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Another Aspect Of the Present Re.
publican Agitation.

To THE EDITOR oP THE SrN-Sir: The
illuminating letter from the editor OF
the Lyons Republican reveals clearly
that attitude which dominated the Taft
campaign OF 1912, an attitude based
upon the theory that the Roosevelt sup
porters We're dupes Of an interruptions
demagogue.
who voted for Roosevelt In 1912 have.
since affiliated with their former pol!ti-
cal associates on State issues should
not be interpreted as their Enforcement
OF the policy which prevailed at the
Chicago convention.
Assuming that n 1000. 900 aforesaid
and a good many who voted for TAFT
consider that Roosevelt received a raw
deal at the 1912 convention. how much
Is the all desirable political harmony
to be promoted by publishing far and
wide such incorporate outhursts as that
OF the editor Of the Lyons Republican,
The answer 10 the varied and usually
heated criticisms OF Mr.. Roosevelt Is
that during the seven and one-half years
that he was President the country was
highly prosperous. without n single dip
lomatic incident to cause tho slightest
apprehension.
During that period much constructive
legislation. since proved to have been
necessary. IA enacted. often in the
face OF the bitter opposition Of leaders
whose chief political dependence was
the sure support OF those whose idea Of
party loyalty was in harmony with
the evident views OF the editor ~ the
Lyons Republican.
These are trying times, VIII many
problems Of n character requiring the
handling Of men OF experience and force
Unfortunately these questions are hcipS
COPIED with by those who not only are
lacking IN experience but TO II greater
degree IN natural capacity Men OF
affairs, confronted by a situation which
bears with IL much to arouse anxiety.
are hoping that in some way the ron
structive elements OF the Republican
and Progressive partics may be brought
into harmony. They hope to utilize the
wonderful organizing ability OF Roosc-
Welt and thus combine to bring 10 naught
the III omened schemes VI the paciiists.
the little navy" men and the even more
mlschievous little party men.
\. q 'RASpALi.
MoSrprY I'm VI Dpparuher ~
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From the studio Of the Supreme
Artist.

Beyond the city's limits. and within
them wherever man has not baked
her generous efforts. Mother Nature
has spread II scene of unapproachablc
beauty for the eyes OF all her chill
dren. From the rich stores of her un-
matched art she has decorated every
tree, and shrub. and blade OF grass
with the splendor OF her winter dra-
reries. Each leaf and branch. each
field and thicket has been trans
formed from the living grace of sum
mer. the gravity of autumn, and
clothed in the Respondent garments
of the colder season. Ice coated, by
day Illuminated with the %enlivening
rays of the sun. by night with the
colder reflection of the stars, Earth'S
surface and all that IL supports re-
.joice I'm II new dignity of loyoliness
that r~cinterprets the familiar and
translates the commonplace.
Dame Nature ncglects nothing. The
harmony Of her design. tho gradua-
tion of her coloration. are everywhere
completed and correct Only where
the most d%isohcdIent of her children
has intruded Is her purpose detected.
and Ven his utilitarian cncroach-
ments are not exempt from the magic
of her craftsmanship. Her infinite
power trauSmuteS and Cloriiie> where
man has dcmeaned and debnseI. Her
artistry surmountS all obstacles. and
LAYS before us n scene of >up"rlativc
delight. the possibilities Of whose en-.
.ioyment are limited only by the com
p%rehenSion Of those fortunate before
whom ii is spread.
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THE OLD YEAR AND THE
NEW.

We bury the dead rel solemnly. o
year that was born In flame.
Never to be forgotten 30 long as the
race shall be.
A year that goes In sorrow as in tears
and woe II came,
me Year OF Death they'll call It
through all eternity.
Never to earth since man WAS man
came twelveinonth such AS this.
rs food was manhood slaughtered
and 1t loved the taste OF blood.
IL crucifed the Christ again. but not
by word or kiss.
But by the Towering Of the curse 1t
came upon In bud.
We bury the dead year joyfully, for
1t did mankind a wrong
That peaceful years in centuries will
never quite undo.
II placed the weak and helpless beneath
the cruel strong
God grant the Old Year dead may be
a warning to the New
EDWARD 5. VAN ZILE.
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OF the people will outeenerh
the politicians. The party will no tempt
fate in 80 trying a crisis. The ultimate
hour OF America turns upon the election.
America will rise as the sovereign ma
ton of the world. The Administration
will change with the election. The next
Presidents name will begin with r.
n he will be elected by the greatest
vote ever given a President"
"R"; has that letter replaced the
"Y" of the followers of P%ythagoras?
1t may bei our mystic b%uttresscs faith
with modest citations from n record
Of previous victories over the inscrut-
able future:
The author ~prophesied the present
war In December. 1912. and again in
March. 1918. In December. 1914. he de.
clared the German Emper o would not
Hive to sec the end of the war. That
Italy would enter the wal In che first
quarter OF 1915. Tina. alien syunpa-
thizers would endsnger neutrality. that
the war would continue and America
become involved
Fold up the three legged stool. The
veil has been torn from the future.
Let all settle back to the prosaic task
Of earning daily bread. a little but.
ter. and u drop of something cheer.
Ing to wash 1t down.
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Mortimer:

