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BE INTERESTED!
tniailing Recipe for Success In Lii,
for Men and Women.

To THE EDITOR or THE SvN-Sir. Every
magazine In the country has been telling
the summer bride how TO dress. how to
send out her invitations. how to receive
her guests u even how to arrange her
new furniture. But. now that X over.
are we to forget here or course no one
could tell her how TO work out her lif..
because that is one thing each must 10
for herself, but there Is an omen secre.
of IN" JOY ~ living. and this is K. lie
interesting always and always be- inter
eeted.
Whether YOU, Mrs. Bride, go to the
city or TO The country or 10 the farm. the
one thing that can keep YOU from be
coming the lonely. unatir1ctive woman
- your interest real Interest, In some
Of the fine things In the world. and along
viii that interest In what other people
are thinking and doing.
There is something YOU have always
wanted to do, hut nav. never mad tiro.
or there is something YOU have wanted
IA learn more about. Nhy not use this
frr Year or two OF the new life to de
these things
II You have wanted to play or sing o.
paint, DO ii NOW. The free libraries are
fun of books 90 help YOU In any line Of
study If you hav" no money to spare
for regular lessons, and besides the arts
~ - so Hh''A 'HA VI wv NtNAtAANE
to show H. wonderful things II we have
eyes to see
Don't sit down with a box Of candy
and the latest book and h"mOln the fact
that you don't know "A soul i'm town and
"hc' won't Ice home for four hours. Re
member that no great inspiration ever
came to any one at an afternoon ten.
pleasant as they may he. You hlv, 10
he alone TO grow great thoughts. Be
licve that this qu!eter time is Your
chance to develop, and he so busy I'M
proving that YOU have no time to be
lonely.
Living with ono person week after
week l. quite another thing from even
frequent calling, so get busy and he. 70
on having fresh new things 10 talk OF
, when he comes home. .As YOU value
your happiness he interested. And
though YOU have no special talent. gen
uinc enthusiasm goes far. People who
can II" Interested and enthusiasts oycg
what the other fellow does find friends
on every side.
lic worth knowing and YOU Will not
long he a stranger IN a strange land
NEW York, juno II. r. *. p
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Historical and Political.

To THE EDITOR or THE SvS-Sa. |.
the war OF 1912 did not the slogan Eve
trad" ana sailors rights" mean that .e
should hc allowed 20 ship our goods 70 a
neutral port without Interference from
England?
In our civil war would the Federal
ships nave interfcrcd with an English
ship bound for u Mexican port ana hay
ing conditional contrahand on board"
Would tho Federal ships have done So
i said English ship had had couirahand
on board"
All the papers | read say We must
stand by the President, II one be. ewes
lie is wrong, why sAould ho aid him 10
get tho country in trouhle?
II the people who do not agree with
him are TO conceal tho feeling and fol-
low his lead, in what do W. differ from
an empire whore the few shape the conn
trS's policy ana the people are SUPPOSED
10 follow their lead without question:
In principle, why should no, the plat
form of the independent political voter
he followed in regard to ones country .
Except in case of invasion, when | don,
see how 1t could. INorrurp
MILL NECK, L. J., June 10.
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a question on which there Ia about
as much likelihood Of dissent as there
would he v the advantages Of i'm
munity from pestilence and earth
qunkes. but. meaningless and harm
less rs IL would he In ordinary times.
a blnring crusade Of this kind with u
leader freshly emergrnt as u war
martyr from the c~hrysalls folds of a
collapsed wlnlhag might very wei.
In days such as these through which
W" are now passing. prove nm en-
barrasSmcnt To the Government. even
II source Of public danger. The very
existence OF such n peace move.
mcnt" carries by implication the ex.
istcncc of n war sentiment To he com
batci. II war sentiment. moreover. ~
matters now stand. directed 10 Il slrc
ciiic quarter.
Dnr of ih" very potent contributury
helps to the maintenance Of peace
would he such an influence as would
Induce the peace propagandlslS to
keep the peace.
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Too Much Gossip.

