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National G%uardsmen and Jury Duty.

To THE EDITOR OF The SuN-Sr: Al
low me To take exception to a heading
in your issue of to-day which uses the
term Jury lodging the implication
being that those who by law are eX-
cmpted from Jury duty are lodging"
While there are many men who try 10
dodge that duty and though there may
be some In legally exempt classes who
NAV not he considered as entitled TO he
thus free, let me request consideration
for the thousands who by actual service
AMI se~lf-sacrlfce have earned the right
to be forever exempt within their State.
| refer TO the National Guardsmen.
When one enllsts he enters into an
agreement, All arrangement, a contract.
whereby after five years OF service II
do not refer to the present three year
enlistment) he is to receive a discharge
which Includes the right of exemption
from jury duty. That is not lodging"
that's the ful6lment OF the contract. You
refer TO some intention in the Constitu-
tiona Convention TO remove "all' en-
emptions. THAI means Government Of
icials, Judges. lawyers. doctors. clergy
men. school teachers, telegraph opera
tors. &C. are 10 serve. II any of these
are excepted, there the exemptions
start.
The plans OF that convention should be
given wider notice in this matter where
by so many would be affected. Let there
be no exemptions because of occupations.
NATIONAL GUARD VETERAN.
~FLATBrsH, l.. l., June 4,
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir; In
to-day's SUN 20. +. D." undertakes to
present what he calls logic. TO arrive at
the conclusion that peace. bslng the ulti-
mate and highest aim OF America. justi-
fes the suspension OF shipment of arms
and munitions OF war, so hat a quicker
end would come by the Germans on
quering.
Leaving cut any attempt at argument
as to there being other ideals 20 be
achieved in civilization tnan the mere
question of the suspension of the war.
are We not justified by 20, +. DIS"
process OF reasoning in asking that also
all other equipment 10 the Allies which
perfeCts their organization and the ca
paCity OF their soldiers to fight from
America should be suspended?
For example, the American hospital
at Paris that prepares the soldiers 10
fight again. American doctors and nurses
that carry on the same function. Amer
lean food that furnishes the soldiers
with nutriment and American clothing
that furnishes them with covering. the
Red Cross and benevolent contributions
that provide sustenance and protection
and shelter for them and their families
To secure peace and disable the Allies
by carrying 20. r. D.'s' reasoning as a
matter OF logic to it's ultimate end,
would it not Justify all the above and
produce a much quicker result and make
shorter the period OF the war? Cold
logic Is sometimes narrow, and in arIiv-
ing at a result as 20. +. D." did. some
times changes quod erat Demonstrations
10 reductio ad absurdum. r. \. \.
ORANGE, n. j.. June 2
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under more hyslenic surroundings.

under more hygienic surroundings.
Expensive frame houses are not con-
sidered the remedy for existing con.
ditions, but rather the Improvement
Of the sod igloos. which a be built
with material at hand.
The Eskimo Is, learning. too. some
thing about business lie has found
out that there are agencies through
petitive sales and he has also learned
that he can send them by mail. The
purchase of the reindeer has affected
his whole commercial life:
ut has inspired almost every full
blood Eskimo with a desire to become
an owner. Especially Is this true OF the
young lads, many OF whom go to the
herds every summer and spend their
vacations there, learning about all OF
the traits and habits of the deer. as we'll
as helping with the herding and other
work of the camp"
In Alaska there are maintained
seventy-seven schools with an en-
rolment Of 1868 aud IN average at
tendance Of 1,797. Some OF these
are on islands or the frozen ocean
that are IN touch with the outside
world only once or twice a year
while during eight months Of the
vaur all nf than with tho eNrautiau
Of those on the southern coast are
reached only by trails over snow COW
cred land or frozen rivers. The work
Of the Alaskan teacher is n OF
loneliness and hardship and Its i'm
portance may be appreciated when II
Is remembered that the school is in
many instances the only elevatine
powtr in the native community.
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The Valuation Of Baggage.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: once
III a while there is a law passed which 1t
is practically impossible to obey. The
new baggage aw appears 10 be one OF
that kind.
