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The Defunct Opers School.

The abandonment Of the opera
school project which was to have
divided it's activities between Paris
and Central Park West will doubtless
grievc several young aspirants for
lyric glory. but on the whole II is not
to he deplored. Setting aside all con.
sideration of the difficulties which war
conditions would have thrown in the
way Of carr, ing out. the scheme, we
may he assured that the school could
have accomplis shed little which cannot
he done IN II side Of the Atlantic,
Il own. II the necessary funds
were obtained an institution for the
training Of young opera singers could
he established and conducted with
good results In New York.
There are far too many seekers
after operate fame. and far too many
reach the stage with no real qualifl.
cation beyond a loud voice. II a
faculty Of experienced and artistic
opera singers were chosen To winnow
the wheat from the chaf. IL teachers
Of stagecraft in all its details yer
engaged and practical. hard working.
competent vocal instructors employed,
Il S'hool ~ high value could he estab-
lisbed. These instructors and Exam
lners can be had in America, and even
with American names. The hest
training in Europe for young Ameri.
ans Is that Of lahorious experience
in opera houses. As many Of them MS
will ever beronre famous can also get
a good variety OF that at home.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-16
i. HOME RULE: FAIR TAXES.
This Towns Right 10 Equal Repre-
sentatiOn IN the LEGISLATURE.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Str
There is one plain duty before the
constitutional convention which should
not be obscured by consideration
Of reforms that may be left to tho
Legislature to work out. That duty
relates TO restoring majority rue tc
the territory embraced within the con-
fines Of New York city. Although
there arc more than half the voters
here and a much larger percentage VI
the population, we are restricted Ia
less than half of the membership In
the State Legislature.
The great mass Of the taxable
wealth Is located here. Despite that
fact we have no authority over the
spending Of the States moneys.
We pay for W streets or high
ways, and In addition are required TO
contribute at least three-fourths of
the amounts necessary for the build
ing and maintenance OF upstate
roads.
When we complain and seek redress
he answer Is BY way Of confession
and avoidance. II Is even more than
that; for VIC arc insultcd and told VIC
are not competent to govern In one
Of the daily newspapers published On
May 3 a letter appeared purporting to
have been sent by a member OF
the present constitutional convention
fully bearing out what ! have just
said. One Of the objections urged in
that letter to New York city's insist
ence upon the right of the ma jority to
rule. by u being granted equal rep
resentation in the State Legislature.
Is that II we succeeded in getting this
plain act OF justice cosmopolitan New
York would dominate the rest of the
State. And why not? 1t Is Of the
first principles Of a republic that the
majority shall direct affairs. Certainly.
II We come int our own, we viii see
that unnecessary burdens are not
placed upon this part OF the State.
such Is the direct tax which rural
New York at the session of the Legis-
laturc just closed has sought to i'm
pose. Neither will we impose un-
necessary burdens on the rest OF the
State. Whoever says so Is without
belief In a democracy and should re-
tire to and live In the broken down
n~onarchies OF Europe. There We
have convincing evidence OF the de-
structive tendencies and consequences
Of a rule by the minority.
All honor to Corporation Counsel
Polk for his firm stand on behalf OF
the best interests of this city in his
efforts to have the constitutional
convention recognize our rights to
equa, representation in the State
Legislature. His other demands are
OF Importance, namely. those for more
equitable taxation and for home rue:
but II the first demand should be
granted and the second and third re-
quests he denied by the delegates VIC
would still have much cause for rejoic-
ing: because by equal representation
In the State Legislature II would he
possible to encompass the last two OBJ
Jets there. and We would know how
to deal with any Senator or Assembly
man from this town who would he so
blind to the city's rights as to oppose
home rule and fairer taxation to the
people Of the city from which he had
been elected. NJ. r.
New York. May IS.
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OF a good many sensible and inter.
esting things said at the fifteenth an.
nual convention OF the American Book
sellers Association in this town last
week we must pick out one or two.
Could the commercial value Of honest.
fearless book reviewing to publishers
he set forth more clearly and posi-.
lively than 1t was by the manager
Of a Boston house?
THE publisher who says TO the news,
paper advertising man. You roasted my
book. 20 ! shall not buy space with you.
a~ccomplishes nothing. The advertising
man laughs and goes his way. The
publishers next book will he roasted or
praised. according to the sweet will Of
the reviewer. without reference to the
advertising columns.
This 10 as it should he, because the
newspaper whose book reviews were
governed by the advertising Of the pub
fishers would mighty soon lose the con-
idence OF its readers. and such a news
paper would be Of no value either as
an advertising or a literary medium"
The publisher. tho bookseller can
only lose by hahitunl easy. genial"
undlscriminating "criticisnl." by the
treatment Of substantially all hooks
with a view not TO satisfying the
mind and conscience Of the reviewer
but to pleasing the publisher. There
are reviews that seen written ac.
cordlng to this dishonest system. Just
as there IL now and then n publisher
who In infamed to choler by an un-
favorable notice OF some child Of his
press. Rut the book buyer soon learns
to distrust facile and general
p~raiser. He wants to find ont what
a reviewed Nbook amounts to. and
while he knows that reviewers are
far from infallible he prefers an oc.
casional prejudice or undue severity
to an unvarying good natured Aabbi.
ness. In nine cases out Of ten. per.
haps, he a trust the reviewer who
speaks his mind: and he does trust
him on account Of that speaking. In
the man plainly under instructions
to keep an eye or the advertisements
and rot to rune the publishers he can
have no trust at all.
This Is an old story; critic and pub.
Usher. like author and critic, are
often at odds. The critic Is used to
being damned: We fancy him atra-
bilious and morose, though in fact he
may be the JOY Of his household and
as fat as CHEsTERToN. From the
Literary Belt comes something new.
A bookseller from Indianapolis, the
City Of Authors. says:
"The booksellers in Indianapolis have
the highest ideals. and they get their
clerks together and discuss literature
and the business end OF It and the plots
OF books"
Were the clerks In the Old Corner
Book Store or at McCLUsG's in the
golden prime Of EUGENE FIELD trained
In these high discussions? There is
more or less complaint about book
store clerks, some Of whom have a
beautiful ignorance Of their wares;
but there Is, there must be In every
book shop somebody Of cultivated In.
t~elligence, at least Of a comprehensive
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The German OFFICIAL report Of the
t~orpedoing Of the Lusitania signed by
Admiral BEHNcKE seems to dispose Of
any idea that there was a purpose to
the enemy merchantmen. AT $40
o'clock" says the report. 'one torpedo
was fired at the L~usitania. which hit
her starbOard side below the captains
bridge" Nowhere in this grim docu-
ment a word about giving those on
board a chance to get into the boats
and save themselves.
Perhaps the German Admiralty
would Assert a distinction between
a merchant ship like the L%usitania
carrying ammunition In her cargo and
an ordinary tramp steamer freighted
with conditional c~ontrabipd. Inter.
national Jaw makes no distinction,
however. Both ships carry non-com-
batants and II is the duty of the cap
TOT to spare them.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-16
Heinrich Heine on French Patriotism
and German.

