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The sun., 1908-11-22

The other day the Hon. NATHAN BAY
ScoTT of West Virginia came from an
interview with Mr.. TAFT glowing" with
enthusiasm. He is one of our best pro-
fessional glowers. and it is beautiful to
find him glowing as rapturously for Mr..
TAFT as he has long glowed for Mr..
ROOSEVELT. It is impossible to keep him
away or to keep away from him. Ac-
cording to THE Suns despatch OF No.
vember 20 from Hot Springs "he really
went away tonight. for a time at least. "
For a time. possibly. He got bite of
something to eat, but undoubtedly he
returned. He must be there yet. sleep
ing on the piazza or in tent at the door
Few things in politics are more touching
than the unquenchable love Of the Hon.
NATHAN BAY ScorT for great man with
loaves and fishes to distribute.
The sun., 1908-11-22
The UNEMPLOYED Artist.

1t seems that while the supply of
British pictures is always increasing the
demand for them grows less and less.
The autumn picture season moves the
London Times to some serious editorial
comment on the situation. 1t lays the
blame chiefly on the painters. at is
pretty clear it says, that the art of
painting as at present practised is too
difficult for many painters, and that
their talent would be better employed
in some easier and more useful art.
The main function of picture, accord
ing to this critic, is to decorate, and the
public finds that it can get both cheaper
and better decorations than pictures:
We have not been In the habit OF regarding
pictures as decoration at all The proof is that
II we thought OF them as ornaments to a wall We
should not be able to endure their frames for
moment. and painters would not frame them as
they usually do"
II the British public now regards it as
the main function Of a picture to deco
rate a wall, we must conclude that
RUsKIN has labored in vain and that Sir
W. RICHMOND, r. A, was right in urg-
ing the Government the other dag to
start a Ministry of Art and to send apos-
ties of taste through the. land. The
Times treads less dubious ground when
it remarks that in the Florence OF the
Renaissance there was a sort OF nat
ural selection among artists. and that
the majority contented themselves with
crafts Of evident utility, while only the
best became painters; whereas in mod
ern Britain the principle Of selection is
social and therefore artificial. II seems
quite probable that the British caste
system may mislead some inadequate
aspirants into the reputedly @genteel"
ranks Of painters, and possibly we our
selves suffer to some extent from a like
snobbishness.
But the Times overlooks one cond-
ton, which Is operative not only in
Britain but in most other countries, and
for which the unfortunate painters are
not to be blamed. The great increase
of public galleries and exhibitions may
be compared to the extension of the
public or circulating library system.
AS people borrow books nowadays in
stead OF buying them, 30 the multipli-
cation of the public picture, 30 to speak
is surely somewhat unfavorable to pri-
vate ownership.
The sun., 1908-11-22

n Il
kets abroad. and especially in trans
oceanic countries, In order TO feed
her fast growing population IL is abso-
lutely necessary for Germany to In
crease her export products and to find
fresh markets for them.
That Is why German competition,
far from showing signs of tagging,
must become more and more severe
in the near future. Mr.. DAWSON bears
witness also to the fact that Germany's
industrial progress has been achieved
by means and methods that deserve
the highest commendation. Science,
education, application and a vigilant
heed to details are, he says, the princi-
pal causes OF Germany's success as a
rival in the markets of the world. In
view Of these facts Englishmen are
warned by Mr.. DAWSON not to take for
granted that the German navy willprove
inefficient in time OF war. Efficiency
is assured by the same thoroughness
which characterizes German industrial
methods. In the creation Of their navy
Germans are exhibiting, he says, the
same scientific spirit, the same nice
adaptation of means to ends and the
same capacity for taking pains which
has made their army what 1t is.
The idea prevalent in England that
the imperial German finances are in a
bad way is also declared to be without
foundation. The fact is recalled that
in Prussia alone the value of State rail-
ways, forests, lands and mines is Off
cially estimated at 81 ,OO0, ,O00, 900, whereas
the total debts of all the constituent
States and of the empire are only about
"a, ,125, 100000. 1t is true that this year
Germany will be constrained to borrow
about Sl54 900 600 for her navy and for
naval works, but this is because the en-
pire's constitution obstructs the impo-
sition of direct imperial taxes, such as
an income tax or death duties. In
deed, Mr. DAWSON knows Of nothing
which should strike British taxpayers
more forcibly than the comparative
lowness of German imperial taxation.
! Mr.. DAWSON is not one Of those who
believes that German warlike passions
have been raised to fever heat by q
prodigious series of successes. He
holds, on the contrary, that there is no
more pacific nation in Europe than the
German 1t is the desire to possess
rather than to use those two symbols
Of force-an army and navy-which
animates the middle eld upper classes
and makes it so much easier in modern
Germany for Ministers of War and the
Admiralty to carry out their costly
schemes than it was for their prede-
cessors.
The sun., 1908-11-22
The Greatness Of Modern Germany

