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New-York tribune., 1905-12-19
THE TARIFF ON ART.
Il Loo Specific Duty WouJd Make
Works of Valme Practically Free.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: You may not care to give more space in
The Tribune to the discussion of the tariff on
art, but L should like to make one or two sug-
gestions:
That the present duty Is of advantage to
the artist nearly all will admit and also that
IT has the effect of keeping out of the country
a great deal of the best art that we all want.
Whether not the artist desires protection
imagine, will have very little weight with Con-
gressrnen. Recently. in conversation with q, Sem
ator. I inquired what were the chances Of art
being put the free list, He replied very en-
phatcally that there is not the slightest chance
of any such bill going through. I tcld him OF
an effort made some years ago to have the duty
made specific one of 500 each picture. He
said that he believed bill of that sort could be
put through now, and wished the artists would
make an effort in that direction.
Senator PIatt of Connecticut wrote me several
years ago that he thought the duty on art
would have been made a specific one but for
art Members of Congress did not care whether
the artists wanted protection not; it was sim
ply matter of revenue; that art was looked
at purely luxury (Which deny, unless
books and all literature are included lux
ury).
IF the duty is made q specific one. and 800
collected on every imported picture 1t would be
practically free art to any work of value. 1t
might keep out much of the trashy work that
comes I'm and is of educational value.
Would it not be wiser to accept this as q COM
promise and petition for specific duty?
r. NJ. SHURTLEFF.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-19
MUSIC.
La Boheme" at the Opera.

The fifth week of the opera began last night
with performance of Puccinis "Boheme"-a pc
cuarly spirited performance. with only a single
drawback for which Signor Vigna was responsible
From beginning to end the orchestra made such
a din that frequently the voices SCARCELY
audfbue-although the singers. without exception
were in fine voice and filled with good humor-
an utterly unnecessary and decidedly inartfstic
procedure for Puccini's instrumental music, with al
it's effervescence and independent charm, is after
all only the stream upon which the vocal parts Of
the opera float.
There is not word of this ingeniously contrived
score that needs to be lost in the veest swirl
of the fun in the scene before the Cafe Momus, or
the widest outpourngs of passion The opera wears
extremely well. Year after year its extravagances
become assertive its dramatic expression grows
more convincing. How admirable all its elements
have been grasped by the principal singers who
appeared in last nights representation has often
been told and the tale need not be repeated: yet 1t
is always with delightful shock of surprise that
we hear the lovely vocal art OF Nine. Sembrich,
developed in a widely different school. adjust itself
to the hotblooded style of utterance native to these
young Italians.
1t is a repetition of the old lesson; within her
natural limitations a thoroughly grounded singer
can adapt herself to any style. while one-sided
training compeIs one-sded activity Signor
Caruso was in his element last night. and his
singing was irresistible, because from the begin
ming of his career he has breathed the air OF the
young italian veritists But with all his beautiful
voice he was hard put to it in La SonnaInoula
last Friday Reyerting TO last nights repreSen-
tation there car be only praise for the work whicn
the artists mentioned and Messrs. Scott and jour
net mt tn their credit and there need be only little
reservation in the of Miss Alten. signor Ross1
"a AZ par,,is H. z. X.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-19

