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Anniversary Day,

One OF the customs 20 which Brooklyn
clings tenaciously is the annual parade
Of Sunday school children, held early in
June, in commemoratlon OF the estab-
lishment OF it's Sunday schools. Many
pastors, superintendent, teachers and
pupils march through the streets, the
parade being reviewed by various major
and minor officials and citizens. Now
It is proposed In a bill introduced in the
Legislature by Assemblyman MURPHY
to make June of this year and the first
Friday in June of each year hereafter
a statutory public school holiday in the
borough, so that the children who wish
to march may do so without losing any
time in their studies.
There are many children attending
the Brooklyn public schools who do not
belong TO the religious organizations
participating in the parade. These
children, no doubt, would welcome an
other holiday, but their parents are
likely TO take an entirely different view
OF the matter They would find their
sons and daughters deprived Of a days
schooling in order that a religious cere-
mony with which they have no sympathy
might be held without inconvenience TO
its promoters. They would question
the wisdom of shutting up the public
schools on account Of the wishes Of any
single religious denomination, or any
group OF denominations, and their doubts
as TO the wisdom Of such course would
be fully justified.
There are many holy days in the Catho-
10 Church calendar upon which the
authorities of that Church would be
pleased to see all secular activities sus-
pended. The Jews have anniversaries
on which they abstain from worldly
pursuits. II to please the Catholics or
the Jews such fast days or festival days
we're recognized by the State Govern
ment a great outcry would be raised by
Professionals and non-believers. The eff
fort to have Anniversary Day declared
a public school holiday, if it succeeded,
would open the door for agitation in
favor of such action by the State Gov
eminent and establish a precedent that
might be fruitful of bad feeling and I'M
happy results.
Those Brooklynites who desire 20
celebrate Anniversary Day have album
dant opportunity TO do so without in
volving the State and the city. Mr..
MURPHYs bill, which is now in the hands
of the Cities Committee, should end its
career there.
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The Actors Fund.

The Actors Fund Of America Ia the
most successful charity ever devoted
TO the alienation Of the sufIerings Of
stage people. 1t has aided hundreds Of
them since it's foundation twenty years
ago. Those in temporary need are pro-
vided for, and for those who are no
| longer able to work there is maintained a
comfortable home in which they may
pass their last days in dignity and COM
fort. No distressed actor in life appeals
in vain TO this fund, and its charity also
sends him out Of the sight OF this world
with the last attention it can pay him.
The Actors Fund was formed by prac-
tioal business men and made the first
charity for actors that produced any
practical results.
The difficulty Of maintaining this in
stitution has increased in proportion to
the good it accomplishes. The more men
and women it aids and comforts, the
more difficult It is for the managers Of
the fund TO awaken in the actors a sense
Of their responsibility for the mainte-
nance Of this charity for their less for
tunate brethren. There are incalculable
uncertainties In the actors calling. The
benefactions Of the fund may be neces-
sary TO one who has never dreamed Of a
time Of need. The theatrical business
is regulated much more systematically
to-day than II was in the past, but there
are still more hazards In this calling
than in any other. Yet actors remain
indifferent 20 the necessity Of support
ing the fund with their contributions.
In vain the governors appeal to them.
Occasional gifts are not sufficient. Ben
eft performances are now difficult to
arrange, and DANIEL FBoHMAN labored
hard last week to derive from the annual
benefit barely enough to pay the expenses
of the home for one month. =
Nothing could be more Illuminating
as TO the unsteadiness Of the actors char
ity than this fact, taken in connection
with the circumstance that only a few
weeks ago the stage folk Of this city gave
a matinee for a beloved but not eminent
colleague which earned for him many
times the receipts from this performance
in aid Of the fund which does more for the
profession than any other agency Of re,
lief. In a great outburst OF enthusiast
the players raised a sum which will ira
sure ease 20 one popular brother. Yet
they all but ignore the charity which
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partisan.' There was -the original Cit-
sens' or Church party ticket the -ofiioe
holding Citizens ticket" Of ensoonced nom
partisans and the Liberal or Law and
Order ticket" This contest between sub
divided forces Of the righteous was won
by the Liberals, perhaps the least radical
faction.
Partisanship was the vatchword In Pana
and In oconee, where tho Democrats made
a clean sweep, choosing two oonstables
inexorably committed te the live and let
live" plank in the local Democratic plat
form. In Paw Paw and Kewanee the Re-
publicans made a. clean sweep as the
/ Democrats did in Pana and Ooonee. In
Kewanee the raging municipal battle turned
on the choice Of tax collector, indirect
taxation" Of the New York brand not pre-
vailing In Kewanee TO any great extent,
The tax gatherer in that part ofthe country
carries valise OF carpet Dag.
But II partisans stroye In Pana, Paw Paw,
oconee and Kewanee and non-parusans
were divided in GAlesburg, complete har-
mony Of the dove tint variety ruled In Zion
City. The Dowie ticket. locally called the
Theocratio ticket" was alone in the field
Deacon PEcKHAM was at it's head, and
every mAn-that is, every Dowie man
upon 1t was elected, not only triumphantly,
but unanimously.
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Teaching Our Doctors.

