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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-23
Mr.. DOOLEY ON THE YACHT RACES
BY F. F.. dunno.
copyr,rht.s 1901 by Robert Howard Russell

IL We amt careful, yen be hauled up fr
contimpt in coort,' they says 50 they
took tn matter In hand an dhrew up tn
r-right pa-apers. State Nv Moo York,
county Nv Cook. SIS Know all men be
these prisints. To all magistrates an
polls officers. egreetin. In re Sir Upton
again tn Cup. Ordered that IL Sir LIP
ton shall secure said Cup firm Aforesaid
(which he WON'T he must build boat as
follows: Wun numbered an twinty chest,
fifty-four waist, hip an side pockets car
ryin' three hundred an sixty-three
thousan' cubic feet w canvas; tn base
ment Nv tn boat to be papered in green
with yellow Powered dado, open plumb
steam heat throughout an tinant TO pay
fr all repairs. Be means Nv this internal
machine, II enable to kill off tn rne
family. he will ettimpt to cross tn stormy
Atlantic an II successful, will arrive at
tn risidince Nv tn party of tn first part
said John Doe. Wanst there, he will con-
suit with Numbers of tn Moo York Bar
Association, who will lead him to a firm
Nv competent expert accountants who will
give him his time which is two minyits
measured be tn invarse ratio " tn dis
tanse firm the pinnacle to th cookstove,
an firm tn cook-stove cast be north TO
tn bowsprit. He will thin take his fool
ish boat down an bay an II he keeps
business. FIR he's a jolly good fellow
which nobody can deny
Eye can see this. Hinnissy, that yacht
in has become wan Nv tn iarned profits
sions. It's that that got tn la-ad FIRM
Boston into it. They's a jolly Jack Tar f'r
We. In dhrawin' up lease. framin a bond
no more gallant sailor rideth tn wives
thin hearty Jack Larsen Nv an Amalga-
mated Copper Yacht Club. What hog
says he, If we're goin' to have race
he says SILVER me timbers II ! don't
look up tn law he says. SO he become
yachtsman. But says tn Moo York
la-ads. thin thai has tn Cup on their
mantle-piece, 'Ye can race on'y on two
conditions What ar-re they?' says Lar
sen. TIL first is that ye become q MINI
Der ov our club With pleasure says
he. 'Ye can't says they. An havin'
compiled with this first condition. We
must give us ye're boat, says they. We
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be shunted back and forth a few times.
He did not believe in unseemly Haste and
Rudeness so he would wait for the others
to get aboard rather than work the Ell
how Grind on refined Ladies. and as a
consequence he usually had the Privilege
of riding on the back Bumper.
But il was in the Restaurant that the
soft-spoken and forbearing Mr.. Meek got
all that was coming to him. A Waitet
would bring a clammy Napkin and a
glassful of shattered Ice and then he
would go away and never come back. Mr..
Meek would sit there and Moan and Muir
muir, occasionally lifting his Finger, but
they couldn't see him. And what would
Mr.. Covington Beefer do in this same
quick-action Feedery? He would come in
and demand a Table all to himself and
unless they gave him a clock-work Ser
vice the moment he sat down, he would
pound the Table and send for the Head
Waiter and want to know what kind of
a third class Joint they were running,
Then the Head Waiter would apologize
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-23

with his System. 1t seemed to him that
those who got out and made Rough House
and walked on other People usually Sc
cured Seats at the First Table while the
difident and unobtrusive kind got moth
ing better than belated Whack at what
was left over.
In this same Town OF Chicago there was
a man named Covington Beefer. He was
a walking Thunder Cloud and showed his
Teeth when he talked. He worked along
on the Principle that a Man is Entitled
to anything he cat Get. He wouldn't take
anything that was Spiked Down unless
he happened to have a Nail Fuller with
him Mr.. Beefer was good to himself. He
was self-made Business Shark who had
neglected to read up on the Brotherhood
of Man.
Mr.. Meek carried enough MIX Of HUI
man Kindness to stock a fair-sized
Creamery He could not find It in his
Heart to buck through line of Shoppers
extending across the Sidewalk or give a
frail Newsboy the Knee In order to hur-
~ him out of the way, so when he was
on the street they usually had him
Hemmed In like a piece Of Insertion and
he was habitually late in arriving at the
ONCE.
Mr. Beefer. however, would move up
the Street in a Bee Line, throwing ten
der young Girls and doddering old Gentle
men off into the Cutters, cutting through
a covey of Women. regardless, and lifting
them right and left like Street Sweeper.
He never lost any Time, and therefore
had a Reputation for Punctuality
In the Evening when It came time to
go Home, Mr.. Beefer would heave his
way through the Swarm, drag People on
the Platform bunch his way into the Car,
pull a Small Boy out of a Seat and SQUAT
in Comfort all the way home. reading his
Evening Paper. Mr.. Meek would fuss
around the outskirts of the Crowd and
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-23

