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IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY,".
From The Tribune Bureau.I

From Inc tribune Bureau.l
Washington. March 10.-The Vice-Presi-
dent and Mrs. Sherman We're. the guests of
Senator and Mrs. Isidor Rayner at dinner
tonight. Invited 10 meet them were the
Postmaster General, the Japanese Am
bassador and Baroness Uchida, the Min
lister from Chill and Senora de Cruz, the
Minister from Greece, Senator Bacon. SEN
ator and Mrs. Depew, Senator and Mrs.
Overman, Senator and Mrs. GUggenheim,
Representative and Mrs. Boutel. Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Covington. Rear Ad-
miral and Mrs. Schley, Justice and Mrs.
HOwry, ex-senator and Mrs. Dryden, Miss
Amy Eleanor Hall, of Baltimore; the Aus
trlan naval attache and Baroness Preus-
chen, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Nixon, OF New
York: MI. and Mrs William r. Merriam,
DR.. and Mrs. Thomas III. Chatard Mr.. and
Mrs. Hemphill Miss Cameron, Mr. and Mrs
W. c. Hill, Mr.. and Mrs. z. W. Wells
Major and Mrs. Pierre Stevens Mr.. and
Mrs. j. L. Thropp, Mrs. Virginia WortIey,
of New York; Mrs. f. 3. Moran, Walter
de Coursey Poultney and Mrs. John c. VIII
lett. of Baltimore; Miss Marie Bevan, Gist
Blair. George A. Foot, of Baltimore. and
others.
Mrs. William p. Emo received several
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country was then called. Again in 1868
a new constitution was drafted, for the
United States OF Colombia" which
lasted until the notorious Rafael NuneZ
became President in 1854 on the issue
that "any one who pays Il debt, unless
''he Is forced TO do SO under pain of
being hanged, is an imbecile.' He
promptly abolished the existing consti-
tuition and dictated the drafting of a
new one in accordance with his own
peculiar notions. That with some
changes. is the instrument which is III
force to-day
After the beneficent administration Of
General Rafael Reyes and the ITO less
excellent one of Mr.. Gonzales, the Co
lOmbian people ought to be in suffi-
ciently tranquil and harmonious frame
Of mind to consider calmly and patriot
cally the constitutional needs of the
cnnntrN.
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more legitimate for Il woman 10 carry
y deadly weapon secreted in her hat
than for the Italian to wear the haroly
more dangerous stiletto secreted III MS
clothing? 1t might be imagined thal
until hatpins acquired their present
alarming proportions women moVeu
about in constant terror, while now, by
a simple twist of the wrist they De-
come invncible. OF course, the quesuoh
of the enforcement of such an ordinance
is something entirely different from the
question of passing it, and 1t may pe
expected that as a school for training
In diplomacy Chicago will easily take
the lead hereafter.
New-York tribune., 1910-03-11
THE CONTROLLERS REFORMS.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In your issue OF March you COM
mend Controller Prendergast for his frank
statement of the city's financial condition
and also for his reforms i'll the methods of
selling bonds These reforms are % "The
discontinuance of the practice of borrow
Ing on. revenue bonds against the city's
uncollectible taxes and (2v "the issuing
of revenue bonds in excess of the actual
budgetary needs
Now, in regard to these bond issues there
is a little inside history that needs to be
told before we pass judgment upon the city
officials who were responsible for them.
For years past foreign exchange has been
running heavily against this country, and
in order to stave off sold exports our bank
ers have been selling finance bills abroad.
But in 1907 the situation required that we
should also draw gold from Europe. Then
Europe concluded that the collateral be-
hind these bills (railroad securities) was
not good enough, and so she refused to
lend us the gold unless the United States
government would guarantee repayment.
This guarantee could not be given and the
panic resulted.
Then, to save herself, Europe concluded
to loosen her purse strings. But even then
she would not accept finance bills. and so
we had TO offer New York City bonds.
This little history helps to explain how
it was that such bonds could SO readily be
sold at a time when money was at a
premium, while another lot issued two
months before could not be sold at ALL
1t also explains how such an unusual guam
tity OF these bonds could so easily be sold
abroad in the twelve months after the
panic. The bankers were eager to take
them because they We're the most available
collateral that could be used TO keep what
gold we had and to draw more from
Europe. The situation had changed so
that. as was said. instead OF the Controller
chasing after bankers to sell his bonds the
bankers were chasing after the Controller
to buy his bonds and furnishing him with
excuses for issuing moro.
With such opportunities and temptations
before him II is small wonder If Mr.. Metz
put out bonds based on "any old thing
and in excess OF actual needs In order to
provide against rainy days.
The fact is these transactions wero in
nCwise different from the sale Of the Pana-
ma bonds before the money was actually
needed. Both transactions were carried out
10 increase our gold supply and restore
financial stability. And so Controller Meta
could say that his policy did even more
TO put the country on its feet again after
the crash OF 1907 than did the policy OF
Secretary COrtelyOu. w. II. ALLEN
Brooklyn, March s. 1910.
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The DIPLOMATIC CORPS.

