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does not need the touch Of the con-
scious hnmorist.
The peculiar thing about the litera-
ture, drama and art that relate to the
boy Is that the boy himself gets so
much less out Of Il than his father.
The subject is not so far distant from
the created work, as, for instance, the
French peasant Is distant from Mil
LET'S pictures; but the creation us
not for his immediate benefit. A Tom
Sawyer might draw "Huckleberry
Finn" out Of the library If he could
not get one Of Silver OPTIc's stories,
but Huck himself would never think
Of doing that. The boy wishes to find
In literature the superboy of his i'm
aglnatlon. He wants action, not char.
octer. The other boy--the boy Of
the books to the living boy a rather
negligible creature. 1t Is what he
does, not what he Is, that Is impOr-
tant to the flesh and loOd lad of his
own age. Hedrick Madison, we fear,
would trade The Flirt" for dog
cared volume of HARRY CAsrLEMoN.
II he had his choice of theatre tickets
Willie Baxter would choose "Seven
Days Leave" rather than Seven.
teen"
The present appreciation of the
skill with which the actors of boy
parts perform is considerable TEN.
porary reward, but what of the fu-
ture fame of these players? They
cannot go on and be the boy forever.
BERNHARpT may be Juliet, but FORBES.
ROBERTSON cannot be Penrod. Is II
disheartenlng to the conscientious
young actor to suggest that in twenty
or thirty years, when n young person
Mt the play remarks that GREGORY
NELLY Is a wonderful Hamlet. some
oldster In the next seat will moan
"Ah, but you should have seen him
as William Sylranus Bdrtcr"?
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1T CONTAINS OPIUM.
Probably That Is Why the Sun Chol.
era Mixture Is Scarce.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Can
YOU tell me why It is impossible to OBJ
tain In this great city a bottle. or even
a dose, of that fine old remedy the Sun
Cholera. Mixture? Many of US remem-
Der how, years ago. THE Sun printed
the recipe for this mixture every day
for a full year at the head of the edi-
torial page The mixture is simple
enough. twenty &C. each of:
Tincture of opium (u. s. P.).
Tincture of capsicum CU. S. p.
Tincture OF rhubarb ~. s. PD.
Spirit OF oamphor GU. s. PD.
Spirit of peppermint (u. 8. P.l,
It is the finest remedy for stomach
misery" ever known, and for some years
every drug store kept II In stock. ] re-
member one summer being in Savan-
nah. Ga, at a time when there were
wild stories about cholera. The prom
inent drug stores had large bottles OF
this mixture on the soda water foun-
tain. and apparently every one with any
suspicion OF a stomach ache took a dose
of II.
Now It seems impossible to buy IT,
The other day l went to n dozen large
drug stores and asked for the Sun Mix
ture. No one could supply it. and sew
eral did not seem to know what II is
One man finally. after some thought
dug up a substitute which he thought
might answer.
What is tho matter? Why has this
fne old remedy gone out of use? Has
the human stomach digested all its owl
ailments. so that stomach ache has be-
come back number? Has Hoover
cured us all OF these old time troubles
II would seem So but I would like &c
know why this remedy has been per
! mitted TO fade away.
II. w. CoLLINGwoop,
Editor. Rural Net1 Yorker.
NEW YORK, September IA.
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HNne.

In time that now Is but a dream.
Upon a far of morn,
A swift immortal soul OF song
At Dusseldorf was born.
within him glowed the flaming light
That bids mankind be free:
Within him burned the bitter scorn
OF klnEiy tyranny.
The ruthless power that bldss In thrones
Cast out this spirit brave,
And he. an exile, dwelt and died
Upon his mattress grave"
All. Helne. from some unknown bourn
1t were not ours TO blame
Shouldst thou come back to execrate
The Hohenzollern name!
Lest a black legacy OF hate
Perpetuate should be,
a fearless poignant pen like thine
Must make thy people see!
CLINTON scoLLAap.
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THE BIBLE ANSWERS THE
KAISER.

