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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15
PARENT AND PED4GOGTE.

The coincidence of two recent utter
ances in London contained some profit
able suggestions on q topic which seems
to be of much current interest in the
United Kingdom and which is one Of the
most important i'll all the complicated
problems of American sociology. That is
the relationship, or the contrast, be-
tween parents and pedagogues, and the
respective parts which the home and the
school are to play or should play in the
education and training Of the child.
At meeting of the British Constitu-
ton Association paper on "Elemen-
tary Education" was read in which
strong ground was taken against exag
geration of the compulsory principle in
schools and the supposititious corollary
of entire freedom from fees. Free edu-
cation, said the speaker, had developed
into free feeding Of children and free
medical inspection, leading to free treat
ment, and the latest development was
that school authorities were responsible
for accidents to children IN Fairgrounds.
1t might almost be imagined from pres
ent day legislation that God gave chill
dren to the state or to municipalities
instead of to parents.
At the same time there was held a
conference of the National Federation
of Christian Workers among Poor Chill
dren, at which one speaker strongly
deprecated the surrender of children to
the street instead of keeping them at
home. No training ground, not even the
school, he urged, could take the place
Of the home, and no other influence
could compensate for lack of parental
control
Although these two utterances and the
two gatherings at which they were made
were entirely separate and distinct
there WAS a marked parallelism Of
thought and conviction on this matter,
and the utterances were correct and de-
served, and would be SO IN New York
as well as in London. 1t is dishearten-
ing, too. that 10 an alarming extent
parental control of children has been
relaxed, if not altogether abandoned
and responsibility not only for technical
instruction, but also for moral culture
and general discipline. has been shifted
from the home to the school A New
Jersey socialist recently secured some
notoriety by herding his young children
in q building Of their own, where they
might live as they pleased and grow up
as they pleased without parental aid,
control or oversight Some New Jersey
communities left it 10 the suifrages of
small children TO decide whether or not
there should be fireworks on the Fourth
Of July. These tricks and oapers were
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15

securities TO be taxed, that the great
ma jority of its supporters undoubtedly
find no fault with it because it VIII per
nit taxation of the instrumentaillies OIL
the states. For that reason they take no
interest in the proposal to have Con
gross recall the present amendment ana
submit a new one with qualincauon
exempting state securities.
Were there any serious desire among
the supporters of the present amend
ment to snare the states. the movement
TO submit the modified amendment
would bv this time have made some
Roadway in Congress. But apparently
the advocates of the amendment prefer
TO take their chances on passing 1t as IL
stands. regardless Of any invasion winch
ii threatens of existing state rights. MI
/ Dougherty speaks for the great majority
of the amendment friends ana ms
warning of its effect ought to be needed
| in the state Senate. which will soon be
asked to vote away the absolute 1protec-
tion which New Yorks Securities now
enjoy from taxation for the beneht OF
the general government
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15

this Young and eloquent preacher made
= Mica for a ret urn TO some of the GUS
toms for the, oil suse Of which its early
members had fo light, made bold stand
for the recon. Ftr uction, in part at least.
of what stron e hands with the counsel
of wise heads had torn down, took al
atfItude in TIE mole Emanuel as fear
less as was that of his teacher In AL
,,auv sixty yea rs before, and all Jewry
wondered.
There are tif,se1in the great Jewish
community of New York, numbering
inward of eig ut hundred thousand,
who see with Dr.. Magnes asdecadence,
childless congre cations and a failing
AWAY from the laith, and hope that he
will bring about the changes which he
advocates. and through them a revival
There are others who think that revo-
Iutions do not go tbachwards or restore
the obsolete.
Whatever the outcome Of the plea Of
DIR. A:agnes may lie, whether it results
in the establishment Of a new wing in
American Judaism Or falls on deaf ears,
as the. anti-react Onists predict. the
announcement was, SO palpably honest
that it we'll deserves the consideration
which it is receiving. IF. as IT has been
limited. Dr. Magnesi because Of his ut
terances should fail of reelection as
pastor of the congregation against the
traditions of which he has spoken, he
will probably carry on his fight else.
where, and hissprogress willEbe watched
with interest.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15
NECESSARY STEPS WERE TAKEN

