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HONESTY IN GOLF.
Professionals Set . Good Exsmple for
Amateur Linksmen.

To THE EDITOR or TIE SrS-Sir. Your
statement that the ostraclsin Of profes.
s!onal athletes IN due 10 the fact that
men competing In games or sports for
profit do not always compete fairly does
not apply to the professional golfer. AT
a recent dinner Of professional! golfers
Mr.. A. ". ~Tiillnghast. the we'll known
Philadelphia amateur. said Il was his
experience. and he believed IL to be the
experience Of most amateur golfers Of
vide tournament participation, that pro-
~fessionals may be counted on to follow
the rules az honestly a.. II not more
honestly than. amateur competitors.
The tricklest players can oe found
among amateurs. They have skipped
holes and then flied In the card AZ II
they had been played. They have
grounded their clubs In hazards. they
ave don "a thousand and one things 10
show their VIA desire 10 uin. Al a tourna-
men, In Garden City three seasons. ago
two we'll known amateurs We're disIusli-
fed for bringing in q FIJI card although
they had skipped tive fourteenth and NJ
teenth holes an account of ain. They
deliberately stood ny and saw their card
posted OF ~" br.le,!l OF the qualifying
scores. could not IMAGINE a profess
sional doing surh a thing.
IN the metropolitan open champion.
I'll ~ NJ SDdN dIiil N ~ a. II. ! UOtN-
sou. one or IN. philadelphia profess
SIGNALS. rad RS card wrongly marked
by The scorer. who gave Inn a three On
The .li!-.r"utl hole where he should have
had a four. after the card had been
posted and Thomson had retired 70 tire
locker room ignorant o. the markers
error. l." waS congratulated on his score
by a friend. Thomson protested that his
total waa one moro, vhereupon his
friend. ~ amateur. Informed him that
III. o'hc!a! record on the hoard gave
him the lower and better figure and that
u b." changed II he o fall out ~
the rr!z" position 10 was in TO a love-
grad" and lose "a Substantial aum of
none. even {: he we're not disqualified
altogether.
Thomson's reply -as characteristic Of
the professional golfer ~ dor care
what .he money Is the sore has 30.
10 I've made r.rht.' With that he bur
ried out. and although th~ card marker
insisted t,'l' "a three 0.r made AZ tie
thirteenth hole. Thomson by recalling a
peculiar happeuing on the Siren finally
convinced him that lie had made "a four.
Thomson Vas disqualified bv IN. com.
mite" because re had not seen a. the
CORRECTNESS o. TIE card before il was
turrel II.
Tho u~yu"r'vinr principle. Il seems to
me-. in tie establishing OF a Jircr.n.e
between the professional and tie ANA
'eur Is that ne paid player "a cunsidsred
10 haze opportunities TO- practise.
through tho very character 81 his work.
tina are rot enjoyed ny TIE amateur.
The question % ethics. the question
which Of to two c.asses - the more
honest. does not seem 70 me IN rn,or
into the domarr,,ion between rho two
classes. WILLIAM r.. Hicks.
pp,,t--y. Nt,,.. t
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DO ANIMALS REASON,
What sense Protects the ItiHePsnI
Cat on the Car Track?

TO TiiE EpfroR OF THE Sum. 10
animals think or reason. o. do Their &C.
tons shoN on! ,ust't.ct and memory ,
| cav q ga, start - cross = stree. OF
which there IS "A trolley line. The cat
heard an automobile coming and stopped
until the mach!!e had passed. When II
reached the first az track I. looked up
II. line 70 rec II a 4 WAS coming.
On the other track Il looked down the
Inc. No car was in sight. but the cat
stopped on IL" track Until another auto
'rohilr had passed. Then 1t finished
crossing very deliberately.
4 l!.tle stray deg attached hjmseir 10
a newsdcalcr ~ a :~ailroad station. The
paper route was o. both rllcs - the
tracks Tho 10. aiwa!a accompanied
the man until n morning an eN.
press tga.n n.pred off the extreme end
~ the dog tai. lie would thereafter
follow as usus! on ono side. but when
he reached the tracks no persuasion or
threats could irduc" him 80 cross. lilo
would zone - "A dead s.op AID walt
patiently Unit! his rastc- returned.
! had a dog which would push open
\ sS.usin: door between the dining room
and the kitchen and sail through bat
The door "aught his tail ~ day. II"
would never go tlrough tho door after
that unless Il was Wide open and fast
"ned back. When he found 1t closed
he would race around n tho hal. door.
Finding hat also closed lie would post
poNc whatever business lie WAS on and
wait until II Tss opened or tie swing
door fastened back.
ITO reason IL 80 Seuucr from
premises" pid the cat deduce that the
promises" II WAS crossing were SAFE
And did the dogs deduce that their rear
premises" were not safe under given
conditions G. 4 NJ.
HRooKLYS. March 10.
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TARGET PRACTICE z
Al Ealistsl MAJ Depiofss the "Lssy"
Life Of Our Soldiers.

