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PAYING TO SING.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: l noticed an account in Yesterdays
Tribune of the formation of the MacDOwell
Chorus. under the direction of Kurt SChtnd-
Ter. On making inquiries. It appears that
the singing members are asked to pay an
nual dues, the non-professional SIS and the
professional So. l would be obliged if you
would take the opportunity. through the
columns of The Tribune, to explain why
singing members of such chorus are called
upon to pay for the privilege of singing.
Is this usual? What is the practice in
other similar societies. such as the Men
delssohn Glee Club the Musical Art and
the Toronto Choir? OTTO PREGENZA.
New York. May 9. 1910.
1.-THE answer to this question is OBJ
vicus. The MacDowell Chorus has
right to establish the conditions under
which 1t accepts members regardless of
precedent. Mr.. Pregenza is not obliged
to join, but if he Joins he must accept
the conditions of membership. Similar
societies follow various practices in the
matter of dues; some charge high rate.
some nominal rate, and some pay ac-
tive members a nominal or considera BILE
sum. In other words, Mr.. Pregenzas
question why singing members of such
a chorus are called upon to pay for the
privilege of singing" can be answered
simply by the statement that this par
ticular chorus has decided upon this
method-Ed.l
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-22
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
From The Tribune Bureau


Washington, May H-Mry l.. H. Letter
who was 10 arrive here Tomorrow I'm her
special car from Chicago, accompanied by
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Letter. has been de-
tanned in the West, and will not reach here
until Wednesday. They will remain here
for the wedding OF Miss Townsend and
Peter G. Gerry on Thursday. and will then
proceed TO Beverly. where Mrs. Letter Is
building a new summer home
Mr.. and Mrs. Larz Anderson left this
morning on their houseboat ".Roxana'' for
Annapolis. taking with them a party OF
friends. They will remain there for the
graduation exercises and ball. and will
probably go to their summer home in New
England at the end OF the month
Mr.. and Mrs. John King. of New York
who have been the guests of Mr. and Mrs
Clarence Moore for week past, returned
home this morning.
Mrs. John T. Granger was hostess at a
tea this afternoon for her daughter, Mrs
Felix r. Holt. wife of Paynaster Holt
L. s. n. Mrs. Holt, who made her debut
and married in the same season, has been
in the Philippines with her husband and
has just returned here for the summer
Assisting Mrs. Granger were Mrs Arthur
Barnard and Mrs. Thomas Owen, while
among Mrs. Hollis girl friends in the tea
room were Miss Winifred Davis, Miss
Natalie briggs, Miss Kate McCarty and
Miss Dove.
Representative BOutelle and Miss Alice
Boutelle left to-day for Detroit, where the
former will address the Bankers Associa-
tioD and the latter will visit friends. Mrs.
BOuteIle and Miss BOutelle will go TO
Maine early next month to remain until
the close of Congress.
Among the large dinner parties tonight
were those at the home OF Assistant Secre-
tary of State and Mrs. Huntington Wilson
and a party of thirty-two. given at the
Chevy Chase Club by Miss Wetmore.
The ushers selected for the wedding on
June 4 of Miss Grace Bell and Mr. For
tesque are Captain Archibald Butt. John
Barrett. Preston Gibson. Gerald Morgan, Of
New York; William Hit, Gardiner Hub
bard and Julian Ripley
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-22

monthly rate is S6 -. That means 10A
cents trip. or pig cents day, and
rate of a fraction over five mills mile,
provided the passenger travels thirty
days IN the month That is certainly
cheap transportation. on nrst class
railroad. with forty trains a day each
way. Another place is thirty -one miles
out. with q rate of 81 20, which means
1919 cents a trip, or % cents DAY Tor
thirty days, and a rate of traction over
four mills mile, with thirty-five trains
day each way.
Those are certainly low rates. proba-
blv as low ms any in existence. Whether
they are too low TO afford q profit re-
mains to be proved 1t does not cost
much 10 transport travellers when
practically fixed number is to be carried
every day And the roads which carry
most at the lowest rates have an appear
ance of great prosperity, and their year
ly reports and quarterly dividends do not
belle their appearance. 1t must be borne
i'm mind. foo. that low Communication rates
have tended TO the populating of the re-
gions through which the roads run, and
that this, in turn, has brought to the roads
enormous and profitable traffic in non
committing passengers and In freight. 1t
is difficult to avoid the conviction that
the development of large suburban COM
munities with multitudinous commuters
has contributed greatly TO the prosperity
of the railroads, and 1t is not pleasant TO
see a man kick down the ladder up
which he has climbed to success, or a
corporation. either.
The problem is, as we have suggested,
properly TO be solved through the proc
esses Of bookkeeping. But that book
keeping should comprehend not alone the
transportation of the armies Of COM
muters at so much the month or year,
but also the larger transactions which
have come to the roads because Of the
growth of the commuter patronage. We
should be surprised 10 learn that in that
larger sense the commuter business was
even at the lowest rates |
which now anywhere prevail.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-22

