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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-10
Woman and the Artists.

A certain artist, who, being wiser than
his kind, has concealed his name, says
that he can no longer get suitable models
for tho female figure because all the
women of to-day have heads too large
for their bodies. He lives in hope that
the increasing popularity of athletics
will develop the bodies till the old fash
toned proportions admired by the sculp-
tors of Greece shall be restored. He be-
lieves that the overdevelopment of the
feminine head is due to modern culture.
He is brave man indeed who dares to
accuse the women of to-day Of having
by reason of their learning developed
swelIed heads. But his view of the entire
matter is askew. The Greek woman's
head was too small; that is the real state
of the case. She was, as a type, ignorant,
unlearned unframed in the use of the
brain. One small head could easily carry
all she knew; with room to spare
What this artist and all the rest of his
kind should do is to remodel their ideas
about models. Let them stop worrying
about the Greeks and carve in immortal
marble the genius Of American woman
hood. There is nothing whatsoever the
matter with the woman of to-day. She is
most particularly and generally all right.
She is the very best that ever was.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-10
THE !SEAGOERS.
Paul MOrton's Wife ana Daughter Among
the New Works. Passengers.

Aboard the American liner New York, Oft
to-day for Southampton;
Col and Mrs. j. B. Hughes. Mrs. Paul Nor
ton. Miss Morton. DR.. Edward r. Stitt. [. $ y:
Miss Molly Elliot Seawall. Mr.. and Mrs Chari $
Wheeler Turner. the Hon. William B. Allison.
DIR. NJ. D. Conway. the Hon. Robert q. Cousins.
the Hon. William T. Buchanan. John L. Ber-
wind. Mrs. Robert Fitzsmmons. Mr.. and
Mrs. Timothy Foley, Mr. and Mrs, Ira u.
Berolet. Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel r Shplcy.
Lieut. II, +. Whitney and Cyril s sykes.
Sailing to-day by the Cunarder I'mbria
for Queenstown and Liverpool:
Amory Moore, DR.. and Mrs. j. Sapagler
Keifer, J. n Marshall. William r, Shepherd.
Dr. and Mrs Edwin L Swift. Frank II Patton.
Mrs +, II. stevens, MIR, and Mrs. Warren p.
James T. Dennis
Voyagers by the Atlantic Transport
liner Minneapolis, which sails to-day for
London:
Mr and Mrs. r A sSd Ms Nsicr H and
greaves. Dr. and alls K, 9, Heron, I. !
Thomas, 'M T. and Mrs NJ u FarScr, ths Rev
and Mrs. W j Dawson. Prof q. II. Brown
and Mrs 4, II Comstoek.
Passengers by the Red Star liner Fin
land. which sails to-day for Dover and
Antwerp:
Mr. and Mrs, Franklin II Agnew, Mr. and
Mrs. Percy \. Pyne. S Van RENSSELAER, Ihayer.
Mr. and Mrs, Francis j, u,ndesrhill, Mrs,
Mr. and Mrs $ l.. Severance. the Baroness
Korn Ernest Gerard head of the postal and
and C. Van Bogaert. engineers Of the Bel
g.an State Railwa".
Aboard the Anchor liner Astoria, of
to-day for Glasgow
Capt John Il, Moore. T. s A Allan Munro.
Mr. and Mrs George Harvey, Mr. and Mrs
Morgan Valentine Gress. Lieut.. Archibald
Sunderland, T. s A.; Mrs. Eugene Ward and
Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Manley.
Sailing to-day by the Hamburg American
liner Pennsylvania, for Dover and Ham
burg:
Mr. and Mrs Gus Zimmerman. the
Countess Won Honstein -Schwarzrnfeld. Mrs
Frances J. hubbard, Mr.. and Mrs ". Lee
KGrnes willard H.. Durham. Mrs. W. II.
Catin. \, Kingsley Porter and Mr.. and Mrs,
Charles Oliver
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-10
TIE EQUITABLE.
A Policyho!der's Questions as to the Ad-
yAnta.es OF q Giant Business.

