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j; " Voltage to foreign countries added.
KL Tin ars, Mew Totk Clly.
Mr, riRtt Klonoe No. '.:, near Crand Hotel,
B ! F.loiiiue No. 10, lloulsrarl tcs Capuclnes.
fc Jour rfrnrfs who iit-jr us trltft manMsertjifs r
k. .ytttiiiertHon wfiA fo Auee rejtcteii arli'ors rsttirnrd,
jKv thru must In aUcair trad stumps or that pvrpotc.
m llchlntl Belli hour.
il The bu.!na.s3 community aro at last thor-
1 oughly aivaUo as to tbo danger of Iho Lovr
jfjb movement.
E His candidacy Is c threat agalnxt the
'II prosperity of New York and tho security
K of proporty, which b omen moie and moro
obvious to nil conservative clt lions.
2K' Uehlntl Sirrn Low stalks 1 ton vGzortOE,
8 an alarming figure, and tho two are in-
W separable.
! New York nnd St. Louts.
A. contemporary oslcs what the St. Louis
or Chicago platform has to do with tho
election In New York city.
Tilt) greatest material Injury which could
come to Now Yoik to-day out of tho possi
bilities that aro visible would be tho na
tional Administration's clmngo from tho
St. Louis platform, under which New York
Is now nourishing, to the Chicago platform
of l'opulistie recklessness and dishonor,
f No other question equals this in Its vital
, In portance to New York. Tho Haines law
I& or any Stnto question Is nothing to It.
f How trivial the municipal issues really
are which are before the New York public
appears tho moment they aro examined.
Mr. Sirni Low's consists of a pompous
promise to observe, if elected Mayor, an
bath which all .Mayors art compelled to take
and can be removed from ofllce for violating.
Mr. Gkohou's municipal issue is municipal
ownership of railroads and dollar gas.
, New York would better elect for Its
Mayor an inexperienced theorist like Hr.N'
Jit Gkow.e, if his election helped to mako
llrmer the principles of St. Louis, than a
trained public man and ublo adminis
trator like Uknjamin F. Tracy champion
ing the principles of Chicago.
IIow loud, therefore, should bo New
York's declaration in favor of Gen. Tracy
when, in addition to his far superior per
gonal fitness for the oflicc of Mayor, he dls
t llnctlvely and emphatically represents the
h honorable and fruitful principles of the St.
r Louis platform 1
l Taxation in 51 sssacliusetts.
V
' In 1890 Governor 'WotcoTT of Massachu-
I setts appointed a special rommKsion of five
I to Investigate taxation in that State. The
St. best-known members of the commission
nro Judge Du.vu.vit, Prof. Taussig of Har
vard College, and Mr. Thomas Jkfflksox
Cooi.IDor, sometime Minister to France.
These and one other member have brought
In n majority report, which is n rather sin
gular document. Of their recommendations
wo shall mention here only tho following:
"An Inheritance tax levied with respect to realty
si well as to personalty at tho rate of 5 pt-r cent.,
with an exemption for rotate not excee ling 110,000
enJ an abatcaicnt of $000 on estates ttween 910,
OOOanil t'JS.OOO. Tho rtseuue from this tax to La
distributed from the State Treasury among the Mr
. frral cities and toYvtis. one-half In proportion to popu-
l latlon, one half In proportion to assessed valuation.
" A tax In proiMirtlon tohouse reutals-, only the ex-
eessowr S-tOQuf rental t-lu; taxable.
f -The anolltl m of tho taxes on Intangible, peron-
? ally, suelt as itogks, bonds, mortgage luan. and in
oouie "
; This abolition pait can be commended.
' "We think," say tlie majority of the com-
''f mission, "the extension of the inheritance
tax to realty especially desirable, because
! it brings about substantial taxation on the
fTvell-to-dn and tho rich, and so secures a
better distribution of the burden of taxa-
If tion." Horli in the proposal for the exten-
i nlnn of tlie inhci itnme tax to realty and In
the proposal for a tax on house rentals
the (Joiiiinlssioiifis show by the exemptions
t that their theory of taxation does not aim
f nt equal taxation, but at the unequal taxa-
tion of tho well to-do. They do not, in-
, deed, favor a graduated ta, but they do
I propose to exempt the great majority of
!T om ners of realty and of hirers of houses.
W The Commissioners admit that "doubt-
6 less ilirio are possibilities of evasion," but
E they believe that an Inlieritaiire tax of 5
f per cent, will yield rfl',500,000 a year.
B Possibly the rich and well-to-do of Mussa-
& chusetts lou to have their estates sliced off
8 to the extent of a twentieth.
j Tho tax on house rentals seemR designed,
S, In pnrt, as an apology to Jioston and tho
i other big tonus which tho Cotnmissioncrs
R naerlllce to the country districts. The Com-
Ef missioners estimate that the rentals tax in
fe V'aid Klew'ii In lloston will yield $H00,-
K 000 a j ear; that "the financial loss of Bos-
g ton from oilier sections of the report would
E be full) made up ;" thatNowton, Drooklluc,
r Cambtldge, and ho on would get a good
I revenue, and that tho "summer rcsoit
towns" at which rich llottonlans have been
llviugaud pacing taxes on "Intangible per-
S aonnlty," would also get some compeusa-
i tion from the rentals tax. It will bo In-
f tercstlng to see how tho cities and summer,,
resort towns recelvo tho suggestion. Lot
K us liHjir tho Coinmissionci- bet forth this
i paitot their scheme:
I ' NVe rropine thl tax ahall he lel d on all perioni
oecupTluB ileillnj!i ol an aauual rental of mora than
J J4U0, ai the rjiouf JO .or(c-nt. ou the axcon or nu-
tal aiuuer that sjm. We propoao tolevy no rax
L f thu orl on pernni ivl.o lucomi are lo uodrr.
W Bto ibtl their expenditure for dinUta ac-.'oruiaudk-
P tloni li not over 00 a year:
V TliOte nhme Income i tnch mat tbey exceed thla
xprtituro for tbelr delllns aia to pay. nut lo pro
portion to their total dwelling rental, but In propor
tion to the tjLesi of rtuul ur lha exempted Hum
of 1400,
"Thu a pernon c-cflipylDg a home whose rentM
value wi 1000 would pay a tax of f 10 ayiar, thla
being in pr cent, wu the etien of thi rental value
ever (400, A person m-aiplog alu'Ut whse rental
U talue-via tilOO n..uld pay a tax of tt!Ji a huoie of
(SOU n-ntaj, 0i ahojts of tl.'.'OO rental, CSU. and
t looti, The tax, It ulll be observed, la on the Oi-eu
pier of a dwelling and of adwrllli $7 only. Homes or
Jr parts of homes used for buslaris purpotcs are lu no
K. nay arrected by It.
I? "Tba tax la to be levied oi'.m tho oi-cu'!r 'vh'tlier
fsf tie be cMvurr or tejaut. If owner. It la a tax on hi
K tjentrsl lucojie, adrtltl.insl to the llrett tax which
'Wi hepajs usowuer of the l.ouso, Iftenant.lt : aguln
' a tax upon h!sgnerul Income separata from the Ul-
K rect tax which the landlord pays on the house, In
K' either case. It Is a tax on presumed or rstlmuted In-
tj coin.-, proportioned (In the manner ilcscrllied; to the
&f txpeutlturu fordwelltng actomniu1atUii.
