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IN THE PERIODICAL ROOM.
A New and Exaeting Theory Of the
Functions Of the Public Library.

To EDITOR OF THE suN--str:: The
periodical room Of the New York Pub
lie Library Is a great pity. Suppose
h Metropolitan Museum Of Art were
run on the same plan. This would Be
the procedure: The seeker Of cul-
ture and what not applies to An official,
saying. please. may I see The Horse
Fair" which. heaven help him. " prob
ably what ne does wan most to see,
and the oficial after considerable red
tapping has the picture brought and
hung before the applicant. He sits and
gasss. II he can think OF another he
orders that. 'Washington Crossing the
Delaware" perhaps. His thirst for ART
not yet slaked, he wants another. but
his knowledge = at an end. He may
look at Tho catalogue; there are AL the
pictures indexed. and he may order
any one he plenses, but there 10 an
names to him: II he could O just q
glimpse of them all he could IN q mo-
rnent select those that he wanted to
look at But tho catalogue discourases
him he departs, feeling Q little futile.
He doesn't come again.
This Ia precisely what happens In the
periodical room Of tho library. Not q
student or a scholar. tho visitor comes
with a definite purpose. He wants
something to read and goes in TO get a
hint Of what 1t ID. All ready for perusal
are magazines on subjects such as
philology. philosophy. geology, Esper-
anto. law and such. A man at the
table has an AtloNtto Monthly, but
there Is a lynx eyed woman sitting
next him. ostensibly reading the Nou-
tetle Revue, but really waiting TO pounce
o the Atlantic the moment II u re-
turned to the shelf. A mar who can't
read German Is turning over the pages
Of the Dentschc Rundschdn and wonder
ing how long the woanan will take with
the AtIonttc when she does get II. So
he turns away.
Behind the railing are shelves on
shelves Of periodicals. thousands OF
them. II the visitor wants any OF
these. n he vaguely does. he goes to
the card catalogue at the end OF the
room. He goes through a box. any
box. for something that looks good"
It Is all Greek to him, but finally he
makes out a slip for one and goes up to
wait his turn at the librarians desk. At
length he gets his magazine. he hunts
out a seat and sits down to read for
three minutes. The maGazine isn't what
he thought II was. He returns It He
strays down toward the open stack
again. Law. geology. science. Esper-
anto are still available and the lynx
eyed woman still holds her watch next
the mar with the Atlantic Monthly. He
buttons up his overcoat and wanders out.
Hereafter ne will confine his reading to
the newspapers: more accessible, to be
had from every rubbish can.
The point OF II all Is: For whom u
the periodical department intended. for
full fedged readers. educated In the
ways of books before they ever saw the
periodical room. or for the desultory.
straying. don't know what they want
but willing to learn lot?
r. II. BACON.
NDW YORK, November %,
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Rum DOlngs In Georgia.

Under the amended prohibition law
as just passed by the Georgia Leg.
islature and signed by Governor HAIR.
RIs the citizen of that State Is put
upon Il monthly allowance Of half a
gallon Of whiskey, one gallon Of wine
and six gallons of beer.
In the same issue of the Atlanta
Constitution In which we read OF the
passage of this sever measure there
appears a local item telling Of the
arrest Of Il member of the Georgia
Legislature in an Atlanta barrO0m
where ne was not only mmpagcously
drunk but making a spirited effort tC
explore the insides of innocent by,
ISLANDERS with cutlery.
OF course this Is only an episode,
but occurring as It did under the nm,
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The Sayville wireless despatch from
Berlin dealing with the Bagdad cam
paign takes wanton liberties with well
known facts. 1t may be true that the
British expedition has been thrown
back from Bagdad." but it never con-
sisted OF 100 900 men or anything like
that number. Nor did the expedition
airy force make m overland march
from Egypt. What a feat hat would
have been! The Home authorities
had nothing to do with the Bagdad
campaign. The expedition. less than
10000 strong. al sent out by India
and landed at the head of the Persian
Gulf. 1t fought its way to Busra, cap
tured that place. and n few weeks
ago was threatening Bagdad, being
then only thirty miles away.
The campaign had no strategic
relevancy to what was going on in
Europe. The object was the occupa-
ton Of the Euphrates valley for Brit
ish account after declaration Of peace,
on the presumption that the Tcutonic
allies would ultimately be defeated.
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LITTLE ANDORRA.
What an American Learned Upon .
Recent Visit.

