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GOLDEN LEISURE.
The Widened, Happier En;oyments Of
q Man Retired From Business.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. !
am In full accord with THE SuN in its
estimate of the good philosophy of the
man who retired from business at AZ
after acquiring wealth In twenty-one
years. Rest may be rust, Just as work
may be wear Conditions vary with
individuals. The one referred to, by
his achievement In a relatively short
period. shows superiority over the av-
erage or even better man. and with
mind well FURNISHED or fabricated may
turn to other activities more Congenial
han are to be found in the "dcmnition
grind" Of sordid transactions.
Confning mention to three prominent
men Of the city, Seth Low r. X. l..
Gould and George Foster Peabody, who
retired from business In the ~fortles. few
are more active In movements whose
intents are toward the betterment OF
their fellows in duty that We all W to
those weaker han ourselves. Surely
such action IL superior to chasing a
superiuity of dollars In selfish concern
and perhaps only to be d~issipated by
those who inherit.
I was In business between 10 and
So. and for more than a year before
REIMBURSEMENT debated with myself
such action In fear OF the emptiness of
unemployment. ! finally summoned the
courage to do that of which I was
afraid. Six years have passed, the
most tranquil of my life. ! have re-
ceived an Introduction to myself. md
have grown mora mellow and liberal,
while many ~prejudices have disappeared
AS / have become More conscious Of
my W ignorance I take longer steps
toward understanding
The world became larger after I left
a groove Of financial gain which car
ried but one item Of knowledge. 1t Is
A tremendous sphere, past, present n
future, the last promising impossible
ties. ] seek acquaintance and find well
ONE to the master minds OF the worlds
literature. and in other directions cul-
tivate fields Of activities which set ennu'
to flight, and the sunset Is golden.
New York. March "a RETIRED.
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be a long time before Berlin will
again acknowledge that London is the
centre for creating mems fashions.
But there will be no rivalry from
Germany OF American clothes archi-
lecture. The only styles for men
likely to be accepted from Berlin
would be military in character.
France and Italy have never con.
tributed to the inspiration of Amer
lean tailors. In the latter country
mems fashions are modelled on those
Of England and they therefore agree
with u own. But the cessation Of
the London designers throws the Amer.
lean artist on his own
How capable he feels Of handling
the situation. the confidence with
which the principles Of his clothes
philosophy for the summer are pro-
mulgated plainly shows. The native
manufacturers have gone TO work
with complete certainty that they will
please the public as well as meet the
highest standards Of %''sartorial' taste.
We are told that there will be no dis.
position to depart from the close At
ting garments Of recent years. that
there will even be a disposition to
make them tighter still. II took no
hint from New Bond Street to enable
u mandarins to declare that sack
coats are TO be somewhat longer"
and that trousers may be expected TO
cling the more closely to the pillars
they enclose.
The constitution of dress for men
during the coming season is of native
origin. II was evolved independent
OF any British influence. American
clothes for American men!
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Inviting the Sou1.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Str. The
question of the philosopher resting
after his years of work I'm the presum-
ably we'll earned enjoyment of the
blessing Of loaiing' has indeed suG-
gested. as you correspondent OF his
morning says. "a fruitful topic OF dis
cussion.' and one which affects in no
little degree a large majority OF the
American people. This very unwilling
ness OF the average American 20 take
HIS fair share OF the proverbial rest,
meditation and prayer" a natural cor
ollary to the possession of that rest
less energy which Enthusiastically charac-
teri1es him. suggests an interesting
comparison between an American and
an English man of affairs Il has
been said In contradistinction Of the
two that while both are h%urry'rg, the
former is h%urrying TO get to his bust
ness the latter is hurrying 10 get away
from his business. to his home. his
gardens and such A more proportion
ate mixture Of bus ness and leisure along
the hectic course Of our American man
OF Affairs in life mig be conducive 20
a nearer approach TO that mild man
nered though none the less energetic
gentility which denotes the Englishman.
Was II not Gladstone. surely one Of
the busiest and most efficient Of mod
ern Statesmen. VINO IN the midst or his
enrrossing affairs Of state gave the
world n scholarly work, Homer? BY
etvmology the two words scholar" and
leisure are closely related. Though
IT would truly be calamitous but how
likely. for the American business man
to fall beneath the curse Of ~loaang."
may I hasten 10 suggest that there IL
a great and vide difference between
losfins and fruitful resting. and between
laziness and leisure. X + :
NEW HAVEN, Conn, March %.
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q. Franklin TO the Wise Men in the
Legislature.

