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Too Cid Firemen.

To TIE EDITOR or The SuH--.sir: You will
confer great favor. not only unon me. but rres,
many TIE sane position and be the means OF saving
grca, loss Of lie as well thousands of dollars Of
damage W property Of poor people well as rich cor.
porat,ons by using your influence with Commissioner
ScAnnen and Chief Croker by Fastening q physical
examination In the Fire Department Of the borough Of
Brooklyn, where considerable dead wood IS known
o exist. The,e are several foremen who are over 70
years old, unable TO perform active DUTY. Som,
OF these old men have charge OF some OF lie worst
loca titles in Brooklyn, where disaster Is liable 10
h ppm at any tme. here hUndf OF poor bic
girls are employed In manufacturing places oi yariou,
kinds which are located In South brooklyn, v hIch
Is built Of stOfefcuses and mhnuiact uing p.ac.s OF
all kinds and dwelling houses. such as four story
nats which are tickly Populated by uersuus v hose
lives aIe poorly protected BY these old dopeS.
There has already been cOnSidtra bic loss Of life
owing 20 the incApahillty Of the old giandfathrrs
" conduct their cOmpauies In the way they should
be handed, While ueT companies are left In The most
dangerous positions without a leader while they are
acting tssenge boys 10 the Chief 10 avoid personal
auSer some VI thcse old fOrenen have already been
censlIed By the torun,fs Jury In the case OF the
Ryan family OF i've located at corner King ana Van
Tfunt streets, and another family Of ten In President
ttrc,t who were roasted alive.
Without any aninosty TO the old men, but having
the yes OF family at heart a. well those of rrv
neishbors have tAun ths ans for their protec-
ton, CONSTANT READER
pROoyIyN, Dec. Ia
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SFkI AN rs.
American Mistresses Defended by an Eng
iish Living-Out Girl of New York.