To EprroR ov THE SUN-Sir: I
ON n considerable distance from the
firing line. but take an interest In the
battle on defence Just tho same. ] spent
two years and eleven months In the
regular army rs private. corporal and
sergeant.
Most men Join tho army to get out OF
work. and II they had to work as hard
there a elsewhere Uncle sam would
get no recruits. The average soldier
does about three hours Of bunk fatigue"
lying on the Nat Of his bacli on his
bunk. every day. Since he has nothing
else to do he often gets into trouble. and
he certainly gets lazy. lie IL q waster.
He sees little future ahead and cares
for 1t LEGS There are many exceptions.
Of course
Many boys Join the army because they
are without employment and desperate.
Usually six months OF the service ruins
them for anything elsa They have &C.
Qulred the bunk fatigue habit. There
Is only one way to recruit q 6rSt class
self-respecting army. and that IL ia
offer self-respec;!n2 wages n Self-re-
speeding employ We could have q
million men under the color In two years
time, who would be earning every cent
the Government paid them and be proud
" be under the colors.
The Government could 70 one step
further and rs u sort Of a tax could
require Q factory in the country TO
drill It's men thirty minutes Of each
day in company formation under an
nm instructor placed at every indus
trial cenarc for this purpose.
Tho working unit OF an army - the
company. and u does not take three
weeks for the man Of ordinary intelli-
eence to learn to 60 through the evoiu-
tinp0 ma NAr.. tln cpAaeR eAA4ttraA ~ a
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mine.

Necently The Importance OF "a food
element not hitherto recognized, and
allied vitamlne, has become the sub.
ject OF study among food experts,
This term expresses the idea that In
addition 10 The usual p%rdteins, fats
carbohydrates, &C., contained In ordi.
nary foods, there must be present also
:. sufficient amount Of yitamine In or
der that the nutritive processes of the
body may he properly performed.
According "a the February report
II ATHLRIoS SIDEll. al the hygienic
laboratory Of the United States Pub
lie Health Service, the ordinary mixed
liet contains n supply Of ,itamine
ample for the needs OF the body. II
however, there Is Il lack at vitamine
~ the latter il destroyed In the prep
aration of the food, nutrition suffers
sometimes 10 Il fatal degree. This
condition Is found In diseases like
herbert, %pellagra, infantlle malnutrl'
lion, &c, in man, and manifests itself
10y q paralysis In fowls.
A fairly we'll known example Of the
detrimental effect arising from faulty
preparation OF certain foods Is bert,
beri, q fatal disease, which II caused
10y polishing rice. Pigeons fed OF
polished rice are affected by Il paral'
isis technically called polyneuritis,
which begins with loss Of weight and
rnds fatally.
The experiments OF Mr.. SIpELI
show that a pigeon fed III I'm exclu'
sive diet ~ polished rice With one
cubic cenilme,er of n preparation he
obtained from waste products, de
rived from brewers yeuAt. does uol
!cte weight or show any symptom OF
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lists Of the Spanish I%nquisition. The
unhappy lady experienced. mentally.
all the horrors Of the haslng without
having opportunity to resent In argu.
ment It's physical infiction.
Still more admirable q device for
the tanning Of an angel was this
Jersey gentleman's expulsion OF his
mate from their house when there
was snow on tho ground and nothing
but II nightgcwn on her. After twenty
minutes allowed her tor cool reflec-
ton on the duties Of wives and the
nature Of husbands ne brought her
In. with hypccritical avowals Of peni.
tence, and gave her a hot drink.
But human nature IL weak. and the
goal Of perfection Is y far shot. The
wife ran AWAY, and stayed away
long enough TO receive this letter from
her deserted spouse:
II am your husband. ~ you will
stop that still way OF yours ! will wor-
ship the ground YOU waltz on and viii
carry sou around IA a basket for the
rest Of our lives Darling. I am down
TO my last pair OF socks, tho lining Of
my ccat IL torn and everything needs
your attention. Every day you stay
away from sns IL he'll"
Nicely calculated to harass the
absent wife's sensibIlities, the letter
ovcrshot the mark the lady was with.
drawn beyond the sphere Of marital
influence. the bait did not tempt her.
The document Is not the pitiful plea
II seems At first sight; its compost
ton was careful, not impctuoua Tho
lady stayed away. The lady has sued
for q divorce. She does not are to
be carried In a basket.
Husbands solicitous for their wives
education in wife,y duties must not
let the ladies get out Of sight for Il
moment. Besides. every gentleman
should know how TO nuke 4 wire nail
do the work Of Il suspender button.
and to tie UP II hole In the toe OF his
sock. We may learn by the mistakes
Of others.
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Shamrock Dear:
from the Macon ca,Ssic

