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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-23
New york's Effective street sigma.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Tn.
new street signs installed not long ago on
he prominent thoroughfarcs, such as Madi.
son avenue, sixth avenue and Central
Park West, whioh have been deS,ribcd ~
the last word in street signs by Assistant
Commissioner OF Public Works Paterson,
have now been In service long enough to
Justify all the good things that were said
u them before they were placed In ser
vice. II Ia Just such little improvements
which serve to make this city one Of the
foremost in the world, and 1t Is hoped
that the Department Of Public Works viii
not cease its efforts until signs Of the now
mode, have been placed on every i'm
portant thorouChfare
Less than ten years ago New York was
far behind other cities, domestic and Eu-
ropean. In the matter Of street signs.
Residents and visitors often complained
that they experienced great trouble In
finding obscure streets and avenues be
cause street signs were missing, or late
years, however. this city has made rapid
strides In the Improvement OF its street
signs. The result of these EFFORTS is the
adoption and erection of the most encc-
i've street signs that New York has ever
had
Because Of the arrangement of the street
and avenue on one sign II II now possible
to tell at one glance just where YOU are.
Under tho old arrangement 1t was neces-
sary to read both tho street and ave
nue. sides OF tho sign before you could
get your bearings, Not only are the signs
handy for pedestrians. but they are CON
venient for those who travel In cars.
autos. AZ. AMI ,hr tact must not be over
looked when summing up the good points
of the new signs that they are much
cheaper than their predecessors, The old
signs cost the city 81: each, while the new
signs cost S5,76 each, That's worth con-
sidering, d. l.. W.
Nsw YORK, May -.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-23
LAW.
4 Criticism Of Certain statements
Made BY Professor K~irchwey.

To THE EDITOR OF II SUN-Str: In
last Sundays SUN Professor kirchwey
OF the Columbia Law School. In his dis
cuss!on of the Lu4itania case. makes the
statement that Germany cannot at her
own Instance alter 20 the detri'nent or
others the rules OF international law"
He then. as II assuming that there were
no continuing internationa law. inquiries.
"Wha principles are to govern mari
time warfare from this time on?" and
throws In the re;nark that the United
States acting alone can no more decide
authori;ativcly than can Germany"
II seems TO a layman that this sort
OF reasoning Is not only illogical but
vicious, the more so when coming from
a recognized teacher OF law and OF re-
spect 70" law.
For. since Germany cannot OF herself
alter the existing international law. Il
must needs be that that law still con-
t!nucs supreme And surely the United
states Is not deciding what II shall be
In the future In appealing to II as II
stands.
And yet. unless we are TO accep, the
violation by Germany az a valid aboli-
ton OF the existing international Law.
what Is the foundation for the learned
professors demand for an Immediate
conference to reconstruct the law TO
which all nations except Germany are
adhering without cavil7
But most astounding OF all Is the pro-
lessons dictum that all the belligerents
should be requested" TO suspend their
violation OF existing international law
while a new codc is being constructed.
This virtually amount TO the monstrous
assumption that law can be invalidated
by any determined violation of Il. Does
Columbia's law school tand for any
such theory as that?
RICHARD FERRIS.
NEW YoRK, May 81.
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KAT0 EXPLAINS
JAPAN'S SECRECY
Says Group V. Represented a
Hope Rather Than n De-
mand on China.

TOXIC. May ga partial evr',-'.
ton OF Jap,n's policy N Chi~t vs.
made in the Diet to-day y, Bar K,'o.
Minister Of Foreign ANaIrs. ~ -
Japan had finally agreed 20 or,o
sions in the original se' ~ 90 tr''
made on China for tho sake ~ r.'' -
friendship with the chinese Goyc-r-so'
and with Great Britain and ~ 1.,at
States
tn. most important clause n 4.
mands, Croun V, was ken. 81. "f
tn" japanese Government. W ~. -
because the stiru,a;.ons eNlre,., n''
more IN the nature OF = hone '.t' -
request or a demand For ''1' ro.s-1
the Government did not think IS ~.
PEELED to publish he nature NJ 'N. -,,37
and did so finally Only hc-7l-" -.'
erroneous accounts regard rs .
circulation.
We had to see. sad Nc. "v,,' a
would say about this 0f,h q
thorc was therefore r1 ~o... .. ..
munlca'inE II. Later he $50
roarance OF erroneous t...st'.. r.
decided 70 make tho matter I..'
When asked why Jtptu VtN '.-. :
k'ao-ChOw TO Ch't, '., E.-'
ister explained that the ',ry" :
action in his respect was base O.
on tho destruction ~ i,'Wa0 ""' .
in the Far East and tho ma0''c ..-H y
the integrity ~ China ltpe" W'- t'.
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4 Deserted Farmhouse.