There has been too much i-0sa -
OF politics IN administering tire Al ro'
dacks." said Mr.. Moore. and z. 's -
we'll founded. The people N3y" '-1T,l
more railroad officials than i0l' '.a-
M 10 date. The trouble "a ta.. g.
Legislature has not provided ~-rs
enough so tho forests could gs i.os-
after properly.
Before doing anything. tho Co-s"t'
t!onal Convention should a~.o,'a.. tgl
how much lumber there IA "a '.a So
forest and what rs condition .e 7 ~
the present forestry provision 70
present Constitution IS n sa''s'ac:o-
piece OF work"
James v. Tourney OF 80 Yas o.
estry school thought the only csarz'
that should be made shog.l 20 o.. rs
nit tho leasing Of camp s.'.e. - q
tihllshlrg OF sanjtariuTs. 81 g.
nf roads and trails and Ito ..a SEA
lands for water storage r.. -.s
Prof. William \. IIu~ Irr a'-o0T
insisted that tho Adiro.rJ rvs - z
kept rs wild forest lgr1. nr' Hr, o.
terial change Is made ss
provisions OF the C,us'.'g' .7. %.
tho whole Constitution would I, .'
by the people.
Dean Baker or the Sv-1-r.o 81.
OF forestry thought ,'I. i. 0s
the Adirondacks Shou,. -
as tho peoples park. .G. w.
portions timber should Joe @ ~
But rather than 500 cid. I'd. ~
commerC!al!zei ! vov'l .. " ' 2
another twenty years .. Oh
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10 ~ EDIr,R OF THE SuS-Sir: II
is with the greatest regret and sosrow
'h1t ! read the almost universal con-
lemuatiOn Of Mr.. Bryan by the hmeri-
can press. II seems a CRYING shame
;htt his noble character should he SO
sadly misunderstood and tho ingratitude
u his fellow citizens for the great SER
VICES ana wonderful benefits he has con-
'orIei upon them is without parallel in
history.
His sacrifice o, SELF alone prevented
tho country being on a silver basis his
willingness 20 accept personal defeat
for the general good kept this country
rnr sixteen years on a sound tariff basis,
which saved n from ruin, ana lastly.
when u" appreciated that even he could
uo longer Keep the Democratic party out
NJ power, reuouuC.ug the Presidency. ne
.'crc,l the control !n,o tie least objec-
,ouabie Ia DIS poss.hle IN the circum-
stances.
Nri now, stIl thought'sss OF self and
careless Of the e.hes and abuse OF the
hilsS"l. he viii probably In 1916 run for
President on the Prohibition ticket, thus
ls-ugirg 4 Republican victory and the
return of n Nigh tariT with its. meal
rul1h," benefits to the Commun.ty.
surely mis- man is a true patriot and
deserves better things. r l. ADAMS.
new Y"HK. June II.
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THE D~ESERTER.
The Letter That Might Have Been
Written.

D.dr Mr. President!
WITH the utmost respect for your high
intent. with a keen appreciation OF your
courageous patriotism and an earnest
admiration for your answering devotion
to duty. Il IL with deep regret that |
beg to inform YOU that ] do not find
m,sclr in accord with the stand you take
in oar note to Germany.
As Secretary OF state this note Will
be signed by me-. and because OF that
circumstance must appear to the world
as. at least, the expression OF my views
on the subject which. God knows, they
are far from being. Thcy are, In fact
Mr.. President. Numerically opposed to
the principles | have advocated and
struggled for for over thirty years.
However. ! recognize full well hat ut
n crucial time like this II ~ my solemn
duty as nm American to take no action
that may increase the strained nature
OF uur relations with Germany. 7 real
lie also that there are times when the
highest principles an individual may
cherish should he cheerfully sacrificed
by him when the welfare Of 100, 600. 900
NJ his cuuntrymen may he endangered
D.! that individuals acts.
! would consider II n reasonable and
cOwIrdiy thing n | were to say or do
anything at this juncture that might
p'r~lulN flHbiTrHSS ouT country, 'uT <tu-
mipistration or our President. There
fore. Mr.. President. although our note
tb Germany Is in no a In conformity
with my own personal views or princi-
pies. I deem II my sacred duty 10 elgn
Il, and take this means OF letting YOU
know that It IL az a considerable personal
sacrifice that | do so.
Yours most Loyalty.
W. J. BRYAN.
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4 Predecessor.

