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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-13
CITY HALL car IN AMBUSH.
Free shsw by the Bereaved Mother Of
ReSovm-epavrOw 70 Fat.

In the centre OF one Of the City Hall
Park flower beds is a palm tros Of the smaller
species. It's long leaves fell almost to
the ground. Around the roots the gard
ener has made a small hollow In the rich
earth.
The City Hall cat, mother OF the kitten
Reform Chat died) was summing herself
on the park walks yesterday She sat
on the warm walk for a while staring at
the sparrows around the flower beds. Then
she made her way stealthily across the
grass to the edge OF tho flower bed, walked
gingerly over the fresh earth to the centre
and Struggled in the hollow at the foot OF
the little tree. 1t needed second glance
to detect her. Here she lay in wait until
twittering sparrow dropped down into the
flower bed. The cot gave spring, but
the bird got away. Returning to her hiding
place the cat bided her time, and in the
course Of the afternoon and OF dozen
Onslaughts she made prey OF one little
bird
Her operations came under the observa-
tion Of large percentage o. the thousands
who move TO and from the Brooklyn B,ldE e.
travellers use Half dozen times the
sight Of the cat in ambush stopped the
curious until the crowd almost blocked
traffic on the walk. To these spectators
the cat gave no heed except to
gaze in their direction occasionally as
II to say that they were likely to interfere
with her sport. When the afternoon 8
entertainment was over she skipped back
across the grass and up the. stone steps
to return TO the care OF her surviving kittens,
Jerome and Grout.
On Broadway, within the 'Tenderloin
territory. florist used cat yesterday to
attract attention to his windows. She
was a big black kitten and full OF play:
She jumped around batting at plants and
posies with her paws, to the pleasure OF the
strollers. who gathered in such force as to
. II,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-13
The Dietary Computer.

Domestic science continues to confer
boons upon the world. The epicurean
fashion of eating for pleasure must be
given up. In an age of science, especially
OF domestic science, the good and the
true, il not the beautiful. should eat for
science and according to science, This
human engine should be stocked az me-
thodically and carefully as the steam
engine. and it should run according to
schedule.
Boston, which has never had much
interest in frivolous and ornamental
rehnements OF cookery, but has eaten
because it is difficult to sustain life on
thought alone. has laid the foundations
Of culinary science. The researches of
sanitary chemistry in the Massachusetts,
Institute of Technology. enable every
household TO feed to the best advantage.
Mrs. RICHARDS has prepared collection
of numbered recipes, accompanied with
numbered cards. Thus the exact food
value of each dish is known. The" man
OF the house" ia not asked by the real
head, Shall we have corned beef and
cabbage for dinner" He is made to take
his quota OF proteid, fat, carbohydrate
and calories. A severe tab is kept on
him. He must keep up to certain high
weekly average. If he is conditioned
in calories on Sunday, he must make up
on some other day II his fat record is
short on Wednesday he must repair it on
Thursday. There is book for his trans
actions with his stomach, a book even
more important in the household library
than the butchers book and the grocer's.
In vain he pleads for strawberry short
cake, lobster outlets, Welsh rabbits. The
kind but memorable mistress of domestic
science shakes her head and keys at him:
My dear. you are ASP calories behind
already. You will have to have scrapple
three times to-day"
For 10! sweet scrapple's name leads all
the rest and Philadelphia is compensated
for the innu merable jeers of the bar
barians. We regret that Mrs. RIcHARDs's
figures are calculated for families OF six,
a very large number for Boston. Divide
by six and you get the grand result. your
personal equation and share. Here is
the record ofscrapple for ak:
Cost. IS cents amount Of proted 100 grams;
OF fat. aS4; of carbohydrate, $40; caores, 6.s2s"
For the last month we have been eat
ing according to the system of profess
sor OF culinary science who told US that
We should get most value, tone and to-
nality out Of oatmeal, peas and beans.
Systems pass. Henceforth We shall
nourish our own mainly or firstly with
that jewel Of Philadelphia scrapple, the
pigs head.
Filling and scientific as scrapple is, We
hate to mention any OF its interiors.
Still, science Is science. On the calories
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-13
.Ancnt the Royal Marines.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-S'r: The or
eanizstion of the Royal Marines was not given
quite correctly in your editorial OF to-day.
They are in one corps OF five divisions four of
red marines night fantry)--Cathham. Wool
wich Portsmouth, Plymouth; one OF marine
artillery lblue)-at Portsmouth, The COM
panies nre simply tactical. each battalion con-
sisting Of ten. When large fleets are manned
the companies are small. when many men are
ashore the companies are large: When COM
handing one company in 1859 had nearly 200
men to pay on every month. II was quite
Job
visions thev enlist in. SO are the officers of
the Royal Marine Artillery. The officers Of
the Light Infantry move around on promo
rlon and sometimes by exchange. Some
times. on shore service large detachments are
regimented. There was battalion or / 900
in the Chinese war Of 1850 another In the
Asian war. and. l think. one in the last
China affair. When SO In nded, the Admiralty
has nothing to do with them. They are borne
In both army. and navy lists. In the army
in tho order Of precedence, they rank after the
Forty. ninth and before the iftieth line bat
talions, In the navy, a commissioned Officer
on boat service may be under the command
OF midshipman' W. l.. p. OGRApY,
Formerly Second Lieutenant Royal Marines
Light Infantry First Whatham) Division
NEW NOnk Maylo.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-13
Another Blow to Greek

