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Artists on Their Dignity.

At all times and in all seasons the
American Tailor and Gutter asserts and
defends the rights, privileges and dig
nifty OF the important and artistic trade
in the interests Of which IL is pub
lished. Recently il urged tailors not to
make themselves ridiculous by describing
their work, their shops and themselves in
e1travagant, high flown, pompous words
and phrases. Now it calls on the clOthes
makers TO declare their independence
OF bumptious customers and insist on
cutting and finishing garments as their
superior knowledge and taste dictate, not
to please the unreasonable whims and
fanc.es OF too presuming purchasers:
Why is II that tanors psssively concede IN thls
way that their customers know more than they do
themselves about correct, fashionable and artistic
attireI 10 II because they feel themselves m
ferior. or because they lack the courage Of con
victIon. or because they love the almIg nty dollar
90 well that they prefer to eat humble pie to losInr
a customer"
The fear OF losing a customer compels
many a skilled craftsman and even some
very dlgnif1ed professional persons TO
"eat humble pie" Yet there are cases
in which the iron must enter the sensitive
soul Of the man of goose and shears.
The Tailor and Cutter describes a pos
sible incident in a tailor's shop:
III for example, 9 physician Of average height
should come to the tailor and say: NJ HOBART.
! want Getaway frOck. Make II thirty two inches
long. taper the skirts to . three inch point. let the
roll be four inches in length. pad the shoulders and
make them extremely wide. make the notch widths
one inch. and do this and do tho other thing: that
Is rood style, and I want my coat built that way
and no other way"
Our contemporary fears that the tailor
would smile and bow and do his best 70
give the physician the ~sartorial atrocity
he asked for" Reversing the picture,
II asks what would happen II a tailor
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A Monster Telephone Pole.

From ne American Telephone journal.
For nfteen years the Pacific states Telephone
Company has supported It's wtres across the Che
halls River in Washington on 90 foot poles on each
bank. One structure Ia m a blum which rises i,s
feet above the water about n mile east or Aberdeen
Last fall the necessity for supporting the wires AZ a
s~unicient height TO enable the largest ocean ships
which freely 20 up and down the river to pass he
meath without striking their NESTS led to the cree
tion Of a remarkably tall pole. This surpssses In
height the former stick by thirty six feet. making
the total height 1.o feet. The new pole IA IL inches
IN diameter AZ the butt and 4 inches at the top.
II was made from a mr. tree, which WIS cut on the
bank OF the river twelve miles east Of where the
pole now stands and II was towed down In the
water by a tug boat and mounted opposite where
II is now placed.
As ia weigh hi Ia about 1000 pounds. after II had
been brought to the proper point on the shore by
the tugboat It's subsequent handling was no slight
affalr. II was taken from the water and raised
with a ten horse powCr ho'sting engine, six men
being required to handle IT, For making attach,
ments to the pole and moving II n hve eighth inch
steel cable was employed. run through ten inch
steel blocts. The pole was set twelve feet In the
ground and Ruycd with four one sixteenth inch
steel stranded wires at the top, and alao guyCd
about forty feet from the top with four I'VE SIX.
teenth inch stranded wires. The guys are fastened
10 dead men set in the ground 90 n depth Of eight
feet. These dead men are Of cedar, sXs inches In
section and 7 feet long,
The steps on the new pole are hSSi0 inch gal
vanized steps Of tho usual type. Ample support
for the wires IA furnished by cross arms Of the ordl-
nary style. AKA inches In section, and 10 feet long,
These are fastened with one nve eighth inch ma
chine bolt through the centre OF the POLE. ono
hye eighth inch bolt through the double arms
eight inches from the pole on either side. and one
nve eighth inch double arm bolt on zach end Of
the double arms. The span between the poles on
the opposite sides Of the river Is 900 feet.
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For an Independent Judiciary.

The Judiciary Nominators ask the
public for contributions TO a campaign
fund, a fund not to dribble into the
pockets Of heelers, not to be divided
among organizations real and bogus, not
to be wasted on f1ubdub literature, the
rhetoric Of bathos and the drivel Of the
spellbinder, or to purvey TO the inextin-
guishable thirst of hangers on. The
Judiciary Nominators want money to
meet the expense Of naming candidates
by petition and 70 defray the necessary
cost Of a campaign carried on for tho
public good and without selfish material
or interests TO back II. The independent
candidates for the judiciary do not buy
their way to Office. Not one dollar
says Mr. CHoArE, has been or will b
accepted from the candidates.