K "It Is clear, almt-at lmpostlile of evasion, essy of
M administration, well fitted lo yield a revenue for
S local uara, and icrfala to yield such revenues It Is
J alear, became the rental value of a bouse U cotnpara-
t, tivaly aiy lo suocrtala. Thataxls baaed oa a part
tliuu'i affairi which heoutUs'jof to all tbt world. ,
pSffS&Zii m i ii -"-jiiirti' ,','." ' ' " i
ItKqutriitiotnantsttlon and no Inquiry Into prlvata
mnttem It (Imply uses the evidence et a man's
means wtateli lie alreao y offers."
This tax has Iho merit of being a eubstt
lute for tho existing Incomo tax. In do
ff tiding It the Commissioners ngalu expose
their theorj of taxation. They say that It
would not be felt outside of tho cities, and
would be paid by the well-to-do and rich.
If to millet thoo unfortuuatc folks Is tho
chief end of taxation, this Massachusetts
plan of Uxntlnn ileum ves praise.
How to Mnko Suro Urn. Tracy's
Klccllmi.
Tho Jlepubllcaus nlono can elect Gen.
Tiiaoy In this eainpalgn of so much ap
parent confusion and complexity.
In 1802, when tho Democratic party was
united and of Its greatest strength, Its vote
for Clkyklaxd In the territory included in
thoGicatcr Now Yoik was i!!)L',ni.'2. Tho
Republican vote for Hauuison, though then
at aremarkabl) low ebb, was 181,001;. ,
This) car Tammany is split "quarely In two
by the George excitement. Cii:onnu Is tho
regular Chicago platform candidote, ami as
such will command tho great majoilty of
tho Democratic vote, along with that of iho
Socialists ami other politically eccentric
and radical bodies. Low Is a disturbing
force, but his candidacy will only help tho
Republicans united ngalnst him by further
dividing the opposition to thorn.
Their voto of 181,000 In tho Greater New
York lu 180'J, when the party fell behind Its
usual percentage of the total voir, has been
increased by natural growth and by largeao
cessions to tho party since that time, and
more especially last year. Thus swelled,
there Is no doubt that If concentrated upon
Gen. TnACY it Is ample to elect him. Moro
over tho Republicans will draw to their aid
all tho conservative voto in the Gieater New
York without regard to party alllliatious
In the past, as all'ordiug tho only May of
beating tho menacing Georgo candidacy.
Tho dickering of tho Low agents with
the George managers opens the ejesof all
Republicans and all honest men to tho
political immorality and the dangerous
character of the Low movement. Such
readiness to assist in electing Gkoiici:,
to do anything posslblo in order to
beat tho Republican party, startles tho
whole community. Though begun osten
sibly and pretentiously as n distinctively
municipal movement, It has gone Into
Stato politics by putting up candidates
for tho Assembly, for tho solo purpose of
beating the Republican candidates. Ac
tually It can hope to do no more than dlvido
the vote sulllciently to foist upon the Stato
tho disgrace and the menace of George As
semblymen. How many Republicans willassist in that
conspiracy against their party and in tho
interest of Htxnv Gkorgi:? There are said
to be a good mauy lu Urooklj n now, but by
tho 2d of November they will be precious
few. All honest men will refuse to lend
aid to such detestable political business,
whatever may bo their party allegiance.
Tho Republican party has now upon It a
gravo responsibility. In its whole history it
has had no graver, and the burden rests on
tho conscience of every member of the
party. It is a high responsibility to civ
ilized society. The party also has before it
a great opportunity. The Mayoralty of
New York for four years to come is within
its reach, and it can now strike against
Bryanism the hardest blow sluco the defeat
of Uiiyan last November.
Voting forSi.TU Low or for Van Wyck
will be voting to elect Iltxitv Gi.ougi: and
to strengthen Uryanism. Voting for Gen.
Tiiacy, the ablest man ever nominated
for Mayor of New York, will be voting to
crush out GEOltQ):and nil he represents.
Gen. TltACY is the ono honest candidate
In the Held. He alone is uncontnminated
and unhampered by political bargain", nnd
no Republican can desert him without
treachery to his party and to society. All
honest opponents of Hi:MtY Geoiige, every
man who really desires to prevent the dis
grace and the calamity of his election, must
vote for Hexjamis F. Tiiacy.
Tho Impending Deficiency of Dread
stud's. In the current number of tho Forum, Mr.
C. Wood Davis, who is an authority on
the relation of food-Iiearing acres to tho
world's bread-eating population, under
takes lo show that our 'Western farmers
are entering upon a period of unbroken and
Increasing prosperity. Ho maintains that,
after Europe Khali have exhausted all pos
sible supplies from the harvest of 16117,
and such crops as may bo harvested prior
to July, 1808, there will be a deficit of tho
equivalent of 700,000,000 bushels of tho
bread-making grains, witli no resource ex
cept meagre remainders from former har
vests, and with no substitution possible,
unless Europeans can be Induced to eat
bread made from Indian corn.
A review of tho prices of wheat during
tho last century furnishes the premises
from which Mr. Davis's deduction is
drawn, Itseems that, from 1821 till 1882,
the world's seasons were so equable, and
wheat acreage was so well proportioned to
Increasing world requirements, that prices
wero comparatively constant. In England,
they never fell below $1.20 per bushel,
nnd rarely below $1.10; while but twice,
and then only for periods of three and two
yenrs respect ivelj, did they rise to or above
$2 per bushel. In 1811!), 18-10, and 18U
the rise resulted from scanty harvests in
both Europe nnd America. In tho other,
which was a biennial case, tho advance was
caused by tho Crimean wnr. Owing to tho
addition of moro than 17,000,000 acres to
tho wheat fields of the United States be
tween 1870 and 1880, tho very scant Euio
pean harvest of 1870 and 1880 caused only
a moderate Incrcaso In the prices of tho
bread-making groins, although, through
an exhaustion of reserves, they served to
prevent the rapid fall that would have fol
lowed had the harvest in cither of tho two
lust-mentioned jears been as abundant as
was that of 1882. From nnd nfter 1882
prices fell rapidly until tho year of theRus
slan famine, The harvest of "contiihutory
areas" in 1KS2 exceeded the average of tho
preceding three ciops by as much as 32(1,.
