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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-05
ASPARAGUS.


Modern conveniences have robbed Us
Of many an oldtime delight. Who, hav-
ing experienced It in the DAYS gone by,
will ever forget the joyous anticipation.
the exquisite ratification. of the sum-
mers first dish of fresh asparagus, after
the winters long deprivation. We had
no perishable freight expresses then TO
supply our tables all the year around
with delicacies out Of their local sea-
son, and thus TO debase the dainty gouT-
met into q mere epicurc. The king OF
vegetables, indeed. is the asparagus,
trained by mans kindly hand to realize
TO the full its delicate possibilities. The
white giant from California. the slen-
derer green stalk from Long Island, both
are supreme. What benefactor of man
kind first experimental with the stalk
as an article of food: Did he discover
it by accident, as the seullion in Eliza
beth's kitchen picked the discarded po-
tato. white and mealy, from the ashes,
the while his Queen was sampling its
tasteless ton and pronouncing 1t want
ing? No. like roast pig, the asparagus
must have revealed itself TO mere NOR
tails in some solemn offering to the gods.
Hot or cold. that is the question; a
mere matter of personal preference. per-
haps. vet Of momentous Importance.
Shall the royal vegetable be served with
the golden sauce of Holland or with the
sharper rinqigrefte? Is the lemon of
the one an excitant Of its delicate favor
or an insult? Does vinegar As condi-
ment unfit the palate for its relish
Melted butter" say some; nothing at
all. say others, but prudent. dainty
busting with salt and Hungarian pep
per. A difference of taste In the serving
of asparagus may be as dangerous to
conjugal felicity as George Eliot de-
clared q divergence of the sense of hui
NOR TO be. 1t may override loyal
friendship There is the warning story
OF the two abbes of the old regime. They
both loved asparagus. and they agreed
that the happiness of eating it could not
be enjoyed alone. So they dined to-
gether daily when their favOrite dish
was in season. But one loved his as
paragus cold, the other preferred 1t
warm, wherefore the delicacy was
served to them both ways, 8 generous
portion for each. Thus they grew old
together, and infirm, ever united more
closely by a taste in common. The
Reaper came at last, one day, just be-
fore the dinner hour. The survivor
lifted his tear-stained face to the sum
moned physician. Has he left u.s." he
asked brokenly. Eyes, Monsieur liable. .
The bereaved man rose from his knees,
tottered out of the room, leaned over
the banister and shouted: "Bastite,
serve both portions of asparagus cold
to-day"
This fable teaches that virtue may
become q vice, not in the asparagus, but
in man. One word of advice in conclu-
sion: Would you mellow the flavor of
the vegetable to its most delicate per
lection: Then do not boil ii. Place it
upright in four inches Of water, close
the pot Theoretically, and steam it.
Try it. You will thank us for the recipe.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-05

IFro1n The Tribune Bureau-l
Washington, June 4--Ihe Nice-F
and Mrs Sherman entertained ih1orlii@ilS
at dinner tonight in compliment 10 'H0i
house guests and Mrs. Lotion Huhtei, u
Utica. The vice-President will leave mere
on Tuesday for wisconsin, where ne goes
m deliver an address. and will return on
Friday morning In the afternoon ne ana
Mrs sherman will go 10 Utica The VICE
President has promised 20 deliver an ac-
dress in Iowa the following week MIS-
Sherman will probably remain IN Utca
for two or three weeks. but will not close
her house here until the end OF congress
One OF the most picturesque Teddlhes
witnessed here in years took place az IWiil
Oaks. the Woodley Lane home or M anu
Mrs Charles J. Bell. this afternoon, ~hen
their daughter. Miss Grace Bell, was mar
He'd TO Granville Z. Fortescue. a COUSIN OF
ex-President Roosevelt and a White House
aid In his administration. The Rev Dr'
G. C. F. Bratenahl, of st. Adams Cnurcn'
oficiated. the altar being erected under
the forest oaks from which the place takes
it's name The wedding party was large
one. and although only the relatives and
intimate friends OF the bride and bride
groom were invited, the list OF guests in
clQQoQ a nulllDSI VI pCOPAC A.
resident society. The bride wore a princess
povvn Of white satin. with rose point lace
and a tulle veil and orange blossoms TIE
bridesmaids. six in number. wore frocks OF
white null and lace. and large white hats
faced with blue and vreathed In Mar
guerites. They were Miss Jean Oliver. MISS
Laura Merriam, Miss Julia Goldsborougn,
Miss Mary Chew, Miss Gladys Hinckley
and Miss Marian Wise. Mr.. FoTtescue had
as best man his brother. Kenyon Fortescue,
Of New York and the ushers were Cap
tain Archibald Butt, John Barrett, Gerald
Morgan, Of New York: Newton Quick,
Julian Ripley, of New York; Gardiner Bell.
William Hit and Preston Gibson The we'd
ding party formed an attractive procession
from the house TO the inlprovtsed altar, De-
fore which it formed for the ceremony
After MIR. and Mrs. Fortescus had received
the congratulations Of their guests the
affair took on the aspect Of a garden tea
4 number of guests came from New York
and other cities Mr. and Mrs Fortescue,
after their wedding journey, will make their
home here the bridegroom having been
connected with the Bureau OF American
Republics since his retirement from the
army.
Miss Harriet Travers wadsTOrth. daush-
ter of Mr.. and MIS-. James w WaoSWortii'
is the guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. John R. Nc
Lean at their suburban place, Friendship.
Her hosts have invited fifty guests 70 meet
her at breakfast tomorrow Mr. and Mrs
Mclean will sail on June Il for Europe.
where they Will spend the summer
Miss Marian Wise, who has made her
home with her uncle and aunt, Senator and
Mrs. Newlands, for several years. and was
bridesmaid at the F'ortescue-B wedding
to-day, will go to New York the first or
the week and spend the summer at North
ern resorts.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-05
The CHINESE TROCELES.

