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THE OLD AsroR LIBRARY.

On Jan- g, 1854, the Astor Library. New York city, was opened to the public.
 For more than half century the Astor Library on Lafayette Place formerly the court end of the city was the Mecca of scholars not only of the United States, but of Europe. Notable names of the old world were glad to consult it's treasures. It was the home of authors.
 The New York Public Library, As tor, Lenox and Ti1den Foundations, opened in 1911, at Fifth avenue and Forty Second street, is an institu- tion. Therein lies the sad difference world. ''In the marble palace and Avenue said the New York Sun upon the opening of the New York Public Library, scholars and artists of the pen will forever regret the edirn and sacred seclusion of the a1- coves of the old Astor Library
 In the Fifth Avenue Building the thinker has to pursue his path amidst cosmopolitan gang, of twenty or more nations not out for avenues to Culture, but, in large measure, gun ming for amusement
 The Trustees of the Astor Library on Lafayette Place were incorporated by an act of the Legislature of the State of New York, passed Jan. IS, 1849. The original endowment came from a legacy under the will of John Jacob Astor who died in 1s43. His desire as expressed in his will was to render a public benefit to the city of New York, and to contribute to the advancement of useful knowl- edge and the general good of society He left the sum of $400,0O0 for the establishment of a Public Library to be accessible at all reasonable hours and times, for general use, free of ex- pense to persons resorting thereto. The quaint bui1ding-the Astor Lii brary-while scarcely adapted to the | demands of a merely reading public | was aminent1y fitted for the unique | minds chosen to benefit the world b5 1 severe and solitary study. The face, 1 of great men have been seen very | hard at work in the secluded Gal coves' where they had free access U | all books and not subjected to thu tiresome relays through the hands O 'attendants'' as in the new New Yori Library. Lowell, Washington Irving I Bryant, Tha,ckeray and Edgar Alle1 I Poe were frequenters of the old As tor Library. The eye of Charle Dickens searched its shelves, an. commended it's opportunities for soli | tude i'm communion with the mel who still rule pure spirits from thei | urns
 The plan of the old Astor Ldbrar, was excellent for scholars - bl, hardly for the democracy that run jnore to boards than brains
 The 'tstudies'' of the New Yorl Library do not give, as had beel hoped for, the privileges to author need. The north and south halls o the Astor Library were used by tn
 dtlletante i'm letters. The two storie
 of "a1coves" to which quaint spira stairways ascended were used by me-
 and women with a purpose. In an al
 cove of the Astor Library Captai
 Mahan wrote his "Sea-Power."
 The tonnes, priceless in value, coul be consulted by men and wome
 with credentials. In the wearisom
 plan in the new New York Librar
 the books are all in the '.stAcks," an
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DEDUCTIONS FOR LOSSES.

Losses incurred by a taxpayer in any transaction entered into for profit outside of his regular business are allowed. Under the 1917 act deduc- tions for such losses were allowed only to, the extent of gains in similar transactions. If, for example, a per- son made $1,000 in one stock market transaction and in another lost s5, 900 he was required to include the ST. 900 in his return of gross income. and could, deduct only that amount as loss- Under the current act he is allowed deduction of s4,O00.
 A reasonable allowance is made for depreciation of business property and obso1escence, and for the deple- ton Of oil and gas wells and other natural deposits.
 Contributions or gifts made during the year 1919 to corporations organ ized for charitable, scientific, reIig- ious, or e3ucationa1 purposes, or for the prevention of cruelty to animals or to the special fund for vocational rehabilitation may be deducted to an amount not exceeding Is per cent of the taxpayers income.
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YETrA E. GOLDBERG
 vs. Order of Notice LOUIS GOLDBERG. STATE OF CONNECTICUT, FAIRFIELD COUNTY, ss. SUPERIOR COURT.

