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G MUSICIANS.
Popularity and Success Ac'
counted For by Hcredity and study.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir: why
does society prefer the negro must
clan 2" The question was recently asked
by one of YOU correspondents. 1f the
negro musician enjoys any preference
at all, he does not enjoy II solely be-
cause of his color. His color Is n ham
dicap: and wherever he achieves sue
cess he does 40 in the face of doubly
severe competition. In certain branches
of his occupation the negro musician
has been successful in furnishing en-
tertainment at dinner parties, rccrp-
lions and other social functions similar
in character, and in furnishing dance
music. For work of the former Kind
his services have always been in dc
mand. because Of his uufailing good
nature his genial. kindly humor and his
versatility. Until recently those who
engaged in this work were for the most
part unframed musicians who relied on
their natural talents.
In the last few years, however, - new
type of negro musician has appeared In
response to the demand for dane music
of which the distinguishing character
istiC is an eccentric tempo. Such music
usually takes the form NJ a highly syn
copated melody. which in the carly pc
Rod of its development was known as
"ragtimc' music. Sine" the dance is
born OF music, II is quite apparent that
the modern dance is u creature ~ IN"
s~yncopated melody. Thu a new field
has been opened to negro musicians.
The neRro's success is due to the fol-
lowing facts: lie h. q natural musi-
clan and throws himself into the spirit
Of his work with spontaneous enthu-
siasin 20 that the music rendered ~
n negro orchestra rarely has the" mo
ckarical quality which Is fatal TO
dancing. ", has q superior -rls' OF
rhythm. peculiarly adapting him for
dance music. Tho art If playing Ia"
modern ~syncopated music is to him a
natural gift.
He excels I'm tho use Of the guitar,
banjo and mandolin. Instruments which
are now being generally adopted by
orchestras playing dance music to oh
tain the "thrum-thrim" effect and the
eccentric acccutuatcd beat so desir'bl"
In dance music and he was the hrst
to discover the availability Of these in
for such purpose.
In addition to his natural talent in
the above respects the modern negro mu-
stefan is we'll trained I'm his art. w."
reads readily. memories marvellously
we'll, i%utcrpr"fS naturally, and not only
understands the principles of technique
In tn" use of his instrument but Is re-
markably skilful IN execution. a. is to
he expected when one considers that the
negro possesses a rare facility for arts
requiring physical skin.
Perhaps il is fair to say that IN"
negro has contributed 20 American
music whatever distinctive quality IT
possesses. Certainly he is the originator
If the highly syucopated melody ="
much In favor to-day. Some years ago
IN cole 4 Johueon's show. Of which
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structions to conform their operations
to those principles Of International
law which Mr.. WILSON maintains
should govern submarine warfaref
II Is not unduly optimistic to consider
that no new cause of friction growing
out Of the war at sea need arise be-
tween the two countries.
Mr.. WILSON expressed himself In
u prophetic spirit when he wrote that
az a bclligerent cannot r~etallate
against an enemy without destroying
the lives of neutrals as well as their
property. humanity as well as Justice
and u due regard for the dignity OF
neutral Powers should dictate that the
practice no discontinued" Germany
now subscribes to that Judgment.
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The National Guard.

No plan for the military training
Of citizens except that which includes
universal service Of all able bodied
men offers to the people Of this oun
try the advantages that are embodied
in the scheme underlying the National
Guard. Forced service is impracti-
cable in this country, and in the eX-
tension and improvement Of the uni
formed militia lies the hope of pre-
pairing an adequate body Of trained
soldiers Ia defend the land.
1t will not he asserted even hy
their officers that the 10000 men
who assembled Yesterday AT Van
Cortlandt Park are the equals in
professional Attachments Of regular
troops. Yet they disclosed to the
spectators a degree of skill which ON
tirmed the opinion already held that
in such organizations a feasible
method is found of providing n force
competent within n reasonable period
10 tdht llS iidte III me OfltlFt OF lIt
nation, AT a coSt not ~prohibitive, and
without giving rise to social problems
calling for heroic solutions.
1t vas yesterday demonstrated that
under the present statutes appreclable
progress has been made toward ron.
forming the Guard 10 the practices Of
the Federal military establishment,
This progress has not been the result
Of idleness and inattcntlon of officers
or II Is the fruit of Intelligent
training, necessarily f~ragmentary, but
nevertheless not wasted.
The officers VINO conceived and the
men who made possible this display
performed n public service. They
are entitled 10 thanks; aud the
gratitude Of the public can best he
exhibited by increased enthusiasm for
the support and Improvement of the
National Guard.
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when Whales Meet TerrapIns.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir: Now
that the baseball season wanes To- a
placid setting Il may he a good time 20
make an appeal to the sports reporters
for a mending of their ways next season.
/ retain enough interest in the PERFORM
anCes OF three or 1our of the profess
sional clubs TO look for their reports,
but the task is a veXation Of spirit and
a waste OF time They are all called
SO far out OF their proper names identi-
hcatlon il Impossible. find stories of
games played by Pops" Whales, 90
Tip Tops "~Terrapins.' Tigers I'M
dams Statesmen Pirates" "Dodg-
ers,' with no accompanying glossary.
The bright young men who invent these
whimsical names may have an index
with cross references to keep them
selves Informed, but what help has a
busy fan? FAN.
NEW YORK, September rs.
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A Map OF the Navy Department
Needed.

