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Bats - Mosquito Destroyers.

Looking toward preparedness in
1919 tho New Jersey Mosquito Elk
termination Commission Ia consider.
ing, we are told. the employment Of
bats in the work Of extcrmina ring the
malaria spreading variety OF the in
serts. The plan In said to have
worked we'll In n Texas city. where
a municipal battery Of 25O,OON bats
Is maintained at q o = of about $500
n year and many small battalions are
kept at private expense.
II In said the Texas experiment
shows that each hat catches at least
30 mosquitoes every night. making
~. 500 1000 insects destroyed between
dusk and dawn. Considering that
the bats pick nut only the malaria
spreading kind this Is not n bad show
ing. These figures indicate that II
the bats would work as well in New
jersey as in Texas they would kill In
the 2OO-odd nights Of the mosquito
season not far from r. O.OOO.O 600 Of
the pests. SO II only a quarter Of a
million bats could concentrate their
efforts during a mosquito season on
the Newark and Hackensack meadows
the number Of the insects would per.
haps he a%ppreciably reduced. With
bats enough in the New Jersey atmos.
phere to darken the moon and blot
NJ the star all over the State the
nights would he dark, but there would
be fewer mosquitoes.
hut there Is one weakness common
to the bat family, and thar Is the love
Of strong drink. In the days before
the civil war. when there was no pro-
hihition in the South. one of the at
fractions in many barrooms was a
hibulous bat hanger on. A little pool
Of bourbon was poured on the bar and
the bat wouldn't stop drinking until
he was in a hilarious condition. With
his attempts and failures to walk and
Ia fly he made a pitiful spectacle VI
himself. He seemed twice as drunk
as any creature not of both the land
and the sky possibly could he. Doubt
less this taste for hard drink is in
herited by many Of the bats Of to-day.
and II any Of the proposed Jersey
army Of mosquito destroyers should
find where they could get appleiack.
or even should discover that they could
get free beer in Hoboken, utter de-
morallzation would follow and the
anti-mosluito bar campaign would be
n failure.
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Ia Efficiency UndervaIued?

Ha rsh words were those with which
WILLIAM ". BARR. president OF the
National Founders Association, on
Wednesday evening assailed ths prin.
cipal exponent Of ethics in the Prsi.
dents Cabinet. No other member OF
that body has failed ~ ludicrously
TO understand his position or carry
out the plain mandates of the law
creating his ONCE" M has Secretary
RrDriElD. In the opinion Of Mr.. BARR +:
and ms Mr.. BARR declares his belief,
the business men around him applaud
and cheer. How disrouraglng to the
apostle Of reform this popular denim.
citation Of his efforts!
when Mr.. RrDYIELp entered Office
Efficiency" was his motto. He ut
tered II in trumpet tones from a dozen
platforms reiterated II In Interviews.
cmbalmed 1t IN official documents. The
whole wastefnl and inexpert structure
Of American commerce and American
industry was to he remodelled by his
expert hand: his advanced processes
were t o supersede the outgrown prac-
tees Of m ignorant past.
And Mr.. REpFrEID has contributed
nightly to carry ont his plan. lie
has set a noble example and enforced
1t with many words. He has eff
ciently interfered with business wher
ever the opportunity offered, and bust
ness by It's aching head has had cause
to remember his admonitions and fre-
Iuently repeated precerts.
Yet the great eficiency-ethical ex-
pert In not beloved Of those on whom
his b~enefsctions fall. They hold him
in low esteem. They long for his sup
preston. Cap 1t be that they are in
capable Of understanding his magnifi.
cent capacity and exalted plan?
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Mr.. AVENNER'S ARSENAL.
Cynical Opinion ~ His Munitions
Making Scheme.

