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New-York tribune., 1912-03-12
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Miss Hester l.. Davis, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Howland Davis, will be married
to Lawrence Howe. of Boston, on satur
day, April 70, In the Church Of the Incarna
ton. The ceremony will be performed al 4
o'clock by the Very Rev. William NJ.
Grosvenor. dean Of the Cathedral of St.
John the Divine, assisted by the Rev. VIII.
lam Omstead, of Pomfret School. A re-
ception will follow at the residence OF the
BRIDES parents, No. 204 Madison avenue.
Miss Ruth Davis will be her sisters maid
OF honor, and the bridesmaids will be an
other sister, Miss Sibyi W. Davis; Miss
Dorothy Bull Miss Dorothy Hurry and
Miss Anna Cronkhite. Rowland s. Davis,
the brides brother, will act as best man.
and the ushers will be William Shippen
Davis, another brother: the bridegroom's
brother. Stanley Howe; Raymond Ives.
William McMurtry Rutter, and Morton
Newhall, of Philadelphia The brides
aunt. Mrs. Hilborne l.. Roosevelt, will give
dinner on the night before the wedding
for the entire bridal party.
Mrs. William B. Dinsmore will give q
dance at Sherry's on April 10 for Miss
tlcltu uctSutcr VI o1Is una
Mrs. Robert p. Huntington.
For the benefit OF the Darrach Home for
Crippled Children, an entertainment con-
sisting OF kinemacolor pictures of the Ind
ian Durbar was given yesterday after
noon at the Plaza by The Sewers, Of which
Mrs. Henry B. Slayback is president. 15s
clasa which rporEs far hA
Nursery and Child's Hospital had its regu-
lar meeting yesterday morning at the resi-
dence OF Mrs. Frederic Ashton de Peyster,
In East s6th street.
Mrs. II. Bramhall Gilbert and her daugh-
ter, Miss Lila B. Gilbert. have returned to
town from Palm Beach.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Payne whitney
sailed from England for New York on Sat-
urday on board the Lustania, and are due
here at the end Of the week. Among their
fellow passengers are Mrs. James A. Bur-
den, j.. Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony J. Drexel,
jr., Mrs. Lloyd Bryce, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
w. Bull, Mrs. Paul Morton and J. M.
Waterbury.
sale 1Or tne DtueHL OF luS nlp . Day
Day Nursery will be held this afternoon at
the residence OF Mrs. Robert s. Brewster,
No. 100 East 10th street. Useful and fancy
articles will be on sale, and among those
who will be at the various tables are Miss
Dolly La Montague. Miss Cornelia Chapin,
Miss Clara Fargo, Miss Margaret Winslow,
Miss Esther Auchincloss and Miss Char
lotte Wyeth.
Mr.. and Mrs. George II. Hull. jr., who
were the guests in town :or few days OF
General and Mrs. j. Fred Pierson, have
returned TO their place at Short Hills, ~ ].
Mrs Vanderbilt gave luncheon yester-
day at her house. Fifth avenue and 57th
street.
Mrs Stuyvesant Fish will give luncheon
tomorrow at her residence, In East 18th
street.
Mrs. James r. Sullivan and Miss Frances
Sullivan have arrived in town from Phila-
delphia and are at the Hotel Gotham.
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Duncan have gone
to Palm Beach for short stay.
Miss Carol A. Hartman will return to
the city tomorrow from Virginia.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. Pierpont Morgan, jr,
will open their country place on East Isl.
and. Long Island, about the middle OF next
month
New-York tribune., 1912-03-12
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

