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Arizona republican., 1919-03-09

IoLANTHE'S WEDDING-Is there any other writer within the range Of your instant recollection that can spring more surprises than Herman Suderman? May 1 venture the sugges- ton that whether it be d short story or long, philosophical novel of hund- reds of pages, there is not another mod ern writer that can cover up his plots with greater neatness. keep more care fully concealed the denouement of his yarn or bring everything to a prettier conclusion than this author of The Song of Songsg' Sudermann has more to his credit. He is the one for eign story teller that can conceive a tale, in ludicrous humor; lead it into the most sordid valleys; trail it along on the rim of some pink-topped, sunset hill: and plunge it without heed or conscience into a tragedy of bitter self sacrifice. And I say that any writer who. with the deftness of an orator, under whose sway is a vast audience. can drive people this way. then that, and leave them wherever he will, has the soul and power and power and wiz ardry of artistry.
 Take "Iolanthes Wedding" as an instance. Introducing you to the narration of a most unusual tale. Sudermann starts you by the side of an open grave on a rainy day to witness the intermeRt of an "old friend" the best words of his eulogy being his abil- ity to ''mix punch" Then you are driven right into the heart of a John Alden-Miles Standish-Priscilla affair, in which an old fellow. bald headed and rough about the neck. seeks to patch up a family feud. Instead of adjusting the differences between the son of his old friend and the fighting neighbor. the Cold bach falls in love with the daughter of the family, amidst the most grotesque conditions. A courtship that is better than a Shakespearean comedy follows, with a wedding ceremony that borders on the side splitting movie" idea of fun making.
 Taking his young bride 10 his home. the son of his old punch mixer'' is awaiting the couple. He is invited to join in a continuation of the festivities snd does so only, when inc young bride adds her wish. Seated around the huge dining table. the bachelor groom goes to find can of tobacco. returning to find her holding hands with his pro tegee. No scene follows the cxplana- ton, in which the bride admits that she has married the bachelor so that she can be close to the man she really loves. Then follows the typically Sudermann denouement. He takes his bride to T
 sisters home: keeps her there the re- quired time to secure a divorce; turns
 her over 10 the young lover for mar riage; and goes on in his bachelor ways
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without the slightest disturbance.
 There Is quaint touch of pathos III this amusing comedy. After tender by taking his bride of two hours to his sisters home, the bachelor ventures to open the door of the wedding cham Der that had been fitted up by the old maid sister. He looks for a long time upon the dainties and delicacies that nave been tastily ordered x please the iemlnlne taste; quietly closes the door. walks softly to his old den; carefully ! arfahses his pallet of straw, crawls in alter ighting his pipe; picks up an un- finished book: stretches. himself out full length and concludes: This is the best after all."
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other-goes the weird lesson of these words of Barbusse.
 Barbusse is realistic; never roman tie. France has always loved real ism. Hence, Barbusse's popularity in that country. But "The Inferno is a tragic book His translator sums up the story or tale or treatise or ale gory or whatever you may prefer to call it, thus:
 He (BarbusSe) perceives that each man is an island of illimitable forces apart from his fellows, passionately eager to live his own life to the last degree of seh-fulfillment, but continu- ally thwarted by nature and by other men and women, until death interposes and sets the seal of oblivion upon all that he has dreamed and sought.
 And he has set himself the task of disengasing, as far as possible, the purpose and hope of human life, of en- deavoring to discover what promise exists for the future and how this promise can be related to the present, of marking the relationship between eternity and time, and discovering, through the tragedies of birth, love, marriage. illness and death. the ulti- mate possibility of human development and fulfillment."
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The Goat or the Staircase.

1t may be a shock to Larchmont,
Greenwich and other fashionable
neighbors to learn that goats are kept
in Port Chester. 1t may be a sur
prise to folks everywhere who have
not read How TO Know Nature From
Art" to hear that the Sanitary In.
spector of Port Chester, Mr.. BIZ,
peering into a tenement building in
the discharge of his duty, "saw goats
mounting the stairs to the second,
third and even fourth floors" What
amazes us is that Inspector BITz i'm
mediately suggested to the Board Of
Health Of Port Chester that goats be
licensed as dogs are.
