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New-York tribune., 1910-02-18

pears to have been regarded at once as
A defect. A year after the commission
took office. in 1899. the Legislature
amended Section 51S so as TO make Tue
last sentence of it read:
The term of office of the commission
ers appointed and existing unoeI ~
aforesaid act shall cease and uete 'aini .ai
on the completion of their "olh' "a
thereupon all papers, documents ana
records in possession OF the Az ~ tre
commissioners shall be delivered " ''0
Commissioner of Water supply
A Job which was TO end In three Yeas
has become one TO end when the "ofh
is done, and the holders OF tle j'p az
10 be the judges of when ii Is .ione
Considerable progress is thus Hade III
one year toward the creatlon oi an 'ih
limited sinecure. Still. there Is one
clear defect-tbe work may ultimately
get itself done. This danger Is opNla'e"
at the next editing. which taxes pace
i'm the charter Of 1901, striking out the
last mart of the first sentence OF Sec
ton 51S of the 1897 charter, reading:
Provided that the commissioners thefe-
"in specified shall not hereafter beglh
"the construction Of any work. except
such as may he properly and neces
"Sarily appurtenant to work the con-
''struction of which has been begun pe-
fore the date upon which this act takes
effect" Now. the commission may De-
gin any work ii likes: its job lasts untli
such work is done, and by the amend
ment of Section 95 it is apparently IRE
movable by the Mayor. A pretty good
sinecure that.
1t is pleasant TO see this elaborate
plot against the contents of the public
crib come to grief ny the turning against
TIE commission Of the very provisions
of the charter so carefully edited in its
interests. Nothing in this act con-
tained.'' says the section relied on for
the perpetuation of the Sinecure, shall
be deemed or construed IL repeal, or in
ANY wise affect. Chapter 49o OF the
Laws of 1888. entitled" etc. cor the
several acts amendatory thereof. There
fore Section % of the charter, relied
upon TO deprive the Mayor Of bis power
of removal. does not repeal or in any
wise affect" Chapter II OF the Laws IT
1895. which gave the Mayor power to
remove Aqueduct commissioners in the
first six months of his term. Neat,
isn't it:
New-York tribune., 1910-02-18
HE'S WITH EN-.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Mrs. Paul Wright has evidently.
Judging by her letter In your columns this
morning, not given much time and atten-
ton TO the study OF modern Industrial con-
ditions. for she says 1T seems as though
the newspapers give too much space TO the
suffrage women-and quite ignore the
homekeepers.
FLORIDA Pier" in "Harper's Weekly of
February 5, says III a woman's place is
In the home it is her business to cease
supporting herself and find a home though
1t necessitates our living with some male
relative whose income does not admit of
dependents. That must be what the antis
wish TO do. for they harp on the home
and refuse the title to all abodes. no mat
ter how charming. if there is no man at
the head"
Now. ] believe the antis are right about
the home being the place for women. but
six million OF them have been deprived of
real homes by industrial conditions. and il
Is TO renstate women in the home that the
ballot is asked for by some II not by all, of
the suffragists.
20 far as "petticoat government goes. we
have more OF 1t under "a system by which
every woman can influence five votes than
we would have under equal suffrage.
HAROLD s HOWARD.
Newburg, \. Y, Feb II. 1919.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-18
KUROPATKIN'S NEW BOOK.
Sensational Disclosures Expected Re
garding Poland and Manchuria.

St Petersburg, Feb. General huropat-
kim who since the end of the Russo-Jap-
anese War has devoted himself almost ex-
clusively to literary labors, is now WORKING
on a new book entitled ''Russia's Military
Problems" In it he discusses the pro
gramme of army reorganization defects
in the upper strata of the army, the all
important questions of the defence OF the
western frontier and the protection or
what is left of Russia's Far Eastern enl-
pire.
General Kuropatkin is known to hold
views on Manchuria and the fortification
of Poland strongly differing from those
held in high military and diplomatic cir
cles and the new book. II is said. will be
only slightly less sensational than the
fourth volume of his history of the Russo
Japanese War. 1t will probably be pub
Iished for circulation only among members
of the general staff and higher administra-
tive spheres with unauthorized foreign
TRANSACTIONS.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-18
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
rrron The Tribune Bureau. !

