The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-09-25

at the authorities Of Hamburg for failing to
deal with q great emergency like the cholera
whom We find our wi authorities helpless be-
fore . very simple emergency like scarlet
fever. and how can We await with any sort OF
confidence the measures which will be taken
by these Same authorities to grapple with
cholera II that scourge should return In force
and visit this country next year :"
American women will sympathize heartily
with Mrs. De LAunay. whose difficulties. grow
ing out OF the servant girl problem. led to her
appearance as o defendant In the Bow street
police court yesterday. Mrs. De Launay had
been driven to despair by the delinouenoies Of
her kitchen maids. She tried q risky expert
ment She installed . boy Of sixteen years In
her kitchen in the capacity OF dishwasher.
stove polisher. potato parer. and walter. She
argued that he could hardlybe more destructive
than the average soullerymaid. and that with
training he might become a most satisfactory
servant: ana then the style when he put on a
pages Jacket and tended the doorl Unfortu-
nately I am unable to send the result OF the
experiment to an anxious nation OF American
housewives. The sequel In this case could not
happen to them. Mrs De Launay was sum
moned to court charged with hiring q male
servant without taking out . license. as re-
CURED BY the Excise Law. at . cost OF ffteen
shillings per annum She was compelled to
pay q fns OF thirty shillings. One is moved to
ponder whether. after all. the American tariff
has not ADVANTAGES as o source OF national
revenue over the English system. which i'm
poses Q tax for wearing q seal ring. for hiring
q boy, for drawing . check. for receipting Q
bill. &c.
What worse domestic calamity can beiall .
poor mans homo than the advent OF twins. un-
loss it be tripletsp That at least Is the idea
upon which the projectors Of the Provident
Bounty Association. organized this week. pro-
pose to bank tho prospects OF the con-
corn. As a financial document it Is
UNIQUE. It bears some espectable names
and subscriptions to the capital stock OF
E1U.0 900. are invited. with most tempt
ing Inducements. 1T is notorious" say these
projectors. that many people marry In the
hope ofimproving their fortune: but frequently
disappointmen t comes with tho advent Of an
unexpectedly largo family. This association
provides to some extent for that contingency
by at once giving a substantial sum In the case
Of the birth OF twins"
1t is further set forth that there were no less
than la. 900 births in Great Britain and
Ireland last year and that medical statistics
TX tho proportion Of twins at ono and one
eighth per cent. The schedule OF rates and
conditions Is interesting. 1t is provided that
Iu0 6up6CI ~ 10 y U " OoD AAS
months before the date Of birth and the twins
must be born alive to entitls the subscriber to
the bonus. A subscription OF five shi!lings
will insure tho sum OF f1O. Two guinies will
insure ElO0. There is no provision for any
larger sum. but in the case OF triplets
an additional bonus OF fifty per cent. will
be paid without greater cost. On the basis OF
these figures tho projectors easily compute
that there's millions in It. II only 10. o pros
p~ective mothers subscribe the profits will be
30 per cent. and the glittering prospect OF OK
tending the system to America. tho Continent.
and the colonies 10 seductively dwelt upon
There are possibilities in the scheme far
beyond those held out In the PROSPECTUS Of
tho new company. Protection by insurance
against tho lottery Of death has become
universally popular. but Is this plan
for putting q premium upon the lottery
Of dual birth really as harmles as 1t appears?
Is It not a temptation to improvidence2 A
hundred pounds is . big prize In the eyes OF .
poor man in those hard time In Britain. Will
not hundreds Of poor but ambitious parents
be led to risk much for the possible gain? II
there should como a sudden increase In the
birth rate. what new difficulties would be
added to the popular distress already threat
ening? Mr.. Gladstone's new Government has
trouble enough on hand without adding this
new SOCIAL pTODl0U ~ Ills puEO0u. ouECly tuo
scheme should be nipped in the bud. or at
least postponed to q moro aNspicious day.
Paris has been very gay this week. The
great centennial ftte OF Thursday is almost
unanimously regarded as a brilliant success.
The Project OF Police estimates that 1.0OO.0 900
spectators Witnessed the historical cavalcade
on the left bank OF the Seine and 100000 saw
the procession on the other side OF the river.
This may be a slight exagReration. but GER
tainly tho crowds outnumbered any which
ever before gathered in the French metropolis.
with perhaps one or two exceptions. Now that
France processes such ELUSIVE love for Russia
and has even made q secret defensive
alliance with the Car the fact Is sharply
commented upon that tho Russian embassy
did not join In the great illumination or
Thursday night which formed the climax OF
the celebration. A leading Paris journal calls
attention to the fact that two countries alone
associated themselves with our national f6te.
namely. Italy and England" OF course. the
growing sentiment OF anarchy found frequent
expression. Cries OF "Vive rAnarchie!" were
not repressed until Q persistent party Of roy
sterers made the air ring with them In front
OF President Carnot's residence and then be-
fore the Ministry OF tho Interior late ut night.
On the other hand. kn% imprudent imperialist
who dared shout "Vive lEmpire!" Was in
stantly hustled to Jail.
/ mentioned last week the wager Of two
sportive Partisan merchants which led to the
invitation Of $50 members OF the demi-modo
to q lunch at Bonvalot's swell restaurant.
The freak seems to have set the fashion for
the fast set. A certain Count made a wager with
Q rich Clinchy contractor that he would secure
the presence OF at least 200 women out Of 800
invited to o similar spread. Wednesday night
and a well.known restaurant off the Boulevard
were the time and place selected for the feast.
The news Of tho Bonvalot affair last week
had become noised about among the women
OF the town, and only twenty OF the 800
failed to respond to the Counts Invitation.
There followed one Of the most frightful
orgies which over wicked Paris has seen since
the worst days OF the empire. After the con-
sumption OF wine had been copious the wo-
men began to quarrel. Soon there WAS a
scrimmage and then worse. Bottles. dishes.
and settler syphons began to fly. A dozen OF
the guests were stretched bleeding under the
tables. Tho Count and his few male compan-
ions fed In dismay. The pandemonium became
deafeninG. and tho wild brawl was indescrib-