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The sun., 1918-09-09
AN ADDICTS CONFESSION.
In Spite Of Hairbreadth Escapes He
Cannot Stop Smoking.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr: A
correspondent suggests that we quit
smoking tobacco and convert the money
thus saved into War Savings certificates.
But you can't smoke war savings cert!fi-
Gates. And We must smoke
Observe the manner in which the SOL
without them. Thus the worldwide pop
ularity of THE SUN Tobacco Fund.
The average man can quit anything
but tobacco. Convinced that Use OF the
weed is dangerous TO health and highly
expensive. he still smokes. He knows
that 1t shortens life, but that doesn't in
duce MIN to give UP cigarettes or cigars
knew learned physician who had
tobacco heart. His professional friends
told him that cigars would kill him.
He admitted IT, but he said that he
intended TO smoke until he died. When
he sensed the heart attack coming on
no would lie fiat on his back. This
relieved him save IN the last instance.
Lying Nat on his back, lie was found
dead on the floor OF his Office. A half
smoked cigar still rested in his fingers.
lie had died smoNing-almost.
Many persons lie In bed and smoke.
Some fall asleep with a lighted ciga-
rette in their fingers and are burned to
death. These quit the tobacco habit.
Those who have narrow escapes never
quit.
Ashes from my cigarette once ignited
the contents of waste basket and a
100000 fire was narrowly avertcd. AS
a result OF the shock / didn't smoke
for two whole days.
Once. lying in bed. I slept while n
cigarette held between my fingers burned
down to the flesh. The pain Weakened
me. but still carry the scar. I Inn
mediately resolved to quit smoking In
bed. but I didn't,
On another occasion l fell asleep with
cigarette in my fingers, It fell aside
and ignited the bed clothing. had
been celebrating heavily and slept
through the fire. which was slow burn
ing and flameless after the manner in
which raw cotton burns.
There was an abundance OF smoke
and the night porter smelled II. but
he couldn't locate II 1t was his rum
bling and shouting through the hall
sensation TO awake and find yourself
lying amid smoking ruins!
was dreadfully impressed and didn't
smoke for three days, All. but I'll tell
you what did happen: got on the
water wagon and remained there for
six months. One can stop drinking.
have been smoking for twenty
years and I conscrvatively estimate
my tobacco bill f,r that period at an
average of 81 week. My, figure, I
think. Is really too low. But at So
week the gross is S10+ n year, which
makes the account for twenty year.
stand CT 32.os0.
Few men aro able to quit the tobacco
habit Very few want to quit IT,
BEAUMONT O'REILLY.
GRArMooR-IS- rHE-WIL DxRNrss,
September 7.
The sun., 1918-09-09
Captain williams College.

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUN-Sir: In THE
Sun OF September 4 you referred 10 Lieu
tenant A. f. Williams. who was wounded
on July 90. as an Amherst graduate. It's
not a matter OF great moment OF course
but II happens that he was graduated
from Massachusetts State College. He
has since been made. a Captain and was
stili In base hospital No. % on August 20.
Mrs, A. F. WILLIAMS.
NEwARk. NJ g.. September 7.
The sun., 1918-09-09
The Great American Army.

The announcement that nearly all
Of the American troops hitherto bril-
gaded with the French and English
have been withdrawn for assembly into
one great army IL among the most
cheering features of a season rich in
good news. This is not because our
national pride is flattered by the sepa-
ration Of the Americans fiDm their
allies, for 1t was an honor for our
soldiers to fight side by side with the
men who have stood four years Of
struggle in magnificent fashion.
The news Is great because 1t indi-
Gates that at last, considerably
through Americas effort, the resources
Of the Allies are SO large that General
FocH is able to set aside from the
pursuit Of the retreating Germans a
surplus so powerful. The United
States has sent abroad more than a
million and a half soldiers. The for
nation Of 80 per cent. of these into
distinctively American army under
General PERsHINa will give to the
unified command a complete army not
only impressive in its numbers but
tremendously important from the fact
that, as General MARCH recently re-
marked, the freshness and vigor Of
the American troops are the greatest
single possession of the Allies.
1t has been driven into the head Of
the German soldier within the past
few weeks that, as well as being beat
able, he is being beaten. More impor-
tant than FocH's recovery Of territory
is his forcible feeding of the German
with the bread Of dismay. To add to
this physical and moral victory the
banking Of huge army of the best
fighters in the world Is an Allied tri-
umph. "Best" Is here used advisedly
and not merely through the pride that
the accomplishments Of the Americans
abroad have stirred in every Yankee
breast. Our men are now the best in
Europe because they have not only
the courage, the equipment and the
food, but also because they have a
physical and moral strength I'M.
touched by the attrition of weary
years of war. They are looking for
ward the Germans are looking back
and seeing nothing but shame and the
failure Of a great. immoral scheme.
Our men are young; the Germans
have been aged by the fight Of years
and of hope.
The ability of Prussia to avail her
self of the last pound of man power
in Germany has never been underes-
timated by The SUN, but now it Is
beyond human possibility for Berlin's
dragnets to bring forward sufficient
number of men to compare with the
man power that the United States
summons next Thursday to add to
PERsHING's forces. Germany knows
this. She knows, or will know, of the
concentra ton Of the million or more
fighting Americans in one grand,
fresh, vigorous army. She knows
that this army will not be reduced
but rather added to constantly and In
whatever numbers are necessary to
beat her. Her submarines have failed
10 prevent the Americans from cross
ing the sea as easily as IL it were a
The sun., 1918-09-09
An Incident of the Stacker Raid.