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Perhaps It would interest you TO know that
this great labor city is in the throes of bit
ter internectne strife between two labor organiza-
tons These two organizations are the American
Federation Of Labor the old national body, and
the newly organized Industrial Workers of the
World who are here engaged in a fight for su-
premacy. The American Federation OF Labor has
11s international paid officers it is a strong organ
zation While 1t is ron-politcal ii is also somewhat
non-pro1ifc, the expenses compared with the in
come are very dsproportionate. The Industr1a
Workers of the World have been Incorporated
since June last; they nave thirteen departments
this is all: they have committee of thirteen these
thirteen officers the only paid ones In the or
ganizaton-it believes IN the Socialist Labor party
and is not afraid to say So and it believes in sym
11afhetic strikes The new organization has already
secured four unions Of tho thirty composing
fhe Trades Assembly-the labor council here-and
at the meeting last wednesday night It was proved
IN the meeting that more than half Of the entire
Trades Assembly was thinking of af1liating with
tine new movement. This strife between the two
ORGANIZATIONS will be watched with interest by the
public generally.
P NEWTON ORMSKIRk WELLS.
Schenectady, N. Y, Dec 10, 1905.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-19
SUNDAY FOR THE ACTOR.
Correspondent Makes Plea Against
Violation of the Lac.
TO the Editor OF The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir note with much interest that Mrs. Fiske, the
actress. in her address at Harvard speaks forcibly
to the way business methods and the public
combine to wear out the actor or make it inpossi-
BILE for him always to deliver the best that is In
him.' The actor" she says. should have his
intervals of rest and recuperaton. like artists in
other fields
Surely they should be allowed one day in the
week for rest I know of actor who has been
appearing the stage between Newark and New
York twenty-eght times a weeki Surely this is a
killing pace under the conditions prevalent
in those many places of amusement which are
open every night in the week Theatrical managers
backed up all too often by unstable police justices
have defed the Penal Code, well Sections
1.476 and 14S1 of city's charter, made life for
our overworked players only incessant grind
and foisted upon heterogeneous population
something not really needed wholesome. They
inhuman in this determination, simply through
low spirit of greed. thus cruelty to oppose that
clear majority Of our reputable actors who
have always held that all players should have one
night in each week to themselves Actors and
actresses OF standing have always fought bitterly
against Sunday performances in the West, holding
that the receipts of those stars who play only six
days in the week are much larger than those of at
fractions which play two Sunday performances.
The courts hold that our Sunday law is not based
and that It is to be observed by ali citizens without
regard to color. condition religious belief And
greatest NUMBER is the measure of right and wrong
the civil power has decided to have our Christian
Sabbath, or first day of the week, made a day OF
rest And If any one needs this rest 1t Is surely
the actor and actress.
AS a member of the Actors Church Alliance
would put in earnest plea for the aid and Co
operation of ali public spirited citizens in the efforts
this society. with five others. is making To
combat the greed. inhumanity and ungodliness
which responsible for the violation Of the Fourth
Commandment, as well as State and municipal
laws, in the presentation of Sunday performances.
We sadly. need healthier and wiser public senti;
ment in this matter. The Church has spoken, and
the stage stands nearer still to the great mass
OF the people both should work together In the
felowcraft spirit of old to bring about in this sin
ridden city better environment for the decent
wage Garner the Sabbath day. Let us not forget
that in this there is plea for the bigot or the
faddist, for do not know that
Book Church Day given
For man, God: for earth. not Heaven
The blessed TO holiest ends,
Not masters, but bengnant friends
JOSIAH c. PUIPELLY.
Morningside Heights. New York. Dec. II, 1905.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-19
WHAT is GOING ON TODAY.
;r~ city Hall.

Insurance inquiry. City Hall
a,sra of Aldermen meets City Hall, I. m
y7srriosl show. Madison Square Garden
annual meeting archdeaconry Of NewYor. St Thonnass
chnrch. 5 p.
qreps Art Socisty first dinner of the season. Arts
cub No 81 West 34th-st-, 4 p ~
Dinner fer Alderman John Y. Ceggey bezington-aSes
Opera House, evening.
Alliance Francaise play, Carnegie Lyceurn s p M
Hamilton Republican meeting. No. "a West 26t-st
$50 p N
Nesting Of the Ne-York section OF the Council OF eisn
Women vestry. of the Temple Bethel 'o'n-sU
ana 5th-ave, S:I5 p.
1seture by Roland 5. Dawson on our New tosse0soiS
in the Pacific Democratic Club, $50 p m
NeH-York chronological Society meeting' American
Museum Of Natural History, s q. m
Peoples Institute by Charles Johnston on Inc
Story OF Ireland" Cooper Union, . D. m
Frse lecture of the Board Education. p AneTt
can Museum 17th-st. and Central Park West ernest
2 Holmes How France Is Governed uIustrateo)
New-York tribune., 1905-12-19
OBITUARY..
cHaRIEs cRAskE.

The death of Charles Craske, eighty-three years
Old stereotyper and electrotyper, at his home IN
Woodbridge N j. last Sunday closed the career
OF old employe of The Tribune as well as OF
one to whom newspaper reaoers all over the world
owe large debt For 1t Mr.. Craske who. IN
1862, at the suggestion of Horace Greeley. first
cast from mould a page of The Tribune, and
thereby became the inventor of stereotyping. Thus
The Tribune. which the first paper to use d
perfecting press, became the first paper to print
from stereotyped plates instead of direct from the
type, as had been the previous custom.
Charles Craske was born in London in 1922 He
TO the United States in 1852 and settled in
New-York, where he started electrotyping busi-
ness. In 1862 MIR. Greeley sent for Craske and
Tribune. At this interview Charles A Dana, who
was then employed by The Tribune. was also
present.
The Civil War was then in progress and the
newspapers were having great deal of trouble
printing direct from the type. 1t the custom
not to send the editions press until as late as
quenty on the street until 10 a Those were
the days when type wont to pi at inopportune
times, and the papers came out with crooked pages
and all sorts Cf blunders. Clean presswork was
unknown then Type used to wear out IN q rev
months, and the cost of renewal was large. CTaske
had been making fine cuts, and to save the wear
and tear on the lockwood, which was expensive, ne
In answer to Mr.. Greeley's query Craske said he
thought he could stereotype page OF Ihe IT'D
une and he proceeded to do. It, with the result
that he revolutionized newspaper printing. In a
short time every big paper in the country nae nad
Tribune for several Years until the paper decided
Craske was the head Of the Charles Craske Com
a wife. two daughters and one son. The funeral
which will be private will be held tomorrow ne
ago Mr.. Craske stopped taking an active part in
business and since then he had grown steadily
New-York tribune., 1905-12-19