II Mr.. Secretary DANIELS should
step out of his office in the State.
Army and Navy Building and walk
along its east corridor on his own
floor he could. II he would. open any
one of a dozen doors leading into
other offices ana find At work in any
of them an officer of the United States
navy who knows more about the needs
OF The navy. and how to supply them,
than The excellent HENRY FORD or tho
excellent THOMAS Edison will ever
have time 10 learn.
but such Il discovery Ivy Mr.. Secre-
tary DANIELS. surprising as ii might
le Ia him. would u make a front.
not even II back page story.
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stern yisaged New Workers.

Mr.. JoHN j. CHAPMAN acknowl-
edges So handsomely his error in de.
scribing New York MS II railroad sta
ton. which prompted The Sun gently
10 rebuke him, that he compels instant
forgiveness. He sinnsi in darkness,
II seems; but now the light has daNned
for him and he sees this city steadily
and sees II whole.
In Mr.. CHAPMAN's picturesque de-
scription of the late Professor VAN
AMRiNGE's funeral services, recently
printed MI this page. 1t Is shown that
the writer WAS much impressed by
the "visagrs OF garguylp type" charac-
tcrizing the resurrection of immor.
tai old New York. indelible. iudeStruc-
tible New York serious. stiff and very
religious New York"
All of which goes to prove that
when Mr.. CHAIRMAN has been away
from Boston long enough really Ia
open his eyes he has very understand.
ing eyes wherewith to see.
\ Scotch Londoner visiting New
York said on Il certain occasion The
British who have written about New
York should all be put into the stocks.
| expected to see your men Il frivolous
looking folk. Why. man. you're all
Savonarolas, Dantes. George EliotS
Aye. I've met many a nan among you
who could put on a plain black gown
and sit for a portrait OF GEORGE
ELIoT.'
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HELPING THE CONVICT.
A Suggestion for Discharged Prison
ers who Desire TO Reform.

-. - r,I..-
!" I"E HplI"H VI mn ~
are three great u'"''"'''s )" ne "'S
OF 'hose Wh" nave 'on,l''teu .hr'r seH-
fences ana seek ""'h' !" W, "S' p'''''
many WISH pu"'''ols OF confluence ""e't
character can H'o"e SECURE ,''"'' '"'
IN the second place many OF these Hncll
are uhwlIilhs u "orK at an! NINE VI
a Whl'e, Hhul 'hey can aeain eS'ap''SH
character
In very many instances men return
to their FORMER haunts ana companions
ana very soon iheS are Known ana
watched by the police. or course theN
are suspects ana even ! 'heS secure
employment thtl are informed against
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To THn EDITOR OF THr sUs-Sir. Hav.
all our idols clay feet?
A little while ago Edison emerged sec.
ond best from a conflict with a cigarette
Now Ford, after the world has held It's
breath for some weeks, proposes a scheme
to MI the air with aero sauibs to he di.
rected by telescopes.
To my mind the most Interesting part
Of the suggestion is that their loss would
he OF little account as the engines would
cost but two cents a pound. what Is he
going to make them OFF,
| believe pig iron costs more than that.
Ny engine cost round about a dollar A
pound, and It's no wonder at that
| don't dispute Ford's knowledge o.
gasolene engines, hut ! would ask, Hash
he confused Cost with "value"P
NEW YoRK, September IS. rur PUT.
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standing, self.reliant parsonage, lend.

