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9 WHITE LIES. Points That President Hadietj Avoided in His Sermon at Yale. President Had Icy. ln bis baccalaureate sermon at Tale University on Sunday last, discoursed with much eloquence on the subject of truth, which was. indeed, the main theme of his address, but declined to discuss what he described as the unselfish considerations which may ln extreme cases Justify a man in departing from verbal truthfulness.

Now. It is precisely on that particular point that the young men starting out into the world on the completion of their studies require the guidance of a mentor en- Joying such worldwide experience and so much universal respect as the eminent president of Yale. The importance of this subject Is great, and has on more than one occasion led Henry Labouchere when in the House of Commons to ask that a royal commission should be appointed by the Crown to consider the question of white lies ln Parliament. He was serious ln this. In England, as ln all the constitutional countries of Europe where the Cabinet officers occupy seats in Parliament, the legislators enjoy the right of interrogating: the government with regard to Its policy and its administration of the affairs of the nation.

Frequently these inquiries are of an extremely indiscreet and awkward character, and If addressed by the Opposition are usually intended either to embarrass the ministers or to entangle them into making statements of a compromising and boomerang nature. The result is that those representatives of the government who constitute Its mouthpieces in Parliament devote a considerable amount of labor as well as Ingenuity to answering ese questions in such a manner as to mislead those by whom they are made and misrepresent what Is the truth. Indeed, the promotion of parliamentary under secretaries. Junior lords of one or another of the great departments of state, and of other budding statesmen, depends In a great measure upon the cleverness which they display in "answering questions" in the House, and thus an official premium is practically set by the highest authorities in the land upon equivocation and a distortion of the truth. It cannot be denied that this Is inevitably contributing to tho decline of that lofty regard for veracity which in ancient times constituted one of tha most renowned qualities of the English speaking True, their frankness was often brutal, sometimes even cruel: yet It formed a source of strength, and although foreigners might sneer at boorishness they respected candor Like the Chinese, we were reputed disagreeable, what the French so picturesquely describe as "mauvals coucheurs" (Anglice unpleasant bedfellows), but, as in the case of the Chinese, our word was accepted as being as good as our bond, and the distinction between American diplomats, such as Benjamin Franklin and Er.gMEh statesmen such as Pitt on the one hand and those of foreign countries on the otnei was that It was possible to credit implicitly the assurances of the former, while in the case of the Tatter It was generally advisable to believe Just the contrary of what they asserted.

No one realized this to a greater extent nor took advantage thereof In a more amusing manner than the great Prince Bismarck, Machlavelll of old. he made a point of invariably blurting out the truth, even when he might have remained silent, thereby successfully misleading diplomats reputed the shrewdest of their day. For they could not realize that he really meant what he said, and persisted in acting on the mistaken theory that, like themselves, be used the gift of spvech merely to conceal his thoughts arid plans, and usually placed an Interpretation upon his utterances directly opposed to their meaning. SOCIAL IIES. It Is not however, so much the whito iies of political and official lite thai constitute a nrob.

mg university graduate who Is starting out I i make bis way in the world as It tbe distortions of truth that are absolutely to the welfare and continuance of 1 the social system to-day constituted. The difficulty is to where the white lies end It i.s this uncer. the whereabouts of the exact border tributes in no small measure to lea oui qualms of conscience on -hi subject Of strict trhtte lies aro those which President by "unselfish conrations." and in ninety-nine casi-s out of a bondi Ir existence to a desire to avoid pain. r. a man has unwittingly said a third party that wounds his friend, th- more amiable he is the more strenusnsty will I order to sway tho of- There Is story of Constable, the his oj.ini' that a In painter's pictures looked like putty.

This criticism cams to the ears, and some time afterward on meeting Constable he saM: "I am told you say my pictures are like putty." If the Royal Academician had adhered strictly to the truth he would have said, mid I will e.xr'ain to you exactly what I meant," and would have told him his objections to Has paintings ln question. But, l.einp a kind hearted man and unwilling to give unnecessary pain or offence, he exclaimed: "Well, what cf that? I like It Is hardly necessary to point out thai Constable did not and could not like putty In pictures, but his excuse soothed tho Bselings of his fellow artist. 8 General "Chinese" Gordon, the hero of Khartoum. Teas more strict in bis regard for truth than Constable, and It was his scruples on this score that led the various governments which employed him to regard him as so utterly unpractical. He was more fitted for the ancient times of Crusaders and Christian martyrdom than for the life of the- present day, and he gave a curious illustration thereof on the occasion of his odd quarrel with the Marquis of Rlpon.

now Lord Privy Seal. Lord Ripon, who is a most deeply religious man of the highest honor and Integrity, was In 1880 appointed Governor General of India, and had induced Gordon to accompany him to the Orient as his private secretary. The private secretary of a Viceroy of India is a far more important personage than his title would indicate. He is the alter ego of his chief, his principal lieutenant and the power Indeed behind the viceregal throne. As such he draws large pay and allowances.