To rHE EDITOR oF THE SUN-Sir. The
article in THE SuN of November ~ en-
titled Little Andorra. the Most IMAM
bilious Republic" has excited my keen
interest, as I boast OF being one Of the
certainly very few people living in this
hemisphere who have ever found their
way into that really strange land.
Mr.. Lawrence Grant asserts that he
10 the only stranger who in more than
a year has paid a visit to Andorra.
which he calls the smallest republic In
the world. When In the spring Of 1913
l took a trip to that quaint little State.
which by the way Is more tiran seven
times the size Of the Republic OF San
Marine (175 Quare miles to 23.6 square
miles). ] vas told by more h one
Andorran hat their country Is visited
every year by quite a number OF tour
lists. particularly Frenchmen.
I never heard OF a President OF An
DORA, but II Is a fact that the Bishop
Of SEQ de Urgel. the nearest Spanish
town. holds the title Of principe sobe-
rano." that Is. sovereign prince. OF An
DORA. Citizens OF Andorra do laugh,
especially when you tell them some
funny things. as, for instance. that they
speak their own language. That An
dorian language must be something like
the Belgian. the Swiss or the American
language. The official language Is Cata-
Ian. which Is spoken In Catalonia. COM
prising the Spanish provinces of BARGE
Iona, Corona. LArida and Tarragona,
and in the part OF France adjacent to
the Pyrenees. Besides Catalan most OF
the people understand either Spanish or
French or both.
Butter and milk are we'll known things
in the republic. for ! consumed a good
deal of both while l was in Andorra la
viella and in santa Juliana.
THE sur falls to say that In the cap
ital there IL both telegraphic and tele-
phonic connection with France. appar-
entity the only modern convenience in
the republic. KURT FRirzscHING.
New YORK, November 81.
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D. A. R. TO UNvEu A TABLET.
VIII Mark Site of American Re-
doubt ON Washington Heig hts.

A tablet executed in bronze by charls
r Lamb TO mark the site OF the re!Juo,
of the American army erected n no
Revolutionary war on Wash Nct0n
Heights will be unveiled tomorrow
The tablet. erected by the n, A K, s. We
a pan OF the rslouht In relief and a
seal of the Washington Heights chalsn
of the ID. A. II. 1t is placed IN the sds
wall OF the parish house OF the Chafel
of the Interccss!on- OF which the Rev
Milo H.. Gates is rector.
The Inscription on the tablet relds
within Trinity Cemetery IN lti6 me
American army constructed tho middle
redoubt n other works OF Ito second
line defence which under the observation
OF Gen. Washington was dc.'0iri by
the Third Pennsylvania Battalion and
the Connecticut Rangers under COL
Lambert Holmes, November 3d. Pro
scented by the Washington H,,ehtS chap
ter. Daughters OF the American ReNo!p
ton, November %. 1915"
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CONSTITUTION IN THE WAY
Why the United States Could Not
Bind Up the Wounds Of Europe.

To THE EDIroR or THE SrN-Sir: Last
Sunday evening the Rev. Or. Jefferson
asked his Broadway Tabernacle audi
ence the following question:
II I'VE are rich enough to spend two
billion dollars additional on our navy
and army why not adopt a new policy
and spend the two billions In binding up
the wounds OF bleeding Europe" by build
ing scores Of hospitals. asylums homes
and orphanages" In Europe instead OF
'squandering our money on guns?
The reaso why We should not do this
IL because We must not be breakers OF
the Law. The Constitution (Article l.,
section 81 permits Congress to spend
two billions Of dollars or any other
sum ITO raise and support ar1nies'' and
"to provide and maintain a navy" but
''for the coanmon defence and general
welfare OF the United States" only. To
Congress is given power ito lay and
collect taxes" &c. for those purposes,
all OF which take money. The project
OF spending money for hospitals, &c.
and binding up the wounds of bleeding
Europe Is noble, yet the money must
come not from the public treasury but
from private purses.
MARsroN NILES.
TopsHAM, Me. November 90.
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THE CONTINENTAL ARMY,
Its Adequacy Tested by the Conditions
Of the Harvard. Yale Football Game.

