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BOY AND BONDS ASTRAY.
An Incident Leading to Suggestion
Of Contributory Negligence.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: One
reads from time to time Of the loss or
theft OF securities. consisting in most
CO ses of Liberty bonds
Last week met a small boy noun-
dering around looking for somewhere
he did not know where. He had for
gotten. / asked him what arm he
wanted. He told me. He could, how
ever, only do 80 by referring to a large
envelope which he had concealed TN"
derneath his jacket. I noticed the name
OF the firm. which is ono of the largest
In its line In this country.
Tho envelope contained either $4,000
or $4,000 worth Of bonds. I carefully
directed the little chap to his destina-
ton. telling him to be very careful
Any firm that confdes an important
package such as that was to more
ycungster Is guilty of contributory neg
ligence. 1 surely did feel sorry for the
boy. l was once Just such a one my
self. READER.
NEW YORK. August 1s.
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II Mayor HYLAN does his duty, IL
the police acting under his authority
do their duty, II order is preserved
In this town and the right of citizens
to work maintained against violence
or intimidation by other citizens who
have decided to quit their work the
inconvenience to the public will be
great, but 1t will be temporary.
1t is only a question Of the enforce
ment Of law. The laws are intended
to prevent such a scandal and dis
grace as the paralysis by physical
force Of the transportation system Of
a great metropolis. Law Is a farce
If It fails to do its duty. Public Off
GERS charged with the enforcement of
the law are faithless or incompetent
ii they omit any measure calculated to
maintain order and minimize the eff
feet of a great strike upon the para
mount interests Of the people Of this
town.
These are fundamental truths
which are almost platitudes In their
statement, but they are sometimes so
blurred by sympathy or prejudice or
politics or the easy habit of accepting
as inevitable that which is preventable
that 1t is perhaps worth while to re-
call them to mind.
If order is preserved at any cost Of
effort no strike can put out of busi-
ness for many hours the rapid transit
system Of New York.
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Behind the Old Drop Curtain.

Oh. for the days Of the long ago
And . good old fashioned minstrel showi
Kelly and Leon at their best.
Happy Cal Wagner and the rest
Rare Ben Cotton and Billy Rice,
DuprsS and Bsnediets black paradise
Oh, for the fun that was Immense
Not like the would-hs fun now, dense
HarriEan and Hart, oh. boy. oh. boyl
MuiliEan's Guards with Its bubbiinK iov
lone Fisherman OF Evangeiine:
Nothing 80 GOOD these days Is seen.
Oh, for the days OF the barefoot lass
maggie Mitchell and others who pass
Back OF the footlights. each q queen
Llmned fors'er on the faded screen,
Bright. rare held OF the cloth of gold
with a jewel woven In svery fold.
Oh. for the days OF Juliet
Like Adelaide Neiisons-nAy, not yeti
Never one rare as she
Never was one so fair as shel
oh, for the days OF tho long aEo
When we lads loved her like Romeo.
Oh. for the DAYS OF Ned Adams. Booth,
Barrett, Bangs and the others ;orsoothl
Good old sword play. ane old talk
Not like to-days stun. water and chalk.
Oh. for the days that have long passed By
And the stars that shons IN the play low
srs sky!
HoRAcs ssIMoul KnLn
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I Follow.

FOLLOW.
I follow the lure Of the lips OF the morn.
The breath Of the pine bouSh. the call OF
the corn,
The murmur of springs.
And the buttsr1y's wings
That nutter and aest over height over
hollow,
The voice OF the wind a. II chants. as 1t
sings.
I follow, foilowi
I follow the luminous light in the west.
The nickering sheen on the orioles breast.
The reckoning fern.
And the pickering burn.
The kingnsher's dart, and the svoop OF the
swallow,
Aspiration and impulse and all things
that yearn,
I follow, I foIlowi
I follow, follow. follow sfar
The path of the sun and the path Of the
star
To the secrets of birth
And the wonders Of mirth;
While leaving behind me the empty and
hollow,
I seek what makes sweeter and fairer
the earth;
I follow, I followi
CLINTON SCOTLAND.
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Winter Coming; Coal short.

