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THE MUSICAL AMATEUR.
Are Simple Possibilities Excluded
From the Programme?

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: I
am growing old and grouchy, so pardon
these remarks. What | say Is, What's
the matter with our amateur musical
entertainments? Courtesy compelled me
to attend one not long ago that got me
so tired that ! felt like an automobilist
who has cranked a cranky car until he
is fit neither for heaven, earth nor hell.
The show was given by Professor
Blank for the benefit OF his pupils and
this is what we poor invited victims had
to endure
THE Mad Scene from Lucia sung
by a half grown girl who might better
have given us "Tammanee! Tam
nance. the duo from Verdl's "Ro-
meo ct Juliet ung by u squawk
voiced man and n shriekinR woman. who
could have made n hit at Coney Island
as a barker team THE Jewel Song"
from Faust by Miss Blanketty Blow
Uve changed her name). who was
about as fit to deliver that piece OF
musical goods as ! am to write a sermon
FOR DR.. Lyman Abbott. and the quar-
tct" from "itigoletto,' hurled at u
dcfcnceless heads by four human meg
aphones with c%atapultlc violence.
There was more OF the same. and I
am prepared to swear that none of II
was anything but an attempt to give
''N'a ANi'N 'tl'Nt 'Vffh' ~ i'NN' tN'N'
They simply had been taught to sing the
things they carslot sing. with the result
that none Of them will ever he able to
sing anything he could have learned TO
sing. There was a piano player, too,
who clawed at one Of Liszt's 'Rhap-
sodies," and did everything cruel to the
plano except break the strings.
| go back In revery TO the good old
days when / was a boy in Jersey City.
that lane of budding genius whose
fires are long since dead, and tho
younkers got music training fitted to
their limit. and did not expect to rival
Jenny Lind, Brignoli, Gottschalk and
Thalberg, but simply learned to do what
they could do and no more. In those
rare days ones father sent the child
10 Tho Professor with a distinct
understanding that a finished musician
of the k!nd in vogue would be delivered
In from six months to one year. accord
Ing to the style desired. six months
guaranteed TO play a piece twelve
months to play n piece n read vocal
music at sight," and the old man got
his reward every time.
Under this beneicent system every
pupil could play The Maiden's Prayer"
monastery Bells" and The Old Guards
Qu!ckstep' on call. and there were
always plenty of singers who could give
an audience any sons it asked for. from
THE Cottage by the Sea to Come
Where My Love Lies Dreaming" and
give It good and proper too In other
words, the music genius of that epoch
pla! ed what he could play and sang
he could sing. not what he couldn't.
In revery / hear them now, and again in
memory | sec the masters sign above
his door. bearing its lesend OF modest
worth and willingness to serve:
pRnEI-SSnR - u VAN
Instructor In Vocal and Piano Music and
Organ Playing.
Piano Pieces Guaranteed In SIX Months.
Terms Eight Dollars n Quarter.
Pianos Tuned.
Thus II used to read but. alas. il is
forever gone. H!nc ill9 lacrime.
ZEBINA FNEDRIR.
NEW YORK, July 3.
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Pennsylvania Shame.