bsr Ta. MONDAY eysnEs Desnser1 IS 1905 ss
lafa ElIar reGdeRee n No Sis West Ith-s Painaeia
AekeTman Notice Of funeral hereafter.
IS late F9.Se. on Ne stoFasy m sotms le 81
PRESBYTERIAN chureS h ,6 e qea & At t9 s Tas %
% % naro! eor5 O. eaps.s 5eass s soPs
Merchants Esh1nss Naonsi sssK Of the Cts Of = Ne
IN the height Of uaefaIaess cleS. a His Infinite vls-
Apsar pSesis5t III @ remove & fra ano5g & Us allen :
dsath was as unexpected it viii be laaeued ~
from a wide field rof labor and we who have seen
sense Of ,oss ana sBorsesiion q rs
frlendsaips more than Ola Mr 1psaT AZ sear beat re-
9 not Ns % eFry M % G3l for sapSy and n life WORK ne
esne Na5aa ag Ess S nm @ y we r. hl y,
forty years ago By INDUSTRY and ability be ad
Cashier about thirty~ve years ago and eeots6 vice-
transaction OF busaes bis 6rr9Sess was psenentea m me he
kindness toward an as well as by unyarying courtesy
iis life and his work Lave passed into history. MS
s'Eg s9 & WI S be S eaessss not 0py b. & rs & put Oy al
well-spent lie: To his family extend sneeTest
Of eaFth's dearest and mos, tender relations.
s4a MITITAET LIT To, ORDER. LOYAL IEGLoS ] TNITED
Ions informed Of the death Of Fayn5ss5er Allen s
apfaT 6 sp19g4i s & serxieis viii be h'id this afso a. and
Of General T4ioM4s f. Ht gsAfb g eoromander
\. NOEL BI@HKESiSN. Recorder.
BAxER-on sunday Deeenber Il 1905 sfary Eress vie
Krebs D. d. Funeral services at her hate residence.
No So6 West 102d-st. on Tuesday, at l. O'Clock noon
BoYD-on Monday. December Is. Hugh Boyd. in rs
dence. No. 1T9 Amity-sJ.. Brooklyn. wednesday at
p. m. 1nterment private
JosEPHT-on SUNDAY. December IT. after short i'll
Joseph. beloved SyFyia years
at convehenee Of the family. Kindly omit nowers
LEwIs-on Monday. December 1s pneuruonis. Isaac
Deosn1ber 5. at .AIo-A'''' ?. na
osBoRN-on Saturday. December 16 1905. Laura 2.
osSorn TH6eqs & Sf 1ee late M {2hn @ S enc ~ @
brother John 6 Osborn, No. Isl 4thsaye>. Newark-
Tnent at Clinton Cemetsry. IFvington- y j.
RAwLINs-suddeniy on December IS At No "A
95th-st. Helen BeSdlesou beloved wife oe g. FosteT
Rawlins and daughter Of Alfred Mach BeadIsston in the
26th year Of her aga. Notiee % funeral Hereafter
simmons residence No 5sth-st FUNERAL
services at Fifth Avenue Baptist Church. Wednesa at
4iSt1st Carlo n sPIsaroL on sgnisy peeeSer i.
sTLvEsTER-on recetnber II 1908 in Pit,shurg Psnns
ada; daughter of Horace G and Ada NJ Sylvester
in the twenty first year Of her age
TBENEY-on Monday morning December IS 1af5. at
City. Fanny Haseltine Tenney. beloved vile {. H.
Tenney- Funeral services ct MethUen Mass. Thurs
day December Il. at IL o clock
LETY-Suddeny, Decen1oer II 1905. Mary Eliza
beth. widow OF John II T1nsiey. and daughter Of tbs
late Solomon Hurst and Fannie Marsh. Funeral
her lare residence Monticello, y y. Wednesday at
r. M
wALI1s--on Sunday. December II at his residence No.
11s7 Iexngonaye.. Dr. George Bell Wallis. in his I'D
year Funeral private.
woRTHon Dsesmssg s 5s 1905 after lons ,InSss & at
the SD year his age Notice of funeral hereafter.
It is requested that no flowers be sent.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-19
STANFORD cURATE STOPS CONTEST
The Rev. Mr.. Richmond to Come to New
York in Ministerial Work.
- rslsgrapr % The Tribune. J