In view OF the carping spirit in which
some British newspapers are in the
habit OF commenting on German ideas
and German achievements il is salts
factory to find an English writer who
treats the German people not only with
strict justice but with sympathetic
appreciation. Mr.. w. Fl. DAWSON,
whose book on "The Evolution Of Mod
ern Germany" deserves more attention
than hitherto it has received on this
side of the Atlantic, cautions his coun-
trymen not to underrate the strength
and permanency Of the big navy move
ment in Germany. That movement is
the outcome OF the deliberate will and
calm resolution of a united nation,
Behind the navy party ere arrayed
powerful industrial interests. More
over, the programme OF naval expan-
sion has done more than anything else
to draw political parties in Germany
together. Even the Socialists are by
no means hostile to the building up of
a strong sea power. The undivided and
enthusiastic approval by the German
nation of the efforts making for the Gre
alton of a great navy are due to the con-
viction that Germany must either ex-
pand seaward or perish, AT present
she is an imprisoned empire,
What lies at the root Of Germany's
industrial progress and naval expan-
sion pplioyo Mr. m wanN onawaro tbot
the population difficulty is the key TO
the characteristic features of modern
Germany. The annual increase OF pop
ulation is 10000 souls, and soon, prob
ably, it will reach 100000, No ingenu-
ity and no exertion can bring the food of
these 100000 people yearly added to the
empires inhabitants out Of the German
soil. 1t follows that for Germany all
questions of foreign policy must be
viewed from the standpoint of the
procurement and maintenance Of mar
The sun., 1908-11-22

II Ia charged that this man JOIN ID. RocKE
FELLERl has been decetful In his business meth .
pds. Why not, Modern competitive business Is
war. and all things are fair In war. We do not
enemy.-Tht Rec. hLoERSoN s. CkaPsEr
Whatever the Rockefeller system may
have boon. this parallel Of the reverend
gentleman is as unfair TO business men as
II is TO the General. 1t would justify the
merchant In selling shoddy for pure wool
some do, Of course. We know. but others
are more discriminating. and others sell
their goods for what they are. As for the
soldier. he kills and prevails by playing
the game according to accepted rules.
1t is not an accepted rule in business to
lic and cheat. although lying and cheat
ing may be common enough.
The sun., 1908-11-22
"A French Dramatist on Divorce,

4 has been usual to regard the loos-
ening OF the marriage bond as a part of
wonlui's emancipation. Novelsts and
plnywrights pleading for easier divorce
$ shaye seldom failed to represent it in that
light, Woman has been half seriously
ipictnred as tho rapt captive OF the
husbands spcar, condemned to forced
labor in perprtui;y unless this chance
of escape is yivcn her. However. the
chance of escape is offered to both par
ties. and if psychologists are right in
diugnosii'g the natural man as an Arab,
rsways more or less disposed to fold up
slis tent and silently steal away, and the
woman rs an instructive home builder,
facilities of divorce should be more con
genial 10 the former than to the latter.
The 2i3th article of the French code
DEGREES that "tho wife owes obedi"ncv
The sun., 1908-11-22

Justice WEAVER of the Iowa Supr eme
Court In constituting the contract OF a
teacher OF athletics decided the football
season to be that part Of the year ending
with Thanksgiving Day, and added
The remainder of tho year OF the university
student may be devoted to the study OF football,
but the football season proper ends prlately
with general thanksgiving"
We infer that this Iowa Judge belongs
to the Eliot strict construction school of
football and is glad when the season is
The sun., 1908-11-22
November.

From the Washington Star.
When the blossoming ls banished
And the chilly days draw near. ,
When theNeunny smile has vanished
And the sky has grown severe.
How the pumpkin golden yellow
Checks the melancholy sigh
As the swain. In accents mellow.
Says, ITS umo to pass the pie"
Not alone the rustic. dwelling
There on his ancestral farm.
Feels the influence compelling
OF the seasons subtle charm
See the statesmen OF the nation
To our city drawing nigh,
Saying, with a frank elation,
''lt Is time to DafS the Dlel" u
The sun., 1908-11-22
A Good Muskrat Needs No Bu.,.

