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WHOSE IDEA?
Where Shall Rest the Credit for the New
Lights on Lamp posts?

TO THE ErIron OF THE SuN--Sir: Who
Is to be credited with the idea OF the new
lights on lamp posts? In THE Sun of
December os Commissioner Waldo is
quoted as saying
I consider this one OF the most important
steps forward In police efficiency since took
charge Of the department
These are strong words that possess n
peculiar interest for me, for some time
ago I was continually handing out con-
fdent CAB to those / assumed would be
interested about the great advantage
colorcd lights above police boxes would
be to call the patrolman. ] pointed out
to the policemen with whom talked that
while the patrolman had a ready means of
communication with the desk lieutenant
the latter did not have the game handy
means of finding the patromau The
scheme seemed to be well thou Int of, but
there were many discouracing hints as TO
the trouble of getting such ideas" ac-
ceptcd. or even considered. without the
necessary pull" or luck. and Consequently
my idea didn't get anywhere.
And now that the plan Is adopted and
is receiving The Commissioners unquali-
fed commentator, | can feel that my
conception was not in the line of a pipe
dream" after all But in view of the
valuable aid It promises to be In police
work II would seem ms If the man who
landed the idea should be known
The interview does not enlighten us
as to whether the Commissioner claimed
the idea or whether Il was Just one that
reached him and was adoptcd
C. NJ CONNOLLY
BRooKLYN. December 30
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second bit OF wisdom from the ma nda

second bit Of wisdom from the maj da-
rims Is the theory that there is exces.
sivs enterprise In the production" Of
plays. Whether musical or otherwise.
too many efforts to divert the public
are put forward each year.
1t IL plain that the number Of pro-
ducers IL gradually becoming smaller.
This scason. prolific as It has been In
bringing forth plays, falls below the
record Of previous years. The number
OF so.called producing managers" is
smaller than mt any other time III the
past ten years and seems likely to grow
smaller still before the next season.
Thus with the new theatres inevi-
tably replacing the older buildings and
tho number Of plays annually put be-
fore the public growing smaller. 1t may
no longer be possible for the wise men
Of the theatre to attribute their tenn
porary misfortunes to either OF these
causes. When the public censes to
prize the opportunity to dance more
thnn 1t enjoys the theatre and there
comes into existence some effective
way of meeting the competition Of the
conQuerine moving pictures. 1t may not
be necessary for the theatre wiseacres
TO have anything to say In explanation
Of their hard times.
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THREE SINCERE PITIES.
The Maupassant Of Mount kiscO DcpiOres
Three Great Editors.

1hfec Great EditOrs.
To The EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str:
once read a letter from the present editor
of the American MdOdstne TO William
Allen White. telling him that now that
the American had come under his drec.
ton he, the editor. had attained his
hearts desire. and that through the maya
zine he would give effect to his Ideals
The letter was so intimate, In It's conf
dences 80 sacred. no dragged from the
very soul Of the man that ] hesitated to
read II. l did read II only because the
editor printed It among the advertising
pages OF his magazine, between pickles
ana corsets. the place reserved to-day by
up to date magazine editors for the con-
tributions they most value
As embodying how far Mr.. Phillips N
the editors Of some other magazines are
giving effect to their iteals. ] ask you
to reprint a specimen paragraph from the
January American
Her eyes turned from his and q burning
blush spread from her throat up over her
face. He would know-some day. She saw
now that the game was ending--the hand
against her was too sure and strong. And
perhaps. II she could tell him now. his love
might make him pitiful But Here
alone with him In her bed chamber at
in the morning-arrayed In a nimsy neglig .
"A few minutes before clasped in his arms
--his mind still awake to her passionate
kisses OF this morning And to tell him
that he was a stranger. a man whose name
she did not know!
beg to offer TO John G. Phillips, also
to the editor OF the Cosmopolitan. and
also to y. =. Mcclure. who, as he himself
has told US, IL the greatest editor OF his
time" my sincere pity.
RICHARD HARDING DAVIS
CROSSROADS FARM, Mount ksco. Decem'
her 40.
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The Diminishing supply.

