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New-York tribune., 1909-11-14
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Although some members still Iinser AZ
Tuxedo and al their cpGntry houses on
Long Island, In the westchester district
and along the Hudson River valley. ths
greater part of the world o. fashion has re-
turned 10 town Tor the season. which. now
that the annual horse show has been
brought 10 successful termination, may
be said 70 have been duly launched ana
well under way, The Metropolitan Operl
opens Its doors for the winter to-morToV
evening. and as usual on the nrst night.
will attract very representative gather-
ing OF New York society. for the psrtsrrs
row OF the Metropolitan 10 on three nights
Of the week throughout the winter the prin-
olPAl rendezvous 0f the smart set, who're
one can always be certain OF meeting
friends and scQuaiRtances. But the Metro
politan Is not alone IN the field. For, dur
Ing the week opening to-day. it viii compete
with two rival attractions OF the Iyric or
der namely. the opera at the Manhattan
and the operate performances al The New
Theatre. IL remains 10 be seen whether
New York society Is sufficiently large %
support three operas. IN no oIher great
city OK the world has any thing OF the kiad
New-York tribune., 1909-11-14

siens at the intersections OF highways.
Driveways or approaches constructed
By land owners. under certain easy con-
ditions. will be maintained by the super
intendent as a town charge. and in other
ways Il Is 10 the interest Of the owner
Of abuttlns property 10 make the road
as good as possible.
The labor question is answered by the
complete abolition OF the days pay
system. 10y provision for contracts Tor
an work costing more than S5Oe. and by
Empowering the town superintendent
and the town board 70 procure the SER
vices OF county prisoners 10 work on the
town highways.
The present Law, which is codifca-
;iOn Of the various highway laws Of the
state. involved the repeal "a 50 whole
acts or sectors OF acts. and is lonS
step forward in the path which leads 10
reals good roads. Under the new COM
missioner :. Percy Hooker. T. Warren
Allen and Robert Earl. there may tie
brought about a system Cf road con-
struction ana maintenance which will
place New Ycrk IN the lead Of the states
low promiEent IN the work. II they
viii compel county authorities who build
roads 70 rheir county lines 10 place them
So that they viii connect with the high
ways cS adjoining counties. 2 money.
labor ana time wasting evil OF the past
vii keVe been abolished.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-14
REFORM TIE PARENT.

Precocity seems 10 be inherent in the
modern youth. but, 10 judge from the
number OF stories OF crimes committed
during the last few days by boys who
ought 10 be in the grammar or high
schools il would appear that the time
has arrived 10 restore the rising genera
tion 10 its old status. In Kansas youth
OF seventeen. with companion OF fifteen.
robs 4 bank, kills a policeman ana in
jures another man. AT Syracuse two
young men with Wild West aspirations.
one OF them eighteen and the other six
teen years OF age. climb aboard train
while AT the station and enter the ex-
press car. 10 rob il after the train is
well under way. AT New Albany. Ind.
q seventeen-year-old reader OF cheap
blood and thunder novels, in an effort to
rob the Merchants National Bank. shoots
and kills the cashier and seriously
wounds the president of the institution.
There is some reason TO believe that
the boys themselves are not entirely at
fault Parental responsibility rests more
lightly upon heads of households to-day.
apparently, than IL did generation ago.
However we may deplore the use
OF those persuasive means 80 much in
VOGUE ia the bOyhOods Of the grand
fathers OF the present generation, and
however much we may approve OF the
L,Odern methods Of moral suasi0p-
where il works-there still fingers the
suspicion that a session In the wOOdshed
with the stern father and a good strap
might have Il most salutary effect on
some Of the present day juvenile crimi-
mails. Probably many parents might say.
If they would, in the words Of the New
Albany father: TO tell the truth. the
boy never had proper care. lie has
reared himself and was an inyeterate
reader OF cheap novels" " IS 10 he
feared that many parents arc TOO busy
TO devote the proper amount OF time TO
the training Of their children, aud where
this is the case they have only them
selves 10 blame when shame aud dis
grace are brought upon their heads by
their offspring.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-14