1t must not he supposed that the
word patriotism means the same in
Germany as in France, The patriotism
OF the French consists in this: The
heart warns through this warmth It
expands: 1t enlarges so as to encom-
pass, with its all embracing love-, not
only the nearest and dearest, but all
France, all civilization, The patriotism
Of the Germans. on the contrary. con-
slsts in narrowing and contracting the
heart, Just as leather contracts In the
cold in hating foreigners; In ccasing
to he European and cosmopolitan. ana
In adopting q narrow minded and ex-
elusive Germanim.-Romantto School.
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hired men. He had followed the prim.
rose path Of dallisnce along its mean.
derlng course among the white lights
and the red lights to Its ultimate goal
OF dependence upon the garbage bar.
rel for a food supply. There is no
record that he begged; none that he
ever wrote home for money. He han.
kered for something better than gar.
hage barrel board and simply asked
for a chance to work for II as one Of
his fathers farm hands.
SO. Notwithstanding the Sumerian
tablet. the case Of the Prodigal
against the virtuous son remains Just
about where II was. a case Of SYM
patty and not Of law. OF curse the
verdict Of centuries Is and ever will
be that the old nan was a brick. As
between the boys-well. there Is the
instance Of the King Of Brentford's
will. as reported in verse BY WILLIAM
MAKEPEAoE THAcKEaAY. This mon.
arch likewise had two sons, serious
and thrifty THOMAS and rollicking.
prodigal Md. Referring to the seri-
U and thrifty one. his Majesty in
his will said:
Too dull to feel depression,
Too hard to feel distresa
Too cold to yield to passion
Or silly tenderness;
March on. your road 10 open
To wealth, TON, and success
SO the good old king left all the
income FROM his vase estates to gen
erous, prodigal NED in these memora-
bic words:
"Poor EDWARD knows but how to spend,
And thrifty Tom to hoard:
Let THOMAS be the steward then
And EDWARD be the lord
And as the honest iaborer
Is worthy his reward.
4 pray Prince NED. my second son.
And my successor dear.
To pay 10 his intendant
Five hundred pounds . year:
And 70 think Of his old father,
And live and make good cheer"
But for that ante-mortem distribu-
ton perhaps the original Prcdisal's
father would have done just what the
King Of Brentford did. and as likely
as not there we're those who would
have said, land a good Job too"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-16
DR.. Lyman Abbett's Manly and Pc
triotic Confession.

