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Nine. AlIthia'S silence.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN--Sir. In
THE SuN Of Saturday you had an &C
coun, of the Are at the Academy, while
was working on the stage. You said
that didn't announce it.
knew i, all the time. and my as
sistant notified the manager through an
her Of the fire. We did this quietly.
because mad | announced il from the
stage il would have caused panic
When the lights went out we still kept
on working. my assistant using "A pocket
electric light until the manager came
back To announce the trouble We
worked for twenty minutes I'm the dark,
and my assistant and the manager stood
on the stage till every one had loft tho
house. NINE, ALTHIA.
New YORK, February /,
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To THE EplroR oF TUE SCN-Sir; The
letter and article m TIIE SUN on so
cicty children mark a departure from
the conventional m journalism fdr
greater than any dropping of tho words
society" wealthy and prominent"
from their present position
with the proposed reform | am in
sympathy, as the words 40 far as they
have retained any meaning give the i'm
preston that the person to whom they
are applied is probably ,isro putable.
But that any newspaper should say Il
have sinned" is a. startling as IT Is en-
dearinR.
It makes one feel sure that the editors
Of one newspaper can divorce themselves
from the senseless and conventional in
more than one way Why, when we
are an conscious that editors are human
beings in their private lifo. they should
for unnumbcrci years have maintained
an attitude Of infaliihility in their pro-
fesslonal capacity passes understanding,
You have Played the gentleman. and
II your other readers were az gratltied
as |, YOU have given mucn pleasure.
TUE SIN has again lined up against
humbug, III.
HARrroRp, Conn, February 2,
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A State Of Mind.

Mayor MITcHEL's Committee on
Unemployment is fiawless Of inten-
ton, hut Professor WILSON would
Hunk 1t in psychology. The com.
mittee has been opening shops whore
men ignorant of psychology are said
TO he glad to work for ~ cents Il
day. minus three cents for luncheon (;
and shops where women deficient in
psycholog. are happy to get 10 cents
an hour for sewing.
These people think they have been
out Of work. Unemployment is Il
state of mind.
Up at the Church of the Heavenly
Rest in the malicious rain of Monday
telligent artisans, waited hopefully
for the opportunity, triumph 20
their benighted minds, to earn 80
cents and square meal, They
thought they were hungry. Such is
the weakness Of the too subjective
temperament and the mind unframed
in the science Of the mind. Hunger.
starvation. cold want suffering are q
state Of mind.
Shoes, rubberS. clothing, bread, cof-
fee, milk, all the superfiuities which
soft hearted ignorance is collecting
and distributing in New York and
all over the country for the supposed
benefit Of monPyless and voorhees,
multitudeS, may he excused from the
humanitarian and elecmosynary point
Of view, hut must be condemned by
the sole fact and judge of facts, psy-
choloGy.
The watChful waiter on the tower
of psychology looks down with on
emotion Of sympathy on these illu-
Sions and this great illudcd country.
lie knows that business Is good and
fat: that labor is in fcrociouS de-
mand; that everything is for the best
under the best of Administrations.
Congress. his Recording Angel, has
done pretty much everything that III"
Higher Psychology asked of II. There
fore is business prosperous the I'M
employed are at work and a deficit j.
but the philosophical name Of u sur
plus. All the man who thinks he
isn't making money or thinks he Is
ont of work needs is the illuminating
grace Of psychology.
Why are So many poor devils wor-
rying about the state of their bodies;
The mind is tho only state and Mr..
WILSON is It's born ruler.
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that unless he departs from his pres.
cnt attitude. and interprcts neutral.
ity to mean service in a German uni
form, he can expect no votes from
German American electors.
At present the prospects OF Mr..
WILSON or any other Democrat occu-
pying the White House after March
I, 1917. are not encouraging. But
they may improve; and there is no
conceivable circumstance that would
better them more quickly or more eff
fectiyely than German American
campaign against him prcdicatcd on
the military necessities Of the German
nation. conducted i'm the interest of
the kaiscr's army. and designed TO
uphold the hands Of the German
Empire.
We contribute this unhyphcnated in.
formation with respect of unhyphen-
ated American politics to the restless
COMMUNICATIONS among us in com
pctc disintcrestcdness. for Mt the mo-
mcnt 1t seems to us il would he much
better for the United States to have
WOonRow WILSON licked in 1916 On
his merits than to have him successful
on their presumptuous stupidity and
arrogant disloyalty.
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The gallant aud effective flights of
/"ppciins are ms striking as ever in
reality, hut what was romantic
achievement at first is become com.
monplacc. The admiring world cher.
iShes revercntly the daily record Of
these heroic warriors of the AR, and
yet ii signs for new exploits. For in
stance, II would have seemed a little
while ago that nothing could he more
glorious morally or miitarily more
fruitful than yesterdays bulletin:
"Onc non-combatant was killed near
Pont-a- Mousson, little boy was
manned at Nancy where an explosive
missile was dropped in schoolyard,
and maternity hospital at Rcmire-
mont, sixteen miles southeast OF Epinal,
was slightly damaged"
Rut BAYAWD and Sir PmLIP SIDNEY
are too good for human natures daily
food; and there may even he Il slight
disappointment that the attack on =
fortified position such rs maternity
hospital should have been ~ compare.
lively harmless There is nothing
novel in unimiug little boys; II !.
good strong, huj not sensational. work
| \ schoolyard is a beautiful field foi
bomb practice, but II most OF the
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THE AGE OF THE JACKASS.
A Despondent Note on Contempora-
ncous Domestic Affairs.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN--Sir. As to
BALKAN. could YOU not make more use
OF Thomas Nasts jackass at this time?
Is not this the Age OF the Jackass IN
American politics? Are We not passing
through the sign OF the jackass In our
political zodiac? with all respect for
their characters in private life, have not
most Of us become convinced that MIR.
Wilson and his Cabinet are well mean
ing. incompetent. headstrong, ludlcrous
political iackasses to be at the head OF
the Government?
Perhaps we should want to except the
Secretary of the Treasury, his perform
in- being suggestive OF another animal.
And what OF the party in Congress
DO not wild asses colts come readily 10
mind in thinking OF these deserving
Democrats feeding at the public CRIB
after many hungry years, and flashing
their tanks In rage Al the thought of
anybody's being more successful In bust
ness than themselves that is TO say,
having more than twelve thousand a
wear besides the income from one hum
drcd and seventy thousand saved? And
the pork barrel Greatest blessing TO
deserving Democrats next to Bryan.
Could YOU not go Mast one better with
a grant OF arms TO these worthless, nav
ing a pork barrel argent free at six
teen to one) with a jackass rampantY
FREDERICK VAN WICK
SE- Yc.Y, February ?
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Advice to German-Amerlcans.