Is the cause of her child's death wherein
lies the difference?'
'.Do YOU believe Methuselah lived to bs
as old as the Bible says he did?''
well, I've always thought they might
have had shorter years then than we nave
now. Stili. he might have done ~ There
is no record that he ever even played Soc
Ger footbail."-Chicago Rscord-4srald.
The virtues Of table salt as a remedy
for mary OF the common ills ~ life are
oxto.led in "Chambers's Journal" by f. n.
Burn. OF tsansoon. Il have myself in the
PAST seven or eight years" he says.
found the advantage OF putting q little
salt In all the water ! drink. I also put
a little salt. with sugar and milk. IN every
cup OF tea. coffee or cocoa I use. I have
been resident In tho tropics for over
forty years. and except for q sprained
ankle have not had occasion 10 call in a
doctor or to take any me..lcine IN the last
thirty years ! believe every ones health
In the tropics would be very much better
II he used more salt. ] find the beneft Of
drinking tumblsr .. cold water with q
little salt IN 1t every morning on rising"
Sioux Chief-why didn't you torture the
bGldhcad?
Piute Chief-What was the use7 He
had been married for twenty years
Buffalo EXPRESS
New-York tribune., 1909-11-14

heart Of the Chinese Empire abundant
proofs that the full flower Of Hellenic
civilization once fourished there.
The vast problems OF Mashonaland
are yet unsolycd. Morocco is an almost
unknown country. yet Il is the land 20
which the MOors retired from Spain with
all the literary. artistic and scientific
opulence which once made Granada one
OF the slories OF the world. And tho
AIahometans are. OF all peoples, most
careful not idly 10 destroy books or
writings. AbysSinia. too, remains 10 be
examined for the lore OF people whose
ruling dynasty Is one Of the most an
cient in The world. What the Arabian
peninsula may contain is matter for in
tcresting speculation. Even IN cur own
hemisphere there are wonders YET 10 be
unveiled. The gigantic ruins OF Yuca-
tan. with their wealth Of pictured and
sculptured lore. invite the best efforts
of the daring and the erudite.
There are thus fields Of archaeological
investigation which BY contrast make
the charting Of polar wastes seem a
petty and improbable task. The lost
books or Livy. the poems Of SapphO and
the plays OF Menander are only a few
Of the great works of antiquity which
have supposedly perlshsd. II in some
rOck-hewn hermitage or sand-buried
temple complete copies OF them were TO
be discovered. with what exultation
would the learned world hail the achieve
ment! To say that it is impossible would
be absurd; 20 say even that it is i'm
probable savors OF rashness, seeing that
in Central Asia classic manuscripts liter
ally by the barrelful nave recently been
found. The moral OF kipling's Fare
well. Romance" is 10 be commended TO
those who are beginning by anticipation
10 weep because there are no more
worlds TO conquer.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-14
THE TALK or TIE DAY.

