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New-York tribune., 1912-02-06
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
TFrom The Tribune Bureau


Washington Feb 5.-Senator Cullom en-
tertained at dinner tonight the French
Ambassador and Nine Jusserand, the Sec
rotary of State and Mrs. Knox, the Dan
ish Minister and Countess Moltke, Mr.. and
Mrs, Robert Todd Lincoln, Senator Root,
Senator Dillingham;. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
White. Mrs. John Hay, the former Speaker
and Miss Cannon. Miss Fisher, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ridgely and Miss Ridgely
The German Ambassador and Countess
Won Bernstorff were the guests of honor
al dinner tonight. with Mr. and Mrs.
Franklin Ellis as hosts.
NIrs John Hays Hammond entertained
about thirty guests at dinner tonight in
compliment to her house guests, Count and
Countess Leutzow.
Justice and Mrs Lamar were the guests
for whom Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph y. Thropp
entertained twenty-five others at dinner
tonight, preceding the Southern ball.
A wedding to-day which carried with II
many reminders Of the Harrison admins
tration was that of Miss Marthena Har-
rison and Harry A. Williams. jr., of Nor
folk. The bride was given In marriage by
her father Russell b. Harrison. and the
granddaughter of the late President wore
old family Jewels and lace which graced
events at the White House during the
residence there of her grandparents. The
Rev. Charles Wood performed the cere-
mony at the home of the brides grand
mother, Mrs. Saunders. wife Of the late
Senator Saunders, of Nebraska, Fifty or
more relatives and friends were present.
The brides robe was of embroidered ivory
white chiffon, almost entirely enveloped In
old point lace. With II she wore a tulle
veil, held with a cap OF pearls, with
garland Of orange blossoms forming the
border. A bar pin OF diamonds, e gift OF
Mr.. and Mrs Robert Todd Lincoln, and
diamond star. given by her grandmother.
Mrs. Saunders. were among the jewels
worn.
Miss Anna Port1er. maid of honor, wore
a gown of pink chiffon. embroidered in
crystals, over a lace slip bordered with
brown fur. and the bridesmaids-Miss Alice
Thornton Lewis. of Louisville. and Miss
Katherine May Brooks, Of Washington
wore, respectively, frocks of all pink chif-
fon and satin and white chiffon over pink.
CYRUS Beale, Harvard student and school,
mate of the bridegroom. was best man. A
distinguished party witnessed the cere-
mony. and later Mr.. Williams and his
New-York tribune., 1912-02-06
TAFT CHEERS OLD COUPLE
President Congratulates Them on
Their Golden Jubilee.

Hackensack, n. j., Feb. 3 (SpeciaD.-Mr
and Mrs. Ernest Thoma celebrated their
golden wedding at their home on Union
street. Hackensack, last evening, surround
ed by their immediate relatives. feature
OF the anniversary was the presentation to
the couple Of a letter flom President Taft,
as follows:
Mrs. Taft and l learn that on February
4 YOU will celebrate your golden wedding.
we are also informed that you, Mr. Thoma.
are an invalid. but hat YOU bear your bur
dens with patience and philosophy, and that
you are looking forward with gratitude
that Won have been q ared to enjoy the
celebration of the ffticth anniversary OF
a union which has Deen full OF happiness.
Mrs. Taft and / write to congratulate you
both and 10 hope that many years of life
together await you with the contentment
that they will bring. Sincerely yours,
WILLIAM X. TAFT.
The letter was in a gold frame, to which
was attached an American flag, and 1t was
handed to Mr.. and Mrs. Thoma by their
great-nephew. Master Alfred D. Beck. five
years old. who was dressed as Uncle Sam.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-06

the rawness left by certain "tactleSs
remarks at the now famous Manhattan
Club interview.
George Fred would like to DelleVe
that the pOulticing process will be sue
cessful. But he has his doubts. he
realizes that so far as a mere change
of views goes no one can get out ol
an old suit and into a new one more
expeditiously and unconcernediy tldn
Governor Wilson. But proving "reVo-
lutionary change of heart is sonle-
thing different. That IS where a one
train-of- thought man will ma MS
work cut out for him in appeaslng the
Populists. Greenbackers. trade union
lists. small officeseekers, Italians, Poles
Hungarians, pensioners, strikers, etc.'
whom his bad manners" have put INTO
the Harvey category.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-06
PERVERTED ETHICS.

