davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The sun., 1909-06-29
A'Palinode and an Appeal.

A few years ago when Mr. RUDYARD
KIPIING was sick unto death, "a was
feared, in this town we had the melan-
choly honor of writing an editorial arti-
Gle full of enthusiasm for his genius
and of regret for the loss which litera-
ture had suffered. His star was at
it's blazing sion-.culmination is
the word perhaps. We must have re-
counted the s,iddenness with which he
had burst upon mankind. the freshness
of his themes. his vigor, originality
and wild humor. He was another Won
drous Boy. Well, the world and we
were somewhat younger then. The
newspapers of this town swore that ele-
waited railroad guards and even cabmen
those master cynics, and brush boys
and hallboys took a passionate interest
in Mr.. KIPLING's health. This seems
80 legendary that we feel it is true in
great part. Mr.. KIPLING was the god
of the moment, and he was about to
show that the gods loved him.
As we remember that sincere and
uncritical eulogy that we bestowed upon
him, what more than Justice we did his
talents and writings, how we deplored
that a star was falling. sun was set,
alas, alas, for KIPLISG!-we must con-
fees to a certain regret that that article
was never used. And not merely from
us, but from nobody else can he get such
high and honest praise MS he would have
had then. He missed his hour. What
is more, he missed that piece OF ours.
Every time that he beats the big drum
outside OF the imperialist tent, what he
missed ia borne in upon us again, and
notably by this City Of Brass, for ex-
ample, whereof a word or two appeared
in Yesterdays Sun. As a patriot, as
a Chauvinist even, Mr.. KIPLING may be
praised or forgiven. We shall not for
give him at present, for he is wearisome
as the devil. II he must be street
preacher against the Asquith Govern
ment or anything else. II he must howl
to the reverberant heavens for more
blood and steel, let him do it in prose
tnHt IldS VIC IOIIu vi Iiobt. itleSt IIllil-
tary, naval and political assorted lengths
supposed to be poetry have the rhythm
OF procession Of cripples and the
rhyme Of an ass yoked up with COW
This is a palinode, and sometimes the
truth has to be severe.
We swear by the Jungle Books. =
TERENCE MULvANEY and his friends
can never lose us. But did Mr.. KIP
LING ever write any poetry? The "Rc-
cessional' ia the cheapest semi-religious
patriotic commonplace. The -Barrack
Room Ballads and Departmental Dit
ties" are mighty fine in their way, but
they are only excellent good music
hall warblcs. As for the so much ad-
mired celebrations Of machinery, they
are nightly clever; but they lack the
passion, the beauty, the supreme form
OF poetry, fit 80 to be called In vain
does that quivering mound Of paradoxcs
and OF sentimentalities, Mr.. GILBERT
KEITH CHEsTERToS. invite us to con-
slider the poetry Of letter boxes and fire
alarms, and tell us. rs Mr.. CHARLES
Eliot NORTON told us years before,
The sun., 1909-06-29
An Opportunity fer New Workers to Pay
the Last Tribute to Great Woman.

