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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-28
A LIFE PRESERVING SUIT.
One Can Float in 1t Safely for
DAYS, II Is Said.

Since the tragedy Of the Titanic
hundreds Of ideas and inventions have
been brought before shipping COM
panies and the Board of Trade authori-
ties, with the object of minimizing
the risk of life at sea. Perhaps the
most ingenious Of these ideas is de-
vice which takes the form of COM
bination of lifcbelt and suit made OF
watertight canvas, which envelops the
whole person. The suit has sleeves
ending in gloves, and there is a port
hole in the head, which can be closed
when the weather is rough. When
this porthole is closed air enters
through a tube above the head, this
tube being 80 constructed that no
water can enter
Furnished with this device, it is
claimed that q passenger might be
thrown into mid-Atlantic and live in
comfort for many days while waiting
to be picked up, for the suit can be
equipped with sufficient food and drink
to keep a shipwrecked passenger for
a week or more.
A man OF woman using this device
stands with feet in sort OF bucket
which forms the base. This bucket
takes in a certain quantity OF water
which acts as ballast and keeps the
lifessver and its occupant upright.
Furthermore, the apparatus is pro-
vided with a revolver and signal lights
with which the shipwrecked passenger
can signal for help By day or night
Attached TO the apparatus are ropes
by which two or three people can keer
/ Themselves sfost il they have not the
good fortune to have one of'these Ire
saving suits. IT,. o.
The suit is the invention Of Ger
man named Gustave Heinrich. and he
declares that il will deprive shipwrec'
of ali its terrors in all circumstances
Tit-Rits
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-28
REMARKABLE CLUB
OPENED In LONDON
Carlyle Seems a Sort of Earthly
Paradise for Members
and Guests.

The Carlyle Club, just opened by Mr..
T. 4. Smith, NJ, T., at ell. Piccadilly,
Within six doors of Piccedilly Circus,
is an institution Of = type which no
city N the world has hitherto brought
into being.
II is planned as social rendez ;ous
and London piCd fcivc for the pro-
vincial man--especially the business
man and the service that il gives bin
is 90 exceptional that il is a matter OF
wide interest 20 set il out IN detail.
Probably other London clubs will have
20 revise their IDEAS Of management
when the Injuries offered by the Car
lyle become generally known and the
uomands Of nc cluomsn become pro-
portionately more eXacting.
There arc telephones in every room,
and several private boxes forty -one
instruments in all, served by six trunk
wires. There is no limitation 70 the
use OF Che instruments. Stenographers
and TWISTS are at the call OF members,
free of charge, and a set of partitloned
alcoves arc provided for the express
purpose Of the transaction OF business
matters. A staff of messenger boys are
in readiness TO run messages for them
anywhere within the London area. Inc
provincial man coming 10 hpiuOh va
business or professional calls can
therefore use the Carlyle as a private
office without infringing any tradition
Of club etiquette.
Do Everything for Nothing.
lie can send his baggage in advance
aud have il stored for him in the club.
In the cloak room mis- silk hat is irone1,
his overcoat brushed and his boots
cleaned-free Of charge. While ne
takes bath in the highly luxurious
bathrooms OF the club his clothes are
presssd-free OF charge. II he wishes
10 change into evening dress Tor The
theatre or social engagement, his day
suit is carefully pressed. packed into
his dress-suit case and forwarded 10
his London address-free Of charge.
In fact, all the services OF the Car
lyle are gratuitous.
An electrophone, with four sets o.
receivers, is installed in an alcove Of
the reading T, connected, OF course,
20 the principal music halls and con.
cert platforms. A ticker" in the hall
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-28
AT LUNA.

With independence Day less than ten
AZ awav. Luna has prepared an eX-
CCs%S;tionsiiy large number Of new d Ieat-
nres for next week. One is the UknS-
b Nm Ranch, a Wild West production
n! hon aIrnees the Fire and Sword" senss-
t;oS Su 81 last season. More than one hun
a s,nd y neo 1J will take part in the spec
t tlcG which will be headed by Major aHG
c. F. Rhodes. Dozens OWN od imu'" riSe and
OGSs,l 'S shots, Mexicans COssaeks ana ana
number rnGab that will take part in this fsnt,
ure. In addition to the S UEisp Ssen
i hIhvI' 70 the free vaudeville; acts;
S among the latest additions are Hill and
sylyainey, in a sensational unieyc In
act, and Roberts trained tiact anIms Is the
, IaS"S azure AS the mechanical wax
MAN MAN. Robert H. Johns, jr, is enter
tanning daily.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-28
T0PFTR's DISCOVERY.

The company that is TO supp9orrt ,i ~
Wolf Hopper in the Gilbert; ana ou,ti-
van operas next season WI De PIa Oast
csliy identical with the AL star on eSsr
of last wear. In addition, Mr.. Hopper
has discovered new soprano, aU'
whom he predicts an altogether IN
usual career. She is a young amer
can girl; said 20 be eXceptlona.iS o nd
traetive in the physical sense, ana
lifted with a remarkably brlllient sn any
davible voice, which has been traIheSf
with care and diseernment by ohe o.
the "big" instructors one aiSH 81
L, re. GUN rsa1est II will not be made
n nuI T" until the full list Of Mr.. Hop
pers associates is READY loi A''ON'
meat
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-28
AT THE ACADEMY.

At the Academy Of Music Eugene
Brieux's Damaged Goods" me-, with
such success during the last week that
II will be repeated throughout the
coming week, which VIII be tns IoIIsr
F,isbus. james j. Ryan, Priscilla
KnowIes and Marie Curtis are playing
the leading characters
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-28

were given authority to seize upon any
offender against the royal wish, march
him off to the police station and there
cause him, forcibly, if necessary, to
lose his hirsutc sppendaCe. II IS not
recorded that single person was ar
rested. The loyal Bayarians sacrificed
their mustaches and boards without a
murmur.-London Globe.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-28

consideration 80 come to their assist
ance in times Of financial stringcucy.
The clock strikes once more. II is
5, perhaps 6, o'clock, and the weary,
yawninC players reluctantly take their
departure. Sleepy chsufeurs are
reused from their alumbers, there is q
noise OF whirring motors at the door,
and the owners OF the cars, taking conf
passion on the men and women with
empty pockets. considerably give them
lift before going home themselves
London Daily Nail
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-28

graded to favor greatly the out-of-
town member While town members
pay ~ guineas per annum, the pro-
vincisl man pays guineas and the
foreign and colonial member 2
guineas. A country member is defined
as one whose place Of residence is out
side the twenty-mile radius from the
club.
The club is non-political and there
is no professional limitation. The
qualification for membership is the
normal behavior Of gentleman and a
sportsman.
II is n science Of service.
The club is controlled By an inhuen-
tial committee, and among the vice.
presidents are Bonar Law, Lord Fisher
and Sir Henry Wood.-London Globe
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-28
GAMBLING CLUBS A
FEATURE OF PARIS
The Story of a Churchgoer Who
Stumbled Upon One of Them
by the MereSt Chance.

| have an acquaintance who is an in.
durable gambler. One evening lately
his " tic persuaded him TO take her TO
Social evening" m connection with
one Of the churches in Paris Il was
held IN hall in side street, of the
FsuboUrg st. Honore, and in order
that he might be spared y scramble az
the "vestiare' when going home my
friend. looked around Tor quiet corner
m which 70 deposit his coat. At the
rear Of the hall was s narrow staircase
and he mounted IL, Al the ton he
found door aisr. He pushed IL open
and wsS surprised 20 find himself in
n large room, in the centre Of which
was long green table, My friend, as
] have said, is an inveterate gambler
As he stood there, fascinated by the
sight Of the green cloth, middle aged
woman came through door a. the
other end Of the room and turned up
the lights, Noticing a stranger, she
bowed TO him and said;
Monsieur, this is q private club
ROOM"
what kind of club, madame ?"
"a private club" was the evaSive an
Swer. Monsieur the proprietor is at
dinner. But If monsieur would like
10 see him, monsieur will receive him
presently.
My friend waited and when the pro-
prietor Of the club came along he in
formed him that he had come there
with his wife TO social meeting and
had stumbled into the elubroom by
accident.
But" he added, smiling, I'm
member Of the So-and-So Club, and il
that entities me TO take a hand in
game here I'll come up again later and
A DIN your members
by sll means, monsieur" was the
Nordisl response. you're little early;
but Just give me your card, aud when
YOU come back I'll have some one 20
propose and second you and there'll
be no objection TO Your taking a hand"
The Washington herald., 1914-05-23
csnedy = lie KaIbius Case.