000,000 bushels, or 18 per tent., and, In
conjunction with Imports of 40,000,000
bushels from Asia and North Africa, ex
ceeded requirements by 100,000,000 bush
els. Had the harvest of 1882 not been fob
lowed by ono btill larger in 188 , and that
by other crops of equal proportions In 1687
nnd 188 (lie decline In price would havo
been aru'stcd, for consumption was then,
ns it Is now, increasing mure rapidly than
vicio gtniu-licatti'K acres. Indeed, not an
ucre has been added to tho world's wheat
und rjo ana since 1881.
Tho fact is that the enormous world crop
of 1882 was but tho beginning of an al
most etna I uiious succession of great woild
crops of wheat, so much above the avcrago
lu acie yield thut tho over-average product
of tho fifteen harvests ending with 1800
was moro than 1,200.000.000 bushels. Not
i
only did this production, so far above tho j
nverago, add to our storoof supplies 1,200,
000,000 bushels of wheat, but thcro was an
immense synchronous over-average produc
tion of rye, as well as a great augmentation
of ctportablo Russian surpluses of wheat
and rje, by reason of a decline amounting
to K1.5 per cent. In the consumption of
bread per head of the Russian population.
Thco extraordinary conditions served com
pletely to obscure the existing acreage do
licit ; to depress prices to an unremuncra
tlvo level and toRtoro up great reserves that
enabled thn bread eaters of 181)5 to sccuro
abuudaut supplies, notwithstanding tho
fact that the wheat harvest of that year lu
"contributory areas," plus Imports from
Asia nnd Africa, nas Tfl.OOO.OOO bushels
below requirements. It servojl, also, to
furnish all needed supplies In tho 1800-07
linrvest jcar, despite the fact that tho
product from that year's harvest in "con
tributorv areas," plus Impoits from Asia
and Africa, was HtS.OOO.OuO bushels below
the year's necessities.
Wccomo to tho year 1807-08, when the
food requirements of the 010,000,000
bread eaters will nggregato 1,000,000,000
bushels, while, to imct theso demands,
theio will be, apparently, but 1,500,000,
000 bushels, after sitting asldo :)20,000,
000 bushels for seed. It follows that but
threo-fourths of the n-quiied bread can bo
provided, unless laigtr drafts than now
seem possible can be mado upon re
serves already l educed to the lowest point
consistent with the safety of the exporting
nations. That scarcity and high prices
have not prevailed in ret cut years is due to
tho harvesting, since 18SD, of seven world
crops of wheat and six of rje, giving out
puts so much above tho average as to result
In great accumulations that llae served
to obscuio tho fact that the harvests of
1805 and 1 Still were each much below cur
rent requirements. As riFcrvcswill wholly
disappear at the end of the year 1807-08,
requirements must be met hereafter from
current harvests, further accumulation
being Impossible.
To comprehend the present sit nation with
regard to breadstuffs and Its bearing upon
the ptospects of onr Western farmers, tho
follow ing facts, brought out by Mr. Davis,
must be kept steadily in view, l'irst, al
though tho world's output of wheat in 18)17
Is several hundred million bushels less than
tho world's requirements, acre yields have
been but little below the average. Secondly,
even an average yield from the acres now
employed would bo 275.000,000 bushels
less than present needs, and the greatest
crop ever grown would not equal them.
Thirdly, although requirements for wheat
and rje progressively Increase year after
year by more than 40,000,000 bushels, not
an acre has been added to the aggregate of
the world's bread-bearing area sinco 1SS1.
Lastly, an acreage deficit exists equal to
the supply of as many bread eaters as have
been added to the world's population in tho
la-t twelve years.
We see, then, that there is no likelihood
that the world's supply of breadstuff "111
ever again meet the woild's requirements,
unless, as we began by saying, Europeans
can be persuaded to cat bread made from
Indian corn or maize. There is no founda
tion for the belief that the Turns-Siberian
Railway is about to open a vast region
adapted to the production of wheat and
rye. In all Siberia not more than 50,
000,000 acres can be regarded as cultivable,
and much moro than half of these are
already employed in the production of food
staples. Mr. Davis tells us that when the
Russian Minister of "Ways and Communi
cations, Prince IIii.koit, was In this coun
try last October he declared that Siberia
never had produced, and never would pro
duce, wheat and ryo enough to feed the
Siberian population.
Tlio Kml or n Great Kxprriinriit.
About flvo years ago the late Raron m:
Hiliscil, the Jewish millionaire, rontiuller
of large financial enterprises and liberal
handed provider of funds fur the use of
tho-e charitable institutions which eemed
deserving of his favor, de ised a plan for
tho betteiment of the condition of tho
.lews of Russia and other parts of eastern
Europe by establishing large colonics of
them In a new country. His plan wns
wrought out with the utmost care. He con
tributed several millions of dollars to pro
inolo Its execution, he established a great
fund for its permanent support, and he per
sonally supervised the labor of the men
whom he employed to carry it to success,
believing that tho accomplishment of his
design for the relief of his sulTerlug co
religionists would be the crowning achieve
ment of his life.
It is with regret that we learn from an
olllclal report that Huron in: Hiitscu'.s plan
for the formation and development of great
Jewish colonies in tho Argentina Republic
has proved to be a f.iiluie. A stop has
been put lo assisted Jewish emigration
fiom Russia to Argentina. Ihc funds
which tho Uaron had intended for the en
largement of Biich colonies as already exist
there are to be used for other purposes.
Tho change bus been brought about under
this advice of his widow, who is a woman
ol sound Judgment, and who acts under the
authority which her husband gaie to her
while jet he was hopeful of tho growth
and the success of his Argentine colonics.
She Is unwilling that more money shall bo
expended upon efforts that are not JustlUed
by their results.
Thcro Is no country in South Amcrlraorln
any part of the world thatotlersmoreadvan
tagesto Jewish agricultural colonics than
A I gent ina. There are mill ions upon millions
of acres of unoccupied and fertile land in
that country, both farming lands nuil pas
ture lands. Wheat and other grains can
bo raised there; grapo vines and sugar,
and many varieties of fiult can bo lalsed;
horses, rattle and sheep ate raised. Tho
climate of the greater pait of tho coun.
try Is temperate and healthy. Were 50,
000,000 new set tlei. sodded to tho 4,000,
000 Inhabitants, theio would bo room for
more. Hundreds of thousands of Italians
have found thn country a tlcslrablu home,
and tho foreigners icsidlng theto number
moro than a fourth of tho population,
It is ulao to bo said that the Government
of Argentina favored the Jewish immigra
tion, It was upon casytcims that Raron
nu lllltr.cn acquired agricultural lands
to tho extent of 3:10,000 acres In tho
provinces of Ruenos Ayns, Santa Fj and
Entro Rios, Heio was a country for tho
dissatisfied Jewish people of Russia, better
and more fiiendly, and with more liberty
than that lu which they lived.
