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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-14
THE NAME OF SEVENTH AVEyrE

proposal to change the name of Seventh
ave, Of a part thereof, is being urged upon
the city government 1t is being urged by peo-
pie OF intelligence and taste, upon far higher
grounds than usual In such cases. and
therefore is entitled to respectful consideration
That is not, however, TO say that it should pre-
vail. Upon the face Of the case, the presump-
ton is always against such proposition, and
upon those who make it rests the burden of
proving the change TO be necessary or desira-
bic. In the present case we must frankly say
that convincing proof to that effect does not
appear TO be forthcoming
Something more characteristic" one pleader
demands. But you cannot give every street a
characteristic name The characteristic fit
ness OF "Park-ave" is apparent. So is that of
Riverside Drive" So, perhaps is that Of the
names of a few other streets, of peculiar situa-
ton. There a time when Seventh-ave
above the Park might well have been called
The Speedway. But that time is past, and now
there really does not seem 10 be any specific
and unique character in the avenue which can
properly be expressed in its name Something
TO distinguish IT from Seventh-ave. below the
Park, from which 1t differs so greatly" asks
another. But we cannot vary the names of diff
ferent parts Of the same street just because
the characters Of the parts differ. A part Of
tfth-aVe. Is gwen up almost exclusively TO
business, and another part is purely residential,
but II is all Fifth-ave. Broadway and Park
ave- and other streets exhibit similar diversi-
ties, but each has one name from end to end.
Some may raise the point of analogy, saying
that Sixth-ave. above the Park is called Lenox,
and other numbered avenues have been re-
named in their upper portions Yes: but there
is no uniformity. Fourth changes to Park-aye
at Thirty -fourth-st.. and Ninth TO Columbus at
tifty-ninth-st Eleventh-ave. changes TO West
End at Fifty-ninth-st., TO Broadway at One
hundred-and-tenth-st and back to Eleventh at
one-hundred-and-sixty-n inth-st So that part
OF Eighth-ave. facing Central Park is called
Central Park West and above and below it re-
mains Eighth-aYe., while Fifth-ave remains
Fifth-ave. all the way
| we nave never admired the numerical system
| or naming streets, although II has some OBJ
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-14
amusemenTs.


ACADEMY OF MUsIC-s-The Ninety and Nine
AMERICAN THEATRE l5-Faust
BELASCO THEATRE-s-Du Barry
BlJOL THEATRE l5-Ihe Mocking Biro
BROADWAY THEATRE-S-The silver slipper
CASINO-s:l5-A Chinese Honeymoon.
CRITERION THEATRE-s-lris
DAYS THEATRE O-A Country Girl
EDEN MCSEE-2-s-The Word in Wax
EMPIRE THEhTDE- 2O-The Mummy ana the Hun
ming Bird
FOURTEENTH STREET THEATRE-S-old Limerick
GARRIcK THEATRE-s.15-rhe st1bbornness Of Geral-
dine.
GARDEN THEATRE -2o-Auoug Those Present
HARLEM OPERA EfIt -l5-Saly IN Our Alley-
HERALD SQUARE TIEATRE-S:l5-A Cigarette MAX
Eiyfnaace and R1uEet Ie Ii
IRVING PLACE THEATRE :5l-At Heidelberg
KEITH 'S-lu.S0 10 1880 p m--Contlnuous Per
Torrance.
KSTcKERBOCKER THEATRE Sherlock Holmes
MADISON SQUARE THEATRE 80 Everyrnan-s:S 30
The Two Schools.
MRS. OSBORN's PLAYHOTSTc-2-B Benefit Performance
for Mabel Bouton-S 85-Tommy Rot
MURRAY HILL THEATRE-2-S-The Romance OF a
Poor Young Man.
sSEW'-YORK- -l5--I 1aEenbeck's Trained Animals
NEW WEST END THEATRE. 1'-FoEy GRANDPA
PASTOR S--Cont.nUous Performance.
PRINCESS THEATRES .3O-Ihe Night O. me FaIty-
PROCTOR S-CoutinuGus Performance.
ST. NICHOLAS GARDENS .50-Bostocks Great animal
VICTORIk-s-Francesca IA Rinnini.
EvALLAcKs THEA TRES :80-The Sword % the King
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limited 70 Mr. Jerome should be punished. A
Door man would have no chance against such
methods. Happily expert testimony has been
pretty completely discredited by these trials.
Everybody sees what a humbug most of 1t is
Men are sent for TO form opinions, and they
know perfectly well that if they do not form
the right opinions they will not be employed Tor
large fees. It is easy 10 form the right opinion
under such golden light.
Expert testimony doubtless has its use within
narrow limits, but il is subject 10 great abuse,
and has been recently greatly abused. 1t is
serious question if the unrestricted use OF 1t by
a prosecutor should not be prohibited. Perhaps
the selection and examination of experts when
their opinion is proper might be given TO the
Judge in criminal trials. Their testimony is at
best a mere matter OF opinion, and should be
presented under impartial guidance. Possibly
Governor Odell who has shown capacity for
bringing common sense TO bear on troublesome
questions of government, might in his fOrthcOm-
ing message indicate to the legislature the path
Of reform in criminal procedure. Certainly
something should be done for the sake of the
taxpayers to limit the reckless extravaganza of
prosecutors seeking to make regulations. Some
thing should be done also to protect accused per-
sons from having TO match purses with the pub
lie treasury TO purchase fancy priced guessers
called experts. II the scale Of justice is to he
inclined not by the weight of testimony aces
sible 10 reasonable diligence on either side, but
by the weight of gold spent in building up cases,
there is no hope for the poor man who falls
under the suspicion Of an ambitious and vim
dictive prosecutor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-14
THE TALK or THE DAY.

