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this same "jitney" Is riding jaded
minds to death.

this same "jitney" Is riding jaded
minds to death.
Language grows anywhere: in the
police court, In the business office,
on the farms, In the kitchen and the
tailor shop. on the athletic field {;
blacksmiths hammer out new words
on their anvils, miners dig them out
Of the earth, sailor men catch them
awning on the gale, they flame into
being on the battlefield, surgeons
carve them out of u bodies, discov-
cries and Inventions carry n tail Of
them. The language borrOws what
1t likes, Chinese or Greek, Mnlaynn
or Pa%tagonian. and does with 1t what
it likes. boomerang" comes from the
Australian bush. Bureau" Is as
French rs "chiffonnier.' "Gas" Is IA
chemists invention and consider It's
extensions. particularly In regard to
the superintendent vuporous speech Of
our politics. Bicycle" telegraph"
motor" kerosene" "dumdum.'
electricity" and thousands more had
n beginning ms actual, time marked.
If sometimes as clouded In obscurity
tn modern inheritors, ms this physical
world. To try to write n seventeenth
or even eighteenth century story In
the first person is to acquire n com-
pletc comprehension of the nature Of
linguistic nnachronism.
"Masseur" and ''masseuse" "chauf-
feur" and 'chauffcuse'-why not Is.
sue n license to "jitneur" and "Jit-
neuse." never minding the limitations
Of analogy? "ChaufYeur' becomes on
the vulgar tongue "shofer." "sho.
foor," "shaufrer." and may crystalline
into shower" "Jitneuse," with an
ultimate prospect Of "jitnoose," for
the symbol follows the sound and it is
not the children of culture that pre-
vail I'm shaping words back of the
lips, may pass from the street to the
dictionary and there proceed by easy
stages of graduated recognition To the
standing of an accepted integer OF
our common speech.
Then the philosophers and %genealo'
gists Of language will write letters
tn the newspapers about II. and be
happy. Judge CHARLES DoLAN may
have started something"
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safest. However, the law may work
better than IL expected in proportion
rs the administrators Of the act ig-
more It's political origin and keep In
view the intent to make farming a
business.
As Mr.. JACOB II. ScHrrv said re-
Gently at a meeting Of the Chamber
of Commerce In this city, there is OPP
portunity and need for Government
encouragement Of farmers in many
important agricultural areas. IF the
law errs by TRANSMITTING this encour-
agcment into Government MD, 1t does
not necessarily follow that the cOnse-
Qucnces will be disastrous. In any
case, the impending law might be
worse. Some crude projects Of popu-
listic inspiration have been kept out
of the measure. and 1t. has apparently
to he accepted rs an experiment to
which the country is going to be COM
mitted by the party In power,
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ALFONSO OF SPAIN.
The Kind Hearted Neutral King rs
the Friend Of Suffering Mothers.

tt THE EDITOR or THE SuS-Sir: The
picture Of the young King of Spain
,for Alfonso will always be Young even
If he has just passed his thirtieth
birthday acting as intercessor and
helper IN the midst of the prevailing
word misery is one Of the few pleasing
and cheering visions which the present
war has evoked.
The Kings untirlng devotion to n
task which ne a~sumc voluntarily re-
fleets the highest honor upon his heart.
while mis- success In handling difficult
and delicate cases proves that he pos
sesseS remarkable tact and steadinesS Of
purpose, in short, King Alfonso is a
shining example Of neutrality in high
places.
No Wonder that the tormented moth
crg and wives of all the bcilgereut coun-
tries turn t. him for help. and that he il
literally overwhelmed 10y appeals 20 find
lost sons and husbands. many If whom
IL" has been abe to trace 10y means If
patient and ptiuStakins Investigations.
The labor thus outa,,ci upon the mon
arch and his band of assistants is enor-
nous and never ending. but one fancics
that the Kind young king counts 1t as
nothing Ell compared to the reward
which he receives IN the blessings Of
hundreds Of grateful wives and mothers
who through him AVE been enabled to
break the horrible silence of uncertainty.
Among conspicuous neutrals who
might have filled the office which King
Alfonso IL filling rs a matter of course
and cute withou, observation there are
several names which would have oc-
CURED more readily than his to the
minds Of the majority the Pope, Queen
Nilhclmina, President Wilson. Yet
there is something peculiarly attractive
in the fact OF the gallant young ruler
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Experimenting with Farm Credit.

