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o VONAN. WOMANl
what Sex You Are. and How shsmefuIly
You Treat the Men Folks.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir: Apro-
pos of the letter from Reginald Donnall
containing opinions OF ladies In general
and those found in theatre audiences in
particular permit me to offer my most
humble contribution:
As man / know how TO sympathize
with my fellow men in these grievous
situations. Being also single ! feel equally
qualified to look upon these questions from
the same unbiased standpoint.
The women of to-day are a new spoke
in the wheel OF evolution: a spoke which
is a msflt and threatens to wreck the
whole. Their unreasoning desire for every
thing which is not for their good Is ab-
normal.
who or what is this creature In skirts
than struts about and arrogantly demands
share in all OF our daily interests
With all these unwholesome and unheard
OF tendencies OF the rightfully inferior
sex Is II a wonder that misogyny Is grow
ing apace? Why are no many OF my fell
low men. instead of living In homes OF
their own. languishing In clubs and bach
elors quarters? Is 1t from choice? No.
IL IN because woman, not being content
to take away half OF our rights, must heap
indlgnities and outrages untold upon our
heads
My brother Reginald, between the lines
OF your letter l read humiliations you
must have suffered from female vanity
anu uupllCWy, anu WHICH nave nlHue you
so spleenfully emblttered against them
that YOU have remained single.
This is hollow world. The deceit OF
women in II is proverbal. Mayhap when
you preached THE question" to the lady
of your choice and told her your strong
arm stood ready TO protect and shield hNr
from rho cruel world instead OF falling
on your shoulder and weeping copiously
and murmuring words about her unworthi-
ness &c. she told you to "cut out that
mush" and sicked the dog on you.
Let not this your courage waver. Regi-
maid gather up the broken threads OF
your life and go out into tho world and
pluck the Jewels from your feet The
modern woman Is indeed worthy OF the
scathng condemnation meted out TO her In
your letter. | congratulate you.
woman! Most noble creature. angel
OF virtue, sock darner. pants" mender
scrub lady" ideal Of our dreams, whittier
hast thou gone? Return to thy sphere
ere II is too late. cease thy strivings after
the wind, retrace thy steps and be once
more thy true self Jack c. WfLLETs.
LINDBN, n. j., December s.
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the south side Of Union Square ceased
forever to be the centre Of street acci-
dents in New York.
This incident of the remote past IS
worth recalling to-day when the Health
Department has indicated an intention
to do something to render the transpor-
tation lines of the town safe for their
patrons. How 1t will proceed Is not
suggested. but that 1t contemplates
some action is plain. That 1t may oper-
ate through other departments is pos
slble: that it may find its own broad
powers sufficient to enforce a remedy
is not improbable. In any event the
Health Department in its efforts to
compel reasonable regard for life and
limb in subway. surface and elevated
cars has undertaken task in which
1t will have the enthusiastic support Of
every victim Of the existing conditions
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THE LESSON or TIE WAR.
Like England. We Are Inprepared to
l'nfOrCc National Policy.

To THE EntToR OF THE SCS--Sir! u IL
interesting - follow the arguments. pro
and con. In regard TO the United States
being prepared to protect itself and its
policies in the event OF war. whether Of
fensive Or defensive. and to read the
views Of many prominent men that prep
aration for war invites war. II seems
20 me that the United States should learn
a valuable lesson from the present war
in Europe England. So we have been
told. was drawn into the conflict on ac-
count Of the violation of Belgium's neu-
trality and had no other course to pursue,
England. according to the late Lord
Roberts, was unprepared. Lord Salisbury
also declared many years ago that Eng
land was not prepared for war tCrambs
GERMANY and England" page $50.
wonder whether the gentlemen who
are opposed 10 preparedness realize that
the United States has time and again
and repeatedly promulgated doctrine
much broader in scope and effect than
any that exists in Europe namely, the
Monroe Doctrine. Now II England had to
go u war 10 defend RelGlum's neutrality,
being in honor bound 70 do So look AZ the
position of the United States as protector
~ the integrity OF this entire Western
Hemisphere. How can this doctrine be
enforced when challenged unless We are
prepared to enforce IL with the army and
navy 30 our theoretical peace friends
realize that the new athletic bowl at Yale
could contain the entire regular army Of
the United States as IL is now Conati-
tuted W. cut crowding? when ! made
this statement TO a friend OF mine who
has always been opposed to the increase
of our military establishment he was
silent for a moment and then he said :
THAT brings II home TO one. now
realize as never before the situation. II
is appalling LOUIS c. NEsBIr.
NEW YORK, December s.
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! All YES.
\ Lesson In Ethical Economics From the
Yale Howl

