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TIE CHKLDREN'S FRESH AIR
CAMP.

. To rHR EpIroR or Tai SuN-Sir: last
year through the timely kindness OF your
readers we we're enabled to take from the
heat of the unhealthy and o~vercrowded
slums a number OF city children into the
fresh air and healthful surroundings OF the
country. IL would be difficult to explain TO
you how much direct as well az abiding bene-
ne 10 gained by the child and the child lie
through this summer outing.
This year'tt is our purpose to repeat this
benevolent undertaking; and our officers turn
to me. asking IL l will not appeal to the gen
erous hearted public for aid In this merciful
mission. I quote but one case:
In the heart OF the eastern section OF New
York q mother and three children whose
ages ranged from , to 7 years were found
In sbject poverty. The landlord throat
ened to d~ispossess them. There was no food
and very little clothing. and the surround
inss were almost stihing. Think what a
boon IL would be to those three little children,
added to our having found them better quar-
ters. TO spend a few weeks in the country
during the summeri
Two dollars will take a child TO the coun-
try for one week o. for two weeks. let
us. in the opportunity afforded us TO receive
air ourselves. not forget the needs Of our
city children
Kindly ask that all donations be sent to Cen
eral Ballinston Booth. 80 Cooper Square. An
Official receipt will be sent for all amounts.
BURLINGTON BooTr. President.
EEw YoHk. July ~.
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THE AWFUL MOTOR CAR.
various Reasons why the wuer's Friends
Exn AWAY.

To THE EDITOR or The SUN- Sir: ] no
ticed recently Ia The SUN a silly letter from
some man who thinks his friends are filled with
green and yellow fires OF envy because he has
purchased an automobile. The friends In the
case need defence. human nature is not a
very mean thing after all, and while some
people may be jealous Of the prosperity Of
their friends there are many who rejoice In
the good luck which enables other people to
will warrant that many Of this motorman's
scgusintences would have evinced no spite
had his choice fallen on somsthing less omen,
automobile. For my part l rejoice In the good
luck which presents 70 my friends carriages.
tend toward their own comfort and also
living. Automobiles do not do this, They
They menace life; they offend the eve and
revolt the senses. have no doubt that many
sive distsste rather than their enyy aroused
by the motor he has purchased; Everything
connected with a motor y hideous and he
tionsl motor car in New York is an addition
to the city's ueliness and bad afr.
one a man gets many unpiessantIy frank
opinions from his friends? have. for in
stance. no objection 70 the purchase by any
brought an evil visased, III smelling and dan.
gerous wolf through the streets / should
bile is on the same plane as the wolf.
The person who has a pet wolf may like him
immensely. but he can't expect other people
to feel the same way about IL.
The motor car, to any mind with peace and
poetry in IL, IL the most horrible invention Of
modern times. It's effect on the human race
Is horrible. The people who ride in motors
are increasing daily In ugliness. The faces
Of The women are getting an pnspeakable
drying and soaring the faces of men.
The pedestrians suffer, too. The constant
outwatch to save life and limb on the streets
OF New York does not tend to soften and
beautlfy the faces OF men and women. In
few years. when the world H. fuller still Of
BILE. Humanity will become y set Of living.
CLASSY eyed. mummies, gasping out. OF life
Into death. having bodies of bone and parch.
ment skin that viii have no need OF a burial
but can be put In nice little Egyptian cases at
onoe and classified by museums a. the hu-
man relics OF the hideous automobile age"
NEW York. July -. A. A..
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Good news from Atlsntal In spite Of the
threats and plots OF undesirable citisens
in public life and criminal commercial sys
tems.- Colonel SID TApp h able TO ssy-and
we know him too we'll not to believe him
that he 10 not yet killed and hopes not to
be killed. He will continue to haste the
money power end the Senate; and he has
discovered In 81. Paul. MINI, Mr.. JOIN
TAIMAN. . poet whose words Of lightning
have already sSYrishted the corruptionists.
Mr.. TALMAN addresses the Senate thus:
Say. owiisn stumbling block upon the road
OF rogress-Humbugss prme embodiment
Why cessest thou 70 souirn beneath the Gosd
That once could move thcc-popular dissent
complainant II not puant-perchsnce both
Where Bribery extends its footed claws;
Lolling In rank indlnerenos and sloth.
Remote forever from the peoples cause"
Mr.. TALMAN says that the Senate's aim
Is -to merit well Q place below such scoria
fathoms deep a. Of the n~othingness OF
Carthage tell. This new light on tho fate
OF Carthage. apparently destroyed by .
interest archeologists.
We understand that Senator LA TOILETTE
10 very much impressed by Mr.. TALMAN's
call to the Senate to reflect before IL ia too
late:
" o citadel of wealth. class. privilege
And the unholicsl ponder thou lest doom
Thy vitals tear with Ret1buuon's dredgc.
BKIssAxEAK's Widening blast thine eyes OF
rheuml-
Colonel JACK EVANS tells US that Colonel
SID TAPP wrote the book that did it,
did everything from the indictment OF Mr..
ROCKEFELLER 70 the pursuit Of Mr.. HARRr-
MAN. Colonel TAPP will continue 70 do it,"
Nothing short OF death can stop him"
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wanted: An Old Fashioned school.