standing, self-reliant parsonage, lend.
ing himself CALAMITY to decoration
and adaptable to any surroundings.
If he seems a little stiff and formal.
1t is because he has not been properly
treated. The possibilities are in him.
TO bring them out is the part Of art.
The rose herself may suffer from III
considered display. though nothing
ran rob her Of her beauty: and the
dahlia will do his generous share In
any circumstances.
MIR. VINCENT, the president Of the
American Dahlia Society. which bows
to New York in the Museum of Nat
ural History this afternoon. has con-
tributed more than $4,000 blooms TO
the show. an exhibition wonderful In
itself. The Albert Manda, proudly
bearing the name Of it's grower sin.
gle, pink and eleven inches from petal
tip to petal tip. IL worth a longer trip
than il required to see II and thou.
sands of others, large, small. gaudy.
restrained. double, single and semi.
double. repay the lover of beauty.
Nor Is the effect Of inspection dis.
%couraging tn the amateur Of limited
opportunities. ms is sometimes the cnse
Not everybody can show 5000 bios.
SONS. and Mr.. MANDN's achievements
are not To be epuallel by all. hui the
dahlin IL NJ mere dollhouse exotic. lie
will repay the cultural efforts Of the
least skilled. multiplying fr%uitfully.
ana asking only to he taken indoors
when the chill Of winter threatens
his sensitive toes.
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To THF EDITOR NJ TuE SUN-Sr wit
messed the bal game last saturday at
Fenway Park between the Red Sox and
Tigers
II was a wonderful game up 20 the very
end Of the twelfth inning when the Sox
Won. 10 o; but aside from the game
Itself whore In this wonderful world OF
The United states OF America could one
see such n sight
More tha1 3S.oon souls being thrilled
with Wholesome enjoyment. all cares toss- I
10 the winds, better for ones health than
al the medicine in the world
To the writer IT was an Inspiring sight,
and our rinrs and stripes nying over an.
TnuN, september %. Sun READER.
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hey vii, not seem nearly so frightful to

they will not seem nearly so frightfui TO
business activity as the elf-constituted
friends OF the people would nave you I'M
derstsnd. The passage of these acts was
an indication that the politicians to whom
/ have referred thought that 1t was still
politically wise to attack business success
without discrimination, to attack accumu-
lation OF property by thrift and foresight,
ana that everything of hurt to corporations
and hurt to wealth In general should be
supported on general principles, and that
II one could only down wealth and the
millionaire ono had a free passage into a
permanent political heaven.
We are beginning to realize, and II we
do not now realize We shall in the future,
because you can count on tho MEMORABLE
law. the economic law. which makes us
responsible for all the mistakes W. max
that we are all In the same boat, that you
cannot do injustice to any one class perma-
nently without ~injuring the entire boat
company's comfort. that you cannot dis
eliminate against ono class essential to a
community In favor OF another, and pro-
duce a condition that makes for tho benefit
Of all.
We have In this great American republic
~ ours great endurance to stand suffering
We have great hopefulness and great
optimism. but every once in a while we
get'a clear view Of something that has hurt
Us. Then We haven't any pride Of oplnion
In changing our minds quickly and In hit
ting back. That IL the reason why ! am
an op,imIst. .
Non. partisanshIp sounds we'll a. a politi-
cal slogan, hut applied to state and ma
tional politics II takes away an essential
instrument In making popular government
. success. Now the party system is the
- .---- " 49, .---
into effective action the voice Of the ma
jority Of tho people. and thus the only way
YOU ran make popular government enec-
tive Is ny orRanizstio, Of marry II has
been Of course the vogue to denounee par
" pa,.,ea nv ' 10 ,nis Iepun.'o
a, roy.-rmsr, "n aat, ~ .asr,at rn
safely Though ,sr,y p,r,ios ,-o rr,,criv
organized on the principle tina, mon who
think alike along main principles are will
Ing to give up their minor differences, and
men you WIZ nave TWO p'rues. W you
$50. ~ w ~"
Now .rres ,ha, ,on c.n ,.,, ,.r,y
organization. that outIIve their usefulness
and ought to he driven out Of politics. But
what I Insist is. to interrre, the will NJ
ninety millions OF people twenty millions
.eo,'a.' my '"''lNe to'ern.nen'' 'n'
H., ,w.. w. " ""a. :" ~ ",.''
b.,r.en ,brs. ,,r,t., tn mo ntn,i. and
then let the majority rule ~ Won arc
going to arrange It 50 that You have -
shotgun" system Of government by which
"N'iNoodS Us shooting In every direction.
"mn mere Is no so'inr''y IN expression on
sutie ho.n nar,ta. f., ,.,,,ar o e
approval Of measure. m. orranizcd ma.
chine with the small minority will run
your government and you viii have ended
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War.

