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WAR ON NEEDLESS SMOKE AND NOISE FROM MOTOR CARS Generally BotK Are Due to Carelessness or Laziness of Chauffeur or Owner. Having 08-SB* by its ■■«•■ an alleged re* di*ea*e termed v^omotor rhinitis, the ; automobile now stand* accused of produc er another ailment by Its not*. provlsion a'lv caned insomnia enginitL*. The symp- \ torn* of insomnia eacMßfta are restlessness. profanity and writing letters to the editor ! to the health board and to the National Highways Protective Society. IB advanced i cases the victim b^omes delirious and . imacinrs that the stilly night is filled with chujr-chuccinp: he counts the throbs o. th* -ovo'.x ing engine outside his hotel or flat and after he has wanted a million , fears that he has tost one or two H?ats and : resolve, to buy a hand adding machine . <: 0 a< to be correct in his totals. The ; la«t stage is a fixed grouch against auto- J mobiles an,! a gloating over newspaper ! Items which tel of disasters to chauffeurs. , Sometimes a frenzied patient hurts him- : self, and then again ho tries to hurt the . person responsible for the noise. I- was 1:30 a. ■ when a car drew up to j an uptown apartment hott-1 last week. The • wheel? stopped, but the motor kept going, j When the chugging had continued for ten j minutes, awakening every one except a \ naval officer who had just returned on j leave of absence from target practice with j the Atlantic fleet, ■ man stuck his head out of a seventh-story window and shouted: . -If you don't stop that blank engine. 11l i throw a load of furniture on it!" j "Sorry, sir." pined the chauffeur. "The j engine .••■-.- if I stopped her. and j ] gut nothing to cover her with." ••T.ike these." roared the victim ••■ in somnia engir.itis. heaving an armful of y^dclothes and pillows through the window. , ••and wrap them around that blank-dashed j motor. I think you're a liar, but I'll give « you the benefit of the doubt. Next time ! you'll get a bureau for the car and a pair ■ of dumbbells for yourself." That particular ehugcir.g was stopped, j but it is evident that every victim cannot afford to furnish bedclothes and things to j euppress a widespread nightly nuisance. Another case was recorded lately of a woman patient in a hospital who was aroused by the throbbing of a standing car. and in the belief that It was a tire i engine ran through the wards shrieking : •■Fire!" There ... supposed to be traffic j regulations to protect the quietude of hos- ; I'itals. Apparently they are not enforced | as far as automobiles are concerned. AUTO OWNER OFFERS HELP. The nuii-ance Is worse in high ■•■■-■ j borhoods than in the coorer quarters, where ; machines do not tarry. A woman who is < herself the owner of several cars and lives j in a hotel off Fifth avenue, wrote to the j Nr.tior.al Highways Protective Society the j other <lay: "I am much in sympathy j with your statement in reference to pro- j fcibitir.c engines in automobiles from run- t rsing while cars are standing. My life is made uncomfortable at night in winter end in summer by the noise -•... smell of these tars employed by this hotel. I have ap ;«.a!«>fl night after night t<» the hotel to protect me. but it does no good. I am con ■v meed that the chauffeurs do this men sr> save themselves trouble. Let me aid yon. for 1 pity any" invalid or nervous per = who has to endure this." Trie Board of Health has received a number of complaints, especially from per >-•ns who live in the vicinity of garages. There is noisy tinkering as well as chug ging at the garages at a.l hours of the right. Cars arrive at a garage long after midnight, and in order to awaken the man :i charge the chauffeur toots lustily on his horn, while keeping his engine going all th* tim*. The garage keeper is awakened and *o is everybody else in the neighborhood. Laziness or ignorance or both on the part of th<? chauffeur are responsible for the reather.ish racket of a -..