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The Light thing Recovering of Poll
tics in Certain Cas es.

Politics, Of course, is adjourned,
but there appears to be a method by
which 1t Is reconvened at IN instant's
notice. For example, there is the
case Of the Hon. JAMES L. SLAYDEN
Of San Antonio. who has represented
the Fourteenth Texas district in the
House for twenty-five years. Presl-
lent WILSON sent the following tele-
gram to n publisher in SLAYDEN's
home town:
Your letter received. The Admins
tration as between candidates equally
loyal never takes part, but in the light
Of Mr. SLAYpEN's record no one can
claim he has given support to the Ad-
ministration."
Representative SLAyDEN, the Texas
dispatches say, Immediately with
drew from his race for denomination.
His politics is adjourned.
The other side of the automatic
reconvening of politics is observed, In
shape less severe. In the case of Oliver
streets most distinguished son. The
Washington correspondent Of the Ere.
ming Post, Mr.. DAVID LAWRENCE, saw
politics open, smile, and shut:
The White House let 1t be known
that the selection of ALFRED E. SMITH
for Governor was very pleasing indeed
and there was not a moments hesita-
ton in expressing that sentiment
Throughout the Administration 1t has
been felt for some time that SMITH was
| The logical man"
II the Hon. WILLIAM CHURCH Os
BORN had been designated at Sara
toga would the Hon. ALFRED E
SMITH still have been the logical
man? There is no way of finding out
Politics Is adjourned.
The sun., 1918-08-07

which II even successful In operator
does not remove the actual cause =
congestion.
There may be sufficiently prompt re,
moval of both inbound and outbound
consignments. but terminals viii stu
be congested because of obvious va
conditions.
There is continued movement from
all over the United States to our Fast.
ern seaports OF countless cars OF men
and of war and other material TO Fo
over there" by steamship. Congcs'in.
a. terminals results because I'n..'
Sam has not and cannot obtain -IH
cient storage in and around New YORK
whereto he can promptly remove We
vast consignments upon arrival here. 70
remain until carried to his steamships
Uncle Sam is probably responsible
for congestion at our terminals, but '"
undoubtedly is doing his level hes' 20
Increase both storage facilities ard
steamship service here. These wi e.
lieve present COMPOSITIONS, yet once aga.'
store door delivery will not do 50.
Congested piers and terminals r"'-
tainly are contrIbutory 10 poor '.3,f
service explained by "A Trurkna0.
but 80 are the traffic congestion ~ .--
ness streets during business hours ,'
the fact that terminals have labor
troubles, a continued shortage - 'a""'
to handle freights. inexperienced -.
capable men largely constituting ''ff
forces al work
The entire world has become tops"
turvy through this Internal war rAi
Uncle Sam is now very much on $500
job TO end Il. and then everything "
begin to get back to normal
ADoLPH OrrENNgIMvR
NEW YORK, August 8
The sun., 1918-08-07
Behind IL All.
From the Rudder.

From the Rudder.
Have you seen our grinning fighters:
Have you marvelled at their pep;
Heard them singing as they're marching
Optimism In each stepn
Have you heard their heart whole laugh
Ever grasped one by the hand
But, while you thrilled to feel his power
Felt YOU could not understand?
Here's the cause for all his spirit
Banishing all fears and woes;
Though his paths lead toward disaster,
This is what the soldier knows:
Back of every grin. some hammer
In tho shipyards, strikes a blow
One push more TO help him over
To the place he wants to go.
Back OF every song. some rivet
Forces harshly into place:
One more ship Is near completion
Soon to Join the mighty race.
Back OF every footsore fighter
Ten men home are weary, too;
Fifty more ships may get through.
Back Of every dying soldier
Fifty men are shouting: Speed!
Never mind our feelings. fellows;
over there's greater need"
Back Of sll--thIs second army
Well deserves our tribute, too:
Manufacturers Of courage
Serve The Red. the White, the Blue.
Il. N. ALpRIpoh
The sun., 1918-08-07
The Familiar but Still Amazing Truth
About Germany.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: I
desire to express my appreciation OF your
editorial article in Sundays SUN. When
Germany Lost the War"
There was nothing new to any one
who has kept UP with the literature OF
I've war, but the form OF presentation
ebs unusually hne and forcible.
think 1t well worthy OF publication
In small pamphlet form. consider 1t
worthy OF publication both at home and
abroad. 1t Is possible It might lose
some of It's force In translating to for
eign language. but in English 1t is un-
usual except on the editorial page OF
THE SUN CHARLES NJ. LUM.
New YORK, August 8.
The sun., 1918-08-07

