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10 THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 24. 1909.

44 YEARS OF SERVICE Live Issues Discussed in Letters to the Editor. moBt of these men were not members of ling that lies at the basis of democratic of this school have profited by the train street at 7 o'clock in the morning "and reached the barn at the Island at o'clock that night. We were wet. cold and hungry and all we could get to eat was half a loaf of rye bread. There were neither peanut nor sausage stands at the island in those days.

We put uo the horses and made them as comfortable as possible. We lit a fire and shivered around it all night. We started back next morning and reached John Friend's Hotel, at Old Neck road, where we got something to eat and drink, and then on to Hicks Post's Hotel, at Kings highway, where we fed the horses and had breakfast. Then we made our way to Suy-dam's Switch, that was where the Park Circle now stands. We finally resched the car bam at Fifth avenue and Ninth street at 10 o'clock.

"You know what a change has been made in the last few years between Ninth avenue and the Park Circle. That OH STREET CM LIME "Jimmie" Boland Well Known to Old Patrons of Coney Island Road. MAD MANY ODD EXPERIENCES, Trips to the Island Were Tedious Affairs Queer Wound Received in the Civil War. It is not often that a man holds a record ol forty-four years service in the employ of any corporation and more rarely still when that corporation is a railroad. James T.

Boland of 130 Ninth street has this record to his credit. On Washington's Birthday he will have completed this long period of consecutive work on the Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad. He is now a conductor on a car from Hamilton Ferry to the Ninth street depot. He is a veteran of the navy, having served in the Civil War. In 1S57 he was James Boland.

in Yeddo, Japan, when Prince "Tommy" was beheaded. He was then on the Niagara, and after his term of service expired he joined this ship again in 1S64. She was cruising on the north Atlantic and put into Liverpool in search of contrabandists. The Georgia was there, but after the latter put to sea the Niagara was detained for twenty-four hours under the usual rule. Commodore "Tommy" Craven was in command of the Niagara and as soon as the embargo was lifted he hustled down the Mersey and after the He captured her off the Lizard.

She had a lot of guns on board ready to be mounted and a large amouc.t of other contraband of war, so she was sent back to this country with a prize crw on board. Then the Niagara headed for Lisbon, where the Confederate ship Stonewall was supposed to be. She was there all right. The Stonewall went out to have her compasses adjusted and the Niagara was held for the customary twenty-four hours. The Confederate ship did not return to report her compass errors.

When the Niagara was released she chased the Stonewall and finally found her at Corunna, in Spain. The Niagara moored off the tomb of Sir John Moore and was detained for another twenty-four hours. The Stonewall was allowed to slip through. The shore batteries fired on the Niagara and later on bad to apologize to the United States and pay for the incident. The Niagara, accom-'panied by the' Frolic and the Sacramento, gave chase to the Stonewall, but never saw her again, and shortly after peace was proclaimed and Mr.

Boland returned to Brooklyn. He applied for work on the Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad and has been there practically ever since. He carries the scars that remind him of the Civil War days when the Corunna batteries shot away the smokestack guy of the Niagara as she Bhifted her moorings preparatory to chasing the Stonewall; but he Is as merry and cheerful as in the days when he first joined the navy. Every old patron of the Coney Island road knows "Jimmie" Boland and all of them like him. In his long career as a conductor he has been "Jumped" a few times for being late or something of that kind, but has never been brought up for any serious offense against the rules.

He started as a towboy on the Ninth street hill In 1S66. Later on he was made conductor and driver both on the "Jigger" cars tha-t ran from the Ninth street barn and Hamilton Ferry. There was no elaborate system of bell punches or clocks In those days, nor had the railroads developed the elaborate system of spotters now in vogue. It. was left to the conductor-driver to see that the fares were duly deposited In the fare boxes at ths ends In 1871 Boland was made conductor oh the Coney Island run and was there until changed conditions made It necessary to run buffalo, or Jigger cars, between Ham ilton Kerry and the Ninth street depot.

In 1830 he was badly injured, being struck by a pole while trying to save a woman and child who were leaving his car. He ws laid up for ten days and then came back to work as cheery as ever. At that time the poes carrying the overhead feed wires were placed between the tracks, hut later removed to their present sites at the side of th streets. He has been fortunate in escaping the smashes that come to cars of even the most careful men and there has been no big bill for repairs to cars. Speaking nf the old days of the Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad Mr.

Boland tells some funnv stories of the road as compared with present-day conditions. He Mid to an Eagle reporter: "The old barn used to be at Flfih avenue and Ninth strict, but in 1872 It was removed to the city line, which then was at Twelfth avenue and Fifteenth street. We used to go through Ten-h avenue, which is now In the park. In 1K69 we found the tracks covered by dirt from the psrk work and we laid tracks ourselves We used to s'art from Fulton Ferry to the old Grand Union Hotel that stood on Seabreeze avenue. The stable was at West Fifth street and Shecpshead Bay road.

The time was fifty-four minutes from Fulton Ferry to the city line and from there to Conev Island one hOur. The line was then at Wlnis'ir place, but we HI. act always make It by any means There was no hodv to the road nnd there were a number of bad spots. It was not so bad on the week days, but new men used to be put on during the Sunday rush and. not knowing the had spots they caused trouble.