Sir Marcus Samuel was not the Arst Lord Mayor
OF London TO pass through the Jewish district OF
that city on Lord Mayors day. The Jewish World"
IN commenting on the event says:
Sir Marcus. who a communal worker Is GER
tainly popular with the Jewish people, did not con-
fer any favor on the Jews by riding In his state
coach led by his multi-garbed procession, east OF
10 -oi,,- YES, To the Ia " Courts 10 be
received by his majesty judges, Inc RUE Is tnat
the Lord Mayors procession shall traverse me
City Council According with this precedent Slr
Henry Aaron Isaacs passed through Portsoksh, the
principal street Of which is Houndsditch. when ne
assumed the duties or LORD Mayor. NoVeInoeI .
then gell on the Sabbath The Jews protested vgor-
ousy against his Decorating the sabbath by riding
sion should mass through the while hts then
iordship should walk the length OF the street. The
presidents OF mayoral pageaptry inteTteFed Win
This wear the Jewish market street came into
the route because IL has been rebuilt and Is now a
narrow that two pushcarts could not pass edch
other without encroachinS on the SIDEWALK
well known family Of the northern wards. says
per table few evenings ago a little niece a
maiden Of five years old or Whereabouts. AS usual.
the topic OF the awful badness of Mays little
brother was taken up. Unexpectedly she agreed
in the bad boys" arraignment, for he had been
on a plundering expedition through her toys re-
Gently Finally some one suggested that he would
smash even an iron doll" But here May hesitated
She was aware that iron could not be included in
Georges list of materials capable OF destruction.
vet she regretted to lose the opportunity of show
ing some more of his badness a pensive mo-
ment followed and encircling the table with her
wistfuI blue eyes she at length said hesitatingy;
well If he wouldn't break the iron doll he would
put good dent in it,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-14
PERSONAL NOTES.

Herr Krupp, Of ordnance fame. who has hitherto
been in the habit OF annually ehartertng steam
yacht for cruising in the Mediterranean. has Just
purchased the late S. r. Platts steam yacht Morse
man. which during the season, will be stationed at
the island of Capri The vessel auxiliary screw
schooner OF 81 tons built the Clyde in 1SSs is
lated by the German Emperors example has be-
come an ardent yachtsman, quite recently pre-
sented the Imperial German Yacht Club with a
palatial clubhouse on the ford Of kie- or late
years a {. Bernard steam yacht Chrlsla5el aas
Ciay during the regatta week at klel, on board OF
WHICH he has dispensed hospitality TO countless
Chang not 10 mention the Kaiser. who counts him
among his personal friends
Duncan GilIies. who has been chosen Speaker OF
the newly elected Parliament OF Victoria is ths
father OF that body. having been first elected al
the miners candidate for BalIarat East in 1853. Hs
born in Glasgow nearly sixty-nine years ago.
that he is taking up Abe duties o. the chair
time OF life when Westminster Speakers are think
teen when he enaigrated from Scotland and tried
his luck as a gold digger N Ballaral Lnere hs
He was only twenty-five when he was first sent
down TO Melbourne as their Parliamentary repre-
sentative. Since then he has been of the lead
ing debaters Of the Victorian Parliament, holding
office IN every Conservative goyernInenJ, and
leader. He held the Premiership in this coalition
Hears Ss Isnt e;enersl f6r Vctogs re IS ne
first Scotchman 70 occupy the Speakers chair.
Like Mr. Deakin Mr. Gillies has declined knight
Albert F. Woods patho1osist and physioIogist IN
the Bureau Of Plant Industry. is in Nebraska az
present, visiting the experimental stations and
gathering information in regard TO the beet sugar
Industry.
The bequest of Professor jacob o. Berlin IN
the interest Of coeducaton, is said 70 be the first
OF its kind ever made by man. He has bequeathed
1900 marks 20 the University o. Berlin. with the
proviso that the university shall not come into POS
session OF the money until at least Two depaEt@
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-14