tfroin The tribune Bureau
Washington, March 1o-The French Am
bassador and Nine Jusserand entertained
at luncheon to-day the Secretary of the
Treasury and Mrs. MacVeagh, the Minister
from Sweden and Nine. de Lagercrantz,
the Assistant Secretary of the Navy and
Mrs. Beekman Winthrop. Mr.. and Mrs.
Cyrus Mccormick. Of Chicago; Mrs. Charles
d. Norton, Mrs. Frederick Keep. ex-Cov-
ernOr AIagOOn and NJ. Oster, OF Paris. who
is visiting at the embassy.
The Minister from Switzerland and Nine.
Ritter entertained a few guests at dinner
tonight. In the party were the Minister
from Sweden and Nine de Lagercrantz,
Mr. and Mrs. Emil ]. StehIio. Of New York,
and Mr.. and Mrs Herbert WadswOrth.
The German Ambassador and Countess
Won Bernstorff will go to New York to-
morrow morning and return on Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. II. W. Kennard, of the
British Embassy, will leave here in the
morning for New York, where they Will
be the guests Of Miss Frelinghuysen for
several days
New-York tribune., 1910-03-11
THE COL0MBi4y CONST1TrTIOy

President Gonzales Of Colombia as
suredIy has the courage OF his convic-
tiOns in ordering the election Of Il con
stituent assembly or, as we should call
it IN this country, a constitutional con
Yenti0n. For he does this in the face 0f
earnest and even bitter opposition and
Of actual hints at the possibility of civil
war. OF course he has also strong sup
port in his course. The National Society
Of Agricuiturists recently presented 10
him memorial urging the calling Of q
convention, while the central commit
tee OF the Conservative party presented
= vigorous rcmonstrance against il, in
which the President was warned that
the action which he has now taken
might produce serious conflict, al
most civil war"
The chief argument against the con
yentiOn has been that il would conflict
with the national Congress. The latter
body has been summoned to meet on
June 10 next for the purpose Of electiug
4 new President of the republic to sue
ceed Mr.. Gonzales. Now. if The CON
stituent assembly meets on Nav 13 if
VIII Hui'Slocut Luc toIs-TtS5 ana the lat-
ter will not meet. Yet the assembly
will not be empowered 10 elect n Presi-
dent, wherefore it is argued that the
country may be left without Il chief
magistrate. Obviously, however. the
assembly may decide 10 change the
mode of election 50 that the President
will he elected by the people instead Of
by Congress, and may order that to be
done promptly 50 as 10 avoid an inter
regnum. There are those who think
that the fear that the assembly will do
this is the chief cause of Conservative
and Clerical opposition to constitutional
revision.
That the constitution needs revision
may be urged with some assurance. nj
though such an act would be only the
latest OF a considerable series. The first
Colombian constitution was adopted in
1919 and III 1921 it was materially re.
Tised. III 1880 Venezuela and Ecuador
were set off as independent states ana
Il new constitution was made for the
"State of New Granada" as the pres
ent Colombia was then called. Another.
was adopted in 1873, and still another
in 1853, and in 1858 important changes
We're made IN the constitution If the
"Granadine confederation, as the
New-York tribune., 1910-03-11
MEDrATloy 4ND MrDDLING.

