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To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir: In
reply to "B.'s' letter amid the Clash
Of Arms the Panama Hat" :. as one
who has toSed with home hat cleaning
would advise his goulg to the real nat
cleaner, the nat store.
Ware the hat scrubbers who use the
strongest citrlc or oxalic acids and leave
them sometimes Combinedl IN the hat
mesh to go on rottsng the fabric. Woe
To the headpiece that is cleaned y with
lemon or tdrtarc acid, Rather employ
genuine hat cleaner and then Mr. b"
Wit have the same grade of caheza cover
ing that | have cujoved for some twenty
years, and which has recei ed proper
treatment by proper artisans.
Along the war times could not the APP
propriate slogan be used, "Nive le chapeau
prOpre." HrRAM
GLEN RInGE. n j., August l2.
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"1f one were to taSe the moral rather
than the practical point OF view said
Prof LHdd zone would have to say. 1t *
damnable. but Since this Is. to my GER
tain knowledge, the third time within I'VE
years that the Kaiser and his Govern
ment have attempted TO get hold for
accomplishing this throw Of his enemies.
az he chooses to call them I have little
doubt that something of this sort is per
ssently In the back of the brains that
arc, alas! leading Germany either To Ger
tain ruin or to disgraceful and inglorious
but only temporary victory.
There are three or four reasons. how
ever, which make me entirely confident
that the plan will not be a Anal success
Just about a hundred years ago Napoleon
had forced all ISrope into contest to
determine whether his schemes for a uni
versal autocracy should succeed, He was
perhaps the greatest military genius OF
all times, and he was almost as great
a statesman But he miseraby failed
AND now. hundred years later, Ger
many and her rulers are almost In the
same position. \ few more ultimatums.
and all Europe will be combined against
them.
AS to the immense superiority OF the
German fighting machine over all the
other armies of the world | do not feel
and | am happy that | do not fee-any-
thing like the assurance which my German
friends claim to possess. The proof Of
that pudding Is IN the chewing OF the
string and. indeed In this case the string
Is likely to be an exceedingly tough string
for even the millions OF the German army
TO chew
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The Epicure's Lament.

To IuE EpTroR ~ THE SuN-Sir,
oh. we're bound to feel the wars .n.ct
We, first Of all, bon vlvants elect.
VINO must perforce, resign our quest
For foods imported east to west
y" thirst Pisner heer may quench.
Nor limburgers imported stencil
Improve our faded appetites,
Now that the war has set It's light.
Nor may We know the gladstone nzz
OF burgundy or Rhinish sizz
To bubble In our glasses bright
At festive board on banquet night.
And when, n Channel mackerer, caIl.d
From bill Of fare likewise we're stalled
From ordering our German fried;
Nor rest assured when all have tried
To buy Swiss cheese and caviar
Wen half succeed at any bar
To get French mustard for our "hOts'
Or German pretzels for the tots
And then again we're made to feel
The Holland herring, 80 genteel
Has pulled Its cover DER the can
And left US hlushing man TO man
Like red WestphslIa's--gone ala.
Along with Munich. stein or glass
That used to safe our Appetites
In the good old days and better nights
HrNRT p, kIrxEnsrHoEs
Urea, August ~
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WOMAN Nv AMERICA.
4 serious Exposition OF Her Privileged
situation.