The rails would spread nd then it was up. to all han Is to gi off the cars and lift hark on the racks- Sometimes we used to have to haul off our shoes and aforkings and esrry women to dry spots until the cars were replaced. "I will never forget one night when there was a snowstorm. In weather of that kind the two cars that ran to the island were abandoned altogether and big sleighs used instead, hauled by four and sometimes six horses On the orraaion 1 refer to we got out one of the oil bnll- nosed snowplows to clear ths tracks. We left tbe-.

barn at Fifth avenue aud Ninth I it I 1 ft. i and then we ca A sons for our banner! The watch! Whirh save the Republic her ta tinted we stand, divided we It made and preserves us a nationl The union of lakes. the unfnn of The union of states none ran wvor' 1 The union of hearts, the union of han 1 And the Flag of our Union for ever! JAMES POOR February 23, 1909. WIREWICKS ON SUFFRAC Brooklyn's Eminent Philosopher lieves Woman Should Be AHoweA Vote How He Reasons It Out. I To the Editor of the Brooklyn Eagle: Now that all subjects on the face of; the earth are settled to everyone's dlsA satisfaction, we have only to worrj' about female suffrage.

After much deliberation, seconded by the persuasions of my daughter-in-law, I conclude that women should be given) the right to vote, with the necessary entailment that ihey must accept the full duties and obligations of citizenship, such as liability to military conscription in case of a war, to render assistance to a policeman in making an arrest. Jury service, stand nonchalantly in a car. without grimace or complaint, and take their places in order of arrival in the lines of people in post office money order divisions, tax, ticket, banking rooms, etc. Their physical strength has been demonstrated by protracted bicycle rides, dancing, lawn tennis, golf, billiards, bowling and verbal exercise, and I rejoice to reject any statement that a woman Is the weaker vessel even In wrath, in which she Is particularly eminent. I firmly believe she would prove a most efficient policeman, through her powers of persuasion.

I recall vividly an Incident of about twenty years age, when a policeman was employing his best endeavor to Induce a somewhat obstreperous, profane and Intoxicated lady to accompany him to the station house an invitation which she scorned and rejected with various; physical manifestations. He commanded; my assistance and at my approach, she carefully selected and appropriated a generous lock of my whiskers as a sou-venir of the occasion. Now, a lady officer or assistant, would have delighted the heart of the recalcitrant one by an invitation to tea, a christening, a wedding or a funeral, and would have her in a cell as quick as a lie. Her prominence in wisdom would manifest itself in legislative capacity. Preponderating In numbers as she would in our national congress, her first action would be to remove import duties on such absolute necessities as tea, coffee, cocoa, chocolate, cosmetics, human hair and gems, and supply the deficiency in governmental revenue, by imposing tremendous taxes on tobacco, spirits, malt liquors and other recognized nuisances such as bachelors and widowers.

With a fair allotment of clairvoyants in Congress only prudent legislation could be presaged. Think, too, of the present vast waste of public money in expenditures, and the savings that could be effected by women supplies committee-, through their astuteness in bargain hunting. Let every son of a mother, then, unit in the effort to secure for women the right to vote. SEBASTIAN WIREWICK3. Brooklyn, February 17, 1909.

QUESTIONS DR. PARKHTJEST, Brooklyn Man Wants Answers Prom the Manhattan Divine. the Editor of the Brooklyn Eagle: In your Bpecial from Albany this mor- ing you quote from a letter of the Rev. Charles H. Parkhurst, D.D., read at the hearing on the Voss bill before the Ways and Means Committee yesterday, which provides for a commission to consider the present Sunday laws with a view of revising the same.

The quotation reads as follows: "I am most assuredly In favor of abol ishing laws that cannot be enforced. The present Sunday laws are considered a joke, and their present non-enforcement, with general assent, has a most demoralizing effect upon the community." I would like to ask Dr. Parkhurst. through your columns, if he is familiar with the Sunday sections of the Penal Code, and their history; also upon what grounds he states that they are considered a joke, etc. If he has not carefully consedered the law itself and has based his statements upon the decisions or opinions of some Judges, or upon the action of some official department, I would suggest that he satisfy himself that these decisions and opinions are valid and' have not been overruled by higher courts; and that if any action ot a municipal board can supersede the statute.

If he has not done this and Is in error in his statements, is he doing himself justice? Is he doing the state Justice? Is he not endangering our fundamental principles? A. A. ROBBINS, 93" Kent avenue, February 19, 1909. LENT IN ST. MASK'S CHURC Extensive Preparations for Observ ance of Penitential Season.

At St. Mark's Church careful prepara tions have been made for Lent. The services are under the direction of the Rev. Dr. Spencer S.

Roche, rector, and his assistant, the Rev. W. Montgomery Downey. Dr. Chamberlain has charge of the Interests of the.

Deaf Mute congregation. There will be a service at 8 this evening. Sunday mornings the rector preaches on the following subjects: "The Use and Abuse of "Some Truths About the 'Some New Propositions About the Family, Marriage and "The Evil of Disregarded Laws," and "Christian Unity." On Sunday evenings the following prominent clergymen will preach: Dr. Henry C. Swentzel, Canon Chase, Dr.

