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B CHEMISTRY.
Boiled with the Dinner. the Vegetable
Is Hard to Digest.

To II EDITOR OF The SUS-sir: In
the boiled dinner controversy your
correspondent Down East" has made
one or two absolute misstatements. To
say that cabbage Is FAR more pala-
table and digestible IL thoroughly boiled
Is untrue. Cooking cabbage causes q
chemical change which leaves It innu-
tritious and dificult of digestion. The
odor Of cooking cabbage advertises the
fact. 1t Is so disagreeable. penetrating
and hard 10 get rid OF that one can
hardly use the word ''odor" to express
IL. There is a much more forceful word
that would do better.
On the other hand. cabbage IL SERVED
raw in strips like excelsior is digest
ible n very desirable.
The corned beef also Is neither eco
nomical' nor "~nourishins." The best
part OF II has gone of into the brine
and what remains is about as nutritious
as a chip.
In the hands OF a skllful New Eng
land housewife the boiled dinner may
he a pleasing innovation or the regular
fare occasionally. but that la about all
that car be said for it.
Corned beef vas a makeshift in the
days when We did not have ice or cold
storage. We no longer v the neces-
sity but We retain the habit and custom
as We do in many other things.
A Down EAST YANKEE.
Boston, Mass. November 81.
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Admiral Deatty's American Cen.
temDopaPtes.

Admiral Sir DAVID BEATTY. who has
been appointed to command the Brit.
ish grand feet in succession to Sir
JOHN J~ELLiCOE, Is 45. OF the twenty
| four Rear Admirals Of the United
States navy listed In the Navy and
Marine Corps Register Of January 1
! the youngest was born in 1853, or
! thirteen years before BEATTY: every
, man Jack Of them Is older than Ad-
miral JELLIcoE. who at 81 becomes
First Sea Lord. In the same list II
appears that not one Of the ninety
/ Captains In our navy Is rs young rs
Sir DAVID. Among our Commanders
his contemporaries are found.
! Herein Is disclosed n Of the pe-
culiarities Of the American service /:
in a country that boasts 1t Is a young
mans nation. In which the industrial
dead line Of the fOrties Is much talked
about. where the hard lot Of those
whose temples show white Is lamented,
the command Of the first line Of de-
fence Is In the hands of men years
older than the officer on whom Eng.
land now places the highest response.
bility.
The situation Is not new. 1t has
been the subject Of intermlnable lie
bate. But seldom has anything hap.
pened to emphasize 1t ~ strongly nc
the promotion of the man who com.
handed the battle cruisers in the Jut.
land battle Of May 81.
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Good Roads and Land Values.

The value of good roads as a means
OF increasing the comfort and enjoy
ment of those who Use them and of
developing rural communities and the
business Of small trade centres has
been frequently discussed. The DO
partment Of Agriculture has endeav-
Ored To express this value in dollars
and cents by giving the results Of n
series of Investigations to show tho
effect of improved highways upon al.
Joining farms.
The Department has had special.
lists Of the office Of Public Roads and
Rural Engineering make m cconomi,
survey In eight counties in each of
the years from 1910 la 1913. -Four
counties were chosen in Virginia, one
In New York. Texas, Alabama an,
Mississippi. The estimate was made
upon the territory within II distance
Of one mile on each side Of the roads
improved.
In Spottsylvania county, Virginia
furms sold in 1912 showed an
increase of from 81 to ll6 per rent
over 1910 values; 1,45l acres sold IN
1914 had increased In value S2S,OOO
or so per cent. In Lee county farms
showed IN increase Of ~ per cent.
In Wise nm increase from an average
Of $49.Ni to S70,4i. In Lauderlult
county, Mississippi. the total assessed
valuation outside ~ the city increased
ore than IL per cent. In Dalla,
county, Alabama. the road improve
mcnt added AT least 81 tn pnch acr,
within half II mile of the road.
In Franklin county, this State. thu
change from earth, sandy and loan
roads to bituminous macadam wa,
followed by IN increase ayeragin,
$3.50 M acre, In Manntee county,
Florida, II study ~ sales and req
ltate records indicated that the i'm
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M. WILSON'S oUR AS 70
THE -BROTHENHOoDS.
A Citlsen Who DIE Not Approve II
Defends the Presidents Good Faith.

