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joyers Of life? We don't believe Il
we don't see these United States as q

joyers Of life? We don't believe II,
we don't see these United States as a
continental alcoholic ward
As for the makers and dealers. and
many Of them, probably most Of them,
are reputable and kindly men. they
have their chance as well as their dan
ger. Is putrid beer and liquor made
and vended? Is vice often associated
with saloons? Is the liquor business
and the brewing business boosted and
extended unnecessarily? 1t is not
heated patter Of Black Valley Railroad
Sobsonian spouters that will affect men
Of sense or do real or irretrievable In
jury to the liquor men. 1t is the dis
honest. greedy, INSCRIPTIONS or crimi.
ma maker or utterer.
Meanwhile, q good many Of the rest
of us will continue to deny that even
II great deal Of evil. If it exists in the
liquor business. IL as great an evil as
the state laying Its clumsy hands on
personal freedom--let alone the intOl-
able connivances. hypocrisles. corrup-
lions and "rotgut" that are the fruit
Of prohibition.
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NATIONAL Defence.
Boys In the Public schools Should Bc
Drilled and Trained.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir:
have lived through rwo wars of this
country when II suffered great loss on
account OF the general ignorance OF the
volunteers as To the elements OF drill
\ long time was consumed in teaching
them the manual of arms and the march
ing,
Against any great modern nation this
delay might cost the country great loss
though not perhaps, eventual ruin.
My suggestion IL that every boy In the
public schools should be taught the
rudlmcnts of the common soldiers duty.
As the manual OF arms, marching and
obedience to orders. II Is proper that
bows enjoying the benefits of an educa-
ton at public expense should be able as
we'll as willing, 10 defend their country in
times OF peril,
We know that boys do not forget their
early physical training when they be
come men They can always skate or
ride If they learned a. boys II they
knew the drll as boys they would know
II as men and would hc almost at once
an efficient body of soldiers.
s. r, LYON.
NEW YoRK. December 2s.
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Under Fire.

What are mans feelings under fire?
1t is a question Of unfailing interest
and dread anticipation In every war,
The untrled soldier marching TO the
firing line asks himself whether he will
have the physical courage to face the
ordeal and go through 1t honorably.
The people at home who read of the
shock of conflict and the sickening casu-
altles wonder how flesh and blood can
stand the roar of the guns, the unend-
ing sh of rifle fire. the shrekn of
shrapnel, the sinister whine of bullets
and the repulsive sights of the battle
field it's dead twisted in horrible shapes
and the wounded mutilated and help
less A British surgeon whose work
takes him to the base hospitals in
France has talked with many soldiers
about their experience under fire and
they have told him how II affected
them.
A soldier who had his baptism of fire
In the fighting about Arras says that
when the shrapnel fell around him
and the BLACK Marias" plOughed the
ground near by, sending up hdeous
columns of smoke, ''evcry instinct Of
body and mind prompted flight" and
only by a great effort OF will power he
held fast his rifle and faced the enemy.
And he had taken his position with
more curiosity than fear. Another man
confessed that he was terribly fright
4,
feeling passed away after while, lcav-
ing me rather tired and only n little
anxious" 4 third was surprised that
he reality proved to he not as bad as
the anticipation: he expected that he
would have to run away and ended by
taking an optimistic view Of his chances.
"I'ndcr fro these men," says the in
qulrcr. found a self hitherto unSus-
pected, that elusive quality which for
want of better title is called mna
hood"
Second courage" sometime comes
to soldiers who behave badly at first
British officer met about u hundred
men retiring from a trench where they
had suffered IA really terrible bonn
bardment with shells and shrapnc."
! lie stopped them, calmly said they must
20 back into the trench, and with I'M
passive face Ted them there They
stayed. and gave very good account
of themselves.
The soldier who says that he is in.
different to fire may usually be set
down as braggart, but this medical
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The Turkey snap of 1919.

