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iThe Poii:v5Ue Rieview. JAS. W. FAIRCHILD, Prop. fO R T v n jya. N. y. , A Duty of the Rich. New York society In the agg^JOgate has been made to suffer reproach for , the sins of .a few of the uncultured and selfrlndulgent wealthy. Most people who know society In New York, Cleve- ^;;«s~^-----~*4ahdr-and’Pittsburg, cities which hav*^ recently been sensationalized' by the . social errors of the reckless rich, would say that the majority of people In what are described as “exclusive\--' circles are well ordered, quiet, Intelll- i gent people. Still,'Dr. Lee states the true principle in saying th a t. the wealthy and influential are mider a special obligation Ort account of the conspicuous positions which makes their example for gobd or bad conta gious. Elthically, remarks the Phila delphia Public Ledger, the duty of up right living Is the same for rich and poor. Socially there is the difference ■ ^that the rich and eminent are of ne cessity' more widely ohserved and closely copied. They loosen the bonds nf behavior among, many If they pre sent the excuse of bad example. New York society is not as careless as it is painted, but all “fashionable” coter ies could be improved by strict ostra cism of those who do not follow the rules of social morality. The Flirt S h e Is the Prod, uct of Arrested Developm ehi By FRANCES H. BIOIWMAN. Author. ; ■ 4 ; Uncle Sam’s Weather Work. Dncle Sam Is right in spending a good deal of money on weather, de clares the St. Louis Slobe-Democrat. He watcfies-|t everywhere in his brbad •domain 'with eyery. kno'wn delicate in strument, and, wisely dismissing faulty forecasts, tries to get closer^ to the business of to-morrow. Europe, for all Its experience, has done no, better. If as well. Observations run back there 200 years, and no two of the long-range philosophers agree. They have tabulated the level of lakes, the movement of glaciers, the freezing and liberation of rivers, the seasonal traits of vegetation, and the periodicity of sun spots, all to no particjilar purpose as yet in establishing weather rota tion. On the rocks is scratched the testimony of great icecaps that ad vanced and retreated, but man is not particularly interested in a range as long as that. He would like to be able to see two days ahead, and trust that in indulging the hope he is not chasing a rainbow. A few days prior to the Marathan race in the London stadium an advo cate of fruit diet, chiefly bananas, aged 43, offered to run a race with a flesh- eater around the island of Zealand. Since the banana man has earned a good many triumphs as a runner in the sporting world of Denmark, the beef-eaters did not show any burning zeal to accept the challenge till the well-known paper, Politiken, offered a prize of 100 kroner to the winner. A grocer’s assistant, aged 21, was se lected as the upholder of beef eating, and for two days and a half the run ners kept abreast of one another. Then the banana man flagged, and when - after^-neariy^-Sve grocer qrrlved at Copenhagen, having duly finished his course, his opponent had vanished. The butchers of Zea land have presented a silver bowl to the victor. I -i. By way of further emphasizing his notion that a college education for young women means a glorified spin- sterhood, rather than wifehood and motherhood, Prof. G. Stanley Hall now tells of an unhappy youth who fell in love ■with one. of these glorious be Ings. He longed to offer his heart and hand, but his modesty was so great that he feared she would sacrifice too much iu marrying him. So he -wlth- drew and left her to her triumphs, actuated, we are told, by the high motive that he would rob the large social circle which she adorned by ■empting t her to become a hOuse'wIfe. Poor chap! Does the higher educa- tipn-.of young meu destroy their eoarage? I'-\:' The problem of hetlal navigation is by hO: means completely solved, but already the flyers are divided Into dif ferent factions. Count Zeppelin, who ' has done some -extraordinaiy work , :i^l,th - dirigible balloons, compliments the 'Wright bipthers of aeroplane fame to 'wfaht they have accomplished, but says ait that will not minimize the util ity of his own airslflps. , However, he ds frshk enough to admit that \imth jito e ^ P e r teot yet.'