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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-19
MRS. LETTERS WILL FILED
Children and Grandchildren to
Share Her Estate.

Washington. March N-Thc VIII o.
Mrs. Mary r. Letter. widow Of Lew H'
Letter. Of Chicago. dated june Fi-
was filed Tor probate to-day Beques's
amounting to SjoC00 are made TO '.'
Earl of Suffolk and Sir Colin Campoe"
her sons-in-iaw. as trustees. FOR he' i0''
granddaughtcrs The children are 20 ~
ceive the income until they reach H''-
jority.
OF this amount Mary Irene Curzon ls "
have $4,000. Mary NJ. Campbell N'o''
Cynthia Curzon SlooGo and AleNa''ul"
Cur1on 100000 The children are wv
daughters Of the late Lady '"'@'"
daughter of Mrs. Letter
Joseph Letter. son. is given n9
mothers holdings in the Washington "a'
Company stock. her stock in the An'e''
can Security and Trust Company "''
other securities He also is to take DIV
third Of the remaining estate.
The daughters of Mrs. Letter 'n'
Countess of Suffolk and Mrs. Canpoe"
are to divide jewels left by their ino'"'"
and each is to have one-third OF the ~
naming estate. the value of when Is INV
disclosed :,
The Earl and Countess or Suitoih ar
Colonel Colin Campbell. Of the b'i'S
army. have arrived To attend the o"''.
service Of Mrs Letter. which was Wv,
poned until the countess could come ~
her home in England. The body WI"
buried i'm Rock Creek Cemetery, III ~"
Letter family plot
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-19
GIFTS TO THE PRESIDENT.

President Wilson has laid down the
sensible rule of returning gifts from
persons whom he doesn't know. That
decision ought 10 crafty the express
companies and will also make much
additional business for the parcel post.
Heretofore many thousands OF we'll
meaning citizens have tried 10 show
their respect for the President by send
ing him prize specimens Of their handi-
work or inventive genius and freak
crowthS Of their farms and gardens.
Other thousands have become gift max
ers in the hope Of securing a little adj
vertisement Every day has been Do
nation Day at the White House. and
the head of the nation has been more
# victim than a beneficiary Of an
Tnwarranted extension of the season Of
Christmas cheer.
Now the razor StrOpS. patent can
openers. amorphous pumpkins. Rhode
Island turkeys. bronco ponies and rec
ord milk yielding Jersey cows will go
back 10 All consignors whom the Presi-
dent does not recognize as personal
friends. The White House will become
under the new order less OF store
bouse for curiosties. animate and in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-19
SOMETHING ON RILEY

The word is said to have been passed
around in Albany Get something on
Riley" Riley being the person whom
Governor Sulzer wants 10 have con-
firmed as successor 10 State Superin-
tcndcnt of Prisons Scott What more
does the Legislature need on Riley:
Riley has no fitness for the job 10
which Governor SulZer has appointed
him. That Job calls for man familiar
with what is being done 10 make a
term in Jail both a punishment ana Il
means of redemption. The only pun
i>hment Riley knows anything about
* the punishment of a bOss's frown
and the only redemption he knows
ANYTHING about is the redemption OF
an election district from the Republl-
cans. The vacant place at the head
Of the Prison Department requires
penoogist and an able administrator.
Riley is only politician.
Bnt Tammany can't reject a man for
office because he is merely politician
without going back on its own prac-
tees. If il should do So we should
bp prepared To believe that the boss
has turned public servant and that. as
The Evening Post" said while the in
nuence Of the presence in Room IL
al Rochester was still strong upon it,.
Mr." Murphy was "actuated only by
the best Of motives.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-19
ARM IN ARM.

For better for worse. for richer for
poorer the female of bygonc century
who flultcred on strong mans arm Is
very nearly extinct in America.
The male of to-day is lucky if he l.
not wallopcd on the tennis court, out
SWum. Outgolfcd and outwalkcd. On
that most crucial of all occasions when
old fashions come most 10 the fore. a
bride sometimes succeeds i'm trembling
like leaf or looking faint or suggest
inG by some ingenious manner Of post
IRE or speech that she is poor weak.
dcfenccleSS thing. But the attitude sell
dom lasts beyond the church door.
So The current pOw-wOw in Paris and
London over the rules for arm-in-arm
walking will have only an academic in
tercSt on this side of the ocean. Side
by side. yes. But perish the thought
of strong woman clinging tO anything
save her own sure Sclf-cOnhdcncc,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-19
OUT OF "PICKWICK.'

