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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-09
The Gopher .\sCctics

For the benefit of science. we have
noted many plans and systems for the
reduction of poverty and too-too solid
flesh, the promotion of longevity and
the testing of the human constitution.
Half the world il on a diet already and
II j. strange that the price Of foods does n I
fall before the decreased demand But
patience, Even If dieting puts no money
in the purse, think of the moral satisfaC-
tion and superiority which it brings. In
Buddhist phrase the dieter accumu-
lates merit" You can tell him by his
air of virtuouS self-consciousness; and
if he bores YOU with the story of his cure
and drips with propaganda zeal his
good intentions are his apology
The burghers Of ST. Paul and Mime
apolis. cities once charged with pad
ding their census returns, are now
unpaddinC themselves 4 Minneapoli-
tan business man hasn't tasted food for
forty-nne days. Fifty days ago he
was desperate dyspeptic. Now he is a
rejoicing eupeptic; and he has attended
strictly TO business all the time He has
lost eighteen pounds, and found happi-
ness. With what lasting results re-
mains to bc seen "snecrs some luXuri-
Gus and gorbellied doubter. The moral
triumph will be lasting even il some
of the banished pounds and dyspepsia
come back. Two paralytics have tasted
forty-nne and fifty days respectively
and believe themselves to be COM
pletely cured" See how admirably
faith joins fasting. 4 woman who has
tasted for twenty-eight DAYS reioices
that she is at last free from what she
had long believed to be chronic bron-
chitis. Even if she suffered merely
from claim of bronchitis, she has
settled the claim" Another woman
has tasted nineteen DAYS for the
routing of liver indigestion" The liver
il the toughest old sinner in the insides
but il can't resist the no-food, no-dis-
ease theory.
Disease seems complex on account of
the multitude Of long names which the
doctors have given il. Perhaps mankind
would have been a great deal healthier il
tho Greek and Latin languages had never
been invented. II We understand the
Gopher theory. disease is one, food. and
cure is one. abstinence from food. Pa
"a lvsis, chronic bronchitis and the rest
Of the cursed brood of itises are 10 be
conquered by the same easy means
There is n beautiful simplicity In the
Minneapolis and 81 Paul system although
i, seems little cruel to the butchers and
bakers and grocers The female GALEN
who is the director Of this fasting school
finds it amazing that such a simple
and rational process OF cure should meet
with such strenuous opposition" She
forgc,s the economic disturbances and
displacements which the general adop-
ton of her therapeutics would cause.
One patient has died under the treat
ment, but what of that? Thousands Of
folks die of surfeit. Can't one be
allowed 10 die Of n faSt2
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NEW ARMORY PLANS.
Bedford Avenue site for Troop C-Barsn.
iai Towers for the list.

The new armory for Troop will. after
all, be built on the site originally selected
for il in Bedford avenue. Brooklyn, be
tween President and Union streets. There
has been dispute between the owner Of
the ground and the city authorities as TO
the value of the property. An award OF
So. 900 was set aside as excessive. Yesterday
the Armory Board voted 10 buy the site
for S43 so inclusive of the cost Of the CON
demna' lion proceedings. This arrangement
will bring the price down to about $4,000
Tie plans Of Clinton Russo Il, architects.
for he new Seventy-frst Regiment armory
on the old site were submitted. They
show n Scotch baronial design. Of stone
and steel. freproof, and TO cost abou,
1850 roo. The drill room will he on the top
n Dor Below will bc company rooms,
gynnas uinr shower baths and 7 n range.
The building will have tower 23s feet high
Wit h a cap and statue Of bronze. The tower
will I've assigned to the Signal Corps.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-09
NEARING on IMNIGRATION.
To Punish Physicians VINO Make PerJured
statements.

WAsHISoToS. Dec s-The Senate Com
mi,,ee on immigration held a hearing
to-day on the pending bill 10 regulate the
immigration OF aliens, Commis.onerGen-
eral Sargent Commissioner Williams Of
Ellis Island. Goodwin Brown, representing
the State Lunacy Commission Of New York
and DR. A B. Richardson Of the Govern
ment Hospital for the Insane were heard.
Commissioner Williams suggested amend
ments designed 20 perfect the administra-
ton al Ellis Island One Of the things he
wanted done was To punish for perjury
physicians who certify TO the good health
OF immigrants who are often afflicted with
disease.
DR.. Richardson urged the passage Of
legislation 10 shut out lunatics and insane
persons.
Mr. Brown proposed an amendment
along that line providing for the deporta-
ton Of any immigrant who shall develop
insanity or epilepsy within two years after
arrival on the presumption that thar con
dition resulted from conditions existing
prior TO landing.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-09
Dean Hart and Christian science.