On returning to his Office from a round
of calls a New York physician found wait
ing for him the servant OF a patient. she
was the bearer OF a bottle and a note TO
the effect that the remedy contained in the
bottle had been recommended by woman,
and the query do you thing / might try
il for my Cold?' In reply the doctor
wrote: IT have not examined what you
sent to me and can offer no suggestion, nor
do I know what allied your friend when 1t
cured her. But ! do know that II hers
was an attack of virulent impertinence she
is still incurred
Clara-Tve been looking into Jacks life,
and I'm awfully disappointed.
Mary-Why?
Ciara-Ny worst suspicious are unfound-
cd.-Satire.
A Scotch class was examined in Script
ure Can any boy or girl here tell me
how Noah would be likely TO use his time
while on the ark" asked the inspector
Ono boy tlmidly showed his hand and re-
Piled, please, sir. he wad fish" Well
YES, he might" admitted the inspector. An
other little fellow waved his hand excited
ly and said, please. he couldna fish vera
lang" What makes you think 50. my
little MANI" Because there were only twa
worms I'm the srk"-Christian Common
wealth
Siuicus-What is the FIRST thing fellow
should do II he wants 10 please a girl7
Cynicus-Make n fool or himseif over her'
Philadelphia Record.
Not all the queues cut of in China under
thara 10
find their way into switches" and rats"
and other things feminine. Consul General
Anderson writes from Hong Kong that,
generally contrary to tho impression In
Europe and the United States, the queues
when cut are not sold. This Is an absolute
rule SO far as South China Is concerned.
and Il IS the custom all over those por-
tions OF China from which the writer has
been able TO secure reliable data on this
subject. The queues are preserved. accord
ing 20 general statement for burial with
the owner"
Gink-Do you believe in signs?
Dink-Not as a rule, but saw one yes
terday on sth street that appealed to me-
Glnk-What was II?
Dink-"Ice Cream Sodas, &c. Doctor Au-
vice Free"-Phiadelphia Record
"a good word from a German for an
American-I should have said Yankee
because they call n man from Argentina
an American herc-is worth something.
says a letter from Berlin. and some
thing in big type at that. We had 1t yes
terday. II seems that when Richard
Strauss directed the Wagner Kaisermarsch
at the symphony concert he beckoned the
audience to rise when the Hail, Hail. the
Kaiser part was reached. Nearly the
whole audience arose promptly but the
few who would not sat hard Next day
there were arguments pro and con as to
the leaders right 10 suggest the patriotic
demonstration. At a public place when the
matter was being discussed native
praised the Americans for the alacrity
with which they arise when their national
anthem is played. All who heard him
though he was right-all but we two Amer
leans. We know different story, but we
didn't tell It."
Gimme your watch and chain?" said the
train robber .,, -.
Great ScottW sobbed the Pullman porter
'ain't there no ethics in our professiony'-
Washington Star.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-12
THE RULES OF THE GAME.

Colonel Roosevelt. who entered the
contest for the Presidential nomination
with the words my hat is in the ring,
protests at Congressman Mckinney $
use of sporting language in declining 10
advocate the adoption of Presidential
primaries at this late date. The words
which gave offence are these: Il do not
flavor changes in the rules or the
"came while the game Is in progress.
The very idea Of referring to the cholce
of a candidate for the Presidency as
game" shocks Colonel Roosevelt mex
pressibly. 1--WE who stand for the pro-
''gressive cause, for the cause OF honest
"and genuine democracy, genuine repre-
sentative government, hold that pup
''lic contest between parties or WITHIN
parties is not carried on as game ne
exclaims. greved at the "cynicism' OF
his opponents.
Yet the metaphor changing the rules
of the game" is favOrite one with the
colonel himself In the Ossawatomie
speech last year he said: When say
that | am for the square deal | mean
mot merely that ! am for fair play
under the present rules Of the game
"but that | stand for having those rules
changed" Why is it improper TO apply
this sporting metaphor to a contest for
a nomination and not so TO apply 1t to
the political and economic organization OF
+odavp If wOuld he DOSSible to turn
the coloners own methods against him
and say that the OssawatOmie metaphor
exhibited the characteristic levity Of his
mind, his inability to appreciate the fact
that constitutions and institutions are
anything more than rules Of game, II
1t were profitable to extract morals from
metaphors.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-12
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
[From The Tribune Bureau.l

Washington, March 1.-THE President.
accompanied by Secretary Hilles, returheu
to the White House about 4:t0 o'clock inns
afternoon from his Toledo Chicago trip
After greeting Mrs. Taft the President
went to his office. where he remained unui
shortly after o'clock. when he ana Mr.
Hilles took long walk. He was grea'E
pleased with his receptions during MS ab-
sence from Washington.
Mrs Taft and her sister. Mrs. Charles
Anderson, and Mrs. A. Garrison McCiin-
took occupied box at the Playhouse TINS
afternoon. This evening Mrs. Taft had
box at the Belasco, having with her MIS-
Anderson, Miss Taft and Miss Katherine
Anderson
New-York tribune., 1912-03-12
FEARS RoosEvELT'S CANDIDACY

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: The sense OF fair and square dealing
that abides I'm the average Republican
voter cries out against the selfish attempt
to deprive our excellent President of the
succession to which he is by every consid-
Grafton justly entitled In order that one
who has already filled the office twice may
capture the nomination for a third term.
II such a movement were to succeed 1t
would split the Republican party in twain
and land the coming NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
state and congresslonal--in the camp Of
the Democratic party. H. w. +.
New York, March s, 1912.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-12
TALK or A "WoRLD COAL STRIKE.

