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^?ftocD?rk Crttmnf. SUMDAt lAJCC iMl -'?? M?* Owned and pub,??tied dally by Th? Tiibune. >?*ociatlon, a New York corporation; Ogden m PtIS. riesHssi. COi H Bsmitu. Pisrsori Jame? M Barrett. TlSOSUISf AddreM. Tribun? Bulldln?. Ns 154 ?aman street. New York. B bSCRlPTION RATES Pi Mali. Peotapi 1'al'l. outcule of Or.ateT New Tork. | Doily ?nd Sunday, one month.'v2 1 tally ?nd Banday, six month?. S.SS Pally and Sunday, one yeai. SI only, one month. ? Daily only, ?ix month?. ?OS Di only, on? jrssi. ees Sunday only, ?ix month?. . ?. 6ui.dav only, one year. MS PSrsigs sabserlptleas to all countrie? laths I Vcivcrnal I'"Ptal 1'nlon. Includina pu?o?li? DAILI AND H:NDAT: On? month.$1.55 I One year.$18 40 SUNDAY ONLY: Ma months.. . .$3 07 I One year.$8 14 DAILY ONLY: Cna month.$1.02 I One year.$12.29 CANADIAN BA' H DAILY AND SINDAY: Owe Stoats'. $1 00 , On? year.$10 .*>8 DAILY ONLY. One month. J .50 ! One year.$S.O0 SUNDAY ONLY: One monta.$ .60 . One ytar.I? 51 Patered ?t the PeeStMes ?t n>w Tork a? Second CfclSS Mall Matter. Out readers ?Sill confer a favor by advising ?? when th?y s re unable to pNCUffS a copy *>f Th? Tribune from their newsdealer. Address: Tribune. ein illation Department. A DEMOCRATIC SENATE. Democratic control of iin? Senate in 111?? next Confraas is now assured be yond question. The lneoinlng admlnls tratl<ni will bava about as narrow a margin ot parry support iu the upper branch t>l Confitas avilie second CltSVeland administration had in 1898 and 180?. In the St*ii:it*- altar March a iitxt tkcra wttl lie two Desoocrats Iront each of tbppi twenty state?: New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, south Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Ala bama, Mississippi, Louisiana. Texas, Tennessee. Arkansas. Oklahoma, Mia? >? mi. Indiana, Montana, Colorado, Se rada, Oregon and Alisons -forty In nil. Then will be one Detnocral fi?>m carta of these elshl states: Maine. New Vorb, Maryland. West Virginia, Ohio, Kansas. Kentucky ami Nebraska. Thai luukes S ininiiiinin Strength ?>f forty rieht rotee enough to control frith the ?ill of the Vke-Preaktent. \ number of states bava failed so far i. elect Senators. There are deadlocks I in Illinois (where two seats are In ; volved). N''\v Bampehlre Delaware, West Virginia and Wyoming. Tbe| N.w Mexico L?gislature baa ju-t adopted s resolution declaring Mr. Kail's i .>-< |o,ti,m .h the session of last apring invalid, ami a new election will Im> held there, The legislature In !??? ?arc i- Democratic, and if II elect* by . ,ii win probably eleel a Democrat ml Republicans or ftoareeslves will bave jr ?? chooen, however, in all th?' other deadlocked states to raise the opposl lion strength !<? forty-eeven. The chances are that there will be two more Democrats elected one from Delaware and one from Illinois -ami j thai the Democratic vote In the semt ? ; after March I a 111 be at leaal fifty. Moreover, Maryland will probably] . ?..! ,' Democratic Senator In January, im i. t" replace Mr. Jackson, Republl llcao, appointed by Governor Golds borougn ?" sert e ad iafi Nat, tin t ho whole, it 1s well thai iii?' \N" i i - son administration should bave full power at Washington for the naxl two years and be compelled to shoulder a? responsibility for the conduct of the government. The roten d<eclded last Tall to give tue Democratic party ?m gdsssr chanca. A Banate in the bands of the opposition would he a standing ex? Knee for the non-fulfilmenl <>f parti I'i'oniise.-. NOW the** must be fulfil led ?nil tue administration must stand <>r f?ll on its record of actual perform? pace THE FIXED POST. Ciimiiilgaloiii i Waldo endita the nota? Me decrease In the number ?>f com? plaints of burglaries last yepf to ?he deterrent influence of th<- tixed peat He says that In the first half of 1912 only 4Ar>4 such COBSplalntS ?ere tiled, whereas B.008 were tileti in the Brat half of 11*11 The public will be m ilined to accept this ghowlng of the T'o?ce Commissioner at its face value. Dotectlie Burns, in his Inteieetlngartl ??le ?m ihr. pottos problem In last Sun dav s laaue <>l The Tribune, said that the trallic squad and the fixed post vert? the two most admirable features of police work in this city. .Most Intel lisent observers will agree with him. Th?- trallic squad antedates the present administration, but the establishment of fix???! posts was Its own iiiea and will undoubtedly be resaembered as its tnoM Creditable achievement. There was g disi?ositioii at tirst to ridicule the tixed (?ist as an aping of lotehfB customa, and Um pottcomoa Whom it tied down l<> ? striet?>r per? formance ?if duty were for a time up in arms agatnel it. But its advantages vcere ?pilckly mvurnized. and the Police Department^ figures, which also show a de? r?-ase of mole than ."?J per ?-ent in cumplaInta of assaults ami robbery In the st reel s since the system Wag esiab Ilahed, only coiroborata the Judgment long ago reached by the public-. It is M'If-cvldeiit that the stationing of po? licemen at points at which Ihey may be quickly reached at any hour of the nigh must greatly limit the activities of foodpaiN Sud liinglnrs. Person? ahllged i" bg out late know the safest routes for than t<> travel and just where to eo if they think that tlmy are being Shadowed. Protection from tire 1s also materially increased by the |?)st tag of men nt stre?