To TIiE EDITOR or THE SrN-Su:
W hatrNrr may be charged against yol.
L VIII never bc said truthfully that
you are a "Wiseuhcimer."
Now. take the case Of the Honorable
clyde T,tveuucr. han whom this town
boasts no more talented false alarm.
You have not given HIM ,~edlt for
his principal distinction.
II" represents the district containing
the Rock Island Arsenal
Sow then Is not this patriot justi-
fled I'm lifting his voice IN behalf Of
Government construction Of munitions
Of war
The Honorable clyde pleases his con-
Sit'uonts and stays IN congress.
We Neutrality-suspicious. have no vote. We,
We ar" all from Missouri" We hay.
seen AL styles "f patriots. high and loN
pressure, standard gauge and direct
ignition. As soou As "A new savior OF
IA" reopl" arises W. immediately in
qu'rc "Nher" is he from and consult
our trusty CONGRESSIONAL Directory.
Tell me his district and ri tel,
YOU what he's for" is our paraphrase
OF the Rru Franklin maxim.
We've got yoL CLYDE go
A GoysRNME CLERK.
N~NSulNGroN, u G., November %.
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HUXLEY ON DEATH.
His Eloquent Words, Drawn From
Him by the Passing Of His Son.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir: I
read your editorial article rs There a
Lie in the Burial Service" and the let
ters In TIL SUN concerning that qucs-
tion. The opinion of Professor Thomas
Henry Huxley, the great agnostic and
cOiner of that word, Is worth quoting.
In 1860 Professor Huxley lost his
first born and only son His friend and
neighbor the Rev. Charles Kingsley and
his wife undertook to OFFER the con-
ISOLATION OF orthodox religion to Profess
sor Huxley In his grief. In u long let
ter to Mr.. Kingsley Professor Huxley
states very frankly his standard OF be-
lief and his ideas of the doctrine of i'm
mortality. In the letter occurs the fol-
lowing passage, which has a bearing on
the question. as there "A lie In the
burial service" | quote:
As I stood behind the comm ~ my irtle
son the other day. with my mind hent on
ANYTHING hut disputatton. tn. oniciating
minister read, as a part Of his duty. the
words, ~ the dead rise not again, let u
eat and drink. for tomorrow We die" I
cannot tell you how inespr~s~ih'y they
shocked me. Paul had neither wife nor
child. or he must have known that his
alternative involved a blasph-my against
all tina, was best and MODEST in human
nature. ! could have laughed with scorn.
what! Because I am face TO face with
irreparahle loss. because | have given back
to the source from whence Il came the
cause OF a " eat happiness, still retaining
through all my l,te the blessings which
have sprung. and Will spring. from that
cau~e. ! am 10 renounce my manhood, and
bowling. grovel In bestiality7
why. IN. very apes know better. and
II YOU shoot their Young the poor hrutes
grfev~ their grief on; and DO not NINE
dia.ely seek distraction In a gors-
II was Of no use to lie to Thomas
Henry Huxley. lie looked cold facts
In the face without whimpering 1t
was my pleasure to quote the above In
a letter OF coincidence 10 a friend and
his wife on the death Of ar only child,
and they wrote me that Professor Hux-
ley's words gave them more comfort
and consolation than ali the other let
tiers OF coincidence they received.
ARLINGTON II. CARNAH.
pATcpooU L.. l.. November 81
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Dry Dollars Men.