The project for a legislative inquiry
into the finances of New York city
rcgained consciousness yesterday, and
showed signs Of returning vigor, The
spring season in this city is about to
tegin; there are n number of excellent
hotels in Manhattan. and seaside re
sorts not far from Forty second street
lure the lawmakers. The hookkcep-
ing of the town government, IT'S eX-
travagances and futile expenditures.
offer as good nm excuSe as Is needed
for an excursion at State expense,
and every committee Of the IegislA-
turc provides n number Of well pnid.
not too combining posts for clamorouS
constituents,
Yet there are deterrent influences
that must he taken into consideration.
The State is not in a robust condition,
so far as its treasury is concerned (:
whatever the actual condition OF It's
hank account may he, the balance
is not larger than IL necessary. More
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-25
The Capital of Civic Conduct.

The eyes If nations are fixed ex.
p"ctantly on Hoboken It is the cen
ire Of good peoples hope. For four
years Iioboken is to he ruled. pro
vided the recent election is NOT M
set by the sons of Belial who are try.
ing to prove it Illegal. ny u commits
sion, the noblest form Of city govern.
ment. as those Of us who believe in II
love 10 believe. or the five Commits
Sioners four are or were Democrats
and one is or WAS a Republican. Bur
redeemed, r~egenerated and Olsen.
thrnlled by the genius Of commission,
Hob5kcn scars far above the pcttincS>
of politics. II she was Democratic
before. her destinies arc now In the
hands of mel transformed from their
old partisan selves, The Hon. PAT
RICK L. griffin, in his old IIobOken
days Of darkness the Democratic
boss. is one of the Commissioners and
will he chosen Mayor by his associates
If the courts uphold the fabric Of vir
tue. Mr.. G%RIfrIN'S speech 10 his col
leagues is saturated with 4 beauty
and a tenderness thar testify to the
new spirit aud the now form Of munic-
ipal endeaVor in IIoboken
Let us all work in harmony to &C
complIsh the things hat mean so mucn
for the lie Of the people of our city
Let us raise a standard of civic conduct
to which all men can turn with admir-.
ing eyes in the years to come. Lot a
peace loving people enjoy a lawful free
dom II we shall do this our EFFORTS shall
not have been in vain"
In the dark backward and abysm
Of time there have been sundays
when New York turned TO IIohoken
for beer. HencCfOrth New York ana
the rest of mankind will gaze long.
ingly and reverently at the Capital
of Civic Conduct.
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Make This City Pay!

IN the opinion Of those who control
the majority in the Assembly aud
Senate, Governor WHITMAN's tax re-
form bill is fatally defective in that
II provides a method by which the
burden Of State taxation might be
equalized between this city and the
rural districts OF the state. The ere
alton of a great department, with well
paid commissioners and subordinates.
naturally tempts the lawmakers: but
v this will not induce them to
pass a measure which In other sec
tons suggests that justice he done
10 this town.
Nor is the Governor particularly
%inslStent. according to the latest re-
ports from Albany, on this I'M epuh.
lican proposal. lie has told the leg
jslativc leaders that he is willing t.
have the bill amended to eliminate
the powers of supervision which
would tend toward n somewhat more
equitable distribution of the tax bur
den" This he would consent to in
order TO "allay rural opposition" that
is. to relieve the representatives, Of
county constituencies of the fear that
their neighbors may some day he
called on to pay a fair proportion Of
the cost Of State government. Nj.
WHITMAN sticks only to the proposed
transfer Of the corporation tax collec-
ton to a new expensive agency.
Therefore the maximum probable
benefits to be derived from this great
constructive enterprise appear at
present 10 he several new fat jobs for
loyal Republicans, which will be paid
for in the usual proportion three.
quarters by this city and one-quarter
by the rest of the State. Whatever
else happens, this honored Republican
practice must not be disturbed.
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ing a Republican President in 1915

Ing a Republican President In 1916
will not be enough" Nothing but the
sweeping away of the new sectional
ism" will fit the case. 1t seems al
most a labor Of Sisyphus, for sus-
picion Of the integrity and patriotism
Of business men has become a black
obsession in many minds. Mr.. RooT
~deprecates mere attack" Misunder-
standings cannot be banished by en-
ploying the tactics of the haters and
baiters Of organized industry. The
first thing Is" he says. that the bust.
ness men Of the country should be-
come vocal. Talk. agitate and ex-
plain. Fight to clear the air. Try to
make the people understand that bust.
ness is honest. 1t is fair. 1t is just.
''' We will not be governed by
men who look upon us as UNIT to par.
ticipate in government. Strike. strike,
strike with the weapon Of your in.
telligence."
The ex-senator does not exaggerate
when he says, with reference to OK.
cessive regulation. meddlesome In.
spection. %intolerable restriction and
legislation destructive Of individual.
ism that ut is again a question OF
preserving the Union"
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Mr.. Root to Business Men.

