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TETUAN 45.

Ofrece & preCios m6dicos: ARNE-
SES COMPLETES a AMERICANOS
DE CADENA Y RETRANCA.
CONSTANTE SURTIDO DE FRU-
TOS DEL PALS, A PRECIOS LINZ
TADOS
AGENTE GENERAL de los MoIi-
nos de PILLSBURY, WASHBURN,
FLOUR MILLS Co. Ltd. de Minnea-
polls. Mimi. que producer las afsma-
das h4Finas de trigo <PILLSBURY S
n EST xxx y Ia de maiz. SLA
ESMERALDA.2
AGENTE GENERAL de los SefIo-
res HUFFMAN BROS de New York,
fabriCantes de les afamAdas marcas de
MantpquiIia sLA FAVORITAs y GEL
YANKEE ,
AGENTE GENERAL de IL cerve-
Cerfa xTHE CONGRESS BREWING
co., de Brooklyn. N. Y. 90 v. 3.
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FE De ERRAltS.
6sn haohe.

IA qui6n no O. Ie Va 81 6anto q cielo
CuondO menO1 ID pienga2
Cleric que los Coiiut1s 40 tienen 0lor
de gantidad y que & 10 meior deslizan
una erEata del tamafo de una guabina
de GuFab0-cOmo decfa don RGm0n
u.
PerO muchos reporters pareceme 6
Veces eEEatas sueltaG por eaaB GALES.
Tod0s Jos peFi6dicOs, pues. sin que
est0 tonga nada de extrafIo, sueIen Pc
decer de eqaatstSs oQuda.
Mdchas veces. c0FFiRiendo pruebas,
gucede 6 los corFect0Tes algo estupen-
do y en- Vez de enmendar cuelan an
atroz deaAtin0 8 Ins erratas Be- Les escn-
pan iugand0 q escondriio en- las apra-
tadas hileras del tipo entSntoo que re-
briIIa.
A mi me OcnPFi6 una Vez, que pen-
sando en- eI biH Foraker trai6rOnme d
prueba de un articuIo ocerca de d crf-
sis ec0n6micl. 10 siguients:f UnO de
los p6Frafos del artfcuIO, deeia:
eNo hay que dRFIe VueLt9s. EI nRnhs
to es tan clarO como b luz meridiana.
In causa primordial de nuestrRs des
dichaa no es otra que d escaa6z de nu-
meraTi0 circulante. 8. hAblandO en-
plata. ls escHs6z de ESQ que 81 vulgo
suele lamar bill FOraker.0
Clar0 que 10 que 10 escribi no fue
ESQ. 7 n erFatG hub0 de pasaT, mott
VandO ID Consiguieute alarma 6 indig-
naci6n en- 81 Amino de Los que nos Us.
man anti american0s. Mas 10 que es-
crib, como ustedes hsbF6n inferido.
no foe precisamente 6aN FORAKER sino
vSL metal.
luna de esss erratas que no tienen
pafo tibiO rectifcaci6n possible. So
bre tod0 en tiemp0s dc suspicAcia aqui-
linal
Pero Is verdsd es que 81 respectable
p6bIic0 debiera ser ndulRent1simo con
IOs cOFrectOres de pruebas. eaOs j8pO-
neseS que tienen que hab6rselas cons
tantemente con el Puerto Arturo de
Las eTratas. ~
7 no d apenas Go vS una de 6stas So
len cafIoneand0 & los peri6dicos con Ii
ley de ibel0 desde los cuatrO puntOs
cardinales. (AibonieO inclusive
ESQ es atroz. Que dirfan Ias naRio-
mes extrHDjeFas 81. por ejemplo. nues-
trO coleg& -EE -M0LIete denunciara &
otro college de esta ciudad. en- eI cuaI
se dice:
eHamos recibido an ejempIar de
SLa MsIetaS editada por eI senior Al
bert0 Martinez. .....2
Comprend0 81 desRsosiego en- que he
estad0 en- eatos dias 81 Compaffero Dali
mau y Canet. 81. que tambi6n ha pasas
do por Los dolores de d er7atitis.
Como unO Va q las oficinRS del go-
bierno y IeG dan les noticias. veCes.
en- ingi6s, sucede que Iuego se nos en-
reds d traducCi6n. y ladi6s tranquil
dad de espiritu y de conciencia!
Venimos & caeF Iuego en- ID cuenta
dc que hem0s conQetido bona tide una
atrOcidad
Los reporters tendremos que CONVEX
tirnOS en- caGGtTS ESasGiteS.
No debe enfadarse nadie por errata
de mas 8 de menos.
AL miemo cOmpafler0 DaImau, Ie
descOmpusieFOn 81 apeIIidO en- h Ar
Qentina. Ilam6ndoIe. seg1n sfitma el
muy guas6n director del eHeraIdoo
doctor s. DGgn0u y Ca7ete.
iY hsga uno caso de LIS erratss!
PERIDEM.
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bai
lo en- aTigaO.
u aNoliud tIuldltss nueh9
Fueron todos muy obsequiados por
el pFestigioso unionista se-
nor Caparr6s.
(De ssuestr0 CoyrespOasag.
Dfeiembra u

