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eplthets that 10 wtslded % naglh-
Gently. He was always "demonstrat-
Ing" and the thing that he demon
strated most perfectly was the truth
Of an observation In the suppressed
preface to JOSEPH CoNRAD's 1.-THE Mig.
ger Of the Narcissus." There the
Polish sailor remarks that after all,
nil we car hope to do is to transform
the worn and common words Of our
speech by casting ABOUT them n brief
fame Of inspiration that will play
brightly for a few moments. as st.
EImo's FIRE dances at the masthead
and then vanishes In the enshroudlng
dark. Tony HAMILTON wrought that
enchantment. Speaking Of him we
cannot do II. We ran only think Of
the thousands Of children he has
helped to make happier and wish
him al adequate reward.
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PULP COST AND PABULUM.
EavesdrOpping Gabe Listens to Eco.
nomIcal Suggestions.

TO THE EDITOR or THE SrS-Sir. I
was going round to the back porch ~
the can when | heard tho woman of tho
house talking. 50 | stopped under tn.
window TO listen.
"Look here said She. THE SrN sa,s
print paper is scarce and unless vast.
Is stopped our newspapers will lie In
the bread line
"Well.' answered her husband, '<'1'
suggests what ! have often s,~tcd -
recommend, but the what's the use fce'-
ing has always halted me. believe 7
will write TO THE Sun right ava
Newspapers now have the chance -
their lives not only to reduce their ey-
penses but to beneht tho world. All
they need to do is to cut out the s'ush-
details of crime. criminal trials. divorce
suits. pictures and gossip OF socie'r
danes. actresses, show dogs and prize
fighters: then The paper makers will
come running hcssing for orders AT ary
price: and what a gain TO refined NJ.
manity' II may he right and proper"
he went on, that Plnhead the polo
player. Sal N'ous and Pru Rlent. ,;us
the gossip and Ted the tattlcr should
be entertained ANA served with pahu!uu
suited 10 Their mental tastes and digcs-
tons, but gosh! what a vocation til,in;
the trough for EN-
lie Is one of those high brows. NJ
Editor. and you should pas no a,'cr.
ton II he writes YOU. lie has no fee. ne
for us common folk.
CARE THE GAIpAGE Man.
DECATUR, H.. August ID.
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A E
Governor Whitman's Reelection Pre-
dicted by . Great Majority.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suS-Sir: The
administration Of Governor Whitman
has been satisfactory TO everybody except
the professional politicians. They tried
to upset Thomas NJ. Osborne and put
some one in. as warden at Sing Sing
who would 6bey their orders. They
sought to stop the trials Of various
officials who were trying to steal the
peoples money. They tried to browbcat
Whitman on the Becker business. and
they would indlct him to-day II they
had the ghost OF a chance. They know
that he will sweep the State.
The McAdoo-W ilson-M Murphy reform
candidate is a good candidate for the
party OF disagreement and mlsrule.
IL II nominated an angel II would
make no difference this year. All Demo-
cratic candidates are used by the New
York bosses to carry out their wishes.
President Wilson sees the State going
for Hughes. The same old rang Ia In
control. but II won fool the voters.
Have the people forgotten the sulzer
deal? Well, not yet.
THEopoRus VAN WICK.
New YORK, August II.
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many sparssiy settled rural townships.
on from the main thoroushfares, were
severely visited. Many times the first cass
occurred In families whose members had
not been away from home for several
weeks. and who had received no sus-
picious visitors. The more denseiy pop.
ulated towns often suffered less than
the thinly settled districts near them"
Surely these facts are worth more
than n thousand deductions from
probabilities and assumptions, expert.
mental or otherwise.
The high court Of specialists as
sembled In New York on August 4
from oil parts Of the United States
decided that personal hygiene. clean.
illness Of person and surroundings and
care Of food, which should be thor.
oughly cooked" are the most effec.
tive measures to prevent the spread
Of poliomyelitis. Not n word Of quar-.
antine! And vet despite all proof
against the contagiOusness Of this
disease derived from histories Of pre-.
vious epidemics, the public Is forced
to accept encroachments on its bust.
ness. Its traffic. Its school and church
attendance. Its travel and pleasure,
BY a quarantine based upon expert.
mental or t~heoretical data.
1t Is to be hoped that the confer.
ence Of health officers which began in
Washington yesterday will result In
the abandonment Of the hysterical
quarantine and cause adoption of the
sane attitude Of 1907, when, accord
Ing to DR.. j. c. PRICE, $500 cases oc.
Cured In this city and 1900 cases
vere reported In the United States.
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Wanted, . Hymn to Humanity.

