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TO THE BEAMS RESCUE.
Cook the Leeume Well and 1t VIII
Not Harm q Good Digestion.

To THE EDITOR OF The suH-Sr: A
correspondent quotes an alleged pro-
nunciamento from a physician concern
Ing the digestibility of the common
bean. In describing the explosion of the
the authority cited was dreaming OF a
battle between harbor mines and sub
marines. As a matter of fact the
starch granules of the bean are rather
more easily ruptured by heat than those
of some Of the cereals. The containing
sacs have not only a longitudinal cleft !;
In many instances there are transverse
clefts. With the ordinary time Of cook
ing it will be difficult to find a starch
matter Of fact they break about as
readily as those Of oatmeal
The external coat Of the bean Is not
more indigestibie than the bran Of
wheat; indeed II is more easily dis
solved by the juices of the stomach.
1t contains a soluble substance that
certainly Is irritating to the stomach,
but this Is removed for the greater part
by the six or eight hours OF soaking in
cold water which precedes cooking.
Beans were a staple food in Meso-
potamia six thousand years ago. and
the succulent llraA did not exterminats
the Spaniards under Pizarro. All of
our Indian wars were bean fought, ana
the conquest Of both Northwests was
made on a lesuminous diet.
OBSERVER
MOUNT VERNON, july 81.
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The Alien Soldier.

The status of the nlien soldier be-
came matter of considerable i'm.
pOrtance when at the time the United
States entered the war 1t was dis
covered that between 10000 and So
600 Americans had Joined the armies
Of England, Canada and France, and
that those who had taken the oath Of
allegiance to the British Crown had
lost their American citizenship. Spe-
cial legislation has been enacted to re-
patriate these men. There are, how
ever, complications likely to arise
from the application of the present
laws. One of these Representative
JACOB r. MEEKER of Missouri sug-
gesteh in recent address before the
House. IL an alien who, leaving
his family in the United States, has
Joined the forces Of one of our CO.
belllgerents Is wounded there and
comes back, Mr.. MEEKER says that
under our present Inv he cannot
be admitted to the United States,
because he might become n public
charge"
The complications which might
arise and the injustice that might
result to men struggling in the same
cause led to an investigation regard
ing the effect upon their rights and
citizenship Of the entrance of aliens
in the armies Of different nations.
Practically no two nations have the
same system OF taking aliens into
their service or the same rule for
providing for the men after they
have finished their military service.
The oath of enlistment in the Brit
ish army Is that the soldier Twill he
faithful and bear true allegiance" to
the British Crown. In italy only
Italian citizens have the privilege
Of serving In the Italian army or
navy. and they are therefore re-
Quested to take the OATH of allegiance.
Aliens may volunteer for service only
II they were born In the Italian king
dom or If they were born of parents
having resided there at least ten
years at he time of their birth. BY
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THE BARRED WOMAN.
Another One Who Is Ready to Go bu
May Not.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str: I
have been very much interested in
reading articles regarding the inability
OF trained women to go overseas by
reason Of having male relatives on the
other side. AS have been personally
affected by the ruling trust 1 may
as a specific case.
My husband has been in France, in
the Medical Corps. since last summer
We have no children. I have finished
a course In reconstruction work. also
in tipping. I was placed last fall on a
she'll shock unit which sailed not long
since: my place on this unit Is open to
me whenever 7 can obtain the coveted
permission to cross. Surely the need
and we are given many reasons TO be-
lieve II Is very great-of women who
can prove themselves efficient. willing
and untiring ought to more than offset
the objection. which so far as can be
learned is founded on the rather ques-
tionable assurance that our presence
there, although perhaps in an entirely
different part Of the country. distracts
their minds, making their work less eff
icient.
Is II not an undisputed fact that the
best efforts are those which are stimu-
lated by the deepest interest? Surely
both husband and wife would work
with keener stronger spirit on the
same soil and for the same cause than
when separated by 5000 miles OF ocean.
harassed constantly by anxieties and
worries naturally incumbent upon such
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until the First Lord Of the Admi-
rally Is now able to announce that
ship production beats ship destruc-
tion by 100000 tons a month. The
navles Of the Allies have learned how
TO hunt the submarine. They are
growing more expert all the time;
already the destruction Of U-boats
exceeds the German capacity to build
them. And American builders, hav.
ing transformed waste places into
shipyards. are now turning out ships
with increasing rapldity.
The U.boat Is held. The day when
1t seemed possible that 1t might
fulfil the purposes Of Germany has
passed 1t still Is costly In foodstuffs
in ships, in invaluable lives; but the
genius of naval officers and the In.
dustry Of shipwrlghts are rendering
it impotent to do the work that was
laid out for 1t.
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Holding the U-BOat.

