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The sun., 1916-09-23
Villas Successful side SHOW.

1t is an amazing combination Of cir
cumstances that has made New Lon.
don. Conn.,, and chihuahua City. Mex
leo. the stage setting for two dramatic
episodes that are a strange blend Of
bloody tragedy and hilarious farce
comedy.
The Wilson Administration and the
socalled de facto Government Of
Mexico arrNnged TO hold a Farley.
through diplomatic representatives. ut
New London, with the apparent pur.
pose OF placing the relations between
the United States and her sister re.
public upon an ostensibly peaceful
basis until after the coming Presiden.
tial elections north and south OF the
border. The political fate Of both CAR
RAMA and WILSON was Mt stake in
the immediate future. and their con-
tinued possession Of power defended
upon their impressing their respective
constituents with their devotion TO
both the theory and the noble practice
Of arbitration.
II was evident to all concerned In
the affair. of course. that this ante.
election grand stand play might fnil
Of its designed effect IL that mclo-
dramatic transformer PANCuo VILLA
should stage successfully a side show
below the border that would attract
more earnest attention from both
Mcxicans and Americans than the
diplomatic peace play being enacted
Mt New London.
To avoid the possible %purloining by
VILLA Of the Carranza Wilson thun.
der the United States Government sen,
Il punitive expedition into Mexico to
capture the marplot VILLA. dead or
alive: the forces Of the Carranza
commander. General TREvINo. OF Chi.
humhua City were raised to n strength
Of six or seven thousand men; care
was exercised to the end that New
London should not run short Of cham.
payne. and the curtain was rung up
on II problem play that had been
staged with thoroughgoing attention
to detail.
But against the II they had
f%oreseen and schemed tn prevent. the
renewal of VILLAS activities rs n the
atrical ger. the firm of CARR>NzA
and WILSON has proved itself TO he
pCwcrless. Tho carefully cast and
managed show AT New London prom.
ises to have but Il short run. owing
10 the bowling success o' VIVA as
author Of and heavy villain in u play
entitled 1.-The Bandits Vow or "a
Night on in Chihuahua"
Not only did VILLA and his army
enter TIEvINo's stronghold. accord
Ing to General BELLS information.
denied by General TEEvINo. but the
former ralli~l to his black IA: many
Of the laitcr's troopers. By success.
fully combining both romance and
realism VILLA won n triumph as dra.
matist and actor AT chihuahua. giving
full artistic value To both the comedy
relief AMI tho death scenes that has
destroyed permanently the theatrical
value of the melancholy farce at New
London. Conn.
II, as SHAKESPEARE says. 'the
plays the thing" VILLA. in competi.
tion with his rival mana gers, has cap.
turrd the public. the critics and the
l@y office receipts.
The sun., 1916-09-23
4 Motion Picture Publicity Man Gives
Figures.

To TIE Eplrop oF THE SrS-Sir: ~
Former Movie Fan entered a game
which he had not taken the trouble
80 study beforehand. AZ least 100000
people in the United States are a; this
ONE troubling producers with their
scenarios. About 500 pictures n week
are made. 50 the individual chances OF
success in scenario selling can be .sti-
mated VITA r.as"na1,e eNac;i:udc.
All pictures shown are not ha.ed or
.mprobabiliiics Of plot and actions. as
your correspondent appears 20 imply.
Ahsurd!,ies occasionally appear in books
as we'll as in films.
"a Former Movie Fan would he we'll
advised to enlarge the field OF his cx.
p,rienCes. I;oBERr w. PRIEST.
NEW YORK. September %.
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Ha>ty Judgment Concerning Our
Neighbours Own Sincerity.

To THE En'ror OF THE SrN-S Sir: Your
editorial article "ror:reit ~ an Insip-
cclc 'olitician by tho New York Times"
expresses my f"cling about an insincrre
paper. h Times was a paper | read
Tor a great many years. considering II
preferable to any Other. Within he
last two years I couldn't pick IL IN with
out feeling that the lines were untrue.
FREDERICK :. SrriNMANN.
B~GoSXvIrl.E, September 81.
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THE NEW YORK times" AND
CANDIDATE WILSON.
vi Whose Sincerity II Is So Hard for
Dur NeighbOr 10 Maintain Belief.

