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New-York tribune., 1907-10-08
JACK AND ROSE

OK oGarIag IN eth theft ttI IaGb wrought last night
He stole some things he wanted. right
Beheath her very nose.
Philadelphia Press.
Returned the blissfu smack
Jack did not overlook "a bet
But turned and. kissed her back
Houston Post.
That may be as they do this job
But If Jack lived here in the North
He'd kiss her on the mouth.
The commoner
Why, rouse again the bitter strife,
And North and South wax hotP
Let's all agree to compromise
st Louis Post Dispatch.
Why so much racket DER a kiss
Or cen about the spot3 1t
fatp HaG bee9 %s1'Sse the oS oBe nSFe %ho II Foy It
birmingham (Ala) Age-Herald.
Yet Jack perhaps had little glee
Though on the mouth he kissed her;
we ,1m M nave I as yet YET no proof. You see.
Chicago Record-Herald.
That smack smacked not of family ties.
The truths q seek
Just peck her on the cheek.
The "Wiener Fremdenblatt" says that Gustav
Mailer the director of the royal opera, recently
arranged TO conduct rehearsal of the Magic
Flute" No one was to know of his intention. but
In some way the new directors plan became known,
and great excitement on the stage was the cOnse-
quence. When the overture began the lookout at
the peephole announced: False alarmI Zemlinsky
Is conducting" The next day it was discovered
that vaccination had changed Mahler's plan. You
should have known better. Herr Director" said
Herr Hesch. the basso. when he met Mailer; you
should have done like the ladies of the company.
They were all vaccinated. but not their arms
there other places where vaccine virus grows"
Mrs. Bridey-You don't love me much as you
used to-
Mr.. Bridey-Thnk not?
Mrs. Rridey-No You used 70 say ! was worth
my weight in gold. but
Mr. Bridey-But now you're not as stout as you
were. you know-Philadelphia Press.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-08
MIR. REID At LLANDUDNo.
An Impressive Tribute to John Bright.

From The London Tribune.
Nco choice Of a sneaker to open the John Bright
NfarnorIal school at LlandCdnO could have peen
more fortunate and appropriate than that whlCn
was actLaIly made Tho American Ambassador, IN
an impressive tribute to the great statesman hAt-
rally dwelt upon the generous ardor with Wh!cI
T0bn bright fought against the class and raclal
preiudices which were rife on this side or inc
Atlantic when America in the throcS OF .
domestic conflict, and most of the wealthy and
aristocratc sections OF English society refused 70
The federal cause the Justice and sympathy whlch
were accorded it by the Lancashire cotton oo-
eratives But Mr.. Whitelaw Reds speech was fHI1
Of Interesting points Perhaps the most impor-
tant OF all referred 10 the object lesson which the
British people ought to draw from the American
attitude to education. Mr. Whitelaw Reid did not.
OF course. rub IT in like that but We should do
we'll to ponder the significance OF the fact that
the school is nearly always the largest item In
the budget and this is voted with the greatest Hb-
erality by tho legislators and paid With most cord
iality by tho taxpayers"
New-York tribune., 1907-10-08
WELSH EVENING OF SONG.
Only Three Out of Seventeen Selections
Were Typically National.

1t was a great night for welshmen last evsIhhs
at Carnegie Hall, but hardly equally glorious
one for Welsh songs It was the opening eohosls
Of the Rhounda Valley Male Concert Party o
Wales England. under the ccnductorship OF FfO-
fessOr John Broad and all the Welshmen ana so.s
of Welshmen turned out for "auld lang synes OF -
equivalent in the land Of the SnOwdons Inc SOI1
cert Party was greeted with every token OF e
thusiasm; encores were called for. and they S1A
as regularly as the fall winds from the Irish sen
Unhappily for the "outlanders." though tne
lectons with which the audience was favofsu
were apparently chosen TO demonstrate tho snsins
capacities OF the twenty and odd men N ..'
choir, rather than to acquaint Americans W.
the characteristics and charms Of welsh nus--
Only three selections out of seventeen were 80
spicuously and pleasingly national and Spio.
and II these fairly represent the sfusions OK li'
Welsh Muse. the dear lady must be ranked ia
below her Irish Scotch and Continental sisters. =.
certain sturdness the only distinguishing tra'
In III songs and the singers
Among those who assisted Miss Mary John va
Justly the favorite Hampered by her short rans''
Miss John nevertheless managed to make an sA
cellent impression her hearers by the asP1"
volume and richness OF her voice and a na"i9S
enunciation. The encore selections Of nearly a..
the participants better chosen than the..
scheduled pieces. If they had only stuck 10 Nelsn
instead of dishing up something from every ooDs
else's kettle! II such thing as Welsh evshns
is possibility, the Concert Party should ssrioD''
consider II before reappearing In New York
New-York tribune., 1907-10-08
pANIsH-AMERIcAN LECTURES.