is equal TO that of four ordinary passeh-
gers who have to pay full fare. There was
a protest when the conductor entered the
Pullman car in which the youngsters had
section. He admitted that the girl might
be riding on half-fare legitimateiy. but ue-
clared that the railroad company was los
Ing money in hauling Henry for little less
than s. to Portland.
A GREAT CONVENIENCE.
We have found an explanation
That applies to every need.
Ever brain gets relaxation,
From all burden 1t is freed.
IF the climate is erratic
Or we lose a baseball game
We remark in tones emphatic, .
IT'S the comet that's 10 blame
Now the grafters with their folly
And the fiimsy financters
Have forsaken melancholy
Since a new excuse appears.
A dementia marks its orbit
AS it leaves a wake of fame
Men are likely to absorb IL.
It's the comet that's TO bIa1he.
Hail. thou ready explanation,
It's the one tnat has 10 go
If a ks upsetS d nation
Or If Johnny stubs his TOE
Whatsoever the derelictton,
All you do is to exclaim
In tone of grave conviction, 49,
ITS the comet that's to blame! -.
Washington star.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-22
THE COMETS RECORD.

How near the earth came to the eX-
pected passage through the comets tail
may never he known with certainty.
That the head crossed the suns face on
schedule time Is now pretty well es-
tablished. What a few asst Osomers be-
lieve was the tail was seen in the east
two successive mornings after that
event Now. these facts might be recon-
ciled In any one of several ways Instead
of being perfectly straight and pointing
directly away from the sun, the APP
pendage might have been bent backward
considerably Some comets do have
curved tails. There is at least chance
that the train passed under or over the
earth, so 20 speak, without touching
Though the length was estimated at 90
100000 or 25,p1.o00 miles just before
the expected encounter il might sud
denly have diminished enough 10 miss
the mark when swinging past. Finally,
while IA short fanlike projection from
the head was reported from the Carne-
gle Observatory in California on Friday
evening. il is conceivable that the tail
may have completely disappeared for a
time.
For this las; superstition there would
be q plausible reason. On the occasion
of the next previous visit of Halley's
comet to the centre OF the solar system
the appendage, after fully developing,
became invisible for two months. If II
has partly or entirely disappeared again
no surprise should be felt. Why the phe-
nOmenon did not occur before the closest
TO the sun, as ii did in 1879,
instead Of waiting Until several weeks
after that stage Of the journey was
passed, would be puzzle, nc doubt. but
less of one than the phenomenon Of van
fishing from sight so abruptly.
The behavior of Halley's comet dur
ing the last few months has been much
Less eccentric than when Ii was last
watched by astronomers. In 1885 and
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EXPLORATIONS EN- ID.

The North Pole ia ours the South
Pole will no doubt be England's ere long:
the few miles that kept SIT Erhes'
Shackleton from his goal VIII probably NC
covered by his former chief, ConlilaIuei
Scott Tibet has yielded its compara-
lively. unimportant secrets; the rest liie
interior Of Africa, parts of ASIA 'h'
nOrtl: coast Of Australia and stretches Va
South America-all this is mereiy
question of the filing In of outlines. hA.
ploration on the heroic scale is hnisheu
chapter In the history Of mankind.
Thus another field of romance Is closed
to us. It's possibilities have been d"in-
ding through many centuries III quaiits
as well as In extent, and perhaps tue
stay at home. the reader OF the eAplor-
ers' narratives, is the one most deeply
bereft. What pleasures were his III ear
lier years, Of maps marked terra mcoe-
nita," LAND Of the cyclopes' ana ahtnro-
pophagi, Of regions Of fire and Dragons!
Each successive narrative has held less
of the unexpected. the marvellous; ana
the thrill of danger and hardship and
daring has diminished with progressive
knowledge of conditions to be met ana
consequent perfection Of equipment. The
final campaigns for the conquest of the
North Pole were planned and conducted
with the scientific accuracy Of q Moltke
Expectancy of the results of an e1-
ploring expedition has not stood on tiptoe
in many years; 1t has calmly awaited the
return of the traveller In It's easy chair,
because it has been enabled to gauge the
tenor of his report with great accuracy.
Long before Peary reached the pole we
knew what he would find there. To-day,
before the planting of some nations flag
furthest south, we are already familiar
with the surroundings in which 1t will
be flung to the breeze. The last Of the
explorers in the old sense was probably
Captain Cook: he found the men of the
Stone Age still living and at work on
their Jade implements in the Pacific
The hope Of our prehistorians that the
interior Of China might yield a record
Of II not q direct link with the neolithic
age has, we believe, been abandoned.
The future of exploration, both as an
adventurous undertaking and as re-
sultant branch Of literature, is not prom
Using. Interplanetary visits we may we'll
leave in the realm of fiction, where they
have long been familiar.
Our greatest hope at present for some
thing new, for the prolongation Of the
life Of the romance Of exploration, lies in
the statement of no less an authority
than the famous Mr.. Hagenbeck that a
prehistoric monster akin to the diplodO-
Gus and the brontosaurus is still found
alive in the swamp wlldernesses Of
Rhodesfa. No doubt an expedition Will
be sent In search OF this jurassic giant,
whose existence, II found to be true, will
do much for the rehabilitation of the
damaged reputation for veracIty of
many an early traveller, whose discred-
tied tales Of monsters will thus be proved
TO have firm foundation in the fact of
the survival Of early forms OF animal
life long beyond the dura ton Of the geo
logical eras to which science has as
signed them.
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NEW YORK SOCIETY.

