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New-York tribune., 1908-12-18
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
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washington, Dec. 1.-THE President ana MIS-
Roosevelt entertained at the first state function OF
the season tonight giving dinner In honor OF the
Cabinet Seated about the state dining table were
the Vice President and Mrs. Fairbanks, the sec
retarv of State the Secretary Of the Treasury the
Secretary of War and Mrs Wright. the Attorney
IzensraI and Mrs Bonaparte. the Postmaster Gen
eraI and Mrs Meyer the Secretary of the Navy
and Mrs Newberry the Secretary of the Interior
and Mrs Garfield, the Secretary OF Agriculture the
secretarv of Commerce and Labor and Mrs Strans
the secretary TO the President and Mrs Loeo' sen
ator and Mrs Knox, the Vice-President-eIect ana
Mrs James S. Sherman. ex-Postmaster GENERA
and Mrs. Robert J. Wynne ex-secretary Vi 'io
Navy and Mrs. Paul Morton. Mr. and MRS, Georse
w Perkins Mr. and Mrs. e w. Bloom1ngoale tIle
Hon Maud Pauncefote. Miss Roosevelt frahA n
hitchcock Frank A. Munsey and Colonel and Mrs
Charles S. Bromwell.
Tb. president entertained President-eect Taft at
luncheon and later discussed the details OF MI
Taft's coming trip to the Isthmus of Panama.
The President spoke at o'clock tonight at tne
dinner given by the Young Mems Chrlstah AeSO
citation to it's members in the enlisted service -
the army.
The President sent special message to ConsresS
recommending reorganization of the form OF gov
ernment for the District of Columbia Will d S4-9-
head TO replace the three commissioners
The President took long tramp in the Iar7
afternoon, notwithstanding the rain
Among the White House callers TO-DAY "ei7
Ambassador Bryce. Secretary Wright. Senators
Nixon, Ankeny, Fulton and Brown hePreseI.
tives OIcott Martin, Chapman, Payne CanoleF
Graham Lands, Rausch, Adair and Adamsoh' eN
Representative Grosvenor, Rear Admiral CoWIes
District Attorney Du Rell of Kentucky; F. B. kei-
logg Francis A. Adams, of New York; Dr. Max
Hunius. and Secretary Of state-elect SIMS Oh
Indiana.
Mr. and Mrs Paul Morton of New York are
house guests of the President and MIS- Roose'ei'
New-York tribune., 1908-12-18
THE TURKISH NENT.

1t would be rash TO predict with entire conf
denCe the result Of the supremely interesting
experiment which begun yesterday at the
Dolma Baghtche palace but at least it may be
said that there is as much reason for hope as
for doubt We might. indeed say more than that
thatthere is much reason for hope, and for some
degree of confidence that. however many diff
cutles may be encountered and however many
temporary defeats may be suffered, the progress
which has begun in the Ottoman Empire will
continue and the ends which are now aimed at
will be attained. Such estimate Of the situa-
ton is prescribed by ordinary faith in humanity
and in the continuance and ultimate triumph of
civilization. We cannot believe that move
ment so well conceived, so benevolently intended.
so well conducted and so necessary for the vel
fare of many millions of our can be doomed
TO failure
There is moreover, the encoura ging example of
various other lands in which similar under
takings slowly but surely prOspering, despite
circumstances actually more adverse than those
in the Ottoman Empire There were those who
scorned the notion of the permanence and eff
cheney Of the Russian Douma and vet that body
is now an established and potent force is re
spectfully consulted by the Russian Treasury
and the Russian Foreign Office and its ratifca-
ton is conceded to be essential to the validity of
their most important acts The outlook for a
constitution in Persia has seemed dubious. and
at one time the Shah actually repudiated his
promise and decreed return to absolutiSm. but
that reputation had to be recanted and Iran is
still on the road 20 constitutional and representa-
/ tive government The suggestion of an elective
parliament and representative constitutional
/ government In China would few years ago
have seemed UtOpian. but to-day It's realization
/ is practically assured. We cannot believe that
! the same experiment viii fail in Turkey where
the capacity and the readiness for self govern
ment are probably greater than in any other of
| these countries
We have mentioned the coed conduct Of the
movement thus far. Nothing could be more ad-
nirable than the department both Of the reform
ers who compelled the Turkish revolution and If
the sovereign who complied with their dema nds.
The former have displayed no undue haste and
no extreme radicalism. In some regions. it is
true. the peasants have conceived the notion
that the new era means that no more taxes are
to be paid, and in C0nstantDople itself there are
those who seem Ia imagine that now there are
! 10 longer any laws 10 he Obeyed. But the Young
! Turks are earnestly and effectively correcting
these ingenious misapprehensions and are edu-
New-York tribune., 1908-12-18

