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Tarls offlce. t Hue. de la Mlchodlere, oft Hue du Quatre Septembre. Washington office, lllbbs flulldlna. Brooklyn office, 10 Livingston street. our rirntti irfio fm or ts iWfA mdnu- teriplt and llluttratlont jar publication irsA fo fiaie relecltd artlclm rtturntd thtv mutt in oil cases and itampt or thai purpose. Resting Ills Errs. A Washington despatch to the World begins with this slgultlcant confession : "President Wilson's attention has been centred on the Far IJast for the last few hours." Naturally he directs his gaze as fnr awny as possible from the red triumphs of his policy In Mexico. Wliat Else Was Expected? Why Is the public dUiatUllcd with the Albany lawmakers? Those emi nent statesmen have performed their , junctions with a despatch and energy that entitles them to all praise. They have cooperated from the be ginning In the decapitation of Demo cratic Job holders with a whole hearted sincerity that commands the admiration of those who nre not hopelessly blinded by prejudice. Their activities have already tilled the air with shocking reorts as to j the motives that Inspire them In the enactment of legislation. They enthusiastically smothered a proposal looking toward the e.iosiire of wrongdoing specifically alleged by members of the Assembly, being content to rest under suspicion rather than run the slightest chance of dis closing the truth. For three months they have been in session, part of that time under a rule that constitutes one man dicta tor over the legislative department of the State Government, and In that period thev have accomplished noth-''""' . . .. . ing or public value. What could the present legisla ture be existed to do that the Al bany Senators and Assemblymen have not done? Rural Credits Legislation. Probably the perils which threat ened In the closing days of the SIsty- third Congress when a dangerous of- fort wasi made to Jam through a purely popuiistle rural credits bill ; nnist be borne in mind that the con were averted for good by the failure i cr,.vs has been almost continuously of the undertaking. The subject of m v,,ion during the llrst two years rural credits will come up before the new Congress, but the outlook Is that legislation. If any Is enacted, will be guided lu safe and desirable chan nels. Before adjourning Congress pro vided for an Investigation of rural credits by a Joint committee of both houses. Representative Cartfr Clash was made chairman of the committee, and he has Just ap IHDlnted two sub-commlttoes to make detailed Inquiries and recoinmondn lions. One of the.-e will lake up the question of mortgage loans on farm lands. The other will consider t lie question of jK-rsonal loans to farmers on notes. The whole relation of finance to agricultural Industry will thus be cov ered, and there Is some prospect that conclusions as to the necessity of leg islation and the nature of H will be reached on a basis of fact and In formed by Intelligence. They are very little likely to resemble the recently frustrated scheme, to put funds raised by public taxation at the disposal of ugrlcultiiral borrowers, something which has been demanded by bucolic vote coaxers for many a decade. Encouragement to hopefulness about the iHbors of the Congressional com mittee of Inquiry Is furnished by Mr, Olasb'h chairmanship. To the extent that the Federal Reserve net deserves to be Identified by the name of any member of the national legislature It might very well be called the Class act. Actually It was the outcome of years of public agitation and cam paigning for banking and currency reform which had ended In general agreement as to the essential princi ples of such reform, Nevertheless Representative Clash, as chairman of the House Banking and Currency Committee, had a lead tnz hhare In keeping eccentricities out of the incisure nd making it :h good a statute as It is. Ills earnestness, sincerity and hard work won th" favorable opinion of bankers, and If fetal own economic education mado preat progress In the course of cur rcney legislation the country bene filed by It, Further boneilis should ncerue from the pari which he will have In disusing of the mbj's.'t f rural credits. Bepresentati re Clash was a very material obstacle to rural credits leg Islntlon In the tiist Concessional ses sion. He ui!!d tlic view thut the fea ture of tlie Federal ltesorve act relative to farm mortgage loans and Ihe grant of credit on fanners' notes merited a trial liofnio experimenting with sii(pletiientar.v legislation spo daily designed for financing the fann ing Industry. According to his Idea there was, therefore, no pressing emergency for rural credits legisla tion, and In this ho was supported by President Wilson. Their opinion prevailed with Congress and killed the vicious project which was put forth on the eve of adjournment. It would not he surprising If the (Mass Investigating committee should In consequence of Its Inquiry find that the question of rural credits was not so much n Federal as a State problem, Itonims may nppear for making the provisions of the Federal Iteserve net broader and more liberal In this regard, but reform in farm tlnanclng might very well begin with the States, each acting according to Its own opportunities and require ments. The sensible suggestions Just offered along this line by W. V. IS. Hahdino of the Federal Heserve Hoard are likely to foreshadow the, findings which the Joint Congres sional committee will report. Mr. Wilson Meets the Constitution. Senator J'ompiiknb of Ohio has per formed the delicate but necessary tusk of Introducing the Constitution of the United States to President Wilson, and In consequence of hU diplomatic activities the Congres Is not to be urged to replace by statu tory enactment the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment. President Wil .