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New-York tribune., 1912-02-16
AS REGARDS Mr.. FITZGERALD,

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Representative Fitzgerald. of Brook
lyn. who is advocating the sale OF Cover
nor's Island TO the city Of New York, has
already placed the residents Of Richmond
County and The Bronx under obligations 10
him 90 through his political influence b.
having transferred the entire garrison from
Fort Schuyler, taking about three hundred
and hfty men to Fort Totten, Whi.estone,
l. T., and from 20 To $50 soldiers from Fort
Wadsworth. staten Island, to Fort Hamll-
ton. This geutleman's position might oe
more favorable to the people of Manhattan
II he were as ready to approve the sale
Of the Brooklyn navy yard. which, accord
ing 10 the Navy Department. has become
a NTH wheel. but to this change he Strenu-
ously objects.
1t Is hoped that Representative Fitzgerald
will not be forgotten by the people Of this
city when the time como 10 choose his
successor. OBSERVER
New York. Feb. II. 1912.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-16
NIGHT VERSUS CONTINUATION
SCHOOLS

SO far as the night schools are sup
posed to make up the defects in the edu-
cation of children who leave day school
to begin work at fourteen years of age.
Superintendent Maxwell is probably
right in pronOuncing them failure. As
his figures show, attendance is neglected
and the instruction of children who are
tired out by days work is not profit
able. Those who are chiefly benefited
by night schools are the ones who at
tend them voluntarily, not the more nu-
merouS class whose attendance is made
compulsory by law. The adult who is
almost illiterate, who realizes his need
of instruction and who has both the
ambition and energy TO attend has often
received great benefit.
Continuation schools such as Mr.. Max
well suggests for carrying forward the
education Of those who receive papers
permitting them to seek employment
only on condition that they continue at
school for a certain number of hours a
week would have this advantage, that
teaching would be given at times of the
day when the children would be ordina-
rily at their work Thus their hours of
application would not be increased and
they would be fresh, or relatively fresh,
at their lessons. This would require. as
Mr.. Maxwell suggests, the passage of a
law compelling employers of children
between fourteen and sixteen years of
age to allow them four or six hours a
week In the daytime to attend school.
This is the practice in some, if not all.
parts of Germany; but It is to be noted
that there Is tendency, in some Ger
New-York tribune., 1912-02-16
The CABINET.
fFrom The Tribune Bureau. J


washington, Feb. l5.-The Secretary OF
the Treasury will return tomorrow from
st. Louis. He and Mrs. MacVeagh VIII en-
tertain at dinner tomorrow night
The Attorney General left Washington
to-day for st. Louis and Milwaukee, where
he will deliver addresses Mrs. Wickersham
went to New York to-day, to remain until
next week.
The Secretary of the Navy vas Joined
here to-day by his daughters, Miss Julla
Meyer and Miss Alice Meyer who came
from their home at Hamilton Mass The
fancy costume dance which the Secretary
and Mrs Meyer were TO give on February
10 will be postponed until April 8, on ac-
count Of the accident which George Won h.
Meyer, jr, their son, suffered few days
ago.
The President and Mrs Taft were enter
tanned at dinner tonight by the Secretary
of Agriculture. who used the red suite at
the New willard. In the absence OF Miss
Flora Wilson, the daughter of the 3ecre-
tary. who has always acted as hostess
on these occasions, Mrs. Albert 3. Cum
minis. wife of the senior Senator from Iowa,
assisted the Secretary in receiving the
party, which included the Speaker and
Mrs. Clark. Senator and Mrs. Warren, Sen
ator and Mrs. Cummins, Senator ara Mrs.
Kenyon, ex-Speaker Cannon, Miss cannon,
Representative and Mrs. Mann, Rcpresen-
tative and Mrs. Charles II. Burke, Rep
resentative and Mrs. Martin, Representa-
tive and Mrs. Sloan, Representative and
Mrs Higgins. Representative and Mrs
Lever, Representative Kennedy, Mr.. and
Mrs. Alexander Graham Bell, Mr.. and
Mrs. T.. Stanley Gary, Of Baltimore; Mr.
and Mrs. Gilbert II. Grosvenor. Mrs. John
b. Henderson, Mrs. Stanley Matthews, Mrs.
Wallace RadclIf, Major Butt and Mr. and
Mrs Robert NJ. Reese.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-16
HARVARD MEN AID OPERA
Will Try to Prevent Abandonment oi
BOSTON Company.