eating the people in the ways of ordered sell
government with an increasing rather than dl-
minisbed respect for law. AS for the Sultan ne
has shown not even a momentary symptom OF
withdrawing from the advanced and enlightened
attitude which he assumed last summer, ana MS
free and almost unguarded appearances among
the people indicate personal transformation as
marked as that which has been effected In the
government.
The composition of the Chamber of Deputies
is as we have already observed. representative
of the various peoples of the empire-Bulgar and
Serb Greek and Jew, Arnaut and kutzo-N iacn
Armenian and Arab as well Ottoman Turk
The Senate too appointed by the Sultan, Is SINH
larly representative containing Bugars, Greeks
Armenians and Jews. and even one Christian
bishop. But in patriotic purpose the entire as
semblv will be Ottoman, and il Will undoubtedly
be under the political hegemOny Of the Young
Turks who form its plurality party. and VIII De
directed in its deliberations by them with the
same rare prudence moderation and resolution
which have marked their campaign for the es
tablishment of such a government. The great
square of ST Sophia, with its marvellous pano-
rama Of Proponts and Bosporus has witnessed
many stirring incidents since the days of the
Eastern Caesars. but probably none more crafty
ing or more auspicious of good for humanity
than that of yesterday
New-York tribune., 1908-12-18

attitude is that Of the old Confederate soldier
who said The people of the North came dcwn
here years ago and destroyed cur country we
need them now TO build it up And he cited
instances of success achieved by Northern people
10 nrove that his own state was for the farmer
in thickly settled community where property
values were high. the land of opportunity. HIS
only criticism of his section was that nature was
too kind that people were likely to lose their
energy because they could make living with 80
little effort.
Even New York State has been attracting the
sons of its eInigrants from the states it helped
to populate a third of century ago. and many
a young man is making a good living from the
farm his father left when Western land was
cheap and plentiful. The government may well
ask why intelligent, welltodo farmers from
the Mississippi Valley continue 20 flock to the
Canadian wilderness TO take up homes under Il
foreign flag" while many attractive oppor-
tunities still remain in this country. The an
swer probably is that the advantages OF the
places nearer home are not brought so forclbly
TO the attention of farmers who feel an impulse
20 move with the result that Canada is getting
thousands of our best citizens
New-York tribune., 1908-12-18
MUNICIPAL ART SOCIETY EXHIBITION.
Will Show Work Done by City in Past Now
and Plans for the Future.

