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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-16
METROPOLITAN STUDENT CONFERENCE

The FIRST meeting OF the Metropolitan Student
Conference was held yesterday afternoon the
Collegiate Reformed Church. Forty-eighth-st and
Fifth-ave Miss Margaret Cutler. association sec
rotary for private schools. presided. Christian
Opportunities in School and College Life the
subject for the meeting. and the speakers were
Mrs. Thomas s. Gladding American representative
of the Worlds Young Women's Christian Associa-
ton, and Miss Dorothea r. Lewis. Miss Janet Nc
Cook. Barnard. O2 was scheduled to speak. but
was not present
There is to be a meeting at 1880 O'Clock this
morning the subject OF The Definite Christian
Work IL our Colleges. and the chief meeting Of the
whole conference Will be at o'clock this after
noon. Mrs. Robert Elliott Speer will preside. and
Miss Alice Jackson. Smith, '9S; Miss Dorothea Day.
Bryn Mawr, 'O3: Miss Elizabeth b. Thompson,
Vassar, O3; Miss Emily ID. Huntington. Smith. 02,
and Miss Janet A. McCook, Barnard, O2, will
speak on THE Permanent Element in Student
Life from the Alumn9 Standpoint" Mrs. James
S. Cushman. Smith. '9S. will give Some Conclu-
sions."
This evening brings the last meeting OF the con-
ference. DIR. Charles Cuthbert Hall, president of
Union TheolO-cal Seminary. Will make address.
and DR.. Wilbert w. White will read from the
Scriptures. a dozen Vassar students have come to
the city for the conference.
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MEN TEACHERS AROUSED.
They Protest against Feminine In
structorS for Older Boys.

The Male Teachers Association is getting out a
report the employment O. women teachers TO-
the instruction of boys. Th~ report has not yer
passed the committee stage. hut IL is expected that
q VIII he ready for presentation TO the Board OF
Education in q couple OF weeks and the members
OF the association think haL 1t is the result OF
TYUca elaboration. It ought TO have some weight
The au..nGs Ct this report has been traced to the
instinct Of sef-prese~vgtion. While there IS long
elig.oe list OF men teachers. women are continually
beng appointed. from motives Of economy. 10 teach
older boys. 1t IS customary for men 10 teach these
classes and the men teachers think that. long
as here are men the eligible list. they ought 10
be appointed TO such vacancies whenever they
occur though they deny. officially. that this view
is inspired boy zeIf-interesr.
we are thinking % tha ply. Rnd not the
teacher said Adalhert T. : Clark, secretary Of
the Male Teachers Association. to a Tribune re-
porter yesterday. IF a woman can be proved to
make the better teacher for boy OF fifteen, we
want the woman be appointed And. 50 far as
the actual teaching is concerned, We don't question
the woman's ability. The question IS one OF inAu-
ence on character. Children always initiate their
teachers and il is no reflection on The women
teachers that they are not proper models Of con-
duct and character for boys 1 don't think there
Is any difference Of opinion about this between the
men and women teachers. however il may strike
our economical officials. In their zeal for economy
they are in danger OF forgetting that these boys
are 10 be the rulers Of the country twenty years
This danger Of DENOMINATION from an excess OF
women teachers IA the schools VIII probably oe
the main point OF the coming report In TINS Il
will agree with OF the criticisms made by the
Noselev commission. hut Mr. Clark denied that this
criticism had had anything 70 do with the male
teachers report.
For the last two years" he said, we have been
making constant and persistent effcrts 70 tuVesu-
gate subjects relating TO the success OF BOYS in
after life. and though agree with the Moseley
commission this point, / think that our report
viii Re less liable TO INSTRUMENTATION A..
Apro0os Of the male teachers report Miss Aida
s. Williams principal Of Public School No. 3d.
said that the teachers agreed with the men
as the desirabiliJy OF having the elder BOYS
taught by But the rule works both WAYS
she thinks. II older boys ought not 10 he taught
by women neither should the older girls be taught
by men and men should not be principals OF girls
schools.
But We are not 81 al alarmed she concluded
about the criticisms Of thu MOseley commission,
the Male TeacheFs Association or any ore else.
Nothing Will alter the fact that are cheaper
than the men-fUom 500 70 $1,000 cheaper-and so
long that remains true we are bound 70 pre-
pCnderate. When YOU can get superior article
Tor less rnoney. why should you pay more for an
inferior one|'
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THIRTY-NINE YEARS OLD.
Ladies' Helping Hand Society Gives Lunch
con to Neighborhood Women.