To THD EDITOR OF TIE SUN--Sir: I
read with Interest IN this mornings
SUN of soldier on duty being "cowed
by n @. A. r. veteran Now II seems
to me that It would have been much
to the credit OF Mr.. ". +. Southw!ck
of SomrrviiIe. y, j., II he had, like a
good soldier, ohcycd orders and stayed
outside tho Equitable Building instead
OF presumirg upon the fact that he wa
n g, \. r. veteran and had two sons
IgGt!ng In France, too have q sou
lighting Cor the freedom OF the worlG,
II all the parents who have sons {.
France presumed upon that fact. what
would tho result ne"
A VETERANS WIZ
BROOKLYN, September 6.
The sun., 1918-09-09

The official decree that persons who
write poetry. fiction and advertise
ments" are engaged in essential indus
tries is a case OF saving the poet for
the world without his helping to save
the world for poetry. Then there Is the
practical consideration of proving the
possession of poetical genius.
The sun., 1918-09-09
Inquiry for "Skedaddle."

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Str: What
has become of that good old civil war
word "skedaddie"?
Isn't It about due?
CHARLES T. MURRAY.
wARpENsvILLE, w. Va, September 9.
The sun., 1918-09-09

lne American unit has a Jazz band and
melville troupe OF soldiers who give
-tormances under fre-Wdr ne,cs,
whiz bang!
Ready? Clangi
Ring up tho curtain
THE ends not certain),
Wen start tho old noise
To cheer up the boys.
We've got to move some
More action there. Drum
We sure must 20 strong
II tho shows not long.
You're a sketch
Al the front
II you fetch.
with your stunt.
A cheer or a laugh
with your jazz. song or char.
twhere n near bursting shell
Knocks the story you'd tell.
The gag rhyme.
The rag time
That went like q breeze
As Broadway wheeIs.
wowl What q crack
whats wrong. bAckf)
Gee whiz,
Billy got hisl
His turn was mort
MonoloEue text
Give me his cue:
I'll fake II through
Jazz-a-razz-bang!
That gets the gang.
Hep. hep!
Trombone. thersi Pepi
oh, boy,
That's Joy!
whoop her up, Fife!
Poor Bllly's wifeD
r. w r
The sun., 1918-09-09
A Fallacy About birthdays.

ABOUT eighteen years ago COH-
siderable number of ordinarily intel
ligent persons insisted that the nine
teenth century would come to an end
at IL O'Clock on the night Of De-
cember 81, 1899. They stormed and
ragged and would not be comforted
when a majority Of the world de-
clded to wait full year longer before
celebrating. The obstinate minority
may still live; and 1t may be they
or their children who come forward
with the amazing proposition that
q man reaches his forty sixth birth
day when he is As years old. The
appended letter is not the only one
Of the kind that THE Sun has re-
celved since the man power law was
enacted:
ITO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir:
Your editorial article in THE Sun of
September 3. From the Eighteenth
Birthday to the Forty-sixth.' seems to
be altogether wrong.
The European custom Is to celebrate
the full years on the last day that is,
a forty-sixth birthday means at the
end of the forty-sixth year. The Amer
lean custom. South and West, does not
celebrate It that way. When you say
forty-sixth birthday It means the first
day of the forty-sixth year. after you
are fully forty-five years old. SO On
this case those who have been born on
the 18th day of September. 1873. do not
need to register.
will you find out from Washington
whether this Is not the right way?
These mistakes will be made by the
thousands e1d should be cleared up.
IF. L. B.
NEW YORK, September g."
We beg to assure our correspondent
that we have found out from Wash
ington. Our Information comes from
the text Of the law, which says in
Section 1 that the liability to mill
tary service falls upon men "be-
tween the ages of 1S and As, both
inclusive" and In Section uses the
variant but equally ineligible phrase
"who shall have attained their eigh-
teenth birthday and who shall not
have attained their forty-sixth birth
day"
The dissenting "F. L. B." may have
discovered strange birthday customs
in the South and West, but we fear
they will not be respected by the
draft boards. The word birthday"
in the law means an anniversary Of
birth. A child's first birthday is at
the end of its first year of life, and
a mans forty-sixth birthday comes
at the end of his forty-sixth year,
when he ceases to be As. To quote
from the statement of the Provost
Marshal General, issued because Of
confusion in some minds:
"If his age is As years and s64 days
on September ~ he must register"
The dictum Of "F. l.. b." that those
born on September IL, 1873, need not
register. is not only wrong but dan
gerous. Such persons, II they exist.
will be only As years old next Thurs
day and they are inside the draft by
a year. Every man born after Sep
tember IL, 1872, and on or before
September IL, 1900, is liable.
The sun., 1918-09-09

