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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-09
THE ROCKEFELLER GIFT.

The new pace which has been set by Mr..
Rockefeller in breaking all records for philan-
thropy is almost terrifying. 1t makes the
locker wonder whether the race toward glori-
GUS poverty will not end with the government
and few charitable institutions in possession
OF all the funds Probably the only persons who
are grumblng over this latest titanic benehcence
are the radicals whom 1t has robbed of some of
their choicest arguments.
After the first shock Of amazement has sub
sided public interest Will centre upon the dis
pOsal of the income aCcTuing from these thirty
two well invested millions. The fact that the
General Education Board is the recipient OF the
gift indicates Mr.. ROckefeller's determination TO
seek the greatest good for the greatest number
of his fellow citizens There is no organization
of kindred character better able to make the
most of so vast a sum. Composed of experts on
education and business management and
powered to use it's funds wherever and however
they will bring results, the General Education
Board may be able to effect something like
revolution In a comparatively short time One
thing in connection with the gift deserves no.
tice; the letter announcing ii does not restrict
the use of the funds to institutions of higher
education That is equitable and wise. and now
that the board has so much wealth at its dis
posal we earnestly hope that It will largely de-
vote its new energies TO the weakest parts Of
our school system While the sons and daugh-
tiers of the wealthy and well-to-do classes have
been dabbing in quaterniOns and Quintilian at
the expense of university endowers the children
Of the poor whites have not received chance to
learn the three RS. The enormous economic
waste caused by this neglect must be apparent TO
Mr.. Rockefeller, whose sense OF values is so
keen.
1t is a rare opportunity. this one Of being
able to multiply the efficiency of large num-
bers Of men and women by education The
great warriors Of history surpassed by our
generals of peace in respect both TO achieve
ments and to methods. We doubt very much
whether the Gallo War the Russian cam
paign was conducted with one-half the thor
Oughness that marks the operations which Mr..
Rockefeller carries through the General Edu-
cation Board. Many persons may feel that the
strategies Of the board, some of which will
presumably force weak and i'll placed schools
TO the wall, are cruel, but no wise educator
will share that feeling. The country is over
run with petty, inefficient colleges granting
worthless degrees and deluding their students
into thinking themselves cultured. There is
frightful waste of money and effort due to lack
of intelligent cooperation among institutions.
Before very long even the bereaved friends of
the extermnated colleges will rejoice that n
great Industrial captain was willing TO spend
a fortune in bringing order out of chaos.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-09
AZ OTERSTGHT.

One frequent trouble with reformers Is that
they fall 10 see the funny side OF their pro
grammes which really ought to be submitted to
expert before they put the market
and the platform. See the case OF Jersey City,
where certain broad minded but short sighted
Utopians are struggling for the adoption OF
that glorious European principle Of "a seat.
whole seat and nothing but a seat on the
streetcars.
Now, everybody who ever saw Jersey City
knows that during the morning and evening rush
hours the drOves OF commuters scurryng in and
out of cars and ferries Outnumber the tabled
hOrdes of Nerxes. Like these hordes, too they
allow themselves to be driven about and hud-
died together by taskmasters thny disguised as
conductors and ferry guards. The car com
panies say. with much show of exactness. that
two thousand human beings are cast out OF the
nav Of one Pennsylvania ferryboat at one dis
gorging. To provide seats for all these unhappy
creatures an incredible number Of ears would
have to be constructed and the trackage in the
vicinity OF the piers enormously increased The
companies say, furthermore. that the necessary
additions of rolling ST TX and trackage are hope
lessly imprscticable.
Our sympathes are wholly with the strap
hangers but our favOrs the companies.
While conditions I'm New Jersey are not wholly
like those in Manhattan, they nre so much so in
respect TO some transportation problems that the
humOr Of the proposed reform cannot escape the
New Yorker, who needs only to imagine the
results Of such a novelty at home In order to
smile-withal, somewhat sadly. no seat. no
fare we fear, would mean I'm Manhattan n
ten story elevated and ten cellar subway. Sur
face ears would have To be run In the fourth
dimension. Coney Island would be ruined its
airshtps and trips TO the moon and elsewhere
could not stand the competition. And even the
local amusement enterprises. such as the Park
avenue tunnel, might be driven into bankruptcy
After all, Is strap hanging bad as IT Is
painted? New York suffers from so much pros
perity that her inhabitants should SYSTEMATICALLY
suffer some minor indignities. just to keep hui
mility alive When consider the shape OF
Manhattan Island. is 1t not patent that an exas-
perating car service has been foreOrdaned by
the powers that mould rivers and hills? Would
1t not be more in harmony with natures dispcn-
satiOns and plans to abolish seats altogether?
Not only would the capacity of the cars be
greatly increased thereby, but mcekness would
blossom like n tender flower in every soul in
stead Of merely in the chastened hearts of those
who take the up-bOund evening ears north OF
BROOKLYN Bridge.
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Antusen1ents.