We print elsewhere DR.. john A.
WYETH's noteworthy appeal for aid to
enlarge the facilities and increase the
usefulness Of an institution Of high stand
ing which has done much to elevate the
standard Of medical education in the
United States. By attracting thousands
Of physicians TO New York the Poly
clinic is a prominent factor in the effort
TO make this the medical centre Of our
continent.
That our city, first in population and
in wealth, should not be all that IL ought
TO be in matters Of medical education
is a reflection upon our intelligence and
civic pride.
This appeal to the wealth and gener-
osity Of the community should not be in
vain. The work Of these devoted and
unselhsh physicians is without remunera-
ton. In the-nterest Of humanity they
are giving their time and their talent
10 make the medical profession more
proficient.
Let New York stand by theml
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A Roman Sin ger.

The Identical bronco buster The hy-
by-night Republic Of Panama The forty
million steal Avwe not IN Romef-HESEI
wATTERsoS's Roman iener 10 NJ Couusr-Journal.
o, sad and shattered columns, like the
millions that have writ; o, ruined fanes
and forums, where the tooth of time has
bit; o, JUPITER, SATURN, APOLLO, We
brothers Of her, the Star-Eyed, whom
still l wistfully worship, though the Rob-
Der Barons deride; o, Thunder, o, NOSES
o, Hades, CESAR, ROOSEVELT, Rome II
wish we're home.
The blood red Baedeker beside me Is
pale to the dreams I see, as the Man on
Horseback capers all over mine own
countree. 1 hear the hoofs Of his bronco,
the howl of the Gray Wolves pack. l
cannot sleep for the singing in mine ears
of the Big Sticks whack. Has the Con-
stitution crumbled? Is there help
meath the great gold dome?
wish we're home.
Like bold TIBERIUs GRACIOUS, I have
hunted the Money Powers pelt. Is he
prigging my laurels and halo, this En-
peror ROOSEVELT? By the busts Of all
of the CEsARs, by the tawny Theirs
foam, wish were homel
Vainly smiles each marble Venus;
put me by the Dying Gaul Let me
weep my fill. No comfort can know
before the fall. In the Colosseum l
shall read the Courier-Journol then;
! shall drive away the shadow with the
flash of my drawn pen; shall summon
against the Despot all great shades Of
CATo's Rome.
But would we're home!
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A Disturbing Theory.

We beg leave TO call to the attention Of
the War Department a recent editorial
paragraph in American Medicine, a jour
nal of the medical profession published
in Philadelphia. The paragraph follows:
Mental deterioration In the tropics has long
been known a. a form Of exhaustion from which
there is recovery upon removal to cooler lGttudes,
the completeness Of the recovery depending upon
the age OF the sufferer and the degree OF exhaustion
The young and vigorous soon TeoupeTate even nom
insanity. The Surgeon Generals reports Indicate
. very high recovery rate In soldiers sent homo in
past years from tho Philippines. In older men. OF
course. recuperation cannot be expected u Is well
TO bear this In mind In interpreting the curious press
dispatches from Manila. We recently have been
Informed that a Major Of the army, for an alleged
swndllnE OF the civil government Of 81 500. has been
sentenced 10 forty years confinement in prisoni A
Captain OF Engineers, for swindllng the United
Ststes Government A. Savannah, Ca, some years
since. received hve year sentence. though the
Lmount OF money Involved was a thousand times
greater There Is need Of some investigation par
tculArly as a citizen OF the Uuited States Is deprived
of hh constitutional right 10 trial by jury II he Is
accused OF an offence In the Philippines II does not
seem safe to trust life and liberty stel the hands
OF a Judge who may himself be suffering from the
effects OF climate We certainly are inviting future
disaster OF some kind"
II this editorial had appeared in a SEN
sational newspaper it would be passed by
without notice. Published, however, in
a recognized medical periodical of stand
ing and apparent responsibility, it COM
mands attention. Commenting upon it,
the Army and Navy journal remarks;
In view OF these facts, therefore, Am,riean
Hfdiofnt suggests that an Investigation Is needed
70 ascertain whether American Judges who Impose
these excessive penalties In the Philippines arc not
themselves suffering from mental and moral de-
bfnty due 70 the snervGttng climate. and whether.
In fact, they arc not themselves victims OF tho
same causes which have led onoers and men OF
the army 70 commit unlawful acts. The sugres-
ton is entirely reasonable for certainly the action
OF Philippine courts IN the cases OF certain army
ofheeu Is hard to explain except on ths ground that
u was the result OF mental irrosponsibnlty on the
bench
Not possessing full and detailed in
formation concerning the general sit1a-
ton OF the specific case referred to-
that Of the Major sentenced to forty
years imprisonment-we do not venture
20 express an opinion thereon. But the
matter seems TO warrant serious inquiry,
either as TO the condition Of the Judges
in question or as 20 the responsibility Of
the two journals which have advanced
this disturbing theory
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Gla,row,, Lesson IN publlo ovp,r,b,p.

