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BASKETS FOR NOEL.
Annual Reminder for the Supporters
Of a Worthy Enterprise.

II Il EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Each
year your readers have aided us In
our needed practical work at Christmas.
While others are making II possible for
many &c participate in a substantial
dinner on Christmas Day. we are aiming
to send a we'll filled basket containing
fruit, meat. vegetables n groceries
into the homes Of those whom we have
found TO be deserving and In positive
need.
Could you read some OF the hundreds
OF letters. as we'll ne II OF those
cases Investigated and oun worthy, be-
speaking poverty. distress and almost
despairing circumstances. you would.
am sure. understand In fuller degree the
necessity of our endeavor AT this time.
Let me impress upon your readers
that a comparatively small sum will
provide a basket.
Present tense help In thrice valua-
Bile and will enable us better to gauge
the number of families to whom we can
give Christmas cheer and encourage
ment,
The Volunteers OF America Ia incor-
porated. and receipts are sent for all
amounts.
Please make checks payable 10 Cen
eral darlington Booth. "a West Twenty
eighth street. New York city.
BALLINoToN BooTH.
President.
NEW YORK. December IS.
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LINGUISTIC READINESS.
- -
II the New World Has Ever tn Fieh,
the Old, We should Know Spanish.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SvN-Sir. II
Armageddon ever reaches these shores
the United States will have to officer our
allies-to-be In Central and South
America, as Germany presumably does
with Turkey. Bulgaria n her poor
vassal. formerly powerful and proud
overload. Austria. There were thou
sands of German officers engaged. be-
fore the war began. in studying Rus
sian and Polish. Turkish and Hungar-
ian. French and English.
How many among the officers Of our
regular army. not to speak OF the Ma
tional Guard. know Spanish well enough
to make practical use of it in Mexico
and Central America?
! am an admirer OF the French and
German languages and literature, but
! confess should President Wilson and
Congress do me the honor to appoint me
tomorrow United States Secretary OF
Education. with absolute power over the
primary and high schools of the coun-
try, five minutes later ! would promul-
gate n ukase making the study " Span
ish. and In part Portuguese, obligatory
In our public schools. to the detriment
even of the study OF the French and
German languages.
Pan-Americanism must remain a dead
letter NO long az We have to Communi-
cate with the other half of our contl-
nent in the deaf mute language.
UNHYPHENATED FRIEND OF UNCLE SAM.
New YORK, December 10.
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WHITE knows nothing about such sor-

WHITE knows nothing about such sor-
did politics, then tells his version.
A fund was raised. the needed
number Of Populists secured, n ere
%tainer" paid and the rpst was held
contingent on INGALLs's election.
Then u paper with all the details was
spread before INGALLS,. He looked on
in silence; then:
"He got up, paced the diagonal Of the
room. cursing the bride takers and in
cidentally damning the managers OF uhe
deal for picking out such cattle-such
scrubby. venal cattle-and then laid
the vitriol Of his wrath upon the kind
Of men who would sell out.
"%suddenly one Of his friends-a wiry,
bull shouldered. bull headed little man
with a wiry voice. cut in:
'What the hell's the matter with
YOU, Senator; did you expect us to buy
a lot Of bank presidents and Sunday
school superintendents?'
"INoALLs glarcd back and continued
pacing the floor. Suddenly he burst
out with a roaring NO. and repeated:
"No. ] don't have II go back to the
Senate. But I do have 10 keep my own
self-reepect. I do ave TO keep my good
name for my family! This whole .ordid
deal Is of ."
And the deal was of. The rest of
the story is known: PETER was
elected. Populism ran riot. II is with
sorrow that Kansas refers To this
matter; she exposes this chapter of
her history with deep humiliation
and with the reminder that in these
days Of pure politics such a thing
could never. never happen.
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Things we're dull in Kansas. with
VICTOR MURDOCH at the European bat,
tie front. HENRY ALLEN silent. Lieu.
tenant-GOvernOr MORGAN hack east
%communing with Wall Street, and
Governor CAPPER cooling like II dove
for appropriateness dull was no word
for II, duh as a brewers convention
Mt Wichita. until some one, bemoan.
ing these degenerate days, brought ur
the defeat of john J. INGALLS, FOR
the Senate. Even after more than
twenty years This is II sore spot
only those ''On the inside" ever knew
exactly why the most distinguished
representative that Kansas ever had
In Congress was supplanted by the
whiskered POpulist PETER.
One writer declared that the rea,
son Of the defeat was that INGALLS,
refused To buy the Populists needed
for his reelection" The BelOit Ga.ctt,
asserted that lNGAIL>'s campaign
managers were looking for purchas
able Populist members of the Log
islniure and u fund was IN bank tC
pny for them when found. A hired
man on the Emporia Gazette, old Bill
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IMPORTANCE OF APOCRYPHA
The Hebrews Considered II - eddy
Ing Literature Only.

