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THE BOOK WRITERS.
DIsheartening Survey Of tho Literary
COm petition.

To u EDITOR OF The SrS-Str: I
read IN THE SUN last Saturday, with
amused interest. the modest Views Of
our popular writer's on the transcend
Ing excellence Of their own output.
Would not tho truth 10 more nearly
arrived at by "A symposium OF discrimi-
mating readers?
Authors are not fair judges, II is no.
torious that they never read anything
hut their own works. and then they are
hardly dIsinterested. Miss Glasgow has
the courage to speak truth. and I hearth
ly applaud the act.
What names nave wc 10 offer IN COM
parison with Samuel Butler IL dare say
Booth Harrington never even heard Of
1.-THE Way OF All Flesh'). John Gals
worthy. W. ". Hudson. Joseph Conrad.
Maurice Hewlett. ~Cunninghame Graham.
QuilIer-Couch. James Stephens and Al
Gernon Lakewood. to mention only a
few
In 'he short story American writers
have done work Of tn" highest quality
Ambrose Pierce, Rret Harte. q Henry,
Arthur Sherhurne Hardy, Arthur Coss-
lett Smith. Mrs. Wharton. Mrs. Gerould
and others. But the American novel In
so p!tiahly inferior TO the English that
Il IL no. "A matter for discussion at all.
only sorrow. s. O.. HowEs.
NEW YORK, April 81.
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Suggestion to . Columbia Savsnt.

Professor CHARLES A. BEARD Of the
Department Of Political Science and
History ut Columbia University feels
that II the uttrrancc Of the sentiment
ITO hell with tho flag" In a school
house or elsewhere pleases the Ut.
terers. 1t should cause nobody else
uneasiness, and he asks:
whats the difference whether he is
In a schoolhouss or anywhere else?'
As II great part Of tho energy Of
TN" public school system of this town,
and "a considerable fraction Of the
taxpayers money spent to support II,
are expended In an effort to train
the pupils in devotion 10 the United
States and tn implant in them respect
and affection for the flag AS the en-
blcm Of the nation, We should say
that tho encouragement of abuse OF
that flag In tl~ school buildings might
! AT least no characterized as n dis
, irrssing exhibition Of ineficiency. II
might also he said In answer 10 Pro-
fes>or ErARD'S question that TO com-
| pei pupils In the schools to salute rho
flag In the assembly rooms In the
morning and then to open those audi.
forums later In the day TO have the
children listen to %vulgarity. violence
and insults directed against that
same flag Is extreme civic folly.
Professor BEARD appears to appraise
at their true value the Significance
Of such parrot phrases as ITO he'll
with the hag," but his conception Of
the uses to which pubic school build
ings should be put 10 in need OF radi-
cal revision.
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UNITED CHURCHMEN TO MEET
Dissertations VIII BEGIN ~ ,.nrLes
Cty Tucsday Evening.

6Atht" cry. |" T.. Arril - -.
FIRST session OF the World Allan, IT,
Churches for the Promotion of 'er.
tonal Friendship will bc held he. e.
day evening. and thu subject ui ..- o..
oussion Will be the church's r.la,.., We.
the new intornat!ohal!sm. TIy f..
Il. Reinens nyd"r will preside S..
Ii speakers will be the i;cv. ~
GLADDEN. and Dr, John Il Nj.
AIRY of the Worlds Student '4a
Federation.
The theme Tor Wedn.sdu =, ...s
VIII be the world task of tie .i.r..
Bishop Greer Will prcs.d.. II. ',.k .:
the United States viii lee described o,
tho Rev. Sidney l.. Gu,ick. To- kes
Frederick Lynch viii discuss -, as
of ~t.urol- Other speakers Wi. "a 81.
hey. Charles :. Mcfarland aal ne
kcv. william l.. Merrill.
Wednesday afternoon The ssSs.er W.
he devoted to the church and tie "a ana
problem. br. Rot-rt t.. Spca' w!l PIE
side. aud the speakers viii !r,'.da ~
Rev. Frank Mason North. Dr. t,u''r s.9
the Rev. Arthur ]. Brown. W.art-ia,
evening Bishop Luther t. Wiz 49,.
preside over = discussion Of a." ,'"0-
II International government SpC,ee'
Will be DIR. Talcott Wll.ldma auG iro.
William 7. Hull OF Swarthmore,
Thursday morning tho spir!t o. 'er.
In international relations will he Ur1e-
discussion. Among the speakers w. r.
tho Rev. GaiuS ~. Atkins. who lay' vrsf
Won n $1,000 prize offered ts the c v-co
Peace Union for tho best essay on pc.-
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o. the Use OF Nouns and AdJec.
tlyes.

