THE WASHINGTON HERALD SUNDAY OCTOBER 2 1910I

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GERMANS NOW SPORT

Can Afford to Lose Money atMonte Carlo

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PROSPERITY AT HIGH TIDE

Austrian Also Tryl cr Their Handlit the Wheel Americans nml-

ISiiKlish Pushed Aside Accouns atUanfc Show Xet Profit of 14OOO-

M1Q AH JYntioiinlltiea on Hand

Berlin Oct t A remarkable proof ofincreasing diffusion of wealth In Ger-

many may be found In tho latest statis-tics of tha Casino of Monte Carlo whichindicate that the German can now affordt10Sfi his money in the grand manner

The number of visitors from all partsto the famous gambling palace has re-

mained pretty much the same they averago In the neighborhood of 25000000 yearly This figure it should be explainedIs reached by counting evory personentatfng the rooms

The same person may enter again andagain but he is always counted as aseparate entity so that the total givendoes not convey a correct idea of theaggregate of visitors and still less of thenumber of actual gamblers

Americans GaloreUntil 1900 the dominant element was

composed of Americans and English tothe extent of 70 per cent but every yearsince then German has been heard moreand more at the tables and now 55 percant are Germans including Austrians

The Englishspeaking contingent hasgone down to 30 per cent 10 per cent areFrench and i per cent are other na-

tionalities Italians constitute only onehalf of 1 per cent of the whole numberwhich is taken to show that Italians onth average are not wealthy Spaniardsand Scandinavians are at the bottom ofthe fist

The accounts of the bank at MonteCarlo show net profits of 14000000 annu-ally Of this 8 00000 is German andAustrian money Americans and Englishlose 5200000 Frenchmen 1400000 Rus-sians J16 W and the rest is contributed-by various other nationalities

FRENCH TAKE UP SPORTS

Give Shoulder to Indoor anti Now

Favor Open AirParis Oc 1 That Frenchmen and

Frenchwomen are becoming Increasinglydevoted to openair sports is shown bytha steady decline in the popularity ofIndoor amusements The Inland revenueqf the republic shows steady decreasesundar tha head of duties levied on billiardtables and playing cards

The are vanishing from Francey p0chapsure turned into dining tables-

t tile rate of 10W a year In tho lastfteealvyaar packs of playing cardswere sold in France but for the lastthirty years the sale has been goingdawn at tho average rattt of 26000 packsannually

tile Marquis de 1Algle has just com-

piled some remarkable hunting statisticsaccording to which France now standsclose to 15000000 annually on that formof sport Twelve thousand horses arekept exclusively or principally for hunt-ing purposes Their maintenance costsover 2100000 The upkeep of kennels fig-

ures out at approximately 400000

of the hunt veterinary surgeons for-esters and bettors are put down for 1

003000 and the rest is made up of freshpurchases of horses and dogs and thegeneral expenses of the meets

LOOSES FALSE TEETH

Passenger Then StopM the BerlinStnttgitrt Express

Berlin Oct 1 The BerlinStuttgart expreee came to a sudden standstill in theoptn country in response to a pull at thealarm cord A man clambered out ranalong the embankment picked up some-thing and nodded serenely to the hundreds of curious heads that were poppingout from the windows

To the conductor of the train he ex-plained that he had been standing at anopen corridor window got a fit of sneez-ing and lost his set of false teeth

But thats no reason to stop thetrain said the conductor severely Itsonly in cases of urgent necessity thatyoure allowed to pull the alarm

It was a case of urgent necessityanswered the traveler calmly

first I cant eat without my falseteeth and secondly I am on my way toan important business engagement forwhich it is necessary to have all my

So It was both my health and mytYing that were at stake

The strange part of the story Is thatthe tain authorities let it go at thatwhich in itself Is remarkable enough ina country where most things are ver-

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DEEPLY STIRRED

Marble TnliletTnken from RcNtiiiffPlace of Raphael

Rome Oct 1 Signer Silvio Caterinllaments in the Nuova Antologla that themarble tablet In the Pantheon where RaphROl J buried has been removed to

for the tombs of King Humbert I

This tablet dates from 1S83 when Raphaels body which had been laid torest Jn a cavity of the wall near thethird altar to the left In 1520 was dug upshown In a glass case for six days andthen reburied in a marble gifto Pope Gregory XVI under the marblestatue of the Madonna executed in ac-cordance with Raphaels will The LatinInscription on the tablet recorded thefinding ofvthe masters body which formore than ell years had been lost andmarked the spot where has been

