Evening Star Newspaper, August 13, 1898, Page 23

‘THE NATION'S SCHOOL } Washington's Destiny as America’s Educational Center. “STEADY GROWTH TOWARD THAT END The First President's Hope to Create a Great University. REALIZING THE IDEAL a A. Tolmen Smith, U. S. Bureau of Education, In the Independeat. Washington possesses the uniqu2 dis- tinction of being the only capital of a great nation which is morely a seat of gov- ernment. This imparts a peculiar tone to ubtie and restful, like the peace of th2 lotus land, whence men “wander no In Washington, remote from the turmoil of labor and traffic, mea throw off the spirit of their ruder conflicts, and com to the sense of their social and ideal sities. Those who lévé"the city—and who that abides therein dees not. teve it? stirs resist every effort to disturb this immaterial but satisfying eharm. That it is satisfying what stronger proof than that foreign ambassadors, who once re- garded assignment here -2s- banishment, now court the mission? It is manif>st destiny, however, that Washington shall not remain simply the seat of government. It was in the thought of the first Presfdent, who believed in the future of his namesake city when as yet it existed as only a purpos>, that it should be the seat of a natioral university; the idea has ever since been fostered, and is urged p=rsistently upon. Congress, year after year, by a zealous committee. Meanwhile our territorial expanston and the zrowing perplexity of our civil and industrial prot lems have foreed the government to under- take a class of investigations that consti- tut> a high order of university research work. The methods employed by govarn- ment e: S are in reality shaping those of many wu Tris natior all means ai preserving t versities upon the same lines. says Dr. Harris, “encourages 1 agenci2s for collacting and results of actual experience, -ordinating the same, and al form to each dual in such a fe ults in prac the re an lecaht to each indi as to 2nlighten every one who has experiments to make or even routine Guties to perf " This enlightening in- fluence is not confined to our own be European ern schoo! h would found of fact, are ing sug- stion and Information from our govern- nt bureaus— eau of labor, of edu- der: ation, of ethn 5 With good rea- son Mr. A. S. Hewitt recently declared that th> dream of a national university Is al- Teady realized at Washington It is, in that these researches of govern a limited range; they do not enter I into the realm of let- ters, art or philosophy, which alone ap- peal to the h es of the soul. Et , Washington offers unusual The best school of letters ts itAlowering of the nation’s pa: h are combined in the new , the cutflowing of the nation’s pas- sion for the ideal. Moreover, it is in the ce of the facts of human life as re- im research, @ in the presence of ideal aled or the deepest in- and effects, becomes pos- ake these of educat ises ources. ary, the inent under the already exists. It practical manner ntion of the National sociation, and along two the scientific and the es- ational Geo- it was made il- of government z-aphic knowledge. The hy- . the geological survey, the the lat ureau, the of- =tion, ete., all contributed. relief maps. weather m: ps, charts of all kinds, colored dots and lin ution of schools, of various > products, from the W the latest war maps, s scientific bureaus instruments nm by which man completes hi over nature. Experts nere in attendance to explai in extenso, as might be desired. the exhibit was Much of nove popular comprehen- sion; but no one failed to grasp the idea f seventy millions of that the government o! people has a deep interest in man’s phy: {cal environment. For fhe teacher the exhibit reinforced that saying of the com- mittee of fifteen: Geography “1s not a sim- ple science by Itself, like botany or geol- ogy or astronomy, but a collection of nees levied upon to describe the earth as the dwelling place of man, and to ex- plain something of its more prominent features.” At the new was arranged library a special meeting for the art department to hear Mr. Bernard Green discuss the art moti in its decorations. As superin- tendent of the building he had seen every and detail unfold. He knows the ing of each, and its relation to the Impossible to repeat the ¢ the tered turned away with of what is meant by stand- daptations to space, to the of light sha. nd a new convic- of what is supremely and everlastingly tiful in that noble structure. The cent spectacle of the building licht- ure, no deeper impression formal talk. is in art ents would profit ontinued for a finite purposes? . Such as study in the gov- ies ‘aris and in the ‘urope. It is, not and agant notion that rships might be i to enable students of great prom- take just such exercises. Second, We hear much of the teaching sm; but certainly no more ef- means could be devised than to bring the common school teachers once in their lifetime to the national capital. The late convention showed what and how the influence would work. Teachers came to Washington ax they had gone to Denver, to Buffalo and Saratoga; but the moment they were in it and saw the stars and stripes floating from a thousand points, and the Washington monument lifting its gleaming shaft to the azure sky, and the Deautiful Capitol dome rising above the leafy trees, a new sensation seized them. “Tl ts ours, it is ours!” they seemed to sey; and everything was forgotten except- teg that Washington In itself is something f.r Americans to see and te study and to understand. The Capitol was thronged and all the public buildings; ‘questions were poured out and note books filled; and, as one in high place observed, the boys ‘and gris In a thousand school houses will hear something the next time they study about to the three branches of government that will give every one of them a vivid idea of their capital city. It is a profound insight into the springs of human feeling that has led the French. republic, time and again, to bring groups of rural teachers to Paris. Our own states make annual ap- ations for teachers’ institutes; the tute for teaching patriotism, cfvil government and many forms of correla- tion would be a trip to Washington. But the educative influence of govern- is not confined to its own circle. It also, a marked effect upon local tutions. This is shown, for instance, espect to library work. Besides the work at the Congressiona! Library, numer- ous bureaus have developed unusual skill in the handling of special literatures. The Catalog of Medicat Literature, published by the surgeon general's office, is