■:•- car. Some drivers are disinclined to exert themselves to crank uu their machines for a start and therefor*- keeo the motors running. Others :fcirk that the motor will freeze in cold weather unless it is going full speed. as & matter of fact, if an engine is throttled down to the first notch so that it revolves very slowly. It will not be frozen by any temperature that New York experiences «nd will make no noise worth mentioning. Also there will be a saving in gasolene iind wear and tear. Something is going to drop on the noise i--jjj=ance if a committee of the National ■►iighways Protective Society, of which Colonel John S. Crosby is chairman, can elaborate the right plan of action. There are legal and oth«=r complications in the way of checking the sounds of motorists, although It was possible for Mrs. Rice mm^ her pnti-noise society to put a damper en the tooting of river whistles and the Elekira-iike discords of street vender-. AS TO THE TREATMENT. The Doard of Health may feel that cer tain physicians have acquired a vested rigttt to patients suffering from insomnia en f.iritis, and that it would not d<> to deprive U*e physicans of a living by stopping the c:us* of the disease. On the basis of the insertion by Dr. H. Holbrook Curtis that he had •treats hu::dr<ds of cases of vaso i';ptor ihinitis." rauwd by automobile s-rnoke. there must lw many thousands of insomnia engfnUis '-as-es in town. Doubt less there are spe'iaJists in both diseases— m»n who besan treating S| Bed maniacs in th*> oarly days of th* automobile and v.ho can now tell at a glance which motor complaint a visitor hat acquired. Until Ibc airship brings in a new scries of dis eases, it might be considered inequitable i<> deprive the auto specialists of their practice. Dr. Lederie. president of the Board of Health, fji.l not indicate last week what he intended to do aboui the anti-smoke com- Plaint t-ejit to iiim by thirty physicians. II no action is taken for :t few months the city may save quite a lot of ... There is a reason. Haiiey's comet is due in this vicinity some time in the spring or early suir.mer. The aforesaid comet, it has been ]«-arn»-d. Las a tail composed of cyanogen pas. which is not much worse than the gas emitted by many automobiles in New York •treet& By waiting a while it will be pos- EXHe to lay the blame for automobile smells on the comet, and before th*- indignant as tronomers can prove an alibi for their pet the natives of Gotham will become ac climated to the caus.' of vasomotor rhinitis arid will tolerate it as they do the subway crush ana other familiar evils. Colonel Crosby said not long ago that nrth avenue air was choked with motor £«iw»e. which even impeded vision. Women's tiothes were ruined Jifid shopkeepers on the aristocratic boulevjrd were losing trau«\ The Park Commissioner haa suec-ceded in preventing the - of grass and trees In the parks by a rule against smoking ma chines. Should not Jhe poisoning of citi- M> on the streets b« likewise prevented? Tii* iog:c is good, but it remains to be seen «"fc«-?ber the Board of Aldermen can bs r*3u.'L«rO by a little thing- iike logic when they punts on an anti-smoke ordinance to be Presented to them. I Dr. . - .• • roach -■ ♦ ■ I ...r;t >>t t:,e smoke producing automobiles. The air filled will gasolene smoke produces an inflam mation of the membrances that makes any disturbance worse. I have treated hun dreds of cases of vasomotor rhinitis caused by this automobile nuisance. It is much the same as hay fever." SOME REGULATIONS ABROAD. London. Paris and Berlin have abolished the firink" nuisance by a system of fines and cancellation of licenses as punishment for the maintenance of pas vomiting oars«. Smoke should not extend more than fifteen feet behind an automobile. An excessive amount of it Eg caused by flooding; the cylinders with oil. which pets into the drip pans and becomes overheated. A poor quality of oil makes a worse stench when turned to vnpor. In some machines there is a "baffle plate" on the end of the cylin der, which prevents an excess of oil from accumulating:. Reckless driving, an early and seemingly permanent phase of the automobile evil, will receive ■ check if the request of Dis trict Attorney Whitman for eight new as sistants for the magistrates' courts is granted. Mr. Whitman, who was counsel for the National Highways Protective So ciety, is attending to the prosecution of speeders with special energy. An illustration of the defective system of registration of cars and owners was given by a firm of lawyers, who were engaged by ■ woman who was run down by a taxicab near 54th street and Broadway. The law yers were about to sue the owner, whose name was furnished to them by the Secre tary of State, when they discovered that the car was leased to a waiter employed In a Broadway restaurant. Suit was brought against the waiter and a judgment of $200 obtained, and then it was found that the defendant had no property with which to satisfy tho judgment. There is only one concern in the United States, the Auto Directories Company, Inc.. which keeps full lists of automobile owners and numbers throusnout the country. Po lice authorities, societies engaged in auto mobile reform and manufacturers must ail go to this concern for information. When .