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Lessons for Europe in the Pershins
Stadium.

In Pershing Stadium In Paris some
1900 athletes of the Allied and Ameri-
can armies have been competing in
field sports. 1t has been a great
spectacle for the French. In spite of
President WILSON'S refusal to attend
the opening on Sunday and in spite
of the British army's failure to be
represented in the games. Naturally
the Yankees are winning a majority
Of the events, their only experienced
competitors In this line of sport who
are engaged being athletes from Can
ada and Britnin's Pacific Dominions.
The young men from Belgium, Brazil,
China, Czecho-Slovakla, France, Qua.
temala, Hedjaz, Italy, Portugal, Ru-
mania and Serbia are doing their best
and are probably learning a lot about
baseball, hurdling, hammer throwing
and the like.
Some of the French newspapers are
gracious enough to say that America
Is making her greatest gift to France
"in arousing the French people to the
necessity of physical and health edu-
cation and rebuilding" The same
journals marvel also at the feat Of
the American engineers, who fin
ished the Pershing Stadium in time
for the games, after French labor
troubles had made Its completion ap-
pear to be impossible. These news
papers confess that. built the French
way, the Stadium would have been
three years In the making. The
Americans, working In three shifts,
put up the stands in jlgtime.
This performance ought to be as
good a lesson to Europe as the ham,
mer throwing muscles Of PAT RYAN
or the feet legs Of Hurdler SIMPSON.
American vim is not confined to the
athletic fields. The young men of the
United States carry 1t into their bust
ness. We have on the green, In the
Office and In the shop something that
Europe, particularly the Continent,
lacks and which is pretty well con-
tanned in the vernacular pep" 1t
won't do to say that Europe is merely
tired from war; her people never had,
in peace, that energy which the
Yankee shows In the furiously con-
Quoted contests Of play and work. If
Europe wishes to recover quickly from
the injuries of the last five years she
would do well to profit by the sight
of the Western youths in the field
sports and their Western elders Of
the United States Army Engineers.
When they have Job to do they go
at 1t hard, with all their intellect and
energy with the do 1t now" and "get
1t done" spirit which is one of the
secrets Of Americas greatness.
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delivered and Is not merely a leave
to-print affair.
1t is noticeable, reading the Con-
0rossionaI Records report of this de-
bate, or, strictly speaking, series Of
monologues, In the main, that advo-
Gates Of repeal stubbornly refused to
yield even under persistent pressure.
"The farmer" exclaims a passionate
orator, under this law loses an hour
Of daylight In which to cultivate his
crops that you city jewellers may not
starve."
Will the gentleman yield? he will
not; he has no time; his questioner
agrees to get him time. Yet the gen.
tleman will not yield because he
knows that he will be asked to ex-
plain how the law deprives the farmer
of an hour Of daylight; to explain
why the turning of the hands Of n
clock curtails the time between rising
and setting Of the sun.
1t was occasionally disclosed how
the rural prejudice, against daylight
saving was melted. COOPER of Ohio
not COOPER of Wisconsin, who knows
good music and good dinners and
therefore is sane, but COOPER Of Ohio
told the House that those who
favored daylight saving were New
Workers who rise about 0 o'clock and
go to their Office about 10 80. Then
they go to the club at II and they
stay there until 2:30. They come
back to the office for an hour and
then the chauffeur calls for them and
takes them to the golf links until din
ner time" We recognize the neces-
sity Of assuring readers that the quo
tation is taken verbatim from the Off
cial report
Might 1t not be expedient for the
Society for the Study of Social Rabies
and Vacant Minds to devote some Of
Its valuable time to Investigation with
the purpose Of discovering cure Of
constituencies which wilfully adver-
tise themselves as unfit to elect MEM
bers of the more numerous branch Of
Congress2
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tention to the development of water
power as a substitute for Italy's great
lack Of fuel for her manufactures,
and at the same time he has shown
himself an expert upon the national
questions Of finance, agriculture and
trade. His position upon the Adri-
attic controversy seems well defined
he Is said to favor rather a policy
that will make friends with the new
States rising out Of the former Aus
tro-Hungarian Empire than a policy
that will aim to secure only additional
territory for Italy.
The whole Adriatic controversy is
apparently to be reppened at the
conference before the final settlement
with Austria. That a solution will be
as easily reached as might be inferred
from the outlines Of the new Govern
ment policy Is not so clear. There Is
still n strong feeling in Italy In favor
Of the Italian control of the Adriatic
and In making concessions both NTH
and TrrToNI will find themselves
charged with following out the repu-
dated policies of GIoLITTI. The prin-
dpal argument that has been made
against NTH Is that he will be guided
by the influence of the former italian
boss and that he will still continue
"GIoIITTI's lieutenant"
The economic needs of Italy are
unquestionably Of the greatest impor.
lance. The additions Of territory may
satisfy her national honor but they
do not meet the industrial demands Of
the country. She needs food to meet
present requirements and she needs
fuel and raw materials IL she is to be-
come a competitor for her share OF
the worlds trade. She needs, too, the
friendship and the assistance Of
France, England and the United
States. II the attainment OF these
points is the purpose Of the new Gov
eminent 1t has undertaken a truly
constructive policy for Italy.
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TURNING AN AIRPLANE.
An Expert Shows How Easily 1t Is
Accomplished.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: I
believe your correspondent &c" was
little hasty In rebuking Petrol" for ask
ing why Captain Alcock did not turn his
machine into the wind while 1t rested on
the field. &C." is evidently not well
acquainted with aircraft No 'mechant-
cal contrivances'' are needed to turn a
land plane Of any size and in field suf-
ficientiy smooth for landing and taking
of 1t would DO a matter OF few Sec
onds to turn the plarA Half a dozen
men on q wing tip could swing 1t easily
enough. Or by letting one motor have
the gun. blocking the opposite wheels or
securing the opposite wing tip the plane
could be spun almost like top.
have done this time and again with
plane half again as large and heavy as
the Vickers-Vimy.
&C." as a waterman pilot sounds we'll.
but no is not hitting on all twenty-four.
TWIN MoroR
NoRroLK. Va, Juno "a.
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Pedestrians to the Subways!