Two hundred and twenty-five poor women, each
hugging IN her arms a Towering geranium plant
red or white. thronged out Of the Ladies' Helping
Hand Memorial Building, No. fl6 West Fifty
fourth-st., yesterday afternoon. They were women
OF the neighborhood-whae and black, Protestant
and Roman CathOhc-who have been attending the
weekly sewing classes at the Helping Hand Build
fng during the winter. and they had been helping
to celebrate the thirty-ninth anniversary of the
Ladies Helping Hand Association by partakins of
luncheon OF sandwiches. fruit, ice and
cake. Seven long tables set for the occasion.
snd they beautifully decorated with the
geranium plants the gift OF Mrs. E J. Herrlck.
first directress OF the association, and with other
flowers sent by friends.
As most OF the lunchers were mothers Of several
children. the little came along. too. and had
a good time all TO themselves upstairs. After
luncheon some OF the kindergarten children came
down and entertained the mothers with a broom
drill and enthusiastic rendition of the natonai
hymn. The mothers also sang a hymn. and ad-
dress made by the Rev. Wallace NcMullen.
Miss Hartley and Miss Sadie Milne gave recta-
lions Mrs. H. r Clark contributed a plano solo,
and Miss Lambert sang. The distribution Of the
plants came last and made a fitting close for a
pleasant afternoon.
Among the officers and friends Of the association
who We're present were Mrs. T. J. Herrick. first
directress. Mrs IT. .. Armour second directress;
Mrs. Z. Frank Coe third dlrectress; Mrs. T. J.
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A SUNSHINE MISSION.

The Tribune Sunshine Society In the many years
OF its existence. has been instrumental In accom-
plishing good IN various ways One OF its latest
manifestations is the establishment OF ths Sun
shine Mission. about two miles from the post
office at Geneva Fla Here Easter Sunday.
April g. organized q Sunday school. with
twentyone persons in attendance. eighteen OF them
children. a building has beon purchased by a
member OF the society, IN location where there
a number Of families far removed from re-
ligious privileges, and Il is proposed 10 conduct
Sunday school every Sunday and TO have preach
ing services from time to time.
The building has been occupied for several yeas
n postofics and general country store but the
office was discontinued last year and the store
closed. little people OF the neighborhood have
entered into the school with considerable
spirit. and IL is hoped that career OF usefulness
has been opened for many OF them. The accom-
panying pictures represent the mission building
and the children grouped together
In response to request In the T. s. 8. column
we received three packages OF books papers and
cards in time for our Easter service. for which
grateful thanks returned TO the thoughtful
donors. Any contributions for this Sunday school
work viii be helpful sunshine
Geneva. Fla JAMES II. BRYCE.
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PASSING ON.

Mrs A. c. Smell, Of Connecticut. will give year s
subscription Of a magazine to a shut In member
in Vermont; Mrs. c. +. Hitler OF New-Jersey has
forwarded reading matter TO Mrs. Mailer. OF Wash
ington: Miss Sullivan. OF Vermont and Mrs Joyce,
of Virginia: some unknown friend has taken silk
and velvet pieces 10 Mrs. Louisa Hekel in West
Forty-eighth-st.; John Kreu. OF New-Haven. has
sent reading to members in Illinois. New-Jersey.
Pennsylvania. South Carolina. Ohio Arizona and
Florida. y member In OF the East Orange
IN. j. branches gave u bed and springs a poor
woman. coal To a destitute family and magazines
TO the motOrmen the trolley
The money received for the family OF the plumber
who has been sent to the mountains to regain his
health has been forwarded to the chairman OF the
tenement cooking classes, to which the wife be-
longs.
invalid member In New-England out
seventy packages OF Easter cheer, principally to
'shut-ins." This is exceptional record for one
who never leaves her own invalid
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DAUGHTERS MAY ADOPT DANES.
They Tell Mr.. Pallas Colonial Descendants
Can Join D. a. R. Ranks.