sought by specialists the world over, and the menthly bulletins of government_publica- tions are models in their way. Realizing the opportunities here presented for the abservation of this work in all its scope, Celumbian University has recently added a library course to its graduate curricu- lum, with Mr. Spofford as the head and government librarians as instructors. The government has contributed, also, in many ways to those investigations which have given a new Timpulse to psychology, and even to ethics. Child study is a nat- ural sequence to race study, which, under the fostering influence of the National Mu- seum and the ethnographic bureau, has been pushed to the extreme in this coun- try. It is in respect to the training of the defective classes that these investiga- tions promise their most tmportant appli- cations; and In this’ work the government is directly engaged through its support of the deaf mute, or, as it is now named, Gallaudet College, the only institution of its grade in the worid. The distinguished president of this college stands, as is well known, for a conservative use of new methods, advocating, with the prestige of his experience, his wisdom and his elo- quence, the advantages for the deaf mute of the “natural Ideographic language of gestures.” At the same time, through the efforts ‘of Prof. Graham Bell, Washington has become a center of effort for promoting the exclusive use of the oral method. The training of the defective classes has been a Subject of special investigation by the bureau of education since its establish- ment, and recently a specialist has been appointed for this class of inquirers. Hence two departments of the National Educa- tional Association—that . pertaining to the defective classes and that of child study— had the sense of national interest in their proceedings; and both were exceedingly practical, ami thereby very helpful in their discussion: These meetings and discussions have done much to strengthen the conviction that Washington ha: great part to play in the advancing intelligence of the nation. The day seems, indeed, not far distant when the directive power of the nation will look to Washington for its best impuises and for its highest sanctions. —____+e+ STRIKING CONTRASTS. Differences in the American, Spanish and Cuban Soldiers. Cuban Corr*spondence London Chronicle. ‘The American soldier, the private in the ranks, is magnificent. The percentage of men rejected to those accepted is unknown in any other service. The very small stand- ing army makes it possible for the men to be selected with the greatest care, both as regards their physical, moral and intel- lectual requirements. Of every hundred men who seck enlistment, ninety of them are rejected, which insures the accepted ten being very narrowly picked over. Even now, when the emergency required the reg- iments to be recruited above the peace strength, the general average has not been | much reduced, and the recruit who knew nothing of soldiering until a few weeks ago has borne fatigue as well as the seasoned veteran, and stood unmoved while the bul- lets went whistling over his head. The contrast between the American and Spanish soldier is as striking physically as it is every other way. The American pri- vate is broad-shouldered and well set up; the Spaniard is small and lithe. But the great contrast is in their intellectual status. The American soldier not only fol- lows the plan of campaign with intelli- gence, but has his own plan, which he fre- quently considers to be better than his offi- cers’. The Spanish private knows nothing of what goes on around him and has no power of compreh ion. He is simply a machine, to ebe: ause he has to, and be because he stands in very gr fear of his officers. And as interesting as both the American and Spanish soldier is the Cuban. Smaller evén than the Spaniard, living on nothing, ragged, he has brought Spain to her knees. The Cuban, of course, is a fanatic solely. I imagine that very few of the natives have any comprehension of the meaning of the word liberty, although they know very well that Spain has oppressed them, and any- thing is better than a continuance of Span- ish rule. one sees the Cubans, their through their rags, brown bodies visible their general air of neglect, he may laugh at the Cuban idea of soldiering, but he a still respect them for what they have ‘one. LIVING AERROAD. How It Happens That Americans Re- port It to Be Cheap. From Going Abroad. If a man tells you living Is cheaper in Europe than America, ask him to preve it item by item. Don’t accept as proof his statement, doubtless true, that he has spent less in a year abroad than in.a year at home. Make him go into details. If he kept hou: did he have a bathroom, with hot and cold water? Was there a range in the kitch'n? Was the house heated by hot air, hot water or steam? If it was an apartment house, did tt have an elevator? Were there sct tubs in the laundry? Ten to one you will force him to confess that in these details and others he did not have in Europe the conveniences he thinks he can not live without in America. Try him on the matter of food, and “he will ad- mit that, taking an average of all the raw materials he has bought, the European cost has not differed much from the Amertcan. Ask him about clothing, and at last he will mile triumphantly, and tell you low ply he bought a suit in London or goves in Naples; but do you demand, “How did th wear, and how did they fit?’ ‘hen he will evade again. The assertion that living abroad is cheaper then here is a half truth, deceptive and dangerous. Undoubtedly, most Ameri- cans who go abroad lve cheaper than at home, but the reason is simply that they are contented with less. From necessity or without unhappiness they dispense with many things that in America they deem Indispensable elther for bodily. comfort or to maintain social position. In New York, Philadeiphia or Beston they must dwell in the aristocratic quarter; in Paris or Berlin or Vienna it matters not where they dwell, so long as the surroundings are not squalid. Ia Rome even that matters little, and be- cause it was once a “palace,” a dirty, crumbiing tenement house may, without disgrace, shelt an American family of high degree. “It's so picturesque and so remantic, you know.” eS eee England Envious of Onur Guiiners. From the London Saturday Review. ‘The lesson of all our conflicts with Amer- ica is that the Americans, both soldiers and sailors, shot better than our soldiers and sailors, very markedly better indeed, and therefore won astonishing victories. It looks as {f the old lesson holds good today. Never have hostile. fleets been destroyed with so little hurt to the victors as at Ca- vite bay and off Santiago. g Now, what is the cause of this wonderful precision of American gunnery? Mr. Hiram Maxim writes to the papers to say that while he admires the skill of English gun- ners,-he thinks American gunners still bet- ter, and he adds: “When I was in Washing- ton several years ago the naval authorities told me that in case of war the superior accuracy of our fire would be so great as to be a most important factor in the strug- gle. Is not this accuracy due in some meas- ure to the fact that the very large guns in the American navy are trained by elec- tricity, which enables a species of tele- scopic sight to be employed, which is com- pletely Impracticable with guns trained with hand?’ Now, this seems to us to be probably the truth. Our ships were beaten by the Americans in the war of 1812-14 because the Americans had sights on their guns and we had none, and because some of the American ships had rifled cannop and we had none. But now why cannot our big guns be trained by electricity like the Ainerican heavy guns, and why can- not our guns have telescopic sights as weil as the American guns? Why cannot our soldiers and sailors, too, have as much practice in shooting as the American sol- diers and sailors? Mr. Goschen and the Duke of Devonshire wili have to see to these points, all too long neglected by our. Hornbys and Wolseley: Beards a la Militaire. From the New York Herald.~ To be in the very height of fashion this summer despite the heat, despite the fact that a man’s personal appearance is not apt to be improved thereby, you must wear a short beard. This is the very latest edict, and it Is going the rounds of the most con- sistent votaries of swelldom. Our army in the field has brought it all about. \ Shaving in the midst of a campaign ts diticult, and the rumor is that many a beardless man will come back from the front his cheeks covered with a fine hirsute adornment. - So an “army beard” is to be the thing this summer and fall. Men who are not soldiers are to adopt it quite as well. The smooth face, so fashionable for the past few months, has received quite a setback. Any sort of beard will be better than none. The long beard, too, will have its patrons, be- cause of Lieut. Hobson. Altogether this is to be a “beard year.” THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1898-24 PAGES. THE = TERMS OF PEACE Spanish Rule fn the Colonies Should Oease Abeotately. A British Opinion as to What This Country Owes Itself and the World. From the London Spectator, a ‘We are by no means to be numbered among those who think that peace is like- ly to come quickly. The Spaniards may be Perfectly sincere in their proposals and the American government are, we feel certain, sincerely anxious to end the war. Unless, however, the Spaniards conduct the nego- tiations in a perfectly different spirit from that in which they have carried on the war there will be infinite talk and infinite delay—obstinancy and irresolution, ineffi- ciency and pedantry, muddling over essen- tials and punctiliousness~ about trifles. These are, we fear, the characteristics that are likely to mark the negotiations for peace, but these are not the characteristics that make for swift and businesslike action, Unless, then, the Spanish nature has changed in the last few weeks, it would seem impossible to look for a quick release for the unhappy men at Madrid, who have behind them a people whose first thought is not to face the inevitable, but to turn their backs upon it. , America’s Duty. But though we are not hopeful about a speedy peace, we are getting near enough to the end to make it worth while to con- sider what should be the policy adopted by the United States. In our opinion, the gov- ernment at Washington will not be doing their duty To the people of the Union unless they insist upon two principles—first, that Spanish rule shali cease absolutely and furever in Cuba, in the Philippines and in Perto Rico; and, secondly, that America, ‘and America alone, shall decide what is to be the ultimate fate of the former posses- sions of Spain. Uniess these principles are.insisted on absoiutely, America may find that the war, instead of having been a blessing to the inhabitants of the Spanish co onies, has turned out a curse, and in- stead of a movement in the direction of humanity and civilization, an actual step backward. In our belief, it is alike the destiny and the duty of the two branches of the Anglo-Saxon race to govern and con- vert to civil uses the inferior races. Ameri- ca has before her a great opportunity for performing this special duty in the Philip- pines and in Cuba. She is, however, also confronted with a special temptation to shirk this duty. We believe that there is some danger of terms of peace being ar- ranged under which Cuba will be declared independent, and the Philippines be allowed to remain part of the Spanish dominions, under some scheme of autonomy approved by America. These sre terms which, of course, Spain would favor, and they would also be very agreeable to the continental powers, who are extremely jealous of American expansion, and would like to be able to say that America had not been permitted by Europe to plunder her enemy. es The Philippines. To allow Spain to continue in the islands (the Philippines) after what has hap- pened would be cruel in a high de- gree, for the Spanish are a most re- vengeful people, and would treat the men now in revolt—men who, no doubt, have committed many atrocities on the re- ligious orders in the Philippines—with ‘ter- rible severity. However many paper guar- antees were arranged to protect the present rebels, we may be perfectly certain that in six months there would again be civil war; in the Philippines. To leave Spain any 5 of taking her revenge upon the “gals would be contrary to the interests of humanity. But if Spain is not to be re- instated in some form or other, what is to happen to the {slands? The notion of grant- ing such @ population real Independence 1s } utterly, nay cruelly, absurd. It would sot be a case of a new Venezuela or caragua, but of a new Hayti. The alternative of hending over the islands to Germany or France is of course, inadmissible. The Germans keep order, no doubt; but their government of colonies is by no means cf the kind that gives them a natural right of reversion in tropical plantations. Be- sides, the Americans did not make war in order to create a colonial empire for Ger- many. The handing over of the- Philippines