.( Bridgeport, Jan. g, A. D. 1920.
 Upon the complaint of the said Yetta B. Goldberg praying, for req sons therein set forth, for a divorce and custody of child, now pending before this Court, having been re- turned thereto on the first Tuesday of December, 1920.
 It appearing to and being found by thds Court that the said defendant is absent from this state and gone to parts unknown, and that notice of the pendency of the complaint was given as required by order of notice heretofore issued, and now the Plain tiff asks for a further order of notice i'm the premises.
 Therefore, ordered. that notice of the pendency of eatd complaint be given by publfshing this order in the Bsd6geport Times, a newspaper print cd in Bridgeport, once a week for two weskss commencing on or before the 10th day of January, A. D. 1920.
 By the Court,
 MICHAEL J. FLANAGAN, Asst. Clerk of the Superior Court for
 Faaraetd County. Az b"5-5
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OTHER DEDUCr1BnE ITEMS.

Other items which may be deduct ed are as follows:
 Taxes paid or accrued during the year 1919, except income, war profits or excess-p profit taxes, and those as- sessed against local benefits of a kind tending to improve the value of the property.
 Loss of property not connected with trade or business rising frefn fires, storms, shipwreck, or other casualty, or from theft, if not com pensated for by insurance or other wise.
 Debts ascertafned to be worthless and charged off within the year. Interest paid or accrued on indebt- edness except indebtedness incurred | to purchase securities. the interest upon them which Is exempt from tax
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DANBuRY HATTFR
 FOUND DEAD FROM GAS.

panbury, Jan. s-The body of ce- a1stiaa Popole, a halter, SO years of age, was found today in his home at 16 George street. He had been azphyxiated by illuminating gas. He had not been seen since Monday. The edcr of escaping gas led neighbors to his home today. Whether the death was accidental or the man commit ted suicide has not been determined
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FARMERS ALSO CONSIDERED.

The farmer may deduct all amounts paid in preparing his land for g. crop, and the cultivation, harvesting, and marketing of the crop. The cost of seed and fertilizer used and amounts spent in caring for live stock are deductible items. The cost of minor repairs to farm build fngs other than the dwelling, and of fences, farm machinery, and wag- ons may be claimed, also the cost of farm tools which are used up in the course of year or two. The cost of machinery of 8 permanent char acter, such as a thrashing machine or tractor, is held to be a capital in vestment, and is not an allowable de- duction. Rent paid for a farm is de- ductible
 The principles underlying these aI- lowances are equally applicable to the conduct of any trade, business or profession. In short, all expenses connected solely and directly with the conduct of an fncome-producing business trade, profession, or voca- ton are allowable.
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FACTS YOU
 SHOULD KNOW

Deductions from gross income in determining net income include all business expenses, which are the amounts actually incurred during the tax year in the conduct of a bus mess, trade, or profession.
 A merchant may claim as deduc- tions the amount paid for advertise ing, hire of clerks, and other em- ployees, the cost of light, fuel, heat, water, and telephone used in his place of business, the cost of operat- ing delivery wagons, motor trucks and incidental repairs to such vehtc- les.
 A physician may claim as deduc- tions the cost of medicines and med icinal supplies used by him in his practice, reasonable proportion of the expenses paid in the maintenance and repair of an automobile used III making professional calls the ex- penses of attending medical conven- tions, dues to medical societies and subscriptions to medical journals, the rent paid for office rooms and the cost of heat, water, light, telephone etc, used in such office rooms, and salaries paid to office assistants. The same deductions are allowed a den- tist.
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THE wnarHER.

New Haven, Jan. 9-Rain fol- lowed by clearing and colder late tonight. Saturday, fair and cold CT.
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READY TO BELIEVE ANYTHING

WHEN the report first came that
w Paris had been bombardCd by a gun
with seventy mile range no one be-
lieved il. The first theory was that
bombs had been dropped from an air
ship. Then the army engineers began
to tell how it was possible for a gun
to shoot seventy miles, and finally
every one accepted the report as accu-
rate. The continued bOmbardment Of
the city left them no other recourse.
Now comes word from Paris that the
French Government has bought the
patents on gun which can shoot from
100 to 12O miles. The shell is said to
leave the muzzle at the velocity of four
ffths of a mile a second. If it keeps up
this velocity it will take the shell l2j
seconds, or more than two minutes, to
90 100 miles. Instead Of doubling this
rcport we accept it without question
and wonder when the gun with 300
mile range will be invented.
Such a gun is theoretically possible.
All that is necessary is to make "A cast .
ing strong enough to resist the shock
Of the explosive sufficiently powerful to
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TENTS FOR THE HOMELESS

