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A Had Feature Of the Naval Ap-
p~rOpPiatlOns Bill.

The naval appropriations bill will
he rushed through the House this
week for political effect, with IT'S bad
as well as It's good TEXTURES, unless
those who have the interests OF the
sea service at heart are on their
guard and make a determined fight
I o have the bad provisions eliminated.
One Of the worst is the proposal TO
give the Secretary Of the Navy au-
thOrity to appoint annually for ten
years thirty acting ensigns from civil
life for engineering duty. This pro-
posal Is made plausible to the unin-
itiated by requiring that persons so
mechanical or electrical engineer from
n college or university Of high stand
ing or Lee graduates of technical
schools approved 10y the Secretary.
Of course he Is IN be the Judge If the
standing of colleges and universities
rs well rs Of that Of the technical
- ll"'IN. ~ NV Illll~ w ~ '''l''tls
who was n politician this power
would inevitably be abused, with the
result thar the efficiency of the en-
gincering corps would he lowered by
tho introduction of Incompetent men.
Al the end Of ten years. unless Con-
gre>S interviewed. the corps would
lao IL, m lop,araliy,I ,n,,Iitinp n,.l tho
effect would he felt through the on
tire personnel Of the navy.
In support Of the legislation pro-
posed il is said that although the
number of midshipmcn AT the Naynl
Academy is to w. increased the addi-
tionnl officers will Iot he available"
for four years: therefore the IN.
ginccrs from civil life viii Il" needed.
But before the civilians receive com.
missions as junior l%ieutenants they
are to serve two years on cruising
vessels, take a n year course nj the
Naval Academy, and pass n satiSfnc-
tory examination To perform en-.
%gin""ring duties only, II will he seen
how timSy Is tho argument that the
department cannot wait for the mid
shipmen of the enlarged academy 10
graduate from 1t.
Consider for a moment the compar.
niivc experience and qualifications of
the civilians and tn" academy mon.
The latter, In addition To their tech.
meal training in intimate touch with
the navy, spend three months each
summer during the Annapolis course
on practice cruises. Half Of this time
they are engaged In operating the
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TAXING to Destroy.

The House Of Commons has adopted
the resolution moved by the Chancel-
Tor Of the Exchequer imposing an
extra income tax Of two shillings n
pound on owners Of securities the
Treasury is willing to purchase
This means American securities hith-
erto withheld by their owners.
This is n novel II not unique use
Of the power to destroy inherent in
the power to tax. To destroy by tax
ing an obnoxious thing Is n not IN
familiar use Of the power. Congress
recently destroyed a match making
industry by n tax levy. To destroy
by such @ TO please n class is an
act OF government not unknown In
this democratic government: ms. for
example, the destruction of the in
dustry Of making nm attractive form
of oloomargarine to please the makers
of butter from milk.
Here. however. the thing II Is pro-
posed partly to destroy is a much
coveted thing part OF its value Is 10
be destroyed because the British Gov
eminent wants It In the adjustment
Of it's financial relations with this
country. The securities the Treas
ury is willing to purchase" are. as We
have said. American securities owned
in Great Britain.
Their wner are now paying five
shillings a pound tax on incomes de-
rived from them, ms upon other forms
Of incomes. They have not yielded
to softer measures of persuasion :
now they must sell or suffer partial
destruction Of their holdings.
The financial history Of the war
may establish as many %precedents as
will he recorded in the story Of the
war when the ringing gold of mercy
chimes with the clashing steel OF
valor."
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MANY IN ONE.