to England must also be struck out of the list of possible aiternatives. We do not want the islands, and if we did it would not be wise to take them. We mean the world to realize that our sympathy for, and un- derstanding with, Ameri Was not based upon any expectation of favors to come. The worid must be taught that the founda- is of the race allian have been laid upon something much stronger than self- interest. The only course that remains is for America to retain the islands under her own direct control. That is the only alt'rnative fair to the natives and con- sistent with the duty of the United States. Sg ee Rather Fight Than Talk. W. B. Curtis in the Chicago Record. At a roof garden entertainment in New York the other night there was an illustra- tion of Roosevelt's popularity and the en- thusistic spirit which possesses the people. A well-known impersonator of prominent characters introduced into his act several military features. He appears as General Miles, in the celebrated uniform, as Ad- miral Dewey and Colonel Roosevelt, dress- ed in his Kharkee uniform. When he ap- peared on the platform in this costume Monday night the audience was startled by a prolonged ki-yi-yi-yi, the war whoop of the Rough Riders, which came from a young man who sat at one of the side tables drinking beer with a party of friends and fondling a pair of crutches. Every- body arose and looked that way, and the war whoop was repeated. In less than 2 minute everybody on the roof knew that a genuine wounded Rough Rider was in the audience, and although he was only a pri- vate, they made him take the platform and tried to induce him to make a speech. But his tongue was paralyzed, and although ho might have faced the Spanish batteries without trembling, he was frightened half out of his wits by the demonstration of the audient | ee Dee oe SES Two Points of View. Frem the Chicago Daily Tribune. “I've never seen times as hard as they are now,” complained. the citizen in the broad- cloth sujt and high silk hat, grudgingly counting out $960 and handing it over to the tax collector. “It's been all I could do to raise this money. The only thing for a man to do who has any property in this town is to sell out and move away before he is taxed out of existence. If the fellows that owe me money would only—” At this point the county officer with the pen behind his ear asked him if he wouldn’t please stand aside. He was !n the way of a horny-handed, cheerful-looking citizen in a blue check shirt and brown overalls, who wanted to pay the tax on six dogs. ————+e+_____ Invented Spain‘s Rifles. Since the surrender of the Spanish forces in and about Santiago the United States finds itself in possession of several thous- and Mauser rifles, which will be held as spoils of war. The weapon % a magazine belt-gun, the invention of a German, Herr F. Mauser, and was first used by the armies of his own country. Before the Americans and Spanish forces met our army authorities knew comparatively little of the damage done by the much-discussed gun, but it is now declared that the wound made is not nearly so much to be dreaded as was expected. 0 Theories vs. Possibilities. Guban Correspondenee London Chronicle. ; -Before the American army invaded Cuba most elaborate instructions were issued as to what the men should or should not do. | Everything that was set down as danger- ous to health the men have done, simply because they had no aiternative. They Se ees e meena onl a told it was dangerous to sleep on the provides ground, and the +] An’ now the boy’ -RANDOM- VERSE, ~~ Ww They March With Grant and Lee. From the Atlanta Constifiition, It hay ned many y' ago, When Lovay hut a ionide” z grandma‘s hands two letters came ‘One winter night so, wild. I beard ner the’ letters o'er; One of my aitlon wan wit dy ne ‘uncles Was: with Grant ‘The ‘other one with Lee. te My Uncle Joseph went awa; Sar er the . Tsaw him take bis gunz)” And Uncle Jobn, too, went away That evening after tea; ‘The tetters bid one was with Grant, The other one with Lee. Long years have passed away since th "And comes that dreadful day ‘The Maine was wreeked by murderous hands. And, enger for the fray, My boys with other boys marched out heir country’s guard to be— ‘Phey march away together now And go with Grant and Lee. ‘Tis thus, though partéffor a time, Our country’s sons again A unit are ‘gainst foreign foe q On land or on the main. ‘There ts no north, there fs-no south; ‘Thos lines have ceased to be. "Tis valiant Dewey on the main; Ow land ‘tis Grant and Lee. ~J. W. MURRAY, Cripple Creek, Col. —— e+ The Brave at Home. From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The mafd who binds her warrlor's sash CANARY They Have Heavy Mustaches ‘and Are Mas- online Looking. Inveterate Smokers—The Feminine Portion of Spain’s Island Popula- tion is Not Beautiful. 3 From the Commercial Tribune. Now that Uncle Sam is in an annexing mood, who knows but that the fabled At- lantis of Plato, the Garden of Hesperides and St. Brandon’s Fairy Isle, all known to modern geographers as the Canary Isl- ands, may not soon become a part of the United States? Certainly no spot on earth offers a more curious illustration of primi- tive women. When the Canaries were conquered by Jean de Bethencourt, a Norman baron, in 1402, in the name of Juan II of Castile, they were peopled by two races which had emi- grated from the raainland. Each race had different laws, hr.bits and customs, and was possessed of matual hatred which engen- dered constan’, warfare. The inhabitants of the western Canary Islands were small, fair, energetic, brave ¥ ; : blue With smile thet well the pain dissemble: and amiable; some of them e had That while beneath her dropping lash” eyes and red hair. In Feurteventura and One starry teardrop hangs and trembles, Lanzarote they were taller, darker and Thongh heaven alone records the tear. And Fame shall never know her story, Her heart has shed a drop as dear. As e'er bedewed the field of glory! The wife who girds her busband’s sword, ‘Mid little ones who weep or wonder, And bravely speaks the cheering word, What though her heart be rent asunders Doomed nighily I ber dreams to hear ‘The bolts of death around him rattle, Has shad us sacred blood.as e'er ‘Was poured upon the field of battie! more indolent, lazily obeying their heredi- tary rulers, whether the latter were men or women. The dark-skinned inhabitants are supposed to be of Arabic or of Phoenician origin. They were conquered easily be- cause they were even more indolent than the Spaniards, and then the fairer race was subjugated. ‘Today