New York Tribune (New York, NY) 1908-02-26 [p 6]...Ttaaodora am»ss»'slt. E'.lhu Root, Henvy Cabot...

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Mr« J- Ridsel-y Carter ar.d her dauchter. J.:?-- iilldred Carter, are also booked to ?ai! for EnshaJ to-day They have b^en here for the last t*--> Within, liter's .nother Mr. . l^A Pierce Morsan. wlio gave a dance for Miss a. t at the Colony Club last Thursday. Amons »'**** who win .all for Europe to-day Mrs. Wtmam Everard Strong and Misa Alice SKrong:. who wfll spend two months In England with Mr?. Saws^ daugbier, Mrs. Moreton F. Cage. -I. LJofe W>^- who has recently returned from INorrh Carolina, v. ill ai- s<i abroad to-day. Mi Waldorf Astor is booked to sail for Europs . V ' nn board the <arman!r». Mr?. Astir b?.^ b^"i S "untry several wee^ - ? t of her time being tah^n up in organizes the rnW.;n- ment for charUy which was f iven «.««PW« Monday- She spent a few days rt .»r I ChisWell D. Lanshorne. at Greenwood, \a. The 1 ' " •i \u0084- Sew Tori r ' ' jajM v«n Onativi.i will be ti- maid «f honor at tie n-.-rtdir- of Mif=» fla-TH Wright B*rrUy and J. V'-tor On:itivl». jr.. which, as aaii irad la Th- Trto«n« some ten days aa» wHI tak» »**••\u25a0 Tuesday. April B at St. Thomass Clrn^n. Tte cer.mony will be performed by the Rev. I _• i:rr,.-,t m. Btl«i Ml-s Barclay Is a * «tcr of Mr* J. Stevens riman »a* of Mr* S. CteMej Van« - \u25a0:.,- <r.. and her aaart is a son of Mr. and Mr. \u25a0 Onativia and a gmduaie of HaWA class of '??. baa select- d Arthur R. Jon-s » bis best man. is only on* hou^ that can boast of anything et the kind in .New York, namely, th* quaint old- fashioned home of Mr?. Abram S. Hewitt and ol her dangatcrF. at L^xin^ton avenue and ..fl «rreet Tho theatre Is <-n the latter thoroughfare tn th-» r^r of tho house, and Is perfectly appointed m every respect. It has been the scene of a n«^ r of dramatic entertainments, aamasy under hi direction of Clyds Fitch, who hi p. i«"«J af Khs family, and the performers Invariably Ir.cMde not only Mi^ Sail!* and Ml** Eleanor Hewitt, »ho «r» particularly cl^er \u25a0 its- aill \u25a0!\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0. tat \u25a0*• >J* Pet>r caaaar Hawlrt. who. a taffsgl \u25a0>->«\u25a0 scholar, excels in those French comedl-tras to ta« interpretation of which the Gallic lanB»»s« tel peculiarly Well adapted. I^st everunff the _JJ^ Hewitt gaVe auoth-r one of their ««™*Jfi^ rormanies. in connection with which «~ ?L? L °™; WUawi. Mra John Jaast Astor. Mr» VT. WatM Sherman and a number of other waaaaa of n* fashlonabia world gam dinners, afterward tssjaaj their \u25a0\u25a0sell on ta the "T»*wlt« Theatre. T6 ent/Hatamen oprn»J r.ith Co, de »W?V» -liistovie dv Vtob* *m& in which M ;? . ' 1 rt \u25a0* CoopeV Hewitt and tl.e Vleomte do r*r\z*.r i™< part It was followed by otdtirne dsmees perform t by Bflaa Ele-aa. Hewitt mmi Frederic Weete. »d Sew in turn were weecdod by another comedy £2 pre^nted by Mrs. Gordon Bell. Mb. Ourne, and M.d~ ivrigny. .That «h^ "hou-- "** rrowd^ and enthusiastic so-5 without sajmc. **'l «f^ »\u25a0 \u25a0* curtain had been run -" down » -'" r ' l «nPP<fJJ« served about mWnfeht. the entmajnnwnt brousbi to a ctoW by o.d Coionial J^^ o^ thrre hundred luiHatKaw had been baaaad to. tn- nffair. CrTT.--StocSs were .lull and lower. ===== Th«\ imipel uxiiJrr tii" Hudson River was opened. Plans were formulated f«ir the dlsmemb* r- :;ient of the suspended Mechanics anil Traders' ]>ank. and the formation of two and possibly ii:re« banking Institutions as successors. xrr- Oivcrn<ir Folk cf Missouri spoke before t!ie Civic rorum in Carnegie Hall. Borough Prrsi- <l*-n: llaffen was asain <>n the stand ra the in- restlsatlon of his ••r!i' by the Commissioners <>f Accounts. r:_z^r= Tl:e annual report of the 1-ack- arami Bailroad showed that 3<*u7 had b*-en the most prosperous year In tlie comjiany's history. TXDS WEATHER.— lndications f«.r to-day: Kain, with higher temperature. Th« tempera- ture yeaerday: Highest. :;c degrees; lowest, I*s. COXGRESS.-Senate: Currency l««slaO<m siidVhc Indian an»ropriptioa Mil were thechlef , I^pU before tHe Scr.ato; the Committee on Nrval Affairs bc^an the Investisation of the hcuterdahl charse«. == House:! G«aewf **Z i%-«o \u0084m iiio \u25a0rmy appropriatioa lull broosnt out ™,««;tr-iS r?avo"or'lnfrea.«od pr.y and the restoration of t!>« cantc?!'.. V< »KEIOX.—L"'.J Fltzmaurk-e and Sir HiTwar.! j fircy ira<i« Btatesnenla in Parliament on ilie j Xlaoedoaian situation. indicating that tlie j l>;ei-n Office foresaw (he possibility of BCTiCUS ; trouble. '== Bishop ivilkinson in a letter pun- . Jijihf-,-1 in "Th<- Uaily Mail" desaribes the de- ; captation xermght by revoluUonists in Russia, 1 «nu says that the «nenjmenl ha? erred on the ; of leniency. ===== It "a? reported from ; Pru^cis t!u:t Klngr Leopold 'aad the Premier had i readied an agreement on tho Text ol the new : 1-C.1150 treaty «.f aJiucxation. and that The incjoure. would l>»- laid before the Chamber of I Deputies r-.n Frlflay. ===== Two hundred and histv membera cf the Douma will b? received i-n audiense by Emperor Nicholas at Tsarskoef Sek. to-day. China, accordins to si «tis- patch from Berlin. hi>s been Hounding Germany rejrardins the jiossibility of an agreement be-; j tveca the bitter country and America t«» main- j lain the opr;i door In all Chines? territory. 1 General d'Air.ade advised the French govern- j iiir-ni tiu;t he expected to resume offensive oper- ations against i'ic- Moors on Thurf ', DOSIKSTH". Speaker Cannon addressed the convention of National Education Association In VTas&ingt/oaJ Attorney General Jackson decided at Albany that tlie Public Service <:<wi- ; n:issioii !ia<i power to li^ the fare from M:in- hattan t<» <v.nvy 151a;..l at Bye cents. :.. The <'outt of'AppeahV at Albany affirmed the Judg- ments Ol conviction in the so-called Buffalo graveyard eases, an«l upheld the legality of the v.jll of Wallace <\ Andrews. ===== The investi- gation of th*> QaancSal condition of Xew York City by a commission of live Assemblymen and three Senators is ;»rones«'d in a concurrent re.-o- lution introduced at Albany Ly Senator S.i\.- - The Sonate ::t Albany voted to transmit SupertntOQdent KeJsey"* reply to Matthew C. neminsr. <"hief Delaney of the Denver police force siiid that as the result of the mur- «K-r 1 f I'aih.er 7^eo Ileinrfcha by Ghxseppe Alio. V the Sicilian anarchist, ft least thirty members of j r ' organized band which has sought refuge in j America v.iii be arrested in different 2>arts o* ihe country. -iltc ET/is pfOaT-V/ir«- His Work as Historian Honored by President Sooscvelt and Others. Students of the American Revolution owe a \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'- cial debt of ETatiuule to Sir Georg* Trevelyan. whose work on tlie subject, though not yet com- pleted, has already lakea rank as \u25a0 kind of classic. As each successive voloim has \u25a0 oma out it has brought to bla readers a rU-ep*r sense of the sym- patby and Impartiality with wbJcn he has sip- proached a diSruli theme. The biographer of Foa and Macaulay has surveyed our grsatl war with ih* tesmanllke eye of the one and described It with the art of the other. The merits of his work have been abundantly recoßnized on both sides of the Atlantic, but Americans must take special pleasure in tlw New Year's sift which was sent to him fruin this country in commemoration of Ma tino achievement. It took tha shape of a large aivl beautiful silver cop bearing this haseriptloa: & Sir Grorjt.» Trpvelyan, Historian ': of the American Revolution, Krom Xi» Friends Ttaaodora am»ss»'slt. E'.lhu Root, Henvy Cabot I.o«Is«. i I I .^— *• \u2666 ' \u25a0 Our countrymen wll] applaod this expression of an appreciation which tnoßaaaaai of them share. Th» perseaal friends who addressed Sir George Trevelyaa In the foregoing inscription represent also an over increasing body of readers <>f his book. A TRIBUTE TO SIR GEORGE TREVELYAK Governor it upr>i«»» speech aM CMcawjs last S*tur- day h:id no jurpytses in r for those ho had reail his previous speeches. He believes the. country la morally aaaad He thinks w^ need Just now Ibi tonic of a who!r«i;»le conddence." ll* lis a rot>u»t faith in the lliwillj'a .vmin-irlal future. It«» aapreeatea Indiscriminate detraction. BBM azalt* y-r\etl public nutice o:» all eaa^ataaa] th >t he is no reactionary; "it must also be taken to * settle-i policy." ai jiay*. "that ther*» >hall iMiiiple". effective and Just nupervislon of our railroad.''.* lt*» talks about those who would ho* for tfejStaSStvea tht> treasures of the public il.>malM qutt.' i-< The«»- dore Roosevelt talk?«. Ills vl»w^ on th* obedlenc* dun to the CooJitlturlea «r* as soundly American and right .is William Howard Taft's. ERRORS OF TUB CONSERVATIVE it.AB9. From .The CMsamj Evenlnj; Post. "They who wouUl have sanity of judgment aiul niHonuMi' solution cf dinV'\ilt question* .<p.diiM sen to it that they asl not stir ili«» people to tniiicruit'on by the corruption of representative government. They must trust th« people and rely upon thrir Xouci fnttrt and aense of lustier In the lasMJ run they will not be disappointed If they themselves keep faith and reapjact the Institution* whuJ«> pro- tection they invoke." In thesr. the mot<t sixnttlciutt words of his not»- worthy ii>Ulrt!«ii at the Auditorium, Governor Hughes) ti-iiches upon the primary error of th* con- servative class in America. Isy persistence tn t.u-» error thi-* essSS has put Itself too often In opposi- tion to Its own tti>i.lih< lnt«re«ts, la opposition, lit other words, to orderly progre^^ end the security of fundamental rlchta Hy i^rnl»teni.-fi la this «rror this cla?s has gtv^ aid to the. rsajctlunao and to the ochlocrat. who equally di« tts deadly enemies. it Is the most encouraging evidence nt so>- »- 4 political aUvanct> that to-d^iy, in Use tu*in through th» leadership of Theodore Roosevelt, th 1 » •'..*..>\u25a0\u25a0' h*a taken «id«s with democracy, and. to urn Gov •ruor Uushes's own words ot warslnc. U tniitlec th* people aj3<3 relj ing on Mais gu>34 CalUl Mf tSsfii VIKWS ON TTIK CON3TTTT riON*. lYsaa The llanfortl rourant. A LESSON FOn ALL. From The TTairhlnr*— ' Star. I,> shoving u^> what WasMsstoa did. bfl sh ''"T* Jwhal we ourselves should do Jl' n«""j^,« 3 £* -rout performanefs of that day f=."» as to point ort Sidurr and tho posslUUtica ot this .l«y. and hoMs out t.fcven the & of us th* ho £ of ren«3^ inc.- helpful public serrlce if we hut guUa b> »« spfrll of the creates of the fathers. SUMMED UP. rroaa The KufTa'.o Kiaaxsa But the :.dtlrc!»s may V*- fumir.f-l "P in * "I"*'* Ao by S; i vi,, £: that it »as a doclaration \u25a0 •? »J- li^f in th« nprlkhtees- of the o.m^on people a.^i tbat the co\ ernnient i* intenfir.l for th?ir BBBWL "The common welfare must be the supreme "\u25a0 said Governor Hughes. "In our Ipslatton ant administration we must favor no class, bu. rro ' ttct the interests or all our citizen?. ON* THE PRESIDENTS POIJCIES. From Taa Cl . ia« Record-Herald. Th« -STS? 'ASS 1 1^, r S°p v^r' ;o f* :,.,,. undersi Goveraoi be- Be^« ft certain prtrnli - t "lea BrtcOy. be la a«ainsi spec \u25a0\u25a0' pr.w>g«. awt ks VesarUs rfc-n malefactors he made a very cogent feller seiidttis; them to Jai!- But in what-ha Said o n,e t\>n«titution. the rights of tn« state:. f^e courts ami the methoda r»f enfarrtaajtj one. might And some hint that he would not al- w-Lvs on the PresWenfa Hne?. and it »s to be. notet ttot be addressed himself with special emphasis to business men. IIMIIM Prom The Washington Post. Governor Charles E. Hughes ha« been <*-«".?! by hla pollti.al enemies as one amons that class c. present-day r^rormers wboa» hand la rataad acain«t thecreat 'businesses at-l the great bu«tr«* r:-!