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Beautifyins Washington Heights.

To THE EDITOR or THE srN-Sr, II a.
very gratifying to residents Of Washington
Heights to know that at last the Park De-
partment has taken cogniZance OF the dilapi-
dated condition OF strip OF ground
tending from l55th to 18TH street, between
Edgecombe road and the Speedway.
For years this strip, which Is really the
continuation OF High Bridge Park. has been
sadly neglected and was disgrace to the
locality. Nobody seemed to take an inter
est In It. The ground was destitute OF grass
and not even fence or railing was erected
20 protect It. why this particular strip was
overlooked when a fcnce was erected from
i57th to l7Oth street Ia a puzzle
In the afternoons and on Sundays tho
ground was used ny boys and young men
as a baseball field Nobody objected to the
ground being used for this purpose as long
as the city took no interest In II, except for
the fact that pedestrians were always In
danger OF being struck by baseballs knocked
out Of the grounds onto the sidewalk which
borders It on the west. Many persons have
been struck by the baseballs and II was
noticeable that women and children crossed
10 tho other side when passing
At last somebody has taken an interest
IN this bit OF land An ornamental iron
fence has been erected on the Edgecombe
road side. gang Of mcn have also been
engaged IN levcl,lng the ground ana putting
new earth or IT, apparently with the in
tcution of growing grass there ncNt spring.
II is only natural to presume that base
ball games will not he allowed there hence
forth. II that Is 50, pedestrians need not
be cautious when they pass for there will
DO no baseballs hyinE through tho air to
strike them THASxrUI.
NEW YoII, September Z
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A sum mcr Success.

Several thousands OF sharp New
Workers forgot about the compulsory
near side stop for street cars on Tues
day, and not all Of them remembered
it yesterday. Yet the newly adopted
system caused compare lively little con.
fusion. Policemen and trolley car In
spectors report that the scheme worked
well, and they are satisfied that within
a short time 1t will have justified its
authors by expediting traffic and re-
lleving congestion.
1t Is apparent that some means Of
protecting persons who await cars In
the roadways should be devised. Safety
zones, marked with white paint. have
been suggested to accomplish this, and
an experiment with them will be tried
on Broadway before the week Is out
should they prove sufficient to restrain
drivers from running down pedestr!
ans they will be established In all
parts of the city. Then the near side
stop may be regarded as established.
at least until the Street Cleaning De
partment fails TO make the roadways
pa ssable for men and women on foot
II next winter finds the city unable 10
do its share to make the car riders
comfortable we may look for a prompt
return to the old practice.
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The Polite Middle West.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: That
they do most things better in Paris may
be proverbially true. but that they do
other things better In the middle West Is
undoubtedly correct. During my sojourn
In one of the Western towns | came across
a legend on rubbish receptacle. reading.
Rubbish. please" This astonshcd me,
as | did not know that the word please"
had n place In the vocabulary of any mu-
niclpality. Again. In the same place ]
went to a park fully expecting to come
face TO face with that most impolite adj
vice, Keep off the grass" or its equally
obnoxious synonym. Keep of" Not a
bit OF II. Here II was translated into
"Why not use the sidewalk?' This per-
fectly simple conundrum was answered
by every one keeping to the sidewalks un-
I'll a broad expanse OF grass opened up,
on which W king was evidently permitted
Why not follow such a humble exam.
pie of politeness In New York? While
men boast OF their politeness, which is
generally only on the surface. they seem
to have no time to object to blunt signs,
which could be modified without Offend
ing any one. PoLITEssE.
New YORK, September 2.
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"a Well Known Fact"

