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New-York tribune., 1909-12-26
A GLnONY 0TTLOOK.

At last the blow has fallen. That which
has been predicted is now promised. AMI
there Is gloom i'm the corridors and Of
fees of AT least one city department. The
Controller-elect, while still a candidate.
had threatened to do it, If elected but
no one thought he could be so cruel Ill
though it Is rumOred that considerable
quiet cutting Of his name was pracused
by city employees. Now the announce
ment is made more or less definitely that
the new Controller will maize his en-
plOyes a New Years present Of an office
hour schedule different from anything
ever dreamed of in even the Nightmares
Of the municipal emplOye. They will be
expected 10 report fOf duty NJ In the
morning and remain until . in the after
noon. putting in union hours for what
is generally considered 10 be a little
more than union wage
Nor il this all. Merely 10 expect the
emplOye AZ ). or at the time when every
public servant believes ID To be his duty
to catch last few wiIks of sleep, would
not be 81 had. but 10 install time clock
system which will record the minute of
the clerks arrival, and 10 expect that II
employees leave the building thereafter,
even If they only go around the corner
for something TO tighten their load. they
will fill in a time card, is certainly, 10
their way of thinking. a great deal too
much. There is a rumOr that if the Con
troller had deliberately set about making
himself disliked he could not have cho-
sen better method, unless perchance he
Only those who have their salaries as
signed seem TO be eager for reductions
I'm them.
But if the net result is even so little as
10 per cent more work a day from each
employe. and the expense of running the
department Is thereby reduced 10 per
cent, the public will bear with equanimity
the sroans of the sufferers who find their
best hour Of slumber stolen from them.
And while IL is too much to expect, there
IS just a bare-very bare-posslbility that
the new zeal in municipal work may
spread until in every department the
rule of full days work for full days
pay is enforced. This would have the
double effect of getting good work from
men already in the service and also Of
decreasing the number of soft SNAP"
men whose places might be illed b.
workers who regard the city service as
no less an opportunity for faithful, ef-
ficient work than a private office.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-26
TEST PROBATION OFFICERS

From The Utica Press.
The state Civil Service Commission YES
terday declined 10 take the office or county
PROBATION ohicer out OF the competitive list
and that decision viii be very generalIyr
approved The truth about Il is that the
request ought never To have bean ME
The duties OF the Office are such that I'M,
Importance OF having a well qualified and
competent incumbent suggests the desira bill
good sttu one at that. 10 Is not a place
which should be parcelled out as mere no.
urcal patronage. Any man who can do The
work satisfactorily and as II ought 10 ba
done can pass any reasonable examlnatio ION
such as the state board will exact The
commissions attitude I'm this matter is IN
be very heartily commended.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-26
THE CABINET.
IFron The Tribune Bureau. ]

lFrOm The Tribune Bureau
Washington. Dec. 3.-Airs- DicxinSon'
wife of the Secretary OF War. kept open
house to-day and received visits from many
OF the children in official life. including
Charles TAFT. the Presidents younger son.
A big Christmas tree was kept lighted TOR
the young people. Mr.. and Mrs Jonn W.
Foster and Mrs. Mcpherson, Mrs Fosters >
mother. took Christmas dinner with Mrs.
Dickinson.
The Secretary OF Commerce and Labor
and Mrs. Nagel kept open house for the
very young set Their five children-Miss
Nagel. a debutante OF a year ago. Miss
Mary Nagel. Miss Edith Nagel. Dorothea
NageI and Charles NageL tr.-acted< as
hosts and presided over big Christmas
tree from early morning until night.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-26
TRoY8ANY OR AL6ATRoYf
From The Syracuse Post-standsrd.

