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New-York tribune., 1910-01-08
a LIVING EXAMPLE,"

The death of the pastor of the, Brick
Presbyterian Church. yesterday, ended
a life of much sweetness and beauty
and public career of more than ordi-
nary usefulness to the community.
There are probably other ministers in
this city who are better known TO the
general public but it may be doubted
if there is one who has labored more
earnestly or more efficiently to do the
real work of the pastor of a numerous,
needful and eXacting congregation. The
church which was his is one of the his
toric churches Of New York, and it is
one which has not declined with age
but rather has continued TO increase
in numbers and influence, in the variety
and scope of its activities. and therefore
in the demands which it makes upon
It's pastors time and strength. How
well DR. Richards served it. as spiritual
exhorter and guide, as intellectual in
structor, as administrator Of practical
affairs and in the tender and intimate
personal relationships of sympathy and
consolation. cannot be told but must he
deeply realized by those who had the
DIl!llpge OF HSSOcld tlOu Nltu Iiiu
The example Of his life affords what
should be convincing answer TO those
who are quaveringly inquiring how
the churches are to be filed and how
the people arc to be interested in them.
Here was a preacher who sought no
adventitious aids to attract attention,
yet who never lacked a great and
deeply interested congregation. Here
was a pastor who never indulged in
exploits outside the limits of pastoral
duty. vet who never was distressed by
desertions from his parish. Here was
q religious teacher who sought no new
fantasies of faith and who discarded
none of the vital and robust doctrines
of his belief, and yet who never had
occasion to lament the decline of faith
or the failure of Christianity to lay
hold upon the hearts and lives Of men
and women His was a living example
of the way in which to make the
churches prosperous and Christianity
triumphant force III the world; and it
will remain Il living and potent exam
pie in his death as it was in his life.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-08
AZ TO THE TRUSTS.

President Taft's opinion in regard TO
the Sherman antitrust act has under
gone some change in the last year. In
speech made year ago he declared that
modificat ton Of that act would he re-
quired, but he has now come TO the con
clusion that, as defined by the courts in
various cases. it does not interfere with
the legitimate development of business.
He writes:
1t is possible for the owners Of a busi-
ness of manufacturing and selling use
full articles Of mercha ndise so to conduct
their business as not to violate the in
hibitions of the antitrust law and yet
to secure to themselves the benefit of the
economies of management and of pro-
duction due to the concentration under
one control OF large capital and many
plants. II they use no other inducement
than the constant low price of their
product and its good quality to attract
custom, and their business is a profitable
one, they violate no law.
If this is true. certainly 10 amend
ment is required The law should not
bar this country from the advantages to
be gained by industrial concentration,
nor should il permit the great power that
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abused. Mr.. Taft says the Sherman act
meets those requirements. At any rate,
il is perhaps well to wait until the SUI
preme Court has rendered decision
which will be bar TO the benefits of
combination in business before making
any change in law which is being
gradually clarified by judicial decisions.
With regard to the Presidents sug
gestion of a national Incorporation law
for industrial companies opinion will be
slow in forming. The message is neces-
sarily much too general TO permit of the
formation of an intelligent opinion with
out study OF the text of the proposed
law. Such a phrase as protecting them
"Ithe corporationsI from undue inter
terrence by the states, natural and suit
able In a message, is an example Of gem
eral instead of specific language upon
point in which the states will feel vitally
interested. The aim Of federal incorpora.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-08
SANE NAVAL REFORM.

In its January number 1.-The En-
gineering Magazine editorially reviews
Secretary Meyers plan for the reor-
Eanization Of the navy. giving special
prominence 10 its opinions by placing
them ahead of the contributed articles
printed in the same issue. AS will be
remembered by those who recall
short extract from an advance proof
which The Tribune recently used, The
Engineering Magazine" has criticised
Mr. Newberry's progra mme as having
been hastily formed and unfortunate in
the effects which it threatened. On the
other hand. 10 the deiberation with
which Mr.. Meyer has proceeded and 70
the sanity Of the recommendations made
by the Swift board its gives the hearth
est approval.
