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The sun., 1913-12-23
~ WOMAN. WOMAN
An ancient Bachelor lBegs Her to Come
Uark to Her Own self

To THE I:DIToE OF THE SrN-Si. Pity
the Nagaiics of a poor bachelor who is
moved to tears ana pity on reading the
performances of the militant suffragcttcs
abroad. - woman. whittier art thou
bound and what Will the reckoning be?
The erstwhie customary air Of dccorous
tranquility does not pervade the atmos-
pher, when women gather. They used to
guid" us through life. and very few OF us
could escape their subtle and all pervad-
ing influence, hut now-will all this
change? What is To become of woman's $
mystic and resistless charms, her spirit
ual influence upon which Mere Man de
pends So much sigh for the age Of
r.pose and reelection. and If there is to
be any hurry" let it be to hurry through
this "step lively" era into more sub
stantial. spiritual one.
As start will some good genii give US
the old fashioned women. tn" ones whose
lives were as open and as sunny Ms the
days IN June. and between whom aud
those around them there were no tmldity
and lack of fraukucsS. and WHO were the
true missionaries in the world. rising
above reserve msgiVing and repining. and
making all around them NOR" beautiful
aud glad by the sunny Inspiration of their
very presence" - woman. do not turn
mere man out Of paradise into the night
mare of hldoous militanCy come back
to your own true self,
JoHN r. SHERRIIl.
LAKEWOOD. y. ~, December 20
The sun., 1913-12-23
President Wilson's Reprimaud.

There may be two opinions about
the high links" of the Society Of
the CarabaO at its recent dinner in
Washington: for instance. there are OK.
President TArT's indulgent and human
point Of view and President WILSON'S.
which is severely critical and censori-
Gus. But does not Mr.. WILSON show
an unfaniliarity with the military ser
vice in both branches when he SAYS in
his sharp rerriInand Of the officers
present at the dinner:
'If this is their idea of fun what is
their ideal Of duty? II they do not hold
their loyalty above all silly effervescences
OF childish wit. what about their profcs-
sion do they hold sacred
Surely such men IA Admiral How ARD
and Quarterma ster- General AIfsnIRr
do not need to be lerturc,l upon their
conception of duty and respect for their
profession by even the President of the
United States. They have given their
country self sacrificing service in II
measure obviously no, coinprohendcd by
MIR. WILSON. or he would not use Ian
g,iagc that must affront and hunilatc
them. Their professional merits ar" of
n kind that should have protected them
from 1t. And the same thing can and
should be- said of every officer "f both
services present
As commander IN chief Mr. WILSON
had tn" power to administer this griev
"uS reprimand. hut In 81 doing has hc
not shown n lamentable Ignorance If
the standards and traditions of the
army ana navy. which are as dear ~
life to the officers he publicly rcusur"s?
The sun., 1913-12-23

