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Celerity In never more ndmlr'd
Than by the negligent.
—Antony and Cleopatra.
BEGINNING THE DAY—O God,
help me to tell my friend whnt lie
means to me. Tomorrow he may lie
gone. And today he mny stand In
nnre need of my single word. For
Thon knowest how my life has often
been dry anil barren and then Iihn
blossomed under the chance confes
sion of my friend. Amen-H. 81. R.
A Deadlock
After many months of terrific fight
ing and a shocking loss of life, the al
lies and their Teuton foes are rela
tively in the same positions they oc
cupied last November. Reports of
gains here and there have been fre
quently made, but in modern war
fare, where trenches play such an im
portant part, these gains mean but
little. Unless an advance is made
along a considerable length of line,
the capture of a few yards of
trenches, though costly in the ex
treme, is an empty victory, dust as
methods of fighting have been revolu
tionized, so it would seem that all the
false glamor of war has departed.
Nowadays soldiers do not go into
battle with bands playing, flags fly
ing and officers riding on prancing
eteeds. It has become a dreary, mo
notonous business, a nerve-wracking
test of endurance, fought foi the most
part in ditches, where life is scarcely
supporable, even with all the ingeni
ous devices by which soldiers have
tried to improve their surroundings.
While the trenches are marvels of en
gineering skill, considering the speed
with which they are dug and the
hazard of such work, the soldier of
other times who could sleep on the
ground at night, in comparative peace
and safety until the daylight brought
new dangers, was to be envied by the
modem soldier of Europe whose
nights are made an inferno of cease
less artillery fire, surprise attacks and
many devices for showing his presence
to the enemy.
Patrol duty at night along the
trenches is far more dangerous than
in the daytime, because the picket
must walk outside the trench, near the
barbed wire entanglements, another
sickening feature of modern war.
When once a flashlight reveals his
form he is the target for a rain of
bullets, while snipers are ever alert
to pick him off.
It has been truly said that one
never knows what he can stand until
he is put to the test. The fortitude
and cheerfulness of the soldiers en
gaged in the present war. despite the
new terrors born of it, seem almost
. v incredible.
The Man and His Work
Two young Missouri men have lost
faith in the efficacy of correspond
ence school training for detectives.
Carl and Clarence Redding jour
neyed from their village home to
Kansas City the other day. Carl, a
graduate of a detective correspond
ence school, decided to do some prac
tice sleuthing in Kansas City, and
took, as assistant, his brother, who
confesses to being a well digger.
The two men selected a oUguise of
overalls and jumper, topped off by a
light hat. With his diploma safe in his
pocket, and the star, purchased by
mail order, which he wore under his
jacket, young Redding felt confident
of his ability to "round up” some sus- I
picious character without delay, and ]
the two brothers immediately started
around the Union station, seeking
someone who looked guilty.
Unfortunately for their plans, the
station patrolman happened to be
looking for a couple of men thought
to be implicated in a robbery, and who
had been described as wearing over
alls. The patrolman nabbed them and
haled them off to jail. After exhibit
ing star and diploma and making
lengthy explanations, the would-be
detectives were permitted to return to
their homes, sadder and wiser men.
The world has ever had the un
ggmpathetic way of turning the light
* of stern reality upon the aspirations
, of ambitious youth. Many a man has
aspired to be a Conan Doyle when his
' forte was well digging. Like the farm
! er lad who, while plowing in a field,
J claimed to have seen the letters “G.
; 1’.” in a vision. These he interpreted
| to be a command “Go Preach.” But
'after several years of study, starving
and failure, he returned to his farm.
What those letters meant, he said,
was “Go Plow.”
Contentment and success in life is
finding the work the man is naturally
adapted to do.
Renewed Interest in (he War
The entrance of Italy into the war
on the side of the allies has quickened
interest throughout the world in the
bloodiest of bloody conflicts.
The most important development
yesterday was Italy’s adhesion to an
agreement already signed with the
allies not to conclude a separate
peace. This means that Italy will not
only fight with desperation at the
start, but that it will fight the best
it can to the last.
Italy has had time to prepare for
war and it has not been idle. It has
mobilized a large and well disciplined
army of men fresh and strong, and
the Italian soldiery being fired with
patriotism will, it is believed, achieve
signal honor on the field of battle.
