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New-York tribune., 1907-02-26

hearty. so that man shall talk with his whole
organism and thus establish a larger and deeper
unity Of soul and body. No doubt this makes
for honestly
We are assured moreover, that dancing
teaches the Importance and beauty of obedience
to law. Now, OF course the learned psychologist
had in mind the good old fashioned dances,
which nobody dances to-day, for even he would
shrink, holding a brief as he does, for dancing
from saying that "spieng' makes for honesty
or teaches obedience to law" 1t may, however,
restore motor elements of expression so that
man shall talk with his whole organism.
All of this learned explanation of the psyche
logical value of dancing is to show why dancing
should be in the curriculum Of every school, But
if the learned educators wish to inculcate hon
esty and obedience to law by teaching dancing
they had better not let the schoolboys know
about that worthy purpOse. Dancing for run
may be fun, but dancing to 'restore motor eie
ments of expression" and to establish larger
and deeper uDftv Of soul and body sounds quite
formidaby like a task. 1t would not De hiuch
pleasanter than grammar or arithmetic Ihey,
too, have lofty psychological purposes with
which the youthful mind has no sympathy. Edu-
cationaI parsnips are buttered with very hne
words but does any one suppose that tender
foot if he had known about restoring motor eIe-
mpnts of expression, would have enjoyed any
better his enforced dancing to pistol shot music
in a Western saloon? If the bad man VINO
taught the dancing had known that phrase II
would have contributed greatly to his pleasure
The way Of the small boy IS hard Scarcely
any of his play is safe from the suspicion OF
being education in disguise. Dancing teaches
obedience to law" the last thing his youthful
restlessness wishes to be taught Who knows
what hateful knowledge is being absorbed Ike
an odlous germ in marbles, one o cat humble
the peg kite flying and top spinning: The OLD
education used to let Jack play as he chose IN
order to escape being a dull boy; the new edu-
cation hOvers over his play with dtdactlc concern
and watches him cultivate the motor elements
Of expression" When the boy comes TO know,
all the pleasure will be gone from play. When
he Is n truant from his books, education in an
nsidious way still has him in her guiding hand.
Indeed play as whole is explained by learned
psychologist as ian unconscious preparation for
the period of adult activity"
New-York tribune., 1907-02-26

receive legislation of 1905 and 1905 Congress
was asked every year to supply from $20O0O,-
900 to S35,oo0.000 to pay overdrafts on depart
ment accounts or meet last year obligations IN
CURED without legislative warrant In 19O4-Oo
deficiency appropriations on all scores reached
the enormous total OF s61,O00000. In 19O5-O6,
In addition to $110O0O00 on account Of the
Panama Canal the total was $2S,000OOO. For
this year, 19O6'O7 although the General Def-
cheney bill carries about S12,0O00OO, only
81, 800, 900 OF it is cbargeable to ordinary
Deficiencies in the government service the re
mainder being due 10 our unforeseen interven-
ton In Cuba to the passage of the age ser
vice pension bill and to postal deficits. Con
gress has practically shut off the drain on the
Treasury of departmental l. o. US which for
1nerly upset all calculations Of income and
outgo and virtually challenged the control by
Congress Of the governments pursestrngs.
In resuming that control the legislative branch
has vindicated its prerogative. 1t is spending
this year a vast deal Of mOney-some OF IT,
perhaps, too free-handedly. But the debts it
IS making are its own, aud responsibility for
them will fall as it should fall, undoubtedly on
the shoulders of Congress.
New-York tribune., 1907-02-26
GA1IBLING.