Somehow. as we read the throng
people" emitted by the iuost voluhlc
OF iribunes Of the people and Chan.
tauQua. the words of an earlier friend
VI peace and critic of the Government
rise up Ia the memory:
History VIII record that after nearly
six thousand years OF folly and wick
edness In every form and administration
Of government, t%heocratic. monlrchic.
oligarchic. despotic and mixed. II was
reserved to American statesmanship IN
the nineteenth century OF the Christian
era to try the great experiment. on n
scale the most costly and gigantic in
its proportions. OF creating lov by force
and developing fraternal affection By
war"
The speaker. at that time u mem.
Der Of the House OF Representatives
from Ohio. was one of the most ami.
able and conscientious of men. In
the course Of time and after repeated
and bitter attacks upon the Admins.
tration he was tried and convicted by
court. martial and sentenced 10 con.
finement during the war. Mr.. LIN.
coin. with his wonted kindness and
sense Of huinor. committed the sen.
tence To banishment across the Fed.
eral lines. The bani-hed man was no,
cordially received by the gentlemen OF
the South with whom he sympathize,l
81 strongly.
This ardent Ohioan pacifst was
named NALLANDIGnAM. He was n
Democrat. attacking Il Republican
Administration. Ii Is not his posi-
ton. but his language and his oppo
sition To his own country. that REGAL
the Nebraska extremist and specials
In issues.
1f Mr.. SEWARD had eft Mr.. lin.
coins Cabinet midmost of the Trent
affair and started a campaign fol
the Presidency 10y eating his W
words after divulgiug State secrets
that would have been a close pulltica
parallel Ia the demonstration Of 10y
atty. patriotism and candidacy now
being given by the most singular oi
his successors.
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To TIE E,uIToR oF TUT SUN- Sr. Prob.
ably You have had enough comment or
Mr.. Crookcr's statistics on drunkenness.
but one thing has not been touchcd
upon and II furnishes an instructive IL
.ustratiOu OF the way the rciornors
make up their statistics. lie states
that there were GO,oOQ arrests for
drunkenness in Boston last year. and
then calculates the total nunbcr If
arrests for drunkenness in the Who'll,
country by the proportion that tho pop
ulation of BOSTON bears TO the pnpult-
ton Of the whole country, His iufor-
nation was prohnhlv obtained from the
"Nln,h Annual Report of the Police
Commissioners Of the CITY of Boston,
page Z, whore IT appears that In l9l (
there were ha,l"9 arrests for drunken
ness, and IN the rtNt column that nearly
40 pci cent. Of THESE Arrests we've ~
non-residenta, This reduces the total
number Of Mr., Crackers arrests for
drunkenness in tho United states nearly
o%nc-half. G. p q.
BOSTON, June IL.
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now be advantageously disposed of
by sale or by charter Is probable.
That they should he is natural. After
November /. thanks to class lcglsla.
ton enacted by ~sl,inclcss members OF
Congress. they cannot he operated mn-
Her II flag In competition with The
world; and OH the December u imme-
diately thereafter the successor 10 the
Congress which made that competition
Impossible will assemble in Washing
ton 10 hear from the President I'm i'm.
FASHIONED plea for the rehabilitation
Of the American merchant marine
under political guidance.
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Kind Words From Boston.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str: Why
should there be any feeling save of re-
lief over the submerglng Of the biggest
fool who ever figured prominently In
American public life? Bryan was not
only ignorant himself, but was the great
Organizer OF Ignorance, the national
drill sergeant of faulty and folly. Not
only was" but is" for he promptly
took the stump after leaving the high
place which he 20 grossly dlscred!ted.
Why should he be permitted unchal-
lenged 10 spread his insane doctrines nj
this dangerous time? Why should he
not he faced, on any public appearance,
with fair questions concerning his peace
treaties not one OF which Is worth the
paper It Is engrossed upon? They rom
stitute the most utterly foolish ideas
over put forth BY any man in all the
history OF diplomacy. W. G. T.
BOSTON. June IL.
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Indicted. and Proud Of the T., idence

