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New-York tribune., 1910-03-10
EDUCATlON.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Your article In to-days issue on
Education and False Pride points out
what seems a radical defect in our system
of education.
Boys and girls with no heads for mental
advancement are kept idling at their desks
until they are set in habits OF listless de-
pendenco on their parents for everything
The girls do not know how to mend or TO
do useful. helpful work in the household.
and the boys must have some fun away
from home when released from school.
Dress and street or outside display, what
ever brings them into notice, are fostered; +;
Individual abilities of taste and action are
suppressed, instead of developed, and man
ual skill and love Of the soil are looked
down upon.
Education is not book learning. but a
preparation for the needs of life, and many
children who would do credit to themselves
and their community If trained scientifically
TO labor grow up without aims. and un-
healthy. because they have been kept to
books alone.
1t must be remembered that I'm this land
almost no home training is given TO chill
dren who attend public schools.
f. c. MERRITT.
New York March 9, 1910.
New-York tribune., 1910-03-10
SFERDRUP AND COON.

Captain otto Sverdrup, who arrived
il this city yesterday, has more than
one claim on popular interest He was
the navigator of the ship with which
Nansen demonstrated the correctness of
the belief that there was in the Arctic
Ocean, north Of Asia and Europe. n cur
rent setting steadily westward. Nansen
attained his "furthest north" only by
leaving the Fran, which he found was
not taking him so close to the pole as
he had hoped, and resorting to sledges
for several weeks. Without the aid of
an experienced mariner, however. the
famous Norwegian would not have sue
cessfully executed his mission
year or two later Captain Syerdrlp
undertook exploration on his own ac-
count. 1t was his avowed intention 10
go up the west side of Greenland and
survey the north shore of ttat island
The announcement ELECTED protest
from Commander Peary, and change
Of programme followed As Captain
Sverdrup has always insisted that he
meditated no attempt on the pole, he has
felt that there was no reason TO regard
New-York tribune., 1910-03-10
GETS 10000 CLIPPINGS.
Data Relating to Hudson-Fulton Cele-
bration for Library.

The Board of Trustees of the New York
Public Library formally accepted yesterday
q gift of six large volumes of clippings re-
IatiEg to the oson-FultOn celebration.
The volumes are each II by Il inches and
contain about twenty thousand clippings
taken from more than two thousand differ
ent publications in this country, Canada
and every European capital.
The clippings are arranged in chrono-
logical order, beginning with the inception
Of the plan to hold celebration and the
appointment of a commission and ending
with the recent presentation of medals to
foreign rulers by General Stewart L Wood
ford, president of the commission.
DR.. John 5. Billings, director OF the
library. said after announcing the gift that
it was now generally recognized that the
most complete and accurate historical rec
ord of any event was to he found in an eX-
tensive collection Of clippings relating to II.
The trustees voted resolution of thanks
10 Henry Rcmeike. who compiled the vol
umeS.
New-York tribune., 1910-03-10
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
[From The Tribune Bureau.1


Washington. March 9.-The German Am
bassador and Countess Won BernstorT en-
tertained at dirner tonight the Secretary
of the Interior and Mrs. Ballinger, Senator
Warren, the Assistant Secretary of state
and Mrs. Huntington Wilson, the Assistant
Secretary Of the Navy and Mrs. Beekman
Winthrop, Representative and Mrs. Herbert
Parsons, Mrs. John w. Dwight, Miss Helen
Patten. Countess Luise Alexandra Won
Bernstorff. the German counsellor ard
Countess Won Wedel. Baron Hye. Austrian
attache. and Fred W. Carpenter.
The Mexican Ambassador will establish
an almost entirely new staff for the en-
bassy here. Don Luis Ricoy. formerly Sec
retary of the embassy IL London, has been
promoted to first secretary here. and will
arrive soon. SeTor German Buele and
SehOr Armendariz Castillo have also been
appointed TO service here, and will soon
arrive.
The Norwegian Minister and Nine GUIDE
were hosts at an informal dinner party at
the legation tonight.
New-York tribune., 1910-03-10
THE COST OF ~ ACCOHUODA-
TIDA

