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New-York tribune., 1908-03-08
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
TFrom The Tribune Bureau.


Washington, March 7.-Eighteen guests were en-
tertained at dinner by the Italian Ambassador ana
Baroness Mayor des PIanches tonight In the
party were the Brazilian Ambassador ana NINE
Nabuco the apanese Ambassador Mr. ana MIS-
William F. Draper, Colonel and Mrs Charies o
Bromwel the Assistant Secretary of War ana MIS-.
Oliver Mrs Converse Miss Boa rdrnan. Miss Carow.
Miss Gwynn Brigadier General Crozier Baron Am
brozv Austrian counsellor Mr.. Schubert, Ger
man attache: Signor Centaro Italian second secre
tary and Sgnor Tozz the Italian portrait painter
who is the house guest the Ambassador and
Ra roness Mayor des Planches. The amoassador
will go to New York Tuesday for short visit
The Italian first secretary, Signor MontaSna'
loft Washington to-day for Boston, where he Will
deliver an address before italian Society on the
subject of the progress of literature and art IN
Italy.
The Secretary Of State and Mrs Root were the
guests of honor at dinner tonight with the Cru
po.avan Minister and Sonora Lafinur as hosts IN
vited to meet them were the Argentine Niihistei
and Sonora de Portela. the Colombian Minister ana
Sonora de Cortes, the Ecuadoran minister anu
Sehora de Carbo the Chfian Minister ana Sehofa
de Cruz John Barrett, director of the Bureau Oh
American Republics: the secretary of the bureau
and Nine Yanes and Miss Lainur and Miss Flor
nee I.ahnur of the minister, VINO are speho
ing the winter q his guests.
The reappointed Minister from China Mr. w.
arrived in Washington to-day
Minister has issued inN1tdtioHS to
q hundred guests to meet Secretary Root az dln-
ncr at Rauschers March IL in celebration OF the
selection of Buenos Ayres for the next Pan-Arneri
ca congress The guests will be the most prom
,nent South and Central Americans. lncudlng 'he
diplomats in and Washington
The Japanese Ambassador will go TO New 10TH
on Tuesday TO deliver address AT banquet gwen
bv his countryInen.
Other diplomats who will go 10 New fork next
week for a few days visit are the Panama Minister
and Senior Arosemena first secretary
The Swiss Minister will return 70 the capital To-
roo,rou, from a short visit In New York
The Austrian naval attache and Baroness frtu-
scben von md zu Liebenstein were among tne ulp-
,on,a+s who entertained dinner parties to-nisht-
Tbafr e,,ests were the French naval attache anu
Nine do Banpre the Russian naval attache anu
Mime NAbolsne Mrs. Robinson. the Brlush ndNei
sttacha CAPTAIN the Hon. Horace Hood ana barVh
I've and Count Torok of the Austrian Embassy
staff. - Mill,
Raron and Baroness Liebenstein VIII go 20 f'ii
deInbia Tuesday as the guests of Mrs biadIe-
Raron Moncheur will be best man for hnifndnuei
u.yari,hs the Belgian counsellor VINO was reCehtiS
in,ed Minister 70 Persia at MS narIias0 "
Niss Helen Ffouike on March IS The ushefs VIII
ole, he selected from the diplomatic corps MISS
o,iss Foraker will te the brides only ATTENDANT
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08
PROFITS N FORESTRY.

