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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-05
PRIZE HENIC-

II has frequently been questioned
whether or not any considerable good is
accomplished for art by competitions for
prizes. In music and literature even the
giving Of commissions has been frOwned
on. the critical notion being that what is
called inspiration cannot be stimulated
by the hope Of pecuniary reward. but
must come to the artist spontaneously
ana create an unconquerable need Of
utterance. There is much more to up
hold This view in the history of music
than in that Of any Of the plastic arts.
Very few musical works composed with
in the last century which continue to
hold a place in the worlds admiration
were written 10 order: still fewer were
the product Of prize competitions. Mas
cagni's hot-bloOded little opera. "Caval-
leria Rusticana," would seem 10 be an
exception TO the rule; but It l. an open
secret that it existed before the Italian
publisher. Sonzogno thought OF Offering
the prize which was the first reward OF
its then young and unknown composer
Notwithstanding all the teachings Of
Z y y
making. the world over, 10 foster ma
tionalsm in music by the establishment
OF competitions and the Offering Of
prizes. The most interesting example
of recent times was that Of the directors
Of the Metropolitan Opera Company.
who two years ago invited composers Of
American birth TO compete for prize
C "a ar.lo I f,t ho H.a
opera. Tho award 10 Professor Uoratio
Parker, Of Yale University, and his lt-
erary associate. Mr.. Brian Hooker. has
been received with general satisfaction,
and there are circumstances which indi-
cate that in this case a contribution OF
dignity and value may have been made
TO American music The character of
the judges who made the award gives
large assurance Of such result; the
past achievements of the authors give
more. and there IS confirnatory evidence
I'm what has been learned touching the
work itself.
Should the expectatio which have
been aroused by the action OF the Jurors
be realized. il would show that there
was virtue in the proposition made by
Mr.. Gatti-Casazza. which at the time
seemed TO have been designed only TO
meet Mr.. lIammerstein's move in COM
missioninG Mr.. Herbert 10 write an
English opera for the Manhattan Opera
House. The directors Of the Metropoll
tan Opera House and their Boston col
leagues proceeded OH different lines
when they produced two operas by MI.
Converse and accepted Mr. Arthur
Ncyin's Twilight" for immediate per |
Torrance. In these cases the outcome
was not altogether satisfactory. Had !
The Pipe of Desire The Sacrifice"
"Natoma" and Twilight" undergone the |
scrutiny OF trained musicians like
Mcssrs. Chadwick, l.oeiiler, Damrosch |
and Hertz the public would have been |
spared the imbeclities Of Mr.. Herbcrt's |
opera. which Mr. DIPPED produced after
Mr. Gatti-Casazza had rejected il, and |
Mr.. Novin would not have been subject |
ed to the humiliation Of being compelled |
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-05
ADVICE ON GRASS CULTURE.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: New York has a great many open
spaces set of and designated as parks,
and there is, believe. an Official called
the Commissioner OF Parks. whose duty
IL Is to care for them. but II would seem
by the appearance OF some Of them Just
now that as far az good green grassy lawns
are concerned they were under nobody's
care.
Reference IS particularly called to Wash.
ington. Union and Madison squares. whose
lawns arc I'm the most deplora bic condition.
II late last autumn the sod In these parks
had been covered with good rich stable
manure and I'm early spring the sod had
been turned under by spading, then raked
and sosn TO oats and grass seed. by this
time they would have had a beautiful green
grassy coat and been well on the way tow
ard lasting green coat for several years.
II this work was begun now in earnest
and prosecuted with vigor good results
even at the eleventh hour could he OBJ
tained. J. FREDERIC p..pc TO
New York, May 3. 1911
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-05
THE CABINET.
rFrom The Tribune Bureau.

rFrom The Tribune Bureau
Washington, May 4.-The Secretary or
State and Mrs. Knox ere entertaining Tor
the rest Of the week their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. James Tindell. OF
Valley Forge and their nephew and niece.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jessie Brown, all ot whom
were with them I'm their box at the horse
show to-day.
The Secretary OF War and Mrs. Dickin-
son, who are in mourning, presented their
box for the horse show 70 Miss Mary Will
fans for to-day, and to Baron de Bode,
Russian military attachs. and his sister
Baroness Elizabeth de Bode. for to-mor-
row. on Saturday the Chinese Minister
and Nine. Chang and their family will Ell
10Y the hospitality of the Secretary and
Mrs. Dickinson.
The Attorney General and Mrs. Wicker
sham had with them az the horse show this
afternoon the Netherlands Minister ana
Nine Loudon. Miss Mary Hopkins and Al
fred Mitchell lines, British counsellor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-05
THE BOARD or ESTIHATE'S PRO
TESJ