ACADEMY OF MUsIc-2-s:15-Ths Music Master.
AEEo 81 HAILoS.Panola Recital
AsToR-2:30-s :so-Ths straight Road
RELASCO-2-S:l6-The Rose OF the Rancho.
BlJOU--2-S15-A Dolls House.
bROADWAY-2;I0 -s:l0-The Partisan Model
CARNEGIE -2.3O-Concsrt: S:1b-concert
tASINO-2-s:i1-Princsss BegBar.
COLONIAL-2-s-Esudeyille
CRTTERTON-2:2O-S:2O Aero Club.
DALYS-2l5-sI 5-The Belle OF Mayfair.
EDEN MISEE-The World Wax
EMPIRB-2.20-S.20- BTasEbOCnd's Conversion.
GAHDEN-2:iS-s l5-The Little NlchUs.
0ARFtfCK-2: 30-Caught in the Rain
BACKEIT'T-220- s:30-The Chorus Lady.
HERALD SQUARES :I5-The Road Yesterday.
PPoDiOME-2-S-Neptunes Daughter ana Pioneer
-2:i5-s:l6-Tke HypoerItes
IRVING pIAACE-2:15-s Oder Blinde Passagicr-
KNICkERBOCRER-2 :15-s:1b-The Red MIL.
lIBERTY-2:15- :i5-SalOmy Jane.
LINCOLN MISUNDERSTANDING Belle Of London
LYCEUM-2I5-s:15-The and the Mouse.
LKRIC-2-ThA SVnken Bell! s-RomeO and Juliet.
MADISON E-2:15-S:i5-The Three Of Us
MAJESTIC-2-S-The Rose Of the Alhambra
MANHATTAS-2 S;26-Ihe Girl and the Governor,
MANHATTAN OPERA HOUSE-2-Mgnou; S:16-Afda-
3iENDEISSOHN HAII1-S-Recita,
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSB-2-IA Boheme; g.
NEW AMSTERDAM-2:l5-s:l B-Brewsters Millions
NEW YoRK-2-S:1b-The Vanderbilt Cup.
PRINCESS 220-s;20-The Great Divide.
E-2:l5-S:1b-The Man OF the Hour.
ST NICHOLAS RINR-s-Yale vs.. Princeton
TELHARAiONIC HAI.I-2-S-EectrfcM Music
WALLACE 6-21b-S:1b-T Rich Mr.. Hoggenhemef
WEBER s1b-Dream City and The Magic
knight.
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and sought the abode OF the "Hon. Tobias Wink
eye" where It's shine was to be had. 1t was
great speech, and according to 1.-THE CONNER
cial-Appeal," many Of the friends of prohibition
were seen early the next morning after 1t try
ling to pluck electric bulbs from the streetcars
"in order to carry them home as souvenirs or
"the triumph of temperance" The practical
result of it leads THE Appeal to observe that
"A man who can take nineteen able bodied booze
fighters and make them vote to put booze out
'of commission is the whole peach tree
Lest we may seem to present the BIASED view
of only one authority, let us quote the words
of that genial commenter on Tennessee AFFAIRS
the editor Of The Hardeman (Tenn) Free
Press
When the PendletOn bill had passed nineteen
Of its supporters turned loose, and we rode bare
back on the finest jag We ever had in our life.
The Southern gentleman is singularly broad
minded in his views prohibition. His belief
in it is strictly impersonal. When we read that
the South is going dry we need not worry
about the great change that is coming over the
habits of the South" The Southern gentleman
believes in prohibition where it will do the most
good and, unlike charity. it does not begin at
bnTD
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-09

