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Amusements.
»' VOADEMT OF MUSIC— 2:IS— S:IS— Ragged
itobm. •
*PTOU— 2:I5 — «:1S — Seven Pays. _ „ .
BELASCO-2:l^— S:ls— ls Matrimony a Failure?
BIJOC— 2:2O— S:2O— The Lottery Man
BROADWAY- 2:15— The Jolly I>a<|holora.
C\SlNO— 2:ls— 6:ls— The Chocolate Soldier.
COLONlAL— 9— 6— Vaudeville.
COMEDY— - 15- fi I.V The Watcher.
CRiraniON— 2:ls-*:2(»-Tho Bachelor's Saby.
r'ALT*S— 2:I5 — — The Hor Sex.
V EDEN* MUSEB-i-The World In Wax.
* KMi»IRS-=2:l&— S:3o— The Mollusc.
tIAIETY--2:15-€:ls— The Fortune Hunter.
GARDEN— 2:IS-6:13— The Little Town of Beth-
GARIUCK — 6:l*— Tour Humble Servant.
- GLOBE-2:15-^:ls— The Old Town. .
- HACKETT— 2:I-V-4>:15— Prince of Bohemia,
... , m-, . :—^:ls— *:i:>— Vaudeville.
' HERALD SQUAUE— S:IS— OId Dutch.
HIPIV)DROME— 2-S-A Trip to Japan: In
■Kie the Karth; the Ballet o' Jewels.
' : HUDSON— 2:I^— S:IS— A Lucky Star.
- lR\Wn PL<CE— -':ls— Der Zigeunerbaron— S:ls
f KN^KP^KEn^^-The Dollar Princess.
KVTrKKKBOCKKK— L*— S— The Dollar Princess.
KTY— 2— — The Arcadians.
„ LYCEUM— 2:IS— *:2O— Mrs- Dot.
* IS^TA^O^^ gß6l> ■ «■*■■■
'' MAxi^E^ELLIbTT-S THEATRE-2:30-S:3O
" ■" TT>e Pacing of the Third Floor Back
« METROPOLITAN OPERA 2— Orfeo— B
fell?
Broadway.
SAVOY— 2:IS— S:IS— The Faith Healer.
ST. M -H<! RINK— >kailne.
STL'YAESANT— The Lily. ,„..._
« TVALU^CK'S— 2:IS— S:ls— Alias Jimir.y \ alcn
■ - tine.
"nEßEß'ii— 2:l.V— S:ls— Mr. Buttles.
WEST END — 2:10 — Mls— The Kins of Caconla.
Zwrffj to Advertisements.
Pas*. Col. Proposal? }\ <*
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Art sales 4 4-5 : Religious Notices 8 &-<
Bankers and Resorts .- i» ••
Brokers 12 1 School AK«ncl*«..H 0
- Boots and. rub- Special Notices... 7 J
licatiens 8 S-7! Surrogate* **-„ -
" Busln's Chaaees.U 4} tiers.. « »
Carpet Cleanlnß.il S Timetable* ...... II 6-7
City Hotels 10 6To I>t for rusl- &7
CfciiartTwrship nM » Purpoee>..lO 6--.
N'Mioe* ...12 1 Tribune !-übscnp- _
T>»Hs and Office uon Rat' s 1 <
Fomlrur* ...11 5 ! T>-;*trrStin* : .. ... ■» 5
Dividend Noticesl2 1 Cniurn. Apart- -^
{tamest!? Sltua- S-*iWcrk Wanted. ...11 3
tbM W.nfd .11 8-» Work Wanted. .^ll »
European Advcr- ! i? «
tlsementa . . . .13 « instruction 11 «
Financial 12 7 Lawyers -•••• — " 1
- Foreclcfcre I I»?t and Found.. <>
&3ea ....II 4-^T.ost Bankbooks.. 11 6
' ttct Sale 11 4 Marrlnpes anil,
Terete* Rcsorts.lS G-7 Death* £ «
Funu .*«. to JjggSßLii-.v.n »
yurr. Cctta«ea ] Kotict of Pum-
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SATrRPAY. JANUARY 20. 1010.
This ncicspapcr is oicr.cd and pub
lished by The Tribune Association, a
Xcw York corporation; office and prin
r-ipal place of business. Tribune Build
in?, \o. 154 Xassau street. yew York;
Oniicr. Mills, president: Opden M. Reid,
t*crrtarv; James If. Barrett, treasurer.
The address of the officers is the office
Wf thi* newspaper.
THE yFWS THIS MORSIXG.
CONGRESS. — Senate: Mr. 'Lodge
f poke in defence of the Payne tariff law,
*1.-c!arinsr that It is not responsible for
the high cost of living: Mr. Carter re
ported the postal savings bank bill.
:-r=^=z Home: The agricultural appro
priation 1 ill was under consideration.
FOREIGN.— The Seine at 1 o'clock
this mor::ing was said to be stationary
and Its tributaries were still falling:
one-fourth of the city is under water
and thousands of persons have been res
cued; traffic is suspended and tele
jrraphic communication is difficult. =
The Unionists have carried 264 seats md
the Liberals 263. with 117 divided De
tween the Labor and Nationalist parties;
both protection and free trade adherents
claim a victory, but conservative opinion
Inclines to the belief that nothing Ins
been proved by the election. ■ - Fif
ty-three officers and men of the British
destroyer Eden, wrecked off Dover, were
rescued, :• ■ : An agreement has been
made among the parties in Greece to
dissolve the Military League and revise
the constitution. ■-. Genera] "> Medina
and other members of the court martial
in Nicaragua were acquitted of respon
sibility for the shooting of Groce and
Cannon.
DOMESTlC— President Taft's decision
not to drop the suit against the Union
I and Southern Pacific railroads was an
nounced. -„-■ - The Ballinger-Pinchot
Investigation was resumed in Washing
ton. Louis R. Glavis again occupying the
witness stand. ■ . . The State Treasurer
and State Controller at Albany ad
dressed a circular letter to depositories
of moneys of the State of New York .le-
Kcriblng In detail the fixed policy which
they have adopted for the administration
of those funds. . . , The militia coun
cil submitted a report to Governor
Hughe? opposing the suggested plan of
utilizing the etate camp at Peekskill as
m. site of a new state prison. . ■ One
naval prisoner was shot and killed and
two were wounded by guards at the
navy yard at Portsmouth, N. H., while
the men were trying to escape in a boat.