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: In
THE Sun note q story to the effect that
two pedestrians were knocked down and
killed by an automobile which had run
upon a sidewalk.
Sad enough; but the accident points a
moral. Why do not. IL 1 may presume TO
formulate that moral. our city fathers
pass an ordinance compelling all pedes-
TRANS 10 patronize the subways or other
vehlculap conveyances during tho hours
that Automobiles are "autoing"?
Walkers. that plebeian tribe. would
doubtless kick against any such iegis-
lation. But what II they should? They
don't amount TO much. HoNK HoNK.
BROOKLYN, June "a.
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Perhaps the other long standing as
sociations OF the daisy were not con-
sidered in the conception OF the plan
whereby all who are conscious of a
protest surging in their veins as June
80 nears are exhorted to wear the
daisy as a symbolic boutonniere on
that day. II Will be remembered by
many that the petals of the delicate
little white and yellow bloom have
served since Eden's dawn in one Of
the best processes of amorous proph-
ecy. the burning match being its only
equal. But VIXEN the daisy worn all
day next Monday is taken wearied and
thirsty from the buttonhole, its owner
in desperation. as the fatal midnight
hour impends. may Independently
revise the chant usually accompany
ing the plucking Of the petals TO:
II love water! love water not i"
And should the last and deciding petal
speak the affirmative the poor flower
will suffer a storm OF wrath and, pos
sib!y. OF profanity.
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consume 7oo.0oo,ooo. That would
leave 550,OOO,OOO bushels.

