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4 MODEL WIZ.
not Necessarily one That Gives Money to
Public Uses.

Public Uses.
To rHx EpiroR OF THH suN-Siyi In to.
days Sun the Rev. Walter J. STANLEY Of
Danbury. Conn.,. oommends the example OF the
Boston man who left the bulk of his estate Ia
charitable. educational and religious uses.
I leave out Of consideration altogether any
personal reference to the excellent Danbury
priest or the excellent Boston decedent
what l object to is your headline on Mr.
Shanley's letter: "A Model VIII A model
will It may have been for a man without
relatives or friends; not for an ordinary
citizen with the customary family and social
ties. The duty Of such an ordinary citizen
is to provide for his own, not to be worse
than an infdel." He should do good. his
hand should be charitable while he lives.
1t Is notorious that many men and women
make q sort Of deathbed repentance and
restitution, defer their good works untl
their death and are benevolent In mortmaln
only. Some OF them are skinfints. cold
hearted. without bowels OF compassion. At
the last they try to buy or bride their way
into Heaven.
II Ia notorious also that priests and clergy
men often try to cajole or bulldoze their
parishioners into slighting their families for
the sake of enriohing that all g~rasping cor.
poratlon "ths Church. Az legacy hunters.
though not usually on their own account.
these men Of God can hold their W with
tho legacy hunters Of decadent Rome.
No: q model WIN" Is q just will, one fair
to all that have q natural right to be remem-
bered adequately In 1t; not one that takes
money away from those who need 1t or have
q right TO expect It and pours IL into the
greedy and thankless hands of religion or
public charity. JUSTICE.
PHILADELPHIA. August 4.
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MAD ANTHONY,s RAID.
Proposal for q Popular detrimental to tire
Great P0nophobe.


To THE EDITOR OF TEE 6uH-Siy: Per
haps you. o wise editor, con tell ue why AT
this season Of the year our spechless An
thony goes raging about this long suffering
town. with whitening eyeball and wildly
Tapping ears. while anxious mothers snatch
their babes from the morning tub. hastily
swathing them In their accustomed duds.
Woman art students. including your humble
petitioner. scurry TO cover. Why Is ltf> What
|, cruel insect bites our peerless ccnsorf NOW
II is In Fifty seventh street. .
As q member OF our lately muck raked
humane society l have again and again
invited the attention Of those disintefested
reformers to this sad spectacle without result
Can nothing be done1 Wa you not under
take a popular subscription for the sorely
AFFLICTED onet
Trusting that other humanely disposed art
students may follow my example. enclose
a two cent stamp to start the good work.
the proceeds to be applied TO the purchase OF
an extra large pair Of ear nets to protect the
sensitive organs Of the gentleman In aues-
ton during this trying season. But II there
should not DO enough stamps forthcoming
then i respectfully suggest that they DO ap.
piled to the offending cuts In the catalogue OF
the Art Students League where they VIII DO
the most good and 30 palliate b may
not entirely be ~remedied.
WOMAN ART STUDENT.
NEW YoRK, August 4.
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A critical situation has arisen in the
building industry, owing to a sudden
fall in the price of brick. Since last May
the cost of that important structural
material has gonedown about SO per cent.
The decline, il permanent, must affect
the value of the great majority OF the
buildings, old and new, in this town.
1t is likely, however, to be especially
disastrous in the case Of apartment
houses.
For several years IN extensive specu-
lation in old apartment houses has been
maintained on the ground that their
value has advanced in proportion to the
advance in the cost of labor and materi-
ais. Meanwhile, apartment houses have
been erected in unprecedented numbers.
During the last eighteen months plans
have been filed in the various boroughs
for new apartment buildings with a total
estimated housing capacity of $4,000
persons. There is at present a big over
supply OF such dwellings and rents have
co4se quently begun to decline. Even
without any marked recession in the
cost of construction the position in which
owners of apartment houses find them
selves is therefore by no means reassur-
ing. The slump in the price Of brick will,
unless purely temporary, result in a de-
probation of at least 81, 500 in the aver
age cheap apartment building.
There is apparently much difference Of
opinion as to the cause Of the slump.
1t is generally admitted, however, that
brick has been abnormally high for some
time, and that while a partial recovery
in price is to be expected, it will hardly
be very pronounced.
In many quarters it is asserted that the
fall in the price Of brick is traceable to
the competition from concrete construc-
ton. After the San Francisco fire brick
makers generally increased their output
in the expectation that it would be in
demand for rebuilding the stricken city.
The new San Francisco, however. is
being constructed mainly Of concrete.
So far no orders for brick have been
placed in New York for delivery at the
Golden Gate.
At the same time concrete is displac-
ing brick all over the country, particu-
larly in the West, being cheaper and
possessing, it is said, equal advantages
as a structural material. The tendency
of concrete to supplant brick has recently
become apparent in this city. Al
though but sparingly employed in build
ing construction here until its virtues
had been demonstrated by the San Fran
cisco fire, local builders are, according
to report, about to give it a trial in some
600 houses in Brooklyn, Queens and vari-
Gus New Jersey suburbs.
1t is a significant fact that in June,
when the price of brick was declining,
the building statistics for twenty-three
Of the leading cities OF the United States
indicated an investment of s50,Oo0,oo0
in new constructions, as against HS,-
900, 900 in the same month a year ago.
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Little Prince Olaf's Island.
From ne Manchester Daily XGti.

