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New-York tribune., 1908-08-03
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Doctors frequently recommend horsenesn "hoH
It is to give uncooked meat 10 lhVailu7'
and such is the demand In Paris to-day says the
Paris correspondent of THE Caterer of LONDON
that the -hippophagic" butchers-whose sign is
horses head above the door-have occasionally
some difficulty in supplying all their customers
ct have known Englishmen IN Paris eat morse
steak with evident relish, until they Were toAo
that what they had been enjoying was not "hsI
tbev imagined IL TO be; and. from personal ex-
perience 1 can affirm that good grilled horse
steak. served with chopped parsley. Is not 10
be despised" declares the writer
"They have come to wreck. It seems. on lffo's
matTimo1ial ena which rocked tn. boatr-
louisville Courier Journal
ouo+tng a Cincinnati paper which speaks OF
nurh.r OF people ~summering- at various water
ing places a man writes TO q teacher Il am not
an Americana; 1 speak the English language i"i
perfectly and wish to learn Is 1t right 10 say
.summering'? And If it is would IT be correct 10
saw a man is falling in New York or spring1ns
in the mountains or afternooning' I'm the park or
'pightinz' at the club? Language rules may not
always be logical. therefore I ask The teacher
wrote: "If you will spend part of your summer
at a vacation school you will gain the desired
information
Sandy Pfkes-How did you ever get up de 1 nesvs vs
Gritty GeorgeNshi told dem I was swell
guy just back from my summer vacation--Chi-
cago News.
The Liverpool Daily POST has been making
observations with regard 10 the cut heads" which
are treated at the hospitals between IL and a m
The Post says that the house surgeons have
noticed a curious difference in the sexes on diff
ferent nights. On Saturday nights the subjects
are mostly men who have received their wages
redeemed their clothes from pawn and drunk
enough to lead q bravL Monday night how
ever is ladies night" The have gone 70
work and the wives have taken their huspsnes
best and only suit to the pawnshop. and then IT
their to drink the proceeds and cut one an
others heads The usual answer to the question
'rITho did it?' Is, Another lady wot lives in the
same 'ouse."
she-Mollie admits that shs is terribly disap-
pointed in her husband
she finds he doesn't need it"-Pfck-Me-Up-
The "BIacI Feast" will be celebrated by the
Jews on October s The by which this day is
better known is Tische Dab. meaning the ninth
day Of the month Of Alb. In the syuagogues the
Book of lamentations Is read. because the day
commentaries the destruction of the Temple at
Jerusalem by the unbeevsrs. Speaking of this
holiday and the custom among ignorant Jews to
adhere TO the Jewish calendar East Side physi-
clan said: IT called to the home OF
poor immigrant where found desperately sick
man. After had examined the patient I asked
the wife how long he had been ailing. Between
sobs the woman said, Since the day before the
destru;,tion Of Jerusalem fortunately Jew
enough to know that she referred to the Black
Feast
some false hair said the embarrassed young
woman ..,. 49,, a,-,..,..,.
salesman What shade does your friend w1sh7'
London Opinion.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-03
SERIOUS, But WEAK.

Eastern scoffers may continue to treat Okla
homa's progressive laws lightly If it pleases
their miserable, weakened souls. But the off
cials to whom has been solemnly intrusted the
enforcement of those statutes going to take
them as seriously any German bureauCrat
might Consider the promises Of DR. 7. c.
Mahr Oklahomas State Commissioner of
Health, touching the inspection of hotels. 1t
will be remembered that the young common
wealth put some paragraphs into its pure food
law providing for the supervision Of hotels and
restaurants. DIR. Mahr says his inspectors are
going to watch every wayside inn and quick
lunch counter, grading these in their report on
the scale of 100. The ten following features will
he scored: First, the personal appearance of
the proprietor second, the personal appearance
of the cook; third, the personal appearance and
cleanliness of the walters; fourth, the condition
of the tableware and linen fifth the general
condition Of the washroom rooms: sixth, the
general sanitary condition of the hotel; seventh.
the condition OF closets; eighth the condition of
sewers ninth. the condition of bedrooms, and
TENTH the state of fire protection.
This is undoubtedly serious attempt to guar
antee pure food and pure sleep. But it is
neither thorough nor exhaustive. The appear
ance of host, cook and tip takers should be
marked up on the score card. but how shall per-
centages be reckoned? VIII a double chin
Guthrie boniface a little enlbOnpOtnt among
the kitchen mechanics be taken to mean that the
establishment is getting the juiciest cuts, while
the guests are being fed corned beef and
paris green peasi VIII a dyspeptic waiter he
plus or a minus in the reckoning? But are
less amazed at these uncertainties than at the
important points which the Commissioner does
not score. How can he hope TO give the public
a fair idea of a hotel without rating the phys
iognomy, shirt studs and diamond ring Of the
clerk? How dares he fail to add in the num-
Der of good looking mattresses? But his most
audacous omission is the rating Of taverns by
the size of expected tips. The public is most
eager for information on this subject and the
Commissioners silence can be understood only
on the assumption that the State Legislature has
forbidden all tips. The scoring of sanitary con-
dtions is also very unsatisfactory Dr. Mahr
has apparently made allowances. positive
negative for the picturesque. He is planning
10 give low mark 10 every institution harbor-
ing cracked cups and other things that have no
wings at all, but get there just the same. This
is crude. In the effete East restaurant
New-York tribune., 1908-08-03

