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BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE; NEW ORg, SCNPOT, MXY tes 132 10 Nine-Cent a Day Ration Should Include Fresh Milk and Cream If Husband Asks 17-Year Old Wife To Stop Smoking Why Not Agree? Everyday Questions ANSWERED BY The Rev. Dr. S. PARKES CADMAN Up-Stale Hamlet's 'Poor Diet' Has Superfluities 'Typical' Case of a Politician's Idea of Econ-omy Experiment With It on Slate Wards, Who Might Feel They Were Being Well Fed By Dr. WILLIAM BRADY THE mayor of a hamlet in central New York; where David Harum held forth, made the front page recently by telling the reporters he was going to live for a week: on food costing nine cents a day.

It seems that was the cost of one day's rations for one person in Marital Happiness Greatly Depends Upon Couple's Consideration of Each Other's Wishes in Minor Matters as Well as Serious Ones To Risk It Just to 'Go Modern' Is Unwise Step Dear Helen Worth I'm coming to you for advice again, which is valuable to me, and I guess I'm not the only one depending on your wonderful advice. May God help you and bless you in your work. I'm 17 and married three us when we were making out start, they have buckled down to the task and are alive to their human service obligations. The Federal Council has twice pledged its co-operation with President Hoover's organization for relief of unemployment. The pastoral letters I have read from the Roman Catholic, Protestant and Episcopal Communions reiterate the national duty of finding jobs for the jobless.

Secretary Myers of the Federal Council has accumulated reports from all parts of the country which give a clear idea of the work the Churches are doing for the unemployed. Bishop Manning and his board of trustees are spending large sums to keep men employed on the construction of the great Cathedral of St. John the Divine in this city, while Bishop Freeman and his associates are doing the same for the noble church rising on St. Albans Mount in Washington. The secretaries of the various Federations of Churches have rendered yeoman service, and I can testify to the practical value of their efforts.

Not only in New York City but Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Kansas City, Indianapolis, Chicago, Minneapolis and St. Louis have received effective aid from the churches in finding something worth while for the unemployed to do. Church building has been encouraged in Chicago and several million dollars expended on it. A single colored Congregational Church in that city recently gave 100 overcoats and 7,500 meals to the needy. advice of a physician, a health expert, a nutrition authority or even a dietitian.

Week's Ration for Adult The news item gives a week's ration for one adult, as issued by this opera bouffe hamlet in New York: Evaporated milk, 2 cans. Salt pork, 6 ounces. Soup beef, 21 'i ounces. Salmon, 1 can. Cheese, 2 ounces.

One egg. Navy beans, 12 ounces. Dried peas, 4 ounces. Caboage, 12 ounces. Carrots, 12 ounces.

Onions, 18 ounces. Potatoes, 3.9 pounds. Prunes, 8 ounces. scions effort to "drop" them now. HELEN WORTH.

M. Rrqucstid That Letter Not Be Printed Dear Helen Worth Being a constant reader of The Eagle for many years, interested particularly in your column, may I ask you, please, to publish the letter you received from to which you replied under date of the 9th inst. "Adults must be allowed to paddle own canoes." I shDll look for your response in your valued column within the next day or two. B. A.

My dear Sorry but that is impossible. particularly asked that only a reply to the query be printed. It would be a violation of confidence to publish any portion of the letter. Therefore, you must be content with this explanation. HELEN WORTH.

Marseilles Loses Key to the City Marseilles, France W) Here's a warning to all kings, international bankers, world heavyweight champions and Hollywood contest winners: "Keep away from Marseilles!" Not but what it isn't a nice tdwn. It is, but the official handshakers are all upset. Some one has pinched the keys to the city and leading citizens are running around in circles saying "zut alors," which means approximately "heck, and then some." And to make it worse the keys were historical, made of silver some 70 years ago, and were first presented to Napoleon III. They vanished from the museum of the Pare Borley. FISH STUDIED To aid the study of the migratory movements of fish, the Idaho Game Department has marked 5,000 trout by clamping small metal plates to their outer gills.

and if my narrow minded friends won't accept them, tell them we can do without their friendship. Helen Worth, it is not that I am ashamed of their friendship, nor yet that my friends of my own class ignore them. But they are just out of their element at our parties now, and I have a feeling that they would like to refuse my invitations, but fear to hurt my feelings the feelings of an old friend. Now that I have put this down on paper it all seems very jumbled, and not at all what I really meant to say. But perhaps in your wisdom, you can read between the lines, 'and help me solve my problem.