But there is much fighting strength
left in Austria and as for Germany
it is still in wonderfully good form
for engaging the enemy.
Within the next two or three weeks
some great battles may be fought.
It is probable that the Balkan states
will be drawn into the war, and with
almost the whole of Europe involved
in hostilities the end should be not
far in the future.
Roosevelt as Political Leader
Theodore Roosevelt having been
vindicated by the jury in William
Barnes’ suit against him for libel is
in the political ascendent once more.
Since his bolt from the regular re
publican party and his defeat as the
national progressive condidate for
President in 1912 his power of leader
ship waned.
In the congressional elections of
last year the progressive party was
virtually wiped out of existence, while
the republicans made such substantial
gains as to hearten the rank and file
and give them courage for 1916.
For several weeks past republican
leaders have been quietly at work on
reorganization plans for n^<t year’s
campaign. Several names nave been
mentioned for the nomination, includ
ing that of Associate Justice Charles
E. Hughes. While the progressives
had been routed, it was felt that no
republican candidate for the presi
dency would stand any chance of elec
tion if he were fought by Colonel
Roosevelt ajid his faithful partisans.
And that being so Roosevelt was to be
reckoned with.
In view of the situation as it was
Hughes seemed to be the strongest
man for standard bearer. He had
never been an enemy of Roosevelt and
it was beginning to be understood
that if Hughes were nominated the
great body of those who formed the
progressive party in 1912 would sup
port him.
But today with Roosevelt in the
role of hero again all the republican
statesmen who have had up their
lightning rods might as well take
them down. Assuming that the
colonel will return to the republican
fold he will be nominated probably by
acclamation. At any rate republicans
are already talking of him as “our
next standard bearer.”
Political fortunes are often sur
prising. They change swiftly; and if
Roosevelt is the republican candidate
in 1916 those prophets who said that
the G. O. P. was as good as buried
when it met a crushing defeat at the
polls in 1912, will have to go out of
the business of prophesying.
With Woodrow Wilson and Theo
dore Roosevelt as the opposing can
didates the campaign will be the hot
test in the history of this country.
Sir Hiram Maxim's first Invention was
an automatic mouse trap, made when he
was r boy. He has been inventing things
ever since. Among other activities, he
discovered a new form of coal gas, Im
proved fire engines and In one evening's
work learned why a certain powder made
In Germany burned slowly, while Identi
cally tbe same powder made in England
burned quickly. His discovery saved the
English government from having to buy
tho secret from Germany at a fancy
price. Sir Hiram was also a pioneer In
the field of electric lighting, but It la
probably hla Improvement of automatic
guns that has made him most widely
known. The Maxim gun is synonymous
with quick destruction and the deadly
effectiveness of this weapon justifies the
comparison. When Sir Hiram first ex
hibited a gun that would fire BOO shots
a minute Its great possibilities were rec
ognized by the Kaiser and other military
men of Europe. Although Sir Hiram
built an aeroplane, the experimental ma
chine was too large and at that time the
motor used at present on aeroplanes had
not been developed. On the occasion
when the Inventor attempted a trial
flight with his machine King Edward,
then Frince of Wales, was a passenger.
J The per capita wealth of this country
| Is approximately $2000. If the man with
: about 30 cents capital can extract any
] comfort from knowing this, he's welcome!
j to it.
Now Lord Kitchener Is being torpedoed ;
by certain London newspapers. Rut it
| will take something more than editorial ;
disapproval to put him up in the air.
With seven nations of Europe pounding j
on three, the contest should be decided |
soon. The odds just now are in favor
of the seven.
Switzerland has decided to Temind the
Kaiser that Swiss lives were lost when
the Lusitania sank. Quite the proper
thing to do.
England has started an "ironclad" I
blockade of commerce. The former block
ade was presumably of less resistant
material.
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A war correspondent says trenches
are not the most comfortable things in
the world. Wrhlch is true, even In times
of peace. v
"Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight" has
been done In moving pictures. Still, that
poem seems able to stand a lot of pun
isllknent.
Now that the agitation over "war
babies" has subsided, it is learned that
the problem was more hysteria than
fact.
With the ending of the Barnes-Roose
velt suit, Syracuse may he expected to
resume the even tenor of Its way.
