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ferrous in its demands for the abolition
Of every kind Of class privilege.
The reason for the movement in favor
Of the restoration Of the franking sys
tenn coming from precisely this quarter
was that the Labor members are mostly
workingmen of small means. who are
sparingly remunerated for their legisla-
tive services by their constituents. and
who find that their postage bills consti-
tute a heavy drain upon their limited
resources. Their application was. how
ever, denied by the government and de-
feated by the House, and Parliament
may be considered to have thereby re-
affirmed its voluntary remuneration Of
privilege which it had enjoyed from the
days Of Oliver Cromwell until the third
year OF the reign of Queen Victoria.
There are two classes Of letters that
continue, however, to retain the right Of
free carriage through the mails in Eu-
rope. These are the communications
sent out from the national government
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Sixfy-one Socks of Man
Senf Free BY One
American.
American.

Downright. 1910. by the Brentwood Cornpany)
While It is eminently fitting that the
spe-Ty 5sIl, providing for the conces-
sion Of Thanking privileges to Iheooore
Roosevelt and to all future ex-Presi-
dents OF the United States. should re-
-,eive the hearty approval Of both houses
Of Congress, the announcement that only
the other day no less than sixty-one
sacks Of mail arrived in a single con-
s,guuent at Indianapolis, franked by
a CONGRESSMAN at Washington 10 his
secretary. renders ii Of timely interest
70 point out that the national parlia-
n,ent Of the United States is the only
one in the world the members Of which
continue TO enjoy the free use Of the
mails. In fact. ranking, which in its
origin, both in Great Britain and on the
Continent Of Europe. was restricted TO
the mobiles, and was abolished as class
privilege unfair TO the masses-that IS to
say. 10 the nation at large-urv1ves
alone here IN America which is the
home OF true democracy, and the proud
est boast Of whose citizens is that OF
equal rights for all"
The frank1ng privileg-that Is TO say.
tie right to send letters free Of any
charge for their transmission by mail
seems to have existed in England as far
back as the reign Of Queen Elizabeth,
being limited by the sovereign in those
days to the peers Of the realm and to
the Lords Spiritual { e.. prelates with
seats in the House Of Lords. Under
Cromwell the House Of Commons as
suned the prerogative and retained 1t
after the Restoration, by consent Of
Charles II. despite much opposition on
the part Of the Lords. In course Of time
gross abuses developed in connection
with the privilege which excited the dis
approval OF the sovereign. to whom the
revenues of the Postofice belonged
Queen Anne is on record as having Wig
crrousIy protested against the misuse OF
free postage by members Of Parliament
who. not content with frankng their
own correspondence. ranked the letters
Of their friends and OF their friends
friends
II was George III who turned over
the Postoffice revenues to the state in
return for e fixed allowance from the
Treasury. and then Of course, the gov
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Vale Plans 10 Honor the
Memory of Dean tX,rigbf

pany F, 18th Regiment, will be entertained
at dinner by the active and veteran MEM
bers Of the company next Tuesday night
The members Of the riding club of the COM
pany have been invited to attend the 14th
Regiment circus to be held in the armory
next month, and in July the class will take
part. IN ninety-mile practice march with
the Essex Troop. Of New Jersey. Several
officers Of the regiment Will also go with
the party The lawn tennis club Of the
regiment viii play a game with the officers
Of the army on duty at West Point on the
afternoon Of May 80. The regimental base
ball team will also play game with the
cadets.
The 1stBattery, Captain John 2. Organ.
will hold circus in the arTnory on the
nights Of May q and %.
Squadron c. at its annual muster a few
nights ago, paraded 226 officers and men.
and had only one absentee. Its showing in
other respects. like that Of Squadron A.
was. IN the opinion of the inspecting Off
GERS, all that could be desired.
The annual dinner Of the veterans OF the
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velope Sometimes the mystic words
ION His Majesty's Service" are missing.
and there is merely the embossed stamp
OF the department on the flap and the
signature Of one Of its responsible Of
ficials on the face. This happens with
letters that are sent out from some
great government department. such as,
for instance, the Foreign Office, in spe-
cial bags, the contents Of which on
reaching the postomce are impressed
there with circular stamp in red. bear
ing the date, the hour, and the words
Official: Paid"
Sovereigns all over Europe have the
privilege Of sending letters to any part
Of their own dominions free OF cost. But
some of them decline to avail them
selves of this prerogative. Queen Vic
toria, for instance, made a special point
of stamping all her letters sent by mail,
and insisted on the same practice being
observed by those dispatched in her
personal behalf.
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Building Material for q
Chateau Mailed by
q German.
q German.