King Georges resolve 10 have his corona
ton in October next. instead of year
hence. bids fair TO affect the plans OF New
York society almost as seriously as the
death little over a fortnight ago OF Ed
ward VII; for II will have the result OF TAX
ing TO LOI don In the fall number OF well
known persons from here who are other
wise accustomed to spend the autumn at
their country seats on Long Island in
Westminster County and on he other side
of the Hudson River. Under ordinary cir
cumstances. autumn is the most festive and
agreeable period of the year, and with its
gay house parties. its racing it's horse
shows, etc. has the effect of attracting not
only Americans from all parts of the Union
but also foreigners. who find that IL is the
time most propitiOus for making the ac-
quaintance of New York and OF its people
under favorable conditions This year. how
ever. many OF those who are usually most
active in promoting the success of the fall
suburban season will be away having al
ready announced their intention of leasing
houses or hotel suites in London for the
coronation ceremonies. IL the summer sea-
son In London has been rendered so gloomy
by the deep mourning entaiIe1i by the death
OF Edward VII as to drive all the Amerf-
cans who had arranged to spend the next
few months there home 10 the United States
the coronation in October OF King George
and Queen Mary Will draw them back To-
the British metropolis for the autumn
Two weddings occupy "a conspicuous Mace
on the programme of the week opening to-
dav. Although both of them concern fanI
lies OF note in New York society. VET net
ther will take place in the city The one
that of Peter GOelet Gerry, younger son OF
MIR. ana Mrs. Elbridge T. Gerry. 10 Mis-,
Mathilde Townsend. will be celebrated n,
the home OF her mother Mrs. Richard
Townsend. at Washington, on Thursday
The other wedding. that OF Miss Mary uar-
riman. TO Charles Carey Rumsey. OF New
York and Buffalo. will be soleunIxed on tbs
same dav and at the same hour IN the Iittr.
church at Arden adjoining the country pIacs
OF the brides mother. Mrs F. Henry HART,
man. Owing To the death OF T.. III HART,
man last autumn. the ceremony will he n
very quiet affair, To- which only a few near
relatives and very intimate friends hava
been Invited. 10 will be followed by a Vad-
ding breakfast at Arden House which "a
not vet completed. and where there ara sim
several hundred men at work on the Mac.
carrying out the plans of Mr. Hartman
Miss Mariana Fuliam. daughter OF Gan
tain William +. Fuiiam, u. g. n, ana Mr.. |
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-22
IN THE BERHSHIRES.
rBv telegraph to The Trfbuns.I

