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and leadership, ana II IL the fashion to
attribute that weakness to the direct nomi-
nation and election Of Senators. There are
undoubtedly instances In which men OF
hrst rate qualifications have been deferred
from seeking the Senate because Of their
refuctance to submit to the rough and
tumble methods Of o popular election; but
" the rule held good there would be as
great dimcuities IN the way OF obtaining
good oovernors as good Senators. while
the fact 10 that there has been no pwcep-
tible deterioration In tho quality Of Cover
nors In the several States.
While the World may bs correct in
saying that there has been no percep-
tible deterioration in the quality Of Gov
ernors in the several States" I do sim
cerely believe that there has been q
very serious deterioration In the mental
makeup Of State and Federal lesisla-
tors under the direct primary law.
But all this il beside the question,
the main question, which Is that the peo-
pie Of our state should not be COM
PEELED. either in peace or war times, but
especially In the latter, to pay the ex-
pensss Of the direct primary law, ex-
penses for an utterly unnecessary piece
Of political machinery. SIT.
NEW YORK, September 4.
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prefer the primary system, used in
some States, In which the voter IL
permitted to vote In the primary Of
any party, while committing himself
to none. Such a system was Of help
to LA TOILETTE in Wisconsin, where
certain Democrats went to his rescue
when he was hard pressed. If that
system were in use in New York last
Tuesday, for instance, Democrat
who knew that SMITH's victory over
OsBoEN was certain might have voted
In the Republican primaries In an
effort to cause the nomination of the
weaker Of the Republican aspirants
for the Gubernatorial nomination.
The primary law Of New York is
basically wrong. The preliminarles
of party choice should not be in the
machinery OF the State or the nation.
But a system such as primary"
wants would make primaries even
worse than they are to-day.
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WILL OUR HEROES MARRY
FRENCH GIRLS?
A Possibility Seen in the Aversion Of
American Girls to Cooking.

To THE EDITOR OF The SuN--Sr: Some
OF your readers may be able to tell why
II is that the average American girl
| shows such positive repugnance toward
| all those arts which for generations have
been considered the greatest insurance
for a happy home, viz. the arts Of home
making, including housekeeping and
cooking.
l recently returned from a trip over
there and this subject was continually
cropping up among the travellers; and
IL the general opinion of the travelled
world is correct. We are behind our
European sisters when II comes to maxi
ing a domestic hearth. and largely for
this reason some of our observing boys
are going to find helpmates on the other
side when the war is over.
In \ little party OF young people re-
ceu0y were Ave high school graduates
ana three college girls. There were no
millionaires in the set and the probab bill
ties are that most OF these girls II they
marry will marry men with only
moderate incomes. hence will find them
selves with the responsibilities Of q
household on their hands. With a lit
tie diplomatic questioning I satisfied my
curiosity and found that not one OF this
group knew how properly to boil an egg.
much less potato. or do the simplest
things about the kitchen.
Does this not speak Ill for our sys-
TEN of education? OF what value is 1t
to woman. II she is married and has
family to look out for. IL she can name
all the rivers of Africa or the principal
exports of Shanghai, II the baby 10 i'll
and the doctor Is ten miles away or she
does not know how to make a pot of
good coffee or boil dish OF rice?
A woman writer Of some note re-
Gently said that It requires a good deal
more brains to keep a husband happy
than TO catch him. and observers tell us
that 1t Is the woman who usually does
the catching; that woman can marry
any man in her set who has a domestic
nature IL she wants to- but that she must
want to bad enough TO bestir herself and
convince him In some way that with her
he will enjoy a happy home.
Just here let me quote a paragraph
from a boy somewhere in France:
oh. Nom. I'm in love at last. Oh. don't
Ehven next Thursday. But how you
would love her II could only kidnsp her
and bring her home Her mother was III
yesterday and what that little thing didn't
do to a pan OF peas. a pail of new po-
tatoes and pot OF coffee would be more
than ] could tell you. There were Ave
for dinner, and havea't had SO good a
meal In a month, and Fed remarked the
same thing.
Some OF our boys are going to come
hack with an understanding OF what a
peasant woman can do in the way Of
cooking, and I believe our girls would
do well to study up and practise a little
along this line IL they want to compare
favorably with some of their European
sisters in this direction.
tMrs) N. A. WILCOX.