We have every right to take com
fort from the shipping figures pre-
scented to the House Of Commons on
Tuesday by Sir ERIC GEDpEs, First
Lord Of the Admiralty. A year ago
the net monthly loss from sinkings-
the dispatches do not make clear
whether from all causes or from u
boat attacks only--wHs $4,000 tons
a month. German submarines were
not being sunk as fast ms they were
built. Shlpyards abroad We're so
busily engaged in warshlp construc-
ton they could not find the space
needed for the construction OF mer-
chantmen. Methods of fighting the
U-boats were not highly developed.
1t was n discouraging situation.
, Sir ERIC did not mention the CON
ditiOns then obtaining In this country.
We all remember them. Our ship
building programme was magnificent.
but 1t was not being carried out. We
had n tremendous row where hnr-
mony should have prevailed. Things
looked pretty blue all around.
We have made progress since then
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: In
your issue OF July ~ Mr.. @. Brown
says he wants beans again served"
to the American soldiers at the front :
and Mrs. Louise Cowperthwaite Law
renee says the bean is "the most dctri-
mental article considered food to which
the human digestive organs can be SUBJ
tected.' To support this she quotes
DR. James II, Salisbury, who made GER
tain experiments in 1856.
Spain. where l have lived for more
than twenty years with intervals, Is. I
believe. the classical land Of the bean.
at least in Europe: nowhere. except in
China or in Latin America, is 1t so
extensively consumed: with the differ
ence that the Spaniards eat the white
variety and their transatlantic brothers
the colored ones. In Spain It has many
names: in Catalonia, Valencia and the
Balearic Isles II IL ''muncheta"; in
Andalusia "frijol." from the Arabic
language in CASTLE "haba," from the
Latin "fara." and also 'Judia." which
means, Jewish woman; also In some
pla ces 'alubia"
The high class. being Frenchifed In
II
blanc" and serves II with roast leg OF
mutton or as thick soup, PURGE; but
never with pork or beef, as you do In
this country.
In Catalonia, Valencia, &c, Il is eaten
with pork and with a special and quite
agreeable kind OF sausage called butt
farra." In Catalonia beans are the
staple food OF the poor classes; and In
Valencia It Is rice.
Everybody admits there, contrary to
the opinion of DIR. Salisbury. that beans
afford healthy nourishment" and the
Catalonians. who are strong race,
splendid farm hands and active factory
workingmen. prove that; but also It is
recognized that beans have certain in
convenients. which are diminished and
nearly eliminated in CASTLE by the way
OF cooking. The Castilians never cook
the bean with animal fats nor eat It
with pork or any other meat Their
recipe. probably inherited from the
Romans. is this:
The beans are boiled In water, with
one laurel leaf. or more. according to the
quantity. and some garlic, very little as
rule, or a piece OF onion and salt Of
course Spices are added sometimes :;
but generally the bouquet OF the laurel
leaf is considered sufficient.
Then when the dish is served every
eater puts one spoonful OF olive oil in
his plate. The result is something tast-
ing well. smelling well and OF quite
easy and decent digestion, / have not
ONLY tried but practised this. and de-
clare the Castilians are right.
y you adopted this recipe In this
count v the excellent New York bean,
which as THE SUN says, sin summer
Is preyed upon only by those who have
the habit hopelessly." could be eaten In
hot weather by many other people.
CUBAN TOURIST.
NEW York, July 81.
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Another Vision OF Dread Possibilities
in the New System.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str. In
or out bound freight might be anything
from a needle to an anchor bundles of
brooms, ponderous safes. blocks Of mar
BILE for mausoleums and especially con-
structed vehicles are used to haul each
to and from terminals.
Therefore the proposed door delivery
system involves problems Of continued
use OF suitable vehicles. Of having such
at terminals Just when needed or OF
delaying deliveries when necessary TO
obtain them; either this or of making
deliveries by any available vehicle,
whether or not adapted to haul one or
another style OF freight.
The systs m creates possibility Of
attempted delivery during the few hours
ones freight elevator is being repaired,
or when ones building is unapproach-
able because OF a fire in It. in the build
ing next door or on the other side OF
the street.
The system will create many novel
delights to consignees probably in a
short time cause them TO bless II, and
wonder how they ever managed with
out II.
Certainly conditions described IN this
and In previous letters rarely or never
arise In Hicksville and similar places.
How could that be possible?
Therefore simply because the system
works out SO nicely in such towns ample
evidence is given that It can be applied
to New York. and II will be.
1t certainly is beyond comprehension
that New Workers. rarely know what is
best for themselves and others must
tell them. ApoLPH OPPrNHsIMER
New York. July 81.
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% doing they acquire italian citizen.
ship. In France, however. the allen
who enters the military or naval ser
vice Is not asked 10 take an oath
he has only, under the present clrcum.
stances, to pledge himself to serve
while the war lasts.
Aliens are not admitted to the
military or naval service In Greece,
The same Is the rule In Portugal,
Japan and In most Of the South and
Central American States. An alien
entering the Serbian army must take
an oath Of fidelity to his super1ors
and Of submission to the military law,
but he can obtain Serbian citizen
ship only by a written request.
The United States has, as Mr..
MEEKEn says, gone "far ahead OF any
other nation In providing and caring
for the aliens who enter her mill.
tary service" The oath when taken
by an alien does not affect his citizen.
ship. ut does not make him citi-
zen in whole or In part" In almost
all other nations a change in citizen.
ship deprives him Of his rights to n
pension. Judge Advocate General
II. H. CRowpKs holds, however, that
In the United States person who
has become entitled to a pension has
become so by reason of service and
not by reason Of citizenship, whence
u seems necessary to conclude that
change Of citizenship cannot affect
the pension"
The laws regarding the status OF
the alien soldier were not made tc
meet conditions that will likely exist
after the war. VIII there not be q
necessity for making changes in the
provision regarding pensions so thai
the man who eventually returns from
the land OF his service to the land
Of his citizenship and the land
where he left his family may
enjoy the benefits Of these govern
mental concessionst VIII there moi
also he changes necessary in the
matter Of citizenship in some Of
the Allied nations! These nre consid
erations which Mr.. MExKER believes
SHOULD entee into the final ndJust
ment OF the relations between this
Government and the Governments OF
other nations that have fought in Q
common cAuse
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Certain "Clumsy" Am .ricans.

