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New-York tribune., 1912-02-15
Some UayS Of the t0orId

Take the item OF stockings alone. II
has been but a very few years since only
very wealthy women had more than "A
dozen pairs Of silk stockings in their
bureaus at a time. and these were more
for best Isle or cotton hosiery being
chosen for everyday use. The woman
with a moderate income would have three
or four PAIRS only. and these were for
parties only. while the woman with no
income ut all to speak Of would hope for
a pair at Christmas time, and usually had
10 wear cotton all the year round. pinch
ing out Of her scanty funds n Isle pair
for gala days and evenings. For the last
year silk stockings have been within the
reach of anv one who could pay so cents
for them, for at that small sum stock
ing with feet and deep garter tops or
cotton. with thin silk part between, is
sold and many Il woman who once
thought silk stockings a luxury now re-
CARDS them rs a necessity. On the streets
all types OF women may be seen with silk
clad legs, literally displayed by short and
scanty skirts and low cut shoes-and
more often than not with generous hole
at the heel. revealed as che footgear slips
up and down. In fact, so general has the
wearing OF silk stockings become that
women with moderate incomes wear no
others at any time. aud the woman with
no income at all Is striving with might aud
main to follow her example.
Another bit of temptation is the silk
underyest for this, too, has been brought
out at price which permits every stout
woman to own one or two garments,
which she dons when she wants TO look
as slender as possible. As for silk petit
coats, they are "A snare both 10 the stout
and to the thin. There is something
about the soft frOu-frou of sir that
makes II the dearest Of all whispers TO
womehs ears, and when yielding to the
temptation Of buying frilly skirt the
argument that It will save laundry bills
is a convenient one
white gloves are another item on the
list Of things that go toward making
lady, and those who can barely AFFORD
it will have AT least one pair treasured
I'm tissue paper. Even the poorest work
ing girl has her white gloves. and with
good quality of gloves 10 be had for ~
she thinks the expenditure justified
so the lure leads on, always TO little
mort than can actually be afforded"
New-York tribune., 1912-02-15
TO HEAR SHUSTER
Get His Consent for First Speech
After Arrival.

The Woman's Municipal League is feel
ing happy over tho fact that II has gotten
ahead Of every other organization in secur-
ing w Morgan Shuster. the American who
straightened out Persia's finances and sent
Russia into seven fits by his persistence IN
staying at his post until he had done 1t, 10
speak for them at meeting directly after
his return 10 this country.
Tho meeting will be al the Waldorf
Astoria the night OF February -. Mr..
Shuster is now coming 90 this country as
fast as the steamship George Washington
can bring him. and will probably arrive on
Sunday.
The league sent Mr. Shustsr cable
message 10 ask him 10 speak, and he ac-
cepted The league doesn't know what his
subject will be. and doesn't care. II Is
enough for II that under It's auspices will
be made his FIRST public speech In this
country.
Some OF the men who have been asked 10
act as patrons are Seth Low. Lloyd Girls
com. John Wansmaker. Oscar 5. Straus.
General Horace Porter and Joseph H.
Choate The league, not wishing 10 en-
barrass the federal government. has In
vited no government ofiiclals-only former
ones. and ether men and women Of note
There will be no patronesses as this is
felt 10 be distinctly mans affair.
Mrs Edward r. Hewitt, president or the
league, will open the meeting and then
turn IL over 20 the chairman. Goyernor
Dix has been invited to act as chairman.
and Il is hoped he Will consent,
New-York tribune., 1912-02-15
W News Of |ntgrgSt e..
" to zWIgmgn ~

