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THE MISSING STREET CARS.
Two Hours From West Thirty. fourth
Street TO Ninety first Street

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str Can
you not find out for the general public
when the shuttle train will run from
Times Square to Grand Central station
again? ] stood ON the corner OF Thirty
fourth street and Broadway for twenty.
five minutes last night waiting for an
Amsterdam avenue car. In that time
there were seven cars to Broadway and
Fifty-ninth street and six to Sixth ave.
nue. and Fifty-ninth street. Each Of
these was practically empty.
1t seems queer that to go from
Thirty-fourth street ferry, West SIDE, I,
should take from an hour and half to
two hours to Ninety-f1rst street and Am.
sterdam avenue
In the morning IT is worse The cars
seem to run not on time but anyway
they please. Ten hours day is oaG
enough to work without spending four
hours on the cars, two going and two
coming. People coming from Rocka-
way, L. l.. make better time
r, H. HARVEY.
LoHG ISLAND CITY, Angus; Is.
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The Turn Of the Tide.

Oh, listen to the cheering by the rivers
and the streams.
From Fontenoy to Torcy and Beleau.
From Soissons to Chalons, from Epcrnay
to Rh.ims,
For the Allies are pushing back the foe!
The going +, Is good and the courage It is
fne,
And blue and khaki chase the fleeing
grayA
It's a long, long journey from the Marine
to the Rhine.
But the Allies have started on the way.
They have moved down tho enemy with
many IA yawnAng gap.
They have captured his munitions where
ne fed:
And General Foch who leads Is following
up map
Whose roads are all clearly marked in
No more shall fee the peasants in the In.
vaders' way
The dwellers by the ourcq and the
Asne;
Their hastily packed household goods are
now unpacked to stay,
For the villagers are going home again!
II. e. BUTLER.
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WHERE BELONGS THE CREDIT FOp
THE RESCUE OF THE SERBS?
An American Speaking for Italy Discusses the
Distinguished French Writer

In reading NJ. stephane Lauzanne's
new book, Fighting France" have
been struck by some Of his statements
with regard to the rescue of the Ser
bian army and of the Austrian pris-
oners whom they carried with them in
their historic retreat. One hardly VEN
lures to suppose that NJ. Lausanne
Ia misinformed when he takes for
France the whole credit of this rescue,
and yet the other alternative--that
he Is ungenerous-is still more unsup-
portable, for we look for and find only
generosity in France and her sons.
On tbs presumption, then. that NJ.
Lausanne is misinformed. will you al
low me to present a few facts as to
this rescue of Serbia:
On February 20, 1915, Mr.. Balfour
said. In response to an Interrogation
In the House Of Commons: 1.-THE best
proof Of the success of the naval
operations Of the Allies in the Medl-
terranean is supplied by the trans
portation Of huge forces to Salonica,
the removal of the expeditionary force
at the Dardanelles. and that Of the
Serbian army. This result is above
all due OF the energetic efficiency Of
the italian navy"
A book has been issued by the
italian Ministry Of Marine (unfortu-
nately not translated into English. SO
far as I know describing Italys great
part in the rescue of the Serbs No
claim is made that Italy was alone
in this rescue. Indeed, this distinct
statement appears: From December
IL. 1915, to February 20, 1915, there
were employed in the convoy of the
Serbians 10 units. consisting Of Eng
fish cruisers. italian and French de-
stroyers and armored launches"
NJ. Lausanne says definitely that
neither England. Russia nor Italy took
part in the rescue.
AS an American. without one drop
Of italian blood in my veins, I may
state without fear Of being accused OF
national egotlsm that Italy undoubt-
eddy played the principal role in this
drama Of rescue. The Italian torpedo
boat destroyer Abba conveyed to Brin-
dist King Peter, who offered to the
Italian Admiral the most glowing
thanks for the work done for himself
and his army. The Prime Minister
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start Of war 1000 Of these folk re-
sponded promptly.