Increased borrowing facilities, agri-
culturally interpreted In terms of
cheap money, have been the delusion
and snare of much farm interest in
politics. Congress threatens to crafty
this interest through the enactment
Of a rural credits law creating n new
financial organization especially de-
signed for farm borrowers and 81 as
ISOLATED with the Federal Treasury
as to constitute a Government sub
sidy Of agricultural enterprise.
Many votes are. c~onjecturally. 10
be had in farming communities by
the grant of special privilege To the
farmer. Rural credits legislation has
appealed To the average politician
because of the vote coaXing POSSIBLE
ties inherent In the connection which
might be established between the pub.
lie funds and rural necessities for
financial accommodation. Accordingly
In this political year there has not
been much reason to expect that Il
rural credits law which might he put
on the statute books would fail to
contain an invitation to the farmer
tc observe the efforts of his political
friends to do what he wants. A great
many farmers are supposed To want
direct Or indirect access to the Fed
eral Treasury, and the rural credits
bill which Congress is about To pass
will connect farm borrowers with the
Treasury about as directly rs can be
imagined.
Whether or not the bill as It
energies from the conference commit
tee contains all the best and all the
worst features OF the House and SEN
ute bills, the essentials of it have
been fixed. 1t is much too political
to be satisfactory To serious students
of the subject of farm credits. Its
political character is ntte>tcd by the
lack of opposition, on the roll calls,
TO either the House or the Senate
forms of the bill, This does not. rs
some npologists assume, erincc the
merits of the proposed enactment. Ii
Is n demonstration Of the political
cowardice which Is reluctant To an
%tagonize a plan to "do something for
the farmer"
Yet the chanc" for substantial and
beneficial change in the bill before its
anal passage Is slight. and the chnnc"
Of IN Executive veto is less. The
Administration can, with Il show Of
reason, Justify rs endeayors In this
piece Of legislation us another on
%struotiye undertaking, whatever its
defects and dement's, and rely on the
workable adaptations which may al
ways be contrived In the actual opcr-
ntion of n law.
On its non-politicnl side the rural
credits bill aims at some assurance
OF loannhlo funds for farmers nj low
rates for long periods, Its great de-
feet Is that for political reasons i,
takes the short cut of Government
support for farm finance and the casi,
est way Is not likely TO prove the
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IN DAYS OF YORE.
A Welcome Letter From an Admired
and Faithful Friend.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str: In
n letter dated May 3 one of your corre-
spondents speaks of Fanny Louise
Buckingham, the actress, who played
"Mazeppa' years ago. and wonder II
any of our near old boys remembered
her. ] am one of the near 90 old
girls, and | remember her very well.
| saw her in that play many years
ago while on a visit in Syracuse. She
was a fine, noble looking woman. l
saw her strapped on the back of her
wonderful, beautiful white horse, Light
ming, VINO seemed to understand every
thing she said to him, and when he
turned and went tearing. plunging up
the mountain with her on his back, her
limbs dangling, the house went wild.
/ thought it was the best thing I ever
saw on the stage and | never forgot II.
Strange ] never heard of her after that
but | suppose she continued acting.
And in another letter. April 20. the
writer speaks of "old times incidents
/ we'll remember. the burning Of Old
Bowery Theatre in SO. | think II was
burned once before in the carly '4os. ]
remember hearing 1t was OF fire great
excitement Of course. What fights the
fireincn used to rave! They were volun-
teets, and Jealous of each other.
New York was a pretty tough old
tow then. There was no gas. cleo
tricity, water. no sewers 1t was dirty.
badly managed, and % we ever lived
without the conveniences l cannot now
imagine
! remember when those things were
introduced the cable, the fight with the
cclored race. their persecution. fights
among the actors or about them. the
English McCready and I'D Forrest. our
favorite the burning of the cupola, 1858 /:
seeing the old bell In the park the Els
worth Iouaves in the park drilling-and
how they were dressed
oh, ! could write all day OF old
memories to tire you and myself out.
but my hand aches now already. ! fell
and broke my arm and hand.
! was born in 1926, and | am writing
t" an old friend" as II SIN has been
a member Of my family many years.
MARIA DAVENPORT
SoMERvILLH. 8. j. Nav 10.
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To THE EnrToR OF THE SUN-Sr: Mr.
Vincent Fitzpatrick might well have men
toned In his interesting article last
sunday the Protestant branch 81 the
rlunkctts, the hrAE ~ which IS Lord
plunkctt, His father was Bishop ot
Meath. Ore Of this branch is the
lary'on~ slrg"~ Harry Plunkett Greene.
we'll known and admired In America
whose mother was a daughter II Lord
Pluukett 70 see the Grcenes, father
and three sons, together VAS to get a
good idea OF the Irish gentry. not one
of them being under sin feet two and "A
half inches in hclrht One ~ these sons,
Sir Couyuham Greene, belongs 10 the
highest ranks IN British diplomacy
These pluuketts and Greencs are all "as
Irish as Paddy's pig," but they are not
FOOLS at the sane time. and I am sure
that mono Of them would stoor to be the
ally - the Kaiser. EpwArp BROCK.
ANNAPOLIS ROYAL, y, : May u
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DEAD BUT DOESN'T KNOW IT.
Former Corporation Counsel Watson
on tho Present status Of the
Thompson Investigating Committee.

