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rs THIS so:
A Ticket seekers Exper fence In The atre
Lobby.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-sir: May
ask IL you are aware OF the utter
fallacy OF the announcement you print.
that the best seats can be had at the
box offfce OF these theatres?
on the strength OF this notice i stopped
at Cohan's Theatre to buy two seats for
Potash and Perlmutter" for the same
evening. The thirteenth row was offered,
as usual. As | turned to 20 a man stand
ing In a side doorway of the lobby called
to me and asked il | wanted good seats.
said yes. and followed him into portion
of the lobby walled of and a man at q
desk looked up and offered me my pick
OF the best seats for IS apiece.
! think the boldness OF this 'holdup''
In theatre ticket speculation Is part only
OF the whole system which goes on with
out hindrance throughout the city.
That this theatre In particular should
appear to have two box Offices with no
seats at one office and plenty AT the other
II you pay the extra price. seems to me
to lead the other theatres In the whole
sale method of doing" the theatregoer
+. NJ. FERRInAY.
NEw YORK. February II.
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The Amateur Actor.

The amateur actors occupation ha y
seemed In the past more or less self
lsh. He has enjoyed himself more
than the spectators who watched his
efforts. His opportunities nowadays
are greater, however, than they were.
There has come to be a class OF play
stunned by the so-called Commercial"
manager. These dramas-just as all
plays. since it IL really the drama that
cOunts-inay well be- acted by the un-
professional players and impart the
greater share Of their impressiv eness
to the spectators. The inherent quail
ties of II play may well be enjoyed from
the performances of amateur organiza.
lions. although there may he shades of
meaning that escape in less adept repre-
sentatiOn.
In some cities the amateurs have
already recognized the possibilities of
this new field for the employment Of
their talents. Boston possesses the
Toy Theatre, in which amateur com
panies. occasionally reinforced by more
experienced players, act the most mod
crn dramas by native and foreign play.
wrighis. There MARIA Rosa saw the
light last winter, and Just now Boston
Is thronglne To this ambitious little
playhouse to $50 the representa- lions
Of CaEsIERIoN's Magic" The exam
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To rHE EDITOR oF THE SUS-S,r; The
editorial article in THE SUN which speaks
OF the Great Eastern As the largest
system In England is, | suppose, based
on the cable despatch to that effect Now.
my impression IL that II Is exceeded In
mileage by at least i've others. London
and Northwestern. Great Western. Mid
land. Northeastern and Great Northern.
"a nd that its traffic mile In freight and
passengers probably does not approach
that of these five roads, notwithstanding
"A considerable Continental traffic through
,ts North Sea termini, for the reason
that II serves an agricultural and COM
paratively communicating country,
10 coal. no iron
think | am right in saying that the
Great Eastern never WAS prosperous
road, and l am afraid Mr.. Thornton has
a hard task before him. He may improve
the management, but he cannot create
traffic. ID. NJ Il.
NEW YORK. February Is
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Public Dinner Uplift.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuS--Sir. At
"A dinner In New York last saturday Mr..
Secretary Bryan, according to the re-
ports, had narrow escape. In the mid
die OF one OF his rhetorical fourshes he
reached out, and, taking up glass OF
champagne, showed every sign Of being
about to dispose OF Il as YOU or l would.
when Mrs. Bryan seized him by the arm.
and giving him TO understand that the
article IN his hand was not unfermented,
luckily aveTted q disaster
This beautiful incident proves how alb
solutely neeiful is the presence OF wife
10 a husband who Is attending IA public
dinner The law ought to step IN and
regulate this sort Of thing. Under the
general welfare" clause Congress should
enact "A statute requiring married man
to bring his wife along to every such
function. Cent he too quick about Il.
look 10 see the next national Demo-
cratic platform contain "A plank recon-
mending this already too long delayed re-
form. BACCHUs
WAsHISGToN February IL
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A Master Printer Passes.

