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Vacations and Luxury Taxes.

In many parts Of the United States
outside Of Scotland Neck. n. c., per-
sons are thinking about the summer
vacation. That IL a great pleasure,
the thinking, and we would not spoil
It, but we must suggest that in pre-
pairing for the holiday this year there
Is more to be thought upon than the
hotel rates and railroad fares. The
new Kitchin revenue taxes must be
reckoned with.
Does the vacationist lack a trunk ?
If he does, let him see to 1t that he
buys one at $50 or less; above that
figure there will be, after May 1, n
luxury tax of 10 per cent. Perhaps
the vacationist, who has heard tales
of trunks lost under Government man
agement of railroads, thinks OF using
a huge valise instead of trunk. A
good leather one would cost say $50 !;
but ns Mr.. KITcHIN Of Scotland Neck
and his colleagues decided that 500
was the limit Of honest expenditure
for hand luggage, there will be a tax
Of So on $50 bag.
A new hand bag for Mrs. Vacation
list? Nothing more costly than $3.50,
please, lest 10 per cent. tax fall on
the excess price. According to the
Halifax county, North Carolina,
standards, any woman with a ten dol
lar hand bag is a wicked waster.
An umbrella and a parasol? Four
dollars each Is the limit. A fan?
Let the lady keep within n dollar
the tax on a five dollar fan will be
40 cents. Lounging robes for the
beach? The Southern statesmen, who
have studied the subject Of bath robes
from Ararat to Asbury Park, have
decided that $3.50 is the limit. Who
INDUCES in gorgeous robe at $40
must hand % cents over TO the Gov
eminent as penalty.
No man ever went on vacation with
out buying new shirts. Let not the
fancy stray toward Shantung silks.
The Kitchinites set So as the top price
to be paid for shirt by anybody who
Is not a mad plutocrat; 30 cents Is
the tax on a. six dollar shirt. AS for
hats, beware 1t is true that the low
est priced derby now turned out hy
some Northern factories retails ut SIS.
but that Is no criterion for Scotland
Neck. The buyer of mans hat at
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-01
The PsychOpathIc Criminal.

The psychOpathlc side of crime.
which at one time was studied with
some rather grotesque results, par
ticularly by LoMRRoso. who cannot be
acquitted Of either eXaggeration or in.
consistency, has lately been investi-
gated with both humanity and COM
mon sense. The result Is to bring us
nearer the solution of that difficult
problem, the wise management of
criminals. Even the meaning of the
word criminal has changed. owing
largely to the exceptional opportunl-
ties for observation afforded by the
war and the mobilization Of the in
dustrial and military population.
Humane observers win certainly be
glad to find that new and better
system Of both examination and pun,
ishment has been developed to take
the place OF the old and merely penal
system.
During rehabilitation there has
been an apparent increase in crime.
In many cases discharged soldiers
have appeared as offenders, which
brought forward the practical prob
lem of what was the real cause of
misconduct in men who had done
their duty and behaved CALAMITY ut
the front. Magistrates In all coun,
tries were unwilling to judge these
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-01

Tho President denies, through his
secretary. that he told his dinner
guests that the Irish question was q
matter between ireland and England
and that ireland would not have any
voice In the Peace Conference at pres.
emit" Mr.. WILSON does not add that
which would be of huge interest In
Dublin, Belfast London, Melbourne,
New York and other places. namely
just what he did say about Ireland,
II he said anything at all.
Senator HITCHCOCK Is authority for
the statement that the President was
questioned about Ireland, but that
the question was not a serious one
and was not answered" On the other
hand, another and equally distin.
guished Democratic Senator, JOHN
SHARP WILLIAMS, announces to the
Senate that the President had said
the League of Nations had nothing to
do with the Irish or immigration
questions"
Every Irishman, whether he pa.
rades on the 18th of March or the
18th OF July. awaits further and
more satisfying details.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-01
Passing OF the War Council.

