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LOUIS THE DREAMER.
In Bridgeport and Granada His vi.
slons Came True.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. From
among the thousands of incredible and
marvellous dreams / dreamt, two, which
after five years actually came true in
daylight. Will interest "T. L. NJ" 4
friend of mine and ! happened TO be at
Bridgeport in 1907 for three day STAY
during the summer. Saturday night
we hailed cab. got in and told the
driver to show US the sights. After
crossing the bridge near the outskirts
all of sudden. the scenery seemed ia
miliar to me. This was my first visit
TO the town. The cab turned to the
right and we reentered the outskirts and
went through narrow streets, past fac
tories, till we reached n tavern. Yes
| had seen this before. Then all at
once long ago dream OF mine oX-
panded before my minds horizon. Every
detail OF the building was familiar.
This is historic" said the Cabby. We
alighted. There in front of us was a
beggar, just as 1t had been in my dream.
He was n cripple. l dropped a dime
in his extended hat.
A lane was in front OF the inn.
stumbled. We entered | was surely
dreaming. Two Mattresses, identical
TO those in my dream, smiled at US.
We sat down and ordered some claret
punch. They chatted with us. We left,
The beggar was still near the cab. In
the darkness he seemed a hunchback.
Again he begged. / did not give; then
he hurled an anathema at me. / barely
could notice the d!abolical fire in his
eyes. This curdled my blood Away
from here !" cried. The - by drove
on and soon we were back n the CEN
tire OF the town.
/ told my friend about it; he was
astonlshed.
Another. not so gruesome. expert
enced at Granada. Spain. in 1895 Ar.
irving at the Alhambra, at the Wash
ington Irving Hotel. was given a fine
room overlooking the large patio. II
was 10 o'clock. The baggage boy had
Just left, when ] sat down on an old
gilt armchair. ! heard Whispering in
the hall, then suddenly long dreamt
dream is recalled. feel the door open
ing-l shudder | see two duchCsses
enter. Then they vanish. lnyolunta-
rily rise and go to the window. | lean
out into the dark night. Just as In
my dream the sllvery. soft splash
splash of the fountain In the patio re-
calls the dreams events.
In dream had dreamt ten years
before ! had been transported to the
Alhambra. Therefore when I was actu-
ally In Granada the hotel and sur
roundings were as Old memories to my
mind awake.
These two experiences are indeed
strange If any one can explain them
he may. Freud could not.
LOUIS NJ, EILsHEMIUs,
Supreme Spirit OF the Spheres.
Nav YORK, September z.
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ated both the idleness and the rag
gedness for Mr.. Wlseacre's benefit
IL we agree that a world full Of such
instances is undesirable, we must
hasten to add that the present whole
sale sacrifice to the opposite stand
ards is scarcely less so. Somewhere
In between the two, no doubt, is a
happier adjustment. A poetry born
of conditions prevalent to-day is apt
to be thin: how otherwise, when
there Is so little time for ripe thought
and thick packing? 1t Is apt to lack
sustaining power; how else, when the
creator comes to his task already
tagged from the worlds work? 1t Is
apt to lack careful workmanship:
time Is so scarce. And 1t will fail
often to afford that escape from our
muddy prison that the poet shcdld
offer u.s. the world Is too much with
Kim. That these deficiencies are
widely present in American poetry
to-day even its stanchest friends will
scarcely undertake to deny.
or course the desirable arrange
ment is that Utopia where poets,
painters and the rest of the elect
would work under a bounty provided
by an expectant and grateful repub-
lie. But short Of that, q poets H.
genuity and n worlds increasing es-
TEEN of him will have to perfect the
adjustment The poet can do much
by selecting In the worlds work that
employment which impairs least ruin
ously his energies and his time.
WORDSWORTH was stamp clerk, anoc-
cupation, we may believe which made
no eXorbtant demands on his crea-
tive faculties. MILTON himself found
clerical work not too encroaching.
And WILLIAM MORRIS filled all the
drawing rooms of England with bet
ter chairs and tables, and yet was
able to make considerable contri-
button to a century already rich in
poetry. RossETTI found in the EN-.
ploy of ADMETUs yet less exacting
work, in making with his fine flowing
hand manuscript copies OF books
which it was the fashion of the fine
ladies Of his time to own.
So that poetry can be written, and
written well, In "such world as
this" If some care Is taken.
The sun., 1918-09-08

every friend and relative, and the
winning Of the war can be made more
certain. Since that is the object for
which every good American is striv-
Ing In his own way, 1t Is altogether
probable that the suggestions of the
merchants and the Council OF Ma.
tlonal Defence will be received with
hearty approval.
Only a simple and dlgnified Christ
mas celebration would be fitting this
year. and America In it's war spirit
has lost the taste for splurging.
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The OpePs season.