NEW York, September I.
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ton, the discretionary powers of the
Conservation Commission permitted
that body to hold hearings and give
relief measures.
While closing a season on upland
game birds may not have all the
beneficial results desired, what will be
most effective in saving the grouse Of
the Empire State Is the arming of 100
Of the States game protectors with
$500 rifles to kill vermin. New York
has now also cat law, passed last
April, which should prove Of great
value in eliminating hunting house
cats. BY the terms of this law game
protectors are required, and all hold
ers Of hunting licenses are encour-
aged. to destroy cats found at large
hunting birds.
BY united action and the cooper.
alton Of sportsmen the vanishing
ruffed grouse Of the Empire State
can be saved from determination.
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A PUZZLED VOLUNTEER.
He Wonders Why His Offers TO the
Government Are Unheeded.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Let
me put this problem up to you for
calculation Every day or so We are re-
called with the Information, from WASH
ington especially. that this, that or the
other bureau of the Government is "ur-
gently" In need OF certain classes of
help-mechanics. clerks. stenos. &c.
Now this is most rema rka BILE situation
to me, granting that your news reports
are correct--and they appear in THE
SUN. To my knowledge eight OF my
acqualntances, myself included. have
taken the trouble TO register ourselves.
and stated our qualifications at length,
with the several Government labor de-
partments, viz. the United States De-
pertinent OF Labor, United States Fed
eral Labor Reserve and the various
branch committees and local bureaus
covering the employment service OF the
Government.
I and three OF my acquaintance are
expert stenographers, with an itch to
serve during the war. None OF our
offers has been accepted. nor have we
heard from the applications beyond the
filing detail.
II meant quite a financial sacrifice on
our part, which we would willingly I'M
dergo for the cause. We notice also
advertisements appearing daily request
ing men OF our class to proffer their
services to the Government. and the
question we ask is, Why don't the Gov
eminent bureaus ask the various labor
The sun., 1918-09-05
A Voter Who Wanted His Enroll
ment q Secret.

The primary law Is frequently the
object of voters indignation, but
here Is voter who is wroth for
rather peculiar reasons:
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-S+: In
the following primary election matter
I wish THE SUN to take an interest
presented myself to the primary
election board tonight and when the
chairman of the board learned my name
he told me / could not vote at this
primary because l had failed to mark
my ballot at the previous primary. /
purposely. left my ballot unmarked
will THE SUN inform me what the law
is and tell me how / can regain my
primary right?
II left my ballot unmarked because
have the impression that have the con-
stitut.onal fright to keep my votes Sc
cret. BeSdes that. I have a profound
contempt for boss rule. and contend
Dat for the State to force me TO tell
which my political party is is uncon-
etitutionsl. and is merely an aid for
the political boss to rule the voter,
protest strongly against any move
which will be to the advantage of
any professional politician. a creature
whom / look on as a louise on the body
polite. PRIMARY.
NEW YORK, September g."
May we venture to suggest modi-
fication of "Prlmary's" recollection
Of what the chairman said? Was it
not that primary" failed to mark
his enrolment blank at the previous
Registration. rather than that he
failed to mark his ballot at the
previous primary? When Primary"
registered In 1917 an enrolment blank
was handed to him and he had the
opportunity to enroll in the party of
his choice. marking the blank with
n cross and signing his name at the
bottom. This established his privi-
lege to vote at last Tuesdays pri-
mary. II he failed to mark and sign,
then he had no privilege to take part
In Tuesdays function.
primary" has a legal highland
Il Is about as sacred as anything In
citizenship-to have his vote on cleo
ton day kept secret; but his enroll
ment Is an utterly different matter.
Affiliatlon with one party or another
is not a public function, but party
function, taken over by the State in
the grand paternalistic march. The
primary enrolments are kept secret
only from registration day to the
Tuesday after election day. Then
the boxes are opened and the party
choice Of the enrolled voter becomes
information for anybody who cares
20 look at the lists.
Our correspondent perhaps would
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A MAN OF IRON WILL.