Is the Masked Marvel unmasked?
y reporter of Sporting news de-
clarrS the man of mystery TO be none
other than the Hon. MORTIMER HEN.
rLRsoN of .A%ltoona. Pa. The story Of
tho discovery Of the unknown wres.
tiers identity Is a good one.
The other night the masquerader
defeated HJALMAR JOHNSON, the
Swe'le, in n GrRco.Roman bout. by a
body hold. after thirty-four m,ruteS
of battle. Between periods, when the
Great Unknown was sitting In the
wings. mending his bellows, the re.
porter heard his manager whisper
hoarsely: Have n drink Of water.
MoRT" "Mort" Is. Enthusiastically.
clipped "NIortimer' and the only high
class grappler of that liquid name Is
the Altoona expert. The manager,
Intercepted. was slyly evasive: "If
| did call him Mort 7 was thinking
of an old friend of mine ont In DeS
Moines named MoRT HUDsoS."
HENDERSON. If HENDERSON It no
has been campaigning in the far
West, and Is M well known In these
parts. In this tournament the un-
known has wrestled to a draw with
mighty ABEIG, worlds champion. and
with stranger" LEWIS and ZBYsKo,
the Pole. lie has strength, speed.
stamina and skill n giant of the mat,
not quite better than the best.
Even If it is proved unnnswerably
that the Marvel is HENDERSON, we
shall refuse 10 believe Il. His mana
was thinking of m old friend"
not in Dos Moines hut in an earlier
existence, some Sir Mortimer Of Ar.
thurian jousting days, returned to
earth for this tournament.
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ROOSEVELT ON PREPARED.
NESS.
Quotations showing His Views for the
Past Nineteen Years.