The address which ex-senator RooT
made to the Union League of Phila-
delphia on Tuesday night will he an
inspiration to thoughtful Americans
into whose hands the full text falls.
For the truths 1t told. for the lofty
non-partisan spirit that pervaded II
and for its Invocation to the business
men Of America to take the field in
order TO save the country from the
vicious tendencies threatening the
democratic form of government, this
great speech Of Mr.. Roof should have
the widest circulation.
No country where the business mel
are no longer consulted or listened to
by the Government can prosper. and
il must degenerate and decay. This
was Mr.. Iioor's theme. "A he said.
"knowIedge Of the business affairs
Of the country has actually di>1uali.
fled men from taking any part in the
control of the government ovcr huSi.
ness The cause of this, he pointed
out, was n new S~.~tlOnallsln The
great industrial communities of the
North and East are becoming subject
Il the control of people in other sex,
tlons Of the country who know moth
ing Of the North ana East. or It's bust
ness. or It's ideals What Intelligent
man. whether he he Republican, Dem
ora ~. IVAp III 49,, ..-.. 49,.
Mr.. Roof states the simple truth
Does no the radical. arbitrary and
oppressive legislation Of the last two
congresses eloDuently prove it-legis-
lation based upon the principle that
business. great or small. has no rights
that the national Legislature is hound
t. respect? Business may be able to
stand II for a season, hut in the long
Il the country cannot stand It, for,
to quote Mr.. Roof:
"If We permit a bureaucracy to estab-
llsh Itself over our daily lives conditions
MI go from bad 10 worse. Power will
be abused. Confidence will be utterly
shattered. ] gr.eNe 10 see business fan.
ing and to Sc" men out oi work, but all
that If noth.ns compared with the danger
that the . ,ple OF the United States
shall become subservicut to power and
that our love for independence and in
dividual effort shall be suppressed and
killed, So long as we maintain our love
of individualism nothing can prevail
against 1t. But lose 1t. and chaos viii,
follow"
To M man should the question Of
restoring the old landmarks Of the
Government b" a partisan question.
Mr.. RooT could not Justly he accused
OF arguing from II brief III the Interests
Of the Republican party. "Wc.l, what
IL going to be Done he asked. "Noth.
ing he went on, "can he changed by
mere counterbalancing. Merely elect.
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THE PRESIDENTS BURDEN.
Defence Of Mr.. Bryan Fighting Rum
Most Practical Diplomacy.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrS-Sir, II
O give the rlghtful Interpretation Of tho
Hon. Champ Clark's declaration as re-
CARDS The Presidents burden IL IL IN
deed ovcrdrawn. and worse than that.
1t is not So.
II It means what M. Clark intended.
then Il shows 20 me that he has not
Vet forgiven Mr.. Bryan for allowing
HIM to estrange his friends a, The
Baltimore convention. Mr.. Clark -ad
ample warning by me OF what was hap
pen ng to him. but unfortunately he
had established u~nbreakahle relations
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-25
THE GARY SCHOOLS.
High Praise for the Man in Charge
Of Their Work.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Str: I
am surprised that you hould give so
much space to the 20 obviously bidssed
criticisms OF Mr.. Wirt n the Gary
school system made by Superintendent
Shallow.
I happen 10 have Just returned from
n week 3 study Of the Gary schools. and
I can assure YOU that the most distn-
gushing feature Of the Gary school peo-
pc is their lack OF show Whatever
advertisement has come TO Mr.. Writ has
come from the people who have swarmed
20 Gary to study his schools, and not
from his initiative.
| went out with the express purpose
Of writing up the schools. was i'm
mensely enthusiastic from the star Mr..
Writ Knew my PURPOSE, hut beyond as
surfing me every opportunity To see the
varied workings of the schools. he made
not the slightest effort 20 impress me,
and I even found his modesty and reti-
cence a slight barrier TO some OF my
curiosity.
The teachers were friendly and will
ing TO talk. but there was So utter a lack
% any attempt at booming Or advsr-
Using the place that ] was myself sur
prlsed. The fact Is that they We're all
so busy living OUT the fne democratic,
Nbertarian educational philosophy OF
Dewey and Writ that they had no time
TO explain II.
The visitor must wander about himself
and discover the IDEAS n their mar
velious application Mr. S'allow should
know that Nj. Wirt's method Is exactly
not 20 lecture about his schools. He
Toes not TAX ~ teachers and superln-
tenden's about how he does II, but he
allows them to come 20 the schools as
ass stnnts 20 the principals and teachers,
Jus, as the younger Ch.ll goes into the
shop a. observer and ho'pe- % tho older
boys work. And 10 indicate how mer-
cerl-v NJ Writ IL, lot me say that the
fea VII these visiting teachers pay
.or the instruction goes not TO Mr.. Wirt
or the school. hut 10 the teachers whom
the visitors assist
This IA cNarsctersti ~ M Wirts
genius His whole school j. built on
-" principle OF learning by DO ne
A. f.~ Nj shadows structures on the
vocational wo'k, le' me ask him i' he
Srows many ev ming schools situated IN
small cities Vhi'h CIV" Industrial shop
WORK ir fourteen i Ifereut shops to AS
mlry as riu"tN-r .uo pupils a O ght9
The Emerson school wh.oh Mr. shallow
w,.t.ur~. is On. i.c vel iu jp section Of
G4'y In a" almost 'urelv American
re.sn.'rE1od II ue had goue 10 Fro bel
School 49, - Immigrant District ne ~ ght
have toured am even l.'ter record
u is rot to uc EXPECTED that old fash.
toned '"i ~uniWtElnat,ye educators like
Mr. Shallow should Immediately under
stand Mr. VIZ. bat J 'ann', account
for i.c fH|nau-rrss ~ NJ Shadows re-
port. except ~ ID vcrv lc'ern ned effort
:. d'-.r dir = wan who promises to do
"0'o ,'r NcN No than ANYBODY |
r.,N R>%rn' PIT : nurrNr.
&.' N,pL Nlrrh -
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The Omen Saloon Doors.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str. !
believe there would he less drinking,
certainly less drunkenness. In New York
II all the saloons were wide OPEN as
they are on the continent OF Europe,
Why is 1t that there drunken men are
by their absence THIS
thing of trying to regulate the sale
of iutoNicants is all humbue. As FOR
prohibition. practical prohibition. In A
cosmopolitan city like New York, II is
all a Wild, fantastic, hedlamite dream.
For COMMON SENsE.
NEW YORK, March "a,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-25
NEWSPAPERS HELP
TO FILL CHURCHES
MethOdists in Conference Hons
OF Publicity Campaign
in Newburgh.
JOINED BY CATHOLICS

