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TT TORK. ATTTBDAT. AFBTU 1 U14. TEX JlZHCiJ Th peculiar Mexican personal ciimt all times taken Into account In our reckonfnf with IIurttA. It would unnatural for, TlPTlcan to do to-day or to-morrow whatever mlatt possibly be put off until next week.

In tna caae an rffl.UI Mexican aummoned to do a CnfT-U thine thla la doubly true. Itponement la to be expected aa cer tain. Tble te doubtleae the explanation of the leni farorable tenor of the earlier d2patcltee received In Waahing-toa yeaterday. Whein theae earlUr indJcatlna- Hrxara'a wllllna-- n-a to aalut the flag were received, It juite probaUc that Uttto aJlor- enoe waa made for Mexican peculiar! tie. What waa construed In the State tVpartment and In the'Whlte House as an assurance of IIcrtTA'a willing r.r to make amende would hare been more accurately Interpreted aa the be- Clnnlnr.

not the end. of the neg-otla tiun. i Hi rtTA'e demand. If It waa a de mand, that hi saluting runs be an sa bred gun for gun by one of our ships waa manifestly out of place in a se rious negotiation. But lr we take- tbe other view.

If we put ourselves tn the place of HrzXTA, we shall see that It wjs perfectly appropriate, congruous. an relevant to his purpose, simply a Ji ice for gaining time, not any adrantaae will accrue when time 1 been gained, but because Imme diate compliance with any sort of re- curt la a temperamental impossibility a Mexican, i Very property the eond-tlone tmpuiwd by HcZxT were rejected by our Government. It may reasonably be expected that the Mex-J lean policy of delay wCl be continued by the making of other requests or demands no mere acceptable. At any rate thla new phase of what It jLSUUiKLUIl fflUAUB LIN H1ILEUU1B ir. considering a practically closed incl might have been foreseen from th beginning, knowing with whom we had to deal.

i Hi riiTA's reported submission to his of another sort of policy, a hostile defiance of the United Btates, is In ail probability a manifestation of this same procrastinating spirit. It -j 14 be easy to consume time while he waa saying to Congress "I would" end Congress were replying "we dare rot," and the discussion might run en w. 1th no limit save one imposed by us. We have Imposed such a limit-It I approximately the day of the arrival of our. Hampton Roads fleet on the Mexican We shall then, of course, Insist upon the firing of the Bil-jte within a definitely fixed time, a ri'i in aH likelihood HrxsTA.

with the n.n a' eitr4iv n1a.Inlv in his view, will comply with our trrms. It is well to bear in mind that we ust not only take account of the Mexican temperament, but that egotist iona with President HcCJTa we have to do with a man whose, habits are simh tliat we are not at' all times sure that his decisions and utterances jroceed from a calm and reasonable Increases "our difficulty. it. after all, there may be some method in his apparently wholly fool-1 policy of putting off tbe inevitable. If President HrraT can delay his final answer unto the arrival of the fleet Tampion, he has Just that much t.ino In' which.

to take account of his own situation and lay his plans for the future. If the northern rebels gam more victories and their ultimate becomes practically certain. it i.iht be an object of policy with Hlebta to provtke an American occupation, of Mexican ports' by Issuing a declaration of war, all this being a cover for own escape from the ountry whatever means of subsistence and comfort be could lay his hamls on. He would then leave the United States with the Mexican problem stCl unsolved. Cajuuxza and VxtLa substituted for HruiA as the element 'of doubt and perplexity.

This 13 speculative, however, for the dlffl-i wlttes maitlng upon him who would attempt to read tbe mind of Hcebta sre obvious. Tlicre Is no occasion for any new or usual disturbance of the national mind over the latest aspects of our relit ions with Mexico. HcttTa might war against us, hut It is a puzzliag see how be could be ww.vw it. i 'am a -Ml HMUt, l-r Week. IT 1.T At H-ir, free AND NDAt, per Tear tr il T'AlLT.

frr p. e.0S rw.irn ajtshs Pally u4 'Sanaay. r-r saueith- InHv tl nMH gin war, and, of course, such a step would be a confession of total irresponsibility and desperation. We may still look with reasonable confidence for a salute to our flag from his guns. But 'for, the comfort of those who are either too sanguine or too much given to pangs of disappointment it is wen.

to point put that there Is no pleasant and agreeable way of getting along with so bad a neighbor as Mexico has become during her time of Internal trouble. THE ATTACK Off THE MAT0S. The attempted assassination of Mayor Mitchel yesterday, and the infliction upon Corporation Counsel Fouc. ef an Injury of which he wilt bear the mark through life, was an Incident of no political significance whaler and bears no possible relation Ihe widespread discontent of which me hear so much. The would- be assassin was, like the assailant of Mayor Gatxob.

an aged man of unsound mind. In this case there was not a shadow of a grievance against the intended victim. The letters found on the old men's person are utterly incoherent and reveal no rational cause of snlmoslty. There is no In dication that he had any accomplice or, had acquainted any person with his plan to kill the Mayor. On the contrary, it is not likely that he had formed any plan to kill, but acted under the Insane impulse of the mo-menL The assailant, it is ascertained, got bis, pistol In Jersey.

