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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-27
MULTIPLYING SERVICES.

The facts about the profits OF me nat
and coat check privilege when na'e
come out in the lawsuit in this CITY
between n restaurant keeper ana the
holder Of a hat and coat check conceS-
sion Illustrate one Of the tendencies
that have contributed to the high cost or
living. Holders Of this privilege IN varl-
ous nopular restaurants are SAID 10 pay
from $1,000 to $1,000 n year to restau-
rant proprletors. and as they no douoI
mako nroft out Of their contracts the
nublic of course pays still greater sums
for having hats and overcoats huns up
during dinner. This is recent addl'loh
70 the cost Of eating in popular res
taurant. A few years ago walters per
formed this service for patrons at no
cost or perhaps 1t was supposed to be
covered by the tip to the walter NOW
# Is an Independent service, TO be palu
for by itself, the walters gratulty' OIL
course. being in no way reduced, because
no no longer looks after hats and over
coats.
II Is useless to blame restaurant Keep
ers or holders Of checking concessions
or their employees, who, indeed, 700 oluen
follow the custom Of the Baxter street
"puller-in" in eXtorting patronage Inc
fault is with the public. The hat ana
coat checking custom would never nave
cot its start II the public. or a large
part Of it. had not wanted to have It's
outer coverings checked even at the cost
of another absuTdly large gratnity. IL
wished 10 avoid the trouble of taking
hat and coat into the dining room and
10 have them returned in better order
than could otherwise be expected. The
demand for the service existed, and the
rIost has been made Of it for eXtortion.
The demand for services which every
one n few years ago was perfectly will
ing to get on without is one OF the most
powerful factors in the individual or
family expense account. Purchasers or
food want its purveyors to put 1t up IN
neat pasteboard packages, where rev
wears ago they were satisfied to have it
scooped from a big box or barrel by the
grocer. They pay handsomely for this
service. The carrying home of parcels
has become an extinct practice. The
free" delivery has spread everywhere,
even to the country. And the public
pays for It. It IS useless TO multiply in
stances. The performers Of most of
these services take their pay with the
utmost delicacy, indirectly. The checker
Of hats and coats exacts his with wanton
insolence, in that most offensive form,
the "gratuity" that is extorted by social
or moral dureSS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-27
PEOPLE and Social Incidents

her stay on Saturday and go TO New Yorx
TO hunt for winter home.
Mrs. David King Is planning 10 remain
here until late I'm the fall At present sh7
has rs her guest her daughter. Mrs RI.
Maitland Armstrong
Registered at the Casino today were Miss
T.. King. of Newport; Miss a. NJ McCagg,
Of Bar Harbor; Miss Harrington OF News
pert and f. p. Pearson, Of Bar Harbor
After spending the summer I'm Bar HarS
Dor. Mrs. Frederick Pearson has taken pos
session OF her estate on Ochre Point
Mr.. and Mrs Laurence Gillespie VIII open
their New York home next week They
plan TO leave here next Saturday.
Captain Lloyd Phoenix arrived on the n.
trepid tonight, after cruise with Colonel
Schuyler Crosby and DR.. David l.. Haigh,.
Of New York, and r. IT. Morgan, OF Bos-
ton.
Mrs James p. Kernocban il not 10 clos,
her season until October 10. she Will the,
go to New York.
Mr.. and Mrs James Lowell Putnam are
tho guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. James y. Duka
at their New Jersey estate.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard VI. Thomas VIII re-
main here until the latter part OF October.
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Tuck French ara
family are planning 10 spend the winter ia
Tuxedo
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-27
THE MARYLAND FRAUDS.

