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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-25

have deprived the American residents u
that city of their Thanksgiving Day gain.
ering," says a letter from Vienna had
not invitations been issued by Erharu
Hammerand for Thanksgiving dinner
and dance. About one hundred guests
nearly all physicians and students ae
cepted the invitation. There were turkey
and cranberries and sweet potatoes ana
pumpkin pie. American flag decorations
oratory in English, and even American
drinks. and the entertainment had ohS
one weak spot-the pumpkin pie. III was
made according to a New England recipe
but fell far short of the mark why
It. a native asked one OF the Americans
that we, who are known az good COOKS
cannot produce your beloved pieT Marx
Twain when he lived here was asAeu'
said the American why Americans couio
not make Hungarian strudel, and he SAID:
Because they don't know how, ana MS
answer fits your question
II hev come TO tell yez, Mrs. Malone
that yer husband met with an accident
AN what Is II. now?' walled MIS- Ma
lone. >,
Gle was overcome by the heat. mum.
Overcome by the heat, was me- An
how did IT happen"
''He fell into the furnace over at the
fotndry. mum. Tit Bits.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-25

they shall receive credit on account of
experience in the places which they
have held by favor. They have an I'M
avOidable advantage in an examination
through theirs experience. for if they
are at all competent they should know
more about the work for which they
are examined than the outsider. That
is unfair and a reason for opposition
TO such temporary appointments. But
not content with that. these Tammany
pets demanded an arbitrary experience
credit as a practical application Of the
rule that possession is nine points of
the law.
The Civil Service Commission denied
the application. In fact the rule on
the subject has been so long estab-
lished by both state and municipal
authority that it could not do other
wise. That anybody should have
thought ii could. and have started an
organized movement TO exact TINS
favor for Tammany spoilsmen. is, how
ever. significant Not equality Of op-
portunity. hut opportunity for favor
itism. is Tammany's definition of de-
mOcracV
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-25
NO MORE NEED FAINT.

School children need no longer faint
in classrooms while teachers and prin-
cipals fear to open windows because OF
the disastrous effect upon the "yentilat-
ing system" AT least. that is what SUI
perintendent MaXwell's latest order
appear 10 many. this order implies that
those In charge Of the children in the
schools are likely 10 know more about
what the children need in the way OF
air TO breathe than does the machine
in the basement. Hereafter the prn-
cipals and teachers will apparently be
free to use their Judgment, even if
that machine doesn't like il and gets
choked up when ii encounters some
real fresh air that has never been
canned wandering around the school
building.
In a word II those in charge Of
schools have any sense, there is going
10 be ventilation instead Of merely a
ventilatlng system II is Il step in the
right direction. II may even lead the
authorities 10 inquire whether we have
education now or only an educational
system. When principals or teachers
are trusted 10 open the windows Of
schools, may they not also be trusted
10 open the windows Of n child'S mind
If they see them shut. even though the
educational system works with closed
mental windows?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-25
BRYAN AND WILSON.

