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Questioning the stars.

There are many students of SHAKE
sprARE who assert that tho Bard of
Avon was n believer in astrology.
Whether he took that pseudo science
seriously or not. the fact remains
that his plays ar" full of references
to the influence that the stars exert
upon the dcsrinios OF men, especially
Of men who. through individuality or
circumstances, inWcr above their fell
lows. Wcr" the greatest of play
wrightS living today, he would not
he surprised. We may be- sure. tn learn
that the planets are at present dis
playing an inclination To put the let
tiers '"T. H." in large caps" upon the
front Astronomical page, featuring
them, rs il were, against the back
ground of the stellar universe.
No less an astrological authority
than WILLIAM NJ HELLER, founder
Of the Occult club Of London, has
reached theS" shores with the start
ling Information that the planet Mars
will strongly influence the outcome Of
the approaching Presidential election
and that the nam" of the successful
candidate has been revealed to him
as he -itzch al The midnight stars.
II j. not pleasing 10 n naturally
peac" loving nation Ia feel that Mars
may rNorcISc II competing power nj
the ballot boxes next fail, but that
prospect may hc preferable to the
astrn-polilicul dominance of the Milky
Way. under which amy ultra pacifiSt
candidate would force the issue at the
polls. \ people possessing real back
bon" cannot but consider the astrO'
logical interference in the affairs OF
II planet full of pep aud push more t.
he desired than tn" iukewurm contact
with hi~inri" events of remote, amor
plrons, pussy footing ne'ul1.
II is /" he hoped that Mr.. pE KELLEI
Will continue, during his sOjourn II
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SHIN BONE ALLEY.
Historical Literary Aid Requested by
Musical Researcher.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-ST: When
| was a boy and young man We used 10
sing a darky song the air or which had
a great dea OF snap and go TO II. though
the words were more or less meaning
less. | have forgotten these words ex-
cept two stanzas and the refrain. but ]
have a dim memoir OF other stnazas
which I would like TO get. The combi-
nation of words and air always sus-
gested to me that this was a ro~ustabout
song, perhaps used In early
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Jinks doesn't like what people say about
the middle West:
Hes hearing from his people by nearly
every natl.
IT'S true we amt heroic. but we'd DO our
level best
II peace that's made nv within note. 1.
on the cards to fai'.
Tit middle Yves, feels safe enough. and
things ~ on the boom,
But h" vino thinks We wouldn't rght hns
got another guess,
The chance o. war don't please us and
nils us all with gloom.
But II Uncle sam should ask our all
we'd surely answer Yes
The West was made by pioneers who
had a heap Of sand,
They fought the fight for liberty some
nifty years ago:
Their sons are not Just pussyfoots who
would no, heed tho band
when they hear the drums a~-callln' and
the blarIn' bugles blow.
Were not mere money Grubbcrs. whatever
they may say;
The Jinkses OF the middle West hay.
got heroic sit-aks.
We're peaceful when our peace Is rixbt.
hut ready for the fray
When there's shane. In dodgin' isHuss an,
the nstion's conscience speaks"
p JoNRa.
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HAS NEW FIELD FOR
WRECKER OF BANKS
Burdctte Lewis Would Ua,o
Him Restore abandoned
Farms and Such.
WANTS BRAINS UTILIZED

" Burdette @. Lewis, Comm. IS. ons- n.
Correction, had his wav llnrry shs..
would never he sent to prison. tIo MN.
be left at large. sentenced 30 uss
brain for me public veal rb,..,.
convicted of selling dope. Instead Oh.
wasting their knowledge Of drugs boz
Sing Sing cell. would De cmployed -.
fighting the mosquito evil ar tt,Y,.
the typhoid germ to its lar Nj les A..
expounded his theory n; the af'erpo.
session Of the Community Centres ca
ference at the Hotel Aston yosterd,,
"A certain man who was clever on...