Now that the tablet has been removedRaphael tomb is naturally supposed tobe where the bronze statue of the paint-er is erected and Cardinal Bembos wellknown epigram

LirisfE ami Nature feared fat might outvie-JI wsfbs And djrteg fears fcerself may die

leads vteltora to believe that the painterslast resting place Is there Signor Cat-er mi found the tablet badly broken hidden In a corner and he was told that asit was useless the authorities had decidad to destroy it

When the Pantheon was consecrated asa Christian church In OOS the statues ofthe heathen gods were removed andtwentyeight wagonloads of the bonds ofmartyrs were carried there from tho cataoombs Now that the kings of unitedItaly are buried In the only ancient edi-fice of Rome whloh Is still in perfect

relics of Christian mar-tyrs and th bodies of painters arc evi-dently considered out of place

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CLEOPATRAS NEEDLE

Egyptian Obelisk on Thames LonffExposed

London Oct 1 Cleopatras Needle theEgyptian obelisk OP the Thames em-

bankment opposite the Savoy Gardenshas been exposed to London atmosphere-for thirtytwo years ahd Is slowly suc-

cumbing to Its effects The acid In thesmoky air and the damp fogs are grad-ually destroying the sharpness of Utehieroglyphics Upon which the people of

gazed more than 3000 years

agoAccordingly the suggestion is madethat the Needle may have to bo removedto a more salubrious atmosphere maybe-

to the British Museum where there arealready two Egyptian obelisks safelyprotected from the weather The monu-ment is periodically cleaned and sincethe last survey the process of decay hasbeen much more rapid than before

There is an old story of an Egyptiancurse which was heard when the Needlewas removed from Egyptian soil Cer-

tainly ship that carried It was abandoned in h gale and several lives werelost The obelisk was rescued and towetto London with immense trouble andlabor and since then it has borne ablameless reputation

EGYPT IN TROUBLE

Cotton Lands Are Fast Be-

coming Waterlogged

RUINING BACTERIAL FLORA

If by Any Chance the Quality of theCrop Deteriorates Cotton MayPall in Price Equal l that ofAmerican Product Would MeanRuin If Such Were to Happen

London Oct L The cotton industry isthreatened with yet another misfortunefor Egyptian cotton lands are in dangerof becoming waterlogged Egypt themuch irrigated huts now a surplus ofmoisture underground It would seemthat a permanent rise of water table hasbeen produced by conveying basin landsinto perennially watered lands

The general conclusion arrived at afterofficial experiments Is that the rise ofsubsoil water caused by infiltration fromhigh level canals or by overwaterlngcrops Is a cause for the deterioration inouput and quality of the cotton Con-cisely put Egypt Is becoming waterlogged by the rise in the level of thestagnant water which prevents the de-

velopment of the roots of the plantsThe result Is that while In former years

there was little or no need for drainage-at the present time it is urgently needed-to prevent this subsoil water from washIng up injurious salts ruining the bac-terial nora and reducing the effectivedepth of soli

Would Spell RuinV Lawrence Balls who is in charge of

the Egyptian Mcndellan Experiment Station suggests as a possible remedy thebreeding of early maturity cottons whichwill ripen before the water table has risento the plant roots However feasiblethis may be in the future it will takeseveral years to obtain a cotton withthese characteristics so that facUltiesshould be made for all farmers In Egyptto have their lands drained Efficientdrainage though very costly Is justifiedby the recent loss per acre per annum

It Is a striking proof of the fertility ofthe country that this lots almost dis-

regarded till last year Is on a single cropabout as much as the ordinary profitswhich an English farmer makes on thesame area in an average year If by anychance the quality of the Egyptian cropdeteriorates as seriously as the quantityhas done nothing will save the Egyptianfrom a fall In price to something littleabove that of the American Egypt ac-

cording to a consular report presented byW H Cadman can never reach America-In quantity so that this price means toEgypt the ruin of her staple industry