IfTHEoDoRE L. DE WINNIE had not writ
ten paragraph on the art and mys-
terry he practised no many years in this
city, the notable examples Of flne print
Ing that came from his presses would
have preserved his fame among his
fellow printers as long AZ there en-
dured an appreciation'O the beautiful
In their craft. But Mr.. DE- WINNIE did
write. not 30 much as might be wished.
but enough to furnish a guide for all
who would follow In his footsteps as
one who saw clearly the possibilities
and the obligations Of a great art.
The course he laid out for himself
was based on the fundamental essen.
tials Of hard labor grounded In knowl-
edge. and because Of this his bene-
factions to his fellow printers were
substantial and enduring.
Nor were the benefits Of his fine skill
and zeal restricted to his colaborers.
Every person who knows and values a
fair page. well printed, IL the debtor
OF the conscientious and gifted man
who defended and illustrated through
n long life the highest ideals Of the
art preventative.
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The Wisdom OF Pontiac.

On Friday the Thirteenth the Hon.
SAMUEL WILLIAM SMITH, NJ. c., Of Pom
tiac. the site Of the Eastern Michigan
Insane Asylum. ushered into the House
Of Representatives a bill ito establish
an inventors workshop" In that work.
shop, which IL to he squeezed into the
midst Of the Department Of the Int.
rior, are to he stored all records. mod.
els, specifications and 20 on touching
ON and appertaining to inventions Of
inventors without means" who are to
he compensated thus:
THAT q commission be elected by d.
rect vote Of the people. consisting Of ten
persons possessing competent legal knowl-
edge and scientific ability, whose duty It
shall be TO set the price or royalty to he
paid an inventor for his or her invention"
Direct government to be soldered on
to commission government the form is
even nobler than the substance. In
this inventors workshop inventors with
out means are to he privileged to per
feet their inventions, or they may send
their sketches and models thither. But
It would be a robbery Of genius to para.
phrase this masterpiece Of legislative
invention:
THAT n farm OF suitable size and local.
ny shall be established in connection with
said workshop for trying out machines
adapted for use in the cultivation of the
soil and gathering products.
That all inventions worked out at said
inventors workshop shall be the property
of the United states Government
That the Government shall establish
factories where inventions shall be manu-
featured and sold direct to the people at
cost. the factory workers to receive for
their labor the full equivalent OF their
production in maximum uniform wages.
THAT the Government shall pay for all
patents and defend all lawsuits for In
fringements
THAT no invention or inventions In
tended to be used In the prosecution OF
war or destruction of human life or for
the composition Of any drugs, foods or
articles injurious to human health and
happiness or which possess no CONNER
cisl value shall be designed or examined
at said inventors shop
Government farms, Government fac.
tories. Government maximum wages.
Government guarantee no improvers Of
bombs, cannon. rides, bullets or rash
gunpowder, submarines, warships and
so forth need apply. Direct sales Of
Government products at cost, maximum
wages included. would he a precious
boon to starving millions
Nothing in the record indicates that
the Hon. SAMUEL WILLIAM SMITH In.
troduced this bill by request" YET
surely not from his own bowels wal
spun such marvellous web Of wisdom
Surely some inside man In the Pontiac
institution hereinbefore mentioned In.
vented this invention.
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The writer Of the foregoing letter
TO THE Sun clearly states what has
been known for a long time to every
Intelligent American living abroad and
TO every one In this country who takes
an interest In foreign affairs. The
foreign service Of the Associated Press
has for years been limited politically
to the Official utterances Of the various
Governments issued to the news agen-
cies used for that purpose and to items
that exploit American diplomatic rep
resentatives abroad.
Newspapers dissatisfied with this
sort Of information have long main.
tained correspondents abroad, who have
been sometimes amused and sometimes
indignant at the manner In which the
General Manager Of the Associated
Press basked In the sunshine Of ofYicial
favoritism. These conditions have no,
entirely escaped the observation Of the
members Of the Associated Press a,
home and they have been made the
basis Of complaints.
Our correspondent has not oversta TED
the case, as THE Sun will show during
the progress Of this discussion.
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Eleven months ago II was officially
announced that within five years the
last horse would. have been eliminated
from the active list OF the Fire Depart
ment. The change from q horse drawn
to . machine propelled FIRE apparatus
was advocated on the ground Of in
creased efficiency. and although many
regrets were expressed that the end Of
the picturesque Are horse was In sight
not voice was raised in defence OF
his effectiveness as compared with that
Of the automobile. Now. in view OF the
experience Of the last few days. II would
seem that we must reconsider our YER
dict in favor OF the automobile. or at
least add 70 II a rider. Through the
snow laden streets the teams OF horses
have more often than not beaten the
motor vehicles TO the fires. In some
cases the latter have been hopelessiy
on occasion. even though the occasion
lie happily rare. perform more valu-
able service to the community than the
automobile. Present conditions In the
streets Of New York are unusual but by
no means unprecedented, and any winter
may See a recurrence of them. Unless.
therefore. the automobile fire service
to such conditions II would appear that
the authorities might seriously consider
the question whether II Is eXpedient
to effect the total elimination OF the
horse from the Fire Department
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-18
The Railroads and the Five Per
Cent. Increase.