Reference has frequently been made to the
state forestry systems of Germany as worthy
of emulation in this country. The chief states
of that empire have for many years consist
emily pursued policy of forest acquisition
conservation and cultivation with satisfactory
results. The timber market has been saved
from famine. The water supplies of the rivers
have been regulated as TO minimize the dam
age or danger from floods and TO facilitate the
development Of a vast and valuable system Of
inland navigation. In addition. the forest pre-
serves through iudiciOus cultivation have been
made a productive asset of the state.
There are in the empire now nearly ten million
acres of state. forests. of which $4,000 are
in Prussia. 100000 in Bavaria. 100000 i'll
Wiirtemberg. $4,000 in SaxOny, 10000 in
Alsace- Lorraine and 254OOO in Baden. In
every one of these states the forests are a
source of net profit. the amount OF proht vary
ing considerably in the various states. but re-
vealing in all a tendency steadily TO increase.
The latest available statistics snow that the
profits are lowest in Prussia. amounting to a
trfe more than 81 - year on each acre, and
highest in Saxony. where they amount to more
than 81 - an acre yearly. The yearly aver
age for the whole empire is probably between
81 and So The increase in twenty years in
Prussia was 80 cents an acre. and in Sa1ony
a., cents acre.
These profits are. of course. not large. They
are not comparabe with the incomes which
private owners derive from agricultural lands.
But il is rot to he supposed that they should
he The vast bulk of the forest land is either
too mountainous and rugged or too poor ANA
sterile for agriculture. There is little OF IT
which. if cleared and devoted to farming.
would command a yearly rental of % cents
Small as the income from forestry is, therefore.
il is much larger than could be got IN any
other way Moreover. it at least pays good
returns on the cost of the land. Prussia III
twen1y-four wears purchased 329.S50- acres. at
cost of SJ625.ne. Her present net probts
from that land amount to more than per
cent n wear on the investment.
II is evident that have much TO learn III
forestry from our European neishbors. and
there is little doubt that what has been ac-
complisbed bv them can be accomplished mere
as well The proposed and urgently needed
nreseryes in the White Mountains and Appala-
chians would not be expensive 10 create. ana
they could in very few years be mace 10
paw an actual profit to the nation III doharS
and cents besides the ipcaculable dement's OF
contributing to the miintHnsnce of our timDer
supnly and regulation Of the flow of rivers for
nurnoses of navigation and industrial power
And the sooner such system ls established
tbe less will he its cost and the more speedily
satisfactory will be its results.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08
THE NEW YORK CROWD.

Does New York City need new subways and
high speed suburban lines is all the agita
ton for stnh improvements instigated by a
few mercenaTy gentlemen with heavy real
estate holdings in the outlying districts of the
fen-million zone; Whoever inclines 10 choose
the latter hypothesis is earnestly invited to
spend an hour or two at the American Museum
of Natural History some time during the next
fortnight. He Will there see most accurate,
vivid and instructive picture of the absurd dis
trilution of New York City's inhabitants; and,
iunless hopelessly prejudiced dull. he will
GONE away with new, stimulating ideas about
ithe urgency of the programmes which the
;Gongestion Exhibit Till advocate by pictures
lend addresses.
Few persons realize how many of Manhat-
ian's countless woes big and little, are caused
wholly in part 10y its inadequate local and
suburban transportation service. The New
York wOrkingman pays about double the rent
Of his London brother and gets less for his
nsney: for shelter in apartment the mid
die class Manhattanitc pays three or four times
as much as a citizen of the same income. tastes
and responsibilities in the English metropolis
The appalling. preposterous rents on this isl
and-rents which make newcomer ashamed
of his quarters-would shrink 10 decent proper
tions within year after the three outlying
borouGhs and the fringe OF counties had be-
come easily accessible at low 1drtS 10 the
working classes. Scores of factories which
now have TO remain planted in near the
tenement districts would be shifted without
compulsion TO less obnoxious sites in the out
skirts If employees no longer had good reasons
for believing that poor, busy men living in the
regions beyond the last Il" and subway sta
tions are far from metropolitan pleasures
Is they would be in Nantucket. But, lacking
proner traction service. New Workers huddle
together and thereby endanger one another's
health. throw the respectable and the vicious
together oyertaX the streets aud ears. compel
thousands TO eat the sushy food of cheap res
faurants and prune plagued boarding houses.
bring un their children within hearing Of
the penny arcade's pbonograph and develop in
a dozen other respects unnatural tastes and
uoxious ideals. IL il probably fair Ia say that
millions OF dollars ROW spent annually Icy
charities and piantlropists for model teIe-
llpnfs fresh air camps. hospital work. reform
OF ,iellnqueEts and kindred purposes might 3e
diverted 10 oiIer ends if New York masses
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08
NEW JERSEY WATER STORAGE.