DEEP SEA DISCOVERIES

Made l y the Director of thewcKlnn Flnherie1

London Oct 1 Notable deep sea dis-

coveries have been made this summerexpedition under the command of Dr

HJort director of Nowegion fisheries ontime steamer Michael Sara lent by theNorwegian government

The object was to ascertain the modeof formation of the deep layers of theNorth Atlantic the composition of theoceanic deposits the rate of currentsover oceanic shoals and In deepand the distribution of pelagic algae inrelation to the depth to which sunlightpenetrates In different latitudes

The expedition started operations onthe west coast Ireland and worked Itsway south to the Atlantic coast of Mo-

rocco thence to the Canary Islands Madeira and the Azores after which itcrossed the Atlantic to Newfoundland-and back again over the same route Atseventyfour stations over COO temperature observations were made at variousdepths-

It was found by exposing photographicplates at various depths in tho SargassoSea that the effect of light was clearlyvisible at 300 fathoms Only the blue rayscould reach to such a depth At 500

fathoms the effect was somewhat lessbut at 000 fathoms no influence of Ughat all could be traced

Many new species of deep sea fisheswere brought to light These seem toexist at almost all depths They werecaught by tow nets and trawls were useddown to 2000 fathoms As many as 330

pelagic fish were caught In a single trawlat 500 fathoms off the west coast of Ire-land

LONDON LOSES A FIGURE

John Delncouv Last of the MenAbout City

London Oct 1 John Delacour whodied recently was the last of the menabout town In London This distinctionwas claimed for Montague Guest but Incorrectly Mr Guest did things He col-

lected pictures and bricabrac and wasnot unaffected by tile bustle and hurryand desires modern life Mr Delacourremained to the end the pure man abouttown of the seventies

He never went In for anything Hewas always thoroughly well groomedand although he had no speciaj gift forties and waistcoat lie was thought oneof the best dressed men of his time Hisspecial gift was for not doing things

He would go Into a billiard room andspend a pleasant hour but he nev srplayed billiards He went Into the cardroom but he never played cards Peopleliked him because he pave ense ofleisure and of the unlmportance of hustleHe was a triumph of negative qualities

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PAPUAN CANNIBALS HOLD TOTHEIR STRANGE CUSTOMS

Though They Feast on Human Beings They Are Easily Won From

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London Oct The lieutenantgovernor of tIme British portion ot NewGuiana has just come home for a briefholiday and he hits found the opportunity to make his countrymens flesh-

creep with ales of cannibalism as stillpracticed by natives under his jurisdiction The interior of New Guianait should be noted Is perhaps the largestterra incognita remaining on the earthssurface and according to Gov Murray-it hides many mysteries

The native Papuans are divided intomany distinct tribes primitive andbarous but in some respects of highnative Intelligence They are easily wonover from barbarism anti induced totake up some form of employment Thegovernor during his trips Into the inte-rior heard constantly of a race of longtailed pygmies who dwelt Just over themountains but exploration alwaysbrought the answer that they were Justfurther on

A Single VlllnecThe Interior Papuan village wholly

consists of a single building from 300 to600 feet long and about 70 feet high itis divided into tunnellke compartmentscapable of sheltering as many as 1500persons In front of the building Is aplatform whereon the cannibal feaststake place Gov Murphy recently ar-

rived at one of these villages in time tobe present at the eating of a freshlyroasted body He says

The bodies tire placed on the platformsinged and afterward roasted The fleshis cut up into small portions sprinkledwith sago wrapped in loaves and dis-

tributedThe hero of the day the man who

has done the most killing then mountsthe platform and after much brandishing throws a lighted torch to the groundthus signifying that the entire male population is privileged to make love to hiswife That IS the highest honor thetribe have It In their power to conferupon him for his lays prowess

Cnn Exchange VictimsThere are less pretentious cannibal

exploits on a smaller scale It 19 a point

VISIT PALM BEACH

May Give Up Ireland and

Remain in America

Dublin Oct 1 Richard Crokar is pre-

paring for his annual visit to PalmBeach and will remain In New York forsome time before proceeding to FloridaHis medical advisers see no improvement-in the kidney trouble compels himto winter in a warm climate On thecontrary they are of opinion that it increases with the advance of age

