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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-02
GET RIGHT POSITION.

how The player shall stand when he
is getting ready for his stroke and
when he is making il. This IS a mat
ter of vast Importance, inasmuch as
the success or failure of the stroke
depends largely on it, and it is sur
prising what an effect a variation of
an inch or two ii. the position Of one
of other of the feet will have upon
the subsequent flight of II. The play
er should take the greatest pains to
find ont exactly what stance suits him
best for the differene strokes. and
should be sure that this stance is
Theoretically iustifiable.
No very hard and fast rule can be
laid down, and there is some margin
for individual peeuliarities, for almost
ell the leading players vary to some
slight extent III this respect. Still
there are certain general principles to
be obeyed, and If the golfer attempts
to defy them because he thinks he
can do better III his own way. he is
sure to be SORRY for it before he has
had any lengthy experience on the
links When he has found the right
stance for each stroke ne should stick
to Ii, oven when he is temporarily elf
ii6 5Ntitt ttlftt - lAACiIiGu IL lily al
sorts of lodges in order to get back to
Il. and he should not give up his stance
far another one until after the gray
est consideration. and having quite sat
isfiea himself that what he is doing is
for the best
SOLE YOUR CLUB.
Eardon saws. "The first thing to
do as You get ready To drive is TO
sole your club properly, j. g, allow it
to rest flat upon the ground behind
Tire ball. The fare Of the club should
BE at right angles 10 the intended
flight of the ball. You should stand
perfectly easy, with the feet firmly
set upon the ground. Don't be tense
but be relaxed. SO that when you
swing there win be the least possible
exertion to yourself
The great trouble with most be-
Einners when commencing to play Is
that almost Invariably they commit
che of two faults. One of them is
that when lifting the club to the
shoulder in preparing for tho down
ward sweep they are apt to raise thu
body ever SO slightly as they raist
the club. The consequence is that thu
hall is tapped, II not missed altogether
The other is the act of sWaying tn,
body away from the ball, thus agaii
changing the plane of the axis. will
the result that The head of the clnl
comes in contact with mother cart
many inches behind where the ball !
teed. Keep, then, the head and TIL
body as steady as you can always re
membering that the arms and shout
ders will do all tina It's necessary il
getting away good ball.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-02
BOISE GOLFERS MUST
NOT FORGET DRIVE
Getting Away Well From Tee
Will Usually Find Player Fin
ishing Strong at End Of the
Match, Say Experts.

Boise golfers must not ferget that
a game Of golf begins at No tee and
most experts agree that majority OF
players encounter their principal trout
bles therein fact, the figure is placed
as high as 80 per cent of them,
However, they claim, almost with
out exception. that their bad scores
are due - their miserable approaching
AMI putting While ono cannot have
toe muen practice in amy phase of the
game yet tmquestionabl the average
golfer pays too little attention. to the
driving and fails to realize its impor-
tance. ono often hears it said that
Il is tho good second or third shot
which Viii bring YOU through; But,
nevertheless. the fellow who gets Off
good drive Is times during the
round VIII lie right along with the
Others when the finish comes. \ little
advice from few Of the great play
ers muy not. therefore come amiss in
order to emphasize the driving end
Of the game of golf. The men quoted
worlds greatest golfers, and their own
words viii have considerable weight
DRIVING HELD IMPORTANT.
Francis Ouimet says: Though l
have had little or no practice to
speak of, excepting week ends, my
game Is about rs good as ever. The
only reason l can give is that during
my spare moments | take my driver
Of 1nidiron and swing it few times
The advantage in this is it gives me
an idea of Just how the grip of a
club feels and therefore when / come
to play a game the sensation is not
entirely foreign My honest belief is
that handling golf clubs, swinging
them whenever possible. will do much
good. At least it means that Mr..
Golfer can take his stance with a
certain degree Of surety, rather than
a provoking thought OF will I hit the
ball or not?
ouimet thinks the handling of a
club for 10 or i minutes day Will
prove the means Of Strengthening out
wild shots that would otherwise prove
disastrous. He thinks driving is the
most important feature of the game.
Here is some advice from other great
players.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-02
TERMS OF AGREEMENT.

Under the terms Of the agreement
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-24
Women Who Suffer for the Race.