Chief KENYON and his men aud APP
paratus will he on parade today for
the editication of their employers. We
need not say that the men are lie
voted and skilful. the tools they work
with Ingenious ami well adapted to
their purpose. Their numerous excel
lenceS are cOmmonplaces: along with
all our fellow citizens We accept them
lemnity Of Dr. Low. the cloquence Of
Mr.. BRYAN AMI the energetic am.
bltion of Colonel ROOSEVELT.
Why IL IL necessary to maintain
such an elaborate establishment at
the public cost? The fact Is that the
elaborateneSs Of the Fire Department
Is IN Indictment Of the population
and a rrproach 10 the habits thar
make il essential. Ii shows up our
practice Of c~arelesSncsS In conStruc.
ton. our confirmed disregard for
safety, "ur lneradicable contempt for
caution. only within II few years
have We seriously adopted schemes
for Dire prevention and sought To en-
force obedience 10 regulations which
would reduce the iiremen's work t.
the minimum. For generations We
hullded without thought Of safety,
while racking our brains to devise
schemes for extinguishing fires. To.
day the utmost vigilance is neccssa ~
10 hold what has been won IN con
strnction practices: and the amateur
~incendiary with lace curtains blowing
into open gas Jets, burning matches
tossed into inflammable materials.
piles of greasy waste stored under
stairways. heating apparatus set close
10 exposed wood work, neglected cleo
trio sad irons igniting ironing boards :
n thousand methods Of burning up his
home. his neighbors and his city, oc.
cupies a conspicuous place in our 80.
cial system. lie IL responsible for an
annual destruction Of property that
appals those who bother TO consider It.
until 1t Ia forgotten in the contempla.
ton Of the list of dead resulting from
his continuous activities.
If we were a practicable people our
fire departments would have little to
do. We should devote OUT energy To
preventing fires. The policeman on
the beat would see to It that the fire.
bugs did not start them. The man
whose house burned down Instead Of
receiving condolences and a check
from the insurance underwriters
would wonder how long he would On,
Joy the benefits OF association with
Warden OsBoRNE's guests. But we
are not practical: and sometimes Il
seems as II we never shall he.
Such being the case, we have erected
the fire extingu,shers into a mighty
engine that does us every credit. We
have spent money literally on them,
and they have given US good value for
every penny Of It. They know their
business and do their work well and
they must nnile at a public which
lavishes praise on them, and refuses
to make any serious effort to render
them unnecessary or to restrict the
possibilities for their employment.
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Overlooked by the German Foreign
Office?

DIR. Won JAGow. in the latest Ger
mar note regarding the case Of the
Frye. again expressly admits that the
provisions Of the treaty concluded In
1928 between the United states and
Prussia constitute an obligation bind.
ing upon his Government.
.1 1t has been a question Of great in
terest and OF some moment whether
German diplomacy would conced"
without qualification the present VI.
tally W the agreements made by the
Kingdom Of Prussia before the IN
pire came into being. II seems now
there is no doubt Of the Foreign Min
listers position in thar respect. To
the fullest extent. and with no bubble
based on chronology. Prussia's bond
II accepted rs an obligation ~ the
Imperial Government.
Washington may be aware Of Il, but
We wonder whether Berlin remembers
that among the specific agreements
p still valid and binding upon the United
States and Germany is this remark
able pledge Of united action TO perfect
the safegua riding OF the rights and
the freedom Of innocent ncutrals on
the high seas:
The parties being siiH dssi,oHs. IN
III the ticclfth article Of The said treaty
Of 1893, to establish betpeen them
~selres, or it concert icih other mari
time Poucors, further provisions 10 in
sure Just protection dnd freedom Ia neu-
trial navigation and commerce.. and
Uhich may, at he same time. ddr0ice
the cause Of ci~riii:dtion and humanity,
engage again 10 treat on this Snbiecf at
some future and conrrairnt period"
THE SrS takes great pleasure In
bringing this pnssibly forgotten con-
tract to the light Of day and to the
present attention Of both Govern
ments. II * contained In the last
Paragraph of Article MI. Of the
Treaty Of Commerce and Navigation
concluded with Prussia in 1925.
We now happen 10 h. exactly at that
porinJ In tha .fntnr,' uhi,b rho ;nta,
ests of neutral navigation AMI com
MERGE plainly mark as the most ICON.
venient" period possible for the re-
demption OF the foregoing promise,
made by two friendly nations nearly
four score and ten years agO. To coop
crate thus for the cause Of c~iviliza-
ton and humanity.
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TAXES ON RUM.


To THE EriroR on THE STN-Su': Mr..
snyder, anti-pToh!bitionist, who IN a
letter In THE SrN IL so critical of TIE
reasoning of Mr.. Trooker. prohjhitlouis;.
should take a week of and explain how
prohibition will cost the country $780,.
o00, 600 in revenue more in vacant real
estate n loss 10 labor" sc.
Whether a man wants 70 retain the
privilege Of imbihinE alcohol or not, e
he Is possessed ~ normal reasoning ah.,-
lily he knows that the liquor traffic IS a
great economic waste dud probably the
greatest parasitic institution That We
are Clinging 10. There can hardly "a,
any discussion about This, thuG.h 'G-rn
may bc honest difference of opiuiou rs
10 how the drinking evil can he mt,,-
gated or wiped oUt
Ans one who talks about the 'loss'
10 the country that WE come with the
abolition of the liquor tgHNic mast be
sadly lacking in his seusr Of humur
6 liuLNND HAL
EASTON, Pa, Juno 10
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The Death Blow?