Hester, Dr. Wesson, religious editor of the New York Tribune and assistant at St. Thomas Church, New York; the Rev. Walter de Forest Johnson of Christ Church, Clinton street, and Dr. Wrigley ot Grace Church.

On every day but Monday there will be services, witn a flve-mlnute address; on Wednesdays and Fridays i at 10; Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur- -days at 4:30. Every Friday afternoon the rector will assemble the children of the parish for instruction on the life of Christ, and for the inculcation of reverence. On Tuesdays at 4:30, Mr. Downey will treat of "Following Christ." Blessedness in Temptation," ness in Well-doing," "Christ is All," The Love of Christ, "Three Cruci fixions," "The Sword the Word of God." On Thursdays at 4:30 the rector will speak on the Christian ideals of "Cleansing," "Faith," "Courage," "Power," Love, "Hope. A MISSIONARY EXHIBIT.

On April 21, 22 and 23, under the au- pices of the Woman's Auxiliary for Mis- ions of the Diocese of Long Island, a missionary exhibit will be held In ths Diocesan House. 170 Remsen streit. Ar ticles from all over the world "Vill be shown, a special ieature being a ary barrel, showing now and wi.a wha- it should be packed to be sent to a for eign station. A LECTURE POSTPONED. On account of the small attendance at the encampment of Grant Post last niht, owing to the storm, Miss Adelaide W.

Smith's lecture on "Experiences as a NurBe In the Civil War" was postponed. The chairman of the entertainment committee, Comrade Andrew Jacobs, will announce the new date of the lecture. gladly follow, with a will: LET PARTIES ALONE. So Says Michael Corcoran Relative to Direct Nominations Favors Woodruff's Views. To the Editor of the Brooklyn Eagle: I have read your excellent report of the speeches of Woodruff and Hughes, from the caption to the Cafe Nolr, over ten columns.

Let me say I have had some experience concerning direct nominations. Before I came to the United States, In I made and unmade candidates In Ireland. I secured the election of a candidate who bad no ability as a speaker, because I could rely on his vote. I caused the rejection of an able lawyer, although he was married to my first cousin, because his interpretation of "Representative" was not satisfactory in my opinion. On my report, rarnell.

Sexton and other leaders supported one and rejected tne otner. and the organization did tne rest. The idea of any state regulation of any political organisation is repugnant to my ideas of liberty, and I have championed liberty and reform for forty years. On making application for incorporation, the organization of other men. is dismissed with the admlnltion "Said corporation shall make no laws, bylaws, rules or regulations which shall be Inconsistent with the laws of this state," and Is then told to go and manage Its own affairs.

The state takes no further notice of the organization. The Republican Party should be absolutely free, subject only to the common law, which applies to all incorporated bodies, that they shall not adopt any constitution or bylaws Inconsistent with the laws of this state. As it Is, the law meddles entirely too much with the freedom of political organization. The proposition referred to by Governor Curtis Guild, of Massachusetts Is more like the Ideal of political liberty. Let any men form any party and call It any name they like.

Let the party of men be the only men to say whether they shall nave a convention, or not. wnetner tney shall have primaries, or not, or whether they shall nominate by general vote of the party, or only by the vote of the com mittee who shall obtain the required number of signatures. The law may re quire that all nominations shall be in the hands of the sheriff thirty or sixty days before election. A candidate may approach th? Republican leaders and ask their support, and he may be told, brlef- lv. thp hp nhfl.ll romnlv with their con or he shall not receive their sup port, but shall have their rigorous op position.

That's simple, and that all We might concede that only fifty or a hundred voters should sign the nomina tion papers. The road to public life is then equal ly open to tbe poorest man and to tho vilest corporation tool. Meanwhile, the Republican party organization would re serve to itself the right to withhold or to give its Bupport to any candidate. The speech of Governor Hughes might more appropriately have been address to a Republican convention called to amend Its own constitution and bylawB. To my mind, Woodruff had clearly the best of the argument.

MICHAEL CORCORAN. 439 Sixty-third street. Brooklyn. Febru ary 21, 1909. COLONIES COST MONEY.

Isabel Gonzalez Contrasts Purse and Patriotism, To the Editor of the Brooklyn Eagle: Under the cry that it would be an unbearable exaction against the people at largt, the movement started in the new dependencies and taken up for considera tion at Washington, to Clap a tax on all foreign coffees for the protection of kindred Insular industries, and loci dentally to cover iip increasing deficits in the national budgets, is being op posed fro-n many quarters. Both argu ments, plausible as they are, prima facie, do not seem to appeal to the pa triotlsm of some people. However, it cannot be gainsaid that both conditions are the aftermath of the policy, of ex panslon which, with the extended area of the sphere of Influence, requires a wider protection over varied products and the augmented expenses entailed by universal patrol. It Is all very weli at election times to expand the chest and boast about the glory accruing from the responsibilities and duties of a "first class power, but now that the credit of being such a Leviathan of force conflicts with the pockets, not of the consumers, as they are made to believe it, but with those of a privileged class of importters and job bers. the honor is to be forgotten In an organized protest.