Governor SMITHS reply to numer.
Gus criticisms of the amendments to
the transportation law which will &C.
riously modify the employment of
women by urban transit companies
in New York State Is that the law
Is in accord with the policy of the
State with regard to women workers
and that the hardships 1t may inhict
on comparatively few individuals
must be weighed against the welfare
Of all.
1t is a fact which must be remem-
bered that all laws regulating the
hours and conditions of labor work
inconvenience to individuals and fam
lilies. The object Of the enactments
is not to preserve customs which
had been acqulesced in by the indi-
viduals, but definitely to alter them.
The Legislature, guided by the theo-
| ries advanced by students of social
and industrial conditions, has fire.
quently barred women and children
from certain forms of labor against
the protests of employed women and
| children, disregarding their complaints
because its members were convinced
| they were not based on enlightened
understanding Of the whole problem
involved. Thus the testimony of a
self-reliant, vigorous woman that she
could protect herself In health and
morals while acting as guard on a
midnight train from Coney Island
would not shake the conviction Of the
Legislature that such work Is dan
gerous generally for women.
The employing corporations affected
| by the latest law have made clear
their position, which is that they will
not dismiss women coming under Its
provisions, but that they must make
Ieadjustments to comply with It's
terms and at the same time maintain
their organizations. In these read
justments the employees handicapped
by legal restraints as to hours and
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-24
The Date When Moses Rogers Began
His Important Voyage.

History must be false, said WAL
POLE. We cannot agree with that
cynical old bird. but now AMI then 1t
seems as If the more conservative
PLUTARcH was right when he re-
marked upon the difficulty Of tracing
things by history. The item ut pres
ent in mind is q very simple one: the
date on which the first transatlantic
voyage by n vessel using steam power
was begun. OF course the ship was
the Savannah and her skipper was
that fine New London Yankee MOSES
ROGERS; there is no disagreement
about that. But there is a strange
lack of unanimity in books of refer
ence as to the day on which the ship
steamed from Savannah toward
Liverpool.
HAYDN's Dictionary of Dates" says
that it was the 21st of May, 1919.
HARpER's Book of Facts" makes it
May "a. LIrTLE's "Cyclopedia of
Classified Dates" records 1t as having
occurred on May 20. +. e. CHAD
w1cK's development of the Steam
ship gives the date as May %.
HARPER's encyclopedia of United States
History" puts the voyage vaguely In
July. SCRIBNER's History of the
United States" devotes half page
to the general subject of the voyage,
but IS no more definite about the sail
/ ing than to put Gin the summer of
1910" although footnote states that
| the authors had access to Captain
RoGERs's log book, lent by his daugh-
ter, Mrs. S. A. WARD Of New York.
Let us look into that usually ac-
curate work APPLEToN's Encyclopedia
of American Biography" No sketch
of MOSES ROGERS appears in the orig
inal set Of six volumes that were
prepared by JAMES GRANT WILSON
and JOHN FIsKE, but in the extra
volume, issued in 1900 without Fishes
name on the title page, there is brief
biography of Captain ROGERS. But
what Is this we see relative to
, RoGERs's ship? "She left Savannah,
Georgia, on % March, 1919, and went
by way of New York to Liverpool,
where she arrived on IS June" Con-
! fusion, indeed
Five different dates, gathered from
seven authorities, are too much. Let
us bewilder the reader no longer, even
for the sake Of showing how wise
PLUTARCH was, and go direct to the
man who ought to know-MosEs Roc
ERs himself. His log book, copies OF
which are fortunately preserved, puts
an end to the muddle. One hundred
years ago to-day, on May "A, 1919, the
Savannah began her voyage from Sa,
vnnnah to Liverpool. Appleton's bl
ographer merely got his cities trans
posed, for it was on March % that
ROGERS started from New York IL
Georgia with his newfangled ship. TIC
those who may suggest that Rooms
like other historians, may have got
the date wrong in the log we will say
that he also wrote in the log that II
was Monday morning. at a. NJ.
when he got under way; and it il
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-24
Sergeant YOrk-and His Captain
I and HIS Major.

