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THE POLISHED DOME.
Both Women and Men Resent the idea
Of Enforced WlEs.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: No
doubt you will haye scores of letters
from the baldheads after the idlotic let
ter contributed to THE SUN by James
d. Dewell. Jr. II 1t was sent in the
spirit of a Joke 1 am sure Mr.. Dewell
will be pleased with the results, but II
there Is any degree OF seriousness in 1t,
there will be many who will pity such
bigoted ideas, and that pity will come
from any intelligent reader. whether he
In bald or not.
In the first place, chorus girls are not
fascinated by strong and active brains
there undoubtedly are many followers
of the stage who do admire brains, but
We all knoY that that, as a rule, can
not Justly be laid at the door of the
chorus girl. And whence came the idea
that brains stimulate a luxuriant
growth Of hair? One need but consider
some OF the greatest men the world has
produced to realize that brains and hair
are not necessarily companions, while
the greatest percentage Of inmates in
asylums and jalls have abundance OF
hair.
1t seems TO the writer that Mr.. Dewell
stops too soon in his recommend atoms.
It would be far better to forbid the bald
headed men to enter the theatre, as In
a great many cases they would not have
artistic wigr." lack OF which would be
even more offensive. surely. than a shiny
pate. Artistic wigs are very expensive.
and again. 1t is safe to say that the
sense of the artistic would be lacking
in most mon. Then. too. It is hard to
understand why the theatre should be
singled out as tho most undesirable
place for the> baldheads; they should
also be barred from the church, cafe.
hotel lobby and street cars. and in fact
should be banished from the face Of
the earth.
However. We cannot take this letter
Of Mr.. Dewelrs at all seriouslyI but
such inane utterings should be kept
from the press, even in Joking. and only
sprung where the smile Of the Jest would
be visible. est.
BRIDorPoRr, Conn, May "a.
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The Candle Tree.

Against the sunsets golden glow,
The rose OF early dawn,
The great horse chestnut spreads its bouEh
And shadows half the lawn,
And yearly when tho thrushes coma
And robins nest and sing.
II sets thousand candles up
In honor Of the spring.
White tapers formed OF blossoms sweet.
With every waxen bloom
Tipped with little crimson name.
And heavy with perfume.
Tho incense on an altar green
Where worship bird and bee
And everything that loves the spring:
Behold! the candle tree.
NINA LAYING.
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TO join the chorus. In their own good
time the targets of these impassiOned
pleas did just what they wanted to,
which happened to he what they were
asked to do, and from that moment
a., they have been accused of violent dis
regard for good taste, good sense,
good morals.
Woman wore low necked gowns and
was assaIled most vigorously; she
adopted fur neckpieces and was held
up to scorn. Her sleeves we're long
and she was told she was ridiculous
she made them short, to be reproached
for frivollty.
For ourselves, the confession must
be made that we find nothing immod-
est, improper or alarming in the styles
that now prevail among the more ut
tractive fraction of mankind. The
ladies comport themselves as they
please, which means they are always
pleasing. They appear quick, busy
beautiful, Interesting, pure and re
freshing. They seem to be having q
good time, doing good and helping
others to have a good time. They
have thoroughly, completely vindi.
Gated themselves by deeds, not by
mere words, Of the familiar accuse.
tion that they are MASTERS, seeking
only selfish happiness. They have
proved themselves in war and In
peace. They have justified our never
shaken faith In them as sensible, well
balanced, dependable; and the most
terrifying outbursts from the brother
hood of one lobed brains will never
shake our faith in their superior vlr-
tue and common sense.
The sun., 1919-05-25

Would Japan, as mandatory for the
League Of Nations, be commissioned
to rule us? Would an international
boycott be established against us2
The answer to each of these perth
nent questions is mo" The League
Of Nations would twiddle Its expen-
sive thumbs and ponder its helpless
ness and on the declaration Of peace
by the Congress of the United States
our trade relations with Germany
would be reestablished on the
familiar basis Of give and take which
rules commerce all over the world.
The sun., 1919-05-25
TOP O. tho Morning!
From the Rows Life

