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New-York tribune., 1911-12-07

the "fads and frills." not that they are
bad in themselves, but that they are
badly taught. utterly feeble and inef
fective toward taking the place Of that
education which a boy got from his
larger and more normal surroundings a
generation ago. when il was unquestion-
ably enough TO teach him The three
RS" in school: for the rest of his edu-
cation. that education in the use Of
hand and eye which was old when the
three RS were invented, could he left
to take care of itself.
Education has now a different sort OF
boy TO work with than IT had in the
little red sChoolhouse. one cut off from
many sources Of normal mental deyel-
opment. And it has different material
to use in developing him. The widening
Of knowledge has disturbed old values.
The adjustment to the new task Is i'm
perfect; in some respects attempts AZ II
seem almost ludiCrouS. But II Is wen
10 bear i'm mind that the simple solution
Of returning TO the bare three RS
would not work 50 we'll as some seem
10 think. unless we could return at the
same time to the little red schOohouse.
full of boys familiar with every call Of
the birds i'm the woods. who knew the
lair of the game. and who could use IN
axe. a hammer. q Chisel and a SOW al
most as well as so many men.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-07
IN THE BERKSHiRES.
lBy telegraph 10 The Tribune

BY Telegraph 10 lne lUDuhe.
I.enox. Dec. 6-Mr and Mrs. Ccrtlandt
Field Bishop will remain in LenoX until
after New Years. Mrs. George Bend Is
visiting them al the Naples. Mr. and Mrs.
Bishop will sail in March for abroad.
Mr.. and Mrs. Giraud Foster closed their
villa to-day and went to New York. They
will sail on December 10 Tor Europe.
Mrs NJ. Dwight Collier has arrived 10
spend month with Mr. and Mrs. David T.
Dana at Brentwood
Mr. and Mrs Robb Dc Peyster Tytus has
arrived at the Ludlow villa, which they will
occupy this winter.
Miss Adele Kneeland has opened Fair
lawn and will spend the winter AZ her
country place.
DR.. Charles McRurney. who is in stock
bridge for the winter. has gone to South
Carolina for quail shooting.
Or. and Mrs. Henry =. Jaques have re-
turned TO Home Farm from New York
Mr. and Mrs. George Baty Blake, who
were with Mrs. Arthur lIunnewell for sey-
ersl weeks. have returned 70 the Needles.
Commander Reginald r. Belkuap has ar
rived AT his home, in Stockbridge
Bernard Hoffman Of Chicago. Is IN Stock
bridge inspecting his country estate
Mr. and Mrs Alexander Sedgwick. who
are in Stockbrdge. went TO Philadelphia
to-day for a visit
Miss TTeloiso Meyer is 4 guest OF Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Bemis In Boston
New-York tribune., 1911-12-07
GETS HOUSE ON CHRISTMAS
Mrs. R. Hopkins Receives Fifth
Ave. Home from Grandmother.

Mrs. j. J. Lawrence, widow of pr. Law
renee. has given to her granddaughter.
Mrs. Russell Hopkins. the FIVE story house
at DO. lOi5 Fifth avenue. which has been
newly decorated and furnished. Mrs Hop
kins Will take possess of the property
on December % as a Christmas Gift
Or. Lawrence husband OF Mrs Lawrence,
died in March. 1909. and left two children,
boy and a girl The girl was married TO
Charles Siegrist, OF St. Louis. and a daugh-
ter. Vera, was born to them. Mrs Siegrist
died, and Vera was adopted by her grand
parents
Vera, in 1906. when only seventeen years
old and attending school. left her grand
PARENTS home and married Russell Hop
kins, the twenty-one-year-old son OF a
wealthy manufacturing chemist Of Atlanta.
They stole away on a Yacht belonging 20
Mr.. Hopkins and went 10 Poughkeepsie.
where they were married by the Rev. John
q. Oakley. on their return TO New York
they were forgiven. girl baby was bo-n
70 them in 1909, and Dr. Lawrence be
queathed to this child 100000 in trust
DR.. Lawrence made millions out of stand
ard medical preparations and In real es-
tate investments. Russell Hopkins is consul
in New York OF tho Republic OF Panama.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-07
TRlNSFERS AND E4RYINGS

The figures put forth by the Public
service Commission indicating that the
reduction I'm transfers has proved un.
profitable 10 the street railway com
panies are Of course susceptible of
other explanations. Thus the companies
may say that the increase in expense of
operation under the receverShips. due
10 improvement Of service and other
causes. has eaten up all the gain from
cutting off transfers But they cannot
explain away the conclusion that the re
suit has been disappointing to those
who regarded cutting off transfer priv
ileges rs the way to the financial restO-
ration of the companies. Under the
changed condition revenues declined.
I'm q city where all other traction lines
were gaining business the surface lines
alone lost business. II has been the
custom i'm railroadinC TO point 10 in
crease of patronage as an evidence of
healthy growth and a sign of success.
Are the street railways Of Manhattan
an exception? With them is q decline
In business sslUtary indication? Only
on the theory that passengers are car
ried at loss can falling off Of about
fifteen millions i'm the fare paying pas
eengers Of the wear ending in June,
1909 as compared with the year ending
June. 1907. be regarded with satisfac-
tion. operating expenses, meanwhile,
increased nearly 100000 but, as we
have already intimated, other factors
entered into that. Still II is hard 10
believe that any saving Of consequence
in operating expenses resulted from the
cutting off Of transfers
The result of Withdrawing transfer
privileges is not what might. without
adequate consideration. be expected. II
is plain from the figures that few persons
pav two fares. They walk or sdOpt
other methods of transit as is shown
hy the decline Of fifteen millions i'm fare
paving passengers. Then those who do
ride are perhaps forced 10 adopt round
about ways OF reaching their destina-
'ions. thus increasing the cost TO the
street railways Of Transporting them over
what il was when they went by q more
direct route using transfers. Nor. again,
is all transfer traffic long haul traffic
msn who wishes 10 go a quarter Of
mile uptown and quarter Of a mile
across may ride if he may reach his
destination by paying one fare He is
likely 10 walk rather than pay. two.
Thus a short haul passenger is driven
away by lack Of transfer privilege.
Moreover. there is another factor ad-
verse 20 the companies when they de
crease their capacity 10 serve the public
by cutting off transfers and that is
habit. The public easily forms the habit
of riding or Of walking short distances.
Those who. are in the habit Of being
set down within = few steps Of Their
homes and places Of work 10y street
New-York tribune., 1911-12-07
THE .THREE R,N- Tn.nAN

In his words 10 the members of the
Board Of Education on appointing them
Mayor Gaynor allied himself with the ma
jority In expressing his discontent with
the 'frills and fadS" now i'm the school
curriculum. When the course was sim
pier, consisting of the bare three RS"
he is sure that the results were better.
Yet 8 distinguished educator like Dean
Ballet Of New York University said
only the other day that the three RS"
If anything. were the 'fads and frills"
Of education, by which paradox he eyi-
IDENTITY meant ia call attention 10 the
fact that before reading. writing and
arithmetic We're invented there were
children 10 be educated ~ fill the places
OF their fathers and mothers In the
world. 10 hunt. fish fight. make bows
and arrows, and perhaps till the soil.
Education then went on entirely out
side Of schools. When Mayor Gavnor
was young q good deal Of it. still went
on outside of schools II is because II
now has to 20 on increasingly within
it TO invent training to take I'm develop
ing the brain the place of that which
every boy in Mayor Gaynors youth got
without knowing it. The apartment
house reared lad has no opportunity AZ
home TO gain that skill with the hands
which was acquired at daily home tasks
by the lad brought up in the village
or city that retained most Of the charac-
teristics Of village. when the Mavor
was young. He does not handle tools i'm
his fathers shop There is no room or
use for tools or shop in the fat. He
does not run about the fields and know
the track Of the rabbit weasel. mouse.
squirrel and fox in the snow. Nature
is closed book TO him, unless il is
revealed in nature study in the schools
and We are bound 10 say it is pitiably
revealed there And that is the worst of
New-York tribune., 1911-12-07
THE WOMEN AND Los ANGELES

THE WOMEN AND Los ANGELES.
Galantry becomes feature of the
election news when women vote The
dispatches from Los Angeles speak Of
the women beating socialism In due
course of time it will doubtless come TO
be an accepted fact of current history
that but for their enfranchiSement the
Socialists would have carried the cleo
tion. Yet the statement is only piece
of gallant exaggeration. Perhaps sixty
five thousand women voted. Mayor
Alexanders majority is put al more
than fifty thousand If it Is assumed
that except for the women Hartman
would have won, then all but about seven
thousand Of the women voting cast their
ballots against the Socialist candidate,
a palpable absrdity, for in that case n
majority Of the men must have voted
the Socialist ticket. No such difference
of political opinion between the two
sexes exists.
No doubt the womenS vote went to
swell the majority for Mayor Alexander.
Whether il was more conservative on
the whole than that of the men no one
knows or can know. but plainly il was
not essential to the defeat of radicalism.
The result would not have been changed
If California had not enfranChiSed the
women The Socialists cause collapsed
with tho plea of guilty by the McNa.
rnareS Tho 1,iiblic had had a uaar and
shocking view of what class haired
leads 10. Moreover there was the jury
bribing in the case Nothing connects
Mr. Hartman personally with IT, bUt
the revelations did not help him as a
candidate. II is ungallant to say so,
INT the case yet remains to he devel-
oped in which the von Of women has
made any important difference to the
community enfranchising them.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-07
CRUELTY TO OLD MEN.

TO the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: ! note the recent incorporation in
Chicago Of the "Anti-Forty- Five Year Age
Limit League" its object being to abolish
Oslerism," to "end mans inhumanity TO
man.. to eliminate the age limit arbitrar-
lily established against men over forty-five
years old To adopt a rule barring those of
certain age from employment is unjust,
unreasonable. illogical, barbarous and in
defenslhle." AS well might the birds make
Il d rule that no bird over a certain age be
allowed 10 carry food TO it's young.
Success 10 this worthy movement In our
city we have Societies for the prevention
Of cruelty 10 children" and animals Why
NOT. also, establish a Society for the Pre-
vcntion Of Cruelty to Old Men, having the
same end in view as the Chicago society?
Let's get together; lot US establish various
lines Of business. run entirely by and fOr
elderly men-to employ none but men over
forty-fve years old, giving to those i'm their
ffties and sixties, who are duly qualified,
the preference. Why not? Any communi-
cation addressed simply New York city"
will reach me. j. WHITING LILLY.
New York, Nov. % 1911
New-York tribune., 1911-12-07
vP D4RPOW'S POSITION.

The position of Mr. Clarence ). Oar
row. rs reflected by the outcome of the
Mcnamara case, raises some interesting
questions Of legal ethics. We do not
refer TO the exposure of the defences
attempt at jury bribing. We believe
that Mr.. Darrow is above such despica-
ble resorts TO serve his clients. al
though there is reason to think that
some of the money raised for his eY-
penditures 10y the honest workmen Of
the country went 10 that end with the
connivance of some Of the defence's
legal advisers. Nor do We question Mr.
Darrow's right and duty to give his
clients the benefit of every legal techni-
cality and get them of if he could. even
though be knew they were guilty. Did
Mr. Darrow, however, have any right
as lawyer, or any right as 2 man and
as citizen, knowing for months that
his clients were guilty. to Join in the
appeal 10 the honest. hard working and
thin purSed laborerS of this country for
money on the false representation that
the public authorities were engaged in
gigantic and damnable conspiracy TO
railroad" innocent men TO death he
cause they were apostles of labor union
ism?
Mr.. Darrow, in formal statement
inst issued. says that he was trying 10
do the best ne could for his clients and
the "cause" that he served. and adds
that i'm prolonging the contest he would
have sacrificed the lives of the two men
in the end. while "in the mean time col
"lecting money from thousands Of per
'sons who could not know the facts.
Therein Mr.. DarrOw shows that he him
self has an inkling of the improperly
of the campaign of advertised martyr
dom i'm behalf of organized murder and
violence. He knew last summer that
the men We're guilty; he could have Sc
cured them every legal right that if is
lawyers duty to secure for his clients
without encouraging or allowing the
continuance of the Gompers campaign
for stirring up class hatred and preach
ing to the people that their government
was n blOodthirsty tyrant Which mas
ter was he serving in permitting such
an appeal 10 pasSionf The two men
whom he knew to be guilty and for
whom his whole duty was TO secure a
fair trial with every safeguard that the
law allowed. or that cause" which he
says he also served? As q prOfcssed I'M
selfish devOtee of the laboring masses
did he think he was serving the cause
by joining with G0mpcrS 10 iDstiI into
the mind of every labor unionSt the
destructive and hate engendering de-
lusion that honest ana innocent men
We're being prosecuted and made vic
Tins of "frame-up." when he knew il
was not true? In Mr.. DarrowS opinion.
is a murderer, operating in the name Of
organized labor. not merely client TO
he defended. but a hero" 10 serve for
the stimulation Of class war-So long rs
the game can he made 10 work?
New-York tribune., 1911-12-07
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Ir,on rhe rrlhnne Rureau- J

IETOm The iTtbulN
Washington. Dec. 6.-The fr"slue"'
cIined to reopen the cases of the hYe ca's,'
recently dismissed from the Military "c''
emy e,.o,
Reprosentatiye Sulzer. and later S'I'o"
Wolf and Adolph Kraus. head of me " '''
Birth. talked with tho President spout w
Russian-JewIsl passport question w
moi doubt We will be able tn make o"'
conclusive case Of violation of the 'rea'F
NJ 1882 bv Russia" said Mr. Sulzer' We
will begin hearings Monday.
The President has decided ~ reappo'nt
lanes & Harlan. Of Illinois. men'oe' %
tho Interstate Commerce Commission Il"
seven years from January !.
There is no opposition 10 ana no "e
against the President in Michigan ss'p
REPRESENTATIVE Young. He VIII nav
solid delegation and VIII run s"'S
the state in the November e'ectio''
Representative Kahn prNdlc'"o '"''
President Taft would win sweeping VI,
tory I'm the preferential primaries IN 'sH-
fornla
penresen,atjve Olnsted said after con
toro,,,o With tho President. II just came
to toll the President that We are 2" io'
him" .u
Renresentatiye Foss Weeks and ps'ze"
nro,ested 10 the President against 'h' us
nIacing of Reer Admiral r. r. Nlchoison
as chief ~ the Bureau of Na'igauon anu
the annointment Of Commander Phinp An
drews in his place.
,rbe President has accepted an invitation
IN take part in the public celebration VI
r,buadoInbta on the afternoon of Decemoer
IN marking the fftieth anniversary OF inc
Foundation Of the mercantile establishment
IF rohn Wanamaker Tho President ac-
commanded hv Secretary Knox, will proceed
thence 70 New York city TO attend me
peace dinner that evening
Tho President restored 10 entry nearly
two and half million acres of land IN
Idaho which had been temporarily WIN
drawn Field examination by the Geologi-
cal Survey showed the lands 30 he "ithou'
coal value
President Taft received in the East Room
oco delegates to the Atlantic Deeper water
vays Association convention, loo mernoeis
of the Boston Real Estate EXchange' 81
members. Including their families ot 'he
North side Board Of Trade Of New YORK
Cftv. and 5o members Of the united S'a'es
Potters' Association.
Among tho White House callers were
Senators Crane, Brown, Smoot Myers
Gamble, Oyerman. Briggs, Root, burleson'
Culherson. Pondexter. Dixon, Du ton''
Fletcher Bryan. Martin, Bacon, Tillman'
Swanson. Curtis and Kenyon, Representa-
tlyes Mccall. Kinds, Stevens. Pray Rouse
Rowland. Knowand. Rordan. Thayer'
Goodwin. Danforth. French Green liam
ilton and Andrews. the Secretary OF '"e
Navy and the Secretary Of war
The President and Major Butt TOOK long
walk this afternoon.
Miss Gordon Hamilton, who has oeen the
guest Of Miss Taft, returned to Bryn Mawr
TODAY.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-07
THE PASSPORT AGITATION.

II would he idle TO seek to minimize or
to ignore the extent or the intensity IF
the feeling Of dispeasure in this coun-
try at Russja's persistent refusal to ac-
cept aud TO act upon the American in
depreciation of the treaty of 1882. con-
cerning the privileges Of American ciu-
zens i'm Russia. Making all allowance
and much, indeed, must he made-for
the effects of Fictitious and factional
agitation. we must recognize the fact
that the present situation Is unsatisfao-
tory and is likely at any time to become
embarrassing This is clearly under
stood by the government at Washing
ton. which for some time has been
making earnest efforts to settle the
complicated and difficult controversy.
The chief question which is to be con
sidered in connection with the popular
agitation which has now become wide
spread. ana which found perhaps its
most influential expression in the mass
meeting of last night. is whether it is
likely 10 aid or 10 embarrass the Presi-
dent and his Secretary of state and dip
lomatic agents in securing a satisfactory
adjustment Of the matter. We shall not
now ask which it is intended 10 do, pre-
ferrinG 10 assume that there Is nobody
among the agitators and protestants
who is simply trying 10 play politics
and 10 put the administration in
hole" at the expense of important inter
national interests. Let us assume that
all are sincerely desirouS of assisting
the President to settle right q matter
which rests. after all, with him to settle.
VIII this agitation and the often eX-
cited and extreme demands which are
made Conduce TO that end?
Nor will ii he uniting or unprofita
bic 10 ask how if would benefit this ma
ton or any class Of its citizens, native
or natuTalized. 10 have the treaty with
Russia abruptly abrogated. II is easy
to talk about thus bringing Russia to
terms" But would that do it, There
is room for fear that the abrogation Of
the treaty would bear more hardly upon
Americans than upon Russians and that
Russia could endure such abolition Of
treaty relations far better than America
could. It * not question Of abro-
eating single clause. but the whole
treaty Examination Of that instrument
shows that it involves much more than
the rights of naturalized American citi-
zens who may visit Russia, or even Of
all American citizens visiting that cOun-
try. There are involved the interests
Of far greater number who have no
thought of visiting Russia. 1t may prop
erly be asked whether it would he wise
to abandon all the rights which we now
enjoy simply because one which we
think we should enjoy is denied to us
And the point should he considered, no
matter how 1agrant and indefensible we
may regard that denial TO be. What Is
desired is enforcement. not abrogation
and it is not clear that abrogation would
lead TO enforcement.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-07
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.

From Inc IrlnunH BUREAU
washington. Dec. 6.-Miss Taft and Mr..
and Mrs. George II. Snowden, her cousins.
who are staying at the White House, were
among the guests entertained by Mr. and
Mrs. Walcott Tuckermsn at dinner to-
night
The marriage Of Miss Evelyn Chew.
daughter Of John Chow. of Washington.
and Thomas Roberts. ID. took place at 1880
O'Clock this afternoon At the home Of the
brides grandinothe". Mrs. Lillian J. Coffey,
only relatives Witnessing the ceremony. 4
large reception followed al o'clock when
tho old residents of Washington and the
official world met the bride and bridegroom.
DR. Devices Roberts. of Boston. the bride
eroom's brother officiated assisted by the
Rev Roland Cotton Smith. rector of St
Johns Church The brides robe OF soft
white satin had court train and was
trimmed in old duchess lace and pearl en-
the same lace. Her flowers were orange
blossoms and lilies-of f-the-valley. Mrs
John Upshur Moorhesd. who attended her
sister. wore a charming French frock Of
pink under blue chiffon, with gold lace and
fringe and a gold bandeau in her hair
Among the out-of-town guests We're Mr.
and Mrs Thomas Roberts. of Philadelphia
the parents Of the bridegroom: Mr. and
Mrs George Roberts and Mr. and Mrs
Theodore Reath. Of Philadelphia. After q
Southern wedding Journey Mr.. and Mrs
Roberts will make their home in Phisdei-
phis.
Mrs James F. Barbour and Miss Mar
guerite Barbour entertained a number Of
guests Al dinner tonight.
Mrs. Van Devanter. wife Of Justice Van
Devanter of the Supreme Court. has gone
to New York for several days.
The marriage Of Miss Diane Morgan HilI.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-07
THE STANDARD POLICY
It's Origin in Fire Insurance Attributed
to Massachusetts.

To the Editor NJ The Tribune.
Sir. ! find In my New-York Tribune Of
November p. 1911. reference tn an address
before the Insurance Society Of New York
by Elijah Y Kennedy under the heading
STANDARD Policy's story" seemingly cred
iting the New York Board of Fire Under
writer's In 1855 with the preparation and
adoption Of the standard policy. which he
considered the most important innovation
I'm the history Of fire insurance"
The credit really belongs 10 Massachu
setts. I was a member and secretary Of
the Insurance Committee. House Of Rep
resentatives, in 1873 the fire I'm Boston had
occurred a few months before I'm 1872. and
necessarily we had much 10 do. so that
got an insight into the business and con
cuded that the three page. diamond type
policies We're wrong. and, If the companies
desired. they contained conditions by which
they could avoid payments
In 1874 ! was also member and chairman
Of the Committee on Commercial Affairs
] had worked out in my mind the idea of
a simple policy as near az possible: For
value received ! hereby insure your prop
erty from loss by fire" All disputes 10 be
settled by the common law. I obtained the
assistance Of George O. Crocker. mem
her and lawyer. 10 assist in preparing
form. II was a short half page I'm large
type and simple-the subject OF each para
graph In red ink on the margin-and print
ed across the top the words in large type
Massachusetts, Standard Policy" / made
the adoption Of the form elective with the
companies When the bill came before
the House It was passed by large vote.
Ten years afterward. in 1884. Mr.. Crock
er was a member OF the Senate and Sc
cured the passage of the bill, making II
obligatory for every insurance company In
the state to use the standard form. Then
insurance companies saw the handwriting
on the wall and hastened In 1856 TO have a
hand in the preparation Of standard
forms" for their states that would he
clearly 10 their liking
The credit for a standard form OF policy
for FIRE insurance then really belongs Ia the
Massachusetts Legislature, 1874. In 1874
told the committee the only practical solu-
tinn IN life ins1iancs gas the adoption OF
New-York tribune., 1911-12-07
TIE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
frrom The Tribune Bureau. |

From The Tribune Bureau
Washington, Dec. 6.-The British Ambas-
sador has gone to Canada for short
visit
The Netherlands Minister and Nine. Lou
don entertained Lady Alan Johnstone at
dinner tonight.
Sehor Don NJ. Fernandez de Ia Regatta,
recently appointed third secretary Of the
Mexican Embassy. has arrived. He was
attached TO the embassy here under Sehor
de la Barra. and was popular socially.
Albert Kienin. German second secretary,
and Nine Kienlin. who recently arrived
from Germany, have reached Washington.
Baron Preuschen Won und IA Leben-
stein. Austrian naval attache, Joined party
Of friends to-day for duck shooting trip
on Chesapeake Bay.