If I thought that by gradually dropping these people who were my neighbors of less fortunate days, I should hurt them, it would be the last thing that would enter my head. MRS. R. MacD. My dear "Mrs.

R. McD" To any one who has lived more than a few years on this merry old earth, your problem in all its phases' can be understood without difficulty. We all know the friendships lif they may be called that) which spring from the fact that it is easy to know one's neighbors. They have no deep roots, and gradually die, if one of the families concerned move away. In your case, there is no great congeniality and yet there is the bond of simpler days shared with each other.

To my mind, the solution lies in visiting these friends when you have no other guests. In time, you will probably drift apart therefore you need make no con- Apples, 12 ounces. Macaroni, 2 ounces. Tomatoes, 1 can. Peanut butter, 2 ounces.

Butter substitute, 9.5 ounces. Lard, 8 ounces. Molasses, hi can. Sugar, 12 ounces. Bread, 2'A pounds.

Flour, 8 ounces. Rice, 4 ounces. Cornmeal, 8 ounces. Wheat grits, 4 ounces. Cocoa, 2 ounces.

Coffee, 3 ounces. This ration contains a total ot 18,900 calories, thus affording a maximum 2,700 calories a day. What Authorities Think Chittenden estimated that 2.500 to 2,600 calories was sufficient for an adult doing moderate' work. Graham Lusk placed the daily requirement of mechanics, porters, farmers, carpenters, at 3.000 calories. Atwater found by actual chemical analysis that farmers in New York averaged 3,785 calories a day, in Connecticut and Vermont, where they chin more and work less, 3.410 and 3,635 calories respectively.

In Finland, Becker and Hamalainen found that seamstresses could gel: along on only 1,800 calories a day. doing only needlework, but if they ran a sewing machine they required 2,100 calories; household servants required 2,300 to 2,900 calories, washerwomen 2,600 to 3,400 men chiseling stone required 4,500 calories and men sawing wood required 5,000 to 5,400 calories. (No wonder a man wants to feed up BEFORE he saws the wood.) Evaporated Milk Included It is odd that evaporated milk should be given the indigent in the very heart of the dairy section. Some one has to pay for the evaporation. Last Summer, due to the) extraordinarily fine pasturage, there was a greater rntlk production in New York State than for many seasons past.

This brought the price of milk down somewhat, but as soon as the price began to come down the big milk distributing interest began scheming to keep the price of milk up, and they solved the) problem with satisfaction to themselves by dumping enormous quantities of milk into the sewers and drains of their milk stations. This so polluted water courses in the dairy country that the fish were killed. Finally the New York State authorities had to send out warnings against this practice, all on account of the poor fish, you understand, and NOT in the interest of anybody's baby. This choice of evaporated milk for feeding the poor and needy in the richest dairying section of the country is puzzling. Whose baby iaspired the generosity? Or what harm would it do the fish to let some of the unfortunates have little fresh milk in their ration? Fresh Milk Lacking- The ration as listed is a pretty good all-around ration, except for the odd circumstance of the sub- RUBBER FIGURES Crude and reclaimed rubber consumption in the United States in 1931 was Jess than in any year since 1925.

Answered Every Sunday by The Eagle Little Rock, Ark. Is it fair to put all the blame for India's trouble on Great Britain, at do some of "the newspapers in this country? By no means. India today is economically down and nearly out. Her commerce is disturbed and her financial foundations weakened. The hoardings of silver by the natives, which formerly amounted to $3,000,000,000 in value, have been heavily discounted by the fact that for the first time in India's history silver has become a mere commodity with a fluctuating price.

Its collapse has depreciated those savings to less than half their original value. It is not surprising that the numberless Hindus who live their simple lives in .500,000 villages should blame the British administration for their misfortunes. Some American citizens damn the President whenever their god of prosperity has a touch ft me couc. rrun-itive Hindu rustics whose social existence is secluded can hardly be expected to exercise more intelligence than men and women who devour the news of the world daily. If Britain fails in India it will be the failure of the West to befriend the East, herald of the The Rev.

