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New-York tribune., 1908-03-01

Barney. Link Cotrelli. Gallmeyer and many
others. saw the decadence with sorrow, for it
seemed evident that the demand for the Ger
man drama in New York had become small.
And so ii came about that for many years. at
the time wien other theatres were making
ready to receive the first autrmr audience. a
rumor would spread in the theatrical world
that the German theatre would not be reopened.
Every year the rrmor found to be untrue.
but the season was like its predecessors, halting
and listleSS
Or. Bau:nfeld. who succeeded Mr.. Conried as
manager CT the theatre. believes that al this
WAS due not TO lack of interest in the German
drama hut to the fact that the playhouse
which is close on the border line Of the old
German part of the city. is too far downtown
When The Thalia and the Stadt theatres were
doing the largest business they stood near
vast German population. which since then mas
made room Cor Russians. Rumanians. Poles and
Croatians aud on the stages where the greatest
German actors Of their day played to large and
enthusiastic audiences the Yiddish ragedfan
and comedinp now hold forth. DR.. Baumieid
believes thai New York has enough Germans
and German-Speaking Americans to support a
first class German theatre in the residence dis
trfct His declaration that it will be his en-
,lca vOr To make the theatre 1.-THE best OF lts
kind anywhere" forestalls the annual no-more
German thea tre rumOr.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-01
TO SUOEE OR Not TO SMOKE.

To smoke or not to smoke-that is the QueS-
ton sometimes and if you leave the answer
TO investigators and statisticians you VIII
quickly he beSet with all the doubts that hesh
is heir to- First, you will doubt your own
eyes as YOU read that DIR. J. w. Seaver, OF
Yale stands ready with thick sheaf OF
tabulated facts to prove that the use or TO
bacco stunts the smoker and retards his men
tai development. while DIR. George L. Meylan.
phvsicaI director of Columbia University,
demonstrates with equal facility and no less
imposing array of infallible statistics the su-
perior weight height. lung capacity ana
physical strength OF tobacco ncendiaries. HaV-
ing convinced yourself that printed pages
really bear these conflicting testimonials. you
will question the seriousness OF the lnVesu-
gators who will thereupOn establish thelr own
competency and candor and cause you to Sls-
pect that parag0n of virtue. the meek anu
lowly undergraduate. from whom the sclentSts
have obtained their data. TO deliver you from
the horrible thought that the youth of New
Haven and Morningside Heights have felo-
nicusIy manipulated their lung power and an
swers permit Il word of explanation.
We have an abiding faith in undergraduate
verlcity and in the statistical skill OF physical
directors: hence our acceptance OF Doth re-
ports is inevitable. We believe that when the
oral and nasal passages are used as hne Ior
n tobacco fire the lung capacity is reduced ana
is not reduced tie mind is befuddled and not
disturbed the weight is reduced and unaf-
fected and the muscles are weakened ana lett
as they are Which of these various contrary
results follows we can tell only when we know
who owns the tiue. In short, we agree with Dr.
NeylanS remark:
As A matter of fact we know very little about
the fffccr of tobacco upon the human body L
am one Of those who inclined to class TO-
bacco among those peculiar substances which
are poisonous to certain individuals. Some per
sons for instance. cannot eat strawberries with
out being poisoned, though the majority OF US
are not affected. II is an ola SAYING lldt
''ono mans food is another mans poison
When we consider that a French physician
who drank pint of raw whiskey every night
for over century worked hard and success
fuily I'D 10 his one hundred and thrtieth birth
dav; that Partisan lady who reached the
age of one hundred and fifty years in good
health drank forty cups of strong black cof-
fee almost every day; that scores of men burn
tobacco from morning until night with no bad
effert save upon their pOcketbOOkS; that some
nersons notably among the Swiss, can eat
arsenic with mpunty. while many strong
man reels NJ the very thought of chewing gum
we are prepared TO say that you can answer
tie opening question only by niue prNa~
axnarimontinc upon yourself. Maybe your
nerve and Somatic cells are so hltched 10
rether that one uuff at Stogie VIII eGflh-
.ruish the fires Of desire forever. Maybe YOU are
50 built that an infusion of Sumat ira wrappers.
drunk piping hot. will please YOU more than
Dot of Orln1e'ekGe tea.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-01
About People and Social lncfaenfS.
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
From The Tribaue Bureaul