To THE EnrroR OF THE SrN-Sir: In
speaking Of the things young men must
learn on entering college President Had
ley in his annual report to Yale Univer-
sity says:
For another thing, he must learn to value
men for what they are and for what they
can do for the public rather than for what
they possess or for wha, they can do for
him.
Very true. and the young men of Yale
had an ethical lesson in economics EN-
phasizing these sanitary thoughts when
they tried to get seats for their recent
football game played In the Yale Bowl
with Harvard and found that all the best
seats had been selected by people who
had subscribed certain sums for the Bowl.
thereby securing frst choice of seats to
the exclusion of the students OF Yale,
This recent example of Yale's ethical
democracy will no doubt help the fresh
men to appreciate and value these words
Of Dr. Hadloy: The freshman who thinks
that his money will buy him the respect
of his fellow students soon finds out his
mistake" JAMES II. DEwEIL Jr.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. December ..
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4 nit OF Mexican ORTHODOXY.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir. "Bos-
tonian' approaches a grave subject In an
irreverent attitude when he f,ppantly
asks who the deuce is Hale"
william Bayard Hale Is the author Of
several highly eulogistic articles about
President Wilson, and for this reason was
sent to Mexico 10 sit In Judgment m the
respective merits OF Huerta and OF the
Cunstitutiona!ists
/ had the honor OF meeting william
Rayard Hale In Mexico city rather more
than year ago. As becomes a truly
great man, he maintained a grave and
reserved demoanor: at times. however.
he would condescend "a favor certain
fortunate mortals with a confidential re-
mark, generally the fruit OF his observa-
tons o. the conditions In Mexico as
seen from the windows OF the American
club
He invariably instructed his hearers ::
Don't quote me; say a little bird told
YOU this" thus gaining the appcllation %
the Little Bird With the Big Feet" and
as such he Is still fondly remembered in
the capital OF the Aztecs.
q. w. kNoBLAucH.
New YORK, December O.
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Who Really Ended the Colorado
Strike

when the United Mine Workers Of
America in the Colorado coal fed
voted on December TO terminate the
strike they had maintained for fourteen
months they did no more than formally
record the decision registered by the
electors of the State on November g.
The Colorado strike, with its Incl
dental ncendiarism and murder, ended
when Colorado voted by an unmistax-
able majority that 1t would enforce the
laws, maintain peace and assume once
more the sovereignty that incapacity
and cowardice had stripped from t.
The strikers made their last stand ut
the polls. Defeat there left no other
course for them to follow except the
one they have taken.
No repetition OF the disorders that
have occurred will afflict the people OF
Colorado if their Government proves
honest and efficient. Its success lies in
its own hands. by enforcing it's laws
lmpartially, by exercising its authority
without favOrtiSm, it can avoid in the
future the humiliation it has undergone
in the past. by weakness and corruption
1t can only invite another disaster.
The important fact to bear in mind
ut present is that without resort 20
makeshifts, extralcsal commissions or
other unusual methods. the voters If
Colorado themselves put period to the
insurrection their agents allowed 10
grow to alarming dimensions.
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troops In pursuit of the outlaws. It
must be remembered that there was an
organized Government In Mexico In
those days:
THE first duty Of a Government Is to
protect life and property. This Ia q para
mount obligation. For this Governments
are instituted, and Governments neslecting
This duty ths Government Of the United
States has determined to perform to the
extent Of It's power toward its citizens on
the border. 1t is not solicitous. II never
has been, about the methods or ways in
which that protection shall be accom-
plshed, whether by formal treaty stipula-
ton or by Informal convention, whether
by the action OF judicial tribunals or that
OF military forces. Protection In fact to
American lives and property is tho sole
point upon which the United States Ia
tenacious. In securing It the United
States has q right to ask the cooperation
Of the sister republic"
In insurgent Mexico to-day there is
no republican Government TO cooperate
with the United States in protecting
American citizens living along the bor-
der. 1t therefore follows that the
United States should act alone. taking
such measures as may be deemed es-
sential to prevent the killing and maim-
ing Of neutral non-combatants and
American soldiers patrolling the Amer
lean side. General TAsKER II. Bliss
has been ordered to Naco to exercise
his judgment as to what should be
done. lie is an experienced and re-
sponslble officer and will be equal to
any emergency that may arise.
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The Kaiser stricken Down.

