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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-19
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY,".

From The Tribune Bureau
Washington. May lS--The first fair day OF
the Benning races attracted hundreds OF
persons prominent IN society this AFTERNOON
The Secretary Of War and Mrs. Stmson'
Senator and Mrs. Watson, the Assistant
Secretary OF War and Miss Marion Oliver.
Major Allen and the Misses Allen, Colonel
and Mrs Edward 81. John Greble, the
Misses Greble. Major General and Mrs.
Leonard Wood Colonel and Mrs. Joseph
Garrard. Miss Valerie Garrard @riSadier
General James 4. Buchanan, Miss Helen
buchanan. Mrs. John r. Williams. Miss
Dorothy williams Miss Laura Merriam
Mr.. and Mrs Peter Goelet Gerry, Miss FL
kins. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Beals Mclean,
Nine. Hauge Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Letter.
Ny and Mrs. Jack Story and Mr.. and Mrs.
Hugh Legare were among those present.
Women In natty automobile coats and
walking costumes gave fine touch OF color
to the scene.
Tho Austrian Ambassador and Baroness
Hengelmaller were the guests OF the Misses
Patten at dinner tonight. Among IN"
other twenty-sx guests were Justice and
Mrs Hughes. Representative and Mrs.
Oscar w. Underwood, ex-senator and Mrs.
Depew. Mr.. and Mrs. Seward Patterson, Of
Philadelphia. and Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Y.
Gowen. also Of philadelphia.
Mrs. W. X. Draper, OF New York. who
has been the guest ot Mr.. and Mrs. Will
lam J. Boardman for the Red Cross con-
ference. returned to her home this after
noon.
Mrs. Pearle Ryder Ellis. ~ Madison,
Montgomery County. Va. will arrive here
tomorrow 10 he the guest Of Mrs. :. Is.
Radford until after the Dolly Madison
breakfast. She is one Of the near relatives
" the Madison family.
Colonel George X. Cotton, Governor OF
Porto Rico, who arrived with his sister
several days ago. will go 10 New York to-
morrow for a short visit He will remain
hero until the middle Of July before return
ing To his post.
Major General and Mrs. Leonard Wood
entertained at dinner tonight at their home
at Fort Niger.
Colonel and Mrs George Harvey. Of New
York. are the guests over Sunday OF Repre-
sentative and Mrs Martin ". Littleton.
They came for TIN luncheon which their
hosts will give tomorrow for the German
Ambassador.
Among the numerous small spring enter
tainments to-day were the bridge tea NJ
Chevy Chase. with Mrs. Robert Fitch shep-
ard az hostess, and the musical and tea at
Gunston Hall, with Mrs. Beverley Ran
dolph Mason az hostess.
George w. Vanderbilt, OF New York, has
bought the homo of Mrs Matthew S. Quay
I'm X street which Is now occupied by Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Chandler Hale. and will
make IL his winter home.
Mrs. John Il. Reyburn will take party
of Gfty down the Potomac tomorrow on
her yacht the Gretchen Dinner will be
served on board.
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TORY TRANSFORMATIONS.

The official remuneration Of the name
Conservative in favor of that Of National
Unionist theoretically marks something
like an epoch in British party nomen-
clature, but the change is likely TO be,
at least for a considerable time, more
theoretical than actual, and the incident
serves as q reminder Of the remarkable
persistence Of some party names long
after the principles or characteristics
which they denoted have passed away.
In some cases, indeed, names have come
to be applied to the exact opposites OF
their original Specifications. The term
Liberal to-day is still applied to the
party, or the successor OF the party,
which was founded by Gladstone, Bright,
Forster and their colleagues, though the
party now has little in common with
that earlier organization and its salient
principles and policies Of to-day would
have been regarded with little less than
detestation a generation or two ago by
the party which then bore the Liberal
name.
Far more remarkable, however, has
been the double or triple transformation
Of the meaning Of Tory-a name which
still clings to the popular vocabulary as
one of the most amazing Of anachr0-,
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THE WoMEN's CALIFORNIA VOTE

