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New-York tribune., 1910-02-17
UNIVERSAL UNIVERSITIES.

The act Of Columbia University. fol-
lowing the example of New York Uni
yersity, in establishing departments of
instruction outside the city may con-
ceivably betoken something like an
epoch in the organization. administra-
ton and methods of higher education
in America Several months ago New
York University established in Newark,
\. j., under the immediate direction of
its faculty, classes not only in law and
other professional studies, but also in
the classics and pure sciences, and, in
deed. the general curriculum of the uni
versity. Now Columbia does the same,
organizing classes in practically all the
studies of the curriculum in New Jersey
and suburban New York, with sug-
gestion that in few years the univer-
sity's present enrolment of six thou
sand may be increased 10 sixty tho,i-
sand students.
The significance of this movement is
obvious. particularly If the example thus
set is 10 be widely followed, as was
that of the opening of summer schools It
will mean. in the first place, ii large in
crease in the number of young men and
women who are pursuing collegiate
courses. Moreover great universities
will thus come into competition with
New-York tribune., 1910-02-17
A WEAK SPOT ~ 4 SINECURE.

Nothing else that Mayor GayDor has
done has given New York such genuine
satisfaction as his dismissal of the
Aqueduct Commission and his hitting
upon an ingenious device that holds out
hope Of an end TO this costly sinecure.
Governors and mayors had been recon-
mendiDg in vain for Years the abolition
~ the commission. but it was the favor
tie of both parties in the Legislature.
The hearts of the politicians were warm
toward body that could protract its
existence and needlessly dispense an.
enormous amount of patronage with in
gratiating impartiality.
The commission had itself hedged
about with such safeguards that there
seemed 10 be no help for the city except
through the Legislature. Once there ap-
pears TO have been chance. The
Greater New York charter of 1897
conferred upon the Mayor a power Of
removal broad enough to cover the case
of the AQueduct Commission. The pas
sage of that provision only shows how
fynx-eyed vigilance in the qua arding of
a Sinecure sometimes overlooks lurk-
ing peril. But not long, however, for
the next charter, that of 1901. specially
includes the Aqueduct Commission with
the Board Of Education among the few
exemptions from the Mayors power Ia
remove appointeeS. That exemption in
the charter is still in force Naturally.
the commission felt secure. Mayors
might grumble and governors might i'm
plore. No one but the Legislature could
interfere with its profitable employment,
inventing excuses for its continued exist
ence and what Legislature would wipe
out 100000 d year of bipartisan pat
ronage":
The vulnerable spot on the heel which
the Mayor has discovered appears t. be
the failure of the vigilant commission 10
have repea led the special act of the
Legislature of 1895, passed for Mayor
Strongs benefit. which gives the Mayor
of this city during the first six months
OF his term power tv remove all officials
appointed by the Mayor except certain
Judges. II may be a nice legal question
whether Section % of the charter. In
which the Aqueduct Commission is
named as an exception 10 the Mayors
general power of removal, has not
modified or virtually repealed the act
of 1895. Apparently there is enough
basis for legal fight against their re-
moval by the commissioners just ousted,
and men who have nursed Il job so care
fully as they have will be sure to make
a contest. If the present Legislature
wishes TO produce works meet for re-
pentance it should settle all legal doubts
low and forever by legislaring the sine
cure out of existence.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-17
THE T.tLh Of THE DAY.

