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REBP TEE SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1914. -j nedjf Ex.yTeiident Tatt poki ffipSAV.Pft fOT8 43v vhENAP SHOTS. vAwriio lllJil Replyino'To''F. TOJc How Employers and Employees Some days ago one-of the earnest clvle letter irom tne secretary of The Church Peace Unlon. Published re-auest) 4 'GENTLEMEN: f.

I I Through the kindness of the press, i am taking this opportunity of addressing, you concerning' some matters in, whlchr you will be greatly lnterested.v and of. asking klridly -'covperatlohf IhV the great cause furthering ntjffriatfonaK goodwill the place. The Church Peaces nis tenure system ior me Biates. This is Taft's legitimate attitude; for it is the antipodes of the recall of Judges or their decisions. Yet wo well read lawyer In Canada or from the United States could have been unaware of the fact that makes Impossible here the sys tern which works so well in Canada and Great Britain.

Their Judges no power over legislation. They do not pass on the constitutionality of laws. They do not, as our Judges do, gdvern their country. British and British-Imperial Parliaments are supreme. They may pass any sort of law they please, and the courts must accept the law as passed.

Their courts have no political power. Our courts possess the power of saying the last word in government Their Judges- may weu be appointed for life; and 1 ours were merely arbiters of controver sies between individuals, we might safely follow 'the same Bystem. But as long as our courts sit above the Legislatures and executives elected by the people, to the extent that, they are Independent of tne popular win, they constitute an lrrespon- sioie, even tnougn learned and respecta ble, oligarchy." H. S. June 6.

1914. Editor of Chat Dear. Sir: Chancing to Dick no a conv oi me jnar in the street last Satur day, I was agreeably surprised to discover the numerous and excellent poems scuuerea mroughout Its columns, par. ticularly those touching on Memorial way. thought I would like to eontrin.

ute a poem myself to a paper that could procure and publish such craiaeworthv verses in a oecaae or deteriorating poetry. Of a reflective nature, I have composed a reflective poem; If you have ever stood on a high eminence at sunset unrt watched the effect the dying sun throws uver me surrounding country, you probably have experienced the same thrill wa.i inspired me to write Yours -LE ROY MacDOUGALL, 102 Hooper St, Brooklyn, IN ARTICTJLO MORTIS. (In the Last i- The sun on the mount Is dying, uiu Kin nicxers ovnr th rth. The winds through the treetops are sigh- Gone is the day's blithe mirth. -All alone, you view with reflection ine sphere that dmn 'hmi th.

vm. Grandly, retreating, with slow measured Its battle lights shivering In rivers and mis. i Forced to retire; it wanes, stlU the chal lenger. And shafts of Its life's blood burns iw "i mo It withers, It dies, ever scorning surren- And Its soul still exists when the shell's taken flight A Pleasing My Dear Editor: i th.hh"4, W' announce that he has realimnil ak dnatwhl "'STatJon was accepted at the last board meeting, also that he does 2hLh any' official Position in the In thanking. The for Its space It nas riven lb aVifv-ii Ba l.

the aChOOl a. nucnmmm rA leavinar In a hrf a 41 took up the work as its superintendent. Asun manning you, I am xours respectfully, 4S9A McDonough street, PUBLIC Weekly Book Lftt 6. 217june These msy os. sorrowed Through Any Branch.

5f TRAVEL: SOME RECENT BflfiVs' African Camp-fires, 1913, S.v B. White; Along River ofi Romance: The Loire. 1913, D. Goldrlng; As It Is in England, 1918. A.

Osborne; The' Ascent of Denall (Mount McKlnlnvl. 1fii4 H. Stuck; Changing Russia. 19lS. 8.

Gra ham; Finding the Worth-while in Eu rope, 13; 'Ai B. France, from Sea to, Sea, 1913. A. S. Rggs; French Canada and -the Lawrence, 1913, JT.

C. Hopkins; Jllgbways and Byways from the St. to. Virginia. 191S.

Johnson; America, 191S, R.H ocnauiner; unrougnuur upknown Southwest, A.1 C. Laut; Through the South Seas' with 'Jack London, -1913, M. Johnson; Trails and' Tramos in Alaska and Newfoundland, 1913, 8. Thomas; lraveis witnout uaedeKer. 1913, A.

H. Beaman; Cnvlalted Places of Old Eu rope, 1914, R. Shackleton; With the Rus sian Pilgrims to Jerusalem, 1913, 8. Graham; A Year with a 1918, W. N.

Burns. plOQINO AUGUST 1. Actual Work on New 8ubway Two Months After First Spsdeful. The ceremonious removal of a shevel full of earth from the Prospect Park plasa by Chairman Edward C. McCall, of tne ruDiio Hervice commission on May is likely to stand as the only actual work on the digging of the new Flatbush avenue subway to be done before the 1st 'August Brooklynites have been watching the scene of the expected activities of the contractor for nearly three weeks and have thus far seen no evidence of subway building.

