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cember. The iuternatlonHl money mar
ket is showing the increasing ancen
dency of American finance. Prupara
ions for the dissolution of the so-called
sold export Kol formed hint autumn
;ire under way. The Urltibb Treasury
has taken charge of new security pro
motions in London and has absolutely
forbidden the provision of capital to
borrowers outside the British Umpire.
There is a clop relation between all
hese facts which show how fast we
have travelled In a few months to re
covery from the shock of the outbreak
of the Kuropean war and what prog
ress we have made toward an economic
eminence that seemed only a llttlo whllp
.i?o too remote even to dream about.
No wonder foreign exchange has
lUrned sharply against all the rest of
'he world and In favor of the United
States. Uvea while we were rehablll
uttlnt; ourselves in international conti
nence as a debt p.tying nation by pro-i-M-dlng
to arrange, for gold shipments
o discharge current balance's against
lib abroad, tho worldwido demand for
.roods and commodities which we could
best supply was taking care auto
matically of the settlement of our for
eign Indebtedness. The improvement
and enlargement of our financial ana
nommerclal facilities by the establish
ment of tho Federal Reserve banking
Systran and the evidence of the funda
mental soundness and stability" of
mrican enterprise and American val
ues which was afforded by the resump
tion of our open security market with
out disaster increated foreign confi
dence In the Hafety of dealings with
us. end we have to-day a prospect of
unprecedented trade, Industrial and
flnaccinl expansion.
December exports reached the fonrth
argest total for any month in the coun
try's! history. The December balance of
exports wan larger by 517,000,000 than
any previous export excess for Decem
ber. This balance, almost $182,000,000,
was, moreover, about $52,500,000 great
er than the November export balance,
and unless all signs fail the value of
our January export trade over the value
of Imports is likely to be $175,000,000
at tho least.
When thero is taken into considera
tion the autumn gold shipment's and the
reduction already effected in our cus
tomary expenditures abroad for the bills
of travellers and In other ways, it is a
ery reasonable estimate that since tho
start of the war we have hH?n creat
ing foreign credits at the rate of $1.10,.
000,000 a month, and tho ratio is In
creasing. Judging from present finan
cial and commercial currents the ac
cumulation of a billion dollar credit
balance within a year from the start of
the war looks like an unwarrantably
conservative conjecture.
As a result of the matters noted our
bankers to-day have such control of
the foreign exchanges that they could
force gold to come here from foreign
tlnuncliil centres, or compel them to
report to preventive measures. Under
tbeso circumstances tho dltwlutlori' of
the gold osport pool is formality, but
it ought to be no less obvious th'it
American flnanco is not going to make
my eiieh unwise use of Its new power
would be involved in the disturbance
of strained monetary positions In other
onmitries through a raid on their gold
foundation. On the contrary our
bankers recognlzo that tho only terms
on which wo can keep the economic
liower to which we have attained is by
an iutelllgent uso of It for the greatest
possible International benefit.
Omit Britain's formal refusal through
the Treasury announcement to provide
eapltul during the war to countries out
side tho British Bmplre is In no many
words declaration of the necessity
which confronts tbe United States to
do what It can In supplying funds for
cicruatlonnl employment In the pur
chase and movement of agricultural
staples and the products of tho manu
facturing industry. In comparison with
the money which the whole world has
!een in the habit of drawing from the
European reservoirs of capital the ac
commodation which we can grant must
seem very small, but it will grow ns
the mouths pass.
Already our bankers have made it
substantial beglnulng, and, quite apart
from any conception of obligations im
posed upon us by the natural advan
tages which our neutrality multiplies
so hugely, every rule of national self
interest urges us to do all In our power
to strengthen tho tlnanclal situation In
other lauds. In doing ho we shall pro
mote itnd Biistaln the foreign trade
movement now under way, and, what is
even more, we will augment our assets
of international good will, which, even
though It cannot be capitalized In tho
nation's balance sheet, has a solid and
definite commercial value.
Let Ui See the Noldlrrs Oftener.
General Wood was well advised when
he decided to march tho Thirtieth Reg
lmeut of United States Infantry from
the Rattery to Fifty-ninth street this
week. How long It was since the town
had previously seen u complete or
ganization of the country's foot sol
diers we do not know. Certnlnly the
exhibition of the men In their busi
nesslike outfit was a refreshing and
gladdening thing, and the fact that the
crowds on the sidewalks applauded
them enthusiastically and spontaneous
ly was indicative of the affection in
which the army 1b held.
It would do much to stimulate inter
est in the army and to encourage un
derstanding of its work if Its members
were oftener put on show. Whether
from a deliberate Intention to avoid no
tice or from the accidents of the ser
vice, it Is a fact that the infantry, cav
airy and field artillery that do their
work so competently wherever their
services arc needed are seldom seen In
the large cities of the country. In New
York the coast artillery men usually
represent the army In parades, and
while they win credit, they prent only
one aspect of the service.
If it could be arranged without un
due strain on the resources of the
army, it would be an admirable thing
to put tho soldiers on view more fre
qutntly. Should a policy including
this use of the army be adopted it
would have two effects: it would re
mind muny persons who have almost
forgotten It that wo have n military
arm, and it would soon result in a
much needed expansion of the army.