City. However strictly enforced, the New York law against selling deadly weapons or car rying them without a permit will be futile until the neighboring States of New Jersey and Connecticut adopt similar restrictive measures. At pres ent tbe gunmen and other murderously Inclined persons have no trouble whatever In supplying themselves with arms. It seems that no public officer can be safe, or for that matter nobody who Is conspicuous In public life, while the trade in death-dealing instruments Is thus carried on. The assault' on the Mayor has severely shocked the community.

Deep sympathy will be felt for his friend end associate who suffered In his stead. Denunciation of the would-be assassin Is uncalled for. That he should have been at large. ln sane Is probably an accident for which nobody is fairly to be blamed, but that he should have been armed for murder' la disgraceful. The attack on Mayor Gatnob, ln the first year of his term, was a warning which haa not yet been heeded.

THE HEW YORK BAHEHTG LAW. The Governor's signature of the Banklne: bill prepared by his Commis sion was never doubtful after his emerssncy message, but It comes most opportunely as a supplement to the Federal Banking act. Under the Chairmanship' -of Mr. IlxrBURfc, with the assistance Mr. Charles 1 Burwaoa prvat bank por-tir, TJse esjtlsa banking law of the Stata has' been Supt.

Vam ideas regarding savings banks also are enacted, so that every man who has a dollar In any sort of bank ln this State may face the future with greater confidence than ever before that the State has done what It could to safeguard his interests. There Is no prospect of any Immediate repetition of the regrettable Incidents ln connection with private banks, and the savings bank surplus question 1 not likely soon to be heard of again. Of most Immediate interest, however, are the portions which place the banks of the State in position either to Join the new Federal reserve system or to compete it. as conditions may make If the bill had not become law the State banks would have been equally at a disadvantage in either "a fight or a frolic' As the matter stands, in that other naval they do not know what Is before them, but they are prepared for IV At tbe moment the Federal reserve system Is under fire, so that it is an open question whether some national banks will prefer to join the State system or some State banks to Join the Federal. The enacting of this law will enable the passage to be.

made ln either direction, and it might well be that the character of the individual bank's business might be decisive In the choice. The conditions regarding reserves are similar in figures, with tbe important difference' that there Is no central reserve reservoir ln the State system. But If the Federal system serves, Its. purpose the Federal reservoir will provide for the needs of banks In or out of the system. In one respect the new law places the State banks tn a position of iupe They can use the system of acceptances In domestic trade, where- t9 the Federal banks are- limited to In the foreign, trade.

Inasmuch as the State trust companies and banks, although fewer than the national banks to number, exceed them ln de posits by 1700,000.000, It Is sure that the Federal system will have stout rivalry. Such conditions insure mutual respect, and promise co-operation rather than hostility. 1 The "credit. unions" provided In the bill are a designed to enable farmers of the State to obtain loans upon personal credit, or upon al estate values, upon terms made favorable by the-assumption of. Joint liability of all members for the Ivenoj of such 'of them as become borrowers from the common funds.

Membership is obtained by the sale shares, somewhat In the nunnor famlliar to members of building loan soctles, nd the proceeds are loaned without security for small amounts and with security for large amounts. A land bank for provision of long loans also Is contemplated. These are the leading features of this Important new departure for the State's financial Institutions, but there Is one provision of new procedure of universal Interest. Heretofore the Bank Department has had supervision only of those financial concerns which subjected themselves to Its notice by organising under the law. Hereafter the Superintendent can conduct Independent Investigations Into any violations of the banking law by' any corporations or Individuals, and the business corporations law will cease to be a harbor of refuge for those disliking the notice of the Banking Department.

There Is nothing In this, or ln any part of the law, which will annoy those whose conduct Is what It should be, but the business of banking In New Tork State hereafter will have a new mean 1 PROSPERITY BY FORCED i DRAUGHT. Representative Lobtck practices what Secretary JUcorin-O preaches, and it would be Interesting to know what the Secretary thinks of his sermon when he hears It from another. It will be remembered that the Secretary declared that It was every man's duty to his country to promote Its prosperity even under discouraging conditions, and that If any man presumed to be unfortunate, under the New Freedom the Secretary would learn and tell the reason why. Representative Lobeck envies this function which the Secretary proposed for himself, and therefore moved In the House an Investigation Into the report that the independent steel manufacturers are consulting regarding the reduction of wages uniformly. It Is well understood that those benevolent and fraternal organizations, the unions, may combine for raising wages uniformly, but it Is not to be endured that organizations for profit hall combine either to fix prices or to reduce wages.

It seemed all right that wages should go up until It appeared that the cost of living rose with them. Now it seems that the reduction of wages Js ln the same relation to the fall in the cost of living. It is all very mysterious, and an Investigation is 1 The Investigation which would be most useful would be neither by the Secretary nor by the Representative, but by each Individual Into his personal affairs. If all men would earn a little more, or save a little more, their united efforts would do more to put the country on easy street than all the laws and Investigations by all the Legislatures combined. LIGHT FROM MR.

CHOATE. One of the traits, mental and moral, that have made Mr. Ciioatxi so distinguished as a lawyer Is his gift for summary, accurate, and Impressive statement of a complex and Intricate subject. This Is admirably shown in his letter to Mr. White, in which he gives the net result of the long negotiations concerning the canal treaty ln which he had been engaged.

