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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-18
BRITISH STATEMENT.

LYNDON. January IS (statement dated
January 10:
Last night the enemy showed activity
with trench mortars and bombs at
Givenchy. Today We made a COM
bined attack with bombs. rifles. gre
nades and trench mortars at the
same place. with excellent results
our bombardment has been effective at
Frelinghien and at Zwartelen and
north of Ypres. where large fire
was caused behind the enemy's lines
Hostile artillery was active at Ypres.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-18
ITALIAN STATEMENT.

ROME, January II. via London. Janu-
airy 10.
Along the Trentino frontier there have
been artillery actions. Our fire
against Fort Raibl. in the Ceebach
valley. destroyed part of cupola
and resulted in the fight of enemy
detachments
On the heights around Oslavia our Wig
orous counter offensive, devoted to
the recapture of small portions of the
trenches near the village still held
by the enemy, continues successfully.
Prisoners taken confirm that strong
enemy forces were engaged and suf-
fered heavy losses.
On the Carso there has been no change.
Enemy aeroplanes yesterday dropped
bombs on inhabited places in the
lower Isonzo plain. Little damage
was DONE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-18
WAR OFFICIALLY REPORTED

man official statement, received by way
of Sayville. the first part of the para
graph relating to aerial battles in
Flanders reads:
Two British aeroplanes were shot
down near Paschendaele and Dadizeele
in an aerial battle. Three of the four
occupants were killed. A French aero
plane" etc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-18
Gen. Scriven Also Heard.

Brig. Gen. George p. Scriven. chief
signal officer of the army, who followed
Gen. Aleshire, placed the producing
capacity of American aeroplane fac
tories at twenty complete machines a
day. The United States certainly could
count, he thought. on several hundred
machines a month in time of war.
Gen. Scriven urged that at least
eighteen aero squadrons should be
created under the proposed increase in
the regular army. The War Depart
ment bill proposes only four additional
squadrons. The coast artillery dis
tricts and each field battery should be
supplied with machines for fire con-
troll and scouting work. Gen. Scriven
said, and urged also the repeal of re-
strictions of existing law requiring stu
dent aviatorS to be unmarried officers
under thirty years of age.
Whether an aviator was married, he
said, was a personal matter and the
age limit gave the corps only untried
men to draw upon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-18
Rock Creek Gorge Plan.

The committee on parks and reserva-
tions was instructed to act upon a
communication from sister organiZa-
ton. advocating the enactment of leg
islation to carry through the project to
improve Rock Creek gorge in conform
ity with the plan to unite Rock Creek
and Potomac parks of the National
Capital 1t developed that Col. Harris,
in charge of public buildings and
grounds. had expressed confidence that
Congress will appropriate at least
s150,000 to commence the work.
The organization also made record
OF desire that it's fire department
shall be equipped with motor vehicles
instead of the present horse drawn APP
paratus. The resolution introduced by
Mr. Bowles recited that the George
town district is the largest in the Dis
trict of Columbia, is the most difficult
of travel because of its many hills,
and that the apparatus there is re-
quired to perform extraordinary duty
when other apparatus is attending fires.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-18
Red Cross Plan Tabled.

The announcement of the American
Red Cross that it will hold member
ship week" and request that a commit
tee be named to cooperate was laid
on the table. Interest in the work of
the Red Cross was expressed, but 1T
was deemed inexpedent to make it's
increase in membership an organization
matter. but to leave each member to
act according to individual desires.
In two resolutions the organization
went on record, first. as opposing the
suggestion of the board of Commits
sioners to take over control of the
public schools and the abolition of the
board of education, and, second, as OPP
posing similar suggestion for a change
in control of the Public Library from
the present board of trustees and of
the board of charities.
Approval was given to the proposed
advertising law for the District of Co
lumbia which would provide protection
for the innocent advertiser and be eff
fective against those intending to COM
init fraud. A loan shark law, making
the present legislation less stringent.
submitted by the citizens committee
on loan shark law, was referred to the
committee on legislation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-18
Hard to Obtain Officers.