number Of big envelopes, bearing his
frank on the face and his armorial
bearings on the flap. and which wers
mailed to him from the German-Swfss
frontier at Basic. filed with soeiaIistic
literature. that in this fashion. reached
him in safety.
Until the beginning Of this year the
chief of the princely and ducaI German
house of Thurn und Taxis. one OF the
mediatized families that up to the close
of the eighteenth century exercised
petty sovereignty. retained the right 70
free use of the mails in Germany This
was due TO the fact that until Napoleon
put an end 70 the Holy Roman Empire.
a little over hundred years ago. the
head of the house Of Thurn und Taxfs
enioyed the title Of it's Postmaster Cen
eraJ and the monopoly OF the postal
service. This monopoly was arterward
restricted 70 the kingdom OF Bavaria
but has long been abolished. the head
of the house retaining the tue OK
Hereditary Postmaster General and the
franking privilege. Owing TO the abuse
Of this franking privilege, the Postal De-
partment OF the German Empire, ana
the Bavarfan Government. succeeded BY,
legislative means in deprtvtng him lasc
winter Of any further free use OK the
mails. granting him by way OF COM
pensatfon a sum IN the neighborhoo6
of a million marks
1t seems that the prince had avaiLed
himself OF his free mailing privileges TO
an extent that would have put to shame
even the boIdest OF Congressman, or
that English member Of ParEanenr
who. lust before Queen Victoria came to
the throne. on one occasion ranked an
entire pack Of hounds through the post
office free of cost, from Sussex TO the
Midland counties For the prince actu-
ally caused the whole OF the building
material required for the construction
Of a stately chateau which he erected
not long ago 20 be sent by mail. on the
strength Of his frank, that Is TO say, az
the expense Of the postal department.
bv railroad from one end OF the Kingdom
TO the other That was the final straw
that broke the camers back the camel
being the Imperial German Postal De-
,,ar+rne,t Ex-ATTACHE-
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eminent attempted to inaugurate a
stricter regime. But the abuses went
on as much as ever. and In 1875 it was
complained that not only were the bona
fide franks out Of all proportion to the
paid for letters, but moreover fraudu-
lent and forged franks surpassed in
number the authentic ones. In the days
of Pitt, when bankers and merchants
began TO invade the House Of Commons
and to supplant the country squires. the
gentry and, in fact, the untitled aris-
tocracy, matters became still worse.
During three months in 1894 It is on
record that there passed through the
LONDON postofsce more than a quarter
Of million letters, ranked by bankers
and merchants who were members OF
the House of Commons. and who used
their franks for the purposes Of their
mercantile business.
OF course in those days a frank was
an even greater consideration than it is
to-day here in America, as cheap post
age had not yet been introduced, and
the rates charged by the state for the
conveyance Of mail were extremely high.
How high they were may be gathered
from the perusal Of memoirs dealing
with life toward the close OF the eigh-
tenth and in the first three decades Of
the nineteenth century, in which repeat
ed reference is to be found to the action
Of peers and of members of the House
of Commons In granting franks to
friends.
Franks were not merely given away
by legislators as tokens OF friendship
and regard and as an always acceptable
and valuble present but were even sold.
For whenever a spendthrift IN either OF
the chambers of Parliament found him
self IN need of money he was always
able to turn a more or less honest penny
by selling whole patches Of his franks
for cash. All he had to do was to sit
down and scribble his name on the backs
Of several hundred sheets Of paper, for
in those days our modern envelopes had
not been introduced.
In 1910, however, when through the
efforts of Sir Rowland Hill. the penny
postage was established, the ranking
privileges Of peers. of parliamentary preI-
ates and of members of the House OF
Commons were abolished, and have re-
manned so ever since. True, an attempt
was made some four years ago to re-
store this prerogattve- Curiously enough,
it came from the Labor members of the
late House Of Commons, that is TO say.
precisely from that element Of Parlia-
ment which had always been most voci-
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The Frankine PRIVILEGE: Some Uses and Abuses

