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RESERVED THEATRE TICKETS.
viewp Of q Friend 81 Agencies and the
Best (Drchee0Pa seats.


To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Str: Re-
plying to Mr.. Marc Klaw about the ticket
Spectator bill, my point was not that
the "citiyen Of New York should have no
advantage over the fellow who comes In
ut the last moment" but that the man.
whether he live IN Sleepy Eye. Mimi. or
right In New York, who u able ana VIII
ting 10 pay for the best. should have an
advantage over the fellow who isn't
In other words. the first eight or ten
rows of orchestra seats should be higher
In price than the remaining seats on tne
first floor, and this is what the hote'
agency brings about Why should tire
occupant Of q first row orchestra seat
have paid only So while j sit In the
fifteenth row at the same price. because
I am a stranger. Just in Or " resi-
dent have not been inclined to stand II,
line all night In order TO secure scat
down front?
I venture TO say that so per cent OF
all theatre tickets sold in the hotel are
purchased by residents OF New YORK. ana
I think this 10 significant.
The theatre ticket agency IA per
fectiv legitimate business and the Legs
lature has no right to kill such business.
But II the agencies are wiped out l shall
straightway write to Mr.. klaw for hrst
row orchestra seats for his best show,
and six weeks In advance. III bet
don't get 'em. a. H. W
ALBANY, March ~.
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TorreOn.

Bulletins from the firing line at Tor
reon originated In many instances in
the city of Mexico and FL Paso. and
were therefore utterly Enthusiastically.
The truth about the battle. or an ap-
Proclamation to 1t. had to come by way
Of chihuahua, for there are American
correspondents with VILLAS army and
none with VELAsco's In Torreon.
As VILLA censors all dispatches filed
and no reports came from the front for
several days. the presumption was that
the Tederals In Torreon were ut
least holding their own. wireless"
dispatches to the city Of Mexico told
story Of severe losses inflicted upon the
Constitutionalsts ut Gomez Palacio.
the suburb north OF Torreon, which is
the strategical key TO the town. II was
clear enough that the besiegers were
not routed and decisively beaten. for
they would have been fiocking back to
chihuahua as fast as troop trains
could carry them, and no censorship
could have smothered the disaster. The
fourth day Of the fight General VILLA
permitted news from correspondents TO
get through and the tenor Of It seemed
TO leave no room for doubt that after
the heaviest fighting Of the campaign
he had got foothold In Torreon itself.
Ominous was the cessation Of bulletins
Of victory from the city Of Mexico.
Doubtless what happened was that
each side had gained an advantage IN
the long range fighting in the suburbs
and on the hills commanding the town.
and that the artillery nre Of General
ANGELES, formerly the best ordnance
Of1cer in Mexico. had turned the scale
In favor Of the COnstitutionalists.
General VILLAS victory, assuming
that the dispatches released by him
convey the truth Of the situation, will
not be complete unless he captures the
munitions of war and stores. He has
bent every energy to that end, having
disposed brigades Of his army to cut
Oh the retreat Of the Federals. It IL
not to be supposed that such a success
would result In an early triumph Of the
COnstitutiOnalist cause. The struggle
will probably go on to the bitter end
for political conditions have changed
very much since PoRrIRIo DIAz submit.
ted without bloodshed to Francisco l.
NiADERO. But the taking Of Torreon
with its garrison would put the Consti.
tutionalists in position 10 ask for rec,
ognition as belligerents. and 1t would
not be easy to refuse them.
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The Field OF Waterloo.

