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THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
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TFrom The Tribune Bureau
Washington, May 1.-THE Mexican AM
hassador and Sehora de Calero VIII give
their reception to the diplomatic corps on
Thursday. May 90 1t is the usual cere-
mony observed by all ambassadors AFTER
presenting their credentials to the Presi-
dent.
Major Avellos recently appointed mill
tarv attache Of the Mexican Embassy, ana
now stationed I'm Mexico City, Is expected
TO arrive here within few days.
The French Ambassador and Nine. JUS
serand will go to Cambridge the middle OF
June for the graduation exercises AT mar
ward. The ambassador Will deliver an ad-
dress there on June Il.
The Swiss Minister Is entertaining ior
few days Edward Bosshart, OF Yokohama
who has made his home In that city Tor
twenty years.
The French naval attache and VS.
Countess Benoist day will leave here
earIv I'm June for an extensive trip over
the limited States. They will spend the
rest of the summer after returning with
the embassy at Newport. and In OCTOBER
will 20 abroad for a short time
J. J. Moniz de Aragao. recently appoint
ed Brazilian second secretary, Will arrive
here on May %.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-16
CITY PL1YGROLNUN-

Once more Mayor Gaynor has come TO
the aid Of the youth Of this city by prom
ising 10 restrain police interference with
juvenile baseball team over in Brook
lyn. The youngsters. through their cap
tain. complained that though they were
playing in vacant lot and did not knock
or throw the ball into the street. the
police chased them away. They had the
permission of the owners OF the property
to play there, and deemed this form Of
police activity persecution rather than
protection Of the pubic's interests.
The Mayors attitude Of tolerance
toward children who play games in the
city streets has never won the full APP
prOyal Of the public. Obviously the city
streets, even the vacant lots in outlying
districts, are not ideal Fairgrounds. In
the streets the children themselves are
frequently In danger Their games some
times damage neighboring property or
inJure paSsersby. Yet what are they TO
dof AS the Mayor writes. "You boys
hiee TO play somewhere" II IS not in Il
boys nature not 10 run and jump and
wresile and play ball, If he can get the
ball and sufficient open space 10 throw
it, Fairgrounds. recreation centres aud
parks are places impossible Of access for
man! save on special occasions. aud all
such places put together don't begin IN
take care of the child population Of the
city. Nor is the growth Of municipality
maintained Fairgrounds likely 10 catch
ur with the demand for many a year.
Meantime the streets and the vacant
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IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.

From The Tribune Buicau.l
Washington. May l5-The Mount Vernon
regents who are on their annual pilgrimage
to Mount Vernon, entertained the delegates
10 the Red Cross conference there to-day.
Tomorrow they will have the Governor or
Virginia and his staff as guests, the char-
fer recurring him to make an annual visit
Tho Red Cross delegates went TO the his
toric spot in special cars and returned on
the Mayhower.
Mr. and Mrs. william J. Boardman en-
tertained a. number Of the Red Cross dele
gates ut dinner tonight Mr.. and MIS-
Chandler Anderson also we're hosts Tor
dinner party.
Mrs. william, L. Marshall entertained
luncheon and bridge party at tho Chevy
Cbase Club to-day in compliment 10 Mrs j.
McGavOck Dickinson.
Paw Inspector and Mrs. II. +. Biscoe en-
tortained fourteen at dinner tonight IN
compliment to Mrs. George Barnett OF
Philadelphia. who is the guest or the COM
mandant OF the navy yard and Mrs Beatty
Miss Alice I.ongtellow, daughter or tho
noet who motored to Washington from her
home in Massachusetts TO attend the meet
,rpe NJ the Mount Vernon vice-regents, Is
making her headquarters at the Arlington
and motors TO Mount Vernon each day. she
occupies one Of the places OF honor AT
George Washlngtons dining table oelns
one Of the oldest members of the society
and sits next to Mrs. l.. Il. Letter VINO mas
been A vice-rcgent for twenty-six years.
Mrs. Ira c. Copley entertained at lunch
con to-day Mrs. Joseph Mckenna, Mrs.
James r. Mann. Mrs. George w. Fairchld'
Mrs. Henry g. Danforth, Miss Maths Mrs'
Fechteler. Mrs. Franklin K. Lane MrS' D.
G. OLoushlln and Miss Gilett
The Viscountess Chnda was tho guest o,
honor at a luncheon to-day with Mrs.
Frederick +. Chaplin as hostess. Others OF
tho PARTY were Countess Ogassawara. Nine
NaGasaki. Mrs. Henry b. Brown Mrs
Clarence Il. Edwards. Mrs. Robert NJ.
Thompson. Mrs. Ralph jenkins Mrs Iheo-
dore W. Moves and Mrs. Charles J. Bell.
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TYE SrRV4y SETTLEMENT.

