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New-York tribune., 1906-08-14
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.
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Nevport r. l. Aug. 13.-It was beautful DAY To-
day in Newport. and as result there was A ilucn
life shown in the cottage colony During the morn
ing hours the Casino the objective point as "
was expected that the wOmen's tennis tourhsiheh1
would begin but it was postponed until tomorrow"
when the first round will be played AFTER ENJOY
ing the concert at the Casino the cOttaers drove 70
V2arav's Reach where they spent the bathing hour,
and during the afternoon the drive was crowded
with fashionable turnOuts. During the afternoon
and evening there were numerous entertainments IN
the cottage colony and IL was Of the colOny's
busiest days of the season
The arrangement for the polo tournament has
been changed. the following dates being announced
to-day:
For the Junior championship-wednesd August
%. Squadron A VS.. Rockaway; Thursday. August
q. Bryn Mawr Freebooters Myopia %.
Finals Saturday, August 25. winners August q
Bryn Mawr FreebOOters. Senior championship:
Saturday. August IS, MyOpia 1st VS.. Meadow
Brook LIST; Monday. August 20. Bryn Mawr VS.
Bryn Mawr Freebooters; finals Thursday. August
%, winners OF August 1ssvs. winners OF August 20
There has been big demand for parking spaces
at the Westchester Polo Club grounds for these
matches, and il promises to be of the best polo
seasons that Newport has in some years.
The cottagers are showing an interest in the So
ciety for the Prevention and Cure Of tuberculosis
and. although there will be garden fete this
for the benefit of the society," the cottasers
contributing literally toward the treasury.
The late contributions are the fOlONing
J. j. Van Allen. 500; James Bret Stokes
500; DR.. Henry Barton Jacobs. 500: Mrs Charles
Robinson. SIS; ]. Deforest Danelson. SIS: c. NJ
Thomas. $40; H H Ward. s25
An event which attracted the attention OF the
cottagers the flower show, which opened at
the Casino this afternoon. IL being tho best
seen in Newport The display is so extensive
that IL was late at night before the names of the
winners in the various classes were announced
The show. which is being held in the Casino Thea
tre will continue for three days.
One of the pleasing events of the day was the
luncheon given this afternoon at the Clam Bake
Club. Mr.. and Mrs Clarence Dolan entertaining.
This place is getting more popular every year with
the cottagers
The Rev. and Mrs. George Granville Merrill of
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participation OF the majority OF the then civil
lied world. and having from the very beginning
of its independent existence down to the pres
ent time been in more or less intimate relations
with the other powers. and having been imph-
Gated i'm many OF the most important lnterna-
tional movements. has been. not only since Its
unsOught acquisition of some Islands OF the
sea- but since its own birth, & world power
in the truest sense of the term 1t has given
much TO the world at large and 1t mas received
much in return. II has made It's rights ana lts
wishes respected. and so. too, let us not for
get il has incurred the obligation OF respect
ing the rights and the wishes of its neighbors
The United States has risen and has been de
veloped. not unto itself alone, not as hermit
nation, and neither a suppliant on suferance,
nor as a swashbuckler and a bully. but as
world power IN strength in dignity, in courtesy
and in Justice.
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COOPERATIVE BABY-F4RuyyG.

Every H9w proposal of n cooperative com
munity' inevitably recalls memories of other
and earlier enterprises OF the kind The names
of Brook Farm, Oneida, Harmony. Lebanon.
Guise and many more places come to mind
with recolectiOns of high aims and glowing
hopes. and usually, also, of dsillusionment and
failure. No two have ever been organized in
quite the same way. But when failure has
come, as 1t has to most of them, il has chiefly
been for the one common reason that the COM
munity system was found i'm the long run 70
he at variance with that instructive and dis
tinctive individualism which is one of the most
enduring and masterfu traits Of human nature
In the present status of the servant girl
problem" it is true, almost any arrangement
promising relief from that domestic woe might
be regarded as inviting Yet the native and
prOverbal inquisitiveness of the Yankee sug-
gests inspection of the thermometer in tho
fire before leaping thence from even the most
uncomfortable frying pan. Our impression is
that the average housewife finds it sufficiently
irksOme and distasteful to play herself the
parts of cook. waitress and laundress. without
inviting her nelghbOrs in To view the spectacle
1t may be true in many cases that misery
loves company" but there are types of wretch
edness which are not gregarlOuSly inclined
The drama of cold coffee and scorched steak
is best enacted n tragedy deHr.
