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An VJnattainSbIe Ideal.

Describing the plan he has worked
out to reduce cverrowding in the
subway this summer. Health Commits
sioner GoLDwArER said on Saturday
what We propose to do Is to per-
suade the company II we oan. and TO
compel II n We must. TO maintain Its
winter schedule through the summer.
ANY attempt to reduce tho number
OF trains or tho number OF cars below
the number operated during the winter
will be regarded as a deliberate act on
tho part Of the company tending to
create or aggravate a nuisance"
The Interborough company Is sub
ject to regulation in thousand ways,
and the authority OF the Health De
partment is broad enough to enforce
practically any order II may issue.
Can It not, however, devote It's at
tention to an effort to induce the com
pany's patrons to behave reasonably
and to exercise little foresight in
their conduct on its property?
What, for example. would he the
effect Of request by the Health De
partment that would he passengers
seek out untitled cars instead of jam
ming themselves into those which are
already overcrowded? No user of the
underground lines who does not blind
himself Is unaware that frequently
/ -hav, hn iva ~ co
train are packed to suffocation the
end cars have vacant seats, or carry
standees in numbers 50 few that
they offer every opportunity for com
Portable travel except the unattain-
able seat for every fare.
For the great majority Of the pas
sengers the local trains are fast
enough TO satisfy all needs. Yet the
man whose trip is to cover the space
between two express stations and
who deliberately enters a local train
Is exceptional. 1t appears to be the
common opinion that a ride In half
| filed local car. consuming three, four
or five minutes longer. is not 10 be
/ thought of when an express train can
he utilized. no matter how crowded
! the latter may he. The passion To
ride in the expresses frequently leads
patrons Of the road to wait for their
departure. and allow local trains to
pass which would get them 10 their
destinations as quickly ms do the
trains they eventually take.
II the Health Department could de-
wise way to induce the public gencr-
ally 20 exercise little foresight and
intelligence in the subway Il would con,
tribute materially to the comfort Of
citizens underground. without IN any
degree impatring the virtues Of its
assaults Of what we understand should
never be referred TO except as the
Transportation octopus"
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To rnE EprroR ov TIVE SuN-Sir, Tho
well known saying Of y. r, Raruum.
THE American people Ike 10 Ne hum
plugged" IL brought prominently 10 mind
by the enthusiastic reception recently
given 10 Rilly Sunday upon his trlum-
plant entry into the Jersey silk city. II
seems that even the plous persons Of
Paterson have agreed to close their
churches Sundays during his sojourn in
order that there should he no side at
fractions to divert the throngs from the
meetings ~ tho great rev,valst.
This weird preacher. who has 30 sud
denly jumped into fame and fortune.
evidently finds beating the devil n more
lucrative profession than batting the
ball Ono would naturally no led TO
suppose that there we're enough clergy
men already In Paterson to direct the
conduct OF It's people along the paths
OF rectltude without resorting 20 the fan
tast,c exhortat!ons OF this itinerant
preacher
Tho whole outlandish performance
anyway may be summed up ny saying
that II "a sad commentary on the
character Of the religious sentiment
which pervades the community OF that
New Jersey city, ScEPTIc.
STAMFORD, Conn, April ~.
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sing Nuse' And may no corn or hunion
lmpete the march Of thy poetic feet
sing OF that ga.tronomic prize the onion.
That relish gives to Koulssh. stow or
meat
MAJ thy swee, cong IN. chrstma. carols
resl,nE,
The onion celebrate, smeiiodlous. pun
gent. strong
Peel after p-cl removed, we fnd revealing
It's Utmost heart, for which tn. epicurs
doth Ions.
Garlic and leeks in vain dispute II. merit.
Latins these substitutes may freely
choose.
No one who tastes discriminate inNerits
Can Ger IN. onion. rightly cooked, re.
when tina, Ola Noah 20 eecsr. Hoo
Entered with suntry beasts his home
made ark
Fen then tho onion. known IN species duo.
Both res ana white. was found in thai
quesr bark
shem, Ham ana JanhH eks ther lawful
spouses,
or Of thi. punsent fruit Ala freely
mNncn,
And whom they built on Arars. ,h.i-
houses
Their gardens hoas.ed many . frasran,
bunch.
Down - the present time. on many q table
In Araby, and France. and our own
Land.
In white House poe, house. consrsss
church and stable
Tho onion's wsiosms form doth frsausn,
stand.
Essential thou "a goose or turkey s,ufrns
smctherins steaka, or infant cav ache
balml
Freely I tender thse this honest pufins
calm.
Fair CORN Of strength! cosent hts breath
who often
OF thes partakss; fow viii around him
crowd
Prss doth he stand and sit In and troll,
Icy,
The rapid transit hog by thee is quickly
cowed.
No need to trace thy source Of ncm.n
clature
know by intuition what thou art.
love thee cooked or In . state of nature
love thss young or s,d. Give me tn,
HRssr W Iss,rp
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A Bundle Of Lawmakins Wisdom.