An effort is on foot among graduates and
undergraduates of Harvard University TO
prevent the threatened abandonment or the
Boston Opera Company An editorial puo-
lshed on Tuesday in THE Harvard Grim
son" issues a call to the university to take
steps TO subscribe for enough seats at the
opera to insure its continuance Tor another
year. The editorial says the abandonment
OF the opera would be severe blow not
only 10 Boston but to Harvard and advo-
Gates the raising of fund large enough to
enable students TO purchase seats at a re-
duced price.
"The Crimson editoriai mas hao irnmedi-
ate effect, and the various student organi-
cations are combining to attempt to raise
a sufficient fund. and 1t is understood that
a number of wealthy New York graduates
have promised their aid.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-16
A FRANCO-GERMAN EXAMPLE.


There are probably not two other ma
tionS in Europe or in the world which
have regarded each other with more suS-
picion and actual antipathy than France
and Germany. They are more than any
others traditional foes" They fought
each other in the Middle Ages and in
the NapoleOnic wars, and the Terrible
Year" was merely the cllmacteric post
lude of the tragedy Of centuries. 1t Is
not certain that either has really meant
to fight the other since 1871, but It Is in
disputablc that each has had ample
ground 10 regard the other with appre-
hcnsiOn.
Yet now the two have come together
in an amicable settlement Of great
dispute concerning the partitionlng Of
Africa in which the vital interests Of
both were directly concerned. AS a part
of that settlement they have concluded
a treaty which binds them both TO sub
nit to arbitration any controversies
which may arise between them over
African matters; and that treaty has
just been ratified by the French Senate
by the overwhelming vote of ODD to 4S.
In the face Of that example it should
be impossible for the United States to
refuse to ratify arbitration treaties with
two nations with which it has not been
at war for a hundred years, which 1t
has no cause to regard with the slight
est suspicion and with which It is, in
fact, OH terms Of exceptionally close and
confident friendship.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-16
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY
rFrom The Tribune Bureau

Washington. Feb. 1j.-The American Am
bassador to Great Britain, who was the
euest Of Miss Boardman last night and to-
dav. returned TO New York this afternoon
Miss Taft was one OF the guests at a
dinner and fancy dress ball to-nlght with
Miss Laura Merriam as hostess. The affair
celebrated the birthday Of the hostess, and
a big birthday cake, with misl eading
number OF candles. furnished amusement
for the visitors. The party was arrangei
without formality, but with suggestion of
St Valentines Day in the favors and deco
rations The young people all appeared IN
fancy costumes. pretty or grotesque. Miss
New-York tribune., 1912-02-16
People and ,S0cial Incidents

Laura Hancock. a cousin of Miss Merriam
was with her
Mrs Robert HincKIey and Miss IfEckley
were hosts this afternoon for a tea and
dance.
Among the hosts entertaining dinner par.
ties tonight were Major General and Mrs
William p. Biddle, Miss Laura P-tton and
Mr.. and Mrs. Carroll Lee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archibald Oracle enter.
tanned at reception and musical tonight.
Mr. and Mrs Herbert Wadswor.h gave
their regular Thursday night dinner party.
and, according to their weekly custom, fol.
lowed it with a reception and daaee for
additional guests.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-16