Still more emphatic is the appeal of the nor
mai heart of wOmankind. and of mankind. too
for the privacy of lndividualism and of do
mesucity in the pains and pleasures of the
nursery. We would not say that community oF
child training would he quite as offensive as
community of child bearing; but there can be
little doubt that the average right-minded par
ents would regard with insuperabIe disfavOr
the intrusting Of their offspring TO a system of
cooperative babyfaming. Next to knowing
their baby is their own. in flesh and blood, and
not changelng, they want to know that il is
theirs in mind. affections and training. That
New-York tribune., 1906-08-14
PROPERTY ON THE HIGH SEAS.

The tragic incident at the PribylOf Islands
raises again the question of pelaglc sealing and
the larger and fundamental question Of property
rights on the high seas. The right of nations to
engage In pelagic sealing seemed to be confirmed
by the decision in the Bering Sea arbitration,
and is now freely practlsed by various nations
though America and Great Britain have by
mutual consent agreed to refrain from II for a
distance of sixty miles from the PribylOh ISL
ands. 1t ought, of course. not to be practised
at all. since it is one Of the most cruel and
wasteful things in the world. Not more than
one seal in every four or five thus killed is Sc
cured, the others sinking i'm the sea, and the
great ajority Of them are females, either gravld
or with nursing young ashore, which are thus
doomed to death by starvation.
Despite the unfavOrabIe opinion given years
ago, there seems to be ground for hope that the
nations of the world Will presently recognize the
existence of valid property rights on the high
seas, I'm livestock as well as in other things
The trend of the development of International
law has for some time been strongly in that di-
rectiOn The next conference at The Hague will
be asked to declare the inviOlabillty Of nOn-cOn-
traband private property at in time of war;
though il belongs to citizens of hostile
power and is under the enemy's flag. At pres
ent the inviOlability of a neutralS ships and
goods. whether public or private is undisputed
Surely. then. in time 0f peace the public or pri-
vate property of nation should be respected
wherever it may be found on the high seas.
1t argued. we know. that the seals were
not American property. in the sense that ships
and their cargoes are. but were wild beasts, the
same as whales and fishes. which any one was
free to take anywhere outside our territorial
waters. We must hope. however. for a reversal
of that judgment. and for recognition of the
contention that. since they habitualy and peren-
nially make their real hOme-that is, their
breeding plaCe-On our shores they are a part
of the domestic fauna of our domain. and as
such belong TO this country. even when they are
straying outside the three-mile limit just as cat
tie poultry would continue 70 belong to their
owner if they strayed from his land upon the
public commons We do not mean. of course
that all seals in all parts of the world should he
considered ours. But all seals found in the sea
within fifty miles more of the PrbylOff ISL
ands are known to belong to the herd which
makes those islands its home, and it ought to be
possible to secure recognition of American prop
erty rights in them within such a zone
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The 121 600 square miles of Britain cannot n9ls
support more than three-fifths OF the psogiIo SoS
maintain II cannot hope to produce as naEen - no-
and steel. nor to continue 70 increase rs peICSf 80
Of shipping as rapidly Germany. Ath0usn 49,
Of germany nuSt he greater since she has con-
paratively so little shipping in the aggregate; ols
because Germany has Increased and is TO lncIS-s-s
viii - decrease @ There thereby YIN IN either department
This wolf cry shares the eXaggeratlonS -
many's alleged ambitions which alarm the tnl.
when compared with the means she has o. sc'S 81,
rendered positively chimericaL The supposc-
WOuld-be mistress of the seas has a naval tohAaSs
less than that OF America and according q t1s
latest nguTes she has only twenty-four 9Stes5ssss
1S24 4S0 more than three TO one BrtJains shig2.s
compared with GeTmany's is as ten and as aal "
Shipping form, is n yer,- sTau o ~ ma @ 50 great
cry Only those who measure it can realize ~"
SroundleSs the alarm Is.
