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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-06-11

and wrote was not exactly early English nor middle
English much less the highly composite and tes-
selated mosaic which we call the latest and con-
temporary English. II was only the bony skeleton
of our English what the Palatine mount OF Romulus
was to imperial Rome what WesseX was to the
present empire of the Queen. But it was the bones
of our common tongue: II was the bones with the
marrow in them ready to be clothed in flesh and
equipped with sinewS and nerves. But this simple
and unsophisticated tongue the genius OF our
Saxon hero so used and nodded that he founded a
prose stvle and taught the English race to trust
to their own mother-tOngue from the first; to be
proud OF IL cultivate It. to record II in the deeds
OF their ancestors and 10 hand 1t on as national
possession for their children
Alfred showed the same courage that Dante
was to reveal little later when he chose to make
use Of the language OF his own people. instead OF
familiar to all scholars-but familiar to scholars only.
Till Dante's time" so Lowell reminded us the
Italian poets thought no language good enough to
put their nothings into hut Latin-and indeed a
dead tongue was the best for dead thoughts-but
Dante found the common speech OF Florence, IN
which men bargained and scolded and made love,
good enough for him, and out OF the world around
him made a poem such as no Roman ever sang.
Alfred and Dante and Chaucer seem all of them
to have had an intuitive knowledge OF the fact
which later pathological science has not yet sue
ceeded in getting accepted-the fact that every
language IS born on the lips OF those who use it,
and that it lives in common speech and in daily
use. rather than in grammar and in dictionaries.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-06-11

WITHIN few days tbereafter The professor
CHANGED to hear other phrases drawn from the
rapidly increasing vocabulary Of the electricians
He was told by q war correspondent who had re-
Gently been TO the front with the Russian army,
that vodka was live wire He was informed
that on a certain occasion a woman OF uncertain
temper was ''otf her trolley" He listened TO an
indignant friend declaring that an objectionable
person had been 50 ANNOYING that the speaker was
ready to throw him down the third raj"
And then he recalled the stirring stanza OF the
bard Of the British Empire, in which Nh hlplng
declared the readiness OF the Native Born on the
shores OF the seven seas 10 drink
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-06-11

To the hearth Of or peoples people
To her well-ploughed windy sea,
To the hush Of our dread hlgh-altar
Where the Abbey makes Us We;
To the Crist OF the slow-ground ages,
To the gain that IS yours and mine
To the Bank Of the open Credit,
To the P5z1er-k0use OF the Line!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-06-11

To the gain that IS yours and mine
To the Bank Of the open Credit,
To the P5zler-.oase OF the Line!
And when he had assembled these things in his
memory the professor of English saw their sig
-77+7csrlce At last. Here under his hand was new
evidence OF the growth Of the language, OF It's con-
slant expansion OF its vitality and OF It's health,
Here was proof again that the English language
was atl1ndantlv alive, and that however firmly
rooted It might be in the past II was forever stretch
ing out fresh branches for the future. Its work
was not done. and It was keeping itself tit for the
LARGER duties that doomed before II. Being alive
and not dead It was IN constant change, adjusting
itself TO the varying circumstances, continually
making itself ready to meet the necessities OF the
several peoples that speak it
The English language Is not made 1t IS a-rnalllng
now. II IS not finished and complete like Latin;
nor Is II dead ike Latin It IS alive and growing,
and therefore It IS not Vet fixed and determined;
i Is ever flexible yielding, resourceiu as It has
s7vsvs been since its earliest beginnings Il IS now
the same tongue that the great King Alfred spoke
and vet i IS not the same. for II has outgrcWn It's
ddEng-clothes and attained to the stature OF
mighty man 1t was IN the infancy OF English
that Alfred achieved the marvellous literary feat
OF creating a prose style, feat which 50 Frederic
Harrison asserts can be explained only by re
rne-nbe-ing that the language which Alfred spoke
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-27
WELL KNOWN TRAVELLING MAN
CHARGED WITH SERIOUS Of
TENSE AT SPOKANE.
While on Drunk Alleged That He At
tempted to Hold Up Barkeeper
and Slusged Him.