We were all thrilled 70 the marrow
hy the tale that came from Governor
Suffers vicinity on Monday of how h"
had "circumycntcd" Murphy. There
was only one fault to be found with
H. and that was purely verbal. why
did he use the harsh word "circum-
vented
The status of that word was settled
once for all i'm the conversation be-
tween Mr. Weller and his son Samucl
when the elder Weller was advising
the Younger upon the composition OF
love letter. Samuel was stuck.
"Circumwcnted p'raps" suggested
Mr. Weller. ...
cumscribcd: that's IL
"That amt as good a word a CIR
cumwented. sammy" said Mr. Weller
gravely.
"Nothiu' like it," replied his father
But don't lou think it means more
inquired Sam. ,.
"Von. p'raps it is more tenderer
word" said Mr. Weller after few
moments reflection.
Governor Sulzcr should have used
circumscribcd as more tcndcrer. AS
state leader he can afford 10 he mcrci-
ful-m words.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-19
CLOTHES AND MORALS.

II * easy 10 Join i'm the laugh nj the
statesman from Cincinnati who wants
to preserve the morals Of Ohio by pro-
hihiting pcck-a-boo waists and the DIS
play of more than two inches of neck.
But does not this Victorian attitude
toward modcSty and morals survive IN
The background OF a good many Anglo
Saxon minds? We have learned TO
walk upon legs" instead of limbs
And the four supports of table no
longer contain any certain impllcatio''
of sin. But how far have we out
grown the point of view of the ONO
legislator:
Not nearly rs completely as we are
apt 10 think. we suspect. And for an
other guess. il may well ne that our
sense of proprcty is rather slow TO
change and Of fairly Stodgy compo-
Ston and intelligence.
The question is not one Of theory
hut of fact. As Il theory we all may
he ready 10 hold that modcSty Is nor
the cause of clothes. but the result "l
them: that clothing. i'm the dim past
had no such satisfactory origin aN Inc
protection of morals. and that our
sacred rules of propricty are nothing
but customs. largely arbitrary. illogical
and absurd. The gentleman from en-
cinnati is shocked by bare shoulders; n
Mahomctan would he just as shocked
10y a bare face. And 50 il goes through
all the complex and contradictory rules
of the different races.
But the way we achieved our present
rules and the readiness with which we
welcome Il change i'm them are Nv"
quite different matters. The fat =
that We have been living 10y certain
fairly fixed standards for a good long
while. In the last years. along with q
growing habit Of frankncss in speech.
has developed q readiness 10 modify
certain rules Of propriety in the inter
est of health. comfort ana convenience
as well rs beauty and art. 80 far aS
these are the real causes Of changes
the movement can he viewed only aS 4
wholesome and desirable reform
But that other factors can creep IN
and have crept in nobody can deny.
Moreover. Il time Of changing customs
is time of farrcaching REIMBURSEMENT.
So II is desirable not to have changes
take place too rapidly. The resisting
power of Il little prejudice and pur'
blindness performs an eXcellen, pub
lie service here.
\ laugh * certainly due the Cincin-
natl idea that YOU can elevate morals
bv concealing the human form. But IN
the general hilarity we need not FOR
get that q sense Of modc~ty is very
solid and useful member Of society.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-19
BORIS, THE BOYAR.

To-nigbt'S first performance of the
new opera Boris Godunoff' will be
Of interest apart from its musical and
dramatic aspects as pendant to the
celebration of the tercentenary OF the
Romanoff dynasty, which has just been
commanding the attention of Russia
and has not been unnoticed by the re-
mainder Of the world.
Boris. the Great Boyar. as he is often
called. was not only one of the great
est of Russian Cars He was the only
one. save the miscellaneous False Di-
nlitrvs. who belonged 10 neither OF the
Two dynasties which have ruled Russia
from the beginning of its history. lie
was a sort of Tartar Cromwell. inter
iected. as q protector Of the realm. be
tween the last Rurikovitch and the first
Romanoff
\ gigantic figure. dominating an
cpochal passage in Muscovite annals.
and on the whole greatly benelicent to
his time and place, he merits the in
creased remembrance which may be in
duced by the portrayal of some cpl
Sodes Of his career upon the operate
straightforward the picture of him may
lie far from historic truth.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-19
The Cabinet.

