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New-York tribune., 1903-03-20
AT The WHITE HOUSE.

Washington, March 10 (speciaD.-President Roose-
Welt entertained Regis II. Post. OF Ne"-forh' n.
luncheon to-day. Mr.. Post has been aPPoil'e"
auditor of Porto Rico, to succeed Jonn H. oafriSO,
who is recalled to Washington to become chiei oi
the customs division of the Treasury. Atnoush
Mr. Post was appointed some time ago. ne hau
lust heard of the fact, returning to this country
from visit to Vera Cruz. He expects to san tor
Porto Rico on April 1. and will assume MS ne"
duties May l. .
An invitation engraved on a plate OF pure goio
was presented to the PI esident to-day by Coionel
George H. Pippy president OF the Union League
Club of San Francisco The President IS invited 10
he the guest Of the club at dinner on Thursday
evening May II. Colonel Pippy also presented the
invitation of the general committee of San Fran
cisco which extended the freedom OF the city to
the President In addition to these. Governor Par
dee has sent the President cordial invitation 10
visit the State.
General B. F. Tracy. former Secretary nt the
Navy who Is visiting Washington. was caller At
the executive offices and was received by the fresl-
dent. , ~
established to-day. This is the seventeenth post
office named for the President. Mckinley POST,
ONCE Cuyahoga County Ohio, was discontinued
tO-d9
New-York tribune., 1903-03-20
CHEAPER AUTOMOBILES.

In the latest issue of "The Iron Age" George
E. Walsh makes two or three suggestions
which. while addressed primarily to manufact-
urers of horSeless carriages, will be noted with
interest by buyers of the same. To Mr.. Walsh
it seems as If too much money was spent to-
day on skilled hand labor, even in the best
equipped factories. So large factor is this in
the production of even light vehicles, selling
for between $500 and $500, that he says
there is little profit yet in the business. The
manufacturers are looking to the future rather
than the present for their reward and, while
they have orders enough to keep them occupied
for a year, they are not getting a substantial
return on their investment. Mr.. Walshs recon-
mandations are. therefore, that the industry be
more thoroughly specialized; that certain parts
be purchased from concerns which make only
those and nothing else; that such specialties be
turned ont with newly designed machinery; and,
IN order to make these steps practicable that
uniform standards be adopted By all rlanufact-
urers for such things as can be thus supplied.
Were such policy followed, he thinks, the cost
Of production would be 30 reduced that there
would be a greater profit. Perhaps, too, the
price to purchaser would be lowered.
There are plenty Of preeedents for such
course 90 Is here proposed. A car builder will
eften get his wheels from one shop outside his
other, and his couplers from . third. He iE
compelled to buy some specaldes By the fact
that the makers of the latter have patented the
same; but he will occasionally fnd that he can
get better article for less money by pursuing
New-York tribune., 1903-03-20
A TRANSIT OBJECT LESSON.