from inc Macon Cf'Noir
oh. you've come across the sea,
SOamiocR dear,
Ertn's loving gif' 70 ne,
Shamrock dear,
Just IN ttn" for ratrl'lCs di-,
on an eAiie's heart to say,
sure you've one u 'orc Ions way,
Shamrock dear
Though you're crumplct now ana orr.
Shhmrocl deaf,
Yet tho tetrdrors from mine eye.
shamrock dear,
VIII bring back the tlnts YOU wore
When you left dear Erin's shore.
All! you 10 for me much more,
Shamrock dear!
You've 20 N. az open book,
Shanrock dear.
From whose leaves responsive look
Shamrock dear,
E-in's smiles and Erin's tear.
Erin's hopes and Erin's fesrt,
Fr,r's saints and Erin's seers
shamrock dear
Littie guest from Erin green.
Shamrock dear.
when thtnk of AL .ou mean
shamrock dear,
Md how Kind the good Cos d.s!',
"nsn he rave you 20 thu Cel',
och, M heart begins 20 m.,'.
shamrock dcaI'
rheu ! hneel me down an! pc:
Shamrock dear,
Soou MAJ come the Patrick's oav,
shamrock dear,
When the hopes YOU symbolic
Wins cons may realize
Faith and Freedom Meath her skiss,
shainrock dear!
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CIVILIAN TRAINING CAMPS.
There win BE No Change In Their
Prosrsmme Because Of Mexico.

To TIM Epiron or THE SUN-SI'. ]
hope that you will call attention to the
in~correctness Of the report to the enec
that the regular army training camps
for civilians nj Plattsburg and cisc-
where will not DO held tiis summer
because Of lack of officers. The report
was promptly denied by General Scott.
Chief OF Staff, and General " ood.
For the Eastern Military Department
camps are planned for Fort O~glethorpc.
Ca, beginning May 3. and at Platts-
burg, N. r., from June 3 to October
for the Western Department ut San
Diego and Monterey. Cal. and 0
George Wright. Washington for the
Central Department at Fort benjamin
Harrison. Indiana Fort Sheridan. I'LL
nois. and Ludington. Mich.
Tho only change In the programme Ia
that the csmp announced for Fort Ogie-
thorpe beginning April 0 has been post
poned 20 May 3, duo to detail of the
Eleventh Cavalry stationed there to the
border and tho necessity OF making
other arrangements for the first camp.
There IL every reason to suppose that
these camps will be held Al announced.
X they were abandoned Il would he an
extraordinary object lesson In our help
iessness to train volunteer troops. IL
camps for not over 10000 men a to be
abandoned because of trouble on tho
Mexican border. Il ma well be asked
what would happen to US In case Of
real trouble.
The wholly Inaccurate statement IN
dicatinx the abandonment OF tho camps
Is likely. unless effectively corrected. to
affect thousands Of men intending IN
attend The camps, who might be made
DISCOURAGED and hopeless by bearing a
report OF uch helplessnesS on the part
Of the Government.
Tho Military Training Camps Assc.
citation. With headquarters at 81 Mas.
eau street. New York city. Is success
fully engaged in enrolling men for the
anips and asks your aid In neutraliz-
ing the erroneous report above referred
to. irHSvtLLE CLARK.
Secretary Goverriny Committee. Mill
tary Training Camps Association.
Srw YoRK. March -.
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II was a .aireEtab,e oversight in
TIE war correspondents not 10 give
US the name OF Ito seventh Regiment
enlisted man who interviewed by cross
ing tire border. capturing ard bring
ing hack to Camp Cotton IA Mexican
who had been firing az him, Not for
Tim MoonE's ~"Interrattonal Law d.
sest"; CAKEANaA IL no bogy, diplomacy
no nightmare. No fuss. No delay. lie
didn't like being a target for a Mexi-
can. so he got HIM" turned him over
10 the guard. went back 90 his post,
whis,l.ng Yankee Doodle, perhaps. not
knowing that he had done one OF those
deeds that mako Americans love their
soldier boys.
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A high Government official said with
4 weeks start 'ARRASzA ought TO land
VILLA before We get near him. That
what We hope for, aryhow."-Wnshiu1
ton despatch.
Is that the explanation OF the delay
in starting PTRsnISG'a eApcdit!onary
force over the border? The spectacle
of any, 'high Government official"
wishing tho C~arranzistas success IN
the pursuit If VILLA warrants the sus
p!"!on that public opinion forced the
Administration 10 take action for the
protection Of American citizens In the
national territory. "1'hat's what We
hope for. anyhow"!-it leaves a bad
taste in the mouth.
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There vas printed on this page.
after evidence developed that the mn.
jorlry In the House was not working
tremendously or effectively. q Wash.
ington despatch calling attention to
the danger to public business coca.
stoned by the majority leadership OF
Mr.. KIToHIy. In respect OF some Of
the most important legislation, aud
legislation Enthusiastically demanded by
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-17
Foot Acres Of Water.