The centenary Of the Battle Of
Waterloo will come around on June Is
Of next year. and its approach has
given rise to movement In Belgium
and England to purchase certain rights
in the field and thus save II from
threatened obliterat1on by sho'idy sub
urban settlement. The region is
threatened by the overflow Of Brussels.
Numerous small houses have already
grown up in the vicinity. A tramway
line now runs to the foot Of the Lion
Mound. the British monument. Some
Of the historic sites have been parcelled
out into building lots and are in the
market for sale.
It appears that as yet a compare
lively small sum Of money will suffice
to avert this sentimental calamity.
The actual theatre OF the battle Is
small In comparison with those Of pres
ent long range fighting. Besides. 1t is
not necessary to acquire full title 10
the land. In a way 1t il preferable
that It should remain in farm use. as
1t was on the day Of the great strug-
gle. All that 1t Is contemplated to
buy ia the building rights. at present
not very highly appraised. This will
suffice to protect the field from destruc-
tive invasion. Belgium has taken the
initiative In the movement, a committee
having been formed under the chair
manship Of General Baron DE HEuscH.
II the money can be rais,d the Belgian
Government promises the necessary
support In compelling owners to accept
compensation and assent TO the restric-
lions on their holdings. An ancillary
British committee has been formed
naturally headed by the Duke Of WELL.
INGToS, and the London papers are be
ginning a campaign for the requisite
funds, which, It Is realized. must come
mainly from England.
The growing demand for the land II
tending to put up prices, so there Is
need for quick work to rescue this con-
secrated ground from the spoilers. The
attention Of the whole civilized world
Will DE centreu upon the enueavOr, with
fervent hopes for Its success. There
are few places marked out upon the
earth's surface which have so wide OF
80 deep hold upon mems Imagination
and sympathy as the few acres which
saw the dissolution Of the NapOleonio
dream. Every country has It's favor.
lite victory--we have long series our.
selves from Saratoga to Gettysburg
the mere name Of which fires the blood
and tunes the nerves to patriotic pitch
But Waterloo In some strange way
has become the common property OF
all races and peoples. In every tongue
1t Is q synonym for the extremity OF
defeat, the tragedy Of glory. the over,
throw Of genius. the vanity Of all the
dreams Of greatness. Except the "a.
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An illustrious French milfner. de.
parting from these shores yesterday
hurled this Parthian javelin at the men
folk Of New York:
noon and ! would think that am In
Paris but for the men. One thinks that
an escort OF all attractiveiy gowncd
woman might be the butler. but then you
learn that II Is really her husband. The
men OF other countries greatly excel
Americans In the matter OF dress, and II
IL time for them TO begin to catch up
Far be other than meek thoughts In
presence Of this rebuke: ct tn quoque
be- far! Yet whose remembers the trou
sers and the shoes Of most Of mascu.
line Paris, him laughter grips.
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4 Real Crime OF the New Haven Rail.
road,

To THE EDITOR or THE SuS-Sir: ! did
have some sympathy for the New Haven
system people, but It was misplaced. They
have decided to change the names OF
some OF the stations on the Cape Cod
division Of the Old Colony, end Just listen
to what they propose East Sandwich To
Royal" West Barnstable to Clement"
Bourneda!e TO Samson" South Yarmouth
to Mozart" North Harwich to Nor
man. North Easton to Hastings" North
Truro to "Musgrave," West Falmouth "a
''Longview," North Falmouth to will
iams."
Shade OF o Re Joyful Jenkins. can you
beat these? Why not Provincetown "a
"Piccadilly," Wellfleet to "Westminster.' -
Chatham to "Charing Cross? Might
make Teaticket Tango"
Why not Quahog, Cranberry. Soul
deague, Santuit, Nobscusset and no end of
appropriate names? These others smell
like sachet powder on a fishing smack.
New York, March rs. HIRAM HIx.
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The executive committee Of the
Women Writers Suffrage League OF
England is demanding public apologies
for the way in which Mrs. FLOR,
ANNIE STEELE. thc novelist. was trea.el
by the immigration authorities upon
her arrival In this port. No doubt
some sort Of apology will be forthcom-
ing; apology. however, is not what tho
case calls for. but sweeping reform. New
York Is tired OF being shamed by the
Jealous excuses Of Ellis Island. II
demands that common sense be driven
into the blunderers' heads or else tina,
they be kicked out.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-29
The Wisdom OF MART giinnius.

MARrIGLINNIus. Governor Of Novum
eboracum. has set down in his memoirs,
Just translated from the Latin by ths
Worcester Society Of Antiquaries
among much wisdom. this:
'Much is to be said on all sides Of
everything. am for the pro; I an
also for the con; especially and sig
nally for the CON
Sayings are not doings.
"The impartial student Of venatic
art should run with the hares as Otter
and as far as with the hounds.
Appointments must he mixed with
disappointments. Such is life.
"uplift is downdrift."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-29
Tanganyika for tho Tourist

