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New-York tribune., 1903-07-12

"as an entrance requirement, and then ask for
'tmal questions on what ought to be the free
"and eager reading OF every boy ar home?
But the exclamation suggests an interesting
question Is it not fact that boy preparing
for college has little or no time for the free and
eager reading of good literature because OF the
present requirements for admission TO college?
Masters of preparatory schools not intrequently
complain that they find it difficult to keep up
with the greatly extended and increasing re-
quirements for admission and, within the period
allotted TO them, to 1T their pupils to pass the
entrance examinations. What chance, then, is
there for ''the quiet book by the quiet lamp"
where the student may relax without weak
mess, adventure without limit soar with
'out fear and hope without end"? None at
all, it would seem. at least in term time, dur
ing the years when a taste for reading must
almost invariably be formed If it is ever to be
formed. There, we suspect. is where the
trouble, or chief part Of II. lies. The college
student has time enough TO read, but he has not
acquired the habit during the years when its
acquisition is not irksome, but an unconscious
and delightful process.
Are we 10 conclude that the requirements for
admission TO the colleges are too exacting and
ought TO be reduced? That is a question which
involves far more than can be brought within
the compass OF this article.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-12
STICK TO TIE POINT.

Various efforts are apparently being made to
draw herrings across the trail OF the Aqueduct
Commission. Much talk is heard about public
investigations and private inquests. Some Of
the methods employed are denounced as unjust.
There are also some curious hints to the effect
that the investigation is really dark and deep
conspiracy against Mayor Low, which latter are
about as far from the point and the truth as
any product of midsummer madness II is per
fectly well known that the most serious accu-
sations against the commission are based upon
grounds anterior to the present municipal ad-
miniStration. with which therefore Mayor Low
has no more TO do than has the Akhoond of
Swat.
Let Us stick TO the point. The new Croton
Dam was TO have been finished before this long
ago. 1t is not now finished, nor anywhere near
it There is no hope that it will be finished for
several years TO come. This delay which is an
incessant menace 10 the welfare OF the city, is
partly because extensive changes have been
made in the plan OF the dam, and partly be-
cause the discovery Of gross insecurity has COM
PEELED the rebuilding OF q large part OF the
structure. These are the chief causes Of the
delay. But what or who, lies back OF those
causes? Who is responsible for the changes of
plan and for the bad work that makes rebuild
ing necessary?
Inc answer 10 these questions seems to be,
The AQueduct Commission. We notice that 8
member OF that commission with a fine parade
OF virtue, throws the blame upon former engi-
neer, and claims for the commission and its
later engineer vast credit for the discovery of the
errors and the rectifcation OF them in time TO
avert a catastrophe. 1t would be difficult to
conceive any more cowardly attempt at evasion
The Aqueduct Commission was as much re-
sponsfble for the former engineer and his plans
and works as for the latter one If II is TO re-
ceive praise for the rectifcation Of errors It is
IN exactly equal measure liable TO blame for the
original preparation Of those errors. From
that there Is no escape.
Here also is another point: 1t was the com
missions duty 10 acquire land and reconstruct
roads in the Croton Valley with an eye single
TO the interest Of the city-that is at the lowest
possible cost. We have already pointed out
how 1t lost 100000 for the city on the one item
or the railroad tracks, how it lost tens Of thou-
sands OF dollars in interest on payment for con-
oemned lands, and how it has permitted former
owners TO occupy and proftably use the city's
Iand for years without rental These are the
points which require consideration, and il will
De well for the commission If It viii satisfac
torily clear them up instead Of relying upon talk
about star chamber inquests and consniracies
against Mayor Low.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-12
PiTTsFIELD ARRIVALS.