-on has learned that the repeal of a section of the Constitution Is not to be effected by n mere primary law. and the effort toward reform in the selection of a Chief Magistrate Is to take the shape It should, an attempt to revise the system which went Into force In 180-1. Whether it Is worth while to re cast the scheme devised as n substi tute for the original plan of selection Is a question worth discussing. Had ,no popular vote been deceive Mr. !cu.vr.i.ANi would have succeeded him self In 1SM1. Again, the contest of 1S70 might have hail a different outcome, If It should be provided that a ma jority wit necessary for election, grave ditllctiltles might ensue. For example, Mr. Wilson's electoral vote of 43r against OH was obtained on a popular vote th.it fell two nnd n half -,,.,, Mnw n,.,jority. In the main the present system has worked well, and needs no other defence than the generally rpspqtable records of the men who have been put Into of flee under Its otiorntlon. Meanwhile. It Is gratifying to learn that Mr. Wilson has become no nualnted with at least one restraining requirement of the Constitution. Administration Mileage. The Washington correspondent of the Hvrnlnp Vnt finds It Interesting InBtnWp to compare President V', e.w'a trnt-Allln rivi-nrjl with flint ! Wilson's travelling record with that of his predecessor, the Hon. William Howard T.mt. Itediieed to actual miles of absenteeism from Washing ton, the statistical exhibit Is this: Taxt. Wilson. First year of term 21,666 10,161 Second year of term. . . ,:.1,70S 1CM4S Total for two years .. .45.374 20,612 In estimating the moral or iolltlcal sijinltlcance of tills comparison It of President Wilson's term. Condi-1 Hons were more favorable during the corresponding period for President T.ut's absence from the capital. It Is even more lmiriant to re member that while Mr. Takt did the travelling for his own Administration, and did it with a zest and endur ance fnr which political history affords no parallel, the principal run about In Mr. Wilson's term has not been the President himself but his Secretary of State. In any fair comparison of the iichletement nf the two Administra tions Mr. Taft'h mileage .should be set Against Mr. Bryan's, not against Mr. Wilson's. Reduced to a continuous line, Mr. Terr's Journeyings for the two years would reach almost twice around the globe. Mr. Brvan'h, we nre confident, would reach to Aide- barn n or Alpha I.ynr. College Women and Marriage. It Is no tempest In a teapot that Professor Robert .1. SraAnUE of the Massachusetts Agricultural College has raised In the Journal of Heredity by trying to show statistically that the graduates of the leading women's colleges are accomplices In race sui cide because most of them do not marry and because, again, those who enter Into the marriage state con tribute meagrely to the Increase of population. Statistics hnve an explosive quality when aimed at bumaulty. eseclally if assembled to prove anything untlat terlng to a class. Now the alumni of women's colleges constitute a class that thinks well of Itself, a superior class by reason of Intelligence, cdu cation and Ideals, So Professor SrRvr.TT.'fi figures will be vehemently assailed. No class likes to shoulder more than Its hare of responsibility for race suicide. According to lb" professor, only one llilrd of the Br.vn Mawr graduates have married, not counting graduates of the last fifteen years, and theso married graduates can be credited, "speaking statlstl t'llly," with only one-Ihlrd of a child each. Dean iH.vnn. Mapoison at ou.-e lakes up the cudgels fnr Ilryn Mawr More than f.0 per cent, of the young women who graduated prior to fifteen years ago contracted marriages, and, to quote Dr. Maduison, "the figures show that the married graduates of Ilryn Mawr have Just as many children as the women who do not go to college," With nil respect to the dean, this Inst statement, so material to the subject, Is Inexact and iioti-stjttlsttcal. Does she refer to all the Itryn Mawr grad uates. Including those- of the last lif ted! years? And why does she make such a dragnet ntllrmatlnn about "the women who do not go to college"? Dean MAhntHON should certainly know more about the graduate mar riages for any given period than Pro fessor Sr-nAofi:, who, by the way, seems to be unfair to the basketball, rowing nnd tennis girls of the later physical culture period when he does not Include their marriage percentages. With greater health and stamina and the Joy In living that comes from out door exercise, lire they not tlndlng more mates than their predecessors? There Is a hint that they are In Dean M.MimsoN's report that (10.1 cr cent. of the graduates of 1000 hae married and I'm.." per cent, of the class of 1M2. Perhaps there are even better figures for the last ten years. It Is very much to be regretted that the dean does not give particulars about the children of the Hryn Mawr marriages. As the Pennsylvania college was not open to students until 1SS... a com parison ought certainly to be- made between the matrimonial percentage of the almost equal periods before and after UeOO. Somebody must speak up for Vas sar. Wellesley and Mount Holyoke, because Professor Srruon: has also tired his statistical blunderbus at those colleges. More than half of the Vnsar graduates are unmarried, he snys. with less than two children to n family. He has a worse report for Wellesley: only one-third of Its grad uates In a quarter of a century have married, and their contribution to America Is an average of but