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6 Amusements. ACAPEMY OK "MUSIC— 2— Tho" House of a Thousand Candles. ALHA MIjKA-'J-J — Vaudeville. AAitIKJUA-N— 2 — S — Vaudeville. ASlXJK— r:SO— b:Lt^— The Aviator. BM ixA tCO— - .'• • — S :3<i — The Concert. BIJOU— i:-.ao ->..v Me* Bis- . . , BKVAL>WAV ---- As You I-ik« il— -Ma«**th. CASINO— 2:1."> S:K>— He «■!•■•' from Milwaukee. Cl BOiErS: 15— J> : :7>— Mother. COLONIAL— 2— J>— Vaudeville. --- _ "_ COMEDY— 2:2o— .s:l3— l'll •- Hanged If I Do. CKITEKIOX— 2:IS— S:2«— The Commuters. DALY'S— 2:3o— b:3o— Baby. Mine. GlX'BVJ— 2— Jeanne d'Ai. J— Madame X. FMI li.l" - I.'i >■ Secrt-1 S 0 Quick -TVauiWr '_.. .::-:.■••!; * QOkk WH«I1. ford. ■"' "■"*" GAKKICK— 2:I-*v— S:2o— The Impostor. HACKEIT-IMS— *■ :20— Daddy Mufard. mivmpr^TElVS — 2—B: l2 — 8:lo — W*««d«ville. V • HEKAU? IoUAKE-2:15-*:ls_The Girl , and th- X , , HIPPODKOMK— 2— S— The International Cup Hulk-: of Niagara— Earthquake. HUDSON— 2:C<»—b:."O— Nobody's Widow. . IRVING PI-ACE— 2:ls— Das Muslkantenaitidel— S:15 — Die Flcdennaus. JOE WEBER'S— 2— S:I5 — Alma. Where Do lou ■ i KNICKERBOCKER— 2— The Foolish Virgin. LIBERTY — 2:15—^:15 — The Country Boy. LYCEUM— 2:2t»—S:3tt— The Importance ot Being Earnest- LYRIC— 2:ls S— Two Women. MAJESTIC— 2:IS— S:3<>— The Blue Bird. MANHATTAN OPERA HOUSE— 2-7-8-A auSe- MAXINE ELLIOTT'S — 2:30— 5:30 — The Gam blers. .•■•.-• - _ METROPOLITAN OPERA HO'.'SK — 3:15 — La Pnh4»ir — *■ ■ ' -via Rustjcana. \A/lMi"'\ - '■• S:ls— Drifting. R E W AMSTERDAM — 2:15 — f>:ls — Madame Sherry. «- ' NEW THEATRE— 2— R:30 — Old Heidelberg. NEW YORK : 2:13 B:l3*— Naughty Marietta. KEPUDLJC— 2:I5 — R:15 — R*becca of SunnybrooK WAI ..\<K ? S :2< ►- Pomander Walk. Index to Advertisements. Fagre.Col.J rape Col. Anr-semects ...K 6-JlMUc^llaneous ...U 7 Auction' Sales... ll' "tNctice of Sum imnk^rs and j nioiis 11. » Brokers 12 1 ' Pianos & Ot«US.ll ■ Hooks and l'ub- {Proposals ...11 « liiaTlniii ... S 7 Real Estate.. ....10 • Buaiu«ES ll>*l Estate • for Chances II . Si sale t>r to Let.lß " 7 Carpet Clean ins: 11 7|Kel!gious No- City Hotels 10 7 tires » 6-7 D*^ks and Offlo*' . 1 Remedies .......11 « Furniture ...11 SiKesorts 11 5 IMvidrnd SCO- vines Banks. . -12 1 lict* .. ...12 . ■ I' School Awnclee. .11 7 l>om*Ftle Sltua- {Special Xoiices..-" 7 lions Wanted. 11 IM> i-urrcsat^s' 'No- Eurrpean A^-.*r • M 11 7 UienMßU ....13 5-7 Time Tables 11- <>-7 Tinanclal Meet- To Let for Busl ines 12 II i-P!=s Purposes. .lo 0-7 For Sale 11 fi Tribune Puhncrip- Hflp Wanted ... 1 1 51 tion Rates 7 7 Instruction . . 11 7 'Typewriting: 11 •! Marriages and (Work Wanted .. 11 5 IVatlis . . . . 7 7 .Mw-^vfa Jtribun^ SAinii'AV. DECEMBER L' 4. 1!»1<>. .- -• 'J'/tip iiviixii'iitvr . is otcncd and puh • lhh"l |f The Tribune Association, a ' Xcw York corporation: oflicc and prin , /1,,,, 1 place of business. Tribune Build in*/. \". i:a Xaftau street, Xcw York: ';■■■ ii Hills, president: <)<jden M- Reid, ' secretary; James M. Barrett, treasurer. The address of .the officers is the office of this newspaper. TWB KEWS THI,< if<tJt\'l\G. FOREIGN. — Witnesses in the trial at Tours. • France, of "Count" and "Couut ess~* d'Aulby de Gatigny, > ha reed with swindling the Duchess de Choiseul-Pras- Hn. formerly Mrs. Paino. of Boston, testi lied that the accused perponp.were the in carnation of honesty and charity. ■ ~ The Spanish Chamber of Deputies passed the ".padlock bill" by a vote of, 108 to Li"; the measure prohibits the creation of further religious orders for two years. •—it —^ A cable dispatch from Lisbon s=tat«?d that the plan of government for the Portuguese republic was based upon the systems of the United States and France. - . . At the opening of tie Japanese Diet, in Tokio. the Emperor emphasized the necessity for the main_ tenajice of peace in the Far East. ===== 1 Ramon Barros Luce was inaugurated President of Chili before a great con course. — — — The Pope received the car dinals et the Vatican, in Rome: they firesentwl th>lr Christmas greetings. DOMESTIC.— The Navy Department at Washington detailed Lieutenant The odore <i. Ellyson to lake a course in practical flj-ing under Glenn Curtis. '.. . ... It was reported at New Orleans that coincident with the sailing of the ' former gunboat Hornet, presumably for Honduras. Manuel Bonill/i. General Lee • Christmas and other former revolution ists disappeared from the city. : The' number" of dead in the Chicago packing house fire was placed at twen ty-four; a start was made in collecting :i .S2jO,«X>u relief fund. ===== A foreigner [•who said" he "was John Carnegro surren dered in Philadelphia, saying he set the fatal leather plant lire; the police said they did not believe him. :..■ t r." The Na tional Red Cross sent $5,000 for famine sufferers to China. — — Broome County, X.. V . voted in favor of establishing: a. tuberculosis hospital. — — : A robber held up Urn West Shore ticket agent at Highland. N. V.. and secured $113. CITY. — Stocks were dull and firm. .: — .— An anonymous gift of $1,300,000 to Ihe Presbyterian Hospital made possible a working alliance with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University. ===== More trains in non- Tush hours and the running of all local trains to Dyckman street were ordered lr the subway by the Public Service ' Commission. r= The Stock Exchange celebrated- Christmas with hierh jinks and a distribution of drifts by Santa Claus. '• — - — Controller Prendergast practically eboliphed three bureaus of the Finance partm^nt in his scheme of reorganiza tion. === A student from Bogota was killed by gas in his room in a hotel. :rr — - A glnta school to teach f.re fighting as a reform measure was suggested to the legislative investigating committee. '.. .: . The State Charities Aid Associa tion held p. public meeting to open the campaign for the prevention of insanity. THE WEATHER.