Here, for example. is a predicament
in which | should find myself IL rrav-
elling in this country under the same
circumstances | did "A year ago. | hau
just returned from Europe with a lot Of
souvenirs, mostly antiques not subject
to duty. One vac "A picture which cost
me $3.50, but which an expert here
says Is worth about s25, There was
also some old silver and china All
OF this was duly inspected and passed
without question by the Custom House,
and not having any reason to want 10
sell It I have not had II valued since.
With my personal wardrobe 1t would
all come to about $50 at the prices
| paid.
took this baggage, together with a
lot OF books, TO a summer camp for use
in connection with the work there, and
most OF IT is there yet, But under rhe
new law 1t would have been impossible
for me to do so without having every
thing valued first, so as to pay the
proper amount of insurance. If my
trunk of antiques and books had gone
astray M been found to contain. IN
the opinion OF the railroad. twice as
much OF value as ] paid for II. | would
have been liable to a Jail sentence.
Now. il there any sense in a sltua-
ton like this?
INFORMATION WANTED.
NEW YORK, June 6.
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Religion and the Man Of Forty.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Str; Apro-
pos OF the letter in THE Sun signed
zone of the Nictims' and entitled The
Man Of Forty" II is most unfortunate
that all your correspondent states is
true. which ! also can prove, for ] am in
the same plight myself at present.
I note that the idea of religious re-
viyal services il much in evidence, and
that our Episcopalian brethren are
starting them. May | suggest that the
leaders in such commtndable work start
with themselves. and also begin by set
ting about the laudable task OF II read
justment OF our social order? We caunot
ever hope to convert people while they are
victims OF unjust dealings from those
in high places. from whom We have
every right to expect great things, Since
they have millions to spend on religious
r~evivals. why not awake from their
comatose state and AXE note OF what is
wrong about them, and then seek TO use
the influence they possess to bring about
better conditions?
1t Ia undoubtedly most hypocrittcal TO
starve out men of business ability over
forty and not appreciate them.
HENRY CHANCTLIoR.
NEW YORK, June u,
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WOMEN
Three fourths OF the Sex Not Petty,
Selfish and So On.

To THE EDiToR OF THE SrN-sir: |
think a word should he said In connec-
ton with the article 30 Women, Won
en- by IF. G. L." While possibly one
fourth of the female population may
have 'pe,tlness, selhshness, deception.
revenge and hypocrisy" surely three
fourths may be described under other
headings,
There are many bright women OF all
stations in life. successful in business
and full OF enterprise In many forms.
There are also others. here and there.
who dc "A lot of charitable work in sucn
an transformations way that few know
of it, and 1t is their desire to remain
completely In the background.
Some who think that they are suf-
fragettes don't know what they want.
but on the other hand, have never had
what they wanted and are cropping for
the light. Then the most pathetic of all
is the household drudge. appreciated by
nobody and yet on whom ~revolves the
whole family basis. And many society
women are tired of trivial, everyday
things ahd help with brains and real
usefulness TO better man and beast.
opinion is diversified. but a sweep
ing assertion that all women are l!tt!c
short of idiots can be safely contra
d;cted by those who know them better,
NEW YORK. Jun 5. :. c.
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War and Peace.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-SW: Per-
NIT me to quote from a letter ] received
the other day from a gentleman and a
scholar. who has seen service In the
civil war and though s5 years Did has
only recently published a book on life
in Confederate prisons:
/ am almost a Quaker now, as my an
cestors were for several generations, and
I have come to look upon all war between
nations a. wrong. ! have read with deep
Interest your letter In THE Sun OF May 81.
l will not believe everything stated in the
Bryce report of atrocities, but the initial
crime of killing innocent people-for the
average soldier Is innocent. thinking only
OF doing his duty-the Initial crime Is logi-
cally followed by atrocities. II war Is
right, then anything that makes war sue
cessful may be justified.
No man did more TO secure American
Independence than benjamin Franklin
yet, at the close OF the American Revo'
luton and many times a%fterward, hs
said: There never was a good war MOI
a bad peace" ALFRED MULLER,
New YORK, June 8.
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A DRY'S FIGURES.
Somewhat Sweeping Estimate Of
Drink Bills and "Drunks."