TIE Board of Estimate and Appor-
tionmeut has done well in recording its
protest against the Sfillwell bill de-
priving f. OF authority over the choice
Of a site for o courthouse and the cree
ton OF q building That measure. as the
board In It's resolution saws, i IN direc,
violation Of home rule principles. \
ripper" bill pure and simple, II i De
signed 70 remove obstacles from the wa!
OF the plan 10 build a big courthouse ID
the park. which would dwarf the III!
hall. give 10 buildings IN the vicinity Oh
which the public has already spent many
millions OF dollars q huddled appearance
and prevent the development Of civic
centre about the City Hall which vouh
be worthy az New York and when
should be an aim always to be kept ih
mind The project WAS beaten once be-
fore by an aroused public opinion. III
defiance Of which the Stillwell bill was
introduced in the Legislature and passed
by the Senate We hope II Is libel ON
the justices Of the Supreme Court ID
this department 10 say that the bill was
promoted by them We should be sorry
10 think that they could show 50 little
regard for the spirit Of our institutions
and for the principle Of local home rule.
Now that the Board OF Estimate and
AppOrtionment has uttered IT. protest
perhaps the Assembly and the Governor.
who are pledged 10 observe home rule
for cities. will show their regard for this
principle by their opposition to this
ripper" bill. Public opinion Is against
il The government Of the city. through
the Board Of Estimate and Apportion-
ment-Mayor Gaynor not voting because
the bill may come before him for action
is unanimous against It. If in the face
of this Overwhelming local sentiment the
Legislature passes the bill there is fort
unately reason 10 hope that Mayor
Gaynor will interpose his disapproval
aud the attempt 10 invade City Hal
Park over The heads 81 the local authori'
it's will lo defeated.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-05
* To THE CORR or CLAIMS


The Rochester Express" pub
fishes letter from Justice Peter i. Nc
Lehman, presiding justice Of the Appel
late Division Of the supreme Court in
the Fourth Department, 10 Attorney
General Carmody and part Of the lat
ier's reply 10 il. both Of which should
receive the attention Of the Legislature
when if comes 10 pass upon the bill legis-
lating the Court Of Claims out Of Office.
This bill. it is understood, Governor Dix
favors on the ground OF economy" But
i is merely patronage grab, the only
economy effected being o trivial reduc-
ton in the pay Of the judges and Of the
court attendants.
Justice McLennan calls il q great
Court Of Claims, and SAYS no court is
doing better or more satisfactory work
'in the interests Of the state or Of the
"litigantS in that court" than It is doing.
II IS comparatively rarely, he writes,
that an appeal from the court has been
taken to the court over which he pre-
sides which is the only court to which
such appeals can be taken. This fact
that Justice McLennan's court hears all
the appeals from Court Of Claims deci-
sions, makes what he has 10 say regard
ing the worth Of the present court espe
cially weiehty lie writes:
The Court of Claims as now organized
is conducting the business Of that court
al the least possible expense. 1T IS rem
dering decisions in matters involving
millions Of dollars which are satisfac-
tory 10 the litigants and the state. In
fact. it is rare, as said before, that an
appeal is taken from decision Of such
court. Then why change it-a court
that Is doing such great and good work?
Has II become possible that such record
should be upset and overturned because
Of the political eXigency-that possibly
POLITICAL advantage may be attained by
appointing some other judges 10 hold
such court?
In addition he gives it as his opinion
that the plan 10 legislaie its judges out
Of Office is unconstitutional.
70 all this. let il be said 70 his credit.
Attorney General CarmOdy adds the con
sheraton that lhe court has an i'm
meuse amount of business pending be
fore it. 70 reorgauize it arbitrarily
would interrupt all this business and
swamp the Attorney Generals office ana
The tribunal that would succeed the pres
ent court IN The confusion certain 10 re-
suit. IN the confused desire for fame
"and economy. etc. which seems more
powerful i'm some quarters than com
mon sense" writes Mr. Carmody. these
reasons perhaps will bot receive their
due weight"
If there is q grayer indictment OF Il
"busnesslike" administration than this
correspondence presents we arc rot
aware Of It's existence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-05
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
- rh. rribune Brreag.l