A municipal ordinance Is being dis.
trlbuted by the police Of Baltimore.
Nd, which DEGREES that musicians,
performers or other persons shall
stand while playing, singing or rem
dering The Star Spangled Banner"
The penalty for disObeying this or.
dinance Is arrest on the charge Of
nlsdemennor and a possible fine not
exceeding 500.
While the motives underlying the
passage Of this ingenious ordinance
r praiseworthily patriotic, 1t fur
nlshes proof that the City Fathers Of
Baltimore take a parochial, provin-
cial, obsolete point Of view regarding
the emotions that 1t Is advisable to
arouse at present In the hearts Of
American audiences. Under the new
dispensation, the teachings Of the new
Americanism, the sentiments embodied
In "The Star Spangled Banner" are
too narrow In their scope to conform
to the time spirit, to that higher a.
truistic patriotism that has discarded
geography and knows M territorial
boundaries. What we need Mt once
In this country Is a Hymn to Hu.
mainly, with n Federal statute passed
to enforce Its rendition upon every
public gathering held in the United
States for any purpose.
"America." 1.-THE Battle Hymn Of
the Republic" columbia" yankee
Doodle and other popular national
songs must be. with 1.-THE Star Span.
gled Banner" thrown into the dis.
card. Our mission on earth rs a peo-
pc IL not to emphasize u selfish
devotion to n country and one flag,
but to show to the world that We live
and die only for the ace ut large.
Ho1pre Congress adJOurns it should
generously appropriate a sum of money
~ a reward to the poet and the COM
poser who give to the nation the song
that best expresses In words and mu.
sic the lofty humanitarian ideals that
have replaced our former narrow Mt.
titude toward u country's slgnifi.
canoe and mission. The verses should
be written In n OF the new world
languages and the tune should be one
that appeals both to Boston culture
and the savage soul. 1t should be
in all respects the Of recent
European hymns Of hate, and should
give to a warning world renewed
assurance that we Americans love
everybody on earth, even those who
smite us on both cheeks and also
upOn the nose.
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where Mr.. Hughes 10.

"where," asks our neighbor the
World, sorrowfully repeating the
question asked by our uptown friend
the Times, "is HUoHEs gomez"
To relieve the anxiety Of u co.
workers, we urge them to examine
with care the editorial page Of the
World ON which this interr0gat0ry Is
printed. They will fnd that Mr..
HUGHES Is In one editorial article a
column and a quarter long, double
loaded to advertise its Importance ;
In six editorial paragraphs, In i've
letters to the editor, and In n ex-
tract from another newspaper.
On the same page three editorial
articles. nine editorial paragraphs.
four letters to the editor and three
extracts from other papers meas
ure the Worlds interest In oil sub
jects discussion Of which does not
Decessitate the use Of Mr.. HUGHEs's
Lame; and some Of these squint at
that gentleman and his activities.
In whatever spot Mr.. HuoHEs may
not be, he certainly Is in the Worlds
editorial page.
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LITTLE TALES OF LIFE AND HUMAN
CHARACTER.

not either. Let us talk about Greece.
Soon there Is to be an election. 1t il
the contest between Eleutherios veni.
zelos and King Constantinos. I wor.
ship Venizelos. but were I there I
should vote to support the King. He
has kept us out f."
Enough" shouted Nikolaos. Ara
We to remain friends? Then do not tell
me that King Constantinos has ken,
us out Of war. Look at our country
Alien armies hold Salonica. The Bul.
gars tread our soil. We are de.
modified and d%efenceless. We are
bankrupt from the long mobilization
just ended. our m is inter.
fered with. We are treaty breakers
having dishonored our pact with
Serbia. We are despised. Never did
II mean less TO be a HELENE"
But think. IL We were at war"
began Georgios. and then a sudden re.
vulsion shook him. In his eyes
cleaned n reminiscent light. He saw
again the glorious image Of Athene
which IL the embodiment OF iIellas for
so many of his people. Athene Promo.
chos-the Fighter in the Front Rank
And now
You are right, Nikolaos." he said
brokenly. And he gazed with much
sternness at the picture OF King Con.
stantinos and the royal family which
hung On the side wall.
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BEDDING AND EPIDEMICS.
-
The Law TO Label Second Hand Ma.
terlal should be Enforced.