John Mccormack. the Irish tenor. who
made his debut at the Manhattan Opera
House recently. has already become q great
favorite with his fellow cCuntrymsO IL
New York. Arthur Hammerstein says that
he was being shaved the other day by an
Italian whom he often patroniZes and who
is a great partisan % Enrico Caruso. Il
asked the barber" said Mr.. Hammerstein.
what he thought OF Mccormack. Hes a
fine singer. but he's no. in Caruso's class.
replied the tonso-ia, artist, whereupon 2
man who had been waiting 20 be shaved
jumped up and In a brogue as broad as the
East River retorted that the Italian didn't
know what he was talking about. Though
Nj McCormack is one ct my fathers chief
artists | didn't want a fight. as ! like the
barber and the Iriskman looked as II he
could whip the whole shop. 50 l suggested
that the two tenogs were az different type.
McCormael, being a lyric and Caruso q
dramatic tenor. At this the son OF the
Emerald Isle roared out. 4 don't care what
kind Of a tenor Johnny Mccormack is.
know he can sing ike hell" "
Money talks. old man"
"Nes. but you've never known its con-
versaliOn 10 give IL dead away. have you?'
Cleveland Leader.
magazine which refuses ali advertis-
ing Is & novelty IN the world OF publica-
ton. The University OF Chicago Maya
zine Is such q periodical II Is published
In the interest OF the alumni and others.
under the auspices OF the alumni council
o: the university. and appears ten times
year.
Rlobbs-Thers are lots OF undeveloped
fields for making money.
Slobbs-Nsme one. Just one.
BlObbs-Wen for instance. what's the
matter with starting a barber shop and
employing only deaf mute BARRIERS Phil
adelpkia Record.
There is little difference between a mur-
derer and the mother who keeps a dirty
icebox. IL her child dies OF neglect, ae-
eording 10 DR.. Harvey W. Wiley. chief
chemist % the United States Department
OF Agriculture. who spoke recently before
the delegates 20 the Illinois Federation OF
women's Clubs. only the Lest milk is
safe 10 give infants" he said. "cieanli-
ness IN al things ls essential. 1 DO not
wish 10 say that the woman who keeps n
airy .eehox IL a murderer but IL neglect
New-York tribune., 1909-11-14
THE LAW AND THE MOS.

TO the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir; In its edito-ia! reference 70 This
Shame Of Illinois The Tribune speaks well
and truly. but does il not overlook the fact
that in the very judicial procedure which
the people are commanded 70 respect lies
the blame for the fearful carnival OF law
lesSnessf Is there not IN the fact stated
by the Mayer. and probably susceptible OF
proof. that there has not been an oficial
execution In Cairo in ten OF fifteen years, and
yet the city has had its share OF rnurders'':
that '.inries have failed TO convict in homi-
eide cases. or have convicted only for minor
degrees, and it has been possible for mur-
derers 70 escape" and that murder in
Cairo has been tolsrably safe" the real
explanation OF the act OF the mob?
When smooth lawyer leads a Jury 20
throw a criminal back upon society, as is
being done day after day. rightly or wrong
ly. throughout the civilized world. is there
not reused certain contempt for the ma
chinery which has made this possible. ard
In such case as this Will not a primitive
sense OF justice demand that the perpetra-
tor OF the crime be disposed % in such a
way as to make repetition OF the act
impossible
The conduct of the mob in Cairo was dis
graceful. unquestionably. but was il any
more disgraceful-in fact. is IL not infnite-
ly less disgraceful-than the operation OF
the law which has made the mob almost a
thing OF necessity? Al. c.
Brooklyn. Nov. ls. 1893
New-York tribune., 1909-11-14
rHE P4Y.AnERIcAY CoyGREsg.

THE PAN-ANERICAN CONGRESS.
To those who remember the copious
foods OF rldicule and denunciation
which were poured upon 'that bad man
Blaine" for his advocacy Of n Pan
American Congress and q Bureau OF
American Republics. peculiar interest
attaches 10 the present status Of those
institutions. The critics who once de-
nOunced them as iingoiSh and trucuient
devices are now acclaiming them as po-
tent agencies for peace and good will.
which in fact they are.
How well the congresses deserve this
new estimate OF their character and
work has been set forth in their record
OF things done, aud it is abundantly re-
peated in the promise OF things to be
done nc the fourth such gathering. This
is 10 be held most appropriately at
BuenOs Ayres next summer-Or winter,
as July viii be in austral attitudes. 1t
will be coincident with the celebration
OF the centenary OF Argentine iDdepen-
dence, and also Of the independence OF
Chill and OF New Granada, which IS
now divided into Colombia, Venezuela
and Ecuador, and this circumstance
will make that capital, which is one or
the finest IN the world, more than or
dinarily attractive and q place Of great
international resort.
The agenda cf the congress, as thus
far arranged. must be regarded as am
bilious but practical. IL comprises the
further extension OF arbitration. to
which the American states are notably
inclined; the codification Of iHterna-
tional law, which may not prove so
difficult a task as some fear; the estab-
lishment OF maritime lines of commerce,
which are among the strongest bonds
OF amity; ana negotiations on the Pan
American Railroad, postal affairs. pub
lie health and various other topics left
over from the last meeting. In addi-
ton. some new topics will be taken up,
such rs definition OF neutrality, iegula-
tion Of immigration and naturalization,
and perhaps also the regulation OF wire
less telegraphy and aerial navigation.
Such a programme gives promise OF
much profit to the participating states
and may establish these once deSpised
I'an-American congresses among the
most important International gatherings
OF the world.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-14
THIS YEARS HURRICAEEs.

