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at Was the Fnrly Spring"

Translated from me Russian OF 4 n Tolstop
IL was the early. early spring,
The grass was young. above no
stream
A sultry air was nutver,ng.
OF green the forest did hut dream.
TIE shepherd pipes. with tunings soft.
Had but begun their tale 10 toll:
The slender fern had not yet doNed
It's neery coil IN woodland dell,
1t was tho early. early spring
SiN fins and thin the b,rchen shade
] caught the smile that hovering.
At last beneath thine eyelids played |
Thy smile--it said my love had won
That smile thine eyellds strove 10 veil I!
o life! o budding wood q sun!
q youth o hope that could NOT fail !
with tears my eyes were glis'ening,
SO tender shone thy lovely face:
1t was the early. early spring,
Faint hirchen shade all round the
place.
This was tho morning of our day,
Joy! o tears SO strangely blent!
o life! o wood o sunny ray
And o tho birch trees thrilling scent !
EDTu NJ, THOMAS
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dated Friday, ''tthat II we had any
casualties the enemy have suffered in
far greater dcgree" He admits that
he has not taken Celaya. hut declares
he holds his positions.
If OBREooN's version Of the fight Is
the true one a new military genius
has arisen in Mexico and the repu.
tation Of FRANCISCO VILLA Is in total
eclipse. The capture Of 5000 prls-
oners. thirty guns and 5000 Mausers
reported by the Carranza General,
would. If confirmed. raise the strug.
gle to the dignity Of a European bat.
tie. Moreover, VILLAS broken ranks
would he in headlong flight, he would
have no army. and prestige and credit
would be gone. A man Of his past
could hardly recover from the shatter.
ing stroke. II will therefore he we'll
to wait for full returns before analyz.
ing the effect Of 50 glorious a triumph
upon the fortunes Of the Carranza
faction.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-18
The Worlds Need Of Horses Is Amer.
ica's Opportunity.

The foreign newspapers are full Of
comment, editorial and contributed,
on the subject Of the propriety Of rae
Ing while the war is on. and the scnti-
ment in favor of continuance of the
sport is largely preponderant. The
people of England France and Ger
many want racing, not for the sports
sake. but because the supply of army
horses, for which those countries are
famous, must be maintained, and
these nations realize that racing Is
necessary for the perpetuation OF the
characteristics essential in the horse,
speed, courage, stamina and sound
ness. Those who are familiar With
conditions abroad at the present time
ssert that the United States has a
phenomenal opportunity to assume a
dominant position in the horse world
if she will hut grasp II.
Before the crusade against racing,
which closed the tracks in half a
dozen States, there were many thou.
sands OF thoroughbreds OF the highest
type on American breeding farms.
and while most Of the big farms have
been abandoned and the stock sold
abroad. there still remains a nucleus
thar will place the United States once
more IN an cnyiabe position In the
horse world.
With the last official census chow
ing a total Of more than $4,000, 900
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-18
LECTURE AT MRS. M0RTON's.
Illustrated Talk In Aid Of Plant
Flower and Fruit Guild.