To THE EDiToR OF II SUN-Sir: DR..
Milo II. Gates OF the Chapel Of the IN
tercession says that the Apocrypha
should be placed In the common Protes-
tant Bible because the Catholic and Epts-
copal Bibles have always contained II.
While this is "a fact, 1t Is also a TACT
that 1t was not contained in the Bible
that Jesus Christ used. This fact Dr.
Gates ignores, but 1t Ii OF supreme I'M
%portance.
The Bible that Christ and the Apoe-
ties used il sufficient for the Church.
This was the Hebrew Bible Of the Pales-
tinian Jews. Tho Apocrypha was al
lowed to be read as edifying literature
but IL wa not regarded as inspired nor
was It included In what was called The
Holy Scriptures TIL Bible OF Christ
and the Apostles was precisely the same
as we have to-day in u common Prot
estant Old Testament.
In regard to the place OF the Apocry-
pha among Protestants. let me quote
from The Canon and Text OF the Old
Testament" by DR.. Frants Buhl or Leip-
zig. on pages 6s-70 he says:
In the Reformed church also. in the
earliest times. the Apocrypha was al
lowed its intermediate position in the
Bible t~ransiations. but It's want OF canon
lefty THAT 10. tnspirationl was emphasized
In the confessional writings. and repeated
endeavors were made 30 have IL com
pletely removed from Bible TRANSACTIONS.
Even at the synod Of bort In A.. ID. 1915
1919. 0omsr,n. Deodatus and others In
sisted upon having the Apocryphs with
drawn from the Bible without being able
to induce the synod to sanction this preach
with the practice OF the Church.
At a somewhat later period. 1913, the
Puritan West minister Confession said: the
books commonly called Apocryphs, not
being OF divine inspiration. are no part
OF the canon Of Scripture: and therefore
are OF no authority TO the Church OF God.
nor 70 be otherwise approved. or made Use
Of. than any other human writings
On page 10 he also says: ut is the
distinguishing excellence Of the Protes-
tant Church over against the Romish
and Greek Churches that It has put be
fore it's members the canonical books
pure and without any admixturc."
So II cannot be true. as DR.. Gates
charges. that the Bible societies are rob-
blng us OF any part of the Holy Bible.
CHARLES HILLMAN FOUNTAIN.
PLAiNFiELp. y. j., December is.
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Field Marshal Sir JOHN FRENCH
retires from the command Of the
British army in France at a time
when it seems to be adequately sup
piled with heavy guns and ammuni-
ton and when the success Of Lord
DERBy's recruiting scheme promises
ample reenfOrcements, in addition to
volunteers who have already under
gone training and await the word to
Join the forces on the western front.
CONSUMPTION could not add materially
to England's volunteer host. and the
organization Of the munitiOn plants
leaves nothing to be desired In that
direction. At this juncture the sol.
der who conducted the mastery re-
treat from Mons with the original
eXpeditionary force, who handled his
army with admirable skill as the Al
lies fell back before superior mum.
hers almost to the gates of Paris,
who was wholly satisfactory. to say
the least, as commander in the
great battle Of the Marine, IL allowed
10 resign, and he will return home
under II cloud.
Making Sir ions FRENCH n Wis.
count ana giving him command of
the n"ncomhntnnt home forces will
not musk ilr Governments opinion
that he has failed T." come M 10 OK,
Wrin,l"n> and that things should 90
better IN Frnnrc under General ri,
DOUGLAS HAiG, who succeeds the
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Are w Becoming Reconciled TO Vi,I-
section?

