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PLANT ROADSIDE TREES.
Special Reasons Now for Remcdying
Neglect Of the Past.

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUN-Sir: The
season for tree planting Is at hand, sub
ject TO the uncertain tenure OF old Win
ter's Icy grip, and should prove Of in
terest to a great many more Of the peo-
pie than usual at this time. BY the
middle OF March we may find that the
frost has left the ground and prepara-
tory work may be- begun. such as pre-
pairing the pit and supplying soil needed
for the support OF the plant.
The project OF a widespread and con-
certed planting OF trees has been
sympathetically discussed by the press
Of the country in connection with me-
morializing our sacrifices in the war.
and the suggestion has been greatly
stimulated for the moment in the public
mind by the Iarnented death of Theodore
Roosevelt. But there has resulted no
plan for recognition and concert OF &C
ton In a much to be desired general
undertaking Of a work 40 easily to be
put under way and so engaging and re-
sponsive In is results
Let us plant trees. and In the public
service the best use OF trees Is TO put
them on our public roads, where in so
many parts Of our own State they are
conspicuous by their absence. and in our
parks and other public places where
feasible. to renew and replant defunct
and depleted plantations. and our public
| school grounds in the rural districts,
where opportunity should be found and
which have been sadly neglected by our
State educational department.
A stirring example OF neglect Is to be
found in the wasteful construction OF our
state roadways-imperfectly planned.
inefiiclently supervised and in connec-
ton with which no little Of the public
money went astray. The undersigned
sought to interest the Senate committee
at the time in the proposition to include
In the specifications a provision for the
systematic planting OF roadside trees.
and although this was apparently
agreed to It was never done. with the
result We have miles OF deterioratins
roadway utterly devoid of the effective
/ saving clause OF maturely developing
trees.
| In most Of our communities outside OF
the city no practical interest Is evinced
in this enterprise; the work should be
taken In hand by the State. and surely
with tho highway authorities, the Con
servation Commission, with its nursery
resources. and the State Engineers De
partment we should be able to accom-
plish a well concerted beginning in whai
might be q real memorial year.
| JNo. Y. CuIrER.
NEW YORK. February %.
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Representative Msnns "Die tator. ;,

Representative MANN Of Illinois
sees the Speakership Of the Sixty
sixth Congress lost to him, and re-
fuses to submit cheerfully. As the
ranks of his opponent fill up he re-
sorts to the cry of dictator !"
Chairman HAYS Of the Republican
National Committee, Senator LODGE
Of Massachusetts, and Senator PEN
ROSE of Pennsylvania are the partlcu-
lar objects Of his attack at present,
an attack that is intended to obscure
the situation and divert attention
from the facts.
Mr.. MANN is a cunning and expert
enced politician. He Is an old hand
at the game. He knows as we'll as
anybody else in~tke- House or out
side the House knows that no dicta-
tor seeks to defeat him for Speaker.
He knows that his record and his
temperamental deficiencies have alien
ated from him the Representatives Of
his own party to whom he must look
for success in his contest. He knows
that his conduct in the House has
caused a revulsion Of feeling against
his candidacy among Republicans in
every State in the Union. He knows
that nobody in Washington or any
where else except JAMES r. MANN OF
the Second Illinois Congress district
is responsible for the Republican de
cision that he shall not be Speaker.
II Mr.. MANN were young in poll.
tics, inexperienced in public life, his
cry of Dictator" would be inter
preted as betraying his innocence
But Mr.. MANN is rich IN experience
and not without guile in politics, and
his outgivlngs are recognized for wha,
they are: the shrewd appeal Of q
crafty politician to the fears and preju
dices Of the public he addresses.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-23
SAN JUAN HILL.
A Militant Name for . Militant Neigh.
borhood.