We welcome though without q full measure
OF confidence, the proposal made by many
prominent citizens in u signed circular issued
last Saturday to organize an anti-gambng
school. The plan of sending out lecturers to
warn the young against the evils Of gambling
Is not new, but 1t may be worth trying again
in so far as it Is truly educational in character
For the more closely the gambling passion is
studied the more closely does it show itself to
be one name for two very different propens-
ties Of which one, and the more prevalent one
may perhaps be controlled by instruction.
Gamblers of two kinds, the neurotic
and the chump. The neurotc gambler calls
himself real sport" because he loves the
green table and the horses for the excitement
they afford Love of this form of excitement be-
comes monomania with him. Like the dipso-
maniac he must have his thrills, cost what they
may. The fun Of gambling is always worth to
! him all the financial risks it involves. This spe-
I cies is usually incurable, but happily small in
number. 1t will not be touched by the instruc-
tive, logical appeals of the crusaders. The second
/ species however, may gradually respond TO the
arguments and demonstrations Of the reformers
+ If the latter do their work properly. The chump
variety is by far the more numerous. We use the
/ term "chump" In kindly sense, to indicate rus
tic simplicity, the cocksureness of ignorance and
allied traits. The gambling chump is usually
| nothing more than man of inferior business ca
pacity, unable to make the simplest calculations
of profit and loss. He is a man who has no in
stinctiye feeling for the relation between risks
and profits 1t has never dawned upon him that
/ the size OF possible gains must be proportionate
to the chances of total loss. Finally, he has
never developed enough brain power to weigh
( honestly the moral effects OF the gaming habit.
This unhappy man sometimes needs nothing
more than little education, 1udIciously selected
and administered In such case few hours
under the eye-opening demonstrations of a good
! teacher who explains the mechanism of gam
| bling machines, the professionals clever reg11-
! lation of the gamestars chances and-~last but
New-York tribune., 1907-02-26

not least-the obvious arithmetic of the law
of probabilities will suffice
What to do with the pure sport gambler ana
those who show traces Of his faint Is vexed
question and one which the antigamblng cru
saders need not worry over at present 1t may
be that with the progress OF science we shall
come TO regard such unfortunates as SICK persons
in need of medical assistance just as we now
regard the drunkard. The passionate gamester
is certainly cursed with a perverted teInpera-
ment which will have its way in spite OF logic
and morals If the alieniStS ever discover some
means Of moulding temperaments, we may nope
to better the lot of this type Of gambler. In the
mean time let the masses of Callow youths VINO
have never learned the A c of business sense
be taught the trlCkeres of the slot machines, the
poolrooms and other vilanies Give them
bushel of lead nickels apiece, and let each man
lose them all at the public demonstrations OF the
new reform league After a few thousand lnno-
cents have been plundered Of their dummy dol
lars useful results may be noticeable.
The proposed lectures ought to be far more
popular than reform lectures usually are. Near
Iy every youngster and many older would-be
wise guys" fondy imagine themselves in
possession OF a workable scheme TO beat the
bank" They should accordingly welcome the
opportunity of testing their hypothesis with lead
nickels and stage money before investing their
bank accounts. Don't be stingy with your imita-
tion money, gentlemen of the reform. Give the
innocents chance to disCredit their dream that
lin the long run a big strike will more than
make up for all losses" Upset this deusion'
even If your lecturers are kept busy ten years.
New-York tribune., 1907-02-26
To-DArs APPEAL FOR DEcEN0Y.

There ought to be at Albany to-day a strong
representation from this city and the neighbor-
Ing towns along the Hudson River. ana
powerful appeal in favor of cleanliness, de-
cency and health. The question to be decided
is whether the lower part of the Hudson RlVer
shall be made still more Of a cesspool than
it now is by the pouring into it or vast Hoods
Of raw sewage in addition to what it now re-
ceives and by doing so at a point which will
insure the extension Of contamination Tor mlIeS
north of the present limit.
There would be cause for objecting to the
further pollution of the river with the sewage
of communities fronting upon 1t and naturally
draining into it. But vastly stronger are the
grounds of objection to letting other COmmun-
ties remote from the Hudson and belonging TO
an entirely different system of natural drain
age, convey their sewage artiicially across
waterbreak and pour it into that river. If
communities want 10 pollute streams, at least
they should confine themselves to their own
streams White Plains and Mount Vernon have
no right to empty their sOps upon the water
front of Tarrytown and OsSining. The Bronx
the Hutchinson and the Mamaroneck rivers
and Long Island Sound the waters for
them 10 defile, if any
But they should not defle any waters. They
can dispose Of their sewage without IT. That
they have urgent need of sewage systems Is
not TO be disputed. But their right 10 get rlu
of one evil by creating another Is TO be dis
puted, especially when that second evil is to
be inflicted upon other and innocent communi-
ties. The need OF drainage is urgent But It
should he done right in a way which will not
have to be undone. The way TO do 1t right is
to abandon that vicious Bronx sewer plan, and
to adopt in its stead up-to-date and enlight-
ened system of sewage disposal according to
sanitary methods, which will leave of the foul
food nothing but limpid stream which may
he poured into any waterway without offence.
New-York tribune., 1907-02-26
TO WATCH rPsTATE BILLS.

