sure whether they have the right to arrest ladies who are wearing
feathers in their hats.

The Chief of Police has sent out a circular (containing a copy of the
act that has just been passed) to all milliners and dealers in birds'
feathers.

He intends to punish these merchants if they infringe the law, and then,
when the law has had time to be generally known and understood, he
intends to arrest all women who still persist in wearing feathers in
their hats.

New York passed a similar law last year, but the Governor refused to
sign it, because the Forest Commissioners did not approve of it.

* * * * *

We told you last week that President McKinley was anxious to withhold
the letters that had passed between this country and England in
reference to the seal question.

Unfortunately his wishes have been thwarted by the publication of Mr.
Sherman's letter to Ambassador Hay.

It is a great pity that this letter found its way into print, for it is
most unfriendly in its tone.

It accuses Great Britain of bad faith in her method of carrying out the
terms of the Paris treaty. It declares that at the end of the first year
the United States discovered that the provisions of the Paris treaty