Dr. S. failure of all Western nations Partes Cadman in the Orient. When she quits they must quit, and Japan and China may forget their mutual animosities and unite with India to speed the parting guest. This, as I see it.

Is the situation at a psychological hour, not only for the nations directly involved but for our republic and the world. Churches and Relief IVeio York City. Are' the churches doing their share for the relief of the poor and giving employment as they should? I think so. So far as I can learn. tion for illegal entry unless you have been outside the United States since July 1, 192.

Bi-Centennial Data Please send me information on the Washington Bi-centennial. I am a high school student and any such information will be greatly appreciated. HELEN SPAK. 1223 Broadway. For general information on the subject address Representative Sol Bloom, House Office Building, Washington, D.

C. He will be glad to supply printed matter dealing with the observance of the Bi-centennial. For particulars in regard to the Brooklyn celebration address Mrs. Robert C. Lee, 522 3d Brooklyn.

'Life's Mirror The poem "Life's Mirror," asked for by "Subscriber" in The Eagle of Sunday, was written by Madeline Bridges, in life, Mary Ainge Devere, who was a frequent contributor to the paper in her lifetime. She was a native of Brooklyn of the Greenpoint section. C. H. DELANO.

512 Lexington Ave. Mrs. Delano's courtesy in answering the query is very much appreciated. Since the foregoing letter was received, copies of the poem asked for have come to us from William D. McGurn, Mrs.

Adele Carson, Thomas F. Daly and Mrs. Caroline B. How-land, to all of whom we extend our most cordial thanks. Mrs.

Martha W. Petrie sends a copy of a poem by Alice Cary "Life's Mirror; or, Nobility." That may or may not be the one asked for. It is much longer and entirely different from the others. We are printing the shorter one, and should it prove not to be that "Subscriber" asked for, we will be glad to publish the other later. The one first referred to reads as follows: There ere loyal hearts, there ere spirit breve.

There ere souls that ere pure end true; Then give to the world the best you have. And the. best will come back to you. Give love, end love to your lite will flow. And strength In your utmost need; Give faith, end score of hearts will show Their faith In your word and deed.

Oive truth, end your fift will be paid In kind. And honor will honor meet; And a smile that Is sweet will surely And A smile thatls Just as sweet. Tot life Is the mirror of king and slave: 'Tls iust what we are and do; Then jive to the world the best you have, And the best will come back; to you. The Arabesque Poem To the Columbia Broadcasting System we are indebted for the words of the 'Arabesque" theme poem recently requested by a reader of this department. It follows: wilderness of drifting sands, lonely caravan The desert's heart Is set apart, unknown to anv man.

Lonely riders from the South, the lan- guerous bazars A half forgotten tale of love repeated 'neath the stars. The dusttv waste ts changeless, serene as the flow of years. But the blood of the desert turbulent leans, unmindful of all tears Scourged and blugeoned by thongs or life. love gone down in hate. A proud heart stands unspotted, clenched In the hands of late.

'Gainst brooding derk on the desert, where haunting evil gleam He fought, ciown foul and cunning to save his broken dreams. Of such Is the story woven! The gates of the ages yield: The veil of the past ls lifted and a human soul revealed. wilderness of drifting sands, lonely caravan The desert heart is set apart, unknown to any man. A Hospitalisation Inquiry Does the City of New York main-tain out-of-town or suburban hospitals in the State of New York? If so. could you give a list in your Sunday Questions fc Answered Column.

A CONSTANT READER. There are do hospitals, strictly the hamlet's poor department at the moment. Having thus successfully cracked into the headlines, the mayor said he didn't want to give the people of the city a diet he himself would not use. So he was going to subsist on the diet for a whole week, note the effect the diet had on him and then he would be In a position to judge whether it is adequate for the proper nourishment of the body. Extraordinary deference this politician shows the health and nutrition authorities.

Before he decides such a trifling problem he means to experiment for a week with the diet, which, he thinks, will qualify him to settle the matter without so far forgetting his dignity as to seek the of youth to light up the gloom of age. The radio may be in your home and electric appliances await your touch. The music of a world-famous orchestra may flood your soul, and the chosen words of masters of assemblies greet your ears. Yet the little home, the humble meeting house on the hill, and the school in the valley entrance your dimming vision. I feel sure you will not grumble that the old order has given place to the new.

