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New-York tribune., 1908-07-26
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.
1By Telegraph to The Tribune.I


Newport r. l. July 35-Rain to-day put damn
ening aspect on the Newport summer colony and
caused the postponement of the golf match at tina
Newport Golf Club and also the drag hound hunt
which was to have started at Alfred G. Wander
biIts Portsmouth farm
The principal social affair a dinner and
dance given tonight by Mr. and Mrs Edward J.
Berwfnd at The EIms In honor OF their guests
General Horace Porter and Paul Morton Other
dinners were given by Mrs r. Livingston Beck
man, Mrs. William P. Thompson, Mrs James B.
Haggin. Mrs. John Nicholas Brown Mrs William
Grosvenor and Mrs John J. WysOng-
Peter F. Collier will give dinner July q and
Dr. Henry Barton Jacobs July 50
The leasing OF Inchfqufn, the villa OF Mrs J. P
Ifvermore to c. Oliver Iselin for the remainder Of
the season was officially announced to-day
Mr. and Mrs H. o. Havemeyer, jr.. who have
been in Newport for some days. have taken pos
session of their own cottage. Mayheld-
Snug HarbOr, the summer home OF Mrs Charles
F. Baldwin, is being prepared tor occupancy, ind-
eating that Mrs. Baldwin intends returning from
Europe within short time
DR.. and Mrs Austin Flint. IT.. have ended their
visit with Mr. and Mrs. Pembroke Jones and have
returned to New York
Mr. and Mrs. T. Shaw Safe returned from East
Greenwich to-day
August 10 has been selected by the members Of
the Newport Golf Club as the date for the match
for the cup offered by President Lspenard Stewart.
Mr. and Mrs George Rose Mr.. and Mrs Henry
Redmond and Franklin Plummer arrived in New
port to-day on the steam yacht CristObal- The
Venetian with Mrs. ]. L. LivermOre. also arrived.
John A. Rutherfurd Of New York. is the guest Of
Mr. and Mrs. James Brown over the weekend
Mr. and Mrs. Norman HapgOOd, of New York. ars
visiting Mr. and Mrs Howard Gushing. and Mr.
and Mrs r Livingston Beeckman are entertaining
a large house party at their cottage. Among their
guests are Campbell ". Steward, Ellis Postle-
thwaite Aymar Johnson and A de Navarro. all Of
New York
Henry Clews arrived to-day to spend Sunday with
Mrs Clews at The Rocks.
Mrs May Brady Hall. who underwent slight
operation recently. is improving rapidly
Richard Stevens r. B Rives John RUtherfurd.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman HapgOOd. William ODonnel
Iselin. E C. knight. jr Ellis POstIethwate, Aymar
Johnson. A de Navarro, James H kidder and
George Rose registered at the Casino to-day
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph r Dilworth, newcomers in
the summer colony this year. had narrow escape
from injury this afternoon, when their automObis
skidded in Bellevue avenue and one OF the rear
wheels gave way under the strain
Mrs. H. Casinir De Rham. Henry ". Bull aTd
Milton S. Barger returned from New York this
evening.
]. NJ Waterbury. jr- arrived to visit Mr.. and Mra
r. Livingston Beeckman-
The Rev. Morgan Jones. OF New York, Is the guest
of Mrs. Leroy King
New-York tribune., 1908-07-26
THE OLYMPIC GAMES.

