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?CetP Hort? ?ribttue. ?iriBiin, n m; h. i?i*. BalMlri*;. No 15* N? SVBl*f<-*ltirTION * ? ' ? ' -ttUtd? SS^?Ny*i m..m.. BATES F CANAMAIJ KV'??..?? DA'' ' I>AT' ? Orne month. RSio?.!artl1. ?" ?lT! tu ?fit -Mr. *re?l at II.? Pe?t?.fft<-.' s? New Tora sa Seeon* Claas Mm? Matter. Tb? Trlbua? u?-- ?n5??vora *?. ?ft0'?,,"*; ?ri-atverthines? of ?very a *v*rt;.rm*..! Il print? and t? pmbllcsilnr. f ?H ?<lv? rtlaeirfenls contatnln? I^^^^^^K ?tateirrnt? or _ Conjuring Prosperity Out of an Empty Hat. President Wilson will not sr^tly Itupri?sa the country by his Herrmania-squt' aiiuouiuviui'Ut that lie is "pt&f to conjure prosperity out of t*e receast-s ?.f a nwrtar-tioard hut. Americans have little pa? tience with statte mack* In politics. When a snow man-"rta?tii*man exclaims. "Pass this little bill for me and pKwperlty will return." must ot us feel like going to the box otli? t?> get <?ur money back. Tbat impulse Is all the more overpowering when the mag?**1?1' who off,'rs to recaU kMOaBtMiMp is the frame one under whose ministrations iarospority has had every inducement given to It to, make itself ?M?rce. Oue of the most deterrulned iiuu-i"* workers we have ever had in politic? was William ... Bryan. For ?eight years he tried as tbe head of the Demo? cratic party to perMim.?- the ??ountry that If Con? gres? and tbe Preshh-nt would only open th?> mints ?he fr?-e minage ?if ?-liver there would he "a boom in bu?-:!!?"-** tnUM as we have never witnessed , *??. T'nitf* I Btat? No doubt Mr. Hryau l?t Ibved siinvrdy in bis ability to revive business l?v ,?,,, sim? t debasing, the currency and <-i:ttinK i? half tbe priiM*Jfpal of all outstundini* .I, l?!s. Bui the country bad no faith in the vain Unit klml Ot business revival. It savored too much of legerdemain. Ml? Wilson's resuscitation ? hau au artificial look. What rc-latlon to tbe betterment ot conditUins in <*orumerce and Industry lias tbe lnimodiate passage ?>f undigested legislation calculated merely to harass business further and to incroa?-" iiiicortntnty as to what constitu??? a violation of the laws against r?*straint of trade? The rre?-ii!ci.t admit? that ?lie country h. tbrousii two serien?. ?JMCka In adjusting HeeU to the new con?l;tioiis crrat<?d l?y the passa ire ?>f the tariff law and the currency law. It has been a strain on the nerves foi people to accommodate theiusel.?- M far to what Mr. Wilson calls the new "cr>iistituti??ii of freedom" for busln? ?train contiden?*e has been arrcst'-d. I'lislnoss has slackened, property valu??s have been enormously ?1?? rea ?-?-?I ai?d the pinch of unemploy? ment has ban painfully felt The normal remedy in such <*as?-s Is rest from nerve racking disturb? ances. Hut .Mr. Wilson's remedy is still more of the same thin*,'. He would give another wrench of the iiervs to a patient hovering on the horder of nervous prostration, 'llu? country wants Congro?s io quit ami ? 'ongresi itM>lf wants to quit. Hut there sUinds the inexorable nerve wtOCket with his whip ami bludgeon, and the poor, frighten??.! Democrats in the House and Senate have no choice but to subjfvt the business of the country to an? other thumb screw ordeal. If. after all is over, the bruised and jaded victim breathes a sigh of relief, tbe President will try te hail that as a vindicad?'? of his policy- -as a <i','n ranqullUty and prosperity ahead. Yet if pros? perity c.iines it will not. be ?Ine in the least to the ex'K-rimciit about to be made to confuse the mean? ing of tbe Shermuii antitrust law by su-mt'Iuous and, in many cases, delibwately tricky amendments. I hei" is mi pussilile stimulus to Commerce or in? dustry in such a procedure. In M.me tlir?*? tioiiv tbe business outlook hut been moderatelj good toe some time pa-i. In others il ??iided. The return of pr??si?crity, in full tid ?. If it Come*?, will l?e due to ????nditions associated only In a slight uh'.'imuv wiih the legislation of the Wilson adininistratioii, and lew people will at? tribute it. to Mr. Wilson s agency He will draw a blank out of the bat. Husiness, even if it recuper? ates before his terra is ended, will look back to legislation of tbe flrst two years of that terra as a period of affliction, aoine of it a helpful discipline, perhaps, but most of it unnecessarily harsh, harm? ful and depr?wt?lng In its results. Our Wabbling Foreign Policy. Colonel Koosevelt merely said out loud on We?ine?day evening what most Americans think about the administrations foreign policy. Tbat policy has ?been "wabbling" to au exceptional de? gree, it has been personal and sentimental, cut? ting loose from the sound traditions whteh huve ruled for generations in the eomluct of foreign affairs. H has aimed at glittering generalities and vague abstractions?"the service of hu? manity," etc.