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A Sting in the Tail.

A CHILE DUCHENE. the French
architect who has come to America
to build a palace on the ten-thousand-
acre California estate OF Mrs. Frank
Carolan, the Pullman heiress. praised in
Chicago the American skyscraper.
'-vour skyscrapers no longer look like
cardboard" he said. They are beautiful
examples Of architecture.
IT can praise the American okyscraper
unreservedly. without any OF that sting
i'm the tail of my praise which is com.
mon i'm foreign discussion Of American
art and which reminds one of the two
ladies at tea.
why, my dear said the first lady,
how nice your fox furs look. One would
almost think they We're new
The other lady smiled and an;wered:
= oh, thank you! And your Persiau
lamb stole. too, looks just as good az is
did years and years ago."
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Old Spanish Swimdl@
Breaks Out Again

<<1HAT dear, old Spanish prisoner
is abroad in the land again."
said the man as he walked
up pennsylvania avenue, with the blue
lined sheet OF letter paper, closely scrawl-
ed over. I'm the lucky man today
The letter was dated Madrid. Spain.
and signed IN. Demidoff.'' 1t told. in
a neatly written hand and in bad but ap-
pealing English, how the writer, who was
condemned to life Imprisonment in n
dungeon for Staying a Spaniard, had in
the secret pocket Of valise. now in
custody Of the police and held for court
COSTS drafts on New York for more than
half a million dollars, American money
money he had embezzled while a banker
in st. Petersburg.
Also how he had beautiful young
daughter now being cared for by the good
priest of the prison, through whose aid
he had gotten the letter mailed.
the virtue and integrity of the good
American gentleman who he was adj
dressing. >and desired to intrust to his
care both his darling daughter and his
to have for his kindness. First. how
ever, there was the trihing matter of
court costs that must be settled before
the valse with its precious contents
police-a mere bagatelle of $1.176.5O,
American money. If the good American
gentleman would send this amount in
care of the good priest the daughter
and the valise with it's hidden wealth
would be forwarded Immediately to
America.
The recipient was adjured to educate
the blooming damsel and marry her to
some good American, on which account
the blessings Of God would descend upon
him. as well as the one-third of the half
million. plus.
II have just been up to see the third
assistant secretary of state, said the
man with the letter
That old swindle has broken out into
an epidemic again. said that official. 1t
floods the country about once every three
years; this is one of the periods of its
high tide. We are just sending out to
postmasters throughout Virginia and
Ohio. where the swindle seems to be do
ing its most virulent work, copies Of q
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circular we got half dozen years ago.
when there was an especially bad attack
the country. 1t sets forth the various
steps of the swindle, which, strange to
say. those rogues in Madrid never vary
in the slightest.
If the recipient answers the letter,
making further inquiries, M. Demidon''
writes another letter, still more implor-
ing, stating his serious ill health and urging
haste that he may die peacefully IN the
knowledge that his darling daughter is
being cared for, and the money in good
hands. If the money is sent that's the
end Of that little drama. If it is not,
however. there soon comes a letter from
the good priest, stating that NJ. Demi-
doff is dead, and implOrng the good
American gentleman to forthwith send
the necessary money. as the valise
will soon be sold at public auction.
II no reply is made to this, the good
priest writes a still more urgent letter.
stating the time of the sale. If the good
American gentleman still remains silent
the Madrid sharks know he has seen the
bug under the chip and let him alone
1t is astonishing. though said the
assistant secretary. how many presum-
eddy sensible people will bite at this
bald swindle. Their self love is tickled
ny TIE CcHuucICe iupOocO All tnem Dur-
ing an epidemic of Spanish prison let
tiers, in Roosevelt's administration, we
had almost to hog-tie an old ranchman
from Texas, who came to see the Presi-
dent about having the minister to Spain
look after the lovely daughter and see
that she and the money were promptly
shipped to him. The Texan had s., 600 in
cash that he was about to cable the good
priest.
Roosevelt sent him over to us for
- l..
1t was only with the greatest difficulty
that We could induce him to delay cabling
the money for twenty-four hours while
we could cable the American minister at
Madrid and get his rel Tat the entire
thing was swindle. y. len We showed
the old man the telegram. he burst into
tears. and went home. convinced against
his will Wherefore, il you get letter
from Spain. don't let your good Samari-
tanism-or your cupidity-beguile you into
cabling money to the Spanish prisoner.
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As Others See Us.

