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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-11
REEORMLNG FASHIONS

Trouble has always followed the eC-
forts Of high school principals. supcrin-
tendents Of department stores, managers
of telephone exchanges and others in
authority over places where Young
women congrcgate 10 cause them 10
abandon rats" ''puffS" and similar ar
tihcial aids TO beauty. There has been
a struggle between authority and the
feminine purpose 10 do that which Is
supposed 10 be attractive, and authority
has usually been vanQuished The sue
cess of an experiment now being con
Quoted at a Brooklyn high school, how
ever. goes to show that heretofore wrong
methods have been used. There 4
woman genius crasped the idea that, IT
was necessary to educate the young mind
into conception of the true beauty Of
hairdrcSSing without artificial aids. Sh"
selected some Of the pretticst girls in The
school, devised becoming coiffurcs for
them put them on exhibition. and
presto the hair trade is in a panic.
II is doubtful If any reforms in the
world Of feminine fashion. however nee
essary or beneficial they may seem, Will
he accomplished in this generation un-
less the reformcrs can demonstrate that
they have something more alluring n
substitute. Those physicians vino are
alarmed because they think tho tight
skirts are producing 4 race Of knock
kneed women will make no progress
merely by circulating their aIarmist
views. DresSmakcrS and their custom
ers will unite in laughing them 10 Scorn.
What they really should do IS 10 devise
some variety Of clothing which will meet
their notions on the hyGicEic side and at
the same time can bc made Ia appear
fascinating I'm the fashion pictures. Then
the future Of the race will b" assured.
Legs will be- free and straight. That
Brooklyn school teacher graSpcd the
psychology Of the problcm--probabl be
cause she was woman and had inside
knowledge.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-11
DRyDOCK 10. : AND OYHERS.


The successful placing Of the battle
ship Utah In drydock No. 4 i'm The local
navy yard is gratifying and suggestive.
II IS well 10 have that dock completed
and put to use, and TO have its-rapabili-
ties thus demonstrated, particularly
after the tedious and costly troubles
which the government had in getting it
built. With all the fault which Is found
with the Brooklyn navy yard. it is at any
rate now able 10 take care of any war
ship under our flag.
Tho incident suggests. however, the
desirability Of providing equally com
modious quarters for mercantile vessels,
such as do not now exist at this port
New York is visited by the largest ships
a6oat, and will presumably continue to
be visited by them. Indeed. those YES.
sells are built expressly for commerce
with this port. We are making the
channels deep enough for their passage,
and are planning new systems of piers
which Will accommodate them without
extrusion upon the fairway. But there
Is no provision for drydocking them for
repairs, and If one Of them requires such
attention she must be sent away 10 some
other port.
That is not creditable to the enterprise
OF New York. and Is not profitable 10 Il
az the nations chief port Of entry The
port ought to he able to take complete
care Of all vessels which freuuent il.
There ought to be here shipyard with
a drydock capable of containing the larg-
est ship in the world and with all neccs-
sary appliances for repairing any ship
which may need repairs. New York has
miles enough of unimprovcd waterfront,
of much less value than that Of lower
Manhattan Island, which would surely
provide a suitable site for such An cs-
Establishment, and il Is not easy 10 believe
despite its cost, that IL would prove I'M
remuneratiye.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-11
THE SUBWAY SITUATION.

