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New-York tribune., 1907-11-10

rcfrain from an accesson-and often an express
sion-of astonishment when they see a woman
roll and smoke a cigarette
fad usually takes a little time to grow in
England, and longer time to cease growing
over here fad is more contagious 1t sweeps
along till it wears itself out. The fad for smok-
ing crept into England and remained there
English women smoke when they please but
they never please 10 smoke in the street Here
many women adopted the fad for smoking with
the same enthusiasm which they displayed IN
adopting pulback skirts at one time and foolish
looking FIorodora hats at another There was a
iimr-just a short while aEo-when many a
woman i'm New York would not admit that she
could not smoke II she didn't she explained
that "shc could. of course. but she didn't like il
particularly" Some even carried around boxes
of cigarettes. which they professed to use and
sometimes did.
They practised smoking in private. and APP
pcarcd at luncheons able To roll and Icht a
cigarette like an old stagcr. After luncheon
they all smoked, for the hostess of this femi-
nine imitation of the smoker was usually wise
enough not To ask anybody who could not either
smoke or make the attempt to.
Gaining courage because of their success in
smoking at luncheon. some women took 10
willing away the weary time so many have to
spend at dressmakng establishments in smok-
ing. In the afternoon they would smoke and
drink tea well feel wildly Eiddy.
The dainty little smoking rooms fitted I'D for
customers by enterprising modistes proved
drawing cards. 1t is safe to say that many a
gown has been ordered and many an unneces-
sary furbelow purchased just because madames
was such cosey place to drop into for a smoke.
TO PROMOTE SOCIABILITY.
Then II occurred to these women that of,a,
New-York tribune., 1907-11-10
FOR HUDSON PARK.
Proposition That There Be National
Control Of the Highlands.

project 10 make national park OF the
Highlands of the Hudson as a memorial Of the
Revolution is being agitatcd. 1t is proposed. il
the suggestion is acted upon by the national
government i'm time to dedicate il on September
%, 1909. the day determined upon by the Hud-
son-Fulton celebration commission for the "dod-
ication OF parks and memorials" along the Hud-
son River. The idea, which was suggested by
II. *. Bush Brown, of Newburg. has been in
dOrSed by the American Scenic and Historic
Preservation Society. Attention is now being
drawn TO il by Or. Edward l.. Partridge
There are national parks in the West cstab-
lished for the protection of scenery and forests.
There national parks in the South and in
Pennsylvania for the preservation of battlchcIds
of the Civil War. Why il is asked. should there
not be a national park in New York. not only
for the preservation Of the scenery which has
made the Hudson famous the world over but
which also has historic interest as being one
defence and attack in the Revolution? II is
further argued that at present all of the great
national parks in the West, and not unrca-
sonably the East might ask for such a park
The proposition is to create government
reserve TO include the Hudson River between
Cornwall and Fshbill on the north and Jones
Point and Peekskill on the south. With this
there would be included the wild woodland of
the Highlands 10 the extent of about sixty five
square miles the east and fifty-seVen square
miles on the Of the river The government
II Is stated, could secure control at q relatively
small expense by obtaining rights or easements
New-York tribune., 1907-11-10
RAPS THE CONTROLLER.

These charges which / have denied could
only have emanated from the Controllers Office.
1t is true there is conflict between the city
Controller. and the head of the Police Depart
ment. The cause of the trouble. however, is be-
cause the Controllers office in this. in other
ways, is attempting to block the public ous-
ness of the Police Department. Why. may no''
perhaps. be stated with exact accuracy. ouI
those who are interested will find illumnatihs
facts in the attack made upon the First Deputy
Police commissioners integrity last Aususl'
which attack had it's origin in the ConITohsIs rs
office and resulted in the indictment oS -
grand jury OF the star detective or the - ~.
troll-TS office. who. at the tnsugatlon ., -
Controllers office. was to lay bare the aItes
wickedness of the First Deputy COmmissioIte,.s ts,
1T Is not true that the Police ConihlsSs.Ss S,ss
has proceeded with his own elaborate @ scn0S Cor
In the construction of new police stations. a. -
the simple reason that he cannot do 50 Si .bs
the law. and moreover. the watchdOSS or or,,SoI
treasury In the Controllers office nave the S-,rI
right 10 prevent any eNtT1tVagant sChSLilJ -sfe
being undertaken. Hence. if any elaoCsh ,-sh
schemes have gone through, IL has Deen W.
the full approval of the Controllers 3 oiii00'
New-York tribune., 1907-11-10