The correspondent of the Berlin
Torrdrts telegraphs to his newspa-
per from the German front some
where north Of the River Ourcq that
American soldiers are brave and en-
thusiastic in attack, but
Keen as the Americans are In attack,
they are clumsy enough in defence.
All the German counter thrusts. even
by the smallest detachments. have so
far been successful when directed
against the Americana"
AS II In answer to this. the CORE
spondent Of the Associated Press with
the American army on the Aisne-
Marine front had this to say only
yesterday:
Efforts mads by the Germans to ad-
vance their lines against the Americans
on this front last night and this fore
noon were fruitless.
During the night the Americans made
pretence Of retiring from a part OF the
town Of Seringes.
THE Germans advanced into the
town on observing the supposed evacua-
ton.
Two companies OF Americans then
closed In and enveioped the German
force. killing or capturing every man
OF IL
AS we know that the German assur.
ances frequently given to the world
to the effect that there were no Amer
leans were grossly exaggerated, we
decline to accept at face value the
German report that troops which
slaughter attacking guard divisions
are clumsy in defence; and the
disappearance of the German force
which was lured Into Seringes may
convince even the Tortodrts CORE
spondent that the Yankees are not
only useful in attack but resource
full in defence.
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TELEPHONE ETIQUETTE
A Courteous Young Woman Gives A
Conversational Formula.