-rather than at protecting ml promoting the best iiitii??ts of the I'nlteil States. The President has suffer?*?! from a lack of ex l*erlciice In fonLn ielati??ii.s, and has aggravau-d Bis own d<-fi?ets by putting at the bead <?f the ??tiaioiit | secretary even more visionary tbau himself. In hit* Mobile spefvh Mr. Wilson annoiinml a new and vague ?loctrlne of moral soverelguty i?. be applied in our dealings with Latin-American countries He ?aid that the I idled Stat.s would ?ry to ? sup?'rvi?i?m orer the concessions granted by Iaatln-American ?-??uiitries to laim.poun ?\vtidlcate.s Tbls mi|??ivision was to be cv :or the benefit vt our southern neighbor-. !>.it in bis desire to thrust the goo A offices of thi?. wiintry on other Ai'ieri?*au countries he failed to iHTcelve that h?> ?rat striUinj; a blow at their pride of nationality by pro-rosin,- to interfere in th-Mr doniestle affairs in order to prote? ; from themselves The lu'iral |.i*??tei't>?nit?'. idea bus not vet been l>Ut into pra.t ?v. But in M.xi?.?. where there w.iv e*ery reattou for Am?i*i.an iut?Tvention In or?ler to aav?? the l \,.H and tA^tMxTty of Aim-ricans and ^0 fulfil our duties umler our own Interpr?t?t ion ^the Monroe DoctltBe to KuroiK-an countre nationals, the PpOtmoMtf. pcrs>,tently rw from Interfering, and only drifted into a tPt-ventlon on a ?jnestlon of reparation for - ?hamv ?lls.-ourte-y to tin? Ameri.an ssO0sss?T?sst was ri^bl w Ihm he s.,i,| that ftiiii-tratiou pursued a course t.-uard Me\i betweoa ?peaoo and war, exquisite)) to combine the disadiautaget* of both, mi.l f.'. ?sTf* l".\arl I loward the ?ither." I | tr??.- picturi- .?f ?illation of fi'i ii.liiilnlsfratb'tK which lins not known whim Us push forward or ?\ ' b??i?l back ntnl H Tan.me bt? ptaja de? termined for It from week tari to week end solch l?y the ??ressure of en Columbia Day at Poughkeepsie. The victory <?f the brilliant ('??luinbia crew at l'oiigh? i deserve succ-oss for aheer skill over brawn and muscle. Weighing ten poun<is to a ? man l?*ss than the favored Cornell eight the Colum? bia men row?nl a jurfect raw, perfect in water? manship and judgine; L ?Setter crews may have rowed undw the Poi^hk?iepsle Bridge, but It will be bard to prove the point to any tvilumbla wHih-ss *?f tbe rai-e. The name of Hi??e at last take? rank when? it belongs, with the great coaches of the: country. Iu an Kngllsh year, the excellent showing of the ' Pennsylvania crew la easDy explain*?! On other, grounds tbe NTckalls crew waa hardly of a class to administer a drubbing to n Courtney eight, and ??*??* lish methods of training and tho much reviled: Fatiglish stroke earn praise by just po much. The ?Quaker victory over Cornell ranks second only to' the Columbia 8Ui?"-cess in the sensational story of Poughkeepsie for 1914. It is a grati?calion to every one that tho Wiacon- \ sin and Washington men pulle?! so sturdily to the| end. A more thrilling race than the hard last mile ! of yesterday has rar?*-ly t.*.-.?n ?mh on American waters. With so many parts of the country rcpre- : sentiHl, from tho Atlantic t?? the 1'aclfic. the regatta on the HtK'son has fairly taken rank among our great athletic events. Yesterday was iu umny re? spects its crowning hour. Miss Davis's Good Work. Mayor Milehoi's praise of Miss Davis, Commis? sioner of Correction, is justified by tin? substance of her report to him covering pia-'ti? ally the first half year of her service. The items in that report are interesting. 1 her?: aro savings iu .??iliiiinistra? tion, and not unimportant oiks. 