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THE SUN, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1914.
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Short Answer to a siluirl (juration.
Prom au esteemed correspondent and
friend, formerly it newspaper publisher,
we have the subjoined Inquiry:
"Tou must lie very simple minded In
Tub Sun oflice If you believe for one
moment that ou can iircvull against the
Associated I'res, no matter how Just your
cause. Do you believe that the. Wilson
Administration will antagonize the Asso
elated Press: do you believe the courts
will; do you believe, there nro tiny mem
bers of either bouse, ot Congress that
dare antagonize that organization?"
It Is evident that the reputation nnd
practices of the controlling eUqtie In
the Associated Press are understood
nnd stisiiocted by Tin: Sun's corre
spondent, hut we believe there are up
right nnd self-respecting nnd Jti-l men
In the Administration, on the bench nnd
lnCongress; aud we have no fear when
Thb .Sun's side Is presented.
Congress May Itrnlly Want llusl
ness Help.
a inenuiy commentator on our
dJscu.-slou of the reasons why busi
ness men have not hastened to present
testimony at the Congressional lieur
tags on trti-t legislation suggests that
while the retains imiy be excellent
they should not control business atti
tudes. He argues that business will
not do Its part if It does not proffer
assistance to Congress in framing new
laws for the regulation of Interstate
coimuereo. eVn If business counsels are
little heeded by the lawmakers,
There Is something In thK It does
not hcconie American merchants, luanu
facturcrs ami hankers to allow legis
lation in the business Held to go by
default If they can contribute any ef
fort toward the prevention of unwise
enactment. The whole programme of
new business law which Is pending in
Congress Is full of menaee for Ameri
can corporate enterprise. It business
experience ami opinion are placed at
the service of Congress In respect to
this programme the responsibility for
legislating against the lines of practi
cal experience will devolve wholly on
Congress. The fact that experience
has been allowed lo weigh so little In
the legislation of the past year will
not absolve the business community
. from a share of responsibility for new
laws that tin; unsound If rompeient
representutlves of corisirnle Interests
refuse to participate in the councils of
Congress for fear that their views will
bo contemned.
Something of the tuition which has
animated tin new lawmaking o far
and has discouraged the expression of
business opinion itppenrs In a state
ment credited to Senator Ovvln in re
lation to his bill for iK.TK-tratlng a
violent ahtis of 1'ederal power over
the malls In order to compel Incoriwra
tlon of the sP'k vxclutnges and facili
tate their regulation by the (.'overn
lnetit. The Senator from Oklahoma Is
quoted as saying: "We art! willing to
listen to any one who has any sugges
tions to offer in U how the. pending bill
can he pcrfcctfil.''
Tills Is precisely the attitude that
lias dominated too much recent legisla
tion. Senator Ovvln does not ask for
competent advice on the subject of law
making affecting Mm stock exchanges,
which would include consideration of
It's desirability ami feasibility. All
that he oilers Is to entertain proosal.s
along and within the lines of a measure
that is already frntucd.
It vv.t exactly the same kind of
limitation that proved s() discouraging
to the sincere attempts of business men
aud tlmtuclers In Hi I", to help ('on-
gross In the task of revising the tariff,
providing for au Income tax and es
tablishing a new banking and currency
Bystem.
When they approached Wash -
lngton they round that they had to deal pointed to the responsible post of gen
with political Ideas already delluitely ,.n, storekeeper,
fixed and the sctqie of reasonable alter-' I'mler tho direction of Mr. Siionts,
atlon In projected measures itracied , who had made It a condition of no
to narrow compass Indeed. .ceptlng t In clialrmaiibhlp that he was
,t tlto same time it begins to apiear
that the Ideas of Congress In reference
to trust legislation are tmi nearly so,
deilnlte mid llxed as they were In re-1
Miect to tho tariff and Income tax and
cmrrency hills. To put II bluntly, Con-
ress seems In be tbitinderlug urotind
in the morasses of Its new legislative
undertakings, ami there 1$ warrant for(
a business belief that Congressional
lenders are genuine!) desirous of hus-
im ss assistance In the consideration of
Iho problem which politics bus posed:
how to assert further Koveruuiculul bu
pcrvlslon over economic etidenvor with-
out (lauiiiglng corimrale enterprise nnd
the general well being,
Perhaps If business men Miotild no-
cept the Informal litvltntlon Riven to
them to npiM'iir at the Congressional
hearings on trust legislation they would
11 ml that It had not lieeit extended in
the 1'lekwlcUlan sense Inferential from
the treatment only lately accorded hy
politics to the legislative suggestions
of adle men of affairs.
A Oypsy llllillngruihy.
The tlypsy Lore Society of Loudon
has Issued a fuller edition of "A (lypsy
Ulbllography," by Dr. (Sloriik
ItLACK, whereof the preliminary print
ing was lit 1U0!. It Is a hook of 195
double columned pages. At a guess
there must ho more than 3,000 titles
In a Pentecostal wealth of tongues, even
the letters of some of which are
IHruscntt to our unlenruetl, eyes. Wc
notice among the American names
CttAiit-Ks O. I.cLAMi, his niece and her
husband, the .tosr.i'it 1'knnki.i.h, nnd A.
T. Sinclair of Moston, a son of anak,
best boxer of his time at Harvard, a
successful lawyer who had, as we re
member It, a gypsy client worth $100,
000 how can such a man he Kgyp
tlan? and who spent many happy
months of many years abroad, pick
ing up gypsies and strange languages
and dialects. Here, too. Is Professor
Kn.mt, the laborious and adoring biog
rapher of the Inscrutable ami posing
Uomiow. Voltaire, Cervan n s, Scott,
Coi.Tiii:, lU'.itANom, (Jroiiur. Sand,
Iukai, Irmno. how many or the famous
have written of these strange devll-jnay-care
smiths, tinkers and snappers
up of unconsidered trifles.