all. they had learned the art of smoking from
the purely artless and unseIfish motive of wish
ing to be more companonable to their husbands,
brothers, sons and fathers. Somehow smoking
never entered much into the calculations of
young people who wanted to promote feelings of
sociability before the all important question was
asked and answered. Girls seemed to feel that
men had not entirely got the first shock
of seeing them putting at cigarettes and young
men appeared to like to see the lips Of their
inamoratas unencumbered. After an engage
ment things often changed little in this re-
SpeCt. A courageous man has even been known
to try TO cure his fiancee of her habit of smOk-
ing. He seldom succeeded. Has mere man
ever succeeded in changing anything about
which woman has made up her mind? Not
often.
About the time that women began to smoke
from motives of soclabiiity among the men of
their faInily-and other peoples families-they
were sufficiently versed in the proper way of
rolling, holding and lighting cigarettes and in
haliIg and exhaling smoke TO be at liberty
to give attention to other things. They decided
that cigarettes, as put up for men. were not
really worthy of feminine consideration. Since
then toaacConistS have been actively engaged IN
bringing out weeds suited feminine tastes
They made up cigarette which was said 70
contain a trife Of some unwhoIesome drug
calculated to impart novel flavor to the smoke
and brightness to the smokers eyes Men de-
cried these little trif1es put up in boxes to
tempt the feminine taste. They generally dis
datned even to put one between their lips.
WOmcn also developed an ardent fancy Tor
Turkish cigarettes, perfumed cigarettes and a
kind of Egyptian cigarette Usually they
wanted mild smokes and even took to q little
cigar that more cigarette than anything
else
Novelty in flavor and attractiveness in ar
rangement, however, soon palled upon women.
They wanted something new in cigarettes. Did
those cigar shop men think they wanted cigd-
rettes with plain cork tips or tips at all
unless a hit of paper could be called one?
Thus adjured the cigarmakers went out
among feminine furbelOws and bought bolts
upon bolts Of light blue silk. with which they
wrapped the ends of cigarettes for their dainty
customers. Women were pleased. They did
look cunning-those little cigarettes with
their taffeta tips Of Clearest sky blue-and they
becoming? 1t though one held
a turquoise between the cleft of cherry.
Unexpectedly, some men were pleased. too.
They liked the blue silk tips so much that a
big silk manufacturer in Paterson had to keep
his mills working overtime to produce enough
blue silk taffeta TO trim cigarettes for men.
TObacCOnists buy the silk In bolts Of four hun
dred yards eaCh-and four hundred yards go a
long way cigarettes.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-10
IS THIS EXTRAvAGENCEl

Meanwhile. plans for both the 1st and u
Precinct station houses We're drawn by archi.
tests whose appointments were approved by The
Mayor. and these architects worked under gen
erdl Instructions somewhat as follows.
These station houses must be built 70 last
Tor AT least nifty years. They must be solid and
substantial and contain all the modern con-
NenIeuCeS for the use of the City's police with
out. however. amy Injuries Heating 10 be
carefully provided for, ventilation 10 he care
fully provided for II being thought that the
city OF New York would wish In have its poic5
as well housed, for instance, as the school chill
uren aud their buildings as well ventilated as
those Of the Board of Education.
The architecture To be severe. simple. but
strong. with the general idea that the build
ing should tell Its own story. Previous exam
pies OF police station houses in this city are
ridiculous. because they. for the most part, look
Ike country boarding houses or. IN some q
the better cases, like a Scntleman'S summer
VITA Provision was To be made FOR housing the
necessary horses and wagons In order 70 save
Staple bilS- The general construction Of IT,
buildings 20 he Of the kind To stand wear and
10 he easily washed down
II the above general layout for the new 20
nee station houses is too eNtravaSant or luXu-
ilouS Tor New York City'S police the Police
commissioner has Yet To be informed Of it. L
must always h5 borne in mind in connection
with all the expenditures Of the Police Commits
Slou'r that The Police Commissioner IL not the
sole deciding authority and that all Of his eX-
pcHultureS are subject 10 audit by the Controller,
ana II Is easy for the Controller 10 hold down
any supposed extravaganza on the part OF the
IohCe commissioner
AS regards the pIaus for tina 1s+ and "a
freclnct station houses. they have been gons
over by an entirely independent architect Sc
IeCted tor that purpose by the Mayor, and Il
ivn.aihs 10 be seen whether his report VIII
JuSuIy these charges of the extravaganza os
the Police Commissioner
New-York tribune., 1907-11-10
NEW RULE DEDUCED.