Dinners were given last night by Mrs
Stuyvesant Fish at her house. I'm East 18th
street; by Mrs. e. Henry Hartman at her
residence, in East 69th street; by Adrian
Iselin at No III Fifth avenue, and by John
c. Waterbury, at the Ritz.
Mrs. w. Bayard Cutting gave small
dance last night at her house, in East sd
street, for young girls.
Mrs. John Jackson Riker gave large
theatre party last night for Miss Margaret
I, Strong. Miss Mary r. Haskell and Miss
Charlotte Croker She took her guests
numbering sixty, to the Astor Theatre. and
afterward to the Ritz for supper. which
was served at five tables, decorated with
Richmond roses. Small yellow cardboard
parasols served as place cards for the
women and silver trumpets for the men,
In the party were Miss Augusta p. Dixon,
Miss Frances Henry, Miss Betty Carson
Miss Sibyl Davis, Miss Hope Malcolm, Miss
Dorothy J. Manice, Robert Peabody, Mar
shall Peabody, Gavin Hadden, Daniel Riker
and Reginald Townsend.
The fourth of the subscription dances ar
Mrs Howland Davis took place last night
at the Colony Club. There was general
dancing until shortly before midnight, when
supper was served. Among those present
were Miss Caro- Q. Brown, Miss Emily and
Miss Rosale Coe, Miss Frances Burr Miss
Katherine Auerbach. Miss Ursula W..
Brown. Miss Laura S. Livingston, Francis
p. Hoffman, jr.. Alfred Greenough, William
Bruce Brown and Montague Geer.
Mrs. Alfred Ronalds Conkling gave din
ner last night at the Hotel Knickerbocker,
and afterward took her guests TO see ks
met" They included Mr.. and Mrs. Loril-
lard Spencer, jr., Mr. and Mrs. Rowland
Haggerty Pell. Mr.. and Mrs. Lindsey Tap
pin and Dudley Carlton.
Mrs John r. Drexel will give dinner
this evening at her house, in East SD street.
Mrs. George b. de Forest has bridge
party this afternoon at her residence, in
East 5Oth street
The last meeting before Lent of the Fri
day Juniors takes place tonight at sherry s.
The annual ST. Valentines Kettledrum
for the benefit of the Samaritan Home for
the Aged. Of which Mrs. Richard Irwin is
president. takes place this afternoon at
Sherry's.
Frederick Townsend Martin gives re-
ception. with music, this afternoon at the
Plaza.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Brooks have re-
turned from abroad and are at the PlazS
for a few weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. william X. Nanderoht VIII
sail for Europe on March B.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-16
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
From The Tribune Bureau ]

Washington, Feb. l5.-The Frencn Am
bassador and Nine. Jusserand entertained
a few guests at luncheon to-day.
The Italian Ambassador and Marchioness
Cusani have issued invitations for din
ner in honor of Miss Taft on March 9.
Baroness Preuschen Won un IA lieben-
stein. wife of the Austrian naval attache,
will return to Washington about February
o. after a short visit in Europe.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-16

He had said the same things lronl q
hundred different platforms ana ha,' ~
previously shown the same signs Oh o'ol
strain. He is still the best emDodilheh. u,
of Insurgent leadership, and 1t Is onls
logical on his part TO resent an a''einps -
to sideuack him for the beneht ol !"
few Insurgent agitators who care notn.
ing for principles so long as they thl,lN
that they are capturing votes. TO 'ns
red slayers who thought that they ii"u
slain him he offers another guess.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-16
ADDRESS ALUMNI BY PHONE
Professor Hadley at Yale Will Speak Il
Association at Chicago.

Chicago, Feb. ia telephone speech by
President Arthur T. Hadley of Yale Uni
versity from his home one thousand miles
away I'm New Haven will be the principal
feature of the forty-sixth annual banquet
OF the Yale Alumni Association here next
Saturday night
Arrangements have been made for each
person at the dinner 10 nave watch
rase,t teIephone receiver and listen to the
sneaker as soon as he is introduced" by
tho toastma ster.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-16
,oyp W. sowERss ESTATE.