Good judgment has thus far won in the griev-
ance committee of fremen and trainmen of the
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad. The committee, in con-
sidering the ACCESSIBILITY of a strike, decided that
the present condition of freight congestion and
the recent increase in wages would cOnspire to
make the strikers cause nightly unpopular
Further efforts therefore to be made toward
a peaceful settlement of all difficulties. 1t Is
gratifying to find labor unions taking the feel
ings OF the public, into consideration and letting
past substantial favors weigh in the balance
against grievances This indicates. we
hope that diplomacy and liberalism are becom-
ing habits of mind where not so very long ago
they were inspirations of genius. On this
healthy rpening of judgment the committee is
to be congra tulated.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-09

of the breakwater, does not condemn it, for the
reason that the commerce OF the Delaware River
alone might well justify its construction But the
inquiry is suggested whether the same objection
might not be made TO Cape May. Could harbor
of refuge there be reached by the average coast
ing vessel which was not going into or out OF
Delaware Bay as readily as one at some other
point on the Southern New Jersey coast! we 90
not say it could not be. The question Is TO be an
swered by practical navigators, but 1t should be
answered authoritatively before the harbor is de-
cded upon. for il is really the cruX of the whole
matter There is no more important feature OF
a place of refuge than accessibility. The safest
place in the world would be Of no value II II
could not he entered in time of need. And 1t is
purely as a place OF refuge that this proposed
harbor is to lie judged. The notion that any con-
siderable commerce can ever be developed in that
region may be abruptly dismissed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-09


1t is gratifying to know that Commissioner
Bingham's appeal for legislation which Will
give him real control Of the police force has
not fallen on deaf ears at Albany. Mr.. More
land. the majority leader in the Assembly. is
quoted as saying that the police bills will pass
that body without delay. Some minor amend
ments have been made. preserving TO detective
sergeants their present rights as TO pay, rank
and participation in the benefits of the pension
fund. No object 10 such a fulfilment
of legal obligations express implied, and
General Bingham himself has been anxious
from the first 10 dc no member of the force
personal injustice. He aims only al establish
ing principle. and that principle an elementary
one in any scheme of administration, whether
military, mi-military or purely civil. There
must be subordinatlon and discipline in every
working body if efficiency is TO be attained
And discipline and subordination can come
only when the directing agent is vested with
clear and unmstakable authority.
Mr.. Burnett the chairman OF the Assembly
Cities Committee. is reported to have said after
Thursdays hearing that General Bingham's ar
guments were ''unanswerabe" This Is an opn-
ion which The Tribune has more than once
expressed. We cannot sympathize with the let
well enough-or bad enough-alone plea made
before the committee by Assemblyman Voss.
OF Brooklyn, who opposed the Bingham bills
because they would put the police force at the
mercy Of the politicians working through a ma
chine Mayor and straw man appointee in the
Police Gemmissionershlp. That was the idea
which lay at the bottom of the old bipartisan
scheme of administration, which simple mind
edly sought TO relieve the police from pressure
on the part OF the politicians OF one party by
subjeeting them 10 pressure from the poIiti-
clans of both parties. That system OF many
headed management and widely dispersed au-
AS To foil
substituting a single Commissioner for the old
board Of four members We unfortunately left
the new head Of the force tied hand and foot
by the traditions Of the old regime The In
spectors retained their ancient semi-indepen-
dent status and were stin able practically TO
dictate the policy Of the department.
Nr. VoSs argued that the inspectors should
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-09
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
GFror, Tho tribune Bureau.l

Iron Tho Tribune Bureaul
Washington Feb. S-The ball given by the stu
dents Of George Washington University. the dance
given by the Athletic Club OF the Catholic Univer
sity and small private dance at the home OF MT
and Mrs Frederick c. Stevens. in 18th street en-
ga ged the entire attention OF the younger members
of society tonight. The last mentioned dance was
for the debutantes OF the season. about thrty-ive
I'm number and as many OF the young men, inc
George Washington University ball was under the
patronage OF Mrs. Fairbanks Baroness Won stern
burg Baroness Hengelmjiller. Baroness Rosen, VS.
countess Aoki. Nine. Quesada. Nine Hauge. Nine
van Swinderen Mrs Bonaparte Mrs. Shonts MIS-
John R. Mclean. Miss BOardman and Mrs Thomas
Nelson Page. while many OF the same women
served as patronesses for the Catholic University
ball
Justice Moody left washington to-day for Boston,
where two dinners will be given in honor OF his
accession to the Supreme Court bench. one by the
bar association Of his home and the other by his
Harvard class Miss Moody, his sister. Is here Tor
the winter
The Misses shonts left Washington to-day Tor
Nav Orleans for the carnival season.
Major General and Mrs. George l. Gillespie gave
dinner tonight in honor OF the Secretary or the
treasury and Mrs. Shaw. Among those invited 10
meet them were Captain and Mrs. Clover General
Wilson and Representative and Mrs j. Van Eech-
ten OlcOtt. ,
Senator and Mrs wetmore, Mr.. and MIS- Hush
Z, wallace Mrs. B. II. Wsrder, Mr. and MIS-
oordon-Cu Cumming and Lieutenant Commander anu
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-09
OSTEOPATHY AGAIN.

