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New-York tribune., 1909-11-30
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The State Railroad Commission of Mas
sachusetts has a knotty problem TO solve
Just what the rights OF a drunken man
on a public conveyance. The question has
been put up 10 the board by transit
company that has had more than its share
OF troubles and suits over elected tanks"
THE Boston POST has a word OF sym
pathy for the overburdened wayfarer try
ing to reach home and bed. we all know
him, TO our sorrow, but still ne is human"
says The Post" Can he be thrown off
like a mail bag, or must he be reasoned
with and induced to tarFy by the wayside?
Does he lose his rights as passenger toward
a common carrier because his skin is filled
with alcoholic refreshment? And where is
the point at which he is intoxicated?''
Ardent Golfer (on the eternal subjeco-
They tell me old Sirnpkins has gone right
of his baffy-
Aunt Amelia-Ah. always thought that
man peculiari-Punch.
Out In the shadows OF jamaica Bay and
within the city limits q man by the name
OF Meacham owns a bit OF property which
is valued on the tar books OF the city at
20 cents. and every year the tan assessors
have 10 view II officially. This is probs-
bly, the smallest parcel on the assessment
books In New York. IL not in the world. II
is a small cherry tree. standing about ff-
teen feet above the water According to
the law in these matters. the tax assessors
must view ths property TO be assessed ION
the spot" and every year they row out 10
the tree and while there declare the tax OF
80 cents.
Your husband is a great home lover.
isn't he?"
Yes. especially on the evenings when
we're invited out together. Detroit Free
Press.
In the island of Jamaica, the land OF
hurricanes and earthquakes. the native
women do almost all the work, even to
ploughing In the fields and working on the
government roads. and this keeps them
more OF less busy. They also have a De-
culiar custom when eating. In order not 10
waste valuable time these dark members of
the gen,ier sex have adopted an ingeniou,
New-York tribune., 1909-11-30
CATCHING HIN YOUNG

The change at Harvard. described i'm
the dispatches as smash" al the cleo
tive system. appears OH examination not
10 be 50 sensational. The freshman must
elect a consistent course at the outset
and adhere 10 il throughout, Instead IF
fitting about from subject To subject
during his four years. This is ihe sub
stance of the innovation, but il is no
novelty. Other colleges before Harvard
Rave insisted that the student should
select promptly and devote. himself TO
topics having some connection. but they
do not regard the elective system as
practised by themselves IS "smashed." :"
The boy may still consult ms inclinat on
ia their curricula instead of being con-
fined within a rigid and prescribed
sphere. Only he must discover his in
clination early, and If on coming out of
preparatory school he has no inclina-
ton he must improvise one for he will
not be permitted TO spend his DAYS
sampling the varieties of knowledge Of
fered in order 10 find out which is most
10 his taste. or least 10 his distaste. Mix
ing drinks N the Pierlan spring is OBJ
served 10 have deleterious consequences,
as at the club.
Why the burden of selecting a course
should be placed upon the immature
freshman just from a preparatory school,
with little conception Of what a college
education should be and NO acauaint-
ance with the personnel of the teach
ing force-much OF the value of an edu-
cation depends ON contact with the right
sort Of teachers-why this burden should
be placed on shoulders so UNEQUAL 10 II
is not clear, unless II is hoped 10 catch
the animal young and before he has
made up his mind that the curriculum
is only an incident I'm college life. The
innocent freshman mfy cheerfully sub
scribe 10 his intention 10 pursue calculus
quarterniOnS and analytical mechanics
with a stiff admixture OF Latin and
Greek and. perhaps, some Sanscrit-in
short. all the hard subjects that would
appeal 10 unsOphisticated ambition. A
year later he might warily chose a
course in Oriental philosophy given by a
professor who was reputed Ia be easy"
Taken thus betimes, many a nose may
perhaps be held 10 the grindstone which
otherwise would escape the requisite
atirition.
But this is not liberty, since the differ
ence between a course which you pre-
scribe for yourself In all the innocency
New-York tribune., 1909-11-30
Il 1musements.