1.-The Engineering Magazine" lays
stress on the fact that in selecting four
aids who are 70 act in an advisory ca
pacity and who are 10 be members of
the General Board the Secretary makes
no attempt 10 establish q general staff.
These men are clothed with no execu-
tive authority whatever. They are
merely officers who by long experience
and by freedom from the hampering
routine Of other duties will be excep-
tionally qualified to give valuable coun-
sci. Besides, it is understood that the
heads of bureaus viii still have access
10 the head of the department.
washington dispatches TO The Trib-
une indicate that in the House Com
n1jttee on Naval Affairs Secretary
Meyers plan is now being regarded
with more favor than il received at
first Some of the doubts previously
entertained concerning its effects are
disappearing in consequence OF patient
inouiry and intelligent response. For
instance. if is becoming evident that
the constructors will not, as some Of
New-York tribune., 1910-01-08
Amusemenfs.
ACADEMY OF MUsIc-s-s:ls-rhe Easie,

ACADEMY OF MUsIc-2-s:l5-The Easiest
ALlTAMBRA-2-s-vau
ASToR-2:I5-s:ls-se Days
SELASCO-2: :15-S:15-Is Matrimony q Failure
BRoADwAY-a:l5-sa5 a5-The jolly Bachelors.
lsKoOKLyN ACADEMY OF MUsIC-S:15-Con-
cAsINo-2:l5-s:15-The Chocolate Soldier.
.>oMEDY-s :So-Tle Afhnity.
CRITERION o:l5-s:2o-The Bachelor's Baby.
EDEN NUSEE-The World in Wax.
EMPIRE-2:l5-s:1S-Wh Every Woman
e;AITTY%e. -s:I5-The Fortune Hunter.
CTkRRICK-2: :I5-S:i5-Your Humble Servant
rACKFTT- -2:I5-S: :15-Csmeo Kirby.
HAMEERSTEIN'S N'S-2 -s:I5-Naudeviile.
HERALD SoUARE-2:i5-s:lS-o Dutch.
IsIPPoDRoME-2-s-A Trip 10 Japan: In
side the Earth: the Ballet OF Jewels
lsT TDSoN-2 -2:I5-s :ls-Tbe Next or Kan
IRVING PLACE.: :i5--DeT Zugeunerbaron-S:la
Der Floh i'm Ohr.
FRBoCKER-2-s-The Dollar Princess
FBERTY-2:i5-s:I5- Fires Of Fate.
2:2e.s g., :;i9lPeneiope
MADISON SQUARE Automobile
asANHATrAN OPERA a-Thais-s-
efAXfNF FIIroTT's TFEATRE-2: -2:so-s:5o-
TIE Passing Of the Third Floor Back
METROPOLITAN OPERA HoCSE-l;So-"ai-
NATIoNaI. ACADEMY OF 0EsIGN-lo to G.
TO Io-Exhibition. -,
NT-g AMSTERDAM - 2:iS - Sis - The SILVER
NI-W THFATRF7-2: -Don-s :so-I1he Niger
NV ToRK-2:i5-s:i5-The Nan Who owns
Y@2:i5-s:Is-The Commanding oficer.
ST NICHOLAS RINK-s:15-Ice Hockey.
STCYTES -2:f5-s:l5-The LILY
wALLAc'E' S-2;l5--s:l5--A Little Brother OF
wEsER's e:rs-s:is-Tbe Goddess of Liberty
WEST END-s-I5-The Midnight sons
New-York tribune., 1910-01-08

the little Grown Prince. Olaf. he pakes
long ski tours, unaccompan!ed except by
valet and maid. A good portion OF his
popularity. Il is said. Is ascribed TO his
interest and expertness in the national
recreation"
Johnny-The medicine amt so nasty as
TO It.