UNLESS something is done in the
~ near future the housing situation in
this city will soon be almost as serious
as that in the devastated regions of
France.
As there is demand for at least
20, 600 more houses than can he found,
there is u population of-100 900 with
out proper accommodations. If all we
had to do was to provide shelter for
this population some way out could be
found. 1t Is sheltered now after a
fashion. pand it can worry along until
new houses are built or until old houses
are turned into apartments. But land
lords are raising the rents and are
evicting the tenants who are unwilling
or unable to pay new rates.
1t is this forcing the housed into the
ranks of the houseless that is causing
dissatisfaction. 1t has already been
the cause of a serious riot in West
Philadelphia. The rioters deserve the
condemnation of all friends of order.
who know that evils cannot be rcdressrd
in any such way. But, unfortunately,
there are many persons who cannot be
reasoned with when they see before them
the prospect of eviction. not because
of nonpaymcnt Of rent but because
some one else is willing to pay more for
their house than they can afford to pay.
The request of the Forty fourth Ward
Tenants Association for permission to
put up tents in Fairmount Park near
Georges Hill for the temporary accom-
modation of its evictcd members shows
the eXtremitics to which the people are
forced
What the Park commissioners will do
about ii does not yet appear. They may
decide that the protection of the sane
tity of the Park is of greater importance
than shelter for the houscesS. Or they
may open wide stretches Of this pleasure
ground not only for tents but for port
able houses to be occupied until such
time a. builders can put up permanent
dwellings on paved streets. If they can
not bring themselves to take such Il
course they may point out the location
of unoCcupied tracts of land on which
temporary shelter can be put up as it
has been provided for the homeless in
France. Whatever the commission does
or does not do it is evident that some
provision must be found for the people
who are seeking shelter.
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INDIANS AS SOLDIERS

A FEW years ago the suggestion. of a
"A Redskin division in the American
regular army would possibly have been
thought whimsical. But the magnifi
cent record Of our Indian troops in the
world war now gives a thoroughly
practical aspect to the plan.
DIR. Joseph X. Dixon, who Urges Il,
has been n prime figure in the Rodman
Wanamaker surveys Of our aboriginal
populations. His proposal, If adopted
in the new army bill, will mark a sub :
stantial step toward Indian suffrage.
for it is stipulated that each man of
the 10000 or $4,000 in the division
shall automatically become a citizen OF
the United States on donning the uni
form.
Outworn prejudices should not be
permitted TO stand in the way of this
reform. There are good Indians" to-
day. Some 10000 Of them fought
under our colors against Germany
Many thousands more are intellectually
and morally eligible for citizenship.
The example of New Zealand, where
the native Maoris are prominent in
politics and even in the dominion Par
lament, is worth needing, il not imme-
diately, at least comparatively soon.
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WOODS DELEGATES

DOLITICAL statisticians n Wash
l. ington have estimated that General
Wood will enter the Republican con
vuntion with Isl delegates, or 212 less
than Il majority. In this total they have
included eight delegates from Pennsyl.
vania, twenty eight from New Jersey,
three from Delaware and twelve from
New York. They think he may posi-
bly, get few more from the southern
states than are included in their pre-
limiuary estimate. Frank Hitchcock is
busily engaged in picking up all the un-
attached delegates in the South and
elsewhere that he can lay his hands on,
but even he has not yet claimed ma
iority on the first ballot.
But il is evident that Wood will enter
the convention with stronger backing
than any other candidate unless some
thing happens between now and June 8.
Consequently his opponents will busy
themselves with combinations among
the supporters of other candidates in
order to bring about agreement on some
oup else.
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that the business Of government, which
he is content to leave in the hands of
men who make a profiteering trade Of
politics, affects him intimately every
day of his life. For the errors and the
inefficiency of elected officers the voter
pays heavily in excessive taxes, in hard
ship, in deprivation. 1t is easily pos
sible to conceive of circumstances in
which he must pay with his life. Yet
he can be Indifferent
The worst of it all is that what the
professional politicians say is, 10 a
large extent, true. They do hold the
voters together. They do get them to
the polls" If they didn't the great
question of American policy would be
decided according to the will of a
smaller minority than that which now
elects Presidents, senator's and con
gressmen. The party system is not to
blame. 1t is the perversion Of the party
principles that has brought about an
almost complete stagnation of political
thought in this country.
There are too many leaders willing to
put their party banner above the flag
of the country.
4 housekeeping Is needed in both old
parties. 1t is sorely needed in the
bigoted party press which deliberately
establishes rigid rrejudices and throws
dust in the eyes of multitudcs. 1t is
only occasionally, when Roosevelt
happens along, that the voters rise and
have their own way. And then. as every
one knows, the bosses accept the popu :
lar decision with sense of defeat.
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MOVING DAY IN FIUME