ACADEMY OF MUSIC-s.l5-Paid IN Full
ALhANBRA-2-S-Na
AsIok-S ;ls-SeVen Days
bkl-ASCO-S Isis Matrimony a Faiiure-
6lJot,-s ;l5-His Name on the Door
BROADWAY Midnight SOM,
SARNISGIE HALLS :l5-Conoert.
EASiNo-s .l6-The Girl and the Wizard
sOLoNiAA--2-S-Na
CoMEDY--s:ls-The Melting Pot
cRITERION-S.I .Is-Israel
DkLNS-S .l5-The Belle OF Rrittanv
Eden MUSEE-The World IN Wax
EMflRE-s ls-lnconstant George.
6AAEIN-s 15-The Fortune Hunter
GARRICE-S .ls-The Harvest Moon
hACkETT-S iS-Septimus
HAMMERSTEIN'S 50 .l5-s ssIS-VaudevfUe
EippODROMF-2-- Trim 20 IaDan- In
side the Earth. tho Ballet of Jewels
htDSoN-a-Hindu nances-s-2O-The Builder
~ Bridges
IByING Pi,AcEzs:ls-p Fleasrmsu,
LIBERTY -SprinFtime
lhCEJ M-N -l5-Arscne Lupin.
LYRIC i5-DiVorce. S15-The Chocolate
AlEsTIC-s:ls-Mr lode of Koal
NANhALLAN OPERA HOCSE-s-lses Dragons
MANINE ELLIOTTS THEATRES .3O-The
Passing ~ the Third Floor Back.
NENDkLSSoHN HALs-3-I'iaao Recital
AEIkofolIrAN OPERA HOUSE -2;3O-Loie
Fuller
,sEW ANsTERDA Ans .l5-The silver Star.
NEM ThEATRD-,'zaar und zimmerman.
NEW NoRK-s l5-The Man Who owns
broadway.
shNON-s .15-Helcna Richie
ST NICHOLAS RINK-lcr skating
sTrYNESANT-S 1.-THE Easiest Way.
MklLACk'S-S -15-The Fourth Estate
WEBER S-S S.i5-The climax.
EST END-sl5-Herod.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-30

parable I'm destructive effects with I'M
proper methods OF cutting. and that
there is at least as much need of pro-
tecting the trees which now exist along
our highways as there is OF planting
more. At q certain suburban school one
Arbor Day a public man tied his horse
TO a small tree while he made an ad-
dress TO the children on the significance
OF the occasion, and while he was talk
ing 10 them and they were planting
tree his horse was gnawing the bark
from a tree which had been set out on
an Arbor Day few years before.
Mr.. Whipples report reveals what
can be accomplished by rational meth
DDS Of forestry. In 1905. under the old
system. In 131 towns 1II,OOO acres were
burned. In 1909, under the new system,
in PSI towns, with more than twice the
former area. only 1885, acres were
burned. The number of fires In 1908 was
200, or more than five TO a town; In
1909 IL was go, or less than one 10
town. In the former year the losses
were $644,OOO, or nearly 5000 10
town; in the present year they have
been only S25, 5,101. or less than $50 to
tovn. These comparisons speak for
themselves. IT is possible. of course,
that there were some natural conditions
of climate and weather which made the
danger and destruction from fire less
this year than last year, but that Is TO
be doubted. Certainly IL is not conceiv-
able that such differences were sufficient
TO account for the great contrast in the
figures which we have quoted. Note
again that while the reduction OF losses
amounted TO nearly S619,0OO the total
cost OF the service was only a little more
than $4,000.
That Is effective forest work. If ii
can be maintained year after year
throughout the state the saving will be
enormous. And II the same principle
is extended TO the protection of all our
arboreal interests, the end which has
been laudably aimed at in ArbOr Day OBJ
servances will be attained far more COM
pletely than such observances could ever
attain them without this protective
work. II is not because trees have not
been planted that our city streets are
bare and so many of our country roads
are either shadeless or are actually dis
figured with pitlable. mutilated wrecks
of trees. 1t Is because the trees, once
planted, have not been cared for. but
have been left for horses TO gnaw the
bark from, for electric wire stringers
10 hack and slash at will. Tor i'll devised
pavements 10 stifie. for leaky mains to
poison or for any of a dozen other pre-
ventable evils 10 destroy. Ii Is good
thing 10 plant trees, but it is at least rs
good a thing TO care for those which
have already been planted.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-30
RENrIADED.