On landing- at Bombay to assume the reins of government Lord Rlpon received a voluminous pamphlet, written by local magnate "whom it was necessary to conciliate and to keep in a good humor. Lord Kipon turned It over to Gordon with a reqpont that he would write a reply to the man stating that the Viceroy was greatly Indebted to him for the screed, which he had read with the greatest interest. Gordon pointed out Co Lord Ripon that inasmuch as the pages of the pamphlet had not been cut it was impossible to describe the pamphlet as having been "read with great and on the Viceroy pointing out that it was a mere figure of speech, and that he had neither the time nor the Inclination to read all the voluminous printed matter sent to him from various sources, Gordon declared that he could not reconcile his conscience to stating that tho Governor General had "read" a pamphlet and "enjoyed It" when it was untrue, and that sooner than be a party to such a deception he would prefer to resign his appointment. This 1 he did then and there, sailing: for China by the next steamer and leaving- Lord Ripon not only ln a great quandary through the lack of an efficient private secretary, but likewise under the public Imputation of having quarrelled with one of the most popular heroes In England by tempting to force him to write a lie. Had it I not been for this dispute Gordon would probably nave served out his term of office in India with Lord Ripon and might never have been sent to and to his death at the hands of the dervishes there.

SCOTT'S VERBAL JUGGLES. Sir Walter Scott entertained the same conscientious objections to lies, no matter how I white they might be. but resorted to all sorts of verbal juggles to escape telling them. When, for -i Instance, an ugly baby was brought to him. he I knew full well that he was to admire It.

Therefore in the kindness of his heart he inp variably exclaimed, as though overwhelmed with 8 blaze of infantile beauty, "Well. I am that Is a baby," with a great emphasis on Constantly taxed with the authorship cX Wa verier Novels, he, while never deny-1 ing outrisht. would generally reply, "I shall not own "Waverley." with the emphasis on the which might be taken whichever way the interlocutor pleased, but which was generally construed as a denial. It was only toward the closo of his career that Sir Walter, who In all affairs of life was a model of chivalrous honor, consented to admit that he had written the famous novels, thereby divesting of much literary credit a number of unscrupulous persons who had taken advantage of his reticence to encourage the authorship to be ascribed to themselves. Such men as Sir Walter and "Chinese" Gordon are anomalies, and their intense conscientiousness, while admired in them as a virtue, would be regarded as simply intolerable In ordinary every day citizens.

How, for instance, could we put up with servants who declined to utter the time honored formula of "Not at home" when we do not find it convenient to receive a visitor? And what a number of disagreeable invitations we should be forced to accept did not we have at our beck and call the conventional white lie with regard to "a previous engagement." Bails would become a source of torture rather than pleasure to the fair sex were they obliged to dance with every awkward swain who considered it to be his duty to ask them. And how. when demanded by your host for your opinion with regard to his children, his wines or his cigars, can you tell him the plain, unvarnished, and In nine times out of ten, Intensely disagreeable truth. In fact, the whole routine of society, as at present constituted, is nothing more or less than one continual long drawn out white lie, which is quite as much of a white lie if it is Implied as when uttered. For good old Sir Walter Scott might Just as well, as far as the question of strict truthfulness is concerned, have used words of admiration about the baby when presented to him, as have contented himself with pretending an enthusiasm that he did not feel; and in the same way it is just as much of a kindly fib to squeeze the hand of a painter or of a singer, with a look of hypocritical rapture in the eye, as to tell him outright that his execrable daub is a dream of beauty, or that the song which you have just listened to with pain has transported you to the seventh heaven of delight.

The only excuse that can be offered for all this deceit and mendacity Is that its main object is to avoid giving pain, and that without it Hfo as constituted to-day would bo impossible. Tho result is that our success and popularity In society have ended by depending to a great extent upon the talent which we display in artistically and agreeably disfiguring the truth. We have not reached the stage where a man can boast of his successes as a liar, where ho can taste the sweets of fame, by touching one of his victims on the arm and saying: "You think mo an honest and respectable man. I am not. I am an accomplished liar.

