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New-York tribune., 1908-04-08
GIFT FROM KING LEOPOLD
american Museum of Natural HIS
toru Receires 700 Objects.

DR.. Hermon c. Bumpus director of the Amert-
can Museum Of Natural History. announced yester-
day that the museum had Just received from King
Leopold of Belgium a shipment Of about seven
hundred valuable objects a gift of the Congo
Free State, made through special ARRANGEMENT
effected by DR. Bumpus with the King when he
was in Belgium last year. More objects illustrating
the life of the natives in the Congo Free State
will be sent later.
The museum desires exhibits to show the in
dustries. religious objects. dancing masks and
other social regalia of the natives OF the Congo
Free State. and so far as possible, every section
within the Congo Free State.
The first consignment comprises full set OF So
called musical observation-disclosures and rattles, the
marimba kind of native piano. with keys OF iron
or bamboo: zylophones. large ivory trumpets,
whistles flutes nlandoIins and a dozen drums.
The industries of the people are well illustrated
by pottery ornaments. with engraved designs;
many weavings and baskets of intricate tech
niuue and woodwork cups often carved with
heads I'm relief. Some of the mats are emoroid-
cred with fine patterns. Iron work forms a large
part of the collection. There are many knives,
daggers hatchets spears and harpoons.
Among the interesting religious objects are curl
Gus specimens of fetiches with masks represent
ing human heads with distorted features and
hung with cowrie shells the shape OF hat.
There Is an odd looking pipe bowl fashioned
from a gourd and used in smoking hemp Be
sides many shields. bows and arrows. there are
specimens OF made from tough hide
Among the insignia OF chiefs carved posts
ornamental agricultural implements used not only
in the cultivation Of the soil but as badge Of
office
New-York tribune., 1908-04-08
WHICH Mr.. ASOTITHF

The precise distribution Of seats in Mr..
Asquth's cabinet is yet to be disclosed, as
is the general line of policy which his admin
istration will pursue. Nor is it safe to indulge
in prophetic generalizations, even upon the
basis of Mr.. Asquiths conduct as Chancellor
of the EXchequer i'll Sir Henry Campbell Ban
nerlnans cabinet and for some time acting
Prime Minister. For all this time he has been
the lieutenant Of another TO whom he has
been entirely loyal and whose policies he has
supported. Now however he himself becomes
chief. and is no longer bound to adopt at
anothers wish any policy which he does not
himself entirely approve. He is not even
bound TO continue supporting and pressing TO
enactment all the measures which were set
before Parliament while Sir Henry Campbell
Rannerman was Prime Minister. He stands at
the parting of the ways, or at least al point
whence a new departure may. if he wishes 1t,
be taken
new departure might be taken which
would in fact be nothing but reversion to
the course which he formerly pursued and
with which he was cOnspicuously associated
during the years when his eminence in Brit
ish political life attained and down to the
beginning OF the late administration. For the
Mr.. Asquith of Sir Henry Campbell Banner
mans cabinet has been quite different from
the Mr.. Asquith of Mr.. GladstoneS and Lord
R0sebery's administrations and of the OppoSi
ton In those former times he regarded
as one of the most reSOlute opponents of
socialism and one Of the most efficient sup
pOrters of Free Trade Whenever any Con-
serva1ive campaigucr charged the Liberals
with catering to socialism or TO exaggerated
trade unionsm the reply was that that was
impossible 50 long as Mr. Asquth was prOmi-
nent in party councils; and when Mr.. Chamber
lain rose To advocate tariff reform Mr.. AS
quith was looked TO as the one man of all
men who should reply to him in defence of
COhdenism pure and undefiled. Now, we would
not venture to say that Mr.. Asquith has
has not changed his views or his position on
these fundamental subjects, but it seems un-
deniabe that he has in the last two years
associated himself with several measures
which do not accord with his former well
known policies.
The trades disputes bill was one. As we
have pointed out it gave trade unions and
other industrial organizations Z privileged
status superior 10 and exempt from the com
mon law 10 which all other bodies and in
dividuas are subject. The coal mines eight
hours bill. prohibiting men from working
voluntarily and AT their own desire for more
than eight hours q day III coal mines,
another which il is impossible 10 imagine Mr..
Asquith's having supported twenty years ago.
The old age pensions bill which proposes
universal system of pensions without requir-
ing the benefciaries to contribute to the fund,
is not tariff reform measure but il is gen
orally recognized that its enactment would
make tariff reform necessary, because under
continued free trade it would be impossible
to secure a revenue sufficient to meet its de-
mands. These and other measures are looked
New-York tribune., 1908-04-08
MORAL DOGMAS.

