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New-York tribune., 1908-08-16
WINTER SPORTS IN. SWEDEN.

.-hs +D,pical Swedish girl is charming. with
her golden hair and brilliant complexion, ana
- is never so graceful on sl1is-dresseo IN
on costume or else in white jersey WITH
s,,T red woollen gloves and a bright red Nea-
oIstau cap. Skiing is a most inspiriting sport;
sre-y muscle in the body Is brought INTO &C
-. so that in spite OF the cold, wraps are dis
e-5ed and in a very short time one feels (and
1oots) as though one had played lawn tennis In
- middle of the hottest summer day. 1t Is q
rssvenlv sensation TO glide through the forest
"a hear the sound of ones skis running over
- frozen surface Of the unbroken snow, to ny
49, a hill with the cold air tanning ones race
a1s whistling In ones ears. / shall never for
set skiing after a heavy snowfall The forest
,oota5 strangely magical, almost weird Where
shex adopted fantastic. ghostlike shapes. their
s.-itudes varying according TO their size ana
-h4 amount OF snow that burdened each 1
+Lor,g+t Of Peter Pan how the fairies when
+hs,- heard a human coming kept quite still
.rS -7retended 10 be flowers; and II pleased me
~ think that these gnomelike shapes hearing
the approach Of pair of skis, had feigned
likeness snow laden saphngs. Here ana
there a clurnp OF silver bir*hes. lightly faxed.
-sssrabed an orchard of cherry trees in the
sn-ing and added 10 the general mystery. The
evening sun struggling though the maze Of
stems cast long purple and blue shadows, snd
7 an sure that any Southern land would have
found it difficult 10 rival in charm and color
-hss Northern forest in winter.
that there are Swedes who have never learned
~ Ski IS comprehensive. skiing requires
rearly as much learning skating, and there
erv one living in the North should never have
jcehosr sailed surpasses all understanding. In
spite Of the miles OF frozen sea. by which
stockholm is surrounded in winter, very few
-eopie possess icehoats. and the 'Isjakt'' club
consists Of very few members; they are. how
ever exceptionally kind. and appear to take
Measure in the enthusiasm Of the novice
had the privilege of being sailed by Of
them and the friends I visiting went like
wise each in separate boat with separate
member for they were racing boats and held
he rNzp arvff1 if has hne
rroved that they can go faster than the wind.
We sped along for miles and miles. and not
until dusk approached did stop and wait for
The others. An open motor had followed us in
case OF accidents I made TO return in II,
for nv cheeks had been frozen during the sail.
and not all the rubbing by my friends with
chips Of ice could dispel the two white patches.
Motoring over the sea was equally novel ex-
perience: the conditions would, ] think, appeal
10 q motor enthusiast: No speed limit. hills
or corners chance Of collision with other
vehicles, perfectly smooth surface and open
space as far as the eye could reach.-C1are
Consuelo Frewen. in The National Review.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16
THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA.

The Great Wall is often 5tiEmatized
monument Of human shortsightedness and folly
bv many who are willing 70 rhapsodize over the
Great Pyramid. A great architectural work the
Pyramid was not It was simply a stone tunu-
ius and everything goes to prove that II was
nothing more than a superlative mausoleum,
monument OF the vanity OF the monarch who
vas entombed beneath il: and considered either
as mere bulk or engineering feat, IL sinks
fnuo utter insignificance beside the Great Wall,
e work Of vast practical utility
L IS in fact. the Great Wall more than any
thing which stamps its founder for all time for
what he was-e man Of the highest order OF
genius. POSSIBLY the greatest genius who has
borne sway the ea<h- The Chinese OF the
second century =. c. like the Romans of the
first. had arrived at critical stage in the course
# their development. and each nation succeeded
~ producing hero at the right moment TO
cad il n the accomplishment Of its destiny.
The pTeseience with which Julius Cesar. con-
frorted with the problem OF finding a suitable
defensive frontier for the Roman Empire. solved
ii by the occupation Of the line of the Rhine, Is
rightly considered one of the chief reasons
for his pre-eminent place in the worlds history
The guarded river that the genius of the great
dictator had made the frontier OF the Roman
Empire was the terminus or barbarism Tor
nearly Eve centuries. Chi-huang-u was con-
fronted with the same problem; he solved II
with equal presCience and greater success by
an inspiration Of genius unparalleled In history
Where nature had placed no barrier he reared
an artificial one and for ten centuries the north
ern bsrbarians pressing down from the great
central Iahleland STroYe In vain TO burst through
the bulwarIzs which he had interPOsed between
thei- rsvening hordes and the rich plains OF
China.
Probably the Great Wall g more for
eble obstacle to the baTharlans Of Central
Asia than the Rhine TO the Gerrnanic hOrdes Of
Europe Il was at once well defined frontier
magnificent military road and an Inpregna bly,
intrencned picket line along the border. The
towers were probably all occupied by pickets,
and communication maintained by cavalry pa
trols-a. very easy matter on the platforms OF
the wall The gates we're doubtless strongly
gariscned, and at strategic points along the
wall and 10 its rear bodies OF field troops col
lecred n permanent fortTesses and intrenched
camps The wall itself formidable OBJ
stscle 70 z band Of narauders; If they succeeded
II scaling il there still remained the nearly in
superable difficulty Of bringing across their
horses-and a Tartar without his horse Is well
ngh helpless. Did E stronger force make an
attack i must still have been an easy matter
70 concentrate on the threatened point before
the invaders could PASS in any mum bers.-Ed-
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16
AND THEY CALL It
A SUMMER RESORT
CHICAGO MINUS WATER
OR BREEZES.
Parks Denuded of Grass, Umbrellas
the Only Shade = Bathing
Facilities q Joke.