To the EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Have
rats no rights? According to the re-
port OF tho Cancer Research Laboratory
at Columbia College 10000 rats were
used In experimental work, and not A
squeak have we heard from the zoopho-
lists in protest against this rodential
defamation!
Not long ago the A~udubonitcs were all
up in the air about the birds and the
use of their plumage for women's iinery.
1t was nut Yesterday that the anti
wives" were howling about the clone
'ittle brown dog and his sacrifice on
the altar of sick humanity.
Can 1t he that the thought of the
thousands Of slain and disabled men I'm
the great war has cooled on our friends'
Interest In blood letting? Or shall we,
viewing the ebb Of another typical Amer
lean hysterical urge for hasty reform.
calculate Rats? RR,Go-Z ~
NEW YORK. December l6.
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Probably the strain Of life in a great
city. the complexities OF modern civili-
cation and the high v tension
under which education IL now acquired
prohibit such a course. but we fancy
a right good Gaming would be more
efiicacious than arraignment In court
for the correction Of the high school
boys who sneak into the subway with
out paying fare. They are now likely
to enjoy the distinction Of constituting
a Public Problem. whereas in simpler
days they would have been properly
classified as a domestic pest.
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u Defence OF Two Mlsundepstsod
Guests.

Guests.
The disposition betrayed in not O
few neighborhoOds to censure our de.
parting guests BoY.Ep and Won PAPEN
arises from misunderstanding Of their
mission and failure to comprehend
the tasks posed for them to perform,
Neither of these Official gentlemen
has failed of his duty, or In his zeal
for his Government exceeded the
bounds set for him by 1t. Both labor
under the misfortune and reproach
Of having been detected.
The purpose Of their superiors In
sending these officers Of the army and
navy, and the purpose Of every Gov
eminent in accrediting to foreign
countries military and naval attaches,
Ia to acquire information concern
Ing those subjects to deal with
which they are particularly quail
fed by education and experience.
The information they obtain,
the better they serve their Govern
mente. A polite fiction universally
upheld differentiates them from com
mon spies, contributing to their hap
plness and rendering them eligible in
circles from which their trade would
otherwise exclude them. but this in
no way affects the character Of their
undertakings or mOdifes the signif.
n Of their engagements.
Should n Of these eminent col.
lectors succeed in an unusual adven.
ture-for example, in intercepting a
confidential report on the state OF the
armament of the nation whose hospi-
tally he enjoys, and informing him.
self Of its cOntents--this Is not to be
regarded as a violation Of etiquette
or in any degree censurable. 1t is
performed In strict conformity with
the code recognized by all civilized
nations. which clothes with virtue acts
otherwise, We may say. OF question
able taste. The only offence cOnteni-
plated by this code Is detection in the
act; and 1t Is worthy of observation
that the more spirited and venture
some an individual devoted to the
calling IL, the greater will be his dan
ger Of being caught.
It would be manifestly unfair tc
condemn Boy-Ep and Won PAPEN fol
their diligence in the labor set fol
them by their Government and ap
proved by every civilized Power. Yet
~ shall not pretend that We arr
sorry they are to leave US. They
have been too active for our comfort
and should tn " remain with us, 1t Is
conceivable that they might compeI
even the authorities at Washington
to exercise ordinary prudence in the
guardianship of the secrets entrusted
to them.
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Field Marshal. Whether the .judg-
ment upon Sir JOHN FRENCH Is rca
sOnable is another matter. The King
Is dead, long live the King! The man
who was regarded by KITCHENER
himself ms the ablest practical soldier
In the British army and therefore
the only choice for the responsible
command in France Is now made n
scapegoat for the failure of the Brit
ish offensive at Neuve Chapelle, not
to speak Of Loos while Sir DOUGLAS
HAIG, Sir JoHN's chief of staff in his
brilliant campaign in South Africa. Is
heralded with effusive praise NJ the
soldier In whom England has supreme
confidence and who will lead her
armies to victory over the intrcnched
German masses in the sector assigned
to the British offensive.
That reenforcements were not up
Mt a critical stage Of the fight Mt
Neuve Chapelle has been officially re-.
ported by General FRENCH himself.
and the commander Of the Fourth
Corps was recalled. We believe; but
II should be remembered that the
French offensive nowhere forced the
Germans to retreat from their third
line. In spite Of n marked superiority
In artillery. We hear nothing Of any
failures by General JofrRE and his
lieutenants--the French do not shout
their misadventures from the house,
top. Doubtless things have gone
wrong In the joint offensives; hut
while the Allies have not made Mt any
time a sustained success Of their
drives" the Germans failed to break
through to Calais. and not n foot of
ground have they gained on the west
ern front In six months. Perhaps 1t
would not be irrational to explain
the check Of the British mt Neuve
Chapelle by the determined resistance
of the Germans. To assume that
British reenforcements would have
carried the day is rather a poor con-
ISOLATION.
If Sir JOHN FRENCH was asked to
name a successor II is likely ne in
dicated his brave and r%esourceful
lieutenant and personal friend Sir
DOUGLAS HAIG. who has distinguished
himself in every crisis Of the for
tunes Of the British army In France.
Sir Horace SMIrH-D oRRIEN saved
the expeditionary force In the desper-
ate retreat from Mons, but he is to
be translated to East Africa, reluc-
family beyond Il doubt. Now Sir JOHN
FRENCH goes. although he made the
regular army a machine, taught ii
the last word in trench warfare on
the Chiltern hills. tested 1t search
ingly in battle drills" perfected It's
organization as Inspector General and
Chief of STAFF. and. last but not least.
had made an exhaustive study before
the great war Of every inch OF the
terrain V e which the Allies have
fought with the Germans. FRENCH
certainly seemed 10 he n synonym
for thoroughness and efficiency. As
his pupil Sir DorGLAs HAIG may
prove better than the master. That
must be the hope Of Sir JOHN FRENCH,
who. as his reports show, has always
been one of the most appreciative
and generous of superiors.
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LEST VIENNA FORGET

