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First Aid TO Art.

II Is unjust to criticise subscribers
TO the Shakespearian fund Of Sir
IIEEBERT BEERBoHM TREE and con-
lrihutors to the support Of u French
theatre in New York for assisting
artistic enterprises not American in
origin. Both enterprises benefit this
public. Neither Is likely to he fnan.
cially profitable TO It's promoters.
There will. however, be an artistic ad.
vantage to New Workers. Interested In
seeing some of the seldom acted plays
Of SHAKESPEARE ns well as to those
who take an interest In the cOntem-
%pOraneous French theatre.
The same support might have been
given to American cntrcpreneurs, hut
did any of our American managers
propose to revive one Of the chronicle
plays of SHAKESPEARE, or Indicate
a desire to increase his RESPONSE
bllities by presenting q French com.
pany1 Mr.. HAokETT planned bis own
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CAMPAIGN OF THE DRYS.
4 Question Of Biblical Authority Put
10 Their Ad%VersarIes.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: col
onel I. NJ. Gilmore. president Of the
National Model License League, in a
letter publ shed in THE SUN advises the
Anti-SLoon League not TO resort To the
Scriptures. Coming from a representa-
tive of an organization which has amused
the clergy of the country in its efforts
TO defend the liquor traffic BY the Scrip-
lures. this is refreshing, We decline 10
hagsle over details. and respectfully in
quire whether Mr.. Gilmore believes that
he Is making any Roadway IN irving IA
throw n mantle OF Biblical protection
over a New York waterfront dive or a
fake Raines law hotel.
We likewise insist that the issue in
New York Is not prohibition at the pres
eut time. but the right % the people 10
vote on the question Of prohibition. In
New York state manhood suffrage is
denied N all Of the cities having nearly
four-iifths OF the population. The is.
sue In New York. which We refuse &c
allow to be obscured, is the optional pro.
h!bition referendum bill to give a vote
on the liquor question - every voter lr
the state. WILLIAM II. ANDERSON.
state Superintendent Anti-Saloon Leag,,
of New York.
NEW YORK, March 6.
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closely guarded repository Of secrets.
For common consumption the oracle
has no utterance save: "Antagonism
to America in Europe Is by no means
so great us has been reported" Con.
else, and comforting.
In silence MAGMA DoMUs went. In
silence he returns, still expert In the
art Of cheerful evasion. As the mas
ter's mind runs on n single track. the
mans mind runs IN pneumatic tires
inflated to the exact point Of greatest
accommodation between the require.
ments Of residence and resistance to
puncture.
Now II is that the delicate OrRani-
cation of the mission shows to best
advantage, for rs there were no for
malities of Senatorial crcdential at
the outset. there will I've no embar-
rassmcnt Of Senatorlat examination
ut the journeys end. In the seclu-
sion of the most intimate recpsses Of
Alba Domus. MAGMA nOMvs will re-
port to the sole author Of his diplo-
matte being.
hut what the public now most de-
sires Of the treasures Of 'the little
House well filed is revelation of the
authorship of "Philip Dru. Admin
istrator." Before that mystery the
secrets Of belligerent Powers fade to
less than nothingness. Behind that
inscrutable brow may dwell the con
seriousness Of a purpose of most fate.
full Import, n purpose which on March
4. 1913. made the merest beginning
toward ultimate realization.
Is MAGMA DoMus now ut Alba DO.
mus comforting with Philip
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ENLIST NOW.
4 National churchman's Appeal to
His Fellow Citizens.