- small boy. as happens, chalks down the number of a fleeing car which has run over some one. the police telephone the number, if it is not on their New York State list supplied by the company, to the company headquarters, and learn the name and ad dress of the owner, as well as the make of car. The number of the chauffeur's badge makes his identity and address known through another list. A representative of the company in about thirty state capitals where automobiles are registered sends In daily the new names and numbers. About 255.9-57 cars are registered in all the states, and there are about half as many chauf feurs. GIVE FICTITIOUS ADDRESSES. In violation of law and in defeat of the ends of justice, when an accident or crime has occurred, many fictitious address*?? are registered and appear on the automobile lists. Automobile companies give their ad dress in Broadway as the residence of pur chasers of cars. By this means an owner or chauffeur wanted by the police, though he will ultimately be discovered, is often enabled to escape immediate arrest. In one case it took three months for the directory company to find the real address of an owner. There is an enormous uk of fraudulent numbers in New York City, according to an officer of the directory company. Not less than two thousand automobiles are go ing around town with fictitious numbers on them. These numbers run below 14.000. and are seen on up-io-date car? with rear entrance tonnes which were not built be fore IM while the numbers were issued for a more ancient type of machine. Thus old numbers are used on new cars. A:. owr.er will mmii a misdemeanor to save J2 on a registration. An owner who is sued for damages caused by a car which he possessed years ago and which has passed through half a dozen hands PARR COULD HAVE SOLD SUGAR EVIDENCE FOR $25,000 Collector Loeb Tells of a Futile Attempt to Bribe Informer and Also of Threats to Murder Him. By James B. Morrow. In the days when William Loeb. Jr.— Mr. Roosevelt still calls him "Billy"-was the second most important man around the Whit*- House, he wore a froCk coat that always looked brand new. and a Bilk hat that always appeared to have just left the iron, and a halting, who-goes-there? smile that seemed to say: "You nay see and hear artillery fire in the next room now and then, but out in the iecretaiy-s off.cc you will Bad sagacity. tranquillity and a paucity of unnecessary word?." . , ,' Now dressed for a battle with smuggler and scale falsifiers, he uniforms himself for the undertaking by wearing a business suit and an >■■■■ shirt. However, he la a- self-contained, leisurely and pleasantly remote a*, ever. With him the application and finish of human manners has become a practical science. It was Mr. Loco's habit as the counsellor and comrade of Mr. Roosevelt always to bc readinsr a letter or a document when any one was shown into his presence. The trick. psychologically, was n ps«sslv« and effec tive Thus the eagrr fires of the caller were cooled for ■ moment, and in the dignity and dec-rum of the visible situation be re duced his prearranged speech at least a 0 per cent. Besides, from bains a free and familiar American sovereign, with constitu famUiar Amencan s<> v en ign. «il tional nd traditional privilege*^ *g*i sally dwindled, standing and waiting, untl. he was nothing Boars imposing than a humble petitioner. Of good stature and having a strong frame tight.y put together. Mr. Loeb nas ay-brown eyes, black hair and a has. voice His knowledge of men Is prec.se and continental. Shrewd, wise and unafraid he usually lights with smokeless I"-"'- but sugar m-n and smuggler, will confess, no doubt that a. close quarters he ,- equally dangerous with a club or bayonet. • i!,., smuggling as bad as stealing? 1 rSSlins and smuggling." he ans^red ••a-.> the same thing. A smuggler, in my o^nion would steal from an individual; In rough language, he is a thief." How much money have the sugar people recently paid to the national government in tariff duties that were secretly evaded? I Snq Thl d trust has made restitution in the ,J of $3,444.