The letter of President Williams OF
the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
published Yesterday, contains severe
criticisms upon the plans made by the
Public Service Commission for the con-
nections between the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit lines and the Broadway subway.
If they are Just the Brooklyn company
has reason to feel impatient with the
commissions engineers. The tunnel
downtown has bad curves in ii, ana 10
provision is made, according to Mr.. Will
Jams. for turning back the trains III
Manhattan which cannot be sent through
the two-taCk tunnel under the river TO
brooklyn. And, Furthermore, he com
plains that no physical connection is
made with the Broadway subway at
Canal street by which passengers can be
carried from the Manhattan Bridge Ill
rectly into the Broadway subway and
thus uptown. Indeed, he says without
such connection no cars can be got INTO
the Broadway subway at all until the
tunnel under the river is completed, two
years after the Broadway line is I'm
ished If this is true. the Public Service
Commission should call its engineers 10
account for such hlunders.
They are one cause for tho delay
which exists now and which Is proper
subject of complaint by the intending
subway operators. Another cause Is the
conflict of opinion and authority between
the Public Service Commission and the
Board of Estimate and AppOrtionment.
The delay should be cut as short as pos
siblc. and we hope that yesterdays
action Of the board will contribute 70
that end. If interest rates on loans are
likely to he higher to the Peterborough
RAPID Transit Company because Of de-
lay. the public authorities should hasten
to compose their differences and agree
on practicable plans as soon as they can.
Both companies should have fair treat
ment. The TnterbOrough company
should be put in q position TO make
its necessary arrangements as soon ana
on as favorable terms a. possible. The
Brooklyn company should have practi-
cable routes laid ont for IT. which VIII
take It's passengers where they want to
90. not somewhere else. And the funds
which the city is likely to have available,
if they are going TO fall short Of the
amount necessary to carry out all the
plans. should be equitably apportionpd
between the two companies 50 as TO
accomplish in the utmost degree possible
the advantages Of the dual system.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-11
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.

TBv telegraph 20 The Tribun-.l
Newport, May lo-Miss Elizabeth G. Bet
ton has sailed for abroad, 70 be gone the
entire season. She has rented her cottage
in Gibbs avenue to Miss Brewer, Of Boston
Mrs. T. c. Shedd, OF Providence, is al
the knight cottage for few weeks.
Mrs. French Vanderbilt is In North East
on the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. F. Lothrop
Ames. Last evening she was the guest az
a dinner and dance given by MI and Mrs
Ames.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur y. Emmons have
opened their villa for the season, after
spending the winter in Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Mitchell Clarke VIII oc-
cupy Grey Craig the coming season II tho
health of Mr.. Clark will permit.
Miss Margaret Andrews, daughter OF MI
and Mrs. Paul A. Andrews. will be pre-
scented to society here the coming season
They will return TO Newport from abroad
some time during the latter part Of June.
Elm Court, the cottage OF Mrs. Burke
Roche, is being prepared for occupancy
Mrs. Harold Brown is visiting her sister,
Nrs A. Ianfear Norrie, in New York.
Mrs. Theodore F. Kane and the Misses
Kane have arrived at their Bellevue avenue
cottage from New York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-11
IMPEACHMENT
The Views Of One Who Puts Little
Faith in It's Effectiveness.

TO the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The discussion of "Impeachments
and the Courts" in your issue OF to-day Is
GEAR able and TO the point. Nothing Is
| more obvious than the fact that there IL
wide and deep feeling among the people or
this country that courts OF impeachment as
they are now constituted and conducted are
useless Observation-Disclosures for the purpose or
Kidding the bench Of corrupt or incapable
! Judges Public opinion is rapidly arriving
at the conclusion that courts or I'm
nCachment are so prone 70 eyonerate ana
acuuit tho accused official that II is as use
less to arraign an unworthy judge for his
misconduct before them az II would be 10
fog the wind with a fshpole
Andrew Johnson Is the only president or
/ the United states who has ever been called
to an account for high crimes and mis-
dcmcanors" \ vote Of two-thIrds Of the
ricmbers Of the court was necessary TO CON
Wet, and he was acquitted. Subsequent
disclosures that are apparently trustworthy
and that have never been contradcted
make it appear that nineteen Of the nifty
frur members Of the court had agreed TO
sustain President Johnson in any kind of
case. however clear It could possibly be
made against him.
Samuel :. COX relates, twenty years after
the trial, the modus opernndl by which Mr.
Johnson's fate vas ayertsd and his own
part I'm the transaction in his history Three
Decades OF Legislation"
Assuming that history n ho substantially
true. q IS a disclosure of d"prayity that has
seldom been surpassed IN the history Of
mankind ard Il Is a fair specimen Of tho
results Of trials before courts ot impeach-
mout generally great improvement
would be accomplished by giving the ma
jority power to convict \ Judge should be
Ike CTsar's WIFE above suspicion He
becomes a disgrace when sitting on the
bench after the majority Of The court before
whom he has been tried on charges of nigh
crimes and misdemeanors' have pronounced
him guilty. WILLIAM r. Baldwin.
Liberty. y Y. May s, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-11
KEEN BIDDING ON AMERICANA
Schuyler and Washington MSS.
Features at Losing Sale.