The college youth who is elected the
handsomest man in his class will have a
hard time living it down.
The one lone juror who stood out for
Barnes seems to have been unmoved by
the Roosevelt personality.
There is no use for a standard bearer
in modern war. The colors might as well
be left at home.
Torpedo boats now dispute the right
of way with gondolas in the canals of
Venice.
At any rate, Italy gets the credit for
striking while the iron is hot.
May, 1915, leaves much to he desired,
chiefly in the way of warmth.
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ALABAMA PRESS
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Selma Times: Jane Addams says wars
never settle anything. She is eminently
right. They only leave a legacy of fu
ture quarrels, the germs of future wars.
Earh war propagates Its evil brood. Most
of the wars that have cursed the earth
have found their origin in other wars
j which gave birth to still olhers, and so
on to the end.
Anniston Evening Star: The visiting
baseball players have taken very nearly
every trench we ever captured.
Talladega Dally Home: Governor Hen
j derson has Issued an order that all con
victs working as personal servants for
wardens, guards and other employes of I
the convict department must he returned I
to prison. Governor Henderson believes !
that public office should not he a private I
snap. j
Sylacauga Advance: Wrhlle the business J
men of Birmingham and other cities are
t8king their day off each week this'
summer for an outing, why not ask
them to Sylacauga? We have an ideal
park and the fairgrounds could be
thrown open to them for amusement.
Anniston Evening Star: In the 1anguag<
of "the girls in every town," U. C. T.
means, "LT cute thing."
Gadsden Times-News: Our fighting
forces have been mobilized at Lake Mo
honk and we thought it was to be a
peace conference.
At any rate, this country has fewer
paclflmanlacs now than it had a few
w-eeks ago.
Enterprise Peoples Ledger; War with
Germany is not a probability, and Uncle
Sam knows that. The Germans ate not
anxious to get mixed up with the United 4
States.
JUST 80
From the Pittsburg Post.
"I don't see why the bicycle is so much
more popular than the tricycle. 1 should
think it would be much steadier and
safer."
"There’s such a thing as having an
excess of material. Like, for instance,
trying to walk on three legs."
LUKE M'LUKE 8 A VS
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Most men have one set of rules for the
conduct of their wives and another set
for themselves.
A lot of the married men are indignating
because of the proposal to omit the word
"obey" from the marriage ceremony. But
most of the married women didn't even
know the word was in the marriage cere
mony.
Mother is glad that she is not living In
the old days when the men wore tights
for pants, because she knows that father
would scare all the horses to death every
time he went out on the street.
And when he quits calling her*"Darling"
and begins calling her "Say, you!" the
honeymoon is as dead as the roses she
j carried on the happy day.
The girl who wants to appear mannish
will wear a tailored skirt and coat and a
mannish hat and waist. But the feminine
instinct compels her to wear something
dainty and fluffy and baby ribboned where
you can't see It.
Cleopatra wasn’t the only woman who
"soaked" her pearls when she wanted to
i put up a bluff.
1 The old fashioned woman w'ho used to
kick because her husband smelled like a
| brewery when he took a glass of beer,
j row has a married daughter who kicks
because her husband goes to the icebox
and cops out the few bottles that she was
saving for herself.
The women may be wrong a great deal
of the time. But when they claim that
the men couldn't get along without them.
! they are always right with a great big
capital R.
Consistency Is great stuff. The woman
who denounces tobacco is often a Llm
burger flend. And the dame who de
nounces boose often wakes up in the
morning with a headache from eating too
much cake.
When a princess dresses to attract at
tention she should remember that there
are other brands of attention besides the
kind labeled favorable.
The law says that, a man is innocent
until he has been found guilty. But when
you absent-mindedly wander home with
a strange pair of elbow length gloves In
your pocket, you will discover that what
your wife doesn’t know about the law
would flil the Congressional library.
Every main knows that he could make
himself famous If he wasn’t so blame
busy working for * living. .
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Busmen* Active
Despite the war situation in Europe
business in general continues quite ac
tive, said R. h. Felthaus of Philadel
phia last night.
I w^s glad to see that the New York
stock market was bullish instead of bear
ish today. That is a good barometer; at
any rate, a steady stock market indicates
a good tone In the financial world.