The turkey snap" was tradition
of theatricals score of years ago. II
was In reality holiday habit of the
iiy-by night theatre managers, who were
accustomed to organize companies TO
rayage the small towns Of Long Island,
New Jersey and the neighboring States
on the holidays. Companies of actors
were formed to play at Thanksgiving,
Christmas and New Years Day in such
familiar and accessible classics az East
Lynne" "The Two Orphans" or Uncle
Toms Cabin" Descending suddenly on
a town on the eve of holiday. finding
the inha bitants full of the spirit of mer-
rymaklng, IL was easy to perpetrate
one of the dramatic festivals in the
town hall or the "opery house" and de-
camp to neiglboring artistic centre
before the unfortunate citizens had dis,
covered what had really happened.
The turkey snap is now thing of
the past as an episode of suburban life
Perhaps II was one of the numerous
victims Of the movies. Or il may have
disappeared in its natural time before
the spread OF culture. At all events.
the turkey snap" as It was applied to
the country town has disappeared from
the Industries of the impresario.
But does II not survive in more met
ropolitan centres? In New York. for
instance, there are recurring signs Of
healthy existence OF this traditional
device Every year when there Is a
holiday due the artistic efforts OF the
managers are increased feverishly.
They cannot get their offerings to the
stage with sufficient haste. They pile
them M with appalling rapidly before
the approach of every festival. whether
il be Christmas or Easter. Thank sgiving
or Election Day Every holiday is the
signal for an artistic shower from the
managers compared to which the gold
of DANAE was dross
DO New Workers then GO 10 thea tres
only on holidays? That seems the ny
pothcSiS which has transferred the "tur-
key snap from tho outlying towns to
the theatres in the heart of the mctrop-
oils. II cannot he said that the effect
of all this lavish Outpouring of art is
any more permanent now than 1t was
when the scene Of the turkey snap"
was further from Broadway. Soon
after one outbreak the same old fp-
verisl energy begins again. There Ia
another holiday in view. So goes ON the
alienation of stnCnntiou aud produc
tivlty; and the turkey snap" Is now
glorihcd by It's transfer 10 The first
theatres Of this city.
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The President is now disposed to
make Hight Of his controversy with the
Senate over confirmation of his appoint
ments: there is no serious friction be-
tween him and the Senate. he has more
important questions to deal with. and
so on. As to recess appointments which
Senators refuse to confirm, perhaps
Mr.. WILSON finds that ne cannot escape
the logic of the Senste's case: ~ Presl-
dent who cannot get such appointments
confirmed is going TO renew them dur
Ing future recesses, then there is an end
of the right OF confirmation which the
Constitution gives 20 the Senate. and
the President is bigger than the Con-
stitution.
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A Thought Modestiy Commended
to American Statement

Addressing the Senate on the pro-
posed llteracy test for immigrants. the
Hon. LAWRENCE Y. SHERMAN of Illinois
allowed himself to submit the subjoIned
entirely sane and sensible thought to
the intelligence of his colleagues:
I'VE cannot undertake TO solve the aues-
tons OF she Old World.
81 do not think our treaties even can
do that
THAT must be settled BY the people Of
the Old World who are the most tmme-
diately concerned"
The complete assimilation Of this
piece Of wisdom by a number Of ambi-
tlous American statesmen IN and out
Of offlce would unqueshonably con-
tribute materially to the comfort, the
welfare and the dignity Of the United
States in the immediate future.
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officer believes that some men are really

officer believes that some men are really
impervious to fear when under fire.
The average man learns to school him
self. He concludes that his chances Of
coming out all right are fairly good,
the work grips him. and his fears waDe
IL they do not entirely disappear. An
army officer wounded at Ypres sums
up: you want to go back THAT Is, to
the firing line and the trench1. not be-
cause II Is pleasant there. but beca use
staying away Is just impossible"
No war has tried mems souls more
than the great struggle in Europe, for
the excitement and glory have gone
out Of battle. and war has become a
soul narrowing duty to endure an al.
most constant hell of shrapnel and ma
chine gun fire In unsanitafy trenches,
with occasional and even more deadly
exposure to rifle volleys and expert
craftsmanship. men fighting in this SCI
entific and terrible way without see
ing, except rarely. the faces Of the
enemy and always being in ignorance
Of the issue Of the days fighting along
the FAR flung battle line. Sieges in the
open have taken the place Of encoun-
ters that could be decided in day or
two days at the most. and the casual.
ties in their volume are SUPPLYING.
Yet the terrible ordeal does not shake
the soul Of the soldier The red badge
of courage" is as conspicuous as ever.
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To rn' EDITOR ~ THf svN--Sir' Ich haf
a dream gehaht; lch war In der Deutschnr
arluy uud srmt NIT uodilngs but "A rusty
oft bdypuet
big frcnohman coomted at mo una I
vas about 20 stick him. He says: You
roin to stick me wit zat9" SAYS yah
"Den,' says he, "hrst You steriize him 80
lie g'nt mo bottle alcohol, I put Il on
mine hayunct uud set II anre. Ven II burned
or | saws, "Arc YOU readv7" He .ays
'oui' und stuck him.
We bot laughed. lie says. AN revolr."
SAYS, "timcu MorgNu" We bot RUINED
away und fell outer lie bet
hANs BIIT2ENKorr
BRNokIYN, December %
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shells Are Needed. Not a she'll Factory