But there were good times in the long ago, were there not? And what a fatality for our closing years if those earlier days were clouded by unjust or harsh treatment. Jesus pronounced one of His sternest judgments against adults who quench the brightness of childhood, and by so doing darken all after life. Perhaps you have read what Tontine Coffee House. The plan of the association that sponsored the original house originated from the scheme of Lorenzo Tonti, a Neapolitan, who introduced a simlHlar scheme into France in 1653. during the reign of Louis XIV, whence the word came to designate a loan advanced by a number of associated capitalists for life annuities, with the benefit of survivorship.

'Tommy Is there not a character in one of Charles Dickens' novels who, when thrashed at school, found relief from hie bodily pain by drawing skeletons? I seem to recall such a person. DICKENS FAN. Cutchogue, L. I. You have In mind no less a pert sonage than Tommy Traddles, a schoolmate of David Copperfleld at Salem House, who figures in the novel of that title.

He is described as follows: "Poor Traddles! In a tight, skyblue suit that made his arms and legs like German sausages or rolypoly puddings, he was the merriest and most miserable of all the boys. He was always being caned I think he was caned every day that half year, except one holiday Monday, when he was only rulered on both hands and he was always going to write to his uncle about it, and never did. After laying his head on his desk for a little while, he would cher eup, somehow, begin to laugh again, and draw skeletons all over his slate before his eyes were dry." It was Traddles who afterward married a curate's daughter, "one of ten, down in Devonshire." Would Test Daughter! Voice Please be kind enough to tell me where I can take my daughter, who is 11 years old, to have her voice tested before paying for vocal lessons, and let me know if they charge for the test. Also please tell me if and where I can get a radio test. Mrs.

G. HELD. Hempstead, I. For a test of your daughter's voice we suggest that you take her to the Brooklyn Music School Settlement, 126 St. Felix St.

The charges are nominal at most. As to the radio test, you may experience difficulty in getting an audition, as the lists are always very full. The only thing to do is to write to one of the broadcasting companies for information. Seeks Adoption Papers Please tell me through your Sunday edition in "Questions Answered" what steps I must take to take out adoption papers for my wife's child through a previous marriage. The father of the child being dead, this is the wish of my wife and the child also.

F. G. There are certain legal formalities that should be complied with, but we cannot advise as to them. This department does not give legal advice of any kind. You should consult a lawyer if you wish to make the adoption strictly in accordance with law.

Protests Noisy Ballplayers Kindly let me know through your "Questions Answered" department if boys, aeed from 16 to 19 years, have a right to play ball in private streets, annoying the neighbors every day with the noise, ball flying about private properties? It seems awful that nothing will stop this nuisance. Every year seems the same. R. K. We can only suggest that you complain to the police.

To Remove Rust Stains My boys are in the mountains where their is no laundry, so we have to wash clothes at our cabin. Will you kindlv tell me what will take rust out of their shirts (linen). There is rust ail around the holes moriths. I have a very wonderful husband and love him dearly. Now Helen Worth, when he was courting me I smoked and drank, but not to an excess.

He spoke to me about it now and then, not- to do either, but I continued, and nothing was said. Since I'm married he makes a big fuss over it thought. And I promised him I'd stop smoking for a while, and just drink very little. As he doesn't dance we don't go to dances; so I to nave my fun in smoking, but not neccessarily drinking. Will you please tell me if I should do what my husband wants me to da or dc as I please? i BILLIE.

My dear "Blllie" Only 17. married and craving the stimulation of alcohol and tobacco! I'm sorry for you. You are so young, so much in love and know so little of the true values of life. Perhaps your mother died when you were little and you have not had the benefit of her training and wise counsel. Assuming this to be the case, may I talk to you of the duties of your estate as wife and potential mother? You wish to make a success of your marriage, I feel certain.

