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New-York tribune., 1910-08-17

crafts. Every worthy work of art nc
CURED is so much capital for the future.
and an enlightened national policy onsh'
to facilitate the building up of pTlSa'e
and public collections of art objects n"l
alone as a means of educating the m'ho'
and fostering ap appreciation of beauty
but as an investment yielding appre
ciable returns in many branches OF III
dustry.
The retention of the duty on art III
the Mckinley and Dingley tariff laws
was due to the mistaken conception tnat
art objects imported by private indlv1d-
uals should be classified as luxllrles.
They are not luxuries in the common
sense. for they minister to the wants OF
those who do not possess them swell
a. to the wants of their fortunate
owners A painting or piece of sculpt-
IRE cannot be enjoyed exclusively by
its possessor 1t does a public WORK
even while it remains in private owner
shin. and the tendency of the times IS
toward the ultimate transfer of indi-
yidual collections to public or semi-pup-
lie associations which hold them as Il
loan or n trust for educational purposes
The notable increase in importauons oi
paintings, sculptures and antiquities il
therefore to be welcomed as justlfylng
the sound policy of treating them no
longer as luxuries properly subject TO
tax. but as a means of universal pleasure
and improvement.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-17
PETERBORO. N. H, CELEBRATsS
To Raise Money for Art Colony O
Mcdowell Estate.

PeterboTo, y. H. Aug 16-An aIIegoficai
review OF PetsrbOro's history with sppfr
pirate lyrics and musical settings. was pre-
scented in a natural outdoor theatre to-cs!
on the estate of the late Edward M3cpoS-
ell, the musical composer. Beginning VII
the first settlement of the town and cen'
tinuinS down tn the present day, epoens u
the towns history were shown. the ehsf
acters taking part being appropriafAl
garbed in the costumes Worn in the -
TiouS periods represented.
Although the sky was gray and ovsrcas
with heavy clouds. no rail fell. and p'
performance was seen by more tAsn
thousand persons. principally tourists am
summer residents. who motored into Fs's'
boro from the surrounding villages Nssls
part in the production. and at one tihlr
chorus of 21S voices occupied the stage
The object OF the performance. Whiea
10 be repeated on Thursday and SathfSI
of this week. is to stimulate interest sass
To raise money for the establishments "a -
art colony on the MacDoweU estate. vac.
during the last six years Of his ~
the composer wrote practically all his ~
sic. Mrs, MacDowen. the compose
widow, was In charge Of the Costunins o.
stage settings. and Professor Georss
Baker. OF Harvard University. had the :
peryision of the dramatic part OF the ~
duCtiOn
New-York tribune., 1910-08-17
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT
fBv Telegraph TO The Tri5une. J