Everybody knows Matthew Amnold's
and Glanvill's "Scholar Gypsy." duly
cited In the bibliography; "a fugi
tive and gracious light he seeks, shy
to Illumine." What Is the precise
charm outside of the obvious Jillo-
logical, anthropological, ethnographical
fruits to be bad or sought; outside of
the Joy of "canting" dictionaries, the
delight of chap hooks, the sense of hav
ing an interest nnd a pleasure unshared
by "the general"; what Is outside of
the specialist's pride In his Komany.
the subliminal or hack of the mind
prompter of the zeal, real or affected,
for gypsies and their ways? Putting
aside of course the stale sentimental
"slop," beloved of respectable authors
who hammer the typewriter for say
$10,000 a year; putting aside such
"returns to stature" as Mr. H. (.
Wr.u.s ami divers, intelligent and some
patrician men and women, who pretend
they are hohemlaus and making a liv
ing hy plaiting and selling baskets;
putting aside, too, gypslo for tourist
consumption like those horrible ruf
llans of Seville and n thousand alleged
gypsy dancers ami players why do
many of us nourish an open or n sneak
ing fondness for this old, strange race,
be It of India or where not?
Hecause they used to steal children,
"kidnap" as the enfranchised argot
!...!. 1. II. ...n l...t I.J.
niiu i... e i,..J,ue fla n Monday of last week his
" " .'""'" '
they live outdoors like the swells of
earth, some of whom now Imitate their
caravanning? Hecause they know
horses, are quick with the list or knife?
Hecause their tires smell good under
the greenwood tree (too usually pro
tected by "no trespass" slgus)? ne
cause they hnve eyes so dear, bright
and fierce?
r Is It because, fortunate In this
downtrodden and much pilled age, they
pay no taxes at tho source or other
where, barring Mr. Sinclair's .10O,kx)
specimen hereinbefore mentioned?
Hy the way, wns Mr. Mai.i.kson's re
cent gypsy novel "Napoleon Hoswell"
forgotten by Dr. Hlack or did It come
too late?
The Hallroad Men at Panama.
The splendid preliminary work done
at Panama hy the railroad men whom
the second Isthmian Commission under
the chairmanship of Mr. Theodore P.
Siionts employed has never received
the recognition It deserved, except In
the case of Mr. John l Stevens, the
chief engineer, who succeeded John E.
Wallace. In the Eebruary Xurth
.imvrirnn llcviac Mr. Siionts, lest the
services of these energetic men be for
gotten, puts on record the plain facts
of their achievement.
They were tho pick of the country.
Mr. John V. Stevens, who hud been
active In both the construction and
operation of the Great Northern, headed
the list. Ills first assistant was J. S.
Sullivan, now chief engineer of the
Canadian Pacific. Among other prac
tical railroad men called to the isthmus
were: Iavid W. Hoss, superintendent
of transportation of tho Illinois Con
tra!, who took charge of the cahnl's
purchasing department; Edward J.
Williams, paymaster of the Chicago and
North Western, who Is still disbursing
otticer on the Isthmus and who lias pa Id
out $-"iO,(KMj,(()(i without an error; W.
G. Mil rd of the Hock Island, who took
over the operation of the obsolete Pan
ama Itallrnad; E. S. Henson of the
Oregon Hallway and Navigation Com
pany, who assumtsl control of the ac
counting department of construction;
Jackson Smith, a contractor whose
practical exiierlence in many enter
prises was utilized In the department
of labor aud quarters, and W. G. Tunitv
'of tho Great Northern, who was ap-
"to have absolute authority as to both
men aud mtusures," all these men gave
the best that was In them fund they
were giants In their respective spheres)
u organizing the great enterprise aud
starting work ahead under full pres.
sure. The first commission, headed hy
General GLimm: W. Davis, had yielded
to a false public opinion In making "Iho
dirt fly" when It should have given Its
eitilre attention to ways and means.
Chairman Siionth disregarded the
clamor at home and the dirt did not fly
- J until tho Zoue was put Into u sanltaryj
condition from Colon to Pnnitinii nnd
the vast working force wan organized
roni fop to iMtttoni, Mipplled with
ample nuslon machinery and housed
and rationed. ' "To Colonel Goiuias N
due." says Mr. Niionth, "all the praise
for the triumph of science ocrdlseasc
on the Isthmus of Panama, hut he
would not have accomplished the mag-
nlllccnt results achieved there without
he active and sympathetic coopcra-
tlon of the iMinniKslon."
Not only were towns and villa era,
Culehra, Empire, I.as Caseadas, Cor
goita and other, actually created and
provided with paved streets, hospitals,
modern sewers, water systems, stores,
post olllces, tire engluo houses, clubs,
fO'muiisltinis nnd amusement Jilncef,
but the Panama Hallroad with Its
port terminals, wharves, warehouses,
yawls, was reconstructed In every
detail "n 'tremendous ta.sk," .say.s Mr.
Siionts douhlo tracked aud supplied
with new rolling stock. The chairman
himself for two years devoted his "en
tire physical aud mental energies" to
the problems of the canal, and when
he resigned U5.0OO men were on the
payrolls, all the machinery except that
for lock construction was on hand and
In operation, and "the entire project
well under way." The dirt had begun
to fly and the Zone hud been trans
formed Into n great sanitarium when
Colonel GroKot: W. (Ioetiiai.s took
charge to finish the Job.
Let It not be thought 'that Mr.
Siionts is chnry In his praise of what
the gifted army engineer has done.