From The Syracuse Post STANDARD
The rroy Press admits with reckless
aoandon worthy Of better cause that Il
y tesponsiois for the proposition 20 unite
Albany ana Troy under one municipal soN
efninent, wearing .h~ name and title %
Troy oany. Charged by The Schsneotadv
GatZetta' with having made an Ofrer 0t
marriage 20 its neighbour. The Troy Press
not only a,inits the Impeachment but glo-
ries In 10 thus
The Troy Press was the first % maA.
the suggestion, name and all. several years
ago. and u would oc better Tor all con-
Serned if u had been adopted. Through
iecA OF push. progress anu public snirt,.
however. naturalization failed TO crown
the recommendation. However. Il Is never
too late % improve.
Why not one big city az the head a.
the navigable Hudson that would make
Buffalo blush
Why no comment from Albany upcr tHis
SslI-sacriucing proposition for extension q.
the dominion ~ Barnes Il the capitai 70
SIT suilen when les neishbor beckons. await
tns I'm It's pride the suggestion that tne
name shall be As5atroye Are the Aloansans
so cohsiderate that they would not be paft,
20 bringing a blush 60 the danask cheek Oh
Buraloe
New-York tribune., 1909-12-26
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Christmas and New Years festivities
which are now N progress include not only
feasting. but also dancing. and that is why
the strains OF waltz music will re-echO
throughout the week opening to-day. Mrs
Henry r. Hoyt leads the way Tomorrow
night with another cOtillOn at her house.
I'm East 10Th street. for her daughter. Miss
Elizabeth HOyt. and on the same night
Mrs. Harry n. Knapp has dance at the
Colony club and Mrs. j. Henry Dick one
at Sherrys. Tuesday evening Sherrys viii
be the scene of another dance. namely that
Of Mrs. Henry Morgan TilfOrd. for Miss
Katharine H. Tilford. who Is a sister OF
Mrs David Wagstan and popular MEM
her OF the younger set az Tuxedo. Mrs.
Winthrop Burr gives dance on Wednes-
day night also at Sherry's. for her second
daughter, Miss Frances Burr. who has come
out this season. Thursday night Mrs.
Richard Mortimer gives a large dance at
Tuxedo for her second daughter. Miss VIII
freda Mortimer. many dinners being given
at the various villas Of the colony IN CON
nectiOn Herewith. and on the same even
ing Mrs. George Hunter Brown has
dance for Miss Ursula Brown at Sherry's 3
Then ON New Years Eve there is the Gus
tOmary ball and celebration at the club az
Tuxedo, which is being made the occasion
OF scores OF gay weekend parties at the
park. while in town. Mrs. De Lancey Nicou
gives dance al Sherrys in order To vel
come in the new year. ON that day. Sat
ur,ay, the entertainments will be. as usual
OF a more or less Informal character. the
hospitality being restricted to relatives and
intimate friends.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-26
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
A FAIR ATTITUDE TOWARD COOK.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: There were times during the Cook
controversy when even your editorial re-
marks seemed to me too adverse TO his
claims. but I would like TO bear my testi-
mony 70 the prudent. fair and judicial atti-
tude OF The Tribune during the whole Of
the controversy. an attitude cOnvincingly
honorable and free from any suspicion Of
selfish motives. H. B. CORNWALL.
Princeton. y. J.. Dec. %. 1909
New-York tribune., 1909-12-26
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
rFrom The Tribune Bureau-I

fFrom The Tribune Bureau-l
Washing ngton. Dec. 25.-The President ana
Mrs. Taft have engaged a box at the New
National Theatre for Monday afternoon 70
see the Yale Dramatic Club In London As
surance." Robert A. Taft has a numb OF
Intimate friends In the cast. and VIII heip
TO entertain the students, for whom NUM-
Der OF social functions have been planned
Among the numerous Christmas gifts re-
ceived at the White House to-day was
diamond brooch, presented 10 Mrs. Tart oy
the wives OF the Cabinet members
New-York tribune., 1909-12-26
NOTHING UNUSUAL.

From The Buffalo News
The Tammany letters add TO the sayetv
OF the nation In a marked degree but thSy
are OF the KIND that most regular politi-
clans deal I'm. Ter their business is nnaini,.
10 find places for heelers when not I0oltins-
tor soft things for themselves.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-26
SAME ANSWER.

From The Buffalo News
A blizzard is ian act OF Cod when n
stalls a train. according 10 the Court OF An
peas. And whose act is fair weatherP
There would seem to be quite a bunch az
practical theology In the question sug-
gested. e
New-York tribune., 1909-12-26

Weddings scheduled for the last week Of
1903 include that OF Miss Christine Kean
Roosevelt 10 Lieutenant James r. Shelley.
of the llth Cavalry. L. 5. n, In the Church
Nc Zion and St Timothy on Tuesday alter
neon The ceremony will be followed by
a reception given by the parents OF tho
bride, Mr., and Mrs. W. Emlsn Roosevelt.
at their house. on Fifth avenue. Miss
ROOsevelts attendants will be her sister.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-26

TIE United States Circuit Court in
Boston has logically decided 20 admit
Arnenians to citizenship. at least pend
ing more definite specification by Con-
gress Of the racial qualifications for such
admission. 1t would certainly be diff
cult To bring forward any chronological or.
indeed, any good reasons for excluding
Armenians. Jews. SyTians and other such
peoples from citizenship. They all be-
long to the white race. and their lineage
is historically as distinguished as our
own.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-26
ONE WORD LACKING.