Neuport Aug 16.-CiepTge Won L. Nays-
Secretary Of the Navy. vas one OF TIA
snectators at the tennis tournament a. II.
Casino this morning The rain kept maaY
from attending, but still a large and repre-
sentative social gathering was present
Despite the disagreeabIe weather, thsTs
was another array Of costly gowns
Registered at the Casino to-day ve.s
lanes W. Barney. a guest OF r L. Beck
man: Kenneth p. SehIey. OF Long IsIal
CITY. who is visiting J. Gordon Douglas;
Charles Allen Mum. of New York: Ms:
Robert p Livingston. Miss Laura Living
ston. guests at the Muenchingsr Kin,
cottage r. r. Livingston. William De For.
est. guest OF George l. Rives; Caarlss
NJ. Robinson, a guest Of George 2. De For
est: Fulton Cutting, of New York; y Y.
Niles and Miss EIcanOra Sears, OF B9ssoE.
Miss Lincoln and Mrs. SchOfieId- of Worces.
ter: Mrs. James Potter. of Philadelphia
VINO is visiting Mrs Joseph Hartman T.
J. D. Thayer. OF Philadelphia, a guest Z
Howard s Graham, ir-. and Charles
Chapin, of New York.
The cottagers attended Two dances th1
evening. besides a half dozen dinner parts
Mrs. Payne Whitney and Mr. and M
Newton Adams Mr. and Mrs "hitas
gave a Young peoples dance al the q,
club. following a dinner party for abr
thirty. at their summer home Ar. al
Mrs. Adams took Berger-s Lodge fer tar
entertainment. which was given in homer Z
Miss Marjory Rand. OF New York
Mrs. Joseph E. widener and Mrs. Charts
F. Hoffman were luncheon entertainers tbs
morning. and dinner parties were given ..
night by Mrs. Ellen French Vanderbilt. Ns
Ogden Mills. Mrs. Royal Phelps Cared.
Mrs Oliver Could Jennings and Mrs. Georys
Peabody Wetmore.
Colonel John Jacob Astor sailed for Ss-
York late to-day on the yacht Mona. IL
will return on Friday and will sail on Sat
urday for Bar Harbor.
James J. Van Allen IS planning garden
party at his estate, Wakehurst, on Az
gust -.
Lispenard stewart has gone 10 New Tors
for a few days.
Mrs Hermann Oelrichs - making orist
visit in New York.
j. J. Wysong who has not been N ,hs
best of health. Is reported as not being 50
well.
Jean Du Bois. of Paris. IS a guest OF Mr.
and Mrs Joseph E videner. Miss Mari
Hartman is guest of Mrs. Charles 4
Baldwin and Marshall 3. Kernochan and
Marshall Crane. of New York. are guess
of Mr. and Mrs J. J. Tysong.
+. lie Roy Satter1ee has returned from
New York
New-York tribune., 1910-08-17
BURIAL IN ABBEY DECLINED
Miss Nightingale's Executors Refuse a
Public Funeral.

London. Aug. 16-The executors of the
VIII OF Miss Florence Nightingale. the
Angel OF the Crimea," who died on Satur-
day. definitely declined to-day the offer of A.
public burial in Westminster Abbey. They
consider themselves bound by the terms
or her will, in which she expressed a
wish for a simple private funeral
On account. however. OF the greatness OF
her achievements. a movement was started
III England Immediately after her death
looking to a state funeral and burial in
the Abbey.
Miss Nightingales body will be buried
with the simplest ceremony on Saturday
AFTERNOON at Wellow. Hampshire. where
hef parents lie. A memorial service will
be held at noon in St Paurs Cathedral
at whieh the King VIII be represented
ihere VIII be large gathering of military
men The War Office is arranging the de-
tails of this service
some OF the newspapers have suggested
''a' ''e poaS oe borne through London
on gun carriage to the railway station
10 enable the public to testify to tts re-
sleet Tor the Angel or the Crimea
New-York tribune., 1910-08-17

Won sneak of Yorkshire as though that
were the extreme limit but the biggest fool
I'm Yorkshire pronounces his broad vowels
and the common consonants much the
same as they are given by educated men
in all countries, though he may use A d1a-
Iect of English which sounds absurd 10
those who do not know il IS his natural
cross between modern English and his
own original tongue. He may say "Owd' m
where the Londoner would say Oldham.
but he says tobacco and beer all right
even If he calls them "bacco" and booze.
In Esperanto there are only the big, full
vowels They always in all places have
the same sound. There are not the amaz-
ing distinctions of vowel sounds that in
natural languages are so heartbreaking to
the learner.
1t is amazing to me that YOU can see
no practical purpose in a universal Ian
guage auxiliary TO the local languages.
Consider only the purposes OF the news
paper press. Suppose something TO happen
where there are no correspondents, IN
country whose language You do not know.
hut of which you must have a report.
Would il not be convenience to You II
You could cable to the postmaster and get
back a report YOU could translate. though
you did not know his language or he yours?
You speak of English becoming the uni
Versal tongue Do you not forget how
long it takes TO learn English? Perhaps
you had forgotten that Esperanto is so
simple that it can be learned within a week
by any one. and that its grammar can be
got hold of in less than half an hour
The real obstacle to the progress of Esper-
anto lies in ignorance and indifference.
TO Americans. EDWARD T. TANDY.
New York Aug H. 1910
New-York tribune., 1910-08-17
poole and Social Incident4
-

