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Forty.ave Minutes for Dinner.

The Kaiser's rule that no oficlal din.
ner shall last more than forty.fve min.
utes In the eating is based In wisdom
and buttresssd In hygiene. In three
quarters Of an hour the most vigorous
man. eating properly. can provide him.
self with 40 the food bis body needs
and more liquids than are good for
him. In that period one willing so
to do can exceed the counsels Of
intelligent living and rise from the
table. not still hungry as he should,
but stuffed and stupefed. The Kaiser
10 too rational to overeat or overdrink.
He has set bis authority against ex-
cesses consistently: q rational being,
he will not dig his grave with bis teeth,
But. sound as his objection 10 long
feasts is. his forty five minute limit can
not I've accepted.
Hereabout neither his authority nor
bis example 10 needed to restrict din.
ner to moderate terms. The days Of
many courses. multitudinous wines.
early downsittings and late uprisings,
passed long ago. Not how much. but
how good. IL the motto Of host and
hostess Four courses make u dinner,
sufficient for its practical purpose. not
NO heavy as to dull the mind. not W
long ms TO drag out to weariness; pleas
ant, stimulating, satisfying. France
has the League VI Two Dishes; its
members will have nothing more, but
will attain perfection In their limited
menu. But one perfect dish makes Il
dinner. Who. having found 1t. wants
or will tolerate more; And not too
much of perfection, either.
Yet the time limit itself does not ap-
peal. Food and drink do not make II
feast. Conversation must he had. and
conversation never hourishes 90 well as
about the hoard. The retreat from the
dining room snaps the thread OF asso-
citation and silences the most fluent.
There are times when this 10 a relief.
Five minutes Of some dinners Is too
much. But on those happy occasions
when the right" guests are on hand,
forty.fve minutes may be spent with
profitable enjoym ent over coffee alone.
Then no intervention Of ironclad rule.
no operation Of time table tyranny. can
be tolerated. Those dinners end nat
urally and gracefully. In a silence that
pays tribute to what has gone before.
and no diner takes account Of time or
food or Of gross material things that de-
tract from the pleasure Of living.
Meanwhile let us rejoice that the
world has emsncipated itself from the
slow moving. solemn. soul destroying
functions called dinners that, described
by the chroniclers OF their times, make
Nh wonder how our fathers remained
true to virtue and endured to their
ripe old sges!
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this great agency that We are willing
to violate our treaty obligations and
offend the moral sense Of the world In
order to accomplish that purpose. Does
1t not verge on the erotesque. then. ia
propose that we should undertake at
the same time to head OF such develop.
ment, to discourage even a commence
ment Of II by occupying Ito possible field
with our national ships, by absorbing
In the national Government all the op-
portunities Of gain which might tempt
private enterprise to build vessels and
embark them In the commerce that 10 to
flow through the Panama Canal?
Senator WEEKS IL conscious that
there IL q naval a. we'll % an economic
side to his proposal. The Secretary Of
the Navy IL to be asked whether the
cruisers can he commercialixed with.
out impairing their naval value or eff
cheney" The Senator IS not unin-
formed on this phase--what was that
PORE said about "a little knowledge" p
he has views too. These vessels" be
says. are not built for lighting pur.
poses but are In time Of war the
eyes Of the neet. furnishing informa-
ton which their great speed will enable
them to do. In time Of peace they are
not useful chips because they have not
the guns which would make them avail.
able for training purposes" The Sen.