To rms EDITOR or The suN-str: Will
you allow me a word of protest concern
Ing Professor Ladd's comment as to the
alleged obligations Of President Wilson
to the leaders of railroad labor?
/ did not vote for Mr.. Wilson. but I
do believe that citizens of the United
States are in loyalty md honor bound
to treat the President OF the United
States fairly and to uphold his hands
in every reasonable way In the peculiar
perplexities that confront him.
wish to maintain that there is abso-
lutely no warrant in anything President
Wilson has said or done to Imply that
he played politics with the labor lead
ers or that he had or has any such
sinister thought or purpose in mind as
Professor Ladd discusses. Professor
Ladd Is beating a man OF straw!
President Wilson has from the outset
stated his position very plainly in these
labor matters. did not agree with
him and do not now approve the atti-
tude he took as to the passage of the
Adamson bill. I felt. as very many
citisens felt. that II he had put the re-
sponsibility directly upon the 400. 900
railroad men for the threatened strike.
and directly referred them Ia public
opinion, and then left them to face the
people. the strike would not have oc-
CURED. I do not believe tina any such
body OF men when a real test con-
fronted them would have dared defy
the country or risk the reaction OF such
q defiance.
But that was only an opinion. No
man EnAa, .l.s -.-.fa --- p.--u
dent Wilson had a different opinion.
He verify believed that II Congress did
not act the strike would come with far
reaching disaster and public suffering !;
and so he Tended of the strike.
Now the problem comes up again.
The solution was only deferred. Pres
ident Wilson has repeatedly stated his
full progra mme OF action. and he vii,
now attempt to carry II out. There is
nothing secret or sinister about II. but
the fullest presentation of his programme
for public consideration.
] sincerely protest against these i'm
plications upon the honor OF the Presi-
dent OF the United States these innuen-
does and assertions that he Is in a bar
gain or under manifest political obliga-
ton to labor leaders.
President Wilson II entitled 10 the
presumption Of good faith. however indi-
yiduals may disagree with his views or
his programme.
II his programme cannot he defeated
by honest discussion and by a fair test
Of the constitutionality OF the Adamson
law the law will have TO stand.
This is a government OF institutional
law. not of personal opinions or preju-
dices or barbed ~innuendoes,
ALLEN Il. LINCOLN.
NEW HAVEN. Conn. November -.
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U.-A WAY AROUND.

