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New-York tribune., 1906-12-18
THE PRESIDENT on PANAMA.

Speaking TO the Isthman Canal employees at
Colon month ago, President RooseFeit said:
You are doing the biggest thing OF the KIND
that has ever been done, and / wantai to see
how you were doing it," He did see how they
were doing it, and yesterday he told congress
and the nation what he had seen. IN tone anu
scope his message is without precedent So. as
he reminded his Colon audience was his VISIT
to the isthmus without precedent. and so is
the canal enterprise itself without precedent
There come times in the progress of the world
when it is necessary to set precedents, and
in this case in enterprise, in visit of Inspection
and in report, they are well set
The President was ashore at the lsthmus
three days That was considerably more than
the notorious twenty eight hours and ten~mln-
utes' which afforded former visitor pretext
for assuming omniscence yet he frankly says
it was mot 4 sufficient length of time TO allow
"of an exhaustive investigation of the minu-
'stie of the work of any single department, still
less to pass judgment on the engineering prop
"lems" Consequently find in the message
no attempt at dictatoriaI judgment, no cock
sure prescription of plans, no pretentious fore
casts though it certainly shows the results or
an investigation of far more than ordinary thor
oughness We cannot imagine any trained OBJ
server seeing more and learning more ana
making intelligent and appreclative note OF
more in three days time than did the Presi-
dent, nor could any one reasonably demand
more comprehensive and Illuminating digest of
the whole situation on the isthmus than that
which the President here presents
If the general tone of the message is opti-
mistic the reason therefor is objective as we'll
as subjective. There is much at Panama to in
spire far less buoyant temper than the Presl-
dents. The whole outlook is such to give
hope and confidence and satisfaction to the
man who goes thither with an open and honest
mind. 1t is well worth while for the American
people to read every word of the Presidents
vital and convincing narrative. Having done
SO, they will find occasion. in the quaint old
phrase to thank God and take courage.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-18
1 SHORTAGE or MEN.

Senator lIansbrough makes an interesting sug-
gesiion regarding the causes of the freight tie-up
in many parts of the country. We have heard a
great deal of the shortage of ears. the shortage
Of side tracks and The shortage Of terminal fa-
ciiiiies. but Senator llanSbrOugh says that some
of the confusion is due 10 a shortage of men.
How seldom do we have that phase of the
question called 10 our attention. The railroads
cannot be kept out Of a tangle because there
are not brains enough 10 keep them running in
lhis rush season of freight. Employees are some
what like cars and freight facilities, for there are
Just shout enough of tlem 10 do the work of the
world under the ordinary conditions, and when
:0r q season The work is doubled trebled con-
fusiOa bcgias. The railroads naturally carry
ssaf just aboot equal 10 the ordinary demands
of their trade. Each 0f lhe employees has all
be c2G properly CO under ordinary conditions
When trafIc Increases it is impossible ade-
quateiy 10 increase the force. for experienced
men c22aot be had AMI even unframed labor
is hard 10 get. The regular employees are under
the same strain 10 which the car supply ana
the terminals are Subjected. Oyerworked they
make ali sorts e blunders. which add TO tie
oonfusion on the oyercrowded lines. We seldom.
tank Of The shortage of Tnen, because men are
elastic creatures. and uaGer "A strain do two
mems work; but how well they do two mems
work we may learn from railway accidents in
SO many Of which the explanation is that the
erginee. o. the switchman or The towerman OF
the teiegrapher mad been working twenty hours
DAY for a fortnight. because there was no one
10 take his place" II NE apply the repeated
lesson % l3ie railway accidents on large scale
10 the oyervorlled condition Of freight traffic
throughout The country. we may readily see
na frl.crent likelihood that tie shortage OF mel
IS factor IN the confrsion.
Senator IIansbrougn says that the shortage OF
zen is not c0nfined 10 the railway business, but
exists evcT,wliCra. The r9ilroad congestion ar
forls a conc.ots instance on great scale. Such
a congestion "a that one industry could not
ex... of codrse unless there had been increased
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, activities in many productive Industries. There
must have been rush in producing the goods
that block the railways, a rush in finan-
cling their production and their shipment, rush
in all the varieties of transportation; indeed,
the rush might be traced In many directions,
and It would prove hard work, but it would not
necessarily prove general overwork or overworl
so long protracted to be dangerous.
The whole country says Chairman Knapp
OF the Interstate Commerce Commission. lis in
"a state of more or less congestion in the indi-
"vdual as we'll as in the organized or corporate
ease. There is condition of ineficiency re-
'sultlng from demands which exceed present
capacity" Mr.. Knapp is in an exceptional posi-
ton to know if the trouble with the railroads
is only an acute symptom of general condition.
There are thousand evidences that this is an
extraordinarily busy country. Its business has
unquestionably expanded temporarily beyond
the capacity of the railroads to handle it. The
labor market testifes to the great activity in
the industrial world. Labor IS exceedingly
scarce and wages have risen and are still rising.
All the money Of the country is busy in the maui
fold occupations of American trade and commerce.
The supply is unequal 10 the demand. Money is
scarce and interest rates high. 1t is time of
tremendous expansion, both industrial and spec1l-
lative There is overwork in railroad traffic, but
it is a large conception that something like the
same condition exists everywhere throughout the
countrys industries. 1t is an interesting theory
that the whole nation is overworking, that it is
too busy, but il is n difficult one. Even in the
railroad business the present shortage of men is
perhaps only temporary. When the holiday
shipments over conditions may again be
normal and no man doing two mems work.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-18
THE WARS THAT NEVER HAPPEN.

