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SuN's contention that this Public
Health Service commands the support
Of the people and that appropriations
for It should he generous and Its ac-
eivities unhampered by political in1u.
ences. which have proved fatal to
methodical and successful adminlstra.
ton Of city and State departments Of
health.
No subject appears too insignificant
for study by the oflicers Of this de-
partment. The index contains reports
Of investigations on publication Of
water supplies, drinking cups. grading
Of milk and cream. snuff and tobacco
habit. protection against rats In houses
and on vessels, sanitation Of flood
stricken districts, designs for sanitary
pals, poisons and habit forming drugs,
the sanitary waiting room, &c.
Unfortunately the city and State Gov.
ernments fail to realize the economic
value Of sanitation sufficiently to for
sake their niggarily appropriations for
more liberal attitude. The State Of
New York has a Health Conmi ssioner
who will surely do things" II the
Legislature will grant the necessary
funds for the protection Of the most
important possessions Of the people.
health and life. Or. BIoGs and his as
sistant, DR.. WILLIAMS. have given up
lucrative private work In order to de-
vote their attention wholly to the es.
Establishment on a nrm basis Of the
splendid scheme mapped out by DR..
Bioos and his commission In the new
health laws. II were false economy to
thwart their Jealous labors by dlscour.
aging indifference or opposition.
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TIE Difference Bet~een Duty and Desire.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str: I
see that even Jane Adams with her ad.
mred balance and sanity has Joined those
suffrage leaders who claim that the num-
Der OF women who vote Is proof positive
that they had always wanted the vote
May | ask II the number OF citizens who
pay their income tax Is positive proof
OF the number who believed In the income
tax and would have voted for e?
Every conscientious ant.-sufYraRist will
vote II the ballot Is imposed on women
The irony OF fate awaits the ant!-sufYra-
gst who not alone Is forced to vote when
she knows II Is a menace both to sex
and State. but through the consideration,
performance OF her duty Is counted In to
add TO the numbers OF her opponents
II the vote Is granted 10 women W.,
ny one tell me why anti-suffragis,s should
not care to vote? Are we going to see
the voting power sweled by q class OF
women for whose Judgment and prin.
ciples we have no respect?
ANNIE NATHAN MEYHR
New YORK. February 81.
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To THs EproR or tbs sus-Sir: Are sal.
mon and trout color biindf asked MI
Charles Haiiock. tor many Year, a writer
and authority on sporting matters He says
"A trained naturalist viii not be pushed
by this question. Selection OF coiors In use
the correspondence In natural insects al
he seasons when they are on the water
May, June and July feeders jump at any.
thing that moves big and little; gnats
flies. mosquitoes BUTTERFLIES and grasshop.
pera or whatever happens to fall into this
water. Intelligent anglers who utilize their
faculty OF observation vary much with this
size and eolors Of what they put on their
hooks" d, MuscrI.
wAsHisoroR, d. c., February 81.
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Sunday Mail Delivery.