10 wreck a big bank aud rob /, r..
many persons was imprisoned fpr d.
year" he said Nile didn't mcnl.n.
Siegel's anne. but said afteiwafd Il r,.
Scixel ne meant That sentence va.
sheer waste OF good material This ma,
was needed outside. There Is the s,heu,
for making use of the abandoned farm.
to relieve the congestion In cities. f.,
n good scheme. but lacks bnsirs
-a mas al Nt .AH 40
'e"" $500 ~" y" "0oa
ton wou'd nave maze an admirable hssi
There are doctors enough In St,
v,,1 IN MI, every mosoui,o in ,,is 80,
on, of commission. IL their ,alents c,l
he emuloyed tha, way. I'm, our ~
s.rva,iva nuhlir demands ,ha. nSrs,t.
must he punished and has an .daa thai,
m .hu, them nm constitutes nnn,brer,
n doesn't. II would be fnr worsa rnn.
rnent In MANY cases 10 mako 10 ~.
vic,ed man n,inple With his fellows ,,1..
nroncr suneryIsion Of course wan
ex,snd Inc proba,ior system 10 ,r,lr.
ali enyironm,ntal criminals
T., wasn', until afternoon that Tho dol.
! gates to the conference 20, Gained 1,e-
suUrien,Iy In listen 70 snoerhos IT,.
flames or Thursdays dispufe o,s,
whether the school buildings should a.
yiyen over TO a public which ,ouIda
! a. trusted no, IA use swear words ohg,.
the aay In ,hem still RACED AZ las,
90, NJ resolutions was ad,p,od ST.
should have made both SIDES ham.
| Tor cach decIa red vehement, ,b,t ,s
s,de had won ou,.
I'm, Edward /. Ward OF tho N,--tr
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Of immigrants entering through the

or Immigrants entering through the
port of New York remain in this
state. Each foreign patient in our
hospitals for the Insane costs $40
n year for maintenance. The
total expenditure involved in caring
for the alien insane In our State
hospitals Is nearly S2.OOO.WOO. II the
people Of this State were treated
cquitHbly the national Government
should provide for the care Of these
unfortunates, and thus save taxation
required from our citizens for expcn-
ditures which lcgitimatcly belong to
the Federal Government. The injus-
tice involved in these conditions he
comes fragrant in view of the fact
that the Federal Government receives
81 per capita tax from each immi.
grant. Justice demands that a large
proportion Of the money so collected
should be used TO reimburse this state
for the care of d%cportnble aliens.
That n considerable proportion Of
the 22.OW feeble minded that nre to-
day mcnucing the State are imn,i.
grants goes without saying. More
over. there is n false notion abroad
that these feeble minded are duh and
harmless. not being destructive and
therefore need not he confined. 1t hrs
been ascertnined. however. that they
furnish the majority Of criminals.
prostitutes, paupers and nc'cr do
wells who populate our iails. hos.
pitfalls and warehouses;. The tax i'm
posed upon the people for their mp.
prchcnsion and elimination is n scri.
u drain. but II still greater calamity
Is imposed by the mingling Of these
unfortunatcs with the population ut
large. The malign hereditary infu.
cncc il obvious.
The recommendation Of the State
Charities Aid Association that ~.
newed efforts he made tn impress upon
the Federal Govcrnment It's duty and
responsibility in this vital matter can
not he too earnestly seconded. IL
would appear that the legal nuthori-
ties of the State may bc competent Ia
enforce the removal Of this burden
from the taxpayers of the state.
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tual entrance into the great Meso-
potamian valley.

pVtuiituu NuiItN.
The Importance of Trebizond to
Russia thus becomes evident. Its
control Of the highways places her In
position to continue her conquest and
to win to herself and ally eastern
Asiatlc Turkey. Even the peril to
her interest can scarcely influence
Germany to send Mt this critical juno
ture aid to her Ottoman ally. Turkey
must fight her own battles. The pres
tigc that she had gained by her c
ccsses Mt Gallipoli will he decreased
by her loss of Treblzond.
