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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-04
MAYOR IS GUEST OF
SEAMEN'SI INSTITUTE
Enthusiastic Over Work for
Sailors Ashore and
Promises Aid.
HOME NEARLY PAID FOR

t1dnund T. Baylics. president OF tho
seamen's Church Institute. gave .
luncheon there Yesterday for Mayor
Mitchell. Collector o. the Port Dudley
Field Malone. Dock Commissioner r. a
c. smith ami "A dozen or so other
guests and asked them to help him give
the sailor ashore n square deal. Then
NJ. Raylies showed the officials througr
the institute.
When .he guests had travelled all
house 30 clipping oflc, Mr Malon"
turned 20 Nj Baylies ard said enthu-
siasticallv
"In 90 everything I can. officially
and otherwise. TO help this sort of -
place along.'
Mayo Mitchcl sa 4 he hadn't sus-
pected the city held 20 admirable an
establishment.
The building and M equipment are
. so good and 50 well administered as TO
be a Il stinct public asset" said the
Mayor Il Will he!p ~ any way | can
find.
=, n.,od ,,,, op,y a
)" "''' N'
quarter million OF IN" hu 'd'hE '"S''
! which WIS Si.liO.O00. remains 10 he
go. -, ,nt. ,,,r-.r million 100000
is pledged iu two git, Of $4,000
eacn - that, really orb Sl'".Op'
L, needed to square everything. Ine
! name. Of tle two persons who haNo
I pledged s5o.oo0 each are withheld Tor
| the present a., their own wish
Ncnr,y Everything in the place : a
= II from SON. one. I'm Orde- to carry
nut the inat.tutc's policy II CON
: u.uornting each elf, even the chape'
chairs ar, utilized. Five dollars pays
,or ono of tl.s. chairs and a small
nro,zc plafe l. operly Inscribed. is nf-
ava r.. =, 10 ~srnalz. the -ft
~. u.yll,s e,,c his luncheon in the
,,,-.,,I.. lads room where tho Young
sasr. -..ru.ry -.~,mau-ulp may study ot
,i,, .,,'. IN b,',.ds-thev are mpst't
S,, Tri,,ir ana vhern the mody.. 81
.,rtrg r,,f arc kcpt. Slc. , model !
.rc institutes teuu'r. the j. lio'k'f nam
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'FIDELIO" AT THE OPERA.
Vine. kurt u-nri tor u First
Time ~.

l;'.tuoN"u's 'f1d"'i" NJ i'i"'i"d o.
. Metropolitan opera b"u'" "~' eve
nin- IN" interest 81 IA" "''hs'"" "E
In The APPEARANCE OF Nn' huFi as
L'oH"r' aud H "a s'''h"'ll ""Ii'' III
that OF W. S"ihhn'h ~ fi"'' >'"'. ~
The tru"rs imr"rs"n't "l moi 'l''' nee
Zee said i'""tho'"nH h"r" d. NOS {
hishly important %pet,onhse HIs one
SCENE j. short a'd even tu II "a" N-n'o
Of the fiithful VIC domit1ts N'.
S.mbteh was "nti'elr A'r"p'hhI' IN 'hlH
role. which can easily he transformed
mt" e '" h"n ''l'
ON ia" other haunt L'oho'' Is on"
~ which f'w d''mNti" sopranos nave
bc'n brilliantly successful. rev nav"
holly failed o. IL. for the eh"1ac''i
'ts"lf excite. sympathy ami inns hlon"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-04
O K. ON SUFFRAGE AND SUNDAY
New Jersey N~ethodtsts Also In
dorsc Local option.

