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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-16

soving also that. whatever army we
have should in personnel, discipiie'
CONTINENT. distribution and all the ere
ments of efficiency be maintaihea coii-
stantlv at the highest possible staiiuaio,
To this we may add that the miiltla'
which would serve as the emergency
reserve in case of war and when Is h"t
infreuuently needed as an ad1uhct ~
the constablIlary in time of peace slouiu
be raised 10 the highest degree Oh en-
CHENEY and should be co-ordlnateo d"
as possible with the fesoiai
army. The size of the regular ai ny
which the country needs is matter. 10 pe
determined by expert official Juosiileil.,
entirely without passion or panic anu
there is reason to hope that II VIII thus
be determined. 1t will be borne Ill illno
that IN . country situated as ours Is the
first line of national defence Is the navy,
fbe second IS found in the hAed coast
and harbor fortifcations, and the tiliLo
i the mobile army II it be the dtiio-
aratn Judgment Of men whose lntorhla-
tion and opinion are authoritative una.
the third line should be materially
strengthened that judgment should I'M
doubtedly prevail. but the decisioi'
shonId he based upon the circumstance
OF the development OF the hrst ana sec
ond lines of defence to their greatest
practicable degree of effectiveness.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-16

TO be at the head of the enterprise a
non-pollfical commission whose members
had been nominated To him nv several of
the chief commercial and civic orsaniza-
Tons of the city there was widespread
feeling that at last a great work was
being undertaken in an ideally right
way.
1t is therefore, as we have said. dis
tinctly disappointing, and perhaps to
many discouraging, 10 find that body
from its very beginning the target Of
almost all manner of complaints, crit
cisms and attacks and the suggestion
made ard even urged that ii should be
abolished and replaced by another con-
stituted according TO the old-fashioned
plan of partisan or personal favoritism.
And that, as we have said is equally
true no matter whether the present. and
indeed the former. attacks are or are
not well founded. For if there is cause
for this condemnation OF the Board OF
Water Supply, then we must conclude
That a body constituted in what was
supposed TO be the most enlightened way
has proved as unsatisfactory as one
formed in the old spcilsmen's way: while,
on the other hand, if there is no cause
for it. and If the board-aS we sincerely
trust and as we have supposed-has been
and is doing the good service which was
expected OF it, then we must think that
good work is little appreciated in this
community. even by those III whose he-
| half ii is performed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-16
TJXSemcnfs.
LENY oF MusIc-e-s-The Power Of 'he

AcAIENN Oh MUSIG-2-S-Jhe Power "i 'he
Alb observation-disclosures
Observation-Disclosures
ASTOR-s: 2o-The Aviator.
FELAsCo-S:so-The Concert.
RaJOC-s .2g-The Nest Egg.
BROADWAY -s-Rorleo and Juliet
CARNEGIE TIAI11-e:So-Concert
csSsNo--s-15-Be Came from Mii"auhee'
CIRCLE-S:f5-Alother.
Fills: l5-NaCdevfile
rGLONIAl-2-S-Eau devilie-
&C Dl.sls5In Re Ise Esngea IA. u DO
pAI.v'S-s-30-Bahv Mine
e-stTlRE-s:f5-The Private Secresaiy-
FIFTH AN ENIE-2-s-Na uoeFllle,
IsAlETY-S:15-Get Rich Quick Nsihnsfcro-
sARRE-K-s-so-The Speckieu Band
GLoBE-2-Aiadam N--s-Seph"
HsCSTTT-s-a e-psddy pufard-
YNFRSTIciN' S-2-s-ly-VauoeTine
EERALD soUARE-s:i3-The Girl ano 'he
P.rT9TSos5r;-e-s-The international Cup
Ballet Of Nisgara-The Earthquake
fSuDSoN-s 9o-Nobody's Widow .-.,,.
JOE WEBER s-s .15--Alma. Where DO fon
tANIcK ERBocs1EIs -s-Henry 81 Navarro
IsFCET-N = $50 = The importance az Being
Earnest
I.YFIC-s-Txo Women.
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN-Cement ShoN-
Ma sSTIC-S .so-The Blue Bird
EANEATTsN OPERA HoCSE-2-s-Nauoe-
HA,iNF rT.E,TcIT-S-s :so-The Gamblers,
NFTEoPoITTAN OPERA HoUsE-s--Faust
SFNDFr SSOFsN TALL-S-Weber Trio
NAZFMoT A s-1S-Madame Troubadour
SFH- ANSTERD AM-2:15-Innperiai kusslan
Court Esalla.aika orohestTa-s-lo-siiaai
NEW THEATRE-s:15-Mar aIsgdaiene.
NEw :15-Naushty Marietta. r-,
pEPT RI,fC-S:15-Rebecca q Sunnyhrook arm.
~ALLACK S-s;f5-Setting fohsh
wTST END-s:15-The Fourth Estate
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-16
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
EFrom The Tribune Bureau. J