According to the contract for this section of subway, actual work -must be commenced within sixty after the delivery of, the contract As the con tract was exeouted and. delivered on May work should be under way "by July According to the engineering department 'the commission, which supervises all construction, the removal of dirt will not be commenced until about the 1st of Au gust Walter v. Cranford, the contractor. says that he is rushing hls preparations fast as possible, but he would venture no forecasts as to when he would get under way. He did, however, announce that the method of construction to be pursued on Flatbush avenue will be the same as that in use on Broadway.

Man- hattan. "The street will be bridged over." 'he said, "and the trolley cars and all ordi nary traffle will be able to continue unhampered. The work will go on with the very minimum of Inconvenience to the public." v. It was said at the commission that although digging woiild 'not be commenced until August 1, the assembling of the contractor's plant would probably be before July 4. By doing, this, the contractor would comply with the sixty-day clause.

According-to the: Publio Service Com mission, the task of PreDarlhs his nlant getting his steel, arranging' his ana many other details-require of the contractor a great deal of time and bother. The slow sBeed of accomnllsh. ment is not considered and 'itJ was recaueu 'tnat tne omclal ground-, breaking ceremony for the Lexington avenue line In Manhattan -was held on June 27, 1911, while actual work did not commence in. that instance until th following-October. Christian 8clence Churches.

The subject Of the Lesson-Sermon in the Christian Science churches to-morrow will be God the Preserver of Man," and the Golden Text fPsalme il "Preserve me, God: for in the I put my 'Lest you forgefr-ewat the Fladv Day -Everyi should have a flag displayed. Day Monday, June IS. Flags should be at half mast In honor or tne thousand lives -that were lost by that fatal accident 't It would: we well fori the-B. R. T.to sDrinkle along Broadway wnue tne re naJrs on the traoks are underway.

Every time there Is a. puff of, wind there is. a large cloud of -dust tnat covers peaos-trlana. A UtUe water Intervals- win prevent this i f-: The excuse of' We B. R.

T. that they can't keep people from riding' on the rear platforms -of the -last, cars on the elevated roads, is that the cars are so crowded the- people must have some place to This may be all. very well- during the rush hours. On sun-day there plenty of in, the cars, yet the rear platform was crowded IsSth young men- who delighted In throw ing things to the street. There should be some system to.

stop this. The police of the. uptown are working hard to stamp out the rowdy ism. Many arrests have been made. The Magistrates before whom-they have been taken have been fair in -dealing out Jus tlce; j.

They have warped "the? offenders ana men auowea mem to go noma. Again we ask people to put muzzles on their During the past week sev eral, persons, been bitten. One of the dogs was playing with a child when suddenly, it, turned on the little and sunk its teeth deep In the right leg. At last a sidewalk Is being placed on Gates avenue between Grandyiew and Forest avenue. For sometime the ave nue between these points'' has been the source -of much complaint.

The mem bers of the Ridgewsod Heights Improvement Association, asked the Highway Department to get on the job. They have gained" their point month Is the; closing month, of the active season of many, Boards of Trade and civic associations of all in. Flatbush. -However, a watchful eye. is Deing cast over the horizon for that which will work- to 'the advantage or discom fiture of the people of -this section and which will assemble, the" fighting strength of these numerous organizations at short noticer Much has been- accomplished this year by the boards of trade this season and a still greater -season la expected in tne ran ana early 1915.

v1 It has been 'stated in public, on many occasions of late. that Flatbuih is mak ing more progress than any other section or the city. It would seem so. Moving vans coming into the section from all parts and leaving empty are to be seen from morning until night, and that these nig vit in a jyju mm wiuiiig to noio tneinseives responsible for the future of rtheirj community is proven by the" in'. creasing of the many local organizations of t.

The victory of the Rugbv School, hloh nas been practically wqn-by the women, proves to tne mina or. every right ithink: mar man that woman nkmhAni deBired in the ranks of every civioi boflvii m- i i ine uiu me men nao oeen doing ior tour years, out in the end were suc- They: have more time at their disposal and are not as cheered by nrom. jses Dy. oinciais as men are wont to be and in this instance they proved their invaluable aid. TO REWARD, BROOKLYN "HEROES, Honor Medals for' Navy's Enlisted Men Who Showed Bravery at It Vera Crux.

1 -June Secretary of the Navy Daniels is now considering the form of recognition the Government will give to the officers and enlisted men of the Navy 'and Marine Corps who were mentioned' in -the report' of i Admiral Fletcher as having performed horolo duty in the "capture" xf -Vera- Crus last April, Eight of the bfflcers. and men named in the Fletcher report which was made-pub. lie Monday morning, are Brooklyn and Long Island men. Secretary Daniels has It within his power to award medals of, honor to the enlisted men and to write letters of com mendation' to the officers. No officer -of either-the united States Navy, Marine Corps or Army is eligible to receive a congressional medal of These medals are only or the enlisted meh.

They carry with them a gratuity of $100. The officers can be advanced In numbers In their ranks. Nells Drustrup, chief turret captain of the Utah, whose home address is 1677 69th street, Homewood, Brooklyn, was in command of a section of "the third company from the Utah at. Vera Cruz. "For several hours he was In charge of an advanced barricade, under a heavy fire during the afternoon of April 21, and, not only displayed the utmost ability as leader of men, but by his marked composure and courage he exerted a great steadying Influence on the men around WnH," reads Admiral Fletcher's report.