This is Of itself a long step toward
Utopia.
Mr.. SHERMAN and Mr.. GRIG0s, the
chairmen Of the Congressional campaign
committees of the two great political
parties, are standing humbly, hat in
hand, asking the dear people for a dollar
and upward. Whoever wants to save
the country in that way knows where
to send his check. But the patter OF
the old political barkers may have lost
its power to charm. An independent
Judiciary, owing nothing to politics,
unmortgaged to bosses, absolutely pure
in it's source and origin-this is the foun-
dalton stone OF a well ordered State.
Even the shadow Of a doubt OF suspicion
of pollution upon that final srbiter Of
the rights Of the individual should be a
thing u~nthinkable. In the courts, and
nowhere else, abide the safety, the honor
and the freedom OF the State and the
nation. II the courts are pure the COM
munity is sound.
Do the citizens want Judges bound to
nothing but their oaths, their conscience
and their knowledge Of the law, or do
they want boss-made JudgesI
If they do not want boss-made Judges
they will help the Judiciary Nominators.
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To TIE EDITOR OF THE SUH-Sfr: The In &c rest
ing communication OF MI. Crozicr and Mr.. Hop
kins on the uses OF concrete. the one commencing
the unit" and the other the mon oith idea.
both admit the element OF uncertainty In cement
which 10 fatal to Is adoption In general use for
structural puT poses. This uncc rtsinty Of endurance
can never be overcome. Cement rock Ia rotten
limestone. and although by treatment It's life may
he restored for q term. the duration Of that term
cannot be ascertaine and Ia dependent upon lnnum
erab BILE unknown conditions. The treatment. at best.
produces ARTIFICIAL stone, which can be no better
than tho natural phenomenon II Initiates. and nat
ural stone 10 neither nre nor damp nor frost proof
Concrete 10 not q Homogeneous mass. but a COM
pound OF shells and sand, TO which the cement serves
az a binder. and when set up in a wall subject to n
lateral strain the life Of that binder is limited, and
no man can know when II is 10 end until his own life
ends with II 40 the structure tumbles In ruins about
HE head.
The Illustrations referred 10 as III mished by the
lately discovered Roman walls about London and
Vienna. the cement mortar IN the one being as solid
as a rock. and In the other crumbled into dust. while
the bricks In both were perfect. emphasizes the
certainty and uncertainty OF the respective ma
terials and their value accordingly.
In brick there 10 certainty OF endurance. as shown
by tho unerring test Of ages. which no man quss-
tions; there 10 strength equal to all requirements,
40 shown by the most sxactng tests OF science.
Taking MOntellO brick. the Government standa rd,
a. an example. a recent test showed: Modulus Of
rupture. 1@O pounds per square inch; crushing
strain. 1850 pounds per square inch; cross break
Ing strength. i7,Iso pounds per square inch.
In refractory qualities brick has no competitors:
Il FvJ0lces In nre and heat. and, indeed. knowing
experts have whIs2e red In confidence that the
hearthstOne OF he'll 10 made OF this irrsfranglble
material. ALE 3RT a. GERr.
RRADINO. Pa, August Fl.
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cruise, trying TO get In touch with wire
less stations. When. still In tho fog, she
undertook to get back to the neighbOr-
hood OF Lnndy by dead reckoning, the
navigating Lieutenant got her in too
close. II proper soundings had been
taken and II he had been on deck when
she struck, his sentence probably would
have been lighter.
Severe sentences were passed on both
officers, which will probably end their
careers, unless there should be a war.
Against the justice and propriety Of the
judgment no word has been said. Still,
many OF the English papers seem 20 have
walked up to the real difficulties In the
case and the actual Of the disaster,
the heaping Of too much responsibility
on the ships commander.
The old theory Of the sailing days that
the Captain 10 responsible for everything
that happens on his ship still holds, and
must hold forever, within reasonable
limits. The modern battleship 10 q
fighting engine; its Captain must above
all maintain discipline and be ready TO
carry out with his vessel the orders that
are given TO him, in peace and In war.