It is rumored that Mr Croker Is in-

clined to retire to Palm Beach for goodand give up Ireland on account of thedisappointments ho has met In racing andotherwise but it is extremely unlikelythat he could find a purchaser for hisestate at Glencalrn few Irish residentsbeing sufficiently rich to maintain sucha mansion

The racing fraternity is disappointedthat Mr Croker has not come out strongly with horses this year having regard-to the declarations he made last seasonTo his friends he declares that no manIs safe in racing unless he trains feedsexercises and rides his own horsesStable managers and jockeys are his potaversions now

NEW RUSSIAN TAX

Levies Conscription Dues for ThoneXot Wanted

St Petersburg Oct new taxwhich may have an Important effect onthe composition of tIme Russian army hasbeen prepared by the council of ministers and will be presented to the Dumanext month

it levies five rubles annually for fouryears from the age of twentyone on persons due for conscription whose militaryservice the government does not wish to

useHitherto apart from Finland whichpays a money assessment toward the im-

perial defense fund only such remotepeoples as the Central Asian and Mon-

golian subjects of the Czar have been ex-

empted from bearing arms by statuteand that because they could not understand military Instruction In the Russianlanguage The new tax will be appliedat discretion in European Russia andevidently it is intended to substitutemoney payment for military service byJews

Tho question will be left to the Dumawhose attitude may be judged by its de-

cision last session that Jews should notbe eligible as officers In the army medicalcorps It Is estimated that the tax willat the start bring In from ten to twelvemillion rublrs

BEWARE LOUIS HEEL

Hijfhhcnled Shoe Brings AboutKidney Trouble

London Oct 1 Beware the Louis KeelDr von Koranyl of Budapest says thatstudy of a large series of statistics prepared from the experience of others con-

firmed him in the belief that highheeledshoes play a distinct part In causing dis-

placement of the kidneys especially inconjunction with the heavy drag ofclothes above the constricted waist

The elevation of the heels causes anincrease in the lumbar curve says Drvon Koranyl and this entails displace-ment of the kidney even If that organ liesoriginally well back as a well behavedkidney should

New Venice CompaniesLondon Oct 1 The new Campanile at

Venice that Is to replace the old onedestroyed in 1902 is nearing completionand It is hoped that for Christmas nextyear the bells of St Mark will peal againfrom its top and their echoes will soundover the lagoons So far the new towerhas reached a height of 195 feet and thebulling of the bell which fromthe base to the cusp Is ft feet high hasjust been started The rebuilding of theCampanile began In 1904 since when 100men have worked for 1500 days and used1500000 bricks

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of Papuan etiquette that you must poteat the man you have killed but youmay satisfy your conscience by exchang-ing victims with another man havingfirst sealed the compact by disfiguringthe corpse In accordance with conventional rules

Many of the tribes have their ownnotions of how cannibalism should beconducted In some districts the victimsare roasted while in others boiling ispreferred r have known instances inwhich tile process of cooking is done over-a tire the body being sandwiched be-tween two layers of sago Some of thetribes have a weakness for eating babiesand organize raids on neighboring vil-lages for the purpose of kidnapping

y Pear of DeathDiscussing ether characteristics of this

interesting race Gov Murray saysI do not think the average Papuan lies

the slightest fear of death I have known-a native when with murder tofall fast asleep minutes of thebeginning of the trial As Judge I havesentenced a man to death while he

reminded me that he was tired ofthe whole legal formality

That attitude of lethargy is a charac-teristic of the race While fighting hadto be done the Papuan kept himself pre-pared for eventualities and allowed hiswife to do the work Now that tribalwarfare has almost disappeared amongthe people on the ooast line the warrior

that It would be a national disasterthe woman as the weaker sex

and so he permits her to go on with thework while he arranges to do as little aspossible

Th male Papuan Is more or less thecreature of indolence but directly he istaken In hand he becomes disciplinedwith astonishing readiness Ask a nativein isis primitive days to fetch a wheel-barrow and he immediately it upin his arms and handles It a fondmother would carry a child I have senPapuan mon when first given a spade layIt on the ground pile the on it withboth hands and gaze at it in be-