one child per family. In the old days S." per cent, of the Mount Holyoke grad uates married: nowadays only 10 per cent., with less than two children to each household. Xow there can be no question about a reduced birth rate In the older parts of the United States. What friends of the women's colleges In the Fust would like to know I whether the graduates marry less than other women nnd have fewer I ,, 1 ,. I children. If college women are more i Intelligent and Useful and of better I tibvslone than their sisters Mm wel. , ' , fare of the country requires that thy marry, If they can. nnd bear children. Who can produce the comparative statistics? Will Vnss.tr. Wellesley and Mount Holyoke answer Professor SrRAorr.7 The Governor to Charles S. Whitman. The subjoined sentences, taken from a veto message sent yesterday to thp legislature by the Governor of this State, are rcsjoct fully submitted to the earnest consideration of Chri.ks S. Whitman, recently District Attor ney of the county of New York: "It seems to me questionable whether. In view of the distended budget of the city of New York and the grievous bur den of taxation which rests so heavily upon the city's property owners, par- tlcularly the owners of real estate, the my snoum dispel wltn any inromo producing activity which It may at present command or carry further the principle of private participation In revenues that are essentially public In character. "The striking growth of the city's an nual budget, which seems to defy all efforts at reduction or control, and the mounting aggregate of the city's debt, certainly Impose unon every nubile omcia, who ,s called to ac, with reference to this bubject matter the duty of rigorous conservatism." It is e.irnostly to bo hopl that tuo unassailable principle of tvouomy and tbe admirable suecestlon of prevltlon herein Impressed uion the lavvmakera iy the (Sovenior will not fscapo the attention of Mr. Whitman when he next feels movei! to lay nn unnecessary State tax of .5n.OO0,(K0 on the prope rty owner for whom so keen a sym pathy 1h exhibited In these pasta Re. The While Wander of the .ler.evs. III the niatier of Nodal service who an outrank rinderne llotlpun I'ayne,". :';; niiln ,hl, hrfS nU(1( a of the dersej .Somervllle but no Jersey V Who has done more lo promote social 1 haven t a ml'llon and can speak poel ...rir..,. 1..... ..,. 1.. .. .... tlvclv IP- whose ambition It Is to make welfare, has labored more In an un- ,nor ,.. ,, ,,, ,H .... assuming inoilo for the general good? I-'Inilerne Hollgnn Fayne Is not an' ..... . . , , uplilter. a tax eater or a professional servant or mankind. hike trans - formed Io, like the frolic critter that cantclty for work : his highly coordi . , ,,, paled powers tlnd normal, In fact nec.s. Jumped over the moon, like Mrs. -,rv. exercise in ara-nmpllshmrnt of som O'I.kabv'h four fooled Incendiary, she 'kind It Is an Instinct for usefulness. 1. i,, ., . ,.. v, , .v,..l There Is no greater delight tlun putting hlKh Ilolsteln fashion . . (inly II three- ye,ir-old. In 2,'S dny she has "beaten the Uil.l (Iii.vr world's "ris'ord" for butter fat. One thousand iounds or thereabout of butter fat. oine H.OOO of milk: Rhe Ik tlie Itovlue champloii. the cow of the world. She baa con tributed fnr beyond her share to In crease the public store and decrease the cost of living. Of what use Is the Jersey Iioclslature In comparison with this white wonder' How woebegone and draggled the notorious Seven Sis ters by the side of Sister Cow! As a Princeton poet sines: Kl'iderne llnllgan l-'nyne, Your milk and your butter Your glory ehall utter, A glorv thai never shall wane, While lh hay h In the mow find the moo is m the onw, Soft goddess of 1 ideal rain, Plndernn llollgan l'avne!" Youthful rapt lire; yet some of us may be Inclined to wonder If Kluderne Hoilcan I'ayne Is not the First Citi zen of New Jersey. Sir ilolin French's Conlldrnie. In an Interview given at his head quarters In France yesterday Field .Marshal Sir John French said that there was no doubt of the outcome of THE SUN, FRIDAY, the war. but he added: "1 am ns confident as General OnANT was when he look command of the Army of the Potomac. He kept nl It, and so shall we." Fnglnnd may well catch lt breath while Indulging In hope and feeling encouragement. Sir John Frlncii Is a well read soldier and one who weighs his words. It Is no easily won success that ho promises his countrymen. Grant took command of the Army of the Po tomac with the rank of Meiitenant General In March, 1MM. His policy was attrition without mercy or sen timent. Ifroin the Held of Spottsylva nln. where In two weeks after his army had left winter quarters the losses were .l.'.OOO In n total of !), 000, he sent to the Chief of Staff In Washington the historic message: "I propose to fight It out on this line, If It takes all summer." At Cold Hnr bor he lost rt.000 men In one assault. Ily the time the Army of the Potomac lay before Itlchmond and Petersburg Its casualties were 72,000. The pol- Icy of attrition succeeded at last when I I.kb'8 army, sorely stricken nnd com pletcly worn out, was no longer calla ble of resistance. The British commander, speaking for the Allies In the west, did not re fer to Grant'h victorious campaign without Intending to Impress his conn- trymen with the magnitude of the task confronieil anil tne great sacn- flees that must be made. He meant! "The resulli, show, and wilt continue , llif. ,,,f.hlVf vestige of a claim t the tl,... ihnro would be manv Neuve Cha-1 to "how' ,'m ,,,6r', ",0,l"!,,'t 10 ,th" ! Mualltlrs dfeignated by the words "su tnat there wouiti ne many -cuc vuii cry t)l lt lh(( worn, wll f0uw th ir r(,,.r" r ..,, polios before the end came, and con- j husbands In party division. The voting mH biography Is the history of one slderlng the great numerical strengtn of the enemy he intimated, carrying out the parallel with the Wilderness campaign, that the price of victory would be enormous losses to the Al lies. If the British General's expres sion of confidence Is not viewed so berly in Fngland It will be because her people nre slow to understand. The Same Old Biu. wants the power of Impeachment taken from the As sembly, apparently oblivious to the fact that under any system WILLI am SI'lzkr would have been kicked out of office. The residents of Toms Itlver, N. J., are celebrutlng this week the defence by Captnln Joshua IU'ddt of a block-' l.A..u.. t.