The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-02-23

elsewhere. pointing to q bundle of per-
fumed letters postmarked from citi.s
abroad, lying on his dresser.
A New One.
Blase New York, where nothing
under the sun is supposed to be new,
is being treated this week to an ex-
hibit of rubber raising that threatens
to eclipse in popular interest anything
seen here in many years.
Since the days Of the old Crysfai
Palace, half century ago. Gotham
has had it's fancy surfeited with ex-
hibitions of every kind from the
stuffed skin of the horse on whic Oh
Sheridan made his famous journey Of
sixteen miles to Winchester, to the re-
plica recently shown In one Of the big
stores Of the drawing room in the
French Chateau, of William Ellis CO.
rey, retired president of the Steel
Trust, and the Matching OF turtle eggs
while you wait. Largest individual
consumer of rubber In the world. New
York, however, has never seen rubber
Depicted in the growing.
The picture of the tropical forest has
q native framework and an atmos-
phere of realism that carries the OBJ
server into the jungle and In fancy
brings him into intimate touch with
the manners and customs Of the alb
origine in the pursuit of the industry,
he and hts ancestors have followed
for untold centuries. The native ar
rayed in his scant costume is seen tap
ping the trees, with his odd shao ped
knives. gathering gum from the in
cisions made by them and curing It
over the forest fire before he takees
1t into camp.
In imagination you can smell the
sweet scent of the orchid and other
tropical fora and see the playful little
It'll monkey cavorting among the in
terlacing branches. Smart society rne.i
and women are daily visitors to the
exhibit, which is held under the aus
pices of one of the largest manufac-
turers in the east. The great popu-
larity of the automobile in New York,
where it Is computed $780, 600 is
invested in machines, has made the
show the vogue among all classes. The
exhibit will be continued for several
weeks yet
Denounces Statute.
Judge Lacombe, of the United Stat e3
Circuit Court, has, put himself on
record in the cause Of the Magdalenes.
In a biting opinion which he filed the
other day in suits brought by Uncle
Sam against the steamship companies
for bringing them here. he denounced
the statute which stign1atizes them as
undesirable and declared our laws to
be harsher on the soiied doves than
the Bible, quoting from Romans y.
%, to prove the strength Of his asser-
ton.
In commenting on the drastic char
acter of the Imr,io~ation Laws. the
juristc cited a possible case, where its
operation would be unjust. He said.
IAN alien girl-an estimable, virtuous
girl-while yet an infant, comes to this
country with her parents. As shs
reaches womanhood both parents d..
and the young woman is left, 1t may
be. with no other relatives. to make
her struggle for existence as best she
can. She may for some years main
tain herself. and then at last-at some
time when work is scarce and roverty
Is strong-may take the easiest way
to keep body ano together. All
hope for her may Ut be lost. In
situations. State and local, and coun.,
less agencies maintained by the willing
gifts Of individuals stand ready to help
the fallen woman and secure to her
some opportunity for q new life. Can
the allen fallen woman avail Of this
help? No; because the sovereign
power stretches out its powerful arm.
seizes her and casts her out Of the
country, in which her young life was
| wrecked. to fling her into the country
whence she came, SO many years be-
fore that to it she is practically an
alien. possibly unable to articu1ate the
simplest phrase In its language, penni
less and, 1t may be. alone. II such
be the wages of sin for the alien fallen
woman, the price might be thought
higher than that announced in Romans
vi. %. It Is certainly startling to fri
such piece of legislation upon the
statue books of Christion country.
But 1t is there nevertheless.