The Russians will be MS adept In
placing before the peoples of the East
their " glory In capturing this
ancient Armenian stronghold M the
Turks we're In clarifying their sue
ccssful defence of Constantinople.
The Arabs still remain mn uncertain
dependence Of the ottoman arms.
British and Russian assistance in
transferring the cnliphate from Con-
stantinOple Il the holy cities of Me-
dina or Mecca could in the face Of n
weakening Turkey shake their ale
glance 10 n cause with which they
have had little sympathy.
SO that Turkeys cause, which has
appeared especially bright. has
taken on a much gloomler aspect.
Victory for her arms seems uncer-
tain md even victory would he likely
10 bring her few rewards. Her weak
hold on the crossroads Of interconti-
mental traffic cannot be long main
tnincd. An autonomy Of small States.
one of which may he a revived
Armenia, or n division among the
Powers. il not i~mprobably her fate.
As possession Is n point In interna-
tional rs well MS common law. the
great bear Of the north is apparently
getting his paws nearer to the warm
waters of the southern seas.
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ON THE OLD BOWERY.
Pleasant Memories and q Word Of De-
fence for the Old East side.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Str. Ever
a delight to us old fellows. THE Sun
takes on new Joys when II chronicles
the records Of the town We knew In the
happy past. a In the communication
you have been printing recently about
the Bowery. They have been telling
about the early EOS. am Of a much
earlier vintage. but at that time my
best girl lived 'eomewhere east Of the
Howery." and many an evening my
eager and happy footsteps marked that
highway.
There used to he a coffee house just
north OF Grand street. l forget who
kept II. much ~frequented by chess play
ers. You wen there, the best people.
German and others. and were served
with a pot OF the cheering f1uid. fresh
made for everybody by some sort Of a
percolatinx drip pot. with hot milk. l
forget what sort OF cakes we had--too
much interested In my vis-h-vis for such
gross details. It was one OF the sights
Of the East Side. but nothing OF the
drawn one style about II. ! think II
cost only 10 cents.
Then there was Bertrand's In Grand
street. Just east Of the Bowery, where
you could get the most delicious French
pastry and smooth chocolate. Next to
old Bigot's In Fourteenth street (Cnion
Sauare) 1t was one OF the finest pastry
shops In town. Its memory In dear to
several generations. Further down
Grand street. where East Broadway
juts In, there was mn oyster saloon.
I think Van Names was the sisn over
the door. When YOU took your girl out
and treated her there to an extra fry"
with trimmin's Of cold slaw. pickles,
good bread and butter. coffee and any
thing else IN the bill. she fancIed YOU
were some young man. blieve me. You
had good wholesome. we'll cooked food.
In "a decent place. and at n cost of about
what the fswning mental in a present
broadway trottery expects for his tip.
Them sure was the days
n there IL anything that makes me
wish my old bones were Wondering in
the grave it IL to pick up some of our
local newspapers and read "rcminis-
cences' of old New York from some
fresh young guy who landed from Prai-
RE du Chen. Kalamazoo or Tuskegee a
couple of weeks ago and thinks he can
dc a local color story for the sun
day magazine section.
An upl!fter who anchored NJ number
something Henry street a few months
since has ircubated "A book to tell OF ex-
periences there. II begins with an in
suit To- the generations Of decent, self
respecting. well living people who pos
sessed the East Side in the past. BE
FORE ] arrived. the author has the nerve
TO say. There was not a bathroom be-
low Fourteenth street"
have waited in vain for some OF
the critics Of the book TO label properly
this libel on what was. not so very long
ago. one OF the really best sections OF
the city In point OF genuine. comfortable
well appointed family life. | hope THE
SrN will let me. one Of It's readers
for more than half a century. do Il
now. Eheu ~fugaces abuntur anni-or
words TO that effect, In the old DAYS
the East Side would not have lacked
sturdy defenders from such a shameless
and m~endacious defamer.