^4 37. "nd the- Arbuokles in the sum of $63">,<X»." -When and how did you get into the . the year 1901 Wchard Parr, since XEW-YORK DAILY TTUBUXE, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1010. OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL HIGHWAYS PROTECTIVE SOCIETY. WHICH IS PUSHING THE MOVE MENT AGAINST AUTOMOBILE NUISANCES. COLONEL E. S. CORNELL. Secretary. AN AUTOMOBILE EMITTING CLOUDS OF EVIL SMELLING SMOKE. AS UNNECESSARY A£ IT !S ANNOYING- may blame himself for the annoyance, ■ he should have informed the Secre tary of State w hen he disposed of the car. Nine out of ten policemen can't tell whether an automobile number is genuine oi fraudulent, an< ■ not anxious to study I;-- rather complicated registration systems of the various states in order to find our. A few policemen did seem to show a laudable interest m learning all about registrations, but ii was found That instead of applyms their knowledge to pre vent law breaking they used it as a means of privat" graft After poring •■■ lists, they went to the delinquent owners of ears and s;<u money for n"t carrying their knowledge further. In New Tors: State automobile registra tion is • i:-ri.t years old, and is indefinitely good. New Jersey and Rhode Island re quire new reg -■ tioi eai ■ ear. There a.--- serial numbers in 'His s<.' ; .-. but in >;• -.v Jers< ■ and lie consecutive sei -s o< ( letters • - - utive : let ters are used with figures only up to 100 - deal* rs' licenses which bt-gin with a cipher. Connecticut uses toe I then widely noted for obtaining all the facts that the government has used in its suits and prosecutions, called on me in Washing ton. We were schoolboys, together in Al bany, '": I had lost track of him. He told me he was n sugar sampler on the docks in Brooklyn at !<I,OOO a year; that his mother was ill and required medical attention, and that he had to help two of his married sis ters and their small children. lie had tried to make his salary reach, but the needs of — depending on him were so great that he was getting into debt, and serious finan cial difficulties threatened him. In short, he came to me for promotion. As an old friend, lie thought 1 might assist him. "However, the regulations of the service prevented me from complying with his re- Quest. He then said there "ere rumors on the docks of frauds against the govern ment in the matter of weights, and asked m* if he could be detailed on special ser vice to get the facts. 1 talked the case over' with President Roosevelt, and Parr was authorized to proceed with his investi gation. He was to be paid $:. a day. ••The result Of his work is known, I sup pose, to nearly every one in the United States. Ho discovered the secret springs In the scales on the docks in New York, by means of which certain importers of sugar cheated the government out of immense sums o: mono The facts he unearthed have been used by the government in its prosecution of the men charged with crimes and In Its suits against tne Sugar Trust and other importers. Specifically, Parr has caused the lump sum of $4,129,304 to be paid into the United States Treasury, and has stopped a swindling operation that might have gone on indefinitely. Furthermore, Us discovery has tightened things to the' profit of the government at all the ports on both sides of the country "Parr himself," Mr. Loeb went on to say, •is an invigorating and interesting human study. A pool man, he. nevertheless, 'came through/ to the honor of himself and hu manity First, he was offered BSJQO for the spring i" i" 1 " 11 in the scales. The .sprint- was a tangible proof of guilt. He could have sold it and pocketed the money. Later ■■ ... was told that he could have f!00,- COO if he would leave the country tempo rarily Meanwhile, he was taking care of his mother and h«-lpin^ his sisters on the ?3 a day he received from ii .■ government He was pinched all the time for money, but he couldn't be bought even with IMO.OOa to turn iraitor to his duty. "Bribery having failed, lie was threatened with personal injury. Word eaoM to him that ha mi.hl be pushed oil the docks or HENRY CLEWS. President. ■ introductory letter C, New Jersey has M or .• for motorcycles*and dealers. English cars are seen in New York with letters and figures to indicate a registry district, while French machines show only numbers. Cali ; fornia numbers are quite common in town. Uniform federal registration would great ly simplify the correction of automobile crimes and nuisances. Chicago, Feb. 19.