-^ of the nation. But In hta fP£Ch at Cl^m. •" Saturday, the Gtnnw m ckarly sH forth M 3 Doaltion that even tb. most ardent of his oppo- neius must t«' rrtnvinced that the criticism was un- just Mr tlnghea declared that the* nation is morally sound, that Ha standards of business ha\ n«v«r "been lii»h«r. and tl-at the men of business fairly represent the intelligence and moral senti- ment of the nation. GOVERNOR XL T GHES IN CHICAGO. THE OCE \ FOJSI i/ BiLL. \u25a0': M-euis to be generally conceded that Con trmt wiil attempt i<» pass few measures of Impo.". . at this session and will confine its attention iii<-n_v to the routine appropriation bills. 'J'ii'-t. Ss, however, one proposal pending in Itolli Ih.ij«<*s which wr hc>i»e will not be hbelved ontil n politically more convenient sea- eon. That i> the Uumphrey^Jallinger ocean aaatsJ b'll. wlikh sects to extend The present mail Berrice to >>outb Aaaericaa and Asiatic IKirts. Thai extension is to be aeenred by «men<ling the ocean postal law of March ::. ISOI. •under which the f'».->'i^i. mail service is now conducted. Hy the terms of the law of lyti the Postmaster General was authortsed to pay ta mail carriers a certain rate a n3il«* for out- ward voyages. Vossels of th«- firsl rlasa, «if not lrps thaa S.'AM haw and bavaag a speed of not rbss *:,•:;!! T-.vfn:y knots, were io receive -*i a mil* 1 . Vessels of tbe second ••!:is-. with a kjm-;-<1 of not less than sixteen kaala, were to receive s - j a mi!* Tor vssois <'f the third and fourtli classes, between fourteen Baal sixteen knots and bdaw fo;irtr*n knots, the compensation sraa to be $1 a mile and OS^ (••\u25a0iii> a nnic re- f|>e.-tiv<'ly. Tlie amendment proposed will piv.> to ateain«Ts of the Meaml cfasa plying 10 Booth Amjerica. lbe Philippines, .Inpan, <"hnia and ajajattadssssi Hie irat class rampeaaatfaa of M a mile. It will b«* s'-eu that Sw gesMral sahstiy iasoe is not raised by this l**glslation. It simply re- nrrjiiifs ili.- rate «>f pay on 'Lio RMfaVe routes— routes which are longer and Bsasc osstly to oper- ate than those nnma llw Atlantic. The Amerfi lines on the l';i. ific have been strgj&llng against adrersA conditions and cannot be maintained at tbe |2 a ruile rate. Itr. Gallingcr told liw- Senate ou Monday tbat last March Sfteta Amer- ican •\u25a0aiiif-r weiv running from Pacilic t.'oast ports to JSouth America, and the Oricaat. Now only eight are in commission, aud \u25a0-.•\u25a0} cannot reaisiu in asrriec hawj saaamj Congress casses to their relief by putting theiu on the K:iui« hasls as the fai-Ter Atlantic linere. Mr. Mc- Cleary, th*» Socond Assistant I'ostmaster Gen- eral, hes cftirnatPd that the co*t to the depart- meat cf tbe ciange in rate wll be $4,000,000 a rcir. But be fca* Informed the House Com- islctee oe Po£tofsce6 and Post Roads that the £OT*rnireE r is now mating a profit of about 4sßtstf>jOoO * jcar on the cccan postal service, One of the candidates is Sefior Domingo ac Ohaldla, who is well known In this country through bis residence at Washington as r.'"i- ; aian Minister. lie is a man of lon^ and dl<- tinguisbed public aervices. Before the revolu- tion of vj<<:: he was aaajaestknably loyal to the Cosamhiaa government, aad It was becaase "f that loyally that he went to Bogota to remon- strate with the. Colombian |.iiTrrnmrnt againnt i;s predetermined burking of the Hay-llerraa treaty aad to erara it of tho prohable conse- quences of that fatuous act- His words were disregarded and he was treated with scant courtesy, though the Bagota government after- ward tried to moke nnu-tMls and to retain his tjiiviiorr by making him Governor of Panama the last OoJoashtaa Governor n place which ho heU at the time of the revolution. lie did rv- in:iiu loyal to OolamMa, but after li»' had been deposed by the aaeeessful revohttionlsts he cast ia lii-. lot with tii»'iu ami became the aaocessor of M. IJunau-Varilla at Washington aad later the First Deslgnado, or Vice-President. TLf other candidate is SrDor EtearJa Affaa, who was one of the founders of the Pau«ni:« Biuajblh., Oamlng of a family s<ttl*-d on the Isthmus in Balboa's linn-. he and his brother, Tomas Arias, amnj aaaaTsf the lirst ta join Dr. Amador and latar Arango in the revolutionary movement. He was esssaalaaiaSsSd l>y tha junta to visit the United States with Dr. Amador to f-eek encouragement and aid for the Impending revolution, but was prevented from coming, vo- maluing. however, an active member of tho junta. |hjMt the revolution he ims not held public office, but he has been a conspicuous member of the Conservative party aud ha* ex- W«- published tbe other day Presideni Ania- <!\u25a0•;\u25a0> wise and patriotic letter insisting upoi retirement from office at the end of bis preseiit term, in loyal accord with the letter and spirit of the constitution. That utterance has been accepted us final by til?' people of Panama. ."in<j in consequence c>!!ht candidates f'>v i!i<^ Presl- are i •• \u25a0 i \u25a0. --r pul forward. The two who ;.:i\'' tmjs far been announced, and who v.iii probably l»- the only candidates In iii'- election, are i»>ih members >>? tbe Conservative or Con- stitutkmaiM party, to which President Amador bt!ou^<. \h<- Überala saving decided not to name a candidate of ih<-ir own, but i<> give their strength to thai candidate of the Conservatives seems to be iu^si favorable to their pol- icies. THE PAS'AMA PRESIDESCY. Indications multiply that iii<" Republic of Panama will continoe to net before Us ih';:m Ix.rs in Central and South America :t coni- niendable example <\u25a0!' enlightened constltution- altem. 11 Is proverbial that in :i new state the choice of a Becond Presideni Is a partieularljr crucial psperience. rnder tbe Btress of militant patriotism in ;i revolutionary epoch the first '•\u25a0lit is chosen by common consent. Bui v\h<'ii the time »-«'in<»s for "lit- election <>f his sue- personal ambitions ;i;:»i partisan animos- ities are rife and potent. !: was In lin 1 election and during ii:" administration of «>•.'.!\u25a0 nwn >\u25a0\u25a0.\u25a0\u25a0 oud Presideni that factiou first manifested it- self in au oniiuous degree in American politics. it was in her secoad Presidential election iii.it Cuba came to grief. Accordingly, iiii^ year's ;_-:i !<>r a successor to President Amadoc In Panama is to be regarded with st •<\u25a0<-; :il lv- \u25a0 THIEI />' AXD "FEXCES" Careful readers of the newspapers did net need the assurance from Police Commissioner Binshaui that borglary aud cognate erinieg have been inrreasinie at \u25a0 positively nlannhig rate for a l<»n? time past. Hie campaign of looters a few weeks ,-.?o around Gramercy Park, the scores ol b( osebreakiog cases in and near lower Park ave- nue and the frequent outbursts of thievery in Ilarleui and parts of Brooklyn are still rresb lv the minds of a*any citizens. Uttle cxeiteine.il or tocredulltr will therefore be aroused by the official announoemenl that 17^ cases of robbet? were reiwrted las* week at Police lleadauarters. and that the number of il.u looting cases '\u25a0 \u25a0- al- most doubled K-itbin a fortnight. Doubtless a i nation may be fouud for the apparent i'i- uifference of the imbHc toward this situation, but that will not Uire more patrolmen nor regn- late tbe pawnshops. Ii is bigb time for the au- tboritiesto anticipate popular opinion by provid- iuj: the I'ulke pepartmen! with men and laws adequate to cope with the annj of criminals. The reasonableness of General Binghaui's xw- seut and repeated demand for more patrolmen and detectives must apfiear to everybody wno has «o;it«:ui.!.ued Xew York < Uy's area, its criminal population and the carelessness of flnt dwellers. Jjess obvious i- tlie need <'!' more stringent pawushop laws. Bu( General Bin? hnnt knew whereof be wrote when he drafted and presented i<> the Legislature a bill coin- pellins Xc« l'ork <"iiy pa)vubrbker.s to submit their noldingoi to daily police Inspeftion aud make fulL accurate reporrs of all transaction.-. One of rbe three or four reasons why this metropolis is the world's centre for rooks is found in the las supervision of the mosi likely purchasers or receivers of stolen property. Eu- ropran [iawnbrokeni are subjected to the <\<^'-\. scrutiny, being under the control of imper!;il laws ai ! officials In some countries. la •\u25a0 few American cities, notably Washington. BaltluKirO aud Providence, the task of baffling the "fen •«•" is greatly simplified by absolutely restricting the unmber of pawnshops to tour or five. But in ihis happy hunting pround of thieves the swarm <m" jKiwnbrokers is so dease and tho-r regulation so innocuous that ih<' laws seem Lo have been framed pither by light-fingered gen try or by light wits. The yearly license is JyiOO, a som which any pickpocket could raise on .-!..».•: notice. Account books must always iw open to the May..;-, the criminal courts, the city magistrates and the police; but as every pawn- broker chooses his own method of bookkeeping this equlremeni Ls a merry farce and wouid continue to b<> one even If every policeman were an expert auditor. The great majosity of patvu- brokers , tuallj do keep such brief, dark rec- ords of articles received that Sberkc-k Holm«s himself could not recognize in them a descrip- Lion of anything in particular. s<r long as they« are more pawnshops than can be closely watched, and such perfunctory supervision is tolerated, thievery will flourish on ai magnifi scale. so that tho justment of compensation pro- ]k.so,i really meaaa only tho application of the <.iniiii-s of \ho service to maintain and oxtenl our ]H»st:il facilities. The Ittbawic cordially sutiported the stibven- tion «nd val reserve bill arblcb passed both houses of Couprress at the last sessioß and was defeated rbea broofht before the. Senate for concurrence in otftafa House amendments through a SUbaatcr conducted by a Sootbeja sonat.j- abaot to be retired from public life. That sseaaare aras Intended to encourage c-oiu- inunlcation arita the countries of .South Amer- ica aad Central America, toward vvlnYh we bare assasoed serious political obligations and with «hi.h wp should by all means cultivate close and friendly commercial intercourse. It was also intended ta stimulate die growth <v AnMrican transportation Ibies to tbe Orient, where we have special commercial and po- litical intercsis. A dk»« desirable and helpful aaeaawe was defeated last year by indirect and uwstioiiable methods, and since there Is little chance r«r the enactmeni <.f a similar law at this s<.>*ion Concrrss can at least make partia amends for delay by rccasUng the ocean mail alt snd thus checking the alarming depletion of ,i,,, Amcri.-nn mercantile marine In the Pacific Both houses bare approved the prin- ciple of tbe Humphrey-* bill, and we do not think that enough nnreasoning partisan |K>sltion to it .•.«•> lie engendered to prevent <is fair consideration .."<l early passage. NEW PROFESSOR FOR U. OF P. Philadelphia. Feb. C3.-r>r. Thomas Haiil»a Montgomery. jr.. has been/ appointed to the- chair of SOOlogy at the University of Pennsylvania. He will assume his new duties on September I next. I>r. Montgomery id at present professor of SMiafjy in the University of Tnat, MR. MAHLER MAY TEACH AT COLUMBIA. <;ustav Mahler and Mme. Mahler were tbe BJUIStI of honor at a university tea baU yesterday after- noon in liarl Hall. Columbia University. it has been reported that Mr. Mahl'-r may l>» offered a. chair In tho music departmont at Coluiubhi. Amonc the other gursts were Dr. and Mr?. Cornelius Rui- rscr, Miss Itiibner, Miss Butler, Mrs. John \V. SarajSSl and Dean George W. Klrchwey. COLUMBIA'S PRESIDENT TO TAKE TRIP. President Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University will leave New York on March 7 for a three weeks' *toy In Bermuda. During Dr. Butler's absence Professor J. C. Egbert will be acting presi- dent of the university. PULLMAN CARS TO BE 'DRY.' From The Boston Transcript. It Is reported that an order Is being sent out from the ottlces of tba Pullmun headquarters in Chicngo to discontinue tho sale of llqucr on cars of thut company In every part of the United Btalwa. th» •rd«r to bo into ePf.