vious advantages. What is chiefly desirable is
that streets shall be named according to con-
sistent and logical system, and that they shall
retain their names. Originally all the longitu-
dinal thoroughfares of Manhattan Island, up
town placed at regular intervals, were num-
bered, from First to Twelfth-ave., save for the
few east of First-ave, which were called after
letters Of the alphabet That was lucid and
logical system. even IL 1t was commonplace
and 1t should have been maintained. 1t was
we'll enough TO give other names to Lexington
and Madison and Audubon and other ave-
nues, for they were placed between the regu-
Iarly spaced ones. But it was an error to
adopt the name of Park-ave.. no matter how APP
propriate that name was, and those Of LenOx,
Columbus and Amsterdam, no matter how
worthy those names were and are of commem-
orative perpetuation. It would he logical,
though we think unnecessary and inconvenient,
TO change all the designations Of the avenues
from numbers to names But then it should
be done on an alphabetical system, like that OF
some of the streets in Boston, so that each
name would instantly indicate the situation of
the avenue with relation to the others. But
to have the names run without such order, and
to have some named and some numbered, is to
make confusion worse COMPOUNDED.
Save where duplication causes confusion, 1t
is best to leave the names or streets alone 1t
was an outrage to change the name of Chat
ham-st., which COMMUNICATED one Of the best
friends the United States ever had, to the gro
tesquely inappropriate Park Row" 1t was
an outrage to deprive a street of the hOnored
name of Laurens and indict upon it the ut
terly banal South Fifth-ave" There is no
such sentiment connected with the name of
Seventl-ave. that it should be held sacred, but
there are considerations of continuity and con-
venience and common sense. "Seventh-ave" is
4 perfectly respectable and euphOniOus name.
1t has been identified with that thoroughfare
for many years. 1t should not be discarded
for another except for good cause And, as we
have said, no sufficient cause exists; or If 1t
does exist it has not been revealed.
BY the way, wouldn't II be better TO agitate
for the erection of signs bearing the existing
names of streets, than to seek still further to
confuse the hapless wayfarer by changing those
names for something else?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-14
About People and Social incidents.
WEDDINGS

The wedding of Miss Phoebe Elise Frazer dsr,L
ter OF the Rev. DR.. and Mrs David r. Frazer -
Russell Wing Lewis. OF Mrs. William G Ta1,~
took place in the First Presbyterian Church >.
Newark The brides father, pastor Of the ebnr.b
performed the ceremony. The bridesmaids 49,
Miss Florence Frazer. sister OF the bride. NJ
Olive Lord HOLSTER, Miss Ella Carrington Ms
Eliza beth Edgar, Miss Rose Thomson. the bri5ssss
Conn. James Harrington. OF Milburn acted =,
best man, and the ushers were Spauding Frszsrs
Morris Twining Weeks. Hamilton Braine WaDt.s
worth and William Gwynne. of Summit.
Miss Edith Isabel Williams. daughter of Beni,
min Austin Williams. of No. % East Ninety-second
ST.. married yesterday ar the home OF her
parents to Herbert Doty Brown, of No q W.
One-hundred and twenty ninth-st. The Rev m
Abbott f. Kittredge performed the ceremony
Arthur r. Stoutenburgh. of No. 81 Putnau-svs
Brooklyn. married Miss Julia A NJ Baldwin YES
terday at the home Of the brides mother New
Haven. Conn Mr.. StOutenburgh is a LAWYER of
No. 30 Broaway; He is a member OF the Lincoln
HackensacH y. j.. Nov. 10 (SpeciaD.-N Demarsss
Campbell, a brother Of City Counsel L. A. Camp
bell. of Hackensaek, and Miss Emily Burdette vera
last evening married at the home OF the brides
mother, Mrs. A 8 Burdette, by the Rev. Herman
Vanderwart, Of the First Reformed Church.
Plainheld " j.. Nov 10 (SpeciaD.-The wedding
of Miss Mabel Adele Woodruff. daughter OF Mr.
and Mrs William A. Woodruff, and Harry Sloat
Potter took place in Trinity Reformed Church this
evening. The Rev. DR.. Cornelius Schenck, pastor
OF the church officiated. The maid OF honor was
Miss Evelyn Taylor Of Philadsp5ia and S the best
Schley acted as flower girl The ushers were c II
ElGreno9h' Sl sm sa8e o NJ tSSue men;
Laughlin and Percy Dayton
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-14
( y
COURAGE.