1t must shock and humlliate the
friends of the University Of Pennsyl-
vania to learn that it's rolls are
sullled by the names OF alumni so
ignorant that they are unable to com.
prehe1ld the beauties OF free speech
and so debas ed that they do not fame
with anger we the firing out OF Pro-
fessor SCoIT NEARING.
These unenl!ghtened sons of a VEN
cradle institution benefited so little
through the opportunities 1t offered
for broadening the mind and deepen
ing the understanding that they are
capable of proclaiming such depHaved
sentiments as these:
Freedom Of speech should he re-
strained by common sense and CON-
mon decency."
Freedom Of speech should be exer-
cised in absolute regard for the rights
Of other men,
Freedom Of speech should not be
used To cloak experimental ideas i'm
parted under guise of instruction 10
persons not possessed of the critical
faculty"
Freedom Of speech does not Justify
Incorporate, persistent and astonishing
expressions of INFESTED theories"
Among all who have been educated
to the proper appreciation Of the
theory that freedom OF speech means
the bawling Of pernicious doctrines
In violent and vulgar words, at all
times and in all places, how benighted
the proponents of these revolutionary
opinions are will be Immediately ap-
parent. They bring shame to the
university and sorrow to all enlight-
ened men; and they will never be
permitted to matriculate at the Near
ing School FOR Noisy Talk.
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How the Compulsory Valuation Rule
Affects Interstate Trade.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Slr; !
wanted TO send on approval to chicago
a nicture of the value of $4,000 and
another one Of $4,000.
By the new law which went into erect
last month | am compelled to insure
the full value with the express company
NJ the rate of SO a thousand, therefore
SAYS, while the rate of all other insur-
ance companies is only 60 cents a thou
sand. or SIS instead of 1878.
The express companies have fixed A
uniform rate OF SO a thousand whether
the pictures are sent to Philadelphia or
10 chicago, and the shipper is compelled
by law to insure all pictures sent by eN-
press companies, whether he wants 10
insure them or not.
There is so ltttle risk In sending n
picture to Philadelphia by express, only
Two hours by rail, that II liz not only an
imposition but an absolute restriction
of trade to compel paintings to be In
sured at SO n thousand with express
companies When the regular rate Is
10 cents,
Express companies shares ought 10 -
n good investment as LONG as this arbi-
trary law is IN force, bat how long VIII
this restriction Of trade last
EDWARD BRANpUs.
NEW YORK. July 3,
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TRAVEL TOO GREAT
FOR THE GUESSERS
Railroads, New Subway and
All Other Transportation
Lines Taxed TO Limit.
JUST ABOUT EMPTY

Nobody counted the temporary de-
crease in the city's population yester.
day, for the simple reason that ordl-
nary turnstiles and such can't count
that high. Besides, about noon. when
the general exodus finally WIS on the
ebb. the ticket takers ut railroad sta
lions, steamboat piers, ferry slips
and every other cutie, decided
everybody who was anybody had
zone to some place out Of town
and just casually referred to tho
census list when asked for figures.
one could ind out where everybody
w%ent-that ia. everybody who was not
in the holiday week end rush on Friday
and S~aturday-but to find out even ap-
proximately how many there were OF
these one day pleasure seekers who
swarmed through every gateway from
6 in the morning until afternoon ard
then streaned back again until long past
midnight--well, it could not be done.
that's all.
Experienced guessers estimated that
suburban travel to the resorts along the
Jersey coast and Long Island, leaving
Coney Island out altogether. established
a new record despite the enormous week
end traffic tine day before.
Add to that the fact that every CON
trivance which could be catalogued as
an automobile. from a tricycle. UP and
down the scale to a 1916 eight cylinder
car. was tankcd up with gasolene on
Saturday night for some kin of trip yes
tcrday morning and afternoon and one
may get an idea of o nearly deserted
the city really was. Most of tie big
garages were emptied early and oil day
long the good and bad Dad through
the suburbs of Long Island and New
Jersey and along the Hudson were fairly
well crowded with new and old devices
on wheels.
Special trains left the Pennsylvania,
New York Central. Jersey Central and
other stations and terminals from early
morning until after noon. Tho Long ISL
and Railroad ran long trains 90 he
Rockaways on ten and twelve wiaEtos
Roadway. beginning before I O'Clock.
The usual Roadway on Sundays Is thirty
five minutes. II was estimated that UP
ward Of 60. 0CO people went "a The
RocNaway beaches and Long Beach IN
the morning and early afternoon The
traffic in that direction Was heavier
than ever before.
Extra trains, all crowded, carried be-
tween $1,000 and 10000 persons to At
lantic City and Asbury Park and other
resorts on the Jersey shore. station
Master Egan at the Pennsylvania sta
ton said that ordinary out of town
travel was normal, but he also veutured
the opinion that in spite Of the double
holiday yesterdays suburban traffic WAS
extraordinarily heavy. The jersey CEN
trail ran three extra trains to Lake Hoo
patcong and Mauch Chunk. Thousands
of persons travelled on these excursions.
The large number OF out of town
pleasure seekers yesterday was con-
sidered remarkable in view of the eN-
traordinary crowds which went away
from the city on Friday and Saturda,
for the week end. All the forenoon
there was a continuous stream of people
from the Brooklyn bridges crossing
lower Manhattan to ferries and the
Hudson tubes, bent on q day in the
mountains or at the seashore.
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Moreover. there are several