The New Jersey State Water Supply Commits
sion has recommended the creation of great
reservoir for food retention and water storage
in the POmpton Valley instead Of the central
Passaic Valley. pOstpOning the latter plan, when
was advocated by the State Geological Survey.
for further consideration 1t may be that this
Is wise though there will be many who Will
doubt it. The Pompton reservoir would, IT IS
estimated be considerably more costly than that
on the Passaic, and yet ii would be considerably
less capacious and il is probable that ii would
be of far less value for the prevention of dam
age by floods. 1t would be much smaller in area
and deeper than the Passac reservoir, and
therefore, it is argued, its water would be of
better quality for drinking and other domestic
uses but th8t contention is far from convincing.
Neither can we perceive goIt Sr.und fer the sug-
ges-;on that while the creation Of the Pompton
reservoir would not interfere viii, the su5se-
Quent construction OF one on the Passaic, the
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
from fSle Tribune Bureau


u-,,a,on March THE Duchess OF Suther-
80 n-os entertained at another dinner to-nieHi
-, har host and hostess Representative ANU vi,
r,ourxa Cochran. Invited TO meet her "tle u"
t,aig,an Minister and Baroness Moncheui' Spe
cannon Miss Cannon. Senator Depe"' MI ""u
u-s Guinness Mr.. and Mrs. N1Ilam Coioot
Urs,;. tho British third secretary ana his-
George Young Miss Ide. II. Berestord-HoPe' oii'
,sb attache and Mr.. Barry Three or four NUN
I'D guests from official and non-official sets at
tended the reception which followed the dlhneE'
the duchess receiving with her most 7"
and Mrs Cockran's sister, Miss lde
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Charles IL Stock'oi on en-
tertained at dinner tonight the BRUSH ni'l'aiS
attache and the Hon. Mrs. James. the German
naval attache and Nine Hebbinghaus Rear Au-
n,iraI and Mrs Crowninshield. Miss L phan' MISS
stockton Commander Rogers and Mr Parker-
Mr. and Mrs E Tiffany Dyer were among the
hosts entertaining dinner parties tonight ana
Colonel and Mrs Symons were also hosts ol inc
evenine entertaining for Colonel and Mrs Hush
Wendell of Albany
Mr. and Mrs John r. Mclean will give a dinner
tomorrow night in honor of the Duchess OF Suth-
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08

construction Of the Passaic reservoir nrst "o"'o
make it impossible afterward to construct on
i'm the PomptOn Valley.
There can be no doubt that both OF these reser-
voirs would he of great value to the stare Ior
the control of foods. that in the near future
they will both be needed for the water supply
for the great group Of urban communities With
is so rapidly growing up in the lower fassaic
Valley and adjacent regions Wihin twenty
miles of the entrance to the Hudson hlVer tuh
nels ten cities are clustered in New Jersey WIN
u total population approximating to one million
and increasing at the rate Of tens OF thousands
a wear all of which must in the not distant
future draw their water supply from the upper
Passaic and its tributaries. For their needs the
4OOOOOOOO gallons day which both the fas
sale and POmptOn lakes would iufhisn wiz
within another generation be none too much- AS
the Passaic scheme is the larger and ut the
same time the less expensive and the more
quickly completed Of the two. it wOuid seem ~
be the part of wisdom to attack it hrst' tnoueh
there is no convincing reason why Doth shoniu
not be begun together. The experience Oh .>e"
York and other cities is reminder that it ls
poor economy to delay such undertakings uh'li
the last moment. The longer the task Is post
noned the more It will cost. to say nothing or
the increasing losses every year through ue
structive floods.
Another part Of the general scheme WHICH
should not be neglected is the regulation OF the
floods in the upper reaches of the fassaic "nu
other rivers above the influence OF the proposed
lakes Thus, Lake PaSSaic would reach only as
far as Chatham But the Passaic River for
many miles above that place is subject to spring
and fail floods which overflow vast areas, 90
much damage and seriously impair the value oi
property while at other times it dwindles 10
an insignificant stream which is really worse
than worthless 10 the lands which it travefses-
A series of small dams a few miles apart WIN
suitable Hoedgates would so regulate the now
rs greatly TO diminish the nuisance or nOOds
and would maintain throughout the year sum
cient depth of water TO make the stream Il bene-
fit instead of detriment TO the region through
which it flows. The cost of such dams would
be so small that it would probably be repaid IN
q single year by the benefits which they wouiu
confer while those benefits would continue 10
increase year after year with the Improvement
of land which lies waste ana the develop
ment of communities which the capriceS OF the
river now make impossible.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08

