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Dosroy EYES Nv VEN york.
Contacted and Complimentary Observe
tlnna Of q Pair Of Them.

To THE ,EDiroR or The SUS-Sir; For
centuries TO com New Workers VIII visit
Boston and regale their friends when they
reach home with stories OF the PuritaniSni
and backwoodishness OF the capital OF Ne"
England. for the same period Boston folks
wpI 20 10 New York, escape barely with their
lives and relate on their return"the turi"1S
WAYS and insensate, hectic quality OF Gotham
life. All very amusing; all very unoon VINO
inR. Now, let me give my recent experience
IN Sew York.
/ have been there many times, but my.
most recent visit was only a Few days ago.
when ] went there to hear some opera which
we can no longer hear here. II was the hrst
time 1 had ever been In the metropolitan
Opera House. but otherwise all objects were
familiar 10 me. / was never treated with
more genuine courtesy than on this visit.
At the hotel where i stopped the clerk actually
offered to loan me an umbrella! street car
conductors. of whom visitors proVerolaiiy
complain, answ cred all questions and gave
directions pleasantly and quickly. One con-
ductor actually stopped a car just after he
had started IL that he might let q lady get on
whom he had not seen when he started the
car. Shop people gave directions obliglngly.
although In a store near the post ONCE L
found much ignorance as to the proper loca-
ton of Cedar street, only a few blocks away.
| saw no one run over by autos, and street
order was better kept than in Boston. as the
streets were noticeably much cleaner. Cafe
prices are, of course. a little higher in New
York than with us, but there is no tip demand
ing or offensive conduct by walters.
No one can ever forget his first visit to the
METROPOLITAN Opera House. My first night
was a society night" and the human show
was very interesting. The people In the
pnrterre boxes were carefully ticketed of
on the programme. which seemed rather
Immodest to me, but l was glad in my heart
that they we're so catalogued. The open
opera CHASING (rubbering) that went on all
evening between boxes and pit and pit and
boxes was at first quite stunning to me. but
got used TO It and enjoyed 1t as an exhibition.
The women in the boxes looked remarkably
beautiful and dressed in excellent taste.
The only thing that disturbed me was the
evident intention OF the women in every box
to appear merry and animated every moment
an impossible performance. OF course.
Boston people are sure that the opera in New
York Is only a social function. and that only
Boston goes to the opera to hear. not to
see or be seen: but from the j heard
am sure that a large proportion of the audi
ence knew what was going on, and at least
enjoyed it. The opera house itself Is a Joy,
the best place in the country to hear opera,
except possibly the Chicago Auditorium.
All in all. | regard New York as much inns
proved since / saw 1t before. and a genuine.
humane place to visit. ABERJoNA.
BosToN, March 10.
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COLORED SUPPLEMENTS.
Charles Battell LOomis's IronIcai Praise
OF Their Charms.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUs-Sir: May ! ask
your patience to the extent of a few linesl In
the course OF our tranBcontinental trp Jerome X.
Jerome and l have been Interviewed a number Of
times upon the subject of the "colored supple
ment," and i regret to say that we have been TO a
certain extent misquoted. Mr.. Jerome Is abun.
dainty able TO speak for himself. but I would like
10 set myself right on q matter upon which. as an
American citizen. | feel deeply. THE sun pub
fishes no "colored supplement; therefore l write
TO you.
have never said that the colored supplement
Ia not well liked and thoroughly appreciated by
hundreds OF thousands Of young people all over
the country. II Is read with as much avidity In
the Dakotas and Oregon ss II is In Texas and Ohio
and Massachusetts,, to say nothing OF New York.
A generation ago children had nothing better than
81. Nicholas and Alice in Wonderland" Now
they have the colored supplements. To be sure,
81. Nfch'las and Alice In Wonderland" had an
educational effect on boys and girls from 6 TO Is.
But so has the colored supplement.
You can see In the literary work OF many OF the
middle aged writer's Of 20 day that they were lndu-
enced by the kind OF humor they absorbed from
Lewis CARROLL In the next generation we shall
be able to see the effect OF unlimited colored sup
plements. No one pretends 10 say that the humof
OF the colored supplements is not in the hig hest
degree rcnned and elcvatinR, excepting a few here
and there who are rightly dubbed hnical.
The supplement is educating chlldren's color
sense. II is teaching them the use OF the best brand
OF slang; and | wonder that TIRE SUN is willing 10
forego the dement's that follow In the wake OF a
properly stimulating colorcd supplement.
Britons tell me: We have Dickens and W. S.
Gilbert and Lewis Carroll and j. NJ. Barrie; and
YOU Americana why, you have the colorcd supple
ment. 1t Is your most popular literary achieve
ment."
II Is popular, II is undoubtedly a money maker,
and It's influence will assuredly be felt in the next
generation. With the humor OF the colored supple
ment> delicate and delightful. Its color schemes
- r,,o to,,s arA educational tn.
artistic. what more do we Americans wantf
Won't some one else say something.
CHARLES BATTELL LOOMS.
CINCINNATI. March IL.
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The New Transfer Rnle.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE SuS-!Sfr: I am enlisted
in the movement to protest against the demand OF
the Metropolitan company that one must ask for d
transfer at the time OF paying fare. The law COM
pels the company TO give transfers and says nothing
as TO when. This arrogance on the part OF Belmont
and his crowd should he met by a decided stand.
They are simply trying to steal a nickel from every
one that can be browbeaten into their illegal de.
mand.
Yesterday l saw two women, who. after boarding
q car. changed their minds as TO their destination,
beaten" out OF a nickel each BY the conductor. al.
though II was not Ave minutes after they had paid
their fares when they asked for transfers.
NBw YORK, March IA. NEW YoRKER,
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Shame (!