From the Book Of Job. Chapter rpiii.
s. Yea, the light of the wicked shall
be put out, and the spark Of his fire
shall not. shine.
IL. Terrors shall make him afraid
on every side, and shall drive him to
his feet.
IL. His strength shall be hunger
bitten. and destruction shall be ready
at his side.
IS. He shall be driven from light
into darkness, and chased out Of the
world.
20. They that come after him shall
be astonied at his day, as they that
went before were affrighted.
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plished, flying from Meknes, which Is
not far west Of Fee, to Bou Denib,
which N on the south or saharan
side. Next day three Newport ma
chimes crossed from Bou Denib to
Meknes. One did not stop, but went
on to the Mediterranean coast at
Rabat, climbing to 10000 feet and
covering 240 miles In 100 minutes.
AS has been limited, the thing was
not done for the vainglory Of the feat.
1t was necessary to establish liaisOn
between the maritime and the trans
mountain provinces and to spy out In
their hill retreats the Berber tribes,
which have been fire eating rebels and
predatory malefa ctOrs-though not Of
great wealth--since the dawn Of his
tory. They are always at war, with
their neighbors or among themselves,
and have jealousy and successfully
guarded their independence and their
privacy. Uganda, Timbuctoo, the Rio
Dubida. forbidden Lhassa even, have
yielded up their secrets, but the fast
ness of the Atlas range, never A few
Europeans have been carried across
the mountains into desert slavery and
have escaped to tell the tale. RENE
CAIILE came back that way from
Timbuctoo in 1898. The French did
something in the way of exploration
In 1857. A few geographers have ex-
plored parts Of the system since. But
Of systematic exploration and cartog-
raphy there has been next to none
The region Is believed to be rich in
minerals. The Berbers manufacture
guns and gunpowder from native
mines, and likewise bring out tin,
lead and copper. 1t is conceivable,
even probable, that great prizes await
Frances colonial prospectors.
But for all any one knew from
actual eye witness testimony Old
ATLAS himself might still have been
there, bearing the weight Of the sky
upOn his broad back and rejecting
bitterly how simple he was to let
HERCULES Outwlt him. Now ATLAS
has shifted that mingled Odor Of
burnt gasolene and lubricating oil
which gives Riverside Drive Its sum-
mer afternoon fragrance. He has
been peeped upon by the camera
with very wonderful results indeed)
His mountains are virgin mo longer.
Mystery and fable die swiftly In
the age Of Dayton, Ohio. PIERRE
PAuILLAc. retired sergeant, 2leme Reg.
! DIES Tirailleurs, wastes no signs over
that circumstance. He smokes his
caporal before the cafe he bought ut
Tlmhadit. watches the airplanes pass
by day and sleeps the better and the
safer by night.
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POEMS WORTH READING.
The Ship Riveter.


