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“White these is Life there's Hope.” VOL, XXXL. FEB. 10, 1898. 19 West Tarnty-First S No. 791, New York. Published every Thursday. $5.00 yearin advance, Postage to foreign countries in the Postal Union, $1.04 a year extra, Single copies, 10 cents, Rejected contributions will be destroyed un- tess accompanied bya stamped and directed envelope. The illustrations in Live. are copyrighted, and are not to be reproduced without special arrangement with the publishers, NE of the arguments used ainst prohibition in col- leges is that it takes some men so long to discover that there are better things in life than rum, that it is as well perhaps that they should n betimes to find it out One would rather spend of youth, if necessary, in discovering that wine is a mocker, than to reach that conclusion at a time of life too far ad- vanced for the fruits of experience to due chance to ripen. In the address on tem- perance which President Patton made to the Princeton students on January 30th he did not use this argument. Hedwelt upon the brotherly obligation to govern one’s indulgences with consideration for the welfare of one’s fellow, with kindness towards one’s own in- sides, and he did not hesitate to admit his conviction that a pronounced di of abstemiousness was highly becomi: and useful, especially to the young. It was impossible to discover in Dr. Patton's address any warrant for the im. pression, so prevalent in some quarters, that his idea of behavior is to go it while you're young, and beat the ground with a free foot while the bottle passes. IS Honor, Mayor Van Wyck, shows unmistakable signs of needing a lesson in courtesy. As long as he contin- ued to be a Judge his person was sacred, and it was contempt of court to call him names, Whether as Mayor he can safely permit himself to hector gentlemen with some years have as wellas LIFE w vhom he deals in the transaction of the ’s business, will show. Li wouldn't be amazed beyond recovery if the Mayor's manner of talking to folks who are used to politeness would pres- ently bring him some very ble experience. If. as appears, he needs a little personal correction, he would do far better to get some tnend to adminis- ter it to him privately, than to run the risk of getting it in public and being laughed at by the whole three millions of Richard Croker's subjects, Such di: course as the recent dialogue between the Mayorand Mr. Hubbell, of the Board of Education, must be exceedingly en- couraging to giving Tammany abundance of rope, and then letting Nature take her course, HIE proposition to use a flagon of water instead of a jar of corn- whis! for the libation at the naming of the battle ship Kentucky is doubtless agreeable to Secretary Long, who has scruples about the use of hard liquor for any purpose. If the Secretary and Governor Bradley are agreed to have water, let it be used. It is of no great consequence how battleships are named, and there has already been too much squabbling over the Keatucky. Get her into the brine the quickest way, and with the least possible ceremonial friction. 5S eS} Pree DOLE, of Hawaii, isin Washington, trying to induce Uncle Sam to straddle the salt water canal which keeps Hawaii out of San Franci It is a pretty wide canal, and Uncle Samuel naturally hesitates to stretch his legs enough to cover it, espe- cially as the security of footing on the further side is always liable to be im- perilled. It is reassuring to notice that President Dole makes a favorable im- He is a white man, of American origin, and pre- sumably the descendant of a missionary. Ile is good-looking, too, with a flowing beard that makes his portrait welcome to the readers of the newspapers. All of him considered, he seems adapted to impress observersas pretty well qualitied time disagree persons who believe in pression on his associates here. to keep right on administering the gov- ernment of Hawaii. > oS > 8 Oe x» z HESE are pretty troublous times for the New England cotton mills. For several years their business has been very bad, and now most of them have cut Overproduction and the competition of Southern mills are at the bottom of the trouble. The New England mill-workers, with limited hours of labor and comparatively high wages, have come into competition with Southern workers, whose hours long and wages low. One result is that some of the first familics of Boston have been reduced from luxury to mere sy circumstances. Let us cach buy a dozen new shirts and help all these good folks along. a HE trials which beset our brethren in the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York seem to be of that iliar sort which have te do with the and means question. Dr, Hall, the pastor, isa man of peace, of piety, and of unusual self-restraint and disere- tion, The governors of the church, known as the Session, have also a good gift of discretion, and consequently the private affairs of the church have been kept private in a remarkable degree, considering how large the congrega- tion is, and how conspicuous. though the Fifth Avenuc Presbyterians may not be able to see all thin with a there apparently, a good deal of reason to felicitate them upon the decency of their manners. wage: single eye, ettled his law suit at small expense, made up his quar- rel with his managers, and went home apparently happy, leaving some change still in the American pocket. It isa pleasure to recommend him to the people of the other countries which he is about to visit as a fine, hearty Northman, who, when he travels, leaves his climateat home. The winter climate that he used here during his visit was exceptionally mild. loose