To THE EDITOR or Tm SUN-Str: The Mayor
elect Of Chicago by his hAsty visit 70 this city 20
urge us 10 adopt his scheme Of municipal ownership
OF street railroads before be himself has come 20
any definite conclusion as 70 what Il best for him
10 do TO effect the carrying out Of his project. has
shown that he is not the kind Of public man
that bears his bushing honors thick upon him, =
and yet be said In his favor that he has shown
good practical wisdom In summoning TO his aid a
tramwAy manager from the city Of Glasgow; for
that city is OF tho best governed In the world. It
has had large experience In the ownership OF It's
street rAilroads-nOt IN the working and manage
ment OF the . but rather In the ownership Of them
and In the leasing OF them 10 the highest bidder for
a term Of not less than ten years At time.
Although the fare 10 but three cents during the
rush hours tho city receives back every ten years
the fun cost, net, OF It's roads.
This 70 my mind Is the only feasible plan Of mu-
nlcipal ownership worthy OF consideration. II
certainly requires prophe, 70 foreiell that the
city Of Chicago the worst hOtbed Of disorders and
strikes that there Is IN the country, would make no
success In the attempt 70 nun s railroads. but what
happy time Of 10 politicians and labor unions
would have working together In showing how much
Il could be made 10 city W its railroads or
any one Of It's public utilities.
NEw YORK. April 10. JoHN ?. BAxrKA.
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HOW the EmpIre sac Rank.

New York. the Empire State. ranks first
in the populations OF our family OF States
with S. 500. 900 people, OF more than one-tenth
Of the nations entire population.
New York ranks first in banks, bank de-
posts, bank clearinRs. bank dividends and
banking business generally.
New York ranks first in increase q ,2o5. 72o)
OF population between 1890 and 1900.
New York ranks first in population Il. oeO.-
57il living in cities.
New York ranks FIRST both in male and fe-
male population about equally divided.
New York ranks first in white population,
both native and foreign born.
New York ranks first in population q ,e3e. .
sp5l Of militia ace.
New York ranks first because 10 has the
greatest number OF children Of school age
and the greatest number attending school.
New York ranks first because IL has, pro-
portionately. by far the least number Of illit-
crates.
New York ranks first because II has the
largest number Of males OF voting age.
New York ranks first because It has the
greatest number OF married couples.
New York ranks first because IL has the
lar gest factory payrolls OF any State In the
Union -t4Os. 100000 a year.
New York ranks first because II has the
largest amount 0l .6l5, 80. OOol OF capital
invested in manufacturing enterprises.
Now loIh Ahuha INN III uuluDtI A(btbohl
Of factories within its borders.
New York ranks first in number (sta oSe)
OF factory wage earners. OF whom COS. ESQ
are males OF over 10 years OF age, 2SOisi
women over i6 and only IS. iSs children UNI
der 10 years.
New York ranks first In tho manufacture
Of collars and cuffs. leather gloves and nit
tens, hosiery and knit goods. salt. and paper
and wood pulp.
New York ranks FIRST IN the number 100. SIS
OF the total, rs. e5sl OF factories owned by in
dviduals: also in the 1858 owned by part
nerships and In the 4. 500 owned by corpora
lions This rather upsets the oft repeated
assertion that New YoTk's manufacturing
interests are controlled by trusts"
New York ranks first in the number Is. sSe)
Of water wheels in use In It's power plants,
New York ranks first In manufacturing
Interest, with an annual output OF q 500 600 900
worth OF American made goods.
New York city ranks first In manufactur-
ing among the cities Of the Union, with lie
80 40 factories. using 1922. 10000 capital,
paying t245 600 900 yearly wages 20 t62, f6s
people. and turning out 81 81 ,OOO. 900 worth
Of manufactures yearly. as shown by the
censua Of 1900.
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RoJestyensky,