keys on their everyday tables and shad
maple sugar and many other good things
so abundant that they were but lightly
priced, feeding the family must have been
simple matter, so al least Il seems 10 the
modern woman. who has forgotten or never
knew that the Colonial housewife hafa very
ieW' II any, potatoes; that coffee tea and
spices were luxures to her that cane sugar
was reserved for company occasions. and
that the luxuries that they used so COM
monty had palled upon their appetites for
that very reason. Nevertheless. the stories
that come to us Of Colonial housekeeping
raise spark Of envy in the breasts even of
those who know the facts
That twentieth century luxury yenison was
a common meat in Colonial times. II is re-
corded that q whole deer was bought In
1875 for siXpence Wild game now so high
ly valued. was found in the greatest album
dance. The wild turkeys Of those days
were much larger. too than the barnyard
birds Of to-day 1t Is said that in Georgia
they were sold for fourpence apiece. -Four
dollars apiece would he nearer the price
paid to-day for birds the same size.
J~obsters were so common that they were
Httle appreciated. traveller writing IN
l7iO from Boston said that a fine cod just
taken from the sea and Weighing a dozen
pounds or more would sell for twopence.
\ fourteen-pound salmon went for shil-
ling. Shad, highly esteemed to-day and
selling in season at from so cents to 81
apiece, could then be had for less than
penny. \ penny for two shad was the
price in 1888. Shad in those days was de-
spised
Butter, now fast becoming luxury, was
from threepence to sixpence pound, some
what less than the price of butter sold dur
ing January, 1912.
Those who grumble over the price Of
milk at nine ana ten cents a quart should
have lived in the seventeenth century, when
Colonial danes could get it for a penny
New-York tribune., 1912-02-15
RECEPTION FOR CARDINAL
Hundreds Crowd Around House of
Cousin in BROOKLYN.

His eminence John Cardinal Farley at
tended reception In his honor yester-
day at the home Of his cousin, Mrs
Charles A. Olcott, No. ls9 Bedford ave-
nue., Brooklyn. Shortly before s o'clock
the Cardinal arrived at Mrs Olcott's home
in an automobile. He was escorted TO the
house by his two young nephews, Samuel
Matthews and John Farley McLoughran,
who led his eminence to rear room on
the first floor, where a throne had been
placed for him
Hundreds of persons, curious to get a
glimpse Of the Cardinal, stood crowding
and pushing in the street. Captain
Boettler OF tho Clymer street station di-
rected his reserves to keep order.
Many prominent persons, most Of whom
we're women, attended the reception,
which was ended by 7 o'clock. President
and Mrs. Taft and Cardinal OConnell
sent regrets at not being able to attend.
Among those present were Mrs. William
J. Gaynor, Mrs. Fred Hartman Wright,
Bishop Mcdonnell, Monsignor Lavelle,
the Marchioness Mclaughlin, Mrs. Isaac
Bell Brennan, Mrs. John Finck, Mrs.
Thomas +. Brennan, Mrs. j. r. Malone,
Mrs Thomas ]. McCann and F. Percival
Loughrin.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-15
ROCKEFELLER, JR., TO SPEAK
Will Be Guest at Police Lieuten-
ants Dinner.

The Police Leutenants' Benevolent Asso-
ciation of Greater New York will have
John D. Rockefeller. jr., as the guest Of
honor at its annual dinner, which Is TO be
held az the Waldorf-Astoria on Washing
tons Birthday. Ii is expected that Mr
Rockefeller, in his address. will touch upon
the Investigation OF vice 10 New York.
which was conducted by the grand jury OF
JEhich he was foreman.
Commissioner Waldos men are anxious
10 hear what Mr.. Rockefeller thinks Of the
conditions disclosed by the Investigation.
and his estimation of the ability shown by
TIE police in coping with those conditions
Governor Dix and William Barnes, chair
nan Of the Republican State Committee
have sent their acceptance The advocates
Of woman's suffrage will get an opportni-
" Of sending their arguments across the
table to the executive Of the state, for Mrs
% Il. p. Belmont, DR.. Anna H. Shaw and
Miss Grace Strahan, president of the In
terOorough Association of Women Teach
ers, are listed as Speakers
Mayor John T. Fitzgerald, OF Boston, will
attend and may sing sweet Adeline" be.
fore the end Of the festivities. William
Gillette viii give the diners few inside
lights into the methods Of Sherlock Holmes
Others expected are George B. Cortelyou.
gohn Wanamaker and Commissioner
Waldo
New-York tribune., 1912-02-15
OTTO H. KAHN RETURNS
Silent on Rumors That He Would
Live in England.