— Citizens of the Windy j City are protected from lazy chauffeurs by ! ■a state law, which forbids the running of any part of the machinery while the auto- I mobile is standing "on any public high 1 way" without an attendant. Chicago police stop the engines of standing cars except i when "warming up," even if the machine has an attendant. If the warning is ' ignored the chauffeur may be arrested and j fined $1 to $25 for disorderly conduct or I maintaining a nuisance. Governing officers of all park systems I here prohibit automobiles from making smoke in their jurisdiction. The South ; Park board's ordinance reads, "No person ! shall cause or permit any mechanically propelled vehicle to emit smoke, vapor or WILLIAM LOEB, JR. (CopyrlgbJ bj Harris A Ewlng.) thrown n.-iuatii a tniiri in the subway. Netthes eouM he be frightened into betray ing his iru.-t. Women were hired ■ gel him into compromising situations, detec tivea dogged his step^ nigh- and day. and each member of his family was followed and watched. "Still. Dick' Parr 'came through.' I knew he was brave arid honest in the ordinary sense, but neither be nor l could foresee the great temptations that were t.i prove bis Integrity or the brutal threats that were to put his courage t<> a test. Hunted, hectored, called a fool for refus ing a fortune In ready money and dm with deat!:. he suffer) d *nA mentally and bis aarvea alraosi broke down, but he was Caithl I got era mei • "I am free to admit that I sometimes feared be might, through sheer' exhaus tion, abandon his place on '• docks and vanish. Now that his troubles are over. I can *<••■ he was not alone honest and bravo throughout, but aplendJ] loyal sad grateful to a champion anil friend ii,. had come to me in distress concern ing bis mother and sister, and I had ob ed for him to President Roosevelt I told him all sJong that if ho. weakened he would Injun.' me as well as himst-lf. 1 The case of 'Dick' Parr is one of the must J. C. COLEMAN. Head of legislative committed. offensive odors •while in any park or on The per«ilty is $3 for each and every offence. Offenders are usually . off the boulevards till their ma king, bat if arrested are ■ c Municipal Court. MUSK NOTES. < ontinued from second page. afternoon of March 10 by the Hugue d • Societj of. America. Mr. and Mrs. Gustav Dannreuther. assist ed bj Eliaa A. Bronstein, violoncello, an ■ v subscription Lenten musicals at No. 187 Wesi T:-tl. street. The first was given is iay afternoon: the remain tak< place on Starch l. S Ai the third concert of chamber music - • • Soargultes Trio, in Mendels •• iM, nexi Tuesday evening the pro gramme wil] consist of Rubinstein's sonata in A minor for rte and violin. No n D minor (tivo movements) and r pay and Surd vouch adxnirable in all the history of human ■ • " ••\\'i ! beconn of him?" "He i* Deputy Surveyor of New York, 5< of the weighing on the docks. His salary now is $^,500 a year." "Ar< any professional smugglers reg ularly bringing goods into this country frit: • ' t: ada?" •a- ■ '••'.:■ toi ■- oms, my jurisdic • . 9 nof extend beyond thN port. However, 1 an: pretty well ac . ondition el Smug las gone to smash. 0 kinds of merchandise aie sneaked ■ irder, here and there, M icVeagb of the Treasury g that particular matter his per . good results. The duty ■' '-"•'^ goods, jew elry and irugs is fi» per cent of the valu« • markets where they were bought. Ip to several months ago smugglers ■were active between the United States and Europe, but they understand that they are being closely watched, both here and abroad, and have mostly retired from active business." "Would it be possible for employes on ocean steamships to bruis; pearta dia monds and other jewelry into this coun try." "Diamond and Jewelry dealers are co operating i> I ■ government, and they snd we have agents in all the impor tant cities of Europe. Jf any large pur r' precious stones were made abroad. no matter for whom, we have ways of . it i; r is started toward the United ■ "YV'i.it limitations as te goods are placed ■ .'nine from abroad'"' '•!■;.