To THE EDIToE or The SrN-.Str: Would
the present Equitable policyholders II am onej
be injured II that society should cease to
write new business or. on the other hand,
does the safety OF my policy depend upon
writing new business?
Is not a company having say, fifty thousand
insured as safe given equally good manage
mentl as one having six hundred thousand?
May not the Equitable he considered merely
as an agglomeration of twelve moderate. safe
companies? Has any one been benefited by
the enormous growth Of the bigger companies
except those who actively conduct them? Il
do not now mean to suggest illegal benefit
Is there not, in mere magnitude. a danger
ous element tending toward corruption?
Are We not all. in all human activities. met by
the experience that principles of conduct.
useful for the general good. have compare
lively easy. conquest OF direct selfishness,
unless the stakes involved become unusually
great? Do We not crudely express our mutual
distrust in the old saw. not entirely true. but
truer than many of its kind, that every man
has his price?
Must we not. as society. guard against the
gathering In any mans hands OF very great
power financial or political; Must we not be
almost equally careful against the grasp Of
power by a few say five-as against the
power OF ONE
Was not young MI Hyde placed in posi-
tlOn OF extreme temptation -HnulnH himself
about to control a vast fund which belonged.
even by the widest stretch of his stock priv
ileee. only in small part 10 him, while its real
owners were numerous. widely scattered,
and having rather indefinite legal rights?
Will 1t be possible for those six hundred
thousand polcyholders TO exercise any Of
fective control Of their concentrated mil
lions? viii not such an organization surely
become tyranny or an ogarchy good or
bad or indifferent? II indeed excessive con-
centration OF power be dangerous. is not the
true cure for Equitable troubles this that it
should grow less. not greater?
Was not a policy in the Equitable as safe
twenty years ago as il is now? We're not the
morals OF its officials safer against the temp
tatons which might destroy any of u.s. Is
not the public veal conserved by seeing that
men arc not led into temptation certainly if
that temptation. in itself contains no obvious
public good?
Should not the program then be this?
J.. Suits to determine ownership OF the
surplus.
2 Acceptance of any reasonable modus
vivendi "a to management. involving oven
partial correction of the evils inherent in mag
nitude. but which, thus far. do not prove
spe cial crmlnality Of ybodv or any Grievous
loss to any polcyhoder.
2 Gradual desccation of an overgrown
body.
a. 4 fresh start perhaps. when, ten wears
hence. moderate bulk shall have been reached.
N G m I,,.,n noe n IsFlE ny
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-10
NO FRANCHISE tax SET OFF.
City Likely I, Fight Demands OF the COM
panies Tor Deduction or Fees.

Comptroller Circuit intiInated yesterday
that the city would not agree to the demands
Of the corporations that the money they pay
annually 70 the city in the shape of fees and
percentages upon receipts should lie de-
Quoted from the amount CT the special fran
chi Use tax 10 grant the subtractions asked
for the city would lose over $5CO0O0o Ct the
s2A 600 900 indet tedness on the part Of the
companies which ha; accrued since the
passing OF the special franchise tax law.
The contention of the companies that the
fees and percentages should lie taken our II
based N a decision of the Court Of Appeals.
which directed the city Of Buffalo to make
such deductions in the case of IA franchise
holding company Of that city. AT the out
set the administrator Of this city was in
clined to follow " some extent / o rule
set in the Buffalo case and was prepared To
settle with the companies on come sort OF
a compromise tasls; B',t thn o9;mpa nue..
Mayor Mcclellan and Comptroller Circuit
have practically made UP their minds to
fight these demands.
One Of the reasons which has induced
them to take this stand is the opinion OF
Justice Brewer of the United States Supreme
Court, who wrote the decision UNFOLDING
the constitlt onality Of the special fran.
chise tax law. He held that the amounts paid
yearly to the city by the companies Tor car
licenses and in percentages could not be
looked upon as taxes, but az payments Tor
public property used by the companies.
or, in other words, that these sums were
paid rentals. Assistant Corporation Co'ln-,
sci Coleman. who has charge OF the legal
end of the issue. had a. long conference
yesterday with Comptroller Grout, and it
is certain that unless the corporations
greatly modify their claims they will have
to prove in the courts the soundness OF the
position they have taken.
The Finance Department received yester-
day over 5000 900 for hack franchise taxes
and unpaid taxes on real estate. Several
companies p id up their taxes for the years
1900 and 1901 which will save them from
being included in the sale of delinquent
properties to be begun on June u. Among
these were the New York Mutual Gas Com
pany, sl8l, l54; City Water Company OF
Queens, s32 2o3 Brooklyn Heights Railroad
Company, Sl45 40s; New York Steam Heat
Ing Company $3.50. and Consolidated
Telegraph and Electrical Subway Com
pany .$742l7. In addition, real estate tax
and water rent arreara ges to the amount
of over 5000 900 were paid in yesterday.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-10
MAY COPY STOCKHOLDERS LIST.
Appellate Division Holds That Any Owner
OF shares Has such . Right.

