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THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
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Washington, Jan. a9.-The French Am
bassador and Mime. Jusserand entertained
a dinner tonight at the embassy, having
as guests the Secretary of the Treasury
and Mrs. MacVeagh. the Secretary OF War
and Mrs. Dickinson, Senator and Mrs. Root
Mrs. Charles Anderson, Mrs Robert Nc
Corn1ick. the Assistant Secretary OF War
and Mrs. Oliver, Brigadier General and
Mrs. Clarence r. Edwards, Mr.. and Mrs
Hennen Jennings, Mr.. and Mrs. c c.
Glover. Lieutenant and Mrs. L., 5. Grant
the French military attache and Countess
de Chanbrun. Brisadier General Crozier
and Captain Archibald Butt.
The British Ambassador and Mrs. Bryce
left here this morning for Hampton, Va.
where Mr., Bryce will deliver an address at
Hampton Institute. They will return to-
morrow.
The German Ambassador and Countess
Won Bernstorfr have invited the dean of the
diplomatic corps and Baroness Mayor des
Planchss and hundred other distinguished
guests to a musical at the embassy to-
morrow afternoon. They entertained in
formally at luncheon to-day.
The Norwegian Minister and Nine GUIDE
had as guests at dinner tonight the Italian
Ambassador and Baroness Mayor des
PIanche,, the Chilian Minister and Senora
de Cruz. the Danish Minister. the Portu-
guese Minister. the Spanish Minister. the
Spanish military attache and Sonora Dona
Luisa Druman de Urculla. Miles. Ingeborg
and Sigrid GUIDE and Mr.. Skybak, Norwe-
gian secretary.
The Netherlands Minister and Mime. Lou
don had to dine with them tonight the
japanese Ambassador and Baroness Uchida.
Rustem Bey, Turkish Charge dAfaires /:
Mr. and Mrs. Chandler Hale. the Austrian
naval attachS and Baroness Preuschen Won
und zu Liehenstein. Mrs. Norman Williams
and Miss kinep, the niece of Nine. Loudon-
Nine. Matsui, wife of the japanese coun-
seilor. was hostess at tea this afternoon.
receiving number of diplomats and others
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of such government the old Tammapy
scheme of plunder and mismanagement
seems like a nightmare of the distant
past. 1t is not likely that New York
can ever go back TO the follies and
wastefulness of rule under a Kelly, a
Croker or Murphy.
1t is the primary duty of the Repub-
fcan party here to guard against such
a retrogression. 1t should become bull
wark OF progress and sanity in local
politics. thus doing the community tne
greatest possible service in its power
and reaping the reward OF popular
gratitude and attachment The Repub-
lican organization needs only to win the
full confidence OF those who seek to
secure the benefits of clean and eco
nomical local administration to become a
majority party in the city. Firm and
rational leadership, eyemplifying the
Republicanism for which President Taft
and Governor Hughes stand. is tine great
need of the hour. Mr.. Grlscom evi-
IDENTIFY intends TO hew TO that lile and
If he has the good fortune to be sup
ported by progressive, practical and
highminded assistants, possessing a
thorough knowledge of the local situa-
ton. his leadership ought to insure
further Strengthening of the party here
and a great extension of it's credit and
usefulness
New-York tribune., 1910-01-30
THE SABBATH DAY.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: AS a gratified reader for many wears
of your good paper. and lover of this. nv
adopted country, | want to call the serious
attention OF every loyal American to the
lesson we ought to learn from the srievous
troubles that are Detailing France Italv
and Spain. The agonizing cry went nm
from the people of Paris on Friday nieht
"Will the end never Gomez" / answer
yes-when you and other countries keen ths
Sabbath day as God commanded. then Won
will receive the blessing and help instead
OF His curse. which you are now experienc-
ing because you do not esteem His word
And as sure as We live. unIcss tho nrss-
ent racket of the Sabbath dey with
saloons and places of amusement st,
wide open. and people worshipping man.
mon. instead of worshipping their Father
in Heaven, who has so mercifuuv GO,
aside one day in the week as n dav of 20.
from our labors, this so called Christian
country, whose laws are founded on God.
commandments. will suffer greater trouhIe.
than have hefallen the poor European
countries whose intense sufrerings have
made our hearts ache in sympathy.
The l.aymen's Missionary Movement is
splendid organization, and now I hslia,a
a iaymens sabbath movement would he a
good help In having the Sabbath dav maaa
real day of rest as far as It can n. msss
60. W. r. TEMPLETON.
New York. Jan. 20. 1910.