As a "colonizing factor the people of the United States are evading sacrifices which many of the European peoples have made in the past and are shouldering now to keep up their pretensions. Colonies cost money, and very tew of them can be made self-supporting. Spain, the most recalci trant of the old colonial powers, more than once overtaxed her peninsular population in order to protect her ultramarine products. It is a matter of record that just for the sake of protecting the Porto Rican coffee, she clapped a tribute of 12Vi cents a pound on all foreign berries at their importation Into Spanish ports. What is Uncle Sam doing for the benefit ot his colonies on the Atlantic, and Pacific oceans? He sells more goods to Porto Rico than he buys from it, and In the case of that island, if the Constitution has not followed the flag, at least trade has kept on its wake.

Porto Rico Is to-day one of his best customers, showing conclusively that Mr, U. S. knows a good thing when he sees It. As to the Philippines, certain powerful interests are oppposing the extension of free trade between the archipelago and the states. Colonies cost money, and their problems cannot be looked at from the egotlBtlcal point of view.

ISABEL GONZALEZ. 1340 Fifth avenue, Manhattan, February 21, 1909. PRAISE FOB A SCHOOL. Work of Brooklyn Disciplinary Training School lauded by a Visitor. To the Editor of the Brooklyn Eagle: The Brooklyn Disciplinary Training School for young boys, on Eighteenth avenue, between Fifty-sixth and Fifty-eighth streets, is one of the best schools in our country.

It is not a home nor an institution for homeless boys. It is a school. When a boy committing a fault Is brought to the Children's Court the Judge sees that the home influence or surroundings of the boy tend to degrade his character rather than help him; so the boy Is sent to this school, where, besides getting an education eqaul to, if not better than, in a public school, he Is taught a trade, so that when he leaves school he may not again become a delinquent, but earn an honest living. Ths school is under perfect management with its staff of teachers and wardens, with J. P.

Farrel as superintendent. Mr. Farrel deserves the highest credit for the way he controls each and all those boys. They seem to be happy and content with their surroundings. Last Lincoln Birthday they gave a drill on the school grounds.

The march ing, the drill of arms and saluting the flag would have done credit to an army. Besides, the work of those boys in the carpenter, tailoring, carving and printing shops Is above criticism. This school should be mentioned with special credit Inasmuch as it takes tbe boys of the street and makes good, honest men of thom. The ex-president, Mr. Adler, of 283 St.

Nicholas avenue. Cypress Hills, who has been president for thirteen years, has told me that during that time not one boy got whipped. Thej believe and teach by moral suasion and, indeed, it has proved a success. Mr. Adler is a man who does not seek notoriety for himself nor the school.

He uoes hub Km nu worn auieuv aim oaty feels proud when he knows that th boys government? 7. The exercise of a privilege to a share in representative government does not mean similarity in function any more than it must be true that the men who now vote must be similar in function. It is Just because the qualities of men and women are complementary and not similar that men and women should do alV of the work of the world together, and as civilization advances, making piirslcal force of less importance and moral and mental force of greater, this sharing ot all the important work of the world is becoming more and more possible. 8. In the same article which contains the protest I Is stated that the anti-suffrage society believes that women should act upon various educational and charitable boards and should take part in many ways in public work: surely If tbev can do that work it is also possible and nec essary for them "to share in framing tne iawg which control all work of thU sort anl go control the conditions which ren der It necessary.

9. In these days' of attack upon special privilege, surely, women will claim, and should claim, no special consideration which will not stand the test of simple iustire. 10 Tf it he rranted that suffrage in volves the holding of public office, the proportion of officeholders among voter is so small that the numbet of women who. either from interest or choice have no home duties and already devote them selves to nubile work of various kinds could easily fill their fair proportion of offices without tbe neglect ot any or tne women whose time is now occupied with home duties. JESSICA GARRETS9N FINCH, 61 East Seventy-seventh street, Manhat tan.

February 18. 1909. LOW, CHEAP SHOWS. Mr. Wright Protests Against Them and Points Out the Great Harm They Do, To the Editor of the Brooklyn Eagle: Is it not becoming very apparent, es peclally since the cheap vaudeville and picture shows have sprung up, that the stage is becoming one of the greatest de moralizing features of tbe present age owing to the low class and demoralizin: form of amusement produced? These cheap and low class shows can now be found in all towns throughout the United States and Canada that are large enough to support them.

The bad influence and demoralizing effect which they have upon all classes of people, but especially th youths, can hardly be estimated, as th performances which they are placing be fore the public are mainly made up of vulgar jokes and acts, and profane and coarse sayings. On these lines tbey are endeavoring to make their performances a success, and simply consist of the class of amusement that is presented In tne low theaters, such as can be seen on the Bowery of New York and In other large cities that cater to the lower class ot people. Now, to have these classes shows placed before the better class of people who now seem to be patronizing them in all towns In the United States and Canada, as is done at the presen time, simply means to educate young people of both sexes to become familiar with these low class, suggestive and vulgar ideas. It is only since the moving picture shows have sprung up that these low vaudeville shows have become in vogue, as they were made a feature of tbem. and it was through the introduc tion of the picture Bhows that the people were attracted to them.