'liiere are im? provements in prisoners' diet and in sanitation, in spite of thee savings. There is a new policy In the treatment of keepers and orderlies of benefit to them as weil as their charges. And there is an unfaltering and highly successful war against the drug hahit and tbe drug trad?? within the institu? tions' "A alls. Siiil more significant is the new spirit which Miss Davis has brought into her d. partinent?a spirit, as the Mayor declared, which makes it really a Department of <3orrectl'in Insteail of a depart? ment of jails. Womeu officials to wort for the women prisoners, the imietermlnute sentence and the honor system in force, a COUf*i**te&t regard for the prisoners as human beings instead of mere worhl's waste, are evhieiKvs of that spirit. It is a ?.'.?oil work which Miss Davis has d'une, and If the Miiy??r had to go t.? a woman to ?get it done his .judgment in doing so and his choice of the woman to do it are to be highly commended. Stand Licenses for tbe Deserving. License Commissioner Boll's idea of having tor news, fruit and bootblack stands ?.-ranted only to those unable to earn a living In other ways has certain merits. It is better, Oaf? tainiy, than tin? pi*?"-*-nt hit-or-inl:*s scheme under which, he has ?li'-coveied. profitable stands are fanned out by the ItceUKeS, win? add their profita from this tran?,aeti<.n to income from other aources. The logic of tho stand license situation is that the license should return a fee to the city based ?'ii its earning capacity?not a nominal fee, as nt ?iresont?or It should be considered as a contribu? tion by the city to its deserving, partially inca? pacitated citizens to help them to earn a living. In some cases at present news and fruit stands sei"??' tho latter purpose. Hut In many others they have be?'ii pre-empted as good business vimtures by somebody who had a pull with an aMerman and thus got a permit U they are not t<> furnish a revenuo to the city Commissioner Bell will do a good Job if be can make it certain that these go t?> help tin? really ?ef-ervlng. Col. Roosevelt Will Play Tiger's Game in Backing a Straight Progressive Ticket. Mii'h Joy in Tammany Hall is reported as a result of Colonel Roosevelt's statement character? izing District Attorney Whitman as a "rubber stamp" for Mr. Barnes. The hope is expressed there that the Colonel himself will run for t'ov ernor; falling that, that there will be a straight Progressive ticket which he will bail;. The ex-President is convinced that the state cam? paign must be a fight against the Murphy machine and the Barnes machine. Ho believes the bosses of both parties can be destroyed at the stme time. So far as a victory In one campnign can accomplish this, It is quite within the realm of possibility. But it cannot be done by a campaign in which there aro three tickets. It cannot he done by a division of the "right minded people" Into two or three groups working bitterly against each other .?tacanee of party prejiuli ('oh'iiel I'oos.'velt knows this as well as any? body, for he cut bis pajlltloa] eye teeth a great many years ago. and has forgotten more than the Birds ,'iii<l the Hobiiisons, who are insisting on a straight PrrOf-Teaslve ticket, will ever know of the ]>olitics of the state. Therefore, the Save of Saga? more Hill bases his rejection of Mr. Whitman not on a clear cut declaration that the l'n?^: should and mir?t run a straight ticket, but on tbe declaration that Mr. Whitman la a boss's creat'ire. not tit to ?have Uie support of ProgrerMlTCjs or other ?tidepenilent citizens. That The Tribune considers a faulty estimate of Mr. Whitman and his services ?o the community. Whether he is u? be the I'epul?li?an candidate f??r Governor wllf <1* j .?inl on the Kepiibiican foto**l theniseh.'s. iu-t a ii will depel 1 on the P ?.he ?.ot?is wliethr be is to be i he Progress',e canditiute, it 1 *>? ?_:i?tstjve friends of Ilia run huu in their primaries, as they have talked f d"iii,v It is certain that his victor] In tie primari?'s woultj not carry any greal joy I Harn.'?. < r the Republican ??i?i Guard He ha* n ,? endeared himself to org.iiii/.?ti??!i leaders of bis own part;, by act? of omis.?ioii ,..? romniJ-asaOa any more than be baa ?-.uleirtHl blmself to Mur;?hy and the Tamilian.. it?-s who indorsed him f.?r re election s*| going aft?r the road frauds and state cuinmltiee s**W*M??ak?l | y support the K.irnes machine !??aders .?\c to his candida?., Vl|; ?-.,. ),.,,.,- Vflja tribute to his political streunt h. T.inuiiany hn m-thin." more than the union of Kepublk-aiis and ?