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New-York tribune., 1910-12-21
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY,"
from The Tribune Bureau

i
u-~,,;notoD Dec 2o-MrS. L. Il. Letter
,r,.r+,ined the Vice-President and MIS-
charr,ar at dinner tonight and invited 10
meet them the Austrian Ambassador aii'.
Baroness Hengelmiiller. the Secretary vi
.b. Treas,,rv and Mrs MacVeagh. the Al
+o-ne1- General and Mrs. Wickersham. the
c.oretarv of Commerce and LABOR anu
Mrs Naeel. the Netherlands Minister anu
uua london. Senator kean, Senator wet
moro Miss Kean. Miss Boardman, MIS-
Slater Mr. and Mrs. Charles ID. Norton
D- and Mrs. Buckner Randolph, MI anu
Mrs. Joseph Letter and Mr.. Low
Major General and Mrs. George L. I'LL
lespie were among the hosts entertainlnS
dinner parties tonight. Their guests were
ex-Justice and Mrs. Henry B. Brown, the
Rev. DIR and Mrs Randolph III. Mekini
Mrs John Wyeth, Justice Hagner, MAJOR
General and Mrs Carter, the Rev. Dr. and
Mrs. Granville Merrill. Colonel and MIS-
Oracle and Mr. and Mrs. w. C. HILL
Mrs A. Garrison McClintock entertained
a number of young people at dinner 10
meet Miss Helen Taft
The Secretary of Commerce and Labor
will entertain dirner party in Miss TAFT $
honor on December 26 and later in the
evening Miss Edith Oracle will give dance
for Miss Taft Miss Taft was the guest OF
honor at Il tea this afternoon, with MISS
Gertrude Gordon as hostess
Miss Cannon left here for her home in
DanvilIe H., to-day. She will return after
the holidays.
Mrs. Clarence Moore. wife of the master
of the hounds of the Chevy Chase Hunt
Club. will receive the guests at the ball to
be given by that organization on January 8
New-York tribune., 1910-12-21
4Nt1sScmertS.
ACADEMY OF Muslc-o--

ACADEMY OF MCsIC-o-s-The House OF
Thousand Candles.
tLEAMBRA-2-S-Nau
ANEEIcAN-2-s-Va
Aston -c.eo-s .en-The Aviator.
BEIsASCo-s:2o-The Concert.
BTJOIT-a-2o-S-2 -2o-The Nest EgE.
RROADWAY-s-The Merchant of Venice.
a-ASINo-2:l5- -s;15-He Came from Milwaukee
5-s:1a-Mother
SOIyeSsA sAl-2-S-Naudeville.
COMEDY S-rn BE Hanged If ! Do
TERfoN-c:I5-S:2o-The Commuters
DAILY :so-s So Rabs Mine
t-TF-rrT a svTSI-tS-aN aNS~Valoeviile
GAIETY-a -a:i5-s:15-tiet Rich Quick waning
oARRIcK-s:ao-The Impos,er.
GLnBE-2- Madame X-s-Sapho-
HACK FITS. S..a-Iraddy Dufard-
s5aaxERsTEIN'S s.I5-vaudeviiie.
HERALD SoUARE-2:i5-s:lo-The 6iri anu
ysrPPopRoNfc-a-s international Cup
8allet OF Niagara-Tne Earthquake.
IRVING PIsAcE-s:,a--Die Fiedernaus.
JOE WEBER- ER-S-e-S-l5-Alrna, Where DO You
<NIC'kERBocKER- -s-The Foolish Virgin
LYCECM-s:se-The Importance of Being Ear
nest
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN-Cement Show
MAJESTIC lbs -2o-The Elue Bird
MANHATTAN OPERA HoUsE-2-s-Nauoe-
MAXINE EsLLloT1sS-2.3o-s:so Gam
MENDFl.ssoHN HALI.-s:so-violin Recital
METROPOLITAN OPERA HoJsE-s-H no
.SazfMoves- s:r5-prirsiur
NEW ANS t Z Il ID A M-s:is-s;is-Aadam
NF,w THEaTRE old Heidelberg = $50
Sister Beatrice and Don
NEW YoRE-s:Ia-NauShtv Marietta
REPuBTIC-o:I5-S:I5 Eebecca of Sunnybrook
NsJI.ksT<- .i.,-Pcn7a nder Walk.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-21
NEW YORK FROM The su~ 'assl

