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Short Essay on Idealism.

Idealism Is the finest thing in the
world when it is backed by sincerity
by n merltorious and definitely con,
ceived purpose, and by a practical
scheme for it's application to human
events. Thus attended, idealism usu-
ally wins sooner or later. 1t Is likely
to win all it wants.
Void of those attendant qualities
the so-called idealism preached and
proclaimed by any man who Gin the
famous phrase Of WOODROW WILSON
is working in order that he may be
distinguished and whose object is him.
self and not the ideals which he
serves, is one of the falsest and most
contemplate things in the world. II
10 false because it pretends to be that
which it is not. 1t Is contemplate
because it is nothing more than dis
honest cloak for selfish ambition or
vanity of opinion.
When, therefore. we hear or read
Of idealism in connection with this
republics duty to civilization and
world democracy and universal hui
manlty, let us make quite sure whether
It is the real or the bogus brand Of
idealism that we are invited to con-
template.
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The Benevolent Paymaster.

Out of the precincts of the Peace
Conference floats the hint that when
the Allies supply food and other nee
essaries to the defeated peoples Of
Germany, Austrla, Bulgaria and Tur.
key. the United States Treasury shall
put up the money for it. Thus do
Mr.. WILSON'S personal doctrines come
to blossom.
In the inability Of the Central Pow
ers to pay for even the food they
want would appear flaming revela-
ton that II they cannot command
millions for bread they cannot COM
mand for indemnities, damages, rep
aration, or whatever it may be called,
billions.
But If the United States Treasury
should put up the money for the food
and other relief that may now be sold
by the Allies to the Central Powers,
why, by the same token, shall not the
sweet suggestion kiss our ears that
Germany. Austria, Bulgaria and Tur.
key pay fifty billions, one hundred
billions, one hundred and fifty bill
ions Of indemnity, and the United
States put up the money for 1t? Thus
shall Mr.. WILSON'S personal doctrines
come to fruit.
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dreds Of thousands and was creating
bread lines in every Industrial centre
Of the country. When that war has
impoverished the greatest Powers OF
Europe, when 1t has left oil Of them
hungry to recoup their fortunes. some
Of them desperately needful to get
comforts and sustenance from what
ever place they are to be had, this
country with Its Incompatible bounty
must be the target for all the money
hunters, all the comfort seekers, all
the appetite servers of mankind.
In 1913 we were foolish to throw
our doors wide open and to ask the
world to come with its goods and
feast within. In 1919 to invite the
world, to urge 1t, TO license 1t, In a
peace treaty, in n League of Nations
compact or in any other way, to prey
upon us would be fatal.
If the American people look to II
that they themselves shall not be de.
voured at home by the trade invaders
of five continents beyond the seas,
they may not like. but they never need
be terrified by exclusion from foreign
markets. But though there be no EN-
barge against them on the face OF the
earth, they must not let the Peace
Conference or the United States Con-
gress or anybody or anything throw
their own selves to the wolves; for 80
shall they perish.
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proposed at a favorable opportunity.
The Rumanlans OF Transylvania, to
whom the Magyar has given no rights
Of political representation, eagerly
seized the chance Of joining the Ru.
manian Kingdom. They were even
successful In carrying with them the
support Of the people of the Banat and
the Germans of Pennsylvania. Again
the Hungarians gained the bitter
enmity Of not orly the people OF Ser
bia but the Serbs of Croatia and Bos-
MIA by the severity of their methods
In the conquest of Serbia. 1t will be
years before this severity will be so
far forgotten as to make possible any
friendliness between the two races.
That these people would take nd
vantage of the present opportunity to
Invade the territory which they claim
is not unexpected. The Rumanians,
Serbs and Czechs have oil crossed the
Hungarian borders; a Magyar official
says that the invaders are within
twenty miles Of Budapest and that
the Hungarian capital is to-day
merely a frontier town. The present
effect of this invasion Is to cut Hun
gary of from her supply of coal,
wood and salt, and to limit her sup
ply Of grain and cattle to the sections
contiguous to Budapest. If this con-
dition should continue, the Hunga-
rians declare, all communication with
the regions economically most valu.
able to Hungary must entirely cease
and the industries Of Budapest and
other large Hungarian manufacturing
towns will be destroyed.
The plans OF future government
are more or less indefinite, according
to Hungarian authorities, because the
formation Of a Constituent Assembly
is not practicable since an election Is
impossible within the territory occu.
pied by the foreign armies. One of the
schemes OF government proposed is
republic based upon a complete equal
ity of all the different races and mod.
elled after the government of Switz-
erland! Another scheme is the union
with German Austria and Germany.
A matter as perplexing as the future
form of government is that Of an al
lance which will give Hungary the
supplies she requires for her indus
tries and will furnish her an outlet
for her products. On the north she
would be compelled to ask for the as
sistance Of Germany; on the south she
would be forced to choose between the
outlets to the sea in the hands OF
the Jugo-Slavs and those held by the
Italians. In either case to attain her
ends and to find relief from her pres
cnt unenviable isolated position she
must surrender much of her former
national prestige and economical in.
dependence.
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MANHATTAN.