Now, the rule has lately been deduced that
the number of seconds between the first and
second preliminary tremors when multiplied by
eight and one-tenth SD gives the distance
of the centre of disturbance in miles. Say that
this DISTANCE. as measured off by dots where
minutes have Deen measured on the paper
EQUALS : minutes o seconds, or 300 seconds
Multiply by 81 and you have 2,509 miles as
the approximate distance lying between the
Quake's centre and the instrument.
But this does not give the location of the
centre It is $500 miles away, but in what direc
lion? Now when the new international clearing
house receives from many different stations rec
ords of one 0f the mysterious quakes it may
proceed in this way: suppose that the main
shock was first felt AZ Toxic at three seconds
past n0on al Hawaii i've seconds past, at Sitka
eleven seconds past and at Washington twenty
seven seconds past It will then be evident that
of the four stations Toxic was nearest the origin
centre Of the disturbance. The distance from
each point having an instrument is estimated as
Then a map is laid down on table and a
compass describes around each Of these points a
circle having radius propoIuonately equal TO
this distance. The common area where the great
number OF circles overlap is marked on the
map as The probable locality Of the mysterious
earthquakes origin
The dfecoverer of this interesting method is
Dr. Omori secretary Of the earthquake commits
sion OF Japan. who while studying the great San
japanese hoodums Of the Pacific Coast. DR..
Omori has been in Washington within the last
few weeks Lately ne visited the weather bu-
Teau. whose new seismOgraph. or earthquake re-
corder invented by this same distinguished
japanese. Professor Marvin, il charge Of the
instrument, took DR.. Omori see IT, and by a
strange coincidence il began to record a great
earthquake while the eyes Of its inventor We're
fixed upon it
Sixty-one earthquakes have been recorded on
the Washington instrument in the last year.
This was an average Of over five month one
every six days. Only about six of these are
known 10 have been destructive at their centres,
and would have been noticed III Washing
ION had not the governments instrument been
working. although the ground beneath it moved
much rs half inch. Since 1907 began there
have been recorded ten earthquakes Of sufficient
violence for the weather bureau issue press
bulletins announcing them. But the great ma
jDTlty of the recorded ones unacCOmpanied
10y any news dispatches Of phenomena noticed
anywhere on the face of the globe, and hence
are believed 10 be sea quakes'-to originate
under the oceans. Few of their centres will be
traced until the years data have passed through
the new clearing house at Strasburg.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-10
RECENT FREAKS
OF EARTHQUAKES
NEW MOUNT4IN BULGES
OUT OF THE SEA.
An Island Rises Similarly of the
Coast of Burmah.
ecopyrIght. 1907. by John Elfreth WATKINS


In future seismic mysteries viii be referred
90 the new international clearing house for
earthquake data that is now being opened for
business in Strasburg, capital of Alsace-Lor-
raine
Records made by the scores of earthquake
recorders scattered over the world are to be
sent into this central station, those of the
American Instruments through Professor II.
Fielding Reid. of Johns Hopkins University
Data from ten American instruments Will be
coming to Professor Reid before the year is out
New instruments are being installed at Ancon,
on the Panama Canal; at Harvard and at the
University of Colorado. while they have already
been installed at Washington, Albany two
points in Maryland - Baltimore and Chel-
tenham-and at three in California-Oakland
Berkeley and Mount Hamilton. Then we have
in our territory four more-at Honolulu, Sitka
Manila and III Porto Rico. Canada has three
and Latin America two.
But how can the unknown centres of mys-
terious earthquakes be located at the worlds
new central bureau at Strasburg? a few years
ago science would have shifted at the student
promising such a feat now made possible by
improved instruments
First the distance Of the earthquake centre is
computed. In press reports OF recent shocks
recorded by instruments estimates that the CEN
ire was so many thousands of miles away have
been made Now the hand which keeps the
earthquake score of the most modern lnstru-
ments rests on a revolving cylinder ana WORKS
gradually from edge 10 edge. like the fine ChlSel
of a planning lathe Under the hand Is a paper
fastened about the-Cylinder, and the llne traced
6sy and night on this sheet is straight so long
as Mother Earth remains normal
But when she quakes the hand trembles from
side to side, writing a zigzag, slight at nrs'
perhaps, then dying down almost 10 a straight
line then swelling more than before, then sub
siding again. and finally striking out boldly
across the sheet on the record of the main
nnptr
New-York tribune., 1907-11-10
WHAT SHE WANTED TO SAY.