The formation Of a state league to keep the
public informed on proposed legislation at Al
bany will be beneficial to cities and towns up
the state Similar work is already done for New
York City by the Citizens Union and there can be
no question of the benefit of such careful scru-
tiny. Public opinion is promptly formed against
injurious measures when their meaning is thus
made clear. Harmless looking bills less fire.
quently get upon the statute books, only to
disclose after they have become laws a secret
purpose, unsuspected before their passage.
The method of the Citizens Union is TO main
tain an Albany bureau with a lawyer in charge
who watches legislation and Is ready to inform
the correspondents OF New York City news
papers regarding the legal meaning of New York
City bills. As the newspaper correspondents are
not lawyers, the advantage TO the public In
having a legal explanation Of the purpose and
effect of legislation is perfectly obvious. The
Citizens Union, in addition, has its law commit
tee here 20 over in a more thorough manner all
the bills affecting New York, and the result Is
commonly fatal to "jokers"
Upstate localities have no such watch over bills
affecting their interests. and Mr.. Cuttings plan
merely proposes the extension of the Citizens
Union method Of keeping the public informed
about the meaning Of legislation to the state
at large. The already existing local civic organ.
iZatlOns throughout the state might cooperate III
a legal study OF the meaning Of legislation af.
fecting the several localities. They might thus
be Of real benefit to upstate cities and towns
aiding in creating enlightened public opinion
as the Citizens Union has done in New York
City.
Such a movement depends upon public opinion
fo' its success 1t operates on the theory that
/ If the people Of a city understand fully the ben
eticiaI or adverse character Of legislation affect
ina II Jbnv- la 70 4.
enactment or rejection or TO punish their repre-
sentatlves for failure TO do their duty. An I'M
partial discussion Of the merits Of bill brings
public opinion TO bear promptly upon 1t. The
movement is part Of the increased activity OF
public opinion In legislation.
New-York tribune., 1907-02-26
DIR. D. PARKER MORGAN RESIGNS.
To Leave Church of Heavenly Rest. After
Twenty Years as Rector.

The Rev Or u. Parker Morgan, who for the
last twenty years has rector Of the Protestant
Episcopal Church OF the Heavenly Rest No Dol
Fifth avenue has resigned, his resignation 70 go
into effect on July l. The Rev Herbert shipman'
who Will succeed him. has been assistant rector
since 1905 At the time Of the Rev. MI Shiprnan
appointrncnt It was announced that he was TO sue
coed DR. Morgan within "a short time
II has been known that Dr Morsan's health was
not OF the best and that no did not think that he
was strong enough 10 continue as rector OF 50
large II church.
DR. Morgan was educated at oxford and was
connected with the English Church for fifteen years
before coming 20 this country in 1881 as assistant
rector Of Heavenly Rest. with the right OF success
sion on the death OF Or. Rowland. in 1885, he
was elected rector. and has continued as such
since then.
The Rev. Herbert Shipman. who will succeed Dr.
Morgan Is the son oI the late Rev. pr. Jacob Shaw
Shipman. who was for years rector of
Christ Church. He was graduated from Columbia
University I'm 1890. and from the General Theo-
logical Seminary in 1894 After serving two years
IS assistant rector Of Christ Church he became
chaplain of the United States Military Academy at
West Point where he remained for nine years He
elected by the vestry OF Heavenly Rest as
assistant rector. with the right OF succession IN
The parish is one Of the largest and wealthiest
I'm q titV
New-York tribune., 1907-02-26
AnnSenents.