The New Era" by William !. Dsven-
port. Wadleigh II. s., ll5th street, west o.
Seventh avenue
The Harvest of No Mans Land" nv
George II. Birney. who passed six months
with the A. Z, F. as Y NJ C. A. secrs
try near the line and in the trenches p =
50, broadway, Academy and Vermilyea
avenues lnwood.
Structural and Chromatic Forms OF De.
relopment OF Fish Cephslopods and In
sects." by Frederick PRuldng p s "a
Eighty eighth street, east OF First ave
nue., StereOpticon views
"ReeducatinE the Disabled Soldier and
Sailor" by Robert G. Weyh. p. S. 90, 1iTth
street. west OF Seventh avenue '''h
southern France, the Pyrence. md tho
Republic OF Andorra" by Louis Gas,nr
Leary, p. s. io2, ll2th street. east Of SCI
ond avenue. Stereopticon views,
Venezuela and Trinidad" by Mrs NJ
Claire Finney p S, 1872. is2d street and
WsdswSrth avenue stereopticon views
In Old virginia" by Thomas E. pott.r
ton. Y. II. c. A, EaH. side. isa
Eishty-siHth street stereoptieo:n vi yi.w East
BRONX
How TO Build a City" by Nath.,
Goldstein, Assistant Corporation Counssi
=, ~ Tordhsm street. near city Island
Five Months Experience With IN, Ri,
i.h Armies" by Mrs, Elizabeth Park.
Hutchinson, experiences OF an Internal o or MI
Y C. A. worker, p. :, IS, Anthony AMI
fremont avenucg. Illustrated hy songs
and parodies beloved by the soldiers
The Heart Of Soldier" by Lieu, @
u. d. schaEel. who served with the British
and Canadian armies. since March isia
n. 4 =. Woodstock. 10 East lsOth street.
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1t is confidently asserted that New
Jerseys Legislature will not ratify
the prohibition amendment this year.
Former Senator JAMES L. MARrINE,
who knows New Jersey from Hoboken
to Cape May better. perhaps. than any
other distinguished citizen of that
State, might be urged to tell the
cause OF this reluctance. without
forestalling what we hope the Sage
Of Plainfield will say on the subject
we may be permitted a mere sugges-
ton: "Applejack." No better drink.
ne will tell you. speaking from his
wide observation, ever moistened hu-
man clay. In many counties where CEN
fury old and messy stone distpleries
turn the purest cider made from the
soundest apples into the best OF brandy
there dwell thousands Of elder jersey
men who tremendously begin each
Frightening day by quaffing a full
goblet OF apple" neat And, the SEN
ator has before pointed out, they live
long, make money by farming, and,
as We know. vote always for the Hon.
JAMES f. MAKrINE for the best office
on the ticket. whether he Is running
or not Nowhere. alas! Is the Demon
more. firmly, because sentimentally.
established.
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RIDDLE OF OUR SHIPS.
Preferential Discounts Proposed b
Meet Foreign Competition.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sv: In
an editorial article on January 81 you
doubt II there Is Solomon among us
wise enough to show how tho shipping
business of this country can be made
profitable in view OF tho comparative
larger cost both of building and main
taining our ships in competition with
Europe and Asia
The solution. however. Is easily ar
rived at. namely. by allowing a prefer
entail discount on merchandise imported
In American bottoms. Sixty-fve years
ago this was the American policy, and
Columbia became the gem of the
ocean," and American ships covered
every sea and carried nearly all our
commerce. This policy was abandoned
later. and gradually our foreign COM
merce was lost, and only domestic
freight was carried in American bottoms.
1t follows. therefore, that to revive
the former policy will result in restor-
ing our lost foreign commerce. A
bounty or subsidy given by the Govern
ment on imports will be regarded by the
people as a favor to special interests.
and will never be accepted by them.
whereas a discount allowed on imports
in American ships will encounter little
or no home opposition.
A bounty calculated on each import
would double the size and work OF the
custom houses, while the discount needs
but the stroke Of a pen and not even
an extra clerk. Question: Amount OF
duty on cargo? Is It an American ship
II yes. strike of 10 per cent. Of the
duty"
The only obstacle Is the favored
treaty clause with many nations. but
the war and tho armistice have can
celled many Of these treaties. and they
can all be terminated by a short notice
to each nation. II the ships were given
to US as a free gift we could not run
them at a profit under our present ship
ping laws and costs OF running in COM
petition with European and Asiatic
costs for labor and upkeep.
There is always money to be had for
any enterprise which will pay profit. but
none for the business which shows a
certain continuous loss l believe there
is no other way to revive foreign COM
merce in American ships, and the re-
suit to be obtained is OF colossal I'M
portance for the United States.
ROBERT A. CHEsEBRoUoH.
New YORK, February 6.
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The Originator OF Lincoln Birthday
Dinners.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Re-
ferrinx TO the obituary OF the late Henry
r, Gleason in THE SUN, you are slightly
IN error as TO his being the first TO start
tho plan of holding Lincoln Birthday
dinners. as you will see by the enclosed
circular that It is a Jersey City institu-
ton.
The Lincoln Association was organized
in 1858. and William Walter Phelps said
It is the one association in this broad
land that has never failed to celebrate
his birthday annually. since his death"
II will hold Ats ifty-fourth Lincoln
Birthday dinner this year.
knew Mr.. Gleason very we'll in the
years OF the inception OF the Republican
Club at Ats first home on West Twenty
eighth street near Broadway. and he and
the club took their idea from us in Jer-
sey City. GEORGE ]. MEDoLE.
New YORK, February 6.
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There Is one distinctly American
product which Great Britain's much
discussed embargo has not banned and
which 1t could not now or ever pre-
vent from being imported. namely. the
Dixie Jazz. London has gone mad
everything IS Jazz dancing. jazz bands
Jazz styles. and all commodities and
customs are nouceably affected by
jazzology. New York can well appre-
cinte and comprehend this state OF
affairs in London, for II remembers Its
own Terpsichorean revelry in the far
or days before the war. Economic
barriers may regulate q nations trade
and exchange. but syncopation. soul
transmitted. knows no restrictions.
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MANCHURIA'S STAPLE CROP.
Soya Beans One Product That Can Be
Readily Turned Into Cash.