II is TO be hoped that the comment "all's
well that ends Well may finally be applied to
the Olympic games which were brought TO a
close in London yesterday. We must regret
that there has been even the slightest question
OF IL But il would be worse than useless to
ignore the fact that doubts Of fairness and feel
ings Of grievance have more than once arisen
in the course of the contests. We do not
think that all these i'll feelings and the quick
comments have been justiiable. 1t will be re-
called that in several cases popular judgment
and the judgment of the contestants concerning
the management of the contests and the awards
of the Judges have been very different a day
or two after the fact from what they were
on the instant. Nevertheless, there do seem
10 have been some regrettable features OF the
management and some details of decision and
scoring which are open to criticism, at least on
the ground of discretion The opinion is to be
repeated which we have expressed before that
il would have been better to have committed the
control of all the games 10 an international COM
mittee of judges. was done at the former
Olympic games, instead of TO exclusively Brit
ish committees II may be added that in case
of dissa tisfaction with any decision it is best
not 10 utter judgment upon it al the moment in
hot blood. but to wait, at least, until the cooler
hours Of the next morning.
Another lesson which may be derived from
these games is the desira bilty of discrmnat-
ing between feats Of necessity and those of
mere friendly rivalry. II was superb thing
for the Original Marathon runner TO exert him
self for his country's sake, even though he fell
dead as he reached the goal; but it is not
commendable for men 10 incur the risk of shar-
ing his fate in needless emulation Of his cat.
The stories which are told of the Italian run
ner's struggles TO enter and traverse the Sta
dunn at Shepherds Bush and Of his condition
of mind and body afterward do not make pleas
ant reading Had he been driven 10 such eX-
tremes by a taskmaster, there would be a uni
versal outcry against the brutality. Had he
done what he did TO serve some great or urgent
cause be would be regarded Il hero. But
In the actual circumstances we must think
that there is ground for The protests against
such contests and for the demands that the
Marathon race" be henceforth omitted as i'm
posing too great q tax upon the contestants.
The brutality Of the old go-as-you-please six
day walking matches and bicycle races has
often and rightly been denounced 1t seems
probable that, despite its classic name and ex-
ample and all the glamour which invests it. and
Marathon race should be placed under the
same condemnation.
The achievements OF the American repre-
sentatives in the games must be regarded with
UNQUALIFIED satisfaction and national pride. In
tie rife shooting at Bisley which preceded the
New-York tribune., 1908-07-26

only for felonies Then the contractor, whose
wretched gang was being depleted by expiring
sentences said Frisby tried to escape TO prove
his case he had the boy lashed, and, says The
Georgian 'it was such a beating that the story
..of It got abroad in the county, and the grand
Jury of Cobb County returned true bill Tor
assault and battery against the guard who
s,vIlns the whip. But was the contractor jailed
On the contrary Frisby was resentenced TO serve
two extra months in the innocent contractor S
sangi
This is ona of the midest stories. but 1t is
peculiarly serviceabe in disclosing the corrupt
ing influence of the co2vict leasing system on
politics. business and the courts. T0 outsiders
the evils of turning over state prisoners 10
coarse greedy spectators for exploitation have
long been clearly visible. The practice makes
utterly impossible the reform of offenders. 1t
opens the way to unspeakabe Cruelties. which
often embitter the victims toward society Ii
cheats the state inasmuch as scheming politi'
clans force the leasing price down TO nominal
sum- recent successful bid in Georgia being
sor seven hundred convicts at 500 head.
Many Georgians have long been awake to these
facts, but the continued apathy of other i1telli-
gent and humane citiZeEs has been puzzling,
as this incident reported in THE Cordele tGa.)
Rambler" unintentionally shows:
gentleman in Cordele says that he once saw
two negro men throw a white convict down;
one Of them sat on his head and the other sat
on his bodv while the whipping boss admins
tered a severe fogging; the white man had not
been unruly. either; they whipped him because
he did not do much work as the younger men
he was an old man-and he afterward par
TALLY lost his mind. This, however, was some
years ago.
Some years ago. And now the gentleman IN
Cordele" mentions the matter casually to re-
porter But it is gratifying to note the steady
growth in Georgia Of a purpose to conduct a
vigorous campaign.
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THE NEWS THIS MORNING