An illustrated talk viii he given mex
Thursday evening at tie home o. Mrs
Levi T.. Morton for the benefit Of 'hA
National Plant. Flower and Frut Gu'd.
of which Mrs. Morton is The New York
president. There will be singing by Miss
Jenny Larson, the Swedish soprano.
Among the ratroncsses are Mrs An
drew Carnegie. Mrs Vincent Aston. Mrs
John n. Archbold. Mrs Hugh u. Auchir-
Gloss Mrs Arthur VI Dodge. Mrs
Cleveland ". Dodge. Mrs. II Daniel
GugGsnheim. Mrs. John Henry Ham.
moud, Mrs T. :. Hardness Ms
Richard NJ Hoe Ms R'hs-'
T. Huntington, Mrs. Daniel 1t.
mont, Miss Icarv. Miss Anne Morgan
Mrs George n. Pratt. Mrs. Ralph Fll,.
Zcr. Mrs. Herbert Satterlce. Mrs. william
sloane. Mrs James Sroyer Mrs i kN-.
ucdy Tod. Mrs Cornelius Naudcrh o.
Mrs. Felix VI. Warburg, Mrs Is 'rAv
Warren Mrs. Andrew Zahrish'e ard
Mrs. Seth Low.
Tickets AZ q each may he obtained al
the office Of the guild. 20 FIFTH avenue
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No Sin TO Appropriate the Property OF
Cnrpgenerate Sinners,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sr: In
defending tho Rev. Billy Sunday against
the charge OF plain stealing brought by
Mr.. Luther Davis your correspondent Il.
Kent gives this:
Sunday explained that this grafton OF
TrEersolrs was doubtless handed to him
by one Of his secretaries along with many
other clippings. and as the ideas tncor-
porated seemed 10 him 20 be good he
used them.
This reminds me ~ the case 81 the
Reverend James johnson of NV Jer-
sey. who was indicted years ago as the
chief OF a band OF chicken thieves that
had been plundering the farmers near
New Brunswick. The testimony ran
something like this:
Now. NJ. Johnson. these chickens.
as the evidence shows. were found in
your possession. Did you steal them 80
mo. sab. ] got 'en from one of nah
fr'en's"
Did YOU know WHERE he got the
r'hickeue"'
81 didn't ask him, san"
ibid you believe them 20 10 lawfully
his 20 rivc?"
81 didn't ask no questions. sab. I
IS tuck en-"
What did you do with thrn-'
81 sold ON 70 the market man"
what did You do with tho money!"
~ kept some and divide the rest with
nah fr'ou's."
Sow. Mr. johnson. Ne truthful Dill
Won. or ala yuu not, believe these
chickens t. he honestly yours"
sure 7 kunWed they wasn't mine
| jos tuck EN-
And YOU used 'hsm 10 benefit YOUR
self 10y passing th"m on 10 other peo-
pie"
"Ycs. sab. They was very good
chickens"
"Now, Mr.. johnson. here IL a witness
who says these chickens belong 20 him.
and proves that they w"re stolen from
his farm. ~ night, by men in your en-
plo" What have YOU to say to that"
witness pointing. rs that the man
over thore9'
yes
"Duuno him at all lie don belong
20 our conference He's an ouregcn-
rate sinner an hos got to so to hell 80
FREDERIC w. PANGRoRN
NEW YORK, April II.
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The Field Of CeIaya.

Either great battle has been
fought in Mexico or General AIvARo
OREGON. commanding the Carranza
army, is romancns in his bulletin of
victory forwarded to Vera Cruz. 1t
is a suspicious circumstance that he
estimates the cncmy's losses at $4,000
killed, wounded and missing and his
own at only 200. General VILLA must
have lost his cunning entirely If his
patriots allowed themselves to DO
slaughtered like rabbits and could In
flict only the sorry casualties Of an
outpost skirmish,
General VILLAS story OF tho affair
nj Cclaya indicates that he has suf.
fcred check or reverse, hnt not q
Waterloo. "You may rest assured"
ne says In a despatc from Iraplnto
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-18

that other Japanese cruisers had
gathered there to extrlcatc her.
In the end Of January the American
cruisers San Diego and Raleigh Of
fered legitimate neutral aid. which
was declined. The American com.
plement was ordered to say nothing
about the plight Of the Asama. the De
partment holding that 1t would be
violation Of neutrality to give out
infOrma ton. This was emineDtly
prefer 40 long as there were German
warships in the Pacific. but at n later
stage of the war It would have been
we'll to make a simple official an,
nouncement about the occasion for the
presence Of Japanese warships on the
Lower California coast: there would
then have been no mystery for the
imagination Of the alarmists to feed
upon.
There ia nothing more stupid and
mischievous than the practice of
working up menace to the United
States whenever Japanese warships
appear of the north Pacific coast OF
Mexico and drop anchor there. It IL
stupid because the idea that any
Asiatic nation would plan to make a
naval base on such a God-forsaken
stretch OF wilderness as Lower Cali.
fornia could be conceived by no one
who understood the uses Of a naval
base and the means in ships and stores
required to maintain one on any
scale that would constitute a peril Ia
o first class sea Power.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-18
Uncle Sans Chicken Feed.