VIII a goat mounting the stairs to
its home look better or act better If
she has a collar and tag on? We
say "she" because we assume that
the goat Is on its way from the pas
ture to be MIXED by its fortunate
owner. Instead of n tag the goat
should wear o medal for distinguished
conduct In the battle against high
costs. 1t saves to its owner, and
therefore to the country at large, a
fraction of the expense of stabling,
feeding and milking COW, of dues
in the dairy mems league, Of a railroad
haul and of delivery by wagon. 1t
gives to the housewife all the benefits
of the cash and carry system without
the outlay of cash or the inconven-
fence of carry.
Once there was a great business
man-an efficiency expert-who saw
at glance the follles of the farmer.
So he started model farm of his
owp and buift stalls for COWS on. the
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Too Many Middlemen.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir: In
discussing the high cost of the supplies
families are obliged to buy little men,
ton is made of the cost of retailing
them.
in New York, on the north and south
avenues, on almost every block in the
uptown section, are small markets or
stores. These small centres of distribu-
ton have to be supported by limited
number of patrons. who must pay the
rent. the clerk hire, the cost of the
wagon which delivers the goods and
the support OF the owners family.
Suppose such a small market has
100 patrons. To pay their share of the
above expenses OF the store must add
a considerable percentage to the cost OF
the goods, aside from any profit the
owner may make Would II not help
to reduce tho cost of living to reduce
the number of these establishments or
their overhead costs by establishing
more public markets where the rent of
stalls would not be nearly so great as
the rent of the present stores occupied
by retailers, and where the city au-
thorities could exercise some cost, as
well as sanitary, regulations?
S. B. LYON.
NEW YORK, September IS.
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A PEACE MYSTERY.
why Help Enemy Bulgaria at the Ex.
pense Of Friendly Greecei

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--sir: The
former college professor from the State
of New Jersey now President Of the
United States calls every good Ameri-
can who disagrees with his policies a
pro-German.
But what are his policies7
In one Of his addresses he sets forth
as a cardinal rule for the peace OF the
world the right to self-determination by
small nations. He puts this theory into
practice by taking Greek Thrace from
Greece and giving II to Bulgaria, who
vas and is a most bitter and consistent
enemy of the Allies. Esthonia- Finland.
Lithuania. Ukraine. Csecho -Slovakia and
other countries are allotted large slices
, of territory belonging to Russia which
nation sacrificed more than any OF the
allied nations in the great WAR.
Greece, the faithful ally Of the En-
tente, must sacrifice her territories for
the benefit of the common enemy Bull
garia-
Is this self-determinatton7
In the battle of Skra On the Mnes-
don.an front it was the ireck troops
who annihilated the Bulgarian armies.
and this was one of the compelling
causes Of the final disruption Of the
Central Powers.
President Wilson imagines that the
destinies of the world hang on a nod OF
his lead. He will soon realize that the
Greeks will get all tina justice and self
determination entitle them to. despite his
obstinate opposition
Why is President Wilson SO eager TO
please Bulgaria, which has always been
the enemy of the Entente? Why dJee
he want the Bulgarians to be greater
and stronger than they were before the
war; All this In spite of their defeat
and at the expense of the just aspira-
t.cns of Greece, a faithful ally Of tho
Entente.
Does President Wilson think that Bull
gas IA will be his ally in the event Of
another great war and that Greece will
be against America?
There certainly is no excuse on the
grounds of commercial relations with
the United States. as the Bulgarians are
mostly swineherds and hardly need any
thing that this country produces or
manufactures, while the Greeks are by
far the most progressive and greatest
| customer of the United States for a
| nation of their size in the Near East.
GEORGE TRAGIDIs.
NEW YORK, September 10.
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The Responsibility His II There Is
Neither Peace Nor War.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-SIr: II
the fact that there is neither peace
nor war" is in any manner responsible
for the high cost of living then the
President and not the Senate should
be criticised. We declared war against
both Germany and Austria Hungary.