Another OSteOpathy bill is waiting we trust.
for humiliation at Albany. There ought to he
little delay in Ohliterating It, for ii runs counter
to common sense and the trend of scientific adj
vance. We have no preiudiceS against este
opathy as Il method OF treatment; IT may work
many cures. and again like the best remedial
devices thus far contrived. may often fail. But
its success or failure is not the point AT issue
The osteOpathiss are fighting at Albany for
permission to practise their profession without
being required TO pass the usual examinations
in mGtcriG medicG and therapeutics required by
the present laws. They desire to have sep
arate board of osteopathic examiners conduct
ing examinations on topics regarded by the pro
fesson as important. In other words. their am
bition is to have status equal TO that OF ordi-
nary physicians. but at the same time 10 he in
dependent Of the latter.
The improperly Of these demands should he
apparent 10 everybody who is acquainted with
the present condition of the medical and sur
gical sciences. As there is not n single branch
of either which is not changing almost weekly.
it Is prepOsterous TO maintain that the este
opathist has reached high stage OF perfcc'
ton that he can neglect the rest of the medical
world and It's laborS And, again in view Of the
fact that every department of science contributes
valuable information TO many others and re-
ceives in turn much from them II is foolish 10
allow a specialist in one narrow field 10 dodge
the task of learning the achievements in con-
tguOus domains. In every science and business
there are many things which have TO be known
in full detail even though they are almost never
dealt with In daily practice. This is so con
spcuousIy true In medicine and surgery that
the OsteOpathlsts' bill Is worthy Of a decisive de-
feat
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-09
GAN MAoLAREN" TO PREACH HERE.
Promised His Friend, DR.. Aked, to Speak In
Fifth Avenue Church.

The Rev DR. Jolca Watson clan Maclaren J. ac-
COMMANDED by his wife. arrived here yesterday
from Liverpool on the Baltic DIR. Watson saio ne
would stay in the United States until the end OF
August but would remain In New YORK only thIee
or four days He will preach two sermons al the
Firth Avenue Baptist Church before leaving the
city.
Or Aked who IS 20 become pastor OF tnAt
church - a great friend OF mine" said DE- wat
son. and 1 promised him would preach at MS
church DR. Aked is English Baptist whhe
am a Scotch Presbyterian. We get on Wen 70
gether DR. Aked is eloquent speaker ana one
OF the most sincere and honest OF men. tie IS
oreat mower in Liverpool. and fancy his sermons
viii he we'll received in New York
Regarding the recent attitude OF Governor SWEET
tsnbpu on the Kingston catastrophe. DR.. watson
said. THAT Is an affair that l had rather not
discuss Every one in England was sorry TOT the
discourtesv offered to the American admiral II
was an act OF a man without tact in situation
full Of excitement" DR.. Watson said that all Eng
land was happy the appointment OF Amnassa-
dor Bryce and felt that the selection WouId
strengthen the bond OF good feeling between Eng
land and the United States. r,.,,.
Dr Watson will lecture at HaVerIord COLlese,
pbiIa delphia and give course on theolosy pe1oie
the Students OF Nashville University IN tennessee
mr. WATSON said that his new book Johh Ora
ham OF Claverhouse" would be pubiiShed soon III
m
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-09
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.

From The Tribune Bureau
Washington. Feb. S-The Ambassador from Mex
leo and Sonora Cree received all the members or
diplomatic corps at the embassy this afternoon.
The ambassador presented his credentials and was
received by the President last Saturday, and fol-
lowing the custom OF all foreign ambassadors and
minister's issued invitations to the corps for to-
days reception. Sonora Godoy and Sehor'ta Mer-
cedes Godoy wife and daughter OF the first secre-
tary ad interim. and Sonora Ianda. wife OF the
third secretary assisted Sonora Creel In receiving
Esme Howard. counsellor of the British EmDas-
sy returned to Washington from New York to-
night bringing with him Lady Isabella Howard,
his wife who arrived in New York yesterday They
have leased the house No. 22OS Massachusetts ave-
The Military Attache OF the Brazilian Embassy
and Nine de Pederueiras and their son returned to
Washington to-day from visit OF some length TO
New York
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-09
AUTHORS MATINEE A SUCCESS.
Crowd Attends Readings for Benefit Of Mary
Fisher Home.

