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Dead Days.

That Saturdays In the hot months
are dead days in New York 40 far as
u certain proportion Of the population
is concerned Is amply proved by the
action of several Of the larger retail
merchants In closing their places OF
business completely from Friday after.
moons at ; o'clock until Monday morn
ings throughout July and August. With
every wish to conserve the health of
their employees and to better working
conditions. this course would be i'm
practicable IL the slackened demands
/ OF the public did not recommend 1t. The
| customers Of these shops avoid the city
I in such numbers that the owners may
| follow their humane instincts In the
/ treatment OF their workers without
making commercial sacrifice too great
to he borne. Their departure marks the
days when nobody is in town"
In July and August the managers Of
these enormous enterprises reduce their
IA week, n maximum that would have
caused many shrewd merchant Of the
old school to turn white with fear Of
bankruptcy. Nor are all the establish
ments which adopt this policy In the
fashionable shopping district" In
deed, 1t appears that the first of the
great merchants to put up the shutters
on Friday afternoons for sixty-two
hour rest is quartered on street now
regarded as far downtown and well of
the chosen channel of progressive bust
ness. Moreover, scores of less preten-
tious shops. with few employees and
names scarcely known beyond their
immediate neighborhoods, do not unlock
their doors on Saturdays.
Everybody out OF town" what does
1t actually mean? II comes closer TO
the truth than most congratulations CON
corning the social habits OF five and n
half millions Of human beings. although
it is ludicrously false to the fact. The
quitting of town by the fortunate few
leaves vast population ut home
through choice or necessity. Are half
family away from home at any one
time? We doubt It, though our eyes
give testimony to the opposite. Nor
are all who stay at home to be pitied,
though some of them unquestionably
deserve sympathy.
Yet these half million, or less make
Saturday n dead day. day of no
trade, a breathing spell for clerks and
workers In dozens of callings and oc-
equations. Lucky half million! And
fortunate beneficiaries Of their power
over commerce.!
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DON ESTIC COMMERCE.
Exempt I'm Twenty.seyen Treaties. In IA
y0rcd Nation Clause OF Three.

To THE, EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. In
Mr. Arthur Moore's letter In THE Sun OF
May 23 appear the following statements:
II may be supposed generally that those
things never subject to treaty are not sub
Ject to this Hay Pauncefote treaty unless
specifically mentioned therein. Now among
the many things that are seldom II ever
subject to any treaties whatever Is domestic
commerce or Internal commerce Of n SOW
ereign Power That our coastwlse COM
merce is part of our domestic or Internal
commerce seems to be almost beyond dis
pute. SO that It IL only reasonable to
premise that American domestic commerce
10 not included. either as q whole or in
part. by Implication or superstition, as 4,
surely Is not by specific mention, In the
Hay Pauncefote treaty.
As II Is rather important that American
public opinion In this grave matter in
volving both the national honor and for
eiGn complications. should be formed on
the facts OF the case. take the liberty
OF submitting some data bearing on our
treaties and coastwise traffic:
Beginning with Prussia and Brazil In
1928 and ending with Japan in 1911 thirty
reciprocal treaties OF commerce and navi-
cation have been negotiated containing
stipulations with regard TO coastwise COM
merce In twenty-seven cases coastwise
commerce was specifically exempted from
the provisions OF the treaty. and In the
three treaties with Belgium OF 1Si5. 1858
and 1875 II was put under the general
favored nation clause.
These treaties cover the principal ma
tons of Europe and South America. The
only treaties OF Importance not governing
coastwise commerce are those OF 1915 with
Great Britain and OF 1900 with France.
Is II not fair to inquire OF Mr.. Moore why
our coastwise traffic was not specifically
exempted from the provisions Of the Hay
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Putting the Duvida on the Man.

