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FOR AND AGAINST WIFE BEATING
POSTDE
OVERNORS ISLAND," says one of Us
chroniclers, using tho Indian namo Pug
ganck, Hob like an omernkl gem pendent
on tho green chain of Long iBland."
Certalnlytt never doaorved such a pic
tMrnnqunaescrlptlon moro than It does
this spring.
It suggests among other things a fit
ting place for future peace conferences.
It Is true that there are warlike touches
Fort Jay, the one tlmo Fort Columbus,
and Cnstlo William, the six acres on the
north shore where is situated tho arsenal of tho
ordnance corps, tho commissary buildings, battered
and gray as seasoned veterans, the green turf,
marked off here nnd there with huge cannon balls,
but tJo general atmosphere is so peaceful that if it
were not for the skyline of mlnaretB and towers,
seen through a purpliBh smoke whenever you make
a turn, you could not believe yourself near the nois
iest city In tho world.
Governors Island is the headquarters of the de
partment of tho cast. On this small plot of ground,
which one of tho staff described as being "two miles
EMPORHULY
IN BACKGROUND
Whether to Beat, or Not to Beat,
Your Wife, Is the Latest
Controversy In Order.
OR. WAUGH, AFFIRMATIVE;
ROSALIE JONES, NEGATIVE
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and larger in winter," is transacted the principal
business for the military territory extending
nlong tho Atlantic coast from Maine to Texas
and west to the Mississippi, excluslvo of tho mid
western states, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Michi
gan. Ono battalion of the 29th infantry is now sta
tioned at Governors Island under the command of
Gen. Thomas H. Carry, who camo there from
West Point last September, succeeding the late
Gen. Frederick Dent Grant.
Several years ago congress appropriated $1.
100,000 for the reconstruction of Governors Island
and 103 acres have finally been reclaimed from
the bay. Further Improvements were suggested,
and in 190-ex-President Taft approved plans for
a regimental post, but nothing has been done
since then to Carry thom out. It wan intended to
make of the Island the finest military post in tho
world. All tho old buildings were to bo razed,
Fort Jay, South Battery and Castle William alone
to remain. w The first was to bo tho center of a
park with a castellated towor, Its moat, draw
bridge, fine old .gateway and sallyport to be unln
terfered with. Tho barracks were to bo of the
latest model, with every appllnnco for comfort
and use and to house a full regiment of 1,200
men. Magnificent parado and athletic grounds,
libraries, piers for passengers and freight and
rows of commodious dwellings for tho officers
were Included In tho plans.
Following this a Arm of architects presented an
eveh more elaborate design. This latest plan has
been approved by several prominent men and
representative societies.
To the casual glance at present every house on
Governors Island would be bettered by a coat of
"- paint. But complaints are rarely Heard, notwith
standing tho dictum that an army officer who
doesn't complain has something the matter with
him. This military station Is ono of tho postes
de luxo; IV is hard to get thero and ono has to
pry an Incumbent away So when the authori
ties at Washington spell "economy" out loud the
officers at tho post are obediently silent.
General Barry's house, nn old-time dwelling, is
n three-minute walk from tho landing, and direc
tions to rc.ich it are given by a trio of guards
Btinnlng themselves under a largo placard bear
iug the inscription "Do Not Loiter." With this
e-implo of military obedience in mind, you cross
tlif sward resplendent with another sign saying
"fleep Off tho Grass," stop up somo cracked
steps through which tender blades of grass are
nprlneins and turning a corner face tho parado
ground on which many of the houses, Including
General Barry's, front. Like thn majority, his is
n twostory-and-a-hal structure and has an nddl
1nnal wlnp or two to distinguish It
The architecture of these old houses Is that of
(lie late colonial period. Tho color Is a saffron,
dulled to a brownish tint, tho trimmings white
end the blinds green. The latticed porch and bal
ustrades recall tho gingerbread work' of the
Hutch housewives preparing somo special form of
ornamented cakes.
