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Armstrong, W. II.
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Beach, II. p.
Bates, Miss Eva
He'll, NJ.
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Cordova, Tony
Cramer,. X. w.
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Cachuedo. Mrs. Frank
Coon, Ed
Conkle. Elijah A.
Custard, A. A.
Carroll Roy
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Evans. e. II.
Eldireta, Dave
Eaton. Chas.
Fisk. Mrs. Walter
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Grant. William
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Gallo, Antonio G.
Goodman, Nose
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Hoover, Miss Katie
Houston. II. M.
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Haurahan, J. A.
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Hamton. W. NJ.
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Huiatt, Miss
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Jones, W. M.
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Kados. Mike
Kovujanne. X.
Lucero, Andres
Lovely. John E.
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Lopez. A.
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Mofrat, Miss Ethel
Mintz, O T.
Mclin, Mrs. NJ. o.
Mitchell, Mrs. Lula
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Oglesby. Roy
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Rouse, Miss Virginia
Romero, Mrs. Roperta
Romero. Sam
Ropp, John De
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Samerville, M. G.
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New YORK Is at present entertain
ing woman who is probably the
most extensive murderess. so far as
the cost OF her support is concerned.
which the state has known for many
years. In spite of the fact that she
has been convicted of killing faith
less sweetheart this woman Is In
habiting a handsome old colonial
stone mansion built nearly Il century
ago. which stands on the hill Just
back of Sing Sing prison. She is
attended by two matrons. one cook.
three guards and gardener. The
reason for this strange state of af-
fairs is that there are no provisions
ut Sing Sing for the accommodation
of such women prisoners. So this
woman at present with her retinue
of servants and guards is occupying
Il 14-room house which has been 81
lently overlooking the Hudson Tor
three-qnarters of century. Appar-
emily her surroundings appeal to her
for in spite Of the tao: that she Is
the first woman to be sentenced to
death in this state in over l6 years
she Is busily studying the English
language and has taken UP needle
| work as well. lust how long tho
state Will be put to the expense ol
| this rather remarkable entertainment
remains to be seen, as the case lr
question has been appealed. What
ever the outcome of the appeal Il
seems evident that the $G0o-a-mOntl
guest will occupy her mansion fol
some time to come.
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Inability to consume two slices OF
watermelon has not only robbed the
New York champion eater OF that I'll
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Music AND WORLD POLITICS.
A Method OF Appeal That Can Bc Made
TO Work Both Ways.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Str. Last
Sunday night dined In a restaurant (not
very high priced one) where the or
chestra, which consisted of only n pianist
and a violinist, played among other selec-
lions one from Puccini's La Boheme."
II was generously applauded by the diners
although no special mark of attention
had been paid TO the preceding selections,
but somehow there was a distinct feeling
that the players had infused different
sentiment into their Interpretation OF this
number on the programme, and II pro-
duced spontaneous response from the
listeners. This set me to thinking about
modern music In general and that of the
Germans In particular.
Tho music OF La Boheme," It Is true,
was written by an Italian, hut the subject
was furnished by n Frenchman, and this
after all, created the initial inspiration
for the composer The combination Of
the two has touched tho souls of hundreds
OF thousands OF people. both in America
and In Europe. To be SURE, tho subject
matter OF the book has been criticised by
some OF our purists from a high moral
standpoint. but the truth OF the above
statement Is nevertheless unassailabe
Then I began TO think OF the war and
OF Belgium and Maeterlinck. This led me
to Debussy and his marvellous interpreta-
tion OF "Pelleas and Mellsande." Debussy.
Frenchman. Then thought OF Tschai-
kowsky, the product of that semi-barba-
rous 60 Russian race that tho Germans
tell us Is such n imenace, and of his
wonderful symphonies. particularly the
"Pathetlque" Now. said I 10 myself, what
has Germany done for us7 Oh, yes
there II Richard Wagner who died In
1888. thrty-one years ago He was n
very great composer. and although have
heard all his operas. while truly appre-
ciating the glories of them. nevertheless
many yawn have ! tried to suppress In
so doing. But l cannot recall any such
efforts In listening TO the creations NJ
the great Tschaikowsky. whose life closed
all too soon In the year 1898.