Slowly and deliberately Yale is coming
into line with Harvard in the matter OF
college instruction. The expansion Of
the elective system begun, almost by
accident, eighteen years ago ia at last to
include the freshman class. This ia per-
haps an unavoidable corollarS Of cleo
ton in the upper classes, though many
friends of the elective system at Har-
ward. after nearly generation Of ex-
parience with freshman electives, have
come to doubt whether the dsadvan-
tages of the old-time required freshman
course we're so great as those arising
from the new system.
Yale will follow Harvard's baneful
example, too in allowing options in the
requirements for admission to college.
1t begins with the experiment that failed
completely at Harvard, the substitution
of advanced mathematics for Greek. In
the twenty-odd years that option was
offered the proportion OF students ac-
cepting it was extremely small, 80 that,
though it was proclaimed far and wide
that Greek was not required for admis-
sion TO Harvard. the great body OF
students preferred to prepare in Greek
rather than the higher mathematical
and scientific subjects. 1t was only with
the present chaos of requirements arising
from letting down all barriers that real
blow was struck at the classics.
Greek and Latin are safe at Yale, re-
CARELESS of the change announced, till
that university gets ready to follow its
elder sister into the educational tangle
which has been developed, with not much
logic, out Of the less desirable part Of the
elective system.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-13
white Labor in the Rice Fields.

To THE EDITOR OF The SuN-Sr: In the
editorial column OF the Mobile Rsoisfer OF May
s. find a timely criticism Of the following
passage. taken from an article by Prof. Gold
win Smith and published in your columns:
The white In the South Ia not q tiller Of the soil;
he cannot raise cotton. SaNieS rice.
The italics are my own. Now. il ia certainly
astounding that 40 eminent nm authority MS
Prof Gold win Smith should. in n serious arti-
Gle. gravely state as a fact something 40 ex-
ceedngly inaccurate.
am writing from the largest rice-millinG
point in this country, Crowley. La. distribut-
ing annually about a million barrels OF this
cereal. 1ts ten large rice mills are supplied
by the great rice fields OF Acadia, Vermion.
ST. Landry and Calcasieu parishes. and this
vast area is cultivated by white labor e1-
clusively.
The sight OF n negro At the plough or in the
field Is novelty 10 much so that lot Of
about dozen OF them recently imported from
Alabama IA an experiment are looked upon
rather as cmriosities. The very few negroes
in this sec ton are either in domestic service
in the towns or are content idling away their
time in shanty. with a sCraggy corn and
cabbage patch. a few fowls. and, in season.
the ever-prcsent watermelon patch.
The rice fields are cultivated by two classes
Of whites One Ia the native "Cajen" "a cor
still cling TO the customs OF their French an
cestrr. many Of them being unable to speak
or understand word OF English Tho other
Ia SGT Of sturdy Western farmers. mostly
from Illinois and Indiana, who have moved
and are still moving here in numbers
1t is not surprising that some able
but emotional. people are led to make mis-
statements regarding negro conditions bas-
ing them on Impressions derived from a
sporadic and exceptional individual such as
the one recently entertained at the White
House: but II il surprising and also most
regret able that Prof. Goodwin Smith. a gen.
tleman whose opinions are received by the
public with such DISTINGUISHED consideration.
should state as a fact what can only be hear
cay with him. for should he visit the great rice
belt OF Louisiana and Texas in person his
own sense 81 Justice and regard for the truth
would induce him promptly to retract so
glazing n MEASUREMENT. PAUL CHAUDEoN.
CROWLEY, La, May :.
Mr. Goodwin Smiths statement concern
ing rice culture. made in THE sun Of April
20, was by him corrected in second letter
on the subject. published by this news
paper on May. Mr.. Chaudron's commune
cation is not the less interesting and val
liable.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-13
The ThOrOuchbrcds.