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: I
wish to make a few brief statements
respecting your article who Will
Pay the Bills % in THE Sun of June ] {:
CD About ) 1000. 600. 900 is annually
spent for liquor in our nation. The in
dustrial efficiency Of drinking laborers
(call them 5000. 000) is decreased 10
per tent or more by that habit. This
is why captains Of industry and COM
mercial gers and railroad upe
~intendents have become economic pro-
h%ibitionists. II we estimate the yearly
wage of these drinking laborers at ST.
900 a a then the %hnancia loss on
each individual would be 800, or $780,
OOO, 1000 On the whole twice as much as
the business pay in taxes.
CD IT is well known that the drinker
IL the last to be hired and the first to
be fired. 1t is a conservative estimate
that drinking wholly incapacitates half
a million persons in our land a loss of
$500, 600, 900 more.
CD 1t is also we'll known that the
thinker is the first to fall sick and the
last 4 get we'll. Only an approximate
estimate of loss of wages and cost Of
Illness In this direction can be made.
But the sum would be enough to sup
port in luxury the 10000 brewery work.
ers to whom you refer who would he
thrown out of employ ment. as YOU con-
tend.
90 Last year in Boston 5000 DRINKS
were arrested. probably less than one
In Ave OF those really intoxicated were
arrested. making 100000 cases of drunk
enness for the city. or some 10000. 900
at the same rate for the nation. Loss
In wages and cost of arrest moro than
$3.50, 600, 600, which would be more than
enough to give "the 240 ,000-odd per-
| sons" whom you mention as losing pc.
sitions by prohibition a salary of $1,000
u year apiece.
,5) II has been shown that SO per
cent. of accidents are due to drink. The
financial losses so caused by Are, by
wrecks on ships and railroads and In
mines and mills, by material destroyed.
by INJURIES ana diseases so caused. and
by lives sacrificed, counting each at
$4,000, these woul total hundreds of
millions of dollars.
These few statements only just begin
the financial argument against drink.
The moral argument. which runs along
the lines of vice and crime and takes
account of tears and h~eartaches, j do
not touch. The habit OF drinking IL
quor. and the saloon which promotes
II. cannot possibly he justified from
the point Of view OF business, seeing
,hat drink shortens the life OF those
who indulge from % to G5 per cent. ac-
cording to age and amount used, the
teaching Of life insurance experience
National prosperity is not promoted by
such enormou wastes of life to STOP
I them could not mean injury but large
and lasting benefits.
JOSEPH II. Err.
RpsIoS JuDp Z
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The Farthest North School.

Our northernmost citizens are com.
ing on very well, thank you. We
gather this from the last. report OF
the Bureau Of Education for Alaska.
This report is more inclusive upon
conditions than most similar repor :
issued in other parts OF the world:
for the schoOlhouse in Alaska Is the
social centre for the accomplishments
Of practical ends, and the teacher. in
addition to performing the routine
work of the schoOlrOom, looks after
the physical, moral and industrial
welfare Of the adult as well as the
child.
Where Point Barrow juts out into
the Icy waters of the Arctic Is our
northernmost school; In fact, the
northernmOst school in the world.
From the picture II appears. IL it
were not buried quite so deep In
snow, the same as other little Amer
lean red schoOlhouses that have been
turning out Presidents. So marked
has been the advance in the use of
English that in every church service
1.-THE missionary has been able to have
responsive reading from the English
text OF the Bible, IN which a large
percentage Of the congregation joined
The Eskimo youth generally seems
quick to learn. A school report says:
"They read well, and while not al
ways with understanding are most eager
for interpretations and explanations.
which frequently require patience and In
%genuity. Their arithmetic Is good, and
some are very rapid in mental work.
I'm writing and map making the nat
ural instinct Of imitation is strong.
These children also are surprisingly
good in spelling and composition. All
children above the primer grade kept
diaries throughout the term"
The problem of drunkenness ha I'd
~ enters into the work at Barrow
'inasmuch as practically the entire
native population is composed OF
total abstainers." But the use Of to.
baccO is general among children as
well as adults. Among the most in
veterate ser are the women, who
when 1t gets a grip upon them
seem to be greater slaves to the habit
than r the men," One of the teach
ers says that "a special feature" OF
school life in his district Is the bath
tub. at Is nc uncommon sight t.
see four boys in the tub at one time
they never seem to get enough o
the good arm water and on variou,
occasions took two baths the SAM
day"
One Of the great struggles Is witt
the housing problem. The home lif'
Of the natives is responsible for tn
berculosis and the majority Of thei
diseases, Their all night dances /
which they crowd into small poorl
ventilated rooms also come In 70
condemnation. These dances, the n
port says, should be abolished or hel,
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agents Of the Commission had agreed
to the noncompliance of which COM
plant was made.