You will linn these resorts filled with mothers with babes in arms, children of all ages, while young girls, many of whom are not old enough to realize the Insinuations con tained in them, can be seen applauding the vulgar jokes and sayings. The peo ple in general are also becoming so accustomed to this sort of amusement that they cease to be shocked at anything that comes along. It is seldom that you will find any of these shows free from vulgar and sug gestive things, and if so it is only when something like the Japanese or other Jugglers or a musical act is produced, or something without words. Again, profan ity seems to be one of the chief features that they introduce to raise a laugh, and then we wonder at the increase of pro fanity among the people. Regarding the many pictures that are now being exhibited throughout the coun try.

BO per cent, of them should be confiscated. The worst among them are from France, which all seem to be on the lines of something suggestive and vulgar and many depicting murders, rob berles and things on the lines of the Black Hand, which Is setting the worst example to the youths and which might account for the great increase of crime among them which Is so noticeable at the present time. The high class theater is falling into the same stage. The crudest plays are put on, seemingly without any protest made against them. Obscene things and salaciousness seem to arouse the curl osity of the people and bring them to the theater.

Occasionally there is a protest made and a play stopped, but -for some reason they go on again. It Is very apparent that the time is now ripe when some stringent steps should be taken to prevent them from going further. (JEUKliE WK1UHT. Halifax, N. February 16, 1909.

SHAKE HANDS, VIRGINIA. Veterans Make Effort to Induce That State to 7 oin in Reunion on May 4. To the Editor of the Brooklyn Eagle: Veterans of the Civil the Blue and the Gray, will hold a reunion in New York on May 4, the anniversary of the final closing of hostilities. It is to take place at the Hippodrome, and thou sands of veterans from the South are expected to be A strong endeavor is being made to have Virginia Join New York in taking the lead in this patriotic and praiseworthy project, and It is more than probable that this will be done. Nearly half a century has elapsed since the dlsbandment of the last of the Confederate forces, and it Is Burely time that an era of brotherly feeling should obliterate all bitterness on account of the Civil War.

It is time that we should Thank God we're all Americans! United stand to-day Shoulder to shoulder, "Boys in Blue," With those who wore the Bray. The North, In thinking of the causes of tbe war, Bhould reflect tupon what the sentiment of the North would have been and would now be if tbe percentage of colored people to whiles In the North had always been, and was now, as great as it has been, and is now, In the South. There were errors on both sides, but a cause actively championed by such men as General Lee, General Stonewall Jackson, Bishop Polk and the great bulk of the population of the South, must certainly have been a cause which they conscientiously believed to be right; and. If they erred In Judgment, their undoubted sincerity and the now evident strong deBire of the Southern people to give proof in every way of unwavering attachment to th Union, not only entitle! thers to respect but sbouU evoke from their Northern brethren such a warm reciprocation of kindly feeling as would touch the heart of the South and easa the humiliation and bitter suffering it has undergone. Let New York and Virginia clasp hands In pioneering the way for such an "era of good feeling" as characterized the administration of James Monroe, that son of Virginia who received practically unanimous vote for President, and who passed his last years In the City of New York.

Yes, let New York and Virginia take the lead and tbe rest ot the country will ine received there. It should be the aim of each citlien to help and encourage this grand work. The boys will give a drill on the school grounds on Washington's Birthday, and it is nopea tnat some city officials can af ford the time to visit and encourage both boys and teachers. A VISITOR. Brooklyn, February 17.

1909. TARIFF CHANGES. Mr. Jordan Does Not Oppose Revision, but Urges Time for Business to Adjust Itself Thereto. To the Editor of the Brooklyn Eagle: Your editorial comments in to-day's Issue upon "This Tariff Agitation," point to a condition that may perhaps be reme.

died at least in part. It is perfectly natural for manufacturers to "sit tight" whenever any radical revision of the tariff is seriously agitated and radical changes in any of the schedules are proposed. The reason for this is not far to seek. Such revision and changes mean losses to the manufacturer. It is the apprehension of such danger that dictates his action.

The effort to avert, so far as possible, these losses is but ordinary business prudence. While this prudence may cause greater or Icsb stagnation and some loss for the time being, it greatly lessens the dan ger of panic and general paralysis that would entail greater Injury In the end. To reduce this stagnation and conse quent losses, both to the manufacturer and his employes, tda minimum, should be the desire of all statesmen and lawmakers while considering the question of changes in the tariff rates, by which the well being of so many people Is affected. It has been the custom of recent years to enact a new tariff and nut it into Im mediate execution, and it is largely the dnnger of these sudden changes that causes the apprehension of manufacturers and merchants and frightens them into inaction which In turn gives tbe "stand patters" ground for argument against any agitation of this subject. It may be questioned if the "stand patters" do not find a certain degree of satisfaction in the paralyzing effect of sucn agitation upon general business, and that by as much as the fears of tbe manufacturers can be increased by so much is the joy of the "stand patters" heightened.