To THE EDITOR OF THE Sua-Sir. 7
could not help raising smile at tho
crudeness of Mrs Vira Whitehouse's ar
guments concerning the so-cailed poverty
of woman in this country.
In the first instance, II there In money
no difference is made rs "A rule in fortunes
left between "a son and daughter. There
fore n man and a woman stand equally
equipped financially in their start In life
In marriage the man by law is made to
support his wife and children, while the
woman, IL she works. can keep her salary
for herself. and by law need not con-
tribute cent toward the household.
ON the woman's being divorced by her
husband she Is not obliged to provide
alimony to her perhaps impecunious hus-
band. In the reversed case the man In
variaoly Is made to pay up AS much as
the lawyer can get out OF him.
man In most States is Obliged to
leave his wife part of his money. The
woman need not leave him a cent unless
she wishes.
II we are equals. Is all this fair?
cannot help being indignant at shafts
the suffragettes are pleased to direct
toward the American husband lie ~
known the world over as the most hard
working and generous of men. who gives
to his wife when he can AFFORD to al
lowances unheard OF In other countries
and denies her nothing.
She Is known In turn to be more ex-
travagant and to spend more money on
self-adornment, In proportion to the fam
lily income, than any woman of any
country.
There are naturally exceptions to every
rule. When abe has, as frequently hap
pens, much larger personal fortune
than her husband. Is she known often
TO divide outrigh. half OF her entire in
come with him? This would be fair ac-
Cnftiup Ia Nrhtgahnnaa Il.
but no, generally she gives him n small
ism allowance, and he is allowed cheer
fullv to 80 to work
am . woman. and I believe In giving
the devil 90 his due. G. B. r.
NEWPORT, II. l.. August H.
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A memorandum given 10y the Brit
isb Charge d'AnairrS nj Washington
tn Secretary BRYAN Tuesday asserted
that the Germans are planting con
tact mines indiScriminately about the
North Sea in the open SEA without re.
gard for consequences to merchant
men" The North Sea being thereby
made "perilous in the last degree" the
British Admiralty holds itself fully at
liberty to adopt similar measures in
sef-dcfcnce" thereby increasing the
dangers of navigation in that sea. Neu-
trail merchant ships are warned to
turn back.
Thus the open sea becomes closed
sen. monopoized as battle-ground of
two Powers. Any merchant vessel ven
turing thereon Is liable to be destroyed
with all on board. This at n time
when sea transportation is crippled,
when the number of passenger steam
ers has been notably decreased and
when the expectation Of food products
IL becoming commercial necessity
for the United States.
And not in the North Sea alone. but
in every sea where ships ply, these
mines may be laid by these belligerents
or by their allies, following the humane
example; setting these he'll traps in the
plous hope that only the enemy will
he ginncd thereby. As for friendly
nations. due notice" will he. should
he, Is supposed to have been given.
They may keep off the water or they
may take the risk. II their Govern
ments have made formal protest they
may hope to recover damages for their
vessels injured or lost by an open sea
mine And the lives taken by this
anchored or floating death? Does war
rule the seas. and peace have no bust
ness or rights there? And what he
comes of the old theory that neutral
ships have right 10 60 their own way
IN war;
In the name of humanity, and self
interest apart, the United States should
notify Great Britain and Germany and
the world of It's opposition TO and its
harmon e ~ oh
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The Manhattan Philosopher on Two
Themes Of lOnycrsat ion.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sr: IF.
B. b." in The SUN states he does not like
to hear men talk about the war or the
weather. and he has a good many sympa-
th!Zers.
Wei. | think these two topics are the
very ones We should talk about, In IA mixed
company or when we mNet casual sc-
quAintdnce.
They make infinitely better subjects for
intelligent men than baseball or bust
ness" Baseball fans" and men who talk
shop" are often terrible nuissnces.
hut worst Of all is tho man who likes
to he considered great Joker. He stud les
night and day mechanically to make rnns.
evidently too ignorant to know that a pun
is not a Joke. hut simply play on words.
The war and the weather are always
interesting to intelligent human beings
and ARE perfectly legitimate topics Of
conversation. r.. II L
NEW YORK August IL.
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THE WILL.
4 Comprehensive Explanation OF Certain
MyNlfyIng Facts.