Diciembfe 10 -
III s6badO. con moEivo del triunfo
de ID sgrupaci6n de patriotes eUni6n
de Puerto Rico1 ID Gociedad eIeQanta
de este pint0rescO pueblo se prepara-
ba para asaltaF b morada de Ios espo-
eos Caparr6s. sits en Ias afuefas de Ia
poblaci6n.
POGO m6s de Las cinco de q tarde ae
diTigi6 hasta Ia aimpktica moradn (uue
mas bien es an nido de am0re, una
c0ncurrencia numer0sa. con una or
questa CFiolIa que habi0 de amman d
fiesta. A las seis fueron sOrprendidos
los espOsos Caparr6s p0r un numeroso
gentio dand0 RiYas entusiastaa y cuItos
al pueblo de- Puerto Rico.
El Sf. ChintO. como le llaman sus
amigos. es uniOnietA de fuerza, cuyo
prestigi0 p0lfticO ,es altamente reconO-
CidO y respet9de poF unienistRs = re-
publicanOs.
Solo puedo anotar de- los concurFeu-
tes eL siguiente ndmer0 de damRs y
cRballer0s: Las sefoFas done Carmen
Barnards de Bills 81 tipo perfeCto de b
mujer catalina, ojos briIladOres y IN
SO1g44o0 USS0SDAN0s N40AO 4AU&6AAt 4G0~
driguez de VaIdiVies0, tipo eIegante
de nuestra muier CrioIIa; doda Teresa
Brunet de Barcaron. dona LsonOr BFu-
net de IbRrra. Senoritas Celia Con
zalez. de OjOs azules y mirada pene-
trante, tez do alabastrO, cuya qentiIeza
es Ea preoCupaci6n de t0dOs los tipos
de buen tOno; ClOtiIde IrizarrY, cner-
p0 elegante Cuyas virtudes Is enrique
cen y su ddlCo cOFaz6n b ha hecho
diRnR del apreoio e8te de pueblo que la
quiere; GenOveue IbaarR, b hunildnd
en- CaE6cter. bella como una t6Iipa de
p6tslos herm0sos; Calm Garcia de
tratO exquisite y porte diBtinguido.
dulce eshno el Ienguaje de Los doses.
Del sexo feO puedO CitGr Ios Caballe-
ros si9uientes: Eugenio PadilIa. Neri
Quihones. Rafael Quifones, Raul Iba-
IRA, jose Sierra. Arturo Diepa. Juan
Martinez. jose Brunei. RicRred0 Ca
parF6s y Vicente Sanford.
Sc bail6 sin trogua. La noChe era
espl6ndida. Dulces y icores fnerOn
derrOchAdOs en- abundanCia. La ale
orfa fu6 expansive 8 intensa.
A las tres de lR mAdrugada termin6
la fiesta y ID concurrenCia. satisfecha y
contenta por las infnitas gaIanterfas
de paIte de lOs duefIos de lR casa, des-
fl6 & esa hora hacia b pobIaci6n.
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CORA GARAHTIzADl PARA LAS ALMORlnAs.

simples Y sangrantes; exteriores con pi-
estan autorizados por los manufacturers del
UNGUENTO DE PAZO devolver el dinero
81 la medicina deja de curar cuslquier case
de almorranas, Sunque sea cr6nico. Los ca
SOS ordinaFios Sc curan en- seis dias, los rebel
sosiego. La picaz6n Sc calma instantAnea-
meDte. Es un nuevo descubrimiento ell
dnico que Sc Ofrece con una garantia positi-
va.
81 81 boticario no Ia tiene Sc 10 enviaremos
de aqui al Fecib'r sellos de eorreos equivalen-
tes a SO centavos en- orc americana, dirijien
do "a carta & PARIS MEDICINE CO., st
Louis, No, e. u. de A., fabricantes de bs
PA6TILLA6 LAXANTES DE BROMO-
9U1NINA, 81 celebre remedio para los re-
friadog.
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''Qusmando psja'' anOehs.
AIgunos vecinos creyeronse que era
tuego.