To TIE EpIToR or THr SIN SIR Dean
Hart OF Denver. In n letter to the Denver Re-
publican. reprinted in your pa per of to-day.
takes the ground that" healing Is no part OF
the theology of Jesus Christ" contrary 70
the teachings Of Christian Science on this
point There i no desire on my part to dis
pute the deans right 10 his particular opin ion
neyerthel II is but just to give briefly
some Of the reasons why Christian Scientists
hold TO their Wow.
According to the Gospel narratives Jesus
was constantly healing the sick rs we'll as re-
forming tie sinner, in fact, the two proc
esses were carried on by him simultH neously
when John the Baptist sent messengers -
ask him for proof OF his Mcssiahship 10 re-
icrred them to lis works in healing the sick
II Ia recorded that he gave IT," command TO
neal IN" sick" both TO the twelve Disciples
and 10 the seventy, whom h. sent out
as saving Verify, verify say unto YOU. h.
that h"levetA on me-. the works that do shall
he do also, and greater works than thos.
In Mark xvi, II. "" read. And these signs
shall follow them that believe, Sc. The
works" and tn" signs" were not 10 be limited
to "A select few. or 10 a particular period. for
"a" promi~" reads IA" that bclinveth" and
There l.. however. substantial agreemen,
bet veen the views OF Dean Hart and the
teachings of Christiln Soienc" when he de-
incidental signs In fundamental Divine
S,i"nCr. Mrs. Eddy ssy'
Healing physical sickness is the smallest part o.
Christian Science. II Is only the buRle call to
though md action. In the higher range OF innnit'
goodness Tn" emphatic purpose OF Christian
Science l. 'hr healing Of sin. add this task Il mil
Ion times harder than the cure OF disease. because
waite nOrlals love to sin. they do not love to be
slCk.
! must. however. distinctly protes; against
Dean lIarts attempt TO liEen IT." thristipn
Science treatment TO hypnotic suggestion "
IN" profound distinction between tho NO
has been repeatedly "Nul0ir"d. The former
Is u prayerful realization of Gods omnipo-
tenCe over evil ot every sort. Y ! ile thc latter
/, merely educated human will power taking
BOSSES -iOn OF auo'h"r's mentality. Nor can
tho donn'S experience 10 inlliug asleep Will"
reading Science and Heal th be used as an
argunri' thHt tn" teachings of tint book
ar" "m"SmcriC,' any more than books on
arithmetic, grammar. GEOGRAPHY or spelling
can h" called "me~m"ric' because school
bows fall asleep over them.
NV ioEK Dee W. u MCCHACK,N.
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WAR CANE FOR NENT SUMNER.
Coast ARTILLERY to Act In Con junction
with the Navy.

WAsHINGToN, Dec s.-The War Depart
ment j. considering plans for combined
mar q ivres OF the coast artillery with the
navy next summer and board OF officers
has been ordered by the Secretary Of War
to meet al Fort Monroe for the purpose Of
considering the subject
The board is composed OF Col John p.
Story of the Artillery Corps; Major Solo
mon " Roessler Corps Of Engineers; Major
Garland y. Whistler. Artillery Corps; Major
George r. T.. Harrison. Artillery Corps and
Cant. William Chomberlaine, Artillery Corps
II is directed 20 make recommendations
AZ TO what artillery districts should be mob
iIized for the purpose Of the marp lVres
and 10 prepare a problem Of attack, and re-
wise the rules used during the marc ivres
held in September AT the Eastern entrance
of long Island Sound.
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" President ROOSEVELT = annual message 10
Congress which convened yesterday. is charac-
,eri>,lc 90 she man vigorous clear and straight =
forward one noteworthy ut,orance should be
rcmer hcrrds We are neither 'or the rich man as
upright man, rrH or poor
" Tn's states great truth Ia a lew word. l.
represents N. Republican position exactly"
TO rescue our contemporary from the
vortex of g,ish into which il seems likely
to be engu!fed. We would inform it that
the great truth quoted does not repre-
sent the Republican position. nor the
position Of any other party. prcsen'
past rr future No party ever adopted
brightness for its platform any more
than il adopted the Beautiful. tho True
or the Good; and no American Adm n
istration could make one or all Of these
abstract and debatabe qualities or q,.an-
titles its rule Of action without produce
ing chaos in the Government
The Republican party. in so far a. il i
concerned with the conduct of our ma
tional affairs, is not for this or that kind
of man, upright or otherwise but for the
execution of the laws of the land and the
dspensation of rights and Justice there
under, tree from personal bias. To try
10 substitute moral ideal, however
lofty. for the rules of law NAV take the
fancy of the needless and the shallow
but il il grievously mistaken policy,
inevitably pernicious in effect.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-09
Savings and Wisdom -.