In the Treasury statement Of con-
dition as Of Wednesday. April IA. the
following item appears:
Net balance in the general fund, s2s.-
244.s14."
In amounts varying hut slightly
from this figure the foregoing bal
ance has for many days past com
pared with the following item from
the assets side Of the Treasury bal.
ance sheet:
Subsidiary silver. minor coin. silver
bullion. ssS,e1i227."
without making further analysis
Of the Treasury statement, which
would indeed hardly stand analysis
II suf'ices to say that the old gentle.
man known ms Uncle Sam Is decidedly
hard m. more so than he has been
In twenty years.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-18
The Metropolitan's Year.

The season of opera at the Metro
politan which closes this week Ia
unusual in having begun in unprece-
dented difficulties and ended in the
customary degree of artistic brllllance.
GIULIo GArTr-CAsAzzA, the silent
chief Of the great enterprise. had to
collect an international company from
nearly every country in Europe with
the almost insurmounta wartime
difficulties to overcome. The seasons
in Chicago and Boston were alto
gcther omitted in view of the sup
posed impossibihty Of assembling the
singers in those cities.
But the Metropolitan Orera House
went through its season as usual. The
high standard of the performances
was maintained. The German opera
were maintained on their high artistic
plane. although there had been mis-.
civings on this point. Important new
artists were presented and classics OF
the German, French and Italian
schools We're successfully restored Ia
the operate repertoire.
In addition to these notable artistic
results General Manager GATTI.CA.
sAzzA may congratulate himself that
the financial results Of the year were
much better than might have been
expected. And that sort Of success is
after all. as important in m opera
house as anywhere else.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-18
Karl Ritter's Death

r THE Enron or TIE SrN-S,r Win
ali due respect for the verdict of the
CoroucI's jury IN tho death Of Kari
Bitter. its meaning is that the lie OF "A
pedestrian is cheap
Mr.. and Mrs. Bitter, after tho opera
were waiting for a uorthhouud car. At
that hour the street is always crowded.
II Is a time for careful driving. by tho
testimony before the Jury and by the
first public accounts Jancss moto-. os-
saying TO pass a taXicah, shot out,
knocked down and dragEs Il Mr.. Bitter
thirty feet, and did no, stop until II had
mounted the sidcw' ok
Jamcs's car was certainly exceeding
tho lawful speed limit, What IS the use
of speed ordinances Evidently hero "a
a contempt for human life Mr. Bitter
was man with trained eye. kecr,
abort, precise PrpE s-nrAS
NEW YORK, April is.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-18
Misdirected Ambition.

Who could have looked for such n
glow Of anticipatory fervor in a ma
ture which even the Governors friends
have regarded as essentially frigld?
II Is affecting to see Mr.. WHITMAN
In the white robes Of candidacy. hut
surely just appreciation of his es-
sential superiority in the management
OF figures and most commanding tai
cnt for the supervision Of the public
finances should have directed his am
bition to the post Of Secretary of the
Treasury. rather than to che White
House!
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-18
WARNS PUBLISHERS
OF COUPON SCHEMES
Edwin d. Dc Witt Says Tn.
roads Are Being Made on
Newspaper Advertising.
SEES A LOSS OF MILLIONS