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Like all intelligent readers Of your
paper I am Interested in the question Of
others, who. like myself. are trying to find
out il the country Will be benefited by this
PROPOSED radical change which so MA ~
people are striving to make
The result of the preferential primary
election in California was a dlsappont-
ment to me. resulting in the overwhelming
vote for Mr.. Roosevelt. Ny opinion OF him
IS that he has forfeited all claims upon
Republicans. men and women. by his ego
,istical attitude regarding the coveted
nomination and his vicious attacks upon
Mr.. TAFT.
But when I read Mrs Blatch's tele-
graphic appeal to the women OF California
and her statement that she IL glad or MI.
Taft's defeat there. because Of the per
sonal grudge against him, | am forced 10
the position Of opposition TO votes for Wo-
men. for II women take their cue from her
and vote against the man who has given
US "A clean administration and deserves a
reelection. the good OF the country de-
mands that women shall not help the am
billions OF a man who ignores his solemn
pledge and now advocates such erratic
changes as Mr.. Roosevelt does Their use
OF the franchise in California impels me TO
oppose giving them the vote elscwher
A WOMAN REPUBLICAN.
Brooklyn. " Y. May Is. 1872.
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nisms. To-day the average user ol 'ha'
name would doubtless define 1t as slsiil-
fvinp an ultra conservative Englishmah,
imbued with an ineradicable hatreu vi
ireland and Irish Home Rule ana Oh 'he
Roman Catholic Church. Yet the haihe'
of Irish origin. originally meant ni'icn
what Moonlghter and Nationalist tonh
bined mean to-day: to wit, an lrlSiiliah
and devout Roman Catholic, imbued WIN
an intense hatred of England ana tue
English. and resorting to all sorts Oh
violence to rid Ireland Of English iuie'
II was imported from Ireland INTO Eng
land TO be applied to the extreme Jaco-
bites who were the supposed abettors Oh
Titus Oatess trumpet up Popish fIot'
That it came in time to apply 10 Such
men as Disraeli. Salisbury, Balfour ana
their followers is one of the curiositles oi
political phraseology.
More than three-quarters Of century
ago both Tory and Wing were nomlnaliy
discarded for Conservative and Liberal,
but while the latter name has almost ell
tirey disappeared, the former is SIN III
vogue almost as much as ever. his IS
perhaps because Of the adoption OF IL
nv Lord Randolph Churchill and others
thirty years ago as an appelaton Tor
their Tory Democracy, in which another
strange transformation of usage APP
peared. since the so-called Tory Democ'
racy was really intensely anti-Tory or as
otherwise described. mon conservative
Conservatism" Now. Conservative may
popularity, as officially, disappear and be
replaced by National Unionist, but 1t Will
not be surprising if the title of Tory
still clings to the party: especially III
the usage Of the descendants of those
who first bore the same name with an
exactly opposite meaning.
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NAVAL WAR AGAINST ICE.

The new work OF some OF the yeSsels
of our navy. which was reported in our
columns yesterday, will presumably
command the approval even OF those
who would abolish all navies and armies.
1t is an extension of the activities OF
the navy i'm time Of peace for the
promotion Of the peaceful interests OF
the world 1t Is. moreover, an employ
ment OF vessels which are intended IN
some contingencies 10 he the deStroyerS
of maritime commerce us the guardians
protectors and saviors of that com
merce, not only Of their own land but
Of all nations.
This sending of one or more scout
cruisers to survey and report upon the
conditions of the ice fields in the track
of Transatlantic commerce was urged
upon the President and the Secretary of
the Navy by the New York Board Of
Trade and Transportation last week, and
IA a result the order was issued Tor
the Birmingham forthwith 10 proceed
upon that errand, with the Chester or
TIE Itlu 90 " 'h''''
tute. Thus swift vessel. with long
steaming radius and with wireless
telegraphic equipment OF great range,
will patrol and survey the danger zone
and fash warnings of perlous condi-
tons
Much credit is due 10 the Board Of
Trade and Transportation for It's sug-
gestion and 80 the Navy Department
for its prom response 1t would not
be Utopian u consider the practicabilily
OF maintaining permanently some such
international patrol OF the frequented
courses Of the ocean, primarily. perhaps
to give warning Of dangerous ice, but
also to destroy derelicts and 10 give
succOr to vessels in distress from any
cause. Such n service could be amply
maintained on the North Atlantic by a
force Of two or three cruisers from
each OF the chief maritime nations II
would give the ships profitable employ
ment In time Of peace. and II would
not incapacitate them for immediate
service in the emergency Of war. but on
the contrary would keep them constant
~ in readiness for ii. IL may be that
the loss Of the Titanic will result in the
establishment Of such a service.
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IN THE sERkSHIRES.