Gazo at me and admire." But we are getting there, and tha English translation of the solemn words, "Requiescat in pace," which used to figure on nearly every tombstone, will acquire a new significance, since a double meaning can be applied to the phrase, "Let He undisturbed." INHERITED MENDACITY. When I say that we are "getting 1 there," I mean that wo English speaking people are not yet as gifted as other nations in the art of picturesque and artistic mendacity. President Hadley in his sermon on Sunday last, wound up his address by declaring to the graduating class that "From your fathers and mothers you have inherited instincts of truthfulness." Scruples for truth may be said to be Imbibed with the i mother's milk among tho English speaking I races, and the slightest scruple of truth Is fatal to the perfect lie. While these scruples may disappear in the space of the next two or three generations. it will take considerably longer before we can ever hope to rival the Orientals In the art of lying.

Asiatics, and, in fact, Africans, as well, may be described as born liars, instead of being merely educated to untruth, as in our case. The Persians, for Instance, lie. even when, the truth would serve their purpose equally well. But they do It bo glibly, so artistically and so agreeably that they actually command one's admiration and esteem, Oriental lying presents a striking analogy to Oriental embroidery. In case the foundation is of the flimsiest character, but so profuse is tho application, and bo intricate the design thereof, that one loses sight altogether of the unsubstantial character of the original fabric.

Otjfen exemplify above nil others the highest type of liar, and when they tell a fib they are prepared for all that Its creation entails namely, the necessity of being ready with two or three dozen more with which to prop it and for each of these subsidiary lies they may have to coin still others, a task which they never shirk, and through which they go with supreme grace and consummate skill. To accomplish this demands constructive talent of the highest order, and when this is absent, the strain upon the mind and the Imagination is so great that the person Is liable to break down and to make that false step whicfe brings down the whole edifice to the ground. Possibly it is because there is a strongly de- loped touch of the Oriental In. their composition that Russians enjoy the reputation of being the most accomplished and artistic liars of Europe. one of tlK'r most famous diplomats and statesmen.

General Count Ignatleff, now president of the powerful Pan-Slavlst Society, actually earned for himself while Ambassador at Constantinople, among a population that i presents the greatest aggregation of liars In i the world, the nickname of "The Father of I Lies." The late Czar, who was most straightforward and truthful may of the entire Russian empire, on one occasion the count with this, and asked how ho had managed to acquire such an unenviable sobriquet. To this the general replied, with a low bow. "An service de votre majesty." EX-ATTACHE. i MEMORIAL TO SIGNERS. Model To BeiShou-n to Their Descendants at Jamestcram.

A model of the proposed memorial building to the signers of the Declaration of Independence, to be erected in Washit Rton, has bfc-n exhibited In the Bhow window of 1127 Chestnut stn et, Philadelphia, and remained there for several days before being taken to the Jamestown exposition. Tho Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association had tho model made at a cost 51.000. ami will exhibit it at the exposition, where tht? tirst annual reunion of tho descendantH of the sinners of tbe Declaration will be heM on July 4. model was and made In Philadelphia. Modelled after the Parthenon at Athens, the proposed buildlnc will be most imposing attractive.

The plane, now completed, cull for a structure 70 feet by 130 In outline It will resemble the stately main of Girard College, only It will be more ornate and will contain many architectural refinements that the other building In addition to li- forty-eight pillars that will entirely surround big rectangular structure, there will be an inside row a.t the main entrance. Charles Balderston is the architect itml John Boyle the sculptor. The model was made by John Barftero. of this city. When tho descendants of tho signers meet in Jamestown this model will bo submitted to them fr.r thc-lr approval.

J. Taylor EOlyson, nant Governor of Virginia, will preside temporary chairman, with ex-Governor Henry Roberts, of Connecticut, who Is president of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association, a.s permaneVC chairman. H. St. Tucker and President Woodrow Wilson, ol Princeton, win make addresses, and tho Declaration of Independence will ie by Hollens N.

