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THE SUN, BlttTBIORE, SliTURDiY' MORNING. IMaJICH 101917. MARYLAND MUSINGS MARRIED. NICHOLS. On March R.

1917. AGNES, THE SJTN Tjiblished Every Week-Day by lhe A. 8. Abell Compauy. Entered at the Postoflice at Baltiniora as second-class mail matter.

SUBSCRIPTION BATES. CITY AND SUBURBS BY CATfRIEB. Morniag. Evening and Sunday, 13 centaba week; two weeks for a quarter. Please he concise.

As a rule," 200 words should oe enough; heyond that the editor reserves the right to blue pencil. Your name and address accompany each communication not fcr publication unless you toish, but as evidence of good faith. which the necromancer had evolved after a lifetime of thought' and toil failed to 1 crush Germany's hated enemy. It has been beaten back and practically eliminated from the effective instruments of war. It was an appropriate time for its inventor to pass away.

"A LOOK AHEAD. It is well-nigh impossible for an intelligent man thoughtfully to read any of the many worth-while books which have been written about the war without experiencing the practically hopeless feeling that the questions engendered by this blood-red, yet somehow ridiculous, spectacle are so infinite in size and variety as to be almost, if not absolutely, beyond the range and grasp of the mere finite, mortal mind. Brilliant intellectual speculators such as the'always interesting and erstwhile free-thinker Mr. H. G.

Wells believe that successful, true and lasting answers to some of these colossal questions are to be obtained only through the influence on thought of a vitalized belief in God and the necessity of God. Not the narrow-God of this little sect or that, but the brpad idea of God Supreme purposely and orderly ordaining the actions, lives and forces of this world. On the other hand, millions reason that the preventives of another universal tragedy like the present one lie in democracy, or, to be exact, more democracy, while numerous statesmen in every country wonder whether it be possible to find ways and means to make a reality of the ideal underlying "A League to Enforce Peace." Then, there A Suggestion With Reference To The Pennsylvania Railroad's To the Editor of The Sun Sir: In discussing the plans of the Pennsylvania Railroad for the enlargement of its tunnel facilities through this city, I see it is proposed to run two lateral tubes from Fremont street under private property to connect with the main line of the old tunnel just east of Gilmor street, thus continuing the opening from Gilmor street to Fulton avenue with a four-track open cut. This was evidently their intention when they replaced the old bridge over Mount street with a new one with a span wide enough to accommodate these four tracks. These open cuts have prevented the opening of Winchester street and made the neighborhood a perfect smoke hole for about 50 years.

The railroad owns all the land from the south side of the line of Winchester street to an alley running parallel from Greinor street to Fulton avenue and can easily cover the openings and open up two squares of Winchester' street, thereby improving the entire northwestern section of the city. The value of the lots thus placed in a marketable condition would pay probably more than the cost and benefit the neighborhood greatly. Please call the attention of the authorities of the city to the desirability of this improvement and you will merit the thanks of all property owners of this end of the city. Smoke Victim. Baltimore, March 7.

The Kind Of Governor To Have Around. To the Editor of The Sun Sir: Out in Utah, to my mind, sits the greatest Governor ever elected. Although a Jew, he has more Christian spirit about him than those who profess to be Christians. At Christmas time he. helps the poor and sends them baskets, and also pays their rent, and before elected Governor made many an unfortunate happy when they were in trouble.

He also had open house for the citizens for all the State, not for wife of the late Joseph Nichols, aged 90 yars. Funeral from herniate residence. Upper Falls, Baltimore county, on Sunday, at 1 P. M. XYBURG.

On March 9. 1917, JOSEPH beloved husband of the late Helene Xyburg. Funeral from Xo. 2414 Linden avenna on Sunday morning, March 11, at 9.30 o'clock. Interment private.

Please omit bowers. PALMER. On March 9, 1917. ELLA, agel 36 years, beloved wife of William T. Pa liner.

Funeral from William Cook's Funeral Parlor's, Xorth and (Jreenmount avenues, on Tuesday, at 8 A. thence to St. Martin's Church, where a Requiem Mass will be said at A. AT intomunt in Voiv lamearai cemetery. PEREIRA.

Suddenly, on March 8, ml, GREGORIA, beloved husband of Aletha Pereira. Funeral will take place from his lata residence, Xo. 3 street. Sparrows Point, on Sundays at 2.30 P. M.

Interment in i Oak Lawn Cemeterv. PLOWMAX. On March 1917, after a short illness, XORA, beloved wife of the late James R. Plowman. Funeral from her late residence, Xo.

2519 West Fayette street, this (Saturdav) morning, at o'clock, thence to St. Mar-, tin's Catholic Church, Fulton avenue and- Fayette street, at S.30 o'clock, where Requiem High Mass will be said for the repose of her soul. Interment in Wood-lawn Cemetery. REESE. On March 5.

1917, MRS- ANN E. REESE, at Baraboo, at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Fiiz-R. Winslow (nee Florence I.

Reese), formerly of Baltimore. -v REILEY. On March S. 1917. GEORGE, beloved husband of the late Elizabeth Reiley.

Funer! from the home of his brother, Joseph Reiley. Xo. 546 East Fort avenne, on Monday, at 8.30 A. M. Requiem Mass at St.

Mary Star of the Sea Church at 9 A. M. Interment in Cedar Hill Ceme-tery. REXXER. On March 9.

1917. JOHN, in his 01st year, beloved husband of Alvina Renner (nee Femcherd). Funeral on Sunday, at 2 P. from his late residence, Harlem lane. Caionsville.

Interment in London Park Cemetery. ROACH E. On March 7, beloved wife of the late James Roache. Mrs. Roache was a member of the Third Order of St.

Francis. Funeral from her late reshlonee. Xo. 604 Sn.ith street, this tSaturdv) morniug, March 10. at S.30 o'clock.

Requiem Mas at the Imniaculate Conception Church at 0 A. M. The relatives and friends are in-vited to attend. ROLLIXS. On the morning of March 1917.

at her late residence. Chase. Baltimore county, CARRIE ISABEL, beloved wife of William T. Rollins. Jr.

Washington (D. papers please copy.l The relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral services at Ehenezer M. E. Church on Monday afternoon, at 2 o'clock. Carriages wiil meet train at Chase's Station ROLLIXS Suddenly, on March 8.