4
sponded promptly.
1celanders have been coming to
New York to buy food since war made
shopping difficult in Europe. Some Of
them came here in winter and COM
plained Of our bitter weather. They
missed their offshoot of the Gulf
Stream. They wanted to sell us ponies,
described rs combining all the good
and none Of the infamous chara cter-
istics Of the Missouri mule. We bought
herring instead and sold them corn
meal, which they had to learn to eat.
Now they like It, particularly mush.
Professor CARL LoRENTzEN, formerly
Of New York University, later educa-
tional adviser to the Icelandlc Gov
eminent, made the astonishing state
ment that one-third Of the Inhabitants
Of the lava glazed island were Amerl-
can citizens. II so. did they register
for the draft2
THoRvALDsEN, the sculptor, was an
1celander. Then Of course there was
LEFT, the half legendary character
who has been said to have discovered
America almost 500 years before
COLUMBUS. That phraslng would
start a fight in Eyrarbakki. LEFT the
Lucky Is no tabled hero over there !;
he Is as real to them as that other
voyager, Commodore PERRY, is to us.
The Flatey Book even tells why he
quit our shores. It seems he had been
misled. Here is n translation of bit
Of the saga:
when I came here brave men told me
Here the best Of drink Id get;
Now with water pail behold me
Wine and I are strangers vet.
STOPPING at the spring I've tasted
All the wine this land affords.
or its Wanted charms divested
Poor. indeed. are its rewards"
That's what he thought of Vine
land, the old rascal. But observe that
the tables are turned. 1t Is Iceland
that Is dry now. In 1915 the sale of
the stuff was stopped and all stocks
were exported.
The climate Of Iceland is raw, cold
and wet; there is every Indictment to
likker up. There nre hot springs and
mud baths all over the island: so
there Is every facility for getting 40
Der. Yet she went dry.
What can you do with a people rs
stole as that? CHRISTIAN Y. may as
well give In.
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Doukhboy Yarns.

o Washington, our Washington, yank
not that yarn away
Do not declare TO knit a SIN million
Doughboys pray.
The stockings that are sent US
The sweaters, neat, that pent us
Have warmth and comfort lent us.
Lay OF OF that. we say
II you had been where We have heen deep
smashing through cold mud;
II you had done what we have done hell
roaring through hot blood,
You'd have heart for Doughhoys
The lads who're never slow boys,
Those always on -the.Go buys
You're fond Of calling Bud.
But IL your Honors sePm 20 think our
wishes not worth while,
Then give thought to what has brought
to Mothers face that smile
She sees the Hun a-ntting
From her boy for whom she's Knitting
And. say, II is betting
He's fought scckiess for . mile
e. W. T.
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Governors Island has been enla rged
by many acres OF filled In land upon
which could be built as much ONCE
housing as the Government needs for
Its numerous clerical and administra-
two forces in this city. The island is
more accessible to Manhattan than
are several points in New Jersey to
which many HUNDREDS Of New Workers.
GO daily to labor in war industries.
This Interesting fact might be called
to the attention Of Washington by the
War Emergency Committee Of the
Board of Estimate the next time
Washington asks permission to defor-
est one Of our parks for office build
ing space.
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Patschic, on leaving the shin Whit,
took him to Corfu the Citta di Ca.
tania), said Of his troops: THE Italian
navy protects and transports tbon,
end this treasures me-" Colonel Nit,
witch OF the Serbian General s,,n
saluted In the persons OF the of,icers
and men of the Citta di Catania ,ho
whole italian navy, saying that he wa.
proud to render to them the affection
ate and grateful homage OF the Sou.
blan people. He added: ut is fulv
understood by the Serbian army how
noble is your work in transporting An
entire army In so brief time. on ,ho
treacherous sea; and In overcoming
innumerable difficulties. Now and
always, o sailors of Italy. there will
accompany you the gratitude and tho
good wishes Of all Serbians, which on
your ships is to-day reborn"
The present writer had the priyilcvs
Of hearing from the lips OF the surgeon
of the transatlantic liner Dante
Alighieri the story of the sudden 70.
moval Of that ship from her customary
service in order to convey to safety
the Austrian prisoners OF the Serbs
These prisoners were infected with
cholera, which developed before the
Dante Alighieri reached It's destins.
ton. ThEe were Austrian surgeons
(about twenty, II my memory serve,
mel among this group of prisoners
and they aided the medical officers OF
the italian navy In establishing iso.
lation camps and stamping out the
disease. The surgeon Of the Dan,e
Alighieri Is the most modest OF men
and his story had to be fairly dragged
from him, but the medal Of distin.
guished service which he wears IA
medal never lightly awarded by Italy)
told the story far better than he was
willing to do. The Austrian prison.
ers themselves were so grateful for
the kindness they had received from
the Italians that of their own accord
and with their own hands they erected
a monument to Italy in commemora.
ton and recognition Of their rescue.
1t is simply in justice to the officer,
and men of the Italian navy, modest
as they are brave. that present these
facts. in the full assurance that they
have escaped the attention of NJ. I.au.
zanne. ANNIE d. HANKS
American Hospital Florence.
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WoMAN'S GOOD GoLFING.
Is the Solution Her Greater Sense Of
Rhythm and Of Timingf