II is strange vagary OF fate that
stretches the War Lord on bed VI
sickness in the crisis of the only war
Of his long reign. struggling for bare
life against the onset of disease while
his Generals and his armies contend
against the embattled nations OF Eu-
rope. 1t is a contradiction OF destiny.
q paradox of real life that he who Is
the very soul of the conflict, the con.
centrated spirit of German ambitions
and activities should he snatched from
the storm centre. rendered weak aud
impotent as respects the great pur-
poses to which he has devoted his life.
1t Is wonderful to think that under the
hand Of Providence he who should be
the inspiration, the impulse 10 his peo-
pie, has Of sudden become an added
grief and anxiety amid their many
trials.
Yet in his new phase of detection
and incapacity the Kaiser remains the
supreme figure in his own country II
not in the world. His perilous Illness,
contracted by sharing the hardships
Of his armies in the field. centres upon
him more than ever the absorbed in
terest which has attended his whole
career, which has made all the ma
lions follow his acts and hang upon
his words as pregnant with the history
of the future. The fortunes Of the
hn al
ondary to the fluctuations of his
malady. The universal query to-day
is not so much rs to where victory
will light as TO whether he will he In
the world to see the outcome.
WILHELM II. has been in the litera,
sense the dominating figure of his reign.
lie has inspired much in the develop
ment of his people Whatever Of force
and progress has sprung from other
sources be has invariably asslmilated ;
he has SO identified himself with 1t IS
TO make it virtually his own.
Perhaps II is an error TO speak OF
him as powerleSS even on his bed Of
suffering His spirit still ranges the
Faith rland. and il may he taken as a
certainty thai 10 German people
would hold il shame to relax their
efforts because his arm cannot flourish
tn sword or his voice ring out in
pat otto incentive. What effect his
complete removal by death might have
in few weeks may be left to conjec-
ture. But ms long as there Is life in
him it is not conceivable that Germany
will faltcr in any way in the path in
viii he has been all his life the leader
and guide.
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To TIE FprroR OF THE SUN-Sir. When
our peace at any price" legislators or
others who wish to LAY the cold hand OF
death" upon the issue Of an adequate
armament FOR our army and navy meet
70 consi8er this important matter these
words Of our first President, from his
speech to Congress December 3, 1898.
should be drilled through their SNUG
contentment;
There is much due to the United
States among nations which will he with
held. IL not absolutely lost. by the reputa-
ton OF weakness.
III we desire 20 avoid insult we must
be able TO repel il II we desire TO secure
peace, one OF the most powerful instru-
ments az our rising prosperity, II must he
known that we are az all times ready for
war" RUFUS n. WOOD.
PITrsBuRG. Pa, December 3.
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More Counts Against the inexpensive
She.