Translated from the modern Greek mags
,ine olympia. July 81, 1913,
The vine desires the pruning knife,
But who IL there to pruneH
And the young maid desires cares.es,
But who shall yield that boom
The vine desires the loosening hoe,
But h the clods shall STIR
And the young maid desIreth kisses,
The kiss who gives to her?
The vine desires the harvest home,
But who shall gather I'M
The harvest home desires its SONG,
who shall that song Begin
No, no. Ther, u no song to~~,;
The maidens, clad In black,
They cry anathema on war.
Whereby FOR love they lack.
Now war has called the youth away,
Old age remains behind,
bld age, whose kissing tins v done.
And only death is kind,
Epirn n. THOMAS.
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the British budget projects to expand
revenues. Income taxes are to be In.
creased 40 per cent, taking toll as
high as one.third of the largest in
comes and reaching down to the low
est. Increases ranging from 30 to
100 per cent. are to be levied In us
toms and internal revenue duties. Ac.
cording to the ~reckonings of the Ex-
chequer the Governments revenue for
the year will he about $1,000, 100000
MS the result Of the heavier imposts,
or double last years receipts, which
we're vastly more than normal.
How long will the warning countries
be able to stand this strain? The his.
tory of the ante.hellum argument as
to the financial prevcntlves of war
shows the unwisdom Of assuming that
the cost of the war will conduCe to
peace except as one side may break
under the strain before the other. At
the same time the futility of the finan-
cial argument against war has It's
encouraging aspect. The prophets who
put their faith In II may he no worse
c%onfounded than the ~forecasters Of y
debacle Of Reputation and age long
economic catnstro, he after the war.
While Germany is represented as
having found n way Of financing the
val without feeling 1t. and the other
~belligereuts appear to he lodging the
financial issues involved. Great Brit
ain in characteristic fashion recog.
nizes the expense Of the struggle and
Is preparing to meet it. The British
people seem To he the only ones asked
to make provision for the present with
an eye to the future. The wHr is not
something for which the bclligerents
can pay as they 60. but the British
tax levy suggests that John Bull is
trying to carry Ms much Of the burden
of it as he can bear now without de
pending altogether upon ~postcrity.
The facilc success of the new Ger.
man war loan advcrtiSps the auia-
cious handling Of the problem of war
costs by Berlin. The subscription thus
far reported to the third German bond
issue exceeds $3.,N0.O0O. 900. an aggre-
gate that is almost as great AS the
total of the first two issues and sur
passing the subscription reported 10
the British loan fioated last summer
1t is no wonder that the dispatches
tell of the exchange Of congratula-
lions all over Germany ON the exhibit
ton of financial power and financial
patriotism shown. There are Qualiii.
cations To this. however.
The billion dollars indemnify ex-
acted from France forty-ive wears ago
furnishes Il key 10 much ~ the Ger
man financial plan for the war. The
whole theory of German war finance
is based on indemnities To he paid ia
Germany after the war and aims to
keep the German people from feeling
the financial strain of the war 10y the
employment If ingenious novelties i'm
the Use or abuse of credit. If the In.
demnity theory gOeS wrong there will
he the mischief 10 pay.
In all the history of warfare there
has been nothing since MouNMMfD's nj.
Turing pictures of II material paradise
were invoked for wars of couQnr~ "a
compare with the vision of an econOm.
ically enslaved Europe tuiling for gen,
rrationS for the pecunlary benefit of
mrmt holds M to the eyes of III" Ger
man nation.
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what Became Of the Veterinary?