"They order this matter better in'-Denver!
It may seem strange that the Colorado city
should surpass the metropolis Of the nation in
the important respect of streetcar service. Yet
it should not for II Denver did not surpass
Eew-York in that respect it would be pretty
nearly the only city in the civilized world that
did not, or had not done so. IN the old horse
car days Brooklyn was ahead of New-York IN
that service. We should hesitate TO say how
many years San Francisco-yes, and Philadel-
phia, too-preceded New-York in cable ear ser
vice. Budapest was practically and success
fully operating electric cars with underground
wires for year or two before New-York vent
ured upon the temerarious experiment. Even
our much boasted subway was long anticipated
by London and by Boston. What wonder, then,
that Denver to-day outsHips US in quality OF
trolley car service?
Imprimis, In convenience and comfort of pas
senger-details quite ignored In NewYork, but
Of some importance in Denver. Instead OF the
barbarous longitudinal benches in use here, the
Denver cars are fitted throughout with cross
seats at each side Of central aisle. (There
used to be few such cars on Third-ave. in
this city, but they were abolished, presumably
because they made people dissatisfied with the
torture boxes on all the other lines) There are
big windows, occupying the whole OF the car
sides down almost to the level Of the seats. In
winter these are closed, making closed cars. In
summer they are opened, making fine open cars
So one set Of cars does for the whole year
round, lesson in economy which New Workers
ought TO learn. We are sorry to see that the
interiors OF the cars are disfgured with adver-
tisement1, even as are those in New-YoFk. That
seems to be the one touch Of barbarism which
makes Denver and New-York akin.
Next for the comfort and health of the
employees The Denver cars are all fully
equipped with vestibules. The motorman
stands on the front platform. but the platform
Is as completely incIosed with wood below and
glass above as 10 the body Of the car, and-teil
IT not to the d. 8. R.-aetaally contains an
electric heater, making the motOrman as COM
Portable IN cold weather as are the passengers
within the car. We are not sure that this ar
rangement Is unique, The inclosure Of the
platforms certainly is not. On the contrary the
lack Of such Enclosure in NeW-York is almost If
not quite unique. II all other cities In a cold
climate ear platforms are sensihly and humane
IL ineIcsed. In New,York alone is It tbs stupid,
baFbarOgS and iHhUmaa practice to make the
mot0Fman stand out OF doorG entirely without
shelter, In ali kinds OF weather
But let % not Os unreasonable Or impatient
New-York tribune., 1903-03-20
THE DEADLY PERCENTAGE.

Famous mathematicians more than one nave
amused themselves with computations and spec
uIations concerning ratios and percentages III
card games, IN the shaking of dice, the tossing
of coins and similar hazards and chances. Now
Sir Hiram Maxim, the well known inventor ana
scientist has announced his conclusions from
studies which he has made of the unhappy lot
of amateur players who try to win money DS
gambling on Systems" He declares that seer
''tainly there is no country in the world where
gambling is so extensively pracdsed as IN
England" although, he says, that perhaps IN
no other land have 80 many laws been passed
to restrain lotteries, games Of chance and the
like He adds that both in England and in
France the games Of chance which are least
ruinous to the players have been suppressed
while those which are most destructive are per-
mitted.
Sir Hiram sets forth the details Of the meth
DDS in use at Monte Carlo, and makes it clear
that the deadly percentage in favor Of the bank
must inevitably prevail In the long run, ana
prevent the lasting success OF any one who at
tempts to put money in his purse by oattlng
against it. The annual reports of the prosper
GUS company which controls the palace Of the
blind goddess at Monaco show large profits
with never a break. In no year since the first
wheel was turned at Monte Carlo has the COM
many failed to pay handsome dividends. Sir
Hiram says that roulette is played in the no.
torious little principality with one zero on num-
bers and a half zero on colors, while in the
gambling houses in the United States, he goes
on to show there are two zerOs. He seems to
be unfamiliar with the common practice IN
Western mining camps Of using roulette wheels
with only twenty-eight numbers in place Of
thirty-si1 and not only with two zeros, but also
with what is called an "eagle bird" The I'M
fortunate miner who risks his money against
machine Of this sort abandOns hope when he
sits down at the table. But he does not really
expect to beat the game" when he buys his
first stack of chips" He is determined to
have his amusement and his excitement no
matter what it may cost him.
The celebrated gunmaker has given some at
tention also to betting races as we'll as to the
desperate predicament Of the deluded souls
which may be cast away upon the quicksands
of roulette rouge-et-noir and other games. Sir
Hiram asserts that the victims Of the English
bookmakers are little better of than they would
be If they were playing with from nine to twen-
ty-tkree zeros against them. 1t may be so. But
in any event the warnings of this calm, un-
prejudiced, scientific student of figures and re-
suits, this unimpassioned calculator, will prob
ably fall upon deaf ears. The singed moth still
hutters to the fame Of the candle. Nothing but
the snufing out Of the candle will save the
moth
New-York tribune., 1903-03-20
TEE L1oUoR DEALERS MISTAKE.