from Lf AuNfNtNef Ddub Mh'
The story Of Sunbeam Island. which an English
lady. Miss Ada Ausgrove. has presented 10 tbs
little Crown Prince Olaf Of Norway. Is one OF curious
interest.
Sunbeam Island. or Forth Bras. a. 1t Is nos
aping to be called. Is about 1000 square yards IN
sise. and. h situated In the loveb .Sodo Sound .
famous. summer resort three hour sail from Der.
gen. About hfteen years ago'M John Musgrore,
an Englishman. spent the summer st. Godo Sound
and bought the island. which was then . complete
wilderness. He imported new turf mould and
worked hard until the island had . wood Of about
iay0oo trees. He also built . comfortable roony
house and q small water works. The garden Of
the house Is beautifully arnnged With small ponds
and greens.
Mr.. Musgrove lived with . relative on this fairy
island. tho views from which arc % impre ssre
and romantic. until : few years ago, when he pre-
sented the property 10 Miss Ada Ausgrove. Mss
Must rove wrote 10 Queen Maud and asked her
permission TO give the Island 70 her son, and 90
their Maiesties' visit to Berren the nece ssary docu'
ments, as well as . series Of pictures of the island
Photographed By Mas Mussrove herself were de.
uvered 20 the Queen.
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French Income Tar.
From the Boston Vr1td.

FTObV ~ bOAOu 'Igf9hU.
The French Minister OF Finance has for some
time been preparing an income tar blu. he has
long realized that new sources OF revenue must be
uncovered In thr French republic, for receipts
have not been eoualling expenditures. The blu
proposed provides for a graded tax with a dlasF,
ence In the amount assessed on income derived
from property from that obtained by the direct
efforts of the Individual and that secured from
q combination Of these two sources, There Is 70
be she further differentiation that the TAI rate %
small incomes will be less than that on the rch.
with special exemptions made In favor OF married
men and the fathers OF families. Probably TIE
income TAI will bring home TO the French people
the enormous burden Of their military e1pendi'
lures and the cost Of their national debt more
forcibly than do any Of the other Government
tmposts. France. with her population Of less 'han
%n.ooo,ooo, has . national Indebtedness Of r1ot
than ee,ooo. 10000 or about SIS per capita me
debs charges alone entail q burden OF more IhshP
. year on every man, woman and child.
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New Orleans "Chiyairy."

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sir: Mr..
Meek shows the natural prejudice Of the
Southerner. which was the means OF bring
ing up thisq question. This gentleman wishes
to convey the impression that there wasn't
a Southerner In the car in New Orleans when
Subscriber" saw those women standing.
] leave it to the general public TO judge
whether there were any Southerners In the
car. which was full at the time. in the very
heart Of the S%outh-the city of New Orleans.
New YORK. August 3. SUBSCRIBER.
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What. In the Bible days OF old.
Did tho ungodly mar when told
To take himself without the foldf
Tarried not.
Requested by the ancient Greek
Some other spot on earth to seek.
How did the rude barbarian sncakt
Exepho'isd lighted OUT.
What, when We had our civil strife.
Did Rel or Yank to ave his life,
II frightened by the drum and nfef
Skedsddled.
What did the hostile Moro man
When. chased by the American.
He from the prckly bayone,s rani
liked.
How doth the yellow dog 10 -day.
II lettering idly OF at play.
Proceed when Kicked across the wayf
Beats 1t.
What does the corner losfer do
When ordered by the cop In blue
To disappear, and quickly. toof
Gets q move on.
When. coming home at break Of day.
The husband hears somebody say:
Please. burglar man. do 90 away-f
Takes a sneak.
The aged lover bends above
The hand Of his young lady love
With what word does be get the shovel
Scati
When little boys and girls al play
Wish one Of them to 20 away
What do the precious dartinks sayt
Stdddooi
What will the editor give me
When these poor rhymes he has to zee!
Who'll bet my number will not be
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Discovered

