands to bind- Its big limbs together than
for' extra burdens to sunder them down.
- EvfH If both houses should lose their sanity and
consider and pass such a measure, Mr. Roosevelt
." Is, nctjrby. nJ' -means mentally destitute, and he
v.irnlr-TMlltlvrm-nli' with ritsivptn and he hug
. vw i.f.H - .- - - . , ,r
fSJ-, nist oMteySbntbern whites.. MrTloosevelt went so
lrH??li.'ln-!ihotht' iHrfvtlnn- however, that he did not
- ;'W90.. OiHch as allude lo.jthe matter In his message.
fTnIs-hSttlnaown' the South's represcnta-
A BETTER -HOUSE.
"While the present House of Delegates is better In
all, or nearly all. respects than any of its predeces
sors in many years, It is.not asgood as it ought to
be. At times it has done most commendable work,
almost rising to the City Council's standard, and it
has made a consistent record in passing public im
provement measures; yet It occasionally lias
dropped to the former level and has dallied with
important matters.
The House ought ro be as satisfactory as the
Council. There Is no defensible reason why a ma
jority In the House should not rcpiescut the better
element of citizenship. The Couuciimen are elected
at large; the Delegates from the wards. The elec
tion of a competent, trustworthy Delegate from a
ward is as easy, when voters register their decision
in accordance with sincere promptings, as the t-ii'c-tion
of a Councilman from the city. The character
of the House is expressive of the sentiment in a
ward, as thar of the Council is indicative of public
'opinion throughout the city.
Against the present House there are Feveral seri
ous complaints. Among them 'is the defeat' of
garbage-reduction legislation, which compelled the
administration to act Independently In doing away
with the old and objectionable system. The House
did assist in establishing a municipal, coliectiug'and
hauling systefa, which was gratifying legislation;
but in opposing the" garbage-reduction bill,. it an
tagonized public opiulon. AnotlieiC ahappointiug
act was the amendment' of tli?'tiundiig-codereform
bill. Another was the deieatTfcfi tW-bHl authorizing
the submission of a ltonil issuj proposition to the
voters. About this proKs!tiou it can be said that
the Houe had no right to deny the voters an op
portunity to signify their wishes as to public im
provements. Probably the House was encouraged
by the gang-ruled Globe. But unquestionably, the
voters are entitled to have this opportunity.
Citizens of the different wards should take action
at a very early date toward Inducing trustworthy
men to run for the House of Delegates and in ar
ranging to give such candidates strong support
The present Ilou.e is a great improvement over its
predecessors; it marks advance iu giving character
to the local legislature: it has done quite a great
deal of commendable work. But it is not as good o?
as reliable as the majority of the voters would have
It The next civic effort should be to elect even a
better House.
At the last election there was a chance to elect a
few additional good men. Unfortunately, however,
the morning organ of the Republican machine ad
vocated the cause of members of the Zipgcnliein ma
chine who were nominees in Republican wards.
The Star was self-respecting enough, although it did
not fight these nominees, not to support them. There
always will be a prospect of gang-taint iu St Louis
as long as the Republican organs are timid. Tor
Instance, none of them criticised the appointment
made very lately by the uew Republican Coroner.
The battle for reform ought to be carried int-
th? wardj next spring. Good men will be electe.l
to the House from every ward if the good citizens
will work to have good men nccinatcd and then
work to elect good men. Obj'ecrionable men win
because their friends work hard. Good mcu de
cline to run because they believe that they will
not be supported zealously. Lot's see what we can
do this spring toward improving the House.
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NO APATHY HERE.
The senatorial situation in Missouri is rapidly
assuming the condition of a. free-for-all, with two
or three of the aspirants fighting hard, and maybe
to the death, and the other four or five hitting about
In less vindictive but decidedly battle royal fashion.
And this aspect of the free-for-all Is what in
terests the dark horse, the man who has not pub
licly announced but Is hoping. He calculates that
all of the seven or eight in the arena may be done
for by their very manner of fighting: that they may
lose public confidence altogether and render them
selves impossible; in which event he will be the
only logical selection.
And the number of, "only logical" selections I"
almost past comprehension. It is scarcely limited
by the number of Republican voters in the State.
There are more senatorial candidates in Missouri
than colonels In Kentucky. Our honorable men are
all ambitious. There is no apathy anywhere.
May the best man win. From Fuch a big field
there ought to be a good selection; though it would
take two ot the present aspirants to make a Vest or
Cockrell.
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RHODES SCHOLARSHIP EXAMINATIONS.
All applications for the Rhodes Scholarships
must le filed by December 31, and it Is announced
that the qualifying examinations will be held nt
Columbia, Mo. They will be under the direction ot
President Jesse of the State University, who is
chairman of the Committee of Selection for Mis
souri; and all applications should be sent to him.
