Show THE BEST AN AND WORST I TT IT T Is characteristic of ot such spec spec- L calamities a as the Lusitania outrage that they display y human nature na na- ture turo at its best and its worst Of or tho the former Alfred Gw Gwynne Vanderbilt Vanderbil t may fairly be considered an accurate exponent of tho the latter Jatter there can beno bo be bono bono no more moro striking example than the tho commander of the German submarine who murdered fifteen hundred per persons persons per per-i sons and slunk away like any other othe r I murderer pro probably to hasten to Berlin Ber Ber- lin bin and receive whatever reward the Kaiser proffers those who signally advance advance advance ad ad- vance Germ German culture To the tho roll of distinguished Americans Americans Ameri Amen cans who have sacrificed themselves s to the unwritten law of or the sea the tho name namo of their above wealthy compatriot compa compa- triot must be added Woman and chil dren first meant more to this multimillionaire multimillionaire multi multi- millionaire than his life lite possessed a as s he was of or everything that renders lif life lite e worth the living Power wealth ease his position of ot distinction were torI for for- I i gotten when he found a young o ng woman without a n. life belt or of succor in tn those last seconds before tho thu I vessel took tho the final plunge e H He gallantly gallantly gal gal- lantt surrendered his preserver life to the less fortunate young oung woman and began his search for another death overtaking him him but a moment later Mr Ir Vanderbilt's personal onal courage is the more striking striking- because his career had not riot particularly fitted him for tor It His training was not that of or tho the soldier soldier sol sob dier to which Capt Archibald Butts responded during the tho earlier catastrophe catastrophe catastrophe catas catas- of 01 tho the Titanic It was not riot that of the philanthropist and habitual well doer Nathan athan Strauss who wrote his name high on tho the roll 1011 of honor b by self sacrifice in the Titanic horror Mr Vanderbilt was a pleasure pleasure- loving 10 seeking pleasure-seeking rich man without definite aim except enjoyment enjoy enjoy- ment merit and carelessly indifferent to public opinion It has hM been said of ot others that nothing in the tho world so much became them thorn as their method of ot leaving it and as much ma may be remarked remarked re remarked re- re marked of or him Continuing faith in n human nature is as M much promoted b by Mr Vander Vandor hilts hilt's heroism as it was shattered b by bythe bythe the crew of the murderous submarine and the cruel superiors who issued the brutal order I I |