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PHEASANT OF ENGLAND AND NEW YORK, FALLS TO BILLS

clay bird. sent UP IN a way to test the
sportsman's skill.
II isn't the most difficult wing shoot
ing known. but II is far from being
the easiest. Ducks coming well to
decoys are child's play in comparison;
and II King George is really entitled
TO his reputation on p~hcasants. the
King must lie acknowledged no mean
performer.
And now for us. the people.
/, Get ZIP at 4 o'clock Of a pheasant
Thursday morning. and take the
first car ont ( some up State town.
You find the station crowded before
daybreak-a noisy crowd with guns
and rubber boots and canvas coats.
! Most OF us have dogs. You. without
one. would abundantly earn n pheas-
ant which you CHANGED to walk up
and slaughter.
Nearly every dog you see Is a hound:
you might suppose foxes rife. or the
crops overrun with rabbits. These
hounds are not those dear little beagles
that potter along or Bunny's trail so
winsomely. Long legged mixed bloods
predominant here. A that will
bark at chickens Is ideal.
Among the guns. carried naked. you
see few double barrels. Reporters are
commoner. but the real pheasants' ter
ror prefers the automatic.
The car. fun &c the doors. trundles
out through the sleeping suburbs. 1t
is frosty cold. The foreglow suffuses
the East. Roadside ponds. blurred
with vapor, reflect the glory. Orchards
are mysteries. woodlots and thickets
the blue Swallowed jungles OF boyhood
dreams. The %barnyard cocks are
buglinG; were O out there in the
stiffness you would hear small, throaty
echoes from the stone fence along the
corn-the cock pheasant bearing his
part in the calling up OF the sun
whose first level ray gilds tho pump
kins, vanished with dew.
We the people are manfully uncon'
ccrncd about all this. We're glad OF Z
good day. W. let It 60 at that, oul
themes are the birds we killed las
week. and the municipal election.
We curse and cuff down the eager
whining hounds, crazy with impatienc'
at every stop, 1t may surprise YOU Il
hear the effect our pleasurable an,
llClndtlQuS UdNt. SDint VI us uTt tltdl
mouthed citizens mt other times: this
morning no asks for a match with
out proffering a double dose of hrim
stone. and our chatter drips stick,
Saxon words--the oldest in the Ian
guagc. probably. Perhaps 1t is not as
sociation Of ideas. We may he doinl
no more than showing our quality. rec
blooded men among men,
The car has barely passed the cit.
line when hunters begin dropping on
The more knowing keep on to a stretcl
of level country, where canal and rail
road cmbankmcnt are followed by I
narrow cattail slough. Here is on
happy hunting ground. here We hay,
l.. Torquatus where We want him.
John. across the aisle. sees a Dir,
flush from under tho very wheels
IN" yells John. We all hi. Til,
dogs make "A commotion under tn,
seats.
"Whyn't va pull on that threc-col
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS." inquiries Bill
with a chuckle.
Jaw. III be pullin' soon enough
John assures him.
We get on. II Is not far to 10. Al
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Company has classrooms where Il
teaches ste%nography, English. ac-
tuarial principles, the theory and prac-
tice OF life insurance, hygiene and
other branches.
The National Cloak and Suit Com
pany tried out the Cincinnati system
and at last reports was finding that II
worked very well. The Cincinnati sys-
tenn. as educators call 1t, Is the plan
Of having boys or girls work one week
and go to high school the next. 1t 10
reported that such pupils no only
learn a good deal about the business
but frequently keep abreast with the
pupils in other classes who are on full
time In the high schools.
The New York Public Library trains
It's own librarians and also scores who
find employment In other cities. The
education demanded Of a librarian. as
may be imagined, Is extensive both AZ
regards general knowledge and sIs d.
cial training. as, for instance. how 10
repair. bind and catalogue books.
The hotels are no whit behind. The
McAlpin. for example, has a class for
maids. and the Waldorf a vocational
school for walters and bellboys. Learn.
ing how to hop bells. 1t seems. Is not
so easy.
And last but not least Is the school
for lady's maids, where pupils may
learn to press tailored gowns In one
special curse OF four lessons.
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ready the shots OF administers are
heard east and west along the embank-
ment. In an hour IT will be the de-
fence OF the Mons Canal.
Bill turns loose "A purp that would
look well in Uncle Toms Cabin" The
purp plungcs into the slough. his
whipping stern ~rat;ies the dry naEs.
We spread. some on the towpath. the
rest on the other side in an open field.