To THE EDITOR or THE SCS-Sir. Felix
Fordyce's experiments with cards are In
teresting as cuufirmatory Of the truth of
Die Welt ais Willie und Vorstelung"
The real agent in nothing but the will
the VIII known to us as the omnipotency
that Is necessarily building, repairing and
using the physical structure of man from
its embryonic state to maturity; foreign
to reason and intellectual limitations. Il
is the only organic force operating and
regulating voluntary and involuntary
functions, moral. mental and physical ac-
cordiug to the structure OF the organs
which tn" will Itself grows"
1t ~ the life and the moving and being
which constitute the sum total OF the
World as VIII and Representation
PtTTsBuRG. Pa, August 10 s. L. NJ
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To THE EprroR or THE SuN-Sir. All
the world against two
As though the Germans and Austrians
were men dcvouring monsters. big and
little haste to pile on. What could be "A
better tribute to what these two Powers
really are than the hate and ealousy
they have inspired in their rivals
Germany and Austria standing alone
against their enemies are only like a
picture from an ancient story book
Whether they VITA or lose theirs Is the
immortal victory RALPH STAPLER.
bound BRooK, y. j., August i2.
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one OF the most charming pa ssages
In the Hon. HARVEY ID. Humans Dec.
larallon Of Independence II this:
Some fear that my nomination and
election az Governor will mean Mr..
RoosEvEfT's nomination for President in
1915. have no information of any kind
that Mr. ROOSEVELT has any ambition for
1915.
III he has such an ambition the people
OF this state can rest assured. and
promise them. that IL ! be elected Cover
nor that Office will not he used to further
any personal or political ambition of Mr..
ROOSEVELT or of any other man. myself
included"
Not even his opponents will deny that
Mr.. HrNMAN is well informed polltl.
elan. If ears so sensitive to the vibrn-
lions OF opinion and rumor hear naught
of the intention ascrlbed to the retired
statesman of Oyster Ray. why should
either the ardor Of friendship or the
bile Of mnlevolencc persist In sticking
tn an error?
There must have been an unconscious
misrepresentation of that ambition"
Mr. ROOSEVELT may be candidate for
President Of the Roy Scouts or the
Explorers or the Ends of the Earth
club in 1915.
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The headline "Stricter customs in.
spcctions ordered" no doubt gave
shock to readers who had passed
through the mill on arriving at this
port from abroad But this time 1t was
false alarm. The strNter inspection
Is for outgoers, not inComers, and IL is
to enforce our neutrality by preventing
vessels from this port from coaling or
supplying belligerent cruisers at sea.
or course the rule will Ne enforced with
strict impartiality, but the Germans arc
likely to be the severest sufferers. The
British warships have no lack Of ports
of their own on this side of the ocean,
but Germany has never succeeded in
acquiring even coaling station in west
Atlantic waters.
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what a Poor Mother says,

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sm.
Tout lc monde est a Ia guerre
Pour rien, pour rien, pour rlen.
Cest ce que dit uno pauvre mere:
Pour ricn, pour rien. pour rlen,
Tous mes Ills sont allies,
ut ne sont pas rctourncs
Les patrles mont rien gaGne
let moi. rien rien.
ION ma dit que Ia gloire
TT lamour pour la patrie
Sont les plus Grandes chooses du monde
1T demandent mes tls, lcur vies,
Mails unc pauvre vieillc mere
Qui dome tout Ce qu'ellt a.
Ellie eNclamc quuuo guerrc
Est indigne dun grand etat.
Les patries ne gagnent rien
Que des fleuves De SANG. msSrc
Les horrlbles vicleuses queries,
Pour rien, pour ren, pour rien."
WILLIAM EDWARD WOLFF.
NBw YORK, August H.
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the approaching disappearance Of the