Justice Scott's taking upon himself of
all the responsibility. 50 far as the
judges were concerned. for the salary
grab" which was rcScnded by the
Board II Estimate and App0rtionment
YESTERDAY WAS the most creditable Incl
dent ia The whole proceeding. lie apollo
eized for putting his associates on the
bench I'm "a bad light but his state
meut clears Them OF al! participation.
lie couid not. Of course, clear The Board
OF Estimate and ApportiOnment for its
part in taking 80 important an action
hastily and without adequate informa-
iion, which compelled il 10 undergo the
humiliation Of reversing itself a few
DAYS later OF the board, only Con
troller Metz adhered resolutely 10 his
position in favor Of the increased com
pensatiOn, course due 10 the Con-
troller's passion for consistency.
As for Justice ScOtt's reasons for
moving 10 secure an increase IN the judi
cial salaries In this city, they might bet
Ter have been made public before the
action OF the Board OF Estimate than
now. II they had been declared M first
they would have received respectful at
teItiOn and the whole proceeding would
have been relieved 0f ,hat unpleasant
character its secrecy gave H. His rea-
SONS are that the salaries II the judges
have not leen advanced ia generation,
that local authorities now have. Ina his
opinion, authority 10 grant additional
compensation and that after January i
under the constitutional amendment
they will have that authority no longer.
Those are respectable reasons for the
proper consideration Of the question
whether or not the city should increase
the pay OF the judges, now that IL could
DO % without increasing the allowance
New-York tribune., 1909-11-30
EFFECTIVE FORESTRY.

The report which was made last week
by Mr.. Whlpple, of the Forest. Fish and
Game Commission. illustrates a principle
which we have frequently urged and
happily testlties to its practical ana sue
cessful application. One OF the greatest
needs Of the state. not only In its forests
but DlsO along its highways and wher-
ever trees exist, is protection and preser-
walton OF trees from wantOn or needless
destruction. Doubtless the old methods
OF cutting timber for Industrial uses
need revision, so that the process will
not entirely destroy forests and denude
the land. Doubtless, too. tree planting.
whether for forests or for ornament and
highway shade, should be promoted. But
II is equally certain that forest fires,
chiefly preyentable, are at least com
New-York tribune., 1909-11-30
IN THE BERKSHiRES.
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IBy Telegraph 20 The Tribune.l
LenOx. Nov. 29.-Mr. and Mrs. Rcnsia
c. Dixey closed their villa, Tanglewood. u
day. and have gone 70 Boston.
Miss Amy Varnum has gone 70 Nes
York for the early winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark G. VOORHEES, hA''
taken the Satterlee cottage Tor the WINS
months.
Clinton G. Gilmore started to-day f''
Aiken. 5. c.
Mr.. and Mrs. David 7. Dana have n
turned from a week in New York. In''
will be at Osceola Cottage for the winter
Mrs. Helen Phelps stokes has bousn'
parcel OF land IN Richmond OF Mrs. Ails
5. Dunbar. The land adjoins Mrs. s1oA@'
holdings.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles AstOr Bristed a1s
the Misses SymphrOsa and Grace bIis1~
have gone to New York. whence NJ
Bristed and her daughters viii san ~
Europe. Mr. BriSted will rem am In Leno1
Until February. when he will JON -
family.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Wells Fiea y
Miss Field. who have been guests o. n
ard Mrs. stephen ID. Field. will so 10 Ns.
York tomorrow. whence they will san y
Europe
New-York tribune., 1909-11-30
THE NEWS TINS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-TisCouu Morley and Lord
James Of Hereford made notable
Speeches IN the House Of Lords. warning
tht peers OF the serious consequences
which The suspension Of the budget
would entail -- 80 American war
ships according 70 a dispatch from Blue
fields. have reached that port since the
rebellion began Five of the ten
men of the gunboat Marietta who were
blown out 70 sea were rescued. =-=
Great Britain. Germany and Belgium
have reached an agreement on the boun-
daries of British Uganda. German East
Africa and the Congo Independent state.
= The Berlin Aero club appointed
committee 90 gather information for air
charts. - The keel plates of the
orion. an Improved type Of the Dread
noUght battleship. and the Lion. the
largest cruiser -hattleship. were laid down
81 Portsmouth and Devouport. reSpec-
tively. - The United States and chilli
formally made requests that King Ed
ward act as arbitrator il the case of the
Alsop claim
DOMESTIC The Secretary of The
Nayy promulgated the plan for the re
organization OF his department i'm ac-
COrlaDCe with tho recommendation If
the swift report. -= Republican lead
CTS I'm Congress are opposed To Repre-
sentative Mann's plan 10 postpone the
clause of the tariff bin = ON a pc
tition for a writ OF ccrtiorar Samuel
G0mpers and other labor leaders under
sentence FOR contempt Of court appeared
before the United States supreme Court.
where their cases Viii now be fully re-
viewed. == Secretary Knox came -
the conclusion that President Zelaya
violated all military codes, as well as in
ternational law, in executing the two
Americans. but ne is inclined 10 proceed
in the case with care. -- The police
at Waltham. Mass said that nothing
lad developed 10 divert suspicion from
Miss Hattie Le Blanc, accused OF killing
clarence r. Glover. Tohle l. Blanc.
brother Of Mrs. Glover who was locked
UP for contempt of court. was purged Of
the charge and released.
CITY Stocks were weak. == Sena-
tor X ". Aldrich discussed the work of
the Monetary Commission al the Eco
uOmic club dinner. -- Justice +. NJ.
Scott apologiz.d 10 The Board Of Esti-
mate for adNOcatln@ a salary increase,
and the increase voted was rescinded.
The trial of former employees Of
the Sugar Trust VAS begun. == An
operation fJr Appendicitis WAS performed
on Percy A Rockefeller AT a
meeting Of the charter Revision Com
mission "A plan was proposed TO make
The Tenement House Department a sub
sidiary bureau of The Buildings Depart
ment == Revised plans for the new
Municipal Building were passed by the
THE WEATHER.-Ind Indications for to-
day: Fair. The temperature yesterday:
Highest 50 degrees; lowest S6.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-30

