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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-08-27
PREPARE FOR
R.R. INSPECTION
Supervisors viii Put Tracks
in Shape for Visit Of
General Manager
PRIZES ARE WELL
WORTH WORKING FOR

Although the date of the annual in
spection of the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad
between Jersey City, Washington and
Pittsburg by General Manager Myers,
has not been announced. the vari-
GUS supervisors will within the next
few DAYS, begin TO put the tracks and
roadbed in shape The prizes are
awarded. however. on the condition
of the roadbed throughout the year.
but several weeks prior to the inspec-
ton there is great activity in the
maintenance Of way and engineer
ing departments in polishing things
up.
The inspection will be held the lat
r.ter part Of September or some time
/. ring the first week of October. Il
xpected that the route to be pur-
will be the same as last year.
hundreds Of carloads of new bal
last will be distributed along the lines
during the next three weeks so as
TO give the roadway a brighter APP
pearance and on the day prior to the
inspection, It will be lined up. Every
thing will be cleaned up about the
station and in the yards, and some
painting will be done.
nual track inspection of the general
manager, the first one being held in
1873 The prizes are based on the
reports Of the inspections made dur
ing the year by the special main line
track inspection committee This
committee consists Of J. r, Richards.
chief engineer Of maintenance Of way,
and three division superintendents.
They 20 over the line about once a
month in a special car attached TO one
of the fast trains This car contains
apparatus to detect any defect in the
rpad
Tho Klondike prize, which is the
biggest of the awards. was captured
last year by the Philadelphia division,
II being awarded to Supervisor G.. r.
Sinnickson and Assistant NJ w. Glenn
ent having headquarters AT Paoh.
This subdivision takes in the terri
tory between Woodbine avenue, West
Philadelphia, and Coatesville or this
prize. $500 goes TO the supervisor. and
$500 to the assistant. II is awarded
to the best line and surface between
Jersey City and Pittsburg and Phila-
delphia and Washington
A second premium, consisting OF
81 900, 500 of which goes to the
supervisor and $500 to the assistant,
is awarded for the greatest improve
mept TO the line and surface between
Jersey City and Pittsburg, and Phila-
delphia and Washington.
In addition to these, there are four
other premiums of $500. $500 Of which
goes TO the supervisor and 5000 to
the assistant. which are awarded for
the best line and surface on the vari-
Gus divisions.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-08-27
AutOists Here.

spending three weeks with Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Steele, Of near Newark
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-08-27

Governor Fort. of New Jersey; Sena-
tor Broward. Of Florida; Rear Ad-
miral Sperry. Chief Engineer United
States Treasury Service Herbert
Knox Smith. Mayor Fitzgerald, of
Boston: Calvin Tompkins, Dock Com
missioner, Of New York city; Lloyd
Chamberlain, president of the Msssa-
ohusetts Board of Trade; Governor
Ansel, of South Carolina; Governor
Weeks, Of Connecticut; Willis r.
Moore. chief of the United States
Weather Bureau: Secretary Mac
veagh, of the Treasury Department;
Former Senator Anthony Higgins,
Governor Pothier, of Rhode Island,
and Commander Perry. of Arctic
fame.
Twenty Delawsreans will attend
the convention.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-08-27
Social and
Personal

Mrs. Kenneth Watts and daughter,
Elizabeth, of Townsend. are spend
ing some time with relatives I'm this
city. q
Miss Bertha A. Hayden spent few
days recently with Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Fortner. Of Blackbird.
Mrs William Robinson and daugh-
ter Mary, are the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. ]. E. Brockson, of Bfackbird.
Miss Lizzie Cain has returned from
a visit to her aunt, Mrs. William
iPleasanton, Of Thoroughfare Neck
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Deakyne are
visiting relatives at Thoroughfare
Neck.
Mr.. and Mrs A. p. Jones and Mise
Cora Jones are being entertained by
Mr. and Mrs. ID. II. Boyce, OF Ches-
void
/ O. A. Neugebauer, Of Clayton, war
a recent visitor in this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Roland b. Carr are
visiting his mother, Mrs. Margaret
Carr. OF Smyrna.
Miss Florence Kelsey has returned
from a weeks visit 10 Mrs. J. w
Tucker. of Smyrna.
w b. Start and daughter. Miss Mil
uIcus oI|cHl Indf are hptnulub wv
weeks M Baltimore and this city.
Mrs. William Mcdowell and daugh-
ter have returned TO Smyrna after a
visit TO Wilmington relatives.
Miss Sarah Bowers has been visit
ing Miss Edith Scott, of Elkon.
Rabbi M. J. s. Abels Of the Temple
Of Truth. arrived home from his va
cation yesterday
Miss Bessie Brown. of Philadel-
phia. Is spending a few days with
Mrs Van Dyke, of No. Cos King
street
Miss Margaret Draper has returned
TO Elkton after a visit TO relatives
here.
Leroy Draper and Clarence Morris
have returned from a visit to theii
aunt, Mrs. Kate Draper. of Elkton.
Mrs. Anna Draper and daughter
Helen. aud Miss Ada Adams have
been spending a few days with friends
az Elkton.
Miss Jewell is visiting her grand
mother at Summit Bridge.
Mrs. Charles Ernest and daughte
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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-08-27
Unsettled Weather Yet
Checks Local Building Trade