He Vows to Divorce MY Lady Nico.
tine and Wed Thrift.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-sir: There
is more than one way to economize IN
luxuries and to help the Government at
the same time. Here is little economy
or mine, for instance, which will help
the Government because II will get the
dement, OF the money which otherwise I
would spend for cigars and cigarettes
MY plan is to dispense with the use Of
tobacco and use the money to buy
Thrift Stamps and War Savings Stamps
Inc plan is practical one, although IL
never occurred to me that a moderate
smoker one who does not go in for ex-
pensive cigars. can spend So weel,
without even noticing It, A week ago
Kept tab on how much / spent for
tobacco and IL amounted to the above
hgure. Then the Thought struck me.
Why not use the money to help the Cow
eminent instead OF trying to satiate NV
TOBACCO craving? Two dollars a week
would average IS a month II the So
were used to purchase War Savings
Stamps, with the addition OF a few cents
more l could buy two stamps
BY buying War Savings STAMPS 7 will
help the Government because it will get
the benefit OF my money. will have
the money which l loan to the Govern
ment returned to me with interest in
1923. II will help me physically because
TOBACCO affects my nerves. irritates my
eyes and reduces my weight. So no
matter from which angle | look o. the
matter find that I will be the gamer.
How many other men will be willing
to try this experiment in order to helm
their Government and themselves at tina
same time? Don't all speak at once
gentlemen. NJ
NEW YORK, September 4.
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STATEN ISLANDS FERRY.
What the Boats Need Is Chlorides and
Punctuallty.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sr. A
New Yorker who made a trip to Staten
Island last week, the FIRST in two years
can readily sympathize with "A Staten
Islander" who writes 20 THE Sun tell
ing OF the shortcomings of municipal
ownership as exempliied in the Staten
Island ferry.
"A Staten Islander" says the munic-
ipal ferryboats are In shameful con-
dition," Well. anybody who has lately
taken trip across the bay on one of
Father Knickerbockers ferryboats can
vouch for this statement. At least, the
boat which the writer had the misfor-
tune to ride on was in a shameful con-
dillon. II was foul smelling old tub
and one could not get TO the front end
quick enough. The use OF a little
deodorizer would have been the best
thing In the world, not for the boat
Itself, but for the general state OF health
Of those who were riding on il. Talk
about the air In the subway during the
rush hour Why, for foulness It does
not hold candle to the air on the
Staten Island ferryb boat in question.
"A Staten Islander also lays stress
vi the idSh Oh punCtuhllty ulsplaSeu Dy
those who are supposed to get the
municipal ferrybosts away on schedule.
Once again the writer is in accord with
the one from Staten Island who has
suffered much and written little. Pune
tuality Is one OF Gods blessings, but
when n person gets down to the ferry
house In time to get tho Q r. NJ boat.
as the writer did and then has to wait
In the ferryhouse on a hot evening, with
perspiration running down his face and
chest, for ten minutes before the doors
admitting you to the Ill smelling boat
are rolled back. one comes TO the con-
cluson that tho ferry employees have
no idea Of what punctuality is.
But no matter how many incon-
Veniences one has to put up with on
the ferryboats, God spare anybody from
having to use the Staten Island railroad
as a steady diet, although the latter is
privately owned, What impressed me as
being the worst feature were tho cars
In which the men were allowed to smoke
despite the presence OF women in them.
And no portion Of the car was reserved !;
the men were permitted to smoke in any
part Add to that the coal dust from
the locomotive, the lack of announcing
Of stations by the conductors, and you
get some idea OF what travelling on the
railroad 10 like. New YORKER
New York, September 4.
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military efforts In the present war.
Jugo- Slavia, the first of the dlssatis-
fed elements Of Austria. Hungary to
eeek a separate national existence,
had a rallying point in the kingdom
of Serbia and the established Gov
eminent Of King PETER. Bohemia,
the land Of the Czechs, is an inte-
grail part Of Austria Hungary, and rs
such acknowledged by the world.