In the last year Of peace the total
export of soya beans from Manchuria
represented roughly 100000 tons at an
average price of probably 40 TO As cents
hundred pounds to the farmer; that
is. less than half cent pound. Low
as this figure seems to US. It meant the
driving force that sent thousands Of
sturdy Chinese pioneers :-cak!ng north
ward to live in sod and adobe huts
while they broke with their shaggy
ponies the vast areas that have gone
under the plough in Northern Manchu-
ria during recent years.
have often met them on the road
with their families, their chickens, their
tools, their iron cooking pans and their
bags OF grain. all laden on one farm
cart, as their total equipment with
which to battle against the forces OF
nature and the demands OF hunger. OF
course there are other crops for which
they labor. but the soya bean is their
one great staple which they can turn
into immediate cash
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What "GasolcneIess Sundays" Did.

Next to the voluntary savings made
in certain kinds Of food at the solicit
tation of the Food Administration,
the abstcntion of the American peo-
pie from the consumption Of gasolene
last fall was perhaps the most inter-
esung and gratifying display Of soil
darity this nation gave in the war.
There was no law to compel obedi-
ence to the Fuel Administrations re-
quest that motor cars be left in their
garages on Sundays. There was no
formal penalty for the man who re-
fused to heed the appeal. 1t affected
the residents Of only one section of
the United States. 1t upset the hab-
its and the plans Of hundreds of thou
sands Of persons, many of whom felt
the restrictions with which they were
| asked to comply were unnecessary,
i'll judged and discriminatory. There
was plenty of gasolene in the country.
which made the situation difficult to
understand. Yet the saving was made
and now We are told what clrcum-
stances inspired the policy Of the
Fuel Administration.
Gasolene was the life blood Of army
transportation in France. Had the sup
ply failed the fighting machine must
have come to standstill. And two
months before the armistice was
signed Marshal FoCH sent cable
message in which he said, III you
don't keep up your petroleum sltua-
ton we shall lose the war" Later
the French Senator BERENGER wrote,
his message being received here oil
October /, Highest command informs
me position has become SO serious
that change in military operations
will have to be contemplated unless
increased deliveries of gasolene at
front are made possible"
BY the time this message was re-
celved the gasolene problem had been
solved. On August 81 the Fuel Ad-
ministration had issued its request to
automobile, motor boat and motorcy-
Gle owners not to use their vehicles
on Sundays for pleasure trips. Sep
TENDER / was the first gasoleneless
Sunday. On October II the request
was withdrawn. The good temper
with which 1t was obeyed had aston
ished everybody; the determination Of
the public that it should not be dis
regarded had been forclbly impressed
on the few motor owners who at
tempted to ignore 1t. The popular
will made it effective in u manner
exceeding all expectations.
The gasolene saved in this way
was sufficient to supply the quantity
needed for export without disturbing
the domestic transportation system
by rushing gasolene from the we'll
stocked interior to the seaboard. The
armies on the western front were as
sured Of efficient motor transporta-
ton. Marshal FocH had been able to
carry out his plans. The war was
won, and the owners Of tin lizzies,
splendid limousines, motor boats and
motorcycles in the region affected by
the request for gasoleneless Sundays
had their part in bringing about the
final victory.
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IS MAN oYERCLOTHED1
A Boston Physicians idea Of the
Cause and Cure Of Influenza.

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUN---Sir: An
item In THE SUN OF February Q headed
admits Influenza Serum Is Useless
United States Laboratory Director Says
No Cure for Banning Disease Is Known
moves me to explain the cause Of the
disease and the means Of cure.
have been a close student OF the
question during the last thirty years,
since the epidemic OF 1SSs-s0, which
followed three weeks Of near summer
weather In December. during which the
people held to their winter clothing and
diet, and shortly everybody" was down
with grip. The epidemic continued I'M
til all of the Ill conditioned had been