TN THE absence Of details, Premier
l. Nitti's announcement that Italy has
decided to adopt the Presidents plan re =
garding Fiume must be taken largely on
faith. Furthermore. Mr.. Wilson sug-
geSted several settlements" of the
Adriatic problems and there werc points
in both these programs which were not
fully worked out.
What is probably a fact, however. is
that moving day for Gabrielle D'Annun
zio has at last arrived. Neithsr the
Italian Governments plan nor the En-
tente's plan nor the American plan in :
volved sanction of freebooter's rule in
Fiume. The chaos of the situation will
endure so long as D'Annunzio' fan
tastic regime is permitted. The return
of reason in Rome is the first gleam OF
hope that has irradiated the muddle in
many months.
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EGGS

THERE'S a robin digging angle
i worms in Independence Square,
With Cogitating intervals of rest.
There's a busy man who envies him |;
his loot he'd like to share;
He rather thinks the bait is of the
best.
And the wish to go afshing stirs our
minds but not our legs!
Rut we know the spring is with us when
we've had our Easter eggs!
Each fecund tree has bearing pains.
The sap begins to run.
The young ideas (budS! begin to
shoot.
Each little peach in embryo is dream
ing of the sun
And hoping it may grow TO be a fruit.
Each jocund mind knows fancy sweet
n jolly little cuss-
When the Easter rabbit kindly lays a
candy egg for us.
GRIF ALEXANDER.
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that he hoped to have the line in opera
tion before he left office. President
Mitten, of the p. II. T., has been say
ing lately that it ought to be in opera
tion next winter.
1t seems that we never are but always
are to be blessed. The service which the
new elevated is to supply is always
eight or ten months in the future.
Unless something is done pretty soon
the operation of cars on the structure
will come to be regarded as among those
promised impossible things like per-
petual motion.
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AUToBIoGRAPHIcAL JOYS

F THOMAS Il. SMITH is really writ
= ing his memoirs. he betrays a lively
appreciation Of perhaps the most fasci-
mating of all fields Of literature. There
VIII be great company for the cx-
Mayor. Indeed, that illuStriOus cms-
ter which includes Rousseau. Casanova,
st. Simon, Cellini. Franklin, Pepys,
Evelyn, Amiel, Henry Adams. Henry
Watterson. W. y. 7. Barbellion. Lord
Fisher, Samuel W. pennypacker and
Eric Ludendortf cannot easily be sur
passed.
Ominous warning is dcrivable from
the case of Mark Twain. After many
chapters Of his autobiography were in
type the philosopher humorist made
rueful confession of failure and threw
up the job. Truth had been too elu-
sive. 1t is fondly TO be hoped that Mr..
Smith, assuming that his friends have
correctly reported his activities, will
not allow the precious white bird to
escape
In that case all the tales Of the con-
dottieri will not be confined to the ir-
repressibe Celini's vivid picture Of
Florentine days.
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MAKESHIFT POSTAL PLANS

IF ANY proof Of the painful made
1 Quacy Of the postofiicr at Ninth and
Market streets were needed it could be
found in the expansion plan which
John \. Thornton is 10 urge upon
Washington officials this week. II is
proposed TO rent floor spac" in some
centrally located building to care for
the overflow work
Doubtless some such scheme deserves
to be put into immediate execution 70
care for Il crisis. Bur an annex Of this
character i an ohviou> and pitiful
makeshift. The city'S need for n prop
erly equipped. rupaciou>. modern cen
tral poStotiice is imperative.
Promises Of relief by a new structure
on Market street near Nineteenth have
been reiterated aud have dismally
faded. Yet there are towns of -. 900
population who's" po~totfro facilities
are vastly superior 10 those in thi. city.
of approximately 1000. 600 inhabi-
tants.
How much wor~" docs tho situation
have 70 be before til" only sensible
remedy is applied?
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ALICE PAUL, OPTIMIST