Never before has the business of
amusements offered 50 many problems
for explanation as this sen son. Against
the efforts Of the managers to interest
the public in what they had to OFFER
there has always been an apathy or
inability which was shown alike to the
well known aud the unimportant. In
keeping away from the theatres this
season the public has not Disseminated
between Its best known managers and
those who have not reached the high.
est point OF reputation. Entrepre.
neurs with few failures to their credit
have been compelled to Withdraw their
Offerings In view OF the Indifference
OF playgOers, who stayed ut home rather
than attempt to find amusement In
plays that had been Endorsed by crit.
ical approval.
1t Is familiar explanation Of the
mandnrins TINT there are too many the.
aires. 1t was one OF OSCAR HAMMrs.
STEMS observations that the opening
OF new theatre inevitably meant the
closing Of an old one. The process IA
slow. although the principle Is true.
Within the past decade four city thea
tres have beef closed to the drama. A
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Mr.. Limbs Visit to the President

AS Mr.. LIND during his stay at Vera
Cruz was always in direct telegraphic
communication with the President and
also had many opportunities to trans.
init written reports on conditions
IN Mexico which he observed, there
seems to be no very good reason why
the special envoy should board the
scout cruiser Chester to visit Mr.. VIII.
son mt Pass Christian and 20 into con.
ference with him-unlcss there are de.
velopments that bear upon change of
policy by the Administration.
Mr.. LIND has been several months In
Mexico negotiating. watching and wait.
ing, and as a clear headed man skilled
In analysis and well known to form
his opinions deliberately he must now
be we'll informed about the Mexican
situation. The fact that he does not
speak Spanish has been handicap. but
speaking English well is not an uncom.
non accomplishment Of educate MexL
cans, so that Mr.. LIND must have
learned great deal as an interviewer
IL his mission was peculiar and irregu.
lar. he was capable Of making the best
Of 1t. He Is man OF convictions. and
not afraid 10 state them to his chief.
Moral courage Is one Of JOHN LIMBS
virtues. The New Years meeting be.
hind closed doors at Pass Christian
may therefore be significant and turn
out to he an incident Of historical i'm.
pOrtance
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To THE EDITOR or TIE SrN-Sir. The
allusion in "A Sermon on Sermons" In
THE SuS y. December 80 to the !mas nary
congregation Ming out of the house NJ
worship after listening TO sermon and
exclaiminH solemnly to Itself; That
touched me on the raw - recalls a con-
versa.lon | once had with the late Rev,
John r, w Ware.
| had heard him preach what seemed
to me a great sermon. ! said to him
THAT sermon cited me like an ulster over
coat. from head to foot to- e, Il all to
myself" With his genial laugh. he an
swered: It's because you go to church
so seldom that you put the coat upon
yourself II YOU would only go to church
oftener you'd put It on the other fellow !"
BOSTON, December so. III. ~. X.
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According to DR.. MANSON. leader Of
the Australian expedition In the Ant
arctic, the velocity OF the wind in Adele
Land, II he IL correctly quoted. averages
forty-cight miles an hour for the whole
year and often reaches 100 miles an
hour. What one would like to know Is
how human being could be abroad in
the intense Antarctic cold In half gale
OF wind and long survive. And yet Sir
ERNEST SHAcKLEToN Is planning to
travel hundreds OF miles In the South
Polar Continent without establishing
food depots and shelters! II Or. NAV
SONS meteorology is true an injunction
should be taken out against the youth
full SHACKLETON.
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Brother" whispered 1914 Mt II q;
last night as no plucked of the false
beard OF 1913. las all years nre OF the
same age. bother the disguise BE hon
est in your last moments. There's still
time for docht an doris. You've en-.
joycd yourself Where do l come In a!
Is there much festive aud ironical for
your little brother? How do things
look?"
The retiring monarch took a grea,
swig. winkcd. coughed Brother" he
said sympathetically. you may get the
bad end of the Job. seem to see Bed
lam losing customers. seem to see
statesmen-----'
Itch, heh. You make me laugh
brother: but. excuse me, fire away
81 hear that Prosperity will he pur.
sued with invitations and not viii,
clubs; that those poor devils Of bust.
ness men will be allowed to make II
living, II they can; that probably you
won't have the pleasure Of watching
these funny human manikins Mt Wash.
ington jnbbing the poisoned needle into
the country that supports them"
"Phcw! How the dickens II can sup.
port them, II you mean stand 'erl, is a
puzzle tn me. But Of course you don't
mean that the energumens will stoI
yelling and frothing: Is n young thing
like me TO have no amusements?"
"They will vomit pins and roll on the
ground and so on; but, bless you, they
won't mean 1t. You see. 19l4--"
1.-The dogs want the vote, eh2 Be q
little reasonable Till fall. Please don't
eat your collar see. But"
"Oh, the Washington theatre will al
ways play burlespue, brother but plea ne
don't confound 1t with serious drama"
Il take YOU! With a prudent eye
to box office receipts and so on. Drink,
you divil; there's time for another"
mo. New York needs 1t all. Good
by; III put you up at the Year Club"
But tell me- surely they won't take
sociology away from us?'
while there's life, there's humbug.
Enjoy yourself, old chap. exit sing
ing):
IL was lank and I was lean,
But sociological, NINETEEN THIRTEEN "
His successor Covering his ears TO
avoid the street nOises):
"Will they get sense? VIII they get sense
VIII they keep dense? VIII they keep
dense?
VIII they stay content In the tureen.
NINETEEN FouRrEEN?"
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No Relief for the Con sumer.