The building trade was unusually
dull this week, probably because of
the uncertain weather. No building
permits of more than usual import
ance we're issued
1hirty-five hundred dollars will be
the cost of the erection of two dwell
ings by n. S. Luton on the west side
of Mt, Salem Lane south of Seven
teenth street, one for Mrs. Carrie
Green and the other for Frank Comfy.
Egbert Nutter will build twl dwell
lings on the west side of Twenty
fourth street, between West aud
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-08-27
Congressman Moore TO Preside.

Washington. for the Delaware Con-
sIruction Company at cost of $1,000
each.
A permit was issued to Hiram Vliet
TO build frame kitchen at No 1921
Market street at cost of 5000, and
to H. T. Jones to build a milk house
az No. 500 West Second street, at a
cost of 1920.
Two hundred dollars will be the
cost of an addition to No. S35 Ship
ley street by the A. S. Reed and
Brother Company for d. c. Jones.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-08-27
Pastor Brown Homo AGAIN.

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER, Del, Aug. 27--Rev. Jospeh
Brown Turner, pastor of Dover Pres
byterisn Church. has returned from
his summer vacation, which he spent
among old friends In the country
about Altoona, Pa. Mr.. Turner also
returned home from Goshen, Mass.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-08-27
OF VAST BENEFIT.

generates
the
in h vanOus deparmen of homewO
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-08-27

Mr.. and Mrs. c. NJ. Wharton and
Mr.. and Mrs. James Cochrell, of Sun
bury. Ohio, were Automobiles stop
ping at Hotel Wilmington last night.
M. Gilpin, and Misses Mary and Mar
garet Gilpin, weresguests at the Clay
ton House last evening.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-11

mistaken idea that American faiiroau
building in that region would mean tue
intrusion of American political influence
into what has come to be regaruea do
a German sphere of influence. it Is u
be hoped that this notion Will De uls-
PEELED and that Germany VIII realize
that about the last thing America Wouiu
want to do in Asia Minor would De u
play the part that Russia and japan are
playing in Manchuria with their polltlcai
control through railroad concessions
There may also be a feeling that an
American built railroad in Asia Mlnor
would be an injurious commercial COM
petitor Of the German road. That might
be true If 1t were proposed to bulld IL
parallel with the German line or nearly
SO. or between substantially the same
terminals. But that is not the case AS
we understand 1t, the proposed line
would cross the German line almost at
right angles, and so far as 1t aHected
traffic on the latter at all would prob
ably benefit 1t by acting as an Important
feeder. When these circumstances are
correctly understood, it is to be expected
that German opposition to American en-
terprise there will be withdrawn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-11
THE FIGHT PICTURES.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The last ten years have witnessed
q dreadful deterioration in the quality Of
public amusements, and the addition 70 the
long and wretchsd list Of moving prize
fight pictures cannot be too enphatically
condemned or too vigorously opposed
The great Christian EndeaTor Society
comprises several millions OF the most up
right and energetic of young people The
pugilistic world. on the other hand, is COM
posed of the coarsest element of the coun-
try, both its principals and its promoters
A certain local daily newspaper. posing as
public educator. engaged in rtdiculing the
efforts of such a society to bar from public
exploitation the pictured doings Of men so
depraved Is a spectacle for gods and men!
men,
It is the duty Of the city government to
prevent, as far as possible, Introduction of
evil and demoralizing influences that serve
TO make more and more difficult the task
of raising children in innocence and de-
cency. ID. J. PRICE
New York, July 9, 1910.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-11
4 BID CHESS.