through tho mill" l had my share of
cases and complete success In treatment.
as Is true regarding the present cpl
demic. as we'll as in the few cases
treated now and then during the inter
val; for there Ii never year nor a
day in any year but individuals manage
to acquire the peculiar Ill condition that
gives rise to colds and influenza, lead
Ing to pneumonia.
The chief cause Of influenza Is cloth
Ing on an animal by nature naked /:
and especially excessive clothing dur
fng unscasonably warm weather, such
as we have been having, during what
might be called a Florida winter with
everybody In Arctic clothing. We can
never hope to control or prevent an cpl
demic. since we cannot control the
N ha xyi n ~
habits of the people but we can teach
intelligent individuals the cause and
means of prevention, and the right
treatment In case Of an attack.
Some twenty-odd years ago I con-
trlbuted an article to the Medical Record
on Therapeutic Fasting. Should 1t Be
Called Starving? Its Application in
Typhoid Fever and All Acute Sick
nesses." An eminent New York physi-
clan. DR.. Simon Baruch, in requesting
reprints, added: This article ought to
be printed in big editions and sent
broadcast throughout the medical pro-
fession az a missionary tract"
1t has been my application OF fasting
in the many cases Of influenza during
this epidemic that has brought speedy
oonvalescence in every instance. In
stead Of applying the prevailing treat
ment, namely. bundling and smothering
the skin Ga true breathing organ) and
feeding several meals a day. regardless
Of nausea and utter lack OF appetite. I
have kept patients cool and as much
as possible with skin free to the air,
and not a morsel or sip OF any food.
save water taken according to desire.
CHARLES E. PAGE, NJ D.
Boston, February 8.
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Unsown Spring wheat.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr: Is
there no way of dealing with the APP
parent obligation OF running the country
into uncous..hie millions more Of debt
in order to reimburse a class for losses
they have not lost, for work or service
not yet rendered? For spring wheat is
not yet sown. nor is the ground for It
ploughed. Some very small losses may
have been incurred. which in equity
should be paid. but for any one class to
say Il will have my bond, nothing but
my bond" as old Shplock said, is poor
patriotism. based on careless making of
bonds or contracts F. NJ. B.
New YORK, February s.
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RACHEL IN NEW YORK.
A Lukewarm Reception Reflected In
Topical Verse OF the Day.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: In
referring to your recent editorial article
concerning the lack OF appreciation by
the American public Of foreign actors
nay father tells me that ;hc srca: French
actress Rachel. when she came here
about tho year 1865. did not have a
wildly enthusiastic reception.
John Brougham's "Pocahontas" was
playing at the time at WallacS's Theatre
on Broadway near Blocker street. and
Walcot, a popular actor OF the time,
sang some verses TO the tune OF "Nilli-
kens and His Dlnah." At the conclu-
sion OF each stanza the chorus walked
about the stage singing and suiung
their actions to the sentiment of each
verse rendered. The verses as sung by
Walcot were as follows:
1t is OF a French actress I'm going for
to tell.
Who played in deep tragedies and played
And who came to thi, country as have
been told,
For to make a large fortune In silver and
gold
Chorus Iallegro vlvace. indicative OF the
spirits Of tho management at the prospect
Of raking In the shekelO:
Tl-ooral--looral--ioor ti--ooral--
iooral--iooral-iay.
Ti--ooral--iooral--ioor ti--ooral-
iooral-iooraL-iay.
Now she had a handsome brother which
his name was Felix.
Who thought he was posted in playhouse
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A splendid service is being performed
by the associated tailors' organizations
in agreeing that returning soldiers
shall be able to purchase at half price
their "cits." Such an accommodation
means much TO the man who is mus
tered out with only his uniform to his
back: and although he is permitted to
wear that uniform for four months
after rehabilitation. most men prefer
to deposit the khaki garb along with
other treasured mementos and regain
a civil status as quickly as possible. an
operation which will now be possible
at greatly reduced expense.
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The Aerial Taxi.