Is the "fact" recorded in the sub
Joined excerpt from the report OF the
Citizens Committee on Food Supply as
well founded as 1t is well known?
TT is well known fact that we
Americans are a long way behind other
leading nations in our knowledge OF how
10 buy and prepare food, that In many
other countries people live and thrive on
smaller quantities OF food than we con-
sumo, and that they are far less wasteful
in their general housekeeping methods
Dwelling In a fat land, not forced to
economies that less fortunate people
must practise from necessity, the
better than others. He had what
HENRY ~. wanted each Of his subjects
10 have-"a chicken in the pot" He
ate meat thrice day, too much for his
health, perhaps. Bad cooking he SUI.
fered are all OF other nations good
cooks? He becume familiar with the
saying "a French family would live
oh what an American family wastes"
never tempered with pair of saving
somes. And he now pays the penalty
Of high living In being told that he Is
ignorant and foolishly extravagant.
In this city to the population Oh which
the charge Is now specifically applied,
how many households are there whose
management Is derived from Amer.
ican- New England, Southern, middle
Western, Puctlc--"ustnmf In 1910 New
York had l16G, SN3 Inhabitants, or
these 92l 3lS whites, or less than one
NTH, were Of native parentage, Twice
as many, 1,S2o,141, were OF foreign or
mixed parentage, and 1,0o7,703 were Of
.oreign birth. That is, practically four
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tics, and her aviator, have made re.

4 WIS., anu hNi hhNV huuC It
markable records for altitude and dis
lance. 1t may be assumed that the
three Powers have at the front all the
aeroplanes they need and large COM
plement Of skilled operators. Belgium
has contributed several aviators of In.
ternatlonal reputation, among them
CRoMBEz and OLIEsLAEGERs. 1t may
also be assumed that drigibles, because
Of their vulnerable size and inferior
speed, have not played a very promi-
nent part in campaign that has called
for maximum mobility by the Germans
and constant nlertness by the allies.
The judgment Of General BoNNEAu
comes to mind when dispatches tell us
that the Germans have done a great
deal of night marching. With the dawn
1t must have been a simple matter for
avlators OF the contendlng armies TO
start their motors and soar away to
ascertain the latest dispositions OF the
enemy. As scouts the flying corps are
invaluable, and there can be no more
taking an army on the defensive by
surprise. But reconnaissance has not
been the only service the aviators have
rendered: they have directed artillery
fire by signalling. Casualties among
them are apparently light. for before a
battle and while 1t is In progress they
fly at height that makes them secure
from rifle and field gun fire. If there
has haan Anhttnr No.
we have had no report OF It. As they
can do little damage to armies in &C.
tual shock on the field below. there
would be no occasion for those battles
in the air which the fictionists are so
fond Of describing.
1t is well known that peace man9u-
vres have frequently come to stop
because the commanders could not
carry on mimic conflict when they
knew so much about the positions Of
the forces opposed to them. The ele-
ment Of surprise having been elm
mated by air scouting. 1t has been
practically impossible for the numeri-
cally stronger German army to bring
WI Su'ttSStui tuIHiub inoNtihtut'
The allies have always known well In
advance what to expect. and where
the enemy has come on In masses that
could not be beaten back a retreat In
good order 10 new position has been
accomplished with no great difficulty.
The allies undoubtedly owe to the
alertness Of the aviation corps their
ability to decline decisive engage
ment while infiictinG heavy losses
upon the aSsaulting German armies.
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what Answer?

Representative UNDERWOOD, the leader
of the Democratic majority in the
House, told his colleagues on Monday
that they would probably be called on
TO consider emergency revenue meas
ures within u fortnight. and that final
adjournment OF Congress might be
looked for by the end of this month.
While Mr.. UNDERWOOD was convey
ing this message to the Representatives
Senator SIMMONS announced that i'm
mediately on the passage Of the Clayton
bill he would call up the river and har'
Dor appropriation bill. which, since 1t
reached the Senate has been delayed
by skilful tilibuster led by Senator
BUTTON. 1t is freely predicted that
this naked and shameless pork meas
ure will be passed in practically the
form In which it left the House.
This nation therefore will have pre-
sented to 1t the spectacle of the Demo
cratic majority in Congress euacting
In one chamber new tax laws for the
purpose of raising money to overcome
deficit created by an existing inter
national condition. while in the other 1t
approves wasteful and extravagant
appropriation bill. loaded with pork,
and concededly passable only on the
ground that among its numerous in
defensible paragraphs provision Is made
for few essential projects. And these
contradictory actions are to be taken
by a political party which in 1912
declared:
I'VE denounce the profligate waste OF
the money wrung from the people by OPP
pressive taxation through the lavish APP
propriations OF recent Republican Con-
crosses. which have kept taxes high and
reduced the purchasing power OF the peo-
pies toll.
We demand a return 20 that simple
ity and economy which BELTS Democratic
Government and a reduction in the num-
Der Of useless Offices, the salaries of which
drain the substance of the people"
Elected to Office on that comprehen-
sive pledge to practise economy, the
Democratic party to-day designs an in
crease in taxes TO cure situation of
which II has full knowledge, and at the
same moment 1t purposes 10 put on the
statute book law which has already
been pitllessly exposed as an example
OF the very "proflgate waste that two
years ago was so bitterly denounced.
What will any Democratic candidate
for Congress say in answer to citi-
zen who. in his campaign, reads to him
those two sentences from the platform
Of 1912 and demands from him how
that pledge has been observedf
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"MARGARET or NEW ORLEANS"
Monument to the PhilanthrOpic
IabOrs OF the Widow Haugbery

