„ i ,/rtf FD7? GOVERNESSES. j Place Where Foreign Women Seeking Places Find Friends. H you riryr the bell at Xo '60 East 60th strict and c'.izzb ti» ftairs to the second floor you will and oarajsif '" * genuinely German prior. There *«. a SaSBJ parlor, •with a. piano, and pictures of E^eihcven and Wapner or. the walls; there la a j^slr* room -R-Jth Sowers In it. There Is a n*>at • jtch«s, anal upstairs there are sleeping rooms for t* 2 Persons. This is the German Governesses* Cfveral years spo Miss Matilda Demmler, a j^acher and peverness of many years* experience. rf««!ved to form an association tor th* benefit of ,rein« of foreijm birth who had com* to America, to earn their livlnf: as governesses. From «x r have FO far only two floors of the house.'* - n Mis' Dennnler. «ho remains superintendent *>>' the hom«^. "It is not enough, but what will •voa* 1* * s *^* ' re can Bsri With the two *<»ldi::g beds •«.' can accommodate twelve young ia *W* ■.<--• "U"e have three rooms in ♦he nd* house, and when necessary we rent rooms ;- thf T!Ci?riiborhood. W> have row twenty-two '.^^^U rooming' so ii: the neighborhood and ■ Lavist their meals here. ••70 this home governesses may come whii* »i:ti2S ' or a Position or when newly arrived in thai cß't* tr K- And tnose employed in Haw York rcsK? here in the evenings when they can; it Is » Sad cT c!'jb for • Bam." 1 Tie caties of the superintendent are varied. As tfc» a«sociit!on can aJTord to employ only one -laic. 3J;ss Denaoler does part at the work. "I r^ok. i was:;. I ci^an." Ehe said contentedly. She tire informs herself thoroughly or the qualsaear ucna cf e*«ry povemess In want c? a place. far this bexne. while not an agency, is a place There people desirinp a jroverness may go and p-cure on«> who is well recommended. Very cosmopolitan is this little home. At the, -rfi'-r.t t^ne there are Betas! girle, FYench pins and German jr:ns staying there, one girl of French rar---,ta?p mho was born In E^ypt and others from countries still further away. Ey parir.c *2 s. year a poverness may be a taember of the association, with the pri\-ilege of ...■iitwp tc the home when she will; and the asso iiitior. Cads places for these members without charging any fee. There are about one hundred o* thtrse members, and then there are also the fustainin? members-friends who are Interested l:t the association and who pay $5 a year or aa rr.^rh mere as they wish or can afford. Thi<» Cives them the privilege of securing governes-es through 'lie asstx-iatlcn. More members ere greatly desired, and the asso c^.tioa eepecJally wants to become BBSS* widely lisown as a place where parent* wanting- a. gov e^:«£s mar be accommodated. The pre£'d<:nt of the German Governesses* As?o r:at:cr. ;;- Mrs. M. : -:....rc. of No. M "West STth ... Mrs. Laidwlg Sutro. of. No. 44 "Rest Nth s:t*«. is vice-president; Mrs. Adolph Vaster, of No. a TVest TSth street, eecretary. and " C. Sutro, of ITT Srr:ng street, treasurer. Ther* i* r.ausht d this bad world lik« sympathy: *Ti« «o t^rcn^ir.z to lli* soul and face. — Byron. MONET RECEIVED. A friead at I-a.kev.-ood. M J.. ha? sent S3 for the boefit cf tbe old snld:<;r In Jersey Ctty— a case ttat deeply interests her, as a. part of her life was BTSfd to tbe car* o* a BsaaVaal soldiers in the CJrfl T.'-ir. DuvM L. Gluck. of Manhattan, gives J" far the n raore, for - .. eat the bread calmly. b'Jt d" nmr ti« book?. If any Eunshiner cares to help atos? war library by pending a book when he. or «h* ha;- oi» to Erar^ ii •rfH add much to our hap- Piaeß! The winter i« stiU with us. and it 1» snow- Har to-Cay. The -pzVT* and Bsagaataiea the Sun ♦ita^T-s have so kindly sent m»- this winter I have Zzcst-G m tr. four bachelotf=. ur> beyond us m the. 'JKru"a:T,;% and *hey w?re very triad to get -hem. lasts l.i faashtoe, a.v.VIB L HAULER. CbeUtn. V.ash. EXPKEFSION OF CiRATITT'DK. The XfT Jors^y aasssdaar xrho mad" the r>!ea for U:ss r.. who tas tufctrculosts, write*; "I do n"t teorr ho» to express my gratitude for the cen txna «-!seck fC'o tert for poor Miss C on F«»H "av IX ?ho pent a. fri<=nd to m«s to convey her ■?«*rTf*;r thanks for th«> Kuushine help. Th« Rev. al V.'alter. who visits her, l.as also reported to €■1 a c I am not abi" to go out now. Tn January fU * torke-i a little, but for the last thrw w^k-' 4-r '* -is at*zT, In bed most ■'■-•.■ very wfsk n-~in -~i ofr^r.":—^s airme. On wienl occasions, when ■tteaptfag to walk. >«he has falien unconscious &wa weakness. I:i h"r extremity the applied to 'i* Bißsioa for heip. and th«rri I wrote to th» T. E E- Iz. a f^w days the check came. To think T =*t Urn one letter I was permitted »o write should Fuch a pen^rou? response! Mr. Walton paid ** "~ t^~ board bfU, leaving a balance of $4. and *^ os the fioetor'e bill. She has since I sen supplied •ittjextiact of h^.t, and feels a little stronger. I i>~a.y for fJod'e blessing upon the asMs work of 1 ):t'p for needy and sorrowful lives." An additional contribution ana m art on Friday. DISTRIBUTIONS. Tbe c:ct;-.;;. g for No. 10 branch for which an ap **ii t,-&. made has b*«n forwarded; also the suit er ti'.tr.es for the crippled man in Illinois. Three •sttitute families in the lower i.art of the city . s;iys M. Worth, if they are beautiful and becom ing and of good rr-aieriaig, may be worn two. three, even fcur years with very little alteration, cr ttfwhans. none at all. With many women it Is carelessness that makes them look badly dressed. They will not take the trouble to suit the gown to the occasion. They will go. for example, to an afternoon reception or a wedding- even in tailor made attire, because "it is my new frock and I wanted to wear It"— because "I had nothing else fit to go In." or "the day was dull. 