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THINK OF THE MUSICIAN.
The Slave OF the Movies Pleads for
One Days Rest in Seven.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SCN-Sir: There
is considerable agitation over the ques-
ton as to whether moving picture thea
tres, vaudeville houses and resorts OF
TO conduct performances on Sundays.
Much has been said Of the beneficial in
huence which these institutions exert
upon men in keeping them away from
saloons and questionable resorts. But
consider the musician. the man who for
seven days and nights a week puts life
and vim into the performances.
He is compelled to be at his post
from I o'clock in the afternoon until
IL o'clock. sometimes half past, at night.
with rarely more than an hour and "A
half for supper. To him recreation is
a stranger seldom does he find oppor-
tunity to practise. something that every
musician should do daily. and although
he should attend operas or concerts to
amplify his knowledge he rarely IL ever
has opportunity to do SO. II he desires
a day of he is required to supply a sub
stitute to take his place. n he loses
nearly half a weeks salary thereby.
Few young American musicians have
heard a large orchestra, fewer still have
had the opportunity to attend a grand
opera. and It is doubtful II more thar
a small minority even know what an
oratorio is. 1t would seem that the
least the great American public could
do would be to support a movement 10
give these musicians one day of rest In
seven. ALBERT NASpER MoLEN.
BROOKLYN, December 10.
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The Season Of Fellowship.

One touch of nature makes the
whole world kin, they say, and six to
twelve inches Of snow. as might be
expected, eXcites every communal in.
stinct In man. There Is, first. the CO.
operative enterprise o. clearing side
walks, an undertaking in which the
neighbOrliness Of suburban dwellers
most does shine. What do you think
of JONES, who could stay out at n
party until . o'clock and yet cannot
rise this morning to WELD n wooden
shovel? His front walk Is the worst
ON the block. Let's hire n man to dig
it out and send him the bill.
JOHN SMITH, OBADIAH SMITHS son
who Is still in his teens, has spent
weeks tinkering in the woodshed,
which his father resOlutely refuses to
call Il garage. What on? Well, here
comes young JOHN pushing n four
cylinder gasoline engine mounted on
runners. There Is II single seat for
the driver and right behind this is
mounted an enormous wooden prOpel-
Ter which the youth rescued from the
wreck of nm airplane. BY some mira.
Gle the blades were not smashed. He
gives them a twist and the motor
begins n mad thrObbing. The whole
neighborhOod cheers as young JOHN
| takes his seat and sets of ut fifteen
miles an hour In the first automobile
sleigh ever seen In Pineville. The
breakdown that IN afterward AN
not detract from the triumph Of that
Initial moment when JOHN SMITH
whlzzcd awny In II vehicle more rom.
monty employed by the Grand Dukes
OF Russia, cousins of the Car, than
by American citizens.
After der there Is much telephon.
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GRANITE BLOCKS.
A Pavement Declared 70 BE Inferior
Under Certain Traflc Conditions.

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Mouerh granite plocN paNcinents are
NOT dirty, noisy, uiclean granite pave
ments.' Granite block pavement az laid
to-day with the improved tyne of block
and with Joints 6,,cd With .snbnl, and
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cry iniru avenue Fourth street, Eish-
tecnth street. Twcnty-second street.
Houston street. Thirty-sevcnth street and
on Front street, Is not only "A smooth
II sanitary pavement hut Is easily
cleaned ny nushins, II Is the only type
of pavement safe for horses and auto
mobiles and motor trucks on slippery
days or when wet from sprinklinS.
The very TACT that the Motor Truck
Club of America has Endorsed the rccom-
mendations or Mayor 6aynor's commit
tee on pavemcnts. Mr.. Ernest F1aEs.
chairman. should OF itself he sufficient
10 prove 'ne hee" ior this
type OF material on lower roadway
On PAGE - OIL me committee report OF
l'iz Is TINS commercial"
For Manhattan Ne recommend that
granite block pavements lie used for all
streets nero" I"eh'y-thlfu street. except
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ri,I dIs,ri,, and In other ,>reptiopsl
placeS where there ~ not much heavy
The sun., 1916-12-20
Worry.