Mommer--Do you take whole spoonful
every hour?
Johnny-No'm. 1 couldn't find a spoon.
so I'm usin' a fork.-Cleveland Leader
William Seligman. the venerable banker,
who died In Paris on Thursday. was for
many years a conspicuous figure at the
Fourth OF July celebrations in that city,
where he was the dean OF the American
Chamber OF Commerce. A few days before
the celebration In 1905 a member of the
Tribune staff called on him. He was en-
gagged in writing his Fourth of July ad-
dress-actually writing II. refusing the aid
of a stenographer, despite his eighty-thTee
years 'I like this" he said, handing to
the newspaper man a closely written sheet
on which he had marked this paragraph
THE time is approaching when there VIII
exist but one religion, namely. the religion
of justice. truth and charity. having as It's
foundation the Golden Rule" On account
of the death of John Hay the celebration
did not take place. but Mr. Seligman's ad-
dress was printed and circulated by his
admirers.
What's the natter exclaimed Sap
phra with wifely solicitude. You seem
Il am" replied Ananias "I can't help
thinking of the opportunities l miss by
having been born too soon to go out and
lecture as a North Pole discoverer. wash
ington Star.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-08
coMMENDATIoN AND WARNING.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The absence from your columns of
any commentators letters from your sub
tofore locked in official files OF our late
administration places the general public in
a strangely inappreciative position. In So
Der language, devoid OF all sensationalisrn.
you are showing them where the money is
going and where it has gone.
cials sit supine and defer action, because
action might not be looked on with favor
by the corporation concerned. The tax
payers smilingly pay their taXes-and their
railroad fHres-and read publicity agents
statements of the great good that is TO
follow further expenditures of municipal
moneys for railroad improvements.
In the mean while the public official 10
whom we are indebted that this money in
dispute has not yet been spent is out of
Office. uncommended; also another and uu-
regTettably- so, as one who aligned with an
adverse interest. Let a greater public spirit
arouse and commend the one (and the
paper that strayed from local newspaper
routine 70 give the public the facts) TO the
extent that new era may be developed
the era Of non-sensational publicity, In
commentator and warming TO the two
classes of public officials your interesting
researches have developed!
More power 10 your pen,
New YORK. Jan. 8. 1910. TAXPAYER.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-08
ZIONISM.
To the Editor of The Trihl.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: AS one who has been identified with
the Jewish-Palestinian colonization move
ment-and Zionisn, its child-from its start
at the gathering of the best elements OF
continental European Jewry at Kattowitz
Silesia, in 1888. to its climax reached with
the advent and death OF Or. Herzl QSe7-
1000, fully agree with what you have 10
say on the subject OF Zionism in YOUR yes
terday's leader. entitled Not Persuaded. .,
ZioniSm shares the fate OF ell idealist
causes whose official organizations arc
captured h. materialist selr-seekers They
serve tho latter as stepping stones toward
the attainment of their own petty and sor-
did ambitions, and the ensuing demoraliza
tion of such movements. naturally, repeIs
the very elements that have fathered them
and brought them TO life.
You are also perfectly right in disabusinr~
the mind OF your unnamed correspondent
as TO his exaggerated idea of the impor-
tance and popularity OF ZIonism even
among the Jewish masses at present. These
masses instiuctively IL not intelligentlv
feel that there is something rotten in tho
state of official Zionlsm to-day, and there
fore, justly remain Indifferent. if not hoe
tile. In short, Zionism. swayed as n ,s
under its present administration by a mar
cenary materalist spirit, Is bound 10 n,
fast losing its power of moral suasion for
both Jaw and Gentle alike.
The title of your leader, Not Persuaded =,
is indeed very apropos In the premises
ADAM ROSENBERG
New York, Jan. 4, 1910.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-08
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
OPERA UNDER OTHER NAMES.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Kindly give me information in re-
gard to theatrical matters that will enable
me TO obtain some relief from a much dis
puted question.