The Russian Admiral seems TO have
evinced even more astuteness than he
was credited with when the first tele-
grams from Singapore announced that
his whole feet had succeeded in travers-
ing the Strait Of Malacca and entering
the China Sea. 1t now turns out that.
although fifty-one Of his vessels passed
Singapore on April s, these did not in
clude the flagship and three other battle
ships constituting his main fighting
strength. At least one cruiser. the
Svietlana, and a number Of auxiliary
cruisers and torpedo boats are also miss
ing. The whereabouts Of the PRINCIPAL
division, commanded by RoJEsTvENsKY
himself, is at this writing a matter OF
conjecture and unconfrmed Hlmor but
the motive for it's separation from the
rest Of the feet is manifest. By this
maneuvre tho primary aim Of the Rus
sian Admiralty which since the fall OF
Port Arthur has been TO reinforce the
Vladiyostok squadron, is much more
likely TO be attained.
The situation with which Admiral
TOGO is now confronted is a puzzling
one. At Yladivostok the Russians have
three powerful cruisers, the Gromoboi,
the Rossia and the Bogatyr, which have
been repaired and are ready to take the
sea. To hold them in check and prevent
them from cutting Marshal OYAMA's
communications with Japan, it has been
necessary for the Toxic Government to
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ODELL AND HIS FOLLOWERS.
Prophetic Incident 90 . Flock Of Fool
Maryland sheep.

The most striking ex ample OF following leader
into the jaws OF death ever took place IN Kent
county last week. said a Kent county farmer.
-EX-Shenn Edward J. Plummer,- he continued,
had flock OF seventeen sheep, which for some
unaccountabe reason determined 10 60 from one
pasture 20 another. To make the journey Il was
necessary 10 cross the creek on the Ice. Sure
enough. the old buck OF the mock walked cautiously
out on the weakened ice. When he was about
midstream gave way and he plunged In.
The other Sheep. instead OF returning 70 the
shore, which they could have done, deliberately
and, the lawyers would put II, with malice Afore
thought walked into the hole In the Ice made by
their leader and were drowned. Nothing but
sheep would have ever been fool enough 70 be
guilty OF such performance, There was possibly
some excuse for the foolhArdy old buck, but /
can think Of no e1tenuatng circumstances 20 the
case Of the others"
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may ultimately be Of use 10 themselves
and IL certain to aid their associates.
In the meantime the Actors Fund
must struggle 10 aid those who apply to
1t daily, and It's governors must work
hard 10 keep up the home on Staten
Island until the conscience Of actoB
is awakened to the necessity Of caring
for the charity that intends some day
to care for them. At present the public
which buys tickets for It's matinees bears
most of the burden Of support.
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ChicaEoana.

Certain Chicago street car conductors
and motormen have expressed natural
desire and hope They say that they
ought to get az much as a letter carrier.
Indeed, why shouldn't they get as much
as a policeman? When the city owns
and runs the railroads it can afford to
be generous; and municipal salaries have
q certain alacrity in rising.
Bilious conservatives and individual
lists seek TO shatter the bright dream
They chuckle as they tell the eXpectant
street railway employees that in Glas-
gov, the rainbow city Of Judge DUNES
municipal ownership vision, the city
railway employee works fifty-four hours
q week for $3.50. The expert whom the
Lord Mayor Of Glasgow is going 70 send
to the assistance of the Lord Mayor OF
Chicago will find that his estimates OF
the expenses Of municipal railroads VIII
have TO suffer a sea change.
The fares in Glasgow are arranged
on a zone" basis, according 20 distance.
The five cent fare for all distances, in
Guiding transfers, does not obtain In the
town of st. MUNGO. Another serious adj
dition 10 the Chicago expense account.
Besides, five cent fares will not be en-
dured by a people thoroughly pene-
trated by the modern spirit. The Tom
Johnsonian theory makes three cents
the sacred price but this is only prelim-
mary and provisional. Free rides are
the goal Of true municipal reformers.
A great city must be above picayune
and oheeseparing economies,
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THE SHAFTS PILGRIMAGE.
The Ruler OF Persia suddenly but OppOPs
timely Remembers His Religious Duties.