v-.sbington. Feb 1.-THE President dis
cussed the legislative programme with SEN
ator Lodge.
Tho nersonneI OF the commission OF four
srp,y engineers and one civilian. as pro-
vided in the pending river and harbor bill.
TO report on the proposed waterway be-
tveen the lakes and the Mississippi River.
uas discussed with the President by SEN
ator I,oriner and Representative Madden
Senator Scott told the President that an
,,,,.or,,-ta+io, of s15CO5G0O for buildings to
house the departments OF state. justice
and Commerce and Labor should De IN
cI,ded IN public buildings bill, X one Is
reported at this session.
representative Austin asked a pardon for
Henry Brown, of Hartman, Tenn. VINO is
serving a sentence in the Atlanta prison
for robbing the mails
John ]. Vertrees. counsel for the officials
OF the Department of the Interior talked
With the President for short time
C-barIes c. Overton, of Coney Island.
made an engagement to see the freai1en'
Tomorrow. when he will urge the adoption
of universal Christian fag," with a
white ground and blue centre field IN
which rests a red cross, Tor use III tii0
armies and navies of the world
The BOARD of Indian Commissioners made
a report to the President to-day on us
yvorl, for the last year. The board con-
sisted Of Dr. NJ T. Gates. of washington .
Albert Il. Smiley, Of California; William u
Walker, of New York; Joseph JACOBS, OF
Michigan; Archbishop Ryan and George
yaux. jr., of Philadelphia: Michael ban
min. of New York; ". X. Moorehead. OF
New Hampshire, and the Rev. Sarnuei a.
Eliot of Boston.
The White House callers included me Az
tornev General Senator'S Crane. Scott
Bailey, Warren and Wetmore. Representa-
tives Gillett, Hughes. Foster. Fish, Jamie
son. Shepard. Sperry, Martin and Sirnonds
and Archbishop Ireland.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-18
NTH A FEATHER FROM ITS OWN
WING

For The full enjoyment Of what has
happened 10 the Aqueduct commission
ers 1t is necessary TO know the provisions
Of the cha rter OF 1891 affecting them
and the careful editing those provisions
. underwent before they entered into the
charter OF 1901. The Tribune has al
ready alluded 10 the editing of Section
p5 90 as 10 include the Agueduct Com
mission among the exceptions TO the
Mavor's power of removal But The
amendments 10 Section 51S OF the 1897
charter are much more interesting. as
showing how a sinecure may be kept
alive. Section SIS Of that charter read
as follows:
Nothing in this act contained shall he
deemed or construed TO repeal. or in any
wise affect Chapter 49o Of the Laws OF
1899 entitled An act TO provide new
reservoirs dams and new aqueduct.
with the appurtenances thereto for the
PURPOSE Of supplying the city OF New
Work with an increased supply Of pure
and wholesome water" or the several
acis amendatory thereof. but the said
.act and its amendments shall remain in
full force and effect. provided that the
commissioners therein specified shall not
hereafter begin the construction OF any
new work, except such as may be prop
erlv and necessarily appurtenant 10
work the construction Of which has been
begun before the date upon which this
act takes effect. The term Of office of
the commission appointed and existing
under the aforesaid act shall cease and
determine on the first day Of January,
1901. ard thereupon all papers, docu-
usents and records in possession OF the
Aaueduct Commission shall be delivered
10 the Commissioner of Water supply,
who shall continue ana complete. III me
manner provided by this act, al work
OF every kind and description whatso-
ever left uncompleted by the said COM
mission.
III will be Observed, therefore, that
The law under which Mayor Van Wyck
appointed the commission forbade IL TO
undertake any new Work except such
,as was a necessary part of that already
in process and limited It's life TO Janu-
ary ], 1901. The job gave no promise
tlen Of continuing until 1910. That ap-
New-York tribune., 1910-02-18
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ACADEMY OF MUsIC-eTaminx CT ue
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REf-AsCo-s .eo-Just q Wife
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BRoaDwAYS- -IS-The Jolly Baeaeio'S-
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s-sDNEpy-S: :5o-A Mans Wofio-
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SNrCKEEBoCKER-s- Dollar ffinoe
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LYRICS I5-The city -.x.reriz
MANHATTAN oPERA foo'h
Ru<ticara and Pssiiacci- o,o The
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Passing or the Third Floor Back p,-o
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S-s:fS-Alias Jimmy ,,
TFsFR-Ss:rk-where There's a VIII
VEST ESD-s1s-St. Elmo
New-York tribune., 1910-02-18
PERVERSITY IN THE congo.