ATLANTIC CITY. y J., March 3-Bily
sunday and woman suffrage both re
cniyod uululN0ri Endorsement AT "a"
~.yer;v-uiuth annual conference of the
Methodist Episcopal churches opened
here today. Local option also was of
Hc.aIly approved The ministers and lay
men attending he conference arose en-
uasse when the name u IHllv Sunday
vas mentioned AVID "h,ored "n'hns'as-
tf,aliy.
Il pray for tac inc whom the So.
called 400 shall produce an evangelist
-ad Dr W. Y k,ll. editor ~ TIN"
lf,tLudt,t R.Jo.lr. THEY are so t1'
the o0l, class OF pcopl" that raE NOT
urodueei one. Personally ! hclieve any
method tha' would wn SOU - ia" right
one Ministers should hccom" cvaug'l.
SITS I'm ,nrir own 'hur,h"~-the rrcatc'
the variety of evauGcllsts the greater
$3.50. variety Of converts
Onicers elected wor" The Rev Mel
Vile Suylrr. conference secretary the
Hty. Walter shaw, conference stat.s-
,iCnu. and TIE Rev De wit cobb. CON
fr' ruDc treasurer.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-04
SYMPHONY CLUB HAS PICTURE DRAMA OF
LARGE ATTENDANCE SLAVERY PRESENTED
Annual Concert This Time in
Aid Of the Polish Relief
Fund.
RECEIPTS TOTAL $1,000

Tho symphony Club Of New York,
composed OF amateur musicians, gave
~ annual concert yesterday afternoon
In Aeolian Hall. this time for the benent
n, the American Polish Relief Com
nit.ee. David Names conducted the
concert and the soloist was Ernest
schelling. pianist, who played Chopin's
concerto in r minor and Paderewskrs
eantasie poionaise, with The accom-
paniment Of the orchestra. The orches-
trail numbers were Beethoven's Coriolan
overture and the saraoande and gavotte
nom Grieg's suite for strings. opus 20.
The concert was listened to by a large
and enthusiastic audience and the re-
ceip,s were $4,000.
In addition to the regular members Of
m. symphony Club there were players
from the New York symphony and
philharmonic orchestras, The men,
hers of the orchestra we're as follows:
vioiin.-Mlss Gertrude Field. concert
n.Lster. Mrs W. q Bisssiis Mr.. William
Frederick Ehinelander. Brown, Miss An
.olnette Burke. Mrs. Nathan clark. Miss
Emily Gilbert. Miss Helen Morgan Htfnll-
on Mrs. John \ Hartwell. Miss Florence
Kimbsll, Mrs. Ferdinand Kuhn, Nlis, Eliza
beth f.asceil. Miss Louise Marshall. Mr..
gori. Marches. Miss Eleanor MAY. Mr..
NeNander c. Morgan Mrs James Murph,,
M.:s selma Pe'N MIS- Tco-r. pr'InI, obS Mi
Mr.. Theodore Roosevelt. Jr. Miss Edna
Buppel Mrs. &C. S~teinhauser, Miss lean
Mary Hsvt Wiborg Miss Alice. Wilson; Mrs
rhroop NJ Wilder. Miss Mildred Wool
Violas-Mls. Elsie Smith. Reber johnson,
Bertram Simon.
ceiios-Miss Edith OTIS. Miss E;hel Lee
elias Bronstcin.
Bass-Morris Cherkasky.
Among those IT. the audierce WEI,
VINE. Marcella Semhrich, Miss Callen'
der, honorary president OF the sym
phpnv Club Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hark'
ness Flagler. Miss DE Forest. III. Joht
Hartwell, Mrs. J. Fred Tams. Mrs
j. I. d. Lanier. Frederick II. Baldwin
Marshall II. Keruochan. Mrs HeIber'
t. Satterlee. Miss Florence Rhett. Mrs
". Rathbone Bacon. Mrs. henry Il
Hyde, Mrs. II. II. HOLSTER. Mrs. Middle
ION 5. Burrill, Miss Louise Sands. Mrs
\ Murray Yours, Mrs. W. rie.soi
Hamilton. Mrs. Charles B.. Alexander
Mrs. Burke Roche. Mrs. william NJ
. POLK. Miss Greta Torpadie. Mrs. Charlie
Il Ditson. Mrs. Charles Devello La
'hrop, Mrs. Paul Il. Cravath, MISC Anni'
b Jennings, Mrs. William jay Schiefe
lin. Mrs. Howard Van Sinderen, Mrs
lanes Bryne. Mrs Henry L. Dawson
MIS-. John Henry Hammond. Miss Flea
or Blodgett. Miss Caroline !. MorglI
md Mrs. william V. s. Thorne.
During the afternoon programme
we're sold by Mrs. Harold Barclay. Mrs
Ellis Norman Miss Eleanor Lomso.
and Miss Audrey Osborn.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-04
NO PRINCE IGOR" THIS SEASON
DcIn, ~ Arrival Of Ch"r"s causes
thungr of Prog anime