There was an excellent attendance o. ~.
second and final session Of the sale OF
Part ] of the Americana contained In the
library OF the late Benjamin J. LOSING at
the Anderson Galleries yesterday. The bid
ding on some of the manuscripts Vas keen,
notably so in the case OF some OF Schuyler
and Washington.
Most OF these were obtained b. George D.
Smith. He paid $3.50, the highest prize
OF the day and OF the sale, for General
Philip Schuyler's orderly book, used durins
the Revolution. The state Librarian It'd up
TO $3.50 for this folio volume. which is IN
the original undressed leather binding. WIN
the burnt-in title on the side, "Geners'
Orders The lSS leaves contain about three
hundred and seventy closely written pase'
In all. there are $50 orders and letters com
prising the whole OF the general ofdsis
issued by General Schuyler while comnnana'
er In the field OF the Northern Army OF 'us
Provincial Congress.
For a memorandum of two pages, WIN"
By George Washington. noting various
measurements between points on u''
grounds at Mount Vernon and men'iopms
tho cherry tree" Mr.. Smith gave $50 JIG
pau SlJU a hNt-IAHS
General Schuyler to General Wasnihs'o.n,
dated Saratoga, November 2, 1911, anu N~'
for Mr.. Lossing's pocket diary OF :" pas
The State Librarian paid S-so for
smile In exact size Of Lincolns Eh"p
patton Proclamation. issued Januar! l. -
1t was made by the government pho'Vss
pher In 1855. under the direction OF 'O
Hay. and is believed to be the oniy o1e
existence 1t is accompanied by sewers ,,ay
tograph letters, including one OF JONI ,,S
to Il. J. LOSING, sent from the NeN
Tribune office and dated May % lSN. ,vu.
II. w. Sewall gave 500 for 'oiobe' ~
let's descriptive roll of his regun'en.
Y. State RegimenD. manuscript uoe' ,.tal
Of thirteen closely written pages nv old
OF the sale was Sie,S27. Part II WIZ "
on May 20 and q.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-11
TAFT AT PRINCETON TO-DAY
University Ready for Inaugura.
ton of Fourteenth President.
tBv Telesraph 20 The Triburs.

Princeton, y. j., May lo.--The irausurs-
tlon OF John Grier Hibben as the four
teenth president OF Princeton University
Will take place az l0:45 O'Clock to-morro'
morning on the steps OF Nassau Hall
seating capacity for many thousands OF
persons has been arranged in front OF The
building
President Taft and Chief Justice Whit.
Will be present at the ceremony and re-
ceive the honorary degree OF LII D. 10 Be
awarded By Andrew Fleming West dean
OF the Princeton graduate school.
The preparations for tie academic pro
cesson preceding the inauguration are the
most elaborate ever before made at Prince
ton. Several thousand persons will march
in 1t. including guests. trustees, faculty.
alumni and undergraduates OF tho uni.
versity.
An elaborate alumni luncheon viii h
given in the gymnasium after the inaug
ural ceremony. The speakers will include
President Taft, Chief Justice White, Presi-
dent Hibben. President Patton OF the
Princeton Theological Seminary, President
Butler Of Columbia, President Lowell Of
Harvard and President Hadley Of Yale.
President Taft will attend the Cornell.
Princeton baseball game in the afternoon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-11
tPPE4LS on TECHNICALIyIES.

iPPE4LS on TECHNlClLlJfbS
The House Of Representatives passed
a day or two ago by a unanimous vote
bill which, if it becomes law, will marx
u real advance in the administration oil
Justice. It strikes mt the vicious prac-
tice Of appeal on merely techlllcai
grounds which has fastened itself upon
our system Of Jurisprudence, both state
and federal. Appeals on narrow technl-
cal points obstruCt and defeat justice
much oftener than they promote II. III
is not fair to compel the higher courts
to reopen cases merely because of some
flaw in pleading or error in copying. nor
is it good public policy to allow over
resourceful lawyers to lay petty traps
for Judges In the lower courts with
the intention OF taking an appeal, based
not on the merits Of the case but on
some trivial irregulality in its prose
cution.
The bill which the House passed pro
vides that mo judgment, decree or order
shall he set aside, reversed or new
trial granted in any case civil or crlm-
"inal on account Of any error which
does not injuriously affect the substan-
''tial rights of the party complaining.
The Judiciary Committees report shows
that similar legislation, in accordance
with the recommendations of the Amcri-
can Bar Association, has already been
adopted in half dozen Of the states and
will he vigorously pressed in the lcGis-
latllrcs Of the biennial states which are
to assemble next winter. The reform
sought is practicable and sensible. a
multiplicity of technical appeals bcnc-
fits only litlgants who have no real
defence and lawyers who seek to keep
litigation alive indefinitely.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-11