Ever since the New York Legisla-
ture prohibited that ancient and ap-
proved II somewhat r,Nie sport Of
head hunting with a baseball. known
as Aunt Sally" citizens of other
States. swollen with Estate PRIDE"
have been sending us specimens OF
enactive saplence To visiting. we'll
disposed foreigner many Of these acts
might look fictitious. the progeny OF
the unrestrained American sense OF
humor. feering at American follies
OF legislation; but the natives know
that n supposed law IL sufficiently
silly there can he no doubt Of it's au-
thenticity. Surely. Kansas is true to
form when she prohibits the use OF
face powders. hair dye. bleach. the
wearing Of earrings or perforation
Of ears therefor. Kansas must he
free, her cheeks, her hair, her recep-
tive ears unsophl sticated and una
dorned save by their own beauty.
Colorado IS an older II not better
suffrage sister than Kansas. In Colo
RADIO. we are told, chickens must roost
not later than p. NJ; and bulls
driven along the roads at night shall
wear lights" presumably bullseyes
Have Massachusetts and Illinois made
a law Of that old Joke the tax on
bachelors? SO we hear but even our
unbounded belief in the wisdom and
sociological "reach" Of lawmakers
contracts n little when we are asked
10 admit that Minnesota has ordained
that the lllmberja cks Of that region
of the Banana Bct Shall have ''in-
dlvidual bath tubs" and that North
Dakota has statute for the uniform
thickness Of sleigh runners. Are those
I.ycurguses OF the West satirzing
themselves?
From Wisconsin anything may ne
expected IN the way OF law; and II
the Badger teachers in school. nor
mai school and university are forbid
den 10 smoke ciga rettes Il serves them
right. We should like to know. how
ever, ~ n South Carolina act restrict
ing each Palmett'an 10 a gallon Of
whiskcy a month is not a cruel and
unusual punishment 70 the staff Of our
philosophic contemporary the Column
hia state. Whereas Nebraska by for.
bidding free lunches may be the more
inclined to It's high task Of living on
Mr.. RRYANs words. All friends OF
thin diet may rejoice nj that. So far
rs we are Informed. NIL this legisla-
ton IS IN solemn earnest. 1t IS seri-
Gus because Il Is burleslue. and Il Is
hurlesque because II IL serious.
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EQUAL REPRESENTATION.
Let New York City struggle for jus
tjce in the Constitution.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir; When
the state Constitution was last revised
and amended a great injustice was done
the city OF New York II was then pro-
vided In substance that the counties en-
braced in this municipality should never
have more than a certain proportion or
the state Senators and Assemblymen.
no matter what that population might
then or In the future he. The enect
of that provision has been that while
more than one-half OF the population has
been here, considerably less than half
of the members Of the Legislature have
come from this city.
Rural New York has jlmmied and
pilfered our cash box again and again.
and has purchased Immunity from those
acts through the negotiable and pernl-
cious features OF the present state Con-
stitution whereby the city Of New York
has a minority representation In the
State Legislature
The upstate counties on innumerable
occasions have held us up In broad day
light and relieved us of all our ready
cash. while levelling the State Constitu-
ton at our heads.
Taxation without representation Is tyr
amy. Thus our forefathers said when
they with equal provocaton threw or
British sovereignty. II is we'll that we
remember this. now that a new Consti-
tuition is In the making, for we In this
city are suffering from taxation without
equal representation. which is Just as
detrimental to our rights as though we
had no representation whatever
VIII the members OF the present con-
vention remember these wrongs under
which We are held and grant us relief?
There Is great need that we ask at this
time and keep on demanding until their
labors shall have been completed that we
be placed on a equal footing with the
rest of the state. and that this great city
he granted, as is its just due. more than
half OF the members Of the state Senate
and Assembly. The present Legislature,
controlled ms II Is by the minority
population of the State. emphasizes the
great need of our earnestly insisting
upon redress Of our wrongs that there
may he restored to us that full meas
ure of majority rule which is tho es-
sence of n real republic.
The Constitution should he drawn to
require that Assembly districts shall he
laid out SO that there will be an equal
number OF electors In each. and so that
no one district shall have less or
greater number OF voters than any other
district. The same course should be
pursued as to Senate districts.
SIMPLE JrsrrCr
NEw York, April IS.
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SAVING ITS FACE.
A Common Theory Of Germany's Re
proof Of This Country.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: In
the last few weeks more than ever be-
fore Germany has appeared to adopt a
nagging policy in its relations to this
country; so much 40 chat the world is
of events that have followed each other
almost as by "A prearrangemcnt
Germany knew some time ago that II
was whipped TO a standstill and that
the longer the war laste-i the less chance
il would have TO make any kind Of n
satisfactory peace. In order therefore.
that IL might save any portion OF its
Face II became necessary, according
to Germanys way OF thinking that
America as well as Europe should be
against II. so that IL might well say I'VE
cannot possibly prevail under all these
conditions, and must perforce give up"
The Joker in this piece Of stratdgem
Is the supposed indspos.tion OF tn,
United States TO permit any serious
>puiiation of Germany. should this coun-
try have any say In the peace making
and Il WAS Germary's evident intention
to bring US into that relation 20 the
present war Ny IN" insulting affront~ We
have thus far experienced We have.
however, 50 far moved correctly. ard II
we can send Won Rernstorff TO the right
about" without severing diplomatic r.
lations We need have no fear of tho
malcvolent Vaporlngs OF the German
press. here or abroad.
W. 5. PANGBoRN.
NEW YORK, April II.
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wrecked the railroads financially. ef-

