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NEW YORK SOCIETY.

( Mrs. Pierre Malls house. 10 Fifta av.nr..
was the scene last night of meeting -
the Thursday Evening club. and the pro-
cramme provided for IFS entertainment in.
ciGded the performance of Wockerln',
musical sketch. Ia Laitiere DE- rrianon"
by Miss Greta Torpade and Gustave White.
under tho direction OF Ernest Perrin. Tho
. membership Of the club includes Mrs J.
! Pierpont Morgan. Mr. and M. Frederick
. W. Nhitridge, Mrs. Cadvalader Jones Pro.
fessor and Mrs. Charles r. Chandler Mr..
and Mrs. Robert W. dc Forest. Mr.. and
Mrs w Barclay Parsons and Mrs. Arthur
Murray Dodge.
Mrs William Allen Butler gave dance
last evening az her house, in East 72d street.
for her second daughter. Miss Louise Trasv
Butler. Dancing was general and hunct
supper was served. Tho guests included
Miss Mary and Miss Margaret SohieYel!n.
Miss Justine Ingersoll. Miss Alexandra
Emery. Miss Julia Edey. Miss Louise
Trevor. Miss Dorothy Chisholm. M,ss Au-
gusta p. Dixon. Henry T. Coo. jr.. L. Cor
don Hamersey Charles Mchipln PYLE. Van
Rensselaer, Fairfax and George s Trevor
Mrs Rowland Davis viii give dane.
this evening at her house, in Madison ave-
nue.
The seylng class that works for tho Nur-
sorry and Childs Hospital will meet this
morning at the house Of Mrs Charlie.
Francis Roe. in East S7th street In tho
afternoon the class organized by Mr.
Charles Emory Smith and Mrs J. Duncan
Emmett Will meet at the Hotel Gotham
Mr. and Mrs. August Belmont ir havA
left town ard are at their country place. AZ
Islip. Long Island
Mr. and Mrs. William Corcoran Eust's
have gone TO their country place, ~ Lees
burg Va for the spring
Mr. and Mrs Gerald V Ho'lns have como
n the city for few DAYS from Ishp. Long
Island. and are at the Hotel Gotham.
Mrs. Temple Bowdoin has gone 10 her
country place. New Hamburg. y. y, to
spend the week end.
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TWO NATIONS AND on BOOh.
There was exceptional felicity in both
the matter and the manner of the Pre~i-
dents contribution 70 the English com
mcmoration Of the tercentenary of the
Authorized Version of tho Bible and Of
the American Ambassadors presenta-
tion Of il 10 the great audience nj Albert
Han. That the United States should
Ice couSpicuouSly represented in that
celebration was not only fitting but int
pcyativc. since The subject of II is the
common possession Of the whole Eng
iiSh speaking world. Of which this 'coun-
try Is tine ma i"r member. and since the
book in question is produced and circu-
lated and read here far more than in
any other land That the representa-
ton should be afforded through such
personalities rs the President and the
Ambassador instead Of through ccclc.i-
aSjicS ard theologianS alone vas also
desirable, because. as We suggested the
other day. of the transccudcut social.
civic and even political significance Of
The Bible in the history and national
life of America rs well a. Of Great
jritau
The bond of Il common speech and
literature which unitoS these two m
IinnS has been So often mentioned rs "a
appear commonplace. though for al
ifs familiarity fl is none the less actual
L Il. .
essential element Of that bond is the
work which 10y general consent ana rec
ignition has for three hundred wears
been the supreme standard of that
been for the Bible there might before
this time have been veal ground for the
imWtation of ar american language
"a. distinguished from the English. and
the unity Of Nuglo-SaXon literature 0n
both sides Of the ocean. ard Consequent
~ 90 intellectual furniture and modes
of thought might have been DESTROYED.
This country might hay" rejected Brit.
ish poets. cssayists. historians and phi
losophor~ for its own. But il could not
thus reject and replace tho English
Bible.
The highest Development Of this in.
tcrnatioua influence of the Bible wa
suggested lay Mr.. Taft in his letter, and
was effectively enlarged upon by Mr..
Reid in his address. The old aud New
Worlds have been and are bound to
ecfhcr by precious tic. and that tic IS
still the strongest and most indeStruch-
bic Of all which make for the present
practical unity Of the English speaking
familv Of nations. not only in religious
Thought aud I'm literary standards. but
also I'm civic aims aud in humane aSpra-
lions. There was probably no thought
ia advance OF the felicitOus coincidence.
which Is even more felicitouS than II
could have been made by design, that
tbis 2O0th anniversary Of the klllS
lonps Bible should be celebrated at th"
worry time when the great nations WhicIl
s.,r three hundred years have drawn
their chief ethical inspiration from that
hook are contemplating compact when
shall assure perpetual peace between
tlpll
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THE SPIRAL FIRE ESCAPE