He will receive either a medal of honor or a letter of commendation from Sec retary James Dermody, home address 122 Raymond street, Brooklyn, led a squad to the root of the -Custom House -and succeeded In "silencing the fire from the roof of the 'Hotel Orlente, and the houses in that block. His work was particularly savs Admiral Fletcher. Charles Cameron of 108 Doscher street. Brooklyn. 'Who was Iniured Lai Vera was a member of the machine gun crew the Florida He assisted In operating the gUn under heavy and continuous- fire, and on one occasion helped to shift the barrel of the run.

William U. Genereux of 2314 Catatbs avenue, Brooklyn; Gustaye Brodbeck of ton -rotten, jPTeqencic Mans of 463 Hlmrod street, Brooklyn, are deserving of praise and are selected for mention for conspicuous acts of valor during the landing at vera crux," says Admiral Fletcher. -CaDt John A. Hushes of th Mnrin. Corps, a Brooklyn man, is mentioned by juuninu rietcner as- naving; oeen' eml-pent and consplcuous' lri his' conduct drr Ing the two 'flays' fighting at 'Vera 'Crurf.

leading; his men with skill 'and courage. -'During the second 1 day's fighting, Lieutenant John Grady, whose home ad dress is tt tUcean- avenue. Rockawav Beach, played a- prominent rart. in command of the second artillery. Lieutenant Grady and his from necessarily exposed positions, shelled the enemy from their Strongest Both Captain Hughes and Lieutenant Grady will receive some form of recognition.

Both officers are 'likely to be advanced In numbers for their -brav ery. i Never Do This. r'lndla, my boy," said an Englishmen to friend on his arrival af Calcutta, is lust the finest climate under the sun. but a lot pf; young fellows come out here, and they drink and they eat, and they drink and ttiey.flie, and, then they write home to their friends a pack o' lies and ssjr it's the that has killed them." Sa Editor f'The Chat' Replying to a communication In the Forum of last week's VChat" subscribed 'F. Ik complaining" about missiles being -thrown byrowdies from! th erear! platforms' of trains, -the-, writer seises this opportunity to advise Mr.

F. L. a that he, as the chairman of. the Brooklyn Civic Committee, and pursuant to a reso Iution thereof, complained of this outrage not only to' the "Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company: but to the Public Service Com mission for tHe 'First District In reply to a copy, of the resolution passed by the Brooklyn Jlvio committee, in the early part, of last January, which were sent to the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, -ine writer called -upon one Mr. Cooko, of Mr.

S. W. office, who is the vice-president and general manager of the transit monopoly of Brooklyn, upon re quest to "discuss the matter about the resolution relates." The writer on Monday, February 2, 1914, called at the office of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit and the matter was discussed, with' the result that said Mr. Cooke. told the writer that the only way to terminate the nuisance Is to have the 'Offender arrested and to appear against him in court The con versation that ensued is by far too lengthy to.

narrate. A copy of the resolution of the Brooklyn Civic Committee was-forwarded to the Public Service Com mission, but never June 13, 1914. LEO K. MAYER. Defends labor's Position.

Editor In an address before the House of Rep resentatives, 'Congressman Sherwood, of Ohio, a member of the labor presented, a cases where injunctions have been Issued, conspiracy and alleged violations 'the Sherman Anti-Trust Law charged. In defending Labor's right to exemption from trust classification, the speaker "Labor demands, and has the right to that laws be enacted making a fundamental difference between labor power and property. power Is not property, it can not be separated from the laborer. It is personal. It lives only in the of the worker, and enas witn ms death, it cannot be trans, ferred' like property, The Century Dic tionary defines 'labor as 'Physical or mental effort, particularly for some useful or desired end.

Exertion of power for some end other than recrea tion or "Property is the product of labor, ap plied to some substance of Intrinsic value when 'perfected: by labor. It Is' ti-ansf enable, can be Inherited, and does not die when the person who owns it or produced; it dies. "What organized labor is now seeking is the assistance of Congress and courts to restore the' English -common-law defin ition of, property and restricting, the Juris diction of all courts of eealty to. its legitimate limitations, at It was univer sally recognized af thd time of the adoption 'of Constitution. "What recourse have any peoDle.

even under, a Constitution guaranteeing civil rights to aft alike, hey find themselves in the clutches of judges, appointed 'for life, who are deaf to ooDular appeals -for and ''whose official however cruel and unjust, cannot even be modified' ly Congress. th su- preme -lawmaking towerT" congressman Sherwood ridmd '-the claim tharthis is" "class legislaUon," and ma most sarcasiio mood declared: "We appronrlated S200.000. thin imninii of 'Congress, toNnablg the Secretary of Agncunure, wno is not a farmer, to give his, views to the farmers on the-market- iiib oi i arm proaucts. this iteni. was passed in a Jiffy there was not an Orator on this floor who would mak an exclamation -point that.

