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New-York tribune., 1901-05-19
AFTER THE STPTFE.

AFTER having wasted about $4,000 Of their
own ana other peoples money caused the
sacrahce OF two lives and paralyzed business for
twelve days, the Albany strikers have made
peace by yielding the point originally in dispute.
HAD they done in the first place what they
nave done now they themselves would 10 much
better OF in wages. innocent people would not
be mourning and the taxpayers Of Albany Conn
ty would not he faced by a large bin of ex-
penses for the preservation Of order ana the
control OF rioters. There would have been no
strike but for the demand ef the union that n
handful OF faithful workmen should be dis
charged from employment solely because they
exercise the rights of American citizens and
remain outside of a society which large ma
1ority of their fellow workmen ioined The
other questions OF hours. wages and regulations
were easily subject 10 settlement on terms sat
tsfactory 10 the employees but the traction com
pany would not concede that one point aid
make itself the vehicle for venting On some of
Its men the spite of others In this il was m
questionaby right. and the strikers az last
practically admit il by receding from the DO
sition which they never should have taken.
The obvious lesson from these twelve davs'
experience is the need Of better Judgment and
deeper sense of responsibility 10 the whole
SoiiniuhfRe on iiie part or labor leaders. They
take fearful load upon themselves who lightly
precipitate labor conflict They always dis
calm any thought OF violence but experience
ought 10 have taught them that violence is al
most invariably the result of a great strike
1hey should realize that in turning loose bun
dreds on men from their profitable employmept
10 await In idieness and want the issue of a
labor war they are laying the mine which needs
only match 10 explode. And even if thev 40
not preeipitate bloodshed they surely win
cause great loss. not merely TO the general pub-
lie, whose rights and interests they are hound
10 consider in the exercise Of their power but IA
the workmen whose welfare is their immediate
concern. An unsuccessful strike is n dead loss
10 the wage-earners. Even IL they win a sent,-
mental victory and secure some desired recop
milton, IL is questionable If the individual men
and especially their wives and children, will be
as well of when the gains in privileges OF
wages are Offset against the loss from idle davs
He must be indeed n reckless agitator. sure OF
his own salary from labor union funds WHO
would advise men with families dependent on
them to strike without carefully counting the
coet or dear-bought victory. much more of an
expensive failure. Society has not vet dscoy.
80 any certain way to avert strikes. Doubt
New-York tribune., 1901-05-19
STGNBOARDS AND ART.

The announcement that the Municipal Art So
ciety is endeavoring 10 cooperate with the city
government in the matter of street signs with
the object not only of getting such signs erected
but also of having them made of artistic de-
sign. is 10 be regarded as distinctly auspcious
Every influence in favor of the supplying of so
urgent a need is 10 be welcomed and this par
ticular influence is one which has hitherto
proved its beneficence and It's potency in more
than one matter of public interest The CITY
ought TO have street signs. just as speedily n
they can he manufactured and erected. and
there is no good reason why they should not be
made beautiful we'll useful. Taste and
efficiency are by no means incompatible.
1t viii. of course. be borne in mind and we
have no doubt that the public spirited organiza-
tion named will he first TO recognize and to in
sist upon the importance of II. that use rather
than decoration is the primary purpose of street
signs. Every essential for the most efficient
use. such uniformity of design and place
and the utmost legibility. must first be assured
After that the element of decoration NAV be
developed 10 as great a degree as may be
thought fiji. II would be something of re-
proach TO the city TO be able TO do no better
than 10 mark the streets with crude looking
blue and white signs such as those which are
10 be found on elevated railroad platforms and
elsewhere. But il would be equally reproach
10 mark them with elaborate artistic devices
which would have 10 be laboriously studied out
or 10 do with motley system. or lack of
system, in which styles, sizes and places of
signs should be varied as the designs and
sizes Of buildings the streets No signs will
properly serve their purpose which cannot be
read and understood at glance by the hurry
ing passerby, and which are not so absolutely
uniform in place, height. position, etc. that
every one will know instinctively just where TO
look for them.
Now, a perfectly plain tablet of ground glass
bearing the names of the intersecting streets In
perfectly plain Gothic or Dorc letters, or Arabic
numerals. in dark blue or black is not decora-
tive. Neither is il necessarily offensive to the
eye And it is perfectly legibIe and under
standable. Moreover, il is susceptible of a GER
tain decorative setting, which need not in the
least degree detract from it's conspicuous legi-
bilty. -Four such plates may he arranged in
the form of a lantern. with tasteful metal
framework and roof and mounted upon post
OF artistic design. and the whole combination
VIII be at once an ornament 10 the street cor
her ana which is most important ready and
| unfaiiing guide to the wayfarer who now wan
| ders In an unmarked wilderness Only let us
nave such lanterns and posts of precisely uni
| form design for all parts OF the city. Fifth-aye
and Five Points alike and all of the same
1 height and placed in the same posltion ON t;,a
curb line al the street corner. In urging the
prompt erection OF such signs the Municipal
At Society and all other organizations and
New-York tribune., 1901-05-19
PERSONAL.