Many an odtime Methodist is grieved by the
action Of the New York Conference in voting to
expunge the irOnclad article in the Methodist
Episcopal Book of Discipline forbidding church
members TO play cards, dance, attend a theatre
watch horse race. And yet we have 10
doubt that the conference has expressed the
sound Judgment of the vast majority of church
men represented by It's delegates. 1t has sim
ply placed the burden of moral responsibility
where 1t belongs upon each individual. AS
several prominent clergymen have fastened,
somewhat needlessly, to point out, the abroga-
tion of the article would not imply the encour-
agement or even the justification Of any Of the
practices heretofore prohibited. 1t would mere
ly mean that the General Conference recognized
the futilty of laying down cut and dried rules
of conduct for Intelligent persons.
The attitude of such q large body Of repre-
sentative churchmen is fresh Indication of the
rapidly growing moral senstiveness Of Amer
leans 1t is becoming clear that the right and
wrong of card playing, dancing and theatre go
ing can be determined only by consideration
Of the attendant circumstances in each partic-
ular case Sweeping dogmatic prohibitions not
only fly In the face Of reason but fail to con-
troll the action of those on whom they are en-
iOined.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-08
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.

TFrom The Tribune Bureau-l
Washington, April THE Vice-President ana
Mrs Fairbanks have their house guest MIS- NJ
L. Nfiliken Of Springfield. Ohio, the sister OF the
Vice President.
Dinner parties and luncheon parties are oeins
given for Miss Katherine Williams. daughter or MI
and Mrs Sidney Williams. who will be married 70
Francis Bennett Poe at ST. Johns Church on sat-
urday Mrs George NJ. Pullman. of Chicago. VINO
IS spending the winter the Arlington VIII give d
dinner in honor OF the pair tomorrow night anu
Thursday night Miss Eleanor Rdgely, daughter OF
William Barret Ridgely, who will be the maid OF
honor for Miss Williams. will give dinner In ther
honor.
Among the Washington women entertaining DIN
ner parties tonight were Miss Patten and Mrs-
Andrew Brewster, wife OF Captain Brewster
u. s. A
Colonel and Mrs Anthony P Kuser, who nave
spent the season with ex-senator and Mrs Dryden
the parents of Mrs. Kuser. will 30 this week 10
their home in New York Ex-senator and Mrs-
Dryden will join them later at Stronghold. Ber-
nardsvtle, y. J.
Mr. and Mrs. William Corcoran Eustis are visit
ing the parents OF Mrs. Eustis In New York Ihey
are expected to close their washington home, Cor
coran House. early in the season and go 10 their
Virginia estate. Oatland House, near Leesourg
New-York tribune., 1908-04-08
MISS AKsRs SINGS SONGS.

In MendeIssohn Hall yesterday afternoon Mss
Sally rockingham Akers gave song recital az
which she introduced dozen or more songs
chiefly English, French and Italian. which hav
hitherto been strange to public lists some -
them, ike The Lark Sings High in the orr
field and Humperdink's charming cradle song ~
give the first line OF which would be a pleasant
duty had II but been inte.igt5lal viii doubtless %
heard again. Miss Akers's manner ot song invites
10 pleasant intimacy and is fuH or nluSlcs-
charm. though In no sense largely intsrpretatvs
OF the texts. Her voice fails aSrecably into the ca
and IN her phrssing as Wei her treatment o.
nuance there is much that tells of a fine and F-p'
artistic instinct. II is. therefore. somewhat O
pity that she should give such little heed % SUI
enunciation and correct defamation. especialy -.
songs with foreign words. Miss Akers vas 10
with delight BY audience fair in numbers ~
fair in appearance and refined in taste. H : n
New-York tribune., 1908-04-08
JACKSON AND WHITE.

