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Assembly man Everett'S sympathy.

A>semblyMa EVERETT. m whom
rests the not cnviable distinction Of
introducing the four bills before the
Legislature designed to free the vi
Cious elements in this rity's popula-
tion Of some of the restraints now
imposed on them. thus explains his
interest in their passage:
while looking INTO the subject of
real estate taxation In New York city
! ran across cases Of hotel property
producing y small income but assessed
at high valust.o on.
The proprie'ors In several instances
stated their business was being ruined
by arbitrary police Interference
Mr.. E>ERErr is not the first. nor
will he l.. the last statesman IN he
persuaded that 1t might he profitable
to relax the regulations by which
the police cndpayOr 10 suppress the
criminal population of the commu-
nifty. Ru, TIA" >chem" does not work
satisfactorily: tn" profits derived
from official encouragement ~ i'm
morality ,o not compensate the Gov
ernment for the losses such n policy
involves. The public effect " tolern.
ton Is 100 costly tu bc ignored.
u appears, however. that Mr.. Ev-
tprrr il concerned nXcr small Incomes
obtained from premises assessed mt
high valuations The small incomes
resuli from the activity of the police
in rcrr.>>ing the most degraded Grim
iual> the lnw knows. and neither the
city ~ "A corporation nor It's people n
indi> iduaIs will mourn the private
distress Of mel who ind II impossible
I" grow rich out Of vice.
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OPERA TICKETS.
The (yar ut the window j. wicked
est when He Grins.

To TItr EpITuR ur THE SuS-Sir: ".
=. Davis OIL opera tickets is right.
Grand opera Ia New York Is conducted
for the very Rich and the spectators.
Tho remainder of the population IN
New YORK. evidently have no business
hutt!ng a., or else have no money 10
ray the spectators. should Ike 70
60 myself a. least ONO - week. hut my
means are not suoh thi can afford to
pay s, to So for "A ticket.
some time ago ! saw a notice
that samson Ell Del.lah" would be
gwen on saturday afternoon. March is.
This was before It wac advertised In
the papers IN tho LIST covering a weeks
performances. surely thought that
by getting Il the box office before II was
oven advertised | would get a ticket.
WAS met there with the usual report
and usut, Srn: al, sold out When
! started To- ptrl.t the ticket seller
simpl, l'ft the window.
Many New l"rA.rS would Ike TO have
somebody take up a campaign for a
reform IN the disposition of opera tick
cts and CIV. the real music lovers a
'lauco ! mean that class which comes
~ the beginning uf the performance. not
ia IN" midd.c ot IT, Il, W. HAINEs.
NEW luGh, March -.
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LIFE OF THE SOLDIER.
Hard Work. and Lots Of II, Says =
Cavalry Veteran.