And after the war, what7 If tho Rus
SLAMS are TO be driven back and the Bel
CLANS and the French annlhilated so that
the Inspirations provided by such writer's
az Murger and Maetcrlinck will be for
ever crushed out can see but one result
should the Germans win. Their music
publishers will be compelled to work over
time printing Kaiser Marches and Huldl-
gungs Marches until the day when Gabriel
shall blow his horn to summon us all 90
the final march that will take precedence
even over that OF the Kaiser.
NEW YORK. October Il AMApIo.
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The warning and the Lesson

Representative A. +. GARDNER Of Mas
sachusetts, who served on the staff Of
General JAMES III. WILSON in the Span
ish war. again sounds the warning.
which has 10 often fallen on deaf ears,
that the country Is not only unprepared
for war that may come at short no.
tice but IL actually deficient in equip
ment for both the army and navy. upon
which it relies for defence Mr.. GARD.
NER Is not an alarmist, and he Is not n
lingo. He has fortified himself with
the unanswerable facts.
The navy could not be mobilized to-
day with fighting complement. 1t Is
thousands OF sailors short Moreover,
three years are required to make a
man-of-war's man. 1t has torpedo tubes
but far from enough torpedoes for ac-
tive service OF battle cruisers II has
submarine fotilla In few in numbers
and contains obsolete types. II would
be no match for either the German or
the British flotilla in efficiency and
execution. The navy needs good
many more destroyers 1t IL an old
story that the navy Is far behind Eng
land or Germany in dreadnoughts.
Turning to the land forces, Represen-
tative GARDNER shows that they do not
constitute n modern army capable Of
giving battle to an army Of invasion.
OF regulars we have only $1,000. and
60 per cent. of the organized militia,
10000 on paper. did not qualify as
third class rlhemen last year. In ar
tillery, the arm that has been 30 terri
bly, effective in the great war In Eu-
rope, we nre lamentably deficient. even
lacking battle ammunition for the field
guns we have.
All these facts have been presented
before. without duly impressing our
easy going, optimistic. fatuous people.
But presented again In the light of the
tragic experience of England. which re-
fused to heed the warning cry OF Lord
RonERrs and Is now paying the griev.
Gus penalty. the truth should arouse the
American people to take action before
1t IL too late.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir, In
THE SUN of October IA "a Non-hyphen-
ated American of German Nationality"
truly remarks: I'VE hear of German Amer
leans. lr!sh-Americans, rarely French
Americans or Engllsh-Amercans" II one
rarely hears OF French-Americans II is
because there are few French Americans
TO hear OF. AS to English-Americans or
Anglo Americans, one does not often hear
OF them. but one constantly hears and sees
the parties themselves If a hyphenated
American is Objectionable he is no less
go for not hearing tho name that properly
applies to him.
The term German-American did not
originate, l take It, with German Amerl-
cans but was coined for them by their
non-hyphenated fellow citizens. German
Americans may be pardoned II by their
adoption and use OF 1t they seem TO sug-
gest that AnglO-Americans are not the
only AnerLcWhs the first settlers In
America, not the only ones.
We shall not drop n designation as long
as we have the thing designated, and our
hyphenated citizenship Is not destined 20
be abolished or extingushed unless il
be by expanding from its international
to cosmopolitan type corresponding to
the character OF our population. Let us
hope for such an evolution Hands
across the sea" should mean for us peace
and good will, not solely for Germany or
France or ireland or England hut for
each and every foreign country. for one
as much rs for another and for all only
less than for our own.
john BroEIow.
HIGHLAND FALLS, October II
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war song Of the American soldier in
Cuba and the Philipplnes In 1893.

war song OF the American soldier In
Cuba and the Philippines In 1893.