Of course there is a class of young persons today who revel in lcono-clasm, who believe their half-baked theories the proof of a sophistication they yearn to possess, but are too flighty to acquire, and who dabble in emotional experiences and 6tupidly include marriage in that classification. They think that separation or divorce is easily attained and that if they cannot make a success of life in double harness "what of it? Tell it to the judge" and it's all over! But no more fallacious thinking exists. For marriage, my dear "Billie." Is indeed a sacrament, a life-long bond, and indissoluble. And those who have traveled the road to Reno know this to be the truth. Therefore It is necessary that uu LUUUtgill, tu vile luuiga success, xncre must be a lounaa-tion of mutual respect.

Given this, consideration of each other in minor matters and also more serious ones Is bound to follow. Your husband (like most men! does not wish his wife to smoke. Then why annoy him? It's the little rift within the lute which makes sweet chords impossible. There is so much you CAN do, auiie, xo improve yourseu. Your spelling and handwriting both can be imDroved, doubtless also your general knowledge of academic matters.

Are you a "finished" cook? (None of us ever are. "Billie." there are always new dishes to learn about, new combinations and new food values.) And housekeeping isn't child's play, it's a business, one which the wise woman tries to keep not only a going concern, but one that is up-to-date. So throw the old cigarettes out the window and set about making your husband happy by a bit of self denial. And you will be happier, too. I do hope you haven't found this a sermon; it is meant to help you.

May your mairiage be a real success is the wish of HELEN WORTH. Invite These Friends To Special Parties Dear Helen Worth Aabout nine years ago, my husband and I were living in very, very modest circumstances. He was just beginning his professional career, and we decided that it would be better to marry and live on practically nothing than to extend our already long engagement. This forced us to live in a section and a home far inferior to what either of us had been accustomed, though I've never regretted that time of skimping and saving pennies. We lived in one section of a four-family frame house, the other tenants of which, while people with hearts of gold, weredistinctly of a lower class.

I am no snob, Helen Worth, but at the risk of being called such, they were not of our social rank. However, this did not keep us from entertaining them once in a while just a Sunday night supper from time to time, nor did we lefuse invitations to their flats for spaghetti dinner (one of the fami-lie were Italian) or to talk over a glass of wine. One of the families, a young couple our own age, were particularly nice to us when we moved in, and we became more friendly with them than the others. Well, to make a long story short, the quarters in which we were forced to live acted as an incentive to do well, and leave them, and within a year and a half, my husband was doing well enough to warrant a change to better surroundings. But the young couple continued to invite us to their home, and we of course returned the invitation for tear of being called snobs.

There was really no bond except provimity in the lirst place, and now that we had moved, even that was taken, and the visits, as far as I could see, were just meaningless things, born of habit, and not mutual interests. Now my husband has become very successful, and we have very dear friends in our circle who are of our own level. I have invited the young couple to one or two parties which we have had, but they are obviously out of place, and are so embrassed that they cannot possibly be enjoying themselves. And so I would like to drop them, slowly and tactfully, but surely. Not only would it ease my mind, but I think they would appreciate it.

My husband is furious that I even had the thought. He say they were good euough for Charles Lamb so beautifully says about our earliest stage in his "Essays of "In that little Goshen there will be light when the grown world flounders about in the darkness of materialism." So long as childhood and its dreams are left to us, Imagination will not confine us to the earth. Look back, then, and observe the mercies that have attended your way. They should convince you that another hand than your own has been laid upon you, which would not allow you to lose the thread of gold that stretches to you from the celestial city. In looking back, be the better prepared for the forward look.

The wise man gazes in both directions and understands their close relation. For it is the spirit of the child which qualifies you for entrance into the oncoming Kingdom. in the shirts where pins were stuck in to keep the shirts folded. They have been washed but the rust is still there. J.

B. C. Try salt, mixed with a little lemon juice, or salts of mixed with warm water and rubbed over the marks. This will probably remove the stains. Another method is this: Throw on the stain a small quantity of the dry powder of magnesia, rabbin? It in slightly with the fingers and leaving it there for an hour or two and then brushing it off, when It will be found that the stain has entirely disappeared.

The above suggestions are offered by the Scientific American Cyclopedia of Formulas, and we believe they can be relied upon. In any event they will not injure the material. The Stamp Language Will you kindly print in Sunday's Eagle the language of postage stamps on letters? What is the meaning of a stamp upside down on the bottom of the left-hand corner of the envelope? I' will be watching for answer. A READER. There are many variations in the so-called stamp language.