The announcement made by Chair
man DAWSON of the dissolution of the
War Council of the American Red
Cross does not of course mean that
Red Cross labors in Europe are at
an end. 1t Is only the War Council
that ceases to function, 1t having been
determined that from now on the Ia.
bors of the worlds greatest phllan-
throplc organization may be directed
by the permanent staff Of the Red
Cross. The feverish days of hospital
emergency and supply service are
over, although the great work of as
sistlng Governments to aid wretched
civilian populations VIII go ahead.
What the Red Cross War Council
was able Ia do In less than two years
Is n tribute not Only 10 the council
but 10 the generous people Who made
the work possible. Contributions OF
S400,000,Wo in money AMI supplies
and the enrolment Of 0ne-sixth of the
whole American population In Red
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cases by previous standards, and
often expressed a desire to have ex-
pert advice as to the mental condi-
ton Of the criminal and the proper
treatment to be pursued. Although
a magistrate might know very well
that the strain Of war, wound shock,
exposure, fatigue and hardship,
Joined to the sudden freedom given
by the discharge from the army, we're
the causes of an actionable offence,
he could not act upon his own view,
being obliged to administer the law
as 1t stood. The consequence is that
men who are really nervous wrecks
or are suffering from mild forms of
lunacy have had to undergo the deg
radiation Of prison life.
Observation shows that Il Is neces-
sary to classify offences and to indi-
vidualize Offenders, in other words, to
avoid the error Of treating all sorts
Of persons in the same way. for no
two individuals are exactly alike; the
practical finger print method en-
ployed for Identification Is based on
this fact. That some system of men
tai Identification Of similar precision
should be devised cannot be doubted.
The criminal courts have no time for
this discrimination: they were set up
to determine facts; the notion Of
mental treatment and diagnosis never
occurred to older jurists; but now
the means for the application of
enlightened and scientific judgment
must be set up, and actually has been
provided in England. where the pub
lie was revolted by the unhappy
spectacle presented by sick and war
worn men in prison or in hospitals for
the insane.
10 remove this stigma ana It's re-
suits has been the object Of a special
commission, whose labors might be i'm
itated in other countries Experts are
put at the disposal Of sitting magis-
tratee, and their business is to advise
and to combat all the varied social
diseases by means of modern knowl-
edge and with something better than
discipline which treats the crime, ig-
noring the prisoner. The results OF
the new system have been very
encouraging. the official statement
says. In psychopathic cases the court
is merely place of detention in
which offenders are studied till pro.
vision is made for their supervision
and means OF livelihood in the COM
munlty. This is great step in
advance.
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EVENTS TO-DAY.

Ia.l dinner Of The womsn Gsf fn to ssa nj
Meo,ing Of the rh iiiSsiAn H.ishso1SoIea
a nonsGs Of New YORK, Henry w. TAFT will
'FG %gdr.. Hotel t: PPennSyiyania, p. NJ;
,n.-cn - pr9oklyn Chamber OF Com.
Dinner Of the Nassau County Bar A,,o.
aA' st5o ISmSs NJ Beck Will speak. Hotel
womans Freedom Congress. cb.ue.
io4 Vast tiiiy-ssvsnth street, 10 A. NJ
.m 1sy,u1s w. W shlLaren Of members Of t.s
= ,H skinner on "wiswam storiss.h
dents AID society. at the hons az ~"
Htrnry stuart Fleming. East sixty-nftH
Eniertainment and reception OF Tho
m n,Ti s sTTnr Forum sevsnty-nrst RsSi-
mission, Chamber Of commeres' p n.
,ha aeG ahr,o on safety f1ndamentsls, under
America, Metropolitan BuHdins. il 4. N.
T6m,Sa1,r =, Roosevelt viii .psaf. ssa
enc c" Hsn p, .,o County A'oe'.on. dinner.
Garden and siHty-ninth Regiment Ar
-. Ms",Ir Sgg Museum q Art, r.e..r.
9 AHI Rsno qnner ~ II" As.oclaor Of city
Dinner IN honor 81 the mcmb.rs OF n.
French High Commission, bcstowai Oh
Mmr Msr. S;Gi s'" n.md IN will ,.,,,,.
On Tou ",GiewegSst"a--the Tiger" Carnegie
Muslcais NJ m" Humanitarian Cult, $50
West End avenue. Sis p NJ.
crp,s r,s 4 r, ajInhianss to The BED
siNty-s 9Th street. by the Royal ArcAnum
Of n" STATE Of New York: p, NJ
s, % NJ ,5 H. y Mar5s SiIi speak on rhs
Hs1ieru. ii K ~ II. ''"'p'' i'As' o.
Ms,g@ women, meeting. wa,aort-A.tori.,
s, A!4 S.Ys, ruG. F'o;P'on and ass'. wal
cert and dance waldorf, Astoria ec-
Tau Ers'lnn mi FrHt"rnity ~ Fordhsm
University, waldorf Attoria. r NJ
Hn"d Roads Convention. Hotel McAlpin,
$. El'r,ahc.As Cellege Club, ,archson.
Hotel McAlpla, : T.. NJ,
Ha @:i' McA T1I['G ESQ 4 N meeting
wcmons Pres. club, meeting, Hotel
MGAipin. II a: n.
Alpim. 'gISi" NJ i'N"'' ''""sT' H''e' NC
tnsreaod class '.ncaors. bridge .ns
:. Brooklyn Inst,.'e: Or William Starr
Myers viii cont rug in the opera house a,
s @,' d bis s., c ,o,,, !Is cS tSye%f Mem
for the ru'r"s" ~ play at and p. NJ
In tho a. ~Unnu -. 40 IA he music haN
the yua.E u"mhora viii ho crt"-tained nv
elucnruu", motion pictures and ~ n re-
cltRl Nv Mrt. william Calvin Chiffon 80
"S"Iih"rr Stnr!es From Southern Writer'S
The department. ~ aTAnHtlc art presents
IA ihr opc~3 hpJsc ~ . 20 Walter Hamp-
ten TN Hamlet supported BY tho cast
roW paying n tho Plymouth Theatre r.
VIOLA Of me W"stern Electric Company
CIV ".'''rt ~ ''ustr t'od lecture confnr-
cucH IN tIe science room ~ SIS on The
~. o.. .".1.n Iu'"s "a slgna.!ng" and
Wireless Tsl"phon,.
Annual 1un"- uf tho St David So
H!Nty Of Sew York Charles l. Hughes Will
preside, Eotrl Ar'or y n
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-01
BONDS FOR WHEAT.
Farmers Could Be Made to Help
Float the Victory Loan.

