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New-York tribune., 1902-01-11
A KIND WORD TO MR.. JEROME.

The District Attorney is a busy man at all
times. Just now Mr.. Jerome's energies are espe-
cially taxed by the perplexities incident to the
assumption of a new office and by the consider
alton of questions arising out of the tunnel dis
aster Under the circumstances It is not
prising that he should seek such relaxation
dinner of the Reform Club may afford, that,
being there and called on to join in discussing
the agitating subject OF liquor selling on Sun
day, he should betray signs of strain and excite
ment With the friendliest intentions we vent
ure to warn Mr.. Jerome that he is in some
danger of impairing his usefulness by diminish
ing public confidence in his judgment and dis
cretion. He does not prove possession of the
qualities which a public prosecutor most re-
quires by continuing to make speeches of the
sort that helped him to get elected. A large
amount Of latitude Is allowed to a candidate In
a campaign like that which the sins of Tam
many provoked last fall, but when man has
been put in an office of great responsibility
sober views and sober language become him.
On Thursday evening Mr.. Jerome secured
good deal Of applause by referring to certain
utterances Of Mr.. Low concerning the enforce
ment Of the excise law in contemptuous terms,
but We cannot believe that he really served
himself in so doing. He is at perfect liberty to
hold whatever opinions he pleases that sub
ject, and to express them in a suitable manner
but he does not enhance the reputation which
he needs to cultivate by dsparaging the head
of the administration which he hopes to assist
in commencing to popular approval He can
employ his scanty leisure to better advantage in
other ways than in talking loosely and volubly
on subjects which demand deliberate and eau
tous treatment Mr.. Jerome's immediate prede-
cessor was a reticent man who for time was
suspected in some quarters of doing little be-
cause he said little. But he was preparing for
action during that period Of seeming quetude,
and when he got ready TO act he did things
We have the sincerest feeling OF goodwill for
Mr.. Jerome whose own sincerity do not for
a moment doubt; and for that very reason 1t
seems worth while to remind him that Mr.
Philbin. without noise or hustle or professions
of omniscence, accomplished large results.
New-York tribune., 1902-01-11

for the former and conduct the latter In the
present fashion. The loop should be situated
fifteen or twenty feet below the other tracks in
the station, being reached by gently descend
ing grade from some point in the tunnel. A
striking object lesson in the beauties of the
loop system is afforded at the Manhattan end
Of the Brooklyn Bridge. Trolley cars arrive
there in rapid succession on one side and go out
on the other. The semicircular curve renders
unnecessary not only switching but also the
shifting Of tenders. Already an enormous num-
Der Of passengers is handled, but if the bridge
would sustain the burden Of additional cars the
present traffic might be doubled. Were that
same plan adopted at Forty-second-st. vastly
greater business could be conducted with
greater promptness and safety than now.
But" say tie Central officials, you cannot
introduce electric traction and construct a
loop in day. True enough. That is all the
more reason, though, for beginning Immediately.
The bigger the enterprise and the longer the
time required, the more imperative is the neces-
sity for making start
New-York tribune., 1902-01-11
NETWORK SOCIETY.