From The BnghamtOn Republican.
=, Zslays says that he resigned TO save
resign soon enough TO do that Prom
further humiliation Is probably what hs
means
New-York tribune., 1909-12-26
POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED.

From The Albany Argus.
WI Asked Questions in Hudson Yiv.-
tunnels. -Newspap~r headline '0'
No mistaken identity here. tbatss Am. ~,
friend Wa. all right 'N' u'u
New-York tribune., 1909-12-26
SUPERIOR VIRTUE IN TEXAS.

FROM The Houston Post.
Pennsylvania has two newspapers thst ~.
know OF named Democrat" but Texss
with nearly one thousand publications. hos
no newspaper bearing the degraded ana
demoralizing name OF "Republican.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-26
TWAS DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS

From The Rochester POst-Express.
The per caT@a circulation Is now x25 at .
says an exchange. After t0-morrov !, soo,,
many people will DO short OF the SIS
New-York tribune., 1909-12-26

Perhaps the unsymmetrical form Of
Halley's comet. revealed by a photograph
taken at Professor LOwelTs observatory,
is the first indication OF tail yet af-
fOrded. That appendage Of a comet de-
velOps gradually.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-26
Aeru-Dnrk Gribmle.
SUNDAY. DECEMBER &c. 1909.

This RCtCSBGpcr Is OICRcd ana pH0-
hShed bu The Tribune Association. 4
Nelo York corporation; Office aud pTfn-
ctp0l place Of business, Tribune Bud
iRO No. ia Nassau street, AcI0 York;
Ogden Mills, president; Henry w.
s0ckeff. secretary; James N. Barrett
troasHer. The address Of. fhe officers IS
fhC Oficc q This neiCSpGper.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-26

NJ. and Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish are enter
ttlnng house party over the week end
at their country place at GarrisOR-en-ths-
Hudson. Ihey will return to town tO-mOr-
row.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-26

II is one OF the queer things about
Nicaragua that San Juan del Sur.
whittier our gunboat Princeton has just
gone. is considerably further north than
san Juan del Norte.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-26

Not the least gratifying feature Of the
Christmas time is the waning OF talk
and danger Of a general railroad strike.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-26

Here is another sign Of good times 4
leading mercantile house thanks its
patrons. through The Tribunes adver-
tising columns. for the bess holiday
patronage IL has received I'm years.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-26
Hs GOT TIE sHsksIs. ANYHOW.

From The Buffalo Courier.
pr. Cooks prowess as a nnmcier aAS sss
been attacked.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-26

Mrs Alexander Dallas Bache Pratt will
give dinner dance next month az the
home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs William
=. Benjamin. in East S5th street. whers
she and Mr.. Pratt have been making their
home since their return from their honey
moon trip.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-26

"Oh, for an hour OF Tilden," cries
Colonel Henry Watterson. Tilden is
dead. but We have with us another emil
nent Democrat whose head the Sage Of
Greystone once patted.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-26

II was a close shave, but il did just
escape being a green Christmas"
New-York tribune., 1909-12-26
PEOPLE and Social IncidenfI

Miss Lucy Margaret Roosevelt. and Mis-
Ethel Roosevelt. daughter OF sx-Prssiden
and Mrs. Roosevelt.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-26

The Junior League, composed of dsb1-
tantes OF tns season. viii give its annual
entertainment for charity early IN the
year. when il viii present Captain Jinks"
These entertainments always prove a great
success and bring out some very clever act
ing. Last year the league gave That Girl
o. Mine at the Plaza.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-26

Frederick Townsend Martin returned
from his southern trip yesterday and is al
the Plaza.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-26

Mrs. Sidney Dillon Ripley viii san FOR
Europe about the middle OF next month "a
spend the remainder OF the winter in Egypt
New-York tribune., 1909-12-26

Nine. NOrdica. Miss Ada SassoN and Leo
Slezak are the artists who viii appsag to-
morrow at Albert Morris Bagby's musical
morning at the Waldorf Astoria
New-York tribune., 1909-12-26

Mrs. Francis lie Roy Ssttsrlss announces
The enSagemen OF her daughter. Mss MAJ
garet VI. Iselin. TO W. II. Fearing son os
the late William IA. Fearing Miss Iseiin
Is a daughter OF the late John r. Iselin.
Mr.. Fearing Is a graduate OF COlumbis.
class OK '9s. and is member OF the Union
and New York clubs. The wedding viii
take place In April
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-04-17
The Story of
a Ghost
By cRITTENDEN MARRIOTT
JCopynght. by Bobbs-MerriiI Coz