Most astrologers, palmiSts and mind
readers confine their statements largely
TO generalities. and make definite state
ments only when reason and not the
whispering of spirits assures them that
they cannot possibly be in error. So long
as the ladies whose names would indi-
cate their French, Egyptian or Persian
extraction, or perhaps Italian, but who
in private life are Mrs. Smith, Mrs.
Jones or Mrs. Murphy, clothe their words
with that halo Of mystery which is so
in keeping with the sombre hangings of
the room, they are likely to live and
prosper, but if they get to making posi-
five predictions as to the course of
?. D. Q. stock or the wheat yield there
will be breakers ahead.
It was failure to observe this simple
rule that brought about the undoing of
a local american astrologer,' as he
STYLES himself. In the course of a half
column Of predictions in a contemporary
on July this gentleman said many
things which indicated shrewdness and
wisdom His prediction of accidents to
children during July couldn't very well
go amiss. for with the hot weather due
and fire escapes and unprotected bathing
places accessible it requires no seventh
son of a seventh son to figure pretty &C
curately along this line Much benefit
is indicated TO occur to the fair SEX IS
sufficiently vague to answer the require
ments of the most fastidious, and that
marriages during this month will ter
inmate quite fortunate TO all concerned
is to be hoped-in any event, the world
viii never be the wiser, for in the d.
yorce crop ten years hence no one will
pause to pick out the July. 1910, wed
dings. But when even an American as
trologer' goes to picking winners in a
prizefght he is getting on dangerous
ground. With the battle only four days
ahead of the date of publication of the
prediction, considerable recklessness was
BETRAYED in the statement that the stars
SAY that Jeffries will win the fight on
July f." OF course, the stars may have
said it, just like that. and the astrologer
may not be at fault, but the fact remains
that there is q grave discrepancy be-
tween the results as sent over the wires
from Reno and those scheduled by the
astrologer This should be warning to
all and sundry to follow the example of
the augurs of an earlier day and make
all predictions read forward. backward
and crossWise.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-11

the popular will have been an argument
against and not in favor of retaining its
present constitution.
Our thought of its unresponsiveness
was, however, concerning its compost
ton more than its conduct, and in that
light our Characterization seems entirely
accurate. There is no known way of a
practical kind in which the public will
of the nation can impress itself upon or
influence the composition of that cham
Der. During the fifty years which fol-
lowed the passage of the Reform Act the
Liberals were in the majority most Of
the time in the Commons and presum-
ably in the nation; yet the House Of
Lords remained Conservative, and, in
deed, materially increased its Conserva-
tive majority Between 1880 and 1885
Liberal governments created 1913 and
Conservative governments only 20
peers, a Liberal majority of 12S: yet the
Conservative majority in the House of
Lords was several times larger in the
latter wear than in the former. Liberals
elevated to the peerage commonly be-
come Conservatives, or their sons do
That is why we regard the House of
Lords as at present constituted as in no
practical way amenable to the influences
of the national will He that complies
against his will" wrote Butler. lis of
the same opinion still That is as true
of legislatures as Of individuals, and we
cannot regard with confidence or ap-
prevail a system under which a legisla
tive body habitually votes against its
own opiniOn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-11
4 SUHHER CONTRAST.

Why do women look so much cooler in
summer than do the men? It is fact
that will be confirmed by a brief study
of any holiday crowd. The difference is
all matter of dress, says the superficial
observer; if men could wear shirtwaists
with Dutch necks and elbow sleeves,
they would look comfortable, too. Per
haps. and yet the most uncomfortable
sight imaginable on hot day is the bar
barian who removes his coat, and his
collar as well, in public places. He
raises the temperature Of all who behold
him. To be sure, women's clothes are
better adapted to summer requirements
than are those of men, but the differ
ence is not great enough to account for
the contrast The cause lies far deeper
it is a matter of mental poise
Woman is deliberately and purposely
serene in warm weather. 1t would make
her more uncomfortable to look hot and
dishevelled than to be both in reality, so
she keeps herself well in hand. She
does not fret at the temperature, she
ignores it: she does not fume about dis
comfort as a man does. Note the calm,
dainty, restful way in which she will
give casual tap to forehead or cheek,
and then the irritated manner in which
a man will mop his face with hand
kerchief Observe the minimum Of
graceful effort she puts into the manipu-
lation of fan, and contrast with 1t the
half-horsepower of heat generating en-
ergy a man expends upon a Similar ma
nuuvre with his hat. Intent first of all
and all the time on her appearance,
woman plays lefsurely, composedly, at
being cool, and in the process produces
more than an illusion She creates a
reality. The man. working hard at keep
ing cool, obtains the opposite result
Some men, not many, know the secret,
and apply it. Their male acquaintance
never cease from wondering how they
manage to be 50 comfortable on the most
distressing days. They not only look
cool thew are
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-11
4 DEMOCRATIC NEAR-HUGHES.