Along Colonel's Row, as ono of the residential
Ptreets is called, tho names aro printed in black
litters on the rlso of tho voranda steps. Prlzo
1 ibles and young puppies freckle the parado
j round. Thero Is no profusion of flowers, but
1 '-re and there aro pansy beds kept trimly within
wooden frames. A great snowball bush blooms
riotously in front of General Barry's door and tho
1 r-rfume of honeysuckle is in the air. Most of
the gardening attention Is devoted to tho lawns
md hark, and tho general effect Is that of clean
linss. order and discipline.
The Dutch name for tho island was Nutting,
r'ot'lng. Nutten or Nut. It was so called, ob-
ioubIv for tho splendid orchards of nut trees,
. but with tho exception of tho chestnuts horse!
not edlblo-there is no traco at present of them.
There are six Lombardy pop
lars, remnant of tho hun
dreds sent by Louis XVI. At
headquarters, a largo house
with Georgian front and high
ceilinged, roomy ofllcesi tho
affairs of tho island are man
aged. Hero Lieutenant-Colonel
Haank in command dur
ing General Barry's absence,
receives the reporter and
elves somo of the Informa
tion contained herein,
Ho mentions, particularly among the active
work of the post, the branch of tho Y. M. C. A.
conducted by Chaplain Edmund B. Smith, tho
classes for enlisted men and the drills supple
mented now with the more picturesque music
drills or Bllent manual.
The military student finds at present little to
interest him, for the island is not fortified, being
in no way a part of tho scheme of fortifications,
which embraces Snndy Hook and the mouth of
the harbor. Fort Jay, for 100 years known as
Fort Columbus, but originally named for John
Jay, was during tho Civil war manned with heavy
guns, although not even threatened. When Fort
Lafayette was too crowded with prisoners at that
period Castle William took charge of the over
flow and nt one time housed over 'a thousand
prisoners. Among the noted prisoners who have
been confined there was John Yates Beall, tho
Confederate spy.
Castle William was completed In 1811 nnd is
built on bed rock. In ono of the departmental
teports it is described as "a stone tower with
fifty-two 42 and 32 pounders maintained on two
tiers under a bomb roof and a terrnco Intended
to mount twenty-six BO-pound columblads." In
several othor reports Castlo William is referred
to as an "example of outgrown science."
In tho museum on tho Island is Sheridan's fa
mous horse, Winchester, who boro his master in
forty-sovon battles.
In placo of a regular army chapel, Trinity Cor
poration has provided the Chapel of St. Cornelius
the Centurion for tho use-of tho post. It Is a
charming Gothic structure of granlto, built near
the old frame building, erected In 1847 by Dr. Mc
Vlckar, who taught ethics at Columbia college
during tho week and on Sunday preached in tho
chapel he btillt and presented to tho island him
self. Garlanding tho chancel are several upright
poets connected with a heavy chain and a bronzo
tablet oxplalnH that thoy aro cannons used In the
several battles of tho Mexican war. Over the
choir, a doublo row of tattered battle flags hAng.
Ono is a mere cobweb and tho light from the
stalnod glass window shows a fringe of blood
red threads and a splash of blue whero stars
woro once woven. This Is the last flag pulled
down In Cuba. Another of peculiar lntorost is
tho ono under which Mnor Rellly died and whch
was carried from Tien Tsin in tho Boxer uprising
in China.
Chaplain Smith Is about to publish a book on
Governors Islnnd, for with tho exception of a
monograph or two and somo scientific articles on
technical subjects, the plnco bos practically boen
overlooked by chroniclers. Tho book Is to bo
Illustrated with several rnro prints and engrav
ings besides moro modern work, and contains
data that have never been printed in this coun
try and roprcsent years of the most untiring re
search on tho part of the author.
Situated near what Is considered today one
of tho most valuable pieces of real estate prop
erty In the world, Governors Island was pur
chabed (1C37) by that shrewd old barater. Wouter
Van Twlller, director genoral of Now Nether
lands, for somo axe heads, a string of beads and
'a few nails from two Indians whoso names,
Cakapotojon and Pehlwas, would Indicate a great
er mentnllty than they seem to havo possessed.