consume 7oo,0oo,oo0. That would
leave $50, 000,O 900 bushels.
Canada is going to have a rela-
lively big surplus. 1t might be no
more than 1oo.000.000 bushels. but
probably 1t will be nearer zoe, 1000, 900
than 100,00O,000. In any event, no
wheat expert has estimated the sur
plus Of the United States and Canada
put together at less than 700 900
bushels. Some experts put the ex-
portable surplus Of the two at mini
mum Of full three-quarters Of q
billion Of bushels.
Can three-Quarters Of a billion Of
bushels Of North American wheat on
this side of the globe be sold to con-
sumers on the other side Of the globe?
Or put II in this more accurate way |:
Canada surely con sell every .bushel
Of surplus wheat she has--surely will
sell 1t to the United Kingdom. Can
we then sell our $50, 900. 900 bushels,
or 600 000,O00 bushels, or 100000, 900
bushels? Can we sell out of the coun-
try this stupendous stock. with AGO.
100000 bushels in the export market
from other wheat producers?
When Canada Is sure to sell hers,
when Australia must sell hers, when
Argentina must sell hers-and among
them, as we say, they will go to mar
ket In Europe with upward of AGO.
000,0 900 bushels-can our Government
sell our, say. 600.O00,00O bushels in
the same markets on the basis of
$2.28, Western price7
This 1925 with freight charges to
the seaboard, freight charges across
the Atlantic, then more freight charges
to the Interior points Of Europe, would
mean something more than So over
there. Are the more or less penniless
people Of Europe going to pay for
1000, 600, 900 bushels Of foreign wheat
three billions Of dollars? Just for
bread! Foreign bread! Nobody in
his senses can think so.
If our Government holds out for
the $226 basis we simply shall sur
render the European market to Can
ada, Australia and Argentina; for
they will make a price actually to
sell their wheat while we are merely
spouting $2.26 as a basic price and
losing the business.
But II our Government cuts the
price abroad to meet that competition
are the American people nevertheless
going to be compelled by the same
Government to pay famine prices here
at home for their bread? II they are
If the country wallows in wheat but
the American people cannot have 1t to
eat unless they pay more than wheat
less Europe pays, then a year from
next November. while our unconsumed
wheat of 1910 is still rotting In the
granaries, somebody's personally con-
Quoted party will be struck by a po-
litical thunderbolt.
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q" "oWOTtuU1
Hoboken John was a handy man,
Mixing drinks for the Sailor Clan;
Knew tho sailors from near and far,
That dropped their hooks at the Eastern
Bar.
Then there was Johnny, OF Shannon fame,
Best OF 'em all, the Pilots claim;
Al at tho Maritime-he'd never say
when"
Well. boys. that place was a place for
men,
And Phiny and Jake at tho prydoek
Place
Old "I5' had Dick for Its ace;
Harry at Stewarts-the English guy
At that he was known. at times, to buy.
But there's ono old lad We must not for
And that was Brosnan's Mike. you bet:
Mike was the boy that knocked 'em dead
With the things he mixed-and the things
he said,
sEABuAi LAwRnKcA
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When Members Refuse to Yield.

1t is a closed affair as to the fact
Of the repeal Of the daylight saving
law, but nothing can close the inter-
est of a puzzled folk in the alleged
reasons for the repeal. Much light is
cast upon the subject by official re-
ports of the last debate In the House,
and nothing is more revealing than
certain eloquent silences therein noted.
Debate Is brought about In House and
Senate by the same form of question,
"Will the gentleman yield?" and usu-
ally the gentleman yields, II for no
other reason than to prove to Record
readers that the speech was actually
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women In National Politicr. !" by Will

Women In National Politics." by WILL
lam 8. BridBnan. with eighteen portraits,
Is feature of tho July Nunsevs Other
illustrated articles are Brander Matthew's
recoilections OF Edwin Booth. THE Trac-
tor--@ New Force In Farming" by Arthur
l. Dahl. and "Replanting the Forests" by
Robert H. Moulton. Judson c. Welliyer
has community character sketch of
Cleveland, Ohio. In Action there Is the
second instaliment of Louis Joseph Vance.
Beau Revel." combinations of THE Sea
Bride" and Brokers in Adventure" and
short stories by Joy Kline Benton. Achmed
Abdulah. Louis J. stelman. Robert ].
Horton. Louise Kennedy Mahic. Jack Brch-
dolt. Katharine Hill and Lewis Allen,
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A Billion Bushels Of Surplus Wheat
for Europe.

II the world wants American wheat
in such quantities as the world never
wanted wheat before 1t is right here
in this country in such quantities as
It never was here. before. But the
world will never want 1t on the basis
of our 1925 price.
Already our harvest of the lncom-
parable winter crop has worked as
far North as the States of the middle
West. Within a week 1t will be up
with our topmost wheat belts. BY the
Fourth of July 1t will be moving
across the Canadian border lands.
Nine hundred million bushels, In
round numbers, are to-day as safe as
a church. Still to come is enough
more of the spring crop-ln ideal con.
dltion-to make the seasons yield a
billion and n quarter Of bushels.
What are we going to do with It?
Sell 1t you say. Perhaps; then again,
perhaps not. Let us begin to figure
our market where the seller-in this
case the United States Government
must begin:
On the first day of June Of this year
of peace, with the new crops coming
in, the worlds available supply of old
wheat was much better than It was
on June /, 1918, In the thick of the
war. Europe had afloat 100000
bushels, as against 50,O0o,OOO the year
before. The United Kingdom had
only 100000. as against 100000,
and Argentina only 100000, as
against 15,540,000 But the United
States had more than 100000, as
against less than 100000. and Can
ada had more than 2S,O00,0O0, as
against about 100000. Australia
still had 153,O0O.OOO.
All put together these supplies were
819,000,000 bushels, as against 272,-
100000 year ago. They were 123,-
100000 bushels more than on June
of the year before Europe went to
war They were 100000 bushels
more than sixty days before Germany
burst into Belgium.
In other words, there was actually
an abnormal supply OF old wheat to
be used before we may reckon with
the new. Thereafter we may allocate
the oceans of wheat yet to come
Well, let's try.
Here at home we can pretty surely
consume in a year 100000, 900 of the
1,25OOO0,00O bushels of our fresh SUD.
ply. That would leave to be other
wise disposed of 65o,OOO,O00 bushels
II we make up for lost time when VIC
were on q war bread diet we might
consume 65O,OOO,OOO. That woulf
leave eoO.0Oo,O00 bushels. If w,
should all but live on bread we nigh
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EVENTS TO-DAY.