4 New York woman just back from
Europe tells this story: At Bad-Nauheim
q physician told her that he had recently
had an American from the Far West
under treatment, who grew better under
his care and was finally told that nothing
more could be done for him. The family
WAS about to depart, when the young
daughter became i'll and the same physi-
clan was called in. After a weeks treat
ment he told the parents that the cbld's
ailment WAS nervousness and nostalgia.
Take her home and she will be all right"
IF she has nostalgia" said the mother.
give me the name Of some European ex-
pert and we will have her cured. / have
no faith in our home physicians"
1T says here that men are goin' ter
wear clothes ter match tn hair this win
ter.
That's goin' ter make it kinder cold fur
III hald-headed fellers. amt it?"-Life
During the recent floods in Paris the
ex-Empress Eugene was a guest at a
hotel from which there is a good view of
the gardens Of the Tuileries. An English
man, who was also stopping there at the
time, writes: There was a general exc
duS when 1t became known that the water
had flooded the lower part of the hotel,
and the old lady was advised to yacate her
apartments but refused to do so. She
made inquiry as to whether the building
WAS in danger of coIIapsng and when re-
assured on that point said that she would
stay. Despite her eighty-four years. she
made trips in the inundated region when
ever she could do SO in a taxicab, accom-
panied only by maid, and when the flood
had subsided left the city for her country
home unknown by the few people who saw
her"
How did they manage TO get such a fine
thum mbpri int of the BURGLAR?
THE house had been painted that day
and be Just couldn't resist the temptation
TO feel of the paint to see if 1t was dry"
Houston Post
The observance of st. Valentines Day
was at time general that the mails
were unusually heavy February Il ana
a few days before. This year. according
to the New York Postoftice authorities,
there was no great increase in the volume
Of business. An official at the General
Postofflce said that he believed the picture
cards had done much toward driving out
the valentines.
80 you wouldn't let Bombazine Bill
sit on the jury that tried the horse thief?''
No" answered Three-Finger Sam. I'VE
do things fair and square in Crimson
Gulch. Bills a good man, but the fact
that he runs the only undertaken busi-
ness in the county couldn't help preju-
dicin' him some agin the defendant"-
washington Star.
In letter from Berlin an American
says: Il called for messenger a few
days ago to take parcel to the home of
friend. Presently there came rap at my
door, and with many a fiirt and dutter In
there stepped a messenger. but not the
kind l looked for. Instead of the 'dienst-
mann whom l had employed on former
occasions the messenger was bright
looking girl about sixteen years old, wear
ing a neat uniform, topped by jaunty
cap. She carried a leather portfolio On
New-York tribune., 1910-02-17
Ht/TNG At WEST POINT

The passage by the Senate of Mr.. du
Points bill dealing with hazing ut the
Military Academy will. if the House of
Representatives approves the Senates
action. relieve situation which has
created good deal of embarrassment
Congress has been annoyed for some
time with applications for reinstatement
made on behalf of cadets dismissed from
the academy for hazing. The plea has
been advanced by the political and per
Sonal friends of the expelled students
that they have been too severely pun
isheti for slight infractionS OF the rule.
Congress has in numerous cases rein
stated cadets who have shown thai they
did not engage in really brutal h3zing
exercises. But in SO doing 1t has been
obliged to nullify the general law which
prescribes expulcion as the penalty for
hazing in any degree, and the un-
fortunate impression has been created
that political and personal influences
have been strong enough To secure i'm
munity for offenders who, though they
may have acted thoughtlessly. We're
warned in advance of the consequences
OF their violations of rigid federal
statute.
Mr. du Points bill seeks to moderate
the drastic character of the present law
and TO leave some latitude in the punish
ment of cadets who engage in one or
another of the practices which are
broadly included in the term hazing. It
substitutes for the exclusive penalty Df
expulsion choice between dismissal
and suspension or some other suitable
form Of discipline for infractions of the
law, and requires the superintendent OF
the academy TO make regulations defin-
ing haZing mUre satisfactorily and al
lotting different penalties for its different
degrees. For hazing in its essentially
brutal and cowardly forms expulsion is
not an excessive penalty, but there is
force in the plea that the punishment
should be adjusted TO tit the quality of
the particular act If law such as
Mr.. du Pont has drawn goes into effect
there will he fewer eXpulsions from the
academy few, if any. successful appeals
TO Congress 10 revoke the sentence, and
less suspicion on the part of the public
that on grounds of favoritism a law in
tended to put an end to a serious abuse
has been capriciUusly suspended or an
nulled
New-York tribune., 1910-02-17
DR.. TREDE4T',S WORK.