| Mr.. Thomas NJ Osborne. put forward
by THE New York World" as candi-
| date for Governor whom the Democratic
party would make no mistake in choos-
| ing as its standard bearer in the coming
! election, has consented to be inter
viewed by THE World" TO the extent of
a page. He is in a receptive mood. This
! had been guessed before. 1t is now
known. For so much information is the
public indebted to 1.-The Worlds follow
| ing I'D its handsome Endorsement by the
dispatch of a skilled interviewer
Mr.. Osbone's views upon the various
questions of the day are not novel, but
indicate plainly expectancy that the sit
uation win call for the nomination by
the Democracy of a near-Hughes. How
will these sentiments serve as the utter
ances of a Hughes?
But if I were Governor of the State of
New York I would be the Governor OF
the people of the whole state and speak
for them. 1t seems to me that the power
Of the Governor could with advantage be
strained q little to secure the things
that the people want
I have sometimes questioned the phi
losophy of a Governor refusing TO take
q hand in legislation until a. measure
has reached him If I were Governor OF
New York I would deem it my duty as
the Governor of the whole people to pre-
sent TO the Legislature their needs, and
invite the cooperation Of the legislators
instead Of their antagonism- Who should
have a better right to speak for the peo-
pie Of the whole state than the Governor
they have elected TO speak for them!
The powers of the Governor should be
"strained q little'i The Governor should
take a hand in legislation before it
reaches him, Really, now, we thought
that Governor Hughes was scolded for
doing precisely these things-for at
tempting to "coerce" the Legislature, as
the spokesman of Mr.. Osborne's party,
and Of his league, too, in the Senate, MIR.
Grady. described it in periods Of glowing
Indignation Mr.. Osborne would be
coercer. too! What viii become Of the
constitution? Where viii that document
have a haven of refuge when Democratic
governors take TO 'straining" the powers
of office? Is the Democracy TO go in for
executive usurpation" just to present TO
the public a near-Hughes. especially one
whose resemblance to the original ap-
pears so faint and fading after years
futflity and failure to show backbone as
president of the reforming Democratic
League?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-11

,. -,,ere brought by Father houSsea'
r.. orrived here a. few days ago from
9Th Africa. where he had been laoorlhs
IN his calling for twenty years nl'esl u
which was spent among the Zulus- I'm
these he gathered the details OF the traseay
os Ju1v +. 1879. When the little oooT Oh SOL
diers' said the priest, was uneApee.'
attacked by the Zulus, the co"aIu' - :.
tenant Carey. cried: Save yourselves
and ran. regardless of his men Inc youhs
prince, mounted on a fiery horss' osLeiiuSu =
himself with sword and pistol as wen ID no
could. falling finally with eighteen "ouiius
The Z,,lus believed that they had Killed al
English officer, and so depressed were they
when they heard that he was 1rlsho1y
F-renchrnan that one OF the cnlels Fo"ed
while he lived to care for the young nero
grave This story. with the coward Eng
Iishroan. who later died in an insane
ae1yI,,r, and tn. brave French prince as
the chief figures. outweighs at present In
nopuIaritv all Prince Imperial stories
q Toni wish this so bill was so DEBT
Dick-Heavens! Why? .,z
Ton-Td never get rid OF f,-cleVeiahu
Leader.
In an article on the picture postcard IN
dustry a writer In a Vienna paper says
'The stranger within the gate patrohlzes
the card vender 10 a large extent puI q
demand for pictures Of the architectural
wonders of the Kaiserstadt exists anlots
residents themselves, who buy quanutles
so large that they would amaze any one
save the postal clerks who handle 80 per
cent of the stock. But city and SUBURBAN
features are not the only card SUBJECTS
The most popular ones to-day are a por-
trait OF ex-President Roosevelt ana re-
production of Kasiu1ir Pochwalskfs recent
portrait of the venerable Emperor, attired
in a. regulation Alpine hunting costume A
card with a carIcature of Colonel Roosevelt
in Rough Rider uniform commanding the
powers of Europe TO dance while he shoots
at their feet has been dead failure as to
sales. because, as one Of the dealers told
the writer, 1T does not please the Anerf-
cans, and what they frovn upon cannot be
a. success In our line
'rwhew, but it's hoti I've just looked ar
the thermometer. The mercury stands
at
(BifD-Chicazo Tribune.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-11
TO NARR THE PEACE CEN
TENART.