LenOx. May H--LenOX has already -
ceived many Of its early cottaselS
This week Mr.. and Mrs. Robert W Paeer-
son arrived ar Blantyre from California \
salon has been added 10 their summer
home. wherein the curios which have been
collected by Mr. and Mrs. Paterson viii "
stored in glass cases.
Mrs. ]. Frederick Schenck ard her s'st'f'
Mrs. William B. Bacon. have arrived boe
will open their country places Mrs Bacon
has not been at Rock Lawn. her county
place. for several years. but this season.
she will entertain there. Mrs SchencK anu
Miss Aleid Schenck will open their county
place. Valleyhead.
Coming up TO LenOX within a few aSs
will be Mr.. and Mrs. Harris Fahnsstoe~
Mr.. and Mrs. George H Morgan. Mrs JO.'
Sloane and Captain and Mrs. John j
Barnes
Mr.. and Mrs Harley T. Proctor arrive
at the Bishop villa this week Mr.. PToeU
brought stable of thirty-hve horses %
his own and Mrs. Procrer's use.
coaching horses viii often pc seen 90 ''9
roads about Lenox
Mrs. Richard T. Auchmuty is at The ~
mers. having arrived on Wednesday
Mrs. c. a I.amOn, and Mrs james -
Jesup have taken apartments at the V1-D'
Hotel
Mrs. Frederick Sturgis has bsen s'9
of Mrs. Frank X Sturgis a. CIp'"
Grange.
Mrs Hamilton Mex. TwombIy and ~
Ruth Twombly. Mr. and Ms. LYMAN Ns-
Dali. Mr.. and Mrs. Jackson Z. ReynO'~
Mrs William II. Macy ID Mr. and
j. Woodward Haven. Miss Kate h@Ns
Mrs. NJ. r. Chase and Miss Chase 81
York. have been at the Curtis Ho's' "'
week
The Hotel Aspinwau will open next
urday for the season New walks
drives have been added 10 the park 800
the hotel Many prominent persons WI :, 1.
10 LenOx from New York 10 spend Men''-
Day.
The Mahkeenac Boat Club Will nave "a
opening next week at the clubhouse
the golf club grounds will be opened toi -
year. William u. sloane has been e'e0'
president of the golf club.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles 5. Rackemann -
Mr.. and Mrs. MinOt Weld. OF Milton
In Lenox this week. d,
Mrs. Redheld Proctor and Miss :"
Proctor. OF Vermont. who are motorins
the Berkshires. arrived this week Al :
Curtis Hotel
Collector William Loeb. jr.. OF Ne" 80 80
motored to Pittsaeld this week. sess'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-22
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
fFrom Tho tribune Bureau. ]

From Tho Tribune Bureau
washington. May 21.-The President oe-
voted his entire morning to discussing
with Senators and Representatives tne
legislative situation The opinion general
Iy expressed was that Congress would ao-
journ not later than July 1. The Congress
sional list included Senate Page, Dlck'
Nelson. Lodge. Jones, Stephenson, War
ner. Smith. of Michigan: Scott. Gusgen-
helm. Burkett and Overpan and Repre-
sentatives Gregg. Burleson, Handy, Gill
lespie, Jameson. Campbell. Tawney,
Gaines. O'Gonneil. Reeder. Stephens. Mon
dell, Cooper, of Wisconsin; Rucher. Nc
Call, Dwight, Hinshsw, Austin. Hamilton.
Kendall. Volstead. Davidson. Diekema,
Miller, of Kansas: Nichols. Madison and
Rothermel
Daniel'J. Keefe, Commissioner General
OF immigration, called the President.
The President. accompanied by his broth
er, Charles p. Taft. who arrived at the
White House to-day; General Edwards
and Captain Butt, played golf this after
noon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-22
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The number OF suicides among the stu.
dents in Russian schools has increased to
such an extraordinary extent. says the
"Russische Korrespondenz. that Mr.
Schwartz. the Minister of Education is
making a searching investigation with a
view to ascertaning the cause" The IN
qury will undoubtedly reveal the fact
that tender natures cannot long endure
the harsh and heartless discipline of the
schools and the petty nagging of the police
to which the students are subjected These
are doubtless the causes of many of the
voluntary acts by which the thraldom
comes to an end. The authorities have
endeavored to make people believe that
the young suicides were all children of
misfortune" but the writer thinks that the
public knows the cause.
LOGICALLY DEMONSTRATED.
Women are worth much more than men
can prove IT. too. she said
He smiled q mans ;ndulgent smile
And answered: go ahead
Foa s: IL !: rs Se al i s ms ssis she
bS Se4 sss;o< 6 Ss af !. sasa t0.''
.-6oston Transcript
~ MATHS nsU ~ eaes EoAs." saad .
cow< smpAoVs . "a 2nsttg nupasR sraaI
wAsa shs 49, 49, y ~ huN sthe 60
ousss aAa ~ ssAss - marry Whom
the ~srase1 ~ consumed sxd Ehs pxas-
oner showed kme @ sunapns - man
was reminded OF his pEsd.nk1R aod said,
He is merry still and will be 70 ths end.
for Lustig is the German word for merry
or jolly.
A New Jersey woman wrote to a news
paper the other day that she did not want
the paper any longer. She said she had
been reading II two weeks In order TO un-'
derstand the politics OF this country, and
was utterly unable to do We do not
know what paper II was. but II is certain
~ a poor one If il cannot make politics
plain In two weeSs.-Springfield (Ohio)
News.
A twelve-year-Old lad and younger Sis
ter got the better OF railroad company
when Henry Horrigan and his sister. Helen.
bought half-fare tickets from Seattle to
Portland over the Northern Pacific Henry
weighs 323 pounds, and Helen. eight years
old. weighs 1870 pounds. Both are in the
hslf-fare class. but their combined weight
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-22
AN ENGLISH WoMAN's THANKS.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: May an English woman. through your
columns. render tribute OF gratitude to
Grace Church for the very beautiful ser
vice in honor of King Edward. which was
appreciated to seating capacity, to-day? All
seats were free. books specially printed for
the occasion were supplied, and not even
Il collection was taken up. gladly as those
present would have contributed. The ser
vice was 1ignified and impressive. the
music beautiful and appropriate.
The English residents of New York who
were so fortunate as to attend owe a debt
of gratitude to clergy. vestry officers and
choir which can never be paid.
FRANCES HARMER
New York, May 20. 1910.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-22
IN THE CABINET.
From The Tribune Bureau.

