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The people who drank Croton from
the "old town pump" on Trinity place
and called 1t the purest water in New
York were not very far wrong. There
is nothing the matter with Croton as a
standard beverage. But when they at
tributed medicinal properties to it they
were taking large draughts OF faith cure.
There is nothing uncommon in the
mixture of imagination with ones
drinks. and those who hold themselves
superior to cod water need not sneer
at the patrons Of the pump. How often
have they themselves combined imagi-
nation in the form Of label with their
ruby or amber refreshments and
thought they were enjoying the bou-
quet Of old France when really 1t was
only the aroma OF California that
tickled their nostrils.
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WOMEN PRISONERS.
Individual Cells Planned for Them IN the
New Detention House.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: I
have read with much interest the edi-
torial article in THE Sun OF June en-
titled The Respectable Woman In the
Hands of the Police" In. which you point
ont the great improperly of subjecting
apparently innocent and respectable wom-
en- to close contact with women OF OBJ
Jectionable character In the detention pens
OF the police stations nd Magistrates
courts. You rightly say the present
method 'is a disgrace to the city, You
will, l know, be Interested to learn that
this relic of barbarism Is about to vanish
so far as the future buildings of the city
are concerned.
en- and wolnens court building Is finished
on West Thir;ieth street. the plans for
which have just been completed, practi-
cally all women arrested will be taken to
this detention home, and the common pen
has been abolished in this building. There
every woman will be confined In an In
dlvidual cell. we'll lighted and ventilated
sanitary and decent. ard there will be no
opportunity for her being forced to min
gle with women Of a, criminal tendency
while she Is awaiting arraignment.
Similarly. In the new East Side Magis-
trates' Court building. for which the plans
have recently been completed ana which
is to be located at Second street and Sec
ond avenue, the common pen has been
abolished and Individual cells prepared
for each person arrested.
This very great change in the housing
OF prisoners, even those temporarily de-
tanned, seems to mark a new era In the
treatment of the minor offenders.
LAURENCE WELLER.
NEW York, June 10.
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If subslsting sixteen days without food

Of subsisting sixteen days without food
while ever hacking and scrambling a
way with his party through the matted
wilderness to reach the Madeira River
Mr.. LANDoR had on his person. he says,
"some $1,000 sterling, Of which $4,000
was in actual cash" A Cr9sus OF ex-
plorers. this extraordinary mani! APP
parently no pecunlary help was needed
from the Brazilian Government.
II Is also asserted by Colonel RoNDoN
that Mr.. LANDoR made requisition
upon the Government for an astrono-
mer. botanlst, zoologlst, geologist, nifty
soldiers and field gun. Here the
Brazilian Colonel Is warm. rs the chill.
dren say in their blindfold game. Mr..
LANDoR complains in his preface that
he could not obtain suitable officers
In Brazil' to relieve him Of "the tedi-
Gus scientific work Of the expedition"
not that 1t greatly mattered. for, says
he, 81 found myself filling the posts of
surveyor. photographer. photographer.
geologist. meteorological, anthropologist,
botanist, doctor, veterinary surgeon,
painter, photographer. boat builder,
guide, navigator. &C." What world
of meaning In the "&c."! Surely an
Admirable Crichton of explorers!
Colonel RoNDoN also finds the timer
AIRY Of Mr.. LANDoR confusing and In
adequate. and declares that the country
he traversed was not unknown. Mr..
LANDoR on his side maintains that the
region penetrate by Colonel ROOSEVELT
was not virgin field for the explorer
and Is very caustlc about our Colonel's
discoveries and cartography. In his
book Mr.. LANDoR includes surveys made
by himself Of the Arinos and Arnos-
Juruena rivers. How accurate or val
liable they are perhaps the Royal Geo
graphical Society, Of which he Is
member. may determine. At any rate,
1t has certain jurisdiction Of the quar-
rel in which Colonel RoosEvELT's title
TO the River OF Doubt and Mr. lam
DORIS penetration of Unknown Brazil
seem to I've hopelessly mixed up. The
average man wonders what the deuce
1t Is all about. Let us hope that the
Il. g. S. will be equal to the trying oc-
casion and award the honors, II there
are any to distribute. The disputants
should be warned. however, that this
tribunal always wants the facts and Is
inexorably just.
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Bland are the skies o. er calm Potomac's tide,
curving. a shining sickle, toward the sea.