To THE EDiroK OF The SUN-Str: Such
letters az that OF Il. l.. Hubbard In THE
Sun of March II regarding the LASH
ness" OF our soldiers would not he worth
replying to were II not for the pernicious
influence they exert among the ignorant
and the eagerness with which they are
seized upon by the pacitists as proof of
the undesirsbility of an army.
Il. l.. Hubbard says that he served
" years and eleven months in the
regular army. should like him to
state In what branch Of the service and
with what organization he served whore
a soldier spent three hours OF bunk
fatigue" In the day time. I have been
In the army for twenty-five years.
Cavalry. but ] have never been In
n garrison where the enlisted men did
not work harder and for longer hours
than any workingman on the out
at 8 o'clock. The soldier begins his
day at $50 In summer and 8 In winter,
and II is go from one thing to another
all day. as fast as possible. with Just
time for meals. The nature of the work
varies with the branch Of the service,
1t is true. but all are kept busy.
Stables. setting up excrci ses, dis
mounted drill. mounte driil. more
stables. guard duty. kitchen police. stable
poke. old guard fatigue. Sc. not all
every day. but enough each day 10 keep
every man busy until I o'clock, and
often duties. such as guard. which keep
the man busy at night two hours OIL.
four on. as well.
When the civilian workers day ends
the rest Of his tim belongs to him not
50 with the soldier. Unless he has a
pass" he must he back for check
at 10 As.
Men In the army are pretty much Ike
men OF the outside the ones who get
into trouble In the army are the ones
who would get into trouble outside. and
what trouble they get into cannot he
ascrtbed to having 20 much time on their
hands.
II is too had Mr.. tIupbard is not salts
fed with our craftsmanship. Genera,
Funston. speaking ~ the thirty-tDo
troopers who stood or son MeNicans at
Columbus. said The American soldier
is stu the best rifle Snot ~ the world"
The assertion that 1T does not take
three weeks for a man or ordinary In
~telligehc" to learn To- go through the
evoIutions and obey tine orders required
of n private II both ridiculou. and
misleading. II Mr.. Hubbard lahois
uiider me delusion that tho "du alton
of "a soldier ends with ninpauy drill he
certainly got little good out Of his two
years and eleven months, \ recruit. at
che end Of three weeks, no matter how
great hie "intelligen,e.' IL simply a
nuisance. not y sold or. II would h.
quite easy In get him to IN. front"
The sssiduous care 81 his Squad
leader" would probably land him safe
on the train. hut when he arrives
what them How mitch use will his
three weeks Of company drill' hs to
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Before the day In over the eminent
diagnOsticisn whose peregrinations
have recently enliyened the West In.
dian isles will apply to the electorate
If his long suffering country the pre-
liminary tests for the revelation III
Its mood. n that be sufficiently he
role to satisfy the professional judg.
ment of the observer. We may be pre-
pared for a commcndatory word and
the administration of II potion neither
unpalatable nor unwelcomc.
But-and such n morbid condition
ID not beyond the possibilities In u
a = presenting many di>luieting
symptoms-if the patient betray'
slgns Of lethargy, lack "f spirit, men
tai sloth and moral unreadiness. thu
prescription will unite 'he most pow
erful drugs IN the p~harmacopPia
without regard Ia the violence of theil
reaction or the disposition "f the pa
tient tn assimilats them.
Without seeking Ia invade tho sick
room. II l. permissible 4" speculate
whether. in either treatment. the ski'
full gentleman whose physical pros
enc once more blesses his nnti,'
land l. preparing for the application
Of liberal quantities IF an invaluable
remedy produced In large quantities
south Of the Rio Grande. II stream
which must not he confused with the
River of Doubt.
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following from I wigmore on Evi.
dence, 7ec:

S ~.
TO deny the competency OF a physi-
chan who does not know his facts from
personal observation alone is to reject
medical testimony almost IN it's entirety.
10 allow any physician 10 testify who
claims 70 know solely BY personal ex-
pericnce il to appropriate the witness
stand to impostors. Medical science is
a n OF transmitted data the gener-
alizstions are rare which are the result
Of n mans personal observation ex-
ciuslvelw The Law must recognise the
methods Of medical science. 1t cannot
stultify itself by establishing. for legal
remedies. . rule never considered neces-
eary BY the medical profession itself.
II y enough for . physician, testifyins
to . medical fact, that he IL BY train
Ing and occupation 4 physician whether
his source Of Information for that par
ticular fact is In part or entirely the
hearsay OF his fellow practitioners and
Investigators is immateriai."
It would appear to the average
mind that the law would really stul.
tify itself by adopting rules adopted
BY the medical profession for its gui.
dance. because, a. the trial Judge well
said, "twenty years sgo we could
read the positive information that
malaria proceeded from what they
called missm Or bad water, aud to.
day they tell you that 1t proceeds
from the bite Of n mosquito. The
same thing with yellow fever. Time
was when they said that diphtheria
proceeded from gases. and now
they tell You II Is a distinct infec.
ton"
The frequent changes in medical
theories and practice make testimony
based upon books unreliable. and we
agree with the trla, Judge that per
sonal observation. especially II veri.
fed. In accepted works. offers the best
expert Testimony. Were personal oh.
%servations regarded In their true light,
Iiuric> would not he called upon ~
discuss evidence given by men who,
owing to Immature experience. draw
opposing conclusions from books. ~
Is too often the case In insanity trials.
The European method Of selecting
men of high standing in their special
ties. as referees In criminal trials,
protects the public against confusing
testimony. which often utilities the
working Of justice.
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The New York Idr journal dis.
cusses editorially "Cndeseryed Disre-
pute of Expert Evidence In Per
kins W.. the United States. tried in
the Circuit Court "f Appeals. pecem-
her, 1919, u conviction OF manslnugh-
ter WAS reversed. one of the errors
assigned and sustained being that the
trial Judge had used tho following
language:
Now. ] charge you that expert testi-
mony has fallen into what ! might term
In many respects AN undeserved disre-
pnto,' You see IN the papers Jokes about
the experts. especially in cases Of lnsan-
lily. But ! charge you that expert tcsti-
mony is admissible by law, and II is very
valuable within it's proper limitations
that il the expert testimony Of a
man who knows something from his
own experience, But when a
man proceeds t speak expertly about
matters not within his own knowledge
n experience, then his testimony he
gins to he Of less value. n
he says I myself gave fifteen grains OF
chlorai to a man and he became insane.
no M can dispute that that 10 testi-
mony OF very high character; but when
he testifes from the books. showing the
experiences Of another, you have no way
Of checking such observations. and wha,
lie states is only, 80 to say, hearsay
testimony, unless it Ia corroborated by
the witnesses own experience"
In its condemnation Of this instruc.
ton the Appellate Court quotes the
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SharkletOn's Antarctic Expedition.