The crbp reports are favorable, and I'
believe this summer will be marked by
a great deal of prosperity."
Stories of Fishing Sport
The sport of fishing goes on with nc
lack of interest," said a Nimrod, and
very interesting experiences are being re
lated by the lucky members of the clan.
One of the most unusual is that a few
days ago Mr. Billups, thf* ‘over-looker’
of the waters of Lake Purely, was making
his way through its waters with .1
dowaigiac on his line, trolling behind the
motorboat. He got a strike. Looking
back he saw what appeared was a large
bass, almost continually out of the water,
jumping ®to get away. Investigation
showed that he had hooked two bass
at the same time, weighing about 4*s
pounds each.
"Dr. Cecil Gaston tries his luck oner
in a while. He was ..shing at Purdy—
with poor luck—when not far from .him
he espied what seemed a large bass float
ing on the water. When he approached
It the fish dived, hut came up again not
far Off. Securing his dip net from .he
bank, he approached cautiously and
cured the fish. The bass had tried »
swallow a large bream, with the resul*
that the fins of the proposed meal got
bung In the bass’ ‘gullet.’ It took some
effort to pull the bream out of Us lodge
ment. The bass weighed over five
pounds."
SugKention* to Traffic Officer*
‘From time to time suggestions are
made through the columns of The Age
Herald on how to run the city govern
ment, and I will take advantage of this
condition to make a suggestion." said a
citizen.
“I have noticed the traffic officers and
their manner of performing their duties,
ind I think if each of these officers w'ere
supplied with a whistle and would use
this: W'histle to direct traffic it would be
rar better than* the present method of
Paving the hands.
"Let one shrill whistle mean that all
traffic move north and south and two
whistles mean that the traffic move east
ind west. This plan has been found to
very satisfactory in Chicago."
Cnne Growing In Alnhnmn
"At the present time Alabama produce is
yuite plentiful on the Birmingham mar
ket," remarked V. W. Wood.
"The demand also holds up well. There
has been a very noticeable Increase in the
volume of poultry and eggs produced in
his state during the present year, and it
‘ompares well with that produced by the
Tennessee farmer.
"It is my opinion that the farmers of
south Alabama are responding very
•eadil.v to the crop diversification move
ment. I received recently a 60ft-gallon con- !
s.gnment of ribbon cane syrup from a
south Alabama shipper, and it is reported
ihat many farmers in that section have
resolved to place a large acreage In sor
ghum and ribbon cane.
"There is an excellant demand on the
oeal market for home grown'syrups, and
I dispose of large quantities each month.
There is a good margin of profit for the
farmer, for from 100 to 200 gallons of j
syrup can be secured from the cane !
?rown on an acre, and the producer in j
usually able to get an average of 5'>
•ents per gallon for his product. This, I
relieve, is much better than the average
return on cotton.
"The Birmingham consumer is a large
purchaser of home grown syrups, and l
reel sure that this is the case with people 1
if other cities. Only about 10 per cent j
iiscount on the crop, I believe, is neces- J
sary for the grower to have his cane j
made into syrup. The quality of Ala
bama syrup this year is especially good,
ind other shipments will probably arrive
soon."
Iron Market Condition*
The local% iron market is said to be
firm at the recent advance, but trading is
piiet. Another large buying movement Is
expected soon, however. Matthew Addv
fc Co. in their Cincinnati report of May
2- says, among other things:
"Too much attention In our opinion has
been given to the export trade in iron and
steel and too little attention to the much
larger domestic tonnage. The latter has
been increasing steadily. The former is
spectacular, bfit Its proportion to the
whole is small. As a matter of fact, ex
port business Is being ^lone with fearful
handicaps. Freight rates are excessive
and vessel room is scarce. Every ship
that leaves for the north of Europe ex
pects to he torpedoed, and sailings have
been much restricted. Not half the freight
that offers finds ships to take It.
"So. while It is well as a matter of na
tional vanity to make a great hullabaloo
about our exports in iron and steel, they
do not amount to much as compared to
the home trade. Yet all America is hu
miliated to know, as it has never known
before, that the developments of our ex
port trade is not in our hands, but that
we are at the mercy of foreign ship own
ers. If the war forces us to build a mer
chant marine and control our own over
seas commerce, we shall in the long run
be the gainers."