* „That Is'the best .asShfanbe of further effort In me Same direction that could bo ^ven, and the rivalry of the different ''schools’’ Is likely to Increase the de termination of each to do Its best. i>. ^ A 'Yanderbilt Is toing a car com pany fOf Infringement of patents. This is a case of Greek meeting GrdeS:, Yrhloh Will vastly Interest the gepefai pubile and particularly Inter-- esl inventors, who, having thofe .pat ents thto mlllions*.flttd It uphiii work Sillng big .cprppratiioas. Hiit this is a .real tug of . ivar, . • . is f the tithe the ait'Shlp really aK fives eoripus complications will be 'Added to toe probleiq Of ..'patrdilfhg ftphtiefs, pHy^^ohsMtotea lEliat-4epeiids. If-4iMis*a yoxmgrf^si to whom reference is made, the particular attribute that makes i her a flirt-^if she be a flirt—is the eager passion for ptsperi- ment that is—^very properly—^the characteristic of youth. Mir- tation—“lovemaking without a serious purpose\ as the dic tionary puts it—is, in youth, nothing more nor less than “play- practice,” and bears the same relation to the serious business of mating as the gamboling of a kitten bears to the “mousing” of the grown cat. We laugh at it and tolerate it and, deep down in our heart of hearts, have a profound sympathy for it. Instinct has al'ways told ns—and no'wadays reason, fortified ■with the dis coveries of psychology, has also begun to declare—that there is a defiiute purpose in ^ this, and that the part of wisdom is to keep “hands oflc” and let toe young girl flirt as she wiU. ' If, however, reference is made to a grown woman, the answer to the question must be very different. She who can continue to play at love when play time is past, who can cairy over into maturity this “lovemaking without a sincere purpose” that belongs to youth, is moved by no such normal impulses as those that impel toe young girl to respond playfully to toe playful advances of toe boy. Overweening personal vanity, un wholesome preoccupation with sex, absorption in petty personal affairs to toe exclusion of large general interests, a shallow cra'ving for mere amuse ments in place of the deep experiences of life—all these things have some thing to do Tvith it; but toe real thing that makes a flirt in toe ease of a grown woman is lack of development, if not,, indeed, utter incapacity for development. This cannot be characterized as “eternal youthfulness” or any such graceful thing. We do not admire those unfortunates who in adult life continue to have only toe thoughts of childhood; we call them idiots. Nor would we prate of eternal yonthfnbiess were we to discover a man, horn to the heritage of civilization, engaging in tlie practices of savagery. Flirtation 'belongs to an early stage of development in the human female. Whenever we find it indulged in by an adult ,we have^ an abnormality. Arrested development is therefore, in the case of a grown ■ i 11 woman, what constitutes a flirt. f < The New Man Revealed By m HAT EKECIEK, The new man often has had his picturg in the paper. He is a t the wash tub .■with shirt sleeves rolled to the elbow, or he is giving the baby its bottle, or he is stand ing before the kitchen table 'wearing an apron and using a rolling pin. In another favorite pose he sits in a low rocker darning toe family socks or sewing a flue seam. It is not odd that a man should know how to cook, for the most celebrated cooks all Lave been men. Nor is i t queer that he should use a needle, for the flhesfe dress* makers and designers always have been But to find a fellow at home with men. his children! That is peculiar enough to show up one of the new man’s newest traits. There have been mothers and mother love ever since things lived. But father love is modem style. The new man is declaring his independence from many things that have debarred, .him from feminine monopolies. There are goodness and gentleness for example. Yesterday the world was satisfied if the women had these virtues. It is strange TioiF roughness smflrTBven toxutalitjr have been admired if only they belonged to men. The women loved the Polish -1-warriois, The-Frennh proverb h a d it toat toe more a m m beat his 'V'dfe the better she liked him. The rowdies in the romances often were ^^o^^ rites, and many dainty women where life was real have been heard wishing to he men so that they might use ■violent words or fall in with men’s gross er ways ■without being criticised. I t is strange how much people have said about virtue and how much they have praised it and yet how contented they have been to let the men go to the bad. The \pure and chaste life was a woman’s experience and a wo man’s ideal. But the new man is growing a finer nature and he is not satisfied that women shall be good and gentle. He would be so himaelf. If we think men are hot mend- ing their morals, we can go to the books. Forty and 60 years ago nobody cheeped about a “white life