ACADEMY OF 1uTsTc-s-Ben-Eur
ALHAMBRA-2-
AsTOR-S:15 :15-Genesee Of the Hills.
BELASCO-S:I6-The Rose OF the Harchn
BlJOU-3-LectuTe-s:2s s:2s)-Ai -Ail-of-A-Sucden PeSxy.
BROADWAY-S:Io-The Partisan Model
cASINO-s:lb-The White Hen.
NDLOSIAI1-2-S-Vaude
CRITERIOE-s:15-The Tattooed Man.
DAILY 1.-THE Belle of Mayfair.
EDEN AUS3c-ghe World IN Wax
EMPIRE S-2o-Captau JinkE.
GARRICB[-S ,30-,s ight IN the Rain.
HACKETT-E :3e-The Chorus LADY
HAGlMERSTEIN'S NICTOR1A-2:15--s .l5-k aadeElle
HERALD SsUARE-2-s:15-The Road 70 yesterday
IPFoDROME-2-S-Neptune 5 Daughter and Pioneer
Days.
HCDsON-s. -s.15-Brewster's Millions.
IRVING PLACES s.20-KIen DorTiE
KNICkERBOCKER-s. Red MIL
lIRERTY-S :L5- -Sslomy Jane.
LINCOLN SQErAFF~-s:l -s:l5-Charley's Aunt
GEG1-S-15-The Lion the Mouse.
LfRIf,-s-Iv elfth Night
MADISON SQUARE: :l5-The Three Of Is.
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN-i0 a. 70 II .. m
National Motor Show.
HAJESTIC-e;lb-On Parole
NEW AMSTERDAM-S:l5- Gynt-
NEW NORK-s:1B-Geor washington, Jr.
PRINCESS -s.zG-The Great Divide.
sAVOY-s;i5-The Man ~ the Hour
ST. NICHOLAS RTNk-Three sessions.
TELHARAONIC HAII-2-s-Electric music;
ERALIAC OK S-s:1A-The Rich Mr.. Hoggenheiner.
WEBER 'S-S:15-DreaIn City and The Magic knight
New-York tribune., 1907-02-26
OUR FLEET IN THE PACIFIC.

The rumor that a considerable feet Of battle
ships as we'll as of cruisers, is to be formed and
maintained on our Pacific Coast may or may
not be we'll founded. If it is, we cannot regard
it as indicating anything unreasonable, and GER
tainly not pOrtending or danger Of war.
1t would be merely n reminder of the Importance
Of our Pacific Coast and Pacific possessions and
commerce and of the fact that the isthmian
canal is not yet open for navigation.
The maintenance of q strong fleet on the At
Iantic Coast does not imply that we are pre-
pairing to fight France or Germany or SwitZer-
land or Montenegro and neither would the main
tenance Of one at the Far West indicate increas-
ing bellicosity between us and Japan or Tibet.
1t would simply mean that we were exercising a
prudent regard for our general interests in that
ocean which Is the largest in the world upon
which One-third Of the human race fronts and
upon which most of our detached possessions are
situated. Every reason which makes it desirable
to have a strong fleet on the Atlantic makes 1t
desirable to have another on the Pacific.
1t will not escape notice that the need of n
strong Pacific feet is much intensified by the
absence Of an isthmian canal. Until that canal
is completed vessels on the Atlantic Coast can
not be reckoned as available for IN the Pa
cilc. We must remember that New York Is now
13,1O7 miles from San Francisco by water
For shipping New York Is only 800 miles
nearer San Francisco than Liverpool IS, and is
actually further than Lisbon Cadiz or Gibraltar
Is. But with the canal opened New Yorls dis
tance from San Francisco will be only 5,294 miles.
That Is to say New York will be not only 7,Sl3
miles nearer to San Francisco than at present.
but also $500, instead of only 800 miles nearer
than Liverpool is. BY way of the canal Ii Will
be possible for ships TO get from our Atlantic
to our Pacific Coast more quickly than vessels
can get to the latter from any country of Europe
or Asia, or, indeed. any country Of South Amer
lea save the three or four in the extreme north
west Of that continent.
The canal will thus enormously increase tho
efficiency or potentiality OF our navy. enabling
the same ships to be ready for service on either
ocean. But until 1t Is open prudence requires us
TO have an effective feet on each OF our ocean
fronts
New-York tribune., 1907-02-26
A NEW VIEW OF DANCING

Somebody writing book on dancing number
of years ago saw fit to begin it with these words
Il propose an unusual compliment to the dance
OF modern society propose to discuss it." The
dance had been preached against and anatbema-
tized-at least one Church had forbidden if Ms
against good morals-so that TO approach it in a
calm frame of mind was IAN unusual commit
ment" We do not recall whether or not the
writer actually succeeded in paying dancing the
compliment he promised. But it represents
something Of reaction for the head of a univer-
slty DIR. G. Stanley Hall, to come forward with
this hearty recommendation of dancing:
The purpose of dancing is to restore motor ele-
ulents of expression TO make utte-ancs rnora
New-York tribune., 1907-02-26
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
From The Tribune Bureau.1


