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Literary JSletvs and Criticism
The Wonder Worid of Ants. Bees
and Other Insects.
ANT COMMUNITIES AND HOW TJIE*
ARK GOV::iiNKO. A Study in Natural
Civics. By Henry C. McCook. niu»
trated from nature. Svo. pp. a«i, --*•
Harper & Bros. ■
HOW TO KEEP BEES FOR PROFIT. By
D. Everett I/ran. Ph. D. Illustrated,
l^rso. pp. xii. ; ft. The Macnullan
Company. _
OUn INSECT FRIENDS AND ENEMIES.
By John B Smith. S. O. D. Illustrated.
Svo. pp. Sit The J. K. Uppir.cott
pany.
I.VEKOT WONDERLAND. By Constance
M. Foot. With illustrations by %. % >'•
Allan. I2mo. pp. xi, i**:-. The Joi.n
I^a?ic Company.
Mr. McCook, a well known authority
on insect life, pives us in his latest book,
"Ant Comjnunities," a study that fol
lowe. within reason and fact, the wise
kin*"* advice. He does not force the
note of comparison with human society,
the result Hing that when he turns from
tfcc MM to the other his observations
have rreater weight and appeal more
*-tron£ly to the attention. Much lias
b««en written about the ant. but in vain,
one fears, so far as the human sluggard
h concerned. This book Is ,a welcome
addition to the literature en the sub
ject, especially in the simplicity of its
«iescriptJons. Here are chapters on the
building and engineering, <- ant com
mtrnltiei?, on commissariat and public
*"•? private sanitation? on all the won
ders of this form St life. which pre
serves Its great recret of the presence -or
the absence cf a central directing power:
Just as gvciy eiiizen it I warrior with
out a board of war. and ■ poiicenfaii with
out • poll'"'' department, and a worker
*-i!hotJt « hoard of public -works, wo with
out a board of health evrry citizen at these
♦■mm*?*, republics is *• sanitarian. No
fctrc<?t eommisFicrierp arc needed to purge
ihe ■pvfrUr h«chr-ay«. for (rr^ry citizen feels
tn herf?lf the respcnsifcility of a street
*-*>TnmiSi. loner. laterally, every ant looks
out for her «iivn premises; and not only so,
>'"jt for her ii«»<£hhor'!<: premise? es ivell.
■d fact, ther*> is no distinction in this re
c«.rd. for «v«T part cf every e-treet is
h*s4 to b*- eqnaCy th« charge of every an:
Patriotism— loyalty to the interest of
ih< commonwealth, without consideration
r,\ self— i«: th« qualii;,- which Mr. Mr
«~ook bm ' first among the civic vir
1 ■!*,- cf tftes* sueecta. which appear' to
have reached that state O f which Her
rett Spencer sp*2ks, in ■which altruism
hh% ..,.. saw th<> .ultimate form of selfish
rt«*t, the rendition of continued -cxist
*-n<-e. How ants make war. how they
U&e prisoner?, primarily for food, but
also to- use as slaves; how they raise
their own mushrooms, manage their
•j weens, and take, care of eggs and lar
va?; <h*ir infant of communication, the
sW'ii '"'"■'■ 1" v.hirh they give hospi
tality, all this, and mnch more, is de
scribed at l*ngi.h, and with unvarying-
Interest. The illustrations are numerous
»ti4 clear.
Th«- .busy be* shares with tb« Indus
trious ant cur interest in th* wonders of
Its organized existence. Kay. It ap
reals even mere potently to mi for does
it net fatter m 4 stimulate our gusta
♦ cry nerve and brain centre? It labors
•>•"' us. a thing the ant refuses to do.
however Instrtietlre i<p "I'td'l OPTS?"?'
! as be*, furthermore, holds a place of
it«= own eg being -with the silkworm, the
only insect which man keeps in a s?mi
doroestic rotate of j.vartira! service.
Mr. Lyons "How to Keep Beet ts a
severely businesslike r-ieci of work,
though lie does not entirely overlook the
beauty sad romance of this form of In
sect '!fe. M i* rath'T disappointing to
!tarn from him that MaeterUnck's "Life
•■ the Bfe"J-Iss mighty good literature.
i>ui v«>ry ftbor liutural history; and to
rfid lii« iso Tier chapter "a "How to Win
ter Bees Kucfvssfuliy."* after the imag
inative flight with which the Belgian
closes Us book, is lik«> <*"in snofe to
csrth with a vhiul aft«-r a tin- frenzy.
"How to Keep Bees*! is intended for the
professional 1- ■< .>.• eper. for the fanner
■■ii.. c<>ntenji>la*"s keeping a few hives,
and even for our enthusiastic friend, the
jrenuine suburbanite. It is astonishing
to l<iarn from Mr. Lyon. who will profit
aMy entertain 1 1 1 - - layman, how much
has heeii done, and how ingeniously, to
facilitate and direct and increase the
work of bees, the improved methods of
housing and handling them, and a hun
■rei oth««r jnattcrs. In an age of many
adulterations it is pleasant to- learn, two,
that "the popular notion that it is pos
sible to make artificial combs, fill them
with glucose, cap them and sell them
.is pure honey," ha« no foundation In
fart:
M might ss said liere that there never
> --1 lias bees produced a pound of artificial
rr>nih honey, and so determined arts the
bfeekecjwns to stop the lie that the. Na
tional Beekeepers' Association offers a
standing reward of Jl.OC") for the first pound
of artificial comb honey that shall be
prod need.