Opera not only is unchecked by
war, but 1t advances, as the Metro
poutan's announcement for the com.
Ing season, printed elsewhere in The
Sun to-day, indicates. Without a
single performance Of German opera
upon which the directors put an
absolute muffier last winter-the Met
rOpolitan Company will have n full
season of twenty-three weeks, begin
ming on November IL.
New works and new singers are
on the attractive list. The novelties
will INCLUDE two one act operas by
American composers, three one act
operas in Italian, including n trag-
edy, mystery and n bouffe; and
four long operas, among the authors
Of which shine the names of GouNop
and VERDI. The revivals announced
are "Crispino Q la Comare" and "Pe-
trushka." Among the new singers
are no fewer than nine Americans
five sopranos, two contraltos, a tenor
and barytone. 1t will be keen
and jealous eye that discovers any
old favorites-some Central Euro
peans of course excepted-missing
from the complete roster OF artists.
To save the nerves of opera lovers
who have not yet read the list, it may
be well to say at once that certain
Neapofitan tenor. romantic Off the
stage as well rs on, has been retained
and win fill the Broadway temple
with the woful voice of Samson on
the opening might.
The sun., 1918-09-08
BIRTHDAY"
In Law and Dictionary 1t Means the
Anniversary Of Ones Birth.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. In
your issue OF September you deal
editorially with the question OF the at
tainment Of the forty-sixth birthday.
1t is apparent from what you say
that you do not consider the day OF
birth as the first birthday. II the day
OF birth is not the first birthday. when
is the first birthday? No doubt there is
confusion of the word birthday" with
the words birthday anniversary"
Your readers will no doubt appreciate
your views OH the subject o. ]. T.
NEW YORK, September 7.
The sun., 1918-09-08
A Sailors Loaf Stamps.

To the EDiroR oY THE suS-Sr, while
on the Sea Beach line OF the b. H. T.
subway on the night OF September 3 I
was unfortunate enough to lose. between
Chambers and Pacific streets. s51 In war
savings and thrift stamps which | had
Just purchased In the Metropolitan Life
Insurance Building. ! am II sailor in the
United States Navy, stationed at present
at 20 Broad street, press department, and
am DESTROYS OF having you print this
letter In the hope that may recover
these stamps. JoHs ANGUS.
NEW YORK, September z.
The sun., 1918-09-08

The agreement which Is reported
from Lima by which Peru is to turn
over to the American Government
the control of German shipping in
termed at Peruvian harbors is an ar
rapgement similar to that made with
this country by Uruguay after she
broke relations with Germany.
Uruguay at that time turned over
TO the United States eight ships,
in all 42,65S tonnage, which have
since been employed by the United
States Emergency Fleet Corporation.
Peru severed relations with Germany
last October by handing his passports
TO the German Minister, DR.. PERI
The Peruvian Congress on Friday
authorized the transfer to the United
States of the German informed ship
ping, six steamships and four sailing
vessels. representing more than $4,000
registered tons. Other South Ameri-
can and Central American States, it
Is reported, are soon to follow the lead
OF Uruguay and Pru. They repre-
sent quite formidable fleet In them
selves, those German ships which
have entered allied service to defeat
Germany's submarine warfare.
The sun., 1918-09-08

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str: The
German word Hun" later Humid"
meant hound or dog. The ferocity.
guttony and uncleanness OF the wild dog
packs appealed TO the German bar
barians. Personal names compounded
from the word Hun" were therefore
extremely popular with the Germans
although only two, Humphrey and Hum
bert. have survived to the present time
Feldmarshal Odoacer. who betrayed
Italy TO the German barbarians in 476,
had brother named Hun-wulf. name
redolent Of the savage brutality which
was the German ideal.
HUMMERlc THE VANpAL
New YORK, September 7.
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stand by rhe guns! The brood OF hate
Is near,
Glad. or subservient to a soulless thought
1t matters not stand by the guns!
Stand by the guns! The warp and woot
of life.
Built with the spin OF centuries of Christ,
Rends to the fibre.
Stand by the guns! The call Is not too
late
Spirit OF France, no sacrifice too great,
Raises her eyes.
Britain replies, mother and children dear.
Blood Of the Roman, Garibaldrs veins
Leap to the front
cs>dron OF races Color Of white or black,
Bethlehem led, fearless OF Calvary,
Haste to the ships. stand by the guns!
frederic u. MERRELs,
HAnrTonp, Conn.
The sun., 1918-09-08
Beer and Its Drinkers.

