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The Census of the British League
- within the League.

I'VE agree with our neighbor the
Herald that an accurate enumeration
Of. the votes of the British polyonym
within the League of Nations might
raise the total to eight. Just as Per-
sia's one vote in addition to the origi-
il~Fsix makes seven, so does the vote
Of the newly constructed Kingdom of
lIedjaz make possible eighth in the
British congeries.
:-.Why omit Hedjaz." asks the Her
aid, '"from the list Of members Of the
British inner league? 1t is a notori-
Gus fact that Hedjaa was created an
Independent kingdom solely for the
part it is expected to play in the Brit
ish, scheme of empire"
Well, perhaps we may count in
HedJaz later, when the evidence of
record of it's domination by the Brit
ish, Government is as complete as that
which the newly disclosed treaty with
Persia affords in the case Of that an
cient and sovereign Power.
At present the seven to one vote in
thecAssembly Of the proposed League
of Nations comprises a vote for the
Empire, vote for Canada, vote for
Australia, a vote for South Africa, a
vote for New Zealand, q vote for In
dia and vote for Persia, as against
a single vote for the United States,
for France, for Italy or for Japan.
The unique and spectacular charac-
ter of the profiteering mathematics
underlying this arrangement is now
attracting, We observe, almost as
much attention in France as In our
own country.
We share the HerdlTs surprise at
the, remarkable circumstance that
when Mr.. LLOYD GEORGE was con-
strpcting this picturesque combination
he failed to claim one more British
vote on account of Egypt.
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THE FIRST THANKSGIVING
1t Was in Newfoundland After Fro.
bisher Settled the English Colonx

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir;, The
delight Of Allen C. Boretz in finding old
records about an aboriginal Thanksziv-
ing In 1883 has overcome his shronoloRi.
cal sense. for he must know that the
first Thanksgiving % the Pilgrims was
proclaimed by Governor Bradford in 1921
December 49,, sixty-eight years earlier
little enough as they had to be thank-
full for.
Mr.. Boretz is right, however In imply
ing that the Pilgrims Thanksgiving was
not the first observed by English speak
ing people in North America, for the very
FIRST was observed with religious cere-
monies conducted by an English min
lister in the year 1878 on the shqees OF
Newfoundland. This clergyman accom-.
panied the expedition under Fro;,lsher
who settled the first English colsny in
America.
Another similar service was held Au.
gust .. 1907, by the Popham Colony
which settled at Sagadahoc on the Maine
coast.
However. the regular observance OF
Thanksgiving was begun by Washing
toms proclamation in October, 1888. six
months after he became President. and
the annual nationwide observance OF the
day was started by Lincoln.
MYRA b. MARTIN.
NEW YORK. October 10.
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Tho Brooks Of New England.