Prom songs and sonnets
To the red and the white and the blue,
here's a health.
To the old and the young and the
man that's to be.
Not fame will | wish them or too much
of wealth.
Nor peace without honor. nor quiet
that's not free.
TO the North. to the South. { the
East. TO the West.
To the blue and the gray, they're all
ono color now.
To the poor men that work and the
rich men that rest,
To the men of the pen and the men
of the plough,
Here's a health to them all. from
wherever they come,
May they learn one short lesson by
head and by heart.
That the figures are weak til they
make up a sum.
That the whole is a whole and a part
Is a part.
The red and the white and the blue
are but one.
And the flags Of all nations were
dipped in the sea
When their children set face n the
westering sun.
NO Teuton, no Celt. all Americans We.
MAURICE FRANCIS EGAN.
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YOU CANNOT CHEAT OLD
CHRONOS!
Impatient Remarks on the Futillty
Of Meddllng with the Clock.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sr: In
regard to the project Of making more
time by putting the hands If the clock
one hour ahead, permit me to say that
ot all the jackassical schemes | ever
did hear Of II certainly IL the worst.
TIE proverbiai cutting off one end Of the
blanket and sewing II on To- the other
end 10 make the blanket longer is
nothing tu II.
The writer OF n le'ter IN .o-day's SvS
speaks Of the great benefits that Will
result to men. women and children. %
In what way?
Take myself and family. FOR instance.
How will W he maaN richer. healthier
and happier ny saying II is Q o'clock
when Il really is only s.
| am a director in n corporation en-
rloying a large number Of people. In
summer they cease work on SATURDAYS
a. ~ o'clock. II this man gays 1t -
noon when Il is II IN the forenoon. does
he think they will quit at II? No. sir.
they Will not, They will sim 60 home
when the sun Is on the meridian
! knew an old woman IN the country
who boosted that size "allus had more
time than her ~neienhors. because She
set her clock '~'back'ards."
The shadow moved back on the dial
~ NhaZ, hut y was not at the command
Of any city official
| hope that THE SvS YiIl use is
concentrated beams 70 burn W the ic-
n~oranuses that appear 20 he irving to
make twenty-five hours out ~ the
twentr-four. DEWITT g
NEW YORK. MAY 80
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A IN A NAME?
Reflections on the Psychology n
"Mister" and Others.

To III EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sir. The
usage of men In calling their fellows by
the ~undraped name Is a highly enter
taining study. involves n highly intri-
cate psychology. The course of practice
from a casual introduction through "A
dozen graded "Misters'' to that point in
intimacy where the Mister" is suddenly
shorn presents to the sensitive very
lively and pregnant difficulties. And the
adjustment OF the last name usage to
the demands OF a hierarchlstlc society
is a problem far from small.
Not less vexatious than the small
boys doubts as TO the proper applica-
ton Of his "S!r" is tho mans question
Of the apropos for tho drop to an
others bald last name. How much OF
compliment. how little Of the proffer Of
a perhaps unrelished %propinquity Of In
terest how far toward ease. how near
the risk OF a recoil all these poten-
tlalities must be weighed. For there is
nothing between two men more momen-
tous, more arresting. nothing that crys-
tallizes values and estimates more
sharply than the conscious and con
sciously marked first time one addresses
the other without the handle There
after a change has been set up, for
greater or lessened intimacy. reepec. or
understanding. a change unmistakable
n unalterable.
And how admirably defined and de-
Unable. again TO the sensitive, are the
values which burgeon from attention to
this practice. WHY IL IL that between
two men one Is always Mister" and the
other plain And why IL 1t that no
profundity of intimacy could ever change
this, or render thinkable a transpoei-
ton of address? Dc you recall when.
n graduate student. you became Jones
instead Of Mr.. Jones to Professor
Cones. and how ~volcanicallv elevated
and magnifed was the relat. onship at
once? And conversely. your surge Of
warm feeling when you put out a
"Howdedo. Smith," to the high school
matriculate In the next block?
BY Its abuses, however, shall We know
a good thing. And Il is In measure Of
the !nadroitness or precipitateness Of
the last name usage that we suffer
broken or truncated friendships. iop Off
condolences all bu. ratified and steer a
real hand clasp into the most Limp OF
mitts. This again. mark you. Of the
sensitive soul that reptllian unctor who
smears all society with one pot Of Mis-
ter and that bovine bruiser who sails
with barred teeth into every last name
he meets being equally out OF the field
OF his essay. But even with the SEN
sltivS chap mistakes will occur IL Is a
hazard. and he must call on an equaead
sensitiveness and guess at the divine
noment or-loee out.
Thus he will approach his effort with
exquisite trepidation. knowing that a
point OF patronization either way will
he fatal. Instantly the miracle will
take place Instantly he will know
whether an increment to the mental
health Of both 10 or Is not TO be. on
the fall OF the naked name he will. II
favored OF the immortal spinners, eX-
pand. 20 the expansion he has generated.
IN the realization OF a renewed and
priceless faith. STANLEY X. WILSON.
SwARTH MORE, Pa, MAY 80.
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Both Sam " Harris and georgia "
Conan OF Conan y Harris are pl' .
town with the tr.trs i'ro,ic. Thc.- NJ.
titude. IL wa learned. VIII be- goyeraa!
to a large extent by that Of hlaw 4
E%rlanger, with which firm thy are
closely allied.
David Belasco was 50 busy vi'a -.
hearSals of new plays that his only CON.
nient vas that lie hadn't given i y.-y
much OF n thought yet william 4
Brady, acknowledging tho justice .
many Of tn" actors demands. sad it
action would depend on c'rcums'lr-es '
The attitude Of Soiwyn & 60. was mac.
the same.
II was frcc'y predicted IN tho hear.
cal distric. 'n't when tie Mortss-s
Protective Association meets k.1sy (
ErlanGer WI lead the way u meeting
many OF the actors demands Th.s. a. FL
understood. viii he accomplished hv '-A
formation Of an 'drhltrat'ou bol''' ro'r-
posed OF representatives ~ the managers
and the actors 90 settle disputed g. NE
as "a contracts.
As far as the vaudeville .rte-cs'S A..
concerned the TWO n day IgrH' - re
Little irtcrt e'cd They alr-tf" nave
their hands full with thc VIA Ha's.
NNp are artatIng ~" '''o-''. t.r7
But since the United Bo0l''S oH.rrs are
affiliated with the MaIago~, A--r.ttr
Martin Beck and T. + Az" are d.
rcctors they VIII hav" some part m the
decision 20 be reached.
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Tribute From Boston to Mars On High.