The crossroads administration in this
town Of great public business com.
mitted to the Federal Government is
sketched mournfully and faithfully In
this letter:
ITO THE EDITOR OF THE svN-sir: Here
I am in your splendid city. where am
obliged to come every month or %, to con-
duct my business.
And thousands OF statesmen and visitors
are at your hotels.
And we cannot have our Sunday mail.
DO you realize what a hardship Il IL
to men on the road and hotel visitors not
TO be able to receive their mail? Sunday
Is the cleanup day on letter writing with
the thousands OF statesmen all over the
country
The sensible and astute First Assistant
Postmaster-Generai ROPER some time ago
recommended Sunday postal delivery. as
we once had II, and why 10 his advice not
acted upon?
such action would greatly benent the
travelling public and do much to relieve
the Sunday slut' In post offices: the EN-.
ployees need not work any more hours
just rearrange the time Of work.
"A BosroN-NEw YORK BUSINESS MAN.
NEW YORK, February a2."
1t Is not the Federal pleasure to accom-.
modate. but to hamper. business. Cities
and above all New York, are suburbs OF
Sheol. II by multitudes Of folks here
Sunday mail delivery would be highly
appreciated. be II remembered that
rural free delivery Is the part Of the
mail service dear to Congress. Deliver
letters where there are few Of them and
the delivery Is expensive; hold them
where they are thousands and the
routes are easy. Deaf Smith county
Texas. Is not crying for free Sunday de
livery. II Deaf Smith county and Other
centres OF commerce and hives Of popu
latlon insisted upon the boon 1t would
| he granted. But mere business men
mere millions Of people; degenerate
dwellers In the man made town, who
cares about them?
Besides, there are rigid Saba ia
rians who might object; and probably
the carriers would object unless they
got some extra pay; and II Is New
York's part In the postal service to fur
uish revenue which a benevolent Gov
ernment turns into deficit.
Still, this wall of two cities Ia borr
OF genuine grievance. New York cit!
or any other city without sunday mai
delivery Is as absurd and impossible al
1t would be without Sunday telephone
telegraph or car service. The "travel
ling public" Is but a drop In the buckle
Of affiiction. The absence Of a Sunda,
mail delivery Is general public loss
commercial. domestic and sentimental
We are afraid that RoPER Is voic
crying In the desert, but the birth or re
vival Of common sense, even In posta
administration, Is possible.
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To rHl EDITOR OF TuS suH-Str. Some
folks Of whom ! am one, can smell snow,
don't mean that snow has an odor. but II
produces a head o itself. an atmosphe ere
Of changed conditions that with some peo-
pie seems apprehsnsibie to the sense OF
smell.
There are many people who are not i'm
pressed by these atmospheric conditions at
all. or these some look up and say. mo.
the clouds are too high. nothing doing ;
and some look AZ the wind and say yes or
no by that, but thers are many who form
their Impressions, or whose Impressions are
formed for them, by the change In the at
mosphere. Many people think they can
feel" snow; II is the commonest thing In
the world to hear people say. 1T feels like
snow. but when snow 10 coming can
smell II. II. r. Z.
MOUNT Kisco, February 81.
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winter Reading In the Ozarks.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: To
II. A. s." who In his Adirondack fast
ness can winter comfortably upon THE
SUN. the Mirror and Charles O'Malley,'
let me say that in the Ozarks this winter
my entirely satisfactory Intellectual prov
ender has been THE SUN and the Auto
biography of Benvenuto Cellini." Ben
venuto. with his Grow" dinners. his
threatening look. his trusty dagger for an
Ill spoken churl or a brute OF a French
man who spoke the lingo. the passing
piety Of his year in prison and his won
derfui accomplishment in his art. Is a
ribald truculent, energetic and most hui
man and companionab BILE figure.
] am pleased to observe in rereading
'Huckleberry Finn" recently that Tom
Sawyer was another OF his admirers
We have been showed in and THE sun
OF February II has just arrived, February
l6-for the postman lowed he would not
make the eight mile trip Though the hills
on horseback before we got shet' OF
some OF the snow. Now ne aims to re-
sumo his daily trips. c. l.. ANDERSON.
HOOKER, Mo, February l6.
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SUNrLOWER POLITICS.
various COmments lpen Not In
Guiding Iron Jaw Brown ana
Ned stubbs.

To THE Eprroa or THE suN--ST: Po-
iitically speaking things are commencing
to move In Kansas. Victor Murdoch, Con.
eressman from the Seventh district and
q candidate for United States Senator
upon the Bull Moose ticket. 10 now In the
state making two speeches q day. He
came home to attend the Bull Moose ban.
quet at Topeka, at which he announced
himself for Senator and Henry A. Allen
for Governor. Both these gentlemen live
in Wichita. Mr.. Murdoch Ii editor OF the
Eagle and Mr.. Allen is owner and editor
of tho Beacon. with the exception OF
Kansas City Wichita Ii tho largest city
In the State, and the two papers that
have heretofore been Republican are now
Moose.
Among the Democrats who are out for
the place 10 Hugh Farrelly. Iron Jaw
Brown and ex-Congressman Batkin OF
Peruna fame. II there are no other candi-
dates Farreily will be an easy winner.
The information now 10 that ex-Gov-
ernor stubbs. who 10 high priest In the
Moose ranks, will support Mr.. Capper Tor
Governor. II this IL correct William
Allen White of the Empoffa 0dsetfe will
certainly 90 into spasms. The Sfor, Ga
sette, Beaco~ and Eagle are about all the
Moose journals In this part Of the coun'
try. II 10 a kind Of mutual admiration
society. Ex.Congressman F. 8. Jackson
has quit the Moose. and In fact outside
Of those named. and who are candidates.
Il commences to look ~ II the new party
vas going the way Of the Populists.
While the women can vote now for any
ONCE, there 10 actually no enthusiasm
among the rank and nle OF them and
very few are attending political meet
incs Of any party. The truth OF the mat
ter is many Republicans in this State
who went of last fall and supported the
Roosevelt ticket are now back In the party
and look upon this Moose movement Al
simply In the interest Of the Democrats
And since Mr.. Murdoch has cam
paigned in the State the list few day.
and people have heard his speeches. which
are Just as Populistic as anything w. A.
PETER or Jerry Simpson said during the
free silver craze. interest In the Moose
cause has declined to largo extent
LEM A. WoopSA
CHANurH, Kan. February -.
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To TIE EDITOR OF tbs Sus--Sir: An In
Quirer asks In Tas Sun why the age OF 81
was nxed as the time Of freedom from pa
rental control Let me hazard an answer
Through the centuries that have rolled
by since men began to speculate upon the
causes Of things, the numbers seven and
three have always been held In sanctity
The superstition or belief call It what you
viii. persists to-day. Therefore Il was not
strange that thrice seven, nrst by custom
and then by statute, became accepted a. this
period when legal infancy ceased and tbs
young man might do business on his own
account or 20 to the polls and vote.
BaooKLyN February 20. J. r. N.
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The United states Public Health
Service.