= The fundamental trouble with New
York Citys finances is the practice OF
pOstponing the collection of taxes until
October j and of financing the city mean-
while on borrowed money. II is this
which is responsible for the large issues
Of revenue bonds and the enormous float
ing debt, whose steady increase Mr.
Prendergast's predecessors in office. and
perhaps also some bond buying reform
ers,'' nave regarded with Indifference: for
the laXity Of the city authorities in the
collection Of taXes-the Controllers
statement puts the amount collected in
fhe year during which they fall due at
only 80 per cent of the totaI-and for
ihat loose financial management which
concealed deficit Of $50 100000 in
the collection of taxes and treated il as
an asset" IL became SO customary for
1lle city Ia meet running expenses out
of borrowed money that il was easier 10
continue borrowing and reborr0wing it
Than 10 make up for a deficit in the col
lection of taxes by an increase in the
Gext years budget.
But the practice Is not only demoraI-
.zing; il is costly. The argument by
wIlicll postponement OF the collection of
faxes until October has been justified
has been that real estate holders had the
nSe Of their money for nine months,
while the city could borrow cheaply for
its needs. AS Il matter OF fact, the city
does not borrow cheaply on It's short
term notes, large amount OF them
being outstanding, as The Tribune has
shown, AT d per cent And even this is
no measure of the present actual cost
OF the system t0 the taxpayer.
In 1909 the interest charges on the
aoating debt amounted TO more Than
SG.0o0OO0, having risen to that amount
from $750.O00 in a decade. The money
TO. pay this interest, of course. has To be
raised by taxation. II the system Of
rcilecting ia October had never been
adopted, practically the whole Of this
sG.0p0,o00 might have been saved. The
New-York tribune., 1910-03-10
Il Dusenents.