From The Springfield Republican.
Trey are 1T It again. Those profoundly wise ax
perts VINO have the map of the future plotted
out in their imaSnattons conclude that nothing can
save tho United states from with japan
some say within twenty-five years and others within
nve years. Among European military men il is
said. TINS war is being freely discussed They fore
see even the course OF the struggle. Japan would
at once occupy the Philippines and thus comneI
the United States 10 conduct campaigns across The
wide ocean under immense disadvantages The
sorry plight Of America may be already a sourca
OF enjoyment in European pitals
The experts who predict future wars however
are old acquaintanceS. Their military records as
forecasters throw all the village weather proph It's
INTO tle deep. deep shade 1t Is true that they pre-
dlcted every war tbat ever happened. But iT1ae-
me II you can, the number of wars they predicted
that never did happen. The year does not pass in
which they do not have some nation preparing TO
let loose the war dogs No little unpleasant tness
can arise anywhere under the blue skies that they
do not Immediately set the drums to beating
New-York tribune., 1906-12-18
AMERICAN oARsuEy AT HENLEY

The barring of American crews from the
Henley Regatta is a regrettabie incident, but
il seems justifabe and i'm the interest OF clean
sport. 1t is much better that American
oarEmen should enter the Henley Regatta than
that the character of those who do enter should
reflect discredit on American spOrtsmanship.
There is some difference OF opinion between
English and American authorities as 20 what
constitutes a pure amateur but in the Nesper
incident the acts complained OF were not on
that debatablc ground. That crew violated the
American standard of amateursm. and on an
investigation by American authorities was pun
ished for professionalism. The National Asso-
citation OF Amateur Oarsmen has shown de-
termination to deal severely with such viola
tons OF It's rules. but a clear agreement with
the Henley stewards will be in the interest
of international sport, and that is all the Hen
ley stewards ask.
The suggestion of President Pil1ington of the
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ADDITION TO HEBREW ASYLUM.

At meeting yesterday OF the officers and di-
Fec'ors OF the Brooklyn Hebrew Orphan Asylum II
was announced that an addition costing s25o.ooo
"'uu De made TO the present building at Ralph
avenue ana Faciuc street. Plans being pre-
pared and slooco has already been subscribed. A
pSair,s pSSaiIins eomnmttee n with abraham Abraham as
Saa viii neSin Immediately raise the SlE.
oV remaining, During the last wear the associa tiun
ni,td nivtSased nve hundred in membership the total
III th.per @ now pelhS LTD. The ofticers elected for
re sIsihs year are President. Moses May; vice.
Harris. 'AN"7NAN-' ~>N~~S -
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THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The cost of the recent Torrey-Alexander MISSION
in Philadelphia, which lasted three months was
sSs 365 DIR. Torrey. Mr.. Alexander, Mr. Butler
their solo singer; Mr. Hardness, their pianist and
Mr. Munhan received altogether $4,000. The rent
Of the two armories and the Academy Of Music
where the meetings held amounted to SlO,61o,
and the fitting up of the two armories to
S1225S 49, The cost of postage. printing, advertising
stenographers and clerical force brought the whole
up to S5e. .365
New-York tribune., 1906-12-18
ONE EFFECT OF ROLLER SKATING.