The Allied nations In their declara-
tlons recognize not a nation In the
strict political significance of the word
but rather people and the ideal for
which they are struggling. How the
Czecho- Slovaks, who found them
selves adrift in Russia after the col
lapse Of the Cars armies, grew in
force and power as they attempted to
reach the Allied front in France, how
they proved an organized force in a
land Of disorder and chaos and dis
played loyalty and nrmness to an ideal
~'N sHeS WIN thu hVSoButtiOu VI thc
Allied nations is one Of the most strik-
ing and interesting developments Of
the war. The csecho. slovaks are to-
day lighting the Allied battles on
widely separated fronts. They are
found as individuals or as military
units In Siberia and Russia in Europe,
In the Balkans, Italy and France.
The recognition of the Czecho-Slo-
vaks by America and the European
Allies will increase the forces whicl,
these people will contribute to the
general cause. 1t will give them a
standing as a belligerent, and there
will be from the Central Powers fewer
threats OF Furnishing CzechO-S lav
prisoners as traitors. The support
which is thus offered to the submerged
races OF Austria Hungary Is a real
and substantial promise Of a nation
atty and Of freedom from an oppres.
sion against which they have in the
past been hopelessly struggling.
The sun., 1918-09-05
The Czccho-sIoyaks as Allies.

One of the immediate effects of the
recognition by the United States of
the Czecho-Slovaks Is the strengthen
ing Of the position which they have
been endeavoring to hold for the Allies
In Eastern Siberia. Dispatches from
Washington report the presence Of
American troops in that region and
the probable increase of the japanese
expeditlonary forces. 1t was here that
the Czecho-Slovaks first gave proof of
their determination to oppose the ag-
gresslons of Germany and by their
stand gained the recognition of the
Entente Powers as 1.-The one element
of u uestioned loyalty representing
the Allied nations in Russia"
OF all the recognized forces fighting
for the Allied cause the Czecho-
S. 'v'|'s are the one people who have
No slG:a defined and marked by
boundaries and who have won their
recognition as a nation by their own
The sun., 1918-09-05
To Save the Ruffed Grouse Of the
Empire State.

Self-denlal in these days Is rapidly
| becoming fixed habit. The sports.
man, therefore, will not take it amiss
that the Conservation Commission,
acting In his interest. has limited the
season up State for ruffed grouse to
the month of October and on Long
Island to November. This cuts Off
November hunting up State and De-
cember cunning on Long Island. Also
the bag limit has been cut from four
birds a day to two and from twenty
to ten In q season. The usual open
season, If continued, might mean self
denial for many years, it, not possible
determination.
BY giving the gunner up State an
opportunity TO hunt during October,
not much damage can be done to the
birds with a limit of two day and
ten in n season and with leaves thick
as they are during the early fall.
Doubtless there will be fewer hunt
ers this season than last season he
cause of the selective service taking
men from 18 TO A. into war pursuits.
This gives to many the opportunity to
90 cunning for bigger game, and to
others the job OF keeping them in sup
plies and munitions. Last years gun
ners increased $4,000 over the previ.
Gus year, but the increase in the total
Of 235,000 who took out hunters
licenses was probably due entirely to
n new statute making 1t incumbent
upon the hunter to wear button In
conspicuous place on his clothing.
More and more are Legislatures In.
creasing the powers and authority OF
fish and game commissions. Maine,
Washington, Michigan and Arizona
are among the States that recognize
this principle; and to save the ruffed
grouse. when the Pennsylvania Legls-
lnture was not in session, the Key
stone State, under such discretionary
executive powers, has practically
closed the season throughout all coun-
ties for two years. While the New
York Legislature at Its last session
failed to come to the aid Of the rufred
grouse, threatened with extern,ina.
The sun., 1918-09-05

-
Ahe ceh'enhiai Oh '"o '"u"e'Ae
the first ocean going steamship III
America was celebrated Thursday.
AUGUST % ot SEATTLE Wash. when the
..,..,,a,
''"
company sent the steamship IokaoaS
into the water. The men OF the plant
msde thu occa.,op thu celebration of
a.. 49,, A., ,.,,,,,,.
''e A'V'' "''"''ei 'a'' " VIC
OF the Savannah which on august zN'
1878. was hoated In New YORK waters
by the firm OF Ticket d CROKER.
when the Savannah was launched
1t marked an epoch In human anairs
making possible the 100 years OF mari
time development that you are to save
by your bridge OF ships to Pershins,
said the telegram addressed to Charles
M. Schwab, Director-General, by the
Meacham & Babcock Company. The
launching Of the Tokaoas thus recalls
most interesting and important
event In American history.
