Evening star., 1939-08-20

toward repairing her spent forces says
The Star of August a.
'"'.''9, o"'> 1889, might very wisely
ror rofms be initiated by half dozen
Suggested of her sister common
wealths. The last Legislature author
lied commission to devise means for
booming the State and inducing imml-
grafton. The result is a correspondence
between the commissioner and some par
ties in Sweden. which looks to the I'M
portation of a number of Swedish col
onists, who are to settle upon the farms
deserted by native Vermonters and to
try to make a living out of them by
pursuing the thrifty methods to which
they have been educated The newcom-
ers will have to be helped at first, as
they will be poor people and the present
owners of the land will have to collect
their pay by small installments. But
even with these preliminary drawbacks.
the scheme is undoubtedly shrewd one
It can be appreciated especially in this
neighborhood, where Virginia and
Maryland are teeming with farms that
are going begging for purchasers at very
cheap prices
"Whatever his personal views on the
subject of female suffrage may be- says
The Star of August
Constitutions l6, 1889. no lntelh-
OF New Stotes gent we'll Wisher of
the new State of
Washington can fail to congratulate her
on the defeat of the proposition to admit
to popular vote as an amendment to her
constitution a clause conferring the bal
lot on women 1t is the common fault
of governments, made to order, as it
were, that their constitutions are over
loaded with matters not forced upon the
attention of the people through the les
sons of experience and not positively es-
sential to the working OF complete
organization. Then comes period of
repeal agitation-a dangerous ordeal for
any popular government to pass through,
because it means weakening OF public
respect for the organic law. 1t is far
better to let a new State constitution
contain too little than to try to stuff
too much into it. If more clauses are
needed later they can be added at will,
without violating the sanctity that ought
to surround the instrument which makes
the State possible. A finer illustration of
this principle could not be found than is
afforded by the Constitution of the
United States, which would in these days
be considered far from exhaustive in its
treatment of the topics raised in the con-
vention that framed it."
1.-The old story of the landsman who
pitied the sailor in a storm, while the
sailor was wondering
No One Sofe how the landsman could
From Harm possibly live through
such fright as gale
on shore must give him." says The Star
of August II, 1889, "is recalled by the
accident that occurred last evening in
Grand street, New York. If there is a
place in the world where person would
be justified in supposing himself safe, 1t
is there, especially at an hour when the
neighborhood is thronged with people.
With no cyclone dislodging chimney
bricks or ripping the boughs off trees,
with no lightning swapping its threaten
ing lash in the air: guarded by the pres
ence of the crowd from footpads, with
firm sidewalk to tread on, and having
no occasion to tempt fate by venturing
across the track of the horses in the
middle of the street, why should not any
Of the hundreds of men and women
passing and repassing McCabe's crock
cry store have considered himself be-
yond the reach of harm? And yet,
without warning, comes terrific ex-
plosion, shattering the flying glass with
such force as to inflict serious wounds on
nearly 80 persons. The argument so dis
interestly urged by insurance agents that
there is no time and no place where one
is free from danger Is well exemplified
by the Grand street casualty"