Each year we get 1t, and each year
1t seems 1.-The worst yet" The present
visitation is by no means as dlstres.
sing as the week Of burning weather
which fell upon New York in 1917,
about the first Of August. This
months heat seems equal in Its rage
perhaps for the reason that most OF
last month was, for July, Of blessed
mildness. But man, and particularly
middle aged man, only suffers because
OF the contrast. Woman does better
Whether 1t is because Of her light
loose clothing. or her greater store OF
genuine nervous energy, she accepts
the weather with kinder words and
more heroic grace than does the
sterner but sometimes softer sex.
Regarding middle aged man as q
negligible quantity, and woman as ad
mirable and lucky, we have to ap
plaud the soldiers about the streets
They have fairly heavy hats ant
warm looking shirts. Their puttee<
must be hotter than the seventh hinge
OF the Internal portal, yet the mel
take the heat Ike soldiers. inward,
they may envy the sailors, with theil
ideal uniform of white duck, loose al
the legs and open at the throat; but Il
they are envious, it Is secretly so
They know that 1t Is hot also IL
France, fact which some OF oul
grumbing civilians would do well t,
remember. Hot Is relativS Truly
some Of the warm weather growler
of New York would not have enjoye,
the job that the British troops hat
The sun., 1918-08-07
What . Question!

VI all the CONSTITUTIONAL Questions
about which The Sun has been hon.
ored by appeals for an opinion as
referee this Is decidedly the most re-
markable:
ITO THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: VIII
you kindly decide the following consti-
tutional point?
"A claims that IL this war should last
over 1920 President WILSON will pot
have to be nominated or elected, but
will hold over his ONCE automatically
until this war is over.
"B claims that no matter In what
condition this country may find itself In
1920. President WILSON, in order to be
President on March I. 1921. will have
to be renominated and voted for in 1920.
who is correct? F.
BROOKLYN, August g."
Does it not occur to "A" that If a
state Of war could automatically sus-
pend the operation Of the regular cleo
toral system of this nation, the United
States would cease to be n represen-
tative republic and become an au-
tocracy, government Of military
force? The Constitution would be-
come scrap of paper.
And we are fighting the war. as
President WILSON has so well said, to
make the world safe for democracy
In the Constitution which these in
teresting friends Of ours are debat-
ing there is absolutely no provision
giving the President, as commander
in chief Of the army and navy. any
| powers in time of war not possessed
by him in time Of peace; save only
| as concerns his command Of the mill
tia of the several States when called
into the actual service Of the United
States.
| The so-called war powers of the
President, enormously enhanced since
the beginning of the present struggle,
are derived entirely through legisla-
tive delegation. But even Congress
itself is unable by any process to Or
der him into the Office without nm
election or to continue him in the
Office beyond the term for which he
was chosen in November of 1916.
| Few writer's on constitutional gov
eminent In the United States have
been more liberal than President
WILSON in their view - the extent
to which the exigencies and new as
poets of national life may properly
modify, without constitutional amend
ment, the fabric of our institutions.
THE Constitution" he has said, can
not be regarded as n mere legal doc
ument, to be read as n will or con-
tract would be; 1t must, of the neces-
sity Of the case, be q vehicle Of life
But tolerant as his philosophy has
shown itself to be in the matter OF
broad construction Of Federal pow
ers and executive functions and i'm
proved governmental mechanism for
the doing Of great things In q great
crisis, we imagine there Is no citizen
of this republic who will regard with
greater amazement and angrier impa
thence the proposition Of Mr.. "a that
LINCOLN need not have gone to the
people in 1864 for reelection, or that
WILSON is not removable from office
even In the midst of the greatest OF
wars, If the people should vote at the
next Presidential election for q
change Of administration.
The sun., 1918-08-07

Who can measure the compelling
force OF patriotism? At Sunday nights
Battery concert. largely attended by
Manhattanites to whom north of
Fourteenth street is foreign land.
the leader asked that after the sing
ing OF the national anthem the
audience offer one minutes silent
prayer for the boys over there. One
whose head did not bow promptly,
seemingly held alert by the shock of
some amazing surprise. soon ac-
knowledged the force Of patriotic emo
ton by saying, as he bowed his head.
Il prayed last Easter. but II It Is for
the boys--here goes
The sun., 1918-08-07