IuVupSOu buNeStlBhsluH SOUt nvittec'
It is elementary that In the absence
OF a constitutional provision whereby
concurrent legislative resolutions have
the force and effect Of law "A Legisla-
ture nay p%erpetuate itself only by
statutory enactment requiring the con
currence OF both houses OF the Legis-
lature. tho approval of the Executive.
or passage over the Executive veto. A
c%oncurren resolution such as brought
the Thompson committee into being
is not n law and 1t hoes not nave the
ex rel. Argus v. Palmer. IL Misc. 392:
affirmed 146 N. Y. 406.) 1t is quite
| clear. therefore, that a Legislature
cannot perpetuate itself after its own
dissolution by adjournment by the
continued existence of a committee
appointed by resolution
prior to adjournment. otherwise a
committee Of the two houses. or OF one
or the other. might conceivably be en-
dowed with the ~prerogative Of per-
petual existence, and n decade hence
the yet animated rclicts OF half n
dozen moribund Legislatures might be
still investigating, issuing suhpTnaa
for witnesses. books and papers, and
reporting to Zach successive legisla-
tive body as It came into existence
and passed away.
This view is not one merely Of my
own personal opinion. II has been
~substantiated by many cases. tSee
Fergus v. Russell. go III. 304 n
cases cited) Mr.. Gushing. in his work
on Law and Practice of Legislative
Assemblies in the United States" ex-
presses the same conclusion, namely.
that a legislative committee cannot
regularly sit during a vacation or after
an adjournment of the legislative body.
,Sec y. 1872
or course the Legislature might
enact "A law appointing a committee
TO sit in vacation or any other time.
,Branham V. Lange. 16 Ind. 491.) But
as already pointed out. "A legislative
resolution is not "A aw. II is clear.
on the other hand. that even "a stand
ing committee OF "A State Legislature
can perform no official act during a
legislative recess. Marshall v. Har-
wood, I Md. 1867 In the case OF
Bank v. Worth, III No. Car. TAG, Judge
Clark said:
The existence OF all committees. In the
eh.e,c. ~, legislation. necessarily deter.
mines upon tho adjournment Of the body
TO which they belong.
n is true that in the Legislative
Law" of New York there is a rather
peculiar provision. Section 60 pro-
yides that "A legislative committee may
require the attendance Of witnesses
within the State, or mav issue "A COM
mission for the examination of wit
nessos who are ont of the state. (which
commission IL directed lv the House
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~Oko Va Asokay W0AON ResRSA
were not. And preparedness for the
invading troops began in the pig pen
and the barnyard; s~quealing porkers
and fat fowl were led to the sacrl-
ficinl altar; fat thighs Of bulls went
to the fire along with the rest Of the
critters carcass kitchens sent forth
savory odors Of spices. perfumes Of
the oven blessed the breeze, while
ginger cakes. %turnOvers and other
Gates Of the domestic refectory-po-
into custards not least Of the delicate,
substantial viands-emerged golden.
crisp and finky. to await the onset Of
the hungry hordes. New England fed
differently, but not better. 1t was n
time, In modern parlnnce, Of big
ents" for all. Houses were filled and
%overfiowed. Every porch was n sleep
ing porch. The court and the Jury
boarded. and had beds; plain folks
camped. What spinning of yarns
about the campfire! Whit arguments
ripening to a fist and skull" decision {!
It needs a Sims or a "Horsesh "
Robinson" Kennedy to chronicle those
gatherings Of the clans.
Twice a year the storekeepers mt
the county seat reaped their share Of
the harvest:
There were rarely more than three
Of these. and usually only two. The
stores were oblons buildings. a row Of
shelving along one sds containing a
miscellaneous stock Of dry goods. mo-
tions' and . few canned soods-the
variety was not great then. cove oysters
being the great favorite. Across the end
was a counter mid-waist high. and be-
hind this the bar. Every grocery store
had It's bar In those days, even though
the stock consisted OF only . jug each
Of corn and rye. The most elaborate
had only a little moro variety. with
much greater quantity n beer was
counted only a drink for sick folks.
women and preachers"
Merchants did half their years
business at big Court" The county
@ became their clearing house.
Newspaper editors met their remoter
subscribers. Horse swappers were in
glory. Fiddlers were kings:
''Hitched my horse to the grocery rack.
He got loose n broke his back
Susie! And what are YOU about.
susie?"
And through It all the law courts
ground their gris.. There va wit.
there was eloQuence ut the bar. No
case was too trivial for oratorical
fireworks. And men graduated from
Big Court" to bigger arena. Great
men they" rs Triton reminds us: "of
an age that was great. An nge when
an empire, that Of the South. was in
the making whose people were strong
because Il the pioneer strength is
essential"
Big Court" was a big thing: and
as the country fills up. and becomes
more and more sophisticated and "or-
ganized" and mechanical, such vivid
reconstructions Of the old ways and
days as the south Georgia newspaper
brings to us are precious and whole
some. Ont Of oui past blows Il health
full breeze.
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Kitchener o. . ScspegOst.