The Postmaster General and Mrs. Bur
Lesson have been Joined at the Powhatan
by their daughter. Miss Sidney Bureson.
a student at a Virginia school. Their
younger daughter. Miss Lucy Burleson.
Will join them in a day or two and 70
main for the spring holiday.
The Secretary OF the Navy and Mrs.
Daniels have leased Single Oak. the SUBJ
urban home of Mr.. and Mrs Charles ?
Johnston. in Woody Lane. The house IL
surrounded by about ten acres, and got
its name from a giant oak which stands
on the lawn Single Oak adjoins the
home Of the Senator from Nevada and
Mrs. Newlands. known as The Oaks and
occupied during one or two seasons as a
summer home by the late President and
Mrs Cleveland The Bachelors Tennis
Court also adjoins the Danielses' new
home.
The Secretary and Mrs. Daniels viii
leave tonight for their home in North
Carolina. and will return on Saturday
when they will take possession Of Single
Oak.
Miss Agnes Wilson. daughter OF the
Secretary Of Labor and Mrs Wilson has
gone to her home in Blossburg. Penn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-19

Mr.. and Mrs. Edward 3. Mclean Of
Washington. may purchase Gray Craig
a large property in Middetown. from the
estate Of the late j. Mitchell Clark.
Besides making interior improvements
to Bleak House. Mr.. and Mrs. Marsden I
Perry will have the breakwater at their
cottage enlarged TO permit landing place
for yachts.
Or. and Mrs. Henry Barton Jacobs. OF
Baltimore, are to return here in the sum-
mer after a seasons absence abroad.
Mrs. French Vanderbilt and her son
who nave been spending the winter
abroad. are expected back before the end
of April They are to sail on April ..
accompanied by Mi and Mrs +. Lothrop
Ames.
Charles u. Oolrichs is at his mothers
cottage i'm Kay street for a few days
Mrs. Frederick Pearson has ordered her
cottage prepared for early occupancy
this spring.
Miss e. ogden Jones and her niece. Miss
Caroline Jones. Of Washington. have
gone % New London for a short visit
with relatives.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-19
SCHOOL OFFICERS AT WAR
Convention of Accountants De
Clared Star Chamber. "

Pittsburgh. March lS-That the annual
convention Of the National Association
of School Accounting officers. held re-
Gently at Philadelphia. was star
chamber affair operated by school secre-
taries of New York. Chicago. st. Louis,
Boston. Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
was charged to-day by George $. Sam
son. assistant controller. and August
Hitler. statistican. Of the Pittsburgh
Board of Education.
II is alleged the secretaries OF the six
cities mentioned divided among them
selves the offices and committee assign
ments. Pretty papers were read" il is
declared containing nicely worded
phrases and glittering gcneralities. but
two of the three delegates from Pitts
burgh-the two being the real accounting
of'icers-were entirely ignored"
we believe" said Samson and Hitler,
that no good will be accomplished tow
ard establishing uniform system Of
accounting. and that many cities Will not
adopt the conclusions Of the convention,
and in view of the fact that only secre-
taries are considered members and have
vote we recommend that the Pitts
burgh Board of Education withdraw its
membership"
Further action has been postponed
pending report OF committee appoint
ed to make an investigation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-19
FASHIONS IN GOVERNMENT.

Fashions in government, like FASH
ions in clothes. 60 in cycles. The Penn
>ylvania Proere>siycS have been rum
maeing in the political garnet and found
part Of a costume of l31 years ago.
which they are sure is Just the thing
for Miss Liberty TO don. They say q
twO-piece legislative system is ham
pering TO her movements. Therefore,
they propose TO abolish the state Sen
ate and have only one house 10 make
their laws.
If they look into their own history
they will find that their forcbearS tried
the same experiment and il was I'M
satisfactory Tie first constitution of
Pennsylvania. in 1916. conferred the
supreme legislative power on a House
Of Representatives. which enacted the
will of the people without practical
restraint. II anticipated the new taste
even further by establishing a com
mission form Of administration for the
state. creating council of twelve per-
sons to perform all executive functions.
The Legislature was left TO square It's
own actions by the constitution. except
that once in seven years a council oil
censorS was authorized TO examine
and report whether the constitution
was being obeyed and the laws en-
forced
This system was endured for four
teen years. voted a failure and in 1870
Il new constitution was made prOvid-
ing for two houses and Il Governor.
according 10 the fashion which then
ana for century since has been gen
orally regarded as most becoming for
the free exercise of ordered liberty.
For many years political philosophers
have been treating the bicameral SyS-
TEN as one of the great discoveries oil
the science of free government. dcS-
tined 10 permanent and universal APP
pllcatiOn. But they were wrong. ac-
COrding to some modern notions. just
rs those who see Il panaccI in Il single
house unchecked in the execution OF
the popular mandate are wrong. Politi-
cal thought is getting around Ia an OLD
point in its orbit. that Is all. What
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-19
THE HUERTA GOVERNMENT
To Recognize 1t Would Be Blow to
Constitutional Government.

