New York Tribune (New York, NY) 1906-02-23 [p...

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Mrs. Charles T. Barney rave a costca* -,„_ last night la th. Renaissance tapestry room „,"*• house, in Park-ay*.. her quests being array*, the costumes of Franc*. Spain. England. HniV and Italy of the sixteenth and \u25a0rr«t*«t»a2f rles. Th* long, narrow table which -was laid &Z?1 th* room «ii divided Into sections, so Guta? costume* of each country were grouped tot-v The dinner was followed by music and «>*»- th* sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, ' D , 5 GlUbert. In the guise of a Venetian troubado^ .i Mlas Metcalf. In the couum* of a pa«n. ** Mrs. Barneys meats were sixty In auiai— . included Mrs. Stanford White as Empress EW* of Austria. Mrs. Arthur ImUi as Queen SlariT?* tolnette. Mrs. Thomas Hastings as Queen Elk* of England. James I* Brees* as the latter. S3 Kins; Henry VIII: Mrs. Archibald 3. Alexa^ who was Miss Helen Barney, as Beatrice <rE*.-ZL' Harry Payne Whitney as a French courtier a* sixteenth century. Miss Anne Morgan. dausjZJ? J. Plerpont Morgan, aa a Dutch lady of thetW 1 Rembrandt; Mrs. Henry Worthlnrton Bu «" lady of the court of King Philip Uof Spain. ,Ll M. Waterbury. jr.. as an EUzabethaa ka-m^ Insley Blair as an Italian courtier of the -~- S ' century. Stanford White as the Dauphin. laT^ Francis II of France; Mrs. Arthur WUtatr L * I>utch lady of th« court of wa^am the arZJ Archibald S. Alexander as the grandlatiiril Henry IV. the latter French monarch beisg -— * \u25a0ented by the host. Charles T. Barney. " Mrs. Barney herself Impersonated Queen X»w, rlne de Medici In a costume of dark blue t^hl embroidered with the cold lilies of Francs, anTS! younger daughter. Miss Kathertn* aaraej Queen Ana of Cleves. one of the wives o* H«_ VIII of England. ~^* It may be added that the Renaissance eharaaw of the decorations of the room in which the *-,- was held, and which was beautifully decorate the Rosary Flower Company, and the old I^Jta tapestries of the room on the left of tba »g^J Mrs. Barney received her quests, lest thesaej^ In a very picturesque fashion to the «p«ctacU -r* seated by the costumes o? the guests. The ssntsm were dressed In the rarb worn by the scrrtton'of the sixteenth and seventeenth centurfes. NEW YORK SOCIETY. Correspondent Defends Modern School Tells What It Has Done for Him. To the Editor of The Tribune. Sir: The. letter of Dr. D. B. St. John Roosa in your issue of the 19th inst. excites the interest of a class which ie represented by th» undersigned as truly, probably, as the distinguished doctor represents the old school of medicine— the great class of citizens who have been through the mill. Most of my Ufa I hay had to do with doctors, old school, homoeopathic, and. lately, oateopathlc. So firmly planted In our civilization is the cult repre- sented by Dr. Roosa. If by any man. that our ver> language Is poor and halting In attempting to describe a health adviser »ho is not a medical ad- viser, and in this day of grace we almost comically say. for instance, "osteopathlc physician"! The pood doctor could not possibly set further wronsr on the subject of his letter than he doe« in as- serting that "osteopaths are endeavoring to ... secure a short cut into the practice of medicine." Their belief, based on experience, is that they have OSTEOPATHY FOE THE PUBLIC. University Honors Public Men at HolHiy Celebration. Philadelphia. Feb. Birthday was observed by the University or ? -'-.r.sytM* with exercises at the Academy of Music the ooa- fernas or honorary decrees upon public men bsirj part of tht- eclebnttoxt. Dr. Henry van Dyke, pro- fessor of English literature at Princeton U=ir«f sity. was th» speaker of the day. His topic jra •'Washington and the ilea Who Stood witii Him* Th» cundidatea for honorary decrees u c re --a«3:- ea by Dr. S. Weir Hitch*!! as puMlc orator, tit c!egre#s being conferred by Provost t\ C. \u25a0Ma as follows: Doctor of Laws: Dr. Henry van D-ke Prfccf ton t r.ivers::v; Edwta Ames I'SSSS? J55L2* Minn^apolis^St. Pail; Uoyi C r^f-~^'xr k : > States Ambassador to BrarU c;";,ffntSo a pr; burr - pre3lden: of R3^ r: ***• Doctor or Scienc>»: Baron Kanehiro Takakl. w^ is now Ttettto- this countr>- in tht later^aTdf 11a. « --V I a V\ Doctor of Sacred Thfoiopj :T7flliaia arm* Richardson, of Philadelphia, a widHv ir.owa E?»- °?P^l- °' ers> ' =:!an :J«raes Add:=^>n iler.rr ircm» SlSratom University and Erector of' ThttWP- PENSSYLVA2JIA CONFERS DIGKEM ART EZETBITIOU OPENED IN L033G3. TEE WEATHER.— lndications for to-day: Stir. The 'errperature yesterday: Highest, L decrees: lowest. 40. CONGRESS.— Senate: A railroad rate bill con- taining a court review feature was introduced toy Mr. Kncx; several bills were passed, includ- ing one for punishment of hazing at the Naval Academy. = House : The day was spent In fit- bate on the Army Appropriation bill. FOREIGN.