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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-11-27

Tn peri6dico italiano dice que Ricar-
do Strauss, despu6s del 'tCavaliere de-
lie rosa" y ell "Borhese Gentilnomo,
Sc prepara a dar al teatro una nueya
obra Su editor no la esperaba hasta ell
a1o pr0ximo, pero una carta del m1sico
lie ha informado de que la nueva
obra esta va terminada casi terminada,
porque Strauss esta dando la Ultima ma
no la Instrumentation.
Esta soEpresa Sc debe la luvia per
sistente del verano jltimo-no hay ma!
que por bicn 10 venga ;-disgdstado por
eel NAL tempo y por la molestia de en-
eontfarse, en- los d1as de sol, con los tu-
rist 5 1trIineses que infestaban el pals
Strauss Sc encerr6 en- su "viIla' de
Gara:cA. da1icandosa al trabajo por en-
ter2
Fl asrnto de la nueva obra de Strauss
no Is de Hoffmansthal. esta vez ell cola
borador del maestro ha sido Enrique
Kess5er, un gran senior prusiano, que di-
ce haberse inspirado admirando Ell ell
Louvre La castidad de Jose. "
Qneda entendido que el asunto es BIZ
blico. Parece que los cr1ticos no tienen
muc#a eoNfanz9 sin embargo. en- el nue.
vo poeta Este Sc encontr6 con Strauss
en- Paris y le habl0 de su inspiration. III
CON positor ,mostr6se maravillado y. jun
to con Kessler, planearon en- seguida
una acci6n mfnica grandiosa Despu53
lie rcnfaron la idea a DaeniIeff. el dire
tor de los bales rusos, quion Sc ontusiss-
me amhi@n grandementc.
y ahola ell Paris y Ell Italia 30 Sc ha-
bIa de otra cosa Nosotros no es facil
que veamOs representa- la nueya obra
de Strauss por ahora; pero no esta de
mas conocer sus antecedentes.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-11-27
Del cercado ajer1o

IN coiaborador de lie Journal Sc ha
entretenido hacienda la cuenta de 10 que
ganan al minute los soberanos demas
jefes de Estado. Ri Iector juzgara por
81 mismO 81 estan bien pagados
FL mejor retribuldo es el Zar de Ru-
sia. cuya lsta civil de 35.317000 fran
COS anCaies le pcrnite gastar por cad9
oi1uto de ST vida SOB frances Y IS cen
-imo8 Despu9s del Ear y d gran dis
laros>:, liene ell emperardor de Austria
con 1872 frances al minuto. FL rey de
Italia slgue Ell tercer lugar con 81 fran
COS y 33 centimos. Guillermo Ii que tie
ne una lista civil de II. .564.2O frances.
no cuenta con mas de sc por minuto
Jorge Y, que pOr ciertO no es de los So
beranos que mas trabajan, CANA 81 fran
cos Y 10 c6ntimos tambien pOr minute.
y. continuation viene nuestro joven mo-
narca don Alfonso XIII con frances
51'91, y le siguen ell rey de Suecia con
36. el de Noruega con "a, la reina de Ho-
landa con l9, ell rey de B6lgica con Is y
ell de Dinamarca con 1880.
Quedan los reyes de Rum1a, Bulgaria
y Grecia, a quienes correspondent solo 6
frances por minuto Mas que estos So
beranOs CANA ell presidente de la Re
pGbica francesa, a quien le vale cada
minute siete frances menos una perra
chica.
Como Sc We, tambi6n EN- ell sueldo de
los reyes son notabil1simas las diferen-
cias, y, naturamente, como pasa Ell to-
do, no son los que mejor gobiernan aque-
Hos que mas cobran. De todas maneras
no Sc puede decir que ninguno de ellos
este NAL pagado.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-11-27