Ten years ago the possibility Of
sending an officer Of the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit to Jail would have
stirred the public to enthusiasm. The
managers Of that system are not yet
objects Of deep seated affection, but
their unpOpularity Is not so great as
II IA The most interesting question
involved is whether the Commission
will be able to obtain criminal ON
victlons against individuals in a class
Of actions in which its efforts TO win
civil penalties have not In the past
been notably successful.
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About General JOffre.

To n French writer who has been
making Il somewhat Boswellian close
range study Of General JorFRE we are
indebted for the stout old warriors
views on the efficiency Of mental
strain and anxiety as a rapid hair
bleacher. a subject which Of late has
received some attention here Mt home.
II was while General JorrBE and
his military family were breakfasting
recently that the topic came up. One
case after another was cited Of officers
whose hair and mustaches in the few
short months Of the wars duration
had turned from a fine Jet black to
a dead white. II was not until after
Il unanimous verdict Of mental excita-
ton as the direct cause OF the change
that General JOrrRE took part In the
discussion. He said in his grave,
quiet way:
All. mental strain no doubt but
times of war officers are possibly less
abundantly supplied with certain toilet
accessories than In times of peace"
Undoubtedly a sagacious observa-
ton. II not only gives a new direc.
ton TO the hair bleaching controversy.
but it also throws an interesting side
light on the distinguished soldiers
mental makeup. The French writer
avs the General has what our friends
the English call a sense Of humor."
II looks like it. Moreover, other in
innate details concerning General
JoftRL tend to sustain the theory. A
hearty, hale. most wholesomely sane
man. well around the corner Of the
sixties, he initiates none Of the tradi-
tional habits OF great commanders.
lie does not dictate three or four tele-
grams and letters ut once. lie takes
more than three hours a day sleep.
He does not eat in a state Of trance.
Quite the contrary. He is a good
feeder and Il good sleeper. Regular
meals and V straight hours OF
sleep from . at night until 4 in the
morning are his routine. But in all
the remaining seventeen hours Of the
twenty-four the entire French army
knows that the old man is awake.
As to the final result. not the re
hottest shadow Of doubt for a momen,
crosses his mind. He Is as certain
Of victory as he is OF his existence
TO every man in the French arm,
he has impaired precisely this same
confidence. And as it is in the arm,
80 it is in the entire nation. Genera
JotfRE knows we are going to win
therefore We know we are going t,
win" This is the beginnfng and tn,
end OF the French war creed.
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Vaudeville managers have done
nothing to prove the advance OF their
side OF the theatre more effectively
than the decision hat In the future it
will require something besides noto-
riety to insure a position on the va
riety stage. 1t used to be said that
only notoriety, Of whatever kind 1t
might be, was needed to create a de-
mand for the services of the celebrity.
Such engagements were. of course,
brief, as In few cases-although there
Is one notable exception-did the
candidate for stage honors and emolu-
ments acquire any qualifications for
public appearances. Now that even
the temporary interest of scandal will
not secure employment the variety
stage has made a notable advance in
decency and dignity.
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DO They Want II?

The speech Of Judge WATSON I.
DUNMORE of Utica before the suf-
frage committee OF the Constitutional
Convention for his resolution provid.
ing that the woman suffrage amend
ment, even if approved by the men
has been voted upon by the women
Of the State, contains matter Of pilh
and moment. whatever he thought OF
his resolution and although his state.
ments are not new:
"A great majority OF the women feel
that they have troubles enough OF their
own and hat they should not be called
upon to bear those burdens which mat
uraily belong TO men and which would
prevent women from giving proper at
tention to those duties which by nature
they are best qualified to perform.
"The %suffragists will oppose a refer
endum Of this question to the women.
They have fought against such a ref
erendum in the Legislatures of New
York, Massachusetts, Indiana, South
Dakota, Rhode Island and other States.