Sir George White. of Ladysmith fame. can now
write portentous string of letters after his name
V. c. G. c. B.. G. C. S. l.. G. c. /. E.. G. c. " O..
and q. C. NJ. G.-twenty-one! This beats Lord Rob-
fT'S we2 "a has B seVsnteen e. &c nancy an G' Lord
Wolseiey is entitled to wear four stars, namely,
class OF the Osmanieh.
A portrait of William NJ. Evarts who was one Of
the original Peabody Board. appointed by George
Peabody. has been presented to the University OF OF
Nashville by DIR. J. l.. NJ. Curry general agent OF
the Peabody Fund.
DR. Ludwig Mond. the discoverer Of new gas
for manufacturing purposes. was born In Cassei'
Germany In 1882 and received his education at the
Polytechnic School Of his native town and at the
universities of Marburg and Heidelberg He has
made and patented many inventions of great I'M
portance including process for the manufacture
of chlorine in conjunction with the ammonia soda
process; an improved form of gas battery, and
new way of producing nickel. DIR. Mond received
the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Padua In
1892 and at Heidelberg i'm 1886 He Is member OF
the Academia del Lncei Rome; vice,president Of
the Chemical Society past president Of the Society
OF Chemical Industry and vlce-presidenIh ~l ,r ors
of which he founded and endowed
George f McCuloch a millionaire Of Muncie
Ind has offered that city eighty-seven acres OF
land for a public park and $500 in cash for It's
scribe a like sum He has also offered land for a
boulevard to extend for eight miles along the White
River
Sir William Brampton Gurdon. the Member or
Parliament who has taken up the cudsels for the
Deceased wife's Sister bill. is a bluff and genial
farmer of Suffolk. He private secretary 20
Mr. Gladstone in the sixties served on the none,
tary conference In Paris in 1873 and was attached
to the royal commission that went TO the cape IN
1881 to settle the Transvaal question
Maine" says "The Kennebec Journal" has a
peculiar interest In the of the northwestern
boundary between the United States and Canada
from the fact that the geologst detailed by the
national government have charge Of the work
Is George o. Smith. of Washington. native OF
Skowhegan, and the of tine Hon. Joseph O:
Smith OF that town Mr. Smith is a graduate OF
Colby 49, and has wide fame as geolosist.
New-York tribune., 1901-05-19

less there are now and then disputes so 'ltdl
10 wage-earners that no solution presents l'seii
except TO suspend work. but those VINO Iesoi
TO that heroic remedy without serious anu Just
cause. and without reasonable expectation ol
success unaded by violence on their own part
or in their behalf. gravely wrong the iaoofihs
men themselves
II is difficult to see that the Albany strikers
have gained anything TO compensate them Tor
their moral defeat and financial loss. II Is esti-
mated that they have sacrificed wages amount
ing 70 obout $4,000. and their perverse insist
once unon the discharge of workmen who would
NOT enter their organization has lost them prob
ably for long time the public sympathy which
naturally tended 10 90 out 10 them owing to
the previous unpOpularity of the company
These losses are by no means balanced by the
petty concessions which apparently they could
have obtained in the beginning without strike
The only compensation to rhe people in general
for suffering inconvenience and uphodng law
at great expense is the possible enforcement
upon labor unioRists Of the oft repeated lesson
that a strike is an uncertain and dangerous in
strument for the advancement Of the interests
of wage-earners.
New-York tribune., 1901-05-19