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HAVING TROUBLE

Thirtythree hotels anil llextnuraiitaMeet Failure

Berlin Oct L Some of the continentalcures seem to be having a bad timejudging bjr tho annual report of thechamber of of Wiesbaden Ger-many It in that otherwiseprosperous district thirtythree hotels andrestaurants failed in the year re-

view among them beinglargest and most modern establIshmentsThe reasons given are sharp competitionincreased cost of maintenance and noincrease in the number of guests

It WAS cosmopolitan Edward whoset the fashion for people to goto Continental but Gorgedoes not favor with thatEnglish health records where curative

Kings slaUr Princess Victoria alo prefoes English If some Continentalgayety couH into Uiosehall watering places it would no doubttend tc make them more popular

WORLD SOON

SEE CRATER PHOTOS

Expedition Hopes to Get Pic-

tures of Mount Erebus

London Oct 1 The world may seesome very remarkable photographs andbioscope films if the photographer toCapt Scotts antarctic expedition wholeft London this week to Join the TerraNova party in New Zealand has luckThe Instruments he has taken out withhim are of a typo never before producedand have been specially designed to dealwith longdistance photography and cine-matography

In the hope of getting a moving pictureof a volcanic eruption of Mount Erebusthe photographer has taken a number ofreflex cameras which will make the craterappear only a utile away whereasthe actual may be ten miles ormore No cinematographs have ever beenmade with looses of this pattern and theoperator is prepared to deal if necessaryon the cinematograph with a lens ofthirtyInch focus instead of the usualthreeinch focus

The photographer Is taking out 300Mfeet of films and some 7001 and hoIs hopeful of getting photo-graphs of the aurora and color picturesof Ice on autoehrome All coverings are made of knobs ofIvory as metal knobs would burn thefingers with the intense cold

A aiJEER MALADY

Sleeplessness Asrniu WorrleH Europes Medical Proftsxion

Budapest Oct 1 Another case of thatqueer malady sleeplessness extendingover several years without direct Injuryto health is exciting the interest of themedical profession of Budapest Frau

Hejemes who Is married and hissa of ten has not slept for sevenyears

She began her long vigil one night when-a gypsy wqmnn attempted to kidnap thechild Since then she has not been ableto go to sleep neither has she had anyinclination to do so She Is In excellenthealth and has had a daysbut as soon as to lie1s seized with a violent nervous agitationwhich compels her to sit up again

The woman declares that she Is quitecontent In her sleepless state as with thewhole twentyfour hours to herself sheis able to perform all her householdduties as well as to do a good deal ofreading A curious fact is that since thebeginning of her Insomnia she has de-veloped a great tasto and abilitystudy and has learned three languages

Frau Hejemes Is thirtyeight and itwas because of late she had been subject-to irrepressible fits of yawning that sheconsulted a doctor about her sleeplessstate

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working faculty had developed mostfln-telligently J

Are Clever LinfrulfttiiAs a of fact they ore a sensi-

ble In many respects highlysensitive ns well Ay llnqulata they havetow equals Nearly every tribe has itsown language not merely a variation ofsome mother tongue and I have metnatives who could speak seven or eightlanguages

In one part of the island it Is compul-sory that the wife should speak one lan-guage and the husband another Theyknow both of course but they maintainthe traditional custom as though theirexistence depended upon it

There is another singular trait asso-ciated with this tribe Although junderstand two languages It is essentialthat they should speak a third while en-

gaged in lighting They periodi-cally visit a island whichthey make their temporary abode whilethe fishing excursion lasts

Ijear Civilizationsorts of dreadful things await the

Papuan who neglects to malta use ofthis third language and disaster wouldoverwhelm the entire tribe if In an un-

guarded moment any one mentioned thenumber 7 Why the demons of destruc-tion should be liberated by so simple anutterance does not permit of explana-tion by the most profound Papuanbut the awe Inspired by the mystic wordis veay real indeed

Civilization after all I a terrible thingIt creates new evils and dangers almostas rapidly as it mitigates or destroys theold ones Listen to the pessimism of theBritish Medical Journal