spends. Moreover. there are several
other United States than ours in
this hemisphere, Brazil. Colombia.
Venezuela and Mexico. I'VE evidently
are in need Of a real name Of our
own" says the Retired Rear Admi.
raj" Nevertheless, there Is nothing
to be done about II. We shall have to
go on calling ourselves Americans and
suffering no limitations.
The Retired Rear Admiral" in con
clusion deplores our lack Of a council
Of national defence to prepare us for
war In the most warllke period OF the
worlds history. The navy. our first
and really our only bulwark, has not
even a general staT, and the organ
Izat!on Of our military is as
loose as a rope Of sand. For instance,
the coast defence Is under the army
when the navy should have charge Of
1t; 70 are the mine fields and mine
laying and our waterways. We have
no army or navy reserve ut all. In
fact, the national defence Is pro-
vided by "the casual friendly co.
operation Of unrelated and indepen-
dent departments of the Government"
and there are wheels within wheels
whirring In disunity even in individ.
ual departments. In brief. world
power as the United States Is I'm the
estimation OF the American people. IL
Is not organized as a world power and
Is therefore, In Captain NrBLAcK's
opinion. not in a position or compe-
tent to play the part.
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Equitable Division. Gentlemen.

We sincerely trust that THE SUN
will not he considered intrusive in
bringing to the attention of the men,
bers of the Legislative committee
which next August will, with Il
pure. disinterested motive, inquire
into the financial affairs of New
York city, a matter Of domestic econ
omy which should receive its early
ana most thoughtful scrutiny.
The committee has 5000 to
spend and the good nature of the
Legislature to draw upon. 1t con-
slsts Of six Senator'S and six As.
semblymen. or the Senators two,
Mr.. Brown and Mr.. WEEKS, come
from outside the city, while four, Mr..
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Mr.. Bryan Sets the Example.

The Hon. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN,
who Is unable to break himself OF
the habit of addressing the chancel-
leries Of Europe, commands the states
men Of the warning nations TO name
the terms on which they will accept
peace, and thus rid the world Of
armed strife. More: Mr.. BRYAN Is
willing, even anxious, to formulate
for them an ideal, a model proposal,
Oh which they may pattern their COM
m~unications. and by which they may
be guided in their negotiations.
To Mr.. WILSON his former Secre-
tary Of State proposes these terms:
that the Presidential intelligence
shall be surrendered to the custody
and control of the Bryan emotions;
that the Presidential conscience shall
be interned at a spot on the River
Platte to be agreed upon, in the
state Of Nebraska; and that an in
demnity in an amount equal to the
salary Of the Chief Magistrate Of the
United States shall be paid. between
March 4. 1917, and March 4, 1921, to
Mr.. Bryan.
This peace programme, to the ac-
complishment Of which Mr.. BRYAN
now devotes all the energies Of his
irenic nature. is guaranteed by its
author to be humane, disinterested,
and inspired by supreme devotion to
pacifsm; and 1t Is offered to the
diplomats Of the world as an object
lesson in high magnanimity and fine
generosity.
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THE OLD

