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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-07
PUBLIC FAIRGROUNDS ARE
VERY NECESSARY

The movement FOR the establishment
OF public Fairgrounds in this and 9th
er cities, for the promotion of which
legislation is now pending at Albany.
mad its origin in the realization of =
pressing need which had arisen ont oi
the inevitable conditions of urban life
and which becomes more pressing as
city increases in size. 1t goes with
out saying that children need DIav-
grounds, not alone for their pleasure
though that is by no means a negligible
consideration, but also and still more
for their health of body and mind In
rural communities there are, of course.
plenty OF spaces available for the
purpose, and in cities of moderate
size there are generally some lois On
blocks which have not yet been built
upon and which lie open as com
mons; or it is easy for children TO GET
into the outskirts where there are Cd
en- fields.
In a large city however. these ia
cilities for healthful sport vanish.
There are no open lots. To get into
the country daily or except on in
frequent occasions, is impossible be-
cause of distance and cost. There is
not even a twenty by thirty foot yard
at the back of the house to play in.
or the average house is a many
familied tenement covering practical
ly the whole area of the lot. There
are parks, but they are too far away
from many TO be convenient or even
possible for frequent use, and in any
case they are parks and Lot the play
grounds which are required The net
result is, therefore, that children are
| either entirely deprived of privileges
and facilities for play. which is de-
plorable and disastrous. or are COM
PEELED TO seek them in the streets,
which is in any case unsatisfactory and
in most cases dangerous to the chill
| dren and inconvenient and offensive
to the general public
The memorable logic OF conditions
demands, therefore, the establishment
or public Fairgrounds to meet a legi-
/ innate and imperative need which can
be met in no other way. 1t is. of
course, sound public policy for the
State or the municipality to meet such
| needs on an adequate scale 1t is one
OF the essential functions of govern
! ment TO do that. Thus individual
househOlders cannot provide them
selves with drainage systems and wa
ter supplies, and therefore the city
provides them for all in common. Ii
is one Of the penalties which individ-
uals must pay for the advantages and
privileges of city life, that they must
forego some of the nonessential privi-
leges of rural life, or those which il Is
| impossible to reproduce in the city.
1t IS similarly one of the prices which
the city. as a whole. must pay for the
privilege of being a city. that it shall
furnish to its inhabitants the neces-
sary things which its very conditions
and status as a city forbid them to
furnish. individually for themselves.
~ T. Tribune.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-07
TO HAVE MASONRY
IN TIE HOLY CITY
Boston Corporation to Build Masonic
Temple in Jerusalem.

A corporation to be known as the
Jerusalem Temple Association has
been formed under Massachusetts laws.
having for its object the building and
maintenance of a Masonic temple in
Jerusalem, to mark the traditional
birthplace of Masonry. 1t is proposed
10 go beyond previous efforts of a like
nature and insure the permanency of
Masonry in Jerusalem by the erection
OF a temple that will stand for all
time
Its corporators include distinguished
members of the craft, among them
Bishop J. w Hamilton, d. D., L. L.
D.; ex-Congressman L. d. Apsley, Ad-
Jutant General William II. Brigham
William E. Litchfield, OF the Boston
Chamber of Commerce; Warren b. Ell
lis, p. G. II. p, editor of the Crafts
man; George E. Whitaker, publisher Of
lions Herald, and others prominent I'm
public and society life.
The president of the association. A
b. Howe, has spent considerable time
in Jerusalem, and is thoroughly con-
versant with local conditions. He be-
lieves that there is a sufficient number
OF English-speaking Masons in the
Holy City TO warrant the re-establish-
ment of lodge there. Visiting Mas
ons occasionally hold meetings in So
lemons quarry, but the place is not
suited 20 regular communications. hav-
ing no seating or other conveniences.
and government charge of 20 cents
Tor admission is made.
If possible. the architecture will
conform TO that OF Solomon's temple.
exclusive of the golden adornment
and other decorative effects. To carry
out the plan, as outlined. would re
quire at least 100000. which il is pro-
posed 70 raise by subscriptions of not
less than $40 from each of the blue
lodges throughout the United States
and. in addition. TO raise personal
funds from private sources. Should
the total amount subscribed exceed or
fall short of 100000 the plans will
he elaborated or modified according
| ~.
The first contribution received came
from James b. McGregor. of Newport
\. H.. los years, the Oldest living Free
Mason. Governors. bishops. and men
/ prominent in social and religious life
nave promised their hearty co-opera-
uon, and Mrs. Morley Wilcox. widow
OF one Of the most prominent mem.
bers of Masonry. during his life. has
interested herself in the movement
Craftsman.
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tandem POlygamy."