The general positions, with their respective meanings, are as follows: Inverted in the usual position at the right-hand upper corner of the envelope, Stop writing; at angle In same corner, Do you love me? Inverted in upper left-hand corner, I love you; at angle in same corner, I do not love you; straight in same corner, farewell; straight in lower left-hand corner, I desire your friendship; straight In lower right-hand corner, be cautious; in center at top in, reply to question yes: in center at bottom, no: on line with surname, accept my love; inverted on line with surname, I am engaged; same at angle. I want to see you. The Post Office Department, however, vigorously opposes resorting to this stamp language by users of the mails, for the reason that placing a stam panywhere but in its proper position at the upper right-hand corner of the envelope slows down the work of cancelling and to that extent delays the mail. It is a silly custom, and persons of real refinement do not resort to it. A Plea For a Tree I know your column has always been kind and helpful, but this is my first appeal.

There is, or was, a pretty park a triangle in Fulton Greene Ave. and Hanson Place. There were two trees in that park, but only one remains. trees were to me hallowed, for they were planted in memory of two boys loved In that locality. Can the surviving tree be saved? Some one has enclosed it with a green fence, but it stands amidst a lot of junk, trying so hard to escape the fate of its brother.

Is there no one to remember those boys? No one to save that one tree before it is too late? FAIR PLAY. It may be that those who planted the threes in memory of two well-loved boys of the neighborhood have all passed on. If the trees are in a public park, as you state, the duty of caring for it and preserving it from the fate of the other belongs to the Park Department. "Fair Play" should call the attention of Park Commissioner Browne to the matter. He will no doubt see that the necessary care ls given the memorial tree.

Attention of Miss Salwen Sylvia Salwen, who asked for information in regard to the Washington bl-centennial the question accidentally appearing without the answer in last Sunday's Eagle is referred to the answer given Helet Spak in this issue, under the heading, Last, and perhaps best, the wisest guides of the churches and the synagogues are earnestly studying how to get'rid of the causes of unemployment. Not a bad record, in my opinion. Living in the Past Raleigh, N. C. I find as I grow older that I dwell more and more on the past.

Why is this? Your memories move in a cycle and as the years lengthen the wheel turns a full circle and brings you back to boyhood and It is a perfectly natural process in which a divine provision is perceptible. Surely you need the stored radiance speaking, maintained by the city in suburban areas, but there are a number of private hospitals which are subsidized by the city that is, to which patients are sent and their care paid for by the city. If you will get in touch with the Inspection Division of the Department of Hospitals, tenth floor. Municipal Building, Manhattan, you will receive full information as to the location of such hospitals. Seeks to Locate Ford Manager I am a regular reader of your paper.

Will you please give me the following information: How can I get in touch with a Mr. E. Grace, manager of one of Henry Ford's plants in this country. What plant does he manage? C. MURPHY.

4201 3d Ave. The best suggestion that we can offer is to communicate with the head office of the Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, Mich. Those in charge there undoubtedly know the names and addresses of all the plant managers. Address Asked For If Mrs. A.

E. Decker, who asked for the value of some old documents in a letter published in this department on April 17, will communicate with Charles Shankroff, 771 E. 34th Brooklyn, she may receive some information of value to her. As she gave no address when writing, we cannot tell Mr. Shankroff where to write.

Ajain the Tontine Coffee House Eugene L. Armbruster, a well-known Brooklyn historian, writes this department as follows: The Merchants Coffee House on the northeast corner of Wall and Water was opened in 1738 by Daniel Bloom. A later owner, Luke Roome, sold the building to Dr. Charles Arding in 1759, who in turn sold to the Tontine Association in 1792. This society bought adjoining lots, one on Wall and one on Water St.

and on the three lots erected the Tontine Coffee House, 1792-1794. Among the hosts were, in 1795, Hyde; 1798, Byrne: 1805, Vaughan; 1807, Bryden; 1812, Bardin; 1927, Morse, and 1833, Lovejoy. It has been described as a three-story and basement brick building with a peaked roof over the center part. After ascending six or eight steps under a portico, one stepped into a large public room, "The Exchange," where all bargains were made. Two books were kept here for the entry of every ship's arrival and clearing out.