Thus, I have, while writing this. been
tiers addressed to me quarter of a CEN
fury ago by my old friend the late Cen
eral Sir Henry Ponsonby. privy purse
and principal private secretary Of the
Queen, and by her confidential German
secretary. Hermann Sahl. who. in spite
Of the fact that his name was known
to but few outside the royal household
and of those Continental courts allied to
the British reigning house by ties of
blood. was nevertheless a man of i'm
mense influence. owing to the unbOunded
confidence bestowed upon him by his
royal mistress. These letters. written on
her business. and relating TO official mat
ters, are all of them contained in en-
velopes which bear the ordinary post
age stamps. in spite OF the signature in
the lower left hand corner of the face Of
the envelope and the royal seal on the
flap, which would have been sufficient to
pass them through the mails unpaid.
King Edward has followed the prac-
tice inaugurated by his revered mother.
and which is quite in keeping with his
enlightened and broad-minded policy. in
declining TO await himself Of his i'm
rnunity from customs duties and insist
ing on paying the same tax as the re-
rnainder of his feIlow-countrynnen, on
all the wines, the liquors. the cigars.
etc, that are imported for the use Of
the royal household. representing very
large sum annually.
The freedom OF the mails enjoyed by
the monarchs of Europe for their let
tiers Is sometimes put to queer uses
Thus, the late sovereign Grand Duke of
Oldenburg, much to the disgust Of his
brother rulers Of the Confederation
known as the German Empire and to
the annoyance Of the Iron Chancellor,
entertained a remarkable sympathy for
socialism and for socialists He was
throughout the closing years Of his life
a subscriber TO the various socialist
publications that are printed and issued
at Zurich in order to evade the newt
able interference OF the police Of other
countries.
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The Man-Eofers of Metz
Guinea Blame CanrfbaE
ism on Their Women,
CHAPTER Y.

CHAPTER \.
When James Chalmers, the first English
missionary to go to New Guinea, landed on
that island about thirty years ago the
natives thought that he and his companions
had been driven by hunger to leave their
own land. Soon after his arrival he had
the following conversation with them:
What 8 the name Of your country:
"Beritani."
us it a large land?'
Yes.
WHO is your chief?'
"A woman named Victoria
What A woman?"
Yes, and she has great power"
why did you leave your country
ITO teach you and tell you OF the great
loving Spirit who loves us ALL
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and horses in the riding ring. At the re-
view OF the battery last Tuesday night by
Major David Wilson. commanding the bat
talon of field artillery. Captain Sherry re-
ceived the brevet commission OF major for
faithful and meritorious service of over
twenty-five years.
Members of Squadron are anxious TO
get chance 20 be detailed 20 the joint
rnanduvres at Pine Camp, New York, this
summer, and may have the chance.
Company L of the 47th Regiment has
unanimously elected Sergeant P. St G.
Townsend. from the 47th Regiment second
lieutenant
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-01
Cuarferof Million CODE
Roired for q DOrmffory
Named After Him.

The Wright Memorial Committee, COM
posed Of Yale alumni, IS about TO offer to
graduates Of the college and others the
opportunity to subscribe TO the fund Of a
uuarter Of e million CT more which Is need
ed 10 build the proposed memorial dorn1i-
tory TO Dean Henry Parks Wright '6S.
Built upon the site Of the present Alumni
Hall. the new Alumni Wright Eall, as It
might be called. VIII complete the Enclosure
Of the old campus with the single excep-
tion Of the gap between Dwight Hall and
the old library
The movement for the Wright memorial
IS one which VIII appeal as few other sug-
Eestions would to Yale College graduates
Il is recognition TO Dean Wright for his
uuarter century Of self-sacrifce to Yale.
and II is recognition Of a sort which the
lean above al others, would appreciate.
Z gives TO coming Yale Undergraduate
classes the benefit Of a common campus
aor1rttory life-something which has been
near to Dean wright's heart for many
years. Part Of the income viii go TO the
dean and part TO the college 10 support the
office which he created, thus in a large
measure aiding the finances Of the college.
besides meeting the first need Of the move
snent-a heartfelt memorial TO the friend
and guide of the last twenty-five Yale Col
tece classes
The sub-freshman who half q century
ago passed behind the Old Brick Row and
with cold feet and vibrant nerves went
toward Alumni Hall for his examination,
saw d structure not outwardly different
from what X is now. but a structure far
ahead Of It's present status in the admira-
ton and approval Of that college genera
tioo. L was then the newest building on
the cid campus; il was. except the library,
he only college structure built Of stone,
Ead architectural authority. as Well as
s.cal taste. favored its castellated design
and even made allowances cor the wooden
.apvork that certified 10 exhaustion Of
FUNDS rather than detective artistic judg-
mi
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LOOKING AHEAD.