To the Editor Of The rrihun'
Sir: IL seems remarkable that in all the
discussion going on at present, regarding
fro escapes of various kinds no mention
has been made, 50 far as | have observed,
II device which seems To mo To have
many advantages over anything in the
shape OF ladders. AT all events, IL not In
deed over stairways.
: ! refer 10 AN arrangement consisting Of
q spiral steel tube supported by "A frame
work outside the building. or else encir-
cling some shaft used for supplying light
and air 10 inside rooms. 5orc experiments
would have Ia De performed TO determine
the proper inclination Of ;he tube. like
wise tho diameter Of the coils. 10 prevent
too rapid descent and also now many floors
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IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
From The Trlbune Pureau.

From The Tribune Pureau.l
Washington. March 30.-Mrs. i. u. Letter
entertained number OF guests at dinner
tonight in compliment to her son-in-law.
Colonel Colin Campbell, Of England. who
arrived here to-day. and Mrs. Colin Camp
bell, who preceded him by week or two
Miss Helen Taft wac also Mrs. Letters
guest at dinner, with number Of the old
friends of Mrs. Campbell
Miss Ernst entertained number IF
guests at luncheon to-day for Mrs. Colin
Campbell and Mrs. Richard Fl. Townsend
has invited guests I'm her honor for a lunch
con on Saturday.
Mrs. James Hartman was hostess AZ a
bridge and tea this afternoon.
Signora Camperio formerly Miss Elnor
Terry, Of Washington, is on her way 10 this
country and Will come direct 70 the capital
TO he with her mother. the widow Of Rear
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yHF NEWS THIS MORNING.

roREIGN.-A Berlin dispatch stated
,bat the German Chancellor had De
cIarcd i'm a speech in the Reichstag that
universal arbitration was as impossip'e
as universal disarmament. - IL was
feared. according TO Conpenhaseh uls-
match that captain Mikkelsen ana ms
engineer, who were seeking the hodles OF
members OF the Erickson Greeland eh-
pedition. had persisted on the nofth Coast
Of Greenland. ---- Inc captain en- en-
Cow Of The bark Buteshire, abandoned
in the BAY of Bscay. were reported 70
have landed at Lisbon. - me lower
house Of the Austrian Reichsrath was
dissolved and new election oroereu'
--- Premier Canaleias. in the spanish
chamber. declared that tho death SEN
,opce of Professor Ferrer. the Socla!lst'
was inst. - The Holy Synod, AT 81
Petersburg. issued an edict prohlpllihs
Jews from hearing Christian iirst names
Abbatemagcio. the CamOrrlst IN
foyrner continued his testimony against
,hirtv-six fellow members Of the organ
ization. on trial for murder at Nlteroo'
Italy.
DOMESTIC.-Th supreme Court OF
tho District Of Columbia declared the
epti-bpcket law passed by Congress
unconstitutional: the government VIII
appeai. Both branches OF the
Maine LEGISLATURE voted to ratity the III
come tax amendment To the 1ederdi
constitution. reversing their previous
action: the action was taken FOLLOWING
3 conference between Governor Plalste"
snd tho Democratic leaders. at which the
former urged the ratification oi the
amendment - 80 exclamation OF
the burned sectia~ ~ the state Capitol
st Albany showed that many valuable
faii6rs had been saved. =- BY a de-
,ision handed down i'm Cincinnati George
II. cox virtually won his fight not To be
tried by Judge Frank NJ. German.
pr. D. X. Pearson, the chicago phlI-
authropist. will distribute S30oOo TO
small colleges on his ninety-first birth
dav. April -. making his total bene1ac-
factions $4,000 GOO
TY.-Stocks were strong and dull.
- Rudolph =. Miller. Superintendent
or Buildings. refuses 10 discuss the Ques-
ton as to who was To blame for tn"
Triangle factory fire. whose dead now
number IA The Board of Esti-
mate voted for committee To iuvesti-
gate the fire and adopt plans for making
a similar disaster impossible. -- Pas
snngers on q New York Central train
sa,, a man shoot woman and Kill him
self Tho yicc-president OF IN"
Savoy Trust Company. testitying before
the strand jury. is said To have testified
that moneys deposited hv the city was
Immediately lent 10 Cummins - The
crime wave inquiry ny tEc grand jury
was begun. with Police commissioner
Cr0peev as tho first witness The
committee of the Board OF Estimate re-
ported IN favor of subway for :he
New York central tracks sNong the Uud-
son River .-- \ deal for tho mar hase
Of control al the Equitable Trust com
Uanv. which will involve a cash pey-
mont Of more than $6.0000no. WAS sad
Go he near completion.
THE WEATHER. indications for to-
day: Unsettled. The ten peraturc voStor-
day: Highest. 10 degrees: lowest. Ia.
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II would be practicable 70 serve. and not
exceed It's capacity. II might he necessary
to have several tubes for q high building.
say one for every three floors.
The beauty Of the scheme is that once
. person gets fairly into tine thing. gravity
vii, 10 the rest, and the risk Of injury
on the way down is very slight. The In
side surface would. Of course. have 10 be
very smooth. and the outside voph have
to he covered with non-conduct0r 10 pre-
vent overheating from flames pouring out
Of some window that might have 70 be
crossed. one can easily Imagine what 4
tremendous number could escape through
ono OF these affairs.
ARTHUR LINCOLN HUNT.
Brooklyn, March 20, 1911.
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rJPEpROOF PARTITIONS.