It has never been possible.to induco moro
t liana very few thousands of these Jew s to go
there, oven though a free passage und other
favoisof far gieater value wete offered to
them by tho Jewish Colonization Associa
tion. l'"rom those who went there com
plaints were constantly receieil at tho
olllccs of tho association j bomo of
them tefused to settle upon the lauds
which bad. been provided for their
.1, I iI.m,.,ii ... i, Ti if-rf.',''.iV,u-
uso; eomo preferred life in tho cities
to work on farm, and a good many of '
them left tho country, In a discontented
stato of mind, beforo they had lived In It
for a year. It is doubtful whether more
than 2,000 Russian Jewish Immigrants
aro now living In tho Argentlno colonies
that wero founded, at a heavy expense, for
their especial benefit. It Is grlovous to
know that such has been the outcome of
tho generous purpose that was enter
tained by tho wealthy Raron. It has been
mado manifest that tho Jewish Rus
sians, unaccustomed to farming in their
natlvo country, could not bo quickly fitted
to cngngo In It In another and a strange
country. It would bo unfair to cast too
much blamo upon them for tho failure of
tho agricultural colonies.
A fitter man than Raron db llmscn to
carry out tho plan which ho devised could
not havo been found In Europe His mil.
lions wero counted by tho hundred; and ho
was ready to expend many of them In what
he believed to bo tho interest of his pcoplo.
Ho was a man of largo experience In practi
cal affairs. He had been successful in nearly
all tho undertakings of his life. Ho sympa
thized deeply with tho unhappy Jews of
thoso countries In which they aro sub
jctit to disabilities, and ho was most
tmxlous to offer thorn such relief as
ho believed It to bo in his power
to provide. It was beforo his death
lust year that tho Argentine cnterprlso fell
under a blight. His widow, exceedingly
desirous to carry out all his wishes, and
with abundant means nt her command, Is
yet unable to accomplish tho purposo for
which he provided so great a fund. Sho
lias recently sent much money to Russia, to
be used for such educational, scientific, and
Industrial purposes as promise benefit to
the six million Jews who Hvo thcro.
It was that shrewd observer of Jewish
character and Jewish experiments, Rabbi
Aiiiiam S. Isaacs, who recently mado tho
remark : " The Russian Jewish problem
can bo solved only In Russia."
A Successful Anti-Trust Law.
Some doubting spirits have questioned
tho value of statutes against trusts. Tho
country Is crowded with statutes of that
sort, they say, and yet trusts Increase and
multiply. The Illinois law against trusts
at least is of valuo to tho Federal Govern
ment and to all tho citizens of the United
States, and tho fact was proved last week.
If that law docs not hurt trusts beyond
remedy it helps the country lu genera, as
w HI appear in a moment. For six years
Illinois has possessed, If not enjoyed, a law
forbidding trusts and threatening them with
big and cumulative fines. Although a fat
part or these fines is assured to the informer
when a conviction Ib obtained, tho law has
Blent and informers havo not been enriched.
Last week tho law awoke, threw away its
nightcap indignantly, and called for pen
and paper. The Secretary of State, who is
fragrant in tho name of Rose, but has sworn
to bo a upas tree to tho unholy combina
tions of monopoly, notified 25,000 incorpo
rated companies that on or beforo Nov. ti
they must place on filo In his department
affidavits that they aro not doing a forbid
den business in tho trust line.
Twent j-tle thousand two-cent stamps at
two cents apiece como to $500. Twenty
live thousand more, for the answers, at tho
same, como to the same. Thedlrectaddltiou
to the revenues of the l'ost Ofllce Depart
ment is $1,000. To this sum may bo added
a contingent pile, the sizo of which will de
pend upon the formal exactness of the affi
davits submitted, in drawing these up the
services of a notary public will be required.
Say 25,000 affidavits and notary publics at
fifty cents apiece, making 9-12,500.
Here is a direct benefit of $1,000 to tho
whole country and $12,800 to the Illinois
notaries, Moreover, when official corre
spondence Is once begun, its inertia quickly
becomes enormous, and it is hard to stop
it. If Secretary Rosi: Is the man we take
him for, he will afford great happiness to
I'ostmastcr-Genernl Gaiiy before this cruel
war against trusts is over.
Rut perhaps it is unjust to a great princi
ple to dwell too long upon the merely pecu
niary results of tho Illinois Anti-Trust law.
Tho noble simplicity of the plan of forcing
suspected or suspectablc trusts to writo
themselves down In an affidavit will appeal
to all tho foes of trusts, and would havo
mado DoGUEiutv wag his head and wavo
his lantern with satisfaction. If it is
thought that some of tho 25,000 companies
are trusts and falso knaves, yet will It bo
writ down that they are none. The Illinois
law is tcrriblo when It Is set a-going.
rralrlo Fires In Chicago.
The difficulties of municipal administra
tion in the city of Chicago on tho non-partisan
plan, or any other, havo been aug
mented recently by conditions peculiar to
Chicago among American cities; that Ib to
say, by prairie fires. Recently thero havo
been n number of pralrio fires In the fiat
plain upon which the city of Chicago is
built. It is no uncommon thing for a resi
dent of that city to find at his doorsteps in
the morning an excited crowd of firo fight
ers battling with tho devouring element,
and endeavoring, with the cooperation of
the Chicago Fire Department, to keep the
dry grass In the Chicago streets from burn
ing too brightly. One day last week as
many as six pralrio fires wero reported
within thn limits of tho city, somoof them
upon Its Important thoroughfares. Here Is
a local narrative of tho danger which besots
some Chicago residents :
'Auother prairie fire wai reported at Evanston
aveuuo ana Nortb Fifty-ninth street, bnt It was put
out without causing much excitement In the neigh
hnrliood. soon after another alarm n as sent In from
I tint h street and Aieuuo K,whcreriamia tveresweep
tUR the pralri. a lu that district and causing much un
rnslucas amouKtho residents. Headed liy Ofllcer Uad
cock, a crowd of cltln ns, carr Ing buckets of water,
extinguished a grsus lire which orliflnated In the
vicinity of Eighty firth street ant i'lttsflrld avenue,
and muib excitement preialU-d until tbo backet
brigade accomplished tbolr purpose."
Tho Chicago Firo Department, it is well
known, is superior in efficiency and prompt
ness and In organization to tho Firo De
partment of any other city of Illinois. The
Chicago bucket brJgado has been as effec
tive in fighting prairie (Ires as the bucket
brigado in any oilier city in Illinois, Indi
ana, or Iown. I'rairlo fires must be met
with vliillancc, eternally tho price of secur
ity, when they threaten to close Chicago's
thoroughfares to pedestrians and to vehicles.
Pralrio grass Is easily Ignited, especially In
the full of tho year. The luxuriant pralrio
grass which sprouts In Chicago streets
easily becomes Inflammahlo. The danger
of such a catastrophe as that of a blazing
Chicago btrect has to bo averted, if it can
be averted, at any hazard.
