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New-York tribune., 1908-01-29
MUSIC.
RECITAL BY HAROLD BAUER.

An audience which bore but little resemblance
the audiences generally in Mendelssohn
almost wholly of musical amateurs in the ac-
cepted and also in the best sense) listened with
great delight to the first Of Mr. Harold Bauer's
recitals yesterday afternoon The programme
was not one of the hackneyed sort either in con-
tents arrangement In fact, it was so uncon-
ventional as to end with composition with
which virtuosi who can play 1T Cor think they CAM
generally begin their list, and began with a COM
position by Mr.. MacDowen-the Sonata Eroica"
Op 80 The second part of the scheme was filed
with Schumanns "PhantasiestLcke" On - and
II an aniable personal feeling prompted gratitude
Tor the first number, sweet and sound musical
sentiment doubled the measure for the second
gift Between the Schumann pieces and the last
number, which was the set of variations bv
Brahms on a theme by Paganni Mr. Rauar
played prelude fugue and variation transcribed
py MIN from cesar Franck. Chopin's BarcaroIIe
and prelude in d flat by Emanuel Moor once :
resident of New York City. where he was known
as a pianist. but had not vet tried his bapd a-
composition, which which he is now busiIv en-
gagged. ~
Mr. Bauer is pianist whom it is a delight 70
hsten TO, whether all Of ones critical demands o-a
erathed or not There is never an affected phrase
In his playing never careless one never ono ,b,,
petrays want of sincerity and devotion IN art
aooo'er MS conception of art is that IL is an ex
preston OF the beautiful. loneliness of tone he
achieves always; also clarity and svm,atr =,
phrase and nice adjustment of the contributing
factors and elements What there is OF bero, +o.I
ing IN the sonata he gave out with less striving
than seems TO disclose itself in the work ., The
composer, for In this composition Mr. Nacro.oII
cid not reach his aim completely as he did In his
sonata tragica' which. We fancy. will soon be
recognized as the strongest prop OF his ranu+,,;o
There are passages which invite to bombast IN ,h.
performance, but they did not receive II a, Mr.
Bauer's hands: instead. all was held on q nIa,a .,
iofty dignity In the schumann pieces beauty OF
tone aho phrase was more in evidence than poeti-
cal warmth. put there was enough OF every good
quality to bring happiness TO every ustarar -
prefers beautiful pianoforte playing to virtuos,rv
New-York tribune., 1908-01-29
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
TErorn The Tribune BUREAU

[From The Tribune Bureau-l
Washington Jan. 2s.-The Assistant Secretary Of
the Navy and Mrs. Newberry gave dinner to-
night in honor Secretary Of the Interior and
Mrs. James R. Garfield The party included Rep
resentative and Mrs. Longworth Representative
Wadsworth. Mr.. and Mrs z. Tiffany Dyer and Mr.
and Mrs. William Corcoran Eustis
Senator and Mrs Stephen B. Elkins invited two
hundred of the younger members of society to a
ball at their K street house tonight in honor of
late President Harrison. The ball was preceded by
a dinner party Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Lee. Mrs
James Mcmillan and Colonel and Mrs Charles S.
Bromwe were among the hosts who entertained at
dinner and afterward their guests to the ball
Miss Marjorie G. Gould, daughter of Mr. and Mrs
George ]. Gould, is the guest of Miss Katherine
Elkns.
4 unique dinner dance. given tonight had for its
hosts Mr.. and Mrs. A B. Butler. who entertained
thirty of this years debutantes and many of
the younger of society, In compliment to their
twin daughters Miss Francesca Butler and Miss
Gladys Butler. 1t was a progressive dinner, the
guests being seated two at each small table, the
progressing with each course Additional
guests were invited to the dance which followed
Senator Du Pont and Mr.. and Mrs. Gist Blair,
Associate Justice and Mrs. Oliver Wendell Holmes
and Mr. and Mrs. John Rogers were also hosts at
dinners tonight.
Mr.. and Mrs. William E. Drapers dinner guests
tonight the Speaker and Miss Cannon. Sem
ator and Mrs. Crane, Surgeon General and Mrs.
Rixey. Mr.. and Mrs John w Foster, Rear Admiral
ONen. Mrs. Hanna Mrs. Matthews Represent
ative and Mrs. Dalzer. Representative Mccall,
Representative and Mrs. Weeks. Mr.. and Mrs.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-29
THE BRIDGE CRU,H.