the common type of the Canaries, of both men and women, consists of a tall frame, an elongated head, a badly chiseled nose and mouth, a large, heavy face and biue eyes. This type is universal, but the dress in every island is slightly different. Of course, the true Canary costumes are seen on these peasants, for the higher classes are entirely Spanish and European. They have no native clothes, such as the Philippians have, hence the material for their clothing is imported from Europe, and the women make up the garments in their houses. However, hats and shves are made in the Canaries. Strange to say, the men, women and children are accustomed to walk barefoot over the thorny plants, the plains filled with spiny cacti, and the burning rocks of lava, which, in a few hours, will burn and wear out the stoutest shoes. Both men and women always wear their shoes in the towns; but !f you meet them on the road, the men are invariably carrying their shoes at the end of a stick, while the women car- ry theirs on their heads. ‘The women of Tenerife wear a skirt and apron of cotton, a well-fitting bodice or- namented with large sleeves, and a fichu which ends in points both front and be- hind. The head is covered with the great- est care. A silk handkerchief is folded around the chin, and then a large woolen shawl is wrapped ¢ ané falls down below the waist behind. Above this is placed a small straw hat with a low crown, saucer-shaped, on which the bundle, jar or load of faggots is placed. The string of wool or ieather ‘around the neck must not be forgotten, for from it is suspended an amulet, blessed by the priest, and which=preserves the wearer from all darger and unseen evil. 5 Notwithstanding their feminine attire, the women of Grand Canary are entirely mas- culine in appearance. Their hair is short, the mustache which ornaments their upper lip is luxvriant, they wear a man’s hat, and they are passionately devoted to smoking The women of the Grand Canary ‘The mother who conceals her grtef, While to her breast her son she presses, Then breathes a few brave words and brief, Kissing the patriot's brow she blesses, With no one but her seeret God To know the pain that weighs upon her, Sheds holy blood as e’er the sod. Recetved on Freedom's field of honor. Sie dae From the Ranks, Rdwin L, Sabin in Puck Am I glad I come to wart Well, I reckon yes! It's what I enlisted for, You may rather guess, An’ to think, that at the train, Right before the crowd, Milly kissed me, plum an’ plain, So ft sounded joud! T'yo been a-courtin’ her Three yenr, this July. Never popped the question, or Kissed her—didn’t try. Never thought she cared for me More’n for Tom er Jack— Til at the station suddenly ‘ She gave me that big smack. : Gesh! it tock me by surprise] Jes’ the night before I wuz sayin’ my good-byes, Feetin” kind of sore; An’ when I rose up to go 1 wuz purt’ nigh dead For a kiss—but I'm go slow I shook han’'s instead. But I'm ready now to fight At my country’s call. Ain't afenred of wounds—that's rig J've been paid for ‘all. For when i waz at the cars, Aa the whistie blew, Milly Kissed me—eyes Ike stars— Sail ‘m_proud pt yout" oe Her Little From Pearson's Weekly,. 4 Forgotten, there it lay-her, little glove, Upon the sta: e] hove, cigars. pea Abd WESRSGRNE Oe ee ar2 not sirens according to American ideas, And hastened there jajewees ither are they as polite as they are The glove belonged 19 Grace— crous, for although they will give a The girl T lotet stranger a drink of water, while he has lifted the jug to his mouth, they will often throw an unexpected Shower over his head and shoulders as a practical jok In the Island of Paima the women go abcut almost naked, yet occasionally they dress with their heads and necks covered with a kerchief and surmounted by a curi- ous hat. uD AMAlainty » sWeet and white,» ati 23 The woman's costume in Lanzarote con- fp prale, cushrineda ge ati sists of a short striped cotton skirt, sieeves vite NSS RN ci 2 aii | to the elbow, a bodice laced in front and pantie 3 a white cape folded around the head and (Six Months ‘stter.) | apna surmounted ne aS os Where set it? Speak— ed with flowers. They make Dy ich or ee which. are quite gay in this ve forgottel d, consisting of trousers to the knee, Some: girl of ong ‘Vis just the thing, To clean my wi Defir glove, so soft and wary—Just lke ber hand! If only you contd know and” nderstand, And teli her that Beare, But that 1 do vot dane (Tay tay heart's seeret hare, At her command! My-treasure dear! From Bub-keep you always thus-next to my beartd: u T'll never part, This. glove! ‘The, seevet. isl: tred with bright ribbons or garters, a sleeveless jacket, a sash belting in the shirt and a montera or cap, generally of blue, embroidered with yellow, green or red, and displaying a knot of ribbons at the side. The natives of Lanzarote are content with very little. They drink water and live on gofio, the native barley bread, dried fish, potatoes and Barbary figs. Many inhabitants of the Canaries still live in grottoes. In the Grand Canary, for example, there is an entire village of trog- lodites—La Talaya. The ordinary house is of stone, with a terraced roof rendered im- pervious to water. The furniture is very simple. A bed with its straw mattress is the chief object in the room, and the rest consists of a chest to hoid the clothing, a mat on the floor, a jug for water, a dish for the grain, a little hand mill, a kind of etagere to hold some highly prized plates of porcelain ornamented with gaudy flow- ers—for decoration and not use—and a few wooden chairs, At meal time the entire family sits on the mat around a large wooden: bowl, or earth- enware platter, and ail dip their fingers and rude spoons and forks in it at pleasure. The food is generally gofio, dried fish, figs, etc., as in the other islands. In the evening the women boi! some herbs, without any butter or grease,.and this bouillon is used to knead the bread, or gofio, instead of water. ‘They aiso eat in large quantities a kind of thistle which has flowers as large as artichokes. Water is the universal beverage. — OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM, The Lovers. all Gazette. If we bad kissed love, then and there, ‘The world again had blossomed fair, And ours hed been sweet summer days From the Pall M: With little whisperings of love From wind-swept trees and fields of flowers, And gay the lark had sung above, As he were Love's evangelist, If we bed kissed, If we haa kissed, the angry word Had been forgiven as never heard; That foolish word that made us part Hind falien into forgetfulness, ? Its