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New-York tribune., 1906-12-30

Loriliard san by ths stsamer-namsty a.
Anerika-bssides q largo party Of other usmn~t
Of tho fashionable set
Hardly day passes without bringing IN ts train
the announcement OF soma engaxement Tnosa az
Miss Pauline French. daughter OF Mr. ana M,
Amos Tuck French and niece OF Mrs Alfred G. Van.
dsrbilt. TO Samuel Wagstar. and Of Miss Jane, Nc.
Cook. daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs John T. McCooh
10 Malcolm d. Whitman have attracted ths MOI
attention during the last week OF ten daya Ysa,
terday Mr. and Mrs. Wethered b Thomas. Of r,o..
gan Hills. Staten Island. announced thu .nxa.s.
nent Of their daughter. Miss Gladys rhomaa 3,
samuel z. NJ Crocksr. of Fitohburz Masa
As for the weddings. that Of Mis-. Beasr.c. KosnH
20 raymond Demorest Little takes place on Tue.
uay week at All Angels Church. IN West Eaa
enue. that of Miss Elizabeth A1chincloss Ia
ae'oy aan Jennings follows January "a .. Tia
oSo street hons OF the BRIDES parenta M,
gu go -"is- John ". Auchincloss. Mis-, Pauline Nor.
marriage TO j. Hopkins Smith. r. Is set sor
at ST. Thomas's Church. the brides
,,.A.us including Mics Mathilde Townsend and Ma.
NneHelhe Eikins. OF Washington, and tho cersI
mony being followed by a large rae.n-fo- q, -
sEoi OV mrs Paul Morton. Miss Elsie Laad.
20 Alexander Won Gontard takss plao.
- ~ Da Cnoiome"s on February s. end IN ths
same church on the following day will oc,ur -,.
4s oI Gustav Morris Heckscher son OF NJ
and Mrs August Heck.cher to Ni.. ou,.. w.
oINoeA' Ihen on February St Taouas's win b.
'is scene or the marriage OF Ms, Adeltr. Hav.-
meyer daushter OF Mr.. and Mrs Henry n r4av.
meyer 10 Peter Frelinghuysen, who gives hts "a.
SI bachelor dinner at the Union Club ON Fsbru,-v
= fiIS guests on that occasion will fncIua, ~.
usners' Guy Roosevelt. Alexander Clark Fr.ss-,.r
:. fFehnsnuysen and Horace Haysr,ev.r NJ
r1iecera haveneyer Will Be her sisters mat. =.
noiior' ana Miss Augusta Mum and Af,, N,t5r.-
prennghuysen thu bridesmaids
iS, WNlaIn Douglas Sloane gave a ,srxs a,r.-
iase night at her house in West 5sd ,tr..+ a.
OF the Ambassador TO the~Court OF 81 Ta,,a, ..os
MIS-. Whiteaw Reid The dinner was foIIovs5 - 40
musical ''tS"so oy a
NFs' William D. Guthrie gave a small d,rca 1,u.
nsht at her house in Park avenue for Mis-, p-.t1.
stanton the debutsnte daughter OF Mr. ara ~.
Louis Lee Stanton AN" "i''
Mrs. James Grosvenor gives dinner and +,..
party followed by dance. on January y fo,- ,,,
AhIdred Townsend. one OF the dehutsrt.S or +ha
seasOn. - "
Mrs Frederick Rsqua, Of No 2 East s4+h s.ra.,
gave large luncheon. followed by a theatre par-v
SeS'efaey afternoon for her son, Charles ParlS
rNeqca- Among the young people invited were ths
HHsses Martha Hicks. Rita Norrie Helen Porter
Molly Brooks. Charlotte Denlorest Ethel r5cc,o-
ohcN' carrie Livingston. Helen Woodward FTorenc,
cInlespie. Pauline Nelson. Cora Mills, Clare Pyus
naoe whitney and Hermann Oelrfcas, Ianfaar No--
Fe Lloyd Crtscom. Garlic Hartman lack Rroy,,
ing, WHO Bull Sidney Le Roy. William FAIR
cniIlS. William Ziegler and Albert CaInhes
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
[Trom The Tribune Bureau.