To EpIroR OF THE SuN-Sir. The
Hon. Lindley NJ. Garrison 10 far from
having a reputation Of playing peanut
politics. Nevertheless n he is not play
ing peanut politics he Is at least playing
some sort of politics inconsistent with
his past.
In a statement issued December 81,
which was published In THE SUN, he is
reported as saying:
Preparedness WAS with him [Rooseveltl
an acquired taste, Others brought II for
ward and urged It upon the attention Of
the people and Il was only after he found
that 1t suited their tasts that he became
vocal in Its behalf.
These words distort and screen the
veracious facts. Theodore Roosevelt has
always been . consistent supporter of
preparedness. He was vocal in its be
half when every one was against It.
He urged II when no politician or no
port, It FOR fear OF being thrown into the
discard and being retired to private life.
In March. 1895. nineteen years ago.
Theodore Roosevelt said In THE Bachc-
Tor of Arts:
II Is strange indeed there
should exist men who actually oppose IN.
building of = navy by the United States.
nay, even more. actually oppose so much
As the strengthening OF the coast defences.
on the ground that they prefer to have
this country too feeble to resent any in
suit. In order that II may owe It's safety
TO the co~ntsmptuous forbearancs which
IL IL hoped this fee bleness will inspire In
foreign Powers.
In an address delivered at Chicago In
1899 Mr.. Roosevelt said
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To rHR EDITOR or THE SUMO In re-
.ponss to an inquiry from a SrN corre-
spondent at Elizabeth. y j.. the other
day. why 10 a Two Dollar Bill?' may
7 answer thag its sole purpose Is to show
20 his benigAt-' Jerscynan and other
inhabitants OF this great and happy land
what Uncle sam could do to his loug
suffering people II he felt so disposed .
He passes out only the two dollar bill
when he could II he wanted 20 pass ON
three dollar bills and six dollar bis and
seven dollar bills and SO on. skipping tn"
hves, tens, twentios. nftics r-- hundreds
and those other vague numbers We hear
abou, but so seldom get ou1 hands on.
The two dollar hill Is n nuisance, but II
serves a useful purpose not financial
NEW YoRK, December 80, W. j, I.
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VENGEANCE OF THE FLAG.
Old Glory Caused Booths Fall In
FOrd's Theatre and His Capture.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sir:
imposed that IL was generally under
stood tina the conventional manner OF
hand placing on a represented clock
face a nothing TO 10 with the time q
Llncoln's death. Having been one of the
rapidly decreasing number OF those pres
ent ON that historic occasion, ] recall
two circumstances readily. one that the
President and his party arrived at the
theatre after the play had begun, and
again. that the shooting took place fol-
lowing the departure from the stage OF
Asa Trerchdrd lin the play, which
left the stage empty and ready for a
change of scene. facts evidently In
Booths mind az sffording a special op-
portunity for his deed.
II must have occurred In tho second
or third act n about Q o'clock. prob
ably IA little later. A reference TO the
book OF the play might quito definitely
FIX the time.
1t has always been plain to me that
n % one really saw Boot shoot the
President. He entered the box from
a narrow passage, of the right side gal
lery and within q space OF six foet
had placed the pistol at tho back or the
Presidents head and fired. quickly
climbing over tho balcony of the box for
his descent TO the stage. Mr.. Lincoln
sat la "a rocking chair. as ] thousht :
Mrs Lincoln next. and on the far sid
Major Ratlrbone and Miss Harris.
| do not believe that any n there
could or did in any way seriously inter
fere with Booths departure from the
box As he turned to drop TO the stage
a spur unknown to him caught In a fold
Of the flag and explains his partial fall,
when he broke the smaller bone in his
leg. This l have nj ways called the
vengeance OF the flag. and was probably
thec cause of his ultimate capture.
JOHN Y. CuLYER.
NHw YoPK. December n.
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To THE EDITOR OF TIM SuH-SU In
THE L Of December |? IL an article
ty Miss Jane Dixon on Peaceful Pre-
pareduess,' in which she says; There
Is the genera against whom no amount
oi preparedness will prevail His name
is Daniel Cupid"
Shakespeare in his Loves Labor's
Lost" Ill, |. has the line This senior-
junior. giant-dwarf, Dan Cupid"
The "pan" here has nothing whatever
to do with Daniel" but Is an archaic
word coming ultimately from the Latin
'dominus," master, lord, and having also
the form don as in the dons OF oxford,
Don QuiXote, &c. In Spenser, "Faoric
Queene.' w, ii. 81, occurs a passage
often quoted
Dan Chaucer, we'll OF English ~undefyled,
IN Fame's cternall bcadroll worthie to
be piled" ALFRED n. SMITH,
S~ACKyILLE, y, r, December IS,
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at all the more important football
games last fall, while in the streets
the throngs we're besieged by can
vassers for lesser undertakings.
Indiscriminate begging. even by n
college president, Is not a noble pro-
fession. 1t degrades amateur can
vassers who are supposedly volunteer
but act commonly under pressure Of
majority opinion In some organiza.
ton and the public IL not Il gracious
giyer In such circumstances.
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TIL. Old Fashioned New Year. Caller.

In lowered raistcos,. rigid stock
curoly
An"ath his pumps. with sowing frock
This Old time gent went forth demure'y--
Forth on hts festival Of Joy,
To make some calls upon the ladies',
Just for the nouce he'll he a hoy
'Mong Claras. Harrlets and Haidees
The rosiu.ss Of youth once more
spreads Ger his checks. erasins wrinkles
The while he taps a strangers door.
An inner bel responsive inkles
Behind the griu a face Of Ice
Confronts him. freezes M his happy
Delight AMI chilis his pirtiHSe:
NO; nothing doing here. old chappie"
''God bless me, this Is passing. quite
They're not receiving calls; wonder
II I'm old fashioned. or q fright.
Or have 7 made some foolish hlunder -
From door to door he went his way,
So uNahle, grnteel and smiling.
But no door ope'd this New Years Day
into his tapping and heguil!ns
Then weary with his futile quest
Homcward he went with sad heart sink
ing
Like some cold cinder meath his vest.
Ills c"cs with tears were sadly blinking
Up his lone stair h~ nnds his way
Ills easy chair his only grcriinr.
signs he; "Heieho' This New Year. Day
am iorEotten-time is neeting"
HosAcE SAVIOUR HELLSa.
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The FIRST physical connection TO i.
made anywhere IN the city between TIE
luterborough subway AVID The New Yorl
Municipal Railway subway was uaI.
YESTERDAY hv Bridge cnmmiss ono
kraCke when he threw open the - ssac
WAY ON a." subway level uf the Muut
pal RI.ldIug connecting the tWp rnes
ms passtgcway enables p"eseugtrt n
walk from tho Sea Beach Inc to iN"
present subway without en,nG above
ground.
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CLARKE COLLECTION
TO Be PUT ON SALE
Rare Plates and Textile, YUM
bering About go viii
BE on View To-day.
GOTHIC NELVETS IN LIST

