New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-03

Edward o. Graves, who has been promptly
named in the stead of Mr.. Burt, has been I'D
the service of the Government for score OF
wears. He is at present Superintendent ID one
of the bureaus OF the Treasury Department
HIS appointment ia in harmony with the princl-
ples of the new Civil Service law and is to DO
com n { nded on those grounds il on no other'
Dr. Dix's Lenten lectures have provoked soiio
lively protests from friends Of higher educat'oh
for women. One of them urges to-uay WIN
force that the Doctor cannot be an lDphi'i"'
member of the Columbia College commune
which il expected to consider with Junleia' i"i'-
ness the arguments urged by the petitioners ior
the admission of women in some way 10 sumo
of the educational facilities Columbia aiorus'
| II vould be a mistake to regard tins as III any
wav an authoritative expression OF the atttuue
taken nv the Episcopal Church toward this
movement As our correspondent shows, Dr.
Potter DIR. Brooks and Others ale as positively
eor a. n, D;x is against it, and in England it
b., ,I,o sr,nort of SO great church dignitary
SO tbo ,,chbisbop of Canterbury himself. The
interest in DIR. DIx's series grows, as he al
thoroughly deserves it..
The full report of the condition or the paro'
| chial and industrial schools of the city re-
| fleets credit upon the industrious others
| and inspectors of the Society for the IRE
| vention of Cruelty to Children. 1t SHOWS
| nIainl, the dangers which surround SO
many of the children in the city for hve OF Six
bours daily during most of the year. Few OIL
| the scbooi-bouses are without serious detects.
Tn many. doors open inward aud are kept lockeo'
| while the kew lies Oh the teachers desk. Stair
cases are not numerous enough, and what there
are are too narrow and dark. fIre-escapes
have not been provided for mauy buildings
and as the report suggests, where they are IN
Mace they would be of little use. In case oil
fire most children would not know how TO use
them. Even an adult needs good deal OF athletic
skill to descend them in safety. There is, We
are ban,,v TO saw, some chance that the mana
gers of these schools will heed the suggestions
which the Society offers. The Penal Code
makes it a misdemeanor to place minors In STU
ations where their lives are endangered.
At least the discussions on postal matters in
Congress at this session have not been barren
of good results. The differences between the
House and the Senate in regard to certain
clauses of the Post Office Appropriation oil
have been finally settled. and the measure now
only needs the signature of the President TO
become law. The most popular change that
will be effected by this legislation. and the
most important one, perhaps, is the reduction OF
the rates on letters from three cents 20 two cents
This goes into effect the first of next October.
There are other reforms which it would also
have been well to try for. There has been pubic
demand foe some time, not only for cheap post
age, but Tor cheap money orders in denomina-
toes ranging from fifty cents upward. They
| could be issued in the shape of postal cards,
| and would he of immense value to the poorer
classes who cQnnot afford to pay ten cents for
the ordinary money orders. However, half
loaf IS better than none, and the two-cent rate
will be gratefully received. The members who
have pushed this measure have shown that
they are anxious TO promote public welfare IN
some directions at least.