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but the Tammany behind, him is not the great old Tiger, but puny hanger-on without a foot- rest in the realm of city rule.
Jonas and the Umbrella
What is believed to be the first umbrella introduced into England was auctioned recently in a coun- try town. It was brought from the East by Jonas Hanway about
7, Garrick Street, London, W.C.21750; and for thirty years that
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stout pioneer paraded the streets with it, oblivious to the ridicule that pursued him.
A remarkable man, and a re- markable umbrella. It would be difficult to find the counterpart of either of them' to-day; for where is the modern umbrella that can look forward to its bi-centenary, the Writer's Name and Address, and where is the man who has
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Yet, with no such system of lost property offices behind him as we have, and probably neither by hook nor by crook, of which it is likely that his brolly is de- ficient, Jonas by sheer alertness, the and firm concentration on matter in hand, so we must as- sume-preserved the alliance in- tact. Even that famous speci- mien, “in colour like a faded leaf, except where a circular patch of lively blue had been dexterously let in at the top," received no
Hong Kong, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 1938. greater devotion from Mrs.
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To the combination of alertness
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and courage displayed by Jonas, posterity owes much Beneath his canopy have flowered a thou- Once again political destiny is sand choice varieties of feminine headgear, which else might never perching on the doorstep of the have been acclimatised; and grimy old Criminal Courts Build- though men neglected their op
dull ing in New York City as a strict-portunity, and bore but a
crop of "toppers” and “bowlers,”-- ly business New York County they have at least acquired in Prosecutor continues his bold the neat umbrella a symbol of than the march against an organised un- gentility, worthier derworld. The fact that Reuter is sword, and more useful than the
"clouded cane.' " cabling daily reports indicates how closely the United States is watching that march, the politi- cos in particular. And the recent suicide of State Senator Julius S. Several educationists in Britain Berg has focused public inter-have lately voiced their dissatis- faction with the present system est anew on the question how far for the examination of students. "rackets" have eaten their way They hold that it is no real test into political life.
of general ability, but only of the a special It has been three years since power to "cram" on
subject, which is rather a feat Mr. Thomas E. Dewey was ap-of concentration and industry pointed special rackets prosecutor than of intellect. Questions, they in the Tammany bailiwick, and point out, tend to be based
on the vagaries of fashion, more than eight since the metropolitan press upon any standard theory of the headlined the outraged dignity way to assess knowledge and of the now deposed Tammany ability.
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Chief, John F. Curry, and thirty One might add to these objec- of the machine's district leaders tions the further one that the at a request that they sign waiv- conditions of an examination pro- ers of immunity to testify before vide a trial of the candidates' a special grand jury investigating temperaments, which is irrelevant charges involving judges and to, and likely to invalidate, the politicians.
main test. Some individuals, who To-day so wide a swath has are otherwise competent, are un- been cut through the Tammany nerved by the momentous and preserve that one of its major decisive nature of the occasion, untouchables, James J. Hines, is or, beset by the dread of being now standing trial on charges wrecked upon the "bank and that a $100,000,000 racket gang shoal of time," fall into a panic relied upon him “to control judges that makes it hard for them to and other public officers to see navigate at all. that they did not perform their All the same, it is extremely difficulty to find any substitute
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For twenty-five years Mr. for the system; but it has been Hines has held undisputed sway suggested by Dr. Philip Ballard, in a West Manhattan district a member of the International In- where he began as the son of a stitute Examinations Inquiry, blacksmith, but now is reputedly that in any test a cadihidate's re- the wealthiest and most powerful cord of normal work should be:
Tammany district leaders. taken into account, and that fai- ached the trial with lure in a single subject should not a mean a fallure to matrifuldte. the Both of these would supeïr to be rts, sound and practicable-
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