'All poor excuses, madame," says at. Worth, "not to be tolerated in any grade of so ciety." A governess, he points out. earning the most modest of Incomes, can be better dressed than that— she has a little logic. Each year aha will add something essential to her wardrobe. One rear she buys a single evening costume, per haps, and a tailor made dress both so well chosen that they will last her several seasons. The next year she Invests in a big: cloak for travelling and motoring, and an afternoon gown. The- next year It 16 lingerie and a peignoir, and so she keeps her store replenished, and, by always wearing the. right thing at the right time, always looks well dressed. "Glancing over a magazine the other day," says M. Worth, "I found an illustration of the differ ence between true and false beauty in dress." On one page was a photograph of "the stately young American Duchess of M .' The dress of the duchess— the photograph was taken five years ago "might have been made yesterday, since there was no lota of departure from the laws of real beauty to mar It. " The skirt was "not too tight to be decent," the sleeves were neither very tight nor very loose. On the next page was a "so-called fashion plate," depicting the modes of the day, just five years ago. And "Oh, those modes:" exclaims M. Worth. "How ridiculous they did look! One was lost in wonder that sane women could ever have consented to cut so grotesque a figure in public or private." It is a good plan for the woman of small means to make one type of dress her own, but she must be sure that the style with which, she identifies herself is suited to her. and she must not hesitate to change It when her mirror tells her that she has grown too old for it. Picture galleries are full of ideas for the costumier, but, while women who dress habitually like old pictures create an Indi viduality for themselves, they must bo great ladles to adopt the plan with -success, gays M. Worth. "'Ordinary women do well to avoid an appearance that is conspicuous, even though beautifully so." Still, there are tome historical vogues in dress of which he admits the advantage. The Puritan co: lar will suit the girl with a soft round throat, and the Tudor ruff is kind to the woman whose neck is getting stringy; stately women may wear the Medici collar, but Jet the squatty woman be ware of it. Nothing will so emphasize her squat tiness, and the craze for the Medici collar a few years ego was the cause, says M. Worth, of "tha most ludicrous errors In good taste and effect." It is refreshing to find that this great arbiter of dress approves the use of pins. Not only that, but he backs his opinion with the practice of the Queen of England. "This royal lady relies upon pins greatly." he says, "and she is acknowledged tn ■[-■. one of the most cleverly gowned women in all Europe. Such women make the deftest altera tions in their toilets, correcting a too short-waist ed appearance by a sash made to point downward in front, or an overlong one by the same device applied the reverse way. " M Worth has a shrewd idea that many women of to-day are not quite sane. Else why. he argues, have they such an extraordinary craze for the new and strange, in costume? They are obsessed by that constant turmoil of change which la "the. jarring note of the twentieth century in every de partment Of life "My advice to the American girl is, abjure the dernier cri. the latest thing. It Is not worth your notice." says M Worth; and then he utters an even greater heresy: "Take my word for It, mes dameg, fashion is not a friend of women, but their pitfall and their enemy, to be conquered by stud ied avoidance." Though all the feminine world appears decollet* at balls and parties, the sensi ble girl who knows that her neck is bony will "fllnp conventionality to the winds" and robe her self for the dance in toilets with a transparent lace chemisette and collar. Bo will gh« save her self from being an ugly BaVCraoa on the altar of fashion. THE TRIBUNE PATTERN Kanry aprons arp modi used just now tor tha fashionable chafing- dish functions and for th« hours piven over to fancy work and similar em jrtoyinents. Here are two that ar<* charmingly at tractive yet perfectly simple withal, and that can "CO CS3T— TISSUE PAPER PATTERN OF CHAF INC. DISH APRONS FOR TEN CENTS. l.c made from «?mbro!« and all materials of ttV suit. "TVi* quantity of material required for • !>'■ size nn.iimn i* «i yard 27 or 3* inches wid< fur either apron, with Z\~ yard* of insertion and 6 yards <•' o.ieir.S for U"* Il ' rk ' >Ttlnn and la-« for the prin^se aprnii. Ti.»- pattern N". 6,337 is rut In nnr> aiz«> nnlv, and nil •>" miH'd 1" any -fMir^ <" r»<-«l|t «r •ti p|»3 c ~ 3i'<* pattern n'jinh^r distinct !j . .\w York Trlbunr If in r-iirr- for pattern rrnd an *x*r» I-r^nl Nunn sn4 T.r *i!J nuill *>*" letwr j>o«t-£*? in >*>a'el envelope. NEW-YORK TVVILV TRIBUNE, ifOVDAV, MARCH f>. 