The coming examination is the second pursuant to
the Rhodes Scholarship plan. The first was held In
March of this year.
Cecil Rhodes left in trust a great property, the
interest on which is to 1m used forever in main
taining students from the British Colonics, the
United Stales and Germany at the University of
Oxford, in England. These scholarships will yield
approximately ?L"00 a year to each scholar whose
term of residence at Oxford may be three years.
One scholarship was awarded In each State and
Territory of the United States last year and an
other will be awarded this year. Only two can be
held at one time for the same State.
An extract from Rhodcs's will, sets forth his de
sires as to the selection of students. No better or
more Interesting definition of the Ideal student could
anywhere be found:
My desire being that the Ftu-lcnta who
shatl bo elected to the scholarships shall
not be merely book-worms, I direct that
In the election of a student to a scholar
ship rcsard shall be had to (!) his literary
and scholastic attainments: (II) his fond
ness of and success in manly outilcnr
sports, such "as cricket football and thj
like; (ill) his qualities of manhood, truth.
cnuraRo. devotion to duty, sympathy mr
the protection of the weak, kindliness, un
selfishness and fellowship, and (Iv) h'.t
exhibition durlnsr school days of moral
force of character and of Instincts to lead
and to takenn interest In his schoolmate.,
for those latter attributes will be likely
in after life to sufde him to esteem the
performance of public duties as his high
est 'aim. As mere suggestions for the
guidance of those who "will have the
choice of students fcr the scholarships I
record that my Ideal qualified student
would combine these four qualifications in
tho proportion of three-tenths for the first,
two-tenths for the second, three-tenths for
the third and two-tenths for the fourth
qualification, so that according to my
Ideas If the maximum number of marks
for any scholarship were 200 they would
be apportioned as follows: Sixty to each
of the first and third qualifications and
forty to each of tho second uifd' fourth
qualifications.
Rhodes' ideal student, the youth of intellect, of
.- KMconcclTed in the mere prattle of the Chi- physical and moral strength and the qualities of
leadership, is the proper material tor the English
university, whose aim is primarily to train men.
For half a century American universities have been
largely influenced by the German educational idea,
which looks chiefly to the tralningiof investigators,
and, as President Jesse pointed out last year, the
result of the Rhodes Scholarships ultimately should
be to mingle the tide of German influence with a.
tide of Enli1-!! influence. From the American
standpoint, which is matter-of-fact and practical,
the effect will be beneficial. Pedagogy may bring
out partisan adherents to the German idea exclu
sively, but tiie argument of American utilitarianism
is for the training of the individual as a worker, a
citizen, a font in daily affaire, in a period of
productivity and development of natural resource.
Certainly the American universities may well strive
to train both the inte-stlgator and the individual; to
give youth a broader if less specialized equipment
..
Doctor Albert Itobiu reiiorts to the French
Aeadeuiie de Medicine that certain meuiK such as
gold and silver, are efficacious iu the treatment of
pneumonia. There is no doubt that the Academle
will find Doctor Robin' riqwrt to bo correct Med
ical experience in the United States shows that
equally beneficial results are obtained with checks
and currency and ordinary legal tender.
..
Ir is suggested that the British Order of Merit
should be offended to the United St.ites. The idea
would be acceptable if American rich families
which pine to add titles to wealth would take this
as meeting their yearnings.
.
."What will Congress do," asked an ancient wit,
"when it reassembles in December? If it follows
precedent, it will make an ass of Itself." Mr.
Roosevelt is just likely to goad the elephant into
making an as of itself.
The Million Club Is lusty for a one-week-old. It
begins its career auspiciously, with a grand prize
from the World's Fair and the services of the grand
prize officers of the World's Fair.
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There is a new problem to the Japanese-Russian
War. Since the .laps have captured ai.'5-Metcr Hill,
how muck nearer are they to Port Arthur? x
A few lKirbers appear to have decided to make
exposition conditions perpetual. But they are rather
considerate. They return SI out of $r.
RECENT COMMENT.
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The
Lorfl (rc anil Canailn.
London Black and White.
