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The Alleged Degeneration Of the HUI.
man Race.

hN ~ ohAOh VI ~ AMN~
man Race.
\ German scientist, DR.. Emil KhNTd.
has lately undertaken TO prove that in
highly civilized countries man has abused
his constitutional strength and conse-
queDtly is more susceptible TO disease
than he was In earlier times. There is
obviously something TO be said for this
ayerment, but considered as a whole
the'facts do not bear it out.
iGis unquestionably true hat as civil
lization advances human life becomes
more complex, and the pressure upon a
mans physical resources tends to be-
come more intense. II is also true that
certain forms Of disease, such, for ex-
ample, as cancer and heart weakness,
appear 10 be more prevalent than they
were. a. century ago-we say appear, '
benause only in e. comparatively recent
period have the statistics Of mortality
and its causes been Trustworthy and
exhaustive. Neither can il be denied
that by our sanitary improvements,
the multiplication Of hospitals and sani-
TARA, the demonstration Of the germ
origin Of disease, the discovery Of anti
toxins and specifics and the development
Of a~ntiseptic surgery we have sensibly
checked the natural process Of elimina-
ton which brings about the survival Of
the fittest and the extinction Of human
beings unable to transmit physical vigor
to.thOir offspring. DR.. KONG likewise
thinks that he discerns marked deteriora-
ton in the human stomach, owing TO
what he alleges to be the present swift
decay and loss Of the teeth.
Much Of this may be admitted, but
there is preponderRnt evidence on the
other side, II Il we're a fact that in
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m. MuItIform W,.Ainrto, PI,.

To TIE EDITOR OF TEE SuN-Sr' A. last the
true Washington pie IL coming into its own, ! was
glad to read the correct version az given by Eliza
beth Raymond. The bread crumb and other scrap
heap messes As served to the unfortunate city
jewellers are a libel on q very famous product To
get the true and original article II must be sought
In Its native lair, among the rock ribbed New Eng
land hills, where t5ey Erow rock ribbed dlEeseons
to compete with the native culinary ar
Your correspondent. however, has described but
one variety Of this famous dainty. When l was
At school in New Hampshire a variety that mos;
appealed 70 our lusty appetltes had a nllinG Of thick
cream custard, which oozed richly from between
the cake layers when bitten into by hungry jaws
FORKS were made for grownups, anyway. An
other variety was nlled with chocolate.
NEw YoRE, May /. GRANITE STATE.
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To IL, New Director Of op.r..

Signor Glullo GAttl CasaELa.
To you New York takes OF is hat. cir!
We pin our earnest hopes on you,
And you'u nnd plenty here TO do.
To make US ell feel satlShed,
Here are Some things you might provide:
A chorus that can sing Its part;
Listeners who do not think II smart
Before the end 70 leave ones seat
And drown the notes with stunning feet.
Scene shutters who'll do as they're told:
Tenors who never have a cold;
sopranos who are headache proof;
Fresh air from orchestra 70 roof;
No garlic In the rail- bird crowd:
BraSses that will not play too loud;
New operas given on request
New, but as good as Verdls bestl
Signor Giullo GSttl -CAssEEa,
II only you'l arrange all that, sir,
with praise the town will overflow.
Most noble lmpresariol
r. X. TIrHHRNoroH,
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The Green Bag is a thing Of knowledge,
and II surprises US TO find in It's offspring.
LeoaI BibliogrdpAy. In the course Of a trib-
ute TO the literary versatility Of Frederic
j. STIMsoN, this passage:
Those fortunate readers who know his college
skit 'ROllo's journey 70 Cambridge recognize In
him a vein Of wit In sharp contrast 10 the dry
statistics of Amsroan Statute Law
In Colonel JOHN Tim WHEMwRIoHT's
notorious claim disputed BY Mr.. sTTHsoNl
We don't bolisvs u. 81 fa.aos
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A Modern