II the invasion Of Britain were ever imnlinen,,s 9
Wild suPpOsttion. IN all probability America Noa-
be found at her side The BritOn disturbed anQls
with any poss6ie a nNK maFaes @ SSd SS N b29
There ls another alleged source of epprehensNa
great colonial empire. The German Emperor is
truly great ruler. He has infused his patriots
comma commanding figure IN the world no tituaE, ss.-
So r 55 U1s Te IeSi IeadSr or his people ~ =
eNtOlled for his intense devotion 10 his country g
we believe justly with eTeat good sense: ambitious
y you please but still guided. let say, by sos
sessions.
II Is clear that Germany is incapable Of becOuin;
a a Colonizing power. First. she has not the gre9,
surplus population needed Fortunately, there =
&OIH IN germany for her increase. thanks 20 ~
emperor In gOod measure, whose attention 20 alt
sS"Se IN business affairs remarkable Secoi.s
S ~ nSI SINAI! surplus S1 per cent go ATueFieA
bosiy b ~ relatives and friends already ;here VIE
nave sent for them because profitable work awai,s.
Lhis startlins fact should never De overlooked.
Inird. asSunlng that the German ErnDeror and hs
aovieers nave only average good sense. vet thly
. mus. @ see tnat her emigration. such that upSa
HSS scale 70 America or in less volume South
SLm 5ftazlL or even upon the smallest scale, IN
bS Os tHo county ne settles IN. and Peacs-
MeanW bile the BTitOn who 6reads eiTSe- The Rus
sian wolf In India elsewhere or the Cisrnna1
.l on sea or IN colonial empire or IN shppins.
- lne ViciIn OF imaginary fear No daneer y to hs
~ 1PtteIetHe0 from either. even II his navy were
dUceI - A--9 Al my co-S-ueleciA -
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NEw.yoHK DAILY TRIBUNE. TUESDAY. AUGUST IA 1906

it should receive its earliest sensate impressions
from strangers and look TO strangers for guld-
ance, would he regarded as painful calam-
ity, endurable only under the stress of dire
necessity.
Granted that the cooperative baby farm
might offer advantages in the way of scientific
equipment which the individual home nursery
might not possess. there would still be in the
latter the intangible and indescribable, but
quite invaluable. element of motherhood and
fatherhOOd which the former. with all It's ster-
iliZed pretentiOusness. could never have.
Contempt has generally been bestowed upon
those reluctant aud unnatural mothers who
neglect their babies that they may caress and
dispOrt pet pOodles, and there is vast pity for
the poor whose necessity compels them to In
trust their offspring TO public nursery while
they are at work all day. Why, then, should
any one seek voluntarily and needlessly TO in
cur such pity or such contempt?
There are some things in which IL is not 70 be
believed that artifce however subtle. can surpass
or supplant nature. and one Of the chief of those
things is the propagation of the human race.
The natural system, in those tribes and nations
which have led and which lead the march Of
civilization. is for one man and one woman TO
cleave together. 20 make and To keep their own
home, and 10 bear and rear their own children.
The scientific incubator may be a commercial
success in the poultry house, hut il can never
replace the mother and her home care for the
human brood.