Never was injustice more cruel than
that which deliberately couples with the
news Of the slaughter Of Moro women
and children in the engagement on Mount
Dajo President RoosEvELT's despatch
to General LEONARD WOOD oongratu-
lating him and his force upon a brill
liant feat OF arms" in which was upheld
the honor OF the American flag
BY pictures and with type newspapers
ordinarily to be classed as respectable
are attempting to impress the minds
of their readers with the idea that the
Presidents enthusiasm for soldierly
achievements in which daring overoomes
difficulty has 80 blunted his perception
of the first principles of humanity that
he Is ready to ignore the horror in
acclaiming the deed OF which 1t was
unfortunately an incident. Is this, they
ask, what Mn ROOSEVELT calls uphold
ing the honor Of the American lag1
They ought to be ashamed OF them
selves. The first reports Of the affair
on Mount Dajo came from Manila on
Friday, March o, and we're published in
the morning newspapers OF Saturday,
March 10. On that same Saturday Mr..
ROOSEVELT sent his despatch Of con
GRADUATION to General WOOD. The re-
ports warranted the Presidents choice
of words. They recorded an exploit
which, as then described, was peculiarly
calculated to appeal to his imagination
and to evoke from him generous words
of praise. When he sent his message
absolutely nothing could have been
known to him about the killing Of any
woman or Of any child by the United
States troops which assailed and carried
the old crater on Mount Dajo. 1t was
not until at least two days after the
sending of his despatch that we had on
this side of the earth any knowledge Of
the destruction of women and children
In the fierce little engagement.
The Presidents admiration Of the
soldier in General LEONARD WOOD, as
many people must have surmised, has
not been shared by THE SUN. We are
ready, however, to give that commander
full and fair credit for energy, courage
and good military judgment whenever
he exhibits those qualities. In the pres
ent case the material for a opinion is
not yet available. Whether the ami
hilation of this entire band Of Moro in
surgents was a deplorable necessity Of
the military situation, whetherthe shoot
ing down of the women and children
along with the men was, as WOOD re-
ports, unavoidable" are questions de-
terminable only in the light Of further
information. We are glad to say that
where humanity is concerned in dealing
even with the most savage enemy the
presumption is strong in favor Of our
soldiers, officers and enlisted men.
This has nothing to de with the use
some OF our contemporaries are making
Of the Presidents despatch to WooD.
The attempt, by means of a distortion
Of chronology, to m~isrepresent him as
excitedly ~telegraphing to Manila that
the indiscriminate killing Of men, women
and children was a brilliant feat of arms,
honorable to the flag, is nothing short
Of infamous.
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have too much powerto protect common
carriers. The frame Of things has never
lift his taste. Were It not for the safety
valve OF bucolic song he would long ago
have exploded in hopeless indignation
and wrath. Song saves him. And now
with his song-coat and his sneakers
he clumps over the meads Of Agawam.
Hear him, the sweet one, THEocRITUs'in
a tam O. shanter, heaven in his soul and
red flannel around his lyric throat:
what a Joy is the first heard MARBLE OF the blue
birdl-such as Greets one when, wandering Aneld, a
certain wild wave in the air, too slight to be called
a sound, insists Itself as blpebird music. And over
the pastures TO the roadside thlckets follows the
lover. Rise UP. my love, my fair one. and come
away and there are the sky and earth. blending
in wings and breasts. dittin1 from fence posts TO
other fence posts. from blrches to apples. and never
ceasing their delicious brave bright brief song.
with the whole life Of earth and heaven In IT,"
Where is the swallow now, and where
are the Greeks2 Where's Mr.. SWIM
BURNE's Swallow, my sister, oh, feet,
sweet swallow"2 The bluebird and the
BowLEs for us. Take home the moral
with the lay:
SO With that serene upiitt OF the bluebird cong,
the budding trees and shrubs. the tiny. humble
blossoms OF the woods and fields, let US 60 on and
be Drawer, sweeter, inner, higher. in the marked out
directions Of our places In the world"
Braver, sweeter, finer, higher than
Bluebird BowLEs it lie not given to man
to be. Yet, though, as he says, "spring
is a wonderful regenerator Of living
purpose, he must be careful to change
his stockings when he returns from the
meads,
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A New Administration In Colombo