To THE EDITOR OF THE :SuN- Fr WV
not educate the person ca,."s
august boss to do it in n prop. ".7'
ner? He might say. M '..''
talking. Is DR. Graham in.
mo. Mr.. Gordon. Dr Graha"
in Just now, Is there any mes
II the doctor Is In his s,.'. ~
knows at once who wishes 20 s,nH. -
him without any more questlo' '''f
necessary.
l know from personal expert '.N
a great many people calling - ."''
saving an infinite amount ~ s..
talking and consequent vast g..
Courtesy over the telephone
he, in with the person who Is g.t.'t
call. He is interruptinG som" n'.
should therefore feel II incuu ~
him to state his mission ms Glow
concisely as possible. Tho -'.'.'r
pher Is to save her cmpnNar
rather than that OF the person .'
him, and II he announces hlms''
erly over the phone her "cuvoet''
not need SO much exercising.
more, unless YOU get a person
before giving the desired inf.''
you have very poor chances ~
II mt all, Announce yourself ~ 10
OF your name, not ashamed Of @
A SWEET YorNGs Tu'@
NEW YORK. July 81,
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the voice Of a prophet; for scarcely
had voN EIcHHoaN undertaken the
Germanic plan for the extortlon of
this years crops than he was killed.
Germany will not be able to call
upon her friends the Bolsheviki to
avenge the murder of Won EIcH-
HORN, for professedly their rule does
not extend to Ukraine. She has her
self undertaken to uproot the con-
spiracy against her by the arrest Of
Ukralnians. Among the prisoners,
according to the dispatches from
Berlin, are members Of the present
Hetman Government. The fact that
the Socialist Revolutionary move
ment has spread from Moscow and
Petrograd to Kiev is an indication Of
Its growth IN strength and Of the de-
velopment Of power which Is yet
to challenge the rule OF the Bolshe-
Wiki and the Germans In Russia.
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Information reaching Paris from Swiss
sources tends to show that the Germans
still are trying to keep from the Ger
man people the fact that American
troops are now engaged in battle with
the Germans on the Scissors Rheims
sector. These advices say that the Ger
mans recently stripped the uniforms
from number Of Americans they had
made prisoner and gave them other
clothes to wear.-Dcspatch from Poyis.
Perhaps It is not a desire to deceive
the German people that inspires this
practice. Many trench raids have been
made by German soldiers clad in
French or British uniforms. Is It not
probable that the German command
intends to use the garments taken
from American soldiers in similar en-
terprlses?
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The Assassinstion Of Ukraine's Ger
man Dictator.

In less than a month after the as
sassinatlon of Count MIRBAcH, Ger
man Ambassador at Moscow, Field
Marshal EIcHHoRN, the Kalser's rep
resentative In Ukraine and the mill
tary dictator placed over that coun-
try by Berlin, is killed on the streets
of Kiev, the Ukrainian capital. This
murder, as was that of Count MIR
BACH, is charged against the Social
list Revolutionaries, the irreconcilable
enemies of the Bolsheviki.
III the statements Of the Ukralni-
ans themselves are to be credited.
Field Marshal EIcHHoRN was the
most hated man In Ukraine. There
had been frequent threats against
his life. That he had been spared
80 long from the vengeance OF the
Ukrainlans was perhaps largely due
to the strong guard with which he
surrounded himself. To him had been
entrusted the qualification" as Ber-
lin termed II, in reality the subjuga-
ton, OF the country after Germany
had completed her philanthropic plan
OF the establishment Of free and
independent Ukraine"
The Brest.Mtovsk peace negotia-
lions had scarcely been signed before
vow EICHHoRN was I'm the heart OF
the new State demanding the stores
Of grain which he declared the Ukrai-
man peasants had been boarding.
Their refusal to accede to his de-
mands resulted In constant armed
conflicts. In order to give him more
power Germany made him dictator,
and he undertook a process Of extor-
ton by placing company Of Ger
man soldiers In each Ukraine town.
At the audience when this scheme was
laid before the Ukrainian peasants
one Of the Socialist leaders said (:
"You occupy our country with twelve
divisions nOw, but when you attempt
your so-called agricultural reforms
eighty divisions will not he sufficient
to pac!fy the people or to suppress
the revolts." Germany has evidently
discovered that this man spoke. with
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THE BARD AND THE BOTTLE
Henry James Used to Turn Down His
Wineglass, Therefore -.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-sfr: Your
contributors who say that poetry will
perish without liquor are all wrong
Medical men say that alcohol eats the
brains. Women poets who have never
touched liquor write our best, purest
and sweetest verse; non-meat eaters
have the brightest minds. Henry James
in America turned down his wineg.ass
80 there we are. The sober writers
are elsewhere the high class workers.
NEW YORK, July 81. l.. N. c.
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A Curious De nd on the President.