Edwin n De Witt. general ra,ar.,
OF tho Editor and Publisher, WHO ma.
been investigating the inroads made nv
coupon advertising on newspaper adve,
Using. outlined last night to rel,
resentative OF THE Sun some " n.
facts brought 10 light through his work
Mr. De Witt said:
IL know OF more than $500 0oo worth
Of newspaper advertising which n,
been cancelled this week The mauufac
turers stopped their newspaper ady.r
Using and took on manufacturers con.
pons, saying their business would No,
permit OF both forms OF advertising
II believe the newspapers Will eyen,u.
ally get some legislative action IN III.
next Congress. But that is detail I,
tho owners and publishers of newspansr,
do not soon come to a realization o. tn
losses In advertising what this coupon
advertising means to them. they wifi
find out through the counting room IA
celpts.
II am firmly OF the opinion that IN.
most serious disaster threatens rews
]
cooperate in prompt and effective meas.
ures to combat the coupon schemes
There has been already much over 81.
000.0o0 of advertising thrown into cou.
pons which it was planned to place in
the newspapers this year.
"A manufacturer has just three ava
nues of eNpense--hs raw material hs
manufacturing and overhead and hs
/ advertising. His expenditures for -1w
material are flexible, depending entirely
on the orders which he has for manrftc-
tured goods. His expense Of manufar.
turing and overhead Is moro or less
/ flexible and may be loaded r feces.
sary His expense for advertising can.
not be loaded with the expense Of both
newspaper and magazine advertising
and the coupons. 1t must be either me
thing or the other
The man is asleep or dreaming who
| docs not realize the tremendous growth
Of the coupon business. If my Statement
| is true--and who can doubt i'-tha'
no considerable advert isiug account car
stand both coupons and newspaper al.
, vert isiug then the conclusion must W
that as the coupon business incretsAs IN
volume tho newspaper advertising mus
dccreas Sc
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Pr BETA PHI ANNIVERSARY
Mrs. Whitchousr to Rc One ~ III.
Principal Speakers

Mrs. Norman dc Il Whte'ousA and
Mrs. Wiulfrod Harper Cooley w n.
the principal speakers ~ r. 'urt'or '.
ho given ON SATURDAY. next - e
Hotel McAln'n nv the Nev York A'1r1
run OF the II Beta Pm sorori; Mrs
Whitchouse WAS ucn'hr- az no So
cicty AZ Tulane IN vcre,'r. Now 0r.oa"',
and Mrs. Cooley at the Iu'vc 1'y o.
California.
~ Beta Phi ~ no oldest ~ ~
wum"n's college srror.f'"S Hrd re
luncheon on SATURDAY - - ~ ~ ""s
hration Of the fOrtv-ciEhtN arv'v"-s "
of is founding. II maintains serr-a
graduate and travelling srNo'Hes H.ps a. \
is establishing "A Settlement a'Hco. y
tho mountains Of Tcure-t"o. $50 '"V
luilinEs of which WI O." ready 20
dcd cation two wears hence 20" '.r .'.
caS!on Of the sen. centennial Of the
organ cation
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head Of horses in the United States,
it would be natural to suppose that a
great many animals Of the remount,
artillery and transport types would
be available. OF remount horses buy
ers for foreign Governments say there
Is nothing like the number they had
hoped to find. This indicates lack of
intelligent methods in the breeding
industry. The National Department
Of Agriculture should conduct, through
its breeding stations, campaign OF
education for the farmer and breeder.
and every effort should be made to
establish firmly the idea Of type, which
is the very groundwork OF the breed
ing movement. The experience Of
other countries has demonstrated be-
yond a doubt that the thoroughbred
sire Is best suited to improve the
general breed of horses. and the dams
should be trotting bred mares or those
Of coaching or saddle blood. The
long rein, full nostril, fine ear, clean
cut throttle, prominent eye and fiat
bone are some Of the cha racteristics
that make for recognition Of the type.
Foreign buyers say that Kentucky,
Missouri, Tennessee, Virginia. West
Virginia. New York. Maryland and
sections Of Pennsylvania and Ohio
have yielded a goodly number Of such
horses The United States can estab-
lsh a general purpose type Of horse
second to none in the world.
With this end in view the Federal
Government could render the country
tremendous service II 1t prohibited
the further expectation Of all mares
suitable to produce cavalry remounts
A very large proportion OF the ami
mails bought by foreign commission
ers have been mares. With a short
age Of brood mares already existing
and the end not yet in sight, there
should be cooperation between those
who are breeding and racing thor
oughbreds and those who are endeav-
orlng to breed useful horses. whether
Of the harness or saddle types.
The Dominion Of Canada has for
INFLATED a plan for the preservation
Of the horse breeding industry within
its boundaries which should lead rap
idly to the establishment of distinc-
tive types. The Government and peo-
pie Of the United States cannot afford
to let the present opportunity slip.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-18
They Got or at Buffalo