To THE 1oIroR OF THE SuN--Sir: Two
serious questions at present vex the
United statss Treasury officials; irst,
the difficulty anticipated in floating the
seven billion Victory Loan. and secondly.
tho huge expenditures required to keep
tho nations promise TO the farmers to
purchase the 1918 and 1919 crops OF
wheat at t2.ss u bushel
have suggestion TO OFFER. II Ia
generally reported that the farmers nH
n class were among the smallest pur-
chassrs Of the previous Liberty loans.
II this 10 the case, why should not tho
United States Government pay the farm
ers t2.26 a bushel for their wheat. but
at the ratio Of ,1.s1 in cash--the price
Europe 10 now paying Argentina and
Australia for wheat--and the balance.
s5 cents. in Victory bonds, or TO mako
tho figuring OF the Transaction more
simple, pay them II of $..2s in Victory
bonds7
This would be only another form OF
tho taxation from which corporations,
wealthy individuals and all those whose
incomes exceed $1,000 a year suffer 30
heavily: on the other hand II would in
the end benent tho farmer. az these
bonds will unquestionably sell above par
later. and at the same time encourage
the purchase by him OF dividend pay
ing securities.
tighten the task Of the Treasury De-
partment in dlsposing Of at least one
billion dollars Of the new loan.
F. w. T. o.
NEWARK, N. J.. February 20.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-01
LOUIS THE MOURNFUL.
He Grieves at the Suggestion That
Shskespeare's Art Is Dead.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN---Sir: Have
you forgotten me so soon? You say
that perhaps in the future a poet who
can write blank verse like Shakespeare
will be born. Why. such poet was
born IN 1864. right on the Passaic River.
Ave miles away from Newark. n. J. In
1888 he w-ots a drama la Shake
speare. And up to 1890 he peuned down
several plays and tragedies in blank
verse. Even in his old age he has not
forgotten how to write one.
Also. there arc n number OF other
living poets who have--are they last
to the scrutiny OF Mr.. NJ. 8. Masters?
Before he asserts that no one to-day
can. let him send detectives around the
land who might be successtur in I'M
earthing poets who are able to emulate
tho immortal Will
LOWS NJ. EILsHEMIus,
Supreme Spirit OF the Spheres.
NEW YORK, February 2S.
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Cross membership-what country ever
gave so much or so heartily
As Mr.. DAWSON says In his state
ment, the Governments of our four
principal allies have turned their
hands and resources to their own az
ficted and the Red Cross flnds itself
freer to work In the Near East, In
those lands where the distress is still
almost as great as 1t was in war time.
For this labor the regular organize
ton Of the Red Cross is SUFFICIENT.
The War Council, Its purpose accom-
plished, retires; and with It, We be-
lieve, 60 the sincere thanks Of more
than one nation.
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THE SOLDIERS DREAM.
It Was to KIN Germans Until Ger
many Was Beaten.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sir: We
are constructlvely still In n state Of war.
Therefore as an ex-soldier have re-
Trained from any criticism Of the Com
mander In Chief Of the American Army.
even though his acts as President Of tho
United states have been. are and in all
probability will be subject to tho Sc
verest condemnation not only by the
country an general but by tho soldier
personnel in particular.
But when he states, as no did in his
Boston speech, that the soldier went
glorifed into battle ito make men free"
I think that misstatement alone entities
any soldier or ex-soldier to break the
peace by breaking into print.
In my experience as a private in the
rear rank and then as sergeant In the
intelligence service. I had and took tho
opportunity Of talking with thousands
OF American soldiers. They knew littlo
and cared less about either the cele-
brated Fourteen Points or tho Freedom
OF the World. All they wanted 70 do
was to get chance at that damned
Kaiser" and to kill as many Germans
as their bloodthirsty imaginstions could
conture up In their fighting brains. It
Is pifiie for any one to say otherwise.
PisrsrRArUs PIFcArILLY.
NEW YORK, February 2S.
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TRADE BRIEFS.