Army physical examinations should
adapt themselves to the mode Of war
fare being pursued in France: feet
ness should be a primary requirement
for active service.
The sun., 1918-09-09

Tho bachelor who on Thursday in
forms his registry board that his
occupation is painting beer signs is
almost certain to win a new suit of
olive drab.
The sun., 1918-09-09
Fault Finding In . Missouri Town.
rom the butler DemoerC

This town has all the modern improve
ments. but they are In no shape to DO
any one any good. The swimming pool
has no water In It. the town clock has
no hands and the Jail has q hole in It,
The sun., 1918-09-09

Stacker hid in subway I'VE days
Headline.
He must be physically At for the
tank service.
The sun., 1918-09-09

Tho chairman Of the Ways and
Means Committee turns for revenue to
a tax on tea, coffee and sugar. The
kitchen Is catchin' 1t from KrrcHIN.
The sun., 1918-09-09

Germany would be willing to drop
the Brest-L,tovsk treaty II she could
put some OF its poison into another
and more important peace document.
The sun., 1918-09-09
To . Little Heart Found in q Game Ra.
govt.

o tiny thrill of purple. paipitating pigeon.
Here lived and scared and sang, thy happy
souls religion.
WILLIAM ARNOLD ROWLAND.
MONTREAL, Quebec, September 5.
The sun., 1918-09-09

There never was anything beautiful
about brewery except its horses, and
these to a large extent have been sup
planted by motor trucks.
The sun., 1918-09-09

In Its effort to save telephone time
the Government might forbid any per-
son to say Guess who this is"
The sun., 1918-09-09

THE EVENING SUN. Per Month 50 so
THE EVENING SUN. Per Year. 900
THE EVENING SUN (Foreign). Per Mo. 1.5O
The sun., 1918-09-09

All checks. money orders, &C., to be
made payable to THE Sun.
The sun., 1918-09-09

London once, 40-43 Fleet street
Paris once, 0 Rue de la Michodiere, of
Rue du Quatre Sophomore.
Washington ONCE. Munsey Building.
Brooklyn ONCE. Room 2o2. Eagle Build
ing, sos Washington street.
The sun., 1918-09-09

~ our frtends rho faror Us pnh wanu-
scripfs and fiiusfrafions for publication tOish
10 hdre.rejecfed articles returned they must
IN all coses send stamps for that purpose.
TELEPHONE, BEEKMAN 1900.
The sun., 1918-09-09

One American unit has a Jazz band and
vaudeville troupe OF soldiers who give
performances under fre-Wdr netcs.
Whiz bang!
The sun., 1918-09-09

The regulation army gait calls for 800
steps a minute, each step being thirty
inches long. Striking this pace the
walker will cover a mile In about
seventeen minutes. Take your watch
and time mile and see If you can
make II at the regulation rate without
fatigue. The walker ought TO begin
his work carefully, making every step
a careful part of his training. holding
tho head erect, the chest out, the
stomach in, as much as good living
will permit, and swinging the arms
gently.
Take a couple OF miles the first day.
Then cut to one mile on the second,
and go back to full two miles on the
third. AS the walking brings an easy
swing and the distance can be in
creased without undue fatigue, in
crease It. And then, when the lungs
no longer complain at the two miles or
more Of walking, break into dog trot
for twenty-five yards or 80 at inter-
walls, stopping when the wind shows
strain and resuming the walk until
nature gives the signal for a little
sprint.
The time will come when the man
OF 40 can trot his mile. and then he
has won back the precious wind from
which he had been divorced for many
years. And with the winning he will
have made big, long start toward
being born again as a physical person.
For men in advance of the draft age
the walking alone will probably do the
work as well as they need to have II
done, but father OF the ranks must
remember that he is liable TO be called
upon to carry a fifty pound pack and
do little running with the pack, and
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-08-16
DON'T BE TOO EXCITED; m
N WAR FAR FROM WON!