4 few words on the careful selcc-
tioa Of nouns and %adjectivcs are In
order at this time.
~ to adjectives, the fewer Of them
tho better and the less IMPRESSIONS
dc those few, the better.
Adjectives often signify nothing
more than opinion, or personal excite
mont, or apprehension. or hate.
Nouns, or the other hand, denote
things substantive; a fact. an act, and
70 on; and 1t was never more i'm
portant for American writer's and
takers to bear this In mind.
Why, then, are we hearing so much
lust now about the possibility Of con
cessions" on the part Of Germany /; of
. Surrender; Of a breakdown?
No ~"concession' Is required TO meet
the American case. There Is no sur
render" on the part Of Germany In
doing what that Government has
promised us TO do. There is no back
down" In the acceptance of principles
which are both legally unqucstionablc
and morally right.
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A Timely warning.

The vacation, recreation and rural
emigration period Is at hand. Thou.
sands Of u people will soon depart
from the city for these purposes. in.
volving a more or less prolonged stay
In the country. Typhoid fever. the
d%lsgraceful evidence Of unsanitary en-
vironment Of people living Temporal.
rily or permanently IN the rural dis.
tricts, will soon claim Its numerous
victims, bringing distress. sorrow and
financial loss upon the community,
which may undoubtedly be prevented
by timely warning. Realizing this
fact, the Department Of Health Of
the city Of New York has, in its last
weekly bulletin. shown "whcre our
typhoid fever m from"
Although it Is extremely difficult
to determine definitely the source Of
infection In any considerable proper.
tion ~ cases. the Health Department,
through careful inquiries into the his
tory of each case. has recorded all the
facts elected by Its inspectors. An
analysis of tho reports Of the latter.
which, Al may he understood, in
cludcs less than the actual number
Of cases occurring. shows the source
OF these eases TO hc. compared with
tho figures for 1905, as follows;
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Nebraska's Iron Mask.

