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ENTERTAINMENTS FOR MEN
IN UNIFORM.

Party to Enlisted Men aud. Those Re
Gently Mustered Out-Tcndored by River
side Girls Community Service, Riverside
Community House, Riverside Park and
Dancing Class-Nsuonni League for
Womaus Service, 2dl Madison avenue
(Thirty-ninth strc.t followed by general
dancing Vacation Association Club, IS
West Thirty ninth s'rer'. T. NJ. seventh
Assembly District soldiers, sailors and
MARINES GluH 2?2S broadway 'E'sh'teth
pances-Saiiore and soldiers club
broadway, above seyentr-siNth street 5
+. NJ W. =. c. ;, Init so g., y East
Forty -hrst str"t. = NJ. lTMwish, welfare
seventy ninth street, $ T. NJ; refresh
ments, prizes, smokes.
Social and pange--Wcst side Y. W. G.
A., T!ftieth street and Tenth avenue :
T. NJ; Y. w e, A., Bronx Branch, S2g
. Lccture-By col. James J., Keppel
Docs It Pay" at Volunteers OF America
Service Club, $40 seventh avenue (Thrty.
ninth street, L. NJ,
Social Eventing singing. Dancing, Re.
West Eighteen street. p 81 -''
Music. SoCial--Gracr Church Unit eS
Fourth avenue tnesr Eleventh street,, 5
Motion Pictures and Lccturc--Y. NJ e
\, West SIDE Rrapch, as West Fifty
seventh street, 40 4. NJ.
Vaudeville tPrntessiouan --Cardiual Far,
Icy soldiers and Sailors club - EISl
Thrti"th street, u. NJ
illustrated RCcitals OF Modern Operas
East Side Y. NJ. g \. Eighty sixth street
and Lexington, avenue, J.. NJ, showers
BssketbaiI-w. .. =. s. Unit No. $
slSty-fourth street and Centra Parl
West, s.Il +. M. Join the game.
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industry find II too useful. Once ito

industry find 1t too useful. Once its
banks were lined with fine homes,
beautiful lawns running down to the
waters edge. cool groves inviting the
lover Of nature. Dignifed, II dilapi-
dated, reminders of this period Of lei
sure and good living remain to-day |;
the hurrying motorist catches glimpses
OF them as he Is borne toward remot-
est Suburbia. They have fallen to a
low estate. The commuter has time
to inspect them when a drawbridge
opens for sand barge and holds up
the Z :46. They recall glorious past,
and old men tell of noble shad taken
from the river in days gone by.
But the Passaic holds hope for the
Rhine. Perhaps in years to como.
when conservation has done Its per
feet work. the shad may return to q
limpid stream. BY that time the mos
quito exterminators will have elimi-
mated all the Jersey canaries. Future
generations, reading MCGARRY, will
exclaim, the renovated Passaic in
their minds Indeed, how beautiful
must the Rhine have been!' And
CoLERIDGE will he set down as q
calumniator.
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Beat the Immigrant Exclusion Bill,

In response TO the expressed fears
and demands of organized labor in the
United States as represented in the
American Federation of Labor, the
House of Representatives may be so
weak as to pass bill barring from
years all immigrants except Cana
dams and MeXicans, and few speci-
ally favored classes, such as students,
tourists, and the like. The excuse adj
vanced for this radical and unprece-
dented act of exclusion Is that with
out such rigorous restriction the labor
market of the country will be over
whelmed by workers from Europe,
whose presence will reduce wages and
deprive Americans Of the chance to
earn their bread.
THE Sun does not believe this dan
ger exists. On the contrary, we be-
lieve that there Is far more likely to
be a shortage than an overabundance
of labor in the United States as soon
as Government control Is relaxed and
| normal conditions of competition are
restored. There IS tremendous
amount of work to be done here: pub
| lie work, private work, work on ar
! ticlcs for domestic consumption. work
on articles for export. 1t will begin
to be done, and almost Immediately,
IL only the Government and other
price fixers will take off the brakes
and let the Industrial wheels of the
country turn again.
But leaving this consideration out
of account for the moment how would
/ n four years bar on immigration en-
acted 10y the Congress of the United
States at this time affect the Peace
, Conference and In the future the
League Of Nations?
One Of the subjects which have
engaged the thought Of the statesmen
in Paris is the condition of labor.
A commission to study this sub
iect has been appointed and is now
holding sessions. President GoMPERs Of
the American Federation OF Labor
and T.. y. Hurley Of the Shipping
Board are the American members Of
this commission, and besides holding
membership in this important body
Mr., GuMrtRS is engaged in the for,
nation of nm international trade
union conference which is expected
to have profound effect on the status
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A German Colony Dream.