To THE EDITOR ~ THE SuN-Sfr: You
certainly hand "A hot one to the Times
this morning in our leader. and I am
wondering what they can fnd to say
to YOU IN reply.
The Times seems 70 regre, the sta nd
It has taken IN this campaign and doubt.
less would gladly change abou, again II
II dared to risk tho loss Of s,ill moro
circulation.
~ our town Is any criterion they mus.
ne fccNng the loss Of many n forncr
friend and tho deadly paraliol'' must
give them n daily pualnL. PATERSON,
NEW YoRR. September 81.
The sun., 1916-09-23

WILSON'S partisans we should hear no
more that Mr.. TAFT, with a longer
tenure as President. would have re-
fused to recognize HUERrA and taken
the fork Of the road that led to chaos,
Mr.. TArT's successor did In the
name of constitutional government
and humanity. The gun was well
screened, but 1t has been spiked.
The sun., 1916-09-23
For Equitable Distribution Of silk.

To THE EDIToR or THE SrN--Sir: |
hope when woman gets the ballot there
will be not only political equality but
some equality In the allotment OF the
beautiful things for attire, To-day man
uses so much silk for his magnificent
shirts or various shades and hues that
woman IL allowed barely enough silk in
her stockings to cover her ankles.
Why woman should have TO have the
tops of her stockings and the feet made
OF cotton and mar not be made to have
tho backs and sleeves of his silk shirts
made OF cotton is not understandable.
II woman should decide to wear her
skirts n little shorter sho would have
to have more silk for her stockings.
JAMES ". DEwELI., Jr.
NEW HAVEN. Conn. September 90.
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what MI. Taft Would Have Done.

Presenting upon Mr.. TArT's good
nature and counting upon his silence,
Administration orators have been tell
ing the country that President TAFT.
if he had remained in office, would
liave refused to recognize IIrtRrA,
and for the same reason that gov
prncd MI. WILSON when he made com
NOR cause with the Constituencies.
However. Mr.. TAFT has never been
good naturcd AT the expense Of his
duty 10 the country. and he now
breaks a silence that he had pre-
served from patriotic motives.
In all tho Mexican crises WILLIAM
Howard TAFT V failed to support
the Administration. although the pol
icy of watchful waiting was not 10
his liking. But his silence about the
1Iuerta episode ceased to be public
spirited or necessary when Mr.. WILL
sons campaign managers sought to
make political capital out of it. S"
Mr.. TAFT turns on the light.
In an article in the Yale Rcricm
for October cX,Prcsldcnt TAFT blows
an %impudcnt fiction sky high when he
says that had the Republican Adj
ministratiWn continued it would have
recognized IIUERTA." and upon the
principle that ''no matter what
HuERTA had done, no matter who he
was, II was not for us to prescribe who
should not become the head OF that
independent State As 10 The rom
plicity of HrEITA in the murder Of
MADERO, Mr.. TAFT says that 'HUERTA
himself denied it and there were rea-
hons for attrihuting the act to others;
30 that HrERTA'S guilt a> n basis for
withholding recognition from his Gov
eminent was an understandable as
sumption.
Mr.. TAFT In the few days of his
tenure of office remaining after the
death OF MADERO and the succession
"f HUEETA took no action, because at
would have been not only hnsty and
premature, but it. would have been
lacking in proper consideration for
M to determine III important policy
for him" president WILSON,. Never
was consideration for II successor 10
great responsibilities appreciated less
or more ungcnerou>ly distorted.
And apart from Mr.. TAIr's state
ment Of his attitude. there Is evil
dcnce which should satisfy the fair
minded that in due course he would
have recognized HuLRrA. The Ma
icro Administration had been II dis
appointment in failing IN protect
Americans and their interests. Claims
Cor damages were pending. \ large
body of regulars had been sent to the
border tn prevent disturbances and
10 impress the Mexican Government.
An embargo upon the expectation of
arms to Mexico had been established
by executive decree. Finally. Am
bassadOr HENRY LANE WILSON. I'M an.
pOintee of President TAFT, had recon-
inendcd the recognition of HuERT\
latter securing from him." to quote
Mr.. TAFT, faction upon the rigltful
claims Of the United States in mat.
tiers Of dispute and Of her citizens for
injuries sustained by them" Before
rcpudiatlng HUERTA Mr.. TAFT would
have had to %rcpudiatc Ambassador
WILSON, who, rs the ex-Prcsldent says
had rendered most effective service
In protecting Americans and other
foreigners In the coup d'etat In tho
city of Mexico.
TAe case is complete. From Mr.,
The sun., 1916-09-23

We declare the movie mon. in
tend to ask all Presidential candidates
how they stand on the film censorship
question" Bide n wee. gentlemen.
Candidates must first respond to the
popular demand for their stand on
the questions Of who struck BILLY PAR
ERsoN. how old is ANN. who wrote
BACON. and the interleague baseball
championship.
The sun., 1916-09-23

Does not Prince ALEXANDER of Ho-
lenlohe speak with inspiration when
he says tina tho European %combatants
u compromise or 10 ruined? The
Entente Allies VIII NOT sec the si,ua-
ton in that light so long as they sus-
pect that The feelors for peace are put
out by official Germany.
The sun., 1916-09-23
4 New V'se for the Bird.

