NO Rio Bea Sa Roe Bo Re EO as 39 
minute service will be desirable as 
well as the completion of the tunnel 
on the Boston and Maine with elec- 
trification from Beverly to Reading. 
The proposed new highway along the 
shore to Marblehead from Salem, 
together with a new structure con- 
necting Salem and Beverly, will be 
in the line of progress. The latter 
has been provided for in a resolve 
entered and passed by the untiring 
efforts of Representative MacDonald 
of Beverly on the petition of the Hs- 
sex County Board of Trades. It pro- 
vides, he writes, ‘‘for an investiga- 
tion by one member of the Harbor 
and Land Commission, one member 
of the Highway Commission and one 
member of the Board of County 
Commissioners to reconstruct the 
present bridge between the cities of 
Salem and Beverly or to construct a 
new bridge and dam. There is 
need of a new and modern bridge 
and that any further expenditures 
on the old structure is a waste of 
money, I believe, is apparent to ail. 
The proposition fet a solid filled 
structure with tide gate and locks, 
if not too expensive and finally con- 
structed would result in one of the 
most beautiful basins in New Eng- 
land. From a health standpoint it 
is a very desirable proposition. At 
low tide the odors from the mud 
flats along the rivers are a menace 
to health. This will end if a dam 
is constructed to keep these flats 
covered at all times with water.’’ 
The construction of the bridge and 
dam will mitigate in no small way 
the sewage nuisance against which 
the residents of the North Shore un- 
dertook action, a year or more ago. 
While each Town is awake to its 
own interests it must be alert to the 
interests of the whole shore. The 
interests of all are one. 
Leonardo Da Vinci and Mona Lisa. 
Emerson says in the opening sen- 
tences of his essay on Art: ‘‘ because 
the soul is progressive, it never 
quite repeats itself, but in every 
act attempts the production of a 
new and fairer whole. This appears 
in works both of the useful and fine 
arts, if we employ the popular dis- 
tinction of works according to their 
aim either at use or beauty. Thus 
in our fine arts, not imitation but 
- creation is the aim.’’ In no work of 
the hand and genius has expressed 
upon the canvas more truly this 
truth than Leonardo da_ Vinei’s 
Mona lisa, recently stolen by van- 
dals from the Louvre in Paris. It is 
a creation not an imitation. It is 
said that ‘‘no other artist ever 
painted faces so wrought upon by a 
depth of inner feeling as did 
Leonardo.’’ The Mona Lisa, other- 
wise called the Gioconda is a por- 
trait painting of the third wife of 
Zanobi del Gioeconda. It is a ecrea- 
tion, an ideal portrait the product 
of four years’ study and industry 
in 1500-4. The canvas has been 
priceless in worth and has been 
called, fairly enough, the most fa- 
mous portrait ever painted. In the 
loss of such a work the whole world 
is the loser and feels the loss. Jt 
is almost an impiety to say that 
of. four thousand gold florins. La 
Joconde as it has been called was 
never completed to Leonardo’s sat- 
isfaction. Here is the mark of 
genius. Only genius is discontent 
with labor done. Da Vinci it will 
be recalled painted the ‘‘Last 
Supper’’ at the Monastery de Santa 
Maria delle Grazie at Milan, orig- 
inally painted in oil on plaster and 
later restored. When Napoleon in- 
vaded Milan his soldiers stabled 
their horses in the room. When a 
door was needed they ruthlessly cut 
one through, mutilating the paint- 
ing. ‘“‘The Virgin with St. Anne’”’ 
and ‘‘The Virgin of the Rocks,’’ are 
also at the Louvre. The National 
Gallery in London is the proud pos- 
sessor of a replica of the Virgin of 
the rocks. ‘‘The Annunciation’’ is 
at Uffizi Gallery, Florence, and the 
Pitti Gallery in the same city has 
guarded diligently ‘‘La Monea.’’ It 
seems a pity that such a vandalism 
can have occurred. It is not un- 
likely that the miscreants will be 
overtaken but the world does not 
wish revenge and _ punishment 
heaped upon the thieves. It wishes 
the picture returned. The French 
police and detective bureau have a 
peculiarly irritatmg problem and 
lovers of art will be interested in 
their successful return of the ‘‘Mona 
Lisa.”’ 
A Strong Veto. 
President Taft lived up to his 
promise and his veto of the bill 
providing for the admission of New 
Mexico and Arizona was conse- 
quently expected. It had _ been 
known for a long while that the 
President was opposed to the re- 
call of judges as provided in the 
new constitution of Arizona. Nev- 
ertheless the bill was permitted to 
pass up to the President with the 
objectional provision still in it. It 
has received the fate which it de- 
served and the wholesome applause 
from the republican members of the 
house when the veto was received 
echoes the feeling and judgment of 
the people. President Taft had a 
problem in government presented to 
him in concrete form and he settled 
the question thus presented to him. 
Abstractly the question was as to the 
wisdom of subjecting judges to re- 
call. Concretely it came to Presi- 
dent Taft in the Statehood bill 
and his clear headed answer with 
well chosen words, he has given his 
judgment. What a chaotic state of 
affairs would exist if the judiciary 
of a state were obliged to look 
to votes and be influenced by 
puble opinion in their decisions con- 
cerning matters of equity and jus- 
tice. New Mexico is unfortunate 
but her admission to the Union will 
be delayed only for a year. Ky- 
eryone must agree when President 
Taft says in his message: 
‘But the judicial branch of the 
government is not representative of 
a majority of the people in any 
such sense, even if the mode of se- 
ecting judges is by popular elec- 
tion. In a proper sense, judges are 
servants of the people; that is, they 
are doing work which must be done 
for the government and in the in- 
terest of all these people, but it is 
not work in the doing of which they 
are to follow the will of the majority 
except as that is embodied in stat- 
utes lawfully enacted according to 
constitutional limitations. They are 
not popular representatives. On the 
contrary, to fill their office properly, 
they must be independent; they 
must decide every question which 
comes before them according to law 
and justice.’’ 
The people of the United States 
are profiting now by the judicial 
and governmental training of the 
Chief Executive. 
Congressman Augustus P. Gardner 
will entertain the Essex County Re- 
publican club tomorrow. The ai- 
fair will probably be the greatest 
political gathering Hssex County 
has ever known, both as to at- 
tendanece and importance. That 
the political situation in Massa- 
chusetts and the whole country, 
for that matter, is far from _ be- 
ing settled is evident. In Massachu- 
setts there is a Democratic Governor 
and three men contesting for the re- 
publican nomination, and one _ of 
whom must contest with the demo- 
cratic governor for the governor’s 
chair. The President has vetoed the 
Wool Tariff Bill and undoubtedly 
the Cotton Bill will meet the same 
fate. The people are waiting for an 
address from the President on the 
Tariff Question and it would not be 
surprising if tomorrow presented an 
opportunity. The President’s ad- 
dress may do two things, classify 
the national issue and solidify the 
republican party in Massachusetts. 