lFrom The Tribune Bureaul
Waaaington DeoL 2s-Baroness HengelmnleT, tho
wife Of the Austro- Hungarian Ambassador. has
been confined to her room by illness since Christmas
Hve but Will. IL is thought. be able to attend tho
White House reception New Years Day.
The German Ambassador and Baroness Won
Sternburx will have all the attaches Of the embassy
staff and their families guests at dinner on New
Years night.
The Russian Ambassador and Baroness Rosen
have invited guests to meet the Ambassador 70
Great Britain and Mrs. WhiteIaw Reid at dinner
on Tuesday night
The diplomatic corps. almost en- masse. with
large representation Of Washington society. paid
their respects TO the Minister from Bolivia and
Nine. Calderon at tea at their homo this after
noon. Assisting the Minister and Nine. Calderon
were the three daughters OF the Minister from
Ecuador and Nine. Carlo and Miss Calve.
The Minister from Uruguay and Sehora Lahnur
have established the legation No. 14ls a1st street
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30
PURE FooD-w JEST OR EARvEgTr

Al the chemists dinner the other night one
Of the speakers wss reported making this pes
smistic comment on the Pure Food law: at
will be effective et midnight on January l. and
'ft VIII be defective one minute later" Pos
sibly this was meant 10 be mere post-prandial
5cst and II must be conceded that few laws go
into the statute books which accomplish COM
pletely ana iRwlessly the intentions OF their
trainers. Yet II VIII he 4 serious disappoint-
ment TO the American public If this long delayed
effort 10 enforce the fundamental principle of
honesty in the manufacture and sale of food
products goes the way Of so many other statutes
which have come In conflict with so-called busi-
ness morality
For our part we are not willing 10 believe that
the new law will prove ineffective as a bar
against substitDtions and sophistications in
foods. II may be that IL will not greatly raise
The quality OF what eat and drink. II NAV
be that the average consumer will get no more
fnjoyment or benefit ont of the new. honestly
labelled viands than he did out Of the old, adul-
tereted and misbranded ones We have never
advocated pure food legislation on the narrow
end technical ground that substitutions Of ell
eorts are necessarily harmful. The chemist can
often lend helping hand 10 nature, and there
can be no objection, economically or morally
DO profung whenever possible from the sophis-
ucetions OF science. The real wrong done IN the
s6ulteration Of foods is the imposition prac-
tised Cd the purchaser. This imposition NAV
have been in some cases benevolent But In
most cases the real motive behind It was COM
mercial greed, which for gain was willing not
only TO delude the purchaser. but TO force upon
him unwholesome wares at which had he known
their true character. be would have rerolted
The new law simply tries 20 protect the con-
sumer IN his essential rights, for be has an alb
solute right 10 know that be is getting what he
rlvS for rrs-laa he ckacae
But, apart from its practical effectiveness or
anetfectiVeness. the attempt 10 apply a pure food
law means much politically and economically.
IL is another step away from the IiSser ratre
conceptions which have long dominated In our
Ideas OF government. Accepting the Jefferson
ian theory OF indiyidualism. we have given every
man free rein 10 seek his own advantage with
the least possible governmental supervision of
bis business activities. But the English dogma
Of enlightened self-interest as an effective re-
etraint on the individual IN his dealings with
other individuals is now pretty thoroughly ex-
plode6. when individuals can so easily rnetenor.
phose themselves into corporations without social
obligations or consciences. A generation ago a
national pure food law would have been hooted
81 rs paternalism run mad, and we should ha y.
been told by the old fashioned Jefersoniaps tho,
no mnpufsct': could IN the long run be so
foolish as TO wish 10 ruin his reputation and
hUsiasss bg nsainx and selling fraudulent prod,
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30
WINTER WEATHER IN EUROPE.