wrecked the railroads financially. eff
forts were made to bring about rca
sonably profitable conditions through
agreements between the carriers
These failing because there was lack
Of any legal sanction for them. there
was nothing for the railroads to do
hut combine into large systems. There
is now no political dervish who would
advocate the dlsintegration Of rail-
road systems and return to the era
Of competition.
Not even the Government can have
and eat Its cake. II cannot extend
the scope Of public regulation over
the economic activities Of the citizen
and at the same time forbid the citi
zens to follow the line Of least resist
ance In the quest for profits The
theories Of the Sherman antitrust
law and Of the Interstate Commerce
act clash as violently as they ever
did. regardless Of the laws and the
prophets that have followed them In
adherence to both.
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ease, a complete reversal OF former
conditions
The casualties among field surgeons
are terrific. During the past six months
218 surgeons have been wounded, ~
killed and 100 are missing in the
German army. while 200 surgeons
have been wounded, 30 killed and
400 missing in the French army
the proportion IN the other armies
doubtless equals these numbers. sad
record indeed and glorious testimony
TO the heroism and patriotic devotion
Of men who amid shot and shell have
calmly done their duty without the
excitement Of combat to render them
Obvious to danger.
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"What Are We Democrats but So
rialists?"

In Lynn Of Saint Crispin the Hon.
HENRY FRENCH HOLLIS, a Senator in
Congress from New Hampshire. thus
bowed the knee TO Saint Bryan Of
Chautauqua
~ was finally converted TO Democracy
by WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN. the great
est exponent of true Democracy on earth
I considered WOODROW WILSON the COM
bination of the greatest and best man
on earth. but ne could not have got a
single measure through Congress without
BRYAN"
Mr.. HOLLIS was talking at dinner
Of the Lynn Democratic city commit
tee. Hear little Of his true Democ-
racy" from It's greatest expounder:
"Insuficient wages are the cause Of
all distress. That sounds like socialism.
Well, what are We Democrats but So
cialists? The principles of socialism
are only those OF pure Christianity. and
the time 10 coming when the Govern
ment will take over everything. reduce
IL TO a fair cost and distribute II at cost
among the people. The Government
should take over the distribution OF milk,
II II did the farmer would not he getting
only two cents a quart and you paying
10 cents for H."
A candid Democrat. who let's us see
inst what the immortal principles OF
the Democracy are in 1915.
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Pit Laws on Probation.

