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A WHISTLER RARITY.
History OF the Disappearance Of 'by
From One Exhibition Catalogue

To THE EprroR or THE sir: In
correcting a mistake in THE SrN ! Will
first tell the Whistler anc,Iotc which
makes the correction necessary.
The catalogue which WHISTLE pre-
pared for his exhibition 81 Marines,
Nocturnes and ChrNalct Pieces" Lon
don. Is, is much priced by collectors.
To describe IT would he a joy, hut is not
within the scope of this letter.
ON the title page OF the first printing
Of the catalogue the pictures are spoken
Of ~ "kiudly lent hy their owners.
When for the second printing the
printer was lifting the type into the
form. the word Spy dropped ont.
Whistler. who with his usual care was
experimenting the job. WAS delighted.
He had evolved a theory that a paint
ing. even when II had been sold, stlll
belonged to the artist. Imagine his
ecstasy whcn lie realized that a happy
accident would make the line read,
KINDLY lent their owners II was sim
ply ccstatic.
The printer was STOPPING 10 pick up
and replace the missing word. Thc
artist checked him, and the second print
ing was run of with the line kindly lent
their owners which So charmed Whist
Ter II since then has charmed such OF
his admirers "a have been lucky enough
10 rome ll'h 1hNSfSSlbn or 'ilS pruning
Of the catalogue.
THE Sun in referring 10 the fine array
of Whistler items In a book sale NJ the
American Art Galleries this coming
Thursday evening speaks Of the edition
with "hy" as the laror of tho two.
both editions being In the sale.
1t Is true that the first edition. with
by" is rare and valuable. But the
edition with KINDLY lent their owners
is ~ veritahle rara avis, n tind, one az
tho great prizes among Whistler items.
because of that unique gcnius's personal
association with the change of wording.
one uf tn" most brilliant Of his MANY
brilliant ~sallies. and probably accom-
plished by n graceful prohihltivc gesture
In the direction OF the printer,
WHIsrIFRIASA.
New YORK, November 81.
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. AUTOMATIC FIRE ALARMS.
A Useful Device for Disclosing q
Blaze In Its Beginning.

TIC THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sh: In
THE SrN Mr.. Hoasland in his letter
under the heading Fire Prevention
urges the adoption of the automatic
sprinkler ito get the fire before 1t gets
away He is quite correct. The auto
matte sprinkler is an efficient agent in
saving life and property. But granting
all that he says about the sprinkler
system. I am somewhat at a loss to UNI
dcrstand how Il Is possible that any one
signing himself Fire Prevention Engi-
neer' should overlook what Is really the
most efficient fire detection and fire pre-
vention device now known 10 all. the
automatic fire alarm.
y good automatic fire alarm system
will operate much quicker "A an auto
matte sprinkler system. In making this
statement ! do so with the figures be-
fore me showing results ~ what WAS
officially supposed TO be a combination
test of an automatic fire alarm ana a
sprinkler system.
In this instance the automatic fire
alarm actuatei hfty-seyen seconds. or
nearly one minute, before the automatic
sprinkler. one minute means a lot in
the case Of fire. Il means this much.
that you can empty n schoolhouse or
factory building in many cases in that
period of time. + y. FULLER.
NEW YORK, November -.
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REACTIONS OF MILITARISM.
Does u Not Need strength Il Keep
Peace

To THE EplroH OF THE Sr%-Sr; The
editorial article I'm THE STS of NovenI-
her - suggests another point Of view
The Peril OF the Hat.d' may he the
human tendency TO return eN'l for evil,
and to listen to the primitive animal
instinct 10 night with an antagonist.
Every boy learns wisdom from cy-
pericnce. and when his reasoning power
becomes his controlling Impulse quits
lighting Will hiH hands or weapons
more or less deadly.
lie finds that self-coutrOl and a fear
less but peaceful attitude rs usually
his best defence against " bully.
Men who have been in trying situa-
tons know that To make II move toward
the hip pocket may excite similar ac-
ton and start q fight and promote "A
battle.
May 1t not he possible that nations,
like individuals, may be strongest when
they maintain "A peaceful attitude as
the wise method of defence
FRED y. GORDON.
C~HAPpAoUA, November -.
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RUSSIA IN THE BALKANS.
Advance Of the Cars Army in 1877
to Plevna Battlefield.