A decision rendered yesterday by the
Appellate Division holds that q stockholder
in any company is entitled to inspect the
stock book of the company, even If his only
purpose in doing so is to discover the names
of the other stockholders and mako list
Of them for business purposes.
The decision reverses an order made hv
Supreme Court Justice Mccall refusing to
grant to Joseph W. Lorge a broker, man
damus directing the Consolidated National
Bank Of this city to allow him to inspect tia
stock book and make copy OF any entries
in it hc might care to note down. Lorge i.
a holder Of a small amount Of stock in tn,
aux, and he admitted, according t. "a
tank officials, that his orgy purpose IN
examining the stock hook was 10 obtain a
list Of tho shareholders, 80 that he might
trade in the stock The hank declined tn
allow him to use the book for any such
purpose and he brought mandatory pro-
ceedings.
Justice Hatch. writing the opinion, saws
that percmptorv writ allowing Lorge to
make any copies he plcases of the stock
book ent ries must be granted.
This decision will be appealed. as it aFec's
all corporations in which knowledge re
the list of stockholders would help broker
to trade in the stock
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-10

II early reports from Great harrington,
Mass, are confirmed. the amateur fisher
men OF the United States have new trouble.
It is to reconcile with the ethics of fisher
mems tales in the past a sinister defense
now interposed by one OF their number.
As every one knows who knows anything.
the streams of Berkshire county are full Of
fish at this time of year The Housatonic,
swollen by rains. is flowing fast and all the
tributary streams are tapping their banks
at high water and rustling the leaves,
boughs, branches and shrubbery along
shore.
An amateur fisherman In Great Barring
ton was charged, as reported, with catching
two trout under the legal length Of six
inches. One Of the best trout brooks in
the Berkshires runs for a distance of a
quarter Of n mile through his property.
The Game Warden saw the owner returning
from fishing trip and asked to see his
catch. He found the undersized trout.
The lawyer for the fisherman pleaded in
defense that the trout had shrunk an inch
or two after being caught fine OF $40
was imposed after this testimony in the
District Court but an appeal was taken.
The theory Of the shrinking fish is an
arrow pointing straight to the vitals Of
every genuine fsherman's tale in the past.
Every one knows that under the stimulus
OF the anglers enthusiasm tho ten pound
fish becomes twenty. and the twenty
FOUNDER fifty. Six fish hooked on the line
become forty and forty fish drawn by the
reel become hundred before home is
reached, or the roadside inn no longer en-
tertains the amateur fishermen and their
auditors.
II such a precedent Is to be established
judicially. what will become OF the old
standards? Ice may melt, coal may be
less in the bin than on the scales, tobacco
may go up in smoke, but fish won't shrink
so long as the amateur anglers. stand by
each other.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-10
THAT BUFFALO HUNT rs OFF.
Dan Beard, Told About 1t In An Earl, Mrrn.
Ing Despatch, Fumes Himself

Ing Despatch. riuacs Himself
Dan Beard. editor of Recreation, got A
rise before dawn YESTERDAY ont Of hiller
Bros proprietors of I0l Iianch, at Bliss.
Okla. who he had been informed. intended
to slaughter herd Of thirty-fvc bufa'oes
at a celebration tomorrow marking tha
abandonment of tribal relations hf tn,
Indians Of the Oklahoma reservations ,r.
Beard sent dispatches of protest on Thurs
day TO the Secretary Of tho Interior and tina
Secretary Of War. suggesting interf'ranc,
with the buffalo hunt
The Miller Brothers, Mr.. Beard said rcster-
day, evidently felt something drop" They
got up at 2 o clock in the morning and called
the hunt of. Apparently tho Government,
through the Secretary of the Interior or
the Secretary Of War, had sent message
to Miller Bros The despatch thpt Mr.
Beard received was sent from Bliss ct
2:C4 A. NJ. and not in answer 10 anything
he sent to them. II ssid in substance:
No buffalo will 10 slaughtered except,
prohahiv ono Old huli. "hH' r,''l 30 sod
10 furnish barbecue No females will b,
killed No on" ma greater dorits t. pei
petuate the buffalo than We. We thank Won
for your suggestion
Mr. Beard is Inclined to think that 'hs
hunt would have gone on If he had not
protested.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-10
VAN ERy MIS- LAST OPINION.
His Dissent In the Case OF a Suit Against
Stclnway Executors Recorded

The Appellate Division affirmed yester-
day the judgment rendered by Supreme
Court Justice Leveptritt awarding to Mrs.
Ottiie c. Recknagel sl2ss3s on her claim
against the executors of tho estate of Will
lam Stoinway, her father-in-law. She
married George A. Steinway, son of Will
lam Steinway, the piano manufacturer, in
1888, and they had three children.
Later, Gsorgo Steinway became infirm.
mentally and physically. and Mrs. Rack-
nagel determined to sue for q divorce
Her father-u-law dissuaded her from this
course by agreeing to settle on her $500
a year until the youngest child should
come Of age. He failed to make provision
for this agreement in his will, and she sued
the executors to enforce it,
Justice Van Brunt dissented from
the majority opinion on technical grounds
and dictated an opinion in dissent which
Justice Mclaughlin. who also dissented,
assumed as his own, prefacing the opinion
By the statement that this was the last
judicial act performed by Justice Van
8runt.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-10
Pay and Ability and Service.