Governor Dix has perverted view or
fitness If the reports Of his plans and
negotiations fairly represent his views.
Why does he insist upon placing man
of such high character as Mr.. william
Church Osborn in the party office of state
chairman while he is willing TO see pub
lie offices filed with hacks chosen by
Murphy and his sub-boSs, Fitzpatrick, OF
Erie? Why is the Governor so partlcu-
lar about the state craftsmanship, for the
filing of which he has no responsibility,
and so Indifferent about the Public ser
vice commissionerships. which 1t Is his
official duty 10 fill with the fittest men
he can obtain?
II will be well to have Mr. Osborn or
a man of his type as chairman OF the
Democratic State Committee, but not at
the cost of having the Public Service
commissionerShips occupied by party
hacks and tools of Murphy, McCooey or
Fitzpatrick. In bargaining with the
bosses with regard TO these offices Mr.
Dix is breaking down the standards or
public service which were established by
Governor Hughes and which, II govern
ment is to be clean, honest and efliclent
in this state, it should have been Mr..
Dix's constant effort to maintain and
strengthen. The Governors traffic with
the bosses shocked the state last year
and brought his party down In over
whelming defeat from which he will not
lift it by applying to the ornamental
marty office of state chairman the stand
ard Of fitness which he ought to be fight.
ing to uphold in public office.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-06
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Tho nrecedent OF a reading club which
u,Iu have n Dickens evening I'm honor OF
the centenary has received from woman
IN q Western city who is an eX-memDer
this extract from letter written by her
T,,bo- IN March. 1858: I'VE saw and We
hoard the creator OF Pickwick and the long
line OF characters we all know so wen
,ast night. Fred said he looked just IKE
his pictures. and so he did lie Is ta' an"
does not look as well fed az we imagine
Euglishmen to he. When he began 10 reaH
from Dr. Marigold' ! thought we DC
bored. But after "A few minutes ne tosstu
the book away and never referred to 1t
again. l saw the characters IN 'h'S "''"
o,hcr things he read as ! had never seen
them before. 1t was treat Tor "Hlch we
QUO father a lot. particularly as the tickets
were 50 apiece.
Cladys-You don't like 10 see me wearing
earTings? Why. they're In fashion nov, %,
Bachclor Brother-So are bad colds.-Ohl'
cago Tribuhe'
9TH. late John +. Dryden was the
sbrcUdest insurance man OF his time sald
a New York insurance agent. Mr.. Dryden
was intensely interested in his Work. lie
liked 10 give advice to agents.
Advising me one day, he said'an agent :
success depended on his bait. His bait must
no plentiful. lie would fail II IT was Ike
Noahs.
Like Noah's?' said l.
Then Mr.. Dryden related dialogue he
had heard in Sunday school when he was
a student at Yale. The Sunday school
teacher asked n little boy
Inns nU
ark"
..IIc occupied himself nshin. said tho
little boy.
"'A very reasonable answer said the
teacher. smiling
But he didn't catch nothin'.' said the
little boy scornfully.
''No?' said the teacher. why not"
Hadn't enough halt said the little boy
only two worms
Tommy-Pop, what is multi millionaire
Tommys Pop-A millionaire, my
son, is usually pompous man with slde
whskers and about S5ooo0 o0-Philadelphia
Record
Tho large Increase made by Chancellor
David Lloyd Georges budget In the taxa
tion ~ whskey has led To widespread
revival of the manufacture I'm Ireland of
the home distilled spirit commonly called
"potheen." With a duty Of more than IS y
a gallon. the temptation n dodge the eN-
else man is irresistible and 'potheen' IS
being made not only for home use, but for
secret sale The manufacture Is particn-
Isrlv prevalent in the Northwest where
within the last few months the police nave
raptured $50 Illicit stills" correspondent
writes to The Chicago Daily News.
"Potheen" is much stronger than the ordi-
nary whiskey Of commerce, and the IN
crease in it's manufacture is provoking pro
tests from the clergy.
Doctor (after an exanlnatoh) )-Mdhdih'
SIu SoLaa na' nat,sntnI have often wondered
what made me so heavy.-Judse.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-06
PEOPLE and Social Incidents