In the case OF Germany the fact that
there is neither peace nor war is due
to Woodrow Wilson insisting upon and
succeeding in Joining the league cove
nAnt with the treaty. Had he not
done this the treaty would have been
ratified long ago.
The delay both at Paris and at
Washington has been due to the time
spent in considering the league cove
nant In the case of Austria Hungary
no one can even assert that the Senate
Is responsible in any way for the fact
that there is neither peace nor war"
NEW YORK, September IS. READER.
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His Honor's Deft Use Of the Latest
EpistOIary style.

The epistolary graces Of His Honor
come to the front often. His people
have studied his letters when they
contained at least trace Of the flavor
of the communications which Judge
GAYNoR used to utter. But that the
Hylan style is not limited to the Gay
noresque Is indicated In the recent
note to the head of the Police De
partment, Mr.. ENRGHT. We partlcu-
larry admire His Honor for beginning
in that terse, arresting way which
puts a whole situation in nutshell:
DEAR COMMISSIONER: From time
ITO time bandit gangs in high powered
automobiles have made a practice of
holding up people in apartments and
hotels"
The historic picture is complete.
HUME or MAcAULAY could not leave
q more perfect impression with a
page Of small type. Every hotel clerk
who has had his hands up in the last
week will say that this is the rela-
ton, In the most condensed form, of a
great truth. Having stated the case,
the Mayor proceeds to adopt another
literary form-the query:
would II not be wise at this time
to instruct the patrolmen p
May I not suggest to you the ad-
visibility 2?
might I not say to you in this
connection p
Folks who do not understand the
little niceties of letter writing may
say to themselves that 1t is unneces-
sary for the Mayor to approach a
Commissioner in a may-I-not attitude,
the charter directing His Honor to be
active in causing the law to be exc
cuted and enforced; but these are the
critics who would destroy the finer
things in official intercourse. The
broadminded will simply note with
admiration that the Mayor is pro-
gressive; that he keeps up with the
literary times without rushing in ad-
vance. In phrase "as fashion, the
same rule will hold: alike fantastic
If too new or old" The Mayor Is not
the first by whom the may 1 not
is tried, nor yet the last to lay the
Gaynor style aside.
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SAY CUMMlNS BILL
MEANS REVOLUTION
Union Heads Denounce Its
Anti-Strike Provisions.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.-Denouncing
the anti-strike provisions Of the Cum
Minis bill for railroad control, heads
of all the organized railway workers OF
the country Joined here to-day in
formal declaration that its enactment
would spell the birth of revolution"
Signed by the chiefs of the four great
brotherhoods, the heads of ten other
unions and the American Federation Of
Labor-all OF whom sponsor the So
called Plumb plan--the declaration dis
claims being a threat. but is announced
as Statement of obvious fact
At the same time It makes reference
to the plan of the railway men TO carr
paign for a favorable Congress.
Attributing to the railway workers
only a belief OF the consent of the gov.
erned in industry as well as in politics
the declaration says more than two NIL
lion men have presented to Congress
comprehensive and constructive plan
for the solution of the railroad problem
have engaged able counsel TO represent
them and have resolved to avail them
selves of every possible channel OF tAe
Government 10 win hearing for It De-
fore the bar of public opinion.
"They have proposed no eXtraconsttu'
tional methods" it says. They want
the people to know the facts and to
vote upon the issue"
The right to strike, the declaration
sets out, is a last resort inherited from
American free institutions and traditions
and to prohibit it would be madness
The proposal contained in the Cummlns
bill is characterized as "CynicaIy as
regardful of the public welfare ana a
step calculated only further 10 lhcreas,
the difficulties that confront the nalon,
The Cummins bill was framed oy
subcommittee Of the Senate interstate
Commerce Committee, headed by SenS'
tor Cummins Gowa), ana is pending
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GlAdlolas.

Leaving the garden terraces. came
BY winding pebbly pathways where there
A sheltered parterrs that was all aname
With tall gladiolas.
So lovely was their seeming such their air,
Serene and stately. to my startled glance.