To TIE LDiIoE oF THK SUS--.Su: Having
read 80 many letters on the servant girl ques-
ton l should Ike 20 give my opinion on the
subject. II you will please insert the follow
Ing: l have had experience In England and
In this country as we'll. find that America
Is just tho place where servants are treated
like human beings aud are well paid for
their work and have much more freedom.
II Mrs St Justin Beale wants TO start Il
servants union. she had better 90 right back
to England and try what she can do there
first. The servants there need her assistance
d great deal more than the American girls do.
l will give Just one instance OF my own
experience on the other side, lived with
a titled lady In Kensugton there is little
but empty titles over therel There were
five girls OF US We SLEPT In the attic. There
was no ceiling whatever except the bare
states, We were either roasted or frozen.
according to the weather. We could not
even stand straight in our rooms Our
pillows and mattresses were composed Of
waste cotton and the odor was disgusting.
There were two Chambermaids kept They
had to carry all the trunks. take up aud lay
down all the carpets and move heavy fur
niture without any assistance. These are
only few Of the details Of the place and one
Of the many instances | could relate Of ser
vice in England
Charity begins at home. That's where
Mrs. B. should have started But England
l. well rid OF her at present aud the American
girls will be much better when this country
IL rid Of her az well.
Az ENGLISH GIRL LIvISG OuT IS AMERICA
DEE
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teams In the country. Thsy are now its
permanent possesaors They are probably
tho most radical and convinced short
suffers In the league Recognized experts
who sfter strenuous opposition havs 40
knowlsdgod tho merits OF the shortsuit
game are too numerous 10 mention. For
example. two particularly prominent au-
I horitics. FISHER AMEs and l.. W. Borvf,
spared neither fact nor argument In their
| implscable opposition to the short suit. but
the former. In whist the uslciaI organ OF
the league for July, 1900. recommends
/ that we abandon the standard league system
OF play. and adopt the new game. the first
: principle Of which. he says. should be;
The opening lead may bc from tho long
or the short suit. according TO tho iudg-
ment Of the player Botvk. although
he stlll thinks the long-suit game the better
for the beginner. has adopted short-suit
tactics In all his matches for the past two
years and with eminent success. Even
Dr. POLE, the venerable English writer
on the philosophy Of whist. wrote per-
sonal letter TO the arch-heretic in this ooun-
try, expressing the opinion. after reading
WV Z" Ill ldNbI vi Iit
game, that he thought he should have no
difficulty in making them agree with his
own theory. ". II. BARNEY. President
Of the A. W. l.. in 1896, when short suffers
were getting nothing but abuse and ridi-
oule, had the courage to come out in an
Interview with the expressed opinion that
the discussion Of short suits had done more
than anything else to put life into the game.
just at time when It was In great danger
Of becoming monotonous and wooden
and that after the acrimony Of the dis
cussion had worn away. the game would
be the better for it. Events have proved
him prophet
How about the players themselves?
Who plays the strict long suit game to- day?
Hardly single team in the country and
scarcely player Of any prominence, Go
10 any OF our compass games and look at
the names Of those who make the top scores
Run over those who are well and widely
known In the whist world and ask what
game they play: ELwELL. TAYLOR, HAw-
kINs. HENRIoUEs. COLE. WARD. WHITNEY,
BouvE, FFNorLosA, MEssER. BECKER.
Common sense and short suits every one
Of them. Then the women: Miss CAMP
BELL. Mrs. JOHNSON. Miss DAY. Mrs. IT.
TELL. Mrs. BAKER and al those whose
names are household words among whist
players: they are all short suffers.
The Rochester Post Express. in an edi-
torial on Oct TO- in speaking Of the oppo,i-
ton to American leads and long suits.
which first found expression in The Sun.
says. Neither rdicule nor abuse has been
able to move it from its position. and, ns
pointed out by BUSD STOWE. the we'll
known analyst. its arguments remain un-
answered to-day Both in theory and in
practice its philosophy OF whist has
proved to be the best
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The Iiberian Colonization Society OF
Birmingham. Ala, is To send $50 nogTOes to
Liberia next month. 1t is expected that
others will ue sent at regular intervals. Tho
negroes Of the first shipment have paid their
passage In monthly installments. They como
from the cotton lands Of Alabama. Arkansas
aud Mississippi This emigration will never
Ee oven drop In the bucket. II II ever
amounted 90 much the South would cry out
loudly against IL, Only the other day there
was great complaint in New Orleans on ac-
count OF a scarcity OF negro stevedores and
boat hands, and wages reached preposterous
figures. There may be congestion OF ne
eroes In some regions. but the South has
10 intention Of parting with It's chief labor
supply.
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A Defence,

To THE EDITOR op THE SUN-Siy A oominunJ
cation tn TBn srN signed - South Carolinian.
vlaes the memory and caunniates the name OF Ca n,
= ". Dawson, who was killed some years ago h, 4
physician OF Charleston by whom a young woman
an orphan, I think who had heen intru,ted TO III,
care and protection OF Capt. Dawson and hl. wifi,
had been tampered with.
"A South oaroinian- writes "A Democratic hos.
named Hugh Ferguson. an lnshman. and his
hrnchuan ana mouthpiece was +. W Dawson the
editor ~ the Charleston Ns,ns and CouVis, all English.
man. who was shot to death by prominent physloan
whose house he entered with a biudgeon, evidently
intent on mwdu.-
A student In natural history once defined a Gran
= red fsh that walks backward" and the mo-
f.ssor replied that the definition vas
a. crab 10 not red 70 not nah and does not walk
stated that Hugh Ferguson was not a bo.s. ma,
Capt. Dawson was not his henchman and that Il,
IL a rlonstrous ctlumny IN say that Cart Dawson
entered pi, MeDow's house with a bluageon intent
murder" -
For several years had the honor Of .,-yno on 49,
stat OF the Nsus and CoErisr when Messrs kiordsn
and Dawson were its editors: and IL has never h,sn
my lot In LIE 10 be associated with gentlemen ors
courteous than were these two. Cart Dawson VS.
an Engushmsn. but he came over 10 Americ, uhen
a very young man. and fought in tie Conf,dstn,s
Army al through the wAr A braver man than cant
0avson was cannot be found anywhere srd r..
.des ne was an Ainasur ATHLETE, ana he cia not need
ne sd Of "eludgsop. q ena bic him TO cope with
tent on murder the man who made such a charre
was evidently intent on promulga,ns a faise state
ment. DANIEL OTToLENGIT
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Mr.. Zangwill on tho Jews and
Judaism.