It happens that wood from the neighboring
forests of Wisconsin and Michigan enters
largely into tho make-up of Chicago. There
are wooden houses in great number. There
aro wooden sidewalks. The wooden docks
of the Chicago River have long attracted tho
attention ol tourists from other carts of tho
United States and from foreign countries.
From this point of view, therefore, Chicago
Is an Ignltlble, If not an altogether Inflam
mable city, and tho danger of a prairie firo In
State street or In Michigan avenue, for In
stance, Is always Immlnout. Moreover, tho
bucket brigade Is not always available as a
fighting force.
This matter of pralrio fires seems certain,
sooner or later (and more piobably sooner),
to engage tho attention of the professional
reformers of Chicago, who havo recently
been thrown out of their professional jobs by
tho unwillingness of tho great body of Chi
cago voters to accept furtherguidanco from
them. Thcso reformers, having certainly
nothing hotter nnd perhaps nothing else
to do, might to great public advantago con
secrate themselves to tho task of getting at
tho root of tho pralrio firo trouble by tho
posslblo Introduction of lawn mowers and
reapers for uso upon Chicago streets. It Is
obvious that tho removal of grass from tho
Chicago pralrio would diminish the dan
gers of conflagration.
Persona Grata.
We print clsowhero a summary of an ex
ceedingly ablo and cumpreliciislio state
ment of tho reasons for tho annexation of
Hawaii, together with an examination of
the arguments which havo been advanced
by tho opponents of annexation.
Tho wholo caso is there, and there has
been no clearer or fairer statement of the
wholo caso. It is an enlightening and con
vincing document which every American
citizen should read.
Tho author of this notable pamphlet Is
tho Hon. LonniN A. Tiiuimton, formerly
the Hawaiian Minister to the United States
and persona non grata to tho Hon. Gnovnn
Cleveland, but distinctly nnd emphati
cally persona grata to several millions of
Americans who will bhortly welcome hltn
to fellow citizenship.
It is reported that tho exposure of Scrn
Low ns simply a tall to the Henry (leoriro kite
Induced eomo of tho brnLcra on the Stock Ex
cIiudko yesterday to turn In their alarm to Van
Wyck as their means of political salvation.
That showed that however much they know
about tho stock market thov know very llttlo
about politics. Obviously, tho strength of
Oeuiige Is tho weakness of Van Wvcic
Oeoiuii: U only fortnlilablo because ho Is likely
to carry off tho t.-reat bulk of tho Tnmumny
vote, leating; Va Wyck's candidacy beyond
Ealratton.
A meroly casual oxamlnatlon of tho election
returns of last year and for several years past
will prove conclusively thatlf GtoitGE It beaten
It must bo by tho Republican party. In that
thero is a suro and calculable vote, and if to it
is added the eonecrvntivo oto without reunrd
to party. Gen. Tracy's election la certain. It Is
suro anyway If nil tho Itepubllcans pull to
ccther; but the addition of tho other ote will
mako It certain that the calamity of tho election
of liENUY Geoiiqe: will bo prevented.
In the PMladtlphia Press of yesterday
tho enterprising proprielorsof a burulur alarm
telegraph mado this tc.ibonablo announcement:
j LOOKOUT FOR nUROLA US I
; Yon are about making your summer plana. :
WHY WORRY ABOUT YOUR HOUSE
: DURLNd YOUR ADsLNCE? j
Can it bo posslblo that they nre about tniikhie
their plans over thero forBUUimcr )
The appointment of Gen. Ramox Blanco
as Wr.Yl Eli's successor In Cuba w ill bo Inter
preted ns heralding the nbnntlontnont of tho
needless brutalities that have mndo Weyi.er'8
name nutorinus. It would not bo surprising, for
examplo, to find the system of compulsory con
centration In towns either Rrently modified or
dono away with altogether. Out of it havo
sprung unnumbered 6utTcrnu.".
Such a ilninKc mny also be interpreted ns de
nntlnc tho willingness of Iho new Ministry to
deal directly with tho patriots for terms of
peace. Gen. Rlanco liavlnp a reputation for re
llanco on diplomacy ns will ns tho Bword. nnd
for willhiKtHSs to mako contusions. In this
respect ha may be better rompnrcd, pcrhnp-,
with Martinez Campos than with Weyu-i:.
Hut neither dinncc of commanders norclmntro
of policy can now avail to divert the aim of the
patriots from thnt independence which bcirins
to seem not far off.
IIai.i.CakceIs already nt work on a new novel,
which deals lth tho drink question. CUietand
Htcoriitr.
Mr. Caink will bo pained beyond tho power of
even his own expression by this Indiscreet dis
closure Ever shunning notoriety, composing
In solltudo his enormous masterpieces, nourish
ing upon solitude his mighty heart, hating tho
shrill penny trumpets of tho literary sandwich
men. ho lives and works apart, n misty granlto
cliff, n lonely island of the mind. Since bis
secret Is no longer secret, however, It may tran
qulllzeanexcttod untverso to say that bis now
niKBtorpleco will bo alcoholic, total abstinent,
allopathic homoeopathic, therapeutic, patho
logical, hypnotic, vegetarian, pajsloopulhlc.
Mnhntmlc, osteopathic, and hyporhyperic. It
will contain 7S7 characters, all of which h.ivo
been studied from llfo and repaired and cor
roded by 787 specialists. It will be tho most
sublime production of Surrey melodrama eicr
printed la book form. Satisfaction guaranteed,
or money refundod.
The Japancso are very practical people,
and tho extont to which they are rushing emi
grants Into Hawaii glvesapretty clear blntthat
they know annexation to our Union la coming.
Of course, the steamship companies nre specially
concerned In this movement, as they want to
get nil the passage money they can while tho
troaty with Hawaii remslnslnoporatlon. With
annexation the treaty lapses, and Uncle Sam's
IhwswIII prevail. We doubt whethcrtho Japan
ese would talk of putting 0,000 more of their
people on the Islands, between now and the New
Yoar, unless they felt that they must make hay
while the sun shines.
narlelgb's Way t Htrenathen .Mcaatlves,
Prom tht Yiff Mill tlatttle.
Lord naylelgh has published a novel and Ingenious
way of Intensifying w. ak photograpnlo pictures, not
by chemical but by physical mi ans. It Is n ell known
that a neak positive, transparency shows much
greater rontrasts of light and shale when held In
front of a white sheet of paper thau when held up to
the light. This Is due to the fact that through the
transparent parts ths whits paper Is seen nlth little
loss of brilliancy, while tho more ops ue parts act. as
It were, twice over, ono whon the light passes
through to the papr, and once when It Is reflected
back to the aye. Lord Rsytelgh's method, bused on
this faot. Is to hack a weak negative with a Oat
polished refleotor, and to copy It In the camera by
means of the usual condensing lens, with tho light
placed a much In a line with tho onpying lens as
postlbla. The positive thus obtained can b used to
make a still further Intensified negative In the same
manner. To get rid of the effect or false light ro
Oeoud by the opUcal surface, It la necessary either
to give a slight slope to the condensing lens, or, If this
Is sot used, to altaob a prUra of glass to the face or
tho uegattrs to be copied.