GETTING THE PARKS OUT OF POLITICS.
It is To be hoped that the movement to get
the parks of the city out Of politics will meet
with success. II the various civic bodies in the
different boroughs Of New York which have
combined for this purpose can devise a means
by which the purchase of park sites and the
administration Of the parks can be taken out Of
the hands of the politicians and placed in the
hands of public spirited citizens they will con-
fer 2 real blessing upon the city.
At present our parks are bought haphazard
by the Board Of Estimate and Apportionment
The city has no plan regarding the laying out
Of parks and It has policy It huys~ where
the pressure from the politicians with lands
for sale becomes irresistible and usually not
elsewhere The question as between two pro
posed sites is not which is the better place for
park but which piece of land has the more DO
rtical pressure and the better accelerated public
opinion behind it. There is no one whose frmc-
zion # is TO plan the park system of the future
The result is often bad location and a scan
dalousIy unequal distribution of the parks
throughout the city. There is for instance,
about much park area in The Bronx as in
the four other boroughs of the city together.
The administration of the parks in the hands
Of the politicians has been scandalously waste
ful The payrols are always full Of the idle man
with q pull. Foremen and superintendents have
foo often h20 their CnleT training Tor dgTlculI-
ura duties in dispensing drinks over bar or
in carving primaries Central Park today is
an object lesson Of what long continued political
management means. Every one agrees that the
park is steadily dying out and that unless
something is done 70 renew It in a few years
II IS doomed to extinction and that the saving
"f il cannot be long postponed. Yet the city is
80 poor that il is hard 10 see where the money
10 repair Central Park can re spared in the
next year or two. More than enough money is
wasted every year on park lands bought from
the politicians TO renew Central Parks fertility
More than enough money for this purpose is
probably also thrown away through the ex-
cessire cost Of political administration of the
parks If all the money that has been spent
upon Central Park alone had been wisely and
economically and intelligently expended. its fer
tilify could have been kept up from the first
and is would now be a rich garden spot instead
of being in danger Of becoming desert.
The other cities of the country which have
good park systems have taken the control Of
their parks out Of the hands of the politicians.
1t Is time New York did so, too. and the Charter
Revision Commission viii doubtless welcome
New-York tribune., 1908-08-03
GOOD AND BAD BACTERIA.

Manifold diseases are not the only i'll for
which microbes are held responsible. There is
evidence enough to convict them also of the ruin
of a good deal of property. Spontaneous COM
bustion in newly gathered crops-hay, hops and
cotton. for instances now attributed TO the
agency of low forms of life, and to the list Of
materials in which fires having similar origin
break out additions are continually being made.
According to "The London Lancet recent OBJ
servatfons leave little doubt that in coal and
Iampblack destructive degree Of heat is some
times developed through the presence Of diminu-
tive organisms commonly found in the soil.
When fuel for steamships is stored in large
quantities on land spontaneous combustion can
he and occasionally is averted by deposting it
in vast tanks and covering it with water. On
hoard vessel. of course. such precaution is
impracticable. Yet if some cheap and easily
soluble antiseptic could he found. perhaps coal
could be rendered permanently immune by spray
ing il thoroughly with the germ killer and let
ting II dry before being put into the bunkers-
''The Lancet makes alusion TO the possibil-
ity that spontaneous combustion in smokeess
powder is due TO something else than dsintegra-
ton from age and hot climate. Still, it could
do no harm TO initiate experiments to ascertain
If bacteria play any part in the matter. Should
the inquiry show that they do. treatment with
germicides might yield better results than the
installation of refrigersting apparatus-an eX
pedient recommended by more than one ordnance
expert
However. It should not he forgotten that Ger,
tain varieties of microbes do an enormous
amount OF good. Whether the harm that some
now accomplish is more than offset by the
friendly offices of others is question not easily
answered, perhaps. hut the time will unquestion-
ably come when the credit side Of the account
will greatly overbalance the debit side Scarcely
hall haS existence
of these organisms was discovered. The arts
by which the hurtful ones may be antagOnized
and the helpful ones utilized for mans service
are yet imperfectly developed. few genera
tons hence they will have made such progress
that the score will he greatly changed.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-03