Beginning very properly with an en
tomological chapter, dealing with the
Btracttrre and habits of insects and their
place in the animal world. Dr. Smith
proceeds to deal in an orderly manner
with his subject, which has of late years
Acquired a popular importance never
given to it b< fore, thanks, chiefly, to the
dissemination of ■ knowledge of the
relation of Insects to health and dis
ease as well as to crops. He discusses
their activities as plant destroyers, but
also as the protectors of vegetation and
it* friendly intermediaries in propaga
tion. He deals with their relations
toward «aeh other, largely predatory;
their parasitism on other animals, in
cluding man. but in this connection lays
ptr<>»is upon their insufficiently recog
nized services to him as scavengers.
One learns from Dr. Smith, by the way,
that one silk of the sMkworsfl has few
nenssntagpi ovwothcr caterpillar silks:
Tt is not ncsuly bo strong as some pro
dufvtj by othvr varieties, it is not more
lustrous, and It is :mt nearly so groat in
quantity. Its on»* great advantage for our
<:«? is That it can be n>oiy easily reel*
ihtn any ether known variety. The silk
worm . . . spins with v. continuous
ihrc-j«<J, unless interrupted, until the entire
COGpen i- completed. & t'iread nearly a
uAU- long, wljit:h under favorable condi
tio:.s cjii b« unwound in th»j name v.ay
«:;.* - without a break. Generally other
«N*i*T;»iiis«rs ;..Mt *ijin cocoons do not work
«-cnisriually; or if they <I<>. (bey make a
ti*tchwork affair of it. They may tijii-i a
few yards at one f-nd. break thb thread
r<ui in n few yards at another jjoint. and
:-'i en. nntil th* work is completed, making
p. cocoon that <-annot be profitably on
*ouu<3 or reeled. Then. too. the silk "worm
las ixt-n domefcticated so long that it has
developed some highly desirable qualities.
What the author says on the subject
of protective coloring and resemblance
5.? also worth quoting:
Tfcere Is no doubt that many insects
When in
BERLIN ;
Be Sure to See
Crunfeid's
Linen Store
20. ZU Lcipziger Strcei
pWN MILLS: UKDESHUT. SILESIA i
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I resemble their surroundings so closely that
(they are with difficulty to be .^eeu. but
' th<>v can be seen by the trained eye. Some
i species of moths nit openly on the tree
trunk! in city streets and hundreds of
j passers-by absolutely Call to see .them, but
j to the first entomologist that comes along
they are as obvious "as if they had been
placed there to attract bis. attention. It
would be ranking bird and animal senses
: very low indeed if we seriously believed
: that f-uch resemblances made them actual
ly invisible to those xvho.havo m hunger
the beet sharpener for the senses that can
be imagined ... .'-'*;:
Warning colors and protective mimicry
are other passive defences. Warning col
or? are simply bright or contrasting tints
that indicate a species unpalatable to or
dinary animal feeders on insects of that
description. That there are such species
there is no doubt Their drew expresses
the legend, "Not good to eat, " and so they
are left unharmed.
Insects good to eat have succeeded in
reproducing this warning color on their
bodies; others, quite inoffensive, have
cultivated a resemblance to insects
whose pugnacity protects therm
There are chapters (among the most
important in—th^e book) on insects as
carriers of disease, insects in relation to
the household, and. of course, on the
great war which man is now -waging on
his insect enemies. The volume is an
■Me popularization of its subject.
Constance M. Foot's "Insect Wonder
land" contains ten pretty little stories
about spider?, butterflies, ants, grass
hoppers, hecs. moths, beetles, wasp*.
etc., in which some simple facts concern
ing the structure, habits and life of
these insects are imparted to the little
listener, who may, however, bo « little
reader. In either case parent or gov
erness or doting relative must be pre
pared i<-> answer questions to which the
stories lead, but upon which the author
does not enter. The book's best use will
te found, therefore, In the kindergarten, j
where its contents can be used, as the
foundation for further talks by a teacher
with a knowledge of entomology. The
fly is. no doubt, beautifully made, but
the time has come to teach our children
that in its relation to man It is a pest
and a dancer without a single redeem
ing virtue. Man no longer requires its
services as 8 scavenger; these it can
carry on beyond his habitations. All of
which the kindergarten teacher will un
doubtedly t^ll her charges while dis
cussing iliss Foot's sympathetic tale of
"Fly Walk." '„:;- ;:,•
MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL
An Interview with the Author of
"A Modern Chronicle."
From The London Daily Chronicle.
"Perhaps," ho said, "the actual politi
cal situation In America is not very well
understood on the European side of the
Atlantic, and perhaps it is worth ex
plaining, for what may follow. A moral
movement, expressed more or less to a
political form, Is convulsing- the country,
!ike nothing we have had since the Civil
War. It ha*? sprung from the people and
is, making rapid, victorious strides every
where. I think it might be likened to
your national uprising, the English re
form movement of the M"£ It is not a
party cleavage, but something: far deep
er and far bigger than that. The issue
is as between the generous, progressive
causes for which men like Mr Roosevelt
and Governor Hughes stand and the
selfishness of the trusts which have
always sought to control the political
machine. The policy of the timocracy,
as, thinking of an old Greek word, one
may call the plutocracy, the business
trusts, has been to get hold of whatever
party liappeued to be in power, to capt
ure that party an<J use it* for selfish
business ends. It in against this thing
I that tl"- country is rising in its wrath —
<»h. certainly in its wrath.
