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SUNDAY. APRIL 19. 1903.
TEE XEWB THIS lIORXIXG.
DOMESTIC.— The United States European
Squadron Is to visit Kiel after taking part in
the welcome to President Loubet at Marseilles,
this government desiring to give evidence of its
friendship for Germany. = All promotions
of postal clerks have been held up by an opinion
cf the Controller of the Treasury, and a general
readjustment of salaries will be ™* df - TZ :
The President has appointed Robert C Morris.
of this city, agent to present the American
claims against Venezuela to the commission at
Caracas ___ Governor Odell returned from
Fu^alo to Albany; he declined to discuss the
political " situation. ===== The armored cruiser
West Virginia was launched at the yards of the
Newport Neva Drydock and Shipbuilding Com
pany she was named by Miss Katherine
Vaughan White, daughter of the Governor of
Wert Virginia, • The American Academy
cf Political and Sccial Science ended its session
in Philadelphia; Senator Cullom made an ad
dress on the community of interests of the
American republics.
FOREIGN— troops under President
Pando are advancing on the disputed territory
of Acre, and Brazilian force* have been sent to
prevent their entry into the country: it is
thought that a battle already has been fought.
_■ la a conflict in Macedonia the revolution
ists threw dynamite bombs arrong the Turkish
troops, seventy of whom were killed or wounded.
- Eight warrants have been Issued at San
Juan. P. R.. for army officers and civil officials
who have been indicted In connection with the
smuggling cares. ===== The Mayor of Mayaguez,
P. R.. who was arrested charged with municipal
frauds, was release*", on ball. • ' fir Thomas
Lipton declined wifh thank* the offer of the
New-Tork Yacht Club to postpone the interna
tional races off Sandy Hook, the damaged Sham
rock 111 win be taken back to the Clyde to be
repaired. :■ " Two hundred and fifty New
foundland real hunters were blown to sea on ice
floe*. but were rescued. : American dentists
In Pre^^en. Saxony, have been forbidden to use
a doctor's decree or si--' where their decrees
have be^n obtained from Chicago institutions.
CITT. — Storks ■**■■ srroner and higher. ■
Ex-District Attorney Phiibln. In response to
President H. H. Vreel-nds statement regard
ing the Metropolitan Street Railway reports, de
clared that villflcatrnn would not deter him from
continuing his Intention. ■ ■■ After a confer
ence with representatives of the employer or
ganization, officials of the Interborough decided
to grant etill further concessions; It was ex
pected that the elevated road men would ratify
a ettleir.ent. - — A boatbui'der killed his wife
and shot and seriously wourded himself and
eon. == A man suspected of betas a troub'e
sorre thief fit the Waldorf-Astoria «M arrested.
Assistant District Attorney Schurman said that
he did net 'believe "Al" Adams would win his
case on appeal. " ' The strike of the struct
ural iron workers against the American
Bridge Company was retfed. the men de
ciding to return to work pending an agreement
on the demands to be made on May 1.
THE WEATHER.— -Indications for to-day:
Partly cloudy. The temperature yesterday:
Highest. 61 degrees; lowest. 44.
THE TCRrS DILEMMA.
If It were permissible for Christian nations to
•sympathize with "the unspeakable Turk." we
should say that just now tut government at
Constantinople might well be regarded with
sympathy. It Is In a most perplexing dilemma.
} If net required to say which of the two Is
which, we should say it is between the devil
and the deep sea. S me time ago Austria-Hun
aary and Russia prescribed certain reforms to
be wrought in the western provinces. The Sul
tan and bis ministers complied, and nndertook
to execute the orders of the powers. But forth
with bedlam and worse broke loose. The Al
banians protested against the imposition of dis
tasteful and offensive reforms upon them. and
rose in armed revolt to make their protests
potent The Bulgarians, who have Invaded Sa
lonica and other provinces, also opposed the
reforms, en the cynical srronnd that if they were
effected they would make the Macedonians 60
content with their lot that there would be no
more hope of getting them to rebel. As for the
Macedonians, over whom the whole controversy
had ostensibly arisen, they kept about as quiet
as it is becoming for sheep to be while wolves
are fighting.
Now the two great powers are returning to
the charge against the Turk. They are telling
him that the prescribed reforms Lave not been
properly executed, and he must set alnut the
task more strenuously. What If the Albanians
do object? "Consent of the governed" dees not
count in the Balkan. The Sultan must coerce
his mostloval subjects Into acceptins hateful in
novations, for the sake of his less loyal subjects.
When the Albanians take up arms to maintain
Turkish authority and Turkish institutions. Tur
<»y must sternly suppress them! Truly, that
a hard lot. Practically It is a command to
•«» Sultan to alienate his best friends in Europe
•r the sake of thoso who are plotting for his
verthr-iw. His reluctance may easily be irnag
ned. But Ike alternative is one which he is
scarcely prepared to face.
Tee redeeming feature of the case is the fact
that the riot act is belns read to Bulgaria, too.
That troublesome country Is being warned not
o interfere, and especially not to foment or en
<iovLtt.sc insurrection In Maced nia. There is
need of such command*, to be applied not only
c diplomatic fashion to the government at
Sofia, but with plysical force to the Bulgarian
brigands In the field. The character of the
lan of campaign" being pursued by these
latter may be Imagined from a recent petition
•iddresscl to the British Government by the
Greek inhabitants of Salonlca. for rescue from
the reign of terror which has been impose.l
upon them by Bulgaria. "We have." say the
Greeks, "been prayir.g for centuries for <tei»T
"ersnee from the Turkish yoke, but we are now
"scourged by the heavier oppression of brlg
•*aaiTs.^ aided by Bulgarian committees, who
-not only rob our persons, but do not stop at
-murder, rape and arson, pillage of our home
-iteads, aad outrage on our children." B»
tween these villanous bands and the govern
ment «t Sofia there has at times been a direct
connection, and current dlspnti-hes report thnt
this d es not appear entirely to have ceased. If
It ha* not the duty of the Intervening powers
Is plain. It is bad enough for Turks to oppress
Christians. It is worse for so-called Christians
to inflict still m re abominable oppression upon
their fellow Christians.