Things began TO 60 unsatisfactory
with the Nanes about three years
after their marriage. Gregory Nane
was successful in business with such
rapidity. however. that none Of his
friends noticed anything ron Every
time they met him II vas necessary
to congratulate him anew upon the
money he was making. the handsome
house he had bought uptown. his
junior partnership in an important
banking house. his charming children,
a boy and a girl; and. II you knew
him intimately enough. his wife.
The lovely poise of Mary Nsnc was
remarkable When h appeared in pub
llc-"at the opera or other social gath
erings' as one Wit expressed 1t. II
was poise without pose: n in her
unaffected manner. her simple. direct
utterance. her kindness, even old ac-
~quaintances suspected NJ hidden
anXieties. no stern resolution bred by
distrust OF the future. a a glorious
present give pledges for what is
ahead? All, no. those pledges have to
he sought in the record ~ the past.
only Mary Nane knew her hus-
~ = 49, : hAANAA val ~
apparent with that statement OF fact,
The weakness 81 which a man Is
conscious can he fought and van
quished. But the egolst must be saved
10y others; himself he cannot save.
The progress Of Nane's malady was
attended by irnnic and ridiculous
episodes. He lost money because he
could not believe II possible that he
should make mistakes Of judgment.
His egoism was So suht." that for a
long time his partners had. not dis
eliminated nicely IN regard 10 II. They
rather admired Nane's self-Conhdence
and faculty for going ahead. But
when some ~ his investments turned
ont badly they were surprised at the
uhstlnacy he showed. And "A man
who LOSES money has NJ place IN a
banking house,
Nane set mp Independently. but the
rumor got about. as such things AL
ways do. His prestige suffered and
his business chhed as his business
chhcd his prestige dw.ndicd. II ia
curious how, when Tho descent begins,
each slip causes a worse one. At the
end Of the fifth year ~ their married
life the Nanes had left the uptown
house. The property was in Mary
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HOW EVIL IS SALT.
4 Suggestion That Its Excessive Use
Leads 10 Many Diseases.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrS-Sir: I
was interested in reading in THE SUS
an editorial article on the causes Of
death. in which you quote from the NOR
tally statistics for 1915. The article
SAYS:
Thos. Wis. counsollo-s who lnsi., that
We are living too fss, may nnd support
IN this Heart diseases. which
ar" considered in many cases a manifesto
ton Of the stverity OF ihe struggle to
get rich. to keep up appearances, to burn
the candle at both ends. are placed nrst
as a cause OF death. Last yea- the deaths
from these diseases numbered 1856: to
each 100. 600 population. This rate shows
= marked Increase as compared with
1900, when It Was only 1871 to the same
number Of persons.
There is something radically wrong
with our present mode OF living, other
wise the mortality from heart disease
and diseases Of the circulatory system
would not Increase so rapidly.
During the past four or five years |
have been compiling sal, statistics and
| have in my possession clippings from
medical Journals. demonstrating he adj
visibility OF q salt free diet in all dis
eases that mankind i subject TO. have
records showing where salt kills hogs,
chickens, rabbits. and where u salt So
luton is used for suicidal purposes in
china also where nifty grains OF salt
Will HILL a dog The action OF salt on
hogs. rabbits. sc. Is to paralyzc the
muscles OF the hind quarters and the
animal sinks to the ground. Later the
muscles OF the lungs are paralyzcd and
the victim dies Of ~asphyN Ma. II this l.
the result Of the consumption Of salt
by animals. Is II unreasonable To sun
pose that II "a child was fci salt cured
meats. sailed goldfish and had a habit of
adding salt to everything 1t partook Of.
IL might he "a factor in the Causatiou -
poliomyeIitis?
II has been demonstrated frequently
by investigators that the average da ~
consumption OF salt is 900 grains.
whereas but fifteen grains arc utilized
by the system. Therefore there are .>5
trains Of salt a day that must bc elimi-
mated through three channels. namely.
the tear ducts. sweat glands and the
Kidneys. We know that tho tear ducts
are not generally ~overworkcd. neither
are the sweat glands. and II the kidneys
~ ""' W." 'N''SH''"
amount OF sodium chloride or common
salt. is II unrea sonahle to suppose it
will accumulate in tine system?
We know that when salt is used on
meat it withdraws the meat juices and
hardens the muscle fbrcs and that its
action IN live tissue is the same as 1t
Is on dead tissue. We also know that
salt Is dehydrating. knowing these
facts. is It unreasonable to believe that
the excessive consumption Of salt is ,
prime factor in the causa,ion ~ hard
ening OF the arteries and other diseases
OF the circulatory system?
l think these are questions well wor-
thy Of consideration.
III. !" HARRIS.
NEW York. November IS.
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4 NEW YORK MEDICAL COL.
LEGE IN THE SIXTIES.