And DER tho memoried spot hard by my side
Where stood tho home of Key.
4 dozen banners toss In the FREQ air,
Red, white and blue In shimmering folds
above;
And what more hitting than wide waving
there
The bright nag of his iovel
Beyond. Virginias slopes Of dappied sheen
Clint In the radiance of the summer sun;
Where. hallowed by their hosts OF dead. are
The heights OF Arlington.
But not TO them our thought goes out.
though llmned
BY deathless glories that to them belong,
But unto him whose lips anointed, hymned
Our lands hrst battle songl
Aye, unto him who on that crucial morn
And penned with patriot JOY and patriot
scorn
His memorable lines!
His be tho honor. his the nations praise
The nations love, the nations feaIty!
Muse. keep forever green the wreath Of
bays
About tho brow Of Key!
CLINTON SCOTLAND.
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centuries sleep around It. The chapel
stands In a thicket Of greenery. Ivy
buries its walls In verdure. 1t con
sists Of a nave and chancel, and 1t Is
solidly built Of large stones, the ma
sonry being three feet thick.
Many combinations Of Mr.. HENDER-
SONS discovery, both from local facts,
names and traditions, and from old
records and chronicles, are available.
Scattered items that meant nothing
alone form mosaic Of intense interest
now that the key to their relation has
been found. They may be studied In
detail In the 4fhcndcum Of May 80.
where Mr.. HENDERSON has arrayed
them. He shows that the spring.
Fionn uisg, pronounced feenisk AMI
meaning clear water, from which
Ph9nix Park derives its name, was
probably IsoLDE's well. The village Of
Palmerston took it's name no doubt.
from huge yew tree which lowered
over Isolde's Chapel until 1884, when
It was blown down by storm. The
Irish use the yew MS their substitute
for the palm on the Sunday before
Easter.
This tree Mr.. HENDERSON likes to
think ISOLDE herself may have planted
when she built the chapel sin the sad
days Of dlslllusionment' when her love
welded the rival ISOLDE. the black
haired princess Of Brittany, IsEULr
OF the White Hands
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The Income Tax Shortage.

Apparently the first effect of the in
come tax Is to dlspel some decisions as
to wealth. The wickedly rich are not
nearly so rich as they were thought to
be; most likely they are not nearly so
wicked either. In the aggregate the
tax they are to pay falls off some
$24Wo,OOO from expectation. The
Treasury experts must have made II
blunder running into billions in APP
praising their incomes.
There is nothing really astonishing
about this. The experts had no real
basis for their estimates. 1t was all
guesswork, aud when we consider the
pervaded the whole income tax move
ment from its initiation to the present
day nothing Is more natural than that
the guessing should have been done on
a widely distended scale.
Recent deaths Of wealthy men-Mr.
WEYERHAUsER. the so-called lumber
king" Is an instance--have shown that
there has been an absurd popular over.
estimation of private fortunes. This
inflated ideal seems to have been Off
cially mistaken for reality
1t may hurt the national vanity n
trifle to find that our rich men are not
so rich as fable made them. But most
likely the country at large Is not really
poorer. Wealth Is little more evenly
distributed than was supposed; that
IL all. Besides. 1t IL not certain that
the incomes must be scaled down In
direct ratio TO the tax. There are so
many complications, such ms payment
Of the taxes on bonds by the debtors.
that 1t is impossible as yet to arrive at
what the figures really mean.
The Treasury experts take strictly
professional view of the shortage. The
Ofncial eye can see nothing but fraud
when it's expectations are negatlved.
Therefore persecution of the rich Is
threatened to see II some one Is not
hiding his dollars from the tax gath
erer. Not impossibly some such cul-
prlts may be found, but we doubt IL
their detection will greatly increa Sc
the Governments collections.
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THE REGULATION or THE En-
ECTTIVE.
The Reform Next In order.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir. I
congratulate THE SUN upon It's novel
but mighty suggestion THE Regula-
ton Of the Executive"
Tho need for such regulation has been
growing for generation. Senator Hoar
In his Autobiography Of Seventy
Years" refers to the resentment OF Con-
gress against Clevelands encroachment
upon its prerogatives. The situation
became more acute In Roosevelt's time.
and when Mr.. Wilson was Governor Of
New Jersey he totally absorbed the
Legislative branch of government In that
State, as he has since done at Wash
ington. 1 do not believe the Interstate
Commerce Commission or the courts
would be above his attempt IL political
eMgencies seemed to him to require 1t.