To THE EpIToI or THE SUS--Sir: ]
have read with considerable interest the
various editorial comments on the infdn-
tile paralysis epidemic IN and around
New York city. It's apparent. however,
that sufficient thought has not been given
to the possibility Of this disease being
spread through unclean feathers in pill
lows and mattresses.
II Is asserted by medical authorities
that sterilization o. infected feathers Is
impossible because the germs get inside
the auills 81 the feathers. While it is
not generally known. IT is nevertheless a
fact that much of the bedding sold to-
day contains second hand material.
There is IA law in this state and In
many others requiring the rroper stencil
ling Of all bedding that contains second
hand material with a statement TO the
erect that the contents Of each piece are
all or partly second hand. There Is,
however, no appropriation with which
to enforce this law.
What are the Board Of Health require
men,s relative to the feather pillows
and bedding used by paralysis victiUH'
Are the pillows simply dis!nfected and
lei ~ t'SA'
The possibilities OF spreading infantlle
PARALYSIS and other CONTAGIOUS diseases
we're recently brought out at n private
exhibition OF "A motion picture produced
for the purpose of showing wholesale
bedding buyers the large quantity OF
second hand feathers used In nRnufac-
turing pillows and bedding n where
the feathers are obtained,
This picture showed feathers from old
pillows and bedding discarded by hos
pitfalls, homes and individual users. being
collected by junk men and rag plckers
and distributed to manufacturers OF pill
lows, through middlemen. of course. for
use in making new pillows. 4 more
abominable practice could hardly exist.
The same condition exists with regard
to mattresses. Old hair and old cotton
are used over and over again. People
having mattresses renovated and rebuilt
don't know what was put in these
mattresses when they are returned.
Immediate steps should be taken to
obtain an appropriation from the state
so that the law regarding J. use OF
second hand material In bedding could be
rigidly enforced. Even now feathers.
unless properly cleaned and stcrilized.
may spread disease. SANITARY.
NEW YORK, August II.
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Tody Hamilton.

"War on the adjective and death
to the optic nerve!" cried STEVENSON
in behalf Of fastidiOus art. But RICH
Ard +. HAMILTON, the greatest OF
press agents, found In the adjective
his world conquering weapon. With
It he made the circus n national in
stituti0n and the name of BARNUM
became renowned wherever broad
gauge railways ran.
"Great, g~litterlng, gorgeous" mum.
bled the barefoot boy, from the West
ern prairles to the Hungarian plain,
and under the magic ALTERATION of
TODY HAMLTON's cOruscatlng COLO
cations Of the parts Of speech the boy
suffered that delightful preliminary
hypnosis necessary to the proper en-.
JOyment Of three rings and a side
show with 2O-clOwns-2O.
1t ought to be possible to praise
ToSv HAMILTON with some Of tho
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II.-HE KEPT US OUT OF WAR.

Nikolaos Achilleios keeps a kaph-
pheneion-or coffee house-in lower
Madison street which he calls Ho
Megas Alexandros, or the Alexander
the Great. Across the street stands
the xenodocheion To Byzantion. or
Byzantine Hotel. kept by Georgios
voupopou.os. Nikolaos and Georglos
are old friends.
They came from the same town in
Greece. They returned to their native
land TO fight together in the first Bal
kan war. leaving profitable businesses
in America tc deliver "a stroke for
Greater Hellas Afterward they came
back to this city and completed their
naturalization as American citizens.
Both will vote for the first time this
fall. But how? 1t is the great and
difficult question.
They sat the other day in Nikolaos's
place. smoking a water pipe and talk
ing II over. Georgios. who favors Mr..
Wilson. stressed n single point. lie
said triumphantly:
He kept US out OF war"
This angered Nikolaos. who had
been rehanging on the side wall y pic.
ture OF the Greek army marPuvres
at ThermopylR in 1896. "A work Of art
to be found in all good kaphpheneia.
usually facing a picture of Lord Byron
swearing an oath OF vengeance upon
the tomb OF Marco Bozzaris.
There is such 4 thing as going too
far in keeping out of war" exclaimed
Nikolaos sharply.
impossible" retorted Georgios. We
have fought. and yet you can say that
Have you forgotten what our "
eyes have ~seen-women murdered,
children tortured"
II forget nothing" replied Nikolaos.
Nevertheless | understand that these
things have been done in Mexico. So
I suppose II is true that We have been
at war with Mexico"
at il better that a few suffer than
that many perish" said Gcorgios. TAX
ing another tack. These things had
to be passed ~ To avoid war"
And how long do We continue to
pass them OVER" demanded Niko,aos.
DO We pay a yearly tribute, as was
done To the M.no;aur at Crete"
NO. OF course not" replied Geor-
gios. uneas.ly. But you do not UNDER
stand these things-well. maybe | de
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III.-A BROWN JAR.