"The people in general don't care
which party they vote for, but they know
what they want, and if they don get it
fFuin a, Ker>ub]ie&ii, th«-y wiH support a
Democrat. A truss' '-' is going on b**
tw<»en the progTtssivc section of the
Republicans and the other section, and
much will depend on its result. Tho ]>t o-
ple have been asking, what \*i tally affects
the cost of living in America, that the
tariff shall be lowered to a point where
it simply protects home labor. They
think they have been cheated on this
matter by the Republican leaders, and
they are stirring up the party, if the
progressive section of th» Republicans
get control, good and well; if they don't,
then a new party of progress, drawing
its strength from both the existing par
ties, and from all quarters, will probably
arise. Until .., recently American*, as a
whole, lvive not really concerned them
selves with politics. They have let them
drift. left them to the professional poli
ticians. But the great waters of citizen
ship are now moving, and the people's
will has got to find its expression in an
organized way — by dominating the Re
publican party, or by creating .-) new
party. There is no fundamental differ
ence between a progressive Republican
and a progressive Democrat of my age —
we see the same road of advance, the
same hope of public reform achieved at
the end of it.
"You would be astonished at what has
been done within the last five years or
so. Why. in that time, in New Hamp
shire, we have got most of our reforms
passed into law. It will take longer, of
course, to influence the legislation of the
commonwealth as a whole, but it is only
a question of time. Perhaps it should
be made clear that the demand for a
lower tariff in America is not to be con
fused with the larger movement on foot.
The tendency of commerce in this age
is toward organization, combination, and
that is clearly realized. People will dif
ferentiate between trusts and their pur
poses. But we say they shall be regulat
ed by the federal government in such a
way that while they are able to make a
legitimate profit- they shall not be able
to rob the people."
The name of Mr. Roosevelt came Into
the talk again, and of him Mr. Churchill,
his friend and admirer, said: "I think
he represents the American mind and
Its aspirations. There is, at a given
time, nearly always a man who stands
for and interprets the forward march of
a people. He and second to him Gov
ernor Hughes have been rallying points
for the new forces at work in' American
life. Mr. Roosevelt is a man with great
power and influence, and no doubt these
have grown. rather than anything else,
while he has been away."
Now to Mr. Winston Churchill the
novelist, only we shall, find that his
writings are associated with his activi
ties In American public life. He Is, as
Mr. Anthony Hope said the other even-
Ing, the fleet «.t that company of Amer
loan story writers who have been reveal
in? to America the greatness and drama
Of her own history. He has also been
revealing them to us, for Mr. Winston
Churchill has won a. sure and enduring
place in the esteem of English readers.
"I believe it to be the function of the
novelist," be said, "to hold up the mirror
lo his countrymen, and I have tried to do
that yes. I have tried to do it. More
over, it seems to me that the aim of the
Anglo-Saxon novel has always been
character, the presentation and, If you
liii':, the glorification of character. Char
acter is th? basis of Anglo-Saxon suc
cess, and naturally Anglo-Saxon novel
ists have constantly dwelt on it. What
I set out to do was to urite a series of
bocks which should present as many
phases as possible of American life, right
tip to the present day. That was and
Js my mission, and the novel 'A Modern
Chronjclo,' which I have fuel published.
fe!l logically ■to this series; for in
America we are undergoing a tremen
dous intellectual awakening, what might
fairly be called a renaissance. It is a
very remarkable phenomenon, of which
the political question is only one quick
enlCfC one aspect, one «vidence. You
rn«y gee it In our literature, in our archi
tecture, and we have even btgun to see
it on this stage; In fine, it is showing
JtEo:f in a dozen ways, it is a national
rlpeninc. a leap, not in the dark but In
the Jisht— ye?, ■ renaissance. Well, if
I may say so. I have always felt very
Clto« to rr>y countrymen, thought in par
&}{«] lint* with them, and T have in my
novel* *n«!!*rvor*d t*> glv« a vojc* to ail
4 \* A & f _**
NKW-YORK DAfLY TKfßtrrsE, WEDNESDAY, MAY IS, 1910
M AND 1W NOTES
Relief . for Navy Commissioned
Personnel Expected.
[From The Tribune Bureau.]
Washington, May 17.
TO PREVENT STAGNATION.-The
members of the Naval Committee are much
impressed with the statements of Captain
Roy C Smith, the officer who has charge
of "the naval personnel bill and who liad
mo c. to do with framing that measure. Cap
tain Smith appeared again to-day before
the committee and took up the discussion
of the bill by sections. It is too early to
make any guess ' as to the committee's
action, but it is evident that there is a
serious Intention in that quarter to report
some sort of bill to relieve the commis
sioned personnel of the impending hump
ar/d to adopt some system which shall
prevent stagnation in advancement. That
situation is viewed with positive alarm
by junior officers, who find that otherwise
the graduates of the Naval Academy m
the next few years are destined to remain
as lieutenants for eighteen or twenty years
before gaining promotion. The bill, as
presented to Congress by the President, j
is a complicated affair, and the fact that
it is difficult to understand some of its
provisions has created distrust in its ef
ficacy and apprehension on the part of
many officers, both of the line and staff.
This is especially the case in the matter
of graded retirement, but Captain Smith
has explained to the committee that it Is
Intended to do no injustice and impose no
hardships on officers retired under a sys
tem which shall create vacancies and
help promotion.
- The committee ha? been led to mako
some important inquiries, which may re
sult in radical changes in the naval per
sonnel law. One proposition is to change
the age of compulsory retirement from
sixty-two. to sixty-four years, thf> retiring
age in the army. It is considered in the
committee that there need be no such dis
tinction as now exists. This, of course,
would retard rather than help promotion.