The central and western portions Of Europe
have experienced an arctic visitation which
though not unprecedented, is highly excep
tional A snowfall Of six feet in Switzerland
ought not, perhaps, to cause great surprise. but
one heavy enough to block the railroads of the
United Kingdom. in which the balmy influence
of the Gulf Stream is felt during the greater
part of the year. is certainly remarkable. This
heavy precipitation has been attended with, and
doubtless resulted from, q cold wave of IN
usual severity, and gales have been reported
which if they have not developed excessive
violence at least prevailed simultaneously over
q remarkably wide area. Many deaths have
resulted in the British Islands directly from
freezing, and score of lives have been lost
In consequence OF the cogging of railway sig
nails with snow.
Between the situation on the other side Of
the Atlantic and that existing in the United
States for the last few days there has been 8
strong contrast. In nearly all parts of this
country on Friday and Saturday the tempera-
ture was above the normal, and generally stag
nant conditions prevailed. Perhaps the differ
ence should cause no surprise. however for the
meteorologists declare that the cold waves Of
America and Europe are Independent of each
other. They develop nearly as possible IN
the heart Of a big continental region. In the
United States they move eastward from their
birthplace. Ihose which reach France and Eng
land proceed from a source lying to the east
ward or northeastward of those countries
William Morris Davis, one of the best Ameri-
can authorities in such matters. says that the
severe "frosts' which characterized the winter
Of 1S90-'91 in the British Islands came from the
Continent and were associated with northeast
erly winds. In the United States. It is hardly
necessary to remark, the worst cold accompa-
MES northwest wind
The suffering and paralysis Of traffic which
result from severe winter weather are naturally
much greater where 1t is seldom experienced
than where 1t is of ordinary occurrence In
the Dakotas blizzard makes trouble to be sure
but the people dress accordingly, and the rail-
roads have snow ploughs that can be utilized
on moments notice. In those parts of Europe
which have only one or two billiards In a life
time. on the other hand, there IS Inadequate
preparation, and hence infinitely more distress
when one arrives.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30
NOTES FROM TUXEDO PARK
LBy TELEGRAPH 70 rhe Trfbun-