Mr.. ISRAEL ZANGwILL discussed before
q Jewish society recently the question Of
Zionism. or the erection Of Palestine into
a Jewish State and the consequent immi-
grafton thither Of q great body Of the Jews
now scattered over the world. II is a
question which is provoking much interest
In the race. though 1t seems generally to
be regarded rather as an abstract than a
practical and concrete proposition.
Mr. ZANGwILL. who is a remarkably clear
thinker. with much power Of statement,
treated Zionism from both sides. He
recognized the impracticability OF any,
thing like a Wholesale Jewish immigration
TO Palestine. yet he was inclined to the
opinion that 1t would add TO the dignity
and be more to the advantage OF Jews 10
have a separate national existence" The
problem OF transporting the scattered
millions Of Jews back TO Palestine from
various parts Of the world would be i'm
possible Of solution" even in these days
Of steam and electricity. II would also
be impracticable to uproot them from
their present environment, in which they
are factors Of so great importance in
lnS burlI'Ss' HiaHNidl' ~ llNuC anu IN.
tellectual life Of civilization II would
exact Of them terrible self-ss crtfces, the
throwing away Of splendid practical sd-
vantagcs secured by them under the dom.
nation Of an idea purely. Are the pros
porous Jews Of America and Europe the
sort of people 20 do that? Mr. ZANownl
concluded, therefore, that ell that could
I've done was to set up centre Of Jewish
life to which Jews would gravitate grad,A
ally
The present position OF the Jews he
regarded quite impraoticab!e. While
they were still kept shut up in Gkettoes : It
gion. with a faint hope OF an ultimate
return 20 Zion" but now when those walls
are broken down and the Jews are ad
mittcd to the European world Of culture
on equal terms. the question IA. Will tho
Jews accept that citizenship" II they
do there is no hope 81 their returning 10
Zion, but rather tho assurance that ,Juda.
Ism would become a purely spiritual re-
iigion.- so that " is adherents could freely
intermaTy with those Of other races who
accepted Judaism from the spiritual point
of view" That would mean. of course.
the destruction OF the race barrier which
makes Of the Jews peculiar people. They
would become absorbed In the great
mass Of tho community and the race dis
tan0taon thay' have 80 long maintained
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China. Greatest Statesman

II is well known that CHAN0 CHIH-TvNo,
Viceroy of Hupeh and Human has. to-
g,ther with mis- colleague. the Viceroy Of
Nanldn. heen included in the list OF four
plenipo,entiaries deputed to negotiate
terms Of settlement with the Western
Powers. Throughout the recent troubles
he has maintained order in his vast prov
inces. quickly suppressing the slightest
tendency to outbreaks against foreigners.
while. at the same time. he has exhibited
sturdy loyalty to the Emperor KwAHG-sU
and the Empress Regent He is in many
respects an extraordinary man. Though
he has long possessed opportunities Of
acquiring exceptional wealth. he Ii COM
paratively poor, With the most ardent
patriotism and lively pride In the past
achievements Of his country he combines
II mind sinsularly opsn to the vital necessity
of innovations and reforms He believes
in the moral superiority Of Confuc.anism
TO Christianity, but he e equally con-
vinced that China must quickly acquire
an intimate knowledge Of Western sciences
and methods II she IL to retain territorial
integrity and national Independence. Such
II the man whose epoch-making book.
"China's Only Hope written soon after
the s-ccessfu invasion Of the Middle King
dom by the Japanese, has been translated
not only by French Jesui,s. but also 10y al
American missionary. Mr. SAMUEL l..
WOODBRIDGE. whose English version has
been published In this city.
We call this book epoch making because.
on the one hand. II accounts for the neutral
Nniude lately maintained By the immense
population OF the lsng-tse Basin and for
- urnsing In southern China against
'h' Manchu dynasty. while. on the other
hand' 1t provoked the reaction against
foreigners which has had such SAN
culinary consequences When the vork
@npeaIed. the Emperor KwANo-su. who
was sull -egning In faut - veil "A IN nar,.
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fgNEIr WARMING.
The T,psGsphisai tsion A, mtns ~ es' the
BsAse 81 1ts siavesy on All sehesiboehs.

