The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-09

men understand perfectly what they
are about, but that is not saying that
they tell all they know.
Three Somerville clergymen devoted
their Sunday sermons to rebuking
young women for smoking cigarets in
the streets. Strenuous efforts have been
exerted to make "Soberville" deserve
its nickname, but it is hard task
when even the girls won't be good
enough to suit the reformers.
1t is to be hoped that Col. George B.
M. Harvey won't be puffed up by the
praise bestowed upon the North Amer
lean Review, under the new manage
ment, which began with the May num-
Der. There is room for such a periodi-
cal as Col Harvey seems to have set
out to publish.
Admiral Dewey is coming home via
the Suez canal after peace is establish
ed. Yet it is a question whether he
would suffer any more in crossing the
continent from San Francisco than in
trying to get through New York, or any
of the big eastern cities. The only way
for him to escape a. siege is to get inva-
ided and put in the care of a physician.
Cardinal Gibbons took a crack at the
Sloane Belmont divorce, in his Sunday
sermon, and spoke words other people
had been thinking if not saying. One of
the curious aspects of this case is that
marriage under the circumstances was
illegal in New York, and yet when DIR.
Belmont takes the late Mrs. Sloane
into that state and introduces her as
his wife, the statutory law Immediate
ly recognizes her as such.
An ancestry dating back 500 years to
the old Byzantine kings, an irreproach-
able character and promising ability as
diplomat are some of the nice things
attributed to Prince Cantacuzene, who
is to marry Julia Dent Grant Further
more, this is said to be a genuine love
match If the career Of the bride-elect
is half as rosy as the forecast she Will
have cause for congratulation.
Brooks Adams told the architects
and artists in New York that the Con-
gressional Library "as a work shop
approaches perfection, but. its lavish
ornamentation lacks gravity and
unity and smacks of ostentation."
There have been hints of this sort Of
thing before, and Bostonians will note
with satisfaction that Mr.. Adams has
the courage Of his convictions of
Boston culture"
There will be new terrors for Sunday
sinners when the Salvation Army BIZ
cycle corps takes to the road With its
mounted band and its special bass drum
bicycle. This new scheme for fighting
the devil on wheels has its spectacular
aspect, but one of the strong points of
the Salvation Army policy has been to
take the world as it finds it, and try
to utilize and direct rather than op
pose and obstruct popular tendencies
Charles S. Thomas, the fusion gov
ernor of Colorado, should pull his horses
up short. He is making a spectacle OF
himself. The Colorado troops in the
Philippines are in the service of the
United States, not of the state of Col
orado, and the Hon. Thomas has nc
jurisdiction over them. He says he is
determined to get them home. but he
does not know what course to adopt.
In that opinion he is quite correct.
There isn't any method he can adopt
The Cape Cod canal hobs up again
in the legislature. looking as familiar
as ever, though somewhat late in the
session. If there were reasonable pro-
mise. of adequate fnapcial return on
the investment. the canal would have
been built and in operation by this time.
There has been no lack Of opportunities
for undertaking the enterprise If any
body had the necessary courage.
Gov. Wolcott once told the legislature
as much, but of course there is no re-
striction upon the right of petition, and
the bill seems to have got there once
more.
Gov. Roosevelt did not mince matters
in dealing with the officers of the Sc
venty-hrst New York regiment.
The colonel. lieutenant-coloneI and
senior major are severely scored