Methought viewed In them the dcbonair
Maidens of old romance.
And was as knight who fain would
bring
To ols-E!a.Hs, EvadAe, Eioise--
Some tender token OF my worshipping
with minstrel harmonies
Singing to my low tuned lutte: Behold,
o my beloved. this which / have brought
To deck your beauty, this rare chain Of
gold
+ BY some skilled workmsn wrought"
The vision vanished, as by magic bid.
] saw another that far fairer was
You. smiling on me. standing there amid
The tall SladiolaSl
CLINTON sooLLAlD
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SOME EVILS OF THE MOTION
PICTURE BUSINESS.
Mr.. Quinn Returns to the Charge with
a Volley Against Producers.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-Sir: Some
exception has been taken TO my state
ment that the motion picture business
as 1t is being run to-day is the big
gest joke in the world.
True, in capitalization 1t stands fourth
or fifth among the industries, and 1t is
the most direct medium for reaching
| the public, but the producers. the way
they are handling the business. have
| made II a huge joke
isn't It making a joke of the indus
try for the producers to take girls and.
despite the fact they are not qualified
| for leading parts, make them stars?
Isn't It making a joke of the indus
try for producers deliberately TO mutt
late the works OF authors to suit their
own whims or to make them fit their
stars because those stars are unable
to measure up to the standards of the
! characters conceived by the authors?
What else is It but a Joke that the
producers are making Of the industry
when they take stories that need but
two or three reels to make the pictures
interesting and entertaining and stretch
them into five or more reels that make
them tiresome7
Do the producers think that they are
Identifying the industry by squandering
thousands and thousands of dollars in
this wasteful manner and by extrava-
gsnce and then looking to the exhibit
| itors and the patrons for the money
to pay for It?
1t surely cannot be said that they
are placing the industry on any higher
plane by flooding the market with cheap
copies of successful artists. Nor do they
add anything TO the good name Of the
business by copying, in addition to the
style of the picture in which the artists
were successes. their advertising. their
press notices and their various still pic
lures and posters
Can 1t be said that the producers are
doing anything else than making a laugh
ing stock of themselves by accusing
| either directly or through their agents
| the public as being responsible for the
evils existing In the industry?
How do they think they are going
to maintain the patronage of the public
| II they keep on placing the blame for
| their own acknowledgement. ignorance OF
business principles &C. on those who
pay to see motion pictures?
What do they expect to gain by at
lacking the women of this country be-
cause they are asking for better pic
lures?
The fact that their visions have been
dimmed and their senses have been
dulled by the money they have made is
no excuse for their keeping on dolng
the things they are doing.
They must not lose sight of the fact
that the money they have made and are
spending In such a foolish and reckless
manner has come from the public.
The patrons are starving for good pic
lures and they are going TO get them.
A thorough house cleaning OF the in
dustry is needed and the power that
will get behind the broom that does the
cleaning will be the demand OF the mo-
ton picture patrons. ]. A. QUINN,
President Motion Picture and Theat-
rIcal Cooperative Association.
New YORK, September IS.
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True Mission To-day OF a Practical
Deductionist.

We are favored by the receipt from
CHARLES A. BoDEMER, Practical De-
ductionist, of an invitation to join
him in proving that the earth Is not
q sphere but a water level earth.
why" he asks, accept the ridicu-
lous claims Of a comparatively few
Missionaries that we are abiding on a
globe of land, rock, water and fire
that is hurting through the cold,
dark void of the illimitable space at
the incredible speed of twenty miles
second, when this motion is indis-
putably belied by the fixed stars?
He gives reinsurance to less expert
enced deductionlsts who may suppose
q water level earth to be unsafe. He
admits that. 1t Is not supported by a
giant pedestal, that 1t is not held in
place by any mystical fourth dimen-
sion or similar device, and that "this
leaves it, apparently, without support. "
But only apparently:
TT is supported in a substantial
manner that cannot be refuted. sus-
tanned by incontrovertible facts that
conform with the known mechanic
and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. departure
from that which is actually known
but not applied"
Mr.. BoDEAiER's statement that the
demonstration of his theory will not
involve the stability of the earth is
satisfactory to us; the invitation to
Join him is tempting; but we must
decline it. We do not think he is
starting his job in the right way.