Among the dinners given last night was one by
Mrs. I. Townsend Burden at her house In East
Twenty-sixth-st. She afterward took her guests.
thirty IN number. to the Bachelors Ball
Another dinner the social programme last
night was that given by Mrs. H. Mortimer Brooks
at her house in East Forty-hfth-st., the party
numbering about thirty.
Among the receptions given yesterday afternoon
was one by Mrs. William B. Beekman at her home
in Fifth-ave AT homes were also given yesterday
afternoon by Mrs. Francis NJ Barr and Mrs Bre-
WORT Barr their house in West Thirty-ffth-st.
Mrs Frederic j. De Peyster's second and last
reception will be held Tuesday, January 81.
Nine. Calve always draws a large and fashionable
house at the opera, and her appearance there last
night in Carmen was exception to the rule IN
this respect The parterre boxes presented an even
more brilliant aspect than usual owing 20 the
beautiful toilettes of the women. who went after
ward to the Bachelors Ball. Among those present
were Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt Mrs. George L.
RIves and Miss Natica Rives Mrs. Prescott Law
renee, Mrs. william K Vanderbilt. jr. Mrs. James
A. Stillman. Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs. Mrs. w. Sew
ard Webb and Miss Webb. Miss Caroline Drayton.
Mrs. Adrian Iselin and Miss Therese Iselin.
Mrs II. Fairfield Osborn gives a dinner at her
house In Madison-ave. Wednesday evening next
Mrs Harry Payne whitney has issued invitations
for dinner dance the evening OF January %
at her house in West Fifty-seventh-st.
The marriage OF Miss Louise Coke 10 Robert
Russell Benedict takes place this afternoon In
Grace Church chantry, and will be followed by
reception at the house OF the brides mother, Mrs.
Robert E. Coke. in West Fifty-eighth-st
The United States Ambassador to the Court Of
St. James and Mrs. Choate sail for England
board the st. Louis Wednesday next, January IS.
Mrs. John r. Drexel leaves town Wednesday
next for Philadelphia, where she is make a
short stay with MIR, and Mrs George W. Chids
Drexel.
Walter Damrosch has issued invitations for
hOusewarming Sunday night the house
which he has leased for a term OF years, at No
623 Madison-ave 1t Will be In the nature OF a
stag party.
Mr.. and Mrs Harry Lehr have rented for the
coming summer the Newport villa known Ar
leigh, which they occupied last season.
Robert Hargous has issued invitations for a din
dance at Delmonico's Saturday evening
January is.
Mrs. Charles T.. Rlker will be at home on Wednes-
days during the season.
A number OF people went yesterday 70 Philadel-
phia for the Assembly ball there, which Is always
OF the chief features of the Quaker City season
New-York tribune., 1902-01-11
About People and Social incidents.
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

Washington. JAN 10 (SpeciaD.-Mrs Roosevelt
received two hundred more callers at her week
ly reception this afternoon. Assisting were Miss
Root, Miss Knox and the Misses Hitchcock, and
the other women of the Cabinet were invited to
be present at the reception. Tea was served as
usual in the Blue Room. which was nnely deco
rated.
The President and Mrs. Roosevelt gave a small
dinner party tonight Among their guests were
the Secretary of State and Mrs. Hay and Mr.. and
The President left the White House at $50
o'clock this afternoon for horseback rae, .e ne
met a. friend or two, with whom ne RODE seVerai
miles and returned alone just after DARK
The President and Mrs. Roosevelt Will attend a
dinner given in their honor by me secretary OK
War and Mrs. Root tomorrow.
1t being Cabinet day. few official callers We're se
ceived by the President in the executive ONCE tnls
forenoon. Among those having business to as
cuss were Senator Deboe of Kentucky; E. T.
Franks Representative Sutherland. Of Utah; SEN
ator Mcmillan, Senator Burrows. Senator Piatt
and Commissioner MacFarand.
New-York tribune., 1902-01-11
FOR TO.MORROFS READING.

The appalling disaster in the Park-ave. tun-
mel will be the theme of an interesting article
filled with important information. in The Sun
day Tribune tomorrow. The approaching Old
Guard ball, always a leading social incident
will make timely an illustrated account of that
famous military organization. The heroes Of
our Fire Department; the stirring pleasures of
deer hunting in New-Jersey; the ice bridge
at Niagara; Indian and Revolutionary legends
of the Passaic and Hackensack region and Ice
boating ON the Shrewsbury River are topics Of
other illustrated articles of timely and popular
interest
A special supplement containing many fine
halftone cuts will be devoted to Lakewood.
Atlantic City, Old Point Comfort, Asheville,
Florida and other winter resorts from New
York to Mexico. describing each and giving all
the information the traveller or intending visitor
can desire. There will, of course, be the usual
departments of literature and art, social news,
sports, special European correspondence etc.
and all the legitimate news Of the world, making
a paper which no one can we'll afford to miss.
New-York tribune., 1902-01-11