,,-.h;n,,o, Fob oo-The President to-day re-
ceived w s Stone Grand Chief OF the BTother-
hood of Locomotive Engineers; s. w Hurley ana
F. w Burgess assistant chiefs. and the Chiteo
States Commissioner of Labor. Mr.. Neli- Inc VS.
ifors said they merely call ri to pay their re-
spects and did not discuss labor or railroad PROD
lens.
Senator Curtis. of Kansas. urged the profhotio"
Brigader General - p. Hail. now statohed al
Fort Leavenworth.
Senator Dixon of Montana introduced dozen
sheep ranchers the Milk River valley; Her
man Ridder of New York discussed legislation OF
interest newspaper publishers; and Representa-
tive Hill, of Connecticut had n short conference
with the President about coinage Ot1er callers
at the White House were Senators Carter, Clapp
Warren, Johnston, Beveridge, Rur&ett william Al
den Smith, Long and Dol!ivcr Vi"e-President FAR
banks. Representatives Lands. Humphrey bene'
Cocks and Calder. Speaker Cannon Assistant Al
tornev General Cooley and Assistant Secretary OF
State Robert Bacon.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-01
1EvYoRK DAILY TRIBUNE. SUNDAY MARCH l. 1908.

So. 3.15O.OOO a year paid to per cent OF the Po'u-
lation. Denmark has n system seventeen years
old under which the beneficiarles do not CON
tribute to the pension fund. but all the deSer'
ing aged peor are pensioned 66.SIS persons IN
lgOo receiving 81 .921 .SJ6 The French s!st2!A
enacted last year provides for state am gra
tutOusiy given to all aged. infirm ana lhcuraoiy
i'll persons but il has not yet come into opera
ton sufficiently to demonstrate its results
Various schemes have hitherto been proposeu
in England One. by Mr.. Chaplin. cl0sely loi-
lows the New Zealand and Australian lines
1t would give from 81 % TO S 20 n week TO me
deserving moor sixty-fve years old who had not
for twenty years been imprisoned for any II
fence and who were not receiving more than
81 80 :, week from other sources second py
Mr. Charles Booth. would give 81 - week 10
every person at the age Of seventy or perhaps
sevent y-tive wears. without discrimination COZ
cerning morals or need \ third. devised by
Lord Aveblrv and others. conremplates Il sys-
fem of insurance I'm which the benenclarleS
themselves should contribute largely to the fund
as in Germany Although. rs we nave salu'
the scheme of Sir Henry Campbell- Zimmerman
and Mr. Asauith is not yet disclosed. the prom
ises made long ago indicate that it will provide
for pensions TO all at a certain age. without dis
elimination and without any contribution to the
pension fund from prospective benehclarles our
ing their working and self-srpporting lives "
So il will be the most liberal. not to say 1iid'li-
gent of all schemes, and expensive tn the
state that it is likely to the long suffering
British taxpayer serious concern.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-01

1t is gratifying TO observe that practical and
substantial progress is being made in the move
ment for a suitable memorial to the valor of the
late Charles Kruger and other heroes of the
Fire Department, which was first suggested in
The Tribune after kruger's tragic death
A mere monument other structure which
should do nothing but remind the public of the
heroism of its servants would be good thing,
but something far better Is proposed. In addi-
ton to a monument 1t is intended to create
fund for the relief of the widows and education
of the children Of the who lose their lives
in the service of the city. This will make the
memorial of the highest and most lasting value.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-01
NOTES FROM TUXEDO PARK.
tBy Telegraph to The Tribune

[By Telegraph to The Tribune
Tuxedo Park. y. Y. Feb, 29-The perfeCt
weather and good skating. toboggani1s and coast
ing brought a large gathering from town 70
day The club house was crowded and many OF
the cottagers entertained at house parties.
Mr. and Mrs a. l. Norrie arrived at the small
Juilard cottage for the day. and Mr.. and Mrs.
Amory : Carhart gave dinner At their villa
Others who entertained were Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
eric r Carey. Mr.. and Mrs. GrenvilIe kaae. Mr..
and Mrs f. y Snow and Mr.. and Mrs. II. II.
Rogers, Jr.
Among the arrivals to-day Mrs NJ Ia
Delaiield. Jr.. J. Gordon Douglas. Mr.. and Mrs
Paul Tuckerman. Miss Violet Cruger. Mr.. and Mrs.
J. Frederic Tams. Mr.. and Mrs Lewis +, Morris.
Mr.. and Mrs, Cornelius y Bliss. jr.. Griswold Lor-
Hard. jr.. and Clarence - PelL
New-York tribune., 1908-03-01
1 NEW GERNlN YNn tIEE.