TANDEM polygamy,' the term used
10y the Rev. DR.. parkhurst in referring
TO some of our prominent society wo-
men, is apt enough TO find a place i'm
the language; but a scientific man
with an eye TO accuracy. would pre-
fer to call II progressive polyandry."
although progressive polyandry'
would drive the average man to the
dictionary, if it did not drive him t.
drink
Polyandry is still practiced by tribes
in Tibet, parts of India, and the Pa
cific islands. IL is a style of marriage
which may be useful in communities
where there is surplus OF men; in
other words. in this form of marriage
each woman has several husbands.
What becomes of the mothers-in-
law under this arrangement is not
clear, but many primitive tribes retain
the InCther-in-law taboo, which absC-
lutely forbids, under many and dire
penalties, the wife or husband TO speak
to or even 10 look at the mCther-in
law.
THIS old-time practice is still fol
lowed rigidly by the Navajo Indians. in
Arizona, who are polygamists. Some
arrangement of the kind seems to be
regarded as necessary by primitive
peoples.-New York American.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-07

persoI6ge should be compelled TO Ian
guish ,nOminally. at leasD under in
dictmeI.t while cases OF common muir
derers receive prior attention FROM
the court Ofhcious enough to interest
itself In bis whereabouts. That cold
hearted prosecutor has so drenched
himself in his duties that he disre.
CARDS altogether the personal convent
ence OF the accused hero and the
sporting interest OF many thousands
OF American citizens who have been
eager to bet their money on one or
the other of the principals i'm the
heavyweight argument where one OF
the most ancient Of sports is to be
carried on by such able leaders in their
profession. The prosecutors action
is not less than heartless. Here ne
goes and holds up the whole chance OF
a fight, and Indefinitely. There could
only be one worse development. What
If the distinguished prisoner should
be sent away" for long term-crack-
ing stones instead of heads? Con
slider the enOrmity of it all,
1t looks as though Mr.. Johnson, In
the words of one of his friends, were
in bad" So he is; so he is. And
it would not be surprising if he should
get I'm" worse before he gets out AT
all.-N. Y. Evening Sun
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-07
PECULIAR LAND
LAWS OF JAPAN
Extends the Rights and Privileges Of
Aliens I'm Empire.

The new land bill of Japan, which
has been passed by the House OF Rep
resentatives in Parliament, and is like
ly soon TO become law, has been va
riOusly described by the American
press. Some nave spoken OF il as
restrictive or prchibitory measure,
which Ia not correct without further
explanation, while other have de-
scribed IL as a permissive, a recipro-
cal, or a liberalizing measure. which
in fast, IL is. The bill as il now stands
does indeed forbid certain aliens to
acquire land there, so that the new
bill at most provides no new prohibi-
ton, but merely maintains a portion
of that which is already in force. But
only a portion, for it also provides
that Japanese land may be purchased
and held by aliens from any country
which gives a corresponding privilege
to Japanese citizens, so that il is. in
fact, liebral measure, which mate
rally increases and extends the rights
and privileges of all aliens in Japan.
The reproach has often been direct
ed against Japan that she forbiG' for
eigners to acquire or hold real estate
But that is precisely what other ma
tons do, and what the United States
government has been doing for many
years in all the regions under its di-
rect control. The law of March
1887, prohibits foreign corporations
and alien individuals from acquiring
or holding land in the District of CO.
lumbia mad the Territories. and the
amendatory act of ten years later gives
only the concession that aliens who
have declared their intention to be
come citizens may acquire land sin the
Territories. Some exceptions to this
law seem TO have been made hv spe-
clal treaties, as, for example, that with
France, which gives French citizens
equal rights with Americans. and that
with Great Britain, which permits
British citizens to hold or to inherit
lands which were in fish posses
sion when the treaty was made.
In the individual States of the Union
the practice varies. Illinois forbids
nonresident aliens to acquire, or hold
land, and Iowa does the same. Kan
sas and Idaho forbid any alien to &C
Quire or hold real estate. New York.
under a law of 1897. grants the privi-
lege OF acquiring holding. or convey
ing land only 10 citizens Of nations
which grant similar privileges to
Americans. This latter plan appears
to be that which Japan has decided TO
adopt. and we may. therefore. esteem
Count Komura as quite right in say
ing that his country is simply putting
herself in line with the usages OF the
other civilized nations. Since most of
the States of the Union permit aliens
60 hold real estate. and since New
York is ready to do so on reciprocal
terms. il is to be assumed that Japan
will disregard the limited prohibition
IN the Federal District and the Terri
tories, and will regard America as one
of the most favored nations" whose
citizens will be permitted to purchase
and hold Japanese land.-New Yorl
Tribune.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-07