CITY. — Stocks were strong. =====
Search was made In vain for James R.
Keene to serve a subpoena in connection
with the Columbus and Hocking pool
collapse. ■ , ... John Bigelow discussed
the plan for the erection of a monument
to Samuel J. Tilden. ■ '. '.' A man re
sembling the one described originally as
the slayer of two little boys at High
bridge Park threw acid on a girl's face.
—rrz- Several more witnesses identified
Dennison as the may they saw near High
bridge Park the day the two boys were
killed. ■ ■ Ex- Justice Patterson, for
mer presiding justice of the Appellate
Division, died after a long illness. .■
In holding an engineer for the grand jury
■Coroner Squire of Ossining blamed the
New York Central Railroad for the
■wreck in which Spencer Trask was
killed. sobs Jacob H. Schiff said that
there was nothing in the attitude of the
administration to alarm Investors.
. i THE WEATHER.— lndications for to
day: Rain or snow.- The temperature
yesterday: Highest, 40 degrees; low
est, 32.
§.; CHARTER REVISIOy.
Charter revision? That was one of
last year's «lx best sellers, but who
cares about It to-day? Last winter the
public was exasperated at the mul
tiplying evidences of bad administration,
and there was a feeling that the In
strument under which the city was gov
erned was partly to blame, but that feel
ing was not strong enough even then to
Induce the Legislature to give respect
ful attention 10 a really promising ef
- fort to improve the city charter. This
year we have a new administration,
which at present enjoys an unusual de
gree of public confidence, and the people
will be disposed to regard changes in
the charter as of minor consequence,
anyway.
Therefore we do not expect much to
come of the report of the legislative
committee on the charter. The changes
which the committee recommends are
noce of them In the slightest degree
fundamental. They are all matters of
detail. There should be. t-ays the com
mission, a department of public hospi
tals. There should be a single beaded
park commission. The Board of Edu
cation should consist of twenty-one in
stead of forty-six members. The bor
■ ough presidents, after this administra
tion Is over, should not sit in the Board
<■• Estimate, but there should be cuem
seia of the Board of Estimate, elected
at large or by boroughs to take their
place — a fcu^sestion that is open to the
objection that it farther complicates the
city government and increases the num
ber of officials to bo voted for. We
should cot have a central purchasing
agent for the city, which, tije Charter
Oojuiuih>sloa aud the Cat^idy commit
tee, if we are not mistaken, favored,
but a "fiscal supervisor." This Idea Is
borrowed from the practice of the state.
The wide area makes a single pur
chasing agent for the whole state, ob
viously impracticable, but we 'do not
see that any similar circumstance
stands in the way of a single purchaser
of supplies for the city. The legislative
committee does not report a new char
ter. We see no reason why it should.
It is in favor of doing nothing but patch
ing the old charter and that can be
done by the adoption of a few amend
ments. *
The merit of the Ivins charter was
that It extended the principle of home
rule and made constant interference
from Albany unnecessary. Naturally,
that principle is not accepted in Albany.
In regard to the wages of policemen,
firemen and school teachers, the com
mittee is not oven prepared to admit
that it is not the "duty" of the Legis
lature to fix the comi>ensation of such
local employes. The sense of "duty"
which inspired the repeated passage of
the "equal pay" bills is strongly in evi
dence all through the report on the
charter.
TOO MUCH.
Under the new municipal order old
and honored classifications in the world
of public service are being ruthlessly
wiped out. Colonel "Mike" Paddeu's
taking off was a tragedy which still
staggers the Bowery. That a function
ary so firmly installed, in office as
r< tone] "Mike," lauded by the outgoing
Mayor as "the best Water Register the
rttf ever had," discharging for year*
oi the side the responsible functions of
aide-de-camp to no less a municipal per
sonage than "Little Tim" Sullivan,
cculd be coldly ousted on the mere
charge that he didn't use nis office chair
and desk often enough to chase away
the dust was a revelation to thousands
of the ingratitude of republics and the
pettiness of politics. "Mike" went to
the political guillotine, while the Bowery
shuddered aid whispered. "O Murphy,
"what crimes have been committed by
"the candidate to whom you lent tae
"organization's name!" Yet "the best
Water Register ever" at least died
with his boots on. He was not humili
ated by being asked to abjure bis true
character and status, to reform his
habits and to linger on in degrading
servitude to new political notions and
new official models.
Colonel "Mike" never became de
i7«jßo<?. Hut there are other dignitaries
of the old order who have been obliged
to endure that harrowing experience.
Those images of civic otium cum tlinnl
tatc, those ornaments of the municipal
council chamber, the sergeant -a
of the Board of Aldermen and his as
sistants, have been rudely awakened
from their dream of immunity from the
common lot of toil and set to daily la
bor like any ordinary civil service in
cubated municipal servants. Who could
be so Insensible to the eternal fitness
of things as to ask a dignitary as im
posing as a sergeant-at-arms to descend
to vulgar work?
When a Democratic House of Rep
resentatives—the first since the war—
assembled at Washington in 1575. it
elected a functionary' of this ancient
and honorable class, who within a few
weeks wrote home to friends in Virginia
that he was "a biger man than ell
Granf."' He spoke appropriately' and
convincingly for ..his whole class, and
were he alive to-day his heart would
be bowed down at the affront to the
guild contained la the orders to our
local custodians of the peace and dig
nity of the aldermanie chamber to hold
themselves in readiness to do messen
ear »* well as professional service there
on meeting days, and to inspect auctions
in various parts of the city on the, many
providentially ordered days of rest when
the beard does not sit. We cannot pict
ure a sergeant-at-arms with the real
spirit submitting to such a declapsifi
cation. The new regime is evidently
asking too much of the self-respecting
survivors from the old one. As James
H. Randall, the author of "Maryland,
My Maryland," put it: ...
Better the shot, the blade, the bowl,
Than crucifixion of the soul. • .
Better sudden death like Colonel
"Mike" Padden's.
