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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14
MARKETS AND POSTSCRIPT or
DERS

While the Housewives League Is agi-
tating for more public markets. model
ones, the grocers are telling the coiilIii'S-
sion which is investigating methods or
distribution here that tde housewives
habit of not even going to the grocery
store herself is one Of the chief causes OF
high prices. Especially dc they complain
of the postscript order BY thlS they
mean the additional orders that come III
from households perhaps more than
once in the dav. after the main order of
the morning has been filed. These are
afterthoughts The hol seville, under
modern apartment house conditions
never having more than n quart OF po-
tatoes or half dozen eggs at hand dis
covers as she goes to the larder or learns
from a servant. that there is only one
potato or one egg I'm the house. Not one
half the Deficiencies in the famllyS sup
ply are known when the grocer's clerk
calls i'm the morning or when the mis-
tross of the house telephones her first
and general order for the day, unless the
household is more systematic than most
of them.
When the loneliness of the solitary po-
tato is discovered mistress or maid taxes
the telephone and sends hurry call Tor
quart more. needed for luncheon. The
grocers boy makes his second trip TO
the house. Luncheon is perhaps prepared
without revealing any more gaps III the
| family's supplies. but the afternoon Is
almost sure TO show that there are only
! two prunes left of the last quarter of
pound purchased. Two prunes are mncn
too few to cook even in an apartment
with a kitchenette, and 50 the grocerS
boy must come again in the afternoon.
| bringing with him another quarter OF a
mound TO reinforce the two left on the
kitchen pantry shelf. Thus he has had
! TO make three visits--we are assuming
fairly systematic household. YOU see
and the grocer contends that II would
! cost housewives as class less If they
would find out the solitariness Of the two
prunes and one potato in time to bring
reinforcements with the first order in the
| morning.
The real reason why going 10 market
! for the family'S food supply has ceased
! Is that families have given up having
food supply. Dinner is at the grocers
and butchers until the last possible min
ute before it is eaten. What use would
a genera ton Of housewives given to post
script orders make Of public market. no
! matter how model?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CITY.-Stocks were active and irreg-
lar. w. J. Bryan said that he
would 90 to Ohio this week and make
several speeches, telling why, in his opln-
ion. Governor Harmon should not Do
nominated for President. -- The seV-
cnteen-year-old girl who kidnapped
baby from carriage I'm front OF Mount
Sinai Hospital on Thursday was ar
rested and sent to Bellevue. the BABY
being restored to her mother
General Grants body was removed from
the Hotel Buckingham TO the chapel Oh
Governors Island. -= Woodrow VIII
son. w. ]. Bryan Mayor Gaynor ana
others spoke at the Jefferson Day am
ner Of the National Democratic cup.
--- Word was received from WASH
ington that the Navy Department Would
cooperate with the Aero Club ~ Amer
lea in making the hydro aeroplane meet
here on May success. - MISS
Nav Windmuller, daughter of LOUIS
WindmuIlere was burned TO death at her
home. on Woodside Heights, Long
Island. -= Suffragettes distributed Mt
erature from the top of tally-ho
through Fifth avenue and the East Sioe.
- Sheriff Hamburger took possession
Of the Barnum e. Bailey menagerle on
an attachment in a damage suit hled oy
a former woman rider in the circus.
DOMESTIC.--In his tour Of New
HAMPSHIRE Theodore Roosevelt defended
his peace" record as President. and de-
clared his opposition to unrestrained ar
bitration between nations - Inc
State Bar Association in a meeting at
Albany denounced the recall of judges
and Of judicial decisions. =-- NOT
counting PENNSYLVANIA Taft men last
night claimed S41 delegates pledged to
the President and 113 to Mr. Roosevelt;
the coloncrs managers claimed l5l ana
conceded 40 10 Mr.. Taft. - The stan
ley steel investigating committee ended
its hearings, and expects to spend thirty
DAYS i'm preparing its report as TO the
existence Of a steel trust --- The SUB
committee of coal operators and anthra-
cite miners adjourned i'm Phlladelphla,
10 meet here next Tuesday; 1t was said
that an agreement WAS expected soon.
--- It was announced at Lowell, Mass,
that tho unions I'm the Textile Council
would accept the 10 per cent increase
offered by the mills; it was believed that
the Industrial Workers Of the World
would follow suit.
Secretary Knox sailed
from Havana for Norfolk Va, on the
conclusion of his visit TO the Central
American republics. - 1t was stated
iu Rome and Constantinoplc that an
identical note to Turkey had been pre-
pared by the powers with view 70 end
ing the war in Tripoi, but had not yet
been submitted to the Porte. -= A
dispatch received at St Petersburg said
that an American mission station had
been attacked by Kurdish priests at SUI
Bulak, i'm the province Of Azerbaijan,
Persia - memorial 10 King Ed
ward VII vas dedicated at Cannes. =-
Lieutenant VI. II. a. BonCOur was killed
in an aerOplane accident near Barbecue,
France. ==- Fourteen passengers had
a narrow escape from death when the
Schutte-Lanz dirigible balloon fell 10 the
earth near Schwetzingen. Germany.
THE WEATHER,-Indic for to-
day: Showers. The temperature yester-
day: Highest, As degrees; lowest, Al.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Being a constant reader Of your
valuable paper l took notice or the news
that Switzerland was going 10 have Boy
Scout organization based on English lines
which was printed in your Talk OF the
Day" column Oh April :
want to call your attention to the tact
that Switzerland has had Boy Scouts about
ten years already. being a member of same
myself. The organization is growing every
year and has been a great success. Every
boy sixteen years and over can join The
government furnishes each member with a
uniform and regular army rife. They
have one or two exercises for two evenings
each week and shsrpshooting at targets
Sunday afternoon.
With the age OF twenty every able-bodied
young man has to join the army, thereby
ccasing TO be a member Of tho so-called
Boy Scouts FRED. EffEN'
New York, April 10, 1912
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14
lSTILL BIGGER SHIPS.