were only scattered reasonably over the fifteen
mile zone.
This city would profit immensely if every
voter could visit the Congestion Exhibit nut
the gain would be doubled it. along with a
realization of the harm wrought by our piti-
fully imperfect traction system. there came a
clear understanding OF the corruption ana IN
efficiency which have kept horse cars IN lower
Manhattan and given worse than ridiculous
service in Brooklyn and The Bronx The
Congestion Exhibit will be crushing arraign-
ment of the honest and respectable" Tammany
politcians whose sins and stupdities have left
results which decade of philanthropy and
the Public Service Commission cannot wholly
overcome
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08
EDR THE FACTORY GIRL.

If mere publicity of the hardships and dam
gers of factory life enough. the last poorly
ventilated workshop, harsh foreman and four
teen hour schedule would long ago have disap
peared into the history books. Almost great
a revolution would have occurred if legislation
potent ii is commonly assumed TO be-
That there are still thousands of overtaXed
working women, that safety devices are lacking
i'll hundreds OF factories and that harmfully
stringent rules are enforced by many employers
must be explained by certain deficiency in
human nature which causes men TO see facts
without conviction and to be convinced without
responding actively. over and over again in
yestigators have found this inability 10 bring
truth home the real of bad factories and
management Many an employer approached
10y charity worker and enlightened as 10 the
condition of his own property and workers has
been surprised To learn what going OH un-
der his eyes. The surprise has not been hypO-
critical, for it has frequently been followed by
prompt and sufficient reform, without further
urging. III other cases employers have known
the conditions prevailing III their shops. but
have not realized their seriousness until short
talk with IA reform crank" Oh the subject
showed things up in new light.
Doubtless know ledge of this fact has faau-
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08
At THE WHITE HOUSE.
rFrom The Tribune Bureau.l

The Tribune bureaN-j =.
Washington March THE Presoeh' 'N 80
large number Of Senators and Representative ms
morning and took up with them. singy OF III p"
matters of legislation in which they are lh'ei i.@'
ed Among the legislative callers "eo s"i,
porab ponrne Pves Smoot, Flint. Beveriose'
Dixon and Burkett and Representatives E-sch' WI"
son. OF Illinois; Farchild. Law. Brick. Humphiey'
Humphreys Butler. Cooper. Allen. Ho"ei' oiei'p'
Mann and Mckinney
sx xssfstanf Secretary of State F. B. Loomis T.
V PowderIy of the bureau OF Immigration anu
Assistant Secretary WInslow OF the treasury De
partment. - =
The graduating class OF the Westches'er teh",
Normal School will be received by the Presioeht
some day in May. Representative Butler caheo a'
the White House to arrange for the reception.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

View York society is menifesting its respect Tor
ept bv abstaning from big dances But there are
plenty of informal entertainments on the caiehdaF
In which thaa,ricas play considerable part IN
Co., :, M previous season has much attention
heen accorded by the fashionable set to the cult OF
Thespis its votaries being mostly amateurs ou'
sometimes also professionals, the performances
taking place in the ballroom OF the flaza, at 'Ie
Colonv t,lub or in private houses, one of which,
that o. Mrs Abram s Hewitt in Lexington ave
nue. is equipped with theatre.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08