It Is so simple, comprehensive, straightforward, and con-convincing that we reproduce It from our Washington dispatches. Referring to the extensive correspondence ln which he, as the representative of the Government of the United States, had been engagt-d, be says: Te my mind they establish beyond question ths intent of tbe parties engaged in the negotiations, that the treaty should mean exactly what It says, and excludes ths possibility of any exemption of any kind of vessels of the United States. Equality be- tween Great Britain and the United States Is the constant theme, and especially injny last letter of Oct '2. 1001. where I s(eak Of Lord Lakssowxb's part in the matter, and say: He has sli own aa earnest desire to bring to an amicable settlement, honorable alike to both, parties, this long and "important controversy between two nations.

In substance he abrogates "the Clajton-Julwer Treaty, gives us an American canal, ours to build as and where we like, to own. con- trol. and g-overn; on the sole condl- tloa of its being always neutral and free for the passage of the ships of all nations on equal terms. except "that if we get Into a war with any "nation we can shut its ships out "and take care of ourselves." Thn passage from the letter of 1901, commenting on the spirit which Lord Lasts downk, then the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of the Brltlih Government, had shown, is notable for the completeness of its Interpretation of the negotiations and for the cordial feeling It. expresses, which undoubtedly wes felt by tbe other negotiators.

The conclusion of the 'treaty ln this temper, considering the vast and enduring interests 'In volved, was a great achievement for civilization." Considering also the various -elements 'In the public opin ion of the two great democracies. It was an achievement of sound and skillful statesmanship, ln which both nations may well feel pride. Is absurd as well' as humiliating that ai this late day 'there, should arise a serious dispute as to this, treaty, and that It should arise through the cunning effort' of a favored monopoly to secure privileges' to which it Is In no possible way entitled. Still more mortifying is the Injection Into the dispute of a narrow, spiteful, treach erous national prejudice, and that the great peace-work should be endangered 'by the miserable impulses of race hatred, envy, and Jealousy. The statement by Mr.

Choate Is enlightening and conclusive. It Is fortunate for the good name of the American Nation that It Is in cora- plete harmony with the views, the conception of national duty, and the action of the President We have no doubt whatever that In the long run the country will stand by him, and that there will not be found enough Senators of either party defeat the admirable stand he has taken for the. honor of the nation. TEE TRIAL. OF THE DOCTORS.

The eminent physicians of the University of Pennsylvania who are on trial, In Philadelphia for alleged cruelty to animals used In their experimental work, acted Instinctively, we suppose, when they saw the chief woman witness against them about to faint undr cross-examination, and tried to get the unwitting examining lawyer to desist before she collapsed. In her physicsl need It was. second nature to them to forget that the woman was their sworn enemy, and that the cross-examiner was Intent on showing that notes of animal sufferings which she was consulting were not originals, as she had sworn. It Is significant, too, that the prosecutors admitted In the beginning that the trial was not to prove the cruelty of vivisection." but wss bssed on charges of neglect of animals after the experiments had been performed. Dr.

Jostrca Sweet, the first physician placed on triaj. followed the testimony of Saitcez. Geter, the ex-keeper of the university's kennels, that dog came from the laboratory covered with hypodermic punctures." with the statement that the punctures were simply sores produced by mange. In another case, Dr. Sweet testified, ono of the doctors had experimented on the spinal cord of an animal, not by "dropping weights, breaking Its bark." as charged, but by an incision without breaking tbe back, after the animal hid been 'put under an anaesthetic, and In the hope of finding a means of saving human life In cases of spinal Injury.

The complaint that bandages were not used after abdominal Incisions was answered by testimony that bandages In such cases would be. Insanitary and, not conducive to proper recovery. The charge that dogs were fed on e-arbege after operations resolved Itself Into the question whether scraps fresh from the university dining sent to a suitably and sanitary animal house, were not sufficiently nourishing. Possibly the charges of laymen and women members of a society that Is looking for examples of cruelty will prevail over the defense of these doctors. 4 They are men who have achieved distinction In work that requires the nicest discipline and orderly procedure, work that Is dedicated to mercy and the relief of human suffering.

Some doctors have In tbe past been found remiss and criminally negligent In the discharge of helr sacred tasks. That furnishes Bo argument against the practice of medicine. There Is every presumption in the present trial that the doctors are Innocent. But even If found guilty, the cause of animal experimentation cannot suffer. TOPICS OF THE TIME8.

I Evidently means have Resentment, been found. In spite of Win Seen We restrictions which ro. naval discipline 1m- poseg, to inform Secretary Daxikls that his order stopping the of fleers' mess on all the men-of-war, big and little, was distinctly displeasing to not a few of those whose wonted privilege It will abolish. The very much smaller number whose practice will be affected have probably been wise enough to say little or nothing at aH. except possibly among themselves, but many officers whose use of Intoxicants has been most moderate or who are total abstainers have felt that tbe issuance of the order gave a wrong Impression to outsiders as the habits of the navy as a whole, and with trusted friends they have discussed it resentfully.