Stsm Couat Be,cAtelds dsspateA o. Jelly y,
I'M. to the ASstvo.Hussartss Am6sssslos
~ Rome.
We arc compelled to make these de-
mands as a result Of the facts 20 far
disclosed by the serajevo investiga-
ten.
We have given the Serbian Govern
msnt . time limit Of forty-eight hours
for the acceptance Of our demands, as
No cannot expose ourselves to the
usual Serbian delays.
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The opening of the Queensborougl
Hospital for contagious diseases Is m
epoch in the history Of the borough
Of Queens. Up tn the present time
all cases of Infectious disease oc.
curing in this borough which coul'I
not be properly cared for at home
were sent To the Kingston Avenue
Hospital. borough of Brooklyn. The
ambulance calls were for extremely
long distances. ranging from ten miles
to Long Island City to tw%enty-eight
miles to Rockaway Beach. The dan
ger of transporting these cases was
for n long time recognized without
success In its removal. The monthly
bulletin Of the Department of Health
for November describes the failure oi
various plans for remedying this evil
Even after the Board of Estimate had
acted upon this matter various oh
stacles were presented on the part OF
real estate n and by reason OF
the ignorance or apathy of the people
who dreaded II hospital for conta.
gious diseases in their midst.
1t is 10 the lasting credit of the
citizens of Jamaica that n very con.
siderable number of them declared
themselves in favor of the hospital In
the face "f violent opposition on the
par, of property owners. who pre-
dicted all kinds of dire results IN
lessening of property values. spread
Of infection and every conceivable
kind Of bogy that vivid imagination>
could conceive.
The hospital is n model in its in.
ternal arrangements and its archi'
lecture makes II an Ornament To the
neighborhood. hut the most valuable
innovation is the method of appoint
ing the hospital stan adopted by
Commissioner KINGsBURy. The work
of the medical stan of our hospitals
has been seriously handicapped by
their selection being more or less gov
erned by fayoritism. chiefly political
The gradual elimination of favorit.
ism has eliminated In complete sev'
GRANGE of all outside influence in the
much sought for appointments for this
modern hospital,
We are informed that Commits
sioner KINGsBURY consulted medical
men OF the borough Of Queens whose
authority and standing In the mcdi.
cal fraternity were unquestioned, and
in the organization of the entire med
zeal service the Commissioner has fol,
lowed the counsel of men whose large
hospital experience under former ad-
ministrations enabled them to avoid
the pitfalls hitherto encountered by
conscientious physicians.
II would appear that not only the
structure and internal arrangements
OF the QueensborOugh Hospital but
also the medical service merit ap'
prevail by the community which this
new institution will serve.
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SUFFRAGE PAPER SEIZED.
nut Women SRy The, VII '"n'
tinue 10 Publish Protests.