When our fathers founded the Gov
eminent they sought to avoid this alb
sorption of undelegated powers by diff
ferent methods of election for President,
Senators and Congressman. but a too
hasty and overzealous band of political
aspirants. disguised in the cloak Of "re-
FORM" have all but oblteratcd those
differences Of methods Of election, so
that now 1t Is all but realized fact
that these officers are all elected In
the same way, namely, by direct vote
of the people.
In any election the President is the
candidate NJ bn att
His vote naturally carries with 1t the
candidates for Senators and Congress-
men. In this way the President comes
to think that he is responsible for the
election OF the others. and that inasmuch
as he is thus chosen as the leader of
the party they must bow to his will.
The pitiable fallacy OF It Is that the
President seems to forget that he was
elected President OF all the people OF the
United States regardless OF party and
not as leader of a party
This Administration would get along
better IL 1t could understand that the
whole public held 1t responsible for its
acts and that 1t is not merely n gov
eminent by and OF the Democratic
party.
The President overlooks the fact that
the members Of Congress have an in
dividual responsibility to their constitu-
ents for which they alone should be
held accountable. AS long as he as
sumes the sole responsibility for the
acts of the two departments and en-
forces the assumption. 1t will be diff
cult to get free and independent spirited
men to stand for election to Congress.
Meanwhile Presidential patronage and
the Withholding OF patronage will be
strong enough to pull Indifferent and
incompetent candidates through the
election. and these will continue in all
important matters Of legislation to pass
the buck" to the White House.
NEW ioRK. June 10. DIAM.
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TO-DAY IS FLAG DAY.
Exercises to Re Held Throughout
the United states.

This is Flag Day throughout the United
States. Exercises will be held and the
history of the American flag will be told.
The bureau of education of the Depart
ment of the Interior has issued a statement
in which 1t asserts that the American
flag Is growth rather than creation
and that the flag really dates back TO
the twelfth century. The statement says
that In 1876 Pope Ur.oan ii. assigned
to various Christian nations crosses OF
varying coors as standards. To the
Scotch troops was assigned the white
satire and to the British a yellow cross
When James vi. OF Scotland assembled the
English throne he combined the two flags.
The new flag became known as kings
colors'' and later as "Union Jack" When
the English occupied the American colo
MES that flag was used. but there was
some opposition In New England to the
use of the cross.
there was no flag common to all the coll
onies. After much discussion the Eng
lish flag was taken and modified so that
II was composed of thirteen alternate red
and white stripes. The stars are the
only distinctive feature OF the present
American flag. The story Of Betsy Ross
making the first nag with stars is still
accepted by historians, though the story
that the stars and stripes were taken
from the Washington coat OF arms is
not credited.
The official adoption Of the first flag
was in 1777, when on June - the Con-
tinental Congress passed an act provld.
ing that "the flag Of the thirteen United
States be thirteen stripes, alternated req
and white: that the union be thirteen stars.
white on Il blue field. representing a new
constellation"
As new states entered the Union new
stars were added TO the blue field.
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ANOTHER CIVIL SERVICE RAID
senate Votes Diplomatic Plums TO
State Department.

WASHINGTON. June 1S.-The Democrats
In the Senate made another raid to-day
on civil service reform In violation OF
their pledge In the Baltimore platform,
As a result the newly created commerciN
attaches at foreign embassies and le-
cations instead of being recruited from
u civil service list probably will he po'
litical workers.
This is the new corps which the hc'
ministration has undertaken TO ESTABLISH
in connection with the diplomatic service
for the promotion OF American traae
abroad il Is noted that this new CHUNK
OF patronage goes TO the state lepar'
ment.
The FIVE Democrats who stood up 80
civil service reform were Thomas. LAM
Vardaman, MARITIME and Ashurst,
The item as adopted is Senate amerT
ment anu appropriates 100000 for CONF
mercial attaches to be appointed 'witnouS
examination under the civil service f'dtN
to he accredited through the State 40
partment.
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MONTANA DITHIRANB.
Sympathizer With the Celibate sings the
Nameu NJ New yorIs

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. After
reading the letter from the mellow cell
bate In THE Sun one feels like breaking
into verse, surrounded as l am by the
beauties OF nature My arm goes out in
the grasp of good comradeship and my
heart In full sympathy TO, my brother In
the effete 90 East. His inspiring letter
is repete with beautiful sentiments and
he seems to be one of those kindly chaps
capable of cementing the ties of brother
hood every day of their stay on this mum
dane sphere a genuine. unspoiled, genial
soul a seeker OF the good in everything.