When ALVIN G. YORK of Pail Mall,
= Tenn, was drafted into the army he
x did not know why he was called from
the Tennessee mountains to face death
overseas. He had put behind him the
frivolities of strenuous youth and
had Joined the church. No mere for
q NAL donning of the semblance of re-
: ligious belief was his: honest man he
was and conversion meant more than
literary acceptance of half understood
4 formula. So he being a man OF sub
4 stance and weight in the congrega-
4 fion, some Of his fellows sought to
4 make him out a conscientious objec-
q tor and thus obtain his release from
n Be 1t understood YORK did not want
10 be In the army: he had no taste
for 1t. But he did want to do his
duty, and his officers nightly longed
: for men such rs he splendid In ply
J fsique, clear in mind, masters of the
rife, obedient to duty, clean in habit.
qeiThey wanted him for himself and they
wanted him for the other men. One
individual soldier like YORK is host
b for discipline in IA company. He sci
up no claim for exemption.
'h' There are two ways of treating
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-24

The Soviet Government Of Russia
has introduced a new calendar where
by the date of the establishment OF
the Bolshevik rule. October 20. Is
taken as the beginning OF the year
To any one searching for parallels be-
tween the French and Russian revo-
lutions 1t will be interesting to note
that the Republican calendar of France
was adopted In october and that the
year began with the date OF the proc
lamation OF the republic, September
20, 1892. The Gregorian calendar was
restored in France in 1905. VIII the
Bolshevik calendar be continued IL
Use so long?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-24
THE FRAUDULENrLY BERTB-
BOWED.
Punish Those who Wear Decorations
That were Not Awarded to Them.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN--str: There
is only one safeguard for the dignity
and sanctity Of decorations or the rib
bons representing them, whether they
are American or foreign. and that is
to adopt the method of the Republic OF
France and have a very severe penalty
enforced against any one wearing
decoration not his own. 1t is not tho
selling or the finding or the inheriting
that would be offensive, but the wear
ing; or IL an INSCRIPTIONS person stole
n decoration and then wore It, II he
were not detected in the stealing and
there were no penalty for the wearing
great injury might be wrought.
Therefore let there be enacted law
that any one wearing a decoration or
the corresponding ribbon not awarded
to him, whether national or interna-
t!onal. whether awarded by the military
authorities. by State or Federal Govern
ment, for merltorious services, or for
services in war abroad by any of our
allies, or awarded by any country. be
subject to a penalty, for it should be
deemed a misdemeanor to misrepresent
with laurels that were not Justly OBJ
tanned. LEGION OF HONOR.
NEW York, May 20.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-24
Representative FITZGERALD Of Massa

Representative FITZGERALD OF Massa-
chusetts told Mr.. KITCHIS that iii
Southern members are allowed to walk
off with all important committee as
signments the minority party will be
weakened" The Bay State member
has yet to learn that it is not the
Democratic party's good but the
South's Mr.. KrrcHIN has in view in put
ting Southerners at the top of minor
ity columns in committee assignments
so that in the event that Democrats
again win control OF the House the
we'll established seniority rule Will
again give all important chairmanships
to the section whose members headed
all but one of the great committees
for six years ended March 4. 1919.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-24
ARMENIA,S SACRIFICES.
An Appeal for the First Nation to Be
come Christian.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sr: May
have the liberty of reminding your
readers of two supreme records OF q
small nation which cannot be equalled
while the world lasts?
The first was when, sixteen centuries
ago, Armenia flung the flag of Chris
tianity to the breeze from the very peak
Of Mount Ararat, the cradle of human
ity, and raising high the Cross of Christ
proclaimed the nation Christian in de-
fiance OF the whole world. AS no other
nation was Christian then, to my un-
Outstanding this was the most cou-
rageous act In history.
Since then Armenia has paid dearly
for her act. Yes. indeed. she held the
eastern outpost of Christianity for six
teen centuries without outside help. at
a sacrifice of 100000 population. This
is the most terrible price that a Chris
tian nation has paid for the Cross.
Where is Armenia to-day? She is
there at Mount Ararat, the Cross on her
shoulders, bleeding to death. The papers
say thousands are starving daily in the
very shadows of Mount Ararat, while
the rest Of christendom enjoys a full
dinner pail How far is this Mount
Ararat? Is IL at the north pole or the
south pole that we cannot give help?
So far the Christian world has Of
fered her only the crumbs from its
table: It has not invited her to the
| table to share the repast.
VIII THE Sun spare some OF its rays
of wisdom for ravished Armenia, and
ask and send an appeal to every Chris
tian church asking II Christians would
reward Armenia?
STEPHEN A SELIAN.
NEW YORK, May %.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-24
TRADE BRIEFS.