See, there he stands, the sturdy riveter.
Fronting the rising sides of the steel
ship:
Clean Of limb, clean from the blood
within:
About his head a cloth is bound
To ease the shock Of the clashing met
ais;
A mixture odd, a Yankee blend OF
Apollo and Vulcan.
Now he turns to the tough. black steel,
And now he raises his curious weapon.
Tap. tap, rap-ity rap, rap-ity rap. rap,
rap!
Sings the vibrant, Gathering tongue.
No, that Is not a song--that is a chal-
lenge,
The challenge of the Sword Of Labor.
The challenge OF the implacable pneu-
matte stroke
Bidding dumb strength give way.
Fall backand obey the man idea be.
hind It.
The bolt slips in. the plates are riven
together:
The stern. unfasging rap of the ham.
mer,
The hammer Of Thor by Science wed,
Wed to eartfrs matchless power, the
frecman's arm.
So. by the magic OF toll. the magic Of
From the glowing furnace Of patriot
fires
Rise the steel sides OF the mighty shin,
Stroke by stroke, blow by blow, thought
by thought,
| Until. 10 there she leaps a living thing
, Into the arms OF the sea
All. brave forger OF the steel plate,
Rlveter. with your sleepless hammer OF
toll,
; Brave planner and thinker back of
them all.
This Is your child. your miracle child,
Sprung. full armed. from the might OF
/ our toiler. Jove.
Rejoice. o beautiful ship, in your giant
strength.
| Your thews were the heart OF our iron
| hills,
Your bolts and plates were tried in the
| fires,
In the flames and hopes Of a nation,
| heart.
Your engines beat with the throb Of a
Mighty to save, mighty to crush tn,
| wrong.
Rejoice. o ship. that you bear to oul
sons
The golden grain OF the Western plains
The sap of our soil. the meat the
! fruits
The love of our souls.
Rejoice. o ship. that TO you have tn,
high gods given
To seek again. the war storm past
Americas golden fleece.
To lead again the argonauts, the ser
vers OF human need.
Who. from every port OF our sacrec
coasts,
shali follow the path Of the sun.
o ship. o ship. rejoice. rejoice,
Deep down in your inmost heart re
joice.
That you shall bring them back again
Back, when the bitter days are gone.
Back, when the waiting nights hav
Back, when the triumph Of Right come
| true,
With the victory light In their her,
eyes.
And the love light lit in their her,
| glance,
And the glow OF God on their beautiful
| heads.
With the old nag, the dear flag to tn
breexes nung,
To the arms that shall fold them AM
give them rest.
/ JOHN JEROME ROONEY.
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TIE
The same old sprint In the morning, boys,
to the same old din and smut:
Chained all day TO the same old desk.
down in the same old rut:
Posting the same old greasy books, catch
ing the same old train:
oh. how will manage TO stick It ALL II
ever get back again?
We've hidden goodbye to life in a cage.
we're finished with pushing a pen;
They're pumping US full of bellicose rage.
they're showing US how to be men.
We're only beginning to hnd ourselves:
we're wonders OF Drawn and thew;
But when We go back to our Cissy Jobs
oh. what are we going to do?
For shoulders curved with the counter
stoop will be carried erect and
square,
And faces white from the Office light will
be bronEed BY the open air:
And wei walk with tho stride of a new
born pride. with a new found JOY in
our eyes,
scornfui men who have diced with death
under the naked skies.
And when we get back to the dreary
grind. and The bald headed boss q
CALL
Don't you think that the dingy window
blind. and the dingier Office wall.
Will suddenly melt to a vision of space.
OF violent. fame SCARED night?
Then oh, the Joy OF the danger
thrill, and oh. tho roar of the fight.
Don't you think as we peddle a card OF
pins the counter will fade away,
And again We'll be seeing the sand bag
gray?
As nat voice asks for pound OF tea,
don't you fancy well hear instead
The night wind moan and the soothing
drone Of the packet that's over.
head?
Don't you guess that the things we're s.e.
ing now will haunt us through al
the years;
F., Heaven and he'll rolled into one. glory and
blood and tears;
LIES pattern picked with a scarlet thread
where once we wove with n gray.
To remind US all how we played our par
in the shock OF an epic day?
oh, we're booked for the Great Adventur.
now. we're pledged to the Real Ro.
nance:
Wen find ourselves or well lose ourselves
somewhere in giddy old France:
Well know the xest of the lighters life
the best that we have we'll give;
Well hunger and thirst; we'll die
but hrst-we'll live; by the gods
we'll live.
Wen breathe free air and well bIvouat
under the starry sky:
Wen march with men and wen fight
with men. and we'll see men laugh
and die;
Wen know such Joy as we never dreamed
we'll fathom the deeps OF PAIN
But the hardest bit OF It all will be-
when we come back home again.
For some OF US sm!rk in chiffon shop
and some OF US teach in a school:
Some OF US help with the sent OF our pant,
to polish an office stool,
The merits OF somebody's soap.-or Jam
some OF US seek to explain,
But all of us wonder what wen do wher
We have TO go back again.
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Skedaddle.
NEW YORK, September IA.