Mrs Samuel J. Kramer Mrs. William Cummings
Story and Mrs N Taylor Phillips. representa-
tives of the Washington Headquarters Association.
called upon j. J. Palas. Commissioner OF Parks.
yesterday morning, and presented the following
letter:
The general committee OF the Daughters OF the
American Revolution has now become by action OF
the law. March IT, 1904, an Incorporated body,
viz. the Washington Headquarters Association.
New-YoTk, founded by Daughters OF the American
Revolutions This association Asks now formally
in its name for the custody Of Washington
Headquarters. Washington Heights otherwise
known the Jumel Mansion. or Roger Morris
House.
The board of directors for the first year has been
selected from the four chapters Of the Daughters
of the American Revolution which have been active
in this work-the Washington Heights. the knick-
erbocker, the Manhattan and the Mary Washington
COlonial-because they in Individual capacity nave
been Identified with the place or Congregate
body applied to the city for the purchase of the
place. and accomplished this object by the action
or the 90 H9aPd Sa SUD I9 RdrS AFter the
first year the board of directors will be elected
from the association at large. -.
To this association are eligible all members OF
Revolution societies. either men or women. and all
members Of Colonial societies who have Revolu-
one thousand Daughters of the American Reyoiu-
ton. eight thousand in New-York State and forty
board Of managers of the national society. held in
December: 1903 it committed itself to the indorse-
Believing always that as the place is the prop
erty OF the public the widest interests should be
be reached and we hope that you will look favora-
bly, upon our claim.
ment, with few Endorsements. the original OF
which Will be found fled in the records Of the
City Hall Manhattan; Borough Hall. Brooklyn.
and the Public Building. The Bronx
Senator Depew Senator Platt and Representative
william Bourke Cochran among the indorsers,
When Mr. Pallas found that the Colonial Danes
could be included in the Society Of the Daughters
Of the American Revolution he said that this sou-
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
REPLIES TO MR. KIRBY.
Labor Unions PhildHtuOpic and
Beneficial, 1t Is Sad.
The Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: IN your issue of Wednesday April Is. is pub
Hshed Attack on Labor Unions by Mr. Kirby
AS he most seriously reflects unions as an allen
growth" and / represent one OF the strongest
financial organizations Of that class should Ike To
say for the benefit OF my fellow citizens and col
leagues in the trade union movement tGat despite
this attack of Mr.. Kirbys the e~ide1ce is 70 the
contrary and of the alien system OF trade
unions far il affects the Amalgamated So
ciety Of Engineers. We have been established In
the United States and in Canada for nearly half
century and have branches all over the world
Professor Commons said that trade unions were not
philanthropc societies. The following figures. how
ever. come very close philanthropy expended by
way of benefits in 1922:
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Our expenditures for all purposes that have been
distributed among 5000 members in 1902 total ap-
proximately S1,4s7OOO. These facts with many more
may be brought forth to confute Mr. Kirby's i'm
putauons against unions OF alien growth. Were il
nor LOT these multiplied agencies Of the trade
unions IL Is at least reasonable
WOuId directly be compelled foot he bill The
record proves, as Mr. Commons admits that Grade
unions have advanced wages and reduced hours of
labor. 9 "a
II there Is such a thing an army OF worthless
asltators, strange that they should occupy the
position they do while they have to be elected in
some instances by majority greater than all their
opponents put together-in other words they are
the choice of their union AS to his familiarity with
trade unions thirty-fve years ago. how many were
then In existence? Probably as few as there were