IRON the World Of YESTERDAY
Representative Rartholdt and his as
sociates are doing Germany no good, and
they are doing themselves much harm.
by their pernicious pro-German propa-
ganda
when they threaten to carry Ger
many's case TO the polls and mako the
German cause an issue In American
politics. they are playing with dyna-
mite. The American people will not
tolerate such campaign Of allenism.
and the chief sufferers will be the So
called German who plot IL.
Germany Is the only country engaged
In this war which has officially under
taken 10 manipulate American opinion.
II is the only belligerent which main
tains a lobby I'm the United states tn
inclte public sentiment against other
belliGerents with which we are friendly.
The only foreign element I'm this country
which is assaIlIng the President Of the
United States and seeking to buIldoze
tho Government OF the United States is
tho German element. and that sort OF
thing can be easily overdone.
When the representatives OF German
American societies publicly pledge them
selves in effect to oppose all candidates
for Office who will not sacrifice American
interests to German interests. they are
straining American patience to the
breaking point.
Long after this war is over Mr.. Bar
tholdt and his associates will have to
live in this country. Few OF them will
voluntarily return to Germany to help
pay the cost OF the conflict. Their real
interests are all in the United States. and
the sooner they reconcile themselves TO
being Americans the better
This country once had an alien law
on it's statute books. II might bo very
reluctant to enact similar statute, but
every day such German-Amercans as
Richard Bartholdt arc breaking down
this reluctance.
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BELGIUM'S CHOICE.
Her King Took the Path That Led TO
Honor.

