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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-07-03

came for that length of time this trip
but extended the season three weeks
owing to the fact that Honolulu liked
George Webb and liked his players.
He may find business so good during
the winter season that he may decide
to once more lengthen his stay and
defer his proposed trip to the Orient
until later in the spring. Should he
bring such line of shows as he has
presented this trip he can commence
figuring right now on at least another
IL weeks engagement.
within the Law" probably was the
strongest presentation of the saasOn.
1t was the opening bill and Mr.. Webb
states that he will endeavor to secure
something equally as strength Dossi-
BILE stronger-for his opening number
in December. .. ~
Another thing that Mr.. Webb prom
Uses upon his return is to have a much
stronger company. Weak spots will
be removed and better actors or ac-
tresses secured in their places A
Juvenile lead" of ability will also be
numbered among the company
." pay VII "SbD al
ready has in mind for his winter sea
son might be mentioned Fought and
Paid For" The Sauaw Man." Officer
$685. and, THE Typhoon."
The Biiou management is we'll salts
fled with the engagement of THE
Players" as is Mr.. Webb, although
the latter will not take away from
Honolulu the amount of money that he
might had he been less insistent that
detail in the production of plays be
given the most careful attention. No
expense was spared to the end that
every scene should be true to the
mainland production. In this Mr.. Webb
scored big success. His, scenic eff
fects could not be improved upon
in Honolulu at least. 1t is only to
be regretted that he cannot afford the
expense Of bringing with him eff
cient help for behind the scenes work
This has been the weakest SPOT dur
ing the engagement. Either the local
management should insist on better
work on the part of their stage hands
or else should turn the direction
of the stage over to the management
of the visiting company.
The Players" will close their Homo
lulu engagement tomorrow night with
Within the Law, the bill with which
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On the whole the Colorado Legislature

On the whole the Colorado LEGISLATURE
has come pretty well through the spe-
clal session called to deal with problems
growing out OF the mine strike. The
wilder element has done its best to start
trouble. but in the long run every at
tempt TO penaliae the enforcement OF
law and order has been emphatically
voted down. and finally the approprla-
ton or 100000 has been made to pay
the militia whose service was rendered
necessary by the riotous conduct of the
strikers. However, the resolution which
has passed the Senate asking President
WILSON to keep the Fede raj troops in
the State until the strike Is settled Is a
sign OF weakness OF which the State
should be ashamed. 1t 10 tho duty of
Colorado to uphold her own laws and
maintain order. II IL cowardly eva
sion to call on the FEEDER al Government
to do this except In a moment OF crisis.
Instead Of displaying the futility in
volved In such petition the Legislature
should endeavor 10 inspire Governor
AMMoHs with courage and resolution
and should give him the fullest means
Of controlling the situation with the
resources Of the State
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The N,ce,,e. Of tn. National, Game.

To TIE EDITOR TIE SuH---Sir: In all
seriousness. II is good news for those who
are suffciently interested In the great ma.
tional game to attend games at the Polo
Grounds to learn that tho holder of tho
concession for the privilege OF selling pea
nuts. cigars. beverages chewing gum and
various other luxuries which are necessary
concomitants to baseball games has in
stalled a barber chair beneath tho grand
stand. and every day before they will be
permitted to take out their wares the ven
tiny to satisfy their manager that their sp
pesrance will be In keeping with the high
class OF people they will be called upon o
minsle with during the afternoon.
II the holder Of the concession adheres to
his plan thus TO inspect and beautify his
staff It 10 obvious that the patrons OF the
grand stands at the Polo Grounds will no
longer be panied with the unkempt appear
ance of some of the peanut and beverage
vendors who hrmly pressed their wares
upon you and requested you to buy.
Many times have l heard folks at the
grounds remark that they thought the
trenchant blade would do good service on
the boards Of some OF the vendors. Appar.
emily II the concession holder does not
change his mind we shall not see any moro
boards at the Polo Grounds except well
trimmed boards, Each vendors face will
be as smooth as silk, tho stubble having
disappeared. Il. AN
NEW YORK, May Is.
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The Yellow Peril I'm Russia.