owing to the delay Of three weeks
due II the war m thc arrival from fu-
rope Of the chorus of the Metropolitan
opera company IT has been impossible
TO provide for the satisfactory prcpara-
ton of Borodine's prince Igor" this
season. IN this opera the chorus rs or
unusual importance and Mr.. Gatti-
Cnsazza has therefor" decided to post
pone it, first production in New York
uutil next season. In lis stead he VIII
make "A revival of Mascagnis Iris
which has not been heard since The sea
son Of 1P07-0s. II win be conducted by
Mr. Tosrnnini and TN" principal roles
win 10. sung by Mis-. l'ori ard Nessrs.
! IIOtta. Scott and bldur,
Two symphonic concerts will be given
in Aprii at the Metropolitan under Mr.,
| Toscauiui's direction,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-04
ino for subway WORK ir"n'
kpIcLcrbockc or bread Iinr.

Work WIS found yesterday for NOR"
than lao mon from the knlckerhocIer
bread Zine When the men reached tho
ahcllor house Al l&J West Forty-frst
stree, they found plaCardrd Oh the door
q sign which sad. MEN able n Wiling
to 1.li lie pick and shovel for N.73 a
la, may register tu the rear OF this
budding. Must ho citizens
Nearly Loo mcu wcr" iu line when
the shelter house Wa opened al 2 o'C'o'k
and iuu ~ them registered in reply to
the aunuuu cement ar those less than
oUu ullcl the conditions lild down by
T. Mccormick, foreman for the RAPID
Traus't Construction Company Idrnti-
ncst.ou cards were given to them and
they were promptly accepted by the con
strueiiou company subject 20 proof OF
tho,r citizenship and examination as Ia
thrlr physical ability.
There were lUi women VI the line.
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NOTES OF THE SOCIAL WORLD

Ms Orme Wilson will give a dinner,
.'No"ed by musiN. thu evening ~ her
ono 3 East SiSty-fourth street.
TNere VIII h a meeting Of tho Taurs-
LAY Morning Sewing Class 'o-dav Al the
Ncme Of Mrs oliver Gould Jennings. :
LAST Scvonty-serond street.
There will he a dance for III" rcneAt
o. Belgian war sufferers tonight at tho
Cosmopolitan Club. ana at the Waldorf.
Astoria here will he a meeting Of the
Thursday Evening Dancing Glass.
ME- Waldo Richards will give the last
% = series OF readings this morning at
> home of Mrs John Henry Hammond,
East Nin"'N-tirst street
NJ" and Mrs.. n. Crawford Clark and
rlE OF 99l Fifth avenue are leaving
l-d for the Grccubrier, White sulphur
springs W Va, where they VII remain
''l alter Easier.
N- and Airs John ~ Mccullough Of
W East l%ortjoth street are leaving ext
'"'. 'nc Wig ia Hot Springs
I'll, weekly "Wednesday evening dance
o., /ei n' Mrs L,ndslcy rapi.n and
's ', NHIghi T. Wade was held {,
'-. Io ballroom NJ the Fillmore
80 .ch'
..- Con ..l.J Riddle, wlo returned
IH.u Beach ON Monday, is visiting
.hd M.- l',uiamin y Duke, ;he
-' o. "' hur i%4Il',, Angler T.. Duke, at
''. Ini' FIiin avenue.
Nl 'nd Mrs. Louis Livingston Sea.
h" NHp aro noV iu Florida. will make
" Charleston and Washington be,
'''' f"'H1n,'g to - Firm avenue,
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The descending crescent
ELEANOR TAYLOR ENGAGED
WIN eco Wridc of Gou,rrncur
Norris Carnochnn .Jr.

rue engagement has beer announced
OF Miss Eleanor Taylor. ouiy daughter
Of Howard TAYLOR e. Gouverncnr Mor-
Taylur wns introduced {" society TWO
yeas ago a. the noWc OF Aet father,
10 East SIXTY fourth street. MIR Taylor
having given that winter a series OF din
ncrs and dances for his daughter.
Nj ~CarporlJn - a son Us "a" hrsI
marriage OF Gouyerneur Norfls 'arno-
chan. he mother, who died several years
iKu having been Mi-~ Carrie iH.dr lgc
a daughter o. the hate Al and Mrs
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WEDDINGS.