The decision of the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company to retire its fleet
ean that those labor ~unionlsts whose
%mOuthpiece in Congress ROBERT MAR
ION LA TOILETTE was have succeeded
practically in driving the flag Of the
United States from the great ocean
whose carrying trade Americans once
hoped to dominate.
This notable victory for the English,
the Germans and the japanese has
been won by no superiority OF naval
architecture, no surprising skill In
~seamanship. not even as the hard out
come Of successful war. 1t has been
achieved against the United States
through the weakness and shOrtsight-
edness Of the Congress Of the United
States. whose folly was shared and
made effective by the President.
At the moment when he was de-
voting every atom of his power to en-
force the acceptance of a plan of
mysterious origin for the assumption
OF tne dutleS or q deep sea carrier by
Che nation, MI. WILSON found time TO
sfix his signature TO the bill which.
as II by deliberate design, made i'm
possible competition between Ameri-
can capital privately owned and that
employed by foreign ship owners. In
n breath he declared for the up
building Of the merchant marine
through governmental Intervention in
. manner abhorrent to the principles
OF u political establishment; in an
other he gave assent to a mea sure
that doomed TO failure every privately
owned American ship %endeavoring un.
der normal conditions to pay its ex-
penses and return a profit to its ven
turosome owners.
1Ast the Pacific Maj shtps NAY
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Only o PrpteNt.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sr: The
comments Of the press from all over
the country regarding Bryan's rsslgna-
tlon would be very amusing II they
were not SO unutterably silly. "a great
calamity" and a lot more similar rot"
BRYAN in a great nany respects IL "nr
fool Ife reads the papers and he
knows perfectly well what the opinion
O: the people has been regarding his
actions while Secretary ot state, and
IL has been his intention for some time
back Ia send in his resignation. This
Is Acknowledged hy his son. All that
he wanted was a preteNt, and he has
seized upon the Presidents German note
80 the excuse. and the people say uni
verSl.'y, GOOD radiance" Now drop
him. $. l.. PLATr.
New YORK. June II.
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After MOnfaIcOne.

Win the capture " Monfalconr Il
Strategic success for the Italians is To
he recorded. for Monfalcone is n rail.
way junction connecting Trieste On
the southeast with Gradiscn and Corr
on the north. The Italian army IN.
yading Austria along the north Adri.
attic littoral has met with insignificant
resistance except In the passage OF
the ~Isonzo. and even there the Aus.
trlans were evidently not in great
force. Until the Isonzo was reached
the campaign against Trieste was n
military promenade for the Italians.
Excessive caution seems tn have
characterized General C~ApoRNA's op.
c%rations. but perhaps his Intelligence
department was not equal to It's OPP
%portunities. Although the lsonzo Is
II small river AMI navignble FOR only
II few miles from the mouth. 1t
might have been expected that the
Austrians defending MonfalcOne would
make a more determined stand on Its
banks. The presumption is that the
necessities of the vital campaign In
Gallcia prevented the sending OF
strong reenforements 10 the troops
IN the Italian frontier. Certainly
the Austrian General STAN could not
afford To neglect Trieste.
Monfalcone is the key to the first
,..,.t 80 k,,a,,,. nh ,.. 900. 49,.
not more than fifteen miles apart.
Mohfalcone furnishes Trieste with It's
electrical light and power. But II
the Austrlans were not prepared for
the Italian advance from the frontier.
It may he assumed that they have been
pouring troops down The railroad line
which they control north Of Monfal.
cone. and have also been making use
Of their railroad facilities in the Is.
TRAN peninsula To strengthen the
Trieste garrison. We shall probably
soon hear that the AuStrians have
begun to fight in grim earnest. Mon
falcone was lost for the want Of
reenforcements. hut the deliberately
slow advance ~ the Italians should
have given the .AuStrians time 10 rally
for the defence of Trieste. However.
the advantage in numbers would still
he with the Italians.
With its great shipbulldlng yards
and manufacturing interests Trieste
would he a rich prize for the invad-
ers. The possession Of Il would give
them II base for a land campaign
against the naval arsenal and port If
Pola and also against Fiume. As nj
last accounts the Austrian fleet was
ready for battle AT Pola. where n
statue Of TrGrIrnor. the victor of
LISA. looks down from Monte FARO,
important naval developments may
he expected in the north Adrlatlc -
the land cadipaign progresses.
The strategy of ltaly's participation
In the var seems Ia concern Itself
mainly with the capture Of Trieste
and Pola. and as the .\uStrlanS will
have to employ n large army "a save
their chief port and their great naval
base. the value Of Italy's aid 10 Great
Britain and her allies il not to br
lightly estimated.