Washington. Dec. 15.-Emperor Francis
Joseph of Austria has Just bestowed a sin
sularly high distinction on Baroness Hen
gelmuller, wife of the Austrian Ambassa-
dor. He has made her a lady of the palace.
which gives her the highest rank and privi-
leges in the court The baroness is now in
New York with the ambassador and Is re-
ceiving congratulations from hundreds OF
friends. She Is an accomplished woman. and
her great charm OF manner not only makes
her a fit subject for the new distinction but
lends additional interest to her as wife Of
the dean of the diplomatic corps here
The French Ambassador and Mime. Jusse-
rand entertained at dinner tonight Major
General and Mrs. Greedy. Mr. and Mrs
George Haven Putnam and the Misses Put
nam, of New York. and Mrs Arnold
Hague, Arthur Jeffrey Parsons, the French
Counsellor and Mime. Lefevre-Pontalis, the
First French Secretary and Countess de Ia
Rocca and John B. Henderson. jr
The Russian Embassy received favorable
news of the condition of Baron Schlippen-
bach, Russian Consul General at New
York, on the arrival hero tonight of Baron
Rosen. The consul general suffered an at
tack of pleurisy, and grave fears were en-
tertained for his recovery. The ambassador
probably will be able TO sail for Russia on
Saturday.
Prince Nicolas Koudachef, Russian
Counsellor, and, in the absence OF the am
hassador, charge d'affeires, will go TO New
York for the celebration in the Russian
churches Of the Emperor's feast day on
Monday. All the members OF the staff will
accompany him, and the Russian military
attache and his sister. Baroness Elizabe
de Bode. who are expected TO arrive In New
York tomorrow from a leave OF absence.
will remain there for the ceremonies
The Spanish military attacha and Senora
bona Tulsa Drun,en de Jrculla have re-
turned from series of visits
MIR. de Thai, of the Russian Embassy
staff. will sail for his own country on leave
of absence the last of this month
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-16
THE LATEST "W4R SCARE"

There is an imp-like manifestation OF
the peryerSity Of fate in the occurrence
Of thp latest war scare at Washington
simultaneously with the opening OF an
eyceptionally important and hopeful
peace conference and the announcement
OF an entirely unprecedented gift for the
promotion of irenic effort. We should
not. without stronger indications tnan
are now apparent, suspect that there
was any other than a fortuitous con-
nection between the two. We prefer 10
regard the exposition Of our military
weakness and the appeal for better
preparation for possible war as no less
sincere. patriotic and humane than the
protests against militarism and the ap-
peals for peace among the nations But
in that view Of the case there seems TO
be no occasion for Mysteries or excite
ment-as though the Swiss navy were
actually sailing upon Chicago.
It is the tritest of tTuisms that Amer
lea is not a military nation in any such
sense as is Germany or France or the
other armed powers Of Europe. 1t never
has been We trust that it never Will
he. It was a fundamental idea Of our
ancestors in founding this republic that
if never should be The geographical
conditions Of the country appear TO deny
the need Of it, If France had remained
seated in Louisiana and had developed
there an empire comparable with our
own country in size, population and
strength. separated from us ny only the
Mississippi River there might have been
need of guarding that frontier as the
Germans guard the Rhine. But with the
consummation of the Louisiana Pur-
chase Hamilton's scheme of our domino
ton of the continent was so fully real
lied as TO assure lis thereafter perpetual
exemption from the perils OF formid-
able neighbor From that time forward
II WAS reasonable to hope that America
self an armed camp. Nor do we yet see
any convincing evidence that the hope
WAS vain.
II must. of course, be conceded that
The United States needs an army, and
that it should be much larger now than
it was years ago. Granted that il is
always To- be, as we sincerely hope ii
will be. on peace footing, still the
peace force should bear some relation
ship 10 our population and to the ma
tcral interests which are tn he safe
guarded. That is required b. the very
considerations which require the exist
ence of any army 81 all. 1t goes without
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-16
THE PERILS OF S4FETT.