Otto II. Kahn. Of Kuhn, Loeb & Co, who
went abroad on "A business trip four or Ave
weeks ago, returned yesterday morning on
the Olynpic, and was at his office later in
the day. He was unwilling TO confirm or
deny the report that he had decided to
take up his residence in England and par
haps enter Parliament, saying only that ne
would make a statement on the subject be-
fore long. Mr.. Kahn, although born in Ger
many, has been a British subject for TWEEN
ty years. and so would be eligible for polit-
ical office in England.
Mr.. Kahn also declined TO discuss the
specific business which had called him
abroad. There was still more or less fric-
tion between Great Britain and Germany,
he said, but he believed the differences
would be adjusted, and the possibility OF
war was exceedingly remote. The policies
of David Lloyd-George, the Chancellor OF
the Excheauer. were causing great dissai'
isfaction, especially the excessive death du-
ties, which were tending 10 drive capital
out Of England.
Apart from politics, Mr.. Kahn went on
to say. conditions were satisfactory III
England. and on the Continent as well. lie
attached no importance 10 the recent re
ports from Paris that the regulations ior
the listing Of American securities there
would be made even more stringent thah
they now are, adding;
France needs our field for investment
more than we need Frances money. Ihe
French people have not been able in inc
past to understand violent fluctuations II
prices of securities on this side, but thelr
confidence has gradually been restored Dy
the way we always recover from any oe-
preston, however severe"
Asked about James }. HtTs views On
competition. expressed before the STANLEY
committee on Tuesday. Mr.. Kahn SAID
MIR. Hill ia right Nothing mas nap
pened to make this country turn Its BACK
on the well-tested rules of human expert
ence and economic laws. There is no sucn
thing as the talked-of new era. FROM my
point of view the extreme Of monopoly ana
the extreme Of unrestrained competition are
about equal in generalization. While am
opposed to government management l
think il Is the duty OF the government 10
supervise so that capital. labor ana u'es-
tors will all be treated fairly
New-York tribune., 1912-02-15
The Needle and TbfsnbEe
q Means Of Economy

bearers may feel that they are real Ameri-
cans. Right here ! am reminded OF the
Irishman who said: in Ameriky one man
as good as another-and betther' judging
Us by our trimmings, we OF the lean purse
ara often "betther' than the plutocratA'
Simplicity ia among the costliest of things
unless achieved by ones own endeaVors'
Thus achieved it should be reckoned the
hallmark of good sense, thrifty Industry ana
good breeding.
Plain frocks OF good. smooth chamoray
in gray-blue, fast blue, tan, old rose win
n deep hem To be let down on occasion
or perhaps fat trimming OF applied con
trasting bands, well cut, well fitted. well
finished. make anyUody-woman, girl or
girl l-child--look genteel and entirely well
dressed. SO do such frocks in the Inehs'
the denims-al the family Of summer
fabrics. Let the lines be good-good lines
are those that sit easily without sitting
too closely.
Similar garments I'm lightweight wool
lens are easily homemade and ever 50
much more satisfactory than even bar
gains bought for twice their cost De-
pend on 1t. there Is really no mystery
about dressmaking: ike genius, 1t IL
mainly the art Of taking pains. Pattern
directions are so explicit you have only
to follow them intelligently. You must
OF course. choose your pattern intelli-
gently. beginning with the very simplest.
n takes more courage than anything else.
Putting shears into handsome stun II
one is at all untried is truly an act Of
faith. know through memory of my
earliest cutting out a pair OF linen
duck trousers that needs must be made
AZ once, wnen the usual standbys were all
unavailable had not even a pattern,
only a pair Of trousers the prospective
wearer dotted on Now | could face Fate
and Fortune and the discussion Of all my
friends with fewer tremors than heset
me as ! pinned and placed and az last
put in my shears Perhaps the result
was a triumph of audacity over ineXperi-
ence. / was satisfied that il was TIL
umph-too we'll satisfied to be analytical
any girl-child brought up 10 know moth
Ing Of the fine art of dresSmaking, the
finer art OF plain sewing, is defrauded In
manner OF her brthright There is no
better education for hand. eye and
through them the brain. And when the
teaching includes the finest art Of all
that OF omission, leaving OF the superflu-
Gus. which IS also the ugly and cumber-
some-then, indeed, II makes for the de-
veJopment OF ell round humanity.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-15
ORDERS MAYER WILL INQUIRY
Surrogate to Determine Whether Artist
Left Two of Them.