Reason has prevailed i'll the latest sun
vay controversy. The compromise SUE
gcStpd by the engineers OF the fup''c
Service Commission and accepted ny the
committee of the Board Of Estimate ana
Apportionment is better than any pre-
vious plan for providing Brooklyn con
nections for the dual subway system
The bad curves and operating dlnlcu'-
ties Of the Beaver street route are
avoided md the Brooklyn RAPID IRAN
sit COMPANY obtains access 10 the lower
end of Manhattan and to the Borough
Hall in Brooklyn. from both OF when
points il would have been excluded by
the plan to which it objected. The In
terborougb Rapid Transit Company, on
the other hand. gets the route that Is
best suited to its purposes.
Common sense also rules in regard 10
switching facilities for the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Company's Manhattan
subway and in regard to a physical con-
nection between the line across Manhat-
tan Bridge and the Broadway subway
at Canal street. Without such con-
nection there would have been enormous
platform congestion due to changing
cars at that point. The improvement III
plans will compensate for the delay oc-
casioned by the dispute over tunnel
routes
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IN THE BERKSHlRES.

By Telegraph TO Tho Tribune
Lenox, Mass, May 15.-3lrs. Henry +.
Russell entertained this afternoon at he'
Pittsfeld residence for her guest, Mrs.
Montague Howard, OF New York
Miss Ethel L. Folsom opened Mountain
View farm on the Lee Road TO-DAY
John A. kohlsaat opened his Prospect hiIi
villa in Stockbridge to-day.
Mr. and Mrs. William Macdonald. OF New
York Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Aspin"aA
Smith, Miss Helen Smith. Mrs. George H.
Sutherland and Miss Sutherland, OF Boston,
are at the Red Lion Inn.
Harris Fahnestock arrived at Eastover
tonight.
Or. Thomas II. Allen, Of New YORK, u.s.
arrived at his country place on the shei'
field Road In Great Darlington.
Mrs. L. A. Pearson, OF New York Is a.
her country place in Egremont-
DR.. J. w. Travel. of New York, is occu'
pying his Merry Field estate in Great b'''
rington.
Mr. and Mrs. George Baty Blake anu
family left Lenox for Wellesley HiIls w.
day. =,
Miss Helen Parish arrived to-nsn' "
Cozv Nook for the early season.
Or. and Mrs. Henry 7. Jacques are ea,.
tanning Mrs. Francis NJ Ware Of wv
York. -, ana,
Mr.. and Mrs Frank X. SturGls VIII op'"
Clipston Grange May 20. x,r
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Il. Bovine. OF Ne" ~
have opened the Larches, their h'""''
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THE CALIFORNIA RESULT.

The result in California will not cause
dismay, though it disappoints some or
President Tafts supporters. That state
in the last few years has shown de
cidedly radical tendencies In politics. and
it was one of the few in which the can
didacy of Senator La Toilette had made
considerable Roadway before Colonel
Roosevelt entered the race. The admis-
sion Of women TO the suffrage has APP
parently not modified the states atti-
tude as there were faint hopes that 1t
might do California is still strongly in
sympathy with insurgency as IL has been
exploited in Wisconsin, Kansas, NebraS-
ka. the Dakotas and Oregon.
In that respect Oregon and California
seem to stand apart from the other
members Of the Rocky Mountain and
Pacific Coast group. OF the Mountain
States Colorado. Utah, Wyoming, Mon
tana and Nevada have all declared for
Taft. Idaho is somewhat in doubt. and
in Washington the fight for control Of
the state convention has ended in n fac
tional schism. New Mexico is for Taft
rather than Roosevelt, and Arizona is
not unlikely to support the President
CALIFORNIA; vote therefore Is not truly
representative of the feeling Of the Far
West It reflects. rather, localized
sentiment
In Tuesdays primary probably about
100000 Republican votes were east, re
turns from 2.169 out Of 300 precincts
showing a Republican total of 1Sl.o0s.
Yet the registered Republican vote eX-
ceeds 100000. The victories which
Colonel Roosevelt has won in many of
the direct primary states have been
hailed by his supporters ms expressions
of the real will Of the voters. But in
most cases the total vote has been only
from 30 to 90 per cent Of the Republican
strength and the Roosevelt vote has
constituted decided minority Of the
party. Too much confidence has been
put in it's representative character, and
the conclusion has been mistakenly
Jumped Mt that winning at a primary
implies an ability TO command full and
enthusiastic Republican support at an
election. 1t is the verdict Of the sober
second thought Of the party which alone
can offer guarantee of unity and
SuCcpSS
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TEPuS or CHINESE LOANS.