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IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
From The Tribune Bureau1


Washington. Jan. a9-Miss Ethel Roose-
Welt was the guest of honor at dinner
party of seventy young people. followed by
a cotiIlon with one hundred additional
guests. Mrs. JohneR. Mclean. whose house
guest Miss Roosevelt is. being hostess. The
favors for the cotillon were brought from
Europe. and consisted of many exquisite
conceits- Among the guests at the cotillon
were the Vice-President and Mrs. Sherman.
several of the Cabinet members and their
wives. Miss Helen Taft, her house guests.
Miss Rice and Miss Winson. and her
cousins, Miss Harriet Anderson and Miss
Katherine Anderson; the Italian Amhassa-
dor and Baroness Mayor des Planches the
Austrian Ambassador and Baroness Hen
gelmGller. the German Ambassador and
Countess Won Bernstorf, Countess Luise
Alexandra vo2 Bernstorff. all the bachelors
ofNthe diplomatic corps and large con-
tingent from resident society
The Vice-President and Mrs. Sherman, the
Speaker and Miss Cannon and number of
Senators and Representatives. we're among
the several hundred guests who witnessed
the wedding at o'clock tonight OF Miss
Rachel Wheeler. daughter of Representa-
tive and Mrs. Nelson Platt Wheeler. and
Joseph Allen Farley. Of Rochester The
hue Presbyterian Church. the Rev. Or.
Wallace Radcliffe officiating. Mrs. John
Egbert Wheeler. of Portland, Ore. was
matron of honor. and the bridesmaids were
Miss Eleanor Wheeler, Miss Eleanor Can
non, OF Boston, and Miss Emily Farley of
Rochester. Mr.. Farley had as best man
Charles Morse, OF the same city and the
rshers were Alexander r. Wheeler William
r. Wheeler. Nelson L. Wheeler, jr. Free
man c. Allen. of Rochester. and William
Wheeler, of Buffalo. Following the cere-
mony there was a large reception and sup
per at the New Willard. After two months
In Europe Mr.. aud Mrs, Farley will return
90 Rochester
Mrs. l.. q. Letter entertained a number or
guests at dinner tonight TO meet Mrs
'stonewalr' Jackson. Later in the evening
the Southern Club held a reception in Mrs
Jackson's honor. and tomorrow night Mrs
Letter will entertain guests at dinner for
her. Seldom has any woman in private life
been so extensively entertained as has Mrs
jackson since coming To Washington. the
President and Mrs. Taft. Cabinet members
ana others entertaining her constantly.
while Mrs. Letters doors are open To a con
stant stream OF callers wishing to meet
Mrs. Jackson.
'i'' diu Mts- ten ISck wendell had To
olhe with them tonight the Attorney Gen
orai and Mrs. Wiokersham and their house
guests. Mr.. and Mrs. George Riggs. other
guests were Senator Du Pont. Mr.. and Mrs
truman III. Newherry. MIR. and Mrs. Charles
henry Butler, Mrs. Thomas Richardson.
Miss Roardman. Rear Admiral O'Neil and
Or. Swisher.
Miss Ethel Roosevelt viii meet eighty
guests at a breakfast which Mr. and Mira
John r. Mclean will give in her honor AT
Friendship tomorrow
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Letter viii come TO
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THE BRITISH SYSTEM.

The present election in the United
Kingdom serves again to attract atten-
ton to the unique and anomalous char
acterstics of the British parliamentary
and electoral systems, and to provoke
from some persons-as, according to our
Londcn correspondent, from Mr.. La
bouchere in "Truth''-a demand for
their radical revision. There is indeed,
no other civilized government in the
world which stands so alone in charac-
ter and which differs so radically from
all others as that of Great Britain and
Ireland. There are thoSe, including
some persons outside that kingdom, who
regard it as one of the best governments
in the world, if not, indeed, the best,
while there are others, including some
inside the kingdom, who affect to re-
gard it as one Of the least good. To
what extent its virtues or its weak
nesses are the results of its peculiarities
is matter for interesting and profitable
considera ton.
That it has its peculiarities is not TO
be denied. No other country has such
an 'unwritten constitution" No other
has legislative body like the House Of
Lords. No other has a Cabinet Organi-
zaton resembling that of the United
Kingdom. Certainly nowhere else is
there such an electoral system, with
such qualifications and disqualifications
for the suffrage and with the polling
continued day after day for two or three
weeks. Even the various autonomous
colonies Of the British Empire eschew
ali these things. Yet the United King
dom, with, on the whole, the most elias
tic and flexible system of government in
the world and with the greatest facility
for immediate and sweeping changes,
clings TO them age after age as though
they We're a legacy from the Medes and
Persians.