-ct as soon the ll^uora now on aaad can be dini>osed of without laia It la expected to bejfin In Uat East and to work west- ward, and th«> order may become operative In Now England and the Middle States about Mart.It 1. It Is understood that the compuny is moved to take thta »tei> because of the- direct efTect th« antl- baloon liiwd In tlia several etatei huve h*d upon Its business. Not only hme the chanted condi- tions of the last twelve months cut deeply Into the. profits formerly derived from this source, but on lone runs Uquor can Bold lor only portions of. the <Uit4j;ce. and the company coasiafiUy In danxAr of prosecution for lay lir—tfinj tUrousti cftnltaa» UH U amatojr«a> THE TALK OF TBE DAY. The "Kathollsche S \u25a0\u25a0 '•• It mg" of Berlin tells tills story i,, justify its Indorsement of it.'- imperial on er against the us< of foreign words: "At one of the high school 3 the scholars were ordered to ap- pepr beforo a committee <«f ophthalmologists for examination, with a view to correcting defects In vision and arresting the progresa of eye trouble*. o;n- scholar received from the heaa master \u25a0\u25a0< note for his father whl i ">l. "To-day's examination showed that .-our rjn Fritz is predisposed to n-.vnpia. Scinetblns mtist be done with him." Xext morning Fritz appeared with this note for the hi \u25a0•' master: 'Al-A 1 -- soon as I read your note of yester day, f>r which ' thank yon. T gave Fritz a sound thrashing whichi 1 hope, will .i.i him good, if he ever t\oc* tho sane thing again let me know." The school ithoritlat have bei Initruct* to use ••shortsighted," instUd of "myopia," hereafter. Baldwin— The doctors say there are more than fifty kinds i f headache. Dp you believe 11 Rambo— l know It. !vc freouently had all of *en: in on« morning. Tribune. KJrby Malzeard Church, v.\ Yorkshire, whi i was burned down rec< ntl: . had a good deal of Inter- eptins aichitecture about it. says "The Manchester Guardian." ii stood on a Saxon site, and the old- est part of it dated from sotnen near the Conquest. There were, at any rate, pieces of Rood Norman and early English work, although the mass of the building was Perpendicular. Perhaps tha jinest thing In it la tlie south doorway, which la Kormai of a Rood period, and this, fortunately, j, ... been saved. The church records mention a curious iriil which took place In the church in the seventeenth century. A woman was tried i<>r stealing a skull out of the churchyard. Her de- fence was that she too* the skull t<« put .under the pillow <\u25a0• a sleepless friend as a charm to make her uleep. Bhe was reprimanded and or- dered to put^the skull back. Mi-;s Oldui Oh, dear. I'm afraid I shall ha \u25a0 to c ..'t some "f thai wrinkle eradlcator they advertise. Misa Pertlj Let me set 11 tor you. I have i brother In the wholesale drug business, Boston Transcript. A list of "little things which annoy" published in tlie Paris "Figaro" contains these: To awaken from a naj> in a railway coach and discover by tlie smiles of the woaten that they heard you snore. To receive slight thanks for a wedding present which cost more timn you could afford to spend. To be compelled to put in a conspicuous place an Ugly object becausa It was a present from a friend. To let n highly respectable footman hrlp you on with a seedy coat. To Un\ e your beautiful dinner partner star- at you while you try to decide which is the fruit and which the i beeae knife. "They aay wages are goins to be reduced all nk'ii;; the llrie." "That's too bad. Pretty booh our plumliern' helpers won't be making any more than a regular, army otllcer." I-lfe. Writing to "The Boston Transcript," Kdgrir | Howe Korbunh, New Kngland agent for the Na- tional Association of Audubon Societies, makes a j plea for the protection of birds. Mr. Forbuah i \u25a0ays: 'Sixty to seventy years aso jjre<*n winged teal were abundant In New Baglaad. Now they I aro rare. Fifty yean ajjo blue winped teal wer« i plenttfuL Now they are few. Forty rears ago the wood duck bred commonly throughout th« New England States. Now It Is In dangay cf j extermination. -Already most of tho stated and jirovlncea of North America Ikiv<* awakened ti> tho necessity of protecting wild fowl In spring; ! but Massachusetts and Rhode Island lag far be- hind the leaders In t liis movement.- Fully thirty species of wild fowl that normally visit theso states have practically no protoctasa under tho law. Tba statutes are co arranged as to allow tho : ahoatiag of torn* of thene birdd during every month of thr year, while oLhe.rs are proterted only when they ar^ out of the state." "What is an aJtruist, papa?" "An altruist, my son, Is a man who donsn't rive to others what doesn't waat htm««if rn iTIi T1 X i \,- »rding to "The Boston Transcrii fs M VTash- ington correspondent, resistance among Mas- .... . .. ..,. n \u0084. the !>:\u25a0;: of serving as instructed delegates to a national convention ..(.- almosi i" resentment, owing largely •to the high class of men selected for dele- L ., 1 : \u25a0\u25a0 [| [s certainly a curious ;u;«l illogical that delegate honestly trying to repre- sent his onstltuency In the; choice of a Presi- dential candidate ought to resent a clear ex- ,,. . ; | on titu ticy's Bentiment. Sw h an expression Is always helpful and not em- lng : , ,;.. ,;. legate -ho wants to fulfil . ... motions in the public Interest. The decision of in*' Supreme Court sustaining the Oregon statute restricting the hours of \u25a0 s \u0084.,,.': \u25a0 | ,-,\u25a0: -. i on sound common : : >i\«-. gntzes tho •• differences between men and \u25a0 : , nitie a woman t- more protec- \u25a0 , a an under the statutes. The lim- itation of her contractual powers is. m^ the coi rt . \u25a091 alone but for the bene- fit of al!. No more convincing evidence of the Demo- . party's Incapacity to dal R'itb birge matters of national policy could be found than \u25a0s in the currency speeches being made ;, y ,i ocrats In the Senate. All of them are still greenbackers. it would be dangerous to have the Democratic partj in power In ;i - ;'- uation which, !ike t!i" present, Invited financial \u25a0 -\u0084:;. ror It would Inevitably start tbe on a period of inflation. "The \-.- York World' 1 is astonished that the Democrats of Kansas should Instruct the* dele : -au-.s to the Denv< r convention to support Mr. Bryan. It says that Kansas is -a most Instruc- tive objeel lesson in tho map ot Bryanisxn. ' MrV I;;v; , cSled Kansas In IS9G by 12.000 and lost it in 1000 by 23.CHK). Mr. Parker lost it in lUO4 by 12G.000. Bui mayl>e the Kansana have not yet found out that Mr. Bryan was -the i tuai ieader" In the campaign of 1904. Whil I . don and Pai Is a lars mansions are equipped frith privat NEV/ YORK SOCIETY. Mrs. Fredericli 11. Benedict was hostess at a dinner t»-r.ight in honor of her brother and sister- in-law. Mr, and Mrs. Frederic Coudert, of Xew York, who are iere until Saturday- Mr, an.i Mrs. Riebard ReM Rodßers entertained at dinner 10-nladal complimentary to A«so^iaie Jus- tice and Mrs. liarlan. Their other gneata were ex- Associate Justice and Mrs. Br«nm, ex-Secretary John G. Carlisle. Mrs. Richard Butler. Sei itor and Mis. Clarence Clarii of Wyoming, and Representa- tive and Mrs. J. Van Vechten Oleott. Mr. and .Mr.". Joseph K. Tbropp had as suests at dinner to-night Mr. •!.•! Mrs. Frederick W. Hulile- koper, Major General and Mrs. Gillespie, Mr. and Mrs. VVUliana K. Merriam, Mr. and Mrs, Ten Kycli Wendell, I>r. and Mrs. Loring, Mr. and Mrs. J. C Hooe, Mrs. Cassell and Reai Admiral Terry. The Vl< \u25a0-'\u25a0' •- \u25a0 and Mrs*. Fairbanks w"re the guests of ;»!:•. and Mr?. William F. Draper at din- ner to-night, and invited to nmeel tLem w*»re the Secretary of tho Interior and Mr«=. James R. Gar- field, sociate Justice and Mrs. White, Senator arid Mrs". Elklns. Senator and Mrs. Knox, Senator Brandegee, the Assistant Secretary of the Xavy. Major General and Mrs. J. Franklin Bell, Mr. and lira. George W. Vand»rbilt, Mrs. Nickerson, Mr>-. Audenreid. Miss Boardman, Mrs. obobs, liear Admiral Capps and Gist Blair. IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY. [Trom Tttt Tribune Bureau. ; Washington. Feb. S.»-Miß3 Helen Ffoulke, dauirhter ol Sir. and Mrs. Charles M. Ffculke, and Mr. Havenith. Belgian Minister to r r«la. wHI be narrird at r.oon at the bonM or Mr and Mr?. Ffoulke, In Massaehusetta ivenoe. on March -\u25a0>• It was intended to ocfer '' \u25a0\u25a0• wedding until after Lent, but the departure or Mr. Havenith baa been h;r- n>d by his government. The wedding will be sim- ple in arrans-ments. -vith rern«p« *oe attendant tor Miss Kfotilk-. whO« the Bflpian Minister anl other diplomats v.ill H«bw in thp party of the •:-!.„,:,:. Misa Ffoulke is the guest of Ge;if>ral and Mr*. J. Frederick Pierson and their aghter. 7\llss Marguerite Pierson. in Wew York. She will return here Saturday, and that right Mr. an IMrs. Beaif wfll give a dinner in her honor. Ex-Senatoi nnd Miss Cocarell will give \u25a0 dinner for iicr on March it:. Mrs. Meyer, wife of ti:e I'ostmastfr General, wl-.o isiln'Xew York with her Rue?t. U»t Hon. Vioivt Vivian, will return to Ibe capital with her to-mor- row. \u25a0 THE CABINET. [from The Trilm:" Huieau.l- Washington, Feb. 2:..-The President mirl Mrs. Rootevelt were IIM guest* of lUc Secretary of Agriculture »t dinner to-nl*ht. Tin re.i suite at the New Willard m transformed into \u25a0 tropscal bower <* palms, wbtl« Mildreds ol ptek rosos wero tTscd aa a fi.rtl.rr decoration. Mr«. r>..;i;v.-i-. _ wife of tb« Senator from lov.a. v."3 hostess for fccirr- tary Wilson, Invil meet the President f and Mrs. Rmmwvcll wor* the Speaker and Mi Can- non th« ex-Postnia«er^Seneral and M.-- Gary, of Baltimore: Senatof Proctor. Mi* Fletcher Proc- tor senator and Mrs. Dolliver. Senator and Mrs. BcvcrV.ge. Mrs. Stanley afattnews. Repr*» trve and Mrs. James U. Mann. Renre»ent«UTe and Mrs. J A. T. ii-.il!. Representative and Mrs. FranK 0 Lowden, Representati« and Mrs. J. W. Weeks Representative G. N. Haugen; RepreseiitatlTa and Mrs B. P Birdsali Representative ar.d Mrs. Albert F. Dawson, tbe CwninliawinrT of Pensions and Mrs. Vespasian Warner, Lieutenant Com- mander and Mrs, \\"i;;i:<m S. Sims, the Rev. Dr. rd Mr?. Wallace Radcliffe, Mlsa Mattingly. Mlsa Mull and Jasper Wilson. AT THE WHITE HOUSE. [Fmm The Tribune Bureau. I xv «i hHM i-.-i. •\u25a0- -The Pittiitmt isartisi tho ,«nv throuKh ttS tmmol S>M the *~ b *'^ nth street N>w Vo.k. and HObShaa, N- 1-ThSW wi re no fonnaU.!- atteadtag th. -rnior.y b^yon. the mere prtMfaw of the button, wMcfe w«^ -i pretty 5...,v.r.r of ivory SH In a plate of slUer appropriately engraved. \fter the Cabiaet msettaf la-day, which was cut hort in order to nll.nv him 10 leave on time. th» President n.l-.l the funeral of Bishop Henry "i. S Cancrs'at tho Wl.ite Boom to-.i.-.y included Sena- tors CartM Taliaferro. Flint, Ladaa. Alnrioh and Smith, of Michigan, Beprescntatlvea Sulloway. Ijowl Murdook. ronlkroa, Burton and Landlfl an<l cx-As^tant Becratary of 0lat« Francis B. I.oomls. The Cal.in-t met at 11 -a. ii. and adjourned at i::» p. in. . . _ Un RooM-vclt, -Miss BM Roosevelt and Theo- dore Roosevelt; jr.. ratWMd to Urn White House to-dny. Mrs. Roosevelt and her daughter made \u25a0 short" visit to JCermft and Archibald Roosevelt at Orotdn. Mass., and Ihea went Bsatna for a \u25a0brief visit average flow of <!i<* Croton, in a considerable term of years, averaged 402,000,W0 gallons a day. In the last wore of years it has aver- aged only 048.000,000 gallons it day. The de- crease is partly due to \u25a0 slightly diminished precipitation, but chiefly to the enormous in- crease oi evaporatloa from the many sqnare miles of reservoir surface. Now. if every drop were impounded at Cornell, there would be a surplus of only 24,000,000 r:illoiis a day above our present use; next year there would be only 9.000.000 gallons surplus, and in 1010 there would be \u25a0 dcii.i. of 6,000,000 gallona a day; for our proscut. consumption is 824,000,000 fal- lona a day, and the daily use is increasing by 15,000,000 gallons s year. Even if loss by evaporation could be overcome and the full sup- ply of thirty years ago could be regaiued, it would be sufficient for only \u25a0 little more than five years, when the demand would exceed tba supply and new sources would have to be sought. But of course such aa a<-hi«*vrinent is beyond hope. The nnancial argument against further at- tempts at draining the Croton is as convincing as the hydrographfe. if there were no evap- oration, and the How, as great as it w.as a generation ago. coald all Ik; impounded, the work of securing that additional 54,000,000 gal- lons a day. according to Mr. Smitirs estimate, would cost $145,000.