Lord Curzon is not the only great Pro-Consul
has taken his farewell of Enslteh people this week.
new Governor General of Can.id.i, Lord Grey, was en
tertained at dinner by the Canada Club on Jlonday, and
the occasion was signalized by several notable speeches,
among wlilch that of the Archbishop of Canterbury wai
not the lean IntiTf "tins. It was the first public speech
which the Primate hail delivered since his return from
America, and the account which he pave of his impres
sions was. full of Mirsestlon. In particular he empha
sized not only the "bigness;" but the hopefulness which
he found In .he great new country that he hart visited
a character that has struck more than one observer of
Transatlantic life. In illustration of this impression hi'i
Grace told tho story of the wife of a Governor General
of Canada, whone omy trouble was the fact that she
could not crow dnarf plants in her new home. She or
dered the best specimens from the old country, but no
sooner were they planted in Canadian soil than tjiey
ceased to be dwarf plants. Thijjrchblahop, by the way.
In the couise of Ills eloquent tribute to Lord Grey, men
tion that thirty or forty years ago the lndcllnltenesa
of date is surely excusable he. wa3 a schoolfellow of
the new Governor General at Harrow. Lord Grey made
it clear by his own ppeeeii that he is taking up his ex
alted duties very much con amore, for he spoke In terms
ot the greatest enthusiasm of the people ocr who"e
destinies he is to preside for the next five years, and
whose acquaintance he has made under three previous
Governors General. He expressed tho hope that ho
would be privileged to drive the last srlke of the new
tr.incontinental railway, which Is In course of con
struction, and which Is the mot slcnal testimony to th
marvelous development of prosperity in Canada. Tes
timony of a less Imposing Islnd is to be found in the fact,
alluded to by Lord Strathcona. that Canada, Imports to
this country more cheese than all other countries put
together. But the most sisnlflcant nolo of all the
Epecchcs at the Canada Club banquet was not that of
the material prosperity, but of tho deep-seated and
almundlns loyalty of the Canadian people to the British
connection: and this sentiment no Governor General
could b better fitted to strengthen and encourage than
Lord Grey.
"The Simple Life,"
By pastor Cbarles IClaoncr.
WHAT THE THEATERS
WILL OFFER NEXT WEEK
The Traiellns: Snlcmnan.
Charles X. Crcwdson In the Saturday Evening Post.
Salesmanship is the business of the world It is about
all there Is to the world of business. Knter tho door of
a successful wholesale or manufacturing house and you
stand on the threshold of an establishment represented
by first-class salesmen. They are tho steam and a bis
part of the engine, too that makes business move.
I w in print the other day the statement that sales
manship is the "fourth profession " It is not; it Is the
first Tho salesman, when he stirts out to "get there,"
must turn mors sharp comers, "duck" thrnujrh more
alles and face moro cold, stiff winds than any other
worker I know of. He mu3t think quickly, yet use
Judfrmcnt; he must work hard and often long. Ho must
coax ono minute and "stand out" the next. He must
persuade persuade the man ho approaches that he
nreds his goods, and make him buy yes, make him.
He 13 messenger boy, train dispatcher, department buyer,
credit man. actor, lawyer and politician all under one
hat:
To the position of traveling salesman attach Inde
pendence, dignity, opportunity, substantial reward.
Many of the tribe do not appreciate this; those do eo
best who in time try the "professional life." When thty
do they usually go back to the road, happy to get there
again. Yet were they permanently to adopt a profes
sion, ray, the law they would make better lawyers be
cause they had been traveling men. Were many pro
fessional men to try the road they wouH go back to
their first occupation because forced to do so. The
traveling man can tell you whj-. I bought, a few days
ago," a plaything for my small boy. What do you nip
pose It was? A toy train. I wish him to get used to it,
for when he grows up I am going to put him on the road
hustling trunks.
Aftenrard.
Town Topics.
I walked myself upright alone.
Nor asked ot any aught of aid;
Before me straight mj' caurse was laid,
I knew each corner stone.
But, ah! Love took my hand one day,
A moment stayed, then left again;
I started on, but. strange, since then
I cannot find my way!
An Unpatriotic Detective.
Toronto Mail and Empire.
William A. Pinkerton, the great private dctectivi Is
In London, and to an interviewer unburdened himself
thus:
"While In America detectives are quick, here they nre
sure. In England the police are more often right"
If Mr. Pinkerton really said this It must be that he
docs not intend to return home and face the outrage!
public opinion of Chicago and Kew York.
The Voyage of the rialtlc Fleet.
London Punch.
As "Ships of th? Desert" ore liable to be mistaken
for Japanese torpedo boats, tho Egyptian Government
has warned all camel drivers that during the passage
of the Ealtlc fleet through the Suez Canal, camels will
be allowed within f hell range of the canal only at their
owners' risk. To lemaln near the banks would-be Suez
Addinc to War's Horror.
Philadelphia Record.
One would think that the Japanese appetite for war
had been thoroughly sated by this time. Prince Fushlmi.
however, is evidently of a contrary opinion. Ho pro;
poses to Introduce the game of football when he returns
to Japan, s
Coprlrht, 1301. by J. S. Olcllvfe Pub. Co..