The most troublesome personal prob
lem which President-elect Wilson now
faces is the determination Of his future
rela tons with Mr.. Bryan. The Ne
braska statesman made Mr.. Wilson's
nomination at Baltimore possible and
thus created an apparently formidable
claim on the new Presidents gratitude.
Yet II must he remembered that Mr..
Bryan was playing his own game at
Baltimore and that the transfer of his
support from Clark to Wilson at the
psychological moment was only part
of that game Mr.. Wilson protted by
the shift merely because he happened
TO be the most available candidate
with whom to defeat the sinister forces
supposed TO be aligning themselves
behind the Speaker. The President
elect owes something TO Mr.. Bryan for
the latter's timely assistance, but he
owes more TO the Democratic voters
who elected him and who expect him
70 use his best Judgment in planning
for a successful administration. II
Mr.. Bryan's entry into the Cabinet
does not tit into those plans Mr. Will
son will probably be pardoned for ex-
hiblting a natural amount Of 'ingrati-
mde."
Moreover. even were the President
elect inclined 10 ask Mr.. Bryan to
serve under him, an embarrassing IS
sue would be raised at the very outset.
The Nebraska leader cannot well az
ford TO accept Cabinet post unless
il is made clear IN advance that Mr..
Wilson will not seek denomination.
The Democratic national PLATFORM
written under Mr., Bryan'S direction,
pledged the nominee Of 1912 to the
principle of a single term. Throughout
the campaign Mr.. Wilson carefully
avoided acknowledging the validity or
even the existence Of that pledge, in
spite Of Nh. Bryan'S repeated efforts
To- force him into the open. Unless
there is definite understanding that
the incoming President will live up 10
the spirit and letter Of the Baltimore
Single-term declaration 1t would be
political folly on Mr.. Bryan's part to
accept q place in the Cabinet. If the
no-Second-term principle IS to be hon
ored in the observance the Nebraskan
might hope as a Cabinet officer to he
the inheritor Of the Wilson influence.
If It is to he honored in the breach,
Mr. Bryans only logical position is to
appeal TO the promise Of the platform
and seek the nomination himself from
the outside
Few political leaders Of the first
class now accept Cabinet appoint
ments. The President has become the
overshadowing figure in every admin
istration and the stature Of Cabinet
officers as party leaders has greatly
diminished. Except as the predestined
Iegatee OF the Wilson administration
Mr.. Bryan would, therefore, have little
10 gain and much to lose by becoming
Secretary OF State or Secretary Of the
Treasury after March d.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-25
AT NEWPORT.
La Telegranh 10 The TrI0une

By Telegraph 10 ] ne lIlyAHrI
Newport. Dec. 2i-The Christmas spirit
was rampant among the.late staying cot
tagers this evening. when there was
general interchange of gifts. BESIDES
many OF the cottagers remembered their
friends here. this being especially true
OF Alfred and Reginald Vanderbilt ana
Mrs. French Vanderbilt, even though they
were not in the city. The Messrs. VAN
derbIlt also arranged for the entertain
ment OF all the employees on their farms
I'm Portsmouth this evening.
Robert Grosvenor has returned to
Providence after a visit with his aunt
Miss Rosa A. Grosvenor.
Mr.. and Mrs T. J. oakley Rhinelander
have gone to New York FOR the hoi-
days
Roslyn Josephs, son Of Mr.. and Mrs
Lyman c. Josephs, lie Ill at the Newport
Hospital
Miss Romola Dahlsren is the guest OF
Miss Anne Morgan in New York.
After a visit with Mrs william a.
Maher. Mrs. Richard Morris has returned
to New York.
Miss Marguerite Mason is spending the
holidays in Newark.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-25
LAWS OF THE AIR.

The seizure by the French authori-
ties Of a German airship which was
caught trespassing follows a series OF
similar Incidents in indicating the in
creasing need Of an international code
Of aerial law Such code seems TO
he scarcely less necessary than code
of admiralty law. In fact. II Is In
some respects even more necessary,
particularly for the prevention OF
smuggling and for the protection of ma
tionaI defence works from spying. or
course. each nation, in the exercise OF
its natural police powers, may pre-
scribe its own method Of dealing with
offenders. But it will greatly eliminate
danger of friction to have a thorough
international understanding on the
principal points involved.
There can scarcely be any serious
challenging OF the right Of state to
the ownership and control Of the air
above its territory, however difficult II
may be at times 10 assert that control.
Municipal law in nearly, II not quite
all. civilized states recognizes owner
ship OF air space above real estate to
an unlimited altitude. No man can
erect a building overhanging the land
OF his neighbOr. Obviously, it would
he stutifying to assert that states have
not similar ownership above their ter
ritorial areas The suggestion that the
air should be free after the analogy Of
the high seas is unacceptable, for really
no such analogy exists. The relation
Of the high seas to any given country
is radically different from that Of the
air above that country. The freedom
Of the seas ceases at the three mile
limit or at the point at which that
freedom might impair the security and
privacy Of Il state. But it is mani
testify impossible to designate such
point or such limit in aerial naviga-
ton The use of the air. at no matter
what height, potentially affects very
seriously the interests of the land be-
meath.
Roman law recognized this fact, and
sanctioned the maxim cuiuS est SOIum.
ems est HSqae Gd cGIum. and that
principle has been pretty generally
maintained ever since il was formu-
lated, though, Of course. without any
such appreciation of its utility as the
recent development Of fight has caused
At the time Of the Code Napoleon
into which ii was adopted. there may
have been some thought of potential
trespassing by balloons, which had
then lately been invented. but the chief
thought doubtless was the same that
prevailed in classic and medieval
times. Now that principle Is embodied
in the codes Of many OF the chief ma
tons Of Europe, Asia and America,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-25
THE CABiNE EFT.