Copenhagen. Oct. THE Danish press is earnest
" discussing the proposal to exchange professors
Of the University of Copenhagen and other Scandi-
navan educational institutions and professors Of
American universities Professor Harold Hoffding.
the Danish philosopher. who Is we'll known in the
United States. and DR.. Maurice +. Egan. the new
American Minister TO Denmark. while warmly favor
ing the proposal, agree that neither the Danish
the American government finance the exchange
of professors. and that the movement must be a
matter for private enterprise It is understood
appeal will be made the Scandinavian societies
in the United States. which may result In the for
nation of organization similar 70 the Alliance
Ernncaise
New-York tribune., 1907-10-08

plant for the publication of the sewage OF
the city of Reading before II is discharged into
the Schuylkill is now nearly completed. In Penn
sylvania the creation OF such facilities is re-
quired by law whenever and wherever new
are built, and extension of Readings
drainage system within the last two years has
afforded a fresh occasion for the enforcement of
this obligation The responsibility of one COM
munity for the wellbeng of others which are sit
uated on the same river but further downstream
has not been as generally embodied in legisla-
ton here as abroad. but the country Is coming
to recognize the principle at last.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-08

In a bulletin printed in Japan a few weeks ago
Professor Omori reports a singular phenomenon
which attended the passage of a cyclone near
Toxic. There was a fitting of the earth's sur
face in direction the storm approached,
and in the other direction after 1t had gone
Both movements. registered at the professors
chronological observatory, indicated a sinking
of the earth where the atmospheric pressure
was lowest The expert who describes this par
adoxical incident accounts for 1t by supposing
that suction at the storm centre raised the level
of the adjacent sea, and thus imposed an alb
normal burden on the bottom OF the ocean
Whether the explanation be correct or not. the
occurrence illustrates the fexibility of the ter
restral crust in remarkable manner.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-08
Aetu'1lurIs DAILY Gribnats
TUESDAY, OCTOBER S, 1907.

This newspaper is olcned and published By
The Tribune association, a Nel0 York corpora
fiOn Ofice and principal place Of business, Trfb-
uHe Building, No 154 Nassau street, NeU YORK.;
Ogden Mills. president; Nathaniel TattIe, Sec
Tetdry and treasurer. The address Of the Of
7Icers is the office of this newspaper.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-08

special train on the Great Western road in
England recently ran 2634 miles in exactly five
hours. its average speed being nearly OF miles
an hour. The achievement was a neat one. but
is not comparable with the performance of the
Twentieth Century Limited, which covers dis
tance nearly four times great at the rate OF
"a miles an hour and does so regularly.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-08
CITY CLUB ENTERTAINMENT.

About four hundred members and friends of the
City Club attended the monthly entertainment AZ
the house. No. 55 West 44th street, last night The
feature of the evening the playing of Kronold
who rendered several selections on the cello
New-York tribune., 1907-10-08

Berkeley Heights citizen is building bun
galow near his house for his children 20 camp
out IN. excluding them from the parental roof
tree. After they have lived their own lives in
this establishment a while the citizen will prob
ably want TO move the bungalow over into the
next county.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-08
People and Social Incidents.