The Republican State Convention to elect
lelesates-at-large to Chicago has been caileu
for April II. This is none too soon states
with candidates to present do well not u
lag behind in selecting their delegates 'oho
and Indiana have already acted. and there mas
been undoubted benefit to Nh Taft and MI
Fairbanks in the demonstrations thus made.
We hope that the dates for our district confeh-
tions will also be set promptly
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08
arm2lork DAILY Gribn,re:
SUNDAY, MARCH s. 1908.

4 This newspaper IS Olcmed and published Oy
The Tribune Association, Netc York corpora
zion: Office and principal place Of business, 7rib-
Ame Building, No. I54 Nassau street, Aeto 1or6;
ogden Mills, president; Nathaniel Tufhe, sec
rcfqry ond treasurer. The address of the Off
GERS is the Office of this saercspdper-
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08

Mr.. Hearst is quoted saying that the lnde-
pendence League will not support either William
]. Bryan John A. Johnson. Is 1t because
both radical for the Leaguers. or not
radical enough? Can Mr.. Hearst persuade Inc
World" that both are tarred with the same po-
ltical pitCh2
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08

An enterprising journalistic investigator mas
discovered that the cost OF hVlng since id''
falls panic has fallen to a normal level nm
Isn't this pushing the mental science treat
ment for adversely little too hard?
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08
SEE MIR. MORGAN'S COLLECTION.
Queen Alexandra, the Empress DOwager VI
Russia and Princess Victoria.

London. March Queen Alexandra. her $50 So.
the Empress Dowager OF Russia and Princess "
toria accompanied by a small suite. Visite"
Pierpont Morgan's house at Princes Gate -
afternoon and made minute Inspection g -,
miniatures. curios and other art treasures III - =.
Morgan's collection. Mr.. Morgan was preSen'
person. and his royal visitors expressed sFe@'
miration for his unique exhibition =
Mr.. Morgan explained the intimate history =
treasures. Queen Alexandra and the Empress - !,
ager displayed keen interest in every TINS -,
they saw. The royal visitors spent in all more - =
hour and half in viewing the costly a'' 3.
of vertu gathered by Mr Morgan from all pai'
of the world
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08

1t was about time for somebody TO discover
the deep plot of Brooklynite to sell American
torpedoes to Germany The Japanese American
war sea re has been stale for month or more.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08

Mrs John Jacob Astor has been especially active
in dispensiug this form hospitality this winter
Several of her dinners have been followed by the
atrica features, and among others who have taken
her lead in the matter has been her friend Mrs
BENJAMIN s Guinness. who gives evening party
tomorrow night her house. In Washington
Square North. which Mime. Cavalieri. of the
Metropolitan Opera, will sing and dance. Among
the guests of Mrs. Cuirnes will be Lady War
wick's alfsister. the Duchess of Sutherland. who
is spending weekend Washington. but who
returns tomorrow for the affair. The
duchess. who has been staying for some time with
Mrs Guinness and who has been extensively en-
tertained by Mrs. John Jacob Astor. Mrs Cor
nelius Vanderbilt, Mrs. Orme Wilson and others. is
the wife of the present duke. and must not be
confounded with the late dukes widow. who in
spite of me- remarriage Sir Albert Rolt. by
which she forfeited her rank peeress. still
continues TO style herself Duchess of Sutherland
Mrs Guinnesss guest is a sister of the Earl of
Rosslyn of the Countess of Westmoreland OF
Lady Angela Forbes. who is well known in New
York. especially in the Long Island colony.
Other foreigners of note in town the Duchess
OF Marlborough and Lord and Lady Powerscourt.
while Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Pelham Clinton ar
rive here on Tuesday on the kronprinzessin Ce-
ellie. to stay with the relatives of Mrs. Pelham
Clinton who Miss Elizabeth de Zerega, OF
New York Her husband who spent a number OF
years here is oe the late Lord Charles Pei
ham-Cnton, and until the birth long ago OF
a TO his cousin. Lord Francis Hope by the
Iatter's second marriage. stood but one in the
line of succession TO the dukedom of Newcastle.
The Duchess of Marlborough. who arrived yes
terday from England stay with her mother
Mrs o. H. =. Belmont, will accompany the latter
to Palm Beach and other Southern resorts next
week Both prior to her departure for the South
and after her return here she VIII be entertained
by her relatives and friends in town. and
ciaIly en- Long Island. and on Tuesday evening Will
accompany Mrs. Clarence n Mackay to the
operatic performance given at the Manhattan Tor
the benefit of the Italian Benevolent Institute The
performance has been organized under the patron
age of Mrs. Ernesto G. Fabbri. Mrs. ". Person
Hamilton. Mrs. j. Pierpont Morgan. Mrs. r. Full
ton Cutting. Mrs. William p Douglas. Mrs. Seth
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08

