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The sun., 1917-08-27
Thoughts Of . Voter,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sn: The
Murphy. McCooey, Hearst Hylan COM
bination is muddying the political waters
of New York city. Why Hylan? Why
Knott" Why Craig: There is no sane
answer save the definition OF Bourbon.
As one Of the Democratic voters Of this
city guess It II up to men like me to
beat the Boss again by rejecting Mayor
Mitchel-the best Mayor the city ha 8
had in my recollection. A VOTER
New York, August 25.
The sun., 1917-08-27
A WASHINGTON LETTER.
Account Of the Punishment OF Mutt
nous Jersey Troops.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir: Some
time ago | found an interesting original
autograph letter Of General George
Washington, written to General George
Clinton, Governor of New York. under
date Of January 20. 1881.
am unable to find that the letter was
ever published. 1t is interesting. having
reference to the revolt OF the Jersey
troops
1t Will he interesting to readers Of
THE Sun at this time.
l.. +, MApIGAN
NEW YORK, August %
The sun., 1917-08-27

General ORYAN has appealed to
residents of Fifth avenue to invite
soldiers kinsfolk to watch from their
steps and windows the farewell parade
Of the National Guard. The invitation
should be Immediately forthcoming;
front seats for the mothers and sis
ters Of the men who are on the way
to the front trenches!
The sun., 1917-08-27
Comparisons.

In days Of yore
When love was told
How words would soar.
Swain, growing bold.
Won maid. he swore-
Arms Tightening hold
As good as gold.
swain now declares
Years follow heet--
Her looks and airs
Are much more sweet.
In fact. he swears
She Is. complete,
As good as wheat!
AAuRicE MoaRIs.
The sun., 1917-08-27

Curious that with her immemorial
zeal in shopping and her present share
in public activities woman has not
been asked to share in the purchasing
activities OF Mr.. BARUcH and his COL
leagues. Consider the JOY Of woman
with fifty billions to spend,
The sun., 1917-08-27

The Ministry Of Commerce has an
nounced that in six months 1t hopes
to put on the market a standardized
shoe possessing the double advantage
Of durability and moderate price. To
Americans $12, $l6 or even $50 for IA
pair Of shoes does not seem eXtor-
tionate-they have been paying these
prices for nearly two years-but in
France they are prohibitive. The shoe
for which the Ministry OF Commerce
intends to stand sponsor would cost
but SO. a price modest enough to put
1t within the reach Of all.
The sun., 1917-08-27

Bixby's cave. near Edgewood, Ia, is
a natural refrigerator. half filled with
ice throughout the year, and New
Workers. who have visited 1t say its
temperature reminds them Of the re-
ception room at Tammany Hall just
before the primaries.
The sun., 1917-08-27

Capitol looted of papers - Robbers
twice break into Finance Committees
room and take important documents
Newspaper headline.
Obviously these papers we're not
manuscripts Of Senators speeches.
The sun., 1917-08-27

The suffrage pickets now tarrying in
the District OF Columbia workhouse
complain that the food is not to their
liking. There Is an easy way for them
to avoid it; all they need do is to keep
out OF the workhouse
The sun., 1917-08-27

There is strong belief there would
have been no trouble had the local au-
thorities used common sense.-Report Of
the riot at Camp Logan.
II authorities used common sense
there never would be riots. but COM
mon sense is a quality seldom found
in local or other authorities"
The sun., 1917-08-27

..,.' BY Milton Y. Snyder, Par
PARIS, August 1.--Since the estab-
iishment Of the headquarters Of the
American expeditionary army In
Paris motorcycles driven by khaki
clad soldiers and carrying United
States staff officers In the side cars
have become familiar sight in Paris.
There are always several standing In
front Of General Pershing's offices In
the Rue de Constantine in readiness
for quick runs about the city. Their
speed and economy in the consump-
ton Of gasolene have caused several
newspapers to ask why the French
War Department should not adopt
them for use, pointing out that 1t now
requires a touring car and many gal
Ions OF gasolene to do the same work
that is performed by the Americans
with their inexpensive motorcycles.
A bloodless revolution has just taken
place among the book publishers Of
France. They issued their ultimatum
that after August the old time 8
lIdHC Nv NOiuulC NOulu UC ootu Aot
francs. As a sop to the reading public
the announcement adds that the in
crease in price is temporary, but no.
body is deceived by these words. Even
II after the war the price OF paper
should fall to its former level 1t would
be balanced by the increase in wages
and the continued high cost Of
living. two things which in themselves
would suffice to prevent books from
returning to the ante-bellum scale.
But with the passing of the $50
volume something seems to be
changed In the literary life Of France.
For more than three-quarters Of a
century the $3.50" had been almost a
classic. for 1t represented. in a way.
the entire range Of French thought
Novels. essays. verses. philosophy. all
fell under this one price, and men like
II. G. Wells marvelled that the lit
erary appetite OF the French could
feed on 30 many varied dishes for the
staple price Of 3 francs SO.
At any rate 1t is probable that this
Is but the prelude to great changes
that will he found in the book trade
AFTER the war.
The sun., 1917-08-27