CBy Choasoan. who has come to New York TO
get coolo
Please send to the country for a few days,
because Halsted street is so hot!'
Ny own collar melted down another half inch
when 1 read that piteous plaint 1 returning
to Chicago from business trip OF several months
in Mexico and the baked arid southwest
Until that minute had been looking forward TO
an elysium when my swift train should arrive at
its destination for they told before 1 went
away that Chicago famous summer re-
sort.
True. my home is IN Chicago. and therefore I
ought to have known better. But my residence
there began In the fall. and 1 went South just
when they said spring opening To be perfect
" truthful cannot say 1 had been very favor
ably impressed with Chicago a winter resort
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16
OLD DEESIDE.

sunshine of royalty. Then it still much
OF its Old World air and dress. Landing you in
a cul-de-sac in the heart of the highest Gram
plans, there outlet for through traffic
save by the seldom used side road leading down
the desolate Spital of Glenshee. A strange
place to find Of those lazar hospitals which
doubtless gave the pass it's name. Castellated
houses such Balmoral and Abergeldie, which
have since found more illustrious occupants.
were still tenanted by their ancestral possessors-
Rents OF the moors had hardly begun to rise,
and there little difficulty in getting q days
stalking In the forests, somewhat carelessly
preservtG. Aberdeen but a country town,
with barely fifty thousand inhabitants, and the
townsfok were not much given to holiday
making. Nor was the city very accessible
either by land or by sea: the southern roads
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16
NO FREE BATHING BEACHES.

Along the northern part OF the city Is another
beach, where the lake is shallower and the water
less frigid. But there the accommodations are
more rneagre and the crowds that nlonopolize the
water are just little tougher. These all Chi
cago has in the way OF lake bathing beaches
When I complained they said I should visit the
small parks; but the very day that I set out
for plunge in Of them ". J. McCourt, super
intendent of the city water bureau, shut off the
water from these places
1T visited the small parks said Mr.. McCourt,
"to see how much 1t would injure the children to
shut off the water from the wading ponds and
swimming pools. At Armour Square found a
fountain running $500 gallons in twentyfour hours,
with ten twelve Jets opening into the wadng
pool. There were five hundred children playing in
the grounds. but only five entered the water while
I there n
Therefore all the fountains except thoss~supply-
ing drinking water were shut of IN all the parks
and the wadng ponds and swimming pools ran dry
But this was not the worst Everywhere outside
the parks the public drinking fountains erected by
phiIanthropic men and women, one by Miss Fran
ces Willard before her death had stood dry and
r,1sting all summer The officials tore up the Drake
fountain, on whose once flowing Jets the statue OF
Christopher Columbus gazed bentgnly, and carted
1t miles away from the City Hall because II was
mot work of art They refused 70 let water run
into the street troughs built by the Humane So
cety for horses.
Nevertheless they say Chicago has summer at
fractions. There is White City, hot and stufry:
Luna Park, Forest Park, lying aoJacenI 10 cel-i-
etery; Ravinia Park, where Danarosch plays once
q season, but miles out and so poorly patronlzed
that a public subscription had 20 be taken up 10
prevent IL going bankrupt-a private concerns tnar
demand q nickel or dime dollar every time
a patron turns round Then there are the beer gar
dens the 10y Of the pork eaters, and steamers that
take you out on Lake Michigan IN the evening and
treat you to scenes OF drunken orgies and rowdy-
ism, But with ell these attractions you cannot
keep cool IN Chicago.
Within twenty-five TO one hundred miles OF Chi
caso there are numerous small lakes 20 which
thousands fee Saturday Afternoons for the Sunday
holiday Around and on those waters little comfort
EXCEPT such as pure air provides can be obtained
If chicagoan wishes 10 cool of and really enjoy
a vacation he must journey a long dztance-ano
that is what the wealthy do. while the poor and
the middle class swetsr st home
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16