THE JAPANESE ATT DE.
We should regret to believe that any
real incompatibility existed between
the sentiments expressed >y the Japan
ese Foreign Minister on Thursday and
those put forward in reply by the Mayor
of Tokio. Both utterances were en
tirely friendly to the United States,
though the two speakers assumed dif
ferent attitudes. The sincerity of Baron
Komura's profession of friendship for
the United States and of his reamrma
tiou of fidelity to the principle of the
open door and equal opportunity for
all nations In China need not be
doubted, and if his declination of Sec
retary Knox's proposal is to be criti
cise,' as hasty and curt, and if some
of the motives behind it are to be char
acterized as discourteous and unseemly,
as they were by Mr. Ozaki, we certainly
prefer to have those strictures of Japan
ese rather than of American authorship.
Nevertheless, the present attitude of
the Japanese government toward the
Manchurlan railroad question seems to
us mistaken and regrettable, and regrvt
is at least as much on Japan's account
as on our own. Indeed, it is perhaps
more on Japan's account than ours, for
it is to be expected that the embar
rassments which are almost sure to
arise through failure thus to dispose of
that question will affect Japan ' more
seriously than America. We could wish
no stronger justification for our ad
herence to the open door policy and our
Insistence upon all our -Jghts and privi
leges under it than that which was
given by • Baron Komura himself on
Wednesday. But it seems almost in
evitable that such proper insistence
would be far less likely to run count.
to Japanese Interests if the Manchuriau
railroads were now transferred to China
and neutralized than if they were kept
under alien control for some more years,
Baron Komura's reference to Japan's
action at Port Arthur suggests an addi
tional argument in favor of Mr. Kuox's
plan, as 1 logical continuance of a pol
icy which Japan has already volun
tarily begun. Russia made of Port
Arthur a closed military port and fort
ress, but Japan, although fully entitled
under the treaties to continue that ar
rangement, has made it an open com
mercial port That is v proceeding for
which Japan si entitled to credit and
commendation. But surely It would oe
logical to extend the atOM liberal prin
ciple to the railroad which runs north
ward from that port l.v transferring It
to Its. proper owner and by a renting to
its neutralization.
Nor can we regard as convincing
Baron Komura's reminder that fulfil
NEW-YORK -DAILY TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1910.
■ Mat of Mr. Knox's plan would involve
radical changes in the condition of af
fairs in Manchuria which were estab
lished by the treaties of Portsmouth and
Peking:. * Doubtless it would cause such
changes. But those changes are bound
to come in time, and it seems to us that
the sooner they are effected the easier
that achievement will be and the better
for all concerned. For the present
status in Manchuria is not permanent.
It was established by the treaties re
ferred* to merely as a temporary device.
The idea was that it should prevail until
China so improved her administration ;is
to make it prudent to give her control of
the great Manchurlan trade routes.' The
American idea is that with the advent
of constitutionalism in China that time
has arrived, and that under certain in
ternational guarantees the relinquish
ment of those roads to Chinese -owner-,
ship, to which Japan and Russia stand
pledged a lew years hence, can now
safely be made, and can be made vow
with less friction and with less disturb
ance of Japanese and Russian as well
as other Interests than would be possible
at the time when under the treaties the
thing must at latest be done. Japanese
persistence in declining the American
proposal may not involve the slightest
discourtesy to this country, but It does
seem to us to involve a menace to
Japan's own best interests.
THE WISDOM OF CHILDREN.
All the old-fashioned ideas about rear
ing children are going into the dust bin.
"Children," said Dr. Wjods Hutchluson,
lecturing upon their diet — "children have
bottled-up intelligence inside of them"
which tells them what is best for them.
Parents are now beginning to bow be
fore that awful bottled-up Intelligence.
They are learning to acknowledge Its
superiority and act accordingly.
Dr. Hutchinscn told the public some
thing about that bottled-up intelligence.
"You cannot give a child too much to
eat" he said. If the child wants to eat
between meals, let trim eat between
meals, for beware how you thwart that
bottled-up intelligence. "If he tends t-:>
•"gorge himself on sweets, you may
"know that bis system craves that form
"of fcod."
This process of consulting tue bottled
up intelligence, of course, cannot begin
too young. The crawling infaut on the
floor must be allowed to follow bis own
instinct in selectkui of food. If he con
sumes immense quantities of shoe but
tons, pins and carpet tacks, it is because
of that bottled-up intelligence which
makes aim better fitted than an adult
to choose the kind of food that in to j;o
into his stomach. Soap is a dainty much
enjoyed at the early stages of life. Care
ful parents, awed by the superiority of
instinct to reason, will beware bow they
cut off the little toddler's supply of soap.
His system, in its infinite wisdom, craves
soap, shoe buttons, carpet tacks, pieces
of paper and similar fare, and the little
smgel knows what is good for him.
In time he will grow up to prefer
candy and cake to the contents of waste
paper baskets ; and again, if you are a
wise parent, you will bow to the prompt
ings of nature. As the child becomes
n man he will gradually outgrow know
ing what is good for him and will reach
the stage where only a physician can tell
him what he may eat. and then, instead
of having "bottled intelligence" inside
of him he will carry the bottled Intelli
gence of his doctor in his waistcoar
pocket and take it, one to five tablets,
after each meal. "When he is in that
condition it is not strange that he mar
vels at the inst'irct which tells a child
infallibly that his system needs shoe
buttons rather tl.an the flat pearl but
tons that fasten underwear,
PRECIOUS METALS IS 190?).
From a bulletin just issued by the
United States Geological Survey it ap
pears that the output of gold In this
country last year was about $09,000,000,
a gain of fully .54,500,000 over the out
put of 1908. California and Colorado
each contiuued to contribute a plump
fifth to the total supply, though the
former state reported an increase of al
most $2,000,000 in her yield in 1009, while
the latter showed a decrease amounting
to nearly $1,000,000. The largest increase,
a trifle more than $3,000,000, was ef
fected by Nevada, her entire production
closely approaching $15,000,000. In a
measure this exceptional output is due to
the fact that at one leading mine in Ne
vada the ore taken out in 1008 was stored
for treatment on the completion of a mill
which went into operation last year.