PROM the First Ninois Cnrn'rymns
Since Fritz TirrcI', parrot has refused -
inter- even an exclamation point since he
took NJ his roost under Company G's
kitchen, the fellow, are going to ask t,
have II transferred to the Signal Corps
and learn the wigwas.
The sun., 1916-09-23

Senator O'GoRMAN lost an impor-
tant golf match at Hot Springs To OK
Secretary OF War GARRISON. Could il
have been because. as Congressman
FIrzGERAI.D says IL the truth, the SEN
alto. addresses the ball on tho tee as II
he were addressing the United States
Senate on the tariff?
The sun., 1916-09-23
what Our Ncighbor Itself Has 10 Say
for Itself,

From ~ N-r York Tune ~ pc,'rcdap.
DUR %ncighhor THE SrN has discovered
that the Times is an independent news.
paper. We are surprised that it should
nave taken 1t so long to make the dis.
covcry.
The sun., 1916-09-23
Who Knows the Ring and String
Puzzle?

ia TIE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir: Some
time age I was shown. but now I forget.
how to take off AZ ordinary finger ring
through which Is passed ono strand OF
n piece of string having no end. Can
any OF your readers tell how this is
done" j, c..
NEW YoRK. September 22.
The sun., 1916-09-23

indian is the greatest fighting polit-
zeal State in the Uiion. Every mans
child - born there cheering or cussirg
somebody or something in politics.
Er-Gorcrnor WILLIAM 4. DuRBlS Of
Indiana.
There Will OF course bc more cuss-
Ing han cheering in Indiana until NJ
reinber :, after which the Cussing VII
turn to cheering.
The sun., 1916-09-23

The German societies at Nic, that
adopted "A resolution calling FOR the
careful! crushing of Great Britain, our
true and worst enemy" understood
the importance Of sea power in the
great struggle. hut how is .~IEtIicoE's
fleet TO h" carefully crushed:
The sun., 1916-09-23

4 society note informs us that the
proprietor Of a world famous Fifth
avenue hotel has cone to Toledo To at
tend a dinner. No ono has ever told
what the vintncr buys onc-hals as
precious as the stun he sells.
The sun., 1916-09-23

Between law and lawlessness there
can be no neutrality in thought. II
1t m to a clash between the stars
and Stripes and the black nag every
citizen must make his choice.
The sun., 1916-09-23
speed Laws strictly Enforced.

The police campaign against speeding In
Fort Worth, Ten. extended to street cars
and n inotorman was taken from his car
and fined $50 for fast driving.
The sun., 1916-09-23
All cheeks, money orders. &c. to be
made payable to THE sun.

Published daily. including sunday. by the
k.n Printing and Publishing Association at
100 Nassau street. In the Borough. of Man
haitian. New York. President, Frank A.
,tunsey, $50 Nassau street; Vice PRESIDENT,
Irwin wardman, $50 Nassau street. Sec
Rotary. II. II. Titherington. $50 Nassau
street; Treasurer. WIN. 4. Dewart. loo Mas
Sau street,
The sun., 1916-09-23

Tat happy lady the Hon. MAY
IRWIN. having laughed II fortune out
Of delighted audiences. is a shrewd
..andlady. She will not allow her bust
ness tenants to compete too kecnlv.
because rivalry might cause the fail
ure OF one or both OF them" Had
nature been as shrewd We eve would
have been bothered with tho theory of
the survival Of the ~fittcst.
The sun., 1916-09-23

Is CARRANzA waEing peace or war at
chihuahua?
The sun., 1916-09-23

"ENcellency." said the Greek Min
lster to Germany to the Minister for
Foreign Affairs in Berlin. II am COM
mlnded to request by his Excellcncy
Premier kAIoGERoPouLrs--"
"Granted, whatever IL IL. II YOU will
never mention his name again"
The sun., 1916-09-23

