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THE SELF MEMBER.
First Aid Lesson for Button Sewing
Bachelors.

To II EDITOR OF THE SrS-Str: Per.
Nit me - disagree with you when you
say Every gentleman should know how
10 make "A wire nail do the work of d
suspender button. and to tie up a hole
III. the toe of his SOCK There are many
Of Us. ! believe, VIII" do not have TO
stoop to sucI Unsatisfactory devices.
for one can sev-a little. Al
though entirely ~seli-tausht. | can sew
on a button so that II will stay as long
as any button can reasonably be ex-
pccted To stay on. My process, To be
sure, takes time. a great deal OF pa
tiencc. sometimes several needles to
a button. but the result il satisfactory.
When sewing on buttons | always
close myself UP alone IN a room So a,
lot 10 hc disturbed or overheard. do
not Use a thimble. have tried them
and have no Use for them. | employ n
iaininer t. drive the needle through and
II pair ~ tweezers to seize and pun Il
out on the other side. ! nave also found
another method, practical only when
when there are females In the house. |
have discovered that the wire From
which the eo-cali"d Invisible ha!rpins
used ny women ATE made L. capital for
fastening on buttons. Let ne warn th,
beginner that thcs. hairpins are of two
kinds, blond and brunette. Except with
brass buttons Use brunette hair pins.
SIMPLY thread the wire through tho but
ton, poke both ends Of the wire through
the cloth. give tile wire eight or ten
twists ON the other side and Gu. II off
with "A sharp pair Of sewing or. II
these are not to he had, manicure acis-
surs.
cage should De used 10 arrange tho
wire on the inner side SO as to cause
tho least irritation IL any surface With
Nnlfl IL NAV coma in gnIflst
" for mcnliDr socks, fortunately 7
can sew as straight a seam as mos,
men who are neither sailors nor sail
makers by trade, That IL to SAY. A
somewhat straight seam. employ the
japanese gnethod, holding the goods IN
a horizontal plane and working the
needle up and down pcrpendicularlv In
the sam. fashion Is "a sewing mach,ne
hoigh with somewhat less speed. In
mend.nG socks ] sew a seam s,ra,gh.
across the sock just AT of the toe hole.
using care not to make the knots AZ
ctllor "ud or the thread too large.
'N Cours" In wearing socks so mendei
what T. properly I'VE heel OF m. SOL,
rests upon tn" bridge OF the foo, and
Ia" instnp does not lit at all. Rl, In
winter, When one wears high shoes. these
defects do mot SHOW In the sunm,r.
when o." weather - warm and love
shoes ire worn, T.; ono IL a hit of
philo~"phrr u slight hreezc in tho toe
Of his S,Nk vii not bother him.
NEW Nork, March Is, r +,
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ALASKA;S MAIL SERVICE.
NOme.Seward Peninsula Chamber Of
Commerce Asks for Help.

To THE Enron or T1iy SrE-Sir: We
take the liberty % calling your atten-
ton 20 the fact that during tho winter
the people OF Seward Peninsula Alaska,
d. no, get all OF their United States
mali that only par; ~ the second class
matter deposited IN post offices through
out the states addressed 70 our section
OF Alaska II forwarded the balance Is
held IN Seattle Or Cordova from October
to May.
The remedy which We are seeking Is
that tho weight limit from Cordova TO
Nome lie Increased IN order that all
our second class mail may he carried
during tho winter season.
Kindly use our Influence where =
will have tho most weight IN ssets,-
ing us 10 tbs end.
FRANZ {. DEAN,
Secretary Mails and Telegraph Coin
mittee, N~ume-Se0aru Peninsula
Chamber %: Commerce.
NOME. A.ishL- January -.
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Only Noah Ever saw 40 Much Water.

To III EDITOR or THE SuSr-Sir. In
a letter to The SUS Of March l6 -.
Y. c." tells about the winters snow.
but We do not all calculate alike. Sew
enty inches OF snow equals twelve inches
of water. one acre IL 1850 square
feet. Twelve inches ~ water on An
acre makes 1850 cubic feet. not 522.-
1.o cubic feet. as -. Y. c. says. Then
$3.50 cubic feet Of water At ~ gal
Ions u cubic foot. equals 326.100 gall
Ions an acre. not 4a.l31. 900 gallons, a.
y. Y. G." says To continue: 1850
cubic feet OF water an acre al 81 10
pounds a cubic foot ~ o,1i3.ci0 pounds
an acre. or about 81 pounds a square
foot. u. !. C.'s" calculation would
make II A".i3l.000 gallons an acre.
or 2.633.iS7.5o0 pounds an acre. over
$1,000 pounds a square foot. which IL
only about one thousand times "a Inuch
rs II should be.
Noah Is the only man VIII ever saw
As much water ar -. Y. c. calls for.
PHILADELPHIA. March Is. :. s.. l..
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THE E A
Whose Letter l. Worth More Than
His 10 Chesterfield"