Literature regarding the third Bordeaux
fair' which Is TO be held from May RI TO
June 10. has been received by thu Bureau
of Foreign and Domestic Commerce in tho
form OF Application blanks for partici1sa-
ton in the fair; sample contracts for ed-
vertiting space In tho Official cntalogu.
md pamphlets describing The plan OF ths
buildings and their location on the plac
des Quircones presenting tho advantage,
70 buyers and sellers meeting a. the fair
and giving information in regard TO the
date OF subscriptions, accommodations Of
fered In tho way Of customs taxes, fur
nishinEs ana tho IKE
4 Spanish law went into effect on De-
eemher ~, 1918. that establishes tho eco
nomin year for the administration 81 Span-
ish Government services and consequently
for general appropriations, as beginning on
April and ending on March 81 Admin
istra'ive accounts are - 10 adjusted ac-
cording TO this new Csca wear.
According TO prtHs report Chicago hsq
been made permanent headquarters Of tho
Czecho-SloyRk Chamber Of Commerce OF
America, which was formed on February
last by tho American Czooho slova k
Commercial Congress \ boayl or twenty
one directors was named
\ Ec:'iGh T;.aSi5a 'e;t I@H}"sr %, snilv
TO Investigate prospects 81 British trade
in Poland. This mission !neluioa repr.
sentativns of tina Textile Machinery Asso-
citation and Federation Of British Ind i.try
and experts on transpor. finance. labor
and mining mAch!ncry. A similar mis-
sion Is being organized for Serbia
Exports involced at thu conRiate A,
Hamilton. bermuda. Tor the Lnited States.
totailsd $685. asa In 1918. decreass OF
Sl2S 1gA as IN pArei with 1nlT ,yhar 49, .
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THAT SECESSION" TALK.
The South's Notification Of Consti-
tutiOnal Amendment.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--SIr: II
Wayne II. Wheeler, general counsel OF
the Anti-Saloon League of America, con.
r!ders II secession for New York state to
put Its own construction upon tho pro-
hlbition amendment, why hasn't he been
as distressed about the Secession" OF
the Southern States. which for years
have nullIhed by construction the Fiji
teenth Amendpert? Particularly when
the Fifteenth Amendment was the result
of four years civil war instead OF
mere legislative hysteris.
wonder II he and tho New York Leg
islature realize how ridiculous his con-
tention Is? GERALD MIGAT-r.
NEW York. February IS.
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An excellent example Of the con-
trariness OF things in general Is the
tact that now Brooklyn has a trolley
car capable Of one man operation.
With a front entrance and coin
register the motorman can supervise
the admission OF passengers and the
collection of fares; the car cannot go
unless the door is closed. During
war time. when every available man
was needed, this innovation did not
arrive to contribute the extra men It
releases, but now when the employ
ment of as many men ms possible Is
advocated to the solution OF the labor
problem, 1t abolishes the need OF one
man for every two before employed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-01
Registering Adirondack Guides.