IN the clan Of Sullivan. whose last
potent representative. Senator CHRIs.
roPHER D.. has just quit The leader
ship Of de Ate. the most interesting
thing was its success in retaining
power long after its racial appeal to
It's constituents had ceased. The
Irish left the East side; the Jews
and the Italians succeeded hem but
the Sullivans were fixed and e-tab
lished. II Is not necessary to Inquire
into the manner in which their infiu.
ence was consolidated, or the way
in which 1t was used. Those To whom
Il was Of moment knew its devious
paths and manifestations unedifying,
Some incidents will be forgotten. as
well may he. The picturesque. the
appealing, the human will remain in
memory.
Big TIN. Little TIM. FLORRIE all
Of them are gone. Their lieuten-
ants. who enjoyed their favor, exc
cuted their commands, served as In
termediarles in the prosecution Of
their campo igns. have sunk from
sight. These were luminous in a re-
tected light. They fitted into the
scheme Of things prepared and sus.
tanned by their masters, without whom
they are as nothing. The Eighth Is
now a great Jewish district. CHAR
LEY ADLER In the days OF the Sullivan
power carried II regularly for tho
Assembly on the Republican ticket.
Iri NJ not he inquisitive; stranger
things happened, ann wise men put Il
curb on heir curiosity.
The district once returned an aston.
fishing Prohibition vote, The mystery
Of Il bafled The wise men. The ex-
I'lI!On was not far to seek. how
&c" TN" hlnnkct ballot with the
party columns was new, The Repub-
lirHus prepared their campaign of
education for voters trained in Eng
li~h. They had the first column. as
they read the ballot from left Ia
flghf' ihelr slogan was, marx. over
IN" frs, column" Rul their sup
yorrors in the Eighth read from right
70 eft, The Prohibitionists had the
last column that year: tn" faithful
followed instructions, voted in the
frst column according to their reck-
oning. and the revolution in sentiment
toward alcohol they recorisl thrilled
every dry In the land,
Some prophets say Senator CHRIS.
III viii 60 to Washington next yeHr.
Ho nay, Big TIM iried the national
carital and did q ike il. They
use Congressman for hi,rhing unsts
down there" WAS his summing no Of
~ experience; a doleful thing FOL
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THE ~RAGAMUFFINS.
Are They Derived From the tock
>hy> Of the Middle Ages

To TIRE EDITOR OF THE SuH-Sir. The
l'aGdmuiiius of New York are the liueal
descendants Of the participants in the
Cock ShNs OF the middle ages in F.lrope
In the early days Of this country In.
cock Shy had become a turkey shoot.
which grew into the target DAYS which
followed our Revolution, which again
deg"nerai"d INTO the parades Of the
East Side target companies Of only
thirty or forty years ago.
The habit of wearing fancy dress At
the TARGET companies parddes proh-
ably came from the fact thar they had
a iauoN dress ban the night before, and
many Of the members never got home,
The Youngsters naturally followed IN,
e>'mpl" If their older brothers. and
after ihe target companies had ceased
70 parade the YOUNGSTERS still kent, nm
IN" custom Of dressing up on Thauns
GIVING Day. Hence the one million
'm"r' or lrsSl Charlie Chaplins who
crowded ne on Thanksgiving pay.
:. II. T. pELL.
NEW NuNK, November -
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Henry fOrd's Idea.

II seems TO he generally believed
that HLNRY FoRD'S iitney peace TX.
Cursion Is the inspiration of an amia.
bio but loose reasoning mind. Mr..
Form Is free from suspicion Of nm.
worthy motives: he ~ not the paid
agent Of any diplomatic intrigue. nor
has he undertaken his mission with
the deliberate intention Of injuring
his country or any other country. The
honesty Of his purpose is NOT oues.
toned by those who most deeply re-
greet his mischicvous activities.
Rut the genesis of Mr.. FoRp's idea,
could II bc revealed. would he most
interesting. He believes. we are In.
formed. that IL came to him us nm in
SEPARATION. We should like to know
the source of It's inception. n urc
that IS perhaps. wen probably. hidden
from Mr.. FoRD to-day. II Is obvious
to whose advantage n peace o n
cluded to-day would be most advan.
tageous. II Is equally plain that the
Powers which could say I'VE are
ready for peace. and n wal contin-
e It will he the fault "f our enc
miles, would acquire a certain moral
prestige: sufficient. 1t might he. to
~relegate to comfortable ohscurity con.
sidcration Of the question who pre-
cipitated war;"
Unfortunately Mr.. FoRp j. not of
nm retrospective disposition. II he
we're. he might throw II flood of light
on II number 81 pcrplexing problems.
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4 Post-Thank>giying Growl.