«00. while the Catskill ex- tension will supply, probably in less time. 230.- 000,000 daily, or nearly rive times as much, for only $112,002^000. The conclusion is that it is physically impossible to get the needed ad- ditional' supply from tbe Croton. and that if it were possible to get even a partial imd Innde; ovate supply, it would cost more than six times as much as that rrom the Catskills and wonW still leave us under the necessity of going to th« Catskills or elsewhere, after all. In that vie.v of the case, the correctness of which we do hot expect to so- successfully challenged, eom- ,noii sense and the public welfare unmistakably demand the expeditious prosecuiion and jewj pletion of tbe great work which has been so well begun at Ashokan. erted much influence In public affairs. It may be added that both these' gentlemen are pos- sessed of high character and ability and are most amiably disposed toward the United States, so that the election of either wotil.l doubtless assare a continuance of the existing agreeable relations betweru the two countries. EXPEDITING JIJSTI CU. Although the method of reaching a verdict used by a Xew York jury yesterday has not yet become popular among the good men tried and true throughout tfte country, its adoption in ihis lastauce dkl not, perhaps, signify any un- usual departure from general American custom. The twelve eminently respectable and Intelli- gent Jurymen who agreed to settle the case be- fore them by flipping a coin may feel that they simply yielded to the national habit of harry and to the national vice of giving business mat- ters precedence and preferment over every- thing else. The case was tin important oue of a child who bad been crushed to death under the wheels of a trolley car. The jury, after a short season of disagreement, finally lent sympathetic cars to one of the members "who bad $fi.ooo "in his pocket with which be was going to \u25a0\u25a0,!..-,. a deal and wauled to get away," as a Juryman aalvely confessed. A coin was io-,s. a. and the law of gravltatloo decided in favor of the defendant corporation. When Justice Guy, upon bearing this, declared that he could not adequately express his indignation at so mon- strous a perversion of justiie. but would dis- close his feelings as well as be could by fining eacli offender $30. the jurymen were greatly astonished. Had they not been following the traditions of their forebears and contempora- ries? Have not thousands of honest and respect- able citizens kepi away from the polls and shunned all political activities on the ground of "Important business engagements" V Have not statesmen and cafuains of industry fought many just reforms'on the plea that 'they would Injure certain commercial interests? If, in all puch case? the right must -ield to the desires of the man 'with a deal on," why should noi a inrynian with ?(S,OOO in his pocket delivered fro'ni the Irksome task of deciding a case by cogitation? Impeccable reasoning, perhaps, but let us hope, for the sake of all men whose i-ongs must be redressed by juries, that many Rtrenuoiis ritizebs "with a deal on" will take time to learn how expensive il is to substitute the law of fjraritatioii for the laws of the land. Jll-Ah'sT. THE rirYSICIAX. Any fear which may have been fell that the rad- ical elementa would be so dominant in the two 'Teat parties thai no candidate would be pre- sented •\u0084, the public ruo v...uld represent the Imjiinens view of national policies is dissipated by the formation of Mr. Hearst's new conserva- tive parry. Who is there to whom business would turn with sucb an instinctive feeling of confidence as to Mr. HearstV He Is its physi- cian in the nervous and apprehensive hours ol its convalescence. The hushed voice of th- 1 sickroom pervades his editorial pages. The Piunderbund is forgotten. ' ! ' ! '" trusts, por- trayed with all their ancient fulness of girtii, 1,-.v,. uikeu on a benign and genial aspect. As Mr. Brisbane said in ' lis Washington's Birthday address in Brooklyn, "Hearst, acting as a friei I •of a sick man < r a panlestrleken people, is try- **ing to restore c-onfidence, to make people take ••a cheerful view, to help get back financial "health." Only eutly his papers contained sonic ol their oid-fashioucd remarks about the Supreme Court decisions affecting labor questions, an I Mr Hearst very properly rebuked them in si ••letter to the editor" full of sound common sense and conservatism. It was no time for ap- peals to class prejudice and for attacks upoc the courts". With business prostrate, the voice thai, according to Mr. Brisbane, warned the people "vigoroiisly, savagely, sensationally, v you 'like." must be moderated to a gentle whis- per. The hush of the sickroom must be rc- snectcd. " ];, Mr. arsl the conservative does not i|t ; il( . bimself to rebukes of his own editors when they for a momeni forget that the -savage, seusatioual" doctrine of two years ago is no longer in place now that he is trying to woo In, ii, 5s hack to health: Everybody Is rebuked who is not as conservative and gentle as lie is in his present inocd. President HooEevelt, ac- cording to Mr. Brisbane, "means well, but be is "veiling ai tlie top of his voice inopi»ortunely -and incorrectly." He Is a "strong, ignorant driver" of the -national buggy." He knows Dothing. practically, of business, while Mr. Hearst is ii business man. with a payroll of -\u25a0?•",.- 000.000. Bryan also is much too dangerous to be trusted in this delicate situation. -What." asks Mr. Hearst, "will be the probable effect "oh the community of a Democratic President •arrayed in tbe coutrasting colors of the full "Democratic regalia:' He shivers to think of it. The ician's thoughts go out to that nervous, apprehensive patient over whose sick- room none can preside so well as he. Mr. Hearsi evidently regards this year as one that calls for a conservative, and among all the expedients of the politicians who wish to appear both conservative and radical, one tiling at one moment and another al another, one thing t<i one element and the reverse to the other, none is more amusing than this shift on the part of ; . man who was badly beaten only a year and a half ago because the people though! him radi- cal to the point of being revolutionary, i There ii no watershed ta the world which has boon n:orc carefully etudied than the Croton Valley, and none whose yield is more exactly known. From twenty u> forts: J.eurn ago th« The fatal fl;nv in that reasoning la that it adopts as its major premise a temporary, ex- ceptional and fugitive incident as though it were an habitual and permanent fact. Those who saw thai Niagara-like flood pouring ovor the Cornell dam last year were fortunate, for they saw a siffht which may not be visible again for many n year, and which there Is little reason to expect oftener ilinn once In a decade. Persons familiar with the lower reaches of die Croton River know that after the completion of the greal reservoirs at Amawalk, Carmel, Purdys aud elsewhere, long before the comple tion of the new Cornel] dam, the bed of that Stream waj dry and dusty for \u25a0 large part or t!it> year, and that, save In a freshet time, it w:i* an uncommon sight to sec water Sowing over the old dam. The reservoir created by |he new dam Is so capacious that many have been in- clined to regard it as unnecessarily large, and to doubt if ii will often be nearly filled. That tha conditions produced by the altogether phe- nomenal rate tloods of last fait will be fre- quently repeated Is too imnrobabie for Berlous consideration. CROTOy UMITATIOXS. The report t.. tbe Mayor l>y Mr. J. Waldo Smith, the competent and expert chief engineer of the Board of Water Supply, sets forth au- thoritatively th<> condition of iii' city's supply of potable water, present and prospective, and furnishes what should be a convincing and filial answer to criticisms of the Caiskill ex- tension scheme as extravagant and unneces- sary, and to the ill advised pretensions that an Impounding of the entire flow of tlie Croton would give the rity a aufficien.l siii);>ly for many years. The criticism of the Catskill enterprise i> of course based upon the theory of the suf- ficiency of the Groton supply, and the latter In turn is based upon the fact th*t at times, notably late last fall, large quantities of water have escaped over ihe spillway of the Cornell dam after nil the reservoirs in the Croton Valley were filled. NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 26. 1005. About People and Social Incidents. « Amusements. ' ACADEMY OF MTH'- - The Gr*at Dlvldf. ALHAMIIKA- 2— S— Veu«e\ill». AbTOR J;i3 Rfif I'&ic'. n; Kail. HELJISOO- -Mir»— The Warren* «f VireSni*. KIJOI" 2:15—»>:13 KicharJ 11l- Xl*AXEVj=—^:^^— Thr Monuon U .'.\u25a0 KHOADW "AT r:l*-t:l&-A Waltz Dr«»in. CASINO—^IS— Nearly a H-ro. COI/JNlAU— 2— *•— Vaudeville. \u0084 - i jMjiTERION— 2:IS—*:13— Mivs Hook ol UolASd. 2JAIjY*S - <~arjn«Mi *:1"» ilagiii". HEWEY- ~—*~ V»oderUJe. VBEX MUFKE— The World In \\ ?.x. . SScI::!^ sn^KSltv Miles rrcx Bortoa. \u25a0 rrpM vV— *5<» ArcfcennttMPOca. H»'KKIT--i:-T!- WJU-hlnu Horr. HIP! I - - \u25a0 rhe Four -\u25a0 ' Tork. -- ; . \u25a0 \u25a0 ~ LI K-f -^r^^^^-.a-Tl.e -n h o S a ikwSTfQCARE GARUEN-IO «• -. «• " P- -- tVt/SSn^-llSis-iaoriaiw*^^ , - MAJt-~^lt -I- .-'•' l , r< i.-_v_jiiior«h- VAXMAITAN '' "?' JJ* O ',,nVvK -K—ll Trovatori. -- \u25a0 saEW Yor.K-s:-->--n^ .. X ,. l o , 1 , Pr .-J TwenJy o*r» , \u25a0 \u25a0 -. r Slerry v. :\u25a0!•>»•. \u25a0 Inde.v to Advertisement*. ..a \u25a0 :. \u25a0 '' ' "!\u25a0 1 nks& p*K»eatioM-a .. "Jg*? l^^ •; # ..n XK*k»*"om«'nir- . N 14 4 tiiture -' . I.:' iV-^Nnti-^ 1* J: - .\u25a0 Uorsei A. Carriage*. « «\u25a0 «\u25a0»« lnrtnjrtioa •' "1 ___— 3&Jo®xnrlv sQnil]2 Srifcxmfc WEDXESDAY, 1 EBRI'ABt 2G. 1908. T !r rrikm \u25a0 \u25a0 '" ;V '" J> '"""' \u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0'\u25a0'\u25a0- am Edward Lyman Short gave- a dir.ivr last night at her home. SB Wesl Kth street. Tre first oC the series of lectures by Professor Fenellosa on the art of the Itaßan Keiiatesaiwe. arransed by Mrs. M. Orme Wilson. Mrs. Charles B Mexander. Sir* William Alexander and others will be given to-morrow Sin Wilson's touse. '.n East Mth street. Among those wl-.o have aercpttd invitations to join, the class are Mrs. John tones Kir- Mr- R. Fuitor. Cutting Mr*. Ldnaurd T.. Baylies, Mrs P. Cray Griswokl. Mr* J-red.-ri-.-k v. Underbill. Mr,. Charles M. Oelrtchs, Mr* »-hart« 1) Dickey Mrs. W. Bayard Cutting Mr?. Arthn* Iseiln. Sin P. K. Pendleton and Mrs. J- Gordon Douglas. Under the patronaso of Mrs. C^arlca B. A>-- \u25a0nder lira J- rierpont Morgan. Sirs. KJehard lrvin.' Mrs. James KhMenberc B^y and other-:. a concert and tea for the benefit of the Italian Children's Settlement wd be gives at = oMock tt.:.* atiernoon in the Assembly Koom of the Colon, Club. Miss Anna CaWwell Wnitebead. daagbteir «? &• Penntngton WhUehead. will be married t.~;wv to Edward Rush Duer. only son of 3!r?. Geonst Kn»h Duer «f Morrfertown. X. .1 .. and it cephew of r>r. E U Duer. cf Phi!ad \u25a0 The ceremony wl.l I,; performed by the Rev. Wffilarn H. R-Vnaxds in the Bri.k Presbyterian Church at C:s'> •clock, and afterward t:i*r<* wfll be « reception af the home .-. i!ie bride's father. i:i \u25a0-\u25a0'-\u25a0 street

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v. illai- s<i abroad to-day.

Mi Waldorf Astor is booked to sail for Europs. V'

nn board the <arman!r». Mr?. Astir b?.^

b^"iS "untry several wee^ U«-

? t of her

time being tah^n up in organizes the rnW.;n-

ment for charUy which was fiven «.««PW«Monday- She spent a few days rt .»r I

ChisWell D. Lanshorne. at Greenwood, \a.

The 1' "

•i\u0084- Sew Tori

r' '

jajM v«n Onativi.i will be ti- maid «f honor at

tie n-.-rtdir- of Mif=» fla-TH Wright B*rrUy and J.

V'-tor On:itivl». jr.. which, as aaii irad la Th-

Trto«n« some ten days aa» wHI tak» »**••\u25a0Tuesday. April B at St. Thomass Clrn^n. Ttecer.mony will be performed by the Rev. I_•i:rr,.-,t m. Btl«i Ml-s Barclay Is a * «tcr of Mr*

J. Stevens riman »a* of Mr* S. CteMej Van«-

\u25a0:.,- <r.. and her aaart is a son of Mr. and Mr.\u25a0 Onativia and a gmduaie of HaWAclass of '??. H« baa select- d Arthur R. Jon-s »

bis best man.

is only on* hou^ that can boast of anything etthe kind in .New York, namely, th* quaint old-

fashioned home of Mr?. Abram S. Hewitt and olher dangatcrF. at L^xin^ton avenue and ..fl «rreet

Tho theatre Is <-n the latter thoroughfare tn th-»

r^r of tho house, and Is perfectly appointed m

every respect. Ithas been the scene of a n«^r

of dramatic entertainments, aamasy under hi

direction of Clyds Fitch, who hi p.i«"«J af Khs

family, and the performers Invariably Ir.cMde not

only Mi^ Sail!* and Ml**Eleanor Hewitt, »ho «r»

particularly cl^er \u25a0 its- aill \u25a0!\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0. tat \u25a0*• >J*Pet>r caaaar Hawlrt. who. a taffsgl \u25a0>->«\u25a0

scholar, excels in those French comedl-tras to ta«

interpretation of which the Gallic lanB»»s« tel

peculiarly Well adapted. I^st everunff the _JJ^Hewitt gaVe auoth-r one of their ««™*Jfi^rormanies. in connection with which «~ ?L?L°™;WUawi. Mra John Jaast Astor. Mr» VT. WatM

Sherman and a number of other waaaaa of n*

fashlonabia world gam dinners, afterward tssjaajtheir \u25a0\u25a0sell on ta the "T»*wlt« Theatre. T6

ent/Hatamen oprn»J r.ith Co, de »W?V»-liistovie dv Vtob* *m& in which M;?.'1rt

\u25a0*CoopeV Hewitt and tl.e Vleomte do r*r\z*.r i™<

part Itwas followed by otdtirne dsmees perform t

by Bflaa Ele-aa. Hewitt mmi Frederic Weete. »d

Sew in turn were weecdod by another comedy£2 pre^nted by Mrs. Gordon Bell. Mb. Ourne,

and M.d~ ivrigny..That «h^ "hou-- "**rrowd^and enthusiastic so-5 without sajmc. **'l«f^ »\u25a0 \u25a0*

curtain had been run -" down » -'"r'l «nPP<fJJ«served about mWnfeht. the entmajnnwntbrousbi to a ctoW by o.d Coionial J^^o^thrre hundred luiHatKaw had been baaaad to. tn-

nffair.

CrTT.--StocSs were .lull and lower. ===== Th«\imipel uxiiJrr tii" Hudson River was opened.

Plans were formulated f«ir the dlsmemb* r-:;ient of the suspended Mechanics anil Traders']>ank. and the formation of two and possiblyii:re« banking Institutions as successors.

—xrr-

Oivcrn<ir Folk cf Missouri spoke before t!ie Civicrorum in Carnegie Hall.

—Borough Prrsi-

<l*-n: llaffen was asain <>n the stand ra the in-restlsatlon of his ••r!i' by the Commissioners <>fAccounts. r:_z^r=Tl:e annual report of the 1-ack-arami Bailroad showed that 3<*u7 had b*-en themost prosperous year In tlie comjiany's history.

TXDS WEATHER.— lndications f«.r to-day:Kain, with higher temperature. Th« tempera-ture yeaerday: Highest. :;c degrees; lowest, I*s.

COXGRESS.-Senate: Currency l««slaO<msiidVhc Indian an»ropriptioa Mil were thechlef ,I^pU before tHe Scr.ato; the Committee on

Nrval Affairs bc^an the Investisation of the

hcuterdahl charse«.== House:! G«aewf **Z

i%-«o \u0084m iiio \u25a0rmy appropriatioa lull broosnt out™,««;tr-iSr?avo"or'lnfrea.«od pr.y and therestoration of t!>« cantc?!'..

V< »KEIOX.—L"'.J Fltzmaurk-e and Sir HiTwar.! jfircy ira<i« Btatesnenla in Parliament on ilie jXlaoedoaian situation. indicating that tlie jl>;ei-n Office foresaw (he possibility of BCTiCUS ;trouble. '== Bishop ivilkinson ina letter pun- .Jijihf-,-1 in "Th<- Uaily Mail" desaribes the de- ;

captation xermght by revoluUonists in Russia, 1

«nu says that the «nenjmenl ha? erred on the ;of leniency. ===== It "a? reported from ;

Pru^cis t!u:t KlngrLeopold 'aad the Premier had i

readied an agreement on tho Text ol the new :

1-C.1150 treaty «.f aJiucxation. and that Theincjoure. would l>»- laid before the Chamber ofIDeputies r-.n Frlflay. ===== Two hundred and

histv membera cf the Douma will b? receivedi-n audiense by Emperor Nicholas at TsarskoefSek. to-day.

— China, accordins to si «tis-

patch from Berlin. hi>s been Hounding Germany

rejrardins the jiossibility of an agreement be-; jtveca the bitter country and America t«» main- jlain the opr;i door Inall Chines? territory. 1

General d'Air.ade advised the French govern- jiiir-ni tiu;t he expected to resume offensive oper-ations against i'ic- Moors on Thurf ',

DOSIKSTH".—

Speaker Cannon addressed the

convention of National Education AssociationIn VTas&ingt/oaJ — Attorney General Jacksondecided at Albany that tlie Public Service <:<wi- ;n:issioii !ia<i power to li^ the fare from M:in-hattan t<» <v.nvy 151a;..l at Bye cents. :.. The<'outt of'AppeahV at Albany affirmed the Judg-

ments Ol conviction in the so-called Buffalograveyard eases, an«l upheld the legality of thev.jllof Wallace <\ Andrews. ===== The investi-gation of th*> QaancSal condition of Xew YorkCity by a commission of live Assemblymen andthree Senators is ;»rones«'d in a concurrent re.-o-lution introduced at Albany Ly Senator S.i\.--

The Sonate ::t Albany voted to transmitSupertntOQdent KeJsey"* reply to Matthew C.neminsr. <"hief Delaney of the Denverpolice force siiid that as the result of the mur-«K-r 1f I'aih.er 7^eo Ileinrfcha by Ghxseppe Alio.

V the Sicilian anarchist, ftleast thirty members ofjr ' organized band which has sought refuge injAmerica v.iii be arrested in different 2>arts o*

ihe country.

-iltc ET/is pfOaT-V/ir«-

His Work as Historian Honored by PresidentSooscvelt and Others.

Students of the American Revolution owe a \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'-

cial debt of ETatiuule to Sir Georg* Trevelyan.

whose work on tlie subject, though not yet com-pleted, has already lakea rank as \u25a0 kind of classic.

As each successive voloim has \u25a0 oma out it hasbrought to bla readers a rU-ep*r sense of the sym-patby and Impartiality with wbJcn he has sip-

proached a diSruli theme. The biographer of Foaand Macaulay has surveyed our grsatl war with

ih* tesmanllke eye of the one and described It

with the art of the other. The merits of his work

have been abundantly recoßnized on both sides of

the Atlantic, but Americans must take special

pleasure in tlw New Year's sift which was sent to

him fruin this country in commemoration of Ma

tino achievement. It took tha shape of a large

aivl beautiful silver cop bearing this haseriptloa:

&

Sir Grorjt.» Trpvelyan,Historian

': of theAmerican Revolution,

Krom Xi» FriendsTtaaodora am»ss»'slt.

E'.lhu Root, Henvy Cabot I.o«Is«. i

I I•.^—

—*•\u2666 ' \u25a0

Our countrymen wll]applaod this expression of

an appreciation which tnoßaaaaai of them share.

Th» perseaal friends who addressed Sir George

Trevelyaa In the foregoing inscription represent

also an over increasing body of readers <>f his

book.

A TRIBUTE TO SIR GEORGE TREVELYAK

Governor itupr>i«»» speech aM CMcawjs last S*tur-day h:id no jurpytses inr for those ho had reailhis previous speeches. He believes the. country lamorally aaaad He thinks w^ need Just now Ibitonic of a who!r«i;»le conddence." ll*lis a rot>u»tfaith in the lliwillj'a.vmin-irlal future. It«»aapreeatea Indiscriminate detraction. H« BBM azalt*y-r\etl public nutice o:» all eaa^ataaa] th >t he is noreactionary; "it must also be taken to b« * settle-ipolicy." ai jiay*. "that ther*» >hall N» iMiiiple".effective and Just nupervislon of our railroad.''.* lt*»talks about those who would ho* for tfejStaSStveatht> treasures of the public il.>malM qutt.' i-< The«»-dore Roosevelt talk?«. Ills vl»w^ on th*obedlenc*dun to the CooJitlturlea «r* as soundly Americanand right .is William Howard Taft's.

ERRORS OF TUB CONSERVATIVE it.AB9.

From .The CMsamj Evenlnj;Post."They who wouUl have sanity of judgment aiul

niHonuMi' solution cf dinV'\ilt question* .<p.diiM sento it that they asl not stir ili«» people to tniiicruit'onby the corruption of representative government.They must trust th« people and rely upon thrirXouci fnttrt and aense of lustier In the lasMJ runthey will not be disappointed If they themselveskeep faith and reapjact the Institution* whuJ«> pro-tection they invoke."

In thesr. the mot<t sixnttlciutt words of his not»-worthy ii>Ulrt!«ii at the Auditorium, GovernorHughes) ti-iiches upon the primary error of th*con-servative class in America. Isy persistence tn t.u-»error thi-* essSS has put Itself too often Inopposi-

tion to Its own tti>i.lih< lnt«re«ts, la opposition, litother words, to orderly progre^^ end the securityof fundamental rlchta

Hy i^rnl»teni.-fi la this «rror this cla?s has gtv^aid to the. rsajctlunao and to the ochlocrat. whoequally di« tts deadly enemies.it Is the most encouraging evidence nt so>- »- 4

political aUvanct> that to-d^iy, in Use tu*in throughth» leadership of Theodore Roosevelt, th1 » •'..*..>\u25a0\u25a0'h*a taken «id«s with democracy, and. to urn Gov•ruor Uushes's own words ot warslnc. U tniitlecth* people aj3<3 reljing on Mais gu>34 CalUl MftSsfii

VIKWS ON TTIK CON3TTTT riON*.lYsaa The llanfortl rourant.

A LESSON FOn ALL.

From The TTairhlnr*—'Star.

I,> shoving u^> what WasMsstoa did. bfl sh ''"T*Jwhal we ourselves should do Jl' n«""j^,«3£*-rout performanefs of that day f=."» as to point ortSidurr and tho posslUUtica ot this .l«y. and hoMsout t.fcven the&of us th* ho£ of ren«3^inc.- helpful public serrlce if we hut guUa b> »«spfrll of the creates of the fathers.