1t is almost entirely due to the ef-
forts OF Georges Clcmenceau that the
pseudo Belgian Margulies has been
proved an Austrian subject and as
such liable to imprisonment and per-
haps to death.
Margulies was megalomanac. and
his love Of pomp and self-aggrandize-
ment probably was responsible for the
discovery that he was not what he
said One day about three years ago
a fat, rather vulgar looking man with
a jovial face and loud voice rented
the gorgeous villa Of Casa palca in the
The sun., 1917-08-27

How will a man named Dunno ex-
plain to his racial associates his in
ability to get the better Of n man
named Friedlander?
The sun., 1917-08-27

Germany is talking about transform
ing Alsace- Lorraine into an indepen-
dent duchy. Just as independent as
the Duchy Of Luxemburg. no doubt.
The sun., 1917-08-27

While regulating prices attention
might be directed to the upward fight
Of orchestra seats in the theatres Of
New York.
The sun., 1917-08-27

Uncle SANS war expenses are now a
million dollars an hour. Even Pitts
burg millionaire must contemplate this
rate OF spending with respect.
The sun., 1917-08-27

Three thousand automobiles. in vari-
Gus stages Of decay, rest in the ceme-
terry at Nincennes. No one knows
why they were sent here OF what>is to
be done with them. They have in
creased in number week by week. and
limousines. taxis and delivery trucks
stand abandoned In democratic con-
fusion.
The sun., 1917-08-27
Wsstchester Loyalty.

From the North Cattle Sun.
Speak good word for your town Dom
knock II by word or act.
The sun., 1917-08-27

The growing scarcity and soaring
price Of coal has deprived Paris of the
small river steamboats, which have
afforded so much pleasure to tourists
and furnished a cheap means of
transportation to thOusan nds OF persons
living in the suburbs. The company
owning Les oiseaux-mouches," as the
boats are called. has decided II cannot
afford to operate them under present
conditions.
The sun., 1917-08-27

Lloyd George showed himself most
democratic statesman when he came
to Paris to take part in the Balkan
conference. Returning to the Hotel
Crillon from the French Foreign Of
Ace. attended by his secretaries ard
half dozen members Of the British
General Stan. the Premier wishing
to go to his apartment, rang for
the elevator. Like most lifts when
needed this one perversely skulked at
one Of the upper floors. After wait
ing for 1t few minutes Lloyd George
suddenly wheeled round. said: II know
the easiest way up and ran lightly
up the stairs to the second floor. fol-
lowed by his staff some Of whom were
quite outdistanced by their chief.
The sun., 1917-08-27

London once, 40-43 Fleet street
Paris once. Rue de la Michodlere. on
Rue du Quatre Septembre.
Washington once, Munsey Building.
Brooklyn once. Room 2O2. Eagle Build
ing, J03 Washington street
The sun., 1917-08-27

n our friends wAO Jdror M wifh mdmw.
TO hare rejected drftcIes returned they must
u oil cdscs send stamps for that purpose.
TELEPHONE. BEEKMAN 22oo.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-04-07
FIRST GREEK BAPTISMAL
CEREMONY IN ST. PETE.