Novel features for the annual exhibition oc tns
MunicipaI Art Society were announced yesterday
bv Charles H Israels. a New York architeccs wno
was appoined chairman OF the exhibition COMMITTEES
by John G. Agar. president Of the society ne
exhibition probably will be held IN FeoruarE-
This year" said Mr.. Israels. we shall hold an
exhibition which will be purely municipal N caar
acter. and as far as possible. viii be conlpre
hensve exhibit OF the work being done by me clIy
Of New York particularly IN It's official oapaciIy-
An attempt will be made 70 get IN toucn WIN
the Society of Municipal Engineering and the var
Gus city departments. The exhibition VIII oe o.
vided into sections comprising city plan. trees anu
horticulture parks and Fairgrounds, scnoos a11
school decorations monuments and street cxIuEsS'
mural paintings bridges and buildings erected y
the municipality. and public buildings N genera
1T is intended that each alcove shall snow u
comprehensive way what New York formerly n@1
in its various departments Illustrated oy pFIA'0'
drawings and pictures which may be obtained HOA
various collections: what New York has az preSel-,
as illustrated by Photographs and draVingS' -
what New York has IN contemplation ror NE ~
ure as Illustrated by plans and drawings OF i1A1''
improvements"
The exhibition probably viii be held IN tAs ~
tional Arts Club.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-18
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
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TFrom The Tribune Bureau
Washington Dec. f7.-Miss Helen Taft, daughter
of the Presdent-eIect and Mrs. Taft will arrive
here tomorrow morning. and wifi be the guest OF
Brigadier General and Mrs. James B. Aleshire
until Saturday evening. when she will leave the
capital She will be with Mrs. Aleshire at the
debut tea of Miss Marjorie Aleshire and Miss Marie
Michie daughter Of Captain and Mrs Robert z. l.
Niche, Saturday.
Fashionable society in large numbers attended
the concert given tonight by the Yale Glee Club.
and also the ball which followed At the latter
Mrs William Phelps Emo. Mrs William z. Draper.
Mrs George F. HUFF and Mrs. Addison received the
guests A number OF this years debutantes attend
ed the dance, for which Mrs Truman H Newberry,
Mrs Robert Shaw Oliver Mrs Huntington Wilson
Mrs Brewer Mrs. White. Mrs Dewey. Mrs Hale
Mrs Lodge Mrs. EIkns, Mrs. Foraker, Mrs De-
pew Miss Kean, Mrs. Cowles and others were
patronesses.
MI and Mrs. John r. Mclean. Mr.. and Mrs
c. c. Glover and others entertained dinner parties
for the Yale students tonight.
Captain and Mrs. w. W. kimbaH were among the
dinner hosts Of this evening, selecting number OF
their guests from the diplomatic corps.
BrIgadier General and Mrs Darlington enter
tained number of the young friends OF Miss Gar
ungton st dinner.
Mrs. John W. Timmons. daughter Of the Vice
President and Mrs. Fairbanks, is their guest until
Sunday when she will join Lieutenant Timmons in
Philadelphia, where he is the Idaho.
Mrs John F. Rogers entertained a dinner party
tonight
New-York tribune., 1908-12-18
THE CIVIC FORUM.
Plans for Future Meetings.. Keir Hardie,
MP To Be Here January 12

NJ P. To Be Here January r.
It is announced that J. Keir Hardie. NJ. P. chair
man of the Labor party in the House Of Com
mons. will make an address at the next meeting,
January 12, Of the Civic Forum, which was opened
for the second season on Wednesday evening with
an address by President Eliot The Rev DR..
Charles F. Aked. who has for years been a close
friend of Mr.. Hardie will preside The subject Of
the address will be "A Revolution in British Pol
itics and Its Lessons, for America" Mr.. Hardie
comes TO America solely on the invitation of the
Forum, and will remain in this country only ten
days This will be his only public address in New
York The announcement of subsequent meetings
will be made later.
The Civic Forum established a year ago 10
provide non-partisan, non-sectarian platform in
New York City for the public discussion OF impOr
tant political. educational and economic questions
by distinguished speakers The aim was also to
promote international good will by inviting eminent
foreigners to visit this country and speak under
the Forums auspices. Last year ten meetings were
held addressed by such meE as President-elect
Taft William Jennings Bryan, Judge David J.
Brewer of the United States Supreme Court; Gov
error Hughes of New York. Governor Folk OF Mis-
souri, and Senator Knox of Pennsylvania. Pro-
fessor Paul Milyoukov invitation OF the Forum,
came from st. Petersburg TO New York for the
sole purpose of making address in Carnegie
Hall remaining only three days in America. DR..
Frederik Van Eeden, the foremost poet OF Hol-
land who had visited this country, also came
over TO address the Forum Informal assurances
have been given which warrant the expectation
that next year at least two prominent Europeans
will speak under the Forums auspices
The Civic Forum is an educational rather than a
reform organization 1t aims less to advocate spe-
cifc reforms and denounce specific evils than 10
aid in creating in New York and throughout the
country an atmosphere Of civic intelligence and
patriotism which will vitalize and make effective
and permanent all good work for the common well
fare.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-18
ORSTRrCTIONISTs