-t.tV. .in ATur-h !M 17V' W.m attacked by a force of British under ... ,,. command of Meiitenant HUNCiunn. 'n order thnt the Federal authorities mn' ,M relieved of nil fear a.s to the i. HArMinaniArHit t'A A V it rn Ivnd I'lHTl III llir Vllillll tilUiHVIlV T ..-s-i on neutrality, we hasten to add that Capta.n Joshua was beaten and the !., ,; ,u th hl,...lthnue. Britons took the blockhouse. As the case) evgalnst an eminent practitioner of the law In this town develops It becomes increasingly evi- dent that Olivkh OsnonNB Is not an in- ..I, i ,,, . ,,, dividual but a syndicate. We sugges to the authorities that they proceed against Oi.tVKR under the State and national anti-trust laws. m m r . rm-n tiaVi I sssi Ks,w If German wnrshtpa have bom- barded defenceless Busslan coast vll- lages In Courland It Is clear that In spite of rumors, surmises and reports to the contrary, the Oermir.s have plenty of shell. Otherwise their ,Z S'ln?" Xt. l'rit' VJtVIfc fSl ''"OM.IIS, lage. Kven If this diversion be called , "reprlwtls," It Is mere Ineffective waste of war material. Probably there , was a cathedral or church dome In range, the lrrerrtittlblo magnet of Krupplan Kultur. Mr. Robert Is. Owen of Oklahoma, who thinks that the Constitution of the United States can be amended by I a statutory enactment of CongTets, . Is the same person who cannot walk on Broadway without having "broucht ; JJ- In tl most painful way the notion tnat "New erK ts . , 1 ,, i l.rlstlini: with vie. U corns to bo cqimlly Klftol am a eonHtlUmonai Iaw - ; yi nun an ouserver 01 Hociai conui tlons. A clo aeason on bull moose for four years has been declared In Maine, but even that oinnot make the Colo nel a factor In politics again. The Hymn of Labor. To tiik Kpitor or Tur. Sen ffir; Vour verv courteous treatment of my letter " ' l", "Z ' lo to-d.iy under fre title "la He a I million should stop money getting. I mlsd one of the mrM Important les- - 0'" lif" of work has to teach. i t 'HI Ills Bin . r.t n tn i-uiiriui nmi j ,,.,. thp Blll.cestful man has dev. I 1 oped In his brain and hand a splendid 110110 --in-n i-.t . , , Keneratlnn every time. Wh)- should not such a man enter public life? We need Hicn men, not oi u tor tne uoi.ara tut, choos ng to contribute to the public welfare Or he might follow seriously some study or research !n the endless lie,.,, oi st-irnr, or n " ' " ;;' can find more congenial work than the. length of his life will .dmlt of his doing. v. ou allude to Adam I cannot answer for hlni; he was probably an t.nuua I lieu lonier, jlinging iron, Hie seipiei in his personal history Hut I will venture the guess that since his time the hulk of humanity has appreciated the blessed ness of, not labor of the proserlptlve. man with the hoe type, to wht'h you refer, but normal Inspiring work, the greatest corrective of human Ills, which swe.ttena life an sunlight does tbe nlr W fl. Dt'NNlNn. Nnw York, March ID, lib, lllnc Out the nine. To the Kpitor or The Sun Mr. Vou ,u .- to be congratulated on vour edi torial "Pactois of Conlldente" In this nun nine's Si'i Tills utteram e. based on facts, is bound to put new aplrlt Into men and lenders of men Tlie press nf New York will do well to emulate your lead and what little eif blue s left In th" business atmosphere will soon he ells pelleil .1 W Post. Rales Manager Nnw York. March Zi. The V flash. Perhaps a thousand lives are aaved When 8 O 8 is flarheJ at ses, Dut you can save a life on land ny flaahtni Just a modaat V, MARCH 26, 1915. WOMEN VOTERS. A Letter From the President of the Illinois Kipial .Suffrage Assnrlatlon. To TIIK KlllTOH OK TlIK St'N ,Sfr. I have Just received a clipping from Tin: Hl'N of .March 15 and would like to sa lli.it the statements iiuotcd us coming from me I never tnailc. 1 do not know where you got them. Women voters, as well as men voters, are beginning more ami more to choose carefully between candidates, and It is mom encouraging to find that n civic consdetico Is being developed among our people that will lesult eventually in bel ter candidates and better politics. I never believed that the imllennlum would come as soon as women vo'ed. Some women do not know very much, and some men do not know very much, and wo do not any of uh know any too much. It Is necessary, however, for men and women, cooperating and heiplti one another, to solve the problcniH that confront tis to-day Grace Wiuich Trout, State President. Chicago, March 23. A Chicago despatch In Tiik Sun of March 14 quoted Mrs, Trout thus: "The whole suffrage movement has hopn iin1lffe.il In tliA fnlterl Slates lis a result of our progress In Illinois. Our vole In Chicago him destroyed several potent stock arguments that have met us at every legislative lobby. These were ; " 'Women will destroy the parties hy ' voting for visionary nnd radical par- ties.' i ' They will not appreclato the vote, ' hut after having procured It will drop ,'.'v lc.innoV ,1lrforc.ntlnt. proprb. n making political selections.' - mr imih-h ..m- man as the men They voto for the I same reasons ano acrepi tne same pnitti- ,llP ,,,p rtorn channel becomes tneU cal Institutions. They do not follow , morolms.