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr. 7
find that +. Chalmers Is anxious to get al
the Facts concerning Margaret OF New
Orleans" If he wants to know all about
this woman let him get New orleans.
the Place and the People" published by
Macmillans In 1895. The author OF the
book Is Grace King.
Margaret Haughery's story is simple
enough. She and her husband had to go
to New Orleans for his health. Shortly
afterward Margaret lost her husband and
her baby boy In the Crescent City. To
make living she engaged as laundress
in the St Charles Hotel
The sisters OF a ncighboring asylum
were in great straits to provide for the
orphans Margaret Haughery offered
her services and a share OF her earnings.
These we're most gladly accepted. From
her savings at the laundry she bought
two cows and purchased a dairy, de-
livering the milk herself
BY and by the dairy was enlarged and
more money was made and the St Eliza
beth training asylum was finished for
grown girls. one of her debtors, a baker.
failed. She promptly took up baking. She
was a great success at baking
She never dressed otherwise than an her
statue represents her, In calico dress,
with small shawl. and she was never
known to wear any other head covering
than a sunbonnet. She never learned to
read or write, and never could distinguish
one figure from another. She did not for
get orphans. white or colored. They are
all orphans alike" said Margaret
At length she died. Not a man. woman
or child In the Crescent City but loved her
and grieved for her. In due time Mar
garet" appeared to the delight OF the
citizens, monument Of Margaret
Haughery. She was IA Roman Catholic
and of Irish blood
(Rev)S THoMAs l. KELLY. n. c. L.
WARREN, r. l.. September ..
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The Flying Corps in the Campaign
In France.

The part the alrship has played in
the allies Is not revealed in official
dispatches from Berlin, Paris and Lon
don. There is no correspondent at the
front to tell the world what the aero
planes and dlrlglbles have been doing,
but 1t Is evident that aerial squadrons
have not destroyed one another in the
terrible conflicts imagined by WELLS
and KIPLlNG; anything OF the kind
would surely get into the official bule-
tins. AS for the death dealing bomb,
1t cannot have figured conspicuously,
for the German aviators who invade
the air over Antwerp and Paris have
not wrought much havoc.
General BoNNEAu of the French
army was once quoted as saying that
with the acroplancs everything Is
seen by the eye, and nothing Is left to
guess" 4 writer whom numbers faS.
cnate has declared that the European
belllgerents were equipped with G,00O
military acrOpnues and 100 drigibles
before the first gun was fired. We
fancy that 1t would be nearer the truth,
having in mind effective aircraft only,
II the number of aeroplanes were dl,
vided by ten and the total of dirlgibles
by at least two. However that may be-,
we do know that Germany greatly ey-
cclled in building and operating dirt
glbles, and that France was as easily
first in the use Of heavier than air ma
chimes while England was weak In
dlrigIbles and fairly well equipped with
aeroplanes and hydroaeroplanes Lat
terly Germany has been spending an
enormous sum upon military aeronau.
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Opera and the War.