New England is a region Of the" fore
handed. the close and the near, :"
a paradise of the thrifty. old Squire
JISKISs can see a dollar mile of in
piece q woods darkcrn tn inside -
JONAHs whale. We have heard this
panegyric of rural New England econo-
mist, and such economists are COM
mon. SO we pick mp revcrently these
saws of the Boston Globe
The mscr saves SIMPLY for the sake OF saving
The wise man saves what he can spare TO help lin
IN future time Of need Only the fool spends all
his surplus income"
These seem TO be axioms. at least 10
the extent that they can't be proved
We deny that the miser saves for the
sake of saving. There are hundreds Of
varieties of the miser and il is I'M
scientific to class them together. The
fantastic gripealls of the drama and the
novel are monsirous cXaggerat ions and
cammnies. The largest group of So
called niggards is distinguished bv that
quick sense of contrast which amounts 10
humor. Closefst lives in hovel That
amuses him. All misers desplse show
and appearances. They are an example
Of that simplicity OF lie. that limitation
Of desires and needs, which is a great
and difficult philosophy. Economically
the position of the miser is impregna BILE
Others waste, he saves. Spendthrfts a re
much commoner than miSers The aver
age OF wealth in any country would be
much lower than it is were il not for
the miser. Morally, msers are real,
although unpretending, altrlists. They
live in squalor and priva,on that their
heirs may I've rich and happy .1stheti-
caily, the misers have pleasure of their
own. To look AT boards of bright gold
and silver, Ia hear the little h,ttcr of
bnkno'es the miser has cultivated
senses denied To most Of those who ieer
at him.
The wise man does not save what he
can spare to help him ~ future time of
need. Oar bascst needs are in them
selves superfluous. II ought 70 be pos
sib!e FOR a man Of strong will 10 strip
from himself all the poinp and furbelows
VI NV ''Itl ltfllN anu lllNll q
his soul. The truly wise man, il there
we're such "A person and he were tolera-
bile in this cynical world. would be neither
rpi3sf noe saver. What would THOPE,I-
save for7 Savings would be as unneccS-
sary as an automobile 10 him. But
since most of us are mere initiative
animals, and it j. the fashion to save,
what does the wise man save for? For
rainy day" That j. Il prov rrlial
phrase, and proverbs are To b" dis
trusted Now is it any satisfaction to
a man, after he has raked and scraped
for twenty-five years, To have To spend
all his savings; We deny the rainy
day" theory. People save % hope
that the rainy day will not rain: that
some time, in some mysterious, fury
like way. they will be- able to kno, K of,
work and enjoy their savings. The fall
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-09
Jewish Scmiraries In America.
From an Address by Cvrua Adier. Pm u in n,