From Ihe Philadelphia Record.
Did you ever notice the number OF men walk
ING around with their hands behind their backs?'
demanded a local club nan. who prdes himself on
pelns obseFNdht itecelEing a negative reply. the
o0servant man continued: Keep your eyes
opened-you'll be surprised TO how many there
arc. I've got the answer. 100 Roller skating is the
cause Your roller ekater-and there thousands
OF hlIl--oI course. likes to look easy and grace
iul SHding around with his hands behind him.
thoist! ne wasn't making effort. The habit
CiinSs when he gets of nis wheels. | see lot of
girls and women who also unconscously assume
streSt."
New-York tribune., 1906-12-18
THE CABINET.

GFrom The Tribune BuresuI
Washington. Dec. 1.-THE Secretary Of State
and Mrs Root will have their guests at the
dinner for the President and Mrs. Roosevelt on
Thursday night, the American Ambassador to
Great Britain and Mrs. Whiteaw Reid
Secretary Taft. who went to New York yester-
DAY. is expected to return to Washington to-mor-
row evening
New-York tribune., 1906-12-18
aticaly and as resoIutely as did the pubic Oh


The trouble with the theory OIL the ooils.i'"-
tional League regarding the Brownsville anair 10
..+ in exerv case n prefers the unlikely to the
1,LeIv exclamation That citizens "shot up the
town to create the impression that the soldiers
did IT involves an elaborate and extremely I'M
probable plot That i'm their histrlomc zeai 'neS
killed the bartender of the saloon against WHICH
the Negro troops had a grudse carries 'l,e
ir,probability still further That the sheis
found In the streets of brownsville were ola
sbaIIs reloaded is an assumption which delib-
erately passes by the more natural explanation
The raiders wore khaki. All soldiers wear khaN
and very few citizens wear that fabric 10 say
that. therefore the raiders were citizens seems
going too far for an explanation ana isno'hs ai
almost inevitable one near at hano.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-18
NEW YORK SOCIETY,

Mrs. Gerald L. Hoyt gives a small 4ir,.-
this evening at her house. No, 2s East s;tb So
Mrs Charles E Pellew yesterday gave rba 49,,
OF series of receptions for the debut OF -
ter. Miss Anna G. Pellew, at her apar-r,a,. ".
81 Madison avenue ="
Mrs. Edwin II. Weatherbee and her daus5,,.
Miss May A. Weatherbee. received Yesterday sT-.-
noon at their home. in Madison avenue Mrs ro.
Martin Shaw and Miss Marion Shaw were slso =
home yesterday. at No. 6s7 Madison avenue
William Carpenter will give reception for tn.
debut OF his daughter next Saturday az his bous
No. 80 West 46th street
Richard L. Morris. who was stricken VIII ".
phoid fever while on a shooting trip with srrbv-
Choate in the West. has entirely recovered ap5 :
now az the home of his parents Dr. and Nz
Stuyvesant Fish Morris. m East Soth street
Miss Julia A. Trowbridge who viii be marr.a
70 D Herbert Lloyd at the Brick Frssnytssn
Church Thursday afternoon, has chosen her
sister. Mrs. Douglas L. Gilman. as her unairoR q.
honor. and her cousin. Miss Mamie TroEhndss
and Miss Anabel G- Van Nostrand as her brides
maids. Gustavus Owen Winston. brother-in-Iav q
lano Weekes. Jr.. Harry 2. HoHins n. Milton
Hitchcock. Bernon S. Prentice and Frederick c
Inman the ushers The ceremony viii Be followed
by a reception at the home of lIr and Mrs 1rg-
las L. Gilman. No 1S7 East list street
Rooert Brownings "Colonnbe's Birthday vss
given yesterday az the Hudson Theatre N aid q
the Ladies' Auxiliary Of the Lytng-In Hospt1
Those who had boxes for the perfoFmsnes were
Mrs W PfersOu Hamilton Mrs lanes l. BARCLAY.
Mrs Ledyard Blair. Mrs Francis Mcneil Bacon
jr-. Mrs. James McVickar Mrs. Eliphast Nor
Potter, Mrs. W. Barclay Parsons Mrs Charles
Steele, Miss Laura ]. Post Miss Florence NJ Rhs't
Mrs Charles D. Freeman. Ms James W. Narks
and Mrs. Louis Lee Stanton.
Mrs. ". Seward Webb viii leave town today
for SheIburne. VT.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Neyvbold have returned %
town from HYDE Park y. Y and are ar ther
| house. in Madison avenue for the winter
Mrs H. De Berkeley Parsons vii! give dinner
on Saturday next
Mr.. and Mrs Levi T. Morton and Miss Asv
Morton have returned To- town from theiF COUNTY,
place at EIerslie-ou-tHe Hudson
Nine. Kfrkby-I.unn and Alexander PetsfnaA7. "
were the entertainers AT Albert Morris 34sV
musical morning given yesterday at me Ne" '
Astoria Among those present We're Mrs w. -,
Douglas Sloane Mrs. charles y thids.
Ferdinand wlmerding Srs. John j. He' o'N ~,
Richard Irwin. Mrs. Charles F. AleNa"U, ,r.s
James NJ. VarnUm. Mrs Harold tes' % v-,-
Alice Van Rensselaer, and Miss 'l"m'ntn@ =.
Mss Thursday. December - is the date '' - =
| next musical, when Mime. E7mes VII &c
traction
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NEW s,ssop OF MANCHESTER. n =