There has been an astonishing abuu-
dance Of tropical hurricanes tins sea-
son. Not infrequently year passes
without more than one or two being IT
ported from the Caribbean sea and the
Gulf of Mexico. Within the last folr
months fully q dozen have been OBJ
sarved, and there is 10 certainty that
the one which has devastated Jamaica
will not be shortly followed by others.
Nearly equal III violence 20 the latest
member OF the series were the storms
which visited Galveston in July and
the Louisiana coast in September Be
sides these there have been others
which have made mischief at sea. The
disturbance from which fishing schoon-
ers OF Newfoundland suffered last
week was independent of the one which
at last accounts was working its way
ur from the passage between Haytl and
Cuba 10 the Bahamas. It must have
started from the west Indies at least
& week ago.
From the extraordinary number OF
this years hurricanes Il may be sur
missed that in the region where they de-
Ve!oped the temperature last summer
was higher than usual. Though many
OF the storms occurring further north
are believed 10 result from conflict be-
tween the atmospheric currents which
effect an exchange between the equator
and pole. this other class Of cyclones
il attributed by meteorologists 10 the
heating OF the ocean in the tropics. Ii
is thought that water vapor is respou
sible for their generation. Their abun-
dance or scarcity. therefore, seems 70
furnish an Indication OF the amount OF
solar warmth received in the low lati-
tudes in which they originate. over
that portion or the country which lies
east Of the Mississippi the summer OF
1909 was not characterised by excessive
heat but owing 10 eccentricities In the
distribution Of barometric pressure il
often happens that in one part Of the
world the weather is abnormally hot
and in another abnormally cold. Hence
u should occasion no surprise il the
conditions over the Caribbean Sea a
few months ago differed sensibly from
those which prevailed at the same time
oD land a few hundred miles 10 thu
ncrthward.
In two or three respects the hurricane
which has wrought such destruction in
Jamaica was exceptional. Rarely il
Tie progressive motion OF such storms
less than ten miles an hour. This one
seemed 10 remain stationary for four or
five days, and an island which might
have been expected 10 be free from ts
influence in ave or ten hours was SUBJ
iected 10 a delugs for nearly a week.
Again. tie direction OF tropical storms
seldom changes from northwesterly %
northea sterly south of the 30th parallel
u latitude. This one changed It's course
In the vicinity of the 18th, which
crosses Jamaica. Possibly there was
so,ne relation between the tardy move
ment of the storm centre and the low
latitude In which IL 'reeuryed." but III
slow pi ogreSs was undoubtedly due 10 n
weoksQirg Of the upper air current
New-York tribune., 1909-11-14
People and Social Incidents
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
IFrom IRE Tribune Bureau ,