The first Greek baptismal ceremony
ever observed in st. Petersburg was
held yesterday afternoon at the resi-
dence of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. P. Cosmos.
1877 Fifth avenue south. The little one
to receive this beautiful ordinance was
the young son of Mr.. and Mrs. T. s.,
Papps of Tarpon Springs. Mrs. Papps
is sister of Mr.. Cosmos. The child
is four months and 10 days old. The
ceremony was conducted by Father
Davis, high priest of the Greek ortho-
dox church at Tarpon Springs. Harry
Cosmos, of this city, another brother
of Mrs. Papps, acted as godfather to
the child and christened it Saws.
To one who has never witnessed a
ceremony of this character it was in
teresting and quite anovelty. Through
out the service a lot of incense burns
on a table in the center of the room.
and on the table is pan of water, into
which the child is immersed three
times. Just before it is put into the
water bottel of olive oil is poured
into the water. The body is then an
ointed by dipping the finger tips into
the oil. The ceremony is concluded
by administering the holy communion
to the infant. A number of invited
guests from Tarpon Springs and this
city witnessed the ceremony. At the
conclusion of the service refreshments
were served to the guests.-St. Pc
tersburg Independent.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-04-07

the spirit, the whispers of God. Let
US learn the wilderness lessons by en-
tering into the retirement of the will
derness of the Son Of God.
Races perish from the earth, not
from physical but moral failure. Ma
lions disappear, unfit to survive with
the physical resources in their favor,
from purely moral unfitness, the mad
dest of insanities. Families, stalwart
healthy and courageous in all that be-
longs to physical power of survival
have persisted from moral weakness
and degeneracy, unfit to be. So it must
ever be in the individual. There must
be moral force, character, power:
there must be principles, deep convic-
tons, living faith, or a mans life
must surely sink into defeat and be
whelmed in endless ruin. Keep Lent
and you will have gained deeper in
sight into truth, and a better knowl-
edge of God and your relations to Him
You will love the church more and bet
ter than ever before. "Her sweet
communions, solemn vows, her hymns
of prayer and praise" Are not these
results worthy of your efforts thi;
Lent Rev. L. G. Fourier.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-04-07
WHAT IS LENT?

Every duty is privilege. Let US
cross the threshold of the two worlds,
material and spiritual with the true
idea of what the church of Jesus Christ
desires to do for human souls when
she lovingly invites us to enter it's sa-
cred paths and assures that they who
wait upon the Lord shall renew their
strength. Let US attend regularly the
means of grace, the appointed services
of the church, and never be absent
from her communions except for sick
ness. Let US refuse pleasures of all
kinds during the Lenten season that
we may dwell on deeper thoughts and
be busy about the nobler duties. In
the hours or moments of our retire
ment let US read Gods most holy word,
mediate and pray. And as we hear
the message of the gospel let US lis
ten, think and obey the silent voice Of
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-04-07
The Symbolism of Flowers.

What are flowers good for? For re
ligious symbolism. The Bible is an
arboretum, divine conserva tory. To
illustrate the brevity Of the brightest
human life you will quote from Job,
"a man cometh forth as flower and is
cut down." Flowers have no grander
use than when on Easter morning we
celebrate the reclamation of Christ
from the catacombs. And so l twist
all the festal flowers of all the
churches of America with all the festal
flowers of chapels and cathedrals of
all Christendom into one great chain,
and with that chain l bind the Easter
mornings Of our lives with the closing
Easter of the worlds history of the
resurrection!-Rey. T. De Witt Tai
mage.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-04-07
Joy Corrnetll
In the Morning
An Easter Poem
By ADA MELVILLE SHAW

I buried my bulbs in the garden
Twas night of the year.
The sky was o'ershadowed with
weeping;
The garden was drear.
I gave the brown bulbs to earth's
keeping
And left them there somberly sleep
ing
Till day should appear.
The cold rain beat down on my
garden.
All, pitiless rain!
My bulbs-would they perish ere
waking,
My planting in vain2
The tempest swept on without break
ing;
MY faith for fair flowers was shak.
ing.
Wept In my pain.
Gray dawn slowly crept Ger my
garden;
I sought it with signs.
Lo, there through the soft mold ap.
pearing,
Glad sight for sad ewes
Green life to the daylight uprear.
ing!
o foolish heart, what of thy fearing,
Thy faithless surmise2
When springtime was warm in thy
gardens,
What splendor was there! 49,
White chalices heavenward turning,
0 royal cups fair!
Tall lilies, in golden hearts burning,
Beneath the glad sunbeams' fond
yearning,
Their sweet incense rare.
Weep not Ger the tomb in thy
garden,
0 soul sore bereft!
Though sorrow thy spirit is shaking,
Strong comfort is left.
The seals Of the dread tomb are
breaking;
Beneath their grim guard life is
waking;
The darkness is cleft.
Eternity lighteth thy garden
Look up, tear dimmed eyes!
Forget the lone night of thy weep
ing
In morn's sweet surprise.
Thy dear ones thou hast from their
sleeping;
Death held them delayed in his
keeping.
Lo, none but Death dies!
Christian Endeavor World.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-04-07
Easter Plants