Mr.. WILSON'S scheme for handling
the German colonies by League of
Nations seems n footless dream with
out any worth while practical basis.
II League Of Nations could be
constituted for and could he put into
the business of administering colon -
for the benefit of some Power not it.
self able to administer them, not itself
having any inherent right to admins
ter them, such Power, Germany or
any other, could scarcely ask any
thing better and softer. The RESPONSE
bility, the work, the expense, would
there were any, would fall eventually
to the German or other ward Of the
League Of Nations. That would be Az
agonizing penalty for the German war
makers to pay, wouldn't It? That
would be a rich reparation for the
victims of the war makers to receive,
wouldn't It?
And if the German colonies-colo-
MES which naturally belong no more
to the old German States or to the
new than the north pole belongs to
the south pole-could not, because OF
such trusteeship. be thrown into the
scales weighing out the indemnity and
reparation due to the Allies, how
could outraged and plundered civiliza-
lions claims of one hundred and fifty
billions against the German war max
efS be settled or adjusted? How
could claims of one hundred billions
be satisfied? Or fifty billions or even
twenty billions?
But perhaps Mr.. WILSON'S fantasy
Of trusted German colonies to make
a steady League of Nations job may
fade away as his solution of the Rus
sian problem is vanishing while the
many different and irreconcilabie ar.
mics, parties and factions in Russia
do not merely reject but ignore 1t.
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Two Women in the War.

The natural hope cherished in the
minds OF all that the report of the
death of the Misses CROMWELL was
unfounded has been removed by the
testimony of their fellow passengers
on La Lorraine and the receipt Of
messages in which their decision to
end their lives is made clear. Their
self-destructlon Is to be attributed to
physical and nervous collapse result
ing from their labors in the Red Cross
in France, in the course Of which
their strength was Overtaxed and
their senses overcome by the sombre
and depressing incidents OF war that
we're their daily fare.
These young women, like scores and
hundreds of others, were engaged in
canteen service. The work IL ardu-
Gus, putting heavy burden on the
physical endurance of those who take
it up, and the mental strain Is con-
tinuous. The Red Cross made every
effort to exclude from the ranks of Its
workers women who by disposition
and training were not fitted to per-
form the functions falling on them,
but II was unavoidable that among
the many who volunteered and were
accepted there should be few who
could not stand the pressure. Even
those who have beefD able to main
tain their poiSe will not escape en-
tirely the effects of their experiences
! in doing war work.
The women of the United States have
given with open hands and hearts OF
their strength in the service Of their
country. They have richly earned the
/ praise that has been bestowed on
them By all. They have earned more
! in fact, than most Of us have given
! them, for 1t has not been possible fol
the majority of Americans to under
! stand the tremendous eXertions that
have been necessary on the part OF
those who conducted the various re
! lief stations behind the lines in wal
torn France. The tragedy Of The
Misses CROMWELL should bring home
to all the sacrifices our women have
cheerfully made that our military eff
fort should lack nothing Of complete
ness or of effectiveness.
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Company Funds.
to sign !