The grand jury's minutes in regard to its
investigation of Attorney General jackson show
simply that the Attorney General and Frank
White his former deputy, later receiver of the
Hamilton Bank, had an excited colloquy from
which Mr. White went away with the impress
. sion that Mr.. Jackson had suggested dividing
his receivership fees with some White does
not accuse Jackson of asking him for half MS
fees. but only of saying that some ''other man.
should get half The words used. as Mr.. White
remembers and relates them, do not make out
much of case against the Attorney General.
A misconception arising from the peculiar ap-
prehensiveness of Mr.. White is easily cOnceiv-
able.
And it is to this apprehensiveness that the
Attorney Generals explanation points. He as
serts that Mr.. White disappointed at the
smallness of his receivership fees. On the At
torney Generals telling him that they were
larger than he could reasonably have expected,
Mr.. White jumped to the conclusion that the
Attorney General going to ask him for
share of them. Mr.. Jackson's explanation sug-
gests that he was peculiarly unfortunate IN
having as his chosen associate man who had
such notions of honor in general and or Mr
Jackson's honor in particular as to think that
Mr.. Jacksons remarks on the liberality of his
receiyershp fees were meant as an attempt ct
extOrtion.
The Attorney General asks for legislative
investigation and perhaps when the seriousness
of the various stories that have been set afioat
about his office is taken into consideration ne
is entitled to one. Such investigation would
inevitably go into the recent bank receiverships,
and if it accomplished nothing more it would
probably serve to concentrate public opinion
upon the receivership abuses under the pres
ent law. which enables political vultures to
swoop down upon financial misfortune. Super
intendent Williamss bill reforming receiver
ships is unaccountaby held up in the Legisla-
ture 1t is one of the most imperatively needed
of his measures. Perhaps a Jackson investiga-
ton would aid its passage.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-08
THE COTTFGE SUNDAY

The Sunday exodus of undergraduates is the
problem now haraSsing Yale professors, who
have long observed with concern the string of
cars rolling out of the New Haven station
toward 42d street Saturday afternoons. The
complaint is made that the departure of so
many upper class men for the Focus of Frivolity
has evil consequences for those who go and
demoral!zing effect upon the stay-at-homes, and
the faculty is considering what can and ought
to be done about ii
The problem is a comparatively new one at
Yale it is said which tenIpts conjecture as TO
its causes. Some may fancy that the exodus
is just another proof Of the spread of molly
coddleism-that upper class men who vote telt-
mis- their favOrite sport and rate football with
bridge don't take the New York train in order
TO get headache but are simply hiking home
to pa and ma from whom they can't bear to
be separated for more than six days at a
stretch. But by no means all of the Yale
upper class men who come to New York for
Sunday live here. while those who do are
nOtorously products of the Manhattan environ
ment, which is not famous for its strengthen
ing influence upon family ties. The truth
probably is that the weekly pilgrims are
victims of a habit acquired in early infancy
aSSduOuSly fOstered in prep school" and
ripened by college precept and practice. The
little chap must 20 to the theatre regularly
with mamma or the g0VerneSs; the half-grown
boy must be initiated into the ways of the
world by attending dances and dinner parties
and the college youth must carry out the same
programme still more thoroughly. If the upper
class mans home is near his college, the temp
tatiOn Is strong to keep up his old social re-
lations and amusements. If his home lies
beyond the range of a weekend journey, the
love of a grand relaxation now and then
finds indulgence in large town. And Sunday,
of course, is the only opportunity
The Yale committee is uniformed if il
thinks the Sunday exodus vice peculiar to New
Haven Though it may be more general
among Yale students, because of their location
and the large number of wellto-do among
them, many other colleges large cities
have felt the bad infucnce of the ha bit That
it ought to be discouraged admits of no
doubt; but it is equally certain that the prob
New-York tribune., 1908-04-08
AmHScmenfs.