Xew York, and publishfil by arrangement with
them.
But there are not only the prides of the
great; there are also the pri'cs of the
small ones, that low morgue which Is tli
worthy pendant of tho higher one. T..t
root of thse two prides is Identical. The
man who says, "me law ia me." H not
only th.it arrogant and imperious being
who proiokts insurrection bv hi attltuJc
alonu; it is still the bUbaitiTii, wnosv
wooden head will not admit tr.at there is
anything above him.
There are positively a quantity ot pfo
ple whom ail superiority IrritafS. i'or
them all advicu Is an offence; all criti
cism an imposture; all crders an attempt
on their liberty. Tney will not accept an
rules; to respect anything or anjone
sterna to them like mental aberration.
They say in their manner, "Aside from ua
there ia no place for anyone."
Of this haughty family are also those
who are inti actable and susceptible to
excess: who, in humbler conditions, never
succeed In being contented, and who ful
fill their duties with tho airs of victims.
At the bottom of these grieving spirits
there is a misplaced .self-love. They do
not know how to keep their post timply;
and they complicate their lives, and those
of others, by ridiculous enactions and un
jut after-thoughts.
When one takes the pains to study men
at close rangt, one is surprised to find that
pride hxs Its haunts among those whom
call humble. Such is the poner of
this vice that it yucci-Mls in forming
around the lits of tho-e who live in the
most niouc.it conditions a thick wall,
which Wolates them from their neigh
bors. They are there Intrenched, barri
caded in their ambitions and disdains, as
unattainable as the powerful ones of the
earth behind tliflr aristrocratic preju
dices. Obscure or illustrious, pride urapc
itself in Its comber royalty of yiniity to
tho human kind. It Is tne aarne in its
i. ...., i ,.. ......... .-.i,. ,mn i rlpM
misery .iim in ils j,iaiuMi, " . '
and solitary, distrusting everything and
complicating everj thing And v.e can
never repeat enough, that if there is to
much hatred and hostility between the
different cijsses. it is less to the external
fatalities than to the inward fatality that
we owe them The antagonism of interest
'and the contrasts of situations dig ditches
between us no one can deny it but prMe
transform those ditches into abysses, and
in reality it is they onlv who cry from ur.e
bank to the othtr. "There l nothing in
common bctn ecn you and us "
We have not jet finished with pride, but
It is Impossible to picture It under all of
Its forms. I blame it, above all, when it
meddles with knowledge and sterilizes it.
We owe knowledge, like riches and power,
to our fei!ow-b.'!ngs. It is a social force
which should sre and it cannot, unless
those who know remain in heart near
tha-o who do not know. When knowledge
transforms Itself Into an Instrument or
ambition, it destroys itself .
What shall we say of the pride of tne
good peop!e7 for it exists, and renders
even virtue hateful. Tho just who repent
of the evil that others do. live In a soli
darity and in a social truth. On the con
trary the Just who despise others for
th-ir faults and their crookedness, intrench
themselves against humanity, and their
nual.ties. descended to the rank ot a vain
on ament of thir vanity, become similar
.. ., !wn tihlA). LlndnMCj rtoe not
inspire, to that authority which does not
temper the spirU of obdience. As much
as the haughty rich and the arrogant
master, prideful virtue is detestable. It
gie man features and an attitude that
reeai, I know not what, that is belliger
ent 1m example drive; us away insteAU of
('rawing us to them, and those whom this
virtue "dcipns to honor with its benefits
leel as if they had received a blow.
Iet us sum up and conclude:
It is an error to think that our ad
vantages, wnatever they are. should be
put to the teriice ot our vanity. Lacn
ono of them constitutes for him who en
joys It an obligation and not an ooje-ex
ot self-glorification. The material good",
power, knowledge and the quilitles of the
lie-art and mind become as many causes
or discord when they serve to nourish
pride They are only beneficient when they
en aln subjects of modesty for those who
pofs, tr.em. l.a us be humble If we
poseso much, because tiiat proves' that
we are debtors. All that a man ins 1
owes to sonv; one, and are we sure oi
being able to pay our debts?
Let us be humble If we are vested with
some important funtlon. and if we hold
in our nanus me wic m 'u"fl. " - -
Impossible that n clear-seeing man ilpes
not feel himself under such grave duties.
It us be humble If we have many -ic-quaintance-s.
for they serve us but, JPe
better to authenticate the greatness of the
unknown, and to compare the little that
we have discovered by o-irselves with the
mass of what wv owe to the pains or
In sum. let us he humble above all. If we
are virtuous, because no one can bet.er
feel his defects than he who has been
drilled, and mere than anyone he should
feci the n"ed of being Indulgent to others
and to suffer for others who are doing
wrong.