Indeed, he says that It commands "the
WMnder and the admiration of the
world." but It Is only Just to the group
of able railroad men whom Commis
sioner .Siionts assembled to do the
vast preliminary work of organization,
equipment ami operation that the
story of their dltllcultles and labors
nhould be told with authority and
without prejudice. Colonel Goetiiai.s
could add many details t the story,
for It Is told only In part anil In the
simplest manner.
What Are Our Schools For?
The committee on care of buildings
of the Hoard of Education has taken
an admirable and deilnlte stand. It
has decided that the form of anarchis
tic propaganda such as the chief or
ganizer of the Industrial Workers of
the World is In the habit of preaching
cannot be spread abroad in public
school buildings. The decision to bar
Haywood was unanimous. Mr. Than
cis P. Cunnion, chairman, was re
ported yesterday as having given this
explanation:
"We quickly Mine to a unanimous ile
elnlon. William l. IUtwooh will not be
permitted to peak In tho Manual Train
ing High School nor In any public school
of this city. A man who talks as ho does
of the Amellcan flag cannot be allowed
to address public school children, on of
whose duties Is dally to salute the flap."
In order that this tnntter may be
clearly understood It Is best to rein-nt
IIaywood'h precise words In regard to
'remarks were quoted thus:
"We don'ticare for the flag, and we arc
ng-alnst patriotism. We havo learned that
the American llaR Is not our PaR. There
Is only one fla In the world for us, and
that Is the red flnK."
It'ls highly probable that this noble
leader will na attempt to ntnke great
capital out oWils exclusion from the
public schools. The red knight win
try more than ever to impress his hear
ers with his uusellish agony. Not only
Is the American flag to be hated, but
henceforth and forevermore It will
stand as the emblem of the land where"
free sjieeeh Is suppressed. Many such
profitable tirades are In order.
Tb President also pays a IiIrIi tribute
to Secretary of State Hrtan, who, h
says, deserven "not only our contldenco.
but our affectionate ndmlrnttun." Dct
patch from WnjMityloti.
The frock coat and tho cocked bat
are still fashionable, reports to the con
trary notwithstanding.
Mr. Teats said that the. public to-day
wanted to ace and bear rellt!c ploys
dealinK with the present, and not Cramas
of the old style. .Yeica Ifent.
How stupid our fathers nnd mothers
were when they wero simple enmtgh to
believe that their "old stylo dramas"
were "realistic." To think that adults
of the last generation wept over "The
Two Orphans"! Well, well, it shows
what nnlvo faith could do beforo the
true realism of subliminal psychology.
And that poor old ghost of llnmlrt's
father. Is It credlbbi that our great
ancestors regarded him as "realistic"
when they knew that tho play wasn't
"dealing with tho present"? How absurd
old tlmo theatregoers were; they ac
tually pnld to forget themselves nnd
wero ablo to sea a play without being
conscious critics.
The Department of Agriculture an
nounces tho discovery that alfalfa can bo
made a paying crop In northern Alaska.
llrsputch from Washington.
May the saints be praised! At lust
tho stricken farmer is Informed that
one kind of crop can actually bo made
profitable, liut how alnnit those north
ern Abiskan roads? Can tltvs with
stand tlicm V
Idolatry.
O .Spirit of Arabia! tncenss ladtn.
Whoe I'hBtmlng taste In Turksy doth
evoke n
Sigh of content from eeory man and maiden
I raise this hymn to thee, celestial Mocha!
To the, O dcnlien of Kasteru Island,
Whore Krukatoa poured foith floods of
lava,
Till passing vessels dreaded to com nigh
land.
I hymn lu,eaual praise seraphic Java!
And yet I feel In ach there's something
lacking,
While initio admitting either one Is splen
did.
Then do not think your virtues I'm attark-
lug,
Hut nuulltles like yours are best when
blended.
Java and Mnthal rtovoleos unnumbered
llelieve to thee they're pouring their li
bations Whose votive urns by csltlrTa base are cum
bered With illM.int cousins, very poor relations!
'lis jo I'm seeking, I crave not our slstar,
I ask not for a I'orl, but a lloul,
Java and Mocha? Yes, 1 want some, mister,
Ana racousct mat I sm;pom Missouri,
' axon,1! B. Uoaxitoon,
the F.iu.ixu iiovse.
A Plain fttnr) of si in a 1 1 Continual Hills',
ters In a Family.
To tiir Editor or The Sum .sir: Seven
yeais ago my husband and I Invested a
little money wo bad Inherited In a com
fortable boine. Ills salary then was 120
a week fiom tin, linn which has em
ployed lilni for many yeais. We made
an average of umither $"0 from something
which vvc sold, for which there was then
a Rood market, Wn hml brother and
fclster lesldlng with us, who paid $in a
week. This inada our total Income. 135
a week.
Wu wero ourselves, agi'd mother, brother
and sister and threo children to bo fed,
clothed and boused from this nmoutit
(biother unit sister clothed themselves).
We. have tclliicd tastes, but not extrava
gant. We llkn Rood substantial food,
not fancy, and everything Is prepared
at home. I m.ikc all clothing for the
children and myself fiom Inexpensive
material, and 1 contrive) to bavo tho cbll
di en look nicely. -t that tlmo I bail a
lauudiess comcln onco a Week ut $1.50
a day, and a colonM' man at the end of
the week, half a day for ft. Deducting
oil our expenses for living, help, clothing,
taxes aud Interest on our, mot tg.ige, I
managed to lay nslde caiii week a cer
tain amount toward tho gradual paying
off of our mortgage. I felt comfortable
In what 1 was doing, although we tcldo
In a verj like community wlteru tho In
comes nro from $l,0i)0 u year iipwaid.