Who seeks the tigers lair;
And he that goes TO battle
Where shells Shrek through the air
Is lauded for his courage
He faces death for glory
And hungerS for applause
What of the luckess mortal
Who, bent and pale and I'll.
Sees those he loves go hungry,
Ave Yet hep heRe9 ma AND be s' dUGfa gsoa n
who die as heroes do
But often there IS courage
-(Chcago Record Herald.
There has been another sale OF boots for the
benefit Of the Duke of Northumberland at Ain
wick saws London Truth" The last took place
in 1899 and then. now. the boots were the prop
erty OF Alfred Burn. a local bootmaker. Mr.. Burn
is an owner Of freehold property in Alnwick who
refuses to admit the validity OF the dukes claim
to a quit rent OF Is. Id. year. and part Of his
stock-on the last occasion II six pairs of
boots and this time twenty have been taken-is
periodically seized by his grace's minions and put
up for sale by auction in satisfaction Of the ducal
demand. / suppose that the duke is legally en-
titled to the quit rent, but Mr.. Burn cannot be
blamed for resisting payment of what he truly
describes as petty. vexatious and unjust tax and
it is wonder that more of the freehoderS OF the
town do not take the The lord
who pockets the quit rent ceased long ago 10 rem
der any of the services for which II was originally
paid. and such a survival of feudalsm should not
be tolerated in the twentieth century.
Jobs Comforter-'I dunno what in de roun
worl make you so onsatished" said Brother
Dickey to an ex-member of his congregation. You
lives in de country, don't you?
Yes"
DE coal strike don't hurt you?'
You gits 20 wood free?"
Sheriff don't level on you mo- dan onct a year?'
Oats ALL"
We'll. Gen. what you got ter growI bout? Go
home, keep warm, trust in Providence 'tweU
you's ruined over by railroad or lynched by yo'
friends!'-(Atlanta Constitution.
OWED TO THE AUTOMOBILE
He took his millions with him:
But left a scent behind
alfred Ayres' is dead and the English language
will in future be compelled get along without a
guardian. Still the language surely is old enough
to take care OF itself II 1t is ever TO attain that
independent condition.
1t appears that alfred Ayres" the famous
purist in fact Thomas Embley Osmun who
started upon his professional career Journalist
and became in turn oculist, dentist, teacher and
thority that the gentleman never practsed as a
chiropodiSt or horse doctor, whatever his knOwl-
edge of those sciences may have been.
Mr.. Ayres'' or Dr. OsmuT, the reader pleases
finally chose as his life mission the instruction OF
the masses as 70 the proper use of the words
"shall' and will He oied October % in Bellevue
Hospital, NeW-York. of paralysis, probably after
hearing some patient cry out nurse:
III you shall not give me that medicine will
die"
Oh let hope that joy is his
Where ne'er. by tongue QUILL
VIII gets a chance 10 crowd out shall
Or shall climbs over will.
-(Chlcazo Record-Herald.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-14

For coal small lot deliveries may be the rule
half the winter. or all of it. without involving
the hardship Of cold to anybody. But everybody
cannot rush In with big orders and have them
filled out of hand, and this ought not to be ex-
pected For the wolf mouthed greed that barks
at the gates of the coal yards and flaunts its
motto. Thou shalt freeze ere 1 freeze" small
consideration is due, and for the present only
enough coal to keep them going.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-14
NOTES OF SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON.

Washington. Nov. Is (SpecaD--Richard Town
send. who seriously injured last week by being
thrown from his horse. has recovered conscious
ness but continues in a precariOus condition.
Tomorrow evening MIR. and Mrs. Thomas f.
Walsh will give dinner for NJ. Cambon, the
French ambassador
Senator and Mrs. Cullom have FeOpened their
home in Massachusetts-aVe
Miss COckTell, elder daughter of Senator Cock
rell, OF Missouri. will give a Saturday, De-
cember 8. 10 present 10 society her young sister,
Anna Ewing COckrell. who has just completed her
nIIrafinn nhrnnd
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-14