-t inters??itions from whi<h s watch can be kept over a gjaod-SSRgd area. \>i Dataettvi Bnrna Justly said, the ?aw x*?BSk police for?'e has be?'ii Im? proved in many respects and is slid being improve?! lis personnel is much better than It use?l to be What it needs most of all is to be pPPtaCtM from itself?from the lax and vicious traditions which it has inherited and to which sinne ?if its members still stub? bornly cling. The fixed post has worked admirably in decreaatng crimes -I violence. What the sen'lee neetl? is a similar exen-Ue of taareaaed v ?ci? lanco within its own ranka in ord.'i 10 ?tamp mil lawlessness and graft. PANAMA AND SUBSIDIES. Beeretary Knox'i blunt admission In bh letter it. sir Bdward Gray that j ? (be exemption of the coastwise trade "tit.m tolls, or the refnndlng <>f toll? i "eolleetecl from Usa coaatwlse nade. I? ?iiififiv a subsidy granted by the "i Dlted states to tbal trade" ought | i" open ill?- gjrea of tit?- Democrats In both branches of Oongreaa to the de ceptioo which they practJaed upon iin-iiist'ivcs when they roted fof tbe| loiN prorialoB of the Panama Canal act There li do laaue on which Demo ? rntic Senators and Bepresentatlvea bare been more nnlted Iban lu their opposition to s|i?|i subsidies, Thej bare been aligned atmosl solidly agalnsl even tbe modesl postal sub? ventions, throngta the autbortaatlon of which It eras hoped to patabMsh lietter lint's of communication with Booth America, Cblna, Japan and Australia, and their leaders have thundered time and again against the Iniquity of rot? ing mono) oui of the Treasurj to sustain either American Industrj or the American merchant marine, ?ei ander the guise of ? dbicrimlBjation in favor of coastwise American shipping passing througb the Panam? Canal I they hare helped to grant thai ship ping what Secretar? Knoi rigbtlj calls a "Miksiily." ii is amusing i" note the rhetorical expedients which l>emocrati< leader? employ to cover up the facl wbl< b Mr Knox concedes Henator O'Oorman la his speech last Urdu->d;i.v lurented la euiioua paraphrase to describe Ibel auhaldialng transactloa, and the eli ? eumlocufJon pleased bim so uiucb thai , ho used ii al least foin units He said: 'il i* true tbal erben are passed! "the ad ?re did not expressly proride, j "in declaring thai no lolls should be ! ''levied upon Anerlcan reaaele, that "those tolls should be entered as a Mcredlt upon tbtj ?nteres! charge of -ibe oation agalnsl the enterprise, bul ' "doubtless Congress bad II la mind.'' I That bas an air of banking subtlefj about n whit h might be expected tu j hypnotize tbe ?nan In Ibe street. Bul reduced to ordinary phra.gj wbal | does ii mean except that the United Btates is to pay coastwise shipping tolls out of ?is own pocket, making ti.arnera of thai shipping a present tr? an amount equivalenl to Ibe sum t utered as a , redil on Ibe canal's In? terest charge'! When Ibe canal bill conference re? )..>i i passed the Senate on tugual id ?asi thirty Democratic Senatorii rote I t,.r ?t and no Democral roted agalnsl U Kren lohn Sharp Willi.uns. k, vv lion. the mention of a subsidy to anj In terest, doujcstii or non-domestle, Is as a red raa lo h bull, lolned In grantingj ?i financial nid from the Treasury | t., coastwise shipping Sow tha? Ibe State Departmenl has proclaimed t" Ibe country exactly wbal they were doing il te bard to see how Democratic Congressmen tan successfully conceal their apostasy behind the O'Oorman at reen of "crediting tha tolla of domes ? ii. ships upon the Interest charge of "the rnited Btates agalnsl the world." OUT OF THEIR ELEMENT. riii- rioting waiters have made ibelr sti II e an absurdity bj adopting i W \\ method? Those methods maj bave some effect In ? rough mill town, bul tliey are oui of phut- on Broadway and Fifi h avenue. ?Vallera are ao( horny? banded sons of toll. They are them selves capitalists on a minor scale. Many of ih.'in purchase BOOf priellegBS in a big restauranl Just as a broker] buys his >,.;ii in an exchange. Then they sel oui to make i living off the ?tranger ? ? ? Xew i*ort and the Sea Vorher who wants to do as the stranger does, The) are employes oui) in a oomlnal sense, jusi as their wages are largely nominal. Practically, thej are middlemen doing business on commis ?ion, nuil ;i i in attempt on tlifir pari toi pose as down-tn.tiii.Mi wage raruera is an affront to tbe public's sens,. ,,i - humor I When a capitalistic clam like the] waiters goes on strike it ought In con*| duel Itself wiih true capitalistic I hauteur, and not ruab about the streets I and throe stones through tbe hotel] windows, iii?. waiters owe something lo the traditions of their calling. N <w adays ? waiter is expected to study po? liteness in at least three languagee. He belongs lo the literati, not to the un? kempt. He is do factory band or sweat shop worker, and should not sloop to th?* Btoletarlal Idea that the besi way b wiu a contention over conditions of enaploymenl la to go oui and gghl the poli?-?*, destroj property and alarm and annoy thousands of Innocenl ouhddera. Now Votk aeems willing ka stand for. the waiters as get-rieb-qulck commla si.in nun. hut it will not stand for them as rioters and beodlnnis. The delicate ttchmg palm should not har? bor anything as coarse as ? brich or a cobbleatone. The true waiter is the soul of patience and ^?