4-oRFTGN-A dispatch TO The Tribune from ON
paris saws that nearly thlrd OF the - 81 80. or19
the capital are blocked with ruppisn ; dltu "o--
,,,anfs -oarerials owing 10 the LABOR clASI =
EneIis1 Observers incline TO treat the sIan. 81 ~
,-fSrT,,. in Turkey with skeptlclSnl pIl 3i
newspapers expect great results 10 loo" - ~aIr(
-. 80 t,e troubles among the powers Iesdl u u
ing the Near East. == Inc ~ II olt 0 o1f,5
cent cruiser for Minister de ReuS' eAIgilS9 II5
T-on, Venezuela by President Castro ana I!etu !
. -1aarin- To discuss The Venezuelan Sltuat.oll- on
The Irish university bill, estanIiSLIIe - -
universities in Ireland, passed ule - Ia ~
commons by onesided vote - [AOuri 7 : q on ~,
NTjrza rcther Of the Shah Of Persia, e maoe On
unsuccessful attempt 10 escape foIn coiN I+ -
ment at Teheran, in pursuance It d ~ niace
de+brone the ruler and install Abdul IN MS pidce-
- crowd estimated at nan ~ ~illliIoi
gathered in Hyde Park, LONDON io[ .;I ueIiIGri
erration in favor of the governn ent lIce!lells
tilI There was rioting. Que 10 Ine SUM
in Bombay and many persons were Killed
pONFSTIC-Chairman Hitchcock heid d
conference with the Republican leaders OF elsII
Co-1-e- e 49,; eta+es in chicago = William H
TAFT was greeted by cheering crowd oI IeiiCN i
townsrlen upon his arrival IN Clncl'llldlI' 80
he will he officially informed OF ms hoiAlIIatIoll
- T,nas6av AT meeting of the Demo-
cratic National Committee in Chicago Norman man
E Mack chosen chairman OF t4le LdlaGt, j
committee TO have charge OF lhe o6Ii-p 9ls 49,
Governor Haskell Of Oklahoma was Seiec'eu a
treas sllrer President Roosevelt dPpI "a !
the dismissal of eight hazers from tne CIiI1eu
states Military Academy at West POINT -
The Interstate Commerce Commission mace
nuhlic a number of decisions and opinions az
<e~ri
1-as made of a reduction in parcels post rates
"a BOLIVIA and Peru. The National Cur
rency Commission adjourned its session al
Narragansett Pier after naming two committees
10 work on various points and 10 report 10 IaS
fun commission November 10
,uTY-Stocks were strong - There was
q lively time at the Brighton Beach racetrach
Following an arrest by deputy sheriff -
II MAS announced that George H F. SchraedeT
had given S500.000 for q social workers @ cluD-
i,o,,se AZ Hartsdale and home for cOnvalesclng
mothers ~ DR.. Carleton P. Flint, New
York medical specialist. was killed by an auto
mobile at Seabright, y. J. ~ Charles w
Morse said he would soon take the puollc INTO
his confidence in his reorganization plans -
II was said that the plans for the reorgahIZa-
ZION of the Consolidated Steamship Lines would
he announced this week = Ansel Open
helm vice-president of the Chicago Great west
ern Railroad. IN urging higher freights, SAID
that he did not think the Presidents statement
on the Standard Oil case would affect business.
General John Tyler Cutting dedicated &c
WestDort " Y 4 town hall and library, which
he gave TO the town in honor Of his mother
THE wEATHER.-Rains to-day and to-mor-
row. east winds The temperature yesterday:
Highest, 90 degrees; lowest, 13
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IN THE BERKSHIRES.
IRy Telegraph to The Tribune. J