worth and widow Of Arthur Post. both OF New
York, and whose present husband. Lord Barry
more was formerly known as Arthur Smith-Barry
of Fota Island. Cork has sailed from London for
New York Her daughter by her first marriage
Miss Nellie Post remains in London to oficiate "a
bridesmaid at the wedding of Miss Anne Breese to
Lord Alastair Innes-Ker, in st. Georges Church
Hanover Square. on Thursday. The other brides
maids will be Lady Evelyn Innes-Ker. Miss Jean
Reid. Lady Joan Capell, daughter Of Lord and
Lady Essex and the bridegrooms two little nieces
daughters Of Lady Margaret Orr Ewing and Of
Lady Victoria Villiers.
Eugene Higgins has arranged to sail next week
for Europe board his steam yacht Varuna- with
a party of friends.
ST. Thomas's Church will be the scene this after
noon at o'clock OF tho wedding of Alfred Graham
Miles to Miss Louise Clover Boldt. reception
will follow at the Waldorf-Astoria-
J. Hampden Robb and Miss Cornelia Robb ara
booked TO sail for Europe tomorrow.
Another wedding Of to-day is that of Miss Susan
Adams Delano to Charles NJ McKelvey at
Glymont, the country place near Orange. N j.. OF
her father. Eugene Delano. OF No II Washington
Square North.
Mrs. Benjamin Knower and her daughter, Mrs
Henry Coleman Drayton will not sail for Europe
until after the wedding OF Mrs. Knower's sister,
Miss Grace Allen. on October a
Mr.. and Mrs F. Egerton Webb have returned to
town from LenOx. where they have been stayins
with Mr. and Mrs. William Douglas Sloane
Arthur Osgood ChOate, whose marriage to Mis-.
Ann Hyde Clarke, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs
George II. Hyde Clarke. Is set for tomorrow weak
gives his farewell bachelor dinner on Friday night
DemonicO's. The wedding will take place az
Cooperstown. y. Y. and the bridegroom, who Is a
son OF Mrs. George S. Choate and a nephew OF
former Ambassador Joseph H Choate, viii have
John F. Prentice his best man.
Mr. and Mrs. August Belmont, r., at Plenn-
ton Manor. their place at Hampstead. Long Island,
for the fall
Mr.. and Mrs. William V. Chaplin have sailed
from Boston for Europe 10 spend the winter az
Rome.
Mrs Z. II. Hartman has decided 70 postpone the
debut OF her daughter, Miss Carol Hartman, until
the winter after next
New-York tribune., 1907-10-08

It looks as If General Bingham had found
something more irksome to a policeman than
patroling II an officer would rather stay on
his beat than do the Bingham exercises" an
Improvement in the force is to be expected The
exercises started we'll. with an ambulance call
to advertise their rigors.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-08
party which was chiefly instrumental in enact
snid .yrhe Memphis Newg-scimitar, recently:

Let not the other sections mistake the South.
It has ever been loyal to its beliefs. It with
Calhoun in its creed of secession. II with Jeff
Davis in its of secession. 1t stood for Tilden
Hancock and even Parker. 1t will most assuredly
stand for Bryan.
The South may think itself steadfast and i'm
mutable. But in Calhoun, Davis Tilden, Han
cock, Cleveland. Bryan, and "even Parker" it
has shown an extremely wide range of opinions
and personalities to stand for"
New-York tribune., 1907-10-08

DR.. C. Stanley Hall says he is engaged in
solving ono OF the riddles OF the ages, What IS
a rhid2' After he gets through with that he
might attack The Worlds modern riddle
What is a Democrat?'
New-York tribune., 1907-10-08

Miss Hester Gouverneur Homes marriage 10
Henry C. Bartol will take place at the Church OF
the Incarnation on Wednesday. December l.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-08

Mrs James L. Kernochan. who has been staying
at Newport with her mother-in-law, Mrs. James p
Kernochan has returned to her place at Hemp
stead
New-York tribune., 1907-10-08

Mrs Alexander r Van Nest has arrived from
Newport and is at her house in West 9th street
for the
New-York tribune., 1907-10-08

Mr.. and Mrs. William E. 8. Grswold have re-
turned from their honeymoon in Canada and are
staying with Mrs Grswold's mother Mrs. Johh
sIoons a, the !atter's country place at Lenox,
ATnsa
New-York tribune., 1907-10-08

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Maclay Bull and Miss Doro-
thy Bull arrive in town to-day from Lake Cham
platu for the season.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-08
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Mrs william Post has arrived from Europe. and
IS at her house, In East eth street
New-York tribune., 1907-10-08

By mutual consent the engagement Of Miss Eliza
beth Winthrop Stevens, daughter OF Mr.. and MIS-
Ledyard Stevens. to William H. Emory II, son OF
peer Admiral william II. Emory. U. S. N. has
been broken Mr.. and Mrs. Stevens and Miss Ste
vens have sailed for italy where they Will spend
the winter.
LADY BARRYMORE who Miss Elizabeth Wads-
worth. daughter OF the late General James Wads-
New-York tribune., 1907-10-08

Bartlett and Whitney-"Brothers once but
strangers now"
New-York tribune., 1907-10-08

Mrs. Benjamin Knower and her daughter, Mira
Henry Coleman Drayton. will not sail for Europe
until after the wedding OF Mrs Knower's sister
Miss Grace Allen. on October q
New-York tribune., 1907-10-08