The influential Noroe Vrempa Of st
Petersburg demands exclusion Of the
Chinese from Russia by laws similar TO
those in force in the United States
Hitherto the Chinese have swarmed into
Russia without let or hindrance. In
energy and thrift the moujiks. and for
that matter the men Of the city, are no
match for them. This the Russian au-
thorities are beginning to be concerned
about.
The question is no longer whether
Manchuria shall he virtually annexed
the war with Japan halted that en-
terprise-but whether the industrious
Chinese shall overrun Siberia and In
considerable numbers invade Russia In
Europe. The population Of China is
more than twice as great az Rus
sia's, so that economically there is a
real Yellow Peril for Russia. In course
Of time, as China acquires a modern
army and navy to support her preten-
sions as world Power, the peril will
take on more sinister aspect-Russia
always thinks in terms of military
force. As yet the industrial Yellow
Peril is not overshadowing. but the fact
that 1t IL being discussed in the press
indicates that there may soon be a re-
sort TO legislation to check II.
There seems to be something unreal
In Russia, whose people multiply %
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The Intellectual Titan OF Tcxarknns.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN--Sir: Sem
ator Morris Sheppard of Texas told the
Senate Judiciary Committee that IL his
constitutional amendment TO prohibit the
manufacture and sale Of alcoholic bev-
erages were adopted Il would in no way
interfere with the rights Of the States
He said II would empower the Federal
Government TO enforce prohibition "in
concurrence and only In concurrence with
the States" and then added that those
States which have no laws against the
traffic and desire no laws against II, have
not the right to harbor 30 frightful a
menace 10 the happiness and prosperity
Of the nation. Under this amendment no
State will be deprived of the power to
legislate against the traffic."
Mr.. Sheppard once made speech In the
House in which he said:
A man Is. as Il rule. immature. unripe
.allow, vealy. verdan' sappy. bumptiou,
hat blind and grass green until he reaches
the age OF 10.
Mr.. Sheppard says in his autobiography
that he was born May rs, 1876. He has
given his own explanation Of his remark
able double barrelled and contradictory
explanation OF the Constitution. He is
not vet 10. p.
New YoHK. May 49,
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REMINDER or NINE. CARRENO.
Admircr Rates New York Recitais ss
Notable Events.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir: An
article In THE SUS OF Sunday. May g..
the purpose OF which was, as stated. ito
enumerate the important features of the
concert season. made omission Of the
name OF Nine. Teresa Carreno, who cele-
brated the fiftieth anniversary Of her first
appearance on the concert stage last year
This event was honored by ovations all
over Europe at her Jubilee recitals."
great musicians vying with the public in
according her honors. Here the event has
been passed over In silence.
Nine. Carreno came to us this year, as
Boston paper puts II. with her art un-
Impaired by time. which rather has added
mellowness and increased introspection
and embellishcd her technique" After
two recitals in New York, dazzling per-
formances with orchestra, of the Tschai-
kowsky. GrIeg and Mcdowell concertos,
tho last her never failing tribute to her
pupil. our American composer whose
music she has done more to make known
both here and In Europe than any other
living person. can New York afford not
to give its tribute to her?
The entire omission OF her name from
the list OF important features of the sea-
son" Is going n step too far. Not that
anything the critics can say will affect
the real fame of this great artist, but to
those of us who love Justice their mex.
plicable attitude cannot fail to bring In.
dgnation. A MUSICIAN.
NEW YonK, May IS.
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CatcIaw and Cactus.

From Ne GdlGeSfOn NeUs.
Catclaw and cactus are thick in the pasture,
that sun blistered section OF rocks and
dry grass;
The fat little prairie dogs sit by their bur.
rows and rasp out shrill warnings as
we gallop past.
Up In the blue sky the buEzards are soaring;
startled jackrabbit, with fear In his
breast
Decamps like 4 streak through the brush
scattered widely-the fauna and nora
that mark the great West.
dle--the Shaping OF brush against
weather worn chaps;
The smell of wet, horse--the sound Of his
hoofbeats-the Jingle OF spurs and the
creaking Of straps,
Your cities seem nothing but dens of cor
puption, for here steady breezes blow
sweet without rest.
Just give Inc horse and some square miles
OF pasture, and leave me at peace far
out here In the West.
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A Bene hcent League.