-ntliiiy. The i \v. w. roughbouse at no proper school for him. He would probably get his rights sooner if he stayed on the Job Btad poured soup eTttsticalty town the nacha of his employers' pa? trons than he would if he doft.il hi? swallowtail, put 00 the <>verul)s of I evolution and smashed Window panes in the name of fatter tips sod better facilities for "getting next" to them NOT LIKE JACKSON. "The Portland Urejroninn" recently asjgjjaaggd that all Ck varnOff Wilson hud to do in < ider to escape the single ?erui issue srgs to follow i he Illustrious ex? ample of Andrew Jackson. It found this reseinhlan.e between Mr. Wilson's predb-ainent and Oeneral Jackson's : i Although Jackeon haj been a famous advocate of a BlnglS term for the Presi? dent, he aucoeeded blmsell bj a vote Which barely mlsaad being unanimous. Out of the :>8S electoral vote? he won 21i>. Here another OBBlnoua parallel present? itself, for WoodfOW Wilson was elected on a platform which speaks out for a slngl- term. Will he be fort? unate enouRh to make the eotmtrv for get It and march back into office as triumphantly a.? Jackson til? The parallel is unhappily not very exaei. Then is s ?real difi?reme be? tween yielding- nt the behest of :, party a private opinion, however stonily held. aid trying to make a party recant BU explicit publie pledge for ones own benefit. Andrew Jackson never ran f.u the Presidency ?m a ?ingle term plat? form, lie couM Juatly say timt be put aside I persona! conviction because his part; would n?'t recognise Its force and called upon him to serve again in ipite of himself as its candidate. Mr. Ctera land also expressed an Intention not i?? seek s second renn, bul jrleldad it ?hon be saw thai the Densoeratfc part) was prepared lo oiler bin I unanimous ro iioiniiiatioii. In thoee instance- llie v?>i<e of the part] aras more potenl than the opin? ion of ill?' Individual. BUl In Mr. Wil? son's case it would be th" a*lll of the Individual which nullified the pledge of the party. When be accepted the Democratic nomination last summer i?? entered constructive!:. Into s centrad in observe the deeiaratiou In favor of s single tenu Inserted In the Baltimore platform. Thai platform committed him i?. tiie single term principle, and throughout the campaign h?- never said a word in public io Indkate thai In r. it himself absolved from the promlee mad? "ii his behall by the national rjon velitioii. Governor Wilson told sum?- New Jer -.-> legislators the other ?lay that the) ought to pass his gntl truat bill- be? cause those bills .allied "HI the dOCM? iaiions of the Democratic platform if he believes thai such declarations hind other Democrats he cannot well take the position that he himself is not bound by them. Before be begins his service as Presiden! be ought t" make it clear thai lie a in live up t" the Dem ocra tic party's promises in regard i" a single term PEACE OR MADNESS.' rii.' alternative in it"' Near Past is not increh peace or war. It is pene ni a renewal of arar which would be j in??in??. The most competent judges are pretty ard? agreed thai the Turkish Cause \\;is doomed to disaster from the beginning Ho complete irere th?* prep* aratlons <?! the alllea, so skilful were their plans of campaign and s,, imp- m ous and resolute was their attach that no leadership ?if the Turkish armies Could hace withstood them, lint.1. i' is m.i cl ?ar thai it ?"11111 have si. mi* ii ' as delayed material!* the catastrophe I S hi? h came su su ifl Ij . 'int even if i' would bave been pos? sible (?i repel the, allied onslaught ami !.. defend the empire ultta a wiser strategy at the beginning ?1 would cer | tnlnlj be s hopeless task to undertake the recouping ul the enormous losses wblcb bave now been suffered and Ibe regaining ol the ground which iw- i?vn lost. Th?- achievement arould ret|ulr? Bocb Inspired loaderublp as Turkev bas no! known since ?ism.m of pievns i p.i^s.^i from the scene and such s re-1 viral of nail?.nn! ^j?irft and resources I as there i- no reason t?'i regarding .?v possible undei an* Iradersbip Yet even if ii should be granted thai web an achievement arere arltblu the limits of bumau power, ?i arould he pra<*ticul k ruled ..ut >>! conakleratton bj Ibe mad BCtS of the l;?-t few ?lays ;d ?'on ' stntitiiiopie. a goverunsent which when united could nol win can suret* not hope to win when it is rent asunder b) monderons Intestine lemi \ renewal ?>i Ibe arar arould surelj 11.can. tbeu, one "f t v\.. thing* tit bar tiie utter crushing of the sircad* ? atei and non demoralised ami < baotl Turkish Empire. a*lth later terms ?>f peace dictated under the dome* of St. Sophia. "i- the Involving of other pou ers in the ronflhi through some snch menus ?i- 1 urkej s cedlug Macedonia ami sai'iii'ii to Austtia-Hungarj a* Ibe price of ber lnt?rrv?mtion In Tur? key's behalf. Bui that arould mean plunging :i 1 Europe int" something like a world aride arar, it |?j scarcelj cuiiceivai.ie thai the power?, which after nil ha\e controlling Influence I ..vet- the Porte, will perroil either ??f these calamities, The t'onxtantlnople m?.i. may have delayed peace ami made ii more difncult, bul u cannot hace ia ftected oil Kurope with ?t- ou h in-en sat?! fut?. FEDERAL BIRD PROTECTION. | I assage bj the Senate ..1 the If? - i.<an bin for iii? federal protection ol migratory birds? is ? matter of Im? portance im! <>mI> io sportsmen and naturalists, bul i<? arehard men. small fruli growers and farmers all ovei the kind, ii ?s t.. be hoped the Bouse will listen to the arguments ?