To THE EDITOR OF THE stS-Sir: This
week the body OF the lamented Polish.
American actress Helena Modrzejewsk
t"ModJeska") will be brought to New York
from Chicago. where It has rested since
May "a, and will be taken on July by the
steamer Augusts Victoria Of the Hamburg.
American Line to it's final resting place
in Poland. the native land Of the nlustrious
woman. New York will thus be the last
city of the New World to pay honors to this
distinguished daushssrof Poland.
In Poland active steps have been taken 70
honor worthily this great artist and patriot.
Theatres OF Warsaw. Russian Poland, and
Of Cracow and 1eopol. Austrian Poland.
have decided to place statues Of Modrze,
jewska In their foyers. Besides this. q
"Modrzejewska fund" Is to be created In
Warsaw to assist studying actresses. Ar.
rsngements for the national funeral Of
Modrzejewska, which will take place on
July IL In Cracow. are being made by
committee OF men eminent In the theatrical
and the literary world OF Cracow.
Thus IL Poland preparing to pay her
tribute to the daughter that through her
art and her work had well served Poland
and the Poles. elevating the Polish name
in the entire world by offering evidence Of
the greatness Of the nation that produces
such artists as she. America also has not
was the most ma Tnificsht gem Of Americas
stage and who created q school OF art which
other countries may envy this country,
funeral like the ss5e1s a, Of "a,
the deceased in the Cathedral Of st. Fabian
there participated two Bishops, numeroY
aiso served as the guard Of honor at the
CONN. which had lain In state In their hall
for several daysl. a number Of other Ameri-
~ os aau An1ecs ana 'he r0''n
In Chicago. memorial services were ar;
ranged for Modrzejewske by the General
eo%mbsa s and by "e seSers Polish % orsa,s orsanzs
tons: while on Memorial Day thousands Of
Poles and people OF other nationalities not
Il ChsssS out and aSo Baao nSS IS:
honoTs to the remains Of Modrzejewsks u
oeS%eteS5y Net r., 0f fss st. ARsr weekly and MONTH,
press OF the entire country been deficient
In the discharge OF its duty to Modrze-
jewska, but has been generous in its homasss
rubies. as Bishop Conaty expressed him
self In his funeral sermon at Los Angeles.
In few days the Nes YORK .dmIEers Of
an Opportunity TO pay their homage 70
Vic ~tc.s si Just r.ceised from ON cSicase ths body
THURSDAY, July l. and viii Be taken 70 the
Church Of st. Stanislaus. on Seventh street
between First avenue and Avenue A, whers
by special permission Of Monsigpor. Lsvslls
Il will remain over night, and where on
Friday at $50 o'clock A. M. thero will b
held the funeral services. Immediately
illustrious dau ghter Of Poland will be taken
aboard the steamer Auguste Victoria, WhicA
sails for Hamburg on July 8.
WACLAW PBHIovsKl.
NEW YoRK June "a
The sun., 1909-06-29
The Georgia Railroad Award.

That provision of the award OF the
arbitrators in the dispute between the
white firemen OF the Georgia Railroad
and their employer in which 1t ia pro-
vided that negro firemen shall be paid
the same wages "a white men may
result in forcing the negroes from the
road. It would not be unreasonable
for the road to seek to avoid trouble in
the future, when no economy was to be
gained in the present, through making
its engine crews all white by the simple
e1pedient Of appointing none but white
firemen as the blacks now on its rolls
drop out. However, this might be a
shortsighted policy to pursue.
In this way the object of the instiga-
tors Of the strike would be accomplished,
though the period necessary to bring
about their dominance over the road
would be somewhat longer than they
hoped. The strike was called to union
ize the road thoroughly, and az step
toward the unionizing Of all the roads
in the South, which cannot be forced a.
long as negroes not eligible to member
ship in the labor organizations are on
the fire boards.
Asfor Representative HARDwIcK' q as
sertion that the presence Of negroes on
the engines is menace to the travelling
public" all that need be said is that for
years they have been on the engines
without opposition from the public; that
the exhibitions Of antagonism toward
them recently seen were melted BY the
unionists, and ceased Immediately the
unionists ordered peace. II the Cover
nor Of the State does his duty the travel
ling public may rest in security, for the
negroes will not be molested.
The sun., 1909-06-29