She was a solemn suffragette
And he q man whom people know
BY chance beneath the mistletee.
TT is well known fact" said he,
That osculation oft may be
medium for transmitting germs
Quoth she: The topic, I should say,
Is quite unworthy of debate.
is is S fTvoious 81 and ND out ut't5fu of dats ate
And SWANS and lasses still drew near
Where Wisdom meath the mistetOe
Stood like Ounce with mien austere
While Cupid vainly twanged his bow
Washington Star.
The undergraduates in the 'shsfed Scientific
School, at Yale University. have adopted a system
of direct primaries for class elections in accord
ance with the report OF a special committee elect
ed look into the weaknesses of the existing sys
tenn. For years, says The Yale Alumni Weekly"
the nomination of candidates for all class offices and
committees has been oral. and these nominations
have been followed Immediately by the election Of
certain nominated. Hereafter officers and
committees will he nominated by direct ballot Of
the entire class. A certain number Of the men
ceiving the largest number Of votes in this pre-
Iimnary election will be considered the candidates
in the final election. 4 somewhat different sys-
TEN of direct primaries has been in use in the aca-
demic department in the election Of important
committees for a number OF years
half fh T0Fd {b s aT R0T the Sa98sr
for it," added the Simple Mug.-Philadelphia Rec
Being a bishop up in the Yukon region is no
lob for a weakling. The Right Rev DR.. Stringer,
Of the Anglican Church, is making plans TO ac-
company a Northwest police detail from Dawson
to Herschel Island. six hundred miles through
the widest kind of country. The round trip Will
take all winter.
why do you talk so much of that writer's
originality? His style is not particularly auda-
That's true. But he once. mentioned man
went bun inR a
mighty Nimrod '"-Washington Star.
In letter to The Boston Transcript favor
ing humane education in the public schools, a
correspondent says: In public school in
London, England. where. in the course Of twenty
years. seven thousand children given thor
ough humane education (during this period, which
would make many of these boys men of twenty
five and thrty-fvel, not of them ever
arrested for a criminal offence, demonstrating the
value of humane education 10 prevent crime. as
well cruelty"
Die, you offer Tommy Clay piece of your
:'9eSm, .'9Sm13, He , didn't IN. +. care fer it"
Nom. I gave him bite an told him I'd lick
de stuthns out OF him II he swallowed it
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Rev. DR.. John H. DeForest a veteran Con-
gregational missionary at Sendai Japan, has been
decorated by the imperial government with the
Order of the Rising Sun. the distinction having
been conferred in recognition of his services in
dispelling anti-Japanese misconceptions among
Americans Dr. DeForest has been doing mission
work in Japan for thirty-ive years.
What would you do If a band Of brteands
should suddenly confront your
Light the gas II 1t was a dream, and talk TO
my neighbor II II was comic opera louisville
Courier-JOurnal
New-York tribune., 1908-12-18
nR TAFT on RETISION.