Then came the change. Eltst It was
tho seilous Illness, with complications, of
one of our children. This Illness lasted
from Eebruary until November. Hejldes
tho regular physician 1 was obliged to
consult with another. I had to get eel tain
dcllcaciiH unil expensive tonics, all sorts
of thlUK, all ttiu tliii. I '.1'1 not !"-'-grtidgu
them, I enn assure you. I was
ordered to get a trained nurses as my own
health was becoming Impaired from mix
leU, loss of sleep and endeavorliiR to
keep up with my dally duties, The con
dition Incline so strenuous that I was
ubllKi'il to Kct a maid of all work to
assist me, as I could not afford n nurse.
We were battling for a precious life, but
we won with our savings account consid
erably lessened.
After this we becau to notice that our
s.iles for the commodity which wo weto
handllm; were gradually diminishing, ns
there had Ixen placed upon the market
romethlag of the same nature, widely
advertised, which could bo sold for less
money and answered the same purpose.
All our efforts to Increase our revenue
from that source failed and ended by our
losing money. This for our next step
downwind.
In the meantime tho very Rnerous cor
poration for which my husband works
from s until 0 o'clock every day bad In
creased his salary at the rate of &2 a
year for two consecutive Jears, Ills
earnest efforts, faithful discharge of
duties, honesty, punctuality, fcc, had
been worth letalnltiK, and they showed
their appreciation to that extent, other
men In similar positions of trust earn
from $3,000 a year upward. Wo have no
"pull" nor wealthy frlen.ls nor relatives
to lntctt'cdo for him, mid tin. lesult is
that be has plodded on, always with the
hope that his superiors would some day
show their appreciation more substan
tially. Our nxt Kieat strain was the serious
Illness, eiidlni; In tor death, of sl-ter.
This Illness was of lone duration, costing
her her savings anil seriously affecting
our Income and reserves. Her death
meant another addition to our expenses,
wmcn were partially wmie ny urotner,
Hy this time we wire commencing to
experience seilous dilllculty In paying our
Interest and taxes, so whin the morlg.lso
fell due, liLstoad of decreasing it, as orig
inally planned, wc were obliged to take
on a larger loan to tld" us over.
In the meantime our little ones were
going through the rations children's con
tagious diseases, each Illness bringing Its
care and expense. Then came another
serious lllnop. our little one who bad
been gravely ill before contracted pneu
monia. Again It was a battle for a life,
but. thank God, she was spared to us.
Things went on Indifferently, with the
cost of living rising steadily, our expenses
not decreasing by nny means. I bad
been obliged to rive up inv laundress nnd Mnschera," J't'er ltoenkavnller," "I-a Bo
ttle man who assisted half n day a week, i heme" and "Koenlgsklndcr."
and wa endeavoring to do It all myself. ! xh( management. It will te seen, has
which, by tin. way. Is extremely bard j tred to provide ns much variety as pos
when ou bavo never had to do It before, ,,;,,, Subscription tickets are sold only
and your own physique, though never I (or th entire eerie. Perhaps the "othT
robust at nny time. Is sndly worn out ' fli" who divided the sutwrlptlon with
from tho sleg.. of care and borrow, when v. t. p.-- thinks be Is getting too much
brother suddenly nuirrled, wlthiruwltig ;
this slight addition to our Income, leav
ing us with only 113 a week to meet our
obligations.
I decided to take one or two iKinrders,
but found that the, retlned class of people
whom we bad been accustomed to worn
the sort that would not board where tln-ro
were children. I was tberefoie obliged
to tnko clerks, who could afford to pay
little, who r.te much and weic a
wear and tear on our lovely home aitJ Its
furnishings. This grieved us sorely; how
ever, we swallowed the bitter dose and
ekeii out an existence.
Then suddenly It was brought bmne to
us that we should lend a "helping hand."
A very dose telatlve was In tho gutter,
had neither can II nor slept in a bed for
days, was almost barefoot and scantily
clothed In midwinter. Somo persons In
tcicstlng themselves, among them a very
good man, a former pastor, knowing th.it
we had a nice home and that we wero
the nearest relatives, urged us to lend a
band by giving food and shelter. And
another relative provided the clothing and
nny necessary small change pending tho
rehabilitation of the Individual in uucs
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,iii, .,..-. .,,- mm en, nice in
"brace up and become a man Tb s per-
.in...i i, ,,e i. e .'.I.'
Ills appetite was enormous. 1 1., w ns hard
on everything he touched and loved to bo
waited on. I bore It all until t thought
I would burst, with the hope that we were
aiding in the it-formation. Then bn sc.
cured einplo.vmeiit at a small salary, be.
camo Independent and left abruptly, to
follow tin- old, old path.
Our dllllcultli h did not decrease, I did
not Mud keeping boarders In a private
home as profitable as It may be In a
boarding bouse. Sometimes they broke
things, which they seemed disinclined to
replace or pay for. They deliberately
wasted light and water (wo pay a water
tax) and they even "did" me, as the bovs
say.
We tried to rent our home, being will
lug to remove to smalb r. plainer accom
laudations in another place, so an to lessen
our expenses, but wen- unsuccessful In se
curing u tenant who would be responslblo
and pay the rental which a bouu- of this
calibre demands In ordtr to maintain its
valuation. 1 might sa light heru that
from tho beginning of our reverses I en
deavored to cell the ptoperty, having a
set limit e upon it, ami then lowering that
llguie gradually, but without miccess. So
many new homos were elected In our vi
cinity that persons pn fern d purchasing
on easy terms or p ntlng one of them,
Wu now bavo n small smond niottgage
on the ptoporly. All my Jeweliy Is
pawned, t lit- cost of living rises steadily,
nnd 1 have debts which I cannot pay, l
know that when the interest and taxes
become due again there will be nothing to
pay then i with.