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Can you explain the apathy with
which our government and the people at
large seem to regard the fate of the Costa
Ricans? The earthquake was extensive; the
beautiful city is a heap of ruins; many.
many lives have been sacrificed; the rich
have become paupers, and now fever and
pestilence are thinning the ranks of the
survivors,
In the case of the disaster at Messina,
while all the nations Of Europe FASTENED to
her assistance. the United States govern
nent, well as individuals. were most
generous, but in this case, where a sister
much aid IN that drection-is concerned.
almost nothing has been done.
If We have no feeling of pity for these
poor people. policy alone should lead us to
aid Costa Riea in this her time of trial.
Central and South America the richest
countries of the world. and, for our own
interests, we ought to be warm friends OF
these sister republics, but we have stupidity
ignored them, and Germany and other Eu-
ropean nations have profited by our blum
der. Now is the opportunity 10 show our
friendship III way that will never be for
gotten. and l call upon the press and the
clergy to awaken our people TO a sense of
their duty toward these poor sufferers
New York. May 13, 1910 c. ELLES.
president Taft, as head of the Ameri-
can Red Cross. promptly made public
appeal for aid for the earthquake suffer
ers of Costa Rica. and contributions are
being received and forwarded.-Edl
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15
THE TALK Or THE DAY.

In a plea for q sane Fourth or July 1.-THE
Louisville Courier Journal advocates cere-
monies and fireworks displays of a public
character and says: 1.-THE celebration of
the Fourth of July that takes the form of
killing and manning an army Of children TO
make foolish noise is indefensibie and
unpatriotic and idlotic. Children who are
allowed to play with dangerous fireworks
rarely. If ever. think of the significance of
the observance of the day
An optimist is a man we like to hear talk.
but with the pessinst. If there is any talk
ing to be done, we want to do it ourselves.
Judge.
In view of the statement made by the
pastor of one of the Jewish congregations
of New York that its young people are
marrying out of the faith, the marriage sta
tistics of Copenhagen. recently published.
show that the practice Is not confined TO
the American metropolis In the period
1850 10 1873 55s per cent Of the Jewish mar
itages In Copenhagen were of the mixed
class. In 1929 the percentage had increased
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15
THE NEWS fRfs MORNING.

CONGRESS- Senate was not IN
session. - HOUSE. There was 4
general debate on the sundry c4VH Dill
FORFfGN-Plans for the royal death
paseant are being made; thirty thousand
trooE,s are bivouaelxed in London to guard
the route: anarchists are closely watched
but TO attempt on the lives of the visit
ing rulers is feared Great numbers
of Americans are arriving in London TO
see the funeral of King Edward; 1t IS
expected that Mr.. Roosevelt as specla l
aYl1ba ssador viii ride with the kings VINO
follow the coffin: he viii leave Berlin TO-
eiav The JapaneSe- British exhibit
ton was opened in London, great CROWDS
seeing tile most fascinating display OF
Oriental art which has been shown
abroad A notabI exhibition OF
children's PORTRAITS and TOYS WAS opened
at the Chateau Ba gatelle. in Paris. -
Frederick Edward Guest, Son-ln-laW OF
Henry Phipps. has been unseated for the
East Division of Dorset on the ground OF
excessive expenses in the election. --
a dispatch from Managua said that Gen
eral ChaVarria, with one thousand men,
had opened an attack on Rama the
steamer Venus has arrived at Greytown.
A hundred Soudanese were Killed
by French punitive column at Agredan;
twelve of the troops were wounded.
OMESTE.-Presiden Taft and At
torney General Wickersham decided that
the indictments against Governor Has
kelI of Oklahoma in the Indian land cases
should be pressed. - Secretary Knox
formally proposed TO the Canadian gov
eminent that tariff negotiations be mi
1iated between the two countries at an
carly date \ statement by. q Ste
nographer in the office of the Secretary
of the Interior. that President !Tafts let
ter eXonera ting Secretary Baliinger was
prepared bv Assistant Attorney General
LAWYER. was denied on the President S
authority. -= The MaSsa chuSettS MIX
Producers were encouraged by the re-
Ceipt of pledges of support from the New
York state Grange - The. Jewish
Unfit society of New York City, organ
lied to suppress white slavery" was in
corporated at Albany - 1t was said
at Albany that the "Old Guard" had deter
mined TO pass no primary reform legis-
lation and to have only a superficial
general corruption investigations. -
The Congress board of visitors arrived
at the United States Military Academy
at West Point, N Y, for an official visit
CITY-Stocks were dull and strong.
- More than six thousand men on
loot horseback and motorcycles passed
before the Mayor in the annual parade
l-of the Police Department. = A young
e lawyer was crushed to death under great
slabs Of marble dislodged by an explo-
sion of gas in the corridor of the Mutual
life Binding. - The writ of habeaS
corpus sued out by Frank N Hoffstot
10 jnvalidate the requisition granted by
GoTeEnor Hughes. was dismissed.
THE wEATHER--Indic for to-
6av: Fair The temperature yesterday:
Highest, SIS degrees; lowest, AZ.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
from The tribune Bureau