triOtic Confession.
A sermon for to-day was delivered
night before last BY the Rev. DR..
LYMAN ABBOTT.
Like hundreds and Thousands OF
other good and sincere men. Chris.
tians in name and soul, Americans
in head and heart. Americans iu their
methods Of thinking AZ well as in
their way Of feeling. DR.. LYMAN An.
Borr has believed for years that the
time was near at hand when the ideals
represented by the Palace at The
Hague would dominate the affairs and
regulate the intercourse Of nations.
Justice without force Of arms, can.
o and battleships disappearing as
the Day Of Reason dawned. world
federation for the adjustment Of war,
a World Supreme Court, universal
peace and the brotherhood Of man.
kind-who that dreams at all has not
dreamed with DR.. ABsorr that rain
bow dream Of hopper
At the dinner Of the United States
Navy League the Rev. Dr. LYMAN
ABBOTT had the personal m~anliness
and the true patriotism to utter these
remarkable words:
II am sorry to say that recent events
have shown myself and a great many
others that the era OF the appeal to
reason is a great deal further on than
we thought. The first fundamental OF
Government Is protection Of persons and
property. II It does not protect Il has
no right to be called a Government. I
respect the men Of the peace societies,
but ! do not respect their opinion. They
are not preaching peace but anarchy.
II there is no navy to protect neutrality
on the high seas then every ship mus.
go armed. and that would mean interna.
tional piracy. am not for war. but we
do want to be prepared to meet war IL
1t comes to US. One thing is certain.
this nation must have an army and navy
adequate to fulhl its duty to itself and
the world"
The r Of universal appeal to rea.
son Is. as Or. LYMAN ABBOTT says, a
great deal further Of than the hon.
est friends Of peace and arbitration
and disarmament have thought. How
much further on who can say?
Is it demonstrably nearer. for. ex.
ample. than 1t was one hundred years
ago today. when Europe was in arms
for. the suppression Of incarnate and
insatiate militarism; when NAPOLEON
was assembling his armies for the
campaign Of Waterloo.
Lei us hea rken well to the words
Of this man Of peace and servant Of
the Lord!
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-16
Buildings 20 re Dedicated.