There is also a disposition to reduce the
retired pay of high ranking officers. - It
is believed that three-fourths retired pay
in the case of rear admirals is excessive-
This will be a blow to those officers and
will meet with much opposition from them.
Certain other amendments to the hill have
been prepared at the Navy Department as
the result of criticisms. These amend
ments have been submitted to the various
staff corps so far as they are interested
in the project. Mr. Meyer has made every
effort to treat all branches of the navy
with fairness, and the bill is accompanied
by comments for and against from all pos
sible sources.
ORDERS ISSUED.— The following orders
have been Issued: -
A RAIT
Major GEORGE B. DUNCAN", 20. Infantry, from
Walter Reed G*n<-ral Hospitt-l, District of
Columbia, to proper station.
Major LORENZO P. DAVISON* (retired), from
Carlisle "Military Academy, Arlington, Tex.,
May 31. to his home.
Captain AUGUSTUS B. WARFIELD. 6th Field
Artillery, trvzu mounted service school. Fort
Blley. report by letter to commanding- officer,
sth Field Artillery, for assignment to a eta
tion.
Captain THOMAS F. D"\VTER, roast artillery,
unasijned. report to commanding officer. e.r
tiUery district of Xarraeunsett Bay.' for staff
Ants'. *
Captain HENRY F. PIPES, medical corps, u
signed to command one-ha3f of Company C,
hospital corps, •which !e to participate in
military tournament at Nashville. June 18 to
2*5: to camp of instruction at Chickamauga
Park, July 5 to August 2- and' camp of in-
Fiiuction at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Sep
tember 1 to 20; thence to "Walter Read Gen
eral Hospital, District of Columbia.
Captain JAMES It. PHELAN*. medical corps,
upon expiration of leave if absence, to Co
lumbus Barracks, vice Captain ALBERT G.
LOVE, rnodieal corps, to office surgeon gen
eral, at Washington
Captain VII.UAM A.. DUNCAN, medical corps.
from Walter Reed General Hospital. District
of Columbia, to Vancouver Barracks.
First Lieutenant JOHN' A. BROCKMAX, 26th
Infantry, detailed to mi vacancy in signal
. corps, vice Firs* Lieutenant GEORGE C.
LEWIS, signal corps, who is assigned to 26th
Infantry-
First Lieutenant VTCTFQH C. VAUGHAN. nufli
*ai reserve corps, u> Washington, to deliver
RddreFa to graduatinjr class at Army Medical
School on May 31; thence to his horn*-. ■
Leaves c.t :ibs?nce: Captain CHARIJW E." mor
TO.V, paymaster, on« month and ten flays
from July 17. Captain AUGUSTUS B. WAR
HELP, nth KieH Artillery, one month: Cap
twin WILSON G. HEATOX, 7th Cavalry,
lour months.
-NAVY.
Lieutenant Commander W. .1. 2IAXTQX an<f Act
ing Civil Engineer R. M. WARFIELD, de
tached naval station, Guam; to naval hos
pital. Mare Island.
Lieutenant I:. K. OOFFKT. tfetaeljed the Wis
consin; to the Nov.- Hampshire.
Ensljnt R. M\ SPOFFORD. upon expiration of
leave, to the Wisconsin.
MOVEMENTS OF WARSHIPS.-The fol
lowing: movements of vessels have been
reported to the Xavy Department:
ARRIVED.
May 16 — Nantilmn at Olangapo.
HAILED.
Ma:.- 15 — The IXibuque, from Bluetelds for Little
Com Island.
May JC — The Montgomery, from Newport for
TompkiiwTfUe; th<" Vicksburg, from San
Francisco for Ar-apulco.
May 17 — Th- Wolverine, from Toledo for De
troit: th-? Wilmington and the Callao. from
Amity for Swatovr.
PRIZEFIGHTING IN BROOKLYN
Four Officers of Marathon Athletic
Club Held for Trial on Charge.
Indicted on a charge of conducting a
prizefight, four officers of the Marathon
Athletic Club, which holds its bouts in the
Olermont Avenue Rink, Brooklyn, wre
held for trial In that borough yesterday by
County Judge Fawcett, who continued the
ball of $500 each fixed by Supreme Court
Justice Jcnks after the arrest cf the men
on Monday night.
Indictments have also been found against
Jack (Twin) Sullivan and Al Benedict, two
pugilists who boxed be-fore the club on May
2: Billy Madden. Benedict's manager, and
Tommy West, a well known boxing in
structor. The police are trying to find
the?e men.
HOFFSTOT KEEPS ON FIGHTING
Gives Bail While His Appeal to High
est Court Is Pending,
Frank X. Hpffstot, president of the
Pressed Steel Car Company and of the Ger
man National Bank at Pittsburg. renewed
his bail of $10,000 before United States Com
missioner Shields yesterday. This was pond
ing the disposal of an appeal by his counsel
against the decision of Judge Holt dismiss
ing tho habeas corpus writ obtained to pre
vent his removal on an indictment obtained
at Pittsburg in which" Hcffstot was charged
with bribery
John D. Lindsay, Hoffstot's counsel, filed
tlic assignment of error on which the ap
peal to the United States Supreme Court is
taken. It alleges that Judge Holt erred in
his action in dismissing the writ, in holding
that Governor Hughes haul any authority
to issue a warrant for Hoffstot's removal
and in holding that there was any evidence
before tho Governcr showing that Hoffstot
was a fugitive from Pennsylvania justice.
AN APPEAL FOR CHARITY.
