New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-02

who saw this tiny squAss Of oxamscu caxnn "
knew that 10 had been borne proudly through tne
battle Of Cowpens, and had the honor Of ieed'ns
the pursuA Of Tarleton himself. was an-
fortunate that ID could not have been distinguasneo
n some way.
The liberation Of King MAlietoa Is one OF the
arst fruits of the Berlin Conference.
Yes. the custom of calling babies after George
Washington has certainly received boom. And
from every point of view IL II good name to
give child.
This big town has had three days holiday, and
enjoyed It, To-day IL returns to It's manifold trades
and occupations, refreshed, invigorated and In
spired by patriotic "reminiscences and by the con-
seriousness that It has shown itself to be worthy
of it's prominence as the American metropolis
A eorrespoudent COMPLAINS that although he
watched tine military parade for two horrs he
heard only one patriotic air played by band
during that time. Perhaps the band leaders
were so anxious 10 avoid repetition that they
failed to do the National airs justice. 1t is not
very often, In fact, that we hear these old songs
which, whatever their faults may be as musical
compositions, are inseparably connected with our
countrys history, and make every patriotic pulse
beat faster Complaints are often made now
sdays that these airs are neglected In the schools,
and more especially In the private schools. Let
our boys and girls be taught to sing The Star
Spangled Hammer Hail Columbia" and all the
rest IL will do them good.
Now we all breathe long sigh Of relief We
are not sorry that it's over, but we wouldn't
have missed it for anything in the world.
From whatever hostile source the stories Of de-
hatchery ct the Centennial ball may emansce, it
Is only proper TO say that they are gross and indc-
cent exaggerations.
It Is not absolutely essential that the President
OF the United States should be an orator, but
nevertheless there il solid satisfaction in the fact
that by universal consent General Harrison, conf
ing after half dozen famous takers, made the
best speech of the Centennial banquet
OF course our dag 10 the prettiest national ban
ncr that floats on the breeze, there Is no denying
that-not by any intelligent American, anyhow.
thouQ h some foreigners blinded by prejudice, may
stand out for another We doubt II even they
could be brought to say that there is any dag
which lends itself more readily to decorating pur-
poses Some other flags with broad bands OF
color like the French or German, are more strik-
ing at a distance, hut they won't stand near view
like the Stars and Stripes The French dag H.,
however a very pretty one, and there are much
less handsome flags than the German, though the
band OF black in II gives 1t rather TOO sombre ar
The British flag Is not bad, and the Mexican, Rus
sian and dozen others are very pretty. Even the
| Chinese which has this week aoated proudly In
hottest, is at least unique with Its great yellow
triangle and aggressive dragon
Within day or two q million flags that have
been waving trumphantly for week Will dsap
pear from sight. but who can doubt that they nave
helped TO make the National sentiment they sym
| bolize permanently stronger
A London journal com plains that Americans
| are too loud in beating the big drum on festive
| occasions They have improved in their manners
| in the course OF n century. hundred years ago
| they were in the habit OF beating their enemies
und the Iicssians, too.
The woman clerk in one Of the Washington De
matrimonial who was removed for having compared
President Cleveland 70 u9ful but not orna-
mental animal, has been restored to her paoe'
| This was Just decision, because she VIVA an eA-
cep,ionally faithful and capable employe. Inc
recommendation given her by the chief OF mel
| division. when she was ordered out showed an
| admirable record. She had done wrong, uu
| doubtedly, but her removal because sho haN
snokep disrespcctfuly OF the President in private
circle OF friends, hundreds Of miles away from tht
ran,tal-the incident coming To the knowledge Of
the authorities In Washington only through the
malice OF a contemplate male tell-tah-was
singularly mean action
Bishop Howe, Of South Carolina, complains that
| President Harrison was elected by money. whereas
Washington was chosen by unanimous consent
Any bartender Of this town could TESTIFY that
u Mr.. Clcvel,ni was not reelected IT was no.
the fault of the great army Of liluor-dealers VINO
| contributed to the Democratic campaign fund