To II EDITOR or THE sun Sir: Will you
give place 70 a grievance. and on account
thereof insert an advertisement? This might
be conched as follows:
Wanted. an old fashioned school where
only the three RS shall be taught. or these
three none shall be rama tor which tho
complainant has had miles lying loose about
her house,. Special attention shall be given
to the multiplication table. preferably as in
ancient days. SUNG to the indelibly imprinting
air Of Yankee Doodle No algebra. no trigo-
nometry to be introduced before the child
can read numbers. In geography no relief
maps. In grammar no word building. No
nature study. No learning OF poetry 1.-The
Village Blacksmith" and The Wreck Of the
Hesperus" In particular to be excluded.
although alternate lines OF each do wonder
fully work oeether in the daily practice OF
the young pupil). No study OF the Great
Masters. with interpretation OF Madonna,
reproduced on charts. 30. An, yes. and in
cludsd IN the above &c. the complainant
would mention concentration exercises" she
having seen various extraordinary fourth
dimensional looking srabesaues in n certain
small girls copy book. and learned that the
same had been hastily drafted from the
teachers blackboard. az ny iashlisht rapidity
on the part OF small girl. before the almost
instantaneous erasure OF the said arabesque
copy.
And since there are many small girls and
more than one complainant. will you admit
the following aneodote illustrative OF thu
manner In which geography is not 10 be taught
in tho old fashioned school:
The small girl came home. and on being
asked what she bad learned today in the
science Just cited answered. Learned all
about Georgia. GeorRia's bounded north by
North Carolina. east by Atlantic Ocean. south
by itself; west oh. west, it isn't bounded.
n.Nltol q. htlah alI,,lIz Nl,,A .R&NA. -zIl
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TRE BRONX r.
Neglect or Inefaciency Doing Great injury
to the Taxpsyers' Property.

to the TaxDayers' Property.
To rHR EDIToR ON THE SUN-SiT: For
more than a dozen years 1 have been familiar
with our Bronx parks, and can say without
exaggeration that never have they bern IN
such a lamentable state as now. Van Cort.
landt, Bronx, Crotona. all the parks In The
Bronx tell the same story OF neglect and
decay. II present conditions are allowed
to continue. years will be required to restore
them to good condition.
A pail seems TO have fallen on Bronx Park.
Walks and flower beds are neglected. lawns
are no longer beautiful. grass is allowed 10
signs OF Incompetency and failure. We are
now In the middle Of July, yet not a strain
previous summers band concerts have con
tTibuted to the pleasure OF thousands OF park
% visitor nv This 1soo sS%%Is5. t dSs sssd n, stand dine
vacant and the large audiences which gather
are sent home In disappointment, and With
ment than that sthe Commissioner has more
important business TO attend TO than arrange
band concerts on sunday siterpo3nsi This
last sunday in Bronx Park sought from q
park employee q reason for the absence OF
40 far as / can ascertain. politics constitutes
the more important business which engages
the time and attention OF Bronx PARK sommis,
visible in the parks performs its tasks In q list
less and inefficient manner. The entire park
force employer N1lh hlib VII W w
demoraIizcd or deliberately careless. There
is no system. no energy. no efficfency. no
intelligent purpose back Of the present admin
istrstion. Of park affairs in this borough. | an
assured by a well informed peighbor OF min"
that the appropriation for the ordinary care
and maintenance OF the Bronx parks IL large,
the present year than In any previous yrar
since the park system was established. II
there is any truth in current talk. and TIL
woful appearance OF our parks appears TO sui.
stsntiste. the statement. the money Is not
expended in needed work on the parks.
Surely a thorough Investigation ought 10 hD
ordered by somebody in authority. Yet when
1 made this suggestion to q friend who knows
more Of politics. than I do he replied. "Mnrh
good that would do you. What, let me ask
YOU, has become Of the investigation made
months ago of padded pay rolls and of the
employment OF scores OF hammers and PAYERS
Ia the parks during the winter, months Of
December, January and February" cannot
apswer. Who cam Can IL be true that our
splendid Bronx parks and the appropriation
duly made for their care and MAINTENANCE
have been handed over TO a politician 70 h"
used as his personal property, ~ any poliiicnl
campaigns he may make while he IL Park
Commissioner?. Appearances at least INDICATE
that this In the fact. A.. L. y.
THE BRONX, July ~.
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Uncle Jcs's Kind Of Cigar.
From shS WasAlnafon Hsrald.