In these times other matters have
a prior claim on the attention of a
practical deductionist. Let Mr.. BoDE-
MER first settle the high cost of living
and the other questions which are
bothering people, and he will then find
mankind better disposed to believe
that the earth and all things on It
are on the water level.
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second floor of the stable as well as
on the FIRST. The economy In ground
space, he said, would be wonderful |;
IL AeRIcoLA had thought of 1t the
saving in eighteen centuries would
have been more than a nickel, put
to work at compound interest in the
neollthlc age, would have amounted
to. HANDSOME stairs, or perhaps they
were ramps, were built to take the
cows up to the second floor of the
barn. Up they went, willingly, but
they never would come down. Even
in the madhouse of cubism there is
no picture of a COW, nude or other
wise, descending a staircase. Years
afterward the efficiency expert, one
morning as he was taking a bottle
of milk off the dumbwaiter, said to
himself: 1.-THE idea was all right (;
1t was the cows that were wrong |;
goats would have been the thing"
Yes, goats are the thing. They
revel in the sleeps. Any goat will
ascend or descend any stair without
holding on to the banister. A good
lively goat will save the carpet by
bounding from floor to floor. A well
trained goat not only would bring Its
own milk but could carry on its
horns a basket iof groceries and the
mail. 1t might even help a tired
householder to the fifth floor by a
series Of great drives. All In all,
there is no reason why a goat should
be regarded by Inspector B1Tz as
being on the same footing with a
dog. The goat does not bite, although.
according to tradition, he is much
stronger than the dog.
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The Sun Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New York-r.,-
continued cool to-day and prohah ana
morrow; moderate westerly Winds to'
coming variable. '''us' ~
FOR New Jersey-Fair TODAY
morrow; moderate temperat,t-a ana -
shifting winds. u'ei gentlA
For New England-Falr to-d,
morrow; moderate Temperature and to-
moderate westerly winds tec,1ninr semitic 70
for western New York-FaIr - ailaole,
To- morrow; little q, ange in temnsrs,y; and
and general forecast: The ttSonuitions
appears to have broadened ont ia storm
senerai depression over the west a., s9eai
pressure has fallen along the sou, GliI and
coast, while 1t hassfisen about e Le1a9
amount from eastern Louisiana equsl
maximum wind velocity Of az, ara
nlles an hour from the southeast 80 Two
porteo during Saturday at the n,a,,.s re.
the mississippi River and there vver. OF
moderately strong winds at Nav ~, also
ana fresh northerly winds to the rvss, ,Ieans
Nortnwest storm warnings are No. s sro
playeo on the Texas coast Tbera us
rams Friday night in northern Nsu we're
land, showers in Georgia, Florida ana Ing ss
tlons OF the Dakotae, Nebraska ana PVT PVT
Iad'' Win showers Saturday in Ninps.nse'
ana southeastern Louisiana. EIsawSouss
.ne weather was fair. Moderate tsn,nasIIe
lures prevail throughout the country vera
observations at United States Uestn.
Ieau stations taken at s p, NJ vosts.,nu
| so'enty-nfth meridian time. 'ua''
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New York SIN Has the Finest.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sh:
dent expect we win find perfection in
any class Of men. Artists never paint
the picture of an angel with WHISPERS
Human nature asserts itself in every
profession or calling. What am driv-
Ing at is this:
have come in contact with the
police Of New York city. and l think
u4ey are still "the finest" In the land, OF
good physique. intelligent and gentle
manly
The guardian of the peace takes his
life in his hands, so TO speak, every day
he is on duty-everything is 'agin him.
OF general principles So why not r!n =
rose on the lapel of the cops uniform
now and then and cut out lot OF tnis
stuff in the way of unfavorable criticism
Do you get me?- Thanks.
l.. 4. CoRBET'T
Wall Street Evangelist.
New YORK, September. ~.