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drew a picture OF him fiattering to
neither his appearance nor his NOR
ais. At the same time, CARLYLE rea-
lized that had nothing other or bet
ter than vanity and sensuallty been
there, JOHNSON and Boswell had
never come together, or had soon and
| finally separated again" To his fe.
low Scot BOSWELL was not 1.-THE cur
at JoHNsoN's heels" OF a malicious
description, nor was he only the bur
GOLDSMITH called him. The philoso-
pher of Chelsea rendered homage to
the man Of "sneaking sycophancies.
Of greatness and forwardness," as
one who had no peer as blographer,
who produced book to be rated "be.
yond any other product Of the eigh-
teenth century: "a more free, perfect
sunlit and splrit-speaking likeness
than for many centuries has been
drawn by man OF man"
To MACAULAY also Roswell is the
prince Of biographers Eclipse is first
and the rest nowhere" And yet BIOS.
WELL was one of the smallest men
that ever lived" Of whom IL could be
written: "Servile and impairment,
shallow and pedantic. bigot and
sot, bloated with family pride. and
eternally clustering about the dignity
of born gentleman, yet STOPPING to
be a tale bearer, an eavesdropper A
common butt in the tavcrns." Never.
theless JOHNSON loved the little man
who was always trying to draw him
out and put him on exhibition as the
wisest thinker of his time. to sit at
whose feet was a rare privilege. The
truth is that II BOSWELL was not es.
teemed he was tolerated and even
liked by his acqualntances, who found
him cheerful, vlvacious and free from
malice, a gay little busybody whose
faults were always on the surface
One can understand that Roswell
was the kind of man whom MAcAUIAY
would have loathed and whom CAR
LYLE would have trampled on. but !
both OF them laid the culors with too |
heavy a hand upon his imperfections |
He was very human II very weak !
and sometimes contemplate; and this
mean little person was a genius after |
all. Doubtless MACAuLAY and CAR |
LYLE would have scoffed at the idea |
Of any building being preserved as |
memorial because JAMES BOSWELL |
lived there.
Our generation 10 not so censOrious |
and finical. The worlds debt to the |
biographer OF JOHNSON grows with |
the passage Of time. As fresh. enter |
tanning and informing as ever Is the |
Book, as CARLYLE called II. why !
should not the man who has laid the /
world under an obligation as deep as
IL is pleasant he perpetuated by hav- |
Ing house pointed out as the domi.
cile Of the great hiographer?-yes,
great is the word. The shade of Bos-
WELL never anticipated such thing.
hut how elated II must he at the
prospect! There Is a predestined
irony in the circumstance that the
of the building which the
bOgrapher made more famous by llv-
ing in IL is likely to he the most i'm
portant factor in its preservation, as
suming that the learned societies
save It.
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MR.. SUNDAYS MEETINGS.
Orderly and Wen Managed, TestIles
an UnpreJudiced Auditor.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: !
read sevepl weeks ago in THE sun
letter from a New York man who with
a friend had gone to Philadelphia TO at
tend one of Billy Sundays Services"
The letter told of the rowdyism and dis
order of the crowd, and left at least one
reader with the impression that scenes
Of disorder were common at the meet
inEs.
Last Sunday morning ! attended a
service at the Tabernacle At which there
were. ! think. $4,000 people have
never seen more perfect order nor more
absolute attention and quiet in any
audience or congregations large or small,
OF which ] have chanced 20 be a mem
Der. ] went with two friends. one OF
whom had been to four OF the meetings,
the other to six. and neither had ever
seen any behavior in the crowds which
coulS be found fault with.
II seems a pity that wrong impress
sion should be given of the meetings
Aohno wi-iso 10 "a dread 81 VIA;
might happen. derived from the letter
mentioned above.
There is opposition to Mr.. Sundays
going To New York. I am told. Perhaps
that may explain tho tone OF the letter
which you printed. S. r. FARouHAR.
PoTTsvILLE, Pa. February ~
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VICTORIOUS Millions.
The World Poet the Victim OF the
BesettinE Sin, Commerclallsm.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sr;
l.. NJ Eilshemlus World Poet" who
hownis his fate I'm tina. the publishers
will not give him hearing nor print his
poems. essays, dramas, SC. consisting
of over $4,000 pages has my sympathy
and support. but It strikes me as rather
strange that the publishers are SO slow
In giving recognition to one who is con-
sldered by critics, as the World Poet
contends. the equal OF Homer, Shake
speare, Milton. Goethe Heine, Keats,
Shelley. Byron, sc.
with all due respect to the ability Of
the World Poet, admitting his conten-
ton that he is a universal genius, he
would make but a poor prototype II
placed side by side with some OF the
worlds heroes and poets, judging by
his demeanOr and pessimistic moods as
expressed in his letter.
The great trouble with men of his
calibre is that they are too much OBJ
sessed with the idea that the world owes
them recognition, whether worthy or not,
and what they generally mean by rec
ognition is the gaining OF material pos
sessions. or. AZ he expresses II, Just
reward for his labors." And that is
where he has made his serious mistake
In admitting that he Is "out for the
dough" Not to work for works sake
irrespective OF material benefits, but for
gain.
| beg to quote from the Bhagavad-
Glta, the Bible of the Hindus. to which
would refer the World Poet:
Let tho motive, be in the deed and not
In the event BE not one whose motive
for action is the hope Of reward. Let not
thy life he spent In inaction for the man
who doeth that which he hath to do with
out affection obtaineth the supreme.
Commercalism is the bane OF the race.
We are living in an age when gain Is
the supreme test OF manhood. When
will man learn that we live not by
bread alone? LOUIS BERGER.
EAST ORANGE y. j., February 10.
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Abolish Secret Divorce Hearings.