To Tus LpiIoa or TnH sus-Svi Several
New York publishers have beon Kind enous h
to send us MARRIED copies of last Monday
| Sun, In which appears an editorial regarding
| our declinstioB 20 unionizs tbs NorNuoi
Press. We cannot express 20 you the graft
! tude va fec for THE SuS's defrno" ~ Tho
principle Involved We feel sure that u
will do not only us but the whole publishing
| and printing fraternity vast amount OF
good. and II will materially help us Ia reals'
Ing the unjust and srrogsnt demands OF these
sclf-appointed regulators Of our business
The suns own declaration OF indep"n-
dence and its long and expensive hsht TO
sustain Il have richly msritcd and drco"iycd the
admiration Of thousands Of business men ai
over the country who are acquainted with
radical union methods
Possibly YOU are aware that the Inter
national Typographical Union l. making
strenuous efforts throughout the United
states to enforce the use Of the union lap"l
In all sohoolbooks The manufacture OF
schoolbooBs forms II large part Of the bust
nee. Of the Norwood Pre-, which employs
ia all Its departments between 800 ohd 80"
hands They have, therefore. selected th"
Norwood Pre-. for "a starting point ia thrlf
campaign. and have notified us indirectly
that they will oppose by every means Ia their
power the introduction of any books made
by us unless we unioniz. and apply for the
union label. Their agents have also waited
on most OF the publishers for whom We make
schoolbooks with the same threat, and they
ore demanding OF school committees eNeiy-
where. and espe cially OF candidates for posi-
tions on school boards. that they favor only
books bearing their label.
1t seems 10 us that this is direct attack
upon the best interests of the public schools
Of this country. since. If 1t is successful. our
children will be necessarily confined 20 the
study Of "union-made" books regardless
OF their merit or demerit as Textbooks.
We do not believe that public opinion
when fully Informed Of the facts will sustain
any city government or school board In es-
tablishing such educational limitations or
ia such discrimination against the great
majority OF employees and employers Ia
the printing business who do not choose
TO surrender their selfrespe ct, individual
rights. and the management of their business
to irresponsible union domination.
Us. CUsHING1 Co.
NORWOOD, Mass Dec. "A.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-!S,-: 1.-THE Social.
lists have any sumpton they Will nx their eyes on
Postmaster General Gary, HIS remarks. before the
subcommittee, in favor Of Governmrnt banks IN III.
post onoe buildings leave nothing unsald that a
Socialist or a popullst Socialist could say on the
subject.
The occasion Tor establishing such banks seems
W be that Mr. Lonme' Of Illinois reports that sundry
persons lost money IN banks in his Stap Would
Il not b. fair 10 the nine hundred and ninety nine
who have not 81 lost TO wait the lus.T petitions
and then lc1uire proofs of losSes. amount &c'
Oi the Const tutunaiity of IL what doubt CO thcr-
b"' Congress Snsll nave power 10 o.,
Ia blsh post Offices and post roads. That mean d,
that the post Oflces NAV have attached 70 thCm c1
press OiiccS. DaukA racket stores. Sc.
In the langulge nf the judges IN tho decision know
as Mctul1ch VS.. Maryland Congress has the puwr-
"a d. any business II may wish Incidentally ~ tao
public" GEORGE Wi..DN.
Author Of The Principle. OF the Science Of NJ ncy. q"
LEXINGTON, No
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4 Charleston despatch 20 the Atlanta
Constitution paints cheerful picture Of
farming in Tillmaula Money Is abundant
and the farmers OF South Carolina are
going to have the most glorious holiday
season since the war; Prosperity is show
ing its rosy, plutocratic face all over the
State The grain bins sag with corn and
wheat. The meat houses are stuffed
The rice plantations and the tobacco plan
tations have paid fat profits, The cotton
they say that there is more money now in
ten-cent cotton than there was twenty years
ago when the price was much higher They
even say that they could make money out
Of lve-cent cotton. At present they are
rolling in profit-; and il the price should
drop, they would still be fat of pocketbook
Cotton seed. which used to 10 TO the old
fields. now yields some s. or $40 To tho bale.
End u good bale Of cotton Is worth about
500 now where it used TO be worth $50"
Tho crops are in, tho debts are wiped
out. and the farmers will celebrate a.
they have not done in years" Tiilmania Is
joyous and comfortable Will not the Hon.
BENJAMIS RYAN TIIL.MAN himself squeeze
a little acid ont OF his temperament, put
by his forebodings and his flaming tongue.
beat his pitchfork into a carving fork and
enjoy himself with the South Carolina
farmers?
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BrrrRv ~ rUr MF,g,Dry.