Randolph, of Atlanta, great-great-greatgruiidson of Thomas Jefferhon. Lineal descendants of tha signers to the number of several hundred will be Philadelphia Record. DOG "FLAGS" TRAIN. In MuskoftPu a neijro who drives the street sweeper haa a Baa bird which walks ahead of the sweeper at night and carries a lighted lantern In lilh other night, as he was crossing- the railroad track, stopped a nilnutd to look back and nrt, if the sweeper was coming Being a at happy disposition, he wagged his tall and Incidentally "his head waKgwi at the same lime crew saw the light moving and stopped their train. It moved again, and they started and this reverse motion was kept up for some time, until the en rinoer was exhausted In operating hU reverse lever Jumped oft and ran back to what the.

signals meant, and when ho saw the cause of It he said something It li to say that after this he will work only on mlir" nale that are given higher from the City ICELAND WONDERS. People who live vast and barren lands have the eyeslKht. Eskimo, will detect a whir, fox on the snow 2 great distance, while Arabs can pick out objects that are -lavUJWo to KKW-YOKK D'ATLY TRIBUNE. BUNCA.T. JtTNE 30.

1907. THE NEW CUSTOM HOUSE, BOWLING Completed for less than the appropriation. WONDERFUL PILE! New Custom. House Built Inside Ajypropriation. There is an expectant twinkle in tho eve of Mynheer Abraham de Pcyster as he stolidly sits on his bronze chair at the further end of Bowling Green.

Over his phlegmatic features has come a look of surprised relief and gratified satisfaction, and, leaning forward on his sword as If depending on its support to aid him in rising from the position which for years he has so stimy maintained, he as though he were about to open Ms tightly closed lips and give verbal vent to the surprise and reliof be feels after so many months of patient waiting, for the new Custom House just across the way has practically reached its completion, and that at a cost some thousands Inside of the appropriation! For years thi.s former Mayor and Collector General of the Port of New York has wi I for tho hand of the workman to put tho finish- Ing touches on this massive building, constructed directly over the sito formerly occupied by the fort oi the Dutch dynasty, still serves, as did the brick bulwark, to force thoso who enter from foreign strands to obey the laws of customs, which, as far as evading governmental duties is concerned, are oven more strict to-day than in tho tlmo when this tarly THOMAS F. BAYARD STATUE. Unveiled In Rockford Park, Wilmington, on Juno 22 by Mrs. Mary W. C.

Bayard, of Washington, widow of tho diplomat. The statue Is of bronze, and with tho granite bass cost $16,000. It wss in Surrey, England. Now Yorker and his fathers stood by their Runs to see that the dynastic mandates 1 be re- spected. Through leaves of tho single tiro that stands guard In front of the stern old Dutchman can be teen half a hundred great stone faces and flpruros which, though a part of the finished building, also to Hharo tho gladness of the old lawmaker that their per- homo in about ready for ocupancy.

Tho work of razing the rows of shipping which formerly occupied the Bite on which this magnificent monument to the customs service of the United States now stands was In 1900. Since that time various dates have boon scheduled for Its completion, and time and again tho hopes of the people have been raised and as often dashed to earth through contingencies which arose from time to time to delay the workers. So many postponements occurred, In fact, that the date finally named for the finishing touch was several years later than tho original date. The drawbacks which occasioned this were of various natures. Some of the con- tractors liail labor troubles to contend with, had side Jobs which took their time and effort, 1 in some cases supplies were slow in coming, and in others money was "tight" Tlm excuses of- fered for delay were such as have been hoard before on government contracts, and Uncle Samuel, ever lenient with his nephews, made allow- I ances for their procrastination and extended the ti.ne limits of their contracts until the date primarily fixed for driving the last nail saw the laggard hand of the artisan putting up the first layer of plaster.

Yet. despite delays which "un- foreseen circumstances" occasioned, some laborers were always kept at work on some part of the structure, so that now after years of building the new Custom House is practically completed and in readiness for furniture and fixtures. One of the improvements which yet remain to admit tho correct use of the word "completion" is the installation of the mechanical apparatus. Nearly all of tills is now ready to bo put In, and the way is clear for plumbers, electricians, elevator men and others to put on the finishing touches, and while the heating apparatus may take somewhat longer than the others to install there will not bo a pressing necessity for this, especially If the months of August and September bear any resemblance to the closing days of June In heat and humidity. An item of more than passing: interest, and one which oujsrht to bo bluepencillod sind sent to the tfontra.torK who huilt and furnished tho Stato Capitol Harrlsburp, is fact that, although the construction of the Custom House Is a political Job, thore will be surplus of about $70,000 turnf-d bark into the coffers of Uncle Sam after the bill of the last sub-contractor is paid.