ACADEMY OF MUSIC-s:15-The Merry Wldow
ALHAMBRA-2-s-Na
ASToR-S:J5-Seven Days.
ssItLAeCo-s:l5-Just a Vile
sslJOC-s:2o-The Lottery Man
1SkOADWAl-s:l5- Jolly Bachelors.
CARNEGIE HAII-s:i5-Concert
EASINO-S:l5-The Chocolate Soldier.
l-2-S--KaudeVtlle.
cDMEDE-s:30-A Mans World.
COOPER CNION-S-Concert
CRITERION-s: :20-The Bachelors Baby.
DAILY SIS :30-The Inferior Sex.
EDE\ MUSEE-World in Wax
EMPIRES s:l5-Nid-Channoi
GAIETG-s:I5-The Fortune Hunter
s5ARDEN-sl lS-The Rivals
GARRICK-s:3o-The Girl He Couldn't Leave
Behind Him
OBE-S :15-The Old Town.
T-2:30-S:15-The Turning Point.
HAAIMERSTEIN'S 5-S:15-Vaudeville
HERALD SQrARE-S:i5-The Yankee Girl.
HlPPoDROME-2-s--A Trip to Japan; Inside
the Earth; the Ballet of Jewels.
lI pSON SEGA Lucky Star.
IRVING PLACE-s:15-Der Nogelhandler.
NNIckERBOCKER-S Dollar Princess.
.-TBERTN-s-The Arcadians
1.TCEcM-2 .15--S .3o-Mrs Dot.
fFRiC-s:l5-The CITY.
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN-l1 a m. 20 II
D. m.-Sp1rtsman's Show.
NAKINE EILTOTTS THEATRES: :30-The
MENDELSSOHN HALL-3-Concert
METROPOLITAN OPERA HoCSE-s-Fra
Diavolo
NEW AMSTERDAM-s:i5-M X.
NEN THEATRE-::15-S:i5- :i5---A son OF the
People.
STI YyIsSANT-2 .l5-S :I5-Thc Lily
WALLACK'S-s:1 s:15-Alias Jimmy Valentine.
tTERtcR' SSH Where There's VIII.
cFEST FND-S:l5-LeW Dockstaders Minstrels.
New-York tribune., 1910-03-10
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESS. = Senate: Bills were
passed appropriating $12.000,000 for the
erection in Washington of buildings for
the departments of State, Justice and
Commerce and Labor. = House: The
bill appropriating S500.000 for embassy
buildings in foreign countries will not be
allowed 10 come W. again.
FOREIGN. - Nicholas Tschaikovsky
s2yas acquitted at his trial at st. Peters
burg; Nine. Breshkovskaya was convicted
and sentenced TO perpetual exile, but not
TO hard labor. - British naval eSti-
mates for 1910 showed an increase OF
S27.S05000 over the preceding years
figures. - America is unwilling to
advance at Japan's request the negotia-
lions for new treaty, the present con-
Yention not expiring until a year after
slnose made with other powers. -=
The defalcation of ". Duez, liquidatOr Of
church property in France, may reach
81 060. 600 or more. == Mr.. Fairbanks
made a spefCh- at a dinner given in his
honor by the Pilgrims in London, urging
n settlement % international differences
bE arbitration.
DOMESTIC.-By a practically unani-
NOUS vote the Subcommittee of the
House Naval Committee decided against
bestoWlNg any reward upon Commander
Robert L. Peary until he had furnished
further proofs that be had discovered the
North Pole. - The bill to license
Custom House brokers in New York
city was advocated by Collector Loeb
before Il Congressional committee IN
Washington. The funeral Of
Thomas c. PatL former United States
Senator, was held at Owego, y. Y, be-
ang attended by men prominent in ma
tionai and state affairs == The Wood
ruff Barnes combination OF Republican
leaders decided to defy the advice Of
Senator ElihU Root and the wishes of
President Taft and Governor Hughes re-
sarding the election of Senator Hinman
rs temporary president OF the Senate.
CITY.-Stocks closed weak after early
strength. == Purchase by the Stude-
bakers of the 'E. NJ. F. Auto Company,
OF Detroit. through J. p Morgan & Co,
revived rumors OF q gigantic automobile
slTust -= The magistrates OF the Ist
Division held Il meeting and heard the
report OF the committee investigating
the so-called Elder affair" - a
wounded Italian told Judge Rosalsky he
was afraid TO testify against his assail-
ants for fear of being killed by the
Black Hand. -= A life term prisoner
escaped. but his cOmrade was caught
after dash for liberty from Sing Sing.
THE WEATHER.-Indic for to-
DAY: Fair. The temperature yesterday:
highest, 4s degrees; lowest "a.
New-York tribune., 1910-03-10
H1ZTNG AT WEST POINT

In his testimony at Il recent hearing
before the House Committee on Military
Affairs Secretary Dickinson made IL
clear that he was in sympathy with the
movement u treat the problem of haz-
in; at West Point in Il sensible and log
ical manner. Discipline i'll the Military
Academy has been interfered with in the
past by successful appeals TO Congress
10 reinstate cadets expelled for hazing.
The two houses have put themselves i'll
the unreasonable attitude of passing q
drastic law providing the extreme pen
atty of expulsion for all forms Of haZing
and then suspending that law for the
benefit of individual victims on the
ground that the offences committed did
not justify so harsh a punishment. Sym
pathy with cadets paying dearly for
their folly has prevailed in too many
instances, and West Point undergrad
yates inclined TO intimidate or harass
newcomers in that lstitutiOn have got
the unfortunate idea that the penalty
prescribed for hazing was not meant to
be taken seriously
Secretary Dickinson believes that one
vi NSI4N lOAli vi IOE OiltnCeS
Of widely different degrees of gravity is
unfair and will lead to continued scan
dalS like the reinstatement of cadets
who have defed the law With his co.
operation the superintendent of the acad-
emy has drawn up rules defining the
different grades of haZing or semi-haZ-
ing with the intention of applying diff
ferent puniShmentS for different degrees.
As the Secretary pointed out to the
House committee it makes material
difference whether the haZer does or
does not exhibit an intent to humiliate.
injure or degrade his victim, and
whether or not he lays hands on him
OF merely gives him verbal order
The Secretary would make all cases of
haZing i'll which bodily violence is used
punishable by expulsion. He would also
punish in that way all haZerS showing
q malicious intent To humiliate a new
conner by making him do anything ''in-
compatible with his position as a cadet
land gentleman" But he would inf1ict
for milder forms of annoyance suspen-
sion for one year, with reduction to the
next lower class
BY regarding offences which have
hitherto been classed together as hazing
the Secretary and the superintendent Of
the Military Academy are confident that
they can administer far iuster punish
ments for such offences as occur, and
also deprive cadets PEELED from West
Point of any claim to the sympathy OF
Congress ON the ground that they have
been overpunished for n trifing prank
or derelicton. There will be no success
full appeals for reinstatement, the Secre-
tary thinks, under the new system Of
rules, ANA the penalty inflicted under
the present law will fall only on those
whom the government will consider it.
self fortunate to be able TO weed out Of
the military service.
New-York tribune., 1910-03-10
TIE COMFY Island EARE.