Mr. Taft's speech at the Ohio Society dlnner
showed how thoroughly in earnest he Is IN
regard 10 tariff revision. 1T is better, he said,
that we have no revision at ell. that we allow
the bill to be defeated, unless are going to
honestly revise the tariff on the basis l have
explained: on the basis set down in the plat
form" Those words contain an intimation OF
the length TO which the President-elect is pre-
pared TO go in order 10 secure for the people
the kind of revision for which they voted The
basis which Mr.. Taft explained was this: lt
must be no mere surface revision, but 1t must
carry out as nearly as possible the provisions
of the platform There must be an honest et-
fort TO find out exactly what protection Amer
lean industries need, and give them just that
degree of protection. more and no less.
Where the present rates exceed the difference
between the cost of production here and abroad
plus a reasonable profit they give an oppor-
tunity TO make 'an excess above the just
profit and they should be cut accordingly
The people who voted for Mr.. Taft Will un-
dOubtedly approve tariff revision In that spirit.
They want the schedules revised in the inter
ests of the country at large and not in the in
terests of their benefciaTies alone. They are
with Mr. Taft when he says that ii is better 70
have no revision than one which leaves i'll the
hands of protected manufacturers the possibility
of demanding what he calls IAN excess above
lust profit which affects the consumer in the
form of an overcharge for the product For
eign competition should be invited just at the
point where the producer, paying the higher
cost of producing in this country such commodi
ties as it costs more to produce here, can OBJ
tain fair and reasonab BILE profit. Below that
point foreign competition should be excluded
above that point it should, if possible, be Sc
cured
New-York tribune., 1908-12-18
AmuSeMents.

ACspEMYE.15-The Red Min.
AMERICAN ART GALLERIES. 6--Exnlpluon-
ASTOR-s -1S-The Man from Home
FEIAsCO@s -oO-The Devil
EIJOC-S.15-A Gentleman from MISSISSIPPI
Y'S-2-S-Tsu6eville
IS -2o-Peccsrrice and CaNslefls FNuS'-O
CAsINo-s:-5-Aue. Mischief -, -
CIRCT.E-s.I5-The Queen Of the Moulin fSoUEe-
CoL.oNTAI-2-s -Naudeyile
CRTTE<RTON-s-Seuson-
TnTN MTSFE-The World in Wax
CATFTY-S l5-The Travelling Salesman
-ARDE<-s-1 s-1S-Mary James Pa
-hRRECE-S -3o-The Patriot
GERMAN IA Last Effort
HACEETT-S -90-SalTsrion Nell
EAMNERSTETN-S-2 Is .15--Na voeNilie-
FFRaID sQTA RES .I5--Three Twins -,..,. - ,bs
ETPPoDRONE-e-s-snort Days-Batte III 'ne
ECDSON--Fairy Tales and Scenes 1's-S @
erick.
xSrlICKFRRO ROCKER-s-l5-The Prirna Donna
ITBERTY-S.I .I5-Tfa Wireless
TTEFT-N-S 15-Tove watches
rSRlC-S .T5-The Plue Mouse
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN-s-IoN snow
MANHATTAN OPERA HOUSE-S-Iosca
WAIFSTTC-s .l5-Ths PIED Pipe- -s.ts-5s-,-
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE - 10 - o1
80
-1FW aMSTERrA S:1O-Titte Memo
NEW WORKS 7s-Mies IunocenCe
SAVOY. .9o-Ths Servant n the House
ST NICHOLAS RINK-S 15-Hockey r1a1CI-
ETT-YTFSs MS -S0-The Fighting Hope
" ar AtI<-S-S -T5-The Bows ann Betty
wrPFP'S-s -S0-The Stronger Sex
WEST END-S 15-The Witching Hour
New-York tribune., 1908-12-18
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
ruD-or.. --,,s Tribune Rureau. !


Washington Dec. 1.-THE Danish Minister ana
Countess Moltke will go to Boston on Saturday 10
spend the Christmas holidays with the latters par
ents Mr.. and Mrs. Nathaniel Thayer- Ihey VIII
have the new legation in 18th street sufficiently set
tied for entertaining early in the wear.
CAPTAIN c. F. G. SOwerby, recently appointed
naval attache Of the British Embassy to succeed
CAPTAIN the Hon. Horace Hood. has arrived here to
assume his duties. He at the time of his ap-
,oir+rnent commander of H NJ S interchangeable
W A Royaards counsellor of the Netherlands
Legation, gave a dinner tonight as a farewell
compliment to Viscount de Chambrun, French sec
retary who is TO sail for France. Bacnelor
Diplomats and number Of last years debutantes
were the guests.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-18
WHAT IS GOING ON TODAY