This, too, when after asking for an appropriation of Sfi.oon.ono Father Knickerbocker was told to bo thankful with $4,965,000. The hands of officials in high places were raised aghast when thu first named amount was asked for, ami it was only after much ntentlon thai was gingerly handed over. After dirt began to fly in the instruction of foundation for the new building this sum was augmented by 11,500,000, and later in 1906, an additional $465,000 was appropriated admit of further i Improvements. Lovers of art and others who hoped for an interior effect better to sel the of the marble finish besought the governmental heads add mural decorations to the rest Thus far, however, the government has been deaf to their pica, and as appropriation Interior paintings has made the idea of mural iecoratlons has been abandoned, temporarily at least. As it stands to-day the New York Custom House i.s one the best, if nut the best, government of Its kind iv the world.

Built entirely ol granite, it is at the most massive construction, and it typifies strength and power. The dominant groups of the approach are America and Europe, well ln front the facade, and at sides of tho central stalrway, while at outer corners the front sit Asia and Africa looking with stony stare out on the busy world around them, a mlcrocoam largely composed of men who them elves were only lately subjects In some of the countries of these continents. Together, as they sit there, these ponderous Imaginings Daniel Chester French aro not altogether unsuggesttve of tho conference of the nations which Is now gathered nt The Hague, unless, maybe, the likeness is a bU strnined becauso of the sculpture'! silence. Above the deep embrasures of the windows and acting as keystones in the arches of theso ara tho of races of mankind. Here aro the Intellectual face American and tho dreamy face of the Italian; the Chinaman peers out, while African, Celt, and oth.r.q all have their places wh.Tt- they can look down on the hordes of their fellow countrymen who the i it front door of the United States just beyond the Custom House to mlrifjlo and become a part of the hurrying body humanity In this land.

All of these faces and the flno tnart.le statues of leading marltime countries of the world, which occupy a place Just above represent the carvings of well known sculptors. The handiwork of He GauJeua. Ruckstuhl, Elwell, Tonettl and adorns the front of tl il structure, tatatda of which presents or of the Ones! marbio tnterton in the world. The i toe of workman and materials was had in it.s construction, find comparlton. Indeed, becon is when this building; is a-s a whole, with the Old Custom House Wall Street.

new building la ln an environment of shipping oAces and cloio to tho immigrant landing, whtla in its comparatively Isolated position it 1- apart from the danger fire. and. what la alxo worthy of consideration, it Is riuht where points niay ba appreciated by th rcupants of automobiles and other visitors to Gotham. So far as is iwn, there will be no housewarming exercises or fanfare of brass or cymbals when illect Stranahan and his staff of officials move from their cramped Quarters Into their new home. Caaa Gilbert, the architect, who planned tho bull.

ling. said: "I do not unnw of any Intention to hold a ceremony nt the opening of the official staff will move ln when tho building Is ready to receive them, and, so f.ir as I know, that will be Hi! there is to it There has been no talk at Washington about a celebration, and that the difficulties encountered getting the building finished have been overcome not think tt will more than sixty, days at the most to get things tn a condition to receive tho customs officials." The contractors who have final details in say that the Interior can completed In much less than sixty and in the ardent hope of this the crowded officials on Wall street beginning to pack up their belongings removal to the new Custom House. AN ODD MARRIAGE COMPLICATION. Mile who was about to be marrlM to m. the otht-r day at llayu.

Malherbe, In Normandy, discovered thnt the marriage would be Illegal, berausu. In the of the law, she Ii a boy. The l.rli!« ami l.ri.le groom and their were KHthertnl previous to the ceremony, 'hen the vlllokp schoolmaster, who Ix also register of births and village rushud Into the room, exclaiming: vi marriage Is Impossible!" 11.. thai Ms predecessor had by mistake thn birth that of boy, and under i. Mile.

Dvwbampa would become llabln to service .11 soldier thin year. M. Lenolr and ills hurried off to the Ux-ul mayor and magistrate with them to authorize the marriage, but II authorities deal ear to ili.ir plrHdlnK. for French red in not to treated llchtly, and It will tiiko time to repair the mistake Boston Trunsorlpt ABOUT BATS. Nearly all bats have the faculty of hibernating.

Their hibernation? however, is not Is to say that when the warm days occur In of winter they wake. up, together with the Insi-cts which are their food. Still, theirs a true hibernation trance. differing from sleep, with very low of pulse, heart action and respiration. Probably they would endure Immersion iv water for art hour or two without drowning, as other hlbernators have been found to Dispatch.

GREECE'S PRISON POPULATION. Consul Qaorga Horton, of Athens, that on March 1. 1007. there confined In the various prisons of Oreece 8.673 persona, of whom 42s wore condemned for life. for various perUxin and 1.405 to confinement In dungeons.