London, Aug. STEADY, don't
gloat yet,"-Premier Lloyd Geexge's
advice thus epitomized Isl as,sg glsor.
Americans as it is fer Great Biktafii,
which is having hard time To, keep
the line on their optimism, although
fully approaching the soundness of
the warning against over-elation. 1i
N 1t is granted that for the allies this
is the greatest victory Of the war.
The enemy has been out-strateged, out
generated, out-soldiered, OUTFLOW and
out-tanked, with a force whica even
the Germans press admits IS only
slightly superior numerically.
And, although the enemy is tempo
rarily demoralized and disorganized,
military authorities generally agree
that the allies have only got a fair
start on the road to final triumph.
The German military machine is
still potent and capable of Indefinite
resistance on the defensive. Nor is
the possibility of a resumption Of the
enemy offensive in some unexpected
quarter altogether removed.
Although the allies, in the past four
days, have frightened their grasp on
the recently recovered initiative, this
might easily be lost through ogercon-
fidence, unwariness, under-estmation
of the enemy's recuperative power, or
some strategical or tactical error. 1t
would be deplorable mistake if, as
Stunning the end Of the war is in sight,
any of the allies should permit the
slightest relaxation of effort. The war
will end sooner if they apply, from now
on, every possible ounce of power and
resource.
Germany's substitution of polit-
zeal for the military initiative already
is becoming apparent. Resumption of
PEACE efforts with attractive amend
ments to the former suggestion of
trade in the west for the east can be
expected for the purpose of beguiling
the allies into withholding heknockout
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-08-16
MORGAN SPLITS
TENNESSEEINTO
nine FOOD ZONES

For purpose of holding conferences
and to aid in work Of organization, the
state of Tennessee has been divided
into the following zones by the State
Food Administration
Greeneville Zone-Counties Of Sui
Ivan, Carter, Washington, Unicoi,
Greene, Hawkins, Hancock, Hamblen,
Cooke and Granger.
Knoxville Zone.-Counties Of Sc
vier, Blount, Knox, Anderson, Union,
Claiborne, Campbell, Loudon and JEFF
ferson.
Chattanooga <Zone.-Marion, Sc
cuatchie, Hamilton, McMinn, James,
Bradley, Polk, Bledsoe, Roane, Scott,
Morgan, Rhea Meigs.
Tullahoma Zone.-Franklin, Grundy,
White, Warren, Van Buren,, Coffee,
Moore and Bedford.
Cookevlle Zone.-Pickett, Fentress,
Clay, 0verton, Putnam, Smith, Cum
berland and Jackson.
Nashville Zone.-Davidson, Macon,
Rutherford, Sumner, Montgomery,
Robertson, Cheatham, Houston, Stew
art, Wilson, DeKalb, Trousdale, Hum
phreys, Dickson and Cannon.
Columbia Zone.-Maury, Williamson
Hickman, Lewis, Giles, Marshall, Lin
coin, Wayne and Lawrence.
jackson Zone.-Perry, Decatur Ben
ton, Hardin, McNairy, Hardeman, Ches
ter, Madison, Carroll, Henry, Weakley
and Henderson.
Memphis Zone.-0bion, Lake, Dyer,
Lauderdale, Upton, Crockett, Haywood
F'ayette, Gibson and Shelby.
Zone conferences will be held at sta
ted intervals, called by the Federal
Food Administrator of the state. In
addition, it is planned to hold one or
more conferences for the three grand
divisions each year.
District representatives have been
appointed for Tennessee as follows.
East Tennessee.-Greeneville Knox
vile and Chattanooga zones; Chas. W.
Allen of Greeneville.
Middle Tennessee.-Cookeville and
Nashville zones; Homer Hancock, Leb-
anon.
Columbia and Tullahoma zones
Thos. H. Watts, Franklin.
West Tennessee-Jackson and Mem
ibis zones; D. w. Moss, Dyersburg.
The district agents will aid the coun-
ty administrators in the work Of organ
ization, and county administrators
should not hesitate to ask them for IS
sistance.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-08-16
GLAD HE'S ALIVE;
He SHOULD WORRY
Being Dissatisfied With German Pris-
on Life Doesn't Alter the Situation.