fBy Telegraph 10 The Tribune.
l.cnox. MAY lS.-Mr and Mrs. George w.
Folsom cave the first OF the entertainments
NJ the season tonight at Sunny Ridge. In
wiling 10 dinner the early arrivals in the
cottages. Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Dillon
Fitzgibbon are guests OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Folsom.
Mr. and Mrs Andrew Adie. James -.
Colt Of Chestnut HILL Penn: DR.. and Mrs.
u. ". Stillwen. OF New York, and Pro
lessor and Mrs. Henry w. Farnum. OF New
Haven. are at the Red Lion Inn, Stock
bridge.
r Shaw Safe. Of Newport; Mr. and Mrs
Albert r. Shattuck of New York; Mr. and
Mrs. Gwin NJ. Andrews Mr.. and Mrs. Al
fred Bowdtch and George II. Lyman, Of
Boston. arrived at the Curtis Hotel to-
night.
Mr.. and Mrs Herbert Parsons and family
arrived to-day at Stoneover Farm, where
they will spend the season.
Dr. Rufus Cole of New York. has leased
Merrywood villa OF the Charles Billiard
estate The cottage faces Laurel Lake, and
had been occupied by the late Mr. Billiard
for twenty years.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Wise, OF New York,
arrived at their country place in Tyring
ham to-day.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Macy Willetts Of New
York. will open their country place in New
Marlboro on Monday.
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NOTES FROM TUXEDO PARK.

GBy Telegraph to The Tribune
Tuxedo Park. n. Y, May 49, Cottage ar
rivals this week included Charles r.. Samp-
son and Miss Sampson, In the James Brown
Potter house: Mr. and Mrs Edward NJ.
Weld. In the Price Collier house, and Mr..
and Mrs. Howard Van Sindercn. In the
Condor house.
Others arriving are Mr.. and Mrs. George
Grant Mason. at klncraig: Mr. and Mrs.
William NJ. V. Hoffman, at bathurst Mr..
and Mrs. j.. b. Griffin, Mrs. Charles w.
Clinton, Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert e. Pcll, Mr..
and Mrs. Hoffman Miller, Mr.. and Mrs.
]. NJ Rutherford. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Goelet. Mr.. and Mrs. L. o. Spedden. Mr..
and Mrs. l.. j. Pooler. Mr.. and Mrs. II. l..
Norris DR.. and Mrs Edward L. Reyes and
Mr.. and Mrs. Forsyth Wickes.
House parties were given this week by
Mrs. Grenville Kane. Mr.. and Mrs. Edison
bradley. Mr.. and Mrs w. ID. Dinsmore,
Mr.. and Mrs. &. $. Lee, Mrs. Henry T..
I.oomis. Mr.. and Mrs II. III. Rogers and
William y. Rodewald.
Lieutenant Commander and Mrs. Roscoe
G. Bulmer. OF Annapolis. spent the week
with Mr.. and Mrs. Edison Bradley.
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1.-THE FINEST"

However much the police force OF this
city may he ridiculed and criticised and
found fault with on 364 days Of the
year it comes into its own on the 365th
day-the day of the police parade. 1t
needs display like yesterdays to bring
the average citizen to full realization OF
the complicated scheme Of the police
system, the varied activities of the diff
ferent branches of the department and
its constantly improving personnel. The
parade brings him into a sort Of per-
sOnal relationship with more members OF
the department than the bluecoat on the
home block or the traffic squad man
who controls the cOngeSted street cross
ing lust below the Office. He learns to
take a pride in the force through the
appeal made to his emotions by line OH
line Of soldierly men marching through
applauding crowds, and with his pride
grows a spirit of confidence.
Thus the parade is Il good thing for the
policemen and the public, too. 1t is bound
TO help the members Of the department
TO KNOW IHdJ IneI nave SOlle ueSItt VI
popularity with their fellow citizens.
Friendly rivalry to make a good show
ing between the different squadrons pro-
duces interest in discipline and pride in
personal appearance on the part of the
men. And anything which tends to
make permanent what is now the pre-
vailing type of patrolman-the young.
trim, athletic presentable person-should
be encouraged.
The policeman's lot is not an especially
cheerful one. If he is faithful and hon
est, he works long hours for small pay
at a Job which requires the suavity and
tact of a diplomat, the bravery and
fidelity of a soldier and the knowledge
OF a college professor. The majority of
the force is faithful and honest There
fore at least one day in the year there
should be opportunity for the public to
express its appreciation Of that fact and
its respect for the men who do their
human best TO serve it in difficult field
Of duty.
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cutting it into lots to sell on the instai'
ment plan to people who Wish 10 nee
from high prices in the city 10 hlgher
prices III suburb
The most profitable development
that could come to much OF TINS ianu
would be agricultural restoration on
thorough scientific lines For TINS lahd'
or much Of it, is capable OF producing
twenty bushels Of wheat, or huhdreu
bushels Of corn. or hundred ana hltF
bushels Of potatoes. or three or four 'ons
of timothy hay, to the acre, and the taxes
on il are only dollar or two an acre
wear. If men would only dismiss the
notion that it is impossible for the small
farms of the East 10 compete with the
big farms Of the West, and the equally
false notion that the hest disposition OF
land within two hours ride of city Is
for il 10 be developed" for villas or
bungalows" and would give earnest at
tenti0n 10 developing It's agricultural
potency until It is actually needed FOR
the city's residential expansion, ana thus
commands prices at which it should not
be retained for agriculture, there would
be profitable employment Of the most
salutary kind for thousands where now
idleness prevails. and a helpful factor
would be introduced into the problem OF
the cost of the city's food.
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THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
From The Tribune Bureau.