We do not understand the des-
patches from Washington which re-
port the arrival there OF a delegate
Of labor leaders and others, headed by
W. BorRKE COCHRAN, "to ask the
President to transfer from the Cali.
fornia State courts to the Federal
courts the case Of THOMAS j. MOONEY,
under sentence Of death In connection
with the Preparedness Day bomb ex-
plosion at San Francisco"
The President has no power ia
transfer MooNEY's case, or any other
case, from the State courts to the
Federal courts. He has no more au-
thorlty over the courts of California
than the most obscure citizen Of New
Jersey has. There Is no method by
which the President could get the
Mooney case before the United States
courts dhat is not available now to
MONEYS lawyers. Surely the mis-
sion Of this delegation has been
misstated; a lawyer SO eminent MS
w. BOURKE COCHRAN would certainly
never be found asking for such an i'm.
possible Intervention.
If MONEYS case gets into the Fed.
eral courts it will get there in the or
binary and legal way. If 1t stays in
the Jurisdiction Of California until
the President transfers" 1t to an
other jurisdiction 1t will stay there
until MOONEY has been dead and
buried for years, though he should
live to ripe old age.
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The downtown workers who revel
In a lunch hour walk by the water
side will miss Battery Park II the
Government takes II over for the
housing Of military administration
but II Is war. The Battery Is an ideal
place for centralizing the temporary
Federal offices. 1t is as easily
reached as any part Of downtown
New York; most easily reached from
Brooklyn, Staten Island and Cover
nors Island. Its twenty one acres offer
all the space that can be needed
But II there are any German carp in
the Aquarium they ought to be in
termed before war Offices are put up
near by.
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BottlinR Song.

Ny, my. the Army Is dry,
But how II can bottle the Hum
Thousands of kegs OF him,
Lees and the dregs OF him.
Fizz and the foam OF him.
Scared to go home OF him.
Ny, my. the Army is dry,
But how II can bottle tho HUM
HI, yi. the Army IL dry,
But how II can bottle the Huni
Bottle the pick Of him.
Knock out and kick OF him,
Bottle the wet OF him,
Headache regret OF him.
HI. VI, tho Army Is dry.
But how It can bottle the Huni
Aye, aye, the Army Is dry.
But how II can bottle the Hun!
Bottle the wine OF him.
Purple and fine OF him,
BOTTLE the seep OF him
And the long sleep Of him.
Aye, aye. the Army Ia dry.
But how II can bottle the Hun!
McLASpBunoH WILSON.
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NINTH AVENUE TRAINS.
Why Do They Not Run Through "a
1B5th Street?

To THE Epsros OF Tpr st,S--S;r Soma
time aso the promise was made that
when the nav station Mt 18Th street
and Jerome ayenue was opened the
Sixth ayenue eleyated trains would run
to that station and the Ninth ayenue
trains wou,d continue to the 1s5tb street
station. instsad OF stopoinq at 135tb street
an they do now The station at Jerome
avenue has been IN Use for some months
now md tbs sixth avs,ue train. ma&e
IL their northern terminus thus rarrv-
ing out the first nm RI of the nromise mt
the Ninth avenue trains continue 70
stop at the 1s5th street station. as thew
have done for wears. causing some in
convenience 70 persons living sbove that
point. Tbs latter have IN ret off and
change 70 the six,h avenus trains A.
IL often the case. those who had seats
in tho Ninth .vsnu. ,-a,n, Ma IA
to be sattsf,ed with hanging N strops
in the Sixth avenue train, which some
times coms into the 1ahth s,reat station
with all seats occun,ed Then tb.re n.
the Iosa Of tina tn be cons,dsrea he.,dss
the Inconvenience IN making the chance
The matter Of having the Ninth ave.
nu4 trains continue IN mo 1ssth .tree,
station has been aritated hefore nv
reaident. NJ Eor,sm .na Ua.h,n.,on
uairh,, A. ,.,. H.. ..
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ENGLAND,S DAY.
There Are Many Good Reasons for
Its Celebration.

To THE EDITOR or THE sUN--sir: We
wisfr most heartily to celebrate Eng
lands day because OF Englands great
service in this our war. her bulldog
persistence. her answering persever-
ance and unfllnching sacrifice in the
cause in which we are allied.
This Is reason enough why we should
celebrate England's day. but there is
another reason. our relationship. She
Is the country OF our parentage, OF the
blood OF our forefathers, of whose spirit
we are so proud. She is the people
OF the same language, the nation to
whom we are bound more closely than
to any other In the world.
Surely no one to-day holds against
England the trouble OF century and a
half ago when she was ruled by a mad
German King! MABEL C. CURTIS.
YoNKsRs. July 81.