-d Into habit The law of ill- their husbands After the April e!e lions the suffrage movement will go for wanl In every direction." An editorial article in Tun Scn of March 15 Included a part of these at tributed remarks. If they mlsrepre-! wh(, n ,i,.potes the reserve to such an sent Mrs. Trout, we nre very sorry. I extent tint the "ahtl-philosopher" at Does she hold that women will follow ' fnrtv-twn in-ks capaeltv fnr anything their husbands, that the suffrage but amuement after hours, movement will not go forward, and! A",cul:ure as a Jcnce would ad , vani e far more rapidly If some of our 0(m ; million-line: riallred the delights of na WOMAN OFFICIALS. Are They "Formidable, Hard, ('old, .Matter of Pact" Females? To Tin: Kiutor ok Tiik Si-n .sir: No. the following Is no! a page out of the history of the Innu.sit.on. it is an ex- i Urt' l ilo.u .1 I rm'l i niit'll lt umniie- l0,ler 'J"1" IeI""V ,of th' Impart- I 1 1 1 L 1 1 1 I'l I. UH It'll' UIM1 I..UI1UIII3. .-t- Mor Ia(,u t,, tll( Lrg rliUe on thP appalling o.ndit.ons existing in thu Hudson Training School for Clrls. which , ..s... ' ""0 Dr. Ilortense v. Bruce, for l! super- Intendent. Behold the sultraglstv pan- acea for all evil, the "mothering" lnflu- tiu unmtfi nf tiiiiilinlM nrwl 11 om i n j "When she has been Impudent, has i refused to obey an ottK-er or Is unduly unruly, she is punish.-d by what might be iKipulnrly termed the 'water cure.' The girl Is taken to her twin bv the asle.tant superintendent accompanlel by the trained nurse of the hospital ami onp ()f (h(. n,aroIl9 of ,,. ,.otlil'B, Thc ,0d,llnc , removed from her bed and a blanket rolled tn Its place on the wlm springs The girl's clothing is loosened t and her hands handcuffed beh'nd her bick and leg Irons are put on her feet. 1" WHS I'llUii "111 r fl 1 . H HI HCT"? me ro of bianKrt!) nn th llril Th. . M;lnt sup. : n.tetident sits on the knees 0f the girl while the hospital nurse d.p a towel r. water and holds it eopplng wet over the mouth of the girl for ten "iTJZ. .15",.. I'JVlKlt'l "I. VJL w:! illl lll'dllllT'Ill -tlllfl PtlllllSiirt III Jl4ll u ' cates her. and Is kep up until she gives In " A delightful example of "mother wu , , What a repugnant spectacle of cruelty and tllnilike womanhood these former female superintendents, and matrons pre sent a? they etand on bv one revealed In the light of facts brought out by the recent invest gat'.ons into tho various Institutions and reformatories' How re assuring It all Is to feel that the poor, the atlllcted childhood and vnuih, the dependents of tho city and State, are surrounded by those whose very pei penalities diffuse the spirit of "love and kindness . t1 Nothing Is more heartles than a char- ."' . "': ', " ... I I 'l it trrt i.trk-e Milieu. i"-1 ' '-. HiUp from CflnnR fof no nn N,lt 0urn iMlV01.t are uttpJ iniMpMo of tump.. I , thtj-.triK with nn hut pins!. -hi Mintr.ni: Then another re.on lh the arr.t formidable, bard, cold, matter of fac females to be found in everv .letitutlon, every reformatory and everv.hospit.il. The '.ntelligcnce of the.e women tan be measured by their captclty to fee', nnd they are Just about as capable of deep and tender emotions as a bnok Is. and ! ' at Italv s getting into tho great war War ti.itrison will be the guest or the they are far more adapted to hoeing po-1 and vou are beginning to mention "the club and will rpeak. tatoes or polishing tiles than they are 1 Tyrol" In your dtspal. liea and eilltoil.il The other speakers scheduled ara to ministering to the sick or guiding th articles, let me suggest lh.it .vou gci , Martin W Littleton, Prank 1.. Polk, wnyw.itd and the weak. "i-ttt.i- right and speak tif that Corporation Counsel of New York city, The uomcn who would b supretnelv pnivin.-e .is "Tirol" ithout any article, atnl Assist int .secretary of the Navy fitted for such P'f'ttons are th-" who1 Tin te Is to reason for It whatever. l-'ratikhii l Itoosevell. emNtdv tonler nip-ri , jn-t'.ce, intteeii.it antl it it not spelled with a "v " If .vnti ' i,,v iSl.nn and former l.leut.-i lov. sol cltude. sympathy ami .itfc.-tlnn. but' want to use an article snmewbere tiso it j Wagner liave b nvited and i-vpc.-t lllilortunatt lv these clura. tei.s ere i. . b, fore Hukowlna, vthere It belongs W. lo .Hit ml only lAteedlnglv rate, but s'd.-.i. woull consider It - llv If Hermans wcr The trtasutcr of the dinner commit If ever, aspire to shine In any mlit'io to speas. of "th Wales" or "the Scot-lteo . lUme! P. Hays of 115 Hi o.idwa.v , outside the home. I land New York tity perhaps some dav ofllc' ildom will be sulllclenllv enlightened and .-ns.-ien. Hons to demand of the women wh aeolre to these pews higher uualifh-a Hons thin the mete ability to p.ii-s .in examination Ktnm IH-via. SecT'tarv Wage Kirners Antl-Sill'ti.ig.v League. Nkw York, March IB. "Hearth of Master Statesmen." To tiik KptTntt of Tiik Son-sir: 'have read vvitn interest me icuer m rom sonndent In TllR ,i'N- of Sun- i ;. , ,' lt;1.1710t .Af,rpn wl, , MIB. - h rolfl , rn. " ' . ... . .,. . nP1(.rt I Wt " U , ! ,1. U'l shoubl akt .,,, ln 'Bl H,1? mn ,,. Atrs arxlotis to hive "'" . J.,.,.. .,. .. u'hit " . ' Vl e" -, S , , V ' . ,.., )t i '1, .t.e"V Y.ll.oti-- fl.V." 1 till- 1 ............ ,,.,., , sticret-hful termination, are the ones who shonlil tleelde the terms li. M. Nkw York, March 2.1. OrIK To tiik P.ntTOR or Tun St'N Mi1; I'or the Inform itlon of "f 'I." ol Nivv all. N .1, In rcgaid lo Soiitheen ui. itls, Kilts as a nilo is Mived on on table mi'1 a dav and somei cm s ttvl.e. U e Uhe It as li sapper or hi . ikf.isi dish, ilrlts is the unallest sine of hominy ni.ule. The com Is ginum! lo about tin hle i, I .t pin head i:cept lor the biit. when ,-ep,iird It Is l.Kn New UiiKlind niusli I have sem it seivid in the North .m a bic.iktnst fool with siisir anil milk In th" South serve it with butter or me it grav) I know of po better breakfast fond than a good cup nf collco, crisp boon .mil -silts l il-oimiA South Uiitiii.khum, Pi. Miuch Z', Ilefnrni. A prison edui'atlon nose A fladsome chanre Imparts; A bigamist may hope to b A bachelor of aria. CRCESUS AND SOLON. The Dangers of Money Mania and the Defined Joys of tills)- Leisure. To tiik lCniToit ok Tun Sun Sir." Your a Male "A Philosopher" will perhaps siMiiul.tle a controversy th.it will re lic, t an Incapacity on the part of thu modei n Ci-irsus to qualify as u disciple of Solon. After a man has earned a fortune his continued pursuit of Mipcr fliloiis wealth becomes a form of money mania. I'sjehlcal acumen In In time transferred to lis equivalent In money, and pristlgo and Influence are the direct result of Its Impetus rather than one's Imagined ability. Conversation with the vast majority of self-made millionaires teveals In them a startling lack of the, culture or knowl edge that makes the many sided man of icllnement. Do on llnd them familiar with tin history. Ideals and ambitions of the hu man laic? Do they know that a drop of water Is a world In which rhlr.opods and oiher Infusoria live, multiply and die? lion- many recognize the sedimifl tary. Igneous and organic materials which cnmtsc earth's outer garmint? Who among your millionaire acquaint ances has pointed out to you the planets of our nolar system or traced their trackless path through the starry heav ens? Some, living on large country eedatef. vaguely perceive a difference between biennials and perennials. The proline world of plant life, with Its mysteri. and Intense Interest. Is left to the pro fesslnn.il gardener. Few, perhaps, havo experienced 'be thrill of true apprecia tion when reading Darwin's "Origin of Sptiles." "A man of superior stuff" and a "soul worth inviting" whose capacity for ac cumulating eves wealth has hyper t ophed to the exclusion of a true knowledge of existence (assesses not im-id,,) opened t rort.wwo sustained effort along mm. suing returns has necome nueciive. and at that age one unconsciously "goes to pfd" tinle-f new llelds of 1 bor or Investigation are cultivated. The demands of modern business are a drain on the depreciating vital force ture's charms and the dividends sne pays not only In money but health, peace of ndnd wnd happiness which "paseth all understanding." I)i meter, true to her sex. lavishes her wealth In the greatest profusion on her rlche-t votaries. To re-Ire does not mean a condition of phinlc.il Inaction or mental lethargy to one possessing a capacity to assume the leal responsibilities of life t Wnnw (i vnnni? mnti with an ambl- ' tlon to make hl "p:le" before forty live, retire and enter college to study ' '.he profession of medicine, not with a hop.- of additional gain, hut with the delre to tx of substantial service to his fellow man. Let him that In financially independent give hist younger associates a chance : science and nature offer him greater responsibilities and rewards A Hoi'KH'i. rnost'lXTivi:. JnnsKT Citt, Mart h 2f GOOD COFFEE. An Obi Band Tells Hon to Make That Palladium of the Breakfast Table. To th r. KtMTtm or Tin: Hrs Sir: Your correspondent Mr. Hdward tirelg pro- , ,un,n a question whieh, considered lit- rally. 's Impossible of coherent soiu- tlon. I'or "the best way to prepare cefTee so ita to get the best results and least harmful, If any. plivsleal conse. ouence" Is manlfct-tly paradoxical, the simple reason l-emg that coffee to be good must be strong or of full body. He-ice, If one cannot stand strong enr- fe one cannot stand good coffee. Mr. (Irelg must therefore decide for hlmseir which he- can get away with and sur- vive. There Is onlv one kind of bad enffee. the weak and wooiy kind Prac- tlcally am sort or once can tie made good If Mr Orelg ciin stand good cof - fee let him follow this plain formula; lljy our rorfe In ih whol bean sa t'. ih.y rrMsti-d us tea can procure tt. Orln.l It fine enough to be eslled pulver- lz-l r- th brw us enly pur wnter ' immr aiKit;v noi.ra ri.ir" in- r"rni'a pnfTfce In h (trjtnT of c,-"!v won wlr or rhi ''nth. ihc littrr proff'rrd. PUr th Mwlnr vpr h r.r-ptfid china or (ior.-' tin, 'inM ror nt requite. anl pour the hot Ins t,tw en the pulverlrd t-nfTe .i -hut th- liquor wo drain into the ret rep.MP'e Then serve the decoction "hot nit th, hll " Whatever kind of coffee Mr (Irelg may be able to stand, he will find that in this way he can get good coffee Nr.tv VonK, March 2.Y J. V n. 'Tirol or 'I lie ryrnl. To TUB UiiItoii m-'Tilt Srx Sir: Now is mere any vaiui reason why we ' sh-iuld perpetuate strange errort- like ths. It woublut do an) harm to get it rght. I think i: S P. Nf.wAttK. N .1 . March Zt "Social Service": a C)nl-u Definition, To h in 1 'pitch or Tiik Scs Str.- An i editorial article of to-day Hsks "Just 'Whit 1 'Smt.it Service'?" ' Sncl.il ser- v ' Is a hypocritical phr.ie behind which politicians of this city hide some I 1 of heir raids on the earnings of the ta.i.ivets. J. p Moc, Hiiooki.vn, March Z A Sprinc I'oeni, ( e eotnpo.e.l bv a ronifuittr re.v.M l Th sont of sprlns; i throbhlng on the him The pipes nf l'n are trilling th"tr de llcht . I 'eh t dldn t have thes. fu' t hi' . - ' "' - '''-h. ' Vein the ver.l.int . ,i,i.tn nropie.nl I, tn.