In the sos the home OF the Uni
versity Medical College was on the
site where Tammany Hall now stands.
II did not coddle It's students as COL
leges do nowadays. according to the
description given by DR.. A. l.. Sweet
OF Geneva, -. Y, in the Medical Rec
ord. The building was supposed to
have a furnace. but the young medics
wore their overcoats at winter lectures
and in the intervals they boxed or
jumped about to keep circulation
going.
The famous DIR. Valentine Mott was
still l%ecturing. although he was born
/ n 1885. His medical museum was In
the building. and DIR. Sweet regards
its destruction by fire as an irreparable
loss TO the profession. DIR. Mott always
Illustrated his lectures on the cadavcr.
and In fact. he never performed any
operation Of importance without frs,
performing II on the cadaver. although
he was the most experienced surgeon
Of his time. DR.. Sweet recalls that Sir
Ashley Cooper. the English geo
said ~ Mott that he had performed
more OF the great operations than
any man living or that has ever lived"
DIR. Mott lectured almost to the time Of
his death In 1868.
Another great nan of tho college in
Fourteenth street was Professor Dra-
per. h first to take a photograph Of
the human face. the face OF his sister.
Dorothy Catherine Draper. He was
professor of chemistry. and later be-
came president OF the college. The
students liked Professor Draper. even
though his physical aversion To to-
bacco prevented them from smoking
during his lectures. Draper was a
short. stout man. with "A head SO large
that lit gave him the appearance Of
being cut out OF n piece" He was
a busy man, concerned not only with
medicine but with photography. with
the telegraph. in which he was OF much
help to Morse. and with electricity as
a e Of lighting. With all these
he found time to write such works as
his History OF the Intellectual De-
yclopment Of Europe and Thoughts
On the Civil Policy OF America" DR..
Diapers sons. John and Henry. were
lecturers in DR.. Sweets years at the
college.
DIR. Martyr Paine was the lecturer
on materia mcdica and Therapeutics
He wrote before the days Of germs
I says Dr. Sweet. but he pursued Ia
their lairs the hidden csuses of NOR
bific action And. adds DIR. Sweet. "'it
Is interesting to reflect at this time
that he sought tho ultimate causes of
disease, applied his remedies and cured
his patients in utter ignorance of
the germ which had caused all the
trouble"
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I.-THIS DAY.

Emma Squires. having finished q
days washing and ironing and re.
ceived happily $3.50 for her work.
made a courtesy to her employer, Mrs.
Thompson, spoke to the Persian cat.
whom she called Pretty creature."
and then left to go home. Her way
took her through the centre of the
village, built On Land which her father
had sold for q song and which Is nov
worth hundreds OF thousands. Mrs.
Sqdires stopped at one Of the stores
which do not deliver goods and there
fore sell a few pennies more cheaply.
She bought a quarter Of a pound Of
tea and half a pound OF a substitute
for butter. Bread she had at home.
She lived with her brother. who was
and rather senile. Such property as
but 1t was all gone to wrack and ruin
now. Coming home one day In the
fall Mrs. Squires had found him sob
bling childishly. He had just returned
from paying the taxes on the forlorn
house they lived in. Mrs. Squires pet
ted him a little and he quoted down.
She might have cried herself as she
looked back on the years which had
robbed her OF her husband and their
child as well as Of the money which
would have meant not merely comfort
but positive %afiiuence. But she seldom
thought of these things. Her some-
what feeble energy was all taken up
with working out by the day and
looking after her brother. Through 1t
all she preserved such an air OF her
good birth and breeding. such a genu-
inc and unconscious humility. such a
touching Victorianism OF speech and
manner al are hardly to be found now
outside OF the pages OF Charles
Dickens.
When she arrived home with her
purchases Emma Squires vas very
tired. Her brother was in the yard
raking caves and answered her alb
sently. She toiled up the stairs to the
little room which was hers and on the
single kerosene burner made a weak
cup OF tea. She ate a little bread
spread with the imitation butter and
drank the beverage. How delicious 1t
tasted. AS she was smoothing down
the bit OF lace she wore at her throat
she remembered that his was Thanks
! giving Day. She would have liked to
have gone to church in the morning.
but that was impossible. So. alone by
herself. she knelt down and thanked
God for His many mercies to her this
day
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SPARROW THE ASSASSIN.
No EntomolOgical Statistics Are
Needed ~ Reveal His Nature.