1t was brought out that of the forty
six officers now on aviation duty only
one. Col. Reber. chief of the aviation
section, is not qualified flier. Gen.
Scriven said the corps was meeting
with great difficulty in getting the full
number of officers now authorized, be-
cause under the restrictions there were
only 66S eligible officers in the army.
At least a fifth of these would fail to
pass the physical test If all should VOL
unteer, he said.
The equipment of an aero squadron,
the witness said. should allow for both
ping machines. There should be twelve
aircraft in service to squadron,
twelve available for requirements and
twelve in reserve, giving each a total
of thrtysiX machines.
Gen. Scriven said the European war
had shown that aviation duty was no
more hazardous than any other work
on the firing line.
Padgett Bill Is Opposed.
The Padgett bill to increase to LOO
the number of midshipmen appointed
to the Naval Academy evoked an out
burst in the House naval committee,
where Representative Butler. republic
can, of Pennsylvania, protested that
the addition of so many cadets meant
heavy burden of additional expense.
Representative Hensley of Missouri ar
sued it might necessitate another
plucking beard. Consideration of the
bill was postponed until Secretary
Daniels is heard Thursday.
The method of construction of the
new Pearl Harbor dry dock was de-
scribed before the committee by Rear
Admiral Stanford. chief of the bureau
of yards and docks. The old dock at
H. FL
was not a completed dock. He said none
of the old dock would remain.
How much did the old dock that
failed cost how many millions?" asked
Representative Butler of Pennsylvania.
ITS not a matter of Millions" re-
torted the admiral.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-18

Are yours strong, even. white
and good looking? The first con-
seriousness of a weak tooth
should be warning to you.
When one starts trouble others
are sure to follow. See me at
once at the first sign of decay. /
put them in condition without
the slightest trace of pain
Examination free. Terms of
payment arranged to suit
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-13
Food for ~PhilOlOgers.

In Ex-senator EDGAR L. BRACKErr's
letter 10 Comptroller TRAVIS, in which
the Sage Of Saratoga pleads for in
formation as to certain details Of the
Indebtedness contracted by eminent
guests Of the taxpayers on their four
ieyings between the Atlantic and the
Faciiic oceans, the acutc p~hilologer
will observe that Mr.. BRACKET SAYS:
What ! particularly want to know Is
how much uas paid by the State on tho
Whitman trip To tho Panama Exposition
for booze %
II viii not escape attention that the
expenditures 10 which reference is
mad" in this sentence have been dis.
cusscd near the mouth Of the Hud.
son under III" ,itl" of rum bills"
Thus the Influence oxerted by cnyi.
ronm"n' on %luncuag" Is sharply dis
played: that which is rum where
me SAT- of the ocean breeze gives
tau@ - the air becomes "booze'
wncre IN" h"alin" waters spring from
N" earth under state supervision.
Tho local u.nc" s"cms easy Of OK.
p'nna'i"u. ltYln j. tho solace Of sail.
"r-, naturally I'm n great port the
N"Guarul"r H. irllu"ucrd by the Ian.
-nn-" of rhc "rutnr"rS. Along the
coast n%I""h"lic beverages are known
ern"''cHll> ~ rum because that
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-13

own fantastic excuses whiskers were
vulnerable. Pefferinn populiSts. poo.
die dog pinks. leaky lilacs, paint
brushes, agricultural billy goats. al
falfa jungles, excelsior spinaches. soup
strainer and walrus m%ustaches. New
gate frills. Galway sluggers-beyond
question a face foliage dcbauch.
An anti-whlskers reaction was due
and 1t came. The whole whisker crop
wns moved down and swept out. And
then emerged the mugs. Just us they
are. without rlen, they stood re-.
vcnled. and In entire candOr 1t may
BE- asked If we do not owe whiskers
an apology for abuse and ridiculc
when we shudderingly contemplate
what they so long covered up and
saved us from beholding. Surely we
do not want another whiskcrs spree.
bur by the same token we have had
enough of whiskcrs prohibition. A
moderate and temperate use Of whis-
kers: that is the demand. Get the
mugs behind n screen that is the
slogan.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-13

TO whom her unaffected character
made her a guide and counsellor more
helpful than the most eloquent of
preachers or the most vigilant of
moralists.
There is no yardstick with which
to measure the works Of a good man.
There Is no statistical atlas in which
this brave woman's contribution to
the peace and happiness and comfort
Of her kind can he set down. Yet It
was real. though imponderable genu-
Inc. though not to he apprized in dol.
lars and cents: worth while, though
beyond the purview of efficiency ex-
perts; and the fruits of her life re-
flute with overwhelming force the
theories of those who set themselves
up to correct the illimitable mysteries
of nature by the intrusion of their
finite minds.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-13
Mr.. Edison - . Temperance Re.
for meP.