We surely do see some people very
fortunate In marriage. so that one might
say that their lives gave some idea of the
Joys of paradise. 1t Is the love which the
gentle heart soon learns.
What Is there In the vale OF iife
Half SO delightful as a wife,
When friendship. love and peace combine
To stamp the marriage bond divine?
But remember brother, that everything
we endure patiently Is a key TO something
beautiful We could never enter otherwise.
Just think of the joys of existence un-
speakably sweet when we get to the turn
OF the road. l have faith. and practise
what ! preach. and I'm waiting.
Have you ever read "In Tune With the
Infinite" and also What All the Worlds
a-Seeking," by Urine? If not, then do so
by all means, and keep In a receptive
mood, be of good cheer. and your own
will come to you, somewhere. some time.
In all my travels l have never seen
such lovely women as one meets in the
great city OF New York: they are dis
tinctly pretty, incomparably smart the
most elegant and beautiful under heaven:
their faces | found to be prettier even
than those In England and France. Such
graceful loneliness Fairies! Verltable
goddesses. Natures masterpieces And
Il seems rather strange that there should
be any bachelors left in Gotham. No
doubt there are many bachelor girls there
VINO are saying: Society cannot satisfy
the cravings of a woman's heart. All my
life I've craved to be really wanted by
some one" They surely must betimes
think of their future home and of the
power OF love and happiness that makes
the Eden of most love dreams.
GEORGE w. AMBROSE.
NEIHxRr, Mon, June 8.
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5000 BOY SCOUTS IN
CENTRAL PARK RALLYd
Kahki Clad Youngsters R..
viewed by Leaders on
Sheep Meadow.
600 VISITING SCOUTS JOIN
Give Demonstrations of Work
and Proficiency in Ath.
letic Exercises.

The third annual rally Of the New yor,
City Council Boy Scouts Of America. wa.
held in Central Park yesterday. Ths,.
were about 1000 Of the boys in khal,
some Of the troops coming from I'm IN.
state and others from cities and town,
In Connecticut. New Jersey and Penn,
sylvania.
The out OF town troops were the guest.
of the New York Council, which obtainsa
the use OF the Seventh Regiment Armory
ms quarters. As the visiting delegations
arrived they marched to the armory ana
went into camp.
For their entertainment motion n,o.
lures were displayed In the armory and
members OF the Seventh gave driu
At taps the youngsters rolled up in thei,
blankets and slept on the floor like vet.
Grams.
The real Jollificatlon, however, was on
the sheep meadow of Central Park Yea.
terday afternoon The troops marched
around the green In separate bodies. with
nfe and drum corps playing martial
music.
The scouts paraded from the armory
through the Sixty-sixth street transverse
road to Central Park West and then en-
tered the park and went upon the biz
green that had been fenced Off The
first division, under command of Deputy
Scout Commissioner Alfred Chalmers
Charles. headed the parade.
In the centre of the field was a re.
viewing stand. Around this the BOYS
marched and were inspected by Scout
Commissioner Lorillard Spencer. President
Lee +. Hammer OF the organization. Alex.
- 81.
Commissioner Cabot Ward and other in.
vited guests.
After the formal review different troops
did some independent marching about the
field. A troop of Italian boys from Mac
dougal and nearby streets aroused much
interest. as they marched like veterans to
the music OF their fife and drum corps
4 negro contingent from the West SIDE
made II good showing In the exercises
Two temporary hospitals were erected at
the field border. but they were not needed
for serious work.
The purpose of the outing was to show
scout activities. one feature that im-
pressed the thousands Of spectators outside
the roped off enclosure was when all OF
the scouts gave a demonstration Of how
quickly a big lawn could be cleared %
litter by organized efforts.
In the scout contests the spectators saw
5000 boys In tugs of war. pyramid build
ing and other athletic events. An in
terestng contest was that OF wall scaling.
a section OF wooden wall fifteen feet high
being erected on the green for their use.
After the field exercises the 500 boys
from out OF town marched back to the
armory. The visitors will be taken about
the city to-day and will leave for home
this afternoon. The Catholic boys will
attend o'clock mass at st. Patrick's Ca
thedral. and the Protestant boys will "a
to service at the Cathedral of st. John
the Divine at the same hour.