PH~ILApELPHIN, March 3--Miss Helen
Lippincott OF Devon and J. Henry Dom
men were married to-day in the Wood
land NVcnue Methodist Episcopal
Church. West Philadelphia. by the Rev
Ir. Rayil Smith. a brother OF Mrs. W.
r. Miller g Devon, with whom Miss
lippincutt has made her home since
the death of her parents Mr.. Don
men, who has won many ribbons at
horse shows here and aroad, is q mem
her of the Chester Valley Hunt Club
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-04
DIRIGIBLE RISES lO,763 FEET,
can't. BiM Breaks Rec"r for Will
tRry Balloons.

TvrN. March 3-Capt. HHih estah-
l,shcd n nov altitude record for . m'N
tary i!riGiblc balloon ycSt".in> "h"n
at Caupalto Ia reached u h"ltht or
1898 feet . inches with the MI.
Tine .iii.il,ir Was ai"ft f"t I've and
t|hrcr-uuartor hours and descended in
excellent condition with gas and ballast
enough to- have lasted for some tlps
logger,
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pNrERsON, y j., March a William
VI. luglis, president Of lnglis & 60. silk
manufacturers, ana Miss Matilda X
Van Narcn,n. daughter Of Mrs. W. II,
Van BlaTcom, Were married to-day in
The Van Blarcom home, 36l Fifteenth
avenue. by the Rev w. r. NJ, Beale Of
Paterson, l.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-04

EAST oRANGE. y, H.. March "a
double wedding took place tO-inght at
the home of Mr. ana Mrs Harry j Drew,
North Parkway, when their daughter,
Miss Helen May Drew, was married to
Arthur DE Camp Baker and another
daughter. Miss F>"el Louise Drew. was
married to Lewis Henry Condit. Jr.
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80 Campbor S:udios
Miss Eleanor Taylor

Frederick Goodridgc of this city ana
Riverdalc. MIR c%arnochdn also h. a
grandson of the late Or JOHN NJ Carno-
chan. one ~ the most NO eel PHYSICIANS
OF his day lie was graduated from
Harvard last year, where he vas a
roommate of Miss Taylor's brother,
Geoffrey Taylor. and he rs a member of
the Union and Harvard c,ups of this
city
The wedding will take place ~ June
at 81 Clements, Conn, where Nj Taylor
has a country place.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-04
HAROLD VANDERBILT AT AIKEN
Mr. and Mrs. James 4. Burden Also
Reach Resort.

AIKEN. 6. c, March 3.-Harold Van
derhilt arrived last night at Elm Court.
he Vanderbilt home here. having com.
M from Florida. Mr. and Mrs. James
4 Burden arrived here today for III,
season. Mrs. Frank Bishop reached tn
r'y to-day 10 be the guest OF Mr. and
NJ. John Mage".
Mr.. and Mrs. George Bird -rier.
fained At a dinner last night a. VIII
.'N's, their guests Including -. and
Mr.. Valentine Mott. Miss Sophia Mot,
c. W Jewett and Prescott Netcil'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-04

CHICAGO. March 3-Fredericll l.
Brooks. - yclrs old, a Chicago lawyer,
died IN his home here to-day Iio was
operated ON December {! Mr. Brooks
vas a graduate of Hanover College and
the Kent College Of Law.
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>p,ciII 'ihir Dtypat"h 10 Tan SIS
PAris. March 3 Alexander Bern.
helm, Jr., died here to-day. II" was
born In 1899, and early in life became
Interested In art. taking a leading part
IN the movement Of The school Of 1890.
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Mr.. and Mrs, William ~ Hudnut Of
Youngstown, ohio. have announced the
engagement OF their daughter, Miss
Marjorie Iiudnut to Dr, Jasper Cogh-
Ian of Newark. y. J No date has been
set for the wedding
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..', ,o| 'aIl. n, Sotch 10 Tm ST..
''..- MARCH . Henry !.J@#c!!. MA
a. ~ 'n, Boston opera Company,
'". IouIuu to-day with the inten-
.' . sailing for the United states on
i' N' 'ut.u
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~ " -.
RANKLN-A..D4A. --.,c
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-27
PUBLIC EXECUTIONS