simultaneously with the news Of the
sailing for this port of the largest
steamship ever yet built comes the an
nouncement Of the signing Of contract
for the construction of still larger
vessel, larger than the largest yet built
by much greater margin than that by
which the latter exceeds its largest
predecessor. The news will not be sur
prising to thoughtful observers Of the
progress of the last generation in ship
building, though it will afford food for
speculation. The world long ago got
over the feeling which arose when the
first leviathans were built, that the
limit Of size had been reached and that
no more such huge ships would be de-
signed, and is now prepared 10 see an
almost illimitable extension Of the
process Of increase.
The question Is pertinent however,
for what purpose or what reason these
huge ships are being built. Those first
monsters were popularity supposed to
have been built for advertising purposes
and to be doomed to unprofitableness
for any other purpose. both OF which
suppositiOns are now seen To have been
quite mistaken. Perhaps they did serve
as advertisements, but that was not
their chief object. and they certainly
were not Improbable. II is not credible,
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NOTES FROM TUXEDO PARK.
tRy Telegraph to The Tribune

tRy Telegraph to The Tribune
Tuxedo Park, n. Y. April 13.-on ac-
count OF the backwardness Of the season at
Tuxedo this week there were few arrivals
and as vet few have taken advantage OF
the fishing OH account of the cold weather.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank r. Keech arrived ny
motor to-day to pass Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Grant Mason are
at Kincraig for the spring.
MIR. and Mrs Edison Bradley. who passed
the winter In Washington, will open earn
well next week.
Mr.. and Mrs. William NJ. V. Hoffman will
arrive at Paxhurst on May I.
Among the cottagers who are now here
for the spring are Mrs. Charles j. Coulter
Mr.. and Mrs. Winthrop McKim, Mr.. and
Mrs J. Frederic Tams, Mr.. and Mrs Pres
ton DavIe. Mr. and Mrs III. d. Whitfield,
Mr. and Mrs Grenvile Kane, Mr.. and Mrs
II. NJ. Tllford and Mr.. and Mrs s O.
Mortimer.
One Of the early affairs of the season
will be the marriage OF Miss Alice An
dreae daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. otto An
dreae. jr., Of Tuxedo Park, to Woodbury.
Seamans, second son Of Dr. and Mrs. Will
lam =. Seamans, of No. 5l5 Madison ave-
nue. New York city. The marriage VIII
take place at St Mary's Church In TUXEDO,
on saturday, April q, and the ceremony
will no performed by the Rev. William Fitz-
simon. a former rector OF ST. Mary's. Mr..
and Mrs Otto Andreae have taken the
Seton cottage, In Tuxedo Park. for the
spring.
During the spring there will be an invita-
ton tournament on the golf links, series
~ law tennis matches on the courts Of the
Tennls and Racquet Club and the annual
horse show In the second week in June.
The Rev. Dr. and Mrs. George William
Douglas are at the club. previous to open
ing their villa
Mr. and Mrs +. X. Curtis, Mr.. and AIRS.
n q Rarnyell. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Tucker
man. s. NJ. Roosevelt, William Post G. VIII
lott Van Nest II. q. Pell Addison Cam
mack Edwardj d. Livingstone. William
rabnestock, William Parsons and A. Van
cort,andt tr arrived to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14
THE TRIBUNE HABIT.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir. | met a man two or three weeks ago
al a newsstand and asked II lie ever read
Tho Tribune. lie said he didn't. told him
10 try II once. lie said he'd be glad to-
Yesterday met him again. 7 had forgot
ten our previous talk He had not He
had Tribune i'm his hand by Jove," he
said, 81 took your advice and now have
acquired The Tribune habit II was a very
easy habit 10 acquire. and one difficult 10
break" | told him I was glad to find a
man who took good advice when he had
the chance Then We parted smiling.
Brooklyn, April 10, 1912. H. G. r.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14
"RFD RUBBER" IN AWFRICA7