The company fund Is an honored
institution in the army of the United
States. Uncle SAM is a good provider.
The individual ration is more than
sufficient for the needs of a man. A
clever cook can save considerable
quantities of food each day, and the
amount thus saved has been credited
to the company in money. From the
funds thus accumulated various lux
uries have been bought-athletic sup
plies, tlainties the Government did not
furnish to the men, special feasts for
special occasions.
In some cases these funds have
amounted to stable sums, and have
provided notable feasts for their con-
trbutors on the disbanding of their
organizations. one company dcmobi-
lied ut Camp Dix had $500, and
gave n dinner to itself and its friends
which surpassed anything of the sort
ever seen before. Another company
gave itself dinner and theatre party
in New York unique in recent army
annals.
But such distributions of company
funds have fallen under the ban. Sec
rotary BAKER will have no more OF
them. Instead of buying extra CON-
forts and unwonted luxuries for the
men, the savings of the messes after
February ! are to be turned back 10
the Treasury of the United States, to
be appropriated from it no doubt for
some worthy project like building a
new post Office or to be disbursed In
payment of salaries AND allowances
for slackers and prison kept Soon
scientious" objectors Economy in the
company kitchen will not benefit the
company. Probably there won't be
any economy in the company kitchens.
With no incentive to save rations, the
cooks will not be sparing Of food.
Whatever the unit is entitled to will
be cooked, and what Is not eaten will
| be thrown away.
Perhaps the War Department has
good reason for the order requiring
the company funds to he turned In to
the Treasury, and depriving the men
of the fruits Of skill and economy on
the part of the cooks. No explanation
Of the regulation has been given. Tn
til one is forthcoming, however. there
will be n great many persons inside
and outside the army who will think
that matters Of greater moment might
well receive the tine and thought
this subject has undoubtedly absorbed
and that the soldiers should he al
! lowed to dishurse the company funds
as they see fit.
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Back From the Screen.

One Of the promised developments
Of the spring season in the theatres
will be the return to the speaking
drama of actors who have won their
greatest fame before the camera.
The managers. ever avid Of any sem
sation that may thrill the public,
are inviting their patrons to regard
these accessions as OF greater i'm
portance now than they were before
the cinema brought them wider re-
nown. AS matter Of fact, no actor
Of genuine repute on the stage has
ever succeeded as well in the pho
tographic drama.
What can be thought Of the de-
mands of an art which rejects
WILLIAM GILLETTE and celebrates w.
3. HART, scorns f. II. SoTHERN and
glories in MoNTAGU LOVE, will have
none Of BEERBoHM TREE and little
OF FORBES ROBERTSON, but makes a
hero of Henry WAITHALL: On the
distaff side, there is the same dis
tlnction between the women who
really own a place on the stage to-
day and those who have become
known only through the presence Of
their pretty faces in the cinema.
Some actresses, to be sure, have
succeeded in alternating the inter-
preta ton Of the drama and the pam
tomime suggested by the movie d.
rector. Yet there would probably
be found not a single instance in
which the actress did not suffer in
the good opinion Of her admirers by
her participation in the moving pic
ture dramas. OF those unknown to
the theatre, but famous in the world
OF the cinema on account Of baby
beauty and finely rolling eyes, there
are hundreds. Fame in this scientific
form of the theatre is even more
fieeting than on the stage. Every
pretty face seems fated TO be crowded
out by another,
1t is probable that OF all these film
celebrities who are to come back to
the stage and expect to enjoy before
discriminating audiences the same
vogue they won before the camera
few will he found to possess greater
qualifications than they did when
more or less incOnspicuOuSly, they
spoke the text of dramatist. OF
those who had gained some degree OF
flme before they tcurncycd 10 the
studio, 1t will always be said that al
the hest they are no more than movie
actresses Some who had acquired
f. the Snuk"n drama a certain de
ere" &C terhmiuu" viii probably moi
have improved from the cNaggcra
tom, 81" '"~>rIA In the process of MAX
" the phptu:rW hS.
lulccd, nothing is more inlis
.,cusahlc for the women before tn,
camera than youth aud beauty, pOut
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Of wage earners. And entirely in line

Of wage earners. And entirely In line
with this international eolicitude for
labor, a British labor leader has pro-
tested against our closing our gates to
immigrants. What would be the ulti-
mate consequence If the Congress Of
the United States should bar alien la
Dor from this country for four years
or forty years, while the Commission
on International Labor Legislation
was recommending, and the Peace
Conference wns approving, and the
League of Nations was enforcing, a
plan ahtagonistic to such exclusion?
Is it to be supposed that the Congress
Of the United States, having been con-
vlnced OF the necessity of excluding
alien labor. would resclnd It's act and
accommodate the laws of the United
States to the dictum OF a tribunal
controlled by the representatives Of
foreign lands? We do not believe 1t
would.
But suppose the Peace Conference
were to decide that the mobility OF
labor should be unobstructed, and
the United States refused to abide
by that decision; would the League OF
Nations then attempt to coerce the
United States by boycott or by mill
tary measures? That would be the
! logical thing to do.
In such situation, what would be
the attitude of the American Fedora
ton Of Labor and its president?
Would Mr.. GoMPERs urge the sacrifice
of the protective legislation won by
the Federation in this country? Would
he cast aside the results of the inter
national negotiations now in progress
| in Paris?
This exclusion bill ought never to
come out of the Congress mill. II II
does, President WILSON ought never
to sign it.
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coLUMBTA'S NEW STANDARD
Is Brain Cultivation the Sole Func.
ton Of a University