While the Health Department OF the
city urges folks Il take allopathic
doses of night air, the national Public
Health Service begs all hands not to
worry. 1t holds up the animal king.
dom rs m example:
$50 far As Is known. no bird ever
tried to build more nests than It's neigh
Dor. No fox ever fretted because he had
only n hole in which to hide. No
squirrel ever died Of anxiety lest he
should not lay by enough nuts for two
winters instead Of for one. and no dog
ever lost any sleep over the fac that he
did not have enough bones laid aside for
his declining years.
So far as Is known. the bird builds
n nest every year. but its fees TO the
Architect are a mere song. 1t does
not worry because copper shcathins
costs 40 cents Il pound or because
enamel paint has gone to 81 n gallon.
The fox frets not. because he Is pur-
eueu ny uvtulIS IJuIt uulSeTouS tIINIi
II hunt club hound. Suppose he hal
Il dozen creditors on his trail?
So far ms Is known, the squirrel lays
up all his den will hold. and the fact
remains that he does lay up. II he
did not Inc would not worry. but he
would die. With the dog 1t is differ
ent. lie burics bones because It Is his
duty to amusc man. Come. his sly eye
says TO his master, ] am about IL
bury, very secretly. n bone: I do not
wish more than three or four wit
nesses. II you will not come to the
yard I shall bury the bone under tho
sofa pillows. Anything Ia obllgc.
study that equally interesting mi.
NAL the Don't Worry S,lgc. He tot
tiers home at night to his mate. I've
spent all day, he says. advising people
not to worry. Will they take the adj
vice1 l don't know and I'm getting
worried about IT.
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Submarine Warfare on EMPTY ships.

The British horse transport Rus
sian was, like the Marina, tOrpedoed
when she was bound west and empty /:
that Is to say, she was sunk as nm
enemy merchant ship. and not be-
cause she carried cOntraband. APP
parently she was torpedoed without
warning. for t~wenty-eight sailors and
mule handlers, including seventeen
Americans. were drowned.
1t was Submarine warfare ut it's
worst. In spite Of Germany's pledge
to the United States that that war.
fare would not be extended to the
Mediterranean, where the Russian
was intercepted; in spite of a later
assurance by the Imperial Govern.
ment that orders had been issued to
naval commanders to conduct sub
marine operations against merchant
ships in accordance with the require
ments Of international law, both as
regards visit and search and the
safety Of crew and passengers.
The presumption Is strong from the
Marina and Russian and similar sink
lngs that n new German policy is the
elimination Of as many merchant ships
from British registry as possible, with
Il long look ahead to the end Of the
war when German cargo carriers will
resume business. That would be le-
climate enough II warning Of what
was to come were given. Apparently
the German naval cOmman ders are
taking no chances of the escape Of a
single British vessel. II American
citizens are sacrificed 1t is another
"regrettable accident" Meanwhile our
State Department must he framing a
formidable bill of particulars II there
Is intention Of making 1t the basis of
vigorous action.
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signed consists In the principals, en-
ployer's or masters Ignorance Of the
transaction beneficial to the agent, EN-
ployee or servant. So far as the ques-
ton C those who were once jani-
tors Of fiat houses, but now rejoice In
the status Of superintendentsof apart
ment houses, the employers know.
and always have known, that They are
the recipients Of gifts and g%ratuities
from tradesmen; In fact. the employ
crs themselves are not free from sus-
piciOn In the matter. The wages they
pay are conditioned on the outside In.
comes Of their employees; the philan-
thropic baker, the butcher, the milk
man, the ice man, acting as intermedi-
aries for the tenantry, are expected to
make 1t possible for the janitors called
superintendent to live.
OF course. no member Of the tenant
class regards himself MS the employer
Of the janitor called superintendent.
The mere rent payers have been too
well educated to make a mistake Of
that kind.
The sun., 1916-12-20
Hazards and PIkeyiNes.

The most imposing building In
many American towns and cities is
the new post Office. 1t is an orna-
mcnt to the place, no doubt (; the arch
itecture classic or colonial. the build
Ing material granite and marble.
These fine structures are Of the last
few years. They have been secured
by a Representative or Senator who
was able to boast of what he had
done for the town and assure his re-
turn to Congress.
The town really needed nothing SO
ornate and big for post Office or Fed
eral purposes. The site cost n pretty
sum and the building was one that
neither the State nor the municipality
would have put up TO please either
politicians or people, WIN Burling.
ton, Vermont, or New Bedford ever
grow up to It's grand new post Office?
The observing traveller will remem-
The sun., 1916-12-20
lloyd George Speaks for the Allies.