To THE EprrcR OF THE SUN-SH: TX"
writes to THE SUN to know why West
sIxty-hrst street came to be known as
san Juan HILL" Perhaps I can give
some information.
At the close of the Spanish war the
20 called battle OF San Juan Hill was
considered to have been the most severe
land conflict of the war. West Sixty
neishborhood. The police used to de-
scribe it as black and tan; meaning
that half the people were whites. half
negroes. These two factions. when they
had nothing else to do, and they seemed
to have lots Of spare time. fought each
other. At other times they would unite
as in a common cause and riot against
the police Razors, stones, revolvers.
bottles and brickF from the roof copings
and chimneys were the tavorite weapons.
The established customs, one might
even say etiquette, of the tenants were
Interesting. II expensive. to the landlords.
II was then the practice to give a family
the first months rent free as an induce
ment to move in. Sometimes the eecond
months rent was paid. II II was not
many tenants were kind enough toNmove
themselves out without waiting to be
dispossessed. When they did move. they
were through. Not only their belongings,
but stove Ids locks lead piping and the
gas fixtures were removed as well. All
this metal found ready sale to the junk
dealers along Eleventh avenue In the
summer time boys would go TO the roofs
and tearing the covers from the water
tanks go swimming. Then the tenants
| would complain about the quality OF the
water.
1t is a long time since visited the
neighborhood. II II has changed, and I
Uust It has. II has changed for the
better. 1t couldn't well change for worse
| than the conditions that obtained there
at the close OF the Spanish war.
This and the fact that the street slopes
| down toward the river are probably the
| causes why West Sixty-hrst street got,
| in the late eos, the name OF San Juan
| HILL" T.P.
New York. February ~.
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DR.. Mary walker.

DR.. MARY WALKER would have been
a finer figure In American life II she
had not been obeessed BY false ideas
Of dress reform. Her part in the civil
war as a commissioned assistant field
surgeon, work 90 heroic that 1t
brought to her the Medal Of Honor,
and the part she played in woman's
fight for suffrage-these were enough
to distinguish her.
She chose, however, to adopt mans
clothing, and distinction fell back and
made way for notoriety. Her name,
for four decades after the war, was
familiar in every household, always
prefaoed by Doctor" but 1t was a
kind Of cheapened fame and not what
she deserved. The spectacle Of DR..
MARY In trousers, which she was per-
mitted to don by an act Of Congress,
always drew a crowd. 1t did nothing
to bring about the peculiar reform
which she preached. for that reform
was baslcally in error. Perhaps she
did accomplish some good by showing
how impossible her idea was.
MARY EDWARDS WALKEB's life, IN
spite Of her ludicrous mistake, was
useful. For one thing, her promi
hence called attention to the useful.
ness Of women in the practice of med.
icine. to which she was ardently de.
voted. For another, her persistent at
tempts to vote did something to help
along the efforts made by other WON.
en- to gain their rights at the polls.
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EVENTS TO-DAY.

How / Can Live in New York" to O. mem m.
bers OF the clubs OF the New York Laagu,
School. p. II.
Or. Stephen 8. Wise will talk on Jew,
and Bolsheviki: Some Facts and Nor.
Fiction" Free Synagogue. IL A. NJ
Fifth Anniversary celebration Of III.
Henry Meinhard Memorial Neighh5-Aood
House. 100 East 1Olst street. S 7, NJ.
DR.. Cyrus Townsend Brady tan, On
The War After the War" West side T.
NJ. c. A., 7. NJ
DR.. John Elliott speaks on American
Junkers and Anarchists" Cooper Lnion,
Congressman Isaac siegei Will speak on
Political Reconstruction" at tho lnGi'
tire, l0i5 A. NJ.
Lecture by Duncan Mscdougal on Thu,
Spake Zarathustra, Buddha and Jesus
p. NJ.
The Society Of Arts and Sciences VI
give dinner in honor OF John Gals" orth7
Hotel Bltmore, p. NJ.
Washington's Birthday celebration At
81. Mark sin the BouUerie, 2.
Prof Michael I. Pupin Will sddr-'' u.
Broix Open Forum on The Master and
Servant" $3.50 =. NJ
"A Tribute 20 italy under the aVspl's
of tho Harlem Educational Alliance. Ha.'
lem House. sll East 1lsth street 7
Or. Richard Roberts will talk on -
Relations of Men and Women--'he rco'
lem OF the Sexes for men only, Contra
Y. n. c. A. Brooklyn, $50 p. NJ.
Lecture by Prof. George w. Brown. %
was Jesus Real Character" before ~
Secular Society. West lc5th street, S;I'
P. NJ.
Or. william J. Durant vri lecture ~
philosophy and tho Social Problem
7. s: 81, Glenmore and Stone aYon1s
Brooklyn. p. NJ.
Edward King will speak on "nls'.n,
sion and Intolerance Among Rad ais
Brooklyn Philosophical Society. Marcy an'
Division avenues, Brooklyn, ! NJ
Metropolitan Museum Of A., ,e-'lr'
STORY Hour" Anna .. Chandler : y
Adaptabtllty Of Colonial Archie. IRE
by Joseph L. Chandler, II. NJ
Concert under the auspices % the SKY
ninth Infantry. New York Guard. ''7-'.
/ Auxiliary. l65th L. S. Infantry ,~D'"
ninth y. y Armory. $50 r. ~
Rand concert rendered - ia 'iN
| Infantry, L. 3. A. former Gov fN' nan
viii speak. Seventh Regimen Ara''ir'
Abrsm I. Eikus viii sneak a. ~ts,'rSS
| for tho welfare OF zepha-dis Tcr'
81: FORSYTH and stanton streets -
Alpin, p, NJ.
Liberties conference. I East Ism street.
1850 A. NJ.
Prof. Edward Howard GriEEs Wi 'p'..
/ on Education for tho New Era si,9!os
! BROOKLYN Institute. Music Hall. p
Herewsrd Darlington and f. /. RAM
| Spiritualistic Phenomena WORTHY o.
| Credence 2" Harris Theatre Z i. Il
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Strange gas that bears q classic name
Suggesting days Of yore.
When brave Ulysses set sail
Toward . distant shorsv
And Greeks upon Athenian hills
Spoke eagerly OF new
And rich domains to conquer far
Beyond the Egean blus-
Inaatsd with the vapor. loi
The airahips soon may ~
Across the broad Atlantic tvixt
The pillows and the sky.
And some blind Homer OF the war
May sing In time to come,
The conquest of the planets oy
The assts OF Helium.
NINA Ilvira
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-23