bride left Washington for their bridal jour
rey. They will live in Norfolk.
The Southern ball, which annually brings
from haircloth trunks ard old-fashioned
bandboxes the historic flnery which sraced
the bellies and beaus of the Confederacy.
was given tonight. with the President and
Mrs Taft, Miss Taft and their five siri
visitors as guests. The New Willard ball
rooms were used, and Mrs. John Hays
Hammond assisted Miss Mamie Randolph
Heth in receiving, with additional assist
ants in line.
Senator and Mrs. Fletcher. Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Denagre. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph z.
Thropp, Mrs. Matthew 7. Scott and others
occupied boxes and entertained large
parties. Among the hosts entertaining din
rer parties preceding the ball were Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Wells and DR.. and Mrs.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-06

taken up in dilettante fashion by many
who should know better have for some
time caused European observers to re-
gard the United States as the most nope
full field for socialistic enterprises on
great scale.
It must be obvious here, as It was ID
France and in England, that such uni
versal strike should be absolutely dlfer-
entiated from the ordinary strike, Wnlch
is meant for the redress Of grievances or
for protest against unsatisfactory condl-
tions. The universal strike, engineered
by those who have no grievances, but
who are animated merely by a desire
for political advantage through reyoiu-
tionary means, is equally bad in method
and in purpose
New-York tribune., 1912-02-06
PROPER HoRsEsHoElNG.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The letter which you published I'm
your issue OF February l signed &c. F.
Harrison" interests me as horse lover.
From experience / know that I'm the sub
urbs the Never Slip" shoe has been used
with the utmost satisfaction the last three
winters. The same shoes are used year
after year, the calks being renewed as they
wear down by simply scFewing in with a
key which comes for the purpose.
My horses are shod In this way and are
travelling easily and safely on the icy
roads EXPERIENCE.
East Orange. y. J.. Feb. 3 1912
New-York tribune., 1912-02-06
THE CABINET.
From The Tribune Bureau.

From Inc ITlOuHe pNt'"''I
Washington, Feb. 5.-The Secretary Oh
the Treasury and Mrs. MacVeagh VIII re-
turn Tomorrow I'm time to attend the Con-
cressIonal reception at the White House.
The Secretary OF Commerce and LABOR
and Mrs. Nagel entertained another or
their series of Monday dinner parties TO-
night, and had as guests the Russian Am
bassador and Nine. Bakhmeten' Justice
and Mrs. Holmes, Senator and Mrs crane
Senator and Mrs. Sutherland, Senator LAD
pitt, Mr. and Mrs. Chandler Anderson MT
and Mrs. Henry Kirk Porter. Mr.. ana Mrs'
Arthur SewaI, Of Philadelphia, and Mrs
Morton Grinnell.
The Secretary OF the Interior and Mrs.
Fisher had tie British Ambassador and
Mrs Bryce and other guests to dine with
them tonight They will entertain In hoh-
or of the President and Mrs. Taft on
Thursday
New-York tribune., 1912-02-06
NetpDork drrtbnne.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1912.