Should there be no untoward experience
like the labor strike •vhich cut down
South Dakota's yield in 1909 about
9900,000, the Geological Survey ex
pects that during the current year the
hundred million dollar line will for the
first time be passed.
Lnist year's output of silver is esti
mated at 53,849,000 ounces, an increase
of 1,400,000 ounces over that of 190S,
but a decrease of nearly 3,000,000
compared with 1007. Moreover, in spite
of the gain in quantity In 1909, there
was a diminution in actual value, for sil
ver brought 53 cents an ounce in 100S
and only 52 cents laßt year. Indeed, the
value of that metal In 1909 was fully
$10,000,000 less than the average for
the previous thirty years. The low
price in this country was undoubtedly
attributable to the astonishing produc
tion in the Cobalt region in Canada.
Government statistics, it will he ob
served, show that on the whole the
gold Industry of the United States en
joys the same moderate prosperity
which now attends the production of
most of the baser metals. The silver
miners have been less fortunate. Their
experience, which has probably been
belpful to the manufacturers of plate,
furnishes fresh occasion for congratula
tion over the fact that the country's
currency does not rest on a white
metal basis.
The first duty imposed on France by
the floods is to relieve Buffering. The
homeless must be fed and sheltered and
the sick cared for. The next task will
be to repair the damage done, especially
in Paris. Both the nattoral and munhi
pal authorities, however, will doubtless
feel that they have not fully met their
rcsjionsibiliues until they have consid
ered whether any eteps can be taken to
avert a repetition of the experiences of
the last few days, or, at least, to re
duce the effect of future visitations of
the game kind. Though the Seine aM
ngt reached its present level for three
centuries, there is no telling how soon a
scarcely v- 68 formidable situation in :,y
be created by the forces now ani re
cently at work.
State int< rveiiUch in industrial dis
putes an.J cmiujlbury arbitration, which
were fonm-rly mur'. a<l vocji leti t.y tIM
leaders of organiz-u tabor in A umU:i!i.i
as well as elsewher*, are not likely to
be regarded with paaatoMta favor In Urn
commonwealth if the present policy of
the courts Is rnalntatned. W" e are tol<^
that one strike leader, the president of
an Important union, has been sent to
ljpnal servitude for a year, while thre*
others have been sentenced to eight
months each and several more to shorter
terms for "obstructing work" during 11
strike. That Is not the sort <>f thing
thoy and their comrades oontcinpUittd
when they advocated the existing sys
tem. But we are inclined to think that
the court's protection of free labor and
the right of men to do an honest day's
work for an honest daj'.s wage, and its
punishment of all who would infringe
upon those rights, will in the long run be
commended to tho approval of fair
minded men.
The attacks which are being made by
a few persons upon Professor Moore, of
the Weather Bureau, for his recent re
port on the relation between forests and
rainfall afford a striking Illustration of
the difficulty of destroying superstitions
and of the fact that the more baseless
superstitions are the more tenaciously
their devotees cling to them and the
more bitterly they resent exposuro of
their errors.
One of our contemporaries wants to
know if the Democratic party In Maryland
wishes to commit suicide. We do not
know about Maryland, but elsewhere it is a
case of resurrection. — Charleston News
and Courier. .
Resurrection and suicide seem to al
ternate In swift and exciting sequence.
With Mr. William O'Brien leading a
compact and a gressive party of eight
or ten Independent Nationalists in Parlia
ment in opposition to Mr. Redmond and
his alliance with the British Liberals,
the contentious old times of the Parnell
ites and anti-Parnellites may be revived,
let us hope without the strenuosity
which made the name of committee room
No. 15 a companion of Donnybrook and
Kilkenny.
At least one automatic tripping device
in the subway works altogether too well.
It may be all very well for antl-vlvi
sectionists to resent "slurs'* which are
cast upon them, if any are cast. But
how about the slurs and worse than
elurs which have been so copiously and
so recklessly cast upon the painstaking
Investigators who have given their lives
to the relief of human ills and who
through the very experiments which
have been so intemperately reviled have
effected some of the greatest triumphs of
the healing art?
THE TALK OF THE DAY.
"Cats on the paw. $200 a pound" is a line
that appeared recently In a Chicago paper.
Coming from the meat centre, it might
look ?.t first glance like a quotation from
the packing hduse district. Really, how
ever, it was used to Indicate the value of
a ten-pound tabby on exhibition at tn>3
Beroslord Cat Show. Mrs. Hugh King's
blue Persian being held at $2,000. Another
somewhat smaller pet. a silver Persian
pussy, is appraised by the owner at $1,000.
The Man— Did you notice that woman
we just passed?
The Woman— The one with blond puffs
and a fur hat and a military cape, who
was dreadfully made up, and had awfully
soiled ?love3 on?
The M^n— Yes. that one.
The Woman— No. I didn't notice her.
Why?— Cleveland Leader.
A teacher of vocal music tells this story
about one of his girl pupils: "She asked me
many times what name stie had better
assume When &he weru en the stage, and
I invariably told her to wait until the
time came. Last week she came to her
lesson radiant, because the family had de
cided that her stage name should be Slg
norlna ilarlemina,' beins part of her own
r.ane and an affix to Harlem, her home.
I saw that the stnge bug had become in
curably developed, and knowing that she
would never get higher than a second rate
choir loft I felt justified in asking her to
Kf«->k another sni a better teacher, and now
when the wonderful young woman becomes
famous I will get no credit for having
coached her."
'Tm sure we're going to like the new
minister."
■Why?"
"So far he hasn't objected to anything
that I like to do."— Detroit Free Press.
For just one day last week New York
had a real novelty In barber shops— a
"shave-yourself tonsorial parlor." It was
not called that, nor did the proprietor have
any intention of running such a place, but
he was forced to do it for a day. It hap
pened this way: For one cause or another
all his barbers failed to report for duty,
and the regular customers were far too
many for the "boss" to attend to. When
the shop was well filled with "nexts," one
of them, seeing the situation, offered to
shave himself. Others followed suit, and
in a minute or two there was a long line
of amateurs scraping away before the
minors. "And they paid me 15 cents apiece.
too." said the proprietor gleefully.
WHEN NEWS IS SCARCE.