Pleasures or Travel In south Africa.
From the Sieardnnd T(mrs.
Mr. J. D. Buchanan, travelling along under the
Uananga with a wagon, came s rets live lions, two of
which were alult male and fciule and the revalu
ing three cubs. The whole family sat eighty janls
otr and watched the oxen pn "inl the only weapon
lu tho wagon was one rusty a. -' k'l-
Tbreateulnsr In All ! Aspects.
from IKt i?ocAestrr lit m" it and ChrunMr
The Citizens' Union lutlf, lu "' Inception, aitiu,
motives, and tactic Is a cuiu ilidatud tlueut lu tho
ood aam sad wtltut el Mw Verb
rna RXPAxnrsa ncttET.
Same nrmarlta on Ureal Itritaln'a Mew Mtmtle,
To the Enrron or Tuts sun Sin I notice la
this morning's SUN a special London cnblo de
Ipatcb stating that "tho Government Is con
sidering tho question of adopting a new lead
bullet Invented by a Hlrmltiaham firm. Instead
of a conical lop tho new bullet has a cup-like
cavity In Its striking end. Whon It first enters
tho flesh tho front of I ho bullut acts Hko a punch,
cutting a clean round holo, which don not closo
up. Then tho mlxllo commences to oxpond,
and nrtor It has travelled six Inches It produces
ajRggod hole thrcoor four Inches in dhimotor."
It socins probable that thn riijhl of Uuglnnd to
uso such a bullet as that dcscrll ed may bo seri
ously questioned under tho rule- of Interna
tional lnw. D.ivls, In his "Ouillnci of Inter
national Law," p. 221. says: "Tho decision as
lo whether a particular limtrmtn nt may, or
may not, be employed In war wi.l depend upon
tho wound or Injur? caused by Its use, Iftho
wound produced bv it causo utuici cn irv suffer
ing, or liooriless Injury, It Is (o 1- rej. cleil, other
wise not This rule la applltnbliuti nil Instrtt
ment n of whs to ver character, u hl lir weapon nr
projoetilos, which mil bo used in nur. Tho
application of this rulo forbid the uso of rut
ting or thrusting woHpons wlthii Imie been
poisoned, or uhkh aro bo lonstnn tod in to In
flict a meroly painful wound. To litis ilasn be
long arrows with eislly detached hcnils. 5:r.
The recommendations of tho ft. I'cli.-rshurg
conference upon tho subject of cxplntiro pro
jectiles, forbidding tho uso of prnjet til s weigh
ing less than 400 grammes (twi-ito minces
nvolrdiitiolsl. tin rocelvert lliegeni-ril ssnetlon
of ilvlllzi-d nut Ions. Tho adoption of this rulo
renders unlawful tho tiro of explosive bulluts in
small arms."
Inasmuch ns (ho proposed now bullet Is do
nlgnod to prodtico " Jagged holo," It would
seem that It would elenrly lotuo under the pro
hibition of Iho nbovo rule, unless It can bo
shown that the wound would bo Urge enough to
cause certain death, which apparently would
nolhotruo In many case, as, for Instance In
caso the bullet (.truck a lleshy portion of a man's
leg. Is It a sign of decaying greatness that at
tho close of tho nineteenth century Knulnnd
should resort to n practice bo closely nkln to tho
hellish custom of savages who chow their
bullets, which wits condemned by tho clvlllzod
world moro limn 100 years ago I C.
New Yoiuc Oct. o.
Is Cen. Trnrj SJnllty or llepubllrnnlsmt
To the FotTon or Tin- Pes Itr: Mr. Low argues
that the eli-itlon of Ocn. Tracy would please Senator
Piatt. Qrantt-il. nnd what of It? What great disaster
that would bring to New York, neither Mr. Low nor
any ono eUe pretends to say. Mr. Low docs not claim
that tn that caso tho afatta of New York would go to
tho dickens. To the contrarj, I Is complaint Is wld ly
different, and Is that 0 n. Tracy, In maklntr appolut
menu, would select Republicans In order to strengthen
tho Republican party as much as posslblo for tho
I'n sldenttal electlun of lliOO.
As ir It were a monstrously wicked thing to think
of, Mr. Low, at Cooper Union last right, launched
this Tearful Indictment at Gen. Tracy: "Appoint
ments will ! made to stn ngthen the party, and tho
potroniigeof the city, whereser possible, will bo used
for the isms purpose." That Is, a lu-puhtlcan Mayor
would bo guilty of tho heinous crime of building up,
Instca of pulling down, the Republican party, now
shocking! Occause, of the apprehension that Oen.
Tracy would perform that fearful tiling, patriotic
duty, we Republicans aro urged to lolt. Yes, seri
ously besreched to destroy the Republican party, tho
hope of tho nation at this crisis, lest, othi rwlse. It
may become, powerful In the flnanc al centre of tho
J.CW World. Was more senseleas twaddle ever ad
dressed to a sensible community y
Tho Inference to bo drawn from Mr. Low's arraign
ment of Gen. Tracy Is that, though claJmlagtouea
Republican, Mr. Low. If lected, would make ap
Iolutnieuts so an to n ard oft" the deplorable evil of a
strong Republican party In New York. Judging by
his past, there is no room for doahtlng him on that
point. Trom 1ST9 do n, except when he was a can
didate for ofilce and there was hofie of gulnlng the
supiwrt of the p.i publican party, Mr. Low either has
been engaged tiers stintly In oruanlzlig or favoring
movctmnls for tho oMNl.row of Republicanism.
What was ho doing but tl at In 190, IhSl, 1S88,
IS-a, isj, 1 f-t-5. I-.su. and Isdsf What he then
did Is ptvilstly whit he Is now attempting, disrupt
ing the Republican pirty. fcTEniLN 13. Jxcobs.
Ukooklis, Oct. 7, IBUT.
Who Steers llcvnnldet
To Tnr. EntTOR or Tux Scsvtr.-So one has shown
the "true Inwardness " of the oontlnuance of the Low
candid cy, which, originating In Mr. Low's proper
ambit ou, would hae been abandoned under pre
vailing conditions hid Mr. Low Judged for ntmselr.
Unfortunately for tho city, for the Republican party,
and for the nation, exceptionally clever wire pullors
wr re on hand lo work I'resldent Low through Rey
nolds and others of the clique.