This newspaper Is o:oned ana pun
Hshed On The Tribune Association, O
Neto York corporation; office and pr'n-
cipaI place Of business, Tribune Bui'a-
in1, No. 154 Nassau street, Ne'o f0f6'
ogden N. Reid, president; Conde Ham
lin, secyetarv: James ". Barrett, treas
urer. The address OF the officers Is the
Office Of this newspaper
New-York tribune., 1912-02-06
SPITTING.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: have read with approval the letter
from AN Observer" in your issue Of to-
day. The same conditions exist on the
stairways leading TO the Il" stations, and
the morning traveller with a weak stomach
finds that It takes courage TO mount the
stairs The tuberculosis committees could
indeed find plenty TO do II they concen-
trated upon this one evil for a time The
mo Splitting" signs might as well not hang
In our cars, as they are more honored in
the breach than otherwise.
ANOTHER OBSERVER.
Brooklyn, n. Y, Feb 4, 1912
New-York tribune., 1912-02-06
THINKS ROOSEVELT GRAVES REST.

To The Editor u The Tribune.
Sir Now that the clouds are lifting II
seems In order to inquire, What did some
politicians expect ex-Presdent Roosevelt
10 DO? Get mp every morning and mega
phone TO the rcmotcst corner Of the land his
old refrain, 81 am not candidate How
can he prevent a man from shouting for
him II the man is bound 10 do 1t? Mr..
Roosevelt Is doing his part I'm his eXclu-
sively characteristic way. lie has said
something and every intelligent man in
tho land knows that tn" oN-Presidcnt al
WAYS stands by what he s2yg. Why don't
tho cranks give Mr.. ROOSEVELT rest? He
wants IT, and but for his innate chivalry
believe he would tell them so.
COMMONSENSE.
.--,,. WI I,,J 1910
New-York tribune., 1912-02-06
soc,A,. NOTES FROM NEWPORT

tBy Telegraph TO The Tribune .,,x
Newport, Feb. 5.--Good progress u ..s. -
made with the improvements on tne "" .x
chester Polo Club held. The praeuce I ~.
which is being added will be ready lo' Iii
early In the spring. The Clubhouse
also be overhauled before summer
Mrs. French Vanderbilt has returned "'
for a short stay ,ybo
Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton Fish Webster W..
will go abroad this month, are TO rs'"'
for two months. N.v
Mrs. Sidney Webster returns 10 ~"
York this week.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-06
AGREES WITH Mr.. PALLEN.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: A. a general thing those who agree
with n leading newspaper article are con-
tent to SEQ their views in print and take
no occasion to write TO the papers about il.
I should like to prove this rule by express
ing my appreciation of Conde b. Pallen's
article OF last Sunday. Its sentiments are
unqucstonably those OF every sane Ameri-
can. ANTI SOCIALIST.
Yonkcrs. y. Y, Feb. 3. 1872
New-York tribune., 1912-02-06

integrity of the empire under constltu-
tional monarchy rather than to the es-
toblishment of a republic in the Middle
Kingdom alone and to having Manchurla
become a separate kingdom under Jap
anese protection, Mongolia and Iurkes-
tan become Russian khanates ike BOX
bara and Tibet affiliate itself with Brit
Tel Ind
New-York tribune., 1912-02-06
ceNeeALLy THE ONLY ASSET.

r.or, The pes Moines Register and Leader.
"rhe Buffalo News confidently asser's .n,
..uoney Experience is a great little n',-
W. have frequently noticed, though. that VIZ.
~. arm busts Experience makes the
.nowinx In the bankruptcy court
New-York tribune., 1912-02-06

Ex-Governor Joseph w. Folk OF MIS-
sorrt ,s denouncing Champ Clark as a
"reactionary," supported by the agents
"of the great corporate powers OF the
state" The Speaker used to think that
he was a radical. But the antics OF other
Democrats in Congress have had the
effect of making him seem 10 the uh-
terrified in Missouri altogether too safe
and sane"
New-York tribune., 1912-02-06