Prom The EvESiSo suS Of June IS.
n men may mourn for brokew walls
As gods and little children do;
n mon may peep for vood aud stone,
Old friend, I weep thts day for you!
re time corn step, the t,oisfed stair,
What dreams hare gone a~-cIimbin0
therel
re cluttered desk, the busy room,
re story spinning on ITS loom,
rae voices and the clacktn0 keys,
TAs toll. the strife, the memories!
Dvt aoU thy measured sands are spent,
Fote's finger mores against thy UalL
TAtSs honored history 10 done,
And Time tprites ants TO u ILL.,
The honest brick, the naked beams,
The settled dust Of ancient dreams!
Tke bitter aud the sudden sWeet,
The hands that served, the hearts that
beat,
Hop dear a U~orkman's memories are !
Beneath those dim and aged caves
Was traced With many a aTtren pom
1he heortbeots Of a hundred years,
The moving paoeontry Of men!
Btt woV NO more Of trtsmphs soon,
Good friend, thy WsefWlwess 10 done.
Yo~~0 heort that strobe the stair to
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UNPUNCTUAL LILLIAN.
An l~lluminatiye Incident In the SocinI
Intercourse Of Two Women.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: "A
Recent Sufferer from woman's unpunc-
tuality to man might have added that
some women hold other women to pune
tuality too. A lady of my acquaintance
said
why, just think Of II! had an ap-
pointment TO meet Lillian AZ her apart
ment to go out at ! o'clock. ! didn't
get there until l As o'clock myself, and
do YOU think she was ready? No, in
deed, she was Just taking a bath !"
But "A Recent Sufferer" is too sweep
ing in his charges. There are plenty OF
women who are ~scrupulously punctual,
and there are plenty OF men who are
not. And as for s~eltishness, my expert
ence is that the majority of men are
selfish. while 1t is only the occasional
woman who displays this happiness de-
stroying characteristic.
am a man. C.. J. NJ.
BROOKLYN, July 3.
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CROMWELL, Mr.. LOCKWOOD. Mr.. WAC
NER and MFR. CULLEN, dwell within
the town. or the Assemblymon Mr..
SMITH, Mr.. SHAPIRO and Mr.. SToD-
DARD hail from New York. and Mr..
Laws home Is in westchester. con
venient to the city. Mr.. MAiEB and
Mr.. BREREroS come from remoter
districts Of the state.
1t is plain that Senators BRowN
and WEEKS and Assemblymen MAIER
and BREREToN must he maintained at
Stnte expense in hotels fitting 70
their dignifed stations. But the other
committeeman will be living at their
W homes while serving on the In
QUESTION. Thus the gentlemen from
afar will get n larger slice of the
generous fund provided by the tax
payers than their brethren In New
York; n discrimination in favor Of
upstate that no true patriot will
patiently bear.
We make no suggestion as to the
method by which this inequality
should be remedied. The ingenuity OF
senator Brown. We are sure. will
find a way TO distribute the fund with
absolute impnrtiality and fairness. We
merely desire to bring 1t to notice
now. in order that hereafter 1t shall
not give rise to disputes which might
interfere with the harmony essential
to the despatch Of the committees
important duties.
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PROFIT PERCENTAGES.
Workmen Get Fair Share Of What
They treutp.

To THE EpIroP OF THE SUN-Sir. l
was interested to see In YOU columns a
report of the investigating committee of
the National civic Federation which SO
effectively exploded the theory hat the
toilers receive but one-iifth of the prod
uct of their industry. 1t houl help to
sober, to bring down to right reason,
those persons who have been led astraY
by the socialist jugglers of census
figures.
Sc long g as 1896 our then Labor
Commissioner, the Hon. Carroll -.
Wright. wrote an article IBulletin No.
8, Department of Labor. March, 1866
In which he refutcd the assertion that
labor receives only about Is per cent.
of the gross value of the products OF
industry, while capital receives about SO
per cent. No, II IL not by classifying the
figures, but by drawing erroneous de-
auctions from them that the socialist
agitators come to their Exaggerated con-
illusions. Mr.. Wright shows that these
persons take tho value of the gross
product as given in the census of 1850
and divide 1t by the number of EN-
ployees engaged in industries. The per
capita amounts to Sl,365. Then noting
that the average wage paid is s3i1, or
III per cent. Of the gross value, they
draw the conclusion that the remaining
Sl,6ls, or s2.3 per cent, goes to the
EMPLOYERS. tCIoriuE entirely the cost of
materials. deterioration of plant. insur-
ance, interest. Sc. Taking the 1880
census the agitators found The value. of
III, gross product am employee To bc
s2.9Oi ana the average wage to b.
s445 they then concluded that the bal
ance OF $l,7bp goes L. the employers.
MIR. Wright says that according to Tia"
eleventh census GsYOJ -uIS per cent.
went to labor. @I.7i per cent, to miscci-
laneou, expenses. salaries, interest.
profits, s.. SJ.0> per cent. was cN-
pended Tor materials. II is his latter
division. tie cost OF the manufacturers.
materials that the agit,turs utterly
disregard In many instances they are
bent more upon prorpiuE mp their false
theory than ON getting AZ the facts,
Father Ryan. Professor clark and
Editor Pape and the National civic Fed
Grafton are to ho commended tor the
ciiicicn, analysis Ia their report. Their
Investigation suStdiuS the contention Of
oar late Labor Commissioner and brings
the matter up to date, They have
analysed the best data obtaiuablc from
industries rlat employ 10000, coo wage
and salary earncrs They find that the
average value of the gross product an
employee in those industries noun To
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MEDICAL CORPS GRATEFUL
Vacation WAR Relief Committee
Gets Thinks From Front.