EDWARD VII AT HOLYROOD.
The announcement that King Edward and
Queen Alexandra will next month visit Scot
land and hold a State levee at Holy rood has
fluttered some dovecotes in Lothian and else
where throughout the northern kingdom. On
the whole, it is. of course, heartily welcomed,
though a few dissenting voices of the cantanker
ous kind are heard. The prospect is that the
occasion will be one of much splendor and loyal
enthusiasm, and one desirable for repetition
much oftener than once in fourscore years—
the time which hss. we believe, elapsed since
the last court was held at Holy rood.
The chief of the few and feeble objections to
the coming function is that the King should
not be recognized in Scotland as Edward VII.
but rather as Edward I, if not as Albert I.
Technically— thotigh the technicality is a trifling
and unworthy one— that is perhaps correct.
There never before has been a King Edward of
Scotland, excepting possibly the unhappy Ed
ward Balliol. The latter prince was indeed
crowned at Scone, and was nominally King
for a short time. But he was never anything
more than a puppet of the King of England, and
as 6uch was cordially hated by all true Scots.
Apart from him there is no other Edward in
the Scottish line from Fergus down. Neverthe
less, the nn'on of the two kingdoms Is now so
complete that n}ne save hairsplirters are likely
to challenge the propriety of giving the sov
ereign the same title in both of them.
Amone the historical memories which will
surround the King at Holyrood are not a few
that rel3te directly fo Enerland and to the old
time wars between England and Scotland. The
splinter of the True Cross in its golden casket,
which gave Holyrood its name, was taken from
the army of David II at Neville's Cross, and
never was regained nr restored. The old abbey
wns several times burned by the English Invad
ers, and the palnce which succeeded it was also
twice rartly destroyed, once in lf>44 and again by
Cromweli's troops. Just after Dvmbnr. Rizzio
was murdered there, and there De Qulncey. as
an insolvent debtor, once found asylum from
the officers of the law. Charles Edward was
there in 1745. and the Count of Artois. Charles
X of France, lived there during the French
Revolution, and again aftor the revolution of
IS3O. Queen Victoria, in the early years of her
rel^n. made a f<*w brief visits to Holyrood. but
held no court there, so that the court of Edward
VII will be the first since that of George IV in
1822. As such it will be an interestine episode
In the pocial. if not the political, history of
the northern cap'ttl of the United Kingdom.
A FiFTT-NIWTHST. ARCADE.
It has been apparent for a long time to people
who live or do business in Fifry-ninth-6t. that
the thoroughfare in its present condition is
inadequate for the present demands upon It.
Its position lias made the street one of the
main arteries of uptown traffic, and new im
portance will be added to it when the East
Riv»r bridge system has been completed.
Various plans for relief have been 6ucgested,
and at the hearing before the Board of Esti
mate and Apnortionment on Friday these plans
were discussed. It appeared that while many
property or ners favored the plan which would
take the necessary space from the south side of
the street, others thought that the improvement
would not be complete unless forty feet were
taken from the north side, making the street
straight and giving it a width of one hundred
feet. One argument against a street one hun
dred feet wide was that such a thoroughfare
would not be beneficial to trade, because It
would create a "good" and a "poor" side; that
goods 6hown on one side would not be seen on
the other and that people would hesitate before
crossing so wide a street. In the opinion of
the people who held this view a street eighty
feet wide would be ample to relieve the con
gestion. But even if this were agreed upon, the
question as to which side should be sacrificed
would still lie open. Tlie north side people cay:
"We don't care which side you take the slice
from so long as you leave oara alone." and the
property owners on the other side are equally
indifferent.
Between the two stands the man with the
arcade proposition, and before the matter is
definitely decided his plan should have careful
consideration. Enough space could be taken
from the sidewalks to relieve the street from
the congestion of vehicles from which it now
suffers, and which In all probability will become
worse. Then, without disturbing the upper
parts of the houses, arcades could be built for
the accommodation of pedestrians. These could
be made artistic in design, and would give the
merchants an admirable chance to display their
wares. They would nl?o afford a covered prom
enade In a district which is destined to become
b business centre. The arcades of Bologna,
Par's and Brussels are attractive features of
those cities, and a similar architectural ar
rangement In Flfty-nlnth-st. might be the solu
tion of what now appears to be a difficult prob
lem.
The arguments in favor of arcades will hnve
no weight with the people who want Fifty
ninth-st. a "straight line to the park." But for
those people who want the street Improved
to meet the increased demands, without sacrific
ing much space on either side, plans showing
the details of the arcade proposition would be
of great interest.
IW CHUKCHEE LAXD.
Mr. Morris K. Jesup has. through his North- !
east Aataa expedition, added materially to the !
debt of pratltud<> which the American public ,
otv rs to him. The corner of Siberia lying north I
of the Stanovoi Mountains and east of the Lena
River is a particularly deaoiate remote and
savage regi n. and little known to the world 1n
general. Yet It possesses considerable wealth. :
Is Inhabited by an interesting people, and. al
together. Is well worth studying. Mr. Jesup's
very successful expedition has added much to
our knowledge of that region, and hns brought
back a rich collection of material objects gath
ered there and of the pictorial illustrations the
making of which is now. thanks to the camera,
so easy. One cannot help thinking what a dif
ference It would have made to poor Catlin If he
had been equipped with a snapshot camera!