that Mr.. KIPMSG has seen and sung the
beauty and the tragedy Of things Joom-
mon and despised. Let it 60 at this for
this time: Mr.. KIPIING's poetry at It's
best is q tour de force; at its worst, as
In the "City of Brass" falling on US In
these days of molten brass, 1t Ia an in
ternational outrage against which the
State Department or the Health De-
partment should protest.
Again we think of the favorites OF the
gods and OF that imprinted editorial,
If SwINBURNE had had the luck to be
gathered by the cold immortal hands OF
PRosERPINE, say In 1870, leaving 'Asa-
lanta In Calydon' and Poems and Bal
lads" and Songs Before Sunrise he
would have ranked with KEATS and
SHELLEY and all the ipheritors Of unf'il-
filed renown. BROWNING lived too long.
Most poets do, nor need we except TEN
NYsoN on account of the popular success
of Crossing the Bar" Poets should be
smothered in rose leaves or drowned In
honey dew at 30 at the very latest. We
think that Mr.. KIPLING, though he Ia not
poet, would have found II to his
advantage to go Off the stage at the
dramatic moment. Since he didn't,
may he live forever, live to repent his
doggerel!
THOMAS HARDY Ia another case In
point Why will he grind out illim-
table grists of intolerable poetry?
EDEN PHMpoTTs, minor Hardy, is
also shifting reluctant Tyre. The very
precious" Mr.. MAURICE HEWLETT too.
They are no excuse for Mr.. KIPLIEo,
though. Nobody and nothing can ex-
cuse him. II he can't reform. Why in
the name OF humanity cant he swear
off in summer?
The sun., 1909-06-29
IL a Crisis in Germany at Hand?

According to a semi-official statement
published at Berlin on June rs Prince
Won BtLow will not resign the post of
Chancellor Of the Empire, nor will he
resort to the alternative move Of dis
solving the Reichstag. The fact that
a third course is open to him and that
with the Kaiser's approval he will take
il throws light on the radical difference
between parliamentary government as
it Ii practised in Germany and the
British prototype Of the system.
There is no doubt that the blow dealt
Chancellor Won BtLow in the Reichs-
tag on June "a would, il received by a
Prime Minister in almost any other Eu-
rQpean country possessing parliament
tary institutions, have been followed by
his immediate resignation. The bill
extending inheritance taxes to direct
heirs, including widows and children,
had been recognized as one OF the most
Important features Of the Governments 8
iiscal programme. Nevertheless. the
Conservatives proper, the Centrists, the
Poles, the Alsatians and Independents
cast against 1t 1s4 votes, or eight more
THAN those which we're mustered In its
favor by tho so-called Free" or I'm
perial' Conservatives, National Eber-
ais, Radicals and Socialists. In other
words. the Kaiser found himself and his
Minister supported by his enemies the
Socialists and deserted by his old
friends the Conservatives
Under such circumstances the head
Of British Government would not have
besitated q moment to adopt one Of two
alternatives. He would have insisted
on the acceptance Of his resignation or,
= hs doubted whether his opponents
reflected the nations preponderant
opinion, he would have advised his SOW
ereIKn 70 dissolve Parliament and order
a new general election. In the German
Empire the power Of dissolving the pop
ular assembly belongs TO the Bundes-
The sun., 1909-06-29
Program mes Of Music.

To THE EpIroR OF TIE SuN-str: was nd
TO see yort protest against the foolish and In
Appropriate selections given BY most Of the solo.
ists In the recent saenKcrfest. but how about the
selections for the chorusf I confess they made
me stay away. On Monday night, June q. the
composers Of the Choral pieces were Leu. Kemp.
ter, wohlgemuth, Kintel and Podbertsky, while
the composers OF the orchestral and vocal selec.
tions were IIszt. Meyerbeer. Wagner. Weber and
Schubert. Was there one choral composer OF
the nrst class on that istf
The adult chorus Gas distinguished from the
chIldrcn) In the entire festival ignored Bach.
Beethoven, Elgsr and Rossinl. while Wagner was
represented only by the hackneyed march FROM
-TaunhGuser" and Brahms by lullaby. Had they
never heard Of the iatter's German Requiem
NEW YORK. June q. r II.
The sun., 1909-06-29
when Saloons VIII Close.