To rHE EDITOR or THE SuS-,sir: read with
delight the symposium on terrapIn. While we
In this benighted neck OF the woods do not fcas,
on the muskrat still we arc fairly familiar with
his features, appendages and general appear rance
and must here declare that we have never beheId
a muskrat with "a bushy tall" I would not for
an instant accuse the author OF the article OF
being a mature faker" but II he were to come
into this northern country and observe the musk
rat he would md the "bushy tall" conspicuous
by Its absence, as all the caudal appendages are
bare OF hair. OxALENB CARR
ALBANY. November 90
The sun., 1908-11-22
Journalism In Pennsrlxania.

FToW M Tffp0fTOH Times.
We have taken wood, potatoes. corn, eggs
butter. onions, cabbage, chickens, stone, lumber,
labor. sand. calico. sauerkraut second hand
clothing, coon skins and bug Juice, scrAp
iron, shoe pegs, rawhldes, chnaucpns. tan
bark. dogs. sorghum. seed, jarwarc and wheat
straw on subscription, and now man wants ID
know II We would send the paper for six months
for a large owl. We have no precedent for re-
fuslng. and u we can hnd man who Is out OF an
owl and wants one we'll do It.
The sun., 1908-11-22
INDIAN TERkAPIN.
Conspectus OF Opinion on the Tail of
Fiber Zlbethlcus.

To THE EDITOR OF THK SUS-Sfr. In a de.
lightful editorial In this mornings SUN, Musk.
rats In Two Styles" containing an exposition
of the practice of substituting muskrat for ter
rapin as a food. the gastronomic writer gives
this description of the muskrat: About the
size Of half grown cat. with bushy tail and a
face somewhat like that OF COON"
What do you think OF that, Imagine this
water rodent with the face OF a coon drying his
bushy tail after wet night. I won't say any
more-but, dear me, muskrat with bushy
tail! DS,
NEW YORK, November 20.
The sun., 1908-11-22

No figure in the long history Of the vic
Tins Of decline and fall of is so pathetic
as the Hon. TOM JOHNSON appearing on
the streets Of Cleveland without an over
coat-the day was warm-or an automo-
bile. MARIus sitting on the ruins Of
Carthage does not so squeeze the lachry-
NAL ducts OF mankind.
The sun., 1908-11-22
A Park Specimen Wanted.

furnish a-muskrat with face like a coon and a
bushy tailt 1t would be great acquisition at
the Bronx Park. as the only specimen In exist
ence. A. OuTRAM SHERMAN
NEW YORK. November ci
The sun., 1908-11-22
The CorlnthIan Fa,eo of tn g Old Gu .,om Hou >.

To THE EDITOR OF THB SuN-sfr: The old
Custom House that Is being remodelled by the
National City Bank Is certainly very handsome
building and great addition TO Wall street az
we'll as TO the city OF New York, but there Is ono
thing that cannot understand. Why Is II that
the architect In putting on the second story hiss
made the columns Cornthian while the columns
on the flrst story are Ionicl Unless there Is some
artistic reason for this II would certainly seem
as II 1t would have been better to make the upper
story correspond with the lower.
NEW York, November 20. QUIDNuNd
The sun., 1908-11-22
Gibe From the Jerseys.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN Sir: Pot roasted
with little pork. as the Indians cook II, ,muskrat
Is good. I like IL: but have never seen one with
a bushy tail. Did you meet the one you describe
on your way home from a terrapn dlnner'
HAMILTON vREELANp
JERSEY CITY. November 30
The sun., 1908-11-22
Express to Second Floor
NEW YORK, November Il. ]. w.
Cnnldn,f Pas.

Lawrence had Just cried: Don't give up the
ship"
i've got to-" answered his subordinate, i
failed In the test walk"
Herewith the hero expired.
The sun., 1908-11-22
Tails of Other Dava.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS--.Sir: In my boy.
hood days muskrat tails wero anything but
"bushy" FORMER COUNTRY BoY.
NEW YORK, November co.
The sun., 1908-11-22

1t would be becoming OF Mr.. BRYAN as
a plutocrat who aims to be true to his
responsibilities, and especially to his re-
sponsibility to 'the producing classes. to
produce the $1,000 the lack of which
makes the Democratic national commit
tee mourn
The sun., 1908-11-22
Nutm eE Seeker OF Scientific Tr