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUN-Sr: Your
correspondent Mr.. Charles T. Murray
asks what has become OF "skedaddle."
Why, 1t has been temporarily in retire.
ment. but was with us even as late as
1894. Now that the Hun is on the run
to the Rhine ''skedaddle" will no doubt
come back to its own, Notwithstanding
that in these parlous times 1t seems all
too gentle, for when our men hurl them
selves on the Hun they will compel the
schweinhund TO run like hell, There
won't be any skedaddling there, believe
me.
But about that word, what is 1t,
American or Yiddish? Or perhaps ono
matopeic? Turn OH the light please.
No. 34l74SS r. ID.
NEW YORK, September II,
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RETROACTIVE DREAMING.
Those Visions That Are Continued
From Sleep to Sleep.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str. Your
correspondent ct. L. NJ" touched upon
an important field of dream study.
The recurrence of dreams in almost
identical form is we'll authenticated, but
the question of serial or continued in
our next dreams is more problematicai.
Here II is probable that we are faced
with the variety and resourcefulness of
dream life. for why should not dream
life be even as illimitable as waking
fancy? However that may be, our
fancy. whether we wake or sleep, is
found IN crystallze into very definite
form. which therefore come within the
| each 80 .,,.n,,e, exanipatiop The
-s.,. a, o,o in
e"se Vi sou' @o,'.'p' ..s.,eo
po'H'' un"' '1us"s i'''i
dream lore' MS eNPefience wa" 49,
OF TWO types OF impression one' ""
| ural continuation or some tram VI
| thought agitated in a previous dream
| as In indeed quite common, but ordinar-
uy without anv great interest or charm
ar xvond.r attached IN n aud the other
l. t,.~.A,. 800. =, a,nIioat,pg mast
80, ,...'..,,, .e,,,,,,on
H. 4,
| III "aR'hs me- pu' MOI 90 eo
| moment OF the mental hfe' as IN your
correspondents dream. and spread over
| the experience a touch Of mystery that
| seems to tease US out OF thought" L
b.,,eve your correspondent's experience
| 10 such n b,end and 10 clirch the mat
| 81. ~. I,h,-ty ~ .ubio,n,np an
| -. - ,,,,>, .ha. han
eA"ae' i'o"i ,,a,,
penea 10 De REVISING on VIC u'' W.
! pupiished the letter III question:
| In contrast to these dreams wherein the
| element OF confusion or indefiniteness
p, proves to be integraiiy pert of the fan
| tasy there should bo cited a somewhat
more rare and perplexing type of sup
| posed dream.
| In the course of making a census OF
| about two hundred dreams only q half
dozen OF such dreams came to hand.
| These were given in general converse
| tion. with a request for explanation: none
| such ever have appeared In the course
| Of any prearranged experiment In dream
| coliectins-so far as my work Is con-
| cerned. The dreams in question were re-
| lated approximately as follows: "a few
days ago met so and SC at such and
| such a place. had never been there
| before, Hor was there any way to account
! for my seeming to know the place until
| II flashed over me that / had dreamed
| the whole scene, oh! perhaps two or three
| weeks ago. Now, how do you explain
| thatI"
| The only explanation that have been
able to offer Is that these so-calicd
dreams" are not so at all. but are fab
rieauons or Illusions when the sun,ee
$50 oaN uasS OF WEEKS " 49, W wv
,rnao..m,. 80 =,
,aml,,,rI,v yb,ch 4, .-ror.ou.,v re,err.d
to the given situation. THU, in turn. be
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The Berlin War Office very casually
observes that the evacuation Of the
st. Mihiel salient was completed with
out interference. Quite complimentary
to the tact and delicate skill Of the
American command. when 10000 pris-
oners, fifteen miles and sixty guns
can be captured without interfering
with the enemy.
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The institution OF the new traffic
regulations on Monday, providing zone
traffic" streets for commercial or pri-
vate vehicles, may find many an ON
niscient New Yorker humbled to the
extent of asking his way about the
good old town.
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IN THE QUESTIONABLE.
May n Married Fireman Claim Elk
emptIOn Under Two Countsf

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: I
would like to be informed on the fol-
lowing point:
Under question Of the question
naire l understand a man can claim
exemption II he is fireman. and under
question married man with children
dependent upon him can claim exemp-
ton. What I want to know is whether
fireman who Is married and has chill
dren can claim exemption under both
classes. XYZ.
NEW YORK, September IA.
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Yesterday was Anthem Day through
out the United States. In France the
thunder Of the artillery expressed the
soldiers sentiment in memory of FRAN
CTS SCOTT KEY; the rockets red glare
gave proof that our flag was still there.
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How interesting the path of life as
marked by MAXIM GoRKY, the Russian
writer: Born a pauper. hailed in youth
as literary genius, and now finally at
tanning, in manhood, the topmost rung
as press agent for the Bolsheviki.
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1t would be no startling deviation
from German methods OF explanation
to be told now from Berlin that the st.
Mihiel salient was a token Of the
Kaiser's esteem for General PERsHINo
on his birthday
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DEBs has the advantage OF that
time saving legal device which per-
mits a convict TO serve three sem
fences OF ten years each in one-th!rd
Of the aggregate time: and even az
that he may not be grateful
The sun., 1918-09-15

This is the day of the official intern
ment, II not interment. OF the old
friend who stood between New York
and the hottest sun Of thirty years
the straw hat.
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The American soldiers comment at
St. Mihiel, There's nothing to it," is
less polished than C.EsAR's three VS.,
but quite as eloquent.
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NEW YORK, September
Does tho Butterfly Return to the First
Flower IL Fancies.