In sanitation as In other activit.~n
efficiency Is the chief element In the
achievement Of results. This has been
demonstrated so frequently that Its
reiterntion would appear an insult to
the readers Intelligence. The epoch
ANA Zone into salubrious climate
furnishes the latest proof. This won
derful feat also demonstrates that
strict discipline Is sine qua non iu
sanitation and that Government control
insures discipline.
We are moved to this statement by
the receipt of the Index Of the Public
Health Reports" for 1913, which pre-
sents record OF active scientific and
practical work that Is as creditable tC
this department Of the public service
as 1t Is precious In benefit to the
people whom these officers serve 81
faithfully.
The subjects Investigated range from
the effect OF fieas and other insects II
the causation Of d ,ngerous diseases I,
typhus and typhoid fever. plague. hook
worm disease, pellagra, tuberculosis
meningitis, blindness from trachoma
malaria, &c. The valuable aid glver
by this department to State boards O
health cannot be 0verestimated, es
peclally In the investigation and aboll
ton of malaria and hookworm disea a
In some Southern States and In Port
Rico, and in the Improvement Of sani
tation In the rural schools.
In this State the investiga lions O
an epidemic of typhoid fever In Alban.
may be mentioned to demonstrate tn
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"High" and Low Dutch.

To fHE EDITOR OF The suS-Si.: wa
much interested In the letter Of Before this
War" concerning old time skates. The skate
he used Is q boy with the wooden foot
rest and the runner rising up and over In q
graceful curve. with a little brass acorn on
the tip" was called a High Dutch" We
boys In Washington had them before the
war There WAS another skate In that day
called the Low Dutch" Tho runner did
not come above the wooden foot rest Oh
the old days, CHARLES I. 0paLRY,
WASHINGTON, February ~
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To- Governors Plan for New Tri.
bunal Of investigation.

We do not regard as felicitous Gov.
eFnor GLySS's proposal to the Iegisla-
ture last night to supersede present
methods Of graft hunting by the crea.
don Of court Of inquiry" meaning a
permanent board or committee Of inves-
tigatioR to be composed Of "the living
ex-Judges Of the Court Of Appeals"
In the first place, the temptation TO
meet momentarily embarra ssing condi-
tons BY permanent additions to the ma
chinery Of government is something that
ought to be resisted rather than en-
coursged; although. we are bound to
say, that tendency is characteristic Of
the spirit Of the times.
In the second place. the judicial
knowledge and experience and unQues-
tionable mora, responsibility Of a "tri-
bunal' made up Of eminent jurists re-
tired from the bench on account Of ad-
vanced age do not necessarily guaran.
tee the enterprise and energy and Wig
liant initiative requisite for the conduct
OF effective investigations. Governor
GLYNN mentions "seven" ex-Judges Of
the Court Of Appeals as available for
this PROPOSED new function. Five of
them nre over seventy. the eldest being
now almost eighty-seven. The only
available ex.Judge who Ia not beyond
the age limit for the regular bench Is
the Hon. ALTON b. PARKER; that is, un-
leo Governor GLYNS Is not mistaken In
regarding and mentioning as n Giving
ex-Judse Of the Court Of Appeals" Jus
ticc aARLEs II. Brown Of the Supreme
Court In the Eighth district, elected to
mold office from 1907 to 1920 and now
about half way through his term in the
lower tribunal.
In the third place. We are by nc
means sure that the Governor is RICH,
in assuming that 1t Is desirable thinl
to take Investigations entirely out oil
politics" The American system OF gov
eminent by parties includes among III
checks aid counterchecks upon politica
rascality the vigilant scrutiny by one
Get Of partisans Of the dOings Of thu
other set; and this has always been one
Of the mainsprings Of corrective ant
preservatlve political virtue. On thu
whole the Governors well meant prof.
ect scer,s a little fantastic.
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PICKED TO FIGHT TtNh ~
Com mittee of $50 40 Nee, Iho''aH'
aud Make War p,nus