The UnreHdy Atlantic Klret.
A most amazing discovery has been
made by Admiral Frank F. Fletcher.
the commander of the Atlantic fleet,
who testified before the House Naval
Committee recently that "it would re
quire something like 4.000 or 5.000 ad
ditional mn tn fully rn the "hip?
which I think ought to be fully manned
upon the opening of hostilities." He
was speaking of all the ships of tho
nnvy in commission. He has now
learned from tho captains of the twenty-one
ships of the Atlantic fleet alone
of "an alarming shortage of ofllcers and
men that are required to efficiently
man our ships for battle." to wit, 5,2111
men and 1530 ofllcers, or an average
deficiency on each ship of 219 men and
Blxtecn ofllcers.
The Admiral naturally asks that his
testimony be corrected. It was cer
tainly misleading, for ho told the com
mittee on December 0 that "the ships
of the Atlantic fleet individually are
In a high stato of efficiency, ns high ns
they have ever been," and that there
was no criticism to bo made except that
drill exercises had been curtailed by
the expedition to Vera Cruz. How in
tho name of national twurlty could the
Atlantic fleet ho In a high state of effi
ciency for active sen-Ice when the com
plement lacked C.219 men and 3.19
ofllcers? The navy and the country are
to bo congratulated upon Admiral
FLETCiiEn's discovery and upon his so
licitude about the correction of his too
optimistic testimony.
.Stupid and Ilarlmrous Warfare.
"From January 10 to 20 German air
ships bombarded the fortified places of
Yarmouth and other places on the Eng
lish const," says an official despatch
given out at Iterlln. Yarmouth Is not
fortified, nor were any of the other
places attacked by the German raiders
fortified. Yarmouth Is n fishing port
with only twelve feet of water nt the
bur when the tide Is out, and In the
summer It is a popular seaside resort.
Tho town manufactures no war mate
rials; ships and boats, rope, twine, and
trawl nets are its chief products.
All this Is knowi to tho German In
telligence Department, which Is famous
the world over for tho extent and
accuracy of Its military Information.
Therefore, the detjcrlptlon of Yarmouth
as n fortllled place Is a brazen Inven
tion officially published to Justify a
wanton violation of the rules of civ
ilized warfare. The best that could bo
said for tho invaders Is that In tho
night time, when they discharged their
bombs and explosives, it was difficult
to make out ono Inhabited place from
another, but that is the sort of exten
uation which Is an Indictment.
Abldo from the only iHwslblo char
acterization of such a method of war
fare, what Is the military value of bom
bart'.ment from either dirigibles or aero
planes? The supply rft explosives that
can bo carried Is small and the damage
done Is negligible. Cities have been
battered for days, weeks and months by
hundreds of slego guns throwing thou
sands of shells, and the cities have held
out, while tho life of civilians remaining
there has not undergone radical
changes, because tho casualty percen
tage both among tbe troops and the non
combatants has not been on an alarming
scale, We are speaking, of course, of
wars of the past, but the precedents are
relevant to the, now aerial warfare,
since wo know that it has had compara
tlvoly few victims.
"Conldcrable damage has been done,"
Iwasts Urn ofllclnl bulletin of the raid
on the English east co-nat. Tho truth
Is the damage to property was lnslg
nltlcaut and the people killed were nn
old woman, nn aged man and one boy,
while about thirty other persons were
wounded, How can n nation bo in
timidated by such an Infinitesimal per
centage of mortality? The only effect
of the barbarous nggresslon is to in
llame the spirit of Its people to white
heat and to nerve them to give their
oh willingly for the country if the
Hacrilloe Is required. So recruiting
leaps to higher tltfures than ever, and
money is inured out profusely to sup
port the war to tho bitter end. Hatred
for an enemy who fights so foully pos
sesses the gentlest nntures. The rector
of St, l'eter's at Yarmouth spoko tho
common thought when ho said: "It is
our prUIlegv who live on the oast conut
to be on the tiring line, and we nhould
brace ourselves to face the position
with bruve hearts,"
To sum up. airship attack on unforti
fied places has no military value: there
is no glory in it ; it stimulate enlistment
among the people outraged; It offends
the moral ww of neutrals everywhere
and alienates them. Therefore It is an
amazingly stupid as well as a barbarous
kind of warfare. I'erslstenco In It Is a
woful mistake, ami attempts to Justify
It liiKult tbe intelligence of the whole
civilized world.
Systematic v. Competitive Ath
letics. Partisans of college athletics become
Impatk'Ut when Hie faulty method of
excessive exercise Is pointed out, and
those who claim conwrjntism in this
regard grow unreasonable when they
encounter opposition. College athletics
has been established so long that ef
forts fo confine it within moderate lim
its are met with vigorous protest rather
than with sober discussion.
That the strenuous training of stu
dents of mature age has been produc
tive of lamentable results when these
hard and big tnuscled young men failed
to continue or were forced to dlfvon
tinue tho active training to which they
were Indebted for muscular prowess has
been demonstrated too frequently to
be disregarded in a discussion of col
lege athletics. This being true of
college athletics it becomes moro force
fully apparent In athletics of high
schools, "team" competition practised
by boys of loss developed physique, lu
whom the process of growth must be
seriously interfered with by training
for competitive contests. The Jnumal
of the American Medical Association
calls attention to the fact that protests
are coming from various parts of the
country setting forth the menace pre
sented by the tendency to deterioration
of the American hoy or clrl arising
from svero athletic training during
this adolescent period.