Ii would be unfair to condemn the new ar
rangements for handling passenger tralnc on
the Brooklyn Bridge simply because of the mis-
haps Of the first days operation. Those mis-
hapS were in sense unavoidable; 1or IL
would have been q miracle IL the vast crowd
using the bridge had accustomed 1tselI on
the first trial to new and revolutionary sur
roundings Not enough wOuld-be travellers had
mastered the new scheme of distribution, and
most of the e1nDloves were unfortunately also
at sea. so that there was much confusion, lrri-
tation and pulling at cross purposes 1he
crowd at the bridge terminal has been left
heretofore to follow its own devices On
Monday. when the arrangements were all new
Tho absence of intelligent direction was sadly
felt There is In every crowd small unruly
and boisterous element, and this element
makes nearly all the trouble on the bridge
platforms There should be a sufficient force
of policemen or special watchmen on hand
10 repress ruffansm and TO impress on the
disturbers the necessity of holding back rather
than charging football fashion, for the narrow
car entrances 4 little discipline, patience
and consideration for others. enforced, II
necessary. by a policeman's nightshck, would
work wonders in easing the senseleSs crush
for first chance at the car gates
4 great defect in the present arrangement
is the lack of doors in the middle Of the through
train cars. Quick loading is the prime heces-
sitv in maintaining adequate rush hour ser
vice. But with the old-fashioned narrow end en-
frances quick loading is difficult, since the press
,Ire comes ut a few isolated points and only
a little of the platform space is really utilized
saving of 40 or 30 per cent in loading time
couId probably be made If sliding side doors
were provided. If there is q delay in load
ing one train every other train is held back,
so that the vital problem is TO get the trains
away in quick succession. Practice and fa-
miIiarity with the new arrangements will help
materially. But the public and the company
must cooperate intelligently before the nui-
sance so long maintained at the Manhattan
terminal can be effectually abated.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-29
4 mUseme1tS.



ACADEMY OF MUSIC-2-s:I5-Ihe Girl OF the Golden
West
AI.HAMERa-2-S-yEude
Bfsl4aSc,o-Sl5-Tbe Nsrre1s Of virginia
BIJOU-2.co-s2p-T Comet
BI.ANEysS-S-s5-The Cowboy and the i>sH:
BROADWAY-s-A Waltz Dream
CASINoS:Ie-E0nsbasm-
CRITERIoN-afs-s 1S-Miss Hook OF hetaHu
DAI.Y-S-e-Is-s:i%Soc and The Buiidcs-
jsFWEY-2-S-NaG6eviie.
EDEN MUSEE-T7e World In wax
sARRICK-21s-S:3 :3o-Under the GREENWOOD ifee-
f.F-RNAN-s:2-Herths's HochzeiI
..CTFYAM-2-S-NsudeVille
WitchinE Hour
usMs9FRSTFIN'S-2- "a .l5-NaudeNlHe ,,..;,s the
fsl-REID SQUARE -2:15-s-i5-The Siri be"iiU ~
.IrpPoDR0MF;- Of Port Arthur, The -Four
seasons and Winter Carnival
BFrpSoN-c :sa-s .so-fier Sister =. 49, Work.
K>SIf-K FsEBoCKER-2 -2ls-e:l5-.Ih ne Lank Vi ~ -
IJRF-RTY-2: s-2o-Poy of the .ircns-
YyfFT-.T-y-Iec1lIre Parfs-S-ao-Ihe lh'eH
Dun6reary-
E SoUARfS-2-S-l5--Ihe ftech"tn7
n TF-STTf~-s-l5-The Top q tn " 20.
NsSEaTTaN OPERA HoUSE-s-ftlsoetNO-
NT-NDE,ISSOFN HAIlL-S:3oe-tecitai- 49,, rosoo,,,
n 0TS11ITTAN OPERA HOUSts-Manof 1reSa"-
Ns%ly AMSTERDAM: -s:I5-The Merry "i"'-
:15-Lonesome Town
csyoyNs. s.I5-Twenty Days in the SHADE.
<T Nr.-ITaI. RINK-ThTee sessions osiiH-
s---r-yxt-S Aelr-e-ls-A Grand Army Nan
w -S.an-A Knight for a pay -,.
v-TsPT.F1S MUSIC HAII-2:15- S-BurieSQOe 0A "
widow
New-York tribune., 1908-01-29
WHAT WAS HE TRYING TO PROVE,