nUISS PAUL does not seem to be- dis .
INl couraged by III" defeat Of the equal
suffrage amendment in Delaware last
Thursday. She is confident that it will
have better luck this week..
This is the mental attitude 10 be ey-
pected of the suffragi>'> II they had
been easily dishcartcurd the" would not
have succeeded in persuadjug Congress
20 submit the amendment to the states
and after it had been submitted they
would not have secured its ratidcatiUn
by thirty-tiy states.
They are in fair way to demon
strate that If any one wants thing
hard enough he will get it.. Cousc
auently the Delaware Legislature is up
against forces the power Of which il
does not yet seem TO realize.
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Answers to SATURDAYS ouIz

l. The word hokey-pokey is a corrup.
tion Of "hocus-pocus.
:. The highest commander of the Amer
lean troops on the Rhine is the
President of the United States.
j. Two former chieftains of Tammany
Han were William NJ. Tweed and
richard Croker. The former dieG
In 1873. The latter has lately beer
living In Florida.
4. Louisiana Is to consider the euua
suffrage amendment IN May ano
North Carolina in July.
0. rs civilization a failure or Is the
Caucasian played out" Is a quota
tion from Bret Harte's famous hu.
morous poem plain Language From
Truthful James"
6. A pantechnicon is a furniture ware,
house or moving van.
z. A mortgagor is one who gives {
mortgage A mortgage Is the per
son to whom the property is mort
gagged
y. The mammee is a tropical American
tree with q large ycllow-pulped edi
bic fruit.
.. The predominant religion Of Persia
is Mohammedanism of the shit,
sect, which Is regarded by the Turk.
and Arabs as unorthodOX.
10. May Day, May /, is particularly de
voted in Europe to ultra-radica
manifestations.
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Senator Harding Is Handicapped in His
Presidential Candidacy BY His Strik-
ing Resemblance to Mckinley

And the federal administration which
lntervened in the situation seemed to be
especially insistent that there should be
strike.
There was one.
:. 1t cost the country, let us say, bill
lion of dollars.
This is only an estimate.
But official figures show that it cost
the railroads alone $111 200, 900.
And 1t is not unreasonable to suppose
that it cost other industries in proper
ton.
Thus to pay the coal workers $500
100000 additional wages, which every
one agreed at once they were entitled
70, cost the country two billion dol
lars
A pretty expensive system of in.
dustrial adjustment.
q q, q
pCT that is not all.
- Don't suppose that the gentlemen
on whose shoulders fall in the first in
stance the cost of $4,000, 600 900 are
content TO pass on merely S.
900, 200. 900.
Consider the coal operators them
selves.
When they PASS on an advance of
S2OO,OOO,OOO wages they do so in ad e
Ndu'tu prices Wnlcn net tnem nice
round billion,
That is only a beginning.
We read such items as these: Land =
lords to raise rents because of advance
in cost of soft coal
Will they advance rents just enough
to cover the higher cost of coal?
Not at all. They will advance rents
four or five times as much as that.
They will clean up handsome profit
on the transaction
q q q
w to SO each to cost Of suits"
The coal operator having been paid
| five times over for the advance in wages
| to his men and the landlord having been
paid five times over for the higher cost
of coal, the manufacturer turn comes.
He wants five or six dollars more for
his suits. which will probably pay him
| five or six times over the higher rent
he has TO pay.
q q q
A I THIS point enters Attorney
"A General Palmer's "hying squad e
ron" looking for protiteers and not find
ing any.
The circle is complete.
| Mr.. Palmer protected us from "revo
luton" when the miners threatened tc
| strike.
He is still protecting US, We may fee
assured, as W" pay, pay. pay!
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THE FRANKFORT L MYSTERY

GOVERNOR SPROUL does not seem
VI 10 be able 10 understand why the
Frankford elevated line is not in opera
ton,
II he can find out there are tens Of
thousands of persons living along the
route Of the line who wish he would tell
them,
Mayor Smith announced last spring