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banking Under Political Hsndicaps.

Further indications that there IL
too much Treasury influence in the
Federal Reserve Board are furnl shed
by the hesitation OF the board In
reference to the question Of reducing
or altering the rpserve bank districts
The postponement OF decision in or
der to extract an opinion from the
Acknowledgement as Ia the boards
powers 1an hardly he taken as any
thing else than n compliment 10 the
Secretary Of the Treasury and the
Comptroller of the Currency. who are
ey otiiciO members Of the board.
There is no problem OF Federal
Reserve Board policy TO compare with
the problem Of keeping politics out
of the structure and conduct of The
new banking system. This problem
was created 10y certain features of
the Federal Reserve act itself and
took definite shape when politics was
thrust into the organization Of the
system 10y the banking gcrrymander
which the reserve bank organization
committee arranged. The results Of
that Cerrymander propose the ques-
ton which the Federal Reserve Board
IL now shufflng over to the Attorney
General for consideration.
Two OF the three members OF the
reserve bank organization committee
were Secretary MCADoO and Comp
trOller WILLIAMS, who are members
of the Federal Reserve Board by vir.
tue of their offices. The reserve bank
map which they drew contained,
among other surprises, the d~esigna-
ton OF Richmond and Cleveland ~
Federal Reserve cities.
For the selection of Richmond there
has never been any more obvious
reason than that Comptroller WILL.
IAMs halls from that city. Baltimore
IN the normal banking centre of the
district which the organization com-
mittee made contributory 10 Rich
mond. Representative BULKLEY an
interchangeable supporter of the. Wilson
Administration plans for the Fed
eral Reserve system vas the obvious
reason for the preference Of Cleve-
land over Pittsburg as the centre of
the Fourth district. Both Richmond
and Cleveland are involved in the
appeals which have been long before
the Federal Reserve Board urging re-
arrangement and the selection of Bal
timore and Pittsburg as the approprl-
ate reserve cities,
II is impossible to take seriously
the suggestion that the Federal Re
serve Board doubts its power 10 undo
the work Of the reserve bank organi-
cation committee. In the first para
graph OF Section . Of the Federal
Reserve act 1t is set forth that "thc
determination of SAIL organization
committee shall not he subject tn re-
view except by the Federal Reserve
Board. {" A" The districts thus
created may he readiusied
by the Federal Reserve Board" If
the power to review and rcadjust the
work of the organization committee
does not contemplate the power to
upset It's findings tho foregoing Ian
euaec is utterly meaningless.
Secretary McADoo ana Comptroller
WILLIAMS have achieved n personal
and political victory In the degree
that they have been able to elicit
n postponcmcnt of Federal Reserve
Board action on the Richmond and
Cleveland cases. Rut victories Of
the sort can only he won ut the cx-
pense Of the on-polltlcal policy which
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OUR STREET PARADES.
The Recent Ancestry Of n New Yorl
THANKSGIVING Custom.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir'
was Interested ~ reading your article
on the subject OF the Thanksgiving bay
nummers, and | am rather surprised
that some ancient person in the Green
witch Village could not give YOU some
information as to the origin of the Gus
tom, which, as far as | know. is local
TO New York.
In my boy hood In the early '7os there
used to parade through the streets on
Thanksgiving Day bands OF grown men.
some ON foot, sornr on horseback and
others In the two wheeled butcher carts
of the day. clad in eccentric and fan
tastic clothes. These bands or conf
pauies called themselves the "fiutlstl-
Gals and wcr called lv the people OF
the street the 'rdg1mutius. They
paradel in a spirit Of more or less glcc
and were received with good nature and
amusement
used TO he old by my elders tina, the
"ftutastica's' paraded in dcrls!on and
mochcry OF the militia rarades Of the
time. hut their humor was probably
lovclled Against the militia of an earlier
date, and possibly In memory of The
general muster and training OF a still
earlier day.
A. we'll rs ! can remember. the pa
radcs OF tine 'fantastjclls" on Thanks
giving Dav ceased about 1850. PERTAINS
earlier, but the custom. while given IN
by the r%rovnups. was and has hrou
most Justify practised by children ~
recent immigrants who grated on the
practices of the "fantasticals" some ola
country customs, some of which were
probably I > customs of the Guy Fawkrs
munmers in Great Britain.
The most objectionable feature Of tho
later mummcry has been the begging h..
the children.
Perhaps old time New Workers may
not he aware that the custom OF patfpr
calls on New Years Day, which was
given up many years ago hy the elite.
is st!ll practised on a very wide scale.
CunGEE.
NEW YORK. November q.
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good deal Of concern for the
ton W the principles of international
law. but his attempt to hold the
United States responsible for permit
ting them to he disregarlcd is disin.
genuous. to say the least. 1t is true
that America Is the greatest of ncu.
trail nations ut the present moment
but why does he hewail "the impo.
tence of the neutrnls'' In the presence
of violations Of intcrnationa, law
when England Is an offender as well
ns Germany? In one passage he says:
Just as YOU may dclude. mystify or
iuii into a sense of security our own
citizens by speeches and peroratlons bu,
VIII not thereby win war, SO in the in.
ternational sphere you may by diplo-
matte notes. numerous and strong, sat
isfy the conscienccs of your citizens. but
you will not by n mere note maintain
the obligations which are put ,,pon vol,
as parties TO international law which
was to prevent breaches Of civilization
and mitigate the horrors of war"
Is the conclusion to he drawn that
Sir EDWARD CARSON condones Eng.
lands high handed Interference with
Americas right to the freedom of
me seas and waves aside the note
or protest as nm unfriendly act. but
would have America hold Germany to
a strict accountability" to the point
OF entering the war against her for
the excuses Of submarine warfare?
obviously so. Then Sir EDw II CAR
SONS purpose was. addressing as he
did Americans living In London, TO
summon the United States to do her
duty as he sees It with IN eye averted
from British transgressions. and rs
doubtless his Government sees It.
Americans who believe with Sir
EDWARD CARSON that international law
has been fouted and outraged as the
war progressed will share his view
that the only sure safeguard for peace
In the future will he the forearminc
TINT fOrewarns. Sir EDWARD thinks
the necessity will arise because the
neutrals had been unable to take
their place rs the executives of inter-
national law" To be strictly logical,
Sir EDWARD CARSON should expect the
United States to be policeman to
Great Britain and her allies as well as
to Germany and her allies.
The American judgment Is that the
b%elligerents In Europe are responsible
for the d~lstressful state Of i%nterna-
tlonal law to-day. having set aside it's
safeguards and refused to recognize
Its mandates and to he bound by its
guarantees: and that, in consequence.
there Is no alternative for the United
States but to arm and he ready to
defend its interests.
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must govern the Federal Reserve sys
tenn If 1t Is not to become a menace
to the country's interests.
Physical Examination Of school
Children.