proved-to the Chinese Government. That
English commentators and correspondents
should overlook this episode is perhaps natural
but it is rather strange that Russia. at least
should never make use of il as a convenient
precedent. refer to it as a proof of good faith
or quote it as an example of national recttude
Circumstances never exactly repeat themselves
and what happened in the Kuldja once is not
likely to happen again-in Manchura. Never
theess the possibility exists. and if this posi-
bilty seems to the other powers ''quantite
negligeable" factor not to be reckoned with.
perhaps somebody familiar with the diplomatic
tangles of that time will be kind enough to ex-
Plain why Russia withdrew from the Kuldia
in 1881.
If such course of action is an exception TO
the general rule prevailing among nations an
exception so rare as to he practically non-ex-
istent, will some scientist inform us why this
interesting political phenomenon has not re-
ceived more attention? Why is so little notice
taken of so little study bestowed upon, this
unique exhibition of national eccentricity?
New-York tribune., 1901-05-19
Not QUITE PERFECT SERVICE.

Mr. Rosstter. formerly president of the Brook
lyn Rapid Transit Company, returns from his
journeyings declaring with characteristic buoy
ant optimism that in travelling ten thousand
miles he has not seen any railroad which ap-
proaches IN excellence that system of which he
was recently the executive head. 1t would he
interesting to know how many railroads he has
observed which deliberately put misleading
signs upon their cars so to invite passengers
aboard under false pretences and which COM
pei passengers who are comfortably seated In
their cars to give up their seats and stand dur
ing the greater part of the trip. under penalty
of fOrfeiting the money they have paid for
passage.
y traveller alshting from South Ferry boat
at the foot of Atantic-ave BROOKLYN finds a
car in waiting-sOmetlmes- conspict-
ously "I'ifth-ave." He boards It, secures a seat
and pays his fare, in expectation of being car
ried TO Fifth-ave. and without the least hint
from any quarter that such will not be the case.
But a few blocks up Atlantic-ave.. perhaps a
mile before Fifth-aye. is reached, the car stops
and he is ordered to get out. He must then
hunt up an agent ON the sidewalk. ask him for
a transfer ticket. and wait there in the open
street until there comes along an intersecting
street another car which will take him the rest
vi lue Way 10 fulu-dNe. Presently SuCH Il car
comes. But it is crowded TO the dashboards
No matter. The traveller must force his way
upon 1t, and stand for the rest of the journey
in great discomfort and in indecent physical
contact with his fellow passengers. or else for
felt the fare he has already paid For If he
waits until another car comes along. ON which
he may perhaps find a seat, his transfer ticket
will not be accepted on it and he will be re-
OlrOd nav his fare over again
ferry. bears n misleading sign, by means of
which passengers are induced 10 board it with
expectations which are not To be realized. And
nj the transfer station the passenger Is COM
PEELED to give up his seat and stand or else for
felt his fare If all the railroads Mr.. Rossiter
has seen in ten thousand miles treat their pas
sengers in such fashion must conclude that
all people in America are as supine and mean
spirited as those of the metropolis are-in this
particular.
New-York tribune., 1901-05-19
of honor Many as there are already. the nur,-

OF honor Many as there are already. the nuri-
ber Of buildings used for the relief Of those
suffering from disease or accident is to be in
creased. In Fifth-ave.. east Of the upper part
Of Central Park. an entire block Is to be occu-
pied by the nine structures Of Mount Sinai.
every one of them TO be equipped with the latest
appliances of medical and surgical science. The
open door of the hospital is the gate of pity and
gracious sympathy. New-York ahounds in those
open doors.
New-York tribune., 1901-05-19

1t seems incredible. this political gossip that
Carroll is trying to supplant Croker as the rul-
ing power in TarlmaIy. David and Jonathan.
Damon and Pythias We're never so fond of each
other. so unselhshly devoted cne to another. as
Croker and Carroll have been. You may as
we'll talk of the falling apart of the Siamese
twins or the Two-Headed Nightingale.
New-York tribune., 1901-05-19
TWO ABUSES NEEDING REMEDY.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: I am glad TO read in this mornings Tribuns
your article open and closed cars. have suf-
fered IN riding I'm them lately. so exposed to the
cold and damp winds of the last few days: and
also your notice of the marking OF street
There few signs the lamps posts.
Madison-ave. Is sadly deficient. Let have
change. IL IL very necessary to be done soon as
possible. Our great city should set an example IN
this respect.
A READER AND SUBSCRIBER FOR MANY
YEARS.
New-York, May 8, 1901.
New-York tribune., 1901-05-19
DrsInrss y ourr5.

