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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-06
RESTLTS OF SANITY.

Complete statistics Of Independence
Day fatalities and casualties must he
awaited until the incubation period of
tetanus IS past. Enough is already
Known. however from the first days
report 10 assure us that Tuesdays cele-
bratioD was the least destructive Of
human life in recent years. The num-
Der of casualties reported on the first
day was by far the smallest that has
been reported since records have been
kept. Roughly speaking, there were only
one-half as many killed as last year and
only one-third as many as the year be-
fore. The number of injuries not result
Ing in death, or at least not Immediately,
was less than one-siXth as great as last
year and less than One-eighth as great
as the year before.
These figures are eloquent The saw
ing Of so many lives and Of 50 many
persons from injury, suffering and mu-
tilation amply justifies and rewards the
efforts for safety and sanity. Not
should we overlook the immense value
of the example which is thus set for
our further encouragement. When the
abolition Of barbarous modes of celebra-
ton was first proposed many said that
it could not be done. A Fourth of July
without firecrackers and toy pistols was
unthinkabe But the thing was under
taken and It is succeeding. Many I'M
DOrtant communities have completely
abolished all offensive and dangerous
forms of fireworks, and in many others
the evil has been greatly diminished
1t is with this, indeed, much as it
has been with other reforms. There
were those who regarded with derision
and incredulity the proposal to put a
stop TO indiscriminate splitting in public
places. Yet the thing has been done.
There are still few offenders, and
probably there always viii be, but the
nuisance, once SO general and so abOm-
Unable, has been abated % per cent. So
the nuisance Of smut smoke resulting
from the imperfect combustion Of soft
coal has been reduced TO Il minimum.
So the practice Of pouring crude sewage
into whatever water courses may be
nearest and most convenient is being
stopped. 1t will no longer do to say that
any reform which is demanded by the
public good is impossible of adoption.
in the long run sanity will prevail over
insanity every time.
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NEW YORK FROM THE suSVS

one Of the fashionable New -
churches now has an arunCiVsl -
plant The congregation viii nov 800
10 suffer even a suggestion on the '''
Waterbury Republican.
New York may boast Of IL coloIsI
liccmen. but Houston. Tex, can pS's.s.ils
pride TO the colored champion P"s
the world Schenectady Union
Gertrude Hoffmanns Sa'ome. dan .S,si1
10 have brought the blush OF noicss
the cheek of New NoiA .,cyr,ss'
Judging from some OF the ssnsr'
which have failed To lush that AN !
Visage. Gertrude must be Sly
deed. Francisco thronlcle'
New York can furnish any oI sny
element 10 be found m TINS ps,t
saturday A negro there fough, .sSn.
of policemen and Killed one OF Ia 4
then twenty policemen had 70 AZ D.
mob which purposed 10 eN'
short shrift Buffalo Express
New York CITY expects 20 e5sy, z
FOR new subwavs next Nedniss Sbssis
that the work Of digging VIII sor.s p
September. After long ana Ne"hops q /.
there seems 20 be al last soi.''ee,asi h. ,.
tion. IL an the hot air eAp,S,nrsssed Y
less discussion had been .o."fHm ne u
utilized considerable porudUy,no leted IT
tunnel might be ALREADY o0''F
Times. a
The esteemed New York 'N0 FrssrrOn,;.
evidently apprehensive that lhe ,n,alinsi
Of Charles II. Murphy Is H
Columbia state. ~
The coney Island I'D IS on Ss.S Sl't 70 y 4
pant. and the authorities ap ,gs reeeaI. 4
lively engaged in helping w Al pseksr 4
Victims TO recoup their losse $3.50 -TssD'1
pense before the season e'V'' ~
ton Post.
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IN THE BERKSHIRES.

By Telegraph 10 The Tribune
I.enox. July 5-Mrs Edward n. Wharton
has arrived az The Mount, after an abse1c e
Of two seasons
The Lenox Garden club will meet on
July IS at the gardens Of Miss Adele Knee
land. at Fairlawn, on invitation OF Mrs
Albert r. Shattuck
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph H. Choate, jr., and
town, after spending the Fourth with Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph II. Choate.
Ex-Governor and Mrs. John d. Long have
gone to Rldgefeld, Conn.
W. Harold Brown and Miss Sarah A. NJ.
Brown, Of New York. are guests OF Miss
Sophia Furniss, at Edgecomb.
Mr. and Mrs II. K. Rurras, Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Raymond and Mr.. and Mrs. J. j
Gilroy who have been at the Hotel Aspin-
wall, have returned 10 New York.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles V. Faile, Miss J. r
Fale Miss Anna Crane and Mr.. and Mrs.
Donald Brown, who have been guests Of
Mrs. williams s Brown, have returned 10
New York
Mr.. and Mrs Mellen A. Marsh Miss
Dorothy Marsh. Kimball Marsh, Alonzo
Kimbal Mr. and Mrs. J. A Bramwell. DR..
and Mrs. VI. Allen Starr General and Mrs.
Thomas H. Hubbard, Miss Anna w. Hub
bard, Judge Ernest Hall, Miss Hall, Mrs.
r. A. Louise Buch and Miss Buch, of New
York. are registered at the Hotel Aspin-
wall
Mr.. and Mrs L. Amos, Mr.. and Mrs
F. c. Kinard and Miss F. NJ Rose, Of New
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-06
MORE POETRY NEEDED.