And what do you do with the necessary
distinctions? someone may say. With so
much simplicity are you not going to ef
face that sentiment of distance which it
is necessary to maintain for the proper
worUng of a society? ...
I am not of the opinion that it would be
well to suppress the distances and distinc
tions. But I think that what distinguishes
a man is not found In grade, in function,
neither In the uniform, nor in the fortune,
hut in him alone. More than any other
epoch, ours has torn away the vanity or
purely external things. To be someone now
it does not sufflcio any longer to wear
tho mantle of an Kmperor or a royal
crown. What good would It serve to
wear gold lace, have a coat of arras or a
ribbon? Certainly, external signs arc not
to bo condemned, they have their "fjn'S
cation and their utility, but on condition
that they cover something and not emrm
ncss. The dav when they mean nothing
thev become useless and dangerous. The
only way to distinguish ones self la to be
better. If you wish that the social dis
tinctions, so necessary, so respfctnble in
themselves, should be effectually respect
ed, vou must fint make yourself worthy
of them. Otherwise ou will contribute to
making them hated and despised. It Is
a thing unfortunatelv too certain that re
spect is at a low ebb with us. and it Is
certainly not tho fault of tho distinctions
suitable to mari what they wish should
bo respected. The cause of the evil is in
the belief that a high position exempts
him who occupies It from observing the
current duties of life. In lifting ourselves
we believe that we are lifted above the
law. And so we forget that the spirit of
modesty and obedience should crow with
the occasion. It results that those who
demand the most respect for their charge
do the leat to merit it That is why
rernect Is diminishing.
Tho oiiy distinction necessary is this
which consists in the desire to be better.
Tho man who tries to become, better be-
moro familiar even with those who owe
him respect. But as it gains by being
letter known, hierarchy loses nothing,
and it reaps ail the more rerpect where it
sowed the least pride.
CIIAPTKR XI IT.
Eilncaflon In Simplicity.
The- simple life being, above all. the
product of a direction of the mind, it is
natural that education should have a
great influence in that domain.
Wo employ scarcely more than two
methods of bringing up children.
The first consists in bringing them 'up
for ourselves.
Tho second consists In bringing -them
up fcr themselves.
In the first case, the child is considered
as a complement of the parents. He
forms a part of their belongings and oc
cupies a place among the objects which
they posse's. Sometimes that place Is
the noblest; when parents appreciate the
life of the affections most. Sometimes
also when material interests predominate,
the child comes In the second, third or
last -place. In no case i3,he someone.
Young, he gravitates around his parents,
not only from obedience, which Ls legiti
mate, but bv subordination of all the Ini
tiatives of his being. As he advances in
age. this subordination accentuates its
self and becomes confiscation in the
widening of his ideas, sentiments, and ev
rrything. His minority perpetuates itself.
Instead of evoluting slowly toward Inde
pendence, man progresses in slavery. He
Is what they permit him to become, that
which commerce, or the Industry of his
father, or the religious beliefs, political
opinion, and aesthetic tastes of his father
exact of him. He will think, speak, mar
ry, add to his family, in the sense an 1
limit of the "pitcrnal absolutism. This
family absolutism mav he practid by
people who have no will at all; It suffices
that they shall be convinced that the child
hall be the thing of the parents. Lacking
energy, they take possession of him by
other means, by sichs. supplications or by
base- seductions. If they cannot enchain
him they will take him with bird-lime and
thus entrap him. But he will live In them,
bv them and for them, wlilch is the only
admissible thing to their minds.
Thlirklnd of education Is not only prac-
Two Richard Harding Davis plays will
be on view in St Loui-- next week. Rob
ert Eiltfon is to present "Hanson's Fol
ly" at the Century. Out at the Odcon the
new- stock company promises a revival of
"Soldiers of Fortune" that will stir Grand
avenue from the water tower to the River
des Peres. The revolution so picturesque
ly set forth is to be Americanized by the
introduction of Catling guns and a stage
full or carefully drilled supers.
Hear Admiral Evans attended the per
formance of "Ranson's Folly" given by
Robert Edeson and his company In Wash
ington. Later he visited the actor in his
dressing-room. Admiral "Rob" was en
thusiastic in his commendation of Actor
"Bob's" production, with one exception.
He found fault with the cook, flayed by
Miss Jane Rivers. Mr. Edeson expostu
lated, saying that Miss Rivers was an
actress of abilities far beyond those re;
quired bv her part in "Ranson'H l-ollv.
"You must admit that she is a beauty,
concluded the actor.