To THE EDITOR OF TIN SvS--Sir: The
other day YOU spoke Of a Whitman
manuscript that fetched sl:j as conf
pared with a scrawl of Dr. Sam John
cons that recently brought hut 500 A
Johnson manuscript would bring many
times Sl2J. Indeed. | have one Johnson
letter that cost over $500.
And speaking of values OF autograph
~lcttcrs, what letters do You know of,
excepting those OF a military or politi-
cal character. that would bring more
than tho one Ursa Major wrote to Lord
Chesterfield?
But all good J~ohnsoniaus must admire
rHg sun for two things ~ least. bns,
because It is the only American publi-
cation. o my knowledge, that persists
In referring to the Great cham as In.
Sam Johnson. "Nour most uOcdient and
humble servant never signed his name
Samuel, II was iirt Sam,
The other reason Is he'atlsc 80 many
Of is editorial articles possess n strik-
Ing n charming similarity OF style to
those papers that make UP tho m bier.
the Idicr and the Adremturcr.
PULP ioopMAN.
Nrw York, March II.
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SYMBOLS OF THE REPUBLIC.
Did Dr. Franklin Prefer the Infant
Hercules 10 Any BIRD:

To THE EDITOR or TIL SrN-Sir, In
the editorial article Preserve the
Eagle you write: Several Of the
speakers. following pr. Frauklin's an
Gent example. advocated the symbolic
superiority OF the Wild turkey To the
bird that has made our coins famous"
Is II not true that Or. Franklin recon-
mended the adoption of a design repre-
sentins the Infant Hercules strang.ing
the serT,cnts ae our national emblem
rather than the Wild turkey? This ~
course was to symbolic the young Re
public's strife against the tyranny OF
Great Britain.
The Infant Hercules may not aprea.
50 strongly TO the Imagination ~ the
lover Of liberty as the great elSle with
great wings. long wingc5. fun of
feathers. which had diver colors, that
came nto Lebanon. and took tho high
est branch o. the cedar" but the en-
blem ~ the child giant In his tour de
force has "A more yirile character, and
seems more like m invention ~ the
good doctor than a design representing
that d%efenccless and with,l toothsome
bird. be he never 30 suspicious"
WILLIAM :. WHITEHEAD.
Nrw YoRk. March Is.
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THE WINTERS SNOWFALL.
In New York II Was A.: and Not
20 Inches 10 March 10.

To THE i.piToR or THE SuS-Sir. Re.
ferrirg to the letter from u. Y. c. IN
THE SrN OF March 10 in which he says
hat this winters snowfall In this re-
gion aggregated about seventy inches.
IL seems proper to point out that inc
statement IL not confirmed by the OIL
cial records of the United states
Weather Bureau at New York. In De-
tober there was no measurable snow
fall November, no measurable snow
fall December, 81 inches January, o.
February, 1872. which includes Ia Inch
sleet March ito 16th), 20.2 total. Az
inches "a March rs.
As "a matter of fact the records OF the
Weather Bureau at New York show
that since 1ss4-s5. when precipitation
In III form OF snowfall was first re-
corded aS apart from precipitation as
rainfall, there has been but one winter
with a snowfall Of 20 Inches or over,
namely. that of 1929. when the re-
corded snowfall wac 77.6 inches. sub
ject to the foregoing there have been
but four winters when the locally re-
corded snowfall has exceeded 80 Inches.
namely. 1s93-9i. 1Sas-se. 180t-05. 1906
%, and in zone of these winters did the
snowfall reach 60 inches.
! have observed. not only In New
York. but elsewhere. that reports as to
rainfall or runoif are likely to he fol-
lowed by more or less needless use or
waste Of stored water and since
Greater New York at present has to
depend on u pumped supply for the bor-
oughs OF Brooklyn. Queens and 1sich-
mond. II IL apparent that in tho inter-
ests Of civic economy waste should AL
WAYS be discouraged.
Ii IL true that in the Croton water
shed the alleged snowfall Is considerably
in excess OF the snowfall reported for
Manhattan Island. On the other hand.
tho snowfall at the westerly end of
Long Island and I'm Richmond is or
mally apt To be slightly less than on
Manhattan Island. and that has been
tho case this winter. To the many who
curiously enough take bu; little interest
IN civic conditions under which they
live. IL may he well to point out that
the Ctoton water supply Is not available
for tho boroughs Of New York located
on Long Island and staten Island.
LrRED BROOKS FRY.
New YORK, March Is.
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The Eternal Feminine in the stock
Brokers' Once.