Will c. Gibson, who makes Walla
Walla every four weeks as a represen-
tative of Bushong & Company of Port
land, printers and bookbinders, is In
the Spokane county Jail charged with
being a footpad. According to the
story which comes from Spokane, Glib
son while on a drunk yesterday morn
ing attempted to hold up barkeeper
named Boyd and when the latter re-
over the head with an iron bar, cutting
the scalp badly but failing to knock
the man senseless. Boyd grappled
with Gibson and a terrific fight took
place.
The attempted holdup occurred in
Dunn's saloon on Post street about 4
o'clock yesterday morning. After hit
ting Boyd with the iron bar the two
men fought clear across the street.
Gibson broke away and ran, but po-
licemen soon overlook him and locke
him up in the county Jail where a
charge of assault with intent to COM
nit robbery was lodged against him.
Gibson while on drunk in Walla
Walla several years ago created no end
Of excitement by setting fire to his
room in the Hotel State. The blaze
had gained SUCH Roadway that 1T was
necessary to call out the fire depart
ment. Gibson came very near being
cremated before he could escape from
mis- room. Two years ago while in
Boise on one of his trips he severely
beat a man who had made derogatory
remarks about President Roosevelt.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-27
President Attends Class Reunion

BOSTON, June 27-President Roose-
Welt and other members of the Har-
ward class of 80 held their twenty-ffth
annual class reunion today Thls
morning the class met at the Harvard
union and visited the college grounds
and buildings. The president is e1-
pected to deliver a brief and informal
address at the class dinner to be held
this evening at the Somerset hotel in
this city. He will also be present at
the university commencement exer-
cises tomorrow.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-27

Free Consultation and Examination
to all those who are suffering from
diseases of any nature and have failed
to be cured, if you will commence treat
ment between now and the first or
July, 1 will treat you for SIS month
till cured. Will you accept this liberal
offer. DR.. G. H. Graham, Specialist,
125 West Main Street. Phone 1416,
Walla Walla, Wash.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-27
S5O.O0-Denver and Return-$50.0O

The o. r. & N. Co. will make the
above rate to Denver and return.
Choice Of routes Tickets limited to
80 days from date Of sale and good for
stop overs in both directions.
Dates of sale, June I'd, Sd, 3Otn,
July LIST, August 10th, 18th, 18th, 3Otn
and 31st. Detailed information can be
had by calling on or addressing,
r. BURNS.
General Agent.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-27

Good Meats, Fresh and Salt Fish,
at Peoplel, Market. Phone %. II
South Thi Street, A. E. Augustavo.
Prop.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-27

ALI second-hand Pianos and Organs
taken as cash payments on new ones.
Stanley Music House.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-27

Hacks-Shaughnessy & Clancy.
stand caswelrs Cigar Store. Phone
$50.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-27
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.
Burned out, but no cessation Of bust
ness.
a tent, corner Colville and Rose
streets, directly in the rear Of our old
stand. JOHN SMITH COMPANY.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-27

Found-Tne best place on earth tt
eat-at the Portland Restaurant.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-27

But for a real good meal go to
Olson's.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-27

Follow the crowd to the Portland
Restaurant.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-27
LADIES.

Man tailored Skirts to order at Nc
Kean's, Fourth and Main.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-31
legislative Blunders.