Much speculation Is afoat as TO the
prospects Of the winter at the Metro
politan Opera House. The directors
are naturally not ready yet to put
forth formal announcement, for
while the position Of Italy In the gen.
eral European conflict remains und"-
cided nothing can be accepted as final
be seen by cursory glance at the list
of singers heard last winter. The Ger
man department is frequently men
toned as that on which the fate Of the
opera sea son rests. but the fact is that
the Italian is more important.
The principal tenors of the house
were CARUso. MARTINEILi, CRIsrALLI
and MARTIN In the Italian department,
BERGER. JOHN and URLUs ca Dutch
mani In the German. II Italy enters
the war, the first three of these sing
ers may be called to the colors. In
which case the only singer OF leading
Italian roles left Is RICCARDo MARTIN.
II the German tenors have to follow
Nbiilii''iI 4'is tAtiNN anu iPNh'N ~
the front, there Is still PIccAvER, the
newly engaged American from Vienna,
and other Americans are available.
Prominent barytones OF the company
are AMATo and ScoTrI, Italians; CHILLY,
Algerian, and We'll, German. The last
named may possibly be exempt, but at
any rate WILLIAM HINsHAw, CLARENCE
WHITEHALL and even the veteran
DAVID BrsPHAM. all Americans, could
be called to the operate flag. Should
the bass ranks he depleted by the alb
sence of the Russian DIDUR, which Is
unlikely, since he was quite recently
singing In London, ALLAN TINcRLEY.
American, could he engaged. RUYs'
DAfL and WIrHERsrooN, two other lead
ing BASES. are Americans.
The women, of course. can fll their
contracts. The movement for equality
Of the sexes has not yet reached the
point at which sopranos are expected
TO carry rifles or contraltos to operate
heavy artillery. And II the worst
should come to the worst, GLUcK's "Or-
feo," sung by women, might be heard
at least once a week, and DUKAs's
"Ariane ct Barbe Bleu" forced into
prominence by reason OF It's demand
for only one male singer There Is,
however, another fact which seems not
to have been taken into account in the
conslderatio Of this matter. Most Of
the great opera houses of Europe, out
side of Paris, have several American
singers in their companies, and the
ma iorlty OF these houses will have to
close. So there will he small army
Of unemployed vocalsts eager to come
home
On the other hand. and this is the
direst possibility Of ALL the entry OF
Italy into the war might require the
services OF no less a person than Mr.,
GATTI-CAsAzzA himself, for he was
originally naval engineer, In this
case there cannot be the smallest kind
OF doubt that HENRY RUSSELL, lmpre-
sario OF the suspended Boston Opera,
would most cheerfuly, not to say en-
gerry, assume the burdens of manage.
ment In this city.
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Sla,s.

To THE EDIToR OF THE SUN-Sir, The
article OF Julius Rupert, NJ d. In THE
SUN Of August 30 deserves voice OF
thanks from the Slav races, and l send
heartfelt thanks In their name. | am
glad TO hear that there is one who knows
Slav history so well and the conditions
that exist over there under the present
Governments. We are proud of our mas
tiers In art and literature, and those who
know them cannot but appreciate them
We OF the Slav races can only hope that
the tyrants and oppressors will be crushed
so the Slav peoples can come into their
own again. HELEN A. JANIN.
NEW CANAAN, Conn, September 9.
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Little Navy Strategists.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str: Could
not the sub-cellar inhabited by the little
navy" advocates be found to get from
them an interview showing how correct
their theories have been proved by the
events OF the great war in Europe ?
Surely no one will question the correctness
OF the little navy" advocates ideas when
the unfortunate condition of poor Old
England at this time Is noted. See what
an awful state she is In solely because
she has an adequate navy
II the hiding place of the little navy"
strateglsts cannot be discovered. perhaps
the mo aerial preparationists" could be
run down. Surely these gentlemen must
be fairly bursting TO proclaim how recent
events have proved the wisdom OF your
Uncle Samuel's RETAINING from having
anything TO do with those hifaultn' fly
ing contraptlons. by gosh -
FRANK A. E0AN.
New ROCHELLE. September 2.
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The stable Sex.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrS-Str: John
l. Hamln, Jr's touching appeal for re-
turn OF the women whose lives are always
open and as sunny as the days OF June
would surely melt heart Of stone. Pre-
sumably despairing Of his own sex. he
turns once again to the women and asks
them to form the stable part OF humanity,
Shall his appeal he in vain?
When we see love of excitement stir
ring millions of men TO war. when we see
civilization shattered and all the works
OF progress laid low by the uncontrolled
passion OF men for what has well be n
described as the best organized sport
in the world. then indeed Is there need
FOR women to abandon the pin pricks Of
militancy and form a corner in sanity for
the salvation OF the human race
John l., Hamln, Jr., has not spoken
too soon EVA WARD.
NEW YORK, September Q
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4 suggestion.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sr: II
President Wilson signs the impending bill
to enable the Government to exc out its
existence without abating dollar OF
pork appropriations or Of other features
OF eXtravsgant legislation. it is suggested
that he should use for the sake OF econ
omy thirteen steel pens. not gold, that Is.
one for each letter OF his name. That
would enable him to distribute them
widely among Congressional leaders as
souvenirs OF the occasion. the number.
thirteen. being symbolic.
These pens could be used effectively
during the ensuing campaign as convinc-
ing proof OF Democratic loyalty to their
platform pledge of economy. SEMEN.
NEW YORK, September ..
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KEEP cool.
Advice Of n Philosopher VINO Ponders the
Eternal FiuN OF Things.