Bert Hanson. chairman or tine
committee in charge OF the p"'i-'
work OF the Anti-Tamm7rl a'N''
Alliance, sent out yesterdaS N'.
who have agreed to serve H7 T.'
the alliances committee of '"u
and fifty. The commute" vii
Thursday evening in tho llol''
to make plans for war on I'''.
The list includes the nam 5 OF
r. Coudert. Julian Il B,aiF. it
Forest Baldwin, Robert Adams"N
NJ. Bassett, Charles G Nr1rsl"
Henry Cohen, j, Iiamrder
John ]. Freschi Paul FULLER i'"'
Cans. Prof. Franklin II. G"l'
r. L. Gould, Frederic G. Hove
V. Ingersol. Frederick c b
Martin w, Littleton, Leonard g. VI
Walter L. McCorkle, $ SunN
ken, John J. Murphy, Robert i'''
roe, Sidney NeWborg, Frank
Louis II. PINK, Nathan \, SW'..
son = Spencer. Calvin Tomk'n- N'
De Witt Warner
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ENGLAND and the Benton Incident

There Is a great deal OF expediency
and wisdom compressed into the state
ment In the House of Commons by MIR.
DYKE A,LAND, Under Secretary for
Foreign Affairs. with regard to Eng
lands attitude toward the Benton trug-
edy. 1t 10 to the effect that much as
pacification of the country Is desired
Il could not be brought about by Brit
ish interv enti0n and that Intervention
would be impolitic.
England Is estopped by her recog'
milton Of the Huerta Government, nc
matter what the facts OF BENToN's fate
are, from using her army and navy to
police Mexico for the protection OF
British citizens The remedy under
the circumstances Is claim Of dam
ages In behalf of those dependent upon
the British subject who had Interests
In Mexico. Furthermore, England has
concurred In the Wilson policy OF
"watchful waiting" and left the ques
ton OF Intervention to the Government,
of the United States as Its greater
concern.
England Is of course ut liberty tC
change her own policy, but to do 81
would be impolitic. AS to Intervention
in Mexico. England once thought se
rlously Of II and tentatively took tht
first step when she had much NOR,
provocation than she has now. 1t wal
In 1860. MI6UEL MIRAMoN had seize,
the Government, after defeating tn
Juurists near the city OF Mexico ant
shooting ffty-three officers (the mar
tyrs Of Tacubaya"), including DR.. DU
VAL, British subject. who was serving
The COnstitutionallsts Of that day q
Q surgeon. While the outrage was still
arousing indignation In England MIRA
MON seized $63O.OOO In specie whic
had been deposited under seal at tn
British Legation for the payment O
interest on bonds held abroad.
BENITO JUAREz succeeding MIRA MO
efosr routing his forces at Arroyo
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shsove Tuesday.