II a book or novel Is produced on the
stage in the form of a play it is expressed
as dramatized dramatization of a book.
What term will express the same idea
when drama is set to music and produced
opera?
For example, such plays as "Othello,"
La Tosca,' Carmen" and other similar
plays
Can it be expressed as operatication. or as
a musical adaptation, or as operatic
adaptation?
What is the proper term that expresse,
the subject in question?
Kindly let me know as soon as possible.
and oblige, SYLVAN SCTIENTHAL.
Baltimore, Dec. 26, 1909.
IF it were allowable to follow the rule
of construction which has given us such
words as "dramatize" and "dramatiza-
ton" the terms which the correspondent
is looking for would no doubt be opera
tize" and "operatization." Fortunately,
we have been spared such denominations.
correspondent suggests is better than the
words which might be made by rule; and
for this reason: Opera as term indi-
eating play that is sung. is itself an
abbreviation. When the term came into
musical literature 1t was opera in
nnusica," that Is, "a musical work"
Other terms were opera per musIca,"
"a work for music). "scenica per musica"
(scene for music). "regia ed esempio per
musica" (rule and example for music).
drama per musica," "tra gedia per
musica" and "melodramma." Modern
composers. both French and Italian, have
shown disposition to get back to early
designations under the leadership of
Wagner. who invented the term musk
drama" as an equivalent for the German
"Oper." Thus, Verdi called Aida" an
Opera in quattro Atti'; but his "Otello"
he designates as a "Dramma lirico" and
his "Falstaff" as a "Commedia lirica'
Puccini calls "Tosca" a "Melodramma"
and 'Madama Butterfly" a 'Tragedia
Giapponese." Cilea found a long cir
cumlocution necessary to describe his
"Adriana Lecouvreur." 1t is a Com
media dramma di E. Scribe ed E. Le-
gouve, ridotta in quattro Atti per la
scena lirica da A. Colautti, musica di
Francesca Cilea."-Ed.1
New-York tribune., 1910-01-08
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESS-The Senate was not in
session. - House: The Presidents
special message on the interstate COM
rnerce and antitrust laws was received;
the resolution providing for an investi-
cation of the Ballinger- Pinchot contro-
Versy was adopted.
FOREIGN.-A special dispatch from
London says that the activity OF the
British peers has practically ceased, as
The election writs issue on Monday and
after that event they cannot interfere.
- La Barricade," a new play by
Paul Bourset, was produced at the
Vaudeville Theatre, Paris for the first
time; il deals with socialism in its most
violent form. = Karl Hau. formerly
a professor in George Washington Uni
Nersity. Washington, under life SEN
tence for the murder Of his mother-in-
law. made an unsuccessful attempt 70
escape from the prison at Bruchsal
Raden. Germany; his hiding place was
discovered by dog. - France and
Great Britain are still considering Sec
ret3ry knoKs note proposing an eXten-
sion Of the international Prize Court.
Characterization Taft removed
Clifford Pinchot the chief OF the Forest
Service. from office, the cause being the
letter written by Mr.. Pinchot to Senator
Dolliver. - Supreme Court Justice
lie Boeuf notified Attorney General
o'Maliey at Albany that he had ruled
S1at tie Jamaica Water Company, which
was recently involved in a test of the
special franchise tax law, must pay 8
per cent interest on the franchise taxes
from the company for 1907. The
municipal campaign at Boston became
exceeding warm, with charges and
countercharges between the candidates:
ex-Mayor Fitzgerald spoke twenty four
times and James J. Storrow more than a
dozen. - Attorney General O'Malley
At Albany named three deputy attorneys
general.
CITY.-Stocks were active. closing
strong. - Buildings Department en-
pioyes reached the body Of the man who
was buried in q tunnel of his own dig
ging under Ludlow street. - Several
persons were injured when an automo-
bile ran into a streetcar in Central
Park. - The Board of Estimate and
Apportionment took steps looking to an
investigation OF the Catskill water prof.
ect. 1t was announced that the
National Sugar Refining Company and
The Federal company would contest the
governments sS00.0 600 claims - The
Presidents special message was well re-
ceived in Wall Street. - George J.