To TaE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: I have
noticed your different phases or changes from
Democratic principles to black Republican,
ism. from q very clear headed and Intelligent
advocacy Of bimetalllsm to a rank gold stand
ard or bust position.
Now comes to-day's editorial. In 1t for
All He Is Worth" Bryan am convinced
that the sentiments expressed In this article
are just the reverse Of your conviction
What 10 II that makes you do these stuntsf
HoBoIHN. August 8. HANS IsLRR.
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The d~ecadenoe in the trousers of Parlia-
ment caused by the inoursion OF Laborites
seems to ave reached the manners Of
Parliament. The once philosophic Mr..
BALYoUR's temperis spoiled; pretty FANNY
has nerves. He makes charges Of bad
faith against Sir HENRY CAMPBKII-
BANNKRMAN; and the cohorts Of the Oppo-
siion leave the House as atestimony against
the peridious Liberals, II this decline and
fall OF OF Parliamentary amenities con-
tinues, Captain BEN THIMAN or some other
apostle OF sweetness and light viii have to
be sent to Great Britain op missionary
work
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A Question of Clothing.

Father VAN DER BUBGT of the Catholic
White Fetheys, who has just returned
to his missionary field near Victoria
NyAnsa, has expressed in a German
periodical some uncomplimentary views
on the British treatment Of the natives
as compared with the German policy.
In his detailed arraignment Of the Brit
ish he mentions the fact, Tor example,
that the British do not enforce upon the
natives the European ideas Of propriety
In the matter OF clothing, while at the
German posts no black is permitted to
enter in . state Of nudity.
AmopG the few native tribes .ofsAfrica
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The razors are flying through the air in
Georgia. Red are the eyes Of the Gal at
the Fountain. Around the welkin abutting
form OF the Hon. HoKB SMITH, around the
sternly beautiful face OF the Hop. Poke
Booos, around and above and through all
Creokerdom. shines a fierce but rosy light.
1t is tho bright bronze poll Of Tom WATSON.
What can HOWELL do against the Dsuntless
Three, Ton, PoKE and HoKR2
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An irresponsible Monomaniac.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: II is,
OF course. within the power Of the Govern
ment to enact. and entirely proper and neces-
sary for 1t to enforce vigorously. laws re-
lating to the publication and disse min ation
Of improper iiterstur}. pictures. &C.; but In
order to enforce such reasonable regulations
is it necessary to give unusual powers to an
irresponsible monomaniac? A.
New YORK. August 1.
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Brasii.s Improved Postal Gard.

From a letter 10 ne Chicago DAILY Ntr'
Our postal card Is In need OF Improvement IH'
writing on 1t is In plain visw. TO be read at leisure
by any postal employee from the time II leaves inc
sender until u arrives at It's destination,
During my first stay In Brazil | found ils' ihe
postal card there In use was supplied with = aap
or covering Of dark paper which. when Clriaea
down. completely hid the writing. This flap was
attached TO TIE back Of the card, an edge gur'nea
and perforattd, the tBeert3sn OF . nnEer Up beng
all that was required TO 0en Il. IL served the
purpose OF . letter al half che expense.
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Who shall ride In the carriage with Mr..
BRYAN when he comes to this town. Mighty
Jeffersonian minds are bordering this
question. To be sure. the wanderer might
ride by himself and with himself. None
but himself can be his parallel. Still. when
the time comes, Wandering WILLIAM will
probably insist Upon showing his sympathy
with the producing ~classes' by taking the
reins himself.
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Chimney Crabs.

