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"DRESSERS."
or the Attendants OF Great Actors and
EOOtpaths 10 the stage.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir: With
pleasurable interest / read my old friend
A. II. Canby's letter referring TO the
dressers OF the olden days. Edwin Booth
has often told me of his early career.
when as n boy he travelled with his
father, Junius Brutus Booth, and acted
as his dresser OF how while standing
in The entrance waiting for his father TO
come of the stage. when he had TO give
him some hand property or make slight
change In his costume he had learned the
lines OF most OF the characters he was
afterward so wonderfully to enact. While
watching his father he had picked up the
words and imbibed the spiri; OF the great
tragic roles
We have many stories OF Edwin For
rests dresser, Andrew Jackson - tthe
surname. for the moment, has escaped me
1t is on the tip OF my tongueD. He was
an elderly man and a great character
When l travelled with Lawrence Bar
rett In the early '70s II was his stage d.
rector, advance agent, treasurer support
Ing actor In many plays and his dresser)
we dressed together when | had 20 play
Francois, Wilford, Lucuilus or Lssardo,
and we helped to dress each other.
John Mccullough had wonderful
dresser Bob lilo had been a sailor was
about five feet tall and four feet wide,
and when I first knew him In 1876 was a
man VI o', WIN IHTnllNs ne hUtW
every stitch in Mr.. McCulloughs cos
tunes. and used to curl his hair when
John played Othelio.
or late years many Japanese and
Ethiopian youths act as dressers, and very
capable ones they are.
To conclude with n recent experience !:
/ had an office boy about 10 who
eked out his salary by acting az callboy
evenings He became dresser to one Of
our prominent stars and IL now, with a
partner. earning $3.50 and more n week,
doing dancing turn in the cabarets and
roof gardens In the dramatic profession
there are many pathways 10 fame, and
that OF the dresser Is not the least glo-
rious barytoue singer of twenty-five
years successful experience still doing
good work. was my basket boy ut tho
California Theatre. san Francisco. thirty
Ave years ago. | paid him so cents n
week. but with eight or ten other bas-
kets he could earn IS and add to that by
going on as an extra. lie has since
earned nearer 5000.
when I was a callboy. ffty years ago.
I yearned to be a prompter. prompter,
! hankered after stage management ;
then to become n director and produce
plays. Now ! sigh for the restful sands
OF South Duxbury. Mass: POOR and con-
tent IL enough WILLIAM SEYMOUR
NEW YORK. November %.
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A Homily on Chivalry.

The Archbishop of YORK does we'll To
deplorc and reprove "the gross and
vulgar abuse OF the German Emperor
in the British press, especially the
comic press. lie does justice 10 Will
HELM II. more than that. to 'the great
German people" of whom he begged
that the British public and newspapers
speak with admiration" In short,
because one nation is at war with an
other. why do non-combatants In both
nations rcvile and lie about one an
other? why shouldn't nation be IA
gentleman?
The name being changed. the homily
Of the Archbishop applies 10 every
country now fighting. Well, fight your
best, but you don't have TO shrek and
fall Accusing like very drab
There Is no nationality about the
fury and billlngsgate of war. The
United States Is good performer In
the non.combatant charlvari. How the
North used to hate JEFFERSON DAVIS
And Il Is a fact that there were per.
sons who rejoiced in the assassination
Of Mr.. LINCOLN.
We are all miserable sinners" When
there's fighting going on what n lot OF
particularly mean sinners turns up
And yet they are we'll meaning people
and esteem themselves to be patriots.
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or Good Omen In Mexico.