In his lecture upon the mapping OF
the Duvida before the National Geo
graphic Society Colonel ROOSEVELT
makes clear what was before In need
OF explanation, and that was how he
came to explore the river. II appears
that Senior LAuRo MUELLER. the Bra.
LILLIAN Minister Of Foreign Affairs, pro-
posed the venture when they met at
Rio de Janeiro:
'Ie told me that the head OF the Te,e-
graphic Commission. Colonel RoNpoS. who
had for twenty-five years been engaged
In the work OF exploring that wild. west
ern wilderness of Brazil would, IL de-
sired. accompany me down that river and
see where 1t came out"
THAT river" was the Duvida. which
Colonel RoNDoN had seen near It's
source but had not followed. II was
not on the map. The opportunity was
given the Colonel to put 1t on the map,
with a warning that hardshlps and
dangers must be encountered. and he
embraced the opportunity. exclaiming.
by George, that is just what I would
like TO dor Discovery he does not
claim, admitting that Colonel RoNDoN
was the first white man to see the
Duvida as a slender stream and that
rubber prospectors were not unac-
qualntcd with Its full volume n thou
sand miles or so from its source For
about that distance Colonel ROOSEVELT
and his party traced the Duvida down
its almost continuous rapids through
an untracked jungle TO navigable water
and onward TO its junction with the
Madeira. which Is a tributary OF the
Amazon. And throughout its devious
and tumutuous course the Duvida was
definitely mapped, for all time to be
known as the Rio Teodoro.
To sum up, the Colonel was indebted
to Selor MUELLER for the chance to
explore and locate the great river,
tributary though It was. ana the Re
public Of Brazil is indebted to Colonel
ROOSEVELT for the highly successful
photographic work that was accom-
plished. If he had not visited Matte
GrOSsO III the year 1914 the Duvlda
would have had to wait an indefinite
period for It's introduction to geogra-
pliers. OF that there can he nc doubt
Yet the ex-President refuses to accept
the honor rs belonging solely to him
self. declaring that everything we did
this year was sequel to and was
conditioned upon what the Telegraphic
Commission Of Brazil, under Colonel
RoSDoN and his associates. has done
during the preceding seven years"
Can 1t be doubted that the success
of the Roosevelt Rondon scientific expe
ditlon-the Colonel himself Is respon-
sihle for the ttle--will give powerful
impetus to the exploration Of that large
area Of Brazil that is unknown and the
perplexity Of photographers?
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THE REAL FENINISN.
II Finds It's Expression I'm Home Making
Not In Economic Independence,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. II
Feminist were really DRAMATICALLY fond"
OF her children the lob OF taking care OF
them" would not "inexpressibly bore"
her. but on the contrary she would en-
Joy It.
The trouble with Feminist is that she
enlisted in the beginning for the wrong
Job. and. having achieved responsibilities
cannot honestly shake herself loose from
them. She should never have taken po-
sition as wife, where her principal duties
are necessarily and nobly the rearing OF
children and the making OF home. She
should have taken her advertising job
first and stuck 10 II.
And she would have stuck TO it--per-
haps. | have noticed that those women
who begin with business Jobs are fire.
quently glad OF good opportunity to
desert for the fob OF home making. and
provided their matrimonial experiences
are ordinarily happy ,hey never banker to
go back.
What real man IL there who does not
believe his wife partner and entitled TO
fun share of the returns when she does
her part In making the home and bring
ing up the family?
What real woman is there who, vitality
interested as the real woman Is sure TO be,
in the progress of her family. herself,
her husband and her children, ever
bothers her head with this economic In
dependence" Frankenstein's monster?
For the woman who has no competent
husband and no children and who needs
to earn her own living. All. there the
matter Is very different. but that kind
OF woman does not write letters to the
newspapers about economic independ-
ence."
God help the future race ~ this "eco-
homie independence" humbug. with its
substitution OF the maid and the nurse
for the mother. ever obtains any real
vogue. NJ. s. SEELMAN, Jr.
BROOKLYN, May ~.
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Y. w. c. A. GRADUATES Al.
Among Them Are Russian baroness
and Girl From south Africa.

