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The -Four 1.lHhts.

-Four little flames, each burning clear.
Set out to choose "A life career.
one said: Within church I'll burn
And thoughts Of men to heaven turn"
one said: I'm In "A lighthouse bide
And ships upon the ocean guide
One said ~ scholars lamp I'll he
And knowledge shall be spread by me"
One said Upon "A hearth III glow
Where only two Or three may know
Time snuffed the altar candle out
But other faiths still conquered doubt
The beacon into darkness fell
But ships had compass, horn and bell.
Tho scholars light went out, bu, then
lie still could learn from life and men.
But when the hearthfiame ash was cold
All earth no substitute could hold.
MCLANDBURGH WusoN
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pie who buy. have written to some
thought might be interested and to firms
tdealers), but have not been able to IN
tcrest the former. and the latter always
referred me to Z iers. without success. ]
have tried advertising but that Is 80 ex.
pensive and the replies are so Few and
generally not satisfactory.
We have been Obliged to let Insurance
go. we could not AFFORD the premiums.
We have done all that we could that hui
mans can think of to remain honest and
retain their self-respeGt.
We know that IL vi allow our property
to be foreclosed we would get nothing out
of IL. owing to the present status OF the
real estate market. We would have moth
ing and still have our debts.
Can you tell me what persons In like
predicament can do? I am tired. oh 4! 30
' tired. with working, thinking and worry
, ing about Il ALL
We never have any pleasure. never en-
tcrtain never attend shows Of any sort !:
| walk long distances to save carfare.
and rarely attend church. partly because
! cannot make an appearance that would
not make mo conspicuous among others
in this day Of Extravaganza, nor can
afford TO contribute.
might add that my husband Is a man
who doesn't drink. is u good husband and
| father, refined man Of excellent prin-
ciples through and through, "A hard worker
and man who isn't always looking
at the clock. His employment IL In the
nature of confidential secretaryship.
! and 1t IL not because OF lack OF ability.
but because we stand alone, without intiu-
| ence, and the ever present responsibilities,
that he IL obliged to remain with his
ability at such small salary.
] have written this manuscript at the
height OF my desperation, for I have re-
sorted to every honest means AMI failed
to carry the point, which is In brief. to
| extricate ourselves from our present pre-
dicament. I can go no further, and am as
a drowning person. knowing that the In
| evitable Is before us and will swamp us.
| And then. what?
We are now on the edge Of the preci-
! pice. IL is the eleventh hour. am send
| ing you this AZ II has come from my
heart We're 7 TO recopy II 1t would per
| haps not be sent. I hope you will print
| IL. Possibly some on. reading IL may
know of IA solution. / will watch THE
! SrN for tho article. which IL "a truthful
one--true TO life God. have mercy
NEW YoRx. February s. READER.
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condition from Colon 10 Panama aud
the vast working force was organized
from rop to bottom. supplied with
ample modern machinery and housed
and ratiOncd. "To Colonel GoRGAs is
DUE says Mr.. SHoNTs. "all the praise
for the triumph OF science over diseas sc
on the 1sthmus Of Panama, but he
would not have accomplished the mag
niicent results achieved there without
the active and sympathetic coopera.
ton Of the commission"
Not only were towns and villages,
Culebra, Empire. Las Cascades. Cor
gona and others. actually created and
provided with paved streets. hospitals,
modern sewers water systems. stores,
post Offices, fire engine houses, clubs,
gyinnaslums and amusement places.
but the Panama Railroad with its
port terminals. wharves. warehouses,
yards. was reconstructed in every
detail-'a tremendous task" says Mr..
SmoNTs-double tracked and supplied
with new rolling stock. The chairman
himself for two years devoted his zen.
tire physical and mental energies" 10
the problems of the canal. and when
he resigned $4,000 men were on the
payrolls, all the machinery except that
for lock construction was on hand and
I'm operation. and "the entire project
well under way" The dirt had begun
TO fly and the Zone had been trans.
formed into great sanitarlum when
Colonel GEORGE W. COCKTAILS took
charge to finish the job.
Let it not be thought that Mr.