To rUE EnIrnP OF THE SIS Sir. Rcd
Ike tho cleaning sun Antares, exhibit
iuc his open face for US to examine and
Il S,uss. the planet Mars shines nclrdly
amid tho evening armament near where
the "Sickl'' Of tho constellation Leo
spHrklcs IKE n celestial portent. Mys-
'erious indeed n rudy Mars, and con-
spicuous, although bright and beautiful
Venus. more to the westward. attract
our attention away. Rut the planet
Mars is well worthy both NJ our admira-
ton and study he does not set at pres
cnt until around midnight, and he shines
rather high during tho early evening
hours. He is one ~ the noticeable stars
ut oar darkened dome, and Is truly
celestial rcm aG'ow with gorgeous ,isht,
like E'"tmIng ruby sot N skies Of night.
Supornal mirror of departed sun.
r. Meeting brightly uhcn SOL. day {. done
! pom our planet AMI - human ne,
US rss.ful peace, its restless rage and
strife,
Mars shines s"renelv, silent and afar.
\ ruddy, grand, rcsplendent evening star.
CHARLES MEYERS HOLMES.
NEWTON. Mass. May 30.
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Major MoroS. BOOKER w%AsHiSGroNis
successor at Tuskegee. showed his
quality. first. when he advised his
wife not To trave, in a Pullman car
in Jim Crow country. and secondly
when after she vas put out Of the car
he declared that. so far from cherish
ing resentment, he respected the feel
Ing Of the directors to Mrs. MoToS's
presence. The Majors wife was iudis-
Greet. her husband is maenanimous,
and the Southern whites" who partici-
pated in the incident have displayed
yea in the enforcement Of law.
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monitions drawn from the experience
Of the civil war. It Is hard to follow
his line Of reasoning where he draws
a lesson Of Preparedness from the
forty years prior to the civil war;"
when "our people refused to face
facts and soberly bend their energies
TO make war impossible" that Is, to
qualify for war by military prepare
ton. Heroes he continued, "shed
their blood and ONE walked all
their lives In the shadow because
there had been such a lack Of fore
sight. such slothful, lazy optimism"
There Is n confusion Of thought
apparent here that did not character
lie the Detroit appeal, which was
simply to the patriotism Of a reunited
republic. It Is true. Of course, that
the civil war to Incompetence Of com
mand and to lack Of the military
habit on both sides. The fact re.
mains that II during the forty years
that preceded Sumter the South had
followed the precepts Of universal
training and universal service and the
North had failed in measures Of
preparedness the Union would have
ceased to exist and II both North
and South had qualified equally in
the matter Of universal training and
military efficiency, let us say some
where up to the German standard,
our civil war might have been a more
terrible struggle than II was.
The illustration from the civil war
Is not happily conceived or logically
presented hut this Is n small matter
in comparison with the great service
which Colonel ROOSEVELT is render
ing to the cause Of national Prepared
ness by giving SO generously Of his
time and strength and marvellous
powers Of persuasive speech.
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steam machinery Of the ships they