A curious line of questioning by District At
torney Jerome was revealed in Judge Rosalskys
opinion that Mr.. Paul ID. Cravath could not he
compelled TO testify before the grand jury 10
communications between himself and his client.
Mr. Jerome is reported as saying TO the witness
before the grand jury, Mr. Thomas F. Ryan:
You see Mr.. Ryan il puts you in extremely
equivccai position You tell story that
its face seems reasonable seems 10 correspond
with the facts far we know them; yet you
shut the door. endeavor TO shut the door, TO
information that might in any way go further
and throw more light than you personally are
inclined TO throw this situation.
And again:
You have definitely decided not throw open
voluntarily TO this grand jury that line of in
formation?
And Judge RosalSky further quotes the Dis
friet Attorney saying in open court that
''there WAS no evidence al hand TO show that
zone Thomas T. Ryan had violated the
~Iew."
.5udge Rosalsky's rebuke OF the District Attor-
ney for his method OF conducting his inquiry
seems well merited. # the results of it had
been different from what were evidently ex-
pected-if the inquest had disclosed unmistak-
able eyidences Of criminality-any resultant in
dictment would have been easily set aside. for,
in violation of law and custom. the persons ac-
cused or suspected had been summoned 10 fur
nisb the facts On which 10 base Indictment.
OF such method as his Judge Rosalsky says
that "even if successful at the outset in secur-
ling an Indictment, the prosecution Hereunder
will result in the defeat of its purpose" Mr..
Jerome is TOO good Law yer not 10 know this
rudimentarv principle.
What then. WAS the Obje of this fishing
cursiou: Mr.. Jerome assures the witness that
bis story is reasonable anc corresponds with the
New-York tribune., 1908-01-29
II. TARDIEU IN ERROR.

NJ Andre Tardieu. prominent and generally
well informed French pubcist, who is one of
the editors of lie Temps and who is soon to
he heard in this country a lecturer at Har-
ward University, appears 10 have made some
grave and regrettable errors in a discussion Of
the Panama Canal in la Revue des DeuX
Mondes" As reported by our Paris correspond
emf he represents that. while the French com
pany in eight years excavated 55,O00,00O cubic
metres of soil for the canal, the American
engineers have in three years e1cavated only
A. 100000 cubic metres; and thus, as the work
is proceeding Mt the rate of only 100000
cubic metres Il year. another generation will
pass away before the canal is finished
NJ. Tardieus figures DO not accord with the
most authoritative here accessible and seem
TO do injustice to both the French and Amer
lean engineers. Instead of l5,D0.000 cubic
metres or II $4,000 cubic yards of French cx-
cavation. reckon the amount at 62.3i5,000
cubic metres. or S1,54S.00o cubic yards In
stead of only 100000 cubic metres. or 8
800 cubic yards, in the first three years OF
New-York tribune., 1908-01-29

uperitically the most agreeable theories on every
topic about which they know nothing, or e'se
they have struggled vainly to piece together in'o
a rational system all the alleged discoveries u
psychology and medicine, and, 1aiiine' lee, IN
competent to deny any ultra modern hspo'nes,,
about will power Men are swamped by food
of unoreanized facts and allegations, and the
layman who tries to think his way through them
soon reaches the point of mental exhaustion at
which only improbable things appear possible.
"Nipd weariness,' then, is not necessarily
1.-The first stage in the degeneracy OF the h'inu'
as the writer considers it to be. Only IN ie"
instances is it analogous to the mental Sluggish
ness annearing in the earlier stages of tamil
lar type Of dementia. Less sensatlonaIsiii anu
more education will therefore supplement h!
siepe in checking the craze for "mentai near
New-York tribune., 1908-01-29
THE MIND WEARY