don't want IT, they says. tn terms
suit me entirely says Cap. Larsen. TIM
a simple sailor man an I'll give yo me
boat undher tn following conditions. he
says. First. that We won't take it; Sec
ond, that yen paint me maine on tn side
Nv It In red letters, three feet high; third.
that yen inthrajooce me to tn Prince Nv
Wales: foorth, that I'll sail 1t meseif-
Nawthin',' he says. 'wud give me great
err pleasure thin to have mo handsome
an expansive raft In tn hands Nv men
who wud considher IL an honor to know
he says. An So he says. III on'y ask
We to sign bond an lave a small secur-
ity, say about five hundred thousan' dol
lars, la me hands I'm case amy paint shud
be knocked Off me boat he says.
'Yachtin is a gintlemans sport he says.
an in dahiin' with gintlemen,' ne says,
we can't be to careful he says"
whats Sir Upton dom all this timer"
asked Mr.. Hennessy.
He's preparin' his bond. maxim his
will. an goin through tn other lagai
preliminaries Nv tn race. He's built a
boat too. Tn King Nv England was aboord
iv her, an he was near killed, be havin'
a mast fall on him. TIL Lord knows how
he escaped. A mass iv steel weighin' a
hundred thounsan' ton fell on his Maj
esty an bounced off. Sir Upton felt
pretty bad about 1t. He didn't mind losin'
a mast or two, but he didn't want any
wan TO know he had tn King aboord.
'Twud hurt business. Boys says he to
tn rayporthers, TIL Kings on me yacht
Dye hear me? Tn Kings on me yacht
But don't say anything about it.
don't want to have him known. Don't
print II onless we have to, an thin put
II IN an inconspicuous place, like tn first
page. He's here sure enough. boys. Tn
mast just fell on his Majesty. 1t nearly
kilt him I'm not sure 1t didn't kin him.
He remained perfectly cool throughout.
50 did /. / was almost cold SO did both
Nv u.s. But. mind We. not wurrd iv this
In tn pa-apers.' don't know how tn
rayporthers got hold Nv it. But they're
a pryin' lot"
"Hod did the mast come to fall?'' asked
Mr.. Hennessy eagerly. Dye suppose
Sir Upton is wan Nv us7''
Ssh" said Mr.. Dooley. adding softly.
He was BORN in Limerick"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-23

fessors are very severe, but they enjoy
these little hits as much as the stu
dents The illustrations in the papers are
all done by. artists among the. girls and
the caricatures are often extremely good.
The following skit is from The Nor
tar board"
The Wellesley girls for fetching airs.
The Radcliffe girls for knowledge;
The Vassar girls to drive OF cares
The sober girls are in Wells. College,
But when decision is In doubt
And baffied are the judges,
toast the brightest, best of all.
The Barnard girls for Judges"
The ceremony called the mysteries"
when the sophomores initiate the fresh
men, are said to be something awful, but
all the initiated survive, sound in body,
and there is no danger of Congress being
called upon to take action against hazing
at Barnard. While the Barnard girls feel
that the town of York is a little too big
to paint red, they initiate many of the
tricks of their college brothers in smaller
cities. They burn in effigy-after due
form of trial-their professors, who are
declared 10 be arrant tyrants. Junior
links" is a celebration given by the jun
Tors at the end of the year before they as
sumo the dignity of the seniors.
Inc EtTlS luTluST SitdilttCS oAN
belong to the Barnard branches of the
Christian Association and the Society Of
Church Students-a missionary branch.
They also do some good work in the col
lege settlement in Rivington street, and
at the hospitals sending books, flowers,
etc.
There are many wealthy girls from all
parts of the United States at Barnard,
but the spirit of the institution is thor
oughly democratic. The advantages of
receiving an education in a city college
are many. First among these are the
museums, picture galleries, lectures, con-
certs operas, etc, sbut apart from these
the greatest comes from the fact that
it's students realize what girls at a coun-
try college fail to do. that they are but
a small part of the world-not the whole
show, so to speak.
The rooms of the resident pupils are
made very attractive. The price is apart
from that of board, for which 500 yearly,
payable in two installments. is charged
The price of rooms varies with location
from SIS to $3.50 per year Students who
wish to occupy their rooms before open
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-23