ACADEMY OF MUsIc-e-s15-The souaw Man
ALHANBRA-o-s Vaudeville
ASTOR-2ss :sa-Paid in Full
A SC0-S:l5-The Warrens Of Virginia
fsI.ANEY-s-2. 2.I5-s:15-The Wife
BROADWAY: :I5-s: s:I5-A Waltz Dream
CARNEXsIE. Halls s:f5-king Olaf
CASTNO-a.I5-s-f5- Nearly Hero.
dev1lle-
cRITERIoN- -2:I5-s.l5-Miss Hook Of Holland
pAI.Y-S-2-I5-S-I5-Csirls
TF-WFY-2- Vaudeville
F-TF-N MTSEF-The World in Wax
F-NPIRI,-a: a:lS-s aa-Father and the Boys.
f,AHRTt-k- :I5-The Royal Mounted
tFRMAN-S:aG- edds Gahler-
Fgk1 -s.1s-s-I5-Tbe Wttching hour.
n IAMNF1RSTFTN-S-2- :l5-Nsudevile ,..-z .,.
HFRATD scCARE-2:i5-S:i S:i5-The GIT he''
fPP0DEoME-a-s-Battieo Of Port Arthur baiie' anu
F;r-1s0%- -2:l5-s:ao-The Honor OF the FANNY york
Er>If~LFR R0C~FE -2:I5-sl5-The TAX OF -''"
TTRrSTST-y- .aa-s -ao-Poy of the circus
T-YCF-I-M-S: :so-The Thief
TyFTf--7 .45-Ton QUNote. e,s r,-ru,
,ssToTSN< GARpKN-2-lo-o, 10
:. a TE-STT~- S1k-S -Bandanna lanI, widow
NeF-N AMSTERDAM IL ! ne ne. .le'''
..ervx x0RK-9.aa The Soul kiss
ss1-9y -S-2N-The Servant in the ionse'
-I5-The Music master
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n-EIEP N1T-STC, HAII--215--e -l5-f9u'ieS0Ue "
Ne--v Widow
New-York tribune., 1908-04-08
ML7SIC.
THE KNEISEL QUARTET.

II until the concluding number Of ths
programme that the listeners 20 the fifth con-
cert OF the KneiseI Quartet in MendeIssoh1 Hal
last night were released from the oppression os
the minor mode II Haydn who finally broks
the shackles With the quartet Op- IS. No I. and
when the relief came it was as a fresh and Iusty
breeze The preceding numbers were new quartet
for strings by an almost unknown composer named
quintet. Both these works were in minor ard
both OF them adhered closely to the minor mods
in their various movements that the Haydn guar
doubIy welcome. Music by Caetani had been heard
but once before in New York, a syuphonis
prelude of his composition having been brought for
ward pair Of Philharmonic concerts some years
ago. under the direction OF Walter Daurosch- The
work told OF creative mind seriously disposed.
and the quartet confirmed that impression and pro
claimed also serious and beautiful achievement
especially in the slow movement There are three
movements only in the work and the first TWO OF
these awakened singular echoes OF such songs as
were probably heard by the waters OF Babylon
but the whirl OF the taraEcea filed the final presto
Altogether the novelty made a strong and agree
able impression In the Quintet BY Franck the
pianofOrte part was played by Nine. Olga Sa-naro1'
who disclosed very little conception indeed. OF ms
duties and privileges OF ensemble PLAYER IN
chamber music. II seemed be her notion thss
she playing solo with string quartet accom-
paniment. rather with orchestral acCOnpan-
ment and she INDUCED IN much reckless stormiHs
upon the pianOforte and must have been gratiAed
that the four gentlemen managed 20 Keep pacs
with her.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-08
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
rFrom The Tribune Bursau.I