II was no wonder that babies were III and oylns-
Rather II was miraculous that pestflence was
not sweeping out OF existence the adult pop0Ianon
Yet they call Chicago progressive city! May DC
that biting blast OF December and May, roal'ns
through all the intervening months. was SUN OK
erting some magic influence to ward of the choiei@
or the plague, but IL nobody felt II lt was
fact however that in the natural drouth the CITY
water system had proved utterly inadequate; there
was not sufficient pressure in the mains TO drive
the drinking supply to the second floors OF ths
buildings Pleasant task. TO amble down Two
flights of stairs to beg drink of your neishoor Oh
che earond foorI
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16

whereas they had to content themselves with
promises of pay when they were not on active
service. And even Persian warriors cannot grow
fat on promises. Once week. however, these
opera bouffe soldiers did something to remind
people that war was their profession; they
dragged through the whole district, with great
shouting. an old cannon that was as useless as
though 1t had been made, like those one sees
In Peking, of painted pasteboard. Inc enemy,
rerceving the cannon, longed for II and stole IL.
And people expected that now the numerically
superior Persian troops would at last give battle
to the kurds and drive them back to their nils.
But such thought had entered the head or
the commanding prince. Peace and GOODWIN
negotiations with the Kurds and finally agreed
to buy back the stolen symbol for five sugar
loaves-the Kurds being fond OF sugar ana
OF sweetened tea are European children,
Several more weeks elapsed and the two enc
mis- continued religiousy to respect each others
persons. From time to time the prince would
dispatch description of a, spirited battle and a
hard won victory to Teheran, and go on re-
ceiving ready money for his men until the CEN
trail authorities had had enough of IT Then,
being forced to strike he and his soldiers struck
for their homes being followed and fired at by
the Kurds.-Dr. E J. Dillon, in the Contempt
rary Review.
ENGLANDS NEGLECT OF MATHEMATICS.
From time to time references have been made
in the press regarding "England's Neglect OF
Science and the British public is now being
and other information necessary to enable 1t to
appreciate, If IL will, the national Importance
of scientific work and its influence on interna-
tional competition in the world of commerce
and industry.
There are, however, growing indications OF
serious danger lest, If the English nation does
awake TO a sense of its duties to science, the
most important and fundamental Of all the
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16
WANTED RELIEF FROM HEAT.

read all there was about Halsted street. The
item was an appeal by four little girls made In
letter addressed TO the municipal Health Department
for relief from the heat, in which II appeared all
Chicago was suffering. There were the girls
names: Hattie Tooler, Bertha Greenwald. Hazel
Hines and Margaret Brotherton, with their ad-
dresses Nos. s75, s7 and s7s North Halsted street
ana No. 13 Edward Court Those houses were
right near the lake. How about the proverbial
breeze? I thought
It was related that the Health Department had
no means with which TO help the four children
but had turned their letter to a charitable
organization. I kept reading, and soon discov-
cred why the Health Department, even en-
dowed with the wealth of a Croesus. could not
manage a bureau for giving swetering girls trip
to the country. 1t was swamped with duties of an
other kind One line of huge Gothic letters in the pa
per told me Heat Kills Ten; Scores, Frustrated.
Another item related that DR.. w A Evans, Com
missioner of HEALTH had made an official report
showing that his hot weather corps" had attend
ed SAB sick babies in the six preceding days In
the last OF the six days hfty-one babies, thrty-ive
Of them under twelve months of age, had died from
stomach maladies brought by the heat Of
Chicago.
How many infants did all the other doctors of
the city for, wondered
Meantime I was approaching the city limits. I
felt as If were riding into bake My collar
was a rag. I took 1t off and dropped 1t out of the
window. I no longer looked forward TO a rest
in that legendary salubrious breeze of July and
August. was fully prepared mentally TO sweat
in Chicago, the worlds coolest haven in fable.
Thus steeled I was. ever experienced
the surprise that did leaving the train. un-
less he has entered Chicago under similar eendi-
tons They admitted the city hot Heat was
no name for what encountered. Was IL roasting.
or broiling? Those words only feebly begin TO ex-
press the truth.
There was a water famine too-and worse. While
the grass curled dead against the arid soil In pub
lie park and private lawn. awaiting the match that
was being applied TO 1t in hundreds of places. sick
sning stencil noated aleft from the homes of the
people
In mansion. hat and tenement house-fashionsbl BILE
as well as the abode of misery and squaor-there
was not a drop OF water at above the second
story. Toilet appliances throughout Chicago. un-
flushed for whole days at time, but used con-
stantly necessity, gave of the nauseatlng odor
Health inspectors visited 1.l7s houses August
10 and reported rs Of them unsanitaFy,
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16