NARE of Easter plants is a prob
81 lem that seems to bother MANY
~ people. Even those who never
raise plants are certain to re-
ceive gifts in this shape at Eastertide,
and naturally they desire them to live
as long as possible.
Because of lack of knowledge of
plant lore many of the most beautiful
and most expensive plants are consign.
ed to the ash barrel or convenient dunn
few days after Easter. While some
OF the cheaper ones bloom only once
many of them are worth caring for.
The rambler and other pot roses
should be planted out of doors as soon
as possible after Towering. Never Law
them on their side or set them In an
old corner to dry. Plant the ramblers
where they can Chamber over arbors,
trellises and fences, and the bush roses
in other suitable locations, as they are
perfectly hardy. Plant them where
they can remain permanently. They
may turn little yellow at first, but
they will soon become accustomed to
the change and start to grow.
10 preserve azaleas they should be
plunged in the ground, pot and all. If
the weather is very dry they will re-
quire watering throughout the sum.
mer and fall. On the approach of
frost lift them, clean off the pots and
place them in window in a cool room.
Easter lilies can be kept in the Dot
in any convenient place until the mid
die of May, when they may be planted
in the garden. The tops will die away,
but late in the summer they will al
most invariably flower again.
All the many varieties of Dubious
stock, such as the hyacinth, tulip, daft
fodil, narcissus and crocus, when they
are through blooming can be planted
out in the open ground where they will
come up year after year and flower
luxuriantly. The flowers will never be
quite so large as they were the first
year, but they will be pretty and each
blossom perfectly formed. Some peo-
pie try to flower these bulbs In the
house a second season; it is next to
impossible to accomplish this, but they
will flower out of doors.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-04-07
STRA WBERRY
MOVEMENT At
PLANT CITY

The Plant City Courier of April 8
says:
Notwithstanding the most adverse
crop conditions in nearly quarter of
century, together with threatened
strikes on railroads butting into the
season at the most inopportune time,
Plant City secured returns of $685.
657.58 from strawberries up to last
night. The movement is still heavy,
running now close to. 10000 quarts a
day, but the increasing warm weather,
together with the fact that Louisiana
and other states are shipping at live
ly rate, will hasten the end of the ship
ping season, after which >our house
wives will have opportunity to pre-
serve all the Berries they can use. The
quality of the fruit now leaving Plant
City is fine, and according to reports
from other places, carries better than
berries from other sections and other
states. Prices have been fair the past
three days, averaging 10 cents Friday,
II Saturday and II also Monday.
Some berries brought 16 cents Mon
day, but the heavy yield and shortage
Iof pony refrigerators caused late ar
rivals to fall to low ebb, some going
at 8 cents. The movement Monday
filled three freight cars and seven ex-
press cars.
Mondays shipments amounted to
As, 648, bringing the total movement to
date up to 1,346,485 quarts.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-04-07
GRAVES WILL BE DECORATED
EASTER MONDAY AT CYCADIA

Easter Memorial services at Cycadia
cemetery will take place as usual on
Monday, April 9. In the morning at
8 o'clock committee will be at the
Presbyterian church to receive flowers,
which will be made up into the several
hundred bouquets needed. All ladies
who wish to assist in this work will
be most cordially welcome.
Everyone is requested to bring flow
ers of any kind. The green tips of
the magnolia trees are especially use
full. Automobiles will be at the Pres
byterian church to take all who wish
to ride at.25 cents the round trip, and
will leave the church promptly at 3:15
o'clock for the cemetery where suit
able program will be followed by the
decoration of the graves, in which ev-
eryone is invited to assist. ct.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-04-07

a QUAINT old Easter custom OBJ.
~ served annually by French
a family living in New York,
where no festival goes by I'M
needed, could easily be the keynote of
an Easter frolic or entertainment. The
eggs to be used are always colored be-
forehand, when dozens of them are
decorated in the old fashioned way
figured calicoes, onion peel, bluing, ETC.,
being used in lieu of any modern proc
ess. After the eggs are thoroughly
dry the children of the families par
ticipating in the ceremonies are al
lowed to rub them with candles to
make them shine. 1t Is claimed that
the effect of the wax on the shell as a
strength giving element is also a part
of the tradition.
On Sunday evening a large silver
bowl or tray In the center of the sup
per table holds the gayly decorated
eggs. Then the fun starts. Half of
the participants are seated around the
table, and the others stand or walk
about. Every one helps himself to an
egg, holding it in his hand with the
point just visible.
The person seated holds his egg up
to be gently touched by the egg held
by the person standing. If one end
gets cracked then the other end is
turned, and when both ends are crack
ed the egg Is forfeited
The object of the game is to see who
can collect the most eggs, and prizes
go to the most successful.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-04-07