To THE EplToR OF THE SCN-Sir: That
moment in which YOU look upon "A baby
Goldhuch on It's first morning out Of its
nest is a moment Of beauty. To- watch
in the sunshine ~ a lingering summer
the tiny silken olive bah is a mos, pre-
cious privilege,
T. hay" that moment broken into by
an English sparrow assassin is to put
a blot on the face ~ the day.
As watched one morning a tiny Wild
canary. delightiuC in tiis little speck 81
new life a. II perched 80 courageously
upon q tNig. an English male sparrow.
wings aslaut and head outstrctched
| struck the little bird and knocked il TO
the ground, where the sparrow dropped
10 complete its murdcrous purpose. |
drove the sparrow away-mild punish
! mcut for So daStardiy a dccd-whilc
The parent Guldtinch few to the rescue
~ it's baby.
Through the day | kept quiet guard
near the srirca bush. and in the morning
! heard the little bird. confidence re-.
stored. sounding its high. sweet call
but some hours later there was only a
| dreadful silenc | found the parent
birds in the apple trees, but there wac
,o more of those joyous undulating
lights to feed a little one. no Wild sweet
singing a melancholy sadness illed the
apple boughs and | knew their little one
was dead,
4 family Of wrens lived In a tiny box
Of n house in an oak tree, There were
four little ones until the English spar
rows Killed them The last | saw Of
! the poor parent birds they were sur
rounded by u flock Of English sparrows
and hshtins for their lives, ! could no.
| watch SHAT t"og,ir 0ri iNan' I, i',';
! ~, No 49," birds already u. .d.
~, next year no wrcus came aud
the English sparrows found the box too
! small for them, 50 a wasp lived there,
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THE BAILEY FAMILY.
Authoritative Biographical Note From
One u Its Distinguished Members.

To II EnlTOE ~ THE SuS-Sir: Mis-
Hazel Dawn handed me the enclosed
clipping last night At the theatre. As
"Old Johnny Boy didn't give any ad-
dress, IL you want you can give him my
answer as to my own affairs.
Mr.. i, A. Bailey was the adopted son
Of my s,cpfather. Colonel Fred n. Bailey,
Mr.. Bailey having adopted Jimmie when
he was a very small boy. and changed
his name from Mc,iuinness to Bailey
legally. He was quite a young mar
when Mr., Bailey, Sr,. married my mother
| was about , years old.
My brother from the time he became
Mr.. Barnum's partner was the head and
brains of the whole thing. as the whole
world knows.
| think Miss Markham Is dead. hut
am not sure. You probably know better
h ] do. FRANKIE BAILEY.
Century THEATRE, November 80.
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TAGoRE'S GOSPEL.
Not New. but Newly stated for This
Age by His Genius.