power to wound, dts ache and smart Had melted at our first caress, And we had loved as lovers list, If we had ktased. If we had kissed, we had not known Such grief for Joys too early flown, We bad not wept these bitter tears, Nor longed and only longed in vain, We had not cu-sed the weary years That brought no solace for ou~ pain, And we had made and kept our tryst, If we had kissed. If we had kissed, we should ot now ‘Thus, thus renew each broken vow, Ours had been dear delights and ease, And many a tender, lingering kiss Had lived in our hearts’ ineinories, But mever one Ike this—like this! ‘This joy of joys we should have missed, If we had kissed. +e Memories. Carolyn Wells in Life. I remember, I remember The books I used to read, Thelr all-absorbing interest No others ean exceed. No volume was a. page too long, Nor held a word. too. much; Oh, how I wish that I today Could find another such! “The Star Spangled Banner” Versus “Amerien.” Rafford Pyke in New York Corimercial-Advertiser. * * * * It is quite true that the music of “The Star Spangled Banner” was taken from the old English song cailed “Anacreon in Heaven,” but this is of no consequence whatever. The important thing to consider is whether a national air is universally un- derstood and accepted as being such. If it is, then its origin need not concern any one. This is the chief ground for objecting to our use of the music which we sing to “America.” When it is played in a mixed assembly, no one is ever quite sure whether it is intended for “America” or tor “God Save the Queen,” orfor the Prussian na- tional alr, or for the Danish national air, or for what; since it is used by several coun- tries, and is, tMferefore, extremely confus. ing. On the other hand, when “The Star I remember, I remember ‘The books I used to read: e¥ Were bo problem of the sex, No dark and doleful sereed. . study” of a character, No lesson of the age, No blatant brawl of theories On widelysmargined page. I remember, I remember The books T used to read; No. Seay, gut ere ie ir meaning would im le. ‘The maid was always beautiful, The man was brave and true, everybody always did Just what I wished them toy T remember, I remember je books T used to read; No clever fiction of today Spangled Banner” is played anywhere in Tit reg aice ean supersede. the civilized world, no human belng ever Der ae aes must, takes it for anything other than “The Star Spangied Banner,” while not one person it a million has ever heard of “Anacreon in Heaven.” There are just three possible selections for any one to consider in determining what ought to be the national anthem of the United States. In the first place, there is “Yankee Doodle,” which, as tradition tells us, was picked out by the American com- missioners who signed the treaty of Ghent in 1815. These gentlemen ordered it to be played by the bands which were chosen to render the British and American national airs at the celebration of the end of the T find tn turni Tiong’ ago enfoge ea BIl's iy Typuble, From the Denver Post. Tivo got a letter, persgi ‘titi my son away out An’ my ol heart ts heat breast, To think ae bey hate fature sy tanonee 20 lanbed © 3a» 35° winder trom. the path,of right an’ come to T told im when he leff'us”ot three short years He'd himse.f a-pléwth’/in a mighty. crooked war of 1812. The musi. “e pid bimse.t a-péwta’ tia, ty. ic of “Yankee a 3 Doodle,” although English in origin, i Be: _Brtieun toot ae 8 eeanen poe ast meee fact chiaracteristically American, for te @ sald the farm ’ risk, hing, rollicking, inspiriting and Bard bave ta. go, Se, Nita AP De. gocneed fall of @ dovil-may ware Focklessnens Yet sy e place, not quite serio 2 Ent thar's tig. tempfation ‘for a youngster in the | enough in its characte and, in the sae | place, there are no words ‘to go with it which any one would be willing to sing on an occasion of any dignity whatever. So I think that “Yankee Doodle” is ruled out. “Hail Columbia” is thoroughly American alike in its music, its words and its his- But I believed our Billyghadithe courage to resist, Au’ when he Toft X wavued-bimt 0° the ever. Weide? He Tike n i elt uke Didden sarpints in life's pathway But Bill he promised faithful to be keerfal, an’ al- He'd build tory, yet unfortunately no one knows the peed: Tenet SACS soko: Sy eee FT dS aa aie Bear sings it, and no one can But if seems ‘as how my counsel] eort o° faded from ever be got to sing it. It is, indeed, proper- his mind, . : ic oo tae very ly speaking, a march and not a song: and it nowt was originally so written. ‘Therefére, it s also is practically unavailable. His letters came so seldém that I somehow sort o” “The Star S) Banner,” however, is Ba aR Sea are pci Sos ae An‘im the duet 'd waller his ol “Gaddy"d Honored mighty short; | 1" DeDrers a $n: Ste. 1 fost can’t toll hi mother, It'll cresh her poor ol’ loreover, it is univer- to 1 reckoned--pargon,you might: break the OMEN aod | 33 son, its lowest note being rather too low and its highest note rather too high for the compass of an untrained voice. Neverthe- less, it is the one song which our country has produced that appeals to every Ameri- can with equal power and that is in every way fitted to rank with any of the national anthems of the earth; and so I think that the choice of it which now appears to have been finally made by an instinctive popular decisicn is a very judicious, discriminating and permanent selection. ——_-+--_____ HARD TO HIT. At Two Thousand Yards a Cruiser Locks Like a Postage Stamp. From the Boston Journal. One of the things which naval experts hope will be thoroughly settled by the Spanish-American war is the degree of ac- curacy obtained in modern naval gunnery in actual warfare. It is said that, although the art of the gunmaker has been for years pitted against that of the armor manufac- turer, the greatest difficulty experienced at sea js not the piercing of the enemy's armor plate, but the hitting of the ship at all. The main trouble, naval officers say, is that in aiming the big guns only a very minute picture of the ship aimed at can be seen. Prof. Alger of the United States Naval War College at Newport recentiy declared that at a convenient fighting dis- tance a ship of the size of the Indiana ap- pears to be about one inch long. This, he added, was the case when the ship was Yooked at under ordinary conditions. In actual warfare, however, this picture would be considerably lessened by the fact that the man who aimed the gun would have to pay quite as much attention to the align- ment of his sight as he would to the posi- tion of his target, and