BY an order Of Surrogate Fowler yes
ierday citations are to issue in an EFFORT
which Is to be made to determine whether
will dated January Is. 1908, is the last
VIII OF Constant Mayer. the artist who
oied In Paris on May IL, 1910, or whether
another will which was discovered on
FEBRUARY ] last, is merely codiciI TO
the former will or really the last will Of
the artist.
BY the provisions of the 1908 will the
hrtist left the bulk Of his estate. valued
~ more than $4,000. to be divided equally
smong the Mt Sinai Hospital. the
hebrew Orphan Asylum, the Home for
Ageo Hebrews and the Young Women's
asOre" Association, all of this city.
mere are few small bequests 10 friends.
-NiS Will was admitted to probate.
~ The instrument recently discovered
sO'hing is disposed Of except personal
s'operty Of the nature of pictures, orna-
eats and jewelry. Near the end of the
ni is this clause: Il maintain all the
ss,Ff provisions that may have made
. enother will"
arnold a. Drummer. Of NO. l74S Broad
ssy' ana Frederick Gotthold, Of No. 1865
sS' 18th street. we're named as execu-
~ 10 the first will. and IL was on their
ssuon that the Surrogate ordered the
s'a'ions % tissue.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-15
REPORTS ON REARRESTS
Dougherty Names Men Held on
Serious Charges After Parole.

Al the request Of Police Commissioner
Waldo Yesterday, George S. Dougherty,
Second Deputy Commissioner, submitted a
report on the records of several men re-
Gently arrested on serious charges who
were at liberty under the parole system.
The first case TO which Dougherty drew
attention was that Of Louis Dogi also
known as Louis PogG and Louis the
Lump" who was arrested last Tuesday
after a pistol fight at Franklin and Baxter
streets. in which a bystander was shot and
seriously injured.
According to Doughertys report, Dogi
thet and killed two men and wounded
woman at Coney Island on May IA, 1908
On October of the same year he was
tried, convicted and sentenced to Elmira
Reformatory and was released on Novem-
Der o. 1909 He thus served less than four
teen months for a double murder.
Edwin J. Harvey was arrested Febru-
sry l5, 1902 for burglary. Sentence was
suspended on Harvey in General Sessions,
but in December of the next year he was
again arrested on the same charge. The
charge was changed to unlawful entry, and
sentence again suspended. this time in Spe-
cial Sessions.
Harvey was again arrested in Brooklyn
on February IA, 1911. and indicted. The in
dictnent was dismissed In the County
Court Of Brooklyn, and Harvey was a free
man In the following June he was ar
rested, charged with burglary, and ac-
Quilted.
On January % last Harvey was arrested
on burglary charge and sentenced to FL
mira from which he will WALK forth, with
good behavior allowance, after serving
thirteen months.
TIE third man mentioned 10y Dougherty
Is John Edwards, arrested for burglary on
December g. 1911, in the home of John Fox,
No. 10 East 5Jth street. lie is now serving
8 four months term in the penitenIary,
Imposed by Judge Marcus.
Other cases OF q similar character were
citcd nv CofnrniceiOnpr DOuphpTtV
New-York tribune., 1912-02-15
POLICE PENSION INQUIRY
rosdisk Seeks Light on Many
Recent RetirementS.
WALDO TAKES HAND, TOO
srecial Surgeons Called in to
Examine Some Bluecoats
Relieved from Duty.

.s learned yesterday that Raymond
H,..d,ck Commissioner Of Accounts, had
D cor6ucting a secret investigation of
E'p ret,rements in the Police Depart
~, II was said that the work had been
me- an for week and that some seventy
tg.-. t,..sses had been called. including police
a,bo have been retired on pension on
~ y. ground OF physical disability Some Of
y. men have been examined by special
ipe.e enpIoyed by the Commissioner Of
Accounts.
,..dor the law policemen who have
.so5 the age Of hfty-fve and have
rsssd .d m the force for twenty-five years
80 .,,,red on half pay. Others are retired
o. ,bvscal disability at any time, and If
~ incurred this disability through their
sDr,5cs IA they are entitled to a pension.
-, year eSa retired on old age pensions.
III nearly the same number were retired
w. ~ nbvsical disability II was this large
.sar 4o that attracted the attention of
nl,-H.s.iss,oner nI'',s Waldo and resulted In the
:, ,s understood that the fixed post sys-
..n, ~ tbe Commissioner has been held to
bave been responsible IOr muCh Oh the eN-
..aordinary number of physical declines.
Tbs commissioner is said to have learned
49,, some of the men retired for this rea
- after short terms of service in the de-
.,rtnent have been well enough to work
:, iobs requiring every bit as much phys
- stamina as a policeman S task
commissioner Fosdick said that he was
mt Al liberty to talk about the investiga-
.,on AZ this time. Commissioner Waldo de-
clared he would have nothing to say until
,ns Investigation had been completed. At
poBes HEADQUARTERS 1t was stated that the
conrissioner had been in the habit of de-
rspding entirely upon the report of the
poard Of Police Surgeons in determining
Who should be retired for physical disa-
$iiifv
New-York tribune., 1912-02-15
NEW BANK FOR SAN DOMINGO
Three New York Houses Will Be Rep
resented in the Board.