A Russian Baroness. Boer young
woman from Cape Town, South Africa
and an English girl born and brought up
IN india were among the forty-one gradu-
ates who received diplomas from the
Y. W. c. A. Training School at 900 Lex
lngton avenue yesterday afternoon at tbs
hands OF Miss Grace Dodge. president OF
the board OF managers. There were gray
haired women ard pretty young girls in
the class.
American girls have found so ener.
getic and enthusiastic" said Baroness
Olga Meyendorff OF Rival. Estonia Russia.
in prettily accented English And all
these girls here have found so kind and
helpful. ! came only because this is the
only school OF Its kind in the world and
felt that | could not accept the travelling
secretaryship o! the Worlds Y w g. A
without more training have found the
training and many pleasant friends into
the bargain.
II shall begin my work in September
In London aite' going to the worlds con
ference OF the Y. w. c. A. in Stockholm in
June. I shall travel In Europe, visiting
the places that ask for help. What Ian.
guages do / know? Russian. German
French. Italian and Estonian. a Monaghan
dialect of the country people of the dis
trict where l live. My family were quite
willing to have me take up the work.
am n suffragist. but not a suffragette."
"Mllitancy has done much harm In
South Africa" said Miss Marguerite KrieL
a native OF that country. MANY PROM
nent men were in favor OF votes for
women. as they have worked out so well
in other English colonies. but they have
lost their enthusiasm since milltancy be-
gan"
I'VE have heard very little OF suffrage
in India" said Miss Alice Shields. "Our
work is mostly with the Christian native
girls. | think ! should be converted TO
suffrage IL / stayed in America long
enough. but never TO miltancy,"
Other members OF the class came from
almost every State in the Union, and have
been assigned to positions often far away
from their homes, The class has voted
$500 scholarship 10 the school
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How 10 Cheek the Devil Dancers

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-str! The
editorial article 1.-THE Devil Dancers" Ia
to the point, but does not. In my opinion,
quite hit the exact spot. Inside OF one
month Mrs. Pankhurst and her like would
sit In desolation with their teeth drawn
II the newspapers ceased printing their
escapadeS
This thin Tipped hard faced bunch
lives upon the publicity given to Its van
dalism II could not exist without II for
"A fortnight; In word, the English news
papers are Az much party to the ruin
ing OF art works and the arson OF the
militant suffragettes as are the very luna
ties who argue that proof Of ability to
break laws Is proof Of qualification to
make laws.
The newspapers OF this country have
got their heads together before now TO
sauelch news OF movements harmful 10
the country out OF the public prints.
Let the English newspapers initiate.
ANTI-SuFTRAaE.
NEW York. May ~,
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CHINA PLACES CONTRACT HERE,
Broadway Firm Will build si,22",-
600 small Arms Arsenal.

The -Bement Pond Company ~
III Broadway announced yesterday thai
the Chinese Government had awarded 10
II contract amounting to sl,22o'ooO ror
the equipment OF a small arms arsenal
The arsenal is to be at Hanyang, near
Hankow, and the machines for II VIII he
built at the Pratt g. Whitney works n
Hartford.
The contract calls for equipment 10 pro
duce 100 complete army rifles a day II
is said that under present conditions IN
China ninety hours actual time Is re-
quired for producing each complete rife.
THE terms OF payment have been maze
to suit the present financial situation ~
the Chinese Government Is the COM
pany's statement, which expresses conn
dence "that tho stability OF the existing
Government is assured and II will soon los
In posse ssion OF adequate revenues az .
result OF the reforms and economies now
being effected"
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Official heat here so-Hsadlire.
Surely there must be some mistake
about this. Perhaps 1870 was meant

In a dust intolerable yesterday tn,
thought OF Mars should have been re-
freshing to any philosopher able to keep
his temper and the key Of his cerebral
chambers. Not the red planet Mars
hut his polar caps, his cody channels,
his frozen carbonic acid, his twelve
months winter. Yet even refrigerating
Mars was denied to a suffering world.
A despatch from the Flagstaff Observa-
tory TO Mr.. PERcIvAL LOWELL, the princl-
pal owner OF Mars, said;
"spectograms show Virgo nebula 70.
tating."
Virgo nebula in Mars, like SYLVIA
PANTHURsr and the rest OF the mad
virgins and vragoes OF Pankhurstry.
rotating. revolving. Motion ard heat and
trouble even on the breathless heights
Of heavsn' Why must Virgo nebula
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Let DIR. Watson Bc Protected.

