Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-06-01

Pessimists insist that the history of
the Brooklyn handicap was concluded
yesterday. They point out that the
Legislation hostile to the racing inter-
ests secured by Governor Hughes this
year will kill the game in New York.
A great many citizens of New York
and New Jersey whose regulations for
truth and probity lave never been i'm
pugned hope that the situation is not
SO bad as this. The question Is up to
the owners of the tracks, and IL 1t Is
their decision that racing may be con-
Quoted profitably despite the restric-
lions, we may have many another
Brooklyn handicap.
A woman suing the estate of a man
by whom she had been employed as
bookkeeper and housekeeper for back
wages In a local court mentioned the
fact that are of chickens was one of
her duties. us the keeping Of chickens
housekeeping or bo~okkeeping?" asked
the court. The plaintiff declared 1t
was bookkeeping, and proceeded to IL
1ustrate her assertion. When the dizzy
price demanded for eggs during the
past winter and spring is considered it
would seem that nothing short Of
double-entry bookkeeping would suffice
for the business.
Striking recognition of the progress
of the western world is contained In the
formal request of the Chinese of San
Francisco to their emperor that they
be permitted to discard their flowing
robes and ueues From an Oriental
standpoint the long braid may
be the height of good form, but 1t does
not fit into the western mode of doing
business. Imagine, for instance, what
would be the discontinue of a Celestial
aviator. flying against time for a large
purse, If his back hair should suddenly
become entangled In the mechanism of
bis %aeroplane!
That revival of 1.-THE Mikado' with an
a1l-star cast in New York would seem
to be a theatrical step which even the
most peevish critic might find some diff
ficulty in deploring. The Gilbert n
Sullivan gem is always good, stars or
no stars, and 1t is but necessary to run
the eye casually over the cast to see
that this production should be excel
lent, plus. Those who spend their time
in viewing things theatrical with alarm
should welcome such an entertainment
with tears of Joy, when the character
of the average summer show is con-
sidered.
A cyclone on the east coast of Africa,
which caused the death Of hundreds,
and an earthquake in the Pacific are
the latest contributions to the series of
unusual and destructive attacks of the
forces of nature, which the u~nscientific
layman insists upon connecting In some
vague way with the visit Of the comet.
And since the comets tail refused to
adhere to the schedule carefully pre-
pared for it by the professors, the lay
men have gained a lot more confidence
in their own conclusions concerning the
wanderer.
In the light of his recent achieve
ment Curtiss naturally commands a
hearing when he talks of the passing of
the battleship. But naval experts who
point out that the floating fortresses
may easily be fortified against this new
enemy of the air would seem to have
the best of the argument. Guns
mounted upon the upper decks of dread
noughts in such a as to COM
mand the heavens might easily make
the profession of the militant aviator
an exceedingly hazardous one.