The aerial taxi Is the next
Conveyance. so they say,
10 carry us from star to star
Along tho Milky Way.
And gay theatre parties out
To see the sights will keep
Those old maid sisters OF the sky,
The Pleiades. from sleep.
The chauffeur with the robber grin
A pilot will become.
And on the stellar bouievards
VIII make the heavens hum:
And when YOU kick about the fsre.
VIII Jerk his thumb, alack!
Toward rhe meter registering
Ten trillion miles and back.
kiIsSA IHy1So
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SHORT STORIES.
You May Have Heard Them, But,
Again, Perhaps Not

Sixteenth street twenty years ago. became
a successful business man In the West,
recently returned to visit his boyho God
hAunts. met an old friend. Mrs. Murphy
relntroduced himself. and after a long
gossip about old acquaintances asked:
And Paddy Sweeney? What became
of my old pal PAddy7"
"He was a contractor. Made . milf
yon dollars and ives drowned"
Paddy made million why. hs
couldn't read nor write!"
Nor SWIM
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does not become operative until jan
uary 10, 1920. The state Of arldlty
which Is to be established on July I
has been decreed by the Senate and
the House In the food stimulation
uct approved by President WILSON on
November 81, 1918.
This prohibition was enacted in the
form Of the Jones rider to the bill,
under the terms of which the produc-
ton and sale of all alcoholic stimu-
lants is prohibited in the United
States and its possessions after June
30. 1919, until the conclusion of the
present war and thereafter until the
termination Of rehabilitation, the
date Of which shall be determined and
proclaimed by the President Of the
United States" There was consid-
cradle doubt whether President VIII
SON would approve the bill. Its os-
tensible purpose is to protect the SOL
diers, sailors and marines from the
demorallAing effect of drink in the
period Of transition from their SER
vices to civil life. Its enactment Is
an accomplished fact, and the, pro-
testants age inst it are somewhat late
with their threats.
OF course Congress could repeal the
Jones amendment, and thus remove
the restriction 1t imposes on the pro-
duction and sale Of alcoholic stlmu-
lants. But with the record before 1t
of forty-four States that have ratified
the dry amendment to the Consti-
tuition, is Congress likely to recon-
slider it's actf
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ono Beer, No Work."

The nationwide prohibition against
which the Essex county. New Jersey,
Building Trades Council and con-
siderable number Of coal miners in
Pennsylvania are protesting with the
slogan mo Beer, No Work." is not
the constitutional bone dryness that
will be enforced in accordance with
the Eighteenth Amendment That