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New-York tribune., 1911-09-21
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Writer Sees No Need to Replace 1t by
an American Tongue.
To the Editor OF The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir. [ was extremely surprised and in
expressibly panied at reading I'm The IT'D
uuc OF Sunday, September 10. an open iet-
Ter advocating the adoption by the people
OF this country Of a so-called American
language. That such a terrible blow 10
civilization can be seriously planned or
even calmly contemplated by broad
minded or public spirited citizen / am
loath 70 believe. 1t cannot but be plain 70
any sane thinker that even tho present
number of tongues in the world is by far
too great and that the various enlighteheu
nations OF our globe can never attain that
degree Of intellectual sympathy and com
munIty which should be theirs TIL tney
have a common speech.
II is the good fortune of the American
reople 10 possess the nobest language
spoken by man. Almost tho youngest OF
tongues, Il has grown up among the Anglo
Saxons. who BY their racial superiority
have been able to enrich its literature oy
more and greater names than may DC
found in the annals Of the most favored oI
foreign speeches Transplented over al
parts OF the globe by the mighty race hat
has developed It. # IS above all others fit
and likely to become the future universal
means Of communication, and IS, indeed
already spoken by more persons than Is
any other language.
Is II this symbol and instrument OF ad-
vancemeut that Il is purposed TO reject!
DO the short sighted pseudo-patriots who
prate against II realize what calamity
its loss would mean 20 this nation? Lei
me not think so; rather say that they are
blinded by that painful sort Of spread
eaglelsm" which so Oft affiicts the super
fetal
Undermined as we now are by poly
glot mass Of sodden foreigners. we are
certainly incapable OF rivslling I'm intellect
our English relatives, 90 Is Il not wises'
for US 70 remain, in closest touch with
them and enjoy in their company the sun
light Of literary and scientific excellence
which pours forth from the Britannia pen
and prsss7 The English OF our books, ana
especially Of our periodical literature, is
far below the proper standard, and in the
Improvement Of this state Of things will
pe found a far more proper employment
for uneasy brains than IN disturbing and
debasiug the speech OF great nation by
such ruinous practices as "simplihed spell
ing" or American languages"
II. p. LOVECRAFT.
providarce Sent a. 1911
New-York tribune., 1911-09-21
OGDEN L. MILLS MARRIEs
His Bride Miss Margaret S. Rutherfurd
Ceremony at Vanderbilt Chateau.

T,oauviHe. France, Sept. 2o.-Ogden l.
Mills. son OF Mr.. and Mrs. ogden Mills, of
New York. and Miss Margaret 5. Ruther-
furd. daughter OF Mrs. William K. Wander
bUt. ST.. we're married to-day 10y Mayor
De IAunoy OF vauvile. village OF $50
Inhabitants eight miles from here.
The civil rite was performed al the vii
lago offices The official witnesses were
Whitelaw Reid. the American Ambassador
nj London. the Earl OF Granard, who mar
ricd Miss Beatrice Mills Mrs. Samuel
Stevens Sands and William K. Vanderbilt
Later the party returned TO the Wander
biz place NJ the Chateau du Quesney,
where religious ceremony was conducted
bv the Rev Mr. Morgan in the chapel OF
the chateau. in which additional kinspeople
and friends were assembled.
Those attending the religious ceremony
included the Countess Of Grauard. Mrs
Whitelaw Reid. Frederick W. Vanderbilt
NIr. and Mrs Henry White. Mr.. and Mrs.
ogden Mills, Mr.. and Mrs. H. o. Have
never. the Duchess OF Marlborough, Miss
Barbara : Rutherfurd and William z. Ise-
Iu The honeymoon will be spent in Deau-
willie at the villa la Chaumicre
New-York tribune., 1911-09-21
ROME CELEBRATES FREEDOM
Observes 41st Anniversary OF
Fall of Temporal Power.

Rome Sept. 2O-This is the forty-arst
anniversary OF the taking OF Rome py
italian troops under Cadorna and the fall
~ the temporal power OF the Pope. Popu-
lar festivities were held. The streets We're
decorated and bands played. The Dig
feature was a parade IN which hundreds
OF societies took part.
With tanners hyiDg a hundred thousand
neople marched - the breach in the city
wall through which the troops entered the
city. Most prominent IN the procession
were delegations OF Freemasons OF Italy
and abroad. Methodist ministers who have
beeu holding their European conference
here took part. These included Bishop
William Burt, Or. n. Walllns Clark, su-
perinteudent OF the Methodist Episcopal
organization here; the Rev. Bertrand NJ
T,innIe. pastor OF the Methodist church In
Rome. the Rev. Elmer Z. Count, superin-
teudent OF the Bulgarian Mission Confer
ence; the Rev. G.. A. Simons, superintend-
emf OF the Finland and ST. Petersburg Mis-
sion Conference, and the Rev. Ernest W.
pvsshe superintendent OF the French Ms
sion.
Gathered al the breach an enormous
crowd listened 70 the speech OF Mayor
Nathan. which had been expected eagerly
because OF the Mayors references to the
Vatican last year To-day, although his
remarks were strongly patriotic, signor
Nathan made only passing reference 10 the
Catholic Church.
Italy is united, Notwithstanding par7-
cidal plots at home and abroad he said.
Rome before 1870 was enwrapped IN dark
ness and superstition, under unoeaGaoIe
servltude. and shut up I'm the narrow circle
of dogma Now beside the Catholic Churcn
stand churches Of other cults. The me-
tropolis is gathering the orthodox and the
heterodoN Of all religions. thus aiming at
the triumph OF morality
The government has refused an applca-
tlon for permission TO erect near the Nati-
can a marble tablet commemorating the
plebIgcite OF the Romans OF that district
demanding the fall Of the temporal power
The refusal was based on the ground that
such a tablet would be offensive 70 the
DaUaCy.
New-York tribune., 1911-09-21
4 H4Y-FEVER CURE.

The announcement OF the discovery
OF a cure for hay fever will probably
inspire numerous iOkesmiths 10 make
merry, as they have often done over the
yearly conventions Of sufferers from the
disease in question. II is doubtless easy
to make fun Of a "sneezefest." as they
have called such q gathering. Yet the
fact is that there is much I'm il TO arouse
feelings Of pity and 10 suggest that here
is a field worthy OF the exercise OF
energy and ingenuity for the conquering
Of what is really an exceedingly painful
and distressing malady. which renders
it, victims periodically helpless, often
eravely impairs their general health
and in some cases endangers life. A
few years ago an antitOxin for the pre-
vention or cure Of it was announced
but it is not clear that II has proved
generally successful. If now a really
effective remedy or n preventive Of IL
has been discovered there has been an
achievement of immense value for sur
fering humanity.
The nature Of the reported prepara-
tion at least suggests the possibility NJ
it, efficacy While the cause Of the
disease has been obscure. if has ap-
parenuy been associated pretty closely
with certain plants. notably the genera
S0lidago. ambrosia and artemisia. which
are in flower ana produce abundant
pollen and pungent Odors at the season
when the fever RACES. and proximity
10 which almost inevitably induces
an immediate attack Of the disease in
Sny ono who is not immune against II.
That IN antitoIin curative or prevent
i've of the disease should be sought
through use Of these plants is there
fore in accord with many successful
medical formulas of recent years. Dar-
ticulary in dealing with germ-caused
diseases
The announcement is at any rate
worthy Of hopeful notice and Of careful
consideration by the medical profession
If it shall prove true there will he cause
for rejoicing, and we shall expect 10 see
the biggest hay fever convention on rec
ord devoted 20 iubilation II unhaDpHv
II should not be confirmed. we sbould
hope that there would be renewed and
Increased efforts toward securing rep
etition Of it which could and would lac
confirmed. Hay fever is too great q
scourge 10 be permitted 10 20 upcboI-
lenged by prophyIactlc and therapeutic
science.
New-York tribune., 1911-09-21

doings conducted by jury OF MS own
selection.
There is reason to suspect that tnere
* good cause for the Hudson inquest
That county has long been notorious Tor
political iniquity, and 1t is doupttul II
the worst aspersions which have been
cast upon II have done it serious i1Jus-
tice. More than score of years ago a
considerable portion of its adult male
ropulation was transferred for a time 70
involuntary residence at Trenton, at
state expense. because OF unwarranted
zeal in increasing the number of ballots
above that of electors. and 1t was hoped
that permanently reformatory influence
had thereby been exerted. But the perma-
nency Of the leopards spots has again
been vindiCated, in the ways and means
~ the Democratic statesmen just across
the Hudson. The last few days have
seen grave suspicion cast upon the in
tegTity OF elections. the arbitrary re-
lease Of prisoners by the sheriff and the
lootinc Of a desk in the county court
house because 1t was supposed 10 con-
tain papers OF political interest. When
such things become commonplace, the
need for a drastic inquest is ripe.
II is probable. too, that the incident
will serve as another step toward a radi-
cal change IN the jury system, so that
those bodies. which are judicial in char
acteE will he iudicially constituted and
not he the creatures Of political and
partisan bosses It has too long been
notorious in certain counties that in the
jury system is the security of crime
against prosecution.
New-York tribune., 1911-09-21
TIE IyTlRDyESS or THE APP0R-
TJONHENT.

z ~ n if f4-N
"Tbc World" seems 10 ne uupleasantly
SURPRISED TO fud that the new Congress
apportionment will cIiDch Boss Muir
rby's grin ON New Yorks delegation to
democratic national conventions. But
fbat wa. exactly what Iammany was
aiming at in rearrangiug the districts.
So one could have imagined that Muir
p.v and his advisers cared very mucn
about the additional patronage 10 be
rreatcd Uy increasing the number or
toucre,, districts within the sphere Of
Trmmauys influence. Iammany has al
,.ay. treated seats iu the House Of Rep
r.-puta-ivc- as thc- cheapest kind OF
rrrmi-Itn. IJ has given most of rhem
awag to men Of uo particular usefulness
..- fitness. Big Tim" Sullivan showed
fHc cru-ruut which the inner IammauY
circle haas for service iD the lower House
I'd. Washington when he said not long
ago that 10 meant merely being hitched
to .amn post in Pennsylvania avenue
Tie gladly Iof, the House 10 re-enler the
STATIC >ansfc a few more seats aJ
$500 gear could have counted for
Huo iu Murphy plans. But the capt
urc off the balance Of power i'm the state
delegation to national conventions count
cf for a great deal. since the man with
Npw York uiLety votes in his pocket
wfH have fU Doe consulted hereafter hy
amy Presidential candidate from this
State and wiI necessarily loom large IN
the calculations OF candidates from other
parts of the Union.
Leaving out ~ consideration the
Oaeeus- -Nas,au-Sudolk and Westchester-
Rorkand districts. TammaHy viii con-
trol under the new appOrtionment forty
SIX OF the ninety delegates, ana under
the ronventi0n system can bind the other
frty-fuU hy imposing the unit rule.
That was thp vital aim of the reappor-
ii1umeut. as The Tribune pointed out on
Tuesday. and The World has now
walked up TO Tlmmauys strategy, for it
said despairin2ly yesterday that unless
-the Democratic party Of the state can
shake Mr.. Murphy off it's shoulders in
"the next few months il might just as
"weH send him as its sole plenipoten-
,'tHry 10 the national convention next
summer and thus save 179 clrfares Oh
thp other delegates and alternateS
There Is only one WAY iu which the
election of "a solid Murphy delegation
cam Doe prevented. and 'The World
might experiment with b. II would be-
necessary only to persuade the Lc@is-
laiure 90 pass a direct nominations law
providing for choice of delegate by
tbo voters and doing away with the state
convention. II 10 convention were 10
New-York tribune., 1911-09-21
4 TENpERFooT IN TEXAS.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: This from a New York girl, recently
married and rauchlng in Texas is so vivid
YOU NAV care 20 print Il;
'T don't care what We do as long as we
get home, where the mosquitoes are lazy
enough TO be caught. Here they are as
spry as flies; where there Is running water
instead OF wiggIer-infested cisterns; where
gas ranges take the place OF oil stoves
where hot water comes out OF a spout into
q bathtub: where they don't give you a
thin slab Of veal for porterhouse steak
and chops" doesn't mean necessarily
pork. where I need never see cornmeal
again. and where there's such a thing as
French bread instead OF hot biscuits; where
there are green trees over dark, damp
earth. with the tinkle OF brooks over rocks
tOh. how I long for rocky, instead OF
miles OF white sand covered with mesquite
brush and cactus, with an occasional
brackish tank for drinking water-in short,
where everything and everybody is differ
cut," +. Al. i
New York. Sept 70, 1911.
New-York tribune., 1911-09-21
ENGLISH AND GREEK IN GERuAyY

Z NJ tTLlNA EA ~ tTN EEh ~ GLltA Il y y q.
The logic Of practical needs in Ger
many appears TO be more powerful than
the Kaiser. Only 4 short time ago En-
peror William in an address 10 the stu
dents Of the Friedrich Gymnasium, at
WilhelmshOhe Castle, devoted himself
chiefly to praise Of the classics. and par
ticularly 10 a strenuous urging Of the
study Of Greek, both as a technical dis
cipline for the mind and as a means Of
imbuing the students with the spirit of
the Helenes and with that harmony be
tween public and private life which was
one Of the fruits Of Greek culture. II
may be that he meant this address 10
/ Dee n protest against the tendencies which
he had noticed III German academic life.
il So. he must have been disappointed at
the result.
For the new movement IN the German
cyInnasia goes right on, and it involves
the precise opposite OF what the Kaiser
desires. More attention is being given
10 physical training, which is conducted
more according 10 the English system
than hitherto. and the additional time re-
Quired for this is taken from that which
was formerly given 10 the classics. Nor
is that all. nor the worst from the
KaiSer's point of view. The study Of
the Greek language and literature is
being materially lesSened. and the study
o., English is being substituted II is
doubtful if a more radical change than
this could be devised for the gymnasia.
iu which Greek has always been q pre-
dominant study.
There is involved ia this OF course,
the much disputed question Of the com
paratiVe value Of the classics. es-
peciaIly Of Greek, and Of other studies.
including modern languages and the
sciences question over which many
battles have been wagcd iu American
colleges and universities. and which has
lately been raging ar oxford and Cam
Dulge. But apart from that it is grati-
fvinc 10 all English speaking peoples TO
see the value and Importance Of their lam
@age recognized and significant steps
taken toward its universal use By that
we do not mean that it will supplaut al
other languages, but rather that it will
supplement them and will become the
first language which men Of other
tongues will acquire in addition 10 their
own u has already attained much more
nearly 10 that standing than any other
language, and the current movement in
Germany viii further promote its recog-
milton as 4 worldwide medium Of speech.
ON one important ground. quite apart
from pride Of speech and from academic
theories, this enlargement of English
study IN the German colleges. and there
fore among the German people. IS 10
be- regarded with sincere qualification
That is. that il will practically and ma
tcrially make for the peace Of the world.
70 know each others language and be
conyersani with each others literature
and current thought are powerful ageu-
clcs FOR better understanding. and there
fore for friendship. between two nations.
The study of English in Germany will
therefore couducc to better relation
ship between those two countries. and m
viii enable Germany to have better nm
dersIandlng Of aIl English speaking ma
uons-e'en Of the United States, though
New-York tribune., 1911-09-21
4NOTHER JERSEY U0Trgr

The example Of Atlantic County. New
Jersey, is proving fruitful in that state.
as we e-pected II would do. II has lust
been pretty closely followed in Hudson
County. where the public prosecutor has
challenged grand jury drawn by the
sheriff. and the court has sustained the
challenge. dismissed that jury, and or
dered the formation 0f another by
elisors instead of the sheriff The cause
of this extraordinary action is similar TO
that in Atlantic County, namely. that the
sheriff himself Is a subject of inquest
by the iury. and it would he manifestly
improper to have the inquest into hia
New-York tribune., 1911-09-21
IN THE sERKsHlREs.
rBy Telegraph 70 The Tribune J

fRv Telegraph 70 Ine lfluAll-.4
Lsnox. Sept 20-Mr. and Mrs Danie'
Chester French gave an afternoon reeep-
ESQ, a. Cbasterwood. in stockbrldge, this
afternoon. There we're present one nun
dred and nifty of the Lenox and stock-
b-,dge cottsgers. MI and Arr. French
r,ers assisted In receiving by their daugn-
ta- Miss Margaret French. Miss Clemen-
tina Furniss and Mrs. Benjamin c. Porter
vere az the tea tables. The guests IN
spected the life-sized statue Of Lincoln and
ths equestrian statue of General Draper
which gfr. French has just completed.
Mrs. Benjamin Griffin. who is motoring
with Mr.. and Mrs. II. D. Gaines and Miss
Snvlie. started to-day for New York.
Mrs Robert Maclay and Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Maclay. jr., who have been motors
ing in the Lake George region, nave "a
turned 10 the Curtis Hotel
Mrs. Amzi /. Barber, Mrs Edward Lau-
tsrbach and Mrs. Charles Vance left tds
Hotel Aspinwall this morning for Mrs.
Barber'g country place az Black Rock.
Conn.
F Augustus schermerhorn is visiting his
sister. Mrs. Ellen Auchmuty, az the Dor
mers
Miss Caroline r. Lawrence is entertain.
ing Miss Fanny Trumbull and Mrs G. A.
Wright. Of Baltimore.
Mrs. Franklin Osgood and Mrs. John A.
Hadden. tr.. gave bridge parties IN ths
Curtis Hotel tonight
Mr. and Mrs. r. La Motto Russell. Dr.
and Mrs. John ". Smith, Mr.. and Mrs J..
Noble Hayes and Mrs. Rose G. De vi,sn.
OF New York. and Mrs. E. Y. Henderson
and Miss Grace Ferguson. OF Philadelphia,
have arrived az the Curtis Hotel
Miss Margaret WinsloW, who returned
from New York on Monday. Is entertaining
Miss Beatrice Elliott, OF Rye, \. z. a,
! Careswell.
A daughter was born this week az Tuxed1
Park to Mr. and Mrs. Francis Dillon Fitz-
slbbor. The child is granddaughter o.
Mr. and Mrs George Winthrop Folsom q
L.enox.
Governor and Mrs. Augustus Wilson. @,
Kentucky. VINO have been guests OF Mss
Lizette Hast, in stockbridge, went 20 New
York to-day.
Miss Dorothy Tuckerman. @, Tuxss5
Park, IS a guest Of Miss Emily Furnlss
Mr.. and Mrs. J. ~ B. Walsh and Misi
Margaret Walsh, who have been at tbs
Hotel Aspinwall for the season, have gons
70 Toronto.
Mrs. Horace ". Robbins and Mrs. Robert
p. Berry, OF New York; Mrs. Z. y. Pierce,
the Misses Pierce, John Gray and d.. ana
Mrs. u. L. Chamberlain, 0s Boston; Sir.
and Mrs. John \. Raymond. ot Chicago,
and Mr.. and Mrs. T. D. Schoemaker and
Miss Schoemaker, Of Philadelphia arrived
az the Hotel Aspinwall to-day.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. G. Costello Mrs Ger
trude 4 Jones, Miss L. " Ross. Mr. ard
Mrs. Frank Fl. Main and Mr.. and Mrs. g 5.