ON the floor beside the fireplace
stands "A brown jar holding gladioll
The jar attracts almost no attention
from visitors. yet Meade feels that 4,
Is artistically the best thing in the
house. 1t il about a foot high. with
vertical round sides and a slightly
smaller mouth. The brown Of ita
sides is n lustrous shade marked in
several places with large dark spots.
These form the only decoration. In
truth. the Jar is just such "a one rs
housekeepers used three-quarters IL a
century Y TO hold supplies OF jan
or other preserves. Nowadays IL IS
easier to buy jam than to put it UP
In such capacious vessels.
The pink Of the gladioll blend adj
Tirably with the fiecked brown sheen
# the jar. Meade sees the pictorial
values. but prizes the jar for what col
cctors would call its ~provenance.
There is no good English equivalent.
YOU can't say ne prizes the jar for its
story. for there Is no particular story
connected with IL: 1t simply gives little
Glimpses Of the past.
In the centre of these fleeing W
sions stands an extraordinarily plump
and active fellow with a Jolly. laugh.
ing face. This Is Mcade's grcat-srdnd-
father. Anthony Meade. and the roomy
old house in back of him Is the Meade
homestead on the east end of Long
Island. Here Anthony Meade dwelt
for seventy-five years, most OF them
with his four wives. The first did Mt
1--we long. the second bore him eleven
children, the third was the seconds
half sister. the fourth was the thirds
amt This is not so scandalous as It
sounds. but the successive alliances
caused a certain bewilderment OF re,a-
tionships in the Meade family. some
If Anthony Meade's children were prR-
zled as To whether they We're brothers
and sisters or brothers and sisters and
cousins both. The mystery did not
prevent Their having splendid tines
together in the old house and the large
orchard behind il.
After Anthony McHdc'e death Il wts
decided in a fatal moment 20 req.
the homestead. such mist. srs can
never to be retrieved lit came the
mahogany to he scattered among -"
children, down cab~t tho hand heWn ulk
beams; the YVES were torn from those
big. compiic.'-d rooms that had been
assembled - one time or another and
were divid.l by doors at the summit
81 little S!ghts Of steps. When tbs
louse. which contained the history -
several generations nf American strct.
had beet RACED 1t was replaced 10y an
other, . SNOWY dwelling with tho g!N-
ccrbreaIN architecture prevalent ~ this
country thirty years back. or all tie
treasures of the Old house there 70
mains % Anthony Meade's great
fiandscn just n object-a lustr,us
br"wn jar which he likes 10 keep iii!"d
with flowers.
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Another Authority Declares That the
Men Rule.

To TIE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: AS
a reader Of THE PRESS for many years
and THE SvS since consolidation
should like to take exception to your
editorial opinion OF the impending 90
strike Of railroad employees. az you GER
tainly appear to he unfak, no inten-
~tionaily but rather through unfamil.arity
with the subject.
You imply, II YOU do not actually say.
that the LEADERS" of the men are en-
perors or kings of their respective bodies
and can do as they will. You overlook
the fac, that they do as they are in
s,ructed by vote Of those they represent,
with tho penalty of removal from office
10 they represented their constituents
az some Of our political representatives
do-as they p,esse.
was in the railroad business for
sixteen or seventeen wears. from boy
hood for IN, mast thirteen wears I have
heer ont az the service hut IN close
touch with railroad operation hecausc NJ
travel Incident to my business. and II
van were az well aware OF the gross
m,smanapement careIessness. net,v po,,.
tics among the "h!rher ups' OF the
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The War Not All Tactical.