The Cotton Situation
A prominent New York cotton broker
age house in its Saturday review says
in part: ,
"Notwithstandin the fact that the
market presents a firm undertone there
Is littl^question but that in thp event of
serious foreign developments a sharp de
cline would eventuate. But outside of
this It looks as if the other adverse fac
tors in tKe situation had been equalized
by the contraction in prices which has
been witnessed. It is true that recent
climatic conditions have been regarded as
favorably. Good rains were reported in
the eastern districts, thus facilitating
germination which had been retarded,
whereas in Texas and Oklahoma the
weather was warm and dry and favorable
for the cultivation and growth of the
ciop. Satisfactory growth was also re
ported in the southern districts east of
the Mississippi where cultivation is now
in progress. These recent Improved
growing conditions will unquestionably
make for a favorable government June
report, but too much stress should not
be laid upon the first condition report
whether favorable or otherwise. A cot
ton crop is never made or marred by the
weather in May, be it good or bad. Cli
matic conditions never become a vital
factor until the plant has reached fur
ther development Acreage ie the factor
| now and this, coupled with the unques
i tlonable reduction in the use of fertilizer,
| points to a curtailed yield. Of course,
it is idle to estimate the size of the forth
coming crop this early in the season, but
li certainly can he assumed with con
siderable assurance that it w’ill be a
email one. and this, combined with the ;
fact that the carry-over will be materially
less than earlier anticipated, owing to a
decided increase in home and foreign con
sumption. should result in a supply con
dition which from a long range view
point can hardly be construed as a weight
on values. The continued absorption for
foreign account, as indicated by large ex
ports, is one of the surprising features
of the situation. So far this week ex
ports are way ahead of the previous week
and far in excess of last year. Since Au
gust 1 to date, we have shipped pra
tically 7,660,000 bales, as compared with
8,600,000 hales the same time a year ago,
and there ^apparently no let-up in the
foreign demand, notwithstanding the
war."
GOSSIP IN LONDON
From the Philadelphia Evening Tele
graph.
In the London Scottish Gazette for
May is a popular song in the Scottish
trenches, and one can imagine the joy
with which the men sing it: \
Don’t go to the front, daddy.
Don't risk your life,
Don’t go to the front, daddy,
Think of your children and wife.
Don't go to the front, daddy.
Promise me. dearie, you won't.
As 1 took off my bonnet and putties
I said:
“I’ll take Jolly good care that I don't."
Typical of the splendid spirit which has
called over 12,000 Jews in England to the
•olors is a letter, mentioned in the cur
rent issue of the Jewish World, which a
^oy has sent to a well known member
if the community who has apparently
been endeavoring to interfere with his
military ambitions.
“I don’t want you tq mix in where I
im going,” says the lad emphatically.
"I have volunteered for the front, and
[ am going. Never you mind about me
ieing too young. I can do a man's share
n the war easy."
After further protestations, accompan
ed by threats of what the boy would do
f the other person “mixed in”—the lad
proceeds to philisophize thus:
“It won't hurt you If I get killed, it will
lurt niG“—an incontestable proposition—
'and. besides, I would rather die for .
my country than die as a coward, and
fou must die once, so let it be for my
country.”
“Those who reckon that England is a
Jecadent nation have made the costliest 1
mistake of their lives," said the lord chief {
lustice, speaking last night at a Jewish 1
recruiting meeting at Shoreditch town 1
ball. “Victory for us." he declared, “is i '
is certain as the spirit of our people is
indomitable."
Speaking at a meeting of the New 1
Empress club in London on the subject i
if "Girl s War Time Clubs'* in military
[•enters, l^ady Jellicoe said she was most *
anxious to see the girls in all the clubs
taught plain sewing, and she advocated
an inter-club competition. She had been
present recently at a drilling competition
In which 18 clubs took part, and the en
thusiasm was great. She thou grit the
same enthusiasm would be manifested in
a sewing competition.
Lady Frances Balfour said there was
a large number of women who had been
disturbed in their ordinary life by the
formation of great camps in the vicin
ity of their households. It was recog
nized that women at this time in par
ticular needed social relaxation and •
somewhere they could gather together
specially and be taught sewing and other:
things.