Cerca de las 10. anoche. por u Ma
rina Immediate Ia estaci6n del fe-
rrocarril. en- sitio destinado & 10 que
parece { quemar paia 8 basurag. vefa-
SO enorme fogata, con tales aparien-
cias de incendio, que varios vecinOs.
alarmados, acudieron 81 indicado sitio.
Va ali se conVencieron de que no sc
trataba de tsI Cosa. Y que 10 que ardfa
era ID cOnsabida psja.
Nos parece que no son aprop6sito
para ESQ aquellOs COntOrnOs, tan po-
blados y c6ntricos.
L ,s bomberOs parece que no supie-
ron de NADIA este.
Y es que & veces puede verss lG viga
8 fuego en- el Ojo ageno como 0curri6
con 81 incendio de Rio Piedras-y no
la psia en- el propio.
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"EL CATALAN" "
confiterfa y Reposterfa.
Do AagsIet Rarmanos.

Participamos 81 p6bIiCo que ACADIA
mos de lnaugurar an lAbOratOrio de
Duiceria en- ia calle de Rafael CorderO
no IA y pOdemos serVir cuRlquier en-
cargo On dichO rAm0 con prOntitud ,
economic.
DiArlAmente enContrar6n pasteles ca
Eientes & Las de la mafIana de manza-
na, crema, meloCot6n y Otras muChas
cIases de dulCes.
Despacho: Gale de San Jose no II.
Turrones espa6oles y del pals. y los
ain rival carsmelOs del pals.
Dcbre. IA. 1904. 15 VS.
[. PLANS nARTL.
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T6rmIRO dc SaSlonos del Tribu
nal Supreme durant0 81
ahO 1905.

Primer t6ynaSso. -(7 semanas) Des-
de el dfa 8 de EnerO hasta el 25 de. Fe-
Seguudo tSfmiaO. .-(10 semanas) Des
de el dfa 6de Mario hasta el IL de
Mayo.
Tsrcer tdrneSasO. Is semanas) Desde
q d)a 15 de Mayo hasta 81 q de Ju.
nio.
Cuort0 tsrnsSaso. 10 semanas) Das-
de 81 dfa 2 de Octubre hasta el II de
Noviembre.
Qu5ast0 tgynoSaso. Deade 81 die 90 de
Noviembre hasta 81 a dc Diciembre.
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Doctor ], 4. L9psz AntORgIOrgI,
MEDICo oIRUJANo.

OfreCe sus servicios PROFESSIONALS
Gale de la Cruz no 5. tel6fono NO 1853.
Horas de Consulta: Office hours: De
1116 12 .. m. Y de I 6 3 D. m.
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METILOIDEs Ell mejor mas SECURE
de todos los especf1cos hasta ahora conocidos
para la cura permanente de todas las enfer-
meuades de Ia uretra, va sean estas cr6nicas
-gudas. Contiene 81 fiujo cura por COM
pleto, en- menos tempo que ningdn otro pre-.
parade similar, las gonoTEeas, espermatoreas,
cistitis, cot. Melor que las inyecciones y muy
superior al s6ndalo copaiba. Empfeza
surtir su efecto las tres cuatro horas de
haberse tornado
Los "METILOIDESH son faciles de tomar,
y estan preparados de manera qae no revuel
ven elestomago nj producen malos efectosa
De Venta en- todas las Boticas. Pidanse
muestras gratis sus dnicos fabricantes.
Frederick stearns 8 Ca, Detroit, Mich
e. u. A.
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Gorts judicial Dc Dlstdto.