The American Art Association IN
sugurates the new year with the cShIh
ton of Thomas T. Clarke's rcmarkahlr
collection Of rare plates and t%cXtilca.
which In placed upon public view to-day
and will he sold In the galleries ~ four
afternoon sales beginning January 5
This event. which has an excertitra'
interest for collectors. Mr.. Clarke. the
owner. being himself Quo Of tho most
noted collectors in America. marks tn"
start OF the real auction season In ths
country. She placing OF II so SOON upon
the calendar and the fact tina Close
upon ith. heels the Hugo RoisinCcr d,'
collections will be GOLD Indicate the hu~'
times that are coming and emphaslz'
anew the increased Importance OF New
York as a selling place in the world o.
art.
The collection. which numbers $50 o
more objects, one SITS of plates ano
%velvets, both chosen largely by NJ
Clarke with an eye to their decorative
value ID walls. II has been n work or
years to assemble them, and II Is evideui
that many of the rarest specimens Were
found years ago before the present
erudition upon the subject OF Gothic
velvets and old porcelaius become gen
eral. and also before the preseit coupe
tition for them had become 40 keen.
Installation of the collection has hceu
admirable. The galleries look handsome
and the richness OF the antique textiles
and the especial qualities OF the ola
porcelalns may be studied witNou'
fatigue. It IL one Of the exhibitions
that students should not miss.
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ALBERT BAILIN's assertion that Eu-
ropes commercial ruin is beneficial to
business in the United States Is
founded upon a fallacy too generally
accepted. Allen prosperity based upon
the overthrow Of n country. not TO
speak Of q whole continent, must OF
necessity he epheneral and In its ulti-
mate results DISASTROUS to the nation
apparently benefited at the outset.
You can't sell crops or manufactures
to dead men. nor to countries that
been pauperized.
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her but . few battleships and cruisers
built in the period Of ten years before
the war. whereas the German list of
smart new cruisers destroyed w. too
long to be endured philosophically.
The British Admiralty held back the
news Of the blowing up of the Natal
SO long that the explanation OF an
internal explosion" will be regarded
with suspicion. Accidental explosions
on British warships are rare in time
OF peace; they should he rarer when
there IL the rigor of war discipline
and vigilance is constant. Yet two
battleships and a fine cruiser have
now been sunk by internal explo-
sion" with great loss OF life!
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iiV stiiSttI IuIluVihSC W "
GLYSS appears to have put a quietus
upon them. They are only hibernat-
ing. however, for the enormous emol-
ument and honor emanating from an
easily acquired title will not fail to
resuscitate them. II Is to be hoped
that the law licensing only those pre-
pared by education and "a knowledge
Of the structure and functions Of the
body will be strictly executed.
One Of the promising movements
initiated during the past year In the
interest Of the public Is the ordinance
enacted by Commissioner GoLDwATER
demanding a correct statement Of &C.
tive ingredients contained In proprie-
tary preparations, either on the label
or in the records Of the Department
of Health. That the exposure Of their
trade secrets would result In destruc-
ton Of their chief asset will probably
move the manufacturers who have
fattened upon this trade to set into
operation all their resources In money
and political influence to nullify or
emnsculate this simple but effective
protection Of the public against heart
less exploitation. Among the numer.
Gus objections to legitimizing these
secret remedies two are easily recog.
nized, the certain encouragement OF
drug or alcohol habit and the great
financial loss involved In the fact that
more money h spent for these secret
remedies than for the legitimate.
Perhaps the most revolutionary pro.
nouncement on the all important sub
ject Of health preservation was ut
tered last September by Surgeon.
General GoRGAs, easily the most re-
nowned s%anitarian Of recent times,
before Il conference Of health officers.
The principle enunciated that only by
the economic elevation of the tOilins
masses may the largest results In
health AMI life saving be achieved Is
sound enough II Is clearly demon.
strated in the wonderful success of
his battle for discriminating yellow
and malarial fevers in the Panama
Zone, perhaps the mos remarkable In
history. Whether the revolutionary
land taxation advocated by Dr. Con.
A by which he would secure for
all mankind natural wages is sound
or not is open to question. Indeed,
this view. together with his state
ment that the political authorities in
Panama almost wrecked his benefi.
g n enterprise by asking for his dis
missal two months before his mos.
quito campaign terminated in sue.
cess, goes To show the wisdom Of the
announcement by Governor WHITMAN
that higher ethical standards and
the broad humanitarianism which
have developed among large masses
Of the, people In these recent years
demand that the health and social
service activities Of the Government
shall no absolutely divorced from
politics"
That Governor WHITMAN practises
what he breaches Is evident from his
recent cordial approval Of the budget
and the splendid plans for sanitation
presented To him by Health Commits
sioner Hermann NJ. BIGGs. an ap-
p"intee of II politically differing pre-.
dece>sor in Office.
II the people will insist upon their
representatives taking 10 heart Gov.
crnor WHITMAN's wise counsel and
action they will have cause 10 regard
the medical retrospect of 1915 with
satisfaction.
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The appeal Of the Vassar faculty
members for immediate severance of
diplomatic relations with the Teutonic
Empires will cause some hunkers to
rejoice that the direction Of our Gov
eminent has not yet been confided
wholly 20 college professors.
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We congratulate Mayor mitchell on
his refusal to lie about the sale Of
liquor ON Sundays in this town. The
present arrangement IL the most salts
factory that "A be hoped for under
the present law. If the Legislature
really wants to stop the sale OF intoxi-
cants here or anywhere else. let II
provide the machinery necessary for
the purpose. For years It has sought
applause by keeping on the hooks a
statute this city cannot enforce. the
attempt to enforce which must always
lead to grave corruption, II II still
desires the applause. let It undertake
the important detail Of making the
statute effective.
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Not %lnCurubIp,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sif' The
excellent Nj. Charles II. Ietts of the
Lyons Republican is evidently an un-
fortunate victim OF Io!i,ico-h,lropho-
bits. But he Is not ~inCurahle. I'm
sure. ]. LAwRHAM, NJ. n.
NEW YORK. December %,
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Penalty for the Nom Insurer.