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN--Sir. What
II the matter with The Hardy Mountain
eer" now in charge of the navy portfolio?
When testlfylnG before the House Com
mittee on Naval Affairs he himself told
Of the scant supply of shells for the bat
teshlps. and admitted that those IN tho
active line have no reserve store and that
some Of the ships in the reserve have no
supply OF shells at all,
And then he asked the committee 10
father an appropriation OF 100000 10
build a shell factory, and yet there are a
number OF private manufacturers who are
prepared to turn out the shells at once,
Apparently this does not suit the patcrnal
form Of government we are now enjoying.
NEW YORK. December %, s " ELLIS.
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She Would Be q Princess.

Panama Pacific Exposition letter day, To
lot our Eastern friends know that the war
has not harmed the fair and the big expo
sition will open on February 20, lsi5. and
everybody liz invited.
The llttle girl that sets the most letters
from Eastern people IN answer TO her invi-
tation from San Francisco will be a princess,
and I thought perhaps YOU might ask the
people to write to me right away.
live IN tho oil fields and viii be . years
old In February, and do 80 want to he the
princess. for II will he great honor. You
have to say something about the fair or the
letter won't count, JEANETTE CARPENTER
REWARD. Kern County, Cal. December IL,
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THE DRY NTGHTCAP.
Rcnascence OF the Chaste Protection or
Earlier Polls.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suns str. I
don't wear nghtCap myself, but they
toll me that rghtcaps have come in
again, more or less.
When ! WAS a hoy everybody wore
them, men, women and children. IN those
days bedrooms In winter were colder
tlIan Grecnland's Icy mountains and you
had 10 wear a nlghtcap TO protect your
head Then we came TO have our houses
better heated. with more heat in the
bedrooms, and the nightoap fell into
dsuse.
But nowadays, with our modern Ideas
about ventilation, We sleep with our win
dows open, and no again have need TO
protect our heads, and 40, II seems, night
caps have come back.
| know n man who now wears for a
nghtcap "A white cotton hat, OF the sort
familiar in summer. ZERO.
New YORK, December 20
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through the public schools INSULT
GENTLY fed. Observation failed to re-
veal any signs of hunger even in the
children who happened to lose avoir-
dupois between the weighings. 1t is
trifie upsettlng to remark that in de-
molishing one fad the teacher with the
scales has developed another. the cult
of physical defects. This, 1t appears,
is not only the cause Of dropping
bodily powers but also OF naughtiness.
Here is plainly the chance for a new
medlco- pedagogic excrescence on the
public school system
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Credit Due to 'Iifc g

The drawing entitled "Soon to Rc Ex-
German Dodo," which was
printed in THE SUN last Sunday. De
ccmhcr 20. was copyrighted by Life of
New York and was used by THE sun in
ignorance of that fact. THE Sun re-
produced the drawing from the sketch
of London and gave the customary
credit to that publication, not knowing
that it was really the property of Life.
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Bunk. Bunk, Bunk,