The crop report Of the Department
OF Agriculture just issued deals coura-
geously but ineffectively with the high
cost Of the farmers products to con-
sumers. after announcing a bumper
year In spite Of droughts and other
elemental mischances.
We are told by the experts Of the
Department that the prices paid by
consumers ARE from to nearly 500 per
cent. more than the farmer receives for
what h sells to the middlemen. which
is u very elastic term. How is the
farmer to come into his own and how
are consumers TO be relieved? The
following Is offered as the answer:
This condition tlow returns to farmers
and high cost to consumersl is undoubt-
eddy marketing problem which will have
TO be solved by better organization OF
farmers and improved methods Of mar
ketirg. When. as the result of such or
ganization and improved methods. the
price Of farm products can DO main
tained at a higher level without increasing
VIC Nort W NouSututiS, wiz TIC
justified In increasing the output OF their
farms with a fair prospect Of reaiiEing
a reasonable profit on their investment
Of time. labor and money. which in the
aggregate IL enormous"
Words. nothing but words
They leave the consumer cold, cs-
pecially rs he knows the truth to be
that the farmer is living in compare
tive luxury and always charges the con-
sumer the highest retail prices when
dealing directly with him. Who has n
keener eye for city market reports than
the farmer? Our Department expert
talks about organizing the farmers Ia
ma intain their prices at n higher level.
and he has nothing to say about the
solution Of the middlemen problem.
Packers are middlemen. and so are all
dealers who buy food products on Il
large scale. put them in cold storage
warehouses. and fix the market price
to the retailer. who only by selling in
small lots to the consumers can make
living.
Nothing Is more obvious than that
the consumers would be worse of than
ever II the farmers were organized to
get higher prices from the m!ddlemcn
and the latter were still permitted TO
do an. unregulated business. The OK
pert Of the Department Of Agriculture
had better try again.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-01

Since Mr.. MITcHEL's election as
Mayor number Of schemes have been
proposed for the creation of an Office
endowed with supervisory and advisory
powers Of a nature Justifying the title
"Vice- Mayor" for its occupant. At one
time 1t was suggested that the author
ity Of the Mayors secretary might he
greatly extended: at another that the
City Chamberlain should be trans.
formed into an investigator. with license
TO check up all the other job holders
ami WELD a power Of veto second only
to that Of the Mayor himself.
To the extent that these suggestions
involve the relief Of the Mayor from
any responsibility or burden Imposed by
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-01
mn ~ LED " ~ m LOST CRY.
American EXPLORERS Believe They
Found Ola Capital Of Incn..