II stands there al Lnof
Upon q Min soft shadow.
Fa' uuno'iccd AVID IN mesiows
l.arkS sing wadriEals all proof
Against It's mute, pathetic loneliness.
Hot suns have long made ~'istless
The winds that sweep its roof
All gray with lichen.
AMI on the prone door Of its kitchen
Lizards hask unfesrful Of rcproof
For year rs swift time has sped
Past It's broken garden hedge,
And M football has eft pledge
That It's o'ersrown pathway led
To aught that spoke Of strife
or pulse beat Of a Joyous life,
No furrowed brow or youthful head
Looks with keen vision 'yond
To where the sunlit summer pond
Lies glistening, All is dead.
But could this broken shell
or home but speak its ruth.
give voice unto the artlc~s truth
OF its lang pas, the sorlh"o sNell
OF mystery would INT, children band
Pluck AZ the bush. Nhi'c loving hand
Weave lilac garlanus, Prattlugs tell
Where youthful vanity once strcve,
unmtndful OF the danger, urged by love
To see their faces mirrored in the well.
FiNplN SACKrrr
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-23
The Pig Iron Poet.

For years nobody. not even the Hon.
j. BYRON GILMORE. the Bard OF Alamo
and the glory Of Indiana. has quite
consoled the lovers of true American
poetry for the loss of j. GORDON
CooGLER, South Cardinals sweetest
minstrel. At last from Pennsylvania
Allentown, a capital Of pig iron. speeds
the voice Of gold and sugar. The
Pathos Of Song and Other Poems"
by GEORGE KELLER DE Long, signs
and sings before us: II we mourn
COoGLER it is with only 4 softenei
regret. Here is the old. homely, hu.
man, C~ooglerian note:
Our utmost skill we both did try
To catch the fitting butterfly.
Bald bumblebees that had no sting
We held within our hand to sing.
"Grasshoppers We did make them chew
And spiders make them spider too.
We chung unto the grapevine swing,
With childish glee did shout and sing.
W. waded in the shallow stream
Whose murmur mingled with our scream,
We watched the minnows darling fast.
The tadpoles slowly padding past"
We never ran across any st!ngless
bumblebees, whereas not q few Of
those stlngfql yellow breeched philos-
ophers asSailed our green unknowing
youth; but no doubt they sang gleeS
with Mr.. DE LONG, whose fine poem
quoted above has a Marlowian me-
ody, something of the madrigals to the
shallow rivers falls. In ''The SKIP
Success" we find not only noble SEN
timents but a stately style:
Awake! oh. soul awake!
How long will YOU conceds
Through alternating sleep?
Arouse yourself and shake
The shackles from your feet
That you ignored do keep.
"A stately style acquire.
The family raise,
SO shape our ev'ry years
That friends will you admire
And raise their voice in praise
With their regards sincere"
His patriotism Is fervent. Hear
him hail his native land:
Great is thy domain
Needed by soverelgns afar.
Sweet thy fond refrain
Since thy MONROE dared to bar"
In the Launching Lay" Of the bat,
tleship Louisiana $500 the metre
has the soft susurrus of the waves:
Rod OF our chastity
Ply not In vain:
Meath thy grave battery
Peace ever reign"
Unlike too many OF the choir. h
is a Dry:
What a contrast there Is wiki 4 foun-
tain OF bliss
And a beer saloon OF WOO:
While the one gives relief and tho other
gives grief
To the ones who thither go"
Sound and kind in his ethics, sober
In his pace. an excellent family
Pegasus.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-23
a PRAYER FOR LIGHT.