Such expressions of opinion, of course, soon reached the as It was no doubt the Intention they should, and In his speech at the Navy League he took pains to deny with emphasis that his action. in regard to the wine mess was taken because he thought hard drinking was a' common 'characteristic of naval officers, i He knew, he said, that such was not the case that sobriety Is as much the rule, in the navy as elsewhere, where heavy responsibilities are carried by intelligent men. But he also knew the serious consequences that might follow on shipboard from an exceptional Instance of intoxication, and his purpose was to minimise opportunity and temptation to overindulgence in the interests, first, of the national safety, and, second, of the inevitable few in, so large a force who would not or could not control themselves when Intoxicants were within reach. He denied that the order waa any more a llur on the navy than were like regulations Imposed; on the employes of such corporations as the railways regulations which had soon come to be considered honorable, not' de grading, since they 'recognised rather then created an Industrial aristocracy. The defense thus msde was not much applauded by its auditors, but heir spokesman frankly admitted its adequacy, and on their behalf promised, sincere support for the Secretary's policy.

There is no question that in thla matter he will also have the approval of the general public, which knows a lot more than it used to do about the effects of drinking on efficiency and commends every effort to promote temperance that It believes to be practical. Quite the ugliest Rewards Are feature of the reve-' Not for i latlons as to the or- Detectlve: automobiles and the systematic selling of the stolen- machines Is the Incidental discovery that Certain members of the detective force were wonderfully successful In rewver-ing cars for the return of which rewards were and wonderfully unsuccessful ln arresting and convicting the thieves. i From that the natural and seemingly Inevitable conclusion is that these policemen were at least more Interested tn the continuance than In the suppression of this nefarlouscommerce. The un charitable will go further and see ln the circumstances proof that the thieves and the Implicated detectives were In league, but that is a hasty Inference, and while not wholly unplauslble, it la not necessary and therefore should not be drawn. There Is no doubt, that every effort should be made to prevent the acquisition by members of the police force of extra remuneration for the mere performance of their sworn duty, and It Is questionable If rewards for the recovery of stolen property should be allowed to benefit them even indirectly by going Into the pension fund.

In the one case as In the other, tbe tendency is to give tlcUms of theft who can afford to pay for tbe return of their property an Improper advantage over, those who cannot. 1 The only legitimate excuses for offering rewards at all whn crimes have been committed are to Incite the betrayal of the criminals by their accomplices or acquaintances, and to arouse tbe interest of amateurs who otherwise would have as little reason as obligation to do detective work. All that the pro-fesMlonals should eipect or should girt, besides their regular salaries, la the glory that results from displays of notable skill. And the legitimate excuses for rewards are none too legitimate. In most of them there Is a hint of willingness to compound felony, and tbey all tend to create willingness to catch tbe right man if possible, but to catch right or wrong.

a correspondetit whose It's Easy fallibility was proved by to be hiM tin tnat orders horses or oxen to Captious. to the left. Is dis turbedor more probably delighted because he has found in Ths Times an editorial use of the phrase best of any." inMn't much wonder, ne sajs, that tJov. QtvKK spoke of New York as having tits beat banking law or any Rtata tn ths Union." but he is nothing lees than horrified that the paper expected by him to be a model of the verbal proprieties should nave iauen Into the same absolutely Indefensible locution. K-muMinMt Iluat Of anV Ian St all dreadful.

To be sure It Involves, on lea annivala. ths logical absurdity of admitting or declaring that a thing can be and Is better than Itself. But wnai of thatT Logic and language never were on the best of terms, and, ever inra row la and grunts turned into words, human beings have been taking short cuts to arrive st the expression of meanings. 1 wntiMn't An iti CO OUltS SO fur AS tO say that what Is understood Is right, but mmnniiwniiibii Is never absolute ly Without defense "no more than Is the putting of an absolutely" unnecessary absolutely In front of such a word as Indefensible." Our critic in dulges in that obvious pleonasm. Just as committed ths much greater sin of con founding ges with haw," but only under great provocation wouia we nave f111 hm attention -and that of the Board of Education to what we will denominate his carelessness or his igno rance, Just as be prefers, imow now aoes he feel I Mnn nd rone elsewhere than to heaven, but not for saying beat of any." If one prefers "best of all." or than any otner.

ne can safely use It and be happy. MAN A3 A DRONE. Enough' Work for Beth Sexee in the Suffrage! State. re the tutor of Tht Stv lore rime; Mrs. Joha Martin.

4a tbs Magazine Section of last Bandar's Tim as, lmaainaa a vary dismal future for men If women obtain tho rtsbt to vote In this Btaw. At leaat I muat conclude she mesas the Btato of Mow Tork, for In thoao States In which womaa have been accorded tbetr political rights males have not as yst soocumbed te tbe terrlbla Influences of women except la the sweet eld war and with similar results. Feminism, according to Mrs. Martin, la to bring man Into the dust, to tho condition of a drone In tho beehive and that of a tomcat. Tho correlation between bees and eats has yet to bo made clear, but to Mrs.

Martla. who sees glory la tho condition of too cavs women, who had nothing bettor la life than cooking meals for tbolr fellow-savages, some different light to vouchsafed. I favor equal rlshts for woman, but do not a tho re sultant decadence of man. lie will still dig out gold and coal from the earth, man the ships, build our booses, and protect us from Invadera. There la much ln the -world far man te do without any necessity (or bis mo nopoly of political right.

