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| MUST DISPOSE OF MY

Equity In Groom and hath home. corner lot.
fenced. fruit, garden. garage. chicken house
etc. over Ia acre lot. Will discount I0,.
for cash. or consider trade for smaller place
or acreage. Virginia or Maryland. Located
IN haywood, Va. near station. City fare.
BOX 35. Times office.
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WAITRESS Experienced white; also bright
girl TO learn. WALLIS CAFE. 18th and
@ n. w. -
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NJ St. N. w., Bet. 4th and Sth
Two-story brick house; s rooms and bath (;
large brick stable; renting for $3.50. Price,
81. 900,
A. S. CAYWOOD.
9l5 NEW YORK AVE. y. w.
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AMERICA LUNCH, $40 9th st.
N. w.
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VACUUM TREATMENT

MECHANIC THEREBY and Vacuum Treat
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Positive results. DIR. DELLA r. WHEELER
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

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BAD BILLS COLLECTED OR NO CHARGE.
HAMMER, Attorney. go Bond Bldg.
Phone Main t172.
BAKING BUsINEss-Good paying; will soil
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BUSINESS ANNOUNCEMENTS

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ein ID.
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Estimates eheerfuIly given WEScHLERA
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HORSES AND VEHICLES

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Third Infantry N O. d. c.. Band. Apply
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Enrt MYer Va. ~.
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WANTED-An experienced in
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HUB FURNITURE CO., 9TH and
D SITS. N. w.
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How We Can Aid MEXICO.

A committee Of educators has been
seeing what can be done toward obtain
ing aid In this country for Mexican
youths anxious to study here. The
presidents Of over 800 colleges and
semlnaries were addressed. and In IA
hundred Instances they have written
to Mr.. STANLEY II. YApNALL of the
Friends School. Germantown. Penn
sylvania, Offering assistance Of one
sort or another. Some institutions
will remit tuition fees; others will
grant scholarships ranging as high as
S4OO year.
The question has now come up as
td whether Mexican students can
qualify to take advantage of these
openings. II has been suggested that
n training school in Mexico may he
necessary. combined with system
for the democratic and representative
choice Of apt students. somewhat on
the order OF the Rhodes scholarships.
Mr.. YARNALL Is in correspondence
with ANDRES OsUSA. director general
Of public education for the Federal
District of Mexico. which includes
Mexico city.
The subject is perplexing but i'm.
pOrtant. II might well be taken UP
by the General Education Board, or
by the Rockefeller Foundation. which
has already gone extensively into such
enterprises as medical education In
China. There should he no difficulty
in disassocinting such n project from
Mexican politics. and everything that
can he done to better non.I,olitical
relations between Mexico and the
United States ought to enlist the sup.
port of American money, brains and
sympat thies.
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ENGLAND IN THIS WAR.
For All Her Blunders. She Ha, Re-.
trleyed Herself NObly.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrS---Sa: You
are really no small comfort in these
days OF mental and ethical befogment
OF course Il is fashionable Just now To
belittle. nay. rather bclabor. old Eng
and and glorify rare France Il do tho
latter thing myself. but when II comes
70 n beautiful old man journey!ng all
the way from the Orient to p.,cI head
long into antl-nationallstic discussion.
vita aforementioned old ENGLAND MS his
target. I feel like exc,aimiLE with the
little negro who fell into tho puncheJ IN
OF molasses. This Is too much"
or course as an old. very old nat ION
poor England has blundcgcd and failed
and snned and retrieved herself in.
definitely. What adult or adult nation
has not? But tho whole decaloguc Of
wronGdo,ng docs not rest solely and cN.
clusively on her sturdy old shoulders.
10 matter how 'urlously the hra,hcu
rage nor what vain imasinings hcr do.
tractors may indulge H.
Indeed, all considered. ana with the
aid ot such an ally az history. what ua.
tlon has, taken all in all, done any bot
ter than England?
Again, thanks for your words about
nationallsm. l. f..
NEW YORK. December ..
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Safety First.

