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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-25
AMERICA I'M ASIA

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Permit me, as an old and constant reader
OF your paper to take the liberty OF expressing my
warm admiration Of your editorial in yesterdays
issue on America in Asia"
I have resided for thirty-two years in Japan
Although during that time have devoted my at
tsntion to mercantile affairs, and not to the poll
tics of the Far East. yet, OF some things it
may be said that ''he who runs may read" feel
that I may claim some small knowledge OF the
matters in question.
America has interests in Corea, Manchura and
China which are not small. and which will in the
future become very large, unless Russia is able
10 shut US out which appears TO be her present
as reported, regarding American treaties for the
opening Of ports etc, should be highly instructive
TO our people, and awaken them 10 what may be
expected should Russia be able 10 continue her
career of absorption of territory.
THAT admirable people Gas you justly entitIe
them) the japanese, are in reality at the present
moment standing in front OF Russia for American
interests well as for their own. They are we'll
deserving Of all the backing the American people
give them.
Regarding one Of your statements only I must
decidedly disagree with you. You say: After hav-
ing agreed TO the American policy of the open door,
STA to try to close that door against America"
Now l. on the contrary, think that such action
would be exactly in accordance with Russia 5
habltual performances in the Far East.
F. II. OLMSTED.
Rhine5eck, n. Y Dec. o. 1903.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-25
AGAINST MISPLACED APPLAUSE.
the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: May I enlist your influence to remedy an
evil existing at the opera? The music lover ia
obliged to submit to the disturbance caused by
late Corners the talking Of his neghbors, the rus
ting Of the programmes and other annoyances
which may be, in a sense. local but why should
every one be deprived Of hearing the opera as the
composer intended 1t to be heard, by the applause
of the thoughtess, who drown the orchestra with
their misplaced enthusiasm? At the matinee when
Aida" was sung the close of the opera-One of
the most exquisite nnales written-was COM
pletely destroyed by the too hasty applause, which
made 1t impossible to hear the orchestra or the
singers In the dying strains At the four mattnees
now given I have never heard the orchestral hna1e
TO any aria any act, and 1t seems TO me as II
those who wish 10 hear a work in its entirety,
those who have paid to hear it, should be pro-
tected from the ignorance Of those who have not
artistic sense enough wish to remain quiet, and
are too thoughtess TO allow others TO enjoy to the
full the beauties of the representation. Would 1t
not be proper to ask Mr.. Conried to print on the
programme a request that the audience refrain
from applause until the orchestral close of
Der and of each act? The management has asked
ladies not to hats during the performances,
a request which has met with universal compli-
ance and probably the request to remain quiet
would be approved In the same manner If you
bring this matter the notice of of the Of
Tenders, who do not realize what they doing
to destroy the enjoyment Of those who senst-
tive to an artistic performance, as whole and
oblge, p SUFFERER.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-25
VIVISECTION TODAY.
A Protest Against Cruelty to Animals.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: NV attention was called day or two ago
TO an article In your journal OF December speaA-
ing of the atrocities of vivisectiOn in the last
century and saying that "those old abuses nave
passed away leaving hardly a vestise Denlno ana
the doctors of to-day in all civilized countries as
rule abhor the needless inictiOn Of pain upon the
lower orders OF conscious beings as Wen as upon
members of the human race
This is a very felicitous view to take of the mat
ter. and l wish it were correct Unfortunately IL
is not We have no reason to think that as
frghtfu experiments were performed in the last
century do not sometimes take place now. Animals
are still starved suffocated, cut open and their
exposed nerves irritated with electricity In all
the experiments that are performed upon the
nervous system it is impossible to administer an
aneesthetic 1t would defeat the object in view
1t is necessary the animal to suffer in order to
attain the desired result.
The Home Secretary Of England has just given
permission Professor Scha1er to undertake a
series OF experiments upon dogs by drowning them,
to all intents and purposes and then resuscitatng
them. This has caused feeling of indignation
among a number of humanely disposed persons and
they have petitioned the Home Secretary that the
experiment may be tried only once on each dog
Whether their request has been granted have
not heard. There is the more feeling expressed
in England against the Home Secretary's action
account of a precisely similar course OF ex-
pertinent having beeen carried out In England
few years ago. except that still greater cruelties
by stopping up the wndpipe and by other baroarous
means. The petitioners to the Home Secretary say
that everything which could be learned by SUCH a
course of experiments was discovered then and
that repetition of the cruelties entirely I'M
necessary. They are. however going on at the
present moment.
writer in this months number OF Tia 70
ophilist" Cthe organ of the National AntiVivisec-
ton Society IN England says:
To read the records Of the horrors that go on in
Inc experimenteTs. with perfect GOODNESS, tell US
OF their doings in the pages of their medical jour
nails There we can read OF the hearts and nerves
OF living animals being exposed and laid bare, of
cats being baked alive to how fOXglove poison
would act upon them at very high internal tenn
peratuTe, or one doctor amusing himself for six
years cutting into the of the neck of living
cats and rabbits, and on. ad infnitum.
OF course. this done for amusement
that is too strong expression; but the fact re-
day Yours truly.
CAROLINE EARLE WHITE,
Corresponding secretary of the American Anti
VtvSection Society.
Philadelphia, Dec. q, 1903.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-25
THE TRAINING OF TEACHERS.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: II is a fact that the old fashioned idea that
any one can teach school has been superseded. and
that the teaching profession has in recent years
been put upon practically the basis that of
the law or Of medicine. From a popular and prac-
teal point Of view institution has contributed so
much TO this as the normal school
Beginning in a small way, in the Eighteenth
fury IN France and Germany. 1t has grown TO such
that both OF those countries have regular
armies OF trained pedagogUes. In the United States
the first normal school established at Lexng
ton, Mass, in 1899. The extraordinary growth and
development OF normal schools in the last thirty
years IS a striking feature OF educational
history.
In 1862 there l7S public normal schools in the
United States. with 24S7 instructors and 4s.4O3
students. With those in private normal schools. In
universities and colleges in public and private high
schools the total Of normal students up 10 the
amazing number of "a l33, II Is from this body or
framed teachers that the ranks OF this learned pro-
Iession are being recruited year after year
"A study or the statistics of normal schools,
given In the valuable report OF w. T. Harris United
ceptng Delaware and Nevada all the States and
Territories have public normal schools. In these
Two states provision IS made for the education OF
IeacneTs IN the State COLLEGES.
uLc sent lfnent Is shown 10 be strongly In favor
OF normal schools, as be from the Following
ngures: In lSS0'9l 81 100 was appropriated for
shslr support by Legislative enaotnsnt in lSSl-02
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-25
COTTON GROWING AND NEGRO LABOR