You cannot stump the busy scribe
Who run* the press.
He comes of a resourceful tribe,
We must confess.
When themes are scarce to write about
He does not yelp.
Nor does he raise a plaintive shout
Imploring help.
He promptly into action floats,
Gets busy thtn,
And ties some well known anecdotes
To unknown men. I
— Louisville Courier-Journal.
Dr. Martin Q. Brumbaugh, Superintend
ent of Schools in Philadelphia, says that
If the authorities will grant him $5,000
he can guarantee an absolutely "safe ami
sane" Fourth of July celebration in the
Quaker City. The promise certainly
seems cheap at the price. Dr. Brumbaugh
is president of the Philadelphia Play
grounds Association, and it is in that ca
pacity that he is acting in offering to In
sure against shattered nerves on Indepen
dence Day. His idea le to provide some
substitute for the ordinary murderous
celebration of the day. He would give the
children an ample entertainment. He ad
vocates utilizing every available vacant
lot. park and dump in the town for games,
baseball, etc., on that day, and free lemon
ade (furnished from the $5,000 fund). Ice
cream and th« rest of the childish menu.
Blobba— They say old Boodlegrafter
cleaned up $3,000,000 in three yeara.
Slobbs-In that short space of time I'll
bet he didn't get them very clean. — I'hila
delpbia Record.
VIEWS OF READERS.
FOR A MEAT EATERS' UNION.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: No matter what may be the causa
of th© high prlcer of meat, we consumers
have within ourselves the power to re
duce them. Almost any sort of a start is
better than doing nothing, but I fear we
shall not get permanent relief until a
well thought out plan has been adopted.
The present "meat strike" which is
spreading over the United States will with
out doubt reduce the prices, but after we
return to our normal consumption of meat
they will ad' ance to their former level.
We shall have derived no lasting benefit.
What we he. .-I la not to. kill entirely tha
consumption of meat, but .to reduce It. If
we should refrain from Its use. cay, two
days of each week, results would be better
than If we stopped altogether.
This movement by .consumers already
shows comrtl»lng of th.r strength we have,
but we canuot eafely use this strength
without organization It is a dangerous
power unless It Is hnrnessfcl and guided
along lines of other great organizations. In
which .-*■•• 1 believe, we nhall get much
good fi««n tt. Wo are ready to bo orKanizecl
that we may act unitedly, Intflltsrntly and
effectively. Now, lot a Moses come forward
to lead us. V*. C. BI'FFUM.
Westerly, R. T., Jan. 2C, 1910.
"THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER."
To tho Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In your recent editorial about a na
tional anthem you stated that "the uristc
of 'The Star Spangled Banner" is foreign. '
Will you kindly explain and state the
Four.cc whence thi3 tune was obtained?
New York, Jan. 24. 1810. R- J
[The words of "The Star Spangled
Banner" were written by Francis Scott
Key in 1814, and by his express direction
wer" oJ£a4 and sung to the air of "Anac
reon in Heaven," which had been com
posed in England about 1770-'TS by
John Stafford Smith, a well known Eng
lish musician, composer and antiquary.
—Ed/]
FAVORS AN EXPORT TARIFF.
To tho Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: A few days ago you printed a letter
from Wilbur A. Helsiey with reference to
hl&?h prices. Those he refers to are the
prices now being paid for provisions, but
from what ho says later on in his letter by
way of warning to the "grand old party '
the inl'erenco Is that the remedy for high
I-rices for provisions, of which he complains
would be a general reduction in the tariff
on manufactures. Of course that \\ Quid
mean ■ general reduction in wage?, which,
of course, is equivalent to a reduction of
the voluraa of cash poured on the domestic
market, which, again, is equivalent to a
general reduction of business.
It would seem that the real remedy for
high priced provision- would be a consti
tutional amendment permitting a good ex
port tariff on provisions; or. at least, an
export tariff as high as the Import tariff.
Instead of this course, however, a consti
tutional amendnunt is proposed which will
permit Congress to levy a tax on incomes
"from whatever source derived." and this
in face of tho fact that all taxes on capital
come out of wages and not o-jt of profits. If
income is taxed, capital evades taxation
by fleeing the country of taxation, as Eng
land's capital is now doing, unless the
needs of the wage-earner are so great that
he will stand a reduction of wages equal
to the tax. EQUITAS.
South Norwalk. Conn.. Jan. 22, 1910.
THE STEED AND THE STEW.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In the letters of Mrs. Conger who
was shut up during the siege of the lega
tions in Peking I read that they found
horse meat possible and even palatable, if
the animals were not too old. Nor did they
refuse "mule." Horse meat Is always on
sale in Paris, I believe.
In our proud Republic we have accounted
this food as only for the downtrodden of
the Old World across the ocean. But we
seem to be coming to it. Ships leaded with
our beef and pork carry thousands of tons
abroad and the prices soar and soar.
I. G. OAKLEY.
Jamaica Plain, Mas?., Jan. 24, 1910.
THE CENTRAL BANK SCHEME-
To The Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The advocates of the central tank
idea advance as their chief argument the
fact that the national bank of- any Euro
pean country, but particularly that of Eng
land, is able at all times to control most
systematically and wisely the normal as
well as tho abnormal conditions cf the
money market and of credit elasticity.
They afllrm, when confronted with the
answer that England is a very small
country as compared v.ith the United
States and with interests cent .cd in tho
one city of London, that the central ban!c
system is most comprehensive and suc
cessful in the great empire of Russia.
In England a central bank is practical,
for as far as finance gees London is Eng
land, and it is, therefore, most natural and
logical that the Bank of England, a Lon
don institution, should successfully handle
the country's financial matters. The con
ditions iv the United States, however, as
compared wii.» England, are vastly differ
ent, and, in respect to their fitness 10 be
presided over by one central bank, they
are at complete variance with the condi
tions in Russia.
A great part of Russia is decidedly prim
itive In its industrial and commercial prog
ress, and, therefore, questions of the higher
side of finance are very limited in their
fields. Russian commercial interests are so
centred as to make a national bank mosi
feasible. But consider, on the other hand,
the commercial conditions as they exist
here in the United States.