II the tourist Is not afraid Of the
sleeping sickness he may visit Lake
Tanganyika in August, when the Ger
man Central Railway from Dar-es- Sa-
lsam on the East Coast to the lake at
C1iji Is to be opened. II will be pos
sible for him TO continue his journey
westward TO the mouth of the Congo,
partly by rail and partly by river
steamer, thus crossing the continent
without ever going far from the
equator.
On the west shore Of Tanganylka the
tourist will find train waiting TO take
him down the Lukuga River Valley to
the Congo: this road will he opened TO
traffic in June. But only All intrepid
traveller, trader or a missionary
would venture in any season 10 make
his way to the West Coast, although the
means q transportation when the new
Belgian railway publishes its time
table NIL he comparatively luxurious.
A mere tourist after seeing the great
lake would be satisfied to return to the
East Coast by the we'll appointed Ger
man express. And Tanganyika Is worth
seeing. BURTON wrote Of It In a strain
Of rapture:
1T reminded me OF the loveliest glimpses
OF tho Mediterranean: there were the
same laughing tides peliucid sheets Of
dark blue water. borrowing their tints
Ninnua h~x,O -
same purple light OF youth upon the cheek
Of the earlier evening. the same bright
sunsets, with their radiant vistas Of Grim
son and gold opening like the portals Of
a world beyond tho skies; the same
short-lived grace and ioveiiness Of the
twilight: and, Al night closed over the
earth. the same cool flood OF transparent
moonbeam. pouring on tho fluffy heights
and bathing their sides with the white
ness of virgin snow
It was in February, 1858. that Bun.
TON and SPEKE discovered Tangany1ka.
While travellers agree that It is one OF
the most beautiful sheets OF inland
water in the world. 400 miles long
thirty to forty-hv wide, and as deer
as 700 fathoms, II has moods quite un.
like those described by BUXTON. A
fearful swell runs on Tanganyika after
storms In the rainy season, and In the
dry the winds often change direction
several times II day, blowing with TEN.
pestuous violence.
Aside from the wild scenery, the
tourist would be tremendously inter.
ested in the lakes fauna, which has
known no change since BURROWS eyes
first rested upon II. The waters swarm
with leaping fish, aud the outlets and
quiet coves fash with the wings of
gulls, pelicans, cranes. curlews, fish.
hawks, plOvers, egrets, kingtishers
cOOts, and scores Of less familiar birds
Hippos are numerous In the shallows
and crocodiles ever seem to Do on the
move along the shore. But Tanganyiks
Is by no means all wilderness. The
comforts Of civilization can be found nj
Toa and Moliro, the Belgian stations
on the west coast and the importing
cathedral of the White Tathlrs n
conspicuous ut Bsuduiayills; On IN
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-29

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str: The
"eight line Jewel" mentioned In to-day 8
editorial article 10 from, poem by Frank
l.. Stanton entitled 1.-THE Poor Unfortu-
nate" The concluding lines are most in
spring:
Did he moan aud sish!
Did he fret and cry
And curse the hurricane sailing by.
Not he.
But climbing up 70 the top Of . hill
Where standing room was left him stiii.
And barring his head. here's what he said :
~ reckon tie about time to Git UP and lit.
But LORD! ] sin't had the measles yit"
Even one familiar with your capa biiitiss
trembles to think to what heights you
might have risen II you had had the corn
plete poem ut hand when the editorial
article was written. y.
NEW Yosx, March 20,
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Managers and Public.

