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New-York tribune., 1907-09-15
Imported Broadcloths
LYONS Silk Velvets

Tn GOLORS
FAN AND WINTER SEASONS, AT ATTRACTIVE PRICES
The color collection embraces the best standard SHADES
as we'll as the rich of purples wines royal
and porclaine blues green's. mole and steel
Imported Dress Silks Ittaa ,oUsJed svn1ai1 -
Novelty and Plain Weaves us among which shown
Ngousselnes stripes figures and border designs
gold and silver Bocades painted SanS jacquard TaHeta
Crepes in newc coorings and novelty effects
White Silks and Satins for Wedding Gowns
Novelties for Bridesmaids Dresses
E,,-s Foreign models adaptations made under
supervision in the fashionable Furs
,roKprEcEs BUFFs; BOX THREEoUARTER AND
LONG COATS. FUR-LINED COATS AND clHOuhAHo
ss1scn Of perfectly matched high grade skins from WHICH
prepared to execute Spe'iai 'i" ~ "
suitin individual ideas
~ EL:o, Complete showing Of the most pro-
oollen DTeSS dOl| nounced Novelties French en-
colors and black Nogelty
and Chev1ots Enghsh Loi
IN soho CololS
including the new tints for street and evening
SneciaI showing O Tailored Suits our
New NioueI ' the latest Paris IDEAS
ImpOTed Wraps lary semi fitting effects II tns
nav fabrics plain and fancy broadcloths ,.,
High-cIass from the Leading oeStsn7S'
also our velvets fafes and cotnS
New-York tribune., 1907-09-15

nthly will be accepted all instruments
moderate interest only being charged
New-York tribune., 1907-06-27
FEDERAL CIVIL ENsTONS

Detills Of the Keep Commissions plan for
creating a federal civil pension list were given
yesterday IN The Tribunes Washiugton's dis
patches They show ingenuity In surmounting
Iie cAlet obstacles 10 such scheme from the
point OF view Of practical operation. though
lhey 90 not meet, Of course, the theoretical oh.
9ecuon that civil employment involves no sucb
personal hazard as logically demands the Gre
allon Of a fund 10 Supply pensions and retire
HlehI ahhuiles. We have not been able To arroa
10 the fundamental assumption on which This
annuity project is based-the assumntior
namely, that unless civil pensions are proyided
NE government cannot protect itself against Tho
eILis OI superannuabon and depreciation in the
emcency OF lis working force II has h.on
Argued lhat It IS practically impossible at pres
eht 10 get rid Of superannuated emploves he
cause ID the absence Of any general rule com
peiIlng retirement the heads OF denartp,en+s
ana DufozSss are unwilling TO discharge ipef
nclenl ana aged clerks. 1t is. of course. main.
sui 10 lara an old employe loose after manv
years OF creditable service and l. anno,-s
mat uere are many clerks now carried on the
government rolls who are over seventy, ma -
are IN part incapacitated. The Appronriotionc
OVnulllOee OF the House of Representatives
recently considered proposal 10 fix an aoa
mint iOr civil employment and thus oct lid
OF the superannuated automatically Ru+ +h,a
was vigorously resisted as unfeelinc and On
pressiVe' and action was deferred on the nI..a
mat 1t would be more humane TO temper com,
pulsory retirement with some sort OF nersio,
Most government employees, especially those
stationed in Washington, enjoy liberal treat
meat and receive good salaries. Copsidering
fha.F easy hours, their long leaves with nav
ann the relative lighmess of their work dua ~
iaeH OF driving power in the departmental svc.
tenl' they fare much better than persons in the
same grades Of private employment They sur-
fehd@r hothing 10 go into the federal service,
aha on reaching seventy years have no par
ticalar claim Oh the nations gratitude po-
tirement at seventy would be In no sense !.
hardship imposed on them by an inconsidersto
employer. In SO fa- as the new pension system
New-York tribune., 1907-06-27

