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The Beverly YMCA will profit by 
Judge Schofield’s decision. The 
YMCA of Newburyport contested 
the tax levy made upon it. The 
point under which the ruling of ex- 
emption from taxation was made 
was that the association was a re- 
ligious institution. The  educa- 
tional features of the association 
could not enter into the ruling made 
by the court, but to the City it gives 
added weight to the justice of the 
decision. The YMCA is more wor- 
thy of exemption from taxation than 
many a religious society. The pub- 
lie ought not to discourage its bene- 
factors. The YMCA is publiely sup- 
ported for the good of the commun- 
ity and Judge Schofield’s decision 
will gladden the heart of every 
member of a finance committee 
of every YMCA. The decision 
is of double value, in that it 
also exempts trust funds in 
the possession of the association. 
The YMCA is rapidly becoming the 
poor man’s university, and its value 
in a community cannot be measured 
in silver and gold. 
The slight passed upon’ Beverly 
Farms by the nominating committee 
of the Beverly YMCA in failing to 
nominate at least one director from 
its territory ought not to be allowed 
to pass without notice. The con- 
stant refusal of the institutions of 
the central part of the city to ree- 
ognize the interests of Beverly 
Farms is becoming monotonous. It 
is noticeable, however, that the sub- 
seription bills are mailed quite reg- 
ularly to Ward Six contributors. 
Beverly Farms has an_ identity 
which should be recognized. It is 
not a eash box. 
Bishop Lawrence proposed an in- 
teresting custom in a commence- 
ment address at Columbia Univer- 
sity. ‘‘Let him put in some amount 
that will go to his alma mater after 
his death. Let it be $10, $50 or 
$1000. It is not the amount that 
counts, but the sentiment that goes 
with it.’’ The seheme is a good one 
and could be used to excellent ad- 
vantage by the finance committee of 
any college. 
The Baptists have taken Phila- 
delphia. The World Alliance and 
Northern Baptist Convention will 
meet there in joint session. The 
Northern Convention is a departure 
from the independence of the in- 
dividual chureh characteristic of 
the congregational polity for con- 
certed action by the whole denom- 
ination, 
The release of John H. Chance 
from prison by the Governor’s par- 
don, it having been proven that he 
did not commit the murder, after a 
service of thirteen years, opens the 
question of the responsibility of so- 
ciety to him. He was then twenty- 
four and is now thirty-seven. Thir- 
teen years of his life are gone. It 
surely seems that in justice, society 
should make some reparation for 
his loss. That justice has finally 
been done him does not remedy the 
injustice of thirteen years’ standing. 
President Taft’s refusal to grant 
a pardon to Clarence -Kidwell, who 
killed the husband of a woman he 
knew, ‘‘as a brutal murder for lust. 
The applicant escaped the hanging 
he so richly deserved. No further 
clemency can be extended,’’ is short 
and decisive. The keen, moral and 
judicial sense of the President gives 
the nation confidence constantly in 
his efficient administration. 
Nehemiah Herron, the genial, fa- 
therly, suecessful Truant Officer of 
the Beverly Sehool Board has just 
celebrated his fifty-second anniver- 
sary as the Bell Ringer and Sexton. 
His hands pulled the rope that rang 
the bell in Beverly which executed 
President Lincoln’s call to the re- 
puble for men. Good fortune at- 
tend him! 
‘It is time to begin to make sane 
arrangements for a quiet fourth. 
Noise is an evidence of a low order 
of civilization. Must we always 
‘‘revert to the type’’ each year? 
There is more patriotism in a beau- 
tiful rose than in a ‘‘ton of noise.’’ 
Dr. Richard Cabot gave evidence 
of his usual common sense and 
good judgment in his address at the 
convention for social workers. It 
will be a long while before the last 
word can be said on that problem. 
The disagreement in the Seder- 
quist Barry brokerage larceny case 
does not give much encouragement 
for the future. How ean the laity be 
expected to understand? 
The Boston Elevated Railroad is 
getting wise and is taking the pub- 
lic into its confidence. This is only 
another sign of the times. Ours is 
a government of Public Opinion. 
The Moody School at East North- 
field, is still finding good friends 
and is worthy of the generous sup- 
port which has been given to it. 
Optimism. 
(Geo. Borrow) 
Life is sweet and gay, Brother! 
There is night and day, Brother, 
Companioned sweetly with each 
other : 
Sun and moon, 
Stars aboon, 
Earth beneath, 
Wind on heath, 
Sunny hours, 
Fruits and flowers, 
All are ours! 
Work and rest 
Give life zest, 
Busy hands 
And quiet breast; 
Friends and kin, 
Heart within, 
God o’erhead, 
Naught to dread 
Save sin; 
And in the end 
O, Friend, 
Heaven shall be ours! 
Since life is very sweet, Brother, 
To thank our God were meet, 
brother, 
Companioned lovingly with one an- 
other ! 
—Joseph A. Torrey. 
The United Shoe Machinery Com- 
pany it is rumored will cut a melon, 
if the cut worm. (from Washington) 
does not destroy the vine for this 
year. 
Someone ought to tell the Mayor 
where Beverly Farms is. It is still 
on the map. Not very conspic- 
uously, of course. Never mind, the 
Assessors know! 
The new tax on stock transfers 
of two-tenths of one per cent should 
not cause any great consternation in 
brokerage circles. The customers 
will pay the bill. 
The king has honored himself in 
his attention to Dr. Jowett, formerly 
of England and now of New York. 
The Reciprocity Bill will win. It 
must be so, the Senior Senator from 
Massachusetts proclaims it. 
Rev. Theodore Lyman Frost, of 
Manchester, is making progress by 
‘“degrees.”’ 
To love and win is the best thing; 
To love and lose the next best. 
—wW. M. Thackeray. 
Some defeats are only instalments 
of victory. —Jacob A. Riis. 