The most interesting, perhaps, of the North
east Siberian trilws. at loast to us Americans, is
that of the Chukcliees. That Is because they
are nearest of all to our own Alaskan Territory.
They occupy the eastern extremity of Asia. Just
at the other side of Behring Strait- They are
therefore separated from Northeri' ' • by
only a narrow bit of sea. ea?ily ith
boats, an! perhaps at times with «1< lipon
the ice. We might naturally expect, therefore,
to find a marked resemblance between them
and some of orr Ali««kan tribes, especially
those of Nocthern Alaska. How well this ex
pectation is realized may be seen from the
illustrated article which we publish elsewhere
in to-day's paper. The Shaman, a photograph
of whom we reproduce, might easily be rulstak
en for one of that profession in upper Alaska. ;
This resemblance between Chukehee and
NEW- YORK DAiLi TRIBUNE. SUNDAY. APRIL 19. 1003
Northern Alaskan is one link" In a curious
chain of ethnological likenesses. The Tbllnkets
of Southern Alaska arc well known to show
marked Chinese characteristics, and they are 4 n
the latitude of Northern China. If we so fur
ther south we find the Mayas, in Yucatan, as
the researches of Dr. Le riongeon have demon
strated/presenting In architecture and other re
spects a striking similarity to the Burmans and
other Indian peoples of Southern Asia in pre
cisely the same latitude. These resemblances, at
directly opposite points on the American an 1
Asiatic coasts of the Pacific Ocean, are fruitful
of suggestion, speculation and profound con
templation to the student of the human race. .
TOO IIAXY HOLIDAYS.
We have too many holidays, rather than too
few. Mr. Malby was right when he declared
that the Increase in holidays was a sign of de
cadence marking the retrograde nations. It
seems difficult, however, for the average legis
lator to resist an appeal, however specious,
from anybody for a legal play spell. So the leg
islature has sent to the Governor a bill making
October 12 a legal holiday, to be known as
"Columbus Discovery Day."
It will doubtless be said that the school chil
dren should observe this day and learn to
reverence Columbus They might much better
be kept at their books and taught to be useful
citizens. If we ore to knock off every time we
have an anniversary worth giving a thought to.
we shall not do any work at all. Holidays have
been multiplied immeasurably in recent years
by legislative enactment. It used to be thought
| that Washington's Birthday. Memorial Day.
I Fourth of July. Thanksgiving and Christmas
i were an ample supply, but what with Labor
Day and Arbor Day. and we have forgotten
how many other days, it is hard to tell where the
end will be— perhaps in an April Fool's Day.
Governor Odell would be justified In refusing to
add to the list.
FOR GOOD ROADS.
If any one 6till doubts that the "good roads
movement" is moving he must be constitution
ally impervious to the light of facts. In this
State an npproprlation of $1,000,000 has been
tentatively agreed on. and the amount Is not
unlikely to be considerably Increased. We can
not say that this is a thing to be remarkably
proud of, for New- York Is immensely rich, but
its progress has been continuous for years and
there is ample reason to believe that its treat
ment of the matter will be increasingly liberal.
It assuredly will if the lecislature responds to
public sentiment, for It is an Impressive fact
that popular Interest in highway improvement
once kindled has never failed to spread in any
quarter of the country. New-York is doing fair
ly well, but a much longer single step In the
same direction has Just been taken in Pennsyl
vania, where the legislature has passed a bill
appropriating $6,f>00.000 for road work. In
New-York local treasuries must furnish an
amount equal to that provided by the State, but
In Pennsylvania the State supplies two-thirds,
so that the appropriation of Jf5.500.000 contem
plates a total expenditure of more than $8,000,
000. Similar evidence of the general awaken
ing Is coming in from many sources, and we
do not believe that In a single instance legisla
tive action can be shown to be in advance of
the popular demand. In short, lawmakers are
not instructing but are being Instructed by their
constituents.
One of the many large projects which are
making for better highways is that started
by the New-York and Chicago Road Associa
tion, which has just been incorporated at Al
bnny. with Colonel Albert A. Pope, of bicycle
fame, as Its president. A modern highway
between the two great cities would be an ob
ject lesson of great value and an incentive to
similar work in other parts of the country.
This highway. It Is expected by the members
of the association, will be completed within a
reasonable time, and that the project is re
garded as entirely feasible is shown by the
forces which are working for Its accomplish
ment.
Another striking proof of the hold which the
good roads cause has taken on intelligent opin
ion is found In the programme of the national
and international convention which is to as
semble at St. Lo'ifs week after next. More than
a score of Important men have promised to
make formal addresses. Including the President
of the United States nud the Governor of Mis
ponri. the Director of Public Works of Canada.
General Miies, Mr. William J. Bryan. Secretary
Wilson. Representative Hepburn, of lowa, and
Senator Daniel, of Virginia. Mayor Harrison of
Chicago. Mr Pattiillo. member of the Canadian
Parliament, and Mr. Stuyvesnnt Fish, president
of the Illinois Central Railroad. A dozen
States will be represented on the platform, and
an immense attendance of delegates from all
parts of the country is assured.