The Representatives Of liquor dealefE' asso-
ci3tioa who called on the Mayor at the City
Hall yesterday to protest against the bill rais-
ing the liquor tax rate so per cent made fool
Ssh Display Of resentment when they found they
could not see him. The Mayor had informed
She chairman Of their committee On Wednesday
Shat he could not give them an interview yes
Serday at the hour named IN their request in
1Rmuch Sc he must hold an advertised hearing
D1 another legislative matter at that time, but
S1sy vocfeFously refused to regard previous
GgaGement es q reason for denying them ad-
1n3ttancA What Is the Mayor Of the city here
xoe." they shouted "n rot to receive delega-
St5ens Of SidSens who come to protest against
Legislative measures which viii prove q hard
~shtpr' Now. 1t may not Sc unnatural that the
aiGOoF dealers ct Nsw.York should imagine
Shey have & paramount claim to Official atten-
EeE. bat Q man who was mentally or tempera-
mentally at to be their spokesman would not
s6apt that atdtOds in public. Did Nr. LIndinger
RsaJly expect Mayer Low TO close the hearing
streAd1 In prOSzsss and turn the citizens who
were With him by appeintment into the street
Car the sake OF admitting others who had been
SoA IN advance that they could not be received?
20 that 70 what he looked foE. his associates
ought TO assure him that his wrath was Fidieu-
E0us and that all the ensuing blUster was III cal
cuIstsd to serve their interests.
There is another feature Of the case which
@aT account for the extreme agitation Of the
delegates, though it hes no direct connection
With the question Of precedence. In his letter
- tha1r chairman telling why be could not In
sny ease give them hearing yesterday at IL
O'Clock. the Mayor made II 6 condition OF grant
ing them an interview at another time that they
should refute the current report that their as
ISOLATION collects an immense sum Of money by
levying q weekly assessment on every saloon
keeper, or show what the money is used for.
The amount named BY the Mayor as the aggre-
gate Of such alleged assessments is 100000
year. Thst Is 3 staggering total. and many per-
sons via find IT hard 70 believe that II o saloon
collection Is made, whether for legitimate or
GIGgitmate purposes, tt equals tha4 amount.
But, evae 90. the delegates would have shown
better judgment IL they hsd kept their temper
and cooiiy undertakes to prove that the Mayor
bad gsRes efadeacs TO prepcster0Ss hedon. 1t
wouA have hesa no alight controversial tr1-
gmph Go convince the public by quiet produc-
ton Of satisfactory evidence that mAn of Mr
Lows experience snd caution had involved HIM
self Ia an sbsurdity-
We fear that the explosion which followed the
AzaBePs pseHsst fes information may bs tnteS'
New-York tribune., 1903-03-20
MUSIC.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra
Concert.

Last night at Carnegie Hall the Boston SYM
phony Orchestra gave its final evening concert anu
its last but of the present series Inc plo-
eramue played last evening dlirered IN oelal' oi
4ba one previously announced in that wagner S
"a Faust Overture was substituted LOT 6eois
schumann's ''Ltebesfruhng'' overture; also was
the list heightened by Tschaikowskys Romeo ana
Juliet a number that had been selected to nguFe
IN the nrogramme of this orchestra's matinee con-
cert next Saturday.
The playing Of Wagrer's familiar Faust over
ture was weInigh fautless. Just such opportunl-
ties as these reawaken our appreciation OF the
t6,,,iduaI choirs In this famous orchestra and In
This number the woodwind especially gave re-
narkable exhibition OF separate ana eISelhnle
beautv Of tone. Mr.. Gercke gave reading or this
overture that was refined to the utmost. Many OF
~, -, cI,noaxes so frequently read into this
oora were missed yet entire 1t was IN strict
and logical proportion.
nv tunef,I and beloved Overture Fantasy OF
,rscba,kov,slv received careful consideration at
+he hands OF this able conductor 1t seemed pity
+ba+ IN the tender love theme the horn shouId
have bean suppressed into almost an naudibe pan
issimo, when its accompanying Voce-that haunt
ing Calls so essentially characteristic OF 1Sch
kowsky: also did wish that the principal cpl
sode of conflict between the feudal houses OF Mon
tapre and Capulet might have been played a olI
mora uncouth. But these details sCarcely "eigh
in the balance Of the performance as a Whole. II
was in a word beautifully played Win the Ieili-
pest and passion toned down.
Nine Antonette Szumowska was the solo Per
former playing Saint-Saens G minor piano con-
certo This happened to be the third performance OF
+bis concerto here during the present season,
which fact does tend to prejudice one IN favor
of this superficial composition Nine. szumoWska
exhibited symptoms of nervousness during the hrst
movement which detracted from the oreadth OF
this andante. The scherZando went neatly with
MANY lapses into conventionality, and the player
was heard at her best only In the presto Her tone
WAS small for so large an auditorium as Carnegie
but her phraslng was clean. AT the close she
was heartily applauded and was recalled several
times As a final number OF the programme, the
orchestra plsyed Charpentier's orchestral suite,
impressions OF Italy" with great show or tonal
color The audience a large and an applaus-
i've one.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-20
TWO VOTES.