1917, at Magnolia, Harford county. MORGAN aged 15 years, beloved son of JcTnes M. and Mattie C. Rolliiss. The relatives and friends are respectfully invited to atteud the funeral from Lis late residence at Magnolia on Sunday afternoon, at 12.30 o'clock, thence to Orem's M.

E. Church. Middle River: where serrices will be held at 2 o'clock. RUIIL On March 6, 1917, EMMA, beloved wife of Dr. Frank II.

Rulil. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral services at her late residence. Lansdowne, on Sunday, at 2 P. M. Interment in Loudon Park Cera-etery.

IiYNIEWICZ. On March S. 1917. XEL-' LIE MAY. beloved wife of Frank C.

Ryniewicz and daughter of Robert C. and Li Hie MeGee. Relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral from her late residence. Xo. Xorth Bond street, on Sunday afternoon, at 4 o'clock.

SAMSEL. On March 7, 1917, PETER beloved husband of Margaret Samsel and son of Elizabeth and the late George W. Samsel. The funeral from his late residence. No.

1010 Greenmonnt avenue, this (Saturday) morning, March 10, at 8-30 o'clock, thence to St. John's Church, where a Requiem Mass will be said for the repose of his soul at 9 o'clock. Relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited. SEIBEL. Suddenly, on March 8, 1917, at his home, Roland road, llebbville, LOUIS 1I-, beloved husband of Sarah E.

Seibel. Funeral from his home Sunday, March 11, at 2 P. M. Carriages will leave Gwynn Oak Junction at 1 o'clock sharp. Inter-ment in Woodlawn Cemetery.

SMITH. On March 9, 1917. J. ALOYS-IUS, aged 36 years, beloved husband of Mary L. Smith (nee Rest, In peace.

Funeral from his late residence. No. 1537 North Caroline street, on Monday morning at 9.30 o'clock, thence to St. Paul's Church, where a High Mass of Requiem will be said for the repose of his soul at 10 o'clock, to which the relatives and friends are invited. Interment private.

TILGIIMAN. On March 9. 1917, at tha residence of her sister, Mrs. L. U.

Foster, southwest corner Chestnut avenue and West Thirty-third street, SARAH NETTIE, beloved wife of Joseph Ii. Tilgbman. Due notice of funeral will be given. TRAVERS. On March 8, 1917, ERNEST in his 5Sth year, beloved husband of Carrie E.

Travers (nee Poulton). Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral services ac his late residence. No. 414 Xorth Carey street, this Saturday, at 2 P. M.

Inter-ment TRAYXOR. On March 9. 1917. ROSA youngest daughter of the late Thomas and Ann Traynor. Funeral from her late residence, Xo.

702 Xorth Wolfe street, on Monday. March 12, at 8 o'clock, thence to St. -Andrew's Church, where a Requiem High Mass will be said for the repo.se of her soul at o'clock. IT VAVRINA. On March 9.

1917, GENEVIEVE 8 years, beloved daughter of George and Genevieve Vavrina (nee Milske). Funeral from the residence of her parents, Xo. 162 North Curlev street, on Monday, March 12. at 8 A. thence St.

Elizabeth's Church, where an Angel Mass will be said for the repose of her soul at 8.30 A. M. Interment in Holy Redeemer Cemetery. WALTER. On March 9.

1917. at 1.10 A. AXXIE at the age of 59 years, widow of Charles Walter. Funeral from the residence of her sister. Mrs.

Louisa E. Krebs, 2115 Fairmount avenue, on Sunday, at 2 I'. M. Interment (private) in Mount Carmei Cemetery. WATSON.

On March 8, 1917. IRENR in her 73d year, beloved wife of the latt William T. Watson. Funeral from her late residence. No.

1812 North Milton avenue, on Sunday, a 2 P. M. Interment in Baltimore Cemetery. WATTS- On March 8. 1917, ELLA aged 54 years, beloved daughter of the late Janie H.

and Sarah E. Watts. Funeral will take place from her Jats residence. No. 407 West Twenty-third street, this Saturday, at 1 P.

M-, thence to Twenty-fourth Street Methodist Episcopal Church, at 1.30 P. M. Interment in New Cathedral Cemetery. WERNER. Suddenly, on March 9, 1917, ERHARD, in his 36th year, beloved husband of Carrie I.

Werner (nee Mnl-pinger). Funeral will take place from his late residence, Xo. 502 Xorth Chapel street, on Monday, at 2 P. M. Interment In Oak Lawn Cemetery.

WILSON. On March 9. 1917, at 62? A. M-, GEORGE II. WILSOX, in his 79th year, beloved husband of Lilly E.

Wilson (nee Evans), Funeral service at his late residence. Xo. SOS Xorth Broadway, on Sunday, March 11, at 3 P. M. The relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend.

Inter-ment (private) in Greenmonnt Cemetery. WOOD On March 8, 1917, MARYE WOOD, aged 7S years. The funeral services will be held at her late residence. Xo. 1110 West Saratoga street, this (Saturday) afternoon, at 2 o'clock.

YOUNG. On March 7, 1917, at Monk-ton, JOHN aged 63 years, beloved husband of Carrie A. Young. Funeral services will take place at the. home this (Saturday) morning.

March 10, at 1 P. M. Friends are respectfully invited. Interment in Monkton Cemetery. Carriages will meet the 11.30 o'clock train at Monkton.

IN MEMORIAM. CLARK. In sad but loving remembrance of my dear mother, ALICE CLARK, who departed this life two yeara ago, March 11. 1915. There is one who still will linger To the spot where you are laid, Who will come and scatter flowers On the grave that Christ has HER HUSBAND AND DAUGHTER EMMA.

LOWREY. In sad but loving remem brance of my dear father, CHARLES I. LOWREY, who departed this life one year ago today. Yon are not forgotten, father, dear, Nor will you ever be; For as long as life and -memory last I will remember thee. BY HIS LOVING DAUGHTER KATE." FUNERAL DIRECTORS.