Thaf'i juit the point, replied the Ad
miral "Sne's supposed to be unmarried.
l-n't 'she? Well, my boy. a woman as
rtetty a that at an army pos-t and unmar-iied-if.
absurd. Why, bless me. Its Im
possible!" "Leah Kleschna" ls the title of a new
piece Mrs. Fiske will produce in New York
December 12. The drama Is by C. M. S.
McLelljii. who recently arrived from Lon
don to be present at the final rehearsal?.
It i a drama of modern life, with its
scenes laid In I'.trU and near Xeustadt,
Austria. Mrs. Fiike's role is that of the
daughter of a thief, motherless, and
Lruugnt up uy nim to iuhuw m n;s auw.
steps as a criminal. The plot deals with
a strange romance in her life that ends
happily. Mrs. Fiske's role, as the mere
suggestion of its character intimates, will
rns aosoiuieiv uiuereiiL iruiu uio y--many
in which she has won fame. Charles
Curtwright. the noted English actor will
make Us American debut in a prominent
roll-, while among the others are John
Mason and George Arliss. This will be
the first new play produced by Mrs. Fiske
In two seasons.
Mme. Fannie Bloomfield Zelslcr will
give a piano recital in the Odeon Decem
ber 19. She has just returned from a pro
fessional tour of Europe. At Paris, before
the musical audiences of the Iimour eux
concerts, she was a great favorite. Mme.
Zelsler is an especial protege of the Union
.Mus.cal Ciub. under wliose auspices she
appears in St. Louis.
"
Burton Holmes gathered a lot ot ma
terial last summer in Ireland, where he
spent several weeks, and this material,
arranged In two chapters and thirty-two
scenes, to use Mr. Holmes's own definition,
will be tho subject of the lecture to-night
at Y. M. C A. Hall. "Beautiful Ireland"
will be "traversed" throughout its length
and breadth. The first part of this lecture
includes the crossing of the Irish' Chan
nel, bv no means the least interesting ex
perience. "Horse Show Week" in Dublin
Is another chapter. In the recond part the
national characteristics of the Irish will
b touched upon and their well known
monuments, loth natural and artificial,
will be given a place on the screen and
elucidation by the lecturer.
Society of Chicago. Boston and Wash
ington is represented In the company that
will appear with Robert Edeson In "Ran
son's Folly" at the Century next week.
Louise Compton was two years ago a pop
ular member of the jounger Xorth Shore
set In Chicago as Louise Compton Kitt
redge: Adele Richardson, as Adele Rich,
figured conspicuously in the amateur the
atricals given by the residents of Boston's
Back Ray. and Dallas Tyler, who Joins
the organization In St-Louis. Ls the daugh
ter of a Government official and partici
pated actively in Washington's social af
fairs until she undertook the more ardu
ous career of an actress.
m ,
The only salaried dog in the world Is ap
pearing in "Peggy From Paris." His name
Is Comfort and he belongs to Miss Grace
Orr Myers, of the company. You would
know Comfort if you met him in the
street, day or night By day. he Is dis
tinguishable by the many scars of:ombat
on his person, for Comfort is a bulldog,
and. after the manner of his kind, dearly
loves a fight. Indulgences of this tendency
have cost him an ear. By night Comfort
ls known by the Illumination he carries
at his neck. This is an electric collar, the
only one of its kind in existence. Miss
Mjers invented It. It Is a broad leather
strap, studded with little electric bulbs, for
which the electricity is supplied from a
storage battery hanging to the collar. On
leaving tlio theater at night Miss Myers
turns on the battery and Comfort Illumi
nates her way home.
During rehearsals of "Peggy From
PariJ," last fall. Miss Myers was In the
habit of taking Comfort to the theater.
The dog speedily made friends with all
the members of the company, for while
ugly with kind, he Ls mild mannered and
affectionate to human beings. A dog Is
used in "Peggy From Paris." and as. the
fox terrier which had played the part last
year had gone the way of all flesh, they
began using Comrort. at rehearsals. The
dog took so kindly to the performance
that one morning the manager said to
Miss Myers:
"I hope you are going to take Comrort
on the road with you this year, so we can
use him In the play."
Miss Myers replied that she was not;
that it was expensive carrying a dog about
the country and a grent deal of trouble.
Sho explained that a person traveling with
a dog frequently had to pay for its main
tenance at hotels, and for its transporta
tion on tho train.
The manager asked her at what she
estimated the cost. She answered about
$10 a week.
"AH right," replied the manager. "I'll
DAISY YOST.
One of the principals In "The Maid una
the Mummy." which comes to the Cen
tury December 13.
pay Comfort $19 a week and put him on
the salary list." So Comfort became a
regular member of the company-.