From The Tribune Bureau
Washington May 1S.-The Italian Ambas-
sador and Warehouses Cusani have gone
TO New York for a short visit.
The Brazilian Ambassador will go to New
York on May 26 and Will deliver an address
before the Pan-American Society at pan
quet on the following day.
The Japanese Ambassador and Viscount-
night.
Senior Don Ricardo Huerta, Mexican thlro
secretary, has left here for his home In
Mexico.
Prince Vom Che Traidos Prabandh, the
new Siamese Minister. has leased the hcuse
at No 1921 Rhode Island avenue as leSa-
ton. ard will put the place in order for oc-
cupancy October /. He will sped the sum
mer at East Gloucester, Mass The new le-
cation is near the house which the people
OF the United states presented TO Admiral
Dewey when he returned to this country
from his triumph in Manila Bay.
The French counsellor and Countess de
Peretti de la Rocca Will go 10 Bueha
Vista Springs next week to look for cot
tage for the summer. They Will Keep IN
close touch with Washington, a., after the
departure of the Ambassador Count Peretti
de la Rocca will be charge d'affaires. They
have as a house guest Arthur Bailey
blanchard, who was secretary OF the Amer
lean embassy in Paris and who came TO
this country with the party of frenchneh
in connection with the presentation OF the
ia France" bust.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-19
THE SOCIALIST CONVENTION.

A Socialist national ticket which did
not carry the name of Eugene V. DebS
as the nominee for President would
look unnatural Mr.. Debs was again Sc
lected TO lead the party by the national
convention Of 1912, not alone out OF
force of habit, but also because he Is
tie most industrious and effective cam
paigner in the Socialist ranks. He Is
the only Presidential candidate the party
has had since 1t dropped the appellation
SOcial-Dcmocratic in 1900 and ceased to
be merely an imitation here of the
Social-DemOcratic party in Germany. or
gained by naturalized voters of German
descent. Under his leadership in the
campaigns Of 1900. 1904 and 1908 the
party has been reinforced by a cOnsd-
cradle native element. 1t is no longer
like its former larger rival. the Socialist
Labor party, a merely curious exotic in
American politics.
The influx Of native voters has natu-
rally tempered the party's ultra-monta-
nism and lesSened its alobfness from
American life. 1t IS now becoming less
irrecOncilable and more oppOrtunist, and
is entirely willing to work for the OBJ
jects which it has in view along normal
American lines. 1t has given up all
idea Of revolutionizlng the social order
except through the ordinary instrument
talities Of politics. In country where
the suffrage is universal the ballot Of
fers a sufficient remedy for any sup
posed defect in social or economic or
ganization, and the Socialist party IS
now intelligent enough to see that its
cause can win only 10y n resort to per
suasiOn and similar peaceful means.
The ban put by the indianapolis con-
vention on the anarchistic activities Of
the In lustrial Workers OF the World
and others who, posing as Socialists, in
cite to violence and preach direct ac-
ton is sign OF rational progress. The
convention ordered the expulsion from
the party of any member who "advo-
"cates crime, sabotage or other methods
"Of violence as q weapon of the working
Glasses" No political party can thrive
here which does not adapt itself TO the
American ideal Of political progress
through orderly agitation The Socialists
have therefore, shown practical sagac-
ity in disavowing all association with
ing themselves to work for their politi-
cal programme in a sane and orderly
way
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-19
DEVELOPING EASTERN FARMING.