New-York tribune., 1906-08-14
DrTLES IN nANcHrRLA-

A change has come DER the spirit of the dream
of those who have been imagining that Japan
would close the gates of commerce OH mankind
in all Manchuria, and it begins to be realized
that that victorious power is cOntendng in the
time of its triumph for only the same Just and
equitable principles for which ii cOntended in
the days of Russian domination. 1t seems to be
true that Japan has not consented to the estab-
lishment of a Chinese custom house at Tairen
formerly Talen-Wan and Dalny) But there
is no perceptible ground for the assumption that
therefore she means to close that port against
all commerce but her own. On the contrary
her real motive Is apparently disclosed in the
Toxic correspondence of THE London Daily Tel
egraph"-namely. to secure a uniform and
equitable collection of duties at all Manchurian
ports and places Of entry. on the land frontier
as we'll as on the coast of the Regents Sword
few years ago. it will be remembered. just
before the japanese war. Russia insisted upon
keeping the Manchurian customs service on land
in her own control. She willing that at
New-Chwang and Dalny and elsewhere along
the coast Sir Robert Hart's excellent system
should prevail, and she readily assented to a
doubling of the Chinese tariff rates on all sea
borne commerce. But she strenuously objected
to any increase of rates on overland COM
merce or to any Chinese control of the Man.
churian border custom houses. There was no
all Russian commerce entered China by land. by
way of the Russian railroad from Siberia into
Manchuria. and if that commerce were admit
ted free Of duty. under such low duties ms
Russian officials saw fit to impose it would have
an enormous advantage over American. Japan
ese. British and other commerce which came
by sea and had to enter coast ports and pay the
full duties Imposed by Chinese law and col
lected by Sir Robert Harts efficient staff
Now Russia Is reported to be attempting to
maintain that same system. She controls the
railroads running into Manchurla from Siberia
and Europe and also from the coast at VladivOs-
tok. If she could continue 10 pass her com
merce into China by those routes free of duty.
she would easily outstrip %sar rivals in the Chi
nese market. 1t is to block any such game that
Japan has taken her firm stand at Tairen She
Will permit the establishment of a Chinese Gus
tom house there just aS soon as Russia permits
such custom houses to be established along the
Manchu-Stberian border wherever Russian rail
roads or other trade routes cross that bcr,ler
from Russian into Chinese territory The Drop-
0sition appears to he perfectly straightforward
and equitable one, 10 which it does not seem
possible that Russia can permanently or efec-
4iVaIv ohia0t
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Lenox. Mass, Aug 13-Mr- and Mrs James T.
Ottley. OF New York touring from Breton Woods
70 New York, arrived AZ Hotel Aspinwau to-day
Mr.. and Mrs L NJ Emersan. OF Wilmington. n. c.
have also arrived there BY motor car. Mrs Peter
Cooper Hewitt OF New York. arrived this evening
in L.anox by motor car
Other arrivals by automobile include William z.
Putnam. OF Boston; Mrs. John Thatcher and Hiss
Landers. or New York; William A Pierson. OF
Schenectady and ". II. Hammond. OF Cambridge
Howard Potter. who has been guest OF Joseph
w Burden. at Under Ledge, has gone to Boston
Count GIeichen OF the British Embassy. arrived
to-day. and is a guest OF Ambassador. and Lady
Durand. at Deepdene-
Herbert z. Parsons. Forsythe WIckes, s W
Richardson and Sinclair Richardson went TO New
York to-day.
Mr.. and Mrs William D. Sloane started from Elzs
Court to-day by motor for Saratoga
Miss ROsalie Goodman started to-day for ths At-
lantic coast resorts
The condition of Mrs Lucius TuckerTnan. &c
Washington. who is seriously Ill at Anglesde IN
Stockbridse. shows additional weakness to-nght-
and she may not live until morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Van r. Crosby, OF New
York who have been guests OF Mr.. and Mrs Georss
Baty Blake. az Pine Needles, will start tomorrow
for Saratoga
Mrs. William Scott Pyle and family who have
been al Hotel Aspinvan. started this morning for
New York
Mrs Henry De Berkeley Parsons of New York.
who has been at Hotel Aspinwau with her family
for several weeks started for home this morning.
Automobile arrivals at the Maplswo0d in Pits
field are: Mr.. and Mrs J. H Andrews. New Yorks
Mr. and Mrs. r. 3. Tewksbury and DR.. and Mrs.