FROM the Atlantic Monthly.
When the hand comes along the street.
Sometimes II does not play. The drum
Monotonously goes tum-tum,
tum .tuu,
tumpety-tun,
To mark the time for marching feet,
But presently n tiny sound
One trumpet makes and all around
The music things are raised and then.
! know the band Will play again.
And suddenly. as thunder comes,
The horns and trumpets. flutes and drums
Crash into glorious noise, that breaks
All over me in little shakes.
And all inside me seems to swell
with feelings that | cannot tell
And am glad: can't say why
Just then I almost want TO cry.
But when the band Is out OF sight
And I can hear It far away,
It sounds as my tin hsndsmen might,
II they could really play.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-23
why Mr.. Wilson Lands at Boston.

, Our nelghbor the Times, in a special
message from Its correspondent in
Paris, which we reprint below, reveals
the secret of President Wilson'S de-
cision to land at Boston on his arrival
from Europe instead Of ut another
North Atlantic port:
The American members Of the COM
mission peace staff at Paris are sur
prised and somewhat puzzled by persist
ent reports about the visit to Boston.
His president WILsoN'sl selection
Of Boston as a landing port came about
IN this way:
Ills attention was called to the fact
that at a certain point on the Atlantic
several hundred miles Off the American
coast. his ship would be equi-dlstant
from Hampton Roads. New York, and
Boston.
1T was also recalled that hs had
never been in Boston officially since he
was first elected President
This seemed a good opportunity to
visit that city. So it was decided ia
DO So"
A This explanation Of the President.
purpose In selecting Boston as hi.
landing stage should Immediately ST.
lence those cynical persons who have
asserted that Mr.. WILSON'S appear
ence In the capital of the old Ba!
state at this time was consciously de
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-23
A CURIOUS ERROR.
The Supposed Effect of Prohibition on
the Oath Of ONCE.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str: I
am a Government employee on a mod
crate salary and I am told that when
I am sworn in under tho amended Con-
stitution my oath will require me to be-
come a total abstainer. Should I take
even a glass of beer I would forfeit my
position.
This would apply TO every one from a
Justice OF the Supreme Court, an Am
bassador. &c. down to an ordinary mes
senger.
II only those who can conscientiously
take such an oath may be employed, the
Government will be wholly In the hands
Of Bryan and the Prohibition party.
am. or was. a Democrat.
A Son OF THE REVOLUTION.
WASHINGTON, d. C.. February %.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-23
Senator BOrah.