To THE EDITOR or TIE SrN-Sir:
heard an eminent American JudGo. OF
\nglo-SaNou descent. hv the way ex-
press himself on the Irish question as
follows: "When the orangemen or their
ancestors settled in Ireland they virtually
agreed to throw in their fortunes with
the country. All settlers in Il new coun-
try do that. Wen. for some centuries the
Orangomeu hay" enjoyed political
asccndeuCy, and as n natural CuuseQu, nee
have learned to look down, as We say. on
lrishnen of the old school. the abo-
r!Glncs. 50 to speak.
"But now the whrlicig of tim. has
brought It's ruNruces and the aborigines
have managed To get on top politically
and demand that all Irishmeu irrespective
Of origin or creed hc treated aud ruled
alike. that is 10 say. by an Irish Parlia-
ment. To this the trangcmcn say no
hut they really have no case and must
eventually submit For even though they
should secure isolation under home
rule bill We can bc quite certain that as
soon ~ the Parliament In Dublin got
consolidated II would proceed to the sub
jugation of Ulster" AMicus
NEW NoRk. December 30.
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BIG SLEEPERS ARE DULL.
To Br Really brilliant Never sleep More
Than Six Hours.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. A
few days ago one OF your correspondents
mentioned the fact that going to he'd late
for successive nights made him feel "fit
as "A fiddle He is lucky TO have found
This out. and | would advise him to make
a habit of going to bed late.
Most of Us sleep too much. which *
largely due to the popular superstition
that II IL a necessary and wholesome
thing t. sleep from eight To ten hours.
Most Of the big sleepers | know are dull
and sleepy during their waking hours.
Many years ago ] used To try "A good long
sleep once in a while 10 make up for sue
cessiNe late hours The result in every
Instance was extremely discouraging. In
stead of feeling better the next day I
would feel duh and drowsy and often
have slight headache. Therefore I
gave UP the practice.
! am sure to feel right when do not
sleep longer than six hours ! generally
go to bed at II o'clock and wake up at
= After waking don't turn over for an
other snooze. hut get UP at once in sum
mer and lie III bed awake for an hour
III winter. That gives me just about sin
hours. which is as much AS ! need. II on
occasion get no more than four hours |
don't seem To- feel any the worse
Th. chief thing is To sleep soundlv.
Let those who are bothered with insomnia
try my plan and see II il does not do
them good PRINcEroNiAN.
NEWARK, y. y, December %
The sun., 1913-12-23
4 Faulty ltugrniC Law.

Under the caption doctors May stop
Weddings THE Sun has published a
despatch from Milwaukee to the effect
that after January there will be no
legal marriages possible in Wisconsin
because under the recently enacted eu-
genie law doctors who are permitted
to charge only So for the examination
of men who contemplate marriage de.
cline to comply with the sage legisla-
tors fee bill
The proyerbial stupidity of the aver.
age legislator in medical matters is
here in evidence. What is to hinder
so'called doctors, quacks, &c.. who have
never heard Of. much less made. a Was
serman reaction test of the blood from
giving the needed medical certificate
to the bridegroom: What protection
will the State or the individuals most
concerned In the matter obtain IL Il com.
placent doctor. after seeing the tongue
or humping the chest perfunctorily
writes the prescribed certificnta?
The chief death and defOrmity deal.
Ing disease, one that the Brieux play
has vividly and vulgnrly exploited. is
easily recognized by what is called the
WassermAn test. Only an expert Is
competent to make this test. The aver
age practitioner is absolutely incomTH-
tent to make 1t or has no facilities for
1t II he be competent The lowest cost
for this test Is 50; the usual fee is S25.
Here we have the Legislature of great
state ignorant "f n commonly known or
ut least easily ascertaincd fact. and
Iassing II law dsrogHriing II.
These sO-callcd cugcnic laws would
he of great value in the Limitation of
the ravages Of at least the most indd-
The sun., 1913-12-23

The usual December war among the
meteorological casulsts. When IS or
was "the shortest day:
Whenever it was. December 90. 81.
-. or 80, 1t has been. was and ever will
he long enough for longer statements
from New York statesmen who have
begun and hrgrnnei the Gubtrnatorial
campaign of 1914.
What Il benign. balmy. summer
"ChrisimaS weather" Lovely. but
colder weather would hc seasonahlc"
and le' the wretch perish of sunstroke
in January or freeze Ia death in mid.
July whose voice * NOT for "sea son
able" weather.
Nri no philosopher looked for frig-
"rifcr"us days in this December. No.
its cold day when from Albany or
New York hiSscs no "docaratiuu. ''
statement or denial" from cauli.
date forcing the season.
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THE NEW HAVEN.
The Real Underlying Cause ~ It's DiNs.
CVl1t les,