To THE EprToN oP TRH SuN--Str. "
appears IN me that what we need In tho
State OF New York moro than anything
else Is to put laws on probation, There
IL abroad n three year continuation act f.,
nm unwise law is automatically repealed
after trial n originated IN England
1t is extremely hard to repeal n bad law
In any of our States. Probationary
methods are safe and would be constitu-
tional. The new Constitution now in the
making could Ia introduced under such
an act and would save us the awful az
Fiction of living under undesirable laws
for an unlimited period. @. u. l..
New York, April Is.
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Of the regular performances and the
opportunity for extravsgant and err
ing talents make this time Of the year
the special day for IRsEr. We do not
believe that there Is any closer con
necton between the two maladies. IT
is true that there j. yawning in these
spring days an occasional sense Of
fatigue, which has been diagnosed as
that tired feeling" a desire to keep
in the open and other symptoms Of
spring fever. hut It cannot he true
that they are the effect Of 1BsEN any
more than that they are the cause.
The simultaneous appea rance Of spring
fever and the good old doctor must
he accidental.
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To TnF EDITOR NJ THE SUS-Str: Mr.
Fo.NeN in his letter published IN THF
SuN says ~ II were not for the WA this
country would he flooded with European
made textiles and wages would have TO
be reduced % per cent. here in order
20 compete. thus producing strikes and
no end Of trouble. Under the prior high
tariffs We have eyperienced strikes in
the textile manufacturing towns OF Fall
RiN'r. Lowell, Lawrence. Philadelphia.
New Bedford, Yonkers, &r
n higher wages must hs paid here,
who finally bears the cost and how are
they recompensed' VIII Mr. Folwcll
explain this? j. SUMNER
NV YORK. April II
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The Modern Army Surgeon.

That the world bestows honor and
emOlument upon the deStroyers of
life while indifferent to those who
save life is again manifest in the
news columns, which dwell insistently
upon the glories of the soldier and line
officer but leave the medical jour
nails to note the heroic deeds Of the
field surgeon. The reason may he
found in the methods OF history
teaching.
School children learn to revere
ALEXANDER the Great, the practical
results of whose achievements are to-
day mere shadows. How many IN
telligent persons even have read OF
HIPPocRArEs. whose discovery OF the
healing power Of nature has survived
the opposition Of twenty-five centu-
rips and saved millions Of lives?
While statues Of WELLINGTON and
other military heroes abound in Eng
land, there Is but one humble memorial
to JENNFR. who delivered the world
from some of it's greatest scourges.
The features of NAPOLEON are Ia
mihar; few would recognize the fea-
lures OF his compa trlot, PAsrEuR,
whose discoveries have saved thou.
sand times more lives than RoSAPARTE
sacrificed.
In our country, while achievements
Of military heroes are commemorated
in song and story, in bronze and mar
HE, the father Of anesthesia, Or, WILL
IAN THOMAS GREEN MORTON, who saved
millions from suffering and death, is
honored only ny modest shaft erected
over his grave by his colleagues, and
the only statue Of n life saver in this
great city, which Is beautfied by mon
uments TO life destroyers, IS that Of
the beloved MARION SIMS, also erected
by his own colleagues
We are led to these reflections by
the fact that only in the medical
Journals do we find mention 81 the
dangers which the field surgeon on
counters with heroic devotion on the
European battlcfeds to-day.
Cramped in the trenches he soldier
eagerly awaits the order of attack
or defence, inspired by the thought
that no 10 armed for the fray, while
tho surgeon under the same condt
lions must often crawl out and dress
wounds white lying fat with shot and
shell raining around him. Without
the stimulus Of combat and the r~li,
ance upon being armed that animate
other officers, the surgeon presents
ApDerhuman courage unexamplea In
warfare. We read OF no flag of truce
for burying the dead and succorng
the wounded. This humane work
must await the shades of night t.
protect those who minister tn thelr
fallen comrades, who though saved
from immediate destruction are forced
by this modern savagery to pro
longed contact with earth, from which
they are inoculatcd with the fata
tetanus germ,
IN the present war the loss from
wounds viii sxceed u1,at from A.,
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A Business Man on the Failure Of the
Public Schools.