We move along with the purp, and
keep his research surrounded.
\ yclp. a String Of yelps. We halt
with guns at shoulders. The prospect
is as open as the sky. Anything that
rises will AFFORD a perfect chance.
Five pheasants. W. cocks and three
hens, explode into the sunshine. The
scared cocks. ciack and clatter like de-
mented horse reapers. Every gaudy
feather is a fame. The fusillade be-
gins. and you get some idea OF Charing
Cross on nights when the Zeppelins
come.
The impatient John pulls first. But
John forgot his pipe, on the wrong
side OF his mouth. and his cartridges
are wasted. Jimmy. who has a cross
shot. misc~alculates the long tail.
Somebody gets excited and downs a
hen.
Bill, the dean Of us, plays his auto
matte. He misses the nearer bird.
misses again, corrects n drops 1t
dead. a swirl OF bronze and purple iri-
descence. Then Bill wipes all our eyes.
turning his hose on the other cock.
some eighty yards OF and beginning
to lower and sail.
This one slants down like a wavcr-
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instruction becomes for the moment a crotchety customer.

week from October to May In the frst
veal and once a week for the second
year. They are instructed In the fun
damentals Of electricity, the principles
OF central station business getting. the
basic principles Of individual efficiency.
the basic principles OF craftsmanship | n
relation TO business building. psy-
chology. health. hygiene and company
policies. Attendance is compulsory.
There Is a special course also in ac-
counting and in technical subjects. Of
fered at night.
Bank employees go to school. The
American Institute OF Banking offers
an educational course which is said
to he without an equal for young men
elccting to follow that profession. The
institute is conducted by the bank
clerks themselves. with generous dona-
tons Of time. advice and lectures by
some OF the greatest men In the finan-
cial world. The lectures usually are
given at night. and they cover the
whole field OF economics. the theory OF
exchange. trade balances. commercial
geography and similar subjects.
The Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton and the Young Women's Christian
Association furnish educational oppor-
tunity to thousands who are DESTROYS
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ing leaf-one long wing IL broken. II
will run. keeping Up in the flags. over
hidden water the hound won't find II.
lie does find the dead bird, and Chews
II n little before he can I've dubbed.
There Is no dispute. We all know
Bill will shoot most OF the birds we
others VII take home. Jumped close
as this to Bill and the automatic. they
haven't a Chinaman's chance. With
two Bills In the party there would be
disputes enough. All heaven and earth
and beneath would be called on TO ad-
just the title to the slain. ~
How bout this eXpurSate adjective
hem says her assassin. smoothing
her buff breast. Ida take her I'M
Nah. Leave her be-" Bill counsels,
They come through the car last week
n looked in Ii coats
Sometimes our stretch OF the swale
is a blank. Then we can take to the
fields. There will be birds in the corn
and the hedgerows-easier shooting
even than the other. for 1t really re-
quires genius TO miss "A pheasant I'm
the open. going straightaway. In
blowy weather they shelter in the
woods. whore they are fairly hard Ia
hit, though not nearly so hard as
"partridges."
But it may be "A long tramp up hill
and down dale before We find any ac
ton. and BIZ. Of short breath and full
habit, greatly prefers the slough.
At sunset we board the car, Bill is
expansive. compliment. He has his
three birds-regular old he ones. Bl'
will show you their spurs TO prove
their maturity. Tmmy has two and
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Of tho art Of selling goods. That work
is reserved until they are promoted to
the rank OF salespeople.
But the stock clerks and salespeople
are given intensive vocational training.
If they cherish any notion that selling
goods or caring for them Is a simple
cost they are quickly disabused OF the
delusion.
The science OF selling textiles.
manufacturing processes. the psychol-
ogy of craftsmanship and the store
policies and system are among the
branches taught by teachers who are
experts in their line and who DO moth
ing else.
The sessions are interesting and
sometimes would seem amusing to the
outsider. An assortment OF goods
often II taken to the class room and
put on shelves and counters. Then, in
turn. the statesmen and saleswomen in
h class are required to take their
places behind the counter while an in
structor becomes for the a
crotchety customer who demands to
know all about the goods and the
prices before he will consent to buy.
The clerk Is required to make the
sale. and when it is accomplished each
step is analysed and criticised.
From the dress and bearing Of the
supposed customer the clerk Is re-
puired to Judge early In the trans
action whether the purchaser is a
person OF lavish or moderate means,
OF conservative or bizarre tastes.
whether he knows just what he wants
or is open to suggestions.