New Haven, Feb. l6.-showing ConileSs
out holdings amounting to si.sSs 49, an -,
..a,.orv of the estate of the late Sama,ssII
ven'0iBS p bowers, of washingtor, was IS 1sSp "a.
mund m md D. HurDurt executor sl Of ths VIZ Bow
Lioyo ,,,bo was United States Solicisv,s,
ers. anu Tjoyd w. Bowers left an es's;ss sss
Genera, s;aS0Oo. to 30 devided among .nr' a.
,i,da% Oh aDou' Mrs. charlotte, Bowers yiss sii
Thomas % w. Bowers ana "a a washins,on asSS
Martha w, Bowers, all Oh "asn'e
New-York tribune., 1912-02-16
NetuDnrk TribnrR.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1912.

This necSpGper Is otCned ana p"o'
Hshed by The Tribune Association
Nelo York corporation; Office ana pim-
Gina! place Of business, Tribune BHta-
ina. No. 154 Nassau street, Ne0 foT|i
O0den II. Reid, president; Conde NUN
lin. secretary; James IL. Barrett tredS'
arer The address Of the officers IS '"e
Office of this newspaper.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-16
THE REASON FOR LONG SH

THE REASON FOR LONG SHEETS
The proposal TO require by law a
minimum length of nine feet for sheets
on beds in hotels is now made in New
York. 1t will probably meet here a con.
siderable measure Of the banter and
even ridicule with which it has been
greeted in Texas and elsewhere, and
there will be eXtrayagant and ludicrous
misinterpretations Of its purport This
is 10 be expected, for the reason that IN
the very nature Of the case it is q pro.
posal which is highly susceptible of
caricature and travesty. As matter
of fact, however, 1t we'll deserves to be
taken seriously.
The common conception Of the matter
is that tall men want sheets long enough
to keep their toes covered. Well, that
is not an unreasonable demand, but one
which ought to be granted, though we
should not expect 1t TO be made the sub
ject of an amendment to the Constitu-
tiOn. That, however, Is not the sole nor
the chief point involved. 1t is the short
ness of the sheet at the other end which
is the real grievance. The demand is
for an upper sheet which, when secure
Iy tucked in at the foot, is still long
enough to reach to the chin Of the
sleeper and then be folded back for some
distance toward the middle of the bed.
And this is required for comfort, for de-
cency and for health.
1t is obviously uncomfortable to have
the sheet so short that it does not cover
the upper end Of the blanket, but lets
the latter come into contact with the
sleeper's face. 1t is worse than uncom-
Portable when we consider that blan-
kets are not washed every day and
provided new and clean for each new
New-York tribune., 1912-02-16

IBy Telegraph to The Trbune.l
Newport. Feb. l5.-Mrs. William Gros-
venor is 10 open her cottage here early in
the spring.
Mrs. Brockholst Cutting and Mr.. and Mrs.
Roval Phelps Carroll will open their villas
for the season in June.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Watts, OF New lork'
are here.
Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Fish Webster
went 10 New York to-day.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-16
pR. q. WEIR MITCHELL is SO.

Philadelphia Feb. l5.-Dr s. Weir Mitch
ell known internationally as poet, author
naturalist and physician. celebrated his
eighty-third birthday anniversary with a
small marty at his home. No. 1924 Walnut
street this evening
DR. Mitchell is in excellent health and Is
still engaged actively In the practice OF
medicine and in his literary and scientific
work
New-York tribune., 1912-02-16
A WORD OF THANKS.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Accept our sincere thanks FOR the
generous cooperation you have given the
committee I'm charge OF raising funds for
the benefit Of the Fire and Police depart
mcnts. We appreciate he attention that
has been given the matter in your news
columns and are especially grateful for the
advertising space so generously donated.
BENZ. STRONG, Jr.,
Chairman Of the committee, J. p. Morgan
& CO.. Kuhn, Loeb & Co.
New York Feb IL 1912
New-York tribune., 1912-02-16
W. W. sHERMAN's WILL FILEl
Value of Estate Not More than SlOVoV'
Saws Statement-Tax Of S25OOO