Talk about the wicked Wes,
And tho had men " the p,a!r
Amt got nothing much on those
Holdups Of the Central train
'liold your hands up" and he d,l.
Engineer ho though, Jus, 81.
pant TAX" place way ou; West,
happened up Tn Bnnaio
stopped the whole shchaur - boo.
Hold }ouf hands mp or You're d-,l"
Any man wound do the same
W!th pistol At hts head
somewhat shivery they stood.
All tho train crew in row
Nope Y, wasn't way out No..
Happened up in Buffalo
Engineer he took chance.
Lighted out and got away.
jumped aboard his old machine.
Lives in Syracuse they say
Some'h'ng doing migh'y qG!ck
lioldup fellows NOT So SLOW
Working Our tho cleanup trick.
Happened MP 'n Runalo.
They were Johnnies on tho SPOT,
Clever artists IN their line
Broke the seals and dumped her out.
Velvet. silk and satin fine
Jesse James was never IN
Any neater game, you know.
Movies now are after what
Happened up in Buffalo
Got away with all tho swag
Forty thousand dollars worth.
Motor buses loaded down
disappeared from 0f the earth
Rai men a,n't ALI doing biz
In ,nc Western climate; no
Toughest thing that ever was,
Happened UP IN Pufrsio
AoaAos SsYAoVn KuLLll
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@. B. s.. UNLIMITED.
Nefarious Proceedings Of q London
Syndicate Exposed.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir:
few In this country suspected II ah the
time and in England Il has been known
to score or more.
George Bernard Shaw" isn't man
its n literary syndicate. And the
men behind the scheme might have gone
on indefinitely had not some one made
the beautiful blunder of sending out
story entitled Common Sense and the
War; with line under 1t which read
"By George Bernard Shaw In this
article England Is called to task and
| Sir Edward Grey Is referred to as a
| "junker" or course the authorities
around Whitehall got hot under the
collar" and proceeded to find out who
this person called George Bernard
shaw really was. Investigation revealed
the greatest literary conspiracy OF mod
ern times. In Adelphi terrace, right Off
the Bmbankment, there is "a grim look
ing house where the Syndicate makes
its headquarters. On the second floor
there Ia vast sea OF clerks and stenog-
raphers filing and indexing Intellectual
data twenty -four hours a day. The syn
dicate, II was discovered. works In three
shifts OF eight hours each.
The office Is divided into four de-
partments drama, politics, sociology
and suffrage Each department IL In
|
under general manager. The gen
eral manager Is what we In America
would call sales manager lie looks
after the sale OF all manuscripts. sends
out faxed Interviews and photographs
OF this supposed person George Ber-
nard Shaw" Magazines and newspapers
everywhere "fall' for this stuff" and
this innocent bogtrvttcr Is perhaps the
most widely advertised individual In all
/ bn -,,II IN no ird he
counting room and executive offices.
Magazines from every corner OF the
earth are assiduously searched by a
large force Of checkers
Where an article appears "by George
| Bernard Shaw" a charge is made at the
rate Of 81 n word 81 in the United
| Kingdom. which charge is passed on TO
the counting room. there to go through
wondrous network of system before the
periodical is duly billed. In the raid"
on the place the second floor was highly
interesting IN that II revealed the pro-
digious mass OF human knowledge which
this George Bernard Shaw person"
manifests I'm his" works. There. cleverly
codfied, in a vault Of index boxes were
data on every conceivable subject that II
is humanity possible to know and much
which isn't
What the end OF this grand scheme
will be. now that the secret is out no
one can tell II IL rumored that the
| force will be suspended and the place
/ taken over by the Government, opened
20 tho public daily from 10 until 2,
| like the National Gallery. British Mu-
scum and Westminster Abbey Also
! that the innocent Irishman will be
| rugged M In blue suit and brass but
/ tons and get a Job as Waterman.
PHILIP GOODMAN.
NEW YORK. Apr4f 1s
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DR. Cook will be encouraged n
learn that the American Secretary Of
State has attacked Admiral PEARY IN
the Coptmoncr. The explorers offence
was that he had said that "a hundred
years hence we shall either be oblite-
rated as nation or we shall occupy
the entire North American world seq
ment." AS the speculation either one
way or the other would imply HOSTILE
ties on large scale. and az Mr.
BRYAN il bent upon abolishing war IN
the Western Hemisphere. he could not
allow such a personal reflection upon
himself to pass without n rebuke,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-18