Even his warmest political foes VIII
hone for Senator La Follette's SPECIFY
recovery from his attack Of nerves IL
NAV also be hoped that during his tenn
norary withdrawal from the public eye
ord ear there will be an opportunity
for the nerves of some others TO regain
their uonted tone.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-06

In some counties Of New Jersey they
arn talking of forming a new order-The
Society of officials Who Have never
Reen Indicted-wdth the motto "fe"
hut Fit"
New-York tribune., 1912-02-06

It is doubtless better TO have eggs hish
IN price than "high" in flavor. IL Is
pretty bad to have them both as they
sometimes are.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-06

ANY warnings or admonitions which
NAV go from this country to President
Jadero must be regarded as entirely
friendly and benevolent. The united
states wants to encourage and aid him.
rather than TO embarrass or threaten
him. But It does want him 10 Keep
reace at least along the border.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-06

Horse owners will meet tonight at
the Horse Aid Society's rooms to dis
cuss improved pavements. They might
do well also to discuss lihpioNeu
methods of shoeing.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-06

Colonel Goethals predicts the opening
of the Panama Canal for business by
January l, 1915, and apparently nobody
is inclined to challenge the prudence or
authority OF the forecast.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-06

Not a few references occur IN poth
English and American newspapers 10
celebrations Of the centenary OF ThacK-
rays birth. The good people who en-
gage in those celebrations seem to nave
overlooked the fact that Thackeray was
born in 1911, not 1872.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-06
JOURNALISM SCHOOL PLANS

New York, Feb ;, 1912
New-York tribune., 1912-02-06

The grounding must have seen his
shadow.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-06

Mrs. John W. Minturn VIII give .si.
theatre party. followed by supper ''''
evening, for Miss Julia W. ROBBINS
New-York tribune., 1912-02-06

The third and last Of the Junior Nou.0
for this season will take place to-nisn' A''
SherrY'S
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-21

dent BEYOND THE PEOPLES REACH
bill is introduced in congress the of the
president from years AND TO MAKE IT ILLEGAL
TO ELECT HIM TO A SECOND TERN.
At first glance you think about this good
idea
You say to yourself president be for years
And we shall disturbing turmoil and bother only
in SIX years instead of once in four years
And the president being years will have time to
carry plans And will be against the law to
cleo. him after one term will be influenced by public
clamor he will not be schemng to get reelected
1t sounds very nice but it is in reality very foolish
As long as the president is permitted of second
term HE is THINKING AND WORRYING ABOUT YOU THE
PEOPLE WHO ALONE CAN GIVE HIM THAT SECOND
TERM
big people pick the public officials rule they
nominate them and they imehe big people
OF MONEY we mean, of
But while organized money give ONE term perhaps as
mayor or governor or president IT CAN'T GIVE THE SEC
oND TERM UNLESS WITH YOUR CONSENT.
Therefore president elected and who imme
datey thinks of being IS OBLIGED TO
WONDER WHAT YOU TIE VOTERS WILL THINK OF HIS
CONDUCT
You can see perfectly clearly that if he had only
and coudn't get another HE WOULDN'T HAVE TO THINK
ABOUT YOU AT ALL.
If the president could have only and if you could
give nothing him after he finished that the of
ward for good service WHY SHOULD HE THINK ABOUT YOU
AT ALL2
He would probably owing his election to the politicians
and TO the money generally He would naturally think
of them would have especial to think of YOU
Now with second term in sight, HE MUST THINK OF
YOU VOTE He remembers that he made you promises be
fore election less obliged carry them
thinking he does of term
And that you watching him, and he knows that
YOU making mind during the first four
what you will when the second voting time There
fore he tries establish that will your approval
having established record having committed himself
TO policies with the idea of getting vote his
ward during FIRST the president very well
suy by repudang those policies and changing his
stion during second Besides he gradually be
leve what he been saying for four years
1t enough good service out of your public
wants at best And only easy for the big people that
the country-the handful that have monso what THEY
Your only hope is in making the president look you for
onethngand the only thing that the president looks
you for is a SECOND term.
Therefore hang that second term 1t only hope
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-21
A Wonderful World Coming Into View
Jupiter Is Hundred Rolled Iu