To Tho EDITOR OF THE suN--Sr: IT
was the celebrated T. II. Huxley who re-
ferred to public opinion as "a chaos OF
prejudices." And In its final analysis the
dividend OF the New Haven railroad has
been sacrificed upon the altar OF such
opinion. The present management OF the
road was driven to discontinue such divi-
dend
But a public which demands justice
must do justice. OF the many thousand
innocent stockholders of that road 43 per
cent. of the number each held, at a COM
I parativcly recent date, only from one to
ten shares of stock such represents the
hard earned fruits Of their industry and
thrift. But the road has been "misman-
aged" we are told. Admitted that serious
mistakes have been made by the former
management. the faults Of the road have
been written in brass, its virtues In
water" The road has always been n
| faithful and good servant of New Eng
land. Otherwise New England could not
, have been no prosperous The trouble
with the New Haven road Is not alto
gether the policies Of the Morgan Melen
regime. Some OF those policies. since re-
versed. were eminently sound In principle
but were simply far ahead Of their time.
The real trouble Is still deeper. Espe-
! cially In recent years public opinion. aided
and abetted by incompetent and often In
sincere politicians, as they appear 10 De
in the opinion OF the undersigned. has
withheld adequate freight rates from that
road.
The truth of this statement can easily
he tested. Compare the rate of the
New Haven's net earnings with those
of banking and manufacturing In
general in the territory served by
that road. Consider the large advance
in the price of labor. equipment, fuel.
taxes, interest on new capital. &c, which
the road has been burdened with. yet its
freight rates have remained practically
stationary. In truth the road has been
, held up" by shippers. politicians and
labor unions. Unless reason and justice
curb these three pernicious influences
especially the secondD the railway inter-
| ests not only in New England but through
out the United States a.c fraught with
much more trouble. The value and i'm
portance of the railway interests of the
| country are second only to the land itself
and its improvements. The plight OF the
| railroads Is already material cause of
the general business reaction now under
way. Witness the effect of cessation of
railway buying orders upon the great
| steel industry. G. A. MArRY.
SEATTLE, Wash. December -.
The sun., 1913-12-23

There IL nothing either in the long
statement Of Governor GLYNN Or in
the brief rejoinder Of District Attorney
WHITMAN to alter the opinion expressed
by THE Sun before they appeared to
the effect that this personal squabble
is Of no concern to the public. The
people Of this city and state are weary
of political discord open ruptures.
feuds and limelight crusades. And this
last commOtion can hardly fail To i'm
press citizens generally as unnecessary.
uncalled for and much ado about small
potatoes. The sooner both parties lie.
eide to quit and have done with high
words the better will the public be
pleased. In fine. these first guns in the
Gubernatorial campaign are booming
in deaf ears.
Governor GLyNN and District Attor.
ney WHITMAN have a great deal Of i'm
lOrtant work before them which should
make them rise above controversies
which can only serve to befog and de.
lay the prosecution and conviction of
grafters. The State and city have en-
dured the odium and the humiliation
and the enormous expense Of these re-
cent Investigations of rotten politics,
and there is an insistcnt demand for
immediate results.
The mere question ns to who did aud
who did not make ~ request" Is of no
real consequence and of no particular
interest
The sun., 1913-12-23
"The Presidents Wishes

4 few days ago it was reported that
the subcommittee of the Senate Com
mittee on Foreign Relations had de
cided that all the correspondence should
he published about the nomination of
the Hon. HENRY MEANS PINDELL of Pc.
oria as Ambassador to Russia. II will
not be denied that this includes certain
correspondence between the Hon. CLAr-
DIUs L. STONE. NJ. C.. likewise of Peoria,
and Mr. PINDELL as to the Federal
patronage" Of the Peoria district. The
exists. Mr. STONE has
asked Mr.. PINDELL's consent To submit
1t to the Foreign Relations Committee.
Mr.. PINDELL, after the apparently eva
sive answer that he understood the cor.
respOndence had been published and
nfter Mr.. STONE had assured him that
such Is not the case. has dropped into
plunbless silence. There IL excellent
communication by telephone and tele.
graph between his capital and that of
the United States. Perhaps he Ia Is
locked himself in an inner chamber and
begun to study French or the invaluable
Baedeker.
II has been said that the Pindtll
Stone correspondence shows the party
OF the first part insisting that apIlicn.
lions for Federal office In the pcoria
district be turned over To him. The
rumor may be false. Why, then, is MIR.
The sun., 1913-12-23