En- la ma1ana de ayer se vieron en-
tre 0tros. en Il Corte de DistritO de
esta Capital. los asuntos sigieptes:
IufoEmaci6n ad-perpetss0na, para
aereditar que 81 verdadero nombre del
hijO de los esposOs AmadOr- Machado,
de Camuy, que tuvierOn en- el a60
1883. es el de CarmelO; deClarandO los
tres testigos msyores de 40 nos. pro-
puest0s por ell abOgadO On 81 asuntO.
Tambi6n se pEactic6 ID information
sobre AombramientO de tutor Il menor
Ansa-Pa PalnaiNs.
Dec'araron los t9stigos en Los expe-
dientes de dominic prOmovidos por
don CsndeIaPio LlAnos VerdeiO, de-
SantuTce, y doIs Adela Alvarez, del
Corozal.
NeCesidad y utilidad para Is venta
de los memories hiios de don Ramon
Hernandez y dof1a Carmen Ruiz.
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I E A TR o..

EI pr6ximo Domingo la compAffa
artfstiCa que con tanto acierto dirige q
aefIora Castillo. pondr6 en- escenn eEl
6ltimo chul0.9 que tan bien interpreta
D. seGora BalIesteroG. eLOs Bora
Chos. en- cuya obra so distiDguen Y6-
lez. Vizcarrondo y Torres y DOr 6lti-
mo Ella tonta de Capirote.9 en- que 90
breIRle d sef1ora Castillo.
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En- esta imprsnfa vende pspsI de.
viai0 & 1900 Ouintnl
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Soeiedad de SOeOrTO MdtuO
ia PrOVBGtOTa. "

Por aCuerdo de ID Junta Directiva
de esta sOciedad ae cita & Junts Gene.
raj reglamentaria para el domingo 18
de los c0rrientes. ca Is calle de Rafael
CordeFo no 3. & ls / de ls tarde; en-
case de no efectuarse esta por falta de
n1mero, Sc Veri6cara ei % 8 las Z de
IL noche con ell n1mero que concuFra.
Hacienda presente que Ia Junta para
las Elecciones se verifcar& 81 25 las
doCe del dia.
San Juan. P. g.. Dbre. II de 1904.
El Secretario,
2Y.a, ELOY DANIEL.
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Ron nLLLVE.

Reconocdamente Ell mas puro, higie-
nicO y agradable que 90 fabFica an Ell
pals, Sc Vende en- los qricipales esta-
bleCimientos, y en- AFeCib0 p0r Suce-
sores de Roses & O..
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Sc paDEcE DE- AlmOrranas

oPERAoIo
EMPHASIZES UNGUEN
TOS g. El maFavlloso de
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which is aimed at the restraint of free
agents in the making Of noises.
Mr.. Bevenue may be at fault in his
view; his vision may be clouded by
certain ideas he has imbibed concern
ing privileges appertaining to certain
estates. He has heard that congress
men and other members of legislative
bodies are exempted from penalties for
specified acts by their office. He has
observed the fact that these privileged
individuals do not scruple to make
trouble in legislative halls, and that
they are not punished. He has car
ried the law of exemption to it's ulti-
mate conclusion and stands upon his
rights as a prisoner without the pale
of society and therefore incapable of
disturbing the peace of society.
The contention of Mr.. Bevenue is
worthy the attention of jurists He
may be right. In any event it is just
as well that the point is made, to the
end that we may know where the
rights Of society end and those of con-
gressfnen, prisoners undergoing pun
ishment, and other individuals without
the pale Of society, begin.
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MEMORABLE FATE.

The hard luck story Of the man
whose house was blown away by cy-
clone and who was taxed for the hole
left in the ground should appeal to
James McInerney, Of the Michigan
City prison. Mr.. McInerney, who ap-
pears to have mormonistic ideas
about the marriage relation, took to
himself a wife some years ago in Cam
ada. firing of the conditions under
which he was compelled to live in
Canada, deprived of the comforts Of
life by the prospective opposition Of
procity, he crossed the line and set
tied down on the American shore Of
Lake Michigan.
Under the inspiration of the atmos-
phere of freedom he plucked up his
courage and began to think better Of
marriage. Forgetting, or putting aside
the fact that he already had a wife he
thought that he was entitled to an
other wife-foreigners frequently get
mixed in these matters, it would ap-
pear. Two years ago he bestowed the
remains of his shattered heart and his
newly acquired fortune on a young
woman. And he prospered like Nor
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A NICE CONTENTION.