Pittsfeld, Mass, July CSpeciaD.-ThU-sdsy
night the cottage OF Miss Helen c Butler OF New
York. al SrOckbTidge. was entered BY burglars and
q silver service was stolen Miss Butler has O5srsd
reward for the recovery OF Ihs property
: Grant Forbes. OF New-York. IS the guest e
Mrs William B Bacon. At her cottage
Mrs Elliott F Shepard. ot Ssw-Xorz. Is gUsr
ct Elm Court of NJ. and Mrs. William Douslza
Sloane
Mss Julia II Hoyt. q Sew-To-z IS being ezts--
tained b Mrs. :. Montgomery Hare. at TIE Su1En
cottage
Mrs Carlos " de Heredia, OF New-Tork. has hsr
sister. Ms c. D. McDousal, ot Auburn. aS h@r
guest a. Whsatleish-
Henry Rogers Winthrop. OF Sew-York. Is visit
ing George c. Haven. az Su1oyside-
Miss Constance Parsons has Mss Mamie DuTz-
ot Islp, Long Island. her guest az Stoneovs-.
Arrivals al the Naplewooa. n Plrr1el5. to-day
included Air. ard Ms. James P. Harper. Mss G
A. Harper. OF Brooklyn; Stephen 0. Hawkins. Mrz
J. Ca1eo6er, M and Nrs- e Benson. z A
Archer Miss Archer. OF BroCklya. Nr- and Ms
W. p. Pierce. Mss a 3 Pierre. Daniel Pre1-1ess
Miss Prentice, C : Richardson 0f NeF-Gorz
Mrs q g Esaso2E- and Miss ELlrh Eeaso1sr. q
OlocO, "a are = Great Ba-rinEt01-
M and Ms Walde-lar Orls and Mss COOK. G
NeW-Tork are At the Curtis Hotel
Judge and Mrs. Ernest Han ot NsW-TCTk. a-s
AZ the Hotel Aspt1WaIL
New-York tribune., 1903-07-12
NEW-YORK DAILY TRIRUNE SUNDAY. july II. 1903

fare can be waged against this pest The most
approved plan OF dealing with 1t is TO abolish
the breeding places. No doubt in the long run
that is the wisest and most successful method
OF procedure. Suppose, though. that for any
one OF dozen reasons the proper precautions
have been neglected What is the next best
thing? That is the question of the hour. The
mosquitoes aversion for smoke offers one useful
hint Smudges ON private grounds and in camps
have repeatedly established their value while
aromatic tapers held In the fingers by people on
piazzas are not 10 be despised The protection
thus afforded is temporary, but even such re-
lief is welcome
Then, again, there is netting for door and
window. Its use needs to be thorough If re-
sorted to at all Eternal vigilance Is the price
OF freedom. To guard nine avenues OF ap-
proach with care and then neglect the tenth Is
poor policy. When the country is suffering
from such intense heat as that OF the last few
days, one may hesitate to put the slightest
check upon the ventilation of bedrooms Still,
when it comes 10 a choice OF evils, good many
people viii regard an extra degree or two Of
temperature preferable to the hum and irritat-
ing tickle of the mosquito.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-12
COLLEGE TLLTTERACY.

The address before the National Educational
Association delivered by Dean West OF the
Graduate School OF Princeton University, OF
which we printed considerable part on Tuesday
morning, is worthy OF serious attention. Many
OF our readers we think, must have been espe-
ciaIly interested in what the speaker said On
one particular branch Of his subject. is 1t not
8 fact" asked Professor West, that the major
siIy OF college students to-day are not familiar
with the commOnplaces Of literary information
--and the standard books Of history, poetry and
50 on" We believe il 10 be a safe hypothesis,
confirmed by pretty general observation, that
iIliteracy. not" as Professor West says, 'in
.-the meaning of that word in the census tables,
.sbut in the meaning OF ignorance OF good liter
-arure" il common and increasing in college
communities. The so-called students who do
"not care TO read or do not know how TO read
.as al students should are with US in abun-
dance as an ever present peril The quiet
book hy the quiet lamp is good charmer.
Here the true student forms his friendships
with the masters Of thought and fancy; here
.they speak 10 him not under the constrsints OF
'the classroom: here he may relax without
s-yreakneSs. adventure without limit soar with
~out fear and hope without end"
How can the young man who does not breathe
with delight the atmosphere thus gratefully
suggested pretend 70 culture, which, next TO
character. Is the most important object Of col
lege training: IL may be said that this is beg
ging the question: that It is a utilitarian age,
and that knowledge Of good literature is not an
object Of practical importance. But we are
willing 70 meet such an ohjecJor on his own
ground for the purpose Of emphatically contra
dieting his assertion II anything IN this world
IS practical il is ability 10 use the language
in which 2 man must conduct the business Of
life and ability 10 speak and write well can be
acquired only by reading what has been well
written. II is within our knowledge that pro
fessor in one OF the leading American universi
ties. the chairman OF q faculty committee ap-
pointed 10 investigate this very subject OF Hit
eraey in that institution, has recently reported
that not more than Is per cent OF the members
Of any graduating class are capable Of writing
in credItable English a clear account OF a sim
pie and familiar matter. If that IS true and we
see no reason 10 doubt the statement. then the
other s. per cent are III equipped for the work
they have 10 do, or even 70 enjoy In any true
sense the leisure 10 which they may be looking
forward.
Are the colleges 10 blame in the way in which
they are sometimes blamed? Professor West
SAYS: What a confession OF the state Of things
sst Is that colleges have 70 make the reading
sof 8 few books Of English literature & set task
New-York tribune., 1903-07-12
1 COUNTERFEIT PHILOSOPHER.