Across Buttermilk channel, to tho origin, naming
and history of which Chaplain, Smith devotes two
chapters of his book, Sara, tho first Christian
child to be born In tho Dutch colony, daughter of
Jorls Janson do Itapalyo, was taken in a tub at a
very early ago of hor career and furnished tho
only thrilling narratlvo of tho place for some
tlmo
For several years It furnished a convenient
landing place for tho settlers' cattlo, and tho first
building was erected (1G98) by Van Twlller, and
"Most Devoted Wives Fear Hus
bande," Qy Dr. Waugh "Joke I"
Retorts General Jones "Modern
Suffrage Wife Does Not Expect to
Be Ruled by Any Mere Man" Mrs.
Howard Archibald Samuels Rather
Favors the Doctor's Side of the
Argument "Beatings 8ometlmes Ef
fective" "Woman's Nature to Be
Ruled," She Says.
S it neceosary to beat your wlfo?
Yos, and not It all depends on
whom you ask to anBwor tho question.
MrB. Howard Archibald Samuels,
secretary of tho Household Felicity
League, admits, that certain bcuollts
may bo derived from occasionally
chastising your spouse.
Miss Itosallo Gardner Jonos, known
as General Itosallo, tho particularly
attractlvo conductor of suffrage toure
to Albany, Washington and various
points via tho foot routo, tukeB the
opposite view and maintains that no
truo suffragist will stand by and lot
her husband bo tho ono to do tho
bcntlng.
Tho question aroso all becauso Dr.
William F. Waugh ot'ChicnBo, dean of
tho Bennett Medical collogo and chief
Burgeon of the JofforBon Park hos
pital, camo out In favor of wlfo beat
ing a8 a propor and wholesome disci
pline. But, thon, Dr. Waugh Is not
mnrricd.
What Dr. Waugh Advocates.
Among other Interesting statements
on tho matter ho made tho following
declarations:
"When you find your mate, rule
her; she expects you to ho head of
the houso.
"When you havo hor, llvo for hor;
alio demands It,
"When she nwakeiiB your jealousy,
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this was sot asldo by tho assembly as bolng "Part
of tho Denizen of His Majestlo's Fort at New
York for tho Benefit nnd Accommodation of His
MajeBtle's Governors and Commanders In Chief
for tho Tlmo Being." After this it becamo known
in familiar parlance a3 Governors Island, but not
all at once in legal documents.
In Its early history it furnished examples of
rapine and graft which put to shame tho efforts
of tho present day. One of tho early governors.
Lord Conibury, cousin of Quoen Anno, comes
down to us as "being universally detested," prin
cipally for his questionable dealings In regard to I beat her; she needs It."
this piece of land which tho people at largo wcro
already boginnlng to cherish for its beauty nnd
utility.
In 1710 tho Island served, in fact If not In name,
as tho first quarantine post of tho provlnco and
in that sarao year shiploads of "Palatines." re
ligious refugees, were housed there, "tho proper
cst place for their sickness and poverty," said
Queen Anne, who financed them parsimoniously.
Ono of these immigrants, Peter Zenger, was tho
first citizen to vindicate publicly tho freedom of
tho press nnd personal liberty.
Nutten Island (Governors) was made part of
tho city of Now York by tho Montgomery char
ter (1730) and an act of March 7, 1788, included
it in tho county. It was in 1755 that It first ful
filled its manifest destiny as a milltnry post.
From 1755 to 1773 there yveiu bveral loyal regi
ments of England living there. These woro tho
Royal Americans, His Majesty's Sixty-first Regl
ment of Foot under Lord Loudoun, and His Ma
jesty's Twenty-second and Forty-fourth Regiments
of Foot. Details of their life were found by tho
historian referred to In tho private library of Col
onel Fltz-Clnrenco, Earl of Munster, who commit
ted suicide (1812), and In tho English army rec
ords 1754-1842. These regiments aro -In name ex
isting today, and tho leader "of the band who
played at tho garden party of the Army Relief
society is a lineal desveudunt of one of tho
ofilcers.