Assemblyman SIMPSONS bill to pro-
hibit the appointment OF referees to
hear the evidence in divorce ca ses.
and requiring these causes to be tried
In open court. Is not merely cranky
proposal, nor, unfortunately. an I'M
necessary one. The present practice.
which permits certain favored suitors
to escape the ordeal of open court
proceedings. has been the cause OF a
number of scandals. and the impro-
prlety of permitting a few defendants
to shroud their misdeeds in secrecy
is manifest.
Under existing conditions those who
resort to the courts for freedom from
wedlock are actually divided into two
classes, and special privileges are
granted 10 the fortunate members OF
one Of them. Inevitably this will re
suit in occasional abuses. But these
do not constitute the principal lndict.
mcnt Of the custom BY relieving
certain persons OF hardshlps that
others must bear, 1t mocks our boast
of equal justice for all. and involves
an undemocratic discrimination re.
pugnant to the fundamental prlncl.
pies Of American institutions.
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70 THs EDITOR OF THIS SuN--Sir. ~.
r. s. defends his use of the phrase
~ the speaker was merely the Presi-
dent Of the United States" by saving
that he Is here making positive as
sertion, not conditional one, and there
fore the indicative should be used, not
the suhjunctive ! beg to ii agree He
says; III the speaker was merely the
President ~ the United States" and the
intention Is to say that he is not merely
the President, but some other important
thing IN addition, so the phrase "lf he
was merely the President of the United
States is supposition, not a fact
j. =.
MoNTGoMERY, ~ v, February Is.
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les would Increase in number and
virulence under this laissez faire pol
icy Is certain. Hence the alleged IA.
tality OF vaccination would not be
effectively diminished In the long run.
1t Is hoped that the committee in
charge Of the Jones-Tallett bill may
listen TO the eminent sanitarians who
are opposing It entirely from altru.
istic motives, rare incident in the
observation Of the average legislator.
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Merely"

70 THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir. In
response 10 the broad invitation OF -
u. ;. beg to break into the gram
mltlcal discussion. When he SAYS "If
the speaker was merely the President. +"
s., he Is not asserting that the speaker
/. anything. He Is. to use his own
words, "supposing or considering il pos
sihe' for him TO he merely the Presi-
dent, as clearly in the subjunctive as
could readily he imagined
Mr. TAFT might correctly and indica-
lively say Even II ! was President, {"
Sc, but pray deliver us from removing
the element Of supposition when we
consider Mr. Wil'on as being merely
anything, j. :. ARNOLD.
HIGHTsTowN. y, J., February l3.
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TO DEBATE NEED OF DEFENCE
Princeton, Vale aud Harvard 10
Discuss Increased trmRments.