Ii takes a dreary long time -
Workers to learn that new subway
be built with talk.-Rochester bS'nV'
and Chronicle.
New York Jumps from the ancient pas.
To The most radical u1odsTnity. IN repiaeIis
horse cars on the 2sth street croSs-u~s, oS.sss',
line with hfteen-storage battery e.sS.,,y- e.ns-
cars-the first IL is said, - be 'iSeSt IN. y, go
city in this country.-BoSton AGVeftisei-
Mayor Gaynor of New York THINKS MA 80
one way to settle the traffic prooisnh "a n - -
city is to advise the people TO waiN--' aSA
ington Herald
Young Mr. HobsOn declares thar "a 3 "a !,
eign army could take New 1Ork SHs ,c-
ten days Perhaps they could " tN1 pdss-
lice offered no obJectiOn--ROches'ef
Express.
No great loss to New York CHS wa sIsu
suit from the burning OF Tammats ,,rsv
''wigwam." Anyhow. II hasn Oecii q essr-
or happy place since Mayor GaNhot sl-
tion proved to be a lemon -TacOh'H -
ger
breeze that would be ignored IN ss,s ,ag
trihing village in South Dakota y w.
nified into a bowling cyclone IN New sV a..
But IL must be remembered that tieaS
great many things 10 be blown Avs
and dow, In New York--WilminSton NeN-
New-York tribune., 1910-12-21
SATISFIED EXPRESS EMPLOYE

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Having been in the employ for oVe'
twenty years of one of the large express
companies, ] have read numerous articles
pertaining to- the so-called eXpressmen
union. I have yet to find such union;
but there is one. known as the Teamsters
Union with which, through intimidation
some of the employees have become aff1il-
ated-
T. as an old empIoye, am very much salts
fed with the way | have been treated. re-
ceiving as | do $50 month for ten-hour
day, with no Sunday work and a week
vacation in the summer. This salary Is
paid with no loss Of time when sick or
otherwise The men generally are satished
with the treatment of the companies, ex-
cept perhaps some Of the new men, VINO
couldn't be satisfied anyway.
Having been. as I have said, connected
for twenty wears with the express company
am entitled to a pension OF hal1 pay
These are the exact conditions.
New York Dec. Is. 1910. A READEH-
New-York tribune., 1910-12-21
WANTS IA sAMARlTAlNE" AGAIN.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: After seeing Maeterlincks impressive
play of Via Madeleine" at The New Thea
ire recently. it would be interesting to COM
pare the work of another poet. Rostand, in
la Samaritaine.''
SO many missed seeing Bernhardts one
production of this drama. of which favor
able notices appeared in the newspapers,
and are anxious 10 have II repeated. that
perhaps letter in your columns requesting
1t might not he useless.
And the objections raised by few do
not, l am sure. represent the intelligent
people of New York. Rostand, poet OF
high thoughts. is always eloquent in the
cause of righteousness and loves the hsht-
He has written play that will do us good
to see and hear. and Sara Bernhardt VIII
do justice to it's spiritual beauty We are
not shocked at "Parsfal," and the Church
often represented holy characters in her
miracle plays. Let us have La Samari-
tame once more while this great actress
and her admirable company are with us
o-'' A. ". GOULD.
New York Dec IL 1910
New-York tribune., 1910-12-21
C4PITALIZATION IND RATES.

