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n APPEAL.

II FEbAb
DEAR SIR: The enclosed booklet with
the Ambassadors letter will give you a
comprehensive idea Of the undertaking
we are engaged In. When this work IL
completed and placed in the Royal LII
brary in Berlin It will be the first NOM
ment ever put there by the American
people.
We wan to add your name to the COM
mittee. We want every city In the
United States represented on this COM
mittee by several representative men.
The dream Of the ages contaminated.
The first undersea boat to cross the big
ocean has arrived and departed from
America. It deserves to be commence
rated. Aside from any personal feeling
for or against the German nation. this
fact stands out as a noteworthy achieve
ment.
VIII you permit the use Of your name
on the honorary committee which we
intend shall be an expression from all
America that genius and ability are to
be IGNORED and admired whenever M
wherever found?
Please give this matter your early at
tention and oblige.
Yours very truly.
GEORGE Won SKAL.
For the American Deutschland Com
mittee.
November ~. 1916.
J.. s. Sum- OF 81 TO SIS toward de-
fraying the cost OF the undertaking will
be gratefully received.
Mr.. John J. Scan.
Pidinfeld, ". J.
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CommerciaMsed Eceentricity.

Bohemia, We guess, need have no
trcmOrs of fear that the closing Of II
garrett in its duchy will act MS u writ
Of eviction on its people.
He had made n gainful occupation
Of "bOhemianism" who locked the gnr-
ret door and bctoOk himself To other
commercial ways, docking his mighty
name to be more cOnventionally n
Pushing young particle.
What's the next article,
Counter adjoining young man"
Rather should bohemia rejoice that
the garrett with It's futurist poets and
its cubist painters Is to be. let, to some
honest George Warrington. mayhap,
or again to become the stOreroom for
Washington Square lawn mowers,
never to forward cccentricity
commercialized.
We believe many bohemians, genu-
inely hall marked, have made their
homes in n corner of old Greenwich
village. There seems tn be evidence
that EOmc helpful and interesting
work is being done there; the writing
Of plays and their production, some
verse making worth while. illustra-
tions bold In dcsign-bctter concep-
ton to follow deeper thought-and
nrt classes for color workers which
may start daring voyagers DER I'M
charted seas Of manner. All Of these
seeking freedom In expression, all who
will not try to dance In chains, to
whom convention social or artistic
Is irksomc, surely have the amiable
wishes Of reasonable lockers on. But
to our friends In that corner Of old
Greenwich we make bold Ia say ShuR
the garnet. the studio, the restaurant
where bOhemlanism Is commercial
lied: disposscss the bohemian who
discovers that he Is One.
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Fighting the BOgy, Night Air.

The Department Of Health has be-
gun n %scasonnble campaign for more
fresh air in sleeping rooms. or course
there Is Il large part Of the population
already convinced OF the good effects
OF ventilation. but the department
hopes to convert those who still nurse
a prejudice against that might air"
which was n goblin to our ancestors.
II Is trying to show the rave dweller
that air In allopathic doses IL not
only harmless to most sleepers but
necessary. The current bulletin Of
the department admits that much edu.
c%atlOnal work on this line remains to
be done:
"Thero still turks the idea that open
windows, sleeping porchcs md the like
are desirable and Indispensable for the
tuberculous, but that they arc unneces-
sary for the well. This. OF course, IL
absurd. There is no doubt whatever
that the more general adoption OF fresh
air life, more open windows. more out
door walking, more apartments having
sleeping porches. would markedly i'm
prove the health Of the community and
do much to prolong the life Of its
members"
From only u few are the joys Of
wind swept slnmlTr tn be withheld.
These are persons who suffer from
asthma and kindred ills, and they urc
advised 10 ask their doctors how far
down they may let the window. All
others should Put AN extra blanket on
the bed AMI go IN for the Joy Of sleep
Ing In cold, fresh air. The health
sharIs do not mention nlghtcaps, the
non'I"tabl" kind but We suppose they
may be worn by those who have thin
hair. Tuck the ends NJ the lace or
cretonne curtains behind the chiffonier
mud adjust the window shade 40 that
II may not rattle. Blow. blow, thou
winter wind, thou'rt not huff so I'm.
kind Ms that stufy feeling on get.
ling up,
Nor Is the stufYy feeling oil that
MAY he prevented. The Health De.
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The Causes Of Death.