'Lendon once. 40.43 Fleet street. =.
Paris ofice. q Rue lie la Michodiere' on
Rue du Qua;re Septcmbre.
Washington once. Hibbs Building. ,,
Brooklyn once. Room To-. Eagle Build
Ing. 300 Washington street.
The sun., 1916-09-23

II ROOSEVELT and TAFT dare 10 shake
hands Viii WILSON shake his finger"
The sun., 1916-09-23

Every time the price OF bread Zoos
up the Administration loses more
votes.
The sun., 1916-09-23

Gas found in n tree in Missoui!.-Ncus
item.
1t wasn't a tree. 1t was the centre
pole of the big tent under which the
Hon. JAMES REED of Kansas City had
been campaigning for reelection to
the United States Senate.
The sun., 1916-09-23

NEW YORK. September 90.
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THE PLAUSIBLE SCENARIO.

NEW York. September 81.
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The Resources NJ the English Language.

~ II EF'T'I w
New HAVEN. Conn. September 90.
The sun., 1916-09-23

ATLANTIC CITY. September 81.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-19

1 kitty Harrington stepped quietly and | with great dignity from the top of the 1 stepladder to the extremely high stove ( Q great bargain her husband had re- | gently acquired at an auCtion). Now, | everyone knows how hard it is to be 1 dignif1ed on such an occasion, especial | ly as the stove had Q tall urn on it's top 1 for holding water, this surmounted by l a tall man on horseback. But-kjtty l did it, eXClaiming, You old ark of a stoVe!" and also in this act of dignity she pushed the stepladder so that it fell 1 to the floor with a crash, breaking into three pieces.
 Now I've done it!" said Kitty. 'But l it was an old ricllety thing anyway" and she proceeded to wipe the walls and ceiling as far as she could reach. Then she was ready to descend but a bod of coal on one side, a footStoOl and the broken stepIadder on the other prevented her.
 If I jump" said Kitty, q shall sprain my weak ankle, or perhaps break my neck. No, thank you, not for Kitty" and she sat down on the broad iron mantel shelf which had once shadowed a deep fireplace. After humminS while, COntentedIy swinging her feet, she burst into song, thus en- tertaining herself while waiting for as
 sistanCe.
 She was patheticaIIy imploring the powers that be to take her home to Ll1C LttL oLA4Iily AcO[tLlL N1lG4l SIlC IlGCll U
 Come in," she called. And, lower,
 Heres where little Kitty comes off her perch"
 In response there stepped brisIzly | through the door a short, smiling, red headed young man, who looked all around without perceiving the lady on The mautel (and also the stepIadder) and began in 9 recitative tone: T would like to see the lady of the house, little girl, at once, as my time is very ValuabIe."
 The lady of the house looked down at her short work apron and slippers and exploded: Then, why in the world don't you look at her?" "Oh, 1 beg pardon" he said, humbly. T see now you are a young lady. My mistake, I assure you. I have here a copy of the greatest encyclopedia of useful lInOWIeG@e in the world. Every 1 body needs 1t, the scholar, the business man, and the whole 27 volumes make a nice seat for the baby to sit on at the table, and cost only $27. Phenomenal weather, isn't it, miss2' No, it is not" she snapped. We must expect such weather at this time 1 of the year; and now that you have | told me all about your wonderful books, please go out quickly and close the i door behind you and leave me to my l solemn thoughts"
 l "Solemu," he snorted. You were ] singing like a steam calliope when l i knocked"
 ! '-Caf-Ii-0-Dee," she corrected. q like l to hear people. and especially book 1 agents. pronounce their words right" T stand correction. because you have i not asked mo to sit he returned. But ] before I close the door behind me al- i low me to rescue you from the cOnse- i qucnces of the household catastrophe 1 which has befalIon you." l "Huh." quote she. q am simply sit
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-19
NETCHNIKCFF,

Tn connection with the death of Dr. Elie NetchuikOf sight cannot be lost of the fact that it was his claim that the human body is so constructed that with proper care and a, proper regard for food man ought to live to be 150 years old, and further that it is Un- natural that death should occur be- tween the ages of GO and so. That Getchnikoff died at the age of II may seem to undermine some of his ideas, O. it at least indicates that he failed to properly respect those rules and regulations by which seniIa decay could be overcome and human life practically doubled, but that does not overcome the fact that he has done great things for science nor that his theory put into practice has not failed f5 accomplish wonders for those who have put faith in his ideas.
 This great Russian b3cterioIogist did a vast amount of laboratory and research work. He rose from 0bscur- ity to international fame. He put forth the idea that the white cor DuscIes of the blood. about which so little is known. scurTiad around and destroyed the germs in the human system, and it was his theory that the bacteria of sour milk were those which would prevent the aut0-intOxi- cation which was responsible for a large proportion of the senue decay resulting from the poisCus developed in the large intestine. and the dispo- sitiOn Of which would make it pos ziole for man to practically double the age limit which is set forth in the scriptures.
 31ctohnnzo6rs work in this direction has occupied his entire life. It was not work which left him a rich man at his death, but through it he has made contributions 10 science which makes # far richer than as if he had not lived and it is by his own inter est and determination in that line of andeaEor that it came about.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-19
THE SHARK PROBLEM.

