The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-20

A' NSSS'
and the sect has dwindlcd away.
The most cnterprising trade journal in Eng
land is the Tailor and Gutter. whose fold and
mission arc sufficiently indicated by Its title.
Nobody ever heard OF 1t until this summer, but
now it is tho most widely quoted trade publica.
tion in tho country. 1t has secured this fnmo
simply by printing an occasional editorial para
graph criticising In technical fashion the
h%abiliments OF royal porsonaRos as they appear
at public functions. &c. Its latest utterance Of
this sort, appearing in this weeks issue, Is as
follows:
ave think 1t was q pity his Royal Highness
the Duke Of York, on his visit to Ireland, de-
cided to have a breast pocket in his coat, as 1t Is
apt to give the left forepart q rather crowded,
overdone appearances; and as he has not yet
attained to tho proportions Of his father.
we do not think tho ~forepart was wide enough
to allow OF this, and though 1t has been arranged
as judiciously as could be, yet the end Of the
pocket and the top button are too near together
to be In keeping with good taste. Undoubtedly.
his Royal Highness was one OF II not tho best
dressed gentleman oftho vice-regal party. TAX
ing q survey OF sixteen of these gentlemen, as q
general rule the coats are Violating. and bear
evidence of careful manipulation; but the
tro~users-well, not more than half OF them
would pass muster. One gentleman appeared to
have a kind Of conccrtina around his ankles.
which suggested that on amputation Of two
inches would be beneficial. Others. whom they
sat down, showed q rising from the foot that
was anything but graceful"
A little book upon golf, just issued. 10 attract
ing considerable attention among devotees of
tho sport. 1t Is entitled Golf on a New Princi.
pie" and is published anonymously. Its object
is to demonstrate that the present clubs in use
are entirely inefficient and unscientihc. The
writer declares that the present method OF fix
ing the head to a stick is directly opposed to the
very first principles of mathematics For the
last thirty years., he says, the improvements we
have made in our golf clubs have all tended
toward one end. which is tho concentration of
weight Immediately behind the blow. He is
thinking. OF course, Of the bulRer. and
Of its graduated tendency to become
moro and moro n simple stick with a
round block of wood at the foot Of 1t. II
such a tendency, he asks. has been welcomed
by all experts, why should we not go one step
further and make our clubs so that tho planes
Of shaft and the point Of impact are onei In
other words, he builds q club with = head like a
hammer. 1t is just as though a small barrel of
wood were stuck straight upon the end Of
tho golf stick. For such an invention It is
claimed that 1t makes golf comparatively an
SeSy SSNatAN vac ~ Aooo NAS wan Va oAA 40
tiguc; that 1t insures greater accuracy, and that
older PLAYERS can play two rounds whore hith-
erto one has tired them out.
Attempts to draw" Mr.. Gladstone are made
by the score, of course, every day In the year.
Ninety-nine per cont. of them fail, but not 30
apparently those which take shrewd advantage
of the Grand Old Mans well. known hobby for
theological subjects. Somebody has been un.
kind enOuph IN aYDOea tho ~eak point In hia
armor against bores by making public this Incl.
dent:
A politician, who was not In other days en-
tirely unknown to the ex-Premier, was anxious
to secure o recent autograph Of the veteran
statesman. He resorted to the time-hon.
ored plan Of writing to Hawarden on
one Of the burning political questions OF the day.
No answer coming. he wrote again. selecting
another but equally prominent political sub
ject; but his second letter also evoked no re-
Spouse. AS. however. the correspondent was
determined. II possible, to secure q letter, he
wrote to Mr.. Gladstone again. but this time on
a theological subject, and likewise induced q
friend to write. One theme was Baxter. and
the other some little point in which the name Of
the late Bishop Hamilton was involved. Both
epistles secured replies, marked private" and
one was of some length.
1en. "OouIorO ConHoeO TO a representative OF
the impartial Of Madrid who interviewed him
that since he left college he had never allowed
a day to pass without reading a couple of pages
of Latin" Accordingly the impartial has ap-
pealed to Gen. Woodford in the classic tongue
and published a column Of extracts from various
Latin authors, heading them: "Latinitas Varie-
gaia ad usum Woodfordi." a few samples of
which will suffice to show what the impartial
thinks that Gen. Woodford and the American
nation should bear In mind. Though I do not
follow Con. Woodford's good example in my
daily reading. I venture to add a translation to
each passage. 1t may DO useful to the children.
First, then:
Domum superhorum demolietur Dominus.-sALo
mon CProterbio'. IThe Lord will demolish tho
house OF the proud.l
1t would hardly be in accordance with diplo-
matte courtesy. perhaps. for Gen. Woodford to
reply that the demolishing process is apparently
well advancod-in Spain. Many Of the quota
lions, indeed, are worthy of tho best considers
ton of Spain. For example:
omnis e1cessus rerum. vel nocet vel nihil proncit.-
ARIsrorELEs. Every form of excess is either in1un.
Gus or p~roftless.l
Melius est parvum cum %Justitia, guam multi fructus
cum iniquitate.- SALohoS (Proverbfos). [Better 10 Q
little with justice than much pront with ~iniquityl
Arrogantia est animi motus quo quis movetur ad
Jhctanuum SO nhDero Quod non haOet.-SAN lsfDORO.
Arrogance IS a mental affection by which q man Is
prompted to boast that he has what he has not.J
Others are:
Plurimum habet qui minimum cupit.-sESEcA. he
has most who covets lsast.l
Est modus in rebus. sunt certi dcniquo nnes.
Quos ultra citraque nequit consistere rectum.-Ho-
RACIo. There is a golden mean; there arc nxed
boundaries, on the further or hither side OF which
right cannot bel
Radix omnium malorum est cupiditas.-sAN BEn-
sARDo. ICovetousness is the root OF all evil
Cupiditates enim stunt insatiabiles; qua non modo
sinRulos homines, sd universas familias evertunt;
totam etiam labefactant Sepe remlub.icam. Ex
cupiditatibus odia, dissidia- discordiR. seditiones.
bella nascu~ntur.-CICERo tFor covetous desires are
insatiable; they cause the ruin not only Of individu al
men. but OF whole families: often they make oven a
whote state to totter. From covetousness spring
hatreds, dissensions. discords. seditions. warsl
Due stunt amice. JustitiA ct pax. Tu forte imam
Wis. ct alteram non faces. Memo enim est qui non
velit pacem, sed non omnes volunt operare juStitiam.
Int rroga omnes homines: Wis pacemp uno ore re.
s~pondebit tibi genus humanum: OPTIC. cupid. amo.