-. to rapture unit o hiss r, mote llap h' v h'.ii Is welnhie.t don with lead. Thl romee from ttklnn !ks Ithout a enat ' Th fthrl eonrnere piUh' their fnth and spend Their I t!l sn,i In Invfnis fllKhts sni ,W P' ves .Vnftthe, iltl'io Won' eve, ent Til,. I. i.i't tip'her irets upjn nu nert I' ll ,iii, mi,, ifil,' nfifift- tie Mlll'lUB f, ,iin Anri to sr ul lt on rtt'ii;en'e tuaps, in ills n t tile we.itlier proph'-et Is nln, In-inoriou. eluujv, cvld-r. lain perhips! hn woii.l not tune his i lo etest iu spi-.ni: ' Win, md tint snuni ftr lo a n-in ile d . That he He, is a mon un.erii n thine V he - in t hdt a oils steim io dav Wh" "ii '1 nnt rhani his Riee sheri ife U sw. el -1 Whn nn.ri not sing when all ih world 1 1 res 1 At last,,haprh-!t . mi Hrlc Is romp'.ete llapchett -at last hapi'hes- I'ni dons hapchswl Blisi Uasiauis BISHOP GIVES 0. K. TO BRYAN AND DANIELS Cranston Snys They Tmprovo Moral Atmosphere of Washington. SniTHAGE STDKTIIACKED In the N'ew York Mothodlst Conference In the Park Avenue Church yesterday Bishop Cranston, who Is presiding, came to the defence of the national Adminis tration. The Bishop lives In Washing ton. "Whatever may be thc opinion of Sec retary Bryan's conduct of his high office or of his political views," Bishop Cranston said, "It remains true that he Is a Christian man and has thc courage of bis convictions. Secretary Daniels Is also a Christian man ami does what he deems to be right. Tho nation Is Im mensely the gainer by having such men In the olllres they nil, Tho moral at mosphere of Washington Is higher than It ever was before. I am sure. Chris tian sentiments actuate tho Clovernment and Its highest olllcers." Yesterday afternoon was women's home mission day and thc church was filled with women. Tne address was made by the Bev. Dr. W. II. Morgan of Calvary Church. The suffrage ques tion did not come up at the morning ses sion, as had been e.xpectrd, and It was suggested that anything on that topic would be referred to a committee on the country, which was named, to consider and it'l'oit Chancellor 1'i.v of Syra cuse, who Is a member of the confer ence, s ehalrman of the committee. The Bev. I)r. Arthur Thompson of Newburgh preseut.il n resolution that was out of the tudlnary run of Me tho din: prPiedure. but it was ndopted and Blsvhop Cranston said he would obseive the request. It was to the effect that If tin: Bishop, in making appointments to charges next Mondnv, fill called rfpon to overrule the recommendation of tho district superintendent In any Instance he was asked by the conference to call In the pieacher concerned and allow hlni to be heard. Concerning .1 possible consolidation of Methodist conferences so as to bring all of New York city Into one Instead of two, as now. It was said that the sen tlment seemed to favor not new dl visions anil a conference composed ef this c ty only, but the putting of the New v ork and New loil; l-.ast con fer. nces Into one, making a membership 'if about Con mlnitei. I.irgc confer ences have be. -n tried In the West with stiness. A committee aiqxstnted last year retort.s upon It to-il.iv, but th. report must be apptovod llnally by the general confetenco ni.eting at Saratoga next year. Nrwmik. N. .!.. March 2f. The Newark M. K. Confetenco. which be gin Its second diy's session here, Hi i morning, adopted a resolution to In cr'-a".' the pensions of retired ministers Jl a year for each year of service. The ministers' widows and orphans, who receive one-half or the amount paid to the tlergv, will receive a .or responding increiaso In their pen slons. The ministers at present reeelv 5 7 a year for each ve.ir of s-erv!ce. The Jl Increase applies to thl vear. N'evt ear they w.ll re, elv S"-' additional and la 1 !' 1 T fit. making the maximum amount of pension fl" Congr.itul.it .or.s w,re extended by the conference te the Bev and M'st Josh 1 1 Mead of Newark, who celebrated their L.,,i,rI1 npdd.nir so- time ago lr served llftv--lx years lu the m!n i stry. Be was retired twelve vears ago. 0 conference named next Mondiv as the day to listen to halt centuiy , addresses concerning the Itev. Jesse 1 Hurjburt, the Itev. John B Taylor and the Hev Charles B. Barnes, who have rounded out tlft yars of service at this . session. 1 Biports of district superintendents showed the conference to be in a health) condition. At the afternoon seslon to-div. wh ch j wast executive, the llackettstown Sem inary ior women, wnien ciosci us ooors last year with a heavy dellclt, w is dis t'U.sd, j , WAR SECRETARY TO BE GUEST M r. I.nrrlsoii to penU til West. I'hrilrr Dt-iiineut I' llltttier. The aiioual tlmeor of lite 1 1, mo, it , Club of VVccb iiesiet .-emntv rt-ill be held nl the Hotel Astoi oli s; itu- lat pr I 1" Secrt-ta-v of the Treasurv Mc doo had accepted an Inv'tat on to spcik. hut owing to tin- opeiamn for appendicitis I which he has re ctitlv undeigone his , phssi.-uin nbsolut.-h forbids h.tn from 1 attending In his place Secret.irv of LURTON MEMORIAL MEETING. Hnr nf tli Siiprelltr I oiirt Will Mold It To-Hiiti-rntf , Wvsiiimitos, Mar. h ?r - Hv-Presl- ilent Tift will preside Saturdty noon ver a ni. eti g of the bar .,f the I'ni'.d t ites Supreme . 'oiirt 'o tiik,' appio- Pilate attion on the death of lloi.ic.' H l.urton. Asmici He .lii.tn f "f the Supreme Coillt limes p Malur, .lerk of the onrt, w U I e seci el.u y .lacoh M ItickliiMin of Tennessee, S.'ie.uy of War In the Tift C.ibiret, will be cbarrman nf the (ommlttee on t.so in io: s. tbe other members of which ire .Indent! Harmon of I'lrcirn.iti. 1M- w ild P. Tnliue .f l.ouiav ille, John , Voitrex of Te.pni -.s. e IMg.n- I'irr.ir ol Ncvt drleatis. I' S '1 cm-) of i'h. 