The boarding house in which five
persons were burned to death last
spring and a dozen seriously injured
In q fire on Saturday is not equipped
with fire escapes because 1t has fewer
than fifteen bedrooms. The compul.
sorry law does not apply TO the smaller
establishments. although the danger
from fire in them Is obvious, and in
this case was proved in a tragedy.
The code should be amended to
cover such structures rs that in which
these fires have occurred. II should
not he difficult to devise means for
determining the need for emergency
exits. regardless Of the capacity or
arrangement Of a building. The pos
sibility Of corruption and oppression
must be taken into account. but the
circumsribing of discretion should
not prevent the application Of common
sense To the solution Of the problem
involved.
The statute as II stands bears un-
equally on property owners and af-
fords unequal protection To citizens. II
Is inelastic and inadequate. and the
correction Of its defects is a matter
Of immediate concern.
The sun., 1916-12-11
WHITES IN THE SOUTH.
\ Statistical Defence Against a Scirn.
tihc Assault on Their Capsc,ty.

]" THE EDIToR OF TIE SuN-Sir. II
was with 10 small amount OF surprise
mingled with ailusetacnt that I ,eru.ed
IN" attempt %: the eminent I,r. Austin
Mal''y - !njuic. perhaps uucon-
f'ous.y. TIE South by his address at the
catholic Federation OF College CLUB. a,
heimonico's. | d, rot doua' that the
lecture bespsaES ".xhaus,ivc antarpuo-
.oe.cal and climatic research" bu, In
the face OF actual facts the wild conclu
sions ot the distinguished Philsdelphiau
ar" wholly unwarranted.
Tho extraordinary claim that IN.
mated states south "f North carolina
rs not NJ for the white race. to thrive
u AM tho added assertion thut "as a
mut."r ~ fact a. willie race liza, eve.
'hr'vcn there" cu'i.d p. !, fut-tl ~ y "a.
'a' d9'ng legs th.H,liyg than a wooden
indian rutsid" a tgqv store. As a
clergyman lca.!Ns . If" OF i@cv..ab,e
activity IN the !al South ~. many year,
ana beng acquainted wi'h ,Ic facts from
hrst hanA eANcli"no" may escape to
indictment OF 'tc lr"v"rhs, fool step.
ping ~ where angels fear 10 tread.
Slould IL. pM1ll~y indulge 80 TO-,
o: brio: TRIP 10 "tar United S,.,cs
>icth - North 'i-oi.Gl" eNen perfume.
'o:y investigation VII at oncc give the
lie 70 h.F pScudo.scicn..A uuimadver-
Sous, Tho Fedora! statiSt,.s regarding
the ''Iritel states south o: North caro-
lisa touching Industrial and a6.l,u.-
'u.a. progress and achievement. ais,
regarding anthi geological and climatic
conditions. are ~ the disposition Of the
The sun., 1916-12-11
TWENTY YEARS OF UPLIFT.
Are the Much Pitled Peepul Better
on for u,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--S,r: The
upl;t movement IS nov over twenty
years old. giving Mr.. Bryan crcdi, for
bcin: the originator Of tina. movement.
During the period mentioned we nave
had laws galore, ali tending to down
the monster of plutocracy and free "tac
plain p.epul' from the rule o: I, eh or
pressors.
What good have I'll these Laws a,-
complished' Ignoring all mushy and
h.rhnown expressions ~ sentiment and
viewing the situation from "a purely
practical standpoint. what benefit nave
We. the muc' pticd "pcepul," derived
from all this progressive LEGISLATION &"
II our Nase. are higher. labor unions
ar trade conditions are responsible. And
the higher cost OF LIVING, 80 much dis
cusscd these days, offscts IN large
measure any increase in wages Further.
more. this greater cost OF living may n
many instances b" traced directly 10 the
leg g.slati"n referred to
Regulation or this. that avd the other
ihiug has brought about create. COS, of
production aud with II corr"spordiHg,y
higher PRICES. ,\ud then there H. tie
steadily n"reaslng taY rate Federal
state and local. to consider. all brought
about because lf We must dance We
must also pay the fiddler.
To sum Il All ~. We have had twenty
Years of so-callcd progress" and is thc
average man even AZ well on. everything
considered, as he was twenty years ago,
BE"oKLtN, iocembcy :? i. !,
The sun., 1916-12-11
"Constitutional Questions"