Governor LA TOILETTE of Wisconsin
has discovered that somewhere on its
road through the State Legislature from
the introducers hand to the Executive
desk his bill for a rat making Railway
Commission suffered the suppression of
an essential "not."
When the bill was drafted careful pro-
vision was made that technical errors in
procedure should not render imperative
any action taken under it, When it got
to the Governor that clause had been
mutilated by the dropping of the mega
tive, SO that it provided affirmatively
that technical errors should vitiate any
action taken under it. There is to be an
investigation.
Now it is discovered that the electric
lighting bill certified and forwarded to
Mayor MCCLELLAN for his action, and
approved by him, is not the bill passed
by the New York Legislature, but is de-
fective in lacking an important amend
ment which had been adopted by both
branches of the Legislature in the closing
day Of the session. Result: The bill is
probably dead. correct copy cannot
now be sent to Mayor MCCLELLAN, adj
vertised by him, and returned for the
Governors action before the thirty
days allowed for signing bills after the
adjournment of the Legislature has
elapsed Governor HIGGINS says:
No doubt there will be an Investigation to see
where the fault Hes"
But how will finding where the fault
lies" cure the fault? How can the popular
demand for rate regulation and cheaper
electric light be satisfied by the Cover
nors' investigation?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-31
Tn. rro,ley,ess BROOKLYN Bridge,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sfr: have been
looking for some time for an article such ap-
peared In THE Sun this morning on "go-as you.
please troll.ys" over the bridge at night l am
at least as good naturcd As tho average and am
not inclined TO kick ordinarily. but we Brook
lynites seem destined TO ovcrmuch longsuflerlag
with tho famous h. r. T. system: and the bridge
question is only one Of many.
To come 10 Brooklyn from Manhattan after the
theater or other amusement. feeling quite tired
and into tho mo trolley running" sign. with
the stains TO climb and the congestion and wait
the top OF the stairs staring Ia the face a.
well as the scramble on the Brooklyn side, 10 coed
hard training for przehg liter rather than pleas.
ure for ordinary people. and is very hard for
IN particular.
II Is also means OF taking funds from the Bridge
Department at the expense OF the public and q
disgrac to modern city transit. II is simply q
joke 10 see few men working. or pretending to,
at few rails night after night. when week would
be long allowance OF time for the entire job: and
Il they care nothing for the public Il would seem a
matter for the city and tho Bridge Department This
Is subject Of wide interest. and one only hos to
remember the quick work In changing from cable
to trolley on broadway 10 sec tho excuse OF
year more constant work on the Bridge to save
expense TO the i. Il. 7. s.. N.
BRooRLYN, May 20.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-31
Masculine Manner. on tn. Elevated.

To THE EDITOR OF The SuN-,sh: In the cars
there Is printed card TO the effect that splitting on
the door Is prohibited and the offender subject to
fine and imprisonment How often Is this law en- =
forced' II Is generally impossible for a woman to
seat herself In the seats of the elevated cars
because OF the condition OF the floor at those seats
Why are men allowed TO e1pectorate on the floor,
is 1t because they know those the desirable
seats and they want TO keep them entirely to them
selves. knowing that refined woman cannot sit
down there on account OF the soil to her clothesf
Then again, one cannot walk through car with
out having her skirt brushed by the feet OF dozen
more men. who persist in crossing their legs. II
they must cross their legs they might at least have
dccency enough TO put their feet on tho door at
stations and not obstruct the passage. Their feet
are not so small.
Still again. never ride In the elevated cars
land travel In them twice a day. but l sec men
calmly seated with their feet on the opposite cross
seat. Do they use every chair in their own homes
as q foot restf
Why cannot men learn to keep their feet on the
floor. where they belong, when riding In a public
convcyance' ] travel In the cars with men who
Ought to know better. II. MRLpRuM
NEW YORK, May 20.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-31
A subway Romance.

Where the red and blue lights alternate, mid tramp
Of scurrying feet
And big trains crash with meteor fash way down
below the street.
While she prcsldcs In beauty DER her literary realm
They exchange the softest glsnees. only a. true
lovers can
The dainty little ncwseirl and the ticket choppInr
man.
The scenes not quite Arcadian down In the subway
No flowers in these summer days dlstil their swee.
perfume,
No birds, Interpreting the rlow Of Loves ethereal
bliss,
No earthly chance to rcvei In the rapture OF kiss
Still. Love has been patient wight since this old
world began
Think the dainty little ncwsgirl and tho ticket
chopDng man.
His sui, Of rusty khaki folds million ferycnt ssbs
And tn qunessencc of humor glis rus In his Celil,
Gycs.
And she in admiration. while her heart goes Dit,
a.oat.
Beams bright marconigraphs from meath her Tam
O'Shantcr hat.
He whispers; "Shuro I love yes thrue-,ndeed I
do"-"Ah. g'wani"
Says the wtching little newsgiri 10 the ticket chop
ping man.
Some risky ones at Newport bill and COO beside
the sea,
And Others on the hills are held by Cuplds wtchery
The wealthy catch" and brilliant match" the
order Of the day,
Until the rosy god sheds tears. and. mournful. nn
away.
But Love rcigns In the subway, though there be NO
coat Of tan
On the smiling little newsglr and the ticket chop.
ping man.
re EUoxNI GHAnY.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-31
The japanese Race.