Smell OF the woods in the morning;
The sun shines gold through the trees
And the heavens are filled with music
From the lips OF the wide eyed breeze.
And who's for plunge In tho water,
A swim in tho laughing lake?
Be quick There II breakfast to follow
And there stu Is the hre TO make.
I'm in! What a splash Are you ready
Who, who would lie lazy asleep
when all of the wide world Is calling
With tho lure OF the lake blue and deep
So come, that's the stun. all together.
Swim. swim with stroke true and
straight
To the boat and the first back. the win
ner-
Great ginger! But swimming is great!
The first back. the hrst one TO breakfast
Then the TRAN once again and the fun
The day lies Rlluring before US
And the morning is only begun!
EDMuSD LEAMI
The sun., 1919-05-25
simple and Easy Rule for n Life
Term Presidency.

Uncommonly interesting is the .sug-
gestion by our neighbor the Times Of
a valid reason for the denomination
Of Mr.. WILSON for a third term.
The Times does not say that. Mr..
WILSON ought to be renominated by
his party. What It says is that "if
he is renominated It viii be because
the Democratic party in convention
assembled believes that, as It is to
run on his record, 1t should put to
the fore the man who made the rec
ord" Consider the beauty of this
principle as a guide to selectioni
1t would work just as well in 1924
for fourth term. II the Democratic
party is to run on the record of Mr..
WILSON'S third term it should GER
tainly put to the fore for q fourth
term the man who made the record.
And If true in 1920 and 1924 why
not true in 1923 as a reason for re-
nomination for fifth term?
Just as good an argument for the
sixth term, the seventh term, for any
number Of terms up to the time when
Death or senility calls the game.
On the whole, however, We believe
we prefer for simplicity Mr.. WILSON'S
own argument, as set forth in his
celebrated letter Of 1913 to A. MITCH
ELL PALMER, lately exhumed and set
a-going again by the ingenious Mr..
DAVID Lawrence. Mr.. WILSON'S view
Of the question Of limiting the Presi-
Dental term was that the matter
ought to be determined not by a nomi-
mating convention but by public opin.
ION; public opinion in that large. neg.
1ige sense in which he understands
public opinion and in which he is by
bis own appointment its irremovable
interpreter and spokesman
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Says Secretary REpvHLp. American
industry should be represented by
agents in Washington who could act
as the connecting link between BUSH
ness and Government" True enough,
and equally true It is that many men
with money and brains invested In
American industry have supposed that
when President WILSON appointed Mr..
REDrmo Secretary Of Commerce he
intended him to be a connecting link
between business and the Government,
as the Secretary Of the Treasury Is
the connecting link between banking
and Government, as the Secretary of
Labor represents labor in the Cabinet
discussions, the Secretary Of Agricul-
ture represents the farmers. 1t Is to
be asked, why Is Secretary Of Com
merce RDFrEID?"
The sun., 1919-05-25

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. A
person cannot have brains and hair al
the same time. Brains do not act "a a
fertilizer in the growth OF hair. so there
must be something else besides brains
that grows The hair, Several men that
I am acquainted with have very large
and wavy heads OF hair. but they are Sc
stupid that they do not know enough to
come in when It rains, whereas bald
headed men that have met have al
ways had the reputation of being sue
cessful and clever business men.
T. II. OHLwEILkR.
NEW YORK. May "a.
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$500, 900 FOR WAR MEMORIAL
Jamaica Plans to Add Buildings TO
Its Hospitals.

As worthy and permanent memoirs
to Its soldiers that lost Their lives N
the war Jamaica of Queens BorouGh wi.
raise by popular subscription 100000 ~
be spent for two hospital buildings ana
complete equipment One building WI
Its equipment will he added 10 the "a
matca Hospital St. Mary's Hospital W
get the other.
campaign committee OF 500 ci,'eHs
with Robert w. Higble as chairman, 9as
been organized and is hard at wo-N
The communities interested with "a
maica are Woodhaven. Morris Park, l'o!'
lis, Forest Hills. Kew Gardens, Glen Nor
ris. Richmond HILL Westbridge, spring
field and South Ozone Park.
The sun., 1919-05-25

Current litigation reveals that the
manager of a dressmalking establish
ment rendered bill in which one item
was $500 for designing a gown. Art
for arts sake may be all very we'll. but
art for profit th-ives better and helps
more to pay for bread. cheese and
kitchen gas. What excites special
wonder is the probable cost Of the
gown the design Of which is charged
for at the imposing price noted. Com
putting on the basis Of architects fees.
the gown must have been designed to
cost when completed and ready for
occupancy about $4,000.
The sun., 1919-05-25
Waving the Bludgcon OF the Leagu Q
of Nations.