All men havo their weaknesses. Low is not rul
prm n. Strange he shoul 1 be weak enough to allow
so paltry a Urltlsh parody to Influence him; but alack,
alas! so It Is. And now for tho nigger In the pilot
U7.0 tterr .VtfMoMs t
Hah! Who but the astuto lawyer with Gallic cog
nomen and virulent hstrvd of excrythlng Repub
lican tn reased tenfuld by the Mtti r necessity of vol
lug that ticket In 'P8. Ho and Cudkln, the blunderer
who managi d to flop the fiosr osir to tae Democrats
at exactly the must inopiiortuue moment that could
lic Ih'oo Mlrviel between '.if and "un. Their and
their owners isjckeu safe, cno or Isith would far
inoner have Oenrge or Van Wyck elected than any
numlneo of the R publican pirty.
Tho atiove remarks are w rlttrn by a friend, and, to
n certain i olnt, an admirer of Mr. Low; by one who
certain! n nuld have voted for him under almost any
other concetv ablo conditions than the present dog in
manger, smash if ho can't get for himself, and alo
lutely suicidal policy of his Adiillamlto congregation.
A IttimncAV who Voted roa Cle-.ela.id.
Umo-i Clcb. Oct. 8. ISu7.
I'umpUlo Pin Information.
To Tiir EntTOK or Tnr Sex Mr: Why does h ask
for Xew England pumpkin pies when we make tho
genuine article In Jew Jersey? Wo are not dealer
In the article, but will tie most ha pv to (III that
hungry ew Yorker with as good pumpkin pie as can
be made in any t-tato. p
M.wil.K. O-'t. s.
To Tiir Eiiitor orTns St-v Sir: "A Xew Yorker"
ean get his mother's or grandmother's pumpkin pies
from the Woman's Exchange. I West Thirtieth
street. If they do not touuh the spot I am much mis
taken, lie will robobly lo obliged 10 w.lt for a
while arter rnat ttmo to get the full flavor. YaskES.
ism Yoiik, Oct. t.
Seth I.os'a Friends In llrnnblyn.
To tug r.ntT.iR or Tng Sttt Sir: I admire) yonr
stand on lb Mayoralty question. The average In
structor Is not nt for public offlcr, and If he be at for
public otnee he Is but a sorry tesctier.
Tnr Srv Is gaining manv friends by Its advocacy of
rea' g'od government, not the tsicns km 1,
1 hniH, that Low will nnd himself u. high as tlamaa
on Not, 2. UitoOkLT! Vote.
nuooKLT!. Oct. 9.
A Peculiar TntiittBtnite Inserlpltan.
At tho entrance of the church of --an Salvador In the
city or Ovledo, Spain, Is a remirlnble tomb erected
by a prlucc named Sllo.wltbas ry curious Latin In
scription which may bo rend 'J70 ways by begtnalnf
with the capita s In the centre!
silo riii.Nccrs fecit.
Tier, riricioirinoit
ioimpioi i loiriritot
cirifioni Hctririo
inriMiiritiiotriri
ririoiitirorntioiMr
irtoi t aroLorn i Hears
rcoainroLiLorBiHocr
icniKi'ot, iSiLorRiHor
rxcHiRpoLi LorniKcxr
srios l tirot. o mi not rs
rirtoitironiictrir
c r s r u o s i e rntiotriri
ciririoaitti lotrino
iciririmi Koinrnoi
noitiricKrinrtciT
In addition to this Inscription on tho tomb are In
scribed these lettcrst
II. S. P.. R. B. T. T. L.
which are the Initials of tho followlmt Latin wordai
filo situs est Mlo, sit tlbl terra lev's.
(Here rcata fello. May tho earth He lightly on btra.)
Australian Ithetarlo ;rts Miles'.
IVum the London Dntlu ,Vir.
Mr. John Want, Attnrney.Orueral of Sew Sooth
Wales, does not favor federation. In a recent spssek
he desert N-s It as follows!
"1'ederotlon Is afashlonahla vermin which threatens
to undermine the free Constitution under which ws)
live Itsproier name ought to be 'Faderstlon ' Un
til lately It hua b-en hanging up Ilka Mahomet's
oomn Sow II has coma to earth with a sickening
thud, and Is seen In all its nakedness and nastlues.
and people And that they have been mistaking a
scoured tankard for a celestial being."
ha Are Thrlr friends and W ha Tlielr r. emirs 1
r,.i i. tl,e i-ommtrcfal Admtistr.
Mr Low sfi lends could not confer with the Repub
licans to defeat Tammany, but with Henry Cieorga
and his followers they can make, straight ' deal" to
, Oafeat the llepubUcaiu.
t
VTRAT Xfl ooxsa OIT I-V SOarETF.
Oolf so completely monopollr.es tho social and '
sporting world at prosentthat thoso whonre not
tlrod of It aro apparently Interested In nothing
else. As tho former ma? possibly bo In the ma
jorltv, however. It Is woll to mako a passing;
nlluslon to tho great tournament now going on
at Ardsley, for which tho astonishing number
of ovor 100 ontrlos was mado, among whom nro
two members of English clubs, nnd ono or mora
cracks from ovor? golf club In this country. Tho
fall tournament of tho Mendowbrook Club wag i
brought to a closo bv tho victor? of QulncyA. 1
Shaw of tho M?opla over James A, Tyng, 1
hitherto consldorod Invincible nnd tho win m
nor of tmi n y tournaments. In addition a M
championships, cups, nnd prizes, golf ll l
now going nt Innumcrnblo smaller clubs. tH
and at all tho gentlemen's houses on the Hud- H
son, nt Westchester and on both Long Island'!
shore thcro Is scarce!? a prominent woman in V
society whn Is not an expert at tho links. Al V
I'ornelllT, l'llersllo, Cnmnnlh nnd nil tho show V
plnccs of the Hudson, whero houso pnrtlcs aro '
now assembled, golf nnd blcvcllng (111 up tha
measure of tho dn?s. which fortunately closo la
earl?, thus givlngn chnnco at evening for cards,
dnnctng, billiards, and such Indoor amuse
ment as might qulto easily bo forgotten If tha
sun would bo obliging enough to amy above tha
horlron as long ns golfing enthusiasts desiro.
Tho llultusrol Golf Club has Issued Invito ,
tlons for a golf ten on Thursdny next, which
promises to bo n very pleasant nlTalr, A ladles'
tournament will bo played In tho morning, tha
prizes for which will bo qulto original, consist- fl
ing of mlntnturos and other pretty trifles, pur-
chased b? tbo Secretary of the club In Paris, Tha
pntronossesof tbocluh nro Mrs. John C, YVIlnier
ding of Orange, Mrs. Edward 1L Jones, Mrs. O.
0. Mooronnd Mrs. William It. Hockmanof thll
city, nnd Mrs. Edward II, Wright of Newark. ,
Tho great crazo of tho da?, noxt to golfing, la
horse shows and hunting. All tho Jersey world
and hundreds from this vicinity have visited
tho Morrlstown llorso Bhow, which has tho ad
rnntngo of open air surroundings of rlchlr
wooded mountains, acres of lovely meadows,
and an expanse of bill and dnlo which Is to ba
found nowhere clso. Tho owners of all tho beau
tiful places In tho neighborhood. Including Mr.