190S LETTERS TO THE EDITOR LAMENT FROM BROOKIAX. Complaint That New Jersey Fares Better in Transit. To the Kditor of Th« Tribune. Sir: Will you kindly consent to explain in your journal why it Is not practicable to connect the trolley tracks on the Brooklyn Bridge with the tracks of the trolley roads on Park Row. and thus afford the opportunity for through cars to run from Brooklyn to New York without change? As the tracks mentioned are only one or two hundred feet apart, and are virtually on the same level, the physical difficulties in the way of such a plan amount to nothing at all. Of course, at the very outset It will b* said that legal obstacles, growing out of the charters of the surface roads, constitute an insuperable objection to the proposed scheme, but is there no method whereby public sentiment can over come this obstacle? The congestion at the New York terminal of the Brooklyn Bridge is a blot on civilization, yet by common consent the main contributory cause of that congestion arises from the crowds of people at that point hurrying to and fro In a wild scramble to "change cars." If some of the trolley cars from. Brooklyn were permitted to run uptown in New York over th» Park Row and Broadway surface tracks and in turn some of the New York trolley cars were per mitted to run over the bridge to the central sec tion of Brooklyn the congestion at the bridge would at once be very largely terminated. Than is no more essential reason why Brooklynites in the surface cars bound for upper New York should always be forced to change cars at the, bridge than that New Yorkers on the Broadway surface cars en route for Wall street should always be forced to change cars at Union Square. New York and Brooklyn have been legally merged, but physically they are as far apart as ever, measured by the ease and facility of inter communication. The city Is preparing to construct a colossal terminal at the New York end of the bridge, but such terminals should properly be de scribed as "receiving vaults for Brooklynites," as their chief function apparently is to supply a place where the citizens of Brooklyn shall be allowed to sprint up and down stairways and dive into the bowels of the earth. What the people of Brooklyn demand Is the light to bo carried through the central parts of greater New York by a continuous, unbroken journey and for a single fare. At the present time, after Brcok tynttea cross the bridges and ferries, they are in effect dumped virtually on the edges of the city, and the resulting labor, for the majority at least, of forever and aye effecting a change of cars, haa become wellnigh unbearable. If there no adequate remedy, and is there no re lief in sight? The Borough of Brooklyn now con tains over a million and a quarter of inhabitants. Very many of us wish to patronize the shops and th^atrea and restaurants of the Borough of Man hattan, but to b« plunged, as a consequence, lr.to the congestion at the terminus of the Brooklyn Bridge when returning to our homes is almost equivalent to risking our lives. It seems inconceivable that a resident of New ark, N. J . can soon rely on a quicker access to Herald Square than a resident of Brooklyn, who may be twice as near In point of actual distance. By "enabling legislation" of a very effective char acter the law-making power of New York has made the McAdoo tunnel to Is'ew Jersey a sp.en did reality. Why -will not the same power, in some speedy ajid reasonable manner, extend a helping hand to Brooklyn? Is It possible that New Tork lawmakers and capitalists will do more for the inhabitants of New Jersey than they are willing to do for the con venience, comfort 'and safety of the Inhabitants of the Borough of Brooklyn? HENRY TTHTTTEMORE Brooklyn. Feb. 26. 1908. -QUESTION CONVENTION DELEGATES.' Correspondent Thinks Their Attitude as to First and Second Choices Should Be Known. To the Editor of Th« Tribune. Sir: As the choice of delegates to the nominat ing conventions of the two great national parties approaches much is said in favor of choosing men "uninstructed" as to their action. So. too, much was said in the original convention which framed the United States Constitution in favor of an "i:r. lnstructed" Electoral College, and such was the intention of the framers. But the march of democ racy soon converted the "college" into a mere for mal device for the registration of previously ex pressed popular will. So ion- as the views of each of the two great national parties were substantially united on questions of public policy more personal preferences for any particular candidate might b* held secondary. But such Is no longer the case. Individual Republicans and Democrats alike hold the most opposite views on ever* question of pub lic policy, both domestic and foreign, and. Inside of the party lines, the choice of candidates will large ly determine the future action of the government. In these, circumstances it would seen emi nently proper that every candidate- for nomination to the Chicago and Denver conventions should frankly express his preferences beforehand for both first and second choice, bo as to enable Re publicans and Democrats to vote for or aenin?t him as their representative in th» convention. I suppose the state* that have the possible can didacy of a favorite, son will be influenced to vote for him on th« first ballot: but a majority of the Republican voters of New England, having no Bach candidate of their own. are in hearty sym pathy with the Keneral policies of President Ro<->« velt and consider the continuance and enforcement of these necessary to save, th» country from indus trial and commercial feudalism. They will nat urally deplore as a national calamity a disregard of his Judgment m the choice of a successor. They are predisposed in favor of Secretary Taft, who baa done the country eminent public service nt borne and abroad; who stands pledged to the regu lation and control of all Industrial and transporta tion monopolies; who is tried and trusted and be loved, and, above all. who is In favor of speedy tariff revision. There is. however, a cordial appreciation of the character and ability of Governor Hughes, and no disposition to disparage his candidacy. But there is a strong trend of public opinion in this com munity that the next President will be either Taft or Bryan. There is a suspicion, honestly enter tained, that the movement against Taft Is largely a "stand pat" conspiracy, and Is Intended to' be used. If no choice is made on the first ballot. In the interest, not of Governor Hughes, but of some> other candidate more satisfactory to transportation and stock jobbing interests. In order to enable individual Republicans to vote Intelligently for delegates to the national convention, why not ques tion every candidate for his first and second choice lor President? HENRY B. BLACKWELL. Boston. March 7, 190 S. THE WASHINGTON LANDS. First President Bought Property Kinsmen Want Congress to Kestore to Estate. To the Editor of The Tribune. Sir: Senate bill 1.238, also House bill 5.439. was referred to In The New York Dally Tribune of Feb ruary 22. 