Either the German censor was len
lent, or he was stupid, or Capt. Jno.W.
Morris letter would not have come
through. He was captured March 28,
while member of the Black Watch
regiment. He is now at Rastat, Baden
Germany, attending British wounded in
a hospital. Following is letter that
has just come from him:
81 have been transferred to the Ger
man service. / was expecting to be
transferred to the American army and
this came as a complete surprise.
"The change came so suddenly that
within an hour after dressing our own
wounded | was assisting German doc
tors with their wounded and the
wounded British prisoners Of war.
81 then, without being consulted as
to what climate agreed with me, took
a Cooks tour Of the French and Ger
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-08-16

man border, staying in nunneries and
breweries at night and finally was sent
here to assist in looking after British
wounded.
Everything is decided for me. All
matters of Importance are looked after
without my aid. In fact, don't even
have to worry about what I write, be-
cause if it doesn't suit the censor
makes lot of erasures.
"Already have solved the problem
of why suspenders are so popular here.
I have contributed one-third OF my
belt to the salvage dump and could
spare more only notice that it is be-
ginning to look juicy and nice, so re-
tain it.
"As to parcels that are sent me, al
low me to suggest that they be secure
ly packed and that not many days
clapse before sending another. There
is another officer here, but he eats his
nails all the while and consequently he
is looking well.
81 will be content here as soon as ne
mail begins to come, just now / feel
Theoretically sealed up from the world.
Understand me, if l become diseour-
aged, l will continue TO stay. This is
one job that l can't lose.
81 won't say how many British
wounded are here because the letter
might get destroyed and delay the
parcel. but we work from $3.50 in the
morning until z in the evening, and do
only the urgent dressings. didn't
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-08-16

know there were so many broken legs
in the world.
Regarding the soap that you are
going to send, Don't go to drug store
for it. A grocery is where you will
find the kind that want. By confin-
ing myself to behind the ears and back
Of the neck additions / will probably
be able to make this piece of soap do
until hear from you.
II have discontinued the use Of ci-
garets, not that they are doing me any
harm at all, but l decided to quit I'M
til that parcel comes. My cigar case
thinks it is New Year and my stom-
ach has decided that am either woun-
ded in the neck or that it is Lent.
81 am glad I'm alive"
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-08-16
NINE FISHING BOATS SUNK.

Boston, Mass, Aug. 1.-THE fate Of
the crews of nne fishing vessels, sunk
by a submarine off Georges Bank,
Massachusetts, coast, yesterday, Is un-
known early today. Fur survivors of
the schooner Kate Palmer were res
cued by the schooner Helen Murley.
Naval craft were sweeping the seas
in search for boats containing the sur
vivors.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-08-16
NOT TO BE TORN UP.

A very clever epigram is that which
appears in the Liberty Loan circular
Of the Fifth Third National Bank Of
Cincinnati-namely: 'sThis war will
demonstrate to the kaiser that the Ten
Commandments were originally en-
graved upon stone and cannot be torn
up like a scrap of paper" This is q
great truth very tersely put-Ameri-
can Israelte.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-08-16
FOOD ORDER-BEEF.

All consumption restrictions now n
effect in this state combining public eat
ing places to one beef meal each day
and households to one and one-half
pounds of beef weekly, are removed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-04
OFFICIAL WAR PICTURES.
VIII Be Shown Tomorrow at the Prin-
cess Theatre.

nationwide campaign has been
started to use the motion picture
screen to arouse more active patriotism.
and dispel the apathy of those who are
uniformed. The films will cover MANY
lines of activities, such as life and ac-
tive training in the camps and with
the fleet, war industries in actual oper-
alton and women 8 war activities.
Prof. George p. Baker of Harvard
university is chief of the scenario de-
partment and the government has com
missioned many of the most expert
motion picture photographers in the
country to aid in the production of pic
lures for this division. The division
must sustain itself from funds received
for the use of the films, and although
the rental price of the films does not
warrant the average motion picture
house to exhibit them from a CONNER
cial standpoint, many are showing the
| films at a pecuniary loss.
An interesting sidelight is the fact
that Germany has spent many mil
lions of dollars on this kind of propa-
eanda all over the world, and apparent
~ has considered it well spent. At the
lpresent time the United States govern.
ment is conducting a campaign along
these lines in Russia, Spain, Italy and
other countries to show them that We
are IN the war, heart and soul, and tc
the finish.
The Princess theatre will exhibit
Tuesday afternoon and evening five OF
these official reels, two on the Messen
gers of Mercy (Red Cross). one on sol
diers of the Sea (our marines one OF
our navy (submarines). one on the
: United States cavalry in action Tn,
! songs most popular with the soldiers
will be thrown on the screen during tn,
performance and il has been the Gus
tom for the audience to Join in the sing
7 ing of them.