Tuxedo Park. n. U Dec 2s-ThreatenIns
"eatner did not interfere with the social affairs
scheduled for the week end hare The Ssturday
1uAedo special train brought out a large crowd
and several parties arrived by motor cars The
eiuohouse Is now dlled. and nearly every cottss.r
Is entertaining q house party. The mild weather
to-day greatly intertered with tire winter sports
on the ics and caused postpcnenenr OF the
hockey matches
There was good crowd az the Tennis Club +,
watch the court tennis and racquet matches
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles B. Alexander. win, ora7s3
their villa for the holiday week, entertained a
party ar large dinner Friday night giving n
dance. which was largely attended by the younger
folks.
There were a number OF dinners given az .h.
clubhouse tonight, followed By a vaudeville an
tertainment in the ballroom. After the entertain
mert dance was given by Mrs. William Kent at
her villa Among the guests were ell the younger
coIonists.
Mrs P B. steinman opened her villa to-day fer
the holidays. ard Mr.. ard Mrs. William Lawrence
Green arrived az the vcss House and entertained
a dinner party. Among others arriving az the cot
tages We're Mr.. and Mrs. 4 Lanfear Norrie IN
the Small Kent house; Mr.. and Mrs G. K Bell in
the Pell house; Mr. and Mrs. George P Caulmann.
in the Gallstin cottage. and NJ. and Mrs. p. c.
Hewitt
Among the cottagers who entertained ar dinners
tonight were Mr. and Mrs Amory S Csrhart.
" had Mr.. and Mrs. 7. J. Oakley Rhnelarder
an 10Slander Waldo, Mr.. and Mrs NeWbOld
LIE hoy Edgar, Mr.. and Mrs. P. Lorinard, Alr
and Mrs Amos T. French, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
Knox Bell Mr.. and Mrs. Price Collier and Mrs
Charles J. Coulter.
\ chtldren's dancing clas. cotflIon, under tse
patronage OF Mrs ANGRY s Carhart. was given
at the club Wednesday. which was attended by
sll the children of the Park
Miss Pauline French. who was in Newport dur
ing the early part OF the week. returned Tuxedo
to-day. and entertained party at dinner tonight
at Tuxeden.
Nr. and Mrs. Norman Ds r VhitahoUse
rived to-day. as guests of Mr.. and Mrs Neveold
Edgar. at their villa
A special dinner given at the clubhouse to-
night. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs
n. g. Trevor. Miss Eleanor L. Burrfll nfr. and
Mrs. Henry W. Munroe. @. Carlton GoIdthwaite
Joshua Crane. Jr.. William Rhinelander Stewart
jr., Mr.. and Mrs. William Elliott. Fraser Camp
bell. Mrs j. F. Pie-son. Miss Pferson. Mr. and
Mrs. H N. Tlford. Miss T4lsord. Mr. and Mrs
William Russell Bayard Hoppin. Malcolm Sloane.
E s. Blake. Mrs. Lndley Hoppin Chaplin. tire
Misses Chaplin. 5. III. Paul Chapin Mss Nathalie
Rowland Mrs. Edwin NJ. Post, Mr.. and Mrs O.
W. Forsyth Mrs. Reginald Rtves. Mr.. and Mrs
Herbert c. Pell. Miss Lawrence. Mrs Prescott
Lawrence. Miss Helen Rives. Chase Sampson
Leavitt ]. Hunt Frederick A. JuiIliard. Miss
Cooper. Raymond \. Camrrubi. Mrs. Aymar
Henry @. Gray. Mr.. and Mira 81. La. Montasus
and the Misses De Coppett.
Mrs. Christopher Wolfe arrived at her villa to-
day.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE SUNDAY DECEMBER 80. 1908.

trip Moreover during the I'VE months OF SUB
urban Communication his train was never Do
hind time a minute but once. when there was
a delay of fifteen minutes. while In tho SIX
weeks In town be has four times suffered .
"tie-up" Of from half an hour to an hour.
He is inclined to conclude. therefore. that It
is better to sit down for an hour than to stand
up and hang to a strap for three quarters Of
an hour; that it is better to pay 10 cents or
Ii cents for a comfortable seat than to pay
5 cents for standing room only. and that on
the whole, the life of suburban commuter Is
more comfortable and more rational than that
Of an urban straphanger, adding, In the words
Of tho immortal Hosea,
An shouldn't gretly wonder
Ell there's thousands O. my mind.
perience on the suburban road was somewhat
more favorable than that Of tho average COM
muter. though not greatly. That his experience
in town is no worse than that Of scores Of
thousands, In Manhattan and The Bronx as well.
as In Brooklyn, is indubitable And, granted
that conditions of urban transit must neces-
sarily be more crowded than those Of subur-
ban travel, 1t certainly does seem that the con-
trast as presented In his experience is far too
great. To say that the state Of affairs In town
OF which he complains was irremediable, or
was not susceptible Of radical Improvement
would be TO discredit engineering ingenuity and
corporate and municipal enterprise. To saw II
must be perpetual would be to move myriads
OF suffering but still hopeful town dwellers TO
seek relief in suburban life
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30

ucts But nowadays we have no hesitation about
appealing to the federal power as the only power
strong enough TO compel fair dealing on the part
of gigantic interests of national operation, eager
TO get rich quick and oblivious Of such picayune
considerations as enlightened self-nterest We
have had to go at last TO the national govern
ment for square deal" In foods and food pro-
duction. and we think the federal machinery
will hardly fail to make fraud less frequent In
this field and honesty both safer and more
profitable.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30
MELVILLE A. STERN ENGAGED.