Be this as It may. is it not possible to take a lesson from the thought and try to Impress upon the minds of those of our legislators at Washington who may have the best interest of the country at heart the need of exercising oom-mon business prudence in the enactment of the proposed new taws. May not the apprehension of losses to the manufacturer be largely reduced by deferring, not the making, of changes, but the date at which those changes shall become effective? In other words, lf-t the changes be made as quickly as possible, but defer the time of beginning their operation. If Congress. In the proposed extra session, concludes Its work on the tariff by May 1, let it enact that it become effective on the first of January following.

This would give those most immediately affected the opportunity to accommodate their affairs to the coming changes while permitting them to go on in at least a moderate production of their goods, and relieve to some extent the distress of employes dependent upon them for work and pay. While discussing this subject it may be pertinent to suggest that the same principle be adopted and made a part of tbe fundamental law regarding all financial legislation of the future with a possible exception regarding "emergency bonds." B. M. JORDAN. 257 Madison street, February 14, 1909.

JEWS NOT DECEIVED. This Correspondent Satisfied Prom ises of Moses Havd Been Kept. Answers Mr. Martin. To tbe Editor of the Brooklyn Eagle: In answer to James Martin, whose let ter appears in the Eagle of February 13.

I beg to say that Mr. Martin either has not read the Bible through, or did not pay attention to all the promises Mo3es made. First of all, Moses did not say that all che Jews from all the world would reach the Promised Land, for at the same time there were Jews elsewhere as well as in Egypt, and the promise he made, them was to them only, not to the Jews of the whole world. Second, does Mr, Martin remember the Injunction on Mount Abel, when the Jews were plainly told that just as long as they would keep God's command they would inhabit tbe Holy Land and enjoy the fruits thereof, but If they failed they would be driven out of the Promised Land, among strange nations. History shows that they have been in possession of the Promised Land for fifteen hundred years and on account of their sins they were driven therefrom exactly as Moses told them.

But all the prophets predict their return there. That Is now over 2,000 years, and still they are not there. You might say the prophets also deceived them. If they did, they deceived the Chris tlans also, for the Christians believe that Christ is their Saviour through the prophecies of the prophets, 'and If they deceived the Jews they deceived the Christians as well. If the Jews have no Holy Land.

Christians have no Christ. I am sorry that I am no rabbi, but I am a believer In God i.nd In Moses as a true servant of God. The Jews have got exactly what they have been promised and a portion of them will yet go back to tne promises L.ana, although the American Jews, I don't think, will go back, as they are satisfied with this country. A Jfcw Lexington, February 16, 19U. HOW BOSTON VIEWS IT.

Shows That Direct Nomina. tions Are Not Considered a Failure There. To the Editor ot the Brooklyn Eagle: In view of the impression, adverse in measure to direct nominations created by the publication of the finance com mission's report on the nomination system in Boston, I take the liberty of requesting you to print the following letter received by me this morning from Richard L. Gay of Boston. Mr.

Gay was for years a member of the Boston Republican city committee; secretary of the Election Laws League, and a close student of election laws, and is unquestionably an authority upon the subject. He says: "Your favor received. I do not think that the finance commlssionar's report should be taken as an Index ot the sentiment of Boston relative to direct nominations (it must be considered largely as the view of the commissioners). I do not discover any very great change of feeling. Whatever there is I should say was almost wholly confined to the office of mayor.

Two years ago complaint was made that the nomination of the Republicans was of necessity one of the party, that If there could have been a conven tion there would have been more time for deliberation and a larger choice (per- haps a popular Democrat), with a differ- em ibbuu, auu iu buiub w.v, This was the opinion ot few only, and the party and would not have been dele gates to the Republican convention. "The candidate nominated by direct vote was nominated, elected and is approved by the community. The Democratic candidate was sure of nomination by conven tion or direct nomination. If there was any chance to defeat him it could be done only by direct vote. The claim that a candidate in a primary would meet as an obstacle the ward organization or machine is no argument.

On the contrary, tbe candidate who sought for delegates in a ward for a convention would meet with the same, and I believe a more formidable obstacle In the ward committee, and then not be sure of his delegation. "By direct vote the voter is sure that his vote will be counted for the man of his choice; consequently he will take a greater interest In the primary and be more likely to attend it. No direct vote has ever nominated the candidate of the opposite party. Each party primary has a candidate of Its own party. In the matter of senators, state representatives and three congressmen in Boston districts not elected by direct vote (he means now).

I am sure nobody would think of a change." In a former letter received from Mr. Gay appears the following statemen: "Direct voting Is not considered in Boston a failure, nor Is it unpopular. We have gradually eliminated the convention Certain it is the people are In favor of the present system of direct voting at primaries and elections." Mr. Wadsworth and the other opponents of Governor Hughes' policies can certainly find nothing In the following paragraph from tbe report of tbe Boston Financial Commission favorable to our present convention system: "Though a truer party responsibility might be attained by returning to the old system of delegate conventions, this system had become completely discredited by the gross abuses to which it bad been subjected; and no plan has been suggested by which, if this svstem should be restored, the abuses could be avoided." Further It should be borne in mind that any direct nomination law which will receive the approval of the advocates of direct nominations here will unquestionably permit the nomination of a Democrat for municipal office at tbe Republican primaries or of a Republican at the Democratic primaries. In a word defects of detail in the direct nomination laws of other states do not prove the unsoundness ot the principle of the direct primary.