n appears 70 be only too true that every rose has
is thorn. To put II another way. both Uncle Joe
Cannon and his cigar are well known the country
over, but some benighted individuals still labor
under the delusion that q dry" smoke is the only
kind INDUCED IN by the gentleman from DanviIle.
A day or two ago Uncle joe received a package from
= town In South CsfoiinA-it should have some from
his native state of North Carolina OF course, but
did not-which on Investigation was found 70 oon.
tain . bon OF ciearA
These cigars are not made to smoke" the sender
Of ths gft wrote In eject -and therefore they
ought 70 suit you exactly" Notwftnstsndinr his
oonnding nature. Uncle Joe was . little suspicious
-This may be . plot 10 remove me from the race
for the nomination. he unused - he eyed the cigars
with considerable longing. -In try them on Bus
hey" he said 10 himself g~ieefuliy. whats q sec,
Rotary for, anyway"
Forsowfth the cigars were turned over 70 M.
CannOn's night hand man with q request that Ger.
tain experiments be conducted. Mr.. Busbey Gin.
gerly lighted one. or tried TO. and afssr an fneH.c.
tuAl struggle discovered that indeed the cigars
were mot made 70 smoke" A. Q matter OF fact.
hey were - tightly rolled as 70 resemble plug
tobacco. and no amount OF pufnng would msks
them burn. Mr.. Busbey found that by whiting
on . few ~shavtnEs with . sharp knife and plscins
them in . pipe the offering from South Carolina
could be smoked. but In no other way.
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loss and perhaps equally unable TO insti-
tute and maintain q suit for damages
against an employer who presumably
has money with which to fight such
claims. The argument that, the public
will foot the bill lie based on the assump-
ton that the employer or the employing
company will and must owe possible
expense for accidents by a slight increase
in the price of merchandise or the charge
for transportation or other service, just
IA in the matter OF FIRE insurance.
The question is one Of wide scope.
For this country IL unquestionably be-
longs where it has been hitherto, in the
domain Of State rather than Of Federal
legislation. A little more than a year
ago the Congress passed a liability law
affecting common carriers in the Dis
trict of Columbia and Territories and
common carriers engaged in commerce
between the States and between the
States and foreign nations" This de-
clares that "all questions Of negligence
and contributory negligence shall be
for the jury" 1t recognizes response
bility, however, even in cases OF con-
tributory negligence.
Whatever the merits Of the funda-
mental proposition of the financial lis-
bility Of employers in all cases. whether
caused by negligence or those which
are unavoidable" it will probably be
some time before we have a national
employers liability law on lines as
sweeping as those Of the British work.
mems compensation act of 1905.
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New Halos for Old.