A New Administration I'm Colombia.
The news that General RAFAEL REYES
Is compelled by ill health to resign the
Colombia an Presidency will be received
with general regret. After years of
political turmoil and armed strife I'M
Colombia the administration Of General
REYES opened with many signs Of the
dawn Of a new day, With the exception
OF. a small number Of disappearing NAL
contents the people of the codntry have
displayed a remarkable unanimity in
their support of General REYES and in
their approval Of his policies. His work
was well begun" and therefore, ac-
cording to the adage, half DONE The
interruption of that work is most un-
fortunate.
1t is announced that President REYES
will b~esucceeded by CLIMACo CALDERoN,
the present Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Senior CALDERoN may make even a bet
ter President than General REYES, but
there must bHa period of uncertainty
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Fuchow has long been one Of the great
tea shipping ports Of China, but in recent
wears the business Of the port in ally lines
has largely decreased. One Of our Consuls
attributes the decline Of the port to the
increasing consumption Of opium by the
Chinese. He asserts that in the wide noun
tain valleys back Of Fuohow and Annoy
many thousands Of the farmers have be-
longer give to their tea and other crops
the care that is necessary to provide prime
commodities for market.
In his recent book on Eastern Asia Mr..
ARCHIBALD LITTLE says that opium is the
greatest menace to the future of China.
Four years ago the late FRANCIS NICHOLS
wrote that the number Of opium victims in
Shansi and Shensi alone reaches many
thousands every year; that nearly every
town Of any size contains at least one opium
retreat or cure, and that Chinese Of all
classes with whom he talked see in opium
the black est andmost foreboding cloud that
hangs over China.
Sixteen years ago the British Parliament
appointed a commission to inquire into the
report of the injury the Indian opium trade
was inficting upon China. The testimony
and the conclusions of the commission
filled seven volumes, and the gist Of it was
that opium is not a bad thing; that when
smoked in moderation it does not harm any
body; that very few Chinese smoke it to
excess, and that the people as a whole have
no desire to stop the traffic.
1t was a very superficial or a whitewash-
ing report. The mass Of testimony now
accessible has proved that the evil threatens
to become a terrible scourge.
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Ma,rous for All County .yaiis