As a famous student of government once said: "The remedy for the evils of government In a democracy, is mors democracy." JOSEPH B. ALLEE. 702 Vanderbilt avenue, February 18,1909, THE WOMAN'S VIEW. Why Does Politics Unsex Her Asks Why Does Politics Unsex Her, Asks Contributor, of Writer of To the Editor of the Brooklyn Eagle: Mr. Fayerweather's letter regarding woman's suffrage, in to-day's Eagle, have just read, -and I Bhould like to ask him through tbe courtesy of your col umns a few questions raised in my mind by his statements.

What is there in casting a ballot that should "unsex" a woman? Is it the act itself or the preliminary thinking and talking, perhaps, about political ques tions? If the latter, why should it lower any woman to take an Intelligent interest in how her city, state and country are governed, and to wish to do what she can to have the right men win? Would the consideration of such questions by women which would naturally follow the granting of suffrage make them poorer wives and mothers, less capable women bachelors? If tt.e hIVrvi Jf the present generation, wl.om cccuse of being "a mischievous, destructive, ungovernable, impudent and criminal class," Have turned out bo badly under present regime, why not try another? For how long a time, really, will the exercise of her right to vote, when she receives it, take her away from her home duties. An hour or so, a year, perhaps? Professor Zeublln, who is far from being a "weak and effeminate man," said, in effect, at Cooper Union recently, that In his opinion women would make all the better wives and mothers tf they were intrusted with the ballot. It seems reasonable why not? And what of the snihll ariry of women who have no masculine representatives many of whom aro helpins along the world's work In various ways, as they earn their own (and others') bread and butter? Why shouldn't they be allowed to register their wishes as to who shall act for them and their interests in the conduct of public affairs? And why and how should such action necessarily make woman an "unsexed political intriguer?" Do the majority of men voters become political Intriguers? Do you know that Judge Lindsay of Denver, the "children's friend," would have been defeated at the last election if it hadn't been for the women's vote? There are many more questions I'd like to ask, but I refrain. E. B.

LOW. Brooklyn, February 21, 1909. WOMEN AND THE BALLOT. Jessica Garretson Finch Tells Why the Sex Should Be Made Voters. Tonhe Editor of the Brooklyn Eagle: Will you permit me to reply, for the benefit of those of your readers who may be interested in both sides of the suffrage question, to the ten statements sent out by the New York State Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage? 1.

The fact that suffrage is a duty is the very reason that one-half of the citizens of the country ought not to desire, and many of them do not desire, to be shut out from the exercise of that duty. 2. The argument that no adequate reason has been assigned for depriving them of immunity would apply with equal 'force to every extension of the suffrage and would be an equally good argument against all democratic goverqment. 3. Suffrage is never Imposed upon any one ot those who are Indifferent to its claims or its privileges, although I suppose no one will deny that nothing aids one toward the bearing of responsibility so uiucn as tne responsibility itself.

4. There are many reasons for believing, without Insisting upon women as intrinsically better than men, that doubling the numbers would In this case improve the. quality as well as the quantity. In the first place, three times as many girls as boys attend our high schools, and if, as has been supposed, education is the best preparation for the franchise, this certainly would tend to prove that more and more it is our girls rather than our boys who are receiving the necessary education. It Is also true that we are beginning to understand more and more that the problem of the care of children, both in education and in industrial legislation, is one of our greatest, it oot our greatest, political problem, and, given men and women of equal moral development, it is not a theoiy but a fact that mothers will protect the Interests of their children more scrupulously than fathers.

6. It would seem to ie unnecessary to deny that in modern' the household rather than the individual is the unit, and I feel sure that this contention will be withdrawn upon further consideration by the anti-suffragists. 6. The argument th- women who are not represented suffer no Injustice has in variably been urged In the past to Justify slavery, taxation without representation, and injustice of all sorts. It Is, of course, theoretically true that one class may legislate for the benefit of another class, and may conceivably legislate for It better than it could for itself; but is this -the theory of responsibility and train a used to be the worst part of the entire road.

In a heavy rainstorm the Band from the banks above used to wash down and completely cover the tracks. We did not atop to look for them in sucb cases; we simply ignored them, doubled up the teams and hauled the cars as best we could to the other side of the sand slip and then hit the tracks again. "Not many people lived on the island then. There were William Wheatley's Oceanic Hotel and George Greene's Nep tune House, now Vanderveer's, where the Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad cars arrive now, as they did forty-four years ago, but Vanderveer did not got the place until about 1S72. About all the rest of Coney Island was sandhills, with tne exception of the place that was farmed by Jimmy Voorhees.

It began to grow in the latter part of the 70s, and in 1881 there was a big advance notice able, and It- has been on the move ever since. 'Did the old road make money? It did. or had a right to, but somehow no Cue ever appears to have got any of It. The great change came in 1880 or 1881. when Mr.