For the first time in three-quarters
Of year shipments of anthracite
coal for July exceeded 100000 tons.
This was a gain over the shipments
during June of more than 10000
tons. In a serious situation Il Is help.
1t is not enough.
As compared with 1918 the anthra-
cite shipments for this coal year are
nearly 100000 tons short. Nobody
dreamed that there was any too much
coal in this neck of the woods last
winter. Nobody maintained that there
was even enough, although last season
from Christmas to Easter was more
like a mild. gentle spring than like
winter.
With the certainty that the coming
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Osler at Seventy.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-SE: A
very extraordinary tribute to q truly
great teacher. whose fame does not rest
on "Osler on Medicine" is your editorial
article Sir william Osler at TO-" Dex-
terously you dispose Of his overquoted
utterance with the mere allusion that
II was not delivered seriously. and yet
IL serves In a sense as a pretext for the
temper Of your article. tending to show
that Osler at 10 is still young co and Mt
and useful.
1t would refresh ones soul TO believe
that when Osler referred to the super
animated at 40 he was not playing TO
the gallery. No one who knew him
then will say he was wholly facetious.
for was he not expressing the gener-
ally accepted understanding of the mar
kat place and its commercialized bylanes.
OF which medicine unfortunately Is one?
Let it not be dismissed lightly this
fancy. this fallacy Of a world, taught
By the older. the wiser! II IL a fact
that youth always has fastened its ON
nisclence on us. and that explains our
follies and faisitieS
STEPHEN B. HrLBoURNE.
NEW YORK, August Is.
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MONUMENT TO AN APPLE.
The Rome Beauty Is to Be Honored
BY Ohio Horticulturists.

From tie BuIIetta Of the 0Aio stass Rorticsl
furoI Society.
Ono hundred and two years ago a
small boy with faith IN nature planted
an apple tree on the bank of the Ohio
River in Lawrence county. This tree
was one in which the graft had failed
to grow ana a sprout came up from be-
low the point OF union. The boys father.
thinking It worthlesA threw II to him
saying:
Here's a Democrat you may have
that"
The sprout became the original tree
Of the Rome Beauty variety. Thus a
merest chance. an accident, gave to Ohio
the tree which was TO bring It its great
est fame as an apple producing State.
In appreciation of the many excellent
qualities Of tho apple and OF the great
influence It has had in ohio's fruit grow
ing industry the Ohio State Horticul-
tural Society will place a stone and
tablet as a memorial. II there was no
other instance this one would prove that
fruit growers are able to mix sentiment
with their work, to love their industry
and TO show IL to the world.
The original Rome Beauty tree stood
on the bank OF the Ohio River about two
miles from Proctorville. 1t disappeared
into the river in landslide some years
ago The memorial will be placed In
an appropriate spot where 1t can be seen
and appreciated. The original orchard
is on the main travelled roads. The
memorial site is perhaps a little more
than a quarter Of a mile from the spot
where grew the original tree.
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winter win be no softer than the last
one, with the probability that there
will be full programme Of Icy blasts,
piling drifts and all the usual discom-
forts and hardships from wintry
weather in our northern climate along
the coast, we are still 5,O00.O00 tons
behind a year ago. In three months
the snowfakes may dy-with bins
still empty. In four months we may
be breasting blizzard-with the
northeastern public clamoring for de-
llveries Of their coal; for still our sup
ply is nearly 100000 tons short.
This is already a grave matter. In
few weeks 1t may become danger
Gus; not long afterward 1t may be
disastrous Ship the coal. Fill the
coal bins.
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Theatrical managers appear this
summer to have come near the ac-
complishment of one of their most
cherished ambitions. They seem to
have achieved at last a theatre year
which but coldly recognizes any sea-
son. They have, in other words, sue
ceeded in keeping the theatres open al
most all the year around.
In the past isolated successes have
been powerful enough to struggle
against the heat. Each summer has
brought forward a certain number of
plays with music which kept their
place in favor until the serious bust
ness of the autumn set in But this
year managers have for the first time
been able to produce new plays of
dramatic character when the play
houses we're traditionally locked to
all but jest and jazz, and they have
found the event prosperous.
Conditions in the theatre are still
abnormal. The unprecedented de-
mand for diversion that began with
the armistice and continued to grow
more exigent as the winter passed
has not been apparently satiated.
Theatregoing was never SO general.
The willingness to buy tickets has not
been checked by any kind of wartime
taxation. No enterprise put forward
by a manager seems so unworthy that
1t cannot secure a certain degree OF
support. Either the theatres are pat
ronized now by strangers to whom any
kind Of performance is more or less
Of a novelty or the willingness to be
pleased passeth all understanding.
And New York Is filed with It's
visitors-a condition which has ex-
listed ever since the American troops
began to return from Europe.
But without these temporarily favor
Ing conditions the longer season seems
established In the theatres here. Rents
are constantly increasing. Closing a
popular playhouse for three or four
months entails a serious loss. II Is
worth while under these cfrcum-
stances to risk a play that may pay
for its actors and leave the manager
sufficient to count against the rent.
The theatrical activity Of the summer
months founded on such sound prin-
ciples Is likely to endure.
Unluckily there Is no artistic prom
ise In this development. Apologies
for the quality of so many OF the
dramas offered In a season once called
attention to the large number Of plays
required during eight months. With
longer term and the number of
necessary plays increased 1t is not
encouraging to contemplate what these
pfeces may be as specimens Of the art
of the dramatist. Yet the manager
need not worry over this detail. The
generous public Is evidently not exact
ing al to what the quality OF its drama
may be II the quantity is sufficient.
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WATCH THE STEAM.
ny II You Can Tell whether or Not
to Garry an Umbrella.