An old gentleman walked up yes
terday afternocn &c Walking Delegate
Floriam P6esm. who on Tuesday
night called strike of the Park Row
Panhandler.5 Association, and offered
him a certified check for SIS. Pfaum
refused tie check.
But have been your benefactor
every cay except Sundays for seven
years. exclaimed the man
81 cannot help that" said Pfaum
firmly. as he waved the check away.
AS leader of the strikers the accept
ance of any donation is incompatible
with my position until the strike is
ended"
The aged man seemed his dailysh
The aged man seemed to be grief
stricken. He said that his daily gift
to Pfiaum had become a fiVed habit.
and at his age a change of habits
would be fatal.
The first day Of the panhandlers'
strike occasioned great mental dis
tress tomany patrons. Individual
offers of arbitration were repeatedly
turned down by the strikers Al
though the police were on the alert.
there was no display of violence.
An offer made by the Park Row
Paddlers, Inc. (the pushcart mem to
hold all funds i'm trust pending a set
Element of the strikers demands was
rejected at the melting in City Hall
park without a dissenting voice. IL
now seems probable that il the strike
be of long duration a court order will
be obtained directing the panhand-
lers to show cause why they should
not receive money offered to them.
New York Sun.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-07
THE EARTH AN
OLD, OLD THING
Chicago College Publication Now Fixes
IL mt 4GO.OOO.OOO Years.

And now we are treated TO another
estimate OF the earth's age: not that
there is anything surprising in this,
for science is continually dealing with
In ealleged problem. Those who take
the Bible literally look on il as q
historical account of the earth's Gre
alton, and are content to place that
event at period about $4,000 years
ago. AS a general thing, the scientists
pay no attention TO such authority,
and endeaVor in various ways TO es-
innate the earth's age. AS tney have
no certain data upon which TO build
their theories, il follows that they
differ by thousands and millions Of
years in their estimates. The conse-
quence is that said estimates cannot
have much weight with laymen.
One of the latest of these guesses-
for tLey are little more-cOmes from
a Chicago college publication of re-
cent date. The author is not at all
modest, for he puts the earths age
at 4O0000,000 years This. as all must
admit, is going back quite a long ways
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-07
AUTOMOBILES
AND AIRSHIPS
In Speed Contests the Greatest Danger
is on Land.