No doubt public executions were
originally intended as o. means of eX.
citing terror in evil-dCers and tlus
adding to the wholesome repressive
effect of capital punishment, but most
modern nations have long since
reached the inevitable conclusion
that the brutalizing effect upon the
spectators more than offsets the pos
sible gain and they have therefore
detreed that condemned criminals
shall 'be executed in private.
In Mississippi recently gallows
was erected between two hills. in a
natural anphitheatre, and several
thousand persons witnessed the hang
ing. Women and children, as well
as men are said to have focked to
the scene. Peddlers of soft drinks,
peanuts, candy and popcorn, before
and during the performance and
the whole atmosphere suggested that
OF a gala occasion. Taken altogeth.
er, this affair was almost as democrat
lzing as the recent burning of a ne.
gro by a mob in Texas, in the pres.
understanding to report-of all
ages and both sexes. For the Missis
slppi SHOW" was in the hands of the
legal authorities. Southern newspa
p2rs have excused lynchings on the
ground that the authorities were DOW.
erless to resist the mobs, but no such
plea can be entered in extenuaton
OF a legal execution So staged that
the hldeous spectacle might be indel
IDLY impressed on the minds of great
crowds of men, women and children
Surely it is time for the Southern
states to follow the example set BY
the rest of the civilized world in this
particular.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-27
TIME TO ADVERTISE.

NORTH Dakota never had a more Op-
perfume time to advertise itself than
the present time. The need Of such
advertising is forcibly brought to the
front by the recent figures issued on
the 1915 census, showing an increase
of slightly over $4,000 in the state
in the past ten years.
Conditions We're never more favor
able than they are this year. The
August monthly crop report issued
by the United States Department Of
Agriculture shows North Dakota to
he the ranking agricultural state in
the Union. A composite of all crops
for the last ten-year period gives the
state percentage of 1906, the high
est of any state. Only four states in
the country average better than 40
per cent.
The winter wheat states are away
off this year. Only 2S.5 per cent of
the crop was threshed August /, as
compared with 4S.2 per cent at the
same time last year. All the winter
wheat states, particularly Kansas and
Nebraska, are away behind this sea-
son.
North Dakota will enjoy the best
harvest this season that it has had
in ten or more years. The wheat
yield will be far and away above the
yield of any other state, being esti-
mated at 100000 bushels. Rye
and flax will also be we'll over the
average.
Did ever state have more to be
proud of? Why shouldn't we toot
our horn? Now is the time to loot,
and toot, and tootand toot, until we
get a crowd around. Publicity and
advertising is what the state needs,
and needs at once More money for
extulling the resources Of North Da-
kota, and less squealing about tle
measly little appropriation of 100000
to carry on immigration work for the
next two years.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-27
The Magazines
BIG BUSINESS NO CRIME.

If we impose too great tax on any
business, whether this tax comes in
the shape of money directly paid to
the Government or of obligations and
expenses imposed by governmental
action the business cannot prosper
and must be abandoned. Therefore,
while we have a right to require that
each man shall contribute in proper
ton to his" ability and his privilege,
and that as to certain forms of taxa
ton and obligation there shall be
heavy cumulative imposition of duty
to go with market increase in fortune,
yet we must be scrupulously careful
not to damage the general prosperity.
General prosperity is conditioned
mainly upon private business prosper
ity Such private prosperity, if OBJ
tanned by swindlirg in any form, re-
presents general detriment. But it is
essential in the common interest, not
to damage legitimate private business
by either misdirected or Over-rapid &C
tivity in securing, for the public at
large or for the less fortunate among
our fellows, benefits which ought to
be secured but which can only be Sc
cured if the community as whole is
in strong, healthy and prosperous
condition. It is essential to pass pros
perity around; but it is mere common
sense to recognize that unless it ex
lists it cannot be passed around. The
wageworkers must get their full share
in the general wellLbeing; but if there
is no general well-being there will he
no share of it for NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Roosevelt in the September Metropoli-
tan sE
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-27
A GREAT LOSS OVERLOOKED