In humanitarian circles it is customary-to speak of ciriliozatlon a a disease antito compare the noble savage and theeffete citizen In a manner greatly to theletters disadvantage iron the point ofview of health and constitutiondo not lend imquaJIfled supportkind of idealism yet it must b confessedthat the list of industrial diseases

formidable s a constantly growingone and that every new invention carriesattendant evils in its train

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ON GERMAN SOIL

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ers Go Thirteen Rounds

Berlin Oct LFor the flm timepeople have witnessed a professional

boxing match for a purse of gold on

German soil It was to be a twentyround contest each round of two min

duration between Hans Itaszak aprofessional and Jim KxHsch

scheduled as the champion boxer of Lon-

don of 1807 They turned tho scales atJ9 and 1M pound respectively

The referee at the start exhorted theIntensely interested public which Includ-ed many fashionable women not to bealarmed if Wood was drawn or IC oneof the competitors got knocked down

was all In the game he explainedand wasnt at all dangerous

The match only lasted thirteen roundsKaliflch always on the defensive triedhard to spin it out to the full twentyrounds so as to win o points andhis somewhat slow antagonistthe aggressor from the first There wasaViot of dodging and clinching but Rotsaak at last got his chance for a hard lefton the Jaw which sent his adversary to

Wild cheering broke through thethe German won

Prize lighting in Germany has thus beeninaugurated and seems likely to becomevery popular The remarkable earnest-ness and stillness of the spectators was afeature which particularly struck theAmericans and a man who start-ed excitement wag hissedout of the

PIT

Time Honored Division of the Or-

chestra Floor of I2iiBli li TheatersIn the orchestra of a London theater

there are only eight or ten rows of stallsand immediately behind them is the pitwhich Is off by a barrier or fencethat across the theatreIn the pit there are no individual seatsmerely rows of long benches on whichthe people sit rather closely together

It is of impossible to reserveIn says the Bookman

and who are going to the pit haveto come early on the evening of the per-formance in order to secure the best

in the ease of a popular play aqueue of people may be seen at 7

stretching from the pit door allthe sidewalk waiting for the

to open They keep their placesvery patiently In line united by a com-mon mood of pleasurable anticipation

One manager a while ago made theexperiment of selling reserved seats inthe pit at the usual price but to this thepit people objected strenuously on theground that they could seldom knowin advance Just when they would findthemselves possessed of that hdppy com-

bination of money and xn evening offwhich would permit of theater goingand preferred to take their chance wait-Ing In line when the fortunate oppor-tunity arrived

The pit Is patronized by people of a-

very estimable class and is often frequented by well educated men and womenwho wish to save money and do not careto dress Whereas a seat In the stallscosts half a guinea or approximately190 a place in the pit costs only two

and six or approximately 60 cents andthe play can be seen very nearly as well

In the pit the same programme that Issoul in the stalls for sixpence is sold fortwopence and the pit has a refreshmentbar of its own which is cheaper than themain of the theater Of course thereal why there is a pit in the Lon-

don theater is that there has always been-a pit that In itself is sufficient for theBritish mind but it must be admittedthat the system is on grounds of com-

mon sense an exceedingly good one

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May the army be augmented VMay tfromqtlon be less slow

May our country In the holir ofheedBe ready for the foe

May we find a soldiersBeneath a soldiers blow 2

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Bear sad remembrance of the wringsWestripling soldiers do

We bid a fond adIeu myhearts with sorrow flow

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To the armys bravo commanderLet now our glasses flow

Well drink to ShermanAnd to the

To Thomas Meade and Sheridan

Benny Havens Is the songtho Wont Point cadets and has beenso for many years For consider-ably more than half a century fhcsoldiers of Uncle Sam have beentelling in song ot Benny Havenskeeper of their favorite resort bytime shores of the Hudson and ofthe adventures escapades and other notable happenings associatedwith the famous tavern The briglash verses are given above withseveral verses added the last onethe toast written to the memory ofBenny who died on May 29 1S77 inhis ninetieth year If all the versOsthat have been written to this songwere collected printed theywould make a small Al

though Benny has closeto thirtyfour years and the siteformerly occupied by his tavern isnow utilized by the West ShoreRailroad and has been since theearly SOs yet his memory and thatof his soldiers rendezvous Is stillsung and is particularly revered bythe old officers now in the servicewho helped to make the hero andhis resort famous