An interesting fact in the summary
of mortality statistics for 1915 issued
to-day by the Census Bureau Ia that
In the area where reports are reg
istered and compilation can he made
nearly One-third of the deaths were
iuc to three causes, heart disca ses,
tuberculosis and pneumonia.
Those wise counsellOrs who insist
that we are living too fast may find
support In this summary. Heart dis
eases. which are considered in many
cases a manifestation OF the severity
Il the struggle to get rich, to keep up
appearances, B burn the candle at
10th ends, are placed first as a cause
" death. last year the deaths from
hcse diseases numbered 1862 to each
100000 Of population. This rate shows
4 marked increase ms compared with
l9O0, when 1t was only 1881 to the
anne number OF persons.
It Is cheering to learn that the
Progress made In the prevention Of tu-
trrculosis has brought good results.
The recognition OF the contagious
'harnctcr OF the disease, the consc.
luent isolation and the employment Of
he open air treatment have all had
, part In the decline of the death rate.
This has been twenty-five per cent. In
the last ten years, Pneumonia, too.
has shown a marked decline In the
snme period. The rate, however. has
f%uctuatei from year to year. being
much higher In 1915 than 1914, which
was the lowest on record.
The only remaining death rate
higher than u hundred In 10000
! opulation was that Of Bright's dis
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ease and acute nephritis. The NOR
tally from these causes has been
increasing since 1900. The same 10
true Of cancer, the sixth In order Of
deadliness. In this century only two
years have shown a decline in this
disease as compared with the years
Immediately preceding.
Epidemics have not for several
years exacted a heavy toll upon our
population. One Of the gratifying
things In the report is the marked de-
cline Of the mortality rate from ty-
phoid fever. The decline, In fact, Is
greater than that shown by any other
important cause Of death. Improved
methods Of sanitation, better systems
Of water supply and sewerage, and
campaigns against flies are factors
which are cited as proving valuable in
reducing almost two-thlrds the death
rate Of this disease in the fifteen years
Of this century.
The safety first campaign has
borne good fruit. There has been a
considerable reduction in fatalities
due to railway. street car. mine and
machinery accidents. The number Of
deaths from automobile accidents has
increased. but the Increase has not
been 8 rapid as In the number Of
machines In use.
The census shows the astonishing
fact that last year firearms caused
nearly a Is many deaths as railroads
and street cars combined and more
than twice rs many as automobiles.
Out Of 11,218 cases of suicide reported
firearms were used in more than one-
third. Firearms caused almost 5000
other deaths.
1t is evident from this report that
there has been n lowering in the
death rate of the country. This. no
doubt. Is due to the doctors. an in
creasing interest in sanitation and
health and better methods Of con
serving lives in dangerous occupa-
lions. But II he United States is to
make a really satisfactory showing
In mortality statistics 1t apparently
should limit the use Of firearms, and
needing the advice Of the sages, stop
living too fast.
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EAT LESS. BURN LESS.
BE spartan. Save Money and
Bafie The Food Magnates.