To II EDITOR OF THE SuN-sir: The
utter absurdity Of expecting a "conti-
mental army" trained for a brief De-
Rod each year" TO stand before an
army OF veterans such as Germany
could send over here may be Illustrated
by the football game It Boston on
Saturday last.
Yale. which had been we'll but not
scientifically prepared for the contest,
went down to a humiliating defeat
before the Harvard veterans. Let us
suppose that Harvard had attempted
to oppose Yale with a football team
trained for a short time each year, as
Secretary Garrison recommends In the
case of the continental army" what
chance would Harvard have had OF
winning? just none at all. and SO of
the continental army II II ever came
In contact with a real army.
Give us an army OF regulars, not
less than 3 1000. thoroughly drilled,
or we might as well invite Germany or
some other military Power TO come
over here and peacefully take possess
sion OF our country. A republican form
or government Is on trial now as never
before. 1t remains to he seen how the
emergency will he met. NJ. 4. r..
NEW YORK, November %.
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Guna.

tThe spirit OF Germany speaks)
Gums. guns. guns
As true as your own tried steel.
Guns. guns. guns,
Suprcmacy's sign and seal.
West said, you have swept our land
From Holland TO North Seas flood:
Each acre that bears your brand
Is drcnchcd Wit our tears and blood
Palace and cottage and shrine
Are stones, formless heaps. no more.
The curse of n nation crushed Is thine"
Curse drowned In the lannon's roar.
Guns, guns. guns,
Our gift to foe and to friend.
Guns, guns, guns,
The end that Will make an end.
East said. you have cleared the line
From Baltic TO Golden Horn.
Now you that rule on the Rhine
Shall share In our fruits and corn.
And YOU shall repay In kind.
And we and the sons OF our sons
Shall blcsS"-the words on the wind
Were lost In the rumble Of guns.
Guns. guns. guns,
Our gift to friend and to foe.
Guns. guns. guns.
Are all we have come to know.
AAua,os Noasis.
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CARDINAL PRESIDES
AT DIOCESAN SYNOD
Permission Given for Midnirht
Mass at Christmas to Pray
for Peace.
651 PRIESTS AT MEETING

Tho fifteenth diocesan synod OF N.
archdiocese--the NTH during the admin.
istration Of his Eminence John Carolina,
Farley-was held yesterday morning a,
st. Patrick's Cathedral, opening win
the mas OF the Holy Ghost at 10 40
o'clock. Six hundred and ff,v.on.
priests Of the diocese attended. The Rish,
Rev. Patrick J. Hayes, d. n. Auxiliary
Bishop. was celebrant Of the mass. Car.
dinal Farley delivered an allocution n
the clergy after the mass aud announced
the diocesan officials for the next ,hre.
years.
The diocesan c~onsultors were all "a.
elected. Bishop Hayes being chosen 10
all the place in the diocesan council
made acant by h transfer OF Bishop
Cusack to the zee OF Albany. The othar
consultors are the Right Rev. Mgr. Jo-
seph F. Mooney. the Right Rev. Michael
J. Lavelle, the Right Rev. .John Edwards
the Right Rev. James II. McGeen and The
Right Rev. James J. Flood.
The Very Rev. Gherardo Fcrran.o
was appointed vicar-genersl for The
Italians Of the diocese. The Right Rev.
Francis II. Wall and the Very Rev. John
p. Chadwick. rector Of st. Joseph's Sem.
mary, were electe to vacancies In the
board Of administrative removal.
Two urban deans were appointed, the
Very Rev. Charles A. Cassidy. rector Of
ST. Peters Church, New Brighton, FOR
the Borough Of Richmond. and the Rev
Daniel Burke, rector of the Church Of
st. Philip Neri. for Bronx county
His Eminence aso confirmed the ap-
pointments of the Very Rev. John r.
rt-. .. -
for the counties Of Rockland aud Orange.
and the Very Rev. Joseph 7. Sheahan,
Poughkeepsie. for the counties Of Put.
nam and Duchess. The Very Rev. Ia.
ward j. Flynn was named dean for
Westch.ster county and the Very Rev.
John ]. Hickey Of Kingston lean for the
counties of Ulster n Sullivan.
The Rev. Francis Gigot, professor Of
scripture In st. Joseph's Seminary. and
the Very Rev. william F. Hughes.
president Of the Cathedral College, were
nominated to fiji vacancies in the board
Of examiners Of the clergy. Tn ap.
pointinents OF the Right Rev. Mgr. VIII.
lam ]. Guinan as diocesan attorney and
fender Of the marriage bond were on.
cially confirmed. n official announce
ment was made Of the selection OF The
Rev. william ]. Stewart as supervisor
Of Catholic cemeteries.
His Eminence also granted permission
to have midnight "a in all the
churches Of the diocese at Christmas TO
give the Catholics of New York IN
opportunity Of continuing their prayen
Cor peace on the night when the Chris
tan world commentaries the anniver.
sary Of the birth of the Christ, who
came to bring peace on earth. to msn
good will"
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Tho Day Before ThanksgIvins,