II IL reported ny our neighbor the
Tribune that the Postmaster OF Brook
Ign is holding up signed postal cards
addressed TO Secretary BRYAN and
conveying the subjoined request:
"For the good of the country. RE-
SIGN"
BY whose orders and on what prin-
ciple Of lawful administration is this
message to the Secretary of State in
tercepted and detained?
This is a petition, not a threat. II
is advice. not insult. II cannot he
pretended that the communication
falls within the classification of Sec
ton 2l2 of the Federal statutes. as
matter obviously intended to reflect
injuriously on the character or con-
duct OF another" The foregoing re-
quest to Mr.. BRYAN is no more obVt-
ously intended to reflect injuriously on
his character and conduct than the
editorial article in tho Com Toner on
the Predatory Interests. which Mr.
Bryan himself IS sending out through
the mails this week. il obviously in
tended TO reflect injurlously upon the
character and conduct of others.
Has not any citizen the right TO ask
Mr. BRYAN to resign? As to asking
him 10 resign for the good of the
country" the quoted phrase Is sur
plusaCe. II does not affect the nature
of the request
Moreover, are not the Brooklyn
Post Office authorities aware that
they are striking at the great prin-
ciple of the Recall, in this case eXer-
cised spontaneously and Independently
and naturally and rightfully by these
posta! card appellants?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-18
The Turtle Bay F0olishness.

Admiral THOMAS r. HOWARD now
Frorts that the Japanese armored
cruiser Asama is In mud nearly up to
aGr decks in Turtle BAY and may be a
total loss This announcement should
% q warning TO the sensation mongers
unless they are ready 10 maintain that
the japanese Government deliberately
ran q cruiser Of $3.50 tons ashore on
o desolate coast with the design of
sacrificing her in order to establish n
naval base 5000 miles of blue water
from Yokohama with not n coalng
station on the way. The Navy De
partment at Washington has known
for a long time that the Asama was
In a bad position In Turtle Bay and
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-18
Gone with the Tail Cont!

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN---Sr: You
might have tollcd the passing of tho
tail coat with tinge OF sorrow, and
something more OF reverence The togu
virilis Is indeed gone. and with il gem
tie manners, mellow bourbon, white meal,
discipline, and the common law OF
England. In their places we have rude.
ness on NJ most Indifference, tho soda
fountain with its Shiny horrors. break
fast foods, tho spcarmint breath. gov
eminent by taboo, and the cocducttional
mind EDWIN w. THOMAS.
NEW York, April II.