The Charity Organization Society appeals
for $100 to provide a pension for a year for
a woman, seventy-one years of age, and her
granddaughter, fourteen years old. The
grandmother earns a small amount each
week by washing for others. The grand
daughter earns $3 50 a week. The amount
stated is needed to cover the rent. Contribu
tions may be Bent to the Charity Organisa
tion Society. No. 105 East 22d street, and
will be gratefully acknowledged.
The Charity Organization Society ac
knowledge,* with thanks the following eon
tribubtlons received in annvver to previous
appeals of this kind: M. W., $1; Gsorg<s P.
Ingt-reoll, ?5; D Y. S., J3; Charles A. Dii
Bole, **• Sirs. J. Heydenreleh, $1; M- Q.
Lawrence, ft; "A women," I' Mrs.
Frsnk K. Sturpls. I;,. Jacob Weinman. $1;
throusb "Evpninsr Pott." J7 s*; B- 8.. Jl; E.
II C $?, E. W. H., Cl; T. J. W\. JIO; In
Alemory of Teddy," $25.
WARSHIPS OF THE WORLD
j United States Next to Great
Britain in Displ? cement. *
Washington. May IT.— The United States
loads the world in the total displacement of
1 completed warships, with the single escep
| tion of Great Britain, but is behind five
other countries In the manner of such ves
sels. Adding to these completed war crart
the ships provided for but not completed,
this government outranks all others except
the British in total displacement, but ranks
only sixth in number of chips. Reckoning
the war vessels built and building, the
United States and Germany are running on
equal termr, but the former is leading in
displacement when tha ships provided for
in the pending naval appropriation bills are
added to the calculation. Great Britain, the
United States and Germany remain the
leading' naval powers.
These warship rating facts are set forth
in tables which Pitman Pulsifer. compiler
of tlie Xavy Year Book, has prepared.
Great Britain already has four F>read
noughts, aggregating 73,700 tons; the United
States has four, with 72,000 tons; Germany
three, with 55.500 tons, which includes an
18,5W-ton battleship completed since the last ]
year book was issued, and Japan one, ha\ - j
i:ig 10,200 tonnage. Those provided for will
swell the Dreadnought list to:- British. 17,
displacement 5K,700: United States (includ
ing two battleships provided in pending
bill;. 10, displacement 221.X"; Germany, 13,
displacement S7?,000; France, none given:
Japan, ti, displacement 118,410; Russia, 4,
displacement 92,000. and Italy, 4, displace
ment «>,OOO.
Great Britain will have 49S v/ar&hips corn
plot and provided for. of 2.106,873 total dis
placement, including three 25,000-ton battle
ships with cither twelve 12-inch or ten 13&
inch guns, and one armored 1i6,0C0-ton
cruiser, with eight 12-inch guns, not agreed
on when the year book was published. Of
these 445. with 1.755,500 tonnage, are com
pleted. There will be 103 battleships and
cruisers, of l.ESl.eSffaggregate displacement.
The United States. when its ships com
pleted and provided for arc in operation,
will have 179 war. craft, of 550.345 tons dis
placement, Including B9 battleships and ar
mored cruisers', carrying 204 large guns. Of
this total. 145 vessels are already completed,
having 6£>,7oS tons displacement and 138
large guns, 44 being battleships and ar
mored cruisers.
Germany will have 233 :-nir>i-. of which 139
are completed. It will have altogether 46
battleships and armored cruisers, with dis
placement of 654,334 tons and £05 large guns.
France will have 603 war craft, cf 755,908
tons displacement, including 46 battleships
and armored cruisers, with 73 large guns.
Of these, 431 vessels are completed.
Japan will have 191 warship?, of 493,704
tons displacement, including SO battleships
and armored cruisers, of 408.455 tons dis
placement and 118 large guns. Of these
179 vessels are completed.
COMMUTERS TO PAY MORE
Particulars of Increase Not De
cided in Jersey.
It v.-as finally said officially yesterday
that rates for commuters on all the rail
roads which have a commuting service
from points in New Jersey to this city
were to be- Increased ere long. But the ex
tent of the advance and the time when It
would go into effect could not bs learned.
It was said that the new schedules had not
been completed.
It was faid in well informed quarters,
however, that the Erie, which will prob
ably be the first road to advance its rates,
had practically decided on an increase
ranging from 85 cents to *1 25 in the price
of Its monthly commutation tickets.
At the offices of the Trunk Lin* Associa
tion, at No. 143 Liberty street, it was said
that several meetings to discuss Increases
in commutation rates had been held within'
tho last ' week by representatives of the
roads interested, but no one there had
any authority to say anything of the mat
ter.
Among tl>e reasons to be advanced by the
Erie an<l several of tho otli^r roads for the
proposed increase, in their commutation
rate?, it is .said, is that the commuting ser
vice has been operated at a loss.
The Long Island Railroal does not intend
to Increase its rate;--, at least until traiii*
are run into the new Pennsylvania station.
Then they will be raised, |2 a month more
being charged than Is now the rate from
Long Island City to Long Island points,
and % cents a month more than from CHh
street, Manhattan.
JURY FOR KLATZKO TO-DAY.
The panel of talesmen summoned for the
tri.tl of Herman Klatzko, indicted for mur
der in the first degree for killing Gold
berg and Lizzie Shapiro, was exhausted
yesterday yfier the eleventh juror had been
selected, .luttlce Fitzgerald adjourned court
until to-day, when the jury will be com
pleted and the triai will go on.
THE TRIBUNE PATTERN.