The Democratic party in Maryland Is
in a state Of dolor and agitation because
Of the discovery that ut the recent pri-
mary election in Baltimore one Demo
cratic faction shamelesSly swindled the
other at the polls. BY order Of Grim
inal court Judge the boxes in one Of the
precincts in the Odd Ward were opened
last week, and 1t was found that the
anti-machlne candidate for sheriff, who
was credited with no votes. had really re-
ceived fOrty-nine. The machinists were
more generous to opposition candidates
for state offices for they allowed Sena-
tor Blair Lee, the Progressive candidate
for Governor. four votes when he re-
ccived twelve. 1t is now proposed to
have n general recount, and the ex-
pcsures of fraud resulting are expected
to start a popular uprising against Bal
timore's Democratic ring.
II IS unpleasant for Democratic
politicians to be caught redhanded
doing" partisans OF their own faith.
But they have trained themselves so
long to the idea that II is laudablc to
use any sort of trickery TO prevent the
casting and counting Of Republican
votes that the temptation to class anti
machine Democrats as Republicans now
and then has perhaps become irreSisti-
bic. The story is told of a Maryland
divine, defending slavery in the old
days. that be was carried so far i'm the
fcrvor of his argument as 10 maintain
that if Providence had not fortunately
provided enough African raw material
to test the beneficent operation of the
peculiar institution 1t might have been
necessary 10 draft few hundred thou
sand poor whites into service in order
TO establish the success Of the slave
s, stem I'm the United States Most
Democratic politicians in Maryland are
50 convinced OF the value Of crooked
voting and counting that they are per-
fCctly willing TO try it on the undesira-
blcs of their own household If the ncces-
sity arises
This is candidly admitted by "rhc Bal
thnore SUM-" which. though praislng
Mr. Germans stand in favor Of an hon
est ballot, says:
lie cannot hope 10 have the genuine
sympathy and cooperation Of the or
canization men by whom he is sur
rounded I'm bold and manly pro-
efamme such az he appears To have
entered upon Many Of them are iu a
position to he run over by the juggcr-
naut. Nearly all Of them arc ingrained
cvnics on such subjects as election
fraud.
That Is n lamentsble confession for a.
Democratic newspaper to be compelled
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-27
TIE RIPPER CHARTER.

It is significant that however much
the proposed charter for this city has
been changed in other respects to meet
pointed criticism, little change has been
made in the general scheme 10 hobble
ana hamper the fusion members Of the
Board of Estimate. Never a document
Of affirmative merit in provisions for
advancing good govepment, the charter
IN It's latest form is almost as frankly
q ripper bill as were some Of the job
grabbing measures which Tammany
PASSED 10 help its Kings County annex.
It's chief purpose seems TO be TO break
down the powers Of the Board Of EST
mate-to minimize the functions of the
board in favor Of the Mayor and the
organization" Its advocates are thus
asking the Legislature to deprive elected
officials Of the powers conferred on them
10y that Notwithstanding which even
Tammany has not ventured 10 do hith-
erto in any such crude fashion.
If Tammany had carried the Board
Of Estimate at the last election it isn't
likely that any proposed charter would
have contained such provisions for bud
get making as this one contains. 1t
would not have been found necessary to
Yut the chairman Of the finance com
mittoe Of the Board Of Aldermen into
the Board Of Estimate. If a budget
committee had been created 10y law
II would not have been found neces-
,ary 10 give the Mayor power to appoint
its members. and the chairman Of the
finance committee Of the Board of Al
dcImcn would not have been made n
member Of II by statute The Board of
Estimate would have been permitted to
create its own subcommittee If It
had been deemed wise 20 give the
Mayor power to veto items in the tenta-
tive budget, the Board Of Estimate
would not have been required 10 re
adopt the vetoed items over his veto
within five days and would not have
heen limited 10 one vote on the question
~ their readoption. II is unlikely that
the board would have been deprived Of
the services Of its consulting engineer
who. under the proposed charter, would
become a lefty engineer" appointed by
the Mayor ard answorable 10 him. 1t
is unlikely that the board would have
been deprived Of its salary-fxing power,
which the proposed charter does i'm
some instances. II Is unlikely that the
president of the Board Of Aldermen
would have been deprived Of his duty ~
acting as Mayor iu the Mayors alb
sence. It Is unlikely that the Con-
troller's powers of audit would have
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-27