—The deadlock at the Moroccan conference at Algeciriis remained unbroken, al- Tbough the belief prevailed that the differences of tha delegates could be seitld and an amica- ble result be reached before the deliberations ended. \u25a0 The London branch of the Navy league of the United States gave a dinner, at \u25a0which Ambassador Reid presided and spoke of the naval policy of the first President, who orig- Sntted the "big etick" idea, which President Roosevelt TTE.S carrying out. . The German Reichstag passed the Onft and second readings ef the government's proposal to extend recipro- cal tariff rates to the Untied States until June SO 1907. ===== The religious fanatics in North- ern Nigeria. Africa, have killed flve French offi- cer* and captured two others, in addition to the three British officers previously reported slain. . The officers of th* American cruller squad- ron at Na;>l«-s. with a deta.chme.nt of fifty sailors. received at Rome by the Pop*-, who made an address to them, to which the men responded with duets. \u25a0 The Duke of Devonshire FUi'.ed in the House of Lords that he and his menOi would oppose the fiscal policy supported by ex-Premier Balfour and Joseph Chamber- lain == The statement was made in the House of Commons in behalf of the Foreign « Ifflce that the transfer of Port Arthur did not affect the Flatus of Wei-Hal-Wei, which is leased Iw China to Great Britain. =£= Mr and -lrs. Isaaewarib arrived at Havana and were wel- comed by a committee of th- Cuban Congress and President Palma's military aid: they plan to remain at the Cuban capital a week. DOMESTIC— Tbe report of the Armstrong in- r ,,^. •v«.'riv«-stipaiine cummlttee was submitted to the i.'rulmure in Albany. == Secretary; T*ft spoke on -The Army and tbe Republic la t^e Chicago Auditorium. ===== Archbishop Ireland la Kuv.sas City prodded the "forelgnized Americans'' in Europe ar.d the importation of .foreign fashions of Epeech and Sreas. \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 An attempt u< advance the Elsberg Rapid Transit bffl iii Qm Senate at Albany broosbt a sharp tfiscusfioii between Senators White. Els tiers and PL4;e. - It was reported in Denver that evi- dence of the alleged pl"'> again*! *x-Governor Bteuneaberg had been dlacovered In a letter pent to a miner. . The Minnesota Insurance iK-partment upheld the New-Tor* Life surplus claim, but condemnt-d other features. \u25a0 Eighteen euits were brought against The estate of John N. Ferris, late banker at Stamford, by investors who declared he misled them. Christopher C. Shayne. furrser. of N«»w-Tork City, died at Atlanta. Ga.. fmm heart disease. ClTY— James TV. Alexander. t-x-PreFident of the Eguitabie Life, underwent another operation at hIF home !n this city yesterday. :, Charle* H. Turrit-r. formerly president of a St. Loui* \u25a0treet railway, died in his apartments at the "Waldorf, i— A Charity boat captain wajs charged with insubordination for protesting &CxUun an order that th<» Commissioner's secr-- ttry eijould oppn all mail, private or not. - . A crmLir.!te t-xplosion wrecked a. derrick in a sew public echool building: the police say \u25a0\u25a0 was the work of disgrur.tled employes of a contract- ing firm, = There were three exciting run- aways in which several persons were hurt, a torse killed and two vehicles wrecked. Chants L<tve* cade a balloon ascension near Tsxedo. but the balioon went only \u25a0 few miles cwlag to the heavlnees of the gas. = Homer 1* Caatie made an address on political problems at the Prohibition dinner. == Five Italians, taeuciit to be members of a knockout drops r&sg . \u25a0were arrested. Ambassador Reid Pays Tribute to Thtfftt As an Etcher London. Feb. 21— Ambassador Reid xt noon » nay formally opened the second s«-c::on of sixth unal ex&btthxa of the Interr.atiojwi So- ciety \u0084f Sculptors. Painters and Er.sr::.ver» «t >* New Gallery. The president of the «i>oietT, AT zusi« Rchiin. presided. The ga!>ry wuj cro«!rf with artists an ' contributors to art. ilr. Ee!d 3 \u25a0 short and ple&stac speech rvfcmd to th» t*s that the four^lr-r and first president of the - :-M3 were both Americans, and expressed the hopalSs* the foundations principles may ni penetrateA3«- tea. Spe;... of Whistler. Mr. Reid said liat ho **» one oi the foremost ttchers. tf not the foreaost. < his century. PLAN HOWASD CROSBY LI3&&3Y FU33 TEE PURE FOOD BILL. The rota cast la the Senate last Wednesday on tie Ecbura Pure Food bill betrays the insin- cerity of the opposition which has long blocked ; the passage of that measure. Fur fifteen year*, legl&l&tica flenltns with the abuses of food adul- teration end fraudulent branding has been side- cracked \u25a0Minn after session. All kinds of spe- daJ pleas bare been made on behalf of man- ufacturers who bare flooded the country with food substitutes. Itwas argued that the adul- terated articles furnished were, as a rule, m mrbmlman* as the non-adulterated products they replaced, and that a groundless prejudice against roods Incommon use would be excited if manu- facturers were compelled to disclose the for- mulas by which they were compounded. Where Ignorance Is bliss 'tis folly to be wise was the principle insisted on by representatives of these Interests and their apologists In the