The recon >trctou of the O.d LcnoN i.vcrun,
ar Madison avenue and :l!Hl street into i large.
modern theatre mere beautiful in is Iecora-
tions than any layhouse III the city accord
ing 10 the statement made yesterday by the
lessee means more than the addition of Il
theatre 10 the long list Of New IOrk'S places Of
amusement because the house when completed
will he devoted To the production of German
plays New York while il iS Of the largest
German cities in the world. if immigrants fr.'n
Germany and their descendants may he classei
as Germans. has had great difficulty for the last
few years in maintaining" Il German theatre.
The companies were composed of able actors.
who under the direction Of Heinrich Conried
performed plays Of good quality On occasions
when the regular company WAS augmented by
The addition Of Il star from one of the leading
theatres in Germany the audiences were large
but ordi.iarily they We're not AMI often the at
fendaEce was discGuracingly small.
There has been "a German theatre in New
YORK since 1880. and for q number of years
,7,a Of these hourished The regular patrons
whc reinemberc4i The good tines under the man
fgcmont Of tinlIerg and of \ruendorff, who rn
rfli"l iii" times when lac Ihal.a and the ter
MARIA lad full houses ~ night vEe great
audiei,ces wept or laughed under the spell of
Possart, Junkermann, Geistlnser, Sonnenthal,
New-York tribune., 1908-03-01
INE CA6INC1.

lTrorr The Tribune Bureaul
Washington. Feb 2s.-The Secretary OF thc Navy
and Mrs. Metcalf will entertain the Governor Vi
California and Mrs. Gillett ct dinner to-rnorro"
night and nave invited numtoT OF guests u
meet them.
Fifty of the Younger members OF society were IN
vited to dance at the home of the secretary Oh
Commerce and Labor and Mrs S;raus to-nlsh'' 10
meet Mrs. Schaffer, of New York. their daughter
A dinner party Of twenty preceded the dance
New-York tribune., 1908-03-01

The House of Representatives, through the
opera ton of a special rule, inserted in the army
appropriation bill provision for increasing the
Fay of the enlisted men of the army. This action
is welcome. since there can be no question that
tie rank and file underpaid and that fairer
compensa ton should be given to fighting men
of whom much more in the way of intelligence
and application is expected than formerly. That
is the first essential step toward bettering con-
ditions in the army.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-01
Nem71nrk Daily Gribn,se
SUNDAY, MARCH /, 1905

This ncsCspdpcr is orcned and published ov
The Tribune Association, q Neto York corpora
fion: Office and principal place of business, Irt6
aae Building No. I54 Nassau street, Neto York:
ogden Mills, president; Nathaniel Tuftle, sec
retory and treasurer. The address of the Off
GERS is the Office of this neuspoper.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-01

The feet is off again, on the longest ana the
next to the last stretch of its unprecedented
VOYAGE Nav the good fortune-largely a syn
onyme for good management-which has mus
far attended it continue with il 10 the end!
New-York tribune., 1908-03-01

Seeing that our first proprietary interest in
Hawaii. many years ago, was based upon the
desirability of controlling and fortifying Pearl
Harbor the present proposal to establish a
naval station there scarcely be regarded as
premature or hurried
New-York tribune., 1908-03-01

Reports from the citrus orchards indicate that
California will very literally give everybody Il
lemon this year; and the gift will not be re-
Sented, either. .
New-York tribune., 1908-03-01
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

A new health food is being recommended to
PhiIadelphans according to The Record. of that
city. which quotes Walnut street physician as its
authority Bran-the common. feed store kind. long
known as a good thing for ailing horses-s the
latest breakfast dish in the Quaker City. Says
The Record: Bran is the outer covering of
wheat. rye. and other similar grain. and has
been used from time mmemorial for food for
cattle. Its food for human beings. how
is compa rativey recent; but leading ply
sicians with troublesome Indigestion cases hand
are iesorting the bran Brown bread had
its origin bran bread. being made from bran
instead Of -four. The color of the bread and the
similarity i'll names gave the occasion for the
change from bran to brown. and the great ma
jority Of the brown bread of to-day does not con-
tain any bran. Doctors say bran is a step back
nature and consequently is healing to afling
stomach. Within the last few months more physi-
clans have been recommending the use of bran
man, forms to their patients. and the result
Of this boom proprfetors of the city feed stores
have advanced the price of bran from cents to 10
cents pound since summer
New-York tribune., 1908-03-01
COURT BALL AT CoPENHAGEN.