II H. a relief to turn from the san
culinary deadlock ~ the war In Eu.
| rope In Sir ERNEST ". SHAcKIEroN's
Antarctic pNJeditIon. tie left Eng.
land on September ~. 1914. to -
the Antarctic continent from We'd
dell Sea tn Ross Sea ny way Of tho
south pole. hoping that when ne re.
turned I" civilization 10 report his
success tho war would lao over, with
England on ~" winning side. Word
now from Sydney that the OK.
pl"rer renche,i tho shore Of Ross Sea.
and the Inference Is that he tra>ersed
the Antarctic continent.
n was Sir ERNEST SHNCKLEroN's
purpose, - tn follow Scorr's route
,o tho south pole or AMrNDsEN's. hu,
to cross the great Victoria chain Of
mountains. u direction that would
take him through an entirely uncN.
plored part of the Weddell Quadrant.
He was IL march right across the
ih- ~ 'hNa'llN itlb
equipment with him IA distance Of
LOO miles without having u single
cache and station u fall back upon
after reaching the pole. SCoIr and
AMJNpstN planned Ia return Ia u
ba>, along n line nj depots pre-, lo,I>lI
set M aud marked, and SCoIr and
| hts .,.p yt.Spy an tl,A I..I " sl,
! pol" persisted N the way back. But
SuACKLEToN would have u =" on.
his hope being that he woula make
II junction with the other section Of
his party starting from Ross Sea. II
anything vent wrong with either SEQ.
ton disaster might oNprwh"lm one
or both. In the history Of polar cX-
ploration there was never an enter.
prise 50 hazardous ~ that which
SHACkLEION planned.
Before he sailed the leader said
Except Dr. BRrCr's discovery "f
COats'S Land in 1904 aud the rcSul,
of the Filchner expedition ,lol., we
know scarcely more of the Wuldrll
Quadrant than we did In WEpDELI'S
day. 1t Is n vast unexplorrd region"
Sir ERNEST hoped to learn whether
the Andes chain extended To Graham
Land and tn determine whether the
Antarctic continent was ~ homage.
neous mass or divided into two parts
or more. II" expected TO obtain a
great deal of geological and mrieoro.
logical data. No expedition was ever
better equipped. The personnel was of
high class and carefully selected. y"
instrument or device that could no
helpful was left behind.
On the way down from Bucnos
Ayrrs n set Of meridian points was
set up on South Georgia Island, 80
that mariners would he able to Sail
by true compass, Then Sir ERNEsT's
section pressed through the ice pack,
which was remarkably heavy for the
season, indicating that the first win.
ter would he unusually severe. The
message from Sydney came nj about
the time II was eXpected-Mnrch Is
the month TO hear from Antarctic
explorers who have a story to tell Of
achievement or failure, with n note If
tragedy In II MS n rule,
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printed page and to put their thoughts
on paper. II Is not pretended that
these men would become public
charges, that they are unsound ri
mind. that they are lacking In under.
standing; they are to be penalized
and this country ~puuished because
they have had no opportunity to ac'
quire u desirable hut BY M means In
dispensablc accomplishment.
Three Presidents have vetoed this
measure. Mr.. WILSON Is d ~ them.
None has had the duty Of disspprOv.
Ing II twice, and unless Congress he
haves with q stupidity unusual even
for n legislative body the privilege OF
returning the bill to its authors will
be denied to him.
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MONTREAL'S DISCOBOLUS.
Rebuked by y Poet. the thy Made
Amends 10 Neglected Art.