If these recreation rooms had been open !
earlier for the soldier to take in his girl j
friend or sister for recreation, much trou- j
ble would have been avoided. The clubs
had done much to raise the moral tone
of the country, and she was anxious to
increase their number.
WAR ECHOES
Louisville Herald: The first effect of the
crisis reported to have arisen between
China and Japan is to unsettle the specu
lative markets. Stocks crumbled on the
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prospect of the reopening of those troubles
that have, in the past, brought danger
to this country as to Europe, and there
was something very like a panic in
cotton,
ft is evident, of course, that Japan is
taking advantage of Europe's busy day
to press her 'demands.'' She Is relying
on the defenselessness of the youngest of
the republics for an easy satisfaction. The
ostensible basis for the position she as
sumes goes back to the terms of the 1898
con'ver.tion between Germany and China
following the murder of two German mis
sionaries.
Claiming Klauchau as retribution, Ger
many went ahead and seized it. Later she
wrung from China a 99 years' lease on 200
equal e miles, together with railroad’ and
mining rights through the country back
to the capital of Shantung, more than 2S0
miles distant. There was a clause In that
lease to the efTect that, whenever Ger
many want to give it up. China must
compensate her for the property.
Germany has sngnt huge sums on rail
ways, harbor works, and so forth. But
Germany is no longer In possession. Ja
pan Is. and, in answer to a suggestion
that she make way for China. Inquires
to know, putting herself In Germany's
place—"Ijlow much?"
Japan began with a little bargaining
along those lines in the friendliest spirit
lr. the world. She has gone on increas
ing her' appetite and discovering new
grounds for dissatisfaction. Nothing but
a complete humiliation and surrender will
satisfy her at this time.
It Is understood that Great Britain and
the Lnlted States are of one mind in
the matter. But one can do little or
nothing and the other will not. Again
the III wind blows good to somebody.
Philadelphia Evening Ledger: Whip
ping the Russians Is one of the most
hopeless and discouraging tasks In the
world. The more you beat them the
more there are to beat. Their armies
may he annihilated, but new ones
spring into being. They may be routed,
yet they reappea* In myriads. Russia
thrivea on defeat. It permits their
victorias to overwhelm her enemies.
Twice already in thla war Russia has
been ''decisively" defeated. But instead
of retreating her armies advanced. She
seema to be the Hydra of nattona
ADRIFT WITH TP .4! S
IA3NG SUFFERING.
"Why do you want a divorce from thi
woman?"
"Your honor, shortly after we were mar
ried she mapped out a course of readini
for me, to overcome the pernicious effect
of newspapers."
"Go on.”
"Then she persuaded me to Join half c
dozen highbrow societies composed of peo
fie who seemed to think I was a Hot
tentot or a Fiji islander."
"Aheml” •
"I was still in iove and made no protest
but when she wanted me to attend after
noon lectures on new thought Instead ol
baseball games I ran amuck.”
NO EASY MATTER.
“See here,” said the policeman to tin
intoxicated person, "this is the third tim<
you’ve fallen down. If you can’t get home
by yourself I’ll have to take you to thv
station house."
"Gimme time, frien’, gimme time," said
the wavering one. "It took me five hours
to ’quire thish Jag an’ It's goln' to takf
ate that long to carry It home.”
HAS TO BE COAXED.
"What I like about this prfma donna ij
hat she sings apparently without eltort."
“Ah. yes," said her l^arassed man
iger, "but you have no Idea what an ef
'ort It requires sometimes to get her to
ling.”
A SAD CASE.
■Vhen Boggles bought his motor car
His bosom swelled with pride,
3ut since his friends have laughed "Har'
Har!"
He's 'shamed to take a ride.
HE KNOW^ BETTER.
A popular saying is to the effect *hst
•ou can't keep a good man down. It
oust tickle the lights out of old John
3arleycoi n every time he hears it.
S' HA'
I "N^obody
favor* vof
"A craft
sel. HI* •
i his wife
view."
A | a iorr.HT
"Well,
tormanci , ,
New Yo , ,
Sing Sir
"°h, e, ,, w_
genial I , 4 r
edy. yc , (.
I WOUl. ■ a I 'll J ; ,
Per «f ■ - o .m> to, ,,
off my . no t.