In an era of aerial sensations il
must be an astonishing achievement
that attracts attention 10 THAI other
branch of spectacular sport-autDn10-
bile speed-vecord smashing The PER
Torrance Of BarAey Oldfield in CIV
ering a mile in 27.33 seconds on tia
Daytona Beach track falls in thai
category.
Those who have become familiar
with both motor car and aerOplSzSS
speed competitions seem to agree a.
far greater element of perIlfirlrEr
in the former sport. AT theIRheiurz
aviation week, for instance, One OF ths
most spectacular incidentsfwas when
one heavier-than-air machine avoided
collision with another by passing
above il. If such situation had &C
CURED between two racing cars a
Snash-up would have been inevitable
becausethere would have been no tine
to permit either machine turning out
for the other.
The undoubted thrill that comes ta
every man, woman and child at siEhf
OF an aeroplane's graceful glides nav
be explained by the newness of theza
mechanical humming birds. Their
appear 10 the imagination and the
sense OF beauty is thing apart fruEz
the grim charms OF the auto flyer
But although the terrible onward rInsh
or the latter fiame-spouting mOnEn<r
Is utterly lacking in artistic beauty.
1t possesses a very distinctive pic1nr-
esqueness. There is in il beside la
which tears at your heartstringS aT,eNr
every time you look down the fr1sck
and hear the rumble and rattle zao6
roar OF twelve maddening cyIin1exx
he-alding the coming OF the bIurreA
gray mass you vaguely associate WIKI
the hoarse yell from a thouzzua
ttroats, Car comingi"
The years to come will Sc MANY
men risking their lives TO equal ana
surpass the record set by Barney Old
field. But the emotions of the cruzEa
on the side lines will always remzlz.
the same.-New York Press.
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to find the beginning, and lays ever"
anything we remember to have seen
in this line. Plainly the originator Of
that estimate has no mind 20 be cir
cumscriDed in any way of dates, and
has apparently endeavored to put the
beginning at period so remote that
no one Will try TO go back of him
Four hundred million years is what
we may call long time. and the man
who Outdoes this authority may have
to deal in billions OF years, instead Of
millions.
But the manner I'm which this latest
fixer of dates arrives at the conclusion
he does can but strike the average
mind as profoundly ridiculous, to put
1t plainly The date is determined
we are told, by dividing the amount
of salt In the sea by the amout brought
d~ws each year by the rivers that
flow into it,
Could anything more vague and un-
certain be thought Of? To begin with,
II is impossible to estimate the amount
OF salt in the sea, for the simple rea-
son thc- no one can as yet form any
thing even approaching a fair esti-
mate of the quantity of water con-
tanned In the oceans and salt water
seas. No one can ascertain the area
OF these waters, because to do so
would require that all the boundaries
OF all seas and oceans should be de-
hned and measured, as in no other
way cas- the best scholar compute the
number OF square miles thus covered
by salt observation-disclosures Advertis-
ef.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-07
OFFICIAL HAS NO
SPORTING BLOOD
District Attorney Gives Mere Murder
Cases Precedence Over Jack
Johnson.

The more ew see Of the quality o.
the district attorneys Office the surer
it seems that there is a great lack
there of that peculiar quality of sport
ing blood which gets a rise in tenn
perature in the presence of sporting
events in danger of being married by
the unfeeling intrusion of the law
and its delay.
Jack Johnson now chafes under the
charge of assault upon q much small
er and less Ostentatious citizen. and
the case came up on yesterdays cal
endar of the criminal branch OF the
Supreme Court.
Assistant District Attorney Frank
Moss, who has charge of the prOsecu-
tons in that court. had the assur-
ance to tell Justice GOff that he had q
number of homicide trials which were
much more important than this case
of assault. which he wished TO dis
pose of quickly and therefore asked
30 have the Johnson case-the John
son ase!-pOstpOned. And in spite OF
all that Mr.. Johnsou's counsel could
urge Justice Gon took the view of
the prosecutor and marked the John
son case oil the calendar for the
present term. This means that in
stead of the little Johnson difficulty
coming up early i'm March for a pre-
sumably satisfactory disposal, the trial
of this big twO-fisted negro. who near
ly killed a little man of his own race
for chance word in a saloon, is post
pCned indefinitely, without regard TO
the fact that the big one is impatient
TO be set free as soon as possible in
order to keep an important engage
ment somewhere out West. where he
expects TO max a great deal of money
by a less informal use of his firsts
aforesaid
Sad indeed that so distinguished a
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-07
The Turpentine Destroyer.

You do not know the turpentine tap
pers, but If you come to Florida you
will soon find them out. 1t is Gu
rious business that will deliberately
destroy all the forests of a half dozen
States, for a little immediate gain;
and still more curious is the lassitude
that allows the destruction to go on.
The French have a method OF tapping
trees which gives a profitable return
and leaves the trees practically I'M
injured. In this way an industry is
perpetuated; but our American tap
ping is another thing.
The trees are cut with broadax,
hewing out great slices and leaving
scars from which the resin flows into
boxes at the bottom of the cut and is
scraped once a month into casks. The
cut is repeated each year and in six
or seven years the tree is exhausted.
So go great forests of pine that stand
eighty to one hundred feet high, leav-
ing us thousands of acres of stand
ing timber which will be cut down
by portable sawmills. Tie end of it
all is a haggard waste.-Outing.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-07
PRESIDENT OF
CUPID WING CLUB
Trenton Woman Has Started Out to
Make Everybody Good.