The following question does not appear alto
gether unworthy OF the answer which reader
of this journal soicits:
Why Is II that a woman on getting into
streetcar which may not be more than half filled,
instead OF taking one OF the vacant seats at
once and without any fuss. stands with an e1-
preston OF patient resignation and helplessness
on her face until some man calls her attention
to the fact that she can sit down almost any
where she likes, and then seats herself with
relieved manner and begins TO look Tor nlcke!
among her samples?
Yesterday and the day before, not TO speak Of
the day before that. were hot. II We are not
mistaken, our correspondent is a man OF
bilious habit whether constitutional or con-
tracted through imprudent ways Of living, who
reveals himself in the foregoing question not
as q social philosopher, but as cynic in per
spiratton. In the first place, he arouses suspi-
cion by aIluding TO Q streetcar with plenty OF
seats to spare. When and where has he seen
such conveyance in this town? To the best
Of our knowledge and belief, there is no such
thing between Sea Gate and the Polo Grounds.
But let that pass. The substance OF his CON-
munication shows bad temper and a weak logi-
cal faculty. 4 woman who is making fuss is
not woman patiently resigned. However, we
disdain 10 maneuYre for an advantage Of po-
sition. The writer's meaning is clear. The chief
fault Of his statement is that IL is not q state
ment of fact, but a mere assumption hastily
deduced or dishonesty fabricated for the graft
fication Of a malevolent purpose. Candor for
bids our going so far as TO say that such an in
cident as our correspondent poruays has never
come within our range Of observation, but we
have little esteem for q fellow being who does
not hesitate 10 build a vast generalization on
the fimsy basis supplied by 2 single or infre-
Quenr occurrence.
There may have been an era in the history
not only Of the effeIe dynasties, but of the land
Of the free and the home Of the brave. when
women. and especially young women, God bless
them. fancied that an appearance Of helpless
ness and 2 pathetic posture Of appeal enhanced
their charms. But that epoch has passed away
though we are not rash enough 10 predict that
there viii never be another ike il. The sis
tiers, the cousins, and even the aunts Of this
generation bold their heads up every time -
see what they want # il is visible and take
possession OF il with = decorous assurance
which puts the latent chivalry OF the other sex
TO its trumps for an occupation.
To our unhappy friend, with his irrational
talk about the fuss and the patient resignation
OF the modern woman. her relieved manner
when an imaginary problem has been solved
and the fugitive nickel among her samples, we
recommend Turkish bath, followed By cold
plunge. and possibly, q vermouth cocktail
New-York tribune., 1903-07-12

that the city might properly regulate the use
OF private property TO that end The Court OF
Appeals sustained this decision. Thus there
may be such q thing as an aesthetic nuisance
and an injury to the appearance and so TO the
attractveness and the prosperity OF city,
which it is the proper business Of government
to abate
1t is easy TO see how the Park Board may
have exceeded its powers, as the Appellate Di-
vision says, but it is impossible to believe that
the State has not authority TO regulate the use
OF private property on aesthetic considerations.
That right might once have been denied, but
even in conservative England. where rights OF
property under the common law are more sa-
cred than here, the necessity OF abating the
sign nuisance is recognized. Speaking of the
restriction of the use of private property along
that line in this State, Justice Kruse has said:
That the legislature has such power, think,
''is no longer de5atable question, since the de-
''cision of the Court Of Appeals in the case OF
"the City of Rochester against West" Let the
Park Board and the Municipal Art Commission
look to the legislature for relief.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-12
TIE MOSorITO PEST

OF mosquitoes. as Of the poor. II may be truly
said that they are with Us always; that is. in
summer. The abundance varies much from
season 10 season. perhaps because the weather
conditions are more favorable 10 development
az one tine than another This may or may
not be a correct hypothesis There can hardly
be any mistake though, about the conviction
that the nuisance has reached exceptional pro-
portions within the last few days N the vicin-
fly OF New-York City. From all sides come
stories which remind one OF the plaques OF
Egypt After making q liberal allowance for
instructive exaggeration, there remains a wo-
fully large reSiduum OF fact
Entomologists have encouraged the public 10
believe that comparatively successful war
New-York tribune., 1903-07-12
POLITICS AND THE P4PACY.