WILLIAM DRysuALE.
NEW YORK. April 81.
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New Jersey Day.

Hail 10 New Jersey Day, which l.
to be devoted. by the official act Of
Governor FIELDER. to celebrating and
making better known to outsiders the
and attractions of the Com
monwealth that was builded on the
grant to Sir GEORGE CARTEREr two
hundred and s~ixty-siX years ago The
emphasis will he upon the natural
attractions Of New Jersey, neglected
and diffident, its scenery and recrea-
ton. places. In short, outdoors New
Jersey.
The automobile has familiarize,l
thousands of aliens. as well as ma
tivps. with rural parts of the State
accessible by good roads. but 1t re-
mains true that Of the 5.Obo.OD IN
habitants of New York city, To Illus
trate, comparatively few know New
Jersey except as n breeding ground
for mosquitoes that are wrongly sup
posed to fly across the North River
to deyastate Manhattan.
To live In New Jersey II TO he ex-
posed To the Of the little
New Workers. who dwell in caves or
between heaven and earth like the
cliff jewellers. Some of them do oc-
cnsionally visit the strip of sand
known rs the Jersey coast. but of the
wooded northwestern highlands, mir
rored with lnkes and extending to the
Delaware, the most beautiful part Of
the State. they know nothing. South
Of "A line drawn from .Asbury PARK
to Trenton there is an inland country
Of streams and pine forests, secluded,
quaint and charming, that Is Darkest
Africa to most New Workers.
New Jersey. Ov~ershadowed by New
York city and Philadelphia. and re-
strained ny n hitherto %invincihle mod
csty, has never put her best foot for
ward and made her merits known
but she is no longer to linger In
the background, play with her apron
with eyes cast down, and blush ia
hear her praises sung by n discrimi-
mating few. She will now hear more
about them on New Jersey Day, and
speak for herself, not overbold and
vain, but with consciousness Of charm
and a natural desire to please.
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President WILSON has received from
two members Of the Chicago bar the
s%ubJoined telegram, inspired by Rep.
resentative MANN's criticism Of Mr..
WILSON'S diplomatic course:
Jim MANN IL a disgrace to the United
States and the Republican party and
should be inpeached on the motion Of a
Republican"
Mr.. MANN Is the official Republican
wasp In the larger chamber Of Con-
gress. He II an experienced and
acute parliamentarinn since his mp
pcarance in Washington mt the open
Ing Of the Fifty.ffth Congress he has
accumulated n great store Of knowl-
edge " the rules. He probably knows
as much ms Hinds's Prccedcnts itself {:
his admirers, indeed, assert that JOIN
J. FITZGERALD has not Il more init.
mate acquaintance with the procedure
Of the House. This IL disputed Wig
orously. however. by Representative
FTTzGERAl.D's friends. But Mr.. MAINS
business Is to he continuously. unin.
terruptedly. fanatically partisan, and
he is n dillgcnt worker.
The high spot OF Mr.. MAINS leg
islative career Is the so.called white
slave act" that bears his name II is
"A futile and meddlesomc enactment,
chiefly useful to blackmuilers. In 1t
Is registered the final attainment of an
outburst Of hysteria. 1t contributes
materially to bring the law of the
land into contempt. The essential
parochiulism of this measure gives
a fair index NJ the breadth of its
authors mental outlook. and its pro
visions adequately reveal his intcllec'
tual limitations. II anybody wants
to know JIM MANN of Illinois let him
read this law.
At intervals Mr.. MANN Is amusing
He has an effective stinger. But the
habit of singing has grown upon him
until he thinks of nothing else. Con
s.puently. while the description of
him furnished by his Chicago neigh
bors may be somewhat overdrawn. II
Is founded on the deficiencies of his
nature: and these account for the
sudden termination Of his Fresiden'
tinl boom. which died a-borning only
n few short months ago.
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TRADE BRIEFS.