* ;1 candiilale for (???vernor. Whether the !'u?i<?n be on Mr. Whitman >? other p?UuTemtmre U?|.iib|ican who would eupotl to lh" "right mind???! jn-npio" in both ( thai is the only practical way of stnl.ing ai, i Ive blow against Murphy and atarne-i. The Conning T&wer The Social ?Progress of Mary. ,\ J?HI!M?iN IN FlVB 8TO.NE8. I. When Mary left b-lyria for here Because "it horcl lier so"?they called her "queer." II. She told her John that putting up preserves Drove her quite mad,?which indicated "nerves." III. John sported spats and wore a white gar? denia, While Mary tangoed into "Neurasthenia." IV. .*\nd then the specialist informed Maria How smart it was to have Xcu-ras-the-nt-a ! V. But old Doc. Jones, who never plays for pelf, Said Marv thought too darned much of her Self!' II. K. S. It takes all varictiee of male to make up a busl uess worid. Indndlng the man who boasts how long be has worked without once taking a vacation. It is like the very youni; men who consider It virile to remark : "I hiivou't had over three hours sleep iu I week" Also, a man capable of boaaving of never taking a vacation is just the man v,*h?>. s\h?u he docs, v.ius a pie-eatlnf contest, as you read In his obituary. THE DIARY OF OUR OWN SAMUEL PEPVS. ?hair 24 -Pp. baring slept but liUle all the night, what with the great n<?ise and jerkiug of the train. ?Bach time it would start or stop the sud? denness of it would near throw me from my berth. To the col???lcre at Ann Arbor, and saw there many I had seen in the old ?lays, but rae seeiued they did all l???k far oldi'iv and 1 was glad that I did appear just as in my freshman days. Then our class did take a great boat, and carry it more than a mile, which made me very warm, as I did carry most of It. To the ballpark and saw our boys trounce the lads from Pen's Woods and our Mr. Sislcr I denied the bet player I have seen in a Ions day. All the town is very ?ray. Slid I could not but rejoice I bad no loni*?-r t?> fret about examinations and studies, for those days, mam-re what tbe poets do say, 1 found the bardeel ?>f my life. 26 To the -"Teat colcdge-hall. and saw the yonng men and ?-iris obtain their ?le-*r?i'S -a line seemiiu' lot. especially, meseoined. the men. Thence to my train, and found thereon V. .lack sou the dental cbyrurgeon. who told mo many things of orthodontla that I knew not of before. So, early to-hcil. 2(1?Lay late, till past nine. To my house, where Olive prepared my breakfast, and thence to the ??ity. where 1 ?lid take my cozen Florence to luncheon. All the rest of the day hard at my labours, which do pile up fearsomcly do I but go away for a day. They have an athaletlc younf* man reading proof on the New Rochelle Star. "It required three hours." says the Star, "to distinguish the last spark." NOT TO THE Ial.VOTYPER'S OR THF PROOFREADER'S Fir: D,-> you know? Bromdlethylacetylcarbamlde 1? ?aid to l?e vciy quieting- to tli?? mats .1 K. B. I<* the maira/aines could be convinced that orlgi nality pays, we'd suggest to one of 'em to run an inside story of Villn. OR ANY TRUER? Now the thing that really peeves me and the thing that gets my goat Is the *.vny the Sstevepost leads off a squib With "Tho well known Colonel Whoaia used to tell this anecdote." Dot ? ?t moke ?t '?*>?? funnier ?/ he diet Tie. Tal?, i? university ?viv?se ?tudsnt' - Tower f..r one column, won the hont in Tou bor. pe?' ? '?.-.luiT.bU efll:?d ?vis Ka?ade .* too??Last .Saturday1? Tower. Follow the Tower's huuehes. THE PERFECT OCAIU). Sir: Subway gaardj No. 015S7 lias It on lh?n all, for lie not only refrained from bisecting me with tho sido ?'oor, found a si.at for me, enunclati'?l distinctly and an frurrod my Inquiry with a paternal ai n around my shoul? der, but abo got my Initials Into the column. H C. M. Don Jnan writes that Dulcinea wants us | printing her letters. '-Nothing,'' she snys, "is so 1'crsonal as one's ]?rivati' rorrespondenoe, anil while such pnhUdtj may be all nu it for a man, it is not for a woman." We thought of ?lending Dulcinea some flowers, in gratitude for the help she has f-iven us, but she'd rather have ?something els?-. "I am passionately fond <?f flowers," she says, "but th?y always wilt the minute they touch in?'