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sen for whose use II is intended is TO
fout all accepted theories of tariff
taxation. The Farmers Free Tist bill
was a reducfiO I'D dbsurdan. 1t was
piece OF frivolity 10 which no serious
statesman could he expected 10 attach
his name. We hope that "T'he World"
will follow The Springfield Repub-
leans" example and abandon the con
tention that President Taft injured him
self by vetoing such comic supplement
bill.
There remains the wool bill accepted
Ia it's original form by the Democratic
majority I'm the House Of Representa-
tives on the mistaken assurance that
the Treasury could not make ends meet
if n duty were not levied on raw wool.
Mr. Underwood had simply made a mis-
take of more than S70.O00,0oo in reckon
ing the governments income If Congress
had re-enacted the wool schedule Of the
Wilson-Gorman law there would have
been some force in the argument that
that schedule had already been tested
by experience and that no report by the
Tariff Board on its possible workings
was required. But the House aban-
dcned logical and historic Democratic
contention, tested by experience, and
accepted slap-dash schedule, framed
by Mr.. Underwood and Mr.. La Toilette,
with an eye not TO economy but to
politics.
1t was not the sort of revision 10
command confidence as fair or work
aide. and it was clearly open to the
President TO ask Congress 10 wan a
few months for fuller information and
then make the wool bill over.
Probably the more The World" hooks
into the matter the less certain it will
he that the President committed polit
ical suicide when he put a temporary
cherk on crude and hasty tariff legis
lation. eXtemporized for political effect
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"autumnal typhoid" is really Fly time
tvphoid"
ATTOOD,S FLIGHT

4 handsome sum Of money and abun-
dant congratulations reward Atwood LOT
his flight half way across the continent
from st Louis 10 New York. II Is n
noteworthy achievement. SURPRISING any
thing Of the sort ever done before. the
nearest approach 10 IT was that or
the competitors In the German national
aviation contest. who flew LISA miles
Atwood has exceeded that distance by
more than a hundred miles. Moreover,
he has made his fight within period
Of twelve days. while the German aYi-
ators for their shorter fight required
about thirty days and 1t seems prob
able that he might have finished the
Journey several DAYS earlier If its finan-
cial results had not been n prime con-
sideration.
The achievement demonstrates the
possibilities of aviation when und ar
taken by the possessor Of sufficient phys
ical and nervous endurance and sound
judgment. There vas no moment or
the many hours when he was high in
air when fault Of Judgment or n
tremor Of the nerves might not have
meant failure and death. Success was
attained through the perfect working Of
the human machine actually more per
feet than the working of the machine
OF wood, metal and canvas. Those who
seek 10 emulate his performance should
first aim TO equal him in the qualities
which are essential not alone to success
hut TO safety in even minor attempts.
The limitations Of aviation, also, as
well as IT'S potentialities. are suggested
Atwood flew. while actually in the mir.
at the average rate of 2 mile I'm less
than two minutes. That Is a good rate
81 speed, yet IL does not equal that of
railroad train. Could it have been
maintained from beginning TO end Of
the voyage. without stop for rest, re-
pairs or supplies. he would still have
been outstripped by train running on
the schedule time which trains are now
daily making. But he had TO stop fire.
quently. with the result that the journey
consumed ten times the period which a
train would have required. II is prob
able that improved mechanism will make
much more prolonged flights possible
hereafter, but it does not seem likely
that human nerves and muscles. except
in some phenomenal cases. will prove
equal 10 the sustained strain Of many
hours of unbroken fight. The human
factor will be the determining one and
the human factor is limited.
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PECULIAR POLITICS.

Robert \. Sibbald was elected last fall
TO be Register Of Deeds by the people
of Bergen County, New Jersey. The
Office carried with il q salary of $500 a
year. Mr. Sibbald investigated the new
place. found more title and salary than
work. and promptly announced bis in
tention To have the Legislature abolish
ii and him as an oftceholder. He sue
ceeded. wherefore his fellow citizens
have Just bestowed on him silver ser
vice and loving cup and Governor
Wilson Il letter of high commentator.