With the declaration that the part which the government started to play in overcoming the new and increased danger from the sharks, which have become such a menace along. the coast this summer, by the enlisting of the coast guard vessels in hunting them is not practical, and that 1t will not be attempted for that reason, it be- comes necessary to attack the problem in other ways.
 It is appreciated that if the number is greatly decreased by fishermen that the menace from them must therefore be considerably lessened, and likewise that one of the most valuable methods Of giving protection to those who use bathing beaches lies in the erection of the steel screens which has been done in a number of instances already, and which practice is likely to become more general in order that the sea- shore business will not suffer.
 The opportunity for catching these big fish has opened up a new line of sport, and no more lively pleasure of this character can be obtained than by a day spent in search of the man eat CTS. Fishermen are already deeply in
 
 show that large numbers are being caught by hook and line from which it is to be gathered that they are un- usually hungry, which lends support to the idea advanced that this is the reason why they have come into north ern waters and why they are attack ing human beings, when it had been supposed that those. which infested the waters north of TTatteras were not of the man eating type. If, as claimed, however, that sharks are good eating and some such method can be created for turning into profit those which are captured it can be appreciated that much greater progress will be made in reducing the number. With a mar ket for them, or even a bounty a greater number will be interested in spending their time in reducing the 171T11hnT~
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-19
The Fiuht For OviIIers

The fighting for OvilIers has been hard, bloody, and close writes a British observer. Many of our men died to gain yard or two of the earthwOTz. TEtat adventures have been done to capture some pits of broken bricks or to work round a ditch below the rem nants of q wall Under the steady drive of machine gun bullets sweeping ali the ground, the men of ours from CheSniTe and another English county III the north have Crept forward at night with few hand grenades and flung themselves against the ene7ny's DOmDlIS posts and baTriCadeS and fought tercely to smash down the sandbaSs and bricllwOrlI and get a few more yards of clear ground. They have sapped their way underground and blown up roofs of vaults where the Germans lay in hiding with machine guns They have fought in small par ties, gaining isolated points in the southern part of the village and hold ing on to them under a heavy fire until only few men remained alive, still holding on.
 There have been fights to the death between a handful of English or Irish soldiers and q dozen or more Germans, meeting eacn ether in the darkness of deep collars QuarTied out from the chalk SupSOll and the Germans g-unuers peer ing out Of slits in the concrete empIaCe- ments underground and firing bursts of bullets have found themselves suddenly in the grasp of men covered with white clay out of holes in the earth with no weapons but their picks
 CVIilers is a place of abOminable ruin. There is nothing left of it eE- Cept dust There is not wall standing two feet high or a bit of a wall The guns have swept 1t flat, but under ground there are still great cellars quarried out by the inhabitants who long ago lied and in these the Germans are holding Gut against attacks and bOmbardmeuts.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-19
Stories of the War
Verdun, March. 1916.

The Verdun saw on March "A, 1916. after a month of explosive shells and lncendiary bombs was almost half in ruin, says Q writer in The Atlantic ,Monthly." Almost every house was bitten and pock-marked with frag- ments of shell. A large number, dis emboweled by projecules, had fallen into the street. Incendiary shells had done the greatest damage, burning great ugly areas in the close packed streets.
 Opening on the rue AIazeI by some miracle untouched was the gay shop window of a military tailor, and in the window stood a mannikin dressed as a lieutenant. With hand raised to sa- lute, of irrcproachalbIe tenue, the dummy surveyed the scene of desoIa- ton with insane eyes. Shells have scared the steep walls of the citadel, and dug greet Craters in the enclosure at the summit. Many times a day shells start new fires, which a brigade of teTritOrials and police officers put out if they can. The smoke of the ar tiIlery hange low on the buff-brown moor. There are German assaults at MalancOurt and towards the Hauts de Mouse. But the great attack is over Both sides know it. Verdun is beyond all question out Of danger.