TT YOU viii sit UP little late
one of these mid May nights,
YOU will have an opportunity to
see the giant planet Jupiter make
his entry upon the star stage of the
evening sky
He comes slowly up in the east
between 10 and II o'clock, and
seems to pause and stare with a
golden eye over the rim of the
horizon AS he rises higher you
might. perhaps, think thatshe was
a bright lamp carried by some
night wandering aviator He is
now in the constellation Scorpo,
and near him is the fiery red star
Antares. But although that star is
a sun and Jupiter only planet,
the latter seems many times the
brighter. The reason is because An
tares is about million and a half
times farther away from the earth
than Jupiter So. although Antares
shines Independently. with its own
light. and is really a greater sun
than ours. While Jupiter shines only
by reflected sunlight and is mere
speck in comparison, yet, owing to
the belitthng effect Of immense
distance. the sun Antares appears
fainter than the planet Jupiter
1t is probable that all the mil
lions cr suns constituting the uni.
verse have their planets, but the
only planets We CAN SEE are
those belonging to our sun. and of
these Jupiter is the chief Il would
take 1900 earths to make one Ju-
piter. Put a big jack marble
about an inch in diameter beside
an ordinary school globe ten or
twelve inches in diameter. and YOU
win see how small the earth would
look II placed beside Jupiter.
Some Interesting Comparisons.
The surface of Jupiter Is about
100 times as extensive as that Of
the earth. If we suppose it covered
with continents and oceans Of the
same shape and relative size as
those Of the earth We can make
some interesting conlpar isons be
tween distances on Jupiter and dis
tAnces on the earth For instance
the American continent between
New York and san Francisco. Is
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-21
BY GARRETT P. SERVISS.

dDOul ptuNU iitlltS htA OcS~ uPi"
ter ii would be about $4,000 miles
across The Pacific ocean, stretch
ed TO the scale of Jupiter, would be
about 10000 miles broad, and the
swiftest ship yet built driven CON
tihually at top speed. would require
six weeks to cross IL.
II the city of New York occu-
pied the same relative space on
Jupiter that 1t does on the earth. it
would. be ONE HUNDRED AND
SEVENTY FIVE NILES LONG,
from the Battery to the Yonkers
line. equal TO the actual distance
between New York and Baltimore.
Everything would be stretched in
similar proportions-the avenues
would be a thousand feet wide, and
ONCE buildings several thousand
feet high The height of the Met
ropolitan tower would be nearly
mile and half
one naturally thinks of the in
habitants- would they he con-
structed on the same Brobdingna-
gian scale? If they were, an ordi-
nary man on Jupiter would be
about SIXTY FEET TALL. Some
Of the big Broadway policemen
might measure seventy feet in
their stockings
But man seventy feet tall
would, on the earth. weigh at least
2SOOoo pounds. while on Jupiter
where the force of gravity is more
than two and half times as great
as on the earth C9.65). his weight
would be $4,000 pounds,
This is evidently more than flesh
and blood could bear and. accord
ingly it has generally been as
sumed that the inhabitants of i'm
mense worlds like Jupiter off there
be an1) must be smaller instead Of
larger than those of the earth, for
otherwise they could not even stand
erect If We suppose the proportion
of size to be inverse to that of the
force of attraction. or the gravity.
then an average habitant of Jupi-
ter ought to be but little more than
two feet tail.
These considerations however,
do not affect the area of the geo
graphical features Of the planet
but on the e9ntrarv they make II
possible to calculate for Jupiter an