Mrs. Francis Mon, Bacon. Jr. .'
tho Vacation War Relief Commute .
received a letter from cant. r
q. ,icgGlc of the CaUadiau Army N..
cal Corps thanking the ."mm''',
medical supplies.
When they We're received s ... '"
letter, "the Canadian division. .'.i
and supported 10y a division OF r,
torials. had just begun q srr F
heavy attacks on the enemy 'Irr.. Of
ing which casualties Were or.r u
very heavy. and ouI sumu,',-
welcomed Ny medical others, v.'
often obliged to work under ,.l- '..-
able disadvantages
1T might intoIosr YOU 10 k"'" '
your supplies hlvr Boon ms ! r'
our dressing stat .uS 30 every N''" -
the several arW.os ,'ulg.l on t.' ..
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Stop the Abuse Of Honorable Men!

We commend to the serious atten.
tfon OF all persons now engaged In
the campaign or aDuse Girocted against
die manufacturers anc merchants who,
complying strictly with municipal and
international law, are engaged in
trade with the belligercnt Govern.
ments OF Europe the heavy respon.
sibility they have assumed in setting
up their personal %prejudices as stand,
ards for all men and assalllng with
malignant ~y!lihcatlons those who com
port themselves in accordance with n
different code.
Under the cunning manipulation
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A MlsnAmed Society and One Of Its
Conspicuous Supporters.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: There
has entered our house ~unbidden. through
the United States mail. An envelope
horribly filed with circulars and pam
phlets coming from what Is styled the
American independence Union"
This attractive name when examined
by the light OF the documents in the en-
velope is found to be entirely different
from what the outside title proclaims.
In reality thus disguised II Is the head
quarters OF the malevolent Prusslan
propaganda In this country which at
tacks our Government and everybody
else who does not believe that the Ger
man Emperor was divinely conceived and
born to impose Kultur on mankind.
1t is useless to eXpose the fallacies
of their position and statements. Suf-
flee IL TO say that in their efforts to
bolster up a case they twist law and
logic, beguile the truth and fatigue
justice.
But my main purpose In this letter is to
ask why the United States Government
should permit its mail facilities to be used
by these Teutons disguised as Americans
to circulate documents against our
Government and incite citizens of other
n~ationalities into a hostile attitude to-
ward our Government. Is IL not within
the powers of the Postmaster-General to
exclude from our mails traitorous iitera-
ture put forth by n foreign Government?
Among these documents Is a bombas-
tic pronouncement by the Hon. Charles
Nagel of ST. Louis. Some of us recall
this same Mr.. Nagel's conduct in the
Taft-Roosevelt primary contest for the
nomination at Chicago. Mr.. Nagel as a
member of President Taft's Cabinet was
selected to look after Missouri. How Mr..
Nagel at tho critical m was seized
with cold feet and how President Taft
lost Missouri. perhaps only Mr.. Nagel
could explain.
Is It TO be wondered at, then, that Mr..
Nagel should turn against his own Gov
eminent and uphold the Kaiser against
President Wilson?
THOMAS r. Ivy.
Souri, CONWAY, N. H., July 8.
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The Liberty Bell departs to-day for
the Pacific coast, whers It is to be
shown at the San Francisco exposi-
ton. This invaluable relic is badly
cracked and in its transportation Is
involved the risk Of further injury to
1t. Every consideration Of sentiment
and every dictate Of good sense urged
that It be kept in safety In indie
pedence Hall. but the desire to con-
vey it across the continent overcame
all other thoughts, and this invaluable
possession OF the people is again ex-
posed to danger to crafty an un-
necessary. II understandable. curiosity.