The past seaaon has bson fairly good ono
for the menbsden fset which has made ihs
largest ontoh for Three years The fnenh'd.p
l. NOT '1hlo delloacy, though n ia canned -
some sxtent but /, 10 very rich IN oil whlrh
IL eNprcssed by n number of plants along 'ls
colsi from Delaware 10 Maine and tho American
product IL pri2od IN mnnv plrta rf ne world
for l"othot drcssi0cnud other pIrpo4as Tie
refuse makes n valuable fertilizer and tho nsh
woro caught hy Indians and us"d 20 enrich
their corn fields long before Europe Wa Inter
e't"d IN tho Western world 81 the menh1drn
IL vcry useful In ia humble way and about
sixty steamers were engaged this wear la not
unc and packing n into barrels to bo unlo'drd
AZ the Oh md frr''lIler factories
Three vc1rs ago our Northern waters M
parently b"'lw" ni1-hiors''o Is the s'In' -
resort of n,o milIipus II rncrlsdnp that winter
ir NJ" warmer waters Of the South Ntlau'ic
and tho Gult There Is 80 accounting Tor u.
vayarie' Of il,N migration Noi only 'hc non-
haicn bl' also On" hlucnsh. mqolcrr shore
cod and other y1ricll-- have. In recent years.
given mon engaged IN tho nshcrirs considerable
anxiety by th"ir uuRCcpuutGhla failure 10 turn
M where 't"r w"rH expected This violent
chang" Of habit has bc"n tire clu-" ur many
ill' day md Of rather hard uuur- % rpua
branches of the fisheries tUdgNrv As ~"
menhadon failed in 1895 20 come within range
Of the oil factories efforts werc made to hunt II
mp, and the search was extended even into
South American and Pacific Coast waters IL
WIS reported last year that the C-h h1i taken
refuge from his hunters along the Texas cpa~t.
The largest company in the bu-uc--. with
feet of over thirty steamer, WIS seriously
embarrassed by tho unexpected turn IN Affairs.
1t had absorbed most OF III oil factories and had
prepared for a large extension of its business
but It's plans We're defeated by ~" inadequate
catch Ia the past sen-ou. however the f-h
have been seeking their old sumner resorts
though their number v9- ,'irl far less than
formerly The eaten ~ g." largest company
amounted to over SN3.noo barrels and that %
the other cpmp1ric, Wa perhaps tvo-tlirds
great. II /. likely thJl, Tor some years Ia
come. ther" viii be no doarih ia the quantity
OF menhadrn oil. The prolg1l has returned
but has not Vet worked H. Wy as far north
as the Maine coast ard there h9- b"on no mem
haden fishing IN those waters Tits year.
The sun., 1900-12-16
Amateur and Professional Phoforraphr.