The engagement OF Miss Beatrics L Hscht
daughter OF Mrs. Hecht OF No. "A East eoth street
to Melville A Stern. Of Louis Stern. of Stern
Brothers. was announced yesterday. Miss Hscht
Is one OF the most popular members Of the younger
set in Jewish society IN New York. She n ths
sister OF Victor Hecht a young artist OF much
prominence. and of Mrs. Isaac Untsrmyer.
Mr. Stern was graduated from Yale IN the ciass
OF '02 and since that time has bsen connected with
the firm Of Stern Brothers He has travelled Ak
tensiveIy Is an enthusiastic automooilist and u
we'll known IN social and business circles OF New
Y0r nd P4riS
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30
CHRISTMAS TREE DESTRUCTION.
N The Springfield Republican.

From The Springfield Republican
II was reported from Vermont some days ago
that young coniferous trees 70 tho number OF
600 sacrificed 10 the Christmas tree mar
ket from that state alone last year-two cents
apiece having been paid mountain farmers and
their chiidren for getting them. and Il was said
that the devastation would be this year A
dispatch from Maine published yesterday said that
some $40 600 had been realized by farmers OF that
state this season from the same source. II the
cutting of these young trees pursued intelli-
gently and with Discrimination there would be
nothing 10 gTieve over. but the chances are In
most that II has been a ruthless slashing
conducted by the farmboys very largely.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30
UNCLE SANS INCOME.
From The Tacoma Ledger.

From The Tacoma Ledger
Speaking of swollen incomes. that OF Uncle Sam
is now reaching truly sensational proportions He
collected S762 $50 900 during the fiscal year. ended
June 80 lastan Increase OF sS5 900 over his
nues for 1901 %. The tarin and internal revenue
immensely productive. and as Is result
the deficit of S2s0o4, 600 in the year before gave
1905 The tariff produced $S00251,o COO thus breaking
the record. which 900 in 1903 Internal
revenue taxes amounted to $249 100 900. These fig
reflect the unprecedented activity OF al
of industry and business during the year.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30
MCCLELLAN STATUE UNWILLING

Washington. Dec ss.-Ths McCisilAn statue -
this city will be unveiled on May Is nsxe A%
dresses VIII be made by PRESIDENT aoosevei,' oo
.rsI, % n s,cklss. O. O. Howard. O. NJ Dodge ard
Horatio c. King The public exercises Of the soo'-
ETY. of the Army OF the Potomac VIII b ns'd tne
sams evening with Martin W. lAttieton. o' ".
York an tho orator The following day ne CeisN
will have excursion. followed oy o'A "
evening"
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30
THE CABINET.
rysonn The Tribune Rureau

tSEon Inv iroone Bureau1
Washington. Dec. @.-Miss Edith Root. daughter
Of the Secretary OF State. and Mrs Root enter
tanned dinner party OF forty young people tonight
in compliment to her guests. Miss Hartman and
Miss McCcok. of New York After the dinner the
party went to the home of Senator ana Mrs Elkns
where dance given.
Tho Secretary OF Commerce ana Labor and Mrs
Straus have their guests their son-in-law and
daughters Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Hochstadtsr and
Mrs Edward schaffer. Of New York. Mrs. Hocn-
stadter and Mrs. schaffsr will assist Mira seraus
at hsr reception New Years Day.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30
cARMEo,E GETS JERSEY AUTO LICENSE

Orange. n. j.. Doc 70 tspeciao.-ln o'usS 70 80
,r,n In his automobile 70 East Orange On New
Years Day Andrew Carnegie has taken out Ns~
Jersey automobile license both for nis CA aaa ~
chaureur A messenger from New York esao sns
nscsssary "a Yesterday. II is said taat Mr. -
nsSIs inianSs taxing a trip by autonlooue ~
prfncstnn sSSu 10 INSPECT the lake whtrh hs "
Scnslv saye g SAs university
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30
ADEE'8 SHOES.
From The Boston Transcript.