190*. under the heading of "Ask Cash, Not Glory. Kinsmen of George Washington Want 5305.100 from Congress." The writer, whose name is not giver.. seeks to be Jocose rather than truth ful, having either neglected to read the claim or which It treats or failed to interpret Its meaning, urn ei.»-nipMlJ'".l in the first paragraph, viz: "Several hundred persons remotely ami Indirectly related to the great George feel th.it the time la ripe for them to receive a slight but substantial token of th« national gratitude to the amount of $305,100." It is true that a till was Introduced in Congress to reimburse the estate of General George Wash ington for certain hinds of his in the State of Ohio lost to his heirs by conflicting grants made under th»' authority of the United States. in this bill one r-ads that these lands wer< bought by him, ?ur veyvd by his order, entered on his books and .1 •-!». n;it>>d In his will. Hence tin assertion m your rol unms that hi? heira ariafe any "token of national gratitude"? ran hnvf tound.ttion only in th»- author's brain. F-urtliT tins ■rtiel« reads: B] tils Will (meaning \V;if!i|]iKti">n's>. which apportions lii. prwfpds of bii ••statin Into twenty thrp<" rq'jjj pnrts for twenty ,j, rP^. relation*, all thru couM fr* rounded up ai th» ttm«- " Her* th«- wTlter arritn fail'd to inform himself, as rite . „.- statement is ineoireci. In Ms mill Ge ( — Washington had already disposed of th« bulk of his estate in four clause. I',1 ', covering many pages, and in the fifth clause he named nty-threo residuary legatees?, for many of whom he had made provision In the previous clauses. Whether valuable or not. these lands were his by right of purchase. Irrespective of the thousands of acres comprising hi 3 estate. Furthermore, It will be shown in the bill now before Congress that Washington's field notes werp used, thus covering his three surveys, in Tvhat the author of this article is pleased to style the "shuffle of conflicting grants." By reference to Senate and House Mil quoted above it win be found that every point of this claim is carefully covered, making it only BSBBBB* snry to say that had the officers of the United Elates charged with the duty of issuing patent? r^u.-wd to issue Patents or Surveys 4.847, 4.^48 an-.l 4.862 General Washington's title to Surveys 1.660, 1,765 and 1,775 would have been protected and his estate wouid have rpalized the full value of his surveys, but as it is his estate was deprived of the entire value of these lands. Consider that General Washington gave his ser vices to the United States for eight years with out remuneration, and that he never received, never asked and would not accept either bounty or gift in land or money for said services. In satisfying this claim Congress would but indem nify his estate for a loss of warrants purchased by him and palfi for before or during the Revolu tion and lost to his estat» and to hip heirs by offh-ers of the Unired States. JUSTICE. Baltimore, Marrh 4. 1908. MOVE TO PROHIBIT VIVISECTION. International Body to Make Up "White List" of Physicians. To the Editor of The Tribune. Sir: In reply to the- letter in the Issue of March 6 from "Noblesse Oblige." suggesting that an anti vivisection league be formed, favoring abolition preferably, which should among Its other activities publish a white list to be made up of. physicians who will come out against vivisection, I beg to say that such a society la the International Anti- Vivisection Union, incorporated last month under the laws of this state. It stands for the absolute prohibition of vivisection, and its crusade Is to be on© of public enlightenment along scientific, not sentimental, lines. On Its white Hat thua far it has placed Dr. Achilles Rose and Dr. Elmer Lee, both of New York, together with the twenty-four distinguished French physicians who came out some time ago in Paris for the abolition of vivi section. There are said to be sixty-five thousand medical practitioners In the United States, of whom less than five hundred are experimenting vivisec tionists. How many of the thousands uphold the theories and practices of the vlvisectionlsts cannot now be known, but a campaign devoted exclusively to educating the public as to the futility of vivi section— Is what the new anti-vivisection union plans to — will inevitably compel physicians to define their positions in regard to the practice. JOSEPHINE REDDING. New York chairman International AjUl-Vlvlsectioa Union. No. 60 East 29th street. New York, March 5, 1906, NEW WORK FOE ANTI-VTVISECTIONISTS Plea for the Protection of Physicians Who Insist on Experiments on Themselves. To the Editor of The Tribune. Sir: I am of the fortunate number ■who read tho letter of "Noblesse Oblige" in to-day's Issue of The Tribune. While I appreciate the peculiar zeal of the "anti-vivlsectionist" disclosed