■ : • may bring $ioo worth of tothing or jewelr>' f° r bla own ua -and no duty need be paid." "V >v have had considerable trouble with tourists T' i - "Yes," Mr. Loeb replied with a smile. "I found that pc/sons with political, financial or social influence, or 'pull.' us it is termed, were treated with great consideration on our passenger docks They came and the) hurriedly disembarked, and the officials kowtowed to them and passed their trunks without so much as loosening the straps. The school teacher from Indiana, the mer chant from some little village m Ohio, and the doctor or lawyer or preaqher from the interior of Missouri were kept waiting, and then their baggage was opened to th" lust piece and carefully examined The enforce ment of a law does not, ordinarily, cause complaint or condemnation ; its non-en- rosment always does. The plain man and plain woman grumbled about the favoritism daily seen upon our paasengcr docks. More over, laxity and discrimination on the docks demoralized the other departments of the customs service. Other Municipalities Have Succeeded in Mcd- crating These iNuisances; Hhy Not Gotham? Areaakjr*fl trio In the same key. Noren's '.vork is a novelty The Olive Mead Quartet will give a con cert of chamber music In the hall of Cooper Union, with the help of Miss Henrietta Michelson. pianoforte, on Tuesday evening of this week under the auspices of the People? Symphony Society. The quartet will play Beethoven's quartet la ■ flat. Op. IS. No. •», and TsChaikow^ky's in E Rat minor. Op. $>. Miss Michelson will play music by Schumann. Mischa Elman. the soloist of the fifth and last subscription concert of the sea«or. of the Russian Symphony Society, on Thurs day evening, March 3. at Carnegie Hall, will play the Glazunow violin concerto in A for the first time in America. This work was written some four years ago. and El man has played it with success in Lon don, Amsterdam and other cities. Its com poser. Glazunow. has been one or the most productive of Russia's serious musicians in the last fifteen years, and this new con certo is said to be fully representative of his talent. The orchestra, under the direction of Modest Altschuler. will also be heard in Rimsky-Korsakow'a unfamiliar symphonic poem. "Sadko." and in the third Tschal kowsky suite, whose brilliance and sono rity have made it popular in the good sense. Its theme and variations are ranked among the richest of Tschaikowsky's orchestral productions. This Is one of the composi tions that he grew to hate (according to his diary of ISS4) before it was finished, but after a hard struggle with it the com poser's ideas became more plastic, and he professed himself satisfied witn the suite when completed. Mme. Kirkby-Lunn will sing the follow ing programme at her Carnegie Hall re cital next Thursday afternoon: Oil Italian: peri p£r!gero la sSTS» ■jisl-- -' cSSS* Papillette • ----- , Cartas.tat O wasai teh docb den Was sunj.:.-c. 1 O Nachtlsall I . Braiim« Das Madchen spriest , Heine Lleee Ist rriin "* I . L-fc>ola«-e • WJ * I! pieur« dans m.in cceur..( Debussy Beau Soir S Ttr—i ...11 Jeune* nlUtte*. £^*M The Sea. - MacDo»e.l A Whir* neat I .... Percy Pitt An Impression > Four by the Clock i . Ma':lir:soß To Me at My Fifth-floor Window.. $ Anakreons Grab 1 w^SSSSr^:::} Huso Wolf r>er Vresafl J Isabel Hauser, Eva Clement and the Saslavsky String quartet will give a con cert at the Hotel Plaza to-morrow evening, at which the following music will be per fcrmed: Sonatina for pianoforte «nd violin. Op. IST. Schubert Pianoforte quintet I Mozart Fantasia and sonata in C miner... i Sonata. Op. 121 (first movement) Schumann Quartet. No. 8 Hay<tn Rhapsody. Op. 79. No. 2 Brahms "Some Untold Stories of Music" will be the theme of six illustrated Lenten lectures given by the Haydn String Quartet under the direction of Gustave Freeman in the concert room of the Hotel Langham, Broad way and 1031 street, beginning on Tuesday afternoon, at 3 o'clock. The subjects and dates of the lectures follow: "Development of the Dance Form in Mu sic." Tuesday, February 22. Lecture by Arthur Bergh, secretary American Music Society. , _ "The Psychology of Ragtime," Tuesday. March 1. Lecture by Gustave Freeman, from Colonne Orchestra. Parts. "An Afternoon with American Compos ers." Tuesday. March 8. Lecture by Ar thur Bergh. -.