Ne-=v York, It is true, is our financial
centre, and as New York goes so the
country is pretty likely to follow. But
New York cannot systematize and keep in
a normal trend the commercial conditions
of the several centres of trade in this
country, nor can she keep credit on a.
pioperly elastic basis throughout the states.
The country is new, development ie fast,
and with the great building ami financial
operations that are constantly in progress
a system of credit Is called for vastly dif
ferent from that of a staid and conserva
tive country like England.
There is no question in my mind that
some reform in the nation's finance is
needed, but I believe that the matter w;ll
adjust ltsolf normally and gradually, and
I do not believe that the arbitrary adjust
ment of th© problem by the establishment
of a central bank would by any manner
of means place tho monetary and credit
system on a serene basis.
INSURGENT.
New York. Jan. -<\ 1910.
A SUGGESTION TO SUFFRAGISTS.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: If the suffragist women really mean
business, why don't they go about their
politics In a practical manner? What's the
good of their everlasting talking, except as
a constant reminder that they are women?
There is no question that they have as
many opponents among their own sex as
among the men. Knowing this, the men, at
present controlling legislation, toll them
that when they can show that all women
want rage they shall have It. Now. if
the womenites are really in earnest and
have any ability In practical politics, why
not organize by states, counties and towns
and have a general woman primary all
over the country to determine the vox
mullebrl, so to say? The men are quite
willing not to mix in this brand of politic*,
and the women can run the entire primary
machinery to suit themselves. By such
organization and primary the country will
not only know what the consensus of
woman opinion is on this disputed subject
but the women themselves can show what
they can do in handling tin: actualities of
an election. Let them choose ■ day, in
June next, say, when the weather Is likely to
be fair, and on that day call ull the femi
nine hosts to the polling places and get
their votes for or against the enfranchise
ment of their sex. The plan Is sensible and
feasible. Aio the women who are now M
visibly and audibly a t the front equal to a
practical demonstration? If they are. will
they do It. or are they afraid to put 'their
principles to tho test? We pause for a
reply! W. J. L.
New York. Jan. 28, 1910.
BERNHARDT AT $5,000 A WEEK.
I rom The London Express
Mm.-. Surah tWnhiir.lt is under com 1 „t
.0 appeal at the <\>lis<ju m Theatre lon
Mme. Bernhardt will appear at both th*
afternoon and evening nerfornmncea kmi
f«" member o) her corawTnv 1^ hy a
xnent lor another month. * t[l »- i a c -
People and Social Incident*
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
[From Th" Tribune Bureau.l
Washington. Jan. SS.-The President .Us
cussed the political situation in Indiana to
(i.iv trial a* Darts*
Representative Longworth is trying to in
terest the President In the creation of an
additional judgeship In the Southern Dis
trict of Ohio. By an act of. Congress and
because of the illness of Jud^o Albert C.
Thompson an additional Judgeship was cre
ntcd in that district, but it was provided
that when cne of tho judge3hipa became
vacant the office should be abolished. Judge
Thompson died recently, and Mr. Long
worth has called, the President*! attention
to the need of two Judges IB the district.
Oklahoma affairs were discussed by the
President, the master General and C.
M. Cade, Republican National Committee
man from Oklahoma.
The President has accepted an Invitation
to attend the annual dinner of the Society
of Cincinnati for New Jersey at Trenton on
February 22, and will address the Newark
Board of Trade the following 'evening- .
Senators Bulkeley and Braudegee and
Representatives. Henry. Tilson and Sperry
called, with thin, members of the Cham
ber of Commerce of New Haven, to solicit
the aid of the President in the passage of
the bill appropriating 8.000.0C0 for a new
federal building and postofQce at New Ha
ven.
Richard C. Kerens, the new Ambassador
to Austria-Hungary, called to pay his re
spects.
The President's callers included the Cab
inet members. Senators Paynter, Kean.
Gamble and Crane; Representatives Dalzell.
Boutell and Dwii?ht; Lee McClung. Treas
urer of thte United States: Ames Mac-
Veagh. of Washington: James Kldder, of
New York, and Professor Schroeder, of
Harvard. •
Th*; President atten-ied tho dinner gi%en
by the Periodical Publishers' Association of
America at the New Willard this evening.
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
[From The Tr:Sur>« Bureau.]
Washington. Jan. 2S— The Italia: 1 . Ambas
sador and Baroness Mayer dcs Planches
have l.ssued invitations to diplomats and
othe:'3 for a farewell dinner af tlie Em
bassy en February T. Until the return IS
this country, the flr3t of next month, of the
Italian counsellor. Marchese Paolo di Mon
tagliari. who brings to the ambassaaor his
formal lett»»r of recall, the exact date of his
departure will not be announced. Many
social engagements for the ambassador and
the baroness are belny BSnSS for the re
mainder of their residence hero. Their de
parture will cause much regret.
The Russian Ambassador, who has been
ill for some weeks, if still conflr.ed to the
Embassy and denying himself all so
c-a^rnents. but has sufficiently imprcwi Is
admit of Baroness Ko?en and their daugh
tor. Baroness Elizabeth Rosen, carrying out
in part their engagements.
The Austrian Ambassador returned to
Washington to-day from a short visit In
New York.
The Swedish Minister and Mme. d<» Tjager
crant? returned to Washington to-day from
a vtail of several days in New York.
Countess Moitke has gone to Boston to
visit her Darents. Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel
Thayer. and will b? absent from the capi
tal until Fe'oruav
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
[From Th« Tribune Bureau.l
Washington. Jan. 24.— The Vice-President
and Mrs. Sherman were the guests of honor
at a dinner to-r.Uht, with Senator Kean
and his mother. Mrs. Kean. as hosts. .Miss
Baker, of Utlca, N. V.. who has been the
house guest of Mr. and Mrs. Sherman for
several weeks; v. ill return "to her In to
morrow. Their sons and daughters-in-law.
who were here for.-. the large: reception on
Wednesday * night; : have- returned to their
homes. ''-\ ;\~ .- ;' : ■ •?;..-.. »]■:.-. " - :'.". :
Miss Ethel Roosevelt is the guest of Mr.
and Mrs. John R. .MeLfan, and will visit
her brother-in-law and slater. Representa
tive and Mrs. Lonjworth. and others while
In the capital. Mr. and Mrs. McLean wil!
give a large dinner party and cotillon for
Miss Roosevelt to-morrow nirrfct. and ■
breakfast at their country place, f
ship. on Sunday. Miss Roosevelt was the
guest at dinner to-night of Km Ric card
Townnend, and among other affairs ar
rapted in her honor is a lunch-on on
Wednesday, with Mrs. Bvekman Winthrop
as hostess.