To THE EpiToR ~ THE SUS-Sir: I
have seen a great deal in THE SuS re-
Gently concerning the high cost OF liv-
ing, tho price Of milk. the profit the
meat packers make on their paper con-
tanners for hams and bacon. and allied
topics. While ! have little sympathy
for the meat packers and provision dis
tributcrs 1.-THE latter may we'll include
the farmers, for even the farmers are
becoming m~ercenary ~nowadays), | do
not altogether commend the stand the
people have taken In this matter.
We Americans as IA people are too
pleasure loving. too luxurious. We must
eat meat three times n day. heat our
rooms to excess in the winter. load our
bodies with woollcns and furs. and buy
whatever there is IN the market To buy.
NJ a race We are becoming weak and
enaminate because NC deny ourselves
nothing. What "A spectacle II is to see
a strong man. his hands encascd in
thick woollen mitts. run shivering to the
subway Oh a fine. bracing winter norm
ing. The poor man is cold. Pity him.
little children who play in the snow
with shouts of delight,
" priv VI lfd u 100 nlEU. Eau
less Of IT,, then. Eat il once a day in
stead of three times a day. or cat it
only three or four times a week. You
will he the healthier for you abstinence.
and the price vt meat will come down.
The only ones who will suffer will he the
meat packers. and the loss OF a few
thousands will be less to them thar the
loss OF a dollar to you.
The price OF coal is high. Then 20 to
the kitchen or TO the living room for
warmth and sleep in a cold room. You
will save fuel. have a more robust body,
and the price OF coal will come down.
The price Of clothing is high. Then
wear "A neat eater beneath YOU waist
coat, or a heavy set Of underwear and
a thick suit OF clothes instead of an
o%vercoat, q may make shift to get
along thus one winter. and the next
winter YOU may find the price OF over
coats within III means.
The legitimate exercise OF the boycott
is the only sensible way to lower the
high cost Of living. ] believe the house
wives OF California have recently used
the boycott. or have been talking about
using 1t to lower the cost of living.
Take this matter OF the packers charg-
ing for the paper containers OF hams on
the same basis az they charge for the
hams. why eat pork products at all?
All experienced butcher, farmer and
handler Of meat on the hoof In
formed mo that the hog packs
more disease than any other do
nestle animal used for food. Go into
the chicago hospitals and ask the doc.
tors nov many patients die OF tr!chinosis.
II disease caused by eating raw and
partly cooked pork. and ! think you will
be surprised at the number OF deaths
from this cause. I do not consider the
eating Of ham and bacon to b. AZ in
furious as the eating Of pork. but never.
theless. though ham and bacon are tasty
eating. ! do not consider these food
products altogether healthfui.
The moral of this little homily il
Deny yourself. think less OF your
stomach and our bodily pleasures and
comforts. and the high cost Of living
and many other problems will cease to
trouble you. IA ARIEs HOOPER.
SsATTLs, Wash, November Is.
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In spite OF the commendable effort
Of the Long Island Railroad in its
safety first campaign. automobile
drivers continue TO act like crazy men
at grade gate crossings. In this month
at n such crossing four cars were
actually run through lowered gates
and In front Of approaching trains.
Three Of the cars got over safely, but
the fourth was wrecked and Of its
three occupants one vas killed and the
others injured. II the drivers Of
these cars had been engaged in the
pursuit. say. Of a band Of train rob-
bers they would have had to summon
UP their courage even In the heat Of
The chase to take the risk. But as
there was nothing to gain and every
thing to lose by recklessness they
dashed gayly and heedlessly into me
path OF peril. No reasoning, 1t seems.
can ever prevail over the destructive
instinct Of such speed maniacs. The
best that can be done Is to exercise
a stricter control over the granting
OF licenses to drive.
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EIGHT HOUR PAY.
II Cannot BE Governed Solely by the
Cost Of Living.

To THE t.plToH or THE SvN-Su: Your
correspondent "A Railroad Stakeholder"
suggests that the railroads adjust their
employees wages each year according
10 the cost OF living that year,
see justice neither to the railroads
nor to the public in such al arrange
ment for when the cost OF living is
high people curta!l their travel. (which
diminishes the railroads passenger re-
ceipts. and they also curtail their buying.
which dim!nishes the railroads freight
receipts. In order tn make the roads
pay. freight and passenger rates must
necessarily then I've raised.
II the cost of living for the employee
is the only thing To 30 considered. then
the public VIII be punished for 1t in
having to pay his wages,
with such, unjust expenses put upon
the railroads there would 30 no demand
for either railroad stocks or bonds they
would shrink in value. and then where
would | come out"
\ RAILWAY BoNpHoLpEt.
ARpMoRE, Pa. November 2I.
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Scars on the stadium Turf.

Great Is football. but there Is no
logic In It. \ sport that has IN fun
for the loser IL not the best sport.
And what can be said Of m amateur
sport us commercial MS the Fast River
waterfront? Even with the players
marked for Identification, like live
stock ut a county fair, experts can-
not agree who made th" run and who
the tackle, while the inveterate fol
lower Of the game only knows his side
won or lost, and cannot lucldly ex.
%plnln-in the presence Of another
locker on, ut least--how II was done.
Not even In the political arena 10
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The Effect Of an Embargo on Farm
Enterprise.