President WILSON congratulated the
Social Insurance Conference In Wash
i1gton last week because we have
drifted away from purely constitu.
tional questions" He continued:
1--WE have. fortunately enough. ceased
tn, make constitutional questions the CEN
tire OF discussion. and are turning our
Attention more and more to those things
which affect the daily life and fortunes
cf the rank and file OF great nations"
''sThat constitutional questions do not
affect the daily life and fortunes of the
rank and file of great nations Is u
theory thar has not. to our knOwl-
edge, been seriously advanced before.
1t has been the opinion Of not few
humane and able Americans that the
guarantees embodied in the Constitu-
tien Of the United States and the Com
solutions of the States were all i'm
portant in the protection Of the rights
and liberties for which mankind has
ia ufSltu anu Ibi NuI'Il u touliItutS
b w. struggle. constitutional Ques.
tiOns' include every question AFFECT.
,kag the rights and immunities of man
gaised since nutOcrntic power was first
checked and circumscribed. and in
constitutions will be found the only de.
l9ndable and useful defence that has
been devised against despotIsm and
Ill Its abuses.
I'VE hope constitutional questions
Will not cease to occupy the centre Of
discussion, for when they do no man
WILL have rights; and We should
rather live under guaranteed rights
than under the sympathetic and be-
nevOlent regulation of even u social
Insurance conference.
The sun., 1916-12-11

Never before has the problem Of
how to bc happy though charitable
80 depressed the kind hearted New
Yorker as in this Christmas season
Of 1916. The average resident of this
city gazcs daily upon his morning
mail with apprehension knowing tim
both his heart strings and his purse
strings will be painfully pulled by the
letters confronting him. How his
name came to find itself upon 81 many
lists OF charitable organizations, war
relief funds, societies for the mitign.
iion Of lnn'imcrablc kinds Of misery
Is n mystery that hr cannot solve.
Not day passes that h" l. not ,r.
minded from many phllnntlroplc
sources that !, Is his boundcn duty to
relieve himself ut once of any super.
The sun., 1916-12-11

We shall not get relief from high
prices of foodstuffs through any move
ment based on the assumption that the
European war is solely or primarily
responsible for them.
The increasing cost Of the neces-
saries of life has been the subject of
complaint. investigation. denunciation
and prosecution for II quarter of a
century. II has been charged against
railroads. trusts. middlemen. farmers.
the drift Of population to the cities
the unscientific methods OF farmers.
to Republicans. Democrats. corrupt
non-partsan city organizations: to
everything and everybody In the land
except the ProhibitiOnists. and their
turn Is coming.
To pretend that meats and vege-
tables were offered to the ultimate
consumer at prices satisfactory to
him before the war Is futile. We
were bowling against the high cost of
living before single Belgian had
been shot. or before II ever occurred
To n British statesman TO think that
the earth would continue to revolve
II the Russians got Constantinoplc.
1t may suit the pnrtisans Of the
Kaiser To encourage the belle! that
all was serene in the American but.
terry before August. 1914, hut nobody
with n memory will accep, this theory
for an instant. and any system of rc-
lief founded upon ii will fail.
The sun., 1916-12-11
A Lesson for Preparedness.