Could fled a petition in a friendly suit
asking for partition of the Gould es-
tate. -= An order to examine Cleo
fonte CampaIliri before trial was issued
5n the Supreme Court in the suit of
Oscar Hammerstein against Mrs. Clar-
ence II. Mackay.
THE wEATHER.-Indicati for to-
day: Fair. The temperature yesterday:
Highest 80 degrees: lowest, 2S.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-08
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
fFrnm Ths l.rihuns Ruresu- I

fFrom The Tribune Bureau.
Washington. Jan. THE yice-President
left here to-day for Utica TO remain over
Sunday. Mrs. Sherman entertained Il num-
ber of young people at dinner tonight in
compliment to her house guest, Miss Mary
Baker, of Utica. and afterward took them
TO the National Theatre.
The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs
Meyer were the guests of honor at a dinner
tonight with Rear Admiral and Mrs.
Leutze as hosts. To meet them were in
vited the Assistant Secretary of the Navy
and Mrs Beekmsn Winthrop. Captain and
Mrs Mclean. General and Mrs John 4.
Johnston, Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Harlow.
Paymaster General Rogers and Miss
Marion Leutze.
Senator and Mrs. Burrows gave a dinner
tonight, having IS guests the Postmaster
General. the Secretary of the Interior and
Mrs. Ballinger, the British Ambassador
and Mrs. Bryce. Senator and Mrs. Depew,
ex-Justice and Mrs. Brown. Mr. and Mrs
Lar1 Anderson and Mrs. La Crope, Cf
Michigan. who is spending the winter in
Washington.
Mrs. Potter Palmer. who has been the
guest of the Secretary of the Treasury and
Mrs. MacVeagh, has gone to New York
She will return here later for q series OF
visits.
Mrs. Writ Dexter, Of Boston, who has
also been the guest Of the Secretary and
Mrs MacVeagh. has gone to the Arlington
as the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. James NJ.
Clark, OF Chicago who are spending the
winter there.
Colonel and Mrs. Robert Roosevelt enter
tained at dinner tonight for their daush-
ter, Miss Olga Roosevelt. preceding the
small and early dance. Their guests were
Miss Ruth Pilling. Miss Marguerite Bar
hour, Miss Laura Merriam. Miss Hinckley,
Lieutenant Long, Lieutenant Osterhaus,
Lieutenant Palmer and Franklin Ellis.
The small and early dance given at
Rauschers tonight for the debutantes OF
this season was under the direction of Mrs.
Richardson Glover, Mrs. Mclean, Mrs.
James Morris Johnston, Mrs. Robert Chew,
Mrs. Frank 3. Noyes and Mrs. Archibald
Hopkins, chairman of the committee. The
hours for dancing were from 9 TO l O'Clock,
and supper was served early. There were
fifty young girls. including the debutaEtes
of this season, and rs many men were In
Yited by their mothers.
There was a dance at the Washington
Barracks tonight for the officers and their
friends.
Mrs. Charles Mdrlat entertained guests al
luncheon to-day for Mrs. Mccormick Of
New York who is the guest OF Mrs. Stan
ley Matthews.
Mrs. John MCGOWAN entertained fourteen
young people at luncheon to-day. and Mrs.
Nrooman entertained guests at luncheon to
meet Miss Marthsna Harrison.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-08
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Behind candy counter is a great place
TO see things said an observing Young
woman who sells sweets in d downtown
store. THAT man who just went out used
to buy big box of candy every Wednes-
day We know he was engaged by the wav
he bought Then he stayed away two
weeks. We know that was when he got
married Then he came regularly once
every two weeks. but got cheaper candy.
Now he comes once in great while and
takes home the 'oid-fashoned. brol,en,
kind They're all that way. but take lit-
tie fresh start when they become inter
ested in chocolate cigarettes"
AIadge-How do you know she thinks
she's pretty?
