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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-03
"SUBS" FOR MRS. BELMONT
Mrs. Hale Addresses Suffraoo
Meeting in Passaic.
lBy Telesrsph,to Tho Tribune. :


Pass2ic, y. j.. Feb. 2.-Twcntv.e,
tauk Theatre here this afternoon to boar
Ms. Forbes Robertson Hale, the actress
and Mrs. Minnie J. Reynolds. Legislative
secretary Of the Equal Suffrage League
i'm New Jersey, speak on equal suffrage
originally Mrs. o. u. T. Belmont and
Mrs Ida Hustled Harper were TO address
a suffrage meeting here to-day, but af,e,
the use of the high school audl,oriur,
and Smith Academy had been refused
and fight between two branches OF s,,..
frdge workers here over Mrs. Belno,,
these women declined TO come here
Bird Wilson Spencer former uayor
presided Robert g. Bremner. Congress.
man-elect; william Hughes Senator.
elect: Joseph \. Delaney and William =
Kernin Assemblymen. and ex-senator
IIinchliffe were in the audience. Resolu.
tons were passed calling for bill put.
ting the question of equal suffrage be.
fore the people Of the state al special
election.
In explaining. the militant campaign IN
England Mrs Hale said only two Of IN.
fifteen suffrage bodies in that country
were militant and one of these was
only half so. The real militant orsani-
zati6n was headed and practically owned
by Mrs. and Miss Pankhurst she said
and the Pankhursts thought the only
way to get anything from the men was
10 make them uncomfortable
Mrs. Reynolds spoke Of the accomplish.
ments of equal suffrage and said New
Jersey women would vote in a reason.
ably short time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-03
RAID NETS FIFTEEN PRISONERS
Alleged Proprietor of Flat Had Con-
cealed Weapons, Police Say.

police early Yesterday morning raidcd an
alleged disorderiy apartment in seventh
avenue. between ;Gth and 31th streets. and
arrested eleven men and four women OF
a charge OF disorderly conduct. An adj
ditional charge OF Carrying concealed
weapons was lodged against Dolly Will
Jams. the occupant Of tho fat.
Magistrate O'Connor. in tho West Side
court before whom tho prisoners were
arraigned held Miss Williams In 500
bail for examination to-day. and the other
prisoners were fined s. each. which they
paio Sis prisoners we're taken at the
urf yious raid. and Clarence Wing. who
occupied the Fat NJ the time. was SEN
fenced 10 thirt' days In the workhousc.
The other prisoners 90, Eve days each.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-03

nizcd by Governor Sulzer and his invest.
eating committee. The proposal of H..
Governor IL TO reform II by maxim e
single headed commission. lie seeks -
throw dust i'm the peoples eyes by cas-, ~
ing the blame on the arrangemcrt where
by the State Engineer and Superinierdes,
of Public Works were made members .,
the Dix commission. The real reason ~
its failure was the wholesale dis.
placement Of tried expert employees end
the substitution OF partisan cmplovas
which encouraged and brought about tho
use of the department as a more acon"v
for serving the interests OF the parry In
power instead Of making the departmon,
an efficient instrument Of state COW
eminent.
The biggest business proposition thu,
the state has ever undertaken should bo
conducted upon a business basis and M,
partisan basis" Mr.. IIinman SAYS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-03
Pupils Drop Out.

In Bdchman's report cites statistics
proving that many thousands Of pupils
drop from school during a single school
term II states that 1851 boys and H.
1S4 girls. a total Of "0.33a. or 5.i7 per
cent Of the total enrolment Of pupils in
the public schools Of New York City.
dropped from the regular classes Of the
elementary schools during the February
June term in 1871. This means that one
pupil in each twenty enrolled In regular
classes left school before the end Of the
term. The report continues.
Of these drop-outs. l5.aH pupils OF 5l.H
per cent, were subject To the compulSory
education law. and that l5.sH pupils OF
COMPULSORY school age dropped nom
school during a single term II 4 serious
matter and investigation should he made
a. 20 what extent these pupils had legal
reasons for being out Of school and 10
what extent their being out was du" 10
inef'lcicncy Oh the part Of the department
Of compulsory attendance.
Near the end Of his summary Professor
IIanus says:
I'VE find that. considering each of the
alleged causes Of non-promotion separate
ly part time and oversize OF classes are
responsible for relatively few nou-promo-
tons: that irregular attendance is "A do
ciGed factor in increasing the number Of
non-promotions: that late entrance to
school and sluggish mentality as cX-
pressed i'm rctardation are material fac
tors in causing promotion: that in
ability to uso the English language in
crcases decidedly the number Of non-pro-
motions in the relatively small numLcr Of
puDils affected
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-03
HOTEL FIRE IMPERILS MANY
Have Just Time to Escape Before
Flames Destroy Jersey Building.