[Ry Telegraph to The Tribune
I4enox Mass July 25.-Rain to-day caused 3
pOstpOnenent of several entertainments and after
teas, tennis, baseball and cricket. which were
scheduled for the amusement OF the villa owners.
and caused a notable the bookstores and the
library for the new novels II was The first al
days rain OF the summer in the hills.
Judge Peter s Grosscup. of Chicago. is guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry ". Bishop at WiaHa, their
country estate in Pittsheld- Mr.. and Mrs Bishop
entertained at dinner tonight for their guest
Banyer Tuckerman. OF Washington. arrived TO-
day at Ingleside Hail. Stockbridge. TO visit his ss
ter Miss Emily TucIzerman-
Mrs Carol Jackson entertained at dinner tonight
at Wynstay Villa for her sister Mrs Richard Cam
brill
Joseph H. Choate has declined 70 make addresses
at Old Home Week celebration in the county he
says he has established a rule not 10 make any
speeches during the time he is at his country e.
tate in StOckbridge for rest and recreation
Miss Nora Iasigi has returned 70 Clover Croil IL
StoclSbridge. from Bar Harbor-
Mr.. and Mrs J. Woodward Haven are enterrain-
ing Daniel Berkey Updike. OF Boston, at the stoAsS
villa.
Giraud Foster returned tonight from upper CAH-
ada. where he has been for salmon fishing
Miss Anna f. Wright was hostess at dinner 20
night the Curtis Hotel Her guests incinos-
Mrs. George H. Morgan. Mrs. Joseph W BlEus-
and Miss Nancy c. Wharton
Mrs Thomas Shields Clarke is entertaining MS
Bethune. who have been guests Of Mr. and II'
Clark at Fern Brooke. have departed for HidS'
field, Conn.
Miss Ellen u Hunt with Miss Townsend an-
Miss Vanderveer has arrived In LsnOx- ONE. =
rivals include Mrs Joseph NIbank. Alfred D. -1A
lay and Miss f. F. Kellosg.
EgertOn Winthrop has arrived at Elm Coui'
visit Mr.. and Mrs William D. Sloane
Mr.. and Mrs Joseph II. ChOate departed %. -
for Mount Kisco. 10 be the guests of Mr. and ~
Joseph II. Choate. jr.
Frank Crowninshield has returned from s ssV
months in Europe. and is visiting his brother -
eric CrOwninsheId. in StCckbridge.
Miss Florence King is guest of Mr.. anu -
Richard Watson Glider.
Mrs. William Postlethwaite entertained AZ ~, ~,
con at the Bishop cottage for Mrs Charles J 0'-'
parte.
NIr and Mrs r A. Barrows Of Ne'v YorS- a..
Mr. and Mrs Max f. Behr OF Far Hills. y J. a.
at Hotel Aspinwall
Mr.. and Mrs. w R Brown are guests Of M
". s Brown Hotel AspinwalL
Mrs. Nelson NIillard Mr- and Mrs Fred u go 20
~ and Mr. and Mrs. r. J. Thompson have arm
Heaton Hail. in StocS5ridge.
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in fact gives to the State-although the TWO are
nominally antagonistic-it Is OF pecuiiar III
terest.
4 WANING ETiJ.

West Point cadets are doubtless distressed at
the susnension of eight of their classmates FOR
nazing while as we believe, a great. maJorlt!
of them are at the same time sincerely grieved
to discover a recrudescence of practices WHICH
were explicitly forbidden seven years ago D!
act of Congress If that is not the genera
state of feeling there, then the United States
Military Academy has Jagged belind every
other prominent school III the country; Ior tht
average American students attitude toward Tue
tormenting of freshmen and unpopular upper
class men has changed during the last decade
from hilarious approval TO uneasy tolerance
and thence to manly disgust. Hazing there sti
is. to be sure and hazng there may always
be so long as alumni of 'the good old days
return at commencement time to relate IN
reminiscent glee how they used TO hold mem
bers of the class below them under the town
pump on a January night and watch lclcleS
form on the victims noses But the influence
of such Viking tales has long been perceptibly
whitening; and if that is not the case at west
Point the young gentlemen up the river must
respect tradition more conservatively than IS
the wont of adoescents.
The investigating board having spent month
on the case Colonel Scotts order Doubtless
strikes fair blow at the right men, and every
body will approve President Rooseyelt's refusal
TO countermand it Leniency cannot he pleaded
with reason. especially on behalf of the two
first class men. Discipline and fidelity to the
oath of obedience are the chief study al West
Point and the cadet who 'fiunks' in it after
four years of drill is manifestly unfit to enter
tha army
New-York tribune., 1908-07-26
FOR THE HEIGHT OF THE SEASON.