If Lord KITCHENER likes being n
s%capcgoat he must be enjoying the
office of Secretary Of State for War.
The Right Hon. WINSTON SPENCER
CHURCHILL disclaimed responsibility
for what happened at Gallipoli and
indicated X. VI X. as the blunderer.
Now Mr.. AUGUSTINE BlRRELL, who as
chief Secretary for Ireland preferred
the lobby of the House Of Commons
and the creature comforts Of London
to the dull round Of official life In
Dublin, points to Lord KITCHENER as
the man who should have prevented
the revolt in Ireland by sending sol
diers with buyonets and bands to pa
rade the streets of Dublin" 1t may
well be that Lord KITCHENER was not
impressed by the fears Of a Chief
Secretary who did not 20 to that city
to study the conditions that worried
him. At the inquiry by the royal
commission Lord HARDlNGE asked Mr..
BlRRELL why he had s%ojourned so
much In London, and this was the
crotchety reply:
II had to be present at the Cabinet
meetings because the case of Ireland
had TO be represented. though a Jack
daw or maybe might have done just as
we'll to cry out ireland Ireland = when
,,,,,. ,.ar~ lI.,,,xa ~. ~. CahI~a
Mr.. RlRRELL was therefore wasting
precious time at the Cabinet meet
ings. His own explanation convicts
him of ncglccting his duty In Ireland.
\ Chief Secretary who was Every un-
easy about Dublin" should have been
on the spot. keeping an eye on the
Sim Feiners and learning what was
going on In "the cellars Of Dublin" to
use Mr.. BIRRELL's iigurative express
sion. He would then have been In II
better position to make acquisitions
for troops.
or course the truth Of the matter
Is that the AsQuith Government was
letting things drift in Ireland, hoping
for the best but fearing the worst.
1t has n good intelligence department
and must have known what was plan
ming In tho Dublin cellars and III the
countryside. Not Lord KITCHENER
but the coalition Government was
responsible for the failure to send
troops to Ireland. Its Irish policy
was stupid. spinelcss and cowardly.
However. Lord KITCHENER makes u
very good s%capegoat. since he never
talks back" When he was Comman-
der in Chief in India, and Lord CUB-
ION, with whom he didn't get on. was
Viceroy (who could hit 1t Off with
that exalted personngeH Lord KITcH-
ENER was obliged to make an address
on n notable occasion. and he de-
/ claimed something that his Secretary
had gifted" from n composition on
which Lord CURzO1 prided himself.
The plagiarism seemed sc barefaced
that any other man but the victim
would have made II Statement.
KITCHENER did nothing of the sort,
letting the storm blow over and los
ing none Of his composure. SO II Il
unlikely that he will answer the
charge OF the Chief Secretary for Ire
land who had to resign.
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Oregon Is no mere straw: II Is n
sturdy oak. The returns from Fri
days Presidential primary In that
Stnte, where the favorite sons made
q brave fight for the preference and
the Progressives from policy lent as
sistnnce to the attempt to keep down
the Hughes vote, serve to- strengthen
the widely entertained and rapidly
growing expectation of the impartial
that the contest of 1916 will he be-
tween real whiskers and false.
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The Rose,