From Inc IE1Dune BUREAU
Washington May 1f.-MrS. Sherman, wife
of the President, who left here to-
day for Utica, will return in time to preside
at the women's meeting Of the Foreign Mis-
sionary Society at the First Presbyterian
Church on Friday evening, May 90.
Dr.. Lucius Warren Johnson. T. s N.
whose marriage to Miss Margaret e. c..
Brooks will take place in this city on Tues
day, arrived here to-day. Tomorrow night
he will entertain the men of the wedding
party at dinner. Miss Catherine Crane and
Miss Maitland Marshall entertained Miss
Brooks and her wedding party at the thea
ire and supper tonight
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman Tiffany left here
to-day for their home in Newport. and will
spend the rest of the month there. Later
they will go to their summer home at Litch-
field, Mass, where their daughter-in-1aw,
Mrs. George Stanton Tiffany. will join them.
Their grandson and granddaughter. Philip
NJ Parker and Miss Helen Parker, will also
be with them.
The patronesse5 for Mrs. Barney's ancient
Greek festival, to be given the afternoon OF
May 2S on the lawn ct The Oaks in
Georgetown, are Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins.
Mrs. Hennen Jennings. Mrs Nicholas An
derson, Mrs. Frank Ellis. Mrs. Nordhofr
Jung. Miss Mabel Boardman. Mr. and Mrs.
Harriet Blaine Beale. Mrs. Charles ]. Bell.
Mrs. Hopkins. Mrs John w Dwight. Mrs.
Churchill Candee. Mrs. Willard X. Brown
son. Mrs. John Hay aud others.
Mrs. Julian James is entertaining for
some days Mrs Van Hennert, OF Paris. for
merly Miss Evans, of New York
Mrs. Isham c.. Hornsby Is closing her
Washington house r,rena ratorv To ,,ci,,.- :, =
Fort Smelling to spend the summer with her
son-in-law and daughter. Colonel and Mrs.
Robert X. Evans.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: 1t would be a very gratifying and
pleasing incident if the memorial services
for King Edward to be held downtown
next Friday could be made wholly British
by having the choir composed of the many
British organists and choirmen in New
York and Brooklyn.
It would be an impressive spectacle, and
should be no more difficult to bring about
than if the Germans had such a service in
hand. The British are good singers. and
church music has a profound fascination
for them. but, unfortunately, unlike the
Germans, they have few or no fraternaI
proclivities. IT would. however. be fostered
fer their good and the good of the Church.
and having once got them together. let
US hail the advent of an Anglican choir to
be used on such special occasions as may
arise. \ CHURCHNAN-
Brooklyn, May 12, 1910.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
IFrom The Tribune Bureau.

TFron The Tribune Bureau
Washington. May IA. Rustem Beyi
Charge d'Afafres for Turkey, has been pro-
NOTED to the Turkish Embassy in Paris
and will sail on Tuesday for his new posi-
Rustem Bey was connected with the Turk
isii Legation here ten, years ago. and his re-
turn here was the occasion of pleasure TO his
many friends, who greatly regretted his de-
parture. The new Turkish Ambassador
will come to Washington within a fortnight
He speaks no English, but will probably
bring English speaking secretaries with him
The Minister from Ecuador and Nine
Carlo will go to Blue Ridge Summit. Penn,
on May q. to establish a summer home for
their family The other members of their
household will close the legation here on
June Is and join them there
The Austrian Charge d'Affaires and Bar
oness yon Loewenthal-Linau. who arrived
several weeks ago, Will reside at No IA
goth street until they go to Bar Harbor for
the summer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15
ANOTHER VIEW OF THE CASE.