SHoNTs Is chary in his praise of what
the gifted army engineer has done
Indeed, he says that 1t commands 1.-THE
wonder. and the admiration of the
world" but it is only just to the group
Of able railroad men whom Commits.
sioner SIioNTs assembled to do the
vast preliminary work Of organization
equipment and operation that the
story Of their difficulties and labors
should he told with authority and
without prejudice. Colonel COCKTAILS
could add many details IT, the story
for 1t Is told only in part and in the
simplest manner.
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Diet at the Opera.

TO the EDITOR or THE SuN--Sir: Your
correspondent ~. /. D." complains of an
"invariable diet OF German music" on even
Friday nights at the Metropolitan. The
fact Is that the operas given on Fri
days so far this season have been 10
hengrin." Boris Godounoff." "Cavalleria
Rusticana" and "Pagliacci.' "Tannhaus-
er," "Tosca' "Siegfried." 'LAmore del
tire Re-" Die Walkure.' TN Ballo in
Maschera," der Rosenkavalier." La Bo-
heme" and "Koenigskinder."
The management. IL will be seen, has
tried TO provide as much variety As pos
s!b,e Subscription tickets are sold only
for the entire series. Perhaps the 'other
fellow" who divided the subscription with
IN !. D. thinks he is getting too much
Italian opera. However. that Ia not the
fault OF the Metropolitan Opera Company
NEW YORK. Fehruary 8. w. ]. q.
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pcrvlsion over economic cndeavOr with
out damaging corporate enterprise and
tho general well being.
Perhaps II business men should ac-
cept the informal invitation given to
them to appear at the Congressional
hearings on trust legislation they would
find that 1t had not been extended in
the pickwickian sense infcrential from
the treatment only lately accorded by
politics to the legislative suggestions
Of able men of affairs.
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GEN. WOOD WARNS OFyICERS
Proper Treatment Of Enitstrd Mea
Insisted Upon by GRrrison.

WAsHINGToN, Feb. 1--Secrctary a.
War Garrison has directed Mat"r-G"H-
Wood, chief OF stan. TO issu" tho follow
ing circular 10 the military service
while the Secretary Of War docs NOV
wish that there should be any reltNI- %
In discipline or IN the thorough 80
prompt performance OF military duty. ..
insists that all officers IN dealing with ''
listed men should have always !N r' 20
the absolute necessity Of ~ treating i&'
as to preserve their seli-respect TINS
most important II We are to nav" ,'r~.
ful willing and highly efficient army
at is believed that much of the ..-
conten, in the service to-day IS iuyld'.. 20
the method Of dealing with enlisted 90 y #,
that the results of this method ave
satisfactory even from the staudpu,.
discipline and that better results GOA. u'
accomplished If each office IN PHI. .'..
tions with the men under his rouJ.afl
should always have in mind the cuul.u. %.
the men without the destruction ui
self-respeCt, FOR once this = l"-'
d!er'S usefulness In IL" service Is i..r'
DESTROY I'd and lie returns to ,''l d..
cont,ntei and often an enemy "' ~
army,
"Many young officers who az. ,..'. ..'.
with the command of men have i.t' .|..-.
lut"ly no previous experience ana ..'r
not been sufficiently imhuci with g. o."
meidous Importance Of the port .'. u'
their duties which concerns tier re-. 'ph'
with enlisted men they are igu"ra'" 49,
tho proper method Of handling s3pn.d.-
mates and often feel that II Is uc"rs"'.
to adopt a tone Of voice or Al maur"' d.
dealing with them which is quite dlu",".'
from that which they usually "mpI'.
ana only too frequently trcy seek :" a'
cornplish through IA public rchuhc WhA
could be more efficiently accepted tArouFu
u private talk with the subordinate lltE.
self, This fault Is not entirely limited e"
on. rers new to the service. but II unto
tunately found AZ times In others Of no''
experience. and IL Is directed that every
effort he made To eradicate II.
"Oficers should keen IN as close ton n
as possible with the men under the!r COZ.
mand and strive 10 build NJ such relations
Of contidcEc" and sympathy as Will insure
men coming Ia them freely Tor CounS'.
and assistance, This can be done without
any relaxation Of the bonds Of discipline
and with great benefit To the service ~
whole. LEONARD Woop"
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Mr.. YEATS said that the public to-day
wanted to see and hear realistic plays
dealing with the present, and not Gramas
of the old style.-NcUs item.
