The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-05-05

circumstances. He must also have
known that the mayor would have a
right to consider the omission discour-
tCous. an ignoring of the dignity and
Importance of his position. Ten 20 one
the English press will take this thing
up and call Mr.. Hay for an explana-
ton. II can't be that he proposes ig-
noring English titles and positions. Or
did he consider the matter informal,
and was his Intention to assist in carry
ing out the informality? Quien sabs2
No explanation seems to fit. So let the
incident drop till it's consideration be
imposed.
One of Mr., Hays sentences has ring
which " iii be joyfully reechoed all over
the United States. 81 come here to
work, ETC., ETC." The interest ana well
fare of his own country is 10 be lie
guiding impulse of his official H. The
interest and welfare of England, its
friendship, it's social life, its dinners,
its speech making, are all we'll enough
in their way, but they are to be, as .pey
ought to be, secondary to the one chief
and exalted duty of the position. Mr..
Hays words proclaim the fundamental
doctrine of American diplomacy. Let
all representatives read and ponder
them.
There is another paragraph of the
speech which may not meet with uni
versal approval and which may pro-
woke criticism, That is the paragraph
beginning with: There are many
things, etc" What are the things in
which he will make no attempt to COM
pete? They must be things which do
not meet with his approval; otherwise
the paragraph would be pointless and
meaningless. From the context it is
evident that he means dining and af-
ter-dining speaking; and it Is moreover
evident that the observation is directed
against Messrs. Bayard and Phelps.
Here issue Is Joined on a question on
which there necessarily must be differ
ence of opinion. To dine or not to
dine; to crate or not to crate. The YER
dict will probably be that the matter
may be safely LETT to the individual, and
that one individual should not chide
another for not thinking as he does on
the subject. Verify, the path of an am
bassador IS not strewn with roses. .Ev-
cry sentence to be uttered in public
| must be weighed, purified of every no.
ton that can be tortured into discour-
tesy and reduced to dry sententious-
ness.
| Enough for the nonce of ambassadors
and their doings. No dozen of them
may monopolize the whole of one of
these letters.
| New Haveners, in the succinct VERDI
age of a prelate, no longer with them
are beginning to ask themselves
What do this summer?' And those of
them who are casting eyes across the
water are meditating which line of
steamers they had better take. Every
American with heart large enough for
patriotism would infinitely rather sal
| under the American flag, could he do sc
| with safety and comfort; but he Is not
| willing to imperil his precious life for
| the mere purpose of appearing patrio-
| tic. 1t seems the teaching of experience
| that after each trip across the Atlantic
a steamer should have about a weeks
repose, during which all hands may
rest, machinery may be thoroughly ex-
| amined and overhauled, and the shir
| Itself may recover, from any unobserveC
strain or displacement which severe
weather has caused. How long do the
American steamers stop?
Should not a bunk to be comfortable
| be wide enough to allow the incumbent
20 turn over once without turning out
of the bunk and on to the floor? Can 6
| person turn completely over In les.
space than his own circumference; II
| being understood, Of course, that all OF
him be at all stages of the turn within
| the vertical projections of the lines OF
| the bunk? Therefore, has not every
one the right to measure his circumfer
ence, present the measure to the pursel
| and demand berth of corresp ondins
| breadth? This excellent rule could no
| be enforced on the American lines il
| the case of travellers of goodly proper
| lions, for all the berths are made fo1
| the spindle shanked and the beamless
| The goodly proportional are obliged t.
| fasten themselves in In some one posi-
| ton, and therein stay and ache till |
be time to get up. If they must turn
| they must learn to revolve on fixet
| axis. as on a spit; an acrobatic accom-
| plishment few can master. The Gu
| nard pattern Is, moreover, followed II
the seats at table, which are also 70
| the spindle shanked and the beamless
Why the inferior and not the nobler
| type Of manhood should have beef
| taken as a measure of space value is
mystery, especially to the goodly pro
portioned. Ship-builders are no
| obliged 70 pay so much per square foo
of ocean surface to build on. They cal
cover all the space they choose, ant
should cover a sufficiency of space t.
make every one comfortable and happy
Time is Fastening and this lette
must stop. There are other matter
concerning the seamanship and tn
management of the American lin
which should only be discussed serious
ly. and should only be approached wit
full, knowledge of the principles in
volved and with judicial evidence of tn
facts alleged. If the "verbum sapienti
bus" be not "satis," 1t must remain I'm
satisfd Glory.
The mail is closing. This must do a
a starter. PERIANDER,
| GILA MONSTERS VENOMOUS.