Merchants took their lunch here in the building. There was a bar with a large bowl of punch and another of lemonade; there were crackers, cheese and codfish. One could lodge here and board at a common table at ten shillings a day. There was also a barber shop in the basement. When the Merchants Exchange Building was opened the'Subscribers of the Tontine Association secured, in 1834, a decree of chancery, authorizing them to let the building for general purposes.

There were stores, but no shop wipdows. By act of the Legislature the title was changed in 1843 to Tontine Building. Originally there were issued 203 Tontine shares. In 1880 the final division of the property was made among the seven survivors of the nominees as per the 1792 agreement. The building was in that year sold at auction for $138,500 and in 1905 the third building was erected on that site.

The City Hotel was built on Broadway at Thames St. and later was the site of the Boreel Building. Mary L. Booth's History of the City of New York says that the Tontine Coffee House, at Wall and Water was demolished in 1855 to make room for a subsequent Tontine Building. The origin of the word Tontine may be of interest to those who have' read about the Questions Marriage Annulled Since Entry Here Q.

I shall appreciate your opinion as to the status of an unnaturalized girl in the United States under the following circumstances: She was married in Canada to a citizen of the United States in 1926. They entered the United States as man and wife the same year and lived together two years, at the end of which time the marriage was annulled by a State court on application of the wife on ground of incompatibility. Ls the girl now legally in the United States? Is she at liberty to make application for citizenship? G. E. E.

A. If the girl entered the United States with an immigration visa obtained at some American' consulate, the fee for which was $10, and paid a headtax of $8 at the port of entry, she is in the United States legally, and she may apply for first citizenship papers, using Form A2213. Her legal entry is not affected by the fact that her marriage is dissolved, although if she were still the wife of an American citizen, she would be entitled to apply for final papers, omitting first papers provided, of course, her entry was legal. Entered V. s7liiegally in 1914 Q.

A certain person was a sailor on a German ship, the captain of which was his uncle. The ship stopped at its port on the west coast of the United States in 1914. It was unable to return to its home port without risk of being captured. The captain, therefore, decided to remain in port. Relatives of this sailor, living in the United States, sent him money to come East to live with them, which he did.

I do not believe he registered as an alien enemy during the war. He has been anxious for some time to have his entry legalized, but has been afraid to attempt it for fear of being deported. Will you please advise me whether he may have his entry legalized and how, without placing himself in a precarious position? G. F. A.

He may make application for a certificate of registry on Form 659, which may be obtained at an immigration office or by writing the Department of Labor, Washington. This certificate is specially for persons who entered the United States illegally before June 3, 1921. It costs $20 and takes the place of a legal entry. It is necessary to prove continuous residence in the United States and good moral character. After this certificate Is obtained, the alien may proceed with his naturalization in the usual way, the same as though he had entered the United States legally.

Alien Here Since 1916 Q. I am an alien in this country since 1916. I was in Class One, A draft, but I was exempt on account of the work I was doing. Will you kindly inform me what form I should have and where to get it? I know I must pay a headtax. READER.

A. From the facts stated in your letter, it is impossible to determine whether you are in the United States legally or not. It may not have been necessary for you to have paid a headtax, although a record of your entry may have been made. You may file Form A2213. which may be obtained at the naturalization office, and ascertain whether a record of your entry was made.

If not, you will be notified to obtain a certificate of registry, which will cost $20 and take the place of a record of entry. Father Naturalized: Is Daughter Citizen? On Feb. 5. 1918. my father re- ceived his certificate of naturalization in Connecticut.

He died on Sept. 9, 1924. I am one of the children named on said certificate. Will you kindly inform me whether or not I am an American citizen? Do I have to become naturalized, or would a photostatic copy of the certificate be enough to prove that I am an American citizen? Mrs. W.

J. S. A. You are an American citizen unless you lost your citizenship by marriage to an alien, or unless you were over 21 when you entered the United States. Your father's naturalization certificate and, in some cases, some one to Identify you, should be sufficient to prove your citizenship.