Those persons who followed the
course Of the rebellion against the an
thority of General IIUrRTA with dis
eliminating attention will welcome the
news that General IrCIo BLANCo Ia IN
control of affairs in the city Of Mexico
At the present time. Martial law as
administered by General RLANCo is In
partial. humane and rcsolute. lie knows
what measures should be taken to pro
tect life and properly. and he puts
down disorder with an iron hand. ii"
is capable administrator ms well as
n soldier. The following statement
which General RIANCo made on as>um-
ing command at the capital shows the
calibrc Of the man:
when ! was asked 20 leave the city
abs lutely unprotected that the forces OF
EMILIASo ZAPATA might enter l refused,
because my first duty was to the inhab-
v,ants. ! will gladly turn over the city to
a competent authority when such an au-
thority shall arrive"
General BLANCo has kept good order
in every city that fell into his hands
His first act when he occupied Mata'
moraS late in 1919 was to close the
saloons and disorderly houses and dis
tribute his men In force Ia prevent
lootlng. \ fine tribute to his dIscl-
pine. from the pen of I'm American
woman. was read In the United States
senate by Mr.. SuFrPAgD Of Texas. II
was written several weeks after
RLANco took the town, She bore wit
ness thut not II single case of disorder
had occurred AMI that property was
secure and life safe. II was the same
wherever BIANCO made his headquar-
tiers. in TamaulipaS, Nuevo Leon AMI
other states lie does not approve of
contiscatIon ana viii not permit IT Al
ready he has returned property seized
without military warrant in the city
of Mexico.
How LUCIo RIANCo. who II an cdu-
Gated man with old fashioned Ideas Of
mcum and tuum ana "A sense of honor,
will get or with General FRANCISCo
VILLA II that crude but mastcrful 50.
dicr quarters his troops in the capital
and assumes authority there remains 10
/ be seen If VILLA has the native shrcwd
ness and concern for the welfare of The
country which partial admirers claim
for him he will gladly welcome the co
operation Of tho man who stepped into
the breach when the shadow of IArArs
d fell over the city aud took the rens II
authority into his own hands.
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THE HALE AND FLORES GRiNT.
The Deed Qualincd 10y Rcser' alton for
Military Sos

To THE EpIroR OF THr SrN-Su: \ re-
port Of the case Of Miss Richards I'm the
supreme Court OF New York IN tho news
papers of November % says that she IS
claimant 20 the old "lTtlr and Flores
grant Of some 1000 oou acres on the west
coas, OF Lower california. embracing
Magdaleua BAY. Mnrgarita Island and
some 400 miles OF coast land, including
riparian rights.
visited this tract in the sos f5r Mr.
Joseph L. Hale with a View of interest
Ing English capital IN tho then declining
industry Of erchllla expectation. progress
sively ruined Inv tho perfection ~ German
coal tar derivatives. This grant was orig
iually obtained 20 control the area of or
chilla, which extended back from the Pa
cifc about ten miles consequently l. was
limited inland Now. this * whore the
international value is really determined
IN ra!ulcss and wlt"rirss country: a
condition was expressly mad" that the
Republic Of Mexico reserved for military
purposes all tho foreshorc extending back
ward 100 meters, the use Of which could
not lie alenatcd under existing laws
tSSp carefully traverscd THIS decd
and have the map constructed by Mexican
engineers under the concession, but may
be incorrect as to eNaC. figures | give
about the military line However. tho
basis NJ the concession was commercial
and an military future necessities a. then
foresecn were provided for
may add that as a dye producing
property orchilla is unfortunately dead
The rainfall OF the tract for as many
years as have elapsed from ,he spanish
occupation. about \. u lass. has been nil
The future value IL therefore most prob
lematic. REGINALD w PINE. NJ II.
BALTIMonE, Md, November %
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FOREIGN PLACE NAMES.
Give Them the American Pronunciation
and nismantIe Pr/cmysI.

To THE EDITOR or TIE SrN-Sir: our
name for Germany * Germany. our
name for Spain In Spain. We do not care
what names the natives use Many Of us
do not even know. II is the same with
cities. Rome, for instance, and Parts. let
them spell and pronounce things as they
please over there, but We must pronounce
them ms we please over here. This is a
universally recognized right.
! notice, however. In connection with
the war that some Americans don't en-
ploy this right. but try to pronounce
many foreign place names like the for
eigners. I've heard Ostend called
"Awstan" and Rheims called RAN 10y
people like this In attempts 10 copy the
odd sounds used abroad T5"y are not
40 affected az to call Paris "Ptrco' but
they do say something like Inc when they
mean Aisne. and they smile at me for
ihyming "Olso" with noise"
This attitude Is not rational or con-
sisent and IL makes conversation need
lessly hard. Yet do not object 20 II so
much on those grounds as on the ground
that Il thinks itself superior That Is
too absurd II people haven't either the
courage or skin 10 adap. these strange
foreign names % our dear tongue le,
them Ice humble and listen carefully to
persons who can. There ought e. be no
smiling eyebrows lifted. there ought to
bee grateful applause when uuaftcgt,lly
call GiSmude "uick's Muii."
We must also go at the problem in n
large way and he ready AZ times 20 deal
very radically with q. II any foreigner
has been so III advised. for example as TO
Apply an epithet like Trzcmysl o. his city
no half measures viii do. suggest that
hereafter We simply call rr2emysl Hatter-
son CLARENCE DAY, Jr.
NEW YORK. November %.
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there are other forces besides stirpal