that he woulu have to do all these things at the same time. Naval authorities say that the recent oc- currences at the bombardment of Matanzas bear out these statements. It is noticed that, although the battle ships had no diffi- culty whatever in hitting the forts, not one of the numerous shots fired from the shore hit a boat. Very much the same condition was encountered at the bombardment of Alexandria by the British fleet in the early eighties. In that case the vessels were at anchor in smooth water, and their targets Were good big ones. Although the range was short, the damage done by the forts was insignificant. Another thing which it is hoped will be cleared up thoroughly is the exact utility of the fast unarmored cruiser in batile. Theoretically it is intended to arm these boats with a multitude of machine guns carrying small-caliber bullets. The fire from these is to be directed on every port- hole, conning tower siot or aperture in the gun shields that can be made out from the It is believed that the be decks of the boat. fire from one of these boats will searching and withering that all the o in the conning tower will be killed i that the crews of the guns will be so decimated that the ship attacked by one of these mod- ern spitfires will be put out of action in five minutes, There are opponents to this theory, how- ever, and they say that, fast as an un- armored cruiser may be able to go, a mod- ern shell can travel faster. ley cast doubt upon the ability of th unarmored cruiser to turn loose the hail storm of lead with which she is credited, and declare that one shot from a big gun on a modern battle ship will put the unarmored cruiser both out of action and out of existence. ———-+e-+_____ LAST LONDON “CHARLE Who Still Goes His Rounds and Calis the Flying Hour Brom the London Mail, An Incident which Las just occurred has brought to the minds of a Holborn police inspector and a few other Londoners one Lendon life can furnish so many examples. Who would suypose that in the heart of London, within sound of ths underground railway, and within sight of the motor car, a genuine “Char ey” still goes his rounds and calls the hou night through? This comedy—if you like to call it takes place with unfailing regularity in Ely place, Holborn. No spot could be more appropriate for the perpetuation of such a custom than this ancient precinct, where Jchn of Gaunt, “time-honored Lancaster,” drew his last breath, and where, i to believe Shakespeare, “good strawber- ries” ripened in the garden of the bishop of Ely, whose chapel still lifts its ancier though much hiuden, walls in Ely place. After the reversion of the pror crown in 1 various arrangements wer: te whereby iy place remained a pri- reciact under the government of ccmmissioners. - These commissior exercise their rule (Sir George Lewis i their present chairman), which is fortified b is of parliament, and their watchmen | have legal power to arrest misdemeanants within Ely place and hale them to the near- est police station. Not that the power is often exercised. But it was exercised this very week in a trivial matter, which went no further than the police station. The charge of misbehavior was, indeed, refused by the inspector on duty, who momentarily doubted the authority of the Ely place watchman to act as a constable. But on this point he was speedily set right by the production of the act. The night watchman in Ely place is re- quired to ery the hours-from 11 p.m. to am. Nor may his duty be perfunctorily discharged. Four times along the length of Ely place must his ery of “parst cleven,” or "parst twelve,” ete., be heard. No potic>- manenters Ely piace night or day unless specially summoned. Nor is the “Chariey” who keeps watch and ward there within closed gates at night a guardian of mere empty offices. Adjoining the place, and out by the afore- said commissioners, are the Elymews dwellings. Here sixteen families are resi- dent, and this little hive of humanity, as well as caretakers of Ely place proper, are under the “Charley's” direct protection, and have their slumbers punctuated by his melodious cries. —+o+ America’s Raw Material for Soldiers, From the August Review of Reviews. The average young American has grown up with 2 habit of thinking and acting for bimse.f; and when he goes a soldiering he is capable of throwing as much personal zeal into charges like those at Santiago as if he were fighting a duel and the fate of of those amazing intongrulties of which | i in a loud voice the long | erty to the | tin | SSS SSS rey ae RICH PLATE BY TONS The Historical Art Treasures of ~ Windsor Castle. SOME PRIZES OF RARE VALUE Priceless Gems From All Parts of _ the World.” - A SOLID _SILVER TABLE From the Pall Mall Mag: zine. The statement made in such quiet tones by the yeoman of the queen's plate that “the contents of these two pantries are valued at one and a half m ster- ling” seems at a first gl the two small rooms in question an almost in- credible asséftion. “Bit when one is fur- ons ther told that between four am@ five tons of plate are frequently sent to London for ordinary use n entertainment at Buckingham. palace. the at once appears to come with! { rea- sop. And aftér @ sifvér-gilt Gish weighing possibly twenty-eight pounds is taken from a pile containing some dozens and put in the listener's hunt that“he may feel its weight, it Is impossible te-remain any longer a skeptic. The, two pantries are 20 by 16 feet and 16 feet square, respectively, They are fit- ted with numerous electric izhts. In deep recesses in the masstve stene walls fit air- tight plate glass cases, with a light mahoge any framework. These cases extend to a height of about nine or ten feet from the floor. In front of them stand plate glass counter cases, as in a jeweler’s shop, and the space under these is fitted With glass- inclosed cupboards. The center of each room is occupied by a great glass and mahogany case, thus leaving merely a pathway of some four or five feet in width for floor space. In the midst of such an embarras de richesse as the plate pantries contain it is well to first noie some of the more his- torical treasures which are to be seer side. Here, for instance, is a trc dating from the spacious times of . 