There has been published in France
list of one hundred promising
young writer's who have fallen in bat.
tic, all Of them still too young to
have reached the full flower of their
talents. This is a reminder that
death on the battlefield is robb:ns
Europe of its most virile manhood
and vastly reducing the number of
fathers of the next generation, but
is rapidly removing gifted young
men whose powers would have en-
riched the present generation. What
is to take the place of the talent
and strength that are thus disappear
ing from the fields of art science and
Perhaps the loss of this kind will
be greater in France and Italy, TO-,
development is earlier in the nations
OF Latin ancestry, but tragic sacri-
flee of abilities Of high order will
be recorded for Germany and Eng
land, as well. The future potential
tiles of a nation in the higher pu.-
suits are largely represented by its
students and In Germany
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-27
Tax Increase
at Moorhead|

'Moorhead, MINI. Aug. 26.-At a
meeting of the city charter commits
sion last night. an amendment to the
city constitution was prepared which
calls for a 15-mill tax for the general
fund and one-mill tax for the poor
fund, This is an increase Of five mills
for the general fund and the poor tax
is an entirely new issue. The ques-
ton will be put to the voters in Octo-
Der.
The city finances have been alta low
ebb since the loss Of the $4,000 liquor
revenue and despite the strictest econ
Omy and and retrenchment, the pres
ent income has proved altogether In
adequate.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-27

The parsonage toyed with her lorg.
nettc. Have you any children?" she
asked by way of introduction.
The Housewife trembled. Dared
she confess the truth, with all there
was at stake? And still she could not
lie. 1Yes!" she faltered family.
The Parsonage started, starel. and
at length burst out laughing. "Your
honesty" she protested, sis in such
refreshing contrast with much that I
encounter that, by way of showing
my appreciation, I will accept en-
ployment with you, provided, Of
course, that l shall have Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays free, with
the use of the entire lower part Of
the house at any time to entertain
company"
That evening the Housewife, in 4
snushcd voice, told her Husband of her
great good fortune. He was deeply
affected. Honesty is the best roli.
cy" he exclaimed, with glistening
eyes.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-27

early period. In consequence, some
Americans are now using crests actu
ally handed down in their families
for several centuries, to which they
have undoubted right as heirlooms, il
not as a sign OF superior caste.
On the other hand, there are Amer.
ican families, frequently the newly
enriched, with no known background
in the past, that display crests to
watch they have no historic right and
which they have boldly appropriated.
A wealthy American Of the name of
Blank, for example, discovers that
the records in the English college of
herlldry certify that representatives
Of the English family of Blank are
entitled to a certain cOat-Of-arms,
whicn is described and pictured in
full. Our Mr.. Blank secures a draw
ing, brings it home, has his dies
made, stamps his stationery and pei
haps even his books, has his silver
engraved. the panels of his carriage
painted, seals his letters with an en-.
graved ring, and displays ais Dor
roWed glory in every other way that
has 'Deen devised. The English col.
lege Of heraldry exists as an official
largely in order to prevent
such frauds and protect the genuine
pOssessors of armoral bearings in.
tehir rights. That the proposed Am
eTican college of heraldry" was dis
posed to be mucn more broad mind.
ed and even extremely liberal Gor
the sake Of business) was made quite
plain by the announcement of one of
the promoters, who was quoted as
saying that "lots of Americans are
using titles to which they have TO
".ght, but we shall not expose them;
we shall attack no one" AS an invi-
tation to further fraud and an indi.
rect announcement of readiness to
furnish a good moneys worth to the
ambitious with only money to offer,
nothing could have been better.
The only value of an inherited
coat-of-arms in America is the testi-
fication of titled or otherwise distin.
guished ancestry, and such value can
not he acquired by appropriation eth.
er directly or Through the purchased
aid Of an expert in the business of
such piratical transfers. Deliberate
appropriation of this sort is even
more heinous than common theft, be
cause the practice tends to cast sus
picion upon rightful possessors of
armorial bearings, as we'll as upor
the frauds themselves, a skeptical
public having no means of distin.
between the two.