The enormous claims against the municipal
treasury which will be submitted by scores of
firemen who were members Of the old depart
ment in Long Island City and have been sue
cessful upon appeal to the higher courts, are
likely to start a shiver of dread among the
people of greater New-YOrk who pay the taxes.
Most of the courts construe the laws so literally
that in many cases the fortunate beings who get
places upon municipal payrolls are like the
lite Barnacles described by Dickens. and can
rarely be shaken off.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-14
TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS.
Among the passengers on the Deutschland, which
arrived yesterday, were:

arrived yesterday, We're
James S. Austin
John Brinkerhoff Jackson,
United States Minister 70
Greece.
A. d. Carver.
Walter j. curtis.
William Hermann Clark
Harrison.
John Sylvester James.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-14

The Tammany boss who cannot protect near
relation in his dumping contracts shows all
around weakness. which is the foregoing sign OF
being dumped himself
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-14

Must one travel so far TO the darkest re-
cesses of Mississippi canebrakes In order to shoot
bears? Have all of these ravenous creatures
been driven out of the thicIets and caves of
Wall Street? May there not still be good
hunting of the sort which Kiplings jungle
folk were so fond of downtown In Manhattan?
Would It be impossible for the intrepid devotee
of the chase to find plenty OF sport in and near
the Stock Exchange?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-14

Thecdor LsWald. German
Commissioner 10 the Lou
isiana Purchase Exposition.
a. LanfeaF Norrie
Charles F. hoffman.
Eduayd De ReZke.
=. 7. Shsedt.
Or. Fred G. Valentine.
l. G.. Weir.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-14

Judge Lambert set up a standard for the con-
duct of great criminal trials in this city. and
other occupants OF the bench will be expected
10 profit by his example.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-14

Since the Municipal Art Commission has ap-
proved the plans for the proposed isle of safe
ty' at Fifth-aye. and Twanty-third-st New
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-14

Oxford has decided to retain Greek as a COM
pulsory study. The beautiful seat of learning
on the banks Of the Isis has always been classic
I'm it's conservatism.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-14

The bear finds so much and such urgent bust
ness on hand in Wall Street that he may not
hibernate this winter, wearing mittens on his
paws instead of sucking them in slumbrOus
meditation fancy free.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-14

Clarence Lyman Collins has returned TO town
from a shooting trip In the Adirondacks and Is
established at the Ansonia for the winter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-14

Mr.. and Mrs. c. oliver Iselin and the Misses
Iselin have gone to their place at Premium Point
on the sound where they will remain until Mon
day when they will come into town for the Horse
Show.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-14

Workers. will soon have their first experience Of
a place of refuge of that kind. London has
many of Them and they useful and popular
Manhattan ought to have had dozens and scores
of them long ago.
According to Governor Dole's official report
Hawaii is prosperous, and it's goose hangs as
high as at any time in its history. But he thinks
its situation would be improved by the repeal
of the Chinese exclusion laws, that the sugar
planters could get more and cheaper labor, and
thus increase their output, But this is not so
easy a matter the Governor evidently mag
ines. Congress is not likely to make fish of its
Sandwich possessions and flesh of all the rest
letting in Chinese there and fencing them out
elsewhere to enrich still further an already
opulent handful of island sugar growers who
ought to be we'll content with the measure of
prosperity they already enjoy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-14

ander Van Rensselaer,. who makes her debut at q
dinner dance given in her honor tonight by her
uncle and aunt. Mr. and Mrs George ". Childs
Drexel. az their country place near Philadelphia.
will spend the Horse Show week IN New-York
with her aunt. Mrs. John r. DrexeL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-14

Princess Galatro-Colonna and her mother. Mrs
John W. Mackay. who arrived on Wednesday from
Europe will make their headquarters at the Bel
gTavia during their stay In New-Hork
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Royal Phelps Carroll have leased
the Beauclerk villa at Hot Springs. Va. for the
month dating from next Thursday. They have
been occupying the Chaplin cottage until now.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-14

January II has been set as the date Of the wed
ding Of Miss Augusta Robinson, daughter OF the
late E Randolph Robinson. and Captain l. w
Packington Chetwynd. r. N
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-14

The seawanhaka Yacht Club announces that IT.
premises In this city, No. II West Forty-fourth-st
will be open on Saturday afternoon to womeI
escorted by members Of the club.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-14

Ira A. Kip. jr.. is the chairman and s w Bald
win the secretary Of the committee In charge Of
the horse show which will take place on November
% & and % at the Riding and Driving Club OF
East Orange The entries close on Tuesday next.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-14

There will be a meet to-day OF the Meadow Brook
expected.