In refusing to grant license for the
sale of liquor in New Jersey township
the Judge in whom lay power in the
matter has made this statement:
v" There Is one phase Of this question which
seems to have been ignored by counsel. the pro.
test OF Isl adult women OF this township. They
Indeed are the chief sufferers. and have no other
their protest 10 the Court. l see reason why
their testimony should not be accepted b. me as
to the actual conditions existing In the township.
Their protest therefore must be combined with
that Of seventy hve worthy citizens resident OF
the township and must be controlling with the
Court"
There certainly can be no quarrel with
this conclusion nor is exception likely
to be taken to the Judges reasoning.
1t only puts in words the fact that has
been recognized wherever the crusade
against licensing drinking places has
been pushed vigorously, The anti
saloon fights have been won by the
women who have taken part in them,
and wherever the women have been
united on the side Of the prohibitionists
the liquor interests have been worsted.
In many instances hysteria and frantic
appeals have marked their campaigns.
but success has always attended them
in the end.
The liquor manufacturers and sellers
must acknowledge this and may NJ
we'll make up their minds that when the
women are practically a unit aggres-
sively opposing them their cause il
lost.
The sun., 1909-06-29
Religion IN Bu sin ess.

To rHE EprroR or THE Sus-sr. Bishop
McFAul thinks thai people TO be rood must have
a religious education. He may be right. but |
cannot agree with him.
I am Al the head OF the credit department Of
large manufacturing business, Daily an
called upon 70 decide whether We shall give credit
or not to over hundred new customers. lnever
take into consideration the religious views Of
these customcrs. ! want 70 know II they are
honeAt, II they arc Thrifty. II they have enough
capital. They might have been educated In dec.
trines and beliefs from their earliest childhood
without influencing my mind In their favor In
fact some Of the worst frauds we have on our
books are OF the sanctimonlous sort.
HEwI.KTTs, N. ", June q, CREDIT CIrRK.
The sun., 1909-06-29

rath, but would unquestionably be exer-
cised at Emperor WILLIAMS request.
We are told, however that no such
request will be made and that at the
same time the Kaiser declines to graf
ify tho Chancellor's desire to resign.
According to the semi-official statement
published on June rs Count Won BtLOw
holds it to be his duty to act in accord
with the conviction of the Federal Coun-
cil-we should bear in mind that he sits
in the Reichstag as member of the
Bundesrath-th that 1t ia necessary to meet
the existing deficit by bringing about
the passage of taxation measure, but
measure that shall exclude duties on
stock transfers, on the output Of the
grain mills and on the export of coal.
When his duty to the Bundesrath and
inferentially to his imperial master has
been done Count Won BGLow will be
at liberty, so he Ia informed, to con-
slider a retention Of the Chancellorship
as private matter, but not till then.
This was the view of Premier's duty
maintained by the Gear NICHOLAS III.
when the third Russian Duma took
ground irreconcilable with part Of Mr..
SToLYPIN's legislative programme; and
the Russian Premier consented to retain
his position in the face Of a rebuff at the
hands OF the legislature to which no
British Prime Minister would have sub
mitted. In Russia as in Germany the
principle OF Ministerial accountability to
the popular branch of parliament has
never been recognized. So far, indeed,
as~Germany Is concerned President
LOWELL OF Harvard University, in his
we'll known work on Governments and
Parties in Continental Europe" has
expressed the opinion that popular gov
ernment with which the principle OF
Ministerial accountability is bound up
is neither probable nor desirable. The
existing institutions OF the country are
by no means adapted to It, and il the
supremacy should pass from monarch
to representatives Of the people pro-
found modification would necessarily
have to take place In the organization of
the Empire. Mr.. LOWELL. points out
that the intimate connection between
the Pr,ssian and the Federal machinery,
which works very we'll 30 long az both
are controlled by q single man, would
hardly be possible il the people became
the real source Of power. Suppose, for
example, that the Reichstag should
succeed in compelling the Emperor
to select a Chancellor who enjoyed its
confidence. Suppose. in other words,
that the Chancellor should become
politically responsible to the Reichstag,
but that in Prussia the King should
remain free to choose his Ministers, 1t
is patent that the imperial royal govern
ment could be made to work smoothly
only on condition that the spheres of
action of the Chancellor and OF the
Prussian Cabinet respectively should
become independent Of each other, and
this would involve practical renounce-
ment by the latter of all interference
in Federal matters. The Reichstag as
the representative OF wider public
opinion would gradually assume
decisive authority in national questions,
and hence Prussia would either become
merged in the Empire or else her gov
ernment would be confined to local
affairs
The sun., 1909-06-29
Pablfo Opinion OF the Taft Income
Tax,

