The morning call., 1893-04-25

30 many CASHIERS oil BANKS ana lnSutu-
tions Of the benefit subscription class are
being found out in their counts that fresh
safeguards against pecuIalions are advlsa-
BILE. Cashiers should be compelled to take
holiday. 1t would be indelicate to say to
them that during their absence their books
will be inspected aud audited, but were this
test applied without Encouragement or
fixing of dates il would save many man
from taking the first easy step which leads
20 dishOnOT and ruin. 1t is n very painful
thing to find that the Veterans Home
Association is minus $4,000 all because
some such radical inquiry was not insti-
tuted.
Mir. Sutro is resolved 10 put down balloon
ascenis at the Cliff House The frightful
accident there a week ago is an Endorsement
of this prohibition in the opinion of sensible
people. The only aim Of the aeronRut who
goes up parachutiug is TO attract crowd
and make a living by his sensational dar-
ing The risk is greater than with ordinary
baloGning. but neither enc nor the other is
OF the least advantage to mankind. If there
were hundred ascents a day like those
which draw crowds together not grain of
knowledge would be added 30 the small
heap already possessed. There have been
accidents enough in this city TO discourage
fOOlAardy freaks Of the Snowman order.
For scientific aerostatlon the interior Of the
State would be both safe and preferable,
but for very high attitudes and the posi-
bitity of crossing the Sierra great capacity
of gas would he needed as well as the care
full choosing of time. Parachute aud aerial
trapeZe performances should not be per-
milted.
New York is making an effort to teach
its own citizens tie principles of order and
cleanliness. AT the corners of Union
Square red barrels have been placed. into
which those who eat bananas and oranges
on the street are expected to throw the
skins This cons derate attention may also
induce the thoughtful TO throw any other
waste products into the barrels. Should
the experiment succeed surgeons will have
fewer bones TO set and not so many amputa-
lions. The municipality has not yet de-
cided to dot the sidewalks with cuspidOrs,
which might be rashly misused as missiles,
but if the ladies agtate the question Of
maintaining clean streets the crusade might
sncc5ed.
The walters of New York are brandish-
ing their arms and tapping their napkins
for better wages and more cousderate treat
ment. They have effected what is consid-
cred a very strong organization within
three weeks, and as the times are rushing
in the restaurant and hotel business they
will force compromise, If they do not
carry ell their points. DISCONTINUED
CORPS of sour-yisaged waters may play the
dickens with the custom Of the best estab-
lished resorts where men and women ply
knife and fork.
Norway appears TO be discontinued with
its measure of autonomy. although with
small exception this Is about as unhampered
by connection with Sweden as if it were
free. II under the same King as Sweden
and not entitled to a separate representa-
tive at foreign courts. at least Norway has
separate army and navy, a separate Parlia-
ment in two divisions, and separate laws,
taxation and debt. Sweden has nearly five
millions of population and larger area of
tillable soil Norway has only two millions
OF population. Is deeply indented with
ijords, literally provided with mountains,
and has 10 deDend much upon fishing for
subsistence. 1t is also great resort for the
wonderstruck tourist, who assists consider
ably in circulating the currency, no longer
as heavy in avoirdupois as it used to
be when copper was tie metal. The
StorthingS, if the Radicals have their way,
will postpone the sovereign's civil list in
the budget as a protest against his obiec-
lions to Norway having its own consular
representatives abroad. The Ministry has
resigned and crisis is on. There also ap-
pears to be some grievance about the flag.
Perhaps the notion is ii should be in two
pieces, unfurled on equal terms hOriZontally
or day about. one up and the other down.
In these days governments have to consider
national sentiment.
The Circus Maximus Of the Olympians
had its forerUnner on larger but less
artistic scaleSome years ago in London. 1t
was ostensibly planned by the Italians as a
part Of their exhibition in Earl's Court, but
the recruiting of the Senators, plebs, gadi-
atOrs, characters and wrestlers was very
international, and for certain races in which
a hundred or more amaZOns took part the
corps de ballet supplied the competitors,
Although not incumbered with much weight
of clothing the ladies were a failure in
athletics. being so tightly laced that they
bad no lungs, and so cramped in footwear
that the wonder is they could run twenty
yards Numbers of the dying among the
gladiators died hard. They insisted upon
earning their money by requiring repeated
prods, and the length of time they could
wriggle their legs when they ought TO have
been stiff was inexplicabe. They also as
sisted the bearers by rolling into the hand
barrows. The humors OF the arena were
abundant.