To THE Epiror uF THE SUS-Sir: A
well known firm of stock broker. has
established an Investment department
exclusively FOR women. and the crazo
for femiuin" independence Is already
causing numbers OF self-supporting mem
beers OF the sex who earn relatively mali
salaries. from 5000 TO $1,000 IA year. 10
save for the pro,erb!ul rainy day.
The great majority, however. who
still rely ou men for their support. are
continuing IN the good Old fashion
which never needs 10 advertise rew
spring styles. and are spending al they
can get and a little more besides. That's
why the sex is always spoken Of as
the eternal feminine" l. pE .,
NEW NoRk, March -.
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have delayed unloading. gladly pay.
ing the dennurrage charges, will he
notified that q continuation Of this
practice will not be tolerated, and
that II they persist In II mean will be
found 10 punish them.
These measures should have All Of.
feet on the alarming conditions that
have been created, but It is plain that
they cannot bring about n normal
situation. To accomplish this the
hearty cooperation Of shippers, rail
roads and public authorities is neces-
sary. While cars have been piling up
on the tracks greatly In excess Of the
capacity Of the roads To handle them
the numerous State commissions main.
tained at great expense to oversee the
operation Of public utilities have been
profoundly inactive. We do not re-
call q helpful suggestion or one bit
Of counsel from them directed To the
public or the management Of the
roads. The Interstate Commerce
Commission Is the only public body
that has even recognised the menace
Of the BLOCKADE; the State organiza.
lions have been content to draw their
salaries.
It IL for the railroads immediate
interest to end the difficulties that
now exist; It IL for the welfare Of
the public: why, then. should not the
high salaried members Of the tax
supervisory bodies contrib.
ute something to the solution Of the
problemsf
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Germany's Finances To-day.

Contrasts between the speech of IIr.
kAEL HLLtfLHlcIi, Secretary Of the
imperial Treasury. before the Reichs-
Tag aud the address delivered 10y
him last August in the same place
point strikingly 10 some conclusions
IN GermanI'> present position In the
war. Or. HELfttEICH i reported Ia
'esent statements that he promised
The German people las, August that
here would be uu new taxes during
the war. III this he i Justified. lie
aid then that t@Ac> would hot h.
Increased except a. il became ucces-
sar,. Yet his declarations seven
months ago were no preparation for
The proslect which he now unfolds.
In August last Or. HELrfERrCH was
speakiu. Ia the programme for the
third Germun VAR loan. Now he il
addres>ln. himself to the subject of
The fourth war loan aud n plan to
levy heuy! taxes which goes with It.
Light l. thrown "iI the differences
between III two u%ttorar,cs 10y the
course of foreign exchange during the
last soy Ell months.
When Or. HELTfLEi,H spoke in the
',eich>tag ~ August the low price
quoted that week for the German
mark her" was ~. The pound >ter.
ling sold ~ i.6i und n month ar 81
later droli,-d 1" 40. This Week the
hound sterling ruled around i..G. Il
figure which, has been it, practical
minimum this Year. The mark sold
l,elOw Tl's, the lowest level yet
reached, although only u month or
% ago proclamation was made of
the German official intention To
strengthen and support the mark in
foreign markets.
Germany last August. while holding
its W IN the west, was carrying
everything before II on the eastern
and southeastern fronts. The official
theory in Germany Was that the Al
lies would shortly seek pence. l'r.
%IIELrFKRICH'n Rcich>lug speech east
N Oratorical glamour over the Whole
problem Of war finance and lent itself
10 the support of popular Illusion
.hout the future. To-day. with the
military position one Of apparent Ger
man check on AL fronts, hr. HtLtfER-
JcH enters the Rcirli>tag and talks
,uldly Of the stern fucts uf deficient
revenue and the memorable necessity
al economy and heavy taxation, l.
the long purse at the British Empire
~ last making it, weight felt in the
scales of war:
There l. nothing more sirniii-
rant in the comparison between lr.
II%ELFrERICH's Rcichstng addresses
than the omissions from that of
March. In August the German Finan-
rial Secretary was still directing III"
eyes Of Germans to the vision of
staggering indemnities to he paid by
their defeated enemies. Those Who
provoked the war;" he said, land not
We, deserve 10 drag through the cen
iuriea u come the leaden weight Of
hese milliards," There Is now no
more Treasury talk TO the Reichstag
about ind"mnity, no more German
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New York real estate is capable of
doing amazing things to investors, but
the depreciation OF a 81, 000, 900 estate
TO nothing In eight years, which Is al
legged to have been the fate of the be-
quest to 81. Luke's Hospital from the
late WILLIAM WHEELER SMITH. passes
undo %rstanding. Would Mr.. SMITH
have beer reduced to poverty to-day
had he lived?
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The 'rht"'y Ndontul. for Aprll . do.
unEulshcd by the bcslnuins oi = novel ny Mr.
Nowells. Fiction - further rerrescried hv
stories 10y Granville Barker. 4 nrrisr. Mr..
! IL Gilmore. l.. y Tooher and l.. Mach,,l
AMI the continuation o. stephen Whltm,n's
serial. Frecerioh Moore writes on Yuan
snin'h A. Il Il Mccormick on p-crarcdncs.
\ Gleason on the Belgian spirit. L. Wood
on fasolcnc. ana : Leeds Oh the King ot
Greece, while Helen Nlrolsy's history Of ISL.
continues There are new portraits Of Pc
aud Mr. uoSells, and ave poems.
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Tying to Clear the Freight Yards.