TALK or 4 "WORLD COAL STRIRE.'
A German labor leader remarked with
vehemence the other day that the re-
port OF cooperation between German
and British coal miners for d sympa-
thetic strike in the former country was
dirty lie" Perhaps it was. But it
is inGisputable that there has been much
talk in Germany, as also in France and
America, Of "world strike" OF coal
miners, and that at the present time
strike symptoms and actual strikes Of
miners are ominously increasing In the
countries named. Thus Yesterday scores
of thousands of men In Westphalia went
on strike, and there is expectation that
their number will be largely augmented
during the week. Meantime all efforts
at settlement of the British strike are
apparently at standstill, as are many
Of the industries of the kingdom, and
the contest seems to be settling down
to a test of endurance.
What a general coal strike in the four
countries named would mean may be
estimated from few statistics. Those
countries produce nearly all the coal of
the world. OF the 1,227,000,O00 tons
yearly output they are credited with
1,037 100000. The United States Is by
far the largest producer. with more than
4G0O00000 tons, or 80 per cent of the
whole, while Great Britain comes sec-
ond with 295,000.OO0 and Germany third
with 239.000,000. For even one Of these
countries 10 suspend production, az
Great Britain has now done. inevitably
means grave disarrangement Of in-
dustry and commerce. For three or four
New-York tribune., 1912-03-12
FEEBLE-MINDED DELINQUENTs.

FEEBLEMINDED DELINQUENTS.
A little while ago there was released
from the Asylum for the Criminal In
sane at Matteawan a person who was
described by the Matteawan authorities
as mentally SO much below normal as
to be a menace to society, yet not insane.
The incident caused some comment upon
the failure Of the state to protect itself
properly against persons Of that sort
1t was nevertheless typical, not of Mat
teawan, for the merely deficient seldom
reach that establishment but of the
other state institutions for criminals
DIR. Christian, the assistant superintend-
ent of the Elmira refOrmatOry, reports
that at least 80 per cent Of It's inmates
are mentally defective. These detectives
are all sooner or later to continue their
criminal CAREERS, for statistics show that
the delinquent defective is repeatedly ar
rested, and scientists say that without
proper restraint detectives incline to be
criminals. Moreover, when at large, they
have children. handing down their men-
tai weakness and criminal tendencies to
subsequent generations. Thus they are Il
constant source of present and future
expense TO society.
A bill has been introduced by Assem-
blyman Whitney to remedy this failure
of the state TO protect itself against the
criminal feeble-minded by providing for
the establishment Of state custOdial
asylum for delinquent feeble-minded
males. 1t has the support of the Prison
Association and Of other philanthropic
societies interested in such subjects.
Keeping the criminal deficient in GUS
tody Is only degree less necessary for
the protection Of society than keeping in
custody the criminal insane the need of
which has long been recognized.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-12

of tolls will help to make the canal
profitable. That it will be able under
moderate tolls to compete successfully
with tran.continental railroads seems
ouite probable As for our foreign-bound
SHINING. il will rest with Congress 10
consider what protection 1t merits
against the subsidized shipping OF o'ner
countries. and perhaps the action of our
government regarding imports OF
bounty-paid sugar may suggest soiu-
tiOn of the problem.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-12

Owned and published daily bD nc
Tribune association, a Netc York coTP"-
ration; ogden II. Reid, President; C0nde
Hdmlin, Secretary; James h. Bdrret'
Treasurer. address, Tribune Brdd'n0'
No. 154 Nassau street, Neto York.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-12
a. n. BINGHAM HAS RELAPSE.