Washington. Feb 25.-Senator and Mrs. stephen
r FIkns invited to dinner tonight TO meet the
Speaker and Miss Cannon Justice ana M'S L,''
~, I,,s+ico and Mrs CIabaugh Justice and Mrs
Robb REPRESENTATIVE and Mrs. Serene F. Payne
Representative and Mrs. Grosvenor. Representative
and Mrs John Sharp Williams. Represen'auVe ana
Mrs James W. Wadsworth. Mrs. Stanley Mathews
ex- Senator Davis. Miss Emily Bird, Miss AHce
Jones. Of New York, who IS their house guest ana
DR. D. J. Stafford
General and Mrs. George VI. sternbergs guests at
dinner tonight were General and Mrs ]. Franklin
Bell. Representative and Mrs. Brooks. Of Colorado;
General John NJ Wilson. Or. and Mrs. George
Barrie Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Moran and Mrs ileI'0' q
PutIer Of New York
New-York tribune., 1907-02-26
THE VALUE or uoIssAy,s LABoRs.

BY the death Of Henri MoIssan last week a
comparison Is naturally suggested between his
work and that Of the Curies, who were not only
his cOmpatrtots but, like Molssan. had received
a Nobel prize for their contributions to the
science Of chemistry. About the achievements
for which all three N~~rs best known there
something exceedingly, but worthily, sensa-
tiOnal. Professor and Anne. Cure discovered
an element which for r time seemed to defy
one of the fundamental principles OF physics
The continued emission OF heat from radium
has now been professionally explained, but
when it was first observed It threatened TO
upset the law Of the conservation Of energy"
and furnished an entirely and profound
problem. The significance OF this phenomenon
and Of other qualities of Tadium was best ap-
preciated by such veteran philosophers as Lord
Kelvin and Sir William Crookes but they ap-
pealed powerfully 10 the popular Imagination
as well. Less startling, perhaps, but certainly
amazing was MOissan's demonstration OF mans
ability 10 initiate nature in the production Of
diamonds His jewels were too small To pos
sesB commercial value, but they were genuine
They were crystals Of pure carbon, and not
paste.
The career OF a chemist may properly be
judged by other standards than that Of gen
eral interest in what he accompllshes or the
considerations which would dictate an award
by NObePs trustees The utility OF his labor
ought not TO be ignored entirely, and In this
respect, If In no other, Mossan easily Outranks
the Curles His revelation of a cheap way to
produce acetylene gas has led to the founda-
ton Of new industry, the manufacture of cal
cium carbide, and has been extremely advan-
tageOus to the art OF illumination. Moreover
the improvements which he made In the cleo
trio furnace in order to vapOrize carbon, de-
yeoped temperatures far beyond those nre-
Yiously generated by artificial means. and
closely approached those which are believed to
prevail IN the sun. He thus put at the dis
posal Of other chemists what was virtually q
novel resource, and one which seems destined
to prove servceable in many industries. aside
from the assistance 1t may have given in the
production of artificial rubies
The discovery OF radium, on the other hand
has thus far conferred only trifing material
beneht on humanity. TO be sure. the remark,
able scarcity of the substance imposes oraa r
restrictions on its use, which, up to the Dres.
ent time, has been limited to the remedial
function performed more feebly by R6ntoen
rays The properties of radium strengthen faith
in and are made Ineligible by Thomsons rev.
| olutonary conception of the structure of +bo
atom, but the Curies researches, however +bnv
may necessitate a modification of old theories
concerning the nature Of matter, have Tins far
been of little practical value.
New-York tribune., 1907-02-26
AT The WHITE HOUSE.
tFrom The Tribune Bureau ]

IFTon L'tIIN--0II
yyas,ing+on Feb 25-The President and Mrs.
Roosevelt accompanied by Representative ana
Mrs Longworth and Miss Ethel Roosevelt re-
turned to the White House at ? p. m from thell
visit to Boston and GrotOn. Mass. The Fresl"ei'.
reached the mansion shortly before Tue 'iiio
for the racantion of James Bryce. the Am
bassador from Great Britain, who was presehleu
at 2:3O p m by Secretary Root.
Owing to the fact that the President was deIayeo
several hours on his trip from Boston huuiDei
Of visitors who called at the White House III 'he
hone Of seeing him or presenting friends were
obliged to go away disappointed. As soon as t''7
President reached his office after the presenta'io
of the British Ambassador he plunged INTO MS az
cumulated correspondence and signed number OF
commissions Assistant Secretary Iatta, VINO
USUALLY visits Congress with the daily list ct nom-
nations etc. at noon, left the White House ior
Capitol Hill at $50 p. m to-day