Newport. Feb. l5.-The will OF WllIa"
Watts Sherman, the New York and New.
port capitalist and the father Of Lao'
Camoys. which was filed here to-day con-
ta,ned the statement that the value OF tns s
estate OF Mr. Sherman did not excees
Si00OO The will which was written on 10
singIe sheet OF notepaper and was dated sa ~
March, 1892, leaves everything 20 ss u
widow, Mrs. Sophie A. sherman, VINO ""'
named as executrix without bonds n
Mr. Sherman was large n9ioes n9i,sr 4
Hartford Railroad Company. and the rs IS
mort OF the tax collector OF this city sonsl snv~l
That he paid a tax OF s2S,eD on pers0"S'
|
New-York tribune., 1912-02-16
MARTIN LEFT ALL TO FAMILY.

The will of William r, II. Martin w., w..
n,as a member of the firm of Rogers fee'
g. Co, and founder of the Trowmart l',n.
was filed yesterday in the surrosa,,.s,,s
ofice Mr.. Martin left his entire ss. es,Ss.
10 his wife and his son, Lucius .d drs"d nd
SSr,dge Martin. He died January 80 .hs .hs
ahnrfIv before his death he placed IN w.
sands Of three trustees real property ys.;uiSSs ;iS.
at SS 0O 600, including the Marbridge bui.y; ,a;
;nS His will was dated December z' i'-'
New-York tribune., 1912-02-16

cuost and that therefore the face OF the
sleeper, unless protected by ample
sheets, comes into contact Win 'ne wy &
fabric which the night before was i"o
bipg against some others face l'iat Is
q condition which is repellent not mere
" to the ultra -fastidious but 10 al per, ,
sons of cleanly tastes. Cher OF All, VI
course is the sanitary consideration
that thus it is possible for iniectloh 10 "
be transmitted from one guest ~
another. On these grounds 1t certalhly
does not seem unreasonable 10 ueiil'n'i
that each guest of hotel shall nave a. a.
Ieast the thin screen of clean sheeC
between himself and blanke'S Wiiirn ="
few hours before were used by a''oliier'
New-York tribune., 1912-02-16

The reports Of the discovery of dog
faced tribes in Africa, of tribes with
beaks like birds and Of others who
habitually hop about on one leg are
probably intended for consumption by
those with the brains of guls.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-16

What we said the other day about the
movement for worldwide strike re-
ceives additional emphasis from the an
nouncement of the appeal Of the British
Miners Federation 10 the coal miners of
other nations practically to join the
strike which IS impending in Great Brit
ain by taking effective means TO prevent
the shipment of coal 10 the latter coun-
try during the prevalence Of the strike
there. OF course, the only way in which
that could be done would be through n
sympathetic strike. 1t remains to be
seen whether the miners of Pennsylvania
and West Virginia will agree TO quit
work whenever those Of Yorkshire or
South Wales have n dispute with their
employers.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-16

Two speakers at the Montauk Club the
other night disagreed over city planning
one holding that beauty and the other
that utility should be the prime CON
slderation. Can it he that neither or
them in high school days wrote essays
or made orations upon the theme,
"TrfiIc Ct Duicc"!
New-York tribune., 1912-02-16

The death Of Mataafa recalls Nom
ories Of heroic and tragic days in Samoa
and also OF blundering and inept diplo-
macy. The whole story affords warn
ing which should bc lasting against un-
necessary attempts 10 couple up the
United States with foreign powers of
antagonistic interests in matters which
could and should be attended TO by a
single power
New-York tribune., 1912-02-16
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Dinners were given last night by Mrs
stuyvesant Fish at her house. in East 18th
street; by Mrs. e. Henry Hartman. at her
residence, in East 69th street; by Adrian
Iselin at No III Fifth avenue, and by John
c. Waterbury, at the Ritz.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-16