From one point of view a Papal Conclave
should of all gatherings be most free from ex-
ternal, political and sordid influences. The ven
erable princes of the Church are shut in in the
historic temple appointed for the purpose alone
with themselves and their God. They are not
In communication with the outside world They
are not supposed to be subject to Its sway
They are theoretically waiting before the altar
for Divine guidance in the choice Of new Vice
gerent Of God on earth.
So much for the theory In practice the case
is far different Our dispatches from Rome and
other capitals for days past have been filed
with reports OF what amounts substantially TO
"eIectioneering' in the Sacred College and of
the bringing to bear of all sorts Of influences
upon the balIotfngs of the cardinals. There
are candidates we'll known in advance There
are factions in the college, and even talk OF
combinations and deals Nor are these en-
tirely or chiefly of domestic and ecclesiastical
origin. Civil politics plays a large part. and
even the politics of non-Catholic powers. Thus
the German Emperor is understood either 10
have a candidate of his own or at least TO be
looking out that no candidate unfavorable to
German interests is permitted TO win. The Ital-
ian Government, too, though for the last third
Of g century at odds with the Vatican, is mani
Testing an active interest in the coming con-
clave, and is supposed to be exercising some in
fuence in respect to it
a timely and lucid article by "Ex-Attache"
In another part Of this mornings paper sets
forth some Of the most interesting features OF
the situation. Three of the powers-namely,
Austria France and Spain-claim the right, not
TO dictate the choice of a Pope, but to veto
choice that may be unacceptable to them. That
right was in former ages unquestioned, and was
more than once exercised. 1t is held by those
powers still TO be valid, while the Church is
disposed 10 deny ii or TO resist the exercise Of
II. Moreover, as "Ex-Attache" points out, Italy
has q strong claim TO a similar right, while
Germany is pretty strongly committed TO the
policy OF requiring that the new Pope shall be
a man acceptable 10 her. When we consider
the influence the Roman Church might exert
upon the relations between France and Ger
many upon the Carlist pretensions in Spain
and upon the attitude of the Catholic citizens OF
Italy toward the Savoy dynasty, this struggle
for control of the conclave is seen to be no light
affair. Not for many reigns has the election Of
a new Pope been freighted with more political
Importance TO Europe than the forthcoming one
is likely 10 be.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-12
Nsw31ork DAILY 0ribnare
SUNDAY. JULY u, 1903.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-The Pope's condition yesterday
morning showed slight gain, which was main
possibility Of the PonuHs recovery was enter
rained by Dr. LapponL - Twelve hundred
Turkish troops surrounded near Auatovo two
hundred BulgarianS. whose leaders were killed
while attempting 10 escape. - Colonel
Mishics, OF the 9th Servian Infantry, who took
q prominent part in the assassination OF the
King and Queen. has been promoted. - Sir
John Douglas Armour. justice OF the Supreme
Court of Canada and a member OF the Alaskan
Boundary Commission died in London - A
new Greek Cabinet has been formed headed by
n Raln as Premier and Minister OF Foreign
Affairs FL A dispatch from Troppau. Suesia,
said that disastrous foods had occurred in that
district.
DOMESTIC.-Postmaster General Payne an
nounced that the end Of the postal inquiry was
IN sight, although the exact date could not be
1xed; Il is believed that several more high off,
Gals Of the department viii be removed. -
Information received in Washington shows that
tne protests originating IN the United states
have had much effect in inducing the Russian
Government 70 punish those responsible for the
Kishine1 massacre - President Roosevelt
sent q message OF thanks TO King Edward for
courtesies shown 10 American naval officers.
- An Illinois delegate to the convention Of
the Baptist Young Peoples Union, at Atlanta,
said that Northern people should stop giving
Uncle Toms Cabin 10 their children TO read.
CITY.-stocks declined sharply and closed at
the lowest. = The police were investigating
the mysterious murder Of tea tester in The
Bronx while he was walking with & woman;
another woman was thought to be concerned in
were reported the result OF the heat; the
maximum temperature for the day was IS de-
grees- = c F. Murphy, il was announced.
viii issue a reply 10 Dock Board charges to-
day. - Seventeen unions, IL said, have
announced their agreement with the building
employers arbitration plan; II was believed
that all would be al work this week. - The
sons Of the late Colonel Best obtained informa-
IiOn that "Dr." Woods, whose arrest the
charge OF larceny they are urging, had been
connected with several claims for damages in
suspicious fires: IL was learned that Woods was
In flight Il the direction of Bethlehem. Penn.
- An order for the arrest of Laura. Biggar
was granted by Justice Truax, in the Supreme
Court. on a suit for 100000 damages for allen
sting the affections OF DR.. Hendrick- - SEN
ators Kean and Dryden. Eugene A Philbin and
other prominent men were guests of President
Roosevelt Frank Amelio, boy under six
teen was sent TO the Childrens Court charged
with stabbing Lester B. Ward near the heart IN
The Bronx
Showers. The weather yesterday: Highest, IS
degrees, lowest. IS.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-12
TUXEDO NOTES