Brewer. OF New York, are az the Naples
wood, in Pittsied
Arriving az the Red Lion Inn. in Stock.
bridge, to-day were Mr and Mrs B A.
Smith and Mrs. F. Y Stearns, Of New
York. and Alr. and Mrs. W A Robinson
and Mr.. and Mrs. II. F. Carson, OF Boston.
New-York tribune., 1911-09-21
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Nriqs CorneIia V. r. Robb daughter Of
,be late Mr. and Mrs. J. Hampden hooD,
was married AT noon yesterday 70 Dahlei
= Downs The ceremony was periornieu
at the home OF the bride. in PARK avenue
I'm the large hall near the entrance 10 'ne
ubrarv bv the REV Dr. w. w Battershail'
~ Albany and the Rev. Hugh Birckhead'
Of ST Georges Church. this city. me
house was decorated with palms. hydrah-
gaas ferns and Ascension lilies. The bride
Who was given away By her uncle, John
+ Thaver. OF Boston, was in gown or
wbi,a satin. trimmed with old family lace
and orange blossoms. with which she wore
a lace veil and carried bouquet Of lilies
of-the-valley She had no attendants
Herbert s. Downs was his brother besI
man. The ceremony was followed ny q
wedding breakfast, for which hummer o.
invitations had been issued. Mr ana NIs-
Downs on their return from their wedoihs
trip will make their home AT No. i8l last
6lst street.
Miss Josephine Bulkley, daughter Of Mr
and Mrs Justus Lawrence Bulkley, of NO.
7s7 Madison avenue, was married yesterddy
afternoon 70 Henry Benedict Taylor Oh
Oakland. Cal The ceremony was per-
formed In the ladies' annex OF the Metro
politan Club by the Rev. Herbert shipman'
and a small reception followed owing 70
the illness OF the brides father, she was
given away by her brother. Joseph I'd
rnund Bulkley She was dressed In whlLe
satin. with crystal trimming. and she wore
a white hat, trimmed with white feathers
her flowers consisting OF lilies-of-the-va!iey
and white orchids. She had no attendants.
William de 7. Benedict was the best man.
There we're no ushers. After their wedding
trim Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor will make theH
home in Oakland. Cal
Miss Emily de Loosely Potter daughter
Of Mr. and Mrs E Clsrkson Potter VIII
he married to-day 10 Charles II. JaeHsoii
or ,gsarview. the country home OF her
nsreuts. in West Chester y. Y. she VIII
be attended by her sisters. Mrs. ". GORDON
cooean and Miss Marie Potter; also Miss
Dorothv HAYDEN. Miss Natalie Duncan
Nuss Jessie Hazard and Miss Florence BUT
tor Horace Havemeye er will be the pest
man and Edward G.. Potter, jr" Jonn 3.
CORNELL. Henry o. Havemeyer, Peter H. 3.
FreIiughuysen. D. H. Coddington. Perry d.
Rogue. Seth L. PierTepont. Roger II. Bui-
lard Thomas ". Potter and Robert Nc
Coskry Butt the ushers.
Mrs Robert Bacon will give large
dance on September 80 at her country place
IN the Meadow Brook district OF Long ISL
and
Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton ". cary VIII re-
turn from Europe next month, and VIII 20
10 Lenox for a short stay.
Mrs. Henry Waters Taft left town yes
terday for Hot Springs, Va, TO remain
until early next month. She is booked 10
sail for Europe on october y.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur curtiss James VIII
sail from this port for Europe to-day on
their steam yacht, the Aloha They VIII
remain abroad until December.
Nrs James A Burden viii SAL from
Furope for New York on September 80
Mrs whitney Warren has returned 70
town from Newport, where she spent the
summer.
DR.. and Mrs. William VI. Polk viii return
n IN. city at the end OF the month rom
Cedarhurst Long Island.