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The Governments Handy Man.

In his address to the graduating
class at the Military Academy Secre-
tary GARRISON said that "the Ameri-
can army has become the all around
handy man Of the Government" and
illustrated his meaning by recalling
"some Of the things the army has done
in the brief period Of my incumbency."
Thus the army took charge of the
flooded districts In the Mississippi Val
ley last year, rescued great many peo-
pie, saved vast amount of property,
fed and housed the homeless and took
over "the entire sanitation Of certain
communities" This great work cost
100000, a draft upon the taxpayers
which they were glad to honor.
Wherever there Is a confiagration.
an earthquake, or any CONFUSION OF
nature that causes great loss and over
whelms the police resources of State
there the army finds its scene Of duty.
brings order out Of chaos, organizes
relief. and puts the. local authorities
on their feet again. as 1t were.
In salvage and restorative work on n
large scale the United States army, II
may be said with pride, has no equal
in any other country. because 1t is the
best trained and educated military force
in the world.
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The Jungle Case.

The controversy between Colonel
ROOSEVELT and Mr.. A. HENRY SAVAGE
LANDOR about their achievements as
explorers in Brazil promises to be lively
and rancorous. The Colonel has
fine scorn for Mr.. LANDoR's preteDsions.
and the poets grandson thinks that the
Colonel Is trying to steal his thunder.
Both gentlemen are eXcitabe and com
bative, both rapid takers and easy
writer's. Neither is regarded as sell
enlist. The Colonel has a decided adj
vantage In the corroborative testimony
Of Colonel RoNDON, Brazilian path.
finder and surveyor who was his guide
and companion in the Jungle and down
the River Of Doubt. Colonel RoNDoN
long ago qualified MS a scientific ex-
plorer. The Brazilian Colonel's heart
Is In the fight, for he has score to
settle with Mr.. LANDoR.
There Is not room even in Brazil for
two pathtinders and photographers. In
Colonel RoNDoN's opinion the explorer
martyr OF Tibet" claims too much.
Hence we have at the beginning of the
rumpus an attack upon Mr.. LANDOR by
the Brazilian Colonel in n letter to Mr..
ROOSEVELT, which our Colonel spreads
on the record with great satisfaction.
Mr.. LANDog will reply. and the battle
will then he op, So long, as the Eng
lishman has breath and typewriter
1t will rage, judging from his rows in
the past. Our Colonel has walked up
controversialist Of supreme egotism
and appalling endurance.
II 1t Is true, as Colonel RoNDoN
cha rges. that Mr.. LANDoR upon his ar
rival in Brazil applied to the Govern
mcnt for n subsidy OF $4,000 and re-
ceived $4,000 the Englishman says
nothing about 1t in ACROSS Unknown
South America" On the contrary. Mr..
LANDoR boasts that he prepared his eX-
petition Carefully nj cost Of f2.OOO
tor outflt." He seemed to be literally
''made Of money" Such wages rs lie
paid with a rendy hand, such tips as
he gave to refractory and mutinous
followers to keep them on the go were
never heard of before In Matto Crosse
40 late as the terrible final experience
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The Grammar school Shin.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suS--Sir. I was
sorry to observe that in your editorial ref.
erence to the yachts In yesterdays race In
to'day's Issue you omitted the definite ar
ticle
This omission first appeared In an Eng.
lsh paper some years ago, aud of course
was Immediately followed here. But It
seems that many have not learned that the
originator of this grammatical error was
soon laughed back into the proper way
The definite article should be used In re-
ferring to inanimate objects. NIX.
NEW York June II
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir: Friends
of the Manhattan Philosopher will learn
with regret that he has had another attack
of the blind staggers."
As "A supreme possessor OF what Is known
as horse sense" II Is not to bc wondered
that this Is the only form OF distemper from
which he suffers
1t Is TO be hoped that neither he nor his
batteries Of wit will be stalled" for any
length OF time on this account. JED
NEW YORK. June Is.
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The Immortal williams.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: II is
reported from Paris that Mr.. George Fred
Williams, American Minister to Greece,
has proposed himself AS mediator for
peace in Albania.
Inquiry at Washington brings a denial
or statement of ignorance on the
matter.
This seems puzzling, but to any one
acquainted with Mr.. George Fred Will
Jams the solution is easy. l.. 4. W.
NEW YORK, June IL.