To THE EDITOR OF ia SU$-HU. Why
i u that nowhere IN this big town ctl
be found a restaurant or hotel capable
Of roasting a turkey with the flavor tntt
the Boston COOKS give to IT,
At leas, IN an experience %eNteudinS
over forty years | have failed to md
such a place.
The French and Germar chefs seem to-
no conception Of III" ri-ut WY To-
prepare and Gas a turkey. her
ever you go the meat has Tho same
Insipid taste.
Any falmcI's fe Of the old stock ia
Massachusetts could teach them how 10
do II.
Then ther. are m.ncc pies. You cam
not ind IN New York u mluUe pie made
in the New England style, with bo.ie |
cider and other pecUlldr niVols and
hNlngs.
Perhaps NOT many OF your readers t'e
that the Old New t.ugllud house
wife did not allow = mine" pie 20 Ice
eaten uutil 70 was AT least q week old
In the winter miuee pies viii keen FOR
weeks and grow better a. thcv grow
Older that -, the m!nce pies they make
in Massachusetts NJ. T r.
NV NoRk, November 81.
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On an American Soldier Of Fortune slain
In France.


'"n, W. N,"N " -" '
''', "' "''l "
PASSED borrower eNef!'oI-
Passed Dry'hh al Joy or s'sh'hf
blhsh ~ eve or nush OF H""Ht
VINO hen-ath we 500 are iN'hg
In me '"fes' OF Arg"hhe
.
10. - "" 'y ""
speak no. question az We MAJ
somehow our 'h'Nrht" nave moved ~
Fle feihe'hhrth'e or IN" "'n'
Th't our lana mas 50 lons owed 20
Rochamoeau ana Iai"l cite
~ "'''' " e"'r"''
"'"Fr ~ V"'s Wv '"'"s Wv "''e'
Enr wha,.sr their v,lor CAV,
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The Secretary Of the Treasury.

Mr.. MCApoo's generously undertaken
Initiative IN the large matter Of ways
and ear Is perhaps warranted hy
statutory provision, more or less
slastic: and this statutory provision
does not necessarily conflict with the
constitutional requirement that all
bills for raising revenue shall origi.
nate In the House.
Nevertheless. the %Sccretary's func-
tons are administrative. not legis1a-
i've. One Of these functions IL man
datory. II Is clearly stated in the
Aw creating his office: for that ONCE
b not Of constitutional esta blishment
nke the Houses exclusive power in
the o%ricination Of revenue measures:
'The Secretary OF the Treasury shall.
from time 20 time. prescribe the form.
IT keeping and rendering all public &C.
cunts and making returns"
This IL a power. this IL a duty.
WhN'h 's'it'hIN h'.tUpo uVSS HUI
share with the legislature. His re-
sponsihility for the form and accu
racy Of the Treasury statements Is
full and undivided.
Mr.. NJ .\DoO now stands charged by
senator SMoOr. n very able mathe.
matician and accountant and a highly
responsible person who is u member OF
the Finance Committee of the United
States Senate. with having used his
l,uN"r over IN" forms Of Treasury
statement nor 10 inform but to mis-.
lead both Congress and the people
with regard Ia the true condition Of
The national finances.
VI hclhrr there is truth or fal>ity
IL his charge Of Juggling with the
tl-J"", ~ ~ to present an artificial
o. housekeeping balance. in order. aS
MI. SNoor gently expresses u. "to
maize II apl'ear that the Federal
Treasury is not practically bankrupt
II will strike most impartial minds
thai Mr.. MCADoO has just now on
hand - more urgent and distinctly III.
htcatCI job than that Of arranging for
the SiNty-fourth Congress a cOmpre-
hensive scheme Of ways and mean
through additional taxation.
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THE AUTOMOBILE AS A TOY.
Hard on the Nerves Of the Neighbor.
hood and Also ON the Machine.