the most beautiful butterflies Of the en-
tire world
The butterfly farm" OF Eastbourne-so
II Is named-Dear the southern coast of
England. and In a place well sheltered
from winds, covers an area of 1900 square
metres. IL is vast garden filled with
flowers and rare trees. surrounded by a
very high trelhs, and where futter at
liberty many thousands OF butterflies OF
various species.
From all the countries OF the world the
farm receives eggs, which are submitted
70 special mode OF incubation. Then
the caterpiliars, issuing from these eggs.
receive nourishment suitable 10 their avo-
luton as chryales. ana these in their
turn are given the most careful atten-
ton. certain number OF the most per-
feet are preserved as rcproductorA while
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-23
A BUTTERFLY FARM. =
Establish nent

Uniaue Outdoor Establish m e n I
where These Insects Are Bred.
An English entomologist. Mr.. William
Watkins. was the first to raise butterflies
on large scale.
For dozen years the vast establish
ment which he has founded for this pur-
pose has furnished millions and millions
Of these winged insects, not only 20 all
the private collectors. but also 20 vari-
Gus museums Of the Old ana the New
World. And II ls Mr.. Watkins himself
who has established at the Geological
Garden Of London a very interesting en-
tomoiogic station, where may be found
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-23
The postmaster general of Great Brit

The postmaster general OF Great Brit
ain. the Marquis of Londonderry, is es-
sentially man Of method, stickler for
neatness and correctitude. If you could
see him In his study, says writer in
the Universal Magazine. you would notice
at a glance how methodical he is. Ev,
erything is in its proper place. There is
no searching for pens, book cutter, or let
ter-wedght; all are within his reach. his
lordship Is voracious newspaper reader,
as a statesman should be who desires to
keea, abreast of all public movements.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-23

-Rudyard Kipling does not want to be
worried by letters when he is away from
homo. A New Zealand resident wrote
for an explanation OF the reference to
the ''fve free nations In his poem on
the Inauguration OF the Australian COM
monwealth His London secretary re-
piled; 'Afr. Kiping Is az present abroad
and ! am desired not 70 forward letters
TO him. 1 am able 20 inform you, how
England, Australia New Zealand. Cana
ia and the Cape"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-23
The Thought.

1t grew in the heart of woman.
Meath the ruffles and ribbons of blue,
And 1 saw like flower unfolding
The thought as 1t blossomed and grew
1t grew in the heart like flowers,
In the sunshine or shadows so gray,
And 1 saw that the sweetest inspired
The song that has gladdened each day
So found in the heart of woman
Meath the ruffies and ribbon of blue
The world that can blossom untrodden
In the soul when 1t Powered and grew
Anna Mcintosh Beville.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-23
A PORTFOLIO OF WILD FLOWERS.
with Directions as to Mounting,
Coloring, Etc.
Ne a The xMsId Garautur,

WIN ~
Coloring, Etc.
No. g. The wild Geranium.
Copyright, 1901 by S. S. Mcclure Coz
One of the flowers most frequently met
with in open woods throughout May and
June is the Wild Geranium, or Cranes
Bill. Even before the flowers appear you
may perhaps notice the pretty pattern
which its spreading, star-shaped leaves
make on the ground, and wonder what
the name of the flower is. The flowers
are about an inch across. They grow
sometimes singly, sometimes in pairs, on
the ends of branches that spring from a
stiff, upright stem that grows about a
foot high They have five pale purplish-
ping petals that overlap each other, and
hanging beside the flowers, you will see
the buds of others not yet opened.
wrapped up in their grey green outer
leaves or sepals, and looking like hairy
little berries. For the buds, the stems
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-23