For a long time it was supposedthat the Havens house was demolished when the railroad was builtfor no one to have takenthe trouble to find out the exactfacts in the case but recently itcame to light that the buildingnot destroyed but was taken apartand removed and reerected at t a

about live miles from tieAcademy where it still

stands nearly 100 years old Thbarrangement of the house has beenaltered very little and a vl lt

from one of the old boyswould give him a chance for Instantrecognition

Fully to understand who BantuHavens was and why his name Isso closely associated with the Mil-itary Academy it would be necessaryto visit a class reunion or similar

hear the ringing sbngHavens Oh Havens fvvas

a veteran of the war of 1S12

first lieutenant of a company or-

ganlzed and captained by a residentof Highland Falls N Y

Shortly after the war he estab-lished a place on the military reser-vation where he sold liquid refreshmeats of various kinds and sundryeatables It soon became the thingamong members of the caHfet

corps to visit Bennys and these t

visits were not necessarily conflneuto the limited daytime hours of re-

spite from academic dutiesLast taps meant npt

bed but said to havedispensed good cheer In comparh-tlve secrecy for a long time in Illslittle retreat being virtually asquatter on the national domainbut the authorities of the MilitaryAcademy wOre finally unable tooverlook him longer and he wasexpelled Then It was that he tookup his residence at the river banklocation a mile or more farthersouth

There were three things in partic-ular that drew the cadets to Bennystavern It is not to be derlW thatthe character of the libations offer-

ed there was not the least of themNeither perhaps was it the great-est Almost equally famous Withthe boys were the pancakes and theother edibles offered byTho cadets were sometimes glad toget a square meal or ot least one

that was appetizing for mess In

the old days was the opposite ofthat of today with Its highclasskitchen

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Tour who have fallenOne cup before we go

They poured their lifeblood freely

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WH re they rest helenThey He neglected far away

From Benny Havens Oh

When you and I and BennyAnd all the others too

called before the final boardcourse of life to view

May we never on any pontBut straight be told to go

And Join the army of the blestAt Benny Havens Oh

Tls said by commentatorsWhen to other worlds we go

We follow the same handicraftWe did in this below

If this be true philosophyThe sexton he says No

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Dr OBrien originally an assist-ant surgeon In the army Is rr dte3

being the composer of tie inverses With ties aid of c rs

these grew to five in number uriithe number hiss never cea togrow

OBrien had just been eomrafveda lieutenant In the Eight Idatry and before joining his rg tho stopped at West Point t ifriend Maj Ripiey Arnold t rr afirstclass man They mad nrrexcursions to Bennys ariJ erarose the song which was t

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A reminiscence relating redeath of tho author and of Be smanner of receiving the news s redt the many stories which I s rabout the old house The tiirt v S

midwinter and the hour one beforeitlldnighL Three or four of te ridets had come down to tlie pla e-

land and as the snow crust wrjanot support their weight had f w

road at the risk oftiort instead of the course Vrthe woods sometimes taken Tvroor three others had made th r wafrom barracks te Gfcos Point w TOthe lighthouse stands and

skates and glided a ahalf down the frozen Hud n tiHavens dock

Soon the singing began ar 1 fr-ly came this verse dedicate tthe originator of the Bonny Haverssong who had just died for ta-

iobntry in Florida

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downward by a sir fCjh-eavy heart

One of the earliest men to suf rpunishment for visiting Born Ha

was Jefferson Davis Ar ccaccording to a story Daa high cliff while makrs a

hasty escape from Bennys upT ieapproach of an officer and was almost killed On another ovasirnj-he and five companions were aught

and four of them were fxIn consequence Davis may

p6sslbly have escaped becausr f fthe logic of the defense he is safdto have offered to the effect thatit is better a hundred guilty should

escape than one righteous personbe condemned

Although it will appear quitr evi-dent thud Benny wits officiaUv perBonA non grata at West Point f enthe powers do honor to him to layit Ife to be suspected that not al of

privately frowned upon himdays of his reign In the flv

leaf of one of the later descriptivebooks on West Point written bj aformer member of time Instr tlrgr

is the sentiment To time m nof Benny Havens Oh this lit-

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