were served by the mail and the Defiance and
the bar at the harbor mouth was always dan
gerous The coast had infamous notoriety
for shipvrecks Scott alludes in his journals
to the wreck of the Oscar whaler off the Girdle-
ness. I remember being shown at a funeral
some of the timbers supporting the sides OF q
family vault ] had myself seen the bones of
steamers plying from Edinburgh, which had
made a bad shot at the harbor and came to
grief at the hack of the pier A couple Of 1uTn-
terins coaches sufficed for the summer traffic
to Ballater and Braemar where now there are
frequent trains. But as the coaches might be
overloaded it was well to be independent and
how little dreamed of the developments of
the future. when drove up letsurely in dog
cart mail phaetoni
Queen Victoria made happy choice of the
Highland home where she spent her happiest
days Many Of US wished with her majesty
that her loyal subjects had left her in peace in
her seclusion. But Balmoral loadstone
Tor the parvenu and nouveau riche. and the old
families were bought out or brought TO ruin
by the influx of fashion. Deeside became the
fashion and the rage. Villas were up and
lodgings rose TO q premium Il tranquil Balla-
ter within sixteen miles of the royal residence.
Once Of a Saturday night, after long tramp
and a late supper. I had gone quietly TO bed
in one Of the hotels. I was reused at an unholy
hour by loud knocking at the door 1t the
oficious boots expectant of q tip who told
that IF I was meann 10 go TO the Kirk Of
Crathie and see the Queen had little time TO
lose. The house astir; II was useless try
ing 70 go 10 sleep again, and, looking out on
the cheerless and rizzling morning, I saw
couple Of brakes and many oranibuses filling
outside and in with pioIls worshippers.-Alexan-
der Innes Shand, in Cornhill.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16
In tie 6fisb Magazines for August
Winter Sports in Sweden-The Great Wall of China
"Jacking" for Moose.

dergo confinement Voltaire began to write the
Henriade as prisoner in the Bastille; TAbbss
Morellet of the Encyclopedia speaks of the great
fortress as the cradle of his fame but we must
remember that 1t was perhaps not advisab BILE to
say much about the Bastflle when you were still
living within its walls, and that as NJ. Mouin
has reminded US, ''the old Spartans offered sacri-
ices TO Fear Prisoners, moreover, had to sign
on their release an elaborate declaration by
which they swore never to dfvulge, directly or
indirectly. anything they might have learned as
prisoners concerning the Bastille.-Mrs. Frederic
Harrison. in The Nineteenth Century
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16
wELL1NGToN's sTRATEG1cAL SKILL

Students Of Professor Oman's work on the
Penineuar War will realize the tactical ability
of Wellington. That soldier the first thor
oughy TO realize the value OF opposing the col
uu1n by two-deep line covered by cloud of
skirnnishers. It was a recurrence to- and q de-
veIopment of. the methods of Frederick the
Great, and was Of the secrets Of yelling
toms invariable success The normal French
battalion of his day advanced in column Of com
panies with a front of at most 80 men, and with
a depth of of IS; against that force Well
ington would put 500 men into a two-deep line.
able thereby to pour 500 bullets into French
battalion of the same strength which could only
return 160. The object OF the column forTna-
ton was terrify the enemy, but neither Ma
ToIeon nor any of his commanders, with the
single exception of Foy, seem TO have realized
that II invariably failed against the steady Eng
lish soldier Notwithstanding the lessons of
Talavera Bussaco and, above all, Of Albuera,
where three English brigades drove double the
number OF the enemy from d commanding ridge,
the French obstinateiy adhered to their old
formation. Bearing this in mind, the meaning
of WeIlingtons terse remark about Waterloo
hecomes futelligible: 1.-The French came on in
the old stvle and we beat them in the old style.
Nelson and Frederick the Great possessed
strategfcaI and tactical skill in most happy COM
hjnation Nelson's genius in this respect was
especially exhibited at the Nile and trafalgar
and that of Frederick at Leuthen, one Of the
most interesting and by far the most character
ist:c Of all the battles Of that heroic Klng.-Sir
Rowland Blennerhassett in The Fortnlghtly.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-06
new OWNERS FOR ORIOLES
HanlOn, Clarke, and Robinson Head
Baltimore Club.
Triumvirate II Determined To Make
Changes in Team and Win
Championship of League.