My husband's salary Is now $25 n week,
out of which wu are paying off weekly n
debt contracted for the last Interest pay
ment. Wo am six to be supported. All
summer long my aged mother and self
bad lor lunch bread and apple sauce, be
cause wu did not have to pa for the ap
ples. I alvas eiiib-avot- to have a little
something more nourishing for the chil
dren, ii h they grow so fast. 1 wastu noth
ing. My husband has not bad n new over
coat In four seasons, nor a new suit In
three, nor shoes In two. having tint old
ones retouched and carefully brushed and
cbaneil, as bis tlrui expects him to "mako
an appearance," I have been fortunate
In having a friend who gives mo her ills
carded clothing, which Is of pond quality
mid Van be minle over for mother or my
self ami sometimes Into garments for the
chlldien.
And still wo have nice tblugs that vtn
might lenlli-.e on. Wo have Hue brlc-u.
brnti and excellent paintings, Jine espe
cially, which we would nil, tint have never
brcn able to come in touch with tho poo-
pie who buy. I hnve written to some I
thought might be Interested nnd to tlrms
(dealers), but have not been ablo to In
terest tho former, nnd tho Inttcr alwayi
leferrcd me to r iers. without success. I
have tried advertising, but that Is so ex
pensive; nnd the replies nro so few and
generally not satisfactory.
We havo been obliged to let Insurance
go, wu could not afford the premiums.
We have done till that we could that hu
mans can think of to remnln honest and
retain their self-respect.
Wo know that If wf allow our property
to be foreclosed we would get nothing out
of It, owing to tho present status ot the
real estate maiket. We .would have noth
ing mill still have our debts.
fan jou tell me what persons In like
iiri'dlcameiit can do? 1 am tired, oh I so
tired, with working, thinking and worry
ing about It nil.
We never have any pleasure, never en
tertain, never attend "shows" of any sort;
I walk long distances to save carfare,
and rarely attend church, partly became
1 cannot make an appearance that would
not make mo conspicuous among others
In this day of extravagance, nor can 1
afford to contribute.
1 might add that my husband Is a man
who doesn't ilrlMc Is a good husband and
father, a retlned man of excellent prin
ciples through nnd through, a bard worker
nnd n man who Isn't alvvnys looking
at the clock. Ills employment Is In the
naturo of a confidential secretaryship,
and It Is not because of lack of ability,
but because, wo stand alone, without Intlti
ence, and tho ever present responsibilities,
that bo Is obliged to remain with his
ability at such small salary.
I have written this manuscript nt the
height of my desperation, for I hao re
sorted to every honest means and failed
to carry tho point, which Is, In brief, to
extrlcato ourselves from our present pre
dicament. I can go no further, nnd am us
a drowning person, knowing that tho In
evitable Is before us and will swamp us.
And then, what?
Wis are now on tho edge of the preci
pice. It Is the eleventh hour. I am send
ing you this ns It has come from my
heart, Wero I to recopy It It would per
haps not bo rent. I hope ott will print
It. Possibly some one reading It may
know of a solution. I will wntch The
.Sun for tho article, which Is a truthful
one true to life. O God, havo mercy !
New York, Ecbrunry . ltKAPEn.
.t.V APVEAb toil CLOTttlNG.
The Neeil Is t'rgcnt for Any UarmenU,
However Shabby.
. To Tna Hditos or Tn Rrx Sir; The Fori
ham Social Hervlce iiurenu haa many and
jrlod calls upon It nnd the work grows
yearly, but the Incessant need for clothing
In the rreatr't problem which hua to be
faced. l'utlnt who have been helped bark
to h'ulth In the bofpltnl and who are
barely convntescent have thflr ohanca of
becoming i-elf-rupportlng again greatly le
noned by the necessity of fating this ln
tor ih't in the thin ornout cluthtnc
which whs all they had when they entered
the hospital.
If the liiostlmabl value to those people
of warm overeouts, however shabby, wore
realised, surely many generous porsons
ould t'o moved to replenish the stores of
th KorjJham Hospital Social Service Hu
roau, which are never equal to the demands
on thopi, Worn clothing of all kinds can
t' utilized, unilergurmonts, overcoats, cloth
ing for men. women unit children, anything
In (uct that has possibilities of warmth and
wear.
rfdiagos of clothing enn ha aent to the
limnltnl l,v nurrel cost, or will ba called
for If u postal curd Is sent to the Social
Sorvlca Huroau, Uordham Hospital. South
ern lloulevnrd. Hronx. Marxl CnoATf.
Chairman of the Social Service Committee,
Kordlntm Hospital.
Nun Yobk, Tebruarr t.
IHet at the Opera.
To the Kijitor op The Sun ir. Your
correspondent "N. I. D." complains of an
'Invariable illet of German music" on even
Friday nights at the Metropolitan. The
fact Is that the operas riven on I- rl
days so far this season havo been "Lo
bengrin," "Horis Godounoff." "Cuvnltcrla
Hustlcma" and "Pagllaccl." "Tannbaus-
cr. "Tosca." .sueRrrleoy tAraors oei
tro He," "Die Walkure." "Un Hallo In
I(al,in ,nH,,. However, that is not the
fault of the Metrojsilltan Opera Company.
New York. February t. VV. J. I..
Sir. HurUe 't at the Pro.Murpliy .'on
ferrnce. To this i:iutoi! op The Sun Sir; In
an article contained In The Su.v of Mon
day morning. February 2, entitled ".Mur
phy at Work to Keep His Machine," you
gave my name as among the persons
present nt the conference referred to In
such article. I was not present at such
conference, neither was I Invited' to at
tend tho nunc, nor had I any knowledge
or Information that such a conferenco
was held, except such Information as was
received through the columns of your
paper. James H. Hurke.