millionaires compared with today
With the increased facilities for education the
freedom or the press and free speech. the trade
unson movement knows limit until absorbed by
the broader principle OF cooperation. This IS being
daily and unquestionably demonstrated in the
larger cities In Great Britain and Germany by the
lncessant efforts OF labor represen tatves whose
Penses IN the parltaments paid by these unions
by them the taxpayers have been largely relieved
ana the pubic service improved In the lines Of gas
water supply and transportation This most pro-
gresslVe movement has been carried on without anv
tnfTaction OF constitutional law.
WILLIAM DELAHAY
Secretary Of A. and c. Council Amalgamated So
oiety Of Engineers.
New-YorlI. April g. 1904
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SAFETY OF BIG GUNS.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir; Your issue OF recent Sunday contained a
letter from Artillery Expert" which. arguing
from accident to sOrne large guns on one ot
our battIsships. takes a pessirstio view than
IL warranted By the facts.
Our naval guns have dons too good work to be
lightly found fault with.
There can be little doubt that. so far as human
knowledge goes. our gOysrnment-built guns
good as those built by or for any other govern
ulent on tbs same plan.
There is. however, a style OF gun-so far untried
IN actual war-fror which great results expect
ed. IN England.
I refer 10 the wtre wound guns OF the British
Navy. for which a cable dispatch says the English
government has made outlay OF E4.5O0 OOO-squal
70 81. so. 900.
While the winding OF wire. IN place OF the dis
oarded enormously heavy steel hoops formerly
used IN building up these guns. must greatly IN
crease their radiaI or circunfsrential strength.
canrot believe that 1t would tend IN any degree to
prevent an accident Ike that referred to By your
correspondent since 1t IN possible way strength
the gun lengthwise.
1 am not an artillery expert. nor have I anything
Sr nsvy affaiSs but kavs suficient ElschanicaI
knOwledgs TO enable me TO understood the value os
sense.
lean wire wound sun made N RennSyl wanna as
they have appeared from time to time In thu da1ly
To any man with the ability to reason 1rvss
visible cause to probable ersct-gfvsn even sIighs
in the various forms In which It IS produced.
as cast forged. rolled or drawn-and he needs no
expert training to convince him that Of all these
forms condition Is the most untrustworthy.
1t has been my privilege 70 witness tests OF ths
tensile strength OF many suostancsS, from ordt-
nary cenentS the finest grades OF steel and
from the published descriptions OF this PennsyL-
vania gun / constrained to believe that IL
develop lengthwise strength hitherto unattained.
For IL Is stated that the maker has discarded ths
cast tube and substituted for IL cylinder formed
bv combining a number OF very thin sheets OF
steel bent or twisted GnvoI1ted think the repors
said. that when folded together ready for tbs
wire winding they present an appearances that
bears some slight resemblance to an umbrella whsn
closed and rolled tight such a tube wound under
great pressure with wire OF especial strength.
should be almost tncOnceivabIy tough and strong
IL Is stated that bar OF steel showing a tensile
strength OF say $4,000 pounds would. II drawn into
nns wire, have that physical property multiplied
by SIX and the difference between the strength OF
tube OF cast steel fortified by massive steel hoops
or bands and that OF cylinder described formed
Of thin sheets and fine wire both OF the highess
grade may reasonably be assumed TO be- as great
as that between the bar OF steel and its produos
in wire form. one to six.
have watched with eager interest the announce
and exits OF several Innovations n
cannon as the multGharge the Dynamite tube and
the gun made In Cleveland; yet. as before stated.
I am merely o NON-EXPEELIs
Fanwood " j. March 81. 1904
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GOOD CHEER.
THE YEARS