Mr. Edward NJ. Shepard. testifying
before the commission which is studying
the question OF regulating railroad stock
and bond issues. repeated the regular
contention of the railroads that capital
ization has nothing TO do with rates.
The argument always is that two or
three roads carrying a certain commod-
ity between two points by different
routes must charge the same rate for the
service-since otherwise all the traffic
would go to the one charging least-yet
DO two of them are likely to be CAPT
talized alike One may he overcapital-
lied and another undercapitalized. yet
the charge is the same. Therefore CAPT
talization has little or no effect upon
rates.
But unfortunately for this argument
the reasons alleged by the railroads for
demanding the increase in freight rates
now asked do not accord with it. Those
reasons are that it is necessary to have
higher rates in order to maintain the
credit of the railroads: and that credit
must be maintained. SO the contention
runs by paving attractive dividends
and investing surplus earnings in better
ments. Evidently. then. it does make Il
great deal of difference in regard to
rates. if the railroads own view is ac-
cepted. upon how large Il block of stock
attractive dividends must be maintained.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-21
rHELErIKGT0Y 4TENTE TRAGEDY

The catastrophe on Lexington avenue
s-ii Monday is seemingly differentiated in
several respects from some other TRACE
dies which have shocked the public in
tIudin- one OF two of recent date For
enc thing. il is going 10 he promptly and
thoroughly investigated. with a view To
determining the cause cf and RESPONSE
hiIity for the explosion There has been
l,o apparent inclination To slight or TO
cyade the inquest on the part of either
The local government or Of the corpora
tion Oh whose property and in whose
works the disaster occurred. That in
itself is "A reassuIing circumstance.
Whatever the inquest may reveal. it is
proper to say meanwhile that on the
face # the case there iS no such sugges-
Fir-n cf carelesSness or lawbreakinG az
too often olstrliieS itself upon attention
as "A contributing circumstance OF grave
public disasters. There may have been
misconduct somewhere. but il does not
seem TO have been fragrant and it GER
fainlr WAS not notorious. and il is not
lgvond the bounds Of credence that the
disaster was one against which all rea
= naiDie precaution were vain. The pos
siisiiity of such niishaps actually in
ereaSe> with the advance of civilized
arts Our uses of Illuminating gas and
of electric power. for example. subject
lFs to dangers which had no existence in
flie primitive days before those useful
adiuncts Of civilized society were ill.,
vented
The gratifying circumstances which
fI:IlS cffcr some conSoia tiCsl for this
mournful TRAGEDY are further heightened
and emphasized by the fact that this .eX-
ulOSiOn WAS not one of a series of dis
ssters IN that particular work which
might have thrown discredit and sus-
picion on the general conduct Of it, On
fhe contrary the undertaking of remod-
Cling the whole track system and of re-
building the Grand Central Station had
Gown 10 Monday been prosecuted with
remarkable freedom from serious mis-
haps. TO the great credit OF the corpora
f1an which is doing the work 1t is moi
New-York tribune., 1910-12-21
AT THE WHITE HOOSe'
TFrom The Tribune Bureau.l


u..hi,,,op Dec 9o-The President dis
,,ss.d the imnosition by Germany OF an
import duty on potash at to-day's capins'
o.;,o He snent three hours with toe
Cabinet on Saturday discussing TINS suo-
jcct. 10
Mr. Taft was much pleased when ne
,o.,ned Of the confirmation of Martin a.
Knapp as Judge of the new Commerce
Court and that favorable action had been
taken by the Senate Judiciary Coihihi''e.
tho nominations of C. C. McChord and
B. r. Meyer .-
The Minnesota liouor question was further
discussed at the executive ofhceS to-oaS
-, tho President Governor Eberhart, tue
Secretary of the Interior and the members
=, .,o minnesota delegation in Congress
E,x-c;overnor and Mrs. Myron t. HerricH'
~ ohio were luncheon guests at the White
House Mr.. Herrick and Arthur l. Vorys
discussed Ohio appointments WIN 'iie
dent later in the afternoon
Tho President is devotins all his spare
time To reading the report of the board Oh
army engineers on the reclamation service
Jrn,ess Congress is in session wnen the
President approves the report there VIII
ra po speciaI message on reclamation
Among the White House callers were
Senator's Nelson, Carter. McCumber, Aodse'
Rorah. Purcell and Page; Representative
Nelson. Longworth, Washourn, beiihe''
Moorehead. Kennedy, Smith. OK cahIornia a.
Mcclure. TAYLOR and Humphrey Gehel di
Felix Aznus, of Baltimore; George H. IN
cont Of the University of Minnesota anu
yorin C.. Collins of Chicago. VINO recehuy
resigned as Judge of the Supreme court
oe tho Panama Canal Zone
The President invited NUMBER Oh gen
ators and Representatives TO dinner To-
night to discuss postal subvenfion les'sia-
New-York tribune., 1910-12-21
TIE NEW JlP4NESE TREATY.