To IHE EpiroH or THR sUs--Sir' Yesterdays sun
says; The professional photographer = hahua,'v
speaks with fine Of the ams'eur. but a. mau"r
Of fact many oi the amateurs Of fow years exp '"
are vastly superior in their work to the proe..,'d'
himself 1t In fable that has appeared IN uuu.. pee
rodicas for many years and I'D rot rsly'" .rsTer-
ing but when 1t has the suthor.y Of IHE scs ou
seems necessary.
The amateur photographers. the best have never
eauaed the bee; professionals. In tho rss pGte ih-
foundation OF good photograph is IA disposition Of
Light and shade In this the amateur Is very deficient
Next in order = 'he po ton. In most amateur work
th-r posing is horTbr. Next C,n,.- 'h tim" ~ IA
poyurs which i easier t.ln 'he tr-t tMCthc
rarely gets highland u d"vou pine, v'tl becomes
almost me,harit al, tho aWAleuT also 'ais Their neg
suye< almost slNHy- uuderdeNeup lh"T- are
soiue tilnss that the amateur brHts the prve sionaI
at Here they are iogsygrsphs. smpdgyiyprs and
woollv effects.
Nov, " me old idea revived thEt h any ofe
works at anything Tor love ~ f. he necessarily
be better than who works Tor money. Inc iaris
say Otherwise. X. ID ilTCH.spsuN. operator.
DRoOAINN. D-o II.
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The EApcndIture Of the Rich

To THE EDITOR or The SUN Str: Your cor
respondent Nr Edward a. outhbert, points out that
the expenditures Of the rich for u1urss ere lavshly
and osteniatloCsly made end should be cur,aled
and the poor remembered. You reply that tie rch
should increase rather than diminish their ,xrcnd,.
tures and gve uranswerahle reasons for your
position.
Now your paper daily teens with awful insta nces
OF every form Of human dstress and suffering star.
vaton among the TEST Surely. you do not mean TO
hold that It mAkes no difference how tie rioh ran
spends HE money, go he spends II. You cay employ.
nIent is better than clarity. True: but how alout
tie many who cannot worI' think with M cuth.
bert tha, retrenehnent in personal Indulgence and
more considre tcn and ntersllty for the unfortunate
Is n moral Obligation We owe to our fellow man.
BALTrHORE. Dec. IL. MI
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Tho white iiOusc.

The American Institute OF Architects
NJ ~ annual meeting ia Washington on
Friday adopted a resolution demanding
the highest consideration II protested
agn'n.t the alteration Of the White House,
except after the most careful study and
upon the highest professional authority.
conditions which Nr believe have not been
observed in connection with plans for alter
alton recently prepared.
Tho White House i all that the resolution
adopted ie-crhr. II. \ ma-terlv. schs!arly,
pleasing example ~ Architecture, dignilird
in II. ~urroIuj'u-;, and tyufying tine best
architecture OF ~" beginning Of the
nation
The laying Of ordinary hani- or any bands.
upoh the American Executive Mansion,
except after searching examination of the
problem involved cannot he permitted,
The sun., 1900-12-16

Al the annual convention OF the Womsn's
National Indian Association In Philadelphia
Mrs. RUTH SHAFPSgB ETSIkR. formerly an In
struotor In the Carlisle Indian School. spoke
of the training of Indian girls She said that
OF moro than i.sco whom she had interviewed
all but twelve preferred housework to any
other employment. They are fond OF children
md make good nursemaids Much-vexed
housekeepers might do worse than to eN PERL
ment with this new material. In Mrs ErNILR's s
opinion they may be developed into trust
worthy helpers" Unfortunately they like
the country best and like TO be on farms where
they can take care Of animals