To THE EDITOR ~ THE SrS-Sir: The
editorial article on Tagore's teachings
was a disappointment to at least one Of
your readers. !. is true that the article
claimed no knowledge OF his gospel"
save that derived from the reports mot
wholly coherent" Of his addresses. yet II
leads the uniformed reader to believe
that Tagore teaches a philosophy that
has 'nothingness for its avatar." and
that he il indifferent to the concep, OF
duty the hallmark Of the Western
world.
Nothing could be much further from
the truth. Yet 1t is easily possible that
the report OF Tagore's brief addresses
leach but one subsection OF his i'm
nense subject might puzzle a reporter
who had not a fairly good knowledge Of
Eastern religions. a thorough acquaint-
ance with Tagore's previous writings. a
fair conception of the meaning OF the
data OF modern science and the theories
OF epistemoIogy, IN understanding of
that phase OF materialistic monism which
though repudiated by sound Western
philosophy Is the real working tool OF
the modern Western mind. and. lastly.
a comprehension OF the parabolic thought
habit Of the East.
II the reporters assigned 10 write the
STORY OF Tsgore's addresses lacked one
or two ~ these items OF learning I,
would account for the misleading tone Of
the article. Yet We who love THE Srx
that shines FOR all mus; insls; tina, II
shall never diruse darkness for light
must insist that 1t illuminate greatness
and truth. Eastern or Western. wherever
II finds II: that /; make beauty more
beautiful. goodness better and spiritu-
ality more desirable. Eastern or West
ern, whenever and however these may
express themselves.
Rabindrana;h Tagore is one Of the
great ones Of the earth. a doer Of good
deeds. a great poet. "A great prophet.
And his gospel" though nothing new,
is newly stated by his genius for this
age OF the world. is newly translated
into the dialect OF the time by an in
spired and beautiful intelligence.
So shine again. good SuS. and this
time give Us light for darkness. SIM.
on the PHILOSOPHERS Of ~"Sadhana" and tn,
poems ~ "Gitsnjali,' and show them ,c
Your readers. Perhaps YOU may ever
teach them To repeat VITA You the prayei
% Tagorc
civ. us strength - Nv. - love fI,ly
our NE IN - JOYS AMI Sor- vs.. lr its gain.
aud .oss.s iH ~ rise and IA - ~.
have s'rens RI enough fIly - 50. and h.a,
Thy uuiy"rs" ami :, work Wiz fut visp'
therein. 1T u. fII'y .,e tho 'ife Tho.
mast given u lot ~ hrsycly take an,
hraVHiy give, This l. our PRAYER 10 The.
Let vs. once for ali dislodgs from our mind,
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The Upper House.

The Washington correspondent Of
the Ercning Post, after recording n
visit Of Colonel r. NJ. HOUSE to the
White House. during which he spent
some time with Counsellor POLK of
the State Department and Ambassa-
dor GERARD" adds significantly 1T
Is generally believed that any move
for peace by President WILSON will
be preceded by n visit to Europe by
Colonel HOUSE"
A statement Of this character from
the representative OF n newspaper
which has been one OF the most mr.
dent Of the Presidents supporters
must be deemed ut least semi-Oficial.
1t will probably he passed over by
most readers as a statement of little
Importance. We have become so &c
customed to thinking Of Colonel
HousE as n secret emissary Of the
President to foreign princes. poten-
tates and Powers that we accept his
strange and unwarrnnted relation to
the Government as a matter Of cOurse
In reality, 1t Is n serious usurpation
Of power.
To say that any move for peace by
President WILSON will he preceded by
a.visit ~ Colonel HOUsE to Europe Is
to say that he will 90 abroad rs the
nrtNufa p,rnat ~ tho Irninuf a
man cannot I've made postmaster at
Oshkosh or u first Lieutenant In the
Porto Rico infantry without the ex.
press approval Of the Senate Of the
United States: but according Ia Pres.
ident WILSON'S ideas NJ the powers
Of the Chief Executive he may de-
pute II personal and confidential friend
Of his own independent selection We
cretly tn represent the interests nnt
wishes Of the people Of this great ma
tion in an effort on the part Of the
Government 10 end the war.
Queer notions of constitutional limi
tations have proceeded from the pro
'fessorinl chair at Princeton. We had
supposed that any communications
which this nation desired to make Il
the rulers If foreign lands were to bt
made through the duly accredited Am
bassadors. Envoys. Ministers or OtheI
diplomatic representatives Of thu
United States Government. and no
through private agents Of the Fresi
dent working secretly in the dark.
There is no authority Of law fol
employing Colonel HOrsE In the man
ner contemplated and IL there was
such secret missions are Inconsistent
with the spirit of American institu
lions. Whatever we have to say abouI
the war, or about peace when tn,
proper time comes. should I've sai'
openly and a%boveboard, and by off
GERS commissioned by the American
people to speak In their behalf.
There is no place for this new Tn
per House in u system of govern
ment.