THE Richmond Times Dispatch"
seems TO think that more poetry ought
10 be injected into the proceedings of
The House of Representatives 1t COM
Incnds the bubbing fancy and carc-free
rhetoric Of Il recent contributor to The
Congressional Record" who signs him
self Hon. Pat Harrison. of Mississippi"
although outside the bower of the Muses.
he is known as Byron Patton Harrison
Under which cognOmen he practiSes law
at the houriShing town Of Gulfport
Miss. Why any one addicted TO flights
on the winged Pegasus should when
engaging i'm such horSemanshlp discard
50 felicitouS n first name as that borne
liy u great English poet is one Of those
mysteries Of the artistic temperament
which are beyond mortal solution. It
may be that Byron Patton reduces him
self TO plain Pat in order TO show that
hc is Il poet in his own right, owing
nothing 10 the associations of a romantic
ana inspiring array Of baptiSnal in
vestitures We cannot share the enthu-
siasIn Of "The Dispatch for the
Hon Pats" lyric, which reads:
Brave thy men, thy women fair,
Boys and girls beyond compare,
Proud thy records years gone by,
Bright thy prospects drawing nigh.
1 love thee, Mississippi.
That hardly outfoots or outsOars Lord
Byron. and those who did not hear his
unwilling Mississippi namesake recite the
lines are left in craving uncertainty
whether Mississippi in the last line was
not meant 10 rhyme with by" and nigh"
in the third and fourth lines Putting
that horrible suspicion aside. we are dis
posed 10 agree with our Richmond CON
temporary that the capacity Of the ma
jcrity i'm the House of Representatives
would shine more brightly We're IT made
manifest in poetry instead Of ordinary,
wOrkaday craftsmanship. The Hon.
Oscar W. Underwood could make mis-
takes Of $75,000,000 in calculating the
governments revenue and nobody would
notice the discrepancy if he put his
fiscal suggestions into odes or lyrics.
The Farmers Free List bill would have
encountered no hostile criticism if it had
been written as pastoral, and even
the attempt to strike down federal SUI
peryision of elections to the Senate
might have passed uncriticised If the
disjngenuOus amendment intended 20
accomplish that result had been so arts
tically Browningized that nobody could
tell exactly what il meant.
There are advantages TO be gained by
he popularization Of the poetic method
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A PLEA FOR THE BRONX.
.e Editor Of The Tribune.

| TO the Editor Of The Tribune.
| Sir: The scheme Of the committee of III.
| Board Of Estimate as to which corporation
| shall build and operate the proposed tlIn.
nels of New York was well devised but
to my thinking, has resulted I'm a miserable
| failure. In its inception its end and aim
was wisely to prevent monopoly from
usurping the most valuable franchise ever
put on the financial market
AS matters now stand, the Brooklyn
| Rapid Transit Company will have the com.
munity at its mercy With that railroad
time is not the essence OF the crashing
bargain il has made with our municipal
authorities. Bind this corporation, as our
executive department may with ironclad
contracts that the roads shall be completed
within a reasonable period then iniunc-
lions may be resorted 10 to extend the time
if it was not prepared to keep its agree
ment.
in few words, greater New York. as
principal, will perforce have to await tho
convenience of its agent the former i'm
this case being only the ng-sufferins. pa
tent residents of our city. Figurativelv
speaking we are invited to "A feast AT
which the Brooklyn RapG Transit Com
pany will take the buttered side Of the
bread.
Seriously. and what is far more import
ant, the natural homes Of the merchants
and business men of Manhattan Borough
lie IN the vast territory north of the Har.
lem River. For years the thousands of
inhabitants OF The Bronx. which. with its
fine sewer, water and attractive park sys.
tenn make it one Of the most inviting marta
of greater New York. have been anxiously
looking TO the Interborough company IN
give them not only much needed additional
travelling facilities but also a compreben-
sive form of rapid transit. and one which
will amply supply their wants for the next
quarter of century.
Surely the increasing needs OF this com
ponent part of our metropolis should In b..
duce our Board Of Estimate 10 CONNIE
mise all differences with the nterboroush
COMPANY SlDWELL $. RANDALL
The Bronx, July s. 1911
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PEOPLE and Social lncfdents

