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New-York tribune., 1901-12-07
STREET SIGN ESSENTIALS

Mr Cantor. the President-elect of the Borough
Of Manhattan, is taking in hand the question Of
street signs with commendable prOmptness and
energy. If he persists in the good work and
executes it properly he will be entitled to the
gratitude of community which has long suf
fered a more sloyenly and barbarous system Of
lack of signs than has been inflicted upon any
other civilized city in the world 1t would be
desirable for the incoming presidents of the
other boroughs TO cooperate with Mr.. Cantor
If not for the general authorities of the whole
city to take the matter up, in order to secure n
uniformity of system throughout all parts Of
the metropolis
There will be no lack of suggestion and advice
upon the subject. Mr.. Cantor is said to be
receiving hundreds of letters upon it. not only
from people in this city, but also from those in
distant places who are interested in seeing the
social and business capital of the nation freed
from the reproach Of being "a mighty maze
and haplessly without a plan" He will do
well TO consider the subject carefully and to
seek expert opinion upon it, as he is doing.
And he doubtless will find such opinion strongly
crystallized upon certain fundamental prn-
ciples which may be regarded as absolutely
essential 10 satisfactory system Of street signs
The first principle is, of course. that n sign is
Il sign. 1t is meant for public information. and
not for artistic decoration any other purpose.
1t should be made TO serve that fundamental
purpose first in the fullest possible degree
After that it may be made as decorative as you
please. But the use a sign comes first, and
nothing else must be permitted to interfere with
or TO impair il. The essential qualities of "a
sign, then, are legibility and directness. The
sign must be of such style and be placed at
such height and in such position and be so
| lighted as to be most readily perceived and
most easily read. day and night. by all
| travellers whether OH the sidewalks or in
vehicles on the roadway. 1t is to this end
obviously desirable that they shall be every
where uniform in style and position so that
every one will instnctiyely know just where to
look for them and will instantly recognize them
| And then, i'll the second place, they must be
New-York tribune., 1901-12-07
AV EXCELLENT APPOINTMENT.

Mr. Low finds ii necessary or convenient 10
violate occasionally his own rule, by announc-
ing his choice for an important otilce IN advance
of the general list But the exception made
known Yesterday will cause no complaint Eariy
news of Mr. Robert W. De Forests consent TO
hacomp the head of the Tenement House Depart
ment is thoroughly welcome. He was deslg-
mated for that place by intelligent public opinion
Immediately after the election, and there mas
been little or no doubt that he would receive the
appointment if he could be persuaded TO take II.
1t is ONLY lust TO add that he has been expected
TO Weld TO Mr. Lows wishes, for he was largely
instrumental in procuring the passage of the act
under which the department will be conducted
is peculiarly competent, for that and other rea-
sons 10 administer ii successfully, and has q
keen sense of civic responsibility. Mr.. De Forest
is making some serious sacrifices in undertak-
ing this work, but he may hope to find an ample
recompense in rendering service Of high quail
ity TO the less fortunate inhabitants OF New
York
Under Tammany government the tenement
house regulations, imperfect in themselves, have
been permitted to work considerably worse than
there was any need of. 1t is believed that the
new law is a great Improvement on the Old ana
there is every reason to expect that Mr.. De
Forest will enforce ii faithfully and wisely.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-07
THE NEW CANAL TREATY.

The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
has with commendable promptness voted III ami
mously to report fayorably the new Hay-Paunce-
fote Treaty, the text Of which was published in
our columns yesterday morning. The Official
revelation of the text exactly confirms the conf
dent forecast of il which made six weeks
ago in the special Washington correspondence
OF The Tribune The treaty is a short one,
about half the length of the Clayton-Bulwer
Treaty which it supersedes, and ii is particu-
larly simple in wording and explicit and unmis-
taxable in meaning This latter is a great
virtue, which not all treaties and other public
documents possess. 1t seems impossible that
any serious difference of opinion should here
after arise among reasonable men concerning
the force and intent of this treaty.
The first article OF the treaty. in a single SEN
tence of less than score of words, uncondition-
ally abrogates the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty and
puts the present ore in its place. And as this
treaty relates exclusively TO an isthmian canal,
all the stipulations of the former treaty on other
matters vanish and their place is left void;
which is well. seeing that they were i'll devised
and have never commanded respect. The gen.
eral principle of the old treaty, that all trans
isthfnian canals and railroads shall be neutral
highways is, however. reaffirmed in the pre-
ambie 10 this treaty. That is principle which
we have been maintaining, often. as at present,
with force and arms, in the case of the Pan
anna Railroad, and il seems therefore logical TO
apply it TO the canal which is to be built,
whether at Nicaragua or ar Panama. and also
TO the English railroad which has been con-
structed across the isthmus of Tehuantepec.
The second article in single sentence gives
TO the United States the sole and exclusive right
to cons1Fue: the canal in such manner as il
plcases. and TO regulate and manage it, In the
third article the principles of naturalization
which have for many years been successfully
applied 10 the Suez Canal are adopted for that
at Nicaragua or Panama. To the United States
jz given exclusive authority to maintain along
New-York tribune., 1901-12-07
AmneemeuIs.