Hills to Come.
Robert Biescn will appear at the Century
next week in "Hansen's Folly." Ueitcn3nt
Hanson, whose adventure" fcr the theme of
the p!a7. Is a. typical hro cf lh Darts type
who totes dancer for its oun sake and feecs
on excitement. He Is a straazer trc repese. and
consequently finds it ncrary to do oir.e
thlnc reckless la order to relieve the monotony
of garrison life on the alkali pUins. He de
clares Incidentally that it req-ilres no real rour
ace to hold lip a stace. and wager that he
can do It wltS no mort. fcrmldab'e weapon than
a pair of shears. He makes pood his boast, bat
Jmt as he t3 becoming to have some of tn
fun which be had planned a a resu-t ot nl
scared, he finds himself nnder arrest on tn
charce of robbinsr and sheeting an army pay
master Of cours. It was a ral hihw-irrnin
who committed the deed, bat everybody he
lieies that ft was the dare-devil Liratesan
After many lnfre-tlni complication? th truth
comes eut ard Ran-cm weds Mary Ouilll. th
post traders daughter.
"Peggy from Pails" comes to the Olvmpla
after Lulu Glaser. A mcjority of the principals
, .... f...... i.. win ?,,. sniR cramlnent
KUU nuc ut.g iasL . ..
in the organization. The? include" Arthur Desaa
as the funny- J-inltof. Josls seuier in ia rue,
ot the German maid. Jacaues Kruxer and
Grace Orr Myers.
Miss Glaser is enjoying a. successful week la
"A Madcan Princess."
Th Sign of the Cross" will succeed "la
Old Kentucky" at the Grand Opera-house.
Georce Fl'xsl ls to plav Maxcua Superbusj
The scenes of extravagant luxury of th
Roman court are shown li rich color, aai the,
many thrilllmr Incidents of the persecution ami
marts rdom of tfce Christians, and the final
triumph ot the beautiful Christian maiden.
Merda. over ber pajran admirer. Marcus So
perbus. make this a nwt Impressive DUr.
A buck and tvlnr dander content is an
nounced as an aided reature of tie performance
of "In Odd KenttAv" Friday- nitht.
of "la Old KentoeTr" Friday nleht.
"The Tonn Hall To-N'sht." Wid M. Cressy
little play, is so full of nood-natuxed comedy
that the Columbia's- audience find It most di
verting Trm-e to ccme next, week are the Carter c
Haven Fextet. the; firiU Thereses, Thorpe and
Carleton. Hayes and Healy. Polk and Kollln,
Jack Gardner. Lawsoa and amon. Hcsa le
Tsler. Pierce and Malzee. Kennedy and James
and Gecree Austin.
At the Imperial "A Hot Old Time" ls belmr
presented by a capab'e company.
"At tho Old Cronn Roads" Is the title of a
flie-eet play of Southern life which will be sen
here after th-j farce comedy. The play Is cr-d-lttd
with being one ct the best 't Hal Held a
dramas. The cempiny cemorise Yi'illlara Brum
roell A. J. Blward. Philip Connor. Harry J
Jur:inon, James B. Martin. E. F. Ccchrap. H.
J. Burns. May N'annery. Mrs. Chas. O Cralr.
Mildred Hyland. Avis LnbCell and Alice CU-tt-a.
Popular prices and dally matbiess. are.
now the policy.
"A Desperate Chance.' fotmded on the no
torious BMd'e brothers" case. ill to the new
bill at Ha-vlln Theater. The piece ls la Tour
acts, snowtsg the murder of Grocerymaa Ken
ney. the arrest of the Biddies, their escape,
aided bv Mr?. Sorrel, and the Baal capture
and death of the criminals. "After Midnight,'"
new- en view here, is the latest melodramatic
novelty. It Is a play of Xcw Tork life, a
The Golden Giant Mine" ls proving a draw
ing card at the star Theater. Tne plot Is laid
In the West and the characters are very true
to life. Beslnnlag next week tie stock com
pany will present James O'Neill" famoua play.
"Monte Crista."
"The Scan of Ufa" will come to the Craw
fonl. Lewis Donazetta. who pots forth this
revival, rromlsee a lot of "tartllcjt new scenlo
effect-. The nonazctta acrobat, whose darlrx:
feat suggested the name of this drama, eon
tirue -with the companv. "Sweet Clover." with
Otis ITS Thayer and Gertrude Bondhlll In the
leading role. Is cow on view at the Craw
ford The Imperhil Burleeouers' Rive a lively show
nt the fctandanl. On the olio are '.llllan and
Rena Washburn. Fojie Coy. Emmocds. Km
erson and Enur.onds. Georxe Diamond and Mc
Ra.e and "Wvatt- The Imperials will be suc
ceeded bv the Momlnir Glory Buileauers.
tlccr! In the family, but also in the great
social organism whoso principal educa
tional function consists in laying the
hands on the new arrivals, so to fasten
them In the rrost Irresistible fashion In
the existing frames. It is the reduction.
the trituration pnd absorption of the In
dividual In a -sochil body, whether It Is
theocratic, communistic, or simply bureau
cratic and given to routine. Sen from
the outside, such a system of education
would eem to ho, above all. simple. These
proceeding! are. In fact, absolutely so.