How stupid our fathers and mothers
were when they were simple enough 10
believe that their odd style dramas
were realistic" To think that adults
Of the last generation wept over "rhe
Two Orphans! Well, well. II shows
what naive faith could do before the
true realism of subllminal psychology.
And that poor old ghost Of Hdmlets
father, Is 1t credible that our great
ancestors regarded him as realistic
when they knew that the play wasn't
dealing with the present? How absurd
old time theatregoers WERE they ac-
tually paid 10 forget themselves and
were able to see play without being
conscious critics.
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What Are Our schools For"

The committee on care Of buildings
Of the Board Of Education has taken
an admirable and definite stand. 1t
has decided that the form VI anarchis-
tic propaganda such as the chief or
ganizer Of the Industrial Workers OF
the World Is in the habit of preaching
cannot be spread abroad in public
school buildings. The decision to bar
HAYWOOD was unanimous. Mr.. FRAN
CTS i. CUNNIoN. chairman. was ~.
ported yesterday as having given this
explanations:
I'VE quickly came to a unanimous de-
cison. WILLIAM u. HAYWOOD will not be
permitted to speak In the Manual Train
ing High School nor in any public school
OF this city. A man who talks as he does
Of the American flag cannot be allowed
to address public school children. one of
whose duties is daily to salute the flag"
In order that this matter may be
clearly understood it is best TO repeat
HAYwooD's precise words IN regard To
! the flag. On Monday Of last week his
remarks were quoted thus:
I'VE don't'care for the flag. and we are
against patriotism. We have learned that
the American flag Is not our rag. There
is only one nag in the world for us. and
that is the red flag"
tits highly probable that this noble
leader will no. attempt to make great
capital out ds1his exclusion from the
public schools. The red knight win
try more than ever to impress his hear
ers with his unselfSh agony. Not only
is the American flag to he hated, hut
henceforth and forevermore it will
stand as the emblem of the land where
free speech is suppressed. Many such
profitable Trades are in order.
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4 Gypsy Bibliography.

The Gypsy Lore Society Of London
has issued fuller edition Of "a Gypsy
photography" by DIR. GEORGE F..
BLACK. whereof the preliminary print
ing was In 1909. 1t Is u book Of 1876
double columnel pages. At guess
there must be more than 5000 titles
In n pentecostal wealth of tongues. even
the letters Of some Of which are
Etruscan TO our unlearned eyes. We
notice among the American names
CHARLES q. LELAND. his niece and her
husband. the JOSEPH PENCILS. and A.
Il. SiNCLAiR of Boston. son Of ANAK.
best boxer Of his time at Harvard, a
successful lawyer who had. as we re.
member 1t. gypsy client worth $780,
000--how can such man be Egyp-
tian?-and who spent many happy
months Of many years abroad, pick.
ing up gypsles and strange languages
and dialects. Here, too. is Professor
KNAPP, the laborious and adoring biog-
rapher of the inscrutablc and posing
Borrow. NoLTAiRE. CER,ANTEs. ScoTr.
bEhNNtfh. NfOHtt SAND,
JoKAI. IRVING. how many of the famous
have written Of these strange devil
may-carc smiths, tinkers and snappers
up Of unconsidered tribes.
Everybody knows MATTHEW ARNoLp's
and GLANvILL's scholar GYPSY" duly
cited in the autobiography; "a fugi-
tive and gracious light he seeks shy
to illumine.' What Is the precise
charm outside of the obvious jLlilo-
logical, anthropological. ethnographsal
fruits to be had or sought; outside Of
the JOY ef "canting" dictionaries. the
delight of chap books. the sense of hav-
ing an interest and pleasure unshared
by "the general; what is outside Of
the specialists pride in his Romany.
the subim!nal or back Of the mind
prompter OF the zeal. real or affected.
for gy1'sies and their ways? Putting
aside Of course the stale sentimental
"slop," beloved Of respectable authors
who hammer the typewriter for say
$4,000 year; putting aside such
returns To nature "a Mr.. II. g..
WELLS and divers intelligent and some
patrician men and women. who pretend
they are bohemians and making a liv-
ing by plating and selling baskets !;
putting aside, too, gypsles for tourist
consumption like those horrible ruff
fans of Seville and a thousand alleged
gypsy dancers and players-why do
many of us nourish an open or n sneak
ing fondness for this old, strange race.
be 1t Of India or where not?