To THE EpIToR OF THE SrS-Sir: All
who have given special attention to the
problems Of education must have re-
garded with interest, possibly with sur
prise. tho scheme proposed by Columbia
University whereby to exclude such APP
plicants tor membership as do not give
exceptional evidence Of intellectual
promise.
Is that quite fair to the class OF stu
dents that will thus he deprived OF the
advantages which Columbia Is 80 abun-
dantly able TO confer? VIII not the
public he a sufferer, and will 1t not have
the effect to create an intellectual arts
tocracy n little out OF consonsHce with
the spirit OF democracy?
What Is Of even greater signifca nee
perhaps, is that II seems TO imply that
In the estimate OF the university brain
is the supreme asset OF personality and
that whatever other qualities We most
OF us regard as essential to the produc-
tlon OF the best type OF manhood. it is
not worth while in the selection of stu
dents to take account OF anything but
transcendent evidences OF brain.
have been taught 10 understand that the
out a class OF high grade mon, sound OF
heart as we'll as cultivated in under
standing. and that a college ts not prop.
erly either school OF ethics or n
workshop for the production OF intel
lectuals, but both.
Since reading so much OF It's plans
a. Columbia University has given TO the
public. have been interested TO call the
roll OF my own college classmates, q
large majority OF whom have already
passed on, hut OF whom biographical a
sketches have been published In the
towns where they had been respectively
resident: and l have been surprised tc
discover how many OF those who gradu-
ated with only a medium attainment IT
point OF scholarship have risen TO posi-
tons OF large and benefcont influence
In the community where they have lived
and done their work. They would moi
have been able to exert that influence
without the mental discipline which theii
four years in college afforded; hut
neither would they have eXerted thai
influence had not the result OF menta
discipline been accompanied ny other
qualities less liable to he developed bS
an institution whose overmasterng am
cerebral tissue.
This IL written by one who is thor
ough believer in mentality, but who also
believes that a mans life CONSISTENT no
in the abundance OF brain which he pos
sesseth. c. II. PARKHvRsT.
NEW YORK. January 90.
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CONCURRENT POWER.
One Interpretation OF the Words In
the Prohibition Amendment.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sr:: Al
though the phraseoiogy OF the prohibit
ton amendment. like most legislative
compositions. leaves something to be de-
sired, l think the obst acle to its enforce
ment found by TIE Sun through its use
OF the words concurrent power" Is of
little value.
Concurrent action between the House
ard Senate, referred 10 by TIVE SIN. and
concurrent power. such az thst between
two courts OF equal Jurisdiction, that
may be exercised By either, are different
things; IN fact the frst o. these Is
scarcely a concurrent power but con-
curing necessity.
But. If the objection has any weight.
what about the press? Where were the
law critics when the measure was be-
| fore Congress. ana why have they
waited? | at the time sent to several
papers the suggestion that inasmuch as
| this was an exercise of Federal power,
the clause should simply read: Con
greSs shall have power to enforce this
article by appropriate legislation" and
not one OF them thought It's publication
worth while.
would surely be given to II by the SUI
preme Court Is that either Congress or
the States have power to legislate, and
! this definition is amply sustained by the
! dictionaries: e..
! Concurrent Jurisdiction: Jurisdiction
| possessed equally by two courts. and II
exercised by one, not usually assumed by
the other.-Ceniury Dictionary
Substitute the word power" for Juris-
diction-they are synonymous-and we
have the meaning of the amendment
If we assume that Congress and the
States might exercise tho power in con-
| flict. the question raised would be solely
which law must prevail; hut no question
| would affect the validity OF the amend
ment, so far as this word is concerned.
The manufacture. sale, expectation
and Importation o: liquor being now for
hidden by the fundamental law, the only
effect that can be given TO Il Is to es-
! tablish penalties for dlsohodience II
neither Congress nor the States did this
tho law stands. and It will be the duty
OF every proper official OF the United
states. regardless Of specific instructions
! 10 prevent any of these prohibited things
/ The revenue officer must destroy any
liquor making apparatus, and the GUS
toms officer seize any liquor in transit
/ for conhscation, whether Il penalty APP
plies or not. Liquor and the means OF
making it are henccforth contraband
nor has Congress or any State the power
to make an exception for medical, sac
! ramental, scientific or any purpose. For
! this last fact we may well apply to the
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GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP.
1t Kills Individuality, the Foundation
Of Our Success.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS--Sir: Gov
eminent ownership has never been a
financial success in any country. Espe-
cially unified for such a policy is the
United States, a country wherein great
successes have been built on wonderful
individuality and initiative.
Government ownership subnerges the
individual-the leader. That Is the
principal reason why It Is fatal TO the
best interests of the people.
Where would country come out II
its Carnegies. Rockefellers. Schwabs
vanderbllts, Cassatts, Walls. Armours
swifts, had their Municipalities dwarfed
and submerged by Government owner
ship?
Government mana cement OF the rail-
roads to-day kills the individual idea
and you may see the sorry trail 1t leaves
on every railroad in the country. The
individual whom the employees loved to
serve is no more, and we see incentive
to duty dulled and paralyzed.
1t would be the same In every In
dustry controlled by the Government, a
job for which suggests to the average
man ease and comfort with n good wage
results being the last consideration. The
Post Office, paying no rents to the Treas
ury Department. is financial joke, viii
a real deficit of millions annually. max
ing It plain what Government wire man
agement will lead to.
EDWIN ". INGALLS,.
Boston, Mass, January 90.
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An American Rhine.