Mr.. Toots Bevenue, Of this town, has
been more or less in the public eye for
some years. He leads the strenuous
life, in that he is constantly impelled to
repulse persons OF his own race and
color who seek to attack him in his
private rights, or what he considers his
rights. He never yet gave a decision
at a cakewalk that was not challenged
by somebody who felt himself aggriev-
ed. He never won a calkwalk prize
that he did not have to defend with
the strong hand. For the rest, he is
willing to take life as easy as his enc
mics will permit him, but he is fire.
quently brought into conflict with the
constituted authorities and has had
some experience of the police court.
Now some few weeks ago Mr.. Bev-
enue was condemned in the police court
for creating a disturbance-which dis
turbance, he contended, he could not
escape, as he was put in the posture OF
defense. Being condemned and turned
over to the official in charge of the
workhouse van for transportation to
the place where he was about to I'M
dergo punishment for his fault-if fault
1t was-Mr. Bevenue raised his voice
in protest against the fate that threat
ened to undo him. He protested so
vociferously as to disturb the repose of
his fellow passengers in the van. In
cidentally he consigned to condign
punishment the corporal and spiritual
parts of the driver Of the van. All
this, it appears, while he was ENGAGED
and a prisoner in transit. Upon his
release from durance he was imme-
diately apprehended on the complaint
of the workhouse van driver charged
with breach Of the peace. Now comes
the contention:
Mr.. Bevenue holds that, as he was
segregated from society, a prisoner
condemned to expiate a breach of the
ordinance which contemplates the
maintenance of the public peace, he
could not disturb the peace of the
public, he being no part of the public.
His contention, being carried out,
would admit his responsibility to the
discipline Of the prison van, although
denying an infraction OF an ordinance
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cause may have other ambitions. 1t
would be quite worth the while of some
OF them to have places near the top OF
the police department if they could be
assured that the mayor would be so
busy managing his business admins
tration that he would not hear the ex-
plosion when burglars blew open the
safe in police headquarters. They have
always worked on the policy that has
made fer the grandeur of the G. o. p:
TO the victors belong the spoils
Wherefore the man in the street
has his doubts about that undertake
ing by the Pioneer Press that the po-
lice department is not to be disturbed
In the remote contingency of Col.
Wrights election. We are under no
particular concern in the matter, for it
is hardly possible that Col. Wright will
be given chance to demoralize the
police department. But it would be
the better part of discretion for the
policemen out of jobs who have f1ocked
to his standard to get contracts before
going in too deep.
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ENTER THE DEVIL MACHINE.

The auto is beginning to flash up
and down the streets and avenues Of
the city as a sign to us that spring
has come and that it behooves every
pedestrian to consider seriously the
uncertainties of life before he ventures
forth to his daily toll. 1t is the early
auto that catches the pedestrian. BY
the latter part of May or of June, the
latter, should he survive till then, will
have acquired a nimbleness and a
rare presence of mind that will enable
him to snap his fingers contemptuously
at the devil machine, but until prac-
tice makes him perfect in lodging the
auto, he will cross the street at his
peril and even walk abroad at his
own risk
Spring restlessness affects us all,
but especially does it seem to get into
the chauffeur's bones. Ordinances af-
feet him not and he gives the merry
ha-ha to the policeman on the beat
as he fits about in his juggernaut
car. The spring poet would have US
believe that it is the chauffeur who
comes to grief because Of his reck-
lessness. He sings:
Auto, monster of such hideous mien
That to be hated needs but to be scent
But seen too oft, familiar with it's clash
one hrSt endureS, then mounts and
goes to smash
But the pedestrian knows better.
Did the man in the auto ride at his
own peril, the man on foot would grin
comfortably and urge him on, but he
rides at the peril of the pedestrian, and
therefore the latter's fancies in this
springtime season turn seriously to or
dinances.
He recalls that here in st. Paul we
have one and he wonders when the
spring chauffeur is going to read it. 1t
is only necessary to stand on street
corner to be convinced that he hasn't
read it yet. The neat red and black
cards tackled up in the street cars
have accomplished such wonderful re-
suits In breaking up the nasty habit
Of expectorating that it has probably
already occurred to the pedestrian that
it might be advisable to tack cards up
on the lamp posts that will warn the
chauffeur. not to speed but to read the
ordinance. If these cards were large
enough and painted in bright enough
and avoid future unpleasantness. The
suggestion Is certainly worth consider
alton in view Of the fact that the man
who runs an auto these days shows a
DISPOSITION to DEFY the law
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THE ST. PAUL GLOBE. SUNDAY. APRIL g. 1901