Senate. Why destroy the public's Illusions and ruin its appetite by proclaiming the secrets of the pre- serving room or the packing house? The right of the benevolent manufacturer to bunco his cus- tomers without the officious interference of a government chemist has been so bravely ex- ploited for years that a much more formidable \u25a0towing was to have been expected on the part nt Senators who want to limit to a minimum the federal government's power to regulate com- merce and business. Yet on the final rolloall Wednesday only four votes were recorded against the Heybuxs bill, and tbey came from 6enciors dlejxaed not so much to quarrel with ths principle of isterfereacß as to hold that the evils complained of should be dealt with by the states and not through federal legislation. The theory that federal regulation of the sale of food products was unwise and unxkseseaarr beoauM the enlightened self-interests of the ttiaiiuUcturert could be depended upon In th« end to protact th« public was abandoned when the obetructars of pur* food legislation had to put tb«nselT«a on record. It« absurdity was as patent as it* Insincerity. The suggestion that the passags of a pure food act would Injure legitimate business wu nothing but a flls« pre- (Mitc*. sj^if fnniintenf Trrisss bad &sx> It would be useless within the limits of a newspaper article to attempt any discussion of the details of a report filling more than three hundred closely printed paces. A perfect under- standing of the exact effect of the many tech- nical recommendations can come only after long study. Nevertheless there are a few large feat- ures of the insurance problem the handling of which Indicates the scope and spirit of the pro- posed reforms. These go to the root of the evils exposed in the conduct of the great insurance companies. Concerning industrial insurance the committee has little or nothing to say. though believing there is need of reform in that quar- ter, because It had no time to give attention to the subject. A recommendation Is made that the law be changed <o as to prevent the incor- poration hereafter of assessment or co-opera- tn-e companies. It would secure true Investiga- tion by publicity of lists of policyholdere. by giving an opportunity for a comparatively small foody to make nominations, and by the distribution of official ballots to all poi- lcyholdens containing the names of regular und independent candidates. Such a plan, while giving full opportunity for opposition to' mani- fest itself, would also protect companies from snap votes and chance changes? of administration. .Stock companies are encouraged to motaaJiae, and the propriety of permitting the purchase and extinguishment of stock II \u25a0 reasonable value is urged, though that recommendation doe- not apparently contemplate \u25a0 valuation unrelated to dividends and •Bible lieu on surplus, but based on the speculative value of the control for busi- ness purposes of vast sums. Still more impor- tant for curbing the misuse of funds is the rec- ommendation that all future investment in stocks be prohibited, and also investment in col- lateral trust bonds based to more than one-third of their face value on stocks. Present stocks would have to be disposed of in lire years. Manipulation of real estate would also be greatly restricted. All syndicate participations and ail interests of officers or directors in purchases or sale* are to be forbidden. The amount of new business is to be limited according to the out- standing business in the case of the three great companies to 1150.000.000 a year— thus stopping the enormous agency waste. Rebating is to be more strictly forbidden, deferred dividend pol- icies re t . be prohibited for the future, and strict aocounting for and apportionment of the surplus up to the full limit of a conservative re- serve Is to be enforced. Forms of policies are to be made standard and the right of any policy- holder to resort to the courts without the per- mission of the Attorney General is to be secured. These are the chief recommendations respect- ing insurance proper. Campaign contributions and secret expenditure* for legislation are ultra vires, and are m treated in the report. The remedies suggested properly apply to all cor- porations, but, since the evils have come to notice in connection with insurance, the com- mittee wisely proposes legislation to cure them. It would make political contributions by insur- ance companies criminal— prohibition in which all corporations not themselves political might well be Included. It would also stop the secret expenditure of money, which made possible the methods of Hamilton, Fields and Jordan and would also forbid any person to influence legis- lation as the paid representative of another without making public record of the fact, stat- ing the measures he is concerned with and the interests he represents. This Is a plan which has hitherto been described and commended by The Tribune, and we think it would go far toward curing the abuses of the lobby and toward discouraging the activities of strike leg- islators. The committee does not believe that additional power Is needed by the Insurance Department, though it suggests many points on which more specific reports should be required. The commit- tee thinks the department has failed to exercise its powers ; and, while making allowance for Its avowed theory that the sole duty of the state officials was to see that companies were solvent, not to wpervlse their management, the commit- tee points out that the examiners' own reports departed from that theory and pretended to give \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0ranee to poUcyholders that their property was not being wasted. Criticism of the depart- ment for hablta of many years' standing under Afferent chiefs is temperate, but severe, and nnxit Had to a much keener sense of responsi- bility In the future. The preliminary review of the fact* on which recommendations are baaed contains many scathing characterizations of Insurance transactions, but these are only ln- diUatml to the porpoae th« comann»e h*» from THE I\SUitAXCE REPORT. The report of the Armstrong committee is as searching ant! satisfactory as was its work of examination. Legislative investigations are proverbially unfruitful, serving more often as an outlet for personal spleen and political ani- mosity than as an effective instrument of reform. The Armstrong committee lias l>een a conspic- uous exception to that rule. With complete de- votion to the task of improving insurance af- fairs, it has diligently. thoroughly, impartially and ably delved into the secrets of the business and revealed shocking abuses regardless of friend or toe. Neither political nor personal pressure could swerve the committee from its duty. It will probably never Ik- known how great that pressure was. All warnings by the companies of what they might expect if they asked too particularly alH>ut campaign contribu- tions or lobbying bills were lost upon Senator Armstrong and his Republican colleagues, and. whatever blame the Republican party shares with the business world and the whole com- munity of which it Is a part in the insurance abuses, we owe to the fearless and patriotic work of these Republicans and their Republican coun- sel, Mr. Hughes and Mr. McKeen. the complete- ness of these revelations leading not merely to a reform in insurance, but, it may be hoped, to higher moral standards in all business. The public has followed the long continued exam- ination, at which almost daily high reputations suffered, with great interest, perhaps not en- tirely creditable. If, as may be believed, a large part of that interest was due to a keen desire for righteousness, possibly something of it was also due to the jackal in human nature, the love to tear down and to gloat over ruined greatness. The necessary work of tearing down has been done. The work of reconstruction is at baud. The committee, which perforce furnished a daily sensation to the populace, now reports its serious conclusions and offers its remedies. All that was righteous in the popular interest must be as intent upon understanding that report and carrying out its recommendatious as in hanging upon evidence of scandals. thin* to fear from a law forbidding poisonous adulteration and compelling an honest labelling of articles offered at food product*. The public mar be willing to accept the Btatement that many adulterations are beneficial But It has 'be right to determine for Itself whether It will bur an adulterated or an unadulterated article. It properly protests against being swindled Into buying a substitute when It 1* willingto pay a better price for an unsophisticated article It especially protest* against being hoodwinked by misleading labels, the unpunished use of which puts a premium on fraud altogether too tempt- ing to the average manufacturer and retailer. ruder conditions as they exist to-day the honest manufacturer and dealer have no protection acainst their dishonest rivals, and the wonder is tlsat the makers of food product* have not tbemwlves shown \u25a0 greater eagerness to secure a system of federal inspection and thus rid the trade of imi>ostcirs and swindlers who bring It into disrepute. The Heyburn bill might be entitled a bill to promote common honesty in the sale of foods, drugs, medicines and liquors. As such it Is entitled to every consumer's and every honest producer's support. PHOTOGRAPHING MICROBES. Jena, Germany, has for many years been fa- mous for the Improvements In optical apparatus that originated there. One of these was bur- greeted about three years ago by two university professors In that city, named Siedentopf and Szlcmondy. These men proposed that in pho- tographing objects of microscopic proportions like bacteria, Illumination be effected by means of ultra-violet rays. They also invented an In- strument for that purpose. Among the Ameri- cans who Investigated the merits of the new procedure was Professor H. C. Ernst of Har- vard University, and a recent dispatch to The Tribune indicates that after prolonged experi- ment he is much pleased with the result Both those who study the infinitely bi™ (the astronomera) and those who study the infinitely small .the raicroseoplsts) employ two general methods of research. Most of their work Is visual observation. Some of It, however Is per- formed with the aid of a photographic phne which will renter thin** which cannot be seen The superiority of this procedure over the other lies in the fact that the retina responds only to the impressions of a moment, whereas the ef- fect on a sensitive plate is cumulative Ex posures have been made In astronomical ob- servatories lasting several hours. Up to the present time the advantage has been more mani- fest to the star gazer than to the bacteriologist. It is doubtful if the latter has secured much more, by photography than a permanent record of what ha has actually observed. He might in time nave developed still further the usefulness of the means already at hla disposal, but the recommendation of th« Jena experts promises to give him distinctly better facilities than bo previously enjoyed for microscopic investiga- tion Ultra-violet radiance, though practical' v laru^i^ iju a hig*m a.;r.r,. pavw uuu." ooa. USING rivers as sewers. Every one who Is alert to the danger result- ing: from the contamination of public water supplies will be Interested in a decision handed down this week by Justice Holmes, of the United States Supreme Court. Years ago Chi- cago discharged its sewage Into Lake Michi- gan, and then drank it, greatly diluted. Con- cluding that the latter practice was the cause of great mortality, the city decided to get rid of the sewage in another way A costly drain- age canal was constructed which led to a trib- utary of the Illinois River, which empties Into the Mississippi only a few miles above St. Louis. Shortly after the new system went into operation St. Louis thought it discovered that die prevalence of typhoid fever within its bor- ders had sensibly increased, and the suspicion was entertained that Chicago was responsible for the trouble. The stare of Missouri, In be- half of the one city, thereupon brought a suit in a federal court against the state of Illinois to secure an order forbidding the other city to use the Mississippi River as a sewer. The highest tribunal denies the application, on the ground that the fault of Chicago is not clearly proven. Either some doubt was enter- tained about the genuineness of the alleged in- crease of typhoid fever or else other possible sources of contamination were not logically ex- cluded from consideration. The decision Is ren- dered "without prejudice." That is to say, St. Louis is at liberty to try again, if it thinks It can make out a stronger case, but for the pres- ent Chicago will remain undisturbed. Disinterested sanitarians have followed these proceedings closely, in the hope that facts would he adduce*! which would be useful in future litigation of the same kind elsewhere. When they took note of the distance which the out- flow from Chicago must travel before reaching St. Louis (300 or 300 miles) they might well feel uncertain whether any impurity contained in it would stand so long a journey without undergoing changes which would make it ab- solutely innocuous. When, they recalled how much hardier the typhoid bacillus Is than other bacteria they were not so certain about the remit. There was some reason to suspect that \u25a0in epidemic of typhoid fever in Columbus. Ohio, two or three years ago. was caused by the discharge of germs into' the Scioto River at Kenton. sixty or seventy miles above the capi- tal city. No one yet knows exactly how far such microbes may be conveyed without losing their vitality and virulence. Hence, if evidence had been presented strong enough to convince the Supreme Court that typhoid fever could be caused in St. Louis by sewage from Chicago. .in important precedent would have been es- tablished. As it is, the world Is no wiser in consequence of The suit just disposed of than it was a few years ago. Disappointment will be felt at the failure, but this is the only rational cause for regret at the outcome The court was particularly careful not to deny the responsibility of one community for the health of others situated below it on the same stream. If St. Louis should determine not to renew the fight, it may conclude to adopt other meas- ures for the purification of Its water. Filtra- tion is obviously the most promising expedient It would remove coloring matter as well as dis- ease germs from the water of the Mississippi, on which St. Louis now relies and on which it will probably be dependent always. The requi- site plant would be expensive. no doubt but in introducing it St. Louis would be pursuing the policy already adopted by Philadelphia and strongly recommended by th- Health Commis- sioner of the metropolis for this city as well And, quite aside from Patrick, the precedent of such testimony would be evil. Suppose Pat- rick now allows Mr. House to speak and dis- proves the talk of confession and perhaps helps his own case. The next time a prisoner is asked to waive his privilege and refuses, the assump- tion of his sruilt will be all the stronger because Patrick dared to face the trial. We have under our law a well established method of prosecu- tion and defence, and attempts to go outside of it are not a healthful sign of the times. Dis- trict attorneys may think short cuts and brill- iant expedients to test truth warranted by par- ticular emergencies, but they would be wiser to avoid such dangerous experiments. Criminal procedure in This county was badly strained in the Molineux case, and we had hoped that the lesson of that trial had taught prosecutors that prisoners had constitutional rights which they were bound In the spirit as well as in the. letter to respect. WAirrya RIGHTS. Even if Patrick should be willing to permit his former counsel to answer questions about his alleged confession, the taking of such testi- mony ought not to be permitted and the Dis- trict Attorney should be forbidden even to sug- gest such a thing. The rights of other men as well as those of Patrick are at stake In the establishment of any such rule of procedure. If Patrick refuses to release his counsel from the bond of professional secrecy, as be has a perfect right to do without prejudice, that re- fusal inevitably nets to his prejudice. if not on the court at least on public opinion, which may be quite as important to Patrick at last. The rule which forbids a prosecutor in any way to twit a defendant for not taking the stand In his own behalf should likewise forbid the issu- ing of any "dares" to waive any other constitu- tional right. Patrick is entitled to have his case passed upon according to the legal proofs against him, not according to anything else, even his own admissions to his counsel. If he ever made any. the beginning kept steadily In mind. Itsought not sensations, but remedies. It has given na exhibition of great energy and ability In that search, and we believe that ac Its measures are carefully studied they will be found real rem- edies, conservative and safe, but thorough, and well adapted to put life Insurance once more on a Bound business and moral foundation. BILL. JONES BUI Jones. was a curious chap. He allus likert 10 chaff. H?d *Xii} luc t cau * ht hlm »° * »ap A f* 9 °.Z?l lm *** out to lau»h, An watt fur Ume to let him out wouldn't git dellrtoua An Utat lectur* him an 1 bum! Eaft°°no I VC>St "' th * re ' l ' * no North . no South, no "I'll be clad oS that, gTandpa: 'twill make reoir. raphy a burned tight •asler.^PWladelphla Bull^ In the** days of adulterated food* even the tempting chocolate oaks may not be what It \u25a0««ma. Its cover, as wit recently shown In Chicago by th« analysis of the products of a firm which extensive- ly advertised the purity of Its preparations may be. like the obelisk in Central Park, paxafflned- poealbly aa a protection against the *a*trlo juices of the stomach. OF COURSE. To kiss a lady's hand 1b chlv- Alrous and full of grace: Yet ouch a kiss. I'm positive. Is rather out of place. <Judge. Baltimore, which received In the Johns Hopkins University and the Johns Hopkins Hospital and In other forms $10,000,000 from Its famous philanthro- pist, Is to erect a memorial In his honor. The in- stitutions named are his greatest memorial, but the city, with characteristic Southern generosity, feels that It must Itself do something to show its ap- preciation of one whose clttsenahip and mrttem so greatly benefited It. The form the memorial will take has not yet been decided, and probably will not be until the entire sum needed for the purpose Is raised. One suggestion Is that a fountain should be erected In the heart of the business section of the city, crowned by a statue of the philanthropist, and with the figure* of Charity and Education on either side. STRENTJOUS WILLIE. Willie tied the baby's ear Firmly to the chandelier; Baby chuckled, full of glee— 'Twas his ear of corn, you see. (Princeton Tiger. "Willie pulled him by his tongue: Round and round the room they swung. Baby seemed to like It, though 'Twas his wagon tongue, you know. —(Chicago Tribune. Little Willie took a drop While held by his loving pop; Did Ithurt him? Not a bit. Paregoric makes pain grit. (Yonkers Statesman. A French Judg-e visiting England was rldmsc In a London tramcar when the conductor asked for his fare. The Judge offered a sixpence, and when he received fourpenee change (aye th« conductor two- pence, saying: "Here, my man, get yourself a glass of r>«»«r ' A clergyman. sitting opposite, Interposed: "Excuse me. sir. but Is it wise to encourage drinking? I have not touch« a glass of beer for years." "Poor man!" exclaimed the Judge. "Take ze odder rwopence." Some elocutionist has made a collection of more than two hundred "tongrue-twlater;»": "A growing clean glowing green." "The bleak breeze blighted the bright broom blos- soms." "Flesh of freshly dried flying fish." •Six thick thistle sticks." "Two toads tried to trot to Tedbury " "Give Grimes Jim's great gilt gig whip." "Strict, strong Stephen Stringer snared slickly six sickly el Iky snakes." "She stood at the door of Mrs. Smith's fish sauce shop welcoming him In." The first three are the gems of the collection. It la said to be impossible for any one to repeat them rapidly. THE TALK OF THE DAY After a conference of leading Republican Sen- ators and Representatives at th«» President's office Speaker Cannon told The eager reporters they had been "merely discussing love and flowers and poetry." Speaker Cannon's views on these subjects would be of great Interest to the public, but the reporters do not seem to have Insisted strongly upon his giving them the \u25a0wide publicity they doubtless merit. Aujrust Belmont has Just bought a lake. TVe hope he is not goins to use the wa:»r on trae- tinn storks. The biscuits of science, as we learn from a scientific chef, are compounded of feeale, tartrs. eau distille, saccharine, blcarbonat de soda and lalt (complex). They are such biscuits as mother never made and never would have dared to eat had the oomponeata been rut before her in their French dlspuise. Is the New-York Central going to have an llth-ave. subway, or 1b New-York City going to have Mine condemned surface tracks on Its hands? The inventor whose life saving apparatus for skaters was the means of his death at least had the courage to try It himself. Had the manufacturers of the life destroying belts used on the Slocum been compelled to test their own devices New- York would not have suffered from the greatest catastrophe of the kind in its history- Some one ought to call President John Mitchell's attention to the old adage, "Don't prophesy unless you know." mon light Hitherto objects under scrutiny on the stage of a microscope have been illuminated with the risible rays of the spectrum thrown up from below or In from one side, first being concentrated by ordinary lenses. Common glass obstructs the ultra-violet light, and the essen- tial novelty of the Jena plan Is the employment of lenses of quartz, which will transmit it. Though the Innovation would have no value for visual work, therefore, it ought greatly to enhance the results obtained when a sensitive plate is substituted for the eyepiece of a mi- croscope. Professor Ernst declares that bacteria exam- ined by ultra-violet light reveal themselves without any preliminary staining. It has al- ways been necessary when making bacteriolog- ical tests for tuberculosis, diphtheria or typhoid fever to apply aniline or other dyes to a speci- men before putting It under the microscope. Different stains are required for different or- ganisms. If that preparatory measure can be dispensed with, bacteriological work will be greatly simplified. To gay that the change is "revolutionary" is extravagant, perhaps, but the gain is not to be despised. Hence it Is grati- fying to notice that Professor Ernst confirms the assertion made by Professors Sledentopf and Szigmondy on this point three year* ago. An even more Important advantage may rea- sonably be expected from the Improved appa- ratus. The hope that smaller particles might be Identified (photographically) than have ever been detected before has been freely expressed in Jena. The germs of some diseases are large enough to be seen and photographed, and by their diversity of form and other traits (like their susceptibility to particular stains) diag- nosis in suspected cases is facilitated. But, while other eerobro-splnal meningitis, for Instance— behave as if they were caused by similar organisms, the latter have not yet been discovered. The reason may be that they are smaller than the germs which have already been recognized and that they are beyond the range of the best microscopes. If ultra-violet light will reveal these objects unmistakably, the scope of bacteriology will be broadened, medi- cal practice and public sanitation directly bene- fited and humanity placed under profound ob- ligations to Sledentopf, Szigmondy and their followers. Admirers of Venerable Clergyman *\u25a0 Celebrate Birthday by Starting MescaL Neat Tuesday will tw> the e:£hti«:h blrtii&y •* the Rev. I'r Howard Crosby, a w«i: ...jwn N«^ York etanamaau who was at one time profw** of Grcfk in New- York University. AtotM»«t2l Croaby will start a movement on that uay to »** in hta hOEor a Howard Crosby Library .:;J Cww. thu incomt. of which ts to bt K;>yli«J » ip streu K th«uine of the cUsslcal library m tH« »«; cXoL^" acquisition of the Huk-r CiHf^| Übrary m m provided a Full tor ** ' outgrown medicine. They are taught as thoroughly as are medical loners— some essentials, as anatomy, much more thoroughly They are taught quit** as much chemistry, for example, hut they utilize the knowledge In mastering physiology. ni>t in crowding: down our throats processions cf chemi- cal"! my class calls them medicines, and take? them with resignation born of Ions: submission. No. osteopathy wants nothing- to do with the "practice of medicine." It knows better. At this point I hear you. Mr Editor, being a just man. say: "Hold on! What do you. a mere victim, know of these things?" Well. I know of my own knowledge three things. First— For many years I had an unsatisfactory heart. Both schools of medicine