AFTER ALL By The Bentztown Bard. (Folger McKinsey.) The Circus. The soft JEolian zephyrs play in Boy- dom's laughing vales A music of the willow flute that round the green earth trails And sooner than it takes to think, love wakes the ears of hope With whispers of the heavenly lay of the-old steam calliope: The daisies deck no sooner, dear, The meadows and the hills, Than on the fences of our dreams Have bloomed the circus bills Whre in the world is Boydom? Oh, don't ask a heart like mine Its memories deck the dreams of life with visions so divine. And ere the daffodil peeps out or the crocus lifts its head, The circus takes its round again where ghosts of boyhood tread: The circus, that is spring's behest, Its harbinger in truth, Whose song first stirs the dreaming breast Of Boydom's world of youth Oh, talk of swallows as you will, and greet the robins gay But Boydom waits and ever waits that far, that fairy lay, That music echoed far and near, through many a glint of dream When up the world the circus brings the calliope played by steam The circus, that outdoes them all, Makes true all spring at last The brooks that leap, the birds that call, 1 And the memories of-the past The jonquil-and the jasmine think they are the first to bring The vital joy and living breath of all that speaks of swing But we know best who wait the word that breaks through vale and hill. That echoing note of the calliope's throat when all the world is still That fluting of a magic cry, Not that the swallow comes, But that the circus draweth nigh, With its trumpets and its drums Love lifts the heart beyond its fear, And life beyond its wrong And through the shadow, sends the cheer That fills the world with song.

Now will you float for us, Now will you fling The folds of your glory above, Flag that we cheer for, Flag that we sing, Flag that we worship and love Now will you fly for us, Now will you spread Your folds that would die for us Over our head Flag of our country, 1 The land and the sea, That fought to be, are, And shall ever be free Above the hour of portent grave A mighty joy finds voice to say land of men still free and brave, A hundred million with you pray. Taking Off Care. We cannot take off our cares like our clothes, And we cannot cast trouble aside like chaff; We cannot turn thorns and nettles to rose, And we cannot pause in our worry to laugh. We cannot, throw burdens and duties aside As we do our shoes when we're go-. ing to bed.

We've got to stand up to them, bear them with pride, And tread our path as the bravest tread. We cannot make sunshine of shadows and' "dust. We cannot make music of discords and pain. We can strive, we can wait, we can toil, we can trust. We can bear with our patience the" storm and the rain.

But nothing is easy to do that is right, And all that is noble and wise and best Is gained through service and sacrifice, light, And the joy of doing things in our breast. No, we can't cast troubles aside like clothes, Nor take off care like our garments or shoes But we can win back to the song and the rose Through love that conquers the worst old blues: By helping our neighbors, our brothers, our friends, By doing our bit in the service of life To make it seem brighter wherever it trends, And bigger with sweetness and with strife. Spring comes in spots A little bit each day, Now on the windy hill, And now the valley, way. And so it comes to men A gradual sense of change Within the heart again, Where tender fingers range O'er all the chords of being, Until the eyes with seeing, The soul with feeling, glow. You get it first in smiles That ray the frozen miles With melting of the snow.

The loosening of the bonds That hold the icy fronds Of brooks and streams And then some night along The sapphire verge of dreams There bursts in mystic song That ultimate lyric word The To live through things and wait our time. To grin and bear and toil away; To pace our round of sweat and grime, To trust, to labor and to pray; To hold our faith unsullied still In spite of all that comes and goes Our hope of good beyond the ill. Of after barren boughs, the rose: Ah. these are still heroic things, And this a patience of the soul That molds us for the gift of wings In that great dawn that makes us whole! A flag so worthy of love, A flag so serried with truth, A flag so sweet as it floats above, The flag of our age and youth; The flag that with joy we follow. The "flag no sun shall kiss In a land so free and fine, So moulded of dreams divine, So lovely ever in hill and hollow-As this! ANSWERS TO QUERIES T.

W. B. We hare a very fine cow that 'will not. be fresh untU "Tune 1. In the last three weeks the cream foams when churned and the hutter refuses to come.

What is the cause and what the remedy? Have noticed in the last few miliings small lumps in the milk and a slightly salty taste. Does this deteriorate the milk and should it be used? Is there any preventiye for it? The main causes of difficult churning are the cow being far advanced in the period of lactation, lack of sufficient feed in the ration, individuality of the cow, temperature at which cream is churned, sourness of the cream and fermentation of the cream. We would, therefore, suggest that you have the cream mildly sour, and churn it at a temperature -of 62 to 65 degrees Fahrenheit. If this does not bring results, the difficulty is evidently, due to other factors mentioned above, which probably cannot be. so easily overcome.

E. J. B. Send me the names of places in Baltimore where ladies can take Bwimming lessons and ths terms of each. Send a stamped, self -addressed envelope for this information.

M. S. For information concerning the Life Extension Institute address Fred D. Murphy, care of the Alco-Grav-ure Company, 52 East street, New York city. CORRECTION Readers are requested to call attention to any errors appearing in the columns of The S'UN STEMPLE-COLE.

On March 5, 1917. at Washington, D. by the Rev. N. J.

Gould Wickey, BESSIE LA COMBE, widow of James Knox Cole, M. D-, and daughter of Perry X. Porter, to GEORGE R. STEMPLE, M. D.

't DIED. BAKER. On March 1917, at the Methodist Home for the Aged -Fulton avenue and Franklin street, MISS ELIZA J. BAKER, aged 7S years, daughter of the late John and Jane Fitzgerald Baker. Funeral from the Ifome this Saturday, at 11 A.

M. ANTHER. On March 9, 1917. ELIZABETH aged66 years, beloved daughter of the late Joseph and Sarah Sullivan. Funeral from the residence of her sister, Mrs.

Margaret Cook, Xo. 1215 East Biddle street, on Sunday, at 3.30 P. M. Interment private. BATEMAN On March 9, 1917.

KATE S. BATEMAX, aged 64 years. Washington (D. and Philadelphia papers please copy. Funeral from the residence.J0f her son.

No. 2S03 Taylor street, on Monday, at 9 A. thence to St. Bernard's R. C.

Church, where a Requiem High Mass will be said for the repose of her soul. Interment private. BAUER. On March 7, 1917, GEORGE, in his 9lst year, beloved husband of Johanna E. Bauer.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend services at his late residence, Xo. 1613 West FrankHa street, this Saturday, at 2 P. M. Interment private. BAUER.

On March 9, 1917. MARY aged 50 years, beloved wife of Robert J. Bauer. Funeral from her late residence. Cold Spring lane and Ashland avenue.

Roland Park, on Monday, at S.30 A. M. Requiem HighMass in St. Mary's Church at 9 A. Mi Interment in St.