The present superintendent regards
work as one of the best panadeas for the
cure of imaginary ills. 1t takes the pa
TENTS attention from his own especial
crank and makes him feel as If he still
had a place in the world of men. There
are material rewards also for toll, ana
salutary spirit of emulation is around.
So, while the females who are able, help
about the kitchens and in the sewing and
cleaning department, the male patients
work on the farms, plant trees lay out
new walks through the extensive grounds
and attend the flowers. In she soldiers
recreation room are billiard tables, cards
and various games of chance and skill,
and 1t is something to remember to see
several hundred OF them together swep-
ping stories about hair-breadth escapes
and thrilling battles-always presided over
by the smiling priest of nature and the
tranquil king under his paper crown.
The colored ward is as diverting as
circus There the peculiar Characters
tics of the rade are only accumulated by
their mental troubles. There is no trace
of depression among them, but all the
gladness and mirth of the African dispo-
sition finds expression In happy shouts,
Methodist camp-meeting songs for all
are intensely religious). and in continuous
chatter in the soft Southern dialect. HSv-
faces were the ecstatic look of perpet-
ual flow of 'possum and watermillion.
One feature of the establishment is
school, which affords the mildly insane
great pleasure. They learn the element
airy branches easily; and though what is
learned one day is generally forgotten the
next the review is as much a novelty to
them as new land to the discoverer. Each
imagines he is making wonderful pro-
gress.
The movement for the establishment
of a government hospital for the insane
began in 1871, but received its chief i'm
petus ten years later. in the effort of
Miss Dorothy Dix who in the course of
her career, established some thirty-fve
institutions of the same character. From
the commencement of her work, dates
new era in the treatment of insane pau
pers Legislatures were petitioned and
the attention of the public was called to
the mistaken judgment which had hith-
erto accorded to the poor creatures the
same treatment meted out to responsible
criminals Miss Dix's GROWING glory
was the establishment of st. Elizabeths.
1t was originally intended to be solely
for insane soldiers and sailors, for whom
no adequate provision had previously
been made; but ii was afterwards pro-
| vided that the INDECENT insane of the
District of Columbia should be admitted,
Later, the scope of the institution broad
| ened somewhat and now other classes
from the District of Columbia are con-
| fined there There are eight hundred
| acr es of land belonging to the institution.
| and six distinct groups of buildings, the
| latter covering a space of about eight
acres.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-23

Literary Backing-"That Kentucky
novel is having a fine boom" Yes; you
see. II got such a good start by having
a race horse and brand of whisky named
after Il at ce."-Chicago Record Herald.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-23

"A Little Observation-Disclosures says he
was born in Philadelphia and mother in
San Francisco and Bah and me in New
York and Sis in Brooklyn; now ] don't
see how we ever came together" Brook
Ign Life.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-23

the others are asphyxiated and mounted
And thus are obtained absolutely perfect
specimens, which are sold to collectors.
Some of the rarer insects fetch enor-
nous sums.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-23

The Modern Fable of How Forbearance
Ceased to Be Virtue and Then
Jumped Back Again.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-23

Priest Of Nature. and the other, is his
own ime gtnation, has reigned as King
over his comrades and keepers for nearly
half a century. Both wear the army
blue OF the Civil. War and long ago pass
ca the allotted span of three score years
and ten; but while storm after storm of
trouble and pain has swept over the ma
ton that shelters and protects them.
whale numberless keepers and attendants
have gone to their graves, and the whole
personnel of the asylum has been many
times chenged-time makes little impress
sion upon them. In philosophical content.
each rules his little realm of the imagi-
nation, and looks as happy as child
in its fathers house
AT one end of the hall is a stage, which
is frequently utilized for the giving OF
concerts, amateur plays and other en-
tertatnments, some of the best talent of
the city being secured to give pleasure
to the patients. Through the wide halls,
soft oreezes sweep to the invalids rooms
in summer. or send up the warm glow of
the furnace in winter. The dining hall is
connected with the culinary department
by narrow, tunnelled railways. and small
cars carry food and dishes back and
forth. The kitchens fill one large building
When each ward is ready for meal, a
Dell is rung and its rations are sent to
1t by the underground railway. The bread
ovens occupy more epace than the ordi-
nary dining-r room. An average of twelve
barrels of -four day is consumed in the
asylum, and 1t takes three men to carry
single batch of dough from the trouth
where it is kneaded by machinery to the
table where it is cut into loaves, When
I visited this place (the day before
Thanksgiving, -four hundred and fifty fat
turkeys had just been led to the slaugh-
ter, and tubs-full of break chopped celery,
and Onion were ready to decorate their
interiors for roasting. Eight hundred
mince pies were in process of construc-
ton, and there was enough tea and cof-
fee in great tanks to drown a regiment
Whatever grievances the jewellers in St
Elizabeths may have, certainly hunger
is not one of them The institution seems
like village run on communistic princi-
piles, so far as the qualification of mate
rial wants is concerned.
Evening journal., 1901-06-01
Marriage and Divorce