To TIE Enron or ruy stx-Sir. Tn.
dph, TIry S,S IL making FOR nj ADEQUATE
national defenc. should be IN. nrbt OF
every American citizen. II is vitality
impor,an, tina, ". should NOT eo mo
our next war az ". h,y,. gone into
,hos. ~ Tho mas, = vc dn ne MAJ
never come on, nf 4, "A, al 4, L. ON.
,lrely nnssih,c ,ba, ,i,b, ,b.,a Nh.
Uui,.d states viii cease Ia no
No one ca, realize the defects -, our
military system b.,ter than those h
hay. studied our military motley of ,be
nas, or rather o,r I,ck n sonv p,iit,r,
uolicy whatever
No matter wha, has b..n said n, ,hc
militia and mo- ,nn,,er how TINE emo nv
much ~ n may M. in many ,,.no,,s
VIVA, have We seen and heard of IN.
National Guard of New York mai wound
LEAD n. IN beli.y, i, is No, n, ,his d.N.
an eficient orpariyationa
A little over a month a,o NJ. ior.G.n.
erai O,Ryan odd,sssad. nes,iuy op
,he Five, Traininr ,pl.t,shv,rI p.I.
nent IN New YORK. and M tho concin.
sion OF that address Genera, Wood s,id .
81 hone TIA, Won will hack nm ,;,rera,
oRvau. lie is irving 10 max. tho
militia NJ this state ho,h ,arvar and
better. II we mad more uen i,ko hi,r
liner. Womb he less ,dv,rsa r.Csc,,on
ON the militia ,~hrouehou, Tho countrv :"
! And at plattsburg on Sentember 20 last
in , signed statement, Genera, Wood
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Financing the Farms.

Senator HoLIis'S rural credits bill
promises to result In II Of the most
important acts of constructive legisla-
ton recently achieved I'm Washington.
Agriculture IL unquestionably the
greatest OF all American indus
tries. II has long been recognized
that il American agriculture was to
continue to meet the c0untry's re-
auiremcnts II must be put upon a
business footing and cease to he a
haphazard exhaustion of fertile soils
accompanied 10y excessive reliance on
weather and markets. Farming has
been made more scientific, but much
remains to he done in making IL more
b~usinesslike. To this end " Is essen
tial that farmers. like other business
men. should have access to adequate
financial facilities.
That certain features OF the pend
ing legislation. rs shaped in It's early
stages. are open tn criticism is only
what was to bp expected. The meas
urr seems To contemplate too close
II connection between the Federal
Treasury and agricultural borrowers,
but these details Of method can he
corrected or perfected. The dangers
most Ia be guarded against are in
herent In political dispositions TO
promise an availability Of public
funds. ostensibly TO subsidize farm
ing hut actually for %subvention of the
vote of farming constituencies.
Defective and objectionable provi-
siuns should not he allowed to Oh
scure the fundamental principle in
yolved or prevent efforts tn attain n
highly desirable object. The Federal
reserve act vas Il vastly different
and improved instrument in compare
son with the banking and currency
hill of l9l., aS IL stood n various in.
teryals in its progress toward pas
sage. For the improvement of a rural
credits bill while /, is under DELHI
GRAFTON q large amount of informa-
ton and educated advice is to-day
obtainuble as n result Of the interest
which the subject has engaged for
many wears.
The essential thing nov Is for bank
Ing and business experience to come
To the support of the Congressional
movement for rural credits legisla-
tion. The NOR support of this kind
IL gets the greater the assurance of n
beneficial enactment.
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GOVERNING BY QUIBBLE.
We Are Well Started. hut There !,
Room for Improvement