In 176C the first fortification was built, in 1776
a "Strong Castlo" was erected. General Putnam
writing at this time to tho president of congress
spenks of It "us a very important post." Wash
ington wrote of "Its strong works," tho Now York
Gazellu referred to the thousand Continental men
stationed there; Lord Stirling considered It "bet
ter guarded than any other post." Tho brothers
IIowo stayed thoro until the evacuation of Now
York.
After tho battle of Long Island and tho British
victory. August 27, 1770, the "Liberty" boys came
back under cover of tho darkness and right under
tho nones of tho victorious enemy secured muni-
x tlons and food.
Tradition says that Governor Clinton loaned
tho island once for a race course (1781-5).
In 1794 a ferry was eBlaWMied which took pas- l presume ur. Waugh's eluti-ment la
sensors ut Ihruepeiicn a head. Tho ono In uso 1 a just and proper warning against
now avorages 30,000 passengers u month, I what will follow tho granting of tho
fashioned way. Suffrage expects thai
man nnd his wlfo to bo CTftial heads
of the houso. Nor docs tlfo modorn
suffrngo wlfo expect to bo ruled by
any moro man.
"Tho only spook of truth in Dr.
Waugh's theory I can find Is In bis
second ulttlomonl, where he says,
'When you havo hor, llvo for her, sho
domondB It.' Of course, she demands
it. And it'a hor right to do bo. Everyi
woman demands her husband, to de
vote hlmsolt to hor nlono, and, under
tho suffrngo ldoa, If ho doesn't ho's
going to hear from her in short ordor.
Calls Arguments' Absurd.
"Now, tnko what ho , Bays about
beating hor when sho mnkes you jeal
ous. Thai 1h the moat absurd thing I
Then the doctor Tvcnt qn to say that
tho most devoted wIvcb in tho world
are thoBo who fear their husbands.
Such wives sit up nights trying to do
visu plans to please their mascullua
lord and win tholr approbation. And,
tako It from Dr. Waugh, tho approba
tion of said lords is some'tid-bit worth
striving for.
"It's this way," the doctor goes on.
"Through their lack of beatings, somo
women oscapo from their husbands'
control and aro incapablo of con
trolling th,emBolves. Thoy Boon find by
the" absence of beatings that tholr
husbands -jtro not tholr masters.
Thoreforo thoy seek othor mastors,
and their contempt for their hunbftilds
has reached Kb limit. Onco n wlfo
holds her husband In contelnpt, not
oven beatings will win him back into
dor respect, for then sho will know
that ho Is moroly making a, bluff, nnd
is not roally tho masterful bolng sho
believed him when sho married him."
"Joke," Says General Jones.
General Rosalie Jonos throw up hor
hands in consternation and indigna
tion when Dr. Waugh's remarks woro
called to her attention,
"Equal suffrase went into, effect
July 1," sho cried. "Ho Is having his
last inning, for with women nenrlng
their rightful position in the world,
ho knows it will bo his last chanco.
Dr. Waugh knows who will hold the
master hand when wo get tho ballot
In his state, and this outburst of his
1b merely tho fceblo wall of nn en
vious old bachelor because somo ono
but himself is in for a bit of consider
ation from now on."
"No doubt Dr. Waugh Is right, in
somo respects," snld Mrs. Samuels,
who 1b .nn anti-suffraglst. "It Is well
known that womon lova best tho men
J who are somewhat cruel to them, und
DR. WAUQH:
When you find youf
mate, rule herl She ex
pects you to be' the
head of the holise.
When, she nwaWens
your Jealousy, beat
her; she needs It
1 GEN. JONESt
It Is the feeble wall
of an envious old bach
elor. r
Beating a wife when
she makes you Jealous
Is the most absurd
thing I ever heartT of J-
It Is part of a woman's
duty to make her hus- 7
band Jealous; he thinks
more of her.
MRS. SAMUELS:
No doubt Dr. Waugh
ta right In some re
spects. It Is well
known that women love
best the men who are
somewhat cruel to
them.