WAsutHGruN. lJac. "a Prof Hiram NI.
ham, who dire 'rl the "Nucditiou - ~pu'h
America unicr the aVspj. %, Of Vale lri,,..
sity and the NHrion1l Grprrauhir Nu.i.f.
says in his report that the III. oycrv ut '..,
ruins of the city OF Mn.hu pirrLu va. ..r
~" an accidental meeting with a pcuitpl
Indian Irof bingham said that "a" ar,."Ht
capital the 'radt" ct the Inca rmpIrn. CO.'S
the top of IN" Peruvian Andes. viii prov"
10 h" IN" largest and most lmporraa- ram
discovered IL South America sine" the ul,t
of IA" Spanish conquest.
"bu" OF the most important huiliiu~s Jin-
cag'hcd WAS marked hy three larg" pju.
doNs, "A rare feature IN Peruvian ar U.'rr-
tlra and many OF the other builina+ utd
Wiudows." says Prof bingham IN hi, PIE
urinary report
Describing IA" anDiort oitv disclosed ur
the excavations. Prof.. I}ingham say, tina. r.
was Crs"ui,ullv u city ut refuge
1T j. u"rahci on mountain ton" sa,s
Prot. EurhHin, in the most inac,cs- nlr
corurg OF the most inaccessible ',nn Of
the rrubanba Lter \ highly ,iv... .,d
people artistic, inventive and captu.r of
sustained "nd"aNur at SOME time IA tNn
remote past bu II Themselves a Cltv of rr..
uge, Since they had no iron or steel tools
only stone hammers -lts construction wu-f
have cost many generations II not centuries
Of pNUrt,
Across the ridge and drtondinr the hul't-
ars from attack they construct ed two waits
within the outer wall they constructed an
eN'"r>lN" series Of agricultural terrace,
Brtwor these and the city j. "A s'cru. G.y
moat and IN inner wal. from Gu..g 70
twenty lrcl hlSn. composed of bU,irt-
many Of which Weighed many tons
We know that the people were r.. t,n-
IN the art ni s'oH" vuttluE. that the, ,nr"
how to make bropte and that they l.,U. ,Du-
sdcranl" artistic sense, ullgiuoi.lN uud
ingenuity Their rOtlerr r. varied H. f,t.u
and atlrl, nv" IN orndm"utdllou IHoy
Understood low 10 p.tN IsIriI ~, hll'.I ..l.t
to satisfactory n'lurion,'
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The Appropriations for Nineteen
Fourteen.