Hai.i.ston Spa, February .
Her Argument.
To nit: KuiTor. op The Sun Sir: My
lfo told me to-night that she Is utterly
oppos.nl to any further Immigration and
that she would become a suffrneetto If
she thought her vote would keep out
these lllack llanders and horse poisoners
i i,,., ,nnii, .i.o,.
I ,7,, ,' .i . . , .
I I told her that It Is necessary to have
' ",' w"rk!'," "T IIw"' ''"I"
them In condition, but she replied that
railways are not Hlloweu to earn any
money fur upkeep, so there Is no need
for any mine men on the rallwnys.
Isn't she right" F. H, W.
New York, February 4.
Old Home Summer.
To the liUTon or The Sun Sir: Let
us make the coming summer nn "Old
Homo Summer." People are nurd Up:
this country needs the money.
The money spent nbroad by tourists
Is made here. Let It be spent here. Just
once. It will help the country and
thereby ndound to the benetlt of the
vacationer. Ot.ti Home Summer.
New York. February '.
The Korall of the fountain I'on.
To Tlir. IIi'lToi: or Tits Srs Mr.- No doubt
it was Interesting to muny readers to lourn
from your correspondent that the way to
luiike n Jaded alarm clock run was to
plunge It with Its fnco submerged Into
kerosene until It refused to stop; but 1 be
lloe there are many more renders who
would bo grateful for similarly simple ad
vice to Inform us what to do when tho end
or a r.i ii m i, I n pen declines to bo unscroned,
exiopt to sny things, I'l'Tltn Itr.iMiii'K.
Aiiuxr, February 7.
Tlie I'mtr Light".
Four little itaiiies, e.u'b burning clear.
Set out to choose a life career.
One said; "Within a church I'll burn
And thoughts of nun to heaven turn."
One said: "I'll In a lighthouse bide
And ships Um tho ocean guide."
One said; "A scholar's lamp lit be
A in! knowledge shall be spread by me'
One said: "Fpon a hearth I'll glow
When- only twotir three may know."
Time sauffrd tint altar candle out,
Hut other faiths still coniiucred doubt,
The beacon Into darkness fell
liut ships bad compass, horn aud boll,
Tho scholar's light went out, but then
He still could learn from life nut! men,
Hut when tbu heart hll.uiio ash was cold
All earth no substitute could hold,
MCliA.NDBl'EUIt WllOJON.
TIIK SEW THACKERAY LETTERS.
i
A Friend of l.stly nitride Protests Against
Their Publication ami stale.
To the Editor of The 3UN Sir: 1
have Just rend In The Sun the account of
"The New Thackeray Letters" to bo sold
at the Anderson Galleries on February
25. The Hun says:
Mrs. Hrookrleld died In 1901 nnd there
seems to be no reason why tho more Intimate
letters should not be mndo public now.
To my mind there Is e very reason why !
theso Intimate outpourings of the heart of
tho great novelist sllmild not bo pawed
and fingered over by alien hands and
"knocked down" nt auction to the pluto
cratic "collector," and It seems to mo a
shameful thing to do.
Thackeray's daughter. Lady Hltchle,
nnd bis grandchildren, grown to mun
hood nnd womanhood, nro still nllve, nnd
tho publication of these letters cannot fall
to distress them.
Twenty years ago (It must bo now) I
read theso letters over carefully when on a
visit to Major Lnmbert, His was a man
of lino feeling, and I shall never fotget
his remark when he banded me the let
ters: "Hero are two or three letters
which I nm almost ashamed to keep. I
often fool that I should burn them." He
came Into possession of the letters In an
entirely honorable way, through his Lon
don ngent. As to bow- the agent got
possession of them t know, but I shall
not tell this almost Incredible story o!
baseness. .Mrs. Urooktlebl most distinctly
desired them to be burned nt her death.
Of courso It Is most Improbable that
General James (Irant Wilson ever saw
them, or wo should have lu-nrd of it In
his "Thackeray In the Pulled State"," n
book born of pnstepot and scissors,
whoso chief value is the admirable "Hlh
llograpby" In the second volume prepared
by a genuine nnd scholarly Thackerayim,
Frederick H. Dickson of Philadelphia.
When Mrs. Ilrooktk-ld first proposed to
publish the tetters written to her by
Thackeray she of course asked permis
sion of her old friend Anne Hltchle,
TIiik kerny's daughter, to do so. This was
accorded, with the proviso that Lady
Httcblu should first look over tlm letters
to bn made public. When the time came
for her to do so she was 111 nnd sbo re-
luested me to go over the letters (us her
representative) with Mrs. Urooktlebl. U
may not be Impertinent for me to state
here that l.ndv Hltchle and I have been
close friends for bard on forty years, and
she was pleased to ray that she bad con
fidence In my discretion.
I did not then know- Mrs. iirooKiteui.
but I found her a most charming and
gracious woman, nnd though we had some
decided disagreements as to making pub
lic certain passages In the letters every
thing passed off pleasantly and I re
ported to Uuly Hltchle what I bad done.
In spite of my objections Mrs. Hrookfleld
did publish some of the passage or n
more Intimate nature, nnd this led to nn
estrangement extending over several jears
between Lady Hitctilc and herself, happily
composed before her death, for they were
sincerely attached to each other.
My examination of the letters was prior
to that made by Mr. Lowell.
Though years nave passed since j rend
the-) letters, now to be sold at public
nuctlon, and though I see Lady Hltcblo
every year In her own home on my annual
visits to Knglnnd. I hnve of course never
once hinted nt their existence. She knows
nothing of them. The publication of the
love letters of Hobert Ilrownlng nnd his
w!' was bad enough In all conscience.
but the facts connected with the publica
tion nnd snle of those letters would seem
to prove conclusively that the Hrownlngs,
nt any rut", left behind them no descend
ants whose feelings could by any possi
bility be hurt.
