The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-19

cials; 1t brides the billionaires, and
eonvinceg them that. after. all. they,
tious Restraints by ridlcule It's bump
,lous and conceited oneg. 1t points out
to the selfish how many, many pebbles
there are on me peach n and nnneers
perfect vulgarity and ease. But there
Ia a sense in which ''vo. populi" is
'vox Deo" for tie whole American
people. as q people. keep a fine sensi.
humanity to the public veal, the
public woe. and the rights Of every
man They cannot be browoeateii,
perfectly learned that freedom is not
license but they are on the way TO
learn 1T: that is certain. And so 1t
happens that the roller Of Democracy
is not terrible at all to the aristoc-
raey OF America, gentle or sinpie--the
: self-respecting. courteous, kind. un
selfish gentlemen and gentlewomen or
certain class meet similar men and
women. often in other ranks and walks
Of life all over this country and Ii is
a great and most stupid mistake to
think that Americans are not good
Judges of fine feeling and correct con-
are no better Judges o, both than
Americans.
Rufus Cbonte.
That was delightfully."- clever speech
VI ALT. t5nCdts III NUlCH ne So per
fectly expressed our national trait He
said II detest the American who saya
] am as good as you are ] love ths
one. VINO says You are as good as
am. All the immense generosity.
courtesy kindness, compassion. sweet
ness OF our people is contained in the
last statement: all the disadvantages
Of a republic in the. first. all the crude,
prosperity; after the clutch of the
European iron-hand conditions, they
rend the velvet glove that SAYS, All
is yours. Be worthy of it They have
not yet learned that freedom Is not
license. They presume they are Wi.
gar. noisy. rampant. hard to control.
heady headstrong. The will OF the
true American Is firmly, freely bound
to law and order. he has too much
pride to risk. rebuffs or go where he
is not as welcome as flowers in May:
from his heart he honors real worth
real greatness. so the pinchbeck arti-
Gle does not Impress him at all, ana
the antics OF the being clothed in a
little brief authority amuse him i'm
Even our slang plainly, shows this;
sight "the truth with the oaI ,r
tack, the lmit"-never has the So
cd ed-g.a chicken-down. gilt-edged
eump." Why. 1t is a volumnious Dog
raphy!
,, The old Heralds' College OF france
in medieval times issued all It's
ents of nobility" in the name OF S4 3.,
Land the. Bourbons, And reai II makes
Gentleman or lady. No educatlon,
no training, no motives can give any,
BODY the heart of one, though some
limitations in pine his s . haIe.'a The
gen, can be highly polished. 1t can Pc o.,
Beautifully set but the jewel Is COO
handiwork and gift. Adversely is the
reagent that usually dlscloses us ~
liancy and properties
Edward VII.
It Is curious to note that. thanks 10
the late King. the pacifcator. Russia
and Ensiand are s,n on g tSe n 1aS Of
George ~. Charles x. and Nicholas l.
united in shifting the Turkish-Egyp
tian fleet at the battle OF Navarlno IN
France and England. too. which have
been living in suspicion and dlstrust
or or.en war almost from the tune OF
the Conqueror, 1866 tthe Crimean war
period alone exeep.ed e al and l Ensland
has enjoyed under this popular. ex-
perienced and beloved monarch, who
commanded the respect and had gained
eral. Socialist, Nationalist--a position
of extraordinary influence In the com.
ity Of the world, such as 1t has not
known since the Napoleonic wars
and become "a an empire; for 'by all
ances. friendships, ententes cordiales.
favorable treaties and private under
standings. due far more to the Kings
to the foreign office or the diplomatic
corps. England is now leagued with
nearly ali of the important nations.
not only of Europe: but Asia. Grear
issues are before ore IT great e., ~ waves YES
greater likelihood of storms and
wercks and divisions than the. country
has known since the expulsion of
and Mary. 4 most destructive tidal
wave OF socialism and radicalism is
heaping up Its floods there. ready to
sweep over the carefully-built anu
rles-the British Constitution. The
Oldest Legislative assembly in the
world. the House of Lords. Is facing
the twentieth century tides OF democ-
raey, and cannot at hope to hold Its own tT
great bulwarks of constitutional gov
eminent without severe struggle
with the encroachins, and rebellious
find their account in fermentlng these
disturbances, nominally for "the peo-
ple the masses; really to climb by
them into power and place.
Many Worlds.
1t does not seem unlikely that the
wars. ambitions, enterprises. hatreds,
loves of these kingdoms and the va
rious nations that TEEN in them and
overflow into other countries, may
seem to some highly intelligent
scientist in Jupiter or Saturn not a
whit more important than the PERFORM
ances OF the wonderful creatures In
the marvellous worlds that have been
laid open to us by a certain French
man. Monsieur Jean Henri Fabre IS
the man. Darwin was immensely In
terested in his discoveries. it seems,
and called him the inimitable observ-
err" Rostand calls him "the Virgil OF
insects" and his reports are anything
but dull reading. They are indeed
highly amusing, and had not Monsieur
devoted eighty years to these investi.
cations. we should dismiss them as In
redible-delightful fairy-tales. WEI
look down and see a tiny creature
before US We say Only a warsp,"
and never give it thought, once rid
of It.
Well, NJ Fabre tells us "that they
live by themselves but in communi-
ties; that they are given to divorces
as a rule, but when truly attacked
spend full wasp's life together. ri
the male flirts with an affinity" in
the shape OF a sandfly. the nladly
jealous injured one kills the offender
They take marriage and parenthood
most seriously and provide carefully