Our wishes briefly summa rized: To
Mayor Mitchell and his elect a success
full beginning and the growing esteem
and confidence of Old Man KNIcKrR-
age Of the lion combined with the tenn
per OF the OK: to President WILSON
good health. sinewy elbows and an en-
larged appreciation VI the humorous as
poets Of public life; to Secretary BRYAN
five hundred thousand new subscribers
at dollar year or seventy-five cents
in clubs Of five OF more; to Mexico paci-
iication; to our Flag increasing glory
and honor wherever II Is borne; To the
railroads their five per cent. increase in
freight rates and honest treatment by
the Post Office Department: to the ma
tional banks a fortunate Interpretation
Of the Constitution Of Peace; to the
mills and factories and shops Of the
land whirling wheels and hot box cash
registers: to the truly good ameliora-
ton and to the wicked regeneration;
to the revolutionary socialists around
he corner disappointment: to the sex
Sociologlsts introspection to NORMAN
HAPGooD manhood; TO the deserving
prosperity; to the unfortunate good
luck: TO THE SUN the pleasurnble
privilege OF recording during the next
three hundred and sixty-fve days an
unusual percentage Of things. events.
results and experiences which count for
happiness and against misery and sor-
row; and to each and every reader Of
THE Sun Happy New Year but not 70
excessively happy as to be enervating.
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tlOnalIst might have said that the nat
ural expression Of the scheme would
have been great cupola for the cen.
trail space, and subordinate cupola
for each Of the buys Of the nave, like
the group Of domes OF st. Marks at
Venice or Of st. Front at Perigueux,
and entirely unlike any English min.
ster. In substitution for the rich spire
which In the original design crowns the
dome Of st. John the Divine. or the
level roof which rather dissembles than
expresses the domical vaulting Of the
bays Of the nave. So that, while the
Official dissatisfaction with the treat.
ment Of the cathedral Is that 1t In not
Gothic enough, II invites, from those
who take the ratiOnalistic rather than
the archaeological point Of view. the
criticism TINT 1t Is too Gothic.
At any rate II Is clear that 1t Is quite
out Of the question to convert the
cathedral into the orthodox English
Gothic minister which II was more than
twenty years ago decided that It should
not be without In effect destroying the
work that has been done upon Il In the
Intervening lapse Of time For that
matter the circlet OF huge columns
which closes the vista Of the actual con-
structlon Is as little Gothic as any of
the features which the new design pro.
poses to Obliterate, although one can
not Imagine that anybody means to
abolish the noble and novel feature
which they constitute. 1t does appear.
however. that the reviser proposes to
substitute n chancel arch. pointed and
but for Its mouldngs BARE for chan
Gel arch round, richly adorned and
already built.
Clearly 1t seems that the business of
consulting architect invoked for ad-
vice upon a work which has been going
on FOR twenty years and has cost two
millions is to help the original design
to abound in its own sense" There
Is no trace Of this purpose in the modi-
fled design. The two towers which are
substituted for the single and dominant
central tower of the original design
have no apparent reason for being
Mr.. PoTTrR's design contemplated -four
towers. which would have had their
meaning and their value as abutments
Of the great central vault which he
proposed. But can anybody plausihly
pretend that two towers, which might
as logically be AZ the other side of the
| transepts as where they are. and a
square truncated tower between them
slurred us far as possible in treatment,
constitute so logical. so expressive or
81 Impressive a browning feature or
promise from any point of view so
effective Il silhouette as the original
spire. itself of course subject to re-
study before execution? Is the modl-
fed design. from any point Of view OK
ceptlnc possibly that Of the hidebound
Gothic archrologist. an Improvement
upon that which it Is intended to dis
place?
These are serious questions for the
trustees of ST. John the Divine.
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The state Department finds a special
cause for qualification In the results os
the Dominican experiment IN the tact
that public opinion and the attitude ~
the Government toward the special D.0-
missourrs underwent "A marked CAHr@"
during their stay In tho republic !. iuyn
their departure" the stat" Department
representatives, consisting uf Hush J..
Gibson. Frederick y Sterling aud T. J.
Stahlor. were officially thank,d for their
services by President Bordas. The Ir,-i-
lent informed them that they ltd clearly
proved the true friends both Of the
Government and tn" OPPOSITION party.
on January Ia the constitutional con
veution will make certain changes IN the
Constitution. particularly I'm regard 80
the mode of conducting elections "
soon as Congress has enacted tn u,,os-
sarv legislation following these ohIrs,s
IN the Constitution new Presidential
elections Will hc hold
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To THE EDITOR or THE Sun 81. II you or
your friends md that In the haste Of HE you DO
moi remember the array OF the numerals in your
constant ri for more than an inch or SO, perhaps
you will welcome mncmonlc aid, In the review
Of Kowaicwsk!'s Calculus" the Bulletin Of The
American Mathematical Society cites cues ton
which banlshes al the tcrrors Of memory from
the ratio of the circumference of the circle
Que Jaime a faire apprentice un nombrc utile
aux sagcs!
Immortel Archimete artiste ingenieur
Out de ton lugemrnt peut rriscr Ia valcur'
Pour mol ton pr0blemc cut dc parcels avan,agcs
The number OF letters In each word indicates
a figure OF the portcn'ous number
s.i4i5936h3 1907 G:Ss s28tS9S9o7a
the constant p TO the thir place Of dcclmals
EUCLIprs NUMkR,roa
NEW YORK December 30
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Welcome. New Year.


Welcome New Year Welcome with al
your days
white and unmarried, stGl plastic 20 our
will:
Times precious gift. YOU walt before II,
To hear our impress through the futures
maze.
Gone IL the Old Year, craven by our hands
Dcathless, immutablc as those when high
Solomon's temple rose toward the sky
or when Old Rome sent forth her soldier
bands,
MAY the unwriten pages which you bring
he not deiacsd, like those OF yesteryear;
May battle cal's and sounds no longer ring
Nor smoke from p,llagNd towns rise tar
and near.
And when You pass 10 take your change
less place
May man be better, greater, by your grace
NLNErrR ii, LowAlER
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TO THE EDITOR OF The SvN-Sl-' So far as I
have observed them dentists arc men ~ cheerful
sniri believe them TO be uniformly 50
| don't cNecilv understand this II scarcely
seems AS II n rrpfcssion whose practice rece>-
Sarilv Involves more or less pain would naturally
attract cheerful men only. Perhaps they rultl-
vat" chccrfilness for grnuchy dentist would
b. little likely 10 get clients BICuspIp
MlDDiErowS. Conn. December 81