Why? Can there be any other reason
than their fear of a crushing defeat
If such a vote were taken? 10 there any
shorter road to female suffrage than a
majority vote OF the women Of this
State in favor Of it?
The suffragists. therefore, are con-
tending that women shall receive the
right TO vote upon every question
cepting the one question of whether OF
not they shall have the elective fran
chiss. In my judgment, IL there is any
question upon which the women are no,
only best qualified to vote but upon
which they have the greatest right to
vote, 1t is the question OF whether III,
elective franchise shall he conferred
upon them"
THE SUS doesn't pretend TO know
has no means Of knowing and viii
not guess or assume that the major
ity of women in this state do or don
want to vote. Yet that knowledge /
rather desirable. isn't II, befor
woman. suffrage is accepted or re-
jected at the polls:
Or should we he content with tn
fact that some, that many women
long for the ballot and let them hav
it convinced by the argument that n
woman will have to vote unless sh
wants to!
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First Deputy Police Comm sioner
COOLEY of Brooklyn returned to these
quiet regions from a journey to the
Canal Zone and the Pacific coast,
with the impressions which the wan
derer from New York usually culls
from travel in livelier places than
this illuminated and virtuous town:
THE thing which most impressed me
on the trip is that we are living In a
Sunday school city. People in other
large cities which ] visited stand for
things that the people OF New York
would not tolerate for a minute. And
the queer thing about It Is that out
West there Is an impression that New
York is an awful place and that it rs
dangerous to walk the streets here day
or night"
If there Is a safer and steadier
capital In the United States or any,
where else than New York, will some,
body name 1t? A sober person-and
New York is eminently a sober town
| and the strangers within its gates
are responsible for most Of what ex-
cess Of serpent bite and adder sting
may occur in it-a sober person mind
ing his own business is pretty safe
ut any time in the streets. In spite
Of many sporadic and heated charges,
excuses of rcformcrs and regulators
and busybodies, New York Is tame
and decOrous by the side OF some
cities we could name. 1t Is a capital
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Of the pride Of life, an enjoyment
Centre" a place Of gayeties innumer.
able: but 1t is neither 10 fast MOI 30
furious nor SC coarse Is (again) some
cities here left unmentioned. Com.
pared even with Berlin. at least Ber-
lin before the war, It Is no haunt Of
night birds and M "opener" Of wine"
but an early-go-to-bedder.
Many folks make a living and many
notoriety from viewing New York
with alarm. But New York knows
herself and let's the heather rage. 1t
is largely her 'transicnts" and her
'mealcrs." the multitudes who come
here to get the mildew off of them
and to make the money fly, that ere
ate the impression that she isn't "a
Sunday school town.
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Men and Women.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Was
Il -Esop that wrote a fable about STRIFE
between the different organs OF the body,
caused by the opinion on the part or
each organ that 1t was superior to all
the others. which were really not es-
sential in the body economy? | advise
the reading of this fable and the app!i-
cation OF It's moral by all present day
participants in the highly enlightening
debate of man versus oma or course
we can deny. II it gives us any pleasure.
that men are peculiarly lit to accomplish
certain end and women others that
the sexes as a whole are mentally AS
well as physically endowed naturally
with certain equally important charac-
t~eristics that distinguish them from each
other. But to what practical good? Is
truth n matter OF words, or are there.
after all verbal vaporings are dissi-
pated, certain psychological d~ifferentia-
tions pertaining to the sexes seen TO
remain, stubbornly insisting on our
recognition OF them?
What fools we mortals be To admit
the value and indispensability of the
brain we must OF course refuse the heart
any due whatever. pointing Out the
great variety of diseases to which It Is
subject and the trouble 1t often causes
the rest of the body. To admit that men
, are useful and essential. In the scheme
OF things we must necessarily deride
women. calling attention to the pres
ence of weaknesses and perversities
among them.
Truly. such logic would make the
judiclous grieve but perhaps some fine
day we shall behold a man or woman
actually arise to extol the virtues of his
or her sex without resorting for that
purpose to the belittling Of the other
branch OF the human race. In that
hope we may we'll say with Tennyson,
Let this thing be :"
HAROLD DELANo.
June 3,