SUMMED UP.rroaa The KufTa'.o Kiaaxsa

But the :.dtlrc!»s may V*- fumir.f-l "P in * "I"*'*Ao by S;ivi,,£:that it »as a doclaration \u25a0 •? »J-li^f in th« nprlkhtees- of the o.m^on people a.^itbat the co\ ernnient i* intenfir.l for th?ir BBBWL

"The common welfare must be the supreme "\u25a0said Governor Hughes. "In our Ipslatton antadministration we must favor no class, bu. rro'ttct the interests or all our citizen?.

ON* THE PRESIDENTS POIJCIES.

From Taa Cl . ia« Record-Herald.Th« -STS? 'ASS 11^,rS°p v^r';of*:,.,,. undersi Goveraoi be-

Be^« ft certain prtrnli-

t

"lea BrtcOy. be la a«ainsi spec \u25a0\u25a0' pr.w>g«. awtks VesarUs rfc-n malefactors he made a very cogentfeller seiidttis; them to Jai!- But in what-haSaid o n,e t\>n«titution. the rights of tn« state:.

f^e courts ami the methoda r»f enfarrtaajtj •

one. might And some hint that he would not al-w-Lvs on the PresWenfa Hne?. and it »s to be. notetttot be addressed himself with special emphasis tobusiness men.

IIMIIMProm The Washington Post.

Governor Charles E. Hughes ha« been <*-«".?!by hla pollti.alenemies as one amons that class c.present-day r^rormers wboa» hand la rataad acain«tthecreat 'businesses at-l the great bu«tr«* r:-!-^

of the nation. But In hta fP£Ch at Cl^m.•"Saturday, the Gtnnw m ckarly sH forth M3Doaltion that even tb. most ardent of his oppo-neius must t«' rrtnvinced that the criticism was un-just Mr tlnghea declared that the* nation ismorally sound, that Ha standards of business ha\

n«v«r "been lii»h«r. and tl-at the men of businessfairly represent the intelligence and moral senti-ment of the nation.

GOVERNOR XLTGHES IN CHICAGO.

THE OCE \ FOJSI i/ BiLL.\u25a0': M-euis to be generally conceded that Con

trmt wiil attempt i<» pass few measures ofImpo.". . at this session and willconfine itsattention iii<-n_v to the routine appropriationbills. 'J'ii'-t. Ss, however, one proposal pendingin Itolli Ih.ij«<*s which wr hc>i»e will not behbelved ontil n politically more convenient sea-eon. That i> the Uumphrey^Jallinger oceanaaatsJ b'll. wlikh sects to extend The presentmail Berrice to >>outb Aaaericaa and AsiaticIKirts. Thai extension is to be aeenred by«men<ling the ocean postal law of March ::. ISOI.•under which the f'».->'i^i. mail service is nowconducted. Hy the terms of the law of lyti

the Postmaster General was authortsed to payta mail carriers a certain rate a n3il«* for out-ward voyages. Vossels of th«- firsl rlasa, «if notlrps thaa S.'AM haw and bavaag a speed of notrbss *:,•:;!! T-.vfn:y knots, were io receive -*i amil*1. Vessels of tbe second ••!:is-. with a kjm-;-<1of not less than sixteen kaala, were to receive s

-j

a mi!* Tor vssois <'f the third and fourtliclasses, between fourteen Baal sixteen knotsand bdaw fo;irtr*n knots, the compensationsraa to be $1 a mile and OS^ (••\u25a0iii> a nnic re-f|>e.-tiv<'ly. Tlie amendment proposed will piv.>

to ateain«Ts of the Meaml cfasa plying 10 BoothAmjerica. lbe Philippines, .Inpan, <"hnia andajajattadssssi Hie irat class rampeaaatfaa of Ma mile.Itwillb«* s'-eu that Sw gesMral sahstiy iasoe

is not raised by this l**glslation. It simply re-

nrrjiiifsili.- rate «>f pay on 'Lio RMfaVe routes—routes which are longer and Bsasc osstly to oper-ate than those nnma llwAtlantic. The Amerfilines on the l';i.ific have been strgj&llng against

adrersA conditions and cannot be maintainedat tbe |2 a ruile rate. Itr. Gallingcr told liw-Senate ou Monday tbat last March Sfteta Amer-ican •\u25a0aiiif-r weiv running from Pacilic t.'oastports to JSouth America, and the Oricaat. Nowonly eight are in commission, aud \u25a0-.•\u25a0} cannot

reaisiu in asrriec hawj saaamj Congress cassesto their relief by putting theiu on the K:iui«

hasls as the fai-Ter Atlantic linere. Mr. Mc-Cleary, th*» Socond Assistant I'ostmaster Gen-eral, hes cftirnatPd that the co*t to the depart-

meat cf tbe ciange in rate wll be $4,000,000

a rcir. But be fca* Informed the House Com-islctee oe Po£tofsce6 and Post Roads that the£OT*rnireE r is now mating a profit of about4sßtstf>jOoO * jcar on the cccan postal service,

One of the candidates is Sefior Domingo acOhaldla, who is well known In this countrythrough bis residence at Washington as r.'"i-;aian Minister. lie is a man of lon^ and dl<-tinguisbed public aervices. Before the revolu-tion of vj<<:: he was aaajaestknably loyal to theCosamhiaa government, aad It was becaase "f

that loyally that he went to Bogota to remon-strate with the.Colombian |.iiTrrnmrnt againnti;s predetermined burking of the Hay-llerraatreaty aad to erara it of tho prohable conse-quences of that fatuous act- His words weredisregarded and he was treated with scantcourtesy, though the Bagota government after-ward tried to moke nnu-tMls and to retain histjiiviiorrby making him Governor of Panama —the last OoJoashtaa Governor

—n place which ho

heU at the time of the revolution. lie did rv-in:iiu loyal to OolamMa, but after li»' had beendeposed by the aaeeessful revohttionlsts he castia lii-. lot with tii»'iu ami became the aaocessorof M. IJunau-Varilla at Washington aad laterthe First Deslgnado, or Vice-President.

TLf other candidate is SrDor EtearJa Affaa,who was one of the founders of the Pau«ni:«Biuajblh., Oamlng of a family s<ttl*-d on theIsthmus in Balboa's linn-. he and his brother,Tomas Arias, amnj aaaaTsf the lirst ta join Dr.Amador and latar Arango in the revolutionarymovement. He was esssaalaaiaSsSd l>y tha juntato visit the United States with Dr. Amador tof-eek encouragement and aid for the Impendingrevolution, but was prevented from coming, vo-maluing. however, an active member of thojunta. |hjMt the revolution he ims not heldpublic office, but he has been a conspicuousmember of the Conservative party aud ha* ex-

W«- published tbe other day Presideni Ania-<!\u25a0•;\u25a0> wise and patriotic letter insisting upoi

retirement from office at the end of bis preseiitterm, in loyal accord with the letter and spirit

of the constitution. That utterance has beenaccepted us final by til?' people of Panama. ."in<j

in consequence c>!!ht candidates f'>v i!i<^ Presl-are i•• \u25a0i\u25a0.--r pul forward. The two who

;.:i\'' tmjs far been announced, and who v.iiiprobably l»- the only candidates In iii'- election,are i»>ih members >>? tbe Conservative or Con-stitutkmaiM party, to which President Amadorbt!ou^<. \h<- Überala saving decided not toname a candidate of ih<-ir own, but i<> give theirstrength to thai candidate of the Conservatives

seems to be iu^si favorable to their pol-icies.

THE PAS'AMA PRESIDESCY.Indications multiply that iii<" Republic of

Panama will continoe to net before Us ih';:m

Ix.rs in Central and South America :t coni-

niendable example <\u25a0!' enlightened constltution-altem. 11 Is proverbial that in :inew state thechoice of a Becond Presideni Is a partieularljr

crucial psperience. rnder tbe Btress of militantpatriotism in ;i revolutionary epoch the first

'•\u25a0lit is chosen by common consent. Buiv\h<'ii the time »-«'in<»s for "lit- election <>f his sue-

personal ambitions ;i;:»i partisan animos-ities are rife and potent. !: was In lin1 electionand during ii:" administration of «>•.'.!\u25a0 nwn >\u25a0\u25a0.\u25a0\u25a0

oud Presideni that factiou first manifested it-self in au oniiuous degree in American politics.it was in her secoad Presidential election iii.itCuba came to grief. Accordingly, iiii^ year's

;_-:i !<>r a successor to President AmadocIn Panama is to be regarded with st •<\u25a0<-; :il lv-

\u25a0

THIEI />' AXD "FEXCES"Careful readers of the newspapers did net

need the assurance from Police Commissioner

Binshaui that borglary aud cognate erinieg have

been inrreasinie at \u25a0 positively nlannhig rate for

a l<»n? time past. Hie campaign of looters a few

weeks ,-.?o around Gramercy Park, the scores olb( osebreakiog cases in and near lower Park ave-nue and the frequent outbursts of thievery in

Ilarleui and parts of Brooklyn are still rresb lv

the minds of a*any citizens. Uttle cxeiteine.ilor tocredulltr will therefore be aroused by theofficial announoemenl that 17^ cases of robbet?were reiwrted las* week at Police lleadauarters.and that the number of il.u looting cases '\u25a0 \u25a0- al-

most doubled K-itbin a fortnight. Doubtless a i

nation may be fouud for the apparent i'i-

uifference of the imbHc toward this situation,

but that willnot Uire more patrolmen nor regn-

late tbe pawnshops. Iiis bigb time for the au-tboritiesto anticipate popular opinion by provid-iuj: the I'ulke pepartmen! with men and lawsadequate to cope with the annj of criminals.

The reasonableness of General Binghaui's xw-seut and repeated demand for more patrolmenand detectives must apfiear to everybody wnohas «o;it«:ui.!.ued Xew York < Uy's area, its

criminal population and the carelessness of flnt

dwellers. Jjess obvious i- tlie need <'!' more

stringent pawushop laws. Bu( General Bin?hnnt knew whereof be wrote when he drafted

and presented i<> the Legislature a bill coin-

pellins Xc« l'ork <"iiy pa)vubrbker.s to submit

their noldingoi to daily police Inspeftion aud

make fulL accurate reporrs of all transaction.-.One of rbe three or four reasons why thismetropolis is the world's centre for rooks is

found in the las supervision of the mosi likely

purchasers or receivers of stolen property. Eu-ropran [iawnbrokeni are subjected to the <\<^'-\.

scrutiny, being under the control of imper!;il

laws ai ! officials In some countries. la •\u25a0 fewAmerican cities, notably Washington. BaltluKirOaud Providence, the task of baffling the "fen•«•"

is greatly simplified by absolutely restricting

the unmber of pawnshops to tour or five. But

in ihis happy hunting pround of thieves the

swarm <m" jKiwnbrokers is so dease and tho-rregulation so innocuous that ih<' laws seem Lo

have been framed pither by light-fingered gen

try or by light wits. The yearly license isJyiOO, a som which any pickpocket could raise on

.-!..».•: notice. Account books must always iwopen to the May..;-, the criminal courts, the city

magistrates and the police; but as every pawn-

broker chooses his own method of bookkeepingthis equlremeni Ls a merry farce and wouidcontinue to b<> one even Ifevery policeman werean expert auditor. The great majosity ofpatvu-

brokers , tuallj do keep such brief, dark rec-

ords of articles received that Sberkc-k Holm«shimself could not recognize in them a descrip-

Lion of anything in particular. s<r long as they«

are more pawnshops than can be closelywatched, and such perfunctory supervision istolerated, thievery will flourish on ai magnifi

scale.

so that tho justment of compensation pro-]k.so,i really meaaa only tho application of the<.iniiii-s of \ho service to maintain and oxtenlour ]H»st:il facilities.

The Ittbawic cordially sutiported the stibven-

tion «nd val reserve bill arblcb passed both

houses of Couprress at the last sessioß and wasdefeated rbea broofht before the. Senate for

concurrence in otftafa House amendmentsthrough a SUbaatcr conducted by a Sootbejasonat.j- abaot to be retired from public life.

That sseaaare aras Intended to encourage c-oiu-

inunlcation arita the countries of .South Amer-

ica aad Central America, toward vvlnYh webare assasoed serious political obligations and

with «hi.h wp should by all means cultivate

close and friendly commercial intercourse. It

was also intended ta stimulate die growth <v

AnMrican transportation Ibies to tbe Orient,

where we have special commercial and po-

litical intercsis. A dk»« desirable and helpful

aaeaawe was defeated last year by indirect anduwstioiiable methods, and since there Is little

chance r«r the enactmeni <.f a similar law at

this s<.>*ion Concrrss can at least make partia

amends for delay by rccasUng the ocean mail

alt snd thus checking the alarming depletionof ,i,,, Amcri.-nn mercantile marine In the

Pacific Both houses bare approved the prin-

ciple of tbe Humphrey-* bill, and we

do not think that enough nnreasoning partisan

|K>sltion to it .•.«•> lie engendered to prevent<is fair consideration .."<l early passage.