Special 20 The Washington Herald.
Baltimore Feb. 5.-A new deal is on for
local baseball rooters, and il is one Of
the most important. from Baltimore
standpoint for years.
II plans that have been brewing for
some weeks past mature within twenty
four hours the Baltimore Baseball Com
pany, the corporation that has been run
ming professional baseball in this city
since 1893. viii have practically passed
out OF existence, and a new organization.
with Edward Hanlon. William j. Clarke,
and Wilbert Robinson at its head, will DE
in full charge of baseball affairs in this
city. Baltimore Will necessarily remain
In the Eastern League for the coming
season at least, but other and much
broader plans are slowly maturing which
are expected eventually 90 put this city
more nearly on the baseball plane 10
which It's size and commercial Importance
entitIe Il.
AS nearly as can be learned, however
the facts seem 90 be about as follows.
About "a month ago Mr. Hanlou Obtained
options on the stock OF Mr. Frank. Hiram
Winternitz. and Hugh Jennings. who.
with himself and John Duncan, are tho
only stockholders in the Baltimore Base
BAN Company. Several persons We're more
or less anxious TO purchase the Baltimore
club. among them Howard Grif5ths. the
Jersey city lawyer, who is persona non
grata with The most powerful baseball
magnatcs Of The country George T..
Stalungs, who completed the purchase OF
the Newark franchise yesterday. would
rather have gotten hold NJ Baltimore, and
at one time Il was rgmorgd that he
actually had secured an option here. And
there We're others very prominent i'm the
baseball world. whose names it is not
necessary 20 mention. But as soon as
"Bill" Clarke the old Ori0le of dozen
years back. learned that there was "a
chance 70 become financially interested
here, there was something definite doing
at once lie had a confidential talk or
two with Haulou, and as a result -
was determined 20 pool all of the assets
OF the Baltimore Baseball Company and
sell them. with a ffteeu-year lease on
Orole Park. 20 "a new company for $500.
Il is believed that Haulou and Duncan
have subscribed S1oeo OF the amount
necessary. and that Clarke and Robinson
have been given the refusal Of the re-
manning $1,000 worth until tomorrow
evening. II is even probable that should
these two gentlemen find difficulty in
financing the proposition by tomorrow
evening their option will be- extended FOR
one week. It is believed, however. that
the deal viii 90 through and that new
baseball regime is about to begin.
one thing at least can be said with Ger
,ainJy-Hanlou has repeated over and
over again, since 1t became sure that Le
intended to devote his entire time gais
season to Baltimore baseball. that he in-
tends to bring the Eastern league pen
nant 10 Baltimore this wear.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-06
RHEA HEARING NEAR END.
Majority of Committee Expected ia
Favor VindicatiOn.

Special 90 The Washington Herald
Richmond Va, Feb. 5.-Neither Capt.
Joslin nor Capt. G. c. Gent. the last Of
the witnesses summoned by the prose
cuti0n m the investigation Of Judge Will
lam p. Rhea. had reached the city Up 10
70 o'clock tonight, and Chairman West.
Of the committee, stated that their alb
sence would delay the hearing perhaps
several days. and probably until next
week
II is currently reported here that Capt.
Gent, from whom the prosecution expects
10 prove the existence Of a fake ballot i'm
Bristol at the time the Scott County bal
lot was used. would not be able 10 be
present. and in this event the effort viii
be made 10 have his dispositions at
former Investigation Of Judge Rhea-s
character put into the evidence
The general sentiment in connection
with the case is that the majority Of the
committee III present favor vindication.
even though there is one, perhaps two.
who will present a minority report Judge
Rhea will remain here until the commit
tee reports