ator evidently thinks that scouting at
sea 10 a function that comes instinc.
lively. He understands that meu must
be trained to shoot, but acting I'm time
Of war as the eyes Of the fleet" can be
learned by ploddine industriously be.
tween New York and Valparaiso In .
ship soggy with freight and babel Of
But why waste words? The proposal
Is In the same category a. that Of Con.
gresham WARREN W. BAILEY to utilize
the army by setting the officers and
men to work building railroads and
swamps.
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To THE EDITOR o. THE suN-Sty. My
remedy for sunragettisn. were SUI
preme. would be this: Whenever . suifra.
gette lays herself open to the law. take
her gently but firmly In charge and con-
vey her to place OF entire comfort. with
every requisite for civilised, even luxuri-
Gus existence, provided she chooses to
take It for herself Put them there all
together. inside unscalable walls. provided
with impregnabe doors There let them
be. unwept. unhonored. unwritten about,
unfed II 80 they prefer. each u law unto
herself. with no communication possible
10 the outside world except information
as To health TO the next OF kin.
Further. not newspaper should have
liberty to print line concerning them
they should suffer no hardships save such
as they might infict on themselves, and
stay imprisoned only 30 long as they re-
fused To promise decent behavior in
future. In short | would treat them ms
in need of sanatorla. this is not in de-
rision. but actually. ! do honestly believe
year OF absolute silence would end the
plague.
Once upon n time Paris suffered an
epidemic of suicide. Women developed
n mania for throwing themselves of high
monuments in such numbers that all ele-
waited places had To he strictly guarded
The papers were full of II all the CHASTITY
details were printed ny and by the au-
thorities put An end to the printing OF
such things. Suicide ladies found thsm-
selves merely buried. with no heroics
whatever nor any emotional red Are In
three months they quit.
MARTHA McCuLLocH-W WILLIAM.
NEW YoRK. March 26.
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II is unfortunate that President VIII.
son POUNDS his argument for the repeal
Of the tolls exemption clause Of the
Panama act not upon the impregnabe
rock Of the national honor but upon
mere expedIency aud external impul-
sion. lie "ba YES his plea for the re-
peal" NO a Washington despatch to The
Sun summarizes his present opinion,
"solely upon the exigencies Of the
Administrations foreign relations and
without consideration Of any economic
policy or treaty rights"
In no unkindly spirit and with some
understanding Of the difhculties. the
rivalries the dema gogisms and the ran
cors which stand between the President
and that restoration Of the interna.
tional good faith Of the United States
which he seeks. THE SuN regrets that
he seems to have given up the higher
ground for the lower, the essential for
the accidental. THE Sun has the right
to utter that regret. since from the
very first aud uninterruptedly II op-
posed the inclusion Of the treaty break
ing toll remissio clause in the Panama
act. and since that act became law has
labOred steadily for its repeal.
The United States owes 1t to itself
10 keep its word. The United States
owes it to itself. to it's reputation for
fair dealing. to its dignity, not to
cheaper and sully with chicane the
great national epic achievement Of the
Panama Canal.
The violation Of the Hay Pauncefote
trenty. the breaking OF a solemn prom
Use given for good and sufficient consid-
erations. this Is the unanswerable rea.
son for the repeal Of the tolls exemp
ton clause. The sole and supreme "exi-
gency" is honor Here II anywhere
i,lealism should not have Welded TO OPP
portunism.
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FAMILY CATS.
How Far Il Hrredity TraceabIe IN the
\mtuiatory specisities?