Mary's Cemetery, Govans. A LE March 9, 1917, at 9.10 P. MARY A. BEALE. at the age of 65 years, beloved wife of the late John R.

Beale. Funeral from te residence of her brother-in-law, Aqnilla Baldwin, Xo. 3104 Harford avenue, of which due notice will be given. BOMBAUGH. On March 1917, nt her residence.

Xo. 836 Park avenue, MART ELIZABETH, widow of Charles Carroll Bombaugh, M. D. Services and interment (private) at Har-risburg, Pa. BURXS.

On March 8. 1917, at his residence. Xo. 92 North Strieker street, JOHN in his 37th year, beloved husband of Annie Burns (nee McDevitt) and son of Annie Burns (nee Murray) and the late William Burns. Relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral from the above residence on Monday morning, March 12.

at 8 "o'clock. Solemn Requiem Mass at St. Gregory's Church at 9 CARMAN. On Mirch 1917, at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. James Lv Ely.

Taylor, Harford county, CALEB C. CARMAN, in his 79th rear. Services at Fork M. E. Church.

Baltimore county, this Saturday, March 10, at 3 P. M. Interment in the family burial ground at Fork. Lesve house at 1 P. jr.

Carriages will meet at Baldwin for Fork, Md. and Pa. R. R. train leaving Baltimore at 10.25 A.

M. CAVEY. March 9. 1917, CATHERINE ROSE, beloved wife of Edward C. Cavey and daughter of Francis E.

and Kate R. V. Rose. Funeral from the residence of her parents, Xo. 1414 Light street, on Mondav, at 7.30 A.

M. Requiem Mass at St. Mary Star of the Sea Church at A. M. Interment (private) in Cathedral Cemetery.

COLE. On March 8, 1917, at her residence. Xo. 104 East Twentieth street, KATE GORDON COLE, beloved wife of Charles W. Cole.

Funeral from Mount Calvary Church this (Saturday) morning, at 10 o'clock. Interment private. DANIELS. Suddenly, at Cove Point, RICHARD aged 72 years, beloved husband of Eulalia Daniels. Xorth Carolina papers please copy.

Funeral will take place this Saturday, March 10, at 11 A. M. Interment in St. Paul's Cemetery, at Cove EVAXS. On March 8, 1017, MARY LEE AXXA EVAXS (nee Ridgely), beloved wife of the late George Washington (D.

and Philadelphia (Pa.) papers please copy.l Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral from the residence of her brother, C. W. Ridgely, Xo. 933 West Franklin, street, this Saturday, March lO. at 9.30 A.

M. Requiem High Mass at St. Pius' Church at 10 o'clock. Interment Drivate. EWIXG- On March 8, 1917, JAMES beloved son of the late Thomas Ewing and Frances JDressell.

Havre de Grace and Philadelphia papers please copy. Funeral will take place from his late residence, Xo. 25 Harford road, Hamilton, on Monday morning, at 8 o'clock, thence to St. Dominic's Church, at 8.30 o'clock. Please omit flowers.

FALLON. Suddenly, on March 9. 1917, FRAXK, beloved husband of Catherine Fallon. The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral from his late residence, Xo. 1138 Homewood avenue, on Monday morning, March 12, at 9.30 o'clock.

High Mass of Requiem at St. John's Church at 1 o'clock FISCHER. On March 8. 1917, at his residence, Xo. 1233 Battery avenue, PHILIP G-, beloved husband of Sarah A.

Fischer (nee Sanford). Funeral from the above residence on Sunday, at 3 P. M. Interment in Cedar Hill Cemetery. GALLAGHER.

On March S. 1917, JOHN, beloved husband of Elizabeth Gallagher (nee Mulroy). The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral from his late residence, Xo. 1117 Greenmonnt avenue, on Monday morning, March 12. at 8.30 o'clock.

Requiem Mass at St. John's Church at 9 o'clock. GETTIER. On March 9, 1917, FLORA wife of Harry F. Gettier.

Funeral on Sunday, March 11. at 3.30 P. from the residence of her sister, Mrs. Julia Jacobs, Xo. 841 Xorth Fremont avenue.

Friends and relatives are invited to attend. Interment private. GIBBONS. On March 7. 1917, at his home, Xorthkeys, JAMES H.

S. GIBBONS, aged 23 years. Funeral services were held at his late home on Friday, March 9. AH trains will be met at Brandyvvine, Md. GLAEXZER.

On Friday, March 9, 1917. PAULINE, aged 64 years, widow of Charles F. Glaenzer. Funeral from her late residence, No. 2 South Payson street, on Monday.

March 12, at 2 P. M. Interment in Loudon Park Cemtery. GRAY. On March 9, 1917, JAMES TYLER GRAY, husband of Alice Martin Gray.

Funeral services from his late residence, Xo. 1213 John street, on Monday morning, at 10 o'clock. Interment private. HAWKINS. On March 8.

1917, J. FRED. HAWKINS. infant son of Lydia A. Hawkins (nee Roessler) and Dr.

J. Fred. Hawkins. Funeral will take place from his parents' residence. No.

1 East Randall street. Interment private. HOOPER. On March 9, 1917, at his residence, No. 147 West Lafayette avenue, CLARENCE beloved husband of Helen E.

Hooper. Funeral services at the above address this (Saturday) morning', 10 o'clock. Interment private. KEITHLEY. Suddenly, on March 8.

1917, MARY beloved wife of Samuel Keithley. Washington (D. papers please copy. Funeral from her late residence. No.

2847 Woodbrook avenue, this Saturdav, at 3.30 P. M. Interment in Loudon Park Cemetery. KOLB. On March 8, 1917, EVELYN M-, aged 10 years, beloved daughter of Lewis W.

and Rosa A. I. Kolb (nee Becker). Funeral from the residence of her parents, No. 2229 East Chase street, on at 9.30 o'clock.

Interment in Oak Lawn Cemetery. LORENZ. On March 7, 191T; at 5.33 A. after a short illness, ANDREW, at the age of 43 years, beloved husband of Catherine Lorenz (nee Schmidt). Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral services at his late residence.

Franklin and Virginia avenue, Raspeburg this (Saturday) afternoon-, at 3 o'clock. Interment (private in Baltimore Cemetery. MASSET. Suddenly, on the evening of March 9, 1917, William beloved husband of Geogetta Massey. Funeral services at his late residence.