ron Tie IIlphI~ iNtr-Nft
Washington. Nay &-The PresiHent ~
eeived word from Ambassador Wilson 20
day that the Foreign Minister OF Mexico
expected peace would be arranged between
the federsls and the insurgents. and fur-
ther, thai independent negotiations were
expected in the states ~ Aorelcs anH
Guerrero
Following conference with Mr. TAT,
VINO emphatically denied that the potash
dispute had anything TO do with Amhassa-
Tor Hills resignation. Representative
Leyen. who was accompanied D. Repre-
sentative Brantley. said he vas sausned
that TIE reports we're untrue and would
not press his resolution asking for informa-
ton as 10 Why Or. Hill resigned.
President Taft declined the invitation OF
Serator Wetmore 20 attend q fete 70 be
given by the Society OF the Cincinnati IN
Providence on June q. having already
promised 70 attend the Yale University
commencement on that date. He took
under advisenrent an invitation presented
BY Senator Townsend 10 visit the Battle
Creek sanstoriunl, az which there are one
thousand patients and 20 include Detroit
in bis Western trip in September
Representative Sheppard ana fdul JONES
OF New York. asked the President 70 ap-
polnt W X. Arnold. Of Terarksna, as Judge
OF the Western District OF Arkansas.
The Argentine Minister introduced Rear
AdmIrals Garcia and Betbeder. OF the Ar
sentine navy.
The President, accompanied BY Senator
Penrose, Major Butt and Or. Delaney left
Washington st O'Clock this afternoon 70
attend the dinner OF the Philadelphia Medi-
cal Society In Philadelphia this evening.
Among the white House callers were
Senators Du Pont and Crane, Representa-
uves Rotherme Bowman, Young or Michi-
gan, Wilson Of New York, Kinds, Moon Of
Tennessee, Porter Payne, Prouty
Haughen. Kahn, Buckley, and Taylor o.,
Ohio. aud Miss Susan Pierce and Miss
Mary Pierce. grandnieces OF President
Franklin Pierce. who were introduced oy
Senator Gallinger.
The President and Mrs. Taft, Miss TAFT,
Miss Keyes, OF Cincinnati. and Major Butt
occupied a box at the horse show this
afternoon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-05
IN THE 6ERkSHiRES.


Lenox. May Mr. and Mrs. Harris
Fahnestock were among the arrivals To-
night al the Curtis Hotel.
lIr. and Mrs. William Hall Walker and
family reached Brookside. in Great Bar
rington.
Mrs. ]. McC. Gibson, who has been IN
Stockbridge. departed to-day FOR Progi-
dence for d short visit before sailing from
New York for England.
Mrs Churchill Satterles is in New ORR
q meet Mr.. and Mrs. George Winthrop Fol
som. who arrived there from Honolulu
Mr and Mrs Byam X. Stevens have ar
rived at the Curtis Hotel
Miss Ethel Folsom. who has been N
Paris for the winter, will arrive IN New
York on Saturday. she Will open her
Mountainview Farm, IN Lee about the mid
die Of the month
Ex-Governor Eben & Draper has gone
20 Boston.
Daniel Chester French has been VISITING
Chesterwood. his country estate IN Glen.
dale.
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore ". Luling re-
turned 20 town to-day after : brief STAY
at their villa in stockbridge.
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick :. pelaheld NJ
and Mrs. Samuel rockingham. DR.. Henry
G Haven and George Bsty Blake n.otored
TO West Beckett for trout fishing to-day
Mrs. George ". Morgan returned %
Ventfort Hall from Hartford to-day Miss
Caroline Morgan viii return Tomorrow.
Richard Goodman and Miss Rosah.
Goodman are at their villa
William Pollock returned 10 New York
to-day
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-05