To TIE EDITOR or THE SuN--Su: In
"A letter to TIE SuS about this winters
snowfall 81. Y. C." seems to be In error
In his calculations.
An acre foot Of water la usually call
cu!ated by irrigation engineers 40
32s.s5o United States gallons Of water.
very nearly, and II Ia my idea that II
~. y. C.'s' figures were correct the cit
Of New York would he iocded, rather
than sufic!ently supplied,
do not presume to question the con-
version OF seventy Inches OF snow 10
inches o! water. but ! think the other
point Shouts have consideration.
VI. =, HARMS,
EAST ORANGE, y. j., March ,6.
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shAmrocka LINN Molher

sh.mro x. from mo,h.- Nav, N. r.sft
~ my 3--aa,
cave a 'a.2 ~l-n I say III. We pscket
sidre sod
~ h.r toad" wr!'ine, 40 r.a. ana 20 small.
That had come al N" way from my own
poresa';
rroM aNa% over there where the mour.a.n
SHAPES ris~.
with their rltp', sho, s'oo.- rak'rg Up %
And n. valley rini sown s,sdscm. green.
And N. cottage where mother /. waiting
for NJ.
shsnrccks from mc.h.r' v.s ben,
down ard kissed
The green srrs = she ma p.ucked, and nv
eyes blurred WITH mist:
l kissed them for h.r, for 7 s.!,--sn. !
knew
They yer. n-ssei ~ her lirs IN tn. s!.a
where they grew.
F"r a moment Old thought. framed a
II ion FOR ~.
~ a Httl. gray rous. With - Srs - ~.
q: . woman wa lear smi.ius .,.. a. -
door
And | heard NV own ro,cs whisper:
"N>thcr. ssthore"
Sh.mrochs f-or mother srr., from Ire.
lari they CANA
Faith. I felt an odd thriN o. ~ thought
81 tn. name
Ard th-r' cams 20 my mcnorr vns;
mother had aid
For Tod, ana fcC Igc!sni, 'or ms-and
the dead
On. the splendid strong mother, H.r
words wcr. vo~
when the ordrT :, charge came With d-s-
prrats SOC
And my strength seemed 10 come, .. ,
fought With tho res,,
From her shsmrorks that Isy With nv
beads - MY breast.
Nov I DON'T know tus' -h, the, are
honorIns me.
Yet for some dead AZ m!ps I'm "o'n.n.
mel. V, c."
Rr'uSs " honor ans glory? Nv scu,'
Then It's al
For . mother who watts IN H.. own Done.
gal.
For the ireland o; Dreams that .n., ever
b. miue.
For this love that can '.si u. :, r.s- IA.
divine.
Shsmrocks from mother on . m,n o,
my race
For these two could moe, death with q
emile on his face.
T. }, OcoHNoR ptssr.
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We feel 4; unnecessary :" dwell
upon the interesting facts that i. was
Senator l.oBEET l.. Lawson VINO con-
veyed to Senator GEoIGr j.. THOMPSON
the suggestion originating with .AMAsA
THORNTON that lEMrrl. T., QviGd had
obtained from CHARLIE :. WHITnAH
the appointment Of ilt%rY W. HoDGy
as "A Pubic Service Commissioner for
tie FRS, District. and tina, the pn5.!ca-
ton Of this alleged VICTOR on January
! created considerable comment. The
historical significance of the Incident
IS to-day clear and u~nmistakablc.
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Is Superintendent Carter y Comet.
lat0sy Genius?