Not long ago there was a disastrous
fire in Newark factory, as a result Of
which twenty women and girls met
horrible death. Yet only a short time
before. we were told, the owner. the ten
ants and the building inspectors scruti-
nized the building and pronounced it
safe. Again, the other day there was an
explosion of gas in Il mine in British
Columbia, and we are assured that only
two days before an official inspector
carefully examined the mine and posted
a written notice to the effect that it was
free from gas and safe
These and numerous other like Incl
dents irresistibly suggest two queries.
Do inspectors inspect? And is safety
safe? We are aware that things some
times happen suddenly and uneXpect-
eddy. a mine In which the air is to-
day as pure as that or the Jungfrau
may in some inscrutable fashion TO-
morrow be as foul and suffocating as the
Black Hole. Such things are possible.
But they are So obviously and inherently
improbable as To- he scarcely entitled 80
a place in Tie reckoning, and the result
is that human credulity II oyertaXed
with the pretension of an Inspector that
he found something quite safe one day
which the next day proved 10 bs scan-
dalously unsafe
IL, however, The incredible was true.
and the work Of these Inspectors was rs
thorough and efficient az il could re
made. then we should be driven 10 the
disquieting conclusion that certiiie>ss
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-16
WATER BOARD CONSTITUTION AND
CONTR0I

The renewed controversy over the con-
srirution and control of the Board Of
Water Supply and the intimation of a
movement for the abolition or radical
transformation Of that body are dis
finctly dtsoouraging, or at least disap-
pointing. 10 those who have cherished
faith in 4 non-partisan and expert adj
ministratiOn Of great public works That
is 70 be said entirely without reference
10 the merits Of the present dispute over
the advertising for bids for the distribu-
zion tunnel. 1t is consideration which
arises from remembrance Of the circum-
stances under which the board in oiIas-
lion WIS originally created and from
comparison Of those circumstances and
the hopes which they aroused with the
subsequent attitude of a large part of
the public ard OF the city government
toward that body.
The law providing for the creation Of
the board was one OF the most carefully
considered in all the history of New
York legislation. II WAS drafted by eX-
perts and WAS deliberately discussed by
ihem and by the public press for weeks
before IT was submitted TO the Legis-
jatUre. 81 Albany every line of il was
thoroughly debated and when at last it
was enacted it WAS supposed to be abonr
rs perfect as any human measure could
he One Of its chief aims WAS To insure
7he performance of the greatest public
work Of its kind in the world under ex-
part direction and with the most COM
plete freedom possible from political ar
other iobl5ery. such rs had diseraced
some preceding operations in the Croton
Valley. and when The Mayor appointed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-16
INSTALL DEAN GILDERSLEEVE
Students at Barnard Den Cap and
Gown to Honor the Occasion.