10 withdraw bis opera because of crudl'
ties which made its performance at the
time set impossible. Here. then. com
retition would have been better than
commission.
Neither OF Mr.. Conyerse's operas was
successful. but their performance was
beneficial 10 the composer and To the
cause of opera in the yernaculsr, since
the composer and his colleagues obtained
the kind of experience which is essentiai
20 the creation Of on effective Tyre
drama Music must be heard in order 10
drama must be seen. Experiments In
operate production are costly. but they
must be made IL American composers
are to take their places beside their more
f. Fored brethren in Europe; and the
public, no less than the composers, owes
a debt of gratitude TO the directors OF
the Metropolitan Opera Company for
their action In rewarding the authors OF
Mona" and promising 70 give II repre-
sentation next season.
II is gratifying also TO note that the
authors of the new opera were not OBJ
sessed With the notion that an American
opera must necessarily be local In sub
feet and treatment The scenes OF ma
tCma" and The Sacrifice" were laid in
California; as Il romance lived there and
nowhere else In the United States. Their
stories were Spanish. but a supposedly
American favor was given 10 them by
the introduction OF a few Indians. Now,
an opera does not need Indians or cow
boys or miners 10 be American. Neither
does II need Indian or negro slave tunes.
But given the Indians, cowboys or
miners, there must also be a musical
idiom appropriate 70 them. The peri
patetic negro minstrel In Sicnor Puc-
cini's setting Of Tile Girl OF the Golden
West j. IN absuriity, because he is
supposed TO make the miners Of 1919
to them. They should have heard music
suggestive OF the songs which they call
fo- in Mr.. Belasccs play. not on echo Of
NeapoiitaD melody. The opera which
Professor Parker and Mr.. Hooker have
written tells a story Of insurrection In
the time OF the Roman occuDatiOn OF
Great Britain; Of Druidlcal fanaticisn
transforming a noble woman and turn
Ing her away from the functions for
which nature had designed her. II IS a
tragedy. its passions universal and ele-
mental. and there should be 40 hint If
time or place in the music which lends
its aid 10 the words and action IN giving
expression to them. The works in the
large and serious forms which Professor
Parker has written give promise that he
has performed his task in the right
spirit.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-05
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT
[By telegraph TO The Tr.buns.l

lBy Telegraph TO The Trbunsl
Newport, May Airs. Clarence sei
and Miss Charlotte Pell will arrive early
next week for the summer.
Miss Lucille K. Edgar arrived from Ne~
York this evening.
Edward c. knight has returned from
Michigan
After inspecting their summer home. Mr..
and Mrs. Royal Phelps Carroll have gone
hack 10 New York preparatory 10 sailins
for Europe
Mrs. Harold Brown has returned from
short visit in Providence and NJ. and Ms
James Lowell Putnam from Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs l. Townsend Burden are
at their cottage. Fairlawn. for a short stay
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles VI. Oelrichs VIII
arrive next month
Mrs. W. Fttzhueh whitehouse, who has
been absent for a number OF seasons. is 10
occupy Eastbourne Lodge again this sum
mer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard NJ Thomas vii
return hero this summer. Miss Annie
Powell has registered at the Casino.
Mrs Arnold Hague. who has been visit
ing her daughter Mrs. Ernest Howe, has
returned 10 Washington.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-05

"Gould's Mace. ON your left.
william RJckefeller's. Up
there. Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. Win
"the grave Of Washington Irving.
1t would be very Interesting for the
sightseers aud profitable for the trolley
owners. no doubt But II would seem
rather queer ethics first to induce people
to make fine places on fine strength of
promise that there should never be an!
trolley line there and then TO build the
trolley line and seek To- make money
out Of the exhibition Of the places when
they bed built on the strength Of that
broken pledge.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-05
1 ST4RTLfNG INNOYAYIOA.

By dint Of perseverance Mr.. Bailey
has brought about a change in the daily
routine of the United states Senate
which any innoyator less rash would
long ago have despaired of accomplish
irg. The deliberative branch Of Con
cress IS welded 10 its traditions. 60
far as Its own customs and habits are
concerned il has been willing slave 10
precedent and It's rules have been sup
posed TO be as immuts BILE as the laws OF
the Medes and Persians II has been
reluctant to recognize that new condi-
tons Justify new methods. Mr. Bailey
therefore had virtually to fight against
tie stars in their courses when he vent
ured 10 advocate a change in the Sen
ate's meeting hour from noon 10 = p. IN.
Had the Senate not met az noon from
time immemOrial? Why should it alter
custom Of more than centurys an
tiquity because of mere plea that q
later meeting hour would better serve
TIE convenience Of some or even most OF
its members!
gested his Innovation he was accused or
wanting TO Introduce at Washington the
customs and manners Of Westminster.
The British Parliament sits at night,
whereas 10 the Washington mind night
sessions are an imposition and a nui-
sance. Mr.. Bailey WAS not to be sneered
down, however, as mere COPPER Of Lon
don fashions. He maintained that his
scheme for later sessions did not neces-
sarily involve q recess until after din
ner. II was simply intended 10 force a
more economical use Of the time between
noon and 6 p. m. by enlarging the period
allotted TO committee meetings and
shortening the time spent in debate on
the floor Of the Senate. He said truly
that the committees. meeting at 10 a. IN.
20 do their work properly. for the days
work in Washington begins late and II
is hard 10 get Senators 10 report at the
Capitol before noon. Why not have the
committees meet between noon and .
p. NJ, he asked. and extend the sittings
Of the Senate regularly 10 . 80 or Is
o'clock?
The fact is that under the old sys
TEN the time from noon till . O'Clock
was largely wasted. The Senate retained
the useless morning hour" long after
the House had abolished It, A good part
Of that hOur-120 minutes long-was de-
voted 10 business like the Introduction
Of petitions and bills, which could Just
as well be transacted in another way.
Petitions and bills ought 10 20 into
hopper, as they do In the House. and be
printed by their titles in THE Congress
sional Record" If the morning hour"
Is abolished, or shortened 10 thirty min
utes. the Senate will make practically as
much progress meeting at 2 ?. m. as It
did meeting at noon under the old sys
TEN, and if the short sessions every
other year are not TO be extended IL will
be easier TO introduce the custom Of sit
ting in the evening fl order TO get
through with the work which piles up at
the end Of Congress Mr. Bailey's eY-
pertinent was well worth making It is
In the public interest, although it may
upset TO some extent one Of Washing
tons most cherished tradltions-tbat
working after 4 80 p. m. is a cruel and
unusual punishment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-05