ny Telegraph 10 The Tribune
Pennington. y. j., Feb. 2-The large
hotel building belonging TO James ~.
CUsick. Of Pennington. and conducted by
l.. y. Burnham. at PittstoWn. was de-
stroyeG by fire with it's contents about 3
O'Clock this morning.
When discovered The fire vas beyond
control. Awakened by the flames. the in
mates he'd Just time to make their os-
cape and nothing was saved 1t Is no;
known how the fire originated The loss
may reach $1,000, which II partly covered
Is insurance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-03
MORE CRITICISM FOR
NEW YORK'S SCHOOLS
DR.. BaChman Says Lack of In
spring Leadership Is Their
Greatest Fault.
PROMOTION RATE TOO LOW
Cleveland Educator Thinks
Badly Planned Courses and
Weak Administration Are
Big Flaws in System.

Dr Frank J.. Bachman. former ssso-
cate superintendent of schools in Glove
land. added Yesterday his report OF Pro
motion. Non-promotion and Part Time"
10 the gradually accommodating mono
graphs on New Yorks publ school sys-
tom prepared under the supervision OF
Professor Paul H. fiJnus. Of Harvard.
Dr. BaChman criticised publicly two or
three months ago tine "oyer-agc Stats
tics gathered by city Superintendent
Maxwell. This was preliminary TO tho in
PREDICTION of one OF the main contentious
Of ms report. TO wit:
There are Thousands Of pupils In each
their age entities :ncm 10 b.. There are
pupils ~ the second grade who, by rca-
son Of th,ir age, should he IA tho eighth
grade: pupils In the third grade who
should Ice IN college, and pupils gradual
ing rom the elementary school who
should be- in college. In the sixth and
lower grades alone there are ij,Na1
pupils VINO n" already fourteen years of
age. Ia the seventh grade lG.J. ana in
the eighth grade 2tJ9,. OF 4 total OF -
pupils who Instead Ct dragging along nc-
tween the first and eighth gradca should
have their elementary education behind
'EcW ana b" either at work or IN high
school
Making The data n; hand the basis OF
judgment. D. appears that children as "A
rc@im" OF the elementary school much. {
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-03

2 yards, S2.6s, regularly $3.50.
2x2lz yds., $3.50. regularly $3.50.
2x3 yards, 81. regularly $3.50.
Napkins, "a inches square. $3.50
dozen, regularly $3.50.
Scalloped table cloths of good
damask. in various dinner sizes, at
s5.25 to $8.75, regularly $3.50 to
Sl0.50.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-03

2 yards square, $.2S.
2x2Ia yards, IS.
2x3 yards. $3.50.
2Ilx2H yards. S6.7S.
Dinner napkins, rs inches square,
$3.50 dozen.
Another group of Irish damask
table cloths have come from the
importer to sell at about usual land
ing price in this country:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-03

Scalloped napkins to match. "a
inches square, Sl0.2S and Sl2 dozen.
regularly $3.50 and Sl4.2S.
Other Notable Linens
Irish dress linens. pure white, for
waists. childrcn's dresses and un-
dcrclothes. SO inches wide, SOC yd.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-03
Six 10 Fourteen Proper Age.

IN, practice Of holding pupils in ;Hc
elementary schools Of the City of New
York jntii long AFTER they are fourteen
wears OF age should be discontinued. and
attendance should be limited 10 the
period between six and fourteen. To be
sure. the education OF children fourteen
wears OF age who arc still foundorins
IN the fourth or tirth grades Is not 10 ne
considered complete but the further edu-
cation OF such children should not be re-
earded as the legitimate work 81 the
ordinary elementary school
The Board Of Education has maintained
that school congestion. part time, late en-
trance. diversified classes and the presence
Of large numbers Of children unfamiliar
with the English language are the chief
causes of the failure of schools to function
properly. IN. Bachman's report. how
ever. falls ~ with those Of Professor I'd
ward G. Elliott and Professor Frank VI.
McMurry IN contcnding that the admin
istrativc system the lack Of inspiring
leadership. The course Of study and un-
ruly children are among the chief weak
uessts Of this citys school system.
Above all. Dr. Bachman's report points
out that the problems to be faced can be
studied statsucally. In direct contradic-
ton Of the contentious Of several members
Of the Board Of Education. notably John
II. lTaaren. who Ike 10 ridicule this
method OF measurement.
1--WE found" writes Professor Tianus
ir his summary OF Or Bachman's report,
that i'm all the borogghs the rate Of pro-
motion was lowest in ] \ grade ranging
from 1877 per cent to 5G.31 per cent. and
highest in the T. grade. ranging from
95.5I per cent 70 s5..J per cent In the
i,mainug grades the rate Of promotion
ranged from about s. per cent 20 about
- per cent The problem Of increasing
the rate Of promotion IN the y grade
f.. primarily question Of getting the
pupils into school al the beginning ~ the
term and keeping them there
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-03