The sentences reproduced below arr
taken from a message sent from Paris
On May 10 by the Associated Press:
'The German peace treaty, It de-
veloped to-day. contains a clause
which has not yet been made public.
providing that ratification by Ger
many and three of the principal as
ISOLATED Powers win bring the treaty
into force between the ratifying
parties. enabling the immediate re-
sumption of trade.
TT was pointed out in connection
with this stipulation that any nation
which withheld ratification after
three of the principal Powers had
ratified would be at a disadvantage
in a commercial way.
This would follow from the fact
that the ratifyins Powers would DO
able to resume trade relations with
Germany at once, while the States
which delayed would have no such
privilege"
In this announcement, revealing a
provision of the treaty unfortunately
overlooked by the authors of the off,
cial epitome of that document which
was given to the American public
the Peace Conference obviously waves
the bludgeon of the League of Ma.
lions about the heads of statesmen OF
the associated Powers who may be-
reluctant to approve the work Of the
Conference. "Ratify the treaty oil
the League of Nations will keep you
from trading with Germany" says the
Peace Conference. seeking to align the
commercial interests of each nation
in support of its work.
So far as the United States OF
America is concerned the bludgeon Is
a stuffed club.
Should the Senate refuse to ratify
the treaty and the Congress pass a
resolution declaring the war with
Germany at an end our trade with
Germany would take care of itself.
We have goods tc sell; Germany
needs goods; end the war and com.
merce will find n way to effect any
exchange the people of both nations
want to make.
How would the League of Nations
try to stop that exchange? Would II
send international armies against
Germany and the United States
Would international customs officers
In Germany prevent the unloading OF
American cargoes sold to Germans
Would the British navy raise the ban.
ner OF internationalism and seek 10
destroy our merchantmen on the high
seas? Would Canadian army over.
run and subjugat, the United States;
The sun., 1919-05-25
PUBLIC LECTURES TONIGHT
MANHATTAN.

MfNHATTAN.
organ Recital" by W. A. Goldsworthy,
accompanied by vocalist, Washington
THE Land of the Bolsheviki" t.us-
trated by motion pictures taken by tne
Red Cross, by George L. Murphy. Puhl'
Forum, lo1 nth street, west Of LeNinE-
ton avenue. Miss Esther henson Will sing
before and after the lecture.
BRONX.
organ Recital" by Wenzel A. RaoH"h
assisted by Marie Delaney. Linusa Rob
erts and Katherine F. Raboch. Morris Il
s., l66th street and Boston road
The sun., 1919-05-25
Children or Air.

Tho towers of Manhattan
They soar unto the sky!
From many domes and many spires
Their starry banners ny.
They scorn the shriter,ng ha-eor,
And the low lying land.
And boldly for the god Of Air
They take their lofty stand.
The city OF the Chaidees,
Ur. that Is wide and fair,
Recalls its nomad children
To the regions OF the Air.
Full long they've dueit In Canaan
Like Israel OF old:
Now scions OF Chaldea turn
Back to the starry fold.
o Abram, chief OF Herdsmen,
Lead thou thy cattle where
New pasture lands are calling
To the People of the Air,
". +. BuuLEr.
The sun., 1919-05-25
A Business woman's Terse Dismissal

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sr: As
James D. Dewell, Jr., Is SO well versed
in the likes and disllkes OF chorus girls.
I think he must be a stage door Johnny.
Had he a thousandth part OF the brains
that baldheaded men have he would
have been too busy to write his child
!sh letter OF May 81. I take It he has
'luxuriant growth OF hair" He must
have water on the brain.
FLORENCE A. SPAErH.
NEW YORK. May "a
The sun., 1919-05-25
Whiting the German History OF
tho War.