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir; few days ago read an account OF a short
address by Andrew Carnegie in which he stated
that the negroes produce yearly eleven million
oales of cotton. and this cotton made us the mas
ters OF the OF the world. especially England
nave not the least desire take away from the
negro race any OF the credit due 10 them for what
they have accomplished under very trying condi-
lions; but a statement wide OF the mark and
carrying with it the weight OF the influence OF Mr.
Carnegie. ought not to be allowed to pass unchaI-
iehsed Without having the statistics before me
aho writing from memory OF them. I think 1 am
SAFE In the statement that prior to Is60-6 the cot
ION crop had not exceeded four million bales. Up
70 this time cotton was grown almost exclusively
py negro slave labor. The period of the Civil War
00o- o. we pass over. After the close OF the war
a new order OF things was evident. and as soon as
s toliles and mis- takes OF so-called reconstruction
permitted, the Southern white people set about the
ttssotnalng or their waste places In earnest From
'A' uins began tho incrsass In the yield or the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-25
QUESTION OF RAILROAD RATES.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: The Interstate Commerce Commissioners
are very much put out las per report in The Trfb-
une) because the railroad managers have raised
rates freight to correspond with the increased
cost Of railroad operation. Why. in the name of
common sense. should they not do so2 All other
lines OF business have done Why not they?
The commissioners say that the railroads have in
PRODUCED economies. So they have but at their
own COST and they. In simple justice. are entitled
to the benefit. exactly any OF the commissioners
would demand for themselves in their own lines of
business Those who risk their property in the
creation OF railroads are much entitled to fair
treatment those investing in any other Iegiti-
mate enterprise Those owning railroads are left
to bear all Of the burdens of adversely and in
simple justice they should have the benefits Of
prosperity, much as some to think to the
contrary There is no element In this country
that contributes so much to It's prosperity as do
the railroads. They much entitled to Its
nenehts as they are TO bear the burdens OF disas-
trous commercial conditions.
Brooklyn, Dec a. 1903. CHARLES WALTON
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-25
NO FEARS FOR HUBBARD PARTY.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: note occasionally reference to the Hubbard
party which left Rigoulette Labrador. just before
my arrival there early in August last.
I have been asked several times since my return
to the States If I could furnish any information
to their probable Whereabouts.
I not of the opinion nor have thought at
any time. that they lost that they have
met with serious mishap They are doubtless with
missionaries or Hudson Bay people. where they will
naturally remain until the first trip Of the Vir-
GINA Lake in June next.
However, should they not be heard from by that
time, will if possible. organize relief party here
or in ST. Johns, and undertake to get in touch with
them WILLARD GIAAZIER.
Albany. Dec. q 1903
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-25
ATTITUDE OF "PARsIFAL" AUDIENCE.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: As a minister of the Episcopal Church. to
whom the hearing OF ''Parsifaf' once at Bayreuth
has been a treasured memory since. I ask the
privilege OF word in the present discussion.
yield to one in profound reverence for Him
whom I acknowledge the divine Saviour and
Lord of the world. in solemn regard for that
Holy Sacrament which, by His appointment. is
the highest form of Christian worship and OF
spiritual privilege. And yet to ms "Parsifal."
given at Bayreuth. not in the least offensive.
but rather full of deep religious impressfveness
But what will il be here in New-York? That
will depend. In my Judgment. almost wholly
the attitude Of the audience. The performers will
doubtless do their part in spirit OF devotion to
their art, which at its best is not hostile
alien religion. 1t Is the audience which will
have 1t in its power to make the occasion sacred
or profane II the public will only drop what, in
such connection. is the intoerable ippancy of it's
discussion about evening clothes and will attend
dressed for church and. far possible, in
attitude OF reverence at least for the artistic
if for the religious significance of the occasion
I believe that "ParSifal' N New-York may be a
real contribution to the higher life of the
munity. RECTOR
NCw-YGrk. Dec. 1903.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-25
WANTS NEW LOCAL BODY.
Electric Railroad Commission Urged
bg Grand Juru.

