Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-06

Weston's library, said to be the most
complete collection of scientific books
In the world, was not after all des-
troyed in fire in the "ireproof" storage
building, in Arlington street; but he
owes his good fortune, not to the fame
resisting power of any portion of the
storage building, but to the fact that
he kept them In another and, as it
turned out, safer place.
Such a collection as Mr.. Wegton's
is said to be cannot De replaced In five
foot nor f%ive-yard blocks. It represents
the work of a lifetime and could never
be replaced.
The fire In which It was believed at
first this library was destroyed should
at least serve as a warning to those
who possess invaluable articles of any
kind that they do not depend too much
on the "freproof' reputation OF the
building in which they are stored.
Until some satisfactory test can be
devised and applied 1t may be claimed
for any building that 1t Is freproof
until it burns. Afterward 1t IL too
late to make any difference.
.
A New York police inspector asks,
~pertinently enough under the circum-
stances, why the London hobbies did
not call out the warships when they
sought to capture two bandits or. dis
lodge them from the house in which
they had taken refuge. High police
officials in New York agree in saying
that 1t is impossible SO remarkable and
grotesque an incident could have o.
CURED In the American metropolis.
Naturally, they would say it, but who
doubts they are correct.
The fear expressed In some English
newspapers that England a been
placed in a ridiculous light by the all
day effort of 1900 policemen and 100
soldiers to capture two renegades Is
well founded. Instantly other peoples
asked themselves: Gould such a thing
have happened in one of our large
cities7' And the answer was in
yariably mo. emphatically moi"
Had such a siege occurred in Pekin
the Civilized nations could hardly
have left off laughing, and England
doubtless would have laughed longest
and loudest.
Rumor has so often connected the
name OF the Duke OF Abrpzzi with a
prospective bride that the latest report.
which names Princess Xenia, of Monte
negro, as the future duchess, will not
at first perhaps gain ready credence.
The report will at least revive con-
sideration Of that romance which had
the duke and an American heiress as
it's principal figures ana (which those
who should have been least Interested
built UP and insisted upon keeping
alive. aza
No n questions the fact that as a
people and as individuals we are demo-
cratic, yet hardly to the extent that
we do not grow excited at the prospec-
tive marriage of an American girl to
the cousin of a king. The interest
which has been openly expressed for
years in the matrimonial plans of the
Duke of Abruzzi on this side Of the
Atlantic testifles strongly to the fact
that our contempt for titles-at least
when social phases of life are consid-
ered-is too likely to be affected.
The normal American would be likely
to consider a victory won over a Gus
tom-house ruling as h~ard-earned when
1t hinged on the power of the plaintiff
to prove he was no longer an American
citizen.
Naturally, expatriates, when return
ing from the country of their adoption
to what was once their own, the
native land, are peeved when they are
treated as badly by the custom house
officials as are American citizens. HAS
long n continued residence abroad
availed us nothing If we are subjected
to the same indignities as are the por-
ton of Americans returning from
abroad?' they ask themselves. And the
position seems to be well taken.
And yet, despite the ridiculous and
sometimes d~isgraceful working Of GUS
tom house regulations. he must indeed
have hardened his heart against his
country who can rejoice in the i'm
munity which comes to him as the re-
suit of his ability to show hat he Is
the citizen of another country.
Madam Curie, who with her husband
discovered radium, cannot become a
member Of the Academy Of Moral
Sciences In France because she Is a
Possibly she regards 1t as no
great deprivation. but on the other
hand the ruling of the Institute OF
France. which bars her forever, will
doubtless cause her the keenest re-
greet.
1t Is in such exceptional instances as
this that all right thinking men and
women are strong for equal rights"
When a woman makes so important a
contribution to the cause Of science no
honor a man might have acquired for
the same service should be withheld
from her.
A representative of the academy
said: AN immutable tradition barring
out women exists, which 1t seems x
tremely wise to respect"