Copenhagen. Feb. 2s.-The frse court ball OF ths
year held. last evening Mrs ESan. the wife
OF tho American Minister 70 Denmark, presented
her two daughters
New-York tribune., 1908-03-01
Vets Eup. Billy -

Vets hup Billy
,'Fader says my big brudders gorn to eayen-
Don't cry hopefully. mebbe { aintt'-l0ndon
Opinion
The methods of up-to-date Journalism have
yet penetrated as far as Turkey This is how The
Stamboul' announced the assassination of the late
King and Crown Prince of Portugal: The King
and the Crown Prince of Portugal, after their
iusn from Nillaycosa, met with accident. and
wcIe killed AnG on the following day the jour
nal announces: Prince Manuel to-day
claimed King Of Portugal in plsc- of his father.
who died las; night
i wonder why the seasons always pictured
as womeu?' 4uetied Mrs. Nases. doing
a! u suanHsn reped Eaegs Its because men are
never satisfied with them, no matter what kind
they get"-Chi"aso News.
The dsinfectiOn of school books discussed
recently in a lectur, disinfecton by Professor
Henry Kenwood before the English Society Of
Medical Officers of Health. That -disiufection of
books is sometimes needed was shown. according
Professor kenw0Od. by some experiments in
GerIuany- BY sleeping the most soiled parts OF
library books in sterile salt solution and rub
biug their bindings with the a fluid OBJ
tarcd which communicated tuberculosis to more
than one third Of large number of guinea pigs
oxpermentcd un Negative results were obtained
from the cleaner hooks. FormaldehyGe fumigatiou
fo~ two hours Will satisfactorily disnfect books in
most cases. bu' Professor kenwood recommended
no method Of disinfecting was trustworthy.
Some people don't q learn nuthin
they grow older remarked the Squedunk sage
Some people don't need ter responded thr Po-
4ick philosopher. Some people knows all from
the art."-Iouisville Courier-Jourral
Writing about the troubles which have arisen at
Winnipeg in consequence of the rigid enforcement
of the Lords Day act In that city. a
spcndent OF The American Israelite' says the
ports that weddings and funerals stopped by
the police absolute fabrications." Every
policeman, however. was supplied with n copy
Of the act, with instructions simply gather in
names Of four hundred alleged offenders. incud-
ing ministers who officiatel at Sunday weddings.
organ blowers musicians. etc collected ON
the other hand, people who in sympathy
with the act have tried to make il ridiculous
aiding in its enforcement Thus a well known
physician gravely took the of ali the police
men on duty on Sunday and reported them. The
daily papers full of diatrbes and reCrimua-
tions against what they call the fanaticai interfer
ence of handful of ministers with the persona!
liberty of Canadian citizens. II seems extremey
pense with the innocent enjoyment of Sunday con-
ceTts. skating driving In hired vehicles will help
fiji the empty pews OF certain churches
Miss COOLEY Miss Hussle in for everything
III = coTst',r.tly dcing some thing.
IS i>noA-h as. hut :he lining she doing
-llr~t > HOl admit.
Miss Goodes-What's that?
Miss knoX-Growng older.-The Catholic Stand
ard and Times
New-York tribune., 1908-03-01

Still another dance yesterday evening was the
last Of the series Of the Saturday evening dancing
class under the mana cement Of Mrs Charles P
Huntington The cotIon danced before sup
per and was led By Lindsey Tappin-
New-York tribune., 1908-03-01

Mrs w Seward Web5. with Mr.. and Ms. James
Lawrence and Matter and w Seward Webb. j---
has left town and is staying Miami. in Florida
New-York tribune., 1908-03-01