The Democracy of New York looks
with a plying eve on its benighted
brethren across the river. In this state
there Is a practical man at the head of
affairs. Mister" Murphy never would
permit any such triflinG with the ma
chinery Of administration. The only jobs
his Legislature abolished We're those
held by Republicans. and it created
them again under new names, and new
Jobs also. TO be given 10 Democrats who
really appreciate them.
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AGONY AND SUFFRAGE

To the Editor ~ The Tribune
STR ] would like - say word in ref
erAnce 70 Letter dated August II and
printed IN to-days Tribune signed Jul
MUS" The FIRST and second paragraphs
were excellent. and every fair minded
reader must agree with what ia said in
them. In the last however, the writer
refers 10 the wife OF Rice having eN-
pressed the wish that she could have as
sisted in the lynching and infers that a
woman who could say such a thing Is
therefore united for the vote. Is the
writer quite sure that no man In the first,
stunning grief OF having his wife snstched
from him I'm brutal way might not be
tempted 70 say the same thing7
II does not seem 10 be a question OF
sex. but the cry OF heart overwhelmed
with n sudden and awful grief. Woman
does not make sny clsim IN asking for
the vote that IN an hour of great agony
she never ssys anything unwise. Ger
tainly the remark of one woman IN sud
den. great excitement and agony does not
prove that woman IL unit 10 vote.
EMILY NJ. COTTON.
New Rochelle, \. Y, AUG. %. 1911.
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CITY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS
Writer Believes Their Establishment
Would Protect the Community.

To the Editor OF The Tribune;
Sir. At the hearing on the proposeo
charter to-day the qualifications, alloca-
tious and duties OF tive Commissioner or
Accounts were earnestly discussed ny
Frank c Baker. DR. william Allen and
others. The speakers agreed that ne
should be trained accountant but ot-
fered as m whether he should or shonio
not be under the control Of the Mayor
and consequently whether he should or
should not have the power of initiative re-
Earding Investigations
The result which II seems 70 he desired
10 attain ny the creation Of this office Is
Of course. the protection Of the citizens
against extravaganza or fraud. II is'
however. quite as necessary to guara
against the making Of contracts based on
exorbitant or fraudulent prices as IL IS
against the making Of excessive payments
The sole basis Of the work Of the account
ant as such is in the executed contract
itself
TO attain the result. then. It IS neces-
sary To secure in advance Of the tenders
standards by which these tenders may be
Judged In cases where the compensation
is fixed. as I'm the case Of salary or wage
carriers. the standards should show the
results which it may reasonably be eX-
pected will be produced.
The determination in advance OF the act
Of standards as to what is possible ls
science IN itself and is the particular prov
ince Of the new profession Of efficiency
engineering. This work cannot be sue
cessfully performed hy an accountant as
such. The making Of correct records as
10 what has been accomplished is the
proper function Of the accountant
To be OF any use both standards and
records should exactly correspond as 10
the matter al issue The ratio between
the opportunity as defined by the stand
ard and the result as shown by the record
constitutes the efficiency Of the perform
snce.
To correspond 70 the hest commercial
practice there should be bureau Of
standards. under the control OF the Mayor.
which should publish unit standards in
advance for the price ~ every commodity
or the quantity Of every service for which
the city Is 10 pay. The efficiency Of the
organization ~ the city government can
then be determined with reference 70 these
standards and IF 70 he unduly low proper
action can he taken. In the event that a
standard price he made unduly high or
standard quantity Of service be made I'M
duly low 70 cover any collision for i'm
proper purposes It becomes within the
power Of any citizen having an intimate
knowledge Of SUCH commodity or service
10 initiate remonstrance, as In the case
OF any employer
The safety Of the community depends
solely on its watchfulness over its en-
ployes. Zach individual must take pains
10 do his part But IL is only when the
publicity Of specific data and prices is
enforced that the citizen can get such a
grasp Of the situation that his efforts can
be productive Of appreciable results.