Dinsmore Cleveland; Mr. and Mrs. Pfnchas PToutys
F4averford Penn; MI and Mrs. E NJ Winston and
Mrs. Z. NJ Williams. Chicago; Mr.. and Mrsl ". j
Lengle. Mobile
Automobile arrivals IN Leuox include M. and
Mrs ]. l. Laidlaw. OF New York. and tIanS
McCargO and A J. DarTagh. OF PtttsouTg-
Miss Anna Lapsley. who has been visiting Mss
Marion Hague IN StocEbridge has gone TO Narra~
gansett Pier
Mr. and Mrs L. r. Matthews, % New YORK are
guests Of DR.. H. Cecil Haven. at Glennurnie' n-
StOckbridge-
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Abouf People and Social Incidents.

Buffalo. are the guests OF Mrs John Nicholas
Brown at her cottage. on Haddon FIiH.
Count and Countess Gherardesca. who have been
visiting IN the cottage colony. have gone to Nav
York, and will sail for italy this week
Mr.. and Mrs. Reginald c. Vanderbilt returnel
to-day from Saratoga. accompanied by Mrs. George
Law. who Is their guest. Mrs. Vanderbilt has an
tirely recovered from her recent illness
Mr.. and Mrs. T. v r. Thayer. jr. Of Boston. ara
the guests OF Mrs Thayer's father F. Mortimer
Brooks.
The first hunt OF the Monmouth County Hounda
in Newport will take place Wednesday after
noon. the meet TO be At the One Mile Corner Crea,
preparations have been made FOR the hunts. ana
there Is expected to be large field OF riders
Among the cOttasers entertaining at luncheon
this afternoon were Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Ms
Lewis Cass Ledyard and Mrs. Elisha Dyer tr.
Cottage dinners were given this evening h,-
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt. Miss Vera Gilbert N-9
Pembroke Jones. Egerton l. Winthrop and Mrs.
Richard GambriIl. 0Ers. Gambrn also has cards ous
for a dinner tomorrow evening
Henry Walters will take a large party or cottasers
out for a sail and luncheon the steam yacht Nz-
rada tomorrow afternoon. taking his guests 20
Sandy Point Farm. where they will go ashore and
be the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. r. c. Vanderbilt
Mr.. and Mrs E. Glyn have returned from visis
in Bar HarbOr
Miss Edith Deacon left here to-day 10 visit fien5S
az Bar Har6oT.
Mrs F. K sturgis entertained at card party
this afternoon.
The wOmen's scratch tennis tournament which
is 90 start at the Casino tomorrow morning viii
be the largest that has ever been PLAYED at thar
place there being fifteen entries in the list. This
afternoon the drawings were held and the player,
arranged follows:
Miss Irene Sherman vs.. Miss ]. p. Walla-h: Elr,
r. L. A9asslz vs. Miss Eleanora Sears: Miss Edn,
Bargsr VS. Miss Alice Potter; Miss MaUde Wet
more vs. Miss Ethel DeKOven: Miss Gwendolyn
Burden Miss Margaret Busk; Miss Mildred
Sherman vs. Miss Louise Scott; Mrs. BarEer-Wsl-
ZACH VS.. Miss Blanch Oelrichs, and Miss Edith
ROtch drew a bye.
General and Mrs. ]. Fred Pisrson arrived a
Newport to-day and are the guests of Mrs 7
Mitchell Clark at Gray Craig. Mrs. Clark vn
give a reception in their honor on Wednesday
afternoon
Mrs. Ogden Mills among the cottazers en-
tertaining at dinner this evening Henry C. Maye.
OF Southampton, is the guest of Mrs Reginald
DeKoven.
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AMERICA AND THE WORLD.

Not only students. but an intelligent readers
OF history. will agree unhestatingly with the
Bishop Of Ely'S remark. in moving an address
Of thanks 10 the American Ambassador to Eng
land for HIS recent lecture at Cambridge thar
the rise and development OF the United States
was an event which had shaped and would
increasingly shape the destinieS of the world.