Many good horses have been seen in
the history of the American turf, but they
have made their appearance ntermit-
tently; few of them were conspicuous in
any one year To-day there are not less
than half a score of horses in training Of
exceptional merit, Judged by past stand
ards; and, il We may believe reports, at
least half dozen more will distinguish
themselves before the end Of the season.
With only the third annual meeting of
the year under the jurisdiction of the
Jockey Club now in progress, New York
ers have witnessed some magnificent
racing. Grand Opera s race at Aqueduct,
on April %, was the first to attract more
than usual attention. This four year-old
con OF Wagner carried III pounds over
six furlongs in l:l3 2-5, or two-fifths of q
second better than the former record Of
the Aqueduct track. Two days later the
same colt, with III pounds, clipped two
ffths Of a second from the seven furlong
track record by going that distance in
1927 fat
On April % Blackstock, on his first ap-
pearance this year, ran one mile and a
sixteenth in the Excelsior Handicap at
Jamaica in A8 rs. On May 4, Yellow
Tail equalled Blackstock q record for one
mile and sixteenth, carrying 100 pounds.
On May !. Gunfire, with 100 pounds, won
the Metropolitan Handicap by covering
the mile in the remarkably fast time of
i:ssis, and thereby reduced by full
second the record made by Watercolor
in 1902. Sovereign, on the same day,
lowered the five and one half furlong
track record Of 10Th, over the Withers
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-13

Alderman sullivan Opposes University
Settlement Block.

The Local Improvement Board Of the
Bowery district held another meeting
yesterday to consider the widening Of Allen
street and the conversion into a park of
the Eldrdge street block upon which the
University Settlement House stands. Bor-
ough President Cantor has been inclined
to support this scheme, with the idea Of
putting a Carnegie library and a public
bath near the Settlement building. Al
yesterdays meeting Alderman Sullivan
opposed this and presented petition
signed by large numbers of people living
on the East Side, urging that II park is I"
Houston, Stanton, Chrystie and Forsyth
streets. Nobody opposed the widening Of
Allen street.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-13
COLLEGE CLyB FOR MANILA.
Harvard, Yale, 4. Of p. and Princeton
Raising Money to Eluip II.

PRINCETON. May l2.-An effort is on
foot among the Princeton undergraduates
to raise 81 900 to furnish a billiard room in
m institutional club to be founded in Manila A..
The Rev. Henry Talbot of Manila, in
lecture last night, said that there was no
theatre, gymnasium or other proper place
OF amusement in Manila for the 200 American
young men In the city.
Bishop Brent Of the Philippines has raised
club for the benefit OF these Americans.
Harvard and the University Of Pennsyl-
vana have agreed TO raise money to furnish
living rooms to be named after these insti-
tutions Yale has agreed to equip gym
nasium. and now Princeton is trying to raise
tho 81 600 necessary for furnishing a BIZ
lard room, which will be called the prince
ton Room"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-13
MANSION FOR CIRCUS KING.
j. A. Bailey Buys siwanoy Club Property
In Mt. Vernon.

MOUNT VERNON. y. Y. May Thames
A. Bailey of the Barnum Il Bailey circus
has purchased the Swanoy Country CT ub
grounds at Corcoran Manor. which con-
sist Of twenty-eight acres of land and a
large Clubhouse. formerly owned by the
Glover estate. The sale was made through
New York real estate broker. The
consideration was about Sl75,O00 The club
will vacate the property on Nov. l, when
the Snowman viii begin the construction Of
a mansion which viii be one Of the finest
in Westminster county.
The Siwanoy Club was the scene Of one
of the most mysterious murders ever com
mitted In Westminster county. On the night
Of Sept. 1, 1901, some one entered the upper
rooms of the club and murdefed David
Scott and John Clayton, the colored stew
ards. Their bodies were found by the
members of the club the next morning.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-13
How the Elkins Law Restrains Trade.
From N, Duluth T. rnfne Herald.