IN his studio Charles Dana Gibson was
amused to receive the other day a
printed circular. signed by an automobile
firm, that said:
You are cordially invited to participate
in our grand 500 prize drawing contest.
Each participant may submit one or more
drawings advertising our automobile, and
the winner will receive grand cash prize
of 800. Drawings must be sent prepaid.
they must be original and all unsuccessful
drawings will remain the property of the
Mr.. Gibson. who can scarcely be per-
suaded to make drawings at 81 600 apiece.
smiled over this printed circular and then
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DAVID DAGGErT, FIRST INCUMBENT OF
KENT CHAIR Or LAW. YALE 1876 -l847

his cabinet President Taft will be asked
to serve as dean
In any case. as President Hadley stated
recently. President Taft will undoubtedly
give one or more courses to law students
as we'll as to the university seniors under
the Kent 1ectureship. Naturally he will
do so. for the Kent lectureship. with an
original endowment of but $1,000, yields
an income of only little over $500 a
year. and, of course, Yale men will see
that their new professor is given a sal
airy somewhat commensurate with his
talents and distinguished position. The
Hotel Taft. which President Taft and his
family will occupy this spring. is being
remOdeled for it's distinguished guest, and
the Taft suite will afford him every con-
venience.
The Kent professOrship of law is a SAL
airy paid to a professor of law for deliv-
ering lectures or otherwise communicate
ing instruction to the undergraduates in
the academic department in national. in
ternational, constitutional or municipal
law and civil policy. or in such other sub
JectS as the faculty or corporation shall
from time to time direct or approve 1t
was named for Chancellor James Kent
and the emOlument to the holder amounts
to $4,000 a year.
While the Kent chair is not very gener-
ously endowed and the annual income is
portant on this account, for the incum-
Dents in the office have always been men
of the highest reputation as experts in
law, including a chief justice of the Con-
necticut supreme court, two governors of
Connecticut and an American ambassador
to England. all of whom have given this
Kent course in International law to aca-
dem1c seniors in their third term before
graduation. Each one of the Kent pro-
fessors was a member of the Yale Law
School faculty selected because of long
and hOnored experience on the bench, and
thus peculiarly well fitted to give legal in
structiOn to seniors in the university,
many of whom would be looking to the
law as their chosen profession in life, and
to young men in the law school already
actively on the way to becoming barris-
ters The incumbents of the Kent chair
of law and the dates of service are as fol-
lows: David Daggett, LII. D., 1s26-27. Gov.
Clark Bissell, Ii. D.. 1915: Gov. Henry
button, LII D.. 1S55-69. and Edward j.
Phelps. Ii. D.. minister to England.
1SS1-19OO. While these Kent professors at
Yale brought to their high Office great ex-
perience and trained minds, none more so
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The Answer.

A PRETTY school teacher asked John
ID. Rockefeller. during a sleigh ride
over the POcantico Hills estate. how ID
came about that Mr.. Rockefeller had
several such grand homes. while she. for
all the hard and useful work she did
was obliged to live i'm one nine-by-eleveu
room.
Save your pennies" was the oil kings
cryptic answer.
Afterward the pretty school teaoN
asked Of Mr.. Rockefeller a receipt -
contentment, and he replied, as reaesy
as before:
Never borrow trouble and never Lend
money"
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who preceded Gen. Wood as chief oe
staff, obtained his medal honor lighting
Filipinos. but he is now back in the
islands, with Gen. Frederick Funston.
who also has one of the precious
medals.
The records of all the other wcarers
of the medals read much as do these.
Taking them together they make mp one
of the most remarkable documents i'm the
United States. The reader of them sees in
his minds eye the rolling smoke of civil
war battles. the stealthy approach of In
dams and Filipinos. and out of each scene
a daring figure i'm blue rushing to save the
life of a comrade. to rescue his countrys
flag from the enemy or to snatch victory
from defeat.
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upon hillside" The incident occurred
while he was second lieutenant of the
23d United States Infantry, in April,
1876, near Fort Hartsuff, Neb.
Maj. ROmeyn led his command into
close range of the enemy. there main
tanned his position, and vigorously
prosecuted the fight until he was Sc
verely wounded" Indians were his op-
ponents. too, and he won his medal
while a lieutenant in the 5th United
States Infantry. in September. 1877. on
Bear Paw mountain, Mont.
Capt. Gordon Johnston recently came
to Fort Myer from Fort Riley, Kansas.
where he was an expert instructor in the
cavalry school there, and Capt. Kill
bourne is attached to the general staff.
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The Inspectors Advice.