The recent decision of the South
Dakota Supreme Court on the power
OF the school board to require a re-
port by physicians showing the physi.
cal condition Of II child as Il prereu.
uiSite to the admission of the child
to school sustains the school board.
1t was asserted by an appellant that
according 10 the Constitution his
children were entitled to receive tut.
ton without charge, there being only
two qualifications for admission,
namely. that the pupil must he Of
school & and must reside within
the school district. lie cuntendpd
that no law OF the State conferred
upon teachers the authority to make
and enforce any additional require
ment for admission, and that only the
Board OF Health has authority on
matters of health.
The court did not regard the dc.
mand for inspection of n child as an
unrea sonable regulation. since the
child suffered no indignity by sub.
hitting to the physical examination
for making the record required.
This decision overcomcs the fire..
Duently urged objection by parents
to physical examination of school
children. That health observation is
an ,pVxnrtopt Function ~ ro,a.,~o,
Is an axiom, and that the maintc-
nance Of a high mental and physical
standard among children Is the most
important contribution toward the
general health and efficiency IL becom-
Ing more and o recognized. No
where else may the value Of this
idea he tested and practically applied
so well as in the schools.
A recent article by EDWARD +.
Brown of the Association for Improv-
ing the Condition of the Poor empha
sizes the Importance of school inspcr-
ton with n view TO the prevention of
disease and the correction OF defects.
The expenditure Of municipal funds
for this purpose Is no longer regarded
as experimental. because not only Is
the spread of disease prevented bur
the efficiency of the school child Is
promoted and the defects of sight and
hearing. the existence of which have
not been suspected. are rcmedied.
New York city does not provide a
sufficient number of school inspectors
to accomplish this object fully. Tho
highest authorities ha We placed the
number of pupils to he assigned To
II physician Mt 5000, whereas the
present ratio In New York il one ply.
sician TO $500. The inadeIuacy OF
the staT IS apparent when it Is known
that only one-third of the school
population il examined each year.
That this Is false economy has been
hitherto pointed out. in view of the
fact hat in the year 1913 no less
than 1S9.Sf2 pupils failed of promo
ton, most of whom lost standing In
their classes by reason of absence on
account of illness. ut least half Of
which could have been prevented by
early discovery and attention.
To rccducate these unpromnte,i
children will cost Y @ $1,000. 600. II
would require but ordinary arithmc
tic 10 discover iIow much less 1t would
have cost 10 prevent the diseases
which handicapped these children. II
Is II penny wise and pound foolish"
policy 10 stint appropriations for
school inspection and school clinics.
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Mr.. Tumulty - an Apologize for
C%arfanxa.