Whilo systematic exorcise or physl
cal culture under nn Intelligent in
structor is rewarded by beneficent re
sults, competitive athletics demanding
change of diet and habits and self
denial has been found to Impair keen
ness of Intellect ns well as the Integ
rity of the body. Well thought out ex
ercise, no matter how strenuous when
adapted to the ago and constitutional
capacity of the boy or girl, together
with interesting social functions, re
lieves the monotony of school life. Rut
as the Investigations of Professor Uar
nr.i:x of the Wisconsin University have
clearly shown, from 5 to 10 per cent, of
the freshmen in that university al
ready present enlargement of the heart
and dilation attributable to indulgence
In athletic sports, which appear to have
become a lne qua nou in our prepara
tory Mhools. This handicap weighs
the student down throughout his whole
college career, making him unhappy by
reason of his being deharred from all
exerclFO and really diminishing his ca
pacity for scholastic work.
The lesson Is obvious, to limit boys
and girls to s-ystchintlc and mildly ex
acting exercises that do not Induce
nervous and muscular strain during
the growing period of life, to avoid al
together all violent competitive work,
as has leen recently done In bicycling
eighty miles by several boy scouts in
midwinter as an endurance test. The
human body is a solf-reguiatlng ma
chine that may bo depended upon
safely after It has reached maturity.
Previous to this period Its various parts
are not sufficiently develoed to regu
late the organic compensatory func
tions. According to incomplete reports of
bis remarks before the Indiana I.egiH
lature, i:x-Presldent Tait foresees the
end of all wars. Most folks would bo
glad to fnrcseo the end of even one.
Bishop Burke of Albany, who died
suddenly on Wednesduy, throughout his
lone service In his church was a great
friend anil counsellor of children. When
his duties were most pressing and his
laWs most exhausting ho still had
time nlways to gTect them, and that
he derived morn pleasure from their
society than from that of most grown
tips even his constant courtesy and pa
tience with nil never obscured, Anil
tho children loved tho llttlo Bishop, a
fart thnt proves as conclusively as tho
most exacting can requlro that besides
being a good churchman ho was a
good man.
No accusation brought against Sec
retary Hhtan by a person bearing the
sinister name of Beer can obtain a mo
ment's credence.
The London Pailii Kxprrsm advocates
the treatment of bomb dropping airmen
ns murde-ers; but this Involves catch
ing them tlrst.
An eminent ex-pollceman Is authority
for the statement tbut "wo never hud
gangs before Mayor Gatkor'h order
against clubbing was Issued," and yet
some persons cannot understand why
police testimony is looked on with great
suspicion.
There Is no substantial basis for
criticism of the Governor and Legisla
ture because they are going to devote
only three weeks to Investigating the
Public Service Commission before thoee
boards oro reorganized. The Governor
( and tlhe Legislature have already de
i vised tbe necessary remedy and thoy
' Mhould not bo expected to hamper
I themselves with facts.
I That almost overpowering nilence now
ajnictlng the 8ta,te constitutes the sym
pathetic applause evoked by Senator
Wagner's Impassioned protests against
turning out Democratic Job holders to
make room for Republicans.
Secretary I1edkii:i.d told tho people of
Louisville, Ky., this week that "if the
facts were fully known public opinion
would Insist upon drastic action which
would prevent recurrence of the arbi
trary series of holdups .ind exactions
of whldh our foreign conunerco Is tho
unwilling victim," but he refrained from
saying anything ntwnit the burdens put
on business generally by Ignorant, med
dlesome and sometimes malicious ld
erul legislation.
Through the London Dally Chronicle
the Journalists of America learn from
tho KSlnl$che .eltung that "American
newspapers havo the run of tho Hrltlsh
cables for nothing," which will unques
tionably bu aoofl news to a. number of
harasfiod newspapor business managers.
It appears tliat an Indorsement of
Ilooea Sullivan projected by President
Wilson almost drove the present Secre
tary of Slate out of tho Cabinet, which
shows by what a .narrow margin .Mi
Sullivan escaped translation Into a
great public benefactor.
badges on Congrefsmeu :m unobjectlon-1
aoie, mil me rerorm reauy neeueu
would put n certain number nt them in
traitjacket.
frmany needs to continue the vig
orous education of her youth, both noxr
and after tho war, for even when iienc
comce there 111 be ,;reat hatred and
hostility. Therefore let us flap on our
helmets tighter. llamn ton dir Goltz.
The military spirit at Its worst.
The suggestion of Mr. Burt M. Mc
Connell of the Stefunsson Arctic ex
pedition that hydroaeroplanes bo used
to discover and uld lu the rescue of Vil
lUALMAK Stetanhsox und his two com
panions, who left Martin Point on an
exploring expedition and have not been
heard of since, might be curried out
with some hoi of success In the etiort
summer season from a base Clipe
Ilathurst, Mr Stevanpson' long ugo
proved his ability to "live olf the coun
try," If the expression can be uflcd of
the Arctic solitudes. He Is a skilful
hunter and can ublst upon Hsklmo
diet. Thero Is reason to bcllevii that
he and his companions survive, per
haps on Banks Land, and If they are
once found their rescue hhould be prac
ticable. No ambulance Oots have as yet benn i
deformed with tho Iron Cross, thomrh
nr.vny of their leaders have won It.