The reply OF the Allies is unani-
nous and it Is the reply that might
have been expected. The Powers that
recklessly made the war are not to
set the hour of the peace or name Its
terms for their W present conve-
niencc. The peace for which the Al
lies have been fighting, are fighting
and purpose to continue to fight, II
need be. Is a lasting peace with guar
antees for the future and reparation
for the victims Of outrage.
The door Is not closed to negotin-
lions. The peace for which the hui
nanity and the civilization Of the
world hungers with infinite longing
10 perhaps not far beyond the clouds
that obscure Germany's first overture ;
but It is for the Governments which
rejected In 1914 the conference that
would have spared Europe this hor-
rOr Of the ages to define now their at
titude and to specify their proposals.
England and her allies contemplate
no q terms that fall short of jus
tice for the past and security for the
long future.
LLOYD GEORGE spoke with authority
IN Parliament not only for Great Brit
ain. not only for France and Russia
and Italy, but also for the moral
sense of the world when he clearly
and fcarlcssly indicated the line BE-
tween n peace that Is possible and Il
peace that is impossible. The spirit
and the consistency Of Lord CHATHAM
and of the younger PITT were In his
words. for he was speaking with the
voice NJ an England that does moi
turn back, or quit without results.
There can I've no further doubt In
any quarter that the forces arrayed
against the nggrcssOr Powers are not
In IL mo"l to grasp for peace merely
for peacc's sake, and the quicker the
stcadfastncss Of their intentions is
Comprehendcd mt Berlin, rs sooner
or later 1t must he understood, the
brighter the prospect Of the advent
Of the day all men desire.
We congratulate President WILSON
and his advisers on the accurate per
ception of prOpriety and opportunity
which restrained them from Offering
counsel ut this j%uncture or even in
dulging in the expression of natural
hopes. The wisdom of the course
which confined the function of this
Government to the transmission Of the
documents is now apparent.
The sun., 1916-12-20

There Is In the great and growing
Commonwealth of Texas an ~associu-
ton for the promotion Of home in
dustrlcs known Familiarity as the
Bimit, and more formally us the Buy
It-Made-in-Texas. The purpose Of the
organization Is sufficiently indicated
by its full name.
The Bimit has come into notice re-
Gently through its application to the
Generals Office In Austin to
frame n bill and facilitate the pas
sage thereof by the Texas Legislature
exempting 1t from the operation Of II
law enacted in 1907, which makes 1t
illegal for corporations to contribute
to organizations within the State.
This law. Of course, was intended to
prevent the corporations from con-
tributing to the campaign funds Of
political parties, but according to ju-
diclal Interpretation the Bimit comes
under the ban. The Bimit wants the
VIUlllDitlUu ItIIONtu ~ tIut ~ az
uccept pecuniary aid from the Texas
corporations for its Buy-It-Made-in-
Texas propaganda.
This situation suggests another and
much broader question Of law. Is
not the Bimit, In It's attempt to pre-
vent or restrict trading across the
State borders and to limit sales and
purchases to n particular territory, u
combination or conspiracy in restraint
Of trade? Is II not directly In cOn-
tempt of the provisions of the Federal
statutes which prohibit such cOmbinu-
tiOns or c~onspiracics? Does 1t not
need to seek exemption ut Washing
ton Ms well as ut the State capital?
This is II highly interesting ques-
ton and we should be glad to have
the opinions Of the Hon. THOMAS
WATT GREGORY, the Hon. ALBERT SID.
NEY BURLEsON AMI the Hon. EDWARD
MANDELL HousE, all Of Austin. Texas.
What do they think of the legality.
under the Sherman net. of the Bimit'S
| operations In restraint of trade?
The sun., 1916-12-20

NO squirrel says a Public Health
Service bulletin. lever died OF anxiety
lest he should not lay by enough for
two winters instead of for one" This
authority has not played host to n
chipmunk during q summer season.
Chippie will carry away in his pouch
all day long all the corn and peanuts
offered him, more indeed than he and
his household could consume in two
winters. That he Is anxious about the
winters store Is evident from his per-
sistent calls for more and more and
the gravity Of his demeanor. not to
speak of the risk OF assault by the
red squirrel that he takes in coming
and going 30 often.
The sun., 1916-12-20
STRONG DRINK.
Does the Use Of Hard Liquors Nccr'
state Abolition Of the saloon?