To THE EpiroR OF THE SuN-Sir.
have been much interested in results OH
tanned by our Government during the
past three or four years for instance.
the reduction in tariff. our removal Of
high tariffs has erased the stigma Of
unholy and wholly unjust discourteous-
ness to foreign manufacturers Then
there Is the stupendous number Of Amer
lean lives saved by not forcing them to
sail on bell,Rerent ships through war
zones, and the OF work saved
our postal authorities M stevedores by
encouraging the seizure Of our mails and
shipments,
But these seizures are directly con-
trary 10 fundamental principles Of In
ternationai law" you may say. Granted.
But can you not see the foresight AMI
subtle diplomacy in this attitude on the
part of our Government" The warning
nations are establishing precedents In
smashing each other and international
law. and some day we may want to do
the same thing, and we will have the
presidents ready for Use.
The American Government knows. as
well rs our foremost business men know,
that the secret OF success and continued
prosperity lies in killing OF competitors.
m is IL not even better to help COM
petitors to Kill off each other
II Is n wise II benign Providence
which Is guiding us, W" are "A great
and wealthy nation. Our natural wealth
and individual greatness have lac w
the envied OF the world. but We have
another advantage. one which is rarely
mentioned, hut one which hould he
widely advertised and capitalized. You
may be surprised, perhaps. for II may
seem on first thought a small and In
significant thing. II is not. II Is the
foundation and fundamental thought Of
our Government, II IL possessed by our
people from the lowest to the highest.
from the janitors to the college pro-
fessors: II Is the handspring OF our
hopes and ideals.
And what liz this advantage Quibble !
bubble, auibble,
Rot and dribble.
Passing laws,
NlSlng UP
Effect and cause.
TO place our Government on n trua
QuiDble basis We must have n codiiied
system of bubble, II all interested per-
sons would submit their ideas concern
inG a practical plan 1t would be very
helpful to future generations. QUIBB.
CRAWFORD. n. j.. March s.
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Secretary Of War Vel TO have e.
capped the attention of the reporters
in Washington. We should not say
that his political radicalism, his prac.
iicc of carrying Latin and Greek
books In his pocket or even the incl
dent that he served as private secre-
tary to IL Postmaster General estab-
lishel his fitness for the post In which
President WILSON would install him.
The investigation OF those qualifica-
tons comes properly within the scope
Of the Senate. which must cOnfirm
the nomination, and by the time its
action In taken the country should
know more about Mr.. BAKEs than II
now does.
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THATcHES
Ny Lady NicOtine's Pate Stripplnt
Effect Denied.

To THE EpiroR OF THE SrN-Sv. In
TIE SCS Mr.. Walter y. Kennedy sad
tina hot nicotine causes badness. Gem
eral T.. :. Grant was an invcterate
smoker, yet he lived TO he 81 and had a
fun head of hair. There IL no positive
evidence that his fatal disease growth
was caused by smoking.
Mark Twain was almost n nerpetual
smoker: and vet he had a luxurious
growth OF hair ana lived TO be more
than 20 years old. Bret Harte was q
steady smoker. and his fine hirsute
adornments were known 20 all men. He
reached the age ~ 80.
! know man who is as hald as a
billiard ball who never smoked or drank
another Who is bald and deaf who. also.
never smoked. know another man 90
years old who smokes and has a full
head OF hair. Has Dr. Pease a fun head
OF hair?
There In no sure criterion as regards
bald heads. II is just the nature 81 the
beast regardless OF tobacco.
G, l.. e.. DITMARs.
New YORK. March s
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How the United states Crowds New
YOFk's Insane AsyIums.