A woman who fears
the wrath of her hus
band loves him better
than one Who has no
fear of him at all.
beat soundly- tho wfc wjiy jjwnkens
his jealousy. Sho cannot wilfully
awaken your Jealousy unless she Is
mentally, at least, on the border line
of unfaithfulness. And an unfaithful
woman needs to bo beaten, Just as
nn unfaithful man needs it.
''Tho reason wo hart so much "dq
mcstlc unhnpplness today is tho lack
of strong men. Our forofathors wqro
men of iron in their homes. Tholr
word was law. How often do you,
cad of unhappy marriages of 100
yoarB ago?"
FEW WALK FOR PLEASURE
That year congress appropriated $3,727.52 for
tho Island's defenses. In 179G tho works woro
dignified an forts, and about this dato Knox re
pot Is "On Governors Island, ono bastloned squaro,
commanding two low batteries quite finished."
Between 1794 nnd 180C morti than $110,000 was
expended on tho works;
jn 1798 the faculty and students of Columbia
college, rupeatlng their patriotic work In Harlora',
came down to Governors Island with pickaxes
and shovels to holp erect breastworks when ono
of the French wnr scares aroused local fears and
Inspired ,tho call for harbor defense. In 1880 It
was ceded by tho State of Now York to tho
United States, and In 1821 tho Federal military
headquarters woro transferred thero.
OCCUPATION.
"I haven't anything to do," complained Ch'olly.
"A fellah gets tired of Just twirling his cane,
don't you know." '
"Of course," assented Algy. "Why don't you
get a dog to load, old chap?"
V
THE WORST OF IT.
"So you went out motoring with that ill-tem
pered .Taggers. Did his temper explode?" I
"Yos, but I wouldn't havo minded that, If his
tires hadn't, too." ,
voto to woman In Illinois."
Fortunately, Miss Jones nnd Mrs.
Samuels were not mutually present
when theso statonjents wero riHde, no
not ono thing happonod.
Couldn't Do It, She Says.
"You see," Miss Itosallo went on,
"it would bo tho greatest joke in tno
world for a man to try to bent a
suffrago wlfo. Just imnglno, for In
stance, an ordinary man trying to
chastise well, It wouldn't bo fair to
mention any names. But you know
somo of our oncrgotlc suffragists In
tho city. Why, I wonder what would
happen to him?" nnd Gonoral Jones
laughed hor merriest.
"I imagino Dr. Waugh hasn't much
to occupy his time when ho wastes
it advising men to whip tholr devot
ed partners Ih llfo. After a fow moro
years of suffrago thero won't bo much
room for men of Dr Waugh's typo
anyway."
"But to unnlyzo his statements In
detail, Miss Jones?"
"Well," snld tho doughty leader of
suffrage armlos, "take his remark
nbout womon oxpectlng men to bo tho
hoads of tho house. That's tho old-
evor heard of. It is port of a wom
an's duty to mako her husbnnd Jeal
ous. That Is ono of tho ways sho
holds his nffections, It la human na
tures to want what you'ro not Buro of,
and when a man's not suro of a worn-
uii he wauls her a lot mora than if
sho wtiB groveling about at his feet
all tho tlmo. If a malrbeat hlB wlfo
ovory tlmo sho mado him Jenlous,
she'd hato tho ground he walkod on
In ten minutes.
"Ho says fear and devotion are
synonymous. That's also ridiculous.
Imagine lovlng'ftnythlng you-drend or
fear. As for fearing wives sitting up
nil night, well, maybe thoy do, but It's
trying to devise some plan to placate
their 'lords' and not to 'please' them."
General Rosalie went Into a parox
ysm of mirth over tho gravity of Dr.
Waugh's roranrlc that tho approbation
of mascullno lords was worth striving
for. "11a, hal" chuckled ll Utile
genoral, "I know ho wnB a bachelor.
"Tho way for a man to hold a
woman's lovo and respect Is to bo
gentle to her. He can bo firm with
out boating hor on tho head with a
golf club or punching hor In tho oyo.