The brooks of New England
Have you ne'er heard them sinK3
Have you ne'er heard the chorus
To the world wide they ding.
As they musically ripple.
AZ they rush. and they glide.
Through forest, through meadow.
Or by the hillsids7
1--WE now from the mountain, We dow to
Our song is the song of the land of the
free;
We sang to your sires. who fought by our
banks.
we sing to their children. Fight onl
Close your ranksi"
The brooks OF New England
Men pass-still they sing
And their chorus ne'er changea.
And ever they cling
To the message God gives them
To tell all mankind
While they purl. and they ripple,
They twist and they wind
I'VE sang TO the red man, his race ionx
Is run,
Beware ye the red man with race just
begunl
We now from the mountain. we now to
the sea,
Our song is the song of the land of the
free"
JOHN B. FOsrI..
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AS A FRRNcHMAN SEES U.S.
Our Distorted Tongue, Our Many Gen.
erals, Our Neglected Relies.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: It
was my privilege this summer to tour In
your glorious country. a country dear to
most every French heart. Everything
I saw and came In contact with was
praiseworthy and fne. but a few things
1 noticed I would like to call attention
to through your columns. Perhaps some
one will solve the difficulty.
As I happen to be proficient In both
English and French I could not but
notice the general tendency on the part
of Americans to speak the English Ian
guage as 1t should not be spoken; in
fact in some parts OF the country It In
hard TO recognize that beautiful vehicle
Of speech. Is It true that people over
here take pride in distorting their lovely
language?
When was at Chattanooga visited
the civil war battlefields and was in
tensely interested in what saw there.
I also marvelled a bit at the astonishing
knowledge of the guides who conduct the
sightseeing cars; you see. in a United
States history am told that the United
States has so far only honored three men
with the title OF General" but take a
ride in one Of the cars mentioned above
and the guide. any OF them. will blandly
tell you the histor.s-, show you the rest
ing places. SC, Of at least three hundred
Generals. Isn't this false education2
II you visit Lookout Mountain, 5ust
outside the park wall YOU will find a
refreshment stand and museum The
museum IL full OF civil war relics, which,
IL they were the property Of another
country for the same reason they are the
property of this. would be considered
priceless. would be in splendid building
instead of a leaky. wormeaten, tumble
down shack; would be catalogued, and
preserved from moth, rust, decay, damp
ness, theft. &C.. instead Of being care
lessly exposed and not taken care of as
they are. Does this country know the
value Of such relics3 Apparently not.
EN- ROUTE. October 10. F. G. JAaDu.
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their own nests. The preparatory
schools from which they entered col
lege, or university cannot hope FROM
these men, who form q large proper
tion Of their graduates, great addi-
tions to their funds, though practi-
cally all of them give literally ac-
cording to their means.
Yet IL such schools are to maintain
their standards and increase their
equipment to meet the constantly ris-
Ing demand for their services they
must now get more money. The
straits in which all endowed institu-
lions find themselves is nowhere more
pressing than 1t Is in these establish
ments. The very fact that they are
endowed has caused them to be over
looked. Their record Of infrequent
appeals for aid has created popular
opinion that they need no aid. Their
resources are grossly overestimated.
Their history Of uninterrupted public
service is accepted as guaranty that
they will always be able to continue
that service without assistance from
outside their walls.
Such is not the case. The endowed
preparatory schools must have help or
they will perish. The country can
not, in justice to itself, allow them
to perish. Enlightened self-interest,
wise national selfishness, commands
their support. Provision must be made
for their intellectual needs in higher
salaries for the men who bear the
torch Of learning aloft in their halls,
and for proper and adequate halls In
which to bear that torch aloft. This
provision must be generous, and 1t
must be made promptly If disaster is
to be averted in the educational sys-
tenn Of the United States.
How imminent this disaster is sta
tistics recently compiled concerning
the shortage of instructors in Amerl-
can schools above the grade schools
disclose. 1t is conservatively reck-
oned that there Is imperative need for
10000 trained teachers in the United
States to-day. The requirements Of
the country have already far out
stripped the supply. Because Of this
shortage the rising generation of to-
day Is deprived OF opportunities to
which 1t is justly entitled. The eff
feet OF Withholding these opportuni-
ties now will be felt in every depart
ment Of national life before ten years
have passed
The men to provide them are avail
able, the institutions to train those
men are In existence. All that Is
needed is money to enable the institu-
lions to do the work they were de-
signed to do, and when that is made
clear to Americans they must and
will provide the money.
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devoted than these but destined by
fate to attain the highest naval title
by the exercise of his skill and dis
play Of his courage in actual conflict
with public enemy.
1t will be recalled that Rear Ad-
miral WILSON declined a decoration
offered to him by the French Repub-
lie on the ground that he conceived
the naval regulations to bar from
acceptance Of this particular honor
those who did not win 1t in actual
combat with the enemy If his attl-
tude on this occasion correctly rep
resented the general sentiment of
American naval officers the action of
Congress in rewarding the three most
conspicuous commanders In the war
with Germany will be approved in the
service.
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EVENTS TO-DAY.