by this pre cious communication, I feel that hlu enthusiasm has not carried him far enough — that. In short, he has wholly neglected to provide for the protection of a being who, though obviously inferior in the scale of evolution to the cats and curs, is nevertheless entitled, I venture to believe, to the consideration of the more advanced and strenuous reformers. Needless to say. I mean the physician; and what I crave for him Is not that he ba protected against hostile Inroads from without— for that were to place too tense a strain on the police force, not to men tion the- army and the nayy — but the thing I could ardently wish for is that he should be defended against himself. Why. the bloodcurdling experi ments he conducts upon the -rats and curs Just mentioned are as nothing in comparison wltn those he wreaks, cot upon his patients, as ignorant fa cetiousneas would have it. but upon r.imaelf. Think of his allowing himself to be bitten by plague ir.fected Insects' Of his trials — likewise upon himself— of chemicals various as they are ominous! Of his exposing himself to diphtheria and direful epidemics many and various, while ethers— near relatives, perhaps— more mindful of sympathy — for themselves — discreetly slide to cover! And this and mor** the physician does to gain knowl-dge for the aervlce of ail others save him self. True, medicine and surgery have been ad vanced by this strange conduct of the physician — more in the !at" fifty than In th>» previous five hundred years; Lot at what a cost of suffering, largely t<» himself! Will no one set a term to this septic, gory mad ness "• Stay—^n idea: L-ft tf«e antl-vivlsectioni?t.« offer themselves to the physicians for vivisection as substitutes for the physician himself and like wise for the pampered little hniats upon whirh their owners dote with greater constancy ofttime-i, it would Beam, than upon their own children. New York. March 5, 1006. J. L. C. DESCEIPTION OF VIVISECTION Correspondent Quotes Dr. Edward Berdoe's Opinion in Answer to Dr. Armstrong. To tlie Editor of Th* Tribune. Sir: Exactly the spirit of careless. Indifference to suffering of which the objectors to unrestricted vivisection complain at times (but whirh I long found It difficult to believe in) is shown I think, by your correspondent in to-day's Tribune. Dr. A. A. Armstrong. His remark. "Give us a rest about the few worthless curs, cate and frogs sacri ficed," seems to show very clearly that he, both thinks severe pain, long prolonged, a negligible quantity, and that many tens of thousands con stitute in his mind "a few." Or else, like to many defenders of vivisection, whose professional caies prevent them from in forminc themselves thoroughly on this subject, he is really ignorant what vivisection means. Will lie not read the following brief catalogue of kinds of vivisection, made by a distinguished physician, whose name is followed by initials and titles of scientific honors? There Is not an organ of the animal body, not a function, not a sensation, whirh has not been or Is not being investigated and experimented upon by the physiologist Is it the brain? They plough It with red hot. Instruments: they pick and slice and galvanize it. la it the spinal cord? Its functions are minutely explored, and the nerves which come from 11 traced with scalpel and forceps. In the eves are inserted powerful and bitlnt; acids, and through their transparent media the effect of pain ful inoculations is watched. . . . '.in th.- ani mal eat? It is to be kept alive without food, or fed on grotesque diets to see how long it will take to starve. Can it drink? It must be subjected to experiments with fluids. It has blood; it must ail be removed ami pumped in aerain, that something may be learned even from that. It breathee; it shall have poisonous gases to inhale. Can It perspire? It shall be varnished or covered with wax to see how long it can live without doing so Can It take cold? It shall be shaven clean and bathed with Ice water to see how long it will take to contract pneumonia. Can it burn? It shall be baked alive. Can it be scalded? It shall b* boiled alive Freeze. It shall be stiffened to the con sistency of wood. Is there a new disease discnv ered by the faculty? It shall be impelled to con tract it if possible, or exhibit the reason why it does not Is i her« a degree of agony which Just stops short of death and no more? . . . Nail by nail shall be driven carefully into its limbs till no more crucifixion can be borne— Dr. Edward Ber do< M Is vivisection. S. N. CLEGHORN. That la vivisection. S. N. CLEGHOR.V. Norfolk, Va., Feb. 28, 1303. HOUSE FOR REVOLUTION RELICS To the Editor of the Tribune Sir: In relation to your editorial relating to the Washington Museum Building for Newburg. N. V.. I am writing this letter. Some few rears ago the City of New York pur chased from the -!.,!•■ of General Ferdinand P. •'„;!.■ what la know.i as the Juniel .Mansion, which was used as Washington's headquarters during the Revolutionary War About a quarter of a million dollars was wpent f"r this pi) ' •• of ground and Hie tild manirtorii with the intention that tt would },a used a* a m'jf^itm for 'h p collfrtlon of Co'o nui and Revolutionary relics, and that it wnuM fr» thrown to tit** publlr and attract Htssem fjom other municipalities. Several rear* havp ps»sfed and apparently th» headquartera is ■"i but littlfc by the public. One of the original workers for the pre.servatlon of this historic mansion had In view the erection. ad- Joining the house, of a fireproof structure that mifrht house available collections of Revolutionary times. No one. apparently, of lat«« has acitat~l the subject, but th« state has bc-n asked to build a similar structure in N'ewburjr, a city that In population is insignificant when compared with the treat metropolis. "Would it not be a. (rood chance for somebody who likes hard work to agitate thi< subject at present and raise a fund to erect such a. structure for greater New York? Tour» truly. 