To THE t,ptToR OF THE StN-Sir' II
automobile as a toy Is far. superior To
the horse 'iSdlc Of q half century ago.
1t ought TO he, for 1t costs considerably
more. Any y%oungster. even one dcsti-
tute Of ingenuity. could construct with
out cost "a horse fiddle that would keep
the nerves Of the n~eighb"rhood ON edge
during most ~ the day and the early
part Of tn. night. An suit
able for efe tive use as "A toy IL no
cheap co~ntrivsuCe II must be high
powered and seif-starting II must have
a very loud horn. preferably one worked
by hand and not by a battery.
The us, Of the automobile as n toy
is confined chiefly to tine residential
parts Of the town. and the hours OF use
are anywhere and everywhere between
$ in the morning and 10 in tho evening.
At about the former hour the machine
arrives in front Of the house from the
garage. The head NJ the newly prosper-
Gus family has already gone TO his bust
ness. and the automphiic is the emil
dren's plaything until he vcturns at the
close Of the day. Meanwhile the neigh
borhood is almost constantly reminded
that the family owns or poo sses an au-
tomobile
In order to use the dutoYlobile as a
toy one Of the children ND know how
to set the starter IN operation. how 20
advance and retard the ignition. how -
throw the clutch on and off and how TO
cut out and restore the mufner. Thus
equipped the and his little
brothers and sisters can play with the
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Kansas has a new political slogan

Kansas has a new political slogan,
'EradiCate the tobacco habit" II was
shouted from the batrlement OF the
WyandOtte County Good Government
club, and a. womon nave the franchise
in Kansas IT Is believed that II will
prove a good vote Getter." The Kan
sas city journal says;
Having driven the rum demon from
the confines Of Kansas, tine refurmers
now turn their attention to cleansing
society from every perfdious error into
which the human family has fallen under
the reign OF individual license. We may
expect soon 10 witness the pioneer anti
tobacco propaganda mount the stump
and declare that tobacco in all it, forms
must go
A Carrie Nation TO lead the crusade
has already been discovered. No
use questioning II. the spirit of social
uplift in Kansas il unquenchable.
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ol" who had been more than king.
II was Rig TINS boast that he was
~ better representative Of the Bow
lT"n." The assertion il oIcn TO argu.
mcn' The Rowrry Is not without its
dignity, anI DNN'i was y man among
men II may br TIM and D>N'L have
argued II OUT by nov. AMI before we
know their conclusion we may 500
tn" ris" Of another dynasty compare.
bic to the sullivan line.
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j. R. ANDREWS ART
WORKS TO Be SOLD
Collection Includes American
Paintings Of More Than
Ordinary Merit.
RUGS OF GREAT RARITY