After investigation OF the transit facilities in
Brooklyn. the Kings County Grand Jury handed in
presentnlent yesterday in which it finds that
there are laws which enable the city and Dor
ough officials to insist on the proper facilities and
calls the municipal assembly and the legislature
to provide at once the necessary laws. A local
electric railroad commission is suggested to relieve
the State Railroad Commission OF all authority
over the street railroads in this city.
The presentment says in part:
At present one has any jurisdiction over the
matter OF crowding the cars. and of insisting on
regularity OF service. Nowhere is there any regu-
lation limiting the number OF human beings whom
the greed Of our transportation companies may
crowd at the peril of their lives and morals, into
thereof
1t is readily seen that there are no laws 70
govern the case, no ordinances TO be enforced. no
authority whose province it is to enforce them cars
VIII continue TO be oYercroWded, the service viii
continue TO be irregular, people will continue TO be
subjected 10 freezing temperatures and draughty We
hcles; the lack OF headlights trains the electric
current OF the third rail. defective insulation due
70 sIoYenly repairs in the machine shops will con-
Gnue 70 Kill and main people, and there is no re-
dress out the verdict OF accidental homicide" on
the part or the coroner. at best a verdict for
o~Ilases IN a case where the negligence Of the
corporation Is too fla grant.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-25
LITTLE TUG ENDS A LONG VOYAGE
Arrives at Seattle with Tow, After Q 5oo-
Mile Voyage.