>i ibe bUI's supporters, who mclude the gante com? missioners "t many states. John Bur? roughs, Dr W, T. iloiiiadav. T Gil? bert Pearaoa secretary of the National Association ot Audiibou Societies; Dr. Henry Paulb-ld Osborne. president of tin New i'ork Zoological Society; of? ficials of the lamp lie- Club, the American Came Protective ami I'ropa gation Association, the Long labrad Ass?? iation .uni many Others. This measure should in-come law not merely for sentimental reasons; it bas behind ?i economic argumente of high scien tlfic value The McLean i.iii authorises the De> partmeni of Agriculture to regulate time ami conditions for I lie killing of migratory game birds. This probably would be done by dividing the country into lotees ?>f approximately similar geographical conditions over which uniform regulations would apply. Fed? eral regulation is desirable becaUOe at present there are bardlj two state? in whit li there are similar game laws NOW York State ?loes not permit spring duck ?hooting. Its neighbors New Jersey and Pennsylvania ?Io; again. Connecticut'?- neighbor, tthode island, does, while Connecticut dOOS not. As 11 result there Is a constant effort in this- state to break down the law against spring shooting. The annual bill to accomplish this was Introduced I couple of days ago. Obviously, no state with rigid laws is safe when its neighbors bare hU ones, and it is hard to reform the laws of any oiie state when the one adjoining has laws equal? ly h.i Tims the birds suffer-and not only those which are genuine gam? birtls. in six Southern states-I/uiis Inna. Mississippi. North and South Carolina, Tennessee and Maryland? tiie robin is 11 game bird under the law : robin pies are eetoemed delicacies ami the birds are slaughter?-?! by tliou si.mls annually. The blackbird may PC killed under the laws of Ixmisiana. South Carolina, Tennessee and Penn? sylvania. Both these birds are vora? cious insect eaters. If ibe yearly slaughter of these species alone WeTO stopped it would cut down I good part of the tfgM>,O?0.O00 loss which nirii cultural authorities eatimAtO is the an? nual loll of in?ects on agricultural products. i ?r. Qornaday te authority to' th* statement tbal "within our own times" aoven species ol aalgrator] birds heve i.een entirety exterminated, and ?if Last fourteen others are threatened with extermination. No beller way of protecting them has been siiuuested than thai set forth in the McLean bill. Its ena.tnieiil into law would rank in Importance with Mis. Ruaaetl Bage'a pnrcbase of March island for a bird refuge. h is evidently conaldered Improper bj some persons for tbe Interborough to borr?n money for extensions from rich tinamitera hi the boot terms it can gai. it ought to got its loans underwritten by the Wesen iiiK BOOT, a Even nature seems to ko >>n strike against conditions in Conatantlnopte, a "They never saw anybody work up here before," aaya Governor suizer. co>lv admitting that be I.urns the mid nlghl oil and "hreiiks tin- eight-hour law " in th.- Internets of accuracy it must i>e recorded that Governor Hughes worked manv nlgbtaeach week of ins administration, sosaettmee until ?_' and .'! o'clock in the morning, itut he harl no I.rass hand stationed under tin windon to .ail attention to tin fa ;. a ?Vbo owns the $4.000 in bonds which has lain unclaimed for alxty?four years m the Illinois state Treasury? Speak one at a time a An invisible a'toplane is promised. It's all right so long M tin-y don't make liiv telble automobiles. ? -? japan la baatenlng the building of the Beet oj t"c steamers which will be run to N.-w York iiv way of the Pan? ama Canal, m announced" some time BgO We have not '" heard nil) de tails of an American line from New Torh to Japan bj the same routa a Sheriff Harburger will probablj turn t, it to be the Enver Bey of the waiters' Stl 'k.- sit nation. a The thing lo be desired in avoiding saaalckneas hi not ;< bed that wont oscillate, iik? nue nist invented, tut a StOmat h w hi. I, won i TI ? ? ommoner ' rapt tata with ap? proval this, statement bj "The Saab x ill?- Tennaaaaean "Mr Brraa bus "given us ail courage, as he gave *'???? "enter Bulsei courage to rests) the eu ? i oai bmi nti ( sn insolenl boas " Whal is there t" show thai tin s bo ? :...?? ... i ? Ignnv m ..f ? om age evei ? .1 ? sfel) .ii the Pi oph s pala? ?? ' THE TALK OF THE DAY. The Ottcmai aoeernntenl haa recently Installed telephone systeni In Jerusalem f..i .is ,,v.n urn 'liar, an leu stations, bicludlnfl Uovernmenl House, tn. court i o - c.,iiii?rv headquarter! snd several mus il police ststt ? ? -tru ad are of ttM !'?? i m bu m ., i led by that ce , aj Belgian houM 'i be nsattei ol i il ? for * r. k ?ca.. .iv.. In h ? nvafc in Jaffa ..i.'1 Bethlehem la atlll la sbeyance i la n U ' ? |u?i bi sn hit I a .'o ,i ? . ' ? r? upon hi lui ni ; ?i.... i, i ... ...nil. nee ' Ho* ti il ?poke thi ?.'.?"i Harcellus!" 'Somethins I rotten i i . Btati ol Denmark! Harper's Weekl) OKL1 A DEMOCRAT i n.l .. 1 . BHX i SI iSk.i ? "in ., hi i . liman ma,I Ha fti | around i ? sis s) - to ind Ixwklni '"' ?.n.'-n.m- u ,.i . Haunting the boss's obV ? Pot thai lona or.Ii sd pla< ?? B boa takes cars to be elsewhere ?', Bba right t.. la- fa. . On I ? 11. ni",-, .n , : boat ed ks di bj s. hemlng nu ? P/hea oi ? rim in i.