Washington. May 21--The Attorney Gen
eral has returned to the capital from a
short visit to Philadelphia He and Mrs
Wickersham will have as guests near the
end of this month the brother-in-Iaw and
sister Of the Attorney General. Lord and
Lady Hadfeld, of England. who are en-
route TO their own country from a years
trip around the world.
The Secretary of War has gone to Saw
age Station. Va, to Join the officers az
tached to the War College now on tour
Of instruction through the battIefeIds Of
the Civil War in Virginia
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-22
Rising CouuCr41ION RATES.


There is much "a liar cutlery against
the threatened raising of communication
rates on suburban railroads. as was TO
lie expected Its justice is a matter to
he determined by mathematical proc
e,Ses. II is natural for men TO object to
:n increase in the cost Of anything, eSpe-
tiallv Of one of the neceSSarieS of life.
Thousands Of people have settled in the
suburbs and have become commuters for
The sake of economy, and they have
.ac5Uned the cost of transportation to
and from the city as fixed ri Il certain
figure If now that figure is arbitrarily
raised their budgets will be disalranged
and IN many cases real hardship viii be
experienced.
II is reported that tie Increase of rates
l. 10 be substantially inform Oh all
roads. Yet existing rates are by no
means uniform. On the contrary. they
vary so much that on some roads the
proposed increase would leave the rates
still lower than they are now without
increase Oh other roads; and the fact
that they are highest where there is least
and lowest where there is most cOmpeti-
iiOn for traffic gives some color TO the
suspicion which is extensively cherished
Ihat the rates are fixed arbitrarily rather
ihan Oh the basis Of reasonable profit
il that suspicion Is unjust. proof 10 the
contrary would do much TO induce the
taking Of a more favorable view Of the
changes now proposed.
II must be conceded that ON some
roads the fares are now very low, if not
sn cow as 10 provoke a question as to
tli"lr profit. Thus, TO certain place the
distance is twenty one miles and the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-22

There will be many who will strongly
dissent from Mr.. Lewis Nixon's theory
that this country should refuse the free
use Of the Panama Canal to other ma
tions on the same terms with itself. It
is true that the canal is costing this
country a large sum, but the policy OF
discrimination which Mr.. Nixon sug-
gests would cost it far more. at least in
reputation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-22
The May Vote parade on Fifth avenue
was lovely 1" not effective.

Digests of the proceedings in the two
smuggling cases decided on Friday in
the federal courts ought 10 be included
in the steamship and other guides for
transatlantic travellers. Those over
thrifty persons who want to save a few
dollars In duties by false declarations
should realize that they may be called
on to give up a few thousands later in
penalties and fines.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-22
He said, further:

If the people Of ward object TO hav-
ing saloon in the ward, i think they
ought TO have right to exclude IL. If
the people OF a town object to having a
saloon in the town. l think they ought 10
have the right TO exclude it. If the people
of county object to having q saloon in
the county, l think they ought to have
the right TO exclude il, and so with the
state and with the nation
These views may be logical and com
mendable from the point OF view of an
enemy of the liquor traffic But are
they JeffeIsOnian or Democratic? 1t
will be interesting TO receive the testi-
mOny Of The Louisville Courer-Jour-
nal" The Houston Post and THE
Nashville American" on that point.