'it!,. I'lam-is l.tnile Sle' of New York. It. nit W ,, .. i -on i; ; ,p.i ,1, l.i'ir.', e M-iw,l .,t i'ii. unit', John V Yeikes o Kenlti' t "ito Ki', "i pe'roi , l''nnl. H Kd'ogg of St p ,r. V il .,m M itsb.i'l llullili ..f l.oi.ivv 1 ,., I'h.nles T t'ttr.s of 'I'e., cM-e and Frederick W l,r ami, of Si I, m.s The exercises wt. last about in Imui LOFT BUS LINE HAS RIVAL, , oltipil it Sen Ice Vltplics in, I 'i ii nc h I SC. .III! A t 't a I lo i , i . .. g, I .of , . . oo 1 i , f" an rirmllc int t"i t in"..,, kr to mi five ceil inoioi- buses tliiough the iitv Plrerts appealed vtstct.liv I (, the New Y" I'.ii'i.il Traiirpiu 'ainui Com. pany. Inc Tin law appli. ii '. wauls to opeiate buses fioni ihe Pcin.st I v a ma Slat, on nioug s, mi th .oi'.iU' tu l-'orlt -third strtt" in ihe m nil C j ti nl St.n on, thioUgli aii'lei-luli ati'iie and l'n-'v. f I -' 1 " 1 t" I'.n , in,., am) i, mk I i tl , l'n,n.ii;ir ,, Simon b , , . ,,f T ' ilui-d eiie. I al-o v:i o l , in-v lege o' us ng .o o j i ' , . .J Tr irtv -n, cn-d sti.-.a. offers to pat the t'lt.v II per 'ent of the grots "fl per cent of the net receipts The It.ier't of Kstlmate will refer tho application to 'he bureau of franchises. STONE ON STAND IN W. R. HEARST'S SUIT Denies ITe Apjiroved Title 0f Oakland EtlKion of K. ftmlncr" In 1007. S. S. CAHYALTfO TESTTl'ITJS MeWlle) R. Jtone, generwt mnnsre- the Associated Press, and ft s Car valho, rcneral buslnesn manager of the Hearst newspapers; wero witnesses ves. terday bofore Supreme Court Jute, ucnton In Mr. Hcarst'ei suit for tin In. Junction restraining the Asnr'n, i Press from disciplining Idm becati(e refused to obey nn ord r to change t. title of the Oakland ed-tlon of t ., rranrJsco I'inmlnrr. Mr Ktcne de'erie,j the Associated Press b.las, at d M- Carvalho told of the custom of v.,r" m, newspapers In publish. tig ed.t1 s f. near ny cities and expi i tied t that would result If the ' ! Ple-sa franchise vvete t 1K1 n ! Viamtnrr. Mr. Stone, tu.der twn Rnmuel rntermyer, for M' 11. , tnenibershlp In his otg.m.iit e et ! - n right of preite-t in eerti against granting a fratwhise i , else. Ho R.lld that s.t. h a p bn overruled In a foiir-i i the board of direilois I, m , that no protest bad eve- II" Mild that atlli ui;',, - . i about thirty nevvHpapfis p publishing various edithe believe any of them , cept : l ibelled Its edition in th. p , Jtcted to. Mr stone elen'ed that 'o. ip t title of the Oakland edi ' Ing In I : 07 to fa: en, . .1 counsel for Mr. Ileie--- , preino Curt Just. i II, objeclft to the Puki..nd 1 I think it cariles .i t ! thc people of Oakt.ind ' 1 . . itieslloti as to vvhctl.tr !. I ' that the San Praia is o ,i trad" nam.- tif gte.it v.i. i- . i Is the "le-ndlng n.vvspiie Itoeky Mountains." he -know It, and added I ,1 Have lu-anl tt cntb ised g . No Wrllten riiniilnlllt. Asked If he didn't ! ' Ksnmlnrr Is a paper ! 1 c and rtputnt.ori Mr. St"i- -., I It has a largo Inllm tn d ' leputatlon." Mr. Pntcrmyer .il ed t' sttlko out tho ch ir i, ' r tho tsiper's i-eutat.on. f 1 was granted "t. I undernt.-ttid th ,t i to laltelbng the t tie of" w ' Oakland Kdltlon lu h u f ' couiisil for Mr. Il.ar-t ' I am not th. A- . .- ' replied Mr. Stone "Th. I , ' rectors nets on tbo-e in. .it. "It Is commonh -ei..it. ! ' and Mr Jetin ng a:- '' Press," it tort, d Mr I ' ' Ing to riede'ick It .1. i t ' son. .len'lltlg" A lt i--.il. ' li -.1 Associated Press "I thought you were a w le . replied Mr St,i' Mr Stone adm fed th it ' .omplalnt cnnit'tiitg the il-.nv" - Me Hearst h id I" en .-'H ' ,.1 d th it he had !,e,r I g . i'ges Until he got I'ot . t . hefoie th board md tb fc d p, explaining how he got the inipr. that the ,'j-eliHfnrr.s method of V out its Oakland edition was pre' to another mem'ber of tne As Piess. Mr Stone slid "ltv a mental pro. ei-s of ex was led to the conclusion t1. ,' otniiirr was trying to usurp t of another Asoci,it. d l'n M,r Stone refei red to t' Tnb'M'. an aftc-nooti i-ew ; "What III your opinion -title for the tiewspil" r wl violate the bv-law.-. ' t ' '' nlngs " rv title not tendi' t " f public " The .ourt sustained , this 0,'iestlon bv Ml 1 ' ' to'i i onslder It part of t On. vsoc'ateil Press ' p, i no, between ne n'..- Mr Carvalho w ' l It, i n ,ll tho i ew , 1 1 -seven -.et-. m.i'H with the II le thal the Kiei i.i a. ' v v fl tnchlso Is verv v il " "If the paper vv. re 1 fiat ,-tilse it wou'.b. t I It would bring with t I i quite, n. i cssart m f success and the l"s . ' tlie niiiiincr's inn "' 1 The value cannot ' hits .md cents ,ti Piirpn.' I" II. c.-ls. Mi Carvalho s.i I t ,0,. to ill, I I e ' c T 1 md nlit'oti, i' .1 I't' ' -to deceive i pin 'i -He said the s.ini. ' " to. almost sev.n v. ' tiom the Vssoci.tt en 1' . t m cross-, x nn.' " v the w'tness .idui'tted ' 1 Jtmrvtit ha- the I , i: an) N'ew York t ' w si' no franc'iis.t, ,r d " vi had prte-pei'' d w tl "'I' ' ' said "An afternoon pipe vvi'hoiu a franthi-' i i onsl-ts liraetli ills i,t not cetniplete like (lo mg paper llvei "c w tr, to all 'I'ln ! , ' eight editions of t' v ilnc p-tper can 1 than a few minute- 'I now s. iui.1 news is i o te. Afternoon p t)' i - .' largely nf featuns Mr Caiv-itlho s . .I ' ' iitniiier, ,i moil It v 1 w itiiu'it a f ' all' h.-' ' ' ceded as well as ' w ,th i fraii. h se. I'd ' 1 to get one Ihrous'i -n I'l o i ourt-S. V, e know, do, t e i . 'It. I1IICS tO I. VI t ' I'l-r-s service"" c 1 ," I eib.lei'1," sid M' 1 go nu Into that ' . i nun 11 It costs Trv s s ' in- how- hUOi'.vssl'.il ' hanillcip to Tt'i - ' lend on Its ov- l'lln1tlB tl." ' I', of t'-e V 111,", el.. I. . counn I U' lb LAST DAYS OF BPr N ceil of I I Ills, I iii lilo. tl t a nc, To ii li 1 1 . i 1 ' 1 i, d ! .1 buici 't K.r-' snot, no t),i in tas a fall in.' ..I nii-n ippl) "u women ' the II i ' s o"' II. e n-alc I, ..I' . IC J).., i in i 1 f ,r tin a 1. i T' i free Ice ,d ,1. I down afier S "n d . until next w tutor