'V I* H. CORNISH. New York City. Feb. 21. 1308. PREVENTION BEST CURE. Punishment Needed for Acts Which May Cause Injun/. To the Editor of The Tribune. Sir: During the last few days Captain Van Schalck's sentence of ten years in prison for negli gence a3 captain of the steamer Slocum has been affirmed, and an automobilist over in New Jersey has been cent to the penitentiary for a year and .i half for causing the death of Manager Jacobs. Both of these men received severe sentences, not because they violated Hal law and exposed people to death, but because they we.re unlucky. Many others did just what these men did; a few were punished by a trivial fine; the most were not punished at all. This New Jersey automoblti*t goes to the penitentiary for eighteen months, not because he ran his automobile at a high rate of speed through crowded streets, but because his machine happened to hit and kill a prominent man. Captain Van Schaick gets a ten-year sentence, not because he neglected his duty but because a cook upset a pan of grease and started a tire which caused over a thousand people to lose their lives. If It had not been for the upsetting of that pan of grease Captain Van Schaick would prob ably still be in command of the Slocum. The person ■who does what may cause an injury 13 Just aa deserving of punishment though he does not in fact do harm as I:, the person who does the same, thing and does cause harm, for It is simply an accident that Injury results In one c a.- and not In the other. Severely to punish those who actually cause great Injury probably has little effect in prevent ing people from doing what causes such catas trophes as the burning of the Slocum and sucn sad occurrences as the killing of Manager Jacobs. Great numbers of people have lmplictt confidence in their own luck. The immense amount of gam bling done proves this. Each one thinks that what he does will not result seriously, and he tail the chances. The consequence is that a great many people ar" killed and a still larger number are injured in various ways, all of which could easily be avoided at little trouble or expense to any one. The way to stop this unnecessary killing and injuring of people is adequately to punish those who do what may cause death or injury. If six months befors the burning of the Slocum Captain Van Schaick or any other steamboat captain had been sent to prison for two months the Slocum would probably never have been burned, and if during the la*t few years It had been the practice to send auto mobile ppeedera to prison Manager Jacobs and a. great many others who have been killed by auto mobiles probably would not have been killed. By throwing banana skins on the streets, by making unnecessary noise, by spitting and doing various other things that could easily be avoided people inflict great Injury, in many cases cause death by a lingering and painful disease. People would soon stop doing what may cause injury to others if they were convinced that getting caught meant prison or at least a stiff fine, and it cer tainly is better that a few lawbreakers be sent to prison rather than that many should die violent deaths, many others contract fatal diseases and still many others suffer annoyance, pain and in jury In different ways. It Is protection against Injury rather than ven geance for Injury after it Is inflicted that is im portant to people. L - New Tork, Feb. IT. 1908. WOULD CKRIST LAY A WAGER! Question Confronts Those Who Accept Zx- Governor Biack"s Defence of Betting To the Editor of Th© Tribune. Sir: The above practical question now log confronts those- who accept the declaration ot ex- Governor Black that "If the desire to bet had been wrong. God never would have put it into th-" of man '" Without discussing the extraordinary assumption aa to the divine origin of the bettlnsr propensity, we may concede Its general exister. • even admit that !t la "natural"; but is H fore to be condoned? Not long ago a United States Senator announced that he "never took much stock in the outcry against hazing. A young man is a ma animal. after all, and those who object to his rioting lik*» a young bull are in a perpetual quarrel with nature.*' Upon this I commented in The Tribune for June 13. 1905, in part as follows: Nature, our legacy from the, source common to the bull and the hog. the tiger, the sheep and the ap<>. Impels us to lust and theft, to violence, folly and uncritical imitation That we may establish our own self-respect and deserve well of the community we must all wage "a perpetual quarrel with nature." Unlike the qualities above named and others com mon to man and hia "poor relations," the desire to g«>t something for nothing seems to have few paral lels in animal life; the nearest approach known to me is manifested by the "ticks," ixodea; they c'inj; to a plant by one or two legs and keep the others outspread upon the chance of grasping a passing creature and nucking its blood. The essential quality of gambling was clearly s»t forth by the Rev. Henry M. Sanders before the league for Political Education as reported in The Tribune for December 1, 1301 . Property may he ali»nat»»d in one of three way*! — gift, barter or theft Gambling possesses some !lk*» nesa to giving as it gets nothing in return, and par takes of the nature of theft, is it give* nothing. . ... In legitimate bush* transactions each gets something in return, while the gambler !s cs centially a pirate, his object b^ing to gpt something and to give nothing. That so) may have *>n»-tl chance and give mutual consent Is no excuse. Durl i as: la murder by mutual agreement and gambling is robbery by mutual agree) At -he racetracks, too. are to be reckoned with the stimulus of rivalry and the nearly irreslstlbia contagion of the crowd. I>>t none belittle these in fluences. Imagine two steamboats upon the Hud son River. Let their passengers be editors *nrt moralists returning from a convention where were adopted resolutions against racing and betting. Now. let a race between the boats B»> started by a. drunken or overzealoua captain. How long would it be before the "old Adam" would a.