ny bread" and the delicious
rabbit ears"
The first Of these consists of light,
well sweetened, many raisin dotted,
white wheaton bread; the next Of
cooky dough shaped into Dummies
snub tailed. long cared, wildly rampant
or hunched up bunny fashion-with a
bright silver coin for an eye. And the
really most toothsome 'hasen-ohren,' -
or bunny ears, are made as follows:
Half pound of flour, three tablespoon
fuls of sugar, four tablespoonfuls of
butter, q teaspoonful of salt, two whole
eggs and the yolks of two others are
worked into dough, which let stand
for three hours in cool spot.
Roll out to the thickness of a knife
blade and with pastry wheel cut into
strips four inches long and one inch
wide. Bake in briskly boiling lard to
a delicate golden yellow, sprinkle liber-
ally with powdered sugar and eat be.
fore they're three hours old.
These same inch wide strips, cut-into
longer lengths and woven round and
round before immersing in the boiling
lard, form the so called "stork nests"
Of Suabian fame. Such "nest" filed
with delicately tinted Easter eggs
makes a charming center dish for the
Juvenile Easter supper table. - New
York Evening Sun.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-04-07
Caster Fires

Easter fires, established in
honor of the sun, form a fea-
ture of Easter observance in
some parts of Great Britain,
where bonfres are quite COM
mon i'll early spring. Efigies
of Judas were annually burn
ed in Athens on Easter Sum
day until the government pro-
hibited it.
Frazer in "The Golden
Bough" states that about 100
years ago the custom at Al
thenHeberg, in upper Bavaria,
was as follows: On the after
noon of Easter Saturday boys
collected wood, which they
piled in a c6rnfeld, while in
the middle Of the pile they set
up a tail wooden cross all
swathed in straw. After the
evening service they lighted
lanterns at the consecrated can
die i'll the church and ran with
them at full speed to the pyre.
The first to arrive set fire to
the heap. No woman or girl
might come near the bonfire,
but both could watch it from
a distance. As the flames rose
the men and lads shouted, eve
are burning the Judas!"
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-04-07
Caster Gifts

The very pleasant Easter Gus 4;
tom of sending Easter cards to
our friends or of making them
simple and inexpensive gifts is
a good one, provided we do not
carry it to an extreme. The
springtime is a busy season :
when every one is wedding out
ones possessions rather than
seeking to add to them; hence
numerous large gifts would
prove a burden to the recipient.
Eggs have always been associ- :
ated with The day as symbolic
of the resurrection. Bonbon- ;
nieres of this shape or candy
eggs are always popular.
Flowers and growing plants
are especially appropriate to
the day, Easter lilies being al
ways in demand. A corsage
bouquet of violets or of lilies
of the valley is a pretty gift to
a girl. The man who makes
it must be careful to have it
sent to the house of the girl in
time for her to year to church
on Easter morning. Neekties
or scarfs are suitable gifts to
make to a man who is a rela-
tive or friend, provided one
knows his tastes. - Florence
Howe Hall in Chicago News.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-04-07

A wayside station for automobiles
that an Illinois man has patented de-
'livers gasoline from accurately mark
ed glass tanks so a purchaser can see
what he is getting.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-04-07

A recently patented coat and hat
hanger which can be carried in a pock-
ct and attached to any wooden sur
face without tools, will sustain a
weight of 60 pounds.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-04-07

Shutters that can be operated from
a drivers seat have been invented to
protect automobile radiators from
freezing.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-04-07

New Coin For Germany.
The issue of new one pfennig coins in
aluminium has just been announced il
Berlin.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-04-07
On the Easter
Tea Table

- OREMOST among Easter dain.
"a ties are the south German, Eas-
II ter loaf, the mid German "bun-
ny bread" and the delicious
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-04-07

Dried orange and lemon peel are
good substitutes for kindling wood.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-04-07
The Easter
Egg Crack

a QUAINT old Easter custom OBJ.
~ served annually by a French
"A family living in New York,