some Of the bachelors, while houses originally
intended for enlisted men have been assigned to
officers families. On all sides there is lack
of proper accommodation for the people con-
nected with the academy, and In many places
there are unmistakable evidences of decay.
Anticipating the visit Of the committee, plans
for the necessary Improvements have been made
by Colonel Learned under the direction of Colo
mel Mills, the superintendent of the academy,
which, If carried out, will give the institution a
group Of beautiful buildings in harmony with
the new structures which are now the only
redeeminG features of the place. 1t is not the
purpose of the men who wish to beautify the
spot architecturally, for which nature has done
much-to destroy the old buildings and to
sweep away the houses, rooms and halls in
which the men whose names revered by
all Americans We're boys where they worked
and played and fitted themselves for higher
stations 1t Is their object to enlarge the old
buildings, to preserve the style and the ira
ditions, and to make the old barracks habitable
and suitable homes for our generals Of the
future. 1t will cost several millions Of dollars
to make the necessary improvements, but the
United States has only one military academy.
and that should be a credit to the nation and
not reproach.
New-York tribune., 1902-01-11

And the Lord said unto Moses, The man shall
surely be put to death: all the congrega-
''tion shall stone him with stones without the
camp"
This was the law of the Sabbath as 1t was
originally enacted. And II, as the Metnodlst
preachers declare, the law of the Sabbath Is
above the franchise of any people there
must be the same rigorous observance OF Sun
day to-day and for all time. But if any at
tempt was made to enforce such an observance
we feel sure that the Methodist Preachers AS
sociation of Brooklyn and Long Island would be
among the first TO resist 1t. The Mosaic law as
to the Sabbath is no longer observed and 1t is
certainly not recognized by the State as divinely
obligatory for all time At the same time public
opinion demands that Sunday shall be carefully
safeguarded as a day of rest, recreation and
worship for the people.
New-York tribune., 1902-01-11
REBUILDING WEST POINT.

A committee composed Of United States Sena-
tors and members of the House of Representa-
tives. accompanied by General Corbin, will visit
West Point to-day for the purpose Of examining
the condition of the Military Academy, with
view to recommending changes in the buildings
The committee will find that most of the build
lngs are old, unsanitary and inadequate for the
present demands OF the institution, and that
the augmented corps of cadets can be neither
properly housed nor instructed unless radical
changes are made.
The cadet barracks. where the young men
spend much OF their time. have not been i'm
proved or remodelled since the first class went
there, nearly one hundred years ago, and the
rooms which were intended for one or two per-
sons are now occupied by three and in some
instances by four cadets. The hospital the
gymnasium and the riding school are all too
small, and the officers quarters are SO far from
being adequate that cells IN the Memorial Hall
have been converted into sleeping rooms for
New-York tribune., 1902-01-11
THE CARNEGIE INSTITUTION.

When the first announcement OF Mr.. Car
negie's intended gift OF S10.0O0.000 for educa-
tonal purposes was made we thought 1t safe to
assume that the irrational scheme TO set up a
national university IN Washington with a vast
plant and extravagant pretensions would gain
no support from his magnificent benefacton.
That sUppositon is happily confirmed by the
official statement of the corporators secretary
concerning the character and aims OF the Car
negie Institution which has now come into legal
existence. From that brief but, for the present
sufficient explanation it clearly appears that the
fundamental design is to stimulate the spirit
and largely increase the means OF research by
practical aid TO investigators whose competence
has been properly attested or whose talents are
deserving Of encouragement That the scope of
the work thus indicated is immense will he
perceived at a glance. To define It's limits and
apply the resources which IL will command is
the highly honorable but laborious task imposed
upon the trustees and their successors. The
scholars, statesmen and men of affairs who are
invested with original control have been wisely
selected. and the great enterprise starts under
the most favorable conditions.
1t will be observed that the Carnegie Insttu-
ton is planned to conserve and not TO waste
the educational forces already operating In mul-
tifarious fields. An important part OF its mis-
sion Will be TO supplement and invigorate exist
Ing establishments "by utilizing and adding to
their existing facilities, and by aiding teachers
"in the various institutions for experimental
"and other work in these institutions as far as
may be advisable" Wherever a university
college or school is making valid contributions
to the sum OF human knowledge II will derive
encouragement and may hope for practical bene-
hit from the Carnegie foundation. The means
of research which are constantly accommodating
there are likely to attract many students to the
national capital, and circumstances may neces-
state plant for their convenience as well as
for administrative purposes But there Is no
suggestion OF n vast material organism such
as has captivated the fancy Of those who have
been promoting with misguided zeal for many
years the scheme for a national university AT
Washington The Carnegie Institution may have
a modest local habitation al the seat of govern
ment, but it will truly occupy, not merely In
spirit but In visible forms, the country and
indeed the whole world OF scholarship.
New-York tribune., 1902-01-11
NOTES OF SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON.