THE late Inspector McCluskey-"Gen-
1 tleman George" or "Chesty George"
as he was known on the New York force
was good friend and a bad enemy.
The inspector. while by no means vim
dictive. did not readily forget an injury:
and one day an elderly millionaire who
had injured him in the past rushed ex-
citedly into his Office and shouted:
''McCluskey. one of your men just called
me spawned old mule. What are you
going to do about it?''
DO? Why. nothing" the inspector an
swered. Il can't patch you up>-I haven't
the knowledge. Go and consult a vet
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OLD YALE LAW SCHOOL BUILDING

Taft was graduated with high honors in
the early :sJs. All the kert professors in
the college academic department have
been regular members of the faculty in
the law school. Few Institutions have
had more ups and downs than this IA
nous fitting school, from which have been
sent forth hundreds of trained minds
distinguished today on bench and AT bar.
The school had its rise through the dis
bandment of the old Litchfield, Conn.
Law School. and among its founders were
Seth p. Staples, Samuel j. Hitchcock
and David DagSett, trio of cele-
brated jurists as the first OF the century
furnished. For years the school pros
pered but in the 4Us and JOS
verses came. and had Il not been for the
herculean endeavors of Cows. Bissell and
Dutton. who for time comprised almost
the entire faculty. devoting their time
as we'll to the Kent lectures i'm the col
lege proper, the school would have gone
down. But ii has survived all vfcissi-
tudes and today ranks among the fore
most i'm the country.
Among few of the names of the bril-
liant lawyers and judges vino grace the
list of its alumni might be mentioned
Justice Davis and Story of the United
States Supreme Court. Judge Julius Rock
well of Massachusetts,: Judges Seward.
Barculo and Johnson of New York: Judge
H. e. Brown of Michigan. Chief Justice
Sheldon of Illinois. Gov. Hoppn of Rhode
Island Judge Alphonso Taft. William
III. Hunt of Louisiana, Chief Justice Smith
of North Carolina, Chief Justice Watkins
of Arkansas. Attorney General Edwards
Pierrepont, Chief Justice Brown of Geor-
gia. Chief Justice Atwater of Minnesota
and Judge Shiras of Iowa.
An increasing number of Yale graduates
have elected the law i'm later years. and
whereas in the very early years only Ia:
per cent chose the profession, statistics
show that i'm 1896 64 per cent had Sc.
lected the law as their lifework, and that
high representation has been even ex>
celled in the last few years.
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Gov HENRY DUTT0N, Nl1EAh
KENT PRoFEssoR. 1855 CO MG&t9W

the name of the Kent professorship of
law. Born in New York state, Chan
cellor Kent was graduated from Yale in
the class of 1871 with the highest hon.
ors While in college he assisted in
rounding the Phi Beta Kappa Society,
and 1t was his privilege in 1881, when
revisiting Yale on the occasion of the
fiftieth reunion of his class, to deliver
the Phi Beta Kappa grafton in the old
North Church in New Haven. An en-
thusiastic Yale man, he frequently re-
visited his alma mater. He held many
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dams in October, 1879, near White
River. Col. which won him the respect
OF the entire army. He was a first
lieutenant in the 5th United States
Cavalry. This is the record on which
he won the. medal: with recon-
noitering party of three men was at
tackled by thirty-five Indians, and sew
eral times exposed himself to draw the
fire of the enemy, giving his small
party opportunity to reply with much
effect"
Another old and distinguished Indian
fighter with congressional medal
honor is Col. Heyl. now retired He
voluntarily and with most conspicu-
Gus gallantry charged with three men
upon six Indians who were intrenched
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The latter was lieutenant in the United
States Volunteer Signal Corps. i'm Feb
ruary. 1899 at Pace Bridge, Philippine
Islands, when he performed what was
perhaps as distinguished an act of
bravery ever known. This is the record
on which he got his medal of honor:
within a range of go yards of the
enemy, and in the face of a rapid fire
climbed a telegraph pole at the east end
OF bridge and, in full view of the
enemy. coolly and carefully repaired a
broken telegraph wire, thereby estab-
fishing Geographic communication to the
front"
These are the only officers here now
with the medal of honor. but the record
is remarkable one Gen. Franklin Relj
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Are Few Wear