The increasing prevalence OF nervous diseases
is a fact about which physicians refuse to quar-
rel but divergent opinions are expressed as TO
the causes and there is open dissension over the
best way to deal with the situation The trend
of advanced medical thought has been toward
recognition of the baneful influence exerted upon
nerves by the mad rush and false ambitions of
modern life. AS to the therapeutics aspect OF
the matter resort has commonly been taken to
some form of psychic treatment" Under the
latter head is included every variety OF hypno-
tism suggestion autosuggestion and metaphys-
ical theorizing lying between the simple advice
from the family physician to forget your tfou-
bes' and the elaborate PHILOSOPHERS and cura-
tive rituals of dozen new religious sects- The
miserable failure of all such expedients in nu-
merous cases convinced scientists long ago Of
psvchotherapy's limitations; nevertheless, the
popularity of this treatment Is still growing
among laymen while the unbelievable eXceSSeS
of credulity and practice daily displayed show
that the mind cure is considered a panacea.
The upshot of all this is that physicians now
have to cope not only with the nervous diseases
which psychotherapy is supposed to cure, but
also with the great social delusion about the eff
cacy of mental healing"
This latter problem has drawn forth an acute
ESSAY from DR.. Clement \. Penrose. of Balt-
more In paper read before the Johns Hop
kinS Hospital Medical Society ana printed III
the current issue of The New York Medical
Journal" Dr. Penrose traces the growing need
for psychic treatment to IAN increase of a GER
tain degenerate type of mind, fast spreading
lover our land" The writer calls this type
'the mind weary by which phrase he designates
persons who have lost the desire to think for
themselves He says:
How many thousands of these poor MIND
weary wretches are on the lookout for some
simple plausible easy solution Of the problems
of life that will them out of all its RESPONSE
biIitv! People of this type will accept
anything without argument proof or consioefd-
ton.
Suggestion helps some Of these unfortunates,
no doubt, but DIR. PenroSe is right in maintain
ing that its value as a preventive or as Il cure
is slight in comparison with wise habits of life.
This view we find confirmed by the case of
voung woman who discovered that the efficacy
of a certain mental heaer S ncantations in cur
ing headaches varied nversely with the amount
of strong coffee which she imbbea.
The writer's criticism Of psychOtherapy is, on
the whole well taken. RUt his explanation of
mind weariness' is incomplete People
not mentally exhausted merely by the strain
.and turmoil the ambition and excessive nerve
.'restlessneSS Of the crescent dav." Those who
seek mental healerS" heung chiefly To two nor
NAL classes they ulsophisticated and cre4iu-
/ ious persons, who, like their forebears, accept
New-York tribune., 1908-01-29
1EUABK POSTER CENSORS.

There is a considerable degree of agitation III
The neighborng city Of Newark over the appiI-
cation of strict censorship TO plctorlal adNer-
tisins posters A board has been constituted
with official authority 70 inspect and approve OF
condemn any and all posters with wmch CIT
cuses theatres or other places OF entertainments
or indeed. anv concerns whatever are to be
advertised Those which the censors condemn
are not permitted to be displayed while those
which they order to be toned down must De
thus treated before they are placed before the
public eye.
If was inevitable that such board ana ltS
acts would incur complaints and criticism, and
even some attempted ridicule from those VINO
should know better. Modesty, decency ana
virtue are the easiest things in the world TO
make needless fun of. But the fact seems 10 De
that these Newark cenSOrs have proceeded Wlth
excellent discretion. Their work shows no Hill
of prudishness or of the offensive phases OF
.'purtanism." but is eminently practical ana III
Stinct with common sense. From ID TO ~ per
cent of the proposed posters condemned be-
cause of actual indecency or tmmodesty, OF OIL
immoral suggestion, or OF sensational exploita-
tion Of vice and crime These grounds are am
ple and nobody who has observed the character
istics of unrestrained poster displays will think
the proportion of condemnations too great
Exception has been taken to the course OF tue
censors in forbidding the use of some posters on
the ground of mere sensationalism. But that
sensationalism consisted chiefly in the repre-
sentation of scenes of violence and crime, anu
II NAV well be argued that such displays have a
dangerous tendency to suggest TO weak, 1mma-
ture or wayward minds the commission OF pre-
cisely the deeds which they portray The law Is
certainly as competent TO prohibit pubic sus
reStions of violence as of lubrlcIty-
d. oil mpnTl0np1
pression of such posters we might add another
scarcely less convincing-to wit, that of COM
mon honesty. 4 large proportion OF these sen
sational posters are simply swindles. They pur-
mort to show scenes which are enacted in the
plavs or other performances which they adver-
tise But as a matter of fact those scenes are
not enacted there at all. The intimation that
they are is fraud. The posters are simply
means of getting money under false pretences
In this respect the work of the poster censors
is In the interest of simple pecuniary honesty as
we'll as of decency. cleanliness and order
New-York tribune., 1908-01-29
NEXT WEEK AT THE ME1Ropo, ,,.u