That the medical department of the
army was prepared for the mObiliza-
tiOn Of our military forces Is graphi-
cally shown in an article on "'rhe
Care Of Troops on the Mexican Bor.
der' In the journal of the American
Medical Association of November -.
The largest number on duty at any
one time In the Southern Department
was about 11O.OO men. and II 600 of
the regular army had preceded them.
At the time of mobilization of the
state troops there were only 800 beds
in~three base hospitals. but In four
months the total bed capacity had
boen increased to 1900. All the more
essential equipments for the new hos
pitals were on the ground before the
first building was ready for patients.
Three laboratories were established,
which did all needed investigation.
On September 80 there were 135
nlotOr ambulances in the Southern
department and many more on the
way or building. 4 hospital train Of
ten Pullman cars was leased. equipped
with staff Of medical officers. nurses,
cooks and pOrters. On this date there
we're 5000 enlisted men In the medl-
cal department and 1877 female nurses
and thirty-nine dental surgeons. The
officers Of the Medical Reserve Corps
were willing to serve but many of
them could not do So on account OF
1nsistent calls of family and practice.
This defect should he met by train.
Ing at least 10000 physicians.
Comparison of the Cuban and Texas
campaigns shows that among $1,000
volunteers in 1898 there were 0S6
deaths from disease in eight months
In 1916 among 10000 State troops
there were thirty-eight deaths from
disease. In the Cuban campaign 124
men died every month in last sum.
mer's camps only thirteeneAn oJ per
cent. larger number of men.
Some of the weak points are EN-
phasized by the report as lessons.
The physical standard of the regu-
lar army should be strictly applied
te-the National Guard.
The first weak point was imperfect
physical examination of the officers
and men In the National Guard. Ex-
amnatiOns by regular medical officers
discovered from 30 to 40 per cent. dis
qualified. The lesson from this rep.
rehensiblc method Is that such sol.
diers, failing under stress of the cam
palgn, become II burden To their com.
Ndes and to the sanitary service. In
many Instances Detectives were not
discovered until they reached the bOr-
Ger and thus the Government was nut
10 the enormous expense of euuipping
and transporting useless men, keep
ing them In camp and returning them
to their homes: all this through the
failure of the medical officers OF the
National Guard.
The s""onl weak point was deficient
persohhcl. Lack "f training and incom-
plete equipment. While these defects
anon. III" c"mbainnt hrnnches NAV
be gradually eliminated, the sanitary
The sun., 1916-12-11
SHALL THE HERO DIE?
A Protest That Gloom Is Not Neccs.
sary for Art IN the Novel;

To THE EDITOR OF TIE SrN--Sir: What
evil genius prompts noyclists 10 end
their tales with tho death or discontinue
OF one or other OF the principal charac-
ter5 texclusive of the villain, Of course) =!
Rider Haggard, Thomas Hardy and
some others arc guilty OF this sin agains;
the canon of art: no small sin. either.
suppose their idea IL to write stories
that are true 20 the facts OF life. but
they treat of only one side OF life. SEEM
Ing to forget that life has it's bright side
as well as its dark.
Why write stories full OF pictures Of
death and gloom. sorrow, despair. hope
less longing. frustrated ambition? That
Is not the function of the novel. but OF
the essay. the treatise. the poem and
certain other species Of writing. ON
such matters We seek instruction and
counsel. not entertainment.
The function OF the novel Ia to divert,
entertain. amuse. Surely there Is enough
death and sorrow In life without hav-
ing these solemn forms confront us from
the pages OF novel. We do not pick
up n story book to meet these grim
realities. but to get away from them.
full life. mas no time to read novels, or
very little time. Novel reading iof
course I refer 10 standard novels. not
best sellers') is for children, for certain
OF the professional classes. for people
who are living a more or less crippled
life. and for the old who have finished
most OF their life work and have some
time on their hands. These people
leaving out OF consideration those Of
the professional classes l have men,
TONED. are like the under nourished
and sick. A good wholesome story con-
tanning action and humor. and ending
with the heros attainment to wealth or
success and the they were married and
lived happily ever after" clause. is like
food and medicine TO those who turn TO
novels in order to he cheered and COM
forted. A story full Of death ana gloomy
ioreoodings. omens and oaths and every
aspect of sorrow and despair. acts like
poison upon the minds, hearts and spir-
It's of those who read 1t. Writers of such
stories are generally persons who have
experienced great sorrow In life, but
have not sufficient grace to overcome
their troubles
captain Marryatt was the man who
understood how 10 write story. I.k.
many other young writer's. he made his
iirst story end unhapply. bu, he soon
learned wisdom. His captivating tales
are full OF humor. action and wise coun-
SCI! They end happily. The hero rises
from poverty and obscurity TO afiuencc
ana distinguished place. and marries the
girl oc his heart. This IL az Il should
be. and as II happens. indeed. again and
aeahi in the life about us. budding
n"veiists SHOULD take leaf from the
history OF Captain Marryatt.
CHARLES HoorEH
SEATTLE. Wash pcrpnN5cr
The sun., 1916-12-11