— lndications for to day: Rain or snow. The temperature ve?t*rdav: Highest, 44 degrees; low *rt,23. FEWER NEW LAWS. Of. the making of new laws there has , seemed to be no end in recent years. Govern or-elect Di.v therefore, sounded a popular note when in his speech at Montreal be promised to reduce the num ber if he -could. *"Fhe people of New "York till* year elected a business man • "Governor,"' he said : "heretofore they "have had lawyers, and too much atten "tion has been given new legislation. , -"This year and next, so far as I can eon *trol the situation, there will be fewer ••new laws and all th se now on th" X"booksK "books will be enforced." We assume Chaste be ■ pledge to keep down the number of laws, and no ques tion ,-,... exist as to the desirability <f Its U-ii:g carri'-d out. The question '.« as to the possibility, It is to he feared thai Mr. Dix may find himself a little puzzled -when lie faces the legislative 'frrist, us he has confessed he is likely to be when beginning to reduce M atapttf»- Jicau extravagance." The last legislative M-st-!- produced 705 ])«. v chapters of the lairs of Meat York State, out of .2.93."» bills introduced. It wasn't a very good year i">- Jaws, either. In fact, it hasn't been for four years, because Goy^ . enssr Hughes used every effort to keep down the number. He WO!] the ill will 'of more tuau one legislator who had worked hard for tome cherished local nieafcure by vetoing it and pointing out that its purpose could l>e accomplished under existing general statutes or i should be expressed in tire form of a ; :jreneral statute to ♦over all cases of the port.,-;/ f A great |.': v Of the yearly batch of ' laws is cliargeable Jo the lawyers tbein pelves. Scarcely a day of ahe legislative eestlon .--.•- without the introduction of a few "lawyers' bills,'' making cliaujres in the civil or criminal codes wholly -unintelligible to (he layman, and ,ms to the desirability of which the law yers themselves differ widely. Daily tbd calendars are lumbered with measures to authorize the issuance of.bouds for school districts or to validate the acts of some notary public about -whose position a quibble has arisen. All of them, per haps, are necessary, and some of them important to the localities interested.' Yet. to the layman it' would seem; possi ble to save time mid expense by- the euaetment of a few well considered and carefully phrased- general statutes. I'ei- haps Governor Dix en get" the . Legis lature to do lii this line what Governor Hughes could not do. A Governor, however, can at best at tack only one phase of this evil. In the Legislature itself must lie the peal remedy. There is now no limitation oil the number of bills which may be intro duced save the sense and innate decency of the individual legislators. Not, SO many years, ago an Assemblyman from New York City, fathered several scores of measures in a session, of which one or two passed both houses and one be came a law. Some" adequate check "on the quantity of legislation at its source would bring the task of reducing the annual number of laws within the range of possibility. CONGRESS AXD THE HOLIDAYS. Now that "greater efficiency*' is getting to he ■ watchword, or catchword, in the worlds of business and politics,' why doesn't Congress' try to put. itself in better condition to do its regular work by. abolishing the useless holiday recess? The. two houses adjourned on December 21. to ' 'meet again on January ">. 1?>11, thus taking fourteen days out of a short session which by law can last only "nine ty days all told. * The - holiday recess of" Congress is a survival of times when the volume of legislative business was small and there | wjis little necessity for assiduous and constant attention to it. The earlier Congresses spent more time on political discussion than on routine legislation. But the ordinary appropriation bills of one session now require greater labor to prepare and pass and involve larger expenditures Mian did the appropriation hills of half a dozen sessions two gener ations ago. The chairmen of the Appro priations committees of the House and Senate have repeatedly testified that there is not enough time at the short session to put the money bills in proper shape and. that much vicious legislation slips through in the hurry and confu sion of the last week of an expiring Congress! The second session ought to be extended by constitutional amend ment to April Ho. But so long as Con gress refuses to sanction that sensible change in our political calendar it should be willing to make the most of the present time allowance for the short session, instead of devoting nearly one sixth of it to holiday rest. Congress lakes much longer vacations than any other department of the govern ment. It is in recess about twelve months out of every twenty-four. Vacations for the higher officers of the executive department are largely nominal, includ ing in theory one or two of the sum mer months. The higher courts take summer recesses which do not exclude incidental work. Congress alone matches every working day with another day of rest," yet it is also the only department of the government which shuts down at the Christmas season fur two weeks. Formerly Senators and Representatives were supposed to go, home for Christmas. As a matter of fact, a large majority of them now remain in Washington. ■font of those whet do go home could fowl as easily make that visit if the two houses should adjourn before Christmas and assemble again before New Year's Day. In view of the great pressure of work at the short session a recess of fourteen days seems to be a decided misapplication of valuable time and a hindrance to greater efficiency in the discharge of public duty. A XEW JERSEY UNDERSTANDING. The Hon. Robert Davis, of Hudson County, N. J., is frank and outspoken, as is his wont, in confirming The Tri bune's account of the manner in which the late Democratic campaign in that state was organized and conducted. We said that Mr. Davis, Mr. Smith and the ! other leaders of the party organization had selected Dr. Wilson for 'their can didate for Governor with the hope and expectation that his popularity would sweep into oflice a Democratic majority in the Legislature which would return Mr. Smith to the United States Senate, and suggested that the latter attainment might to some persons seem more im portant and desirable than even the election of Dr. Wilson as Governor. The plan worked,' and both Dr. Wilson and a Democratic Legislature were elected. And