From the New York sun.
Blshop Walker of the Western New
York diocese Of the Episcopal Church as
sunies that the general convention of that
church. to assemble at San Frsncisco in
Nctobl, Aill adopt the proposed amend
menls to its marriage and divorce canons,
which sorhid the marriage OF divorced
person during the life Of the ocncr party to
the divorce Very probably, he Is Justified
in his confidence that the charge Will be
made: but whether the new canon will
"lay the axe at the root of the Tree" rs he
also assumes, by preventing divorce and
rem91 iage gmong Episcopalians, is alto
gether problematical.
The existing Episcopal canons on the
subjec; recognize divorce for adultery
only and permit remarriage only to the
innocent party 90 such "a suit yet. as has
been made evident in many conspicuous
instances Erlscopalians have not hesi-
tated to sex divorced for any cause al
lowed by any State and to marry new
mates oftontimes SO soon as the divorce
had been obtained; and recently some
notable additions to their number have
been made, and other applications of the
same kind are pending. Usually the
prime purpose in getting the divorces is
10 obtain liberty 10 enter into new mar
riageH and it is carried out IN the more
fashionable circle OF society. by which the
| Episcopal Church is most affected without
social damage to those who violate thus
the law of their church.
If, then, such Episcopalans are not de-
terrel by The present canons from the
qualification OF their desire 20 escape from
marriages into which they have entered
already and TO contract marriages with
other mates how can dt be expected that
the severer canons proposed will stop the
practice-'lay the axe at the root Of the
tree as Bishop Walker says7 If they
haVe not hcsitated to defy the old law
and to nout It. will they not do the same
with the new law? Their course now in.
dlcates that they recognize no religious
obligation to obey their church when II
stands in the way of the qualification OF
their inclinations; and the canonical pro.
hibiuon preventing Episcopal ministers
from solemnizing their new marriages
they have showed no reluctance agains
getting the ceremony performed by :
minister of another church or by purel!
civil officer
Il would seem, therefore, that the onl!
b practicable way to LAY the aXe at thu
root OF the tree" is to revive religious
faith among these people and consequen
respect for the authority Of the church
As 1t is, they scout religious interference
With their inchnations and are content
only their divorces and remarriages sat
isfy the requirments OF the civil law.
% Statistics show that three-fourths OF tn
r divorces granted in this country have bee
I for other causes than the sole cause {
= adultery allowed by the present Episcop;
9, canon-for cruelty, desertion. drunkeI
ness and neglect to provide-and that
u them about two-thirds were granted
II wives The most frequent cause IS desc
h ton, and dt is stll the fashionable grour
h on which to seek divorce.
Evening journal., 1901-06-01
EDITORIAL COMMENT

The continental talk about a trade
league against the United States does
not amount to-a continentaI.-Bost
Journal.
With corn at sixty cents a bushel, il
becomes a serious question whether
the farmer can allow his pigs TO squeal.
Omaha Bee.
IL must worry John Bull when he
stops no think that we are emerging
from our series Of WITS with a Treas
ury surplus.-Washington Post.
The late Webster Davis has pur-
chased a Missouri farm. Missouri is a
quiet. unconspicuous place TO be buried
in.-Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Now it is Italy which threatens tc
send warships to Turkey TO enforce re.
speot for its right. Unless the sultar
soon mends his ways he will be enter
tanning practically all the navies Of tn,
world.-Omaha Bee.
IL those West Point cadets VIII,
have been kicked out for hazing thinl
they are going TO get any public sym
pathy. they are badly mistaken.-M Mem
phis Commercial Appeal.
There is some evidence OF a decreas
OF crime in New York. The cable ca
has been abolished.-Kansas Cit
3 World.