Of the 4 J.s sentenet's, 180 were originally given the iVath penalty, commuted by the King. I'lUhlhiik Dispatch. EEISATE GOVERNMENT. SiwpUj'ud Politics Expounded and Applied a Great Statesman. By A.

X. Ohwntr. "The trouble with socialism and all these other new fancied schemes;" observed Mr. Koolor. the well known Brooklyn statesman, to me the other day, "is that they don't solve the tax problem.

No government, in my opinion, can claim perfection for Itself unless it relieves all citizens from the arduous of aamtns money to par town halls, coroners and bad pavement. That great motto of our forefathers, "Representation without Taxation," in the rijcht Idea, ami I brnkve it can be "I have no doubt you ure already working at its solution," commented, knowing Mr. Kuoler's proclivities. Ho rarely condemned anything openly, unless some wonderful plan for the betterment of conditions had suggested itself to him. "Yes, I am approaching the answer to problem." ho replied, modestly.

"There aro still some difficulties to be overcome, but a little tlmo will settle them. 1 have a wholly m-w scheme for running the government. It provides for a gradual transition from the present state of downtroddenton in which the oppressed massed find hare a sweeping "to a beatilie life of luxury for the most humble, a life wherein the government will deliver all groceries and the citizens will pay no taxes, or practically none." "Incredible!" I gasped. This was the boldest thing I hud ever heard the statesman utter. "My plan is to apply on a universal scale the method we have already tried successfully over in Brooklyn.

We shall have a trading government." "I do not follow," I protested feebly. "What has Brooklyn been doing? "You know that our borough ust-s up one hundred thousands bars of soap annually in the pub.lie baths. Well, under the old regime the taxpayers footed UM bills, and that was thu end of it, until I appeared oa tho scsno and romjnflsil the of the state to save tho soap wrappers and turn them back to the company for more soap. The company, like many others, gives premiums or soap for old wrappers. Just to stimulate business.

For every tive wrappers you may get a new bar of soap. I had not been In ofileo ten minutes beforo I devised a plan of universal political salvation for the suffering millions of taxpayers. By experimenting I found thai tho premiums on the soap wrappers alone were sufficient to furnish a five room flat with golden oak and Hoboken Brussels every three months. A Brooklyn family could iill its cosey home with chromos and gilt clocks simply from the city's quarterly supply of soap wrappers! With a flash of inspiration I saw tho solution of the puzzlo that has worried philosophers ever since Plato founded Tammany Hall. The government nm.it buy all its supplies from premium giving concerns, soap firms, trading stamp companies and othu-r unsappresHt-u rebaters.

The premiums It must thtn turn over to cltisens by t.ome equitable system of distribution. rtalizo by this tlmo, I hope, the scope of this plan. Tho government buys enormous (juuntltles of everything from tooth paste up to mausoleums. Nothing escapes its notice; its emissaries aro out looking for novelties, and they gobble them up before the common citizens have even neen the goods advertised. It buys vast quantities on general principles and aonao- Umes out of necessity.

tho pr mtmna which would pour Into this of all customers would noon provide a large number of persona with happy homes and checkered suits. "The grandest climax of my now government by rebate will dltated Mr. softly, "when docks and and brass bedsteads hall rugs and dinner and happy cottages with back yards and lual clotheslines ha-. to thj hands of Urn government and then ba again Into possession of the gift from themselves. We shall have v.

meni ownership of everything and private ershlp of everything at time. Qrand compromise, it? Taxes will have I a mere formality, necessary only In cure goods enough from Urn I companies to supply tho public v.i: life All tl paternalism will be avoided, for every will be left free to carve his own fortune by mg trading stamp or other rebate ent rprise. As the government will buy onormotn of everything needed by man chance private profits most favoi we must begin our dlstrtbutl premiums at Urn bottom Tho poor will be to receive the returns from mur.l. soap wrappers and Urn free suspenders thrown in by the rebating tailors who supply poll mall carriers with uniforms. It is estimated that the premiums given by hustling firms aro worth 10 pet of Urn original put this seems that Brooklyn alone with premium giving eompan millions of dollars' worth of furniture bold supplies annually A few short poverty win be as unknown in our borough as wealth now is.