- f< n quite ? w i Hell not i"- fooled ?gala; Cr uthed by tn? old steam rol er, roi blm no paying bunk, H., non ?ii' sees 'Us work oi fresst. i,?? .ain i human anh K c 11 "Tea i h id to s? eai ofl "Whi it aras time Aftei getting safel) into the house, l deliberate!) awoke m* wife ii. ask her the name ..f the song I was hutnmina When s man gets, lhal w,ij It's tima in ip.it.' Pittsburgh Post. Two dirty, ragged little boys and a dirty, ragged white pup created ? loi of um in Waii street th? othei da] Just where Ihej canu from smi now suefe sn mili nin iv. i found its stay to the bean of Hie nnanctal district weie myateties watch none cared aboul solving In the jn\ of watching theii antlca The pup, ii sesma, was the bone of contention be? tween the roungstora aaeh having << per? fectlp SOOd claim io it. whictj he asserted Willi might Snd mam TBS Hi-1 seen of tiiem ?...s when s Bild syed unie aog, with the "kitis- la pursuit, came ruamna toward P/all ?tru-t from the direction nf (hi- curt? inaiket A passing truck blocked the pup's progrea?. ami Lot h children f?ll ii|iuii It Back sought in bSBf II away in a etffereal direction, until ?t seemed thai each would have to satisfy himself vvltli an SBd of tli? dog. Squall) mat. Bed In strength, lbs roongsten mad? ge h sag way, wo with one aeeord tin-v lot ?? 0j the dog and BOUghl It, read SSU Ii other. The pup took SdrsnlSge of the fight ?O lope toward liroadwav. and It was h.lf way there bef?te the inns dlaeovsred Its aaaence nkaraBoalna then dlfgoultlea llu v sti out in pursuit. A lut,;.- crowd followed, and when llu- dog BjnjS ovei hat.lrd the ?am.- performance was e0,?. through again Aft? this had BOOB re? peated half a dozen time?, and the whole Wall Stteet district had BOOB covered, an officer of an animal BOetet) appeared snd took the ew. The dog and the crowd thus won?bul the "kid?" lo-il wiiia 1'n. what doss "superguoua" mean? Father (reading. ?\\'.-||, m\ ^on boTO'S an illustration riKht here m tins i., ? > ? it ?ajs that a negro was banged "for the murder of Patrick Murpb) (white)."? lloston Transcript The Crown Prime?? CsjcJlts of (ierm.iny and her two ?on?, Princes Wilhelm and \a uls Ferdinand, are the ?object? of many enthusiastic letter? from I'arten klr. hen, where they are ?pendln?; the winter (?ne correspondent, writing to the Hamburger Fn mdeiiMatt," ?ays that no one would take the occupant? of the Oraaoa place for member? of the im? perial family. He add?: "The handsome rOBBg woman, In a plain outing costume, may be ????mi walking, unaccompanied, with h?r little boys, who look like BskiUKM In their white jerseys, leggings and caps. They play on the Ice with children of their age. unrestrained and ftee, and their fun i? enjoyed by the mother, who I? known at St. Morltz as SU egfert la winter s|>ort.?." "She has great confidence in her hus? band." That so'.'" 'Ves; she ev.-n take? it for ?ranted that he has Raed the furnace for the night t.rft.tr he retires. "-Detroit Free Pre SB. REJUVENATING A DISTRICT Reconstruction Needed Between 14th and 23d Streets, Says Bank President. T?. the Bitter of The Tribune. Sir. It is vital to the lUtarSStS Of all doing business or owning property in our SCCtlon of the city-1 mean that portion Of Manhuttun lying between Hth and 23d streets that ininiedUte action tm taken for our mutual protection. There hi nock t?. he accomplished, and the work -annot he don?- by a few men. The loyal support <.f ail concerned is n?-< essaie At .? rec.-nt meeting held in th. oflkses <>r Use ??entrai Mercantile) Aasodatlon I promised to write to you and a f? w others whom I know to be In? tonated, urging that you join us In what ... have undertaken to d?>. Fourteenth Street and l?!d street have, as you know-, hOOB reconstructed, and Fifth and Sixth aVOBUea will !>?-. It Is our Stan to persuade IbS city to do atucb Letter lighting In Broadway, Mth Street, 2:t?l .street and Sixth avenue. The Sixth avenue elevates* structure is to u?- paint? ed arid thoroughl) Ugh ted, Free 'bOI linee should and will i uu from the mthway and elevated stations m ami around our district, at th?- t?penas ni tu- merchants benefited Pubwa) stations must be established at i8th street mi the a? w Broodway and iventh svenue tinea, ami also sa sa? press station mus' be established at nth str.it 00 the Seventh avenue line W ? have promised to help the Hudson Tube connect UP to '-'?I Street, thus mak? ing It a trunk line which will be Of great ralu? to this district. Si\th av.nu? must he extended south ward to the arbolaseis district, so that we na) have s letter business thorough? faie. The extension Of Seventh avenue Is piiigisealm as rapid!) as possible. Finally, and ol very great Importan? ??, it i? necees an that we should have s bridge ?.i tunnel crossing the Hudson, and with Its Manhattan approach between Hth and 3d streets. Kay we eoual upon you for your rerj best support ? R ROM AI'I'I/ITTON. PrsSMSBl BSCUrttJ Hank of New York New York. .Ian. .t), IMS. EXPLAINS LAW OF PATENTS Departure from Terms of the License an Infringement of the Patent. To the Editor ol The Tribune s'n i have lust read the i?tter of roui i ? M- ipondent la Monday's issue about the ?.?-. ai.'-d '.?'dus?' Of patent law." I think he has overlooked a vital point ro? lating lo ti ? right ol i [Wirhsssr of a patented article whan ti.at ligt.t la re? stricted b ?. pedal contract ot Iteenee. ii- ... ii tii. purchasers accept these condi? tions and i^n sgreements t?. that effect, th? i, ti., i ondttloni 'ar? binding ut on ers bj virtue of the agreement, .o?d iu ii.i s,-!,?.,? becsuee of the patents The patents hav.- nu relation whatever t., the condition, and the oooditlona are in In wav essential t" the use of the ma . bin? \n>. ? ont-lition. thorofore that a viola tlon ol fi,- condition would he an In? fringement Of th'- Pat? it- would have no foundation In fact and could nol stand ti-i .i moment. i - ? eases (th? sho? ma? hlnei j and inline., g| apli CaSAS) sr? i?"t patent .a in the ordinary acceptation <>f ti,?- term that is. th? i do Dot Involve any question Ol infringement of the patents or any question ?