IL the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion really intends to grant relief TO
the railroads and to the innumerable
Industries more or less directly de-
pendent upon railroad prosperity. that
relief should come quickly. There
could be no stronger evidence Of the
urgency Of this duty Of justice than
the depressing effect upon values caused
on Monday by the report that the com
mission would postpone the proposed
five per cent. increase I'm freight rates
until the middle Of next September.
Yesterday there was not very clear
but on the whole rather encouraging
intimation from the commissions head
quarters that the matter had been mis-
understood and that decision might
he expected by May 80.
What we wish to point out with all
the emphasis possible Is that the main
question Il not SO much the date Of the
announcement Of coming relief but the
date at which that measure of relief
shall take practical effect in the shape
of increased income for the railroads.
That IL the truth about the situation.
There Is such a thing as prOlonging
the consultation and weighing the rela-
tive efficiency Of remedies until the
sufferer turns his face to the wall and
breathes his last breath.
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when a Nurse Is Not n Nurse.

II the Legislature should be asked
to pass a bill providing that anybody
who wanted to might drive team Of
horses, but that nobody so engaged
should call himself driver. or be- re-
ferred to AS driver. or be recognized
as IA driver unless he wore q badge Is
sued by private corporation styled
the Drivers Association. the proposal
would excite a smile of pity and then
be forgotten.
fully supported movement now afoot
Ia pass u bill which would restrict the
use Of the common noun nurse to per-
SONS holding membership in or certifi-
cate from IA private corporation. or
labor union. Of trained nurses. An At
tempt To enact this measure was made
last year. 1t failed. 1t Is now re-
newed with all the enthusiasm usual
10 such efforts for the perversion OF
the states power 10 private interest.
Behind II IL declared to be an elab-
crate scheme for the mOnopolization OF
the nursing of sick persons. This ID
likely to he the case, and the Interior
design Of the plan would probably Kill
the bill II II were disclosed. But this
should not be necessary. The mere
statement Of the ridiculous attempt IL
restrict the use Of familiar and well
understood word ought to put II period
to the whole proceeding without fur
Their discussion.
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terveation IN Mexico. and bis party n
the House h preparing to deny the
military establishment the Increase Of
men that the exigency imperatively
calls for. Was there ever greater folly
or blindness, or worse?
The President had better lose no
time in calling the committee to the
White House and impressing upon Mr..
HAY and his colleagues that the Ameri-
can people would regard the withhold
ing Of the money Secretary GARRISON
asks for as a penny wise and pound
foolish policy that would make us the
laughing stock Of other nations that
know what our responsibilities In the
present juncture are.
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CHARGES NURSE BILL
WILL HURT THE POOR
DR.. w. o. Stillman Says Train.
ing Requirement Will Raise
Cost to Patients.
B1GGS DEFENDS MEASURE
Health Commissioner Declare,
Plan Serves Interests
Of All Persons.