I doubt If nny woman over really
loved it man hotter' nftor ho had
kicked her In the nhins or knuuked
hor down nnd pounded her into a
comatoso condition. But I havo
known them to lovo him butter be
causo ho was good and kind, and
thoughtful nnd atfenilvo, and stro"hg,
but not brutal. .
Echo of Past Ages.
"As for womon being unable to con
trol themselves and needing to bo
contrbllod by a man, that is all -a
thing of tho past, ages. Modorn wom
on I mean suffragists, of course
are not only nblo to control them
selves, but I imagine are quito well
equipped to control others when
nocofisary. Dr. Waugh is simply a
joke." And General Rosallo laughed
again. 4
Quito different wns tho viewpoint of
Mrs. Samuels.
"I do not ugxee Willi flllllO says,"
she declared, "hut thero Is surely a
lot of common senso behind his
theory. No, I have never myself
Ihhmi hoaten; my husband did not
find It necessary to do so, but 1
know of ensos whoro boatings would 1
havo boon very effective among
wives.
"Tho theory that man Is master
und woman his slave is as old as
time. It goes back to tho days of tho
cavo mon, who knocked tholr wives
on tho head und carried them back
homo on their shoulders. I doubt if
nny common woman over lovetf n
man as those womon of old loved
tholr lords,
This Woman Agrees With Him.
"It Is woman's naturo to bo ruled.
If sho Is not ruled sho will search till
bIio finds somo one who will com
mand her. Thnt Is tho causa of
much of tho domestlo Infelicity of to
day. I do nit know that fear and
love aro as closely allied as Dr.
Watigh says, but It Is certain thoro
Is an affinity between thom somo
whero. A woman who fears the
wrath of hor husband loves him bet
tor than a woman who has no fear of
him at nil, la tho way I would put it.
"I concur heartily In his advice to
Writer Laments That "Tramping"
Has Become- One of the 'Arts'
That Are Lost and Mourned.
Thero aro so many 1 rts nowa
days that ono hesitates add nny
more. Wo aro told thnt letter writing
Is a lost art, and conversation. Wo
life sure that doing uothlmj must bo-,"
bucauso so many womon develop nou
rnsthonla when thoy attempt to prac
tice It. Tho critics of Jthe drama bb-'
sure us that acting' Is; and the critics
of opera that 'singing is, and the critics
of lltcraturo that poetry Is.
Yet. at tho danger. of. overcrowding
tho mortuary ehupel of tho arts, a
long observation of tour hghways, by
wayB and mountain trails has per
suaded us that tho art of walking has
now perished also and must bo as
signed to tho same mournful resting
place. Nobody walks tiny more, ex
copt the Appalachian club, tho Boy
Scouts nnd President John Fihloy of
the College of tho City ot JJow-Yort -rcnlly
walks, that 1b.
Walking fs Htlll practiced (as little
as possible) utllltarianly. Many New
York women, for oxamplo, totter pn
dizzy heols from their motors nt tho
curb all the way' across tho sidewalk.
But as an art It Is no longer practiced.
Tho secret has boen forgotten by all
nave a chosen fov-r-of -whom, of.
courso, wo aro ono!
Wo hold no ' brlof against motors
Wlmfri the use? Besidos, thoy Bra
very usoful things In getting you to
n convenient starting lioiht f6rn vnlK".
Tho only trouble with motors is that
pooplo stay In thom. Tho Yankee
typo used to bo lank and sinewy.
Pioneers nnd pedestrians aro always
mote oi' less lank, and sinewy, But
tho motors aro altering our type, The
man who takes a 20-mtlo walk for tho
Cfun ot It is looked upon- asan:i!i
sort of lunutic. Wvhy walk"' when, a
motor will get you1 thero so much
quicker? Wnlter Plnchard Eaton, hi
American Magazine.
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Valued His Memory. " ,
Hq was a furniture remover's man,
nnd hi inMiimry, H ehnrJuHy ml -.s5
mltted, was "Very convenient."