one of the most practical suggestions
for protection against fire which have
leen called forth 10y the tragedy of Sat
urday last is that all extensive work
shops In which inevitable risk Of fire
exists should hc divided into compart-
mentc by means Of treproof partitions.
In many cases. no doubt. q floor cannot
Ice divided into many rooms but, he
cause ot the nature Of its occupancv
and use. must remain open from end 10
end i'm single large area. I'm such
cases inventive ingenuity and construct
i've skill could assuredly provide sliding
or rolling partitions which 81 mo-
mont's notice and ty the pulling Of q
lever or the pressure of a hutton could
h.. thrown into place. dividing the floor
into number Of iireproof compartments.
within one Of which the fire would be
confined. at least long enough to permit
tlc escape Of all the inmates and The
bringing into play of appatatus for OK
tincuishiug thc flames
Precisely such 2 system. for protec-
ton against both fire and water. in case
&c collision. has for many years hc"n in
Use i'm steamships. and on many occ0-
sions its efficacy has been demonstrated
H. the saving of lives and of the vessels
themselves such an equipment j.. We
believe. compulsory under Tho law Of
some countries II would seem to be
perfectly practicable 10 provide corre-
Spending equipment in many if not in
al large industrial establishments i'm
which many persons are employed and
f.. which because Of the nature of the
hueirosS and the goods used there IS
inn,.ifahlc dnnonr If lrn.
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GOOD FACTORY MANAGEMENT

70 tho Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Having worked for the last ten
Years In ono Of the largest shirt factories
In New Jersey in which there We're two
hundred girls on floor can testify that
It is one Of the safest places 10 work I'm
that can he found.
For instance. they had ~ special engine
for pumping water and fire hose IN every
room. There was plenty Of fresh water IN
handy pals. The windows We're only two
feet apart and the stalrways broad. For
fire emergencies there were men on each
floor trained to use the hose and open the
windows TO the fire escapes and boy TO
open the doors. There were also frequent
fire drills. No smoking was allowed. As
long AS | worked there they never had
Ere or panic, OF any sort. a READER.
Brooklyn. March 90. 1911.
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the total Of expenditures. tho five years
show a net surplus of Slo7.ooo@0 for
the canal account now owes the Treas
ury for advances In cash S14l.omM0
II is all right Cor THE Sun ~ urge
the Democratic House to keep appropria-
tons down But there is nothing Ia be
gained by misrepresentng the good work
done in the last few years 20 introduce
order and economy into the federal Sys-
tenn Of budget making.
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A SPUR FOR PUBLIC OFFICERS

To the Editor or The Tribune.
Sir: Your What arc YOU going to do?' is
splendid. Keep it up. You are not only
tho beacon light OF public op.nion, but the
wick likewise the oil. Keep II up until
every public officer does lis duty. and the
lives Of the innocent and helTless poor are
safeguarded. In tho language ~ Mr. Mac
Veach 10 Mr.. Taft. Consider iha poor.
O. y. HARDEN.
A-cr. VorL March 1911
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AN IMPERATIVE DUTY,
le New York Evening Mail.