Washington. April THE President 9 caie'S 10
day were Senator Knox, former ATTORNEY ue"' -
in his Cabinet; Senators Hepburn, OF ioaho' anu
Stephenson, of Wisconsin: Representatives
of Vermont Cocks, of New York. Hooson' OF 90
hama and Haggott of Colorado; Forester Ginofo
Pinchot and Herman Ridder
The Cabinet met at IL a. m, with All i"e"'
present except Secretary Taft
Theodore Roosevelt jr.. eldest son OF 'he
dent ard two of younger sons. kernlI anu
Archibald Roosevelt who came to Washington for
their Easter holidays have returned 10 their TO
spective schools. the first mentioned 10 haf'"iu
and the younger boys to Groton
Miss Cornea Landon, who accompanied 1
Roosevelt and party on their Southern 'ip
o,d re+urned tn the White House with them sun
dav has gone to her home In New York
New-York tribune., 1908-04-08
ALL THE WORLD IN DELAWARE

From Charities and the Commons.
Eleven New York bio IS have a density OF 200
acre. which means that If the whole of little
Delaware similarly crowded il could contain
the entire population OF the world-white black
yellow and red
OF course. such congestion induces bestiaI crowd
ing In single rooms. The results of a special in
vestigati tion of the family crowding the Italian
quarters were shown by statistics. photographs and
diagrams or the families examined Is per cent
occupied room and 344 per cent only two
rooms. showing a condition much worse than the
average on the East Side, where "A family consists
of seven persons living In three rooms, three mem
bers being at home two at school and two at work
Among these Italians less than three out of every
hundred families h. i five rooms. and vet a ~ one
and two rooms for a family over abundant
about one third Of the families had one lodger
IL per cent two dodgers l65 per three lodcers
and 81 per cent four dodgers. Thus, counting two
children under twelve equivalent to one adult
ne-sxth OF the rooms in these Italian quarters
were found to be housing as many as four adults
each ~ -S~' ~uAt'S
New-York tribune., 1908-04-08
THE NEWS THIS MORNING

C0HGRESS-Se The Notifications ap-
.,rCnriation bill carrying an aggregate Oh 90,
In6 7S- was passed -- House IIo y -
session was devoted to the consloeIaSTI In bicb -
Dis-ric1 OF Columbia appropriation plll' "hlO1A
was passed
F0REIGN-Advices from Caracas unoer cate uale
of March % contain the government &C q, =
,ar1,- Ia Minister RusSelS protest regafdlils Cie
,r,e-55ry Of mail bags for the Tacoma, and say
that relations between Nenezuela anu lii Ll o
icle" printed forecast Of the composition 'l lie
new British Cabinet. making DaFlu 80 ~,
George Chancellor Of the EXchequer, ana Win,
sion Spancer Churchill President OF the Board
Of Trade. Gladys SQulerS. daughltI VI
Herbert c Souiers American Minister 10 ran
ANA was secretly married last SATURDAY 10
Lieutenant Rousseau, member OF the faiIdlli,l I'd
canal Commission =-- An agreement 10 checFH
emigration from India to Canada was reached
between the Dominion and British oilclalS-
CTTy-Stocks made small advances =-
The special grand jury investigating the amer
ican Ice Companv handed up a presentment
critictsing the work Of the Attorney General $
once - General Stewart L. Woodford said
reports that Governor Hughes would WllnQra"
from the race for the Presidency were y MItoI ~
foundation Mrs Harold Mccormick ana
her family came 10 New York TO escape ulItats
made against her in Chicago -" hoberI
Hunter and others recommended methods OF
helping the unemployed -= Tyler Morse an
nounced that Nine. Could was not engaged to
fraud brought by ex-Assemblyman Freeman
were dismissed -= Samuel H NlIIetS broke
arm and others were lilJlTtu d tIio
drag hunt of the Meadow Brook Club -- Ihe
American Museum of Natural History received
from King Leopold seven hundred valuable oo-
tects illustrating life il the Congo Free States
DOMESTIC-T4o words passed in the House
committee considering the McCaH campaign
contribution publicity measure OYER a delay
caused by Withdrawal OF Republican members
= The Delaware Republican convention
elected an Uninstructed delegation 20 the ma
rional convention. == The Senate at 4 Albany
unanimously passed two banking reform meas
llres == Assembiynen Merritt and Gray were
renominated in the Ist and ID Assembly dis
tricts in St Lawrence County. == EX-Goy-
ernor John L Bates Of Massachusetts withdrew
= 2 candidate for deIegate-at- large 20 the Re
publican National convention and Senator
Lodge announced that he agreed with Senator
Crane in favor OF an uniusJTuCted delegation.
= II was said II Albany that Governor
Hughes was stiI in the Presidential race ==
Efforts To settle the differences between the coal
operators and miners ia the Western Pennsyl-
vaGia. Ohio and Indiana fields failed at con-
ference in Indianapolis. a further meeting will
be held IN Toledo on April a.
THE Observation-Disclosures for to-day:
Rain. The temperature yesterday: Highest,
= degrees. lowest, -.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-08
ASSETS " Az EuERGEECY.