complaints on its hands because, In its enorts 10
have the defective tracks on Sixth avenue I'M
proved In such manner as TO give that VeiVet
finish so priced by all persons living inmediateiy
adjacent to car line the gangs laying the new
tracks do not mufie their hammers and strike
so gently as not to- interfere with the SaDpath
stiffness which has recently begun to perVade
that part of the metropolis. With a Tuii
quota of monographs in operation on the piock
and a boiler factory running full blast around
the corner no one would have noted the CON
cussion of sIedge and crowbar. but now every
tap which follows the description OF a SEMI
circle by the brawny fists of workman makes
half the residents Of the lower West Side jump
out of their chairs and stuff sofa pillows anu
mattresses into their ears in self-protecuon-
In the mean time the Public Service Commis-
sion will set it's teeth together and scrt over 1ts
daily busheI and peck of mail in the hope OF
finding that 1t has succeeded in doing something
that has pleased every one, and the people Oh
Paterson whose ears have not heard the buzz
of machinery in many of its mills for some tlne'
will listen to the sweet music of screaming
whistle and roar of engine In those mills WHICH
have announced their intention of resuming
operation this week. The noise of the antl-nolse
crusaders will not be heard in Paterson lor
some time. And the prize which has been Of
fered for the invention of noiseless noise remains
New-York tribune., 1908-08-03
THE DEMAND FOR NoISEEESs NOIsl

THE DEMAND FOR NOISEEESS NOISE.
Whether to endure the noises that we have or fly
TO noisier noises that we know not of is the prob
lem faced by the New York noise crusaders now.
Time was when the city dweer thought that If
he could but have stopped the dins that assailed
his ears from about three hours before he want
ed to get up in the morning 10 about an equal
length of time after he sought the arms of Nor
pheus at night he would be perfectly happy but
now, alas and alacki he finds that more noise Is
made in stopping the noise than the noise itself
made.
The worst thing about stopping noises is that
the more big noises are stopped the more minor
ones that have passed unnoticed will project
themselves on the ears of the suffering citizen
in fact. it might be argued that the more noise
there is TO drown the other noise the better off
the victim is No one has time TO sift one par
ticular sound out of the din which has greeted
the ears Of the New Yorker since date so an
cient that the memory Of man runneth no; o
the contrary but, the process of elimination on%e
begun the uninteIligible cry of the OF clo' rlaea
the ffshmonger the umbrellas to mend and tie
market gardener may almost be distinguished
from the sirieking of whistles, the rumbling Of
coal wagons and the screams of the fat wheels
of the trolley car rounding the bend at the cor
ner.
And now the Public Service Commission has
New-York tribune., 1908-08-03
DEMAND FOR HUGHES GROWS.
WILLIAM BERF