From The Tribune Bureau
Washington. Dec 2i-The Secretary or
state and Mrs Knox closed their Wash
ington house this morning and went to
their country place at Valley Forge to
remain until Just before New Years Day,
when they will give their annual diplo-
matte breakfast They have had the
Christmas tree which is TO grace the
great living room IN their country house
cut from their own place, and with them
will be for Christmas week their soh-lh-
law and daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. James
Tindle: their sons, Reed, Hugh and Phihp
Knox. with their wives and children.
The Secretary OF the Treasury and Mrs.
MacVeagh have their son, Eames Mac
Veagh. OF Chicago, with them, and are
prepared 10 spend the day quietly at
home. Mrs. MacNeagh secured gifts FOR
her husband and son on her trip to Eu-
rope in the summer. and the men or the
house have been busy all day delivering
gifts 10 her friends.
The Secretary OF War and Mrs. slim
son have their niece Miss Gamble. with
them, and while they will practically dine
alone they viii receive their friends dur
ing the afternoon.
The Attorney General and Mrs. Wicker
sham have a family party 10 enjoy the
festivities OF Christmas With them ana
have a tree for their grandchildren, the
children Of their son-in-law and daughter,
Mr.. ana Mrs Albert Akin. Several Of the
young friends OF their daughter Miss
Constance Wickersham, viii share the
ioys OF the day with them.
The Postmaster General left here to-
night for Boston and Will celebrate
Christmas day with the members OF his
family. lie will return In the next few
days
The Secretary Of the Navy mas gone to
North Carolina 10 Join the members OF
shooting club to which he belongs lbs
bon, George Won l.. Meyer f., went with
him. Mrs. Meyer and the Misses Meyer
are at their home In Scott Circle for the
holidays.
The Secretary OF the Interior and Mrs.
Fisher have been Joined by Walter l..
Fisher, jr.. and Arthur Fisher, their elder
sons. who are students at Harvard. They
will enjoy a Big Christmas tree I'm the
morning and Will have a large fanny
party at their Christmas dinner.
The Secretary OF Agriculture and his
daughter, Miss Flora Wilson. Will have
one OF the merrest dinner parties for
Christmas day. having asked twenty girls
from boarding schools, daughters OF the
Secretary's old friends. 70 dine with them.
\ Christmas tree with fayors will furnish
the table decoration.
All that children mean in a household
AT Christmas time Will bespeak the jol-
Hest day or the year for the Secretary Of
Commerce and LABOR and Mrs. NageL
All their children are with them, and
many OF their chidren's friends Will be
present TO see the big tree lighted. They
will dine without other than casual guests
to-mOrTOW
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-25
CITY MISS sHEMPEL'S lDYL
New York Summit of Ambition
Saws Soprano.