Another bank has just been chartered IN
San Domingo. the Banco Nacionai Mich-
elena, which has been organized to operate
in Santo Domingo City and which is 10
have capital in excess Of $4,000 gold. The
institution will acquire the general banking
business OF s. Michelena, who will be its
president, and IL will carry on q general
banking and trust company business IN
various cities of the republic.
The directors Will include representative
of G.. Arnsinck a Co., Muller, Sohall q Co.
end Frame g. Co.. of this city. and OF lead.
Ing banking and commercial houses In San
Domingo. The New York agents will be
Muller, Schall g. Co.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-15
PLENTY OF BUTTER FOR SAILORS
Navy Department to Buy 100000
Pounds, Despite High Prices.

Washington, Feb. H-Uncle Sans fight
ing lads At sea will not lack for butter,
even II the price is high.
Bids for 10000 pounds Of the finest dairy
butter were opened at the Navy Depart
ment to-day. The proposals specify thai
$4,000 pounds are 10 be delivered in New
York and 5000 pounds In San Francisco
The lowest bid was more than seven cents
above the average weekly market wholesale
price at the time Of delivery. The govern
ment pays this extra charge for packing
and handling.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-15
COLONIAL FOOD PRICES
Modern Luxuries Once Too
Chean To Be Considered Such.

Although Colonial housewives undoubted-
" had a hard time, as old churchyards, With
their records OF the early deaths Of wives
and mothers, attest, the modern housekeep-
er Is inclined to envy them their supply OF
cheap food including many things that are
now counted among the luxuries. With lob
stcrs canvasbacll ducks, venison and tur-
New-York tribune., 1912-02-15
DEFENCE OF ETTOR OPENS
Lawrence Strike Leaders Ad-
nit He Urged Socialism.

Lawrence, Mass, Feb 1.-THE prOsecu-
ton rested and the defence began The in
PRODUCTION Of testimony to-day in the hear
ing in the District Court Of Joseph j. Et-
tor ard Arturo Giovsnnitti. charged with
being accessories before the fact to the
murder of Anna Lopizzo during n riot OF
textile strikers and their sympathizers in
this city on January %.
Gilbert V. Smith, recording secretary OF
the local branch OF the Industrial workers
OF tue World, and three other strike Off
clalS testified that at the meetings OF the
strike committee and public meetings Ettor
never had cOunsclled violence Smith ad-
mittcd the organization favored socialism
and that Ettor urged IL, but peaccably.
The Central Labor Union tonight an
nounced that committees to-day waited on
the agents of all except three of the mills
concerned in the textile strike and pre-
sented the demands OF the strikers for an
Increase in wages ranging from 10 TO IL per
cent and the adjustment of the premium
or bonus system Members OF the COM
mittees tonight refused to indicate now
their demands were received.
Boston, Feb. 1.-THE textile manufact-
urers OF Lawrence who have their head
Offices in this city issued statement to-
night, in which they said:
our employees are returning 70 work In
steadily increasing numbers. This ~ par
ticuiarly true OF the skilled workers long
resident I'm this country Persistent state
mcpts have been made that the protective
tariff mas no effect upon wages IN Lawrence
and other textile centres Of the United
states. Wages now in Lawrence and t%ise- %
where are very much higher than tSy
we're years ago, when the workers in the
mills were mainly native Americans Nork-
ers IN the relatively unsvilled branches in
this country earn more than many OF lne
workers Of the skilled branches I'm Great
Prltain, and skilled workers In this country
earn substantially twice as much on the
average as employees Of the same type III
British mills.
Lisbon. Me- Feb 1I--A strike Of seventy
weavers at the Farwell cotton mills stopped
The plant to-day The walkout is said 10
be due 20 the discharge OF an official Of the
Industrial Workers OF the World
Fal River, Mass. Feb 1.-the Syrian
weavcrs az the Wampsnosg cotton mills
are or strike for 10 per cent advance.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-15
rElEeRApH,s FuRTHEsT NORTH

Edmonton. Alberta, Feb. 1.-THE Cans
dian governments telegraph line was com.
pleted yesterday TO Dunvegan, in Atha,
basca on the Peace River extension. This,
It is said. is the fllrthest northern wire on
the American continent.