The salesman in the old story OF the
square jawed woman who demanded
some collars for her husband had the
idea.
Thirteen ana a half7" asked the
clerk.
How did you know" she retorted.
men whose wives buy their collars
FOR them always YEA that size" he
answered.
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scandalously unconventional circum-
stances.
That is one reason why the shotgun
In those parts of the State where
pheasants have replaced the almost
vanished bobwhites. grouse and wood
cock. has come to be a proletarian
plaything. The older brigade OF ANA
tours. the cpicures of the field. would
rather stay home and let their dogs
snoozc by the hearth than fool around
with the dcmnition pheasant. Their
sons. from among whom the younger
brigade should have been recruited,
have grown up and chosen their hob
bies in a barren time between tho dis
appearance OF the native game and the
rise OF the stained glass substitute.
They have not learned to shoot; they
are playing golf.
Thus the substitute Is pretty much
left to the mercies OF us the people,
outstanding Americans. good = any
man living and better n some Eng
lishmen, for in~stance)--us who keep
barber shops M butcher shops and
other kinds OF shops. and get out FOR a
DAY on the pheasant's day at home,
This may not apply every where on
Long Island and in Duchess county,
but does apply generally up State.
We the people have no ritualistio
notions about our shooting. We're gu,
to let daylight through those ROSTERS
Of which the law allows a man three a
season-but who's to keep tabs on us
from week to week. so long as We are
never found with more than three
birds in our coats? The forbidden hens
| we respect-unless we are out with al
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He had the idea Of sizing up the Gus
toner early in the game, but of course
nowadays he would be trained to give
a different answer. as for instance:
why. I believe you bought some
here before. unless 7 am m~istaken"-or
something evasive like that.
The courses In textiles are complete.
In cases around the classrooms are
shown cotton. from the boil TO the FIN
ished goods; silk from the cocoo to
the loom: linen from the fax TO the
table cloth. Lectures are given on all
the processes OF manufacture and are
c~opiously illustrated with photographs
and with goods taken out OF stock.
The salesman who knows who
jacquard was and what he did and
why may not by reason OF that knowl-
edge sell more silks with a woven fig
ure than another. But indirectly be-
aus OF that knowledge he will be
more valuable TO his employers. for the
reason that he will take more Interest
In the stock. and will talk more In
terestingly about II TO buyers.
The boy or young man with cleo
trical bent gets his dose Of schooling in
much the same way II he goes 10 work
for the New York Edison Company.
Its employees 20 10 classes two days a
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open season the gorgeous COCK pheas-
ant receives MS admirers on on'y rou'
days or the year. two thursdays each
OF OCTOBER II November.
Just what does ne receive ana now
does II size up IN craftsmanship corn
pared w!sa INC treatment "' MS "re'n-
rem overseas driven ny oeaters 10 INC
sedentary guns OF Lord iiighto"ers
and Sir Whatsls M~onlcker:
The pheasant, SAYS Mr.. kipllng. -
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Is happy: ne has a clear title to one
OF them. John has n bird. but does
not feel very proud OF II. More than
one hap,ess hen has been left behind.
more than one broken winged cock Ii
suffering somewhere, for Bits auto
matte Is heavily choked. and he'll take
chance or the c:cc;cra e.cc.c-a: a.
far az he can see EN-. Betting Is good
that Thursday next will find Bill out
again.
The hound f. rather sclf-abased and
sinking. He started rabbit. not know
ing these We're no longer his proper
concern. II took n Dantc's works OF q
time to call him off and chastise him.
once IN n while a big hound strikes q
fox trail, Then he comes home ext
Monday, II at all.
As the other hunters get on. We look
them over. a p~heasant's tail could no
doubled inside the coat but did ever the
Huron warrior hide a scalp? Fellows
with no tail feathers showing We
patronize a little. Some Of the young
sters take out their dead, and hang
them UP in view between the windows.
\ wop barber exhibits a pheasant, q
rabbit and n crow. We guy him
about II,
Outside, blue night ONE down upon
IN" deafcned hills and fields.
Some day. no doubt. New York State
sportsmen of another stamp Will turn
tracts Of poor farming land into club
preserves, and figure out a way to
deal with L. T~oruuatus as a gentle
man. That way may not he Lord
HiChtowers's way, but il certainly
won't he Rils
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-OR years we Americans poked
r. fun at the English sportsman.