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-SW. !
have just come across the follow iug
hypothetical question. which was asked
of an expert a few years ago in 4 trial
AZ the Windsor. Vt, County Court Tn"
question is taken from the reporter !
original memoranda. and | think IS ar-
Curate The LAWYER who asked the ques-
ton was n college graduate
m a veterinary goes to see a horse
and he is examined by the veterinary
and he puts his hand down his throat.
the veterinary opens his mouth ard
shuves his hand down his throat. that
is the veterinary does that when he is
suffering from lockjaw what do yol
say as to that being a proper method Of
Treatment in "A case of lOckiaw?'
GILBERT r. DAVIS,
WINDSOR, W, September %.
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To THE EDITOR ri TUE SUN-Sjr. Mr..
II, T. Harris in THE SuN explains why
he considers our title to the n~at.ona.
adjective uuassailahle.
Following his reasoning, Il Bulgaria
Turkey and Rumania were to join and
form a government which they chose
to call the United States of Europe"
they would become the only READ Eu-
rupeans. HUNTINGTON ApAMs.
NEW YORK, September "a,
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To facilitate submarine warfare the
German Government has suggested TO
American merchant captains "in their
" interests" that they paint larger
flags or the sides of their ships, be-
cause the mistake Is often made "of
having these distinctive signs so small
that they cannot be made out from
a distance" The American flag at
the peak can be seen through binocu-
lars for a distance OF two miles. Is
not that far enough for the subma-
rine's safety?
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When We read in the Missouri Red
Book that the State marketed last
year more thar a million dollars worth
Of sand and gravel and that Missouri
* only seventh in the production Of
that material. We get an idea of a
source Of wealth that We may never
have considered in casting up this
cuuntry's accounts. Most Of the sand
was taken from the bed Of the Mis-
souri,, and II must he a satisfaction to
the state that II is able 10 recover
something of all the farms that Big
Muddy" has stolen.
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II the Rev. NEWELL DWIGHT HILLS
Will heed disinterestcd advice. he will
quit trying his case in the newspapers.
and take it into court. It being as
sumed that he has a cause for legal ac-
ton. He is not improving the situa-
ton in which he finds himself ny the
course he is now pursuing.
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London once. bingham House / Arun-
street. strand.
Paris Once. = Rue lie Ia Michodiere. off
Rue du Quafre Septembre.
Washington ONCE. Hibbs Building
Brooklyn ofics. l06 Livingston street.
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VOLUNTEER MUST
Be A Big HOSPITAL
Downtown East side Needs #
and Strong Hands Are
Mt Work.
UNIQUE IN IT'S SERVICE

The directors OF tho NoH1r'o.. rJ-,.
pltal have begun u campaiGn 20 r..a
enough money to complete the neW 1u.-.
ing NJ Beekman ami Wat.r s'"ss., IN
accordance with the plan which woe
made when the old ho-r'ti' '. ,;o'f
street was abandoned A. that 'ro g,
was decided that a seven story -..I..
,ure should Ne built. but ~ e'' r..ls
wers lacking, and only ,h,cc ,'-.
we're erected.
within the Last ear ;n- N., d,~.
by tho hospital has '1rr'ascI 'a ,I.-
an extent that yrel'e, faciU'|a. a~, m
peratively demanded. 1A's N.....lI q,
officially desiuuatc' 20 .tte p" e.re-.
geucy cases III the lover l.t-' Sue from
Clth1rlne stree; 10 tliA Pl'trrg a'. from
Broadway ard patk RnO 90 '.s ~,
River. Iols a 'r.c' IS ,rrs y... ..
ard within II lie extremes - vr.,fn
and poverty meet. As.tt ma A-e~.
gcncy calls ONE trc;r tbs . g. . 4i.
'rict, hut tic 'nrccr prcrur'. ou We a.
sistsuce given Is to N thousands who
live IN tho ~tencmerte a'"us 'hr ur'Ar
front and in the adjoining S'ree's
The dispensagy cases for NO yrsSen,
year aggregate 27.ooo. and u" 20
patients admitted to 'hc wards mare d
total ~ 1900 dGv .r"a'irs''s r..
ambulance calls have nJmoe'Ad 2a..
TO take care OF these clsoE No 20 .ly.
adequate tr"n tinont those ~ .hlrgc have
been hard pressed "i'h Only ''o 'treA
floors. There arc hosr''1' bed, '1r
forty-eIght patients. and u ha. bes
necessary to set IN ro's 20 ae on'roda's
additional patients.
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scripts and illustrations for publication IRISH
20 hare rcjocfed articles returned they must
IN oil cases send stamps Ter that purpose.
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The story from Geneva that the
Germag General STAFF admits the ioss
of forty Ztppclins and ten Parsevals
j. published in a London newspaper
that is not celebrated for its devo-
ton to truth.
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A. the state meeting OF the Seventh
Day AdventiStS in Kansas II was an
uourced that pennies no longer APP
pear in church and sunday school COL
leCtjons' But outside Of Kansas they
continue to appear. also a few plugged
niCkels and dimes.
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The presumption j. that Captain
Franz Won pAPEN has not been APP
pointed military attache to the Ger
man legation in Mexico without a
design 10 make him useful in that
distracted country where Americans
are now held in light esteem. There
are other countries to the south
where the Captain might have a
vacation.
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Published dsiIv. inrlndius sunday, by the
sun Printing and Publishing Association at
80 Nassau street. IN tho Borough Of Man
haitian. New York President aud Treas
urer. William e. Rsick. 1850 Nassau street,
Vice President. Edward T.. Mitchell, 100
Nassau street Secretary, l.. y Luxton, $50
NasAam slrcCt.