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. Be.
fore the professors get hold of the
woman golf problem. recently presented
In Sun editorial article, permit me to
make layman's suggestion.
In the writings or professionals on
| golf the term timing the stroke" Of the
| drive Is frequently used, and amateurs
writing on the subject seem to have
the same thing in mind when they en-
phasize the value of rhythm in the
drive swing. have many times heard
golfers. amateurs and professionals, ex-
plain failures to get of good drives with
the remark, I'm not timing my swing
right"
Both terms have descriptive values
and may mean much tho Same thing,
but I think there 10 more implied by
rhythm than by timing. Rhythm. in
the big swing for the drive, implies.
should say. desired speed relation.
rhythmic, II you please, between the
up and down swings; swing not only
without jerkiness, smooth. but a certain
relation between the two speeds OF the
club head, that with which It swings
back and the greater with which It
swings down and carries through. Tim
ing is included In this because the great
est speed in the down swing should be
achieved at the exact moment the club
hits tho ball.
Women undoubtedly have more sense
OF rhythm than has man, and as no
great muscular power is required to
lmpart a swift movement 10 e club head
at the end of a light. springy forty or
forty-two inch shaft. II their rhythm
Is better than mans women are more
likely to work UP to top speed at that
critical instant when the rap is given.
Women feel the club head as IL It
we're stone at the end OF piece of
string. which is exactly the way It
should be felt. Throw the club head at
the ball." a Scotch amateur used to
answer when asked the secret OF his
long drive.
Women do that; they give rhyth-
mic swing so timed that the driving i'm
pact is delivered when 1t will do most
good. NINETEENTH HOLE.
Essex FEELS, N. j., August IS.
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R1VINGTON PLACE.
A Missing Birthplace Identified by a
TranspIanted New Yorker.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--S;r: On
the north side Of Rivington street, be-
tween Orchard and Allen streets, at the
| time William Brown mentions in his
| letter to THE SUN, was a row Of four
story high stoop houses Of pressed
brick. with brown stone trim, that was
called Rivington Place.
Such places were quite common In
the lower part of the city at that time.
was born. seventy-ive years ago.
| and lived for a dozen years, just oppo-
! site In an old Dutch farm house, a
frame building with clapboards foot
wide, four rooms. a cellar and attic, a
''stoup," and a cistern and woodhouse
In the back yard.
The other houses on the south side
OF the block were neat two and a half
story buildings OF brick. with low
stoops; indeed this class of buildings
characterized the entire neighborhood.
What education I have came from my
mother and at home. but for few
months attended a public school near
by. on Ludlow street, presided over by
very excellent man. Top" Belden
The senior class which entered was
taught by n Mr., Mather. who was also
precentor and used a turning fork. He
taught US among other songs TO sing
the following. which may have interest
at the moment:
In this land Of liberty, march We along
Liberty! Liberty. raise the happy song
Gayly with our stripes and stars fung to
the breeze,
May the sound reecho Ger the seas
Or
Kossuths coming with a message,
stand back Russia.
Clear field, fair nght.
Hungary's all right
Says Columbia, says Columbia.
Or
Here's death to the tyrant Csar.
His cossacks may ride afar.
But let monarchs and lords and their
merciless hordes
Go down with the tyrant Czar
This last to the tune OF Sweet
Peggy" or The Low Backed Car"
Shall l add that ! have read THE
SUN for over sixty years? W. d. E.
NEWARK, y. j., August IS
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Attention was called here recently
TO a remonstrance by a citizen OF Min
nesota against a tax on musical in
struments submitted TO the body of
which he is an ornament by Senator
NELSON. Now the same Senator sub
mits from other citizens OF his State
remonstrances against further taxes
on poolrooms and billiard parlors and
the proposed tax on automobiles. How
now! Upon what festival doth Minne-
sofa feast that she hath grown SO
gay? Music. billiards, pool. Joy rides
must be as free and uptaxed as In
dams.
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What Artemus Ward Said About me
Passing.

To THE EDITOR OF The SJ>
contributor takes exception +, "".'.
temus Ward on the subject Of tu.' TIE
Complete Works of Artcmu- " "'
edited by Eli Perkins and ui. g.!
by q, W. Dillingham; Co. gives .'.
lecture on The MornOus tul VICE
ninth paragraph is as follows i.'
passed on. 1t always does, b. '''
way You may possibly hay" n ."d
that Time passes on. p, is q ..i "
way Time has" T.. : Nt..
BALTIMORE. Md, August
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TRADE BRIEFS.