To rue EpIToR or THE SrS-Sr: Last
night | heard a man. and he wasn't an
lrishman either, say "a man who has q
family depending upon him for support
and who VIII not lake out life insuranc"
for their protection ought to he hanged"
NEW YoRK. Decembar 81 J s. \
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Radcliffe having declared for pre-
paredness. Nassar College mot ofi-
outdoes It by p%etitioning the
President Of the United States for a
severance OF diplomatic relations with
Germany and Austria. Sage College,
Barnard. Mount Holyoke. Smith,
Wellesley and Bryn Mawr are yet to be
heard from. Are the girls drilling on
the campus?
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Cock-a-doodle-doo! Cut. cut. cut.
CT -daw-cut! Quack. uuack, quack!
Honk. honk. honk! Gobble- obble -obble!
The Poultry Show is on. $500, 900 worth
of poultry at the Garden. Cluck,
cackle and crow, IA chorus OF invita-
ton to the native" New Yorker to
revive the memory of his youth on the
farm, the sometimes regretted days OF
barnyard chores.
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II District Attorney SWAMI makes
rs good a District Attorney as he
was candidate, he will fulfil every ex-
p~ectation Of his most enthusiastic
supporters.
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Congress and the Temper 81 the
peODlp.

To II EDITOR n THE S~US-Sir: My
people lived in this country in 1910, n
81 them was "A Colonel IN 1874 and
observation-disclosures in lT76 m" father
and un"lcs fought IN 1861, nud wore
the eagle in 1895,
/ would rather he plunked by q bullet
right now than see the United states
oc America back down to any country.
You cannot live forever, and death UNI
der tine stars and Stripes IA a great
deal cleaner mar 20 live and sec Your
President forced TO take water because
he has NJ military organization stand
ng behind him.
Universal enrolment and training is
not only the most moral but the most
efficient system We a have, Congress-
mon who oppose general enrolment do
rnt understand the temper OF the pco-
pie they represent. Teddy does somc
things that | don't approve, hut he IL
an American, and I hope he will be
President HERPERT +. HARRIS.
CoIliNGswoOn. y j. December 81.
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Recent history indicates that the
pathway 10 success for a European
diplomattst lies in marriage to an
American wife.
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The idea Of the paclfists seems to be
that Uncle SAM continues to love the
enemies he has made.