The PAINTINGS aud oth,r .rf rr ...v
NJ the late j. " Andrew viii h, .,.I a.
public sale. TIA" ~ndmiuislrator. ~ tr
estate, Joscrl, NJ Trott and iyt' g.
Ross, having authorized ,hc NIt. n
Art Association to make ~" n, "
arrangements
Mr.. Andrews, wh" f"r mrut ..,-s
WIS president "f tlr U,J, " If 40
Company Of Bath. Me va. , ..t..-
sour NJ discriminating judrn'r' vro
succeeded In forming u rul',riIo. =
American and foreign painting 1t mora
thar ordinary artistic merit. chu,.o qr,'-
linens ~ Oriental porccla,rs aui utor-
tai rugs 81 beauty and gr'lt rarity
The Andrews collection is particularly
rich in works Of American artist.
winsiow Homer 81 repro "rfed ~
three examples, "Easl.S' Nost." "Itrfson
River. Adirondacks" and BURNT Noun.
tain: Albert r. Ryder by his famous
work Pegasus from the stamford whit.
collection Ranger by Looking Toward
Noank from Mason's Island b1tk,'ock
by six examples, "Gypsy Encampueu,"
from the A. A. Healy collection "Wuuicd
Glade" Moonlight" "Niew N.'r St.
yarre Ridge, California" "Iudiau , mp
at twilight and PORTRAIT - SIR.
Blakelock": Gedney Buncc by s'gcrsl
views In Venice. Charles II. DAVIS by
five examples, Road to IT," Nn'ar""
Autumn Landscape Melting Clouds
"a Windy Day in octol"i' g'l M.
important "WInd Swept tt'ld. u"g.,r
by shepherd and Flock n''rtn by
''Thc Village church tlact""e by
Beach Scene. Cape cod Hawthorne
by IN yellow" john la
Fargo by Peasant Girl and llor'"':
Nikko La,hrop by I'D Farm Primrose
valley; X. g. Minor by oscar N.artic
on the sound, + - Nf''.n'0- by
Diana and Minerva ",ir"y l,y Orra
Island" and "A Day IN Jun"
Works BY modern Dutch tH'..a and
English artists include IN" ~fn'''.rs:
old Church al Katuryck. o., t1n-
mers Dutch children and 'T"" Md
day Meal" by Kevor Tho Od MI and
Interior OF "A Barn nv Mrl'' frnm
the Joseph Jefferson collection .u'''"
Fisherman" by NcdhuSs fr"'. The
Joseph Jefferson COLLECTION "Sno. flsn-
erm.a," by rlcters "Shcep D. Meadow
by Ter Mcu,cn: "SAui Dunes, BY
Wiley Child Picking pa'-."s, %. Ar'z
Oriental Figure hy b.aa, tiu -
Ing!!s collection Autumn Ey'."c \
S~olosne," by Rousseau. from Ia" N.uy
Gra,es collection "Ou tic b"ata a
Katuryck." ~Raruyari IN HOLLAND and
Dutch Scene by Wc.s"' n'4 A
Village" by Nollon pay Dreams A
Country Road from the lag ''>
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NOEL.
What Shall Christians Do on The Natal
Day Of the Prince Of Peace

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN--Sr! A
month will bring the great Christian fes-
tiyai. Chimes ut midnight and at day
break will carry to camp and trench, to
palace and hovel. their message. Peace
on earth. good will to men, Up and
down half the world the Christmas sal
utations, decorations and gift making
will prevail so far as new poverty and
losses ~ dear ones will permit a celebra-
ton Of tho day.
What u farce, In the field armies are
hutchering one another, though scnsi-
tive as,to the exact method of death
used by their advcrsaries Hostility is
at fever heat, Killing Of men In arrns
aud in'iictiou Of suffering upon the
enemy nations arc tho tasks 10 which
each Christian people bows itself.
Until this war Is over the churches of
Jesus In belligerent countries should
avoid the painful contrast between tho
religion they preach and the annihila-
ton they condons by closing their doors
The conflict may be Inevitable. but docs
any ono think OF II as Christian
Peace on earth. good will to men. Let
no belfry proclaim the glad tidings while
.rurposed destruction OF life nils earth
and sky. But II the approach OF Christ
mas car DO made tho reason for an
armistice. let Christmas Joy prevail and
love and good will run over the warning
lands. bringing healing and sanity.
win Christian nations have the cf-
frontery to carry hoetilitics over the
natal day? r.. O.. SMITH.
SroRRs. Conn, November 81.
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Youth grappled with maturity on
the Polo Grounds yesterday. In the
lineup for the Navy the oldest player
was twenty-five. another was twenty
one. six were twenty. two nineteen
and one eighteen. Compare the Army
representatives, the West Pointers:
three were twenty-three. three were
twenty-five. three were twenty-one
and two were twenty. There were
Two youngsters on the Navy a six
feet or over and six on the Army
side. In total weight there was. how
ever. little difference. the army eleven
tipping the scales with an excess Of
only eighteen pounds. Nevertheless.
It was a contest OF boys against men.
A victory for the Army WAS expected
Greatly it IL to the credit OF the
valiant Middies that the confident
soldiers could make nc O than II
points against them.