ence which II seemed TO him 70 be tne "a
preston OF.
.Votes for Women" az a slogan ha'
fallen into this same phase, and J think
possibly that tho reason II and 'kems"n.
Der tho Maine" each became a sort ~
byword to provoke smiles was that neither
represented tho larger motives OF elthe'
cause. We went to war with Spain not
to avengo the Maine. but TO avense inc
Cubans--a far greater number or peoP'''
who had without doubt been sufferers at
Spain's hands beyond the bounds OIL
rational discipline. Similarly the enfran-
chisement of women has for it's object not
the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of women, as the term
votes for women implies, but lettering
Of the conditions In tho world for the
benefit of the sons and daughters Oh
women, viz, for the welfare OF the entH'
rising generation. as we'll as for the Dehent
of the men and women who favor outrage
In order that IL may help, not hinder. even
those who scott at so genuine measure
for the general welfare.
I prefer the term equal suffrage. since
for years TO come the enfranchiseT:ent OIL
women means votes from women for L
better class OF male offlceholders and not
votes for women at all in the literal sense
of tho term.
7 do not with Mr.. Morton comm'serate
the anti-suffragists on the quality OF ,Ae'r
allies I'm the hoodIum class. I rejoice At
it, for it is just what they 80 richly Ie-
serve 1T is a poor cause says Mr. Nor
ton. that finds its final resource in black
guardism and cheap insults" True. but
It is inexorably true that "sexocracy Is
an aristocracy OF blackguards," nor does
suffrage have to bear the blackguardism ot
the so-caled hoodlum class exclusively.
The silk stocking group are the more fire.
quent offenders. for the Philistines arc our
greatest menace. even when they only
damn us with faint praise or perfectly USE
less acquiescence.
HAROLD s. HOWARD.
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increased by the demonstration OF MS
willingness to withdraw his mistaken
words of eulogy aud to condemn WIN
Cleveland ike ferocity those Democrats
who are again blasting the counseiS oi
the brave in their hour of might.
Our BROOKLYN contemporary suggests
that Republicans are as ready 10 mike
promises Of economy and then preak
them as Democrats are. Inc hepuo-
lican party has. however, never asheu
for power on the ground that II would
cut down appropriations, whatever else
il did or failed to do. The Dellocrauc
party has. Its pledges In 1910 po'n
before and after the election were
specific on that point. Without claiming
peculiar recognition as the party OF re-
trenchment per Sc the Republican parry
in the first two years Of Mr.. Iafts ao-
miniStration did reduce appropriations.
II not only halted the annual increase
taken previously as matter OF course
but il cut down the total of approprla'
tons in two years by S25.00O.ooo. Inc
Democratic party. with all its pyrotc'h-
MICS about retrenchmcnt, has started III
TO push expenditures up again to the old
level. The Taft administration mas I'M
ostentatiously made good in lighting eX-
trayagancc. The Democrats in the
House have stutitied themselves by CIV
inc fresh rein to it. We feel confident
that THE Eagle" will agree with us
that the credit balance in that comparl-
son is all on the Republican side.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-11
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
rrron, The Tribune Bureau