The Presidents letter addressed t" sec
retaries Garrison and Daniels follow
MY DEAR SIRs: Allow me 10 tha'@ N'l
for your report on the action of cert H
officers of the army and navy at tAc g.
cent meeting Of the Military order e.; >
Carabao The officers who We're rtsU'.-
sh,e for the programme Of the eye
are certainly deserving of a very s,r.",>
reprimand which / hereby reque,' hv ''
min stored. and cannot rid IN! sell o'
feeling ot great disappointment tha' '..'
general body OF officers assembled ~ -
dinner should have greeted the carr
out Of such a programme with apHr"''
Indifference TO the fact that 1t N.u't'c'
some of the most digniicd and St,red
traditions of the service
Il am told that the songs and o'A'i
amusemcnts of the evening We're ili.ut''
and regarded as FUN What are Ne '0
think of officers of the army and navy Of
the United States who think IT IA. 'H
bring their official suporlurs INTO ria I'
and the policies of the Government "
they are sworn to serve with uuque>i o..
ing loyalty into contempt II tins = ,oo
idea of fun, what Is their ij.l ~ Ja',
II they do not hold their loyalty ap't'
all silly efferVescences of childish
what about their profess on do they a0
sacred
MY purpose therefore in administer
this repri'uand il to recall the men V''
are responsible for this lowering o.
standards to their ideals; To remind ,''
of the high conscience with whi,h '.o.
ought to put duty above personal
dugeuce. and to think of themselves a.
responsible men and trusted soldiers c'e0
while they are amusing themselves a.
diners ont"
The sun., 1913-12-23

iously destructive diseases If the state
iners. consisting of two experienced
physicians and u bacteriologist. This
commission should he required to visit
the county seats of the state, where
applicants for certificates may be in.
spected and obtain the prescribed GER.
tificate Of health. Only by this judicial
procedure may he eliminated the easily
purchased certificate Of the conscience
less Quack or doctor and the ready tes.
, tilnonial Of the family physician who,
despite Il desire to be honest. will gen.
orally favor the person whom he has
known since infancy or who is the son
of parents with whom his relations are
| cordial. The fact that conscientious
physicians must refrain from conveying
information obtained that may he of
immense import to those most deeply
concerned in the approaching marriage
indicates the verify Of this statement
that herein lies the chief obstacle TO
the execution Of eugenic marriage laws.
Legislators would do well to heed these
facts.
Disgusting dramas and picture shows
will be deprived Of the pretexts now
offered for their obscene representa-
tions when the State earnestly and
judiciOusly fulfils It's legitimate duty of
protecting by strictly enforced laws the
mOthprS md tho rhiIdrn,, a. In, uro tho
most valuable Of its assets.
The sun., 1913-12-23
WAsHlNGroS. n. g., Deccmhe
ON AND NEW .
Outlets Of the Plethora ~ virtue, Sin
or Madness.

To THE EpIToR or THE SvS--Sir. In
days Of old. when a pious recognition Of
iuudt. drpruVity hecalur too grieNous to
bear We advanced to the mourncrs' bench
and hcsought humhly for our own saliva
ton. To-day under a similar conviction
of sin" we howl for the regeneration of
others aud proceed to enforce II upon
them. Formerly when We haukcrcd uf-
ter freedom We migrated to far places
and there established ourselves in the en-
ioyment of il. now when the appeal of
The sun., 1913-12-23