Free admission to the American Museum O -
History and the geological Garden- .-,.t,
Rhode IsIaud' day the tnternatona.t a.. fstory,
exhn,ifion American Museum q NatuFA4 I1
afternoon
so,,ai meeting ct the Century Theatre Gun -
Astor. $50 p. -. rast-
uaR trlea-t on Americas Duty @ the Ear 49, 1sSa
" Firth Avenue Baptist Church No W.
y. :
Annual christmas entertainments snJ sS-s street,
New York Railroad Club No - "7'-
evening. - aysa-
Animal ball Of the "Greeters" Terrace SAf1'4-
.,-4 A.soclsr
ticn Hotel Astor, p m .-t Ax.or
s,-orsr ~ the New York University A-I-----
ciatton. Hotel Astor ? m
r,, a~htbition Madison square Garden ?. N, "a.
smoker o, Company lTth ResiHasatI' A''~
.. N
New-York tribune., 1908-12-18
CHINESE EUPHEMISMs.
.e Dnndeo Adyertlser

From The Dundee Advertiser.
one class of Chinese at least will sincerely mourn
the Empcror's death-the BARRIERS For hun
dred days after the proclamation Of the death
is allowed TO shave the front part OF the head.
These people get close shave soon they
hear Of the death. In most parts of China blue Is
the mourning color. The Emperor. in Chinese for
nal language. is not allowed TO die like other
people He crashes prince is said To de
mise" ministers OF state TO stop officials 10 re-
sign their dEnitics.' Common people alone die. ."
The same love OF euphemism shows itself in other
4 coffin is spoken of as the timber II age"
longevity boards and when man insures he
does not entitle his survivors 10 money, but him
self 70 graveclothes and "a charming retreat
that Is, a coffin. To the BARRIERS mourners should
be added the actors - 80 hundred days
prohibition extends 10 the performance Of plays.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-18
JUGGLING WITH THE DEBT LIMIT,

-
The special report of the Charter Revision
Commission throws light on the reason why no
two persons agree as to the amount of the city
debt in reckoning the citys borrowing capacity.
The laws are not explicit as to what elements
should be included in the debt for that purpose,
and even where they are clear the amount Of
the City's liabilities in some instances can only
be estimated. and estimates differ. The Charter
Revision Commission finds the city debt S29,3
935 larger than Mr.. Metz's figures make it. the
chief item of difference being the citys liability
for land acquired. This is in general land con-
demned but whose value has not vet been fixed
by condemnation proceedings Obviously the
cost of such land to the city is a matter of con-
lecture Mr.. Metz has included the city's liza
bility for it in the city debt the basis of It's
assessed valuation. Now. clearly enough, this IS
too low Land always costs the city more than
its assessed value Moreover, hasn't Mr.. Metz
himself regaled the public often with stories of
the cost of condemnation proceedings: Yet he
makes no allowance for this outlay as a part Of
the liabilities for land. From these considera
tions the commission reaches the conclusion that
the Controllers estimate of the citys liabilities
for land acquired is too low by S235O0000
Since the Controller has always used the as
sessed valuation the measure of liability there
seems to be little reason for doubt that the city
was over its debt limit during the earlier half OF
| this year. when the Controller figured it TO be
within the limit by the narrow margin of only a
million or two.
The recommendation of the charter commits
! sion that the law regarding the items to be in
cluded in the city debt for the purpose of rech-
! oning its borrowing capacity should he made
explicit and detailed is eminently judicious.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-18
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The thirty-ffth anniversary of the conservation
Of Bishop Charles Edward Cheney. of the Re-
formed Episcopal Church. was celebrated in Chi
cago last Monday. Bishop Cheney was born in
New York State in 1886. He was graduated from
Hobart College in 1857. later studied theology and
was ordained to the Protestant Episcopal ministry
In 1860. Ee was a leader in the org 1nization OF
the Reformed Episcopal Church and was conse-
Grated missionary bishop TO the Northwest in 1873
In 1875 he was made bishop OF the synod Of Chi