there are other forces besides stirpal
relations at work. 1T Is quite wrong"
Ii remarks, Ito assume that the average
American, even of British race, must
see eye to eye with ourselves" It be-
lieves American sympathy with the
English people to be deep and sincere"
but comedies that 1t does not belong to
them "of right" and will not be theirs
Inevitably" The Reriep therefore
urges that "thc utmost tact be used
in dealing with the great neutral Power
whose moral support hns hitherto been
so satisfactory and remarkable.
All this is most pleasing. 1t IL not
always necessary TO look to the Interior
motives Of proffered friendship. The
very naIvcte Of the present advances
disarms cynicism. The implied appeal
to the good sense Of America has been
anticipated by the attitude of our Gov.
eminent and people in difficulties grow
ing out of the war. The advice to the
British authorities Is all that could be
desired. II is impossible to avoid a
smile Mt the source from which all this
good will exudes. But perhaps II will
be best. in the words Of Mrs. MALA-
PROP to make on such an occasion mo
delusions to the past
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The movement for the protection OF
game birds is going rather far when II
IL proposed to stop their sale for food
II is the characteristic vice OF CRU
sad :" that in time they rush far be-
yond the abuse into the realm of fad
and so often defeat their own original
purpose So long as the bird fight can
be kept down to the prevention of use
less and wanton slaughter It will have
the effective support Of humane per-
sons. AS soon as an attempt is made
to stop legitimate killing for the recog-
nized advantage OF mankind just so
soon will the cause be abandoned to the
Cranks
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LINCOLN AND DOUGLAS.
some Remarks and "Reminiscences u,
an old Iliinoisan.

To the EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sr: I
have read the editorial article on The
Little Still House" | have been In Ill
nois more than sixty years, and was on
the platform at the first Ottawa debate,
but a few feet away from the debaters.
There was always a good feeling be-
tween them. and when Lincoln came TO
Chicago to make the arrangements for
tho contest In the evening az the fremont
House Douglas went out and addressed
the crowd then Lincoln replied. and Mr.
Douglas held Lncoln's hat when he went
out to make his reply.
Mr. Lincoln replied TO the charge OF be-
ing behind the bar lie said II he was be-
hind the bar Mr.. Douglas was always in
fronv OF 1t. Douglas was drinking very
hard during this campaign and II was
the cause OF his death, as ! was well ac-
qualnted with his physician
Mr. Lincoln made a venture at a store
in New Salem. and. like most Of that
style uf merchants. was unfortunate.
think his partner was named Green. That
they may have KEEP, rum is very probable
They failed. Green. think. went 20
Kentucky to teach school and Lincoln 10
the study OF the law. Mr.. Lihcolns notes
TO his creditors were running at 20 per
cent. interest and were not paid for six
years. He called It his national debt
Douglas was cabinet maker when
first arriving In Illinois. The Hon. John
Wentworth In one OF his speeches said Il
he had landed In South Carolina and not
IN Missouri he would be a coffin maker
until this day"
have In my old scrap book a grea,
amount Of records that relate 20 NJ, Ii l.
coin. ! was a Whig in my fathers home
IN Duchess county, New York. brought
with me my political ideas TO this city
IN 1852. and was in the Wigwam whc'
the roll call was being perfected before
he adjournment from dinner. and remem.
her Andrew Curtin and the PernsNlvanI.
delegates that were all so jolly over tn
outcome TUNIs " VAN WYCR.
CHICAGO, November "a
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Mrs Osbourne also holds tn1t q '~
significant that the letters she claims l-r.
with two or three except .p's. Cnn-'."rfv'
lots I'm the sale catalogue, a"d t"'' they
are numbered lust as th"y We're f'Ir
the bundle meant for her Sh, $50.
tre>Sed also, Mr. Jones said. "a. thor ur
dispersed In public auction. as sho neN ''.
that the lichtful piece fnr sur1 r".r. ..'.
documents was the British Ma, t,r '..
was not in a position tu state. nr tt.
whether Mrs. Oshourno would i."..'-
them to the museum or MT -.'Na tfe
win her suit
These letters. which hove g'r,.ir N,s'
described IN THE SuN, hrr N''. , Boz .
letter written IN mv"N.'-.'-- s....
Stevenson when -No years oid. a'.I
with his nickname, "Smou'.,' L..u.. .....
with the ass stance 81 his mother.
Include many boyl u miss.,,s 81 'I"
est interest and clio, r-ugss. uuf u..
on: is touch of peculiar -..ua.. t.i %
extend To the days ~ LIS g.. ''- '
authorship and life In Samoa.
4 large audience assembled -. '.- .''t
yest erday and there WIS l., boo, ~
terest In the prices of the r..
were sold The hche-' ..
them wore huuEh' hv three
cancelled chcoks l2@ l2f 0r1 't1
catalogue. which solid 80 r. 20 w..
for SIZE. slt2 and SIZE b" ro-ro
These checks We're made 10. "' r1u.. .s.
known people, amonI others S.dr,.
WIN, w +. Henley, IAoyi p>hour
to Stevenson, mother and 10.
A letter addressed 10 his wife ri. VI.
Dear Fellow said. II have just
my first paper for ScribDers q I..
OF Dreams | can II, II is iu-'
with stories, hut do not think ~
rethor bad" and sold to j e. l.'t
500. @. n. Smith paid Stta"
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what possible application TO big war
ships as a class has the term dread
uought" except in so far as II derives
its significance from the British ship
which was the first Of It's kind? When
Secretary DANIELS in IA fussy spirit OF
lcXicography changes the spelling to
"drcadnaught" he throws away a lot OF
fine tradition which gave the word a
soul Of its own and an inspiration for
sea fighters. Sawdust IL poor subst!-
tute for sentiment In running navy.
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The first reservation amply cover. the