To TIE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sir: On the chin
neys OF q large hotel here are designs Of crabs. I
am not sure what the architect had In mind by
putting these crabs above every thing else; N would
beg you, II un liable to explain 1t. To refer the Ques-
tIon TO some plscatorlal soc'ologlst who can no
doubt tell whether the crab when at home Is above
the iobsterS ou1pSUSc.
ATLANTIC CIrY, August 4.
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From ne Boston Globe.
In ChLaa and Its dependencies, with a population
Of 40 900 900, or IS per cent, of the total population
Of the world rice is the principal food supply. The
same may be said also Of India. with Its population
Of s,ouo,o 600. and Japan with Its 10000 900. In
addi,,o, 10 these It Is q chief article Of diet with
other peoples of Asia and Africa whose population
Is estimated 1T 100 900 900. The total reaches s1s.-
900 900, or 10 per cent, of the total population Of
4. savth
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Brooklyn walks In the rain.-THn sun.
Brooklyn wins In a walk. She goes like
justice. CLAUDIO pede: slowbut sure. She gets
there all the same The race Is not to the
swift; especially when the Brooklyn Bridge
In atad up-s
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The activity OF the French in the Sahara
is the marvel Of recent exploration They
claim more than two-thirds Of the great
waste, and the present prospects are that
they win seek out and map every sand
dune. well and grazing area throughout tbeir
domain within the next two or three years-
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To TEE EDITOR or The UN-SYr The bird de-.
scribed By EGbert p. Watson is evidently CocoySu.
smericanus, the American cuckoo, commonly csued
rain crow" From Its cries. often heard on rray
days,i II ispopulsrfy supposed 70 predict rain.
HAMILTON vRzxLAsp.
JlRsxY OFT, August T.
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Essatorfsx FOOTBALL.

Penang eorrsspoad<nee OF ne Straits Fttg'
The football Tss!. ts sim upon us IN tue ctc4'
SION Of almost all other games. with the eieep'"e
Of COLT and . little tennis. In the football 'eaSue
contest there arc mine teams play ing.
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6~aerilegIous Talk.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE SUS-Sir: We
must. then. put Tony in bonds to keep the
peace. FERDINAND EARLE, in.
MONROE. August 3.
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Knicker-The Gaekway said he didn't and Amea.
can women beautiful. -.
Benedict-Don't you vorry: I never dare TO nnd
. ballet pretty. either.
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Knicker-Every Republican Is to contf''-''
dollar.
Mr.. Knieksrzwouidnt % cents be better
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To TIE EDITOR or THE SuS-Str: Silly verses
below are, but were written with hearty care by
the little Japanese poet who lson OF your reader,
NEW YORK, August l. s. SHiSoDA.
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Athletic Iimtss.

Enicker-How old ls Jonesf
tennis.
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sIbserip,,on, By Mail. Postpaid.