PRINCETON, N j., Feb, l3,--The need
of an increase in the army and navy
II the United States IL the subject
selected by Princeton, Yale and Har-
ward for their annual triangular debate
this year, The question mas been
framed, "RoS0lvGd, That the best Interests
OF the United States demand a prompt
and substantial Increase In the army
and navy" The date for the contest
has not yet been settled. hut II Will no
held some time lac in March PriRce
ton will debate WITH Harvard az IrinSs-
ton and with Yale at New Haven, w7l'e
bridge he same evening
A Ego Princeton introduced
resolut.1u barring graduate students
from participating in the debate. hd,
Harvard and Yale refused Ia agree ana
Princeton alone kept out her gladu" r.
students, This year the Two other .ol'
leges have agreed to limit the speaAors
TO undergraduates,
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IN eminent medical s0ciolOglst or
sociological medicine man, dIscours-
ing IN this town Of the middle class"
upper middle classes the whole.
some plain people" and what not.
emitted this beautiful assertion:
Every family should have from
$1,000 to $500 year to properly care
for itself In order that their children
can ne given the square chance which
is the right OF every one entering the
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir. Be
ing frequent visitor TO your city from
the wilds OF California, take the liberty
in these piping times OF war of asking
you for a bit Of information on cues
tion which has puzzled me-
am able to find without much diff
Guilty the American colony in London.
Paris ana Rerlin, but when | come TO
your city | must confess IN failure
Would you kindly locate for me the
American colony in New York?
q, T. p.
WINTHROP, Mass, February 10.
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II is again reported that RoDoLFo
FIERRo. the Mexican who is said TO
have killed BENTON, has been executed
by order of General VILLA for attempt
ing the Generals life. The testimony
to the ferocious cruelty of FIERRo as
a man killer is so abundant and has
come from So many different sources
that there can be no doubt he de-
served death long ago
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To THr Enron ~ THF suN-Sir, I Wish
TO inquire AS to the psychological effect
Of Come, let's have "a drink" and Come
let's have little drink" What L. the
distinction7 ANTIGUA
BALTIMORE. Ma, February Is
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TEAS TOMB.
The wife Of MiIesIus Under the Hill
Of Tara.


To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir, In
speaking ~ the Marquis OF Aberdeen
assuming the title Of Tara Mr. James
i, Doliard errs when he says the word
'Tedmhair' is pronounced "Tah-er."
The NH In "Teamhair" is best repre-
scented by the sound Of "ou" or Nv" I'm
English, and Is pronounced somewhat
Ike 'th-ouir.' II is not, however from
the nomnative form of the word Team
hair hut from the gentive singular
"Teamhra' and "Teamhrach" that the
English pronunciation is derived. Team
IRA is pronounced by Irish speakers
Of Gaelic Ike 'th-oura," which becomes
corrupted to Tara.
There are many places throughout
Ireland called Tara, generally meaning.
as Mr., Dollard says, "a sunny mound
having q pleasant prospect" but the
ancient hill whose name the MARQUIS Is
trying 10 assume derives its name which
is the hlth Of its existence, from being
the burial mound of II lady named Tea.
"Gea-muir,' "teamhuir," "teamhair,"
the tumulus Of Tea. She was the wife
of Mllcsus, one of the first invaders OF
Ireland from whom the name Mileslans
as applied to the ancient Irish Is de-
rived. CHARLES O'FARREIl.
New York, February 10.
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london ONCE Emngham House, 1 Arun.
del street. Strand.
Paris once. Rue de Ia Michodiere. on
Rue du ouatre Septembrs.
Washington once. Hibbs Building
Brooklyn office, los Livingston street.
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~ our friends uho tdDor us ,oith maru
scripts dad illustrations for publication toish
- have rejected articles returned tAsv nust
n oil cases send stdmps for that purpose
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Nassau street
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That Democratic mauvais plnisant
at the Republican Club dinner is only
one Of many Mock Lincolns" that
have appeared.
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WINTHROP, Mass, February 10.
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MoNreoMERY, N v, February IS.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-08-24
VAILSBURG NOTES