OF the seven candidates in Nebraska
for delegate at large to the Demo.
cratic national convention only
ono could moi drfeat WILLIAM i.
BEAN, and the name of that un-
happy wretch is generously withheld
from US by the newspaper reporters.
What awful burden of guilt hc bears
u not disclosed; the cause of his
ignominy Is known only on the banks
Of the brawling Platte. Perhaps 1t
il better so his punishment has been
bitter; he may well he spared the
humiliation Of nationwide scorp
Yet the State Of Nebraska cannot
escape the censure revelation of his
existence involves. How came 1t that
among her o n was one who could
b. beaten by tho Prophet Of Grape
Juice? What weakness has tolerated
him? BY what infirmity Of law was
he able to get on the ticket? Does
he represent the possibilities Of the
primary. the depths TO which 1t may
drag our politics?
These are serious questions. Their
answers may compel the disclosure
Of the unfortunate mans name. That
this may not he, all humane men
should hope; better by far that the
man who couldn't beat BRYAN taks
his place among the unsolved mys.
t0g1eS with the Iron Mask.
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The Burnett immigration bill. which
has passed the House and is now be-
fore the Senate. offends good judy
ment and ignores experience In It's pro-
vision imposing a literacy test on ap-
p~licants for admission to the United
States. At any time such a test
would be mischievous and harmful ;
mt present. when the industries Of the
country are suffering from a shortage
Of lubor, 1t would rise to the height of
economic madness.
The measure Is so drafted that II
%irritatcs n great and friendly Power.
whose good will II is the duty Of the
United States to cherish. and whose
statesmen have displayed a DISPOSE
ton to cooperate with u Govern
ment in the accomplishment Of ends
desired by both nations. The clauses
Of the bill to which this Power ob-
iects are unnecessary and superfiu.
ously Objectionable. They betray a
parochinl blindness to the external
relations Of the United States that
condemns their author and brings
into serious question his capacity for
treating successfully any problem Of
broad implication.
Three Presidents. two of them Dem
ocrats. the other a Republican. have
vetoed bill, substantially the same as
that now in the Senate. One of these
Presidents is WoOpRow WILSON; and
unless the Senate defeats the bill
he will have the opportunity again
to register the disapproval aroused
against II among intelligent men.
In its internal and foreign effects
the enactment of the Burnett bill
would h" deplorable. Is 1t the true
mission of the Senate to aid In bring
iIis those effects On IN" nation?
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world deserves less consideration and 10
Of less value than I already CAV II
and history Ia actually the fable con-
venue Of NAPOLEON L."
The world will remember Won DEB
GoLrz not for his distinguished ser.
vices In the German army or his brief
Governorship Of Belgium but for his
accomplishments in Turkey. He and
voN BiEBERs1ErN were largely respon-
sible for the weakening Of British In.
fuencc ut the Porte and the laying of
The foundations for an understanding
that eventually aligned the Ottoman
Empire us q partner Of Germany and
brought 1t to its present life OF
death struggle.
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Over the hills OF Granville.
Green with the sweet young era..
In the last spring when Georgs was King.
The ministers children pass.
There vas grave young JedsdsaA,
Handsome. slender and tail,
And the eldest sister, Sarah,
"a princess" dainty and ANAL.
There we're Calvin n Luther. twin breth-
rem
In the cid Puritan creed:
And gallant litNe P%hNana.-.
SO brave In his mothers need
Phiietus. Josephus and William,
And sweet voiced Phiiomei:
And Baby Ebensser.
Tot Courtiand. and IsrAsi.
Quaint little oidtims children.
Rosy ana grave and gay.
Who over the hills Of Granville
Passed out to the world AWAY.
And some Of them sleep N the meadows
OF the lana whore they were bern,
And some ~ The southern cotton.
Ana ssms BY the western corn.
but the Wild rose blooms IN the th,cke,s.
And the bsrrtss are ripe IN the lane;
Ana the hills Of Granville are calling
70 thor chiidrsn's children again
n. =. suszL.a.
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their father the Devil, and, raking
up in some second hand" shop an old
copy bearing the thumb prints and
coffee and tobacco stains Of earlier
humanitarians. don the helmet Of
MAMBRrNo, straddle Rozinante's razor
back. and HE forth to do battle with
windmills and sheep iocks and mir
rored knights.
But II you are past sixteen. a. too
many Of US are, you may never read
Don Quixote" right: fiat on the
dusty floor In a musty garret, BY sur.
reptitious candle light or with the
page under . NOTED sunbeam slantins
through . cobwebbed small paned
window. and surrounded BY the dis
carded vanities Of your honored an.
cestors who have long since ceased
fitting at windmills. And let no scot.
fer dismay you with his arrogant
challenge 70 declare that you have
read the good, crackbrained knight
through"
COP bless MIGUEL CEnvANTEs, and
raise up unto his honor and glory q
never diminishing train Of u~on-criti.
cally canoned disciplesi Like HoMER,
he is claimed by seven cities. BY seven
thousand let him be acclaimed.
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COLUMBIA PLANS 80
BUSINESS COURSES
School Opening Sept. 81 Ia
Have Full Preparation
for Field of Trade.
MERCHANTS EXTP.yD AID

Columbia University issued YESTERDAY,
Its first announcement. OF the new scho,,
Of business which will open on sep..m,.,
~ with eighty courses. Many prorn,.
nent educators In the business field nav,
been called to the faculty stan. IN. oh.
ject of the school will be to AFFORD ,to-
oush preparation and. as far IN poss,bl.
practical training for business.
The FIRST year courses provide FOR I,
thorough foundation In accounting. hi,
tory OF American commerce. business or.
ganization. corporation finances and one
Of three modern languages. Ia III. "a,
dents who desire to specialize.
Two years OF college study Ar. r.
qulred as a foundation for admission
10 the school Of business. S.y.ra-
large business houses not only IN tMs
city but throughout the country nav,
offered their cooperation and s.udsn.s
may pass their vacations wo king 4,
offices.
The National City Bank OF New Yor.
offers to a limited number OF students an
opportunity to prepare themselves q,
the services OF the bank In foreign fields
Under this plan the studen,s Will spend
their vacations at the bark between N.
sophomore and Junior and between IN.
Junior and senior years
An accounting laboratcrv has b..r
provided for the use of tho ,'ud.p,s
Books OF failed corporation ard bank.
fupts will give students an opportunity
to compare books which hiv. been reg,-
larry kept with those which failed 70
measure up TO the accuracy demanded IN
modern business methods. \ statistical
laboratory has also been arranged.
Prof. Roswell G. McCr"a. former,
dean of the Wharton school OF bushes.
" the University OF Pennsylvania VII
have charge Of the department OF eco.
Monies. II. Parker WINS. secretary "
the Federal Reserve Board. viii .ec,ur.
on practical banking prob. ma.
Courses In advertising vii ~ urd..
u general supervision II Guy z ..ia
Hubbart editor OF tho Dry Gopds tco.-
omst. Hasting Lyon. formerly profess.
sor al Tuck School. Dartmouth. Wi. gH.
courses In finance and business lav
solomon ). Huebncr ot tho University o.,
Pennsylvania will direct courses IN IT,.
surdnce and marketing. The ACCOUNT.
ing courses Will be under tls direction
of Prof. Robert u. Montcom,-v. .ou.se,
in transportation will DO of,r,t ua.1;
the direction Of I. W. Van Metre
Twenty-seven professors and ,ust-uc.
ors make W. tho faculty staT for IN.
first year. Besides the eighty course.
provision has been made tor scent d;
study IN engine. ring tuhlcni.
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TO WIDEN COMMUNITY WORK.
Experts on Problems Faced ~ cen.
tres Tell of Their Needs.