The requirement by the powers Of
foreign supervision of Chinese finances
as a necessary condition Of lending 10
that republic the money which 1t urgent
IL needs may, as already suggested, seem
TO establish a precedent diStasteful TO
the new government. 1t will, however,
merely continue a practice which was
familiar and apparently not objection
able to the empire. The lending Of
money without such safeguards would
therefore really set precedent some
what more novel and more important
than the other
Going back five years we find that in
1907 British loan of $7,JOO0O0 was
made for the Canton-KOwlOO Railroad I;
I'm which il was required that all &C.
counts should he kept in English as well
as I'm Chinese under the supervision Of a
British chief accountant, who should also
certify all receipts and payments. In
1908 a German-British loan Of $25,000,-
coo was made for railroad purposes, on
condition that accounts be kept in Eng
lish under the supervision of an auditor
ny AhC iDihsh- bbiNhi's III
April OF last year there was Il $J0O0000O
American-British-Fr loan
for currency reform and Manchurlan de-
yelopment, which was TO be used under
close supervision of representatives Of
the creditors; and in May Of last year
an n-British-French-Germa loan
Of $37 100000 for railroad purposes was
made. with every item of receipt and ex-
penditure under the close supervision of
foreign agents and with foreign engi-
neers i'm chief In charge Of the cOnstruc-
ton work.
Iths obvious that the supervision now
demanded is thus no new thing. but is
merely the maintenance Of a familiar
practice. The only reason for abandon
ing " aud establishing new system Of
ungusrded loans would seem 10 lie in the
contention that the Chinese Republic
ought tn be treated with more confidence
than the Chinese Empire was. 10 that
theory from a sentimental point Of view
we may readily assent Rut from the
practical points Of view OF business and
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SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.

tBy Telegraph 10 Tho Tribune
Newport May 5.-It was reported to-day
that Mrs. William r. Leeds who is abroad
might change her plans and rent plaza
here for the summer. Rough Point, which
she owns, is not ready for use on account
of Improvements.
Mrs. Austin L. sands Will arrive mex.
week for the season.
Mr. and Mrs Lawrence L. Gillespie are
10 spend the summer abroad, sailing on
May go
Laird Busk is expected to arrive from
abroad next week for visit to his mother,
Mrs. J. r. Busk.
Mr. and Mrs. George Gordon King sail
from Europe on May e.
Mrs. David King Is at the Muenchingsr
King until her cottage. Kingscote. Is ready
for use.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Spencer Graham.
OF Philadelphia. will arrive next week at
Wheatstone.
Mr. and Mrs Albert Lewis, Of Bear
Creek, Penn. have decided not 70 open
their house until fall, when they will re-
turn from abroad.
Mr.. and Mrs Percy A. Rockefeller o.
New York. are TO occupy the James snl-
man place for a part Of the season.
Mr. and Mrs. f. l.. Ludlow, OF New YORK.
have arrived for the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archibald G. Thacher, 81
New York Mrs. Nathaniel Thayer and Mr.
and Mrs. William S. Patten, Of Boston.
Colonel II. A Stevenson. Of Germantown.
and Mr.. and Mrs. John Thompson spencer,
OF Philadelphia. are TO be June arrivals.
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DEGENERACY As 4 UEFENCE.

DEGENERACY As 4 UEFENCE
Dispatches from Boston say that if it
were possible 10 ccnfinc dcgeneratcs the
murderer RichcSOn would have been
sent to an asylum. They speak also Of
Il proposal 20 make dcgencracy ground
for not inhicting the ordinary punish
mcnt for crimes. II IS n bad proposal
No doubt If adopted ii would prevent the
release Of some criminals who are de
Clared insane but aftcrward found 10 be-.
like person recently let out Of Mat
teawan, merely degencratcs, mcnacing TO
society. These criminals ON the border
land Of abnormality are n hard problem
at present. Turies listening 10 counsel
for such persons. and perhaps moved by
sentiment or vague popular ideas Of
science which they carry with them into
the jury box, are likely TO give them the
benefit of the doubt and send them TO
the asylum, where they are afterward
classified as mere degcnerates and set
free.
But nothing would be accomplished
by making 1t possible 70 keep dcgencrates
in asylums. The difficulties Of jurics
would simply be Increased by making
them pass upon such vague question
as degcneracy Every trinng abnor-
mality would be set up as n defence for
crime. What may he done with the con
ccption Of degeneracy was shown by tine
pSeudo-scicntific book of Il few years ago
which set out 10 prove that practically
all the distinguished literary men Of re-
cent times were degcncratcS.
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PRESBYTERIANS IN COUNCIL
General Assembly Will Begin To-day
Its l24th Annual Meeting.