The Senate of the United States has taken
the two votes for which chiefly it was sum-
mened into extraordinary session. The one was
upon the ratification Of the Colombian canal
treaty It stood 70 to 8. The other was upon
tho ratification OF the Cuban reciprocity treaty.
It stood 80 to 16. In each case the majority, as
q simple majority, was overwhelming. Even
under the constitutional tWo-tkirds rule there
were in each case votes to spare. In the one
case more than 90 per cent and in the other
more than 75 per cent Of the Senators present
were in favor Of the measures upon which the
votes were taken
Yet those measures had been before the Sen
ate for many weary weeks, In the regular ses-
sion, without such ma1orides being able to
bring them to a vote It was highly desirable
that they should be voted upon. The welfare
and honor of the country demanded it An
overwhelming majority Of the Senate favored
IT. as we now see. But little minority Of
less than Z per cent IN one case and less than
Is per cent in the other, was able to hold the
overwhelming majority by the throat, delay the
ratification Of the treaties, and force the Sen
ate to 60 to the trouble Inconvenience and ex-
pense Of an extraordinary session, and the ma
ton to suffer the humiliation of seeing its in
terest and honor thus dealt with.
There is something wrong in a system under
which such thing is possible. A minority has
rights. But it has not the right to rule. These
two long delayed votes are eloquent in their
reminder of that fact and in their appeal for
It's application.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-20
Amnsenenta,

ACADEMY OF Observation-Disclosures
AMERICAN TEEATRE-S-&:l5-1n the FHl&cS OF ths
isF-1,4eSo TEEATRE--The DARING OF th1 Gcds
HlJQU THEATkE-6.1S-Na3eT 6r lNn
BROADWAY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF P1sen
t.AeINC-S@Is--A Chinese Honeymoon.
S-IItCIsEs THEATRE-2:IS-S:lS-Va1d
irRTTERION THEATRE-S:lk-The Jewel OF Asia
nAIYSg THEAfRE-S-Burton Holmes Lectures-e:lo-
shs BsIHosasre-
EDEN NUSEE-e-e-The world IN Wax
NaFPIRE TF4EkTR9-6:3o-The Unforeseen.
GkRDEN THEATRE-&-u Were King
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HEHAKIs SQUARE THEATRE-S:l5-kr. PtckwcE
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Observation-Disclosures Performance.
KAI6E ERBOCKEk THEATRB-S-&dE Blue Beard
MADISON SQUARE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
MAJESTIC THEA EATRE-oThe Wizard Of o.
MANHATTAN THEATRB-s:So-The BiEhoPs AoTs:
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOuSE-S-lA File on HsS~
and Der Wat6.
MRS os BoRNrs PLAY HoUsE9:SO-GhcstS.
MURRAY HILL THEATRE-I&-ShauShraU
NEW sAvoY-s:I6-The GIFI with the Green RFes
EEW-YoRK-SIS-fn DShomey.
PASToRS-CCntiAuous Performance. NJ
PRINCESS THEATRE-2SO-S&O-Ths FnSAS ~'
PHoCTcR's NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
VICTORIA ATRE-S:iS-ResurrectieH
WALI4ACKS THEATRE-S:1G-The euttAa OF sUA~'
WEST END fHEATRE-S-Way Down EAST
New-York tribune., 1903-03-20
MISS ROOSEVELT IN PORTO RICO.