H +. SIMPSON
New York, Aug 81, 1911.
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SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT

nv Telegraph 70 Tho Tribune
Newport Aug 2J.-AIl the leading mem
bers Of the summer colony are preparing
to-day for the fancy dress ball which is
10 be the chief social affair tomorrow
night This ball will be given by Mr.. and
Mrs Leonard NJ Thomas at the Newport
Golf Club. and nearly all of the two hun
dred or more vino have been invited have
had special costumes made for The affair.
This evening dinners were given ny Mrs
william Goadby Loew, Egerton l.. Win
throp, Mrs. l. Townsend Burden. Mrs.
William storrs Wells Mrs Pembroke
Jones and Mrs lewis Cass Ledyard. Al
later took their guests 10 Hsrbor View, the
summer home Of Mrs French Vanderbilt
who also entertained at dinner and fol-
lowed It with a dance and supper.
Mrs. Arthur Curtiss James was the host
ess OF a luncheon party this afternoon
Others who gave luncheons were Mrs.
Henry Clevs. Mrs Edward J. Berwind in
honor Of Miss Margaret Dunlap, OF Phila-
deIphia, and Mrs. Charles \. Siegfried az
Bergers for Miss abb Morrison, CT New
York.
Despite the disagreeable weather to-day
lueTt was BoOu SlLtN d-fAINo44~' O. 1-4-
tennis tournament on the, Casino courts. II
was cold and dismal on the courts and
most OF the women who brsved the wealth
er came out in heavy fall clothing.
John F. TaImadge, CT New York, is the
guest Of Oliver Gould Jennings
It was learned to-day that Lord Camoys
Of England. fancee Of Miss Mildred Sher-
man. is 10 leave England for America on
next Wednesday.
The entries for the Newport hocss show
closed to-day, and the list is said 10 be a
very promising one.
Miss Dorothy Bigelow has fnigned her
visit with her sister, Mrs J. r. y. Clark
and Mrs. Clark is now entertaining Mrs
Stewart Walker, OF New York.
Miss Margaret Andrews daughter Of Mr.
and Mrs Paul A. Andrews, is visiting at
Bar Harbor.
r. D. Wren, Of New York, IS a guest Of
Joseph r. Diworth.
Oliver Campbell. OF New York, is d guest
OF Richard Stevens.
Mrs. Shpworth Gordon GatcheI, OF Bal
timore is visiting friends here.
William F. Vhitehouse is a guest Ct Will
lam Earl Dodge
David Bows and Guy Kirkland Of New
York. are being entertained By I. Towns
end Burden.
Registered at tho Casino to-day were
Phoenix Ingraham. Of New York; George
r. Preston. Of Tuxedo; Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
". Bull Of New York; Frederick H. Prince,
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1889. Body preserved with an injecuon ol
zinc chloride. on opening the skull pnVAl
observed that considerable huld had exuoeo
and that the brain had shrunk Bran
weight on removal l.1so grams 1903 ouncesl
Duval estimates from measurements Oh 'le
entocranial cast and by other methods sew
orally. La. !. eoi and 1.2n grams aver ase'
i.sB 1881 Rddnrers estimates connrin
DuvaTs. Krause brings the figure up u
1917 1881
Either of these figures Is CONSIDERABLY
below tho brain weight NJ the average MOI.
European q. 40 grams. or 49, ounces'' gnu
markedly below the average for WENT
French notables 0,b7 grams OF Do"
ounces). on the other hand, they are near
IL. or more than. double the weight gwen
IN Mr. Snallev's article, which is propapiy
a misprint for forty-two.
The smallest brain OF rational man
hitherto recorded is that OF Daniei bS On :"
white watchmsn, Of New YORK. '.l''
weighed bv the coroner's physician III
Philip O'Hanlon and Professor J. n. Lar
kin and exhibited and briefly descrlpeu ~
me before the American Philosophicai
cietv and the American Neurological AssV
citation IN the spring Of 1871.