Rome. Dec. 1.-THE Congregation OF u.S D., tnsi
ganda TODAY decided 70 propose 10 tne
he appoint Father Guertin Bishop u ...,r,ss BY
n H. Father Cuertn was su'iis'
the French Canadians.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-18

Secretary Taft refrains from repeating. in his
report on the Philippines. his former arguments
in favor of the pending Philippine Tariff DILL
but he makes it plain that he regards the pas
sage of that measure as essential and urgent
Indeed almost every line of his report is an
argument to that end.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-18
-. oscAo IMpSoVIN6.

Stockholm, Dec. liking Oscar eehei'-ss s.,ns ~
nrovs his eperal condition this morniaS 'e,U1s,,sI
ticeaby better. His recovery, however,
be slow
New-York tribune., 1906-12-18
RETIRE
SIR moN1Aeu omMANEY TO RE ''" w.

London. Dee r7-sir Montasn ou1nls', 11s ,,i rear'
nan, IYrder secretary for the Colonies " W. rysne,
in January He win be saseesdsaf 20 a The Board .
Hepwood. permanent sec'e''''
New-York tribune., 1906-12-18

Mrs. Edwin II. Weatherbee and her dapzb.,
Miss May A. Weatherbee, received Yesterday sttsr.
noon at their home. in Madison avenue Mrs ro.,
Martin Shaw and Miss Marion Shaw were ais, =
home yesterday at No. SIS Madison avenue
New-York tribune., 1906-12-18

William Carpenter will give a reception for TIA
debut OF his daughter next Saturday al his bcr,s
No. 80 West 46th street
New-York tribune., 1906-12-18

1t does not appear that the cause of the Church
or of religion in France has been materiailS
strengthened by the fact that Count Boni de
CasteIlane has rallied to its support.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-18

Richard L. Morris. who was stricken VIII v.
phoid fever while on shooting "trip with Arhu,
Choate in the West. has entirely recovered ard is
now az the home Of his parents Dr. and Nrs
Stuyvesant Fish Morris. m East Snth street
New-York tribune., 1906-12-18

The habit which socialists, especially rich So
cialists have of explaining how they came to
be socialists suggests the habit which certain
unfortunates have of explaining how they came
to be restrained of their liberty. What brings
you, my good man, to this sad estate?' Drink
num- drink did it." The latest explanation or
millionaire socialist of how he fell into sucn
ways of thinking, namely, that he-had been able
to join more expensive clubs when in college tnan
most of his fellow students, does not move US
half so much 1t is not so good excuse.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-18

The other day Irishmen were objecting to por-
trayals of the conventional funny lrishman on
tho stage Now some Hebrews want Shyiock
barred Next there will be Teutonio protest
against the comic German. and others against
the English swell" the "braw' Scot, the exas-
gerated Negro. and on. until there VIII Do
really nobody left for to laugh at. It's q sad
aff1iction for the skin to be more susceptible than
the sense of humor
New-York tribune., 1906-12-18

Perjured testimony in false damage suits
against railroads should be punished just as
certainly as indemnity should be exacted from
the companies in honest suits.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-18

Mrs Charles E Pellew yesterday gave tba .s.,,,
Of series of receptions for the debut OF her 60
ter Miss Anna G. Pellew, at her apartrsBf v,
81 Madison avenue y"
New-York tribune., 1906-12-18