Tho dedication OF tho academic ar.
engineering buildings will tiI," place -
Friday afternoon. and It will he ~ 'nss'
exercises that President Wilson. ','
Gpethals and Prof. Adams VIII srC'
President Wilson took his ph y d'C-s.
At Johns Hopkins in 1855 and W'ote -
book on Congressional government a.
his thesis. saturday VIII he devoted r.
alumni reunions and there Will N
special demonstrations N a'l Nf TIE
Laboratories for the benefit o: IN
alumni.
President Goodnow has shat's-ei l
number of precodcuts At the u7tvers'"
lie Is tho fret Hopkins president "ro
has ever lectured To Undergraduates h
IL tho first president. or at leasf the o0N
one of whom the present students NsN'
heard. who wears soft collars, and "a"
goes 10 Homowood SATURDAY lt'er~n'''
for the athletic Nhen tho Hoy
kins lacrosse twelve met Ieh,Eh q coIr
OF weeks ago he won't out on IN. 'S''
betwesn the halves and talked ~ .
members Of the varsity. And i" "
smoking q cigarette
Finally his interest m tive S'if.-r
and their activities ~ shown hv the 'dr'
that he made a substantial end u''o'
licited personal contribution o. ~" nv.
which is being raised among me t'Nf
kins alumni 10 pay Charlie E.'A.''
who will coach the football '..''. '"N
fall.
To the students Dr. Gord~o~ e
thoroughly human, a good ta.o" ~
seluently when they cheer hw H
something more than ID mere : ms
courtesy.
on the other hand ,hore s. t'N .''
OF him h - viii be stressed - O." go
dar,c celebrations. There o. tr' -''
Of books h. has written nu compared
administrative law. p1| lon.
rule, municipal problems r., '.
ment IN the lnited state p'.' > ''
administration, principles ,' ti" 80
trativc law IN the tinted ~..'' '"t
social reform and the 'o.-''' nm
There IL his ICputai ~" 49, D. ..''-
authority on tdmiulSjr''t'' IiH
his equally great rrpU'l'|"'
field of munla!ph a.r
There is his presidency Of tMl '.'' ~
Political Sc,"u"" Associate. t.l nj
As an expert for Sow No.N .'
As a member %, rr"-.d'.' II
Commission on Economy l'i Do. '
and as constitutions. Jdt..''
Chinese Republic, ~. Gun!."N ' ="
with distinction
President C;o"II,uN
Brooklyn. JtuuHrN II, - ',
his \. H. frNnI Amherst i.I',r' ''''
aud his III. T. from ,.',4
lie aftcrWird studi,d 900 o.
lin, received IN" a,-.,. .' \ "
Amherst N l>Nt. auJ IA. .'|.t
was houorch hN Amherst 'o.n.. '.
Harvard with the u'-l'' "
brown University u,j' ..u '
Of laws At it, colonization fr.
and other institutions N|. HH
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-16

In ordinary justice 10 the excellent
DIR. DERNBuRG. who may be a nuisance
hut Is now getting pounded about as
hard az II he we're an actual %atrocity.
We call attention 10 t'e letter Of
a non-C;erman correspondent who
makes a striking comparison between
the position and functions NJ tho
doctor In this country and those Of
Henry WARD REEcHER in England dur
ing our civil war.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-16

ffo" me NffHs (r'fHHT
Ins follow mg Ners" l. based on the re
marx ~ can SrhurL that the German
American tees coward his native county,
- toward his muiaer, imi toNurd that Of
his adoption as ward his wii-
nt "tRNA\ ANruu'AN
Nltt OF my youth, whose radiant f,rs
" coed me trom her ut my ancestral T,ta
Raise not Thy hand against the mead
W hose silNer crown loved ara ;s, go.
wed.
List not to tales that poisonous tongue
Would have the world btlirNt--the truth
mnStng,
flows.
The blend that on earth hesvenward goc,.
The blood from ShakespcAre's home auJ
Goethe. land,
Tenton and Briton, on the Pilgrims strand;
The blood that ever must he free
On continent snd on the sea.
CHARIEs NL2iN.
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u L. Grammatical.

To THE Enron oP Tus Su>--Nir' was
ereatly surprised to see the use of some
bad in the Presidents message
In tho last paragraph of same We md
the follow Ing words: The Imperial Ger
man Government will not expect the Gov
ernment of the United States to omit any
word or any act necessary 10 the perform
snce Of its sacred duty" Sc.
should not the word 'or" read nor" E:
Perhaps I am wrong, perhaps not. l.. T..
Nrw NoRH, May -.
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T-TTTF 7 7 NNNTH =
NEW York. MaN u.