To THr EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sir: The
farmers have recently been urged ny
the President to raise larger crops Of
wheat and other food products to reduce
the cost of living, II let alone. self
interest will probably prompt them to
do this.
II, however, the haters OF Great Brit
ain are permitted to rush through Com
srcss u law placing AN embargo on the
expectation OF grain and other food ma
terial is it at all likely that the farm
ers, discouraged by such legislation. will
accept the Presidents advice
Farmers are very far from being
imhcciles. They know which side their
bread is buttered on, The Representa-
tive In Congress from n farming section
who should vote for an embargo would
find his goose cfectually cooked the
next time he sought reelection.
There should be no embargo on any
thing. II short crops have produced an
era OF high prices We "A stand it bet
ter than the nations across the water,
who are engaged in "a desperate struggle
with "a ruthless foe for existence.
NEW York. November %. NJ. r. n.
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The Pro fOrms Decision on the
Eight Hour Law.

Some Of the most firmly established
principles OF American legal procedure
have been con%spicuously violated In
the disposition OF the litigation insti-
tuted In the West to test the cOnstltu-
tlonality Of the Adamson eight hour
labor law.
In the first place. the judgment Is
saly n pro forma decision. 1t Is not
the outcome OF careful and deliberate
judicial consideration. In the case de.
cided In the United States District
Court by Judge Hook there Ii no pre-
tsnce that the decision represents the
result Of any serious thought upon the
momentous question involved. 1t Is
avowedly a hasty judgment rendered
forthwith upon the presentation Of the
case. because the Department Of JUS
tice desired to get 1t before the Su.
prenie Court ut Washington as speed
lily as possible.
Is natural. but 1t has carried him too
far when he insists upon decision In
the court Of first instance which Is
only a decision In form. 1t has here
tofOre been an invnriable rule In ap-
pellnte courts that they will review
only actual determinations Of the
courts below. not fictitious Judgments
rendered solely to expedite appeals.
This rule Is basel upon substantial
grounds. The parties to a litigation
are entitled To the carefully cOnsid-
cred judgment Of the trial court, not
merely to II guess. as In the present
case. whether an act of Congress Is
constitutional or not. Furthermore,
the appellate tribunal in NIL matters
Of grave import Is entitled to the aid
md advice which may be furnished
by an opinion from the court below.
Here. however. we have the unprece-
dented spectacle Of a Federal Judge
%condemning an act of Congress rs I'M
constitutional without telling the "a.
son why.
In the second place, II n statute Is
susceptible Of any reasonable con.
struction which will uphold its valid.
ity 1t is the duty Of the courts thus
TO construc II. Admitting that 1t Is
important that n review Of the eight
hour law by the Supreme Court should
be expedited. and therefore that n
speedy decision in the District Court
was desirable, the District Judge. II
he had To jump ut a conclusion, should
have acted upon the presumption in
favor Of the constitutiOnnlity 0f the
law AMI pronounced it valid.
The methods adopted in getting the
courts to pass upon the Atkinson law
nre almost as had rs the methods used
to compel Congress TO pass IT.. We
shall be surprised II they receive the
approval of the Supreme Court OF the
United States.
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A Call 10 Duryea's Zouaves.