>f th? ?aiuiit:, of the patents Now one of lbs s/oll eatabitshad prln ?Hill's of pat? ni lau is thai if a Uoons? ? who un-? a patented device departs front the tl-'t teuiiM nf the ItieiiM- it Is not onl) a breach ol contract, foi which dam agi | mac (.el haps lj. ?oil-.ltd. I,ul IS an Infringement .-: the patent itself, on the tbeorj that sla? the patent gives the owner ?>' eacluMve right In the ass of the patented article any bne who un? lawful!) or unauthortSedly uses the pat? ented devic? I .?u infringsr of the pat? ent NOW, it th. term.? ol a license .on dlUonall] aiillmt i/.niR the us.- ar>- tnoken m ar.- i,ut lived Up to in the Mv of th? patented device that veri fact makes the ii-- an unauthorised "i unlawful ?um ?>f the patented article ergo an Infringement of the pat. m Thai - fort. a use opposed to in. t- nus m a 11? snag is i!?>t only a breach <.f contract, but an infringement of th? patent w B D .unis w LOVBLANO: .Ne a f?M lv. .Ian. X. 1?13 JAPAN AND COREA. I?. the l-dlt.f The Ti il,up. Sir What has beCOBM Of that ncht inili'leiiiiess Which we hav- attributed to Japan? It must ha .-.taviriK at home to sa\ tie l.-ast ot it. not showing itself in Cores the Seid "f all others ntt.-.i for Its me nifestatiiiii Poor |lttle country! Pom helpless p?' pie, thrown b] the fortunas of war. not Its own. Into :i cunqueror's hand?, driven o. (he wail in a hundred Wav?. Htnl need? ing beyond mea aura th?' protection of that conqueror more protection, perhaps. ? must admit, than my gOVOrniuenl could fullv gl??- Instead Of that it ha? been ciu.-llv tre.-iteil In many Quarter*, by tin. Kovertiment itself, its subjects imprts oned and pul t?> the torture for unproved and. t?> all appeal aii'c-s, Uncommitted el unes The clvlll/.ed World stand? aghast Well, probably It was very slllv ,,f the World to full down and worship Japan as II has done M A ROAM MI M BMMDITM X.vv Voik, .Ian 1. IMS. MANENY WRONG, HE SAYS. To the Kditol of The Tribune. Sir The Hoard of Kstimate will give a "hearing*" neal Thursday on jfensovtog what Pr?sident McAnsaj ?'alls "eucruach iiii-nt?," but which are not such, bOOaUOS the] wer.- pla- -?I Uni.- ?md? i the ottlcial psraslti of hia predecgaaora, pursuant to corporation ordinances ?tin in forte ana which he Is sworn to enforce, but which he aibltiarlly overrules by ln\oklng the Indisputable power of the city to revoke all permit?. Have th.- property owners along Sixth nvtniie. from 1Mb to ."iftth street?, who will have to foot the bills, asked for tins ac? tion'.' Have tl'?* general public who use the avenue.' IQDAMI DKAI. New York. .Ian K, IMS THE TRIBUNE AND SUFFRAGE. To the BdttOt of The Tribune. Sir; I ?vart to thank you for the fail? li nd truthful treatment of news tn regard to the suffrage cause My friends and ?elf of Brooklyn Heights have turned from other dallv paper? to The New-York Tribune, believing we can get all suf? frage new? liettnltely and on time. Horace Greeley. a great emancipator, would have gloried In participating in tliu woman's movement for Justice had the iiuestlon come up during hi? time in The New-Tork Tribuna, L. a. CUINBT Brooklyn, .Ian ?t, 191!. NEW YORK SOCIETY "Judith" Has First Performance at Mrs. Lydig's House. .Mis. Philip If. I.ydig- house, in Hast ill street, wan the scene last night of the first performance of Miss (1. Constance Lounaberjr's new three-act play, "Judith," which deals with the well known story of the savin? of the beleaguered city of Bethalla by Judith, Princess of Israel, who take? advantage of the Infatuation for her of King HotoferBOS, commanding tin- besieging forcea, to kill him. The part of Holotern-s was taken by Kdouaui Alexandre de Max, tot a long time Sarah BernhardfS leading man. while Judith was represented by another member of the Bernhardt cotngany, Mme. foraka, daughter of a former Russian Consul :it New Orleans. The part of t'harmis was taken by William Raymond, that of B't goas by Arthur How. the Mane was Frank McCormu. k and the Captain was I*?e Roy ?'lernen*, while the dancer was Ruth St. Denis. Tin music was provided by Kurt Schindler and his madrigal ringers, and their work in "The Siiik of Solomcn." by Blair Falrchlld, in the third act, ?as a feature. The musicians, stationed on tue second floor, played behind B ?creen of Southern smilax and American Beauty rOOBS. The performance took place on tue first floor. In the laiRi foyer, at one end of Which a dais had been put up. At the hack Of the dais was a divan, draped with Oriental tapesfrv. which ?how.il well against the background of heavy red vel? vet curtains, while to the rlKht of the dais then- was srraaged .? spot les of Oriental buffet, lighted by Moorish latins anil haden with fruits suggestive of the Kast. Tig? and leopard -kins aial palms contributed toemphaatse the Asiatic char BCtei Of the ?cene. The i.eriormaiice wMs opened b) a nrol ague b) Ifksi [?ouaatNyry, who, arrayed In an Fgyptian costume of old pink and gold, with sandalled but otherwlBS bare f.et. descended, alter all the guests had been seated, from the musicians' gallery, to tin- first floor and took her piace on the dalS, <>n ending the prologue ?he waved her spear and tbe play bsbbb The first ad BPOBod OB the market place of Bethalle when, after Caavaals, the command?