If it is not convenient for you to have your father's certificate, as is frequently the case, you may apply for a derivative naturalization certificate, which will prove your citizenship in all cases. The fee is $15, and considerable work is involved. You should not attempt to obtain a photostatic copy of your father's certificate, as the law provides for a fine of and imprisonment for reproducing a naturalization certificate, or any part of it. Wishes to Return to Canada This Year Q. I have been following your column and wish you would answer a question for me.

I am a Canadian. I came to this country in January, 1925, having obtained what is called "residence papers." It took me some time to procure these papers from the consul's office at Ottawa, Canada. That office told me I was entitled to take up residence in this country for the term of my natural life. I wish to return to Ottawa this Summer to visit my parents for a week or so. My little boy, seven years old and born in the United States, will go with me.

I have his birth certificate. I wish to know what papers I should have to cross the border and whether I should have any trouble on account of the unemployment. I have a good position and should not wish to' lose it, if there is any danger of my being held up at the border or in Canada on account of the quota. Will it be safe for me to go? Do I need any papers for my little boy besides his birth certificate? Should I send to Washington for a copy of my papers, which were taken up when I crossed the border? i Mrs. E.

MacD. A. If you obtain an immigration visa at the Consulate, the fee for which was $10, and paid a headtax at the port of entry when you entered the United States, you should have no difficulty in returning to the United States after spending a week or two in Canada. It would be advisable to take proof that you have lived in the United States continuously since you entered, although it might not be necessary. If you would feel easier, you could apply for a re-entry permit, but a re-entry permit is not considered necessary for Canada.

The birth certificate is sufficient for your little boy. There is no quota for Canada. Here as Visitor. Seeks Citizenship Q. I entered the United States in May.

1923, on a visitor's permit for six months. During this period I obtained a good position and was married. I have one child born in the United States. I wish to become a citizen, but, not knowing my status, I am undecided. Please' advise me.

R. V. F. A. You appear not to be in the United States legally.

In that case you cannot become a citizen. However, you may file an application for first papers. Form A2213, and ascertain hew you were recorded. You run no danger in doing this, tvs you are not subject to deporta stitute for fresh milk and cream. There are one or two superfluities in which allow fiirther economizing without impairing either the nutritive value or the appetizing value of the ration.

Frw incti, why issue both sugar and molasses' one aione would 'provide everything both can provide? Also why issue both flour nnn when 8Xi and bread, when wheat alone wouia provide everything both can provide? Also why issue both flour and wheat grits and bread when wheat alone would provide everything all three can provide. And if wheat is necessary in a third form why not just wheat, such as plenty of farmers in central New York would be glad to sell at 2 cents a pound? If the person receiving the ration prefers to crack his wheat let him crack it in coffee mill or otherwise to suit himself. Of course it is not necessary to crack or grin(j jt at a1 A lofc of people not depending on ration- uu.mig piain wneac ana eating it just as it comes from the threshing machine, cooked for minutes or hours, as they prefer, and1' many are finding it an excellent thing to chew in the raw state. All the preparation or cleaning plain wheat requires to make it ready for anybody to eat is mere washing or rinsing with water. 'Good PrinnrV If a politician has a bit of stock in a factory for the painting of lilies he is likely to feel that it Is unsanitary or dangerous for anybody to have truck wth unpainted lilies.

In central New York there are plenty of men and women rotting in prison. These wards of the State must be properly fed. They would make excellent subjects for properly conducted nutrition tests with the ration described or any other diet or food materials about which we need more knowledge. The politicians of New York are naturally opposed to any such humane use of the felons in prisons. They know there would be less soft graft available to them if our penal institutions were thrown open as founts of scientific learning for race betterment.

The politicians, and their allies In the social service racket, prefer to keep our prisons Just as they are, ideal places for the inmates to rot in, and for all the rotten business that goes on in such places. Typical Political Gesture This flamboyant gesture of the central New York politician is typical of our system of government. The whole business of public health administration in all its aspects is conducted in just such comic opera fashion, not only in the States but in the Federal organization as well. At least a score of minor flunkeys in various bureaus of the Federal government dabble in matters of public health, each little official going his own way quite regardless of what other officials or authorities may have done or are doing about the same question. They're all of the same caliber or class as this up-State village burgomaster who purposed to determine the nutritive value of the poor ration by trying lot for a week..