San Juan, P. R.. March 19-Miss A!'e i'o"SeFe
=. bara a. $40 o'clock this morning from the
.oroer Coarno from New-YoTk, March T. Sh9
vas met by Governor Hunt and his family, ana ana
D,as driven to the palace, where she after"arh heI
an informal public reception.
Miss Roosevelt will receive tne clULV"S .l .i,t
o1., reception at the theatre the same eFenln-'
when there will be display OF fireworks ana !
5ornonstration in her honor. Many lhEI'a.l'u' lhEI'.
taTa been issued by the Governor Tor an ~
- - -, SATURDAY. On Wednesday Miss HooseEs,s 9i.
ment on on % ss1 Juan on an inland Urn; curing
hob MI She will visit the prEclpal pan 1siS az
uSira preparations tn receive Al.SS Ms. Ts5 Id;
several thousand dollars haHLIS rose 80
New-York tribune., 1903-03-20

fh,s policy than If he produced the whole car
under his own roof In many other industries
Darallels can be found. 1t needs no argument
to show that the makers Of specially can az
ford to introduce machines as substitutes ior
hand labor, or 10 prove that wholesale manu-
facture is cheaper than retail production. 1he
reasoning applies to the automobile business as
convincingly as to these others. Where manu-
facturer is still experimenting or has something
UNIQUE in his system, he would have ample
occupation for his plant; and Its proouct
would still be dIstinctiVely his own. There
would remain many features, however, which
would be none the less useful to him II IKE
those employed by other makers. generai
agreement on standards for these therefore,
would unquestionably prove advantageous
New-York tribune., 1903-03-20
BOWMAN CONCERT.

At Mendelssohn Hall last night Beatrice Bow
man. assisted by the Dannreuther Quartet and
Paul Tidden, gave concert. Miss Bowman sang
the Ombra leggiera from Meyerheer's Dinorah'
the bell song from 'Lakme." and a group of songs
by Strauss and Taubert. The singer has a flexible
soprano voice. rather pleasing in quality and liO-
eral in range. Isadore Luckstone played her ac-
compartments The Dannreuther Quartet played
some G!asounoV Noveletten. and. with Paul It'd
den the schumann Quintet The pianist was also
heard in some solo numbers,
New-York tribune., 1903-03-20

The legislature of New-Hampshire 10 larger
than sny other in the Union, although the State
J.. ono NJ the smallest both in territory and popu-
lation. But the representatives of the people
will who assemble in Concord receive modest
salaries and enjoy an excellent reputation FOR
integrity and devotion to duty Would 1t not
be almost an act Of cruelty to reduce their num-
bers? Some parts of the year are bleak and
barren and dreary in the commonwealth or
Mount Washington when summer boarders are
absent, and the gatherings at the capital give
fresh zest to life among hundreds of rural
statesmen.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-20

Denver Is only sorty-five years old. while New
York Is nearly three hundred Denver mas onv
10000 population, while New-York mas sou,
COO Perhaps by the time Denver Is az oau 1nu
as big as New-York is now New-1 ork VIVA M
caught up with it In streetcar serSice'
krovrSf
New-York tribune., 1903-03-20

preted adversely to the liquor dealers sssocin,
t,on. whereas a decorOus response wou'u n~ne
nroduced favorable impression. st.ous
argument against increasing the liquor TAX e...
$500 % 81 200 can be made On grounos Ot ia.
dealing, morality and generai aoVah'ns' 80. -
who are most closely concerned are u" 80
,s,no.5,t ~ IN advance by bad manners and bad
New-York tribune., 1903-03-20

