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“While there is Lire there's Hops XLY. MAY 25, 1905, 17 West Tuiety-Fixst Steer, vol. No. 1178, HE Russian and Jap ancse fleets continue to furnish SS’ extremely little news, and that little very trus' worthy. We admit that we { do not cept in. the not know, ex- most general way, where th what they If they must fight, would have been more have had ther are or convenient to arly in May whe leisure dt sitting, there was ample to atte them not most of legislatures journed, the President hunting, Mr Carnegie gone abroad, - ad wand large nv bers of our eminent financiers holding their breath until one thing or another should blow over, the times have been rather dull, Of course, there has been the Equitable dispute, but not on that alone can the energies of enquiring minds be sustained forever. But Togo and Rojestvensky have not considered us, and now seem as likely as not to delay their per- plesities until June,when any att we pay them must be diverted from the wise out of the commence- That is the way with They are reluctant to ad- and are very prone not to live such announcements as_ they Let the gentlemen take their and fight at their honorable con- venience. They are disputing for an That the his adversary the culmination of ment orators. admirals. vertise up to make time enormous stake Russian admiral can do very serious damage is not thought proba- ble. If he can annihilation and get into Vladivostock with a rea- sonable residue of a beaten fleet, even that will be to Japan. escape a serious embarrassment Togo s task isto put all the LIFE Russian ships out of commission. That and word does come of how he has handled it, the news will be worth studying. is a large contract, when HERE is lawful warrant for liking an who can have a good time, especially if he can have it without det spiri t to his physical. mental or 1al well-being. The capacity for having fun argues a wholesome in- ternal condition, favorable to the pre- sumption of sanity of mind and body. President Roosevelt this capacity in volume. He fun, even in circum- possesse unrivalled can have lots ces that seem to observers adverse, and when he can take his time and choose his sport, he can have nearly all the fun there is He scems to have had a tiptop time hunting bears in Colorado, He up a lar; shot » bag of bears, enced 1 wet and the preliminary symptoms of hunger in suitable vol- ume, pleased all the two-legged crea- expel cold an tures he met and interested the qu: rupeds, worked his way safely through Chicago without getting dangerously mixed up with the strike that pre- vailed there, and, at this writing, is back in Washington, a better and more vigorous Magistrate than when he left Curther sport awaits him in the National Capital. If he can find the safe middle path through the railroad- rates diff Lall be glad to testify to his accomplishments as a scout, and add “ Pathfinder" to his titles. If he can find enjoyment in adjusting the acrimonious lapse of amity between Messrs. Bowen and Loomis,we shall more than ever admire ulty, we shi his gift for wringing satisfac of adventure. | HE most desirable result that could ensue from the great fight in the Equitable Life would be the cheapen- ing of life insurance. If the policy- holders have been taxed to excess for the care of their funds, and if their returns from their investment are less than they ought to be, that is im- portant and should be known. People ought to be able to buy life insurance for pretty nearly what it costs, The paramount office of life insurance com- nies is to supply insurance at cost as is consistent with s low security. and lenders of capital, they may be ever so usefu As great accumulators large ries and profitable opportunities to their manz gers, they may be ever so convenient: as providers of but to serve these turns is not what they were incorporated for. Such serv- are merely incidental to their which is to facilitate prc ices chief ion for widows and the end, herless, There seems to be some basis for the expectation that the drastic hauling which the Equitable is bound to get may result in the end to the profit of all policy-holders, and the: iciaries, in all the great American If it turns out so, the great combustion of explosives and ove! companies, pyrotechnics which we have witnessed will not have been unprofitable Gs re CIRCULAR relating toa proposed Mrs. Gilbert, the actress, bronze statue of her in oneof the parks. May we gently deprecate that suggestion? To our mind, her merits were not of the par- ticular sort that perennial bronze is best suited to commemorate. Her gifts were not commanding nor lonely, but cooperative and helpful. She was not a solitary figure, but belonged in a group. If she must stand in bronze, get Mr. St. Gaudens to give her the angel's place in the Sherman statue, where she would have an office suited to her talents and her nature, and strong backii But better still, find other way of keeping her in memory. We min too much to bronze effigies, especially in our parks, Itis a rare figure of a man, much more of a woman, that appears to advantage in bronze, and the qualities and services which call for that sort of metallic im- ization are rarer still. memorial to suggests a ome comicbooks.com