now Mr. Davis amply confirms our view of the case by declaring that away back, early last summer, he promised to support Mr. Smith for the senatorship, which, to the cognoscenti of Hudson County politics, meant that he would see to it that the Hudson County Assem blymen voted for Mr. Smith. Two additional points are now sug gested by Mr. Davis's plain talk. At the time when that compact was made between Mr. Davis and Mr. Smith the law providing for the indication of the popular choice for Senator at the pri maries was on the statute book. It was known that certain Democratic candi dates would have their names placed an the tickets in order to seek popular sup port- It was do-btless known by Mr. Smith, and probably also by his friend Mr. Davis, that Mr. Smith would not. permit, bis name to be thus used. So here was practically an understanding thai the law was to be ignored and that ■ candidate who was unwilling to let bis candidacy be passed upon by the people was Jo be elected if possible by Hie methods of the machine. [< was in effect a compact in advance to nullify the party will as it might be expressed at the primaries. In connection with that it is to be observed that then was I particularly full primary vote in Hudson County, and that in spite of Mr. vis's strenuous efforts hi line with his promise to Mr. Smith a large majority of the Democratic voters ex pressed their preference for soother man than Mr. Smith for Senator. The other point is equally interesting. It baa bean slated that. Dr. Wilson wis not a patty to' this understanding, but. that, on the contrary^ lie consented to become ■ candidate for the governor ship only on the condition that Mr. Smith should not he re-elected to the Senate. Indeed, it has seta slid that Mr. Daris's chief lieutenants and trusted friends, who might be regarded M his personal representatives and an* voys, tars that assurance to Dr. Wilson or to bis Brtendg, ami, that Mr. Smith's NEW-YORK DAat TfOBUNE. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 24. 1910. representatiw <i''l the same Dr. Wilson himself declares. The accuracy of that atotf may be left to the warring fac- Uona of New .Jersey Democracy 1" <le tcrmiiu, if they ri!n - What is beyond dispute is thai a great many Jerseymen who \oted for Dr. Wilson did so iv spite of The Tribune's warning, when if they had only beaded it they would not have voted I lie Democratic ticket at all, and also that Dr. Wilson himself, hi various public utterances, gave the elect ors of the state the unmistakable im pression that he not only was not a party to Mr. Smith's scheme, but also that be would not be a party to it and would not "stand far" its execution. Ap l-areiitjy t'nere was a marked conflict, or ai ie;ist a discrepancy, of understandings, the reconciliation of which promises a spectacle whic.i will materially enhance the gayety of nations. y<)W (JIVE! ' The hortatory phrase is somewhat reminiscent -old election times. Now give! It used to he the custom on the morning of an important election day. after the campaigning was done and the, tumult and the shouting, the brass bands and still more brazen spellbinders had ceased, to begin and end and punctuate all the way through a final appeal with "Now vote!" And we have a notion that such articles did 'influence some wavering and undecided voters. These are not election days, but days of per haps more universal appeal to the heart of humanity. This is Hospital Satur day and to-morrow, is Hospital Sunday, and so the order of the day is, Give! •A happy ■coincidence of the calendar accentuates the appeal.. For this year these days, which for many years have been designated as the time for making offerings to the hospitals of Xew York, coincide with the great universal festival of good -will, good cheer and gifts. Hos pital Saturday is Christmas Eve, and Hospital Sunday is Christmas Day. The circumstance shook! surely inspire gen erous giving. Indeed, it offers a happy solution of many, a perplexity. It has become proverbial that it. is burdensome, not to make Christmas gifts, but to se lect them. Now, here is a glorious chance to escape some of that bother by making the easy choice of giving to the hospitals. And in so doing you will be assured that, your gift is appropriate and is appreciated. It is thirty-one years since this beau tiful, and beneficent custom was estab lished in this city. In that time there has been a pretty steady increase of the total of gifts, though there have been some fluctuations, reflecting conditions of business. The winter of, 1906-'O7 was the banner season, with contributions of 1108,11554, the only year in which the $100,000 mark has beeu reached. But this year, which has seen- so many records broken in far less important matters, should certainly see all preceding figures for hospital contributions far surpassed. There is no more universal appeal than this. In the distribution of the bounty there is no discrimination between Jew and Gentile institutions, Catholic and Protestant, sectarian and secular. The only question is the amount of free work the hospital has done in the year." So there should be no discriminations among (ha givers, but men and women of all faiths, affiliations and associations should feel a common interest in a work which is for the common good of all. It is the season" for giving. There is an abundance of wealth for giving.' And here is one of the'wortliiest objects in all the world to. which to give. Now give! • ■.-,..••■■■■- .* ■■■■:■■:■ ■ OR A BTS QUALIFICATIONS. With Oiinsiderable indignation Sena tor Grrady denies the report . which The Tribune did not credit or publish, that he Las taken himself out of consideration for the post of temporary president of the Senate. The denial was hardly neces sary. Few who know Grady and Mur phy credited that report: the few who did had the wish as father Of their belief. Grady has smiled too long under vio lent personal and political attacks and official investigations to mind the little flurry which a few Democrats are creat ing iiow. }!