The Eastern railroads will put into
effect to-day two plans for the relief
Of freight congestion. A concerted
EFFORT will be made to clear their
tracks of empty cars, and send these
to the interior, where rolling stock
Is In great demand. Shippers who
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\ stumbling Bl'.L In President Pats.
NpTey's Nuy,
From ne Hud,oa Rrpubhc,

FROM ne HudsOH ErpHbitcu1.
'pa sy' Mouey. president O.. ti.e y!.age
OF rlvoii. director Of the Roarl ot rluca.
ton, member Of tho biggest lodges there
aud Of the Tire companic IN tact tnr
power VI political and social ahairs tn
northern putchess county Is for the mr.,
tim. In years to he opposed whom he rune
for prrsidrut on March ~.
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\ Pair.

In DAYS Of divorces
IT'S pleasant to see
A pair 40 we'll mated
In every degree.
Though great 10 h.s keenness
That matter IL Joint;
It's also admitted
She iacks not for po,ni
Though he Is . cut up
And often plays hon,
with grim perseveranc.
She sticks 10 the Job.
We constantly lind her
On every ones lips.
But he only gets there
BY terrible slips.
30 trumpet their praises
From Gath to New York
That couple devoted.
The knife and the foUk.
McLArpsusun wnsoS.
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We have heard hints. false on their
face hut disquietine, Of decadence In
New England. Their grsceless infiu.
ence Is dispelled, and confidence, not
wavering but strained. IL restored {:
New England still knows the dried
apple. The older fashion In that
royallest Of fruits. royal because It
belongs TO a ACE whose every man
is u monarch. has not surrendered to
the diabolical ingenuity Of this rom.
mercial day. "Evaporated apple" il
a commodity New England handles
commodities only to pass them on. at
q round profit, to communities less
exalted In oil that makes n a Her
diet has made her what she Is, and
her diet has not yet been unmade
and remade. The pie and the cruller
still furnish forth the fast breaking
Of heroes.
1t IL the CoWrcr.Gdsettc Of Rock.
land. Maine, that treasures us. This
Dirigo journal blows u breeze Of crisp
cheer. Its editor. surely not doubt.
Ing. but seeking the comfort Of visible
evidence, inquired for the fruit Of the
fathers. and gained In s%uperabun.
dance what he sought. He says. with
admirably temperate control Of his
adjectival qualifcrs:
1T 10 Gratifying to know that dred
apples. sliced. cored and threaded on
strings. the dried apple about whicl,
fingers the fond memory Of hungry
childhood. 10 stilI believed In. even
though II has come to be ~ seldocn
encountered In the mar:s Of trade"
Gratifying: II is exhilarating, re-
vivifying, psradisiacally transporting.
II is a gratifying M the news of an
unexpected bequest coming from some
n who has been hound to earth by
no ties but those OF gold.
Those who make fun of dried ap-
p~lc>--apples dried with the art OF the
acknowledgements desiccation them
selves. Not all the sugar and spices
that ever ven into the making Of
the rarest treasures OF the New Eng.
land pantry could sweeten those acid
natures. But the Rockland editor has
said the uttermOet word. and the
titillating subject Is not to he wrung
away from him:
Like rhunarb, the dried apple has TO
he treated With u skilled hand and 4
mind that does not shrink from adequate
Application Of suEar and the subtle ac-
cessor,es Of the intellectual housewives
pantry. Thus II ON forth deliciuus,y
N the frank and open gu,se of sauce.
Moreover there Is an enlarged species
OF doushnut, bearing c%unningly con-
cesled in It's interior an appealing mix