NEW PROFESSOR FOR U. OF P.

Philadelphia. Feb. C3.-r>r. Thomas Haiil»aMontgomery. jr.. has been/ appointed to the- chair

of SOOlogy at the University of Pennsylvania. He

will assume his new duties on September Inext.

I>r. Montgomery id at present professor of SMiafjy

in the University of Tnat,

MR. MAHLER MAY TEACH AT COLUMBIA.<;ustav Mahler and Mme. Mahler were tbe BJUIStI

of honor at a university tea baU yesterday after-

noon in liarl Hall. Columbia University. it has

been reported that Mr. Mahl'-r may l>» offered a.chair In tho music departmont at Coluiubhi. Amoncthe other gursts were Dr. and Mr?. Cornelius Rui-

rscr, Miss Itiibner, Miss Butler, Mrs. John \V.SarajSSl and Dean George W. Klrchwey.

COLUMBIA'S PRESIDENT TO TAKE TRIP.

President Nicholas Murray Butler of ColumbiaUniversity will leave New York on March 7 for athree weeks' *toy In Bermuda. During Dr.Butler'sabsence Professor J. C. Egbert will be acting presi-

dent of the university.

PULLMAN CARS TO BE 'DRY.'From The Boston Transcript.

ItIs reported that an order Is being sent out fromthe ottlces of tba Pullmun headquarters in Chicngoto discontinue tho sale of llqucr on cars of thutcompany In every part of the United Btalwa. th»•rd«r to bo into ePf.-ct as soon a» the ll^uora nowon aaad can be dini>osed of without laia It laexpected to bejfin In Uat East and to work west-ward, and th«> order may become operative In NowEngland and the Middle States about Mart.It 1.It Is understood that the compuny is moved to

take thta »tei> because of the- direct efTect th« antl-baloon liiwd In tlia several etatei huve h*d uponIts business. Not only hme the chanted condi-tions of the last twelve months cut deeply Into the.profits formerly derived from this source, but onlone runs Uquor can h» Bold lor only portions of. the<Uit4j;ce. and the company l» coasiafiUy In danxArof prosecution for lay lir—tfinj tUrousti cftnltaa»UHUamatojr«a>

THE TALK OF TBE DAY.

The "Kathollsche S \u25a0\u25a0 '•• It mg" of Berlin tells

tills story i,, justify its Indorsement of it.'- imperial

on er against the us< of foreign words: "At one of

the high school 3the scholars were ordered to ap-

pepr beforo a committee <«f ophthalmologists forexamination, with a view to correcting defects In

vision and arresting the progresa of eye trouble*.o;n- scholar received from the heaa master \u25a0\u25a0< note

for his father whl i ">l. "To-day's examinationshowed that .-our rjn Fritz is predisposed ton-.vnpia. Scinetblns mtist be done with him." Xextmorning Fritz appeared with this note for the hi \u25a0•'

master: 'Al-A 1

--soon as Iread your note of yester

day, f>r which'

thank yon. T gave Fritz a soundthrashing whichi 1 hope, will .i.ihim good, if he

ever t\oc* tho sane thing again let me know."

The school ithoritlat have bei Initruct* to use••shortsighted," instUd of "myopia," hereafter.

Baldwin—The doctors say there are more thanfifty kinds i f headache. Dp you believe 11

Rambo—lknow It. !vc freouently had all of*en: in on« morning.

—Tribune.

KJrby Malzeard Church, v.\ Yorkshire, whi i wasburned down rec< ntl: . had a good deal of Inter-eptins aichitecture about it.says "The Manchester

Guardian." ii stood on a Saxon site, and the old-

est part of it dated from sotnen • • near theConquest. There were, at any rate, pieces of RoodNorman and early English work, although the massof the building was Perpendicular. Perhaps thajinest thing In it la tlie south doorway, which la

Kormai of a Rood period, and this, fortunately,j,... been saved. The church records mention a

curious iriilwhich took place In the church in the

seventeenth century. A woman was tried i<>r

stealing a skull out of the churchyard. Her de-fence was that she too* the skull t<« put .underthe pillow <\u25a0• a sleepless friend as a charm to

make her uleep. Bhe was reprimanded and or-

dered to put^the skull back.

Mi-;s Oldui Oh, dear. I'm afraid Ishall ha \u25a0 toc..'t some "f thai wrinkle eradlcator they advertise.

Misa Pertlj Let me set 11 tor you. I have i

brother In the wholesale drug business, BostonTranscript.

A list of "little things which annoy" publishedin tlie Paris "Figaro" contains these:

To awaken from a naj> in a railway coach anddiscover by tlie smiles of the woaten that they

heard you snore.To receive slight thanks for a wedding present

which cost more timn you could afford to spend.

To be compelled to put in a conspicuous place

an Ugly object becausa It was a present from afriend.

To let n highly respectable footman hrlp you onwith a seedy coat.

To Un\ e your beautiful dinner partner star- atyou while you try to decide which is the fruit andwhich the ibeeae knife.

"They aay wages are goins to be reduced allnk'ii;; the llrie."

"That's too bad. Pretty booh our plumliern'helpers won't be making any more than a regular,army otllcer."

—I-lfe.

Writing to "The Boston Transcript," Kdgrir |Howe Korbunh, New Kngland agent for the Na-

tional Association of Audubon Societies, makes a jplea for the protection of birds. Mr. Forbuah i

\u25a0ays: 'Sixty to seventy years aso jjre<*n winged

teal were abundant In New Baglaad. Now they Iaro rare. Fifty yean ajjo blue winped teal wer« iplenttfuL Now they are few. Forty rears ago

the wood duck bred commonly throughout th«New England States. Now It Is In dangay cf jextermination. -Already most of tho stated andjirovlncea of North America Ikiv<* awakened ti>tho necessity of protecting wild fowl In spring; !but Massachusetts and Rhode Island lag far be-hind the leaders In tliis movement.- Fully thirtyspecies of wild fowl that normally visit thesostates have practically no protoctasa under tholaw. Tba statutes are co arranged as to allow tho :ahoatiag of torn* of thene birdd during everymonth of thr year, while oLhe.rs are proterted onlywhen they ar^ out of the state."

"What is an aJtruist, papa?""An altruist, my son, Is a man who donsn't riveto others what b« doesn't waat htm««if rn iTIiT1

Xi

\,- »rding to "The Boston Transcrii fsM VTash-

ington correspondent, resistance among Mas-.... . .. ..,. n \u0084. the !>:\u25a0;: of serving as

instructed delegates to a national convention..(.- almosi i"resentment, owing largely

•to the high class of men selected for dele-

L.,

1: \u25a0\u25a0 [| [s certainly a curious ;u;«l illogical

that :» delegate honestly trying to repre-

sent his onstltuency In the; choice of a Presi-

dential candidate ought to resent a clear ex-,,. .; | on titu ticy's Bentiment. Sw h

an expression Is always helpful and not em-lng :, ,;.. ,;. legate -ho wants to fulfil. ... motions in the public Interest.

The decision of in*' Supreme Court sustaining

the Oregon statute restricting the hours of\u25a0 s \u0084.,,.': \u25a0

| ,-,\u25a0: -.ion sound common ::>i\«-.

gntzes tho•• differences between men and

\u25a0 : , nitie a woman t- more protec-

\u25a0 , a an under the statutes. The lim-

itation of her contractual powers is. m^ the coi rt

. \u25a091 alone but for the bene-

fit of al!.

No more convincing evidence of the Demo-

. • party's Incapacity to dal R'itb birge

matters of national policy could be found than\u25a0s in the currency speeches being made

;,y ,i ocrats In the Senate. All of them are

still greenbackers. it would be dangerous tohave the Democratic partj in power In ;i

-;'-uation which, !ike t!i" present, Invited financial

\u25a0 -\u0084:;. ror It would Inevitably start tbeon a period of inflation.

"The \-.- York World'1 is astonished that the

Democrats of Kansas should Instruct the* dele:-au-.s to the Denv< r convention to support Mr.

Bryan. It says that Kansas is -a most Instruc-

tive objeel lesson in tho map ot Bryanisxn.'

MrV I;;v;, cSled Kansas In IS9G by 12.000and lost it in 1000 by 23.CHK). Mr. Parker lost

it in lUO4 by 12G.000. Bui mayl>e the Kansana

have not yet found out that Mr. Bryan was-the i tuai ieader" In the campaign of 1904.

Whil I. don and Pai Is a larsmansions are equipped frith privat

NEV/ YORK SOCIETY.

Mrs. Fredericli 11. Benedict was hostess at adinner t»-r.ight in honor of her brother and sister-in-law. Mr, and Mrs. Frederic Coudert, of XewYork, who are iere until Saturday-

Mr, an.i Mrs. Riebard ReM Rodßers entertainedat dinner 10-nladal complimentary to A«so^iaie Jus-tice and Mrs. liarlan. Their other gneata were ex-Associate Justice and Mrs. Br«nm, ex-Secretary

John G. Carlisle. Mrs. Richard Butler. Sei itor andMis. Clarence Clarii of Wyoming, and Representa-tive and Mrs. J. Van Vechten Oleott.

Mr. and .Mr.". Joseph K. Tbropp had as suests atdinner to-night Mr. •!.•! Mrs. Frederick W. Hulile-koper, Major General and Mrs. Gillespie, Mr. and

Mrs. VVUliana K. Merriam, Mr. and Mrs, Ten KycliWendell, I>r. and Mrs. Loring, Mr. and Mrs. J. CHooe, Mrs. Cassell and Reai Admiral Terry.

The Vl< \u25a0-'\u25a0' •- \u25a0 and Mrs*. Fairbanks w"re theguests of ;»!:•. and Mr?. William F. Draper at din-

ner to-night, and invited to nmeel tLem w*»re theSecretary of tho Interior and Mr«=. James R. Gar-field, sociate Justice and Mrs. White, Senatorarid Mrs". Elklns. Senator and Mrs. Knox, SenatorBrandegee, the Assistant Secretary of the Xavy.

Major General and Mrs. J. Franklin Bell, Mr. and

lira. George W. Vand»rbilt, Mrs. Nickerson, Mr>-.

Audenreid. Miss Boardman, Mrs. obobs, liearAdmiral Capps and Gist Blair.

IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.[Trom Tttt Tribune Bureau. ;

Washington. Feb. S.»-Miß3 Helen Ffoulke,

dauirhter ol Sir. and Mrs. Charles M. Ffculke, andMr. Havenith. Belgian Minister to r r«la. wHI be

narrird at r.oon at the bonM or Mr and Mr?.Ffoulke, In Massaehusetta ivenoe. on March -\u25a0>• It

was intended to ocfer''

\u25a0\u25a0• wedding until after Lent,

but the departure or Mr. Havenith baa been h;r-

n>d by his government. The wedding will be sim-ple in arrans-ments. -vith rern«p« *oe attendant

tor Miss Kfotilk-. whO« the Bflpian Minister anl

other diplomats v.ill H«bw in thp party of the•:-!.„,:,:. Misa Ffoulke is the guest of Ge;if>ral

and Mr*. J. Frederick Pierson and their aghter.

7\llss Marguerite Pierson. in Wew York. She willreturn here Saturday, and that right Mr. an IMrs.

Beaif wfll give a dinner in her honor. Ex-Senatoinnd Miss Cocarell will give \u25a0 dinner for iicr on

March it:.

Mrs. Meyer, wife of ti:e I'ostmastfr General, wl-.o

isiln'Xew York with her Rue?t. U»t Hon. Vioivt

Vivian, will return to Ibe capital with her to-mor-

row. \u25a0

THE CABINET.[from The Trilm:" Huieau.l-

Washington, Feb. 2:..-The President mirl Mrs.

Rootevelt were IIM guest* of lUc Secretary ofAgriculture »t dinner to-nl*ht. Tin re.i suite at

the New Willard m transformed into \u25a0 tropscal

bower <* palms, wbtl« Mildreds ol ptek rosos wero

tTscd aa a fi.rtl.rr decoration. Mr«. r>..;i;v.-i-._ wife

of tb« Senator from lov.a. v."3 hostess for fccirr-

tary Wilson, Invil t« meet the President fand

Mrs. Rmmwvcll wor* the Speaker and Mi Can-

non th« ex-Postnia«er^Seneral and M.-- Gary, of

Baltimore: Senatof Proctor. Mi* Fletcher Proc-

tor senator and Mrs. Dolliver. Senator and Mrs.

BcvcrV.ge. Mrs. Stanley afattnews. Repr*»

trve and Mrs. James U. Mann. Renre»ent«UTe and

Mrs. J A. T. ii-.il!. Representative and Mrs. FranK

0 Lowden, Representati« and Mrs. J. W. Weeks

Representative G. N. Haugen; RepreseiitatlTa andMrs B. P Birdsali Representative ar.d Mrs.