The reason for. this impressive con-
trast between the British system and all
others is obvious. 1t resides not in the
character so much as in the history Of
the people. 1t is found in the circum-
stance that the British system alone is
the product of growth, while every other
is the product of specific creation. The
United Kingdom alone has never had
revolution such as France had In 1893,
and such as other European states had
in 1S48 and at other times It's whole
political system has been unbrokenly de-
veloped-with the intermission Of the
Commonwealth the autocracy of
the Plantagenets 10 the democracy OF
the SAKE -Coburgs. Every other nation
has, on the contrary. at some time dis
carded all the past and created for itself
a new system. The difference is similar
to that between. let us say, a natural
and an artificial language. between Eng
lish and Esperanto. Each system has.
doubtless. its advantages, and also its
disadvantages; and while that which is
the fruit of immemorial growth retains
some anachronisms and cumbersome
complexities, it is conceivable that it sur
passes many others in the devotion which
IT commands and the respect which it
inspires. We shall not, at any rate. OK
pect to see 1t hastily transformed, even
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by the people whom their critics have
declared to be the most practical and
most independent in the world.
COMET A 1910.

Though scarcely fortnight has
elapsed since the first comet discovered
this year was reported by South Af-
rican observer, at least one puzzling phe-
nOmenon has been exhibited by the ce-
lestial visitor. It's tail has split in two,
one branch forming considerable angle
with the other. Sometimes the head OF 4
comet divides, possibly as the result
of collision with an unseen object in
space. What has happened to the new
comet. however is evidently CT 81 differ
ent character. The direction in which
comets tail extends is governed by
the repulsive action of the sun, but
when two tails diverge they apparently
repel each other. Why they should do
SO is one of the problems the astrono-
mers have not yet solved.
Whether the newcomer has ever been
seen before is another question not sat
isfactorily answered. That it Is identical
with comet discovered century ago
by Pons. but for some reason named
after Winnecke, is an opinion expressed
in a dispatch from Manila The trouble
with this conjecture is that Winnecke's
comet. which has q period of only SO
years, is not due In 1910 It can be posi-
itor is not Halley's comet. the return of
which after an absence of seventy-four
years, was reported in September last.
Halley's comet though increasing in
brightness, is not yet visible without Il
glass. while striking characteristic Of
Comet A 1910 in its exceptional brill
fancy. Besides. Halley's comet is very
much higher in the heavens. between
Aldebarsn and the Square of Pegasus.
Enough Of the path of the new
comet has been noted to make COM
also to determine how long a time it
takes to make complete journey to and
from the sun. Enterprising mathemati-
clans. therefore, will soon be able TO tell
whether the orbit and period coincide
with those of any known comet. If no
authoritative announcement of the kind
should be made before long, the con-
clusion that Comet A is an entire
stranger will be justified.
In its flight through space the sun is
continually passing through regions
iic'ci poiohc hi'"ue' nH IT, Oh ats ""'
1t picks up one cometary wanderer after
another. keeping some of them within
its influence for centuries. and losing its
hold on others after the briefest ac-
quaintance. AS at least half of the
comets observed In the course of n year
are new ones, there is at least an even
chance that the brilliant object which
has for several evenings outshone Venus
never before entered the solar system.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-30
ZEL4YA'S RESPONSIBILITY

The finding of the Nicaraguan court
In the case of the officers who composed
the court martial which sent the two
Americans, Groce and Cannon. to their
death is chiefly significant for its fixing
of responsibility for that tragedy. The
pretension was put forward by or in
behalf of Mr. Zelaya, while he was still
President of Nicaragua, that he had
nothing to do with putting the men ID
death save in the most formal way as
the executor of the law. We were as
sured that the court martial on its own
initiative and volition found the men
guilty and insisted upon their being put
TO death, and that Mr.. Zelaya, who
would have liked TO Save the men If he
could, was merely the agent of the court
in executing sentence. But now this
Nicaraguan court. after careful and pro-
tracted investigation, finds that the
court martial was mere set Of puppets
in the dictator's hands Mr.. Zelaya in
ordering the formation of the court eX-
plicitly instructed and commanded it in
advance Of trial to find the Americans
guilty. He and he alone was responsible
for the tragedy. The court martial mere
~ registered his decree.