To THr ENRON or THE SUN-Sr,
Bunk, bunk bunk
Bunk from JuSrphus ID,
And THr SrN "dassent" print what we utter
OF his maritime vHrsltee'
on well for the horse marines
As they gaze on their sch 90 books askancel
"oh, hell" say the sailor lads,
1--WE don't get lighting chancel"
And the watchful Woodrow waits
In the White House there on the Hill.
Soothed by the songs NJ Josrphus Dan
And the cooings OF Dollar Bill.
Bunk bunk bunk
Sheer fudge ana 1ddle de dee,
But the saving grace Of common sens,
Is foreign to all the thrssl
NEW YORK. December "a C,s p.
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Lord FISHER, who asks these hundred
millions of Americans" to read WILLIAM
WATsoN's ludicrous and irritating yawp
on large soul. great lamps and tiger
from his den, forgets that a humane
provision Of the Constitution forbids the
reading.
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The confidence OF THAw's lawyers IN
their ability TO keep him outside OF New
York State in spite OF the decision of the
Supreme Court confirms the suspicion
that the Thaw fortune has not entirely
IL
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II railroad company wishes to per-
form an act OF honesty by returning
an overcharge on a child's fare, why
should the Interstate Commerce Com
mission prohibit it7 How Is It any con-
Germ OF the commissioner And on what
principle does the commission array IT.
self against the citizen and against fair
pIayp
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Sometimes facts are better than
hysteria, even though not so exciting.
The East side school teacher who
weighed all her pupils and proved that
only per cent. showed any loss of
weight, including an overplump maiden
who was striving to reduce" has dis,
posed of sociological sensation In
short order, 1t is to he hoped that
nothing more will he heard Of the army
OF children who draggle gauntiy
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Boston Bile.

To the EDITOR OF THE Sus-Sir, don't
believe In capital punishment, but n did
should reserve II for the man who In
speech or writing referred to the United
states as "thia fair land Of ours"
BoSr"N, December 20 BowsrR,so
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\ Nutmeg Casuist.

TO THE EDIToR or THE SuN-Sir. If
there Isn't work enough 10 go around
what's the use ot getting so blamed efri-
Cicut? CONSTANT READER.
pANBrRY. Conn, December %.
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The Flat Ironist.

tn 1hE EnIroR OF Tns SuE--SU, We did
think OF buying monograph; but We don't
really need one-with our neighbors
NEW YORK. December "a r. ME-
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How Long

TO ruE Enron OF THE SuN-Sir. How
long IS the Thaw case going 10 melt the
coin of the taxpayers? JoHN NJ GIBBs
NEWARK. y, j., December 20.
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~ our friends uho tdror us tcfth manuscripts
snd Illustrations for publication uish TO hare
rejected articles returned Nev must in oil cases
send stamps for that purpose.
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Tire subs, ,pi,ons Sy- the lone a. ..u,.
cation Board TO other colleges, tYsc.r
with the supplemental sum rns'i or 60
he raised by the colleges. were - fol
lows:
Total appropriation. 81. o,.G-1 toNsrdi o..
Subscribed SuppiD''.H'tl
hy @ r h. SUN 10
ARNIAND- 20.
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London office. bingham House. Arundel
street. strand.
Paris ofire. s Rue DE- Ia Michodiere. OF
Rue du Quatre Scptembre
Washington ONCE Hibbs Building.
Brooklyn ONCE. LOG Livingston street
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S,ss7,7sl tio 'cs =
1.-TWO appropriations made
city Gets Its MIX a R,t 'hr'rrr

inc Charities Department a" 'rnr'
tcrday the contract Tor su"p
20 the various institutions ~ 'n'
Stevens Company OF Brooklyn ne V.s
pany's was the lowest hid and "aS n'''
cent less than the city has been qAF""
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EDUCATION BOARDS
GIFTS $1O,5S2,59l
Funds Provided by John D
Rockefeller Widely Distri.
buted Among Colleges.
AID TOWARD S5O.38l.322

The sum OF s1o,5s25si represent, IN.
aggregate subscriptions to college. hy III.
General Education Board sirc. n Va,
founded to administer funds establish.
by John u. Rockefeller, accord g IN ~,
fourth instament Of the boards anu,
report. made public Yesterday.
This great sum was contr,buA a,
parts OF funds amounting 10 t,o.3S,3.7
the remainder OF which. s3o.Sol,7ss h,.
been or will be raised by tho cor.r,,
themselves or by other agencies
Tire appropriations by geographic.
sections were as follows
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Eastern and Middle states.

Subscriptions TO colleges In the Eastern
and Middle States were a. follows.
Subscribed Suppl~rentA
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PAYABLE to THE rtN.
Published daily. including sunday, by the
sun Printing and Publishing Association at
40 Nassau street In the Borough Of Man
haitian. Ncw YORK pr, sideut and Treasurer.
William e. Rcick 10 Nassau street. Vice
President Edward T.. Mitchell, 100 Nassau
street: Secretary. c. Il. LuNton. 40 Nassau
street
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'Tvo appropriations made
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Subscriptions by Mall, Postpaid.