The blouse with the side closing la a feat
ure of the present season. This one is
adapted to all fashionable materials of the
thinner and lighter sort. Ir will be charm
ing made of "hongee, it suits foulard per
fectly well and it is equally well adapted
to lawns and batistes. In the illustration
It is made of silk poplin. »*h trimming of
messallne and chemisette of lace. But trim
ming portions and chemisette can be made
of any material adapted to the one chosen
for the blouse. Made from white linen with
NO. 6.63.-TIBSUIS PAPER PATTERN OF j
FANCY BLOUSE, FOR 10 CENTS.
the trimming portion of blue and the
chemisette of all-over embroidery, it would
be exceedingly smart and attractive. Made
from messaline, with the trimming por
tions of the same braided with soutache,
with a chemisette of net, it would make a
practical, useful, separata waist.
The quantity of material required for the
medium size is 3^ yards 21 or 24, 3»i yards
32 or 1T» yards 44 Inches wide, with U yard
of silk and % yard of all-over lace.
The pattern, No. 6,621. is rut In «lz.»s for a
32, 3«. 86, 38. 40 and 42 inch bust measure
and will bo mailed to any address on re
ceipt of 10 rents.
Please give number of pattern end bust
measure distinctly. Address P»tfrn Pe
partment, New-York Tribune. If In a. hurry
for pattern tend an extra C-<;ent stamp and
t"« will mail by letter postage la 8«ale<l en
velope. '
Of Interest to tOomen
W DESIRE TO STUFF THE TOUCH OF GEN
Implanted by Nature in Children
for Wise Purposes.
The public school children of New Y>'i'-<
are beginning to save their candy pennies
to buy toothbrushes. This very gratifrlng
condition of affairs is due to "the new
hygiene." which was the subject of an
address given by Dr. C. Ward Crampton,
director of physical training in the city
AFTERNOON DRESS OF BLUE FOULARD, WITH WHITE SPOTS. TUNIC.
" TRIMMINGS AND UNDERSLEEVES OF PLAIN BLUB FOULARD ALENCON
LACE YOKE. DARK BLUB CRINOLINE HAT, TRIMMED WITH ROSES
AND BLACK VELVET.
Schools, before the Public Education As
sociation yesterday afternoon. Th« ad
vocates of "the new hygiene" believe that
ten minutes spent in giving instruction on
the us«? of the toothbrush is likely to be
of more value to a child than ten hours
devoted to j the study of the structure of
the teeth, and that there is harm in'
imparting to the infant mind a knowledge
St what it may with profit put into its
ttoniitcli, even before it is compelled to
struggle with the difficult task of learning
to spell the name of that useful organ.
Dr. Ira Wile is in complete sympathy
with the small child in its desire to stuff,
and therefore spoke very feelingly on the
subject of ."School Lunches," taking the
place of Miss Mabel Hyde Kittrdge. who
hud" been announced for this subject, but
was unable to be present. Dr. Wile dots
not question the value of fresn air, but
thinks there is a limit to its powers.
•'It Is not enough," lie said, "to put the
anaemic or tuberculous child into an out
door school and say. 'Learn, dearie, learn.'
You must put food into it as well." 1.
He also recommended that the boys as
well as the girls in the schools should be
taught to help in preparing school Junches,
as an understanding- of the amount of la-
Loir involved in the preparation of a meal
would conduce to their future domestic |
felicity. -\ : \
Those with insufficient salaries, said Mrs.
Mary Simkhovitch, had to choose between
overcrowding and underfeeding, and lier
own observations had led her to the fon
dusion that of the two the latter was tho
le£S injurious. As an illustration she de
scribed one family of eleven that lived in
two rooms, but kept themselves well by
having good food, which they could not
have afforded had they moved into larger
quarters. She thinks some ingenious per
son might devise a cheap sleeping Bag
that would enable people of this das.-; to
sleep in pure air, and still be comfortably
warm. It was quite useless, she eaid, to
tell people to open their Windows at night
when they knew quite well that it they
did tlicy would be cold.
HEADS WOMEN'S CLUBS AGAIN
Mrs. P. N. Moore Nominated—Con
vention Hears Addresses.
Cincinnati. May 17. — Interest in to-day's
work of the General Federation of Women s
Clubs convention centred in the election of
officers. The nominating committee chose
Mrs. Philip K. Moore, of St. Louis, for re
election as president, and Marly all th*
other old officers were also rer.oininatod.
John Mitchell, former president of the
United Mine Workers of America, addressed
the convention on "The Death Roll of In
dustry." He showed that a large number
of wage worker* are killed and maimed at
their work every year. He asserted that a
large proportion of these accidents ara pre-^
veritable, and where they are not. th© em-*
ploycr should assume much greater liability
than he does now.
For help in planning th© n;xt year's work
for the physical welfare of school children.
William 11. Allen, director of the Bureau of
Municipal Research, New York, submitted a
list of 412 cities having a population of
right thousand or more, an.l an aggregate
population of twenty-two million, which
have already made effective beginnings in
the physical examination of school children.
WORK HORSE JUDGE 3TO MEET.
The 123 Judges who have volunteered to
Inspect tho entries in the work * aeSSW
parade, set for Memorial Day. will meet
at the Brevoort House on Friday evening
to hear General Manager McCarthy ex
plain In detail that It is the condition of the
librae that must count In the awarding of
prises, and not the condition of the vehicle.
The large number Of judges is made neces
sary by the many entries, the list exceed
ing fifteen hundred. Oivneru and drivers
are interested In proving to the public that
their particular charges are well eared for.