That finding affords another notable
vindica ton of the course which was pur-
sued by the United States government
toward Mr.. Zelaya. and of the view Of
him and of his administra ton which
was taken by our State department. It
implies also another rebuke TO those
Americans who for personal or factional
reasons stroye to discredit and to en-
barrass their own government in some
peculiarly delicate and important for
eign relations. The question of the cul-
pability of Groce and Cannon and the
question of Mr.. Zelaya's legal account
ability for the killing of them, If it was
unmerited, are for further consideration,
which will be given to them in due time.
The first point TO be established is that
which the Nicaraguan court has pro-
nounced upon-name1y. the actual re-
sponsibility for the death sentence. That
responsibility rests upon Mr.. Zelaya
alone. The men were practically put TO
death on the strength of his personal de-
cree.
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We should not say that the art was
never known and practised here, be-
cause generation or two ago the
American housewife possessed, and we
believe deserved. a reputation for much
efficiency and some degree of thrift.
But times have changed. Thes same
tendency which has led so many young
men away from farms to Overcrowded
professions or underpaid mercantile en-
ployment has led young women to snun
the occupations of the home, and partic
ularly of the kitchen, In favor Of work
In factories, shops or offices. More and
more domestic duties have been in
trusted to alien hirelings, whose en-
ployers. because Of their own lack of
information and experience In such
things, are unable properly TO direct
them or supervise them. And finally,
with the increasing scarcity and uncer
tainty of such domestic service as still
exists, the homo has largely lapsed in
favor of the hotel.
1t has often been remarked. without
much eXaggeration. that French
family could live in luxury on that
which an American family wastes. 1t
has more often and still more truth
fully been observed by practical work
ers among the poor that one of the
greatest needs is that these shall be
taught how to buy food iudiciously and
how to prepare it properly. The prob
lem is a perplexing one, because the
number of those who are competent TO
contribute 10 its solution is SO small
But 1t is one of the crucial problems of
our social and domestic existence. and
is worthy of the best thought of all
who are sincerely striving for a better
ment of the conditions of life. Arch
bishop Ireland's words are severe, but
it would not be easy to demonstrate
their unfairness or untr"thfulness.
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4 SATISFACTORY CHOICE

The selection OF Lloyd c. Griscom to
be president of the Republican County
Committee and chairman OF its execu-
tive committee manifests a lively ap-
probation Of the enhanced Importance
and larger requirements of that double
post. IL is no reflection on Mr.. Herbert
Parsons's predecessors 10 saw that he
distinctly improved the status of the
joint offices which he filled, administer
Ing them In broader spirit and making
them contributory IN a larger sense TO
public as well as to party interest.
Times have changed, OF course and in
no field Of activity more noticeably than
iil politics. Much higher standards Of
party management have come into
vogue. Party leaders cannot any longer
depend on the blind allegiance Of their
followers. They have TO convince and
persuade rather than command, and
their success is greatest in the pro-
portion in which they make the public
see tnat It is getting satisfactory re-
suits
Mr.. Parsonss presidency covered a
transition period, and his leadership
sagaciously reflected the influence of
new and better ideals. His intelligent
and effective service has made it easier
10 continue the new order In party
management. and the choice of n sue
cessor Of the type Of Mr.. Griscom is
pleasing evidence that the Republican
orga anization in this county has no In
tention Of sliding backward There is
now promising opportunity for it 10
become a more influential factor in
national, state and city politics than il
has ever been. The result of the last
municipal campaign proved that the
voters OF the city have emancipated
themselves from the yoke of partisan
ignorance and servility. The long vic
torious Tammany machine, thriving on
q corrupt and mercepary exploitation of
the city's resources for the benefit OF
q favored few, was smashed by great
popular uprising. The people Of this
city are plainly ready for clean, high
class government aad after month
New-York tribune., 1910-01-30
A LOST ART IN THE HOME.

Some reported utterances of Arch
bishop Ireland, provoked by the meat
boycott, but dealing with a more i'm
portant and fundamental matter, will
strike sympathetic chords in many
hearts and should lead TO practical ef-
forts for the correction of great evil
OF American domestic life. The high
prices Of meats are deplorable, but still
worse, in DIR. Ireland's view, are the
extravaganza and waste of American
housekeepers and their ignorance of the
neglected art of cooking Nor is the
reference solely TO the rich, whose ex-
travagance IS often descanted upon with
all manner of variations and embellish-
ments. People OF moderate and even
scanty means are among the worst sin.
ners. They do not know how to pur-
chase economically, or do not care to
do SO, and they do not know how to
make the best use OF that which they
do purchase.