Iterlln i!fiufci.
The distinction between the leaders
and the otln-r dogs Is obscure. Upon
every ambulance dog the Iron Cross j
should bo fastened, for he will Inevi
tably deserve It by his Intelligence and I
fidelity. His bravery may be assumed. '
Congratulations to the President's
grandson! He now starts at scratch
tn tho race for tho goal of cucces.
Tin: VHVE MAJIKV.TS.
Mho re thr Ctntnmer? The Automo
bile owning .'ln In i:lilenee.
To tiij! Editor or Tun Sun Sir: Mr.
P Q. Toy aks in his letter on tho free
market . "Who are the butchers and
dealers that are fighting thefe public mar
UetB so ha-d"
Then he soe.s on to add that "nearly 200
nutomoblles entered the approach of the
QueT.sboro open market last Saturday
mornlnu between the hours of S .30 at d
11 :3U o'clock."
The free markets are supposed to be for
the poor or those In very moderate circum
stances. The automobile owning claes
which reasonably Hhould patronize the
rent paying, trtro keeping butchers and
dealers In Its own neighborhood does not
do so. It motors to the freo markets,
gets there rlrnt and buys up the best
stuff before tho "poor" can get there.
Tli carfare needed to reach some of
those markets remote from real poor sec
tions Is no bar to the motorist.
Smalt wonder the butchers ar.d deal
ers tight to slay In butlnens.
In the end, ohvlously, the markets do
not benellt thobe they are supposed to
belt), C. W. T. S.
New Tork. January 21.
IIOM WKMt HI' MOTOnS.
Increased Spent Ailits to the !lrstmctte
Kirett.
To tub Editor or The Scv Sir: U
you pas over any Slate Improved road
ten automobiles, weight of vehicles and
loads three tons each, and ten wagons
weighing the same, the effect If at the
same rate of speed would show In favor
of the automobiles.
The nit of speed for loaded horse
drawn vehicles is not to exceed three
miles nn hour. Tno averae rate of
speed of tho automobiles would be at
least thirty miles an hour. The effect of
a wide suction tire at from twenty to
fifty miles an hour Is destructive to tho
rojd cover.
A cloud of dust sucked from the toad
leaves tho coarser stones bare, and as
shown by very exhaustive examinations
In France, the destiuctlon of toads a ton
a mile at a given rate of speed Increases
very rapidly as speed Is Increased.
D. It. H.
FtKMlNOTON, N. J., January 2t.
n Interrupted Message.
To the KntTOR or The Sun Sir; I
liavo an amateur wireless outfit and oc
casionally I "pick" Interesting messages
from the air. The following one I got
early on tho morning of January 19.
New Vonif, January 21. K. W. II.
Cocnt ZsrrrtiS! llsve Information from
ono of my plee in Rneland that Cot'tln
Oeorice, Cousin Mary and the children are
nt SundrlnKtiiim. On (et them. Iron
croi of th tlrst cIua If you set Cou'ln
Georre; Iron crows of ths nconrt claei for
Cnualn Mary and Iron cro of the second
class for any two of tho chtldrnn.
HoHixroLMSN,
The Donkey or the Hen.
To TnH KniroR or The Sun Sfr: Tour
correspondent Harold Fogel writes of the
'Iniquities" of our Democratic Adminis
tration. I protest. Iniquities are per
petrated only by knaves. There are no
knaves n round the Professor, only com
mon, everyday damphool Democrats, Gar
rlson excepted.
And while I'm nt It. why should tho
cartoonist longer dally with the donkey
ns emblematic of the wisdom of Democ
racy? Why not the hen?
FATiorwi Democrat.
New York, January 20.
I'an.Germnnlftn.
To the Editor or The Sun Sir: Tour
correspondent "K. O. T." eaye; "The
trouble with Pan-Germanism Is It Isn't pan
ning out." May I suggest that the trou
ble with Pan-Germanism Is tbe Fan '
New Toric, January 21 A M D.
a wonu to nn. hall.
The Conduct of Great Britain Defended
From Assault.
To the Editor or Tn Sow Sir; Who
Thomas C. Hall, D. D Is, or what de
nomination he belongs to, I do not know,
but for a clergyman who Is supposedly
a disciple of the Prince of Peace his arti
cle In Tub Hun of January 17 Is such nn
extraordinary outburst of spleen, rancor
and hatred, and Is also so full of nils
statements and half truths, that one hates
to believe tho signature correct.
Take a few of these statements!
In the Boer war the British did not
march through tvlagoa Bay.
In 1776 tho British did not force this
country Into rebellion. A mad German
King did this against tbe wishes of the
British people, and the British themselves
declining to fight, German George had to
V,u!. ',,!",,n'1!' to fight his battles. Dr.