A renewal OF activity In employment circle,
over the Northwest was apparent to day. FIN q.
ployers Of labor are complaining that the Tll,n,
law has put them At dtssdvantaye this year for
the reason that the railroad companies have re-
fused TO give special rates Of men tina, are
being sent ont 10 work In Minnesota and Wis
consin away from the head Of the Lakes Las,
season some Of the roads made special rate, for
parties Of ten or more, Sometimes as high as
thirty and forty were sent out at n tim. and
the saving OF fare amounted TO considerable
ngure. This year no special rates. heing given the
men are refusing 10 consider jobs that will take
them some distance from the city and for which
the regular fare Is said to be excessive when the
amount OF wages paid Is taken into consideration.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-13
STATE CAPITOL BADLY BUILT.
Weak Floors and Corridors Found in New
jerseys state House.

TRENTON, n. j., May 1.-THE sagging 81
corridor foor brought to light to-day
more defective construction in the State
House When the floor was taken up it
was seen that the floor ioists had been
pieced and We're in danger OF giving way
The State House Commission ordered
thorough investigation by State Architect
Poole, and complete overhauling Of tho
State House may result.
4 similar weakness was discovered in
the main corridor shortly before the 1egis-
lature convened. and temporary supports
were put in during the session. To-day's
discovery furnishes additional evidence
Of jobbery in the erection of the older part
of the State Capitol.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-13
CID.4'S BIRTHDAY
VIII BE Celebrated by New York Cubans
With q Cuban Feast.

The local Cuban colony has arranged to
celebrate. next Wednesday, the first ami
versary of the birth of the Cuban republic
There will be a reunion OF the Cubans liv-
ing in this city at the Century Lyceum.
where patriotic addresses will BE- made.
The principal speakers will be Senior
Gonzalo de Quesada. Cuban Minister a,
Washington; Gen. n. Bolet-Peraza, formerly
Venezuelan Minister at Washington, and
Dr. Guillermo Dolz, Ex-Governor Of Pinar
del Rio who has just been appointed Cuban
Consul General at Buenos Ayres
The Cuban -sehoritas," after the meet
ing, will entertain their countrymen a.
an informal Cuban supper to be given at
Lotos Hall.
Natives of the island have been en- gagged
to prepare the -arroz con pollo,' and ,he
steamer Mexico from Havana next Tues
day will bring a cargo of mangoes, aqua
Gates and zapotes for the feast.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-13
Drum mers and Their Ways.

supplement what John s. Harwood. In the Richmond
Times. copied In THK SUN. has tn say in behalf OF
travelling men. with an experience OF my own no
longer ago than las, December
From O'Clock until half past 10, In the evening
! sat In the once of the Randolph House In Farm
willie. Va, listening to the conversation OF about
dozen commercial travellers. Northern and South
ern. and one or two Government inspectors. and 10
all that time not one profane word or Improper
story uttered. and but very little slang Neiily
there are drummers and drummers.
PERTH AMboT. y. j.. May II. J. L. X.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-13
LAND OPEN TO SETTLEMENT.
4 Tract Of 2SO,OOO Acres In western
Colorado Rest ored 10 Entry.

WASHINGTON, May l2.-Folowing tn"
recommendations Of the Geological Survey.
the Secretary OF tn" Interior directed t"-
day that tract OF land, comprising $50 o"
acres in western Colorado. in the vincinitv
OF Grand Junction. on the Dunnison RIVER
I've restored to entry and settlement ,
The land is a part Of that temporarilT
Withdrawn from entry on July ?. lah?'
pending survey in connection with the pro
ject Of irrigation under the reclalnation
act, and have been found by the Geological
Survey to be unnecessarv for the execution
OF the work.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-13

TO rHK EDITOR OF THE SuH-.Sir' few words
In your paper to let Justice know that he Ia not
alone In defending the driver Of Engine -. sta
toned on West FIFTY eighth street ! was wit.
ness of the sccidrn, which occurred on the hill
In Fifty eighth street. between Sixth and Sew
enth avenues. last week. and ! wish to say the
have been a driver for many yean and know
what these drivers have 10 contend With. They
OF steep grades, and am certain their apparatus
must weigh al least ave or tons. and going q the
wonder that accidents are ~ lew especially In wet
weather. WILLIAM N BAHTA.
MN YORK. MAY IL
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-13
orr CHORrS GIRLS GRAND.
". Huret. Paris Journalist. Makes . Dis
cOvery In the Unit ed States.