As affluence spreads masses taxes will be paid with more for taxes will be keenly recognised as a form' of edged Investment, net tint: tl lo per cent cash and pevrnil cent inor.i in, civic comfort and pride. Men wID besti tax office, clamoring to leave their funds millionaires will awaken to the new opportunity and our coffers will be bursting. We shall buy lots and Office buildings on tho premium then and give the proceeds to our Investors, reserving a small fraction for the cost of hire, the wear and tear OB our tracks In cartlnx the bullion of the. investors, and t): lion of a modest monument In memory of those who have delivered the state? from old rxtravagnnocs. In those days nothing nin too good for the town.

shaH buy everything In sight With all well-to-do Stockholders premium giving companies paybig large dividends as result of ttv enormous trade they from the government, with all middle class clttsens Investing their savings ba taxes and neat retumi and all tin poor and helpless being cared for Urn state at no cost to Itself Its beneftcia lea, Urn perfect state will have been realized Only cloud 'limp the brlghi "Impossibler I cried. "The scheme Is pi rfect You show a grasp of dnancial problems little short of astounding. Tour government by rebate has none of the difficulties of the state in which every makes a ttvmg by somebody else's clothes." "But ill. re Is a difficulty," Insisted th i great statesman nlly. "Though you are rlghl In supposing that it doea not li- in the scheme itself.

Tho trouble is that nil these will 1.. tares that are so worked up against the rebate system may block me by passing law prohibiting premiums on soap wrappers that it Is i conspiracy In restraint of trade. If they do that" And Mr. Kooler clasped bis hand-: behind him and walk. .1 (-m of the office moodily.

VARIETIES OF SWEET PEAS. peaa bava elghty-slx nn.l subdivisions. In tullfi.rnla, nbert almost till the flower in grown, farm of 800 ia Riven op to production of Tho total production yearly Js about pounds, and even when amount la augmented by yl-M from omallor famm it is almost imp wiblc to meet demaad. Sweet petti in- the i- popular Bowcn In America for except the an.l aren cannot alwayi tha swfet r' country air and mnahlnc abound paai unrlvallnl 1111,1 nasturtiums lire in use for window in.x.-M and Kani little city KarAans, a small back yard must da duty for a (lower lov. r.

PaiwtM a popular thmigh th-lr i- sometimes blab enough to prohibitive. Th" ordinary vnrtetlta. well (elected, are not more than £9 a pound, but kkm vctrety on-s rarely colored, sell for Angeles Tlhms, SUITABLE DIET. A Jury In Blankvllle woro sent out to a and after dcUberatltiK for a time came back and tho foreman told tho Judge they w.i,. unaMo to agree uik-u a verdict.

The latter rebuked the jury. saying case was a very clear one. and remanded them back to the Jury room for a attempt, lit.g "If you are thre too long. 1 will have to send you 'in twelve, buppors." The foreman. In a rather Irritated tone, spoke un and sail.

it please your honor, might send In BUrujrj and one bundle of DIPLOMATIC AMENITIES! A School of Manners Press and Zealots. The Hague, Juna IT. The Hague has become a school of diplomatic amenities. Its Importance as a Continental capial tal was increased by the establishment of that arbitration tribunal. Tho diplomatic corps installed as a permanent administrative coun- cil, and was charged with the responsibility of taking charge of the lists of arbitrators and set- tins the machine operation whenever inter, national disputes were to be amicably adjudi- cated.

As every resident minister occupied more dignified and useful position In or' the arbitration court, it became of most serious diplomatic interest. Every point of procedure and etiquette was the subject of pasted conferences, cautiously and tactfully con- it ducted. As the complex mechanism for regulat- I ing and preserving the peace of the world was brought into use in four or five cases, every i or wheel was readjusted and oiled with pains- i taking care. Diplomats in other capitals might be scornful and cynical in their comments arbitration as a means of grace for the regeneration of a militant world, but ministers on -I the ground took a most serious view of the ad- 's ministrative council and the court, and of thesw selves as custodians of moral order. In no othst capital have the- amenities of the profession beea cultivated with greater assiduity than at Hague.

It has been a centre of action for pacific ends of civilisation, and the 1 diplomatists have been on their best behavior, in their relations one with another. The first peace congress, styled by siasts the Parliament of Man, was a moral show, ending through the co-operation of the American and British delegations in practical, con- structivo work. The second peace congress opens as a school of manners where International usages are to be discussed In a spirit of accommodation. The delegates have assembled with a conviction that whether they accoin-', plish or little in practical -work must remain at peace among themselves. Highly contentious subjects must either be or summed up In harmless platitudes; the Una of least resistance must be sought, and everybody be on his guard against overemphasis ami loud talk.