INV approaching disappearance VI inc
surgeons roe.
Opportunity for national distinction
Is provided every day by the inability
to rely on the arrival from Europe of
certain artistic and material Injuries.
IF some Of the engaged foreign actors
are unable to arrive here to keep their
contracts there will be native represent
atives OF their talented profession to
afford some compensation. Even If the
supply of Scotch may he exhausted
there remains our own rye. and the
foreign residents of this country accus-
toned always to take wine with their
meals will never miss the final failure
of the boarded bottles Of imported rel
wines. They are wise enough to drink
those that grow here.
And the music makers? Even IL the
cohorts of Signor GATTI-CAsAzzA he
confined to their native shores for Il
year, there are enough members of the
Century Opera Company In this country
now to satisfy the most eager cravings
for operate music. The composers. the
conductors. the song recltalists and all
the rest Of the company Of the music
makers, they should rejoice, for II may
he that they will this year come into
their own as they have for years prayed
and yet never hoped to do. Theirs
will assuredly be during the coming
months native note.
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Why has the Colonel's intervention
been so suddenly converted from a CO.
hesive into an explosive force? What
strange mania has seized upon his Pro
gressive worshppers? There's NJ
change in him: he's the same old Colo
mel Whence this spirit of resistance
and disCord in those who so lately
hung on his DEGREES and hustled to do
his bidding as the highest expressions
of wisdom and virtue? But yesterday
tho word OF CESAR might have stood
against the world. now lies he there"
and they're actually threatening to
kick over the traces and worse. What
a tickle game. this one II politics.
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To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir. II
your correspondent m, A. NJ" will look
at Volume IN. page G52. of the Catholic
Encyclopedia he viii there iud an ac-
count of Margaret Haughery. 1.-THE mother
OF the orphans" TO whom the statue was
erected in New Orleans, The article gives
view of the statue, which, II states, has
been enormously supposed 10 be the FIRST
public monument erected to a woman in
the United States" The first such mOnu-
ment was that erected to Mrs, Hannah
Dustin at Dustin Island, n, II. *.
ELMHuRsT. l.. l.. August u.
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Some OF the retail grocers' employees
say they have to work seventeen hours
day: and the hours Of all Of them are
pretty long. So far as observation goes,
however. "Erocers' boys" not uncom-
monty make their way tn store OF
their own and a modest competency.
II is a prosperous trade, though doubt
less In that. as in every other 1t is the
fashion to say that the golden days,
the good old days" are gone. At any
rate the good old golden appetite for
groceries hasn't.
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The state Wurkmen's Compensation
Commission has appointed jeremiah +,
Conner of oneida MS counsel to tho com
mission, Mr., Conner has been counsel 10
the state Conservation Commit sslon since
June Is, 1919. lie served ms city Clei k
of Oneida, as city attorney and was
elected city Judge of Oneida in 1909, lie
was appointed deputy Attorney General
In the office Of Attorney-General Carmody.
His appointment AS counsel to the com
mission was recommended by Gov. Glynn,
Attorney General Carmody and several
Judges
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Names OF American Tourists In London.

TO THE EDITOR or THE SUN--Sir: Per
NIT me to express my appreciation of
your enterprise In publishing the names
of Americans registering with the citizens
committee In London. Finding my
brothers name there was great relief.
and ! have no doubt that thousands Of
other people felt their anxiety removed
by seeing the names of their friends and
relatives in your columns You have rem
dered a real and very important service
to the public, EDWARD \. HARTMAN.
YORK HARBoR. Me. August l2.
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One notable phase OF the demonstra-
lions Of racial devotion which have
been common in New York for the last
week is the evidence they give Of ultl.
mate loyalty to this country and its
flag. In public places where Die
wacht am Rhein" or the "Marseillase"
brings the hearers to their feet vocifcr-
ously applaudng. The Star Spangled
Banner" succeeding them is received
with double the enthusiasm. Every one
is determined to make II plain that the
United States is second to nowhere in
his affection.
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Appraise BROOKLYN r. q. site.

Appraisers for the owners Of the Co
lumbia Theatre and the Universal Build
ms, in Washington street, Brooklyn.
which tho Government has condemned for
additional post office facilities, have fixed
their values at $4,000 and $3.50 600 re-
spectivoly The Government appraist RS
Will report to.da,
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Effect Of Humidity on a Grammarisp

To rHn Enron or TuE SuN->ir. Every
morning when | reach Manhattan this Sign
greets me:
Ladies' Mauicurcs Gentlemens."
Is Il because the heat has made me irri-
able or because ! belong TO the summer
grammar school, that this sign annoys me?
NEw YORK. August IL. NJ. WHITE
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I lonely place In the ShalIc

To THE Editor or THE SuN-Sir. In
letter to THE SUN Fatigue" seeks A
t'place in the shade Let him have A
lodge In some vast wilderness, for every
ono else desires war news. ably eNhib-
tied in THE SUN for people to discuss
'H'sillEent'N' G. u, l..
New YORK, August H.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr. The
substitution of the nose ring in place Of
Inc collar among politicians should be
credited In full to Colonel Roosevelt
JONI X. kNox,
PEARL RIVER, August 10.
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1 Name for the Nar.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: This
morning YOU present the question Of a
name for the war. why not cali II The
Mad War Of 1874? S. Howe
BRooKLYS, August II.
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ment Of modern warfare upon the do
main Of neutrality Is permissible" ut
present. So decoying wrecks by false
lights was oiice a moral occupation.
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There Is great deal too much
prattle about the "sympathies' OF
Americans in the ultramarine war.
Their main, first. middle and last sym
pathies are with the United States, with
themselves. piled and polled by war
prices. They're not likely to have much
sympathy left for anybody else.
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subscriptions By Mail, Postpaid.