No. 2210 East Lombard street, of which due notice will be given. MAXWELL. On Thursday. March.

8, 1917, at ilis residence, No. 2717 West North avenue, ISAAC P. MAX WE LL. Funeral from the residence of his son; No. 1722 Longwood street, this Saturday, at 3.30 P.

M. Interment private. McCANX. On March 9, 1917, at Pleasant Hill, Harford county, MARY wife of the late Ephraim McCann. Harford county papers please copy.

Due notice of funeral wiil be given. MCCARTHY. On March 7, 1917, DR. JOHN beloved husband of Mary G. McCarthy.

Rest in peace. Funeral from his late residence. No. 65C West Franklin street, this Saturday, at 8 A. M.

Mass of Requiem at -St. Pius' Church at 9 A. M. Interment In Loudon Park Cemetery. i JEveryone Has A To His Opinion, But Will Real Americans "Put Germany Before The To the Editor of The Sun Sir; Surely the MrsAV.

G. Moore who contributed a letter to The Sun on Thursday morning, March 8, 1917, is the one in error in upholding the conduct of the 12 Senatorswho voted against the Armed Neutrality Even the Legislatures of individual states reprimanded Had she read comments'' of various other papers I cannot see how she could uphold her opinion. Is it humane to allow men, women and children to be murdered and then to refrain from doing anything whatever jto prevent further slaughter? Would she have been a traitor and voted against the bill, had she had a representing vote in Congress? I think not For in such an instance she would have had to 'stand the test of American lives against German policies, and it is Try. doubtful that she would turn her back on America. Why would the best men of our country be put up as targets? not some of the best men of our country gone to the bottom of the sea.

already? It is true that everyone has a right to his own opinion, but has a full-fledged American a right to put Germany before the United States of America?" A thousand times "No!" Mbs. F. M. G. Baltimore, March 8.

Should Not Teachers Be Naturalized? To the Editor of The Sun Sir: WThy is there not an inquiry as to the nationality of our public school teachers? Is it not astounding that a German woman (and maybe women) who is not naturalized should hold a position in our public schools? i Coin one, fancy such a condition existing, in Germany? Does our School Board support Stone, Lia Follette and others? A Daily Reader of The Stjn Who Wants to Express Her Appreciation of Your Splendid Editorials in the Paper of March 5. Baltimore, March 8. Would. We Treat Such Ohllsatious As Scraps Of Paper? To the Editor of The Sun Sir: I am feeling a good deal of curiosity about an interesting international question that our severance of diplomatic relations with Germany brings to the front right now, and I thought maybe some of your wise correspondents could enlighten me on the subject. I notice among the number of appropriation bills that Congress managed to get through, in spite of the Senate filibuster, was the Invalid Pension bill, amounting to $160,000,000.

By rights, about a third of this sum is annually sent to Germany, to pay the German soldiers who fought with the Federal ferces during the Civil War, but who are really bona fide German citizens. Now would our severance of diplomatic relations with Germany affect the payment of these pensions? And if not now, would the payment of these pensions be stopped, -if an actual state of war existed between this country and Germany? It would be a rather unique position for us to be placed in, to be furnishing the sinews of war to our enemies! Also I would like to know if nations usually pension mercenaries, or if as a rule their pay stops when their services are no longer needed? M. E. Davidson. Washington, D.

March 8. Advocates A Macadam Road. To the Editor of The Sun Sir Having read in your letter columns several letters pertaining to the condition of the State road from South River bridge to Solomons Island some suggesting that should more gravel and sand be placed upon the road it would make it more durable to heavy traffic -my opinion is that were a macadam road constructed it would not only be a decided benefit to the people traveling over the same, but would also be a great saving to the State. The State road, especially in the condition it is in at the present, is practically impassable, and putting more gravel and sand upon the road will not improve its condition permanently, for even in the summer time the roads are exceedingly dusty, making it very disagreeable for traffic. A macadam road would not only be a permanent one, but the upkeep, less expensive.

We do not want to lose our prestige of Maryland being noted for its fine roads. (Miss) Josephine Michaelson. Galloways, March 8. Thinks The Pennsylvania Avenue Line Could Be Improved. To the Editor of The Sun Sir: I have seen at different times where the United Railways were going to make some changes in different lines and would like to make a suggestion.

Why not run the Pennsylvania avenue line to Walbrdok Junction via North avenue, or else send it back to Cumberland street and North avenue? The extension they made of it to Park Terminal was only a farce. In the first place, it seems they don't want to make any improvements at all in that line in any way. But I cannot see why; it must be the class of people that ride on it. It seems they must send all the suburban traffic down via Linden avenue and Madison avenue, yet Pennsylvania avenue would be the shortest route to the centre of the city, and the quickest route. I think it is about time to make a little improvement in the Pennsylvania avenue line.

What is the matter with illuminated figures and side signs (designation sign) and also 1800 cars We are not asking for new cars, only think that the company could make a little improvement in the line. A Regular Eider. Baltimore, March 9. Bought By British Gold. To the Editor of The Sun Sir: A large number of your readers would be gratified if your editorials were written by some one not so palpably in the pay of the British Government.

To say that all the honest and high-principled people in this country who are pacifists are so because they are pro-German or are too cowardly to fight is an insult to a large class of citizens of this country. And it is safe to say that if war does come the people who are howling for it now (notably the subsidized newspapers) will sit comfortably back in their offices while the other man does the fighting. I'll wager none of you will be found on the firing line. When an English aviator dropped, bomb on a party of German children skating and killed 16 nothing was said. When England is starving Greece by keeping up the blockade against her, a neutral country, and sinking every little fishing smack that puts out from shore, it seems to be perfectly right and proper, because England is doing it.

Of course, if Germany does things like that, it's German brutality. We are tired of your Mrs. George A. Davis. Govans, March 8.

Tobacco Growers And Tobacco Buyers. To the. Editor of The Sun Sir: Mr. William H. Burch, in Tuesday's Sun, gives one reason why the Maryland Tobacco Growers' Association thinks it necessary to start a sales agency, when he says that under the rules of the Leaf Tobacco Association it is no long permitted to buy from an independent agency.