Mayors Committee dinner to the Prssi-
dent.elect OF Brasil. Waldorf. I P. NJ.
Edison dealers convention, Hotel Com
modore. all day.
Showing OF the picture. The Battle Of
Yimy Ridge" at meeting OF Great War
veterans Association OF Canada, Anderson
Galleries, $3.50 r. NJ.
British Ministry OF Shipping dinner,
Hotel Pennsylvunia, Z r. NJ
Board OF Education meeting, Park ave-
nue. and Fifty ninth street. 4 ?. NJ
American Association OF Engineers meet.
ing. 20 West Thirty ninth street s r. VI
motifs High School commencement.
ls6th street and Boston road, SIP ".
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SEA OF THE BIG THIRST.
Why the Mediterranean Is Trying I,
Drink Up the Atlantic.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: II
Mr.. Carman will figure the rate of evap-
Grafton in the Mediterranean Sea even
as low as one-tenth OF an inch In day
and the rate is nearly twice as great
he will find that many Nile rivers. with
the Rhone, Ebro and Pc thrown in.
would be required to make good the
daily loss.
As a matter OF fact tho chief loss Is
made good by n constant inflow at the
Strait of Gibraltar. The salinity of the
Mediterranean Sea is somewhat greater
than that OF tho Atlantic, and this in
itself shows that the loss by evaporation
Is not less than the volume OF fresh
water added by the rivers OF the whole
Mediterranean basin. OBSERVER.
MOUNT VERNON. June "a.
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A LONG AGO NEW ENGLAND
WEDDING.
Half Century Old Memories Of an
Interesting Occasion.

THE SUN Is indebted to a friend for
the privilege of printing. with a few
concealments of names, this account
OF a New England wedding written by
a sister Of the bride unable to be pres
ent at the family reunion in celebra-
ton OF a golden wedding. Some read
ers will share our doubt II many even
professional writer's have succeeded
better in reproducing the spirit and
atmosphere of the time, place and cir
cumstances than has this lady. Susie, "
the youngest wren" of the story,
who calls her message to the family
reunion.
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165TH WILL REPEAT SHOW,
Performance by Veterans
to Help Wounded.

The minstrel show OF the l65,h IN
fantry. which had Its premiere on the
Rhine at Remagen and later toured ihe
Army Of Occupation in LuNemoolrb,
Belgium. Brussels, Cologne and o'het
points. will be repeated at the 'eAuA,
Opera House, Sixty-seventh street ahu
Third avenue, on Friday evening io'
the benent Of the wounded Of the reg
ment. Elsie Janis. whose overseas sing
ing was one OF the events OF the war
VIII be presented With gold fneal
by the regiment during the performance
Father Duffy will also appear
Among the performers are 10"
O'Kelly, d. 8. c.. formerly ~ ne Chl'
cago Opera Company, and Ton..y Nc,
Cardle and Marry Mallen, two '.i men
who achieved great fame during tn'
Rhine tour Of the show. Seats are go''s
fast at 81 each
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WEARING THE DAISY,
A Protest Against Its Use as an Anti.
Prohibition Emblem.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-Str:
earnestly protest against the daisy being
brought down to the level of the NO
beer. no work" button. and hope every
one will think twice before thus degrad-
ing 1t on June 30 as suggested by the
Authorization Association
A better use for this favorite flower
would be to wear It July 1 as a well
come to the day OF the disappearance
of booze and all its works. E. s. J.
NEW York, June "a.
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VIII Aid Canadian Exhib,,io,