TVers & Pond Pianos
n quality design Sold
plan Joscelyn's. 30 East 18th 81. y. Y.
New-York tribune., 1901-05-19

Among the impressive and generous benefac-
tions which have been OF inestimahle advantage
to New-York are the foundations and endow-
ments of great hospitals. What long and i'm
pressive array there Is of them, What other
city can surpass New-Yori in the bounty of her
philanthropists? Hospitals established and
maintained by private munfcence must be in
cluded among the choicest jewels In her crown
New-York tribune., 1901-05-19

The pedler's lot Is not a happy one. Our New
York costermongers often COMPLAIN OF petty
persecution from the police, and row the peri
patetic nsh vendors make loud lame mt that cer-
tain hard fated handlers Of express wagons are
shifting them without mercy.
New-York tribune., 1901-05-19

Can IT be true. tho current gossip that the
Democratic party has sent it's principles to a
rummage sale?
New-York tribune., 1901-05-19

Some OF our Tammany officials have tempers
of their own. and delight in explosive utterauces
But they are imprudent when they forget the
obvious truth that there is great deal Of give
and take in politics. When the Tammany Com
missioner of Street Cleaning berates the Tam
many Police Department, he invites reprisals
And he may be sorry ere long that he did not
hridle his tongue
New-York tribune., 1901-05-19

The telegraph lines in Great Britain man
aged by the government affict the taxpayers
with uncomfortable deficit every year. That Is
one OF the things which they do not do better in
France but which done better in the United
States.
New-York tribune., 1901-05-19

The divorce evil is an appallingly great one
when confined to bona fide cases with honest
testimony The addition of dishonest cases. with
the perjured testimony OF professional witnesses.
is utterly intolerable, and should be checked
with the most vigorous penalties known to the
criminal code.
New-York tribune., 1901-05-19

| With the dogwoods in bloom and the veeries
in song-not to mention thousand and one
other attractions-the woods in these spring
| days place of wcndrous pleasure
Evening star., 1901-09-21
IN A LONDON sLUM.
How the Other Half Lives, m shown
I'm Clerkenwell.

HOW the OtheF Half Lives, m SHOWN
I'm Clerkenwen.
From the Culver.
They were couple of dirty little urchins
tossing pennies at the entrance Of a Clerk
enwel court on a summer Sunday after
noon. Their hats were crowniess. their
bodies coatless and their feet bootless In
deed. their entire apparel seemed to con-
sist OF two hat rims and some tattercd
ticking shirts and trousers. the bottoms of
which were torn into scallops. squares and
other fancy patterns. The little alleyway
where they stood guard was dark and i'll
smelling. yet from the rear there issued
sounds Of music such as one would scarce
~ expect to hear In that neighborhood.
Who makes the music?" / asked of the
boy whose penny had turned up on its
head. What? You mean the hymn tunes
and sech? Thems the mission folks what
comes round every Sunday to preach and
pray and sing he answered Never
seen 'em or card 'em before. miss?" asked
the other boy. with that happy. self-satis-
fed air so often assumed by children when
they find they are In possession OF knowl-
edge denied to their elders. See ere.
Jim; let's stop tossfn' coppers-'taint right
nohow on Sundays-an' we'll 'scort the
lady in among the mission folks. Can ye
sing. laidy?" On assuring him that could
sing. he and his companion, one on either
side of me. escorted me In through the
narrow alley toward the center OF the
court. There I found 1t wider than at the
entrance, SO wide that it was possible to
stand six or seven abreast. Three-story
buildings were on three sides OF the court.
and from every window there peered sew
eral faces. There were men in their shirt
sleeves, smoking pipes, and men with
aprons tied around their necks. They hao
stopped in the middle of their Sunday
shave, with hands holding q razor sus-
pended in midatr. There were women with
plaid shawls crossed over their bosomS
their hair In knots which had apparently
not been untwisted since the preceding
Sunday; and there were children of all
ages and both sexes, garbed In the simplest
and scantiest of summer raiment. sitting
and standing by the open windows and
doors, all intent on listening.
Evening star., 1901-09-21
Shark Skins and Shark Fins.
rom Chamber Journal