Aside from the public's apprecia-
ton of the need for saving grain and
coal, there is a certain mercy in clos
ing the breweries in the winter, and
50 early in the winter as the first of
December. 1t is far, far better to
shut off the spigot when the cold
winds are whistllng and when the
drinkers fancy turns to thoughts of
tom and-jerry than to wait until July
and then dash the amber cup from
his expectant lips. ANY beer drinker
will admit that, IL weaving must
come, winter Is the season in which
to taper off.
There is another side, interesting
to the Psychologist II not to the psy-
chologlst, and fill Of expectation for
those who do not conform to the no.
ton that these United States should
stand unitedly dry forever. The Ex-
eeutive order which stops the produc-
ton of beer on December l will
doubtless result in complete prohibit
ton among Il large class of light,
sane drinkers before the act of Con-
gress drives the cork absolutely into
the black bottle, the red carafon and
all the other containers of the alco-
holic imp. The beer drinker will be-
come, between December and mid
summer. the subject of close inspec-
ton The vets and the drys will
watch him to see how he is bearing
up under his loss. He has been
drinking in the aggregate perhaps
fifty million barrels of beer every
year. VIII he devote his thirst to
water and the near beers, or will he
turn. as SO many have predicted, TO
the dire red devil that drips from
the copper spiral?
The probabilities are that the beer
drinker will not miss his favorite
beverage much during the winter.
When spring comes and the book
beer signs are invisible in the land
for the first time since the most pO-
tent of beers was invented, he may
utter sigh for the foam of yester-
cen; but he will not rush TO the
nearest ginmill and shout for rye or
Scots. The beer drinker Is not that
kind of fellow. He drinks beer be-
cause he likes the taste of 1t and
not because, to use JACK LoNDoN's
phrase, his chemistry demands it.
Beer is h pleasure of the palate
rather than of the nerves.
The sun., 1918-09-08
The New Chinese President J..

In China even politics appears to
the western mind somewhat topsy
turvy. The chief interest In the
national election which has Just been
held was not in the Presidency but
IN the Vice-Presidency. There was
but one Presidential candidate, while
there were at least four men of promi-
hence equal to that of the Presidential
candidate who wanted to be VIce-Pres-
ident. The President was elected, ac-
cording 10 Pekin despatch, by "a
large majority; they are apparently
The sun., 1918-09-08

About me all was field or wood
When my FIRST stones were laid.
The meadow grass gave place and food
For little frogs that played;
And now and then twain were seen,
Drawn by the old. old story.
To watch the rivers sunset sheen
Battle me In golden glory.
Yet. though quite far beyond the pale
OF old New Yorks good people,
They needed well my peaiins hail.
Sought out my distant steeple;
And many the path and road they made
To reach my hallowed quarters;
The housewives good, tho burghers staid.
Their sturdy sons and daughters.
So time went on, and as II sped
The city grew around me;
As houAe on house reared welcome head
Came loving homes about me;
And eager life's warm throb and thrill
Replaced tho sylvan dreaming,
While through the nights once dark and
still
The Joyous lights came streaming.
Oh. do you think I could forget
The frightened path. the shady knoll.
The fervent tones that echo yet,
The music Of my soul?
The swaddled babes, the happy pairs
That came to me to marry.
The lads and maids that knew no cares.
The old who loved to tsrry?
All. those ware days!--dear happy days!
For our homely folk and kindly,
For simple faith. for simple ways.
For pace that rushed not blindly;
When right Of one was right OF all.
And each the others neighbor.
Nor gift too high. nor task too small
For honest toll and labor!
How changed Is alI!-I stand foriorn.
Neglected. passed. forsaken;
Ny pride Ia crushed. my nock 10 gone,
My faith in men 10 shaken.
just one small boon for me crave:
That some few will endeavor
Within their hearts = place to save
When I've passed out-forever!
Toll. bell, toll last sad. mournful chime f:
Underline the scroll. all have their place
The sun., 1918-09-08