CHOOSING THE COURTHOUSE SITE.
The plan to hold an exhibition depict
ing the. various sites proposed for the
new courthouse is excellent. Now that
public opinion has beaten the monstrous
proposal to put the structure IN Clty
Hall Park, what is needed is stimula-
ton Of the public interest In the selec'
ton of a proper site. This VIII De
more difficult than was the arouslng OF
public interest to prevent the raiding OF
the park. A united sentiment against
specific proposal is always easier to
obtain than a general agreement upon
substitute. The constructive stage or
programme always brings with It differ
ences Of opinion. All that the agitation
about the new courthouse determined
was that it should not be built in City
Hall Park, but somewhere In the vicin-
ity Of the park. It did not settle the
question whether or not 1t is to he the
city's aim to build up civic centre
about the City Hall worthy OF this me-
tropolis and whether the new court
house shall contribute to that aim. But
the choice Of a site for the courthouse
affords an unequalled opportunity Tor
bringing this conception fully before the
public mind. BY such an exhibition as
has been planned it should be possible
to awaken the popular imagination TO the
possibility of grouping the city's build
! ipgs already in and about City Hall Park
with those to be erected hereafter in
such q way as to appeal to civic pride
The city's present buildings may be
made the nucleus Of group in which
every citizen will take profound salts
faction. If the new courthouse is not
placed either where 1t will be isolated
or where it will be hidden from view.
Down In its heart New York, like all
other communities, has always had
vague idea of a civic centre. City Hall
Park was the civic centre Of the old city.
being the site Of courthouses and tails
from times long gone by. 1t was big
CROUCH for a small city when buildings
were small and low. What is needed
now is to enlarge upon the original idea
by adding to it property to the north, so
that the greatness, wealth, civic pride
and good taste of the community may be
adequately represented In its public
buildings. When a little town plants its
courthouse alongside of its town hall,
If it has both, it does so not merely for
its convenience, but because the effect Of
each as indicative Of the towns impor-
lance is enhanced by the con5iguity of
the other That is the rudimentary in
stinct for q civic centre. 1t has not
wholly died out among New Workers, al
though the habit of placing public build
iLgs anywhere to suit the interests Of
political real estate spectators has kept
it from developing normally.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-27
FROM THE SUBURBS.

Ic New York's population has jumped -
five million since the census was go
last year, the population OF Italy prooaV"
shows a big decrease. Toledo BLADE
No more public drinking. cups IN t ~
York City It's time all OF MS VINO III
passed tho mutual tooth brush ga.
should get I'm line on this reform.-S''
cuse Post-Standatd.
New York newspapers speak or a.tii moi
900 failure as so small that II WI, NH
have any noticeable effect ASK ohS ses
OF "A cent more for your cotton aKu ,S =
how significant that Is 10 New
Charleston News and courier
Mayor Gaynor appears to have heea
robust preiudice against men. re ma, v,oI
saving. "IFrom my way OF thinking e' niyo.
any woman n man happens To nle5t s',lrss
gether too good FOR him. But OF large.
MaVor Caynor's experience has beyh '1Puf.
iy Sonaned to the wicked metropolis
falO Courier. -.
voung man from tho provinces hi
arrested Tor suspected lunsey pseNS,sSadway,
Nas throwing money away on p,o 10 wal
Inn disnatchcs do not say Wnelhs' Nm, foi
,,,,ino IN brihe "A waiter 10 thank ~ YORK,
tbe In or betting that native New sesl
ar wn,,ld COT M and oner wolnd.n, N'JovS
i Sr WC crowSed cceer.-Loulsvlle Courier''O~
nal.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-27
BOOMING CHEESE.

The Department Of Agriculture is max
ing a commendable effort to rehabilitate
cheese as common article Of diet Sew
eral things have helped to give cheese
bad name. Latterly it has become IA
miliar to Americans chiefly as decora-
ton Of the free lunch counter or as
the substance of which Welsh rabbits
are made In these two forms It has
incurred wide unpopularity, for the
lunch counter man. as rule, serves only
the cheapest grade Of skim milk cheese
and the rabbit can be so badly cooked as
to make the eater gladly take the anti
casein pledge the morning after. More
over. the degenerate imitation Swiss
cheese which foods he market has prac-
tically killed the popular appetite for the
once delectable Schweizer sandwich.
The Agricultural Departments eX-
perts combat the idea that cheese IS In
digestible, and certify generously to its
admirable qualities. The trouble in this
country is that we have never recognized
sufficiently how compact and sustaining
food il IS. as is evidenced by the fact
that cheese IS so often served as late
dinner course. If the dinner is a real din
ner the cheese is superhuous. It would
he lust as sensible 70 serve slices Of beef
steak before the coffee. for cheese Is
twice as substantial a food rs lean meat,
bulk for bulk. small cube of hard
cheese or half box Of soft foreign
cheese is almost enough for a meal I'm II
self. and workmen on the Continent
easily sustain themselves on such por-
ton eaten with rye bread. The indiges-
tihiity with which cheese has been
charged here Is undoubtedly due in large
measure TO its being treated as a light
food instead Of a heavy one and eaten
as part Of an otherwise sufficient meal.
Made out of good, rich milk, and pos
sesslng a palatable favor, cheese is an
excellent substitute for much more ex-
pensive eatables, and its use ought TO be
encouraged. From the point Of view Of
nutriment, il is ian almost perfect food"
Americans would appreciate it better II
they initiated European customs and
gave it a more rational place in their
regular diet
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-27
BISHOP BURGESS PROTEST
Objected, Not to Sunday Pleasure, but
TO the Purchase Of II.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Bishop Burgess and Long Island
Christians In Directing to the aerial meet
last Sunday did not object 10 people hav-
ing pleasure on Sunday, but they did OBJ
iect to their hiring other people to give
them pleasure. Using the language OF
Macaulay's oft quoted Islander against the
Puritans to whom we are very largely IN
debted for the freedom which our govern
ment insures us, we object 10 bear bait
ing because Of the pain Il gives the bears
and also because OF the deterioration OF
character which II gives TO the specta-
tors and to the fact that 1t shuts out the
vision OF God.
The law forblds horse racing, gaming or
other public sports, exercises or shows
II has been clearly held, In tho courts that
"sports, exercises or shows" are public
which are advertised as open to the public
or 10 which admission fees are charged TO
the public.
The breaking down of the enforcement
Of the Sunday laws ia due, OF course, to
some extent 10 the selfish Indifference Of
people who want a good Sunday for them
selves whether other people have an equal
" good Sunday. but primarily because
great moneyed interests like the Aero Club
OF New York want to make money and
can afford 20 hire lawyers to corrupt or
fool the law enforcing officers OF the gov
eminent
What Bishop Burgess objected to was
the breaking OF the law, not so much as
TO tho prize money as 10 the charging
money for admission. There is great
principle behind Bishop BURGESS action,
which means free Sunday for every one
alike, rich and poor.
WILLIAM SHEFE CHASE
Brooklyn. n. Y. Sept. %. 1911
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-27

They remained unused until one OF inc
ch,efs discovered that they were good 10
sleep in. and they are now used as oeds.
When General Howard and DR.. Bendeii
brought the first delegation of Apaches 10
the states they had somewhat siHIlai
experience with sleeping car berths. Inc
Indians waited until tho porters had mace
the beds and then they pulled the mat
tresses from the berths, laid them In the
aisle or the car and slept there.
A clergyman OF the Middle west as
approves of REVEALS for several reasons,
one OF which is that they debaucih the ta aof
for religious music. His objection IS no,
rroundless IL n body gets the virus or
the liz or march jingles into his veins, ne
will not again be satisfied with the Staiuc5
tunes of tho less gymnasic faiths ana
as TO the suggestion that reviYallsts ert en-,
ploy form of hypnotism., II any one rea any
doubts II. he needs only turn 20 bhy
treatise on religious psycholosy.-New Or
leans Picayune.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-27
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Mr. and Mrs. /. Townsend Burden ST.
and Miss Gwendoyn Burden, who caile ~
town at the end OF last week from NC"
mort TO meet Mr.. and Mrs. !. Io"i'sSiiu
Rurden. ir.. on their arrival from Europe
have returned 10 their villa at tho hhouo
Island resort Mr.. and Mrs. l. lo"hSs"'
Burden. jr., are at the Plaza
Invitations have been issued for the mar
riage OF Miss Annie Myers, daughter Vi
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Myers. TO Latham
Ralston Reed. on Saturday afternoon DC
toDer "A. at the home of the brides parents
Hempstead. Long Island. Miss Mary NY
ers will be her sisters maid OF honor ara
the bridesmaids WILL be Miss Jeanette NY
ers. another sister OF the bride. and MISS
Elizabeth Eunice Reed, sister OF the
bridegroom. Francis Jenkins Danforth VIII
be tho best man. Mr.. Reed is the son or
Mr.. and Mrs. Latham Gallup Reed and the
grandson of Mrs. Sylvanus Reed, OF thls
city. He is a graduate OF Columbia cIass
Of os, and a member Of several New YORK
clubs.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. p. Duryea, who have
been abroad for some time. VIII return
home next month. They are still In France.
Mrs Douglas w Burnham VIII close her
country home at Fishklll- onthe-Hudson
early in October and return TO town Tor
tho winter. Her daughter, Mrs. r. Burn
ham Dresser, and her granddaughter MISS
Susan b. Dresser. who spent the summer
with her, as usual. will also return then.
Mr. and Mrs. George Rose returned from
Europe yesterday. They will spend rev
DAYS In town before going to their place on
Long Island for the autumn.
Mr.. and Mrs. James H. Kidder have ar
ranged TO spend part of the autumn at Hot
Springs, Va. They will 90 there with
party OF friends about tho middle Of octo-
Der.
MIR. and Mrs Joseph l. Delafeld have
closed their cottage. Quiogue Point ~
Westhampton Beach Long Island ana
have gone to Princeton, n. j., where they
Will be the guests throughout OCTOBER OF
Professor and Mrs william ". Sloane at
their country place. Stanworth. at Prince
ton. They will open their apartment AT NJ
"a West 18th street early in November
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur B. Twomoly re-
turned to town yesterday from the White
Mountains.
Mr.. and Mrs James Speyer, VINO went
abroad early in the summer and are now
az Frankfort, will spend the next six weeks
IN France and England, returning to New
York early IN November
Madison Grant has returned to his mouse
IN East 18th street from a shooting trip IN
Alberta, Canada, with Professor Henry
Fairfield Osborn. De Forest Grant VINO
spent the summer at the Mount washing
ton, Breton Woods, IS now at Briarcln
Lodge.
Mrs. William H. Force and her daughter
Miss Katherine Force. will leave town to-
day for Hot Springs, Va.
Mrs. George r. schieffelin and Miss Dor
othv schiefelin sailed for Europe on sat
urday. They will go TO Homburg' GER
many. 20 visit Mrs Gustav Amsinck.
Mr.. and Mrs. Winthrop Burr will spend
the month Of October at Hot Springs va
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-27
N. Y. U. TO REOPEN TO-DAY
Chancellor Elect To Be Present-Reg
istration Largest in History.

Arts and Pure Science Will open this morn.
ing with exercises in the auditorium Of
the library. Chancellor-elect Elmer Els
worth Brown Will he present. and Il -
expected that he will speak 10 the stu'
dents. Dean Stoddard will talk on "The
Uses Of a College 10 IT'S Student" and VII
formally welcome the incoming freshmen.
Dean Snow wiz then make an address
welcoming DR.. Brown and Will close win
talk on THE Development Of Ens.neer.
ing as a Profession I'm the United StAtes'
The registration is by far the largest y
the history OF the university and many
more new students are expected to-day
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-27
The Reason Why His Interview Was
Not Corrected Before Publication.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
SIR: In Yesterdays issue OF Tho Tribune
appeared an article by one Of your staff
Of reporters, entitled "a Plan TO Enable
Men of Small Means to Get Services OF
Medical Experts" I told this gentleman
when he called upon me and explained
his plan that, in common with all special
lists, gladly reduce my fees to any point
requested by tho family doctor, who best
knows the patients circumstances; and,
therefore, I did not consider that there
was any crying need Of now scheme
such as he contemplates.
l. however. discussed IL with him in de-
tail. and apropos Of sde issue (saylng It
was in conidence). mentioned patient OF
mine By name and the fee he paid me,
saying he was more really grateful than
a certain charity patient for identical work
performed about the same period upon the
latter and that charity cases are seldom
grateful patients
Your reporter sent me n proof of his
article last Friday morning. To my mort-
dcaton he had included this confidential
side remark, also saying that this pa
tents surgical trouble was something re-
cent. In rcauty my WOlk Tor the gentle
man whose name he mentioned was done
several years ago. Before ] ever saw him
the fact OF his illness had been published,
but tho slze of the fee paid me by him
was OF no Importance to the public and
had no bearing upon the reporters special
article. | at once wrote 10 him. protest.
Ing against his mentioning this patient in
any way whatever and also reminding him
with fun details that ! by no means
thought the plan he was suggesting per-
feet one and obIecting to his making It APP
pear that the contrary was the case.
beg Of you the courtesy to publish this
correction as conspicuousy as was the
article Of which I complain.
y ROBERT II. NJ. DAWBARN, NJ. u.
New York, Sept. Is. 1911
I'VE regret that any annoyance was
caused to Dr. Dawbarn by circumstances
for which nobody was 10 blame. The
writer OF the article did not understand
that any Of tho information given was
In confidence. As the doctor was ex-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-27

to make. But it represents the SITUATION
as It Is. From holding 1t veniai Oh
fence to cheat Republicans out OF tnei'
votes these "ingrained cynics nave
come to believe that an anti-machine
Democrat has no more rights thah Il
Republican. The respectable Democrats
who have kept the machine in power
and closed their eyes TO its methods are
now reaplng the results of their ROXY
1t is a case of evil election practices 700
long tolerated coming home TO roost.