Pine shoppers are being used in Sweden
as substitutes for corks. The wood used
has wide rings, allowing the upper part
of the cork TO swell A sample OF the
new product can be examined at Room
IA. Custom House, New York. by refer
ence to File No. 4OOI4
Italy presents market for unexposed
motion picture Aims. The centres for this
trade are Rome. Milan and Turin. and the
American consulates in these districts will
supply to Arms in this country the names
of motion picture producers In need OF
the blank nlms
Brazirs bean crop for 1918 will prob
ably total $4,000 tons, which will allow
expectation to continue on a large scale
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of physical and other fitness in draw
Ing for the registrants.

VI pnySlcal anu Otner ntneSs In draw
Ing for the registrants.
"5. believe that. before calling fol
mere boys. the uniformed clerks In thu
army and navy should be released fol
active fighting service and replaced b,
mon above the age limit"
There may be some truth and force
In this criticism; we are not Jus,
now prepared to say.
IS. With much smaller population
than ours both France and England
raised more than the 100000 we are
now aiming for
That may be true. 1t may also be
true that an earlier extension of the
draft to the years below twenty in
England and France would have
served to shorten the war and to win
sooner the decisive victory.
81. France did not reach her youns
men Of nineteen and eighteen until she
had exhausted her older classes. includ-
Ing men in their forties. Then her boys
were the subject Of rigid physical ex-
animation. and when found At they
were trained under special sanitary con-
ditions required by their youth"
What the American man power bill
purposes is to put our At youth IN
line for SERVICE without waiting for
the exhaustion of the older classes.
That there will be a most rigid ex-
animation of physical fitness In the
case Of the class under twenty-one
nobody need doubt. The lower limit
merely fixes the age Mt which the
boys physically and otherwise fit
shall begin their military training.
The mere boy" of eighteen, however
enthusiastic his desires may be, can
scarcely hoperto get to the front of
actual fighting in less than q year
and ut nineteen he will be q soldier,
IL he is ever to be one.
IS. While We probably have some
slackers, am convinced that our men
prefer to do their country's fighting and
are opposed to its being done by our
kids"
The purpose of the Governments
plan Is not to transfer the burden
Of duty from manhood to immature
youth, but to procure from the avail
ables ranging from eighteen. to forty
five the best material by the selec-
tive process. We beg leave to remind
this correspondent and all other hon
est and candid DIRECTORS to the draft
ing of boys" that the line dividing
boyhood from manhood, "kidhood'
from maturity, is an arbitrary con-
ception, rs destitute of objective char
acterlstics as the tropic Of Capricorn.
There are probably as many men"
Of eighteen to twenty-one as there
are boys" Of twenty-one to twenty
four; and 1t is the men" that Uncle
SAM needs for the safeguarding Of
the worlds democracy and the. sal
walton Of civilization.
The progress of this supremely i'm
portant measure toward enactment
should not be delayed an hour longer
than absolutely necessary. This Is the
bill that Is going to win the war.
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RAISED CHECKS.
How Do Scoundrels Get the Money
on Themi

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir; l
was surprised to see It stated in THE
Sun tho other day that s25. 600. 900 was
lost in 1917 through raised checks. Now
l can understand how. with modern
chemicals and other means, checks are
raised, but cannot understand how
they are passed after being raised. II
they are presented at the bank on which
they are drawn the payee. II unknown
10 the teller, must be identified, and. of
course, by some responsible party, or II
they are offered in payment for goods
naturally the merchant, II he has the
least business caution, will not accept
them unless he knows they are all right
But I suppose the statement In THE SUN
must be correct or II would not have
appeared there.
VIII some one who knows kindly in
form us how the artists" proceed to
realize on the result : OF their skill?
This, II generally known, would help to
defeat the game
1t was also stated in THE Sun that
the Supreme Court has ruled that If
the checks look normal after having
been tempered with. the banker paying
them cannot be held responsible This
is certainly a generous ruling. Is the
banker supposed to use no scrutiny?
II so, then ! say he ought to prescribe
some special form Of check and how 1t
should be made out. AS II is now, all
sorts OF checks are used, and some of
them are so drawn as to positively
prove II temptation TO raise them. For
example you will see Ten, Dollars"
written with long blank space be-
tween the Ten" and the Dollars" 1t
has occurred to me that uniform
check with which the public would be-
come familiar. as with our currency,
might minimize the possibility Of rails
ing, r. NJ
NEW YORK, August Is.
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why Women Drive So Far.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: II
seems a waste of time to answer such
a foolish question. Women are born
drivers From the beginning of time
they, mere slips of girls right on up to
the Juno type. have driven men batty,
from home, to drink. to afinities, &c
bankruptcy and to he'll knows what.
It's a wonder to me their golf drive
record Isn't mile or two.
New YORK, August Is 7. LovEM.
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The Difference.