il has been accustomed 10 make TO them
IL there had been frankness at the out
set the public would not have been
aroused as II was.
But in his constitutional position that
the local authorities have now authority
10 increase their compensation TO judi
cial officers Justice Scott has not the
support OF the Appellate Division In the
2d Department, which sent memoran-
DUN 10 the Board OF Estimate denying
that Il had such authority. The Brook
lyn Judges have common sense on their
side. Since such doubts as this existed
even among the judges themselves. there
was need for the fullest and frsnkest
discussion
New-York tribune., 1909-11-30

Of a new matriculate and one prescribed
by some one else may, so far ms elasticity
and adaptation TO personal ends are
concerned. soon become ve-y slight IN
deed. Does n lad In college discover
nothing about his tastes or gifts after
his entrance7 IL there is any merit IN
election, why should that merit be ex-
hausted all at once In the beginningf III
lad may be trusted 10 choose wisely
when he enters. why can he not exercise
equal wisdom a year or two years laterf
Does education consist In uniting
man TO consult his tastes and follow the
line of his own natural gifts
But perhaps il is no defect In the new
plan at Harvard that II can be reduced
10 something OF an absurdity by ques-
tions like these. There are logical dif-
ficulties i'm the way Of every modification
from unrestricted election 10 an inyari-
able regimen; and practical difficulties,
too. for in vain is the net spread In the
sight of any bird. and the college student
has demonstrated his skill IL avoiding
all the gins and pitfalls Of learning
contrived by the educators. President
Lowell has confessed 10 a laudable and
not unnatural ambition TO make the
young men In his charge know some
thing we'll" This change has that end
in view. But defective results at college
are not due TO faults Of system so much
as 10 the failure of the students 10 set
a proper value on the intellectual side
of college life, and course OF study will
not he rated higher in the mini of
youth for his picking 1t out while in his
educational swaddling clothes
New-York tribune., 1909-11-30
At THE WHITE HOUSE.
rrrom The Tribune Bureau. ]


Washington. Nov. ea-The President was
in his ONCE by 8 o'clock this morning. con1S
ferring with Samuel Gompers. John Mitch
ell. James O'ConneIl and Frank Morrison.
OF the American Federation OF Labor. The
subjects discussed had TO do with labor
recommendations to be made by President
Taft IN his forthcoming message
The greater part OF the Presidents day
was spent in conference with the Attorney
General. Mr.. Lane. OF the Interstate Com
merce Commission: Senator Eikins. chair
man. and Senator Cummins. member. OF
the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
The Secretary OF War called at the execu-
tive Offices and was invited I'm by the Presl-
dent Four hours were spent in cOnsidera-
tion OF proposed amendments 10 the inter
state commerce law.
The President has begun the preparation
OF his message to CONGRESS. and will. IL Is
thought, devote the afternoons OF the next
few days 10 getting II ready for the printer
The subject OF railway legislation brought
20 the White House W. w. Finley. presi-
dent OF the Southern Railway; General
Counsel Thorn and Assistant General Coun-
sci Humphrey. Of Louisville.
Senators Burrows. Elkins. Burkett and
CuIlom. members OF the Senate Committee
with the President Immediately after the
labor conference OF this morning
ES-Judge Alton b. Parker called on Pres
ident Taft this afternoon.
The Secretary OF War discussed with the
President the case OF Captain Franklin.
convicted Of alleged Irregularities at West
Point Military Academy.
Frank p. Kellogg called at the White
House this evening 10 meet the Attorney
General. but was compelled to walt about
three hours during the conference on inter
state commerce. Even then Mr.. Kellogg
was able to see the Attorney General Tor
only a few minutes because President Taft.
Secretary Dickinson and Mr.. Wickersham
were going for a walk.
The Presidents callers included Senator's
Nelson. Carter and Bourne. Representatives
Hull, OIcott and Douglas. ex-Representa-
tive Grosvenor, General Bell. General Leon
ard Wood. Alvah III. Martin. Republican
National Committeeman from Virginia, and
Powell Clayton. Republican National COM
mitteeman from Arkansas
New-York tribune., 1909-11-30
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
IFrom The Tribune Bureau.I