Mrs. J. Sturm. of Chelsea avenue,
has returned from Lake Hopatcong.
Miss Beatrice Saunders, of Oakland
terrace, has returned from a trip to
San Francisco, where she spent the
last two months.
p. j. Griffen, of Oakland terrace,
has returned from an automobile trip
through the New England States.
Miss Helen Yost, of st. Paul ave.
nue.. has returned from a two weeks
stay at Belmar.
Mr. and Mrs. j. Pearce and daugh-
ter, of Richelieu terrace, will spend
the next two weeks in Boonton.
Mrs. A. Van Dorm and Miss Eleanor
Van Dorm, of Florence place, are at
Fairmount until after Labor Day
Mr. and Mrs. l. Mott, of Hazelwood
avenue, will spend the next two weeks
at Boonton.
A special meeting of the vailsburg
Home and School Association will be
held Friday afternoon at Lincoln
School, to outline plans for a munic-
ipal band concert, which II Is hoped
can be held on the new Vailsburg
playground.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-08-24
Secretary Cozzens Reports
Kamp Kiamesha Is Thriving

Secretary Cozzens returned from a
visit to Kamp Kiamesha late yester-
day afternoon, and reports the camp
in good condition, and all the boys
happy. Just as the visitors were
driving off the boys were engaged in
q rousing game of baseball.
The Wantonoit Club is busy study
ing flowers, trees, birds and insects.
The graduation certificates will be
awarded next Friday, when the an
nual banquet will take place.
Aquatics are booming under the
masterful leadership of r.. T. Schop-
per. The boys have two swims a day.
The tent family almost comprises a
hundred campers. AS it was the last
visitors day, there were a number of
visitors.
The speakers at the chapel service
were Henry H. Dawson, president of
the Young Mems Christian Associa-
tion, and Mr.. CoZZens. In the evening
Rev. f. X. Shield, of Highland Park,
gave a brief talk to the boys.
One of the most successful affairs
given at the camp during the summer
was the amateur night held Saturday
evening. when the campers from the
different tents did their stunts"
Wireless, telegraphy photography,
f1rst-aid and swimming are features
of the camp, which will close Septem-
Der 8.
Auto meetings have been planned
for Thursday and Friday evenings of
this week, to be conducted under the
auspices of the Mems Evangelistic
Committee and the Young Mems
Christian Association.
On Thursday evening a meeting
will be held at Stone street and Sixth
avenue, addressed by Rev. Pagano,
In Italian. The second meeting will
be held at Broad and New streets,
the speaker being Cheever Evans.
On Friday night, a meeting for
Italians will be held at South Canal
and Avel streets, addressed by John
Romania. There will also be meet
ing at Hamburg place and Ann street,
where A. j. Graham will speak.
Rudolph Kengeter will be the cornet-
list.
Weather permitting. a meeting will
be held at the Military Park band
stand next Sunday afternoon. The
male chorus will furnish special
music, accompanied by Frederick
Earle, organist, and Frederick Jenk-
ms. cornetish
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-08-24
PASTOR
WITH AN AUTO
ST. COLUMBIA Parishioners Tes-
tify Their Affection for Rev.
Edward A. Degen.

An automobile was presented to
Rev. Edward A. Degen, pastor OF the
Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Pat
erson, here last night. 1t was the gift
of members of st. Columba's parish
and other Newark friends.
The presentation was made at the
parish hall of st. Columba's Church
Father Degen until recently was as
sistant pastor at st. Columbia s
Church, and the automobile was given
as a token of their appreciation of his
work here. The event was featured
by an entertainment.
Father Degen was invited here last
night by Rev. Michael ]. White, pas
tor of st. Columba's Church. He was
then escorted to the parish hail. where
he was enthusiastically greeted by
those who had arranged the presen-
tation. James f. Caffrey in a brief
address told Father Degen of the deep
appreciation that was felt here for
him, lauding the young priests ad-
ministrative ability.
In accepting the touring car, Father
Degen expressed his delight at being
once more in the midst OF faces which
were so familiar and so dear to him.
He. thanked them most sincerely for
their kindness, manifested in such a
delightful and substantial manner.
bul IIl6 I'LL BeSl III MY SdSSCoo
while / labored among you," said
Father Degen, was the hearty CO.
operation of you parishioners. And
the second cause was in the person
of Father White, who was my friend
and adviser. He declared that the
eight years spent in st. COLUMBIA s
were the happiest in his life and
would remain indelibly impressed in
his mind"
The keynote of Father Whites ad-
dress was THE Union of Priest and
People"
Short addresses were also made by
Rev. Edmund f. Quirk, acting rector
of ST. Joseph's Church; Rev. Michael
p. Corcoran, rector of st. Johns
Church, and Rev. Thomas A. Walsh,
rector of st. Charles Borromeo's
Church. Edward J. O'Brien, the
chairman of the arrangements COM
mittee, introduced the various speak
ers.
Vocal numbers were rendered by
Nicholas lyman, James r. Caffrey
and Miss Jennie V. King. To conclude
the affair the audience united in sing
ing "Auld Lang Syne."
Father Degen returned to Paterson
in his newly presented machine,
which is a Buick model He was ac-
companied by a chauffeur and some
members of the committee.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-08-24
Miss Margaret Heaney Has
Been Located by Uncle