Mr>. Richard Townsond emert-i.. '-
number of guests at dinner to-night. In
the party were the Secretary of the Treas
ury and Mrs. MacVeagb. the Secretary vt
the Navy and Mn Mayer, the -German
Ambassador and Countess yon BtrnstorfT.
the Netherlands Minister and Mice. Lou
den, the Spanish Minister. ex-Ambassador
and Mrs. Henry White, Representative and
Mrß.- Nicholas Lungworth, Mr. a.nd Mrs.
Chandler Hale, Mrs. M. A, Elanna. Mr. and
Mrs. Newberry. Mr. and Mrs. Larz Ander
son. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Keep. Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert Wadsworth. Miss Ethel
Roosevelt, Miss Meyer. Miss Townseml.
Rear Admiral Cowles. Count Ladislas
Cziraky. the Austrian attiche; A. C. Horst
man, the German attache; Jonkhcer W. H.
de Beaufort, the Netherlands attache, and
C. R. Siu:pkins.
The Secretary of the Interior and Mrs.
TO DESTROY JAPANESE TREES.
Gifts from Tokio to Wasnington Found
To Be Badly Diseased.
Washington, Jan. 2S.— Regret has been
expressed by the President and by Mrs.
Taft because two thousand Japanese
cherry trees presented b> the municipality
of Toklo to this government for use In the
national capita' have been found to be
Ir.fected with root gall worms, certain dis
eases and Insect pests, some of the latter
hitherto unknown in this country. The
trees were to have been planted in Poto
m;\c Park, wl^.ich Mrs. Taft did much last
year to have made the outdoor boulevard
and meeting place of social \\ ashington.
The Secretar of Agriculture s.,- .m
It necessary to recommend the destruc
tion of the trees. Secretary Knox lias ex
ptm ■ i to the Japanese Ambassador the
regret of the government authorities that
the gift cannot be used, and Colonel Cosby,
in charge of Public Building" and Grounds,
has conveyed reyrets to the Mayor of
Toklo.
PROROGATION IN HUNGARY.
Budapest. Jan. —An early rebuff was
■ ' by the recently formed Hedervary
Cabinet when the Chamber voted this
efternoon, by a large majority, ■ want of
confidence in the ministry. The Premier
Informed the Deputies that he was unable
to decide whether to resign or to dissolve
parliament. He then drew from his pocket
an Imperial rescript adjourning the Chamber
to March 4. The usual scenes of disorder
accompanied the departure of the ministry
from the Chamber.
UNITED IN RAINES'S DISTRICT,
From The Ontario County Times.
In nominating and electing Mr. Griffith
ah.^i Senator hiss Republicans of all
>..",,? , or °, plnlon - subordinating their
ay Preferences to th.- puny weal,
'»•.>;- Minir.l forces un <l demonstrated the
Instr, X, ene . ss ot> van y organization as an
Ith ' 'n.Mit ,. of the public will Mr Grif
maA hl , maelf an earnest and loyal party
1 1,.';: { * l'l«M ,-d to support Governor
circuit? n nd ,h, h 8 re^°f™ Policies. The. idea,
c tv I *'* Ulth n^'tcious intent by certain
knif« r v » spftp * rs - that there la war to the
fr.,ui Ot V e ?£ th^ c ••orgwiiltatlon" and the
,"i, " f l ■■■" Governor, has Ihui been
th« 4- , rIJr l J •■ x ' 1 '" I --- The organization in
view, 1 " ' 8 rlotl however Its members may
Uivs r« c.e .u vtsdom of an >* particular meas
lmDrrt?« the reform of the prlmarirs or Uu-
Us f«M m ? nt 8* thQ ballot, has evidenced
to i •"" in lhe Governor and In r*-«olv«
. ■•"l'l-M-i '„" 01 slavishly, but intelligently
*ntch «h 66 d rnln&lloni th ° reform* fcr
"men i»o btuuda.
Ballin««r and the Austrian im^.^
and »'■•••■ HenjrelinuUw werTtmS.
tho guests entertained at dinner to-m^
by MiS3 Mabel Boardman. -. - t"
Senator and Mis. Guszenhelm entertains
at dinner to-night the Postmaster General*
Senator and Mr*. Newlanda. Seaator-iad
Mr-. Carteri Senator and Mrs. Raj-n^
Senator Bt ■-.;.. i-*-*. Mr and : M- Thonu.-!
Cbatarrl. Mr. and Mrs. \Vill;.m, B. RtOjjZ"
Dr. and Mrs. Richard D. Harlan. Dr.t^i
Mrs. FrCmont Smith. Mr. and Mra. isaao
Guggenheim. Mra. Elllnger. cJ :>■„ ■/.
and Miss Ruggles.
Mrs. I.urton. wifo of th« new aaaocfet*
justice of the Supreme Court, was tin
guest of honor at a luncheon to-day, wita
Mrs. Frank B. Vrooman aa hostess.
Mr. and Mr.-. Tiffany Dyer entertained a
term party of young people at dinner to
night for their debutante sraiuldaustter.
Miss Helen Parker. The aasjpi • pa^
afterward went to the imall and early
dance- at Rauacher's.'
Dr. Cary T. Grayson was host at » 1*,,,
dinner party given on board the. May^owvr
to-night, and most of the guests afterward
went with him to watch the sailors at th«
navy yard in one of their weekly d*nc*a.
Mrs. John L. Gardner, of. Boston.- who
came on for the dinner given last nljht b7
the Secretary of the Treasury and Sir*.
MacVeagh in honor of Cardinal Gibbons, ■>
bow the guest of the Assistant 3<xr«tary <*
the Treasury and Mr». —ton.