To riIE EpIToH ur Thr SuN Sir. The
poem asked Tor by John worthy was 10
printed In the c1nddIdr Spectator. "a
high class Literary Wc"rlN' OF Montreal
In 1875 or 1879, from, ! thIuh, au Eng
llsh magazine. About ten S,,rs later II
Was reproduced n the Questions and
Answers column ~ TUE SUNp.Y SIN
in answer 10 = query. ana my rerollcr-
ton is that II was then attributed To-
william Henry IIur!bcrt
\ visitor AZ the Montreal Art GALLERY
found the D.scoholuS. face to the wall,
In al attic or lumber room discarded.
as Il We're, This inspired tho po-m
Tho paragraph quoted IS John Worthy
from Rupert Rrookeie "l.rt'"rs From
America shows that Montreal acrcptcd
the rehuhc and reformed :
Ntw YORK, March -.
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derstand that our army aviatorS are
still being trained to ~: they have
not yet been taught to fight. That Is
n stage that comes later. Mr.. BuR.
CESS goes on to remark:
"The United States army is away be.
hind those Of European countries In
aeronautics. II Is ~ far behind that II
1t we're to start catching up Tomorrow
It would not reach an equal footing for
at least four years"
Why. like the katydid. say an un.
disputed thing In such . solemn way ?
But II Is n matter Of opinion how
long u time should he allowed for
the United States army to catch up
with aviation Ms practised In the Eu-
ropcan war zone. -Four years seems
n minimum. Shall we ever close the
gap? Mr.. BURGESS knows what he IL
talking about when he says that "the
biplancs that were sent into Mexico
ARE small and Of the old fashioned
tractor type. with the propeller In
front to draw the plane through the
air"--and down to the ground, II
might be added. since the engines are
not Of the latest type.
Why should the army officers he
taken to task for poor work in Mex
leo when the Government fails to
provide them with modern aero
planes? In European army the
machines they IRE using would he
considered archnic. This accounts In
large measure for the backwardness
Of our officers in aviation. Every
time they rise into the air they take
chances with engines that do not
function we'll and with fabrics that
may not stand the strain.
An investigation If the army nero
nautic service has been proposed in
Congress. No time should be lost In
authorizing u. The existing cOndi-
tions are II scapdul. We should have
the best army aeronnuts In the world.
and We have tho worst.
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AMERICA FIRST.
M Foreign Alliance Wanted by the
United States.

To u Erlror OF TIN SUN-SUs TIM
T. has frequently denounced foreign
born cousp!racle~ AGAINST the Govern
meut OF the l'ui'cd state.
Its next task t. 70 smash the hWcri-
can horn couspirt'or~, led by Gcn'g,
Haven Putnam. who are mo-" 'EnGi,sn
than the German Americans thcm-,l Ives
are kaiserl.kc.
our Government; has serious questions
To settle with Great britain sc oIiarG'
her with violating international law
Yet the fake American Right. Commit.
tee wants us "a break with ,;,rmahy
and ally with England, who has not re-,
spscted our protests
] condemn riot!ng at aHN sort o' y
meeting. However. Il Is disgusting Z.
sec men BORN under the 'Amer.can har
acting as Benedict Arnold did
Il - RpRsRrs,
Nrw YORK. March "a.
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HUGHES or ROOSEVELT.
An Anxious Republican Considers the
Breaking Of 'Precedents.