The first reservation amply covers the
question which Judge Holt raises.
That intelligent jurlst will be quick
to perceive the distinction between our
undertaking to observe on our part the
international rules laid down in the
several treaties Of The Hague and
our undertaking to enforce the same
rules in the case OF European nations.
lie will be quick to see that in view Of
the broad reservation just quoted we
cannot. by any stretch Of imagnatlo
or parchment or paper. be regarded as
a responsible guarantor of the neutral
ity Of Belgium.
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Chinese bookkeeping a puzzle % the

Chinese bookkeeping puzzle % the
cuurt.-H'ddIHc
The man In the street will be COM
forted 10 find that omnsCienCe has some
limits. Tho Chinese must have added
some new involutlons TO the gentle art
Of making figures prevar cate. The APP
palllng thing to majority Of people in
a recent series Of court proceedings has
been the labyrlnthine mazes of account
ing that were read into the evidence
and the superCilious Cocksureness with
which judges. turIes and lawyers pre-
tended 20 understand them. To the or
binary man who believes in the four
rules of arithmetic such Clairvoyance
has seemed almost uncanny.
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Away with the squeaky bugle. the
cracked drum. the tin sword, the wooden
gun, the pasteboard corselet and the
tirsel epaulets. all the stun that dreams
are made Of. Give the good Little boy
n blunt saw and tack hammer so that
he can practis, on the furnitur, for
the realities of life. or let him have
some beads to thread with his little
sister.
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Has the United states Guaranteed
the Neutrality of belgium?

Has the United states Guaranteed
the Neutrality of belgium?
Judge GEORGE CHANDLER Holt. for
merly Of the United States District
Court for this district. has raised again
In the independent the strange question
whether our Government as a signer Of
the treaty Of The Hague is therefore
responsible guarantor of the neutrality
OF Belgium Let us he careful to state
this remarkable proposition In Judge
Hours own words:
But the gravest infringement OF the
Hague convention which has taken place
in this war is the violation OF the neu-
trality of Belgium. The neutrality OF
Belgium was originally specifically guar
anteed by a treaty between the principal
Powers now at war. but to which the
United States was not party. But II "a
also guaranteed by the following general
provisions OF the Hague convention. to
Uhich the United states Is a party:
1.-THE territory OF neutral Powers Is
involable.
'Beligeren,s are forbidden to move
troops or conveys OF either munitions OF
war or ,upplies across territory OF a neu-
trail Power
The fact OF neutral Power resist
ing, even by force. attempts to violate
its neutrality cannot be regarded as II
hostile act"
We do not see exactly what this
cstimable jurlst and jurisconsult is
driving at. Apparently all that he de-
s,res is that the United States Gov
,rument, as sicner Of the convention
of The Hague. should register without
further delay II formal and physically
innocuous protest against Germany's
violation Of Belgian territory and the
other alleged infrincements of the getl.
eral compact concerning the rights Of
neutrality.
But If Judge Hon we're right in his
view OF this nations obligations under
the treaty OF The Hague. something
more than futile accusations and inef
duty. II the United states Government
by solemn contract with the other Pow
ers had made itself responsible for the
maintenance of Begium's neutrality It
would be our plain duty TO participate
In the physical business of driving the
invader from Belgian soil. Of furnishing
him for his unlawful aggression. of col
lecting from him by force of arms the
penalty Of his offence and the solatium
Justly due 10 the innocent people he
has injured
In other words, If Judge IToLr were
right 1t would become our duty to make
war on Germany for precisely the same
reason which Great Britain has de.
clared az her cause Of war
There can be no doubt of this. Con
tract responsibility for Belglum's neu
trality once being admitted on our part
there is no middle course between the
cownrdly reputation of treaty oblga
lions ana the Iul' performance 10
matter at what cost, OF that duty which
Iudgo u,,r e,vu ,ya h,vs undortoLar
Us one VI '"' ''Ni''nN'"'e "''e' "''''r'
of BegIum's neutrality
But II happens that Judge Hon
!, not right IN his view OF this ma
tou's obligation under the several con
ycntions Of The Hague. Every one OF
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/ II is forbidden to lay unanchored
automatic contact mines. except when
they are So constructed as TO become
harmless. one hour At most arter the per
son who laid them ceases 10 control them
To lay anchored automatic contact
mines which do not become harmless as
soon as they hSve broken loose from their
bearings.
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Whether the taking NJ Vera Cruz last
April was a crime or a blunder may
safely be loft to Individual judgment.
1t is equally unnecessary to classify
the evacuation " the city at this par
ticular ConjunCture
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. II is forbidden 10 lay automatic con
tact m,ues off the coast and ports of the
enemy. with tho sole objec; OF intercept
Ing commercial shipping
MANY of the foregoing prohibitions
were not ratified by all the signatory
Powers now heliEcrent. and there Is
therefore technical question az TO
their force in the present war.
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London once Bingham House. 1 Arundel
street. strand.
Paris Office Rue de Ia Michodiers. on
Rue du Quatre Septembre.
Washington office. Hibbs Building.
Brooklyn ofllce l06 Livingston street
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UESTERN COURTESY.
suffrage and the Manners OF Men Among
Miners and Cowpunchers.