The mysterious German commander
on the Somme-mysterious because
his identity Is concealed-has been
quoted rs saying, when asked his
opinion of General HAIG's leadership:
"HAIo a had no chance to show
what he can do In the way Of strategy.
No General has had In this war. with
the possible exception Of HtNDENBvRo.
Consequently the war has discovered and
developed no great strategic genius. 1t
Is all tactical now"
The unknown forgets VoS KLrCK.
who drove the French md British
pell-mell back to the gates of Paris,
only to beat n retreat himself when
JoFrRE OWNED his purpose In the
German change of front to the south.
east and turned the tide Of victory.
Surely In both cases this was n game
of strategy. although no one will nov
hail NoN KLUCK rs n great strategic
genius" Moreover, did not MACKEN-
SEN display ability Of n high order
when he expelled the Russians from
Galicia? Finally, is BRUsILorr, who
has rushed the Teutonic allies almost
back to Iemberg, taking 35S,OO pris-
Oners in nine weeks, to be denied the
name and fame OF s%trategist?
To say that the wal on the western
front is "all tactical now" Is mislead.
ing. Taking trenches from day to day
Is no doubt tactical. but it Is In pur-
suance of a s%trntegical plan, the sue
cess or failure of which Is not yet
deterpined after n seven weeks Of.
fcnsive that shows M signs of ex-
haustion. Peronne. the key to the
upper Somme valley, is the first OBJ
jective of the .Anglo-French move
ment. II that point Is gained n base
will have been established for n
new and more formidable offensive
movement over the watershed which
divides the valleys OF the Somme
and Disc from those Of the Scheldt and
Sambre. The glory Of present and
future successes on II major scale will
belong to the strong. silent man
Joi R md not to his subordinates
FocH and HAIG. who are trying to
carry out the s%trategical plan Of the
French commander in chief. The tao.
tics. 1t Is true. are theirs, and by
the result their leadership must be
judged.
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TOO PROUD TO FIGHT.
A Boston Inquiry rs TO the Spirit Of
America.

To TIE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir: Is
there any patriotism left In tho country.
or Is 1t a fact that I've are too proud
to fight?
Supposing the I.usltania had belonged
ia Germany and that, later on. We had
sent an undersea boat to Bremen, do
you believe tho Germans would have
received us with open arms md taken
us on a gala trip through the palace Of
the Kaiser? DO you suppose our COM
mander would be able to testify to the
love of Germany FOR us OF his return,
as Koenlg says he will do for us?
With the memory of hundreds OF
Americans murdered by Germany We
received with open arms and salvos OF
praise a representative Of this assassin
OF men and nations.
Was Or. Wilson right when he said
we were too proud To fight. or should
he have said "too cowardly"?
Where il the patriotism OF tho old
days. or Is It "A lost quality?
EDWIN w. INGALLS,.
Boston, August H.
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sone outlet for the traditional ebul-
litIon Of professional rudeness. To
this We must reply that the number
Of inhabitants Of the United States
Is approximately n hundred million.
Many Of these travel, or will travel
when the wars grip Is removed from
shipping. These millions are 20 used
to the ways Of the custom house that
they are not astonishcd, as Prince
MAHiDoL was. They do not protest.
The trunk searchcrs should let of
the steam Of ~incivility on American
citizens. and on them alone. This will
spare Washington the humiliation Of
having to apologize.
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WHERE THE AUTHORITY IS.
The Brotherhood Officers. Not the Men,
Now Have Power 70 Cali q strike.

To THE EDITOR or TIL SuS-Sir: Just
a line to call attention to the fact that
the railroad brotherhoods have not
voted for a strike. They have simply
passed the buck to their representa-
tives. who are playing a good stir game
Of blum.
It 10 rather dlscourag!ng 20 realize
that the engineers place their future in
the hands Of such an extreme radical
as Stone shows himself TO be. lie
knows. however. hat the men do not
wan a strike. There viii, be no strike.
NEW YORK, August u. +. :. G..
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I'0ntius Plate.


Eye cannot hold me guilty Of His DEATH
Thus PLATE spake when Christ was cru
cihcd.
II might nave saved Him with Q nod. .
breath;
And well knew that they who faced
Him lied.
But Rome 10 Rome. with foes on every
hand.
II wrong ! did to that strange Man
Whose sweet. calm gsss I could not under
stand.
'Tis C@sar's right to rise above Gil law.
For Rome must live. and conquer. and
endure.
Though Christ should perish. or ten
million men:
I met His eye and saw His soul was pure.
But for Rome's saks I'll siay the Christ
again"
ESwAlb .. VAN auA