Mrs Gerald L. Hoyt gives a small dinner 5...
this evening at her house No. % East gs,b So
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characteristics good humor, as if it was
the most natural thing for him to open
his heart to the world on his views of
matrimony.
AS a matter Of fact he has come back
trophy seeking and once more visited this
city, where the chivalrous Irish knight
and kingly prince of good fellows is dear
to the hearts of hundreds of friends he
has made here on former trips.
Thanked on both sides by steamer trunks
galore, the famous yachtsman arrived at
West Philadelphia station on the Penn
sylvania railroad yesterday afternoon
from New York.
Scarcely had the train stopped before
Sir Thomas had lightly stepped from his
Pullman, with his own peculiar smile on
his lips and the dancing twinkle of his
kindly eyes. With long strides he made
toward his friends and greeted them with
his profuse heartiness.
In the gathering dusk, while waiting
for all the many trunks to be loaded in
the second of Mr. Morgan's automobiles,
stationed outside the station, Sir Thomas
laughingly denied the report of his heir
hunting quest
II shan't have to hunt for my wife"
said the famous Irishman in hooking
tones. THE woman God intends for me
will be put in my path. All | SHAH nave
to do is to claim her.
"That is, of course" he interpolated
burriedly, eff she also thinks | am the
man intended for her"
"Yon know I firmly believe that for
every man in the world there is one wom-
an destined to make him supremacy hap
nv and blessed. Some time. somewhere,
sooner or later, she and he will come to-
gether.
oWait is the watchword. 1t is mine.
I am waiting. / can't tell when the chosen
woman will appear or whether she will
ever appear But all the hunting I might
do wouldn't help to find her. There you
have it in nutshell.
ut was pure invention and utterly alb
surd that the report got started in the
first place. 1T arose from little joking
on the part of a few of my American
friends because ! happened to be bach
| elor. You know how rumor grows here
| in America, just like a rolling ball of
snow.
You newspaper chaps are responsible
| In measure. too, for the fact that every
where | go this time on my tour of your
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moment inhabited, but they land us at
the further one that these denizens are of
an order whose mountaineering is
worth the making. The fact that they
exist is the important one, made all the
more so by their precedence of us in the
path of evolution. Their presence GER
tainly Gusts us from any unique or self
centered position in the solar system,
but the world has been deposed from its
centers by the Copernican system and
the Ptolemaic, and it has survived So,
indeed, may man.
Another interest," said Professor Low
ell, in closing, attaches to such exist
ence that it is, cosmcally speaking,
soon to pass away. 1t takes on an add
ed glamour from the fact that it is not
long to last. For the process that has
brought 1t to its present pass must go
on to the bitter end, until the last spark
of Marian life goes out. The drying up of
the planet is certain to proceed until its
surface can support life no longer. When
the last ember is thus extinguished the
planet will roll a dead world through
space, awaiting only the resurrection Of
another eosmic catastrophe
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Doubtless he so pronounced 1t, for he was
credited with having written the three
parts of .TIenry the Sixt" and he GER
tainly wrote THE Life OF Henry the
Flft." as the old edition has 1t. And IL Is
worthy of notice that "hfta' and "sieXta
are the Anglo-Saxon forms.
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country people view me with suspicion
as an heiress hunter. Why, some of the
papers have even taken offense at this
supposed fortune hunting of mine. 1t is
really too bad. because ! don't want
Americans to think badly of me-
When asked whether he expected to find
wife before winning the Americas cup
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GOD SENDS WIVES"
Sir Thomas Upton Tells Why His
Motto Is wait"
From the Philadelphia Inquirer

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
"God sends good wife to every man.
Why then, should / hunt for one? IL
there is one intended for me she will
come. | am waiting, and when l get her
/ shall thank God accordingly"
Thus spoke bluff, hearty, genial Sir
Thomas Upton, gallant cup challenger
and game loser of two races for Ameri
cas- yachting trophy in answer to queries
based on reports that he had come to
America this time to seek an heiress
bride.
He laughed off the suggestion with
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or vice versa. Sir Thomas winied in
scrutably and replied:
'Ah! now, that is jolly stumper Of a
query to put TO poor seafaring man"
BoWery Follows Bard.
Professor Skeat, in the National Review.
Shakespeare has "slxt" for sixth"