To THE EpiroR or THE SUS--Sir: The
question whether King Albert OF Belgium
was justified in involving his country IN
war can have hut one answer where old
fashioned ideals Of honor prevail.
The letter signed by ~. beppe eX-
presses perfectly the modern waterfalls
tic point of view. the view taHen by the
statesmen who look upon treaties as
scraps Of paper when Mr.. Deppe says
Nor should we go 60 far AS to let
women and children surer, the men be
killed In battle. and all the fruit OF
years Of hard labor be destroyed Just for
tho sake Of national honor. which might
after all have been better preserved II
Belgium had consented to German de-
mands.' he Is speaking a philosophy
which carried into practice would cause
q nation to die of dry rot, which would
make hremen and policemen refuse 20
do their duty In time OF danger be
cause they could not afford to risk
their lives and the comfort OF their
families. which would make young men
and young women ask viii II pay?
before embracing upon deeds OF high
emprise and make business men refuse to
meet their obligations whenever II be-
came Involvement so to do.
II would even make allegiance TO
ones friends a matter of comfort and
convenience.
To realize how far this modern spirit
Of looking out for number one falls
short of the ancient ideals one has but
to remember the heroes OF Thermopyl1
or the Christian martyrs whose Leader
taught them to do right and lesre the
rest to the Ruler OF the universe.
The slgners Of the Declaration OF In
dependence consciously jeoparded their
own lives and the welfare OF their FAINT
lies when they signed the charter or
our liberties" but one cannot imagine
their wives reminding them Of that fact
and endeavornR to dissuade them. nor
has any one found the Bclgians be
moaning their fate. Cesar called them
e., very brave people and so they have
remained unto this day.
Thank God there are still many thou
sands In all nations who prefer death to
dishonor That sentiment lifts human
ity above tho brute.
King Albert and his people have been
trained in the old school, and the whole
world is uplired by Belgiums hcroism
All humanity shares in her glory. She
will arise from apparent ruin stronger
and richer nation because OF what she
has endured. Such Is the history OF
every people which has suffered much
for an ideal. +. r. NJ.
MouSr VERSION. February 2
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To rlE EDITOR OF THE SuN-St.
President Wilson is reported to be going
to make an important speech before the
Washington Chamber of Commerce ON
Wodntsda uig-t He is said to he in
tending to discuss the ship Purchase
bill win he i'm that speech answer one
question?
The question is asked by q man who
was a delegate to the baltimore con
Nentiou, and who there supported Mr.
Wilson's candidacy for the nomination
and who has believed and said that in
the first ten months of his administra-
tion ho accomplished much. His success
in securing tho passage of the Panama
Canal tolls repeal bill. the currency
hin and the tariff hill appeared to jus
ufv the judgment of those who had ad-
vocated his nomination. And In the
support and passage Of these bills Presi'
dent Wilson seemed to show economic
knowledge and wisdom.
why then did he make a speech at
indianapolis advocating his ship Pur-
chase bill, in which he indicated that he
wanted II for the relief OF the poor
farmer who had to pay the cost of
ocean TRANSPORTATION of his grain Did
he not know that the poor farmer to-
day sells his grain AT Chicago at the
highest price he has ever got for II, and
that the purchaser pays for the trans
portation to Europe? And If he did
know il, why In he now insisting upon
The massage OF tho ship Purchase bill ,
lie knows, or ought 10 know that the re-
suit of the passing OF this bin may i'm
peril our relations with the allied
Powers,
We surely have troubles enough with
out this. LAwRENCE GopkIE.
New YORK, February l.
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Will the Street Cleaners Repeal the
Near Side Stop Rule?

when New York had near side car
stop ordinance several years ago the
Street Cleaning Department killed It
by not providing clear spaces for pas
sengcrs. Apparently the same process
Is to he repeated, for we learn from
the Ercning Post that yesterday:
Among many little things that COM
bineh to irritate persons who were
obliged to tramp through the slush was
ne operation Of the near side stop
ordinance. which requires street cars to
stop on the near side OF cross streets
1T generally happened that the rear
platform OF a car was brought up dl-
rectly opposite a foot deep pile Of slush
and sloet, through which the would-be
passengers were obliged 70 wade"
Sound as the near side stop is in
theory. it intlicts great hardship on
The citizens of town the streets OF
which are filled with snow and slush.
The reduction in the number of acct
dents achieved through It's operation
will not offset the Illness resulting
from wet feet and clothing caused by
the unprcparedneSs of the city to pro
vide dry and clean passage for the
street car patrons. THE Sun has said
cfOrc that the permanent enforcement
Of the ordinance rested with the
street cleaners, whose inability 70
keep pace with the snow will repeal
il more effectively than could any
Aidcrmanic action.
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The Nanceboro Bridge.

