Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-12-13
STRAY TOPICS FROM
LITTLE OLD NEW YORK.

ant TO contemplate the eyanescence OF !
fame. II makes one shudder to think |
of the sacrillge OF grinding the mum
my of some ancient Egyptian king into
powder to be used as pigment or of |
Caesars body. turned to clay used to
close bunghole, It gives a shock to
one bump OF reverence to see Il gown
that once adorned some world'tamous
queen, dragged over the rough boards
OF n stage by some cheap actress The
sale OF great mans personal effects
Is saddor and more depressing than
his funeral
sentlmentalism is not a prominent
American characteristic A great man
may die. HIS death may mean a great
loss to the country or to the world
in general but beyond the passing of
memorial resolutions and more or less
pomp displayed NJ his funeral the
American public pays no further trib-
ute to his memory In some cases a
monument Is erected lin honor of the
great departed, provided he had been
general, a governor or a distm'
guished politician? Little else counts
aud even in such cases the erection
of the monument is considered com
pensatlon In full for everything OF
merit the deceased may have done for
his country.
The other day the personal effects
OF Edwin Booth, including a large
quantity Of stage costumes which he
had worn during his long aud honor
able career. were sold at auction In
one of the fashionable auction rooms
on Fifth Avenue The things were
sold by order of Mrs. Edwina Booth
Grossmann. the daughter of Edwin
Booth. who probably needed the
ready cash more than lot of old cos
tunes and stlll older furniture and
bricabac the principal value of which
consisted In their intimate association
with her great and lamented father
Mrs. Grossmann may not be to blame
for this apparent lack OF filial ven
Grafton for her fathers memory, vel
the idea OF the auction sale is shock
ing and repulsiye to finer sensibilitle%
ySic transit gloria mundi.
.ISome unidentified scroundeL IN
4 doubtedly belonging to the clan of an
archlstic mmrderers and cutthroats
which seems to be the most charact
eristlc industrial product OF Paterson
lN, j., threw u bomb at Il police OIL
Ger In that city the other day, Tie
missed the officer. but the exploding
bomb wrecked a building and injured
several persons. lt is incredible thai
the existence of such n hotbed OF an
archlsm and crime should be tolerat
ed in any civilized community Sc
long as the Paterson anarchists con
fined themselves 60 assassinato Amer
lean presidents, the police authority
smiled ndugeutly at the "inAocenl
pastlme" of their anarchistic pets, II
the latter however should begin to
luse members of the Paterson police
force as tugets for bombs, IL is quite
likely that the police authorities VII
reach the conclusion that IL would hJ
In the interest OF the community ia
stamp out that nest Of criminals,
The YOUNGER members OF the eNom
lsNc set at New Works mulu-million
aircs have nothing but a smile of hall
IpiN and half contempt for the print
ItiNeness of the "nca0ty society IN
Berlin. which recently invited thC
members of the Roichstag with theu
lwl,es and daughters to attend an en-
tcyalnment the principal feature OF
which was a sword dance performed
Iby a beautiful young woman clad only
in a diadem IA her hair. New York
society has long outgrown such prim
itiye and innocent little pastimes, II
takes more to satisfy their craving
for new sensations than TO watch tue
dancing OF a nude woman II th'
Beauty" society should send rep
| resontative to New York, well ae
credited TO the exclusive set OF TINS
city, they vould, undoubtedly, Obtain
a few interesting pointers
Scarcely q week passes without Tue
announcement that some prominent
actor or actress has gone ON tut
vaudeville stage, Il begins to look as
III the dSys of the Legitimate play
houses were counted and us II they
would be compelled to become raude
willie houses or close their doors. \
great deal has been written about the
commercialsm OF the stage, with spe
clal reference to the commercaiish
of theatrical managers. But. how
about the players? Is It not the rank
est kind OF commercial il a good actor
or actress. for the sake OF increasing
their income, abandon the Legitimate