And. If man were nobody, if he were but
a "ample of the race, that would be the
perfect education. As all the wild beasts
and all the fl-h and insects of tile same
clas.1 and kind have thi same lino in the
same place, so v.e would be all Identical,
having the same tastes, the same lan
guage, the same beliefs, and the same
tendencies. But man Is not but a sample
of the race: and It Ls because of that that
this kind of education Ls far from being
simple in its effects. Men vary so much
from each other that we must invent In
numerable means to reduce, to cause to
sleep or quench Individual thought. We
have but partially succeeded, and even
this is being constantly disarranged.
At every moment the initiative In
terna force finds its way out through
"Ome fissure with more or less violence,
and produces explosions, commotions, and
grave disorders. And there, where noth
ing results, where the force submits to
the outward authority, the evil lies at the
bottom. Under the apparent order are
hidden sullen revolts, tarnishings con
tracted in an abnormal existence, apathy
end death.
It Is a bad system that produces such
fruit, and however simple It appears, at
tho foundation It engenders all the com
plications The other system Ls tho opposite ex
treme. It consists in bringing the children
up for themselvfci The position Is re
versed: the parents are there for the
chllil. Scarcely is he born, when ha be
comes the center. The white heads of
the grandparents and the robust ono of
the father Incline before that curly head.
His stammering Is their joy; a sign, from
him suffices. Jf he cries harder than
usual in his cradle at night, no fatigue
countu, the whole house Ls up. The new
comer is not long in learning that he
holds the full power. Before he walks
he Is dizzy with it As he grow3 that
grows with him and embellishes itself.
Parents, grandparents, domestics, pro
fessors, everybody are at his orders. He
accepts the homage, and even the immola
tion of his neighbor: he treats as a re
calcitrant subject whoever does not stand
aside as he passes. There is but him. He
is unique;- the perfect the infallible one.
They discover too late that they have
given themselves a master, and what a
master! Forgetful of sacrifices, without
respect, even without pity, he takes no
more account of those to whom he owes
all. and goes through life without law or
bridle. , .
This education baa Its scclal form, too.
It flourishes -where the past does not
count where history begins-, but with th
living, where there is neither tradition,
nor discipline, nor respect; where those
who know the least talk the loudest;
wherp all those who represent public or
der become uneasy before the first-comer,
whose force consists In -talking still louder
and respecting no one. It assures th
reign of ephemeral passions, the triumph
of the inferior arbiter. I compare these
two educations, where one is the exalta
tion of the center, nnd the other the ex
altation of the individual: the one the ab
solutism of tradition, the other the tyr
anny of the. newcomer and I find them
as terrible one as the other. But the
most awful of all is the combination ef
th two which producer half automatons,
half despots, balancing ceaselessly be
tween the Iamblike spirit nnd the spirit
of revolt or domination.
To be continued to-morrow.
Pino's Core 10 yearn on the market,
and still the best for Coughs and Colds.
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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
TO-DAY IN ST. LOUIS.
From The. Republic. Dec 9. 1CT.
Fifteen men. nearly all members
of the Western Rowing Club, an
nounced their Intention of sub
scribing enough money to pay for
the building of a pleasure steamer.
large enough to carry them and
their families on excursions. They
were to hold a meeting the follow
s lng week to take further steps
toward consummating their plans.
e While two young men. Charles
s Null and Solomon Moler. were
driving down Market street In a
spring wagon the horse became
frightened and ran away at the
corner of Seventh street Moler
jumped out sustaining a severe cut
V ever tho right eye In the fall. H
d was taken to the office of a physi-
clan In the neighborhood, where
the -wound was dressed. The horse
s was stopped by bystanders at the
next corner without further acci-
dent
The Schcol Board Committee on
Rules met and considered the sub-
ject of abolishing the office of the
Actuary of the Public School IJ-
brary. The question, was submlt-
ted to tho committee by a rcsolu-
Uon presented, at a. previous meet-
lng of the Sphpol Board. The com-
mlttee agreed to report in favor
of retaining the office, on the
s ground that -it wan for the best in-
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