Tuxedo Park y Y. July u (SpeciaD.-Tis weak
81 Tuxedo was rather successful one. as the ssa-
son has been prolonged by the wet weather lzts
in June. Many dinners were given By the cot
tagers- At the Tennis and Racqrst Club courts
q tournament has been in progress for a cup pre-
sented By Miss Susanne Hsnning- Among the cor
tesrants were the Misses Kane. Miss Poor. the
Misses Coster Miss Hull. Mss Barker Miss Stew
art Miss Collier. and. IN fact. al the Tuxedo
colony.
The goIf links were weu patronizs5 There vii
be al interesting match tomorrow between Pro
OF New-York-
Mr.. and Mrs Richard Mortimer vacated their
Tuxedo cottage on wednesday. and went 70 New
port where they have taken the De HautsviIle cot
tage for the summer. Later they viii so abroad
Mr.. and Mrs John Greenough are 81 Gl9ucssts-
for the summer
Mrs Benjamin Harrison and her daughter. os
Indianapolis. have gone Milford. Penn. for few
days
3Ir. and Mrs. William Carson Kane who vsrs
married recently. were the guests OF 3Ir and Ms.
Henry Schroeder az the Garrison cottage
Mr.. and Mrs 2. y. Taller have gone % Newport
where tAey are the guests OF Mrs Sydney Smith
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles F. Hoffman. OF Newport.
are at the Breezes as guests OF their rnotha-. Ms
Charles 2. Hoffman
Among the cOtJsgers who entertained ~ dinner
during the week were M and Mrs. NJ Dwight Cd
He-. ". n. y RO5ewaI5, 9Ir. and Mrs william
r Garrison 8Ir. and Mrs. Henry ". Poor. 1lr. and
Mrs NewboId Edgar and Mrs John ". Nlntu-z
Among the late arrivals ar the club are S. G.
Stricker. OF Cincinnati Mr. and Mrs Charles A
Chnds. OF san Francisco: Charles s B-own. VI
and Mrs r B Swayne, Samuel - Walsh. r.
Alden Freeman. Judge and Mrs J. NJ Var.uz-
Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver J EVeils. Mss E1Tiza n Post
Looris W Carson kane NJ and Mrs. D. =
Worden and Mr.. and Mrs. OTTO Andrea. =.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-12

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New-York tribune., 1903-07-12

Sooner or later the cruel suggestion that there
had been fatal blunders in the treatment OF the
Pope was sure 10 appear in print Two years
ago the world was told by sensation mongers
that the surgeons had killed Mckinley. Last
summer it was assured that King Edward was
a doomed man. and that his medical advisers
had concealed the character OF his most danger
Gus ailment. Now IT is hinted that mistakes
have been committed at the Vatican For
bearing false witness the ChaIdeans put men 10
death q trife over four thousand years ago.
What pity It is that at least this feature OF
their criminal code cannot be revived
New-York tribune., 1903-07-12
ARRIVALS AT MANCHESTER. VI.

Manchester. VI. July Il Cs1sc.aD.-Chsrlss 81
Daring, assistant Secretary Of the Navy. has ben
spending the week az his home q Benni-gtol- Al
the banquet given for hirn Rear Admiral Field Vas
one OF the speakers Mr.. Darling lstt FOR BCrl-s-
Congressman D. J. Foster and the Algonquin Cl21-
John d Rockefeller j- has been spending t1s
week with MS sister. Nrs. PaEnlee Prsnt-cS. =
1eE summer residence az BENIN srou Centre So-
d RockefelIer Is expected theFs this evening .
stay several days
New-York tribune., 1903-07-12

If collisions must occur on Coney Island trains
at all, some other day Of the week than Satur-
day or Sunday should be chosen That yester-
days accident near the Brighton Beach Hotel
did not result in wholesale slaughter was mar
vellous. II the responsibility for the open switch
that caused ii can be clearly fixed, such an ex-
ample should be made OF the offender that other
employees viii profit thereby.