GOVERNOR ODELL GOES HcmE'
Ex-Governor OdeIl. who was busy all me "
in town with business and politics. retdrheu -
terday afternoon TO NewburS He Will DC III -
York again on Monday afternoon
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08

Miss Mamie Van NOstrand Marvin. dacsnIe' ''
the late DR.. and Mrs. George r. Marvin. VII I"
married 10 Cary Selden ROdnan Monday aftef
noon. March 10. at No. East 18th street. ~ Us
Rev w I. Crocker. rector OF the Church OK II
Epiphany. The wedding Will be small one. onH
the immediate families and few friends being iH
yited- The brides attendants Will b. her sss"'
Miss Lee Marvin and Miss Elsie Fodrnan- sis'si
of the bridegroom Charles Butler Will be The pes
man. and Randolph Rodmau. OF South Orange D
III. Borden. franklin {. Butlcr. DR.. Arthur ; Nos
burgh. Abraham Is. BayIis. OF New York. and VIZ
lam N Greene. OF Seattle. the uShers- Mr. h'u
will give his bachelor dinner at the JnNsi'
sity Club Wednesday next.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Albert Legg are recei'"s
congratulations the birth of a daughter al uls,
home in the Wyoming. 55th street and SeVeh''
avenue. Mrs. Iegs was Miss Cora Carpeh's1.
daughter of Mr.. ana Mrs. Herbert ;. Carpenter -
West e5th street.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08

Robert L. Gerry and his bride are spending thsif
honeymoon at Elbridge T. Cierrys country place y
Delaware Lake. but booked 70 sail this wees
for Europe. to spend the greater part Of the suD'
abroad
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08

Mrs J. Borden Hartman. Mrs Thomas Hastinr
Mrs Richard Irwin and the other organizers Of hs
tableaux vivans given week aso a. the ColcnT
Club have been encouraged by the great demand
for tickets on that occasion, 20 arrange FOR sP
tition of the entertainment ~ thN Nf.''ri-Azia1a
on March IS. the proceeds of "nich are f' oe dI'&
Cd among three popular charities John II AlsF
srdar will again pose the pictures. and The gouss
girls figuring therein will once more i1o.Gte US
Ethel Cowdin Miss Dorothy BiSeio7. Miss 6ad-7s
BENJAMIN. Miss Sylvia Parsons. Miss f-.' 707 Nor-
timer and Miss RcsaInd Fish
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08

Miss Emily Sloane. who has row entirely r.cs..
cred from the effects Of her operation for app.a.
citis has left town and joined her father Henry >
Sloane at Palm Beach. Others staying there IA
Mr. and Mrs. Fl Mex Twomoly and Miss Rrs
TwombIy. DIR. and Mrs ". Seward Webb VINO.
sons have gone on 70 Havana; Mrs Frederick Edsr
Mrs OakIefeh Thorne and Miss Thorne. Hsrr
Townsend Martin and the Duke and Duchess 4
Chaulnes-