The Savannah as a steam vessel
made the first trip across the Atlantic
from west to east in 1919. The voyage
required twenty-nine days and eleven
hours, and was not made altogether
under steam power, the ships engines
not being capable Of carrying her en-
tirely across the ocean.
Not all authorities on maritime his
tory accept conclusively the statement
that the Savannah was actually the
first steam vessel to cross the Atlantic.
The honor Is given by some writer's to
the steamer Condo do Patmella- This
boat sailed from Liverpool on October
20, 1920, for Lisbon and arrived there
in the remarkably short time of four
days. From there she Is said to have
sailed for the ,Brazils, being the first
steam vessel to cross the Atlantic from
east and west.
However. the Savannah is generally
credited with the honor of being the
pioneer steamship in Atlantic waters.
AS matter OF fact, the Savannah
sailed nearly the whole of the way and
scarcely used her engines, except when
leaving and entering port But her
since it proved what many had doubted
tho possibility Of a calling vessel
with steam auxiliary crossing the At
lantic and carrying enough coal for
her purpose.
When the Savannah was built sbe
was not intended for a steamship.
The firm Of Scarborough & Isaacs Of
The sun., 1918-09-05
The state Campaign OF 1918.

Governor WHITMAN's triumph In
the primary voting on Tuesday was
as notable as that of the sapient and
personally attractive Tammany Dem
ocrat who now becomes his sole op-
ponent in the contest for election.
Whatever Endorsement the present
foolish and futile direct primary sys-
TEN can afford to candidate has
been fairly won by Governor WHIT
MAN on the Republican side and by
Mr.. ALFRED L. SMITH on the Demo-
. cratic side. Both are to be con-
graduated. One or the other Is to
he the next Governor of the Empire
State; the issue between these two
men is clearly drawn.
As a newspaper with full freedom
of choice, THE SUN does not hesitate
In declaring itself for Governor
WHITMAN and his associates on the
Republican ticket. We hope for the
election of these gentlemen and shall
do what we can to help bring about
that result.
Without attempting to measure the
Governors personal qualities and ca
pabilities Of public usefulness against
those of Mr.. SMITH, which are un-
doubtedly masterful. it is to our
thinking quite enough to remember
that a vote for the latter Is not
merely a vote for ALFRED Z. SMITH;
it Is a vote for ALFRED f. SMITH plus
Tammany. with all that Tammany
mastery Of the State Government i'm
plies in the way Of political demorali-
zation and degrade ton.
That is the real issue Of the State
campaign Of 1918; and THE Sun con-
fesses that when that issue arises 1t
Is generally apt to become an ardent
partisan of the side which Is not
Tammany's side.
The sun., 1918-09-05
Louis the Ocarina PLAYER.

To THE EDIroR OF fix suN-sir, In
1858 used TO write in the woods or
sketch When tired, took out OF INV
pocket then popular mouth instrument
called ocarina. An expert at 1t, I sent
forth tones as soft and sweet as thoss
OF a mute. After enlivening the forest
Stiffness had an audience OF birds
squirrels &c. around me. How could
think OF shooting at them! Indeed I
was modern Orpheus
one OF my long poems (nfteen pages)
celebrates the ocsrina. now rare 70
purchase, and the delightful times T
enjoyed while playing. The poem has
no equal In any works OF our poets or
those OF the English. They cannot reach
the supreme quality in it.
LOUIS NJ. EILsHEMIus,
supreme Spirit Of the Spheres
NEW YORK, September 4.
The sun., 1918-09-05

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUN--Sr: II
the Hon. Jim Ham Lewis Is the spokes-
man OF the Administration in England.
the sooner the President can send him
recall message the better. We want no
statesman talking about trading" with
Germany on peace terms. When we get
through with Germany she will not be
sitting around a green table engaged in
trading horses with us. The Allies will
monopolize the green table and Germany
will be waiting at the door for any
crumbs We may choose TO hand her.
New YORK, September 1. NJ. T. r.