The decision of the majority of the
Public Service Commission i'll favor of
the 10-cent fare TO Coney Island will be
criticised by the agitators who have
kept this question alive, but it is diff
cult to avoid the conclusion that it is
fair, in view CT the facts and figures
brought out in the case. Ten cents is
not an excessive charge for carrying
passengers the long distance to the sea-
side, and the profits of the traction COM
panies on their general business are
not so great that they could afford 10
perform this service for five cents.
Those two statements are true at the
present time however the future de-
velOpment of Brooklyn may alter them.
The chief value of the investigation
has been TO bring out the facts. The
cry for a 1ive-cent fare to the seaside
was based largely on the assertion that
the companies We're making excessive
profits Oh Watered stock and could well
afford il. Now the investigation shows
that neither is the stock of the Brooklyn
traction lines heavily Watered nor are
their profits large on Il true valuation.
The expert Of the commission reported
his estimate of the value Of the COM
panles' physical property, and this
proved to be not greatly less than the
total amount of their securities. Since
these securities were issued under
law that permitted the capitalization of
the value of franchises as well as of
physical property, the stock issues were
evidently conservative, according TO the
standards that recently prevailed.
Moreover the profits OF the traction
properties, instead of being excessive,
are rather modest. Using the valuations
Of the commissions expert as basis,
Commissioner McCarroll calculates the
income of the most successful lines to
be only SAG per cent on the value of
the property. From that rate the per-
centage of income drops off grad
ually TO 1.51 and Ito in the case of
two of the smaller companies while
one line actually has Il deficit The aver
age rate of return on the value of the
property appears to be about Z per
cent With these facts before the pub
lie. it seems doubtful if it will be pos
sible to arouse excitement again over
the 10-cent fare to Coney Island.
New-York tribune., 1910-03-10
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
AN ARRAIGNM ENT.
d Edltor of The Trihune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: ApropOs OF the suffragettes IT wouia
be well II the pound of flesh" should De
exacted of them, and that they should give
account for the conditions they nave
brought about.
To them were intrusted the making ana
the rearing of men, and now they turn ana
fling words at them and do many SHY
things to cover them with obloquy Is TINS
constructive ability? To throw earth does
not help in the clearing up process
Brains and powers are sorely needed IN
the economics Of the women's sphere
where freedom of action is gained by free
dom from partisan politics. Lime hght
ladies" who want the platform and the
''simples" who feel that they must be UP 10
date are the two selfish divisions of the
pushers for votes A WOMAN.
New York. March ;. 1910.
New-York tribune., 1910-03-10
a WEDDING.