involves only holding back a small part OF the
workers salary, to be repaid to him in the
form Of an annuity, every worker is now at
liberty to do this for himself, and the pension
plan only transfers TO the shoulders Of the
nation the responsibility for providing against
the future which, according to American ideas,
should rest on the individual and be met by
him for his own profit or neglected by him at
his own peril Such an insurance pool has been
favored from time to time by associations or
government employees. But 1t has never been
seriously or unitedly urged on Congress, be-
cause the great majority Of the employees re-
alize that 1t involves only an ordinary and pro
sale form Of saving and cloaks no magic process
for getting something for nothing.
The Keep plan does involve getting some
thing for nothing to the extent that 1t proposes
TO give a substantial bonus out of the Treas
ury to put the retirement scheme in motion To
provide a fund Immediately available it is pro
posed to credit each employe with an amount
representing what he would have contributed
TO insure himself an annuity Of $500 on retire
ment at seventy II he had paid annual assess
ments from the time he entered the service
The government would assume responsibility
for all past unpaid premiums and the present
officeholders would enjoy that practical adyan-
tage over those entering office after the passage
Of the law, who would have nobody to make
good their unsaved savings. 1t is estimated
that the governments endowment Of this insur-
ance enterprise will amount to S5O,Go0'0Oo or
S55, 100000, expended through forty or forty-hve
years This Is not so enormous sum relatively,
when we consider that the Treasury dlsburses
s140,0O0O0O annually for military pensions. YET
it is rather startling price TO pay IN order 10
avoid the evils of superannuation IN govern
ment employment-evils which might easily
be dealt with at less cost and IN a much more
practical and less roundabout manner.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-27
ANOTHER STEP FORWARD

few days ago marked Improvement IN
railway service in central New York was mi
uated- On the West Shore tracks hatvyoon
Ctea ana Syracuse electricity was substituted
Ior steam, the change affecting local nassonoor
uaulc only. Freight trains and through nasson
ger trains are still moved IA the old fashion
how great are the benefits now assured will ho
quickly perceived when 1t is known that electric
cars are being dispatched hourly over tho lIrn
whereas there have been only two local trains
uaIly each way hitherto In order to suir 9
variety or needs. moreover. two classes of ser
VICE are now afforded. One ear Tor train, oc-
compilshes the run in scarcely more than an
hour' ana makes only two stops between the
TWO citles. which are fOrty-six miles aDart
Another car stops more frequently-at every
important highway which is crossed II necos.
sary-and yet requires q trifie less than two
hours for the trip.
AS is The case on the Hudson River and rI.r
lem divisions OF the Central system near rho
metropolis, this use of electricity for +roo+ior
purposes is made on an existing but rr.ivo 70
flght or way. The adoption of new methods ON
an Ola road involves smaller expenditure than
would be required for an entirely neyv lire opd
renders possible much higher speeds than opgb+
10 De permitted on public highways on which
many mterurban lines now operate. Progressive
transportation companies thus have much IN
encourage them in making such ventures &C
rapidly as the rewards of their first large cx
periments will Justify
Every transformation Ike that lust made on
d secuon OF the West 4Iore road has still an
New-York tribune., 1907-06-27
OETET ZONES

Passing laws ION the quiet" Is dangerous
practice-eXcept in cases like the one that came
up yesterday, when the Aldermen passed an
ordinance 10 establish quiet zones In the
neighborhood Of hospitals The Society for the
Suppression Of Unnecessary Noise has achieved
another victory in securing the passage Of this
ordinance. But everybody wishes the zones
marked Off were a few hundred times wider
While the most acute distress Is caused by the
din in the vicinity OF sickrooms, the vast
bulk Of annoyance and rasping pain is felt by
the thousands who live elsewhere. Nervous peo-
pie well enough to keep out OF the hospital en-
dure more agony OF mind than do the majority
of those entered on the sick lists
Well begun is half done In spite OF the
small area affected by the new ordinance rigid
enforcement Of its provisions will gradually
educate the public In the art of keeping still
and in Its value as a promoter Of happiness.
If the quiet zones are kept quiet, houses and
flats in them should rise In value promptly
And this might gain for the recommendations
OF the anti-noise crusaders more respect than
they now receive. AS soon as landlords are
convinced Of the cash value OF stiffness pro-
found calm will relgn--at least In favored
residential sections, where women, children and
invalids have TO spend so much of their time
We await with interest the effect Of the new
law upon rents
New-York tribune., 1907-06-27
OXFORD H0NoRs AMERICANS.
Degrees Conferred on Ambassador Reid and
Samuel L. Clemens.