LAST DAY for registration and party en-.
iS ,aen1' booths open from 4 NJ %
and operate concert under the T ausp,oe,
OF the First spirituaiist Church Of New
Ma Mass wmS, es9I5. ynS 8 P: N.
Russlan Economic RELIEF Comm nj "
Cooper Union. p. NJ. 0"'"'''s''
AZ Presentation OF gold medal to Cardinal
luncheon waIdorf-Astoris, i snsS p sG NJ
49, "A. X; Morgan's exhibition OF painting.
"M osaic.A snS Hotel all day.
s eaSlbti ioainFS Gs the de- Ffo
tel, all day and evening. NV
iiustrated books OF tho last four centu.
NsS, STUART Gallery; the making OF prints
Fifth avenue. @"'
Exhibition Of model tlife size) African
ea5 Mani, camp IN the Belgian Congo, AmsTl.
Exhibition. of tapestries and laces loaned
from from private collections. metropolitan Nv.
Sale OF army surplus foodstuns. &c. sew.
ssn.y-nve public schools and other places a.
snated. 10 A. NJ. TO AIS p. "
ous sfssln sale OF clothing. Be-, by tn
street. from P PR. to 3 we" P Nineteenth
International conference of women physi.
, n,sns, national headquarters Young Wo.
.ons Christian Association, 600 Lexington
avenue. daily to October 26. 10 A. NJ. and
uhai MERCER Will attend the eIef.
i Ho.n founding Of the New York Foundn!
a wsnm' Slxty,eighth street and Third
Reception at the PershlnK Club. Mad.
son avenue and Forty fourth street. P N
new york botanical Garden, lecture BY
tabls W. ro .: Giles on THE Digestion Of VeE''
BAH Of the Vacation Association, Grand
A. Women,s Press Club, meeting. Waldorf
al Liberty Loan Committee. luncheon. Wa
Dinner to Superintendent Daniel /. Por-
Astoria Hs me p revenue % employees Waldorf
~ Allied Allied Dental Council. dance, Hotel Com
National Association Of Employment
meeting. A., M; luncheon, 1850 p, NJ
dinner. P. NJ, Hotel Pennsylvania.
Hd interstate Md Baskstbsil League. meeting
Hotel MoAlpin, all day.
Brooklyn Institute: Mrs, Mabel Wit.
Lecture Hail al 1850 'I % n Gee lecture iT On
Owning Real Estate" the FIRST in ror!es OF
tour Law Lectures for Women" on the Cor
neila X Hood Law Foundation. In NJ
nounces field trip to Flowerh,,d, J., ].
10 visit the plantation Of John Lew.
Childs' where many acres OF flowers s'a1
make the trip by sightseeing motor buse,
Two sessions of the Chess club VIII he
held, from TO and to y p. ". 10,
the purpose of play, in the Art Room q
the Academy. The observA tory Of the o.
partment of astronomy will DO open to
observation of double stars Mizar IN ur,Ss
hator Epsilon Lyra and Beta Cygnus' h
q, Way, secretary OF the department, u
charge. The work OF the week will %
concluded in the scisnce Room with '7 or
ture by Prof. Augustus Trovbrilge {"
THE Location OF Guns by Sound PAO'
tography."
Meeting Of subcommittee Of Gov Sn!ih'
Reconstruction Labor Board, Hal of Zee
ords, 10 A. NJ
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THE NAVY'S UNIFORM.
Secretary Daniels Gives the History
Of the New Coats for Officers.

coCIethry Ohulets WIVES tho 1i'so.s
Of the New Coats for Oficers.
To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr: in
your paper of Wednesday correspon-
dent who signs himself Land Lubber'
criticises the Secretary Of tho Navy for
the recent change in the naval uniform
and conveys the impression that this
change was made contrary to the desire
Of the naval officers.
The truth is that Captain Palmer. chief
Of the Bureau Of Navigation, on March
IS, 1918, submitted the question by way
of referendum to all the officers Of the
navy. with a result that the vote was
1850 for the new uniform to 657 against
change.
Admiral Sims and some other officers
then serving in European waters advised
that no change be made In the uniform
while large number Of officers were In
Europe.
agreed with that view and took no
action until after the armistice. Then
approved the request of an overwhelm-
ing majority Of the officers of the navy
and issued the order on March TO-. 1919,
after all the naval officers except two on
the Secretary's council had also ap-
proved 1t.
The new uniform may or may not be
an Improvement on the old uniform. I
think It is. A majority Of 4as officers
requested the change I make this state
ment merely that facts may be known.
JosEPHus DANIELS.
WASHINGTON, October 10.
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The outcome Of the series Of base.
ball games for the Championship of
the major leagues-and truly this
means the championship of the world,
no considerable challenges having
been received from Japan. Java or
Jugo-Slavia-proves the probable vic
tory Of a factor so elusive that 1t can
not be expressed exactly in percentage
tables This factor is momentum. 1t
is not new in baseball. 1t was mani
fest in the worlds series in which the
Boston Braves overcame the Phila-
delphia Athletics. The winners rushed
along with an impetus so great that
the science and skill Of their oppo-
nents were overthrow. This year
the Cincinnati team found the bust
ness Of winning as interesting in Oc-
tober as 1t had beeh in July.
AS DR.. Kid GLEASON is likely to
have put it to his class after the end
of the debate, Professor MoRAN's
young men had an advantage, not in
that nebulous quality called "class,"
not in superior science, but in that
k,netlc energy due to the motion Of
the aggregate body. Captain EDDIE
COLLINS Of the White Sox, who is a
Columbian, may easily arrive at the
force with which the Reds hit his
men by multiplying half the product
Of the Cincinnati mass by the square
Of the velocity with which they played
their seasons games.
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Don't Worry About France.