Statistics as to the brain weights o. II,
dividuals. groups and races may De iouhu
in the paper nj DR.. spitzks, alreaoy iien,
toned. and in nv address The braih o.
the American Negro" "Proceedings Oh .ne
First National Negro Conference l"S 80
% vesey street, New York. Let me auu
that this letter has been delayed IN 'he
hone that Mr.. smalley would publish
co-rsc,ior himself BURT G. WILDER
siasconset. Mass. Aug %, 1911
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The decision of the Fourth Deputy
Police Commissioner that the fixed
post" is really movable need not be
taken as a magisterial bull. The Com
missioner only meant 10 enlarge the
area within which the patrolman on
fixed post may timber up his muscles
and ward off the peril of cramps. TO
stand within circumscribed square
exactly at the intersection of two lines
drawn down the middle Of a north and
south street and the middle of an east
and west street is an eXhausting duty,
chiefly because of the effect on the
ina Cination Of the sense Of confinement
within rigid bounds. Mr. Dillon wants
TO make the fixed post" assignment less
onerous by permitting the patrOlman 10
walk as far as the curb line on each
side Of his station. though requiring him
10 stand exactly at the intersectinc
point. where ne can he most readily
seen.
The modification Of the original order
may do no harm and will undoubtedly
relieve the nerves Of some Of the higher
strung members Of the police force. But
IL will be universally regretted if it is
treated by The police themselves rs q
first step toward an abandonment Of
the fixed post" which has already
commended itself 10 the public as
few recent reforms in police admins
tration have done. The general sense
Of security has been strengthened in
two ways In the first place the man on
fixed post" is a sentinel always on duty
, I'm q spot where he can command the
widest range Of the neichborhOod. He
i available for accidents and disturb
ances which happen on the streets and
can be quickly found when the services
Of an officer are needed inside a house
The frequent changes OF post and the
fact that the officers on patrol duty
must keep in touch with the fixed sta
lions insure q great deal more police
activity through the night than was
possible under the old system, when
there was nothing 10 prevent a police
man from retiring from the public vision
for indefinite intervals. refreshing him
self. engaging in social intercourse or
taking a nap
One Of the great needs Of this city is
better protection ar night against fire and
burglary and against viSence and disor-
dor in the streets. In a metropolis with
five million inha bitants there should he
almost as much security b. night as by
day. good lighting and ample and zeal
GUS police service gradually overcoming
the dangers inherited from the period
when cities were plunged in gloom after
sunset and crime stalked boldly in all
but the main thoroughfares. The fixed
post" is n marked and welcome advance
in the struggle 10 maintain public order
and to minimize the opportunities for
81
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GAMBETTA's BRAIN
A Question as TO It's Weight Is Raised
by Professor B. q. Wilder.

To the Editor of The Tribune
str. George ". Smalley's letter on Mr.
Chamberlain IN The Tribune OF Sunday.
August s. In connection with comments
upon the lack OF correlation between that
statesman mental powers and the size OF
his head. contains the following sentence.
When Gambetta died they weighed his
brain and found tho weight of Il under the
average something less than twenty-five
ounces"
/ venture 10 suggest that "tweuty-two'
Is a misprint for forty-two. which number
might be warranted by certain statements
made shortly after Gambetts death. That
even this t. too low will appear fIom the
following condensed account OF The matter
a. given ny Professor r.. A spltzka, of the
jefferson Medical College. IA his paper. a
STUDY OF the Brains OF Si1 Eminent sci
entists and Scholars etc. transactions
ct the American Philosophical Society 4"
new series. Vol n, Part Q. philadelphia.
l90s.
"Gambetta Leon dsss lssg ned Dec
81. iss-. but sutopsy not made TIL Jan g.
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IN THE 6ERKSHiRES.