-«_■ "Dissonance, or the Trend of Modern Composition." Tuesday, March 15. Lecture by Gustave Freeman. ""Tone Pastels." Tuesday. March 22. Lect ure by Arthur Bergh. . "Rhythmic Modelling." Tuesday. April o. Lecture by Gustave Freeman. Each lecture will be illustrated with the music of the Haydn String Quartet and. when appropriate, with the assistance of 'I issued orders, on becoming Collector. that all persons must be treated alike. The Wall Street financier with twenty trunks. I said, was no more in the eye of the law than the lowa farmer with one valise. Mer chants in Paris, London, Berlin and Vienna. selling costly goods to millionaire smug glers had their friends in New York write letters of denunciation to the local news papers. Gentlewomen and gentlemen, it was said, were being insulted by Collector Loon, their honesty wa*« being called in question, and their clothing was being ex amined by vulgar Inspectors in public. However. I am not to be scared. I air. afraid of nothing in the world but William Lo»-b's own conscience. "The order I gave is still in force, and it will remain the law of the docks, and all Americans, with pull or without pull, rich or poor, la high office or with no office a.t all. will pay the lawful duty on personal ef fects brought into the United States, and trunks will be opened and searched. "A3 a concluding observation, let me ex press the opinion that the persons who have heretofore brought fine clothing and jewelry into the country and have escaped the payment of .duty on the same can better afford to conform to the law than can school teachers and preacher?. Further more, our fashionable and wealthy smug glers, when sojourning in Europe, have al ways* made grreit baste to run up the Amer ican flag when they found themselves em barrassed or in trouble. At home they have more protection than do persons with out property. By every rule of decency they ought to be willing to help support their own government. If they refuse will ingly to contribute their Just share toward meeting the cost of running the country, I shall make them, when they come back from Europe, each with a wagon load of boxes and trunks." (Copyr'.gJu. 1010 by James B. Morrow.) ESCAPED THE FLOODS. The Hotels St James and Albany, with their charming location, runnnig from the Rue de Rivoll to the Rue St. Honor*, with an Old World garden in the centre, en tirely escaped the recent floods in Paris on account of the special precautions which were taken when building the hotels in an ticipation of just such an event. AH the usual luxuries and conveniences, including steam heat, electricity, etc.. continued as usual during the floods, which did not at any time enter any portion of th«» hotels or grounds. This should be good news to the many Americans who contemplate a visit to Paris In the n«ar future. AWAY OFF. • Borne novelists don't know what they're talking- about. Here's one who speaks of a girl's 'raven hair/ " 'What's wrong with it?" . •• "All wrong. Ravens <»on't have hair; they have :eath«r». — Milwaukee Sentinel. soloists of distinction The personnel of the Haydn String Quartet is: Arthur Dsrgfi. f.r?t violin; Louis LsK'/mk. i»^con«i violin; Roma In Verne-.. Vasts, and assMassj Free man, 'cello. MME. SEMBRICH3 RECITAL. Mir.?. Marcella Semhrlch's spring son? re cital will take p!ac» i C-iTr.~-&<; 1i3.1l on the ■ afte-noon or March I. ?he has rent to her manager a pr..<rarr:- c of twenty numbers. ot which nine are new to her repertory, as j knows to New Yorkers, and of these nine i nearly all are unfamiliar, .time for the very j good naiia that they are not yet in prtnt- Of such are Prof>«i*<>r H. V.' Parker's ~A ! South Wind." and two Polish songs by Sl ; ajssBBOSMI Stojowskl. now a resident of New i York. Mme. S«>mbrieh will also Introduce j a peculiarly arch little sons? by Zarzycky j and a dainty French trifle by Jacques La croz>% who Is the director of the Musical Conservatory in Geneva. Hugo Woirs co quettish 'Teh hab' in Penna elnen Lieb sten" she will sing in English. Following , her old custom, she will also introduce an ■M English sons in the first part. It is a ; setting of Ben Jonnons "Have you seesi • but a whyte Lillie tcrow." a lyric which is itself air,-, transfigured musk-. The com : plete programme is as follows: : PART I ! Old m Airs and s«aajsv : O. B*rpin* penger^te (from "La Sena Padrona" > F-nr>l"*t Ros?tKno!'s aiaoureux (from ■ Hippolit* et Aricie") rraminasi F;n«o per mm rl:!«tro •mmng^i 67 Paut!n« • Viardo:) .Author unknown Have Tou Seen But a V."hlte Lily Grow? Old Engtlsb ! 3ingt den sottlich«n Propheten (from "D»r Tod JSSSO. . Grant* PART IX. Classical German Ljeder Gr«»tch»n am Splnnrade Schubert rnlv-fanjc^r.nel' . . W>tx»r I.!M<=- SOT Br»ut. Xo«. 1 Md 'I .