Of course, that also means that no seller is allowed to sell to an independent buyer. Does he call that an open market for the French agent to buy in, or does he meaii to say that the French agent becomes a member of the Leaf Tobacco Association, or has to get a member of that association to buy for him? We may be sure that "member charges well for his service when the tobacco growers, about 3,000 farmers, have to submit to the dictates of an association of agents and buyers, about 22 men, as to who shall buy and who shall sell their crops. It is time to try to be independent of this association, whose interests, as in the fall of 1914, have not always been the growers' interests. John B. Key.

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102,470 100,437 1,983 (55.872 60,583 5,289 Sunday 90,975 94,501 2,474 BALTIMORE, SATURDAY, MARCH 10. 1917. 11 ACTIOS. All good Americans will rejoice at the President's action in calling an extra session of Congress and bis decision in the matter of arming the merchant vessels. Whatever the reasons for delay thus far, inaction has carried with it certain patent disadvantages.

It has suggested indecision. It has created the fear in some quarters that the Government was not going to act, that it would not act under any circumstances, that the tie-up of our ships would continue until it had become a national scandal and until it was too late to assert our rights in the matter. Therefore the news printed this morning will carry rejoicing to all loyal hearts. It will confirm the confidence in the vigor and determination of the Administration that was bred of the President's act in breaking off relations with Germany. It will command a response from the nation similar to that which followed the President's denunciation of the Senators who opposed the measure authorizing him to arm the merchantmen.

Now let the vessels be armed and sent to sea! A SPLENDID PLAN. It seems almost too good to be true, hut if that idea of sending only men of well-known ability and character from Baltimore to the Ilouse of Delegates next year-can only be put into effect it will be an amazingly good thing for the city and the State, particularly the former. We hope that both parties can be Induced to enter into the scheme, but if not, the one that does will fare immeasurably better in the general election than the one that does not. Men of first-class ability have hesitated to run for the Legislature in recent years because of the conviction that they couldn't do anything after they got there, surrounded, as they might expect to be, by machine adherents. But if a high-class ticket generally is provided, such men wiu una in tne wont ui me General Assembly an opportunity for service of a kind both important and honorable.

Their efforts will not be futile, their sacrifice of time and labor will not be in vain. And if Baltimore should send a dele- men bent only on the public welfare and devoting their talents wholly to that end. the amount of good they would do could not be overestimated. A NIGHT TOLICE COURT FOR BALTIMORE. There are so many arguments in favor of the project to establish a night police court in this city that it should be carried through, unless some insuperable objection develops.

In such matters as violations of the Automobile law it is quite possible that the creation of. this court may be the one thing essential'to the full enforcement of this law. It is conceivable that some policemen may be disposed to overlook what seem to be minor offenses when they know that the i. ni4lfTr Timtmi mpnns their Hrrt'SL ui uic appearance at court the next day, and the consequent loss of several if not all of their sleeping hours. Yet if the minor offenses go unpunished, who are guilty of them'will be tempted to greater excesses.

The only objection urged to She plan that we have seen is that it would tend to deplete the force of working policemen on the streets at night, Jr.hose making arrests beingobliged to Jnccompany their prisoners to the sta-t ion. This problem, however, ought not be beyond solution. Governor Harrington is acting wisely in bringing the lhatter up, and we hope that he will be vble to work out his idea successfully. I COUNT ZEPPELIX. Certain names will always be assorted with certain ideas.

The guillotine suggests a period of popular frenzy and blood in France, as well as the instru- and orderly execu tions. The Zeppelin, may yet come to subserve a useful, lawful and peaceable v- it- will alwavs recall a I 1 1 1 1 uuu i chapter associated with war savagery i clano-hrcr nf noneom- tfqtj LUtS. JJimui batants. Count Ferdinand Zeppelin was a wonderful man; if he was not "the greatest German of the twentieth century," as Emperor William proclaimed him in 1914. The genius, the resourcefulness, the indomitable perseverance, the self-sacrifice, the courage, which he exhibited in the development of his invention were magnificent.

They mark him as a man of immense individuality and power such as Victor Hugo or Dumas would have delighted to picture. He was a romance in himself, a singular and extraordinary figure such as fiction has rarely equaled. In German eyes he is God-like, the spirit of Teutonic patriotism clothed in the Hesh and made manifest among men. In the eyes of the people of Great Britain and Of tilOUSanos oi.vniern:;ius ue BLauua for a malignant and sinister human force, whose life was devoted to the perfection of a diabolical machine. Had we been born Prussians, we could understand Count Zeppelin better.

If the present war had not occurred, the Zeppelin would not hold so black a place in our thoughts. As it is, we cannot but admire the qualities which, if devoted to another object, might have produced a benevolent invention that would have dropped blessings and not bombs upon mankind. However, we can pity the man, as well, as regret the perver-sioA of his energies, ne fichieved fame, or infamy, according to the standpoint from which he is viewed, but he dieda failure and a disappointed man at 79 after all Lis years of effort-and grim determination. He died with the knowledge that the Zeppelin was not a success saaimplement of destructiun, Tlie thins 'A- Roosevelt Disciple. To the Editor of The Sun Sir: I was greatly interested in your editorial on the "Inaugural Address" and concur freely in your criticisms.

It lacked any hint of, that inspiring call to the nation which we had a rightto expect at this timer But what amused me was your remark that "there, are few occasions when the Rooseveltian style is preferable to the Wilson style, but this is one of them." I take issue with you there. There are no public occasions when the Roosevelt style is not preferable to Wilson's, unless, perhaps, a funeral. Air. Wilson's style is admirably adapted to the funeral oration. I only hope he will not be called on to make one over ijhe dead body of our national honor.

Now, confess, was not your real meaning that we need not only the Roosevelt style in speeches, but the man in control? "The style the man." Roosevelt's style is straight, clear, and each sentence hits the point like a shot, because that's the way he thinks. Mr. Wilson's style is vague, musty, because he has made no dear decision on the things he discusses. The Sun deplores the actions of the pacifists in 'the Senate and calls traitors, but whose fault is it that they dare hold up the country? Wasn't the Democratic campaign made with the slogan "He kept us out of war?" The fact that our immunity was purchased at the cost of humiliation was never mentioned. When Mr.