Colonel George Harvey was a guest at
the Executive Mansion at Albany, not
Trenton, the other evening. VIII the
vacant niche in the sanctum of "Har-
pers Weekly" soon he filled by a states
man who knows what's what in the line
Of political gratitude?
New-York tribune., 1912-02-16

New York beats the wild West" as
a scene for the highway robbers opera
tiOuq
New-York tribune., 1912-02-16
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT,

Mr.. and Mrs. William X. Vanderbilt VIII
sail for Europe on March lS.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-16

The Mayor, wrestling with an attack
of grip. is reported to be getting along
nicely. How the grip is feeling is not
disclosed.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-16

II patriotism like that Of Dr. sun fat-
sen I'm resignng the Presidency to make
way for President Yuan IS common in
China. the future Of tho new republic Is
bright indeed.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-16

Mrs. W. Bayard Cutting gave small
dance last night at her house, in East sd
street, for young girls.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-16

Frederick Townsend Martin gives re-
ception, with music, this afternoon at the
Plaza.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-16

Two Of the Camorrsts who have been
on trial at Viterbo. Italy, have been re
leased on the logical ground that they
have already, during the trial, been i'm
prisoned as long as they could be under
the maximum penalty IL they were found
guilty. The explanation is needed, else
Il might he supposed that they had been
released in order that they might not
perish of old age before the trial ends.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-16

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Brooks have re-
turned from abroad and are at the Plaza
fnr q fnW weeks.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-08

lratlon. He will be accompanied by a
party of friends and will be met half
way by r. G. Blair, president Ct the Tus-
ealoosa Mineral. and committee of Tas-
eaoosa citizens. Accompanying the spe-
clal will be citizens from every station
on the line bound for Tuscaloosa. In
vitations have been sent broadcast and
Tuscaloosa, the approaching industrial
city, is TO enertain in festive fashion.
The most ceremonous feature of the
programme is the official dedication
which will De performed by Miss Annie
Wallace Hays. She will drive a silver
spike, specially designed, into place al
the terminals in Tuscaloosa which will
later be taken up and engraved for her.
She Will be surrounded at the time by
some of the bellies of Tuscaloosa a city
noted for its exquisite types of beauty,
and while a fanfare of trumpets gives the
signal she will tap the spike gently but
fofeefully.
On the hospital grounds there will be
served a barbecue of the old-foshioned
southern type and ii will be there that
the orators viii entertain the people.
The opening celebration from all ac-
counts viii be one of the biggest affairs
held in Tuscaloosa in years. The city
thus Joined Goubly 10 Birmingham feels
the Importance of the railroad aid is in
clined to impress that fact on the mind
of every visitor
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-08
PROTEST AGAINST
WIDER SIDEWALKS
First Avenue Merchants
Send Committee to Call
Upon Weatherly

The plan to widen the sidewalks on First
avenue from Eighteenth street to Twenty
first street and on Twentieth street from
the railroad to Fourth avenue has stirred
up a vigorous opposition among the busi-
ness men in that territory. The two thor
ougilfares are to be paved with wood
blocks at once, ii Is announced, and In
the new work it has been suggested that
the streets be made 60 feet wide and the
sidewalks 20 feet wide, rather than Is, as
now is the case. The idea is one of City
Engineer Kirkpatrick, but 1t is under
stood there will be waged fight against
the proposal.
A committee called upon Commissioner
James Weatherly yesterday composed OF
Eugene L. Brown, Samuel Earle and
Webb Crawford to tell Mr.. Weatherly OF
the grievous mistake he was making. Mr.
Weatherly seemed to be impressed witt
the merit of he citizens protest. The
committeeman would not make any Of
fetal statement yesterday, only remark
ing that I'VE don't want our streets mad,
any narrower than they are now"