Washington Nov 13-Tne President. ac-
companied by Assistant Secretary Mischler
and Captain Archibald W Butt. his MILF
tary aid. returned 70 washington this
morning at 10 o'clock. Hs was met az the
station by Secretary Carpenter and Henry
W. Taft. his brother. who was guest
over last night az the White House. Ar'
Taft came 10 Washington to argue case
before the Supreme Court
POstnaa ster General Hitchcock. accom-
panied by Henry 2. r Macfarland. one
OF the commissioners CO the District or CO.
Iumbia. was among the Presidents carry
callers. Mr. Hitchcock called 20 recon-
mend the appointment OF Assistant Post
master General Charles p. Grandheld as
postmaster OF washington President Tart
approved the recommendation, the ap-
polntnent being announced Immediately.
Mr. Macfarland called 20 tender his resig-
nation as Commissioner. 20 take eject De-
eember l. The President accepted ths
resignation. bur requested the Commis-
sioner 70 continue IN ofice until January
/. This make$stwo vacancies in the Board
OF Commissioners. Henry L. West having
handed the President his resignation on
Thursday.
Ex-senator ". z Mason. OF Illinois. rep
resenting the Postal Savings Lesgue. called
or the President 70 diseuss postal savings
banks.
s.natoSDick accompanied by 3. II. Tay-
lor. United States Consul General at Callao.
Peru. called on the President this morning.
Representative Martin had short talk
with the President and made an engage-
rient for early next week
The President has received from the At
torney General brle: ot the amendments
10 the Sherman antitrust law which the
President proposes 70 recommend for leg
islation this winter.
Among the Presidents callers were the
Secretary OF Commerce AMI Labor. Frank
3. Kellogg and Senator Bourne
Mr.. Taft played golf this afternoon on
the Chevy Chase links with Captain ButC
and Senator Bourne.
For the first time since her return 20 the
White House this fall Mrs TAFT failed
10 attend one OF tie series OF Marine
Band concerts on the Speedway. She was
out walking this forenoon.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-14
AS TO REFORMS IN SPAIN.

To the Editor o. The Tribune.
Sir: There seems 10 De a we'll Defined and
concerted effort in very influential circles
% discredit and discourage every tendency
toward enlightened liberalism in backward
nations like Spain and the Spanish-Ameri-
can lands. II is in the form OF ranging
Up OF the forces upholding law and order
and the forces making for the dissolution
ot all things existing. respectively inper-
sonated IN ex-Premer Maura and the late
Professor Ferrer.
The attempt made in Your issue Of the
18th instant ~ ths 'Marquise de Fon-
tenoy" 10 credit Queen Mother Christina
with tho liberal reforms effected in Spain
curing her regency Is not justified by the
facts. Queen Christina did not call in the
Liberals. much less throw in her lot
with them. On King Alfonso XII's death,
In November 1SS5. at the royal residence OF
Fl Pardc. near Madrid. the agreement
known to this day as Lhe Ell Pardo pact
Vas entered into between the then Premier
CanoVas and the Liberal leader, Sagasta.
which agreement was rsligiously adhered
10 Up TO Canoves's tragic death, in August
1897 Canovas and Ssgasta created the So
called rotating system. which consisted
Ia pacihcally alternating every couple Of
years or SO. and Queen Christina had no
more chance OF interfering with these con
dir:ons Short CT jeopardizins her sons
CROWN than had the man in the moon.
Those serblances OF suffrage. OF Jury
trial and civil marriage bear Queen Chris
tlna's signature because they had to bear
somebody's. bur they have cost Spain sew
eral times over their worth They were
clever enticsments TO keep the people con-
q part % what Spain owes 10 the late
regenCys savoir fairs.
RAMON ALVAREZ MARTINEZ
New York, Nov. u 1Sge
New-York tribune., 1909-11-14
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
IN DEFENCE OF COUNTRY LIFE.