There will and should be widespread
regret at the announcement that the
Belgian Chamber of Deputie.; has
passed the Congo budget for the year
without in any way changing the old
system of raising revenue by means Of
compulsory labor. There Will also be
disappointment, since the world had been
led pretty confidently 10 expect the
Enactment of radical reforms in the
Congo. particularly in respect 10 this
very matter.
The system of forced labor is one Of
the worst OF the abuses which have
aroused the Indignation and provoked
the protests of a large part of the civ
iliZed world against the Congo admin
istration. 1t is an evil system. amount
ing practically to human slavery. and il
Ii one of the most prolific sources Of
other evils. such as torture, mutilation
and murder The reality of these
abuses has been so abundantly testified
10 that we can no ionger consider it
10 be in question. 1T was hoped that
with the assumption by Belgium of full
responsibility for the Congo administra-
ton these things would cease. Appar-
emily they are TO be continued.
1t will not do 10 pretend that the pro-
tests and demands for reform come
from a single aud prejudiced or inter
ested source. That is not true. They
have come from Germany and from Bel
GUM itself, as well as from Great
Britain and America, and from !aymen
New-York tribune., 1910-02-18

md husiness men, as well as from
Protestant and Catholic missionaries.
Ncr can it be answered ina the cRalh
gang and other abuses exist in other
countries. That may be true. but those
who speak against Congo barharities
speak Just as unhesitatine!y and as
forcibly against barbarites in their own
land. Two wrongs do not make Il right.
and chain gangs in America OF the
corvee in Egypt could not justify sla-
very in the Congo. 1t is a lamentable
thing if the financial interests concerned
in the Congo are sufficiently powerful
to secure governmental countenance for
the continuance of human slavery
New-York tribune., 1910-02-18
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
,Eror, The Tribune Bureau.

fFror1 The Irlcuhe oulUdi-1
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE japanese All
bassador will go TO New York to-morro"
70 meet Baroness Jchida. who has peeH
visiting in Philadelphia and New YORK lot
a week. They will return here on Satur-
day.
The Norwegian legation was gay thIS
afternoon with throng OF diplomats ana
others attending Nine, Guides first tea Oh
the season She will entertain again TO-
morrow from TO . o'clock. and, as on TINS
afternoon. she will be assisted by Nine
de Iagercrantz. wife of the Swedish MIN
ister. and Mrs Fremont Smith The Misses
Guide poured tea
Following her custom. estaohshed Se>
eraI weeks ago, Nine Chang held an after
noon reception to-day, and received num-
her of people from resident and official So
7fetv. Her dauehter-in-law. Nine WV
Chang. assisted by the young daughters OF
the Minister, Miss Lilly Chang and MISS
Alice Chang served tea in Oriental fash
ion. while Miss Emily Tang and Miss
Isabel Tang. who are spending the winter
here. assisted Nine. Chang in the drawing
room
New-York tribune., 1910-02-18
THE ALIEN AT THE BAR.