Mediation between two cOntcnding
nations or factions of one nation is
often a commendable thing. Under ap-
propriate circumstances this country
would readily consent TO II, either sub
jectiyely or effectively. Meddling in
such affairs is an entirely different
: hing. IS justifable in only rare and ex-
.cptional cases. and this country has
consistently been strongly ayerse 10 ii.
The reported request from General
Estrada 10 CIR government. that it in
feryene IN Nicaraguan affairs. j. pre-
sanabIy well meant, though ii is Oh
siously open 10 the unsympatbetic Sus-
pici0n Of having been inspired by cOun-
sells Of despair as The last resort of 4
failing calIse. But however Well meant
j. may be, il suggests q course which
would seem 10 SAVIOR decidedly more OF
Deddling than Of Intervention.
Its radical defect is that il proceeds
from only Ole OF the contestants. and
that therefore compliance with il would
be tantamOunt 10 taking the side of one
faction against the other. That is not
se be thought OF, unless under crcunl-
stances such as 10 not now exist ana
which 1Ye do not expect 10 see prevail
in Nicaragua. IL is not for this or
auy other nation 30 become the cham
.pien of either faction ia civil strife.
, Some seem to imagine that the right
.of. this government to refuse ~ deal
with z chief Of state implies the right 10
New-York tribune., 1910-03-11
OBSOLETE COURTS.


There is undoubted merit in the sug-
gestion Of the joint committee OF the
two houses of Congress on the revision
of the laws that the present federal
Circnits courts be abolished. If Con
gress is going to readjust the salaries
Of the District and Circuit Judges, IL
might as we'll also make sensible re
distribution Of their duties At pres
ent. the Jurisdictions OF the Circuit ana
District courts overlap, judges of the
two classes sit together In the Circuit
courts and in the Circuit courts OF ap-
peal, and q mixture of functions mas
resulted, causing considerable confusion
in the judicial system.
Until the Circuit courts of appeal
were created, under the Harrison ad-
ministratiOn, there We're three grades
of federal courts-the District, the Cir
cult and the Supreme Court. These
grades corresponded to similar grades
III the judiciarieS of most of the states.
In New York we hive q Supreme
Court an Appellate Division OF the Su-
preme Court and q Court of Appeals
Judges elected to the Supreme Court
are designated by the Governor to sit
in the Appellate Division, but they 30
not also continue their labOrs in the
lower court. When the Circuit courts
of appeal were created judges from all
three grades Of the federal Judiciary
were made eligible TO sit in them-a
Supreme Court justice assigned to the
circuit in which the court was held, the
Circuit judges of the circuit and the
District judges, representing the dis
tricts comprised in the circuit. This
arrangement upset the old order Cf
three cOurts-One of trial, one interme-
diate and one for final appeal. There
We're two courts of trial, the District
and the Circuit, in either one of which
a suit could originate, and as tie buSi-
ness Of the federal courts increased
and the number of District judges was
materially enlarged the conduct OF
cases in both these lower courts fell
more and more into the hands Of the
District judges. while the Circuit judges
were more and more completely occu-
pied in dealing with intermediate ap-
pealS.
II Is evident that the two lower courts
could he consolidated with advantage
Such move would be economical, be-
cause it would dispense with the pres
ent duplicate clerical machinery of the
District and Circuit courts. 1t would
also simplify procedure in the courts of
original jurisdiction. 1t is only just to
the judges who preside in these courts
hot
and equal compensation. The Circuit
courts of appeal could be retained or
enlarged as appellate courts, thus re-
tanning the former distinction between
the District and Circuit establishments.
The present Circuit courts no longer
serve a logical or necessary purpose in
the federal governments scheme of jus
tice
New-York tribune., 1910-03-11
MR.. BACoN'S RECEPTION.
AT Brilliant Affair the Ambassador
Meets Official Paris.