serve on. and the remainder Of the
time is devoted to training with the
guns, turrets and other equipment.
During their four years at the acad-
envy they are drilled on board cruis-
ers, d%estroycrs and steam launches,
and do work in machine shops, foun-
dries, forge shops and IN the test
rooms and laboratories. All this time
they are wearing the uniform Of the
navy, learning It's customs and steep
Ing themselves in It's traditions. As
compared with graduates Of the acad-
envy, the civilians fresh from college
or technical school who went
through a probationary period of two
years on shipboard and one year Mt
Annapolis would be only half edu-
Gated for their duties Mt best and dis
tinctly an Inferior class apart.
There Is something else tn he said.
Civilian engineers have never ron
dered equal service In the navy and
worn well. A comparison between the
graduates Of the Naval Academy in
1878 and officers who entered the
service from civil life between 1875
and 1870. when the corps was en-.
larged, will show that of the fourteen
academy engineers four are now in
service and n was retired for phys
ical disability while of the thirteen
civilian engineers two are 10Y In SER
vice and seven have been retired for
physical disability. The average SER
vice Of the academy graduates, ex.
elusive Of the Annapolis course, vas
twenty-one years and six months be-
fore retirement, whereas the average
service Of the civilian engineers was
ten years and eight months. Civilian
engineers are seldom as good rs the
academy graduates, and the average
Of efficiency Is perceptibly lower. But
aside from this consideration, i'm
portant as 1t Is. II would be meal
culably bad for the navy as a whole
tn have thirty civilian engineers n year
foisted upon II. The trail of politics Is
black upon the proposal slipped into
the appropriations bill. True friends
Of the navy in Congress should rally
to cut the obnoxious thing tut.
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WAVING THE TORCH.
Extract From the Rule Book ~ An.
archy for Paclhst Parents.

To n En'roR OF THE SrN-S,r. The
hest and quickest way 10 make a had
law a dead letter Is to break (, as fire.
Quently. as consistently. "a vigorously
as possible, This Is what will happen
70 the fre recently made military train
nj laws before the year Is out. The
new Legislature will the repeal the
laws on the ground that II Is Impossible
10 force them.
Tn" Revolutionary war was largely
caused by tho refusal Of tho reople OF
bnSt"l tn " n certain tax on tea.
The Boston Tea Party was a nue OK
ample OF drc't action as applied nv
numerous citizens agains, had law. r.
French Revolution spraug from a SINH
lar root. Likewise the many reren,
d s~,urhauces IN Mexico.
The quickest way to cause , reyo,u-
ton, II follows, is to pass and attemp,
to enforce sufficient numbers az ma
laws JAMES WALDO FAwCErr.
NEW YoRK. MAY 80.
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In the Melting Pot.

At Peekskill on Memorial Day
fellow american citizens Of Hun.
garian origin some remarks which
deserve to be adopted rs n model by
citizens Of whatever alien nativity
who desire relief from hyphcnitiS.
Surgeon koNrA advocates ~laparotomy.
He spares the pride of race:
Through one thousand years ~ hero
ism IN war. OF indomitable indepcni-
ence. Of u~nquenchable love OF Hungary,
Of adherence to a constitution as old as
that Of England Itself. We have uevcr
forgotten our fidelity to the arts and pIr-
civilization which We defended. AZ TIE
outbreak OF this "a 40 had gained our
place IN the forefront Of the civilized ma
tons ~ tho world Admiration for our
warlikc qualities, our ch!valry. Ne mad
won long ago. Rut ny 1914 We had won
also recognition for our wit and letters.
our tOrtEliuli'lS 10 Sa4fi' y 'hl l''A'N-
ical and economic efficiency"
A little famhoyan'. perhaps; hut
good stuff and not n%apdoodlr. Let
Hungarians give 10 Hungary credit
for their qualities to America. thanks
for opportunity 10 take n longer.
freer stride and 10 swing an arm for
realization of the cherished ideals of
democracy.
a good many Hungarian horn or
descended citizens of the United
States Of America are thinking Of re-.
patriatlon after the restoration Of
pence, What says tho prca"h"r +"
,hesra His words are winged, am.
fly straight 70 IN" mark:
Every one o. us who turns ~ HUM
gary. regulates his American '~.t:zo"-
ship and resumes hts status as n II3n-
garian subjec, will prove b. his action
that the hyphen is .
a weakness. in the IAncr.cnHl body
polite. unreliable IN hours % storm and
stress, the cloak % ever possible trelc1-
cry. You have sworn allegiance os your
own free will. OF your " conviction
after mature dclihe-ntion, That oath
,!ty. You cannot 20 back. Your first
duty Is here
. D
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THE GLORY VINE.
'Wistaria." Not "WistPrfa." 10 Pre-
serve the RotanISt's MIME.