." Still, she'd tppr-6ciate the thought, ?re venture. DILCINEA TELEPHON KS. "Hello, is this vou? I've been iryiriK for an hour to gat you; it's ?0 hard to get logg distance n these out-of-the-way plaec-i. . . . Ye-, the -feather has been fine. Of cours? it warms up during the day but nights are always cool. . . . No, I haven't been in bathing; they say there's typhoid in these lakes, and besides, fresh water i? i't the same a i don't get the reaction. . . . of course I wouldn't like to live here, nil the t; I'd love to spend a winter and study the people. If only 1 could write I know I could fill a book. That's how Myra Kelly made hi reputation: writ? ing about everyday things. ... I suppose the heat in the city is terrible. . . , No, I haven't read about the hot wave in the papers; I'm just dropping everything and not reading a line. . . . An? other Princeton follow has arrived and he and the other Princeton boy hui.ui.cd their college songs on the pia-:-a last night, until I] o'clock, t'uiic).-. voices blt-nd together so wonderfully; I jj.-t love a good tenor. There'? ?oniething about those old col? lege songs that just thrill? you. . . . Well, 1 must ring off, or this will be a double call. . . by." _ A choking s?.b and a gasping cry, ??ame for \ou and the same f??r I.? So, uot from a jiopular s??i?g. l'roin a pul.lish.'.l In "Town aud Cowii."' tie M i M. upe, \\ ?. ? paper. \ ean'l call this warm, can you! N?t even psychologically tophi F. P. A. THE CONJURER. "There will soon be a boom of business such as we have never witnessed." THE PEOPLE'S COLUMN A\???SZ?clor "A GOOD STAND-PAT FIGHT" To Rid the World of Progre??ive?, Say? One Republican. To the Editor of The Tribune. Sir: I have read with great im? patience your editorials regarding the subscription of Mr. Herbert Parsons to the Pinchot campaign; also your satirical remarks regarding the leader? ship of Mr. Barat?i when you pub? lished his editorial regarding the ef? forts of Mr. Roosevelt and some of the party ?probably Parsons und his ilk) to secure the Republican^ nomi? nation for President in l?lti. You arc certainly out of touch with the senti ra?Bt of the Republicans who do the voting if you believe they want any compromise with the Progressive party, or that they will stand for any man who helps the campaign fund of the noisy, discredited Pinchot. Mr. K?.(.?ivi!t knows that Mr. Barn?? ?tanda in th? way of his get? ting the 1916 nomination, and we need h if? help and that of all other good, stanch Republicans to prevent such a terrible calamity. All that is left of the Progressive party are the so-called leaders. Mr. Roosevelt knows he could not be elected Governor, r.cr can he prevent the election of Mr. Whitman or Mr. Hedg??. What we, the Republican . want thil fall is a good "stand pat" ficht, and a-e will -rif? them ?ych ? wallop they will fa?lc away from tho knowledge of men. Republican party dead! It is an overwhelming force to-day. JOSEPH T. BROWN. 112 Front st., New York, June 25, 191 I. MORE PSYCHOLOGY Florida Butine?? Condition? Which Might Interest the Pr?sident. To the Editor of The Tribune. Sir: As bearing on the President's grotesque declaration that the so-called hard limes are merely psychological in the Imagination of pessimists ami unreal I cite a letter just received from Jacksonville, Flu., from a lady who?? husband is in active business '.here; who is not likely to have heard from any Northern financial authi but may be as. umeil in be Muting the naked truth, unprompted by any OS ? from afar. Sha ?tata?, commenting on the dulness of business there gen? ?rally, that ?lur.ng January and February, 1914, twenty-eight concerns retired from bu lit the field completely. Wire this fact report?:! to the Preaideat he nn^-lit insist tnal .subtle Inflnence had been at work to rata th? tpreading of such a re? port, but the facts of the lituation r.ie becoming too intolerable to be ignored, and the President muy as well realize thi? first as last and withhold hi, devastating hand. GEORGE R. BISHOP. New York, June tt, lv'.t. THE SOCIALIST MOVEMENT It? Specific Aim* a? a Believer See? Them. To the Fd'toi of Th? Tribune. The woful ignorance displayed by Mr. Hrennan in hi? attctr.pt to .it fine the socialist movement in a letter lo The Tribun?' appeals perhaps pri narily to the sense of humor. ?? ig the