To THE ENRON OF TIE SuN-Sir. This
Is n striking ora Of po,itical iconocIasm
preceden,s and traditions are shattered
and ignored with amazinp abandon. Fos
| one who wishes 10 see the worthy prece.
dents and heritages of his country pre-.
served the times are unusually disturb.
ing and perple wing n, has come tn a
point where the pcop,c must choose
| which Of two nreccden,s should t<
broken for the welfare Of the country
Justice Hughes must in the near future
| leave the bench and accent the cali OF
| the pcoplc. or be entirely consistent with
the traditional dignity NJ tho court thus
| allowing Tbcodorc Rooseve,t the oppor.
tunity to smash the greatest prccedent
Of ali ,ba, 10 Tho beiiss ~ ,his conn.
| tty tina, M man sbo,,id serve over tuo
| terms in the Presidency. and that no
man il nd,spensabIe 10 this peop,c.
Since time oui ~ mind the neop,el
of the world b.ve heen heid updor ths
spell OF the Ipdisncnsabie man idea. Thu
trainers of our nent verc deter.
mined above evervtbinv IN nrove tbs
futi,i,v n, ri. lima hnnor.d ,hnorv Ars
vo In ,cvert ,n m. .,oro agc ~ hero
worsbinp
Judges ,ro uS,. b, pr.s,acp,a n
! t,.,icc t,"aho. .aoon, ,,a 1on,,h,,c.r
,n,,i,.,Ln,, 80 a. a,r., ~. Iii, g., ~,
pr,h. hiii,,. ha ...,rod - A., .ich, can
scr,ic. n,r;.. a.. .u... a. Iii an,,h.
,oss ,,i, ;. s ."' .m .-s..
az t,,tno. ,a a., -, 80 ,r
,n,nv a,hor -. ~. ~. - ,,i,
yvhar n,aa,, o' - IN
,,ni,s ,ha, 80, api''"N y"
=, ,,.aa.e w -. ve ..,
49,, 20 a.. 80, 80,
80 n''. q .. We enc.
o,r,,on, Vvt,h H." ,,n ~. uo
H., a., '..,,,, .ne re'eia. p.uor
:, u.s. WI" n"nua nv cou,,, vme v
~ 'ue peop,e wouiu " SUI
"VoNt.,' HupeIp po'l'Sa, genius anu
nmo" 'e.se VI human wtah.esses' gar
v 'N'ep,iona' rIs, na"u en-
-. :" asS'uu'"s nIS'oIi0"i s.uu.'
"ou'' "",he nl'l an ai"ri'iink cohhDinh-
~ ~ ". u.,aS''ous Pote,,'a,I''es' WIN
% ~' ,"r"'c up"eaN'' anu our
W. .u''.,4'"! PIoSpe!ous country =
,"e ',.'" - "'"'...u"'nouS picJu-
-. 80 f'','''' ''u'H' i"c""oic 'Noooe.
~. nno"s oe''rr 'na" any Inah tha'
. !, y ~ dt."-ueI'a-
"o 80 va" 'oo'c t"e 'ca VI
I' 0iI"''" we 'cane'sn.p VI =
rn.a.a. ..p'.s'",a'lNc I'fuo''' anu
ri ny "" 'u'o''a's.
60, ~ "s "" A"rer,
., ~ .t'"Ha w VI "un"
r""' Vi W." inc coiiipicte ahtrp-
i,n. ~ =. p"' poi.t'vaI status;
- 'pin,''.',' y W. ias' Iresiuei.iai
""p''N" UNI '"' SPECTACULAR raP!oity
=. wv c"'n.e ni oase MAKE u OK
.".S ""nvuu oe''eNe ne was
a,'oe' rH s,neefi'F or q eo~ns''entlou
"n,,r"' nm m,an hs,sh, 'nto human
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he Bard's Blank Verse Is Not Prose,