To TIE EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sir.
Shouldn't you say II would be worth while
for her to dust her velvet hat about once
In a fortnight or MONTH
Now that she is wearing stout shoes
again, that fl her feet do YOU notice the
sprigh;liness of her gait and absence Of
features ndexing pain?
Curious, isnt It, that she wears badly
soiled gloves on beautifully shaped and
clcanly hands?
When she buys postage stamps and az
fixes them before the shelf window does
she know that she makes the man, in fact
all men. and angels mad
After she obtains suffrage and depriv.s
us Of beer poor mans kindest friend. do
you think that she will invade the field
OF tobacco? II so farewell the tranquil
mind. farewell content, FEARFUL.
NEW YORK, December 3.
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If any shred Of essential and orig mi
Democratic principles is left in the
Democratic party II cannot approve the
attempt to make liquor prohibition
Federal question, TO force It upon the
States by an amendment to the Consti-
tuition.
Such an amendment, propelled ny
the judicious Captain SoBsoN. has been
limping along the Sixty third Congress,
There was much bubble and squeak
about IL in the last session Mr.. VIII
son was accused Of trying to force 1t
to a vote, 10 the discontinue of the
Drys, who feared that 1t would not
pass. 1t may be remembered that the
judiclous SoBsoN took occasion to de-
scribe Mr.. UNDERWOOD as "a tool of the
liquor interests" The fight is now re-
newed. The Drys are afraid to have
a vote taken. II is even said that they
will try 10 bring the great meddler and
mar all. Mr. BRYAN. into the shindy,
He has a Democratic prohibition party
in mind.
Mr., BRYAN has interjected himself
into the Sixty third Congress before
and been spanked memorably for his
pains. II the Democratic leaders IN
that body have any courage left, If the
Democratic party Is anything more than
turncoat opportunist, 1t will not run
away from but vote squarely down this
proposed amendment. 1t will win only
scorn by temporlzing. II is organized
more than enough already.
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why They Scorn Domestic Science.

To THE FnIroR OF THE SrS-Str'
"Housekeeper' asks in THE sun:
Is Il a reflection on the methods ~ hous-
wives that girls would rather starve In a
factory or store than work In somebody
Kitchen or Is II due to a lack OF common
sense and good judgment on the part OF
the girls
II is due in the main TO a false social
pride which has grown up in this country.
Because the domestic is usually for
eigner, ergo. the position is beneath any
one born in the United states To combat
this our public schools should teach that
there is no merit in being born anywhere
and that there IL nothing degrading in
any work conscientiously performed
Honor and shame from no condition rise;
Act well your part-there all tho honor lies.
MEHR LIGHT.
New YORK, December ..
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THE PROPHETS.
Predicting tho End OF war Their Words
to Sc0rn Are scattered.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir. Mr..
Carnegie has no patent on his latest
prophecy. That kind of thing is as old
as the hills. To go no further back than
the great London exposition of 1859. Cen
eral Scott, our new Chief of STAN, told
the other day of tho feeling prevalent in
Europe an that time, that owing to tho
terrible nature of the Crimean war there
would be no more wars.
In 1868. when the world and its crowned
heads were gathered for the Paris expo
sition, our civil war was over. as well as
that of 1859 In Italy, and the Prussan-
Austrian struggle had Just been finished
on all sides one heard the conviction ex-
pressed that Europe had seen her last
great war. Carayon-la-T Tour often re-
lated that his father, a French General.
strongly advised him In 1868 not to enter
the army as the military service would
no longer offer n career. Carayon-la-
Tour did not follow this advice, and dis
tinguished himself in tho Franco-German
war that broke out but two years later.
Two or three years ago DR.. David Starr
Jordan, who still poses as our mentor In
things moral and political, wrote In his
War and Waste:
What shall we say OF the Great War OF
Europe. ever threatening. ever impending
and which never comes7 We shall say that
Is impossible. All Europe cherishes
is ready for the burning. yet Europe recoils
and will recoil. even in the dread stress OF
spoil division OF the Balkan war.
Shall we continue TO believe prophet
OF this kind. or take his advice? And now
Mr.. Carnegie, bless his good heart. de-
clares that tho present war will be the
last Is this a joke from LIFE or Punch
or the Fhegende Bldetterf oh. no: these
people all mean 1t seriously. and there's
the Joke UNCLE NED BUcKsHAw.
WAsHfNGToS d. c. December 2.
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An Old Policeman on the way TO DO II

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir: In
reference to the last murder IN New York,
what are the police doing?
| was policeman twenty years ago. II
a man was held up and robbed the man
on post got complaint unless he got
the thief Now tNrre are twice as many
policemen, and JUS read OF the buns"
doing up the town. Nine safes were
"blowed" in four years, We have that
number blown" in a week now
Let this administration give each cap
tain four plain clothes men of the cap
tain's selection; then give the captain
and the inspector five days 20 rid the city
OF these "undesirables." If they don't
have the evidence. make the raids and dis.
miss the captain and his wardmen. Then
good-by to your gunner" cooke nends.
strong arm men. Sc Give the "cop'' his
nightstick and let him use II. +.
NEW YORK, December ..
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Winter Emergency shoes.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN--Sir: Sans
Spats," who asks advice as to the wearing
Of spats, Is clearly IA person OF large
means, living on fixed income. ANY
business man would know that spats are
being worn in such profusion this winter
because pair OF spats is cheaper than
a pair OF high winter shoes.
BY all means let "Sans Spats" fsht IL
out. It stamps him az a plutocrat, and
putocrats arc becoming scarcer every
day. SANS HIGH SHOES
New YORK. December 2.
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THE SUN, THURSDAY DECEMBER TO- 1914.