We transcribe here DR.. JAMES ].
McGUIRE's letter to JOSEPH T.. TUM-
ULrY, Secretary to the President, on
the recognition Of CARRANzA's junta
rs the Government Of Mexico, and
certain sentences from Mr.. TUMULTY's
answer thereto, because Of what seems
to us an important discrepancy be-
tween inquiry and response. DR.. Nc.
GUiRE's letter. save for formal ad-
dress and s%alutation, we reprint in
full below:
'There has been such widespread
criticism Of the manner in which Catho.
10 priests and sisters have been treated
ut tho hands of General C~ARRASzA, in
Mexico, that many friends OF the Presi-
dent are at a loss to understand why
the Administration has been willing to
recognize him..
II suppose you must have some &C.
eurate Information on the subject. and
II you can spare the time to let me
know just what the situation Is / will
appreciate it"
In his reply Mr.. TuMrIrY occupies
considerable space In reciting the nor.
rors Of war. frankly admitting. for
example, that ''the French Revolu-
ton had its unhappy SIDE"
and then makes this observation:
"You direct attention to the treatment
OF the clergy in Mexico. and especially
to outraoes alleged TO hare been COM
mtttcd upon muns by the soldiers OF the
present Government Of Mcrico."
We have italicized twenty words
Of this sentence that particular con-
sideralion may he given to 1t. because
It charges to Dir. MCGrIRE's letter a
suggestion that is not even limited at
in thar brief document. DIR. MCGUIRE
wanted to know Just what the situa-
lion is" and this morning he woke
up to learn that he had directed at
tentlon Especially to %outrages alleged
10 have been committed upon nuns!
Having ~ up this man Of straw.
Mr.. TuMULTY proceeds to demolish
it. but in the process he divulges the
ruth Of CAEIANzA's policy toward
religious persons. male and female.
He records the fact that the nuns Of
Zacatecas went first TO Vera Cruz as
refugees and eventually were sent to
this country by the United States:
that priests were imprisoned, expelled
from the country. shot. chung up and
beat" in the phrase Of the yicar-Gen-
eral Of the Archbishopric Of Mexico
city; hut he seeks to placate the an.
ger aroused among Catholics In this
country by explosions, imprlsOnments.
executions and torture by informing
them that:
There IL no official record OF a sim
gle PROVEN case OF this dastardly crime
fraps of a NUM- in the files OF the De-
partment OF State
We suspect that before Mr.. WILSON
hears the last of the treatment Of
religious persons in Mexico by Gen
eral CARRANZA he will be obliged 10
extend somewhat the range of the
explanation.
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HEROES OF FAITH.
Another Conception Of the Honest
Christian Doubters Obligation.