Mr.. EDISON celebrated his sixty
ninth birthday by advocating for
the correction Of the drink evil the
method described in the subjoined
sentences:
Man isn't perfect yet and you can
not take alcohol away from him all at
once. II you do hell resent the act.
Beer has 4 per cent. alcohol. Cut down
the percentage to 2 or to ls.. Let men
drink that for twenty years or 30 and
then u ii down to 1 per cent. Cut out
all whiskey and strong drinks al once"
Here Is a sensible and original plan
for attacking "A terrible curse. We
should like to see 1t tried. Yet 1t in.
evitably brings to mind the expert.
ment conducted by the imaginative
agriculturist who reduced the daily
allowance Of oats for his horse grad
ually until the excellent beast sup
ported life on one Oat a day. The
farmer was encouraged Ia believe that
he had brought the animal Ia a con-
dition in which IL could do without
any food, but this theory he was not
able to put to empirical proof. for on
the very day when the attempt was
TO he made the fool critter died.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-13
The OppOrt unities OF a Great Faunal
Naturalist.

Why did the Colonel. setting sail
for the Lesser Antilles. Trinidad and
British Guiana, suppress the intelli-
gent reporter who inquired IL he
thought of doing a little hunting
while he was away?
"YOu might ns well ASK II man
going to the Rockies exclaimed the
Colonel with Sam johnson severity.
III he intended to catch whales"
Surely the Colonel could indulge
his fondness for the chase during n
four days stay in British Guiana. In
It's forests turks the largest and most
savage of all wildcats. the iaguar,
with u girth of three feet back of the
shoulders and massive head: stalker
Of deer, the sloth and tapir. destroyer
of even the boa and alligator. Scizer
from overhancIng branches Of great
fish. the jaguar Is big game worth the
Colonel's attention.
Nor Is the great n cater to he
despised. for this resourccful animal
with Its sabrelike claws sometimes
disembowels the savage .jngunr.
Why m n shot ut the cupybara or
carpincho? Hugcst of rodents and
weighing M hundred pounds. 1T
resembles" says the naturalist. IA
gigantic, rough coated guinea pig.
having II heavy fiat head, with small
eyes and ears. and u blunt muzzlc."
The capybura Is not too proud to
fight. II. taken alive It makes an in.
teresting if unloycly domestic pet.
The Colonel should add n carpincho
to his collection at Oyster Bay.
As the fauna Of Trinidad. where he
will also remain four days. is similar
to that Of ncighboring South Amer.
lea, the Colonel's British hosts might
arrange IA days familiar shooting for
him there.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-13
Not

Speaking of anti.ankles legislation,
why do not some Of the Solons who
are eXerting their broad and copious
intellects in the great field OF reefed
petticoat craftsmanship devote II lit
tie attention TO the far more pressing
question of mugs-the awful, the In
decent exposure of mugs, the orgy
Of mug horrors into which this whlS-
kerlcss age has plunged us?
Cover up the mugs, screen them,
get them out of sight. YOu do not
have to look at ankles If you are
firm. Mugs you do have to look at.
They stare you In the face every
where. ont of yOur W mirror rs
likely as not. They are all about you
in the streets. in public vehicles, in
hotel lohbieS--cyerywherp. And such
mugs, Raw beef mugs. catfish mugs,
squirrel teeth mugs, globular mugs,
lantern jnwrd mugs, bulldog mugs, rat
terrier mugs, porcinc mugs, chinlcss
mugs. simian mugs, prOgnathous
mugs, bejowled mugs-a walking.
rocking nightmare OF mug atrocities.
And all because In some quarter Of
hirSutr impotence there was inaugu-
rated n few years ago n press agent
nnti-whiskcrs campaign!
That the case against whiskers was
strong there is NO denying. by their
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-13
THE OPEN HAND.
Tip. II Nou Must, In Proportion 10
ser, ices Rendered.

To THE EDITOR or THE SrN-Sd. Tip
ping may l." ,,dssrd as An evil :: you
choose. necessary o! otherwise. but the
custom t. a nNturr.
! have travelled IT," seven seas Nor,h
and South America, Europe. Asia and
Africa and almost without exception
every steamer or t'auscOntinental train
numbers among its passengers the
~"buuuirr." wlo not only "oycrt'ps" hut
tips first so hat he. and he alone. may
obtain some attention that * the Just
due OF al. The tar.ff recognized by
~" majority Of travellers is ignored by
this type "t social outcast. who at the
expense o. his firm or his travelling al
lowancc undertakes t. Great" for him.
self "A recognition tAat his honest worth
would never bring him. Ills Kind IL
doSpis"d by those VINO through expert
ence have learned that "A ready and good
naturrd return generally results from a
tip gladly offered IN proper proportion
for the service rendered.
JoNAs MASON. ".
NEW YORK.. February -.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-13
J uggled Min