Miss Margaret Heaney, Twenty-Five
wears old who left her home at 25
bergen street last Wednesday. to look
for a position, and who was sought by
the police. has been found, ana is now
at her home.
she was located last night by her
uncle. Patrick Waldron, who said she
had been with relatives in this city
but little information could be secured
from him. She is reported to be in
good health and to have given a sat
isfactory explanation for her abb
sence.
Miss Heaney had been making her
home with an aunt, Mrs. Ellen Kane,
since the death of her mother, three
years ago. Her brother Is Christopher
Heaney, a member of Engine Com
pany No. %. She had been employed
in Clark's thread factory, but her
health failed, and she gave up the
position at the request of her brothers
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-08-24
Mrs. BabcOck, of Utica,
Urges Votes for Women
at Open-Air Meeting

"If you voters would only realize
that it is not fair for one-half of the
people to vote for all of the people.
YOU would have no scruples about
voting for woman's suffrage" de-
clared Mrs. Lois Babcock, of Utica,
N. Y, addressing one of the largest
open-air meetings held in the course
Of the suffrage campaign in this city,
at the corner of Springfield avenue
and Jones street, last evening.
LET the women have some voice in
controlling conditions which are near
est them" pleaded the speaker. Take
away the small qualification of sex
on October 10, and cast your ballot in
favor of woman suffrage"
Mrs Babcock, who formerly resided
in Colorado, stated that she had voted
in that State ever since she was
twenty-one years old, but that when
she removed to New York she was
disqualified by her sex.
Miss Rebecca Hourwich, q young
woman suffrage advocate of New
York city, who has volunteered her
services in the New Jersey campaign,
also smoke.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-08-24
DEATH EXPECTED
AS RESULT OF
A BABY'S FALL
Three-Year-OId Edward Miller
TumbIed from Window in
Mothers Absence.

Three-year- Edward Miller, of
229 Bank street, took advantage of his
mothers absence shortly after l
o'clock today, and while she was in
the dining-room clambered up on the
window sill in the kitchen to look out.
Losing his balance, the little fellow
fell to the ground, three stories below.
A neighbor grabbed the child and In
duced a passing automobilist to make
a hurried trip to the City Hospital. 1t
was stated there that the boy was
suffering from a possible fracture of
the skull and internal injuries.
Mrs. Elizabeth Miller, mother of the
tot, had been ironing. Edward was
playing about the floor. She had to
leave the room to get some clothes
that she had left in the dining room,
and the child pulled himself up to the
window sill, when he lost his balance.
When Mrs. Miller returned to the
room and missed her son she ran to
the open window.
She saw the little boy carried out in
the arms of the kind-hearted neigh
bor She followed the automobile to
the hospital in fainting condition.
1t is feared that the boy will die.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-08-24

Mrs. J. Sturm. of Chelsea avenue,
has returned from Lake Hopatcong.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-08-24
Mght-BloOming Cereus
Flowers in Store Window

Horticulturists and flower lovers
throughout the entire city are invited
to view the ight-blooming cereus,
which flowered last night in the
window of Hahne- -Stagg Company's
furniture store, Broad street and
Central avenue, and will bloom again
this evening The cereus is a genus
of plant of the order Cactaceae, re-
markable for their singularity of
form and the beauty of their flowers.
Giganteus, the Suwarrow or Saguaro
of the Mexicans, is the largest and
most striking of the genus.
This plant rises to the height of
fifty or sixty feet and looks more
like a candelabrum than q tree of
the normal type. The plant now ex-
hibited by the local firm has seven
teen flowers, and those that did not
bloom at sundown last night will
bloom tonight. after which the plant
will not become active until next
year.