The gift Of $1,000,000 by a Chicago
firm for the improvement Of agricultural
conditions throughout the United States
is all interesting indication of the grow
ing realization of the fact that agricult-
ure in this reputedly greatest agricult-
ural country in the world is not only
susceptible but actually in urgent need
Of improvement In methods and results.
We have hitherto called attention to the
unsatisfactory fact that the acreage
product OF wheat and other staple
crops Is here much lower than in Eu-
ropean countries, and the warning has
come to us in the last few years that II
our agricultural production IS not in
creased commensurately with our in
crease Of population we shall soon have
to import food for our own people.
These conditions have partly arisen,
no doubt, from a too easy-going optimism
and pride in our own agricultural great
ness. We have imagined that the farm
ing regions Of the West were illimitable
and inexhaustible so great was the ap-
peal of thousand-acre wheat fields reaped
by steam power to the fertile American
lima gination. For that cause, too, men
have been tempted to commit one of the
greatest blunders in the history Of
American agriculture, the abandonment
of farms throughout the densely popu-
lated states Of the East far in advance
of the need Of the land for other pur-
poses The result IS that while the
people OF the cities are paying oppres-
siyely high prices for supplies from re-
mote regions, the cities are surrounded
in many cases by extensive zones Of
neglected farm land, which, if improved
as it once was, would be capable Of
supplying large part Of their needs, TO
the mutual profit Of both producer and
consumer.
In the suburban zone Of New Jersey
there are many thousands of acres in
this condition. A generation or two ago
Il was among the most fertile and pro-
ductive farm land In America. Some Of
it was abandoned for agriculture thirty
or forty years ago, in the vain expecta-
ton that 1t was quickly to be de
yelopcd"-as the phrase is--into subur-
ban building sites; but it is to-day no
more developed" in that way than 1t
was generation ago. In all these years
It has not produced enough to pay the
taxes on it, and it will produce nothing
until some Spectator develops" 1t BY
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that must eventually be recognized az
worthy Of emulation in all cities.
Our fortunes have prospered somewhat
since the days when the parks were our
ONLY counting place. and We have often
thought how lovely it would be to place our
D. rlor occasionally at the disposal of some
worthy young woman who might not nave
other proper facilities for entertaining her
suitors Maybe the suggestion of so 40
ing will appeal to others who have not
thought of II. and who would be only 100
glad to see more OF young life around their
homes.
All future generations depend on the
Young lovers OF the present, and only
fraction OF them have satisfactory oppor-
tunities for getting sufficiently acquainted
to enable them to form an intelligent de-
cision. Many unhappy marriages are due
10 no other reason than lack OF proper OPP
portunities to know each other before the
heart had gone beyond recall. BY all means
let us give attention to making life easier
for lovers. MARRIED LOVERS.
New York May Is. 1912
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MEETING PLACES FOR LOVERS
A Letter from Two Who Years Ago
Plighted Their Troth in a Park.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir Ny wife and were deeply touched
by the letter I'm to-day's Tribune from "A
| Brooklyn young woman telling Of the need
Of lovers for meeting places. and the boon
| tho parks are to those who must talk over
the momentous problem OF Joining their
lives together.
After ten years Of happy married life
we can look back TO "a time when the parks
afforded almost our only opportunity TO get
acquainted We both worked downtown
but she lived In a suburb, and, although
| living at home, had almost no satisfactory
Place to receive company. We would meet
after working hours either at the library
steps or the entrance OF some building or
in some corner drug store. get our dinner
at a restaurant and 30 to the park. There
and there alone did we feel that we had a
fair and free opportunity to discuss our
mutual affairs and determine our mutual
| fitness to make each other happy for life.
A most happy companonship has grown
out of our acquaintance. and after ten years
of married life we are writing this letter
together in the hope that 1t may add some
thing to a right sentiment on the subject
CT what to do with lovers. SO long as we
observed due decorum and proper reserve
in the presence Of others, whose business
was It If We kissed or embraced in some
quiet nook? Surely our own consciences
never told us it was wrong. What a sac
rilege Of LIES most sacred moments to re-
fer to such experiences under such epithets
as "spooning." Those who take that at
titude toward lovemaking do not know the
meaning Of love. and are totally unqualified
to pass judgment on the bond that holds
civilization In order
In Chicago there is commodious club
room, chaperoned by responsible society
women, where thousand girls In the down.
town districts, who have been properly GER
tilted as members, may receive their gentle
men friends and make appointments for an
evenings outing This Is a big step in the
right direction, and has back Of It q spirit