To THE EDIIoR OF The sUE STR It would
appear that the disturbance caused in Asian
politics by the Russo-Japanese war has
spread into Persia, and that the Shah eI.
poets to be drawn into the vortex before long
That at least IL the conclusion indicated by
the latest news from Teheran. whence II is
announced that the Shah Is about 20 start on .
pilgrimage to the sacred shrines at Meshed.
The journey Is one that will take perhaps two
or three months, during which the Affairs OF
the kingdom will be administ cred by the
regent nominated by the shah. and the Min
lister OF War has been Instructed 70 call out
and organize an army Of 10000 men.
Shah viii hardly be 20 absorbed in rel gious
Of or Indifferent TO worldly affairs, and a.
there IL a telegraph wire strung along the
road by which he will travel TO the city OF the
ehTines, which IL In tn northeast gle OF
Persia formed by the Russian and Afghan
frontiers, he can always be promptly in
formed OF anything OF importance that may
Is OF course understood that the sudden
resolve OF the Shah Is really a diplomatic
move for the purpose OF evading expected
pressure from some quarter, for q short
period at least. and to gain time. The strong
est pressure just now comes from the south
Of his dominions, where the British CONNER
cial Mission from India has been making
survey OF the topography and commercial
returning TO India from Kirman BY way OF
Gwadur, in Baluchistan. as WAS officially
stated 10 ne us intention Nhen II started.
turned northwest and continued into the
Interior TO NeZ1, from where 10 should reach
BushiTe on the Persian Gulf. in a few days. II
Is known at 1eheran that the British Govern
ment Is about TO make propositions to the
Shah Of nature that will practically place
the south OF Persia and the coast OF the Per-
sian Gulf and the Arabian Sea to the Baluch-
istan frontier under British control and cut
on the projected extension OF the Russian
trRnsCaspian railway either through the
northwest corner Of Afghanistan or direct
through Persia TO the sea at Bender Abbas,
the port selected by the Russian Government
for the terminus long before the war.
Between the Russian claims and the fore
Swallowed British demands the Shah and his
advisers find themselves In a dilemma, out
Of which for the time being the natural line
Of escape for the Shah is a diplomatic trip TO
q distant religious shrine and the dele CATION
OF his authority to a regent with restricted
powers. on his return To Teheran, when
events in Manchuria. have become more
clearly defined and his army has begun
TO naterialze he will be in a better position
TO talk with his friends or enemies as events
may decide them 20 be, at his own gate.
Germany has also a certain interest in Per-
sian questions on account OF the Intention OF
the builders Of the railway to BRgdad TO carry
branch OF their line 70 hhanaki 10 the
northeast on the Persian frontier with the
object Of connecting II at some future time
with a railway from TeherAn.
NEW YORK. April 10. ORIENT.
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An ArIzona Diam.
From the Arizona Republican.

From the ATtfOnd Republican
Mrs. Kuoui. who with her invuli id husband,
a prominent lawyer Of Peoria. ILL.,. has been
spending the last three winters at Cave
Greek. has developed into a modern Diana.
Her tent housekeeping and nursing though
she makes the most Of both, require only q
part OF her time. She Is a healthy, hand
some matron. yet young and robust, In need
OF strenuous exercise and plenty Of 10 where
with TO expend superintendent energy.
50 she has put into commission a big saddle
burro, and, clad in di vided skirts and armed
with shotgun, or rife,. or both, she rides far
and wide. She Is said 20 be the surest ri1e
shot thereabOuts. With a shotgun she could
clear that range OF small game, but 10 not
ruthless she has true sportsman's con-
tempt for vanton, useless killing: but she 10
sure death on wild cats and coyotes.
She has several square yards OF nicely
tanned lynx pelts-of big toms, weighing
fifteen TO eighteen pounds. and measuring
three 70 four feet from n ose TO root OF tail.
Some Of these she hit while they were In the
air leApinE toward her. That, 20 her, is
genuine sport. She has shot Is, 900 head Of
sheep with a camera, and has a fine collection
Of such views. LIONS she can not come on,
for she has no trained dogs,