Hall knows as well as any one can know
that this happened before the first re
rorm i bill was passed, rt,d at a time when
the franchise was very limited and elec
tions notoriously corrupt, so much so that
the fight was as much a fight for liberty
in Britain an It was for liberty In the
then American colonies.
The very reverend and most truthful
mu,t k,ltm' that In tho war of
1880 between the North and South famine
stalked through Lancashire, owing to tho
shortage of cotton, which the North abso
lately prevented from leaving Southern
ports through her blocknde. He should
know that Lancashire suffered cheerfully
because she wanted slavery abolished. As
an Instance of the feeling In the cotton
capital of Lancashire, after Henry Ward
Beecher liad spoken In the Free Trade
Hall, the people of Manchester took out
the horses nnd dnw his carriage tn tri
umph through the streets of the city.
Dr. Hall certainly knows that Kgypt
w' 'J1 a frightful condition before the
British took charge, that the Egyptian
rentes were at a great discount, that the
Kurhash wmm tn run -
... tuir, IIUIIIHII
liberty was non-exiMent and that lust.
ana corruption were rampant. He
certainly knows that slavery now Is abol
Uhed. the. Kurbash has disappeared and
the rentes -were at a premium before this
war started.
Compare this with German methods In
Poland and Lorraine, where for over forty
years the wonderfully cultured German
has tried to murder a civilization equal
ir not superior to his own. Tho doctor
tries to excuse the rape of Belgium, which
even, the German Chancellor deprecates,
by Ulklns of money payment. Ah, doc
tor, what dos It benefit a man or nation
if he gain the whole world but lose his
own soul, self-respect?
And now comes France's turn, the
Franco that gnvo us Lafayette and his
gallant soldiers, the Franco that gave us
bettor stuff for our melting pot than
Germany ever did or ever could. France,
according to the doctor, became our enemy
because an adventurer who was not even
a Frenchman succeeded through audacity
and a coup d'etat In holding the reins In
France temporarily, nnd lent ids support
to an Austrian !n .Mexico, The early
pages of our history glisten with the splen
did deeds of Frenchmen : as the names of
so many of our cities testify.
He cites as one cause of the war the
Brill eh Jealousv of German success In
commerce. The British certalnlv had a
queer way of shon Ing that Jealousy. They
allow ed German ships to ply between two
British ports, a practice this country does
not permit. Herman goods went Into Brit
ain dutv free, whereas British goods paid
umy on entering Herman ports,
Any business man will tell the doctor
that German trade timrl:, u-r .a.th.!
both In Brltal -. n?.d the United States and
received protection form the courts of
these countries. On the other band, tho
Germans were notoriously unscrupulous In
Imitating foreign trade marks, and It hns
hep-i next to Impossible to get redrt-ss In
German courts. The Importance of a
trade mark Is 'horoucbly understood by
men who do business In Asia and Africa.
But to continue further Is futile, except
to suy that for Britain to desire war.
Imowlng as she well did the tremendous
military strenvtb of Germany, to provoko
war deliberately, with only an expedition
any forre ready nf t t!sM ose hj!y.lri
thousand men. Is nbsurd.
T lived for years In Germany nnd
speak German, and while always an ad
mirer of their elvil administration, was
Intensely dlr!ensed at tbe arrogance and
truculenco of the German military ofTlcer,
and at the sums time disgusted with the
servile manner In which the civil popula
tion s'ood for If. W. H. Smith.
Newark-. V. .1 , January 50.
IMOKIXtS FOIl THOIHLH.
An Meiitnltouly nontnou Corre
spondent nil the Wotimnl) Umiinn.
To the Editor or Tnr. Huv Sir: These
words of wisdom are uttered solely for
the warning and salvation of men. Women
are not expected to read them, for those
who need them are Incapable by nature
of comprehending tbelr meaning, whilo
those who can understand them have no
need of them.
Of all the blusting domestic fates a
man may eni-ounter, the very most dum
nable Is to be united In the holy bonds of
matrimony with a woman not properlv
endowed with the divine qualities of real
womanhood.
A womar. who is not wholly a woman Is
worse than no woman at all. She Is a
calamity to he shunned by a man with a
real the greater In proportion as ho Is
wholly a iv.an with tho common weakness
and strength of a man.
Better by far less Intellect and morn
wominhood than less womanhood and
more Intellect. Better every natural weak
ness of her sex than a lack of sex. Bet
ter Infinitely the comforting companion
ship of the truly womanly woman than
all the barren moseuline attainments of
the most gifted of her kind.
Nothing In a man's lire can replace a
deficiency In the companion of his Joys
and sorrows of thoso natural attributes of
her sex which reward all his efforts In
behalf of tho family and home. No suc
cess In the outer world can make tip for
failure of a full realization of domestic
happiness. No other relation Is so sacred,
no other Joy so worthy, no other destiny
so satisfying as a perfect union of a man
und his mate In that mutual fitness which
Is possible only when the woman Is de
voted as completely to tho duties of home
nnd wifehood as the man should be to
the duties of h man and husband.