Oxford. juno 26-Anbassador Reid and Mark
Twain. with thirty other distinguished IN poll
tics, art. science letters including Premier Sir
Henry Campbell -Bannerman Lord Loreburn. the
Speaker OF the House OF Commons Mr.. Low
ther; General Booth. Rudyard KIpling. the Arch
bishop OF Armagh, the Most Rev. William Alex
ander. received degrees to-day at the Sheldonian
Theatre. which crowded with university
dgnitaries in their robes, students and many
visitors including number Of Americans. Lord
Curzon OF Kedeston. chancellor of the university
presided and did much to enlIven the proceedings
which ordinarily. with the exception of the under
graduates chatting, rather dull
Mr.. Reid cheered on entering the theatre
and q great ovation was given to Mark Twain. who
the Hon OF the occasion. Every one rose when
he escorted up the aisle, and he applauded
for quarter OF hour. When Ingram Bywater
regius professor of Greek presented the American
hunorist TO the convocation the students started
a fire OF chaff about his books and their heroes
mixed with frequent questions. such as Where
is your white suit?' Mark Twain said afterward
that he wanted to reply, but determined to
observe the etiquette demanding that recipients OF
degrees be silent.
Ambassador Reid received the degree OF Doctor
Of Civil Laws. aid General Booth the warmth
of whose reception only exceeded by that
corded to Mark Twain. The crowd waited outside
the building to cheer Mark Twain. as. wearing the
scarlet robes Of a doctor Of letters he marched in
procession to the chancellor's residence. where
those who had been honored by the bestowal of
degrees were entertained at luncheon.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-27
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
[From The Tribune Bureau.I

[From The Tribune Bureau.1
Washington. June 26.-Baron Rosen the Ambas-
sador from Russia. closed the embassy here to-day
and went to Coolidge Point, Magnolia, Mass
where he VIII establish summer embassy head
quarters. Baroness Rosen and Baroness Elizabeth
Rosen accompanied him. They will sail for Russia
In the fall and Baroness Elizabeth Rosen. who Is
seventeen, viii presented at court In St Peters
burg On their return to Washington she VIII
make her debut in this country
The Swiss Minister is in New York. preparatory
TO sailing tomorrow for his country for a
visit of some months Mr.. de Pury will serve as
charge d'affaires in the absence Of DR.. VOgel and
will spend most OF the summer in Washington.
The Minister from the Argentine Republic and
Sehora de Portela will leave Washington Satur-
day for Magnolia. Mass. for the summer. The
legation staff will accompany Senior Portela, leav-
ing the legation here in charge of the chancellor
Sgnor Montagna, charge d'affares for Italy, and
the secretaries Of the embassy Signor Caro- Signor
Centaro and Professor Ravaiou. who attended the
Duke Of the Abruzzi at Harvard to-day. where he
received the honorary degree OF doctor Of laws,
will return to Washington 10 close the business Of
the embassy here. and viii go TO Manchester by
the-Sea next week. 10 remain for the summer.
Tho Duke OF tho Abruzzi win go from Boston to
Quebec tomorrow.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-27
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
IFron The Tribune Bureau


Washington. June Ex-senator and Mrs. Stephen
B. Ekins have closed their Washington home. and
now at their West Virginia estate HallIehurst
EIkns. They VIII entertain a number OF
house parties during July and will probably go to
Europe later IN the for short visit.
Rear Admiral and Mrs H T. B. Harris will
close their home In Connecticut avenue on Wednes-
day and will sail from New York on July to spend
the summer in England and Scotland. Upon their
return here in September they VIII take possession
Of their new house In Rhode Island avenue.
Colonel George Cotton. retiring American admin
istrator OF the Dominican customs is the guest Of
his father, Colonel Francis Cotton at his homo
Connecticut avenue. The latter. accompanied by
his and daughters. will leave Washington next
week for visits to Northern resorts. Colonel George
Cotton VIII be IN the United States for a month s
vacation. and will then go to the Philippines to
assume his duties collector OF customs for the
islands
New-York tribune., 1907-06-27
LONG TRIP FOR MIR. STRAUS.
He VIII Spend Two Months Visiting Immi.
grant Stations