Governor c. n. HASKELL OF Oklahoma
breaks from the conventional proclama-
ton style and addresses his people in
small capitals, capitals and fulliace. His
announcement Of a legal holiday on May 7
looks like an editorial clipped from a
yellow or yellowish newspaper. lnheavy
black type that We do not attempt to
transcribe II asserts 'In Unity There Is
Strength He says;
The honest people or the special interest will
rule.
WHICH SHALL 1T BET
shall the creatures Of GOD or the creatures Of
The Legislature rule the eountTyi-
At the time Of the adoption o. the
Oklahoma Constitution il was believed
that in the new State at least the orea-
lures Of the Legislature would be under
pretty strict control, but
The past and present warn us-the General
Government must be brought nearer the people.
Al pledges Of future action are stale With age,
and the path OF the past Is 'trsWn with wrecks Of
the peoples iondest hopes.
" Loud acclaim and nsrce dsnuncIGtIon still leave
the people with empty hands"
Many are satisfied as long az their
mouths are full. Not so in Oklahoma:
THE PEoPLE MUST ACT
"wHIN1 Nowl
AMEND THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION.
How
IA IIscT UNITED STATS SENATOR'S 1T pnpcr
VOTE.
-B) L1oALdzE Az INCOME TAX.
TO MAXI CONSTITUTIONAL AN ENPloIBRs LA.
BILrTI Law"
The people are all powerful in action,
but graft, greed and monopoly rule
while the people are silent, asserts the
Governor. Graft, greed and monopoly
have slim opportunity 10 rule in these
noisy times. But Governor HASKELL in
the interest Of Government rendering
equal and exact justice TO both the rich
and the poor proclaims his legal holi-
day, that:
Our people may assemble and confer together.
I urge that all advocates Of good government
" The Farmers, in their lodge rooms,
The Commercial Clubs In their halls.
" The Lsborsrs 10 their unions.
A Societies for the promotion Of Morals and
Intelligence.
A you who believe that the Laborer Is worthy
Of his hire; that the home Is sacred and domestic
happiness should be promoted
May 20 assemble and adopt resolutions de-
mandlng your Con- reSsmen and Senators support
all Of these I'VE amendments to the Constitution,
and before you rest mall your resolutions to wash
lngton.
Go after reforms In a practical manner all
promises and no results discredit your sincerity.
" Your duty done. let US pray that beyond our
own small State, weak, alone in this fight for good
government, that our sister States throughout the
Union may add their power
Visitors 10 Oklahoma are warned that
the adjectives weak" and small as
used here are merely rhetorical. Stran-
gers in the State will Use them at their
own risk. But, says Governor HASKELL:
DO IT now ACTION DEFERRED Is oPPoR.
TUNITY LOST"
A good, eye captivating proclamation.
Governor HASKELL knows how TO use
type. To silence old fogies who might
question the authenticity Of a document
so unusual in appearance II bears this
certificate;
Attest: BILL CROSS. Secretary Of State
No one will doubt the %genuineness of
BILLS signature, no matter in what
typographical form it may appear.
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California AlIiFator Farm.

los ANGLER oorTvsrondsnee Baltimore Sun.
one thousand SlligStorS. ranging from the length
Of a lead pencil 70 monsters that could crush a man
In their jaws sFIlyed 70 day from the southwestern
part OF Louisiana and were landed loose In a new
gator farm In East Los Angeles. They we're
brought In q specially arranged freight car over
the Southern Ptclnc,
The increasing demand for alligator leather,
which Is converted Into pookstbools and hand
bagS makes the consignment Of saurians valuable
and accounts for the new Industry started here.
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We observe that the Southern newspapers
Of real consequence have taken very languid
interest in the banquet Of the Cosmopolitan
Society at which white and oolored per-
sons met around the festal board and
explained their various theories Of social
equality. together with their plans for solv-
ing the race question. II was a negligible
affair at best, and our contemporaries on
the other side Of Mason and DiIon's line
have done we'll TO view 1t in that light.
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What a sage HESRT wATTERsoN would
be to-day in the esteem Of all Democrats II
during his long and often felicitous career
he had devoted half as much time and half
az many columns to the impersonal eTpoSi-
ton Of Democratic principles as he has to
the explanation Of his own position with
regard 10 ideas and events,
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The Fugiuves.