*.-- himself? How noon would protest give place to Interest and this to active encouragement? How many would refrain from betting" Would not some cast into the furnaces their hats and even their discourses against vice? BURT G. WILDER. Ithaca, N. T. March 6. 1903. OFFER 6 PER CENT NOTES AT 96. An issue of $3,000,000 Washington Water FM I (Spokane) 6 per cent notes is being offered by M. •:* It & White and Lee. Higginson & Co.. at U. The com pany owns a falls on the Spokane Iliver In the city of Spokane and another waterfalls on the same river known aa Post Falls. It alas owns and operates ninety-three miles of electric railway, seventy-three miles being In Spokane, and it sup plies light and power to Spokane and surrounding towns, mines and manufacturing plants. Domestic Situations Wanted. Female. ¥T'AITHB3? —By first class Swedish *trl; can talcs 11 butl>r*s place; able to hand!" ... entertain un-nt». very t«:3t >( MawsaßM ■"rases J-5. Os:* i rherc'a Bureau, 714 umasjton aw. t>ftwe«n 57th and Sath sts. Tt'l. l'>.*.> nasa. U'AITRE — First class: can take butl«*r"« ptac«: un derstand.* ail salads an.l wines and the rare of flea china ami silver; waKluinbu.'« aye. Tel. "II — River. ffTAITRBBfI —First class; take* butler's place; b*at cttr \\ referencM. GUI 311 ,W«t Ssth ft. y- risEHT GOVERNESS. *o.— Hau tartan «>•■ >'~ * JN English: fjwri»nc>M in trai^iitriK: <»r a" laftv's nw|.l, A.rv (rood iwtv.--; best reference*. M. ref»ren'"^»: m\tm c><»i Iri»h laun • dres* Math-*eon'» Bo«au, sz: «?h aye. Tel. 37* Erxant. CIIM.K —By younjr lists . woman; worth J3O. will w«v-k. _,' mr v_i. b*s IS front] oIJ rhjM. r»f rrrn<~r* . eo«n irj- ai*Ui«w#on'a Bureau, ".-■..*.« Tel, JT>t Hr>«at. I Instruction. . ' For Both Sexes — City. Mr Br.KI.ITZ ••< h>k)i or i_*j«rocAn«at JJADISOJ* SQUAKE (1122 E^oadvaf). Harlem Bra&eb: 343 Lenox Ava., fe**r lifts.*, Brooklyn '* '?. Court St. I Newark ~ Schen^r Bnf In*. * IM BRANCHES IN »II l.r»m«iO HUM. TRIAL LESSONS FT.E3. Good Voices and Sight Singing ru!tivat».l by contract. Thorrh. stay* an.! conCT* -~w< t!nn» procured. Inr»rvt»-*- OiER^FELDER. I! t-» 1 sSal 7 tn &p. Tn.. Tuf«laT». ytnrtip. 124 Carnegt)» Kali. - School Agencies. ! ~—— -~—^—^-— — ~. — ~-~- -^— -~— . — — ... - -..» i»tri(i( AND roßEin> TEACHERS" AGEXCK. j aapp!i-s Prof»*»or». Teachers. Tatora. Goveraesaa*. «*• | to Co!ies;<»». Schools and Familits. Apply to j Mrs M. J. YOUNG- FTI-TON. 39 Union Sgcjum. t .'IAnHMOI.-KI.LK AMTOT. - Bavaf A»eney. 22 S. snrh mt. Tel. ISM Mil: 'an — Teacher*, tutors. *•>»« ' »--*s*<>3 for eollezfa. achools and ;•: -a ■> farotHe» i* « Teachers. I^oiVmep. hiWh~s«~hooL "principal TwiL£ \~-~ •> pupils as visitine tutor; ran accompany paBMU •! 1 1 TilBJ ; j>'irr"mer. A. H. S. . Trthan* Off!r»>. Proposals. PROPOSALS FOR DRAWING '■--■■ t"."i» - <*lot:i. Note taper. Bawaaopa>«. Wraptrtns Paper. ! Itristol H-^ar-i. Btn^er'n Boa.r-2. Notehor.k.". L*-rr» r rim. I IVnrlla. [Via, I-enho!«i»T9. RTSb^r Eraser*, rianimeter. . r>ivi,l r». I'retrartors. Ranstne Poles Let-»tin? Rod*. *tMt ! Tafws. Slide Ku>9, Tnir..-»c»trent <*urve<». F**»m I'lmpasi^i, ; Magnifying daaaca, Flum!> lv*». Thumb Ta.-«ji. Metal Tubes {ir I"aper. Caat»»>n». Water Color*. Paint Brashes. ; Ink. etr. Seal«^! proposals wli] be rwTejvert at ttw» nfic* r.r the O»nerul I*&n:!ia«lEK Offcer. Isthmian. <*aoal Coo misslon. Wasbtnctflo, I>. C. until 10:£«> a. m.. April •» U«*>. at which time they wIM N» npenerf in public, far furr.Jshir.ir tfi-> above- mentioned articles. Planks ami wrr. - era! »»*" ■"■**ftn r»-lat:r.< to this Circular (No. •*!> Mr »<• r>btain*J from this offies or Ui* o2lc«s of taw Assistant Purnhajmif Agtr.ta. _ ;*au» Str»«. New Tor;* «It> ; '■"diitom li'~>Tia»-.. New Orleans. I^i. ; aiso Tmtn •- • U. 3. Knff'.aeT Offices la th/» followlrjr cit!»s: Baltimore. 212.; Philadelphia. Pa.; Pitt*bur«. fa. Boston. Maa». . Bnf falo N. T.; Clev»!ani Ohio; Cincinnati. Ofelo; Chtraaa\ II!.; St. Louis. Mo.; Detroit. Miit. , Milwaukee, Wla.: St. PaaL lltsm. : ■.z'.ar ssa, T-r-. . LcutsvlUe. Ky- anal Mobile AU.-H. F. Hodges. Lieut. Cat, Corgm of Ea- Ktaeera. U. S. A.. -ra.i Purchasing O3c*T. /~\KKICE. COMMISSIONERS. DISTRICT OF COLCJI ' ' Ma. Waaatnstoq, fr>b. it, [■mm j*~ai<«l proposals will »-» received at tiiis 'oiS.ce until 12 o'clock X.. SBSSdBS, Miirrh IH, MX I *, for '"OBStroctteg' sewer in the- District rt t'olumbia. Fcritis. sp^clncatlona awl D?«.«»ary Informa tion may be obtained at room 43. District Btuidios. Wasfv. lr.eton. D- C. Henry B. F. Uacfartassi. Henry L. Hen, Jay J. ilorrr>w. Commissioners. D. C Citations. rPiili PEOPLE O*' TEE STATE OF nay TORS. st X tiio grace or Ocd free ami Si i-^atiaaat. Ti> William E. Barnes, Mary J. Soutiwick. Henry J. Lynch, Claudia Middletun. wuitam il. Han. Baajsassa) I. Alien. Jennie P. Ailen. Jessica F. Watson. Charles A. Barnes. j.r..i to all persona Interested in the astatai of Kate H. Smith, late of the. Couaty of SBsai Tori*. deceased, as creditors, next at kin or o;a«rwi*a. a»ai greeiiag: You asd each of you are cereb7 ci:»vi and r>-'i'Jireil yersonaliy to De and appear before our Sur rogate of the County of New v rk, at the 3orroara:» a • 'our; oi said county, at ISM Hall or Records, to !