1t is a ship, at the same time, and he must
know how to navigate Il, unwieldy a. It
Is, and avoid, among other things, COLI
sions and running aground. II Is a big
floating machine shop, full Of count
less steam, hydraulic end electric con-
trivanoes that must lie kept in per-
feet order, and the Captain as matters
stand must see to all these. He must
be an expert in gunpowder, II there are
to be no explosions or disabled guns in
his turrets. He may find it necessary.
too, to know something Of naval strategy
or the other fine points Of his profession.
The handy man is being broken down
by the burden put upon him. That
seems to be the sentiment in England
regarding the Captain OF the Montagu.
When the anxieties Of war time are
added he may hold up for the time. but
he does not hold out long after. How
many Of our own Captains in the Spanish
war, only eight years ago, are alive now1
The navies Of the world, II they are to
be efficient, will have to devise some
means Of dividing the responsibility and
the work, which are now too great for
one man, in a b~attleship. and while keep
ing the Captain in command, of relieving
him Of some part of the technical, prac-
teal knowledge now demanded OF him.
That lesson, too, England seems to be
drawing from the loss Of the Montagu.
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THE DUMA DEFENDED.
A Russian Praises IL ana Attacks the
Cars Government.

Cars Government.
10 THE EDITOR or HE SCN-Sr' In IHE
Sun Of August 20 appears a letter from st.
PetersburR entitled The Dumas Failure"
49, a. a..iroIv uoLIaadirr Tha Sauura ~
wh'cn 10 en'ueiE msiWs -
the Duma could ne ioreseen before the menu
bers we're elected, as they were not called
torether To initiate anything. but to give
49, ..sor, 20 avarvvhir1 that Inc cavern
tnen -" W rr.. =. n~ySn.
ment may 40 Inc 81, PetersourH Workmeh
knew this when they elected a factory CHM
new and A dog as their representatives
II "a ahsurd 10 think that the member ~
SUI W 80.
the Duma were sucn an ignorant ana nasty
lot as z. r." would like us to believe, as
acme 81 the foremost scholars and some OF
the weaIthiest and most ancient mobiles in
NY NJ. NSs.
RUSSIA were tneiT leeuers' Du' now couio
they accomplish anything when everything
they proposed was turned down by the Gov
arnrnsnt1
Un@. 49, ~ ALLAH 49, 49,
nov ccuio they remain snent "nen theV
ssv their country bleeding to death? How
many people in the Russian Empire have
haon srac,,tAd tortured exilsd ana Irrpr,a-
800 a. 49,
oneo i9r tne stmple Ieason %. VaR,nE tne
SSaIs OoooOer Mkase IN sooo laIkn WI meyer
DE Known. NHtakeo MeIe nuIneu 70 ING
srrounu aho ""O'S Oo""munNics eAh0u W
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-01
The National Chaos.

II Is impossible to say truthfully that
Mr.. BRYAN has set forth the present and
future platform Of the Democratic party
and established himself definitely as its
candidate for the Presidency. It could be
said with equal reason, sndmore probable
ity, that he had set forth the platform
Of the Republican party ard established
somebody else a. Us candidate.
The Republican press gives Mr.. BRYAN
a far warmer, potter and more sympa-
thetic welcome than he gets from the
Democratic newspapers.
InTthe humiliation of all the old polit-
ical structures which Mr.. ROOSEVELT has
Ywrought are we to discern him In the
I future as the logical and natural candi-
date OF the Democracy, while some
EBryan-WILLIAM J. or another-becomes
| the champion Of the Republicans
J For that Mr.. ROOSEVELT will be a
candidate lin spite of all our convictions
to the contrary appears now to be OF
the widest popular acceptance. II one
may believe in the assertions in. the
! public prints, IL one may trust in utter
ances. boldly and confidently attributed
20 Mr.. ROOSEVELT himself, il one may
put ones confidence in the expression
that is everywhere current Of the public
Temperament and the public desire, then
afr. ROOSEVELT is assuredly now and
inevitably will be at the critical moment
the popular candidate. We are called
upon to dismiss Mr.. RoosEvELT's formal
and direct disavowsl made on election
hight Of further pretence or consent to
another term. Many reasons are alleged
for this; mostly reasons which are sophis-
ticated and devious. One reason alone
has weight with US, and that is that IL is
the prerogative Of genius to control its
own motives, assured that whatsoever
its decision 1t will enjoy the appreciation
of the multitude.