ALBANY, Feb. 1.-THE legislati,o Tom.
mittee on Public Health gave h,.rr,
to-day on the Seeley bill, prescribfne rlIc.
and requirements for the practice u,
nursing and prohibiting any person ,o ia.
tho term nurse" who has not nad a,
least n two years course in hospital
training school. The hearing hrougrt
about Ave hundred nurses and each sid.
applauded Its speakers.
DR.. W. o. stillman OF Albany, pre.i.
dent Of the Humane Society Of America
and OF tho Mohawk and Hudson River
Humane Society OF Albany. told N. CON.
mittee that only the poor people would
suffer II the bill were passed.
This IL a vicious BILL" he said 40,
one person In ten can AFFORD to pay SIS
q week for nurse in case OF Illness y.t
should the bill pass no one could call her.
self a nurse who would not be able 10
command that sum or a still larger
f,gure. This is literally an attempt 10
small class of persons. There is a whole
lot Of humbuggery about this business"
DR.. Herman NJ. Biggs, the new STATE
Health Commissioner. favored the bill dc.
clsring he was talking In the Interest o,
the people OF the State.
THE day has passed when trained
nurse Is at bedside merely TO carry
out the doctors orders" said the Com
missioner. There is a new and broader
field before the nurse of to-day-that o.
public health. The State Department o,
Health will establish a public health IL.
vision which will employ many trained
nurses.
I'VE ought to make the profession Of
nursing a distinctive one. which would
| rank with other professions, and not le,
nurses be considered always as doctors
assistants. The hospitals are selfish IN
their opposition to this bill. They fear
| II will Increase the cost OF nurses 20
| them
Representatives Of thirty-eisht Of ne
largest New York hospitals, including It
| Lukes and the Roosevelt Hospital. AZ.
peared in opposition to the hill Those
who spoke against it included the Rev
| Francis O'Hara of the Catholic Societies
| OF Long Island. J. VI. Knox OF the Boose.
| welt Hospital. G. Eugene Strasser Of 10
Jewish Hospital Of Brooklyn, Mrs Rose
editor OF the Trained Nurse ana herself a
trained nurse for many years. aud Hon.
| man Miller OF st. Luke's Hospital. New
York
| Each side declared that the other va'
taking Il position from "a selfish Interest
The hospital representatives said that 10,
effect of the bill would be to put man,
small hospitals out of commission
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS--Sir' why
did the directorate OF the Great Eastern
Railway of England when looking FOR an
American 10 manage their property fail TO
take note OF the surprising abilities OF Mr..
Louis Brandels? Mr., Braudeis could save
the railroads of this country Si0o0,o00 a
day We have his own word for It.
Mr.. Thornton their selection. IL un-
doubtedly "A fine railroad man. but is prob
ably ignorant of the "uplift' and has not
made life study OF telling other people
how To manage their affairs
Perhaps the English people are still I'M
aware of the great American discovery,
the efficiency expert. The Individual who
was FIRST L. hypOstatile efficiency into "A
self-existing entity and proiltahly capt
talize the discovery is worthy Of intern
tloual recognition.
ALBERT X. GNILATfN.
NEW NokK, February ~.
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2 DREADNOl GHTNI\ \th Hiii
Tentative Draft Of Measure '"rr'''
sIAS.OOO, 900 Appropriation,

WASHINGTON, Feb, l1.--Tl' o..
draft OF the naval appropriate.
the coming fiscal year was ur"''
Grafton TO-DAY before the H"us'
tee on Naval Affairs. III" lil ,.'
appropriation OF about Sli',v'.
includes under tho item 'u,rr'a..
navy provision for two uit.D.
For the present this Is q tentative
graph. as the committee has rot ''
on the proposition, but has poi f'
"a AZ the day of final decision
Representative Humphrey %. W.
ton urged upon the committee '1"
sity for increasing the narr"'' .
marine torpedo craft on the td..I.
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OLD AGE.
BreVets Of II Too Rashiy Conferred BY
D0wny Headline Makers.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: I
object to the lndlscrimlnate application Of
words denoting uge. as these words are
used sometimes IN newspaper headlines
For instance. / read a heading like this:
Old man falls down well.
When I read this article I find that the
old man" was go.
or We may read OF some man who 10
seriously III
His advancing years against him.
] read the article ana discover that this
man was 60.
read u p!t!ful story about An "Old
man found In snowdrift' but this "old
man" turns out TO be 5S
Evidently headlines are written by very
young men. Nobody under 81 is Old.
MEpI EyAl.
PTTTsRuRG. February II.
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4 Policy Of Folly.