It is no exaggeration, but the simple truth, to
say that former conventions have been char
acterized by a combination of practical sense
and enthusiasm to which the history of public
undertakings of an industrial nature furnishes
few parallels. We hnve no doubt that the
rorninc meerine. favored by peculiarly an-
Fpicloui» conditions, will mise the standard still
nlcrher nnd enlist new influences in support of
n movement which Is destined to aecompUsb a
veritable transformation of the nation's high
ways.
XFTV RIFLES FOR GUARDSMEN.
When the next nrmory season begins the Na
tional Guard of this State will probably be
equipped with the Krag-.lorgensen rifle, for
which requisition will soon be made on the Sec
retary of War. When these rifles have been
delivered the National Gnard and the regular
establishment will be uniformly armed, and one
of the results aimed at by the new militia law
will have been accomplished. But this uniform
ity will be short lived. The new Springfifld rifle
seems to have passed muster and will be issued
to the army, taking the place of the Knie-Jor
sensen. and waen this change lias been effected
the present deplorable condition — the regular
army with one rifle and the National Gnard
with another— will be re-established.
It was believed by many ptmplo who nave the
matter study that our citizen soldiers wouKl
keep their present arm until the new Springfield
was ready for them, and thus avoid two ebangeo
la a short epace of time. That would hay.
been the practical solution of the question. But
the new arm is not ready in sufficient quantities
to supply even the regular establishment, and it
tuny bo two years before it will be available
for the National Guard. The authorities hay.
deemed it wise, therefore, to take at once the
first steps toward improvement The chang<*
will be one of profit to the Guard, even if an
other may become necessary In a few year-
A better arm will certainly be placed In us. .
with which the guardsmen may school them
selves In the use of the rifle which they hope
will "ventually be issued to them. The Krag.
despite Its differences In construction. Is enougb
like the new Springfield to make changes in the
manual unnecessary when cue is abandoned for
the other, hence tne guardsman may profitably
practise with the Krag until the new rifle is
issued to him.
The army has heretofore always kept just a
step ahead of the Nati nal Guard in the matter
of rifles, and the old gun of the army has been
considered good enough for the guardsman. It ■
Is to be hped that In the present Instance there
will be an exception, and that when the reguUr
establishment has. been supplied with anew
ami there will be no unnecessary delay In re
arming the National Guard. Until this is dono
the Guard, cannot become in fact what the
fraraers of the new militia law intended that It
should be— the first and efficient reserve to the
regular army.
BIG BOATS.
The first voyage of Kaiser Wilhelm II across
the Atlantic, with larger horsepower than any
other vessel ever built, and the launching of
James J. Hill's gigantic Minnesota, with big
ger cargo capacity than even the Celtic and the
Cedric. in fact, with more extensive freight
room than any other boat ever seen— these In
cidents prove boy. dispute that this world 1?
ours is not on the down grade, but is still busy
hitching its wagons on water or on land to
stars of the first magnitude.
Emerson's advice finds many followers in this
day and generation. It was excellent eounsM
when it was first written, and it is wise ad
monition to-day. The seven wondors of ancient
times seem to have been almost cheap and
mean in stupendous achievement when tlie
mighty exploits of this era are set against them
in comparison.
The waste of water in this city is deplorable.
But think of the incalculable auantity of the
precious fluid which the clouds have spilled in
this part of the country in March and April,
most of it now running out to sea never to
serve the uses of thirsty New-Yorkers!
Spindle Top. In Texas, has been on fire, and
the loss is said to be large. Every compas
sionate soul is sorry that any holders of stock
in petroleum wells In the Lone Star State have
been disappointed in their radiant anticipations.
It can hardly be doubted, however, that at least
a few of them were In some degree precipitate.
What makes Marconi's failure to transmit
messages westward across the ocean more
puzzling than ever Is the fact that he said that
he only needed five or six horsepower to handle
the message from President Itoosevelt to King
Edward; and yet. according to Dr. Fleming,
he already has twenty-eight horsepower at his
disposal at Poldhu. Granting that it takes three
times as much energy In the daytime as at
night to cover a given distance, he has notv
enough and to spare. By confining his opera
tions to the darkest period in the twenty-four
hours, one would suppose that he could have
managed to get at least half a dozen short mes
sages through In the last two months.
The scheme to give legal sanction to betting
on races has failed In Pennsylvania, as in so
many other Eastern States, and even In the far
Southern State of Texas. New-York Is the only
commonwealth on the Atlantic Coast In which
betting ringß flourish unmolested.
THE TALK OF THE DAY.
In arranging for his -majesty* visit to Scotland
the Lord Chamberlain has an Infinitely easier task
than fell to the lot of his predecessor In office who
had to superintend the details of George IV« visit
to his northern capital. On that occasion. accord-
Ing to "The London Chronicle." Edinburgh wb.«
full of Highland chieftains, many of whose father*
had been "out" In '45. or had fought for the
House of Hanover. The confusion as to prece
dence was enormous. Among the chiefs were the
renowned Glengarry and Mardougall of Dunollle-
Between these two a hot dispute arose as to which
had the right of welcoming the King on his ar
rival. Glengarry, claiming to be the senior direct
lineal descendant of the Lord of the Isles, asserted
his right to the honor, while Macdougall. on hi"
part, also claimed the privilege In right of hi»
descent. Hot blood begat hotter words, and the
night before his majesty arrived Glengarry chal
lenged his opponent to. fight a duel. Sir Walter
Scott, claid In the Campbell tartan, managed to
bring peace out of strife. . . .
ADVICE TO PARENTS.
Don't "spare the rod and spoil the child."
In spring It's very wrong.
Just let him with his rod run wild
And fish the whole day long.
—(Philadelphia Press.
TRINITY CHIME 3.
