New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-12


The Department OF Public Works takes the
right stand in refusing to permit the spelling
Of Amsterdam-ave. with four tracks except un-
der compulson from, the courts.
Goodwin Smith shows both courage and cour-
tesy when he comes forward to defend against
certain British critics the impartiallty and
fairness Of American school histories. Professor
Smith has written history Of the United
States himself. and knows and appreciates the
real American view OF certain differences. now
happily past. but never wholly forgotten. be-
tween Great Britain and her severed Thirteen
Colonies. There Is no innate and persistent
anti-British prejudice In the normal American
mind Of to-day. but If there vestiges Of
some such sentiment to be encountered In
American homes and American school histories
they are traceable to memories which reach
down to the foundation facts Of American life,
and are not to be dismissed as mere outcrop-
pings Of a Fictitious and cultivated antipathy.
With Mr.. Atterbury thinking that he would
rather have Tammany Mayor than Mr. Low.
all Low men in Brooklyn are likely to fall over
themselves in their haste to help him and his
surance that such control would not "neces-
sarily" mean the defeat Of Mr. Low
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The State Of Georgia Is about to set up
claim to Chattanooga on the ground that the
real Tennessee line some miles to the
north Of that fourishng town. Georgias
tention may prove to have something more
than a fanciful foundation; but 1t Is to be
feared that she will have even more difficulty
In capturing and holding the disputed city than
the Army of the Cumberland encountered in
its long and bloody campaigns for the posses
sion Of the coveted gateway to the Middle
South.
At Its recent parade in London the Ra-
tlonal Dress Congress- some members Of IT,
dressed so irrationaiy. in defiance Of con-
vention, that they were hooted at by the purists
Of sartora style among the populace and were
obliged to dispense in most unadmred disorder
1t Is reclted that Of the women wore Short
"black Jacket with red lapels, high collar, white
shirt, red necktie, straw hat and voluminous
"black boomers Another had on a light blouse
"of sage green. bolero hat and a skirt like a
bishops apron" If these garments were not
rational about which opinions may differ they
were certainly striking and ornamental. and the
1t would have appauded the women instead Of
hootng at them. On this side they would have
been serenaded and their pictures published in
the papers.
Navy will cost a great deal OF money 10
build and a great deal more to maintain and
then. iii We should get into a war; with all this
costly apparatus. the expense would. Of course
"be much Increased" That Is the ultimate
browning supreme argument OF ant-American.
ism against continuing the traditional policy Of
this Nation in naval affairs. But SUPPOSE we
should get into a without "al this COSTLY
apparatus" How then?
In a lecture recently given In Edinburgh. NJ
rAbbe Victor Charbonnel outlined the plan OF a
religious Parliament to be held at the Worlds
Fair IN Paris In 1900. and stated Its objects to
he these: ID TO affirm the educational value and
social power of religion for the realization Of the
human ideal; co to proclaim religious liberty
that the conscience OF every man is entitled IN
tolerance and respect. and to protest against all
fanatcism Of race or religion: CD TO seek in de-
fault Of doctrnal unity the fraternal union OF all
men only being religious, and to raise above
the differences OF sects the principles In which
they all united. Upon this scheme the Pope
has not yet been heard from. and may not be.
though his concurrence In 1t would he fine
stroke OF Pontifcal llberality.
Except In Russia clean shave and hair
cut" do not always destroy Identity. and they
may not in the case Of Paderewski. whose am
brosial locks have just fallen under the BARRIERS
hand-the most exciting event OF the kind since
Deah sheared off the flowing name Of Sam
son. His admirers may still recognize the
magic Of his art, but Will probably have to ad-
just their emotional ser sibilities to another and
a comparatively baldheaded personality.
One Klondike miner says he dug a hole in
which he could pick up nuggets of gold with
his fingers whereupon he became SO excited he