The New York Chapter OF the Daugb.
ters OF the British Empire will tak,
charge of the programme at the Cana
dian war memorial exhibition, Anderson
Galleries, next Wednesday, the regents
announced yesterday. A portion of the
sales on that day will go TO a home for
the aged on Staten Island. A Aim AZ.
picting the four days battle OF Vimv
Ridge will be shown without extra
charge. Mrs L. Webster Fox OF Phila
delphia, president of the national order
presided yesterday.
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The Home Of Queens University.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Str: In
news item OF the Lehish commence
ment mention was made OF DR.. r Bruce
Taylor Of Queens University. Toronto.
Ont" Queens has always been located
In Kingston. Ont. n fact which l have
never yet seen admitted by any paper
which has mentioned her.
NEW YORK, June "a. d. G. BROWNE.
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Hand Grenades for Children

One of the lots of ammunition made
for the Government during the war
but never used is 100000 empty
hand grenades. AS junk these are
valued Mt between one and four mill
ion dollars, but the Savings Division
Of the Treasury Department sees a
use for them as savings banks for
children and proposes to give one
grenade to each child who buys
enough Thrift Stamps to make up a
War Savings Stamp.
While the War Department is de-
batting with the Treasury Department
the more profitable use Of these hand
grenades we beg to quote. merely for
the information of the Federal Off
Gals, an extract from an amendment
to the Penal Law of the State of New
York, which amendment will become
effective on September / next:
"a person who carries or possesses
a bomb or bombshell is
guilty OF felony"
Children are practical creatures,
prone to put things to their original
purposes. The temptation to child
to put explosives in hie empty gren-
ade might be strong. Once loaded
the grenade surely would become a
bomb or bombshell" and there is
the law Of the State making the pos
session Of the weapon felony.
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opnosItiYs or Corrnint,rsa

To The EDIron 6V THE suS-sir; Should
the following propositions be regarded as
oppositive or corrslativef
''He kept US out of war; he kept US
out of peace"
peace without victory victory with
out psace." c. q, c,
NEW YoRK. June "a.
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BRANDEIs OFF FOR PALESTINE
Supreme Court Justice Not Going
in an OmciaI Capacity.

PARIS, juno 24-Louis D. Braadsd
Associate Justice OF the United states
Supreme Court. left Paris to-day FOR
Palestine. While in Paris Justice RraH.
deis made calls on the members Of the
American peace delegation.
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Curiosity Of an Town Aitruist.


FTVHs INC HtU LIOcTIV IHdet,
About o'clock Monday afternoon.
while It was raining. left my umbrella
in front OF waters store. and thirty
minutes later l returned and found IL
gone. would give the cost OF ten UNI
brsllas to know who took It.
0RANr STRONG
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A recent despatch from Washington,
prior to the sailing OF Justice hrandes
for Palestine. said that he Would he
away most of the summer The des7a'th
added that the trip OF Justice BrtHden
was for the purpose OF vacation ana
was not being made In an Official oapa'
city,
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For eastern New York-Partlv c,or..
to-day, showers tonight or to-morror,y,
cooler; moderate south and southrS.
winds becoming variable.
For New Jersey-Partly e,orav
showers tonight or tomorrow: ,ood,.syi
southwest winds. becoming vAriabis 'A'e
For northern New England-Fair to.d,x
cooler on tho western Maine coast: shoSsy,
to-nNrrow: gentle to moderate Mouth ,vinH'
becoming variable. "'uoA
For southern New EnEland--p.,,-
ably showers tonight or to.morro,x; prob
crate southwest winds, becoming ,ri.pSu
For western New York-Shower. IN A..
probably fair and slightly cooler to.mo,,,
WASHINGTON. June N-Th. ,ou,,.
Minnesota depression of Monday nisht ~
now over northern Illinois and pr..sr..
, below normal prevails generally except in
showers In the Mississippi and Ohio va
ieyr the west upper lake and western low..
ieke regions. the east Gulf and south Az
,g,c states and local showers in IN.
vas fair. Temperatures have fallen ia rs
low the seasonable average in tho wnr.~
onio Valley, but remain high over tho ~.
Gulf States Showers will be ouite 1,r Vet
"wednesday east of the Mississippi Riy.r
reaching the New England and mIsdi.
AA!antic coast "wednesday night or Thurs.
gay. Showers will continue Thursdav /,
the east Gulf and south Atlantic STATE,
while In the Ohio Valley and tho ist.
region the weather will be generally fa,r
Inursday. 1t will be somewhat cooI,,
wednesday along the New Englsna
coast ana on Thursday In the sast.ru
upper lake region, the middle AtiSn,In
states and New England
Observations at United State. w.,,h., n
rean stations taken at s p. NJ. yesterday, ,.T.