The seriousness of the disturbance ana
disaffection in China has to be recoS-
nized For many weeks there have been
frequent reports Of popular outbreaks, OF
military mutinies, and also of organized
and weighty protests against certain
leading features Of the government s
policy. These demonstrations have been
detached and apparently independent OF
each other in time and locality, and have
been attributed to different and separate
causes. There is little room for doubt.
however. that there has been bond OF
sympathy among them all. and that they
are parts Of one general movement.
II is significant that all these out
breaks and other symptoms Of unrest
have occurred in the central and south
ern provinces. instead of in the north
ern, as In the Boxer troubles, which
means that they are Chinese as distin-
euished from Manchu in origin, and also
suggests that they are no less anti
dvnastic than anti-foreign in source and
animus To some extent. indeed, they
seem TO be anti-foreign, notably in the
protests against the acceptance Of alien
loans for railroad building and in the
latest demonstrate at Marking. But
even there it may be perceived that they
partake of an anti-dynastic character
The wrath of the people is provoked not
against foreigners per Sc so much as
against the policy of the Manchu dy-
nasty
This movement may have been largely
brought about by the governments great
and desirable work for constitutional
progress: for the eyes Of the people have
been opened. Information concerning
the modern history of China and the
dealings Of the world with # has been
generally disseminated, and it is not
strange if the people are exasperated at
the realization of the way in which their
ancient and proud nation has been hui
INFLATED and resentful against the dy-
nasty and the government which have
permitted such things.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-05
The KINGS GILL LIST.


The demand of the King of Prussia
for an increase of his civil list TO 5000
0lD a year. which the Diet will doubt
less grant, is a reminder that one of the
first tasks of the British Parliament at
the beginning of reign is to fix the
income of the sovereign. Under the law
the civil list of the late sovereign is
continued unchanged for the first six
months of the new reign. but some time
before November next Parliament will
have TO determine what allowance is
theres fter TO be made yearly 10 defrav
the personal expenses of the King and
Queen. TO maintain the royal household
md to pay the various salaries and pen
Sions which are still direct charge
against the sovereign.
Down 10 the fall of the Stuarts the
crown lands, feudal rights, the income
of the postofice excise fees on wines
and sriouS taxes which were specially
voted to him for life. and cut Of this
income he was expected to pay in time
of peace the cost Of the Civil Service
and the rational defence. as we'll as the
expenses of the royal household But
after the revolution of 1883 Parlia mept
restricted the revenues Of the crown
from these sources 10 about S6,eo0,0oo
II year and appropriated 100000 TO
the personal and public expenses of the
King. 81 the accession ef George II the
latter sum was increased 10 1900, 600,
and ar the beginning of the next reign il
was again Increased. TO S4,500.00o. and
the King surrendered his interest N the
hereditary revenues
At the beginning of the reign Of Will
ian " the civil list was radically re
vised aud was put into substantially
lis present form. Nearly all sources of
revenue were surrendered By the
King and in return most of the charges
Of the civil administration previously
borne by him were assumed by Parlia-
ment. The civil list-which 10 longer
merited that name-was fixed at 81. $50
600. and when Victoria came to the
throne it was increased TO 81. 90. 900.
Coucurrently with this surrender of
hereditary revenues the sovereign was
empowered by law TO acquire and hold
real property in the same manner as
ordinary citizens. The result il that in
addition TO the revenues of the duchy
of Lancaster, which are the private
property of the sovereign. amounting to
about 100000 year. the King OWLS
the estates of Balmoral and Sandring-
ham, which have, of course. no connec-
ton with the civil list
During the reign of Victoria grants
were made TO the Prince and Princes
N Wales and their children. SO that at
the end OF that reign the total allow
ances on account Of royalty were: The
Queens civil list. Sl.925, geo: the Prince
Of Wales, 100000: the Princess Of
Wales. $4,000; the children of the
rince Of Wales. S1s0,000; total. $3.50.
zoo 4 select committee Of Parliament
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-05
Reads 1t Every Morning-Sone Other
Newspaper Preferences.