-" Uuubct appropriation iVT lht
Department Of Education in this city
for the current year is 30.S4O, $40 90.
which Is 81 1885, 942.0s more than was
allowed for 1914. Yet the result Of
the expenditure Of this great sum
Of money is 20 unsa tisfactory that
MICHAEL FRrEDsAM, the president Of
Il. Altman 4 Co.. told the members Of
lIoi Scholastikoi, school superintend.
ents, teachers and members Of the
Board Of Education, at their meeting
last week, that
1T is almost impossible to get COM
petent boys and girls from the public
schools to-day.
at may be fair TO expect by reason
OF their mature age a fuller development
Of children to-day.
I'VE fnd. however. the reverse sttua-
ton"
Mr.. FRIrpsAM made plain that he
did not rest his assertion on the IN.
capacity OF those children who quit
the classrooms before the education
system had a fair chance to train
them. On the contrary, ne specifi-
cally excluded these unfortunates
from considera don:
ct DO not speak OF the children who
leave school before they finish their
course, but those who have their gram
mar school certificates"
In what do these products Of an
expensive and highly specialized gov
eminent enterprise fall short? Mr..
FRIEpsAM's complaint was specific
ut 10 frequently the case that the
average products OF the elementary
schools to-day cannot write iegibly. spell
or read correctly or solve easy prob
lens in arithmetic.
too fanciful an accomplishment to con-
template"
This is not the experience Of one
business man alone. Large employers
of labor" in Mr.. FRIEpsAM's phrase,
find that the public schools are not
doing effectively the work they for
merry did in fundamental subjects
Of education" and the average grad.
uate Of the public schools has a smat.
terlng OF many subjects, but thor.
ough grounding in none" The cause
of this lies. IN business mans opin'
ion. in IAN overloaded course OF
study" which In turn springs from
false notion of the function Of the
schools. Mr.. FRIEDsAM said:
The mistaken idea Of the public
school at present Is TO At the children
for the high school. and the high schoo
for college.
Less than 8 per cent Of all children
who enter the public schools ever &c
through the high schools.
what preparation Is the school Civ
ing 10 the other % per cent?
= An overloaded course Of study
"smattering OF many subjects,
simple fractions ian accomplis hmen
too fanclful To contemplate" illegibl'
handwriting and inability 70 read
correctly. these are the fruits reape
by the taxpayers from the direct ex
= penditure Of S4O,OOO,O0O and an indi
rect expense OF many millions more
We are now spending good sum fo1
enlightenment as to the mysteries O.
vocational selection and training; o.
what use are these to he n selection
and training are TO follow complete
! failure In the very primary functions
of the schools?
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Frl~ndr ~ humanity win learn WIN

Friends ~ humanity win learn win
panied surprise that a woman who nae
been selling newspapers IN Park Row
from midnight iii A. NJ. has retired
leaving her business 70 son. she mas
brought up and educated seven chill
dren. She owns two houses in Brook
lyn. Where were. whore ara the re-
formers and sociological elevators?
How could woman mind her own
business and such black, sinister
hours of business and thrive at H.
without molestation from the rcsu-
ldtors and leg.slators7
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HENDRIX LUND'S ART
ATTRACTS INTEREST
Clever Impressions by Noted
Norwegian Artist Show TX.
ceptional Accomplishment.
SALON DIES HTMORISTES

Tho paintings by Henrik tmna a..
Norwegian. on exhibition In tie ro,,.
geois Galleries are the work ~ I'll. .,
ceedingly accomplished artist Th4, r..
painter should fnd difficulty In on,...
ing appreciation here is incnuc.N.hl,
although on the other hand h's s'yl. q,
not sufficiently pronounced 10 croa,a ,,
international furore
We should he very proud ~ him We.
ne an American, for he IL clever iu 10
way our American followers Of N,r,,
are clever. He IL enamored of pa',,,re
that can be seen AZ rrst glance us
loves 10 slash about upon the cauv,,e.
in paint. He draws well, distinctly be.
ter than our American follower. n.
Manet Il Ia to he feared. and ne know,
how TO put a picture together and use,
agreeable color.
Were he ono OF ne, 4, 10 EASY N
imagine him walking of with p lr.
string Of our prizes AS II e. no da.N
our museums will begin to get r,s',e..
and feel that they must possess so7la
Lunds.
At the Same time conservative ar,
opinion here will scarcely echo All NJ .ra
enthusiasm that Dr This ~ Cir's'l,t..
writes in the preface to Mr. l.urd.s rt',
logue. One gets certain Whit - "a.
ture from the work IT b. true. a,r ,no
tone If the painter is hearty and fra,s
At the Same time the shadow ~ ~
great Manet hangs too heavily oyo- -.
work inst "A - ~ eplirgag fha eHpr.u .
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Brutal

no THU EDITOR or THE SuN---Sir! Don't
these suffrage women think they're Just
hyperpoppycock The chunks of
wisdom in their speeches are enough to
make II cat sick. When | tackle 'em, all
I can think of Is thu remark Of ono old
codger TO another in Pun0A: II don't
know a. over knowed man what
knowed an much as You knows,"
6uvpHRIN0 Mo0Ho.
NrW yOpK AnrI, ~