Make no mistake. The logarithm Of
Mr.. RoosEvELT's career resides in the
definition Of a Geniusl
Let no one be deluded with the idea
that Mr.. RoosEvELT's dominance is on the
wane, that his star is in declension. He
is far yet from his apogee and is to-day
a more potential force with the people Of
this country, Republicans and Democrats
alike, than any other day hitherto. There
10 no one else in their minds, not one; no
TAFT, no Roof, no CANNoN-no n at all
in ell that vast Intellectual procession.
No BRYAN? Alasl Mr.. BRYAN is not
even a wholesome distraction.
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General Incompetence % bankers for
Larger Affairs Asserted.

To rHE EDITOR or THK SCN-Sir: AmonG
the many deluslonS w~hrrewith men deluds
themselves, and sometimes their fellow men,
In one that a bank clerk In necessarily fitted
by every circumstance OF his life to direct
q nations fiscal policy and monetary system.
This reminds me OF MolIbre's "shopkeeper
Turned 0entleman.- or the dancing master
who tells the gentleman" that all the evil
in the world comes Of a lack Of attention TO
dancing.
Now. all the bankers who have shown
ability to handle this nations monetary
system and fiscal policy may be counted
upon the thumb Of either hand.
France. too, has had one banker h could
look beyond his teller's Wind and Erapple
with national questions. En- glsnd has done
better. And now comes \ Baltimore bank
officer. who has probably had some experience
at making puddings on Chaing dishes and
thinks that the monetary systems OF the world
may be cooked up In q similar manner.
Among the wonderful features which this
plan shows to the astonlshed spirit In one
which provides for the Issuing OF q credit
currency" las though all paper money were
not credit currency D and the obllSer.,s Identity
~ to be ept a profound secret The holder
Of this peculiar sort Of promise TO pay 10 not
SINCE the agreement between Father Tom
and the Pope, upon the occasion 81. the Tor
m tbeIr coSWe 70 NGme n th M.ti 1ne ~ % cTdsr t tSn, tS Se
1-hA NSANN ~ So A@'NAA - 49, -
devil might not understand them. nothing
more Ingenious than that has been conceived
In the brain OF this foolish compounded clay
called man."
With this one part Of lunacy exposed II Ia
useless to go further into the dement's Of the
plan-er Nno disce omnes! But there IL one
other Objectionable feature Of which ! will
speak; that Ia. the one of taxing evidences
OF debt.
When the Netherlands, fighting 10 throw
on Spanish dominion, were In the battle
sorely pressed, " they cried out In the depthe
OF their despair that certain rewards would
be given to any one who would find a new
source from which taxes might be raised.
Then some fertile minded man pointed out
that the material evidences Of debt might be
taxed. That was the beginning OF the method
OF raising revenue by governments seeking
out the debt encumbered and making them
pay, In addition to the interest due creditors.
extra interest, license or whatever. you may
call II, fer the misfortune OF being In debt.
The Baltimore bankers plan Ia somewhat
different as to immediate effects, but the
principle OF taxing debt remains. The
banks, In that maddeet OF dreams, would be
making quasi force. loans from the people
and from one another under Government
auspices, for which they are TO pay 1 per cent.
20 the Government, put which the Govern.
ment IL to repay 10 a "commiseiOn, but u
anything should be left the Government would
get IT,. MY tables; meet II Is I set II down -
that whenever a man talks about ~perfunctOrily
creating an artifcially elastic monetary system
for a great nation he is 2 mere ga5hler
Taos, n. NJ, August 20.
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Heroism unadulterated was shown in the
act Of Mrs. MARY O'NEILL OF Bay Ridge
the other day and should be rewarded by
the Carnegie hero trustees for its value as a
definition OF what the virtue isas well as for
its merits. She was bathing when a small
boy, not her own, fell into deep water.
Though she didn't know how TO swim she
rushed in bravely, reached the boy and
somehow or other got to land with him in
safety.
Plenty OF other people have tried the
same thing, but haTs Usually been taken
OFT Of the water drowned. Mrs. O'NETLL's
example 10 hardly one to be initiated.
None the less the impulse to do, the forget
fulness Of personal risk and the accom-
plishment Of tbe purpose are all there; IL is
the spirit that leads forlorn hopes to suc-
cess. Theirs not to reason why. theirs
but to do and die" Mrs. OyNEILL didn't
stop to think; she rushed right in and won.
She is a brave woman and a lucky one.