Roosevelt declared that weakness, not firmness, leads to war he was held up to scorn and derision. And now events have proved him a prophet, and all thoughts turn to him and his courage and strength- How does the country now regard his detractors Bryan, La Follette, Stone and the small-fry pacifists? Traitors all! And the Democratic campaign speeches aided and abetted these traitors and encouraged them to think themselves heralds of a new day. Some of these speeches boldly declared the present Administration didn't intend to defend American rights. Is it any wonder the pacifist Senators felt encouraged to defy a President who seemed a late convert to the defense theory? We have now been jockeyed by Germany into a position where we must fight or swallow all our fine words, but we need not have been driven into this corner had firmness been our policy from the start. Courage is-the greatest virtue in man indeed is the foundation of all other virtues and this Mr.

Roosevelt has in fullest measure. He's not afraid of lions, Kaisers nor newspapers. He speaks his mind freely, and is always willing to stand by the results of his words. If he had said "strict accountability," he would have meant it. Again let me remind The Stjn "the style is the man." You can't talk like a brave man and get away with it unless you' are a brave man.

It's no use to wish for the Roosevelt's style without the courage and strength which makeJ Theodore Roosevelt the man he. is. A Woman Admirer of Roosevelt. Baltimore, March 7. Was Vot The Senate Stronger Then To the Editor of The Sun Sir: Was not the Senate of the United States stronger when Wade Hampton, "Zeb" Vances Willaim Pinkney Whyte, Hoar, Blaine, Sherman and others of like attainments were Senators than it is today? And if so, is it not because there are a number of amiable old gentlemen in the Senate whose seats would be vacant but for dollars and cents plus gumshoe political methods? Peter.

Glyndon, March 8. Big- Profits In The Laundry. Business. To the Editor of The Sux Sir: Here is our old friend the C. of in a new guise.

The inclosed circular from a laundry company, with its S. Please show this to your neighbors and friends," is too good to keep; and as the most elective way to show it to my neighbors is to send it to The Sun I pass it along. This laundry company, trying to sell its stock to its patrons, says "Profits earned in 1916 more than seven times the amount necessary to pay 7 per cent, on amount of stock to be sold." I call this "rubbing it in," as this same company twice within a very few months has raised its prices to these same patrons, pleading that the increased cost of everything in general has made it impossible for it to continue at the old rates, and intimating with tearful eye that it was about to starve to death if we didn't pay a few cents more for our Wash'. This certainly looks like making the poor, dear public the goat at both ends of the line, and makes me, for one, wonder how big a "sucker" I am, anyway, and whether the next circular will come from the coal man or the grocer. Wilkixs Micawber.

Baltimore, March 8. Is It Proper" To Teach German In The Public Schools? To the Editor of The Sun Sir: We have been charged with being provincial in the fact that we still main-fain, at public expense, German and English schools, which have long since been abolished in St. Louis and in other cities, although there are more Germans there than here. If you ask the reason for such schools you will be told, as the writer was, that a knowledge of German is an advantage in business. Advantage over whom? Why, over those who neither speak nor understand it, so that we tax ourselves in order to give the other fellow an advantage over us in business.

But not all Germans favor such schools. They know that the future of their offspring rests in this country, and the sooner they become assimilated with us in the great "melting pot" of the nation the sooner we will be truly a people of one flag, one country and one language. Patriot. Baltimore, March 8. Should Protect The Dogs It Licenses.

To the Editor of The Sun Sir: I wish to say a word in favor of the ordinance now pending in the First Branch of the City Council to protect the owners of dogs. As the city charges $2 for a dog license, it should protect the buyer of the license. I recently lost a dog, and after advertising for him twice and searching in various places for more than a week, I finally got him from the Hunterian laboratory of Johns Hopkins Medical School, after having gone there three times. The dog may not have been there the first time I called, Taut I know he was there when I called the second time. I would suggest to the Hopkins men that they advertise their dogs, thus giving the owners an opportunity to buy them back, as I did.

M. D. B. Baltimore, March 7. Who Would LiUe To Adopt This Waif? To the Editor of The Sun Sir: "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these, ye have done it unto m.e.

And so I ask is there a mother, a woman or a man who will take into their keeping a little one whose mother must still have clung to the Father, for her little newborn babe was laid nude upon God's altar, near the cross, with trust and faith that He would care for her. Kindly hands bore her to the temporary shelter of the Florence Critten-ton Mission, where she has been for about a year, under the name of Mary Elizabeth, waiting for that love and home that must somewhere need her. I ask to have this published in His name and hope some one will feel the need of this little one of His, one of His least. A HET.PES. Glyndon, 7 are innumerable people who regard war as ineradicable as is hate, love, suspicion, sin or intolerance, and point-to the cruel, crimson pages of man kind's history as containing more than sufficient proof.

Yet again a host exist who hold war to be not only necessary, but also beneficial, contending that sternness and strength degenerate without the stimulus it alone can supply, and that when such primitive qualities' dis appear from a race the race itself is soon bound to disappear. Whether we shall ever discover clear and concise salvatory solutions for the riddles brought forward by this war, or even whether such solutions are discoverable at all, no one can tell and few would care to prophesy, but certain facts do stand firmly forth from this quagmire of quandary. The facts we have in mind are ''not sensational, but they do constitute a small piece of solid ground upon which the feet of the Spirit of Hope may rest. In the first place, old-fashioned dreams of imperialism and world conquest are' now recognized by nearly everybody, from the mightiest to the lowliest, as being both absurd and impractical, and this old world of ours will never concern itself hereafter with the possibility of accomplishing a proved impossibility. Mitch of the philosophy that played the part of contributory causes of this war is generally discredited.

Better still, it is defeated, and shortly it will be dead and buried with the words "Here Lies Something Insane and Impotent" on its tombstone as a warning landmark and legend for coming generations to see, read and profit by. In the second place, this war has convincingly established the worth of cooperation and the waste of competition, and the former is. a principle conducive to permanent peace, while the latter is not. Finally, the importance of applying common sense to life, even when its application demolishes pet prejudices and throttling traditions, is becoming widely and increasingly evident. For example, here in Baltimore we still debate the advisability of discontinuing the custom of permitting mothers to purchase impure milk with which to feed their babies, just as several years ago we debated the advisability of allowing this city to be alive with mosquitoes during the summer months.