In Chicago conference of lab Dor com
from various States has been
held under the auspices ~ the Associa.
tion of Public Employment. There are
widespread indications that the prob
lem of unemployment Is rapidly bccom-
ing acute. and durin. the day solutions
We're offered as 10 how tu hou>" the
homeless and the proper distribution of
men ont ~ work. But never before did
we know that State employment offices
should show preference among the idle
and needy. and we believe that such n
notion must have come with s,Irpris -
to the labor commissioners themselves.
4 despatch concerning the conference
contained the following information.
"JoHH WALkER. president of the Illinois
state Federation Of Labor. expressed the
view that employment offices should give
preference to union men and attacked
the shipping of men to places where there
were strikes
This is Il twofold proposition. First,
that In times of stress union men are
more important than the rest of the uIi-
employed, and. secondly. if these supe-
rior men choose to become idle on no
account must willing and hungry men
he allowed to work in their stead. In
other words. the cream must he taken
first. but if there is no demand for
cream, milk must be thrown away until
there Is such demand,
In this democratic republic state EN-
ployment agencies are asked TO liStin-
guish between homeless nor-union men
and homeless union men, that j.. n
union man is more worthy of care and
food than his less enlightened brother
The president of the Illinois state
Federation Of Labor should receive a
diploma for his doctrine Of applied
sclf-prescrvation.
The sun., 1913-12-23
DEATH RATE DROPS .tGtf>
Eleven MOnths Of 1913 show sub
stantiaI Decrrasc.

Health Commissioner 1ederlc yes','i.
gave out the following vital sta'Ist.,s 'of
New York for the first eleven Woril- ~
1913:
The number of deaths reported nH''i
the eleven months was 61,G9i, pro.. .'s
a death rate of 1918, as against t..,'l
deaths and IA rate of li.lo in l|l-
Among the causes of death b
showed decrease were typhoid I
l49 measles. &c, tuberculosis ' '"
lungs, 305. other forms Of tIh,r
"a acute bronchitis and bfpr a0.
monia, Is. lohar pu'umor ', ''
diarrhTal diseases under " Nedrs 80 49,
So9, homicide, IL. Those causes s'"" 't
increase were whoopinc cough, l2f 49,.
liberia and Group, 10. iuhu"r7a.
cancer. ?s; organic neait cszf-cH, ;'~'
accidental deaths. 20. Not a d.a''i vas
reported from smallpox
There were l.6a3 fewer deaths 80
fants under ! year of age. % loss '' '
AT year of age. Ga6 more dont'+ F"
tween . and D years OF age. y 50
deaths between the ages Of = 1l ",
years, and $50 less deaths AZ g. y'a,s ~
over.
The sun., 1913-12-23

PINDELL so slow to have it belicd by the
documcntst ON the other hand. IL he
has asked for himself sort of mcgalo.
maniac yicegercncy the fact bears upon
his Intellectual calibre. upon the gen.
eral question of his fitness to be an
Ambassador; and therefore the Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations ought
TO have the facts.
We shouldn't intrudc upon Christmas
week the thoroughly insignificant, prob.
ably harmless and wholly ProtcmpOrc
PINDrLL II the Washington dcspa tches
didn't attribute TO the statesmen who
have a constit utional duty in the mat
ter this singular view of that duty:
1T N not likely the committee will In
sist on the production OF the correspond
enco If MIR rINpELr. demurs through his
continued silence. Members of the COM
mttee feel that the President is fully In
and IL he believes Mr.. PiNpELL is proper
material under the circumstances for go
important "a diplomatic post they will not
obstruct the Presidents wishes"
That is. the President appoints by
and with the formal and ignorant con.
sent and without the advice Of the Sen.
ate. The President wishes: "Le roi le
vcut.' The reasons. mysterious to the
out side world. for a particular appoint.
mcnt must he potent and unanswerahle
in the Presidents bosom, and Il humbly
indorsing Senate will not seek to scri.
tinize them.
At moment when Mr. WILSON'S do.
nestle policies seem more auspicious
for prosperity 1t is still not friendly to
him Ia swallow without scruple what.
ever course or appointment he may dc.
sire The energy and will ne displays
are qualities of power that do him
honor. \ s,ibservicnt Senate. n Senate
that forgcts "A little thing like the Con.
stitut'on," will get nothing hut con.
tempt from the public.
The sun., 1913-12-23