Their first meeting was on the west
bound train from New York city. The
girl was unusually pretty and II was
not long before Wilmot managed to
make her acquaintance by e Of
some of the little attentions fellow
travellers can offer each other. The
3O-hour journey had hardly been fair
ly begun when they learned that they
were both bound for the same desti-
nation.
Yes" said Wilmot, I'm going to
Rocky Mount just as you are. I'm go
ing to buy the old Mason place there
for a shooting preserve"
What! Then you're Mr.. Wilmot."
q certainly Am. How did you know
Of me?"
News travels fast in this country.
Besides, | went to school with your
sister. Hasn't she spoken of me
Dorothy Vernon of Rocky Mount?'
Wilmot dropped weakly back into
his seat Good %heavens!" he ex-
claimed. This is more than a coin
cidence. Fate is personally conduct
ing this trip, sure. I've always want
ed to meet Bessie's best friend, and
now"
Now YOU have the pleasure. You
haven't bought the Mason place yet,
have your
No, not yet; but l probably shall If
the description is accurate. II seems
to be just what l want. You know it,
don't your
yes, l know It. Col. Mason took
his losing it very hard. The Masons
have lived there for 200 years"
so the owner said. He told me he
had bought it at a foreclosure sale.
and had held 1t for two years to &C.
commodate the colonel, who had
hoped to buy it back, and simply
couldn't afford to wait any longer. OF
course I'm not in the business Of
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-04-17

When in need of Celery, Oys-
tiers, Tomatoes, Lettuce, Grapes,
fruit, Oranges, Lemons, Pears,
Grape Nuts, Ice cream or Ices
YOU will find same at HINESLEY'S.
Phone o.. Please send in Sum-
day orders before 10 O'Clock.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-04-17
Americas Tribute 10 Poor Roads.


Once the people Of this eoun-
try learn u calculate the cost of
poor roads in actual dollars and
cents, they viii begin to reason
seriously on the road question.
We w~esterners are wont to con-
slider macadam highways in the
luxury class-in fact when we
hear somebody talking enthus-
iastically fora rock road we in
stinctiveIy wonder if he possess
es an automobile; and if we find
that he don't, We seek to look
deeper into his nature and dis
cover if perchance he has a
remote notion of investing in a
gas cart.
We do not charge all people
with such notions of roads, but
you must admit that many are
in such a class, True, most
of the road enthusiasts are so
from selfish interest. Take the
rural mail carrier, for example;
he does not seek to hide his
motive for booming good roads
and however much his self in
terest, it is laudable and nobody
dare condemn him-for if we
were on his job we would be for
good roads too.
Selfish interest is the only
element of human nature strong
enough to ever jar people loose
from money enough to Guild
roads. Thus applies our first
statement, that until people learn
to calculate the cost of bad
roads in dollars and cents, they
viii never arrive at a conclusion
that they have a selfish interest
in building good roads.
1t cost a little over a billion
dollars to haul the farm crops of
America to market last year.
With good roads, roads such as
are to be found in some parts of
Amarica and in AL parts of
France, the marketing of the
crops would have cost 400 million
dollars. Six hundred million
dollars per year then is the
price we pay in this land of the
free for having impossible roads.
Did ever a nation spend so much
for so doubtful a luxury beforet
With American roads lying o.
pen and fathomless before the
eyes of our foreign critics, says a
well known writer, what mon
strous injustice it is to talk of A.
merican dollar worship!
Most men Of middle age can
recall the annual picnic known
as mending the roads. just why
it got that name no one has ever
explained, for in practically
every case the picnic left the
roads in worse condition than
before. The law in many states
prescribed that each resident of
a rural district must pay a GER
tain road tax in labor each year,
The payment of this tax was
done under the supervision of a
local officer known as the path
master, The customary time OF
payment was in the early sum
mer, just before haying time,
when there wasn't much else for
the men and teams to do. The
neighborhood turned out with
horses and plows and harrows,
ripped up diverse sections OF
highways which the years trav-
ell had packed to- more or less
navigable condition them
up nicely in the middle, scratch.
ed them up smooth with the har.
rows. You were never expect
ed to work very hard at these
festive occasions, and the path
master who insisted on real work
soon found himself unpopular. II
was iustas well, for since nobo.
dy had any knowledge of road.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-04-17