En el pequeno pueblo de Nicvra,
Chagney, Sc ha levantadO un monument
to Julio Renard. Ell autor de "Poil de
Carotte", obra que tanta popularidad le
di0 en- Paris. Y con OCCASION de inaugu-
rarse ell monumentO, recuerda Gle Petit
Pariespn" una curiosa an6cdota de Re-
nard.
Roberto De Flers fu6 quien abri6 a
Renard las puestas del teatro recomen-
dando su primera comedia. un juguete
EN- IN acto, que, por cierto, obtuvo 6xi--
to brillantlsmo.
En- la Interpretation tomaba parte la
actriz Mile. Granier, qui6n suplic0 al
autOr que corrigiera una Erase en- la
que sc dec1a que un enamorado galan ell.
viaba todas las mananas su DANA un
ramillete de cuatro frances
Mile. Granier sostenia que con rami-
lletes de cuatro frances 10 Sc enamora
a ninguna mujer por modesto que sea.
Ademas no era decente hablar en ell tea
tro. de ramilletes que solo costaran cua-
tro frances.
La noche del estreno Renard envi6 4
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-11-27

la 9 aet',;z ~ l:nl2 "bo@1@ot" y daolar5
despues que no lie habia costado mas
que cuatro frances.
Esta bien, dijo Mile. Granier; os
doy les g"a2ias por vuestra atenci6n, pc
TO estas flores no merecen ciertamente
III Ia pena de ponerlas EN- un horero
FL aut0r presinti6 una catastrofc no
quiso lleVarla "a contraria 4 Ia actriz. Sc
colTigi6 Ia Erase de la comedia. =. 81
Renard volvi6 a comprar hores iamas
dijo 10 que lie hab1an costado.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-17

The report Of the department for the
years 1gi2-l9 shows a lower rate of alcoholism
In the army than for any like period since 1873
The opponents Of the canteen make haste TO
claim this as the result OF abolishng that in
sdtution, They forget. or ignore the fact that
II has been many years since in answer 10 hys-
terra demands congress laid an embargo the
sale of beer and light wines at military posts,
and that through all those years dminution
In drunkenness among the troops was recorded
untH now. Why? Because in the autumn OF
1912 congress enacted law stopping the pay
Of all officers and men for times when they
should be incapacttated for duty by abuse OF
intoxfcants II is that which has worked the
Improvement which an interdict on the canteen
had sgnally failed to bring about.-Norfolk
Virginian-Pilo
Whether the conclusion here reached be true
or false, 1t shows thing conclusively, and
that is that drinking and drunkenness in the
altogether II our friends who claim that the
abolition of the canteen does no good would only
spend the energy they have given to Its resto-
ration to supporting other means Of stopping
drunkenness in the army. the thing would soon
/ be done
| The law Of 1912, docking officers and men for
being drunk. brought about decrease In drink
ing. A law putting all drunkards out of the
army. all drunkards are daily being put
out of every other business, might have a still
more salutary effect. II the abolition of the
canteen brought about no dimunition in drink
ing. though many who should know whereof they
speak, speak to the contrary. the thing to do 1:
to cease the agitation for It's restoration. ant
thus putting where were before. and de
vote that time and work to doing somethin.
constructive
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-17
Mr.. Root s Belated Alarm

Senator Roots alarnlist speech Of Saturday
against the currency bill is not more remarkable
for It's substance than for It's belated appeara nee
The main provisions of this bill have been
under specific discussion in and out congress
for months, and he has been silent thereon.
They have been under general discussion for
years and he has held his peace. 1t is only when
the bin has beer shaped for passage and Is
about to pass. that he rises up behalf of his
Constituents" to pronounce the doom of sound
money in this nation IL the measure is enacted.
Mr.. Roots argument in tho main Is: (l) That
the proposed federal notes "obl-
cations of the United States fat-money
notes--"practically what call greenbacks :
t2) that under the mechanism of the bin. which
would start the federal banks off with
S636 600 900 Of capital and deposits, these notes
could be issued to three times that amount, or
the substitution Of great paper-money in
fation.
The first contention is Mr.. vanderIps. and
has been repeatedly answered. IT liz at war
with the common understanding of what Is fat
money and is against the great mass of expert
opinion. The proposed notes will not be issued
az the instance Of the government, but at the in
stance OF the banks They will respond not II
the needs Of the government, but TO the needs Of
business expressed in short time and actual bus
mess paper They are not irredeemable. but
fully redeemabie in gold. They the
opposite Of fiat money.
The second contention s overcome by til 2
simple fact that the said $3.50 600 600 where the
money IS now can he and is used to create bank
credits n at tleast four times t25 per cent
serves) the sum in effecting exchanges or s2,-
$4,000. coo. whereas finder the proposed system
4hn s4No4
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-17
Ais Well So Far