With the advent of midsummer, now ut hand.
thoughts appropriately arise at once of the
pleasures and of the pains of the season. 10
large part of the community it is time OF
pleasure seeking. and never in the history OF
the world was that pursuit more numerousiy
or more sumptuously followed than now and
here. To many more it is at least time OF
slackening of toll and of more or less extended
HOLIDAYS But to a vast multitude it remains
season of suffering and of menace when the
heat is a burden and the ills which accompany
it attack body and mind with depressing If
not deadly force. Suffering there is among the
poor always. But there Is quality in the
suffering of the dog days in hot and sitting
tenements which peculiarly appeals for relief,
and there is the greater demand for relief
because of the comparative ease with which 1t
can be granted. All that is needed is to trans
port the sufferers TO the open country and turn
them loose.
That is the work which the Tribune Fresh Air
Fund has been doing each year for thousands
of children with success, reckoned from the
most practical business point of view, which
probably has never been surpassed, if rivalled
in the history of systematic philanthropy. The
published records of the fund ample indi-
cation of the fact. 1t would indeed be impos-
sible for any work to show in paramount
respect a greater percentage of actual benef-
cence, for of all the money contributed not
fraction of a cent is ever diverted for office
rent salaries or other administrative purposes,
however necessary and audable these may be,
but the full 100 per cent goes straight to the
good of those whom it is intended to benefit
Nor would 1t be easy, if possible, TO point to
any charity which accomplishes more for the
amount used. To give to some child a two
weeks vacation in a pleasant country home,
with all expenses paid AID much entertainment
provided for each So less contributed, is to
| achieve a great end with little means.
| At the height of the season, then this benef-
cent undertaking is to be earnestly commended
| TO the consideration of the public which for
| so many years has so generously maintained it.
The need just now is very great Thousands
| of children should be sent into the country
| every week. every day, for weeks to come
| They need it for their physical, mental and
moral good. The community, too, needs that
they shall be sent, for its good, In order that
these future citizens may grow up with sOunder
minds in sounder bodies than they hope to
possess if they have no respite from the burden
and heat of the day. The demand and the
| longing are here. The relief and the desire to
afford it are out there in the fields and woods.
| All that is lacking is the small amount re-
quired TO span the space between them-a want
which should be mentioned only TO be met.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-26
CONVICT CLIPS.

Ante-bellum slavery was beneflcent institu-
ton in comparison with the convict leasing sys-
tenn against which the citizens OF Georgia are
becoming fully aroused. Uncle Toms Cabin
tells of no imagined horrors eqnal to any Of
the hundreds Of real ones which are being dis
closed in Southern newspapers and before inves-
tigating comnttees of the Georgia Legislature
The case of Joe" Frisby only one of many
which The Atlanta Georgian" has recently pub
llshed with the positive guarantee of authentic
ity, typihes the Coma1che-like fiendishness of
contractors attorneys and police who are inter
csted in keeping up the supply of convict labor.
Frisby, mere boy got drunk two years ago
and was sentenced TO the chain gang on the
public road for three months, i'll direct violation
of the state law, which allows that penalty
New-York tribune., 1908-07-26

Chicago's experiment with half municipal
lied theatre will be watched by many Ameri-
can cities The arrangements for the first sea-
son cannot well be made permanent. for mem
bers of the Art Institute are to defray all ex-
penses and admission will be limited to them
selves and their friends. The municipality fur
nishes only the building. But if marked sue
cess follows the undertaking the Western
metropolis may be tempted to adopt more
completely European custom which has much
to commend it. New York cannot help Won
dering how the scheme will work in a land Of
cheap vaudeville
New-York tribune., 1908-07-26
Abouf People and Social Incidents