Philadelphia, March 1.-THE condition of
Congressman Henry II. Bingham. who has
been i'll for several weeks at his home, No.
sl5 South Twelfth street. was reported to-
day as unfavorabe Until last night he
had shown steady Improvement. but a
change came during the early hours Of this
morning and his condition IL now regarded
as precarious. Physicians are constantly
at his bedside.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-12
PEOPLE and Social Incidents

Charles Francis Adams. Mrs. Hunt Slater.
Mrs. Horace Westcott and Mrs. Alice Cop
ley Thaw ,.r
New-York tribune., 1912-03-12
UNDOUBTEDLY.

From The Boston Herald. ~
The man who stopped his own ion-'s lam
telephone must have felt that i've p'''-
Al better than dead payment
New-York tribune., 1912-03-12
NEARLY a MILLION.

From The Chicago News .v,
American women have such persuasNs 80,
that they have won the ballot N wv
without using English methods, -.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-12

Perhaps Governor Wilson'S persistent
absences from New Jersey can be de-
Tended 70 Jerseymen on the ground that
he is advertising the states go-as-you-
please incorporation law and thus bring
ing more alien cash receipts into the
state treasury.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-12

1t is too bad those four-leaf clovers
were not sent TO Colonel Roosevelt
earlier They might have served as
more auspicious ballot emblem than the
black square.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-12

The reported policy of the British First
Lord Of the Admiralty in gauging his
own naval construction estimates and
programme by those of Germany may be
prudent and economical, but il is scarce
ly calculated to allay feelings of militant
rivalry. When one nation increases its
armaments so as to match those Of an
other, 1t advertises the expectancy of
conflict between them. When a nation
builds navy without regard to others.
but with the simple view of making It
proportionate to its own, commercial and
littoral interests, it is void of offence
toward its nelghbors.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-12

Toxic, March 1.-THE fate of the general
arbitration treaties In the United States
Senate has caused great disappointment
here Deep regret Is expressed by many
influential personages here that Japan gave
her friendly consent to the modification OF
the Anglo-Japanese alliance by the intro
duction of Article ~ which says Should
either high contracting party conclude
treaty Of general arbitration With third
power. 1t is agreed that nothing in this
agreement shall entail on such contracting
party an obligation to go to war with the
power with whom such treaty of arbitra-
tlon is in force"
This friendly action on the part Of Japan
may, II IL pointed out prove fruitless.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-12
HOPES YET FOR ARBITRATION
France Thinks New Negotiations May
Be Begun Between Her and u. S.

Paris, March 1.-THE action of the United
States Senate on the question of the arbi-
tration treaties is regarded in semi-offlcial
circles here as tantamount to their virtual
rejection. There is some hope, however.
that new negotiations may be begun and
that at later period the United States
Senate may restore the general arbitration
treaties with Great Britain and France to-
form which will be worth while.
The French Foreign Office says there Is
no truth I'm a report published here that
Jean Jules Jusserand, the French Ambas-
sador at Washington, is about to be trans
ferred.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-12

Antarctica has nothing on" New York
in the matter of dog meat consumption
Every summer day sends thousands Oh
"hot dog" fanciers to Coney Island.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-12

emblem they might try the hurricane
signal. A big wind rs better than coiu
wave anyhow.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-12

To feed live mice to snakes may not
be. as Boston woman protests,
SQUARE deal for the mice. but II is
square meal for the snakes.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-12

Is it becoming in good sports" to de-
mand a change In the rules Of the game
after play has begun?
New-York tribune., 1912-03-12

If the Roosevelt forces fail to get the
cold wave" signal on the ballot as their
New-York tribune., 1912-03-12

That wine at Bremen the value OF
which is estimated at 81, 143,ycS a glass
would afford ravishing possibilities to
those who prize jag" according 10 its
pecuniary cost; but we have no doubt
that the average connoisseur on the
Bowery would greatly prefer fve-cent
whiskey.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-12

Don't finch! Hit the line hard!
Beat them to a FRAGILE" "My hat is
in the ring" These are Progressive
metaphors. Changing the rules Of the
game" Is reactionary.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-12