From the New York Evening Mail.
The Tribune asks, and We repeat the
query. whether In the historical cutlery for
Il sCapegoat the real duty following the
Washington Place disaster shall he ignored
the duty that rests upon every property
owner. and the community at large 10
see To IL that adequate fire protection Is
Afforded the occupants OF every building.
Existing laws make no unreasonable de-
mands. and they should be promptly COM
piled with.
The time has come for the rule Of con-
science, not Of the pocketbook Tn. effort
should be 10 show not how little can Ice
done. but how much IL cheerfully done 10
put life beyond peril OF fire.
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cAs2eess CIGARETTE SMOKERS

- Editor Of The Tribune.
%r;FI have an office in a building TWEEN
~ Eve years old in the very heart Of the
financial district Tho floors. stairs and all
else think, within the building are of
wood In walking about forty feet i'm the
entry Of the fourth floor | counted three
half-burned cigarettes. think we may
assume that the smokers were not careful
To see that the fire was ont before they
dropped them on tho wooden floor. In the
same space there were four burned
matches ! may mention. by the way. that
the crack, in this wooden floor are wide
sufficient TO have received a lighted Gig
arctic and the match. The scratchers ~
matches. numbering thousands. seldom
blow out the matches. they give them a
shake and drop them
TTMTD TENANT.
New York, March 20 1911.
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duties and TO protect The importer from
oppression ami the Treasury from loss.
The era of layity is over ana is being
succeeded by an era of yiGor and com
potency. The change already visible is
. striking demonstration of the sound
ness of President 1'aft'S contention chat
the governments administrative meth
DDS must he standardized and its busi-
ness conducted in the most modern and
most enlightened way.
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have always had my rope hung nanny W
reach IN case II was wanted. \ s"o"s
hook Is attached to ono end 50 that " "a"
he passed. around and securely fastene" '"
any firm object and have made II p"'n'
70 know that such an object was near ny
II employers and employees throughout the
would only heed these simple sug-
gestions that ! have made, no more disas-
iers would occur such as the newspapers
have recently been called upon TO chronicle.
G. NJ. COOLIDGE.
vorL March 20 1911
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SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.
INV telegraph % Tho Tribu1e.l

nv Teleeraph % TN0 IF'0U7N-T
Newport. March S0.-Miss Virginia scott
IIoyt. of New York, IS 10 be among the new
Corners in the summer colony here this sum
uer. Miss Hoyt leased the Malcolm cot
tase in KAY street for the season.
Mr. and Mrs. Stuyyesant Fish. ex-Com-
,,odore ana Mrs. Elbrldge T. Gerry and Mr..
and Mrs. James J. Coosan have returned .
New York.
Mr.. and Mrs II. a. r. Taylor are eSpe'f-
Cd next week 10 inspect their property noth
here and I'm Portsmouth.
Nr. and Mrs. r.. Suffern Taller, OF Me-"
York arrive ..-. ~.
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UNCLE SANS SHlFTlESS WAYS.

From The Buffalo Commercial
When IL costs from 81 To 800 To collect a
single dollar in the customs service In DIFF
ferent parts OF the country. the time seems
To be ripe To readiust the collection districts
as IL now proposed. Out Of the 100 districts
I'm the United States and It's island posses
sions II Is said one-Quarter do not pay their
own expenses.
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NetpDork Gribn,,e.
FRIDAY. MARCH 81. 1oll'

mis- nerspopcr Is olcned and p"o
lsb,a by The Tribune ASsoc'df'o"' u
Ncr York corporation: ONCE ana Wtn'
cioor ,Ioco of business. Tribune Hu'i"
,uo. No. r54 NASSAU street Nc" i"h
Ooden Mills. president; ogden VI. he'd
secrefoyv: James w. Barrett. hedSmo
The address Of the officers IS INC oWf'
Of this newspaper
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WILL CLOSE OBSERVATORY
ya%ard Unable 20 Maintain Astro-
nnmical Station N Peru.

Cambridge. Mass. March 3n-In his an
nual report Professor =. G. Pickering. d.
rector Of the Harvard Astronomical Obser-
vatorv states that the deficit has Increased
70 such proportions that the station a. Are
quipa. Peru. will have 10 he closed
"The most natural remedy the report
saws, seems 10 be tho closing OF tie sta
ton In Arequlpa. II is 70 be hoped that
only partial abandonment OF work ther'
will he necessary. The deficit cannot -
mot By petty economies AT Cambridge
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FIFE PROTECTION.
SOME SIMPLE PRECAUTIONS
Suggested by One Who Always Works
with Coil Of Rope Nearby.

