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The sun., 1919-09-01

TO instruct and influence the patients
in city hospitals. School ma'ams and
masters come in intimate contact with
home makers and housekeepers, and
provision dealers, II the tribe survive
the h ], would find them useful.
The possibilities are not exhausted
in these hasty suggestions. We do
not pretend to instruct Mayor HYLAN
in the extension of the new departure,
for which full credit will be given
to him. We are curious about one
thing: for the advertisement under
Official city patronage of what partic-
ular commodity is the ample chest,
the fine back and the shiny plug hat
Of the Mayor to be reserved?
The sun., 1919-09-01
New York's Annual Direct Nomi-
nation Farce.

A few voters of the State of New
York will go to the polls tomorrow to
confirm the lists of party candidates
selected last month by the party COM
mittees under me direction and In
spiration of the party leaders.
The cost Of this expensive and fu-
tile proceeding will fall on the already
overburdened taxpayers.
Thus the much touted advantages
Of direct nominations will once more
be proved to be non-existent, and the
folly of attempting officially to impose
virtue on a people thoroughly COM
petent to attend to its partisan affairs
will again be demonstrated.
The advocates and promoters of the
direct nomination system promised
the people that in operation 1t would
release them from the boss and greatly
Improve the character of candidates
for elective offices.
1t has dope nothing of the kind.
Bosses remain intrenched in power
wherever the electorate is so foolish
as to tolerate them. The character
of candidates has not been improved.
The interest shown by the mass of
the voters In party management has
decreased under a procedure. which
involves two hard and exhaustive polit-
Teal campaigns. to fill one Office. Elec-
fors who are willing and able to- give
months of their time to politics every
year are comparatively few in num-
Der. Hence the burden direct prima-
ries seek to impose on them leads
them to neglect what is at once duty
and a privilege.
To accomplish these results the
people Of the State, already taxed all
they can pay by local, State and
national authorities, are taxed once
more to furnish polling places, ballots,
ballot boxes, and to meet the salaries
of election officers performing the
functions that belong within the
proper field of ordinary party action.
Direos nominations are a fraud on
the public. They should be abolished,
ana senrible men hope for the election
some time Of Legislature with sufh'
Gent courage and initiative to put an
end to this costly imposture.
The sun., 1919-09-01
NIalmedy.

When what is New York and the
three other Middle States was Nova
Belglca, or New Belgium. and its first
actual settlers were making homes for
themselves, intending to stay, NAL
NEEDY was part of a principally ruled
by prince-bishop and officially nine
hundred years old. A century ago
this old principality was wiped out by
the Treaty Of Vienna. OF its two
towns Stavelot went to Belgium and
Malmedy was assigned to Prussia.
The people of the district were all
Walloons, speaking French, and Of the
same stock as that which first settled
on Manhattan and at the Walloon's
Bocht, or Wallabout, in Brooklyn, and
also where is now Albany.
A fine old town, clean, well built
and orderly, Stavelot was, as those
Americans who saw it in 1891 no
ticed. They read the names Of tai
BOT, HERBERT, PIERPoNT and others
known in the Empire State, besides
several Of Roman origin. The tour
list looked over the picturesque ruins
Of the abbey, which for centuries had
been a centre of civilizing influences,
but he saw also a smart modern
town. Going into Prusslan territory,
he found that Malmedy also had risen
from the calm Of the Middle Ages and
was now industrial. The old abbey
was still in service as a church, but
the convent near by was used as a
Government office. Both towns had
become centres of industry.
But what the American rambler no
ticed most were the splendid newly
made roads, all leading to the Bel
gian frontier. Were they for the
rapid passage of artillery? And how
wonderfully clever was the linking
up of the railway system of Germany
with that of Belgium. This had been
done at a point which General BRIAL-
MONT, who built the forts at Liege,
never expected could be so used
Commanding all the roads leading
from Belgium into Germany" was his
idea and boast. But the Germans
found a place beyond the fire Of the
forts. Their engineers built new
roads. Their DEGREES threw the Ian
guage of twenty centuries out Of the
schools. Then, almost without attract
ing attention, permanent military
camp was established ut Eisenborn
where every summer 10000 German
soldiers assembled for evolutions
In a word, beyond the fire OF
the Liege forts built to defend Bel
GUMS frontier, and within -four
leagues Of the French border, great
military peril, almost unnoticed. arose
In fact the fine roads for artillery
from Eisenborn, the camp, to Vie
Salm, just south of Stavelot, were
nearly all Declines. Thus bit OF
country which ethnologically and lin
guistlcally was part of Belgium was
made not only German but the very
centre and starting point of the Ions
projected, long awaited invasion.
This is the territory of which Bel
GUM took possession last week, thu
Prussian occupants having been ex
PEELED after the failure of their lont
contemplated thrust. 1t is goot
grist from the mills of the gods.
The sun., 1919-09-01
EVENTS TO-DAY.