York, are at the Hotel Wendell, In -.
field.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander 8. Lym,,
New York, have arrived at the Naples.
in Pittsfeld.
John r. Parsons was reelected prex,.
of the Lenox Library to-day. with Grt,,.'
l.. Winthrop secretary and Richard c.
man treasurer These officers with ?
schermerhorn and DR. Richard c. Co.
leaf. form the board OF managers. asr.-
by an auxiliary board, including ~
Frank X. Sturgis. Mrs. Edward r. W.
ton. Miss Helen Parish, Miss Parsons. ~
!. woodward Haven. Miss Anna B 81
and Mrs. David Lydig.
Mr. and Mrs. w. W. Blackstone and i,
Blackstone, Of Plttsburg, are touring r. j
BerkshiTe5.
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pleasant subjects when jobs are to be
had and there exists direct and OBJ
vious way Of landing them?
DIX AND THE COLUMBIAN ORDER.

We now understand why Murphy al
ways insists upon seeing the goods tie
liyered by Governor Dix before himself
fulfilling his part Of any contract with
the Governor. The reason Is uncon-
sciously revealed III the Governors let
ter declining Tammany's Fourth Of July
invitation. The Governor would have
been a man with whom the boss" would
have had no reason for caution had he
written this: For more than century
land a quarter Tammany Hall has I'M
"falteringly stood for the fundamental
Democratic principles Of government
Its history is an unbroken chapter OF
championship of the cause Of the people
'in the unceasing conflict with priyi-
'lege.' Such words would show the adj
mirable contempt of public opinion char
acteristic Of Thomas Francis Grady. for
example. In them could be found no
"pandering TO the better element But
the Governor did not write exactly those
words. For "Tammany Hall" he subsu-
tuted the Wigwam's little known other
name, 'the Columbian Order making
his eulogium read: For more than a
century and n quarter the COLUMBIAN
Order has unfalteringly stood for the
Fundamental Democratic principles
etc lie shrank from the sentiment that
he was uttering And man who would
short change" the Columbian Order in
the matter Of praise would short
change it In the matter Of patronage
The Governor evidently goes almost the
whole distance with his columbian
mentors. and then Unexpectedly bolts into
some bypath of responsibility.
IT is only natural that the Governor
should prefer another name for the so
ciety TO which his allies belong than its
familiar and opprobrious one. How
much better would the news from Al
bany sound if it could only be made TO
read: Governor Dix conferred to-day
with Mr.. c. francis Murphy. Of the
columbian order, of New York city
upon prison reform
But how hard upon Columbus. 1t has
always seemed that fate dealt most I'M
kindly by Columbus IN cheating him out
of having this continent named for him.
But fate has not been wholly unkind to
his fame. 1t has prevented Tammany
from being known 10y name derived
from his.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-06
MR.. TAFT'S HEROISM
A Tribute to His Powers of Endurance
in Hot Weather.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: There are, of course many reasons
why We should admire and respect Presi-
dent Taft, but there is one more cogent
than all the rest. In the last few days he
has shown himself 10 be OF the stun Of
which heroes are made. 1t is all very well
for history books TO tell us that George
Washington was somewhat disconnected
by the weather at Valley Forge, but [ am
sure that President Taft. at indianapolis,
would willingly have changed places with
him-willingly. that is. save for his mag
nhcent fidelity TO his word.
1t is undeniable. l think, that the Presi-
dent would have been justified in calling
out the Regulars 10 hunt down and collar
tho misguided persons who persuaded him
to say that he would come and talk 10
them and their fellow citizens around and
about the Fourth of July. Everybody will
agree that If lie had then deposited all
OF these persons in the cooler they
themselves would have been the first to APP
prove his conduct. (tor my own part |
would have given orders for all OF them
TO be hanged for three or four DAYS on
end But the President said he would talk
10 lltIll, anu nv has b'fn anu EbU' anu
done IL. which, for a man OF his weight In
the middle NJ this hot wave. is about as
sterling piece of courage as has ever
come TO my notice. Any editor caught crit
icising the President just now should he
thoroughly drowned. All Senators and
Members Of the House OF Representatives
caught arguing against his measure for
reciprocity should be compelled 10 spend
the rest Of the summer riding up and down
I'm the New York subway. Any voter re-
fusing tn promise to do his dsrndest 10
elect President Tart for second term
should be disfranchsed.
Think Of f.! Think Of the weather! And
al Indianapolis. too! It's that that seems
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LEGISLATIVE BACK-SCRATcHIyG