To THE EDITOR or TIE SuE-.Sr: a statement
In THE SUN that Unless It may have been by Corcan
raids In the centuries past. Japan has never been
Invaded by foreign foe. and the racial descent
of the japanese Is practically pure" cannot be
sustained by the evidence of Brinton. Kcan Rc,z |.
Serg Boas, aud oil the leading snthropoogls S
of America. England and the Continent
A recent article by DR.. Albert s. Ashmead Is
entitled THE mulberry olored spots on the skin
OF the lower spanc Of the Japanese and other dark
races: sign Of negro descent" In the American
Anthrop roio1d 1907. Dr. H. N. wardcll In article
entitled "On evanesccnt congenital fermentation In
the sacro lumbar region" speaks OF II as an indica
ton that negro blood Ia coursing through the veins
Of the Japanese. Capt. F. Brinkley In his "prmcval
Japanese" argues that at a certain da,ea certain
race Of highly civilized men migrating from the
South swept northward and overran Japan. Hyde
Clarke identines the Japanese as Turano Africans.
According TO the evidence which tho sciences Of
archaeology and ehnology OFFER. the Japanese race is
. mixture OF races. with predominatlng physical
characteristics which point to Polynesian. there
fore negro. origin. JMB.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-31

Complaint L. made that according to
present indications many summer houses
will remain unrented during the season. This
indifference Is not an evidence OF lack OF
money on the part Of Americans, but indi-
Gates the possession of 1t In a greater meas
ure than formerly. Rich people want to
own their country homes instead Of renting
them, and when they build in the country
now they prefer a place that is agreeable
for residence all through the year and not
merely during few months Of summer
The ordinary hired villa life Ii passing away
Europe, too. Is a magnet which proves
every year more and more irresistible. The
roads OF France and Italy are now crowded
with the motor cars Of American families.
and these are the most numerous Of all the
nationalities to be seen there. There remain
for the rest Of the summer the spas and
mountains Of Europe. Thus the old fash
Toned summer lie Of the rich is disappearing
in this country,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-31
American and Foreign Plays.

During the theatrical season which has
just come to an end New Workers had the
opportunity to witness 1877 new pieces,
including those with musical features.
In spite OF this unusual number the
season was accounted unproductive,
because 1t is an evident anomaly in the
theater that the best seasons bring out
the smallest number Of plays. These
are of superior quality. however, for q
large number OF new dramas is proof
that many were tried and found wanting
Experiments are naturally few when the
plays produced are good enough to
survive.
The purely dramatic works were OF
various nativity. Twenty-four new
dramas were by English, twenty
three by American. eight by French
and three by German writer's. We're
the melodramas and musical farces
acted In the cheaper theaters included
in this list the number of works Of Amer
lean origin would be much larger. Only
dramas that called for some serious at
tention are taken into consideration.
The plays acted for more than one
hundred nights were this season fewer
in number than usual. Such long runs
are rare now, and but seven plays were
so prosperous. The four dramas most
frequently acted were by American
authors, and two Of them, which were
given more than twice as often as any
Of the others, dealt with American life
One had its scene In an American COL
lege town and the action of the other
passed in this city. The two most sue
cessful plays of foreign authorship were
by Englshmen. One OF them had the
assistance Of an actor Of great popu-
larity in New York, while the other was
by the most discussed English writer OF
the day.
The lesson Of these figures is not new,
but it Is always interesting to observe
and fattering to the Americans sense
of pride in his own country. Other
things being equal. the play dealing with
an American subject and written by q
native author has always better chance
Of success than any from foreign sources
and dealing with foreign conditions.
This fact is true Of the theater Of every
country. and would naturally obtain
here; but those who should be most
certain Of it seem most often in doubt.
American managers ought to be better
acquainted with this fact than any
other persons, A foreign success never
fails, however, to have it's effect upon
the purveyors of amusements in New
York. The record of hundred nights
in London, Paris or Berlin often blinds
them to the obvious preference Of Ameri-
cans for plays dealing with their own
life and written by fellow Americans.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-31