70 THE Enron or TIE sUN-Sir: have
been greatly interested in reading your edit
torial to-day on the reception Of the Presi-
dents message in the halls Of Congress.
Think Of grave and dlgnihed Senators and
Members standing in their places, with arms
folded II need be. listening in silence to q
TRADE from Mr., ROOSEVELT
Pathetic. is II not1 T.. T. ",
NBv YoRN, April 30,
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The progress OF the johnson boom In New Eng
and Is due entirely TO a misapprehension a. 10 who
Johnson Is. Most Of the men who have been com
ing out for him think he IL Tom l.. JOHNSON, This
may sound IKE a Joke, but II actually ~ q serious
hci.-GEoRdn FRED WILLIAMS.
OF course the Bryan men whom the I'M
m~istakable WILLIAMS assumes 10 lead are
the only intelligent Democrats in New
En0lapd
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A pOrtOa strenuous
Went tOrth n day and hshed.
And In his brawny nst
a baseball bat be SwiShtd.
To catch the hhny prize
Upon the bank he sat
nn II miEht show lie head
And feel HE heavy bat.
A philosophiO IA
Decided 70 play ball,
So GOT hls rod and reel
And tAhoy hook WtthLi.
He DANCED nen the nne
VITA pnotised hand and true
That ~ mlghi oatoA he aDh@s
A. quickly past n hgW.
hCLANnBpAau WusoH.
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LOndon's Last Private Garden.


TTWTV y 7 u WVW WWUVTT8
II Is sad 70 hear that the last Of the private gar.
denS In the city Of London is coming 10 an end.
No. 4 Crosby square. with Its beautiful old stair.
case and pleasant rooms, Ia to DO pulled Town
Ripe ngs were gathered In the Summe OF ises from
the Nc tree on the wall. and other trees grew near
the fountain 10 the middle Of the garden. An 1850
edition OF Munay's London" states that the pres.
snt houses In Crosby square were built In 1871.
ibis wac the year IN which the Lady Mary was
married 10 william OF Orange.
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TurkS Objected to Horssl' Names.

From ne London TtteSdph.
The horses belou GtnG 10 the late British Am.
bAssador a. oo~nsIanunople, Sir Nicholas o'Conor.
have been sold BY auction. The usual notice was
put In the local prtss, but the censor took exception
Gathere were honestn the llst With the names Pasha.
Selm and HLrOun, which he considered was often.
Sivt 70 Turks, and the let had 70 appear without
the names.
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Absent Minded King Peter.

Belgrade correspondence Pdu Man Gazette.
During the late ministerial crisis King Peter
ordered Or. Ranevttch TO be 10 court
70 tender his advice. When reminded that this
statesman was dead his Majesty oheerfuIly replied;
7of course. Of course, II had slipped my memory;
well, no mAtter-another time"
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IN. N,,, 10 III. Gr.st.rt Third T.rm.r.

To THE EDITOR or THB SuN-SN; Bella Tokajl
commences a letter TO TIE sun this morning by
misQuOting, Those the gods would destroy they
nrst make mad"
The rest Of his letter would indicate that the gods
have got busy. JOHN J. FABRB.
NV YORK. Nay |.
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Examined and Admitted.

To TEE EDITOR or THE SUN-Str' Have Cool
a High. Insurance brokers doing business In Den.
yer. Col, at an altitude Of $50 feet. been passed
upon by the committee on admissions OF The Han
OF Fame' p, A. c.
Hot SPRINGS, Va, April ~.
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The Freiaht,

Knloksr-Whst 10 the prospect for the summer,
Bocker-rhAt the railroads principal business
viii be sWinging candidates around the circle,
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The Main Paint,