"No, I can't remember whore Mr,
Slyllt has taken his fnm,ljy and;furni- "
turo." , ?r
"Come, now," said the debr collec
tor; "ho hasn't bon gono a week, and
you drovo tho van."
"Hid I?"
"You know you did."
"And it's only a week ago?"
"Of courso."
"FUnny how easily n fellow forgets."
The collector produced half a sover
eign and tendered It.
"That ought to rouse your mopiory,"
ho remarked. ,
"It ought to do bo, sir," ho admitted;
"but, you see, this ain't -no common
ordinary memory, and It'll tako a deal
o' rousing. Why, It cost a sovereign
to put It to sloop."
NEW TERROR FOR NEW YORK
Should Water Tunnel Durst Thou
sands Would Inevitably Be
Drowned In Subway.
Probably tho story is based merely
upon the hysterical imagination of
one of theso chaps who is always
discovering some new terror in
metropolitan llfo, but it is now told
ub thnt, the most dreadful accident
ever known will be a possibility as
soon as tho water has been turned
Into the new tunnel which wftl carry
the city's supply from the Catsklll
mountains. Tho water tunnel, which
runs under New York, ranks next to
tho Panama canal among tho tremen
dous engineering projocts of tho
world.
At a depth of from 60 to 400 feet, it
carries a river equal In size to tho
Licking at Its ordinary stage, confined
undor very considerable pressure. At
several points the water tunnel ap
proaches closely to tho subway. The
theory of the new alarmlit Is that an
explosion, a slight earthquake shock,
or somo other unforeseen causo im
possible to guard against, might shat
ter tho dividing wall between the sub
merged rlvor and tho subway, In
which event crowded subway trains
would be submerged before the pas
sengers would havo the slightest
chance to oscapo. I don't think this
report will lessen travel on the sub
way. It's pretty hard to scare New
York. Somo years ago most of tho
newspapers shrieked for a week that
tho Brooklyn bridge was about to fall
down, and travol over it was not di
minished In tho least, except for throe
hours at tho beginning of the scare,
during which tho polico fought back
thousands of persons who woro trying
to cross, iiowover, a noted engineer
to whom the theory of the possibility
of a subway flood from tho water tun
nol was submitted, would say only:
"Such a thing Is highly Improbable.
It is not at all Impossible."
But for tho breath ot suspicion.
I sip would soon die a natural dea-th.
KNEW SECURITY WAS AMPLE
Bank Clerk, Married, Was Quite Wilt-
Ing to Lend Girl Money on Her
Personal Belongings.
Ono dollar and sovehty-sovon cents
wns advanced by Clarenco E. Smith,
loan clerk of tho Mechanics' National
bank horo, on two pairs ot corsots.
Thoy belonged to a wcll-drcssod young
woman, who wns caught hero without
enough money to return to New York
She raised her railroad faro by leav
ing tho two pairs of corsots, each
valued at $0.50, with Smith.
As tho 12:55 train enmo to u stop
at tho station, tho flusterod young
woman Jumped off, ran into tho bank,
and after a hurrlod conversation with
Smith, dopnrtod and caught tho train
Just as It was about to 'pull out. Bo
hlnd hor sho loft a noat box tied with
pink ribbons.
Thoro wus u rush of clerks to
Smith's cage immediately after hor
departure, for ho Is a married man.
Tho box vju- opened, and In It lay two
Case of Necessity.
Clergyman (to small boy) Don't
you know that It's a sin to dig on' Sun
day, unless it's a case of necessity?
BoyYes, glr.
Clergyman Thon why aro you do
ing it?
Boy 'Cause tills is a case of neces
sity. A fellow can't catch flah with
out halt.
pairs of now corsets one pink, tho
othor lavondor with tho price tags
attached.
Smith thought it best to make a
clean, breast of It when he returned
home to luncheon to Mrs. Smith. She
was very nlco about it The ypung
woman is expected to call soon for her
package Burlington (N. J.) Dlspatcb
to Now York Press.
Horse Ta4k.
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