Farrell took hold of things and General Jourdan was president. I used to drive an old white charger of hia named Hancock and another called Garfield. Old Hancock would waltz and dance to the music of a band and I used to have great fun with him. On one occasion, in May. 1881.

there was a review on the Parade Grounds. It was intensely hot, 91 degrees in the shade, and I had part of the Twenty-second Regiment on my car, which was decorated with flags. The officers and men were so well pleased that they presented me with $7.60 and said they would double the sum if they caught me on the way back. They didn't, though, as I brought back a lot of the Sixty-ninth men. "In 1890 D.

W. Sullivan took hold and in 1891 the service was entirely changed by the introduction of electricity and the old conditions passed away forever. Before entering the navy Mr. Bala--' worked for some time On tho Vera Brunt street road, which then ran from Hamilton Ferry to Elizabeth street. The equipment consisted of two platform and one sf-aje car.

A man named Foster then owned road, which is a miniature mint to-day. Later on Boland left the line to take a position in the city's employ and Foster died in his arms. Subsequently Juhn Cunningham came into the van Brunt street road and became i power In South Brooklyn Democratic pol itics. Mr. Boland had left the navy after his first term of service, which took him to Japan in 1857, and he joined again in 1864, serving until the expiration of the war.

It was no bloodless service either. He was serving on the United States steamship Brooklyn at New Orleans. Either from lack of sleep or lack of In terest in the proceedings he opened his mouth In a big yawn just as a bullet passed In, split his cheek and buried it self in the mast close by. He dug the bullet out and carefully preserved it as a souvenir of that lucky yawn. Had his mouth not been open at that particular fraction of a second he would curely have lost a lot of his teeth, possibly his life.

He is slightly lame, as he got a bullet in his leg while serving on the United States steamship Tecumseh at the battle of Mobile Bay. SPHINX "LADIES NIGHT." Club of Advertising Men Has Merry Evening at the Waldorf-Astoria. Members of the Sphinx Club declare that the ninty-ninth dinner of the club at the Waldorf-Astoria last night was one of the most enjoyable in the history of the advertising men's organization. It was ladies night and the occasion was a conspicuous success. The women heartily In the jollity of the evening.

President Samuel Brill cordially invited them to witness the one hundredth dinner of the club to be given in March, from seats in the balcony of the grand ballroom of tbe Waldorf, thus making the March dinner another ladies night. There were no speeches at the dinner Inst night, President Brill announcing that the entire evening would be given up to music, singing, eating, dancing and conversation, but there was little time or opportunity for talking, as the craBh of music and the voices- of soloists, a quartet, and the noises of tambourines, bones, kept up a jolly racket. President Brill was toasted and cheered for providing such a feast. He has made a great hit with the club, and his administration is a success. The women got handsome tambourines as souvenirs, and they used them to advantage in aiding the general noise-making.

The men had bones and powder puffs, and they promptly powdered the faces and hair of their partners. The menu was an extended one and represented the latest ideas of Oscar, the chef of the Waldorf. 200 AT MEN'S DINNER. Over two hundred members and friends of the Dutch Reformed Church of Fulton street, Jamaica, were present last night at the first men's dinner given in the church parlors undtr the auspices of the Board of Ushers ot the church. Imme diately following tho dinner, Dr.

E. Diilman of Jamaica, president of the Board of Ushers, introduced as toast-master the Rev. Robert K. Wick, pas tor of the church. Those who spoke were the Rev.

Wil liam P. Stevenson, D.D., pastor of the First Presbyterian Chureh, Yonkera; the Rev. William P. Bruce, pastor of the Park Hill Reformed Church, Yonkers, N. the Rev.

I. W. Gowen, D.D.. of the New Durham Reformed Church of Wee-hauken, N. and the Rev.

James M. Farrar, D. pastor of the First Reformed Church of Brooklyn. The dinner was pronounced a distinct success by all present. The dinner committee consisted of Dr.

E. L. Diilman, H. D. Johnson, E.

H. Reeves and Charles H. de Bevoiae. The Board of Ushers has a membership of fifty. Orchestra music was furnished during th evening.

A FRO-AMERICAN NOTES. Miss Freeman, president of the Floral Club of tbe Bridge Street African M. E. Church, will give her third annual dinner at the fair of the Bridge Street Church this evening. A special programme will be given under direction of D.

T. Duckett of the Endeavor Society. An oyster supper and apron sale will be held at the close of the meeting of members of the West Fifty-third- street branch of the Y. W. C.

A. on Thursday evening. Mrs. Sarah E. Tanner, treasurer of the Central Branch Women's Parent Mite Missionary Society, of which the Ne York Conference branch is an auxiliary, has issued bar annual report, which shows receipts of balance brought forward from 1907, $2,782.01.

Total, S5.686.R8. The expenditures in 1908 were $4,337.59 for foreign missionary work, and the balance is 11,349.29. Mrs. Tanner is the wife of Bishop B. Tanner of Philadelphia, and mother of H.

O. Tanner, the artist. A call has been issued for $. meeting to be held at the Fleet Street Memorial A. M.

E. Zion Church to-morrow evening. The committee is headed by Alfred Cowan. It is expected that political matters will discussed, i.