.Hr Icie -raT0 ~ - 4ria4If ]
Lenox. Aug E.-Mr and Mrs Edward
r. Wharton have sold their country sstate.
The Mount. one Of the most beautiful
places on Laurel Lake. 10 llr. an slrs.
William Pollock. Of New York and Pitts.
field. who viii take possession " iae Is.
tate ar the end Of the LenoX season. Its
reported in L.enox that the purchasers paid
$4,000 for The Mount Mr.. and Mrs Poi.
lock and the lsttcrs son, Marshall z.
Kernochan, have been intimately ASSOCIATE
cd with the Ienox cottagers. and their plr-
chase was pleasantly received TO-DAY.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Alorewood and Their
guest, Miss Eliza beth Brown, have arrived
at the Red Lion Inn NJ. and Mrs. II b.
Smell Of Brooklyn. are also ar the i'm.
Mrs. Miguel r MARTINEZ opened her sale
al the Maplewo0d. IN PitstheLd, to-day To-
the benefit Of an italian church She was
assisted by her daughter. Miss Carmen
Martinez. and Miss Beatrice Sterling. Of
New York
Mr.. and Mrs George Armor. of Princeton,
Y !: Mrs. Fitch ". Smith, Miss Isabel n.
Smith and Mrs William HAYWARD, q New
York: Mr.. and Mrs J. 7. Elder, Of Esg
Orange. y. j. and Albert McBarr, Of Pits
burgh. have arrived az the Maplewocd, IN
Pittsfeld.
Mrs. r. ". Appleton, of Ipswich, MsS..
is "a guest Of Charles Lauicr az Allen WIN.
don.
Mrs. Walter Cutting and Miss Julisna
cutting. o. New York. are visiting NJ.
and Mrs Henry W Bishop in Pittshela
Or. and Mrs n z. Bates. George 2 Vs.
entine. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Goodyear an
Mr.. and Mrs. 4. ". Booth. OF New TWL,
have arrived az Heston Hall. IN Stock
bridge
John Sloane has sailed from Euglsnd ard
will 20 20 Wyndhurst on his arrival In New
York Dir and Mrs.. William r. +. GrisToh
have decided 20 % TO Wyndhurst IN about
ten DAYS. Mrs Griswolds arm IS knitting
well. and she will soon be- able 90 dispense
with the care ~ a surgeon. Their children,
Adella and Ursula. arrived to-day 81 Wyn1-
hurst
Members OF the I.enox COLONY VINO ara
members Of the Village Improvement soei-
otv met AZ the Curtis Hotel to-day o. take
action on the presence Of the gypsy meta
in Ienox Present al th meeting were Mrs
Joseph W Burden. Miss Kate carr, us.
francis g.. Barlow. George ". Folsom,
Giraud Foster, the Rev. \. II. GamnacA,
Newbold Morris. William D. Curtis Dr. i.
r. Jaoues, David T. Dana, Albert T. Shat
tuck and Richard Goodman.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. r. Hegemar. w-o have
been AZ the Hotel Aspiuwal this week with
Mr.. and Mrs. clifford ". Lyon ana Fred
". Lyon. started today by automble for
the White Mountains
Mr.. and Mrs II. II. Vreelend. -ir and
~. J. a. Peck and NJ. and Mrs. a. =,
Bush. 81 New York. have arrived O.. 10
Hotel Aspinwau
CrolIer Currie and Miss France Clrris'
Of London: Mrs ". 3 Kendall Bliss H.
nor Kendall Mr. and Mrs Z. " Aarsden'
Rodney Proctor and IL. and ,Lrs FrE v.
UIoeninghaus. Of New York. arc at 10
Curtis Hotel
NJ. and Mrs Warren Salisbury .hava
issued invitations for an organ recital al
their country place IN Pittsfie,d or sunday
afternoon.