William Bayerd Hale. in The Worlds
Work.
The President gets up about o'clock
He exercises, breakfasts reads THE Wash
ington Post" and The New York Tribune
and glances at the first page OF ''The New
York Times and THE sun At 9:30 or 10
O'Clock he walks By his private passage 10
the executive offices.
/ On his desk the President finds a list Of
his appointments for the day the letters
which demand immediate personal atten-
ton. and half a dozen more newSpa pers
On TOP always lies The Charleston News
and Courier" The President is particularly
fond OF the pungent style OF Mr. Hemphili
who is just taking charge of a Richmond
paper. MIR. Taft is not "A great newspaper
reader, but what papers he does read he
reads In their original state No clippings
are submitted To him
The mornisfg letters rarely number more
than a dozen. He disposes OF them In a
few minutes. He dictates swiftly, steadilv.
his eyes on the floor, never changing a
word. Mr.. Taft used TO hesitate. correct
and revise a good deal especially when
debating speeches. He has acquired the
habit of making his first dictation general
~ nnal For one letter which has 10 be
submitted TO the President. Mr.. Carpenter,
the secretary Of the President answers
ten But the President sieus nothing ex-
cept purely formal notes which he has not
himself COMPOSED
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-05

tss - ere satai naHsnsf - sfufents e
ussIesns eas INi 90 sasinsf tHi
1907 "a ana sas9 iu feW 81 rtla Decline 4
sen,e~hat rsmsrkabis sF e. reluei3st Fiti
psrlnd ~ financial prosperity iucreasins
population and ~ constantly enlarsins
facilities ard endoa-mcnts Tor msdicaI
teaching and research one reason sus'
xested far the falling on 81 that The IN
creasiug use OF automobiles has lessehed
the number OF doctors needed Tor the ser
vice Of The public. Another influence max
ing IN the same direction IS the advance OF
preventive medicine. owing 20 wnich there
are fewer sick requiring attendance.
ONE THING YOU CAN'T DO.
You can laugh when trouble hits you,
You can smile when clouds appear.
You can grin when worry gifts you
And when disappointment near
You can laugh when rain Is falilnE.
II you are q cheerful soul.
But you cannot do much laughing
When the boat begins TO roll
You can bear up under sorrow
lou csn calmly shoulder wee.
And perhaps no sign OF anguish
Will your visage ever show;
You may hide al sign OF weakness als IS,
Though your hopes are in the oitcn.
But you cannot hide your feelings
When the boat begins 70 pitch
Let the cheer-up poets tell YOU
To preserve a cheerful face.
And TO smile at all your troubles
And TO never show q trace
OF the petty griefs that fret you,
But You'll lose your self-control.
And you win not smile. I'll bet you.
Detroit Free Press.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-05
RESCUE WORK IN MINES.

Commenting on the recent colliery dis.
aster at Whitehayen, England. British
engineering and medical papers lay
stress on the delay in the arrival of an
paratus for rescue work after the ey-
plosion. Thirty hours elapsed before
oxygen helmets for that beneficent SER
vice were received. The opinion is ex-
pressed that very few Of the 136 i'm
prisoned miners were killed outright and
that most of them might have been
saved by prompt efforts at extrication.
When, however. the helmets finally came.
il had been decided that the mine must
be sealed 10 check the fire. The miners
were therefore left TO their fate.
is there no lesson for American mine
owners in this pitifuI bit of history ?
The mortality from mine accidents In
the United States exceeds that OF any
other country Some day. perhaps, this
unfortunate distinction will no longer be
borne. Preventive measures of various
kinds may in time reduce the number of
explosions and caye-ins. though there is
no prospect OF such an Improvement at
present. The next best thing, apparent
ly. is to minimize the effects by adopt-
ing better life saving methods. one of
the most modern and most valuable
agents that can be employed in the res
cue of miners Is q device somewhat re-
sembling submarine divers helmet.
BY providing supply of oxygen gas.
70 be breathed by the wearer, it enables
person 10 defy the poisonous gases
generated by an explosion Thus
equipped, man can Immediately begin
a task which would otherwise be i'm
possible.
80 fully hare most of the govern
ments Of Europe recognized the useful
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-05

George A. Custer was the most pict-
uresque Of the group Of cavalry leaders
who made that arm Of the federal service
dreaded in'the last three years of the
Civil War. The Southern cavalry at
first outclassed the Northern, but the
scale shifted at the end of 1852. Gus
campaigns Of the Civil War were strik-
ing, and his tragic end in the battle OF
the Little Big Horn, where his whole
command was r1assacred, struck horror
and pity into the heart of the nation.
The erection Of a statue in his memory
by the state of Michigan in his home
town, Monroe, is a fitting tribute to a
true patriot and an admirable soldier.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-05
TIE TALK OF THE DAY.

4 group Of naturalists in Paris recently
''enjoyed' dinner which consisted Of an
ostrich egg omelette, python stew, roast
African gazelle and crow pie. Guests say
according TO reports in the London papers
that the ostrich eggs tasted Ike any other
eggs. The serpent stew proved TO contain
large bones, with small pieces Of gelatinous
and entirely tasteless meat attached Roast
sazelle vas as good as roast lamb The
crow pie was black, bitter and nausesting.
and only q few brave men swallowed their
portion The menu also contained. written
within parentheses on the card and eaten
apologetically roast beef and new potatoes.
At dessert pieces OF the serpsnt's skin we're
distributed as charms among the women.
1T doesn't allus take very big man to
make heap o disturbance said Uncle
Eben. Sometimes you kin smash fine
piece o machinery By droppin rusty
nail into it.'-W ashington Star.
Three examples OF King Edwards prac-
teal sympathy with suffering were quoted
by Father Bernard Vaughan in a sermon
in London. The first showed his personal
interest in the sickness OF a domestic ser
want; the second, his care for blind boy.
The third was pathetic story OF q child
a little breadwinner In an East End sium.
She was thrown out OF work hy lung trou-
bic. and wrote to the King begging him 20
send her 10 some place for open air treat
ment. The girls home was visited by a
friend of the King. who reported the genu-
ire character of the case. The child was
sent away by the King for six months. and
is now in good health and at work in d fac
tory.
Don't worry. you'll set your money, but
I can't pay YOU this month
That's what you told me last month"
Wen. haven't 1 kept my WORD? "-Jud Se.
THE British Medical journal" says that
there has been a gradual decrease TN the
number Of medical students throughout the
United States. In the academic year
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-05
TIE RUIF OF TIE .REnN4yT.


The Hon. Thomas e. Watson, who has
iust announced that he is ready 10 be
CLASSIFIED once more as Democrat, sug
sests a rlap for the management Of the
Democratic party which would soon
rnskes II as tight. comfortable and home
ike an organization as the Populist
household which he has Just left. The
Georgia statesman wants 70 have the
South control the Democracy. since the
South rs called upon TO furnish four
ffths Of rhe party's representation in
Congress and on the average. about the
same proportion 81 its electoral votes.
The Southern States are in 9 minority
IN Democratic national conventions,
however. for all the states are repre-
scented there on the bssfs OF population
SIR. Watson has conceived the original
notion of shifting control from the North
70 the South by persuading the Southern
STATES TO hold a separate national con-
Npntlon for the purpose Of laying down
new and more beneficial rule of rep
pesentation. That rule. he suggests,
should be the one SO often urged on the
Republican national organization and
almost adopted by the last Republican
National Convention - representation
hased on the actual party vote.
Il is more democratic method and
il applied in the Republican party,
would do away with the gross abuse of
irresponsible over representation granted
20 the Southern States. Mr. Watson
seems to think that because such an APP
portiOnmeBt would give a securer con-
troll Of the Republican party Go the Re-
publican voters Of the North it would
similarly help the Democratic voters OF
the South 10 obtain control of the Demo
cratic party. He SAWS:
This rule is absolutely fair and just
consistent with fundamental democratic
principles. II put into effect. IL would
ir7nssiistelv give the South control Of
the Democratic party.
heAnothins could be further from the
feet fhan the assertion that such a basis
@ representation would give the South
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-05