said. because Il was not there to De s'V,
The ark in which the tablets OF uhe -
rested. according to tradition - -
long, ~ cubits wide and IL cmpi's &c.
covered and lined with gold and surinoun,
ed by golden cherubims. Vas NO
sanctuary which preceded the pe"pe
their march from Sinai and was ."'".
placed in the Temple Of Solomon. W
knows what became Of II when the '.'"p's
was destroyed. The Arch Of TITUS ~ 49,
bears in bsss-reIief Roman soldiers carr
Ing the spoils OF the temple. ihsss o"
tablets fastened on staffs, the
branched candlestlck and the golden Iaoi
with the sacred trumpets. II Is genera,
believed that the ark Tas hidoen "'N
finally DESTROYED
What ere you going &c raise IN your
flower GARDEN ..
The neighbors' chickens, ! suppose, -
piled Mr. Growcher.--W ashinSton stsI'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-05

greater now. without treaty. than it
would be with one. For. of course, the
treaty would strongly operate against
the occurrence of any trouble in which
we might be involved, aud In case Of its
occurrence IL would define the precise
extent Of our participation. while now
there Is no such restraint against trou-
BILE, and IL II should occur this country
might be called upon TO intervene ia It
to an unlimited extent. The course Of
prudence toward ourselves, as well as II
beneyolence 10 our neighbors. prescribes
the adoption OF specific course Of &C.
ton. such as is provided for in the pend
ing treaty
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-05
THE TALh or THE DAY.

The arst thing the Mayor Of Bangor. Ne,
did after the great fire OF last Sunday was
under control was 10 order all the saloons
closed That seems commonplace enough
until il - recalled that Maine has been a
Prohibition state for about forty years.
How does il happen. New England news
papers are asking. that there are saloons
I'm Bangor THE Providence Journal
thinks there must be some mistake IN the
dispatches and that saloons must be a
misprint for SODA fountains" But The
Portland Press evidently doesn't look at
II that way and boldly inquiries whether
"tho authorities Of Penobscot County claim
now that the prohibitory law cannot be
enforced I'm Bangor if they want 10 N
force IT, The answer Is that the authorl-
ties can enforce liquor laws when the COM
munlty wants them enforced.
A strange thing happened in connection
with the destruction Of q fire trap In which
a number Of people lost their ives last
week"
What was that?"
"The coroner's jury didn't decide that il
was unable 20 fix tie blame Chicago
Record Herald.
THE TROUT SEASON rs OPEN.
\ flash OF watered string,
A whirr Of cloven air;
The fly falls fat. a-thwing
And seeks It's quarry there
The fishers heart beats fast
But stil his nerve Is stout:
He feels, then reels-here's JOY al last,
\ trout
The youngstcr with pin,
The grown-up with "A hook
Each yearns to wander In
Some calm. sequestered brook:
Come. LET the world az care
Go hang Let slide "ambish";
Take pipe and rod aud line, and dare
The ASH.
A W. L.
She-Every man has his price.
He-fes' ana every woman her hgure-
Judge.
The reported theft OF the Ark OF the
Covenant from the Mosque OF Omar Gre
ated no lamentation In jewish circles Of
New York, according to the statement Of a
learned rabbi. The sacred relic was not
stolen by the English archeologists.' he