The complaint of an Italian banker
OF Newark, \. j., before the Conference
of Charities and Corrections of that
state, that foreigners are habituaIly
treated with gross injustice in Amer
lean courts, is the deliberate and
thoughtful expression OF an opinion
which has frequently been heard from
other and less respectable sources. When
criminal, on conviction, resentfully
snarls that the jury was packed or that
the court was unjust to him, his words
are easily discounted under the old rule
of NO man e'er felt the halter draw,
with good opinion of the law" But
when man Of information and char
acter deliberately and formally makes
the charge in n public convention a diff
ferent attitude is demanded.
On the whole. however. the charge
seems TO us unfounded, or at least much
exaggerated although doubtless sincere.
There is no inclination on the part of
courts, and seldom on the part of public
prosecutors, 10 discriminate against
aliens. But we can easily understa nd
how the complaint can be honestIv
though mistakenly made through the
very nature Of the case 1t sometimes
happens that n foreigner suffers unIn-
tended injustice not because he is n
foreigner but because, being foreign
er, he is unable fully 10 understand the
court and to make himself fully and
convlncingly understood to the court
bnd counsel. That is his misfortune but
il is not the courts fault. More fire.
quently, We suppose, a foreigner who is
treated with impartial and entire JUS
New-York tribune., 1910-02-18
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Another entertainments for charity IN
which society is interested Is scheduled fo-
this afternoon. when the musical panto-
mines will he given az The New Theatre
for the benefit of the Music School Settle
r1ent Among those who will take part IN
the affair are Mrs. Harry Payne whitney.
Mrs Archibald s. Alexander, Mrs Sydney
: Breese, Mrs. Richard Stevens Mrs.
lanes h F.ustis. Miss Angelica Brown.
Miss Eleanor Alexander, Miss Gladys
Roosevelt Miss Constance Pratt. Miss Bsa-
rice Pratt. Miss Katharine s Atterbury,
Miss Ruth Draper and Mrs Courtlandr
Dixon Barnes. In addition 10 the partO-
mime of ''E,lektra Pouring Lioatfons az the
Tomb of Agamemnon'' and "Anitra and
Her Handmaidens Dancing for Peer GynJ,'
there will be A solo dance by Miss Rita
sacchetto and a pantomIme Of Jack Fros
IN the Garden OF Midsummer
Henri de Sincay. who is TO NARY Mss
Marie Louise Logan on February g. will
give his farewell bachelor dinner az Del
nonico's on Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs j. Allen Townsend and the
Misses Townsend will sail for Bermuda to-
morrow.
Sir Edgar Speyer is due TO arrive in New
York to-day on board the George Washing
ton. He will make his headquarters at the
St Regis
Mrs Lindley Hoffman Chapin will give
small dance at her house, in West 4sth
street, on March 5. for her daughter, Miss
Katharine Chaplin.
Mrs Francis Dana rVinsIov and her
daughter. Miss Margaret WinsloE. who
sailed for Europe on Wednesday. will re-
turn 10 this country at the end Of nexs
month.
The Friday Evening Roller Skating Club
will meet this evening at the Metropolitan
Rink.
Mrs W Rathbone Bacon gave q dinner
at Sherry's last evening for the Misses
Deering of Chicago Her guests. who were
all young people, were afterward taken u
the Liberty Theatre.
The sewing class which works for ths
Nursery and Child's Hospital will meet this
morning az the home Of Mrs. James J.
Goodwin. in West 5sth street.
Mrs George r Schienelin sives a lunch
con to-day ar her house, in West sd street
Mrs Schuyler y. Warren will give q din
ner this evening at her house, in Lexington
avenue
Mrs. NevboId Edgar has returned 20 town
from Southa mpton, Long Island. where sHe
spent several days.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-18

tice 1maglnes himself 10 no III trea ted
through his unfamiliarity with the Eng
l.sh language and with Amor;oou law.
He does not appreciate the difference
between the laws of America and those
of the Old Country, and when he is
treated here rs he knows he would not
have been treated there he imagines
himself to he i'll treated
Such complaints, we believe, would sell
dom be made If foreigners i'm this coun-
try generally understood that there was
a radical difference between American
and European law, and realized thot here
they were entirely subject to the former
code 100 often many of them seem
to think that they can bring hither. for
use not only the speech and soc;aI c,,s
toms but also the laws of their former
homes. And in this delusion thew ora
actually encouraged, for selfish mr.
poses, by the very men who should
teach them better. Thus in a recent
political campaign in the very CITY in
which resides the banker whom we
have cited the cry Of anti-Americanism
was raised and prominent political lead
ers told audiences of recently natural
ized citizens that they should oppose
and vote to destroy American laws and
substitute therefor the laws and Gus
toms of the Old Country. It was n
wicked and an unpatriotic thing to do
What immigrants need to be taught
above all else is to respect American
laws and to conform to American Gus
toms and institutions. If that were done
instead of the contrary we should hear
fewer complaints about discrimination
against aliens.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-18
THE Talk OF THE DAY.