Old Trinity was striking one. and darkness ruled
the street
Which gutters In the morning sun when Man and
Mammon meet;
The office buildings soared on high and shadows
slept below.
Save where the strip of starlit eky watched the
electric glow.
A lonely figure wandered there and knocked at
every door.
Still turning, with a useless care, each corner to
explore;
A puzzled eye. a flushing cheek— a doublet— yes. in
sooth.
'Twas Knickerbocker, come to seek the comrades
of his youth.
And strange Dutch words and gestures told tha
depth of his despair.
"Where is the winekoep, where they sold the
draughts of Rhenish rare?
■Where Is the stoep of Rip Van Dam. where cronies
used to gather
To hear toe news of Amsterdam and ask the price
of leather?
"The wall is gone! The Indians fled! The fort has
flown away?
Are Pirok and Jans and Jorls dead? Their chil
dren—where are they?"
And up he looked, and then looked down:
"The Catskllls* have moved into town!"
GEORGE O. HOLBROOK.
Reward of Merit.— "Be a gonri boy," said Uncle
John, "and maybe when you grow up you can be
President."
•■Is that ?n-' saM Willie, excitedly. "And ride
on the rngine? Gee, you bet I'll be good!"—(Buf
falo Express.
L'ke roast pig. the origin of throwing rice at
weddings is Chine and the legend is scarcely
less worthy of Charles Lamb: "A famous sorcerer
named Chao became jealous of the power of an
other sorcerer. . a woman, and. conceiving a plan
to destroy her, he persuaded her parents to bestow
her upon his supposed son. The crafty Chao chose
the most unlucky day for the wedding, the day
when the 'Golden Pheasant' was in the ascendant,
so that when the bride entered the red chair th^
spirit bird would . destroy her with his powerful
beak. But P«achblos.«om gay directions to have
rice thrown out at the door- and she passed out
unharmed while the spirit' bird was devouring it."
POOR VENUS.
[If Venus de Milo had stood up straight her waist
would have been at least two Inches smaller. A
waist several inches smaller than hers is Just as
much in favor.— (Mrs. Ida Evans Haines.]
Poor o'd Venus de Mllo!
Pad were the days you graced—
Never a straight front corset
Round you was stiffly laced.
One* you were called i jewel;
Now you are only paste.
You. with your claims to beam;
Hadn't a twelve-inch waist.
Poor old Venus de Milof
Has-been! You are displaced.
Now we're aware you were lacking
Fashion and form and taste.
Possibly you we attractive.
Comely and neat and c Taste-
Still with your other foibles.
You lacked a twelve-inch waist
Poor old Venus <!.-• Milo!
Thus Is your fortune traced:
Never by pinching girdle
Moulded and bound and cased.
Never a dip or angle
Tightened while you grimaced.
How cou'.d you hope for favor
Minus a twelve-Inch waist?
—(Chicago Tribune.
Dr. J. B. Charcot, who hopes soon to carry the
French flag into the Arctic regions, alms to make
museum collections rather th-»n to find the Pole.
He will begin operations In Spitzbergen. and then
try to push up the eastern coast of Nova Zembla.
Lest he be detained by getting caught In the ice.
ho will take a!ong provisions enough to last six
teen months. Already, he pays, he has spent MMM
francs in building and equipping his ship. Th«
Par:* Museum and French Academy gave him 15.000
francs, but he still needs 70,000 more, which he la
trying to raise by popular subscription. .
About Teopte and Social Incident*.
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
Washington. April 13 .Special) -Although It »
generally understood that Mrs. Roosevelt win 00
little entertaining this spring those ' ortu
enough to be eligible to White House Invitations
are hoping to get at least one chance to promenaae
the new terraces b^tw^en Its rows of prim mw
Imported Dutch tre*s. This desire may be rea tzea
later on. but Just at pre.«rnt the Whit* HWiiT M ■«
quiet as though set in a forest lawn far away rr m
the rush and rattle of Pennsylvanla-avc.-m-
President out West. Miss Alice Roos-velt off on a
round of visits, the elder boys at school. A*am
down with the measles and Quentin quarantined
and Mrs. Roosevelt performing the duties of cruet
nurse. If all go s well with the little ones Mrs.
Roosevelt means, to Issue Invitations for an ar .. m
oon early in May. by which time Mr. McKirn win
have finished his decoration of the terraces, whlcr
is now keeping him busy. tct,i»»
A party of tourists who were "doing" the \vime
House this morning noticed a newly dug bole in
the grounds near the avenue gates. One suggest
ed that the Roosevelt children had been digging a
grave for a pet animal, and. while the others cho
rused their wonder that the President would allow
bis children to chop up the historic grounds in such
outlandish fashion a workman in blue oven
crossed the grounds and got into the hole, wnlcn
was deep and long and wide enough to bury a man.
Immediately the chorus asked questions, and the
man. who had begun baling water out of the hole
and throwing It on the grass, answered briefly.
"Water pipes broke loose." and went on with his
baling. To the looker-on It seemed that the tour
ists were disappointed because they couldn't take
home an exciting account of how the os , e o v^
children dig holes all over the White House lawn
to bury their dead pets in. __ iW , .
The announcement made by Mr. McKlm that th
front grounds of the White House are to bo clo*f a
to the public has caused fresh comment among
people of the old regime, who dislike the modern
change. Yesterday a young man who sees a 1a 1 greai
deal of social life her* and abroad said thit he
had frequently heard Englishmen and other Euro
pean travellers express their admiration at the
rfjrht of way given to th* pur#c through to ™
House grounds. "It strikes forelgne ■ as an Ideal
Illustration of republican simplicity. # and I for one
will be sorry to see the gates closed, he said.