\ glance at the map Of Maine and
u cursory inspection Of the railway
time tables will shed light on the
character OF the unsuccessful attempt
yesterday 10 block traffic on the Ca
madam Pacific by blowing up the
bridge at Nanceboro.
II any sane and efficient German,
Gcrman-American or Gcrman-Cana-
dian were starting out with the serl.
Gus purpose Of starving the hated
British by preventing shipments Of
food from the Canadian northwest, or
Of cmba rrasSIng British military oper.
ations by hindering the passage If
Canadian volunteers to Lord KITCH
ENER's recruiting camps, he could
scarcely have chosen n less favorable
place for the explosion Of his Ten.
tonic dynamite.
To very superficial observer or to
an mcommonly inefficient student OF
military topography, Vancchoro bridge
across the 81. CroiN might seem u
strategic point in the transcontlnental
and international system of transpor.
tation. 1t is moi really 80 at all.
From Brownville Junction in Maine
the trains of the Canadian Pacific can
reach its own lines IN New Brunswick
in either of two ways. One route Is
by the Maine Central from Malta.
wamkeag TO The Nanccboro bridge
and to McAdam Junction in New
Brunswick: the distance being about
los miles. The alternative route i
from Brownville Junction by way of
the Bangor and Aroostnok 10 Houlton,
to Debcc Junction and then down to
McAdam Junction: this way. the dis.
lance is between 140 and 100 miles.
Thus it will he seen that if tho
bridge had been entirely demoli Shci
by the person or persons attempting
It's destruction. the practical result
would have been the addition of per
hap~ from an hour and half to two
hours and a half to the running time
of thc Canadian Pacific trains carry.
ing provisions and recruits to the
hated Brlton.
Certainly. 1T does not look as if
this "act Of war" was planned by the
highly intelligent II somewhat I'M
scrupulous General stan of the Ger
man army.
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SNOBBERY.


To THE EDfroR oF THE SuN--Sir. The
letter from "a Respecting Woman
In THE Sun IS a hard blow, but whom
docs 1t strike Not tho newspapers.
should say. so much as the gentle reader
ON the page following this letter. and
the gracjousy "ducking" editorial arti-
Gle, THE Sun prints the following cap
lions Society at Albany" Society
at Aiken" '1n Washington Society" TN
less ! am mistaken. the word Society
in these headings means precisely the
same as Society" In the expression so
cicty women" society children"
Now, in the editorial article THE SuN
says: Hereafter we hope they these
termsl will disappear from at least ono
newspaper
Isn't this bit RASH
or course the same news that now APP
pears under the title Society at Aiken.
$. c." will continue TO appear. and will
continue to be read. even by self-rcspect-
Ing women. n THE Sun should revise
the heading Just quoted to read People
at Aiken" the column would be read.
and read by Just as many, II not by
more. Also. and such is human nature.
the now word people" used constantly
would come to have exactly the meaning.
Whatever that may be, or the word so
clety." There's the rub IL would not
be confused in the least with its SEM
hlance In the much overworked express
sion. The common people
Tue SUN. indicted by the letter in
question, could play a very humorous
little game. l. could set aside. for the
fun OF the thing, about one week for pur-
poses Of experiment During that week
the society news would recount the do
ings OF eminently respectable people"
who a,e not prom not wealthy"
whose names are never seen I'm soriety
news columns. These names. OF course.
should hc fictitious: it would be too
cruel TO print actual names \ few
places, such as Aiken and Palm Beach.
would serve as gins and springs for
tho unWarN. hi, other names might in
crease the run. ! suggest "So-So. Mis-
sissippl" "lau-pan, Missouri" New
Albany. Indiana Fastening 10 swear
that these are real places.
Sclf-rcspcctiuE women who object 20
reading about unofficial aristocracy,
about women and Children who are
prominent" or ".'clltny." will then flood
the office of Tue SUN with complaints.
They viii miss dreadfullv" IN" news
they were in the habit Of porting over.
have always supposed that TUE
SUS knows what its readers like to read,
and that B. docs not forget the women
readers BRUTE
ANNAPOLIS, Md. February !.
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scholars were not injured, the passion
for great deeds remains little cold
and unsa tsfied.
Why do the Kaisers lightnings daily
at these French sports? why do they
condescend to strike save at Eng.
landf And even in England, why
forget the arts practlsed 80 nobly by
the land artillery? Westminster Alb
hey still lifts its shameless beauty to
the skies. Have the heroes Of Lou.
vain and Rheims taught no lesson to
their brother warriors Of the ether?
To MAIN a child Of the middle ages !:
there Is the laurelled opportunity.
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The Main Objections TO the ship
Purchase Bill Remain.