Washington Jan. 10 (SpeciaD.-Mrs. Richard III.
Townsend gave a dinner dance tonight at her
home in Massa chusetts-ave. Miss Alice Roosevelt
was one OF the guests at dinner Among those
present later in the evening were DR.. Won Holeben.
the German Ambassador; NJ. Cambon. the French
Ambassador; Count Cassni, the Russian Ambas-
sador and Countess Cassni; Senor Aspiroz. the
Mexican Ambassador. and Nine. Aspiroz: the 1tal-
ian Ambassador. Sgnor Mayor. and almost the en-
tire Diplomatic Corps. About one hundred and
fifty guests were invited to the dance. and the
fine ballroom was attractively decorated with
palms and ferns There is no house in Washington
better suited for smart entertainments and the
party to- night was one the leading affairs of the
season. Supper served after midnlght ana
until nearly morning the members of the exclusive
official and social sets of Washington and other
cities danced waltzes and twosteps played by
of the local orchestras. . .
Senator and Mrs Scott gave dinner party to-
night at the willard .,
Miss Newlands, daughter or RepresentatiVe
Francis {; NewIands of Nevada. will give a din
party tomorrow evening at the Willard
New-York tribune., 1902-01-11
PERSONAL NOTES.

The City OF Mexico recently honored the memory
of the feminine patriot Donna Josepha Ortiz de
Domlnsuez by erecting a statue In her honor in
the Flaza Santa Domingo
The Hampton Normal and Agricultural Instjtuts
at Hampton. Va. will celebrate on Sunday Janu-
ary 20. the birthday anniversary of its founder the
late General s. c. Armstrong. The address Of the
occasion will be delivered by DR. Franklin Garter
eN-president of Williams College from which In
stituton the founder of the Hampton School was
graduated in 1852.
DR.. Edward Everett Hale. the first citizen or
Boston," will be eighty years old on April next
The Hale Club. one of the organizations of the
Dr. Hale is pastor, Will appropriately celebrate the
anniversary. symphony Hall has been engaged
and the programme is being arranged.
Elbridge S. Brooks, who died the other dav az
Somerville Mass. was the author of seventy hooks
for boys From 1884 TO 1857 he was associate editor
OF st Nicholas. from 1891 to 1898 editor of wide
Awake" and recently he had been literary editor
OF the Lothrop Publishing Company. Boston
Among his works were Historic Bows ..IJistori,
Girls. Stored Holidays" THE Century rsonS nc
Young Americans a Son OF the Rsvol%tIop por
With Lawton and Roberts, ana a larss
OF biographies of prominent figures in manoer
history He was born hfty-fve wears asn a.
500 a9o spent his whole life In that
state. having made his home In Son,erva IN taee
years. ''ie III iate
Morton p Henry. whose death IN rbu.ss,.x, =,
announced, was regarded as an eSnart on .sr,te,. -
ID" anu had written a book the subtsct
resident or Avondale. a suburb Of C,,o,r,,,,
Wiose name is withheld. recently offered a costI,
statue OF Abraham Lincoln the eity OF r,incin
nat the ony proyiso being that it should be nlarsd
az arsn square. The officials refused To
Would divert attenton Tearing that the statue
IN the square, and the work has now hsan
o"e'eo 10 <AVondaie. 1t will be accepted.
New-York tribune., 1902-01-11
THE TUNNEL PROBLEM.