Advocates Of a city beautiful may
find food for thought in the suggestion
of Tenement House Commissioner Aur-
ply that New York City is already TOO
attractive and that if it were made
little less fascinating for some thou
sands of its population 1t would be bene-
fetal for all concerned. OF couHse, the
Commissioner did not wish to be taken
too literally and have it understood that
more parks and cleaner streets and
fewer unsightly structures would be I'M
desirable. but he wished to enforce the
point that some means must be devised
to check the increasing congestion OF the
city. as I'VE cannot have the Kind of
citizens we want until we break up the
Congestion"
Without entering into any discussion
as to the merits of the contention made
by the railroads that the higher cost of
living makes necessary an increased
Communication rate to suburban points, 1t
is not difficult to see that such an adj
vance may have an important bearing
on the problem Of decreasing the density
of New York's population. It is I'M
fortunate for the public that just as a
healthful movement from the city to the
suburbs had begun complications should
arise which may have strong tendency
! to throw back upon itself the population
of New York. An increase in commute
| ton rates is Of little moment to the
| class of persons who least need to seek
| the suburbs. while TO those whose
physical wellbeing depends upon escap-
| ing from the airless, lightless and crowd
ed tenement5 every dollar added to the
cost Of daily travel increases by just
so much the difficulty of financing
the change And while some unquestion-
ably herd themselves together in prefer
ence to getting away from the life to
which they have been accustomed, more
are prevented only by. lack of means
from making the transition from city to
country.
As Commissioner of Charities Heb
berd remarked on Friday evening before
the New York City Conference on Chari-
ties and Correction, in spite of the gen
eral appreciation on the part of thinking
people of the dangers arising from our
present congested centres, a definite
plan to prevent the extension of this
congestion to other boroughs is lacking,
and already number of miniature East
Sides hardly less dangerous because less
extensive, may be found 1t would be
most deplorable if with the perfection
of the system Of suburban communica-
ton row nearing completion anything
should occur to Tetard the growth of the
outlying villages. The vital point in the
matter of increased Communication rates,
so far as the public welfare is concerned
is not that a larger sum may be ex-
acted from those who can afford the
added expense, much though they may
dislike to DO so, but that barrier may
be raised which will check suburban
growth, to the detriment of the city's
health and morals.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15
GARDENING IN FLORIDA
Distance Lends Enchantment-But MOI
to the Middleman.

To the Editor of The Tribune
.'The distant side of the street looks the
clearer
Just at present there is a craze for gar
5enins in Florida because people think they
can get larger returns for less effort Ihis
Is true as far as natures returns are con
cerned, but that there is another side 10
the question is evident from a letter PaVe
lust received telling of d, lady farmers eN-
perience in Florida. My correspondents
speaking of this woman, writes;
She is one who can make anything grow
She fourd the winter delightful IN biofled-
the business of raising Vegetables, etC-
there most teresting-everything CROWNS
crops and luxuriant growth; sever
changes OF crops on the same ground;
everything to encourage, though LABOR eA-
penstve and scarce. go
ready for markell F'reishts average aDout
90 per cent of gross proceeds; IN auuI' ~, i
there are the 10 per cent commissions diI9 IS
the obvious, and undoubted dishonesty OF
dealers and commission merchants at sen
ing POINTS She tried almost every larSe
civ i'm the IJniun-"Account sales, CURLY
1,ofed: "Received in bad order; Rotten" ;;
ssIuferi,r ouality'; market overStocked,
and, in some cases. Dumped. -
Many OF these comments i know 10 pc
lies for crates of some shipments nave
req ched me in an out of the way place III
beautiful condition. The average Of her.net
pI oceeds did not equal cost Of raising 11sor,,
She has sold out, and says now every
bcI1r wants 10 sell She got cost of land
and improvements and something, more;
but not enough TO pay for her trouble ana
labor If you remain there AFTER Wal ar =! !
so ambitious Gt was to be. his. faIm) he
worked like a slave from , o'cioGS every
morning and remained an IdSC Suiliiiiei
and is paying for 1t now
There are apparently some little Things
about farming in New York AMI New Jer-
sew. near the large markets, that OFFSET
the advantages of soil and climate even IN
places as charminSly far away as FLORIDA.
BOLTON HALL.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15
EUPOPEAN MGLITARY' STRAWS.