To THE EDrroR OF THE SuN-Str: In
the editorial article on The Passing OF
the Weather vane" you very rightly
say that tho gyrations of chanticleer
at the top of either n steeple or a nag
81 Ian are an uncertain indication as a rule
now Of the direction in which the wind
really blows. You suggest the alternate
Of the steam exhausts issuing from many
buildings 30 situated as to be less innu-
ehced by surrounding slSyscrapers
This steam has an additional advan-
tage not possessed by the vane; 1t tells
the humidity Of the air.
For many years observation OF the
way in which the steam clouds disap-
pear, either In summer or the coolest
days in .winter-whether the air Ii dry,
In which case they vanish quickly into
thin air. or saturated, when they linger
and float along for block or more
has led me to note how ready a test
this is and how often It decides whether
to carry an umbrella or not.
CHARLES A DoRpMus.
NEW YORK, August 1s.
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PAGEANT TO AID MILK FUND.
ARABIAN Nights" to BE Presented
mt Rosemary.

The Arabian Nights" Is the title NJ,
the spectacle to be given on the evening
OF September % in the open ar theatre
at Rosemary, Roland b. Conki'n's esta,s
near Huntington. l.. l.. for ths benefit o!
the Free Milk for France Fund There
will be five large ballots and many
dances Of the East. Young women in
society, dressed in Arabian costumes,
will sell programmes.
Among those who are working for the
cuccess OF the spectacle are Mrs Warren
McConihe, Mrs. Henry Fairfield Osborn
Mrs William X. Vanderbilt. Jr Mrs
Payne Whitney, Mrs. Newbold lie Roy
Edgar, Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, Mrs
Ralph Sanger, Mrs. A Perry Osborn,
Mrs. Junius S. Morgan, Mrs. stephen c.
Clark. Mrs. Joseph b. Thomas, Mrs
William Thaw Sd, Mrs. James y. Bur
den. Jr., and Miss Lillian f. Newlln
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A Shorter Charge From Canada.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE suE-sir: Judge
Carriers charge. as quoted in THE SUN.
reminds me of charge heard Mr.. JUS
tice Riddeil OF the Kings Bench Diyi-
sion of the Supreme Court OF Ontario de-
liver to a jury at Hamilton
In an accident case liability was ad-
mltted and It reduced down to a ques-
ton OF quantum- The learned Justice
addressed the Jury In these words: Gen
tlemen. how much?'
Perhaps this is tho shortest charge on
record AN ONTARIO BARRIsTER
PEAKS ISLAND. Me-. August is.
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FIRST TO FIGHT.
The Honor Awarded to the First, Not
the Second, Division.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr: I
desire to call your attention to an error
you have made more than once. You
state that the Second Division was "the
FIRST to fight and the last to return"
which is not correct. The First Divi-
sion was the first to fight and 1t is still
in Europe.
I would be the last person to detract
from the record of the glorious Second
Division, as I was a member OF the
Twelfth Field Artillery for six months,
but 1t has won enough fame without
Borrowing from the record OF an equally
splendid outfit. JOHN X HUME.
NEW MILFORD. Conn. August is.
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THINKS FREEDOM GUARANTEED
Persian Mission Hears Treaty
with britain IL Agreed on.