Obviously the District Commissioner are IN
pretty pickle as the result Of the decision of the Dis
tnct Court of Appeals yesterday in the Kaibfus ease
Last August they Issued order intended to remove
Samuel T. Kalbfm from the Office Of assistant as
SCISSOR of the District Of Columbia and another ores
intended to appoint Edward w. Oyster to the posi-
ton which they supposed the first order made vacant
Mr. Kalbfus denied the legality of the action and
went to law the Supreme Court of the District sus-
taining the Commissioners
Now, however, comes the decision of the Court
of Appeals reversing the lower court sustaining Mr.
Kalbfus and holding that the Commissioners were
without power to him excepting by preferins
charges and granting him hearing.
Mr.. Kalbfus never Nhaving been removed it fol-
lows that vacancy existed the board of assistant
assessors and hence Mr. Oyster could not have been
appointed yet presumably he has been performing the
duties of the Office, and certainly has been receiving
salary since last August 1t is quite easy to see how
Mr.. Kalbfus may recover the salary of which the
court holds he has been illegally deprived; but is
reasonable to suppose that Mr. Oyster will have legal
recourse if attempt should be made to compel him
to refund the salary paid him for performing the
duties of Office to which he has never been ap-
pointed. Quite merry little opera plot truly, with
equally amusing Incidental theme in the fact that
Commissioner Newman is himself defendant in a
suit now pending to test his legal right to the Office.
If it should turn out that there has never been and
is not now Commissioner Newman, of course there
could be no-but perhaps we had better wait There's
trouble enough as it is.
Yesterdays decision, however, ought to impress
on those holding important public Office the ad-
visibility of thoroughly examining their ground and
being sure they are right before going ahead
Until yesterday the Kalbfus case was dry and
lacking in pquant public appeal Justice Robbs de-
cision is sauce that makes real dish of it.
The Washington herald., 1914-05-23
rlaE WASHINGTON HERAID SATURDAY NAY 2, 1914
Jusl;ee S.,;lss tLs s.Syssen. z

Two jusies have sst IN judgment on czeres
Becker. the former New York police leufennnk aud
declared him the srchpiotter of the murder Of Her
man Rosenthsl the gambler. cold-biooded, 'cfuel
deed for which fouf men have already paid fearful
penalty IN the electric chair Beckers plight is doubly
desperate now. Soon he win be tenant for sec
ond time of the death house in Sing Sing, with far
less chance Of escape than before because there now
exists no reasonable doubt as to bis guilt
Yesterdays verdict could not have been different
All the damning evidence of the first trial remained
supplemented by additional testimony made possible
by circumstances connected with the death of his four
sunmen -accomplices The public is satisfied of his
guilt; there is lingering suspicion that innocent
man Is being sent to his doom by perjury inspired
in horde of human vultures by the instinct of self
|preservation-
hand viii scarcely be raised to save Becker this
time. Hardly q reason could be advanced for
clemency for the four gunmen, and there is even
less in the case of Becker presumably possessed of
higher intelligence and better opportunities in life
than the men, the scum of the cutters. who did his
bloody bidding.
1t is well that Becker had second trial. and that
law and justice has triumphed over the ferocious
system" that has held New York in its grip and with
arrogant defiance sought to conceal in blood its
traffic in vice and crimes of robbery, graft and perse
cution.
The Washington herald., 1914-05-23
England's "Wld Women. "