Two policies in dealing with the condition of
things at the Grand Central terminus are pos
sible. One is to improve the facilities to suit
the traffic, and the other is TO reduce the traffic
TO suit the facilities. The latter plan is exceed
3ngly simple. 1t requires no outlay Of money
Tor brains. Outside circumstances alone may be
trusted to carry it into effect if the New-York
Central company does not interfere In the mean
time.
For instance, a large number of people now
fiving in Westchester County but not held there
by strong ties. might be driven to Long Island
or New-Jersey, whittier. two three years
hence, the clean, bright tunnels of the Pennsyl-
rania and Long Island roads will afford invit-
Ing. safe and speedy transportation. Ere long,
TOO, the rapid transit subway Will extend into
she Borough of The Bronx and still further
relieve the pressure the CentraFs tunnel.
The benefits OF this great municipal enterprise
would be enhanced, though, If two three
high speed electric surface roads were built in
Westchester County to connect with the sub
way. These roads might be twenty or thirty
miles long and practically parallel with the
steam lines The cars thereon should make
7ong runs without stops. With a service Of that
kind once established, passengers would change
from one road to another up in The Bronx in
stead or at Forty-second-st., and yet accom-
plish the whole journey in Ts short a time as
now. Electric roads such are here suggested
could easily be constructed and put into opera
hon inside Of two years, and they would prove
highly remuneratiye investments.
1t would be unnecessary however, for the
public to utilize these or kindred resources If
the Central should Immediately render its tun-
mel safe and clean by substituting electricity for
steam, and should in other respects so improve
its terminus that it could properly handle its
passenger business. This second change is de-
manded as strongly the first That South
Norwalk train was hit the other day because
it stopped, and it stopped because the way
was not clear in the yard. Delays OF that
kind are constantly occurring either In or
just below the tunnel Indeed, the commuter
thinks himself lucky if he is not held up there
Tor from one TO five minutes every day. The
evil is greatest, OF course, when the rush of
travel is heaviest, and when therefore the
danger Of rear end collisions is most imminent.
These temporary blockades result largely from
the practice Of hauling back out OF the station
many of the recently emptied trains and thus
Temporarily obstructing all tracks which It is
necessary TO cross An effective remedy for
tsis trouble as The Tribune has repeatedly
pointed out, would be to separate the suburban
traffic from the through trafiic. provide loop
New-York tribune., 1902-01-11
SUNDAY AND THE DECALoGUE.

The Methodist Preachers Association of
Brooklyn and Long Island doubtless reflected
the sentiment Of most Methodists in adopting
resolutions against the opening of saloons on
Sunday and. such being the case II Is their
duty no less than their right to give the most
emphatic expression to that view as In fact
they have done. They go beyond the facts
however, when they declare that 1'the law of
'the Sabbath is part of the Decsloeue, and is
thereby lifted above the franchise Of anv
people" From the beginning of our govern
ment the State has always claimed and eyer
cised the right to enact laws in regard to the
observance of Sunday. 1t has forbidden GER
tain things on that day, but not because they
are forbidden by the Fourth Commandment of
the Decalogue On the other hand II has per
mitted certain things to be done On that dav
out not, be 1t observed again, because they are
permitted by the Fourth Commandment II is
undoubtedly true that in its legislation concern
ing sunday the State has taken the wishes and
beliefs of Christians into account. as In noint
of fact 1t ought to have done But II has No
right to declare or even assume that the Fourth
commandment Is per Sc the perpetual law of
the land, and, therefore. as the Methodist min.
listers say, lifted above the franchise of the
people" In the eyes of the State Sunday is
simply civil holiday and its only concern e
to see that 1t Is observed by the citizens in sucb
way as will insure to every one, Christian
Jew and atheist its peaeeable enjoyment.
Moreover. Christians themselves do not TODAY
observe Sunday in accordance with the nro
visions of the Fourth Commandment For rea
sons that seemed to them good and sufficient
they have shifted 1t from the seventh 10 rho
first day of the week "In IT. (the Sabbatb
declares the Fourth Commandment. thou shalt
do no manner of work, thou and thy son and
thy daughter, thy manservant and thy maid
servant. thy cattle and the stranger that &c
within thy gates" Who to-day even pretends
to obey that command literally? 1t will he ra-
Piled of course, that the Christian Cburcb
carries out the spirit of the prohibition. Rut
any such plea is directly in the teeth of the
original law as 1t was interpreted by Moses
under Jehovah's inspiration. The sort of sah-
bath observance that Moses contemplated NAV
be inferred from the story Of the man who was
caught gathering sticks on the Sabbath dav