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also kh'" h'" TAR tue secretary oil
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SOME CRUCIAL QUESTIONS.
Mr.. HoweIls Points Out the Blessings
Of Enlistment in the German Cause.

To THE EDiToR OF THE SuN--Sir: Will
you allow me to express a mild sur
prise, and some pain, at the part you
have taken against our possible en-
tente with Germany in certain
event?
You seem TO think that if we get
into trouble with France and England.
not to mention Russia and Japan. by
our resistance OF the Allies right to
search our German American ships,
we shall certainly be beaten unless we
range ourselves definitely on the side
OF the Kaiser. You seem to SEQ neither
honor nor profit for our democratic
commonwealth in the friendship of n
cultivated despotism. You do not or
will not look forward to the triumph
when We shall be conformed to the
German ideal in our civic life, yet Il
ought to he clear TO you that this
blessing is what we may confidently
hope for. The system which combines
the functions Of the schoolmaster and
the drill sergeant Is surely something
to he desired by every patriotic Amer
lean; and have you no longing for
lese majestic. for universal conscrip-
ton and an iron sided military staft?
Can you see no advantage for Ameri-
can youth in the teaching Of such
German professors as have taken IT
for granted that we could not know
our minds. or had none TO know, on
questions Of international morality or
of mere humanity? Can not you fore
cast a distinct gain for our posterity
by our renounCing, now and forever.
under the tutelage Of these gentlemen
the notions Of our political homage?
Shall we not unquestionablv enrich
ourselves by exchanging our Anglo
American literature for the German
and having that language taught in
our schools, as it is in those " Alsatia
and Poland. instead Of the native
speerh? DO not YOU know the su-
periorty Of tho romantic sculpture OF
the SiegesAllce over the llberality Of
the French art which we have hitherto
studied? Would not you yourselves
much rather print THE SrN in Gothic
type than the barbaric Roman charac-
ters which you now use?
In word. can you imagine nothing
noble In voluntary Belgium?
The questions crowd upon me, but I
VIII ask only one more: suppose the
Allies should triumph in the battle
which they believe they are fightlns
Tor free men and free minds for jus
ticc and honor among the nations. for
peace and good will on earth. will not
u No good thing for us To remember
that we once did our worst 10 emhar-
rass them since nothing could dis
courage them? w. u. Howyits
NEW YORK, February l.
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SUN" ALUMNI DINNER FEB. 10.
Reunion NJ tee MsrtinIaur To se
SpcechIrss--NaNb

The eleventh annual reunion and din
ner of TUE SIM Alumni Assucia'i. %
viii take place at the Hotel Martinlquc
on Wednesday evening, February 10, at
Z O'Clock. Il Will he a spcechless dinner
In that there VII Dee no formal post
prandial programme II tho members
want any oratorl they viii have to sup
ply II themselves, either voluntarily or
under Compulsiou from their fellows.
DR.. Taltott Williams, dean Of the Putt
ger School of journalism Of Columbia
University, is president OF the associa-
ton, and the other officers are Bran ard
q. Smith and George H. Mnllor, vice
presidents Collin Armstrong, chairman
Of the executive committee; John T.
Kenny, secretary, and Richard $, Lord,
60 Broadway, treasurer
There are nearly 200 former SUN men
enrolled in the association, and II is
expected that considerably more than
half Of them viii attend this reunion.