One Of the formal motions heretofore made
at each regular meeting Of the city council has
been that all bills properly approved be paid"
From force of habit someone substituted that
motion at the meeting OF that body Thurs
day evening. and was informed that there were
no unpaid bills demanding attention.
Thus the old order changed giving place to
the new. The council received the first report
of the municipal business manager, the report
covering the first quarter of city administra-
ton under his direction 1t was the unanimous
conviction that II interesting and heart.
ening The council had appropriated for this
first quarter *3o,s5s.63 At the end Of 1t the
business manager covered back into the treas
ury s2,0s6.60; that is he had expended $2s.-
770.o3. In three OF the ten departments the
appropriation was exceeded: Cemeteries 81. 80,
health $64.54, sidewalks s56.62. total of
S12228! We submit that that lie a good record
The following departments had the Gums
named to their credit at the end of the quarter
gas $224.22 water s36S.20, $3.50.
incidentals (jury and other court fees, expense
Of prisoners, elections, etc. $1s2.4s, streets
$4,000. poor SASHA. fire 1914 This adds to
the credtabe showing.
1t Is the firm resolve OF the council and the
business manager that this fiscal year shall
not have record OF appropriations overspent.
and deficit at the end. If the entire amount
appropriated for the quarter ending February
rs, 1914, is spent, that and the amount
spent the first quarter, completing half the
fiscal year, make a total of s70542.76. II
double this sum be spent in the entire year, we
shall reach the first of September with bal
ance of revenue over expenditures of certainly
sl5, 900, and probably $4,000. This explana-
ton emphasizes the fact that thus far affairs
have been handled with wonderful skill and fore
sight rather than proves the truth OF the pre-
diction of surplus. Many things may happen
! to compel large expenditure of public money.
The fact OF q surplus known to any Legislative
body invites liberal appropriations, ana 1t may
do so in our case.
| SO far as the experiment has gone IT certainly
promises we'll. The plan seems good one for
a city of our size, We have been very fortunate
In having a mayor and council ready and
competent to cooperate for the public good
There has been and there will be no friction
| or jealousy TO retard our public enterprise No
man in the State could have made better record
as business manager than Mayor Conway. Man
| and opportunity well met. We believe thai
the same devotion. energy and Impotence which
have made the experiment distinguished sue
cess in it's first three months OF test will have
the same result In the future. What seemed
far off TO those who have worked for improve
| ment in municipal government In Charlottesville
has certainly close to hand in these recent
autumn ays,-Chariottesville Progress
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-17
USELESS GIVING.

r. there really any such thing useless
giving? If go is II measured by the quality OF the
thing given. or by the motives and feelings of
the giver7
trifie, possessing little orr intrinsic value.
and not desired by the person receiving it. might
prove Of the greatest sentimental spiritual
value. 1t might bring two people close together
1t might be the means of starting a friendship
to last for lifetime it might help the soul OF
the giver. An expensive present. however use.
full, might injure the giYer because he could not
afford TO give it A useful present however
inexpensive. might be given for any variety of
reasons save that Of good viii to the recipient.
Useless giving there Is ia this sense. but If
given Fundamentally and cheerfully and out of
the fuliness Of love, there is not.
We have never fancied the spugs. They are
700 material too prone to measure things BIZ
the monetary cost; too much given to calcu-
latson In their giving All good qualities per.
bags these are II nas carried. TO g. h.t xsry,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-17

note credits would be limited to only three
times the Is this inf1ation7
The fact Ia that bank note issues have ever
been provided more thoroughly guarded against
oyer!ssue or non redemption than these Federal
notes
They protected and limited by SO Is
per cent cash gold reserve; by bills repre-
senttng actual merchandise ready for. or on the
way to market; by the credit OF the discounting
banks by the Endorsement OF member bank;
by the double liability of member-bank stock
holders; by first lien the assets OF the
issuing federal reserve bank; by the restraining
powers OF the feleral reserve board.
Mr.. Root assumes to speak for his CON
stituents," and only at the eleventh hour. Who
these constituents In precise terms and why
has there been much delay in coming to
their rescue New York World.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-17
BOARD OF PARDQhS
CONTINUED from First page.)