BY his great speech Friday in the
United States Senate Senator BoRAH
added enormously to his reputation
as an orator and as a clear, forceful
reasoner. 1t was brilliant per-
Torrance, so brilliant and so able
that 1t has Immediately brought
BosAH into the foreground as a big
national figure.
For years he has been known as
a clever speaker and an effective de-
batter, but not until Friday did he
ever impress the country as possess
ing anything like the measure of abil-
ity he then showed-ability which
ranks high among statesmen Of large
stature. And there has never been
a time in this country when there
was greater need for large statured
men in Congress than there Is now.
THE Sun warmly congratulates
Senator BoRAH on his masterful
speech--a speech which at once
makes him the vigorous leader Of the
thinking Americans who do not be-
lieve in Mr.. WILSON'S fatuous scheme
for tying this country up with Euro
pean and Far Eastern diplomacy.
Senator BoRAH states the case ex-
plicltIy:
1.-THE mere reading of the constitution
OF the league will convince any reason
able mind, 1t seems to me, that the poll
cies of WASHINGTON and MONROE must
depart If 1t Is adopted The two prop
ositions cannot exist together.
I'm the first place the league provides
for an organization composed princi-
pally aud at the present time OF five
great nations, three of them European.
one Aslatic and one American. Every
policy determined upon by the league
and every movement made by it could
be and might be controlled solely by the
European Powers, whether the matter
dealt with the European continent or
whether 1t dealt with the American CON-
tinent 1t makes no distinction between
and erects a common tribunal which has
jurisdiction over one continent the same
as the other. but in addition to that CIV
ing the ma jorlty votes to the European
system"
Is this what America wants? We
don't believe 1t Is. We have been a
free people since we gained our indie.
pendence from England, and no peo-
pie in all the world have ever been
so prospered, so blessed, both In ma
terial things and in Intellectual, social
and moral development. We must be
permitted to continue in this freedom
keeping clear Of European compiled
lions.
And especially do we wish to keep
out of discussions, as to what we
shall do or what we shall not do
with the Balkan States, with the
small tribal nations now springing W
all over the face of the earth and
with any peoples and all peoples who
do not think as We think, do not
reason as we reason and whose stand
ards Of life, whose ideals, differ a.
widely from our own as morning
differs from night, as summer differ:
from winter, as freedom differs from
bondage.
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Does DIR. FEss. Representative in
Congress from Ohio, give correct in
depreciation Of mandatory" or man
datary." as some will have It? He uses
the word adjectively; Mandatory
power" to be given to nations over
others not sufficiently stable to main
tain self government. At the Paris
Conference. as we have understood the
reports, tie Government to exercise
such supervisory power is to be
charged with a mandate so to do, and
thus Is to become a mandatory, an ex-
ecutive OF the mandate.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-23
MARr HESTER FoHoA

A wise and cunning Fortune sets the scene
For all Lfss great OF little happening
Old gardens, gay with fragrant blossom
ings.
Wide meadows, lit with mysteries of green,
Dim forests. slimmering with silver sheen,
Lsnd beauty for a testers merry breath
OF comedy. for masque of love or death,
Or tragedy OF hapless king or queen.
And ~ the play wero shorn of loveliness,
Or gracious subtleties OF light or shade,
Would the enchantment of each act grow
less,
The vivid glamour OF illusion fade,
And romance seem 80 usual and gray
As this plain commonplace OF every dayt
CHAnLoTTE BEcHn
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POEMS WORTH READING.