To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: IN your issue OF November u you
describe a dinner Of the Young Mems
Christian association International COM
mittse. at which chief speaker was James
\. Garfield. the investigator os country life.
Ors ooss not know from what distance
the speaker has observed country life. how
il. but 70 many who have some oppor-
tunity OF knowing ct first hand his views
viii seem distorted and exa ggsrated; they
will demur 20 his assertion that IN the
country there are stsgnation and decline
and that the boys who live there are hope
less. unenlightened and vicious
This gloomy view OF country lie must
and with weak eyes. There has for long
time been extant a belief that the best
brain and brawn OF the nation have been
drawn from country life. and that the cur
rent OF pure and strong vitality IS still
flowing from the country 10 the city-but
not for the reason which Mr.. Garheld as
signs. That this current does flow the city
church testifes and 60 do history and biog-
raphy-the biography OF men like Mr.. Gar
fields father. Let Us observe that many
thinkers are now warning US OF the many
peculiar dangers or the city. and are urging
the return OF the population 10 the soil. 20
the suburbs. to the simpler and less hur-
ried life RUFUS B. MARKS
Hnlburn. Reekiand Co, y. ". Nov. l3.
lG1a
New-York tribune., 1909-11-14
uoRE WORLDS 10 CONQUER.

y
There scarcely seems 70 be sufficient
ground Tor the complaint or the appre-
hens!0n which is now sometimes ex-
pressed that there will soon re AZ end
Of exploration and adventure because
there will be nothing more 20 CONQUER
II Is true thar the North Pole has been
reached. and the South Pole nearly
reached. that the Dark Continenr" has
been crossed and recr0ssed, and thar
there are now few blank spaces left on
the map of the world. Nevertheless. il
viii not. we think. lie difficult 10 End
profitable and fascinating work fec ex-
plorers and adventure-s 10 do for many
years % come.
Suggestion OF this is % be found ia
reports Of what Is actually being done in
Africa and Asia. Researches IN Egypt
have produced results 81 bewilderlns
value for the reconstruction Of the lost
history Of the world. But thus far only
q small part of EApt's area has been eX-
amlned. aud of that only the surface has
been scratched. The whole vast region
between the Nile and tie Red Sea has
thus far been practically untouched, al
t!lolsh il is known 10 have been slnsu-
larry rich in the works or ancient
civilization. The same may be said ~
asia Minor and Mesopotamia. As for
more remote regions Of that continent
SEmarkand. Eastern Turkestan. Tibet
aad Western China, they are still prae-
tlcally untouched. Yet q hint of ;aelr
hidden riches Is given bv Dr. sven
Hedin, whn has lately found IN the very
New-York tribune., 1909-11-14
WHO is "A. e. d.?

To the Editor OF The Triouns.
Sir: II The Tribune 1or June :. 1913. ap-
peared z note headed The Negro Prob
lem" and signed ~. E. D.. New York"
II contained an alleged extract from let
ter addressed by Abraham Lincoln 10 the
late General James 6. Wadsworth in 1864
l an Informed by the representative Of
General Wadsworth that such letter can
not be found. II this meets the eye OF the
writer OF the note, I ssk the favor OF the
full name ana address.
BURT G. WILDER.
Ithaca. y. Y. Nov. u. 1909.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-14
Aern-l1orE Grihmre.
SUNDAY. NOVEMBER Il. 1909.

Tbs ne;0spoper Is 0scne6 and pub
ftshed by IAe grf6Xac Association. q
rcte York eorporsfioz; once ond priH-
r'pcl place OF Business. Tribune Build
sng, No. lS4 Hossap street. Neto York;
cp6ea 9iHs. president; Henry W.
Seeker. soereforg; JGmes Il. Barrett
Eroasarer. The GadreSS o. the oficcrs Is
TIC ofsoc e. ills newspaper.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-14
COLLECTOR LOEB.

From The Milwaukee Sentinel
Now what the public would like 10 knoVv
lS. how much OF this hullabaleo demand
for L0eb's official head OR char,er comes
from class pecpaiarily interested IN re-
methods az tbs Custom House,
Meanwhile. Collector Loeo looks pretty
good to the country.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-14
CLARK WILLIAMS AND POLITICS.

From The Syracuse Post-Standard.
Perhaps Clark Williams has no political
aspirations. Stlli a man not yet forty. who
has Ned Win credit as Superintendent
state Will unquestonably make = good rec
ord. would be warranted IN asplring