Public opinion or the IaIt iucome
Tax.
For the enlightenment Of our friends
the conservative Senators-and they
shall be our friends till death US do part
-wepfint this morning another compre-
hensive exhibit Of newspaper opinion
concerning Mr.. TArT's proposed new
income tax. The tableau might easily
have been made ten times larger We
believe ourselves to be strictly within
the limits Of moderate statement when
we say that there has not been for
many years SO one sided an expression
Of public sentiment about any important
measure suddenly sprung upon the
country. The protest has grown in
volume as the significance and tendency
Of the TAFT expedient have come to
be understood 1t ia. almost universal,
the one or two exceptions to the de-
nunciation of the Taft tax among news
papers OF note being cases of unusual
dooility and well known capacity for
deglutition. The protest is as wide
spread geographically as it ia inde-
pendent OF differences in the political
habit OF thought.
By the Taft Income tax We mean, of
course, the tax on corporate incomes
which was specifically recommended in
the Denver platform Of 1908; coupled,
however, in the Bryanite programme
with the provision that the doubts as
to the constitutionality Of the tax on
corporate incomes should first be re-
moved by the submission to the States
of an enabling amendment to the United
States Constitution. President TAFT
has apparently persuaded himself, by
some process OF reasoning at present
but dimly visible, that while tax on the
income Of the individual person may
require constitutional amendment as
the Indispensable preliminary to its en-
actment, a tax on the income Of the
corporate person can be rendered i'm
mune as to the constitutional inhibition
by q simple verbal device, that is by
calling it what it is not, an Excise" tax
or a special excise" tax.
We beg the conservative Senators to
study the extracts printed elsewhere,
and to study them in no other spirit
than that of conviction of the sincerity
Of these utterances of criticism. They
,press an overwhelming and abso-
hiteiy honest public sentiment against
the Taft Income tax. They are in no
degree abated or affected by the apollo
geticf theory that the enactment of a
probably unconstitutional tax on cor
porate incomes is the only way to save
the country and avert the enactment of
a probably unconstitutional tax on in
diyid0al incomes.
The sun., 1909-06-29
The Air In Elevators.

To TIE EprroR OF TRH SUS-,sir: Speak -
ofcisl New York In reference 70 fans In elevator
The Board OF Health or bulitng inspectors
should compel the owners Of all buildings OF slN
stories and upward to have electric fans 'hl'
for the benent Of the public but more especially
for the man who Is compelled 10 live constansf
in tho elevator. some elevators are cer'AlnH
injurious 10 health for want OF proper ven',h'
uou. ALEXANDER SporTswoop DAspkipos
NEy YoRE, June a.
The sun., 1909-06-29
E.s,,.Aman. Holiday Exc,r.,oa.

From the London Chronicle.
or holiday excursions OF the past rrob1b's
the most morbid wasthe visit to the places wh"fe
famous criminals had paid the nnai penalty.
The last man TO be eibbcted In England was
james Cook OF Leicester. Hts body was sus
pended on q Glbbet over thirty feet high al vi
stone In 1852 and 40 great was the dsturhH ire
caused by pleasure seekers on Sundays aud gct.
srai holidays that the Home Once ordered tar
body TO be taken down and buried To day, oi
course. VIC fall back upon Tussaud's Chan oer
nf Hoyrorx
The sun., 1909-06-29
De Massa OBJ de sheepfol'