They gladly come, and sadly go
The New Years white as drifted snow
The Old Years dark with sin and woe.
We welcome them with smile and song;
With tears we see them pass along.
Bowed with the weight of grief and wrong.
Even though we found the Old Years way
Grow hard and harder day by day.
With joy greet the New Years sway.
Before us Life her lure has spread.
And Hope eternal lifts her head
We follow where her feet have sped.
o New Year. keep thy promise rare!
Whatever grief our hearts must bear.
BE thou at parting glad and fair.
-(Ninette NJ LOwater.
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sirable meeting place. II is easily reached by all
lines OF traffic. and being close to the Grand Cen
trail Station It is most convenient to those who
by the railroad
There Will be a meeting Of the advisory board
previous TO the regular business meeting. which
will begin promptly at o'clock At this meeting
the semi-aunual reports will be read by q gen.
eral officers and the State and branch presidents,
or their delegates An Informal reception. music
and refreshments will follow the business meeting
Committees Will be announced later All Sunshine
members and their friends are cordially invited TO
DO present TO meet the officers Of the society.
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A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS.

Ore n the first things an American woman does
on arriving in London IS 10 buy gloves. II she
has patronized Penberthy's glove shop, at No.
20 oxford she is sure 70 there for more.
as the picked skins ana perfect ct which are the
DISTINGUISHING features % the Penberthy glove
have made IL so popular that woman having once
t-1ea 81 recognizes its value. The steady increase
% the business has al once necessitated the &C
curing Of tie adjoining premises which. with the
original building. have been thrown into one large
shop. making one OF che hanosomest SHOP fronts In
Cyf0rd-st.
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LONDON MODES.

One of the greatest successes of London and
Paris fashionable dressmakers during the last year
is shown by Ernest. whose chief establishment at
No lS5 Regent-st.. London, consists OF a series of
beautiful salons and fitting boudoirs panelled I'm
white and gold. and forms a rendezvous for the
smart women of the fashionable world, who know
that the "cachet" impaired by Ernest frock Is
n thing to be desired Mr.. Ernest has we'll earned
the title of THE Ladies' Tailor.
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Harris, recording secretary; Mrs. z. H Herrick.
corresponding secretary: Mrs. Peter Donald, treas
urer; Mrs. Joseph Walker Miss Frances Amer
man Miss {. J. Pryor, Miss Katharine Noyes.
Mrs. Robert Deyo. Mrs. D r. Ivison. Mrs. Beau
mont Harris. Miss Werburton, Mrs. J. Hood
Wright Mrs. y. Y. Deshler. Miss Mary Holmes
and Mrs. Robert Wilson.
The meeting yesterday the closing OF the
sea son. and the classes will not begin work again
until next November.
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ANNUAL T. s. s. RECEPTION.

Tho annual reception of the Tribune Sunshine
Society will be held Thursday. May II, at the
Hotel Manhattan. Madison-ave. and Forty-second-
st. The hotel itself leaves nothing to be desired
The courtesy OF the management. the beautifully
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NOTICE.

Letters received occasionally from admirers Of
the Tribune Sunshine Society showing that they have
confused with organizations of nearly similar
subsequently started by whom they mistakenly
believed to be still In the service of The Tribune. TO
avoid error all communications. packages, etc, should
be addressed The Tribune Sunshine Society. Tribune
Building New-York."
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Illinois occupied the place Of George washnzton"t
that zone SOuthernsr whip five Yankees that
the lash for the bare back IS a Just and proper
compensation for a faithful days work Those ars
specimens OF ridiculous Democratic ideas that
might be multiplied Indefinitely SURPRISING BY their
absUrty either Mr.. Bryants free silver rallacy or
Mr. Cleveland's free trade faliacy. The Democrats
party has been at and departed from. as MI
Cleveland assumes, and therefore cannot return
sanity" WILLIAM r. BALDWIN.
South Bound Brook. ~. J.. April II. 1904
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ton Of the problem met with his approval and
leved him from embarrassment Of choice which
has sorely bewildered him. The Daughters say
they are prepared. on their part. TO act I'm good
faith. that the largest interest be secured.
Mr.. Palas mentioned arbitration committee. OF
which the representation present expressed its
prevail
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sPREADrS3 SUNSHINE.

Mrs George Perkins Lawton. president OF the
Saratoga branch. reports that owing to I'll health
she was not able to send out many Easter
greetings as usual The fact that she did distribute
cards booklets and other remembrances to eighty
seven different people and also sent out two boxes
Of clothing shows commendable zeal IN Sunshine
work Mrs. Lawton has about two hundred cards
which she will pass on" TO those who are making
scrapbOOks
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HIDDEN - rHE SIUNs OF PHILADELPHIA
surrounded by 10000 Italian residents stand. Prot
estant Episcopal church of interior beauty.
scrfDtion and pictures Of its decorations In
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