To tho Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: II would be- terrible mistake FOR
our government to recognize the Infamous
Hucrta government until the people 'i
Mexico have had time 10 pass their yer
diet on the situation General Huerta ha~
announced his purpose to restore the ar
bitrarv methods of DiaZ and. 50 far as
he has the power is already displacin|
Governors 81 various states and sub
stltuting his followers. That his purpos"
will not bc easily successful Us evident
from the fact that General Diaz with All
his great ability and unQuestioned sue
cose i'm building mp the country. with inc
prestige OF thirtg years of absolute DON'T
nation. found 10 wise 10 ~curry out or
the country when tho business mon SCI
ordcd the demand of Madero for their
rights under tho constitution. especially
I'm the control of their local affairs. O'r
recognition at this time would discourage
the rising tide ~ loyalty 10 tho con-
stitutiou. tho only form Of government
that PROMISE pormanou,e. u might
work irreusrabi" injury 20 the appiica -
tiou Of peaceful constitutional methods
10 tho affairs Of Latin America. for t1"
adoption of which The United states Is
asserting strenuous though hcneficent 81
FORTS
our ambassador. Henry Lane Wilson.
has ably served his country. with an ey"
single 20 its honor and the welfare OF MS
fellow citizens. He is "a man of keen IN
t.llcct and of scholarly attaiuments. Ills
manner OF ifr is refined ana democratic
he can Doc easily approached and has
ever been a. the service % any wort y
American citizen MS fearless attention
20 hIs duties a. reported oy the press.
during the tate turmoil IN the CitH Of
Mexico is what might have been cN-
p.ct.d Of him. But in including General
Huerta iu tine clean tiil ~ health which
he gave to 4u th, higher officers OF th"
present government hr exceeded q reason
ahl. conclusion from the facts governing
the situation.
Iu recommending thar Our government
Immediately recognize the government
founded on trca oherv and murder he has
taken ground tuat coufound~ ~ least one
Of his friends
HARD-HEADEp VETERAN.
N-w York. March d. 1873
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-19

animate. In Colonel Roosevclt'S time
there would have been ample use Ior
aquarium and mcnagcrie anneXcS. Here
after the student Of natural history
will have to cut out the White House
gardens aud stables and betake himself
t. the Rock Creek Zoo. That by the
way, was the final station of most of
the fauna presented TO President Roo>e-
welt
Mr.. Wilson has his hands full with
the wild asses" now trying 10 break
into the patronage cornfcd. He is
justified in trying to reduce the num-
Der of Greeks bearing wooden horses
and other SuperhuouS and unmanage-
able Gifts
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-19
MANUFACTURING CRIMES
A Foreigner Thinks We Should Re
duce. Not Increase, Their Number.

10 the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: ! notice = peculiar tendency IN this
country to manufacture crimes You have
an immense number Of lawmaking bodies
in the country busily engaged I'm this work.
You proceed on the assumption that II "a
thing is though, To be unwisc, therefore
il must be- made a criminal offence. In
ms own country ! got the idea that a
man must be- a fearful scoundrel To be La
bic 10 a years imprisonment Vet the
other day / sat next TO man VINO was
committing a criminal offence which rem
dercd him liable to this penalty. You ask
what was tho atrocious crime he was
committing? Why. II was simply this
he was smoking on the side platform Of a
ferr, boat. instead OF smoking on the rear
platform.
have a confession to make. but for
heavens sake. don't give mo away to any
of Mr.. Gaynor's sanity policemen. or they
may get after me. The confession is that
/ am myself criminal. liable 10 a YEAR
Imprisonment and a fine Of $50. was
once smoking on a ferry boat and car
ried my lighted cigar from the ferry boat
(the part where II was permissible to
smokol 10 the street. where it IL also per-
Missile TO smoke. saved perfectly
good cigar from being wasted by 50 do
ing. but also by doing this made myself
according 10 your laws. a dcpravcd Grim
inal liable 10 years imprisonment
But II YOU Americans are going TO make
crimes Of unwise actions. why don't you
do the thing thoroughly while YOU are
about II? For ladies TO wear protruding
hatpins is unwisc. Why don't YOU yank
them all off TO prison for a year? Indeed
| think this offence ought To be punisha-
Bile by ten years Imprisonment and fine
OF 5000. for il is ten times as serious as
carrying "A lighted cigar through "A rail-
way station or ferry terminal Again.
kissing is very unwse action. accord
ing TO many eminent authorities because
disease may be transmitted by means of
kiss. | am still hoping to live TO see an
item in your newspapers TO the effect
that John Smith and his sweetheart Mary
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-19