70 the Editor of The Tribune.
sir: ! notice in your paper the repeated
inquiry. "Nhat are YOU going TO do" in
relation 20 protection from fires I'm Sew
York II is certainly distressing 10 note
the great ioss Of life through fires In ten'-
meuts ami factories throughout the '"un-
tfv and To- ne it seems strangc that All
such persons who have 80 lost their lives
lac not valued their existence enough 90
Use a little precaution and TO have thought
II or supplied themselves with handy means
for escaue i'm case Of accident
Fifty coils Of knotted rope. each long
enough to reach from the top Of the Wash
,ngton Place building To- the ground. would
have saved All lives lost through the recent
Gisa strous connagration. No jumping 10
certain Heath would have been necessary.
II proprietors OF factories should refuse To
furnish such ropes or something a. G"od,
then each cmploye. if he values his life to
the extent of dollar should furnish his
own II should be- a PERSONS first thought
upon going to work i'm a building above the
GROUND floor, How am ! going 10 escape in
case Of fir?
81 board steamboats, Nc find life prcserv-
els 10 We usfi III 'siH' VI il's anu NHs ''''
not the law also require buildings of II tcnc-
reut or factory nature 10 be supplied with
yomc simple device for saving live: BY
all means Jet such law ho passed: and
ticn ut us SEQ that II rs enforced 4
For "a extra prccaulion 10 avoid ~ loss
81 NE. an factories at least should f.. IN
pelled 30 go through "a fire drIll aS3 ~
in public schools to show each en- ffihX
actIy what To- do in case fire shcl$ ~
o..t. Then. In ease fire should dcru.Sit
each ompioyc had "a coiled rope ON which
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\ Frenchman visiting this country for
tho first time was a weekend guest at a
Westminster County home and returned by
train with lis host on Monday morning.
The great fire calamity was the subject OF
conversation. and the visitor said that the
tendency of the American TO rush in, foot
bah STYLE" probably caused much loss of
life His host declared that Americans
rushed less than other people, and when
they reached the Grand Central subway
station he called attention to the two
queues of humanity extending from the
ticket booths up the stairway and into the
street. all waiting. orderly and patiently.
FOR their turn 10 buy tickets, and not an
official anywhere to keep them in line.
Commander-Wh his character apart
from this leaVc-hreakng"
Petty Oficer-Well. sir. this man e goes
ashore when e likes; e comes off wncn =
spoken TO: in fact, from is general
te'aviour e might he a ordcer.-Punch
THE CITY BEAUTIFUL.
This IS our City Beautiful.
Where masters Of mortar and stone
And marble and steel
Their genius reveal
IN artistry all their own.
This is our City Beautiful
Whose towering structure arise
With the CLINT and CLEAN
OF a painters dream
Afoat in the azure skies.
This Is our City Beautiful.
Lordlv. luxurious. fair;
Her palaces stand
The pride of the land.
And Death al ths windows there.
". ). HAMPTON.
Did 7 understand YOU TO say that man
vas from Kentucky
Yes
You must be mistaken. Hc isn't from
YES / am sure heard som-whero that
he was - 80
minute. ana hasn't rqlsted about II. TIL
caeO Record Herald.
The prospectus Of ~" international liy-
.ione Exhibition which will bo hold In
Dresden from May till November this year
contains pictures Of the large and noa'it-
fuI buildings which have been erected ~
the city i'ark and gives an outline OF the
.'comprohensiye and universal exhibition"
for which they hav" been erected. The eN-
hints are to promote tNo objects. iirst,
10 present 70 the hvgienic specialist, phys-
elan. administrative officers, state func-
iicnarlo.. teachers engineer and political
economists tho results of tho latest by
sionic investigations. and second. to iw-
rart hyeienic instruction In the people and
thus strorsthen IN the masses the senu-
mont for health and hygiene
Fathor-Well. Reggie. how do YOU think
you would like this ll'le fellow for q
brotlpr'
Reggie inspecting the now infant some
what doubtfullyl-iIaVc SO got " Keep
him. rsra or IS he only a sample Tlt-lHt'.
,;crinany's remarkable prosperity is again
revealed by statistic showing that l.j0""oo
foreign Vorkmeu arc employed in the coun-
try. There are approximately $1,000 for
oieuers holding industrial places, and i"o.-
o-o who are aariculturists. Tho imporfa-
ton Of tresc foreigners f. necessary owing
10 the lack Il German laror.
What was tho minister tcNt my dear
81 don't know. I happened to sit beside
Mrs lVclIahy. and she has just found out
about 4 perfectly elegant dressiuaker whose
prices arc awf.illy reasonable. Judge.