Albert F. Dawson, tbe CwninliawinrT of Pensionsand Mrs. Vespasian Warner, Lieutenant Com-

mander and Mrs, \\"i;;i:<m S. Sims, the Rev. Dr.

rd Mr?. Wallace Radcliffe, Mlsa Mattingly. MlsaMull and Jasper Wilson.

AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

[Fmm The Tribune Bureau. Ixv «i hHM i-.-i.

•\u25a0- -The Pittiitmt isartisi tho

,«nv throuKh ttS tmmol S>M the *~ b*'^nth street N>w Vo.k. and HObShaa, N- 1-ThSW

wire no fonnaU.!- atteadtag th. -rnior.y b^yon.

the mere prtMfaw of the button, wMcfe w«^ -i

pretty 5...,v.r.r of ivory SH In a plate of slUerappropriately engraved.

\fter the Cabiaet msettaf la-day, which was cut

hort in order to nll.nv him 10 leave on time. th»

President n.l-.l the funeral of Bishop Henry "i.

S Cancrs'at tho Wl.ite Boom to-.i.-.y included Sena-

tors CartM Taliaferro. Flint, Ladaa. Alnrioh andSmith, of Michigan, Beprescntatlvea Sulloway.

Ijowl Murdook. ronlkroa, Burton and Landlfl an<l

cx-As^tant Becratary of 0lat« Francis B. I.oomls.The Cal.in-t met at 11 -a. ii. and adjourned at

i::»p. in. . . _Un RooM-vclt, -Miss BM Roosevelt and Theo-

dore Roosevelt; jr.. ratWMd to Urn White Houseto-dny. Mrs. Roosevelt and her daughter made \u25a0

short" visit to JCermft and Archibald Roosevelt at

Orotdn. Mass., and Ihea went l« Bsatna for a\u25a0brief visit

average flow of <!i<* Croton, in a considerableterm of years, averaged 402,000,W0 gallons a

day. In the last wore of years it has aver-aged only 048.000,000 gallons it day. The de-

crease is partly due to \u25a0 slightly diminishedprecipitation, but chiefly to the enormous in-

crease oi evaporatloa from the many sqnaremiles of reservoir surface. Now. if every drop

were impounded at Cornell, there would be a

surplus of only 24,000,000 r:illoiisa day above

our present use; next year there would be only

9.000.000 gallons surplus, and in 1010 therewould be \u25a0 dcii.i. of 6,000,000 gallona a day;

for our proscut. consumption is 824,000,000 fal-lona a day, and the daily use is increasing by

15,000,000 gallons s year. Even if loss by

evaporation could be overcome and the full sup-

ply of thirty years ago could be regaiued, it

would be sufficient for only \u25a0 little more thanfive years, when the demand would exceed tba

supply and new sources would have to besought. But of course such aa a<-hi«*vrinent is

beyond hope.•

The nnancial argument against further at-tempts at draining the Croton is as convincing

as the hydrographfe. if there were no evap-oration, and the How, as great as it w.as ageneration ago. coald all Ik; impounded, the

work of securing that additional 54,000,000 gal-

lons a day. according to Mr. Smitirs estimate,

would cost $145,000.«00. while the Catskill ex-tension will supply, probably in less time. 230.-000,000 daily, or nearly rive times as much,

for only $112,002^000. The conclusion is that

it is physically impossible to get the needed ad-

ditional' supply from tbe Croton. and that ifit

were possible to get even a partial imd Innde;ovate supply, it would cost more than six timesas much as that rrom the Catskills and wonW

still leave us under the necessity of going to th«

Catskills or elsewhere, after all. In that vie.v

of the case, the correctness of which we do

hot expect to so- successfully challenged, eom-

,noii sense and the public welfare unmistakably

demand the expeditious prosecuiion andjewjpletion of tbe great work which has been so

well begun at Ashokan.

erted much influence In public affairs. Itmay

be added that both these' gentlemen are pos-

sessed of high character and ability and aremost amiably disposed toward the UnitedStates, so that the election of either wotil.l

doubtless assare a continuance of the existing

agreeable relations betweru the two countries.

EXPEDITING JIJSTICU.Although the method of reaching a verdict

used by a Xew York jury yesterday has notyet become popular among the good men tried

and true throughout tfte country, its adoption in

ihis lastauce dkl not, perhaps, signify any un-

usual departure from general American custom.

The twelve eminently respectable and Intelli-

gent Jurymen who agreed to settle the case be-

fore them by flipping a coin may feel that they

simply yielded to the national habit of harry

and to the national vice of giving business mat-ters precedence and preferment over every-

thing else.The case was tin important oue

—of a

child who bad been crushed to death under the

wheels of a trolley car. The jury,after a short

season of disagreement, finally lent sympathetic

cars to one of the members "who bad $fi.ooo"in his pocket with which be was going to\u25a0\u25a0,!..-,. a deal and wauled to get away," as a

Juryman aalvely confessed. A coin was io-,s. a.and the law of gravltatloo decided in favor of

the defendant corporation. When Justice Guy,

upon bearing this, declared that he could notadequately express his indignation at so mon-strous a perversion of justiie. but would dis-

close his feelings as well as be could by fining

eacli offender $30. the jurymen were greatly

astonished. Had they not been following the

traditions of their forebears and contempora-

ries? Have not thousands of honest and respect-

able citizens kepi away from the polls and

shunned all political activities on the ground of"Important business engagements" V Have not

statesmen and cafuains of industry fought

many just reforms'on the plea that 'they wouldInjure certain commercial interests? If, in all

puch case? the right must -ield to the desires

of the man 'with a deal on," why should noi a

inrynian with ?(S,OOO in his pocket deliveredfro'ni the Irksome task of deciding a case by

cogitation? Impeccable reasoning, perhaps, but

let us hope, for the sake of all men whosei-ongs must be redressed by juries, that many

Rtrenuoiis ritizebs "with a deal on" will take

time to learn how expensive il is to substitutethe law of fjraritatioii for the laws of the land.

Jll-Ah'sT. THE rirYSICIAX.

Any fear which may have been fell that the rad-

ical elementa would be so dominant in the two

'Teat parties thai no candidate would be pre-

sented •\u0084, the public ruo v...uld represent theImjiinens view of national policies is dissipatedby the formation of Mr. Hearst's new conserva-tive parry. Who is there to whom business

would turn with sucb an instinctive feeling of

confidence as to Mr. HearstV He Is its physi-

cian in the nervous and apprehensive hours olits convalescence. The hushed voice of th-1

sickroom pervades his editorial pages. The

Piunderbund is forgotten.'!'!'" trusts, por-

trayed with all their ancient fulness of girtii,1,-.v,. uikeu on a benign and genial aspect. As

Mr. Brisbane said in'lis Washington's Birthday

address in Brooklyn, "Hearst, acting as a friei I

•of a sick man < r a panlestrleken people, is try-

**ing to restore c-onfidence, to make people take••a cheerful view, to help get back financial

"health."Only eutly his papers contained sonic ol

their oid-fashioucd remarks about the Supreme

Court decisions affecting labor questions, an I

Mr Hearst very properly rebuked them in si

••letter to the editor" full of sound commonsense and conservatism. Itwas no time for ap-

peals to class prejudice and for attacks upoc

the courts". With business prostrate, the voicethai, according to Mr. Brisbane, warned the

people "vigoroiisly, savagely, sensationally, vyou'like." must be moderated to a gentle whis-per. The hush of the sickroom must be rc-snectcd."

];, • Mr. arsl the conservative does noti|t;il(. bimself to rebukes of his own editors

when they for a momeni forget that the -savage,

seusatioual" doctrine of two years ago is no

longer in place now that he is trying to woo

In, ii,5s hack to health: Everybody Is rebukedwho is not as conservative and gentle as lie is

in his present inocd. President HooEevelt, ac-cording to Mr. Brisbane, "means well, but be is

"veiling ai tlie top of his voice inopi»ortunely

-and incorrectly." He Is a "strong, ignorant

driver" of the -national buggy." He knowsDothing. practically, of business, while Mr.

Hearst is ii business man. with a payroll of -\u25a0?•",.-

000.000. Bryan also is much too dangerous to

be trusted in this delicate situation. -What."

asks Mr. Hearst, "will be the probable effect"oh the community of a Democratic President•arrayed in tbe coutrasting colors of the full

"Democratic regalia:' He shivers to think of

it. The ician's thoughts go out to thatnervous, apprehensive patient over whose sick-

room none can preside so well as he.Mr. Hearsi evidently regards this year as one

that calls for a conservative, and among all theexpedients of the politicians who wish to appear

both conservative and radical, one tilingat onemoment and another al another, one thing t<ione element and the reverse to the other, noneis more amusing than this shift on the part of;. man who was badly beaten only a year and

a half ago because the people though! him radi-cal to the point of being revolutionary, i

There iino watershed ta the world which hasboon n:orc carefully etudied than the CrotonValley, and none whose yield is more exactlyknown. From twenty u> forts: J.eurn ago th«

The fatal fl;nv in that reasoning la that itadopts as its major premise a temporary, ex-ceptional and fugitive incident as though it

were an habitual and permanent fact. Thosewho saw thai Niagara-like flood pouring ovorthe Cornell dam last year were fortunate, forthey saw a siffht which may not be visibleagain for many n year, and which there Is littlereason to expect oftener ilinn once In a decade.Persons familiar with the lower reaches of dieCroton River know that after the completion ofthe greal reservoirs at Amawalk, Carmel,Purdys aud elsewhere, long before the comple

tion of the new Cornel] dam, the bed of thatStream waj dry and dusty for \u25a0 large part ort!it> year, and that, save In a freshet time, it w:i*

an uncommon sight to sec water Sowing overthe old dam. The reservoir created by |he newdam Is so capacious that many have been in-clined to regard it as unnecessarily large, andto doubt if ii will often be nearly filled. Thattha conditions produced by the altogether phe-nomenal rate tloods of last fait will be fre-quently repeated Is too imnrobabie for Berlousconsideration.

CROTOy UMITATIOXS.The report t.. tbe Mayor l>y Mr. J. Waldo

Smith, the competent and expert chief engineer

of the Board of Water Supply, sets forth au-thoritatively th<> condition of iii' city's supply

of potable water, present and prospective, andfurnishes what should be a convincing andfilial answer to criticisms of the Caiskill ex-tension scheme as extravagant and unneces-sary, and to the ill advised pretensions thatan Impounding of the entire flow of tlie Crotonwould give the ritya aufficien.l siii);>ly for many

years. The criticism of the Catskill enterprise

i> of course based upon the theory of the suf-ficiency of the Groton supply, and the latter Inturn is based upon the fact th*t at times,notably late last fall, large quantities of waterhave escaped over ihe spillway of the Cornelldam after nil the reservoirs in the Croton Valley

were filled.

NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 26. 1005.

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am Edward Lyman Short gave- a dir.ivr last

night at her home. SB Wesl Kth street.

Tre first oC the series of lectures by ProfessorFenellosa on the art of the Itaßan Keiiatesaiwe.

arransed by Mrs. M. Orme Wilson. Mrs. Charles

B Mexander. Sir* William Alexander and otherswillbe given to-morrow Sin Wilson's touse. '.n

East Mth street. Among those wl-.o have aercpttd

invitations to join, the class are Mrs. John tonesKir- Mr- R. Fuitor. Cutting Mr*. Ldnaurd T..

Baylies, Mrs P. Cray Griswokl. Mr* J-red.-ri-.-k v.

Underbill. Mr,. Charles M. Oelrtchs, Mr* »-hart«1) Dickey Mrs. W. Bayard Cutting Mr?. Arthn*

Iseiln. Sin P. K. Pendleton and Mrs. J- GordonDouglas.

Under the patronaso of Mrs. C^arlca B. A>--

\u25a0nder lira J- rierpont Morgan. Sirs. KJehardlrvin.' Mrs. James KhMenberc B^y and other-:.

a concert and tea for the benefit of the Italian

Children's Settlement wd be gives at= oMock tt.:.*

atiernoon in the Assembly Koom of the Colon,

Club.

Miss Anna CaWwell Wnitebead. daagbteir «? &•Penntngton WhUehead. will be married t.~;wv to

Edward Rush Duer. only son of 3!r?. Geonst Kn»hDuer «f Morrfertown. X. .1.. and it cephew of r>r.

E U Duer. cf Phi!ad \u25a0 The ceremony wl.l

I,;performed by the Rev. Wffilarn H. R-Vnaxds in

the Bri.k Presbyterian Church at C:s'> •clock, and

afterward t:i*r<* wfllbe « reception af the home .-.i!ie bride's father. i:i \u25a0-\u25a0'-\u25a0 street