There IL much testimony to the sky
lar,Sing and jollity of the soldiers Of
Sir JoHN FRENcH's army, which re-
minds us that General IAN HAMILTON
In his "a STAFF Officers Scrap Book, "
dealing with what he saw In the Man
churian campaign, says that the Japa-
nese soldier who goes into battle ex-
poets and aspires to die, whereas the
English soldier expects to be lucky
enough to escape death and II Is not
attractive to him as patriotic duty.
The point of view accounts for the
cheerfuness in the British trenches In
France and for the soldiers spirit Of fun
and Indulgence in football and other
home sports when they are not fighting.
A correspondent Of the Petit Pa,tsion
In an article entitled "a Week With
the British Army" says that Tommy
Atkins SIS as merry as he can be. and
he continually sings the popular re
frain It's long way to Tipperary.'
At the same time he Is "untiring on the
march," splendid shot" and his
stamina Is marvellous
Lately the Cologne Gazette has been
telling the British people that they do
not understand the thigh seriousness
Of war or its moral Importance" and
the common use of sporting terms at
the front Is cited az proof Of the in
dictment 1t Is true that the British
rank and file are addicted TO the use
Of such terms in the campaign, but the
habit is like the turn for skylarklng
and boyish fun which the Germans
cannot understand and regard as friv-
olous. After all. Is not the cheerlness
and bumor of Tommy Atkins safety
valve for the deeper emotions called
up by war but repressed in him that
he may address himself with a stout
heart to the stern work he has to do?
And does not the German find his re-
lief In singing the serious and inspiring
war hymns of the fntherland?
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4 VETERAN PREACHER.
After 40 Years I'm the Ministry DIR. Vassnr
sim Addresses Congregations.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: In
these days, when 30 much is said about
age limitations II was refreshing TO listen
on Sunday last 20 a clergyman of eighty
who preached n sermon In commemora-
ton of the siXtleth anniversary NJ his
entrance into the ministry. He Is still
hale and hearty. and until few months
ago, when his physician prescribed rest.
he occupied a pulpit in some church al
most every sunday.
The Rev. DIR. Thomas L. Vassar. 20
whom l refer. Is native of Pough-
keepsie. and began preaching at the age
OF twenty at Armenia Afterward he had
congregations at Kansas City Mo, Flem-
ington, n. j., and later nj Newark. A
few years ago he removed to Elizabeth
near which city he has a son. bearing the
same name. in the Baptist ministry. DR..
Vassar preached on Sunday I'm Elizabeth
with almost his old vigor and without
notes. lie said that so far as his knowi-
edge extended there was but one clergy
man, pastor OF ninety Mt Newburg.
who had been in the ministry for as long
n period rs himself. Dir. Vnssar, In the
previous week, celebrated the flfty-third
anniversary OF his marriage, and on the
same day went to Newark In an automo-
bile to attend tho twenty-ffth anniversary
of the marriage OF a daughter. He told
me few years ago that he had OBLIGATED
at more than one thousand funerals. and
that only few months ago he was pres
ent I'm Brooklyn mt the anniversary OF a
couple whom ne united in marriage nifty
years ago. DR.. Vassar was chaplain { {
the l50th New York Volunteers at
Gettysburg.
My own advice, at the ago OF seventy
four. to those who complain about grow
ing old. Ia to keep young in spirit and
not worry EDWARD KIRK DRAKE.
ELIZABETH. y. j., October H.
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Tommy Atkins at the Front.

The spectacle of German legiOns
marching through Brussels singing
Deutschland Ubcr Allies" with a
mighty volume OF sound has profoundly
impressed observers German soldiers
take war seriously, one might say de-
votlonally. They do not skylark. They
see no sport in war nor affect TO.
They never speak flippantly of the
perils and hardships Of the campaign.