To THE EDIron OF THE sus-Sr; 1t Is
now more than a month since Louis ap-
piled his massive intellect to the problem
Of producing a banana -four that would
keep for a reasonable time. Far be II
from me to doubt him. but why has he not
reported the result OF his investigations!
NEW YoRK, September IA d. N. H.
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As We interpret Berlin's announce
ment. the Germans would have been
glad to have paid the Americans a
bonus for taking over the st. Mihiel
salient.
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Another day for the professional
chauffeur to take that long quiet walk
In the country that he has yearned for
these many years.
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DRUDGERY AND SUICIDE.
Professor Fisher Conscribes Poet Ser.
vice to Interpret His Views.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir. My
attention has been called to an editorial
comment In THE SUN, widely quoted by
other papers. on my remarks concerning
the drudgery OF modern industry and
the preferablity of suicide by some
With, doubtless, the best of intentions.
THE SUN has distorted my meaning and
blurred the picture which l tried to
draw.
That picture is better portrayed In
the poem below by Robert W. Service
from Rhymes of n Red Cross Man"
1 would again emphasize that II we
are to solve the problem of Industrial
discontent we must put the same higher
motives and interests into industrial
work that animate those engaged in
other pursuits. or course l never meant
to advise or condone a cowardly aban-
donment of ones post. however much 1t
may involve drudgery. Nor was the
view presented selfish. On the contrary
I made a plea. as does the enclosed
poem, for the play of higher and more
heroic motives as contrasted with the
present low and greedy ones now chiefly
relied upon to keep the workman on his
job. IRVING FISHER.
YALE UNIVERSITY,
New HAVEN, Conn. September II.
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Dig Deep.

From the Medicine Lodge Repubiiedn.
Do not daily with your dollars.
DIG deltEhtedly the dough,
Do not dare delay delivery,
Doushboys daily needit. DO!
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NEW TRAFFIC RULES
IN FORCE TONIGHT
Two Groups of Streets, One on
East, Other on West
Side of Island.
TO END CRUSH IN CITY
Each Glass of Vehicles Must
Keep to ThOrOughfares In
Dictated by Police.

What has been called the most elabo-
rate scheme Of traffic separation and
regulation ever set up for practical trial"
Will go into effect in Manhattan at mid
night tonight, when the Police Depart
ment will begin to enforce the Enright
street separation plan, designed by Com
missioner Enright, Special Deputy Com
missioner John A. Harriss and their ad-
vlsers to relieve vehicular traffic condi-
tons. which are growing intolerable.
With the installation of the new sys-
tenn late tonight there will be two
groups Of streets. one on the east side
OF the island and one on the west. along
which north and south bound CONNER
cial vehicles-whether motor driven or
drawn by animals-must go. Two other
groups of streets OH the east and west
sides Of Manhattan will be devoted solely
to drivers Of passenger or other vehicles
and the police will see to 1t that there
Is reciprocal observance of the new rules
by drivers Of both classes; the chauffeur
OF the swagger limousine will be barred
as effectively from the streets devoted
to heavier traffic as the truck drivers
are kept out Of the streets and avenues
given over to vehicles of private ma
ture
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Exceptions to New Rule.

Like all rules. the new plan has It's
exceptions. The drivers to whom the rev
| regulations do not apply are distinctly
listed in a circular issued by Commits
sioner Enright. 10000 copies of which
/ have been distributed throughout the
| city. The printed ruling in n paragraph
| OF Exceptions" names only the follow
| ing classes of vehicles the drivers OF
| which need not concern themselves about
| the new regulations:
| Drivers of commercial vehicles may
| go into any thoroughfare to receive-or
| deliver merchandise or to transact ANY
\ other business" provided, however that
such vehicle must enter and leave Same
at the nearest intersectng street" Also
the new traffic regulations do not apply
| to drivers of ambulances, fire or police
! cars or apparatus. vehicles OF the Fire
| Patrol. United States mail. public SER
vice corporation or military cars or
| wagons.
An amendment to the circular made
yesterday also gives the right OF way
| on all streets to "vehicles of city de-
partments, vehicles used by physician,
in the course of their profession. vehicles
locations for the transportation or delv-
cry of newspapers
| The newspaper trucks and rapid de-
livery wagons will not be barred from
given streets. so 1t was explained at
| Deputy Commissioner Harris's Office
yesterday, because of the fact that It il
absolutely necessary for the newspaper
drivers to make quick deliveries %
papers at subway kosks and other sites
OF newsstands on practically every
street in the city.