AMERICAN .I5-Curnberiand ,6l
ACADEMY Mi-SIC-2-S :i5-'Way Down East
BFJOT- TIIEATRE-2:IJ-S: :2o-The Auctioneer
BROADWAY THEsTRE-2-S-The Sleeping Beauty anu
49,,
CARNEGIE HAI.I.-s:I5-PhIIharmo Society Of New
York.
CAsINO-e-s:I5-The Little Duchess.
CRITERIAN THEATRES -I5-The Helmet OF Nd
DsI.Ys THEATRE-2-s:l0-The Messenger Boy
EDEN MUeEf;-Day and Evening-World in wax
EMPIRE THEATRE-2'15 s.i5-Sec9nd IN oonlildl,a
GARDEN THEATRE-215-s :I5Alice OF Ola klncei'1e7
GaRRICk THEATRE-s.30-A - Message from Mars
HARLEM OPERA HOTSE1-2-s:ja-I cSeN-1oi
HERALD SQUARE THEATRE-2-s:l5--Eeauc
IRVING PLACE E-2-s:2o-Flachsnlailh ai0
Erzieler.
EEITH'S-Contfnuous Performance ,,..
KNICKERI3oCKER THEATRE 2:I5 - $50 - Quality
LYcETM THEATRE: -2:15-s:sc-The Girl and the
MADTso3 SQUARE THEATRE-2:15- -s:So-The Liberty
Relles.
MANHATTAN THEATRE-2:I5- -s:2O-The Unweicome
aETT,T.I.SSSFiN 4AII-S:l5-Iecture Recital.
MURRAY Hill. THEATRE-2-s-l-a Belle tuSse,
NEW SAVOY TEEATRE-2:l .2l-Eoen f1oloei-
NEV-YORK THEATRE-2:15-7-l5 -l5-t'iorodofa
PASTOR'S-Continuous Performance.
pROCTOR'S FIFTH AVENCE-- 30 10 lo:oo-Mnle- DH'-
teGfv and Varieties. ~ - ,o.,o
PROCTOR's TWENTY THIRD sTREET-i=3o TO loI3o-
Blue Jeans Varieties. ,,.-
PROCTOR'S I25TH STREET-1:3o 10 lo;So-Nhal nap
pened 10 Jones and Varieties m - -o.-o
PROCToR'S FIFTY EIGHTH STREET-l;3o 10 io-oo-
A Night on and Varieties -.,.o-.
THEATRE REPUBLIC 2I5 - SD - Under southern
wALLAcK's THEATRE-2:15-s:2o- :2o-Colorado.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-07
NELFILLE on AERONALTLCS.

When a man of Rear Admiral Melville's large
practical experience and scientific training dis
cuSses aerial navigation he is sure to command
an attentive hearing. Another quality of the
engineer-in-chief of the United States Navy
which lends value 10 his opinions is his pro-
gressive spirit. The advocate of twin screws
water tube boilers and other innovations in
naval engineering may reasonably be expected
TO recognize whatever merit lies In kindred
science. His own voyages have been confined
TO the water, but that fact could hardly bias him
where the problems of construction and propul-
sion are almost identical with those he has
studied for lifetime.
In the December North American Review y
however, he expresses anything but a hopeful
view of the future of aerial navigation The
helplessness of balloon In a high wind the
extreme fraSility OF all types of airship and
the enormous cost at which transportation is
effected by such means combine to satisfy him
that that method of travelling will never reach
commercial basis. II has been argued that IL
New-York tribune., 1901-12-07

THE POLITICAL RICKETTS, OR AN UNEQUAL
DISTRIBUTION OF NOURISHMENT.