Lord God of peace and war,
Thy presence We implore!
Descend from heights afar
And lead us as of yore!
The nations stagger, blind
And perishing in night;
o let us once more find
The long delaying light!
Deal gently with our sin.
Deal gently with our grief,
Thou Who has shut us in
This plane of unbelief.
Thou Who hast spread a veil
Before mortal eyes.
So that earth's noblest fail
Thy way to recognize!
Thy pity We invoke
Upon our darkness here:
o lift the battle smoke
And let Thy light appear!
NJ. f. BuHLEH
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-23
avenue at Thirty-fourth street, should

avenue at Thirty-fourth street, should
know just where to find the traffic
policeman who Is directing the
movement Of vehicles at the point.
If the unwary pedestrian does not
keep his eyes on the officer and also
on the motor cars, he may find him
self u down by some law abiding
chauffeur who is doing Just what the
officer has bid him do.
The practice Of ignoring the Pc
destrian on the crossing continues.
Protest has been made against the
system Of handling traffic which ap-
parently includes a r~elegation Of the
walking citizen to the category of
public %nuisances: but no attention
has been accorded to the complaint.
Here and there individual policemen
assume the responsibility Of taking
care Of the people who are trying
to cross the street and OF waiting
till they are out Of the way before
starting vehicles.
But the fact still remains that
many policemen deliberately look
over the heads Of the pedestrians
who are crossing and signal vehicles
to when many walkers are
not FIVE feet from the front Of the
cars and from ten TO twenty feet
away from the sidewalk. The att!.
tude Of these policemen shows plain
ly that they do not regard them
selves as responsible for the protec-
ton OF the walking public. Their
business is TO direct vehicles: foot
passengers must look out for them.
selves. So let US all be thankful for
the white rain coats. In stormy
weather we shall be better able 10
guard ourselves against the dangers
OF the traffic system.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-23
Peace al Syracuse.

To TIT EDITOR or THE SuN-sir: Now
that the civil war in classic Syracuse
is over, perhaps THE u will reproduce
the following in order to add TO the
feelings or remorse Of the battling ele,
ments that have given 10 the Demo.
Gratis thunder that makes the Sulzei
storm for Republicans seem like sof'
sobs
Bids in their little nests agree,
And y j. a woful sight
when children Of one tami'os
Fa!! out and hEht and fight.
Yours for printing contracts
FELIN F1LKINs.
Fort PLAIN, MAY 80.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-23

Gen'.omen Of the jury;
! have been more moved and touched than
! can express nv What YOU have hone IN
NN behalf
! want to say that
appreciate to the fullest tn. obligation
THAI you men. representing every
shade OF political belief have put
Me under. There is only one return that
! can make, and
assure YOU that all
M Ne
| vii act in public and private affairs
in "a way that no one Of you will
have reason 80 regret the verdict YOU
have rendered to-day.
! shall behave as a decent American
citizen should.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-23

II Provost SMITHS only reason FOR
opposing c~oeducation at the Cniver-
sity of Pennsylvania is that some OF
the present women students seem
more interested In the male students
than in acquiring knowledge he must
have overlooked some cases OF reci-
procIty among the young men.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-23

To rHE EDITOR oY THE rs Phi.
lologist' Is In error i'm stating that the us.
Of enemy" as an adjective has been In
reduced siEc" the beginning ~ the present
war The word as an adjective, or at
least as an attrihltive noun, was In uss
as far back as the fourteenth century,
shakespeare wrote This enemy own"
Thomas Jefferson wrote Enemy goods
are lawful prize" J. T.,
'"U'NurIrLp, Mass, Nav 81.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-23

The Bishop OF London, who refuses
to consider applications for ordination
from men physically able to fight at
the front. must be OF the same mar
t!al stamp as Bishop LEoSioAs Polk.
who put on TIE uniform Of a Major
General at the request OF JEFFERSON
DAVIS TO fight for the Southern Con-
~federacy. However. 1t must be re-
membered that the good Bishop was a
graduate of West Point.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-23

The Right Hon. ARTHUR J. BALrouR
would have 10 make a great sacrifice
II he accepted an appointment as FIRST
Lord OF the Admiralty: he would not
be able to devote SO much OF his time
10 golf and tennis. II the chief con-
s!deration in selecting a man TO sue
coed Mr.. CHURCHILL Ia that re shall
have more respect for the professional
knowledge o; Lord FISHER, Mr.. BAL
FOUR Is certainly eligible.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-23

Russia's order for %, 900 freight cars
placed in the United States is more
significant than a victory OF the Teu-
tonic allies on the San or the fact
thai they hold abou. 1000, 900 Russian
prisoners.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-23
Academic and Institutions,

I'm neither an auto-immortal
Nor a don OF the humber grade.
Who stands meath the glorious portal
And boosts the masquerade.
] Just look on and chortls
To see how greatness Ia made.
DuFFiELp Ossolsu.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-23
THE INTERRUPTED RHYME.
STER.
Cause and Eject.

when Sing Sing is made over new.
Sports, comforts, bracing air,
] know some things ! think I'll do.
In hopes of going there.
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To the Board Of Health,

! have no auto. for ! ween
My dollars are too few.
But 7 can breathe In g~asolens
All UP Fifth avenue.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-23
Two Views Of . Mighty Victory.