John. .he cook has left -. re WITH
Now GwendOlyn. is it right TO rsse so, fhe Of
such news when 1 return home late HUM
Tee. tired out and lslngry-- - -, ,,s cook
But, John, dear, | merely want to say 'A0
has LETT And
Yes I know ycu merely want TO say, that
merely want 70 say that it's q grest SLa $50 Why
this household is etCrualiy disorSanIzou-
can't NOu2 Way .ha COOK
John do listen To me. I tell you thlt Uhhicsen.
knew YOu would be Hte she LETT q cou -, the
custaTd pudding and n bottle OF c1aIe1 '
dining table for YOU. -.,,rrca
Well GWendOlyn, why in the name OF 1x5ysr-
tiser.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-10
NEW ALASKAN MOUNTAIN.

How one of these quakes grew a new
mountain and another almost obliterated il
again is the still more remarkable story
which came into the photographic office a
few days ago from Lleutenants Camden and
Crozier OF the revenue cutter McCulIoch. who
on July landed on the northeast point of
Bogoslof Island TO make survey Bogoslof, a
INK OF The Aleutian chain, is a barren stretch
Two miles long by three-quarters of a mile wide
Approaching il, the officers expected Ia find as
usual, Two high rocks with open water between
Dut 10 thelr aInazement they found that a sand
Eplt had been lifted out Of the sea between theu,
ana back OF 1t was peak 400 feet high
Approaching the new mountain they found in
Vulnerable jets Of steam escaping from the side
and forming a dense cloud above the summit
IL was mass OF loose earth and rocks reseIn-
bling the dump from a huge excavation Al the
hundreds of tons and ready 10 ;opple over al
The slightest tremor OF the foundation TIE
steam spouting from the sides was discoloring
New-York tribune., 1907-11-10

the rocks with sulphur. whose dsagreeabe
fumes filed the atmosphere.
Behind the mountain, which they named NC
CulIoch Peak in honor of their vessel theE
discovered newly created steamlng lake l'%oV
feet long and from 80 TO l0o feet vide fEoII rom
this rose dense clouds of steam and the SURFACE surface
water registered 96 degrees. photographs
showing the new peak which thus rose so llys-
teriously out of the were taken by Lleuleh-
ants Camden and Crozier the day OF It's as
covery The island had been visited last ran:
when such prominence gave evidence OF
forming. In June of last year, however, d
smaller peak thus suddenly formed near
the same spot. But the upheaval of the newer
McCuOch Peak caused the near side or TINS
former new development to collapse, leaving q
perpendicular wall about 2ID feet hlSh. me
latest report is that another earthquake occurred
recently and caused the new peak to dWlhdlc 10
almost nothing.
SEISMIC ZONES"
new island similarly out of the sea of
the coast of Arakan. Burmah, on the night OF
December II last. Lighthouse builders on
neighboring island were alarmed in the night
bv loud noises from seaward. and later by
tidal wave that swept their island When day
broke they were amazed to behold. some distance
off land where the evening before ohIy open sea
had been visible This new land was FOUND 10 10
be a circular island 900 feet in diameter ID
feet high and composed of gray clay, emitting
a strong odOr of sulphur. -,
A system of predicting earthquakes mas @ @uee,I
partly developed by DR.. Omori the JaPdiaToe s
above mentioned. Applying II hlInSeI ne PuS
dicted in a publication or June l"V"' nc -
next great shock on the Pacific Coast WoulH pe
in Chill or Peru Less than two months a1ter-
ward this prognostication was confirmed by a r.le
N~.,1rarliSo make in Chill His metnOu OF pre-
dirtior is basod on his observation that de
structive earthquakes are seldom isolated. out
occur in groups along what he terms selsill'
zones No two violent shocks occur successive
lv from the same centre, however. he mus
recent great earthquakes to have occurred esPe-
ciaIlv in two zones. one runs down the f'culc
Cost If North Central and South .-rlca'
from the AIeutian Islands almost to CAPE horn
The other beginning at the Pacihc eNtehus
arross Asia westward through the Hlmalaya d
Mountains and then through Europe along the
northern shore Of the Mediterranean Sea Along
the American earthquake zone mere nave I ors
sn,-er Great shocks within eight years, accord
ing 10 Or Omor, who says that these seem TO
he connected with the growth of the Rocky ana
Andes mountain ranges. ,.1,,
The photograph of the new mountain McCui-
ioch Peak shows what progress can be rlaue
in mountain growing within a few mohths a.
~ - ortl,arr ovtrer,ity of the american seis-
mic zone JOHN Eli ttf- l II VA iNi-''''
New-York tribune., 1907-11-10
POLICE HEAD
DENIES CHARGES
SAYS NEW STATIONS Apr
NOT LUXURIOUS.
Unsanitary Ones Being Impror,,
as Fast as 1t Is Possible
to DO So.