Men between 40 and 40, selected I'M
der revised age limit orders. will OF
course be sent to the places of the
thousands of men Of between 20 and
80 who have been commissioned with
out military training as lieutenants,
captains and majors. and assigned to
clerical jobs in Washington, where
their uniforms outshine the bronze of
Miss Liberty atop the dome of the
Capitol. All. how those youngsters
will rejoice to be released from their
typewriters and filing cases. to quit
the Hobbies Of the Willard and the
Shoreham and win glory and renown
under PERsHINo at the front.
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Appreciation Of the President and Of n
Sun Article.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE suN-sir: The
editorial article when Germany Lost
the War" was a masterpiece, and I wish
every person In America could read It.
4 think It Is the strongest editorial arti-
Gle / have read since the war started.
and 1t would certainly warrant being
put In pamphlet form and given national
distribution. particularly at this time
when America Is making such splendid
strides toward the ultimate success
which We all pray for.
We have much to be thankful for at
this time, and We ought to be particu-
larly thankful that we have at the helm
OF this Government a man who has
demonstrated not only by his acts but
by his wonderful state papers that he
has a mastery grasp on the whole In
ternationai situation
FRANK PREsBREY.
New YORK, August 6.
The sun., 1918-08-07
SARANG.
Let the Site OF Our Soldiers Heroisn
Be Properly Pronounced.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Str: Yoc-
leading editorial article of Saturday
entitled THE American Soldier OF
1918 IL admirable. 1t thrilled me for
one. But in opening as YOU did,
"Seringes is name that will not fade
in the annals OF American valor," you
might considerably have incorporated
an instructive word on the pronunciation
of "Seringes." For i suspect that a lot
Of us plain people will be discovered
patronizing "Syringes."
JOHN WORTHY.
NEW YORK, August 6.
The sun., 1918-08-07
A Red Tape Line Tug!

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr: Is
not something radically wrong with
navigation or transportation laws that
permit dimlnutive tug to hold up i'm
portant passenger trains? 1t happened
twice on Monday morning to Jersey
Central train. thereby causing at least
500 business men to be half an hour late.
II Is not fair, Can you not do some
thing to mitigate this injustice
NEW YORK, August 6. p. F.
The sun., 1918-08-07
Tax a Doctors Cart

TorHE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Str: What
about the automobiles Of physicians in
the new revenue tax law? Does the
Ways and Means Committee claim that
they are an unnecessary luxury in war
time and should for that reason be taxed
the same as cars used for purposes OF
pleasure or recreation? How about this?
A PHYSICIAN.
wEsrwoop, n. J., August 6.
The sun., 1918-08-07
Profitable Reform OF Certain Vine.
yardists.

California wine makers sent to
Washington sturdy protests against
bone dry national legislation or
greatly increased taxes. They had
already pledged against loans their
1913 vintages; If they were forced to
spray Tier lawns with millions of
gallons of wine or turn 1t into vine
gar the banks surely would sell them
The sun., 1918-08-07
The Upper Case for Low Things

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Since
1t is the custom to spell he'll" "devil'
and SNAKE" with small ~" I'd" and
IS" respectively. why should we dignity
german" kaiser and "prussian' by
starting them with capital letters? Is
1t not an unfair discrimination against
the devil and the snake? C. B. RYAN.
BoooTA, n. j., August 6.
The sun., 1918-08-07

From the Atlantic Constitution.
A cornstalk in the garden OF NJ. J. Var
brough has just produced Ave ears OF corn
and a head OF wheat growing out of one
OF the corn ears. Both corn and wheat
kernels are fully developed. The sam
pies" were sent TO Herbert Hoover with
pertinent comment,
The sun., 1918-08-07

troops should give superiority to the
Allies. Field Morshdl HAio.
True as preaching. Just as true as
that 1t was Americas intention to
send great numbers to help gain a
decisive victory before the arrival
Of Turks. Bulgarians and Austrian
troops should give superiority to the
enemy. Or, in language with which
HAIo's army Is now becoming familiar,
FRITZ struck out, but the Yanks batted
home runs.
The sun., 1918-08-07

