The record-union., 1896-06-17

that they must look to the revenue of
the year within which the supplies were
furnished, and if for any cause that
revenue falls short, the creditor must
suffer the loss 1t was a risk taken,
and they must stand up to it. This is
drawing it very fine. We think the term
Of the Chairman of the Finance Com
mittee is in morals properly applied.
The creditors had a right to suppose
that the expenditures would be kept
within the line Of estimate upon which
the yearly income expectation was
based. They had no means of knowing
whether this would be done or was be-
ing done, nor could they appeal to any
court to check expenditure that would
leave the fund short. While the mu-
nicipality is therefore not legally liza
bic, morally the city is a swindler, be-
cause it got mems goods on a false pre-
tense. 1t bought supplies, but permitted
lie depleted. If that is not a species of
swindling we do not understand the
meaning of the word. Legally the city
las not swindled her creditors, but
morally this remains true that certain
citizens have furnished goods for her
hospitals and offices, and will not re-
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ure of the city to reserve the fund al
lotted for such payment, sacredly to
that use. What is required of a man
ought to be required of a group Of men
organized as a municipal corporation.
What would be seamy practice on the
part of an individual, is not the less dis
reputable on the part of the munich
rality. Clearly the Chairman is right
in his designation, and the sensitiveness
Of our contemporary proves it.
David Belasco has been waking the
indignation of women in his suit to re-
cover for making an actress of Mrs
Garter. Our women will not take kind
ly to the idea that a man is needed to
tell them How to walk, how to sit
down, how to get UP, how to pass
through a door, how to sit on chair,
as contradistinguished from sitting on
a sofa; how to curtsey, and how to
bow" For all these things and many
others, Mr.. Belasco swore he taught
Mrs. Carter. Years and years ago some
of these teachings were permitted on
the part of the dancing master, but
only as adjuncts of the dance The
idea that no woman knows how to sit.
to rise or to walk on the public stage
without some such a trainer as Mr..
Belasco, womankind will vote absurd,
ii not insulting. If men are inclined to
agree with the women on these points,
however, they will give Mr.. Belasco the
glad hand if he will open a school for
women on these lines: How to wear a
it. How to make room for 'standee'
IL a street car. How to recognize a
male friend if he has both hands loaded
and cannot touch his beaver; to cross
q street without inviting men to look
back; how to judge the case of another
woman" and so on, through a chap
ter that suggests itself. Belasco testi-
fed that he taught Mrs. Carter how
to weep, and that in doing SO he him
self wept until he looked and felt like
wet dog. Now, that any woman
needs teaching in the art of weeping is
manifestly absurd. But he explains
that. most women weep in one way on
all occasions, while on the stage a Diff
ferent style of weep is needed for
each emotion manifest Now. if teach
ing in such direction is necessary to
full effectiveness in stimulation of the
emotions, how much more important
it is that there should be a school for
women to teach them the other arts
we have suggested, since they all re-
late to the comfort of man and women
alike, and the happiness Of the world
in general. We submit that if Mr..
Belasco has the requisite qualifications
he owes it to mankind to reveal to
woman the secret of so carrying herself
in public as not to assert her rights"
in way that will prove destructive Of
so much as remains of chivalry and
gallantry among men.
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