<' wants the. leadership of the Senate, be says frankly, and intends to have it. But, more than that, Murphy wants him there, and nobody can doubt Murphy's ability to obtain anything he wants in the present situation. The sagacious boss discerns the possibility of trouble in his Senate. One Democrat from Manhattan — foolhardy spirit!— and five upstate, men are reported to be un impressed with the virtues of the Mur phy legislative programme so far as they have learned it. Six Democrats with courage enough to vote against Tammany— there were two in the Sen are at one time, three years ago— would disorganize Tammany's machinery there. Such a thing is not to be thought of for a moment. Therefore the necessity for Grrady, the very man for such an emer gency. His qualifications are undoubted. "The New York World" deems him per fectly able "to lead the renegade Demo "crats and the renegade Republicans "again." Murphy knows the success of the job Grady did last winter in killing off a direct nominations bill— a small job, but still, well done. Under the cir cumstances there was no need for Grady to deny that foolish rumor. CUTTING RED TAPE. Government, red tape is harder to cut than Harveyized steel wire. That things have been done in a certain way for a generation or two is considered an "un assailable warrant for continuing to do them In thai -way, although altered con ditions have entirely removed the orig inal reason for the practice. Secretary MacYeaghi is now trying to get rid of the antiquated law which compels the Treasury Department bo demand coin or coin certificates for customs duties, although it accepts certified checks for internal revenue and other federal taxes. There may have been a good reason forty-eight: years ai:o for insisting that customs dues should be paid in coin, there being at that time no coin certifi cates. Daring the War of the Rebellion the government needed gold to pay the interest on its bonded debt and was glad to have one source of revenue which could be employed without shrinkage for Hitcli a purpose. But since the resump tion of specie payments all the forms of Treasury currency have been at par with one another, and it could make no practical difference in what way duties were turned in at the custom houses. Yet the government still insists on coin or certificate! representing coin, ami will not Hike certified checks, thus incon renlencing those who have to make the payments and burdening itself, with the extra labor of handling large quantities of specie and currency. Mtetrbants In tills city will bo glad to know thai Secretary MaoVengh has pee oniinr in f . •• I the .passage of a tan perunt ting the. same .latitude in the payment of customs, duties ftfl obtains iv the pay ment of Lnternal revenue taxes. During the panic of !!*>" cash was hard to pro cure, and a itremitt'ii of from - to 4 per cent had t»» be paid for it. But the cus tom house was obliged to insist, on set tlements in coin or coin notes, while in all other sorts of transactions checks were being passed. There is no likeli hood of the nation's ever going again to a depreciated currency basis and need ing a source of taxation which will bring in a sure supply of gold. It can. there fore, well afford to repeal a law which had its justification iii the trying days of civil Strife, lint which has no effect now beyond causing annoyance and un necessary labor. Secretary MucVeagh'* bill ought to encounter no opposition in either branch of Congress. Dr. F. A. Cook is with us and enjoy ing the freedom of the city. But where are George H. Dunkle and A. W. Loose? The people of Florida seem to be liv ing nowadays on political excitement. They had two primary elections last summer and a real election in Novem ber, and on January 10 they will hold another primary to name a United States Senator. Mr. Broward, the successful candidate in the second of this year's primary contests, having died shortly after his victory. In the November elec tion a prohibition amendment to the state 'constitution was defeated by a small margin on the largest vote Florida has ever cast. For a one-party state the land of oranses and alligators is get ting a liberal amount of enlivenment out of politics. The engagement ring :nay be a symbol of feminine inferiority, come down from prehistoric ages, as the Passaic Socialist who substituted books opines. But most women are willing to endure the sym bol when it is properly weighted with diamonds. Some attempt was made in court the other day to ridicule or condemn a rich young man for complaining of a viola tion of the game law, on the ground that, being 1 rich, he had no need of the share of the penalty which would accrue to him, and also that his time ought to be reckoned too valuable to spend in such a pursuit. Those were false tac tics. No man is too rirh or too im portant to take an interest in maintain ing law and order, and no man's time is too valuable to be given to the pro motion of justice. Mr. William F. Sheehan seems to think that Buffalo is still a good place to be "put off at" for political purposes. For other purposes be will probably remain an appreciative adopted citizen of the metropolis. THE TALK OF THE DAY. An Englishman who spent two or three months in this country this y^ar has de vised a novel personal Christmas card to send to the friends lie made when in this country. It is a gilt edged folder having at the top of the cover the line, "A link to bind where circumstances part." Under neath follow hii; personal greetings. Inside are shown the American and British flags in colors crossed. Beneath is the legend, "Long may our flags float together and we be friends." At the foot is the sentiment from Shakespeare: I count myself in nothine: OtM BO happy As in a soul remembering my good friends. Bolivar was very unhappy. One of his cherished schemes had fallen through, and the man he had counted on to pay his divi dends had got away. "Oh. well, never mind, Bolly." paid Rank er. "What if Slithers did get h way' from you? There's just as his fish in the sea." ■That's true enough," groaned Bolivar, "but they ain't all puckers."