Miss Frieda Hempel, the new colo'a-
tura soprano OF the Metropolitan Ope'"
Company. who arrived yesterday on 'n'
George Washington, received the report
ers i'm the afternoon in her apartment w
tho Hotel Rector. Miss Hempel VINO i
not vet thirty years old. expressed hs'
pleasure at at last arriving in New ORR
II am happy to be a member u ="
METROPOLITAN" was the way she put -
you know, I have been on the s'se
only seven years. two in Schwerin anu
five in Berlin. and New York is the sum
nit of an artists ambition. am ~
sing among other operas. in The Husu'
nots.' The Magic Flute The Barber Q,
Seville Lucia di Lammermoor All.
perhaps also Elsa in 'Lohengrln au'
Eva i'm Die Meistersinger i am II"
tive Of Leipsic and studied the piano "e'
fore | discovered had voice
Miss Hempel makes her America"
debut on Friday night In Les Husu''
nots"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-25
MOTHERS BLAMED BY AUTOIST
Accidents to Children Largely Due to
Their Carelessness, He Says.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir. When the newspapers almost every
day have something new in condemnation
of the careless driver" OF automobiles
II seems TO me that IL is about time Tor
something 10 be said about careless
mothers" who | believe are really more
to blame than any one else FOR children
being run down by automobiles.
Hardly a day passes hut one hears Of a
child being killed by an automobile. | be-
lieve that I'm a very large majority Of
cases such accidents are unavoidable so
far as the driver is concerned. The child
darts in front OF the automobile. and be-
fore even chance TO apply the brakes
Is possible he is under the wheels of the
car.
am a car owner myself. living on the
upper West Side, and have had consid-
erabl. experience in driving the city
streets. / have escaped running over
children hundreds OF times by the closest
or margins. and / consider myself very
careful driver.
Ii seems to me that the two principal
duties OF the motorist, for which he
should be held responsible, are 10 drive
carefully and TO give adequate warning
or his approach. Ny experience is that
the so-called bulb horn. which has been
so universally used. has small success in
gaining attention, either because people
have become ufed 10 It's sound or because
they cannot hear It above the street
noises. II seems TO me that II some loud
er horn were used many accidents wo4ld
be avoided. MOTORIST
New York Dec % 1872
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-25
TRUE TAMMANY SPIRIT.

The mere fact that an urgent appeal
was made 10 the Municipal Civil Ser
vice Commission yesterday TO give tenn
porary appointees an advantage in the
forthcoming examinations for the Blu
reau Of Fire Prevention is eloquent tes-
timony TO the spirit which Tammany
incuIcates toward the merit system.
Fire Commissioner Johnson was al
lowed some months ago to make sew
enty appointments to I'LL these places
temporarily, pending the preparation of
eligible lists, Shich were delayed
through litigation far beyond the stat
sutory term for temporary employment.
Commissioner johnson Of course filled
the places with Tammany beelers. di-
yidiDg them around among the Tam
many sub-bosses, two to district Now
these men have the impudence TO ask
that IN the civil service examination
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-25
A CLEAR DUTY.

Al the hearing on the Tammany-
amended Folks ordinance I'm relation
TO moving picture theatres Mayor
Gaynor indicated that he favored the
provisions compelling structural i'm
provements. but questioned the legal
ity Of the censorship provision In the
amendment on two pOints-the pro-
priety Of any effort TO devolve upon
the Board of Education duties outside
its field, and the constiutionality Of
official censorship by the Board of
Education or any other body. The
committee appointed by the Mayor TO
investigate the subject Of control OF
moving picture exhibitions. on whose
report the Folks ordinance was based.
has urged the Mayor 10 veto the cen
sOrship feature Of the ordinance as
passed. and uphOldS his right TO do so
under Section 30 Of the city charter.
IF the Mayor. having authority TO do
so. approves those features OF the or
dinance which he fully believes to he
wise and vetoes the censorship pro
vision. great step toward improving
conditions physical and moral in the
moving picture world will have been
taken and no harm done. The censor-
ship issue should never have been tied
up with the Folks ordinance. II is a
question apart. However great the
need Of raising the moral tone Of film
exhibitions az TO that the testi-
mony is not all on one side-there is
grave doubt whether an official cen
sorship is q wise or effectual method.
Censorship Of anything beforehand Is
contrary 10 the spirit Of American in
stitutlons. There is ample police power
to protect the public from a vicious
book, play or moving picture, and 1t
Is used from time to time in Difference
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-25
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.


