The Washington critic., 1886-01-25

be in position to demand such legisla-
ton as they desire The wise states.
man will direct his energies TO such
measures of justice and equity rs arc
best calculated to avert unfriendly an
tagonisms and quiet the manifest
spirit of unrest among the working
people The Labor question is now in
line with the other great questions of
the day and cannot be safely ignored.
THE Hebrew fair, which will open
at the nrmory of the National Rifles
this evening, will be one of the most
attractive entertainments of the winter.
II will, Of course be successful, for our
Hebrew population have a knack of
achieving success, especially in fur
thering the cause of charity. The
donations have been numerous aud of
competent hands, and all will doubt
less go well. The armory tonight
will present very brilliant and bcauti.
ful scene, and be filled not only on
the opening night, but also on
the succeeding evenings of the
fairs continuance for the next
two weeks. 1t is evident that
the people of Washington intend
10 give hearty support to the fair and
II is but right that they should. Sim.
liar entertainments by people of other
churches have always found substan.
tial assistance from the people con-
cerned in the fair which opens to. night.
The fact that the poor of the Hebrew
faith are cared for without any assist.
anco from municipal or other govern.
ments is also very strong incentive
TO put our hands in our pockets, and
while enjoying pleasant evening
know that such enjoyment is at the
same time source of good to others.
The House Committee on Commerce
having decided to favor the expcndi.
turc of about $40, 900 for investigating
the new system of inoculation for vel.
low fever and the appointment Of com
missioners to visit the yellow fever
districts of Brazil and report upon the
disease and its treatment, we beg leave
TO suggest in case bill to this effect
should pass that rare opportunity is
here presented to the President for
getting even with some of the more
troublesome applicants for Office who
remain as yet unrecognized. The posi-
tion of yellow fever commissioner is
about as desirable as that of Civil Ser
vice Commissioner, but the chances
are there will be no great scramble
for 1t.
"No UNWORTHY operatic perform
ances will ever again be possible in
in New York" says Freund's Music
and Drama. II bases this broad con-
clusion upon the phenomenal success
of the German opera in that city; and
1t is to be hoped that the oracular utter.
ance is not over.stated. If the German
opera has wrought q radical revolution
all will be well but the popular taste is
somewhat capricious and not always
dainty. 1t may be accepted as quite
true, however, that no unworthy oper.
attic performances will ever again be
possible in New York, unless there
should arise u reactionary disinclina.
ton to worthy standards.
WrrH the resignation of Dorman B.
Eaton the last of the original commits,
sion goes out of Office. 1t is to be
hoped that the new board will win
more laurels, but we very much doubt
| it. The field of Civi-Service Reform,
or what goes by that name, is not
adapted to the growth of laurels, and
no matter how able the commissioners
may be, about all they can expect to
make out of it will be their salaries.
COLONEL MORRISON denies the
various statements in circulation to the
effect that he has tariff bill prepared
for early introduction in the House.
He thinks there is no need of particular
haste in the matter. We fully agree
with him. The tariff is question
which Congress should not approach
until It'll prepared to offer the country
something more than piece of tenn
porary and temporizing patchwork.
Mr.. STEAD of the PaU lNaU Gazette
should move to Chicago if he wants to
he appreciated. The Cook County
Woman's Suffrage Society of that city
yesterday adopted resolution that the
release from prison of William T.
Stead, "the English martyr to the cause
of social purity" was a source of pro-
found qualification.
THE San Francisco Chroaicle tells a
story of a man who lost every cent of
money he had by betting that st. Jo-
seph, Missouri, was the biggest city in
the world. We have just discovered
that Jedge WaXem, the member from
Wayback, was the man but Waxem
assures us that he didn't lose the bet
che was just decided out of it"
THE prevailing cold wave is some
what unexpected. 1t is probably due
to the announcement that Mr. Dorman
b. Eaton's reply to Gail Hamilton on
the Civll-Service Reform question, is to
appear in LippiacoH for February
| --
THE Yankees down in Florida do
not propose to be cheated out of their
frozen oranges. Look out for a big
crop of marmalade this spring.
| A LOST FRIEND.
| My friend he was; my friend from all the rest,
| with childlke faith he ope'd to me his breast;
| No door was locked on altar, grave or grief;
| No weakness yeiled, hidden no disbelief.
| The hope, the sorrow, and the wrong were
| bare,