Grenvlle smith, Of New York. will be the
orgauist
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The New York World" has been try
Ing 10 convince itself that President
Taft committed political suicide when
p, vetoed the three tariff revision bills
sent him by the Observation-Disclosures
coalition iu Congress: hut yesterday.
wc-are glad 10 note, our contemporary
modified its contention IN SO far as one
co. the three bills is concerned. We
asked IL ou wednesday how II could
reasonably hold that the President
failed Of his duty in vet0ing crude,
hodge-podce measure like the cotton
bin. our ueiGhbor now says frankly
that il evil certainly not defend the
cotton bin that MI Taft vetoed" IN
that 10 is wise for few Democratic
pewsps peTs have the assurance 10 deny
that the cotton bill. as amended in the
senate IN q spirit of horseplay, richly
deserved the quietus n received a. the
lands Of the President
But The World though withdraw
ing onA-third of irs Indictment. sticks 20
the other two-thirds " maintains that
the, arguments against the cotton bill
DE- not apply 10 the Farmers Free List
bin or 10 the WOO bill Yet there are
other critics ~ the administration who
share The Worlds general point If
view. but are forced 10 admit that the
Farmers Free List bill was as much
If a m0ustroSity rs the cotton bill. The
Springfield Republican which thinss
that tie President made a mistake in
yetoing the wool bill classihes the cot
Ton and Farmers Free List bills to-
eether as ignorant and vicious iegisla-
ton II said yesterday.
n Is true I'm large degree that the
FARMERS Free List bin and the cotton
bin were crudcly and badly drawn, with
ont intelligent adherence IL a settled
principle. and We're examples of haphaz
ard tariff tinkering of the catchpenny
order.
The Farmers Free List hill war. from
the economic point of view, freak Of
nature. ii harmonized with ma theory
Of tariff taxation ever promulgated by
any political party IN this country. no
warrant for il can be found IN any
Democratic PLATFORM and Democratic
platforms have embraced al possible
shades OF tariff doctrine between free
trade and outright protection 10 make
the duiiability Of an imported article
depend upon the occupation of the per
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NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Charles IT. Jackson. whose marriage -
Miss Emily dc Loosely Potter taxes p''o'
OH September q. at Ciesrv!eW, me cou"uf
home Of her parents. Mr.. ana MRS
Clarkson Potter. in West Chester ~ D
will give his farewell bachelor dinner Oh
September Is at Demonico's.
Announcement has been made Of the eh-
gagement ~ Miss Dorothy King daugn
Of David IT. King tr.. to Stauiey GrisWof'
Flaeg. Sd, son ~ Mr.. ard Mrs. stanieS
Griswold Flagg. tr.. Of Philadelphia. Hlirs
King. her father and her sisters MISS Run
and Miss Jeanne King. have Just returned
from abroad Mr. FlaEg Is graduate Vt
YaA, class ~ ~.
Mr. and Mrs Evans z. Dick. ir' VINO
were married last month. have returned
from their wedding trip and are now me
guests Of Mrs. Dicks parents Mr.. ana
Mrs. Bayard Tuckerrnsn, at Ipswich.
Mr. and Mrs T J. oakley Rhinelander
and Philip Rhineland are booked 10 SAL
to-day from Europe for New York.
The Countess della Gherardesca, who has
I cen the guess Of her father, Henry A. 9.
TAYLOR. ar Newport for few weeks ar
rived in town yesterday
Mr and Mrs. William Church OSBORN ana
Miss Ailesn Osborn, on their return from
Europe early in September, will 90 10 Gar
rison. ~ Y, for the fall
Mrs Gorham Bacon and Miss Elizabeth
Bacon, OF West 54th street are ar the Pro-
file House IN the White Mountains for
short stay.
Mrs. A Scott Cameron will spend next
month ~ the Curtis Hotel IN Lenox.
Dr. and Mrs Louis Faugeres Bishop have
returned 10 town from a six weeks auto
mobile trip through New England and New
York State
Mr. and Mrs. William Ross Proctor viii
leave Southampton. Long Island, on Sep
TENDER ! for Shohola, Penn.