Readers Of TIM StN leaving town for the
summc. months can have the daily and SuA-
day tuI evening editions delivered to them
III any part ot ihis country or Europe on
the terms stl ed above. Addresses changed
49, often a. desired. order through news
dealer or directly OF Publication once. tee-
phuno ZOO hickman
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London ONCE bingham House, 1 Arundel
street. strand.
Paris ONCE Rue de la Mlchodisre, on
Rur IA Cuatre Scptemhre.
Washington office. lIibbs Building.
Brooklyn ONCE, 100 Livingston street
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SEES CITY'S CHANCE
TOOUTSTRIP LONDON
Prof. Fisher Of Yale Thinks War
Opens Way to Rule in
Finance.
LADD ASSAILS kAISFi.
Psychologist Believes German
Emperor Is Initiating
Napoleon.

New HAVEN, Aug. 12.-Prof Irving
Fisher Yale's leading economist, said to-
day that the war in Europe would offer II
wonderful opportunity for American
bankers to make New York take the place
OF London as the banking centre of the
world. During the war. he pointed out,
this country will become "A lending in
stead of borrowing nation and that
when the war is over II should still hold
this position.
In other respects Prof Fisher thought
that this country will feet the effects Of
the war but slightly. The foreign trade
of this country. he said. Is small com
pared with the vast volume OF internal
trade, being only l per cent OF the total
trade. The internal trade now amounts
to si5O,000, 100000 year. The chief
effects Of the war in this country will he
those felt by individual firms who furnish
supplies to the warning nations and by
the security market in the proba bic
dumping OF foreign and American securi-
ties upon this country to pay for these
supplies.
According to Prof Fisher, the danger Of
3 panic from the unloading OF securities
on the American market ls greatest at
present and Will not Increase. Should q
panic occur 1t will he localized In New
York and will not affect the country as a
whole
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Expects New Duties Here.

The burden Of the war. Yale's econo-
mist said, will he borne by those nations
taking part In IT, Prices I'm these coun-
tries Will. Of course, rise enormously. and
this rise will have some effect IN this
country. causing prices TO advance be-
cause OF the export Of largo amounts Of
foodstufs TO Europe, but this rise should
not be great.
When the decrease in the amount Of
revenue To the Government from import
duties Is felt, Prof. Fisher said. the Gov
eminent Will have to take steps to add to
its revenue by some other means, prob
AMY by internal revenue duties on sugar
tea, COfec and other commodities
Those optimists who predict a great In
dustrial boom In this country as a result
Of the Industrial anarchy In Europe and
those pessmists who see n huge rise in
prices here because of the war were
called extremists by Prof Fisher In his
opinion there Will be neither great in
dustrial boom nor a great rise In prices
Prof. George Trumbull Ladd, former
head Of the Yale department of psyChol-
oRy, who is familiar with European CON
ditions. said that he believed that the
NerNesis would In time take care OF the
men who hold the German view" which.
he said. Is simply the destruction of the
British Empire. the subjugation Of
Fra.re. the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of Russia
the annexation Of Belgium and Holland;
In word. the conquest OF all Europe
and perhaps America. or at any rate the
southern half OF IL.
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sun Printing and Publishing Association a.
l7O Nassau street, In tn, Borough Of Man
haitian, Sew York President anu TT, .rsurer.
william G. Iisi.k, 100 Nassau street; vice
rresi lent, Edward r. Mitchell. 100 Nanau
street. Secretary, G. L. Luxton. 10 Nassau
street
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One Of the most charming passages
In the Hon. HARVEY ID. Humans Dee.
lnrnllOn Of Inhenendence IL this: