Miss Eleanor S. Whtpple will be married to

Pkaaefta K. Stocldard. Jr., on November 8. Thowedding will take place at the home of her p.tr-

ents. Major and Mrs. Charles W. Whipple. inMa.ilson avenue.

Mrs. Frederick R. Halsey Is booked to sal! fromEngland for New York to-day.

Archibald and Quentin Roosevelt willarrive hereon Saturday from Europe on the St. Louis.

Mrs. Levl 7.. Loiter haa arrived tn town fromBeverly. Mess., on her way to Europe, to stay withher daughter. Lady Suffolk, to whom a third sonwaa born recently.

Mr. and Mrs. Pierre LorlllardBarbey have arrivedfrom Swltzorl.ind with their little boy and havegone to their i>lace at Tuxedo.

Mr. and Mrs. William Payne Thompson arebooked to sail from England for New York to-day.

On their arrival here they willgo to Newport tosj»end part of the fall.

Mrs. Gouverneur Kortrlght. who spent August atBar Harbor, has gone to Hot Springs, Va.

Mr. and Mrs. Gustav yon Haaperg have arrivedfrom Europe and are staying with Harry O. Me-Vickar at Newport. Mrs. yon Hasperg la the lat-ter's sister, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.William IL McVickar.

Colonel John Jacob Astor. who arrived yesterday

on board the Kaiser Wllhelm der Grosse from Eu-rope, wtll stay for the present at the Hotel St.Regis, as his house In Fifth avenue Is undergoing

alterations. His son Vincent will enter Harvard.Mrs. Astor and their little girl are In Scotland.Among Colonel Astor's fellow were Mrs.Nicholas Brown and her seven-yeaj-old boy.

NEW YORK SOCIETY. two boys. Sidney and Michael, who anEngland to resume their studies there Ball "r

Dr. and Mrs. Isaac L. Kip will'l«.T_

Lake. N. J.. to-day and so to BrlarcUfr » ?\u25a0»;a short stay. \u25a0

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Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Gould Jennlng, «mto-day at Falrfleld. their country Dla*T*Lar:lf*nectlcut. for the fall. •>-.-

SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT[ByTr-l#iirraph to The Tribune 1Newport. \u25a0as*. 14. -More cf Newport's ».

visitors closed their season to-day jjp a a***Stuyvesant Fish departed for Garrlson-oa-tS!^ 1'son. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Gould Jennlnaa tfield. Conn.. John W. Kills for New Tori ,*

and Mrs; William Kent for Tuxedo Park.Mr. nnd Mrs. Harry ft i^-hr willclose th«*»son on Sep»ember 21. Mr. and Mrs C'lar«LI*'1*'

Dolan on September 20 will go to Torresdale"? *»Dr. an.l Mrs. Henry Barton Jacobs willr^T^Baltimore for the winter on September \u25a0 a*

*an.l Mrs. Paul Napoleone will reraVa to v-T

*next Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. G*orge (jo^ES?will close on October 5. returning to New T V*"25Mr. an.l Mrs. J. 11. Mahoney an.l Mrs. 1* »

***willdepart on October 6.

'**«Beaulieu. t«>.e summer home of Hr »iv»Cornelius Vanderbilt. has been closed.

'

Dinners were given this eveninsi)y Miss C rw.Jones. Mrs. Pembroke Jones. Mrs. John u'2s^an.l Mrs. George Peabody Wetmore siZ****Livingston Bwckman was a luncheon ent-T'. R'

Mrs. Clermont L. Best will give a daaeelT 00*11unlay evening In honor of the visitic- nl_naval officers. wnaaa

Ex-Commodore and Mrs. Elbrtdge T Qerr* v-returned from New York, where they •».«%

"^tend the funeral of E. H. Harrlman.

*"*•James J. A'an Alen has gone to New York*.

main until Saturday." *or«» rt.

Bvsjoaast General Isaac De Russy. v a »tlreu>. is at the La Forge cottage. '\u25a0*&••

Miss Sallfe Thayer will Join her parents XrMrs. Nathaniel Thayer. ta Boston Thursday*"*

Mr. and Mrs. J. D. F. Lanler. of n^V^here on a visit.*• \u25a0•

Mrs. Char!e3 Greenough. of New York. Is \u25a0of her mother. Mrs Whitney Warren

*"*The .Misses Dennis, of New York, who hav«i^the guests of Mrs. Zabrlskie. have nd«l theY JS?Registered at the Casino to-day w*r«rlj1

*A. Thompson. Philip Key Potter. »5£»5EMiss Louise SI. Ilerrick. Miss Margaret * hJSMiss Jean Bain, Mrs. E. S. Kello^. "sa^Ennis and Miss Georgiar.na G. King

Mr. and Mrs. E. Livingston Lu.llcrw wm.-,-^to New Tot* on October L "^^OBa

This ncuxpapcr i* otrncd and published by

The Tribune Association, a Xeir York ei-rpora-

tion: office anj principal place of bwsinr*.*.Tribvne BntGding. \o. 15} .Yo.v«a« street, \eteITU*

srarsyssnr (• ur*I amd puNMcd by

The Trihun< AMoefettON. <? \- r Yort eorpaf-

tv.n: spot tmd primcipml plane »/ NuTribvm KuHdmo. Vo. ]\u25a0'\u25a0', Kmsatm sfrerf. \> "'York; OfaVai affll*. prcrtdent; Henry W.Sackctt. tccrctary: Jamcg If.linrrrtt. treasurer.The address of the officer* is the office of thinnetrxpapcr.

RELATIONS 11777/ LATIX-AMERICA.The establishment cf a distinct bureau of the

Department of State to handle Latln-Anierieahaffair-. just aunouucM by Secretary Knox, willbe generally commended. Itis hi line with tliepolicy of the last administration^ and especiallywith that vi former Secretary Hoot, •Those ex-tended trip through South America impressedhim etrout'ly with the benefits to be derivedfrom cultlvatii!? closer relations with the re-rmblics to the south of us. and under whose su-

J.ervislon the Bureau of American Republics re-ceived a new Impetus, which is making it farmore of a factor for good than it has ever been

fore. The selection of Mr. Thomas c. Dawson,

until now American Minister to Chill,as bead ofthe new bureau sugurs well for Its usefulness.Mr. Dswson Las won the complete confidence oftwo secretaries of State by iii- devotion to bisduties. lie has \u25a0 broad grat-p of South Ameri-can affairs, i.oh diplomatic and commercial,having jiiven much careful study to conditionsIn Latin-America, ajfld be enjoyed the advantageof acting us secretary to Mr. Boot on his SouthAmerican journey. Mr. William T. S. Doyle, se-lected as Mr. Daweou's assistant, is also a stu-dent of Latin-America. He has written an ex-tended treatise on the arbitration between <;n-:it

liritain. Germany and Italy on the one band,and Venezuela on the other, and it was, in fact,only sit untimely Illness which prevented Mr.Doyle from accompanying Mr. Itoot as his secre-tory. Instead of Mr. Din-sun.

The bureau of Latin-American affairs may,find doubtless will,go far to promote more inti-mate relations between this country ami itsneighbors to the south, but it willbe powerlessto remove the fundamental weakness of allmovements in that direction, the lack of ade-quate means of transportation. Only this weeka communication eras received (rum Consul Qaavcrsl Anderson in whieb be called attention tothe fact that mail leaves Itio de Janeiro forEurope sixteen times a month and reaches theContinent Infrom twelve to fifteen days, where-as mail departs fur the United States only onceineighteen days. lie reports that the number offsajrtsaaa-knot vessels between Rio and Europehas doubled in three years, whereas therecro only two twelve-knot vessels running tothe United. States. Similar conditions withMass variation attend nil communication be-tween this country and South American ports,and travellers Invariably find they can proceed\u25a0with greater speed aud lntrea*od comfort byCOtng first to Europe awl coming thence to thisCGnutry. So long as these condition* prevail«oorts to promote the commercial relations ofthe two continents through diplomatic and con-•aastf channels cannot be wholly sucoesfcful.

Congress has more than once considered aform of postal subvention bill designed to rem-edy xhe defecL The latest of thW measures,which was extremely simple. in form, failedby aa was saUmuely simple in form. fail«d by a

ixmrriw;majority after having pt*He<i bothhou»e>; Cf CopjrrebS, but in riljrhtly;,differenttoon. It Is generally L<;ll<:y«l that an*earh*strscosssModatluß of; -rial

'sooooragcmeiit , to

FOREIGN'.—

Peary repeated hi?!Statement that Dr. Cook had never reached the' pole, and added that he would not give out h'«

reasons for making the assertion until Dr. Cookhad submitted his documents; the commander

ipave further details of bis trip to the polar re-'•pions. . - Mount Vesuvius Is again activeand slight earth shocks have been felt In the!region. == A tidal wave swept Mulepe. nn\u2666the coast of lower California, causing the loss;<if several liv. and heavy damage to property,;,\ Three Rembrar.dts and a Ruysdael. bo^g-ht'*>>•"Benjamin Altman from the Maurice Kann,collection, will be exhibited at the Metropolitan

;Museum. =The president of the Canadian". Manufacturers' Association attacked the Ameri-i'can Senate's action on the tariff and urn- d re-•tallation.

—Glenn H. Curtlas will sail tar

2Ceu* York to-day and may take part In theraeroplar.e Bigots at the Hudscn-Fulton cele-'brat lon.

DOMESTlC— President Taft addressed theBoston Chamber of Commerce before startingon his trip to the West, predicting an era ofpreat prosjxTity. discussing the work of theMonetary Commission and denouncing section-alism. m_ James J. Hill. Fptaker Cannon,

Controller Murray and President <;•":. M.Reynolds apoke at the convention of the Ameri-can Bankers' Association In Chicago.

--As

a result of primaries held upstate. \Yi!MamBarnes. Jr.. retained his leadership in AlbanyCounty; Postmaster Greiner and 'William J.Conners remain in control of Republican andDemocratic affairs respectively In Erie County._- Greater New York Day was observed atthe state fair in ByracUM. Mayor MeClellan ofNew York making the principal address.

CITY.—

Stock market r>ric*-s advanced.-

A member of the Arctic Club re?isned as aprotest against criticism ot Commander Pearymade by Captain Osbon. of the club. =Anew subway route from the financial district tothe Pennsylvania terminal and gm-ens was saidto be practically ready for advertising. "

Southern Pacific «]irecturs elected ex-Judi;<}Lovett chairman of the executive committeeand Jacob H. Schiff and William Rockefellerwere elected directors. - ——

The duplicate ofHas Clermont made a trial trip over a ten-mi! J

course In a little noon than two hours. :W. Scott elms brought suit against the UnitedWireless Company and others, charging- con-spiracy to stille competition.

THE WEATHER. Indications for to-day:Cloudy and warmer. The temperaturs yester-day: Highest, 29 degrees; lowest, «;2.

77//: \TEWS THIS VORMXG,

It will not do to lay the blame upon thescarcity of the Croton supply. Figures are ad-duced to show that the water in the lakes Isnow far below the normal level. We have nodoubt that such is the case. We have for yearsbeen contending that the Croton supply was in-sufficient and that a large addition should bemade to it from some ot^er source. Those whorecently raised a pother over the fact that for alittle time some water ran over the Croton Damspillway will do well to observe that now thelevel of the lake Is twenty-one feet below thespillway, while nearly all of the upper lakeswhich feed the big lake are also far below thefullwater mark. But those circumstances affordno excuse for contamination of the water or forlaxity in safeguarding It from pollution. Norwillit do to use or to exploit the unsatisfactorycondition of the Croton. supply as an apology forprofligacy In the Catskill enterprise. The latterundertaking has received cordial support on theground that Itwas necessary for the welfare ofthe city, and the character of the commissionersand engineers In charge of Itand most of theiractual achievement! have justified confidence inthe integrity of the work. But Ifover the headsof the commissioners politicians with "influence"are to make the.' purchase or condemnation of!and& for reservoir purp.rses v prolific source of"graft" and other evils similar to those whichhave been' so ''gross a scandal In the Crotnn, butas much;greater the latter; as the Catskill'•literprlne is :•greater than the •Croton, 'there

TYPHOID AND THE CKOTOWit must }*>regarded as highly significant that

expert opinion points more and more to the( roton water supply as the source of the typhoidepidemic

—for epidemic there Is In effect, Ifnot

In official name. We are told that more than athousand fuses of the disease have boon reportedin the city in the last ten weeks. Perhaps thatrecord is not sufficient to warrant alarm, but itcertainly gives occasion for grave concern, andit inevitably raises a question concerning theefficiency of the authorities who have the safe-guarding Of the city's water supply In charge.Ifthis "autumnal typhoid" could be traced tosources outside of the city, as we have been in-clined to think some of it could be, the city au-thorities would be absolved. Hut these authori-ties themselves assert that such is not the case,but that the disease originates chiefly right herein the city and is due to contamination of thewater. If that Is so, a heavy responsibilityrests upon those who are intrusted with the ad-ministration of affairs in the Croton Valley.During a long term of years enormous sums ofmoney have been expended by the cljy for theexpress purpose of freeing the Croton supplyfrom danger of contamination. If after thatthere is more typhoid here than before thereshould be a serious reckoning for somebody.

The theory is bow advanced that the tor-rential rain a few weeks ago swept a greatdeal of contaminating matter from the shoresof the lakes into the water, which Is plau-sible. The ground was baked hard and dry,and Ifauy tilth had been deposited on Its sur-face the sudden and heavy downpour prob-ably washed it into the lakes. But only mat-ter of a certain kind could cause typhoid, andthe question arises, How came it to be de-I>osited on the shores Of the lakes? This city

has spent millions of dollars In buying wholevillages and vast tracts of land in order to ridthe lake shores of possible contamination. Howthen comes it that a summer shower can fill thewater with typhoid germs? A few years ago thecity authorities seemed to be Ignorant of thefact that their own employes were using ('roton

Luke or its tributaries to bathe in and to washtheir soiled clothes in. and that their catnipswere so constructed that all the sewage randirectly into the water, until The Tribune In-formed them of the fact, and then there washurrying and scurrying on early Sunday morn-Ing trains and stringent orders were Issued forthe policing of the lakes and the summary ar-rest of any village urchin who might be foundfishing for "shiners." Possibly inquiry into thesewage disposal plants of the summer camps onthe shores of the hikes and into the sanitarypractices of the fishing and boating partieswhich frequent those waters might elicit factswhich would be exceedingly interesting to allwho drink Croton water.

Despite the dire predictions made by someof the critics of the Payne tariff act, Mr. Taftseems to be approaching his ordeal with entirecomplacency. If the ultra-radicals and theultra-conservatives in the Senate and the Houseare to be believed, th© Executive willhear someunpleasant things on that subject. According

to the La Toilettes aud the Murdocks, tne

I*resident's course in approving tho best tariffbill be could secure has won for him the sever-eondemaattOQ of the Middle West. According

to the B<>-ea!led "range Senators." his stand forfree hides was anything but popular in theirstates, and according to the Idaho and Wash-ington delegation, his advocacy of a reducedduty on lumber subjected him to drastic criti-.isni by their constituents. Hut tlie Presidentmanifests no sign Of anxiety. Possibly he hasjust a suspicion that In their seal some >i thesestatesmen exaggerated the situation. In theabundance of his good humor be would neverquestion tho sincerity of fh> men who madesuch pathetic pleas for higher duties during therecent session, but it is possible that when '\u25a0\u25a0 •

has completed his trip and seen for himself Msestimate of the Judgment and of the senseof proportion of tome members of the nationallegislature will have diminished.

The I'r^sidenfs progress through n:iif thestates of the Union willl>e watched with keen

at, and his speeches, which, it Is saM. willoutline the policies of the coming years of hisadmiiiNtrati'in. will be r*-:!d with dose atten-::• a. The knowledge which be willacquire willdoubtless prove of high value to him and to thenation, aud the entire trip willdemonstrate thewisdom of Congress in continuing the appro-priation to defray the travelling expenses of th<>chict' Executive, it has been said that Presi-dent Taft will Sad a divided party in the Westthat the representation in Congress, clearlydemonstrates extremes of opinion which ar*irreconcilable!, and that, wise and winning ashe Is, he willbe unable t<. please either faction

without alienating tho other. That view, weventure to believe, is mistaken. The President'stiip is more likely to exert a salutary politicalInfluence. His frank method of discussion will

• •• his hearers of his sincerity <>f purpose,Sud they will mili/.e more than ever beforethat they have in the White h^hi-.- an Execu-tive srbo is doing his Lest for their welfare.

Convinced of that, they will be less Impatientof those compromises of which nil legislationconsists.

marine comniunicati.v.i with South America willbe embodied In President Taft's first annualmessage to Congress, and no more effectivemethod of developing the foreign trade of thiscountry seems to have been suggest ed.I \u25a0 \u25a0 .j.

TUL PRESIDENT'S TRIP.President Taft has started on his tirst long

tour of the country since his election. Beforeliis return to Washington, on November 10. hewill have travelled nearly thirteen tho' -m 1

miles and visited twenty-two states. His trip

will enable him to ascertain for himself theviews of bis great constituency, the Americanpeople. It willafford an opportunity to judgeut tirst hand of the correctness of the views

which Senators and Representatives sought toimpress upon him during the recent tariff ses-sion. It will bring him into touch with thegreat West, with Its multiplicity of problems,including the several phases of the movement!<• conserve the nation's natural resources andthe statehood sentiment In Arizona and NewMexico.

Btnce men of such great gifts as Hunt andRichardson possessed were ins contemporaries,and Since there were other architects, too, whosupported, as they did, blgh standards of de-sign, it mlghl seem perhaps a little excessiveto attach peculiar and even unique Importanceto the functions exercised by Mr. McKim. I'.utthere has probably never been in the last quar-ter of a century any member of his professionwho would have denied to him the honor ofhaving gradually introduced into Americanarchitecture the sense of restrain;, of quietude,of law. of pure beauty, which above all elseAmerican architecture lacked at the time ofhis entrance upon the scene. We needed tolearn the virtues of Hue and mass, of propor-tion. He taught them to us. We were wont to

make much of detail that we thought pictur-esque. He preached in his work the strength ofdiscipline and showed that, in the llrst place,detail should be fine in itself and that, sec-ondly, there were occasions on which it werewell to dispense with decoration altogether or,at least, to use it but sparingly. As In thecase of his brilliant partner, Stanford White,the great merits In his work flowed fr«»m In-spiration pure aud simple, from creative emo-tion seeking expression In terms of stone andwood; but with him emotion was governed byreason aud a profound instinct for immutableprinciples. When discussion of his art broughtup a very obvious relation of that art to <-er-tain European schools, and the citation ofsuch a building as the Boston I'ublie Libraryprovoked an allusion to the Library of Ste.Genevieve, in Paris, which bad clearly been otservice to hlm,*Vhe question of his originalitywas bound to come up. it left the essentialgenius of the man untouched. Ho profited b>thp monuments of classical and Renaissance

CHARLES r WKIM.Properly to estimate what America has i.>st

in the d<-at!i of diaries l\ UcKim, it is neces-siii-j- to have some knowledge of the conditions]>y which thi.s distinguished architect was con-fronted at the outset of his career. Thirtyyears ago the artistic character of a new build-ing In tliis country, whether public <>r private,was determined bj ii'« excellent aud (Irmlyestablished tradition. The best monuments oran earlier period, such as st. Paul's Chapel, Inthis city, or our City Hall, exerted no living

influence. The few tokens of a better regimethan that which had given us the HbrownKtOiiefr"nf" and unnumbered nondescript structures

were significant of only one or two Imperiousvoices crying In the wilderness- -the scholarlyRichard Morris Hunt and the full-blooded,more or less romantic 11. 11. Richardson. Thesemen achieved noble things -things whichweighed heavily in the balance bul niit<*h ha<lstill to lw done, and toward the doing ol it Mr.Mi'Klm made contributions the value of whichit would be Impossible to overestimate. Whatwas needed was a purification <>f Americantaste, the establishment of Ideals of refine-ment and balance, and for these precious ele-ments in architectural development be hada rare genius.

THE BANKS AM) A CENTRAL BASK.The speech of President George 11. Reynold*

at the convention of the American Bankers'Association in favor "fa central national bankwill perhaps contribute to the forma "i' .isentiment among the bankers of this countryfavorable to such an Institution as the NationalMonetary Commission Is likely to recommend.Hitherto the Bankers' Association has alwayssupported currency reform only to the extentof a provision for nn emergency circulation,limited in volume and heavily taxed, to bo 1s-Hiie.l upon the general credit of the Individualnational banks. It was a makeshift measure atbest, but it represented the distance that thebankers of the country were ready to go infavor of currency reform, it practically pre-served the ttatut quo, but provided for elas-ticity of the currency in emergent leu, retainingfor the banks their individual prerogatives,which they naturally regard with Jealousy.

Among the bankers of thr» couutry there hasalways been some sentiment in favor of a cen-tral bank, but It has l»een a minority spn'hnent.They are naturally reluctant to ace a larger andmore Important bank nt the •

«i » ><t the lunl.lm;system. Bach a bank, moreover, w<ftil>] tak>'away from them certain of their present oppor-tunities and function*. Government «1 'p'^i's.

for example, which are- now made with the in-dividual national banks, would. If there wetv acentral bank, k» to that Institution. Th \u25a0 noteissuing function, which batiks regard Jealously,would presumably all be centralized in thejrreat bank. Reserve*, too, « >uld t<> sorm ex-tent be centralized In that Institution. Allofthese changes would mean a diminution of lucopportunities and prestige of the Individualluniks. Opposition to the proposed reform won!Inaturally, therefore, be looked for ainon^ thebankers, unless the recommendations of theMonetary Commission should contain sotaocompensating advantages for the Individualnational banks.

There is no question that the Tammany leaderlias handled the Gaynor situation with consum-mate skill. The judge's desire to be Mayor coii-

tained an element of danger to Tammany. Ifhe became the fusion candidate lie might con-ceivably Imperil Tammany's chances, and Ifheran independently he might create such a con-fusion as Jerome and Hearst created four yearsago. Tammany has disposed of every dangerfind has an option on the Gaynor candidacy f<»ritself. Itplayed upon the Judge's ambitions soas to induce him to render himself unavailableas un anti-Tammany candidate, and to discredithimself so far in the public eyes by his openlishlng for a Tammany nomination that as anindependent candidate be would hardly developany considerable strength. And now it iu'dusto look as ifTammany, having Induced the judgeto commit his ambition Into its safekeeping,would decline to make him its candidate. Cer-tainty the talk of Tammany's nominating him isperceptibly dying away.

Ifit turns out as is now generally expected,.•very <»:if» will applaud Mr.Murphy's cleverness,but whether the Brooklyn jinl^e is nominated orrejected at the Democratic City Convention itwill be Murphy's work. He will be Murphy'scandidate if he is nominated. Ifhe is turneddown he will be Murphy's victim. Every vi>ltmade to the Tammany Loss in ins interest servesto remind the public of the spectousness <>f thepretence that the Democratic <'iry Convention Issomething apart from and different from Tam-many Hall.

itVRPHY SETTLING IT.

IfJustice Gaynor reads the newspapers fromday to day his erroneous Impression regardingthe functions of tho Democratic City Conventionmiist be rapidly disappearing. When any onewishes to learn about the prospects of the Gay-nor candidacy he goes straight to the l»oss ofTammany Hall. Two justices of the Supreme

Court are reported to have visited Murphy tourge him to nominate Justice Gaynor. Report-ers flock to the Wigwam every day to ask whattin i»oss purposes to do with the BrooklynJurist's ennrtrdacy. Ry common consent oneman will settle the question of the nomination,

and the Democratic City Convention which Jus-tice Gaynor treated with such elaborate respectIn his recent letter willmerely record that oneman's decision.

pbonld be a day of reekonlug which would markan epoch in municipal history. To make themost urgent needs of public health and life its<ifan occasion for plunder and spoils would be an

iniquity which even those who "work for theirown pockets all the time" should hesitate tocommit.

"Poor <•/..\u25a0, r" With theas words a writer in th»"Oestri-loliNehen Nachrichten" begins " > article Inthe "I'nmaßklng of the Russian Emperor." "Onceupon a time," he Bays, "he- was In Japan with theCrown Prince of Greece, while making a tour ofEastern Asia. A young Japanese fanatic struckhim on the head with a cudgel, and since that timehis mental power* have been impaired. He canfollow no written or oral discourse which lastslonger than a few minutes, and for thai reason it Isan •

i\u25a0\u25a0•. matter for those who surround him to .1.--celve the ruler of nil the Russias,"

The housewife views with fallingnervePreserving time's proximity.Slie fears alie can't at onc»> preserve

Her fruits an.! .-in.mini!-Catholic Standard mid Times.

Tho Tribune recently called attention to the unti-racetrack gambling agitation la Canada arousedby the application of one of th» tracks for \u25a0 re-newal at Its license, which, under the law as ntpresent framed, and the circumstances of thecms.-, the authorities could not refuse to grant.Now, says •Th.' Mail and Empire," of Toronto,\u25a0there seems to be little doubt that the wholequestion of racetrack betting la about to Invadepolitics, and «<• shall have *.• m> suck battle asGovernor Hughes won In New York State.".

"1 don't approve of these solitary dashes fer depole "

"How does It affect you, Weary?""How kin I«lt a handout by t.'llln' people Iwusj

wit' look?"—Louisville Courier-Journal.

A teacher In one of the public schools of Vienna,In order to test the ability of her Junior class-1girls sight to nine years old—ln composition writ-ing, gave each little miss m subject to be discussed"at once, without consultation nnd without help ofany kind." The articles were found to be so in-teresting and amusing that they have been collect-ed for publication. Ono article on "My ThreeHappiest Days" is notable in th-> unique collection.In well chosen words and clearly rounded sentencesthe HUM girl says that, being lost In the woods,having to run away from a fire which broke out Intheir bouse and watching a little boat as the windtossed it on the waves, and tlnally smashed It,were the most "happy events" that she could thinkof. Another. In describing "fairyland." said thatIt must be a place where "everything Is as It ishere except that the lakes should be frozen halfacross at all times of the year, so that we couldtake a swim and Jump out and go skating."

"Although be overcharged ms terribly," says thereturned traveller, "the cab driver who took moover Paris was most polite."

"AllFrenchmen are," we observe."Yea, but this on« got off his box and helpedme find the necessary profanity in my French-.\u25a0EriKHsh dictionary, co that ,1- might .say :what 1thought of 'him."

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Till: TALK r>F TBM DAT.

. Hanna now r.;»^rts that t«ti

md lives were lost In tn< tods inMexico and appeals to American generosity- f>>r

.:.\u25a0\u25a0•• for the Burvivora. It :.-. gratifying t.>

reflect that in the National Red Cross Ameri-cans have an agency through which they may

itance with th.« knowledge that thefunds will not be wasted, th<> American publicwill not in. imposed ui«>n and help willb»* givenin exact proportion t.. Urn need, n..t la accord-ance with possibly exaggerated newspansr re-porti or the assertions ol m..r»- ur lass hystericalf .i\u25a0\u25a0. :\

Though Bantoa-Pmnont had apparently aban-doned aeroa rUnents v y«:ir or so upo,

know ;ithing or two about the aero-

It Is said that Dr Wolff, Who thinks he hasf>'ijTi<l Hall'-y's comet, made the discovery byphotographic means and not by direct observa-tion. Th<« ntf>ry Is credible, hecatisp tho HeldeNI-tk ostr"nom«T 1m famous for his work with thecamera, and ItIs known that tl:«> prolonged «>x-posure of a sensitive plate to the sklea will oftenrogistor objects which are Invisible to the eye.Confirmation of the supposed reappearance ofthe comet, therefore, may be considerably de-layed.

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at tl.t 1.- polar ob *irations "f

We have emphasised this penenl service thatbe rendered to the country because, as was saidat the .unset, it was unique; but it Is tfjaposslbleto avoid, in bidding farewell to so brilliant anartist, v few reflections on the more personalside of his character. He waa a loyal citizen.aging his resources to fine ends, It was notenough for him t<> wreak himself on the privatecommissions brought to hta firm. Be pave htm-

bole-heartedly to such disinterested andmomentous undertakings as the beautifying ofthe city of Washington. The Academy at Koine.one or' the wise*! educational foundation" evercreated for the benefit of American architects,

em and nculptors, was Initiated by him and• ered through l»is efforts. He saw

the iijcariei Into which the young art i-t lat<..< ••:iv!y lured, ii!nl he sought, ti"t only as anadvocate of hla Academy bul In every oppor-

th::r came to blun, t-> bring bis Juniorsto the tranquillizing Infl lenee .-;' Rome

With hl» <i- pi!i ;i tower of >t;-.-:!_rt'! h.-is fallen,bur he

' - left behind him .. livl itlon.

Let the student of architecture who wishes toget at the secret of the best aud most charac-teristic work of the firm led for so iuiiny>t>iirsby Mr. MeKrm look narrowly at thybroad lines

of such edifices as the library just mentioned,

or the lilmiry for Columbia rniversity, or thestation now building for the Pennsylvania Rail-

road in this dtj, or perhaps first and last thewonderful little library designed for Mr. *J. P.Morgan. Let him consider first the serenesymmetrical effect of the whole and then let himnote the proportions of doors and windows, theapacbfcj of these parts of the design, and thetreatment of the cornice, the entrance steps andso on. He will observe presently how justly

each note in the scheme falls Into Its place, and

there "illcome over him a sense of exquisitesimplicity, of a charm almost musical in itsloveliness and elevation. He will realize, too.that there Is a certain force making itself feltthrough this austere beauty, that a kind of In-tellectual power is at the bottom of nil thatplacid grace. Now let him ask himself whatiliis has meant to a rapidly growing school ofarchitecture. Allcan raist> tlie flower now, forall have got the seed Only those who havekepi close and intimate watch of the growth

of architecture in thi* country have been awareof the silent revolution In which he played so

beneficent a part. His work was a perpetualargument for dignity and sobriety. By one oftlios.' strokes of fortune which come only at rare

intervals this great constructive artist was ntype with none of those many hoed Idiosyn-cratic traits which baffle and mislead the dis-Clple. Niiu-uf bis followers could bend his bow.but there were arrows in his quiver which allcould use. Ideas of learning and of fast.' whichgave to countJees^rchltecni who never saw himnew lii,'ht on their problems. It is a solid fact,

winch could be demonstrated with the coach*Blvenesa of mathematics, that ."ill ever this coun-

try the public and private bulldlngl »t the last

twenty-odd years are the better becanjo, eotvsdousiy or unconsciously, the dislgnnn of themhave taken the influence of afcKlaa into theirminds.

architecture, «nd he could tate a leaf from thebook of modern art; but out of the elementsIn which he thus dealt he fashioned buildings

which IK-re his own stamp.

PEARY AND THE PUBLIC.From The Springfield Republican (a purchaser of

the Peary publication rights).Commander Peary's peculiar status in the United

States navy must nave been forgotten t>J htm andhis friends when he entered into the contract with"The Now York Times." It was a regrettableoversight; for It «iii be observed that The New-York Tribute's dignified protest against the treat-ment It luia Itself received. In l»>ir< excluded fromthe privilege of printing Commander Poary'a narra-live, derives it- main force from the explorer'sposition In th. government service* Itis, of course,not to be denied tint for over twenty yean Com-mander Peary has been of almost up un to thenavy. Bmc< I8H« he has made many Arctic ex-peditions, and th».|r value to science every one Isglad to concede; bat other officers have had t.> dohis work '!< tlje navy While he was engaged instr.ctly private Journeys of exploration In al! tinttime, however, Commander Peary"! pay from theITntted States Treaaun has been continued; andtho aggregate, amount of his salary In this periodhas virtually been a government subsidy to hisexpeditions, .mitf a« much as wms the money re-e.niiv appropriated by the BrtUah government tomi. the debts Incurred by Lieutenant ShackletonIn his re.-.nt journe.y to the Antarctic. If theln.tea Btat-a government had actually equipped apolar expedition and sent it out under the com-mand of a naval officer, an attempt to corner thenews by the commander on his return, for \u25a0 thiiiitconaiderattoA. would have bet«n conaidered beyond

s \u0084 ri:,",%iS, £\u2666 r°aaU>llltv' Yet Commander IVaryts » inlte.l States naval officer, drawing pay fromo«n'.-iaV V^r",mt

'"t: \u25a0,1

'"1,llr S|V far nu'sm'ned his own?1,r,:,1r,a,"' asvl"vl" clalm to the sovtrnmenfa

North Pole and laid claim to possession of all the"u'i'T"1,. res.totV by rlßhl of discovery!Dlorer JLllL°, u° reKr*, that this gallant ex-Elratlm«s tlBt18 nlwß aroused the deepestad.nl. a lon .hould have exposed himself to critl-in. th'r \u0084»n.'; llar"'

th« "Times" contract hasan. ihr »*Pe*t .u«n more deplorable, possibly, at

Cook uT'X.r'nt\u25a0;, U%™** lh« partisans of lv.

fir nctal ohSStJIT . Coa""™>*r Warys peculiarfore V .*i,,t i.- to a newspaper. Incurred be-moMve #

Btcrted No«h. itavf him a very practical«itv X,

fv"!"R "' rtwl explored withan?-brin^ tL il ry was to reP»y «h* "Times" byefv 5f ihl^U *",V*';'^ve story of the first dlsoov-the noil f,.r

H

,r« hi1MU!Iow d that "another reached

tlon with th« l"d,ana returned first to clvlllza-be cheuSened «WB"«

WB" h.ls ow?*XP |oU would probablyoe cheapened aBa Br piece of newspaper »ens:»tloi>»l-

mS'edrLm n°}S^' tlutt Buch "ellnirs have nnl-c^nt^rV mrs n<^r V.SSF'' but v ls certain that htsthis form V1V1 the "Times" hits exposed -him tothemSn^ IT*r attack by the partisans ofsblff na

communication w^lh'ui*worldtelegraphic communication with tho

Sir: Iwant to thank you for your hospitality ex-tended to our children of the visiting nursery

department of the I*resbyterlan Hospital this sum-mer. It has helped so many an.l they have allreturned much letter to us. Tlu> children all lookforward to their summer trip. and through yourkindness we were* able to bertetlt \u25a0 number of them.Thank you very much lor Bhrfc us the chance togive our children so much pleasure.

MARGARET A. BKwunr.Presbyterian Hospital. Now York. Sept. 14. 1SO».

cPLEASURE FOR HOSPITAL CHILDREN.

Tk the Kdltor of The Tribune

We emmot have a business administration unlesathe Mayor is familiar with the city government.

Ma will have little or no time to study the charteror the various departments if elected.IfTammany wins the {\u25a0«\u25a0>.-*«:.\u25a0< willselect the com-

missioners and other city officials, so that theMayor need not be troubled in making appoint-

ments: but If there, ever was a time when rent-payers and taxpayers .\u25a0 aM show their hands it Isnow. Let thfm suuk-'M at once suitable candidates.

We need a Mayor in sympathy with the taxpay-ers, one ho will not antagonize them at the hear-ings, either on letrlslatlve bills or before the Board,

of Estimate. In other words, we want a Mayorwho will listen to business men. who see the weakpoints in the clt>» government. A RENTPAYER.

Now York. Sept. 11, VKQ.

The taxpayers' associations will not nominate.but th?-y will work hard for suitable candidates onthe city tickets. An aSSTMatva leader who Is

known to the various taxpayers' association* is

needed* and it is hoped! that he will be proposed asMayor before the Republican-fusion conventionmeets, on September 23.

Sir: The newspaprrs print daily the names of oneor more possible candidates for Mayor, but no onethus far has been described who would represent

the rentpayem and taxpayers and. who wouldlighten the real estate man's burden.

Real estute Is, of course, the largest interest Inour cltv. and the surface, elevated and subway rail-

road companies have much In common with thereal estate man.

WANTS A TAXPAYERS' MAYOR.To the K<l!t..r of Tfca TVfbua*

AMBASSADOR ROCKHILL AT POST.St. Petersburg. >•\u25a0•\u0084t.M

—W. W. Rockhlll. Ameri-

can Ambassador to Russia, arrived here to-<lay

from Rerlin. He was met at the railroad stationliy the members of the embassy and escorted by

them to the Hotel de France, where he will occupyapartments until the new em!«ssy building isready. Mr. Rockhlll li accompanied by his wifeand daughter.

MISS DREXEL NOT ENGAGED TO PRINCE.DlngwaH, Scotland. Sept. U—Mrs. Anthony J.

Drexel. of Philadelphia, authorizes the denial ofthf report published In Berlin papers that herdaughter, Miss Margarita A. I>r^x»-1. Is er.Kag^d to

I*rlr.ce Christopher, the youngest son \u25a0I tho King

of Greece.

Belief General That He Will Wed Daughter

of Duke of Fife.Lisbon, Sept. H—Kln«? Manual will leav© Port-

ugal on November 20 for England- He will stay

four days in Madrid to return the visit of Kln<Alfonso. ItIs generally understood here that K:::ir

Mamiel'a betrothal to the daughter of the Doke ofFife will l>e aruiouncetl from Windsor Castle and

that Kins Edward will confer the Order of theGarter on tl»e Portuguese s«\er»-lgT» In honor ofthe er.sapement.

BETROTHAL OF KINOMANUEL.

ITS FUNCTION.From The Boston Tr.itiscript.

_«»\u2666• «0*It la not prt.bable that these «rr<1

'!t?Sntal>*jiri-ivi..' riotous enthusiasm ami'ii^ tae n»» iW »a-

eatremlats, anil aiuuiii; th.- \u25a0-' i:i• i'lUe,™ri«» com-tlmsluatn at alt. bi-cau.se the idea of lwjj*&**mission Is obnoxious to their economic vl«w t̂om|»much is It Implies change corresponding v»*^In conditions. Hut tho commission Wl°

°"duty =*

either a lawmaklns or a Judicial body, '{"i^eris?primarily to assist tho President in ***Ttaa«•*the maximum and minimum clauses MntiM<•\u25a0tariff t.iw. The Senate bill practically IUSI-**that function.

SIGNIFICANT.From The Philadelphia Ledger. )<r j*

While these men have apparently no' P°^ocersiany kind and their Immediate usefulness **Js*ronly the international aspects *>**?*?***?S!-lstiutu.n. their sselectlon is slgnlftcant «i^ ttera! attitude of the administration. r^oori.i possible that their reports ananendatUuka may ultimately exert Jrr^jKcfi~taut public influence. It is at least an •»» »us*nttton that the tariff Is a technical «»B

h13*

Jed ana not a question of P° '_*™ioittT ta B*nina- of an effort to subordinate party F"""telligence ,aaU lwMaw<

WISE APPOINTMENTS.From The Chicago Record- Herald- gtnC*

The records of these men |L>!aM»reA«for such. an inveKti£utl<'ti as »a>'

\u25a0DrlrOO

lint3Jeat J

them. No one can doubt that the *zajtstt$t"•were wisely made, and it Is very P08*"?!:P 08*"?!: haveInformation which the board »*«»"*?,,:? VcHlbliic5

"effect upon Congress in spite of

,t,t!"L1 stubb^"

that have been given of Congressional fiwgness. At one time U was intimated tna» ww'

tna worident anticipated this larger influence £<>?£ ggtUPof the board, whose duties, even ,?"„;«. defined &

ttve restriction*, are hardly «> shl'3̂ o'.

'nflT[to prevent full reports on various £l

"idu?Jli')UJ

niatlon. Facts rroporly set forth."n io ,° ilio sentiment., in »dtn!nlstratton '.k^wul:;W »

comprehensive, commission Plan« •7}, -/alar.**. IBcloser approach to soleiitmc tanu

let us hop* that they wilt.

"DEEDS 6PELVK LOUDER THAN 1 •\u25a0***VkHa The Boston Herald. .rresident Tafl Is a man of action. Hi3&*J

speak, loudor than his word* Borne P"«i"J^b«>en worrying as ti> what he would say to 1^people ot the West concerning the tariff. f"*T£?ointment of the tariff board lessens

'•' v,T;...i»for speech on hi- tar . policy. I? he '•'•\u25a0 v . o«.£»to say nothing on this subject, the ."'^.\u25a0i-'ht b#West and of the entire country well !'*? ««^satl-sfled at silence while he goes ahead ana »*

wood after the manner in which he ha* mhub-

A BUSINESS PROPOSITION.From The Wilmington (Del) News. •- tM

T!w creation of tho tariff commission !»»"direction of ellmlnattn«c from the r::T *ul?\u

1?\js#

all semblance of politics. The iteration MnU°*tariff Is a business proposition, am! »»2LS 3business it t-houll b« considered. The wort^- athe new commission may be expected ll)Jr,ni"t3-a better determination of the nniny "i«« iv-en av.-iv.l. At least the new body should oe 6•*,„*fair trial. It can da no harm, and may *\u25a0**»

that is good.

THE NEW TARIFT BOABtt

WILL OF BENJAMIN E. MARTIN FILMThe will of Benjamin EUis Martin, who died «3

Angus! 13. was filed for probate at the :irrogatw"

office yesterday by Charlotte M. Martin, a* 1110*who la executrix and trustee, -with t!»*Faroe*I^>an and Trust Company as co-executor and c*

trustee. The valut» of the estate Is given as emsthan $20,000 In personal property. Mr. Mar*creates a trust fund consisting of aU his estate «rfdirects that his wife receive an ir.corr.a of •*•<••year fur life. On tho death of Mr* Martin t^»principal of the estate willgo la Krank Ir*la>

•Cambridge. Maa*.. a nephew of thu testator.

MR. ALTMAN'S ART PURCHASES.

Three Rembrandts and a Rnysdael To E)

Shown Here.London. St*pt. 14.—Benjamin A'tman. of X«*

York, who la now In London, has purchased amisent to N'cw York four «'f ths r-:tch masterpiecesrecently acquired by Duvfer. Brothers from ti»collection of the late Maurice Kunn. The pictarfSwill be shown at the Metropolitan Museum In Cj»

exhibition In connection with the Hudson-Fultcacelebration. Three cf the** pictures are faaaaRemtrandta, while the fourth is the "Ct>rnflal*l*by Ruy.^iael. The Rembrandts are "ThaMaawttia Magnifying Glass." and its pendant, "TitWoman with a R.-.i Book." The third is a porcsiiof a friend of th« artist.

Action Taken on Bust of Verraz2aoo» Ta&;Bronze Figure and PaneL

A bust of Verrazzano. the reputed dlacore? «fthe Hudson River before Henry Hudson, was*

proved at a meeting of the Municipal Art CoiaaL\u25a0too yesterday. Robert W. de Forest pnssJd&Tcwill rest on a granite fes* with a feaala Cr-^ kfront, and w!U be erected lr. Battery Park. *&«ground was broken op. Monday. It!a a gift ta

„city from Charles Barsottl •\u25a0 the name'ot taItalians of Mew York.

The commission approved the suggestion of PartCommlsslor.er Smlthr to move the Farragut tOfa.at the northwest corner of 25th street and fjftj,avenue, Kick a fevr feet. This la made necesss.7by the witleninp of Fifth avenu<*.

The commission approved a bronze tablet ftwsby the Washington Heights Chapter of the Daagi*tern of the American Revolution, ta be placed <na boulder at l«7th street and Broadway, nw2mark «•.•• first line of defer.ca of the A.-n«tc«army \u25a0 1773.

TIM commission also approval a Hawai broiafigure, with a design oi spouting1 frogs, for 4fountain for the rose grarien In Prospect Park. I:is the jriftof the Misses r>^rothea A., ilary S. aadKatherlr.e S. Drei?r. An elaborate panel la pisiKr.oxville marble for a fountain at tUOt street vAKiversltle Drive was* approved. Itla a gift toothe Women's Health Protective Association.

P!ans for four tuberculosis pavilions of galvaas»*iron for the east •\u25a0!« of North Brother Island, tocost $CS,O»V. each, were disapproved.

ART COMMISSION APPROVES DBQOH,

XEW-VORK DATLY TRTBIXH, WEDNKSDAY, SEPTF^FBER 15, 1909

Amusements.

*\u25a0•— . _

Abaxxt 'People and Social IncidentACADEMY OF MUSIC

— —Rustlcan* and

Psgllatci.t&HAMßßA— Vaudeville.ASTOK—2 15—*:15—The Man from Uome.

IlELAfiCO—2:lß—B :l&—Is Matrimony a Failure?UIJOU

—2:SO— *:S0

—A Gentleman from Mlnlli

BROADWAY—2:I*——

The Midnight Ban*.

CASINO—2:I5—

h:15—

Havana.CIRCLE

—8:15

—Hayll.

COljONJAL— 2— Vaudeville.COMEDY-2:15— 5:13-The MelUn* Pot.OOXEY ISLAM' 'ires parade at 7:80 p. m.OtITERION—2:IS—»:IS—The Flag lieutenant.DALY'S—2:Sl>—fe:So— Hilly.\u25a0BDKN* MI:«EE— World In W«i. tEfPIRE—*:15—Jack Straw. IBaIHTV-2-ID

—8:16

—The Fortune Hunter.

'QABRirK—S:3ft—Detective Sparkea.2IAOKETT—S:ls-guch a Wttle Queen. vtriamm rn«TFl\" 2 15

—S :1S

—» auaeviuaSITOJft^W ? ARE-2:^:15-A nroken Idol

SIIPI*ODHOME-2-*—A Trip to Japan; In«Me tb« Earta.the Ballet o( .'• ••la.

«ft*l>c 2:l*—S*:l.V-All American Widow.\u25a0 tKli'-nßkl*-KHI:

-1 Dollar r.r'fs.

JjnFHTT- 2IV-S:ls-VThe Widow's Ml«r\t1 JNrni.S 2:1IV-*:15- Th« Squaw Man.

LYCEUM—2.l.".—fir*—Arsene I.uj.in

\u25a0LYRIC--21S £:lft—The Chorfilate fc-olaler.

L Knv^MSTEnDAM-2 :«v_« :IS-The Ix>v» Cure.•jsrrv YOHK—2—H—The Pin* of Society.fITLTVBSANT—P:I&—The KnsieFt Way.

,TTAT.I.ArK-.«-2:K P.Har-Mark.TTfURR'S-2:in-»»:l*-T>« Ollinnx. \u25a0

VPST KNT> 2:ls—B:irv—"Ie Motor <*'"•,iTORKVTTJ.K.-2-ir.-* !•\u25a0 Th« Witching Hour.

J»w7f.r to Advertisement*.I

*"*~ ' *Pare. CW. Pa X*-

'""'•-!A»enU Wanted M 41 Furnished Houwe to

'.Arouiwinenta 12 4-« L#t ...•••W «,>partmrnt Hotels... 1« 3 H^pWanted 10 «

•.Automobile. « fllnrtructl -n » 4-fl,Tanker* and Broker*.12 1\ Law frtsoota 11 »''Board ar.a Il»m«...10 4 I*st Hsnk^r*. 1* 0

'Book* and FuWlca- IMnrrtacft an.l Death* T «Tim* M l'»« Instruction -11 r>

Cfcrr-t cioanliw: ....10 C;O<van Steamers 1« 1Ountry ITnperty. to \u25a0 Prrwwals • •]• 1

jyt in ljpnbll<- rcatlera *• «T>ivtden<l Nctl«« ...12 I'nallr..«<<* 1" «J>r.mpwlc Pttuatlor.ii Heal Brtale 10 2-»

Wanted .10 i-?, School Acenrtea ... 11 •>

Employment *r*n- Imperial Notice* •• 7 «•cie, 1' -I S-..1-' 10 «

REcuraintU V."...!..11 0)Stores Notio* ...10 . 3European Advertise-

'SvtntmT K.«fctrt GulJes.ll

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r.ients . . » "\u25a0 The Turf S 6

Finn- '. \u25a0: .'.-<".: To l*t for .-!:i.-«. o,rirar-riil IS «-« IMrj-w* 10 2-3T«' \u25a0'-•'\u25a0 9 T*-6',VutaraMb*& Apart-

\u25a0•-••;• 2I.Lot 10 4 Work Wanted 1° 4

JXsxoQvtk Dafls? Srilwair,

WEDNESDAY. PEITEMBEB 15. VS*».

Lady Herl*«rt arrival In !.>wn yestertiay wtth her

Mr. anil Mrs. William H. Tew will return to townfrom Prtham, X. V.. to-day for the wintir.

Mr. and Mrs. Lancaster Morgan, who have re-turned from an extensive trip abroad, will fcwvalowa this weelt for Hot Springs. Va. They willspend all winter Inthis city at the Hotel Gotham.

Mr. and Mrs. F. Lathrop Ames, who spent partof the summer at Newport, have eons to NorthEaston, Mass., for the fall.