Rarely is honor more worthily be-
slowed than was that inspired by the
twenty fifth anniversary of the opening
of DIR. Trudeau's sanatorium in the Adj
rondackS. 1t is difficult fully 10 eSti-
mate the good he has done directly and
indirectly by demonstrating the value OF
the fresh air system of treating con-
sumption. Those whom he has helped
TO restore 10 health in a quarter of Il
century are numbered by the thousand.
Many more have been benefited through
the adoption of his methods by other
physicians in this country and Europe.
To DR.. Trudeau the world is largely in
debted for the discovery that tubercu-
losis is not inevitably incurable-a truth
which few were ready to accept when
he began his pioneer work at Saranac
Lake quarter of century ago.
The discovery of the bacillus of tuber
culosis in 1882 was followed by two
important consequences. \ host of pre-
cautions against infection were logically
suggested, and the possibility of Sc
curing immunity by incubation gave
rise to an entirely new class of expert
ments- DIR. Trudeau quickly realized the
value of a serum which would protect
or cure. or both. Though less boastfui
and confident than Koch, he engaged in
patient and elaborate efforts to perfect
such an agency. In ''The Journal OF
the American Medical Association
about year ago he pointed out and ex-
planned what he then considered the
evident limitations" Of serum treat
meDt. IL, however. inoculation with the
toxin of tubercle germs does not yet
achieve the success which some of its
devotees have expected there is all
the more reason for rejoicing over the
triumphS Of fresh air.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-17
AT THE WHITE HOUSE,
rFrom The Tribune Bur.auI

Washington. Feb. 1s-The President
conferred to-day with Senator Carter. in
charge Of the postal savings bill, and Sem
ator Beveridge. in charge Of the Alaskan
bill. and with Senator Rorah. who is op-
posed to the latter. Mr. Carter predicted
the early passage Of the postal savings
measure. and Mr.. Borah said he would
persist in his opposition to the Alaskan
bill.
Vice President Alfredo Zayas OF Cuba
called at the White House to-day. He told
the President that Cuba's financial con-
uition was satisfactory. that the years
crops had been excellent and that there
had been marked improvement in indus
trial lines.
President Taft accepted to-day an in
vitation to a reception to be given in his
honor by the Military Society Of Foreign
Wars in New York, on March Is The In
vitation was presented by General Nelson
A. Miles, Henry S. Car1art, commander OF
the society; Colonel William T. Bates.
Clinton E. Brain, James S. Morgan. David
Banks, jr.. Lawrence L. Gillespie, Albert
Root and Hammond Kotzmei-
Samuel r. Van SAINT. commander IN
chief of the Grand Army OF the Republic.
left with the President an invitation to
lantic City. September 81.
Representatives. Goulden and Bennett
asked the President to appoint General
George B. Loud chief Of the Grand Army
of the Republic in New York City, inspector
Of the National Soldiers and Sailors Home,
vice ~ NJ. Curtis.
Representative Palmer presented 10 the
Executive a delegation of Philadelphia
bankers among whom was ". ". Dough-
ten. sr. who has shaken hands with every
President since Zachary Taylor
Representative Pickett introduced sew
oral of1cfaIs OF electric interurban lines In
Iowa and Wisconsin. who protestes
against the exemption of electric lines
from the operation OF the interstate COM
merce law contained in the pending AL
,ninistration measure They said this
would deprive the Interstate Commerce
Commission of the power to fix Joint rates
between steam and electric lines.
The White House callers included SEN
ator Lorir1er, Representatives Mllier'
Hayes Davidson, Lundin. Smith, Giles
pie Russell. Young, Palmer. Calder, Law.
Langham. Louden and Langley, Judge
Barney. Of the Court OF Claims. and
delegation of Indians.
The President. accompanied by Captain
Butt, went for ride this afternoon
President Taft was a guest at the din
ner given at the Arlington Hotel this
evening In honor of Samuel R. Van SAINT,
commander in chief OF the Grand Army or
the Republic.
Invitations have been issued by Mrs
Taft 10 the second OF her series or musi-
Gals, 10 be given at the White House IN
Lent the date being Monday, February 2i-
New-York tribune., 1910-02-17
IHE "RLGHT 10 MORh -