Pancakes pancakes! hither bring with speed.
Pancakes. pancakes! that Ii what We need.
Thanks to night OF Chronus.
Lent 10 right upon us
Pancakes. pancakes' let us have feed
Pancakes. pancakes, how We all shsii stuH
Pancakes pancakes! mind they are not
tough!
Dainty. light. and yellow.
Golden brown or--Heiio!
Pancakes. panoskes! that's not near enough
Pancakes, pancakesi shrovetids you adorn
Pancakes, pancakes! Who your charm would
scorn?
Bring another platter;
Then l shall feel natter
Pancakes. pancakes. than yourselves the
mornl
0so1oB y. MoaswooD.
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The simplicity ~ Greatness.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str. A
SUN editorial article on the simplicity OF
Colonel Cocktails says In conclusion: The
man Is impossible. He is almos, human"
very high percentage OF those whom
I encounter carry with them airs Of the
creator OF the universe taking an inven-
tory OF stock and as though creation
should be grateful for the conception and
its survey. II requires a tremendou
amount Of courage to be only natural and
simple
There Is nothing so incurabie A. an
empty head that 10 badly swollen.
KNOW LIrrIA
New YORK, February 22.
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The Initial ton Of Christ.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuS--Str: The
Imitation of Christ" OF Thomas a Kempis,
is the mos; widely read spiritual book in
the world next to the Bible. Its precepts
and teachings are ranked by the Catholic
Church as next TO those of the Gospels
themselves. and It's perusal daily 10
recommended TO all Catholics. II has
been translated into nearly every lam
guage that has a literature. or a grammar
even. In 1878 Or. Johnson said In prais-
ing II that II had been printed ms many
times as there had been months since
II first appeared, which was in l<ls. The
euogles upon II would hll a volume. and
millions OF people have been edlned and
strengthened spiritually by Il.
To fnd In THE Sun OF to-day the state
ments In a London letter that the Church
put the book on the Index Is astonishing
and, ! need hardly say. untrue. absurdly
untrue. But as some one may be In
fuenced by the assertion OF the London
writer and thereby forbear or discontinue
the reading of the great work. ! ask
for the space to contradict your corre-
spondent Y. y. J.
New YORK, February %.
THE Sun has not at hand list OF the
prohibited books. II Is conceivable that
some one or other OF the innumerab bic
translations of the limitation" may have
been placed on the Index. Has there
been such a sophisticated or heretica
trur sia lu,,~
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To THE EDITOR OF THE suS-Stv: Alaa.
how the brightest hath fsdedi Even THs
Sun has yielded to the prevalent railroad
English solecism. rates effective" as I per-
ceivs In to-day's editorial article on the
rate case. meaning. as suppose. that on .
given date certain rate Will go into
effect" Indeed. though my pen almost re-
fuses TO record 80 sad a fact. tbs Sun has
added a bit OF It's own. higher story to
the stumbling block, by referring to the
date OF effectiveness" Of the proposed
higher schedules!
Rate effective" as q proposed or actual
bit OF our mother tongue. can best be
tested. ! believe. by the indirect method; II
there be such a thing a. an effective rate, -
then, by necessary analogy and from the
form Of the language Of Shakespeare
II not OF Park Row or Nassau street,
there must be an ineffective rate. that Ia
To say, again referring to the standard
Of ages. rate that cannot accomplish
what Il was designed to do, In other words
an effective rate" would be one that had
succeeded In bringing to pass that which
its trainers intended, an ineffective rate
or rate Ineffective" one which had failed o,
its purpose. Can TIM suS say I am wrons
In thus constituting a perfectly familiar word
from the speech ] imbioed more years age
than I now care TO admt7
As long as this-I was going to say
"hideous soiecism''-this patent error wa,
amusement: but from THE Sur I regard I,
as calamity. I shall wear mourning til
l hear II hath repented. ID. q.
BROOKLYN. February &c
m. haa rA Ne Uofp> AI~,~b
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The an.American Doctrine.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Str Merely
line to offer my congratulations on the
position that THE Sun took yesterday In
It's editorial article concerning the Mon
roe Doctrine.
Surely Argentina. Brazil and Chile can
help us In administering that doctrine
PHILADELPHIA. February 20. b.
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His Supervisor o. Letserv.

To rHR EDlron ov tbs SrN-Sis: Last
week friends In the country invited us to
come over and spend the week end. but we
were very short OF funds. We had to write
and ascribe some reason for our not com
ing; and as usual. I submitted my letter
to Mrs Mac before sending It.
My" she said, you can't send this let
ter. wrote Mary that you we're down
with the grip, and here you are writing
Rufus that you have been most unex pect-
eddy called to Boston"
From this you can see how important Il
IL In various ways to have my letters
looked over. Mrs Mac not only hsips me
to write better letters. but when we are
both writing to the same people she sees to
Il that our letters agree. MACE.
Nsw YoRk. February ~.
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with no disrespect for. in fact with
the deepest generation for the sooth-
sayings OF the weather OWNERS, local
and national. may we not hope that
their predictions Of more snow for these
diggings. still incompletely dug out, are
false as dlcers' oaths7 Snow Is good
for the crops, good for the West. Let the
West have It. as she has been having
It. The crops In this part Of the farm
ing section" are sufficiently protected
already. Give us a large and early
rain. or must there be Weather Regu-
lation Commission?