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New-York tribune., 1908-02-23

istry of Foreign Affairs was compelled IN each
Instance TO insist upon their recall Count Nell
dofT the present representative OF the Gar u
the Gallo capital. has turned the lesson 10 soou
account and. although he retains friendly re'd-
tiors with the RoyaIsts and Nationalists. never
the!ess he is extremely demOnstratiVe IN MS
poEiteress to the members of the government OF
the day.
If were asked what diplomat there is to-
day who plays a role in the internal pohtlcs or
the country in which he is stationed the name
of Camille Barrere. the Ambassador OF France
at Rome. would be the first TO occur 70 me
He is without doubt of the most able and
sxiIfuI of ENJOYS, either of France or OF any
other great power Reared amid the hardships
of exile in the difficult school of journalism and
having sown his wild oats. not member OF
the jeunesse doree. but as one of the most pct
tIresdIe leaders of the Paris Commune or Ioiu,
he has known during his long residence al
Rome how to manipulate poIitica! factions there
in such q fashion as to create an aH-pOwerful
sympathy in favor of France, to supersede that
which formerly existed in behalf of Germany
In fact by his profound knowledge Of Italian
factionaI politics, and by his use thereof, he has
managed 10 estrange Italy from the Triple Al
lance and to bring her within the sphere OF the
AnrIo-French union. namely. OF the entente
fully and so discreetIy as to excite no criticism
on the part of the Italian government or by the
Italian and foreign press.
All foreign diplomats are not gifted with the
Hghtness of touch and the almost Oriental
inesse that distinguish Ambassador Barrere
and would undoubtedly injure rather than fur
ther the interests Of the country which they
represent were they TO endeavor TO follow his eX-
ample and 10 emulate his successes. Bismarck,
although he disapproved OF the activity OF
Count Harry Arnim. adept in this par
ticular branch of diplomacy. and many are the
cabinets of foreign countries that have been
overthrown through the agency OF his more or
less avowed representatives
In fact he went far to maintain in every
foreign country save America subsidized news
papers the editors of which were paid by him
with money derived from the interest OF the
fortune OF the Duke of Cum berland and Bruins
wick sequestrated at that time and known as
THE Guelph fund" But il is a form of diplO-
macy that has 10 great extent gone out Of
fashion and to-day. in spite OF the popular be-
lief that the diplomatic office is of less ia
portance than in days of yore, il is fact that
there is a greater demand on men in the ser
vice for the virtues of delicate tact and discre-
ton &A-AITASaE'
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thirty thousand volumes and is housed In beautfui
building the erection of which Andrew Carnegie
gave $50 900 in 1892 The public library original
ly established and maintained by the Board of Edu
cation. and for many years before Mr. Carnegie s
gift was in the High School building, just
across the street from its present location.
The city pier and recreation pavilion, which cost
the city about $4,000 is another institution which
Yonkers pues herself II extends $50 feet out into
the Hudson from the shore line. and even at low
tide the water about is thirty feet deep. making
possible the landing of steamboats, of any tonnage
plying On the Hudson The recreation pavilion is
heavily patronized IN the hot days and nights OF
the summer Boats three regular steamboat
lines make daily stops during their for
navigating the Hudson.
Yonkers has four banks and one trust company,
two theatres and thirty churches. chapels and mis-
sions representing the leading denominations and
many nationalities these places of worship the
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Phfpsburg. Yonkers then kncwn the oio
house remained in the possession of his famiy
until I7Ts when, because the Philipse family were
Tories it was conhscated by the state 1t was
occupied a private dwelling house until leoo
when it passed into the hands of the city and was
put to as City Hail. After much discussion
the people of Yonkers have taken steps TO preserve
this historic old structure. with its pleasing Co
oniai architecture its old fashioned staircases and
papier maehe ceilings. as one of the historic land
marks OF the CITY, and there Is now bill before the
Legislature making provision for its care An
unknown giver has made offer of $4,000 for this
purpose. The quaint old building is valued AT
Se00 900. and the city by accepting the of1er mas
practically contributed $4,000 the preservation Of
the old hall The title is to be vested In the state
and the American Scenic and Historic Preservation
Society is 10 he the custodian.
Yonkers lays claim being the first city in the
United States to erect own and operate municfpai
hot and cold baths. There are two such institu-
tions in the city and both are literally patronzeo
by men and women.