It waS class "We. appropriated, this session isai niin ior ine scientino mvestlgatldn of -Insects and bugs, and the Mediterranean fruit fly, 'and it went; through the House In less man ten minutes, with questlpn that legislation is clau'. tlon. Yet, when the men and women who produce the; material wealth of the countrty, ask for protection of their, civil rights' and do-not ask for a. doling the federal treasury; the claim is made mm it is ciass legislation.

How does this proposed amendment compare as class legislation with the faw.uuu voiea sian-aab out of th. ury for the eradication of hog cholera? It is possible that we have statesmen on una- uoor wno Deueve that the health -of hogs Is more precious; than the health and' betterment of tfhe, men women wniHw laoor ana are the' depend able factors in the. property of the couO' The speaker commented as follows on "uuncuon juages: i "The nf dietary, masquerading as the oracles of immutable law, upon time-honored rights "ignnio law, is responsible (or large part. of th nnnni and unrest among the workers. In milder forms these outrageous edicts of some vur reaerai notoriously Justice Wright, are.

patterned after the infamous Jeffreys, who votri th. slons of the Stuarts, which led to the uprising of Round tun nnl vumr it evolution, or revolu- viuu, ur wnat von win MIIU broader estimate of civil rights and duties wra possession or th Pple. It Is the evolution int.ni. gence, based upon the assumption that they who toll and till should share In the that workers in mills, in steel and wool and cotton, should uyuib- wage ana the right to 'organise as all 'business and men and all religious and clvlo societies in oraer. 10 better their conrtl.

tlons. All good men mnrf a. I A "VIIIVII mrm isierenea in imprevlng the conditions wage worsera- it.ls Injustice and wwroign ma creates anarchy and for, (era revolution. TMs la an well as. an economio question.

And now ui ins unarcny ana bloodshed In Cnlnrailn In i. jnicnigan, and West Virginia, is the time to make a calm and diligent) lnouirr- inn th. causes which provoked these deplorable American lawyers who attnifl th. t. AHocmiion meeting at Montreal found themselves In a land where Judges are niJMuimeq ior me ana everybody Is satis- news it appears that after TW.EY tne men certain sec GOT.TJHE been fighting for ot.rnuvi.

years for a school, thev i women to their civic organization. It was not thought the. women would do anything in par ticular, but they were 'glven chance. They took it. Most of them had' ctiiH dreh ron 'part time Ii they Be fore" they were fairly out of their ap- prentlceship as members of th.clvc bod they got together a' big Relegation that stormed the Board of Edu cation and the.

Board otj Estimate. did not take tljem long convince the officials that-they "were in earnest and knew what they had come, for. They got the school Who says' women shouldn't 23 of 4, of as snould work Together. Colosslans 22-25. Other References: Matthew 20: 1.16.

Epheelana 9. Epheslans 6) 6-8. i I Corinthians 12: 14. -i- 2. i The leader for Park Congregational So ciety Sunday evening will be Mr.

Allan Anderson Jr. Mr. James Noble will lead the meet ing at the Central Presbyterian Society Monday evening. The entertainment given by the society on Tuesday evening lor the. benefit of the Fresh Air fund.

was very succesful, St. Mark's Congregational Society will be led by Miss M. Juhren on Sunday evening. Irving Square Society will hold a home made cake and candy sale this afternoon. The meeting will be led -Monday evening by Miss Lydia Loock.

On Wednesday evening, June. 24, Mr. Weber will give a Fresh Air lecture, illustrated by views at tne cnurcn, at which a sliver offering will be taken for the benefit of the Fresh Air work. The annual excursion of the various Christian Endeavor Societies comprising the Brooklyn Union, will be held Saturday afternoon and evening, June 20, when the steamer urand will take the young people' up the Hudson River. The coat will leave the pier at South Fifth street, Brooklyn, 1.09 P.

M. and pier1 1 Manhattan, at 4.45 P. Permission has been obtained to land at West Point, giv ing an opportunity to visit Ua Govern men School Boat will leave West Point on the return trip at 7.00 M. While the boat is allowed tq carry 8700 people, the sale of tickets will be limited to 2500 in order to prevent over-crowding. Tickets may be obtained from of any Christian 'Endeavor Society at fifty cents up to June 15, or at the rally on June 13.

On day of excursion, should there be any tickets left, the price will be one dollar. Societies will make returns of tickets and money on Monday June 15, to the man, tr. u. vols, 1560 East 14th street The election and Installation of officers ror the year 1914-1916, of the Brooklyn Christian Endeavor Union will be held In the Hanson Place Baptist Church, Hanson Place and South Portland avenue, 8 P. M.

Thursday, June 18. The installation will be in charge of the Rev. Willlata Russell new pastor of. the 'Hanson Place Baptist Church. This will be follow.

by a musical entertainment, and the annual social The attendance award pennants wiu be awarded to the socleti" having received the greatest number of times during the year: and the new oiue ana Bilk banner will be award ed the society having the largest delega tion at this rally. Birthday recognition FWoe given, the Bedford Presbyterian, rarkvuie congregational, and 'Borough Jr-ark rresoyterian Societies. Monthly business meeting of the Can-, irai rresDytenan society will be' held on Monday evening, following 'their C. E. uiceuug.