Few men know this consummation of
life's purpose but to glimpse It for a
fleeting moment and lose It forever. Few
deerve It But the greatest and best of
men can secure It and retain ft only as
the priceless gift of a supremely womanly
woman,
More of Indlrference, neglect and aban
donment on the part of men results from
lack of womanhood in women than from
nny other cause; the true woman holds
the love of her mate In nature's own grip
of security. More of indiscretion, dissi
pation and debauchery: the true woman
makes home attractive and man pure.
Morn of Incapacity, falluro nnd despair;
the true woman stimulates and strength
ens her husband to achieve results of
which her own sex Is Incapable and which
he hlmrelf could not accomplish without
the Inspiration of her devotion, More of
ntiandonment to evil, remorse of soul and
hopeless hell on earth: for the denatured
woman never will realize the blighting
effect of her unnatural perversity nor the
Infernal torture of her Insensate rtient
ment. The weak man goes headlong to destruc
tion when his woman falls him In his
home ; the strong man withdraws his life
npart. cursing his miserable fate in the
secret obambers of un embittered exist
ence. If a man desire to escape the un
holy horror of Interminable torment and
ceaseless regret, let him shun the un
sexed woman as a pestilence, nnd prize
above all other of God's merciful gifts a
thoroughly womanly woman.
One Who Knows noTti.
ArrrwitKRH-OK-EARTlf , January 21,
A Shell dome.
If hna should maka their mlni!i ur (
1-ay armor platad egts,
Hrenkfmt would ba a norry me
To v? r 'n on' tgga
II s' tl
"AXTEMCA" OH "COO SAVE THE
Admiral Oiadwlck Discusses This Ns
tloml Atr of Many Nations.
To tub Editor or The Sun Sfrv rw
ferrlng to "A. E. O.'s" letter on "Ge4
Save tho King" In Tun Hun of Januajy
19, Lord Cromer In his excellent account
of his late callphnte discusses somewhat
the difference between the Eastern and
Western administration of Justice. He
tells a story of a conversation between
a French Judge and an Algerian allelic
on the Introduction of the French proce
dure In Algeria. The gist of the story us
I recall It Is that the sheik remarked:
"We'll have no moro Justlco now; wit
nesses will be required."
There Is a depth of philosophy In tills,
a phase of which Is that witnesses would
also have to bo believed, tn this case I
have no hesitancy In placing myself with
tho Arab, for the psychical testimony far
transcends In my mind any of the sort
produced.
The air In question, call It what we
may, let us say "America," Is the na
tional ulr of Great Britain, the German
Empire, Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony, Wdrt
temberg, Norway, Sweden and Switzer
land. My authority Is tho official pub
lication of tho Navy Department, pre
pared for the ttie of ships' bands by
Sotisa, It does not stand to reason that
the wide distribution of this ns a na
tional air, and eMabllshed, too, when Inter
communication was dllflcult nnd slow, and
Interchange of literature, music, science
and thought but moderate us compared
with to-day, should have been taken up
In any decree simultaneously In to many
countries. Such things are not done nt
haphazard. Even we, eo largely British
In descent, have never used It except as
a popular air una never as a national
one : that Is, with the stamp of tho Gov
ernment.
I have not formed an offhand opinion
in this eubject tn which I have been In
terested many years, and 1 will give "A.
E. G." even an additional authority on
his side, the "Conversazlonslexlcon" ; but
all such, to my mind, fade before the
fact of this widespread and Inexplicable
use In a matter In which national sen
sitiveness Is usually extrome.
And 1 know, too, tho habit of our rela
tives (not that wo are a hit better) to
appropriate every honor of the sort: musi
cal, poetic or scientific, or if not suc
cessful, to reduce It, as In the case of the
It.entgen ray, to the unknown quantity x.
In 1M3 I unwittingly raised a stotm In
the British contingent at Nauhelm by tho
casual remark to a very charming and
cultivated elderly English lady that "Home,
Sweet Home" was of American composi
tion. Her amazement and Indeed con
sternation were extreme and spread
throughout the little colony Instantly.
"Do you mean to tell me," she said,
"that "Home, Sweet Home' was not writ
ten by nn Englishman?"
Of like sort was a remark made to a
frieAd of mine, well known In Europe as
well as In America. Discussing litera
ture with an English friend, the latter
said :
"You'll be claiming our Longfellow
next."
Now, these two anecdotes are facts and
they but Illustrate a characteristic, of
which we ourselves have full share, which
longs to appropriate every good thing as
of one's own nationality.
Thus regarding the psychical testimony
. as much higher and more Important than
any adventitious written or spoken sup
port from persons who had nothing dl
' rectly to do with the subject. I sit with
the Arab Cadi and believe the psychic
evidence, nnd that we, for Instance, have
j as good a right to tho air as an Amerl
Icim air as Britain has to it us a British
air; that Is. r.o right at all n such. Had
'Handel stated Hint John Bull (for a long
time it wiui so aslgned) or Carey had
written It, I should succumb to such a
proif, but to Handel's nmanuensK no I
F. B. Chahwicic.
Newport. B. I.. January 20.
TWO IJCEEXS Ol' THE STAGE.
How I.jtllu Ihompson anil Pauline Mark
ham Mere Heu-aliMl to New York.