To THE EpiroR OF the SuS-Sir: OF q
Young man and young woman seen
walking together man who saw only
their backs said You could tell that
they were brother and sister by their
walk" and In this case the observation
was correct. for these young people were
brother and sister.
But do all children OF a family, both
boys and girls. always walk alike? DO
we not hear II said Of "A hoy that he walks
Just like his father, as We might hear II
said OF a girl that she walks like her
mother" And do boys In their walk al
ways follow their father and girls their
mother May II not ne that some boys
walk Ike their mother and soma girls
IKE their father And In the case Of Q
family ~ boys and girls who all walked
alike. which parent would they resemble
In gait, N IN this respect they resembled
ether Are there not families Of boys
and girls all different gated and with
none Of them walking like either father
or mother, walking with gsits that have
come down 10 them from remoter ances-
tors? INQUIRER.
WIMISGroN. Del, March rs.
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The Lyrical Gopher Governor.

The Hon. ApoLPH OLSON EBERHARr
thorn OIsoN,, Governor Of Minnesota,
has announced that he will he a can
didate In the Republican primaries for
a third term. The Democrats NJ Nc
l.eod county, known to some geogra-
pliers as the site OF Buffalo Creek and
the South Fork Of the Crow River.
emitted this ribald resolution on Thurs
day, his announcing" day:
I'VE condemn the silly. blatant, venai
and maudln administration of the state
by Governor ERERHART. whose junketing,
tangoing, turkey trottirE, ballad singing,
song writing antics and lack OF inter-
In and grasp OF State affairs have aroused
the contempt OF all thinking men and
made the state administration the laugh
ing stock of the nation"
"Silly, blatant, venal and maullin'
IA q fine string Of adjecttves; 'venal'
r. OF course purely conventional. The
unterrifed patriots of Buffalo Creek
are really embittered BY the aesthetic
and literary talents Of Mr.. EBERHARr;
talents which have ava kened sympathy,
not derision, In more enlightened re-
gions. ADoIrH OLSON, who annexed
the name of EBtRHART because Man
kato. where he first put out his shingle
as Il lawyer, was crowded with ADoLPH
OLsENs, Is great big healthy fel-
low, who matriculated as cowpuncher
and farmers hired man and put him
self through school and college. II
he dances II Is from joy In life and to
"kecp solid" with the farmers daugh-
ters and votes. He has in fact some
thing Of the meludious accomplishment
and adaptabllty Of Honey FITS Of Ros-
ton. As to his "Song writing antics"
his "'Tis Only You" some stanzas OF
which were made In the dentists chair.
all anthologies should contain. 1t 10 a
song Of courage ms well as Of love; 1t
pulsates with the will triumphant over
the accused tooth tinkering steel. Take
home n specimen.
III SORROWS come and tears should dim
the eye,
OSscuring visions OF the realms that lie
Beyond tho shadows in the azure blue,
There's still one beacon light--'tis YOU"
Slrutlng and tunid critics sneer that
this Is "a mixture Of DR.. WATTS and "all
the latest popular songs" 1t II ex-
cellon' good verse for u Governor, and
coming from n, tortured soul with n
paying Oh his ivory Lc, ., . *
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SIR HIGH BELL GUEST or Cam
British steel Expert Meets Prsmi-
nent Men Here.

Sir Hugh Bel was the CUES, 81 horo-
yesterday afternoon at a luncheon gveH
At the Railroad Club by Fiber, II Gar,
The luncheon was Notable for the lstg'
attendance OF prominent men, representa-
tive Of the commerce. industries and l.'.
tiers OF the metropolis
Sir Hugh, who Is regarded a. re
leading iron and steel man OF EUg'auI
and perhaps OF Europe Is IN thi. c'gu-
try with Lady Bell for a short visit 20
Washington as the guests OF SIR Cen
and Lady Spring Rice Lady Rel :
the aunt OF the wife Of the British Am.
bassador.
The guests included James 8 Alexards-
George r. Baer. Otto T Barnard George
+. Baker. Robert Bacon. Elmer L. Brow
John Claim, George y Cor.elvoI io."
Proctor Clarke. Samuel p. Colt, Ich7
Dix, Cleveland H. Dodge Rrs -is0
Robert X Evans. James \ Farrel. : y
Flagler. Stuyvesant Fish. Lloyd I'risron
Capt Albert Glesves, Alexander J Ner'r-
hill, Col George Harvey. A,exsnder e
Humphrcys Darwin +. kingsley an
julius krutuchn!tt,
Alvin W. krech William Loeb T..
L"onor p. Loree, Richard v Lindshurs
Thomas w. Lamont. Frank A. Murs,
Dudley + Malone. William r. McCor''
Franklin Murphy. John + Morgan. str'
uel Mather. Edwin : Marston. Lers
Nixon Percy r. Pyne Cd. Alton r
Parker, Gen. Horace Porter. Samuel ReA
Percival Roberts, John n. Rockefeller -
James speyer. John A. Sleicher. JoNr e
spooner. Leslie NJ. Shaw. Thomas
Schumacher. Benjamin Strong. Jr.. IieHr'
l.. stlmson. Frank X. sturgis. Hem "
Taft. William II Truesdale. Frank r."
bull. frederick r. Underwood. FRA
Witherbee, Charles s. whitman ard We
erick W. Whitridge.
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4 Merchant Navy.

To TINE EDITOR o. TINE suN-str: II
10 mortifyinG pttiabiy. to be told that q
member OF the United States Senate has
90 little appreciation OF the duties OF the
Government and OF its several DEPART
nents AS soberly 10 advocate devoting
the vessels Of the navy TO the business
OF carrying mails
Most OF us have been brought up with
the idea that the naval vessels were
hghting machines and manned by fight
ing men, to be ready always to uphold
the honor and dignity Of the country.
But this high official wants to devote
them TO the business OF distributing let
ters or newspapers over the wide world
Should not our next advance be the
education OF our public men, who ARE also
the public servants? f. T. w
New YORK, March 81,
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To-day Is Regi.tratiOn Day.