President and Mrs. Wilson are accepting
no invitations and making no social
engagements until after Easter and
arc closely observing Holy Week. Off
cially they have received several par
ties by appointment. and this afternoon
the President received about two hundred
schoolgirls. who. with their teachers. met
him in the East Room.
Miss Wilson and Miss Eleanor Wilson
occupied a box at the Boston Symphony
concert this afternoon. With them were
Mrs Franklin X. Lane, Mrs Richmond
Pearson Iiobson. Miss Woodrow Bones. 4
White House guest and cousin of Mrs.
Wilson, and Miss Hagner
Miss Jessie Wilson left Washington to-
day for a two days visit in Philadelphia
and New York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-19
Next week" has come at last.

Next week" has come AT last.
After the minimum wage comes the
maximum trunk.
Now that the non-miltants nave
taken to tossing militants out Of their
meetings. John Bull may have mo-
mcnt's breathing space.
When larry Thaw ponders the cases
of Morse and Heike he must regret ihat
ne. too didn't do something TO put him
self in reach of the federal pardoning
power.
\ Democratic district leader IN
Brooklyn has just received a windfall
Of million or two. That ought 90
tighten little the cares Of the dis
pcnsers of federal patronage in this i'm
mediate vicinity.
The Gould Interests as Selfish as the
Othcrs-New York American.
What a shock it must have been 30
Mr.. Hearst's newspaper to discover
this,
The Mayors ability 10 detect news
stand graft at forty rods when he can
hardly see police graft with a micro
scope must be extremely puzzling to his
oculist.
Governor Suzer has rescued a por-
trait Of himself painted when he was
Speaker of the Assembly, in 1898, from
the dusky storeroom of the Executive
Mansion. 80 nigh is grandeur to our
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-19
WHO ARE THE MASTERS

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir. The letter OF katherine - Blake
I'm this mornings Tribune suggests that
president Wilson call together the rep
resentatiyes Of the great banks of the
country and order them 20 quietly end
the present abhorreut conditions Iin
McXicol
This is Interesting. if true" Il would
imply that these dealers in tine metal
disks and printed PAPER which merely
represents the labor Of oO.o0o.Voo Ameri-
cans. are the actual lords and masters OF
MS producers How about IL?
NELSON GREENE.
New York. March ~. 1918.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-19
In WASHINGTON Society.

The New National Theatre was filed
hv distinguished audience this AFTERNOON
10 hear the Boston symptom including.
besides the. daughters of the President
the German AMBASSADOR and countess
Won Bernstorn, who had with them Mrs.
George Won L. Never. Mrs 4. p. Gard
nor. Mr. Muck. wife 81 the conductor o,
the Boston orchestra: Captain Rodgers
aud Captain Boyd. German naval alta
che. Miss Mae Williams entertained
guests i'm her box. and Mir and Mrs. Pres
ton Gibson occupied the box or MIS-
James Mcmillan and entertained party.
Mrs Marshall Field occupied the box
which for wears was reserved for the la'e
Mrs. Letter Others in the theatre were
the Netherlands Minister and Nine. Lou
don. the Norwegian Minister and Nine
Bryu. the Swiss Minister and Nine KIT
ter. Mr.. and Mrs Randolph. Mrs L /
Mann and Mrs Hobson.
The Assistant Secretary Of State ana
Mrs. Huntington Wilson viii sail from
New York early in April Tor an EXTENDED
European trip. They VIII maintain tneT
home in this ETY..
Mrs. Richard Reid Rogers ana MlsS
Elizabeth Rogers are spending some tine
in New York with Mr.. Rogers.
Mrs. Henry F. Dimock entertained ie"
women nc luncheon to-day in compliment
10 her house guest, Miss Goodwin OF Ne"
York.
Mrs. Leonard Wood is making a 'ist OF
several DAYS IN Boston. She will return
the end Of the week
Miss Dorothy Aleshire. daughter OF
Major General and Mrs AieShire' re.
turned this morning from fe" "eeAs
visit in Panama.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-19

Jones were both sentenced by Jups' Ia :"
to years Imprisonment. they nav MS
been seen by Policeman Smart KISSING
each other IN the home of the latter.
Now. Mr. Editor out of my eN"D,i '''',
good will to the American people no
a suggestion to make. Suppose l''''' az
Of making fresh laws for the manu- ~ '"'
of criminal offences. your numerous ''s''
lative bodies do a little legislative mousse
cleaning and get rid of some OF the uI-
wise and excessive penalties when eAc''e
the wonder of us foreigners.
EsTRANGERS.
New York March =. 1919.