Chancellor MAcCRAcKEN of the New
York University, in his address to the
graduates on Thursday. contrasted the
the modest stipends received by college
faculties. The salaries of the presi-
dents of the fourteen ranking UNIVERSE
ties of this country, all put together, he
pointed out do not amount to as much
as the salary and perquisites of single
fortunate president Of life insurance
corporation, Moreover, As the average
salary of an American university pro-
fessor is only $1,000, fifty of them to-
gethcr get only as much as is paid as
annual salary merely to single life in
sllrance president.
This comparison is not important,
except so far as it may suggest that the
scale of pay of insurance officers is too
high and of college professors too low.
The standard Of judgment between the
two, however, is not the mere difference
in salaries. 1t is whether in either case
the salary is above or below the pay
necessary to get the quality of ability
requisite fer the place
The salary Of the President Of the
United States is only half that paid to
the president of life insurance COM
pany now under investigation; yet be-
cause Of thet less pay it has never been
difficult to get men to take the place,
not even when the Presidents salary
was half its present amount. Nor has it
ever been difficult to get men of eminent
abilities TO take the Presidency
or places in the Cabinet because of the
smalLness of the salaries paid.
The average salary Of university pro-
fessors is as great as the average of Off
cial salaries of lower grade paid by the
United States in places for the filling
of which superior ability is requisite.
Men holding offices in the Federal Treas
ury Department of the highest response
bility and demanding rare and peculiar
abilities are paid only from $1,000 to
5000 year.
Judicial salaries in the United States
do not average Us much as the pay of
college presidents and hardly more than
the pay of professors. Presidents of
universities get as much as Cabinet Off
GERS of the Federal Government, and in
some cases more. The pay of Senators
and Representatives in the Federal Con-
gress is much less than some of these
presidents receive. The average pay of
Governors of States is less.
The average pay of the clergy in the
United States is very much less than
50 900. and that sum is high compared
with the average earnings of lawyers and
doctors, all men of learned professions.
1t is as much as the great majority of
the officers of the army and navy get. 1t
is more than the average income of men
of education.
We do not mean in saying this that COL
leGe professors are sufficiently paid. We
wish that they got more. They ought to
get more. But are there any places in
the faculties of colleges which are left I'M
supplied because Of the smallpess Of the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-10
Morocco and the Treaty of Madrid.

The question between Germany ana
France as to Morocco turns mainly upon
the Interpretation of single article
twenty-five words long in treaty or
convention to which the United States
Government is party.
In 1880, at Madrid, the plenipotentiarles
Of the United States, Germany, Austria
Belgium Denmark Spain, France, Great
Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal
and Sweden and Norway concluded with
the Sultan of Morocco's Minister OF
Foreign Affairs, the Taleb Sid MoHAMMED
VARGAS. a convention defining the rights
of "protection" TO be exercised by the
representatives of foreign Powers over
Moroccan subjects on Moroccan soil
This treaty was ratified all around, and
1t is still in force. The first sixteen artl-
cles relate solely and specifically to the
subject lust stated. Then comes:
-... ARTICLE II.
The right TO the treatment OF the most favored
nation is recognized by Morocco as belonging TO all
tnepowe.s represented at the Madrid conference"
It is on this provision that Germany
rests what is practically her protest
against Frances plans and proceedings
In Morocco She has called the atten-
ton Of all the Powers to the foregoing
article as most favored nation COM
pact, still of binding force on Morocco
and inconsistent with any theory except
that of the equal right of all the sigma
tory Powers to participate in the affairs
of Morocco, and TO influence the political
destines of that dominion.
Frances reply is said to be that Article
lis of limited application, referring only
to the matter of The protection of lives
and property, as defined in the preced-
ing sixteen articles Of the Madrid treaty.
In other words, this most favored ma
ton clause is not general, but is re-
stricted to the particular subject Of the
agreement. It gives the Powers equal
rights concerning the protection of lives
and property, as provided for in the
rest Of the treaty, but cannot be con-
strued as an agreement of the twelve
Powers to recognize each others rights
to equal participation in the political
control Of Morocco
How is Article II interpreted at Wash
ington? The diplomatic situation may be
such as TO make this very interesting
question We observe that in the Off cial
compilation of Treaties in Force pub
lished according to an act of Congress,
the Madrid treaty of 1880 is classified in
the index, under the title Most Favored
Nation Privileges, not as Commercial,
or as Consular" or as Consular and
Diplomatic, but as General
This circumstance, trifing though it
seems, may give comfort to Berlin.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-10
NAVY BOWS TO FISHERMEN.
Their Protest Against Target Practise
ADDparS II he Needed.