LONDON. Dec. LITTLE Office '''
fannid. formerly known 80. iH' '
0otte. the oiiicia! organ of tho W..
Social and Political Union. V't 'tH
by the police last night undo ole.
Major-Gcn. Sir Francis Lloyd ..
ing the London district S"u'.t.I '.
men seized the type. c%quipnr't ..i
for II current issue.
Miss Annie keuucy. n Wcu.,'
union, said the raid was u''
The authorities took oN''i'.'
comment on Sir Edward n" e
certain British General !. 'n, Hr
she said. They cannot suH.l '--
cause as Ions as We HAY" lH
shall print them. Who're ',
trigue. we shall eXposc 70
have "A statement to WaIr
make IL, whatever happc'
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Chicago, June seven:
oh. won't II be great
We know that In Heaven
There amt any slate.
Our platform we'll write il
In ink that 10 pure.
No ons will dare fight n
Who's good, we are sure.
We've given up SHINING.
A every n should,
We're out for u winning
Just watch us saw wood
our halo's q wonder,
Our past It IL dead.
You can't steal our thunder
You're out OF 1t. Ted!
" Jones
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1t Is the utmost refinement of
cruelty for the Mulligan Guard to
spread in the public prints. for the
heather who dwell in outer darkness
to read, reports of their merrincations
in honor of good old NED HARRIGAN's
memory. Little old Dudhecn,' the
"Chowder," Paddy DuTy's Cart" the
"Dinner Pair and maggie Murphy
the lone widders, the knights Of the
grand order OF the hod. tho pig and
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"More than 100. 900 silk operatives
may be thrown out of work" Unless
dyes are obtained from Germany? No.
unless wome will wear light colored
goods. The buck. II we may be per-
mitted so to explain the situation, the
buck Is passed to the ladies',
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WILLIAM BARNES, Jr., advocated San
Francisco as the scene of the Republic
can convention--the furthest removed
of all the competing cities from Oys-
ter Bay.
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The set Of Panama Autographs, TWEEN
ty-three in all. by JOSEPH PENNELL. sold
for 1891. 60.--Report OF auction sale.
More than the present working
value Of the canal. But not it's value
for one minute when Colonel Cox
TRIALS gets through. at last. with the
biggest job a man ever tackled.
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The Progressive unit In the House
Is now nothing more than six prodigal
IONS looking around keenly for the
fatted calf.
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the billy goat-these things should be
celebrated in secret conclave. THE
Irish. the Irish. they don't amount to
much but they do tug at the heart
strings Of grown up Gotham.
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Under no possible circumstances can
our. navy be well balanced" IL II IL in
any particular used for political pur-
noses,
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Jupiter--Whst are y"u Laughing g.
Old Sol-Suppose We wanted an appro
p~riation Tor removing New York's snow.
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Three Grades.

kn'okcr-W What sort of diplomatic note,
do We write
Bocker-Worm sdu!rn and Arm
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He is a short sighted Republican
leader who believes that ideals are GO
ing to be wholly replaced by new deals.
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4 Christmas Wish.

Father-What were you wishing?
Johnny-I'd like TO be the janitor's litt,e
hoy. cause his father has to he polite too.
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~ or tresds seho favor W. pifh mans-
scJDes and Hfkarofions for publication tpish
70 Aecs rejected articles returned they must
~ ~ coses sssd stonps for tAdf purpose.
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To TIE EDITOR or TuE suS-Nr: In your
editorial article on the late stephen Phil
lips YOU said that but one play of his
had been given in New York. ana that
thai was badly acted.
have had the pleasure OF seeing three
plays by him here. as follows, though for
their dates and theatres l have had ia
refresh my memory" from Mr.. Barrett
II, Clark's British and American Drama
Of To-day:
Ulysses acted by Tyrone Power and
others for several weeks at the Garden
Theatre In 1909.
"Paolo and Francesca" given by Henry
Irving. Jr., and his wife. Mabel Hackney.
for. ] think, a week or more at the New
Amsterdam Theatre IN 1906.
"Herod,' for a week or more by WILL
lam Faversham and Julie Opp at the
Lyric Theatre In 1909. HOLLAND HoLr.
New YORK. December ls,
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Ford.
Though heavens cloud
And battles mar.
At least there 10
The Christmas Tan .
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THE SUMS statement referred to one
production only. No effort was made to
catalogue tho productions OF Mr.. Phil
lips's works In New York.
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the EVENING sun, Per Month. see. q
r raE E NVHbHSNiiNNags fS Wsrd ss5 n;. Fer Mo. Z q
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An checks, money orders, &C, to be
made pay able to TVS Sun.
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stephen PhllIips's Plays.

NEW YORK. December