LEGISLATIVE BACK -SCR1TCHINT.
The session Of the Tammany Legs
lature Of 1911 will 90 down in history as
the "dcker and deal" session "NOu
scratch my back and I'll scratch yours
has been the basis Of law-making for the
people this year. Governor Dix has
dickered with Murphy over appointments
and legislation. Organization" Demo
Gratis have dickered with insurgents. "
or with cold guard" Republicans, if
necessary. Members local legislation in
most instances has been the medium Of
exchange.
As a result, the Tammany administra-
ton in the technical field of law-maling
has broken down in its promises, as it
has done all along the line. Not in
many years has the Legislature been 50
swampod with local and special meas
ures. despite the warning of Governor
Dix in his annual message and later
executive admonitions about the cost 10
the state of each bill introduced. In
The Senate-and the session is not yet
ended-therp have been introduced more
than four hundred more bills than were
presented last year; in the lower branch
Of the Legislature, about two hundred
more than last year. The indications
are that Governor DiX's list of laws
will include two hundred or three hun
dred more than that of Governor
Hughes last year. Half the time spent
by the Legislature in enacting trivial
local bills, if devoted 10 framing gen
eral statutes covering such cases, would
have rid lawmakers and the Governor Of
10 per cent of this nuisance
But why expect scientific handling of
this problem from Tammany Iegs-
lature when the passage of bill TO per
nit the spelring Of suckers in Squizzle
Greek may mean success for a ripper bin
or Il patronage grab: Why expect in
sistence on principle from a dickering
Governor when an indication of favor
able consideration for a bill once vetoed
If rcpas;ed, may mean confirmation Of
an important appOinteeE Why consider
unscientific law-making. violations Of the
home rule principle, expense to taxpay-
ers or other vague and more OF less un-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-06
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEwpos,
fBy Telegraph to Tho TritnneI

~ u 0INWIrNlN ~ ANH AAA''ih~l
Newport. July after the gay F~.
Newport was devoid Of entertaining .ss.
There are many cards out for en,.r,'
ments later in the week.
Eugene Hale. jr, after spending ,
Fourth with Mrs. Hale and her parenu !
Row Or. and Mrs Roderlck Terry. Ia, !
turned 10 New York. Pembroke Jons !
al,o gone 10 New York for a few DAY,
LLOYD Phmnix sailed on hts yacht II, :;
trepld to-day
Miss Martha Goldman Is having her =.
Bellevue avenue cottage prepared 70, D,
pancy
Philip Potter went 10 Nara gansea ,.
to-day to attend a luncheon given b. \
and Mrs. Francis Potter
Tgerton J.. winthrop. who has ret,l
from abroad, IS at his villa.
Judge George Sharp. Of Baltimore :,
has been the guest OF Hugh d. Auchls.a
has returned to his home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Iselin have retu,I
to New York after a visit with Mr. \
Mrs. Norman De r. Whitehouse.
Registered at the Casino to-day We,
c. Potter. Osman Lathrobe. Howard : 4
ham. A. p. Burwin. Charles r. Dnh,
guest Of Edward J. Berwind, Mrs l,,l
Griswold Wentz and Miss l.. J.. Galau.
Josef Fadel. Of Cairo. is a guest OH
G. Taylor.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Goadby Len
rived for the summer this evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Gillespie VII .
rive on July Is.
c. x. q. Billings and 2 party Of "a
sailed for New York this afternoon On h
Bllingss yacht
Miss Burden. Mrs. z. s Reynal AMI p.
broke Jones, jr, have returned from Y,
York
Miss Morris is the guest n her ma,
Mrs. Lewis Cass Ledyard.
ogden Mills has retuyncd 70 New Yoa
Mrs. J. K. Clark. Of Ardmore, Pen
visiting Mrs. Hugh L. Willoughby
II is understood that the marrias,
Miss Sarah Thayer, daughter Of Mrs \
thaniel Thayer and Frederic Winthro, 4
take place at Lancaster, Mass, the b 4
part Of the present month.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Griswold Vent 4
Mrs. Richard Gambrill have arrived tc
summer.
Mr.. end Mrs. Ernest Tselin and Mr. \
Mrs Louis Iselin will spend August hsr
Mrs. Austin L. Sands has taken a l
tage in Catherine street for the sumns
J. F. 4. Clarke has returned to a
York.
William Storrs Wells and Raynor vi
arc to remain abroad until the latter A
Of the month.
Mr.. and Mrs. James 2. Duke, Of u
York. have arrived at the Poplars
Ex-Commodore and Mrs. Cornelius va
derbilt will remain abroad until Septs-r
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-06
THE ALDERMEN DEFEND THE
PARK