for two.” That toe new man does cheep about it is a sign of onr democratie times. Indeed, the whole new man is a token of democracy. Things are equalizing. If women are getting men’s experience, men are develop ing some of the qualities of womankind. I f women are talking of dressing sensibly, men are talk ing of dressing prettily. H i ^ h ^ a y s o l National Im portance ByB.B.CI0SS, SccnUqr R^lMtl There never has been a time when so •much interest has been shown in toe-sub ject of good roads as at present—papem from Mainn to Galifomia are full of the ^b ject, state and national aid are both being urged. So gimih. interest has beeif atoused that both o f . toe great poliiicad- ■parties are sitting upland taking notice.. The essence of toe . whole proposition -is that-road improroimBnt is not \a local matter to be handled exclusively by tOlvn- ships. The roads are toe veins of cOm^ iheroe. Their eonditiph affects the ivhblo .eoantiy. So it becomes a state ahd. a m - There are four thin^ necessary if good roads ste to’be iuilt;. m i l Complete plans and specifications, providing for grading, draining, ahd'ihe. proper laying, compacting ahd fihishihg the roadway. Next an e^eri- etfced man in charge; who taiows what to do and how to do it under iBs local conditions. Bte must ^ . have a proper eqmpment of read'nmchinety; gtad- ew, roller, efc. UnaUy tie best road tkmal question. 06 I NIFIE 0 RDENT 6 BREAKS UP DINHER WALKS INTO GRILLROOM—DIS PLAY OF HOSIERY FOLLOWED . BY HIS EXIT. Cliicago.—A rat, gray and dignified, with the damp of many sewers gently tiu'geing the perfumed htmosjphere of an after theater gathering, strolled calmly lnta-.flie-grtUroom-4<i#,4be GreaL .Northern hotel. The rat 'was pursuing the even tenor of his way and he did not ob serve Charles Colgan, who was nt that very moment striding across the tiled floor of the grillroom. Mr. Colgan bore aloft In his hand a tray laden with the delicacies of the' season. Mr. Colgan is a waiter in the grillroom and he 'was hastening to The Rat Precipitated a serve the guests with the delicacies mentioned. In his right hand he held a bucket filled with ice and other things- Just at this moment Mr. Colgan glanced downward in an unconcerned manner, and the rat, hurrying .for the moment, trod on Mr. Colgan’s foot. Mr. Colgan groaned in a matter of fact sort of way and relaxed his hold for a second on the tray. The tray, unused to sustaining itself in midair, left Its position aloft and settlecl pre cipitately in the middle of a table sur rounded by dinner go'wns and evening clothes. A dish of French peas glided gently down the bosom of a gentle man’s evening shirt, while a lobster a la Newburg clasped the lace gown of a woman opposite. A mess of lyon- naise potatoes mussed the. hair of a second male diner, and the remainder of the collation distributed itself gen- kerously over the whole of the party. Then two of the Women Saw the rat. They shrieked and, with a show of lingerie and well turned ankles, climbed into the chairs. Eight- other women saw the rat and tried to climb the tapestries on the windows, and, failing li^ this, hoisted themselves aboard the tables. Then the whole grillroom went up on the second deck. The rat, shocked at this unusual oc currence, sought the street. It shot out the door, and as it gained Jack- son boulevard it collided with a home going theater party. Men and women tried to climb telephone posts, hut failed. ■Walter Burke, who keeps the door of the hotel, saw the turmoil, and was on the job in a minute. After a vigor ous chase he succeeded in making the rat escape up the street HORSE LOVES A COCKF56HT. Deliberately Spills His Oats lo Pro voke Roosters to BattK. New York.—^Tom, a horse owned by Jared Finlay, a contractor of Great Notch, N. J„ Is a good old sport. Lit erally, the horse would rather see a cockfight than ot.t Dan E-4wards, who raised game fowl and for years supplied the cockflghters of New Jer sey with birds, used to own Tom, and the horse saw many a bird tried out at Edwards’ place. When Edwards died Tom was sold; He has never been the same horse since, but lacked his accustomed spirit and speed. It Is plain now that he missed seeing cock fights. Finlay is building a house at Slngac, N. J., and drove Torn there Friday. At noon Finlay went to dinner at the hotel, -dihile Tom stood outside with a feed bag hung over his head. Some of the oats fell out and a swarm of chickens ran to the grain, tumbling over each other in their greed. Two. young roosters got mad and fought. Tom pricked up his ears, hacked a-way a few feet and watched the fight so Intently tout he forgot to eat. Finlay, coming from dinner, fpnndrlhe horse’s j ^ l h a j f full ofjoats and said to Jack Baird, the stable man: . . > \Toin is away off his feed. I’ll have to take hiih' to a vet,” -Einliiy drpVe to Singas recently, ■tyhten noon came And Tom found ho as . As sgdh. as the teefl bag tvas put on his Jiead he whirled around kiid scattered the bats on toe ground. The chickens came aTtUnhing again, and mighty soph as pretty a cockfight •Bias on. as has-bhea seen ill Singas for mahy a day.