| $4,000 per year, with $1,000 allowed
for a clerk and $4,000 for travelling
expenses and investigation. He
would have the commissioner hold
off1oe for twelve years. the duty OF
the official being to investigate all
pardon cases and make recommends
| ton 70 tho governor, thus relieving
tho States chief executive OF much
onorous work that now falls to his
lot.
Talks On Pensious.
Major J. Taylor Stratton. OF Rich
mond, addressed the committee on the
question OF Confederate legislation,
urging particularly that inmates OF
the Soldiers home be allowed a
monthly pension of 50 per month.
He also urged that special appro-
pr.ation be made for the perpetual
care Of the Confederate dead in Holly
wood.
| Speaking CT the proposed pension.
Major Stratton poined on. that the
"old vets at the home are now pro-
vided with practically no spending or
pocket money at all. Major d. A..
| Brown, of Richmond, also favored
this special allowance.
| Senator Reinhart said he would op-
pose the appropriation unless other
veterans throughout the State were
| ca pAoPoA AAo NAn
not, care to play favorites.
| After hearing from these speakers,
Chairman Echols reminded the COM
mittee Of the gravity Of the task be-
fore 1t and urged that no time be
lost In getting the bill into proper
shape. On motion of Senator Har-
man, the committee then agreed to
meet again at 10 o'clock this morn
ing. 1t was suggested that the com.
mittee would be pleased to have
Auditor Moore on hand when 1t re-
assembled.
Others Present.
Besides Chairman Echols members
of the committee present last nivht
were Messrs. Hartman, Massie,
Fletcher. Lesneri Wendenburg. West,
Reinhart, Fletcher. Sowder, EARLY.
Others In evidence were former
Senator Folkes. Edgar r.. English,
lboth OF Richmond, and former
Senator Kecxell, Of Rockingham.
Mr. Tolkaa evtnced m0rA than
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-17
DE GCSTTBUS.

Argument and explanation and an attempt
to convince the members OF the Caraboa society
Of the seriousness OF their offense In lampoon.
ing President Wilson, Secretary of state Bryan
and the administrations foreign policy and mil
itary plans would be useless. II army and naval
Officers can not see that ridcule. sneering and
cheap huffoonry at the expense Of their superior
officers is in execrably bad taste no one can
tell them so. There is no argument about taste.
Those lacking it can not get It from books and
lectures and when President Wilson acted sum
marily in Withdrawing from membership in the
club without giving opportunity for defense, he
acted wisely.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-17
railroading is the disposition to reverse the old
order Of observation-disclosures
Country Now Safe.

Country Now Safe
For months past the United States has been
on the verge OF a catastrophe for which history
can produce no parallel. At any moment tbs
trouble might have come to a head In Wash
ington. and the doom of the Republic Nigh.
nave ben the result. But for the forebearance
exercised by few choice spirits, congress would
have been disbanded, the president would have
been forced TO retire, the land would have been
plunged into chaos. Probably the sun would
have stopped rising. and the moon would no
longer have made her appearance In the
heavens.
the rumor spread about Washington that the
wives and daughters of members OF the cabinet
would not call the wives and daughters d
members of the house of representatives, but
would call on the wives and daughters OF the
members of the senate. The rest of the country
read of this, and passed on to read of the price
or eggs and the latest tango development But
the Washington papers spoke OF the matter with
bated breath. For in the official circles OF
that city, unpaid call from circle to n
other circle becomes a monumental wrong be-
sides which an open insult from the British
bassador to the president would be nothing
and beside which an invasion Of Texas by HUI
erta's army would fade into insignificance
Precedence in going in to a dinner failure
to send invitation to some social event
looms larger than any number Of tariff or cur.
rency bills piled into
The country at large will smile at all this
but, strange 1t may appear Washington
takes It seriously-solemnly
So when Mrs. Bryan announced that the
cabinet ladies will call on the house ladies aa
soon they have time. she saved the nation
from wreck and ruin.-Harrisburg News-Record
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-17
constructive