To THE EDITOR or THE sUN-Sir: a bill is before
the State Legislature providing that the law per
hitting the appointment OF matrons for county
jails In which women are held for crimes com
mitted be made mandatory. The bill, drawn by
tho Women's Prison Association. is approved by
nearly every voman's orr anization In the State
and Is so tenderly thoughtful OF the taxpayers
purse that II calls the matron, when once appoint I'd
TO active duty only when women are in jail, and II
pays her only for the actual days given.
The members OF the Prison Association have
visited the jails. studied the conditions there, col.
lected the facts. which are unprintable, and they
have framed the bill, This Is but carrying on the
reforms begun by them In the Police Matrons bill
and continued In the Bedford Retormatory.
There are prophecies TO be observed In the county
jail respecting the poor and coarse and even the
wiltully miserable. should such a reform be held
up by two or three backward counties that Endee
the money, ID. II. NJ.
NEW YORK, March IS.
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1t is oreditable to the civic spirit and
initiative Of citizens Of New York that the
agitation for abating the smoke nuisance
here should be carried on by them, but en-
forcement Of law and ordinances Ia a duty
Of public officers.
New York is unique among American
cities in the clearness Of it's atmosphere
and the unsulied beauty of its blue sky
Two Of the five boroughs, Manhattan and
Richmond, are islands. Another, The
Bronx, lies between the Hudson and the
Sound. Queens and Brooklyn have as
their west boundary the East River and as
their southern boundary the Atlantic itself.
No other great city Of the world Ia 30 near
to the ocean. No other great city Of the
world is protected from dust and storm as
is New York on the west by the Palisades
and Bergen Hill.
Except in the few cases Of factories di-
reotly under the riders and amenable to
the control OF the COMMISSIONS Of Health
there Is little disregard Of the ordinances as
to smoke, but the practical suspension of
all prosecutions for violations Of these ordi-
nances has operated, as Mr.. BARNEY has
pointed out, to make the ordinances dead
letters. The laws are violated. Smoke in
greaU clouds is emitted from chimneys
not having smoke consumers, The sky is
darkened and SPOT and CRIME settle on
buildings, in Railways and on the streets.
Such a condition cannot be abated by
issuing official bulletins or by interviews.
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CAMPAIGN SONGS.
Specimens OF the Political Lyrics Sung
in lSAO and lS4A.

To THE EprToR OF THE SUN-Sir: As a boy OF
seven years at the time of the log Cabin" Hard
Cider" and Coon skin" campaign of 1870, may !
add TO the "reminiscences OF s." in your Issue
nj March IL a stanza from what has been claimed
TO be the greatest campaign song ever written:
20 what has caused this great commotion, motion,
motion the country through
II is the ball a.rolling on for TIppecanoe and Tyler
100.
For Tippecanoe and Tyler. too.
A-a. and with them we'll beat little Van.
Van. Van is a used UP man,
And with them well beat little Van"
Another song OF the same campaign was this:
There was u little Dutchman came over from
Undertook, Snapoo.
There was a little Dutchman came over from
Undertook.
When asked for his name he replied with sly look
Snapooter, snApeter. phllanter Kicksheter Snapoo.
"He cast a sheepseyc at the Presidents chair.
snapoo.
He cast a sheepseye at the Presidents chair,
You must answer some questions before you get
there,
Mister Snapooter, snapeter philanter Kicksheter
SnApOo."
MArrrrucK. n. Y, March IS,
To 1HR EDITOR OF THE SuN-sir: The letter of
up. s." In to days SUN on "Old Campaign Songs"
recalls the wonderful enthusiasm aroused by the
Wings In the campaigns OF 1870 and 1874 by the
multitude OF songs in which were exploited tho
virtues Of odd T1ppecanoe" and Harry OF the
West" In 1870 the wings sang themselves TO
victory. and they thought they we're doing the
same thing in 1874. as they could not bring them
selves even TO consider the possibility OF Clay's
defeat until confronted with the sadly convincing
figures Of the electoral vote. Even then the stanch
Whig State OF Delaware cast her vote for Clay
after It was known that Polk had been elected.
But. while the wings were far and away ahead
In the matter OF appealing campaign songs, the
"Locos" were not barren OF this kind OF ammun!-
ton In 1874. Here is a verse from a popular Polk
and Dallas campaign song OF that year:
1T only was the other day
heard a lovely lady say
She surely would prefer a beau
Who did for Polk and Dallas 60"
Is II any wonder Polk was elected ! think this
song must have taken the winning trick.
WILMINGTON, Del. March IL. DELAWARE.
To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-sf. "P. S." in his
letter on Campaign Songs" has failed TO mention
the one running thus:
Its oh. poor cooney Clay. oh, It's, oh, poor cooney
Clay.
That blgi White House was not made for you.
SO home you better stay,
Tippecanoe, Tippecanoe, Old Tippecanoel"
PERTH ANNOY, March IS. d. G.
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\ From these figures it can be seen that
only "a per cent. of our defences, in
stalled or authorized, could be efficiently
manned if the artillery were enlisted up
to its full strength. But because there
are so few men to care for so large an
armament the work required of soldiers
in the coast artillery is 80 great, while
the rates Of pay are so low that few men
reenlist, and the difficulty of getting
recruits is such that there is an average
shortage in the companies Of about so per
cent. This reduces the number actually
available to about "a per cent. Of that
required. To bring this nearer home,
the figures for New York harbor Forts
Hancock, Hamilton, Wadsworth, Totten,
Schuyler and Slocum) are:
Required. on Duty.
Omcers 22i 50
Enlisted men ,..........."". $500 LIS
That is, for 70 per cent. OF the defences
Of New York no officers are provided,
and for 90 per cent of them no enlisted
men are on duty, How would the peo-
pie of New York city regard the official
statement that Gre engines, trucks, DC,
were on hand sufficient for the protection
Of the city, but that go per cent. Of them
had no horses and 70 per cent. had no
fremen, with the explanation that there
were plenty of good horses in New York
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A Curse.