1t is sincerely to be hoped that no
American. Of native birth or natural.
lied, will take advantage Of the emf.
nent Or. WATSON Of London during
that gentleman's stay In this country.
To do so would be n distinct violation
acterlze the treatment Of every visitor
regG rdless OF the temptations he may
scatter by the waysde. Yet we feel
TINT DIR. WATsoN's keepers should no.
risk too much, and that they should
keep the amiable and courageous. II
unhappily weak minded gentleman I'M
der pretty close watch
We recognize DIR. WATsON's many
good qualities. His valor Is undoubted
his endurance Is wonderful. Surely,
none but preternaturally patient mar
could survive long association with the
subject Of his biographical essays lie
must be of rugged constitution. else
his notorious mental shortcomings
would long ago have involved him in
fatal disaster. lie need not expect to
be invited 10 address the medical So
cieties here. Unconsciously In his own
writings he has revealed his unfitness
as a general practitioner. He might
be allowed. perhaps, to appear as the
subject Of lecture on arrested intel
lectual development or persistent juve-
nility. The fact that he is allowed to
practise In his own land leads us to
suspect the competency and integrity OF
the examiners who passed him and
turned him loose, equipped with author
lty to drug and slice the innocents OF a
suffering world
Were 1t within our province 10 ad-
wise DR.. WATsoN's friends we should
tell them to impress on him such
facts as that the City Hall and Brook
Ign Bridge are not for sale; that
Mr.. ROCKEFELLER and Mr.. CARNEGIE are
not habltual frequenters OF broadway
cafes; that editions de luxe Of stand
ard authors, extra illustrated and with
hand painted Initials and tailpieces,
for which temporarily embarrassed
millionaires from remote sections of the
country pine, are not commonly good
investments. But OF what avail? WAT
SON could understand none Of these
kindly meant inJunctons, and that he
Is alive outside Of an asylum or poor
house, testfies that his guardians know
his weaknesses.
We hope Or. ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
may enjoy his visit TO these shores.
and we assure him that were he not
charged with responsibility for DR.
WATSON he might look forward to a
lively and interesting soJourn among his
most loyal readers.
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Another American Derby winner.

American turfmen must have been rs
much surprised by Mr.. II. Il. DURYEA'S
success in the Derby at EPSON Downs
as British turfmen, but for different
reason. 1t seems logical enough TO
Americans that the Blue Ribbon Of
the Turf should occasionally be won
by countryman who. finding no en-.
OF racehorses, had shipped his stable to
the other side OF the Atlantic. where
racing Is legitimate and popular as a
sport. But few American turfmen will
be able to identify Durbar H.. which
won the Derby so easily yesterday. He
Is not nm American or an English horse,
but a product Of France. by Rabelais
out Of Armenia.
OF course Englishmen did not take
Durbar ii. seriously. since he was
doubly unworthy Of their notice. Only
three Americans before Mr.. DURYrA had
won a Derby, and in one case the first
horse past the post was a leased Eng.
fish thoroughbred. All Of them, like
Durbar H., were outsiders, This year
the combination Of French horse
owned by an American and ridden by
an freshman named MCGEE must have
struck the British specialists as poor
betting proposition. Thanks TO the
hypocrtical reform movement against
racing In America, many Of the best
thoroughbreds ever raised in this coun.
choicest sres and DAMS have been ex-
lied. 1t may be predicted that Ameri-
cans will play a leading part on the
British and Continental courses In the
future, and that an American Derby
winner will cease to furnish the turf
sensation of the year.
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Home Rule at Last!

In weary vigil by tho Western sea
Sad Erin wept, her broken harp beside
The immemorial murmur OF the tide
Mocking her with Its mournfui mystery.
Her well beloved children, forced to fee
To foreign lands, In bitter anguish cried
In vain the patriot and the martyr died.
But bark there peals a sound that shakes
the world,
The shouting OF her clans who call her
name,
They come with laundering Of eager
feet
The clouds OF darkness from her skies are
hurled.
Her lowered hills leap out In lambert
flame,
And Erin turns. fair Freedoms sun
to greet
Rev JANIS b. DoLLARp.
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The admission Of an enlisted man to
the Naval Academy at Annapolis makes
no change whatever in the social struc-
ture OF the place. whatever demagogues
may say. The Naval Academy has al
ways been one OF the most democratic
institutions in the country. It's pupils
represent all social strata In all parts
OF the country. Many OF them have
won their appointments by competition
without friends or backing. No ones
antecedents are ever questioned In the
corps OF midshipmen or. among the
officers In charge. Character and abil-
lily are the only things that count. BY
these a man may make or break him.
self. but he has no problem Of snobbery
to hamper his career. No doubt the
enlisted man who goes in now will be
cordially received II he can make good"
In brains and personality.
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A peaceful" Ulster revolt, consisting
in the organization of separate pro-
vincial Government. which would wait
to be attacked, is a demonstrable futllity.
The British and new Irish Government
need never take any aggressive military
step to suppress 1t. II has been re-
peatedly pointed out that a peaceful
blockade must bring the insurgents" to
terms in 4 week. The Government would
simply Isolate the dlsaffected region
Trains, telegraph lines the long distance
telephone. steamships would he en-
bargoed the roads guarded. All entrance
OF food or other material or outlet OF
goods for sale would be prevented with
the minimum OF force. What could
Ulster do against such isolation. es-
pecially as at least n third OF her own
population would be fercely antagonis-
tic to her peaceful secession? IL Is not
strange that the atmosphere is much
more peaceful now that the die IL cast
In the home rule struggle. As the
Government wouldn't be scared all the
bugaboos have retired into private life
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tous transactions thu, were carried out