Recent bulletins Of the Department
Of Health promise success In the hith-
ertO but too unequal battle against dis
ease and death.
We. learn that the physicians COM
posing the Committee on Public Health
Of the New York Academy Of Medicine
have commended theInew Commissioner
on HIS enlightened and progressive ac-
ton in the control Of diseases arising
from social, vocational and industrial
conditions. They advise as follows:
Administrative control should make
compulsory tho employment of suitable
preventive measures such as the use OF
respirators by those exposed to dust and
the introduction OF adequate ventilation
systems In all factories where the work.
men are exposed 10 noxlous fumes
"other corrective measures must be
educational. Those handling paints, dyes.
oils. varnishee. pigments. toxic metals, SC.
must be taught the necessity OF personal
cleanliness. OF the need OF washing OF
hands and bodies. especially of the parts
stained and exposed to these substances.
THE public should be taught the dan
gers of Inadequate protection of the body
and the need OF providing suitable cloth
ing against sudden temperature changes
Especially should the public be taught the
injurious effects OF overeating, particularly
the dangers of excessive heterogeneous foods
Imeats and eggsl. It should be taught the
evils arising from immoderate use OF all
forms Of stimuants. including alcohol.
teas and coffee.
AN active campaign on the part OF the
Department OF Health directed especially
toward instruction OF the public in mat
ters OF personal hygiene by means Of
tracts, pamphlets and lectures would have
a definite influence In securing a diminu
ton OF the morbidity and therefore even
tually of tho mortality of the cardio-renal
and vascular diseases"
These physicians are prompted by
altruistic motives which operate di-
rectly against their material interests,
because the prevention OF disease de-
priyes them OF the largest source Of
their incomes. The Health Dcpa rtment,
following this advice. proposes to issue
100000 condensed cards of instructions
as TO how disease may be avoided.
which are to be printed IN four Ian.
guages on a cardboard folder OF con.
venient type to be carried In the pocket
This will be distributed In the tene.
ments by nurses, sanitary policemen
and by mail to charitable and nursing
associations. Two large life insur.
ance companies have kindly agreed 10
help distribute the circulars during the
summer before the usual seasonal dis
eases appear"
This beneficent league. consisting on
the one hand OF altruistlc men
prompted by humane motives, and on
the other hand OF business men
prompted by prospective saving OF pre-
MUM payments, utilities the Depart
ment Of Health, which guards the In
terests of both.
The results cannot fail to be Of enor.
nous advantage to the people.
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The Professional and Political Value Of .
Trained Voice.

rum inc 4hcuttVf HetoFu
Lawyers, clersymen and doctors all fail
to secure the influence with the people with
whom they come In contact because OF In
ability 20 express their thoughts IN an I'm
pressve way. Had the voice been trained
tho Same as the eye and the intellect had
the exterior qualities been trained to express
like the voice the bet and the clearest facts
they would all have been successes. A noted
revivalist who screamed and yelled his
thoughts In the most vociferous way. dis
gushing some and frightening others. won
dered why he did not make a more pro-
found impression. The real fault was his
habits and his discordsnt bron-
chisl and nasal tones. The melodious voice
OF Henry Clay always charmed his audience
everywhere, Wherever he went people
hocked to hear him. while the heavy bass
tones OF Daniel Webster failed to attract.
and actually drove people away. They pre-
ferred TO read what he had to say. but
wanted personally TO hear clsy's pleasing
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THE inefficient SCHOLAR.
Power OF Action Psralyzed by Excess
OF Rene etion and Emotion.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sh. To-
night read the following. and its slngu-
lar appropriateness to AN existing con-
diton struck me:
out of 2i6 men and women that
Shakespeare has created. Hamlet Is the
only scholar, and at the Same time the
only character, that brings about the
final tragedy by inactlon. Did the great
dramatist mean nothing by this combina-
ton of scholarship and inefficiency? Did
he not mean TO say that there was an
education that did not educate. a culture
that ministered TO the reflective and
emotional faculties. but, leaving the will
nsccid and impotent, rendered prompt
action impossible? Dryden describes
Hamlet when he makes one of the char
acters in The Conquest of Granada say:
I scarcely understand my own intent,
But. siikworm like, so long within have
wrought
That am lost In my own ne. Of thought.
Men Of this type. and they are usually
teachers, writer's, boohInen, men OF seden-
tary life, cannot do because they see so
many possible ways OF doing"
NEW YORK., May 10. LIT.
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secretary Daniels Called to Account.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: BY
what right does Secretary Josephus
Daniels deny the protection of the Ameri-
can navy to American citizens engaged in
business In Mexico? The Americans who
were left in the lurch at Tampico were
reputable business men they were in
Mexico Tor legitimate purposes and en-
titled to the fullest protection from our
ships. II Is none OF the Secretary's con-
Germ what their errand was. so long as II
was peaceable. 1t was his business to
protect them that is still his duty toward
such OF our citizens who are still In the
danger zone on the seacoast. II he can't
protect them he ought TO resign and make
room for some one who can.
X. NJ. ELIsH.
AMHERsT, Mass, May IL.
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DevitaIizIns Dinner COMPANY

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN--Sir: I
note the letter OF your correspondent who
finds that his better nature asserts itself
after he has been diverted by some humor-
Gus reading before his evening meal The
reading stimulates his appetite, and after
his dinner or supper he feels well all the
evening.
on this score, may I ask whether am
possessed or an idiosyncrasy in not caring
to entertain company at an evening meal:
1t seems TO me that vitality seems low
at an hour when one has had a more or
less strenuous business day, and the
thought of entertaining and thus using
energy of brain not needed In the COM
forts of ones own family environment,
TO such degree Of exertion. Is "A practice
initiating against ones health.
A QUEsrroNER.
New York, May 16.
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sELIGMAN GIFT DEDICATED.
Memorial Drinking Fountain tor
children In Park IL Presented.

4 drinking fountain for chliGreI.
provided by the late Alfred Lincoln Sells
man, was dedicated yesterday in Morn
ingsde Park, opposite Hath street, Mr.
Selgman was greatly Interested in child
welfare and was vice president of the
National Highways Protective Society
Frederic r. Coudert president OF the
society. presented the fountain 10 the CITY
Yesterday. and Frederick Brown. secretary
to Park Commissioner Ward, accepted ne
gift IN the absence OF his chief
The fountain Is a handsome affair rep
rosent!ng n bear standing on rock ~"
looking wistfully at fawn retreatinG
into cave, There are a number OF bun
blers from which children may drink
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young man walks up 20 police
man, says he Is afraid he'll kill himself
and hands over a revolver. Instantly
he faces a charge OF felony with a pros
pect of a five year sentence TO State
prison. And this is not In Gilbert and
sullivan opera; II is an incident of the
day before yesterday in New York. II
may happen to-day or tomorrow 10
any one who Is even temporarily or acct
dentally in possession of weapon. Is
not this the very extravaganza and ex-
cess OF law, law gone mad law reduce
Ing Itself to an absurdity and stlmu-
latlng a rambling spirit of hatred and
opposition in every right minded person?
Yet. like many another vicious en-
actment, having once been put on the
statute book In "a moment of hysteria.
without reflection or calculation of
consequences. II seems impossible now
to get rid Of II. Every one seems TO he
afraid to fight for repeal lest ho should
be regarded as favorng the criminal
use OF arms.
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How many people living in New York
know that within its present limits there
are at least thirty dwelling houses,
churches, inns and taverns that were
built before 1900? The most cclebra ted
OF these Interesting relics everybody Is
supposed to be familiar with, but we
think that the Bank OF the Manhattan
Company has put all who are not anti.
quaries under an obligation by assem-
bling in tastefully printed and hand
somely illustrated pamphlet the thirty
buildings that were standing at the
date Of its own incorporation in
1909.
These precious relics are widely scat
tered over the now great area Of New
York, but in addition to st. Paul's
Chapel and Fraunces's Tavern there are
three buildings in the old Dutch dis
trict within hail from the Battery that
date back to the eighteenth century,
and that are not generally known to
be surwvals. They are No. Z State
street, built in the last years Of the
century, and now the home Of the Mis-
sion Of Our Lady Of the Rosary; the
Eastern Hotel, at the corner Of White
hall and South streets. built before
1880, where ROBERT FULTON and DANIEL
WEBSTER, Commodore VANDERBILT, z. +.
BARNUM and JENNY LIND used to stop;
and No. Al Cherry street, the old brick
John Latham house, which has stood
since 17S6.
One has to travel several miles north
of the Latham house before finding the
next old building on Manhattan Island
that appears on the list. II Is not one
of the famous relics, like the Junel
mansion, and now II has the back
ground Of gas tank. The Jeremiah
Towle house was built before 1875
and may be found near the end Of
the greensboro Bridge at Sixty-first
street If 1t was originally the stable
to PETER VAN SAINTS manor house
it afterward became popular tavern,
and in 1880 the residence Of JEREMIAH
TowLE. Only three blocks away is the
Schermerhorn farmhouse (1747), at the
foot of East Sixty-fourth street and
near Jones's woods. A little further
on. at East River Park and Eighty
eighth street, one comes upon the fine
old mansion overlooking the waters at
Hell Gate. where ARCHIBALD Oracle
entertained LOUIS PHILIPPE, the exile,
and played host to WASHINGTON IRVING,
who called the great ship owner ian
old gentleman with the soul Of
prince" So well preserved Is the
Oracle mansion that it's age-it was
built before 1So0-seems like decep-
ton.
The Jumel mansion, at l60th street
and Edgecombe avenue (1785). which
WASHINGTON used as his headquarters
for several weeks in ITO, the Van Cort.
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Cleaning Up the Yasd.

To TIE EpiTop OF THE sUS-S,: got
letter from friend In tho country yester-
day saying that they were cleaning up the
yard. and how did wish that could be
there to help 'em. could see them ralinx
up the dried leaves and twigs and see on
the ground the marks of the rske's teeth
as they combed II clean. And then when
they burn this raked up stun. q warm.
hasy. still day, when there's no wind stir
ring. when the smoke rises iszily and with
an odor not acnd but pungent. delightful,
keen. then you know It's spring At last.
Really. at times like this think ] must
move back into the country. where ! can
have q yard to clean In the spring.
NEW YolK. May 10, ONCE RusAL
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rapidly, protesting against incursions Of
the pacific Chinese, but looking ahead
statesmen know that in the competitive
struggle with the West the Chinese will
one day he militant, and perhaps that
day Is not very remote. The German
Emperor sounded the. alarm several
years ago, and the fact that between
Siberia and China vague boundary
runs, In some districts a trackless will
derness. makes the danger to Russia
more imminent than her Government
likes to acknowledge.
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There came three travellers to an inn.
And they were Joy and Grief and Sin.
They sat them down about the board,
And meat was brought and wine was poured.
And there from pear OF dawn eat they
Until the purple shut OF day.
When forth they Jared, were seen no more,
For Death hnd closed that hostel door
To all that knocked In peace or strife
The portal TO the Inn OF Life.
CLINTON SCOTLAND.
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The young man who was burned to
death trying TO save his invalid mother
III Brooklyn tenement house did not
I'VE In vain and his end was one that
any hero OF the tented field may envy.
The radical man and the futurist
woman may storm AZ the fabric of So
ciety all they will. SO long as the ele-
mental principles Of duty love. courage.
fidelity even to a cruel death hold sway
the world cannot he pushed off the up
ward path and humanity cannot be es-
tranged from the ideals which social
Instinct and the religious sense have
developed through the ages.