The negotiation of q new general
treaty with Japan will mark another
epo.-h in the history of that nation and
OF its relations with the world. The
original treaty of 1854 marked the open
ing of japan TO intercourse and relation
Shins with the rest of the world at 4
time when her domestic affairs were
still and were likely long 10 remain IN
the antiquated condition of centuries
before; and the treaty WAS consequently
framed in accordance with the vast dis
Itarity of constitutional and social Sys-
TENS between the two countries. The
second treaty. in 1894, marked the
emergence Of Japan into complete con-
stitutionalism, though still in an expert
mental stage The island empire was ut
that time hopefully striving to establish
herself as Il peer in the community of
nations. and the treaty was framed with
that end III view
Now experiment has given place 10
achievement IN both peace and war
Japan has vindicated her title 10 place
among the great powers of the world.
She has even entered into an alliance on
equal terms with one of the greatest IF
them Naturally. therefore. she seeks Il
readjustment of her relations with
America. in which there shall be Il sat
isfactory recognition of the assured
progress which she has made and of the
status which she has attained. She
waA treaty between herself and
America as between equals. She is no
longer under tuteiage or tuition. She IS
Il fully developed nation.
The drafting of the treaty will not.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-21
MEMORIAL HoNoRs r. n. JACOBS.

In honor of the memory of the Rev. +.
II. Jacobs who was for eight years superin-
tendent OF the Fulton Street Noon PRAYER
Meeting, at No. 1873 Fulton street, a service
consisting of addresses and songs was held
there yesterday afternoon. The superin-
tendent died on Thanksgiving Day
w. n. Van Steenburgh. chairman of the
church chapel committee of the Collegiate
Church. presided. The Rev. William phil
lips Hail. the business mans evangelist.
was the first speaker. He told OF the great
good Mr. Jacobs had done and described
him as sweet singer. Other speakers
were the Rev. Dr. j. G.. Syderm the Rev
Dr. David j. Burrell and the Rev Dr. E
w. Troy. the evangelist.
and admirer. and said his influence through
both his PREACHING and singing was won
1erful. He said the superintenoient's great
desire Vas To see worldwide evangelism.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-21
PENSIONS AND POPULARITY,

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The communication of w. [. ray
Ior in Your issue of December 13 on the
elastic Pension List informs us that Con-
gress is promptly grinding out, as usual
private pension bills. a recent edltorlal Ill
The Tribune stated that during the iast
three sessions Congress had passed more
than six thousand such bills on the aver
age each session.
One asks: Are our general laws. aIser
opportunity for amendment during forty
five years. still so defective as to require
st,pplementing by thousands of private
bills. or is the golden stream OF sl5o,eoo.ooo
a. year pouring out of the Pension BulidihS
one on which Congressman seek to sail
into popularity and. il may be- fe-eiectloh ::
There is growing reason to suspect tue
latter, and our enormous pension apPfo-
nriation annually is more and more looked
upon by the nation as scandal rather
than as noble appreciation of services
and sacrifices for the country
N l. NJ. BOGERT.
MetI,chen n j., Dec. 10. 1910.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-21
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