ringer. on the ideal tour. and Mr.
Mrs. A. A. Jones and a. W. Case. ~ .. a
York. registered at the Hotel wendeu
General Thomas n. Hubbard. wbo !. :
been at the Hotel Aspinwan. has rst,,~-1.
10 New York.
Dewitt Cuyler. H. c. Deming and s,an.-
W. Keith. Of New York. arrived to-dsv !.
the Hotel AspinwsH-
Mr.. and Mrs John Carstensen. WHO
been at the Hotel Asplnwall. have goas =
New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. George r. Canfed s,,.
returned TO Cleveland after short yis,. :,
the Hotel Aspinwaii.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. u. Tanning an5~t.
GreenIeaf sykes. who had been at the f,,,..
tis Hotel. have gone 20 New York
Alexander Sedgvick. president % y,x
Laurel Hill Association, has invited -.
Rev DIR. Samuel McCcrd Crothers. OF E,-
ward. to make the annual address al N.
laurel Hill meeting in Stockbridge in ssr.
tembeT.
Mr.. and Mrs Harold Go1win havs A.
cIded not to occupy their villa IN Lercz
this fall. They will remain At Rosg7a
Long Island
Miss Winnie Trkerman has gone =,
Dapyers to visit Mrs. W g. Euficott
Mr.. and Mrs s J. Watson and Miss
Smith. Of Paterson. y. J.; Mr.. and Mrs
r ". Norris, of New York. and M-s
Charles Morse, Of Boston, are at the Cur-,
Hotel.
Arriving to-day at the Red Lion Inn, Il
stockbridge. were Professor and Mrs. Res.'
or. Hatch, Mrs. NJ s. Schenck and Nsss
T.. NJ. Hickox, Of New York 1
New-York tribune., 1910-08-17
IN THE sERKSHIRES.
fEv TeIesranh to Tha Tribune I

Bv Telegraph to Tha Tribune
Lenox, Aug. ia women's tennis tour
nament at Lee to-day held the interest
of society. The best players of the
Greenock Country Club and the Country
Club of Pittsfeld met on the courts of the
Greenock club. Lee players won the series
before large gallery. Miss Gladys Rob-
bins. of Greenock, defeated Miss Marion
Burbank, of Pittsfeld, and Mrs. Arthur
I.amotte of Greenock. was beaten by Miss
Margaret Carson, OF Ptttsfeld. In the
doubles, Mrs. George Baird and Mrs Van
Trump, of Greenock, beat Miss Jessie
Bishop and Miss Ballard. of Pittsfield. and
Mrs. Van Burnett and Miss Burbank, of
Pittsheld, beat Mrs. Lamotte and Miss
Robbins, Of Greenock-
Mrs Ernest Warrln is entertaining in
Stockbridge Miss Mary Bixby. OF Albion.
n. y.
Mrs. Sidney l.. Smith, Miss Smith, Mr..
and Mrs Charles P. Britton and Mrs w.
G.. Wilson. of New York, are at the Maple
wood. in Pittsfield.
Mrs Philip Schuyler has returned 70
New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis T. Evans, of Law
renee Park; Mr.. and Mrs Charles W. FL
lott. Miss Eleanor Elliott, Mrs. F. F. Ben
ienin. Mrs F. S. Bennett and b ". Cop
New-York tribune., 1910-08-17
PITTSBJRGS SETBACK.