Militant suffragettes are making laughing stool
of the British law officers. 1t may be deliberat.
policy that rerans from dealing with the perpetrator
OF outrages like those witnessed in London yesterda,
and the day before they deserve but it is polio,
which can be understood on this side of the oeear
no better than the existence of public sentiment
that would sustain even tolerate it.
Those shrieking, hysterical creatures who hacl
priceless works of art to pieces risk causing panic.
in crowded theaters by shouting mprecations at the
King or hurl missiles at judges the bench should
be sent to the workhouse, and there should be nc
interference with their right of refusing to eat.
The British authorities may have reasons, which
to them appear sound for refrainng from Furnishing
these lawbreakers adequately, but they are beyond
the understanding of Americans, and there can bs
no disputng the fact that the boobies and Scotland
Yard men are woefully lax or inefficient when il
comes to protecting their statesmen and judges and
even their King from the savage onslaughts of the
wild women" >.
What the authorities expect to gain by permitting
such succession of endish crimes to 60 nadequate
punished is beyond conjecture. Surely he imposition
of just penalties the vrsgoes would not be ealcu.
lated to advance the cause of woman suffrage in
England, policy of superior tolerance in the face
of extreme provocaon to retard it 1t is inconceiv-
able that these wild women" represent anything now
but selffostered hysteria and vndictve rage born
of frustrated ambition to change Englands laws by
intimidation They have thrown away every chance
of success and forfeited every claim on public sent
ment or sympathy. They have set the cause of
woman suffrage back half a century. There can be
no yielding now.
Why on earth does not England suppress them as
it would pestilence?
The Washington herald., 1914-05-23
Herald's Religious Page.
Saturday Feature Wins High Praise
from Its Readers.

Editor Washington Herald: ] want to
thank you for giving full page in The
Herald of Saturday. to church news
Not only was glad to see whole page.
but that which was printed. was news,
apparently reliably supplied; and not stun
which while perfectly harmless in itself.
added nothing to ones information. So
often our so-called church news seems
to be written by boys, unacquainted even
with the proper phraseology to use. and
SO full palpabla errors that those natural-
ly interested turn aside from Ii.
We have in Washington SO large a pro-
portion of people as much interested in
religion and the things concerning relig-
ion. as We have other people interested,
We will say, in sporting news. Such
people are naturally pleased when they
see a paper like The Herald paying some
attention to their needs.
c. ERNEST SMITH.
Editor The Herald: I desire to partic-
ulariy thank The Herald for its con-
sistency in publishing news OF interest
to the Eastern Presbyterian Church and
Presbyterians generally. As daily
reader let me congratulate you upon the
high moral plane upon which The Herald
Is conducted. Thanking you for past
of the cordial relations existing between
the church and The Herald 1 am yours
sincerely. NJ. T. HYER,
Clerk of Sessions.
Editor Washington Herald: For quite
a long time I have been buying the Sat
urday Herald on account Of its excellent
church page. and have only lately sub
scribed for II regularly, and beg leave to
compliment the paper uron its enterprise
In getting and publishing church news.
In last weeks paper. noticed that DR..
Campbell Morgan's article on the Sum
day School lesson. was carried forward to
the Sunday edition. but to all those who
use his article in the preparation OF their
lessons. they are useless II published after
Saturday. The church page Of The
Herald is very creditabie to the paper.
Very truly yours,
CHARLES B. BAILEY.
The Washington herald., 1914-05-23
wplx Am M woaxznss.
'iasul1iss e A1eptsss City IaIes
4 NE YEsrvbst Dfsl1.

Dimsslfsss eS Alaptlsx cify ialer
- tne Ha<vbet risuA.
Kansas farmers rln bsetn 70 harvest
Ien enormous Wheat crop About June y.
IWhsrs wiz We nnd the hands to help US
tgarner? In New York. Boston. PhiIadel-
lphia, and . dozen other business and In
Idustrial csuters thcuuands upon thou
sands Of sallow men stand idle. though
I'm the majority Of cases willing 10 work
The two situations, 20 opposite, seem
Ito answer one another and the columns
OF the average city Newspaper bristie
with demands OF theorists; Take the
idlers from the slums and put them into
the neIdsrs The project has even been
practically tried but the moralizers found
that It 10 useless to deal with men in
accordance with. what they ought to be.
They must be managed as they are.
Most of the huddled masses Of hu-
manity gathered workIe0. almost hope
less. In the large American cities are
obsessed by an inherent longing for the
CULVER. clang. and Aclsmor OF the crowded
streets Taken out Of the shadow Of
the close-packed buildings, these men and
women founder help3eesly. The SUM-
shine Of the open country and the wind
that blows on hiiltops bewilder. almost
frighten them. The work of farm and
mine calls for use OF muscles almost
atrophied at tailor's bench or machine
shop lathe. They suffer with blistered
hands and tired-out backs. with longing
for the songs Of cheap theater and for
the air Of corner saloon.
Perhaps they draw pay for week or
two Of harvesting. then hurry to the
home" Others reach town only with a
sherin's assistance after hurting the
country much more than they helped It.
When they do get back to their tenements
these people have gained nothing, learned
nothing from the trip.
The difficulty 10 not the physical one
Of transportation. II lies in the mental
state OF the men, women and even chill
dfen In question. They must first be
ent situation 10 not the most happy one
open to them; that Il is unhealthy for
body and soul. II their accustomed
amusements are TO be taken away from
them they must be offered others and
taught TO appreciate the pleasures to
hich they have for generations been
strangers.
Out Of a hundred such mental patients.
a dozen perhaps will be fit at the end
OF q year for transportation. Twelve
months later another twenty or thirty
may reach the same stage. Fifty per
cent are probably 30 deep-rooted between
subway and elevated that the best which
can be accomplished is to show them
that the Bronx Is healthier than the
East Side and that Sunday school for
the young ones is an Improvement on
shooting craps.
Essential to the treatment is patience
and an appreciation of the fact that they
are human beings entitled to personal
freedom in their choice of surroundings
and companions. The only way to make
them choose better than what they en-
JOY now is to teach them the difference
between that and a life of open-air pro-
duction. Only when they clearly see
which Is the best road will they walk
t-New York Commercial.
The Washington herald., 1914-05-23
The ReveIer.
~ JOHN d. BARRY.