ture Of the apple. that We could wish
the of,ener b encounter--and who does
not know OF the dried apple pie, tho
apple part Of II brown and rich and
deep. tho pastry OF engaging hakiness
and the top geomstrically laid OF In
lattice work.
New England's Ink pots share the
flavor and nOurishing qualities of her
dried apples. As her food IL, so IL her
literature, and what we have quoted
is In II vein aud expressed with Il style
L.s 49,. >->AlA - - n
Not to know the culinary and the
literary products Of New England
farms and editorial sanctums Ia to
miss something OF LIES best.
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Obviously. the man who has esti-
mated the number Of gun chewers In
the United States at 10000. 900 does
not live In New York. Everybody who
rides In the subway knows that this
estimate Is ridiculously low.
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New York's Justly praised electrical
display at night Is not gained without
cost to the city's beauty at other
times. The stretch Of city blocks that
shines 80 brilliantly at night > a sorry
skeleton In the day time with It's gaunt
iron structures shooting up meaning
lesS'y from the rooftops.
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from th' tffhiSol Globe
rd an Atrhison doctor mean II JGst that
way When he SAID: i've 60, two patients
In the same ue!ghhorhood In the country.
ami am going out this morning to Xii two
birds with one stone?
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The %uprooting Of one ~ It's Eas,
River cables by a drifting ships an
Choir Is a form Of wire pulling the tele-
phone company will not be accused Of
encouraging.
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Senator LODGE likcns the Wilson Ad-
ministrat.on 70 B~rcIIANAN's. Will q
kind Providence grant us another LIN
COLIN?
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Her lEAit.

Aprll--How do YOU plan to go out?
March, haven't decided whether 70
leave az . cook or a. a mistress
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u. s. HAS PROBLEM
IN PHILIPPINES
o. K. Davis Says Tcarhin,
Them Self-gOvcrnmcnt /,
No Easy Matter.
UNDERSTAND ABSOLI TIsu
~ OSCAR KING paws

MANILA. Jan. Gothic chief ll.t-,..
OF the Americans in the phIrrn,,. :.
ands Is to teach the IYlip ne ,o'f 90,
eminent. That Is the Obligation ip,o,..
In the policy of the Philippines 10. -,
Elipinos."
In the main all parties and an shade,
OF political opinion at home agree Of, ,h,.
point. There are differences Of lrfcr,-.
titlon. but. broadly speaking tfc, go.
only " elements Of oppo ton. t.,
minor In point OF numbers and ,nDi,,,,
One element oppoees on the GROUND IVA.
We never should have been ia the I-.,,
pines and consequently should GET ou,
once. regardless of the c~ouscpuc,,.. J.,
the Iflipinos.
This Is the argument of sel' oofyd.r,
ton only. and of sclf-cpn.idoriton ,r,r
only 4 mean point of view. II ignore A.
obligation TO the filipin.r. ana 81 o,Ae
considerations eXcep those basel .po,
the iHnOble desire TO avoid ava r,s,.
bility OF trouble.
The other element uf upIv Ion b.a..
It's argument OF the groui! U.' -.
United states ought TO keep tic i'l,
pines forever u develop L'rl
interest and adVaItag. uf Nr, rH..
with only secondary corS d'rIf.a. 90
the F1liplnos. II Is from ,ho-v WHO ~
In !n,e' probation of the policy 'bri N.c..
is coming most of the noise vh.ea sounds.
like oppO~ition.
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The nation expects every Congress.
to do his duty. We are an Opt
mistic people.
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