| couldn't help So. that YOU looked at me,
And bowed With a pretty mile.
But the lights wore low, 40 how could you
know
That | smiled back all the whilef
! don't suppose that YOU saw the rose
! hold ir my hand Tor you;
Yes, I graspod Il tight IN tho soft twilight,
Ana gazed at your face so true.
But when the play had faded away
Aud vanished the happy scene.
WIZ else could toll why a rod rose fell
~ The foot Of the movie scrsen7
h, STANLEY HAsKiSs
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To II EO'rnR OF THE SUN-Str,
do everything N your power 20
promote a strike - the Authors League
~ America Think OF the Infinite peace Of
a season
witch shah Tree rs from tho curse
or a rhyme. that knows no reason,
Ana an unmcloiiou. verse.
RosTOS, May 20. :
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To those fortunate mortals whose
rae was run before Europe went mac
the phrase "he few before the enemy"
had a sinister s~ign!hcarce: to-day II
records the daring exploits Of the
Of the brave.
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1T would take says the world.
81 900 Tenderloin high rollers 1000
ears, each spending s3c 30 every
night: revealing that the world has
in mind 1000 high rollers Of eminently
thrifty habits.
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Peru wants salute from United states
warship-Ncwspdpcr headline.
Not az vet an official demand, but
a suggestion that may move President
WILSON to a little belated sympathy
for Senior HUEErA.
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Nobody knows evcryth,ng-Ne~spdp"r
h'ndiinc.
What, not even the director Of the
bureau Of Municipal Research?
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II may be cheaper mex winter to
90 South for the seaso than 10 try
70 heat a house, with the producers
o. coal passing the buck to the ulti-
mate consumer.
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Mr.. HENRY FORMS activities in be
half OF peace at any price indicate a
liking upon his part for militant
methods,
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~ our friends ,rho fdror Hs irih manu-.
scripts and Illustrations for publication irish
TO hare retsrird dr'icieS rcfbrHsd tor must
IN OIL cases send stamps for hdf purpose.
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''Ta,,s.''

Tapping the III.
Tapping the hon.
Tapping the key
Tapping the phone,
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NOTICE ron PUBLICATION.

department or the Interior. United
states Land Once nj Santa Fo. y.
NJ" February 10. 1916.
Notice IN hereby siven h Ber-
nardo Cane, OF san Pedro. y. NJ, who
on January II, 1905. made homostca
entry No. 05ss7-i2si2, FOR Sw "a. Sec
tion Is, township ian. range GE. \
NJ. J., meridian, has filed notice OF IN
tention to make FIVE year proof. 20
establish claim To the land above de
scribed. before Tillie G. Hughes. Unit
ed States commissioner. Stanley. y
NJ, on March "a. 1919.
Claimant inmcs AZ witnesses:
Hilario Martin. OF Golden. y. VI.
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FOR RENT--Rooms.

mann is plaintin a7d Harry Il. BE.
dent ct ais. are defendants. which
Judgmtnt aud decree was rcnGcr.d
On December 18TH. 1915 IN favor of
the plaintiff and against the defend.
ants IN the sum OF Two thousaa I'D dol.
lars t2, 0OO.00l with interest from
August 5th. 1914. until paid at the
rate of eight per cent per annum. ana
ihe sum ~ two bundled thirteen dol
lars and thirty-tNo cents t2i3.32b "a
attorneys fees and for costs OF this
suit including costs OF this sale.
ALBERT q. sIMMS.
Special Master.
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Bar silver. 56Mc.
Mexican dollars. i3iRc.
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Time loans. firm. 90 days. 9s %
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