opinion that the 4.000,000 <<f Germany are actuated ?olely by tue desire to substitute for chy a democracy of the ?am? that we now have in our own country he ?gnore? absolutely the his ? lalisin in Germany for ihe 1 he ridiculous element enters when. baviag set up a false premisa, he to bawl out American ?oda bec?BM "bar? in America the thing ?.?.lied socialism has really nothing te ?'u with democratic principle-; at all." A definition of democratic principles by this socialist interpreter would be ?ni". Mr Brenn?n descend? to th? depths oi ignorance when he ?Utes that so? cialism "has never yet candidly, con aiid unmistakably pronom? single political dictum worthy any na scrious attention." Bis er: no doubt due to the belief that tariff ?a, currency changes, etc.. mere I the edge of thing?. constitate the only possible political dictum?. But if h? will take the trou hi? to road the socialist platforms of any progressive country, our own in V, he will lind that the aims of socialism, the chief beirg the common ownership of natural resource? and ? ??mis of production and distribution, are stated'in terms unmistakable, can? did and concise. A. to their being unworthy of sen ous attention, there might be called to 'mind the tremendous growth of ? nt in this country in favor of public ownership of railroads in recent and of the coal mines in Col at the present time; also the budget of Lloyd George, which is not only socialistic in t'iidency, but actually embodies in its measures for old ago pensions, unemployment insur? ance, etc., a number of the basic de? mand? of the socialist platform. B. W. VAN VALKENBURGH. East Orange, N. J., June 23, 1914. WHERE WCMEN VOTE What Msn Did in Colorado and How Women Saved the Day. To the Editor el The Tribune. Fir: Speaking of grafting, Constance John?.on asks "How about Colorado?" Good. The grafting in Colorado is nothing compared with what it is in t?te, even in proportion to the, population. She further says that Judge Lindsey -ays it has ce.-.sed to be a democracy. We cannot help what any one man Some people's idea of democracy ia Tammany. Webster detine3 democ M "a form of government in which the power resides ultimately in the whole people, who conduct it by a System o? representation und delega ;.???i of power*.** Colorado i? one of ten states iu which "the whole people" del egato the powers. These are the only true democracies, according to Web - definition of democracy. We who believe in government by all the people have reason to be proud of the women of Colorado, even though they are iu the minority. Colorado had ?ble strike i by men?, the same as other communities have had where only men vote. The state militia ? men i were unable to control the men who were ?'.liking an?, the men who owned the, i:\u.cj. The mtu burned two women and eleven children alive. The Gov? ernor, a man, seemed unable to cope with the situation. The women did not resort to arms and destruction of life and property, but demanded that gov ernment troops be telegraphed for and stayed at the Capitol until the tele? gram was sent and answer received, .it least, no more women and children iieen burned to death. If Colorado only had mure women it would be even i STEPHEN s. SAUNDERS. Ycrk, June 22, 1914. SCHOOL CONTESTS A Reader Finds Little to Praia? and Much to Biame in Them. To the Kditor of The Tribune. Sir: Speaking of the college and high school intellectual contests about which we have been reading of late, the (?uery somefmes occurs to this writer, What ia their reason for being? Is it that tho successful candidate may re ,al or prize of some sort? If the result to be secured by such imply ami only to in? duce application and effort, just an incentive and inspiration as it were, to mental discipline and growth, such -f skill or talent or of scholastic ac?juireraeiii .e commendable. But i? it so .' Rather is it not too often the ultimate goal of the winner? The other evening the writer chanced to be present at one of these intel? lectual combats. It was a high 3cho>l prize speaking affair. There was a gold medal for the two beat speeches, one C boot boy and the other to the girl. They wtrc the gifts of two local magnates. For ..eek? a round dozen of the graduate? had been under careful training and instruction by