New York city's play Day" community
festivals in parks and Fairgrounds. under
auspices of Department of Parks Man
haitian and Richmond.
Interpark playground athletic and base
ball championship. at sheep meadow. Cen
trail Park, $3.50 p. NJ.
Exhibition OF exotic fishes by Aqusrium
Society at Museum of Natural History.
American National Exhibition. waldorf
Astoria.
Carnival of Municipal Council OF Friends
Of Irish Freedom. at Celtic Park, Long
Island City
Central Federated Union. Manhattan
Casino, l55th street and Eighth avenue,
p NJ.
Entertainment Of soldiers sailors and
marines at the Cardinal Farley Soldiers
and Sailors Club, Is East ThIrtieth street,
oil day.
Athletic events, United states General
Hospital No Al, Fox Hills, staten Island.
Crippled veterans will compete.
The sun., 1919-09-01
A Wicked Son-in-Law and the Great
Good He Did.

This year, now two-thirds over,
should not be allowed to pass without
reminder that, besides being the
centenary year of such American lit
erary lights as JULIA WARD HOWE,
WALT WHITMAN, THOMAS DUNN ENG
LIsH, SUSAN WARNER, HERMAN MEL
VILE and e. d. y. N. SoUTHwoRTH,
it is also the bicentenary Of the first
publication of Mother Goose's Melo-
dies for Children" What a year 1719
was for the youth of the world, with
the presses first uttering both the
immortal rhymes and Robinson
CruSoe"!
Over in old England DANIEL DEFoE
wrote his novel to show what an Eng
lishman could and would do under
the most trying circumstances. Here,
in New England, the Mother Goose
book was published through the de-
sire of a Bostonian to get even with
his mother-in-law. Opposed motives
these, one noble and the other wicked,
and yet the results have been twin
delights which escape few American
children. Hardly has the child been
graduated from that school in which
the aviatory exploits of the cow are
taught before he or she is ready to
read Of the rescue and education of
Robinson's man Friday.
1t is vain for the erudite TO rage
and say that there was a Mother
Goose before the American book ap-
peared, that Queen Goosefoot was the
special patron of ancient French chill
dren, and that PERRAULT's "Contes
de ma Mere rOye" was the original
Mother Goose" This he wrote in
1897, but 1t was not translated into
English until 1923, ten years after the
American book of rhymes was we'll
circulated in Boston. Even those who
claim the honor for the Frenchman
admit that the songs are of English
origin, going back to SHAKESPEARE S
time or further. Some will say that
they are folksongs, just as the anti.
quarians of A. d. 3793 will say that
the origin of Mr.. BUReEss's Purple
Cow is ''lost in the mists Of ages"
When Bostonlans sing at all they
sing persistently For recent exam.
plies there are Honey FIrz, who has
warbled Sweet Adeline" as often as
there are stars in the heavens, and
the banded admirers of the Red SoX
who have chanted "Tessle" at base,
ball games more times than rolls were
ever baked In the Parker House. Miss
ELIZABETH FOSTER of eighteenth cen
fury Boston sang frequently, even at,
ter she married Mr.. VERGoosE
Whcn her daughter grew W and was
married by CoTToN MATHER to THOMAS
FLEET, the printer, she kept on sing
ing. She sang more frequently than
ever to the Fleet baby, born about
the year 1716.
1t is easy to imagine that Mr.
FLEET, returning home at night from
wrestling with a Blaew-press in his
shop In Pudding lane, did not relish
the continuous performance OF song
which Mrs, VERGoosE poured into his
The sun., 1919-09-01

THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New York and New Jer.
sey-Fsir to-day; fair and warmer to-
morrow moderate northwest winds.
For New England-Fait to-day; fair,
slightly warmer In interior tomorrow.
moderate to fresh southwest to west winds.
For Western New York-Fair to-day:
local showers and thunderstorms to-nor-
row; gentle to moderate variable winds.
WASHINGTON. Aug. s1.-Pressure is
low over the upper st. Lawrence Valley
and in the Canadian Northwest and high
the last twenty-four hours showers and
thunderstorms have occurred generally
east OF the Mississippi River and in tho
plateau region. IL has become cooler in
the last twenty-four hours In the Atlantic
States, the Ohio Valley and the lower lake
region ard lower Missouri Valley, while
temperatures have risen in the upper Mis-
sisslppi and upper Missouri Valley and
west upper lake resion. Elsewhere east
changes have been unimportant. The out
look Is for generally fair weather Monday
and Tuesday In the states east Of the Mis-
slssippt River except that showers and
thunderstorms are probable on Monday
along the south Atlantic coast. on Tues
day in the lower lake region. the Ohio
Valley and the east Gulf States and on
Monday and Tuesday in the upper lake
region. II will be somewhat warmer Mon
day In the lower lake region and the Ohio
Valley and on Tuesday In the middle and
north Atlantic States.
observations at United States weather Blu.
rcau stations taken at s P. NJ. yesterday, sew
enty-hfth meridian time:
The sun., 1919-09-01

The man in soldiers or sailors uni
form who tries to sell something to
passersby on the streets may be a
former member Of the national forces,
but is more likely to be a fraud. In
either case he does not deserve patron
age. The abuse of the uniform by
such pedlers is denounced by Major
KILBoURNE, U. S. A., as shameful" The
abuse is encouraged by careless citi-
zens who out OF misplaced generosity
buy from these men. The way to show
real respect for the uniform is TO is-
more them and by depriving them OF
the trade they are doing drive them
from the streets.
The sun., 1919-09-01
N. J. GOVERNORSHIP
FIGHT GETS WARMER
Four Republicans and Three
Cross Paths in the Drive
Through Monmouth.

New Jersey will sizzle with politics
this week when the seven candidates for
Governor. four In the Republican and
three ! the Democratic primaries. enter
the h. ...estretch of the party nomination
race.
William N Runyon. acting Governor.
will make drive through Passaic and
Monmouth counties. Newton A. X Bug
bee, State Comptroller. one of his rivals
for the nomination In Monmouth. plans
to invade Monmouth this week. Mr.,
Bugbee will cover the central portion
OF the state.
Warren C. King OF Bound Brook,
president of the Manufacturers Council
OF New Jersey, running as an independ-
ent, will make addresses in various parts
Of the State.
Thomas L. Raymond. City Commits
sioner OF Newark, started yesterday on
tour Of the southern counties Of the
State in his fight for the Republican
nomination. He will motor through At
lantic, Camden, Burlington, Cumberland
and Ocean counties, making speeches
every day.
Significant indications that Mr.. Ray
organization came with the announce
nent last week that william p, Nerdon,
the Hudson county leader. had definitely
aligned himself with the Newark Com
missioner and that the Thomas l.. Ray
nond Lawyers Republican Club had been
organized.
The former means that the Nerdon
end of the two rival Republican factions
in Hudson has decided TO throw In 10
q N NNNaN ~ NNftf1
Gov Runyon, and that the hEht for
control OF the Hudson Republican or
| ganization will be between VerdoD and
| the followers OF Prosecutor Pierre Z
Garven. Mr. Garven has already come
out for Bugbee.
With almost 100 Essex lawyers BANDED
| together In a speaking bureau, there Will
be no lack Of Raymond oratory. MY.
| Raymond appears to be the strongest
| Republican n Essex. The assurance O.
strong support IN Hudson. the state
largest county in population ard win
Essex, the second largest, the Raymond
! forces intend TO invade the central AMI
southern sections OF the State. MT.
Bugbee's home county. Mercer. Will b
| invaded next week.
on the Democratic side James r. MI
gent leader of Essex county, Will spena
most OF this week in Hudson COUNTY.
while Edward !. Edwards, State Sena-
tor. who lives in Hudson, will be in r.
sex appealing TO Sugents friends
| Frank NJ MoDerm!t VIII appear IN Nov
| ris and Camden counties.
Mr.. Nugent will open his campaign N
| Hudson on Wednesday evening other
meetings are being arranged fer Bay
onne, Hoboken, Weehawken and I'n!1n
! Hin. Senator Edwards will mJke his
principal talk in Newark tomorrow
| night.
Mr.. Nugent has made Il plain that he
will not attempt 10 disrupt the Hudson
| county Democratic organization lie
said he would tell the voters his platform
and would not place personal ticket "
the field or try 10 build UP persona
machine.
The sun., 1919-09-01
ONE POSTMASTER'S PAY.
He Serves Long Hours and Pays
Office Bills on S80.65 n Month.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir. This
post Office handled 20.993 pieces OF mail
during the month of July, sold stamps
to the amount Of sl21.23 and cancelled
stamps to the amount OF s11S.4s.
The last quarters commission was
$196.s5-for April. May and June. The
office Is open from 80 A. NJ. to 6 80
p NJ. daily. 1t is transfer office
for mail TO New Hackensack, N Y. !;
Hughsonvllle. N. V, and Wappingers
Falls. N. Y, to the amount of about
$4,000 pieces a month.
The compensation for clerk hire is 81
a month. So you see the Office pays
about, all told. s6s.65 month. The
rent Is Sc, electric light So, and coal
costs 5000 q ton. What has the post
master left for twelve hours work a
day? The interest on the cost of equip
ment is about SO a month.
JOHN G. HARRIS, Notary Public
New HAMBURG, August 80.
The sun., 1919-09-01
Isn't Much of the Happiness In the
Pursuit Itself!