Indeed, there viii he 10 dissent from Mr.. Reid's
own estimate Of it as the greatest fact in
modern history. Americans, IN their pernis-
sible self-consciousness. never doubt the jus
tice of such estimates does the thoughtful
citizen Of any country when the demonstra-
ble facts of history and the reasonable deduc-
tons from them are considered. Epoch max
ing events are always boii subjective and Oh
jectire il their influence 1t is easy for as. on
our Fourth of July and al all times. 10 praise
THE Power that hath made and preserved us
Il nation Ii will be M least equally profitable
10 bear IN mind that IN making us a nation
other vast achievements were involved: and its
succinct but pregnant reminder of that fact
was by no means the least valuable feature OF
the Ambassadors lecture. The full text of which
was reproduced in our columns yesterday.
The widespread interest Of the civilized world
in this country indeed manifested in the
very circumstances OF the exploration and set
Element OF the North American continent a
work in which no fewer than five European
powers actively participated. and again in the
contest for the political mastery OF it. in which
the foremost three powers of the world siren
uOusly and persistently engaged. 1t is a truism
OF history that the great games of European
Diplomacy and war in the century preceding
our Revolution were largely played upon the
American continent, with the American colo
nists sometimes helpless pawns and some
times as very active and efficient pieces Nor
was the RevoIution-wh the lecturer happily
called a civil war-void Of far reaching and
urOfound effects, objective as well as subjec-
tive. II made these states a nation, but IL also
checked a reaction in England and gave that
kingdom an irresistible impetus toward the
great progress which has marked its subse
Ouent history. so that, Mr. Reid said. the
.sPrifish government of the nineteenth century
'syvas distinctly more advantageous 10 the peO-
.'ple more glorious for the nation and greater
~benehcence 10 Europe and the world" because
OF that civil war More than that. the influence
OF orr Revolution was felt in the French RevO-
luton, and ia the rapid extension of popular
rights throughout Europe which followed hard
upon that mighty cafaclysm, in the broadening
OF citizenship and in the freer participation Of
the people in their governments.
He would be blind who did not see, IN almost
innumeraDle ways, the influence of America
maintained throughout the century and quar-
ter since that great event and not only main
tained but extended and increased In all parts
OF the world and in both peace and war. In
A-'af. illis nation. having been founded by the
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AMERICANS GUESTS OF KAISER

Cassel. Aug. 1S-The American Ambassadcr.
Mr, Tower to-day presented Herman Ridds-'
OF New York. &c Emperor William. The En-
peror engaged Messrs. Ridder and Tower in
lons conversation. after which they breakfas'ee
with his majesty. The party included jams
Speyer. the New York banker.
Nicholas Murray Butler. president Of Coir''-
bia University. and J. w. Burgess. dean OF tae;;
university. yesterday were guests az luncheon =
Emperor William
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Il nIHseuents.

ACADEMY or MUsIc-s:l5-The virsinian.
AFRIaTs GARDENS -s:2O-The Governors SON.
EF1IsASOO-s:15-The Girl Of the Golden Went.
BRIGHTON BEACH PARKS :3O-F1reworks
CAEINO-s.l5-Tke Social Whrl
C0NEY EsIsAND-Thonpson & Dundy's Greater Luna
rariy-Drsamland
CTT-ERTON-s 15-Idtfle CheFub.
EDEN MISEE-The World IN Wax.
fIAMNfERSTEIE'6 NICrORIA-2-S: S:lS-NaudeviNe
EYCEuN-s:l5-The L1on and the Mouse
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN ROOF 5 - Manzele
Champagne.
MANHATTAN BEACH-R-Pains Vesuyius and Fire
sorFe-o-Twfddie TWaddle.
NANEEATTAN-s:I5- Sonata
NEW YORK-s:l5-The Tree
NEW YORK ROOF GARDEE-S-3O- O-Nauaevtlle and see
Ing York
wAEfsAcK's- s:2O-His Honor the Mayor.