To TIE EDITOR or THE SrN-Sr. J
think that Marc Klaw represents the
average razor back" theatre manager
when he says In reply to u. +. VS. letter
In this mornings Sun that the theatre
ma ragers are afraid to mail or reserve
seats for out Of town people as that is
the method employed by spectators Ia
secure good seats.
have not heard theatre managers
howl because they think they can sci
more seats and make more money at 3.
instead Of s22b y seat. Marc klaw
Is q better mathematician than that 1t Is
a great convenience for out OF town
people who arrive at the last minute tt
be able to secure good seats for slight
advance In price. w. -. k1ssAN.
NoRTHPpRT March ~.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-29
The Great sixteener.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SyN--Sir. Can't
you fnd something more in keeping with
decent journalism than to be- continually
peckinE at Secretary Bryan? You know
what he has accomplished during the las,
sixteen years. He put into action all the
progressive laws operating to-day. He
Influenced a wider range Of political SEN
timent than any other man In the country,
and he put President Wilson where he is
To-day. against the combined forces Of all
the factional and looting branches Of the
Democratic gangsterl
There Is enough Of accomplishment to
Mr.. Bryan's credit to make any asonably
observant man hold his peace and quit this
petty blackguardism you are engaged in.
w. e. HUNTER.
NEW YoRx, March Is.
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WaEners worst eNpcrleno" o' po.
during his soiourn IN Part IN $50.
he had TO pawn al that lac ami
possessed OF any value - look .I '.
French equivalent for = pawn. hou
latcs IN his sutoblographl. or !
shy to make Inquiries Tho ONLY Wow
could md In my little dirtiouar" 49,. .'"
bard on the nrp ~ Paris ! founi
small thoroughfare called ';u- dc.
bards and thither went onl' 30 r'
expedition fruitless. often, on rc'l.s
inscription Mont de Pict"' t"'t eur ".
know it's meaning. E'entus .'. go
great delight. | learned that tht" .h'
rrosmmigkeit was whore 7 shoui NV
salvation, and there ". now carried ~ -
possessed In the way OF silver"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-29

Yesterday the Toledo street cars car
ried passengers for nothing. but that
is not enough for the scourges Of mo
nopoly." Their counsel OF perfection
would be that the company should pay
"the people" for the honor Of trans
porting them.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-29

Knicksr--You spent more this month than
last.
hN Enthusiastically: you said to cut
down. and the only way 10 do that 4, A..
TO Increase. "'
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n on, friends uho faro, us r,ta manuscripts and
Illustrations for publication irish 10 hare rejected
arnelss returned hey must IN oil cases send stamps
yov nat purpose.
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Colonel viii not be heard from for
month.--HcddNne.
Wen, We must try to bear IL; but
won't tho atmosphere feel neglected?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-29

Apparently the man who asks to be
disbarred after his conviction for lar
ceny considers that lawyers are not At
company for him.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-29

Why does even the smartest Aneri-
can become an easy mark for sharpers
as soon As he lands on European soil?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-29

II looks a. n something very like I
Stalemate was being reached in the
merry game Of batting the railroads.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-29

II has been established as a fact q
the health OF the street cleaners IN q
lin, where the department Is the heal
body Of men of all the citys emplo q
and virtually free from tuberculos
due to the absence of irritation Of
pulmonary tissues.
Experts say that the dangers to asN
threaten people who use the streets v
ash dust In scattered. Their aff'
emphasizes the necessity of having oh.
ashcans and covered ashcarts
". de II Parsons. "A consulting "u-
who made II special study OF tho
posal OF Municipal Refuse IN tho ,...
New York in 1900" says that "tb, .
should he covered"
Big Hill Edwards when street ''u.
Commissioner realized the daug,' ..
open can and started a night ,"..,.
The noise of the ashmsu annoyed n.
persons aud the method did mot ~.
cleanly, for I'm the darkness Wu.n
ashes We're scattered or the street
effort. however. Indicated that "
wards understood the need OF - chs
John ~. Gregory. cousultln. .t
expert. OF 40 Broadway, also t.'e
need of preventing the scaiJ'I'r
ashes. Rudolph Herring. another '.'
has discussed the danger Of th" N
method of ash COLLECTION and has urge
change.
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Losdou once. bingham House. 1 Arundel
street. Strand.
Paris once. 8 Rue de Ia Michodiere. OF Rue du
ouaire Septembre.
Wsshin gton once. Hibbs Building.
Brooklyn once. i0c Livingston street.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-29

Price Of sasoiens shows a decrease
Heddiine.
Does that end the high oost OF living
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-29

Published daily including Sunday. BY the sun
Printing aud Publishing Association AZ ITO Nassau
street. In the Borough OF Manhattan. New York
President and Treasurer. william T. Reck. ITO
Nassau street: Vice. President. Edward p. Mitchell
40 Nassau street; Secretary. c. L. LuAton. ITO
Nassau street.
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Threatens Women ana Children.