— Harper's Weekly. CHRISTMAS. Oh, say, you good people with plenty, Don't look in your stockings to see What Santa has brought you this morning To cheer your prosperity. But look you, instead, in the stockings Which, empty, hang limp on the hook, And let, from your own overmeasure. Some Santa stuff follow your look. Then you needn't look into your stockings To discover what kind of a crop The harvest of Christmas has brought you, Because they'll Vie full to the. top. . W. .1. LAMI'TON. Indolent Ike— l wonder if it ain't a fake that horseshoes has luck? Sleepy Sam— Naw: a horse shoe hit me onect, an' I was took to a hospital an' fed an' rested fer two weeks.— Chicago News. Chanukah, a Jewish festival lasting eight days and known also as the Feast of I/ights, will begin to-morrow evening. It is commemorative of the victory of the Maccabees over the armies of Antiochus Epiphanes, about 2<wO B. C It is also ob served to commemorate the rededicatlon of the Temple. Wherever the festival is ob served lamps are lighted, and it being a time of merry-making and for remember ing friends and neighbors with presents it Is often referred to as the "Jews' Christ mas." "What was the greatest mistake you ever made in your life?" asked the youth ful seeker after knowledge. "It happened when I was a very young man, and consisted of thinking I couldn't make any." replied the oid codger.—Phila delphia Record. According to a Russian newspaper, Tol stoy left three unpublished novels, one of them fully as long as "War and Peace," and several short stories. Under a codicil to his will these works are to be published by his daughter Alexandra, for the purpose of purchasing the Yasnaya Polyana estate, which is then to be handed over to the peasantry. The moment this has been ac complished the international copyrights of these books are to be surrendered, as a last gift from Tolstoy to the world. "Isn't Miss Jones a pretty girl?" "Not yet. She will he later on. She's her aunt's heiress."— Lippineott's. Rochester's Board of Education has taken a stand against school boy and girl "frats" and pororitie-". "Abating a Nuisance" i.s tht> way "The Rochester Herald" speaks of the board's action, winch was taken on the ground that the secret organizations "promote exclusive and undemocratic class conditions, fix premature and artificial so cial standards, detract seriously from the reßiilar work of the school, stimulate ex travagant baitits and invivr a burdeaaMno. expense." "The Chinese worship ancestors." "How silly! By tho way, liavo you heard the latest? Mabel is engaged to a real liv.. duke." — Louisville Courier- Journal. In. an address delivered before a society of amateur artists in London on the sub ject of "The Caricature," the speaker, him self an aspirant for laurels in the field of caricature, said that the art could be de veloped best In a country where, tlie "dan ger of being counted with the disloyal" did not exist and referred to the freedom en joyed by the artist who has a sense of humor i' th« United States, "in the ajr« f the lust century," he continued, "the. politicians Of New York Stale (ate), -with Mr- Tweed at this head, furnished abundant material, and Benjamin P. lsiitlr-r. of th« army, was in his .lay the must caricatured man in the world The funny plctUfSJ of Tweed caused his downfall and those of Butler did no harm and Furnishes' much amusement. From what I. have observed in this direction 1 fancy that BX-Prestdenl Roosevelt is to-day at (he front us a >;i ,,. Kit for the caricaturist, and fudging the man by what ho has said and uhui by ku accomplished "he shares with his country men the amusement which ; this work cre ates." •■:? 0. '.■:,.■■- "In Africa." and the lecturer warmed up to bis subject, M a man can buy a wire ■ " a pint measure of glass beads —-- , . , "Well." the hardened : bachelor mumbled out loud, "perhaps an extra , good wife H worth that much."— Toledo Blade. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. A NARROW ESCAPE. To the Editor of The Tribune. Sir: While on the subject. of hat pins, permit me to call attention to another ex ample of careless as well as dangerous handling of this weapon. Last Saturday Bight, while attending the theatre in New York I saw a hat pin thrust through the back of an orchestra chair and into a gentleman's back, causing him not only a sudden start, but considerable after trouble. A timely i, -warning may save a llko occurrence. • ■ A RELATIVE OF THE SUFFERER. Asbury Park, Dec. 21,' 1910 , PRESERVE THE LANGUAGE. To the Editor of The Tribune. Sir: I see that Wellesley College has de creed that its students" must hereafter de vote Saturday afternoons to "the study of spelling and punctuation." "And," con tinues the news item in question, "it is rumored that a class in penmanship is soon to be started." : r' ! v' In my schoolboy days spelling was one of the first "rudiments" that a pupil was required to learn. But the preparatory schools of the present day are too busy giving their students a Emattering of "high grade" knowledge to bother with such common things as "reading, writing and 'rithmetie." The perfectly natural re sult is that a large percentage of our col lege graduates are wretched spellers and worse penmen. ' i ~ i ;v?:' i Speaking of punctuation, I think the "fad" of omitting points in magazine and newspaper advertisements is doing posi tive harm to young people. I have fre quently had boys and girls make some such remark as this to me: "What is the good of learning punctuation when maga zines and newspapers leave' out commas and periods all the time?" This strange, preposterous innovation is carried" to such lengths by some 'magazine- publishers that it is actually impossible to get at the meaning of an advertisement until one has read it over two or three times. ■-■• ;^v:q. BROWN. New York,. Dec. 22, 1910. ' : ' A PLEASANT SURPRISE. To the Editor of The Tribune. Sir: In your esteemed paper of Tuesday last you said editorially: "if kerosene oil of good quality can be sold in North Caro line for 7»i cents a gallon, at a handsome profit, we must wish that Old North State conditions prevailed here." Would it be too much to ask you to pub lish the fact that, without the preliminary of rubbing your oil lamp in the manner of Aladdin, you have your wish? At the pres ent time of writing the Standard Oil com pany's tank wagon delivery price in New York City for water white oil. l."