Face towels, crepe, diamond dis.
per. buck and Irish oatmeal weaves
best towels in America at IS doz;
Guest towels that were S4.z0 ana
$3.50 dozen, now So.
Fancy linens, GOO to S3.75. were.
Sl.S7 to $3.50.
Belfast scarfs and shams. en-
broidered and hemstitched 81 each.
First floor, Old Building.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-03
Household Linens for the New Furniture

Two
TheSao on Of French Linens tid with d nc
and
has o g
paten
Many th h d NJ e. ho chys m
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-03
&M Nnm<% z
The Unerring Test-Does the Public Like it,

1t matters not what the producers say before the
presentation or the critics in the newspapers afterwards
the people have the final say. They determine aoSo-
lutelv whether it shall be success or a failure.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-03

X & + POneecs-Baroness
Cascadeuse, SIPS yard, regu-
larly 81 and $3.50; Arab Pom
gee. SIPS yard, regularly $l.75
and 81; Jasper Pongee, $l.25
yard, regularly Sl.s0 and 81;
Black Pongee, $l.25 yard, reg
ularly $1.s0 and 81; Indro Pom
gee, 75c yard, regularly ST.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-03
The February Sale of Silks

Among the best-made silks in America
l53660 yards of themenough to stock average store
for three monhs-yet much sold last
single week.
Also these silks are exceedingly fashionable.
AS had first choice naturally selected the most pop
uar of all the silks in the six Roger Thompson
Givernaud mills.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-03

R&T Tub SiIks-FOr Men S
Shirts, Summer Waists and
Drcsscs-S Striped Tub Silks,
Csc yard, heretofore, Sl.25 and
$l.35; Tub Crepcs, Sl.20 yard,
heretofore, $l.50 and So; Plain
Washable Silk, SIPS yard, reg
ularly s..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-06
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CHRISTIAN must feel At Beaares. e.
pecialiy in early morning visits u the
temples. and that is a conviction ~
IN" sincerity. the .self-sacriiice, the devo-
ion - devolt Hindus.
At I'll" great festivals these CHATS ar
;hron.ced with hundreds Of thousands
Of pilgrims. who crowd into he river.
We'll content II the urging mass from
the shore push them out into deep
water so that they are drowned Ine
government. with a hard. matier-of-
fact benehcence. provides police boats
winch put out and pitilessly rescue
these ready martyrs.
the city is full Of sacred learning.
Handit Johnson. as he - called. - Tn
Church Missionary Society. pr".'chcs
from time To time in Sanscrit. ant 60
Hindus crowd TO hear the -. 80 an
pandit showing them the good .hn-s
in the Shastras. though his OBJ =
to demonstrate that they H"f' not
types and forecasts Of Christian f.a'i.
Hinduism is entrenched in the r"si'.s
the rites. the customs, tne love - -
sands Of years Buddhism has re-. a
cast out Only "A stray scGlptur" ."re
and there in Renares and The ru.ts ~
Sarnak remind the visitor that BrdIht
ever existed. Islam invaded anu s"i-
auered and ruled India Tor hume Ids
Of years. leaving exquisite monuments
OF IT'S architecture and community -
6o.000.o0o followers - the pt"i'
But Hinduism and Renares renal tie
same Mother Gauges - divine, 20
wash in her waters and 70 driuE =
them IL better than the teaching 80
the prophet Another religion L 10"
appealing to Hinduism. In TINS Gay
are Christian colleges anu sSh"''i M
perhaps the most respected man III t"r
city is Mr. A. {. Nukerii. she toy
clerk and honorary pastor u 'hFis-
fian church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-06
A Little Dogs Soliloquies.