Paris, March 10-The reception az ths
American Embassy tonight. at which an
bassadOr and Mrs Bacon made their bov
TO Official Paris. was ore OF the most brill
iant social events OF years The spacious
salons were beautifully decorated with
flowers. and a string orchestra was n
stalled in the gallery.
The Ambassador and Mrs. Bacon. WITH
the staff OF the embassy. received the
guests m the grand salon. the introductions
being made by officials designated by tbs
Foreign Office- The government was req
resented by Premier BRAND. Foreign Mn
ister Pichon and other members Of ias
Cabinet.
Among the guests were General DalStsln'
Military Governor Of Paris: II. Leplne'
Prefecr o. Paris; the officials OF the uni-
versities and the members OF the genera
staffs OF the army and navy. There vas
also a large attendance OF the members Of
the French Cabinet and OF the diplomats
corps. headed by the Marquis del Mnh'
the Spanish Ambassador and dean OF 'l'
corps. All the diplomats appeared ID 'lH
uniform, and. with the beautiful soNE'
OF the women. the sceH2 was one or spss1
dor.
New-York tribune., 1910-03-11

the liberties OF any people, besides being
grossly unjust to the rights OF dissenters
from the prevailing belief.
To avoid all these objections, there is one
simple solution. Let all employers DO re-
quired TO give every employe one day OF
absolute rest in every seven, under severe
penalties for dsObedience, but let the Sc
lection Of the particular day be left to
private contract in every instance. This
will naturally be Sunday in the majority
of cases, while those who, from the nature
of the occupation or from their own choice,
engage in Sunday labor are placed at no
disadvantage, being absolutely entitled TO
rest on some other day. Let the champions
of a rest day put their demand in this
form and ii will find ready and general ac-
ceptance. Those of them who are sincere
in their regard for labor surely can find no
ground for objecting to do so.
JAMES +. MORTON, Jr.
New York, March S, 1910.
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/ JOKE WITH A SHARP POINT.

1 JOKE WITH i SHARP POINT.
Funny though the suggestion may be
that women should be deprived Of their
personal liberty by regulations govern
ing the length of their hatpinS, the
question has some claim 10 the serious
consideration given To it by the munic-
ipal lawmakers of Chicago. IN that
city it has been determined that the
hatpin which prOtrudeS several inches
beyond the fUrthest confines of the
headgear it is presumed to hold in
place becomes a menace to the public,
and as such falls logically within the
scope of a lawmaking body. That there
should be opposition 10 the regulation
was 10 be expected, but some Of the
arguments used in support of the right
Oh women thus to arm themselves might
be cited as evidence of lack of logic
on the part of the sex using them.
OF course, it is all very we'll to de-
clare that man has no right TO dictate
what women shall wear. and that on
general principles any attempt on his
part SO to dictate would be futile, but
public policy always comes before in
diyidnal rights. Chicag0's streets may
be dangerous, and one person in every
few hundreds of thousand, may be in
peril of assault there every night, but
the intimatiOn that every woman in the
course of a year has many occasions to
use the deadly instrument in her hat for
self-prOtecton will hardly bear analysis.
Not one woman in thousand, pursuing
the even tenor Of her ways, would have
the slightest legitimate reason for 50
using .hatpin, and one of the attorneys
for the article in question was clearly
uttering the call of anarchy when she
said: II intend TO violate this ordinance
If it becomes a law"
Only day or two ago in this city
young woman, resisting arrest, drew
her hatpin, after an unsuccessful effort To
bite the nearest court officer, and made a
pass at one of the process servers. IF
The article can be used for fair means
why not for foul? And why is it any
New-York tribune., 1910-03-11
MAXIM'S LATEST PRODUCT.
An Up-to-Date Aeroplane, Resembling
His First One.
From The London Times Engineering Sup
plemenD.

