Life — November 4, 1897 — page 4: what you’re looking at

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2 is Life there's Hope.” NOV. 4, 1897. No. to foreign countries in the Postal U: $104 a year extra. Single coptes, 10 cents, Rejected contributions will be destroyed un- less accompanied bya stamped and directed envelope. The illustrations in LAVE are copyrighted, and are not to be reproduced without speciat arrangement with the publishers. Which One? S LIFE goes to press the ¢ chances in the municipal fight seem to be as favor- able to Low as to anyone. There is a lot of apparent confidence abroad. Henry George is confident that he will be Mayor; Croker insists that he is sure of Van Wyck; and the Sux claims everything for Tracy. People generally put General Tracy in fourth place, but as for the other three candidates, it is nip and tuck between them, and there is no agree- ment among the political soothsayers as to which of them shall rule over us. If it is Van Wyck, we shall be no worse off than we have often been before—perhaps not quite so badly off, for Tammany has learned that the worm may turn, If Henry George has won, our Mayor will be at least an honest man, who will do his best to promote the greatest good of the greatest number. He will have effi- cient help, too, from Mr. Dayton and others. We won't have anarchy, or socialism, or the single tax, all at once, even if George gets it. If Seth Low has won, and Lire hopes he has, it will put in charge of the city’s interests the likeliest lot of officials who have been collected on a city ticket in modern times. From such a victory we may expect great results. With Low in, three years from now * LIFE: we may hope to find Mr. Croker following the plough on his farm at Richfield, Mr. Platt quietly serving out his term in Washington and actually spending his vacations in Tioga, and Mr. Godkin, triumphant at last, leading a string of thorough- breds through the green pastures of England and swapping cigars with the Prince of Wales. Whatever has happened, it's mighty interesting. Even if Virtue doesn't get any other immediate reward, it will be a satis- faction for her to feel that she has made a hot fight, and scared vice out of much growth and all sense of security, Dollar. HEY say there is to be a new kind of paper dollar, with a big spread-cagle on one side and a simple design on the other, and show- ing on both sides a good deal of white paper. The white paper is pleasantly associated in a good many minds with five-pound notes, and it sounds attractive. The devil flying away with the silver dollar would make a very suitable picture for the front of this note, but that might offend popular prejudice, and prob- ably the spread-eagle is better. BG a . A Shortage at Yale. HE Freshman Class at Yale is about fifty men short, and Yale doesn't know why and is anx- ious to find out. Something has restricted her increase which has not affected her sister colleges. She shares some of her best territory with Columbia and Princeton, both of which have been very widely ad- vertised for the last year or two, and seem to be finding increased grace in the sight of New York. Maybe they have caught some of Yale's missing freshmen, Maybe Yale men miss ‘‘the fence” and the oid build- ings. The Old and the New Way. ORD RAYLEIGH’S way to strengthen weak negatives, as appears from the Pail Mall Gazette, is to back them with flat, polished reflectors. The old way was to back them with flat, unpolished expletives. No doubt the new way is more effect- ive, after one gets the hang of it. A number of gentlemen, Colone} Asa Bird Gardiner for one, who made speeches in the late municipal fight, should take private lessons in it. Spain and Us. F we should fight Spain, which may Heaven disallow, it is pos- sible we may do it with something like general consent and resignation, but certainly not with enthusiasm or exultation, It might do the Span- iards good if they would understand the absolute lack, among Americans, of a hostile spirit towards them. There is strong sympathy for Cuba, but it co-exists with a sympathy for Spain and an admiration for her grit and persistence. We want Cuba to win her independence, but that is because we think she deserves it, and because we believe it is necessary to her prosperity. But we don’t want to see Spain humiliated, and if we became involved in a war with her we would go in in cold blood and absolutely without jealousy or ani- mosity, rN Two Notables. Tt presence among us of Mr. Anthony Hope Hawkins and Dr. Nansen attests that, regarded as a Carcass, we are not without at- tractions. Both are deserving gen- tlemen, and it is to be hoped that they may find our acquaintance both agreeable and. remunerative.