From an address by Curus Adier. Ph y in the
American Hsbrsr
This u the hrst public gathering held under
the auspices Of the Jewish Theological Semi
nary OF America. and in tn" name OF IN" dit
rector- I welcome vow This Is an eventtul
day in the history Of Jewish learning and Of
Judaism not only in America. but through
out the world for II marks the formal OPEN
inc OF n Jewish institution OF higher learn
ms constituted in such manner a. TO insure
IL pernanence for all time Tn" history of
Institutions of higher Jewish learning in the
United States j. not 50 lengthy hut ihat |
may recall II 10 your minds without untulv
infringing upon your time or your pa'ien
The need OF such school was early
broa ched in the pages Of Isaac Ieeser's Occ,-
d,rt II remember Alright Tn" first definite
step taken for such an inst tuition was me
Gif, In 1853 OF a tract Of land by New YORK
merchant, samson simpson, to found what
he called %" Jewish Theological Seminary
In ia, Isaac I.re-cr. whose energy OK
tended in many directions with the ala OF 4
few puhlic--pirtcd mon. principallv IN Phll-
adrlrhin. or gnnilcd in that city IN" MGmon-
idos College, which. failiuvto sccur" national
support and suffering from the los oi vi
president in the death Of Lesser was Obliged
10 close it, door after NiN wears OF ACTIVITY
In 1875 IN" Mon OF American iiInrrw
college a; CmcinnHti, which haS existed now
for over a quarter Of century, it, OF ShnNi-
ton and its conduct beng largely m "N-
preston Of the powerful vidualrY, of
Isaac VI Wise Thl- college has FURNISHED
to the American Jewish pulpit som" seventy
men. and has been the principal source trom
which the jewish ministry Of this country I'm,
been recruited for two decades
Temple Emaui-ll Of New York city, first
through preparatory school and now
through fund known, believe, - IN"
Emnmi-U Theological Fund. has aided stu
dents intending 10 ~ themselves for the
ministry 70 pursue their -tudlc- both in this
country and abroad
IN 1854 Or Sabato Morals Of Phlade!phia.
already then advanced IN years iet lmpclIed
bv the needs NJ Judaism in the United StHt"s.
and more especially along the Atlantic
,cacoa-' 10 project aud establish In New
York city Jewish Theological seminary
which existed, though without any n~SurHnc"
OF p,rmuueuCr and with very Insufficient
means uutl June, i9O"
In lSp3 there Wn~ organized AZ Philadcl-
uhii. through "a dead OF SIT ot llymln Grn'H,
IN, Irni2 college devoted to trimming Jewish
teachers which Will, in the future, cooperate
with This seminary a. - preparatory in-,-
tuition
Tie tops by which our present organ,a-
ton the Jewish lhanlogiCil SEMINARY OF
America w. established upon a permanent
hu is gTo Of such recent OCourrenC" that !
need make no further nllu-,ou to them, "N-
C-pt 10 say that thew haN" taken over -"
effects "a" duties and tho grave resp n>ihil-
tics of tive old organization with the unani-
mou- assent Of all WHO hay" been connected
with
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-09
HOLMES TAKES HIS SEAT.
Oath Administered to the New Justice ~
the 4. =. supreme court.

WASHINGTON, Dec. Solver Wendell
Holmes of Massachusetts was to-day In
Quoted into Office a : an Associate Justice Of
the supreme Court of the United States.
Tho occasion was marked by an unusual
attendance Of members OF the bar. mem
bnrs of Congress and others. Chief Justice
Fuller announced Justice Holiness appoint
men' the clerk read his commission and the
new Justice read the oath incumbent on
mcinhorS Of the supreme Court.
A. he read. the Justices and the audience
stood ard remained standing until Mr..
Holmes had been escorted by Marshal J.
VI Wrigh, TO his scat on the extreme left
of the Chief Justice He was welcomed
bv Justice Pcckham with handmade and
with formal bow by his other colleagues
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-09
4. E. HITCHyNSON'S VIII.
Residue Of His Estate 10 Go 10 Tulane
Uni, ersity's Medical Department.

New ORLEANS, Dec. s.-The will Of Mr..
Alexander G.. Hutchinson, the steamship
and railroad man, who died here Yesterday,
was probated to-day. He leaves his North
ern properties and life insurance, with an
nuities to his sisters. Mrs II. 4 Searles and
Miss Isabella Hutchinson Of Jersey City
and New York $1,000 20 a friend. John A
Vansickle of New York city; SIS 200 To his
servants and personal friends; SO, OOo 20 ST
AIMS Asylum $50 COO To the Eye. Ear Nose
and Throat Hospital, and 900 10 the
House of the Good shepherd, all in New
Orleans
The balance Of the estate is loft 10 the
medical department Of Tulane University
Of New Orleans. TO be employed in erecting
a hospital and free clinic, and to provide
for the cure of disease The amount given
TO the university will probably exceed
s,O0.OOO He requests that any buildings
erected bear the name Of his late wife.
Josephine Hutchinson.
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Ten Dollars for winners "Mocklng iiIrd