An authors matinee for the benefit Of the Mary
Fisher Home for superannuated authors ARTISTS
teachers and members OF other professions was
bald Yesterday in the Aston Gallery at the Waldorf
The gallery was crowded to overlooking insurlhs
n financial success. VIII Carleton presided Charles
Batteu IoomIs Mrs. Ruth McEnery stuart Dr.
James NJ Ludlow. Nixola Greeley-Smith and Mrs-
Rose Pastor Stokes among the authors who
gave original readings. Albert Payson Terhune
read an extract his forthcoming novel, Caleb
Conover Railroader.'' which was received with
great interest. Mrs. Albert Payson Terhune's
piano solo. a uocturne in minor. Chopin, was also
a feature of the afternoon.
DR. Julian P. Thomas thrilled the audience with
some OF his ballooning adventures. Julius Cham
bers gave some "reminiscences. and William Ordway
Partridge spoke on ''AFt-Past and Present Miss
Evangeline Booth spoke on her work with the Sal
walton Army.
other musical numbers were furnished by Miss
Ethel Lowe. Miss Cecilia Bradford and Julian
Pascal
The programme closed with address OF thanks
by Mrs. Mary Virginia Terhune marian Hsrland).
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-09
THE FAREWELL TO MR.. BRYCE.
A True Note of Commences.
From The Boston Transcript.

From The Boston Transcript
The farewell dinner given last night IN London
TO James Bryce by the Pilgrims Society nad a
truer ring OF genuineness than charaCterizeS most
occasions of the kind. We believe IL 10 be true
even II somewhat paradoXical. that Mr.. Bryce un-
derStandS America better than most Americans
because he has made profounder study OF her
basis and principles OF government.
The mere fact that he has not been schoo-e4
in what have been regarded the fine arts ana
SubtletteS OF diplomacy, among which IS the famous
principle that language was given TO man 10 en-
able him 10 conceal his thoughts. gives eSpectaL
value to assurances such as those he gave In MS
address last evening The dominant note was per-
haps uttered by Ambassador Reid, who. In toast
ing Mr.. Bryce. said that incidents which a few
ago would have set both countries in a blaze
are now habitually brushed away or laughed cut OF
sight. The two peoples have better business tnai
10 be watching each other for causes OF ousncs'
and they better read the destiny 10 which both are
tending" Mr.. Bryce kept close to the rrtenC-y
suggeStive1ess OF that declaration OF mutual rei-
tons. and not only thar, but he gave historic rea
for that feeling OF friendship that has beer
steadily growing with recent years.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-09

There Is not much cause for CONSERVATION
as might AT first sight appear in the announce
ment that the old court theatre at Weimar is TO
be demolished this month and replaced with a
new and up-to-date edifce to be opened before
the end OF this year. The chief historic interest
of the old house lies In the fact that IT was the
scene Of LISTS production of Wagner's opera OF
'Lohengrin." The famous court theatre OF the
golden days Of Charles Augustus. OF which
Goethe was director for more than a quarter of
century, and in which Schiller's dramas were
first produced was torn down IN 1925 and re-
placed with the structure which Is now to be
destroyed. But 1t is of passing interest that
Thackerays little old. slowgoing "Pumper-
nickel should pull down an old theatre and put
up new one, all complete, al a cost Of $500 900
we'll within the space OF year Giddy Gotham
itself could scarcely surpass that record.
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AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
From The Tribune Bureau.l

IFrom The Tribune Bureau-l
washington Feb. s-The President receiver
call to-day from Representative Kahn, OF California
who came to make arrangements for the recepeioii
Of Mayor Schmitz and the members OF the san
Francisco School Board tomorrow
Representative Payne, Of New York presentsu
the Rev Y TT Shahbaz a Persian by birth. but an
American citizen by choice. who Is engaged III
Baptist missionary work in the land Of his natVlty-
DR. shahbaz will remain in Washington until aiter
the Baptist missionary convention TO be held IN
May.
All the members Of the Cabinet were present at
to-day's meeting which began at IL a. m and
lasted until 12:45 p. Before the Cabinet meeting
the President received calls from Senators Hopkins
and Clark. Representatives Kennedy, Calder. Law
and Sherman. Governor Hoggatt. OF Alaska and
James r Garfield