One out of every four patients In
the State hospitals for the insane is
an alien. permitted TO land in this
country by the United States Gov
eminent. The taxpayers of New York
support them. They contribute TO the
congestion of the hospitals which rem
ders impossible the service the man
ngers desire To install. And the
United States. in spite Of the justice
Of this States plea for relief. neg.
lects TO make provision for those
mentally deficient il introduces into
tho country, or even to reimburse
New York for the expenditure the
State makes in their support.
The Federal Government should, ~
course, care for the maniacs II let's
loose: but 1t will not. 1t prefers tn
turn them out of Ellis Island and put
the burden of maintaining them on
tho States. The fact that deportation
10 ut present difficult, and in many
cases impossible, has no bearing on
the case. The abuse was notorious
before the circumstances now exist
ing became effective. The United
States has Systematically shirkeI its
duty and imposed on the States, par
ticulnrly on New York. al expense Of
s~elf.protection they never should be
called on To bear.
II the Federal Government cannot
keep lunatic aliens ont of the United
States, 1t should provide for their dc.
tention and treatment and If II Is
indisposed OF unable 10 do this, the
least II can do is TO pay New York
what they cost every year
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Shakespearian season and did not in
vite and probably would have re-
scented any assistance from others. Mr..
SornERN and Miss MARIowE had re.
tired from the field. and other con
templated celebrations Of the tercen-
tenary Of the great poet Of the stage
had been undertaken on the private
enterprise of the actors.
1t Ii difficult to understand the re-
sentiment Of American theatre mana
gers against support given to two IN
dertakings which they neglected.
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The special session OF Governor
JoHNsoN's Legislature has now ad-
journed and the Presidential primary
law il on the statute book. The law
provides that in each precinct twice
as many ballots shall he supplied as
there were votes cas for each party
candidate in the 1914 Senatorial cleo
ton. But each voter may call for
whatever party ballot he desires, re-
gardless OF previous party registra-
ton. II a given precinct contains one
hundred voters divided equally among
five parties. and two hundred ballots
are supplied in lots Of twenty TO each
party. AZ the law requires. there Is
nothing to prevent the voters dividing
themselves equally between two or
three parties. thus exhausting all the
ballots in those parties and leaving a
surplus Of ballots in those not voted.
on course no county clerk will risk
running short Of ballots. for that
might invalidate the election. lie must
prepare enough to meet any possible
demand. whatever the cost. The
printer will o object: tho only suf-
ferer will be the taxpayer. who foots
the printers bill.
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HONEST MOVIES"
injured by Spectators. They VIII
Survive o. Art.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir. The
editorial article Second Rate Movies
only half stated the truth when IL
pointed out some Of the reasons why
public confidence In the motion picture
as "a art has grown less firm. ESSEN
TALLY the reason has been overanticipa-
ton OF the part of the public and over
statement OF possibilities OF the part or
some motion picture producers. The
extraordinary stock selling campaigns or
motion picture companies. backed UP by
advertising instead OF by studio ability.
whetted the public's appetite to a point
where the average person was ready TO
believe that the spoken word In the the
atre was to be a thing OF the past ana
the motion picture would supplant every
form Of expression. not only OF an en-
tertaining nature. but educational.
What was the result The promise
Of wonderful riches for those who would
buy certain widely advertised film stock
has failed to materialise. The bubble
Ia about to break.
And yet II In unfair to class some film
companies with those that are daily
shaking the public's trust In the potency
Of the motion picture. While some COM
panies have given their energies to stock
selling, there are others that have gwen
their best thought and efort To the real
art Of the motion picture. But the men
OF these latter companies are not work
Ing on the public's capital. out on their
own earnings and experience.
Al the present moment In the hlm In
dustry there In more money being lost
than there IL being made. Yet this does
not prove that the motion picture as an
art Is to suffer. II In evidence rather
that the day OF house cleaning Is near
at hand. because no Industry can long
Withstand the trials and tribulations OF
gross overproductlon.
Unlike the honest house leaning OF
the theatre, however. the bubble or the
inflated motion picture producers will
break swiftly, instead OF gradually dis
appearing.
When that time comes. as II shall.
more equitable conditions will be estab-
lished and the motion picture az an art
will thrive and develop n grow
AMrEL GOLDFISH.
Nice-president Jesse l.. Lasky Feature
Play Company. Inc.
New YORK, March 8.
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AT rHE THROTTLE.
The Human Hazard in the Cab 81 the
Railroad Locomotive.