American exporters in corresponding
with Algerian firms make frequent use of
trade abbreviations and commercial terms
which are not understood and cause con-
siderable embarrassment.
Goods invoiced for shipment to the
United States from Ceiba, Honduras, ag-
gregated 81. 200, o35 In 1918. bananas valued
at l,547 500 and sugar at so3s.55o being
the chief articles exported.
The Government OF New South Wales
has set aside S4S6 $50 out of which TO
make advances to farmers who have SUI
fered severe losses through successive bad
seasons and are now in need of assistance
to save them from ruin.
A steamer passenger service has been
inaugurated between Kingston. Jamaica,
and Santiago de Cuba. For the past
year small schooners have afforded prac-
tically the only means OF passenger travel
between Jamaica ana Cuba.
Northern Chile depends almos; wholly
upon two Industries, nitrate and copper
mining. or these the former is most i'm
portant, both from the standpoint OF ex-
tensive operation and tho direct economic
effect upon the population as whole.
Steel produced In the TransvaaI. South
Africa, from scrap varies from very mild
steel bars for blacksmith work to the hard
steel bars used for Osborne tube mill
liners. but is chiefly medium carbon steel
for rails. Oats. angles, channels and rounds.
The sunnower grows readily in South
Africa and Is cultivated to n limited ex-
tent for poultry food In tho opinion Of
the British and South African Export Ga
setts large quantities could be produced
y there were a demand at a remuneratlve
price.
The production OF hemp and max in
Baden Is said to have Increased twenty
fold during the war. Formerly these crops
were raised by small farmers for purely
local use Tho Baden Chamber OF Com
merce expects stilI greater acreage to
be devoted to nax and hemp when normal
conditions are restored.
According to the Nieuns Rotterdam che
Coprant German mortgage banks which
during tho war had come TO an agree
men, providing for the extension of ma
turing mortgages have found It necessary
10 reserve the right again to extend the
period, from June 80. 1919. the date fixed
by the above mentioned agreement. 10
December 81. 1919.
There lie need OF paper In Bordeaux,
France. little having been imported or
manufactured during the war, and req
uisition being also placed upon paper by
the French Government; during that time
Before the war a considerable amount OF
paper was imported from Germany and
some from Italy
According to tho Copenhagen Berlin0skt
Tideude. the Norwegian Government ex.
poets to establish three new factories one
each at Aalesund. Haugesund and vaag,
ane. for making oil and fertilizers from
herring. The combined output Is calcu
lated at 500 tons OF oil and 5000 to 1905
tons OF hsh meal
Further discoveries Of tin deposits II
the Lukusi and Lualaba districts Congo
south Africa) are reported. and a larg,
increase on the present output OF thos,
heids Is anticipated in the early future
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-24
EVENTS TO-DAY.