There Ia no evidence that citizens
generally are deeply interested in the
election to be held on April to decide
whether n constitutional convention
shall he called. Republicans, Democrats
aud Progressives declared for such a
gathering In their 1912 platforms. and
Tammany Hall stands shoulder to
shoulder with the City Club In it,
favor. Only a public overfed Of politics
Is unmovcd.
At the April election all qualified citi.
zens who registered for last falls polling
will be eligible to vote. and other citi-
zens possessing the requisite quallhca.
tons may put their names on the list
today. And the registration places will
be open from $ o'clock In the morning
until 10 o'clock in the evening, NO that
everybody will have an opportunity to
have his name inscribed. II Is unlikely
that the election officers will have a
hare day.
Yet the question to he passed on Is
most important. The people are to say
whether they want their Constitution
revised to meet conditions that have
arisen since they adopted II, which are
not provided for their liking In that
document as they have amended It..
That the electorate's answer to the
question should be recorded by an In
considerable number Of voters would he
cause OF sincere regret
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JUSTICES ACCEPT
COURT HOUSE PLANS
Withdraw Objections TO On,
Lowell's Circular Build.
Ing for County.
TO MAKE MINOR CHANGES
Two Top Stories to Be Set ONT
to Improve Lighting
and Ventilation.
TO MAKE MINOR CMANGrS

The trial and special term Justice, a,
the Supreme Court In the FRS, Judicial
district have Withdrawn their ohj.cto,,
to the plans for the new county cour
house as submitted by Guy Lowell ara
the court house board Is now in a poslt,o,
to 70 ahead with the erection OF the No,
structure.
Acceptance Of Mr.. Lowell's plan IL co...
ditioned, however. upon number q,
minor changes which are calculated ia
improve the lighting and ven.ila,ing ,.,.
lures OF the building. These mod nca,,on,
involve the widening OF the annular cour
by several feet and the setting on, .. two
top stories.
The latter change may be accompanied
by q reduction Of the size Of the central
circular building In this way, ACCORDING
to the experts consulted. all OF the cou,,
rooms In the new building will &c, d,rec.
sunlight.
n. j. Hardenbergh. Bertram Goodhus
and S. Homer Woodbridge composed the
committee of architectural experts 10
which Mr.. Loweils plan was referred BY
the Justices with their objections. This
committee called In Gunwald Aus asd
l.. d. Marks, both OF whom are emlnen,
consulting engineers. 60 aid in determln.
ing the question OF cost and light.
The objection OF the justices was tina,
. circular building meant a large increase
In cost and that Its lighting and ventlla.
ton would prove insufficient. The com.
mittee OF experts concludes that tines.
objections are insufficient In the Light OF
what may be done In the way OF aruncls
ventilation.
~ mechanical system OF ventilation
may be so planned and operated" say m.
experts. las to furnish ample and wholly
satisfactory ventilation. and by modern
methods Of control each Justice may not.
the condition Of the air within his court
room and by electric and Pneumatic c..
vices may modify them AZ will by his own
touch"
The experts also lind that a circular
building can be heated more easily than
one which exposes nat sides TO the winds
Mr. Aus concludes tina, the increase In
the cost Of steel and stone work due 70
the circular form OF the building viii
amount TO less than 10 per cent.
Mr.. Marks recommended that better
provision for direct sunlight be made
Mr.. Lowell was consulted and he declared
that the inner building can be decreased
In size and that the annular cour, may be
made nifty or more feet wide II desired
Mr. Lowell also declared that tho two top
stories could be moved as far out as may
provo desirable
Mr.. Lowell has been instructed by IN.
court house board to prepare complete
set Of plans for their formal approval
This will be done without delay and the
Justices will then formally sflN Their
signatures TO the plans.
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Fer EnslsnA' That She Msy Have . Sens.
Of HumOr.

Prom the Independent
what sounds are these
From England overseas
What marshailing Of armsf
For what strong foe
Her captains to and fro
Rush. striking grim alarms?
The slav the Tsuton stin
rhwarts her imperious will
Or ambushes her PATH
Afric or India
Uneasy meath her sway.
Provokes her wrath,
Al no. She loads her guns
For loyal sons.
We we're her children once hut "
Wrsstled with her to be free
surely on the shadowy coasts
Where lifelong foes are friendly sho,t.
Wpshtngton In asking North
What whirligig leads England forth
what widhre obligations make her
Now thrash the sons who won't forsake her
England our mother! Shame not now
The Roman grandeur OF thy rule;
Tbs sges Wilton on thy brow,
Crown them not with ridicuisi
little laughter timely learn
Annex tho humor OF the Ceit,
BE pausnt--soon his mood will turn;
he 1ust-at once his pride will melt
UT " thou stu must think OF war,
Think OF the Nile, Of Trafalgar,
or Blenheim or OF Malpisquet;
Let not the foes OF England say.
Nov hsr battle Story ends
In bouts with women and with friends,
JOIN ERsKIEs.
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Considering the deep anxiety Of Ger.
tain elements In Congress for the lie.
velopment of our mercantile marine
through the Panama Canal, the latest
naval proposition, that Of Senator
WEEKS, will cause mild establishment.
lie has submitted a resolution in the
Senate asking the Secretary Of the
Navy to report to the Senate on the
feasibility Of converting the swift cruis-
ers Birmingham, Chester. Salem and
others into commercial carriers, trans.
porting freight, passengers and mails
from New York and other United States
ports to Valparaiso and other South
American points via the canal,
Perhaps the first question that will
occur to every one Is the simple one,
What has the canal to do with Il? II
the policy Of using warships for com.
mercial purposes be sound. why not
adopt 1t broadly for all parts of the
world? In fact 1t might seem more
consistent and logical, just ut present,
to try the experiment on any other
routes rather than those leading
through the great isthmian ditch. 1t
seems that we or some Of ms 10 eagerly
desire to develop our shipping through
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SEEK $500, 900 FOR THE BLI>p
Philanthropists Prose Choat~'s rIs"
TO Aid LiRhth ouse