With the brand new chimes playing a
joyous Christmas carol and the chapel fes-
tive with Christmas green's, Miss Virginia
c. Gildersleeve was installed as dean Of
Barnard College yesterday at noon.
The students all donned cap and gown
IN honor of the event, the faculty-espe-
cially the English faculty. OF which Miss
Gildersleeve has been = member, bursting
with pride-turned ont in force, and Presi-
dent Nicholas Murray Butler came over
from Columbia TO introduce the dean to
the students, by whom she was already
Well known and beloved. They ran in q
body TO receive her and the classic halls
of Barnard resounded with applause. After
her brief speech of greeting the applause
broke forth again Then to the music OF
Fair Barnard" the college hymn. and es-
corted by President Butler and Provost
William Tenney Brewster, the new dean
left the chapel.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-16
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESS Senate Senator Dung,
NJ iowa. made his first speech, opposing
further tariff revision at present -
House: Early adjournment was taken
on account of the death of Representa-
tive Joel Cook, of Pennsylvania.
FOREIGN.-Tha results of the British
elections up 70 last night was a net gain
OF one seat in the House of Commons
Tor the Liberals. = The Canadian
Council of Agriculture, in convention III
Ottawa, formulated demands for reel
lrocjty with the United States. which
will be presented TO the Canadian Pre-
rnier TO-DAY -= Many Turkish Off
Gals were killed and the troops at sew
eral military posts in Syria were anninil-
7l1ed by hands Ct Bedouins-= A dispatch
srcln Picking says the government has
rot Yet come 10 terms with the Ameri-
can syndicate over the proposed loan OF
so afi 600 - General Pine Guerra,
commander in chief OF the Cuban army,
rendered his resignation. but President
Gomez requested its withdrawal ==
he German steamer Palermo was
:. wrecked of the western coast Of Spain
ar0 her five passengers and crew or
nineteen were lost = Dispatches
from Rome say the heavy rainfall has
ceased and conditions due to the floods
ere less serious. The Brazilian
government has sent the sailors who
took Part in the recent n1utinies at Rio
c. Janeiro, TO remote states where they
viii be employed in building highways
and railroads.
DOMESTIC Representative Tawney,
chairman Of The House Appropriations
Committee made bitter attack on the
War Department for its report on UNI
preparedness Tor war: President TAFT
ordered the report withheld from Cow
gress. The American Society for
judicial Settlement of International Dis
I.1tes met in Washington. the principal
address being made by Andrew Carnegie
- The extension of the federal Civil
Service until practically only the Presi-
dent President and Cabinet would
lie exempt was urged at the annual
meeting OF the National Civil Service
Eeform League in Baltimore. ="
Major John r Hanson, president Of the
Central Georgia Railroad, died at his
home IN Atlanta =- Congressman
joel Cook, of Pennsylvania, died at his
home in Philadelphia, from paralysis
CTTY-Stocl.s were dull at small price
changes. 49, Mrs. f. H Hartman
gave Slo0,nF0 TO Yale University TO en-
dow a chair in the Forest Schoo! as
memorial to her husband. 60 The
legislative committee heard testimony
that policyholders in nearby surrounding
territory have been paying 100000 a
wear more FOR fire Insurance than before
THE Suburban Fire Insurance Exchange
was organized. =- Postmaster Nor
gan said about sI2oAo.oOo would he sent
abroad through the New York Postoffice
IN mones- orders this month, establish
ing a new high record - Following
the resignation cf DR. Henry van Dyke
from his chair at Princeton came the re-
fort that he would again become pastor
cf the Brick Presbyterian Church.
THE WEATHER--Indic for to-
day: Fair. The temperature Yesterday:
HIGHEST. f. degrees: lowest. il.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-16

Sinnicus-Borus, that last book of yours
Borus struggling authorl--It ought TO be;
every critic in the land has roasted it,
Chicago Tribune
4 paragraph appeared in this column
some time ago telling Of the predicament
of a man who had promised a small boy
all the Lincoln cents he received in change.
The boy gave strong hints whenever ho
could but despite the mans good inten-
lions the harvest was small, for the Lincoln
penny seemed to have vanished. A CORE
spondent writes from New London, Conn,
that she sympathizes with the boy and to
prove it incIoses three bright cents of the
Lincoln brand. They have been delivered,
to the joy of the boy and the temporary
relief of the man who made rash promise
"A young woman wants to know if she
should marry a youth who calls her
.kiddo'" said the editor of the Heart
.4Ten her" growled the managing, editor,
''to buy pump gun anq leaEh NOW u
shoot" -Birmingham Age-Heraid.
A tourist who visited the old Roslsilde
Cathedral, near Copenhagen. writes: "Of
course we saw the royal column. Livery
visitor is led up to ii and sees the marks
which indicate the height of the royalties
who stood there to be measured At the
top is the mark of Peter the Great-2o2
metres (about feet tnches)-and the
lowest on the list is Christian VII of Den
mark who is credited with only 1.6 metres,
or about 5 feet . inches, just trifie
below the King of Siam. Alexander III OF
Russia, Edward VII of England George
of Greece and d lot more seem to have had
their measures taken against the column.
We were told that when the German Em-
peror was asked to be measured he glanced
at the figures and refused; he would not
stand under Peter the Great. Christian l or
any other tail King. Our guide smiled and
wfnked when he heard the story. but would
not confirm it.
i've got all the heat on said the street.
car conductor to the complaining passen-
Il won't curse my furnace after this"
declared one sufferer.-Buffalo Express.
Speaking of Marguerite Audour, who VIII
receive the Academic des Goncourt prize
ills year for her novel entitled Maria
Claire" The Paris Temps" says: This
writer has lived in a Paris attic. for years
unknown except to q few people. She was
born in the country, where she earned a
living on q farm Then she went to
Bourges and worked at the simplest kind
Of sewing. Ae eighteen she came to Paris
and worked as seamstress. Ten years
ago she became acquainted with jour-
nalist and began to write stories for the
pleasure it gave her. and only after her
sight became so impaired that she could
sew TO more did she endeavor TO sell
her work. The prize-crowned novel was
returned several tines until it was dis
covered by Octave Airbeau, who recog-
Iized its worth and brought it to the
attention OF the academic"
Madam. may I ask you 10 remove your
Eatpin?'
Sir. YOU are rude
Doubtless. madam, doubtless, but the
discomfort of standing in swaying car
with YOUR hatpin through the rim OF my
ear must be my excuse Perhaps my
Is too large anyhow. '-PhiladeIphia Ledger.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-16
NEW YORK FROM The sUsURsA