~ THE coLoNELs IawIHR
The victory that Mr., Roosevelt has won
is a victory for good government.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-23
Illogical, lie Says.

\ curious feature Of the situation
pointed out by DR.. Cleveland is thar ,f.
very specifications which are being lss4
IN Milling vacancies have rot been '7~.
H'aiiy approved by the Board - EST.
mate. He says this is Illogical AID IT,
ousinesslike. He adds:
The effect OF the present, lac, ~.
dehnlte policy and f~rarkness or .H,
part or the Board Of Estimate an! A..
porlonment on employees OF the P.-a.q
or Standards is bound 10 be demo-, ?.
ing II can hardly he expected ,.r,
work Will be carried on with enthusiasm
under th> present conditions n o,r1.
sltion and uncertainty. 1t vii rels.
the hardest kind OF work and 4 rl.s.5.
eraoIe amount OF overtime o. tho pt.,
oil employees OF the Bureau Of S,t'l.
ards 70 complete the programme og,.
lhed before September IL Tffs VIZ
cannot be pushed with tho rcrs..,-v
VIgor II the Board Of Estimate AT
Apportionment docs 10, do its par. r
uevlnlNS upon the larger questions .
Polcy as they are currently sahm rod re
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-23

~ our friends tcho taror us ,c,th manu-
scrpfs and illustrations for publication ,cish
10 hare rejected articles returned Mey mus
u sli cases send stamps for that purpose.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-23

We take this occasion 10 return to the
subject Of His ENcellency" In order TO
say thaS we have been informed, on au-
thority which we are accustomed to re-
spect, that not only in Massachusetts
and New Hampshire hut also I'm YER
mont was this title AZ one time the legal
property OF the Governor. THE Sun,
however, has not been able to verify
the statement as 10 Vermont.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-23

F''N fhF Nff'Ffi'iCNIO HfF
Recently formal Invitations to a recep-
ton hy Governor Whitman al Albany were
,uuChcd IN these words.
His ENceJloncy the Governor Of the
state Of Sew York and the Regents Of
he state OF New York" &c.
THr SrN. however, objects strongly to
tho use Of such a form Of address, CON
dsnning II as undemocrstic and far re-
moved from the spirit 81 our institutions.
II SAYS that I'm the CONSTITUTIONS Of onIy
two States Of the Observation-Disclosures
and New Hampshire-wss this old co
lonial style preserved rs a rrCrogativc "
tho Governor, and that In all the others
It Was discarded, as in the Constitution of
the United states.
The Bee agrees with THE SuS that such
terms as His Exccllcncy" arc unsuited
to this country and should not ho used
either in addressing the President OF the
United States. the Governor OF a State or
any other American Official.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-23

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ITO Nassau street. In the Borough OF Man
haitian, New York. President and Treas
urer. william C. Reick. 40 Nassau street.
vice-President Edward p. Mitchell. 40
Nassau street. Secretary. C. E. Luxton. 10
Nassau street.
London once. Eninsham House. 1 Arun-
Gel street. strand.
Paris once. s Rue de la Mlchodiere. of
Rue du Qustre s%eptembre.
Washington office, Hibbs Building.
Brooklyn once. l06 Livingston street.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-23
FAILURE TO SCALE
CITY PAY CRITICISED
Mitchell Administration Gcts
First Whack From the
Bureau Of Research.
$500, 900 DATA NOT Used