The former German Foreign Minis.
ter GorTILEB voN JAaow has just
added book Of his own to the mas
Of war literature which has recently
been flooding Germany. The excerpts
from this work received in this coun.
try bear entirely upon the causes lead
ing to hosulities. This phase Of the
war has already been given to the
outside world by Prince LrcHNowsKY,
former German Ambassador to Lon.
don, and DR.. MtHLoN, a director OF
the Krupps works. Both of these
men attacked the position Of the I'm
perial Government; HERR Won JAGow
offers II not a defence of the Ger.
man Government. at least a defence
Of himself as Foreign Minister.
According to Herr Won JAoow's
statement he devoted much Of his eff.
forts to localizlng the Austro- Serbian
conflict. He endeavored to have Aus
trials demand for satisfaction appear
as an act Of Just defence and as a
matter which that monarchy should
be allowed to settle. He says:
I'VE therefore advised Vienna to
collect discriminating material against
Serbia in order to convince Europe
of Serbia's guilt"
This extreme interest In Austria
which Herr Won JAGow disclosed was
productive Of unusually quick results.
In three days the Austrians entrusted
with the work had found "the in.
eliminating MATERIAL; to their own
satisfaction they had traced the con-
spiracy to kin the Hapsburg Archduke
not only to the Serbian Government
but to the Serbian royal family.
He disclnims, however, any respon-
sibility for the ultlmatum sent to Ser
bia, declaring that the fact was not
communicated to him until the eve
ming Of July %, and that Mt that time
the ultimatum had been despatched
to Belgrade. His version of what
happened is as follows:
Il expressed to the Ambassador
my surprise that the decision of his
Government was communicated to us
SO late that tho possibility OF adopt
ing a position in tho matter of this
ultimatum was thereby cut of from
us The Chancellor. to whom i'm
mediately submitted the text OF tho
ultimatum. was OF the opinion that
It was too sharp"
Another fact upon which he places
stress is that the alleged incursions
of the French upon German territory
were reported to the German stan by
subordinate officers and "the stan
communicated the information to the
German Government without attempt
ing to ascertain the facts" AS this
was one of the pretexts for the Ger
man invasion of France, Herr Won
JAGow exposed the weakness of the
German case, weakness that has
led THEODORE WoLFF to say that after
reading Herr Won JAoow's defence he
cannot understand why Sir EDWARD
GREY's call for conference Of Am
bassadOrs "was rejected so categori-
cally by Germany" Herr Won JAGow
himself answered that in 1915, when
German military success was at high
tide, by practically saying that Ger
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A Boys Bill Of Fare.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
George Bailey. answering the inquiry,
''what Is good for a boy to eat? says:
AT this time OF tho year. according to
the theories extant In North Carolina in
1870, boy should have daily plenty OF
green fruit, pine rosn, young cucumbers,
raw new potatoes. green blackberries
douRhnuts, branch water and two hours
In the swimming hole"
The sun., 1919-05-25

z. s. Bioloto in BORIS Lite

II, y. bi0toU IN BOYS LIE,
In the early spring we begin TO hear the
song OF the Presbyterian bird. lie starts
on with few rattling notes, makes a
quick leap TO a high strain, aseends
through many a meiodious variation to the
keynote. and suddenly stops, leaving his
rons to sing Itself through your brain. To
smplify another's illustration, Il IL as
though he said ''pres-prsss- PRESS. BY
TEREE. RLAHIANr'
The sun., 1919-05-25

Kansas IL about to begin the wheat
harvest with an indicated crop OF
21s.5s0.o0 bushels, which at S2.2e q
o1s.4oo for the farmers. However, as
eminent agricultural statisticians have
proved to their own satisfaction that
the wheat growers lose money on
every bushel q wheat they grow. we
may expect Kansas to call 1919 q
calamity year.
The sun., 1919-05-25
The Decline Of . Border Industry.
From tao FL Peso Herald

Dressed Mexican neas have disap pear.d
from the cnrio market here. These little
insects once were popular with tourists
for mailing back home. The only dressed
nea In the curio stores here Is one being
held by Wholesale dealer as n souvenir OF
the days when he sold the insects skill
fully dressed by keen eyed Mexican women,
by the gross. ~
The sun., 1919-05-25