To THE EDITOR or THE SrN-Sir: Your
editorial article entitled Another Rear
End Collision" referring to the recent
wreck at Milford. Conn, prompts the
following on a subject which. to me. has
been of absorbing interest for several
wears past. more especially since the
wreck of the Federal Express on Ju'I
IL, 1911. which resulted In the killing
Of twelve persons outright, the inturing
Of 100 and large material damage.
The train was in the hands OF an
experienced engineer OF proved trust
worthiness who ignored u signal and
took the short crossover at n high rate
OF speed. The engineer OF tho locomo-
tive which caused the Milford wreck
he was killed-was a man or good repu-
tation and high standing as a locomotive
engineer, yet he evidently ran by. FIRST
u caution signal. and later II home or
stop signal, without appreciably educ
ing the speed Of his train.
The signal system in use on the New
Haven railroad at the present time IL
beyond question AS complete and me-
chanically perfect as any In this conn
try. In the recent wreck II was not
the signal which failed. but the human
response to the signals M Thus
many serious wrecks OF the past lev
years have been due. as far as inVesti-
cation has been able to determine. to
the failure of some responsible employee
10 obey the command Of a mechanical
signal. In the majority OF cases. had
the engineers adhered TO the running
rules. the wrecks would have been
ayprted. no lives lost and no property
damaged.
When one s,ops to consider. aside
from the loss Of life accustomed, the
amount Of monetary loss from damaged
and DESTROYED property. lawsuits, &c,
caused bv railway wrecks, II liz an.
parent that the railway Arrangements
would gladly expend an equal or greater
amount to prevent them.
The question here arises. why do the
engineers disregard signals" In the
case of the Milford wreck. and this APP
plies equally well 10 others OF the same
cha racter, the engineer evidently did not
500 the SECOND or s,op signal. IL he did
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Professor Fisher Of Vale says a baby 10
worth 500, o grown person - 900,
! always know that money talks,
hut now ! know II hollers;
Oh hushaby, oh lullaby.
My little ninety dollars'
They say that riches all take wings,
My trepidation %follers.
oh hushaby. oh lullaby.
My little ninety dollars
The moon looks down the ~livclong night
And shines upon the cholers.
Amused to see four thousand plunks
Wslk alAsty little dollsr
1olANeDvsea Wuseu.
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To THE EDITOR or THE SrN-Sr' And
then there IL Long rom. tho kind senator
Lodge said his father armed his merchant
ships with, Tom Moore, Tom Helm. and
sure keep = place omen FOR Tom = Ally.
the mariner Of South Amhoy, when he
gets under fair way and with every stitch
drawing, and h%alyards. sheets and down
hauls padiocked. goes after the toga row
draped over tho lovely form OF Senator
Jim MARITIME. SUR HOY.
PERTH AMBoY, y, j. March u
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Certain Conspicuous New Workers.

To THE EpiroR OF THE SuS--Sr: Some
OF our young men would be Interested to
hear what a fair visitor. a traveller In
many lands. by the way. to our city
thought OF them.
She was In a'public conveyance with .
companion when a huncn Of "curlsd dar-
l!nss' In their bizarre habiliments entered
and Immediately 'dived" for seats In dif-
ferent parts OF the car. Then they com
menced to guy one another In approved
slang and kept II up during the remainder
OF the journey, quite regardless Of the
other passengers. said the fair visitor,
turning TO her compsnioa; what = 10, OF
goosey young msn!" Asa
NsW yosx. March
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what Are Mr.. Bakers Qualihca.
lions?

It Is recorded Of the Hon. NEWTON
Of the late Ton ~JoHNSoN's schemes of
city government he did mor TO get
three cent trolley fares for the resi-
dents Of Cleveland, Ohio. than even
his famous mentor and that he car
ries constantly in his pocket II book
printed in the Latin or Greek Ian
guage, with which TO refresh his in
t~ellectuals when opportunity offers.
Such Is the equipment he brings TO
the Office of Secretary of War.
OF his selection To succeed Judge
GARRISON, it Is said that 1t is re.
garded by the President as u personal
appointment. and likely To strengthen
him with progressive Democrats In
Ohio, n State to which Mr.. WILSON
Is giving considerable attention at
present, it being n community whose
Democrats for twenty years have
shown a surprising affection for Will.
IAN J. BRYAN. A personal appoint
ment that attaches to the appointing
power the SURFACES OF II respectable
number Of electors inclined to follow
another leader is obviously desirable ;
we permit ourselves To recall that the
nomination of LOUIS ID. BRANDEIs as
Associate Justice Of the Supreme
Court was marked personal"
Mr.. BAKEu's qualifications for the
rrduous and all important Office Of
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FROM Ms AHes County Time,

y " WITH VOW"V TTTTN
ID, h Moore dropped into the Tumes
once last Monday and related tn. follow
ing story abou, a SOW he owns. Now We
hays never seen tho SOW nor the pigs. hut
We do know Mr.. Moore, and can therefore
print the story with y clear conscience.
lie says that he has n SOW that has been
the mother OF four filters ~ pigs. amount
Ing to a total OF ffty -four, and that he
saved ffty-two OF them. In tho first liter
were thirteen. and she raised twelve OF
them; In the next two li,ters were twelve
each, with all the pigs saved; In the Ia. t
litter e,sevcnteen, with sixteen saved,
This record can hardly he beaten by any
SOW In the county.