Die Walkure' will be given FOR the first Tina
this season at the Metropolitan Opera Ho,se on
frioay evening OF next week. The cast will in
clude Nine Gadski, Brtinnhide: Nine From
stad. as Sieslinde: Nine Kirkby-Lunn. as Fr,cka
and Waltraute: Mr.. Burgstaller as Siegmund. Nr
Van Rooy. as Wotan and Mr. Blass "a Hunainp-
Tristan und Isolde will be repeated on Monday
evening" the utuar roles to be sung for the first
time this season by Mr.. Burgstaler and Nina
Gadski Marta will be sung on Wednesday
evening; a double bill. consisting of 'Hansel una
Gretel' and .Pagiiacci.'' on Thursday evening.
Faust at the Saturday matinee. and La Trayi-
ata at the popular performance on SATURDAY. even
ing The 'Stabat Mater will be repea,ed at the
concert Sunday evening
New-York tribune., 1908-01-29

Auar;can onerstions official records show that
o Oa3 600 cubic metres, or 11,S946SS cubic
yards were excavated. These errors, OF at
least discrepancies are unfortunate ana wouiu
in themselves give an incorrect view oi .iie
case. but they are trivial in comparison with
the amazing deduction which NJ. Tardieu draws
from them.
Taking for his major premise the erroneous
statement that only 100000 cubic metres were
excavated in three years-the actual amount
being more than twice as much-and Ior hls
minor premise the wholly unwarranted anu III
deed absurd proposition that one-thrd Oh lhe
three years excavation equals the present.
yearly excavation he concludes that work Is
now proceeding at the rate of only l,oooVo
cubic metres or 100000 cubic yards. year
The facts are of course. that in the hrst year
and much of the second. operations were niue
more than tentative; that the amount ex-
cavated has been pretty steadily and rapidly
increasing year by year, and that the present
monthly rate is far greater than the yearly
rate computed by NJ Tardie'i
In brief NJ Tardeu says that only Dioo-
200 cubic yards were eXcavated I'D tiree
years when in fact 15,164,O9o cuDlc yaruS
were excavated in the single year 19o'.
NJ Tardieu reckons that work is going on at
the rate Of only 1862, 600 cubic yards year.
when in fact it is at the rate OF loio4o3o CUBIC
yards a year; or, If we take the last month
as a standard. at the rate of 2,2ooo39 CUBIC
yards a month, or 6,46S year We have
never been inclined to minimize the quanuty
or deprecate the value of the work which our
French predecessors did at Panama All CIR
cumstances considered, they did Wonurousiy
we'll But improved machinery and methods
are enabling our engineers to do the work
much more rapidly. and now give promise thit
the whole work-at least so far as excavation
goes-wIl be done not after another genera
ton has passed away. but within the next SIX
or al most years There are now ABOUT
IO50O0OOO cubic yards TO excavate. Al the
rate of progress for the whole of last year that
would take less than seven years. AT the rate
of last month it would take few days more
than four years. There is really no occasion
TO feel pessimistic over the canal because OF NJ.
Tardieu's strangely misconceived calculations.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-29
THE BlNE1.