That the Labor party i'll the British
Parliament will be more influential with
the government in this Parliament than
it was in the last is open TO doubt 1t
Is true, of course, that iii the last Par
lament the government was entirely in
dependent of the Labor members by a
large clear majority over all; for which
reason we were never able 10 under
stand exactly why the government was
Oh some occasions SO ready 10 accede to
extreme labor demands, unless on the
theory that the Labor party was a
rapidly growing force which would have
TO be seriously reckoned with in the near
future and which it was therefore well
to placate. IL is also true that the gov
ernment has now no such ma jority, but
Is dependent upon a coalition with an
other faction for any majority at all.
But the Labor party is not numerous
enough to give it a majority. In scarcely
any conceivable circumstances can it
WELD the balance of power With the
Labor party, but without the National
lists, the government would be in mi
nority, while with the Nationalists. but
without the Laborites, it would be in
majority. Therefore, for present pur-
poses it is independent of the Labor
vote, while as for the future it is OBJ
vious that in the late campaign the La
Dor vote was waning rather than
growing force
However, ii Is probable that the gov
ernment will carefully consider the pro-
posals and demands of the Labor party.
and if ii does so it will be confronted
first and most urgently with that pet
socialist fad, the right to work" IT
is not enough that the government has
established an extensive system of free
labor exchanges throughout the king
dom. for bringing workingmen and enl-
p.oyers together for the benefit of the
former. The demand was made in the
last Parliament, and it will be renewed
in the present, that the state shall pro-
vide at public expense work for every
man who wants ii. whether there is any
public work which needs to be done or
not. The theory is that the world owes
every man a living, and If one cannot
New-York tribune., 1910-02-17
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
rFrou, The Tribunc Bureau.


Washington Feb. 16.-The French AM
bassador and Nine. Jusserand Will fol-
low their usual custom OF spending the
summer abroad. They will sail for France
early IN April.
The German Ambassador and Countess
Won Bernstorff entertained at dinner to-
night the Norwegian Minister and Nine.
Guide the Swedish Minister. Senator and
Mrs Root BrigadIer General and Mrs.
Edwards Mrs. Hunt Slater, Mrs Wesley
Merritt Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Wadsworth,
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Legare Miss de
Sm!rnof Count Felix Won Brusselle-
Schaubeck and A. c. Horstrnann. German
attache.
The Danish Minister and Countess Moltke
had as guests at dinner at the Legation
tonight the Swiss Minister and Nine.
Ritter. Senator Frye, Senator and Mrs.
Carter. Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas T. Gan,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Legare, Mrs Norman
Williams, the Austrian naval attache and
Baroness Preuschen von und zu Lieben-
stein. Mr.. and Mrs. A p G. Cumming,
Miss Patten and Commander Retzmann,
German naval attache.
The French naval attache and Fiscoun-
tess Benoist day win give a large bali
at Rauschers on April I.
One Of the handsomest floral tributes
New-York tribune., 1910-02-17
MUSemeHtS.
ACADEMY OF MusIo-tTaning Of