II was bound to come-the arrest OF
men engaged in an attempt to rob but
ter and egg store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-17

der to protect our workmen. We
can't pay American wages if we have
to compete with the cheap labor of
Europe"
The rules committee of the house
summoned some of the strikers to
Washington, and in the same room
where Carnegie and Perkins told how
they juggled millions. this committee
heard fathers, mothers and children
tell how whole families were forced to
live on s. and s6 a week paid by the
highly protected wooden trust. The
Witnesses told how they were forced
to work 10 hours a day, how they had
10 go into mills at an early age in
order to keep the family from actual
starvation, and how the constant de-
mand Of the mill owners was for more
and more speed.
SIGHT OF MILL CHILDREN.
In the committee room sat some
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-17
CURRENT COMMENT

of the mill children. They were
fresh from the mills, and a mere
glance at them told more than spoken
volumes could tell. All had pinched
faces. All were poorly dressed, some
of them having only a cheap sweater
in lieu of coat and oyercoat. All had
dull, expressiOnless faces, in which
there was no trace Of color or ami
nation. All of them, moreover, were
slightly deaf, because of their work
amid the fearful clatter of the mill
machinery, so that at times the COM
mittee members almost had to shout
TO make themselves heard.
Among them was one little Italian
girl-Camilla Teoli by name-who
had caught her hair in a shafting and
had suffered the almost total loss of
her scalp. She was unable to work
for year, during which she received
not cent in damages or compensa-
tiCn. When at last she was able to
get out of her bed she went back into
the mills at reduced wage, because
she wasn't as strong as formerly.
All the children looked worn and
old, as though they had been speeded
up beyond the limit of endurance.
WHAT THEY REVEALED.
These children revealed, as nothing
else could reveal, that projecting
American working men" is the last
thought of the wooden trust. They
stood as living proof that the motive
in seeking a high tariff on wool was
greed
Now that you know the truth, Mr.
Reader, what are you going TO 90
about it? If you DO not know just
what action TO take to make your
feeling in the matter effective, here is
a suggestion: You can vote against
the party that framed schedule X and
fer the party that stands pledged TO
reduce the tariff on woolens almost
one-half.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-17
THE JUNK AND THEIR
PLACE

The junk yard like anything else
should have its place in a city. In
the light that it is in a sense a ne
cessary evil, it should not be allowed
in the business or residence section.
II is of necessity unsightly. and should
not be permitted 10 mar the appear
ance Of the prominent localities. Even
when surrounded by high board fences
Junk yards are unsightly.
There exists in Rock Island differ
ence Of opinion as to the propriety
of permitting the Brady junk yard to
be planted Immediately OF the bust.
ness district, a block distant from
Spencer square and directly opposite
the Industrial home building, and in
what is to be the future wholesale
district OF the city. regardless Of what
il is today
People who protest against the To-
cation OF junk yards in the immediate
proximity 10 their homes or places OF
business are not 10 be blamed. Tae
effect is Camaging and undeslrahiS
There should be some place more
removed from either the business or
residence district and where there Il
less legitimate reason for complaint.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-17

higher in Germany under Germany's
protective tariff than in England I'M
der free trade.
t3)-That trusts raise prices. No
where have trade combinations been
able to establish monopoly prices as
in the United States and it is here
that prices soar most.
In the light of these facts we can
readily understand why prices are u
per cent higher in Germany than in
England and 80 per cent higher in
the United States than in England.
We also see that less than one-half
of the rise in prices is due to the
increased production of gold and the
balance is caused by the tariffs ana
the trusts
The rise in prices caused BY the
increased volume Of money and cred
its IS wholesome because al. share in
the benefit. The rise caused b. the
tariff and the trusts IS vicious because
only a few share in the benefit. Il
is the abnormal, artificial. rise in
prices that hurts and is causing the
loud complaints Of the cost OF living
To reduce the high cost of living
to natural level We must lower the
tariff and free ourselves of the mo-
nOpo.y prices Of the trusts; and in
asmuCh as the tariff is the mother of
trusts, by taking down the tariff wall
We will not only be rid OF so much
az the rise IN prices as comes from
the protective system, but Of some of
the rise that comes from private
monopoly.
The democratic house OF represen-
tatives made a good start in pulling
down the tariff wall by cutting in
twain the wool and cotton schedules
and putting some Of the more COM
mon necessities Of life on the free
list This policy, which was vetoed
by President Taft. needs TO be carried
out and extended
In addition We must take away the
! other privileges wrapped Up in the