committee met YESTERDAY a,terroe'
at the Lighthouse, the new hu..dirs "
tho New York Association for the =
at Ill East Fifty-ninth street. 10 pre- -
campaign started by Joseph II CNnlte
president OF the association. TO raise '.
900 with which to continue the worS ~
the blind. The association wants - .'
$4,000 mortgage on ia building '".
TO make the Lighthouse self-suppor' -
II Is said that unless the money * ~ -.
the associations activities must he c.''"'
cur,ailed or stopped
II was announced At yestcrdHv's mr''
ing that $50. 900 had been subsCrh.
this s2S,no0 was from Jacob $
condition that the total Pmouu: n" .. '...
A committee OF 100 prominent n1"r '
Will be completed to take chang" o.. .
active campaign TO raise the money 40
thur Williams OF the New York J
Company Is chairman OF the co".
Louis Treadwel, secretary and JOHN :. -
Ward treasurer
The New York Association '"' '
Blind. which started seven years 49,.
now helping 1000 blind persons
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have given up bread and toast and ell
farinaceous food. all butter and fat. con.
fined my meals to beef and mutton and
fowl. and achieved pork and veal. have
omitted fat hsh. like salmon. and have
taken no sweets Of any sort. ! eat all
vegetables but potatoes. and fruit that
has not too much sugar.-Er.Pres
TAvr.
This 10 about as old as The Letter
on Corpuience. Addressed to the Public.
by WILLIAM BANriNo." but accepted.
tested and recommended by an ex.
President Of the United States who has
benefited by Il the regimen appreciates
notably In value. Not the least Of Mr..
TArr's services to his oountrymen u the
example he sets In losing superhuous
flesh by dieting, temperance and con-
slant exercise.
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The Militant?

To ruE EDITOR or THE SrS-Siv: Now 4,
has been oh'eiai,y decided that our only
chance to retain the Americas cup depends
upon having the defender bear a nam.
which shall be made up Of exactly eight
letters, and as two Of the prospective De.
Tenders have already been named in .c.
cordance with this hitherto unapprecistea
element In yacht racing. may I suggest
that the third. and At present unnsmed
candidate FOR defender honors be named
the Militant Here are your sisht LISTERS
arranged Into a word which will strike ter.
ror In the heart OF every Br!,on, no mai.
ter how bold he may be. II In addition
we could get Christobel or mother to chris
ten the yacht. what chsace would N. o,h.,.
havef rnAvu $500
Nnw YoaK, March a.
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DANIELS FORNtVy Van >Hir>
FRVors senator Wccks's pIan-No'' 49,
OMcers Denouncr u,

WAsHiSoroS, March 2T--SecrD'a..
the Navy Daniels is Inclined 10 700.
much favor on the proposal ~
Weeks OF Massachusetts that sor'
lighter vessels OF the navy Ice '5''
carry mail and goods to South N"'"
II was learned to-day that So.
Daniels urged the Senator 10 nt'od4'.
resolution on the subject, Mr., DAM
this because he believes there j.
good in the idea and would Ike p id
the proposal thoroughly discussed
Naval officers, however, irclud,nc 80
ofYicers constituting Mr.. Dani6lss ''-'''
advisers, are practically n unit In "'
ing the proposal that warships r''.
into the business OF the merchant ~
but this was 20 he expected, THeN w.
plainly told Secretary Daniels. intor' ~ ~
Just what they think OF the surr' s'''"
which they denounce as absurd