Josephine, aged ten. has decided lisp.
She is also very fond Of attending the
matinee. The other day. says THE Wom-
ans Companion she was giving a spirited
story of the play to Marion, who was aged
nine.
MY mamma says 1t isn't good for little
girls to go TO the theatre" said Marion,
with an air OF sef-righteousness. I'm not
ever goin' till I'm eighteen"
"Humph?' retorted Josephine without any
theventeen. then you'll be thtung"-Los
Angeles Times
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APRoPos OF THE EXAMS.

y was argued in the way Of historical
srness that the medieval castle had often
Ehelfered learning. as well as the robber
5aron. And as the same medieval strong
soId YVES identified with dungeon, rack and
hum bscrep, the undergraduate less in
owe with the hail could readily span the
roid OF fancy and fit the academic castle
% the mental tortures Of examination
specially the dreaded ''hiennials." on which
70 many an undergraduate bark went 10
wreck.
Alumni Hall IS not only the last material
.elfc on the old campus OF the big open So
.ieties, but also CT the revered President
Eoolsey, who drew the original plans. II
Fas about the middle OF the last century
hat some building OF the kind became i'm
,erariVe for college needs. large hall
rss required for the biennial examinations
El7en q whole class met together, and the
,orture room must be ample enough for
operative spaces between the victims.
srge hall was needed also for alumni meet
ags. and the two big societies, Linonia and
sr,tf,.-s ir Unity, then not far from their
,eyeay, craved improved meeting rooms.
while the lesser society, caIiope, wanted a
.1oul. TOO. All three societies contributed
,1nds fer tho structure, but as Calliope died
.efore & was built her contribution was
ecurned 70 the giTerE-
The hall. begun in 1852 and finished year
aoer cost IN round numbers sZ7,Oo OF
which Lnonia gave $500 and the Brothers
q Unity $500, and the college gave or got
re remaining $1,000. which. II the wooden
lrishlags on rhs Etonework are due eVi-
.ence, must have been hard cash" at the
nd. In these times the building would
y-o5ably cost two OF three times what was
Iaid for IL frty-siz years ago As an a-chi-
sc:GseI distinction. the big lower hall Was
a thoeo days eaid TO be the largest Ia the
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HOW HE ARRANGED IT.

Finding that all these socialist papers
and reviews when forwarded TO MIN
from Switzerland to Oldenburg oy
means of the ordinary newspaper mail
were mercilessly confiscated and de-
stroyed by the German postal author
tiles. he was led thereby to provide his
socialist friends at Zurich with a large
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GOT THEM.

Katie, what in the world ts the baby
crying SO about7'
The masters shirt studs, ma am"
Why don't you lei the little dear have
them, thenY
Il did. ma am. and he's swallowed emf"
--Yonkers statesman.
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go to Pine Camp this season and take
part IN the army man9uvres, as it was
ordered to do, it is said TO be likely that it
will be relieved from the duty. This regt-
meut took part in the manGeuvres in Mas
sachusetts last year and was on field ser
vice the year before.
The I'd Battery hopes to enter its splendid
new armory in The Bronx within three
months. The building will enable Captain
Sherry to drill his entire battery with guns
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-01