Miss Isabelle Meredith Dunhan. a--s
ter OF Mrs. Thomas - punham. was 20
ried yesterday afternoon to GeoTge Wln.A :.
Haines at tho home Of her mother, - -,
West 18th street. Only relatives anu =
intimate friends we're present at me -
mony. which was performed by tas ." I,
Percy Stickney Grant. oc the taaiN"
the Ascension. -
The bride, who was given away y ,r
mother, wore gown q whi'e -.
trimmed with chiffon and old rose
lace which belonged 70 her mother -,
veil was of tulle. ana she carried ! 1O~sa 1-,.s.as
OF Hlies-of-tne-valley. Her only Ss.' r,,,.
was Mrs. Charles James Coulter % an
edo, who was In a gown ~ iavsn's ,,,s
broidered chiffon. and wore a hSt u ps.ap
She carried lavender sweetpeas'
Henry Adee was tine best man rsnis
The honeymoon will be spent = ,,sisss
River, ". j.. ON the farm Of John = ,,'-,ss-
the president of the Society for 'ns
ton of Cruelty 10 Animals
New-York tribune., 1910-03-10
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
tr.rnr, &c Trfhune Bureau.l

Wasbin0ton. March 9.-The President de-
voted some time to-day 20 the Ohio pOlit-
Icai situation. conferring In the morning
with Senator Dick, who is candidate for
recollection. and In the afternoon with Sena-
tor Burton
Senator AIdr!ch told the President that
the steering committee had voted to ex-
clude all other measures with the exeep-
tion of appropriation bills until after the
passage OF the administration railroad bill
Mr. Taft told Senator Bradley and Rep
resentatives Langley. Edwards and Ben
nett. of Kentucky, who called with Albert
White. of Louisville. that there was no fault
10 find with the present American Minister
TO Hayti and therefore he would not make
any change in that post. but would try TO
find another place for Mr.. White.
Representative Gardner. OF Massachusetts.
asked the President about his summer
plans. and was told that he was going to
take "a complete rest and. do his best to
avoid speechmakiug. The President said
he had accepted only ono invitation, and
that was to deliver an address 70 thirty
thousand teachers az Cambridge.
Charges have been filed at the White
House against William +. Stone, whose
name was sent to the Senate yesterday
by the President for Collector OF Customs
at Baltimore.
The President will deliver an address at
tho meeting OF the American Tract So
ciety I'm the New lork Avenue Presoy-
terian Church on Sunday. March lS.
Among the White House callers were
Senators Beveridge. Briggs, Bradley. c.,
lInger. Jones, Smith. of Maryland: Page
Nelson and Elkins; Representative Cas-
sidy, who talked about tho police judgeshiI
of the District of Columbia; Representa-
tives Boutell. Hull, Miller, Johnson and
Smith. of Iowa: Collector Loeb. OF New
York. ex-senator Long and Martin y
Knapp.
New-York tribune., 1910-03-10

taxpayers, then, for whose benefit post
ponement Of the payment of taxes was
adopted, are put to an annual expense
of S6o00.000 10y the system and the
abuses that it has brought in its trail.
AS the sum the use of which property
postponement Of the payment of taxes
Is the amount of the tax levy, about
Sl0o,ooo.000, and as S6.OO000O is equiva-
lent 10 the interest on that sum for
nine months at per cent per annum,
i is apparent that the system, with all
the laxness in management on which it
puts premium. has become very cost
ly to those whom it was supposed TO
benefit
New-York tribune., 1910-03-10

him as a rival. Under the circumstances
Captain Sverdrup's decision to explore
Ellesmere Land, instead of Greenland,
must be considered a peculiarly gracious
concession. Perhaps it was uncalled 1or
also. for Nansen. who was lecturing IN
the United States when the dispute was
at its height. declared that Commander
Peary had no prior right to the Green
land route.
In the three years spent in the north
by CAPTAIN Sverdrup on his last Visit
10 the Arctic regions he made surveys
of North Devon and Ellesmere Land
which enabled geographers to fill III
MANY blanks in their charts. This ser
vice was less sensational than the find
ing of the pole, but from strictly
scientific point of view it may have pos
sessed equal value.
IT is curious fact that the route
which Dr. Cook processes to have taken
to the pole lay across Ellesmere Land,
and its feasibility may have been sug-
gested to him by the knowledge that
the west coast OF that tract had recently
been mapped. Probably no one but the
Brooklyn explorer can say how far his
attempt was inspired by Captain Sver-
drup's work. but it is not unreasonable
10 suspect that the hopes OF the one
may have been excited by the achieve
ments of the other. Though Captain
Sverdrup seems TO have lost confidence
in DR.. Cook, his first favorable impress
sionS may have been due TO his famll-
iarity with the region through which
extended the first stage of the journey
that Commander Pcary's rival claims to
have made.
New-York tribune., 1910-03-10