To THE EDITOR or THE suN-str: To
those who think In units OF fifty thousand
years Instead OF In units OF five years, as
does the average mind. this European
war means absolutely nothing Life on
the planet Earth is an eternally rising
and falling wave, and the present inter-
national massacre is only bubble on the
top OF one OF those waves We attach
such great Importance TO II because we
think In terms OF our span Of life instead
OF thinking In terms of geological and
biological eras.
New redeemers, new dreams. interna-
tional socialism. international paganism.
a new mediRvalism, a new Renaissance,
"A new Waterloo. new Armageddon-
that IL the future. II procession of yester-
days coming toward us.
Finale: billion assures on the face OF
this dried up sun spark. and then pitch
bang pouff We are a million aerolites In
the CHASTITY worthless OF space.
So what difference does II make whether
the Kaiser strols down the Champs
Elysees or NJ. Poincare eats sauerkraut
In Berlin? BENJAMIN DE CAssEREs.
NEW York. September 2.
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An Appeal 10 Women.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. VIII
you give me space to tell your readers
how peace can be brought TO the whole
world? Marching in black serves no end
hut to tell the belligerents that woman is
helpless
We are not Let women combine the
world over, and refuse to bear children
until every country has sold It's dread
noughts for scrap iron and dismissed It's
army with it's gilt glitter. sent it's officers
to the industrial army that produces in
stead OF destroying.
stop praying for peace and make peace
obligatory. God helps those who help
themselves, Universal peace Is in our
hands. let us stand pat stop war and
stop II for all time. Thousands have en-
rolled already (MrsD DUDLEY Dorm
PIrTsBURG, Pa. September g
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The Treason Of wisconsin.

The perihcllon OF the Hon. ROBERT
MARION LA TOILETTE took place on
May IL, 1914. The Congressional Rec.
ord OF that date was Battle Bob num-
Der of 1856 pages, written. spoken or
compiled by the interchangeable little adj.
vocate Of initiative, referendum, recall
graduated income tax. Government
ownership and universal Robbery. The
United States had the pleasure Of pay.
ing S12,i6s.62 for that greatest effort"
of the Badger boss.
In that culmlnant hour who would
have believed that ON September l.,
1914. Sedan OF craftsmanship, he was to
go down In Il plteous defeat; that LA
FoLLETTE's man for Senator would he
beaten by the very man who cracked
that mighty heart In 1912 and betrayed
Madison for Sycamore Hill; that his
army of virtue would be split into blck.
ering camps, five Ia Follettian candi-
dates in the primaries and an anti.
Rohertian nominated for Governor?
lchab Ichabod!
Early in 1912 Battle BOB made this
glorious boast and prophecy:
mo Misrepresentation from whatever
source can take me out OF tho contest to
bring the Government back to the people"
There seems to be strong effort in
Wisconsin to bring him back from the
Government Have Federal spies been
tampering with his mail again? or
has even Wisconsin got tired Of four.
teen years OF Robertian reform? Ex-
pensive but good. as Herr BAEpEKrR
would say.
Whether Wisconsin Is true or false
to her longest winded son. his Is the
glory of having produced the fat
test and the costliest issue of the Con
grcSsi0ndl Record that has ever blessed
the world. From what GREATNESS
and Incompatible height he declines
and falls!