THERE Are Few Wear
i ers of the Honor Medal,
for 1t Is Bestowed on Only
Those Who Have Risen to
the Height of Heroes-One
Senator Wears Medal for
Service in Civil War-Heroes
of the Spanish-American and
Indian Wars Have Gained
Recognition by Congress
President Bestows the Med
ais, Acting in His Capacity as
CommandeF-in-Chief of the
Army.
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EDWARD J FHELRS
KENT Professors AT IALE 1881 1900

the public Offices he rendered to state
and nation was the Speakership of the
Connecticut assembly, that of states at
torney, mayor of New Haven in 1929
and chief justice of the Connecticut SUI
preme court. Judge Daggett was
strong federalist, and dressed in true
federalist style. His stories and witt
csms are current to this day in New
Haven. He taught in the law school
and in the Kent chair until a very old
man, but retained his alert mind to the
end.
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honors. among which was the chief
justiceship of the supreme court of New
York and the Office of chancellor. He
was the author of numerous authorita-
tive works on legal matters which are
still widely used. Columbia has hon.
ored his services in that school of
learning by naming one of her build
ings Kent Hall.
The first incumbent of the chair was
David Daggett, LII. D. He was born in
Attleboro, Mass, and was graduated
from Yale in the class Of 1888 Among
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than the newest incumbent Of the chair,
President Taft.
In this connection it is interesting to
recall that once before. in Cincinnati,
when just commencing his legal career,
William II. Taft served for a time as lee
turer in a law school. the Cincinnati Law
School, connected with the University of
Cincinnati. Himself a graduate of the
old Cincinnati Law School, he helped or
ganize the new institution known as the
Law Department of the University of
Cincinnati. which afterward combined
with the older faculty of the Cincinnati
College, and for four years Taft served
as dean and professor of the law of prop
erty. Busy as he was then on the bench,
he rarely missed a lecture, although Civ
ing courses of from two to six hours a
week. His reading for these lectures was
always extensive, and the duties of di-
rectlng other branches or of rendering
individual assistance to pupils were never
neglected In fact, his scholars tell to the
present day OF the first examination he
conducted. There were between so and
!OO questions propounded. and the ordeal
began at . O'Clock in the morning.
At O'Clock in the evening Taft was
still supervising some of the boys. Even
after resigning his position. near the end
OF the term, he made out the list Of ques-
lions for the year, with the answers. He
did this in pencil while travelling over
the country in Pullman cars, getting
ready to go to the Philippines. The ex-
animation being afterward abandoned,
the successor to Mr.. Taft states that he
found enough matter in those questions
and answers to last three or four years.
The success attending his labors in the
Cincinnati Law School argues well for a
similar success at Yale. Taft is much
better qualified now. with all these years
OF added experience and especially in
the 1ntricacies of national and interna-
tional civil policy. etc, than he was
thirty years ago.
CHANCELLOR James Kent's name ranks
with Story. Hale and Marshall He
has been called the Blackstone of
america, SO marvellous was his legal
knowledge. as shown in his '.Kent's Com
mentaries," even to this day a standard
reference. Daniel Webster regarded
kents talents SO highly as to suggest
his name for the presidency of Dart
mouth College. and it was because of
his remarkable talents and service that
his friends and admirers instituted the
chair of law in Yale College, giving it
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and while he was captain, acting as as
sistant adjutant general of the United
States volunteers. 1t was near Santiago.
Cuba, in July, 1898, during the Spanish
American war. The description of his
deed is thrilling one. 1t is this: Dis
tinguished gallantry in encouraging those
near him by his bravery and GOODNESS
after being shot through the head and
entirely without sight.
1t was out at Wounded Knee creek, S.
D., in December. 1890, that Gen. CARING
ton, now inspector general of the army.
won his medal. He was lieutenant in
the eth United States Cavalry and dis
tinguished gallantry' gained him recog-
milton. His medal was pinned on his
breast while he stood before his regi-
ment, and never was there prouder young
officer than he that day
The act of heroism performed by Gen.
Schwan was one of the most notable OF
the entire civil war. 1t was while he was
a lieutenant in the 10th United States In
fantry, in October, 1864. at PEBBLES Farm.
Va. when lat the imminent risk of his
own life, while his regiment was railing
back before superior force OF the
enemy, he dragged a wounded anu heip-
less officer to the rear, thus saving MIN
from death or capture"
Gen. John NJ. Wilson is very we'll
known i'm Washington, having formerly
been chief Of the Engineer Corps and
inaugural committee chairman, and hav-
ing been connected with various civic
undertakings. He was lieutenant in
the Engineer Corps. in August, 1867, when
he won his medal of honor. 1t was at
Malvern Hill, Va, and he remained on
duty. while suffering from an acute ILL
ness and very weak, and participated in
the action Of that date. A few days pre-
vious he had been transferred to staff
CORPS. but preferred to remain until the
close of the campaign, taking part in
several actions.
but he is here at the present time and Is
still in active service. Like others of his
colleagues here, he won his congressional
honor fighting the Indians. Down in the
Sierra Madre mountains, Mexico, in jan
uary. 1885, he performed most distin-
guished gailantry in action with hostile
Apaches led by Geronimo and NatcheZ.'
Like a climax from melodrama reads
even the dry official record of the deed
which won a medal for Gen. Tompkins.
In June, 1861, across the Potomac river
from Washington, at Fairfax, Va. he
twice charged through the enemy's lines
and, taking a carbine from an enlisted
man, shot the enemy's captain" At the
time he was a second lieutenant in the
I'd U. 8. Cavalry.
4
Gen. Gilmore. who retired as briga-
der general in 1904. was serving in the
10th New York Infantry as a major in
May, 1868. in the civil war. when he won
the medal which was not presented to
him until 1892. 1t was at Salem Heights,
Va, that he seized the colors of his
regiment. and bravely rallied his men un-
der very severe fire.
Gen. Hall, who was assistant adj
jutant general Of the army here for
several years and then adjutant gen.
eral just before his recent retirement.
performed . deed while fighting In
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TAFT Will Be First Amer

