The sun., 1891-06-21
A Good Man Como Astray.

Tho disastrous result Of ons Of the most
promising journalistic expeditions ever un-
dertaken has Just been announced and con-
fessed in the columns Of the Evening Post.
That nswspaper sent one of Its editors. Mr..
HORACE WHITE, into the heart OF Asia Minor
20 sscertain the sentiment OF the trans
Hellespontine Turks on the subject Of civil
service reform. No Mugwump ever went
forth on nobler mission, or with higher
And purer resolve. You would have thought
that no better ambassador could be selected
for the delicate, II not perilous business. Mr..
HORACE WHITE is an experienced observer,
IN Intelligent reporter. and the master OF a
lucid and attractive style. It had always
been believed that he would be faithful unto
death to civil service reform, or any other
reform beginning with capital r.
What has happened to tfiis almost ideally
equipped explorer and missionary, on whose
fidelity rested the hopes Of all Mugwump-
dom2 Let Mr.. HORACE WHITES own truth
full II humiliating confession answer:
"Issw girl In the Greek quarter OF STEAMBOAT the
other DAY wness face might have served ~ model for
the vENus OF Milo. She WAS buying . piece OF meat
from the back OF donkey and she gave me glance
Ipasssd that broukht back dreams Of ASAcnsoS from
my colises days'
From that moment all was lost. The
liquid glance from the eyes OF the Greek
girl with an appetite for donkeyflesh, knocked
civil service reform higher than Helicon,
80 far as tho Apostle to the Turks was con-
cerned. Mr.. HORACE WHITE got no further
with the business on which he was specially
bent than to chronicle the obvious and not
very valuable fact that Turkey Is ba lily In
need OF civil service reform.
There is mott member OF the Reform Club
In the Fifth avenue who did not know that
already. What they wanted to learn from
their carefully chosen emissary was how far
public sentiment In Turkey would sustain
an pit to force upon the Sultan and the
local administr atoms Of the pashaliks or
vilnyets, and even upon the village mukh-
tars, tho teachings OF DORIAN b. EATON
and his disciples; by what methods the
political conscience Of the Anatolian and
Angoran and MesopOta mian populace could
bo reached; how the campaign OF education
best could be conducted. and whore It should
begin; with incidental services on his part
In the way Of extending the circulation OF
the Post In these benlghted regions.
But the Greek girl who looked like tho
VENUS Of Milo played the mischief with the
foreign missionary OF civil service reform.
lie sends back to America merely the per-
funotOry message. almost insulting to intel
ligence, that Turkey Is In need Of civil ser.
Vice reform; and then he wanders or into
amatory rhapsodies which. we fear, will be
regarded as hog wash by the more serious
minded members OF the Reform Club.
The only competitive examinations In
which no Is interested now arc OF tho
sort established by Commissioner PARIS on
Mount Gargarus. with dspiorable results.
The reformers might as well have sent out
FINCK. The spurious odes OF ANAoRRoN. a.
conned by Mr.. HonAos WHITE In youth.
full days. with the assistance Of Mr.. THOMAS
MOORE OF the Middle Temple, crowd out Of
his superheated mind all that he has learned
In middle age from Mr.. Do1MAN B. EATON
of the Middle Kingdom:
"His bosom. ike the vsrna srevsA
Rssouads with little wssbiins isvsA"
Instead Of devoting himself 10 the promo.
tlon of tho merit system In the Asiatic villa
vets, his thoughts run INCREASINGLY upon
that fatal glance OF fret
"whsn from an sys Of nasia blue
host Of alivsrso eupids dew.
He tsok the shsfs, and shl The lsok.
ewsss vxuS when thssssfs hs ssoki
N uskAd sas fsN shs ureiAaS ART
He oshd tn Agony Of hsssI
Ut6 Ass iAsht, ajs With pAiai
ssks taks ~ ssssw bask again
'HA'sAii tAs sAn1 ~ nast sst ~
ShAs lata,s sesst ~ nAAs ~ tAs&'s
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