To thu EniTor. or the sun' lr: The
first coming of Lydla Thompson with her
company of "British blondes' to Amer
ica occurred, ns 1 recall, in 1S6!. and they
appeared at Wood's Museum, later known
.is Daly's Theatr at Broadway, near
TJiIrtlcth Jtrcet, In "Ixlon," a burlesque
by H. J. Byron.
Ljdla Thompson had long bern known
In London ns a clever dancer, who had
gradually come to acttng In short pieces
introducing 'icr saltations, sailor's horn
pipe and such. For many years thereafter
she came regularly to the I.'nlted States
until she w;s n mr shadow of htr
youthful grace, beauty nnd blonditude.
Pauline Markhani was never In her
company. The latter led the Amazon
march In the "Black Crook" at Nlblo's
Garden, and the first long run of that
spectacular piece, modelled on the French
order of pieces then played at the ChateM
Theatre In Purls, was over a wholo year
before Lydla came.
It was N'ew York's first taste of the
drama of exposure of women on a largo
scile, and rather shocked the community,
which, however, crowded to see It for a
year or more.
Paulino then was a beautiful, stately
young person, and much admired. Ons
great Shakespearian critic of the period
went dotty over her. and endowed her
with tho phrnso "velvet voiced" In cele
bration of the little she had to say.
Pauline was credited with many quaint
epigrams of her own. Years later she
made a name In "Ermlnle" at the Casino,
which some of you may remember.
Late Sixtiks.
Nuw York, January 21.
il'.lV vr XOItTIJ IX DIXIE.
Should the South' Song llralty Ilaso
That Hefrntn?
To the EniTon or Tun Suv sir: Alas,
poor "Dixie." Like the melody of "God
Save the King" or "America," which, by
the by, happens to be German music,
"Dlxlo" too Is of very uncertain origin.
But the hardest blow Is to think thai
"Dixie," the beloved song of the South
erner, Is no more his than "Yankee Doo
dle" Is the folk tune of the Northerner.
ir,A Im i n,nrA,n- n rAK,inn n-.
I of Pninbrlrlcre. Enctnnd. litiH in k.iv nt
"Dixie" In Ills well known text work "The
Be.ider's Handbook" :
Dlsla Land Tha land of milk and honey
to American nlxsera. Dixie wa a tlava
holder of Manhattan lalund. who removed
his slaves to the Southern Stutu, hrrt
they had to worlt hnrder and fare wore:
o they were alwaya alchlng for their old
homo (ths modern New Totk cltyi. whMi
they called "l)lla land." Imagination and
dlitnnco soon advanced thta land tntti a
ort of Delectable Country or Land of Httl
lah So If Professor Brewer Is right the
song should rend : "Away up North In
Dixie." not "Away down South In Dixie."
which certainly Is tough ot our beloved
Southern brother. Hlno like lachrymie.
FsuiKnio W. Panuuorv.
New Tokk, January 20.
fin an Alleged Itrstgnatlon From (lie
t'n I on League.
To Titr KntTOR or Tim Sun Sfr; y u
give prominence lu this morning's Issue
of your paper (apparently at tho Instance
of Mrs. Laldlnw) to the resignation of a
nameless member of the Union Leaguo
Club, because it adopted nntl-uffrage
resolutions, to the evident displeasure of
his wife, who you state Is a member of
the woman suffrage party.
Comment: Peace at any price. Poor
man! n. 1 1.
Nkw Yor.K, January 21.
Chanting Models.
! uied to ba a runabout,
With stream lines long and tllm
And than became a roadater,
Ths paths of life to aktui.
Next, with a taurine body
In later years waa seen,
nut now I'm fat and flftv
Hnlll A Is llmnu'ln-
II li
PAY IN A WEEK URGED'
FOR WORKERS HURT
Dill in Assembly to Change Com
licnsnUon Law Would Cost
Employers Millions.
11. DAYS DELAY ASSAILKI)
Aleint, Jan. 21. Legislation cutf.r.r.
from fourteen to seven days ths period
uftnr which workmen Injured at tli,
occupations shall get awards under tha
State workmen's compensation law
Introduced In tho lower house txday by
Assemhlyuruii Perlinan of New York e.ty.
a Republican. Should this bill go tlirougi
It Is estimated that tho extra cost to em
ployers would be several millions of dol
lars a year.
Chairman Ilobert S. Dovilng o! a
Workmen's Compensation Commlstion and
the other members are bald to liae
considered the question of changing th
period within which nwurds shall be mud
but decided that the charge would
too costly, and would entail cn enom,..
expe.iso to Inuuranco companies snd ;
State fund In working out now soiled ,
i of liabilities.
J Workmen all over tho 'State neve o
I complaining tint when forotd to , .
wont iot iwi weeKH neeauso of t , j , .
they did not rccoUe uny compent.i
Tho compensation Blurts on tho nf
day after the Injury. Thle fceA i
plan Is said to hae been carried i .
effect tn Ohio successfully.
CHANGE IN LAW URGE I
Civic federation Committer llinra
of Defect In I'nymeiit,
Objections to the present work' re
compensation law of this State and ..
gested changes In tho law were dlcu-
yesterflny t a meeting of the Nat
Civic Federation's Joint committee oi .
teen ut the Mvtrupolltan Life Uullo ' .