To THE EDITOR or THE SU% So "
public press of sunday say senator
MARITIME made an impasslou'I arr'u
for a wet capital. saying tle s' 90
should not be abolished until ; no ",.'r
form of club for tho poor man uIi
be established. Maine, he said. ~" j
population of less than 2,ooo.ooo, Vas
more drunkenness than the whole ''
Italy. with n population Of 3o,ooo'''
and no prohibition laws"
The good Senator might also r7.e
cited the so. 900. 900 hustliuG laU'9c,'
Japan's ~eacoast cities have a fcW ElI''
saloons under American or EIroN'Ih
management. bu they are rdrc' l".'
ronized by the natives of the rHt:'
Their poo mans clubs arc not d''..I'
on a martini or a gin rlckoy. 4
II the population of gr,if .y.
was principally Italian aud japanese %
restraining prohibition law w., ''''
be necessary, but as u. Albert ~, '.'
us In II school physiolo-S books o.
thirty-five years ago. "Tho Auel''~'\n.'
and their near relations tho II, .'
family. have for ages been alI. '"I 20
habits OF intoSication. and "', 'N''
descendants, almost, ! dare $50, PIE
out an individual exception, arr - '"'
will the disease inebriety."
Why compare Maine with IL,
j llD>aN
HIGHLAND FALLS. December -
The sun., 1916-12-20

Tho football season will not end
until New Years Day. when the Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania plays oregon
at Pasadena. SO notes on the game Of
glory are not yet nj NJ order. Pur-
due is planning a new system Of grid
iron education whereby line men and
backs are to he made Tin the same
way that engineers. chemists and agri-
%culturists are made" in laboratory
and classroom. Every school day in
the ear the candidates for the foot
ball ba~ccalaureatc will line up against
the intricacies Of their favoritc sci
ence TacklinG. blocking. passing.
falling on the ball will be practised in
the live stock pavilion" The coaches
OF our cfcte Eastern colleges must
admire the Hoosier idea. whatever the
professors in the minor studies may
think Of II.
The sun., 1916-12-20

Der other luxurious piles in the East
that are out Of proportion to their
environment and must have cost a
sum that the local taxpayers would
never have voted to spend for a new
building Of any kind.
In the West and South the extrava.
gance Is even more conspicuous in
many cases 1t il a criminal waste of
money, little one horse towns having
public buildings that are the show
places Of the whole Congress district
and the Joke Of the corner grocery
store. Struggling villages In a semi
wilderness have post Offices suited to
cities Of $1,000 people. In the ma
ture Of things these fine structures
will be neglected and will run down
In the course Of time, because the set.
Element will never grow up to the
building.
In the pork bill now before Con-
gress under the name of the omnibus
public building bill, which signifies
graft for all, Hazard, Kentucky. with
II population Of 537, is down for II
S4O.OOO structure, the cost of mninte-
nance of which would he S3.5OO a
year. although the post Office receipts
are only 5000 and will never he
much more. Pikevillc, Kentucky, an
other mountain town in the same
Congress district. also with n pOpuln-
ton of n few hundred. is a candidate
for II $4,000 building. These are
sample cases. The omnibus bill Is
stuffed with brazcn demands upon
the public treasury; It is graft, pure
graft. nothing clsH
An cutlery goes up when schemes
tn widen Puwpaw Creek or to dredge
Hermit Crab Shoals r dug out Of
the river md hnrbor bill. hut there
seems to bc n conspiracy To he mum
| about the loot In the omnibus public
building bill. 1t Is high time some
thing was done n regulate the cx-
penditure of money on Federal build.
ings, suitlng the appropriation to the
actual need. II the measure now be.
fore Congress Is not recast TO do jus.
tice to deserving localities and pruned
of It's Hazards and Pikevilles. Mr..
WILSON should not hesitate to inter.
pose his veto.
The sun., 1916-12-20
THOUGHTS OF A SALARIED
POLITICAL MANAGER.