Knieksr-A man claims TO have a fomula for
making dlamondL
Do~cker-That's nothing; can be make a pitcher,
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Pkdt sGre. s. Rue Louis le Grand. The daily and
sunday editions are on sale A. Klosaus Il. near the
Grand Hotel. Klosaue II. Boulevard des Capuelnes.
corner Place do ropera. and Klosane 10. Boulevard
do nAllena cnrner Rue Louis le Grand.
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n our friends uho fasor w. Vah manuscript fo'
publication WIh 10 hars reJtcied articles miurnfd hfy
must IN all eases send ramps fOr hat purboss.
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Published By NE Sun Printing ard Publishing
As,ocAuon az 10 Nassau street. In the Borough Of
Manhattan. NSg YORK. President and Treasurer
of tbs Association. william NJ. LAaan. ITO Nassau
,tretf Secretary OF the Association. Franklin
Barlett, 8 Nassau streOA.
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The daIiy and SUNDAY SUN 10 on sale In London
o. hunoye Exchange. Trafalgar Buildings. North.
umbehand avenue: Pail Mall American and Co.
lonil Exchange. Carton street, Regent street, and
DaVI steamship Agency II Green street. Leicester
Nauara
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Attest; BILL Cross. Secretary OF State
No one will doubt the ge%nuineness of
BILLS signature, no matter in what
typographical form it may appear.
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from Paris are In evidence here fashion
able women are certainly making con-
cessions. All this is apparent wherever
the modish flock together and whether
one studies the toilets of the early guests
at seashore resorts, Of the smart folk at
country clubs and cottage colonies. or Of
the elaborately gowned few who still haunt
New York restaurants and roof gardens
one is forced to the conclusion that Drectoire
modes must be considered seriously and
that they are quite likely to dominate au-
tumn fashions instead Of running their
course during the summer season.
Parisians are delighted with their new
fad and are revelling in variations upon
the theme, while we, who are always months
behind Paris in whole hearted acceptance
OF new modes. despite the courage and
promptitude with which importers give
us opportunities OF studying these modes.
are not due to resign ourselves completely
to the new ideas before the fall season.
The corset makers are doing their best
to foster the new figure fad by suppression
Of Hedundant curves, and. indeed. IL Ia said
that In Paris the effort is matter OF self
preservation. since the advocates Of the
more extreme Directoire and Renaissance
lines talk threateningly Of the downfall Of
tho corset and the return Of antique figure
lines. This threat need not, of course,
seriously distress the corset making fra
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short skirt-a petticoat soft, noiseless
unassertive, to be sure, but nevertheless
a support for the skirt, holding it away
from the ankles.
There are hosts Of pretty, short skirted
summer frocks wherever summer girls
copgregate. The lingerie blouse is still
a favorite and in combination with skirt
of white linen or pique is Of great impor-
tance in the summer outfit, but despite this
fact the most casual observer cannot but
notice that the percentage OF blouse and
skirt and one piece morning frooks in thin
musllns or .nen is greater than It has been
In many a year. The smartest morning
toilets on hotel or club or home veranda
boardwalk or casino terrace are of the prin-
cess semi-princess or matching blouse
and skirt variety, and the woman who
has not provided herself with plenty OF
these little frooks In making up her hot
weather wardrobe will watch with ex-
asperption the immaculate summer girls
who pass her clad In such attire.
The irritating part OF the thing for her
will be that majority Of the frocks most
admirably chic will be of consummate
simplicity, the sort OF frocks that might
readily be achieved by an ordinary seam
stress, provided the idea and materials
were supplied by a woman of taste and
some good skirt and blouse patterns were
called into service.
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folded round the high crown, entirely GOV.
ering II. and tied In O big. fiat, broad bow
across the front. These bonnets. as We had
occasion to say last week In discussion Of
midsummer millinery. are tremendously
chic when correctly made and having Just
the right air. but are lamentable failures
when they take on the homemade appear
ance Of the old time b6be hat.
The crown OF the new bonnet Is totally
different from that Of tho lingerie beb6
model once 30 familiar and the frills are
softer and more dropping In it's more
elaborate forms this bonnet is appropriate
only with the long and dressy summer
frock. but such simple versions OF 1t an the
one just described are suitable for morning
wear with thin muslins.
Going back to our clubhouse bevy Of
summer girls. third Of the group had on q
fine sheer batiste Of creamy tint through
which ran a hairlne stripe Of cerise. This
was made up with o short waist line running
up sharply in tho back. and the Empire
skirt was finished at the bottom with tucks
A tightly draped girdle was Of cerise batiste.
with very small buttons covered in black
satin set at the front and back.
shaped arrangement OF the cerise batiste
bordered the guimpe Of valenciennes and
ran down on the shoulders in epaulet
fashion, and there were little black buttons
on this also, while around the top Of the
high collar, under two inch frill Of Lace,
was very narrow cravat OF black satin
tying in little bow in the front.
The fashion Of the ruche and wide frill
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at the top Of the high collar is gaining pres
tige here and is already we'll established In
Paris 1t is not, of course, universally be-
coming. but where it ia becoming, as in