Late the next afternoon Wilmot
found himself installed in the old Ma
son mansion, in two rooms, which
were kept habitable by a pair Of col
ored ~caretakers, who lived in a little
cabin a hundred yards or so to the
back.
He and Miss Vernon had parted at
the railway station with mutual ex-
pressions Of desire for a further meet.
ing, an e~ventuality which Wilmot, for
one, intended should be brought about.
He looked from the window. II was
almost night. The sun had dropped
out Of sight, and the mass OF the
mountains lowered black and gigantic
across his view. In the east a view
stars began to twinkle. All around him
he heard the sound Of feathered things
settling themselves to rest. It was too
late to seek her that night. Besides,
he had to explore the house and pre-
pare to interview the ghost.
Lifting the lamp from the ta,Je, be
started out to investigate. For an
hour he prowled through eeholng cor
ridors, dust-strewn and c~obweb-hung.
"Humphl" he murmured. as he started
pack from his sudden reflection y a
mirror, III there isn't a ghost mere.
there ought to be-conldn't have q
better setting"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-04-17

If you want Hail, Tornado,
WindstOrm, Cyclone, Fire, Auto
mobile or Accident Insurance
call on B. B. Frazer, Traders
Bank Building, Room Is. Phone
1Js.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-04-17
sweeping Him an Elaborate curtsy.

s~natching historic homes from dlstin-
guished old gentlemen, but II 1t is
definitely for sale, l might as well
have il as the next man; mightn't ~"
Certainly you might. That is-of
course-if the ghost will let you"
"The ghostf"
"Of course. Didn't you know there
was a ghost?'
"Heayensl No! Is there?'
There certainly is-if report speaks
true
"Humph! That's serious. My sis
ter will live with me, and a spook
would brighten her to death. l must
look into this. Suppose l hadn't found
out in timer"
"Oh, you'd have found it out If you
had spent a night in the house"
Would I? Tell me, what stunts
does the ghost do? Has he a history?"
Its a she-not a he. She does diff
ferent things at different times. Not
always the same. Her story dates
back to the revolution. The man who
bought in the property has sent two
successive prospective purchasers be-
sides yourself to look over the place;
but they saw the ghost, and the prop
erty is still unsold. And this time Of
the year is a particularly bad season
for ghosts-they appear everywhere,
almost"
"ThAf'a q n~leasant n-rnsnect
The Washington herald., 1909-06-15

the idea Is faithfully carried ont. and
the vehicle Is equally as well fitted Tor
an interseason advertisement as for mid
season attraction of transient quality.
The plot hardly needs any dilstion.
hinging merely on remarkable personal
resemblance between an American girl
and the queen OF a mythical country
called Nordland, and in these vehicles
the plot really counts for little. as IL is
the episodes which are depended upon.
and In this there are plenty OF them,
mostly or a humorous nature.
The regular favorites OF the Aborn
corps are present in force. with Miss
Esritzi Won Busing as. perhaps. the IA
vorite OF favorites for this week At any
rate, her song. Dear Old Dearie," was
especially well rendered, and her presence
lent additional brightness 70 the entire
performance. The song. "Absinthe Frap-
pe," was agreeably rendered BY Robinson
Newbold. and Florence BurdeIt scored
heavily in both song and comedy.
The best comedy work IS furnished by
Forrest Hun as Dr. Blotz the patent
medicine fakir. his vending song and
tooth-pulling experiment IN the opening
act being especially well exploited Her
man Hirschberg as Hubert got OF his
share OF the comedy, as also did George
Leslie as Baron Sparta. the chief OF po-
ice; Howard Chambers as Dr. Popon,
and Clifford Robertson as Baron Foxen.
the prime minister. Other fun purveyors
are Joseph Royer as Lieut.. von Arnum.
Harriet Sheldon as Princess Aline,
Blanche Morrison as MayIne Perkins. Is
teiie Baker as Miss Hicks. Eugene Fran
els IN the dual role OF Rudolph and Prince
Karl. and a long list OF others.
The Washington herald., 1909-06-15
THE LYCEUM.
BurIesaue.

The THESE stock Company at the New
Lyceum have a bill this week that IS
worthy. The performance opens with q
minstrel first part that gave g chance 70
display vocal talent, and the audience
was generous in It's applause Of the Efforts
OF Arna Deck. Virginia Ware. Sol Abra-
hams, and Ted Burns Arna Decks rem
6ering OF Whistle and I'll Wait was
one Of the hits OF the minstrels.
II the olio Cooper and Zeitler gave a
graceful dancing turn. Mss Arna Deck
sang several songs in q pleasing voice
that caught the enthusiasm OF the audi
ence: and by special request Teddy Burns
repeated his sketch. New Years al the
Club
One OF the cleverest bits or the per-
formance was a dramatic playlet. Faro
Bill by William Patton, Burt Jack, Vir-
ginia Ware. and Elsie Bauland. The
sketch showed great dramatic possibili-
ties, and the interpreting company. espe-
cially Mr.. Patton and Nlr. Jack, made the
most Of them