To rHH EDITOR OF THE SUH-Sr: I hereby
place the eternal anathcma over every person that
writes a deliberate lie and publishes 1t either In
newspapers, mag or books. whether ip the
torn OF editorials, stories or hints: over every
pen work that aims To deface the work OF truth
And | earnestly say 10 every wielder OF a pen: II
YOU can't write what Is true, quit and 90 at some
thing else, unless you have made up your mind TO
stay by the devil to the bitter end. JAYHAwK.
WICHITA, Kan, March TO-.
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Senator Frawley's Police Bill.

Perhaps worse misfortunes might be-
fall New York than the reinstatement
of bipartisan control Of the Police De-
partment, but it is doubtful. The BIZ
partisan theory of administration had
a long trial in the city, and when it was
ended none except the place holders
that lost their jobs, the criminals who
had profited through its shortcomings,
the unfaithful policemen who made
their opportunities by playing of one
Commissioner against another, and the
politicians who used it to evade the re-
probabilities Of their offices, regretted
its demise. The single headed commits
cessor, and it would require a rascal Of
unusual talents to; make it Is bad.
In spite Of the superiority Of the
present method of police control, Sena-
tor JAMES j. FRAwLEY has drawn a bill
providing for a return to the old condi-
tions. His measure seems to be inspired
by opposition to the Commissioner nov
in office, and by disgust with military
methods" The fact that several months
ago, while Mr.. MCADoo was Commits
sioner, a lawyer constituent of Mr..
FRAwLEY's found the statesman's name
to be without particular weight in a
police station may not have anything
to do with his disapproval. Whatever
caused him to draw the bill, it is thor
oughly bad, and it's Legislative history
should end with its consignment to a
pigeonhole in the room of the appro-
pirate committee. e.
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when You Try On n Shit.

From me S1rtorfdi Art journal.
Trying on Is an evidence OF trade progress. for
It is employed not so much for the purpose OF en-
ahllng the cutter 10 NJ his client as 10 enable the
client to have his own individual ideas OF grace.
appropriateness and beauty embodied and eI-
pressed In the garment and TO enable the cutter
10 develop the garment TO the nearest possible
approximation Of his ideal OF what II should be In
It's relation 10 art. 70 fashion and 10 the man.
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Situation Wanted.
From he AAahabad Ptonf.r

FTUWT UF TFVWNUUUUT 7TUVfFF.
In an application for a situation 8 youth. after
giving his height and the breadth OF his chest. says:
II have a good, long equlline nose. piercing eye.
lashes. and good arehed brows on a semy- glovular
face, high cheekbones. projecting eyes. with
Kathia wheat color complexion. am in full
bloom of my youth, and have passed teens and
entered Goth year OF my life. My family has q
history that takes my Imagination back to three
nnhInreea"
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Health and the Working Dsy,

To rHE EDITOR or THE SUN Sd: One state
men, In Mr., Mitchell's presentation OF his case for
the miners seems TO me Interesting, because II is a
matter OF fact, the truth OF which can be ascer-
talned. He says eight hours Is as long as a man
can work In a coal mine without doing injury TO his
health. and consequent injury 10 society"
II this Is so there is no argument for a long r
day possible. Why not have the truth or falsity OF
that statement established nowt S. H. ALBRo.
FARDoTIA, March Is.
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Love and Indigestion.

To THE EDITOR or TIRE SuN-Sfr; IT'S mockey
to prescribe paregohc for Bachelor" His is a
case Of indig cstion. met q tender eyed blonde
once and I had tina, queer feeling and felt pains
In the aortic region, which | mistook for an andfts
NJ onur. The doctor diagnosed. II as dyspepsia.
and under his treatment the pains left me-nnd
90 did the I, e, b. T. l..
INV York, March la
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The BIuebird Of ARaHam.

Sometimes, often indeed. 1t has been
feared that General SAMBo BowLEs's
great heart would burst. He worries still,
as he has worried long, about the Fill
pinos. He is afraid that the courts will