WILLIAM BERRrs PLEDGE
From The Brooklyn Standardization.
If the Governor is renonninated newspaper will
give him heaTter or more earnest support than
FThe Standard Union.
MORAL ISSUE UPSTATE
From The Washington Post.
If Hughes shall renorninated Il will mean a
moral issue upstate. and that always means big
Republican najorites above The Bronx.
FACT TO EMPHASIZE.
From The Syracuse Herald
Hughes doesn't please the politicians. The friends
fact frequently.
From The Philadelphia Inquirer.
G9yernor Hughes 9 isn't wY9rEytpg exsr his renon
sleep nights over the matter because they think he
is sure to win. Why not?
AN ILLINOIS TRIBUTE
From The Chicago Record-HeraId.
=, In suboTdtnatng personal to public eonsideTa-
for distinguished public service
PETTY BOSSES AND REAL LEADERS
From The Outlook
OF course. the petty boss is friend OF Gov
ernor Hughes; but the real party leader: however
& 9ds end bd TnfOngenai he peEsonay
Hughes's friend. and will allow the people and
not the petty bosses to guide the party.
CLEAR TRACK NEEDED
From The Binghemton Republican.
If they are wise. the gentlemen who compose
the old organization of the Republicans will keep
their hands off and leave the whole thing TO the
delegates to the convention. And that will be
about satisfactory any arrangement that
can made. II will give Hughes a clear track
and that is all he needs TO secure the nomination
and election.
AN IDEAL GOVERNOR.
From The Syracuse Journal Ond)
The grievance of the big and little bosses
throughout the state Is that the Governor has ig-
fored the machine and acted on mis- own respon-
question OF his ability his patriotism unselfiSh
devotion to the duties of his office. He
for what he deemed TO be the best interest of the
people of the entire state. and In the opinion OF
thousands Of voters both In the Democratic and
Republican parties, he has made ideal Governor.
LEWIS COUNTYS OPINION
From The Lowville Journal and Republican.
There is considerable difference of opinion as TO
the strength of Governor Hughes in the coming
campaign 1t is reasonably certain that he Will
have a large independent vote and that or many
Democrats. AS TO the attitude OF the racetrack
men, that will be determined later on. but IL is
Governor and viii put in their money TO defeat
him. We believe that, in the general opinion OF
party he has made first class Governor, and
has advocated those measures which ne believed
10 be in the interest OF the people There are some
STR in the party who are against his nOin-
nation but they will support him If The conven
tion. should place him in nomination no one ques-
tions his great ability, his integrity and his de-
sire TO inaugurate and carry through measures for
thA benahk OF the Empire state
New-York tribune., 1908-08-03

Having received a list of physicians who were
supposed to have signed a circular in opposition
TO yiyisectIon. '"The Medical Record undertook
to test it's value. OF the 162 names given IN IL
nearly half could not be found in the last eoltio1
of standard book Of reference "Poihs Meuioai
Directory,' OF the remainder only eight could
he Identified as having graduated under modern
teaching regarding bacterfology.'' The methods
of warfare which the circular represents seem
to be better suited to politics than to science.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-03

pIeases because large rats gaze with soulful eyes
at the diner as he absorbs his soup, while many
n chop suey house owes Its popularity TO the
mystery and wordless suspicion of Oriental un-
tidiness hanging about its kitchen the oKia'
homo Raedeker Mainly has much to learn.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-03
r,,a- -enort. indicate

vertisement. Consular reports indicate that
wells of great promise have been opened ooth
irl the vicinity of Tampico and In the state "l
Vera Cruz and that the importation or cruos
petroleum from the United States may soon De-
G inc unnecessary.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-03

The visit of General Arthur Tcherep-S -Spirido-
witch of Servia, to this country In search of
American heiresses to espouse King Peters
sons is likely to be more successful If he brings
the news that life insurance rates for members
Of Servia's royal family have been greatly re-
duced.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-03
Ne:p71prk pailp 1ibmats:
MONDAY. AUGUST 3, 1905

This newspaper is otoned and pnotssheo oV
The Tribune Association, Eei0 YORK corpora
taon: office ard principal place OF BUSINESS
7l-5h,.ne BUILDING No. I54 Nassau street. Neto
Y,r1.. ooden BiIIs president: EathdnieI THttle,
secreta-v and treasurer The address OF the
officers Is the office Of this netospGper.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-03

Mr. Bryan's promised speeches in New forh
will probably have as much effect in carrying
the state as the appointment of Mr.. Mack as
chairman will have. The two things together
make a powerfuI conjunction In vote getting.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-03

Attorney General Bonaparte's decision VIII
restrict the keeping of the Democratic cam
paign fund to the state banks Of Oklahoma
Not so many bites of the cherry.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-03

The World seems to be further than ever
from the answer to What is a DemocratT
New-York tribune., 1908-08-03

So Mr. Bryan is getting tired OF staying at
home and leaving the people to secure his
speeches canned. He wants to get out and be
his own phonograph.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-03

BY that picturesque tower of flame, described
in recent dispatches from Tampico. Mexico's
domestic oil industry has received striking ad-
New-York tribune., 1908-08-03

If the Third Avenue Railroad Company is
willing to operate the belt line" what becomes
of the theory that transfers bring bank
ruptcy?
New-York tribune., 1908-08-03

anv suggestion which the newly organized body
for the protection of the parks may make to It
New-York tribune., 1908-08-03

WILLIAM BERRrs PLEDGE.
From The Brooklyn Standard Union.
II the Governor is renonnnated newspaper will
give him q heartier more earnest support than
F"The Standard Union
New-York tribune., 1908-08-03

From The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Governor Hughes isn't worrying over his renom-
nation but a lot OF politicians in New York cam
sleep nights the matter because they think he
is sure to win. Why not?
New-York tribune., 1908-08-03
AN IDEAL GOVERNOR. .