Henry T. Rogers. go.
c. ". Bingham. '6S
Samuel P Belts. rs.
Otto T Barnard, '76-
David Daggett, '7e.
DR.. Samuel W. Lam
bert so.
Louis c. Hay, 81. sec
rotary. No. go Broad
way, New York City.
George z. Ide. 81.
William P. Emo. 81
Stephen II. Clement,
So.
Francis c. Farweli, 81.
Dr.. William B. Coley,
"a
s. Reading BeTuOn. 'S0
francis Il Cooley. SO.
William Kent. 81.
Henry Z, Stiusoa. 'ea
Joseph R Ensign. 80.
W. D. Simmons, 30.
Frederic Q. Wsleots,
81.
Hugh A Bsyne, 81
Noah II. Swayne, 2S,
80, chairman
Gerald M Borden. 05.
Walter z. Marvin '25-
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DR.. Thomas s. Arbuth-
not, ga.
Philip Z. Mcmillan, '94.
Frank L Polk. 'eA
Cornelius Vanderbilt,
80. treasurer.
Maitland 3. Griggs, go.
George c. Eollis,er, 90.
Robert w. earle, 81.
Frank II. Simmons, '9s.
I William z. 8. Griswold.
i89.
F. Gordon Brown, 'o1.
Alton Farrell, '02.
Robert II. 1. Goddard.
/ jr., 'o2.
Clifford A Cochran, '03.
Percy Il Jennings. "a.
Albert Woodruff Gray.
%. assistant Eecre-
Stuyvesaut Fish. jr.. '05.
Charles w. Goodyear.
ST., 'o9.
Livingston Plat. '07.
James c. Archincloss.
'0G.
Gayer O. Doninicl1, '0e-
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Have you cocoanuts in your country
No
Have you sago?''
No
Have you yams?''
mo"
Have you taro?"
No.
Have you sweet potatoes
mo"
Have you breadfruit?"
No
Have you plenty OF hoop iron and torna-
hawks?''
Yes; in great abundance
We understand now why you have come
You have nothing to eat in Beritani. but
have plenty of hoop iron and tomahawks
with which you can buy food
1T was useless to tell them" says Mr.
Chalmers. that we had plenty OF food diff
ferent from theirs, and that want of food
did not send us from Britain. We had no
cocoaauts, yams, taro or sago-and who
could live without these? Seeing US open
timed meats. they came TO the sage con-
cIusion that we were cannfbais Ike them
selves. and had men cooked in our country
and sent out TO ust''
Although il is thirty years since mis-
sionaries first went TO New Guinea canni-
talism is not extinct Chalmers, the pi-
oneer OF them all, after passing unscathed
for SO many years In the midst OF every
kind OF danger. Was himself actually killed
and eaten by Cannibals in April. 1901. He
was eoastins along the southwestern shores
of the island in the mission ship Nieue
when from onA -vdllaxe CANA QUE a warm
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NATIONAL GUARD NEWS.

Members OF the list Regiment feel highly
honored that their command was recon-
men6ed 10 give a review before Prince
Tsai Tao, OF China, at the afTnory to-mor-
row night The prince and other high off,
Gals with him viii be received with a.
special guard Of honor. and prominent army
and national guard officers wall also attend.
The regiment VIII parade IN full dress uni
form.
Enlisted Men s Might will be celebrated
by the sth Regiment on Wednesday night.
May I6. by a review by Major william G,
Ham, q, 6 A. commanding officer OF Fort
wadsUorrh New York The officers Of the
regiment VIII hold their annual dinner az
the Hotel Aston on Saturday night, May T.
Colonel Morris has appointed Lieutenant
william A Hayes battalion adjutent.
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aof armed savages, VINO cIusIereu al
the ship in their canoes and refused 10 ue-
part peaceabIy- Chalmers. win anoIhel
white missionary and several nallVeS' ven
on shore. hoping to win them over he
ACCOMPANIED them into the dubu, or men
clubhouse but while he was talking with
them one of the savages came up OeninN
him and killed him with a blow from MS
c1ub and the others speedily met the same
end fire was made. and the brave mis-
sionarv who had devoted half a lifetime
70 working among the cannibais OF New
Guinea met the fate from which his infiu-
euce had saved so many others
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HAS ITS OWN TRADITIONS.

HAD tho epoa societies Lived Alumni Hail
tone have quite fulfilled its useful prog
ods and though they became morlDuno
oxen years Inter. and have nov dropped
IL below The Yale horizon or the past the
al, though II is 70 die comparatively
aung, is Old enough TO own Ste memories
IpRannSt a sEs &1nsls or tns hal and
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WILL FIT WELL IN SCHEME.

That the architects surmounted these OBJ
stacles successfully is the common opinion
The dorInitory viii fit into the permanent
architectural scheme of the north end OF
the campus-Batteli Chapel and Durfee Hall
if it does not with Dwight Hall, on the
west side, the site Of which hall for dormi-
tory purposes or larger undergraduate club
house may some day be under discussion
A view IS given in this issue OF Wright
Hall from the fence, showing its elevated
courtyard. and its entries and grouped win
dows, not unlike those Of the Vanderbilt
dormitories.
The graduates who are members Of the
Wright Memorial Committee are as follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-01

Il review or the 18th Regiment by Major
General Roe will be held In the arrnory to-
roorrovv night and a reception will follow
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-01

Major General Charles f. Roe. command
ing the national guard, has decided that
the troops in greater New York when they
parade as escort TO the Grand Army OF the
Republic on Memorial Day shall wear fun
dress uniforms