Millions for interstate roads but
not an extra dollar for the army, al
though It may be called upon for ac-
tive service In Mexico, seems to be
the policy Of the Democratic majority
In Congress. Secretary GARRISON asked
for an appropriation Of $1O4.947,75S,
and the House Committee on Military
Affairs reports q reduction OF O,000,-
600, dlsmissing Mr.. GAaRIsoN's recon-
meDdation for an increase Of the army
to 5000 exclusive Of the Philippine
Scouts aud the Quartermasters and
Hospital Corps. Chairman HAY should
blush for some Of the arguments he ad-
vances to confound the Secretary OF
War--Or Is he hitting at somebody else
over Mr.. GARRIsON's shoulder?
Mr.. HAY deals In irrelevancies, al
though professionally a lawyer. What
bearing upon the present military
needs Of the United States has the
fact that In the last ten years the APP
propriatiOns for the army have amount.
ed TO billion dollars? During nearly
all those years there has been no Mex
lean complication pregnant with the
grayest possibilities: nor have our re
lations with Japan, strained as they
were on more than one OCCASION ever
reached an acute stage; nor was there
a disluieting Philippine situation grow
Ing out Of change In the national
Government and reversal Of It's pol.
Icy. To normal mind unswayed ny
partisan considerations it would seem
that IL In the years when there were
no clouds upon the horizon the army
needed $100.000,00O for Its mainte-
nance the appropriation should he In
creased when clouds gather.
Mr.. HAY. with the wisdom Of the
ostrich. declares that force of ~, 32l
men exclusive of garrlsons required
In the Philippines, Hawaii and Pan
ANA should be ample ito deal with
any normal condition that may arise
here. But there Is on abnormal con
dition along the Rio Grandc and at
Vera Cruz: aud no one knows better
than Mr.. HAY that the total left in
| cludes several thousand Goa st artillery
men who ought not To be withdrawn
from their stations. In the militia
this authority sees n body 0f 10000
| able soldiers, equal 10 any emergency
and ready 10 respond IL any call Of
duty" There are some fine regiments
In the National Guard---not many: but
! to say that the whole complement IL
equal 70 any emergency" Is to chal
lenge the Judgment OF the General
stan. And mark this alternative
brought forward by Mr.. HAY:
II for any reason more men nre needed
either at home or abroad 1t is assumed by
your committee that the Congress will
grant the necessary money to pay. subsist
and equip amy number Of men which may
, DO called for by the President"
Again. no one knows better than
Chairman HAY that "any number OF
men" which might be called for by the
President would he food for powder
when they iiyst took the field and prac-
tically valucless ms reenforcemcnts of n
modern army. lie convicts himself of
insincerity when he INDUCES In such
threndbare sophistry. II Is unworthy
of the head Of the Committee ON Mill
iary Affairs. Here l. President WILL
son confronted with the possibility
some say tho probability, Of armed In
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NAVY YARDS BID> ARr IOn'r.
Boston and PhiIndsiphin 4" "'''"
supply ship and Transport

WAsNINGroS, r',b. IL Sccr''''h
iels decided to award to-duN 'n '''
ton and Philadelphia navy fN'.
spectively tn. contracts for tire '''
ton OF supply ship and "a W'
The supply ship will cost Hl'I''
the transport S.Ahs, 305.
Decision to have these No'"'
struc,ed at the navy yards was ''
by Secretary Daniels after ii Wa
that the navy yard bids were niue.
than those by private firms, Nj
has also adopted It as a part Of Pc
To Increase as far as Is pos stul"
non,ical the amount of vessel c"l'-'
AZ the navy yarus.