Only one NJ seven thousand saloon
Keepers IN Chicago voted TO continue set
ting up free lunch for CUSTOMERS
Cincinnati Enquircr
Old time experts on the free lunch
will Ice inclined to snccr and laugh at
the CHICAGO edict as they have long
since said fond farewell To- the grat,li-
tous banquets Of the halcyon days. Dis
continue the free lunch, What was
there to discontinue" Homeopathic
pret2cls. rcd cabbage slaw and picllcd
bects. No piece dc resistance except
wooden hcrrings, DO away with tho
free lunch, fcrsooth' Do away with
wind pudding.
The sun., 1913-12-23
SUFFRAGISTN TO SEE GI,\\
VIII UrGe GOvernor 70 Favor " "m'
an Watchers at POlls.

GOV. Glynn will receive a d'lec .' ~
the Woman's Political Union this '.
noon at 1. The delegation Viii ut-' II
to recommend IN his nessage a. ~
ment giving women the rieht TO he
rrs at the polls Al any election vH'' '''
suffrage amendment Is to he voted - vi
Women watchers were appointed s'' ~
years ago. and were so vigilant tnH' w
arrests were made IN one of tie y
side districts. After tho el'c' "'
privilege was Withdrawn.
The delegation that will see 60 70"
to-day viii be headed BY NJ n"
stanton Blatch and will include n
man Whitehouse, Mrs. Lo"is l',
Mrs Richard Bent. Miss Chariot" .''
,'irld Mrs. Maud iugorsol Praha'
John Winters Brannau. Miss N1ut
stable. Mrs, olive Sneidcr Mis- -
Adams. Mrs, T. G. Holmes sr' NV
Mary Fisher.
The sun., 1913-12-23
NUtilsIlHlittcs.

To THE EpToR OF THE SuN-Sir: While
natonalties are bubbling over with thu
advertisement of how intorestn the study
OF their early history il, | would like to
draw attention to the Hungarans and
their struggles to force back the Turk
and the Russ not to mention Europeans.
Then possibly every other nation will fol
low in suit. and your readers ut large
will he surprised that other nations than
the Irish have past histories of interest
At present none but the Irish have
thought II worth while to draw the
attention of your readers to the
fact that: "Oncc they We're iligant
people. though they now live In castles
OF mud, and the lands that ye see from
the stceple, belonged to us all since the
Hood, Then me mother was King OF con.
naught. and mo father Niccroy Of Tralee
but the Sassenach came, and bad luck
to his name, the devil an acre have we"
j. VI, AKRON
NEw YORK, December &c.
The sun., 1913-12-23
The BARD Uf staten Islands Eruption.

10 THE EplIoR or THE SrN-.Sr. | feel the
time Is now Tor me t" forward for consIdcra, ,or
my christmas contribution and this | do with
the utmost internal pcrnicMatiNcncss. knowing
that twin AT your hands Get all that l. coming tC
II. Good cheer
oh. praise the source whence blessings dowi
My Income hasn't gained a cent.
But Just 10 show good viii below
The bloomiu' landlord raised the rent,
The price OF things what's good to cat
Has gone way up ST. blasted high
That all III get for Nmas treat
Is, MI up on potato pie.
For turkey or tat capon. my,
have an inward longing. but.
God bless my soul, It's all me eye
For me they are no more. tut. I'M,
with good old Nmas pudding too,
My insides would like 10 stun
cant afford IT, that Is true,
III inish with plain suct dun
on, for u drink OF good old wtnr
To settle down my Amas chcc
Mas, alAck' do opiuc
IN top oN with a can Of beer
And then sit around and pcruse the
Lamentations Of jeremiah.
HAROLD DoBRIAR
STATEN ISLAND December a.