At the opening session o. the Va
York District Conference Of Ne,hodt.,,
Yesterday In the Park Averue cb,..
Eighty-sixth street and Park ,vo,u.
reports were made on a publicity csu
paign conducted by Catholic and p-r.
tant churches in Newburrh In ,b,
campaign newspapers played a ,a-s.
part, The campaign. which lasted ,x
weeks, has just closed Newbu-rA an,
Marietta. Ohio. are tho only two c.,..
in the country that have had such cam.
paigns. IL was reported.
The Newburgh reports Shovel ina,
Methodism throughout the rural district,
especially in the Hudson valley, Is boom.
ing. Twenty to ion new 'nenbe-s h,,.
been added to almost every church an
the average. Money has come /. sren'y
better business methods have oh'a,ad
mems clubs nave been formed and Rb.
classes have been organized
A leader in the campaign. tho Rev
Dr. Arthur Thomson OF -. James,
Church. Nevburrh. was formerly pts,or
Of the Park Avenue Church Cairo.c.
and Professionals alike Joined tie nova.
lltfllA anu the HtN FlNd IFI~ tt"f. nN Id
vertisements and ave NAM columns
of space. About 5000 was extended
with them 10y The churches. AMI .e
churches reckon they got al least {liup
worth of results
In a city OF 1900 population j, VAS
reported a sunday Attendance o. iS.Ul
had been obtained. People who had no,
been inside churches in years az. .oa
regular attendants. Tho caupa.ca -
with such success. IN fact. that tH- CONE
mittees in charge Of ii have been made
permanent.
The chairman o, tho ee'.th.r-ou,
committee is Hiram T. Odci'. dr L,.s.o.
palian and brother az iarru"' Gov DAal
The head of the publicity committee =
W Johnson Mckay. a printer tal ,
Methodist. mother lead"- Is ieots. T
Barnes. Baptist. a plumber.
Catholic priests who aided Ia me can.
paign were the Rev FA'h hers O'Ci--el
Fabian and HAYES, and Other .'ersymsa
who Joined the moveUor, w"v. -a
Revs r g ~Stockwcll. J e ll'f." rI
J. W, Bahb.tt
Bishop Ear Crau7ton OF Was .'.1
is presiding over the Methods. D.r-
ference. and At tho organization re~-
ing yesterday the Rev. - W t,r'''.. -
Fordham was reelected serr"'t-f The
superintendent Of tho New York q -'r'
gave glowing reports % ,tr rs,gtos,
OF Methodism in this city. A"oir I.
churches singled out FOR praise ""-s s.
James's. Union. Madison ANcnut, 't
vary. Grace and -. pauis
The Rev. Dr. Allan MacRoss o an
nounced that the Mott Avenue Ga. q
Is 10 become r centre fur Methods p.-,
among Italians. and that Gtte 'at
on the West side, IS 10 start q ,AJ.fa q
to raise a 500 oV endowment tg.
Last night the Education Boaid .,l
It's anniversary meeting and TODAY Sc
women INTERESTED u. home M.ss.
meet. The Rev. Dr. Hannan Is ,uHal';'
ing Institutes each dAy a. 4 O'CLOCK
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Nothing seems much more remote
from present interests and tendencies
than the proposition to establish In
Paris a school at which American rs
shall equip themselves for the oper-
attic stage. : II there is one kind Of
an artist whereof the supply e ms
TO exceed the demand, II is the Ameri-
can opera singer trained In Europe
and just now eagerly seeking employ
ment somewhere.
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THE INSURANCE BILL.
President Dryden Of the Prudential
supports II.