mon. His first wife sought for him
without avail and he slept in fancied
security.
But Nemesis was on his trail. One
night two weeks ago he woke up and
picked some pieces of scantling out
Of his Fibs-all that was left of the
house in which he had resided. A tor
nado had wrecked his bigamous but
happy home. He felt that he was
something OF q hero, and when the re-
porter arrived he told him how he tried
to save the house and how he had
saved his wife-No. 2.
Now Wife No. 1 reads the papers.
and while McInerney was still rejOic-
ing in his role of the hero she was
planning his undoing. AS hero he did
bered only her wrongs. She crossed
the border to and arrived at Indiana
Harbor while Mac was still doing the
hero stunt. She recognized him, had
him arrested and he was sent to the
penitentiary for five years the day be-
fore yesterday.
Thus are We taught that evil doing
brings its own reward even more GER
tainly than virtue, and that it profits
no man to become a hero until he has
diagrammed his past.
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Kuronatkin.

All the writer's who have the appear
ance of really knowing something about
Gen. Kuropatkin are agreed on one
point SkObeleff's ways are not Kuro-
patkin's ways, they tell us. Skobeleff
was a Russian Phil Sheridan, with a
dash of Custer in him; Kuropatkin is a
compound of Mcclellan and Pop
THOMAS. He has rooted objection to
lighting before he has completed his
preparations and has everything just
to his mind He thinks it much bet
ter to be safe than to be sorry. He's
quite capable of falling back before the
Japanese advance again and again But
when he once gets ready to fight,
things will Immediately become very
interesting for the Japanese general in
cOmmand.-HartfOrd COurant.
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A REMARKABLE CONCESSION.

Ever since we ceased to be a colo
NAL possession visitors from England
have considered it their privilege to
say spiteful things about our country
and ourselves, in the books they have
written. But Sir Philip Burne-Jones,
who visited us recently, and who, of
course, wrote a book, being literary,
has made such a beautiful amende
honorable that on his account we
should forgive all his fault finding pred
ecessors. OF course, Sir Philip did not
find us absolutely faultless. Sir Philip
is English and he has the point of view
of his race. He regrets that we chew
gum, read yellow journals, drink ice
water and patronize the quick-lunch
counter, -but-and those who do not
know the English will not appreciate
as 1t deserves this beautiful magnan-
imlty-he. says that some Of us, all of
our women, indeed, look as if we had
tubbed recently. Can an Englishman
bestow higher praise? We doubt it.
The compliment would have been
more effective, Of course, if Sir Philip
had stated just how recently, The in
completeness Of his statement in
PRODUCES to our mind an element of
doubt which lessons slightly our pleas
ure Does he mean by his compliment
merely to express surprise at discov-
ering that he was able to discern the
exact shade of our complexion? Or
does he desire to impress on his coun-
trymen the fact that the American has
reached such an advanced stage of. civ
ilization that a daily tub has become a
necessity to him? We would like to
know, not for the sake Of satisfying
our own curiosity in regard to our per-
sonal habits 1--WE know we tub daily
and need no English assurance of the
facO, but merely as an indication of
just how We appear to the eyes of
English visitors. We hope we look
clean, but when he says we look as II
We had tubbed recently, we are in
doubt as to whether he means that we
fairly glow with soap and water, or
that we are just tolerably clean.
But perhaps it is just as well to ac-
cord to Sir Philip the benefit of the
doubt When he jotted down in his
note book, Il perceive with much as
tonishment that the aborigine shows
signs Of recent Tubing" we can fancy
the generous glow Of kindly feeling
which pervaded his system, and we are
glad that the glow lasted long enough
for the concession to get into the book
He has paid us the highest compIi-
ment that an Englishman is capable Of
paying, and If there still remains a
doubt in the minds of stay-at-home
Englishmen as to how frequently we
tub, We are sure that Sir Philip did
not Intentionally implant that doubt.
After all, the fact that we tub at all
will serve to increase the entente cor
dale between this nation and England.
1t is 'love me, love my tub" with the
Britisher. Having learned that we
have acquired taste for his tub, he
will be prepared in the future to be-
lieve other nice things Of u.s.