The i Puritan Congregational Society Will give a lawn fete on the grounds sur rounding the church, Marcx and Lafayette avenues. Tuesday evenlne. the 15th. Francis E. Clark.

President of the World's Endeavor -Union, who nas oeen to. Europe, in the interest of the Christian Endeavor extension, returns tn tnis ween aner a successiui trip. wun tne exception of an attemnt to ore- vcht a rally-' beins- tKeiiK' ln' Barceldna. being: frustated by the Mayor. Renorts indicate that Christian Endeavor has had one of its best years In Spain and the outlook is good for coming year.

The Bulletin, issued by the Brooklyn Union each month; will 'be discontinued during 'ther. months- July and AukubL The-union rallies -will also be dfspenseu wun punng these months; the 'regular business meetings being on the flrstNThureday of each mohth'at the 'Bedford-' C'A. Delegates to the Silver Bay win please send registration to Mrs. G. Pettit 473-Easf 9th street; -without further aeiay, Tne Brooklyn Union party will leave.

ioh th night boat. July 8th.t President Payne has appointed HI F. Garwood as chairman of committee to arrange for Brooklyn's delegation to the International Convention In Chicago, July, 1915 Delegates to the Buffalo Convention. October, 1914, can now secure Pullman reservations on special train leaving New York. October 8th by writing to FE.

Da vis, 162 South Portland avenue, Brooklyn. Sentenced to Read the Justice Henry Ulrich of 1 Baltimore has taken to sentencing habitual violators, of the. law to read the Bible. The first of such sentences was Imposed "on a young woman of respectable parentage, who had been 'arrested more than one hundred times; A few days ago the young woman lolled against' the brass railing that rims his desk and pleaded, "Guilty and proud of It Do you get to the charge of being drunk and disorderly on the street After a lecture Justice Ulrioh said: "Now, Victoria; tnt gong to give you another chance to 'make Can you' She "Then I sentence you to come fo.this station house every Sunday mornlngand spend an hour- with the matron, reading the Bible. Either that, or the cut." Victoria chose the Bible.

-she appeared the next Sunday morning, she had evidently made a brave effort tj appear respectable. She has been going to the station house for' weeks now, and she thinks she. will never by the wayside again. v. That was the first case.

Justice uiricli was led to apply It again, and it. is working "well. He Is positive that 'has found a' plan that christian POET'S. CORNER 1 Friendship. As a fair rose that blooms for our dellrht.

So blossoms friendship forth within our sight Asking for sunshine every golden day. Seeking the light to guide It on Its way. Too oft amid the trials of this life, Too frequently 'mid dull care and rude strife, The tender, flower of friendship "fades Giving us pleasure but for one brief day. Then, mortal, gently guard, ne'er lightly scorn This, fair young flower, lest an unbidden thorn, An unknown word, or-an Ungentle deed, Rob thee for e'er of that' which all men need! LXDIA M. FLAMMAN5T.

Flnem.Esto Fidelia. Be faithful to the Then Life be not In vain; S' i To man give what is due, Ne'er be the cause of i Though thopy be thy path, 'Jli i And hard thy lot may be, Still struggle on for Jesus' And gain eternity. Be faithful to the end, ''To'HJm-who watches e'er -4 Thy 'footsteps as tliey stray -In paths h'er trod berore, That we may enter in That haven of the blest 1 Where the pure In heart will go at last To enjoy eternal rest rWa, 'Frknol SATURDAY, JUNE II, 1M4. fcuaranteed Circulation 83,000 Copies. Publish xl by THE CHAT (too.) tJA.

R. DAVIS, President-Treasurer. R. DAVIS, Vice-President-Secretary. JAMES DAVIS, H.

HYDE, Editor. Address Chat Building, 16-18 Wetrfiela St. t( Brooklyn, N. Y. Telephone, 2800-2801.

Bushwlck. Delivered directly Into the homes by our i own carrier EVERT SATURDAY MORNING 26th and 28th Ward Edition. list, 23d and 24th Ward Edition, i East New York and Queens 'Edition. Flatbush Subscription by mall, $2.00 per year, payable in advance. The home newspaper of the 7th, 19 list, 22(1, 23d, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28 29th, 'SOth, 31st and 82nd Wards of Brooklyn, and the 2nd and 4th Wards of Queens, covering known as Bedford, Stuyvesant Heights, Lower Williamsburg, Flatbush, Kings- Highway, Midwood, Parkville, Kensington, Windsor Terrace, Rugby, East New York, Wood-haven, Ozone Park, Richmond Hill, Morris Park, Jamaica, Dunton, Union' Course, Brooklyn- Hills, Brooklyn Manor, Forest Park South, South Osone Park.

Oakland View, Richmond Hill Circle, Bushwlck, Ridgewood, Evergreen, Glendale, Middle Village, Wyckoft Heights, Germania Heights, St. James Park, Ocean Hill and Metropolitan. the "Safe and Sane Fourth" is an established and glorious success Is weIl.known to all that REIGN OF read. This year the pub- COMMON Ho and private celebra- SENSE tlons of the Safe and Sane will be elaborated to an extraordinary' degree." in the shape of park' and block affairs, where" will be dancing, muslc-and as well as! fireworks. Communities are vlelng with each other as to which will do the best.