The small and tarly dance t--ni«ht ir«u
an unusually brilliant affair. Mia* sum;
Roosevelt greeted many of ber youa^
friends, there, and Miss Harriet and Jlia3
Kathertno Anderson, niece*, of Mrs. it*.
were among the guests. Mrs. Haacen j«a
nlnga received for the comraltte«», wileh U
composed of Mrs. Francis New aa*i». Mr*.
James Marlon Johnson. Mrs. Rlcisartsoa
Clover. Mrs. Robert Chew. Mrs. Frank B.
Nbyes and Mrs. Archibald Hopkins, chair
man. The guests were, for th* mos*. part.
the debutantts or this ceaaon i:.i you^g
diplomats and men m hoc.
Mrd. Janiea C. Pilling entertained a yon= 5
people's dinner party to-night for herds**.
tan- daughter, Miss Ruth Pilllns. »ad
later took her guests to the small and eariy
dance.
Mrs. Gardner Williams entertained a
young people* dinner party to-aigat
ceding the dance.
Mrs. MucVeagL, Mrs. Dickinson, Mrs.
Wlckersham, Mrs. Meyer and Mrs. Baiiin
ger w*re the guests of honor at a recaption
given at the Congressional Club tMa"a£t«r
noon, when Mrs. Jamas Breck Perkiai.
presid'-nr. and officers of. the club wars
hosts. Mrs. Uuntlngtoa Wilson and i£rx
Beekman Winthrop poured tea, and tha
guests were members of the club and cthsn
in official life.
NEW YORK SOCIETY.
Mrs. Clarence H. M^ck.%..' gives a avrt^a"
this evening at hex house, in Madison 1?*.
nue, at which the ar- = will be Ills* Gtt
aldine Farrar. Ertmond Clem»n- and Frits
Krelsler.
Miss Electra Havemeyer, who Is to be
married to J. Watson Webb on February
S. will give a dinner this evening at tint
home of her mother. Mrs. H. O. iiare
meyer. In. East 6£th street, tor her bridal
attendants. Mr. Webb gives his farewell
bachelor dinner to-night at Delmocica's.
m. - J . •. :J: J : - - ■ ■ • - ■ - "--■"
:. ._ evening for Miss Charlotte Wyeth.
Dinners will be given this evenng Bf
Mrs. Ctarles F. Hoffman at her hous*. ta
Fifth avenue, and by Mra. Paul Morton.
Mrs. John Clafiin save a dance at Sherry's
last evening for. her. daughter. Miss Bessie
.Stewart Claflin*. one of tee debutantes of
the season. '] Th-re _, was ' no " cotillon, km
favors were provided for the guests, who
were mostly young people. Supper was
served at mk'nigiit at small tables.'
Mrs; Frederick Grosvenor ; Gocdridse. gave
a dinner last night at her bouse, in Eas:
73d street, for Miss Constance Perkins. In
formal I'uni ing followed. „
The Symphony Club of New Torn ass»
its ninth private concert last evemog at
MM Plaza, undei the direction of Dariii
Mannes. An excellent programme . was
given, the club being assisted by a few
professionals. The officers of the society
are Miss Callender. president; Mrs. Henry
A. Alexander, vice-president., and Mis.
Revel li. Kimball, treasurer, and among
the active members are Miss Margaret Do,
Miss Eleanor ( B. Alexander. Miss Harriet
Ogden. Miss Alice R. Wilson. Mrs. James
Otis" Post, Miss Dorothea F. Wardw«ll sad
Miss Josephine Halsted.
Baron Hengelmuller, the Austrian Am
bassador, who has been at the St. Rsgi*
for a few day?, returned to Washflßjas*
yesterday.
Mra. Payne Whitney vr\U give a diao«
dar.ee on February S.
Mrs. Adolf Ladenburg will sail for Eu
rope next month, to spend the spring ani
early summer abroad.
CHARITIES TO MERGE.
Two Children's Institutions Await Su
preme Ccurt Sanction.
The Nursery and Child's Hospital, yB
ington avenue and 51st street, and th* X**
York Infant Asylum. Amsterdam av«««e
and Slat street, are about to unite th*
forces, only awaiting the formal sanction
of the Supreme Court to complete their
plans. The Board of Charity has reported
favorably upon the proposal.
G. Morgan Browne, of No. 4t Pine str««t.
said that the property at Lexington avenu*
and 51st street would be sold, and if tW
city could be persuaded to release its clafen
to part of the property, a sal.? mutually ad
vantageous to both the hospital acd &*
city could be made. This sale is expected
to give the new combination of the *"•
charities a fund of several hundred thou
sand dollar?, which will b* expend** a:
Amsterdam avenue and «st street, greatly
increasing the work of the new Institution.
The new board will be made up of twelve
men from the New York Infant Asylui*
board, twelve women from th Nursery
and Child's Hospital board, and six •*••
tional men are to be chosen outside of t^ »
two charities'. Mr. Borwne thought It •*»
likely that Gherardi Davis would be t& a
new president. Mrs. Algernon Sydney Sal
llvan. president of the Nursery and CW^ s
Hospital, said the name of the new. *►
larged charity would be the New T<J*»
Nursery and Child's Hospital. More «*■•*
thousand children are annually csred >*
by the charities.
ENTERTAINS BARON KIKUCH!.
Dr. Jokiehi Takamlne. president «*^
Nippon Club, gave a reception lai« «^j
at his home. No. 331 Riverside Driv*. i^
Baron Dalroku Klkuchl. who will « lI>c " •
a lecture on "The New Japan-Its iwr
-lectual and Mcral Development."* in «•*
negle Hall on Tuesday night.
PRIZE. FOR POPULARITY.
The most popular student In the MJW
class at Columbia is hereafter to re«i^
the Income of C.COO. which constitutes jT •
Charles M. Rolker Memorial FunA «*"
llshed by Mrs. U M. Kolktr »* :sov««
ber. The class wiU vote In a '■"'■'.•.•
in^ for the most popular ■•■. » nd _
highest three on the first ballot y^ l> '
placed en the second ballot. Th« man i in
receiving a majority li to be elected. « . „
the case of no i; ■■•-■ the low nian-»_
be left out and the higher of taa i^*
i: a ..:. 3 is to receive lh« prli%