In promoting my lieutenants shall
rely entirely on vocational, character
and efficiency tests, or should popular
ity count 2 points In 100?
Did ! forget to punch the clock
when I left the Office to-day?
Are the lighting. heating and venti-
lation methods at headquarters per-
feet? Does a thin radical need as
much air as q fat reactionary?
II / want to please some people I
must put c%lerkships under civil SER
vice rules. Will I get the best that Is
in him out Of a clerk who votes the
other ticket on election day?
The office needs pencil sharpeners.
What Is the tariff on them and would
I harm our party by buying now?
My grandson has been made
brighter by the removal Of his
adenoids. Is II too late for me, or
have l any adenoids?
Tho lowest bidder for the fling cabi-
nets we need didn't give a nickel to
the last campaign fund.
All business men make a monthly
report on production. but how can I
tell what I have produced until
election!
How can I teach county chairmcn
the evil effects OF the use of tobacco
during business hours?
My efficiency engineer tells me that
clerks who eat a steak with fried
potatoes at noon lose SO per cent. of
their usefulness after lunch.
! must compose a standard Office
form of reply to kilograms reading:
For the love Of Mike. send us some
money" &c.
Ought l TO take the blood pressure
of upstate committeeman who call
on me and appear to be apoplcctic?
I used the Binct- Simon test on a
caller to-day. I said Results and
he replied Coin I said People"
and he replied Bunk" | said "Pri-
marics," he said "Pif1e!" It's all very
queer and there Is no text book.
Am I efficient? Who can prove
otherwise?
The sun., 1916-12-20
IT WAS AMERICA THAT TAUGHT THE
JAPANESE TO SING. Il
Appearance Of Mime. Mturs Before tho Japan Society Recalls Incident,
Of tho sixties.

To our European friends II appears
a paradox that among all Municipalities
Americans excel In revealing the ORR
entail mind. We sent out teachers who
proved to be psychologists. Arthur
Smiths "Chinese characteristics" and
Village Life in China" and his pro.
found study Of the Chinese mirror Of
life In their own proverbs show what
a Connecticut Yankee can find out
about the men thought to be the most
mysterious Of all on earth. The late
DR.. Percival Lowell's soul Of the Far
East" showed that he knew man as
well as Mars. Miss Bacon's Japanese
Girls and Women" Is by general
acknowledgment a classic.
Who Opened Japan to the comfy of
nations" is known beyond a doubt.
The popular answer Is Commodore
Perry though the originator and or
ganixer Of the whole enterprise Of 1852
was President Willard Fillmore, who.
by his " testimony. had "A unani-
nous Cabinet behind him. 1t Mas not
"a Russian Admiral, even the brilliant
and versatile Resanov 1764-ls07).
WiiOSC uibeSuSsiS VbVhS "'uS ~
and endless activities in the Pacific
might. but for his untimely death. have
altered the history of both Muscovy
and America. 1t was an American
statesman. Of richest mental initiative,
to whom time will yet do justice. This
fores. born New Yorker clasped the
golden girdlc of Orient and Occident.
| Another New York merchant and diplo-
matist, Townsend Harris, held up to
the Japanese the mirror of their own
proverbs and allurcd "the hermit into
the market place"
But who opened the Japanese heart?
Who. without warships. albeit sent
only for defence. as the strict orders Of
1859 show, or an alluring display OF
agricultural implements. Yankee in
ventions. telegraphs. railways, patent
locks or the Bourbon nectar from Ken
lucky. all arranged on the strand In
Yokohama. touched the chord deepest
in the most aesthetic nation OF the
Orient? To-day, when Japanese so
pranos and c%ontraltos delight our EARS
with the high notes of song as written
In our noblest scores and scales. 1t is
we'll to inquire who opened the doors
~ NoNdl DoCSiDhihi'o w Nv q
of Japan. II was the psychological
and spiritual sympathy Of an American
woman that cxcelled in potency the
laugh of Czume. who danced before the
door of the ave to entice the Sun
Goddess out and make the world re-
joice with frightened face"
To-day. when the members of the
Japan Society of New York; honor
themselves by giving a reception and
tea to Nine. Miura. who will sing for
the guests. II Is we'll to ask when and
through whom sou spoke to soul and
deep called to deep 20 evoke sounds
that reach and beautify the secret
chambers Of the spirit.
In 1862. when music. heavenly
maid" was not young. but rather, in
her Corean M Chinese habiliments
was a thousand or two years old, bu.
so fcttered i'm traditions as to he
"cribbcd, cabined and confined while
japanese vocal potency was dormant
not even the embryo of modern sons
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THOSE BILLION DRINKS.
Perhaps Their Time In Bond Was I'm
and Taxes Were Due,

To II EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sr. Your
editorial article quoting Mr.. Ruppert's
reason for Increase of 1900. 900 gall
Ions OF whiskey paid for in tho fiscal
1915 is misleading.
1t Is my belief that the eight year
Government allowance In bond was due
and 1t was a compulsory tax payment.
The immense stocks of old whiskeys on
hand have forced down the price to the
level OF comparatively new goods.
This yea was better than 1914 and
1915. but a far cry to a normal year.
l am in the whiskey business.
r. w. GODFREY.
New YORK, December 10.