To Tlr EuiTuK OF Tnr S,\-,t
was delighted To- read Mr.. Clrtis's letter
III Nour paper I'm reference 20 the milk
question aud also tho "Fdrm,r'~" let.
ter published February II.
] am ore 81 the few million of pcorl.
IN this greatest city Of the world VINO
really have an interest in the nils
question. 7 have dealt with 'hc great
milk concerns. ore after anuth.,. HOB
,nS with each chang that might %.
able to got real cows milk n as u.i~
the natural state as POSSIBLE and milk
thdt would have cream AVID would Doc
satisfying, ! have. after sitting over the
different dealers, settled on the or.
which | consider best, hut s'ili AIN
far from satisfied with the r~os,i',- OF ms
milk purchases. Tn" price ha~ gone nm
IL the consumer with wonderful rogl-
larltN, but IN" product SEEMS tu n, 80
Jisg!ed that il is hard {" get sttisft,-
ton, and L is I NdId matter 20 tel
whether in tho - cent G,l,lv r.. toe /"
cent Grade \ %" tn" /" cent certified /
am getting better results.
! cannot understand WhS. with IN,
present rates paid the farmer. W. cam
not get r"nl milk Tor 2 cent. Tn" let
ter in THE SrN stating that the m.,,
separator Wa to blame CNplain~ stmr-
thing, but II We should AXE the thru,
grades ia equal quantities and UiN th.m
together. We should hc getting a ~ ,.u,
milk, which ought to hc IN" natural
product, ard that is certainly a high
pric" for cows milk.
! do not claim that the milk IS vtto,cd.
but ther" ~ a possibility that in IN =
Juggling process water has been la.
jected into the stock Of IN" o.mptuy
| should be very glad. as | think nln,
others would he, To have this mdttcr ,X-
N,aincd by the selling compHav.
q y N
NEW NoRN. February -
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-13
RAILROAD STRIKES.
Plain Talk From Mere citizen
Threatened with starvation.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE S~uS--Sir! There
hardly seems any occasion for cropping
In the dark such as is displayed by
Borden u. Whiting In his letter of Fen
ruarv . Oh the threatened railroad
strike. TIL duty of "the rest of us IL
quite obvious. That duty is 10 make II
understood that the Government. which
is really the rest Of u.s. proposes 10
protect fully the owners of the rail-
roads in maintaining omen traffic.
Bear IN mind that il is the men who
have %precipitated this situation. 1t Is
they who have announced that II they do
not obtain their demands no wheels
shall turn. The owners have taken no
such stand, and they could Just as Tcd-
sonablv announce" that no more wheels
would turn until the rates were boosted
to a certain point. Therefore. a. mat.
ters are now the owners are entitled 10
the benefit Of the doubt.
1t is not SO difficult to determine
whether the contentious OF either men
or owners are in the Who'll" fair and
Just. Most of us nave for n~cishbors these
engineers. conductors, &c. and W" hhd
that they are fully as well situated as
THE res, of US" Likewise. the stock
holders. bondholders. Sc. are u uciph
bors. and they also manas" +" I've ~
well as the rest of US.
Therefore we arrive At tho plain uu-
varuished conclusion that those men
want moro because they want II quite
a human characteristic. We cannot ar
rive at exactly the same conclusion re-
gardinC the owners, however, for. As
Mr.. Whiting says. the Government.
the rest of rs" has stcrped IN and
said "Thou shalt he prohibited from
" anting more than 50 much"
The spectre of the nationwide 'triN"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-13
Miss Fancher Was y NOn-producer?