Those who for years past have ex-
pended sympathy and expressed indig-
nation over the stories of crueltes said
to have been practised upon the natives
of the Congo Valley TO compel them to
secure great supplies Of rubber for their
taskmasters will be interested in an
extraordinary story which is told con-
corning similar practices for the same
purpose in the upper valley of the ANA
zOn. The exact region in question is the
PutamayO Valley, traversed by the river
OF that name, between the Amazon and
its great northern tributary the Yapura,
occupying the northeast corner of Peru
and abutting upon Colombia, Ecuador
and Brazil This district, Of twenty thou
sand square miles area, has been eX-
plotted for the production of rubber by
British company. which is now in
liquidation.
The charges Of cruelty are made by
Seymour Bell, who was for some years
British commercial agent in the
United states, and who went TO the
region year before last at the head of
a commission acting in behalf Of the
company which was operating there.
He reports that the Peruvian managers
OF the local rubber collecting stations
terrorize and Cypress the Indians, whom
they keep in practical slavery. by means
of starvation fOgging, torture and
sometimes death. HideOuS beatings on
the bare body with the most cruel Of
whips are the common punishments for
failure to produce the required amount
of rubber. Even small boys are thus
flOgged. Chains stocks, machete slash
ings, mutiations, drowning, and even
burning at the stake Ito encourage the
others" are among the atrocities serious
ly reported by this responsible investi-
gator. In such ways thousands of the
natives have persisted miserably, while
those who survive and succeed in pro-
ducing the tale required by their mas.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14
THE CABINET.
rr,on Tho Tribune Bureau.

from The Tribune Bureau
Washington, April 13.-The Secretary OIL
the Interior. who is now in the west, VIII
return on Monday. He and Mrs. Fisher
will be Joined by their two sons, who are
10 come from Harvard for their spring va
cation
The Secretary Of Commerce and LABOR
returned this afternoon from speech-
making trip in the West Mrs Nagel VIII
60 to st. Louis on Monday to make her
usual spring visit to relatives.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14
THE talk or TINE DiY.