To TIL EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir. May
! beg your correction of a headline In
to-day's SUN in which you state Pres
dent Dryden OF Prudential opposes New
York Bill'7 Inasmuch as the article
captioned in this manner has to do with
certain New York legislation. recon-
mended by the Commissioner OF Insur-
ance. the Hon. Frank Hasbrouck. and
Endorsed by the Prudential, the refer
ence to my supposed opposition Is. OF
course. an absurd contradiction Of fact.
The Prudential support of this leg'sla-
ton was fully and positively outlined In
a statement over my signature yester-
day. two paragraphs of which you use
under the misleading headline.
This statement In full was as follows:
Considerable confusion has arisen In
connection with the opposition to tho pas
Ssgc by the New York Legislature OF the
bill recommended BY the Hon. Frank Has
brouck. superintendent Of Insurance Of
that state. The Prudential's interest In
this bill II It's desire to continue 10 sell
life Insurance at It's present low rates,
notwithstanding the fact that II has re-
Gently mutualized. The sole point at la
sue between the sdvooat ties and the OPP
ponents of this meas sure Is whether life
insurance should be sold 20 the public at
as low rates as Is commensurate with
safety. or whether there should be added
10 the necessary premium an excess which
our experience has shown 20 be unneces-
Slry. The position OF the Prudential Is
that, having operated as a non -participat-
ing company since 1907. selling It's poll
Giles at low rates which have been dem
onstrated TO furnish adequate security
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-25
YER. the books OF the State have re.

over, the books Of the State have re.
Gently ruined the regulations Of sev-
eral esteemed statesmen and account.
ants, and for the relief Of the dis.
tressed heroic treatment from the
Comptroller Of this town has been
needed. The memory Of a gentleman
named FRANKLIN is held in high es
teen hereabout, and It might be well
for the wise men Of Albany to recall
his advice: "Clean your finger before
you point at my spots"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-25

The latest detail OF BriGadier-Gen-
eral SCorT may not loom large IN his
record. He has done many bigger
things than persuade four outlaw
Piutes to submit to arrest and go to
court but he V did anything bet
ter than the winning Of Old Polk and
his braves, a hundred miles out in the
wilderness, II was just like Scorr. all
IN N" days work, and We hope that
AT least he got some physical salts
faction out of his return for a few
days to the old life on the frontier.
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To TIVE EDITOR or THE Sun sir: This
name of fame In the glorious game Of
wal of a city surrendered without shame
has puzzled many The explanation Is
simple. II Is Irish Of oou'sc. One
Shamus McTurk. a soldier Of fortune, no
doubt, founded II and II was named
after him, Another James or Jacohus
or ShamuS evidently found his way to
Scindc and founded the city of Jncoha-
bad The haythius aud Turks uaturall1
made n hash OF the spelling, hut the
Gaylishuns got the sound AL right--iust
Shamus. THILoLodIsr.
New YORK. March "a.
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The adoption Of native fashions for
men or which the tailors are Just now
CONCENTRATING themselves will, in the
opinion Of the experts, he due to Eng
lands interest in other matters as
well as 10 Gernany's refusal to ac-
ccpt any longer the London supremacy
in mems modes. Whatever the result
of the present struggle may be, il will