Slogans.
The Pessimist
Made mournful bray
OF all he missed
Upon the way.
THE world 10 mad"
Announced the jay.
-And all 10 sad
Alackadayv
The optimist
Sang loud and gay
And would persist
In CHEEKY lay.
We beat the Huns"
heard him say.
with stamps and guns
Alickaday"
MoIAsDBuloH wiLso
The sun., 1918-08-07

Yesterday was the last day to file
the petitions Of the several gentlemen
who wish to be Governor OF this State;
and three months from yesterday will
tell which one of the lot read the pub
lie mind correctly.
The sun., 1918-08-07

Stella Mabel needs ,ot ~ rsrI. e.. 49,
her birthday cake.
Belia-Fortunate,y to- he = IA %
llghtltss night.
The sun., 1918-08-07

The Germans are using several
kinds Of gas, and each variety proba-
bly, costs them more than s1.25 a
thousand,
The sun., 1918-08-07

1t was the enemyr intention to use
the great numbers thus created tby
Russia's collapse) to gain a decisive
victory before the arrival Of American
The sun., 1918-08-07

Tho Administrators fixing OF the
superior draft age at 45 indicates that
It doesn't believe what DR.. OsLER
didn't say.
The sun., 1918-08-07
Told to the Marines.
Slogans.

Sirius Dragged:
I'm q Devil Dog star" he cried.
The sun., 1918-08-07

The lost salient of the Germans
looked like a goose and like helmet,
and very like a whaling.
The sun., 1918-08-07

MoRRIsTowN, N. j.. August 6.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-02-28
Rice Bread

Put one cup Of rice directly over a
quick fire in about three pints of cold
water, and stir constantly while heat
ing to the boiling point; let boil two
minutes, then drain in a sieve, rinsing
meanwhile with cold water from the
faucet. Return to the fire with four
cups of liquid, water or part milk;
let cook until the rice is tender, then
press through the ricer; add one tea
spoonful of salt, two tablespoonfuls
of shortening and one tablespoonful
of sugar. Mix. and let stand until
lukewarm, then add one-third a cake
of compressed yeast, softened in half
cup of lukewarm water. and about
five cups Of bread flour (wheaD, and
mix to a dough. Knead until smooth
and elastic. Cover and let stand out
of drafts overnight. Next morning.
shape into loaves for two brick-loaf
pans. The dough for each loaf will
weigh about one pound and a half
Bake about one hour. This makes
very white and moist bread
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-02-28
NOURIsHMENT AND PATRIOTISM

Save wheat, meat, sugar, and fats
is the continual request of the Federal
Food Administration to the housewife
"If you eat these foods. your boys will
go hungry" says the administration
Yet Uncle Sam does not want the
housewife to stint her family. 1t must
have the proper food values to be
able to do efficient work, and to re-
main healthy. There is danger, when
everybody is searching for cheap food
stuffs. of being carried away by fad
dists, and of not getting the neces-
sary calories in our diet.
When the Government asked that
people conserve, it did not especially
have in mind economy for the house
wife. Real patriotism does not con-
sist in eating the cheapest things, nor
of stinting the family, but of saving
the foods essential to the well being.
and even to the lives, of our soldiers
and our Allies.
Flour substitutes. for instance, are
as expensive as wheat -four, but Ameri-
cans can eat the substitutes better
than can the Allies and our soldiers.
One may say that the Allies can
learn to eat meal, rye and oatmeal as
we did, but learning to eat these
foods might cause digestive distur-
Dances. We do not desire that any
soldiers shall drop out of the fighting
line from an ailment that can be pre-
vented.
Fish, which is an excellent food,
is about as expensive as meat, but
fish is a food that the Government is
asking the housewife to use extensive
ly. Great quantities of fish are cat eht
and go to waste because there is no
demand for them. The housewife,
then, should create a demand for fish.
They can be served in many different
ways, and for any meal.
There are also many substitutes
that enable us to save great quanti-
ties of sugar. Desserts can be sweet
ened just as we'll with corn or maple
sirup, honey or leftover sirup from
preserves. Our grandmothers. because
of poor transportation, or for econo-
mic reasons, used these substitutes,
and every man will vouch for the
cake that mother used to make"
Patriotism, then, consists il using
the many wholesome substitute al
ways available for the things tha- the
Government has asked US to save. 1t
does not consist in stinting, or of
using cheap fads which do not con-
tain the proper nourishment.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-02-28
up to the level of immediate practical
political discussion. And it will be
discussed in all democratic countries.
THE sUPERFLUOUs WOMAN TO BE