Nature Is stronger than politics, and what nature has built-up throush tho agea la not likely to fall through tho assertion of women's rights. Tho fact that one woman should recommend tho cessation of necessary housework without speclfle payment does not signify that all suifrssists think that way. The gloomy prospect of tho world's work passing Into the hands of spinster workers; aa Mrs. Martin predicts. Is absurd, when It la boras In mind how much, that la Important la that work must always bo performed by men.

LOUISE DAVIS. New Tork, AprU 17. 1M. "GEE" AND "HAW" Mean Right and Left, Respectively. to the Farmer'a Horse.

Ts the Editor of The Kev jork Timet: It wouM have been much better if X. E. bad consulted his dictionary before writing tho letter la to-day's TIMES regard- mg too usa of the word gee." Ho says It Is a direction te the horse to turn to tho left, as opposed to haw or hoy which means turn to tho right." Having lived In tho country for over tit- teen years, and therefore being mere or lesa familiar with tbs terms used la Its dally life. I had my own opinion ss to the direction a well-bred horse or mule would turn when ordered to gee." Strange to relate, tt did not check up with tho theory of A. E.

Therefore, following Jila adrk. I con sulted a dlcUonary. and here Is what I dis covered: "Geo. to cause (a drausht animal) lo turn to the right or from tho driver." Haw, to turn, or eauas te turn, te ths left tn also to gee up. te Increase speed, hasten." So E.

was wrong In criticising Mr. Biilne. E. New Torn. AprU 17, 1914.

The Navy's Plucking Board." Te rlor of Xt fork Timet: How east cltlsena acquaint themselves with the workings of the "Plucking Board" of the United States NavyT Can tt be possible that sa officer who, because of unusual Qualifica tions, waa detailed to special duty of estab lishing aviation for the Ooverment. fan, be plucked for lack or the sea duly of which bo wss thereby deprived This seems to bo what haa happened to CapC who was plucked In 191S. But does not such a law put a penalty oa efficiency and tend to lower the standard of the nary? Should not the law be modified to suit the exigencies of each case? The Acknowledged reason for not doing this Is ln order not to eaislillsh a precedent. In tlio working out of the methods of the "Plucking Board." those valuable for special duty en shore In time of, war are kept from going te ths froht-the special and laudable ambition of every officer. Tet this sea duty which they mlaa Is the very thing that later caoaes their retire meet, aa baa been frequently proved.

E. B. VAN ETTKN. New Rochelle. April 17.

1914. HOMES." Mr, Creel Wishes to Know Which Ones Suffragism Threatens. To the Editor of The yew Tork Ttmta: At Wednesday's meeting of the New Tork State Association Opposed to Wo- man Suffrage, when a campaign fund of ftO.ono waa solicited, practically every speaker declared that to give the ballot to women will mean the dls Integration of the home." Whose home 7 What home? Surely they cannot mean the dsrk. squalid holes In the licensed tenements In New Tork City alone, where whole families and adult boarders sleep, eat. and work In a single room, tolling In credible hours for Incredible pittances? Nor is It reasonable to assume that they refer to the old dog houses, ill-tupldatAd carriage sheds, chicken coops and noisome barracks In which pa- drones herd the cannery workers of the Gulf Coast Btates, Delaware and Mary land, and the cranberry pickers of New Jersey? Or to ths homes or the l.V) girls who were recently locked tn the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Just as 147 dead workers had been locked In, the owner paying a fine of S2o, which works out as a license fee of 13 cents for tbe privilege of endangering each girl's Ufa? Or ths tattered tents of striking min ers In the mountain sides of Colorado and West Virginia? Or the sickening hovels In the Pennsylvania coal region? Or the paper-walled shacks of the cotton-mill towns where children of 12 and under work ten and eleven hours a day? Intelligence forbids the conclusion that they mean these homes where families rot in despair and children grow to maturity stunted ln body and soiled in soul? And common decency holds back the thought that they mean the fine, splendid homes of Colorado and Wyoming.

for even the most prejudiced would scarcely cover whole States with a blanket of mud. What "home" do. they mean then? Let them be more specific so that people may properly estimate the danger, GEO ROB CREEL. New York. April 17, 1HI4.

"THE LIGHTHOUSE." Work for ths Blind Compared with Two Lights of Eddytone. To the Editor of The Xr Tork Timn: Msy I correct the error made In Vr Choate's letter in this morning's TlMKsT Ths sum piJsd to the UsMnooss fund for the Illlnd has now reached tM. I would specially commend to rour readers a consideration ef the Log c-f ths Lighthouse," which Is tbe seventh report of tbe society, and thoroughly rev less Its exceptional labors and wonderful results. Otir work has been well described as resembling that of ths Eddystone. It consists of tee lampe-ons glyes light through work and lbs other Is a lamp of consolation.

What we especially need at present la a fund out of which to supplement the Incomes' of Industrious blind people In commercial enterprises, and $35,000 to psr off the mortgage on our UKhtbouse. We depend entirely on voluntary contributions, and we can use, anything -oW shoes, theatre tickets, automobiles, five-cent pieces, and million dollar checks. quote a few linos from our report: On behalf of the blind, elose your eyes for five minutes and think during that time what It would mean to be alone, friendless, and without opportunity In your blindness. Think what the Lighthouse would mean to you then. Home ono te tell you what you could do, despite four handicap, to keep you aaae.

to put eyee tn your fins-r tips, and to slvo yra back the In Uresis and eecupsttona which you seemed to have lust with your sight. When you have thought this ever, give yourself tho pledge of service. Write us the largest check that yu possibly (. and then come to ths Lighthouse sad help us by your good-will and by Interesting your friends ln our efforts to find light through work. ARTHUR WILLIAMS.