The American. British and Japanese delegations are massed at the Hotel dcs lodes; the Russians head another concentration camp across the Voorhout; the German and French flags are flying at Scheveningen. and the other delegations are encamped here and there. Compliments and calls are exchanged; the precedent i of the first congress are followed, and etiquette is the habit of life among these citizens of the world. In the course of a few weeks there may be rivalries in leadership, a regrouping of powers and jealousies caused by intrigues; but for the moment manners make the diplomat, nobody has deep convictions on any subject, and tho delegations, with streamers fluttering, are Idly drifting on a summer sea.

Amiable among themselves, these "world's I are embarrassed by the attentions of press men. whoso business It is to find out what is likely to happen. Even those who are mltted to full publicity for the general of the congress restrain their Impatience with' difficulty when they meet correspondents every turn and are In Imminent danger of belsf Inveigled Into premature talk. Their Irritation; Is natural when they have not made up) minds on any subject and do not know wlati they will do. Some of the most outspoken vocates of publicity have turned around wheat forced to face a cross-fire of questioning nail have declared that the commissions must bars absolute privacy; and this policy will probably! be adopted, although leakage from the conferences is inevitable and the secret proceedlasr will be systematically reported, as was done aj; tho first congress.

In a fit of exasperation Sir Edward Fry I. is sent for several cf the English correspondents and astonished them by, treating them like schoolboys and giving them. i a lecture on their professional duties and the abuses of publicity. Admiral Sperry has resented with equal acerbity intrusions upon hsi mediations and shown that quarter-deck ners are as high handed as In the days of Peter Simple and Midshipman Easy. These have been the most conspicuous offenders against the school of manners which the congress Is supposed to represent.

They are to be noted as the exceptions which prove- the rule of courtesy to members of the press. Mr. John Hay wiien he was an ambassadar abroad used to say thai ha considered it one of bis chief duties to give American correspondent all the information that could properly be shared with them and to provide them with cues for commenting Intelligently on public! events. That Is tho view taken by all the experienced diplomats now at The Hague. llea like M.

Bourgeois, Baron de Bleberstein. M. da Martens. M. Tsudzuki.

Sir Henry Howard, Lord lleay, General Horace Porter and Mr. David Jayne Hill have no difficulty In ill with correspondents. They take them into their confidence, treat them with refinement of courtesy and trust them implicitly; and their faith la them is never misplaced. Delegates who brush correspondents aside wiih. Incivility, or Instruct them brusquely on the details of their occupation, or cross-examine them with whimsical humor, have much to learn In tha international school of manners now open at The Hague, Probably there will be a marked improvement In civility when the commissions have fairly settled down to work and tho trend of the proceed- Ings on various important subjects Is disclosed.

The embarrassed delegates who are out of humor with the inquisitive correspondents liava another grievance. This la the. carnival of sentlmentality conducted by outsiders with the avowed design of Influencing the congress and forcing It to attempt what Is impossible. Sir. Stead is here and Is issuing a daily newspaper In tho Interest of internationalism and peace; and while the congTess is in session there will be a lies of public meetings attended by enthusiasts from America, England and the Continent.

These demonstrations of zeal and Interest offend Urn more conservative members of the congress, who prefer to be left to themselves and to be released from all external pressure. They describe themselves as practical diplomatists, who do not wish to be Interrupted in their business by marplots, faddists and fanatics. They accuse Mr. Stead of meddlesome activity in attempting to manage the congress as an outeider for selfish gratification; but that can hardly bo considered fair criticism from tha school of manners. Mr.

Stead may not always be discreel in his methods and utterances, but ho Is at least high minded and sincere, and tries to promote the success of great movements. although he often does more harm than good. A congress of nations summoned for the purpOM of amending the codes and practices of war and considering the real conditions of national peace cannot have too much moral support. Those who cannot set under the main tent ought to bo allowed to find what comfort they can in the sideshows; and Mr. Stead and his de lav Conference" help to advertise a movement which has behind it the moral force of civilization.

The diplomatic amenities require tolerance. In an International expert-" ence meeting me enthusiasts may true key or sins on the wrong page, nobody ought to be silenced. FDEATHS FROM X-RAYS. Tho death of Dr. Yel el.

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in Uuaaiu. amocs couU not tubacco or ami the of eisa" 1 from trench. Italian ami Turkish allies. fro.v their atay In Malta ana Glfcraltar. CT Into London military and other clubs, the new iiiaJo very i r.ut Its steaJily from ISIO to IS.SO, ih.

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