So far as transit goes 1t is doubtful il many
cities of the same size can boast of such advan-
tages as Yonkers possesses Three steam roads
pass through the city the New York Central. with
four stations within the city limits: the New York
& Harlem road. with FIVE stations, and the New
York & Putnam. with ten, making total OF
nineteen railroad stations inside the city boun-
daries. From Getty Square, the business centre,
electric lines radiate in every direction, to New
York and other points. Just now the residents are
rejoicing over the recent reduction of the round
trip fare from New York the Putnam division
from fifty twenty-five cents and the still more
recent announcement OF reduced trolley fare
schedule from Getty Square to Manhattan. which
makes it possible for TO ride from Yonkers
TO New York for eight cents though the fare from
New York TO Yonkers over the same route still re-
mains ten cents The New York Central has
tended IT'S electric system Yonkers and is ready
to operate the line as soon as the signals are IN
stalled.
LIBRARY OF 10000 VOLUMES.
An institution in which the city takes just
pride is its public library which contains than
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oldest and one of the most interesting is st John
Protestant Episcopal Church first built In 1oz ana
later rebuilt after a disastrous fire. though the
original St. Johns worshippers held services N
Yonkers early 1891 All the Yonkers churches
have large congregations, and most of them own
artistic and in many cases imposing houses OF
worship. The YonkeTs branches of the Young
Mems and Young Wornens Christian associations
are both active organizations, taking working
part In the religious life of the city Both occupy
handsome buildings. The Woman's Institute Is a
non-sectarian organization which is also accom-
plish ng much good in the city.
HOLLYWOOD Inn where for nominal sum the
vorktngTnen of Yonkers enabled to enjoy the
advantages of club life, is of the unusual in
stftutiens in which Yonkers has great faith. 1t
was started by few men of the BrotherhooA of
St Andrew of ST. Johns Church, its first quarters
being opened at No. IS Main street on January y,
1884 The undertaking proved so successful that
William F, Cochran. who was noted for his phian-
thropy erected the clubhouse now occupied In
connection with the inn is operated the Hollywood
Inn Country Club, on Dunwoodie Heights.
or hospitals there few which in point or
equipment and efficiency of management compare
favorably with any to be found in this part OF
the country. ST Johns Riverside Hospital. St Jo-
seph's and the Homeopathic Hospital and Mater
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23
Y0NKERS NOW
In SECOND CLASS.
STILL NEXT To LARGEST
CITT IN UNITED STATES.
Institutions, Industries and Social
Life of Groscing
Munics pality.

That Ionkers. for years proudly referred to by
her Inhabitants as being next the largest city
IL the United States, should recently have been
placed among the cities OF the second class may
sound paradcxicai, but such is the case And
what is more TO the point Tonkers is proud of it
for after all that vaunted relationship to the
largest city in tbs United States is geographical
only since tho boundaries Of Yonkers and New York
meet. and however proud Vonkers may be Of her
bg neighbor on The south. she is stflI more proud
Of her cwn development That Yonkers shows a
development along industrial and social lines dis
tinCfiVely her own is point which. according to
many Of The prominent residents. many out
siders likely 10 overlook. This contention they
are ready 10 support with many pertinent facts
ether than the recent admission TO the ranks of
cities Of the second class
well known Nonkers man voiced the sentiment
O. a majority of his fellows when he said the other
DAY:
You New York people ell right but YOU are
inclined TO make the mistake OF regarding
as Joke. Now, that is very serious mistake for
fonkers is no joke; far from it. Yonkers is an
up-todate. active. progressive city. years her
growth was largely along industrial lines. and the
place became known leading manufacturing
city Il still retains its prestige in this respect.
snd IN addition Yonkers is now developing through
6 series Of leaps and bounds into of the finest
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than the other kind. vet the body IS able 70 get
much more nourishrnent from It
The experiments Of the Department Of Agr1culturs
were carried on at the universities of Maine and
Minnesota Samples Of different wheats were OBJ
tained from half a dozen Western states and each
lot was divided three parts. which were then
turned into white -four. whole wheat and Grahahl-
There was chemical supervision TO insure exacti-
tude Bread made by analytic process and
then il tried different classes OF human
subjects, including farmers drivers. college sou-
dents and professional men The ordeal was. OF
course less heroic than that undergone by sub
tects OF pure and poison tests. not 70 mention
newly married men with brides OF culinary aulbi-
ton.