Fifty mon ard womcn who h,f r-'
manned after the close ~ tho lT-s, W
tional Conference on Commune C"a.
tres AZ h Hotel Aston mot Y, 'o'1sv
morning IN Washington l-y.rr Nss
School and formed ii,,lc f,oIr- Poo -
cuss their work.
Mrs. J. Gilmore Draytou or 81" 'N-
pies Institute presided over q ~.-iss.yH
as 10 the extent to which school A0d~is
principals and other public "'t.a'
should share in the admins ut.'o. r.
community centres, Harry I1"sAy q
Chicago conducted n GruuN hot cor
sidered the question OF uth.'5 'oT
munity centres seif-suppor'rg
Harry Barnarr, founder ~ -" r''7
munity choruses Of Rochester. 'n.i q
his work IN teaching people to s.r N''.
out knowing "a note. "Evcry H..H H'+
woman can sing" he dcrltr,H
John Bradford OF Montreal. Me- wa
White of Boston. Carl BECK ~ e." l.N'.
Forum and John Collier Of tho '.''
Institute took part IN the ELL. %. "
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KRLING ~DARTMOUTHS P0ET
Princeton Is Voted Most rui'ulrr "
Other College,.

HANuyFR. y. II. Apr.l
was voted the most poruitr ,t
Dartmouth tonight b., a." f..
Yale and Harvard were Sc n.
Smith was decided to hr tho 'u..'
women's college. with W. ole.
and Nassar third kipllug WN
most popular author as We ~
popular poet,
Ninety-one men considered '." .
3D. more desirable than che '
karna hey, wh'eh r"""',"t '
Chester A, Pudr,th of potr''' "
the most popular man, IT, 't 90
around man anu tine mos, |r,slr,. ".
! udrith played on the f1r'ha. . ''1
three years, has been a mernb"'
rack team for w years and pre- ''".
Of his class for three years. Ie "'
elected class marshal.
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THE FIRST SKYSCRAPER.
Credit for Its Construction Given 4
Major W. l.. h. Jenncy.