But, as everyone is aware, a quickened public intellect has caused such donkeyish debates to be far less common than heretofore, nor is it any longer a matter of doubt as to whether sanity or stupidity will win. In brief, the stupid elements in the old order of things, elements ever calculated to breed war, are slowly but surely becoming doomed. Therefore, though we can see no prospect, either immediate or otherwise, of a millennium, we do hold that the forces at work are sufficient to make this really a finer and better world tomorrow than it was yesterday or is today, sufficient to make a repetition of the present catastrophe, if not absolutely impossible, at any rate highly improbable. THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE' CHILDREN. Any boy or girl in the public schools who cannot conscientiously salute the American flag is entirely too conscientious to be 'educated at the public expense.

For the sake of others, as well as for their own, they should be excluded from the schools until they have learned the primer of patriotism. But these children are not themselves at the root of this disloyalty. Their false ideas are inspired at or elsewhere, are imbibed from other minds. 'Wher ever cases of -this sort come to light, the school authorities and the public au thorities should go down to first causes; should find the men and women behind the children. We are not advising persecution, but it is essential that we should be vigilant, that we should know where we stand.

To believe in certain economic and political theories is not treason, if they do not involve disloyalty. But socialism which is in conflict with patriotism is only another way of spelling treason. Socialism counts millions of adherents in Germany, but German socialists have been true to their country in its time of travail. What seems most singular to Ameri can minds is that three of the five boys who do not consider the American flag good enough for them were born in Russia. The contrast between the two governments, it might have been sup posed, would have been sufficient to kindle enthusiastic loyalty to the free institutions under which they had taken refuge.

That it has not done so is due to insidious and dangerous teachings that have poisoned these youthful minds. SUNBEAMS. Senator Stone is under very low visibility. Ah, for a little group of wilful waffles! No doubt there will soon be an iron cross distribution day in the United States Senate. Missouri has some weight around her neck.

Any man who sinks our pie, even if it's in the barred zone, would be committing an overt act. 'Trip little birds are tunes, and fow the mournful mint bed croons. White cost of living nowrhita prunes. a few. In my mind, this Governor is a man for the people.

I know of no other Governor who has done such things. Imagine the Governor of Maryland helping the poor! And even though President Wilson may be a great man. I have never heard that he has helped the poor of Washington, although his first wife was very good to the poor. In my humble judgment, men like the Governor of Utah are great. Would to God we had more Governors of his type! I fail to understand why some of the rich hold on so tightly to their purses.

One thing, they cannot take them along when they die. Am glad we have at least one Governor who has a big heart. WlLLTAk Koff. Baltimore; March 7. The Cities And The Farmers.

To the Editor of The Sun Sir: I have been impressed very much lately by the high cost of living and the cause of it. Farmers as a class have plenty of food for themselves, and while there might not be a surplus to sell, we do not worry much about the high cost of living. We are under no moral or legal obligation to feed the cities, as we know when hunger hits hard enough there is room and opportunity for more in the country to grow a living as we do. Our farms do not increase their output nearly so fast as the number of consumers increase. What is the answer? Better farming or farm more acres.

Better farming is a city question even more than a rural question. Scarcity of any desirable commodity inevitably enhances the value of that commodity. When the farm begins to pay the farmer twice what it pays him now he won't dream of leaving it, and when it pays twice as well by producing twice as much the city consumer will receive his reward by being able to supply his table for less money. Food is scarce because we farmers had not sufficient help to plant and harvest the crop. We know how to do better, but do not believe that by doubling our yields we will make twice as much, nor are we justified in working 16 hours merely to make food a little cheaper for the man who will only work eight hours.

If the city people will come out and help us we can raise enough food for everybody and prices will adjust themselves. Now we at present are paying $2.50 per 100-pound sack of wheat bran. $2.50 white middlings, tforn at 5.50 per barrel, besides rough feed. Labor prices have doubled. Fertilizer costs almost double and everything else to produce what we sell.

The city people want cheaper potatoes, eggs, etc. I think they will have to pursue some other course than the Mayor of Baltimore has taken, unless he can find some one to furnish potatoes at less than 2.40 per bushel. Can he find some one so generous as to furnish gasoline for his trips after produce and deal them out for the honor of the job? If not, who pays the bill? Now if the Mayor can get or does get over1 stocked or has a surplus of potatoes on his hands he can easily plant them when the city takes in county I hope the county will have plenty of labor to harvest the crop, and it will be investigated thoroughly. C. H.

Baker. Monkton," March 6. A Poultry Expert Gives Some Valuable Advice. To the Editor of Tee Sun Sir: Several letters which have recently appeared in The Sun are interesting from many viewpoints. They proclaim the fact that the true value of pure breeds of poultry is being recognized as much more A aluable than mongrel hens.

They show that those who have only space to keep but a few hens may make them mediums to help cut down the high cost of living. The fact that the writers of these letters have kept such accurate accounts of the number of eggs their hens laid in a specified time appears most wonderful, when on these back-lot chicken ranches so little attention is usually paid to method or the hens, either. There are thousands of suburban homes that might keep a few hens and make them a source of real profit and pleasure at comparatively little cost. The table scraps or all except those of a salty or sour nature, can be utilized for the hens. If these scraps are fed, only a medium allowance of grain will be necessary to make a complete egg-producing ration, and in consequence a great waste can be really made a source for producing a valuable food product.

The beefsteak and other meat bones can be crushed and fed; potato and turnip parings cooked and mixed with wheat bran are also good to use; celery, lettuce and other discards of greens of all kinds are all valuable to help the egg-producing ration. An egg is fully 65 per cent, water, so water is as important as feed. In cold weather it should be supplied to the hens three times a day, and given to them hot, not just warm. Have crushed oyster shells always accessible, for hens must have grit to lay in winter. Keep the henhouse dry' and clean it out every day.

No males (roosters) are necessary, as the hens will lay just as many eggs without a noisy crower around disturbing some grouchy neighbor who keeps severaF fine dogs that howl and bark all night. Where no male is kept the eggs are infertile, and they will keep better and longer, as there is no germ of life to become musty, and spoil the contents. Do not keep too many Often good results may be had with 8 or 10 hens but if only a few more are added with the same accommodations, there will not be much, if any, increase in egg production. Follow these simple rules and gather eggs daily. There are no best breeds or breed.

It is the man or woman behind the hens of (any breed that causes good results. In very restricted quarters it is best to have a shed or protected place in which to keep dry litter to scatter the grain in. Feed the grain scattered in the litter late in the afternoon. This will give the hens the healthy exercise thev need under such conditions. Baltimore, March 5.

G.O. 1 from The BEST Funerals really Do cooi. WILLIAM COOK. ft A.