To rut I,niroH ~ TuE SrN- SIR May
! n Is eN" rtiou to Il phrIs" IN Your
editorial OF May s. EVERY mother raises
her son TO h., "A soldier
! for one would rather my boys
should die now in infancy than tlat
! should see them grow up to bc soldiers,
murdcrers OF other mon.
MARY RurHERpoRp.
New Ycrk, MAY ~
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In the judgment of Judge MARCUS
A. kAvANAGH Of the Supreme Court Of
Cook county, Illinois, golf IL a game
that requires neither courage nor In
t~elligence.' His Honor has perhaps
never driven a bail from "A tee up a
slope bristling with traps and bordered
by tall grass or matted woods, to dis
V later That he has sliced the ball
and 1t is reposing in a hollow In the
first sand pit.
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mechanical knowledge Of the stun to
be uttered. whereas any book clerks
true history Of the naive numskull-
cries Of too many Of his clients would
be a volume whose outlaws covers
and wen clasps couldn't shut down.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-16
LAWYERS ELECT CULLLA
Former judge ,hos"u h'Hd :"
RrooL URr \ssoctaii"-

Former Chef Judge l.l-a" 81
OF she E'ourt of Appeal
unan.mously elected n.,~ ir
Rroohly Rar Nseu $50
Charles 4. Moporuu,'. A.l' ''
a. first Nlr"-p r, sl,u..
.Nudca i'u'lru ."rulN ~I... "
man of the commute, vIr.1 ..
the "huud ulrhc' in Sc
hi>!T.ti \''r I.E H'tpp HN
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-16

To certain American newspapers:
Don't talk about treason and the
enforcement Of the laws against trea-
sou until you have consulted the ron
stitutional and statutory definitions Of
treason and understand Just what the
crime * and under what conditions II
IS possible and punishable.
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To THE EDITOR oF THE sunni: In
your editorial on 'racifsm in the Pub.
lie Schools" YOU rcmark that "evAry
woman raises her son to he \ sold er 4"
One Woman J kuo" quito we'll. the
mother OF thr"' Sous. IL raising them
In tho belief that soldiers qua soldiers
are bad men, and in her nursery is
dlscourIging playing soldier as shs
would PLAYING murderer or thief. She
is not = Quaker
ELSIE CLEws PArsoNs.
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From he Ntwburoh Jouraal.

FFOW NE NfVONr0N J0nrNnT.
II the Colonel has not consumed all his
stock OF blood and iron" We would sug.
gsst, and suggest mildly as becomes a
strict neutral. that he could use some Of
IT more advantsgeously In his libel sui,
than elsewhere Just now.
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who In

To THE EDITOR NJ THE SuN--Sir: Why
not hire the Island of -. Helena and
require him to orcupy the quarters of
his illustrious prototype permanently?
DANBuRY, Conn, May is, W.
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To INV EDITOR or THr - >--Sir' You
refer to Niscount Bryce a. "a hard hcaic
S~ootchman,' lie was horn In Belfast,
Ireland, j. Il. LEWIS,
HoLYokE, Mass, May II.
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Genius, capacity for taking pains:
Thus the tarlylcsn Sartor rolls;
Conversely, men who fan 10 crease their
brains
Have bagsy souls.
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You are wrong. The Presidents sNn-
taN is faultless here.
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Just over her eye. At the sight Of
blood Sallie took another tact: Oh,
I've killed her, I've killed her, my
poor baby. my poor baby
NO. YOU haven't killed me- said
Morie as | hastened 10 her. ! found
that court plaster would not hold the
wound together and We tclepnoucd for
the doctor.
In the meantime Molle asked me
to telephone TO Mr. Hatton and tell
him that she was detained and would
be down a little later.
81 hope nothing serious Is the
matter. said Mr.. Hatton in a most
distressed voice.
Nothing ] answered as coldly as
possible
"'What did he say" asked Mollie
eagerly when | came back where the
doctor had put three stitches In her
forehead
=" He said to tell you not to worry
and TO come down when you found
II convenient ! answered.
"Tsn't ne the dearest boss" asked
Mollie.
Perhaps / can't tell never hav-
ing seen him
but you have heard him over the
telephone, Aunt Mary
Unfortunately ! am not able TO
Judge from that
'Margie, I'm afraid Mollie is get.
ting up more interest than she should
In that man. DO you know anything
about him? ?"
ITO be continued tomorrow