Miss MoLLn FANCHER was n bed
ridden cripple for Ove half a century.
She was Il non.producer. contributing
nothing of material usefulness to the
world. Under the stern requirements
Of that high conception Of efficiency
which now obtains she had no place
In the community. She could not tend
a machine In a factory, she was not
psychic powers are forgotten, she was
incapacitated from presiding over II
wOman's club. From the day In 1861
when she took To her bed IT was
known to her and Ia her medical ad-
visers that she would never recover
her health. Surely in such II case.
II In any, euthanusia would Offer an
immediate solution of an otherwise
hopeless problem.
But not II person familiar with
her history in these long years oi
invalidism will say that she lived in
vain, that the world Is not better for
her broken existence. that her re-
mOval from earth half II century ago
would have been In accord with sound
public policy. If she did not produce
shirt waists, or poems, or world shak-
ing political theories, she did some
thing not less admirable. She set an
example of fortitude and cheerful.
ness in suffering that heartencd and
upheld many Il weary man and
woman. that salved many II bruised
heart. and that put new strength in
many Il faltcring victim of the acct.
dents and tribulatiOns of a world no
mount Of sociology ear make easy
for most of us.
With those qualities that men look
on rs the rarcst gifts of nature Miss
FANCHER was not notably endowed.
Her virtues were of the hOmely,
everyday order not the kind romantic
dreamers attribute to their ideals.
but the sort wisdom seeks in the com
panions Of a hard march. She pos.
sessed the splendid curiosity that
keeps interest alive: the warm aff"c-
tion that tends tn" lamp of friend
shin with ccaSclrsS care: the fine
spirit of holiness thar forhids a sigh
for what might have been and dis
covers the possibilities Of true pleas
ure adverse circumstance hides. And
from the narrow limits of her per.
prtual prison, from which no human
power could lihern'c her. her spirit,
untrnmmcllrd by the misrhuncrs that
had subhued it's frame, performed u
work Of highest import. to tho real
aud lasting benefit Of the thousands
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-13
THE UNKINDEST CUT.
Highland Falls Mistakes the English
for the Song sparrow.

TO TIT EDITOR OF THE SCN-Sir: The
two letters lately appearing in THE SuN
In which are related the experiences
OF two o! our ~neighboring Jersey cit.-
zens Of hearing at an early morning
hour a sparrow chirping as swectiy ns
a canary. and. as one stated. somewhat
like the English wren. might lead one
versed in the habits and abilities Of the
different species OF the feathcred king
dom to say. II he were 80 disposed. that
one going home at an early morning
hour might he expected even to mistake
the lark for the nightingale. our great
poet told us that over three hundred
years ago:
The crow doth sing aH sNec'lv as the lark,
when neither is attended; and. I think.
The nightingale, II she should sing by day,
when every goose IL cackling would he
thought
NJ better musician than the wren.
How many things by season seasoned are
To their Grea, praise and true perfection
]. HENRY.
HIGHLAND FALLS, February IL.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-13
WORDS OF TONGUE AND PEN.
Compressed Wisdom ~ the Ancicnt>.
and some ~SpOonerisms.


!" TIE EL''n'R OF lHE StN-SW. me
eP'st d'hf'"'l' s"I''s respecting "'"'sl
INJURY u u1hn" ny = correspondent ~
~" 4" r~.'luf'! l" ~ '""',
'l ~H"E''! ""'t''"' i"Ih'S IN St'''''
AUTHORS "''~h''"u'"uiH, as Your CORE
-'"'ith' Susp','e' may n' one ~ '"'N''
la'itus gNt- IN" 'uea ncfhdpS us mos
'''SS'''l eNpr'SsIN ir"Hrlu!h hiil'il
'hs'NI 'S' "d'SHe "'eh 'A't"''S u
tntd''I4Sll' "' human hatu'' u" 'dt"
on" Nhom you may nave lHJ"r'l >
Aefl'"l| 'htp''I - S''n""hHt S''nI-
larly, S'n"'a IN ms essay on Anger.
BOOK IL, 'htpt"r 49, 'Qu"s Ia"serunt ei
"d"runt t'Nhom they hav" injured
they also hat" }. John Dryden expresses
IN" Sam" itoa ~ a 'iurlc OF vigorous
mes IN -" Conquest 90 Granada,
FAR IL, Act /, seen" :;
Forgiveness - size Injured docs belong:
BIT they TO or pardon Who have done the
vro-s
p..,,.. ,,, MI, ,,,o. wa ,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-13

The United States army lost a
splendid OFFICER when Major JAMES ED
WARD NoRMoYLE died in quarters at
Fort Ontario. No mans zeal was
greater and the Majors capacity for
doing "A thing the right way never
failed him. As a quartermaster there
has seldom been his equal in the army.
His work in the Mississippi Valley
during the foods of 1912 AT Dayton.
when that city was overwhelmed. and
AZ the Gettysburg encampmcnt on the
fiftieth anniversary OF the battle.
called not only for great organizing
ability but for inccssant application.
shrewd knowledge OF human nature.
the patience 81 JoB. ard the tact OF
a diplomat. CHEEKY. optimistic. self
sacrificing Mickey" NoRMovLE was
n of the best known men in the
army. and he could III he spared.