Louisville, May 15.-The advance guard
of the l2ith General Assembly OF the Pres
byterian Church In the United States or
America, which Is the title OF the Northern
division Of that denomination, has reached
Louisville twelve hundred strong. Sessions
of the assembly. which Will continue
throughout the month. will begin to-mor-
row
Three Of the most prominently mentioned
candidates for moderator are here to-day.
They are the Rev. Dr. Frank w. sneed'
pastor of the East Liberty Presbyterian
Church. OF Pittsburgh; the Rev. DR.. Mark
Matthews. pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church, Seattle, and the Rev. DR.. James
G. *. Mcclure president OF the FACULTY OF
Mccormick Theological Seminary, Chicago
The assembly will hear the sermon OF the
retiring moderator. the Rev. Dr. u. ;. Car,
son. of BROOKLYN, tomorrow morning, ana
IN tho afternoon Will elect new inodera-
tor
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number. have been singularly hlgh J"
quality. ~
The change in soyereigns will cause no
nolitical or diplomatic complications
christian X Is an expert man of affairS'
fortv.tvo years old. married TO Ger
man princess and the father or wv"
promising sons His next brother -
King of Norway and hrother-in-laW ~
The King of England, while his cIdeSI
sister is the wife Of the brother OF ,he
King Of Sweden; thus by family TIES
uniting the dynaStics of the three N'''S
doms which were once under one crown.
Denmark is enlightened. prosperous an"
happy. and strongly attached 10 JUS
rulers. who in turn have In this dynasty
shown themselves iutelligently ana IN
dcfatigahIy devoted 10 its welfare.
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rAvoRs MORE WORK IN HOME
OldFashioned Woman Discusses
Factories and Laundries.
he Editor of The Tribune

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Sufrsgists tell us that 1t Is foo'ls"
for women 10 spend much time with house
keeping nowadays; that the up-to-ds'e
method IS to send out our laundry. buy
bread and cake from the baker cameo
vegetables and preserves from the grocer
and our clothing ready made.
While We stay-at-home women are think
Ing that possibly We are foolish our at
tentIon is called to magazine articles tell
ing of filthy conditions In bakeries. I'M
moral and nsantary conditions In laun-
dries child labor. etc.
Now. what are We women gaining by
taking all our problems out of the home
and simply exchanging one set OF worries
for another? Why IS not the solution or
the queston-more work I'm the home IN
stead Of less?
A DEVOTED READER OF THE TRIB-
UNE.
Boston, May Il. 1912.
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AT THE WHITE HOUSE..

From The Tribune bureau
Washington. May 15.-Mrs. Taft enter
tanned at luncheon to-day. having MIS-
Thomas f. Bayard, widow of the Secre-
tary of State under Cleveland. and MIS-.
John Hay widow of the Secretary oi
State under Mckinley, among her guests
Other guests were Mrs. Anderson, MIS-
a. Gordon Cumming, the Misses Lorlns'
of Boston; Mrs. John Hays Hammond
Mrs. Eugene Hale. Mrs. James Mcmillan
Mrs. Phil Sheridan, Mrs. Henry hlrh
Porter and Miss Hegeman.
Mrs. Taft also poured tea for seVera'
friends in the afternoon
Miss Taft braved the bad weather OF
the forenoon and, accompanied by Miss
Gertrude Gordon. went for ride OF
Chincapin. her favorite saddle horse
Miss Taft took dinner tonight WIN
party Of young friends at the CheVy Cnase
club. After dinner they danced
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-16
ALL GRlST FOR THEIR MILLS
TO the Editor Of The Tribune.