Very different is the manner of the
British soldier. and the Germans con
slider his attitude toward fighting frivo-
lous. reader OF the London Times
writes TO It to say that some one "by
quoting marching song actually sung
by our soldiers in the field has uncou-
sciously placed a weapon in the hands
OF the German press" In the song oc
eur the lines;
send out my mother. my sister and my
brother.
But, for goodness sake, don't send me"
This flippancy Is favorite with
British regulars, who have little music
Of the music hall kind. Think" writes
the Englishman who Is sure that Tom
my Atkins will be misunderstood In
Germany. "how this will read duly
translated into German. The British
mercenary, imploring his superlors to
despatch to the front his female rela-
tives in preference to himself what n
picture OF cowardice and callousness
The fact that 1t is impossible TO con
ceive Of German soldiers singing such
song will no doubt he duly noted"
In certain quarters, yes; but of design
TO dlsparage the British soldier. Among
German troops at the front who have
seen Tommy Atkins fight there will be
no disposition to hold him cheap be-
cause he sings music hall song that
tickles his sense of humor. Neverthe-
less 1t Is true that German soldiers
would not be heard singing such words,
and they probably marvel that the
enemy can be so lightheaded
20 humor incompatible with the dan
gers and discomforts Of the front? IL
worthy people in England have been
trying to compose marching songs FOR
the British soldier in France Samples
are absurdly stllted and stodgly sen
timental. The war poets have been
warned that the men on the firing line
much prefer to roar out Its long
way to Tipperary' to taking their wal
So the Tipperary Vchanty' remains the
Joy of Tommy Atkins, as Hot Time
in the Old Town Tonight" was the
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on every one who fails to earn an In

on every one who fails TO earn an in
come high enough to bear the tax.
As for the plea that the Government
needs the money, II simply has nothing
TO do with the case. The Govern
ment's necessities are no excuse for
comforting statute to make II cover
robbery. The war tax measure is
being passed precisely TO meet this
condition of the Governments finances.
If II does not cover all deficiency rea-
sonably to be expected there is still
time to amend It. However oppressive
1t may become the burden is prefer
able to placing the entire community
at the mercy Of taxgatherers within
with the alternative OF prolonged and
expensive litigation.
This ruling verifies one more Of the
many fears which have been expressed
all along that the income tax was GER
tain to bring with 1t endless injustices
and vexations which would make Il
one Of the most CALLING and unpopular
assaults upon personal rights ever en-
dured by Americans.
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While II Ia true that humanity moves
slowly in Its upward course that 1t
does make progress toward better con
ditions Is undeniable. In nothing is
the amelioration Of mans lot more dis
tlnctly shown than In the gradual
emancipation of wars inspiring and
directing geniuses from the rigors OF
war itself.
priDeval men fought as individuals,
and for many centuries after organiza-
fact, even after nations had arisen to
divide the earth between them, the great
and powerful were compelled to pre-
sent themselves on the battle line, each,
regardless OF his rank and Importance,
subjecting himself TO the same dangers
that surrounded his vassals and re-
Ia iners. Kings led their troops TO CON
fiict and not infrequently king would
sustain wounds in action, just as did
combatants Of lesser degree.
But with the advance OF civilization
this exposure Of the rulers person Is
becoming unnecessary, and hence UNI
common. OF all the monarchs involved
In the present European war, only
Belgiums King has actually been
physically endangered. King GEORGE
leaves 10 others the direction Of his
troops; the Kaiser, most military Of pc.
tentates, awaits, fully decorated. with
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Bomb Throwing a Deed OF Humanity!

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: In
one of your recent numbers you direct
the question to Mr.. Muensterberg as to the
psychological reasons the Germans may
have for throwing bombs into French
fortresses.
Permit mo to answer that tho Germans
are moved by humanitarian reasons TO
do so. This may sound somewhat peculiar
to you, as your sympathcs with the Eng
lish may prevent you from seeing things
AS they really are. But II you will con-
slider that timely throwing OF bombs into
fortresses certainly creates n panic among
the non-combatants. thereby causing them
10 flee from the dangerous city, you must
admit that the number of casualties
among non-combatants IL thereby dimin-
ished.