Marjorie--She is always suggesting ~
the girls that they have their nirtSreS
taken in a group--Puck.
THE national sport of Norway has never
fiourished II does this year" savs a
writer from Christiania in the ''Hamhur,ar
Nachrichten." The Norwegians are sIu.svs
glad 10 see a foreigner on skis. and tska
pains to explain the sport and to tell os its
advantages as a healthful exercise King
Haakon Is a convert With the Queen and
New-York tribune., 1910-01-08
CLARKE ESTATE TO CHILDREN.

Hackensack, \. J., Jan. The will Of
Dumont Clarke, the New York banker. who
died at his home at Dumont several weeks
ago, was filed for probate in Surrogate Hes
ter's Office to-day. The estate is estimated
a from s2o00ee0 to s3.0oo,e0a.
The will, which is dated May o 1902, pro-
vides that a trust fund shall be created
and the income derived from IL divided
equally among his six children. with the
exception of E. Stanley Clarke. whose wife
shares his portion. The will further pro-
vides that at the end of five years the en-
tire estate shall be divided equally among
the six children. \ Codicil TO the will.
dated January 70. 1909, gives all the house
hold furniture. jewelry, silverware, build
ings. carriages. horses. etc. to Miss
Corinne Clarke, the daughter. She also gets
the use OF the estate for five years NJ.
Stanley Clarke and George V. Case, a SON
in-law, are executors.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-08
lANCHURIAN RAIL
ROADS

The neutraliZing of the Manchurian
railroads. which were built and are now
owned and controlled by alien powers,
would be taking of those controlling
and sometimes contending powers at
their word Both Russia and Japan
have repeatedly and earnestly declared
that they have no ulterior designs of
military strategy in retaining control
of their respective parts of the system.
They want TO protect their pecuniary
investments and also TO guard against
the employment of the roads to their
harm. That is all. We may give them
credit for sincerity. and we must con-
cede that the designs and desires thus
expressed are reasonable and void OF
offence. But it is apparent that the ends
i'll view could probably be reached and
maintained through the plan just
broached more surely and securely
than through continuation of the sys-
tenn of separate and alien ownership
which now prevails. There seems to be
no good reason why the new plan
should not be accepted by the interested
powers
Turning TO the affirmative side. there
are several strong reasons why such
change Of ownership and control is de-
sirable. 1t would remove from the in
ternational relations of the Far East
q potential and menacing source of fric-
ton Already there have been COM
plants of Japanese aggression and in
vidious discrimination on the Japanese
part of the system, and of similar action
by Russia on the Russian part. With
out attempting to determine what
ground in fact there is for these com
plants. it may be observed that it is
practically inevitable that they will be
made from time to time as long as the
present control prevails. If it is not
human nature for the Japanese and
Russian proprietors respectively to
favor their own people-we are in
clined TO think that it is. unconsciously,
If not consciously-it certainly is for
others 10 suspect them of it; and it is
obvious that the practice or even the
suspicion of it must initiate against the
faithful fulfilment of that "open door
policy to which the nations are commit
ted.
Inc proposed arrangement, unueT
which China would become at least the
titular owner of the roads, would also
accord with the wise and rational pol
icy of respect for the sovereignty and
integrity of that empire China has ell
tered, sincerely and earnestly, upon n
new era of constitutional government,
in which equity certainly, and we be-
lieve the general interest of the world
will demand that she shall have the en-
couragement and support of her neigh
bors. She has already reacquired vari-
Gus important concessions and proper
ties which had been granted to foreign
ers. and il is desirable for her own self
respect, that she shall do so as widely
and as generally as possible. There is
probably nothing which would more
confirm her in her sense of sovereignty
or which would more assure her of the
sincerity of the powers in their talk
about respecting her sovereignty and
territorial integrity than to permit her
10 purchase the Manchurian railroads,