Hut In this case the conditions nre ut
terly different, nnd I repent that it seems
to ine a base and shameful thing to do.
thus to drag out Into the hard glare of
publicity letters that were meant hut for
one eye, thus wounding and distressing
beyond words the daughter whom Thack
eray himself loved with passionate pride
and devotion.
One fancies what sort of a "Round
about Paper" the great satirist would
have written on such a subject could any
thing of a like kind have happened tn
the Kngland of his time.
Happily It could not.
It makes ono feel with Horry Wal
pole, "I should love my country If It were
not for my countrymen."
W, Oosdon McCam.
Ricn mont, Vn., February 6.
How .Major Lambert ciulreil the
Letters.
To the Kditak op Tin: Sun- 5fr; t
read with much Interest the extracts from
Thackeray's letters to Mrs. Hrookfleld and
your comments thereon, but it Is, 1 think,
a mistake to say that all of thin corre
sMindince had been submitted for editing
to Mr. James ltusell Lowell. The letters
that were so submitted and edited ap
peared In .s'rrltmer's .lnnajpie In 1 SS7.
and tho originals were afterward ac
Uttlred by Augustlu Daly nnd are now In
the collection of J. I'ietpont Morgan. The
suggestion of another critic that these un
published Ictteis In the Lambert collec
tion "wrre left by Mr. Lowell In the
hands of Mr. Hltchle lo be peddled out
one by one to the late Major Lambert of
this city." contains about as much of
error as can well be ctowdrvf Into a sin
gle sentence. These letters were never
submitted to Mr. Lowell, and therefore It
did not become his duty to select a
custodian. They were never In the pos
session of Ludy Hltchle, and hence she
could havo had neither the opportunity
nor the power to sell thorn, or otherwise
dispose of them. This critic might have
reflected that In every day life it Is not
customary for a father to make his
daughter the custodian of Ids loo letters,
nor Is the lady who receives them likely
to sele.-t the daughte! for so delicate a
duty. Moreover. Major Lambert was not
of this city but of Philadelphia.
For more than twenty-five years I had
tailored over a bibliography of Thackeray,
nnd In my work was In constant com
munication with Major Lambert, who In
variably showed mo bis acnulsltlon, thus
giving me ample opportunity to add to
my bibliographical notes. In return I
always culled his attention to new dis
coveries of hitherto unknown Items, nnd
on many occasions during my absences
In the summer months I left my manu
script volumes In his caro for reference
and study I may note that this bllillug
rapby, In card catalogue as well ns the
manuscript volumes, has been given Iiy
me to the library of Yalo t'nlverslty,
where It may ls examined by those In
forested In the subject. The portion of
the bibliography relating to American
publications was published with the late
General .lames Ornttt Wilson's "Thack
eray in the I'nltcd States," by Dodd &
Mead In 1U04.
These unpublished letters from Thack
eray to Mrs. Ilrookllehl I had the privilege
of examining some years ago In Major
Lambert's library, and was told b him
that he had purchased them, directly or
through nil agent, fiom Mrs. Durnktleld's
nm, Charles, and that they came to him
still lied In a little package with a bit
of faded ribbon.
I have not set seen the catalogue of
tb- sale at the Anderson Galleries on
February 25, and am curious to know
whether the collection Includes In Its
tre.u.ures tile manuscript of "Tno Hnie
and the Ulng." This was wiltten on
large oblong sheets, with tho text in the
centre In Thackeray's small neat hand
writing, Hanked on either side by
sketches of the characters, man) lien.g
colored, and some of them havo never
been icproduceil. Sir Theodore Martin
had been shown this lemai kablo pei- of
work by Thackeray's daughter, and bo
begged that bn might take this ninnu
scilpt with him for a time, a privilege
which was leadlly granted. Komn weeks
later Sir Theodoie returned the work
handsomely bound In morocco and grace
fully ptesenled the volume to the daugb
tern of bis It lend. 1 always thought this
volume was the choicest example of
Thackeray's genius possessed by Major
Lambert, and It was to inn a source of
regret that the volume had. not been te
pioduccd la facrlmlle.
FlIEPr.RlCK SJ. DlCkM.N,
New York, Fcbruury I.
SAYS SKYSCRAPERS
ARE NOT GOLD MINES
Lawson Tardy Tells City C7til
Jinny llft Buildings Here
Po Nofc Tay.
ADVOCATES HEIGHT MM IT
Ho Advises Caution So lis Not
to Deal Mow lo l-nnil
Value.
Lawson Purdy, president of the Depart,
nient of Taxes nnd Assessments, told mem
bers of the City Club nt their lutiebcnn
yesterday that u largo part of the prot
erty In lower Manhattan was not pa) me,
primarily because of tho erection of sk).
sciapcis.
"Shall Wo Limit the Height of Hmid.
Ings?" was the tpiestlon under iltscuxion.
llotli of the speakers, IMward M. H.i?vtti
chairman of the Heights of Hutlding
Commission, and Mr. Purdy favored di
viding the city into districts so that oac.i
district could be regulated according lo
the character of the property In It. This
view was In accord with the preliminary
report recently mane oy the iteighu of
Hulldlngs Commission to the Hoard o
Hsttmato committee on hoigVs of build
ing?. Mr. Purdy said that private restrictions
were often detrimental to property be
cause they arn Indexible.
"fiend Hand Hold Too Fast."
"The dead hand holds too fast," he said,
"ami In some cases holds hack the march
of progress.