CHICAGO, May 12.-Jules Huret. the Paris
journalist who is in Chicago, has been
in nearly all parts of the United States max
ing observations for the Figaro, and he
summed up his conclusions to-day: "The
two things that impressed me most and that
l admired most in this country were the
plant of the Steel Trust at Pittsburg and the
New York chorus girls. The steel works
are extraordinary. The chorus girl is
grand, delightful delicious. There ia moth
ing in the world so we'll worth seeing and
hearing as the chorus girl in America. In
Europe the girls in the chorus can sing and
dance but they have not the grace. the
exquisite charm Of the American chorus
girl when she executes what is a sort Of
combination Of the can can and cakewalk."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-13
STANDARDS FOR CIB4.
Mandolin and Guitar Sound on the Decks
Of The Manuel CAlNO.

The Spanish Line steamship Manuel
Calvo, from Mediterranean ports and Cadiz,
locked yesterday morning at Pier 10, East
River, to the indolent melody Of mandolin
and guitar The players were a score out
of several hundred Spanish steerage passen-
gers who will seek homes in Cuba. They
will lodge aboard the ship until she sails
to-day for Cuba and Mexico.
Nineteen French priests and ten nuns,
who are aboard the Manuel Calvo. are
bound for Mexico. They were not COM
PEELED to leave France, They will establish
missions among the Pinto Indians They
do not expect TO return to France Most
of them are young and good-looking
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-13

1t is sad TO see baked beans in third
place; and considering the amount of
energy which has been wasted on oorned
beef hash and liver and bacon, their
position in the calories line is almost
humiliating. 1t is some satisfaction to
see that billed dinner justifies to
great extent the confidence which mil
lions have put in it while putting it into
their midsts.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-13
FRESHMEN TAKEN BACK.
All Forgiven Except Glass President At
Syracuse Univ ersit!.

SYRACUSE, May l2.-The freshman class,
which has been suspended since Saturday.
was reinstated at Syracuse University to-
day. The entire class attended chapel. and
the announcement by Dean Smalley that
the class had been reinstated was greeted
with cheers.
The members of the class are now making
an effort for the reinstatement Of their
president, Arthur Hollingsworth, who was
back to-day with the rest of the class
Hollingsworth climbed the Winchell Hall
frp-escape and. with several classmates,
placed the 1906 banner on top.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-13
Congress OF Physicians and Surgeons.

WASHINGTON, May l2.-The sixth tri :
ennial session OF the Congress of American
Physicians and Surgeons. composed Of
sixteen constituent societies Of the medical
specialists OF this country. began it's session
here to-day Over 900 delegates. among
them some OF the foremost medical men of
the United States. were present at the
opening exercises this morning. Papers
were read by DIR. E. L. Opie Of Baltimore
Prof. r. H. Chittenden OF New Haven,
Conn; DR.. Simon Plcxner OF Philadelphia
Dr. Reginald Fl. Fitz of Boston, Prof. Won
Mikulicz- Radecki of Breslau, Germany.
and DR.. Roswell Park of Buffalo.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-13
LAWYER PAYS CLIENTS FINE.
Chanlcr NarrOwi! Escapes DcinS Kissed
In Court by Another Man.

In Court by Another Man.
Israel Farber of I45 Forsyth street was
fined $50 by Judge Cowing in the General
Sessions yesterday for violation of the
ANTHOLOGY law
"He has wife and six children and cannot
pay the fine" said his lawyer, Lewis Stuy-
vesant Chaner If you'll make that S25
III pay it myself"
Judge Cowing made it SIS, and Farber
attempted to salute his lawyer with kiss
according to East Side custom. Mr.. Chan
Ter is about feet and Farber, being a
small man, couldn't reach.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-13

Nnet y-nine and ety-nine hundredth s
per cent OF the American public and Presi-
dent ROOSEVELT are in agreement that the
California big trees should be preserved -
by California by rights, but by Congress
II necessary
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-13
4 Two.Ickged Alliance Proposed
FROM n, Paris Infransioeo nj.

From, ne Paris lnfrdnHcsort
Young woman. very good looking, having had q
LEG amputated through accident. wishes TO marry
an honorable gentleman Of good presence and with
rood position who has met with the came mis-.
fortune, Address V. Il. 4, Poste Restsnte, station
es \ serious proposal
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-13
No Summer School At Cone,.

The Board of Education announced yes
terday that the application OF the Flatbush
local board to establish a summer school
on Coney Island had been refused.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-13

This description OF the organization OF the Royal
Marines II merely fuller than ours'and does not
correct our brief mention In any way.