|. Stamford Conn., Dec. 1s.-The Rev. George
Chalmers Richmond the young curate OF ST. Johh
Episcopal Church. who gained puphcity py saying
tbat a man who received $25.Go0 a year salary
was a thief and who dismissed for alleged
failure to do his work satisfactorily has changed
his mind and will not contest the Rev Carries Nor
ria Addisons action.
Mr. Richmond was summoned to NeW-Xork sat
rdax nv Rfshon Greer. After a conference with
fhe Bishop he said everything had been arranged
safisfactorily He will draw his salary until eD-
Tnarv / and will remain a curate without duty
until that time. He is to remain here untn cary cary
in January and will be q speaker at the annual
thinner of the Board of Trade. After a short vaea-
tion he will resume work in NeW-1oFk unoer
After Saturdays conference with Bishop Greer
Mr. Tchnoud declined invitation to remain
here and preach every week at the Casino, ,odaf Ae
nisppyman ntsu Yesterday. The Rev Mr. McCord, for
mer1y of St Georges Church, New-4orks mas
been' engaged succeed Mr.. Richmond, ana Will
take UP his duties next sunday
New-York tribune., 1905-12-19
10 ASSIST SIR PURDON.
rrECT EDWARD ROBINSON
Farmer Head of Boston Museum
assistant Director Of II. u. II.

-,.-ord Robinson the former director of the Bos-
,r,,eeun1 of Fine Arts, was elected assistant di-
1VI .r of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at a
r. of $500 a gear by the board of trustees
tersav The place is a new one The work
-, be 10 perform such duties as may be assigned
:, the trustees after taking conference with Sir
C.snsr Purdon Clarke. the director. The new as
eistsn1 director later accepted the place.
ss~ Esobinson was born iii Boston in 1853. He was
5usted from Harvard In 1879. and spent the next
-. ~ears abroad. He took course at the Uni
sitv Of Berlin. and spent year in Greece. He
-. heep lecturer Greek art at Harvard since
80 ana was the organizer of the classical depart
.s,. of casts for the Metropolitan Museum of Art
IN 1S7-'.s AIr Robinson was engaged to select and
manage the collections in the Slater Memorial Mu-
s.,na at Norwich. Conn. Upon the establishment Of
.be Boston Art Commission, in $780, he was made
scrstary position he held until 1895 whom he was
,raged TO make arrangements for a collection OF
..ets for the Springfield Art Museum.
he Is a member OF the Council OF the Archaeoog
.sI Institute of America, and corresponding mem
h.r of the American Institute of Architects. He
a. also the author of several treatises on art and
+ss compiled catalogues of Greek and Roman casts
snd Greek. Etruscan and Roman in the Bos-
ton Museum of Fine Arts. He was elected director
Of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts in 1885. to sue
ceed General Charles c. Loring
Afr Robinson resigned the dictatorship of the Bos
m institution last August his letter the trustees
,plying that there was friction between himself and
the governing body regarding questions of policy
II is said that the controversy over the VelasQuez
painting. acquired during his administration, had
something to DO with the friction
Mr.. Robinson went Scotland last spring TO
deliver address at the opening of the new
Academy Of Fine Arts, in Aberdeen, and was then
hon0red with degree by the University of Aber-
deem After his return to Boston. the friction
which had begun before he left Boston led to his
resignation. 1t is said that Mr.. Robinson chafed
under the restrictions imposed upon him. He did
po 90 all the directing by any means. His au-
;horty had not been clearly defined To the public
hs was head of the museum, but in reality his
authority cramped and limited
Tie trustees OF the Boston Museum of Fine Arts,
N accepting &Ir. Robinson's resignation on De
suber g passed resolution of regret. calling his
SsDsrture a serious blow to the institution and
declaring that through his single hearted devotion
sni distinguished ability he had done much 10
Increase the reputation and promote the growth of
lie museum
New-York tribune., 1905-12-19
MAYOR-ELECT VISITS MAYOR.
Mr.. Fitzgerald, of Boston, Believes Mr..
Mcclellan Will Be Independent.