competent instructors. There had been many wakeful hours and repeated re? hearsals in bed. when the young eye? lid? should have been closeu in sleep. Then watchful waiting. It goes without saying that each one of th? twelve ex i to win. Not one of them wouhl lm.tlcd the possibility of failure. Parents and friend? were eagerly s*u For the time being, the anxious days before the fateful hour, it was their one thought. How proud they would be if Anni? or Tom, as the case might be. should win, and how sorry they would be for the others. Well, here we were, assembled in the big auditorium. The mental and physical strain was evidenced upon the teme faces of the audience, and as each girl and boy stood upon the platform many "hearts were in their mouths.' Presently it was all over. The "com? mittee" retired. Everybody was on the qui vive, even those not directly in? terested, for all had picked their fa? vorites. There was a hush of expectant silence as the judges reappeared. You could have heard a pin drop. The two successful contestants were named, and there was joy corresponding. But the joy was not unanimous. Oh, no. Only a minority of the audience really felt the applause which they yielded. Human nature is human nature every? where. And do you think those others wer> satisfied or happy, they or their friends? Wai there no hard feeling, no sour disappointment? And the net result of it all. A couple of gold medals, a sense of superiority. Signifying but little of a practical nature. On the other hand, a keen dis? appointment, u feeling of discomfiture, a sense even of unjust treatment. To many of the unsuccessful ones comes the query--cui bono? Bitternes.; an?l discouragement maybe. We may well ask what's the use? The real prizes of life are not bestowed by committees. Genuine merit, the kind that wins in the long run, does not depend upon medals. EDWARD J. MAXWELL. Amsterdam, N. Y., June 24, 1914. THE MIGHTY CONQUEROR Mr. Roosevelt a? He Appears to One in England. To the Editor of The Tribune. Sir: i have just returned from hearing the Bishop of London, w'noje smile is aa broad and genial as Mr. Roosevelt's. He told the audience ? Church of England missionary con? vention) that Mr. Roosevelt insisted on ' breakfasting with him Thursday before departing for Southampton 8:65 a. m. Waterloo. I don't, ot course, know what they had for breakfast, but what? ever it was it left the Bishop of Lon? don with that lilt in the voice so pe? culiar to Mr. Roose *elt. and a slight American accent. Mr. Roosevelt's re? mark? on missionaries were received with prolonged applause as delivered through the channel of that benign and wonderfully persuasive orator, the Bishop of London. With Mr. Roosevelt it is a case again of vei.i, vidi, vici, and it is up to Mr. Savage I.andor to tender an apology for casting a slur upon the truth speaking American citizen. ' e in England no longer doubt him. His River of Doubt .should be renomrd "The Washington,'' or, to carry out the Arglo-American al? liance. "The George Washington." I nail in the papers here that the old Republican party feels a bit sore about Mr. Roosevelt's share in the la.,t Presi? dential election. They do not under? stand him if that is the case. He dealt the deathblow ,? what was corrupt in the Republican party and what was corrupt in the Democratic party, and if some of his allies failed to reach by means of the floating wrecka. those who huve reached safety rally around the Republican standard, ? Mr. Roosevelt intends to carry to fur? ther victory. Whether it is to be a victory at the cost of an honorable de? feat again is for the Republican party to decide. Moral victories are all well and good. We grin and bear an?l look on while the enemy basks, as u in the sunshine of success. A strong man is wanted a strong personality, ? man with the heart of a bullock and elephantine gentlen.