We seem to see, Glittering from the
dark backward and abysm Of time, the
light Of certain civil service reform
halos, and a head nov unbowed by the
weight Of supreme Supervision is wear
ing one of them. Those were the days
when a business administration, mu-
nicipal, State, national, was the hottest
hope Of the reformers, who, Of course,
were not then in office.
A newer light has arisen. Now bust
ness is a malefactor, followed with hue
and cry by the saints Of politics. .
Politics. unmixed, %unrelenting politics,
is recognized as the chief occupation Of a
real ruler of men; and it is the marrow
and meat of politics to brighten and
hamper business. Thus do the ideals
of reformers change.
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Consolation for the MotOrless.

Most Of US have heard from lips con-
WINGED of their own truth the tale which
the Kennebec Journal tells of a solid but
sportive Dirigo settlement:
One Bangor man Of wealth, solid sense and
unquestioned verscity declares that twenty one
Bsngoresns have this year mortsag ed their dwell
ing houses to buy automobiles. Another man,
who also stands high. says twenty nine Bangor
residences have been hooked so to speak, TO
raise the price Of gas wagons"
For Bangor substitute Brockton.
Mass, or Burlington, n. j., or Kingston,
n. Y, or Kankakee, ILL.,, or almost any
prosperous place. Usually the authority
il a bank president or director, somebody
who is in a position to know, somebody
who has seen the checks and papers
passed. The recorder Of deeds is not
appealed to. 1t is his business TO shut
up, and he can't know for what purpose
the mortgagor borrows. The bank off,
GERS themselves are reticent in the first
person. They are quoted. SO long as
the interest ia paid and the security has
not deprecated they may not view the
mortgage bought automobile with alarm.
To them it is merely a sign of extrava-
gance; and as such divers watchmen on
the towers Of finance have duly moral
ICED about it already.
Not the economic but the sociological
aspects" of the transaction allure us.
II we are a little sceptical about the fact
it is only because the Western business
men were, off with their mortgages be-
fore theywere on with their devil wagons.
and because in the East, well dubbed"
as il il, the number of these fiery chariots
is so small compared with that of mort
cages. what Ia horne without a mort
gage would be a general question if
the hypothecation Of the home-we offer
the phrase gratis to Mr.. BRYAN; there IL
a good C~hautauqua lecture in it-for the
automobile had become a habit. 1t is a
mistake to suppose that a home is a
necessity. Why not board? In this
town the home of most men is a piece of
a tenement house, called or not called by
more luxurious names. You can't mort
gage your home. Our brethren the
country mice are luckier.
Hitherto a smack Of ostentation, Of
predatory and unpermitted wealth, has
chung TO the motor car. Those Of us
who have been choked with the dust of
those presumably plutocratic wheels
have felt the moral superiority of our
position, and yet, perhaps, not without
STRINGS Of the moral bile. The rich,
the new rich; confound ostentation; in
science of wealth; Haunting wealth; these
fellows that have TO advertise them
selves by a ten thousand dollar machine;
thank goodness, h~orses-shank's mare,
usually-are good enough for us; better
be poor than vulgar, and 80 forth.
Now the au~tomobileless can not only
look down upon but pity the maniac at
the wheel. The bigger the automobile
the bigger the mortgage. do pity his
poor wife; they say they don't have
enough to eat; well, I car pay my debts
il I can't keep a chauffeur. Thus the man
on foot can regard without animosity
the roar Of the laundering car.
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Must There BE a Formal Declaration
of WARP