Washington. June 2s.-Secretary straus OF ths
Department OF Commerce and Labor. accompanied
by Mrs. Straus and his privats secretary. T L
Weed will leave Washington next Saturday the
most extensive trip undertaken BY the head OF
that department He Will be absent about two
months. He Will visit all OF the important stations
Of the department IN the northern. western and
southern part OF the country and will spend two
weeks in the Hawaiian Islands.
The Secretary viii go from here 10 Montreal and
then will make a careful investigation into all O,
the immigration stations and methods OF the north
srn border as far as Vancouver. Thence he Will e,
TO San Francisco. and will sail from that city O,
July % for Honolulu On his return trip hs will
visit the immigration stations on the Mexican bor-
der and at New Orleans and Charleston : .
1T has been my desire said he TO-DAY ever
since entered this department. acquaint myself
through personal observation with the details Of
the work at all OF the outside stations OF the de-
partment II is in line with this desire that am
about to undertake this trip.
yes. continued the Secretary in response TO an
inquiry. II shall inquire very thoroushIy into ths
question OF japanese immigration but my INQUIRIES
will be Just careful 10 the immigration from
other countries I want to see fer myself how
the new immigration law is working Beyond thas
my trip has no special significance
New-York tribune., 1907-06-27

other advantage. Though It aims primarily to
meet the demands of people living within a
limited area, it prepares the way for important
developments later. Some day, it is reasonable
to expect, the Central will run expresses from
Albany to Buffalo. Indeed. it may be assumed
that it Will want to provide such service be-
tween New York and Chicago Generally
speaking, through traffic Is not so profitable rs
local traffic, for in many parts OF the country
local traffic more than makes up in frequency
what 1t lacks in distance. Eventually, how
ever, electrical engineers agree In thinking IL
will pay to operate through trains electrically,
and such q consummation will be FASTENED by
the establishment of a chain Of power houses
for local service. Each undertaking at the pres
ent time helps. too, to solve some OF the prop
lens which remain to be mastered before the
final change will be either safe or feasible.
Even now, if the Central wished to do 3d.
It could probably move single cars or light
trains with electricity a large part of tie way
from Lake Erie to the Hudson. number OF
short lines which parallel its tracks, and which
are believed to be under management friendly
to the company, afford a nearly continuous
route eastward from Buffalo. 1t would prob
ably not be advisable, however, to utilize these
facilities for anything except the local pur-
poses which they now serve. The Ideal high
way for expresses will doubtless be found only
when a direct line has been equipped with
third rail from one end of the state to the other.
For that reason the work done on the West
Shore to the westward Of Utica may have un-
usual Significance
New-York tribune., 1907-06-27
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.
lBy Telegraph TO The Tribune-l ]


Newport, R. l.. June 26.-SOciety seems 70 os
awaiting the arrival OF Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish be-
fore anything extensive is done In the matter Of
entertaining. The arrival OF Mr.. and Mrs Fish a.
Crossways, their summer home. IS looked for to-
morrow So
The pretty grounds Of Spouting Rock Beach have
been made more attractive this summer
through tho kindness Of Mrs. George L Rives.
Mrs Rives has given the beach association several
tubs Of hydrangeas. and these have been placed az
advantageous spots about the grounds
Mrs. James P Kernochan has announced tha:
she will. as usual. give a large reception on ths
afternoon OF the Fourth Of July.
After few days IN Baltimore. Elisha Dyer has
returned to his Newport cottage. Miss Freda
Payne also returned to-day from New York
George r. Preston. OF Tuxedo Park. is the guest
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles T. Hoffman at Arrnsea
Hall for the remaining days OF the present week.
Mrs. H Mckay Twombley to Newport to-
day TO inspect her villa Vinland. which Is being
extensively improved
Miss Lyman. OF Boston. arrived for the season
to-day. did Mrs. Ogden Goelet. OF New York.
Mrs. Goelet has opened Ochre Court FOR the sum-
mer.
Mr.. and Mrs. R T. Wilson. Of New York. arrived
this evening for the season
New-York tribune., 1907-06-27
THE SAGE INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY.