lFrom The iriDn"
Washington. MAY 10.-Msny entertain
rnents for the Red Cross delegates are
being planned by members OF the o'pio'
matte corps for this and next week. Inc
Austrian Ambassador and Baroness heh-
gemtiller and the Swiss Minister VIII give
dinners Sunday evening. The French A'p-
bassador and Nine. Jusserand VIII give
dinner at the embassy tomorrow night
and on Monday night the japanese Anoas
sador and viscountess Chinda Will be hos'S
for the japanese delegates.
Tho Austrian Ambassador returned TO-
dsy from New York. where nc spent seN
eral days attending to business AFFAIRS
The Chinese Minister and Nine Chans
and their family have returned from Phila-
delphia. where they went to see Miss Ahce
Chang name the Chinese cruiser last week
Countess de Chambrun. who Is Vls''ihe
her mother, Mrs. Longworth, In Cincifiila' III
will return to Washington on SUNDAY
Mr.. de Bach, Russian attache. lelt tHiS
afternoon with Senator du Pont, VINO u
taking e. party of young diplomats anu
others to his estate In Delaware 10 re-
main over Sunday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-11
RECALLS DAVIS's CAPTURE
Only One Survivor Of Party Who Ar
rested Confederate AZ Years Ago.

IBy Telegraph to Tho Tribune
Philadelphia, May 10.-Caspar knooel, VINO
IS said TO be the only survivor of the four
teen Union soldiers who captured Jefferson
Davis. recalled the forty-seventh anniversary
of the event to-day by recountlng to his
friends the manner in which the leader of
the lost cause fell into the hands OF the
Northern soldiers.
Knobel. who was IN the 4th Michigan Cav
airy. described the three days march pre-
ceding the capture OF Davis at Irwinsville,
Ga. May 10. 1866. lie declares that the his
torians who have written that Davis was
disguised as a woman when he was capt
ured are depressing from the truth Instead
OF being disguised, owing to the chilly
weather the President OF the Confederacy
had thrown a shawl over his shoulders.
Knobel and his thirteen companions were
awarded S2e3 each as the pro rata share Of
the reward offered by the government for
the capture OF President Davis.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-11
KING SEES GUN PRACTICE
Witnesses Battle Mannuvres
from Warship Out at Sea.

Weymouth, MAY l0--king George spent a
long day to-day on board tho batteship
Neptune. which headed the first and sec
ond squadrons Of the feet out into the
Channel for gun practice and battle ma
nuruvres" The weather continued hay, but
the two battle squadrons We're able TO carry
out their gunnery practice fifteen miles out
at sea, and during the afternoon the roar
" rho big guns was distinctly audible here,
and doors and windows ratified under the
concusson His majesty therefore expert
cnced conditions az near TO those OF actual
warfare as is possible in time of peace
Tho chief feature Of to-day was the ex-
ccllent results secured by the battlesh!p
Orlons 40 guns, which made twenty-one
hits out Of the twenty eight rounds fired.
King George watched the target shooting
with Great interest and signalled his con-
sratulaticns to the captain OF the Orion.
To-dav's manpuvres at sea ended with a
submarine attack on the batteshps Nept-
une and Hercules.
Earlier i'm the day King George inspected
the hydro aeroplanc invented by Horace
Short. on which Acting Commander Charles
Il. Samson Yesterday carried out a series
~ ovomtions around the British feet. The
facility with which the hydro-aeroplane
WAS manpuvred was a revelation 10 every
one not Immediately attached 10 the naval
flying corps.
II has not Vet been divulSed whether ar
rangements have been made to Sive the
King the trip I'm the air which he Is so
keenly bent on making
The hydro-aeroplane used by Commander
Samson has sufficient capacity 10 carry
petrol and oil for six hours flight, giving
a radius of three hundred miles.
Commander Samson this morning gave
the King q brief exhibition of the capabili-
ties OF the machine. with which he scared
yolplaned and lodged In and out between
the vessels of the fleet. finally skimming
the surface OF the sea until he came TO d
breakwater, over which he leaped.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-11

Mahdi and expressions of sympathy WI"
every enemy of England.
Now nothing of the sort is heard VII.
Redmond does not say. aS Parnell uNeu
TO. that Ireland wants nothing more 10
do with England. Instead. be processes
strong attachment to that country ana
declares that his aim is to confirm the
bonds between it and Ireland. We nave
not heard Of a single anti-English utter
ancc in the present campaign-ln Ire
land: they have been abundant mere
The significance Of this change IS I'M
mistakablc. If it is, as seems probable,
the result Of the years of delay from
Parnell's time 10 Redmonds. then that
delay must he regarded gratefully. tor
It is obvious, from both the English ana
the Irish point Of view, that it VIII be
far better for Ireland to undertake self
government on amicable than on hostile
terms with England.