What have We got to be thankful for
In this year Of slaughter and blood and
war?
Thankful. ! think. that a week has zone
by
With Bryan out Of the public eye.
Thankful that Teddy's not getting his
gun,
To lead the Kanucks TO battle and die :
Thankful that now there may something
be done
To get on the track of each t%reacherous
spy.
IT'S not a good year for gratitude. No.
Most things are going too fast or too
slow
Hut swing OF thanks Is our duty just
now.
Here's thanks, then. that We have kept
out Of that row.
JnNna
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The American State Department Is
run from London.-Thc Hon. JAMES II.
MANN.
trine. Blazon 1t "a a slogan on the
banners Of Mr.. MANN's political party
next year and the hyphenate rally
round the flag will be so overwhelm-
ing that the Republican national CON
vention OF 1916 will have Significance
merely as a social function.
Somehow the alert Republican
leader in the House OF Representatives
is pretty often not quito al his best
nowadays.
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The promotion of Sergeant MICHAEL.
O'LEARY, who won the Victoria Cross,
to Second Lieutenant Of the Con-
naught Rangers is a good stroke for
recruiting. II England is to exhaust
the u of volunteering there
must he the promise of n marshal's
baton in every soldiers k%napsack. At
last accounts Sergeant O'LEARY was
being employed on recruiting duty.
and the bhoys came in droves when
he recited tho story Of how he cap
tured a trenchful of Germans single
handed,
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LITTLE MOTHERS REWARDED,
Schoolgirls Get Hammer for
Nursing babies.

The Little Moth, ~ L,Tg1!e, n. = Up
OF tho upper grade girls OF Pablo Schoo'
4. in The Bronx. received - dG1if
from the Board OF Health Yesterday i'
helping babies during the last tree siifn'
mere.
The league was formed 10y Mss CaV
line S%eitzinger. the sChoul 'ul-. shs
instructed the girls IL the ''-' 10
treatment OF infants. Thcu e." grs
visited homes and told mothers 20"
to iced and otherwise care TO- taer
children so that they might EroW W
to be strong and Well.
The girls gave n play c.l',,i The
Little Mother" John J. Cror'". i~.F'S'tn'
director OF the bureau OF child iNs enc
Of tho Board OF Health, ~ r0'"d D'
banner and made an adlrc.p
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ANU uuShiHB Diuuc SLhDE II. law
ENNER, Representative from the rural
Fourteenth Illinois Congress district
and first citizen Of Cordova (pop.
about 5OO). is enjoying as never be-
fore the notoriety which Is the breath
Of his nostrils. Little did Colonel
ROBERT NJ. THOMPSON. president Of
the Navy League, know young Mr..
TAvENNER when he, tho Colonel, chal-
lenged the assailant Of the Navy
League to come into court and prove
that the League was subsidized BY
war trafficking firms" or by men,
bers interested in the manufacture Of
war material. In the court room
there would be no limelight for Mr..
CLYDE II. TAvENNER to be focused
in. No, the door Of the House Of
Representatives with "leave to print"
better suits his maynard genius. To
Colonel THOMPSON he replies by in
timating that he is going to introduce
n resolution In the House calling for
an investigation Of his charge that
the Navy League Is sordid and not
patriotic in the springs Of its numer-
Gus activities.
In Washington on Monday the I'LL
nos Representative asserted that he.
hind the League was a group Of per
sons who were interested in army and
navy expansion only because It would
keep the war material plants busy.
Colonel THOMPSON. whose patriotic
purpose no fair minded man would
question. wants to get Mr.. TAvENNEa
into court because 1.-The officers and
directors Of the Navy League are
growing exceedingly tired Of hearing
the charge that their organization Is
subsidized by an alleged munitions
ring" If such is the case more than
$4,000 representative American men
and women have been wheeled into
joining the League by appeals to their
patriotism. and Colonel THOMPSON. as
fine an American as ever stepped,
has been fooled too.
Who Is CLYDE II. TAvENNER? It may
he asked. Perhaps the answer. which
he obligingly supplies himself in II
biography printed in the Congress
sional' Directory. will throw some
light upon his raid against the Navy
League. In that personal document
he states that he began in 1908 (he
was not then to he a member Of the
House for five years. to write a
daily signed letter from Washington.
which was $50 Independent and origi-
nal in character" that at first no edi-
tor would publish 1t: hurt she contin-
ued to write a letter every day for
1895 days, or five years" .TAvENSER
would not be denied. Seventy daily
newspapers throughout the United
States" he goes on to say, "are now
printing this daily Washington letter.
and more than 1000 country week.
Lies are regularly publishing, his
weekly letter OF vital Washington
News"
Is ii not plain enough that II ON.
gress were to let Mr.. TAvENNER be-
guile it into adopting his resolution
TO investigate the Navy League there
would be no end OF copy for 'vital
Washington News? Whereas II the
sophomore Representative were to
consent to enter a court Of Justice
with its arid procedure and cramp-
ing rules Of evidence there would he
no glory in 1t for him and not a soil
tary sensation for his syndicate of
newspapers.
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II am here to sell eggs at twenty
five cents a Dozen" said a Philadelphia
dealer who is in Chicago "to break
the market" There really should be
no property rights in eggs. any more
than In air or sunlight. books, urn.
brellas or matches. The egg market
may be expected to break with q
peculiarly joyous splash.
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Should the name Of tho King Of
Greece be changed 10 INcoNsrANTINE?