> 0 degrees test, is 6 cents a gallon. In the petroleum business low prices are reached for the company's products that teem incredible even to astute editorial minds. CHARLES T. WHITE, Assistant Secretary, Standard OB Com pany (New Jersey). New York, Dec. *22, 1910. A MARRIED MAN WROTE THIS. From The Rochester Democrat and Chroni cle. One woman's college has added a course in making over hats— another accomplish ment that will be dropped and forgotten when the college girl marries and has a home of her own. POETIC JUSTICE. From The Rochester Herald. The food fakers are about to be avenged on Dr. Wiley, who has been making (rouble for them. He is going to marry a suffragette. _ _^ DIFFERING FROM DEMOCRATS. From The Buffalo Express. The Canadian farmers have one great advantage in their demands respecting the tariff. They appear to know exactly what they want and to be all in agreement. JUST A TRIFLE. From The Syracuse Journal. New York Jockey Club raised $Jfi4.oOO to fight that anti-betting- legislation. And the club ha& unanimously forgotten how it was used. WORSE THAN MEDICINE. From The St. Paul Dispatch. Minneapolis is stirred up over the selling of whiskey by the drug stores. But most people know that drug store whiskey gen erally curries with it its own punishment. WHEN WAR IS NO MORE. From The Dayton Journal. If you want to know the bigness of that man Carnegie, come around a century or two from now. STILL "A LOCAL ISSUE." From The Pittsburg Dispatch. The newly elected Senator from Louisi ana is pledged to protection to the state's Industries. And yet some of the Demo crats at Washington are talking about a tariff fur revenue only. ANALYZING "ROTS" AND "SPOTS. From The Philadelphia North American. Scientific tests show that there are 31,- OoO.OiiO bacteria in a spoonful of "spot" eggs, of the kind sold to bakeries. This Will have a tendency to put up the price, as it shows that the customer is getting more for his money. NIAGARA ICE BRIDGES. From The Niagara Falls Gazette. The iirst ice bridge of the winter has formed In the Niagara gorge. It comes at an unusually early period, and so far as existent records show is the earliest ice formation Oi the kind in the last quarter century. The Niagara ice bridges to-day are not the great, formidable jams of ante tunnel days, because of the wash of the tunnel flow, which keeps the river open at the point where the bridge was wont to be strongest. The tunnel stream has a ten dency to create ice jams above it. but they are weaker and shorter lived now. GERMAN DRIFT TO CITIES. Berlin dispatch to The Chicago News. Remarkable eviden.-e of the rapidity wiili which Germany is being transformed iron an agricultural into an industrial country is furnished by the new census estimates. The figures show that the cities of the em pire are making great strides at the ex pense of the rural districts. In IWO the em pire had thirty-three municipalities with a population of 100,00(1 or more each. Thero are now forty-seven such cities, and thu number of towns with a population of :>i«.>, 00" or more has grown from two tt < > seven. T!;.- combined growth in popvhttiou of furty of tli' 1 larger towns h aloin; about half the increase recorded for the entire empire, which is exnectt'd to be about i, ,"iOO,o<tO. The rapid progress of the Industrial centres has an bnportant bearing on thu in ternal situation, as the government's po litical support has heretofore been largely drawn from the. agrarian districts. AUTO ACCIDENTS IN GERMANY. From a Consular Report. Interesting statistics have just been given out relative to the increase in the number of automobiles in Germany. The total number of machines in Germany per (•■•; ii t Is far behind that in the United State*, there being, for example, about on* -nail as many automobiles in Germany with L population of over sixty million, as there are in the State of New York. What in known in America as the high power ear is not popular here: there were only 127 cars over to horsepower in Germany in January, 1910. as against fifty-four in V.HJ7 Accident* are relatively ieee frequent eaeli year, although the traffic in greater. This is ,, c , . ( 1 as proof that the stability and reliability of ti,t. present day machines are of a hiah , order. In January, 1908. there were 86,022 licensed automobiles, and (or the year ended the previous September them yere .it ■> accidents (5.71 per cent) and It", deaths <0 42 percent). January. lain »'• 911 automobiles were licensed, and for the year ended the previous September there were ..uiv :«.!M. accidents (5.M per cent) and W deaths (6JB ]..»!■ cent). People and Social Incident* ~* AT THE WHITE HOUSE. [From The Tribune Bur^'J-1 Washington. Dec. 23.-President raft re ceived only a few callers to-day, devoting much of '.his time to reading th* reclama tion report. m^mm Because of the lons and necessary delay in adjusting ocean routes and rates sen ators Flint and Brandegee -are anxious lor early action on the bill to fix the. toll rates on the Panama Canal. They discussed this legislation with the President to-day. Senators Gamble and Crawford have in dorsed James D. Elliott, former United States Attorney of South Dakota, for United States District Judge of South Da kota, vice Judge Carland, appointed to ,the Commerce Court. ' The Cabinet meeting occupied two hours of the President's morning. The President distributed 125 turkeys to the employes of the White House and the executive offices, as well as to the policemen stationed around the grounds, and »5 goli pieces to about twenty clerks. •Among the President's callers were Rep resentative Mondell. who is anxious for the early completion of the work on the North Platte irrigation i project; Representative Bcnnet, who brought with him Professor J. W Jenks, of Cornell University: ex-Sen ator Hopkins, of Illinois, and Dr. C. A. U. Reed, of Cincinnati. ■ ■ . THE CABINET. [From The Trlhuru* Bureau. l Washington. Dec. 23.