Tho Mitchell administration. nitA.-t,
immune from attack by 'he Bureau y,
Municipal Research. gets its frs, .hae.
from hat source in a letter which "
Frederick A. Cleveland. director " m.
bureau, sent TO acting Mayor MnA-e,y
yesterday.
His criticism Is directed at the Boar,
OF Estimate. He says IL has spent
100000 in gathering Information IN
which 70 base Standardization Of 10000
city employees salaries. but has reg.
lected to do anything with ,ais info.
nation which would maxi II svailaol.
for use In preparing a proper city bud.
get for next year Al one time IN. board
scaled so no person would be raid NOR.
or less than his worth, but Or. Cleve.
land says:
CITY employees are rapidly rain,n.
h impression that the adoption OF II.
Standardization programme is oae +.
which the Board OF Estimate ha. lo.,
interest. There is an opinion prevalent
that the opposition in the board will LEAD
to indefinite delay"
For ive years. says DR.. Cleveland. the
board has recognized the importance ot
at andardizing salaries. II ORGANIZED a
committee in 1912 TO collect information
Last year the Bureau OF Standards. o.,
which George L. Tirrell is director. va,
charged with the contamination OF n.
work.
Sot Even Printed.
IN November last this bureau reported
TO the board a general plan Of CLASSIC.
cation and urged that the proposed sp-ci.
fcat.ons be considered class by class
This has not been done. The board.
asserts Dr.. Cleveland. has not even been
willing TO appropriate $4,000 TO hav. ,as
Tirrell report printed so there could o,
conferences and public discussions Tn.
Bureau OF Municipal Research asked n.
board on April 3 to act promptly but "A
the request has not been Needed %,
Cleveland again addresses Mr.. McAneny.
Or. Cleveland says further
Repeated requests have been mao. 20
the salaries and grades commitie. for
authority 10 have the specification,
printed. but without result. Their fai.
ure 20 order the printing has ALREADY
caused much valuable time to b. lost.
and judging from conferences with mem.
bers Of the committee there seems 10 b.
no immediate probability OF the members
or the committee taking the necessary
steps TO make results available
These results up to this time have
cost the city approximately 100000 and
Will be useful in reaching conclusions
concerning about $50, 600, 900 OF tr,la,
expenditures. Moreover. In discusg.or.
IN and out of the Board Of Estimate oh.
Bureau OF standards has encountered A
great deal OF direct and indirect o2p,.
sitIon from members OF the board AID
their direct representatives"
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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-06-26
Brass Band Cures cataIepsy.

An extraordinary instance OF the
curative power Of music is recorded in
newspapers recently arrived from
Italy. In a Naples hospital lay q GER
tain Francesca Messina who had ar
rived from New York in a condition Of
coma. He had been asleep for seven
months and nothing the doctors could
do would arouse him.
The Countess Cell. visiting the hos
pita1, suggested that a brass band be
engaged to play expressly for the
sleeper The doctors laughed at her,
but she got the band, brought it to the
hospital, stationed it under the win
dow OF the ward in which Messina was
sleeping and made it play its loudest
and Hveliest pieces. After an hour OF
drumming and trumpeting. Messina
suddenly sat up. wide awake. He was
cured and was at once discharged.
This is the third time he has had such
a cataleptic attack. the first having
been precipitated by his sweetheart
jilting him.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-06-26

The weavers of cotton cloths have
become expert in making fabrics much
like the heavier weaves Of wool in ap-
pearance, as well as some novelties
that appear only in cotton. These
heavy weaves, including cotton cordu-
roy and corded materials, are also
shown in basket weaYes. They are
all used for the popular sport skirts
and summer coats that are featured
SO strongly for street and outing wear
All OF sudden cretonnes have sprung
into use in the making of apparel. Gay
~ Powered and quantity figured Gre
tonnes are used to make bright morn
Ing dresses and are called garden
dresses Floppy-brimmed hats or
beach bOnnets (Which are sunbonnets
parading under new name) are worn
with them and made Of the same
cretonne.
One Of the best models for q coat
Of cotton corduroy, corded cloth, or
fancy weaVes in cotton, is shown in
the picture given here. Like a few of
the heavy linen weaTes, it is unmus-
sable. For decoration it depends
upon machine stitching and buttons
made by covering button molds with
the fabric. It is cut along the same
lines as popular sport coats Of wool,
with high, convertible collar, big peck
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-06-26
That Stamped Return Envelope.

Among the many letters 1 receive
from charitable enterprises asking me
to contribute" said a man who gives
occasionally, 81 get now and then one
that contains a return addressed en-
Velope with a stamp on it.
This must be an expensive way Of
sending out circulars, but I am In
clined to think 1t pays. At any rate
l know how it impresses one.
81 should not feel warranted in
using that stamp for my own personal
purposes, and Of course it would be
wasteful to throw it away; and then It
seems to me a businesslike method Of
proceeding, thus to make it very easy
for the person addressed to reply
Further, I rather admire the sporting
spirit of an institution that is willing
to risk a two-cent stamp on the chance
Of getting something more in return.
$50 when 1 get one Of those ap-
peals containing an addressed and
stamped return envelope usually put
into it and forward a small contribU-
ton"