L contrasting his ~nonchalant
games with our W pep and ginger
diversions; his interminable cricket
match. halted for tea. with the bowling
frenzy Of our crucial baseball inning:
his gentlemanly Rugby with our own
thrilling armored arena game OF pos
slble mayhem and manslaughter: his
"butchery Of tame poultry" driven 9
sedentary guns with II trudgins
through miles Of dense cover after our
wary and vanishing rot But con-
sidering how his behavior in the
trenches has altered ideas Of his
fundamental worth. It seems time for
Americans to do his craftsmanship a
little belated Justice.
In the matter of the shotgun direct
comparisons are possible. A number
of States. including New York. have
introduced and established the pheas-
ant favorite mark OF English wing
shots before the Zeppelin and Taube
days, New York has pheasant shoot
ing on Long Island now, and plenty OF
II up the Hudson Valley, while through
the centre OF the State. along the Eric
Cana! from Rochester to Utica and
down the finger lakes, the ringnecked
pheasant has come to be the charac-
teristic game bird. indeed the only n
that amounts to anything. Except on
Long Island, where there Is "A solid
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I IiIAT was it Shakespeare once

must be lonesome. Everybody's study
Ing.
Reflect upon the plight Of the gang
ling lad. a bit dull at his books and
bigger than all the other boys in his
class. He quits school. Is he fondly
imagines, to go to work like a man.
The poor kid, The scheme used to
work, but the chances are about two
to one nowadays that he is only going
from one school to another. Nor IL
the word school used In the broad
sense Of the school Of experience, hut
In the extremely narrow sense OF class
room. text book. blackboard. ~copyhook
school.
Suppose. for example, that he de-
cides to go to work in "A department
store as. cashboy. ~oficeboy. helper
in the stock room. the shipping room
or anywhere else. Almost the first
thing ne discovers is that he Is more
than half expected to continue his
studies. II he persists and climbs to
the grade of salesman. that only
means more classroom work.
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there S NO Getting Away From the Classroom Nowadays,
Hide Where You Will, Even in the Uniform
of a Bell Hop


iair naired young person IN white who
WORKS In one OF those white tiled res
laurants with white enamelled tables,
~ an expert. ana as such she had TO
ne trained' Inere IN q school or walt
resses py the souiless cor
poration wnich now charges III cents
Tor conee with cream ION the sidc.'
Inc manager OF each n or the res
,aurahts mas 10 go 10 scnool 100. lie
- 'ausht carefully what 10 40 wnen
'ne peet Stew runs snort, lust now the
COOK shouid make nshoails on FRIDAY.
now 10 handle claims Tor damages
from customers whose mic new suits
nave peeh ruined oy a liberal smear
vi gravy TOT a passing xpert' ana
many o'ner 'ninss' likewise tne men
WATERS VINO WORK AT night nave been
gong 10 scnooI recehtiy.
me prices OF iooos'u'Is were revised
snarpiE upward a snort time ago
since theh 'he WATERS nave been
ooikeo 10 pass written examinations
III which 'he questions run something
me ,his'
"ha' 40 you charge for DUCK
"nsa,s anu sausasef
VIVA. 40 you serve Win tnemF
".a' '"'na ana snVerware'
Anu 50 On oo"h 'nc pii' Inc papers
are sem 10 tne central ornce'' tne
erro's are "harkeu ana tne papers are
eraoc" ny P~'r''h'ase II returned 30
InuCn ior moucrn education as app'ied
W WHAT useu 10 DC efi"u nash siihg-
ing.
Now ior 'he department stores. Inc
system 10 fhuch aiike IN al the more
progressive great STORES put one F1ith
avenue store a pusneo oeVelopmen
ot 's eoucA'iohai iaci'i''es 1urtner
'hen tho rest
inc salesman VINO oent FORWARD 30
at'entiVeiy when o mahiiested your
desire 10 ask TOT somethlhe' ana who
on nearing what you wanted proceeded
70 explain TO you the underlying dif'
ference between SILK with
lsle feet n the others, learned 1t all
IN school. That effectiveness was due
10 careful driihng on the important
point OF catching the stom hrs'
words. The attitude, a combination OF
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automobile. In which case. driving
home after nightfall and unlikely TO be
searched, we feel ourselves free TO use
our Judgment when n meddlesome hen
gets up.