Chairman of the Lighthouse Fund Com-, Ill East Fifty-ninth Street, Nsw Tork, April IT. 114- SUNDAY THEATRE LAW. Sabbath Committee Explalna Com plaint Against Opera Company. ro Editor of The New Tork Timet: In Tun Time of yesterday your reporter b. tn iiks a utile fun St Inspector Pwyes snd the fiohbath Committee for supposing that the Dsnce of tbs Hours," irom wm i.

niocanda." was thought to be a ballet number on the programme at the Cen tury Opera House last eunaay oi. Msmislnt which ws received had noth ing- to do with this number, but with ths announcement on the official programme that i. in. n.u-h end Edmund Makaltf would appear ln Tho Evolution of the Dance." The fact that tho Jaw was oDeerrea mht wss due to the vigilance of the Inspector and the presence of ths police. There waa dancing at thla plaeo two weeks before, when the same Albertlna Reach and Edmund MakaUf gave an llluatratloa of saloon dances of all nations, it would tn hard to convince the public that these accomplished dancers bad become overnight operatic vocalists, or even aa or chestra for the rendition of musical so sec tion.

While it Is not tho desire of those patrons of the Century Opera, Company who are offended by these Infringements of the religious liberty of tho community and tho dese-cresjon of the Sabbath, to deal harshly with the offenders, It may nevertheless become nwuunr to enforce tha extreme penalties of the law upon those who persistently override the friendly warning against its violation. The penalties are heavy, 5O0 for each proved violation, in saiution to a civu penalty Mt and the revocation of the Ilcenee of the house. WM. P. 8WARTZ, Secretary New Tork Sabbath Committee.

New Tork, AprU 14. 1914, The Greytown Claims. To (Ac Editor of The Xew Tork rimes; I have read with interest your account of the bombardment by Commodore Holllns of the town of Greytown, Nicaragua, on June 13, ISM. Among the Americana who owned property In that town at the time was my father, the late Calvin JJUfand ef New York. whose office was st 15v Maiden Lane, He, like all others, had to suffer entire toes, the Committee on Claims la 1878, Wash ington.

V. C. deciding adversely la the Trautmann Perria bill tor damages, this being a test case. It wss said at tha tuns that Lord Palmeraton In Parliament de nounced tbe bombardment and called tt a hen roost robbery." The Greytown claims were lust and should have been paid la full by the United Mates Government. W.

CKCIL DtJRAND. Mil ford. April 14, 1914. GALWIDDEE. Bleak and drear are the cliffs of Gal-wtddee.

Rising so gray, to the lead of the sky. Loud and successive the boom of the surf. And eerie the sound of the' wind's chilling cry. Cruel as talons the rocks of Gaiwiddee, Showing so sharp through the white of the foam. Pity -the mariner who hears the Black Friar.

Chanting a requiem there In the gloara! WILLIAM UHAE. ART NOTES. Old Lyme Artists Show Pictures to be Sold for New Art Gallery. Old Lyme has come to New Tork. The artists of the fine old pslntable town, with the white horse and i the white houses, and the white picket fences and the library, have become discontented, like the rest of us.

with their restricted quarters, and are planning to rsise money for a handsome new build ing that shall look Just like aa art gal lery, in which to hold their annual ex hibitions, what might be called their Labor Day exhibitions, when they have tea on the lawn and show the work of the season and the sketches that led up to it. With this In mind they have brought their leafy boughs i to Dun si pane, and sre showing in a gallery of the Frances Building a collection of pictures donated by members of their sroun, which they will sell to raise money for the new building. Mr. Oreacen shows his picture of the Old New Tork Post Oflce. not In the least topographical, just a pleasant blur of white and gray that Is Poet Office, and a motley of dim colors In the fore ground that Is Passing Show.

There are sheep pictures, of course. Mr. Howe has painted the poor beasts after the shear ing, when tbey look like scallops with tbe fried part taken off. and Mr. Turcas has painted a clever-picture of a man la a wintry landscape), dragging home evergreens, with sheep following alter and nibbling at the breeches.

Mr, Co-lien lias given two or three paintings dignified In composition. Mr. Burr's brisk little liver scene, a Winter land scape by. K. L.

Warner, Charles Ebert's Bockbound Coast." a vibrating Edge of the Pasture." by Walter Griffin, aa impressionistic (not Post) landscape by Mr. Ball, a dock picture by Frank and Early Spring" by Clarke Voorhees, a violet and. Une harmony by: Cbauncey P. Ryder, some very charming studies by Mr. Vesln, a straightforward, vivacious, unsentiment al landscape by George M.

Bruestle, a pasture scene by Mr, Poore, and an In terior by Mr. Blttlnger are among the works that attract attention. There also (a a preliminary statement. delicately colored, of the new building In Its Lyme setting, but unfortunately tbe architect did not know about the stone wall that will enframe It. and gave It Instead en ordinary picket Visitors are asked to visualise the stone wsIL Otherwise the new building looks delightfully satisfactory, clean and yellow, snd no sign of a winding -staircase.