To THE EpIroR ov TUr SrS--Sir. II In
strange that tho park authorities do not
sec things for themselves without having
them pointed out by the public. But !
regret that Lover Of Flowers calls
tno w.Staria vine Nv sierra
tnSpa" Wist1r a Pennsylvania hotar-
ls'. gave Us tho Wistarll. which he propa
gated M improved from a rank Wild
v|nc Al n" got f'r e. was IN" dis
trc'Inn ~ having I named after him,
wistarta and II is "A pity - see him
deprived If that little glory. A. {.
new YORK, MaN 30.
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THE POLITICAL TRENCHES.
VIII the Republican Convention Nomi.
nate q Republican,

To THE EDITOR or THE SCN-Sir. In
less than two weeks the regularly
elected delegates to the Republican ma
tlrnal convention will assemble In Chi
cago to nominate n candidate for Presi-
lent to he voted for by Republicans in
November. and at the present time the
only candidate for nomination h IL
out seeking the honor is the man who
has received all the honors from the Re
publican party that II was possible TO
bcstow, and when he could M longer
dictate its candidates and policies. i'm
mediately bolted the acts OF the conven-
ton of 1912, of which he was a member.
and accepted the nomination Of another
convention and spent the entire cam
paign denouncing Republicans as liars.
thieves and villains, and the party as a
mess Of corruption unworthy the sup
port OF decent men, and now he Is the
first to seek its support In making him
It's candidate.
To hoodwink the 3,4sl,o5s good,
sound Republicans who voted for the
regular nominee Of the convention Of
1912 and the million or more good Re-
publicans who voted direct for the Demo-
cratic candidate rather than take the
ohance OF the bolter winning. he Is now
out making speeches on "Anericanism
and Preparedness" as though he had n
monopoly or copyright OF these terms,
while In one American city 10000 good
Americans were on the street in a great
parade to show the whole world that we
are all Americans at all times and al
ways ready to do our duty az SUCH. and
II is not necessary for a man seeking a
third nomination to howl himself hoarse
To tell us about IL.
II the delegates to the Republican con-
vention are so short sighted as to nomi-
nate this perpetual candidate the party
is defeated the minute the nomination
liz made. because II they shoul win in
votes they would have won only a dicta-
tcrship from which II would be imposs!-
ble to free itself In n long term Of years.
Secondly. the 3,4S4 956 straight Repub-
Leans who voted for William II Taft In
1912 would probably az a choice of evils
vote for the Democratic candidate, which
would insure his election. and we would
have four years more ~ iueficiency. but
the honor OF the Republican party would
not pass out of It's control and might at
some fu~re date be restored to It's old
time vlgor.
II has been my privilege 10 vote for
every regular Republican nominee for
President except John &. Fremont and
Abraham Lincoln. and | hope thu next
Republican convention will give me an
opportunity to continue to do SO but II
they neglect and refuse to nominate "A
Republican | shall consider II my duty
TO select for myself a Candi for
whom ! shall vote and | assure you Il
will lie Wilson In preference to Roosevelt.
A THoRouGHBREp.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. May 30.
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The slr,s A. the National Service Camn
AT chevy Chase, Mi, have been denied
fresh cinnamon buns and hot bread as a
part Of their rat,ons.-Thc macs
Fresh huns ara barred the brutal word
Wcni through the quivering camp.
Each soldier shiycrcd as she heard.
And wiped her forehead, damp,
"Frcsh huns are barred" so this is var,
Wei Sh"rUlan srnk. the truth.
ON, Sticking .holl and cHnnon's roar,
W understand. forsoo'h,
Fresh buns arc barred" with solemn
tread,
stern faced 20 moss, we 70
80 sign of suffering, when were 'ed,
Though wars grim fate we know
Rosasr ". MCMILLAN.
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New Prescription for Insomnia.

1' Tl'r In'rur vr THE SUS SIR, You
I." "'i'" f.f''D' IN" request Of surc
poor sop uniting mortal. Of vli,H
nw one, for rr,irf from insomnia
From counting Of sheep 70 tho repetition
~ ~" LORDS Prayer, the gamut has
'''u followed, hu, | hay" found an VS.
-. tame" on numerous occasions IN the
concentration of -" mind on the corner
Of the room nearest the he'd, in the
anglo uf the two SIDE walls.
TINS ls a notion oi my own which may
rr"v" Of benefit to others. II. 5. NJ.
hETH0lT. Mich. May 20.