To II EDITOR OF THE SU*-Str: In
THE Sun OF April 81 you pay tribute
N the memory of y. II. King. Jr.,
whom you call "thc pioneer in skyscraper
construction" 7 have never seen stated
IN print the origin Of the s1-callcd sky
scraper and 1t may interest your readers
to know about II.
In tho year lsSs. wishing TO con-
strir. q residence IN Chicago, cm-
ployed as architect Major W. l.. q. Jen-
ncy. | had known him for soinc years.
lie was an able and very modest man.
and ii was he who designed and built
the first building embodying the prlnci-
pies OF the modern skysCrapcr. He told
me the story. and here II Is:
He said that he had long had the
idea that II would be possible to build
such buildings. and lie mad to!lcd hard
10 draw some feasible plan. But then.
he said. Il thought such construction
would not be practicable, for the eX-
pansion and contraction Icy reason of
heat and cold in our climate would
shake tho windows into tho street. But
still | could not abandon the idea. one
night after | had spent the evening in
studying the subject, the whole plan
came to me in "A dream.
Il awoke. made rotations on paper
and the next day studied the matter
carefully in my office. and was satisfied
tIht 1 Htu splNf1 tle nTpplt'n.
lie then conferred with his friend and
former associate in the army. General
A. &. Ducat. who had once been u civil
engineer, but was then one of the west
ern managers In Chicago OF the Home
Insurance Company of New York. Cen
cral Ducat Informed Major .Jcnney that
the company was about to construct Q
building In Chicago for It's western de-
partment. The directors Of the Home
| rIrl - fT,yp,pp,s no a4tJ nA-. ..A~,,
TO visit Chicago to consider the matter
on the ground. and no promised TO in
troduce Major Jenney to them when
they arrived. General Ducat then took
the Jenney plans and gave them careful
study.
Major Jeuney met the directors as
arranged and submitted Ms plans.
Charles j Martin was then president OF
n Homo Company and demurred TO
the investment OF hundreds OF thou
sands OF dollars IN a "mere experiment"
but General Ducat was warm In his
advocacy and tho plans wcrs adopted.
The Home Insurance building was the
frst ever constructed on the lines fol-
lowed by the s~kyscrapers Of the pres
ent day. The Home building was not
OF great height, but II demonstrated the
practicability OF the plans, and IT'S rom
struction Was quickly followed ny that
OF the Tacoma n other buildings Of
great height.
To Major ". L. b. Jenney Is Que the
honor OF originating the plans which
have revolutionized the architecture of
our modcrn cities.
! hone that some day Chicago will
erect a suitable monument to the
memory OF Major Jenney and that else
where due honor ma be done 10 his
name, THOMAS :. CuARp.
ATLANTIC CITY. ~. j.. April 90.
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and the munition shares languished.
That has all been changed now BY the
prospect Of heavy domestic contracts
for war supplies.
Everybody knows that this II 20.
that these are the scenes which have
been witnessed in Wall Street lately.
What else could be the effect Of the
unhallowed intrigues and diabolical
plots Of the moneyed interests which
have been charged by various trib-
unes Of the people ut Washington and
elsewhere with deliberately schemine
to commit the country to general
military occupation Of Mexico aud
belligerent Intervention in the Euro.
pean war. There can Be no doubt
about the Internal conspiracy for
financial b~attening on the horrors Of
war. because prime. not to say pri.
mary. candidates for popular political
favor have asserted the fact. What
else, under the circumstances. would
the stock market be doing but BOOM
Ing e~cstatically In the process Of dis.
counting more war profits7
Yet It Is astonishing to discover
that nothing Of the kind Is going on
In Wall Street. On the contrary,
while general business has been max.
ing all the year sustained and steady
progress in a record breaking expan.
sion Of profitable activity, while labor
has been striking and Is still striking
for higher wages. Wall Street has
been most cheerlessly selling the
stock market lower and lower for
months past. When the country's re-
lntions with Germany began to cloud
overominously as fur back as last De-
cember Wall Street looked the facts
In the face and has p%ersistently re-
fused w since to take any other
view than that the threatening cir
cumstances suggested the ACCESSIBILITY
Of putting the stock market house In
order against the contingency Of trou.
BILE which was discernible.
Nothing that Wall Street does can
acquit It Of felonious intent. of course.
but what has been going on there
for some months past has not obvi.
ously been II process Of welcoming
such difficulty as suddenly doomed UP
in the International skies In the last
few days. In all Its roaction the
Stock Exchange share list has OK.
hibited n certain underlying hrmness
which presumably evinces a sturdy
fortitudc of Wall Street confidence In
the country's financial and CONNER
cial strength IN cope with any emer
ceucy which may impend, hut other
wise the indications arc that In the
launts Of the none! devil there Is Il
decided preference for tho prosperity
which accrues In peace as compared
with the profits Of war.
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Giving the Money Devil His Due.

Wall Street has been throwing up
Its hat for wal between the United
States and Mexico, for war with
Germany, for war with everybody.
Through tho medium Of soaring
prices and excited speculation the
stock market has been cheering en-.
Enthusiastically ior American beiiigur.
ency. and the high levels of last years
boom stimulated merely by tho wal
In Europe have already been left far
behind.
Million share days r regarded M
dull sessions and there har been moth.
Ing In Wall Street history to equnl
the violent upward jumps In the quo.
tations for shares Of corporations
which, on European war orders, %.
tablishcd themselves last year in the
war munitions industry. Not LONG
ago there was In Wall Street talk OF
the imminent drying up Of tho irrigat.
Ing streams Of foreign ws1 esntFaeh