Pittsburg's ambition to take rank
among the five leading American cities
will have to be postponed for another
decade or even longer. The popula don
Just announced by the Census Bureau
for the consolidated city-Allegheny
City having been annexed since 1906
will be Il disappointment to the promot-
erS of the union. who hoped to see the
enlarged municipality push quickly to
the front. Pittsburg's total in 1910 is
;js3. .oO5. an increase of S2,393 over the
Joint population of Pittsburg and Allie
ghenv City in 1900 The percentage of
gain was only 1872. Yet Pittsburg's gain
between 1890 and 1900 was 347 and
Allegheny City's was 23.3 There has
been a decided slackening in growth in
the last decade.
Pittsburg was eleventh in rank among
American cities in 1900. The consolida
ton with its neighbor across the Allie
shenv River will have had the effect of
advancing it to seventh place. enabling
1t 10 jump Cincinnati. San Francisco.
Buffalo and Cleyeland. unless Cleveland
has made an exceptional gain. Cincin-
nati's population in 1910 is 364. .463. San
Francisco's is probably less than 400. 900
and Buffalo viii hardly pass the 10000
mark Cleveland had 3S1. 76S inhabi-
tants in 1900. and has probably now
about 500.O0o Pittsburg hoped to over
take Baltimore at this census But Bal
timore although growing moderately,
had sos .957 inha abtants in 1900 and
must have nearly 100000 now. Boston
and ST. Louis in 1900 had 560.S92 and
523S. respectively.
Both have probah bly, made larger rela-
tive increases than Pittsburg aud ST.
Louis has probably reached the 100000
mark. Pittsburg is a thriving industrial
ceDtre-0ne Of the most active in the
wOrld-but apparently its development as
a commercial and distributing centre has
50 far been slight. 1t may overtake
Baltimore within the next two decades,
but it is not likely to pass either Boston
or ST. Louis unless its activities are
spread over g wider field.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-17
Tile L4M EOR FfLiRLNIE ERS

Certain disturbers OF the peace who
were recently trying 10 stir up civil war
In Honduras. one of whom is ii filibusteT
from the United States-by enphemy.
revoiutionist or soldier or fuTtune-have
surrendered themselves 10 the authorities
Of Guatemala. There seems to be some
uncertainty as to what will or should
be done with them. Perhaps the Cen
tai American trea ties Of December. 1907
will throw light upon the matter
one Of these treaties declares Hon
duras to lie a neutral state and binds
he others 10 respect that neutrality and
iH no case I" violate iIoHduranean ter
rii"i-y. This might logically he inter
prcieh aS pledge not 10 shelter oi
protect those who plot or act against
New-York tribune., 1910-08-17
The HlND OE REACTION

When il WAS Ill over and the "old
guard" had won its customary victory
Mr. Harry W. Mack. member of the
estate committee from the 10Th District
declared. The fight has not even begun"
That assertion is getting 10 have a
familiar. sound. When the ''old guard
refused 10 heed admontions from those
who had the best interests of the party
at heart and elect Il Hughes man as
Republican leader iii the Senate. il WAS
:nnosinced that the fight has not even
begun" Certain movements of bellicoSe
significance thereafter took place. but
they did not go very far. Again, when
the same element rejected the advice of
Colonel Roosevelt and flew in the face
of public opinion by defeating the Cobb
direct primary bill At the extraordinary
session of the Legislature. the confident
assertion was heard that ''the fight has
hot even begun If it is going TO be
begun. is Il not about time that it began? :?
If there is any real intention to make
Il fight To wrest the control of the party
from the element that now possesses it
that intention does not lack excuses The
cabal Of leaders which refused TO make
Mr. Roosevelt temporary chairman of
the ReIalblic:tn State Convention has
demonstrated again that it is Indifferent
to the paT-yS welfare. No issue is in
volved in the personalities Of Colonel
Roosevelt and of Vice-P President Sher-
man. So far as the men themselves
are concerned. Republicans are as we'll
pleased to have Mr.. Sherman Temporary
chairman as they would have been to
Lave Mr.. Roosevelt in that place The
Incident gains its significance solely be-
cause the ''old guard" chose the course
that it adopted in order to emphasize
the fact that it was in perfect control
Of the management and of the fortunes
of the party. 1t wanted 10 show that
its power and prestige were undimin-
iShed. that it was going to make good
its boast that men like Hughes are mere
birds of passage. while the "old guard
is q permanent Institution Messrs.
Barnes. Woodruff and Wadsworth op-
Iosed Colonel Roosevelt because he al
lied himself with the forces of progress
in declaring for direct primaries. and
because. as he says in his statement. pub
liShed this morning. he made ii plain
10 every one that if he were to be the
temporary chairman Of the convention
his keynote speech would be a blow
70 reaction. They are taking no risks
III their reactionary policies.
The empha sis that the Barnes Wood
ruff-Wadsworth element succeeded in
laying upon the fact Of their undis-
turbed control of the party machinery
is full Of danger for the party. and the
issue that they raised in refusing to
make Mr.. Roosevelt temporary chairman.
committed as he is to the Progressive
movement In this state. is even more so.
They were perfectly aware of the dam
age they We're doing, and it is impossi-
hle TO acQuit them of Indifference to
the party's welfare. If this fight which
is always to begin but never begins is
actually started it will have the iustiff-
cation of aiming to save the party or
ganiZation from Il selfish group that
thinks only of its own continuance in
power
New-York tribune., 1910-08-17
CONTRADICTORY.