-ss, that knows how to guard his steps su that he does rot trample under foot the child that ha? been left under his care. That child is the Republic of America. The elephant packed his trunk and sailed in the Imperator. Let there be no longer a river of doubt running as a tributary to the mighty Hudson. Long Island is sound; the way to the heart of Sagamore Hill ia straight no tortu? ous paths, no mazes. Before this reaches you your welcome to Mr Roosevelt will have been echoed bick by those he has left behind. CHAULES ORAM LANDER. Gerard Road, Barnes, England. Children All. To the Editor of The Tr.bune. Sir: Your correspondent of Warren, Penn., admits in his letter that rel:gio, might at least do for the children Un, fortunately, the world is young, and we are most of us children in the sense that w? haven't gotten to the stage where each can rely on his own juoV ment- There are some advanced thinL trs who are blessed with an abundan?? of that greatest virtue, common sense. Beligion is useless to them and might is well be cast aside. But th? teat of us need religion?a code of morals reinforced by the spiritual - and the guidance of the Church will b? needed till every one is fit to think for himself. The world is better to-day it was two thousand years ago, and the time is coming when the "dis? believers" will have the joy of seeing every one living according to the great law of common sense. GEORGE W. VAN SICLEN. 81 Nassau st, June 25, 1914. ROOF TOP PLAYGROUNDS They Are Urged as a Relief to Con? gested Districts. To the Editor of The Tribune. Sir: It is greatly to be hoped thai the interest of President Marks in th? proposal to utilize the flat roofs of tenement houses and other building? in our congested districts as play? grounds for children may not be al? lowed to pass from public notice without the formation of some civi? body to press the idea forward. Th? writer appeared, with Mrs. Gilson, be? fore the advisory committee of the Heights of Buildings Commission, sit? ting at the City Hall on October If last, and asked that a reconiinea?l:>* a?, for such uso of the roofs be incor? porated in the report that was about t?a- be made. Sines? the resolution under which the commission was acting pro? vided for a regulation of "the height, size and arrangement of buildings" for the purpose of preventing "dangerous congestion in living conditions, etc, it seemed to us a matter that can? fairly within the purview of th? com? mission. It certainly was a? germaM as some other matters that actually were embodied in the tinal repoli There arc hundreds ot women known H the writer who are cherishing in thekt hearts the project of roof top pi?"*? grounds, so that when we argued at th? City Hall we knew we bad plenty et sentiment behind us. It was perhsff the tirst attempt to liecure official t? tion (or recommendation) and our fail? ure was very disappointing. A few* days after the hearing of Oc? tober 15 the writer made it her busi? ness to get into touch with as msnf as possible of the members of th? advisory committee of eighteen* prominent men. Nearly all of them ap? proved of the project, and some ?Si 1 much interested. Among the lutter I may name Allan Rubinsoa Lawrence Veiller and William B. Chesebrough; also Franklin S. Toraaffl of Brooklyn. I believe that men ?Ms. as these and others "of light and lesJ ing" might lend a hand in the forms* tion of a civic body devoted to the to complishment of roof top playground?; and that in a few years New York City might lead the world in having lift?! tlie curse that rests upon the te?era??**, child. But I beg that at least one-'a ?IH the membership of such an organise? tioa shall be carefully chosen wo<**e*i"?*L because they have more time, root**? training in civic work, and beciuttfP i i part of the woman's job of uki?** cart o? humar, life. MARTHA WENTWORTH SITFRES? New York, June 26. 1911. ONE VIEW OF A SCANDAL The District Attorney of Queen? t~u? a Supporter. To the Editor of The Tribune. Sir: I'ntil the suffragists ur.(l*f took to advertise their cause at the '*?' pense of District Attorn. Queens I never heard of that'?*pssj*M but in my humble opinion lie has ?c-** v-ith courage and common ?ci "? H fusing to accept at its face ;jl highly improbable and unsub?t?JB ated story told by the woman in on case. Such a story has been told MB* dred? of times before by EYelri ??** bit Thaw, by the women whose *** tgainst Senator Gore was thro?3 H j of court, and by hundreds of 0*jj^tmuM It will contii u v so '*^^H perjury committed by women gocsjJJ-J punish?.d and so long as the IgjH papers and the public show an ?%?*?s**"#j ? y fre.?h tale ??] thib character. , GEORGE W. FROST, New York, June 24, 1914.