Mr.. and Mrs F. Egerton Webb have returned 20
town from LenOx. where they have been stayins
with Mr.. and Mrs William Douglas Sloane
New-York tribune., 1907-10-08

]. Hampden Robb and Miss Cornela Robb ara
booked 70 sail for Europe tomorrow
New-York tribune., 1907-10-08

Another wedding OF to-day IS that OF Miss Susan
Adams Delano to Charles NJ. McKelvey az
GlymOnt the country place near Orarge. N. j., Of
her father. Eugene Delano. OF No. II Washington
Square North
New-York tribune., 1907-10-08

Mr. and Mrs. August Belmont r., are at Plem-
ton Manor, their place at Hampstead. Long Island
for the fall.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-08

St. Thomass Church will be the scene this after
noon at o'clock OF tho wedding Of Alfred Graham
Miles TO Miss Louise Clover Boldt. A reception
will follow at the Waldorf-Astoria-
New-York tribune., 1907-10-08

Eugene Higgins has arranged to sail next week
for Europe on board his steam yacht Varuna. with
q party of friends
New-York tribune., 1907-10-08

Mr.. and Mrs. William V Chaplin have sailet
from Boston for Europe. 10 spend the winter a
Rome.
Mrs E H Hartman has decided 10 pOstpous III,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-14
SCHOOL BOARD WILL
DISCUSS HIGH SCHOOL
Majority of Trustees Favor Erecting
a New Building-a Plan
Suggested.

The board of school trustees will
hold It's regular meeting in the
High school building mt O'clock
tonight. 1t is exected that the trus.
tees will discuss the question of
having High school building crecc-
ed instead of an addition TO the
Twen!y-second street school as first
proposed. A majority of the mem.
bcrs of the board in favor of the
plan for erecting IL naw High school
building. To be devoted exclusively
to High school classes, and several
of Ale councilmen have been fav-
orably impressed with the PROPOSE
tiun.
1t Is suggested by some members
OF the council that part Of the
100000. which the city is to receive
from the street railway companies
operating in the city, be used in
erecting and cquipping Il High
school building.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-14
DR.. SOUTHALL'S RECORD
is A VERY CLEAN ONE
Asylum Board Accepts His Resiena
ton as Assistant Physician-Dr.
Brunk is il.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. Feb. 10
The special board of directors Of the
Eastern State Hospital met here yes
terday, all the members being pres
ent for the first time in several
months.
DR.. p. T. Southall, assistant physi-
clan. rendered his resignation and the
same was accepted to be effective as
soon as DR.. Irene Billiard, the female
physician, arrives to assume the du-
ties of the office. She is expected
here in few days
A feature of the action of the spe.
cial board yesterday was the dis.
missal of all charges again DR.. South.
all and the hospital records now show
that there is nothing against him as
a man or physician so far as the
hospital is concerned.
Beyond the above action of the
board there is nothing new at the
hospital so far as can be learned, DR..
Brunk being confined to his bed by
Illness today.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-14
PRESIDENT MAY OFFER
FINE PLACE TO COL. LEE
Fairfax Descendant of the South's
Leader Said to Be Slated for
Federal Job,

RICHMOND, Va. Feb. 13.-Since
the death of Congressman RiXey, it
has been confidently believed in po-
litical circles that Colonel Robert
E. Lee, the jovial eX-legislator from
Fairfax county, would announce his
candidacy for the vacant position, but
Colonel Bob as he is fondly called,
has been astonishingly secretive
about his future plans. Indeed, no.
body today can tell whether he will
enter the race or not but it rather
looks rs II he has no ambitions in the
direction Indicated.
Hardly month ago Colonel Lee
sent In his resignation as Il member
of the House to Governor Swanson,
and asked that it be forthwith accept.
ed. He offered no explanation as to
his course, though everybody inferred
at that time, as Representative Rixey
was at deaths door, that the young
solon had congressional aspirations
Such, however, does not actually APP
pear to be the case
In view OF the mystery enveloping
the plans of Colonel Bob" it is hint
ed i'll certain quarters that Roosevelt
contemplates giving him some fine
position under the Federal admins.
tration. Just what the position is,
when he will get it or whether he
actually wants such a berth is not
known.
1t is known, however, that the
President is very fond of honoring
the descendants of famous Confeder-
'ates, and it would not be at all sur
prising If he took such course to-
wards the grandson of Robert Ed
ward Lee.
Mayhap the wish is father of the
thought in Colonel Lees case, for he
is universally liked, and hundreds of
henple would be delighted to see him
comfortably fixed in a good public of
flee. If he has any hankerings that
way
Legislator N. p. Early, of Madison
and Greene, who has served in the
House with Colonel Lee and was also
at college with him, has tried his
best to find out about the future
plans of his friend, but so far has
been unable to do so.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-14
CURTIS GETS CONTRACT.
Local Man Will Erect Y. W. c. A.
Restaurant Building.
PLANS OF new CORPORATION
Enterprise Conducted by Well Known
Newport News People Proposes to
Maintain Headquarters for Ladies
on the Exposition Grounds.