And even II the ages rot away.
And years like petals nutter down the
night,
There stiii must be . memory. light
On ancient Times DESTROYS face where play
Eternal fancies OF q vanished day.
As fumbling graybeards turn their va
cant sight
might,
So must the world rscapturs cong and play.
And though the ruins OF ola things be
bleak,
A Ore burns in the ashes that shall care
Like torches on the roads whereon they
seek
Those b.autifui, sad shapes that crowd
the ctr:
Aeteon's anguish, Atslants's race.
And Homer singing stiii Of Heisn's face
HEnprHr s. CONAN.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-23
New Moon.less Februaries.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir. In
answer to X. B. L. in THE SUN, Feb
ruary 8. will state that / have gone
back TO 1868. ! find that February has
only three times missed having ANY
new moon. as follows: 1900, 1870 and
1919. II he wants TO go further back he
will have to get some one younger than
] am. r. V. /. PURDr.
Hay Seed on the Hudson River.
ST. CLOUD. Fla. February 10.
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From the Portland 0reoorfda.
The grandest thing is q tree,
Lifting IN mujesty
Its head in air;
Wearing a robe of green,
Fashioned by hands unseen
OF fabrics rare.
The kinde.t thing Is a tree;
Broad in its charity,
Gentle Its aid;
STOPPING to soothe and bless
All who In WEAKNESS
Sack its cool shade
The truest thing Is trss.
Truer than man can be,
while seasons roll;
Faithful from year to year.
whether skies be bright or dreRr
Has II a soul?
The kKyFseSnns 10 . tree
Fluttering merrily.
Filled with delight;
Dancing tho hours away.
While summer breeLes play
Mazurkas bright
The sadedst thing Is . tres
When winds from the sea
Blow hard and chill;
with naked limbs II stands.
Signing for warmer strands.
MARY HEsrKR FoHoz
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For Eastern New York--Rain to.a,u
Tomorrow probably fair; strong 49,
winds shifting to west and northwest ~
night To-
For New Jersey-Rain TODAY. >.
morrow fair; strong south winds sh,t,.
Ing to west and northwest tonight
For northern New England--snov =.
INN To-Day; tomorrow probably cIearin.
increasing southeast to south winds
coming strong to-day. oe'
For southern Now England--Ran >.
GAY GAY to,morrow probably clear; strob.
west and west tonight. u'h'
FOR western New York-Rain ,o.a,-
turning to snow in north and west nov,
.Ionsi coloer; strong south winds ,b,,
ing to northwest; tomorrow general,v fnt.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 72.--sine. ss,,..
night the second south westarn distu,h.nS
OF OF tne present week has moved from T.ns.
creased intensity. II caused rensrsi n IN
ana SHOWS over tho eastern hair ., a ~
country except In New England, viii
sure 10 also mod erateiy low ovsr ~ [res
with resulting snow over the Genital "eE
north interior and rain in the coast s,s ena
Asiapeie s'S sns ar. IRE. quite ,,, high in the south
lake region and nearly normal wv. ,t sne
as rule There will be snow sunday ia
80 AoIo tobioh anu the upper Ohio Val
ley. rain or snow in New England -
rain In the middle Atlantic States, follou.S
oy generally fair weather Monday, In ~.
lower Ohio Valley, the south Atlantic 80
cast Gulf states the weather will be ;s,,
sunday and Monday. 1t will be somevb.,
colder sunday in the lower lake reKio,
the Ohio Valley, Tennessee. the east Ak,
and south Atlantic States Storm warniun
are displayed on the Atlantic coast from
delaware breakwater to Portland.
Observations at United States Weather Bn-.,,
NTH meridian time:
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Foundation Of the Future.

am the soil of France!
Parchment whereou 10 vrit
The aacrsd pact of peace:
The mould wherein has Mt
The brotherhood Of man.
I am the soil of Francs'
The living link that binds
The hands and souls OF men
To keep the trust. The minds
Are partners to the peace.
! am the soil of France!
Cage Of the blessed dove.
Made from the bones of those
In sscrincial love
Returned to their Maker.
am the soil OF France!
Graveyard of every race.
Birthplace OF none save ons.
Ono that all elimes embrace:
The progeny Of God.
am the soil OF France!
Aud on my blood esthed breast
blooms the lily, in peace,
Symbol OF human rest,
Impershable, eternal!
MORTIMER J. ADLER.
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PAINTED DOUGHBoYs HEROES
Prof. Chase Also Back WIN TIC
lures OF Generals.

!. G. Chase. professor of a. ~
College OF the city OF New No-s. r+' NV
returned after a four months stay or
seas. Mr.. Chase went abroad '..
to paint pictures OF the Amcrl'f. F,
erals and the leading G"ncra.s "
allied armies, as we'll AS tho p"''r'-,,
nifty leading heroes among Tho H.1''
boys. ..t,.
The subjects did not pose IN ~ 800
but the artist had 20 tract ''
France in an automobile ca''h'
men near the battlefield" 49,,
Altogether Mr. Chase las
back with him 10 portraits. To
lection are PershinE and Foch a.
bers of the General staff III" h''''
life size ana done In oils.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-23
The Poet Turned Propagandist.

oh, BARRIE, poet and artist, spare
the child of your fancy. the delicate
fantasy of your Imagination. the
happy thoughts Of your charmed circle
of friends from the awful. the dread
inspiring stigma of propaganda Take
back the fearful words that brand
Mr.. Dearth as John Bull. and Mar0a-
ret, the Might Hare Been, as Amer
lea; let US once more enjoy them as
they were conceived in your fertile
mind, creatures OF imagery and IN
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-23

Unions plan to see WILSON at Boston
to ask him to rescind July liquor ban.
-Nspspdper heGdttHe.
II the President receives all the men
and women who plan to get his ear in,
Boston that White House dinner to
the members Of the Foreign Relations
and Foreign Affairs committees won't
be eaten until next winter.
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For us, the dead, though young,
For US. who fought and bled.
Let q last song be sung,
And a last word be said!
Dreams. hopes and high desires.
That lssven and split.
On sacrincial Ares
We offered as gift.
We gave. and gave our all.
In Eladness. though In pain;
Let not u whisper fall
That We have died In vaini
SLlAIoA SCOTLAND.