The committee, which Includes In its tnr
bershtp representatives of employers t
New York State Federation of Lbor an i
the Civic Federation, is charged with 1. 1
task of gathering Information eoncernli c
tho operation of the present act and u'
securing such legislation may I
thought necessary. Th basis of the 6..
cuajlou was a pamphlet of euggcttic
Issued by tho Civic Federation's u
men's compensation department, of whu
August Belmont Is the head,
. James O. Carr, representing the Genet
Electric Company, said that the greate
deficiency in the present law Is the re
qulrcmeiit that payments sliall be t...u.
through tho Compensation Coimmss.ui
Ho said that injured workmen u: t.n
families vomctlmes did not receive iuii
pcnsatlon until aevcrul month.- utter ..
papers weru filed, ulthough tho empk
was witling and anxious to iiutko pri.
payment. Ho suggested direct payn
from emplocr to emp!oee, subject to
supervision of tho commission For .
Stato Superintendent of Insurance
i Hotchklss vol; to the same effect.
Daniel B. Sullivan and William Ui.
representing the Bridge und Strutu .
Ironworkers Fulon. announced that t
union is dissatisfied with the working
the compensation law. It wants reset
, to worker tho right to choos whei
they accept compcntatlun or sue u.u
tho employers' liability act.
President Gompcrs of the Ainei'ii.,
Federation of Iabur, who Is of the coii
mittcc of fifteen, asked the irouworkc
i what would become of the unfortunat
j who su-h nnd .est. c ccntcndncl tlu
I what was asked would bring about Jut
. V. .11. t,.-.. !.... I V M..u. . n ..l.At.
U4U WVUUItlViin ill.lL lilMMl SUUfeMl LU UUUi,
through tho compensation law.
Vi, A. Mansfield Hohbs. attorney for i
James A. Stewart Contracting Compa;
Joined In tho plea for direct paymei
His company has baigs canal contr .
and ho said that some discrimination o i
to bo made between payments for dea. i
total disability to families of nller .
those of citizens.
Cyrus W. Phillips, Deputy Conipe
tlon Commissioner, had a good w-or .
the married workers who. It had ue
eald, were discriminated ugalnst ui
count of heavier payments for lnjui
volved. He kald the married men
better risks, better workmen und i. .
permanent on their Jobs, and for
reason need not fear discrimination.
Other speakers were T. N. Guerin, v .
preldent of the New York Stato Feue
tlon of Labor and a member of tha o
mltteo; Edmund Dwlght, chairman of
compensation committee of the Chai.,
of Commerce; B. F. Schleslnger, a men'
ber of tho Chamber of Commerce or ,
Franclaco. ami W. G. Morse, preside!
the First Mutual Liability Inburanco Co
pany.
573 WIDOWS ON CHARITY LIST
With Tlielr Children Are Cared for
hy I'nor Aasoclntlon.
The Asi-oclatlon for Improving the Cop
dltlun of tho poor unnour.crd ycsterdK
that It now h. in Its care 572 depende
widows' families, with ".29t children a
that during tho lust month it spc t ft
tho relief of this group JS.T01.20. or . ne
third or lis total relief expenditures
that month.
lu JlHcuvalng tho relief policy of
association toward needy widows' fair.
Cornelius N. Bliss, Jr.. president of
association, said'
"Our absocl.itlon in it nlicf orU n'
during tho last to years given parti'1 1
atnr.tlon to this cluts of families and
committed to tho principle of adcqun
relief for widows with dependent h.ldre.
ptpulurly known as widows' peno.i's I
bcilcveH the standards and nutlioja of
giving this relief are most fmiiort.it t n .
It Is devoting itu best energies to pe'feot
Im; Ito method and standards It is ro
opposed to this rcllf being Riven b1, lh
tlty of New York provided it be adequate
and administered efficiently and ,-i.par
tlally."
SCHOOL BOARD FEELS SLIGHTED
Wants tn He Heard llcforc Helns
I'nrril Dimmi to .Mnr or sn.
President Churchill of the Board of Ed
ucatlon sent a letter to Mayor Mttche'
yesterday lu reference to tho proposal
reduce tho membership of the board f-o 1
forty-si m to nine or thereabout. The let
ter said:
"Information has come to me throuc
tho public press that on January 2J t
Board of Estimate In to consider a draf
of a pr,i0!cd hill to reduce the size
tho Hoard of IMucatlon. Although Uus
legislation vitally affects tho ecbools fv
representative of tho Board of Educatl"
so far as I have learned, has been co
suited. Outside bodies, according O 1'
report submitted nn January .V intereste
primarily In tho establishment of a bnialle
board have been consulted. "
In a litter to President McAneny c'
the Hoard of Aldermen Mr. Church .
wrote that It was a matter of regret i 1
him and other members of the board tiia
a report aff:tlns eo vitally the put
schools was presented to the Board of F'
tlmate without first advising with U
Board of Education und askext that tffn
be postponed.
Mr. McAneny, as chairman of the. char
ter revision committee, accepted yesterda
the suggestion of President Churchill tva
tho Board of Education should be cor
suited. Mr. McAneny wilt ask the Board
of Eetlmate to-day to lay over tbe en"r
matter for another week and will surfe'
Hint u peclal conference with reprete
it m f he rhuol board be arrantet