In all the equatorial islands of the North
and South Pacific shark fishing is a very
profitable industry to the natives. and
every trading steamer and sailing vessel
coming into the port Of Sydney OF Auck-
land from the islands OF the mid-Pacific
brings some tons OF fms. tails and skins Of
sharks. The principal markets for the
former are Hong Kong and Singapore but
the Chinese merchants OF the Australasian
colonies will always buy sharks fins and
tails at from sixpence to elevenpence per
pound. the fins bringing the best price on
account Of the larger amount of gIutinous
matter they contain. for which thew are
highly relished by the richer class of Chi
nese as delicacy. The tails are also ap-
preciated as an article OF food In China
and. apart from their edible qualities, they
have a further value As a base for clear
varnishes. etc. It Is stated on the author
ity of Chinese tea merchant that the
glaze on the paper coverings OF tea chests
Is due to a preparation composed princi-
paIly of the refuse Of sharks fins, tails and
skins. All the natives Of the Gilbert, Kings
mill and other equatorial Pacific islands are
expert shark fishermen, the wild people Of
Ocean Island (Paanopa) and Pleasant
Island (Naural, two isolated spots just un-
der the equator, being facile principles in
the art
Evening star., 1901-09-21
TRAINING OF ROYAL GIRLS.
school Days Of the Queen Of Italy and
Her Sisters In Russia

school Days Of the Queen Of Italy and
Her Sisters I'm Russia
From the New York Tribune
That there is no royal road to learning 10
an old proverb, and the educat tion of a mod
ern princess proves that there has been no
change in that direction since its first ut
terance "a many years ago."
The training Of the present Queen Of
Italy Is good Illustration of the educa-
tional demands upon young royalties nova
days. Her father, Prince Nikolai of Mon
tenegro. sent his three daughters to Russia
as guests Of the czar, to complete their
studies at one Of the crown institutions for
the daughters OF noblemen.
Ihe school selected was that of Smolny,
OF which Princess Lieven is head. No pupil
Is received unless she can read and write
some languages besides her own, and while
| there she Is obliged to learn French, Ger
man. mathematics, history literature. peda.
gogy, physics, drawing, music and many
other things.
The Montenegrin princesses learned to
converse fluently. not only In their native
Servian. but in Russian. French and Ger
man. and were fond Of study: as rule.
Princess Helen. now Queen Of Italy. was
said to be extremely clever, but was ex-
cessvely shy and seldom spoke when
strangers were present In this she diff
fered from her eldest sister, who Is now
the Grand Duchess Militsa. The Princess
Militsa completed her studies some time
before her two younger sisters, but remain
ed privileged inmate Of the school until
they also were prepared to leave. She was
allowed to have an lat home" day every
week and received her friends under the
chaperonage OF the Swiss governess who
had accompanied them from home.
The future Queen Helen was usually
present at these ''at home" teas. but al
ways appeared rather grave and reserved.
Princess Militsa, on the contrary. is said
by one who was privileged to attend, to be
liable to talk on any topic that arose, and
always In q way which showed that she
had her own views on 1t, and was not pre-
pared to give them up without good cause
shown. When she held opinions which
ought to influence conduct she invariably
regulated her own In accordance with them.
She was a girl Of study, of books and Of
many ideas suggested by books. Expert
impatience to gain any. She disliked func-
tions and shows, and hardly ever danced
at balls She was a strongly built. healthy
young woman, and as natural and unaffect-
ed as Montensgrin maiden could be- She
looked people straight in the face, and
spoke her thoughts calmly and clearly
they came. And behind her words were
fdeas-far more than are usually given out
In ordinary conversation for she had stud
led seriously and to good purpose"
Queen Helen deeply regrets now that she
did not study Italian at that time. for her
study Of the language since marrying into
her the fiuencS and elegance that she feels
the Queen Of Italy should command when
using 1t. Consequently, she Is studying
now earnestly in her schoolgirl days
to increase her knowledge OF her husbands
native tongue.