70 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Humanity seldom progresses or
rotrogrades unless some benefit is bestowed
upon the newspapers and lawyers. IL the
recall OF judicial decisions Is ever adopted
In this country, man will be obliged to
have his case passed upon by the entire
electorate. II he Is not an orator himself
he viii have to hire IA lawyer To do his
talking for him. ] suppose the magnani-
nous daily publications will be very willing
to print all the speeches free of charge for
the benefit Of the interested parties. 4
rich man undoubtedly has many advantages
with our present methods of legal pro-
cedure. bur II tho proposed idea IL ever
established his opportunity Of working in
justices 10 a poorer litiglnt VII bc greatly
enhanced j. r. LEWIS
Hol! oke. Mass, May u. 1919.
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NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Miss Marian l.. Smyth was married yes
tcrday afternoon to f. zoe Kerr son OF
Mrs. Chauncey Kerr, at the homo OF her
PARENTS Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Lanier Smyth,
No. 1O5 East 39th street. The bride, VINO
was given away by her father. was In a
gown OF white chiffon, trimmed with old
family lace. She wore a tulle veil. edged
with lace and fastened with orange bios
SONS. and instead OF a bouquet carried a
prayer book Her sister. Mrs. Alexander II.
Rutherford. of San Francisco. was her
matron OF honor and only attendant She
wore a frock Of ecru lace, made with pink
panniers Her Leghorn hat was trimmed
with white lace and pink roses and she
carried a bouquet of blue hydrangeas.
]. Newton Smith acted as best man. and
the ushers were Henry Swami Manning.
Edward Kane Chester Kerr and Lawrence
Scudder The ceremony was performed by
the brides uncle. the Rev, Andrew Under
hill. and a reception for relatives and inti-
mate friends followed.
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THE SOONFR THE BETTER.

The welcome news comes from Wash
ingtOn that the leaders Of both parties
in Congress are anxious TO force an adj
iournment by June l.. Since the only
obstacle TO a prompt termination Of the
session is the disincllnation Of some of
the members TO quit playing TO the gal
leries with tariff and other legislation
for politics only, Congress can easily cut
the strings which tie il 10 a long summer
grind at the capital. The country would
be glad to see the curtain rung down on
the comedy which has run since Deem
Der last.
Owing chiefly to the behavior Of the
Democratic House the record Of this scs-
sion has been disappointing and dscred-
liable. About all that Congress has
done so far has been to make certain a
deficit in the Treasury for 1912'13. It
has arranged to increase expenditures
without providing additional revenue,
and by the time It adiourns 1t will prob
ably have boosted the annual appropl'ia-
tons up to the level Of 1909-1O. thus
multiplying the effect of the admirable
economies effected by the Taft admins
tratiOn with the cooperation Of the last
Congress. The departure OF such a
Washington cannot begin too soon.
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diplomacy. and on the bard basis OF
facts. it is not yet evident that me re-
public has so firmly established us au-
thority as to deserve to be fully trusted
in fiscal affairs. That il will 50 confirm
its status and It's authority n I" com
mand fun confidence * 10 be desired
but until then ii should not be regarded
as an intolerable hardship or h'llh'lla-
ton for the republic to be required 10
follow tho precedepts Of the empire.
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DENUARK'S BEREAVEMENT.

The startlingly sudden death Of the
King Of Denmark is family bereave-
ment to a considerable number of Eu-
ropean royalties. His mother used To be
called the "Mother-in-Law Of Europe" on
account of the matrimonial alliances Of
her children, and nobody better deserved
the title For while the ruthless ambition
Of Bismarck, facilitated by the treach-
cry of Louis Napoleon, deSpoiled the
Danish kingdom in war. two daughters
Of that house became brides of the two
most distinguished princes of Europe
and rose to occupy as consorts the two
most splendid thrones. The late King
was thus the brother Of the Queen
Mother Alexandra Of England. Of the
Dowager Empress Maria FeOdorovna of
Russia and Of the King Of Greece, and
through the marriages of their children
was closely related to practically all the
royal houses Of the Continent. Moreover,
his own son was elected 10 be King of
Norway.
The bereavement of the famous little
kingdom itself is deep and sincere. Fred
erick was monarch of well deserved
popularity. At the beginning Of bis reign
he was regarded with some coOlneSS. due
10 the popular lack of understanding Of
his ideals and policies. But after a wear
or two he completely won the confidence
Of the people and was much beloved. II
is fitting that the sincere sympathy Of the
American people should be expressed 10
the people Of Denmark. whose relations
With this country have always been most
amicable and whose contributions to our
composite population. tboIgh email I'm
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SOURCE OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: That exhibition OF those suffragette
women on May reminded me very much
Of what the lrishman said when he was
asked how he was on politics: "TIe didn't
know. but he was agin the government"
/ also had to wonder how many, If any,
typical mothers there were that could.
There is but one solution to getting better
men. and that is for the women to raise
them. When they do this they will not be
bothering their heads about the state.
When they fail in the nursery they fail In
all OF 1t. Il. Il. RISIEN.
San Saba. Tex. May ., 1912