ACADEMY OF MusIo-s-TaminE OF The
-ALHkNBRA-2-s-Vau
ASTOR@S:lS-Seven Days.
REyASCO-s: :2o-J1;st = Wife.
2 1RIJOU-s:2o-The Lottery Man
BR0ADW Wky-S :15-I'he Jolly Sachetofr
CARNEGIE HAJL-s:I5-Ccncert-
sCAEINO-s:jo-fhe Chocolate soi0ier'
CoLcNIAl-2-S-Na uderille-
s.ONEpY-s:3a-A Mans world
sEYTEHION-s: :2G-The Bachelors BanS.
OALY'S-S 3e-The Inferior Sex
lcDicN NUSEE-WoTlG in Wax
LXPIRE-s: :15-Mid-ChsrF
:1s-The Fortune Hunter
CARRJCK-S:Is-Yorr Humble Servant
Sf<OBF-s 1.-THE Old Town.
HACEETT-S:ly-None So Blind.
HANaERSTFIN'S-o: -o:15-s:15-VaudeviDc.
= HERALD soUARE-s:15-The Yankee Girl;
HIPPoDRoME-2-s-A Trip 10 Japan iA'u'
fne EARTH the Ballet of Jewels.
HCDSON-S:15-A Lucky Star - -,
IRVING PL.ACE-s:15-Di- Foerster christ /
CKERBGCKER-S-The Dollar Princess
s~ysIBERTY-S-The Arcadians.
IyCEJM- Dot
LYRICS :l5-The City. 80 WI,
NAyINE ELIIOTTS THEATRE-S:5o-1hc ne
Passing of the Third Floor Back
1sFTROPoIJTAN OPERA EOUSE-l;4'-Loh
NEW aNsrERDAM :15-Nadame X.
Nieft.
NEW w-YT1RE-s.r5-The Young Turk
-a:f5-S:13-TbeT Travelling Salesman
xTrYNESANT-c:15- :i5-The Lily.
81 NICHOLAS RINk-Ice skating
WAIH,ACK' SIS: :I5--Alas Jimmy Naientihs-
NEBER'Sj jS:l5-Whers There's a Will
WEST END-s:t5-St. Elmo
New-York tribune., 1910-02-17
OPPOSES PUBLIC WELCOME.

TO the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Please use your influence. which
is always so sane. To prevent any public
demonstration on the return OF ex-Presi-
dent Roosevelt. | am one of his ardent
admirers and what l am about TO say Is
with the most kindly feeling.
The question in many minds is. Why should
he have such a reception? He HIS simply
been on q pleasure trip and his homecom-
ing should be that of private citizen. II
his errand abroad had been OF national
significance the case would be entirely
different. The idea of a beet and a parade
conducting him up the bay and through
the streets reminds of scenes on
stage.
l know very many charge Mr.. Roosevelt
with love OF the limelight. that here. in
New York. where his friends are perhaps
less numerous than in the West. he should
steer clear OF all such criticism. For his
best good In the future. whether in public
office not, please discourage this foolish
display. l believe that Mr.. Roosevelts
most loyal friends will agree with these
sentiments. T.. r. G.
New York, Feb. Is. 1910
New-York tribune., 1910-02-17
ExTRAvAoANcE AND HIGH PRICES

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: l don't understand what the Presi-
dent meant in his late speech by tracing
the rise In the cost of necessities TO in
creased gold production. AS l understand
It, gold dollar has only one, uncharge-
able value, regardless OF the amount OF
variation IN gold produced from the mines.
What connection. therefore, can the "pre-
cious metal gold'' have with the rise In
the cos: OF necessities?
The obvious reason is not financial one,
but moral one, to wit: There exists a
class of people who have been brought up
In extravaganza and self-indulgence. They
must have fancy products and are willing
TO pay for them fancy prices The retailer,
seeing in this fact an opportunity to in
crease his profits commensurately with the
wholesaler transportation company
(often one and the same), raises the prices
on all his goods, fancy and plain as WELL
to all classes Of society. extravagant and
economical.
The remedy seems to rest with the ex-
travagant and seIf-indulgent in the COM
munty. If they choose to exert themselves.
New York, Feb. Is, 1910. A VICTIM.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-17
IN MEMORY OF Mr.. MILLS.