-Sc =«» W:dmun« i '" HachttfejaD . ... ...1 - --- Melne L;eb< ist gT"Jn. S PART 111. Modern Song*. Paatora> - BJzft I>'Ois»*aa alas d»i»<t»»» Traum 'lur«-h <Ji« D3mm#rtin« R. Strati** ! I ha-* a i. ,•••■»- Tnje (sun? in English Wolf Gdybsty by] szlannerr )»x!osfm . . . . ) «i<Yiow«ki IClcessu j«J niebo i«i«~l MaBHSSi S "Twist C's Two There's Naii«ht. Believe M* in Polish) Zarzyelty The South Wind Par%«r Mrr-* Kirkby-Lunn will give a. song re cital in Carnegie Hall on Thursday after noon. Her programme will be as follows: flnosa al ran!" mi" Peri , Piangero la sort? m!a Handel • Pupillette Carisslml j O wiisst »»-h doch dea Weg SBrt - ") O Nachtitfall . Brahms ' Das M;ifls<:h»n sprichr ; M-ine l»*b# M Bri!!» J i I/E»elave . .- Lalo II pleura dans mon'c«ur ) Debussy 1 Beau Soir j .......... I Jeunes flllettes. — Weckerlin i The Sea MacDowell •- A White Ro«e > * Pitt An Impression S Four by the Clock. > BBSajßSfl To Me at My Fifth Floor Window {■•■*""•"«"» Anakreons Grab. "J Verschwle^ene Uebe I Wolf 1 Wap.d»r!i»() i Der Freund J AT MUSIC STUDIOS. 'J. O. Prochazka. 'he piano pedagog.-" of Studio 1202. »'arnegie Hall, and RjraMßa, rag written a Jadean Colonial meiodrama. It is said to offer excellent chances to display Judean themes. American composer? ars invited to supply the melodramatic music. The work is> said to be of the dimensions of "Enoch Arden. ' Mrs. Robert de Forest entertained last Thursday evening with a lecture recital on Elektra." given by Misa Amy Grant, as sisted by Charles L. SaiTord. W. J. Kitchener, of No. 137 West S4th street, gave a highly successful concert at the Harlem Young Women's Christian As sociation last Saturday evening. introduc ing his mandolin club and other pupils. His guitar solo, an arrangement of the "Fantaisle Caprice." Op. 11. of Vieuxtemps. was received with favor. Ail of the pupils taking part in the programme showed much skill on their respective instruments. Miss May Kelly, with her banjo selections, also Miss Julia Greiner and Miss Mary C. Thomdlke, playing the mandolin and man dola. respectively, gave enjoyable recita tions. Miss Grace Eai»ton. now studying with Susannah Macaulay, has made such grati fying progress that she has been strongly urged to enter the operatic field. At a re cent musical her arias from ••ATda"' and "Rcrneo and Juliet" were so rendered as to cause much favorable comment. Mme. Kitty Berber, the zither virtuoso, was the guest of the Theatregoers' Club of America last Sunday. She played! several compositions of her own, which were re ceive! with enthusiasm. Mme. Burger an nounces a Lenten musical next month. th« date of which will be decided later. Miss Elizabeth K. Patterson will give in her studio, on March 21. a lecture by A. Foxtor Fergerson on English folklore, il lustrated by folksongs. Miss Patterson will assist Mr. Ferger«*>n and will sing songs by women composer?. Mrs. Clara A. Korn. the composer, wrioae orchestral compositions hav# been per formed at the St. Louis exposition and upon various occasion* in New York, has a studio in East Orange, where sh* secrudes herself for creative work. Mrs. Koro com pleted a symphony last reason, following a piano concerts written the year previous. At present she i.i engaged upon an opera, which is already half finished. B«iiM»» composing M"» Korn has a f»w artist pupils In piano, in whom t»h" takes eat pride. Eugene C. Morris, a pupil of William C. Carl and po« graduate O f the Guiirsant Organ School, has« been engaged as or ganist and choirmaster of Grace Presby terian Church. Brooklyn, Hsßlsßsaßj May 1. Troll Rees, also a pupil of Mr. Carl, has been engaged as organist and choir .11 rector at the - ■-■ Washington Reformed Church, New York. XV. L Wil.to- tenor, recently sang in "The Divine Birth." a cantata by Frank E. Ward, the choirmaster of Holy "Trinity Church and alJo of the male choir at St. Paul's Chapel, of Columbia University. Mr. Watson is tenor soloist of the Simpson Methodist Church, of Brooklyn, and has recently accepted a position in the choir of Temple Israel, of Hurlem. He has been studying during the last year with John W. Nichols, who has his studios in Carnegie Hall. Mme. Dora Wiley Tennis, known a- "tho sweet singer of Maine." assisted by twelve of her pupils, will give a musical this even ing at Dury«a's ballroom (Suite B) at S:2O o'clock, to which the public id cordially invited. These musicals, given every six weeks, are not for criticism, but simply to demonstrate to the friends of pupils their rapid advancement, and as Mine. Tennis ■ Coatiaued oa fourth pag* 5