To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Str: My
recent letter in THE SUN on the ethics
OF clerical douot ana casuistical CON
formity set forth these simple PROPOSE
tons: that II Is morally disastrous Tor
a clergyman TO stay In a church which
ne disbelieves In that churches do wrong
In endeavoring to retain such clergymen
despite their disbelief, and that the CHIEF
sources of our spiritual progress have
been those ~innovators. heretics. apos-
tates. like Jesus of Nazareth and Paul
OF Tarsus. who have followed a new
light even at the cost OF revolt and
secession.
This i stated. and no more. But now
comes the Rev. Simon FitzSimons In
THE SUN to declare that | maintained
these following propositions: that a Sc
ceding clergyman should make a public
clamor at his exit; that unless a clergy
man Is a disbelicver he is not honest
that sceptics have an exclusive monop-
oily OF reason and science. and that
every hereto is n hero. And, to fill the
measure. this gentleman adds that I
lave repeated 'all the stock charges
against Christianity"
or all this there Is in my letter not
n sign. not n shred. should accord
ingly have marvelled at the ingenuity
which thus discovered the non-existent
were l not moved by a deeper feeling
at the morality which can fabricate a
baseless and preposterous charge In order
to Identify an adversary with u~ntenable
and ridiculous opinions.
No every hereto Is not n hero. Here
ties and rebels are, ] suppose. as wicked
proport!onately as the orthodox. But
j hold In that were II not Tor glo-
rious apostates and seceders there would
have been little IL n spiritual prog
ress, and few II any supreme examples
to fortify our spirit n TO shame our
weakness. This Is not saying that the
doubter AS such Is a superior type. II is
only saying that the hypocrite ana the
coward are an inferior type.
The question: once more. Is q simple
case in ethics. What is n clerical doubter
or a clerical disbeliever to do? My solu-
ton Is that the doubter should fearlessly
examine the grounds OF his doubt ana
that the disbeliever should leave the
church he disbelieves.
Tho Rev. Simon FitzS!inons quotes a
saying of Augustine's that at the bottom
OF doubt you will find rs its cause a
vice. Now this dictum | do not hesitate
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Tho addition OF CHARLES NJ. ScHwAr
to the board Of trustees OF Cornell Uni
versity is regarded as significant. com.
ing almost simultaneously with the de-
cision to raise $4,000. 900 a. the semi.
centennial celebration in 1918 as q
birthday gilt for the university.-Des-
patch from Philadelphia.
In view OF Cornell's very recent per-
formance at Philadelphia. why not en-
gag DR.. AL SHARPE as coach Of the
collecting team. with the capable young
MIR. BARRETT as captain in the field?
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Governor WaIsh's Self restraint.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir; The
of Massachusetts il as strong
an advocate Of woman suffrage as the
of New York, hut unlike tn"
latter he did not. at the request OF
the aides from the Pacific, put his
name to the petition to Congress to
try to force upon his State this measure,
which u few weeks u 1t had. after Il
long and strenuous campai rn. and by a
large majority, ~repudiatod. G, r. y.
BOsTON. November 81.
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TO THE EDITOR or THE SrN-Sir; What
calendar do they use in New Jersey?
Just opposite the West Shore Railroad
station at Bergenfi ID there IN n small
building carrying a large sign which
reads:
BERGENFIEl.D BUILDING & LOAN
ASSOCIATIONS,
Meets Hero Every End Tuesday in Each
Month.
j. $, ANDERSON.
brMnNr. y, j., November 81.
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In its latest unofficial form the
board Of United States commissioners
who are to manage the Federal mer-
chant fleet Mr.. WILSON wants to es-
tablish does not include Secretary
McADoo. but even je~ttisoning the prin-
cipal promoter Of the scheme will not
save IL,
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A count Of the shade trees In the
United States has disclosed a sycamore
In Worthington. Ind. $50 feet tall, with
q trunk AZ feet in circumference. and
the Hon. CHARLES WARREN FAIRBANKs's
friends think II would make an ex-
ccllent walking stick for him.
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4 Snoh Apes GentiIity.

To TIM EnIToR or TuE SrN-Sr. OgIl.
vie's English Dictionary $50 gives this
definition of q snoh' "O) \ vulgar pcr-
son, particularly one who apes r~cntillty
fused In various dialects ami recently in
trnducoi into hooks az a term Of derisionl |.
C> In the English universities A towns.
man az opposed to a gownsnau" W f..
ARrlNGroS, y. J., November ~
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New Jersey will not admit military
training to its public schools, ven
under tho cuise OF physical drill
But why dr, ad the proposed innova-
ton? The promised reorganization of
the Jersey Democrats will he finished
before the youthful mi,itarists could
he put into tn, field.
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The poet OF the dead end" the
NAVY poet" PATRICK MACGiiL. now
Of the London Irish Rifles, has come
back wounded from the war and mar
ried him n wife. VIII Currp or MARS
rule in the neX volume of realistic
verse from this bard in khaki?