A lovely and virtuour lady OF Tren-
ton, n. J.. has started out optimisti-
cally to make everybody good, unself-
ish, law abiding. and wholly admira-
bit. If necessary, she is prepared to
do so by force. Everybody must be
good whatever their private desires,
capabilities or qualities may be.
The lady is the president of Cupid's
Wing Club, the main purpose of which
is Ito marry all the bachelors and
maids in Trenton and to stamp out
gossip and divorce from New Jersey"
, The members of this club believe that
ACnly in marriage can people be good
Fnd normal, and that therefore all
8people should be married, by law and
Nby force il necessary. If they do not
marry. they are disregarding the laws
of nature, and are bringing down dis
aster upon the heads of themselves
and others. Marriage, therefore. shauld
be made necessary by law, and be-
fore a certain age-30 for men and 20
for women.
The president of the club thinks
that, as a rule. persons should be al
lowed to select their life partners, but
that i'm some cases. a matchmaking
committee should be appointed, for
some benighted individuals insist on
marrying unwiselX-A->
is no manner o. dcrSbt but
this lady and the members of her-cjus
would welcome an absolute monarchy,
provided il were only benevolent. In
their zeal to foster human virtue they
are ready to give up human liberty.
But il is likely that the president and
members of the Cupids Wing Club
have failed TO consider some things
belonging to the sphere of psychology.
What, it may be asked, would be the
effect on the imagination of knowing
that one must marry? Would il not
take away from the romance which
now is germane TO the affairs of Gu
pid? 1t would tend to remove uncer-
tainty, chance, and mystery, those po-
tent elements in the stirring of the
amorous fancy.
No possibility OF divOrce-also in
tended by this club-would work in
the same way as compulsory mar
riage. No divorce and. forced mar
riage both tend to rt<tve romance
from the world. If two persons felt
they were living together because they
must, and not because they wished,
where ~ the romance, the stimulus
10 the Imagination, the happiness?
How does that touch the secret springs
of the temperament and lend color
and vitality to our lives?
We fear that the Cupid's Wing Club
Just as a benevolent monarchy. is too
good, really too absolutely regular and
virtuous for our best interests, our
best development, and our vigorous
we'll being-New York Press.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-07
THE SOUTH AND
COTTON FOREVER
Big Growth I'm the Natural Monopoly
of Southern States.

The feature of the South's progress
that has always appealed to me has
been the perpetual quality of our
greatest resource.
Cotton cannot be grown anywhere
i'm the world, except in the Southern
United States, Egypt, and India, and
Egypt and India can only furnish 10
per cent. of the worlds present sup
ply-a proportion that grows smaller
as the world grows greater, while the
Souht knows no limit 20 her ability to
produce this commodity. China grows
little cotton, but the amount is in
considerable.
Men place their money in enter
prises in many parts of the country
only TO see time change conditions.
and investments shrink because natu-
raj resources become exhausted
With the South our resources are
ever increasing. Cotton is the greatest
agricultural and Industrial element.
and nothing but a remaking of the
globe-a geological readjustment Civ
ing to the North, the West, Europe.
China or somewhere, the soil. the sun,
and the rain that exist in the so-called
"South"-could ever rob us of this
birthright
Massachusetts has $39S banking re-
sources to each of her inhabitants. and
If Georgia were as thickly populated
as Massachusetts she would have
nearly 25,000,000 inhabitants. Georgia.
however. has $5S to each inhabitant.
Massachusetts has 9,75O,OO0 spindles ;
Georgia but 100000 thus far.
Massachusetts mills require 900 900
halnC Of
the State of Georgia now raises. OF
something more than 3,250,000 bales.
and Massachusetts cannot, nor will she
ever be able to, grow a pound of cot
ton, while cotton mills are growing
in the South every day, and we now
have more than 500 of them. The
natural course of events is bringing
the manufacturer to the field, where he
will stay, and this field can never be
moved.
The South has $1,000 900 souls in her
borders-11, 100000 more than she had
in 1880.
This is nearly a 20 per cent. in
crease; but while the people increased
in numbers 20 per cent. the farms of
the South produced 100000, 900 worth
more this year than the whole nation
did nineteen years ago, and gave an
agricultural increase of ESQ per cent,
as against the 20 per cent. increase of
population.-Coll