As for the farmer, he boards his
land with no t~respassing signs to
avert stray shot from mis- cows, and
OF general principles 20 discourage
city folk. lie knows %phcasants pull
seed corn and peck cahbages the
doesn't know OF the gr~asshoppers and
weed seeds eaten in compensatory.
and as he never asked anybody To
turn phcasants loose upon his land.
and as the white meat is good eating.
it is suspected that some farmers use
their judgment n good deal and use 1t
more or less the year around.
In spite of which the pheasant Is
extending his range up State.
Now for Il glance at Lord High
towers scorned methods. The birds
on the great estates in England are So
~licitously preserved. They enjoy the
service Of a staff OF keepers whose
business it Is to minister to their wants
and doctor them for their diseases.
Your pheasant is a vulgarly afrable
fowl. devoid OF patr!c!an ~aloofness. He
meets hospitality more than half way:
even Ia he known occasionally to strut
into the barnyard NJ hirt with the
domestic hens. He dotes on the lower
class society OF keepers: he hobnobs
with them; In the closed season he
will almost eat his grain from their
hands. The American visitor observes
these things and comes away full OF
contempt for his Lordship and Sir
Whatsis, who make the wholesale bags
OF this artless poultry and have them
selves photographed with the' slain
laid out In rows on the grass.
But the American visitor Is seldom
present when the slaughtering Is done.
A row Of butts, pits or stands is con
etructed across an open space between
patches of cover. when possible down
hill from the patch from which the
birds will come. to insure their nyinG
high. lord HiEhtowcrs and his guests
are placed in the butts. The keepers
heat the over
\ pheasant disturbed IL fast on the
wing; he flies like a long tailed bum
bic bee. Disturbed from behind, star
tied by gun reports In front and kept
In the line Of the butts by other beat
ers on the tanks. he towers and goes
still faster. Thus the shots are high
incomers. and any ono who ever killed
ducks or a pass knows how easy they
arc to miss. No American considers
pass shooting beneath his dignity, and
II In of record that American guests OF
Lord Hightowers. who rather fancied
themselves on this sido at snipe oi
"quail' over the dogs, have beer
known to look rather foolish after
their first day in tho butts.
Lord Hightowcrs refrains from
shooting at wildly improbable chancc1
like birds that have passed overhead
for a "pricked" bird. escaping. il
thought to spread infection in the pop,
ulous cover. But he prides himself
upon preferring pretty shots to cas-,
ones, Just as n trap expert would scorr
to have all the targets thrown straigh
away.
The. heaters are expert In lushinl
the birds to his taste. In fact. tn,
pheasant. trustful 40 no may be a
other times. becomes in the shooting
season an artincial mark. an snimate<
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of a Bell Hop

lf he goes to work for an insurance
company. a Wall Street firm, "A bank.
an electrical concern, a hotel, a tele-
phone company. a clothing manufac-
turer, or in fact for almost any great
corporation. he finds the same condi-
tons confronting him-the black
board. like BAnquo's ghost, will not
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sons policy of webbing weakness has
wantonly thrown away and to safe
guard and protect the remnants of the
investments of millions that it has sac
rificed. 1t is the only course that
will permit an American to live in
Mexico.
If the American army now with
draws from Mexico the wake of it
must be composed of every American
in Mexico; the bugle note of retreat
will be Pied Pipers call to every white
man south of the Bravo. The ignorant
Mexican will be taught to believe that
Carranza drove the invader from
Mexico. that Mexican troops hurled
back the Americans. 1t is trait of
Mexican character to take advantage
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of the weak; it respects only the
strong Accordingly, in his new found
supposHion of superiority to the
American his arrogance will be insult
ferable.
There are no longer two sides to
the present situation; it resolves itself
into the one proposition that either
the United States must enter Mexico
and govern it or every American in
Mexico must abandon the country and
every dollar of American capital in
vested must be withdrawn at tremen-
dous loss. This was the unanimous
opinion of every one of the 700 Amer
lean refugees aboard the transport
Sumner.
The Mexican people do not hate
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will take a million men and two years
time to pacify. the country This is
b1antant falsehood. Both the intelli-
gent Mexican and the ignorant peon
viii welcome the American invaders
as the savior of his country. Only the
present constitutionalist army will Of
fer resistance and assertions will melt
its ranks to nothing after the first
serious reverse it suffers.
A prominent Mexican lawyer in
Mexico City voiced for me the feelings
of the better class of Mexcans. 81
prize as highly as any man the SOW
ereignty of my country. I love its ira
ditions, but 1 am not blind TO the fact
that irresponsible factions of so-called
revolutionists have made q financial