At the dinner which will be one of the ell
tertainments arranged by the committee OF
one hundred for the entertainment of the
delegates 10 the twenty-second convention
of the Union of American Hebrew Congre-
cations. on January Is. Jacob II. Schiff viii
act as POSTMASTER and among those who
will speak will be ex-President Roosevelt
Mayor Gaynor Oscar l. Straus the Rev
Dr. David Philipson, of Cincinnati; Judge
Julian W. Mack, Of Chicago. and Judge
Josiah Cohen, of Pittsburg.
.'Oh. mamma look said Tommy. Baby S
grabbed a piece of raw bacon and is tryin
Save it,'' hastily exclaimed the father of
the family 'I-er-meant the baby. OF
course. Maria he added a moment later.
why arc YOU looking at me in that horri-
fed way?"-Chicago Tribune.
DECEMBER TwENTY-FIRST
This is the shortest day of the year,
At least so the almanac states:
But don't put your faith In the almanac
With Christmas right here at your gates.
It's the twenty-fourth day of December, by
heck,
When your last darned dollar is gone,
And you go to bed busted and late to get
up
And rejoice with the children at dawn.
w ]. HAMPTON.
Il want to ask you for bit OF advice .
said the insinuating man
What is it,
Il want YOU to put yourself in my place
and me in yours, and tell me how you
would go about it II you wanted TO borrow
$40 from me. Washington Star.
"A sturdy little boy of six, riding black
yopv uexf n a woman mounted on ho
horse. both seeming to enjoy the exercise
both smiling broadly: that was the way
we saw Queen Maud and Crown Prince
Olaf of Norway at Christiana.' says the
writer of Christmas story. II wish you
little men and women who read this she
continues. could have seen the prince He
were a little round hat pulled over his ears
heavy pea Jacket. kniekerbockers ana
heavy stockings. His blond hair hung over
his face, nearly touching his cute little
turned-up nose, and he looked for all the
world like a lad full of mischief He will
be King some day. and if looks go for
anything his people will love him"
Shivvers.
Yes" replied her husband. II told him
that it was as ccld in our fiat as at the
North Pole
''What did he saw"
''He merely looked superciious and asked
for my proofs. Washington Star.
In 1881 Frenchman. Pierre Ballet. was
reported TO have died in this country near
Chariestown. He was Immediately elevated
70 the rank and dignity of an American
millionaire uncle by all the Baillets Of
France. Inquiries We're at once begun but
according to the Figaro" il was not until
the other day. fifty-three years after the
mans reported demise. that the French
consulate at Chariestown was able to re
port officially that no Pierre Ballet had
ever lived III or near the town. ana that
New-York tribune., 1910-12-21

easy to imagine more complicated, dlf-
ticult and dangerous task than that OF
thus dealing with a huge railroad tern1i-
nal while it continues i'm full operation
have been abandoned for year or two
the work of rebuilding would still have
been of immense magnitude and diff
Guilty. That it has been done with so
little interference with traffic and so few
accidents, while the place has been fire.
auented hy hundreds of trains and tens
Of thousands of passengers daily is
cause for wonder and high commenda-
tion
New-York tribune., 1910-12-21
T4UM-iS I
AND THE
STRINGS.

Absolute proof Of the oil repeated
nemocratic assertions before election
that Murphy. of Tammany. was not
Democratic state boss and never "oulo
be is furnished by authoritative an
no,Incements of the parcelling out of the
more important committee places III the
Legislature. 4 state boss, naturally.
would take the choice bits. Murphy, ID
his modesty. has contented hlmseif Win
Grady rs temporary President OF the
Senate. Frawley as chairman of the Sen
ale Finance Committee AZ Smith as
Assembly leader and chairman of the
WAYS and Means Committee and ]. a.
Foley as chairman of the Assembly
Cities Committee. Il don't want the
pie says Murphy. of Tammany. in fine
self-tlenial Just give me the plums.
Senator Wagner. Independent Tammany-
tie. and Assemblyman Chanier may head
the Judiciary committees. Grady and
Al Smith will merely hold the purse
strings
The alleged eXtrava gance of the Re
puhlicans was one of the important cam
paign issues. Goyernor-elect Dix is
pledged to Il business mans admins
tration'' and rigid economy. Already he
has been represented as being somewhat
more puzzled than he was before elec-
ton as TO where he can begin 10 pare
down the states expenditures. This he
uilderment came upon him before Muir
ply calmly signified his intention of be-
coming the Appropriations committees of
the Legisla ture. Tammany Hall econ
omy as practised in New York City for
several years is we'll known and under
stood. even in the benighted upstate re-
gions where Nr. Dix has spent most #
his life Tammany and the purse strings.
How relieved Mr.. Dix must feel at this
splendid beginning toward carrying out
the Democratic pledges to produce econ
cmy in his administration!
New-York tribune., 1910-12-21
NINE THOUSAND DEER KILLED
Record Season in the Statehood
Prospects for Next Year.