Denmark has sensib1y concluded, in
the words Of her Minister of Foreign
Affairs. that she cannot compete in the
race for ornaments; that whatever the
little co,lntry's expenditures and sacri-
fees. If can never hope. to bring its forces
I'M to a strength where they will be
of any international Importance or
weight. The new military policy of the
kingdom. as interpreted in Germany,
will aim at the. creation Of asforee suf-
fcientlv large on land and sea- to defend
its neutrality pending protest against
the violation of its territory. The Da-
nish army and navy are to. be organized,
according to this German view, to serve
as a eendarmerie and coastguard in
| times of peace
| Holland has recently had another one
of the acute German scares which have
been reeufent in that country since
1871. This time it took the form of an
| INTERPRETATION in the Dutch lower house
concerning q warning, rept1ted to have
been conveyed to the government by the
German Emperor, that unless Holland
put her defenceS against England IN or
der the German General Staff would
have to look to the matter. The Dutch
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jonkheer
van Swinderen, denied that an such
communication had been received. and
so did his predecessor, DR.. Abraham
Cuyper, who, by the way, IL under a
cloud. being charged with having sold
decorations for political campaign con-
tributions while in Office. The Dutch
cartoonists depict him as Laoko0n, strug-
Cling with yards upon yards Of colored
ribbon.
Hollands feet is. of course, hopeless
" overmatched by that Of England. Her
land defences are almost exclusively di-
rected against Germany, and these, curl
ously enough, are chiefly water defences,
system of inundation that divides the
country into military zones
Belgium, according to an alarmist
article in a recent issue of British
review, is obligngly building a railroad
to the German frontier at a point where
is located an important military camp.
The road has no economic value for Bel
GUM. and can serve only the strategic
purpose OI facilitating INC tihIspoIIo Ia
ton of German troops to Antwerp and
the coast. It's construction, according to
the English writer, Is a clear case of CO
ercion.
The neutrality Of Belgium, guaranteed
by the five great powers at the confer
ence held in London in 1881, is a very
uncertain asset. During the Anglo-Bel-
gian tension at the time of the Boer
war the English, who are party to the
guarantee intimated plainly to the Bel
gians that thereafter not a British gun
boat or soldier would be employed to
protect them against foreign aggression.
German aggression against England via
Belgium would be different matter,
however, and. as is proved by this Eng
lish article, that spectre will not down.
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minor symptoms of an evil when Is
attaining ominous proportions ana tue
effects of which are seen with 1ncreas-
ing frequency in Juvenile and adolescehi
vice and crime.
The laws of nature are not to be dls-
regarded with immunity, and there IS
probably none of them more imperative
or more memorable ia its exactlon Oh
penalties for it's violation than that
which preseribes parental care for ana
control of children and dutiful suDJec-
ton of children to their parents. NO
satisfactory substitute for that relation
ship has yet been found and 1t may
well be believed that any attempt TO aD-
rogate that law, whether in favor Oh
commune or of school, is sure to result
in disaster
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15
THE CABINET.
FROM The tribune Bureau.

From The TtibuEs Bureau
washington. May 4-Mrs- .NfckershaIn'
who is entertaining for the week end Mrs
Robert Sturgis. of New York, and MISS
Stursis, entertained at luncheon to-day IN
their honor. In the party were Miss Kear,
Mrs Livingston Hunt, Mrs Samuel Spen-
Ger. Mrs Hopkins, Miss Hildesarde NaseI
Miss Yvonne Townsend. Miss Marie Ste
vens and Miss Gladys Hinckley.
The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs
Meyer and the Misses Meyer have returned
from New York, where they went TO attend
the ceremony OF launching the F1orida-
Mrs. BalIinger left washington tonight
for her home in Seattle. Mr.. Balhnser VIII
follow her there when Congress adjourns'
and will spend his summer vacation with
his family. Mrs. Ballinger will return to
washington about the end of November
She has been conscientious and popular
member of the highest official circle.