THE CABINET.
Washington. April 18 (Special).— Th<» Secretary of
State and Mrs. Hay have dinner Invitations out
for next Wednesday.
The Cabinet families have no formal invitations
for the Immediate future other than dinners, and
as several houses In this circle will be closed early
in V it is probable that, imitating «»««*«£*»
of &i . Roosevelt, the wives of the members win
do little more entertaining this season.
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
Washington. Apiil 18 (Sp=.c:a:).-Tr.e Mexican Am
bassador and Seftora Azplroz gave a dinner to
night in honor of the Postmaster General and Mrs.
Payne The other guests were the German Minis
ter and Baronf ss Yon Sternburg. the Minister from
the Netherlands, the Minister from Portugal, the
Minister from Switzerland. Colonel and Mrs. W.
Cary Sanger. Mr. and Mrs. ■ Lansing. Mrs. Fair
banks. Mrs. Audenried. Senor and Seftora Gambon,
Senora Perez. Miss Langham, Miss Wallace. Senor
Zalles and Senor Canseco.
The American Invasion of the diplomatic corps i 3
making steady headway in Washington, the latest
foreigner to succumb to native charms being Count
Gherardesca. of the Italian Embassy, who has_ an
nounced his engagement to Miss Tay'.or. of New-
York. There is a suppressed, but decided, whisper
go ng the socai rounds that another much-talked
about and contradicted engagement between a sec
retary of a Spanish-speaking legation and a belle
of the capital is shortly to be announced.
The French Ambassador and Mrr.e. Juss<»rand wl.l
return from Boston In a day or two. and on next
Thursday will give an official reception, to which
only diplomats have been invited.
SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON.
Washington. April IS (Speclal).-Society is asking
why no diplomats were Invited to the little dance
given la^t night by Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page. It
is well enough to exchange surmises with each
other but it would be a bravo woman who would
undertake the put the question to the hostess. She
Is a woman of wealth and social standing, and Is
entitled to do whatever she pleads, because she
always pleases to do right. She ga\e the dance for
her debutante daughter. Miss Florence Field, and
her married daughter. Mrs. Preston Gibson, of
Chicago, who is also young, and she invited the
people she wanted, which seems a rational thing
to do. If any courageous Investigator were to seek
a statement from Mrs. Page as to her reason for
barring the young men of the embassies and lega
tions, she would doubtless get the same sort of
answer that tho Countess Casstni gave to a young
woman who told her that all Washington wanted
to know why she always appeared with a band
around her throat. The countess opened her big
black eyes and answered promptly. "Because I
want to. of course," which settled the matter once
for all.
When Miss Christine Roosevelt visits her uncle.
Senator Kean. he makes his handsome home, in
I-st.. as gay as dances, dinners and other festivi
ties can make it. so that his pretty young niece
may enjoy every minute of her time To-night he
gave a dinner dance in honor of Miss Roosevelt
and Miss Janet Fish, of New-York, who is also a
house gust. The company included mainly the
young people who attended the party given last
night by Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page.
Although Mrs. Philip H. Sheridan has sold her
house in Rhode Island-aye. to her next door neigh
bor. Gifford Pinchot, she will continue to live in
Washington. The Sheridan house was a gift from
the admirers of General Sheridan, and until re
cently has been the home of his widow. Mr.
Pinchot built his handsome house several years
ago. and. while It is his intention to build on the
ground adjoining his dwelling, he will retain the
remainder of the property as an investment.
Several weddings of the coming week are of more
than local interest. Miss Lucy Colden De Lancey
Kearny, daughter of General and Mrs. Kearny.
and Julian Hill, of Richmond, will have • a noon
wedding on Wednesday, and Miss Grace Parker
and Lieutenant Ernest Manning Reeve will be
married the same day. On Saturday Miss Theo
dosia Cooke Martin and Francis J. M. Grace, of
Nevr-York. will be married in the afternoon, at the
home of the bride's grandmother. Mrs. D. D. Col
ton, who" occupies one of the handsomest houses In
Connectlcut-ave. Cardinal Gibbons will officiate in
the presence of a company which will include a
number of the bridegroom's relatives from New-
York and London. Miss Katharine Martin will
attend her sister as maid of honor, and th»» other
bridesmaids are to be Miss Anita Poor. M : m Mar
guerite Coltcn. the bride's cousin, and Miss Anne
Washington. Joseph Grace, the bridegroom's
brother, will act as best man. The ushers selected
are Cecil S. Grace. William R. Grace, jr.. and Mor
gan Grace, all of New- York, and J. D. Crimmins.
jr. HIM Martin made her debut two ysars ago and
is pretty and accomplished. Her fiance is the son
cf Mr. and Mrs. John W Grace, of New- York and
London. He is an alumnus of Columbia University
and is a member of William R. Grace & Co.. his
uncle's firm. In New-York. At present he is de
tailed to the branch house In London. la which city
h- win Utke his bride.
NEW-YORK SOCIETY.
Ar-ith<»r busy week, with a well filled calendar.
opena to-day for society. A large number of wed
dings", b. 'h In and out of town, as well as dances,
dinners, coaching parties and meets of the Meadow
Brook and Westchester hounds, figure on the sched
ule. On Friday next the Lakewood Hoise Show.
on the lawn in front of the Country Club's new
clubhouse, will take a large contingent of the fash
ionable set to that pooular resort among the Jersey
pines. The club will keep open house while th
'n.ow lasts, and will have a dinner and vaudeville
• mertalnment on the first evening of the show, and
■ dance and a supper on th- following night. Many
house parties are being organized in connection
with the affair, the largest being that of George J.