To II EplToR 81 TIE SuN-Sir. The
liter OF James u, D"wol, on shake
sprarc'S Plays expresses truly the tunc-
tl"n of imaginative powers IN the pro-
du"tinn 80 IN" plays, and, Tor that mat
ter, all plays, hut AN equally necessary
thing is the Possession az y moro thar
mediocre" command Of the spoken Ian
guaee, II actors would only learn In
speak Shakespeare's lines with some
approach to = high Evolutionary stan
dard they would give more satisfaction
to genuine lovers of Shakespeare than
they do AZ present.
II the great dranatist had meant his
liiee to be rendered as prose, doubtless
I've wouli not have written them ia blank
N'rS" hut as he did 81 write them We
are cntitled 10 expect hat they should
be "a rendered in the theatre,
r. 4. HowUs.
NEw YoRk, March -.
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The Low STANDARD Of Our Army
Aviation.

Mr.. W. STERLING BURGESS of Mar.
blehead. tho aerOnaut and Meroplane
builder. expects too much Of Colonel
SAMUEL REBER's aero s1undrons In
Mexico or elsewhere. No one has
been 50 severe upon the flying mn.
chimes operating In Chihnahm nS Mr..
BURGESS, "In n real BATTLE he says.
zone Of those planes would not last
two minutes against 4 modern tight.
ing machine" This critic should un.
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ola Appropriation. Renewed

The last Republican tIH
came Ia u deadlock MN me \"
which ~ composed entirely 90
and as u result no genera .-
was enacted for three wears
that period no appropriate.
passed. Under the general i,V
ernor-General merely co0'I..rf
lowances made by the las a,uI.-
bill that had been passed
1t fostcrcd loose methods
ment Of funds from one tI'nr"ur
another purpose. the u,, ~ tl..e
nally appropriated tor = -pc
for a new purpo,c rufrafi T
appropriati - Mas made.
Tho Democratic utWtn ,'r..
established harmony Win iu'
and each wear the regular 4'r.
bill has heeu put through
There has been much tall
cans thrown rGihlcs-l> "ut .
make places Tor t1lipiuos N,.
nonsense. The total number u
Ions OF Americans from rIf
voluntary Hud lu%Noluutnr, fnr
h33, IS against ,On tor "
ot Republican admlu. e'rt.
number OF involuntary -,I.r
Americans from the ssrs,,,
about $50 greater ia H., Csc.
Democratic adn.Htstrt'nu.
IN tho last two WARS of IS ...
miUistrition
There IL another ,.htIE,
present administrat.ut 'u
weight is ~pitaDhahl,
process Of FilipluI2atluu 60 f.
-
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or will he go to the prize iight?

-. Louis. Mo. 10 to have a Dress
Up" week. The startling discovery
has been made by ST, Louis tailors
that while the women OF that city
are remarkably stylish. the average
mai. inhabitant Ia careless Of his at
tire and PAYS little attention to cur-
rent fashions, As II Ia we'll known
that Missourians cannot he convinced
except 10y visible demonstration. the
-. Louis tailors insist upon the set
ting aside 81 ~ least day a year
during which they may employ yari-
olS methods for convincing their fel-
low citizens that only the man who IL
well dressed is always well received,
When the Democratic national on
venrinn meets In So. Louis In June II
is possible that there will he In evil
dcncc M~issourians who look as IL they
had cnme from New York.
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So tho subway might have heen bull,
with standard oil money had IL not
been for Mayor GAYSoR; and the inno-
cent ~byStander needs no aid in bring
Ing - his mind an understanding of
the howls Of anguish such a proposal
seriously put forward would have
elected.
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one OF the latest proposals for the
Improvement NJ tho Bowery If the
planting OF a row Of plane trees on
each side from Chatham Square Ia
Cooper Union. But why plane trees?
Surely eucalyptus would he better.
They are known to have a remark
able disinfccting power and can re-
move any miasmatic faint from the
atmosphere In their neighborhood.
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4 REFINED California Congress District.

The Smith Congress district ~ California
Is almost wholly made up Of the most In.
t~olligent and refined c,ass Of people In the
Waited states, the citizens therein having
come from the various states Of the Union
ranks