The extensive and earnest interest
which is manifested in the proposal,
already considered in these columns,
for an international celebration of the
COMPLETION of a hundred years Of IN
broken peace between Great Britain and
America 1ustifies the further considera-
ton which has now arisen Of the form
which that commemoration may best
take. Various plans have been sus-
eested and more viii doubtless be put
forward. and while the date Of the ami
versary is yet more than four years off
81 is obvious that If a fitting celebration
is 10 he made due thought should be
given 10 them. and the final shape Of the
celebration should be the outcome Of the
hest thought Of the two nations con-
cerned. and even Of other nations.
We have hitherto remarked that the
close Of the Napoleonic wars only a
few months after the Treaty of Client
suggests the fitness Of making the cele-
hration cover both events. The year
1913 viii mark the completion of hun
bred years since both New Orleans and
Waterloo: q hundred years of peace be
tween Great Britain and America and
also between England and France, powers
which once knew a hundred years Of
practically incessant war; and hundred
years since the last general war in Eu-
rope and the last struggle which could
appropriately be called world war
Surely no urging should be needed 10
secure widespread participation in an
appropriate commemoration of so august
and grateful an anniversary.
whatever local or even national me-
MORALS there may be, therefore, the
chief commeInoration should be Of the
widest possible interest and participa-
ton. 1t goes without saying that it
should be characteristic Of the great
events which il recalls and of their re-
suits. II should be calculated TO con
firm and perpetuate, so far as its in
f1uence extends, the irenic conditions
which have so long prevailed. so that the
enc century may expand into two, and
the two into still more. until war among
these nations shall become a remote and
abhorred tradition. We would not be
visionary. but we should regard il as
well within the bounds of practically TO
consider that peace between Great Brit
ain and America is perpetual Nor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-11
THE UHREgPoN6TTE PEERS.

A correspondent cites our recent char
acterization of. the British House of
Lords under its present constitution as
n legislative body which is in no prac-
'ticaI way susceptible or amenable TO
the influences of the national will, >
and says by way Of disagreement: This
lis statement often met with. but how
much truth is there in it? Without
going into ancient history, just look
back thirty years. ! challenge you 70
name one single measure which the
House OF Lords has rejected during
that period when there was an over
"whelming, unmistakable and persistent
demand from the nation that it should
''be passed"
There would be wide ground for dis
agreement as TO what constituted an
overwhelming, unmistakable and per-
sistent" demand The House of Lords
has repeatedly rejected or amended into
unacceptability measures which were
strongly desired by the dominant party
in the representative house, and which
were therefore presumably desired by a
majority Of The citizens Of the kingdom.
Thus il has dealt with bills on Home
Rule for Ireland, parish councils, en-
ployers' liability, plural voting and pub
lie education. OF some Of these it may,
Of course, be said that they were not
'persistently'' demanded by the nation,
since the electors at the ensuing general
election approved the peers rejection of
them. while in other cases after one re-
lection and a repassage by the Commons
after a popular referendum the Lords
have yielded TO the demand. We have
little doubt that they would continue to
WELD 10 a demand thus repeatedly mani
tested But we must consider it de
cidedly unsatisfactory thus TO secure
legislation only through a Houses vot-
ing under duress or on sufferance,
against It's own will and convictions.
We should say that scarcely anything
was more calculated to stultify a House
than the habit Of voting against its con-
victions and desires simply for fear
of having its membership arbitrarily
packed. To our mind the circumstances
and manner in which the House of
Lords has now and then. acquiesced in