The throwing of bombs over Paris GER
tainly has greatly helped to depopulate
Paris. so that IL Paris finally will be
bombarded tho number OF killed and
wounded non-combatants will be consider
ably smaller than II no bombs had been
thrown.
There you are War Is war, It Is no
childs play and those who help to reduce
casualties are the real humanitarians not
those who try TO arouse the feelings Of
all male and female women"
OTTO n. MILLER.
MOUNT VERNON, October IL
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gaudlly uniformed escort, the event of
battle, TO ride triumphantly through
the conquered territory; Gar Mich.
oLAs approaches the battle line only
when there IL pause In the attack ;
the French President inspects when
French General believes all Is safe.
Unfortunately, younger members of
the ruling families still find 1t advis-
able to go to the front In war, and in
some cases are compelled 10 endure
hardship. But the gratifying rise in
culture which has generally relea sed,
after long ages, the titular commanders
of national armed forces from the OBJ
legation of endanger1ng their persons,
leaving to men of lesser degree the
risks inseparable from participation in
attack and defence, will increasingly
affect their juniors, until eventually
they too may eliminate themselves
from the theatre Of war, and thus pro-
tect their invaluable integuments from
the risks to which common men are
called on TO expose their skins.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-18
The Little stu House.

A Sun correspondent asked II 1t was
true as stated in +. +. Brownies THE
Everyday Life Of Lincoln" that In the
canvass for Senator In 1853 DouGLAs
accused LINCOLN of Keeping grog-
gerry" The mythology of LINCOLN,
saidc from the false quotations which
are always turning up seems inev-
haustlble, and the "groggery" is nm old
figure In II. The Pittsfleld Eagle has
looked up the Lincoln Douglas debates
again. and finds DouGLAs at Ottawa
August 81. 1853, protesting that he
meant no unkindness to his opponent.
whom he had known for almost twenty
five years
There were many points OF sympathy
between us when we first got acquainted.
We were both comparatively boys and
both struggling with poverty in strange
OF Winchester and he was fourishlng
grocery keeper In the town OF Salem"
OF course IL he kept grocery in the
days of his young manhood he sold
rum. Wet goods were an invaluable
source or attraction OF custom in the
store" Deacons vended w. |. or
whlskey or gin. a grocer grog-
seller; but LINCOLN, speaking whimsl-
cally in the third person In t1his same
Ottawa debate. denied that he had ever
groccred:
"Thc Judge is wofully Mt fault about
his early friend LINCOLN being grocery
keeper / don't know IA II would be n
great sin II had been, but he is mis-
taken. LINCOLN never kept a grocery
anywhere in the world 1t is true that
LINCOLN did work the latter part OF one
winter in a little sim house up at the
end Of the hollow
From this little still house at the end
Of the hollow grew DoUGLAs's grocery.
which was transformed into "grog-
gerry Only the other day some Of
our correspondents were hunting for
LINCoLNs Internal revenue license or
had seen II or a facsimile OF 1t. 1t Is
| possible enough that LINCoLN's "sa-
loon license" exists in fac-simile as an
4
Jack Built is the progressive order of
the architecture of myth. Our Massa
chusetts contemporary quotes without
naming, precaulon we regret, a
mythical anecdote begotten of the gro
cery-groggery myth:
an one of the famous debates DOUGLAS
accused LINCOLN OF having sold liquor
over the bar LINCOLN retorted by saying.
Mr.. DOUGLAS is quite right. did sell
| liquor over bar. But while l was on
the inside selling it. Mr.. DOUGLAS was
on the outside drinking it
SO the Lincoln legend making or folk
history goes on; and Mr.. ROOSEVELT
has many unknown collaborators. Pos
sibly some wag will yet build the little
still house up at the end of the hollow,
discover It and get an association to
buy It. The renewed interest in LIN
coins "liquor license" may indicate
that he Is to figure as witness against
the Drys