From The Tribune Buredu-I
Washington JAN 8.-The President ana Mrs-
Roosevelt guests at dinner to-Light OF tne
Attorney General and Mrs. Bonaparte. One OF tne
bathrooms and two of the drawing rooils h'
Rauscher's were used for the entertainment OF tne
guests ne party Including Mr.. and Mrs John T.
Parsons and Mr.. and Mrs. Newboid Leroy Edgar
of New York; Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Patterson, MI
and Mrs. Robert Garrett. Mr. and Mrs George
Gather. Mr.. and Mrs. William CaDen Bruce anu
Mr. and Mrs. joan Semmes. all of Baltinore' Mr-
and Mrs Blanchard Ran lall. of Catonsville. Mo-
the Solicitor General and Mrs Hoy, Senator ana
Mrs Clark Representative and Mrs j. j. jenkins
Miss Tuckerman. Representative Richard wayne
Parker, the Secretary of the Smithsonian ihsN'u-
ton and Mrs. Charles d. Walcott.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-29
RED HAIR AND EYESlGHT.
Record.

Prom The Phadephia Record
..Do you know any red headed girls who don't
wear gIasses?" asked a Chestnut street stroller
Yesterday. Think 1t over. know at least
enteen brick-top beauties, and every has
something wrong with her eyes. They either
too little o. too much. / don't know whether the
reflection from their bright-hu locks hurts
vision or If they simply think that glasses and
red hair are a good combination. This afternoon
I stood at 18th and Chestnut streets and counted
fortv-one of these strawberry blondes and every
ono wore either specs intellectual looking nose
glasses Some had blue goggles others
bla trimmed glasses with "A smart looking string
a.tached Most them had determined. business
like expressions, and not one showed suspicion
nf flirting In our office there three red
II, ded girls and all of them specs | asked
our red headed typewriter Yesterday what she
wore glasses foi Because | got corns, she said
sarcasticaily: what Dc YOU suppose" She finally
confessed her small
weazened and the glasses give hor orbs more
brilliant appearance
New-York tribune., 1908-01-29
Az The. WHITE HOUSE.
fFrom The Tribune Bureau. ]


Washington JAN 2a-The President to-day re-
ceiyed Seth Low ex-Mayor of New YORK, Sainuei
Gompers president of the American Federauoh oi
Labor and James OConneii. president OF the IN
ternationai Association Of Machnists VINO hanoeo
him a set of resolutions passed by the Nationai
C,onferenc. on Combinations and Trusts which met
in Chicago last October
Callers at the White House to-day inciuden oeha-
tors Curtis Borah, Warner and Smith, OF Micnigah'
Representatives Wiley, Campbell. McMorran' bur
ton and Bennett ex-Se>retary of State John w
Foster and ex-Representative Wadsworth, of New
York. -
The Cabinet in session from Ii a. m until
m
New-York tribune., 1908-01-29
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
rF,on The Tribune Bureau. I

from Tribune Bureau
Washington Jan. &-The German Ambassador
and Baroness Won Sternburg had number OF young
persons at dinner tonight, complimentary 10 the
baroness's sister, Miss Langham. who is spending
the winter with them
The Minister from Chilli and Sencra de cruz enter
tanned at dinner tonight the Brazilian Ambassador
and Nine Nabuco, the Argentine Minister and
Seicra de Portela the Minister from Peru and Nine
de Pardo, the Colombian, Minister and Sonora de
Cortes the Assistant Secretary OF State and Mrs-
Bacon. Judge and Mrs Anderson and senior Don
Alberto Yoacham. first secretary of the Chilan
Legation.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-29
AN AQUATIC RABBIT.
PHILADELPHIA Record.

From IHe fTIIIdu6IpHId INtOUIU
William Zimmerman. Postal Telegraph mes
senger of Dubois recently demonstrated that
rabbit can swim when 1t must Zimmerman
caught a rabbit the island north OF the Boule-
v9rd and brought it the Pennsylvania freight
depot Brer Rabbit made especially lusty kick
and escaped from Bills enfolding arms, fleeing
among the freight cars with Bill and several other
youths in chase. Headed off all sides. the little
Creature diyed between the wheels of a moving
locomotive and with fiirt of his short tail jumped
INTO Sandy Creek, which he swan like a duck, and
nuickIv disappeared toward his home in the r;shes