-! of th? City, had been capt? ure,I. the people besesched Judith to go forth te Hotofernei and endeavor to sub? due hlni b) means of her fascinations and restore Cbarmts to liberty. In the second act 1 lolofein.s appeared. Charnu? was led before Blm as a pris? oner and boasted of Judith, to flrBOSS Btaeety and beauty the resistance of Be? thalla was due IP. of.rnes agreed to free him if he would bring Judith to him. Chnrmls refused and was led away for death at sunrise. Then Judith WBS sud? denly brought before HOaOfaVBOS, who soccumbed to her eharaa. During tint. sien/? Kuth St Ii.-tiis. descending from th* BH ISle gallery ami gliding among the guests to the dais, performed a vv.'.id and fantastic Oriental dance, to music by Kdmond Van Saanen. The dancing had the effect of ssaaaing Holofsraea to Bleep It was the,, thai Judith heard the lamentations of the Jews in the BSleBg* uered City, In the fm in of The Hong of Solomon." and, recalling net patriota mis? sion, forced herself to kill Holofernes nisgulseil in his cloak and helmet, she went out Into the Bight peering through the Unas bj lelng the paaawotd ''Love,*' Which She heraelf had chosen, at the hid ding of Holofsrnos ad .; showed Judith returning to tiie people of Bethalla, Whom Bill had freed front the besiegers bv the death of their commandi i Thej offered her tht Ii riches sod their crown, but she mined ?way her b- atl. Hie had seen Love, she declared, hut had tot known ala faos She i arned tendu lv the head of llolo? fernes. ami wen) btindl] forward haunted by the horror of bei deed. B8 raptag from those around bar, t.. be ah.m- with her lover's head in bar grief. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Stuyeesanl Hah, Mr and Mrs Cornelius Vanderbtlt, Mi and Mr.? Nicholas Mur? rav Butler, Miss Anne IfOTgOJI John I. Cadwaladei Clarence llackay, Mr and Mi? Douglas RoMnaon Mr sud Mrs Oliver Iselln, Mr.- John Astor, Justice and Mrs. James \\ Gerard. Mr and Mrs Robert Ooelet, Mi and Mra Peter Qoelel Oerry, Mr. and Mra Auguol Bsimont, Frank K stuitfis Miss Mabel Chonte, Mrs I..nies A. BurdSB. Miss Anna ami Miss LoUlSS Calais Mr ..nd Mil J gSI gSanl i lam Mr and Mis J W. I) l.a Iii. r Mr ami Mis A neust o* lav. M^ Bvelyn Burden ami Prank Ciowalnahleid Miss Margaret Bcfauyler Townsend niece of Mrs Thomas Henry Barber and a sister of Mrs. John Adams Dix, was married at noon vesterday In Crac Church to Arthur BB>viiti>ii Olalden. of Bo: ton The church wa- d.rated with palms, lilies antl White cut BjoWOfa The bride was in a ?"Wn ot white chiffon and covered srlth rove point ?ace. a gift of lui greet aunt. Mrs EugaSM Schuyler. If bad -i lotiK 'ram of white satin. Her tulle veil wa? fastened with orange blos BOfnS and she Carried IIIISO Of the fBUSS and white orchids Her Only ornament ??- a diamond crescent, a Kift of the bridegroom Miss Janei Townsend was her slsier's maid of honor and the hi klUBBBOhlS were Catherine I. Ilamersley and Miss Justine Van ROtteaelaer Barber, of this city; Misa Anna (Hidden, of Boston; Mia? Margaret Bradley, of Providence, and Miss Ajfne? Hutchinson and Miss Julia Lewis, "of Philadelphia They were all dressed alike m white lace skirts, with Foul? XVI coats of blue ami yellow taffeta, with which t h.-v won- blue velvet hats, trimmed with blue and yellow plumes. They carried sunrise roses. Joseph \\ . Qltdden whs his brother? brst man and the ushers were Thomas 11. Bai BOT, ?'bester iBgOrSOll H'itrin. PVoa? cntt Slade. Fi eilerhk l> I hint lugton, wniiam Preacetl and lAwrenee r. Bate. The cetretBOny was performed by the Bight ROV. Bishop i'odman. of Maine, aiul by the Hev. Dr. I liarle? I,. Slattery, rector of (?race Church. The wedding break la?) which followed at the house of Mis Barber. In Fast 70th street, was small, as Mrs. Barjier was in mourning The brido? table was de. orated with white roses and cirnations and the decorations throughout the house were of spring flowers. The newly married couple will make their home In Boston. Weddings of the week include tha; of Miss Sybil Douglas to William iltahogh Whltehouse, son of the late Will.am Fit/. huKh Whitehouse, of Fasthourne LaggB, Newport. R I It will take place to morrow afternoon in the chapel of St. George's Church, and will be followed by a seaal reception given by the mother of the bride, Mrs. William B. Douglas, at her house In Bark avenue , Miss Hose GroKvenor's marriage to OOOrge Peabody Gardiner, jr.. will take a number of people from New York on TueHday to Providence. R. I., where the wedding will take place on that day, m St. John's Kpiscopal Church. It will he a riulet affair, owing to the recent death In Newport of the bride's grandfather. Theo? dore W. phtnney. Miss Anita Grosvcnor, Miss Eleanor Roelker an?l Mi?? Frede.,,?, Prtlne will .be the bridesmaids; Caleh Lor. in? the best man, and Hamilton Fish, jr.. W. Fellowe? Morgan, Jr.. Gordon Ware. Charles de Rharo. all'of New York; R. H Ilutchlnson. of Philadelphia; Roger Amon', F. Darre, Bush and Samuel (hOt, of Boston, and Thomas Bbirner and Rob? ert Grosvenor, of Providence-, the ushers. William QtoaVOasr will give his sleter away at tiie aitar. and th?? ceremony will be performed by the Right Rev. Jaasss De Wolf I>erry, Bishop of Rhode Diane Afterward Mrs. William Grosvenor. th? mother of the bride, wgl give a small re? ception at her house In Prospect Street, Provswuce. Richard Delafield'? wedding to Mis* Kdltb Fesser, daughter o' Mrs. K.lwar.l Fesser. Is sot for Saturday next, In St ?.'hrysostum s i'hapel, 3Sth street and Flftn avenue Dancing will come in for no small bhar? ?>f the attention of so? lety during the r,.. maining ten days before the arrival of Lent. One ?if the largest dances of tl. SSasen will be given on Wedneydav nest at the Rltz-Carlton by Mrs. Anthony j Drexel, Jr. and Mrs. Reginald d? govoi has invitations out for a large iuncy Srsj Jan? e on Frida;, night at her new ! in Park avenue. On the same evening Daniel .