To THR EDITOR or THE SUN-.Sfr: Where dc
your muskrats grow that have "bushy tails,
GEoRoE L. ALBER.
NEW HAVEN. Conn. November 20.
The sun., 1908-11-22

In college life IL would appear
Eleven kick and thousands cheer.
But life itself Is found more dresr;
While thousands kick. eleven cheer,
The sun., 1908-11-22

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuE-Str: The tail is
clean as Is a rats or an opossum's. Pardon the
correction from an old hunter. HASTINGS
WHITE PLAINS. November 81.
The sun., 1908-11-22

Paris once. 22 Rue Louis lc Grand The daily
Ynd Sunday editions are on sale at KiosQue IL. nea 7
the Grand Hotel Kiosoue ~. boulevard des Cap'
Hclnes corner Place dc l'Opcra. and Rlosuue 10,
boulevard des ltalIcns corner Rue Louis lie Grand,
The sun., 1908-11-22
No I.u,urlance In Chemunr.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN--.sfr: Chemunr
muskrats don't have bushy tails.
ELuIRA, November 20. STAR. GAZETTE
The sun., 1908-11-22

london ONCE. bingham House. I Arunde
ffrret, Strand The daily and Sunday SUN Ia or
sale IN London at Murray's Exchange. Trafalgar
Buildlngs Northumberland avenue: Pail Nal
american and Colonial Exchange. Carlton street
Regent street and DAVIS Steamship Agency. j
ffrePn street, Leicester Square.
The sun., 1908-11-22

N our friends rho laror as trnh manuscripts for
pabiiedron tsh 10 haze retreicd articles returned
f.fD aus In MI cases send stamps Ior h1t purpose.
The sun., 1908-11-22
Not for Him.

Commissioner Don't you want to be uplif'ed'
Farmer Hayseed-Not much; my wife blows me
up several times a day.
The sun., 1908-11-22
Too Much.
Proportion.

Johnny-WhAt did you lick me fort
Father-For heaven q sake don't be Rryarrs'
The sun., 1908-11-22
A CatcanriCal DenIaI.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-,Str: In the words
OF a small nelghbor OF mine. "'TaIn't neither"
NEW York. November 81. c. r ELLIOT.
The sun., 1908-11-22

Published by tic Sun Printing and Publishing
AfkoclAtlon at 40 Nassau street. In the Borough
81 Manhattan. New York. President and Treas
artf OF the Association william NJ Lnnan. l7o
kassau street: Secretary OF the Association.
FrAnkiin bartlett, Nassau street
The sun., 1908-11-22
Progress In PhiIadeiphia.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN S---.sir: This sign
appears on the elevators In the Philadelphia
| BDurSc:
The sun., 1908-11-22
subscriptions by MaiI. Postpaid.

4 n BuUWTTVTTUH8 "T"T'
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q POSTAGE to foreign countries added.
Aitehecks. money orders. &c. to be made pay.
able TO THg SUN
The sun., 1908-11-22

yocables to attain effects that remind one
OF the clear-obscure Of Rembrandt. In
deed. a mystic style is this, beside which
most writer's are heavy handed and OBJ
vious.
Original in his form, in the bizarre archi-
lecture Of his paragraphs. pages, chap
ters, he abolishes the old endngs. ca
dences, chapter headings. Nor, except
at the beginning of his career did he
portray definite hero or heroine. Even
names are avoided. He" OF she" suffioes
to indicate the sex. Action there Ia little
Story he has none to tell: by contrast
Henry James is epical. Exteriority does
not interest Poctevin. who is nevertbe-
less one Of the most charming landscane
painters in French literature: Intimate
and charming. His young man and
young woman visit Meptone. the Pyrenees
Brittany, along the Rhine-a favorite
resort Holland. Luchon. Montreux. and
Switzerland generally His palette in
marvelously complicated. We should
call him an impressionist but that the
phrase is become banal.. Poictevin deals
in subtle grays. He often writes oris
iris. His portraits swim in n mysterious
atmosphere as do Eugene Carrihre's.
His fluid, undulating prose calls up land
scapes in the manner of Theocritus; he
observes a Lucretian attitude toward
nature.
The tiny reperoussions of the spirit that
Is reacted upon by life are Whistlerian
notations in the gamut OF this artists
instrument. Evocation, not description;
evocation, not narration; always evoca-
tion, yet there is harmonious ensemble;
he returns to his theme after capriciously
circling about it as does a Hungarian
gypsy when improvising upon the heart
The bee., 1908-07-02
Locomotive Blasts