"Orleanians." saws "The Charlotte OBJ
server can hear with much complacency
Of breaking lcveoa on the Misslssppis
Arkansas. Tennessee and Kentucky banks.
II means just so much less water pouring
down upon them. But thoy must feel nerve
racked 90 think that every day and hour
brings their own turn little nearer" THIS
IL hardly borne out n a private letter from
a sugar company official just north OF New
Orleans is 10 he believed. This letter says:
Don't worry about me. While We live
eighteen feet below tho level Of the big
river we have tho best lcvee along the
stream. and we still have a margin ~
twelve feet before tho water reaches the
top. Also. we have plenty 81 colored hands
ready to stop any break"
blizzard. / thought you considered II per-
fect7"
''The ship was perfect" replied the in
ventor stffiy. The air was at fault -
Tit Bits.
OPTIMISTIC.
INot.: President Taft continues, h. word and
action, to Ia an optmstl
7 waste no sympathy with those
Who nurse and treasure up their woss
I argue that tho men worth while
Are those who have a constant smile,
And that the men who cringe and crouch
Are beaten cause they have a crouch.
I like the politician who
Can smile. though plans may tumble
through;
The man or woman who will buy
without a groan when food Is high;
Who yields, with smiles, much sought
seat
Upon the cars. | proudly greet
The man who roots and still can grin
Whenever the other players win;
Who seeks 10 remedy. the while
He frames his face with one big smile;
Who shows by practice that this life
Need not retain each petty strife;
Who stops his chasing after dough.
Some Joy and friendship to bestow.
A. w. UTTING.
Belle-Poor fellow; they've caught him az
last.
Dele-Hasn't he a chance to escape2
Belle-None whatever. Maude has nut a
smaller hammock In the Conservatory -
Philadelphia Record.
Wesley Kroeck, whose wife. the author
OF THE Family Beautiful" il suing him
for divorce, is reported as having said that
II his wife had devoted herself TO cooking
and had occasionally darned his socks I'm
stead OF trotting around TO tell other peo-
pie what they should do" there would have
been no trouble. A young man i'm The
Bronx did not allow matters 10 20 40 far.
He and young woman neighbor had been
looked upon az engaged for some time by
their friends. One evening at a gathering
OF young people the girl held forth In a
learned way on the subject of eugenics. The
young bookkeeper was displeased and a dis
cussion followed on the way home which re-
suited In breaking the nearly developed en-
Sagement The man told the girls mother
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14

ton to protect itself against being made
n scapegoat Old-fashioned strike meth
DDS cannot be used any longer with sue
cess I'm the railroad business. If Chief
Stone wants to do business in the old
WAY he will have TO get out of railroad
ing and into some easier field. Ike coal
mining. where the public can be plucked
without inconvenience to either strikers
~. oDpro tors
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14

O,cned and published daily by tho
Tribune Association, NeO York corpo-
ration: ogden N. Reid, President; Conde
Hamlh, Secretary; James N. Barrett
Treasurer address, Tribune Bmldin0'
No. 154 Nassau street, Nel0 York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14
THE ILLINOIS PRIMARIES.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: The supporters Of the President need
no, be worried 10y the outcome OF The
Illinois primaries 4 state whose first
choice IL Circus Barker Champ Clark
would naturally cast heavy vote for
Roosevelt. H. r.
New York. April II, 1914
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14
AT THE WHITE HOUSE..
From The Tribune Bureau


Washington. April 13.-The President, MIS-.
Taft and Miss Taft entertained party OIL
young people at dinner tonight, after"a'o
taking them 10 the Belasco. where they
occupied two boxes In the party were
Miss Rocker, Miss Edith Rocker, Wiiilah
Rocker jr., DR.. Reginald FfZ, OF johns
Hopkins Hospital; Lieutenant Rogers, sam
uel Elliott and George Harrison. DR.. Ftz
and Mr.. Rocker Joined Miss Tafts mousse
party to-day, and Will remain over sunday
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14

Governor Dix says that he Is glad
that the delegation from New YORK
state will go to Baltimore unfettered.
II would he inhuman to compel the dole
gates to travel to the City OF Terrapin
I'm handouts and leg restrainers. but
when they get there next June each will
find awaiting him a nicely polished Dan
and chain. delivered with Mr.. Murphy's
compliments.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14

At least mere man will have to admit
that the London suffragettes are clever
agitators First they obtain for them
selves the somewhat doubtful advan-
tages of near-martyrdom In prison by
the starvation route; then they hold A
mass meeting 10 advertise the ncar-mar-
tyrdom by way of q protest against
being fed forcibly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.
TBy Telegraph to The Tribune

[By Telegraph 10 The IIIuuHe
Newport, April 1S.-Phillips A. cam 80
here to-day inspecting Sea Beach, MS p''>
on Ocean avenue. -
charles +. Hoffman was a visitor TO-DAY.
Miss Romola Dahlgren has retur'leo ~
New York vo,x
Mrs. French Vanderbilt is In Ne"
for the week end. ,,ss
Ex-commodore Arthur Curtlss JAZZ
made an inspection to-day OF MS ye.~
Aloha, which is being taken out OF VIM
n1a rfnrS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14