1t is pleasant to hear encouraging
truth about our friends among the ma
lions Of the world. AS an instance,
we are glad to quote the plain words
spoken in this city on Thursday by
Professor LUcIEN LEVY BBUHL, who
qualities as an expert on conditions
In France not merely as distin-
guished scholar of the Sorbonne but
as statesman who gained first hand
information In his work in the Min
istry Of Munitions during the war and
later in the Service of Information
for the Peace Conference. Mr.. BRUHL
says this of the present condition Of
his country:
"a new France. rejuvenated and
vigorous, is undertaking the gigantic
problems of reconstruction. Her
friends are optimistic and look for
ward to a period of productive activ-
ity Her enemies, on the other hand,
spread alarming rumors to the con-
trary."
The war, says Mr.. BRUHL, has
taught France the value of water
power, Of the group organization of
industry, of the Standardization Of
products, of normal relations between
employer and employed. Her colo
MES supply raw material, her people
at home are at work to pay for the
losses of the war. The talk from Ger
man mouths about ruined France
is as absurd as the plant from other
German mouths of destroyed Ger
many. England has realized the
truth about her neighbors, friend or
foe, and has taken hold of disorder
with a firm hand.
Americans who like to roll on their
tongues such broad and lugubrious
phrases as Europe in agony" and "a
stricken world" would do we'll to come
out of their intellectual trance. Prac-
teal Europe is getting down to bust
ness. Immediate production of the
necessities which every market de-
mands is the goal on which her gov
ernments and individuals have CEN
tired their energy. They are at work
at top speed; the United States is
not. In the industrial race America
is the hare; but the tortoises are capa-
BILE of a future speed far beyond that
of the shellback.
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To-day, Last Chance to Register!

From Z o'clock this morning until
1880 o'clock this evening the regis
tration places in all the election dis
tricts in New York city will be open
and the election officers viii be on
duty to add the names of qualified
men and women to the poll list.
After 1880 o'clock this evening
the best will in the world. the hottest
indignation a human being is capable
of, the strongest imaginable desire
TODD citizens full duty at the polls
will not serve to add to that list the
name Of a single neglectful person.
There have been five evening ses-
sions of the boards Of registration.
There remains one all day session t.
he held. When the books close to
night they will close for good.
No man or woman who does not
register can vote on November for
q. free and independent judiciary.
f. No man or woman who does not
register can enroll for the spring pri-
maries at which the New York dele
gates to the national conventions will
lie chosen.
no man or woman who does not
register can take part in the fall pri-
rharies, In which candidates for the
United States Senate and candidates
fpr State offices will be nominated.
THE man or woman who opposes po
litical control of the Judiciary, who
wants to see judges free from intiml,
dalton by Tammany, who wants the
bench to know no master except the
law, of the land, who wants justice
impartlally administered, and who
fails to register, plays Tammany's
game and makes Tammany's plan tc
''Itut. something over in an of year
seem feasible. The good citizens OF
New York and nobody else can defeat
this scheme, and they can do 1t only
&c they register and vote.
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Agents of the Department of Justice
have made a number OF arrests in Long
Island wayside resorts where bever-
ages stronger than the law permits
were, they allege, sold to them. They
report having bought in one resort
twelve drinks for which they paid
$s.o5. A little application of one of
the three RS reveals that they paid
seventy-five cents a drink and for the
attention Of the devoted waiter gave a
tip Of only five cents. On the theory,
perhaps. that as they were about to ar
rest him he would be in danger with
small change In excess of a jitney.
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Plight OF the Endowed Preparatory
School.