-.. Riker will give a theatre parte. followe?! by a supper and dance at the Rltz-Carlton, for his niece. Miss Gertrude Hoyt, and then on Saturday there will li? an exodus of the smart ?et to Tuxedo, where the mardi gras annual fuir y irsss ball takes place that e\eririg. many din? ner.? and week-end parties having been 01 eaaiaod la eosssecttoa with it. The Ard? Iey Club will have its usual midwinte: ball at the clubhouse, Si Arlsley-on-the EfudeOO, on Friday night, and on Tu'-sda Mrs. Robert Livingston's house, in Wash IngtOO Square North, w ?I be given over U> the organizers of the dance in aid of th?- St. Allies Doy Nursery. This Is * dance which take.? plae*. each winter at the houses of one or another of the worn en ?nteieMed in the chailty. Mrs. Alfttjd J. Wagstaff, Jr., gives a large theatre party on Thursday evening for her sister-in-law. Miss Margaret Wag staff, one of the debutante? of the season, and after supper at the S'.. Regis will take her gue.it? to the chanty ball for the benefit of th- New Yoik Nursery and child s Hospital, at the Waldorf-Astoria. Tills is only one of nurrber of entertain? ment? In connection with this ball. Amona those who aie to give dinners before the dame are Mis. ?' C ?'uyler, Mrs. Fran'* S. Witherbee, Mrs. K. J. Berwind. Mr? Frederick II. Batte, Mrs Guy van Am ringe. Mrs. W. John Curtis and Mrs. H. \ Todd. Among th- patron?s?es of the dar.c. are Mrs. John Astor. Mrs. Vanderbllt, Mrs William Douglas Sloane, Mrs. Lawren? r. L. ?Jillespie. Mrs. Algernon Sullivan, Mrs. Robert Nicol, Mr?. Charles Francis Roe. Mrs. Prescott Hall Butler, Mr.?. Jor.n M Bowers rind Miss Julia Delarteld. 1'. .1 Oakley Rhinelander, Stow?? Phelps, Theron Strong. HOwfaUsfJ Davis, Colgate Ho\t. Ji . and Walbridge Taft are ?mong the mem? bers of the floor coatattttee. Mrs M Orme Wilson I hou-e || Kan titth street will be given up lO-tnOITS afternoon and on Tuesday night to ? tertaloroMte for the senedi of the ha . ? ward of the Post-Graduat--- Hospital affa.' win osnalsl of taMeaua rive posed by lohn tV, Al-xamlei. In th?-- , t ures to-asorrew afternoon ehlhtren win appsar. while In the tehteaus an t: lowing night Mrs Ragiaald trend Mrs Leonard M Tiioma? Mrs F: I. <;?rr>. Mis? Mary Pyng M Mortimer, Mies Dorothy Kai Theodore Roosevelt. ,.ir. MISS Ks Steals and Mrs. Charles ? L will SgUIU. Mrs. Oeerge P. Baker. Jr. MISS lan-t PlSh and M> - Th? Roosevelt, Jr.. ar. the moving spirits or IBS entertainment Tlchote ma; b of M*-?. Roosevelt, at Mo ? Street _ Mi and Mr.; PYtdSriCfc \r Allen left town foe Hot Springs, v/a Princess Louis von Loevv-nstein-We i helm, formerly Lady Anne Bavtle, ? ? -? daughter of the lat? Karl of Mexl ha; arrived from Kngland and la ?? It Rltz-Carlton Mr ar.il M's Samuel Stevens San-.i have ha ?ed the Frederick Beach villa, S< Aiken. S > , for the s"a-*on. 1 ariiS" SUi Fntuloin Frieda Hem, ? buh of tin- Metropolitan Opera, ant Xavct Scharwnka tigure on the pro? gramme of Albeit Morn? Ragby's last BHIStcal of the season to-morrow mo: r Ing at 11 o'clock at th>- Waldorf-Astoria St lertta fjnerssls Borl sad ?>saa*eas flsgurola. -f the M?rtropotttaa Opera, and ! BSuardO ?nd Kllsa <au?ino. the Madriten* | dnnosra are aasoag the features of Mrs Bawhaharat's Chat ma ?ra Crinoline en ' tertainment on " HOraMtg at |1:M o'clock at th?- I ..- ? Mrs Henrv PatrfleM o<--,e>rn. Mrs Richard lrvin, Mrs Charles Sttele, M I Hoars '? Trevor, Mrs PTtthani Q Mr? DaI?aneoy Ktcoll and Mrs Bs Sloan are among the patronOSSt Sf s flower mart and dm ? ?? at Sheer? the afternoon and evening of TbursdSPi Mereh 27. for the beneti' of the V"- - Day Nursery. TI M ? tite: taintn? nt v chide fancy dancing by Mr. and Mr? Veraea castle, and fortune telling win bs wound ap at night b] general dancing. Mrs Qeergs L Rives. Mrs. R Wharton and Mrs Samuel Stevens Beads ar?- ansang the patronesses of a ha' masque at th.- Plaan Hotel on Moods: February M, in Ml-Carf-im week, f--r UM benefit of the South Sl?le Hospital Bal | Ion, Long Island. Folk dances b> Miss Juliana Cutting Mr? Lorillard Spencer, jr. Mrs. Char M Van Reiisselaer. Mrs. Giistavus T. Klib Miss Kdltb Morgan. Mrs. Edward Delafield and Others will form the feati. of an entertainment which is t<> tak? place on the evening of February li. <?t the Waldorf-Astoria, for the benefit ot the girl?' branch of the Publl. PtfcQSl Athletic League. It will be followed Mr" general dancing Mrs. Prescott Hall Butler has gives IBS use of her house, In Park avenu?', f-- I concert on the afternoon of Mon?la> ruary 17. for the b.-neiit of the New York vIsitbiK committee ?if the State Charit! Aid Association. Francis Rogers and George Barrer? figure on the progrumi"' Tickets may be obtained from J F Thomas. No. UJ? Last Sd street Air..-:.-' the patronesses an- Mrs Richard Iron. Mrs. HMbsrai L Roosevelt, Mrs. Cleve land II. Dodge, Mrs Norman S. \Salk-. and Mrs Walter S. Brewster. A concert will be given for the bSUSSt of the Amernan Seaman's Friend Is cieties Institute, at the Waldorf-Astoria. In the big ballroom, on Tuesday after? noon, February 2?. under the patronal of a number of women of the fashionable set. Tickets can be obtained from MM Florence Doane. No. 18 West 34th street. AT NEWPORT. I By Telegraph to The Tribune | Newport. Jan. 25.-The following com? mittee ha? been appointed to take chars? of the dog ?how at the Newport Casino