Whether WILLIAM MCGARRY of the
Marines Is a student of poetry we do
not know; that he is a man of sense
and sensibility his membership in the
distinguished fighting organization
with which he Is now serving cstab-
fishes beyond question. lie camps
with his comrades beside the river
which Marshal FoCH and General
GoURAuD declare should be the west
ern limit OF Germany's military ac-
tiyities, and he holds the same opinion
OF that stream that CoLERIDGE did
when he wrote:
THE river Rhine. It is well known,
Doth wash your city OF Cologne.
But tell me, nymphs what power d.
vine
Shall henceforth wash the river Rhine? p
The Yankee soldier and sailor too
does not record his opinion az arts
tically as does the British poet, but
he is not less emphatic. Writing TO a
friend in Montclalr, y. j., he says:
THE Rhine looks like the Passaic
You can form your own opinion OF 1t by
that"
The Passaic in its lower reaches is
not lovely stream. 1t drains thick
ly populated Industrial community
Its condition OF defilement became q
public scandal, menace to health
The New Jersey cities and towns
which had ruined 1t are now seeking
to restore it to the purity n beautiful
river deserves. A great trunk sewer
has been built to relieve it of the
waste matter that was poured into It,
| Factories are IN be restrained from
! pollutlug II. Some day the Passai IL
may he crystal clear again.
1t Is not to be supposed that the
Passaic will ever be restored to its
former rural charm. Commerce and
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MIR. RooSEvELTS WAY.
A Tribute Based on His Attitude
Toward the Negro.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr: one
Of Mr. Roosevelts familiar sayings was,
II believe in doing the right as God has
shown me the right" The Colonel lived
the right and preached a genuine gospel
OF truth. My reason for paying this
tribute of respect to our foremost Amer
lean is because he believed that the
colored race was entitled to be treated
as Americans.
Mr.. Roosevelt did not exploit the
negro for political reasons. nor did he
champion our rights from a viewpoint
of pity. II the colored man was in fault
Roosevelt believed that he should be
punished according to law. And this
10 all we ask--falr and impartial treat
ment.
When the last enemy came Mr.. Roose-
welt was no less brave. Thus he passed
to the eternal shore to be rewarded for
his patriotic righteousness.
HENRY ALLEN.
STAMFORD, Conn, January 20.