70 IHE Tplrou oF Tur SrN sir, | note
with much Interest the various accounts of
Sepiimus Winner and his music. one pa per
says hc received So Tor the "Mocking Bird.
onr s2i. and his son SAYS 81. In lS';-G lived
in Germantown. and often visited him in j.
store. ~" told me that y" received $40 for
II, aud that up TO a few years PREVIOUS Ice
Walker had sold ij,uDh copies. When
expressed surprise at the small price he said
We'll. tlov wanted q song amt offered $40.
and II did not take II SON" one else would.
lie used his notHc;'s maiden name. Alice
l. Hawthorne. OF tlis and other ,Ompos j.
tious lie was a. genial, cordial man. mucr
liked by I, many friends Truly, his
works 10 folio" uin - Is Bnn. NJ H.
INV YORK Doc
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The Kansas Ciiy Journal is growing
naughty "a an Amornd The editor passed
his youth among the Siwa-h about Puget
Sound. He reb,il>cs a Kansas author who
makes a Spokane Indian say: will the
white father come into my tepee? The
Spokane has no tepee His wigwam is a
wickiup" Now. wi"kiup is a lovely
word. If there were any sense Of beauty
and pride Of tradition among hotelkeepers.
th"re would he Hotel Wickiup in this
town. But why blame mere literary
man for using conventional school-spaaker
lndiau' And why reproach an illustrious
Western author. Mr.. HAMLI$ GARLAND.
for saying that he rode "a bronco pony 90?
What is worth saving is worth saying
strongly; and Me-. GARI.AND had 10 make
allowance for the ignorance Of h. East
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-09
NEW IITIRtRI REVIEW.
To he Issued Quarterly Win Articles IN
Man, I.anxuakcS-l Olumba EdltOrs.

4 now literary quarterly, - be known
as The journal Of Com pdrd'irc Literature,
viii appear on Jan / lis editors are Prof.
George Edward Woodbcrry and DR. joel
Elias Spingar o' that department NJ Co.
mmha University, and Prof. Fletcher Of
Harvard.
The new journal viii h" devoted 10 the
general field Of International literature
and viii draw its contributions from all
countries. lts articles ar" 10 he printed
as "A rule in the largu89" IN which they
are written. but the right is reserved 10
translate for convenience into either Eng
fish or French
More than twenty foreign scholars viii
cooperate with the American editors in
the publications
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-09
onr Pole Team In Enyiap:.

from B.iu'S N1gf.irr
In comparing tac Americans 10 tho hos, r.r,us,
PAYERS W. must admit that III" former are yc, .
good indeed hu a. our game and on orr ground.
even NlrpN>lIg thea 10 br equally wen mounted
do not sam" Ia'y are quite as good as our ,or,
best teams ' wy
"! own IDEA Is That Nc can nrG two teams 1,
over THIS year. bpt tina, the latter ,,,,,,, b.,
o'h'f combination We could put agiin.,,hcr Nm,
~ good 40 think them that H. as is ycr,. ,,scI,
q I'preS'nla'lN" team visits america rayt ye,, I
sun. We YER much SURPRISED indeed n the Fnsl>n
n.n manage TO yin against picked N,rr,,,,
team on their grounds under Their ,,,c. .N"'
4 ID MtIIps
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The prize Western steer, Shamrock
weight lsoj pounds, has been sold to a New
York man and j. to br butchernd prasum-
ably to make a holiday for the 'losha Bcra
Epicnrcan club, which is to wrcak itself
on b"rfstrak IN the Atlantic Garden to-
morrow. "" have no wish TO interfere
with the diversions of the Hon. PATRICK
DIVER. the Hon. THOMAS FOLEY. the Hon
FATTY GBoIE. the Hon. RoBERr a. V.N
MfCK, the Hon, WILLIAM the Great Dry
FRY and other large CONSUMERS of beef.
steak, bu' why i b"ci-teak 30 high? T. i,
not on account of tie Bco!-toak Trust
And her" j. the Bocf-toak Trust sham,
lc--ly planning another raid