Even If the boys and girls have been prohibited from blowing off their fingers, blotting 'out their eyes and in a multitude of Instances' in the "past, giving up th'elr lives in' celebration of the "Glorious Fourth," it Is no sign of of It Is merely instituting the reign of com mon sense. More noise neVer con stituted patriotism. Noise is Just noise. The youth of to-day love the flag and constitution as much as eyer their forbears 'did, and are willing, if to give up their Uvea to' prove 'their patriotism hut it must be necessary. The thousands of.

young lives lost in the celebration of the birth of dependence in this country many times over the number actually killed in the-War" of th'e; Kevolutlon-rwere fooHshly sacrificed" No; one can say that among them were' not the mak ing of men. as great as any that havej t.1 I .9 1 ueen proaucea oy inis nation, under the Safe and Sane Fourth idea, there will be no more lives sacrificed. 'In stead, the youth, of the land are given the opportunity to practice patriotism in a manner mat manes mm none the less a patriot for being mad to thor oughly understand the- why. and the wherefore of the War for Independ Queens Ja making satisfactory prog ress in its fight for $lty Is expected that the so-called AWAKEN "Gaynor. Cpmmisslon" Is FROM likely to make a report LQNQ any -day.

The latefayor SLEEP tjaynor had la mind the Injustice of compelling a community to for. privately water, hen could Just asj.weu ao ine worn, it is expected that the Gaynor Commission will rec- ommend that the city take up work 'Of Buppiylng several sections of Queens Borough of Brooklyn, as soon as it is possible to do so. times In this column it has been emphasized that water should be free as air, after deducting, the cost of supplying it; that private -watetfcompanles are not in 'the business ot supplying water the community without profit; that they are in business to make money as muclv, as they city is satisfied if It can supply any con venience or commodity without losing money the first consideration' "being the convenience of the people it serves.4 If is as plain as the nose on one's face that there Is a big differ ence In. the "motives of the city and the prlvate''corp6ratipnl Theoretically it Is clear' that' the city should manage such a publlo utility as water," and practically "it has been proven that the city, can does handle the water supply much cheaper and betters than do. private xsorporatlons.

If theoretically and practically the point is proven, the quicker the city acquires thejse several jrifcte water plants at reasonable Iprlces the better it will be jfor all concerned, even' the private water corporations, the officers of whjch' ought to be thankful that tie consumers of their product did not. fviu a ago waae up irom weir several time's "over.Vah Wlnkliad sleop. The women are coming into their own, even If they cannot vote. In the workers of J. Arthur Hilton, president of the Eighteenth A.r D.

Repub llcan Club, met with a painful accident of his summer home in Dutchess County. He and his party were thrown' over an embankment- he alone being Al though his nearly and under verv oalnful difficulty nhe attendeij xh meeting of the Flatbush taxpayers Association last Thursday night and took "an earnest Interest fn the welfare discussions. This is 'one-of the representative type of Flatbush citi zenry. "Cap." Walter Thompson of the street committee and sewerr committee of -the Kensington and Parkville Improvement league, is certainly one of the beat com mitteemon that any civic organization of nature. In this borough, can boast of.

It-would do a lot of committee chairmen -of other organizations a vast deal of good to listen-, to one of "Cap.1 Thompson's reports. Facts, sheets. 'Jli. ures arid Items of much interest are all reported In his and he does wunuu ine aid or pencil and paper, too. Lawyer Joseph E.

president of the Men's Club of, the Vanderveer Park M. E. Church, Is one of the hard-working memuers oi tne i iatDush Taxpayers As sociation also. Mr. Clarke is widely known' In Flatbush church, sooial, civic and also in the legal profession.

His tnenas ana neighbors aU like to have him know that1 they deem him a very upright and worthy citizen and Flatbush resl- uent. John BUlck Jr. the genial president of me donn a. xveai KeDubllean Clnh nf th iwenuetn -Assembly Distrlot, has been boomed for senator of the Ninth Senatori al District There are many men in the iwouuem AssemDiy cistrlct, affiliated With -VarlOUS Parties Who would annnnrt auun so secured tno nomination. United States Senator very Interesting address last week at the graduating exercises of a local business institution, senator Clapp is weU known and selects subjects fitting the situation mat are ootn interesting and instructive.