From the Strand.
This has been great day for me.
have left my mother and have taken a
situation. My master is an ugly little fell
low named Prettyman. In spite OF his
conceit, he seems a bit of fool. Nor
has his wife, who is not a bad looking
woman, many brains, l should say. They
have baby-a hdeous lump of lard
named Chicky. He is aged about year
and a half, and is bachelor [ believe.
Apparently L am to be companion to this
1t is not much of a career for me, and
whether / shall be able to consort with
one who is immeasurably my intel
lectual inferior remains tC be seen. Be-
sides, now that they have a nice little
dog | do no see that they need a baby
They live in n fat but j should say they
are fairly Well-to-do. | am not quite
sure whether Mr.. Prettyman is a gentle
man, or whether he earns his living
They have provided Il rather handsome
passage. 1t seems queer to have a house
within a house. but | am glad to have it,
as it gives one the landed proprietor feel
ing somehow. | dare say | shall be all
ri,, hit here. 1t is a great thing to be in
dependent at last and to be free of my
fussy old mother and her eternal lectures
Dog-tired after my journey from the
country, l slept like top as soon as /
turned in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-06

Who's wont to couch his thoughts
in words of weight and magnitude
to sling the langwidge. as it were
by lSw-browed ginks eschewed-and
with the commas help to stroll some
forty miles away from whatf per-
chance-or else mayhap-he started
out to say (the while inserting side
lines, just as often as he please, our
best grammarians would place within
parentheses) nor needs the pleading
period. but tells the same begone. and.
though his sentence gi jws apace. just
rattles on and on-and on. while read
ers doze and sleep and wake to stretch
their frames? (Here pause and take
deep, long breath) His Noblits-
Henry James.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-06
PRIVILEGES OF AMBASSADOR.
Has the Right to Turn His Back on
England's King.
From paarson.s waat1r

From Pearson's Weekly.
London has just welcomed a new am
bassador from the United States-a New
York editor. The honor has gone beg
ging for some time, most of the refuSals
being due to the fact that while am
bassadors have to entertain iaviShly,
America pays it's representatives too
small salaries to support the dignity.
Another reason is the American dislike
for court ceremony. One distinguished
senator to whom DR.. Wilson offered the
ambaSSadorShip Is said to have replied:
4 cannot see myself in plush pants
Ambassadors have curious privileges.
Most people know that they and their
households are safe from arrest, an en-
baSSy being considered a geographical
part of the ambassadors own country
But there are many less Well known.
The ambassador is the only person about
a court who has the right to turn his
back on the sovereign at the end of an
interview And he always exercises it,
turning TO bow after walking three
PAGES. This. of course, refers only to
state occasions. This worked out rather
funnily in Queen Victorfa's time To
turn ones back on lady would be rude.
to retire backward would be to resig On
a pr1vilege-so the ambassadors always
compromised by edging sideways toward
the door like a crab.
Another privilege of ambassadors is
the right Of having both leaves Of the
folding doors thrown open when being
uSItTeu INTO the royal presence. No
one else can claim this privilege.
Another highly priced privilege of the
ambassadOr-One that sovereigns must
often regrets that OF being able to
demand an interview with the sovereign
whenever he chooses. at any hour of
the day or night
The sword is the ambassadors emblem
OF honor. 1t is a long rapier with a
blunted point. One great diplomatist-
the late Lord Dufferin-used to say that
the only practical use he ever found for
1T was to poke fires with and file bills
on.
The new American ambassador. how
ever, VIII wear neither sword nor court
costume. American representatives stick
to plain black
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-06
NORTHERN W|LDS
0Iden Trail Between Van
couver and Hudson Bay.
THE OVERLAND EXPRESSES
Some Early Nineteenth Century His
tory Made Available by Royal
Society OF Canada.
THE OVERLAND EXPRESSES
From the Portland oregonian.

From the Portland oregunian.
1t Is stated in the school histories of
Oregon that the Hudsons Bay Company
which controlled the coast region from
about 1870 10 1910. communicated reg
ularly with the home office of tine monop-
oily by means OF overland expresses 4
party of capable men with a We'll tried
leader set out from Vancouver every
spring ana made their WAY to Fort York.
near the mouth of Nelson river. on HUI L
son bay. AT about midsummer another
party left Fort York for Vancouver. 60
ing over the same route in the opposite
direction. Dispatches and other i'm
portant matter We're carried both HaNs.
Ships from London reached Fort York
at fixed intervals and thus communication
was maintained without interruption be
tween the most distant parts of the Hud-
son $ Bay Company's vast empire and
the heart of the civilized world. Hitherto
not great deal of Information has been
available to the public about the country
through which these expeditions travel
ed. imagination, having but few facts
To work with. has pictured II as a
forlorn desolation wrapped in perpetual
snow and haunted by the terrors of star
walton and arctic .nld
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-06
Value of High Mortality.

From tilt Aflali3t
Great mortality in itself i no NJ es-
sar-ily a great racial catastrorha. indeed
il is. in the face of the seometrica! pro-
gression by which reproduction moves
one of the veritable conditions ~ ad-
vance in animal life. Throughout the
kingdom of life. plant as well - animal!
tr,. ovarproduction Of individuals ana
their reduction b. death in a fractional
part of the original number : one If
the basic conditions Of progress II Oar
wirism is . sound explanation =, or
ganic evolution For this death viii be
in the nature Of things seiertiVe and
Fence will make for the modification q
the species toward a condition 81 tier
aGaptaf lion 70 conditions Of lie Indeed.
Ii. upnollarS 81 war have aS"d pretiS''fN
the argument OF wars high NOR atty
as a proof Of wars real beneficenc~ 70
The race. Ammnn. for example. consist
ent develops this thesis. cola-hlno i"a' !.
to its logica extreme and Seeck ana
numerous others are attracted ~ i ~
certain degree.
However the advantage 81 mortality
depends upon the inpartiality - IN. ap-
nliration OF its causes. submit the whole
incubation to a stress Of living that ie-
suits in a certain mortality. ana TINS Sc
lection hy death MAY he advantageous 10
m, race II ma. weed OFT the weak. the
hiaioyically incompetent. the stupid - IN.
depraved II may be a publication by firs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-06
POETS IN RIVALRY.
Contests in Writing Between Bards
That Are Immortal

From London TIT Bits
II might be thought that first rate
poets would not indulge. in competitive
efforts in their great art But such
i BY no means the case. For IN
stance two of the greatest poems IN
the language. Keats "Endymion and
,heIIev.s Revolt of Islam were writ
Ten in friendly competition by their
famous authors. the one going to the
IsIe of Wight and the other to the lovely
upper Thames to complete their re-
SDective tasks. =
Cowden Clarke tells in his "Recollec-
ions" how, December 80. 1916. he &C
,ompanied Keats on a visit TO Leigh
Hunt at the latter's cottage on Ramp,
stead Heath, and how Hunt challenged
Keats 10 write then, there and 10 yme
Il sonnet on The Grasshopper and the
, 'ricket" Keats gained the victory over
his rival in point OF time. put 6rl.,cs
are agreed that Hunt wrote better
sonnet.
Strangely enough. the finest sonnet
Leigh Hunt ever wrote. and certainly
one of the finest In the language, mis-
splendid Nile sonnet. was the result OF
"A friendly competition between him and
two infinitely greater poets. Keats ana
Shelley. 1t is one Of the curlosin ne .6 OF
same subject should be. In quality, In
inverse ratio to the genius or the writ
ers. for Hunts Is Enthusiastically the best
Keats second and Shelley's bad third
Oliver Goldsmith was defective In con-
yersational powers and was occasionally
made the butt of the witticisms of the
famous club of which he was q member.
and which included such men as john
son. Garrick Burke and Reynolds one
night ii was proposed to write mock
epftaphs on him, his country, dialect
and person furnishing subjects of sar-
castle comment
These efforts were read aloud in Colds
smiths hearing. and he was CHALLENGED
10 retaliate. The next evening he came
10 the club and read his famous satirical
poem. entitled Retaliation" in which
he has put all his great contemporaries
in pickle till the crack of doom 1t is
a series of brilliant portraits In words,
as repIete with well known quotations"
as Hamlet" one OF the best being that
on Garrick:
He cast on his friends as a huntsman his pack.
Sor he knew when he pleased he could whistle
them back
When Robert Burns was little known
beyond the circle of his village cronies,
there came to the tavern which he
patroniZed man named Andrew Horner,
who was on his way to Edinburgh to
try to get a volume of verse published
of which he was very vain. Burns
friends pitted the two poets against each
other. heavily backing their comrade
win.
Out Of respect for his age Burns gave
Homer first innings, and he started with
the line:
In seventeen hummer thretty-nine.
explaining that as that was the year of
his BIRTH 1t made a good beginning. But
ne hummed and hawed and scratched his
pate. and not another line would follow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-06
Pointed Paragraphs.

I.uck may he merely a case - not
being found out.
Rut there is little marrow in the bone
of contention.
Not every ideal lover makes -ood
husband
II takes a clever child to keep rom
saving smart things.
Two is company. but three Is Pul-
titude when father butts in.
Perhaps whisky really does improve
with age-when il gets the chance.
Would YOU try to fatter married
man by telling him that he do'-sn I
look il?
There would Toe more popular Songs
4 some people wouldn't try I" n
them.
More women misht he able I" sat"
money if the dry Goods stores would
cease having fareain sales.
If marriages are made y aeaN'I ~
refuse 10 hazard guess - 4" the
place where divorces arr manufactured