y 'N7''' wv 'T''E' ~ ''U0'''
William OF Germany has bestowed his
five sons on the German army. All en-
JOY good health in the rear OF the front
lines.
Theodore Roosevelt has given his four
sons to his country, One has been glo-
riously killed in action. Two lie wound
cd in the hospitals In France.
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What Is Said Of General Per.hins 4,
FnDce.

Hamilton HoH in the independent
Everywhere I went inquired about
General Pershing's ability.
l heard nothing but universal praise OF
his tact. discretion. Judgment and force.
He Is evidently an organizer and states
man OF first rate ability as well as a real
military leader.
One or two people told me that he was
working too hard and too many details
were put up to him by his subordinates
for decision but he hardly looked like a
man who was allowing himself 10 be over.
burdened by the strain OF petty details
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General Won BoEHN, who has been
appointed to the supreme German
command on the Somme front. is cred
tied with being the Germans best
hand at directing a retreat. In Jus
tice to the other German Generals
who have been in the battle, 1t must
be said that they have been retreating
as fast as they could.
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Desperation In the oid nourhor ,,,'e.

From the ydSSrm me ND'.s
Boa Steele was arrested. ,ta'r' ''.
tapping barrel ~ whlsks} 40 '...
from Camp Nelson distillCr''.
tried before the County JuIGc. 70
that the defendant had secured
gallon ny using a siInlet when ga" q 81
Of the motor truck uaLbed him
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There must be a touch Of peevish-
ness In General PKRsHINo after all
He writes OF the long delay Of a let
ter informing him that Boy Scouts
camp had been named for him. What
Goes he expect? The letter was mailed
in New York May "a and-zip.--
reached him July 10.
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The Hindenburg line ought to be a
landmark recalling pleasant memories
OF better days to the German troops
who are marching homeward.
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III German submarine could get
into Central Park lake. what pleasure
IT would find in torpedoing the chill
dren's boats!
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The Kaiser has a new Minister Of
Marine, but what Germany needs Is a
new ocean.
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~ our trie~ds Wko favor ~ vita wdHu
scripts and Illustrations for publication ptsh
TO hoce rejected orficles returned they must
t1 oil cases send stamps for that purpose.
TELEPHONE, BEEKMAN 1900.
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London once, 40-43 Fleet street,
Paris once, 0 Rue de la Michodiere, on
Rue du Quatre scptembre.
washingto ton once. Munsey Building.
Brooklyn once, Room 202. Eagle Build
ing, 3o3 Washington street.
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THE EvENiNG SUE sun Per Year. 800
THE EVENING SUN (Foreign) Per Mo. 1.oo
All checks, money orders. &C., to be
6made payable to THE Sun.
Published daily. including Sunday, BY the
Sun Printing and Publishing Association.
$50 Nassau ST. Borough of Manhattan. n. Y
president, Frank A. Munscy. $50 Nassau St. |;
Vice P.esident, Erwin wardman: Secretary.
R. H 1itherington; Treas. Vim. T. Dewart,
all Of $50 Nassau Street.
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LATIN MADE IN GERMANY

SMYRNA, Ga, August 10.
The Glenwood post., 1918-02-02
FULL OF INFORMATION

The January number of the Grail
road Red Book' contains the mos,
comprehensive review of the resources
and attractions of the Rocky Mountain
region yet issued. 1t is prefaced lv
kilograms from the editors Of leadn.
daily Newspapers, all of which carry an
optimistic note with regards to the fu-
ture.
The environments of the principal
communities served by the Denver and
Rio Grande railroad in Colorado, Utah
and New Mexico are Interestingly Sc.
forth. The mining, manufacturing, ag
ricultural and the new shale oil indus
tries are reviewed by persons well vers-
ed in their respective lines and the var.
ious tourist attractions of the Rockies
such as the national parks, national for
ests, trout streams and highways, are
given splendid REPRESENTATION.
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