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A New Orleans Judge laughed heartily"
at the complaint Of a health board inspector
who applied for q warrant for the arrest of
a well known water color artist whom
he charged with violating the cistern SCREEN
ing law by leaving a finger bowl full Of water
uncovered. Yet in the bowl numerous
undeveloped mosquitoes were found, and
It seems to have served a. a breeding place
for these disease carriers. The insects de-
veIoped in II might distribute the germs Of
yellow fever with a. deadly effect rs those
Matched in a sewer or q pond. The cause
OF the Courts mirth Ia obscure. 1t is not
probable that the community would find
cause for hilsrity II the health boards
employees neglected such danger spots
and an epidemic OF the fever resulted.
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Duties or a Naval Commander.

Z All summer long England has been
made uncomfortable by a suspicion that
there Is a screw loose somewhere in the
object Of her greatest pride, her main
defence in time Of war, the navy. The
wooden walls Of England have been con-
verified into steel, with little %apprehen-
sion on the part Of the people OF the
changes involved and no diminution
of confidence in the officers and men
that man them. They have imagined
until very recently that Lord CHARLEY
, BEREsFoRD, for instance, would conduct
a fight, with some slight differences,
much as NELSON did on the Victory.
At the end Of last May an unpleasant
incident occurred. A brand new first
class battleship, the Montagu, which
cost more than t7,OOO,OOO to build, COM
Z mandsd by an officer Of marked ability
in the service, was landed in a fog plump
ON a rock OF Lundy Island in the Bristol
Channel. Throughout the summer fu-
tile efforts have been made to float the
ship; there are hints of excessive sums
spent In the attempt and Of the clashing OF
naAdmiralty red tape with the suggestions
4 Of competent wrecking experts. At all
events, the attempt has failed and the
vessel is abandoned. The 81, OOO, 900 worth
Of skilled construction has been turned
into Junk. The salvage has been incon-
siderable, and it Is to be noted that owing
to the strength OF the barbettes it is
unlikely that the costly ~ inch guns can
be got out.
About the time that all hope was given
up Of saving any portion OF the ship
the Captain and navigating Lieutenant
were tried by court-martial, II is the
rule, for losing the ship. The Montagu
had started in a fog from the neighbor-
! hood Of Lundy Island for the purpose
Of performing experiments in wireless
ateIegraphy in connectiva with other
points on the coast. The Captain was a
type OF man that il none too common In
either. the navy or the army; he was a
4 Rpecialist in gunnery and an expert In
wireless telegraphy. He had a mission
to perform that interested him greatly,
and It came out that he spent most Of
his time over the apparatus, turning
over to others the greater part Of the
handling OF the ship.
There are few nastier spots on the
British coast than the Bristol Channel,
with its cross currents and confused
| tides in heavy weather and fogs, The
thickly dotted charts Of the Wreck Com
4 missioners show the toll OF ships 10 takes
ANNUALLY. The Montagu was put about
In all snrts ~ directions in her short
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visited Ms medical man and addressed
him thus:
D.. PuLBoH. my temperaturs 10 i0J4. my
pulse 10 pounding az %. and ] an cOnndsnt that
there 10 an accumulation Of warts on my liver
win yen kindly prescribe for ME 90 many grains Of
thla, and 90 much OF that and order me 10 take .
mustard sAd m0lasses bathi I consider this the
proper Treatment In my case. and a. I am willing
10 pay you your price I expect TO receive H."
The result OF such an address, the
Tailor and Gutter believes, would be most
unpleasant to the patient, and II calls on
its professional readers to assume toward
the men for whom they make clothing
the attitude Of the supposititiOus DIR.
PILLBox. Why, then, should the tailor
allow the physician TO prescribe the cut
and 1T OF his apparel:
" 40 the physician 10 supposed to know more
about the treatment Of disease than other men, so
the cutter should be expected TO know batter than
any one else what fashions are correct, and what
garments his clients should wear at any time and
on any occasion. Until he does he cannot reason
ably hope TO be regarded a. en- authority on mAtters
Of drees by those whose clothes he cuta, and instead
Of being considered a ~sartOriAl arts, must bow TO
the universal verdict that he ls, at his best, merely
q skilled mechanic"
1t is to be hoped that the tailors will
heed this appeal to their higher natures.
There is altogether too much diversity,
too great an expression OF individuality,
in the garments worn by the male portion
Of humanity under the present conditions.
A Simplified Tailoring Board, backed up
IL necessary by Executive order, could
regulate, authoritatively and finally, this
momentous question.