Al ,h,cks money orders &c, to be made
PAYABLE Co 1uE rtN.
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CATTLE BEING SHIPPED

The raising of the federal quar-
antine here has helped business con-
siderably, at least fifty cars Of stock
Of all kinds have been shipped away
from this county the past week, big
cattle and hogs going to Cincinnati;
Richmond, Va, New York and other
markets. Hogs are selling right
along, W. b. Greene, Dan welsch
and Thomas NJ. Greene shipping
strong during the week. The prices
paid for the hogs vary 125 to $50
pound hogs bringing $3.50, $50 to
LIS pound hogs bringing from 5$4
to cents, 175 to 200 pound hogs
bringing from 6 to 6A cents pound
Most of the cattle which have been
shipped were sold some time ago,
while many that were unsold have
been shipped direct to market and
sold in the open. The shipping of
this stock means at the lowest cal
culation that $50, 900 in cash will be
brought into this section.
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BE A BIG BROTHER

There nober of the heart
which prompt practice charity fes
better this than
who might otherwise be forgotten
to a
of followed by stmab lady gentleman
know they will bear witness that they richly
of having made two little souls happy.
The plan simple Look about choose orphan
child whose and that Claus
humble proclaim houseops nothing quite
advertised charity emulate the E Do
secretly and without 1t will do much smoothing ifes
gd pathway will fill with unlike
fenced and not hurt appreciable
To be PERSONAL this? not
it's worth and Christmas, 1914 would
star.
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THE CORN MARKET

Some corn is being sold through
out the county, the prices ranging
from 1915 per barrel for corn TAX
en- just as it comes from the shock
to 1925 per barrel for picked corn.
There is considerable damaged corn
being found in almost every field.
Prices for feed stuff is still high, and
with an extremely bad winter during
January and February the figures
will increase materially.
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HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
Literary Societies.
Howard vanAntwerp)

At a meeting of the Boys High
School Club, last Wednesday after
noon the following officers were
elected: President, Russell DELAY
en-; Vice President, Warren Robert
son; Secretary, Leo Schlegel; Treas
urer, Henry Sullivan. The Boys
High School Club is connected with
the High School Student Christian
Movement of North America. The
aim of this movement is to create
and extend throughout the school
high standards of Christian charac-
ter. The local club has about 30
all of whom are very much
i'm the welfare of the club.
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TRY CONSOLIDATION

In almost every improvement the ra
schools live issue The and city schools
making gratifying but of the country
ItrOgadng standing still There schools
of the weak should be
not much to be accomplished school presided poorly
teacher and lacking the neu the
advancement Of the pupils.
Every State doubtless has its share of poorly supported schools
Most States have of school districts
necessarily follows that of the schools inefficient
Courier Journal
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-12-16
Land d Priest
DRUGGISTS
MO0NSHINE STILL RAIDED

Deputy Collectors Wells and Midi
gan and Deputy Marshal Eubanks
and Posseman Harlan Stamper raid
ed moonshine still on Peter Trace
creek, near Rothwell, Menefee coun-
ty, and destroyed twenty gallon
copper still, eight barrels of beer
and a lot of singlings. The officers
arrested Sherman Crisp, charging
him with being the operator, and
brought him before Commissioner
Wood for trial.
New buckwheat -four at Vanars-
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CATTLE PENS OPEN

The quarantine having been lifted
from many Kentucky counties, in
Guiding Montgomery, our cattle mar
ket, which is the biggest in the State,
will be open for business, next Mon
day, County Court day. and a big
trade is expected.
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REV. II. ID. CLARK

One year ago today with bowed heads and aching
hearts, paid tribute to that Cody who had that
day received the final summons 1t is not purpose
euogze the dead 1t would be useless in community
made UNNECESSARILY better by his having spent there
quarter of century in faithful service of the Man of
Gailec The mention of the anniversary of his de-
parture ought to be sufficient to keep his memory
green
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-12-16

Be a "Spug" and give a useful
Christmas gift-what better than
nice article of furniture? Buy it Of
23-2t. C. W. Harris.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-12-16
THE LOCAL TOBACCO MARKET

With inferior tobacco the local
and good judges Of the while the quite
better than that prevailing other You
top price, bring
will Bring the good wife along
shopping our would be to a larger city