' A V X v. ■•*-}
He of 'h<'
Away
And
On si
In tr
With those v»,.„ t
But where the waves dance o er me
And mortals neither sow nor reap,
Extend life's golden span until
His tranquil heart for aye grew still.
Alas, 'twas but an idle dream—
His lot was cast in life's full Btream,
Whose shifting currents ever wend
f Down to that sea that is the end
Of earthly hopes, however fair,
Doomed to be sunk in darkness there.
CREDITORS MOSTLY.
“His life has been a series of disappoint
ments."
"He seems cheerful enough."
"He isn't worrying any. It's other peo
ple who are disappointed."
NO TREAT.
There is now a Chinese version of "Tip
perary." If words and music bear any
resemblance to the sounds heard ema
rating from a Chinese theatre, It's about
as pleasant to hear as the noise a man
l makes sharpening a saw.
WRONG KIND OF TALK
from the New York Sun.
WE sincerely hope that Maj. Gen.
George W. Goethals was mis
quoted in a dispatch from Bal
irr.ore published yesterday. In it he was
lisplayed to his fellow citizens ns scorn
ng the thouglit that any of our ports
ould be endangered by an enemy’s fleet.
I'he words printed were these:
There is no naval fleet in the world
oday that can force a strong and prop
:rly constructed sea coast fortification,
i'he fortifications In the United States
ire all right. No fleet can enter the
larbor of San Francisco, w'here, I un
lerstand, there are H9 long range guns,
rhese guns could reduce a fleet before
t got within striking distance. I do
lot know exactly the number of guns
n New York harbor, but the same coa
litions exist there as in San Francisco."
We are loath to believe that General
joethals said any part of this. He must
'"ow as well as anyone else does that
jecause he wears the uniform of a ma
or general his words carry great weight I
with the nonmilitary people of the coun
ty. He must further know that it is
wholly indefensible for a man shoulder
ng such a tremendous responsibility to
tualify a momentous assertion with such
i phrase as "1 understand."
It is not conclusively proved yet that
i naval fleet cannot pass a fortification. ,
f General Goethals does not know be- j
vend question how many long range guns j
here are around San Francisco harbor, |
f he does not know the calibre and range
if every one of them and also the calibre
ind range of every big gun on every war
ship of a possible enemy, his declaration
:hat our guns could redtlce a fleet be
fore It was within striking distance be
comes mere surmise, which would hardly
become even a layman.
e do not believe that Geenral Goe
thals uttered the words attributed to him.
Nevertheless, irresponsible talk is too
common at this pregnant hour. This is
a time when facts should he minutely
examined, when they should be weighed
with the greatest caution, when they
should be candidly faced and frankly dis
cussed. It is a time whep the rampant
jingo, who daily usurps the eagle's pre
rogative of screaming, and the familiar
American optimist, who p^oh-poohs every
warning and dwells in a perpetual day
dream of peace, should put aside childish
things and confront the problems of
the day with calm temper and clear
mind.
*1 hat we are not fully prepared for war,
as war is made today, is an incontro
vertible fact. It is a fact which cannot
be obliterated by delusive phraseology,
such as that credited to General Goe
thals, nor distorted into the shadow of
impending disaster by the equally futile
pronouncements of the alarmists. But no
country In the world should at this time
close its eyes to the imperative need of
readiness for events which a year ago
would have been regarded as beyond
the possibilities of life.
At this momentous hour II nations are
embroiled in war, Germany, Austria,
Turkey. Russia. England, France, Portu
gal, Servla, Montenegro, Japan and Bel
gium, and Italy practically the twelfth.
How easily the United States might be
drawn into a conflict with a foreign ?
power no one needs to be told just now. \
It will he the part of wisdom to think I,
about what should he done in such a j
case and not to stand with one’s hack
to the Atlantic ocean and cry trium
phantly that it is our stronghold sure.
ORIGIN OF THE VIOLIN
Frhm the Pittsburg Dispatch.
THE origin of the violin can be traced
hack to a stringed Instrument called
the ravanastron, Invented. It is be
lieved. 5000 B. C., by Ravana, King of Cey
lon. A similar Instrument 1b heard of In
more modern history when the fythel was
Introduced Into Great Britain by the An
glo-Saxons In the sixth rentury. It was a
similar Instrument to that Invented by
Ravana. although much Improved, and it
Is the source of the word fiddle'’ so often
used to mean the violin.