From The London Times Engineering Sup
plemenD.
Tho current issue OF Flight" contains
a description by Sir Hiram 5. Maxim of
inc new aeroplane which he has con-
structed. About eighteen months ago il
appeared To him that with slight mOdIfica-
uons the Baldwyn'S Park type OF machine,
built by him about a dozen Years ago, was
still the best that could he devised. He
therefore determined to build another ma
chino on the same lines. but much smaller,
and to have 1t driven by petrol engine
This engine has four cylinders. inches
by 5ss inches, which. with the piSeonS, con-
Meeting rods and Crankshaft. are made OF
a special brand of Vickers steel. The en-
glne, including the spiudles and exhaust
valves Is water cooled, and new system
pump with a 1l-inch bore and 1ia-incn
stroke Is driven by train OF gears and
cIockWork so arranged that the piston IS
raised against the resistance Of "A spring
and liberated four times a minute the
spring being Of sufficient strength 10 pro-
duce a pl 25Sure on the oil OF 10 pounds
every part OF the engine, including the
gudgeOn pins, is thoroughly fabricated
every fifteen seconds.
The aeroplane Is provided with three
screws; one Is placed directly on the screw
SHAFT and takes the place of a iyWheel.
the others are much larger-OVeT eleven
ne main part Of the machine is composed
of six aeroplanes. and the outside ends are
raised much above the central section. their
surfaces being curved that when the
machine Is in the air the lower side viii
nave the greatest power of lifting. The
width of the aerODlane'S fore and att is
Ieet inches, the fore and ate being
1eet . inches apart. The total width OF the
machine is a feet.
y device has been fitted TO enable the
pilot to vary the pitch of the wings while
the machine Is in flight. the wings being
moved in one direction by hand and
brought back by spring.
New-York tribune., 1910-03-11
People and Social Incidenr,

hundred guests at a tea this ast-rnso, :.
visitors coming from the diplomatic s.u -
and resident and official society ITS
the women from New York who as-.s .'ons
were Mrs. Ralph VI Stewart-Tor,l.-, ~.
Lewis Frissel and Mrs. c. d. Woas 90, ~
assisting were Mime. de Lagercrar., :,
James II. Garfield. Miss La I.anda ). IN
Orleans: Mrs Edison Bradley, Mrs. 80
bald Hopkins and Mrs. Weightrus, '-
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Wadswor,b
musical and reception tonight
Mr. and Mrs. Edison Bradley f,-,...
number OF guests to dinner to-ngys,
meet Miss Beatrice Sterling, OF Nsv -. .
who Is visiting them In the Dar., eN
Lieutenant and Mrs. L. s. Grant. r,S..'rs
Luise Alexandra Won BsrnstO-rs ~
Dorothy Gardner Williams. Miss s
Merriam. Miss Marion Oliver. 1lIs, s..s
Johnston. Miss Dorothy Williams. r,sm.T
ant Osterhaus, Signor Centaro. Iaeuss.sll-
Palmer. Lieutenant Spencer. Lisut.-.-'
John C. Fremont. Lieutenant Rov-cl,. :,
oe Than and Mr.. de Beaufort -
Miss katherine Ciabaugh, dauvh...
Judge and Mrs. Harry II. Clabaugh. r,.p
marriage 20 George Beals Blo0rp.- - -
take place at 4 o'clock on April 1. >.
Thomas's Church, will have as her r,.,.
EOnOr Miss Pansy BlOOmer. and as -
maids Miss Charlotte Hopkins and ~
Helen Henderson. both OF New York :,
ward Beale Mclean viii be best na- !.
Mr.. BloOmer. and the Ushers viii ba -
tenant Osterhaus. Lieutenant Byron
Long. William HewsOn and T. Jos,,A.
Ward. OF Philadelphia. and Sherherns p.
colt, of New York. A small recsu,j,,
the home OF Judge and Mrs. Clabau,t -,
follow the ceremony.
Mr. and Mrs Hennen Jennings ss...
tanned at dinner party Tonight.
Mrs Charles Z. Howry entertai,ss =.
bridge tea this afternoon for Ms -
Dickinson and Mrs. LurtOn.
New-York tribune., 1910-03-11