corps must be prepared on the day
the troops are mobilized, because while
the troops are unseasoncd the sani.
tary corps has its most difficult prob
lens. The State should have four
units always ready for each division.
Another weak point in the militia
system was that anti.typhoid and
smallpox vaccination had not been
made compulsory In all the National
Guard. 1t became necessary to do
this in camp. but It was done with
out any i'll effects.
If the militia Is TO be reorganizcd
or system of universal trimming for
defence installed, the lessons Of this
report should be taken seriously to
heart by our legislators.
The sun., 1916-12-11
The Greek situation.

| In the puzzlng Grecian situation
two new factors have appeared with
the conquest Of Rumana the strength
ening Of the Teutonic line in Mace,,o-
MIA and the blockading of Greek ports
by the Entente fleet. The immediate
effect has been the departure OF tn,
colonies Of the allied nations from
Athens. the heartening Of the Royalist
PARTY to the point Of mobilizing an
army to cooperate with that of the
Central Powers and the disclosure Of
the real position of the King.
The recent activities of the Royal
lists In Athens have no doubt been In.
N'ired by Gcrmanic success in the Bal
kans and the likelihood that after the
conquest Of Runania Teutonic arms
would come to their aid. The rioting
and fighting at the Greek capital were
but the elimination Of the policy which
CONSTANTINE and his supporters had
pursued to keep Greece from esypusing
the Allies cause. The reports received
here indicate that this incident clearly
disclosed the fact that the Kings neu-
trality was merely Il pretcnce and that
he had in reality been waiting only
this opportunity to join the Central
| Powers.
His course Of dlatory mea asures. his
quibbling over the rights OF the I'm.
tente army at SalSnlca, the occupation
uf Greclan territory by the Bugars.
apparently with his consent IL not
lconnivance, and the menace that he has
always presented 10 the fanks Of ten.
cral SARRAIL's army were facts that
aroused the distrust of the Allies. He
was no doubt as ambitious for the de-
velopment of the Grecian state as W.
| NIzrLos. hut he thought that this OBJ
! !ject could best he secured through the
Central Powers. NENIzELos opposed
his refusal to abide by the nations
treaty obligations. and. declaring that
the great ma ajoriiy of the people IA
| rored Intervention on the side of the
Entente Powers, held that the King
exceeded his constitutional rights.
This difference divided Greece into
two hostile camps. The Venizelists
have already sent for,r to Join the
Allies army on the Macedonian from
tier. How large this force Il or how
large force the Royalists Gun ASSEM-.
BILE Is matter of speculation. The
! army has been 80 torn by diSsenslons
| that its strength IL questionable, and
force uniting with either side would
have to be reequipped to be made effec-
tive. But II Royallst army, even an
inefiiciently equipped one, on his rear.
would be n serious menace TO General
SARRAIL's operations when he Is com.
PEELED to face an augmented Tcutoric.
Dulgar force.
That the Entente Powers have eli.
dured with much Ia,ience the uncer.
tain course of the Greek King Is evil
dent. They have shown much more
patience than Germany under similar
circumstances would have shown. The
Allies. or rather Russia. England and
France. were the sponsors for the
Greek kingdom and the present DIV.
nasty. Here. Ierhaps, may be found
the explanation of the leniency shown.
European monarchies are not given to
overthrowing dynmsties or deposing
kings II is a last resort. There Is
something gained in clearing up the
situation by knowing definitely Coz
sTANTINE's attitude and what may be
expected from him.