Because they used TO steal children.
"kidnap" as the enfranchised argot
hath it? Because their wandering re-
calls the migration Of peoples? Because
they live outdoors like the swells of
earth, some Of whom now initiate their
caravanning? Because they know
horses are quick with the fist or knife
Because their fires smell good under
the greenwood tree (too usually pro-
tected by mo trespass" signs)? Re
cause they have eyes so clear. bright
and fierce:
Or Is 1t because. fortunate in this
wntrodden and much piled age. they
| pay no taxes at the source or other
, where. barring Mr.. SINCLAIR's 100000
specimen hereinbefore mentioned:
| by the way, was Mr.. MALLEsoN's re.
cent gypsy novel Napoleon Boswell
forgotten by DIR. BLACK or did it come
| IN, lutaS
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Her Argunent.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sr. My
wife told me Tonight that she Is utterly
opposed TO any further immigration and
that she would become "a suffraeette II
she thought her vote would keep out
these Black Handlers and horse prisoners
about whom she reads daily.
| told her that II is necessary to have
men to work on the railways and keep
them In condition, but she replied that
railways nre not allowed to earn any
money for upkeep. so there Is no need
for any more men on the railways,
Isn't she right? +. II w.
NEW YORK. February I.
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Mr.. Burke Net At the PrO.Nlurphy Con.
ference.

TO THy EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir: In
an article contained in TIVE Sun OF Mon
day morning. February .. entitled Muir
ply at Work 20 Keep His Machine" you
gave my name as among the persons
present AT the conference referred 10 In
such article was not present at such
conference, neither was | invitei to at
tend the same. nor had any knowledge
or information that such a conference
was held. except such Information as vas
received through the columns OF your
paper. JAMES II. BURkE.
BALLsToN SPA. February Q.
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The Department OF Agriculture an
nounces the discovery that alfalfa can be
made paying crop In northern Alaska
-Despatch from Washington.
May the saints be praised. At last
the stricken farmer il informed that
one kind of crop can actually be made
profitable. But how about those north
ern Alaskan roads? Can tires with
stand them?
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To TIE Enron OF THE SrS-Sir: No doubt
it WAS interesting to many readers to learn
from your correspondent that the way to
make a faded alarm clock run was 20
plunge II with its face submerged into
kerosene until II refused TO stop. hut I he.
ieve there are many more readers who
would he grateful for similarly simple al
vice to inform us what 30 do when the end
at fountain pen declines to be unscrewed.
except to say things. trrLER REiNolps.
AiRASY February Z
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old Home summer.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir. Let
us make the coming summer an "Old
Home summer" People are hard up
this country needs the money.
The money spent abroad by tourists
II made here. Let 1t be spent here. just
once. II will help the country and
thereby rebound 10 the benefit OF the
vaCationer. OLD HOME SUMMER
New YORK, February q.
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The same condition. he said, was CON.
ing into eXistance further uptown. Speak.
Ing Of the new lofty apartment houses on
West End avenue and Riverside Drive no
added:
Apparently no one stopped to think
that II you covered a whole blocl. with
such lofty apartment houses they would
not give anything like the return per
building that is now had from "A single
lofty apartment house getting light and
air from ne!ghboring property upon which
there are no high buildings. We can't
stop it; 1t has gone too far, but We can
check Il.
''If all downtown Manhattan were GOV.
cred with high buildings such as may
now be erected under the regulations
there would not be street room enough
for the people. Some who own land here
on Fifth avenue cat Forty fourth street,
know they are facing very grea, dan
ger; danger that has reached the!f
nelghbOrs below. The loss in land vs,is
in this section If the factories come in
would stagser the country"
He said that land values In the F'.h
avenue section might drop from $4,000
a front foot TO $4,000 a front foot
Every one admits" said Edward y
Bassett that the city has the power
TO limit excessive heights OF buildings
but some deny that the city. even ?
empowered by the Legislature, can impose
uHerent limitations on dlrereIt paris o'
the city. This position is neither good
law nor common sense. Ninety Pc cent.
OF the buildings IA Manhattan do no: OK
coed six stories There are only hf.'-
one buildings over twenty stories high
rational height limitation for love!