The parade is under th« auspices of th©
women's auxiliary of th« Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, of which
Mrs. James Speyer is chairman. It is ths
fourth to be held In New York, and Ue
promoters say it does » vast amount of
good in bringing about better treatment for
the horte»
It Adds an Unexpected Charm to
Blue Foulard Gowns.
V new glory of the blue foulard gown
and one that should help to lengthen the
period of its popularity is the touch oC
green. The ways in which it may °« Intro- |
duced are many, and the results arc some
i times so charming that they cannot fall to
aious© -the interest of any woman who
loies color. Tn one gown with a tuulc of
blue chiffon an apron of green gatin pro
duced a fine effect of gorgeousuess. The
apron was of the proportions of the purely
ornamental article of that name. and. or
course, did not at all resemble the one de
signed for utilitarian purposes. It was
about twelve inches wide and wan attached
at the burtt line, passing from thers down
under the tunic. Two or three Inches of the
pure .&reen showed above the turtle and
twice the quantity below, while between
the two spots of bright color was a strip
of blue apparently shot with green.
Another frock of simpler design had a
crush belt of leather in a soft jerrcen tone.
Tba belt was piped with a pale greenish
yellow and was fastened With a brass
buckle. On the corsage were simulated
buttonholes of black satin and small black
satin button 3 worked with a few threads
of green floss. A line of the same floss was
used to join the collar of creamy lace to
the black satin band with which it -niis
finished.
Green may. if desired, be used to enhance
the beauty of a foulard gown without
uallv forming a part of it. One blue cos
tume, consisting of a foulard skirt with a
serye coat, was completed by a black hat
of hemp stra^v simply trimmed In front
with two small feathers in a brilliant shade
of green fastened with an ornament of
pleated gatin In a still more vivid hue. In
this case, although the quantity of green
used was of the slightest, tho brightness of
its tone made it exceedingly effective.
A German doctor says that athletic train
ing should begin when a child is not
more than two years old. Owing to the
suppleness of the muscles in the early
years movement is no effort, he says, and
as the normal child is without fear, he can
be tansjht bold actions without being hin
dered by any feeling of nervousness. One
youn? mother began the physical training
of her small son at ten months. She found
that the exercises which were taken at
the bedtime hour not only caused the lit
tle person much delight, but made jj,
-feen in -the
The latest chiffon scarfs in plain colors
have borders about three inches wide or
cheviot silk, in contrasting colors, and cost
56 50. ,
Scarfs with Persian centres have deep
borders in solid colors, and sell for Jl2 30 In
the usual lengths.
The n«w net jruimpea have Dutch necks
and th roc-quart «r sleeves in black or white
and sell at U £0 each.
Pretty jumpers of chiffon and other ma
terials to wear over shirtwaist* cost M 35
and upward.
A new scarf is of black mc33aline silk,
having & full silk ruche, with a cord run
ning entirely around th» edge; they coat
!22 s<).
Embroidered linen pillowcases for sum
mer use are selling at $3 *> a pair; some
are scalloped at the edge and have a
little running vine above: others are more
elaborate.
Standard brass stamp moisteners for the
PTI C^ fT I IVT 39 < Dover street M
*» V* U 1 i\ Mayfair. LONDON. |
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AMERICAN LADIES robes.
Visiting I.**,* art i3i , {tßf/ ,0, 0 rlaxt ear | MANTEAUX.
Qrigiaal Craatioas, »j C 4 product* urn- \ FOURRURES.
U».oasly .1 ,*. Lood9a aadPaHs S.laas. } CORSETS. BLOUSES
DISTINCTIVE AND EXCLUSIVE LINGERIE.
Toilettes tor All . TROUSSEAUX. ;-;*
STATE AND SOCIAL FUNCTIONS. 1 MODES.
LONDON & PARIS, \^
ORGANIZATION OF NURSgs
Great ■ Incentive for Step Ur^
by Mrs. Jane A. Delano ?£j
The lives of thousands and perti*-*, *«*
millions may rest In th« organization «f is;
auxiliary nurses' corps now being; f«n«*t
by the war relief board of the Red Croj*
So said HIM Jane A. Delano. ehatrw»r. 3
the sub-committee on nursing of the i 3
relief board. In placing tier report ot tj %
progress of this organization before ti»
Society of Superintendents of TisaMaf
Schools for Nurses at th» Academy 0 «
Medicine yesterday morning.
"The story of the Civil War. daring whf»*
fourteen times as many men died efes«3
as of wounds, was repeated in th« Si>aaJ»\
War." sb« continued, "and aoght t» **,£
the nurses of the country to orgassssssal
against the time of need. Darhtg ths cita
War there was 'no such thing as fca]*j3
nursing. Th* Spanish War was oar *mj(
call st^ee th© beginning of our oreteaJa^J
and it found us unorganized. Th* ssmmt
call, if it ever comes, should flnd us -fa%i*
The Training School ftaperim«ndcst* *«£!
meet this afternoon at 3 o'clock wits *,
Associated Alrannnl of th« United gtatct «
the Horace Mann Auditorium of Teat»a»
College. Th» session wilt be d«votsd t3 a, :
consideration of. occupations for tevwgj
and work done by Invalids will t>« on n.
hibition.
In th* evening at Carnesle Han tij $«,[
c!«ty of Superintendents will celebra^ tS,|
fiftieth anniversary of the foandfag * Q,t
first training school for nurses, -with i&.\
dresses by Joseph H. Cheate. the El^tl
Rev. David 11. Grew, Bishop of New Tgr^ l
Professor Henry Fairflsld Osborn. pr«tMß| !
of the American Museum of lateral J3,. •
ton*, and Dr. Y/l!llarn 31 Polk, <f«a«"«>
Cornell University.