To II EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir: II
there are members Of the 1lsth New
York Volunteers duryea's Zouaves)
alive ] would like to hear from them.
I enlisted in Company G in Utica and
during the war was captured and spent
a long time in Andersonvillc. l have
been to several reunions, but never could
find any OF the men from my old regi-
ment. I would also like to snow where
] can md a uniform or a colored plate
OF same. My photograph, taken at the
time Of enllsting, does not show very
clearly no~. Il. s. DUNNINa.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa. November 26.
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men rise 90 fast and 30 far In popular
favor, or descend to such depths Of
ignomlny in failure. however excus-
able. DO the wounds Of football heal
quickly? There are as many All
America teams, or All Eastern, All
Southern, All Western as there are
authorities, without authority, to
name them. Az to champion elevens,
you may select your own. Football
must be a fake. n colossal fake. That
would explain Its popularity.
Popular 1t Is, indeed, when $4,000
persons sit or stone all through d cold
November afternoon, singing or shiv-
ering, praying OF cheering for Yale or
Harvard. But the cheers are not for
offensive and defensive formations be-
cause Of their ingenuity or technical
excellence; not for a forward pass be-
cause 1t Is wen executed. but because
It gains yards for our side" There
IL matter In football for philosophers;
but the philosopher who can handle It
must be a combination Of KANT, Can.
LYLE. Mr.. DooLEy and, let us say, Big
BILL EDWARDS.
On Thursday the football season
ends. and thanks may be given for
abatement Of the fever. Coming with
the political heats Of a Presidential
year, 1t has been glorious. but q strain.
1t has been shown that the loose ball
game" cnn be sufhciently thrilling
that Yale, Harvard and Princeton
have no monopoly OF skill and
strength, and that the "Haughton sys-
tenn is not supernatural. Yale Is
happy, Harvard will survive. hone
never dies In Princeton breasts. and,
win or lose, the Cadets and the Mid.
dies behave rs true fighting men
should. For hard. clean, clever play.
for all that makes good sportsmanship
on the gridiron, the Brown eleven Of
1916 wins praise and admiration.
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partment offers a chart showing that
the death rate from pneumonia. bron-
chltis, grip and colds Ia greatest BY
far In the months Of closed windows.
The department does not pretend that
the incidence Of respiratory disease in
winter can be reduced to that Of sum-
mes, but It expresses confidence that
the more general use Of fresh mir will
bring good results.
The Health Department has set
Monday. December 4. for Open Win
dow Day. but by special d~lspensation
all readers Of THE Sun who have
never become intimately acquainted
with night air may begin Its . this
very evening.
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THOU LONELY FRANCIA"
Is Paraguay n Monument TO Its Die.
tatOr's Good Qualities:

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Hav.
Ing read with a great deal ~ interest
YOU editorial article on THE Napoleon
OF Paraguay" ] am constrained to pro-
test against your effort to throw FL
Supreme back into the mud from which
Mr.. Edward Lucas White has dragged
him. Why is II that when one genera
ton has plastercd a man with mud
until they nave a satisfactory home
made devil, later generations should so
show thai inside the historic ncnd there
10 a real man
In his great novel--for | trust you
will admit the novel Is great. even II
you protest the greatness NJ Francia-
Mr.. White does not paint the dictator as
a misunderstood angel he paints him
as a great man, a merciless despot
maybe. but a great man. Francia ruled
for years and finally welded into n
nation that still exists AZ Unstable a
mixture OF healthy barbarism and deca-
dent exotic culture as was ever found on
the globe. Such an enduring work could
moi be accomplished with gloved hands.
and, as 1t nearly always happens in such
cases, those that were pinched were the
ones that were capable of blackening the
pincher's name In print. ] wonder just
what was the man to man reason for
the yelled but vicious attack the Rob
ertson brothers made on the dictator. I
also wonder what the poo ilitcratcs
whom H Supreme freed from virtual
slavery and who got their first taste Of
legal justice from his hands would nave
written had they been able.
II you would see Francia's monument,
look at Paraguay, And please, please do
not again protest because an American
novelist adhereS 10 S%tevenson's text tina
There is so much good In the worst OF
U.s." JUSTICE
NEW York, November %.
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Omcers and Gentlemen.

We congratulate the directors Of
West Point and Annapolis on the he
havior Of the students OF those insti.
tutions on their latest visit 10 New
York. We felicitate the cadets and
the midshipmen on their conduct; we
wish the circumstances Of their edu.
cation would permit them more fire..
quently to visit us.
In the demeanor Of midshipmen and
cadets the admirable effects produced
by the discipline under which they
live are apparent. They have lost
nothing Of youth or enthusiasm they
have gained much OF poise and self
government. The processes employed
In making officers and gentlemen are
justified by the results attained. The
exhibit Of competent. self reliant.
courteous and considerable American
gentlemen which was disclosed on
Saturday proves It..
It Is unfortunate that 50 few .\meri-
comparatively. have opportunity
to see the boys undergoing technical
training for the army and navy. Their
persons and bearing are the best argu.
ment we know OF in favor of military
training. They comport themselves in
Il manner highly creditable to their
good dispositions. their sense OF dig
nifty. the traditions So greatly infiu.
enclng them. and their appearance and
behavior must stimulate the interest
and quicken the pride Of every citizen
of the United States in the services
they go wOrthily represent.