i'VsNtff
Assistant Secretary OF State Adec probah bly, owns
more shoes than any other man in Washington
Guiding dealers. He keeps about dozen pairs in
his office the State Department and as many
more at his home Mr.. Adee has accumuat ed
his shoes because or any fad. but merely for the
comfort that he has learned only be obtained
by having constantly on hand a multiplicity Of
nee In the morning after brisk walk frcm his
home he Immediately changes his shoes and that
through the day he makes several other changes
whenever his pedal extremitiss begin TO feel un-
eomtortable For ths most part tho shoes are al
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30

An indignant Brooklynite thinks he has found
the real solution Of the Bridge crush problem
He says there are too many people living in
Brooklyn. and that % per cent of the population
should be deported. Why not ger up coloniza-
ton society to operate on the lines of the
famous one which tried to settle the slavery
question by deporting the blacks to Liberia?
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30

The Hon William J. Bryan is both logical
and generous when he announces that he is will
ing to relieve the party and the country by
running again for the Presidency. He knows
the water tanks and way stations from one end
to the other of the Salt River route. and could
make the run with less wear and tear on nerves
and throat than any other possible Democratic
candidate
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30
POST WHEELER AND MISS Rives WE'D.

Chicago. Dec IA dispatch 10 Tho Chicago
Daily News from TOXIC that ths wsddins
of Post Wheeler second secretary OF the American
Embassy. and Halle Erminte Fives. the noyost,
took place at the embassy to-day. Many prornf
nent Japanese and foreigners were present
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30

The Hon Pat" McCarren having successfully
en1oined the whole Democratic organization In
this state the Democratic party will probably
leei more than ever like making the anti-in-
junction cry q national issue
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30

Having been disappointed in the first effort
to secure successor to Professor Langley, the
regents Of the Smithsonian Institution must
make fresh selection. There is certainly a
good deal Of available material from which to
choose when they try again.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

New York society IN these waning hours Of 1906
is scattered in various directions large contngents
thereof having left the city for Washington and
Tuxedo TO welcome there the advent OF the new
year. At Washington the festivities will partake
Of an Official character the most important being
the customary reception at the White House and
the d4jeuner Of the Secretary of State to the
bers OF the diplomatic corps and other dignitaries.
At Tuxedo the gayetIes will be less formal and
tomorrow evening will take the shape OF ball
at the clubhouse, which will be picturesquey
adorned for the occasion with holly and mistletos.
Almost every who has villa or cottage at
Tuxedo has opened It for the occasion and has
house party IN connection with the AFFAIR and viii
have big dinners tomorrow evening. sfterward
taking their guests 20 the ball.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30

Elsewhere in the country the house parties or
garized for Christmas being continued over New
Years. This is the case with Mr.. and Mrs. W.
X. Vanderbilt, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred G. Vanderbilt Dr. and Mrs. W
Seward Webb Mr.. and Mrs. Pembroke Jones and
3Ir and Mrs. George ]. Could. Mrs. Webb's guests
include Mr. and Mrs. James Lawrence, Miss Z.
Havemeyer, Miss Gertrude Sheldon. Mr.. and Mrs
Ralph Pulitzer. Major Creighton Webb. Mr.. and
Mrs. Egerton Webb and several others Mr. and
Mrs. Pembroke Jones and Miss Sadie Jones will
bring their party North To New York toward the
close of the week TO spend the remainder Of the
here. As for Mr.. and Mrs. George ". Van
derbilt. after having had housetu of guests stay
ing with them at Bltnore. y. c., over Christmas.
they have gone North, and are established
Washington for the remainder Of the season