While the multitudinous alumni OF
great universities are carrying or
their campaigns for sorely needed
funds in eight figures to support these
seats of higher education the public
must have its sympathetic attention
directed to the pressing needs Of the
endowed preparatory schools which
have played so remarkable a part in
the development of the American edu-
cational system.
OF such schools Phillips Exeter and
Phillips Andover serve well as types
Their number Is considerable, but the
work they have done for sound train;
ing Of young men and young women
Is better understood among educators
than 1t is by the general public. They
were founded primarily to prepare
their pupils for college, and their
original endowments were bestowed
on them for the express purpose Of
making their maintenance possible
with low tuition fees. The plan of
their farsighted benefactors in early
days was to put within the reach OF
boys ambitious for scholarship oppor.
tunity to begin their college course
soundly based in the required studies
at low cost in money.
This fine ideal has been splendidly
maintained by many generations OF
managers and instructors, and the en-
dowed preparatory schools have borne
an honorable part in upbuilding the
national educational edifice. In them
the democracy of learning has been
intelligently nurtured. Their gradu'
ates have gone out in the professions
to reflect credit on their systems and
to enhance their fame. Particularly
among teachers the men who received
their training In these schools have
left their impress. Notable instruc
tors in every department of science
and philosophy and letters trace back
to the endowed preparatory schools
Text book writer's Of national and in.
ternational reputation owe the first di'
rection of their genius in the inspiring
direction to these institutions. They
may indeed properly be called the
factories which first develop the raw
material of talent in the form II
should bear to make its most valuable
contribution TO the public welfare.
Thus the work done In these schools
Is of the highest Importance to the
public; but their situation is such
that they are commonly neglected
Their condition is made harder by
the success they achieve In their field
for while they build up bodies Of
loyal alumni, the nature of the occu
patton followed by many Of theil
graduates prevents the graduates from
acquiring more than modest compe
fences, If in fact, as is often the case
they do not sacrifice all material ad
vantages for the sake of their pro
fession. They are scattered all Ovei
the country, immersed in their call
ing, laboring for small salaries to SCI
the minds of others in order, and Civ
ing little or no thought to featherlni
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THE WEATHER.

Eastern New York, southern New r..
land and New Jersey-Cloudv as,
cooler; probably showers TO-DAY Tn
morrow partly cloudy and much coo,aO,
fresh west winds. '00ier
Northern New England--Partly c,o,..
ana much cooler to-day precedsd ey
snS eno,, In the morning, To-morrow fay
Western New York-Partly c,o,a,
mucn cooler to-day. Tomorrow ma ana
CLOUDY and cool; moderate west winds sruy
WASHINGTON, Oct, l1.-warr, .,,
continued during Friday throushomWv,a t iN
east and south States while much coo w
r wsaoner has overspread the upper lax.
the southern plains States. Tempsyy, ana ana
Is rising again In the Northwest Frea,es
ing .emPerature prevailed Friday morn.
north plains States and -. hocEy inc
tain and plateau region. The lowest ,a,n
perature reported was eight degrees a how.
twenty four hours there wers u sSo the lat
the Atlantic States north Of virginia az ~
IN the Ohio and upper Mississippi vall spa
West quiz s 81 sn' f F5sat d. ssss ana 81
was over Lake Superior Thursday rin Ing.
has ss moved 70 the st. Lawrence v T'SSs
rs@a1s m'n,is siv.iIp iio o% 5P5essS
Grande Valley and It is falling in i ~.
Northwest. The outlook is for consIds,''
ayy cooier saturday and Sunday In m,
mlo1le Atlantic and New England STATE,
inc lower lake region and the Ohio VailsH
tennessee and the east Gulf state,'
Cooier weather 10 also probable sunaa,
FLORIDA peninsula Showers are prob,n.
saturday IN the middle Atlantic and Ns,.
england states, Tennessee and West Viz.
ginia and Saturday and Sunday in ~.
south Atlantic and east Gulf States 7.
the region OF the great lakes tho weatbs.
day. anu sun
Observations at United States Weather D.
reau stations taken At p. M yesterda nu'
enty-1fth meridian time; se'-