II. Melv. Twoinbly, who has eomo of the best ,
horseflesh on exhibition; Mr. G. Q. Frellnghuy
sen. Mr. George 11. Post, and their fnm'lles,
hnro been frequent visitors, ns havo also Mr.
nnd Mrs. Cleveland nnd Vice-President Ilohart.
Hempstead and Tuxedo will soon bo tho great
centre of soclnl life. Lenox has fallen off a good
deal this yenr. It Is full of gav people, but the?
nro so wrapped up In outdoor sports that they
hn vn no strength or taste for evening functions.
It is curlotiB, but nevertheless true, that a ball
dresi Is no longer a temptntlon to a young girl.
Golf clothes, which show tho pedal extremities
In not very ottrnctlvo form nnd aro otherwise
most unbecoming, aro tho only wear. Titers
havo been several pleasant tons and dinners, nnd
nt a musicals given at Mrs. Grocnlcaf's, who
has n delightful nnulc room, tho acoustic prop
erties of which loavo nothing to desire. Mrs.
Grcnvlllc Snelllng sang cbnrmlngl? In French,
English, and German, nnd Miss Oiertnor and
Mr. Mulligan discoursed very good music .'
Tuxedo, on Iho contrary. Is full of life. The) (i
beautiful clubhouse thcro Is always nn induco
ment to evening festivities, as Its theatre, ball
room, and rcstaurantnrealwajsopcn to visitors
nnd seem to ho contlnuall?Ba?lng: "Comoand I
enjor ?ourselvcs here." A vaudcvlllo entertain-
ment under tho direction of Mr. Hnrr? TY, Mc- '
VIckar, I now in course of preparation and will
probably bo arranged b? Oct. 13. Mr. James I,
llreese will assist Mr. McVlcksr tn his labors,
nnd two better impresarios could not roadll? bo
foun d. Tho annual ball will take place on Oct, 20.
A prominent wedding In the near future will
be thnt of Miss Nanna Langhorn e, who will ba
married to Mr. Robert Shaw of Boston at tha
country place of tho Langhornes, In Albemarle
count?, Vn. Miss Langhorno Is a sister of Mrs.
Chnrlcs Dana Gibson, who Is as noted for her
beauty as Miss Langhorno Is for hsr vivacity
and superabundant animal spirits.
Miss Alice Martin, daughter of Henr?T. Mar-
tin of Albany, whoso fiance is Mr. Benjamin
T. McAlptn, will also be one of tho brides of tho
autumn, but with the exception of Miss Bar
low's and Mr. Ja?'s wedding, which has been
ahead? announced, no other Important mar
riages aro llkol? to take place before Christmas.
The engagement of Miss Eileen O'Donnell to
the Count de Seyr, which hoi been onl? recently
announced, will not result In a marriage until
tho opening of tho new year. Miss O'Doanell
belongs to tho well-known Baltimore family of
that name. Is an orphan, a nloco of Mrs. Adrian
Iselin or this city, and on her mother's side of
Gov. Carroll, and cousin of Miss Helen Carroll,
who Is now Mrs. Herbert Robblns. There will
lie, therefore, not man? gay and pretty woddinrj
shows to bring tho young and gay to town, nnd
thoso who nro compelled to remain here must
content themselves with the glitter of streets
and shop windows nnd tho nightly amusement
of theatres and music halls, 1
A great deal of speculation Is going on about
tho coming winter, and doubts and hopes at to
Its gayet? aro frcel? expressed. To a casual ob
server tho lookout Is not promising. Aiken,
that most seductive of Southern homes, la
almost ready for Its winter colony. Thero
hunting, quail shooting, the perfection of golf
links, and every other athlotlc sport, hold out
their attractions to the men. while the women
have the run of all the same aruusemonts. and.
In short skirts and Tam o' Shantor caps, carry
their guns over their shoulders, tramp Ave or
six miles over tho golf links, and lead a thor
oughly free and ens? life. Mr. and Mra. Royal
Carroll havo already closed their Newport cot
tage and nro preparing to occup? their Aiken
home. All last winter's colony will return
thither, nnd tho new cottages that have been
built during tho summer are nearly all taken.
In town the now houses that are building In
uouer Fifth avenue are not yet read? for occu
pancy. Mr. William C. Whitney, after his p
return from abroad, will IIto in the present res- T
Idence of Mr. Oliver Harrlman. In West Fifty-
seventh street, and tho now ballroom In tho
Plxty-elghth street house, about which so much
has been predicted, will certain)? not be opened.
Some few of tho uptown people propose to closo
their houses until Iho hurl?-burl? In the streets
Is ended. Mr. P. F. Collier, for Instance, has
taken Mr, Charles A. PoBt's house In Washing
ton sn,uuro for tho winter, and there Is a greater
demand thnn usual for furnished houses down
town, where Fifth avrnuo Is smoothly and se
curely asphalted, and it is devout!? hoped will
not be opened again for at least ten years.
Thcro nre II' civ to be a good man? absentees
this winter among tho smart sot. Mr. and Mrs.
Frederick Vnndcrbllt nre Bala to have It In con
timplation to go abroad, and the same Is j
rumored of Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Mills. These, jf
with tho larger contingent who always depart II
In February, will mako a big hole In society li
ranks, during at least a pnrt of tho winter.
A question now In debate, and Involving
seriously tho comfort and convcnleme of tha U
New York public. Is whether gentlemen are to M
be allowed to smoko Indiscriminately In the V
largo rostaurnnts of (bo Waldorf. Delmonico's,
nnd other well-known placts. Ip 11 the fash- ?
lonnblo hotels smoking rooms are provided,
where men may dlno or sup, and smolto at '
pleasure In the palm room of tho Waldorf,
which Is especially adapted, by Its ventilation,
to the comfort of smokers, cigars and cigarettes
are not prohibited, hut tho Kmpiro dining room
hns been, and wo trust nlwajs will be, rosorvod
for thoso who wish to lunch nnd dine with
out tho annoyance of breathing tho odor of
tobacco, or having It mlnglo with the perfume
of tbo delicate viands that ro bprcad before '
them. Ili'cmise tho hubit is allowed at Prlnco'e
and tto Savoy in London, or Joseph's and the
Ambassadcurs In Purls, Is no earthl? reason
why It should be introduced here, and An erl
cans should hao thu prlvlhgo of regulating
their social customs according to their own
views and tastes. Tho class of ueoplo who fre
quent tho best Now York rostaurnnts are uot
thosamo as thoso who are to bo found at tbo
8Miy In London or at Joseph's In IMrla. At
tho Saxoy n great man? of tho respectable
smnit bet may bo seen nftor tbo opcruortho
theatre, but they aro cheek by Jowl with the
beml-dissuisod worst characters in London, and
are not In any wa? to be namod with the ladles "
, and gsnUemon at Delmonico's or the Waldorf.
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