- Then Finlay understood that to keep a htyse cheerful and spry yeihmhst not deprive him of his favo^ ito diverBioh. -tyhateter happens at ail, happens as, it should; thbif wilt find this true, li^ todd shouldst watch narrowly. r ___ K A W a^^ n ITOiperings Interestinet Bit* pf Now* Got^ered at tBc Natioimal Ca]>i|al, Ca.pital Hjpstesses Fear the Election for d t h ^ “ftelds of activiiy outside of Washington, and becomins actual, though obscure, workers in the vineyard, is viewed with alarm. Toward the end of the winter ap prehension was expressed at man.r dinner tables lest • Mr. Bryan cairn- to Washington, bringing with him in subordinate capacities youths from the corn and hog-ralslng states who might be addicted to the prudent usage of mashing their peas. Over the Imminence of this dirr- possibillty there has been a sad shak ing of heads. Active, and persistenL dinner-give'rs in the diplomatic, cab inet and senatorial “sets,” as -well as among the merely rich people, who in. increasing numbers are making Wasli ington a place of resort In the winter months, have found Mr. Roosevelt's “nice young men” almost a necessity in making their social plans for enter talnment and amusement In any event, It Is realized that the tennis cabinet, as such. Is doomed It will dissolve into its constituent elements and fade away from tlir scene of Washington activities, social political and sporting, after March i next. Whether Mr. Taft or Mr. Bryan is elected, the tennis court in the rear of the executive offices seems certai! to become once more a flower bo; for the display of geometrical flgurr., of early blooming crocuses or a play ground for children. WASHINGTON.—What will become W of Mr. Roosevelt’S “nice young men” if Mr. Bryan is elected? This problem is really giving serious con cern to the pleasant, and notably the dinner-giving aliens sojourning tempo rarily “in our midst.” It seems an odd sort of thing to worry about, but ■Washington is an odd sort of place, unlike other cities in many of its as pects, and Its residents, both perma nent and flitting, have anxieties and responsibilities unknown to urban dwellers where the social population Is less transient and changing than It is here. Hostesses aver that a shortage ex ists in Washington of presentable young men who can be called upon at short notice to fill vacancies at a dinner table. In the face of an eager demand, Mr. Roosevelt has done much toward creating an available and vis ible supply. Diplomatic and official society has ■taken most kindly to Mr. Roosevelt’s Importations. They are commonly spoken of as the president’s “nice young men.” The possibility of their New Record in Timber Cut Established jj IGDEBS of the lumber cut in 1907, r compiled by Mie bureau of census and the forest service, showed the largest total ever reported In the United States, exceeding by over seven per cent, the cut reported for 1906, until then the record year. This does not necessarily show a larger actual cut than in 1906, for the re turns obtained last year were more complete than ever before. The fig ures disclose some. Interesting facts. In 1907 28,850 nplls made returns, and their production was over forty blllipn feet of lumber. This is' be lieved to include 95 per cent, of the, actual cut. In 1906 22,398 mills re ported about thlrtyrseven and one-half billion feet. Since, according to these figures, nearly 29 per cent more mills reported last year than the year be fore, while the increase in production was a little over seven per cent.. It might be thought that the amount actyally manufhetured must have been greater in the earlier year. This. ho« ever, would be a too hasty Inierenop for it Is almost wholly among mill-) of small individual output that th.r gain in the number of establishment: reporting has been made. Before the year closed the genera: business depression was severely fei: in the lumber industry. It was no', however, the most important cause of a falling' off In the production of the year where a failing off occurred. For decline In production took plarc- only in certain regions. The south is the region of greatest activity in lum her production, and yellow pine the most important wood, forming 33 per cent.