I Senator Eugene M. 5.Travia.' wt lougut against elevated structures for several years and 'Who was Instrumental in blocking the erection of an elevated oh Franklin avenue between Mvrtle and Fulton street, Is being talked of as a possibility for the nomination of State sHIa friends are" working hard There is much reitret hmm4 tne transfer of Police Lleutrtntttit. and Koenig from the Ralph-avenue station house. Both men were well liked. They are.

hard' workers. Those who had occa sion to visit the house found both llmiten- attts always ready, to answer nuRtinna iuvt pieasing John EstrUD. secretarr of 1111.4 Association or the Ridgewood Day Nur sery, is entitled to a long and undisturbed reui, jne wonted like a troJan for the auecess of the baseball game held h- tween the Bryant and Bushwlck High Sphools Friday; June 5j It was fairly-well aiieimeu. i j( or thei amount, of work Mr Estrup-' did- for this affair. there- nhmiM not nave ceen an empty In sight vcrjrume me students in the Bryant High School look upon the silver cup, won by the ball team Friday June 6, they will remember it was the' gift of Alderman wiuiam one of the most pop.

uiar Alderman irt' the city; When there be performed, the k.1 .1 a yi. ivunu rigat on tne job. STBS" foun'MmneV. th i i' Ji. 1.

Mi.u.aiiaui Bernard of Eneln nnmnnv iiu. nas oeen made, a eaDtaln. Is r. ceived by Tils friends with much pleasure. ine promotion was well deserved.

Paul LAY AJaS. One' Of the' ht Irnnnm clvlo workers in the city, who. Is secrer tary ot tne Ridgewood Board nf Trart. is preparing for" a triri to Frann. rtL Will sail on the' Steamship France On July 15th', and will be gone fbrl six weeks.

wimtaite nis uaugnter-with him, John J. McCabe. of the Edison IUumln. ating' company of Brooklyn, 1s "to-day nursing a badly squeezed right hand. Mr McCabe attended the meeting, and! ioclai of the Ridgewood Board of Trade on Tues- Aov V.

17" 1 vcryuuej ne met gave, mm tt handshake. Some were grins' that had real -welcome In them and aa-a-ntmU m' McCabe. is trying to get the hand back to Its normal condition. Mr. is very popular with the members of the various civic organizations In the Bush wtcki-Rldgewood Among the cabin passengers of the in.

gusta Victoria, which left Tufly was Mr. Joseph Rath, the buver of rh- oiiifs anu domestics for Mayer's Department Store.1 Mr. Rath" exriint. tn Bmy aoout seven weeks i and a Isv.i through -Germany, France and. England In quest of merchandise of.

nil btnii. ui iday Goods and Noveltles.5 MK at "me expects to visit parents vict many, Miss Claudius a Vfn nf Commander. Albert S. ret wixu, oi aipnigomery, Alabama, is the S. "er Bunl na uncI their home, 723 East Eighteenth tXrtt Miss Morlts one of the two scholars passea sumcientiy nigh, the "exams" at- therPuIltzer School of Journalism; Manhattan, recently.

She is also a Barnard For two weeks she will be the guest 6t her relatives of Flatbush ana wur then go the Adirondack oiuuiivauiB ior tne John Dodge Clark, the 19-year-old son! jonn Lewis Clark, pastor of tne Bushwlck Avenue Congregational i maKing a record Tor himself at Amnerst -He Is a member of the ium ot xoung.uiarlt has been elected a member of the Board, of Editors of "The Amherst Student" This-happened after a gruelling contest in which he was tried, out on every sort of reportorial and-edV torial work. The two things considered were quantity and quality. -John was third on quantity and first on quality. The Editorial Board are the owners and proprietors pf the paper as long as they, are the head of it If there Is any nioney to be made out of it, they get it John says, however, that it cost, hlra, a small fortune In treats after was elected, and he intends to put Hn a big bit of his time in evening up fojr. the cost of that "feed." Incidentally, John hasn't made any fortune out of the paper so far.

Confidentially: (His dad sent him a check last 'r- 1 1 V. 'pi Dr. F. pastor of the Andrew M. E.

Church, on Rlchmpnd street will on' Monday morning start for his old unl-' verslty at Solo, N. where he will deliver the oration at the graduation exercises. He will take with him his wife and family and wll be absent from his pulpit four Sundays, during which time he will tour the Great Lakes to-Duluth anfljwbrk around to the St. Lawrence and Nova Scotia; The doctor-, will be sorely missed, as he Is a great favorite" With his congregation. He ha endeavored, however, to make his absence felt as little as taken the precaution, furnish his pulpit with sight ministers.

A pleasant trip Doctor. Union has me to-offer to. churches five tMousaiid in; prizes for, the hest, essays ort Intsrfnatlonv al peace, mud is apportioned as; lol-' lows: 'J 1, A prize of $1,000 -for tneem lqno- graph of and words on any 1 chase' of International: oeace by? any pastor of any, church in the United, States. 1 2, Three prises, one of $500, one-of $300 and one of 1200, -for the best thipe essays: on international peace by. students of the; theological seminaries In the United Staets, Si f.