There was man that caught the ear of the multi
tude. He said strange things.
/ The multitude called the man seer and prophet
They listened with ave-
When they perceived he cared nothing for honor
they gave him more and more honor.
He tried to escape into the mountains. He built
log cabin where he Gould be alone and think.
Even there they pursued him, individuals, delega-
tons, hordes.
Always they made this appeal: Master tell us
the secret of your wisdom that we, too, may be-
come wise"
Always the man made this reply: Il have looked
into my soul"
The time came when the man felt age pressing
upon him. He determined to write his last book.
he would explain at length what he meant by say
ing that he had looked into his soul He would tell
what he had found there. And the book he resolved
should be given to the world after his death.
So he labored daily, fearing that at any moment,
before he could finish the task, he might be over
taken by death. ~
And when at last, he reached the end, he
stretched out both hands and said: Il am ready,
Lord"
He lay down and he heard Death coming.
He smiled peacefully and he crossed his arms
and did not stir again.
The next day they found him.
They said: "He has died as he would have
wished to die"
They carried his body into the city. They gave
it great funeral pursuing the man. after DEATH
with the honor he had despised. And all over the
world rose up in high places and in complicated
language, they sought to explain his simple message
On the table of the log cabin they found the book
They read the words written in tremulous hand /;
ITO be published after my DEATH"
Reverently they looked over the pages.
Then they were shocked all save one.
But for this one they would have suppressed the
book. Some of them even tried to burn it so that
every chance might be destroyed of its reaching
the world
That one man stood out heroically: at is his
greatest message" he said 1T explains everything
1t will save mankind"
The book created sensation In its pages the
multitude saw exposed the sins on their own souls,
the sins they had committed and the sins they had
longed to commit but had been kept from committing
by fear or by lack of the opportunity.
Those who loved the for the inspiration and
the comfort he had given them, the few were moved
to tears. They knew how he had suffered.
Others of greater number, who admired him
because he was so superior, were aghast. They saw
how he had sinned.
Still others, the vast ajory, the pretenders the
hypocrites, who honored him because he was such
a power, were angry. They believed he had cheated
them. He had done what they had been doing all
their lives, only successfully with the applause
of the world ..... -.
In one voice they denounced him.. They stained
his name with obloquy. They said the book was not
fit to be read They had it cast out of the public
places. And the book that had been sent to save
mankind became shame and reproach.
But the few looked into their own souls.
The Washington herald., 1914-05-23

The elements of sad story are revealed in a
win recently offered for probate, in which woman
declares that her children not having been respect
full kind, and obedient to me- therefore they have no
right to expect anything of me at my death" The
viii adds: There is no need to mention my hus-
band m this paper" Who is to judge whether these
children were really quite so deficient the mother
regarded them9 If they were the words in her last
viii and testament viii be sufficient punishment But
isn't it possible that the reproach may have been
inspired by embitterments in life for which her Off
spring were not emitted to III the blamel