Nevertheless, those who know their Old Lyme sentimentally will mourn. First, the white church, went as a constant theme, and now the new, real art gallery cemes, and It stands to reason that a place in which pictures can be shown to advantage will not la Itself be pslntable. Whoever made a success of painting the Louvre or tbe London National Gallery, or our own National Academy? The next thing will be a ten-story hotel. But the artists have waited a long, time "to sound their knell. And they have thus escaped the charge made against us by foreign experts that we put up galleries before we have anything to put In them.

There will be no danger of that kind In the case of the Lyme Gallery. Announcement Is made by the Board of Education that on Tuesday evening next at "Metropolitan Temple, Ssventh Avenue and Fourteenth Street, Manhattan, Alexsnder T. Van Laer will continue his course of free Inctures on The History of Painting f' with a talk on Landscape) Painters of America." On Friday night at Public School 29, Anthony and Tremont Ave nues, Mrs. Nettle Beal will lecture en Leonardo da Vlnck" The exhibition of sculpture, paintings. and drawings-by Ell Harvey, at the American Museum of Natural History has been extended to April 24.

Owlnr to the Interest manifested by the publlo ln the Tapestry Exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, Eastern Parkway, it will be continued for another week, the last day being Sunday. April 20, Instead of April 21, as previously announced. The attendance at the museum on Sunday. April -12. was 0,202.

and the splendid Installation, in the dome room and the large picture gallery on the third flix.r. was much admired. especially the long vista, at the end of which appears tbe Halnauer crucifixion. ENGLISH CAPITAL WAITS. Hugs Investments, 8ays Ls Dloyt, Hang on the Rate -Decision.

W. H. Ellis, a naval architect, who Is associated with tbe firm of John Brown ft Glasgow; builders of the Aqut-tanla. arrived here yesterday; on the Cu harder Lusitanla. The new liner, be said, rapidly was nearlng completion and would make her trial trip on May 10 and then go to Liverpool to get ready to sail for this city on May aa Sir Henry E.

Knight, a former Lord Mayor of Londbn. who Ls .81 years old, hale and hearty, came on the Lusitanla to visit friends here and In Canada," W. J. Le Dloyt, an English financier, who was accompanied by bis wife, said that there was $230,000,000 of capital tied up ln England waiting to be invested ln American and Canadian securities. English capitalists.

said Mr. Le Dloyt, always have favored American railroads for but capitalists now are awaiting the decision by the interstate Commerce Commission regarding the Increase In rates. new currency law ls considered to be an excellent measure by English financiers, and the manufacturers over there are confident that the reduction of the tariff will result In an Increase of their business with this country," i Mr. Ijo Dloyt said that beakers and business men with whom he had talked before sailing said that they approved resident Wilson's Mexican policy. Frank B.

Ajtkinson. an English architect. another passenger on the Lusitanla. came over to confer with the officials of the Pennsylvsnla Railroad about plans for the construction of a big hotel near the Pennsylvania Ktation. Mr.

Atkinson drew the plsns for the new Midland Adelphl Hotel ln Liverpool, England. i SCHOOLCHILDREN GO UNFED i Appeal to Mayor Mitchel to' Relieve Conditions In Woodhaven District Principal Cyrus E. Smith of Public School 58, at In Queens, has made an application to Mayor Mitchel on behalf of children of his school who 'are In dire need of relief. He Is supported ln this appeal by John IL. Lelch.

a member of tbe Local School i i Mr. Smith asserts that the teachers of the school raised, a fund to provide food and clothing for some of the children to keep them from actual elevation. At one time this Winter this fund amounted to e'JK). It was found that a number of children were sent to school every morning without breakfast, and the teachers arranged whereby milk was sent to the school each morning, and bread and milk were given daily to the unfed children. i Mayor Mitchel has been saked to favor a plan to establish a bureau of the Charities Department in Queens so that dire poverty can be relieved.

The overworked bureau In Brooklyn now has supervision In Queens and It is Unable to cope with the WOODLAWN OFFERS SANCTUARY TO BIRDS Cemetery Director to Put 100 Bird Boxes, in the Trees at Once. -J FEEDING STANDS IN FALL Ernest Harold Baynes, the Ornithologist Who 'Staged the "Sanctuary," Aids In Plans." Edward C. Moen, Vice President and a Director of Woodlawa Cemetery, announced yesterday that the Board of Directors had decided te est at lis li a bird sanctuary In the cemetery. Tbe Idea originated with Ernest Harold Baynes, a well-known ornithologist, and a survey of the cemetery was made yesterday afternoon by Mr. Moen and Mr.

Laynee to decide on the details. Baynes. who has established bird clubs la many of tbe principal cities of this country. Is very Whuslsstlc ever the Woodlawn sanctuary. "There could hardly be a better place for birds." he said last night.

and am sure that It will be one ef the best sanctuaries ln the United States. Mr. Moen and I decided that as a beginning 100 bird boxes would be placed in the trees. Then next Fail feeding stands will be erected, and next Spring when the birds have become domiciled baths will be ready for them. The bird boxes are made after the design of Baron Hans von Berlepsch, who uses them on his great estate In Thiirlngia, Germany.