THE POLITICAL '.RIcKETTs,' OR AN UNEQUAL
DISTRIBUTION OF NoURISTMENT.
the Honorable Daniel McChuck. of South Brooklyn
to a Tribune reporter yesterday, that none aV
the political docthors hev thried to tell what
allied the Dimmycratic parity in tn late onplisant
Miss have hit it right yit. l notice that III amer
able Richard Croker il tn newspapers
an tn annerable Tim Sullivan sez 1t wuz a lack
av votes an wan Max HOckstim sez it wuz on
account av tn interference tn law Perhaps
all ay these estimabe an wize gazabos is correct
but as for me an tn folks live around Coffey
Parruk in Brooklyn, 1 think it wuz case av
political ricketts,.
What's the ricketts?' asked the reporter In un-
feigned ignorance.
Now hear that wanst!' exclaimed McChuck.
with scorn "A man av letters like yersel not
KNOWN what tn ricketts, is. The ricketts, is tn
ricketts, an tn political ricketts, is tn political
ricketts, l used T. have tn ricketts, in Tyrone
before | kim to this land. an they joke
at that Th' ricketts, is distemper arisin' from
an unaqual distribution av what viz ate Yer
limbs grow uneveny an jints git full av knots.
That's tn ricketts-an unaqual distribution av
nourishment.
Danny looked very wise at this. and evidently
wanted the idea soak into the reporters mind.
Continuing he said:
.;rh' nourishment for tn whole gang turned
III body polite, w'ich Is Tammany Hall. TIL par
tcular portion TIL body containn Carroll an
Croker an Devery got more than wuz comm L
thin by rights. an waxed fat. But shure they
wuz other parts av' TN body that wint shy av
nourishmint, an immejit.y IL prostrated by
tn ricketts,. Tn limbs looked small compared wild
New-York tribune., 1901-12-07
PIT 1T OFF.

Tho Roard of Estimate and ApporuonDeht
tool, no action Yesterday on the scheme TO
relieve present conditions at the Manhattan ter
minal of the Brooklyn Bridge by meahs VI an
elevated railroad through Centre-st-' out 1t
listened TO a rather lively and instructive us
cussion of the subject Doubtless there Will pe
q further hearing. but unless much stronger
arguments than were presented yesterday Ill
sunport of the plan are at the command OF us
odvocotes they will not emerge from the con-
trorersv with credit The objections TO the
Schoma are of n threefold character. 1t has
tbe anpearance of being particular favor 10
private interests. it proposes 10 create d Sie"l
nuisance in Centre-st- and there Is no prooi
that il would serve the main purpose lntendeu.
Obviously the thing to do is TO leave the ques-
tion for the next administration to deal with,
instead of hurrying it to Il settlement before the
first of January. If the plan which Chief EnSi-
moor Martin so warmly commends is good one
if will bear careful scrutiny. and we can assure
its supporters that the men VINO are 10 pe III
authority a few weeks hence will not be preJu-
diced against it because it originated with the
nresent government We are glad to observe
that Controller Coler takes this view OF the mat
fer. believing that so intricate problem re-
ouires more deliberate consideration, especially
in view of the fact that the solution proposed
youId involve n large expenditure. The city
can far better afford to put up with existing
evils a little longer than TO be embarked IN an
uncertain and costly enterprise when would
impose heavy burdens at the best
New-York tribune., 1901-12-07
B4Rr4RD Club FUND GROWS FAST
MEMBERS EXPECT TO BEGIN ENLARGE
MENT OF BUILDING IN THE SPRING

MEMBERS EXPECT TO BEGIN ENI-AfNoH
MENT OF BUILDING IN THE SPRlNG-
Members of the Harvard Club have contributes
$4,000 of the $4,000 asked for by the committee
appointed on October 49, 1900 for the requirement
of property in Forty-fifth-st- in the rear OF tho
clubhouse and for the enlargement of the present
building 1t is confidently believed that oy heAe
April the remaining $4,000 will be subscribed anu
that the work of extension will be well under way
Recently four members of the club purchased ior
s121 900 Nos 2s Is and SO West FOrty-hfth-st a
piece of property 0x1Oo feet lying directly 5ehind
and of the same size the present clubhouse
property. This newly acquired property has oeeh
offered to the club cost. The committee recon-
ends that If the offer is accepted the property DC
retained in its present condition.
I'VE have 1860 members. said an orfcer o.
the club Yesterday, and il is becoming more anu
more difficult to accommodate them properly Iue
dining especially must be enlarged Ing ING
committee hopes that the clubhouse VIII Dc 81,
larged so to substantially the rear , haI,
of the present property about 50x50 feet We mus
provide sleeping rooms for the use OF our ost u
town members g.
'McKm. Mead & White have prepared plans rhs9a I9r
the enlargement of the present building Ihe9
plans are now exhibition at the clubhouse -
Is estimated that the cost OF building the propoSS
addition will amount to about $7A000
New-York tribune., 1901-12-07