" ar friends pho fasor ~ Dah manuscripts for
pubftaaen ttsh 10 haze rsfsttsd articles rsturnsd hev
musi N an euses send stamps Tor that purpose.
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tad think of Roma Etsou. five years
old, who walked into a fire in the
street ncar her home at Battle Creek.
Mich and dragged her threo-y year.old
sister from the flames The brave
deed was done with q cool dclibera-
ton not often found in older persons
ON simbar occasions She did not
call out when she saw The danger to
her little sister, because she was
afraid she would scare her 10 60
further into The fire" The baby was
scarcely injured While lhe htue ho-
roiue was severely burned about ,ho
face and chest
Another little mother' Of Eve
years. Hannah LAWN, of No, 774 East
One Hundred and Fifty.seventh street.
was left alone 10 care FOR her two
baby brothers while the real mother
went to market When Mrs LAWN
returned there We're fire engines and
an excited crowd IN front Of the house
and smoke was pouring from the win
dows OF her lat SIZE swooned ia at
tempting to make her way through
the halls, sulfocating with smoke, to
the third floor, where she had left her
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Weiss dropped her apron. half filled
With flowers. yaulted over the four
rail fence and ran to the middle OF
the road. She seized the bride of the
horse as it got abreast of her, and
held on swaying back and forth and
saving on the bit, for more than
hundred yards.
Quite similar 10 this was the dar.
Ing act OF Mrs. George Corwin. Of
Stamford. She seized the bit Of
frantic horse dashing toward a crowd
In the main street of Bridgeport. and
By her courage and presence of mind
undoubtedly saved the lives or limbs
of more than one person
Miss Annie Bainer hesitated not
moment TO risk a horrible death un.
der the wheels OF a Pennsylvania rail
way train at Elizabeth, n. j.. to save
the life of twOyearold Edward Cope.
land, who had wandered TO the track
The speeding locomotive was almost
on him when Miss Barner climbed up
the steep embankment, seized tho
child and drew him out Of danger.
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Then there was Mrs. Margaret
Hayes. who found man ransaoking
the rooms Of boarder at No 907
East One Hundred and Sixty-nfth
street. what are you doing here?"
she asked him. I'm looking for a
girl" he said What is that In your
hand?' she asked. pointing to a gold
watch lie dropped Sc and tried TO
push past Mrs Hayes Instantly she
grabbed him by the throat In the
struggle the fellow dropped Jim
my" Her calls brought az and the
burglar was arrested
But the interest alv comes back
most strongly to IA so DO vhc
ushes voluntarily into dapset to save
the lives of others Near cedar Grove
N. j.. q horse attached TO a light run.
about became frightened at a passing
auto and dashed at high speed along
the turnpike Iu the carriage We're
two girls. and I'm her fright the one
who was driving dropped the reins
The horse was on dead run when IL
approached a field I'm which Miss
Pauline Weiss was picking daisies.
The two girls were clinring 20 each
other and crying out in terror Miss
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Which is the brayer-mau Nr
woman2
This is a question that nob7d. a.
answer, for the simple reason that it
is impossible to tell to what degree
Of heroism either win so when occa.
sion demands A little girl Of FIVE.
who under ordinary conditions would
scream at the sight OF tiny flame,
will dash through a conhagration TO
save the life of baby brother who
has fallen into the blaze
A young woman daintily clad and
afraid i'm her normal mood to go into
the water without holding to the life
line wll forgetting self entirely
plunge into the stormy food TO rescue
a drowning person as quickly as the
trained life-savcr
Compared individually with mem
bers of the opposite sex, women to-
day stand forth ahead says the New
York World For instance. the sum
mer girl and the summer man, classed
together I'm ordinary affairs. are far
apart when it comes to matters of
heroism ~ is tho summer girl who
shows "the real stuff when it comes
to a pinch
All summer long there have been
young women who have performed
deeds OF splendid daring. Many Of
them have not been reported in public
print
This attribute of bravery on the part
OF our women is not new. This sum
mer's exhibitions of it are only new
And it is only meet that the story Of
some OF them should be told again.
When young Earl Buckley fell from
the pier into the sea at Island Heights,
n. j., only Mrs V. Floyd Campbell
heard his cry. She screamed for help.
Then, as she saw the lad rise and
sink out of sight again. she plunged
into the water She was fully clothed
and swan with difficulty. There was
still enough life in the boy when she
reached him and enough of desperate
terror to make him very dangerous.
He grabbed Mrs. Campbell. and with
arms around her neck and legs twined
about her body, clung with a death
grip.
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for half a dozen years suddenly went
mad It pursued Anna's five-yearoid
brother Harry into the room IN which
she was sitting and had sprung upon
the boy to bite him. Instantly the
girl rushed 20 the childs assistance.
drew the dog 90 hersoN, and 2 fierce
fight for life cnsuoG The grl got
her hands around tho beasts neck and
cluug and chokcd him with a desper-
ate grip She held on until she had
strangled him TO death
The summer has Produced many
little girl heroes The prompt and
brave action of 11yearold Fannie
Haskowitz. of No 81 Hopkins street.
Brooklyn saved the life of her four
yoar-old sister Julia The children
We're crossing the street, when a Sum
ner avenue care bore down on them
Fannie had crossed safely. when she
saw Julia knocked down by the fender
Of the car and carried beneath It TO
the swiftly moving wheels. Fannie
wNs instantly down at her little sis
ters side. dragging her forward and
out until she had pulled her away
from the wheels. Julia tainted, and
when the ambulance came It was
found that one OF her legs was brosen
hut her little-mothcr sister had saved
her life.
a still younger heroine Is Madeline
Splneio, of New Haven. who rescued
"a litto boy pirs ma,t Who was drown
ing ne river