TAFT Will Be First Amer
1 lean President to Step
From the White House Into
a Professors Chair in a Great
University Origin of the
Kent Professorship at Yale
Men Who Have Filled the
Position in Time Past-Pres-
ident Taft Well Fitted for the
Lectureship-Delivered Lee
lures at Cincinnati Law
School Thirty Years Ago
Other Presidents Connec-
tons With Various Colleges.
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Anecdotes Concerning
Well Mm@wm People

he took a sheet of note paper and, still
smiling, he wrote to the automobile firm:
You are cordially invited to participate
in my grand SO prize automobile contest.
Each participant may submit one or more
automobiles. fully equipped, of his own
manufacture. and the winner will receive
a grand cash prize of SO in gold. The
automobiles submitted should be brand
new, and must be shipped fob. New YORK.
The unsuccessful automobiles will remain
the property Of the UNDERSIGNED
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A Tip From the Admiral.

A DMIRAL GEORGE DEWEY, COM
plimented on his superb health on
his seventy-fifth birthday, smiled and
said:
Il attribute my good condition to plenty
of exercise and no banquets. We eat, you
see. too much. One-third of what a man
eats enables him to live
I'm that case" said the reporter, what
becomes of the other two-thirds?'
''Oh, that enables the doctor to live"
Admiral Dewey replied.