That is the indlctment-thatd domestic
economy, at any rate in the larder and
the kitchen, has become almost a lost
art in America-and 10 1t we fear there
must be widely entered a plea of guilty.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-30
At THE WHITE HOUSE.
trrom Tn. Tribune Bureau.1


washington. JAM 29.-The President has
spproved the statehood bill prepared by
senator Beveridge. chairman OF the Senate
COMMITTEES on Territories. and others. and
II will be introduced In the Senate on Mon
day. Senator Beveridge, who left here to-
night for Indiana. went over the more i'm
portant provisions OF the bill with Mr.. Taft
and the Postmaster General. who Is an
authority on affairs concerning New Mex
leo and Arizona.
Senator Jones introduced John A. Bal
Iaine, of Seattle, who explained his plan to
mine the government coal lands in Alaska,
for which he guarantees in return rsve-
nue. 10 the government of 30 cents ton on
the coal mined, or something like sooo0o,Voe
Senator Hale said when leaving the White
House that he had calle1 merely to pay MS
respects that politics In Maine were IN nne
condition and that he was fully satisfied
with his own position.
Professor T. W. McNair. Of the Michigan
School of Mine, and Mining. who was In
troduced to Mr.. Taft by Senator Burrows.
invited the President TO attend the twenty
nth anniversary celebration of the found
ing of the school at Holton. Mich. in 1911.
The President said it was impossible for
hin, to give definite answer at the present
time.
Ex-senator Hemenway and ex-Represent-
ative Watson went over the Indiana situa-
ton with the President before leaving
Washington this afternoon.
The President received souvenir booklet
describing the trip of one Of the automo-
biles which made the run from New York
to Atlanta in the good roads contest" re-
Gently
The President, Secretary Carpenter. As
sistant Secretary Forster and the entire
White House staff wore carnations to-day
In honor of the birthday OF William Me
Kinley.
White House callers included the vice
President. Senators Jones. Guggenheim.
Gordon, Stephenson. Smith, Curtis and Da-
Wis. Representatives Lafean. Gardner. Fos-
ter. Miller. Bates, Cravens. Hayes. Palmer
Cowles. Langley, Morehead. Madden. Kus-
termann. James. Townsend. Johnson, or
Ohio, and Johnson. of Kentucky.
The President and Captain Butt went
riding this afternoon.
The President ard Mrs. Taft were joined
at the White House this afternoon by their
daughter. Miss Helen Taft, who brought
with her from Bryn Mawr College two
schoolmates. Miss Phyllis Rice and Miss
Isabel Winson. They will remain here sew
eraI days. Mrs. Charles Anderson and the
Misses Anderson, of Cincinnati, are still
guests at the White House.
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and told the cashier that some ono nad
swapped umbrellas with him. His was SO
much better he'd like TO know who got IT.
While he was speaking another man mace
his appearance. Say, some one conareo
my umbrella and left this thing. ne
rosred. The nrst man recognised his prop
erty and the men came into possession or
their own. Tho peculiar thing about the
Incident according to a man who witnessed
the final exchange. was that botn umoreh@s
were of the dilapidated class. and that
each man confessed privately that TX no
had remem bered the quality OF his prop
erty he would have made no effort 10 get
1t back.
"Pa. what is a staple article?"
"A staple article. my boy. Is somssn,ns
on which there is never reduced Price.
Detroit Free Press
RELATIVE VALUES.
No,ln certain New .1nr. SSg. ,hs fssh.1
receives Sf0o; when a girl So"j
Why this discrimination
Between the he and she
That makes such wide distinction
OF inequality?
We know. by ancient custom,
A double value stood
To indicate the formers
Ability for good;
But times have changed and custom
Is not the same as when
Ali womepkind were counted
Inferior to men.
Not yet mans legal equal,
They're getting there, and they
Will ere long be demanding
AS birthright equal pay
When that has been accomplished
AS they insist 1t will,
Will that be quite sufficient
Or will they move up TIL
The man shall have but fifty
In honor of his birth,
While say. about tvo hundred
VIII mark the woman's worth?
W. j. LANPToN.
"Softleigh is a man who thoroughly be-
lieves In himself.
'GuIlible aes!"-Boston Transcript.