Seattle. Dec. 24-Captain John 8 R,uor.
with the three hundred ton tug Tyee. towing the
uIs@oieo freight steamer Meteor has arrived here
after one of the longest voyages ever up1e~.a,
on the Pacific Coast by vessel OF similar TONNAGE
Three months ago the Meteor. loaded with thon-
sands Of tons Of coal and general merchandise 1s,
this port for st. Michaels. but never reached har
destination. When within 100 miles OF ST MI
ehaefs her machinery broke down and abe drts,ad
neipiessly about for several days until picked nm b
ne ne steamer Eureka aad towed TO Dutch Harbor
~ months ago the Tyee was north 10 Tow
'i Th .e I TO Seattle distance OF $500 miles
lutte tug encountered terrific weather. AM
successfully rode out the storm vrbich yrs,il e
ha a1 Nome steamer Discovery causing loss of
twenty-five and thirty lives ana ~ hien
SsSeso una seaworthnsss OF many other vessels
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-25

cotton crop. which has reached eleven million
bales TO the round figure OF Mr.. Carnegie. ne
important point is to whom are we to give cfedle
for the million bales. the increase over the
largest negro slave labor crop, which. mas peen
stated. never exceeded four million bales TO tnas
question / offer the that the major part OF
the increase Of seven million is produced and
gathered by Southern white people. Perhaps IL
would not be unfair say all OF it, for. while ths
negro has also increased. large part OF
that increment is engaged in other pursuits than
that of cotton growing. The OF commerclai
fertilizers has carried the cotton belt hundre9
miles further north than II was when cotton was
cultivated exclusively by negro labor, and IN the
northern belt of cotton production white LABOR u
almost the only labor THOMAS r ~
Ashevie, n. c.. Dec. 10. 1903.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-25
MORE ARRESTS IN ARMoRY CASE
In Ante-Mortem Statement Injured Man
Says He Protested Against Methods.

AS result of an ante-mOrtem statement made
by Martin Wolf. one of the wOrkmen injured in the
collapse of the old 18th Regiment Armory, Brook
Iyn Coroner FIaherty has instructed the police %
arrest two of the who were responsible FOR the
way In which the work done. District Attor-
nav Clarke has announced his Intention OF taking
a personal part inquest and seeing to II that
the responsibility the gross negliEence is fixed
Wolf said that he had repeatedly protested 10
Ievinsohn & Levine. the sub-contractors. that
thew were using careless methods. He said he had
advised Mr. L4evinsOhn take down only one
girder at time. but that his advice was ignored
The two men arrested were discharged yesterday
at once
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-25
OBJECTS TO BLEACHING OYSTERS.

10 the Editor OF The Tribune.
sir' was pleased and amused with your article
on the mercantile oyster. What you said In lest
Is as true as gospel The oyster is placed in slug
glsh streams along the coast to bleach that is TO
MI up with the creek water charged with millions
Oh tyPhoid germs. ate some oysters at Newport
some years ago. takon from a sluggish creek
"I'hih three hours had violent attack of cholera
morbus The city will use millions OF money -
I pure water by filtration and vet permit the
bsguD oG5 IN which septic DISSATISFACTION has
DesoiI 11Ilu WsIch are charged with tvphOid Fever
E5 State Of OF tRe pieces OF Legislation needed for
great enough to prevent the macSrst,o1 - NY
oyster n the TreSh-stave the ~ Ine
of the State. EDMTTNrS ~ M1Isr streams
Laurenceville. n. j.. Dec 3 190s WI l. NJ u
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-25
W. J. CooMBS TO LECTURE AND WRITE
Announces on SEVENTEEN Birthday That He
Will Devote Himself to Public Work

EI-Congressman William ]. coombs. chairman ~
the advisory committee OF the Title Guarantee .5
Trust Company and manager Of its Manufacturers.
Branch. in Montague-st Brooklyn made the cele-
bration OF his SEVENTEEN birthday yesterds, tn
occasion for announcing his retirement from active
business Life. After January l. 1904 he will devote
the remainder OF his life to public work. writing
and speaking.
He emphatcslly declares that he will not accent
any public office.
Mr. Coombs. by appointment OF President Cleva
land, became a government director IN the Pacific
railroads.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-25

So ESQ In fS90-'9l S4O9 s16 appropriated for
buildings: in 1sUl02 this was increased TO SpolSVi
New-York leads all the other States with -
State Normal College, at Albany, gives q hlgher
grade OF professional instruction than thar 1ound IN
other normal schools II is designed for those VINO
have completed college or ordinary normal scnooi
With this single exception, however IL may
be said that it is the function of the normal scnoo
to prepare teachers for elementary rather than lor
secondary schools
ARTHUR MARVIN. Principal High School D.
Schenectady. n. Y. Dec. 70. 1909
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-25
HAsEAs CORPUS FOR ToTrERMAN.