Albany. Dec. 2e.-More deer were shipped
from the Adirondacks by express COM
panies during the 1910 hunting season than
any other year since records have been
kept. except in years when snow hunting
was permitted. according to records re-
ceived by the State Forest. Fish and Game
Commission. In all 2.l5s carcasses of deer.
5S saddles and 1876 heads were shipped.
which, presumably, accounted for total
of 2,346 deer The records do not include
shipments from the CatskilI section. where
a number of deer are killed every year.
Basing the estimate upon the supposition
that only one deer out OF every four killed
is shipped, there were nine Thousand deer
killed i'm the Adirondack section during the
last hunting season. Game protectors re-
port the deer numerous at the close of
the season and the prospects are good for
another seasons sport
New-York tribune., 1910-12-21
P1TERNiL ADVICE.

With a clearneSs of vision born of bis
present disasSociation with active poll
tics Mr.. William James Conners. of
Buffalo. once Democratic state chair
man. is giving advice 10 his fellow
Democrats on the election of United
States Senator. Only such a person
should he permitted, to represent the
democracy at Washington" says Mr..
ConnerS. "aS is free of all complications
land restraints tending TO prevent
whole hearted service of the people of
''thc State of New York and of the coun-
TRY at barge. The election of any other
kind of man. adds the sage of Erie,
would result in Democratic defeat in
''1a12 as complete as the present success
lis glorious.
All of which Mr. Conners sent on IFS
way headed directly for that room in
the Century Building occupied by a
bulky parsonage who until recently had
lis quarters in the Wigwam, 14th street.
All Democratic advice is headed that
way now. and Mr.. Conners. being q sage
instead of q politician. has no question
about the proper destination of advice
for the Democratic party in this state
'Unfettered. honest. capable and
democratic in the true sense Of the
word muses. AIr ConDers for Mr.. Muir
phys benefit. as the hands of the latter
hover over three slips labelled Sheehan.
Cohalan and Shepard And the smile
with which the sage of Erie regards his
dear friend the sage of Tammany is like
unto that of fond hut dutifuI parent
who would punish though il killed him.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-21
AN ODD CASE.

From The Watertown Times.
That Is curious case up in the AdirOn-
dacks. The state has been engaged in try
ing to restore the almost extinct beavers
and for that purpose has planted some
colonies in the Adirondacks and protected
them by rigorous laws against their de-
struction. Now one OF these colonies has
built its dams so as To almost completely
food farm and the farmer can't do any
thing about ii. except perhaps to sue the
state for damages. He cannot destroy the
dam or KIN the animals. which have de-
prived him both OF his property and his
means of livelihood. because of the laws
protecting the beaver. lie can collect
damages. but that doesn't give him back
his farm. 1t raises the question as to
which is the more important the farmer.
or the beaver. and which ought TO have
the more protection. At present the beaver
is doing well.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-21

DR.. Daniel c. Potter may be worthy
person and an entirely fit man for su-
perintendent of the city ambulance SER
vice, but it seems to us that Mr.. Leonard
f. Opdycke takes an entirely proper
position in protesting against his APP
pointmeIt without competition 70 that
position as q. high and recognized" ex-
pert while the results of Investigations
into his past official conduct are kept
secret and when the city Civil Service
Commission is unable to recognize his
high attainments without holding nom
competitive examination to test them,
lust as if he were an ordinary nominee
for ambulance driver. The provision OF
the law allowing the filling Of place
where peculiar and exceptional quail
"ticatio of a scientific. professional or
educational character are required" by
some designated person of high and
recognized attainnents in such quail
ties would hardly appear to apply to
an office for which a non-competitive
examination was appropriate. or to a
person whose qualities were so much in
dispute as are DR.. iPotters, and, in the
OPINION of the Civil Service Commission.
so much in need of testing. Mr., OPP
dycke's plea for delay and more light
ought to be needed.