Interesting Facta Concerning the World
Commerce.


Due 80 III" arg" nunher ~ tourists VINO
visit bermuda the ISLANDS serN" az an
sxccllent market Tor souvenir ronis pur-
ing 1"1a the imports OF fancy goods u
Befnuda amounted 10 so',Sds ana the IN
ports Of jew.Iry we're valued at s2".j''
Exports from shanghai, china. Tor the
United states during 1915 amounted -
s33, 4a5.+ 49,. an Increase OF ~S1+,4'"42' over
the previous year Exports from Shang'
hal 10 the philippines increased s"".f." IN
value during the same period but the "H-
ports to ~" HAWAIIAN Islands meanwhile
decreased s3,"3s.
Japan ~ not allow ing 20 slip ny q single
opportunity to Increase her commerce. The
Japanese newspapers report among o'htr
plans Tor new corporations the formation
or n large steel merger. q new $1,000 90"
machinery company new shiphiliilh4
yards additional paper pulp factories ana
a combination OF shipping companies
Inc price OF cement IN fern mas IN
creased almost 10" per cent. since the be-
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An After.Note From "Junlus."

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir.
Nearly three years ago, when matters
were threatening in Mexico. ] wrote sew
eral times in your valued columns as
follows
IF the President has power enough
20 Jam through the various bills which
have become laws. he has power enough
to put this country In such decent condi-
ton of strength. naval and military, as
10 euahle IL TO resist aggression and
punish insult.
IF any international crisis should arise
and the country he found in its present
weak and defenceless condition the ma
ton will certainly hold President Wilson
accountable for whatever disaster may
result"
Since publishing this the President
has sent the stiifest kind OF notes to
Germany. What. pray. did he expect
70 do II Germany declined to listen to
his representations? Has he been ex-
pecting all along to wait until We are
struck in the face before taking the
ordinary precautions that sane men
adopt when issues Of a dispute are In
doubt"
To-day We stand precisely in the "a m
condition as We did three years ago. az
ceptlng that the inefficient and self-sufR-
c,ent Daniels has greatly lessened the
efficiency Of the navy.
After months IF insult. murder OF our
nitl1apS nnlIneg o~
with the end no nearer in sight thai Il
was in the beginning, II war is immi.
nent Ne are totally u%nrrepared. Who
is responsible JuSIrs,
NEW York. April 81
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4 Fleeing Glimpse Of Volunteer Fire.
men aud Theatrical Celebrities.

To ~ EplToR OF THE SrN-Sir: Let
US &c back to the good old days on the
BoWery Of the Volunteer Fire Depart
ment. when the Bowery was n very in
tetestlng thoroughcare Then such en-
CINE companies ~ 81 Peterson ,the
Bowery boys), = Eagle. Old Rock.
3 Forces; Wee met AZ Chatham Square
10y i Arucr.cus tOld Tiger. ~ Clinton.
30 Hope Hose and others.
! hear very little about the New Bow
cry Theatre. one block from tne OH
BoNery Theatre, near Hester street. II
was destroyed by Are somewhere about
1865. Let us recall the Old time actors
and actresses. such as the Llngards.
George and G h. Fox. Mrs. W. G..
Jones. J. h. Howe. George Boniface.
Fanny Herring. Ed Eddy. Kate Fisher.
\ T. StuddaTt. William Winter and
William Wally. Such plays. II is a
pleasure To- look back to Jack Shep-
pard. lack cade.' "Mazeppa.' Wal
lace. the Hero OF Scotland" and Mac
beth The pit was II cents. and the
grabbing" o. checks by 'he youngsters
is one o. the forgotten arts,
II Is true the Bowery is not the
Bowery Of bygone days, but that IL no
reason that the name OF the Bowery
should Ice changed. +. W, NJ.
A young fellow 81 Yorkviile
NEW loRk, April 81.