IFronl Inc lrlnNuo buledu-I
Washington, Nov. 29.-SOciety is inter-
ested in the house-waTming 10 be given at
ST. Roses New Technical School on Fri
day and Saturday. when the novel feature
o. women in society appearing at dairy
and vegetable stalls. tobacco stands. etc.
as saleswOmen Is expected to make the
affair successful. Miss Mathilde Townsend
will assist Mrs. Charles ODOrnell Lee at
the dairy stall. where cheese. butter. eggs
and other produce will be sold. while Mrs
Hannis Taylor. with a number of assist
ants. will sell cigars, cigarettes and smOk-
ing tobacco. A number Of army women
will have charge OF the stall for soft
drinks, while fancy work tables will have
well known managers.
Brigadier General and Mrs. Aleshire en-
tertained at dinner tonight Lieutenant
Colonel James. British military attache:
Mrs. Horace Wylie. Captain and Mrs.
Tracy. Major and Mrs. Cheatham. Mrs.
ID. p Mccartney. Major West and Captain
and Mrs. Philip Andrews.
The former Minister from Cuba and
Nine. de Quesada entertained twenty
guests at dinner tonight.
Mrs George NJ. Gillespie entertained
twenty-four women at luncheon to-day TO
meet Mrs. j. 5. Wyeth. OF Paris and
Washington. Mrs. wyeth has Just COM
pleted large house near sheridan Circle.
and has taken possession. She has HyrS
In Paris for the last twenty-five years
Her sister. Mrs. Beach-Grant. who has
also made her home abroad. will be her
guest for the winter
MIR. and Mrs. Alexander Britton enter
tanned at dinner tonight large party OF
young people complimentary To their
daughter. Miss Katherine Britton. who
will make her debut tO-Ihorrow.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Hinckley presented
their daughter, Miss Gladys HlnckIey. to
society At a tea this afternoon. With Miss
Hinekiey were Miss Clover. Miss Margaret
Draper. Miss sophy Johnston. Miss Ade-
laide Heath and Miss Frances Noyes
John Barrett. director Of the Bureau OF
American Republics. entertained at dinner
tonight the Chilian Minister and Nina
New-York tribune., 1909-11-30

method; they place a plate containing their
food, be II hot boiled rice or rabbit stew.
on their heads. and thus balancing the
dish. they walk about the yards OF their
homes. reaching up a hand when they wish
to take food from the plate and going
about their regular work. Yet they never
spill anything.
''Of course" said the very taIkative per
son on the back platform. mo man ever Is
a hero 10 his valet" .
And what is much more to the purpose.
said the sour faced individual In the door
way. no woman ever was saint 10 ner
hired girL"-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
William is seven years old. and has al
ready developed what his fond father calls
''the author bug" His governess read sew
eral dog stories 10 him lately. which i'm
pressed him so deeply that he tried his
baby hand at what he called 'the story
of a ST. Bernard dog in which the little
fellow relates. among others. this startling
incident I'm large and we'll formed letters:
"One day he went out TO walk with his
mistress. A wind came up strong that
II could lift wagon. The wind took up
his mistress and she was very much scared
All the people came out Of their houses.
and when they saw his mistress they were
scared. too. for she fell into a snowbank
and began to sink. The dog jumped in 10
see II he could save her, but he could not
The woman kept on sinking and sinking all
the time. and the dog was very sad. So
were all the other people. When the
spring came and the snow was gone she
was found. but she was dead"
Job.
Prisoner-Just my blooming luck. Only
mad my hair cut last night. Threepence
trated Bits