a balloon or flying machine is only Dig ehoush
the difficulties hitherto encountered VIII oe
overcome Admiral Melville comedies that
some trifiing disadvantages-skln fric'ioh' ioi
instance-may be reduced thereby. bul he ie
cards the weight of the mass as far more lmpor-
+an+ And both this and the energy to be de-
veloped demand the smallest possible SIZE.
Regarding the possibility of using an airship
for aggressive warfare an equally ADVERSE co'i-
clusen is reached. Even were one nation ~ ue
,olon something revolutionary in type the secret
couId not be kept All the countries OF the
world would be on practically the same foo'-
;po Victory would perch on the banners Oh
.be one with the biggest fleet, supposing, OF
oorrse that the weather permitted an engage
mont at all But a balloon would be subject 10
+bo vhims of the wind and craft OF the
Santos -Dumont class would act like an ungulded
rocket Indeed if might even prove Il BOOM
erang.
While Admiral Melville has certainly maze
out strong case, and needed no excuse ior HIS
vigorous utterances, the motives which nave III
snred this article are worthy of notice. lie
fears that capital may be victimized by STOCK
companies organized to build airships IL an eA-
acgerated notion Of their value be entertaiheu'
He regards it the duty of scientific men 10 ca
pose engineering ShamS in order to avert uii-
fortunate investment. To be sure, most OF tle
more important experiments III aerlai ha'iS"
tion of late years-those of Hiram Maxim. Lang
lev. Lienthal, Won Zeppelin and Santos-Du-
mont-were conducted at private expense, or
with moneys provided with the right under
Standing of the uncertainty of the result. Still,
tbere is no telling what may happen in the
future.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-07
At THE WHITE HOUSE

U,,,,+on doc lSpecaD-President Roose-
velt's guests dinner tonight were 0ec
Long, Senator Pettus. Senator Gailnger oeii,.Ul 80
Nelson, Senator Dolliver, Senator McCo'iids' '
ator Clark of Wyoming; Senator Mallory Senator
Foster, of louisiana: Senator Clay. Senator baru'
Senator Burton Senator Dillingham; Senator burh-
ham and Paul Morton.
Mrs. Roosevelt who has been visiting In Phia-
de,nhia since last Saturday when she went to the
West Point-Annapolis football game with the rie
ident. returned to the White House at IL oiooN
tonight She accompanied by her son <Ai'i'i-
bald. -.
were Representative Richard Bartholdt OF MIS-
souri,; NJ. ]. Reedy, of St Louis: Chares Hooiii.
and George r. Peck, of Chicago Inc s.s ftes'1eA
discussed Missouri politics with Mr. Barthoiut an, an
Mr.. Reedy. and 1t is reported that coihpio 80,
acceptable to both the contesting fac'ois - ~
St Louis appointment case will be reached.
President Roosevelt has changed his hour for an
afternoon horseback ride. Now ne starts al 0
instead O Just after l. AS usual ne Went Aoi Z"
two hours ride to-day the northwestern SUBURBS
Through misrepresentation. statement "'9
made in morning paper that MIS- hooSeFel.
would hold public reception for women to-inoIIo"
afternoon. her intention to hold some receP-
tions of this kind a little later in the season
Cornelius ~ Bliss OF New-York, and Senator
Hanna members of the board of trustees Oh the
Mckinley Memorial Arch Association, saw the
tanning to the interests of that organization fhe
board of trustees will meet at the Arlington Hotel
Senator Depew, direct from Charleston ana Iull
of praise for the exposition, was d cailer at 'ne
White House.
Dr. von Holleben. the German Ambassador. saw
the President in the Blue Room
With brush and palette. Constantine Makovsky,
the Russian artist, who is TO make an oil Paintng
of President Roosevelt was an early ARRIVAL at the
White House to-day He entered the Cabinet room
where he President, and then, WIN q CRU
cal eye for light effects, experimental WIN S II9
window shades. Next he poised the President, ] ana
continued work the portrait, which was peguIl
at a sitting yesterday afternoon. ;. m
Crazy Snake. of the Creek Nation in Indian 1eto Ter
ritory and others of his tribe. called at the White
House and the Interior Department TO-DAY lney
failed TO see the President CommlSsloner Jones
advised them return home crazy 9hfthe ,l aIi,i
his followers mace serious trouble at the agency
several months ago. They are here IN an eiIoit to
secure the continuance of the old tribal relations
which have been superseded.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-07

direct and simple in their conveyance OF ln1or-
nation. A sign must be read at glance. II
will not do to have it so crowded with detaiis
that one must pause to study 1t OUT. III Is
signboard not a city directory
These are the essentials: Legibiiity at an
times and from all points OF view uniformity
conspicuousness. and such simpllci's DIS VIII ue
instantly understood 1t should not pe yin"
cult task to devise signs which VIII iuiis ans" &,
TO these requirements. But 10 40 so 1t win
probablv be found best to begin WIN theSe
raopirements in the simplest and most direct
fashion and 70 add thereto such other features
m oo,- be dasired l,,1t as will not interfere with
+toso. buf sacura these essentials first and retain
them to the end.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-07
NOTES OF SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON

Washington Dec. (SpeciaD.-A party consist
ing of the Secretary of the Navy, the secretary vi
the Interior, the Postmaster General, a NUMBER OF
well known naval officers. members OF Congress
and women in society will attend the launching OF
the battleship Missouri on December 2S MISS COCK
reI daughter of the senior Senator from MISSOURI
has beeu chosen to name the ship and break the
customary bottle of champagne against the side.
Postmaster General Smith has accepted an invita-
ton 10 attend a dinner to be given in Boston py
the Merchants Association. He will be called upon
10 respond to a toast which Will. douotless' per-
tain to some phase of American commercial prog
ross The dinner is be given within the next TWO
three weeks. r.-z
Mrs Charles Emory Smith. wife of the tostrn's-
ter General returned from Philadelphia, where she
had been making a visit, yesterday
The Surgeon General of the army ana Mrs stern
berg had as their guests at dinner this evening
Senator and Miss Cockrell, Senator and Mrs; Bur
rows. Mr.. and Mrs. c. D. Walcott. Mr ana Mrs MIS-
p H. FittInann. Major and Mrs John Van X HoIL
Mrs Audenred and Captain F. p Reynolds, L.
s. A ,., . :;
Miss Isabelle Hagner. who has typhoid fever Is
reported to be doing fairly well. She taken TO
Garfield Hospital yesterday. Miss HaSners hines
developed few days ago
New-York tribune., 1901-12-07
PERSONAL NOTES.

M, ,1 I,,ov,r, Greek statesman Tn. Delyannts
has nearly completed political history OF 1reece
during the years 1882 1880. He is also writing MS
political "reminiscences
Alfred Edward Morgans, the new Premier o.
Western Australia is a WeIshnan by Birth and
close upon sixty years Of age lie spent man!
vear, mining IN Mexico. where he was q persondI
friend of President Diaz When the gold GScoverTs t
tion of mining world he went there an ana % sls1 r
at sS 80 fhe legislative Assembly in 1891
Tho labor leaders of England recently sent a let
to- of +barks 10 Richard John Seldom. Premier OF
New-ZeaIand for having favored the Ola Age rem
sion law now enacted In his aeknoWie!SHeht ot
the letter Mr.. Seldom says: IF New-%ealahu mas
bea1 able to act rs pioneer in the first pracuea-
fr,rr ~ ar,euorate the condition OF those upon
WHOM, the weight Of years and lack or NoT+1Iy SUI
cess have fallen. il is doubtless owing not olly -
the courage and sense of responsibility OF her cl
zens bur also to the habits of colonial NE 1 a.
iuda 10 The spirit Of comradeship which Is en5ea
derpd in men thrown together under CRY II o,,n
of common danger and hardship ~ a oiu' s,roTg-
tries where the grades of society are more ,EI strI
~ marked. and the presence OF indlse1oS jsre = the
perceptibe. the task OF protectlnS ana a - LeTe
aged poor is much more difficult thah II - '''
Professor Robert Crak. who has been eoiinsSsea
with McGiTl University. Montreal. Tor over -. i''
century is about 10 resign as dean OF 'i[ , l' -
OF medicine and accept a seat on the 0oaru u
governors.
Lord Kfnnaird the English nobeman. Is not oIis
an acknowledged authority on f6e{o2II 9lbl,r"b
ordained minister of the Establlsheu tii''~
Mrs Eliza Fowler of Lafayette. Ind, VINO Ld'
GIVEN s6O 600 TO Purdue University = elSh'y-N'0
wears old. but despite her age. continues Pe'so-
a11v 10 look after her business affairs Sne n5 i-'
ions- taken an interest in educational 80
baifeving that she could some or her WSzarhi,
NO better advantage than in erecting ~. =, tbs
hall and chapel at Purdue. she pTeSSLtTIu - ths
trea sI,rer of the board of trustees chsch -O' ~
amount necessary.
Bishop Montgomery, of Tasmania haS
chosen secretary of the Society for the EI'P'7N
tion of the Gospel in Foreign Parts