Yesterday. the Brooklyn Bridge
celebrated its thirtytsixth anniversary
by performing its usual daily service
to this city, 5000 cars crossing its
span. No statistics are necessary to
support the statement that the good
old structure has won q place in the
hearts OF millions.
The sun., 1919-05-25

It has been estimated that the cost
Of each individual soldiers transpor-
tation was SIS. but Uncle SANS $780,
600 tourists certainly earned their way
across.
The sun., 1919-05-25
The Gift OF Bread.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
For fields that give the daily bread
An keep the country livin',
Let the thankful prayer be said
All the year ThanksEIVin'l
The sun., 1919-05-25
Built Around Nothing.

Knicker-Think we can take the League
out OF the Treaty?
Bocker--It will be like taking the hole
out OF the douEhnut.
The sun., 1919-05-25

MINIATURE ALMANAC.
Standard Time.
sun r1pes. .B;3f A NJ Sun sets s,i,
Noon rtses......2:e6 A NJ
For eastern New York, New J,..
and New England. partly cloudy with ~
cal showers to-day and probably tow. '
row no change in temperature. ~
crate south winds. 'u-
For western New York, partly .,o,,.-
today; showers tomorrow; moi lucy
change In temperature; gentle, varl"Nl.
Winds. iaoN
WASHINGTON. May allow pr,,,r
persists over all interior districts Of IN.
united States and high pressure pre-su.
on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts rhi.
pressure distribution has been attend.d ~ ~
considerable cloudiness over the ooun,.g
with showers In tho middle Atlantic az.
New England States. the Ohio Vailev s na
tennessee, the Gulf States and locally ~
the Rocky Mountain and plateau region.
Heavy rains fell In Texas, Louisiana sn.
mississippi and Oklahoma. Temperstv...
nave risen over the Northwest ana ~
considerably above normal In that rex,os
Cool weather prevails over the west C,,I,
states and the south Rocky Mountain va
gion- Over tho middle West and gensr.tr
throughout the East States temperatv,.,
arc near the normal The outlook ia ~
partly cloudy to cloudy weather and ions
showers over nearly all districts east ~ ~.
mississippi River during Sunday and Mo-
DAY. No important temperature chanvs.
are Indicated for the country during n,
observations at Omitted States Weather nv
reau stations taken at P. N. yesterday. ss,.
enty-hfth meridian time: Nv
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women and men are aroused as Ameri-
cans have not been aroused since the
civil war.
The sun., 1919-05-25

To the already world famous COM
puting lines may be added the Spa
Paris route.
The sun., 1919-05-25

Highest temperature. II. at 1910 r n
lowest temperature, IS. at 6 A. VI.
Average Temperature. Ga
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LOCAL WEATHER RECORDS.

The temperature in this city yesterda,
as recorded by the official thermometa- (,
shown In tho annexed table. - -
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The Sun Calendar
THE WEATHER

MINIATURE ALMANAC.
Standard Time
sun ripes. ..5:37 A NJ Sun sets s,u,
Noon rises.....a.ss n
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Choose Between Brains and Hair.

NEW YORK. May "a.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-24
ASSASSINATION OF GARFIELD

broken
 By sudden sobbing of the tollinE
 bells. Too well, too we'll, we comprehend tho
 token,
 As slow and sad, it's wordless mes
 sage swells. 'Ts there no underton,e heard clear.
 though faintly,
 Of joy bells chiming on distant
 shore. Where pain is not, and where among
 the saintly
 Our hero chief shall walk forever
 more?"
 Only six days before General Rurn- side had died at Bristol; and on Sep tember 16 his funeral had occurred in Providence. The city and state wero thus called upon to turn almost di- rectly from their mourning over tho distinguished Rhode Island soldier to grieve for the head of the nation. At 2 o'clock on the morning of the 2Oth, Vice President Arthur took tho oath of office as resident at his homo in New York city. He had conducted himself with dignity and propriety dur ing the trying days of Garfield's ill., ness, studiously refraining from self obtrusion at Washington, an1 the coun- try was accordingly prepared to &C., cept his elevation to the chief niaSis- tracy with confidence. It is familiar history now that this confidence was moi yniSp1aced