The trustees of the Tribune Fresh AIR
Fund, meeting on January 2s 1910. made
this minute, TO be entered on the records
and to be sent to the family of d. o.
Mills. late trustee OF the association. who
died at Miilbrae, California, on January "a
1910:
Darius Ogden Mills was identified with
The Tribune Fresh Air Fund from the day
OF Its establishment. and until the day o.
his death continued and exhibited warm
ana sincere interest In its welibeing and
good work. His heart and mind alike were
disposed and developed wisely to aid his
fellow men in their efforts to dispel the
gloom of adverse conditions: and he sym
pathized especially with the movement I'd
enable those sitting IN city darkness TO sea
the great light and to breathe the pufn
air Of the open country His genial and
benign presence enhanced the value of MS
sagacious advice to his colleagues In the
administration OF this trust, and VIII %
sorely missed by them: and with real sor
row they make this minute of his virtues
and .heir loss. to be published in The New
York Tribune and to be enSroSsed anc seh1
to his family In token of respec$fui syn"
FRANCIS LYNpE STErSoN.
WALTER e. JAMES,
AisAst: Z v. ". RoSSIrER. Secretary.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-17
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
IFrom The Tribune Bureau-l

lFrom The Irtpuhe ouredul
Washington, Feb. 16.-Ths Vice-PreM.
dent and Mrs. Sherman were the guests OF
honor a. dinner party tonight with SEN
ator du Pont as host
Beginning with the ball at the White
House on Easter Monday, when the friends
of liiss Helen Taft and Robert Taft VIII ba
guests, brilliant series Of balls will fol-
low, making the small season, as lively and
interesting as was that OF nlidwtnter
Wednesday. March 30. has been chosen for
the bail at the navy yard, for the Navy
Relief Society. and Mrs Meyer. Mrs Beck
man winthrop. Mrs. Truman H View
berry, Mrs. Leutze, Mrs. Richardson Glove,
and Mrs. r. T. niuilfgan form the ball com.
nlittee. The University Of Pennsylvania
failed to send the usual check because ths
game annually arranged for by them be-
tween West Point and Annapolis, the pro.
ceeds of which went to the Army and Navy
Relief Society, was not played, and tliess
societies, devoted to the relief OF the wives
and orphans Of soldiers and sailors. are In
need of financial aid Admiral Dewey u
president of the society and will assist IN
making IL a success. There viii be two
drills by the sailors and the Marine Band
will give an elaborate programme
Miss Mabel Boardrnan accompanied her
guests, Rear Admiral and Mrs. William
Sheffield Cowles. to New York to-day. shs
Will return on Friday.
Mrs. SiIas W. Terry entertained num-
Der of guests at luncheon to-day in cornpii-
.nent 10 Mrs. Bourke Cochran. who is visit
ing Brisadier General ard Mrs. Clarencs
Edwards. Mrs. Guggenheim also enter
tanned luncheon party to-day.
Mr. and Mrs George Westinghouze cams
from Pittsburg yesterday to attend the
dinner at the Austrian Embassy last nighs
and to meet several other social engage
New-York tribune., 1910-02-17
IT BOBBEO UP AGAIN.
Editor OF The Tribune

To tie Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: On February 15. 1909. you published a
letter from me and one from corre-
spondent in Metuchen, y. T., in oppo-
sition to a measure designed to give PEN
sions TO widows OF veterans contracting
marriage after June -, 1890 and that after
the Senate committee had already re-
ported 1t favorably. 1 sent marked copies
Cf that issue to the President and Vice
President. the Speaker of the House. the
chairmen of the Senate and House COM
mittecs on pensions. the New York Sen
stors and my Congressman. etc.
Now. / would not be egotistic as to
claim to have stopped the further progress
Of the measure but | do know that moth
ing further heard on the subject In
the last Congress.
Reference To your issue of February l.,
1909. gives my reason why such a law
should never pass, and now is the time to
combat IL. FRED MEYER.
Johnstown. y. j., Feb. 1s. 1910