get II. The French War ONCE considers
the German commissarlat excellent. or
course there are instances OF men miss
ing from all the armies who are cap
tured In starving state: but never
have troops had better rations than the
combatanis on both sides in western
Europe. As the opposing lines are in
trenches and changes of position are
slight from day to day here would be
no excuse for an inferior commissariat
service.
The roads are good and the motor
transportation adequate. Moreover, COM
munication with the bases is never in
terrupted. Feeding the armies in west
ern Europe is chiefly question Of col
lecting supplies
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There is to be Sociological Bureau
at Police Headquarters, and the police
is to be set at work investigating IN.
employment, poverty and the means Of
relieving it,
The purpose OF Commissioner Woops
is generous and humane, but he should
be warned that sociology Is dangerous
and cuckoo guest.
Or is the police so marvellously sue
ccssful in preventing and detecting
crime that new channels must he
found for its genius?
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Tho Mann Law Needs Overh uIin z

The demand for the radical amend
ment Of the so-called Mann white slave
law Is general and urgent. The public
attitude toward this we'll meant but
extremely unfortunate legislation ex-
tending the police activities of the
Federal Government Is illustrated In
the following letter. not intended for
publication, from New York lawyer
Of distinction:
II had written a letter to THE Sun to
express my appreciation OF the editorial
article on the Alexander Indictment. but
l have destroyed 1t. as l could not confine
myself to what would probably be consid-
cred printable.
II wish that every newspaper In the
country would deal with this matter. The
arrant absurdity Of invoking the law en-
acted for the suppression OF white slave
traffic in order to procure indictments In
like cases is. OF course. apparent to any one
of intelligence, but this does not seem to
me to be the most serious feature OF this
case. I am not entirely sure. but II is my
impression that the question OF the appll-
cation OF tho act to such a case has not
been passed upon by tho appellate courts
in tho San Francisco case, and It seems
inconceivable that the Indictment therein
should be upheld.
There Is even less probability OF an
indictment being upheld on the facts in
tho Alexander case. where a man and
woman OF mature age. both perfectly free
agents. CHANGED 10 pass from one State 20
another to keep rendezvous.
The concern which feel about the
matter regards the conduct OF the United
States Attorney in procuring or permit
ting the indictment to be found under the
circumstances OF this case II seems 20
me to be a little short &C monstrous that
upon the facts as they appear TO have
been any prosecuting officer should have
allowed charge to be presented to a
Grand Jury by the paramour OF the person
sought to be indicted instigated as she
must necessarily have been by the desire
to redress a personal grievance or by the
even worse motive OF an attempt to black
mail. 1t is not easy to conjecture how
the United States Attorney could pretend
to Justify his action.
I'VE are accustomed In these latter
days OF New Freedom Social Justice
and other meaninglessly worded nostrums.
to the stupid. senseless and malicious
speech and antics of men in high places
but think that nothing OF all that is OBJ
jectionable TO which We are now become
habltuated is more reprehensble than the
conduct of this United States Attorney
| in that II is not the case OF mere mistaken
policy toward class but constitutes a
grievous personal wrong toward an incl
vldual
II have no acquaintance with Mr.
ALEXANDER, OF whom had never heard
before, and SO far as am aware do not
know any one who has"
We should think that even the pu.
/ tative father Of the Mann law would
now be among the loudest to call for
/ its revision.
/ When was there ever anything more
monstrous than the perversion OF this
statute, intended for the protection OF
the weak and helpless OF the female
sex. into an instrument by which women
of craft and guile can procure the as
sstance of the United States Govern
ment in the Matchmaking OF weak and
foolish men?