80 Queen Bess. It is a magniticent silver-gilt lagon, some three fect in height, of the of the .pilgrim’s bottle, and was taken, as is set down in the le rds, from the ship of the admira armada in 1585. A World-Famed Cup. ext we come to, so far as desi on cerned, the gem of the colle the world-famed Nautilus cuy facture is ascribed on its pre Nicholas Schmidt of Nure the style counts for any of th self, so closely Goes it resemble existing pieces ot his work of undoubted authentici- ye Cellint cert working life many fin silver; but unfortunat ticn of a gold salt cellar the gallery at absolutely authentic All his other goldsmith’ ished, and he ecimen £0 his as the N nly hot unreas: the master han¢ arl, and the mo embel d with gilding. Queen Mary possessed g1 gold and silver work; one finds a relic of the This is the toilet service, mirror, present in use by our gracious qu Various artici are small in size |ly of silver gilt heavily emt | pousse work. The mirror is | Inches in size, with a semi-cire |a frame about one Inch wide of embossed | silver gilt. It is very similar in appeara | to the mirror used hy Queen Anne, whic | Hes in a neighboring es privy purse us a detailed idsmith’s work in her pe On the occasion of her wede 1a sideboard of nine stages of g 1 silver dishes. |" Her suec: of the Spanish tion. is Its manu- label to durirg plec y his jong s in gold and with the exe t Vienna and t work can- when we re, losely approaching in ilus cup, it is tribute it to shell ef the cup is ge of silver richiy he in t highest interest. ete., at The n- iin re- me 18x12 ar top and expenses of Queen Mary give list E of the en Elizabeth, was the silversmith’s art. urticrs were continually making her and to her reign may be ascribed ost of the many beautiful examples of sugar castors which adorn the royal col- lection at Windsor. Not Real Gold Service. And now, perhaps, it is as well to destroy a long-cherished illusion. One is constantly hearing of the great gold service at Wind- sor. There are no such things. The so- called gold plate is mainly silver gilt. There are, of course, here and there a few vases, dishes, etc., in pure gold, but they are com- paratively few in number, ‘The reason is not far to seek. Independently of its enor- mous cost, the weight of real gold plate | would be so great as to render tt practically useless, for instanc?, the famous em- peror’s which is used only for crowned hi and of which it has by Joculariy said that it cannot be burgled, as it would require a special train for its re- moval. Some of its epergnes weigh, as It several hundredweight. Consider their Even of the ordinary flat , of which there are dozens, two or three are quit? as many as one ordinary man can carry, without considerir the weight of the viands they are meant to contain. Seven or eight of the plates, with their thick gadroon edges, again, make on man’s load, while the great candelabra, if made in gold, would be practically immov- able. As an example of the weight of gold plate, has but to lift one of a pair of flower baskets presented to her majesty on the occasion of her jubilee. Here we find on ornament not more than twelve hes by eight, with a plain twisted handle to im- itate basket work, which must weigh at least nine to.ten pounds. A dinner plate of standard cold would weigh more than one and a half times asaauch as a silver one of the same size, and be worth for metal alone about £120, asescewens Now we pass to the middie of the Georgian his country and all he held dear depended upon his personal exploits. The well-drilled troops of European countries are formida- ble enough, certainly. But there are re- sources of intense personality in such men, as, for instance, the members of Col. Theo- dore Roosevelt’s regiment of “rough rid- ers,” that count in a crisis for a gteat deal more than the passive mechanical excel- lences of the trained soldiery of the mili- tary powers. It is not boasting, but the sober truth, to say that no other nation possesses In the great mass of its popula- tion any such large percentage of fighting material. Great Britain has in her young men of the higher classes, from whom she draws her officers, as brave and capubie an element as can be found in the world. But her farm laborers are no more to be com- pred with the sons of Americn farmers than with an Australian foot ball team. Nor are the young men of her industrial centers—Manchester, Sheffield and the rest -in any manner equai to the young men of American towns in physical develop- ment or in personal initiative and adapta- bility. There is something, of course, in the life of young countries that develops Individual force, and the qualities which give superiority to American soldiers would be found in like manner, undoubtedly, in Canada or Australia, if the young men of those freedom-loving lands were engaged in a foreign war. Shaving Without Seeing. From the New Orleans 'Times-Democrat. or of the toilet, soon learn to Tn SUES Shongnt te E $ 5 is 8 z, : I 2 i if enida it e pericd, which is well represented a} Windsor, notably by some fine pot-pourri vases, dat- ed 1789, embossed and chased with Nowe masks and Cupiis. Their height is about twenty inches and width thirt inches. A salver with a center group of Venus ris- ing from the sea and an appropriate border, is dated. and @ curious cup of ivory with silver gilt mounting and gold cover is dated i785. The ivory carving which represents the birth of Venus is presuma- bly seventeenth century. Flemish. George IV made some notable efforts to maintain the standard of design in plate, and employed Faxman, Stodhard and oth- ers to design, and. Rundell and Bridge to manufacture shields, vases and other pieces, but without much success. Their productions are, as a rule, heavy and awk- ward looking. The great punch bowl or wine cooler, designed by Faxman, is a stupendous: 4 been ag ag what Bday 3 4 late, and certainly its Ivory jadle ry pak “manofacture is a far more graceful production. This bowl, by the way, has been given the credit of being the fcnt’ in which H. R. H. the Princs of Wales was christened. -“Such is not the case; it was merely fillled with mulled claret to be drink at the christening. Some other Georgian errors in design are huge venison dishes, whith éach require two men to carry them, and which are warmed from beneath by curious little lamps filled with burning wax. Near by these one may notice a most interesting little relic. It is a smail silver gilt porridge pot, formeriy the property of Napoleon I, and was taken from the traveling carriage which he had deserted after the battle of Waterloo. In_mod¢ern silver Windsor has some very good —, if not in design certainly in wor ip. A.splendid piece is the rose-water fountein designed by H. R. H: the late prince consort. Another piece of great interest is the sil- ver font wi was used for the christen- ing of all the royal children. It was manufactured in 1840, and has been in use