"Our restrictions should be such as wilt
enhance the value ot the land restricted.
Itestrlctlons which would enhance th
value of the land In one part of the cllv
would be a detriment In other parts. Lack
of restrictions Is responsible In many
cases for a general decline of land valueg
and great destruction of property."
He told of conditions In lower Manhat
tan where, be sab), tho erection of on
skyscraper had forced the erection ot
other skyscrapers.
"In tlm each owner was forced te
erect a very lofty building because tha
value of the land was predicated on th-i
tr.ctlon of such a -building." he said. "A
large prnpottloti of the buildings BXiuth of
Chambers street do not produce a satis
factory income based on land value anil
cost of construction."
Points) tn Annrtmont Houses.
The same condition, ho said, -was co-n.
Ing Into exlstanco further uptown. Speak
ing of tho new lofty apartment houees on
West Had nvenuo und Riverside Drive, ht
added:
"Apparently no ono stopped to th'nk
that If you covered a whole block with
such lofty apartment houses they woj'.I
not give anything like the return per
building that is now- had from a single
lofty apartment house gottlng light sr.d
air from neighboring property uponwhl-h
there ure no high buildings. We tan't
stop It: it has gone too far; but we can
check It.
"If alt downtown ManhatLm were t iv.
ered with high buildings such as miy
now be erected under tho regulation
there would not be street room enn igh
for the people. Some who own land her
on Fifth avenue (at Forty-fourth stre.;i
know they nre faolng a very gra (t.ii-ger,-
a danger that has reached their
nelghburs below. The loss In l.uid v'i
in this section If the factories come In
wojld stagger the country."
He said that land xalues In the !' '!)
avenue section might drop from JS-cv)
;t front foot to $3,1100 a front foot
"livery one admits," said LMwatd t.
Hassett. "that the city has the pov.tr
to limit excessive heights of build:- cs.
but some deny that the city, eve- f
empowered by the Legislature, can Impost
different limitations on different parts of
the city. This position Is neither c. M
law nor common sense. Ninety per coat,
of the buildings In Manhattan do no! ix-cet-1
six stories. There are only flf"
one buildings over twenty storle" li'rh.
A rational height limitation for lower
Manhattan would have no iffe.t wh.i:
ever on tho other boroughs, bcvajo t
does not pay to put skyscrais-rs on mod
erate priced land. Indeed some owrt
are finding out that It does not pav to
put sk scrapers on high priced lind. ."M
there is a general misapprehension u 'o
the profit of skyscrapers.
Oatiiter of I.otTerlnir nines.
"If the city should tlx eight etor.e
the limit for tlie whole city, land va. .t
In lowtr Manhattan would tumble x'.v.t
with the city's debt limit. We must life'
with lower Manhattan as It is and "o'
as we might wish it to be'
He Kali I the work of his comn's or
was alined nt stabilizing values, bit
in keeping up tlctltlous values. Plst- '
ing a city for the purpoe-e of leni' -e
heights of buildings has been held bv "it
courts to be within the police powers
said.
Frank II. Williams, chairman of ,l-o
City Club's committee on city plan"
presided at tho luncheon.
hex. n ooo h'.ik.v.s on in: iis.
Proper Treatment of Unlisted lies
Imitated Ipnn hy tinrrlaou.
saillNUTO.v, Fb. 7. Secretin of
War Garrison hae directed Major-On
Wood, chief of staff, to Issue the foil
Ing clicular lo the military service
"While th Secretary of War dot "!
wish that there should be nn) lelax.f o-.i
In discipline or In the thorough ard
prompt performance of tnllltaty d'it .
Insists that all olilcers In dealing wlt'i
listed men should have nlwavs In ' 'id
the absolute nec, sslty of so trcxtltii: t!-'1 a
as to preserve their si-lf-respei't 1 v .
most Imisirtant If we re to luxe n . " -fill,
willing ami highly etlkleut amp
"It Is believed tti.it mm ll of the
content In the service to-day t ii-iab
the method of dealing with enlisted n n.
that the results of tills metbol ,m
satisfactory even from the statidp". '
dlsclplPt" und that better results in.. . i
accomplished If each ntilccr in , .
Hons with the men under bl to.
.1
I should alwajH have In mind the o.u i." '
the men without the destruction "
self-iespect, for once this is b-M
dlet'i usefulness In the service .s ;. j..
dtstroved and be return" to i'v'1
contiiitcd and often an enmn
I Ji my
"Many outig niliivts who ire
with the command of men haw 1 e1 -llltel
no ptevbms experience aim
nut been suttlclentl) Imbue I with t. t o
incisions Importance of the puis' "'
their duties which concerns their n 1 "i.'
with enlisted men; the) ale ieuoi.r..
tho proper method of handling s.ib.' -i -nates
and often feel that It Is mi 'e
to adopt a tone of volt e or a mat '
dealing with them which Is unite din
from that which they usually cmpi
anil only too frequently trny sick
eompllsh through a public n'buke w' t
could he more ettlelonllv necepti d t'l.- ii-n
a Private talk with the silbotdlnaie li
self This fault Is not eutliely lluil't l t"
oft! 'ers new to the service, but Is in to
innately found at times In otheis of lac.
experience, nml It Is directed that nt'!
effort be mail to eradicate It.
"Officers should keep In as close tou b
as iiotslblo with the men under t heir cm i
maud and strive to Lull. I up such relntim s
nf conlldence and sympathy as will Insure
men coming to them freely for cinins.''
and assistance. This can bo done wlth-un
any relaxation of the bonds of dln'tplli.e
and with cieat beneilt lo tho set vice as s
whole. Leonard Wimp "
a "'saM;iJ..
'Viifii'ii" Xiiti'iistV.ttwIt,