Washington, Dec. 4.-For the first tine
within the memory Of men about the
White House a big Christmas tree
stands in the Blue Room, a place hereto
fore held sacred TO the reception OF dipio-
mats and the formal state functions gwen
by the President. The nieces and nephews
of Mrs. Taft. the children Of Mrs. Thomas
X. I.aughlin and of William Collins Her
ron. are the ones chiefly interested in the
beautiful tree. which is hung over with
chains OF electric lights: but Miss TART
and her brother. Robert Taft. are the
moving spirits. They are the real santa
Clauses from whom no secrets are hidden
so far, but for both OF whom many sur
prises are in store tomorrow.
Mrs. Laughin and her children are at
the White House for the week. Mr.. ana
Mrs. Heron live near by and VIII spend
much of their time there.
Turkeys were given to-day TO the 10
employees OF the White House by tne
order Of the President, and with eafh
went a merry Christmas.
Christmas greetings will be exchahseo
by the President and Mrs. TAFT. VINO are
I'm Panama, with the household at the
White House tomorrow morning.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-25
AN AGREEMENT IN SIGHT.

The public never understood the dis
mte between the Public Service Com
mission and the Brooklyn Rapid Tran
sit Company over interest charges on
money borrowed for construction. Inc
settlement reached is so technical That
few will take the trouble to understand
il. The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com
pany is said TO have yielded: in fact,
SAYS itself that ii has yielded. But
the great gain to the city is not so
much what the company may have sac
rifced in accepting this compromise rs
the reaching of an agreement opening
the way TO the signing Of the rapid
transit contracts.
The Public Service Commission does
right IN protecting the city's interests
wherever IN its Judgment they require
protection. but the public cares little
about details involving relatively small
sums Of money In so vast an undertake
ing. What interests II is 10 see the
contract signed rs soon as possible and
all the uncertainty which a change OF
administration before the closing or
contracts might make removed. This
result seems TO be now assured.
Whatever the yielding with regard to
interest charges may amount 10. the
commission has won substantial ad-
vantage for Brooklyn in obtaining the
fve-cent fare to Coney Island two years
sooner than was expected. This is one
OF many concessions obtained in the
course Of the negotiations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-25
A PROTEST
Why the Fuss About Child Labor
Laws? Asks Correspondent.

TO the Editor OF The New York Tribune.
Sir. Your good paper OF yesterday has
the following news item IN its columns.
ITO Picture Child Labor-Exhibit Pre-
pared 10 Show Working Conditions on
another page OF your paper find the fol-
lowing Band OF Eleven Boy Burglars
Two Young Prisoners Confess 70 Various
Thelts." This state OF affairs has been
brought about b. this child labor agita-
tiou. Some Of the worst crimes are to-
day being committed by children OF ten
der age. The whole thing is but class
legislation. got mp for the benefit OF so
called labor leaders; In fact. all the laws
i'm recent years have been for their
benefit only I am a man past seventy.
Formerly children OF ten. eleven or twelve
years Of age were doing much better when
they were a work-Inore moral in every
way. This did not prevent them from an
education. az they could attend n night
school
This fuss about child labor laws ought
20 stop. Our State Labor Commission
recently admitted that the law cannot be
enforced so why NIL this fuss? Let chill
dren OF those ages. II they will not go TO
school. learn n trade or work I'm stores.
or Offices. and they may be help TO
their parents W. j. PROCTOR.
New York, Dec. =. 1912.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-25
ENCOURAGING WORKERS.

Announcements like that Of the Pub
lie Service Corporation of New Jersey
that hereafter it will pay its women
employees a minimum Of 80 week and
that Of the Pullman Company that il
will advance the wages OF its clerks
from q TO - per cent are peculiarly
appropriate TO the season They may
be regarded by ultra-radcal agitators
as mere temporiZing with the demands
Of labor" but IL is only fair 10 admit
that such actions by great corporations
and the numerous Insurance and retire
ment funds created for employees in re
cent years show q steadily growing
sense Of the responsibility ~ employers
toward the employed.
The two cases in point illustrate this
especially well. The clerk cannot Join
labor union and by its collective bar
gaining power hope to improve his con
dition, though he is subject 10 the in
creased cost OF living along with the
skilled labOrers who have obtained
higher wages This recognition OF the
fact that he needs more pay may prove
the forernnner Of general betterment
Of the conditions Of workers Of his
class. The case Of the women workers
is even more striking. There il is an
admission of the obligation OF the en-
ployer 10 pay not merely Giving
wages as the term is sometimes used.
but enough to free the girls and women
from the temptation to supplement
their stipends by the wages Of the
streets.