>• h»-!d on the -Ist day of April. 1303, at half-past tea o'clock in the forenoon of thai Jay. then and there as attend th» judicial settlement -it th* account of, ti>«> proceedings or haul E. Guy Smith, as executor oS the last will a., testament of Kate- U. Smitix. At ct«AS*?d. v\r.v.i such of you as a. ■• hereoy cited as » * under the age of iweaty-oa« years art required to ap pear by yo'ir euar-iian. if you navo one. or. If you iia * none, to appear and apply for ono to to* a^pomtao. or in tae event of your neglect or failure, to do •». a guardian will be. appointed by the Siirrogat* to repre sent and act for you in this proceeding. In testimony whereof. I aave caused tha Seal of th» Surrogate's Court of the. Bald County of New To; *. to be hereunto a&xed. Witness. Hon. Charles H. [L. S.] Beckett, a Surrogate of our said county, as the. County of New York, on BBS 2Ttii d*y of. February, in the year of our L.orl on» thousaßd ninai hundred and eight. DANIEL. J. DOWDNTTT; Cleric of the. Surrogate' a Court. HOWE, SMITH & HOWE. Attorneys for Sjiacutor. 33 Bruadway. Borough of Manhattan. New XorM City. N. Y. /•JIUB PEOPL3 OF TIXS STATE O£- SITW TOSS. BT JL trie grao-j of God froe and BasasMsaas, to Ha. nette Mutt Warren. Phebe Warren JlcConihe. Mary Warren Thompson. Anna Warren «»Uddea. Walter r. Warren. Martha C. Warren. Henry P. McKwn, ThoaiaJ McKwMfa Maria McKean Allen. I'helve McxCeac Donu'. Edward In^ersoli, Phtbe. W. I. McCain Anna W. I. Smith. Henry McKean Ingersoll Bad Jea&nla H. lager soil, the heirs and next M kin. of Joan Hobaxt ■--... deceased, send graetlns: Whereas. Charles E. BBSBSB of. ttia City of BaaaJ York, has lately applied to the Surrogates' Court of our County of New York to hara a certain Instrument in writing, bearing date ih« -Oth day of December. lUO4. ahittilg to both real and personal property, duly proved as the last will and testament of John Hobart VVarren. lata of this County of New York, deceased, therefore you and each of you are cited to appear be fore the Surrogate of our County of New York, at hi» ctS.ce in the County of New York, on the I3tr. day of April, one thousand nin« hundred and eight, at half past ten o'clock in. the forenoon of that d*'- then ant there to attend the probate of the said last will anil testament. And such of you ■ are. her«hy •-:•«.! zs ar<» nnder the age of twenty-one years are required to ap pear by your guardian. If you have. cne. or if you hav>» none, to appear and apply for one- la be a? pointed, or In the event of your neglect or failure to do SO a guardian will b« appointed by rh* inajgßMa to represent and act Sac you in th» proce"»d!n*. In testimony -whereof, we. have caused rh» **al of the Surrogates* Court of the said County of " -- Toric to be. hereunto affixed. ■■.<«« Hon. "L.. H-] Charles H. Beckett, a -Su.-rofrat<» of our nil ro-jnty of New York, at ami county. th«» ITrh day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eight. DANIEL J. DO-TCTJVET. Clerk of th<» Sorrogates' Court LAWRENCE. CHARLOTTE a —THE PIOPIJJ Or JLi th« state of New York, by th« irr*ce at God ' as and independent, to Richard Milliard oterun*. A« HHliarri Sterling. Harris". Cacfl*ld Sterling Buckbam. John Montgomery Sterling. Mary Hillianl Morgan, Dora Hilliarvl <."alll'en. Kathertna Hllltarti Sterling. Theo.lore We'.J Sterling, tht h«tra and next of kin of Chark>tt«? B- Lawrence, dec-ased. -I iT»*t!naj Whereas. John Wirtsj P.±rkj. of th<» Cltr of >•••» Tori, has lately a?p!!ew York, or ms 23r X day of March, on* thonsaad nine hundred and •l» v !-. • a: "half -past t*n o'clock !n the forenoon of that day.' then a.mi t^ere to a.tten '■■ be hereunto aJ~.x».: 'Witness. Km. aßaaaj C.I [L. S.] Thomas, a Surrogate of our Baud County eff! New York, at »ai : Drew, Htlen (i. Turtle. Alfred Oilman. E and appear before our Surrogate «< sa'.d J • appear h-r year guardian. !f you have on*, or. If jmj j have none. tr> appear and apply for one to be appoint*!. \ cr In the evert of your neglect or failure •'> io an. a> Ruardtan will *>» appointed by the Surrogate to r»pp» »eni and act for you !n the proceeding. In testimony whereof, we have caused the Seal -'. th« . Surrogate s Court of the said County of N--» York to th% [ hereunto alT.ied. -sa Hon. Abnar C. [L. B.] Thosias. a burronate of our said County, at! the County of New Tork. tls# 29th day oi January, in the year of our Lord on* t!uuaand maa hundred and eizht. DANIEL J. DOWD.VET. Clerk of the Surrogate* Court BH!"H a rJUWF^R] Attorney* for Administrator*, | No 3O Rroad S:re»t. Manhattan. New York City. Notice of Summons. LtfIREMS COURT. COUNTY OF ■BJ TOiUt.-JOH» O P Markha^.. pUin::?T. against James M-Mu:'.an. Catherine M.:Miillm. Mnrgar-t F MoMallM, »-»tßi M JJulixn. Joseph Mi-MulUn. Miry Mciluilar.. Cecilia M • - MnQaa. Cecilia ilUier. Kat9 Graham. Janje» McMulUa. a>< aiSmlntstiutor of the iroods. chattels aa*l credits oC >-'-ia&et.T A McMullan. decease'! ; Elizabeth A. McMullan. g-n^rai guardian of Margaret F. McMulUn. as xtmlaßS" tratrix of the goods, chattels and cre? your failure to appear or tiwa*r. lud^nent will be taken against you by default for tho reUef derma 354 In the fumplalnt. luted Sew York. November 13th. U»"»T. CHENEY. SCHENCX A STtX'KEUL. 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