Senator Joseph W. Bailey's candidacy
for the Democratic Presidential nomina-
tion on the platform of tariff taxes on
all raw materials meets with a hearty
response in North Carolina. The North
Carolina delegation in Congress was
especially active 4 year ago in fighting
reduction Of duties on lumber, in spite
of the declaration Of the Democratic ma
tional platform in favor of putting lum-
Der on the free list. In order to save
lumber the North Carolinians seem to be
willing 10 accept the whole Bailey pro
cramme. which insists Oh the taxati0n
Of hides. coal, iron ore crude india rub
Ter and every other raw material SO long
as duties are retained on a manufact-
ured product into which the raw mate
rial enters The Charlotte Observer
and The Wilmington Star both ap-
piaud the Texas convention. which re-
pudiated the Democratic national plat
form of 1908 and set up as standard
Democratic tariff doctrine the declara-
tions of the Texas state platform Of
1896
The Observer says that Democrats
who still cling TO the theories of the
Mills -CIcveIand-W -WiisOnR Bryan school arc
'doctrinaires II thinks that Southern
Democrats who would vote for free raw
materials or lower duties Oh raw mate
rials don't know enough 10 be intrusted
with the care Of the s uth'S industrial
and agricultural interests. When the
PAYNE tariff law was under considera-
tion q good many Southern Representa-
lives and Senators ceased 10 be doc
trinaires.' They voted against free raw
materials. and their votes prevented the
removal of the duties OH lumber. iron
ore and coal Their constituencies arc
now backing them up III that exhibition
Of insurgency against the Democratic
national platform.
The Democra tic party is talking of
carTying the next House of Representa-
tives on the issue Of tariff revision y
But what is the party's idea of tariff
revision''f In the North and West it
seems TO imply free raw materials and an
approximation to free trade in manu-
factured products. But in the South,
where Baiieyism is spreading, it appar-
emily involves the taxation of all raw
materials and the addition Of compen-
satcry duties to the duties already in
force on manufactured articles the ma
terials for which now come in untaxed.
These two interpretat of Democratic
policy are irreconcilable. Mr.. Bailey's
Texas and North Carolina supporters are
doing public service in showing how
contradictory they are and how little can
lee expected Of a party which would try
10 apply them simultaneously in legfsla-
ton if il should come into power
New-York tribune., 1910-08-17


tions of Nebraska widow. WheE shc %"
his picture rs that of man Wah'cu ~
murder she promptly notified the po"o
and is now clamoring for her share OF ''c
$3.50 reward. And The Baltimore sun
says: Again the injunction, Beware OF
widows, is vindicated''
one of our English residents told tnis
story Of the Prince of wales. now NI,'s
of England, at a recent dinner: ne,'
George and Edward tthe late Duke OF tldr-
enceI were making their tour In the naN!'
on one occasion-sunset or sometnI,s
George went to the hatchway ana Ganed:
Eddie. come up here and sing Goo save
your grandmother 1.-THE Wasp.
Mosquitoes caused a suspension or ser
vices In a Jersey church. but it Is not
stated whether their singing drowned that
of the church choir or the profanity they
caused was more than the preacher could
stand.
The epidemic of cholera in Russia is es-
pecially severe in the coal mining districts
on the Donets River, in the southern part
of the empire, and general exodus of
miners has been the result The govern
Dlent has been appealed to for more siren
uous measures in combating the scourge
in this region, as the output OF coal from
the infected districts has already been re
duced to one-half the usual quantity, and
coal famine is feared if the exodus of
miners is not checked.-MedCal Record.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-17
THE CIGARETTE AGAIN.