GEORGE d. PRATT, Conservation Com
missioner, has put up to the Legisla-
ture the problem Of registering guides
In the Adirondacks under system
similar to that which has been 80 sue
cessful in Maine, Canada and some of
the Western States. Registration, the
Commissioner believes, would have a
number Of beneficial results, among
which the most important are I'M
doubtedly better protection OF the
forests, fish and game and an increase
of convenience for vacationists max
ing use of the woods.
The proposed legislation would not
prohibit anybody from acting ms a
guide In the Adirondacks, but most
vacationists would wish to choose
registered guides. A list OF registered
men, revised at frequent intervals,
would be of much value to the great
and growing army OF outdoor men
that the American army and the Boy
Scouts have made.
OF late years there has been much
violation OF the law protecting does
and penallzlng the running Of deer
with dogs. Hunters often insist upon
dog being provided, or on hunting
both bucks and does, and expect guides
to carry out their wishes. II the guides
were registered and clothed with some
legal authority, rs In Maine, and were
liable TO forfeiture Of their registra.
ton certificates IL they violated the
law or permitted their patrons 80 20
do, they would be in much better posi-
ton as class and as individuals TO
take an Independent attitude toward
those who violate the law.
Naturally only guides who are
thoroughly competent in woodcraft
and knowledge of fish and game would
be registered, and with no fee charged,
as suggested by Mr.. PRATT, doubtless
the guides would welcome such pro-
posed registration.
The matter deserves discussion. II
for n three cent stamp or a postal
card n city Sportsman could get ac-
qualnted with guide and then camp,
fish or hunt with him during vaca-
ton In the woods he would ever be
grateful to the State that made such
n thing possible. The older genera
ton needs only TO recall PAU. SMITH,
FRED Hess, JOHN PLUMIEY and FRANK
SKELToN. to mention n quartet Of old
Adirondack guides, TO know that their
titles meant something.
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THE HIGH COST OF INFANCY.
Emphatic Statement Relative to the
Price Of Perambulat0rs.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS--Sir; What
do you mean by suggesting that n saving
OF 81 on income tax would perhaps buy
n perambulator? II you kept an infant
waiting for a ride until baby carriages
dropped TO Si1 he would trip over his
beard getting into the vehicle.
Ask any woman who has recently
achieved one--either perambulator OF
baby--what II (meaning the perambula-
tori costs, and she will say. right of
$50.
A real League of Nations would pro.
vide free perambulators for every one
who can I'll 'em. MINNIE IPSWICH.
NEW York, February IS
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THE TELEPHONE SERVICE.
A Complaint That Burleson Methods
Interfere With Business.

To THE EDITOR or THE sUN--Sir: What
was n good telephone system liz rapidly
being Baresoaized:~6-t Is --~S-st pos
sible 70 head on its complete dcstruc-
ton?
The obstacles to conducting business
to-day by any means of communication
furnished by the Government are almost
insuperable; they are ineScusablc.
wasteful and time consuming beyond
words. The present Government meth
DDS are costing the businees men OF
this country enough trouble to float sew
eral Liberty loans. This leaves out OF
consideration the tremendous bill the
Government is running up for the tax
payers to foot. r. w. COLLINS.
NEW YORK, February 2S.
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Have Much Idle Time.

They have gone out of devastated
France into calm, peaceful coun-
try where there has been no dew
astation. where the towns are clean,
where the people are most hospi-
table and extend the glad hand of
welcome to our men in every way
they can.
Our men, of course, have very
little to do. some police work In the
towns and more or less drilling. but,
OF course. the drilling Is monoton-
Gus and embarrassing. as It Is not in
preparation for immediate warfare.
They have vast amount Of idle
time and very little 10 do with il, so
that the question of providing occu-
patton for leisure hours is the all
Important one.
The army headquarters in Ger
many Is at CoblenZ. The army and
our people there are working In
close harmony. The large Festival
Hall In Coblenz, n perfectly splen-
did building. has been taken ny the
army and turned over to the Y. NJ.
G. a. and is being used ,or concerts.
lectures, religious meetings and
gatherings OF all sorts"
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MR.. BURLESoN AT HIS BEST
Fifty Days the Time Taken TO Deliver
Letter In Brooklyn.

To THE EpiroR OF THE srN--S!r: Hers
Is another example OF our efficient postal
service, this time in Brooklyn. The en-
velopo bears tho following postmarks:
Brooklyn, January 3. : p, NJ.
Pratt Street station. January 6. l A.
NJ Crhis station covering my ad-
drcssD
Pratt Street Station. February 81.
L. NJ
The letter was delivered February a.
In tho morning.
The letter was addressed 20 3o4
Washington avenue. instead OF 4o3
Washington avenue, as II should have
been. but this does not appear to he
any great excuse for the delay of fifty
days In delivery. NV name is In the
telephone directory and | have lived at
the Same address for tho past ton years
OWEN CHICHESTER.
BROOKLYN, February 2S.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-01

The Senate committee investigating
Bolshevik cruelties must not overlook
reports OF horrid pains inflicted on tho
inhabitants OF Moscow who have Of
Tended Premier LEVINE or are sus-
pected OF wanting 80 to do. All such
unfortunates are required TO battle.
Known offenders. We suppose, are In
the class sentenced to the baths twice
month; suspects, once a month and
only tried and true comrades nre
wholly exempt from the punishment,
escaping the tub so long as they re-
main admirably idle and approvlngly
disorderly. ....-.