The danger that threatens the ashn IN
here also threatens women and children
on the sidewalk. where the ashes are scat.
tered Physicians. among whom ia nr
w q. Thompson OF this city, point on.
that the tissues OF the nose are ,r-ita,et
by the ash dust and tho tiny clnders that
are scattered broadcast nv the wind when
the open ashcans are upturned ~ Milling
the ashcarts. These irritated places form
resting places for disease germs carried
In the dust OF the streets.
Frederick T.. Hoffman. ststlstic'au -
the Prudential Insurance Compauy NJ
Newark. ~. j.. has prepared q bulletin
for the Federal bureau OF labor IN witch
he has gathered together striking f.cp
concerning mortality from consumption
and occupations with exposure to muricl.
pal dust" In his article no points ont
that five years work a street cleaner
In New York makes the average individual
a consumptiVe.
He saNs that though street cleaucr1
often include many old men Who have he.
come incapaCltated for other forms ~ Va
Dor. the tendency In large cities l. 10 elm
mate this element ~ not adapted 10 rnoc'
the requirements Of economical municipal
administration. IAN increasing proper
ton of men," he SAYS. ''are employed ~
an age period Of much greater sus er''.
blity TO disease than in the case ~ the
old. who in n measure represent the sur
vlval of a type more or less immune"
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Cambridge wins. Does New Haven
accept the omen?
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He says that various eminent pnvs r..r-
have pointed out the dangers of iula,.us
street dust.
1T was ascertained. according 10 rUl-
lished reports, that about one-thir1 ~ 'ND
5000 street cleaners were infected with
Tuberculosis. he says. This start ~
discovery was emphasized by the state
ment that every employee had previous -
his employment been examined by civ
service physicians and pronounced fe'
from organic disease.
Contrasts were drawn between 'fh' r0".
ditions In Berlin and Greater New No'L
and IL was held that in the former city tls
street cleaning force was quite healthy tud
free from tubercular diseases, whilo ~
street cleaning force In Greater New Hr.
WAS particularly liable 10 this disc. =.
chiefly on account OF the fact that The uu'
was collected In many cases without me
street having been previously sprinil'i'
Mr., Hoffman then refers to an sri''l" p
tho New York Mcdicoi journal vhtch A..
serts that the tuberculosis germ alone u'e.
not render the street cleaners consumpt,s
1T IL the constant inhalation Of all iar''
Of dust and the consequent Irritation OF 'hs
pulmonary services which make the ~
vasiou OF the germ OF tuberculosis more
easy" says the Medical Journal "Tre
sweeping of streets In the dry state shoI'o
be considered as a crime against our ~
low men.
at Is not the air. but the dust u 40
air. which renders New York such dan
gerous place, particularly In summer -
people predisposed to pulmonary trouble
While AZ natural consequence Of he'rc
In closer proximity to the dust the s're-'
cleaners are the first to suffer, the c't'1Cr'
at large who are obliged 10 remain ~ New
York during the summer months suffer
also to a considerable degree"
Commenting on this Mr.. Hoffman ,s,.
TN consequence OF such exposure tl"'a
is n decided increase To tho LIABILITY -
tuberculosis and other respiratory n
eases, chiefly pneumonia. Other fac'o-.
no doubt comp'icste the problem, ft
among these mention may be made Of t''
liability 10 overstrain on the part o. rs'.
men, who often suffer from INJURY r'.
ceivcd from lifting heavy barrels. SO 'ru
so that any given street cleaning for."
has continuously a number OF men '1't
off or on half pay on this account"
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An checks. money orders &C. to be made pay
able 70 THE sun.
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APPLAUD FIGHT ON
OPEN ASHCAN PERIL
Life Insurance Officials So.
Need Of Ending Danger
Of Flying Dust.
Is MENACE TO CHILDREN
Women and Their Infant,
Threatened With Disease
by Unsanitary system.

Knowing that the dust scattered ,.
moving the city's ashes and refuse IL
grave menace TO health, Officials " r,s
insurance companies are applaudin. tina
movement to rid the city Of this m
They agree that the scattering of sshes in
the streets In the present careless dunn,
ing OF open cans into open carts is danger.
Gus TO the health of people practically :,
every part Of the city. In this .Nper-,
agree.
In New York. where ashes are handled
five times In the course Of removal from
household to their finai disposal n,
dumping grounds. the sshmen. stree,
cleaners aud drivers Of the ash wagons
have fallen victims 20 many diseases.
chief of which is tuberculosis In Berlin.
Germany, and Parts, France where there
Is a dustless collection Of ashes and o,hs,
municipal waste, the sshrnen. street clean.
ers and drivers are healthy and free fro-,
disease.