COTTAGE CITY. Mass. June s.-Private
advices received from Washington state
that the North Atlantic squadron will not
visit these waters for target practise this
summer. as has teen the custom for tie
last three years, Last Writer petitions
were circulated and signed Ivy those inter
ested in the fishing industry requesting
rractiso in Martha : Vineyard water during
the t.shing foason. on tho grounl that i
frightened the fish away and thus caused
the petitioners to suffer financially
These petitions have evidently be"n
needed Ey Secretary Mort IN. who will ~
order the squadron here until the nnid Ia
OF Novcn err when tn season FOR GSliry
is pra cticalv over. Local nsAernea az
juhiant over the victory, They g.,
the credit If it to Rear Admiral II. -. "ynn',
comma nder Of the so uadrou.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-10

To THE EpIToR OF THE SrE- sur OF course one
isn't obliged 10 give a tip hut think ~ The hapr-
ness may obi ain by doing sol Nhcn buy =
drink In the Gaze OF the s.. Regis and pay the
waiter dime for III" prvllcg" OF heviag II served
| say TO myself: There's 10 cents 10 help Jack
Astor worry through the summer. Hr'l be able
TO sec Newpori all rlga;."
When | so TO the As'or In Long Acrr square I
give dime to tic nuncy and rca'iz' tina, I'm
helping Willy AS'or keep up nnc place In Eng land.
&c, shaved IN the Equitable Building, and when
ever | see Jimmy Hyde or Jimmy Alexander
swell with PRIDE knowing that I'm represented
and help TO pay the expenses wherever they go.
Every time | rad OF the enlightened activities
Of the Pullman family my chcst expands. Am
not paying for IT,
SO 1t gots. The tip Is ali right, |, let's a good
many OF us Into high gentccl society. Isn't that
rev d enoughl SlIAs UPERrES.
JXRsBx CtTy, june O 's.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-10
CRY BtyS WONTAIK THEATFP.
Pays $500 900 at Private Sale-AssesSed
at 5000 900 Wanted for bridge Approach.

The Board OF ENimat g decided yesterday
to purchase by private negotiation the
Montauk Theater in Brooklyn. the site
Of which is want &c! b. the city to carry out
the plans for the const ruot ion of an ap-
pronch to tho Manhattan Z idGe by ox-
tending Flathush avenue.
Tho property had been ordered to he
condemned as long ago as Mayor Lows
time and he ouly point of int crest attaching
to vest crc'Hy'N action is that il was agreel
to pnv sSOooo for the property while it
has been ssessed at only 100000 Another
fact which was commente ed upon is that the
cans of BROOKLYN. among them being for
mer Sc mater William H. Reynolds.
MIR. Crout explained that the price had
been reported to he q lust one by the city's
appraisers for the res m that the price Of
property in tho neighhorhood had greatly
increased since the S3oont0 assessment
was placed upon it
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-10

The Vikings heirs have set the pace
In deeds OF bloodlcss war:
Their slogan TO the human race
Comes swectly from afar.
\ fulgent star beams brightly forth
To Europc's dazzed view:
Fired By this beacon from the North.
What win old Ireland do?
THE Sun last Christmas morn shonc fair.
With all Its pristine glow.
And asked King Edward on the square:
why not let Ireland GU"
AS though he chooses 10 forget
Poor Hrn's honest due.
The question Is unanswered yet
What will old Ireland do
Shall Irish statesmen AZ the throne
In shining phrases plead.
And vow that Liberty alone
Can answer Erin's need
The Norssmcn took their cause In hand
And solved the problem. too,
And Freedom now shines DER their land
What will old Ireland dos
We now repeat: ope wide your heart,
scion Of the Guelph.
And give poor Ireland q start
In business for herself.
Then on her fields OF enc raid green,
Beneath her skies OF blue.
by all the world It will be seen
What ireland, tree, will do.
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