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: ]
have often wondered. when repeating
over TO myself those words so familiar
10 all in the Declaration of Indepen-
dence, life, liberty and the pursuit Of
happiness" whether after all there is
such a thing as the pursuit OF happi-
ness. can understand the pursuit Of
pleasure, but is not happiness a condi-
ton of mind and not a question Of
geography? ARLINGTON II. CARAVAN.
PATCH ooUE, L. l., August 30.
The sun., 1919-09-01
General Pershing Does Not Give n
Horseback Opinion.

To call General PERsHINa's refusal
to testify on Saturday in Paris before
the Sub Committee on Expenditures
in the War Department an exhibit
ton of indifference and contempt for
the wishes of the people" as Repre-
sentative BLAND of the committee
does, seems, under the circumstances,
to characterize it with undue harsh.
ness. The committee called General
PERsHINo on the eve OF his departure
for home. Its summons reached him
after his records and files were packed
for shipment. He was busy winding
up the affairs. military, business and
social, OF an army of 100000 men In
foreign country. He could not have
answered questions offhand with the
exsctness and gertrude the committee
would naturally desire and expect, and
there was not SUFFICIENT time for him
TO satisfy the committeeman even with
generalities on the subjects concerning
which they sought enlightenment.
The committees statement of its In
tention with regard to General PEP
SHINES examination says 1t wanted
him to testify ION a number of i'm.
portant matters which the committee
came here to investigate, among which
The sun., 1919-09-01

To THE EDITOR OF TIE suN-sir: II
aveEy newspaper n every city and :own
in America drove home daily the good,
sound business sense contained in the
editorial pages OF your paper one
wouldn't have to leave the zero mark to
count the theorists holding office In
after the nsxt election.
A. e. wEsr
ROCHESTER. August 80.
The sun., 1919-09-01
Beware Of Plckpockets!

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-sir: II
Is your duty to warn people OF the
piekpoekets swarming outside
the terminals Of railways entering our
city.
l heard murmurings OF pickpockets
among the crowds at the Long Island
Railroad station this morning. was
robbed of my pocketbook on train en-
tering Jersey City on Sunday night.
w. I. HUNT.
New York, August 80.
The sun., 1919-09-01
Eject of Certain Events" In Missouri.