Staten Island is to have p real public
market. conducted on the cooperative
plan. and the promoters Of the project
say that il VIII save the island COM
munity NJ least $4,000 week. II that
bright dream is realized the municipal
ferry will probably have to put on new
boats I'm order TO accommodate the rush
Of settlers to those welcoming shores.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14
e,Jr NOT TOO OLD TO MARRY

From The Baltimore American.
Teachers in switzerland town are consid-
orsd too old TO teach at thirty. This age limit
makes the oEler one quite sntediuiisn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14
MAYBE-JusT THIS ONCE

From The Providence Journal.
Afer thinking it over. Governor DIX nae soI
e,uded that an extra session OF the Ne" .
Iealslsture ia unnecessary. For once oo'""
Dix locks almost like a statesman.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14

Washington need not worry about the
effect of Representative Cox's bill COM
polling the employment Of messenger
boys" over twcnty-onc between 10 p. m.
and ) n. m. New York state has been
working under such a law for many
months. with no detriment to tho mes
scnger service and considerable gain 10
the health and morals Of the youths who
aspired 10 the might trick" under the
old conditions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14

II Is TO be hoped that Governor Dix
will approve the appropriation Of 800
NOO for Lctchworth Village which the
Legislature has made That institution,
In it's care OF the fccble-mlnded and
cpileptics. not only seeks 10 perform the
duty which this generation owes TO
those unfortundtes. but supplies a means
Of protection for future generations.
The n acd Of such an institution 10 check
the rapid and alarming growth in the
number Of such dependents on public
bounty is acknowledged. New York
state has wisely invested capital in
Letchworth Village. Further appropria
tons such as this are proper extension
Of wise and bcncficcnt policy. II is in
line with tho Governors frequently OK
pressed views about care for such I'M
fortunates and the necessity Of checking
a heavy drain on the state.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14

A bazaar for the benefit Of the Mount
Loretto Italian Mission, in Elizabeth street,
was held yesterday afternoon and evening,
under fashionable patronage. There wers
all kinds of useful and fancy articles on
sale. such as spring hats, flowers. toys.
pictures, etc. Mrs. Charles j. WEIGH had
charge of the fancy table and was assisted
by Mrs. John Duncan Emmett, Mrs. Charles
Emory Smith, Mrs. Nicholas Brady, Mrs
Michael J. Mulqueen and others. The uul.
ity table was presided over by Mrs. Mason
Jones, who had with her Mrs. Stuart p.
West, Mrs. August Benziger, Miss Rosahs
O'Brien and Miss Marie Lyons. Mrs. Ger.
aid NJ Borden had charge Of the candy
table and her assistants were Mrs. Charles
Du Vivier, Miss Helen and Miss Yvonns
Gourd. Mrs. Waldron B. Vanderpoel had
charge Of the toy table, and with her were
Miss Kate Campion and Miss Annie Hol.
land. Mrs. Schuyler Warren, Miss Hope
Warren, Miss Agnes Claflin and Miss Noel
Johnston sold pictures, and at the hat
table was Mrs. NJ. Westersren.
Above the platform, where j. Montgom'
cry Strong stood. was the sign Votes for
Girls" to determine who was the most pop.
uar girl at the fair.
Mrs Charles J. Wech gave dinner for
Cardinal Farley IN the Louis XIV room Of
the Gotham between the afternoon and
evening sessions. Her guests we're the Rev.
David J. Hearn. 5. j., the Rev. w. II.
Walsh, s. j., Father Lewis. Mr.. and Mrs.
August Benziger. Mrs. Charles Emory
Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. Stuart p. West, Mr..
and Mrs Nicholas Brady, Mrs. Mason Rem
shaw Jones. Miss Elizabeth Msrbury, Miss
Resale OBrien, Miss Mary Fowler and J.
Montgomery Strong.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14

To Judge from tho testimony given
before the state commission which IS
investigating the price Of food. the aver
age grocer is a sclf-sacrifcing public
benefactor for whom out Of common
humanity a popular subscription should
be started.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14

IL that genealogy which attaches the
colonel 70 n kings family tree to he con-
sidcrod a campaign document?