himself much more q worldly politician
than holy incarnation of Gautama
Buddha. The Chinese government has
now, for good reasons, concluded that
it is time to make its authority over
Tibet more effective. So the Dalai
Lama has departed from his shrine, his
capital and his country and the Chinese
government has taken hold Of affairs
at Lhasa with Il strong and practical
hand. Lamaism may continue as re-
ligious force, but temporal sovereignty
will be exercised by the secular govern
ment at Peking. The cycle of Tibetan
mystery and seclusion is fulfilled and
in the new cycle, that country will be-
como as others are.
New-York tribune., 1910-03-10

ing the incident said: 'The h'aii - 49,, 60,
he had gone through the tuoe pS ,aIr
now he wanted TO walk oach' :. 20.
MIN there was no foOtpath anu '''''s g..
used only by the cars. 'Ihal ~. .,,,,o
rangement.' he said And must peopi.
pay every t,n,a even ~ they wish TO walk
Yes, certainly, 7 told him. Then the
great IIudgon tube is not as great as we
thought il vas told him that we would
refer his coronIoint 10 the authorities ana
have it fixed and Inv tho way they thanked
me when they ducked down into the TUBE
again. L really think they believed me-
"Ef profanity did any real good; reaIa eala
IIcle Bben, you could naHdss!S eIington
lss by gettin' a poll parrot. - W es'iii'7 49,
New-York tribune., 1910-03-10
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
IFrom The Trlbune Bureau.

IFrom The Tribune Bureau
Washington. March 9.-1lr- and Mrs.
William Phelps Emo entertained at dinner
tonight the Minister from Sweden and
Nine de Lagercrantz, the Austrian naval
attache and Baroness Preuschen, Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert Wadsworth, Mr.. and Mrs.
Truman II. Newberry. Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Henry Butler. DR.. and Mrs Ere
mont Smith. Mr.. and Mrs. Hennen Jen-
nings, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page,
Mrs. Charles Wood. Mrs. Stanley Mat
thews, Ex-Governor Magoon and Rear Ad-
miral O'Neil
Mrs. William b. Leeds. Of New York
New-York tribune., 1910-03-10
AN ALBERTA CABINET OF TWO.
Attorney General Resigns Post Owing
to Subsidy Question.

Edmonton. Alberta, March 9-As result
of the public discussion OF the waterways
railway subsidy. Attorney General Cross
resigned his Cabinet post late last night.
This leaves Premier Rutherford and Dun
can Marshall the only members of the Cabi-
net. 1t is said that Cross was forced TO
resign by the announcement that W. I'll.
Gushing. who recently resigned. would re-
turn TO the Cabinet.
New-York tribune., 1910-03-10
RECEPTION or ROBERT BACON
Rigid FOrmality To Be Observed d
To-day's Ceremony.

Paris, March 9,-Ambassador Bacon's O.
ficiaI reception. which was delayed By ths
ambassadors troubles caused by the foca.
will take Place tomorrow night The r.
ception will mark the return 70 mn
rigorous application Of the traditional e.
quette of such ceremonies. ard invitations
10 these. which will DC issued after eonsr'
tation with the Foreign Office, viii be cor
fined TO diplomats and official circles. =
recent years some OF the new arhassaao'
and ministers have been inviting rersc1sl
guests to these ceremonies.