De Massa Oh de sheepfo,'
Dat guavt the sheepfol' bin
Looked out In de gioomerin' msadows
whar de long night rain begin
50 he called 70 de hirciin shephe'd:
lis my Shcep-ls dey all come in:"
"oh den," says de hireiin' shephe'd.
"Dey's sone-dey's blsck and thin
And some dey's po' or wedden--
But de res' dey's all brung In
Den Dc Masss OBJ dc sheepfor
Dat guard de sheepfoi bin
Coca down In de sloomcrin' meadows .
whsr de long night rain begin
80 be let down de ba's oh de shecpfoi',
Calm sor: Come inl Come int"
Csllin' sof'; Come In, Come ini"
Den up through de eioomern meadows,
Through the col night rain an win.
An up through de Gloomerin' rain pat
whAr de sieet ia plercin' thin
De po' ics' sheep OBJ de sheepfol'.
Dey all comes Eadderih' iui
The sun., 1909-06-29
~ l1asaa ss Do sAespfsl.

To Tun Epsroa oe Tnn SuH-Sfr: This dialect
poem. written by Ssihe Pratt Mclean. appeared
In TuI sun some twelve yesn ago. Tna SUN
then ssid had been pronounced the nnest dialect
poem ever written. A. 10 was called for again
In TEE SUNDAY SUr some ume ago and no one
answered, taxe the liberty OF sending II 70 you.
TnoY. June -. JOIN z. LowRuy
The sun., 1909-06-29
A Nemlnatisu fsr Mayer.

To THE EDIroR OF TRR SuN-Sir: What's
the matter with Police Commissioner Bine-
ham fer our next Mayor, Honest, fearless,
capable and his whole frame saturated with
horse sense. amighty scarce article In recent
years. PLAIN ORDINARY MAN.
NEW YoHx, June 28
The sun., 1909-06-29

The sentiment OF the country has already
been strongly expressed against this form
OF tax. 1t will become still more emphatic.
Congress should first finish up the tariff bill.
ascertain what revenue It can be relied on
to produce. and then. II more is needed to
meet the Roosevelt deficit. after the policy
OF economy is enforced. reenact the ample
and equitable stamp tax instead Of the
Taft amendment.
The sun., 1909-06-29
From ne Providence Journal.

1t would be well II the Republican leaders
ut Washington were to drop their latest
scheme for raising. additional revenue and
try somethin else-if anything needs to be
tried. The stamp tax Ia easy Of imposition
and burdensome TO nobody. II would raise
all the money necessary without any con-
siderable fuss or inconvenience.
The sun., 1909-06-29
Use for Mere Mana

To THE Enirok op THE Sun SIR In answer
to -. r. NJ" who wishes 10 know what Is the
best sor, Of dog 10 be used for protection Of ladies
living where there are no neighbors, | should say
Try mere man. Q. ID. l..
SRw YoRk. June -.
The sun., 1909-06-29

Statistics lust gathered and tabulaied OF Smith
and Radcliffe cols yCs show that women colcgtaps
are loa,h 10 wed OF 5000 Smith graduates and
MO- Radcliffe graduates less than 10 per cent.
drrd Smith graduates are teachers, or u per cent
and 500 are ma arrcd. while 800 have occu patton
Three hundred l.adcihe graduates, pr ~ per cent
have become teachers: lao are married and 10
have no occupation. From despatch 10 ne
Tribune.
Loath to we'd! We will never believe t..
Who talks more about June wedding
than the college girl? Who envies more
the undergraduate who is engaged and
has her Occupation" already picked out
for her? Give these unmarried Smith and
Radcliffe girls time and see how many Of
them will escape spinsterhood!
The sun., 1909-06-29

Mr.. Taft's idea evidently 10 that the 'mass
Of Americans will be willing TO overlook the
failure to carry on, his pledge Of downward
revision Of the tarin In view OF the adoption
Of his scheme Of putting the greatest Of oil
the so-called Roosevelt policies on the stat
ute book-ths aboiishment Of privacy 10
the business Of corporations, He will
point with pride 10 this great schisv ement
Of putting . hook 10 the noss- ef all the
corporations Of the country and subisotins
them to examination spd supsrvision by