There were four-day experiments. in which the
variety Of bread. with milk, formed the diet
the subjects. More than one hundred digestion
trials were made Each man had a ledger account
opened with his stomach. being debited with all
the chemical constituents OF the food he consumed
and credited with what was missing or, IN other
words digested shown by analysis Of waste
products When he ate a pound OF bread, fOr ex-
ample he was charged with one-tenth Of pound
gluten fve-tentts OF pound Of starch and small
quantities OF minerals He treated exactly Ike
Il machine. and II determined how much OF his
food went fo- fuel and how much for repairs The
process was the same in fact as that for deter
mining the fuel value Of coal. which il weighed
and anaiyzed before and after combustion The
caIorineter measured the beat given OF by a loaf
OF bread through combustion and this result was
compared with the digestive process
The reports declared thar while Graham bread
had the most protein the proportion OF dlgestt-
bic protein and available energy was largely IN
plain white bread The lower digesJibilrty OF the
protein in Graham and entire wheat bread was
due the fact that much OF the protein was con-
tained in the coarser particles OF bran and
resisted the action Of the digestive juices There
was q noticeable increase in the amount OF indi-
gestibIe or waste matter when the cOarser bread
was consumed
II is admitted that the indisestible particles -
Graham bread give exercise TO sluggish digestive
tracts and that the muscles are stimulated
pei the aateriaI-in fact hurry along fast
70 minimize the already small chances Of assimila-
tion. but this has nothing 20 DO with the value
Of nutrition. There are stOmachs TOO sensitive
Withstand the irritation produced by Graham bread.
shown by the case OF young man n the
experiment squad who ate nothing but Graham
bread and attacked by sastriIis-
II is calculated that while the average Auleri-
IabOrer spends annually but per OF the
cost Of his food for bread and cereals amounting
S-S % out OF SO l9 yet Is per Of the energy
value of his ration i derived from bread alone
II science De correct. white bread truly the stal
OF life
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residential cities TO be found for miles about New
York. Her industries going steadily forward. her
residential sections continually growing in size and
n quality, is II any wonder that Yonkers is now in
position only 10 deserve but actually 70 com
nand the respect sister cities be they large
o snan2'
After one has devoted little time 10 the con-
sidererion Of the Yonkers Of to-day. Il must be
admitted that even the so-called humorists Of the
vaudeville stage have absolutely ground on
which 10 base their wiJIess comments long made
a the expense OF tie energetic city up the river
The real Yonl1eTs is q hustiing city with popu-
lation which, having advanced yearly at the rate
Of about FIVE thousand for several years is now
over the 1900 mark Yonkers has an area Of
seventeen and one-half square miles Because OF
its location series Of natural terraces. reach
ing Up from the shores OF the Hudson TO an altl-
tude oe four hundred feet above tidewater II has
been called the Terrace City Il has l15 miles
Of well paved. well cared for streets, and & per
fect system Of sewers from six feet in
diameter
The special pride Of the city. however, is its
water supply. taken from the STsain Creek
waters Coming from The highland region at the
rear Of the city. the water is gathered in a sys-
TEN OF tube wells. and passes through filtration
plant before being allowed pass into the ninety
miles Of water mains supplying the city Some
thing ike & 402 has been expended on the per-
fection OF the water supply.
Yonkers Is probably the only city Of its size
IN the United SNaAes winch ms 4iO S'0
sn its FIRE department This Is due neiIheT 70
neglect nor 10 q desire the part OF the city
officials be ultra-economcal, but TO The simple
fact that such ehgines needed So great
q pressure is afforded al all times by Nonkers :
spiendid water system that stream or water
can easily be thrown 10 the top OF the hlshest
building in any part OF the city without the aid
Of a steam engine The Yonkers fire department.
IS however equipped with chemical engines ana
IN every other respect is as complete in equip
rnent and as thoroughly up 10 date as a modern
ere fighting organisation should be
Yoake-s spends annually about S2oooVo TOT
maintenance The city has splendid public school
system and twenty large school buildings. WHICH
with the grounds IN which Jhey stand, their fuF-
rfsirgs and equipment valued at sl556Sso me
total cost Of maintaining nineteen Of these schools
du-ir- rbe wear ended September J. 1897 Ghe twen-
-,e-h having been opened since them was 1854 i6 s0
The total enrolment Of pupils was nlsl. and the
csDita. 81 sc.
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BROWN BREAD NOT
A BRAIN MAKER
AGRICULTURAL DEPARI-
MENT EXPERIMENTS
Despite Boston Culture, the DARK
Product Is Behind an Pro
ducing Energy.
ducing Energy.