From The Syracuse journal Ond.)-
The grievance Of the big and lit
throughout the state is that the Govern,
Ifored the machine and acted on mis- ow
sibility in an independent manner. TIL
question OF his ability. his patriotism anC
devotion to the duties of his office. He
for what he deemed TO be the best inter
people of the entire state. and, IN the
thousands of voters both I'm the DemoC
Republican parties, he has made an ideal
The sun., 1908-06-28

daily and make yearly total Of 95,27o
miles, or about four times the distance
around the earth. The length Of the high
est elevator shaft is $40 feet inches, the
tower from curb to roof being o12 feet.
There have been expended in the con-
structon Of the Singer Building about 100000
days labor. One man would have a job
lasting 1880 years IL he cared to tackle 1t
alone.
The Metropolitan Life Building when it is
completed will afford much larger figures
than these. The tower will not only he
s3 feet higher> than the Singer. but is OF
larger proportions all through.
Its gross weight will be "a 900 900 pounds
or $4,000 tons, which Is about twice as much
as the gross weight Of the Singer tower.
The Singer tower is 65 feet square, whereas
thenew Madison Square structure is rs by IS
feet. The Metropolitan tower walls will
be OF marble from top to bottom, while
the Singer tower has corners OF brick and
terra Gotta and central panels Of metal and
glass This will Of course account in part
for the difference in gross weight.
The new Metropolitan tower will be TOO
feet high from curb TO pinnacle. The steel
work is nearly all up now. as is shown In the
picture above. The highest lookout in the
Singer tower accessible TO the public is the
lantern baloony,I which is $50 feet above
The sun., 1908-06-28

Broadway. The highest point for observa-
ton in the Metropolitan tower will be a
window over the lookout 900 feet above
the sidewalk.
One Of the chief features Of the Metro
politan tower will be q huge clock with
face on each side Of the tower s24 feet
above the sidewalk. The face Of the clock
will be two stories high, rs feet q inches In
diameter on the dial. 1t will have figures
feet and hands IL feet long.
Two stories above the clock will be q
line Of projecting balconies. aud above
this series OF Ionic loggias showing i've
arched openings on each face Of the tower.
The height Of these loggias will be fifty
feet.
The highest Office floor In the tower will
he ca7 feet above tie sidewalk. The observ-
atory will be a room 70 feet In diameter.
The structure will be capped with lantern
30 feet high. which will be Of steel and cop
per gilded
This lantern will contain an arc light Of
great power which will be used TO designate
the time after nightfall. 1t is proposed to
do this by giving one red fash for the quar-
ter two for the half and three for the third
quarter. and white fash for the hour.
Extraordinary precautions have been
taken in the Metropolitan skysoraper both
TO guard against wind pressure and also
The sun., 1908-06-28

miles Of structural angle irons were re-
quired, together with l3o miles of tying
wire and 10000 bolts.
There are ss5 miles Of elevator cables
in the building. and nine fans capable of
blowing $4,000 cubic feet of air an hour,
which would make it possible for an ordi-
nary sized town almost to generate it's own
tornado.
Almost any little city would be satisfied
with the lighting plant in one Of New York g
modern skyscrapers. In the Singer Build
ing there are 14.5OO incandesoent lamps,
while on the outside Of the tower there are
1900 more.
These. together with the searohlights
which play on the tower from the roof Of
the main building. make the skyscraper
visible in bold relief at night for distance
of twenty miles. The rays Of the search
light in the lantern crowning the tower
are visible seventy five miles away.
The lighting system Of the Singer Building
represents a capacity. Of 27s,sOo candle
power. The boilers 81 the building, to
generate light, heat, power, &o., must yearly
generate 15o,oOo,oo0 pounds OF steam pres
sure. This will take 100000 gallons Of
water and 5000 tons Of coal
The tower elevator cars travel about 900
feet a minute. With the building fairly
well filed the cars will travel $40 miles