II the price OF the succulent tilehsh
has been advanced to Is cents a pound
in Washington. as reported, then have
the people. for whose benefit the re-
turned visitor to the Nantucket deeps
has been advertised by the Govern.
ment, been perfidiously betrayed. The
tile should be cheaper than the famil-
lar cod. even cheaper than tho hake
which is made TO masquerade as a
ole
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Mrs. ALICE DIGGLE. who died near
Haywood, England, the other day at
the age OF 10l. attributed her ripe old
age to early rising and the consump-
tion Of buttermilk and porrIdge. Thus
is Professor METcHNIKorr INDICATED
by an obscure old dame of the Eng
lish countryside who probably never
heard of the great scientist.
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None Of the news from the numer-
rus fronts is more interesting than
that which comes u Of Kamerun.
At Tibati the Germans were expecting
an attack from the north. The French
made a rapid detour. attacked on the
south. and took the town. They must
have a Haughton. What IL the French
word for wheel shift?
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GLEN RIDGE, n. j.. November %,
To Avoid War with Asiatics.

A university that does not proiect
itself into new territory. tina does NOT
take on new correspondence to meet new
conditions must fall behind In this
twentieth century II 10 important that
Yale should have strong. enthusiastic. lovaI
groups of sons In Toxic among the ans,
nese and In Pekin among the Chinese. :,
there he any better way to project into
China the good things We have, and to lie
up the nations In friendship against IN,
dread day OF animosity ana rival ambi.
lions In the Pacific basin, that many he.
lisve awaits between the Orient and IN.
occident, any better way than TO leave
the cultural. uplifting, friendly mark of
!sAe on ten Thousand Chinese youths. We
DO not new think Of Il.
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Judge LOCKWOOD of South Norwalk,
Conn, suggests that the way for q
wife to keep her husband sober il to
consume part OF his alcoholic stimu-
liant. There seems to be, somehow.
a defect In the plan that might make
1t q failure.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-24

To show his appreciation Of Denver's
victory last Saturday over Colorado
University Chancellor BucHrEL ap-
preached Captain DEEDS and HowARD
SHorwELL at n student rally to-day and
gave each a kiss on the cheek. while
the astonished students went wild with
applause.-The ncps from Colorado.
Exit the Wild and woolly West!
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as well az shop early" The force Of
postal clerks and carriers IL barely
able to handle the ordinary stream
OF mail; II the holiday flood can be
spread over a week or ten days clerks
and carriers are less likely to be ut
terly swamped, and the public will be
much better served.
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NEW YORK, Novcmh
An Anxious Gaze into tho Fog OF
Futurlty.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. Can
there he any doubt that II Germany
should prove to be victorious In the
great war she would hesitate to invade
n conquer at least n part OF the
United States with the purpose OF exact
ing huge indemnities with which to re-
hhburse herself for tho Govt Of the
war? r. p.
New YORK, November 2S.
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The AtrOciOus Ammi,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. II
appears to mo the most atrocious acts
since the beginning of the war have
been committed by "Ammi Wright" In
batting the "Kultured Hyphens."
ENJOYING IT.
New YORK, November 80.
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Poor old Greece! Ono side bids and
the other forbids.

The Lokdldnxcfoer displays in a sim
gle issue advertisements Of artificial
omelets and butter, chemical honey and
marmalade. artificial coffee. milk, z
powder. starch and syrup.-The netps
from Germany.
There is n hne opening in the
Fatherland for DR.. WILEY,
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General MARcHANp Of Fashoda fame.
who 10 convalescing from his wounds
wrote in n letter to a friend recently:
Il expect to return to the front to take
up my command again In six weeks.
for in these days one has a right TO be
dead but not ILL.," That seems 10 be
the spirit of the splendid French army
from General to private.