tous transactions thar were carried out
by clerks and typewriters in pure
lightness OF heart, without interest or
responsibility. on the mere say SO Of
their employers. the upllfters may per
haps ask themselves whether It would
be wise to make such system coun.
try wide in order to prevent individual
capitalists from exercising direct
charge OF multiple interests which they
may happen to control in some one
field OF business.
The smallest amount OF thought will
satisfy any one Of the impossibility Of
devising law which will make dummy
directors impossible. Either moneyed
men must be allowed to manage their
own affairs or they will manage them
through puppet employees. Which is
the better for private morals and gen.
eral prosperity?
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IRE OF TRUSTEES IS
AROUSED BY FLEXNER
Charges 85 Per Cent. of Teach.
ers Are Inefficient in Flex.
ible Curriculum.
SOMERS MAKES HOT REPLY
Proposal to Compel Extreme So.
cialist Teachers to Take
Oath Of Allegiance.

Abraham Flexner chairman Of the com.
mittee on studies and text books r,ada
a report at the Board OF Education rne.f.
ing yesterday upon President Church,lr,
annual report. A part OF the report reud
While we go on discussing the vitaliz.
ing OF the curriculum we will do wei, 10
devote no small share OF our time and
thought to the vitalizing of teachers. prin.
cipals and district superintendents Re.
fore we go too far IL might be well n
ascertain how far teachers, principals ami
district superintendent are really eff.
Client and really able to use Ieeway and
how much OF it,
Alrick Mann wasn't sure what TIE re.
port meant and moved that IL h. "a.
ferred back to the committee for .luc,da.
ton.
Arthur s. Somers said the repor, an.
Peared 10 be sweeping indictment Of
the whole teaching force. and II that wer.
true, the Board Of Education had been
ROLLING the public for number Of years
But he didn't think the teachers were IN.
efficient and he proposed. that the city
superintendent be called on TO investigate
and report to tho board.
MI Flexner said the other member,
didn't really grasp his meaning. Thers
were inefficient teachers in the publ,o
schools and II was impossible TO get rid
OF them. he said
certain associate superintendent told
me that tho board OF superintendents know
that there were incompetent teachers in
'he SCHOOLS he went on. but the Board
OF Education would not dismiss them.
IN MS opinion SO per cent. OF the pubIie
schooi teachers were incompetent TO teach
under flexible curriculum.
Mr. Somers Indignantly decI,raa ,ha,
declared: ii'
1T Is ridiculous for any man 10 saw 81
per cent OF the public school teachers here
are incompetent II understand the Eng
llsh language that is what the member
says. and in my opinion he bases his re-
marks on worthless gossip that should not
take up the time OF this board"
After considerable debate the report
was referred back to the committee,
lsadore May offered resolution. which
was laid over, that all members OF the
teaching and supervisory STATS be re-
CURED to take the oath OF allegiance to
the nag and swear to uphold the Govern
ment. This resolution was prompted by
the protest that was made against the ac.
lions OF certain teachers and principals IN
supporting extreme socialism. Permission
was granted to the principal OF Public
School 4. The Bronx, to allow several
children selected from ungraded classes TO
receive instruction IN actual truck farm
ing on Hunters Island during school
hours.
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ness has been prosperously active. the
Treasury policy can hardly have any
other effect than to stimulate the for
elgn drain of gold from the United
States. Under the circumstances 1t
Is fortunate that the functionaries OF
the Treasury Department will, with the
establishment of the Federal Reserve
Board in the near future. have less un.
restrained authority to affect American
financial conditions.