The war has forced woman out OF
her sedentary rut into mans domain
In order that the world may continue
to be fed and clothed Mrs. Smith has
had to step into Mr. Smiths shoes
literally as we'll as figuratively. She
walks into his office nowadays in
common sense shoes and takes his
place. Mrs. Smith can be found all
up and down the industrial ladder.
They are wipers of engines in round
houses, motorwomen and conductors
and business women. Industrial life
is gaining for them emancipation,
political and economical.
But there is no road so level as to
have rough places. The close of the
war will be the first rough place in
the level road of woman's economic
progress, for the returned men will
take their former places in the worka-
day world. Although few will deny
that the right and natural thing Tor
woman is to be married, many women
will not be destined to take their
right and natural places. The super
fiuous woman will be created.
Two spheres of action will be open
t6 her, marriage or a career. To be
successful against the competition she
will receive in either field she will
have to be we'll trained. If home and
motherhood are her choice she will
have to develop all her latent charm
and beauty and learn the rudiments of
domestic economy. But the woman
who chooses a career will have to be
even more trained to compete with
both men and women. She will have
to be content to stay at home and burn
the midnight electricity.
So let us have no more waste eth
er of beauty or energy.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-02-28
Sim Feiners Attack Americans.

Exciting scenes occurred in Pas
sage, County Cork. Ireland, when
American sailors were attacked by
youthful Sim Feiners, whom they
twice charged before reaching their
ship. The occurrence has caused a
great deal of feeling against the Re
publican" element in this locality
About fifteen men of the United
States feet were returning to their
ship when a gang of youths carrying
Sim Fein flags began to hoot and jeeI
them, giving cheers for the Germans
Turks and Bulgars.
The sailors took no notice of them
until showers of stone were hurled
a few of which found their marks
Then they turned and charged their
assailants, who outnumbered them by
at least four to one, but Immediately
took to their heels.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-02-28
Daily Food Hint

There's a reason for the new table
manners, which no longer make it
boorish to wipe up your gravy with a
piece of bread and thus conserve but
ter. At hotel or restaurant it is per-
fectly consistent with the order of the
day to use your husbands remaining
bit of butter to make your bread come
out even. If there is something
served that you do not care for it is
correct nowadays to refuse it point
Blank. These are war manners.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-02-28
THE END OF A CIVILIZATION

Count Okuma, one of the Oldest,
most experienced and ablest of the
Japanese statesmen, declares the
present world war to be nothing less
than the death of European civiliza-
tion. Just as the civilization of
Babylon, Egypt, Greece, Carthage and
the great Roman empire have been
destroyed, so Count Okuma thinks
the civilization of Europe will suffer.
The British Labor Party agrees with
Count Okuma in so far that it sees
the elimination and collapse of dis
tinctive industrial civilization; and
the workers will not seek to recon-
struct it. At such times of crisis it is
easier to slip into ruin than to make
progress. That is the problem the
Labor Party hopes to solve.
It declares that the war is consum-
ing not merely the security, the homes,
the livelihood and the lives of millions
VI luHOCeIl ldlllilleS, anu al cnOl ilOus
proportion of all the accumulated
wealth of the world, but also is con-
suming the very basis of the peculiar
social order in which it has arisen.
If Britain is to escape from the de-
cay of civilization, the Labor Party
says it must build up a new social
order based not on fighting but on
fraternity; not o ma competitive strug-
gle for the means of bare life, but on
a deliberately planned cooperation in
production and distribution for the
benefit of all who participate by hand
or by brain; not on the utmost pos
sible inequality of riches, but on a
systematic approach toward a healthy
equality of material circumstances for
every person born into the world.
The Labor Party does not pretend
to build society anew with a year or
two of feverish reconstruction" 1t
does intend to satisfy itself that each
brick it helps lay shall go to erect
the structure it started out to build,
and no other.
The British Labor Party has lifted
quantitative socialism of the kind
long advocated by the Fabian Society
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-02-28
Rice Roll.

2 cups cold boiled rice
/ cup oysters, cleaned and drained
/ cup bread dressing (omit sage)
In a baking pan put three table
spoonfuls of nice dripping, lay on half
the rice and pat it out in a cake half
an inch thick. Heap on the oyster
'ressing; cook with the remaining
rice, brush over with a little beaten
egg (put most of the egg in the dress
ing), lay little dripping on top and
make to a golden brown. An excel
lent meat substitute.