Gould, who. with Howard Will* ts. J. M Water
bury. Lawrence Waterbury. P. F. Collier and H. L.
Herbert, will be amor* the rh'ef exhibitors.
Among the notable weddings of the week will tv
that of Mlas Sarah Smith and Dudley Duptgnac. In
Grace Church, on Tuesday. Miss Gladys Smith
will b« her elst?r"s maid of honor, and Miss Alice
Strong. Mis* Catherine Grant. Miss Marie Hamil
ton. Miss Eleanor Dupignac and Miss Katherin*
McCann will b.> among the r.ri.U«maids. Ernest
Iselin. Percy Hud.-on. William Wheelcck. Arthur
Stuart. Grosvtnor Nicholas and Edwin Sands are
to be- th« ushers, and Arthur Comstock the beat
man. After th» ceremony 4. r^puoc will b« «lv«a
at the East Sixteenth-^, nous* of the bri-V
*nt!«. Mr and Mrs. L&rocbm Jacquelin 3mitli. 'rv
their return from th.*lr honeymoon 'he newiy m/
'led couple wilt r»m.iin in town until June **~'
they *o '•• Uamaroneck to spend the summer «i!^
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dupijrr.ac. tn
A lar<e party is ieav'ntr town to-day for Harr!
i.tirg. P-im. t..»at%n.l thfl m irrU~* j.h-re to-mor*ro»
of Mi.** M.-irsrjerlto Montgomery ijolellac <Jau«h
ter of Mr .n.i Mrs. Charts Soleilac. of that city
to Jolm Clarkaon Jay. jr.. son of Dr. ar.d Jti
John Clarkson Jay. Mis.j E-Jith Van CortJan.-I; aiirf
3li» Helen Calc!*-r. of Harrisbur*. win '£ to) ,
bridesmaids, and Arthur Patterson. Robert Black,
jr.. "'■ this city; Qjtncy Bj.it. of Prlladeljhu-
Thomas Cole, of Cleveland. Ch!o; Jon.-. R Wlisca.
of Chicago; Albert Wirren Nason. of SpringfleM
Mays., and Ralph C. Fitch. vtt\l be in attendance 03
the bridegroom. who had his farewell *cfcelor
dinner at the Ham»- Clv& l?st eight
M!s« Carola Di Peysters marriage to Garret:
Bergh Kip Is set for next SaturJay at her father's
place, at TTvoB-©o-t*»e-Hud*oa ft will b« a <ju:«r
affair, ow!r- to illness In tfr* bribe's family. The
ceremony will take piacj at noon, arul the brt<J«
will have only one attendant. Miss Mary Park.
W. Ruloff Kip will be his brother's hest man. am*
Edward Lentil tern. Gerald Morgan. 'William HUt.
of Washington, and Henry Spies Kip will b* th«
ushers. The bride will be given a'xay by her
father. Johrstcne L. De Peys'er. The r.neymooß
will be spent at the Kip country place, at Rhiae
beck-on-the-Hudson. Barrett B. Kip g!v»s him
farewell bachelor dinner at Sherry's oa Frtlay.
Another o-i* of town w»ddir.g. which wfT! • a j l# %
number of peop'e to Washington. !s the '*-«*•
there m Wednesday cf M!ss Lucy K«a-ry. <2-iujS
ter of General and Mrs. John Watts Kearsy, to
Jl.! an Hill. Miss Joseph n» AttertKxrj rt'l be maid
of honor, wht c the br;<2e.-;rraid* will te Miss An:ta
Domini, k. Miss Marjorie Turr.bull ar.d SQm Ar=y
Powell, of New- York, and the Misses Hli!. of Rich
mond. Va. Wniam Hi!! v ; : ! he ht3 brother's best
man. while Philip and Thomas Kramy. R. L.
Parish. Palmer Leigh and D. Maury will cSctate as
ushers.
The annex of th- Metropolitan Club vram the
scene last night of the last of the series of lane**
for young girls not yet out. given under th» pa
tronage of Mrs. Douglas Robfnscn. jr.. Mrs. Haa
ilton McK. Twombly. Mrs. E. H. Harrtrr.an. Mr*
William A. Street and Mrs. Alfred Chapia.
At the Church of the Incarnation yester<**y after
noon the marriage took place of M ■ F)m!!y A.
Lyon. daughter of the late Dr. Samuel Kuypers
Lyon. to Augustus Fleming King, a nephew c?
Jlmc. Wadtiington. The bride, wto was given awiy
by her uncle. John Abeel. was srowned — •» >> .rt*
satin, trimmed with old point lace, arvi wor» n
tulle veil. Her sister. Louise, who wan her maid of
honor and only attendant, wore with a whit* chif
fon hat a frock of white crSpe de chine, trlnairwd
with lace. James it Kay was the best man and
Gerald King. Alfred Abeel. Thomas SfclXvata *r.i
Frederick Thompson were the ushers. After th»
ceremony there was a small reception M H fta-r.e
of the bride, in East S'.xty-ninth-st. The w«ddtn*
was a quiet one. in consequence of the Mil fcelzs
In mourning.
The engagement of Count Giuseppe dera Gherar
c>s,-a. of the Italian Embassy at Washington, ta
Miss Harriet Taylor, the cn!y daughter of Her.ry A.
C. Taylor and granddaughter cf the late Moses
Taylor, is announced. Court Gherar !- ■ Is about
twenty-five years o'. 1. is well known In New-Ycrt
and Newport society, and is a grandson of tie late
Mrs. Joseph Fisher, of Washington Heights. He
is a cousin of Mrs. Charles Astor Bristed. of this
city. Miss Taylor Is an heiress. Her mother was
Miss Charlotte Fearing, a sister of Colonel Georg*
R. Fearing, who married IBM Travers and ilra.
Frederick Sheldon, of this ciiy a"d Newport. Mrs.