Mayor-elect Fitzgerald of Boston yesterday after
noon had a long talk with Mayor Mcclellan. When
he left the City Hall he took with him a copy of
the message sent to the aldermen by Mayor Nc
ClelIan last January He said he expected it to
help him master many of the municipal problems
confronting him.
Mr. FITZGERALD after leaving the Mayors office,
said that he loyal to the Democratic organiza-
tion of Boston. and would pick his department
heads from the organization ranks. He expressed
the belief that Mr.. Mcclellan will make all his
own appointments of the deputies as well of
the heads of departments.
This statement sent the reporters in to Mayor
Mcclellan. The Mayor said that the law does not
give him the power either to appoint or TO remove
the deputies.
Il shall however" he said probably take g
fatherly interest in the appointment of the depu-
New-York tribune., 1905-12-19
CHRISTMAS THEATRICAL INCIDENTS.

~, christmas dav and evening chat being es-
so,+iar1v a religious and domestic festivaD the
theatres will put forth extraordinary EFFORTS 10
attract attention. Miss Henrietta Crosman VIII
annear at the Garrick Theatre In Mary. Mary,
Quite Contrary; Mr. James ONelll VIII act at
tba West End Theatre, as Monte Cristo; Miss
T7+be1 BARRYMORE will emerge at the Criterion
Theatre in Alice, Sit by the Fire; Miss olga
Nethersole will hallow the sacred time by revlV-
ing "sapho": fairy play called 1.-The Ginger
bread Man. will be produced at the Liberty
Theatre: a didactic drama, called "As Ye Sow,
nv the Rev. John Snyder, will be revealed at the
Garden: and a spectacle, called THE Baron and
the Babes will be offered at the Lyric Theatre
There is a good way of passing Christmas, but it
is not in playgoing- W. W.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-19
CHURCH WILL NOT DIsRANp.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The article in Wednesdays and Saturdays
issues of your paper headed Church of the Eter-
nal Hope to Go Out of Existence, has been brought
m the attention of the trustees of the church of
that name and we desire that you shall publish,
prominently. in to-days issue of your paper 1e-
traction of that article. there is no thought
whatever of the parish dscontnuing its existence.
At present we are without a pastor but expect
+o call and settle one in January next
we are holding regular services, as we nave uone
tn the last seventy five years -
greatly oblige. .,zr o.,cx,11yr r,,s;dont
LOUIS AMIN AMES, Secretary.
1905
New-York tribune., 1905-12-19
ISAIAH JOSEPH,

Isaiah .Tosephi. 1rygoods merchant. died at his
home, No 81 Riverside Drive, Sunday. Mr..
Josephi was ffty-four years old. He was born in
this city, and received thorough education. He
went West and entered the drygoods business, but
returned to New-York in 1873, and after serving
in the employ of several large mercantile estab-
lishments formed. in 1878. with Alfred Benjamin,
the firm of Alfred Benjamin & Co.
For many years he was active worker and
officer of the National Association of Clothing
Manufacturers and also vice-presdent of the
t,1othfpp Association of New-York. He was a
member of the New York Chamber of Commerce.
Tiederkranz. the Lotos Club and Mount Neboh
Masonic Lodge, No. 267.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-19
MAY HAVE SMALLPOX AT GOVERNORS
Two Suspected cases-Prince and Princess
Cantacuzene in No Danger.

rro prisoners, who it is thought may have small
- removed from Castle William. at Gov
r,or Island yesterday. and quarsntined in tents
outside the post hospital The men are Frlvates
l.ti, watched 10 If the malady proves TO
20 sIinox The fact that several prisoners were
oeoevsd recently from the West where smallpox
feUei' ranortAd gave rise the unusual pre-
cases 1alan IN tie of the men quaTantined
Yesterday. -,oht s+ CIAnersJ Grants home
tt WIS his grandchildren. the Prince ana Princess
Cantacu1elle, raj they would not be removed from
@ and The children were taken fa TO Inc city city
yesteroSSs ~ the island The quarantine tents are
r@etIIEn @ naS Yards from General Grants nome.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-19
FIRE lN HoME oF JOSEF ]. LlTTLE.

The wind blew lace curtain against a lighted
gas jet in a room the top floor OF the
home of Joseph ]. Little. ex-president of the
Board of Education No. 42l Madison ave. last
night setting fire TO the curtain. two rugs and
several dresses. A maid discovered the blaze and
the prompt arrival of the iremen prevented what
promised to be costly fire. The damage did not
amount to than $50.