of that period to the joys Of her nome win
increased strength.
mo home Is complete without chiiuren
fill mine with other peopie ="
having none of my own.
1T is so easy to tell Tommy TO run aions
to Sunday school, and to send the missls 70
evening church while you sit down with
paper and a pot of beer. But. mind Sou'
when the time comes and the boy grows
up, he will do exactly what his fatner anu
Uncle Hiram-I see by the papers @ tnat
oid man Weston. tn walker, Is tnIeS ii'i'0'
Aunt Libby~WelI, I jes' hope hen Keep
anead of him: / amt got plI u9p p1ajn
these Eyetalian racers.-CleVeiaho i1i''
Dealer.
In a description of the use of the moving
picture as an aid to the study OF sursei >
the "Berliner Tageblatt" says: eve looKeo
with emotion upon the late, neVer-to-pe-
forgotten Professor Berkmann In the Ac'
of amputating limb and later there was
thrown upon the screen every detail or an
abdominal operation. Other operations
were shown. and then the spectator saw
in magnified pictures the pulsations or
frogs heart and the movement OF 'he
stomach and the digestive organs. Among
the most interesting OF the pictures was
the series which showed the effect OF vari-
Gus poisons on the heart action"
F'riend-What? You don't mean 10 say
that you saved the lives of those 1reezlhS
men by mental treatment?
Explorer-Yes, indeed We persuaoIea I5
them that they were watching one OF lhe
early seasons ball games-Puck.
Cardinal Rampolla, in answer TO q letter
OF inquiry as TO the Charlemasne manu-
script which was recently discovered by
him in the Vatican, says: ''There can be
no doubt as to it's genuineness. II is well
known also that he had often expressed
himself in poetry, and a good example OF
his composition and style is the epltaph
on Pope Stephen. The discovered docu-
ment is an elegy on the death of his SON.
written In Latin, and when found was IN
two pieces, the Joining OF which was
laborious task
How did you get the reputation of being
taciturn?" - -..e
Possibly because I only discuss matters
that l am familiar with. .'-Wa ashlngtolA
Herald
New-York tribune., 1910-03-11
THE CABINET.

From The Tribune BuTeauI
Washington. March 10.-The Secretary OF
War and Mrs. Dickinson entertained guests
informally at dinner tonight.
Mrs. Ballinger was hostess az a luncheon
to-day in honor OF Miss Helen Cannon.
Her other guests We're Sonora de Cruz,
Mrs. Samuel II. Piles, Mrs. Hughes, Mrs.
Henry S. Boutell, Mrs John ". Dwight.
Mrs. William Z. Humphrey. Mrs. George
w. Fairchild. Mrs AIcCreedy, Miss Eliza
beth Kean. Miss Wood Mrs. Thomas II.
Anderson. Mrs. Willis Moore. Mrs. Presley
NJ. Rixey. Mrs. William COrcoran Hill,
Mrs Ten Eyck Wendell and Mrs. Gordon
Payne, OF Baltimore.
New-York tribune., 1910-03-11
THE TALK or THE DAY.

The Bishop OF London, Dr. Ingram, who
visited America year or two ago and
despite the charms OF American girls, is
stll bachelor recently delivered an adj
dess in which he offered these views:
The best test whether q husband loves
his wife Is his conduct toward her ten
years after they have been married
Every husband and wife would be bet
ter IL they had a fortnghts holiday away
from each other every year
The wife should be FREQ for at least
fortnight from the cares of the house and
children, and she would return at the end