Mayor Gaynor's attention should be
called to the exceptionally appropriate
resolutions passed by the Board of Al
dermen expressing its conviction that
City Hall Park should be reclaimed
rather than further encroached upon
mot only for the physical welfare OF
'the neighborhood, but also that the City
Hall, as the seat Of government and
"the civic centre of the metropolis may
"bave a dignifed and suitable environ
"ment"
Those resolutions show an apprecia-
ton Of the City Hall itself as an his
toric and beautiful building and sense
of the city's dignity which, we regret
to say, other city officials, from whom
the complication of such a spirit is
more commonly expected than from the
Board Of Aldermen, have hitherto failed
TO exhibit Had the Board Of Estimate
and Apportionment possessed the same
feeling for the city's dignity and the
same vision of its future the outrageous
Stilwell bill would never have passed
the Legislature. Had Mayor Gaynor
been inspired by the same sympathy
with the ideals Of those who hope some
day to see the City Hall surrounded ny
a group of public buildings worthy OF the
city's greatness, he might have done as
much 10 "reclaim," as the Aldermens
resolution expresses it, City Hall PARK
and protect it from short sighted ut1ll-
tarianism as he has done to restore pro-
priety and dignity to the celebration oil
independence Day in this city.
The resolutions Of the Board of Alder
men cannot be brushed aside as similar
actions by unofficial civic bodies have
been by those who would plant the court
house in City Hall Park. The Board OF
Aldermen is not body with a fad for
architecture or for civic centres. II is
close to the people, and in its action IN
questionably represents the popular sen
timppt
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PRINCES IN ENDURANCE TEST
Henry of Prussia and Duke of Con-
raught Enter in Auto Tour.

Homberg. July 5.--Headed by Prince
Henry Of Prussia, thirty-seven German and
twenty-eight English Automobiles started
to-day on the annual Prince Henry auto
mobile endurance tour
The course for this years tour starts here
and follows q devious way through Ger
many to Hamburg. At that port the auto
mobiles entered in the tour will be shipped
t. southampton. England. There under
their own power they will again take to the
road. proceeding to Edinburgh and return
ing to London.
Among the English cars entered is one by
the Duke Of Connaught. The only Ameri-
can starter was entered by Captain ]. 7.
Ioder- Symonds.
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in the House. 1.-THE Times Dispatch
wishes that Mr. Harrison would soar
some more, and the more the better
because the rest of the members OF the
House appear to be wholly devoted to a
too serious consideration of questions
and policies which they do not under
stand" More odes, sonnets and pas
torals and fewer Farmers Free List DIS
and wool bills would evidently suit the
Democrats Of Virginia better. Such n
programme would also make hit with
the country at large.
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tons are often IL net generally written
IN a way that conceals their components
from the patient, and too often the tone
Of the physician toward the patient Is
that Of "open your mouth and shut your
eyes" and take what is prescribed WITH
out asking any questions. This air OF
mystery has doubtless often piqued
certain morbid and Illicit curiosity on
the part Of patients which has been mis-
chievous. Treating the patient as sane
and intelligent being who Is both com
petent and entitled to know something
about what ails him and what is to be
done for him would transform such
curiosity into rational and helpful IN
terest and would largely aid In defeat
ing the pernicious subtleties of quacks
who cater to the patients curiosity by
pretending to crafty It while In TACT
they are deluding and betraying him.
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Mr.. TAFT'S SPEECHES
From The Philadelphia Ledger lind I,

From The Philadelphia Ledger Gnd).
He INT. Taftl does not talk politics and
patent formula 10 recommend. EspeciaiI,,
he does not exploit himself in plati,uday
There are three or four large subjects %,
national h3 import upon 70 T aaG II has fallen
only the official but the unofficial thou~t,t.
OF the country, and he Is doing this h,.
continually setting an example OF thinkins
straight and reasoning clearly and withou,
prejudice.
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TO GIBRALTAR IN 2o.FooT YAWL

Horta, Azores, July 5.-The twenty. foot
auxiliary yawl, Sea Bird. which arrived
here on Saturday last from Provlleuc"
K. l.. with Captain Thomas Z. Day. Of
New York, and II. II. Goodwin ana +. b.
Thurber. OF Providence. on board. sailed
for Gibraltar NJ daybreak to-day Can
tain Day expects 10 mako the passage in
eight days. lie and his companions re-
ported all we'll as shey loft Hort,