Perhaps the report of the loan committee Of
the New York Clearing House on its handling
IF the banks through the recent panic may af-
ford some light 10 those who are trying 20
frame legislation providing for the issue of cur
rencY in emergency on The situation pf
banks Al such time The loan committee
had charge Of the issue of Clearing House Ger
tifcat@s by means of which the New YORK
banks were enabled - weather the recent panic
These certificates were practically sort o.
emergency cUrrency-that i 10 say, they took
the place of money in settling the daily bal
ances Of the banks in the Clearing House AsSo-
citation They were issued ou assets of the
banks deposited with the Clearing House, and
the significant fact regarding those aSSets is that
only small fraction Of them were Of the sort
required by the Aldrich bill to lee deposited by
the banks security for emergency circulation
under its provisions
For the Clearing House certificates the com
nittee accepted any good security whether
stocks or bonds. notes Of corporations or com
mercal paper. Yet of the collateral that passed
through its hands in i've months. having a total
value Of $453.O0OOD0. S:300000U0, or 1892 per
cent. WAS commercial paper. The other S123-
0Do.es0. or POS per cent. consisted Of stocks,
bonds and the short term notes Of corporations.
OF these obviously only small fraction could
have been available as basis Of circulation un-
der the Aldrich bill. fer none Of the stocks or
short term notes could have been used, and os
the miscellaneous bOnds-public, railway AMI
industrial-ony the public bonds could have
been This report regarding the actual man
agement of an emergency indicates little ability
on the part Of the banks 10 take out currency at
such q time based on public securities Of the sort
required By the Aldrich bill Yet the banks which
svaiIed themselves of these loan certificates
were situated chiefly in downtown New York
where banks invest in bonds 10 a greater extent
than anywhere else in the country. If II Is De
sired TO provide for the issue of An emergency
elIrrency let il be done upon the basis of assets
which all banks are sure TO have IN an ener-
gency-namely. commercial paper. AS to the
.-.aIlty Of those assets perhaps sufficient evl-
New-York tribune., 1908-04-08
PHILANTHROPY THAT PAYS DIVIDENDS

E r. l.. Gould in Charities and the Commons.
Years ago 1t was thought that it was impossible
to unite business ant philanthropy in a large way.
The wears however have demonstrated the absurd
ity of the contention, since the City and Suburban
Homes Company, New York. established CONNER
cally and run with the idea Of affording
able dividend to the capital invested and giving to
tenants the highest advantages OF sanitation and
comfort compatible with reasonable rates of rent
has been successful that the company's invest
ments now reach S5500,0O0. and it's dividend dis
bursements Az per cent year l can best
measure for you the appreciation Of it's two thou
sand tenants by reference to the fact that during
the last five years. while the amounts collected
rents from the tenants Of its various estates were
s947 S43 76, the losses during the period from
bad debts 81 i56 S9 the wholly insignificant