SULLIVAN Goldsmith & EngeI. attorneys for Emil
Aotsefnan. known in connection with the murder
OF sarah Martin Jack the Ripper" yesterday
eoeu'eo nom Justice Scott. in the Supreme Court.
wri' or haoeas corpus. directing the production
OF the accused man before him to-rnorroUr with a
NV ~ demanding his release ON the ground that
Stse SOAsutuhOn does not permit the commitment
or a person affidavt based on 1sftSrs ~ vaasp
knowledge and beliat - s -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-25
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR HOSPITALS.

Charles Lanier, No. 90 Cedar-st.. the general
treasurer OF the Hospital Saturday and Sunday
Association reports the following contributions 70
the general fund of the collection in progress.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-25
THE "WOMAN'S FUND"

Mrs. James Speyer. No 80 Madison-ave-. treas
urer OF the Woman's Auxiliary, reports the follow
Ing additional contributions to the womans fund
OF the collection.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-25
RELIGIOUS BOOKS.
Nezc Studies and Other Studies in
Spirituality.

.ecAI, AND LITERARY INTERPRETATION OF
SHE BIBLE. BY S. s. Curry. Pm. d. With In
PRODUCTIONS by Francis C. Peabody. d. ID. svo.
m $50 The Macmillan Company.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-25

adapt Christianity TO the needs OF the world
to-day by eliminating ignoring its charac-
teristic doctrines? You might as well propose
TO fit a ship for service by taking out its COM
pass and its charts and cutting off its rudder.
Make Christianity silent in regard to these great
questions OF spiritual existence and you Destroy
its power to satisfy the heart. What would the
3ife of Christ mean II these deep truths on which
He rested and from which He drew His strength
were uncertain or ilusory. IL would be the most
pathetic nnournfuI heartbreaking OF all phan-
toms.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1903-03-13

What were the songs the sirens sung.
The rock-ribbed. hungry reefs amongF
All, who is there can guess2 Who tell
What melodies were won't 10 swell
Forth from the pipes OF PAM
Where are the golden chords that woks
When Orpheus' magic master stroke
Soul-soothing hsrmonies divine.
Or madding as the SatyrS wine.
Drew from his wondrous lyres
Their haunts have all the sirens fed
And Orpheus' notes have long been dead:
No echo OF the cadent chimes
That thrilled those olden. golden clirnss
Is waited down the years.
Goat-footed Pan doth nevermore
Along the reedy river shore
Uplift his rzpture-drunken LAYS
Nor browse through long midsummer
days
In dreamy idleness-
Yet Music hath as potent charm
To melt. TO sOoths. or to alarm.
AS in the tabled days OF old.
OF pipes OF Pan and Tyre Of gold
AUD Turing siren songs
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1903-03-13
The succe..ful Mooer.

Men would have a great deal more
chance of success in their woOing if
they understood better how girls like
to be wooed. As it is, they have no
idea on the subject that is at all use
full, and many lovers suit is unsuc-
cessful just because he is ignorant OF
a girls tastes in that direction.
Now. if girls had the matter in their
own hands they would manage very
differently. To begin with. they would
never play the bashful lover. There is
nothing less calculated to make a girl
say yes" to the important question
than the wooing OF a lover who is shy.
She despises a man who can't have
courage enough to ask her boldly. and
when he stammers and hesitates over
it, instead OF walking up boldly 20 the
lions mouth, he reduces his chances to
a minimum. says the Philadelphia In
quirer.
Above all things. woman delights IN
feeling the superior strength of man
When he comes and asks her to be his
wife with fine. bold front and manly
bearing. the battle is half won.
She respects and admires him for
pressing his suit with decision, and
when she begins to admire a man love
does not lag far behind. The tre'n-
bling. timorous lover never commands
her respect.