1t has been charged that Police Commiss,0u.-
Bingham. having obtained from the Roa-s :
Estimate and AppOrtionment an appropr,at,o-
OF 100000 for the purpose of repIacing -
tain unsanitaTy police stations with san,t,
ones. allowed the unsanitary police station, :.
remain in their unheaIthfuI condition and r..,
the money 10 build unnecessarily luxurious ~ f,
lice stations in precincts where the old s.a,,ou.
were still sanitary and heaIthfuI. General Bin,
ham denies these charges. To a Tribune :
porter he said last week:
1T is not true that no attempt is being MAJ.
to replace the unsanitary buildings. Every on,
Of the buildings which IL has been attennt.s
to replace has been condemned by the HaaI.,
Department as Unsanitary.
Great delays and obstacles have been ar,
station houses of the city. The Police Com
missioner has intended to devote ths money
appropriated entirely TO those districts beloy
18th street. The prices Of land there are verv
high, and at the same time it is vitally necss
sary that no more Cramped stations should Ia
built on account of the necessities OF the SER
vice. Provision has been made 10 replace tha
very unsanitary Leonard street station II IN
proposed TO place the new station house a.
Beach and Varick streets. The land has already
been obtained and the architects are TOW az
work on the plans for the building, the arch-
lecture of which, as proposed. will be defnits
addition to the municipal buildings OF this city,
New-York tribune., 1907-11-10
ONE OF THE WORST.


ON the case Of the Delaney street station.
which is another OF the extraordinarily IN
healthy stations. a new site is just on the verge
of being obtained for the city by condemnation
at Delaney and Clinton streets. This site has
been chosen with foresight and care It will
not only answer the purposes OF the old De-
lancey street station. but will also house The
DoIice needed for the work of the department on
the williamsburg Bridge. this site oelng 11St
al the western extremity OF that bridge
.Ope or two sites have been hunted for in
Rrooklvn 10 replace two of the worst station
houses there. but owing 10 the Uemendois
prices asked il has been Impossible 70 maaa
progress. -, 49,, - -
Turning then to the charge that the new pO-
lice stations which are being built are unneces-
e.riI,- luxurious the Commissioner continued:
..The plans for the station house IN SOa
street have received the approval OF al tla
legal authorities, including the Controllers Of
flee the Sinking Fund commissioners. tns
BOARD OF Estimate and AppCruonment ana ths
Municipal Art Commission owing 10 the Tlsa
i'm building materials within the last year CT
two IL was found necessary before these plans
which had been approved by all these otner
authorities. in addition 70 the Police ComIniS-
sioner. could be carried out, 20 obtain S+ltc0
in addition To the regular appropriation Wnlca
had been made for that station house The
of S4OOOO from the S2,Nntto referred 10 n
these charges was approved by all tEe legal
authorities. and not done arbitrarily by the
Police Commissioner
Fortunately for the city. the Controllers o.
flee is not the only city authority III addition 70
the Police Commissioner which has 10 pass on
plans for police station houses II was under
taken to rebuild the lSt Precinct station hOuss
al old SliD for reasons which the Health De-
partmeut records viii show 20 have been highly
important Here was a case where no Land
needed 10 be bought, as the city owned the sire.
In the case of the IL Precinct. the old
Church street station has been sod and lis
price more than sufTiced to buy the new lot Sc
Iected i'm Greenwich street running through to
Washington street. The buildings on this plot
have been torn down and everything is ready
sf1-rIur Inn.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-10
A DECLINING FAD.
UOmcn Who Smoked Noe Neglect
the Weed
BY VI. W. Mount.

In the United States the emancipation Of
women has not proceeded rapidly that men
New-York tribune., 1907-11-10

Mr., Fiedes and other experts have vouchcd for
it's authenticity. l. y l..
New-York tribune., 1907-11-10

Then it occurred to these women that. after