The State prisons are disorganized
and demoralized. Resides the notori.
Gus condition existing In Sing Sing.
there are numerous abuses that neg
lect and email politics have fostered.
The new Superintendent will have
use Tor courage. Independence and In
%telligence. If JAMES NJ. CAE1rg Of
Buffalo does not possess these quail.
flcations. No expert In penology, such
as II IL proposed 10 employ NJ his
chief clerk rsn make his manage
ment q success.
Even with an accomplished guide
10 mark out his path for him, the
new Superintendent will have grave
difficulties 70 overcome. The plan 10
repose ultimate Judgment In techpi.
cal matters In Il subordinate must
produce divided authority and confu.
sion. Collisions between warden> and
the chief clerk are inevitable. and the
Superintendent H. likely ~ receive
the hardest Of the buhe.s. The new
arrangement offers scant hope. Of
peace In the penal institutions.
1t IL perhaps o much to hope that
politics be excluded from the cell
blocks. II has always been In them.
But Governor WHITMAN appears TO
have found n way to emphasize It.
and unless Mr.. CAsrEs Is an executive
If extraordinary c%oncilihtory powers.
Its effects will soon ne more evident
than they are now. n such Il thing
L. possible.
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Lawson, the Thompson Committee
sud Certain "PIOttePs."

In behalf OF the corporation plot.
'ers' who, according TO Senator
GEORGE F. THOMPSON. are responsible
for the publication Of Senator ROB-
LIT II. LAweON's letter In which that
Interesting statesman put y request
Tor o free telephone extension In
menacing Juxtaposition to q sugges-
lion ~ legislation detrimental 10
he telephone company's treasury, 1t
must be admitted that they are sim
yularly careful In preparedness. They
we're cited by Senator THOMPSON
when Assemblyman McQCIsrIoN re-
used to allow the State to be bilked
,cr E n charged against him for
"ooms he occupied 1t was their
activity that revealed the theatre
'lckets charged to the State In the
ill Of the Thompson committee; and
hey are generally responsible for
the exposure Of the mean and petty
rafting that has become u habit with
legislators OF n certain stamp.
But II the Thompson committee
had rot charged hotel bills 10 Assem-.
hiymap MCQrIsTIoN the ''plotters'
would have had 10 grounds TO work
~ and II LAWSON had not tried 10 get
ior nothing what other customers OF
is telephone company pay for. there
ould have been no opportunity To
show him up. We were besought by
THOMPSON TO believe that the pilot.
;ers" induced the committee lie heads
% fal>ify It's bills. in order tnn, the
irregularities might be exposed. to
rs confusion and We are now asked
10 believe that they beguiled LAWSON
20 his " destruction. The theory
- ridiculous il would be put forward
only by men destitute Of any adequate
reasonable defence.
The telephone company is under the
jurisdiction Of the upstate Public
service Commission. and that body is
Under investigation by the commit.
ice THOMPSON heads and LAWSON
adorns. LAWSON wanted something
for nothing, wanted two telephones
Tor the price his neighbors pay for
one: and he wrote TO the company q
le,ter that could he interpreted only
~ u threat. Let LAwsoN's constitu-
"ntS and colleagues consider for a
moment that Lawson, had the COM
pany violated the law and given hin!
i special installation, would have
leen perfectly content. His thought
Nas to get this extra service without
paying for II. He asked the company
~ give II in violation Of the statute
Which ~pr">"ribe1 equal rates: aud
"uly when the henrtle>s corporation
refused To concede to him this special
privilege did he begin To write Of leg.
islation hostile 10 its interests.
The Senate cannot overlook this
brazeu conduct Of LAwsoa's. II has
been blind to Il good many thing,
lone in tho name Of the Thompson
committee, but this episode must
believe that calling the exposers OF
petty graft ''plotters' will satisfy a
public that can see through n ladder
II not through n milestone.
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A few days ago h battleship Nevada
went into commission. That was Jus;
ave years and seven days AFTER We voted
and appropriated moncy 20 start the
building Of the Nevada. The Oklahoma
VA authorized the same day, u she
is not commissioned yet.-Esprcsentdti,"
!. l.. GALp$En.
Captain GARDNER IL always taking
the JOY out OF ne. Why suggest "A
comparison with Bg.t.sh construction.
which - much more expeditions?