-The Secretary of State and Mrs. Knox will leave here to morrow to spend the holidays at their es tate at Valley Forge. ' The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Meyer will have as guests for the Christ mas holidays Miss Elise Ames, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Ames; Miss Lillian Sears Mr. Cutler. Mr. Jaques and Mr. Harding, of Boston, and Mr Cutting and Mr Beall, of New York. Secretary Meyer and his son. George yon L. Meyer, jr., will return to Washington the first of the .week from a few days' outing in the South, and he and Mrs. Meyer- will entertain a large dinner party on Tuesday and on Thursday they will give a dance. • J. M. Dickinson, jr.. has arrived from Yale to spend the Christmas holidays with his parents, the Secretary of War and Mrs. Dickinson. IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY. rF-fm The Tribune Bureau. ] Washington. Dec. 23. -Major General and Mrs. Greely entertained a company of sixty young people at a dance to-night in honor of Miss Helen laft, who, with Rob ert Taft and a company of ten. was en tertained at dinner preceding the ;iff..ir. Adolphus W. Ureely. jr., a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, joined his parents to-day and brought with him as holiday guests two of his school mates-Stephen Crawford, of Philadelphia, and Bruce Brownly. of Boston. Two hundred and fifty guests attended the first large hop given at Fort Myer this season. Christmas decorations ob tained and the 15th Cavalry band furnished the. music. Mrs. I^eonard Wood and Mrs. Joseph Garrard received the- visitors, as sisted by Mrs. Foltz and Mrs. Whit-sidft and Cantatas Barnhardt. Bailey, NuBBOI and Lindsay. Major General and Mrs. WoadL OnTnasi and Mrs. Joseph Garrard, Captain and Mrs. Barnhaidt and Mrs. Whitesi.le were among those entertaining dinner parties at Fort Myer preceding the hop. Bishop and Mrs. Mackay-Smith were th* guests for whom their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ij. Mar latt. entertained twenty guests at dinner to-night. The Chief Justice and Mrs. White will en tertain a dinner company in honor of the Bishop and Mrs. Mackay-Smith, Decem ber 27. Mr. and Mrs. Philip H. McMillan are the guests of Mrs. Nicholas Anderson for the holidays. / Mr. and Mrs. Beekmaa Winthrnp ha\-e gone to New York to remain until Tues day. Mrs. Winthrop entertained at luncheon to-day before departing Mrs. Charles T. Hutchins, Mrs. Edward ijualtroush. Mrs. Walter McLean, Mrs. A. F. Fechteler, Mrs. Charles C. Marsh.. Mrs. R. C. Bulmer and Mrs. Walter "R. Gherardi. NEW YORK SOCIETY. Mrs. Edward D. Adams gave a dance last night at Sherry's for her daughter, Miss Ruth Adams, who made her debut a \ear ago. A seated supper took place at midnight, after which there was more dancing, during the course of which a num bex of Christmas trifles were distributed among- the guests, including T^ouis Seize CHILI'S NEW PRESIDENT Ramon Barros Luce Inaugurated as Chief Executive of Republic. Santiago, Chili, I>ec. ZC. — Ramon Bajvsj Luce was inaugurated President of Chili to-day with the usual ceremonies and be fore a preat concourse. Argentina sent a delegation of diplomats and military and naval officers. President Luce was elected on October 13 to succeed pDßSideWt .Montt, who died in Europe on August It!. Following- the death of Stmor Montt Vice-president Albano as sumed the duties of Chief Executive, lie died on September G. Since then the Min ister of Justice, Senor Figueroa, had been Acting President. PRAY TOR MORSE'S PARDON Prominent Citizens of Bath, Me., Send Dispatch to President. Bath, Me., Dee. 23.— A telegram to President Taft asking for the pardon of Charles YV. Morse, who id connned in the federal prison, at Atlanta, and signed by Mayor John S. Hyde and six former may ors, two members-elect of the Maine Leg islature, and two former state Senators, was sent to Washington this afternoon. It read as follows: "All the citiaens of this, his home city, are praying for the pardon uf C. \Y. Morse. Good news at this present season would cause, great rejoicing." CHRISTMAS GREETINGS FOR POPE. liome. Dec. 2o.— The Pope receiv<»U the cardinals, who presented their Christmas greetings to-day. In conversation the pentiff expressed satisfaction that the question of the first communion In France bad been settled happily, lie announced that the new year probably would see the tirst volume of the new codification of the canon law a| hsjng prepared by Cardinal i laspani. AN AUTOMATIC DIRECTORY. Consular Report from London. Quite a new idea in automatic publicity has I •■!! conceived. by this device free in formation is available to the public in ob taining instantly the names and addresses of business house*?.' shops*, hotels, etc. It consists of a. largo case, having a circular alphabetical sot of disks. By pressing the disk B, for instance, and keeping it pressed down, a large sheet (under glass) rolls up before thu inquirer, containing the names and addresses of linns whose business would bo classified under that letter, Boca as butchers, Inkers, boarding houses, etc. This service is free to the public, the cost and protll leillH derived from a small an nual fee ($135) charged to firms desirous or havins their names thus placed at th»» pub lic convenience- For the sum named the in formation is canUtined in twenty machines. It is proposed to inaugurate the idea In every city and town In the United King dom, the machines being placed in promi nent public places. AND HE HAS A LOVING CUP. From The Scheueetady Union. on will notice that' Senator "Tom" <irai]y Js making no announcement of any intention of retiring 'this year. Conditions bust* changed. cushions of old brocade and gold lac*, i' eat headed canes and cigar cutters, baskets in colored silk 3, gold plated a»!s «! t ceivers, paper cutters, electric lighten, «* Among the young married cocpies prej^ were Mr. and Mr?. Snowden A. Fahnestoth Mr. and Mrs. Harold F. Hadden, jr., 3^ and Mrs. Cornelius X.' Bliss, -. M;' *ai Mrs. Charles E. '-■-■ ._• Mr. and Vp» K. Drexel Godfrey, also M 133 Rose Kar% Miss Jean Whltridge. Miss Alice Kortl right. Miss Catherine L. Hamersley. ' Hlm Angelica Brown. Miss Gladys Roosevelt, Miss Josephine Osborn and Miss Beatrice Mrs. Lindley Hoffman Chapln r%v* small dinner dance last night at her r.o;^ in West ¥.'