A.i:-i'.""-.--' 3, 1,000, in ten prizes of $100, each to any church member; between twenty." and thirty years of agel 'Z 4, Twenty prizes of $50, each day pupils between fifteen and-twenty years of age, f. 5. Fifty prizes' of $20 each to Sunlay school pupils between ten and fifteen: years of In the.accompllshlng.oi. the desired suits among the church members and jtbet Sunday school pupils, and In the-, awards Ing of the prizes. The Church Peace' Un" lon will have to depend largely-unon the.

assistance which the pastors can is earnestly- hoped that the pastors', will make the announcement of these prizes In all of the churches arjd Sunday; schools of the United States. In com-'. peting for, prizes only', snouia. be. sent: from church and-from each Sunday' school', the essays, the local church and Sunday school being'' read by a local 'committee and the 6n-winning essay -forwarded, it la hoped that from the, Sl.OOo ttrlza.

offered to clergymen one or more essaye" may oe round which'wlll be worthy not-only of the prize, but also of publication. and distribution by' the Foundation. All essays must be In by Janoanf. 1t Further particulars about these nrlzesJ as well as literature to be used In paratlon of the essays, and lists of books; M.u we nvjuieu uy auurQHBing me oecre--. tary -of The Church -Peace Frederick Lynch, D.

70 Fifth avemieY New.Tork City. fg of, the country will bi interested in knowing that a world con3 ference 1 of ministers Interested in the peace movement has been called by The" Church Peace Union for the 'first week" in August (3 to 8) in Switzerland, The German Church -Peace Council the British Church Peace -Council are arrans-'t ing to carry a Targe number of delegates to this and they -nope to meet' there -many clergymen from It will be rare opportunity for the Ameri can clergymen to their Europeani This conference-will be of an intimate nature rathed -than of the na- ture of a great publio demonstration, It is hoped that it-may -lead to a world' congress of churcpe In ifhe near future. While to VhlaH la askmir the churches to appoint official delegates ahd While -several of jthe' leading peace workers among the clergy have cially asked, by the UpionS to attends this conference, every clergyniah ing in Eurppe ihl AilgUat is not, only he is interested In the great -world move-" ment toward closer.1 brotherhood Hnof: goodwill and the union of thai churches' in au social-reform, he Is strongly urged; to, take part in the discussions. The only credentials -demanded will be the--desire to help the cause. A great many Ameri can will be traveling in rope this summer, and the Union earnest- ly hopes that they will adjust their tpur so as to be In fiwltzerland for this first week In August I woujd like to heaiS as-soon as possible from any clergymen who is to be In Europe this eUmmer and who-would be interested in taking part In gathering.

It, will be a-very unique meet-: the first of Its nature ever held, per- -haps the beginning og a great' movement Whoever attends will have the opportune, Ity pf meeting some of the leading pastw tors of both Great Britain and the Con-: Unent v' 0 (Signed) FREDERICK LTNCEL CLIP CHAT, 'I The Old Majors Surprise. fk Memorial Day dawned warm and the-sun in glory rose, and gilded, tlllvlpa seemed all this world of Joys Sntfi pensive, mood- the major aat4 and -watched the -breaking day; his form was bent; his face was his hair-waa-thin and gray. He gazed off o'er the eun-5 lit slope where fair Mount; Auburn l(iy we saw him brush away, a tearand heard him softly say: "No, boys: I- to-day; the wayx is far too long; tfiesei-weak old limbs heed- not my will, wjiicltji bids them to be that I the last 1 of our brave band might pay to youanca more my tribute e'er-1 cress 'to that far distant shore. But yeunfsr'. hands henceforth shall deck yourt graves" with flags and flowers.

They'll ne'er for-; get the boys who died for this 'great land of ours. So I must watch: the children march, and bravely try 4 may never guess the pain that racks heart the while. The clock struck ten. as on the poreh helped him to chair; and o'er bis head his time-worn nag we nung with reverehti none too) soon for fifes' and drums we heard, and tramping feet, Three hundred children, six abreast, caipe, -marching down the-street, while Just there proudly rolled the-- school's 'Memorial float," by four large- snow- white horses drawn a flag-trimmed flor- al boat It stopped; two stalwart youths appeared, and with the tenderest care they bore to the waiting rioai, the maJor: In his they ''think you that we, couldcelebrate this, day, or think to march' to yonder '1 hill, and you not lead-the while your bra ve and strong' at' beset, with brain that's stronger still put in place one wreath or flag-Usgulded by your li Down the shady street the float Tplled on with stately grace, but the of It all was the happy light on 'the dear old major's fice! The Christian i Trindsd's Grtat Asphalt, yThi nmvArh' nnnut th JnWvn? ltiilMli' on sand: might be rewritten to incjudel tne vicinity or tne Trinidad asphalt take. for it has the obliging faculty of replacing the nearest thing to the 'goose' -which laid the golden that has been fouijd 'H for.

It 'has the obliging facldty of replacing! during the night the- asphalt' Which has been dug from Its surface during the day. That i the replenishment, '-'comes from somewhere" was grabhlcally Illustrated 1 a short ago when a house near the edge of the lake settling 4 on on'e not to stop until the Olgglrtg of pitch In that vicinity ceased. Tne pitch is dug laboriously from the lake by negroes, using pick and shovel, and carried on an overhead' tramway directly ta the waiting ships, The. invention oi 'j an electrical cutter for the pitch Is expect- l-ed to greatly facilitate and cheapen th4 handUng ojf It The lake Is owned by aa American company, which also operates Is Venezuela, From the June Wld1 Worii 1 cred Heart Review. i Magaslne i.