There was never such a demand for
elder presses as this season. Usually the
summer apples are not used for cider and
most people wait for the mellow days Of
autumn to grind their apple Juice. but
certain events have made this sneersd at
beverage the popular favorite At public
sales cider presses have brought double
their cost.
The sun., 1919-09-01

Senator LA TOILETTE having spoken
for sixteen hours in the Senate 1t is
fair to assume he is nearing the end
OF the Introductory paragraphs of his
address.
The sun., 1919-09-01

Belgian coal output rapidly approach
ing norhal.-NeDspdper headline.
Belgium is to be congratulated. All
summer long the United States has
been struggling TO accomplish some
thing like this.
The sun., 1919-09-01

The Moroccan bandit RAIsuLI is pay
ing tribesmen 81 a day to fight under
his banner. The high cost of living
affects the bandit business as It does
less picturesque trades.
The sun., 1919-09-01
When the Bridegroom Is Not Cipher.
prax,a Az TnaaE0 nonIfoy

There Is an exception to the rule that
the bridegroom Is a cipher In the society
announcement. That 10 when the youths
mother turns in the item.
The sun., 1919-09-01

Which type of girl did soldiers like?-
Newspaper headline.
Unanimously the soldiers answer
THE American type!"
The sun., 1919-09-01
Achool

Nsbuehadnezzar was turned out 10 grass.
explained.
The sun., 1919-09-01
LOCAL WEATHER RECORDS.

Highest temperature, so at $3.50 P. NJ.
Lowest temperature, Sc at a. NJ.
Average temperature, rs.
The sun., 1919-09-01
Antidote for Theorists in once.

New York, August 30.
Arizona republican., 1919-03-18

per American" We do not hear it now, but we are witnessing attempt to submerge Americanism Let imagine that such league of nations as is pro- posed would have twenty-five members. Then we would all be four per cent American hyphenate would contain a higher percentage Of Americanism true hyphenate a German American British -Ameri- can or a French American would be at least fifty per cent American.
 Great Britain and France not going into the league nations with the idea of making any sacri flee but with the hope distributing their national burdens upon the United States and the neutrals.
Arizona republican., 1919-03-18
Americsnism Then and Now

The more the league of nations in it's present. out lined form is given the closeup the its defici cucies Those who have criticised it have suggested three important amendments the right of withdrawal from the league. geographical division of the exercise Of mandatory auttprity and the abso lute safeguarding of the Monroe Doctrine. Even these specifications rather vague What is apt he understood by the safeguarding of the Monroe Doctrine taken in connection with the proposed signment to the United States Of the duty Of keeping tho peace the continent would not be after all what likely at first think it is.
 We will suppose that Mexico should offer a cause Of it has done often in the past. Mexican forces have done and slaughtered sleeping Amer- soldiers These things may happen again. Now. member of the league of nations of which Mexico would also be a member could not cross the border in pursuit the bandits or of the invading military force. That is, could so to war; we could not do anything until we had received a man. date from tho league of nations from it's executive council sitting perhaps at Paris or at The Hague All The facts would have laid before that tribunal which would then decide whether or not we should proceed o the punishment of Mexico a recalcitrant nation. If the council should decide that we should not do that would be tho end of tho matter Yet. Monroe Doctrine would be safeguarded 10 the extent of guaranteeing that whatever should be done the western continent should be done by us. But would be deprived of the power of taking the initiative in protecting ourselves.
 There is a surrender sacrifice of a right which We think will bc repayment Americans generally We mean Americans and not internationalists onl,
 few months ago were mouthng the phrase 10,
Arizona republican., 1919-03-18
Where The People
 May Have a Hearing

To The Editor:
 I was greatly interested in two of the recommendations made in the statement from the Woman's Club of Wilcox, which appeared in the AriZo- na Republican of March Is.
 First, the rebuilding of the girls quarters (since the firel on the cot tage plan. More expensive? Probably. The past way has been to put younger girls, committed for some small of fense, in with older girls, some of them notorious throughout the state, eating. working, sleeping all together. The same thing is done with the boys, only it is worse, for there are so many more, and of white, negro, and Mexi- can races. We suppose the purpose of the state is running the Fort Grant Industrial School. is to turn out bet ter, not worse, citizens.
 Second point: "The building of a recreation hall and library, connecting with a dormitory. to be presided over by a trained Y. M. C. A. man, p or 30 years old, who will have charge of the moral, social and athletic training of the boys" This seems to me a splendid suggestion. l hope the Will COX women will have a large delega- ton at Yuma. at the State Convention of Federation of Women's Clubs. to push and publish these two excellent recommendations
 l was surprised to read in the Will COX statement that impressions have existed as 10 insufficiency of food al the state school. This may he the case in other parts of Arizona, but not ir Phoenix or the valley, l am sure. MRS. ROLAND c. DRYER.
 Appointed officially by the Cover nor, and the Womans Club of Phoenix to visit Fort Grant State 1ndustria School in January.