Manhattan would have no effect what
ever on the other boroughs. because :
does not pay 20 put skyscrapers on mol
crate priced land. Indeed some owes
are finding out that IL does not pay 20
put skyscrapers on high priced land, a~i
there Is Il general misrepresentation "a %
the profit OF skyscrapers
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The President also paws a high tribute
to Secretary of state BRYAN, who, he
says. deserves mot only our confidence.
but our affectionate miration. "-Des-
patch from Washington.
The frock coat and the cooked hat
are still fashionable, reports TO the con-
trary notwithstanding
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London once. bingham House, 1 Arundel
street. Strand.
Paris once. 9 Rue de la Michodiere, on Rue du
ouatrc Scpcmbrc.
Washington once. iiibbs Building
Brooklyn once. io6 Livingston street.
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~ the city should fN eight stores -
tn. limit for the whole city, land values
III lower Manhattan would tumble along
with the city'; debt limit. We mus Gcs'
with lower Manhattan az /: is and 10
as We might wish Il 10 be.
He said the work OF his COMMITS ~
was aimed at stabllzlug values. hI' -.
in keeping up fictitious values. pistr."'-
ing a city for the purpose Of limiting
heights of buildings has been held by ne
courts to be within the police powers -
said.
Frank II. Williams. Chairman - ne
city clubs committee on city planning,
presided az the luncheon.
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Published daily, including Sunday. by tho Sun
Printing aud Publishing Association AT 100 Nassau
street. In the Borough Of Manhattan. New York.
President aud Treasurer. William G. Rclck. 40
Nassau street Vice. President. Edward y. Mitchell.
10 Nassau street: Secretary. c. l.. Luxton. 100
Nassau street.
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illustrations for publication uiSh TO hare rejected
srtteies returned mcy must IN all send stamps
for that purpose.
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Short Answer to a short Question.
From an esteemed correspondent and
friend. formerly a newspaper publisher
we have the subjoined inquiry:


we have the subjoined inquiry:
You must be very simple minded In
THE Sun office II you believe for one
moment that You can prevail against the
Associated Press. no matter how Just your
cause. Do YOU believe that the Wilson
Administration will antagonIze the Asso-
ciated Press; do YOU believe the courts
will; do you believe there are any MEM
bcrs Of either house OF Congress that
dare antasonize that organization"
II is evident that the reputation and
practices of the controlling clique In
the Associated Press are understood
and suspected by THE suns CORE
spondent. but we believe there are up
right and self-respecting and just men
in the Administration. on the bench aud
in Congress: and we have no fear when
THE Suns side Is presented.
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SAYS SKYSCRAPERS
ARE NOT GOLD MINES
Lawson Purdy Tells City Club
Many Big Buildings Here
DO Not Pay.
ADVOCATES HEIGHT LIMIT
lie Advises Caution SO as Not
to Deal Blow TO Land
Value.

Lawson Purdy, president of the Dcpart.
ment of Taxes and Assessments told mem.
bers of the City Club at their luncheon
yesterday that a large part OF the prop.
erty in lower Manhattan was no, paying
primarily because OF the erection of SKI.
scrapers.
"Shall We Limit the Height OF Build.
ings?" was the question under discussion
Both of the speakers. Edward NJ. Basse,t
chairman of the Heights of Buildings
Commission, and Mr.. Purdy favored III.
viding the city into districts SO tina, eacn
district could be regulated according 20
the character OF the property In II. This
view was in accord with the preliminary
report recently made by the Heights o.
Buildings Commission TO the Board O.
Estimate committee on heights of build.
ings.
Mr.. Purdy said that private restrictions
were often detrimental to property be.
cause they are inf,exible.
"Dead Hand Holds Too Fast"
1.-THE dead hand holds too fast" he said.
"and in some cases holds back tho march
of progress
"Our restrictions should be such as Will
enhance the value OF the land restricted
Restrictions which would enhance the
value of the land in one part OF the city
" ould be a detriment in other parts. Lack
of restrictions is responsible in many
cases for general decline Of land values
and great destruction of property"
He told of conditions IN lower Manhat-
tan where. he said. the erection OF ons
skyscraper had forced the erection Of
other skyscrapers.
I'm time each owner was forced 70
erect very lofty building because tNs
value OF the land was predica led on tina
erection Of such building" he said. "A
large proportion OF the buildings south OF
Chambers street do not produce salts
factory income based on land value and
cost of construction"