He has the. greatest bird sanctuary in the world, snd after many experiments hit upon thla type c-t box, which Is practical I a hollowed out section of log similar to the burrow of a woodpecker." The establishment of a bird sanctuary at Woodlawn has been debated fr some time, and finally the Directors derided thst there were four very good reasons fur the action thrv hsve taken. Thse were given ns follows: "The birds will knep down the Insect Pests and thus preserve the beautiful trees; em-nuraa-emcnt of the wild birds is right In line wirb the nation-wide movement for bird conservation; the presence of numbers of birds will make trj cemetery anmre rlwerfui anl. lastly, the sanctuary will encourage visitors te foster and protect birds In thrlr own private gardens and everywhere else." Mr, Tlavnes told of the movement oa foot for the preservation of birds. Clubs have tx en established all over this country," he said, "and I have delivered lectures In a number of tus larger cities to larce and Interested au diences, who have later taken up tlie work of raring for the birds.

In tha Clubs have tried partb-uUrl to in terest me younger ooes, the hoys and flrls. 1 have found that as soon ns hey understand the work and tha pleasures of looking after the birds they Uwome most enthuslnsMe and will go to any leitstli te protect them. ''Small boys who ususllv would srtend their time killing birds with sling-shots, as soon as they lotn one of the clubs are ready to flirht snv other small who tries to harm and kill a bird, "fhls national interest in preservation of biros is more useful than sentimental. Cf course, every one likes to hear and see the birds, but when you understand that a einiriej oira in tne emirs of a year will destroy many thousands ef in jurious Inaecta you will see that bird preservation is a good investment. The bird masoue Kanctuary." recently Slxeh at the Hotel A.Kir, waa In spread tho idea of bird conservation end was and costumed by Mr.

Baynes. TAXICAB RATES CUT. New Zones Established for Railroad Terminals, A new schedule of charges for tail- cab service from the flrand Central Terminal, the Lackawanna at West Twenty-third Street, and the Wtst Shore at the foot of West Forty-second Street was put into effect yesterday by the Westcott Express- They offer a considerable reductions to The gone formerly established, which radiates from the West Shore Terminal. Is bounded on the west by the Hudson River, on the north by Fifty-ninth on the south by Twenty-sixth Street, and on the esst by Lexington Avenue. A chsrre of 75 cents was rsHde in that area.

The new schedule estab lishes another tone Ixiundod on ths north by Ft ft Id utrset. on the south by Thirty-fourth street, and on the etiM by Sixth Avenue, and the ihsrire Is to cents In this district. The charge of 75 rents will continue In effect for sections In tbe bid area beyond tna limits of the new sons. Tha old 75-cent gone from the Grand Central extends from river to river and from Twenty-sixth Hlreet on the south to Fifty-ninth Htreet on the north. The new exent sons extends from Second Avenue on tbe east to Seventh Avenue on the west and from Twenty-slxti Street on the south to Fifty-ninth Street on the north.

Ths old IMswsre A.Lackawanna sons extends from Fourth Avenue to the Hudson Klver and from Fourteenth Htreet to Thirty-fott-th Street. The charce was 73 cents. Tt.e new sone in which the chare will bo Ai cents Is from Sixth Avenue on the east to the Hudson River on the wcrt and from Fourteenth Street on the south to Thirty-fourth Btreet on the north. -These fares are for one or two persons. Thn rates in the new xones will be H5 cents for three or four more persons Instead of Si.

as formerly, and St.2-1 for five or six persons instead of as formerly. I ne rate lor nouny service is aiso reduced from t'U to 12 ix-r hour. Addi tional time will be 60 cents for a period of 13 minutes Instead of 12 minutes, as formerly, and for stons v) cents for a period of 15 minutes instead of IS minutes, as formerly. CITIES WRONGLY GOVERNED. Running Them on National Political Lines a Mistake, Say MeAneny.

NEW HAVEN, April 17. American city government as we know It, historically, does not offer a flattering record," said George MeAneny. President of the Board of Aldermen of New Tork, in the first six Dodge lectures on Responsibilities of Ctlsen-shlp" at Tsle to-night. The basic difficulty, aa I conceive It Is thst wo made the mistake of fashioning the forms of our city government upon the Governments of State and Union. Having made a miniature of this sort, sua Resting at every point the en-' trance of partisan politics, we have run our cities upon national political lines.

hen ever anything has gone wrong the cry has been, Chan ire the government. and the process of upsetting things at the polls, with the consequent 'turning out of the has been accepted as the normal remedy tor passing ilia. Ths result haa been that we have not only had a system of government utterly its purpose but a chaos of checks and balances thst has reduced both opportunity for real service and responsibility for trust. Part of the task that lies before ui Is to drive home the 'conviction that every 'man and woman In the city is contributing, in one wsy or another, to the cost of its administration, and that when 4 he public moneys are wasted, or Insufficient service Is given in return for what is spent, part of the loss mut be borne, through higher rents and higher general cost of living, by every one of them." 1 1 -Champ Clark to Speak Here. '-Champ Clark, Speeker of the House, will deliver a lecture at the West Lnd Presbyterian Church to-morrow evening, lie will be the gut of Consresa-mun Walter JL, Chandler at cUnuvr balm tl.e leviuia..