Mrs. Charles 3 Alexander. Mrs r. Fulton Cut
ting. Ms. NJ Orme Wilson. Mrs Edwin d Morgan
and Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt are among the pa
troueSSeS Of 4 musical which Will be given Tues
day evening; next at the Plaza for the benefit Of
the IIauf;craft School Greenwich House. which
founded years ago 10 train women and
girls in lacenaking weaving and the allied crafts.
Among the artists who figure the programme
Mime. Isoror,, Jackson Mclaughlin, vioiDis-;
Miss Genevieve Warner. har-I~t. and Heinrich
Meyn. who will be heard in several SONGS Tickets
8 each may be obtained from Hiss Eleanor
McrtirGv-, No 20 Fifth avenue auI "a, the Plaza.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-01

Announcements has been made OF tire engagement
of Miss Gretchen Hoyt. daughter OF NIr and lIrs.
Henry Reese Hcyt. 20 Henry Laid Corbett %
Portland. ore. who was graduated from Harvard
in 1903 and Is engaged in banking in Portland lie
is a son OF Mrs Henry Corbett and a nephew %
Mir and Mrs Frederic B Pratt
New-York tribune., 1908-03-01

Mrs. J. Bruce Ismay. Who has just been joined
by her husband and who has been staying for
some weeks with Mrs. Gustav Arnsinck- is booked
10 sail on Saturday with him for England. vnsr3
they will take possession OF Iverne Minister the
country place I'm DOrsetshire which they have re-
Gently purchased from Lord WoIverton-
New-York tribune., 1908-03-01

Nr and Mrs Stephen r. 2. PeH and Mrs Pei 8
met Asr. Mrs. Robert NJ Thompson. VIII leave town
within y days for san Francisco and Jap pan.
where they will join colonel Robert NJ Thompson
who started last fau on a tour Of The world with
party of friends On i steamship which he char
tered the purpose
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-05
IT. r,o.sou Too Cheap.

MAmuhis. Tenu.. Oct 3.--lSpeeial.l- l- The business farmer will eoncuct II operation like any ns other ,rnv ouslte tSs south should hold cotton for higher prices. The whole crop Is not needed by Ine mills in three mSnthSU Us and fbink SIhG it i viii pay the South to hold It and give t t2 the world as 1t is needed al . Tar
 The first item that a merchant or a manufacturer would consider would be the cost of store and stock. or R@nu- 1 featuring plant; then the cost or op- eration. plus the service Of the atearn1lne mans the the price at which the article of com; merce or manufacture should be sold Is not the farmer entitled to just as much? There has never been Tn tne
 ss.y ct snls country If we except the Civil War period a time when the pricc of every thing that is needed for the making of a crop of cotton Mas prfsl priee of T i've stock, the price of grain, hay. labor. all are at top prices, ana have been for more than year; every commodity under the sun is relatively higher than cotton, and the planter or cotton who makes out of his product only little more than the cost or pro~ duction is going backwards, putting himself in debt to make clothes Tor
 During the cotton season of iSos- 1907. cotton reached the highest price had seen snss S tyEsoE tss yssT isfs Rhsn 0 Se market advanced to over sixteen cents per pound for middlng cotton. under conditions that nearly every one inter tions which forbid using that year as a fair example in an argument for higher prices. for in that year was raised one of the sn1iallest of the crops Ing over from the season before 8 very small visible supply. In the season of 1906-19o7. we have normal condition largest crop on record. a crop of iS.- s4o.OOo bales. with a visible supply from the previous season of se4;0OO o1 saef forssb i1 that Gssto sSsr9 "sr9 t afs f 967,006 bales. leaving a surplus at the end of the year of l,2S5, 660 bales. visi- ble supply. The highest price reached when the trade knew that there was a surplus mentioned, indicating that there was. and is. an actual need for snspna m0Sf Saock o'Gs G Rs shoW an as crease of consumption that more than keeps pace with the production of cot- ton. and we have passed the day when normal crop. more likely Is 1t that we need crop of thirteen millions. and anything under this means a short able trade conditions. the mills took 11,S00.00N bales Of cotton. and it takes but 8 ten per cent Increase over these figures. apparently an absurdly low es- timate, to bring the amount needed to over 13,000.OO0 bales. Now. after the bad weather and the setbacks that the cotton plant has suffered In tho last few weeks. it Is not likely that we will have a crop anywhere approach ing such figures and there will be a consequent shortage of supply. The present price of cotton Is too low. There sboud be marketed only enough to supply the actual demands of com sumers.
 Farmers Union National Cotton
 Committee.