*'". •-•-•• for ■■- daughter, 315^ Katharine Chapin. a debutante of '"."«•», son, and will give another •'.•»:■ -a. of the same character on "Wednesday -, xi for her younger daughter. M. M Coni«;<, Chapin. who does not make ter d»b':t nntij next winter. Mrs. Gorham Bacon gave a :a -<■« &lzn*t at Sherry's last night, and af?»rwar<s tool her guest 3to Mrs. Adams's -lance. The* included Mi .-i '"a-> Q. Brown. M 133 Dor« othy Perkins, Miss LJlla Gilbert SCaaaai and Francis Burke-Roche. DavM Ro?sr% Heyward Cutting. Miss The!ma Violett aa4 Miss Hilda Holmes.' Mrs. B. Ogden Chisolra, Mrs. Robert a, Sands. Miss Annabella Olyphant. Mrs. Sit ward A. Manic*. Mr?. Lindsley Tappni aaf Mrs. Edward C Weeks were the patron« esses who received the guests at the '--• of a series of four dances given last ntgfei at No. 12 East 40th street. Most of ths girls present will not make their deoa) until next season, while their partaanl were as ■ general rule college men. Imoaa the former were --'••-■.■■" Mlsj Katharine Sands. Miss Mary Haskel. MiaS Winifred Chisolm, Miss Cornelia. C^m. Mann and Miss Josephine Nicoll. whiis among the men were Gordon Hamentajr, DeLancey Xicoll, Jr., James Duane Mr. ingston, jr..« Marshall Belknap. Perdvaf Dodg© an'! Harold Herrlck. ' Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Gerry have gaaa to Arden. X. "■■■ . Is - end the Christmas holidays with Mrs. E. H. Harriman. Dr. and Mrs. W. Seward Webb will, as usual, spend the Christmas holiday* at Shelburne, their place in Vermont, when* they will entertain a large family parQf until after the Xew Year. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald V. Hollir.3 bawg come up from Isllp, Lou? Island, to spent the week end at the Gotham. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin S. Guinness, whs went abroad a few weeks ago. returned yesterday on board the Lu.sitania. and an* at their house, in Washington Squam North. Mrs. W. M. V. Hoffman will give a rhe* atre party and supper on Monday nfghs for her two sons, Gouverneur and Stod dard Hoffman, w! oar"o ar" a f homo from college for the holidays. M..-.. Herbert T,. Satterie". Mrs. Richard Irvin. Mr.>. Peter Cooper Hewitt and Xhn Winifred Holt ami Mrs. Seth Low . * principal organizers and managers of tfte granda fete valentinienne at the Hotel A»« tor on February 14 in behalf «f the !S«S Yorjv Association for the Blind. SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.' [By Telegraph -•■*""- TrihOE?. J - Newport. Dec. 23. — Additional gifts front Newport cottagers to the telegraph tats* singers continue to he received here. Mrs. T. Shaw Safe. Daniel B. Fearing. Mrs. Charles H. Baldwin and others are among those contributing to-day. ~ - ~ Mr. and Mrs. Lorillard Spencer hare de* cided to remain in New-port for the enilra winter. Mr. and Mrs. Lorillard Spencer, jr., are to Newport for the holidays. • • A special car conveyed the body of John J. Wysonsr to Woodlawn Cemetery. what* it was buried. Relatives accompanied th» body. Rear Admiral and Mrs. Stephen B. Lnce» who have been In "Washington. have re» turned to Newport. ■ > Miss Marguerite S. Mason ha 3 returns! from New York, where she was the guess of her sister, Mrs. Arthur I. Kellar. Mr. and Mrs. Reginald C. Vanderbilt will make a short visit to Sandy Point Farm, in Portsmouth, and will soon afterward sail for Europe. Mr. Vanderbilt Is recov ering from the effects of his recent illness* Amos Tuck French, who has just returned from abroad, arrived here this evening. JAPAN FOR PEACE Emperor's Speech to Diet Emphasizes Its Necessity in Far East. Tokio, Dee. I'D. -Tne i'iet was opened ••• day. The Emperor, being indisposed. -«SS> not present, and the speech fr->ra th» throne was n id : •• Marquis Katsura. ta« Premier and Minister of Finance Referring to the annexation of Core* and the . .invention with Rnseia. the throne emphasizes the necessity for the mainten ance of peace in th-> Far Kast. Tb» houses, after voting repiiea, adjourned a» January 20. STORK VISITS PRINCESS LOUISE. Madrid, Dec. IS.— A daughter was born to day to the Princess Louise, wife <-■' Princ* Charles of Bourbon-Siciles. Princess Lo'^«> of Bourbon-Orleans, daughter of the Countess of Paris, was born at Cannes en February 24. ISS. and married Frtnca Charles at Woodnorton. England. . Xoveni her 16. lEO7. RHODES SCHOLAR CHOSEN. Concord. N. H.. Pec. 33.— The Rhodes Scholarship Commission, for New Hamp shire to-day selected Maurice C. BlaSe, of Brookline. Mass.. as the Rhodes scholsu* at Oxford from New Hampshire. BIaS» was graduated from Dartmouth College Ii the class of 1910 and is teaching in t2a Thatcher School, in Nordhoff. CaL GOVERNOR-ELECT DIX BETTER. Albany. Dec. 35.— Governor-elect John A. Dix, who was somewhat indisposed last night on his return from a trip to Canada* was feeling better to-day, He remained at home, devoting a part of the «lay ti> the draft of his annual message to the Legis lature. NEW YORK FROM THE SUBURBS. A snowstorm doosn't amount to niucii until it reaches Now York, then it is ess» of the greatest things that ever •*■" pened.— Toledo Blade. (tot York complains of a ratileaaase famine, due to th* failure of express ct>Ei panics to deliver goods promptly- T> ' frequent highball* and secure a good »■*•* stitute-— Philadelphia .Inquirer. Mayor Gaynor •> making enemies by^J* overventilation of New York's City «■* And there are lots of things in connect^" with Tammany Hall that much more *»•■ ventilating-.— Pittsburg Gazette-Time*. Th« night after that terrific saahiiM in New York a wolf escaped *r<-Mn.«» cage at a theatre In that city an V-rfc several people in th. audience. Xew ior» i- utthM to be more like a frontier »^ w ™ every day.— Syracuse Herald. New York may be thankful that it *•* . a frigid .m.l inflexible backbone, *«' ■ ™ reproduction on a small scale cf trs e r!|V Francisco earthquake might have s«?!| some of the tail skyscrapers crashing ' JJ Z rat on their occupants.— Rochester Dtfra l **?* and Chronicle. . : j A Nm York clergyman cvrap!ala*'J*T.. : some of the pew renters are too •'•-" Still. hasn't a' fellow cause '« fee! » 2y tain sens*) of prM* over ahiilr-; l *jZm the pew rent ■ •-.•■! in "oni-J Xa'W'^V* Churches?— Buffalo Courier. ■->"'