PARIS, Aug. 16.--The Persian Nilsson
IN Paris. headed by All Coll Kahn. Mi0.
lister of Foreign Affairs, is ignorant o,
the details of the treaty recently signed
between Great Britain and Persia, All
negotiations having taken place in Iene-
ran. The only news received by the Per
sian Mission is simple notice by t.'7-
graph that an accord has been reached
The mission declines TO discuss ny
arrangement In the absence OF furths
information. but one OF the delegates 10 d
the Associated Press day that 10
thought tho agreement must necessary
provide that Great Britain guarantee Ws
independence OF Persia, which was on'
OF the three demands the nilsson pre-
scented TO the peace conference.
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EVENTS TODAY.

Open air choral concerts this afternoon
in Washington Square, Battery and Temp
kins parks Manhattan. and Prospec,
Park Brooklyn.
Baseball professional. Chicago Ma
tionals against New York Giants, Polo
Grounds, p. NJ.
Open air concert, Stadium Symptom
Orchestra, Arnold Nolpe conducting
Lewisohn Stadium, College OF the City Of
New York, 18th street and Amsterdam
avenue. $3.50 p. NJ.
Reception and entertainment for service
men by War Camp Community, concert
vaudeville and motion pictures. Madison
SQUARE Garden roof. p. NJ.
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Alarming Outlook for Feminine Ears.

my mother was young girl-she is
now sl-the style of wearing the hair
vas almost the same as it Is to-day.
drawn down over the ears. The style
lasted so long that many Of the ladies
could not uncover the ears because of
a tenderness caused by their being COW
cred SO long.
My mother was one OF the number.
and while II Is sweet and old fash
icped," there were times when they
would have liked to resort to newer
styles. 1t may be the same to-day.
Girls, beware! 7. D. NJ
Hollis, August Is.
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Sentiment Of an American.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir: Your
editorial article on Wednesday entitled
Americans Are Swinging Back to Amer
icanism'' is 30 inspiring I am prompted
to cry out with all OF your readers,
Isn't It great to be ar American!
ROBERT JUpsoN KEEwoRrHY.
NEw YORK. August l5.
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A Garden by the River.

Oafden Dy tho hiNefs
1t slopes down to the bulrush and the
This green old garden. where white roses
blow
Faint fragrance. and tall scarlet lilies
glow
Like flaming torches. Morning gioriss
wedge
Their dewy faces through the lilac hedge;
And marigold and mallow and blue flag
Their nodding heads In busy gossip wag
Beside tho walk that skirts the waters
edge.
Sometimes at dusk a little rustic creeps
Lightly along the blossom bordered
path
Is II the wind that round the willow peeps,
Or is it-misty as loves aftermath
A wistful ghost. that through the garden
strays
Seeking some street of vanished yester-
days?
CHARLOTTE BECKER.
The sun., 1919-08-17
Judge Mayer on Inspector Tunney

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: I
read with much pleasure your appre-
citation Of the services OF Inspector Tun-
ney. He and his assistant. Sergeant
George D. Barnitz. who has also retired
rendered service of a most valuable and
intelligent character. It IL a pleasure to
know that what such men have done does
not pass unnotioed.
JULIUS NJ MAYER.
United States District Court.
NEW YORK, August 1e.
The sun., 1919-08-17
A Bunker Hill Gun in Missouri.
From tAe Kansa. cltr Time..

A shotgun used In the battle OF Bunker
Hill In 1TTb and the battle Of New Or
leans In 1915 has been presented to the
state Historical Society at Columbia by
p. J. Hainsy OF Barnard. Mo. II Is an old
model muxEle loader. nfty-nine inches long.
with forty-thrss inch barrel 1t has the
same lock. stock and barrel used at Bunker
Hill, and though much worn can still
shoot On tho stock Is attached a tallow
and patch box which was used TO grease
the balls when loaded In the gun.
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A Wins.

To THE EDITOR OF TEE sUN--Sir: \
bets that tho Manhattan Beach railroad
that used to run from the foot of Sixty
fifth street. Bay Ridge. was at one time
narrow gauge line and was later
changed to a standard gauge. c says that
1t always was a standard gauge line.
Which wins7 A. +. MUELLER
BROOKLYN, August l6.
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Afterthoughts.

LODGE and KNOX to Berlin 10 ne
gotiate a new treaty in case his own
treaty is amended?
How much better for America and
the world II the thought of employing
these real Americans in the business
of treaty making had occurred to
Mr.. WILSON about eight months ago!
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A Conservative.