Indiana is still the centre Of pcPulatioh
but literature seems 20 have shifted EaS.-
ward. All good HooSierS so 20 New YORK
so soon as they set The PriCs.-FhiiadsiPt's
Inquirer.
New York policemen have been ordered y
suppress all unnecessary noises w.,
about the dropping of the Christmas hsns'
Detroit Free Press.
\ New York woman saws that auyeeaf
should be able TO live Sc0sS0 a wear NeSs
u they will be content to i've IN rd1~
Rochester PoSt-EXpTesS.
The per capita debt i'm New York is %
largest OF any city in the country, -
also have -he most expert tax doeee
there. which may be merely = CcincfdShS~
Louisville Post.
There are a. many people in New 1eJs
city to-day as there were in the M..;
country when old John Adams was Fr Sr,,
dent Bat they don't so 10 bed 50 ear"
at mght.-Pittsburg Gazette-Times
Tammany Ia having pretty hard sNess
Mayor Gaynor froZe il out as soon III
got INTO office. and now il has been o,t a
out Still. IL might be worse.-Fhiiaselt"'
Press.
There is some excuse for sky scfapess
IN New York city. for the 6atlG1as Sss
there Is very limited. and indeed m s~s
tofk tity proper il practically ali 49, - IA
20 thsst " any more accommodation !,
had building must be SSyward NJ,s,U
Win Chicago. however. Chicago has gsrlf
or room in which to expand w1thout ..Aa-A
ing structures 20 feet high or theTes0
A'oany knicksrbccker Frsss
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PeopIe and Social I7cfdenfs
v WASHINGTON SOCIETY,",
From The Tribune Burssu.I


Washington Dee. f5.-Niss Helen r,r~
tonight. with her father and mother :.
hosts. but was the guest OF honor a, :
charmingly arranged luncheon or boars
the Mayhower to-day. The officers ard
their wives were hosts for the hitter srai-
and the party Included besides Miss Tar.
Miss Carol Newberry. Miss Carolyn MIR.
ray. Miss Louise Cromwell. Miss Dorothy
Gardner Williams, Miss Olga Roossve,.
Miss Marion Oliver. Miss Ksthsrine len.
nines. Miss Lesendre. Miss Mary Carlisle
Captain Delaney. Lieutenant Commands,
Syr1ington, Lieutenant Commander Butler
Lieutenant Long. Paynlaster Little ana
the following officers of the Nayao~~
Captain and Mrs. Logan. Lieutenan. ana
Mrs Austin Lieutenant Andrews. L,ea-
tenant DowelI, Dr.. Grayson, Ens,xa
Spencer and Ensign Bristol
Captain and Mrs. Walter Mclean vs,a
hosts at a dinuer tonight in compliment -
Mrs. c. t. Jennings. OF Pennsyiv an1a
Mrs. Albert Akin arrived here from Ssx
York to-day for months visit 20 10.
parents, the Attorney General and Ssya
Wickersham. Mr. Akin will Join her h.-.
for short time IN the holidays
Sir Robert and Lady Hadfield have com.
to Washington from New York aud taxsn
a house for the winter.
Among the hosts entertaining dsa-sp
parties tonight were Mrs. +. 3 Moran.
whose young guests danced after d,nsrr:
DR.. and Mrs. Fremont Srr-ith and Rear
Admiral and Mrs. Mcgowan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Gibson sntertatreA
forty guests at supper to-right. following
the presentation Of Mr. Gibsons play az
the BeIasco and an Informal dance fci-
lowed
The California women in Vashfngtc,
held a reception az the New Willard this
afternoon in compliment TO the women OF
the delegation which is Seeking 70 secure
the Panama Exposition for San Francisco.
Mrs Joseph Nckenna, Mrs. Frank P.
Flint, Mrs Oscar LAWYER. Mrs Augustus
r. Fechteler and Mrs. Franklin X Lane
were among the hostessss OF the afternoon.