Th« convention of the associated atagg
will open In Mendelssohn Hall to-aonfar
moro»ng and eeatimio for two days.
WANTS DIMES FROM SCHOOL
Mrs. Dimock Hopes Children W©
B.uild Washington Memorial ?
DinM* br m«5» *«•.
Olvan on« by one.
Built this inljtitr pals:-
To jr«at wi»iilß»tor.
That's what th« school children «f «f
Unltsd -.?■' Bsny be singing firs or as
r«ars fctnee. It all depends 'ip**a rristiar
Mrs. Henry F. Dtmock, of X«. 25 Ease «*%
street, president of ths Gsorge Wastdsgbe
i llerocrial Association, succeeds th f*«4af
\ the beards of education of th« various
of this country to do what the Boer* \L
\ Education in "Washing-ton ha 3 just *me
her. In Washington, -whence Mr* Stastfn
'has Just returned and iwher*» «he wade m'
address befor* th« Charabsr of 'Ttrnnmi j
outlining the plans of the aasociation ttrMT
great public btiildias: in the natl-mal epial^
in honor of the Father of his Coon%
twenty thousand school children paid ti«ir
dunes toward the enterprise, each recants? *
in ratorn a George tVasfetegtcn TmtmaW
pin. As there are regulations forbHnsfl
the taking 1 of anything to sill into «• pub
lic schools. Mrs. DimcclE h3d to $* ti»
Board of Education to change the bjiaxi
for her She hopes to do th* same tn «eVr
cities, and to make It a national raoreaast 5
"It Is an educatisnal tnoreraent; 1 * mi
Mr?. Di*nock yesterday, "and that Is w*;- ■«•
want to enlist th«» school children laj'aaf.^
r.ms to erect this structure »• ar« tsaHf** 1
try the dream of the Crst Ptssltet bif' :
with the changes and additions demasej* m!
by the groTTth of the country ?!r»c» fits t^all 4 '
We hops to hare the audltor^in: at leasts
the Washinston Memorial E^il!4icg Tasdy
by the sprlnar of 1913, so ♦??- nrxt tnan&nl
can be held in It.
"Mrs. E!l'*n Spencer ITussey organised »
committee of TVashin§rton edy^tOTs T!sß*r
vr&s there, and they furthered th- wefj:'
among the school children. Tl • '""osibsw
of Comment j'T«>dgred Its help. Th« bom
ness men of Washington are planntog »■»
contribute All the patriotic socicti?s a»
interested. On Thursday I shaft SB«aK je
fore th»» Daughters of ISI2 In Wilfflicgtoa,
Del., and next Saturday 1 go to Boston :o
describe th*- movement to th". loniat
Dames there. A irreat deal of money is
pledged alreadr. and as' sees as we s*t tin
first 51,000,000 in the treasury actnal waa
will b<3 begun." ;
ATHLETIC FETES IN PUBLIC PARKS
One of the beautiful sights of tiie pre«
ent spring season in Xew York will bens'
park fete* of the girls* branch of t?;ePt>'
He Schools Athletic League, in which ser-'
eral thousand girls from the public m.tmtf
will dance and play the games thai tS«7
have learned during yie year. ." i^
These meets will be held in Hr<w»«t
Park, the long meadow, on Tuesday. 11*/,
24. at 4:20 o'clock: in* case of -jnfiavoielli
weather on this date, on Friday, May 5, »•
4:30 o'clock. In Central Park, th? green.
west of the Mall and opposite the "WlstKti
street entrance, on Tuesday. June 7. at 4:S)
o'clock; in case of unfavorable weather, «i
Friday. June 10. at 4 :30 o'clock. Any pubU:
elementary school which has t?on**«i
athletic clubs during the present ?«es»
may take par: in one of th« fete* if «••
plication be sent at once to Mlsw Je*sie ft
Bancroft, executive secretary girls' br»n»
of the Public Schools Athletic Leases. *i
CO) Park avenue. New York City. ..*
It ♦» a noticeable fact at almost at! «s»
summer watering places that tha oottaes*
have very little to do with the people •••
sojourn at the hotels, although thcr ■■•
have known them for years. P.'yond att*»"
vitation to one dinner or a Itmeaeon tti
to any large affair that she may f»»». »■♦
cottager-puts the friend »( th» hotel **
completely out of her mind as If !»h« **
lontr«il to another world. „*-■
!i! rary desk are very convenient: "■?•■■
enough water to keep th* felt pad at Si*
top wet, ready for use. and .-ost £> *»••• .
The standard pencil holders, wiih tZ9i* >
ells attached to the slender chain sps»
are 75 cents. '
A handsome uf,sl>*u for the baby earr*P
is Of flannel lined white satin, wit* **- ?
Irish lace and embroidery, and colt*
Little satin tooths, covered «tt6j*^
Irish lac*, with a lac? strap an«! Irattca. •»
53 50 a r«lr.
Baby costs of the finest ''■' l -*^*J32
embroidered and made» up over deMcs*\*F
slips. ran;« in price from £3 Z» to J*> p.
Coats of crepe de chine for ohtl4rsa ••*
six months to three year* of »s&*:*& J
they are elaboratety trimmed ass c*'e *'
broidered.
Little silk parasols covered w.ih &>* *,
flea in delicately colored silks for ****
idlers are selling at $1 25 and up«*l* >•