The demon rum was subdued by the
pressure of commercial and industrial
necessity far more than by physiological
and moral remOnstrance. We look
back over the long struggle and the tac-
tics of the leaders-the temperance
drama. legal enactments, protests against
wines served at official dinners. We re-
member the fine example set by states
men who let it be known that they
tolerated spirituous liquids for medic
inal purposes only. We recognize
through the whole campaign the power
of the hand that rocks the cradle, even
though it hold no ballot, yet in the end
it was the merchant. the manufacturer
and the worker. recognizing the value
Cf clear heads and steady hands, who
decided the issue Of the campaign.
Now the turn of the cigarette has
come. The war against it is following a
curionsly parallel course: The drama
prohibition by law. physiological and
moral warning. pointedly personal ap-
peal and remonStranCe. Whatever the
influence Of Ten Nights in Bar
room it must be confessed that the
anti-cigarette drama has failed of its
purpose. In vain has the villain
smoked and smoked on the stage
to prove the direct connection be-
tween cigarettes and wichedneSS and
bitter punishment in the last act The
public has failed TO grasp the moral.
Our statesmen have again set good
example. though ii is to ne feared that
n diplomacy they have found the ciga-
rctte an indispensable substitute for the
SDuffbox rs an excuse for a moments de
lay in which to frame prudent answer
10 an emba Ssing question.
The direct. material argument contra.
corresponding to the economic handica p
Of intcmperanCe. has not yet been
brought forward. II is curious 10 learn.
however. from correspondent of THE
london Spectator" resident in the in
terror of China. that the flooding Of that
country with cheap cigarettes and fam
boyant cigarette advertisements adds
10 the danger Of new anti-forcign out
hreak. We have not" he says, found
'the cheap cigarette an aid to the cul-
'tivation Of manly virtues in England.
"The next anti-foreign outburst will be
undoubtedly affected by views formed
'of this cigarette hydra 4 prejudiced
view, perhaps. but a suggestive one.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-17
SIMPLICITY OF ESPERANTO.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Visiting Esperantists will surely
have read with surprise your editorial III
Mondays issue on Esperanto. Ii will with
equal certainty have hurt many to find
that such an editorial could be written at
this date In go-ahead New York. The sug-
gestion that pronunciation is an obstacle
in the path of the adoption of the uni
versal auxiliary language and that how
great and real this difficulty is was proved
I'm the modern use of Latin was unfortu-
nate 1t is one of the most curious won
ders of Esperanto that there is no difficulty
I'm its pronunciation. and that local diff
ferences are so slight as to amount to moth
ing With Latin it was different.
Every schoolboy knows that English
Latinists use a Latin which makes either
Kickero or Sisero of Cicero. while the
Romanist Latinist call IL Chichero Every
high school girl who calls her parents
"payter'' and 'mayter" knows that in
Europe they say ''pahter" and ''mahter"
Who is there who does not know the
story of the English bishop who accosted
a priest in Rome TO inquire his way and
began in what he thought good Latin
Dick my eye, fraytree eat aymeikee cay
ree|' Whereat the priest apoIogized say
ing: MY English, lord is very poor. can
my lord not speak Latin?' For the priest
would have pronounced the bishops words.
Dick michhee' frahtraS ct ameechay
cahray!"
When the study of Latin was revived
there was no standard Of pronuncia ton
ana each country followed it's own sweet
win in pronounctnE the unfortunate Ian
guage az it pleased. As the revival was
largely Protestant. the Italian method
would not he considered, and It did not
amount quite tn q method then. any way
Hut Esperanto began the world over with
definite fixed pronunciation. So broad that
local differences make Uttis nr M, 5ifpc,It,.