under sff ualfonf en fhe acfessfsh ~
I.sivard VII Fearranged TIE ,iTu ils'. n
follows. For che personal expenses oi
the Kine and Queen. s5>ioss'. TOT sai-
aries and pensions ~ the roynl mouse
hold. s62e.ooo. for household expenses.
sass. 600. for maintenance and repairs OF
windsor Castle aud Buckingham rat
ecc. 500. 900. for the royal bounty aims
etc. $4,000: for undesignated purposes
$4,000: a total OF s2.S5o.0oo. That sum-
which is less than half that which Is
70 be received by the King Of PRUSSIA Is
what King George ' now gets, ana IL
rests with the House Of Commons In the
next few months TO determine whether
il shall be continued or increased or re-
,iuced.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-05
Nfms31nrk dribn11e.
SUNDAY. JUNE s. 1910.

This ncgospdper Is orcncd and pub
Hshcd bp The Tribune Association, O
Netc York corporation; offce and prin-
cipai place Of business, Tribune Build
tno. No. ia Nassau street. NetC YORK
ogden HfiEs. president; Ogden N. Reid,
secretary: James ". BarTett, treasurer.
The address o. fhe officers IS the office
Of this newspaper.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-05

Governor Hughes has called an extra ses-
sion of the New York Legislature. That
is poor return to the people OF New York
for all the honors they have bestowed upon
hin.)Houston Post
The prospect Of an extra session is en-
dured lightly by the people Of New York
because they realize that if it is some
thing Of a visitation upon them it is
even more of a visitation upon the poll
ticians who are trying TO defeat their
purposes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-05
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

TUxedo's annual horse show and the hos
FATALITIES in connection herewith, as well
as a number OF weddings OF note. viii oc-
cupy the attention OF society during the
week which opens to-day. Racing still
continues at Gravesend; polo comes in for
a large share OF attention at Hampstead,
Cedarhurst and at the Westchester Coun-
try Club, while the yachting season Is al
ready under way. With regard 70 the lat
ter. II does not give promise of any par
ticular bEilliancy, for boats are a decided
luxury. and a very costly one at that, and
Inquiries at present are affected somewhat
injuriously by the condition OF the stock
market and BY the barometer Of Wall
Street
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-05
Silence like q. pouitice comes.
To heal the blows Of sound,

let US confine the blows TO the unavoid-
abel ones, ard not use such auraf duuldum
bullets.
It may be said in defence OF this device
that better annoy a few nervous old fog1es
than sacrifice human life, and that this
startling sound makes people get out or the
way. OF the accidents to pedestrians most
occur through a sudden change OF direc-
ton due TO their getting ratified" ana
nothing could be more conducive to such
mental state than this nerve-rackins signal
One of the college presidents recently said
that nothing was promoting class antag-
onisn so much as the automobile This
antagenisrn can only be Intensified by such
gross disregard of the rights OF the ma
jority as the infection of this din 1t IS
the most aggressive. insolent and misan-
thropic note that mechanical ingenuity has
evolved. It banishes all that sense Of re-
pose and of aloofness from strife that
one looks for in the country. Its use has
been suppressed by law in Detroit the
home of the automobile, and this example
should be followed by other cities and
states and the nuisance universally aoated.
CHARLES VEIN.
New York. June :. 1916
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-05

The graduation of a number of Fill
Pine students from collegiate institu
ton in this country is timelI"reminder
Of one of the most interesting and prom
isng features Of the complex work
which the United States is prosecuting
i'm behalf of its Asiatic dependents. In
this work. it might perhaps be argued,
we are following an Asatic example.
since Japan years ago and China
more recently sent many selected young
men here to study in our colleges and
universities, at the public expense of
those countries There rs. however. an
obvious and significant contrast between
the two cases. to Wit, that between en-
lightened self-interest as the primary
motive and generous altruism with
self-interest as only a secondary and in
direct consideration.