Salvation Army drive for .lsooo,o Ss,
day and night.
Masonic Hospital benefit, Carnegie Hail.
8 2. NJ
Mass meeting under the auspices of tho
tion. Madison Square Garden. P. N
Under the csar KerensR s1N and On the Nq Rs:.
shev!ki." straus Auditorium of the Eau
cational Alliance, s p. NJ.
Mrs. Alfred E. Smith will be the guest
OF honor at a Dolly Madison breakfast
under the auspices of the Woman's Demo-
cratic League OF the State OF New York
Newton d. Baker. Secretary of VS.,
Of the S' Phi es 's Beta q PsSs
Reception by the Home Welcome Com.
mittee for American Soldiers and Sailor
Of Swedish Birth or Descent. Cnit..dd
speak. sixty-ninth Regiment Armory,
Annual field day of the Young Women.
Christian Association. Van Cortlandt Park.
Empire day dinner of the New York
branch Of the British Overseas Club, Ho'e
Conference on traffic conditions, Hotel
Commodore, 10 A. NJ:
Mcouade, Hotel Commodore. I P. NJ.
Get Acquainted" dinner OF the New
York Public Lecture Corps. Hotel Meal
Reception and beefsteak dinner to tn.
1924 Engineers, A. E. r, U. $. A, By
the Defendam Association. Twenty second
Regiment Veterans Hotel pe' AT''s's''
The men of the Marquette Club VII!
celebrate The Return OF the Prodigal:,
from Flanders Field Hotel Plaza $50
victory pageant and indoor games o.
the wingate Athletic League, Seventy-nrst
Regiment Armory. z. NJ.
Welcome home dinner to seventy four
mem ors of the New Era Club. "a East
Rheta Chiide Dorr will speak on Dol
shevism and the need for Americans.
ton" Iowa New Workers, Hotel Aston !
DinnE to Congressman Florelo II IA
Guardh by the Progress Republican CUB
Eighth Assembly District, Lien';-Cn.
G. c. Rausch will speak on "Nature'
Forces for and Against Workmen, unde
the auspices of the Safety institute. OF
ropolitan Building. 10 A. NJ --
DR.. II. II. Rusty will lecture on ne
Recognition OF Medicinal and Poisonous
Properties in Unknown Plants IN IN
Museum Building OF the New hoFA 20
tanicaI Garden. T. ", ,,-.r
American Steel Institute. meeting NV
May day on the green by me ch"GLtny
parents and play leaders OF me pa
fairgrounds of Manhattan, Sheep Meadow
Central Park, 2:3o p. NJ.
Luncheon of the Portia Club Ho'el '''"'
Lydon Hall Alumna. luncheon H''''
Commodore. p. NJ. ,,.. ,,..,
Meeting OF the James q. B'alne N'1''
Hotel Commodore, 7. NJ
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-24
IdeaIism Ought to Begin at Home.

How much suffering has been
caused already to civil war veterans
and to the wives and children of our
dead in the present war by President
WILSON'S delay in calling Congress
Tito session only the sufferers can
tell. How much inconvenience and
distress and starvation and perhaps
death that same dereliction of mani
!, fest duty will occasion to the nations
dependents during the months to come
can be told only when May is over
and June is past: the details Of the
dire total will never be known except
TO the sufferers.
IA The figures of the chairman of the
Appropriations Committee are partly
Indicative. On the first of May 700,-
900 allowance checks to soldiers de-
(. pendents were held up for, want of
funds. These 100000 checks involved
: about S13,0OO000. A week hence 600,-
18p0 more checks for May, amounting
10 $11 100000 will be withheld from
the war risk insurance beneficiaries
because the President did not find it
advantageous to his League of Ma
lions contrivinSs that the Congress
!, sshould be earlier in session. About
,,.225 900 civil war pensioners have been
\ kept out of their overdue money, az
= gregating $3,OOO,OOO, for the same
reason.
80 Even when the deficiency bill which
was reported and rushed through the
House on Thursday has passed the
Senate it must await the approval Of
A President three thousand miles
away on self-appointed mission based
on n self-determned idealism. These
1926 900 dependents of the Govern
ment, and all those other sufferers
who are in turn dependent on the
1,325,OOO. must face the misery thus
brought upon them because President
WILSON'S time and mind are occupied
with other affairs than those en-
q trusted to him by the Constitution.
We doubt If the defrauded depend,
ents Of the Government of the United
States will find surcease Of wrctched-
ness in the assurance which President
WILSON gave them when he sailed
9. away from his appointed duties. He
told them then in advance that he
realized the great inconvenience tina
would attend his leaving the country
Hbut believed it his paramount duty tC
risk these inconvenience in order tC
promote the great ideals of world re-
organization and reform for which
America had striven.
There are ideals of home duty also
q in considering the extremely unpleas
mt subject of the responsibility which
7, Mr.. WILSON has incurred by his
choice of a field for ideaism it will
give little comfort to the hungry, DIES
titute and variously miserable 1925,
- 900 to reflect that the Inconvenience
10 which the President referred sc
feelingly at the time when he deserted
his official post are all falling OF
them and not at all on him,
1t does not seem Il fair division
however beautifully phrased is hi
talk about the pursuit Of ideals in an
, other hemisphere