As we pointed out the other day, the
delegates of the great Powers TO The
Hague will feel constrained to agree
upon some minor matters lest the second
Peace Conference, so called, should be-
come a laughing stock. The decision OF
a'committee, OF course, is not binding on
the conference. as a whole, but there is
reason to expect final ratification OF the
proposed rule that a formal declaration
Of war must precede an outbreak Of hos
tilities, and that notice thereof must be
given TO neutrals.
II was natural enough hat the former
proposal should have been made by
France, who learned 10 her cost in 1870
that the mobilization of her army could
not be conducted so quickly az that OF
her German neighbor. The French dele
gates accordingly urged the formulation
of a rule that the opening Of HOSTILE
ties must be preceded by a conditional
accompanied by an exposition of motives.
II ia well known that the Seven Years
War began, not in Europe, but in America.
and it is possible that if the suggested
formality had then been required by the
law of nations the contest which was TO
involve almost the whole of Europe
would not have taken place. II will also
be remembered that the invasion Of
Silesia by FREDERICK the Great soon
after his accession 10 the throne Of Prus-
sia took Austria by surprise, and mainly
for that reason was successful. The re-
cent conflict in the Far East began with
a Japanese attack on Russian warships
in a Corean harbor, whereas had a formal
declaration of war been given il is in
credible that the commander of the a.
sailed vessels would not have fastened
10 Join the bulk of Russia's fleet in Port
Arthur. 4.
When the French proposal was first
mooted Great Britain. Japan and the
United States desired time for consulta-
ton. but on July IL all three assented to
the suggestion. with the result that il
will be recommended by the committee
To the conference. II iSunderstood that
the report in conformity 10 an amend
InCii il'Ntu w NHb .NtNIlel ldIluS Will
advise n regulation that there must be
an interval of twenty-four hours between
the delivery of the declaration and an
overt act of war. The hesitation OF the
British delegates to accept that amend
ment is said u have been due TO the fact
that hitherto it had been Britain's policy
simultaneously with a declaration Of war
against a Continental Power to close
with her warships all the enemy's ports.
The withdrawal of their opposition is at
triblted by report to the influence OF
King EDWARD VII, who desires thus'to
demonstrate the sincerity of his friend
ship for France, The final adoption OF
the principle by Japan is prompted,
doubtless, by a wish to show that she has
no intention of repeating the incidents
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rVom me k9nsds Cfv journal.
In the weed crusade which IL being carried on IN
Kansas City. Kan. by the sanitary department the
sunnoweri 70 not 20 saner. Sanitary Sergeant Add
son yesterusy notined his corps OF deputies that q
suneower. especially OF the Kansas variety, 10 rot
70 DO cisssed - . weed. and that II must bo pro
tscted against the cruel sickle.
Agar or 90 ago an Interesting controversy arose
over the question - to whether the sunnoweI con
stisuteo . weed. A. shat time tho somewhat Is
rnous Kansas plant had become ali but a pest In 80
city. and when the authorities decided 70 NOV then
Gown q rroAt howl won't up In defence OF the sun.
bower. This year they are not 30 plentiful ana Al.
70 be preserved.
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Assemblyman HART OF the Oneida Reser-
walton. who has been feeling the pulse Of
Texas, reports a. follows;
The people Of the Fast havt absolutely no idea
OF the Impression Governor HUoHEs's personality
has made upon the people OF the West and south
west. In Texas especially our Governors words
and actions are being studied A. those Of no other
Governor outside Of Texas ever have been. and there
10 bound TO be an overwhelming demand for him
as a Presidential nominee"
An Overwhelming demand for the nomi-
nation Of any Republican for President
originating in Texas should receive the
most careful attention Of all students OF
politics.
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Cigar size Lsres Lake sailors.

An electric cigar sign is running In opposition 20
white beam flashing over Che waters that bos,s
have headed In shore at Thirty ninth street near
which the sign does business. and whore they A.
pected an open channel have narrowly sscaned
wreckins. To aver such . catastrophe Q vsmine
has been issued from the photographic once az
Washingeon.
rhs sdvertistns sign b Q white light, While the
breakwassr Light nashss Alternately red ana white
The smoky condition Of the atmosphere 1. .ald N
have caused the confusion.
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To Cure the Bridge Crush.

To rHs EDrros or rnE suN-Sv: Commits
sioner Bassett needs 70 establish . car service for
women only dVfns the Brooklyn Rrdgs rush
hours and maxi the result.
Then let tho trained army OF educated goats that
move As one herd BY itself. J. p. d.
new YoaK. July ~
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A Russian peasant has sold his soul for
20 rubles. IN vsrio,s photographers n
weighers who have been exploiting their
theories to the public hereabouts should
make it . point to attend when the trans
fer IL made.
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Paris once. 81 Rue Louis lc Grand. The daily and
Sunday editions are on sale A. Kiosque ~, near the
Grand Hotel. Kosque II. Boulevard des Capuclnes.
corner Place de rOpera, and kiosque 10. Boulevard
des Italicns. corner Rue Louis le Grand.
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NSw VSrsfon.

Knieker-Afte al. the old AVE are true.
Boekcr-Yes, 10 70 moro blessed % give than have
o receiver.