The violin In its present form was not
made until the fifteenth or sixteenth cen
tury, and Its Earliest maker was Gasparri
di Salo of Lombardy, Italy, and the Ital
ian school of violin making was probably
founded by him at Brescia.
The Immediate ancestors of the violins
were the viols, which were the principal
bowed Instruments from the end of the
fifteenth to the end of the seventeenth
centuries. They were, however, grad
ually replaced by the violins by the Bres
rlan makers, at the head of which was
dl Salo, his immediate predecessors being
Giovanni Paolo Magglnl, Giovita Rodiano
and Zanetto Peregrlno.
Magginl was a pupil of dl Salo, and he
greatly Improved his master's model,
which was more or less clumsy, and hla
Instruments show a steady advance, espe
cially after the rise of the opera and Mon
trverde's reform of the orchestra.
It was the school of Cremona, however,
which so perfected the violin that It be
came the most famous of all musical In
struments. The masters of this school
have produced the finest Instruments
known, and modern makers have never
been able to Improve upon them, and may
be said to have hardly equaled them.
While di Balo was making violins In
Brescia, Andrea Amati Independently set
up a shop at Cremona, and thus became
the founder of Italy's most famous
school. The greatest violin makers, how
ever, was Antonio Stradivari, although
Stradivari is not known to have possessed
technical knowledge of acoustics, yet he
attained results for which modern science
has established the underlying principles.
The period from 1700 to 1720 is known as
Stradivari's "golden period." After his
discontinuance of violin making the work
was taken up by hla pupils, most success
ful of whom were Carlo Bergonsi and the
Guarnerls. Lorenso Guadagnlnl, a pupil
of Stradivari, quickly rose to prominence
through the excellent tons of hla instru
ments, but hla son, Giovanni, surpassed
him In the beauty of the wood and var
nish.
Tha Cramona school was followed hy.DK
school of Venice, and the school of N'a- '
pies, and then other countries began Un
making of violins, which up to this time
had been almost entirely In the hands ,jf
Italians.
In the French school of violin making
the art was not practiced generally until
the eighteenth century. The French were i
rather more skillful as imitators of the
Italians than as originators, and the most
famous or these early French makers was
Nicolas Lupot. who copied Stradivari al
most exclusively. The German sc.oocl
never got very far In its success. Jacob
Stainer standing at the head of tho
makers of this country. j
The evolution of the modem bow has
taken place almost entirely since the vio
lin attained its final form, and has fol
lowed more completely, perhaps, than the
Instrument itself, the development of vio.
lin music and the requirements of the
player, it reached Its highest perfection
at the liandB of Francois Tourte of Peris,
about 1780. whose bows have served as a
model for all succeeding makers, even
more exclusive than the violins of Stradi
vari controlled the pattern of later In
struments, and at ihe present time Tourte
bows are valued beyond any others. f
For more than 250 years the violin and
Its larger brethren have held the leacdns
position among musical Instruments. For
them have been written some- of the most
inspiring works of the great musicians.
To the listener the violin speaks with an
intensity, a sympathy, and evokes a thrfli
of the senses Bitch as no other I p.strunei't
can produce. For the player It seems to
respond to every pulse of his emotion. i
OVERHEARD 18 A B1TCHER8HOP
From the Grocer and Provisional*.
Butcher—Charlie, be lively, now;
break the bones in Mr. Johnson's chops
and put Mr. Jones' ribs in the basket
for him.
Charlie—All right, sir: just as soofi
us I have sawed off Mrs. O'Brien's
leg.
THE BIRCH TREE AT LOSCHWTTI
By Amy Levy.
At Loschwtti above the city !
The air is sunny and chill;
The birch trees and tha pine trees
Grow thick upon the hill.
Lone and tall, with silver stem.
A birch tree standi apart;
Tha passionate wind of springtime ■
Stirs In Its leafy heart.
I lain against the birch tree.
My arms around It twine;
It pulses, and leaps, and quivers, /
Like a human heart to mini.
One moment I stand, then sudden
Let loose mine arme that cling;
O God! the lonely hillside,
, Thspsseionau wind of miati .....