t. riiE FuiroR OF TIE SuN-Sir The
enclosed Is a COPY OF letter have just
received from n Western woman, II COW
ers the case OF Nevada rather well.
\. y. GEORGE
RRooELI&E. Mass. November 81
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Between the Devil and tho pecp Sen.

les unecohomic
TO he gastrnnOmic.
\ fat larder means "A thin purse.
hut still you will snur
II YOU don't get enough,
And spend all your pile on hearw
really can't sec,
IT. mysrry 10 me-
This precept which doctors insui.
As ponpous they glare
And 40 sternly declare
That starving and eating both Kill,
II, r. n
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odd how the Black Handlers always
guess right when the reception COM
mttee has gun IN it's muf and so keep
out of range hut never seem to be able
to smell marked money.
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owned by ITS Mother.

Mrs. Csbourne In her affidavit pres,nte
TO the SPECIAL term of the supreme court,
Judge Vernon NJ. DAVIS presiding. said
that the letters she claimed were owned
by Mrs. Thomas Stevenson. mother o'
Robert Louis Stevenson. aud ihtt ate.
her death they Were purchased las her
sister. Jane Whyte BHlfOuf OF Edinburgh.
scotland. who subsequently gave them TO
Mrs. OshOurue n London. Graham Bil-
four tho cousin and biographcr uf steven
son borrowed these letters from MIR, u.s.
bourne and after publishing hs book re-
turned them to Mrs. Stevenson in san
Francisco to be del Vcred by her to me-
Mrs. Osbournr asserted also that said
letters and articles of personal property
are of great pcCuuiary value and are also
of value largely sentimental, and su 10
value is greater to me than To- any other
person now living by reason Of my r.. .-
ton to said Robert Louis Stevenson i.l
because of the person that gave tu,u 70
ne. and I said sale thereof is pom. .',r
20 proceed said letters and said lij of
personal property ~ J." sHaf.,r'N '. .
'ost g me and SHAH D" uu1H'. 10 '.....r
the same and shall Doe .rrrp.rt'l. .iI.'d
thor"hv."
John Hal. Jones. the lawyer t, ''. .,-e,
sail yesterday that the Injunction 49, ."-
turuable this morning At 90 q" ...'
and that he would bee Ia "a h.ti,r i.-
to speak of the affair when hr knew ' ..
the Injunction had been sustained lie
.s'd Ma client Mrs o.hpurr,. h.t '..
been on good terms " Oh Nj Srf'n-.
that when Lloyd pshourue and Mrs. '#.
bourne separated the W1.a.r '".N '"-
sons side In tho dispute. N's Stevenson
and Mrs OSbourne occupied gltU.'. ?
apartments In double hous, ir SIN
Francisco. and TO this fact Mrs p~noI =
attributes the sending hy Nj E,ll'uc .
the letters to Mrs. Stevenson. rs B." II 4
not know Of the estrtugem'ut.