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The Bluebird.
Frances Whitman Roberts.

MI bring;
AVA I sing the requiem of winter
And voice the hope and promise of fall
spring-
The joyvus-hearted childhood OF the
year.
The soft. carcsslng sweetness OF the
breeze
Makes the sap str and swell within the
trees,
Its wooing warmth sets their cold
hearts a-thr.u.
And tender green is clothing Geld and
hni.
DARK winters clasp Is loosed at last.
and o
Tho buds are bursting from the apple
bough.
AL wonderful against the rough brown
bark.
Pale yet from their long durance in the
dark.
III slides, warm sunshine. sweet-voiced
birds IN flight,
Green-lesved aroutus, pink and purest
white.
With russell needles o; the pine set
round:
The fresh. inspiring smell OF new
plougned ground.
Tie teIthery map.e bloorn as red as
blood,
The strongly fragrant balm o. Gilead
bud;
And hiding IN the meadow. green ana
wet.
The purple, goldea-hearted violet;
Old gray stone roadside walls banked
high with fern,
Deep. piny solltudes, where every turn
Furnishes ..ow delight 20 eye and ear
All these are IN my song for those Who
hear.
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The Days Good Stories
Driving a Bargain.
THE genuine Yankee prdLer fasssd out
existence with tie creation Of the no

THE genuine Yankee prdler rasssd out q
existence with TIE creation Of the notion
sore M, he was a. mnst interesting char
acter. astonishinSly sharp and frequently amusing.
One such appeared In q seiernl store In q Southern
town on one ocoaAon.
Il Clcs' ! couldn't DIVE . trade With Jou'
Cclonel'
~ reckon you calculate i,N about right" was
the decided reply of tho merchant. Sho had hal
d~esiines'' with lankee peldler, on previous orh-
k,nA. Get ont ~
oh well. dort get rled up--no harm done.
Now Jus, look a. .his dozen genuine rhanr strops.
easy worth s3-lst you have EN- for 81. Colonel. -
II wouldn't touch ANY n your trash-you get
on. % the msrchnat declared.
''Woll. now. Colonel. | always Ike 10 do sore
business a. a place. Tel you what--IN bet you
g. That u you make an offer 'r them stroF1 ven
make a trade"
"Iu 50 ,ou." sd ire merchant. and" he
added When the stakes had been pa. up. I'm
r.;a you a quarter TO- the %strurs."
They're yourn. Colonel" saii the Yankee.
rock,tLs tho wagsr.-tAlcago Tribune.
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More Than a Mistake.

JAMES FORD RHODES, the Boston his
tnr.an, was talking about history. Ays the
j lerroi, Fce P.esA
"Accurncy." he said. ia the qua mn
OF rhetorical writing. II Is, indeed. the
nne gua non u all spda' intercourse. ~
We ate inaccurate, We ere sure to he tHppel
~. ] know an oh.fash!onsl and arls;ocratic
banker VINO i- Inaccurate In his pronunciation.
lie Ays, obliged for obliged 'tiankoc'
for thank You and ~ fnSth. The banker
invited his s,enocranher. a rr.yer vo4ing woman.
to lunch a. his residence IN Beacon stree. With
his wife and himstl; one dag. and during the
course Of turkcy he called tho guests stten-
tion TO the coley--or salary a. he called It.
VIVA, 10 you think Of nv 'Nlary." miss Y
he said.
its fine
Yes. isn't icy the banxv said. proudly.
i raise 4. myself
DO you'' she returned. With . laugh,
I wish you'd raise mime. then. "-Louirtlls
Co uier- Journal
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Tho Tnsicnb Mystery.

To the Editor u Tbs Evening worii
Replying 10 Tho Great 'rayicAb
Mystery" tho solution Is simple and as
toiiows. The writer SAID: From West
se%venty-ninth street 10 West one Hun.
dred and Fiftieth stree; cost. s?.:c.
from West ono Hundred n Fiftieth
street 10 West Seventy-ninth street
coats $50, equals ~ IN alt. The rate
charged II 81 cents for tho mrs; half
milo and 10 cents for every ons-ntH
OF q mile for continued driving. ~ ,pat
Il naturally would not DO eSactly
double. bun 20 cents less or t|hereabJit
FOR TIE return trip. The rare OF 10
cents from Broadway ana Fortieth
street 70 Broadway and Seventy-nlnth
street Is correct, or rather II should
be 81. Tie fare o; $50 is nearly right
also only It should have been IN this
case sl.3p from Broadwa and Forfeit
street 10 broadway aad Seventy
ni3th street, This may seem peculiar.
However, tho only difference is; tho
rrst 10 based on tho 4o.csnt per nrst
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TO az EYACT

This meat" protested the boarder.
lis overdone,"
mot exactly, It amt" replied tho
waitress. IT'S done over. This Is tho
same meat you had yeste,day."-Catho-
lie STANDARD and Tines.
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I Popular Science Notes.

~ My one-tsnth of the population
OF tho United states u Of I'M
mixed descent.
Vaccination IL a voting qualification
In Norway.
Tho military profession the world
over has the greatest percentage OF
suicides.
4 Welsh rareoit may DO cooked on an
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D tNn OF the Ietter OF City Chamberlain Hyde has
caused the Grand Jury to extend its inquiry further than it might
otherwise have done.
Even then if the investigation does not bring to light sufficient
evidence to assure conviction of guilt, il any may han been instru-
mental in the wrecking of the company, it will at least have pro-
duced results Of good in ample measure to compensate" the cost.
AZ the man who threw n stone Mt a dog and hit his moherinlaw
said, the stone was not wasted, so neither will this inquiry be wasted
no matter who is hit. 1t pays to turn the light every once in a while
upon all sorts of dark corners. Something worth seeing is always
shown up.
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NOT WASTED.

Of the investigation Of the circumstances at-
tending the deposits Of city funds with the
Carnegie Trust Company, it appears there have
already come two good results-frst, the cash OF
the city is now being placed with institutions
of the highest class only; second, the publica.
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urged That every school be provided with a statue
Of a nude man and of a nude woman as a moral uplift for the pupils.
Some doctors in this city offered $25 for a quart of human blood
to be pumped into the veins Of a failing patient. New Haven de-
velopcd a news item ont Of the birthday Of a citizen who has his
hair cut and his beard shaved only once n year. A litigant in Jer-
sy City paid a cairvoyant good money to give "abscnt treatment"
to the judge and jury and influence them in his favor. Chicago
reported a chairmaker who announced himself to be Duke of Ropeza
and advertised that he would stand in the park wearing n rcd roso
that heiresses might see him and make their offers.
Last, but not least, down in Washington President Taft com.
planned that the newspapers haven't told the real reason why the army
10 manocuvring on the Mexican border!
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Reflections Of a Bachelor Girl
Rv aJn nwJo~

! toon It Is sometimes q sign that hts ute Is lunchtno o scraps and left
orers uptown.
Lying Is a faWt IN q boy until he gets old enough to make 1t on art.
The frog that really enjoys posing In a puddle after all uas born uHh
the soul OF O toad.
Love ID the door to mdtrtmonU and, like the entrance to most ppto
date hotels. IT'S the most ottte1no and fascinating thing about 1t.
IT'S the toomdn pho Just Hkcs men and doesn't lore them uho has
them all trottn1 at her heels, Ike the children OF HdmeUn Tocn.
II at first you don't succeed, nhy marry again!
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VAGARIES CT A A

ESTERDAY'S news presented an unusually in
%teresting array of human vagaries. A Connecticut
girl about to make n trip to Bermuda had her
fiancc arrested and sent to the State farm in
order that he might be kept sober during her alb
sence. An Ithaca clergyman in a public address
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INDIGNANT coSTER.

ERE. mlssus! Give over plnchln'
Thorn bananas. Ave a SO a, the coker-
nut instead."-6Astoh.
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electrical chnnng dish at an expense OF
~ cents for current.
The United States has the bulk of the
worlds copper production, 49S. 200 tons,
an Increase of about 10 per cent over
tho output In 1903.
Electric culinary utensils are gener-
ally odorless, being made on the
vacuum principle, by which the vaporS
are retained inside the receptacle.
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PURE MILK SUI PLY.

- NCE in these days there is 80 much OF
Q~ shortcoming and faultfnding, elimination and
~ recriminaton, in various departments Of tho
NgSIS city government, it is pleasing to learn from
GIh Commissioner Lederle that the milk supply Of the
city is about the best in the country.
The work Of supervising and safeguarding the
supply constitutes one Of the most important OF our municipal actfvi-
ties. Some of its problems have complexities Of law and Of science
as well as difficulties of inspection, for the supply comes from differ
ct States. and scientists ac not agreed as to tho surcst methods
Of Kidding it of disease germs.
Certified milk has been found to DO expensive, but generous
citizens re contributing to a fund to enable even tho poorest mother
to obtain it for her child. Science, charity and law work together
in solving each problem as it arises. Thus, perhaps, the day is not
distant when pure milk in ample quantity will be obtainable by every
industrious household in the city.
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mnnd it in perfection must pay tho price.
But with the acceptance Of tho programme for augmenting the
price of operate music there will come an added demand for larger
provision for rendering high class music, vocal and orchestral, nj
popular prices. Since the wealthy are to have "he best over in
the way of the music they delight in, why should not others have an
equally high standard in the music they like?
In short, why should not Madison Square Garden be saved
to New York for her music and for her people that cannot afford
opera?
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tUpHbnt, isll.
] Owe makes the rorld 90 round. but. cheer
everything coon comes 10 q dead stand stilI a
~ marriage.
A man can Do In the public eye and still be
q mofs.
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""eH q man foNs about the hearts 10 has broken remember that IN
distinguishing feature Of q real heartbreaker Is his ominous silence cp
corning all other tconten.
In 0F Keep your eye on 1unkers and caddies; IN lope look out Il
buncos and cdds
When q man re0a'es his stenogropher on lobster and cham aone doc
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E AND CARDE

GAINST tho raise in the price Of orchestra chairs
at the opera there will doubtless be some pro.
test. 1t is not likoly, however, to prevent the
change. Through q long process Of develop
ment and under the moulding power Of various
forces grand opera has become ono OF the
c~ostliest of human enioyments. Those that de.
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The Story OF
Two Rings.
A Bargain
In Lives.

She showed the ring Bertramh had given her AM declared she had fulfilled the
seemingly impossible conditions her husband had set
w unworthiness IND of his wifes charm. Turning to the King, n promised:
"N love Ter dearly! Ever EVER. dearyr'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-12
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS
u.,on The Tribune Buresu1

From The Tribune Bureau.
Washington, May 1.-THE French Am
bassador and Nine. Jussersnd left here to-
day for New York and will visit Boston
and probably Canada before they return.
VI. Lelevre- Pontalis. tho counsellor, has re"
turned from leave OF absence spent in
France with his family.
The Mexican Ambassador had q reception
at the embassy this afternoon. the official
entertainment given by q new ambassador
10 the other members of the diplomatic
CORDS Senior Xamacona. however. had. In
addition to the diplomats, members OF the
Cabinet the Foreign Relations and For
eign Affairs committees Of Congress and
other officials. Although there were no
women at the embassy TO assist the am
hassador and members of the staff in re-
ceiylng. the drawing rooms and other parts
of the house used for the entertainment
were gay with spring flowers and there
were music and a tea table.
The Belgian Minister and Countess de
Busseret had TO dine with them at the e-
cation tonight Lady Hadheld Mrs. John
Rogers, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Townsend.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Legare Miss Josephine
Patten, Pierre Botkine. Of Russia; Repre-
sentative Gillett, and Charles Simon, Sec
rotary OF the Belgion Legation.
The Spanish Minister and Sehora de
Riano entertained at dinner tonight in
honor Of the Nice-President and Mrs. Sher-
man.
The French first secretary and Countess
de Perettl dc Ia Rocca entertained the
counsellor OF the French Embassy, NJ. Le-
fevre-Pontalis the French naval attache
and others at luncheon to-day
Baron de Bode went 10 New York to-day
TO see his colleague. Gregory Wilenkin,
Russian financial agent sail for Europe
Mr.. dc Thai formerly second secretary
OF the Russian Embassy here. has just
been appointed first secretary OF the Rus
sian Embassy at Lisbon. lie has gone 20
his new post.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-12
A GOOD SUGGESTION.

The Assembly Judiciary Committee
will do substantial public service If it
submits 10 the lower house at Albany a
properly corrected substitute for the
pending income tax amendment to the
federal Constitution. No one can deny
that the amendment submitted by Con-
cress is badly drawn. Even its advO-
Gates differ as to its meaning. Some of
them say that, IN spite of It's description
Of taxable income as income from what
over source derived" it would not per-
init Congress 10 pass q law taxing in
come derived as salary by state officers
or income derived as interest on state,
county and municipal securities. Others
say that though such income would prob
ably he taxable under a strict interpreta-
tion Of the language Of the amendment
Congress could be depended upon 10 ex-
cmpt from taxation state salaries and in
come derived from state, county and
municipal bonds, although the SD Con-
.,Tess took the opposite course in 1894
ana voted 10 make interest on state,
county and municipal securities taxable.
still others say that there should be no
exemptions whatsoever ana that the
pending amendment intended that none
should be allowed
There is no good reason why the
Legislature of New York should not take
the lead IN suggesting such an alteration
of the amendment as would make its
meaning absolutely clear. There are few
persons We believe. who want TO see the
Observation-Disclosures OF the state govern
Iuents subjected to federal taxation. The
Supreme Court has ruled that they can
not Dc taxed now. because comfy be-
tween the states and the nation requires
that each should refrain from taxing the
tnStrumcntalitieS Of the other Why take
the risk Of upsetting that proper and
natural balance? If an amendment Civ
ing the federal government power 10 tax
incomes without apportioning that tax
among the states according 10 population
IS to be adopted, why not have it so
drawn as 10 protect the established
rights of the states? II j. evident that Il
large majority Of the states are willing
10 enlarge the governments powers Of
direct taxation II would therefore mean
merely Il delay Of two or three years If
congress should submit better drawn
amendment suggested by the State Of
New York and many states would doubt
less be grateful for the opportunity to
ratify an amendment Of that sort which
have ratified the pending one only be-
cause they thought that they were
obliged 20 choose between if and nothing.
So far rs Tie federal Treasury is con
cerued there is no need OF haste. The
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-12
CONCEALED WEAPONS.

Big Tim" Sullivan deserves great
credit for the fight which he has made in
the State Senate to pass a bill restricting
the carrying of concealed weapons. He
knows the dangers of that habit, which
has been responsible for so large a share
Of the homicides in this city. He doesn't
have TO be professional psychologist 10
realize that deadly weapon carried in
the pocket Of o man or youth who feels
that he ought to 90 about prepared for
trouble IS terrible temptation TO take
human life. He wants 10 remove that
temptation so far as possible. and in that
he Is both exercising worldly wisdom
and carrying out divine precept
Mr.. Sullivan's homey arguments in
the Senate routed the sophistlcai sugges-
tions Of the opponents of the bill who
lGid stress OIL the fact that burglar or
Il man with murder in his heart will find
Il way to get weapon, license or no
license. But that is aside from the real
point The sullivan bill seeks 10 nut n
Wholesome restraint on the ordinary gun
carrier. who does not intend 10 commit
burglary or murder He wants 10 own a
revolver because il is the custom of so
many Of his class to go armed, and he
thinks 1t proper 10 he prepared for a
shooting scrap when II occurs. He is a
potential criminal. who kills only be-
cause be happens 10 have his pistol with
him in moment Of excitement or irrita-
ton. It would not have occurred 10 him
10 shoot down victim deliberately and
I'm cold blood.
We shall continue 10 have the MIR
derer and the burglar with us. But the
Sullivan bill. If it becomes a law. will
help greatly in reducing the list OF homi-
cides due 10 impulse or trivial 0uarrels.
There is no good reason why any person
should be permitted 70 carry a concealed
weapon without first taking out license.
He becomes a special policeman in his
own behalf and should be held 10 some
responsibility in the exercise OF n dan.
gerOus privilege. Order becomes n nor
NAL condition when people 60 unarmcd.
ana 1t is proper use of the police power
10 see that no one goes armed without
the consent Of the authorities. Our
practice in this respect has been lax and
peIversc, and the result has been the
creation of conditions under which a
large percentage Of this city's population
has got the idea that carrying pistols
and using them are only an incident Of
the common LOT. It is vicious idea.
which the law. the courts and public
opinion should unite 10 stamp ont.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-12
TAMMANY AND THE CHARTER.

Why il the so-called Gaynor charter so
sure TO pass, as the Board Of Education
thinks it Is? There is no public senti-
ment for 1t. The press of the city is
practically unanimous against 1t. The
Board of Estimate and Apportionment,
the most important body IN the govern
ment Of the city. is opposed TO many Of
its features Its Civil Service reform
provisions are vicious, and so is its edu-
cational chapter. Experts in regard TO
Civil Service reform. as well as experts
In education, are almost unanimous III
condemning the provisions in which they
are specially interested. OF the many
charters that have been prepared for the
city, few have found so little favor "a
this one. 1t is called the Gaynor charter
and IT has the Mayors support, but pro-
visions have slipped into" It Of which
the Mayor is unaware. 1t is full of Elm
advertencies" and features are being
eliminated" by some one, certainly not
by the Legislature, which has given 1t
80 consideration.
to give it the consideration It should
have, for the session is approaching an
end. and everything that is done now
will have TO be done in a hurry. II the
charter Is adopted il will have 10 be
jamDed through, an ill-considered, hur-
riedly compiled document, prepared by
some one unknown and passed as If its
passage were political exigenCy. Only
politics will explain its adoption In the
face Of strong public protest, because
apparently Of the fear that the Demo
Gratis will lose the Assembly next year
and will not then be able TO pass it. Why
does Murphy want the charter! Is It for
the sake of taking the starch out of the
local Civil Service system and I'm the
hope Of getting the schools into politics
/ is Il first class Tammany charter. and
it will pass only on orders from Tam
many Hall.
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THE r,VO SUBWAY OFFERS.


1t is not possible for Il newspaper u
compare the two subway offers in all re-
sheets. but the obvious superiority Oh
certain features Of the Brooklyn Kappa
Transit Companys proposal douotiesS
accounts for the report that 1t VIII De
preferred by the Board Of Estimate anu
Apportionment Among these points 81
superiority we should put first It's fred-
dom from uncertainties. 1t Is possible
for the city TO make a bargain with the
Brooklyn company knowing exactly what
its bargain is. After ten years, for ex-
ample, It is plain that a big rapid transit
system can be taken over at once ana
put in the hands of new operator il
that seems to be desirable. The taxing
over Of practicable system Will not De
contingent upon obtaining legislation nor
upon negotiations as 10 the value or iran
cbises nor will it be subject TO lawsuits
in the interests Of bondholders.
Similarly, in regard to the disposition
of earnings. the Brooklyn plan is simple
and understandable How the Inter
borough plan of determining what are
the earnings and what the costs Of opera
ton Of two parts of the same system Will
work out I'm practice II Is only possible TO
guess. When new branch is built II
adds TO the business Of the existing sub
way stations, yet the lnterborough pro-
posal ignores that fact. There is only
10 N frnQf this Snh1pCf
Of earnings, and that is TO lump them al
together ard not attempt TO keep the
earnings Of one part separate from those
Of another, since the earnings Of every
station depend upon the total facilities
afforded by the whole system. The
Brooklyn plan does thus pool the earn
ings. The Interborough plan does not.
In addition TO its freedom from I'M
certainties, the Brooklyn proposal is at
tractive because It is not contingent upon
the city's reversing its now established
policy and granting perpetual franchises
for elevated railroad extensions or
tracks. The third track franchises de-
manded by the InterbOrough company
are immensely valuable and the compen-
sation proposed for them is said by ex'
perts to be merely nominal. The Brook
Ign company does not ask the public TO
pay It handsomely with a valuable grant
Of that sort for undertaking to supply
rapid transit.
Moreover, the Brooklyn plan proposes
considerably larger rapid transit sys'
TEN than does that OF its rival, and the
money which the city will have to furnish
to construct It is only trife greater
than that required by the Interborougn
company in its latest proposal. These are
by no means all the considerations enter
ing into this complex question, but they
are important.
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collegs booming be confined 10 su', a..
row limits. possibly huncred anu
having heard the addresses?
Why not have q college 'Dooh''a'"
New York say, once year IN pie
where every college that Is so i"'i,.'.
may send n representative TO talk ioi "
the young mon who are seeking 'o".o~
education? Every college OF any hoto "''
representatives In New York C'!' 9o"0
OF them at the very forefront or ah"" -
and their talk would be OF interest ~ ="
great many others than the youhS men
who are personally interested. why w"
tho various college organizations III 'o""
get together and establish an annuai CUT
lege boom?
TO give ii n competitive favor, by set'iie
one against another In virtues. have conn
m.ttee of eight or ten prominent ciu|9"''
with Mr. Carnegie or some other euu'"
tional exponent as chairman. ex cathedla'
10 act as judges at the talk and deciuo
which representative has done the best SCI
vice for his institution and thus stirnula'e
tho colleges TO get out the best they nave
In the city for the yearly display? vi
course only home talent would be per-
mitted 10 exhibit, as It would be n purely
New York City affair. What do the college,
men think Of the idea? W. J. H.
New York, May IL, 1911.