- of the entire cut of the country The cutyof yellow pine reported shows) an Increase of 13 per cent, over that of 1906. -In the early part of the year many of the southpen mills cut so .heavily that. In spite.of the,^ 5 urtaileii output which followed the busine.s.-^ disturbance later, the total was great er than ever before. But in both tlic lake states and the northwest a smaller cut was reported than (or 1906, though the number of mills r-' porting increased. Diplomatic Row Is Recalled by Death 'THE recent death in Lohdon of Llopel 1 SackvIIle Sackvllle-West, second Baron SackvIIle, recalls the diplomatic row which resulted in his dismissal as minister to this country. Lord SackvIIle was born in 1827. He was British minister to the United state's from 1881 to 1888, being dis missed by President Cleveland in Oc tober of the latter year. Lord Sackvllle’s dismissal by Cleve-« land practically ended bis diplomatic career, for since' 1888 he was never intrusted with any Important diplo matic mission. He lived quietly the life of a country gentleman and sel dom appeared In London society. He always retained a grudge against America and Americans, and it was his custom to avoid any meetings with travelers from this side. A few years ago Lof'd Sackviii\ created a sensation by publishing pamphlet, for private circulaiion among his friends, in which he vindi cated his diplomatic work ia th.' United States. The newspapers oii tained a copy of this publication, in it Lord Sack'vine explained with mud' picturesque detail that the trap into which he tell in this city was a Fenian conspiracy; that the Fenian organiza tton harassed him during his residenci' In America, kept spies after him and plotted to assassinate himi Few of the diplomat’s friends took this story seriously. Most of them regarded it as the imaginings of a disappointed old man who was bropdiiig upon what he considered his wrongs. - The mlnisfer. was given bis pas?- ports by the president after his recall had been requested by the American government, which request was not acted upon by the British government. The occasion o'if .the diplomat’s die grace was that he h'ad been trapped into ■writing a letter, written as he supposed to an Englishman, favoring the re-eleotion of Cleveland. This let ter was used against the president. Congress May Take Up Ha2mg Cases i KMY offfeers and at least one prom- ^ Infint civiHab offlclai of thb ■War department expect the disposition ot the cadet hazing cases to result in the creation Of a jolly row- in congress next wlnteb They base their belief upon the fact that thq Six cadets sust pended for a yeai? -were never tonhd guilty of anything other than hazing,, for which the only penalty Is expifi- iion. The qjiery has teen going around Mnong of&cers who thihk 'the six should haye been dlsnilssed as to what answer Secretary 'Wright will make when congress aSkB by what authority those cadets: were 'suspended; ^uch an inquiry IS firmly expecied- , Assistant Secretary Gllver,. it ' Is weirknoVrn, ,at ,the war department, does not agree wltti his-superior as td, the wisdem of the action taken by. him', :Cen. Qltyer t<»k great pleasure i ' in announcing that toe .president had closdd toft case by approving the flmi ing of guilty and directing their dis missal, He left 'Viiasbington, thin’s ime toht the case had 'been closed and that the order .dismissing the cadets \would be issued'-as. a .mere matter of routine. ,He: did gfl bp considered nec pssary -to bring about such an ending. 'When toe papprs came to him he for warded them to the president. 'When They came' hack’Indorsed with the Ppesidentis approval,' Gen. Oliver an nounced toe fact. Si) did Secretary Loebi Boto were InVlted to jois the AhaMas Club. Seonetary Wright es- rpapftd .hy saying that when he spoke of the finding as haVihg beftn approved he, spoke, without having personal kncviiedge Bimply assuming the re- pqrts given c u t by'’ Acting Secretary Oliver and S,6cretary lioeb to have been accurate. The ttuderstandfng here is that fon- ■gres,smen from the districts in tvhich toe eddhts live y iil inttoduce bills mi- tobrtVlni;the.'pf9iide4t'to restore the dismissed cadety ltd the academy anil ta'ke-toe. O'rdftr' of suspension from the six who'Were, iound gUlity of one thing and pnnlsh'ed for Something not spevi Ified in an accurate mkimer. '!■ this hoo in 1 terl aud stri •anc upc iloi the T thii slsi •'Ll be let' to its evi hll vlr att ne sti •wl