H. A. C. Taylor died about four years ago. ills 3
Taylor has one brother. Moses Taylor, who mar
ried one- of the daughters of the late Heoer R.
Bishop.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry ll.rrirr.-~. accompanied br
their daughter. Miss Mary Harrlman. left tcwa
yesterday fur California.
Mr. ar.d Mrs. William Jay Sohieffeiin are receiv
ing congratulations or the btrtt wt a ■
house in East Sixfy-s!xti,-st Mrs. ■bMbAMbI 1* *
daughter of Mrs. E. F. Shepard-
Card parties f.§rure extensively in the calendar
for the week. Mrs. Clement C. Moore has a large
bridge whist party at her house in East Fifty
fourth-st. on Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Thomas
Pearsall Field. Mrs Fr-:derio Bull and Mrs. Will
iam Lanman Bull are among la* patronesses oj a
bridge whist tournament scheduled for to-morrow
afternoon at the Gerrit Smith studio, while on
Saturday a euchre party will take place at Del
monlco's. in behalf of tat St. Regis House, anier
the patronage of Mrs. Charier M Oelr:ch3. Miss
Josephine Drexel. Mr?. Err, Vatable, Miss Lear?
and others.
Mr and Mrs. William Bayard Cutting Ml
York yesterday for Loam
Amor.- the dances to be sive-i this avail are Cm
last of the so-called Tuesday Eve-Ing Dances, or
ganized by John D. Rock^Te'ler. Jr.. the day aftfr
to-morrow, and the last BUM of Mrs. Char!»«
Huntirtgton's class or. Saturday evening, also a*
Delmonico'3.
Mr and Mrs. Gustave Kl«e! have '-ft town 1- •
opened their country place at Morrtstown. N. J.
for the season.
Mrs. Frederic SCaSaaa, with her dau**!t»-
Arthur Kemp, and her s^n. J-Jies B NellaoaTi ra»
turned to town last 1
■In behalf of the Story Wold Sar;ator!iTm. 1- «
tertainment under fashionable pa'ronase ttII: N»
given to-morrow afternoon at the Waldorf- Astoria.
The programme comprise* a little comedy sketch,
entitled 'An Interrupted Game." in wh:cr» Miss
Amy Baker will appear: an exhibit! -in of far.clr.s
by Kyrle Bellew. and violin BBOlafl by Misa A.-.n
Otten.
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Hammond leave town early
next month for their country place at Rye. wher
they will .spend the summer.
Mrs. William O. Cboate. Mrs. J. J. Aster! Mrs. A,
Alexander. Mrs. George F. Baker. Mrs. A'bert
Eoardman. Mrs. Heber K. Bishop. Mn. B. O •Til*
holm. Mrs. Ernesto G. Fabbri. Mrs. C. H. Isham.
Mrs. H. M-K. Twomtly, Mr*. J. A. Stiilman JTis*
E. rilllngs. Mrs. Andrew Zabri^kie art,! Mrs Walter
James are aasani the patror;e?se<» of th? m.-irlr»e«
for eh'ldren to be given at WaCack'a Tbeas-e on
Thursday. April a. for tht. benefit of the New-
York Exchange for Woman"? Work. Tr» pro
gramme will inclii'Te several novelties. am<?r>.; fherrr
Japanese masieiar.a with trrtir iios tricks, a flock
of cockatoos. m«-vvirsr pictures of Jctra Verne's
story of "From the Earth to th^ Moon." and 3?ar»v
other numbers interesting to children.
■For otbrr society news soe ra?»- (l\e. part twt>k>
ST. GEORGE'S SOCIETY DINNER.
Mayor Low. Mark Twain. Gen.ral CrinrT.-e. SIT
Percy Sanderson. K. C s'. C... am! General Badra
Powell, the defender of SXafektss and lasptfrtOf
Genera! of Calvary or the British Arm>. wl!! b*
among th- principal speakers at the 117:13 anni
versary banquet of the St. George's* Society at CVl
nmnico's on next Thursday, which la St. Ge\>r;e\«
Day. Robert II Turle. the president, will r>re*\Je.
and other friendly and kindred societies. inc'.u«ii"s:
those of St. An.trews. St. David's. N> -w-llr.slanA
etc.. will be represented by their pr.?<=kler.ts.
TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS.
On the PUlladelahia. which arrived b?re ye^tef*
day from Bout hi. rapt oa T»re:
". *• .* "!V'7*- .. 'Mr. ami Mrs TOWa'aa Xlee&
John t. H^r..^y. 1., a. Con- «v>!cr-*t O. C. Flp:«y.
».* ul £' A tort " ude< \ IM-». Stock-Cofcft
jrrfc R „ H-iMon. . a. Vv»-
Mr. and Mr. T. B. M-»rt!n.! n-tic? Weihe Ml.
Mr. and Mrs. H J. VtUar. ; Mis- M. K. Lawreoc* W>O»-
Mr and Mr* lvler M. ! *rIU
Morm - iltrs. Calr.e TVcoil "
Some of those who sailed on the Furnessla *—■
1- r.l.i ■■
>lr». Fr-«nk Itaks and larr.Jly t J*raj Wf.Jiara O. Ho<aoa.
M Jane I Bmi Uy >fr». John A. McDonaU
M Ji ?. n^ Mrt - Samuel UMr and Mr» U«nrT»- M **