go TO their camp in the Adirondaeks Mrs Ronars.
is booked to sail this week from England for New
York and landing here will go to Erie Penn
to stay with her son and daughter-in-Iaw Mr. ana
Mrs Reginald Ronalds Mr. and Mrs. Arthur D
Clanin are likewise returning and expected here
Tuesday board the Kronprinzessin Cecilie
Mrs A. Lawrence Mason is lying seriously III =,
York Harbor. Me. and her son-in-law and dauzb
ter. Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Wilson, Jr. have bee,
summoned from Newport
Mr. and Mrs Reginald Rives and Mr. and M
Arthur B. Twombly at Breton Woods " H
Van Rensselaer,. who arrived from Europe a couuls
of days ago. have gone TO Bar Harbor FOR the r.
mainds- Of the summer
Mrs. Henry Chauncey Cryder and her sister. Ma,
Edith Hollins. who have been in New London Conn
for some time past. have gone TO Murray Rav
Canada. for the remainder OF the summer.
The Assistant Secretary OF the Treasury and Mr..
Beeknan Winthrop are spending the week end ztt,
the President and Mrs Roosevelt at Oyster Raw
and Will go on tomorrow Morristown N J IN,
a few days with Mrs George F. Stone. before "a
turning to Washington. where they have houss
at Chevy Chase for the summer
Mr.. and Mrs George w Vanderbilt and tbs,.
daughter are motoring through France and ara
now at Dinard
John B. Lanier has left Paris for Carlsbad
Mr. and NIrse Frederick c. Havemeyer are a.
Southampton. Long Island for the week end
Mrs. George T Bliss and Miss Bliss are in Pari.
the Hotel Bristol
Mrs Charles II. Coster has left Tuxedo for Wood,
Hole Mass. where she Will remain for a fortnigh,
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Nesn71urk Dailp Gribtr''r
SUNDAY. JULY 26. 1908.

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INDo-cHINA.

From The London Globe
II is singular that with all the annivsrsaflssss ss
which have engaged the French people OF 80 ~. In
mention has been made Of important ,,n-
French colonial history IL IN July. 1872 -bat
sequen,ly the jubilee has now come To1su;; To5l; u;;vrirl
the French flag hrst raised IN in0o- - -
France rad had amount Ot trouble w. ,..,1olss.
ruler OF AMMAN, and an expedition on - ssn.
scale under Admiral RsaUlt dc CfenOCiiF yS-g,Sia
out 10 bring the Emperor 10 his senses ~ IN
a few weeks from the date OF the aTrINa- sou "a =
admiral Indo- China became a French posssSS''-
New-York tribune., 1908-07-26

The Interboroughs decision to publish detailed
reports about all accidents occurring on its lines
marks the beginning of policy which trans
portation experts have been advocating for some
time If its effect upon employees and the pub
lies attitude toward the road measure up to
conservative expectations. even in slight de-
gree, 1t can scarcely fail to come into general
vogue.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-26

We had an idea all along that those stories
about a universal war, with Chaos and Old
Night among the Central American states were
about ten times imaginative than real,
and it seems to be turning out that such was
the case.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-26

SO Colonel Bryan detaches himself from "The
Commoner'' for season That sprlghtly sneet
will, however. still be THE Commoner'-which
is more agreeable than to say it will be COM
moner still
New-York tribune., 1908-07-26

Controller Metz writes from Denver to inform
the public that as the city's chief financial OF
ffcer he feels like man who has been spend
ing 500 week a $50 income That's just
about the way the city looks at it.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-26

Lenox is rather dull just at present. owing the
departure of so many of its regular summer resi-
dents for Bar HarbOr and other seaside resorts,
and the lull will last until the beginning of Sep
tember, when the hunt ball. the horticultural show
and the principal festivities of the LenOx season
are to take place Lenox, however, will have
horse show this year, for William Douglas Sloane
is engaged in building country home for his SON.
in-law and daughter. Mr. and Mrs William B.
Osgood Field. his High Lawn property. which
for a number of years past has always been placed
by him at the disposal of the Horse Show As
sociation for the exhibition. and there no
other premises available offering the Indispensable
stable accommodation it has been determined to
abandon all idea of having a horse show, at any
rate this year.