Chicago, June 27.-Ohicials of
the Illinois Contra, railroad have
issued a notice that beginning
July ] the shops of the system
at Burnside, iii Waterloo, la. ;
Memphis, Tenn, and Water
Valley and Vicksburg, Miss,
will be restored to full time.
Since November these shops
have been running on from one.
half to two-thirds time and the
new order means that more than
5000 additional men will be put
to work next month.
This will bring the total num-
Der of employees in the shops of
the Illinois Central to close to
10000 and will entail additional
monthly expenditures of $3.50,
600 or more.
The bee., 1908-07-02

Conductor I. O. Hart spent
Monday in Slaughtersville fish
ing.
Flagman Ward Stodgill, of the
Interurban Is taking his vacation
this week. J.E. Ray is on the
run filling his place.
Conductor Fred Ashby is on
the Interurban in the absence of
Conductor Cunningham.
Conductor Ed Cunningham, of
the Interurban, has bought an
interest in the Mad isonville Ic-
and Laundry Co., and has pro
cured a ninety days leave of ab
sence from the road to look after
the interest of same.
The bee., 1908-07-02
Old Wages Restored.

Mobile, Ala, June 27.-Vice
President E. l.. Russell, of the
Mobile and Ohio Railroad Com.
pany, has issued official orders
that all salaries of officers and
employees, except those of the
president and vice president, of
the company are restored to the
amounts drawn prior to March /
last, and that no reduction of
wages will be made by the com
pany among the workmen.
The bee., 1908-07-02
Why The Republicans Should Be Success
FOL Next November.

The competition Is open to all,
In judging the merits Of contribu-
tons consideration will be given
not only to style. arguments and
facts presented, but to the conviDc
ing power, and IL should be borne in
mind that Members OF Congress are
to be elected as we'll as President
and Vice President.
No manuscripts will he returned,
tut Will be property Of the Commit
tee.
The best article will be- widely
used both in the newspapers of Il e
country and in phamphlet form.
The award will be made and check
sent tn successful contestant about
August 10th. Manuscript must be
mailed not later than July 18th TO
Literary Bureau. Republican Con-
gressiOnal Committee. Metropolitan
Bank Building, Washington. ID. G,
The bee., 1908-07-02
coLoRED COLUMN
MR.. s. R. DRIVER, EDITOR

Rev. j, r. Evans the newly elect
ed pastor of Mt. Zion Baptist Church
preached his first regular sermon
Sunday morning,
Rev Bronaugh preached power
full sermon on temperance at the
Q. NJ. f. church. Many were much
affected with his vivid word pictur.
log Of this most soul destroying
evil.
The cantata FAIRY Land" at the
A. M. f.. u. church Sunday (Chil-
dren's Day. under the direction of
Mrs. K. B. OsbOne ct al was de-
clded success the parts were well
acted and reflected much credit to
all concerned liberal collection
vas raised.
Rev. J. r. Evans has moved in
and occupies part of the John Con-
nard house on McEuen Avenue.
The approaching annual picnic of
the G. NJ. f. Church in Alexander
Park promises to be the right thing
a social gathering of this sort is GER
tlin!y mUre patriotic and civilized
that risking eyes, limbs and property
with explosives and cheap oratory.
Charles Bradley is still very sick.
Jesse Wynn is improving, but not
able to go TO work
Mrs. Walker Stoner is visiting
friends and relatives IN Christian
county.
King Solmon Club No. 2. Will
meet at s. r. Drivers house July 8
at 2. p. m.
The bee., 1908-07-02
DEPTHS Of North Atlantic.

The greatest depth determined by
the Challenger soundings which was
that OF limited depress o. about a
hundred miles TO the north of st.
Thomas, was S,S75 fathon.s, or about
Az miles. Except in the neighbour
hood OF its coast lines, and in certain
shoal areas, the floor CT the Atlantic
basin at its widest point seems to lie
at a depth of from 1000 to 5000 faith
oms, it's slopes being extremely gradu'
al.-New York American.
The bee., 1908-07-02
Make, coIIIsrIes safer.

A new safeguard for collisries Is OF
tered by the discovery CT Profs Elster
and Geitel that firedamp contains siA
or seven times as much radium emana
ton as the ordinary air OF coal mines.
An aluminium foil electroscope quickly
shows the difference II electrical con-
ductiyity due TO the emanation, and
this simple apparatus becomes an ef-
fective and important means OF de-
tecting danger.