A peculiar grace characterizes the latest ben
efaction Of Mrs Sage to which publicity has
been given, and its object Is practically unique.
Few men or women possess at the advanced
age which she has attained the physical and
mental vigor with which she Is blessed. Differ
ences in vigor among the old are due to various
causes Longevity Is to some extent a matter
Of inheritance The activity and usefulness Of
the septuagenarian and octogenarian are not
infreQuently dependent on early habits 1t can
not be denied, however, that the infrmties and
restrictions OF age also result only too often
from disease, though the mischief making
agency may be obscure. All disease is properly
the study Of the pathologlst but the maadies
Of infancy and middle life have hitherto re-
ceived the most attention. Hence q special In
vestlgation Of the disorders and susceptibillties
of ripper years. to which Mrs. Sage has devoted
the sum Of S30000O aims in an exceptional
manner to promote human happiness
In the method Of her procedure, too there IS
something unusual. Adequately to accommo-
date the laboratories in which the new research
IS to be conducted special buildings Will evil
dently be required, but the work Is to be done
in connection with that Of a municipal institu-
tion the City Hospital. Moreover, Mrs. Sage
wants TO ameorate the condition Of the aged
poor well TO help the aged sick. She
therefore expresses the hope that the inquiry
lor Whlcn she mas provided may prove advan-
tageous to the inmates Of the City Home, who
are also municipal benefciarles.
This plan of action may be without an exact
parallel or precedent, but its merits are obvious
at glance. By avoiding the purchase of an
independent site for the Sage Institute of Path
ology its founder happily concentrates her
means upon the direct end in view and prob
ably insures n greater amount OF good than
might otherwise be expected Her plan of sup
plementing a municipal undertaking with a
private benefaction is most sensible and worthy
OF emulation This is seldom done, but there is
no more reason for not doing 1t than for not
building gymnasium, museum or extra dormI-
tory for university which some one else
founded
New-York tribune., 1907-06-27
AnlnSenlents.

AERIAL GARDENs-s :sO-Tks Honeyuooners.
AL4HAMBRA-2- -2-s-Vaudevile
BELASCO- s:l5-The Rose OF tbs Rancho
BRIGHTON Brighton Beach Park.
BROADWAT-s:IO-TEe Partisan Model.
SANARSIE-Golden City
NASISO-b:lE-E fascinating Flora
CCNEY ISLAND II Luna Park - DTearnlano - f1ohtOoA
Arena
EDEN MUSEE-The World IN Wax
FORT 8EORGE-PaTRdise Park
GARRICK-s .30-Caught IN the Rain. -
IiAMdERSTEIN ROOF-2:l5-S:l -S:l5-VaudeVlhs
HERALD SQUARE-S:l5-The Orchid
HCDSON-s :l5-The lion and the Mouse
JARDIN PATIE-s:3O-Nau audevine
KNICK ERBOCKE ER-s:l5-The Red MIL
IYCEJM-215-S:2U-The Boys Of Company y.
I.YRTC-S:I5-T TO Yesterday 49,.
MADISON SQUARE ROOF GAHDEN--SioO-1Ae A1al1
ans Millionaire.
MANHATTAN BEACH-s:3O-Pain's FireworEs
SAVOY-2.i0-s.I s.I5-The Man cf The Hour.
sr. NICHOLAS GARDEN-s-Kaltenborn Concert
WEST END-S-Fra Diavolo.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-27
NEW JERSEY COAST WATERWAYS.

The State Of New Jersey has authorized its
official geOlogist TO make surveys and estimates
Of the cost of a navigabe channel fifty feet wide
inland along the coast OF the state from Bay
Head 10 Cape May. The project is an attractive
one. and its execution should be easy and not
costly. The prescribed width indicates that the
proposed channel is not to be for important
commercial uses, but for vessels Of small size
and shallow draft, used for pleasure, for fish
ing and for the conveyance of passengers and
produce along that coast, among the summer
resorts which extend there in an almost I'M
broken line. For a considerable part of the
way nature has already provided such a thor
oughfare, and all that will probably be needed
is a dredgin" Of some connecting links and a
Strengthening and deepening Of existing chan
nels.
There is little doubt that such waterway
would be attractive to a multitude Of Yachts
men, houseboat dwellers and others, whose en-
joyment of some Of the finest coast waters in
the world would thus be facilitated and would
prove boon 10 the Summer resorts OH the out.
lying beaches and to the farmers and others on
the mainland who are purveyors Of supplies
thereto. What the effect would be lDon those
now unsurpassed fishing waters and cunning
grounds IS, however, a serious question The
muutudeS Of catbOats and other small sail
craft which now frequent those waters are no
perceptbe detriment. But n procession of
larger steam craft and racing motor boats might
have disastrous effect not to mention a pos
sible incursion of steam menhaden boats with
their catch-all seines
This channel If constructed would be, for
other reasons than its small dimensions. of
little value to general commerce. 1t would
be impracticable to keep it open in winter, the
very season when sheltered route would be
most servceable and its location and the Ioca-
ton Of its terminals would make it of little
value at any time for through traffic 1t would
not shorten the distance but would materially
lenSthen the time of transit between New York
and Delaware bays. There is, however. an.
other and much talked of route, by river and
canal, from Perth Amboy TO Bordentown and
thence to Philadelphia, easily made practicable
by the enlargement of existing waterways, which