Another Brazilian, Patrocinio, is to enter the
field of aerial navigation. having received sub
sidy from the government Of mis- own country.
Whether he will succeed better than Santos
Dumont or the i'll fated Severe depends mainly
upon the ratio between his engine power and
the size of his airship. the design of which ap-
nerAntly enbodies no new idea.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-20

With unbrOken railway connections between
Behring Strait and Patagonia, promised In
no long time by Special Commissioner Pepper
Cecil Rhodes's Cape to Cairo scheme, conti-
mentally embracing it is, enjoys no monopoly
OF grandiosity. Both worthy Of the enter
prising period in which they originate the sun
set and dawn of the past and rising centuries
bringing richer gifts to man than any in the
procession from the times of Hammurabi, and
his old tables OF law outdatng Moses, down to
the present.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-20
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.

Washington, March 10 CspeciaD.-Ths British Am
bassador and Lady Herbert have returned from
visit to the Iatter's parents. Mr. and Mrs Richard
r Wilson, in New-York.
The Cuban Minister and Mrs. ouesada have as
their guest Jose Estrada Palma son of the Presi-
dent Of Cuba Young Mr.. Palma IS a student at
Columbia University. NeW-YCrk
New-York tribune., 1903-03-20

At the recent battle of flowers, at Nice vi0letB
and white stocks seemed to be the flowers chiefly
thrown. and Mr. Zangwll called to a writer
in 1.-The Ladies' Field" to throw him some
stocks which were going up" It was Zangwill
who once informed an inquisitive lady that he
possessed no Christian name.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-20

It can hardly be possible that legislation will
he adopted in Albany to establish baseball
field in the small and overcrowded Battery Park
This scheme is almost as unwise as the plan 10
lay out racetrack in Central Park which was
SO decisiveY routed years ago.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-20
A LENrEN MUSICAL.

Miss Carroll Badham gave her second Lenten
musical yesterday afternoon at her home, No. Hs
West Fifty-sixth-st The principal soloist was Mrs
Thomas. formerly Miss Gertrude Aud, assisted by
Mas Maui CoUsineRu
New-York tribune., 1903-03-20

The State Senate has passed the bill for the
abolition of the Board of Coroners in spite Of
the intemperate and i'll advised speeches of a
few Democratic legislators. Enlightened senti-
ment is heartily in favor OF the proposed change,
which will assure6ly result in public benefit.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-20
STUART ROBSON AGAIN ON THE STAGE

Providence. r. l.. March ls.-stuart Robson 81
tireIy recovered from his recent illness, f'sum
his tour here tonight at the Providence 80 -
House az DromIo OF Syracuse, in THE tomea!
RTHaE&"
New-York tribune., 1903-03-20

Mrs. E c. Benedict ani her daughter, MIS-
Thomas Hastings, are at Nassau.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-20

Mr. and Mrs J. Henry AIexardre will leave town
for Shore Acres their place on Staten ISIanH carry
nert month. and Hamilton Fish. with his thr"s
aa,gbters will start for his country seat at Car
rtso1s-or-t Hudson at about the same time
New-York tribune., 1903-03-20

William Gilbert Davies, who has n'eh @'' .'''7''
Ill with pneumonia for three weeks 81 " '''''''
n 90 Lras+ E-orty-dfth-st. IS out of darSsr
New-York tribune., 1903-03-20

Mrs Richard GambriII is booked to sail for Eu-
rope on April I. Eliot Gregory goes abroad OF
Tuesday and will be back toward the end Of July
for the Newport season
New-York tribune., 1903-03-20

r ". yelling gives dinner to-m'rro" ni-At N
honor of General and Mrs. Chaftee, at Whi'n MI
and Mrs r Fulton Cutting, Nj. ana MI ""-'''
J. Schieffen, Judge and MIS- err l"l- ...
- - Mrs + Y Greene and Mrs Livingston
5unt will he present Afterward Mr. yelling VII
take his guests to the play
New-York tribune., 1903-03-20

slr and Mrs William Goadby LoeW have re-
turned to town from Lakewood