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this country, his perusal Of the starry
ornaments revelations Of the future,
as there are many problems agltating
us at present unrelated to ~. RS
possible triumph through the aid Of
Mars. viii woman suffrage prevail?
Is nationwide prohibition II POSSIBLE
ity? What craze IL to follow our
dancing madness? Is the story OF
JONAH and the whale to be relegated
TO the realm Of fable? These and
countless other queries will be aimed
at the founder Of Iondon's Occult
Club IL, upon further investigation,
the public becomes convinced that the
stars In their courses make answer to
his questionings.
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L" rHr EDITOR OF THE sunni, In IN.
middle OF the forenoon the snow and rain
OF the previous day and night ceased.
LIKE a plain Of many colors. the marshes
town ana sea stretched from the dull blue
nus OF the western horizon to the du,,
blue uplifted rim % the eastern ocean-tha
dun yellow OF the marshes with that,
'eaden gray pools, the varieties OF color.
ana shapes OF the town, the dark gray soa
Ana over all heavy blackish gray cloud.
except southeast, where tho sunlich,
through thinner clouds made bright na,chas
r"necting intense white streaks far ON
shore on tho dark sea,
oh me inner bar the transfused Ugh,
turned the hollow fronts Of the hreakcrs
20 1.-Two black green under whit. rect.
breaking and rushing in white foam dow
the green pillows and over the dark era,
sea. p.v,, w..
ATLANTIC CITY y j, April II
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A Heavy Handicap.

In the annual report of the State
Charities Aid Association we find u
well founded criticism Of the negligent
name In which the immigration
authorities of the United States deal
with the insane immigrant problem.
New York, being the chief port of
entrance to this country, Is Tie most
unfortunate sufferer from the lax
execution Of the regulations, which
were intended to exclude aliens suf-
fcring from mental diseases.
On October I, 1918, the New York
State hospitals for the insane con-
tanned 8,20S aliens, or 2G,S per cent.
of the entire number cared for In
these hospitals.
The report OF tho State Charities
| Aid Association points out tho strik-
ing fact that the State Of New York
bears the greatest burden In this re-
gard, because q very large percentage
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To rur EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir.. Your
old Bowery correspondents are away
OF in recalling Fanny Herring as
Hd=oppd. She never played It She
was very versatile. a good Coincidence
and could he sentimental, but 4, re-
CURED good nerve to be tied 10 a
horses back and he carried up a rick
ETY. runway to the top OF the stage.
The character was played by Adah
Isaacs Menksn. Leo Hudson and Kate
Fisher The first Was the handsomest
woman OF her day and was immortal
ized by the elder Dumas. She wrote
good poetry. was the wife OF John &.
lieenan. the Benicis Boy champion
heavyweight. and her remains lie In
Paris after a life full Of adventure.
under a monument giving her name and
tho simple words Thou knowcst.'
| used 10 la out AT Eddy tuddv's.
~ RoNery. and sometimes At Eddy
Walkers Pig and WHISTLE next TO the
New Rowery Theatre. ANY Old timer
remember them"
AZ one time there was great rivalry
between Fox's old Rnwcry and l.ngard's
New Bowery theatres. and the story
went the rounds of two newshoys. one
said, I'm goin' to the Old RowCry.
They're playin' The Cataract Of the
Gauges and got real water on the
stage" The other kid replied. I'm eoin'
to tho New RoverN. They're playin'
The Forty Thieves, and got real
thieves"
Does anybody remember "~Jingles and
Old sport in the Bowery" | used to
travel with h.m. Lord. what good days
those were
] remember when Buffalo Ri first
came to New York and played In a
piece called after himself. He had a
number % real Indians with him. one OF
whom. White Rear. was said TO have
killed a hundred pioneers. .JinGles made
up his MIND to avenge them, and single
handed waited at the Old Bowery stage
door on Elizabeth street for him To
come out and knocked him all over the
sidewalk. He was quite a hero after
that. AN OLD TIMER.
\rw ynpu Anril 81