The first definition OF birthday" in
the Standard Dictionary is the ami
versary of ones birth" That is the
common and accepted sense OF the
word, and 1t is 80 used in the man
power law. A persons first birthday
is the day when he reaches the age
of one year.
The sun., 1918-09-08

The Stacker raids are fatherless, due
to the irregularity Of their execution;
but had there been neither criticism OF
their method nor contradiction of their
success a dozen claimants for their
origin would be an underestimate.
The sun., 1918-09-08

1t resulted in the fall of Paris. the
Prince commanding would have felt
justified in Withholding his confession
that the military enterprise was I'M
dertaken against his advice.
The sun., 1918-09-08

New York in sacrificing pleasure
saves approximately a million gallons
OF gasolene and thereby supplies the
army trucks and fiivvers with enough
OF the precious fluid to keep them
chugglng merrily along the roads of
France for one day. And eight mill
ion gallons are saved east of the Mis-
sissippi.
The sun., 1918-09-08
nd yet, this century Of mine

And yet. this century OF mine
Seems long. Much could l tell
OF progress, achievement. and OF men,
But OF myself It's that I now would speak
A few. last words OF sad and poignant
parting,
Ere hands that care not toss my riven
pile
Among the countless scrap heaps OF OBJ
livlon.
The sun., 1918-09-08
POEMS WORTH READING.


What are ffty--a hundred years OF time
Psltry specks upon the endless steppes
That mark the mighty stretches of eter'
nifty
The sun., 1918-09-08
Columbia Explains.

Columbia University issued a furtror
statement yesterday through its iutor-
nation bureau which clears up two 90"
three points which were not explain !
In tho initial announcement
President Butler said that mon WHO
registered under the selective service
law and have not been called by their
local boards may. upon the presenta
ton of evidence that they are qualified
to pass normal admission requirements,
enter the university In those classes
whore they so qualify. The statement
reads In part;
1.-The new conditions will require rnanv
changes In detail OF the courses and
assignments already announced by the
university. but students. whether men
or women. who are not members Of the
s \. r. c. will be offered Instruction,
undergraduate. graduate and profess
sional, along the usual lines"
The sun., 1918-09-08

Calm weighing or all the circum-
stances affecting the case forces the
open mind TO the belief that had the
Hun July drive been successful, had
The sun., 1918-09-08

London ONCE. <0-43 Fleet street.
Paris ONCE, o Rue de la Michodiere, OF
Rue du Quatre Septembre.
Washington office. Munsey Building.
Brooklyn once. Room 2O2. Eagle Build
ing, 303 Washington street.
The sun., 1918-09-08

~ our friends rho fnror us Uifh maru
scripts and Illustrations for publication irish
to hare rejected articles returned they nusi
in oil cases send stamps for that purpose.
TELEPHONE, BEEKMAN 1900.
The sun., 1918-09-08

Toll bell, toll a last sad. mournful chime
Underline the scroll. all have their place
and time
EMIL G. BoLz.
The sun., 1918-09-08

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All checks, money orders, &c, to be
made payable to TIE SUN.
Published daily. including Sunday, by the
Sun Printing and Publishing Association.
100 Nassau st, Borough of Manhattan, n. Y.
President, Frank A. Munsey. 100 Nassau st. (:
Vice. President. Erwin wardman; Secretary,
r. II. Titherlngton: Treas, VIM. T. Dewart.
all OF $50 Nassau street.
The sun., 1918-09-08

THE EVENING SUN. Per Month. $3.50
THE EVENING SUN, Per Year. 49,. 600
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COREA.
SPRAY.

Joseph Paul, who has been working on
farm, Is home for few days.
Gene Norton aud Carroll Hickman have
gone TO New Hampshire, = here they have
employment.
Mrs. Walter Young, with daughter
Wtnons, is home from Belfast, where she
has been with her sister since spring.
Mrs. Emery Young, who had been i'll a
long time, died July 3. Funeral services
we're held at the home, Rev. A. P. Mac
Donald officiating. She leaves an invalid
husband, one daughter, who has cared for
her IN her declining years, and five sons.
Mrs. Young bad always lived here, and
VIII be greatly missed by her many
friends. She was a member OF the Bap-
inst church, and was always found ready
to help those IN need. She bore her ILL.,
ness without complaint, and was always
cheerful. Much sympathy is extended to
the beresved family.
July y s
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COUNTY NEWS
SOUTHWEST HARBoR.

Mrs Strout and daughter, OF Milbridge,
are guests OF Mrs. P. c. CLARK and other
relatives in town.
Everett Tinker OF Boston naval reserves
spent few days furlough at the home OF
his father, John Tinker.
Mrs. Eserton Gott, who has been under
hospital treatment for some time, is now
at home, and although somewhat i'm
proved, is still seriously i'll.
The community, as we'll as the summer
Mrs. Rogers at her beautiful cottage on
the back shore on Wednesday, July 25, at
ter a brief illness OF pleuropneumonia.
The body vas taken to her Msssac husetts
home for burial.
Prof. Henry Wilder Foote, d. D., OF
Cambridge, Mass, guest at the Meade
cottage, gave fine sermon at the Congre-
gationai church Sunday morning, July IS.
The pastor, Rev. o. l.. 0l.en, announced
that the service flag recently purchased has
been received, and will soon be edicaie ed
The ladies' aid of the congregat ional
church will hold its annual sale Friday,
Aug. ?, at Masonic hail, opening at 10 a.
m, continuing through the day, with an
entertainment in the evening at the Park
theatre, consisting OF the high school
senior drama, "A Daughter OF the Desert"
Henry Trssk, OF the radio school at
Harvard, came last week TO spend a part
OF fifteen days furlough at his home
here. With the help of his young brother,
be harvested the bag on his grand
mothers little farm. Mrs. Trask, rho has
been for two months in Cambridge, ac-
companied her husband, and both left on
Saturday to visit her parents, W. l..
CoOmbs and wife, at Winter Harbor.
July -. SPRAY.
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Best pair drawing oxen IT, in.
! to It. 500
Second best, 800
Third best, 200
Best pair drawingoxen under IT.
8 in. 500
Second best, 800
Third best. 200
A foo ,.or aart ,z,,r,o end =
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SEAWALL..
July

Miss Addie Brown is home for the sum
fner.
Mrs. Maggie Fernsld has been quite i'll
for some time.
Edward Metcalf and friend are visit
ing c. f. Metcali.
Mrs. Mildred Dow of Mckinley has been
visiting Agnes Ward.
Mrs. Jessie Wilson OF Calais is visiting
DER mother, Mrs. Media Brown.
Rodney Newman, formerly OF this
place, now in the U. s. service, is at camp
IN Maryland.
Miss Clara New man and Miss Thelma
Dolliver have been visiting their sister,
Lucy Kent.
July IS. T. K. d.
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DEDHAM.

Miss Ethel Rowe is spending a few days
with friends in Bangor.
Mrs. Ella Burrill entertained for the
weekend her son Harold and family of
Brewer.
Miss Anna Comins OF Wakefield, Mass,
has been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. G. w.
Brewster.
Mrs. Lena Edes OF Psssadumkesg is
with her brother, Gerald Thompson, car
ing for Mrs. Thompson, who is ill.
Mrs. Joseph Young and daughter Isa-
bel, of Dorchester, Mass, and Mrs. Lena
whipple of Everett, Mass, are guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. w, W. Black.
July %. Il,
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EGYPT.

Allan Grant is at home on a short fur
Tough.
Miss Margaret Koch held an interesting
service here Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Henry Billings spent Sunday with
her sister, Mrs. Abbott, at franklin.
Mrs. Frank Goodwin and children, of
hancock, visited her parents here re-
Gently.
Mrs. Wanna York, an aged lady Of
North Hancock, who has been ill many
years, rode by automobile to Egypt
senooihouse to attend the Red Cross
sociable.
July %. C.J.s.
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CLASS 13.
Best pair drawing horses, 200 lbs.
and under, - 90
Second best, 800
Third best, 200
Best pair drawing horses, over 1900
lbs, 500
Second best, 800
Third best, 200
Weigh bill of each team to be shown at
time OF drawing.
DRAWING WITH OXEN, PURSE, $50.
CLASS IA.
Best pair drawing oxen over feet
in girth, 10 %
Second best, 800
Third best, 200
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health in hot westher iyndt eested food In
5 Sle stomach can quickly poison the system.
Icy. Jenner, 4ie Labor 81. San Antonio, Tex,
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When baby suffers with eczema or some
itching skin trouble, use Doan's Ointment.
A little of 1t goes long way and it is safe for
children. soc . box at all stores.--Adyt.