The Graham bread that grandmother used 70
make is not what one is won't 10 think u vas.
according TO the latest shocking discovery OF
science. People eat IL n tae faith that u
had some sort Of medicinal viEsue- and made
with whole wheat was far superior TO the pa!e
white loaf OF the baker. Those who wished 20
cultivate brain power particularly inclined
to consume brown bread ard fish Boston and all
New England seemed 20 prove the efficacy OF the
theory. Culture and cod. mentality ard moiasses
hued bread. appeared TO be more than Ordinary
coincidences- The cult Sf cOlcred ioaves stu has
a powerful following. and perhaps many OF its
sdhereEts Will refuse TO go back on ancient habits
on the mere say-sO CT Chemists
However the evidence obtained b. the United
States Department Of Agriculture IN SIX years OF
exhaustive experiments. recently described oy
Professor Harry Snyder in HarpeT's Magazine
is not easily to sast aside. II is admitted BY rrs
ruthless scientist that brown bread contains Uucn
more protein than white. He grants even tnat
the bran is richer in protein than any otner parI
OF the ground wheat berry. But he retorts that
leather has 50 per cent OF DroteI-l and YET re"
persons step into a restaurant a1d raH for nice
tufCv cut OF leather with fried oe!0ns Ine poinC
IS that the human system has limited resources
of digestion and starves amid the wealth of Got-
conda if il cannot reduce and assirllate the 1000
presented to IT. White bread is poorer n protein
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23
Interference by Ambassadors in Partisan Politics NO
Longer Tolerated.

Gladstone almost succeeded in turning the
Conservatives out of Office on the strength OF
his pro- Russian indictment of the TURKS anu
the extent to which political passions were ex-
cited at the time may be gathered from the
fact that the windows Of MIne. de Novikoff at
CIaridges and those of the Grand Old Man
at his house in Harley street were smashed by
mobs which charged Russia with corruptInS
English statesmen and the latter with having
allowed themselves to be induced by diplomatic
agents of the Car to betray the cause of Great
Britain in the Orient.
Two wears afterward the Russian Embassy
and Nine de Novikof were largely instrumental
in obtaining the return of Gladstone and the
Liberals to power. This is the most recent in
stance that I can recall in England of foreign
embassies actively and openly engaging IN the
warfare of domestic politics for the purpose OF
obtaining the advent to power of the party
which they knew TO be favorable 10 the cause
of their country
France has. however, had even more 10 surfer
than England in this respect, and there has
even since the establishment of the present re-
publican government, been singular absence Oh
discretion in the foreign ENJOYS on the banks OF
the Seine in their relations to the various pollt-
cal parties. Thus, one of the principal causes OF
cornpIaint on the part of the Iron Chancellor Of
Germany against Count Harry Arnim when the
latter was German Ambassador TO Paris was
that he was devoting himself to the promotloh
of a monarchical restoration in favor Of the
House Of Orleans. Bismarck considered that the
re-esta blfshment of a monarchy in France would
he detrimental to German interests, since IL
would find 1t necessary. in order to restore It's
prestige to embark upon another war with Ger
many for the purpose OF recovering tHe los'
provinces of AIsace and Lorraine
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in the United States The Dunwoodie Golr CIuo
and the Saegkin Golf Club are younger, nut no
less enthusiastic. organizations Golf divides non
ors with yachting. There four yacht boat ana
canoe clubs with houses along the river 'front.' anu
one of these the Yonkers Yacht Club. is said 10 be
the Oldest in the state.
Two Grand Army posts and generous quota OF
secret societies. including Masons. Odd Fellows
EIks, Red Men and other fraternal orderss add 10
the social life, do two German organizations
the Turn Verein and Yonkers Teutonia, housed IN
buildings of their The 4th Separate COM
pany of the national guard occupies an arrnory
which erected at cost Of s26Oe
Grant Park. Washington Park. in which the new
Citv Hall is and Irving Park the three chief
breathing spots, though the proximity Of Van
CortIandt Park. just over the city line TO the
south perhaps jUstifes Tonkers in a feeling OF
Joint ownership with New York of this great play
ground Many CT the residential sections Of Yon-
kers are of themselves parks in all but name
Among the best known and most beautiful OF these
Continued lfth page.
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THE FIRST CITY HALL.