the case Of a woman with long, slender
throat. it is charming, and some admirable
effects are obtained with it,
Two Of the other frocks represented in the
veranda group have been sketched for this
page. The first, evidently copied from
French model which was shown earlier
in the season in a Fifth avenue shop, was
OF sheer blue muslin, lovely medium shade
of the popular Copenhagen. just what
the material was we failed to decide, for 1t
had the soft silky look Of batiste. yet seemed
to have more crispness than that material.
The construction of the tucked skirt and
simple blouse will be understood from the
sketch, but the smart note Of the frook was
the finish of neck and sleeves-a plated frill
Of sheer soft white over frill slightly
wider of the blue,
The second frock, even more simple.
was OF linen with plain gored skirt buttonins
down the middle front and plain blouse
buttoning in front at an angle. One OF the
new collars of modified Eton shape finished
the neck, the ground being white with en-
broidery matching the frock linen in colors.
Cuffs matched the collar, and there was
knotted cravat of black.
One might 70 on indefinitely describing
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turned back cuff edged round by narrow
plated frills. An embroidered linen collar
and little cravat of coral pink, a crush belt
of coral pink leather, plain coral pink
parasol with a very long handle apparently
woven from raffia, and white sailor, round
which were massed huge coral pink pop
pies, gave to the unpretentious toilet the
Frenchiest Of airs.
Another frock was OF dotted swiss in the
finest possible dot. The skirt was trimmed
at bottom with alternating lines of heavy
German valenciennes and groups of tiny
horizontal tucks, the whole trimming at
tanning depth Of about twelve or fifteen
inches.
The blouse, united to the skirt by an inset
waistband Of valenciennes. was composed
entirely Of lines Of valenoiennes insertion
alternating with groups Of tiny tucks the
lines running vertically instead OF hori-
zontally as on the skirt A high shaped
close collar was Of tucis and ace, with a
wide frill OF the lace at the top; the sleeves
were short and small, with lace frills at the
elbow, and the hat worn was high crowned
bonnet whose rather narrow brim was
formed by three overlapping, dropping.
plated frills OF valenciennes.
The fat top Of the crown was also Ct val
enciennes running round and round. the
outermost row Of lace falling in plated
frill over the wide rose pink scarf which was
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broidered in fine black soutache, and
pretty French model OF green and white
striped batiste had q trimming OF plain
green soutaohed in white.
Stripes. while less chic in tailor materials.
hold their own fairly well among thinner
stuffs. and even in lightweight woolens
one finds some very attractive striped
models. One Of the models reproduced
among the small cute was oase In point,
the material being a striped black and
white wool with black and white checked
border.
The cleysr way in which the stripe and
border are used In the bodice. the touches
Of black. the waistcoat Of Empire green and
the collar frill. jabot. long sleeves and deep
sleeve ffills of plated net combine In max.
ing this an extremely rnodish frock as well
as an unusually pretty and practical one.
When one ventures into the province
OF the elaborate frock the variety and
novelty Of the models displayed Ia bewilder-
ing. The ultra modish things, as has been
noted before, are OF the extravagantly
clinging type-the Directoire, Greek Renas-
sance ideas translated into modern Pari-
sian.
There's no denying that these things
are beautiful when artistically designed
and as artistically worn, but It will be many
a day before the ordinary dressmaker can
cope with their problems. The two frooks
of the large cut, for example, may have
a deoeitfully simple air, but 10 cut them 80
that their lines viii be successful demands
skill OF the rarest sort, and the same 10
true of a majority Of the olingiDg mods1'
whether draped or plain.
Certain features OF these two frooks,
however, are deserving Of note and may
be easily copied. The handling OF the
scar, and girdle and sleeve on the one Is
excellent and intelligible, and the arrange
ment OF embroidered buttons on sleeves
tunio and girdle Of the other model 70 also
good. = -
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One morning last week group Of six
girls stood on the veranda OF q famous
country club Watching tennis game.
Three Of the six were popular New York
debutantes last season, one was a bride
at fashionable wedding last spring and
thetwo others were strangers to u.s. but were
distinctly In the picture. Every one Of the
six wore frock Of the simplest type, apd
yet the group fairly radiated smartness..
In the hrst place figure and corset were
good In each case. Next hat, shoes. parasol,
every accessory was up to date. fresh.
attractive. And then the frooks them
selves were pretty. dainty. immaculate,
we'll cut. well finished well chosen as to
material.
One was OF n moderately sheer white
stuff which resembled fine dmity. although
not exactly OF dmity weave. 1t had n
fine stripe In It, the stripe being more opaque
than the ground.
The skirt, fitted closely over the hips, was
let into the band with veyy fine plaits which
were stitched down to the widest point Of
the hip line. From that point the slight full
ness fell in short folds, the skirt being gored
enough to give ample width at tho bottom
where twenty half inch tucks, just over
tapping. ran round the skirt, making a
firm finish and giving weight en- ough to
drag the fulness down into straight folds.
The blouse was merely shirtwaist
plated finely on the shoulders and down
each side Of central front plait edged
by tiny frills. The sleeves were long, very
moderate in size and finished by fiat