Chnuncey Depew says the American girl is
not pretty she fifty years ago. The
explanation may be found in the fact that
Chauncey's eyesight IL not good It
fifty years aEo.--Brtstol Herald Courier.
This is spoken in a spirit of pleasantly, but 1t
is really serious. Depews eyesight ia not SO
good It fifty years ago. and neither Is that
of those other men beyond middle age who agree
with the former senator. II is Of their spiritual
eyesigbt that speak. Decisions are gone.
To the youth Just waking to sex consciousness
all trinity dressed. neat appearing young girls
with the Joy of living In their faces beau
tifui. A snub nose. few freckies mouth too
big. make little difference Some are prettier
than others, but all pretty. As he grows
older. he grows more critical and az he passes
middle age he insens!bly begins to compare what
he with his physical eye with what he
saw years before with his spiritual eye, and in.
ewtably the former suffers by the comparison
Women were prettier fifty years ago than
now. They have not changed II Is Mr.. Depew
that has changed
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-17
LOOK TO THE FOUNDATION.

For the first time In many years the leg's-
iature Of the State will not confront q deficit
but surplus. There is money in the Virginia
treasury and the finance committee OF the gen
ate, now in session 10 listen TO appeals for
money for various State institutions and depart
ments and to frame the appropriation bill.
This Is an agreeable state OF affairs IT should
give comfort and pleasure TO the people of Vir'
sfnfa Whether or no 1t will depend upon the
finance committee and upon hte general as
sernoly Danger turks in q condition which
should prove source OF good and nothing
else.
The surplus in the state treasury lie for use.
But It Is not for abuse. The surplus in the
treasury should be spent But it should not
be wasted.
knowing that Virginia is in better nnan-
ciai condition than for years; that IT has more
money than usual; that it can afford larger
appropriations than could be made two years
ago. the heads of departments, the superinten'
dents of State charitable institutions. the con
ductors Of State schools and all who have charge
OF state institutions OF any kind Will come ask
Yaarx Naturally each thinks his 1nstttn-
ton or his department the most important No
Que can quarrel with them for that, for 1T means
that these men are taking interest in their work
and DESTROYS Of doing larger and better work
1t Is not for them to decide what the State should
give to others. but what they think they need
II is FOR that reason that the State senate finance
a.ad 50 hat
that warning Is addressed TO its members whose
duty 1t Is to sift the claims and requests of all
and to apportion the money as they may think
best.
Zach State institution will have some one TO
speak for it. some one with cogent arguments
In favor Of larger appropriations; someone with
figures and eloquence to advocate its cause one
great system. however, VIII have no personal
representative before the committee no man or
number of men 10 speak for it alone and for no
other system. department or institution. 1t Is
FOR II that The Virgintan would speak word.
The institutions OF higher learning IN Wiz
ginia are doing a great work They need mQre
money and the state would be better off could /.
appropriate double what # is now expending
tions to advance the claims of each OF more
Importance than these however, are the pri
mary, grammar and high schools of the State
The equipment Of these should be better; tht
teachers more numerous. better paid and more
efaeient The school funds of the State have
not been properly apportioned Too much has
not been given to any branch, but too much in
proportion has been given The institutions
OF higher learning have received more in pro
portion to that received by the others.
The VfrginIan would advise the finance com
raittee 10 consider thts question carefully; Il
make up their minds 10 make larger appro
priation for the common schools of the State
and to bear that decision in mind throughout
the meeting SO that appropriations can be made
tor other purposes with the end In view OF in.
creasing that for the primary and grammar
schools of the State
USELESS GIVING
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-17

very easily carried too far. Moreover, the or
ganization furnishes misers with excuse, and
hypocrites with covering. II one has sense
one can exercise IT in his own sphere. and does
not have to join a society for useless giving In
order TO give useless advice
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-17
Local Question.

This is local option question, and every
State must determine for itself whether or not
it desires woman suffrage, We repeat that II
majority Of the voters OF Virginia should de-
clare themselves in favor of suffrage for both
sexes, without discrimination. should ac-
quiesce in the will of the majority cheerfully
as possible. But we protest against having such
a measure forced upon the Old Dominion by
other States in the Union.-Newport News Times
Herald.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-17

ordinary interest In tho proceedings.
owing to tho fact that he WIS patron
of the resolution introduced In the
last senate calling for the drafting
of the appropriation bill In advance
of the meeting OF tho general as
sembly.
Sessions Of the committee ara being
held in tho senate chamber. They
were public last night and II II UNDER
stood that tho committee will con.
tinue tho open-door policy.