Mrs. F1sKE has again attacked with her
usual enthusiasm the theatrical syndicate.
She could not play in Salt Lake City because
there is no independent theater there. and
delivered In q church her denunciation OF
the unjust methods used by the handful OF
managers who control the theatrical BUSH
ness Of this country. But will the syndicate
be injured by such attacks from those out
side its beneAts7 So long as the local mana
gers to whom 1t supplies attractions, the
men and women It employs, whether In exec
utive or artistic positions, and the dramatists
1t pays are satisfied the denunciations OF
outsiders are likely to be harmless. The
public always refuses to interest itself In
the business OF Its amussments. 1t goes
where 1t Ii entertained and keeps away from
what bores 1t, wholly independent Of what
the source Of the supply may be. 1t goes
to the theater to be amused, not to vindcate
principle.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-31
COLLEGE ATHLETICS.
Not "COmmefcs" - such, but CONNER.
oialism In Sport, Condemned.

To TAa EpIToR OF THE Sun Sir: In his
letter In this mornings sun. Irish American
a)ludes to the much talked Of paper on cole &c
athletes In the June number OF McCluro's
Ma0osine as tho latest sensational magazine
article on this subject The article was
manifestly written for the purpose OF oreatin =
O sensation. but In the main Is it not based
on facts. and are not those facts reported
with essential accuracy?
Irish American" and any other outsiders
who think as he does should understand
that Commerce. In itself. Ia not regarded
as -dlshonorable. 1t Is true enough Of
q college athlete that "the fact that he plays
debar him from doing in college what in any
other college boy would be regarded as highly
commendable. that Is make a living" MIR.
Needham himself gives the Yale and Prince
credit Tor what they have done that ts good !;
he merely cites them as instances OF the per-
spirit grated upon college athletics by alumni
a0y EVEN sthes shod &c
free to work his way through college as Is
any other student: but when The athletic
comes the recipient Of unfair INDUCEMENTS
and of an unfair advantage oyer students
who are not athletes. but may be rendering
fields OF college interest.
The ,ea4yassInv Of the preparatory schools
social clubs have generally abandoned the
practise why should the athletic clubs con-
tnue it, except for what there is in IT,"
Everybody knows that these evils exist.
and they must be abolished. Either the
existing convention, formulated and adopted
by the Brown conference seven years ago.
must be repudIu,ed. or final and decisive
Observance. and enforcement, Between or
outside of these two courses there is no honest
way.
In either case. there is need OF such a con-
Rress as proposed in my letter to THE SIN
week ago To improve and correct the present
rules OF college athletic federation. or else
openly and honestly TO abolish them, and
let each college 90 its own way without pre-
tending to clean amateur spirit which 1t
does not possess-and may Heaven preserve
us from the confusion worse confounded
that W o,ild surely result! 7. y. +.
NEW YORK, May 90
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-31

sentiment as an imitation Of the relig-
ious professions OF "Romanism. Now
vested choirs" are introduced into even
Baptist and Methodist churches, once
distinguished for the bare simplicity OF
their worship. Practically all Episcopal
churches are now "ritualistio' to an ex-
tent which would have provoked violent
protest from their congregations at the
time of tho Great Awakening
Meantime Journalism has increased
and extended in every sphere Of social
life. Uniforms, once confined to the
army and navy and the first introduce
ton of which for the police was stoutly
resisted as un-American and undemo-
cratic, are now worn by great bodies OF
employees, public and private. Liveries,
once resented as q badge Of servitude
totally foreign to our political and social
system, are now usual. The fashion OF
putting crests on notepaper is followed
widely, and there Is nothing in the law
to prevent its becoming universal. A
man may select or devise any crest which
takes his fancy and print 1t on his letter
paper, engrave it on his silver and deco
rate his house or his person with it, &C
cording as the within takes him. He can
look over "Burke's Peerage' and pick
out for his use any crest which appeals
to his fancy, royal. ducal or otherwise,
and stick 1t up on pole before his house
II he is so minded. This Is free country
and nobody here is bound by the legal
restrictions as to the matter imposed by
an aristocratio system.
Does this reduce the whole business
Of feudalistic decoration to an absurd
vanity? Well, so much the better.