yo,ke-s is now building in Washington Park.
a rugged and picturesque plot OF ground eashy az
cessible the business centre oi the cly' us III
C.tv Hall This building, which will be con
s-rpcted OF Nile Square granite faced Win DITCH
and terra Gotta viii Be in French Renaissance
s.z-te The plans are by E A & H Lansing QUICK,
srd the structure viii cost s325,e0o The GROUND
man is in The shape Of letter II. with frontage
o. r7f feet and 2 depth os l02 feet In The centre
q. ,he west front will be 8 tower IS feet sQuar|'
NTH an outlook story az the TOP, IN turn surilo-
ed nv = dome the TOP Of which is 20 be l6o feet
-. ,ba g-o,nd An elevator viii run TO the
a-..c story ard the outlook story above the hoor
s which is 10 feet inches above the ground ana
viii be reached by an iron stair
r.. interior finish viii be largely Of marble The
o~7ces Of the mayor, city attorney ana CITY cie
VII n. On the first floor in the south wing OH
rhe same floor IN the north wing VII De 'iiS ~ -
% ,hx receiver Of taxes and the controAer- oh
=. -a,,s eoor in the south wing viii be the oinces
=. r. commissioner OF public safety, WIN 1ie "l
- - those departuaents-fre, police hea4th ana
t,,,s,6f,p-vhict come under his direction vi &c
third noor viii be the council chat'ei' ~ ~ =
and Is feet high with comfhi1'ee fooii9' -
:, - .s~., aad rresident Of the council, and pup
tic lobbaes the south wing. WIN @ - .
Judges and jury room. lawyers NDfa'y' sr,
-, - ,,,,bric corridors Ia the north wing iie
s. and i boratory OF the city cIeifils' VIII >,
- on This aoor. Offices Of the assesS"iS . -
Sc Commission and the Depar tIileht oi -
60 s,5 correction will be in The oASeiiiei-N-
o4scss rauled will % no means consume "-l 80
available space, fuiiy :" P'i
amount being unassigned. .,,,,ers n, rhe
7be CITY Hall which. under the proVISioli9 % -
-, -,r,st he finished July !, 1913 VIII FORM
.,,,,-, sr,bitectural contrast 10 MahoF nan,
L.s.,,.. structure which for years mas Iel
-. as Yonkers's city Hall Erected IN loo- -
FREDERICK Philipse. the first Lord OF t-e N4~H0' -
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about eight and three-fourths acres. In aoou,
three months time, running continuously. these
mills of ours (again emphasis the "ours would
produce enough TO carpet all of Central Park, and
running at the same rate in something like four
years we would be prepared to lay a carpet canopy
over the entire island of Manhattan
I'm one day these carpet mills here IN fonkefs
produce enough carpet IL laid in a single yardwide
strip to reach over the seventeen and one-haf mile
stretch between Manor Hall. Yonkers, and City
Hall New York. and there would still remain ABOUT
seven miles of carpeting to use elsewhere
During the six working days of the week our
Yonkers carpet mills produce about IfI Ihiies ot
carpeting; enough. II laid out in single sueUe"'
TO reach from New York to Albany, and then have
a fve-mile strip TO spare. and In three weeks OF
SIX working days each these mills of ours woulu
turn out enough carpeting girdle the globe
From the magnitude of the carpet wcrks the
guide turns to hats and calls attention 10 lhe oiS
hat factories. where more than two thousand t'A
ployes are manufacturing over fourteen thousaho
hats a day He AYERS that this rate in fourteen
DAYS the big mills would produce enough hats 10
supply all the men in New York City.
Next he calls attention to the big elevator works
where more than eight hundred skilled mechanics
are making the of the skyscraper possible
and the life OF the skyscraper office dweler en-
durable Next he passes the two great sugar
refneries where many hundreds of employees are
busy.
Having rointed out these. ne closes his remarks
with the comment:
But these only a few OF our industries
There are many others Then he ratties On a hst
which includes a mammoth grain elevator. with
capacity of over $4,000 bushels; rubber works. ma
chinery works plaster works. silk works. bag
works chemical works wallpaper works, patent
medicine works camera works and photograph
s,ipply factories
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The ONLY SAFE WAY.

Don't sleep on your left side, for IL causes too
great a pressure the heart
Don't sleep your right side. for II interferes
with the respiration OF that lung.
Don't sleep on your stomach. for that inre-feres
with the respiration OF both lungs and makes
breathing difficult
Don't sleep on your back. for this method OF
getting rest is bad for the nervous system
Don't sleep sitting IN a chair your body fall,
into an unnatural position and you cannot get the
necessary relaxation
Don't sleep standing up for you may toppIs
over and crack your skull
Don't sIeep-Puck