The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-25

pay cut gold for its notes, and it often
happens that bars aud not coins are re-
qnired, bars Icing less liable tu friction
u the metal ~ intended for export The
usual price at which the hank sells bars
70 tlsu bat " there - great demand
the price NAV lie run mp Ia 1Is ~ Be
yOhd this figure Il would not he safe 10
90 he'h'iss exporters can always have
soNereikn- "a exchange Tor the hsHk :
notes, andth'-ss sOv~r-igur can H. melted.
80 that the hank would have To- rrplarr
Them by limiting some - he bars IA haud
" frequently occurs that guid from
Tue Tape never goe- into the bank THIS
happ-Ds when the hank does not want
" ahd Will paw no more than the statute
price. Some other country may want
The metal and instead ~ sending ~ notes
To the hank fuT eucashm-nt may prefer
Va buy the paT,,-ls ia the open market
Here Oh. prCr too NAV ba raised 10y
the agent according to the extent ~ the.
DEMAND from half cent 10 tWo'or even
three cents mn ounce above tn,. level
"i SECS, the limit IA fact b-lnx rogue
late'i only by the ability ALWAYS 10 obtain
SoVere'Kn- from the hank ~ England
The danger 81 rushing INTO rRlslattpta
On theory without entertaining iht.
facts IL illustrated by a human interest
discovery which has Just been made hy
the poor law administration Nv last
years old age pension act all well con
Quoted needy British subjects over ~
became entitled 10 pension uf o. 20 q
week from the State An extension az
the act comes INTO forre IA January n-Nt
whereby the disability of psup-r~ ~ re-
ceiVe q pension il removed
Political stump orators made a tire
mendous fuss over the necessity for inn
mediate Legislation. ~ there were they
SAID. hundreds OF brave old men and
women in every ward suffering under
the compulsory and crushing 'Atn' Of
pauperlsrn. To these II Was said. the
odd age pension would mean return To
Independence and self-r--pect They
would he pensioners. not paup-rs
Now the surprising fact has become
patent that the great majority Of the
workhouse inmates do not want their
pensions and would rather stdv where
they are One Of the reasons that In
London IL IL quite impossible for old
people to live on 81 2S we-k and il 10
There are cases Of old men who left the
workhouse 10 live on PENSIONS Of 81 or
o. 81 week and returned after few
weeks tn the greater comfort II he work
house
The real problem lies in the att@nt on
which old people require more than in
the actual cost Of living The difficulty
IL partly solved when the old people
have relatives to whom they can go
But these relatives as a rule have their
own BATTLES 10 fight and Will seldom have
the enduring patience TO give the neCes-
sary attention for 81 rs a week aud so
the outstanding feature about aged
paupers is their solitude
On an average barely a. per cent Of
the almshouse inmates want 20 leave.
The rect IRE content To remain some
Engliah almshousea are better appointed
than others and in these not "a single
applies ton has been made for independ-
ence and 81 IS a week The solitude and
inhrm'tv % SsptuaR-narian- are prob
lens which 81 IS a week does no; touch
The Hon Chen Hsu Attorney General
OF P-kin; JudR. Shih Wing Hsu. ChI
Chang Shen Wen cham i.o aud r
Wang have travelled overland from China
30 England via ~ Pstrr.burg Berlin.
Vienna. Milan. Paris and Brussels on an
imperial mission 20 ascertain IN their own
words how had people ~" made good 70
IN other words 20 study The European
systems ~ admins, ariug Justice. and
punishment
Thew are leaving England On September
IS tO attend he Int-rnaiI orsl prI-Y N I On
Rrezr in America After INSPECTING some
London jal- Mr. Wang who D.. h.. best
English scholar - the parry gh"d
somewha' YEARLY
u, - MOI easy / make bad T,eoi,l" good
he said In vuur prisons they are com
fort able DO they stop being bad H.
cause .vou are - kind - them
They look cunten'ed They look too
happy u must do Them god Boys are
hard 20 make good We are very eager
20 know ho~ II 10 done Girls tuo
sPNInishment IL not everything Ne
are 'od that some old chimes. pnni-h-
ment- are tad 80 were the English
stocks aud IN. rack Not long ago Won
Fin gli-h used to fog Teopls IN the STREETS
and hang thieves Had T-opIe IN china
would rather be ~hiplad han Imprisoned
80 many arr NHlpiSl fNfiN nay nll uF
40 many now a. formerly whipping
does not make them good
Pine. large prisons are being built ~
China. and war,ier- are being brought
from Europe to manage them Ia many
chinese prisons light OF ten men are I'M
prIroned tDgeth her and that - bad
And again Mr. Wang reT-ated the
pIsint which IL a. old as the world 1T 10
80 hard - make bad reople good How
10 1t to he doDe''
WHY the writing 81 he semitic race
should dist ing'lish r-slf from that o.
nearly all ot her peoples IA thar II runs
from right 80 left IL a quest ion that has
never been -ai isfaCt urily explained from
q chronological ~ standpoint. unless a new
I heory il to IT, accepted. PIT forward by
Dr ErIenmeyer. "A German sAVant
He mAint aims hAi the ancient Hebrews
were all left handed. In rnppor ~ his
argument h- quotes various pas.ages 10
the Talmud. where special direcf ions are
siven concerning he ice ~ certain phy lac-
I cries with the right hand.