contract for the erection of the
Y. w. G. A. Restaurant, Incorporated
building on the jamestown ExDosi.
ton grounds was let last night to Mr..
j. G. Curtis. Work OH the building
will begin Immediately and 1t will be
completed and occupied before the
date set for the opening of the Ex.
position.
The directors of the Y. w. c. A.
Restaurant, Incorporated, met last
night ut the office of Hon. W. IG Bar
rett, 225 T%entyfifth street. Plans
for the building We're approved and
Mr. Curtis bid accepted
Tho purpose of this corporation is
TO maintain a building to be head.
quarters for the Young Women.s
Christian Association at the Exposi-
ton. a large, up.to-date restaurant
Will be conducted on the lower floor
and above there will be reception
room. II is proposed to make the
place particularly attractive for la.
dies who happen to be on the Ex-
position grounds without escorts
The site Is 100 feet square and is
located on the Lee Parade. near the
States Exhibit building. The build.
ing Will be GO feet square and two
stories in height.
The corporation has charter
which permits it TO operate all kinds
OF anusements if il so desires. The
capital stock is not Tess than $4,000
and not more than $4,000. and the
officers and directors are rs follows:
President. A. Buxton
vice. President-W. A. Moore, of
Norfolk
Secretary and Treasurer-W. e.
Barrett.
Directors. P. Stearnes, j. A..
Wiliett, Arthur Lee. A. Rosenbaum,
DR.. B. r. Gary, ]. L. Warren and o.
j. Brittingham
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-14
'& SociaI-PeEsonaI w
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Bethel Chapter Daughters of the
Confcderacy, will give a l,enefit tea
at the home of Mrs. Nv. Il. Barrett,
5al2 West avenue from 4 O'clock to
6 o'clock this AFTERNOON. The chap.
ter has extended an Invitation to the
John W. Daniel CHAPTER to attend the
function.
Mrs. w. w. Norwood entertained
at bridge whist ITnesday afternoon
at her home on Huntington avenue.
Mr.. Elias Pfyser has gone on a
business trip 10 Baltimore, Philadcl.
rhia and Newt York.
During Lent the ladies of ST
Agathas Guild of st. Pauls Ennis.
copal church will serve hot luncn
III II a: M. and 3 p. m. at 2l4
Twenty-eightii street.
Mr.. Fred Read who has been i'll
Tor several days is able to be out.
Mrs. AUSTIN o}erman. of Camden,
y, J., is the guest of her sister, Mrs
G. Brown Craffqi'd
Mr., William Garner and Miss Dora
aGrner have returned from Wash
mstoD where they went last week
TO attend n wedding.
Mrs. James Bragg. who was recent.
~ operated upon for appendicitis at
the General Hospital, was moved to
her home, 23l Forty-eighth street,
yesterday.
Mrs. Bessie Nelson is ill at her
home on Twenty-seventh street,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-14
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
We THEATRICAL Us
5000 66ooSo66 2

About Its All Your Fault" which
Will be at the Academy of Music Sat
urday afternoon and night, the Bir-
iningham, Ala, Age.Herald recently
said:
"'rhe play at the jefferson last
night really turned in every act upon
a boy---a runaway boy, whom nobody
really knew. and who did not really
know himself. He was put upon frs;
ono and then another in the plot, and
whoever fathered that hoy. even lit.
tie. enabled all the rest to exclaim at
the end it's all Your fault. +"
Tile cast last night was not large,
but everyone fitted in we'll. Charles
~, Slime as the good natured uncle OF
all with whom he came in contact
was admirable, and as much can he
said for Miss Olive Evans, who as
Flora Beasley," played her part
with satisfaction. The season will IN.
deed be an excellent one II II brings
TO us no poorer players than those
who presented Mr.. Selwyn's farce
comedy last night"
The SquaW Man."
After a most successful run of six