From the WasAtnpton sfar.
Everything keeps goin'
Yonder in the sky,
Though there isn't any KNOWN
All the wherefore and the why.
Stars come out a sleamin'
Then slip out o. sight.
Sunshine comes a-gleamin'
An the moon shows up at hight
Comet comes a-whiZzin'
We view IL with dlsmay;
Distant suns are Eiszin'
In the Milky Way.
Fiery vapors DOWN
Threaten deadly shock
But somehow things keep goin' =
Regular as a clock.
PHILASDKR JOHNSON.
The sun., 1919-08-17
The Sun Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New York and New Jer-
sey-Local showers and Thunderstorm
probably to-day and tomorrow; not
much change in temperature; gentle
southwest winds.
For New enthusiastically fair To-.
day; local showers and thunderstorms to-
morrow; not much change In Temperature;
gentle TO moderate southeast winds
.pf ,h wsstsrs Nov r0rsMLoeol shower:
tomorrow; not much change in tempera-
ture; gentle to moderate winds, mostly
south.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 1s.-Pressur. /,
low over western Lake Superior md
Mountain region and the mouth OF ths
81. Lawrence River. During the Last
twenty-four hours local showers and
thunder storms have occurred In the lake
valleys. the middle and east Gulf ana
the south Atlantic States and the extreme
upper Mississippi Valley. Elsewhere
throughout the country the weather has
fallen during the last twenty-four hours
In the Ohio Valley and the lake region,
and have risen somewhat over the plain,
States and the northern Rocky Mountain
try. from the Rocky Mountains eastward
temperature changes have not been i'm.
portant. The outlook IL for unsettled
weather. with local showers and thunder
east Of the Mississippi River, except for
fair weather Sunday in New England and
on Monday in the Ohio Valley and north
ern upper lake region. Temperature
changes will be unimportant.
reau stations taken at p. N. YESTERDAY
seventy-0ft meridian time:
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For External Use Only.

To THE EDITOR OF THE eUN-Sk. Tell
II in Gath. publish II in the streets
of Askelon; the very best remedy for
poison Ivy Is to battle the parts affected
with Holland gin. II kills the poison
at once. Laymen have cured doctors
with this remedy. u. N. C.
NEw ALBANY. Ind. August IL.
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I,onEfeliow on the Links.

drove a golf ball into the air,
u fell TO earth. ! knew not where
For l. alas was short OF sight
Ana couldn't follow IL in Its night.
[ kicked my caddie into the air,
He fell to earth knew noC where.
For deemed u thing exceedingly vile.
That Inferior caddie's superior smile
soon, soon after ! found the ball.
1t had hardly budged from the tee at all;
grim
had kicked my opponent instead Of him.
The sun., 1919-08-17

The assertive manner and positive
tone in which ex-Empress Era of
Austria is reported to have declared
that she would not permit CHARLES to
reenter politics suggests that Austria's
abdicated monarch has lost even .
domestic throne.
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A Sport That n. c. L. killed.

John Z. Finch OF Richland writes: Be
fore the war between the States shooting
matches were often held. All the marks
men In the neighborhood would meet and
shoot for beef. hogs and chickens Each
man paid q certain amount and had the
privilege OF shooting. We have won many
= quarter OF nice beef In this manner"
The sun., 1919-08-17

Out In Kansas City one woman does
not say to another. proper occasion
arising, MY dear, what a smart
frock!" No. one woman there says
to another. MY dear. your frock-
gown, smock. hat or whatnot-is
most keen." Yet there are folk of
the Atlantic littoral who speak OF
those Of the Missouri basin as
provincial!
The sun., 1919-08-17

5000 Battle Police to Sec Giant
Games-Ycsterddps headline.
1t is not hard to see what kind of
a league It is in which at least 10000
people are most interested.
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POEMS WORTH READING.


THE melting pot is this. greatest institu:
tion on the globe. But II makes a vast
difference what goes into the pot
Fro~ On editorial drfiok W THn Sun.
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The audiences. however. cannot get
a contract that will guarantee salts
faction.
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LOCAL WEATHER RECORDS.

The temperature in this city yesterday.
as recorded by the official Thermometer is
shown In the Annexed tahle:
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London ONCE l0-4S Fleet street.
Paris once. O Rue de Ia Mtchodiere. on
Rue du Quatre Septembre
washington once. Aunsey Building.
Brooklyn once. Room 2Oz. Eagle Build
lag 303 Washington street.
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~ orr friends uho fdror us nth manu-
svipfs and Illustrations for publication rtsh
10 Nave rejected articles returned thev must
In oil cases send sfdmps for that purpose
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