The cost of living" problem does not
seem to worry people in the mountains of
Tennessee. A report from there declares
that robins are selling at 10 cents a
dozen" Thousands of the robins The
Louisville Courier-JournaF' says gather
in the cedarS TO roost, and hunting par
ties go in the night and capture and kill
them in large numbers. One party caught
$500 birds in one night. One hunter caught
377 birds in one tree It Is estimated that
10000 have been killed within the last
three weeks. 1t is great sport-and the
robins sell for 10 cents dozen. That is
the way in which wild bird life is being
protected in some parts of this great coun-
try
Teacher-W hat did George Washington's
father say when he found young George
had cut down the cherry tree?
Tommy-He gave him a lecture on for
est CONGRATULATIONS News.
THE ULTIMATE CONSUMER
l crave no boundless hoard
or things | can't afford.
No gold gear
No jewels fine.
No lands or kline.
No treasure heaps of anything.
Let but d room or two be mine,
Quite regularly,
And feel carefree,
When ! go home at night,
To meet the smiling face of her:
To hear the kettle sing. the kitten purr;
To know that in the ice chest-padlocked
tight
sirloin steak awaits my appetite.
/ pray not for
Great riches nor
For vast estates and castle halls,
Nor palaces with arrassed walls;
I pray not that
Men tremble at
NV power of place
And lordly sway;
/ wish to say.
With simple grace.
That don banker after gold,
or bronze or silver Old
or pearls or rubies bright,
OR tapestries bedght,
or things IN casks and kegs,
Or wines and cordiaIs suave:
] would he satisfied if / could have
plate OF ham and eggs
JOHN NORTHERN HILLIARD.
.Pa. what is meant by an able speaker
IAN able speaker. my boy is one whose
words come faster than his ideas Detroit
Free Press.
'Oh, that isn't much, when you come
to think IL over. remarked hockey
player in commenting the $4,000 q year
salary voted To President Ban johnson
OF the American League. Some hockey
stars get more than that comparatively. In
the Rentrew Hockey Club. up i'll Canada
New-York tribune., 1910-02-18
A sTAJRWAYs CAPACITY.
80 Tho Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: notice the Interborough Raplo
Transit Railroad Company Is MAKING eA
tensiye changes and Improvements at 'lie
125th street station of the Sixth anu +Niti.Ai
.,a,,,e railroads l understand that. IN
addition to new stairways. the company -
going to place escalators at that point all
of which no doubt will be appreciated ny
the many patrons of that station
R,,+ T think if one of the officials who
authorize these improvements were TO get
on the first express train which leaves 125h
street station at 6 so a. M and get OH al
CHRISTOPHER street. and attempt TO descend
10 the street by the one narrow stairway
at that station, with, usual, one or more
passengers going up the same narrow stair
way. he would be convinced that ne began
the bettermentS at the wrong point
The station at 125th street had four
stairways leading from the street. which
furnished ample accommodations for the
patrons and I never heard any complaint
about lack OF facilities there. but not so at
CHRISTOPHER street where there is much
criticism.
A few mornings ago l was among the
first to get down the stairs, after leaving
the express train above mentioned, which
arrives there about 7: rs, so had an oppor-
tunty TO count the number of persons who
got off at that station 1 counted 1872 peo-
ole from the express, and before all had got
to the street local arrived bringing more
passengers.
There may be good reasons why another
stairway has not been erected here long
time ago but am one of many who would
be glad to see 1t done If possible. I have
been going up and down the Ninth avenue
elevated every day, except holidays for
more than ten years and If you will kindly
give this little hint space in your popular
paper, you will confer a favor on many
readers of The Tribune. w. G.
New York, Feb. Is, 1910.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-18

there Is one player who is paid 5000 sea-
son The season is orly ten weeks long
and he plays only ten games. \ game
lasts only an hour, so that man gets about
s. minute
DEPENDS ON HIS CONSCIENCE.
DR.. Cooks in Chilli.
England, France, Japan
Did you ever
Ubiquitous n man?
Berlin Bath and Toxic.
Hamburg. Rome and Dover.
BAH these guesses all are wrong.
DIR. Cooks Uncover.
Boston Transcript.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-18
HERO'S SECRET WEDDING.
Popular Athlete of Bowdoin Weds MiSs
Colcord, of This City.
TBv Telegraph to The Tribune.

Brunswick. Me. Feb IA surprise vs.
sprung on Bowdoin College students y
day when they learned OF the nisEiiHo
at Stamford on December 50 OF LanN00N
f. Clark. OF Wilton. Me. a junior a. Do
doin. and Miss Alice Blinn Coie'
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Co'V, -,
of New York. Clark IS a Carnegie me-
hero and won an award OF S2,1e Tor W.
ISM -
The facts OF the marriage only
out when the marriage certificate "As
turned TO the town clerk from tue -
clerk OF Stamford. Clark is one 'l
best known and most popular stuoe"'1 "A
Bowdoin. playing on the varsity eleven
being captain OF mis- class baSeoaH i''-'
New-York tribune., 1910-02-18

An aged citizen of New Jersey whose
death was recorded yesterday was known
as the first inventor of a moving side
walk and as pioneer in the manu-
facture of American wines, but we are
not sure that his best title to grateful
remembrance was not his changing of
the name of his home town from Acauac-
kanonk-or something to that effect-to
New-York tribune., 1910-02-18
GREEK DEPUTIES MEET.
President Urges Cooperation in shs
Work of Popular Reform.

Athens, Feb. 1.-THE Chamber OF Depu-
ties met in extraordinary session to-day
Former Minister General Tsamados was
elected president. He expressed the hope
that all would cooperate earnestly IN ad-
vanCing the work of reform necessary 10
quiet public opinion.
An official statement was issued this az
ternoon denying reports that preparations
were being made for hostiIities between ths
army and navy. and that foreisn warsnips
contemplated bombardins the Pir9us