looked wise about It. and did nothing. An unpretending osteopath put It to rights by taking off the unnecessary load Imposed by poor circulation and by enlarglns my chest measure nearly an tnch and giving the patient heart room to work In. Second— For ten years I had a much Impaired digestion. Osteopathy freed the pressure which was Interfering: with the work of the easentlal nt-ryes, and now I eat anything and assimilate perfectly. Third—For many years I wore classes prescribed for astigmatism by the distinguished writer of the letter in question— head of his profession. Osteopathy found cause-* for astigmatism of which the "old school"— well named— denien the existence and I hay»- my sight back in full measure and clearness, and have no more use for clashes Is that enough" I take It that one weß authenticated fact Is wor;n\- of more consideration at the hands of my long Buffering- and much abused class, the public than the opinions held by all the anatomtsts ana phynt- ologlsts referred to by the eminent doctor, meaning of course, those of his own school. Trie "Interesting fact" Instanced by the doctor "that men already educated In th» science of medi- cine rarely turn from the ordinary practice to be- come osteopaths." happens not to be a fact at all as the cases cf medical practitioner* having their practice seriously cut Into bjr neighboring osteo- path* ami tuking up osteopathy In order to regain their livelihood are many. I grant freely the inference drawn by the doctor that -the claims of osteopathy ... do not gen- erally appeal to educated physicians." I have many warm friends who practise medicine, but my expe- rience and observation of them have led me to the conviction that they are the. narrowest. th«» most hidebound of men. and I cannot help regarding their present attitude toward osteopathy as of one piece with the attitude of medicine, ever since the days of Harvey. Emphatically the medical profes- sion has not "passed through the stage of heresy hunting." as the doctor claims. It la In that stage and the doctor fitlyrepresents his medical brethren in erring out against a man who can make a broken down digestion strong and cood. a thin* that all the medicine on the planet could not accom- We of the public, the oldtime victims of drags of numberless kinds, have no reason to h^ proud of the State of New-York if It la** behind thirty of Urn Bister States In recognizing and regulating n hv-J teni of rescue from disease which Is paiaablv I step In the advance of the race toward self-know* New-Tork. Feb. a. IJOt * E " San ' »: New-Tork. Feb. a. IWM QUEEN MARGHERITA'S TRIP. Rome. Feb. =.-Th. Queen Dowager Marrhertta has ordered her attendants to hasten the prenara tlons for her Journey to America, winning to ZZZI Italy at the «nd of April. Her m»jMtv I,L . stop a weeA in NeW-X*irfc taXtM^L- " ' ' SHOPPING IN SHANGHAI. From Tat- Minneapolis Jouraat rL^t .^ y rr «( * ve "ter v? tne barsala counter wU- » ru«b tot<> tt '= ua »- it teU» bow various *iatl» » cut. umtarwana i sl a rnlaut- That thtTp*«lc^ ?J 7.J?. 111 ** have b >n *wamped with custom *3» int. i ht:ir 3,- bargiua iiualer* re»a about tt>« tn»»" thut wrre ir.arkcJ 'Wii.v Uown. _\u0084 AmonrtbK shlrtins* we noUc* th« «\u25a0\u25a0•« ** riet of »ttnu-tjve sooUs: Ould Sun. Sl n * h *2 hoiaier Man. Ktve SUi«r. Xln« via Man, ©SS'S aiudcßt Paintoa Thr«s» Ludiea. Clua Ciln >J Blue Four Emperor* Birthdior. UraT« * sWi!jl *t aa «* wrul -\u25a0••crirtcc for . i|m V*** 3 ' }? 9 A* \M» tint: i\iintwi Uuildha. PaintoJ OruadraJ^V f., . iMut- «» LJuhthouae. Orpt-n Three &**-£. Blttck Rood* %cr» offers at pnees that wouW^ ply omv.pol you to Buy a.oTnt> of t. l ies«: T::rw P*- . htt. Ju»a ttirthitay. Tin Onun'a Marri.t^f "«» S Hammer . Stae ami Maofcej;. Teiw-oar SBBfc An" festival, Viu««r .-•.»•! •-••'- It ju»i ahoT.« «-tut fc^tryalrj may »*«:*•* "• *\u25a0 ** em? «mu> mw. v?- qj,,^ NEW- YORK DAILY TRIBUXE FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 23. 1906. About People and Social Incident*, Arnujtcmrnts. acadott or irrwe— •— Do Barrr. xT-HAHimx— »-*— feu- \u25a0--*-• Girl of urn amft— We*t- —>•:'<.:— Th* Murte Matter. \u25a0BO4J>WAY— *:I6— VanderMlt Cop. OAJIKSOTE HA.LX. « B—Concert. CASINO—»•:»— The Sari and Ui«> Girl. COLONIAL. —— Vaudeville. CRITERION— ** :2ft—AMee-Sit-by-th.e-Fire: aJuo Pantaloon. DaL,T*6 »>:2'> Th+ Fanelnatlnr Mr. V«tuJ«rv#Wt. EDEN* MVPBK—Th» World la Wax. . KKPlRE>— r*t*r Pan. FIELDS 1 ? THEATRE- « .H—JuIW Boßboa. GARRI CX— * GaUoj* . C.AKIUCK— arv— oaiioMK HAMMERSTniN'S VICTOR! A— 3— :I»— Vaud«rtl». HARLEM OPERA HOUSE— 6 14— Wonderland. HICRALJ) Pgl'AßE *S:LB G«>rr» Washington. Jr. HIPPOI<P.OMC— 2~ *- A MoHetv Clrcot. IHl>SON— «\u25a0.:&— The Z>O«I. IRVrNn PLACE— »«:2»— KniM-PTTltx. JOE WEBnß'f! (i-.lO— Tirlddlr-Twaddle. ICNirKERCOCKER— *:I&— Mile. Modiste. ÜBTOTT- %:I&—Th» rianwnan Th« Uon and th« tTCErM— »— T\ette Gui:bert— S:l&— Tb» Lion »nd «• Mouiv. \u0084 _ MADISON SQfAP.E GARDEN— IO a m. to 11 r m.— J«Al»ls<tN sgi'ARE THEATKE— «:I&— The Title Mart. ;. AjrVTli*— «:J!i AbvMUnia. MANHATTAN— «:»•—Tbe Trimrie. _ METROPOUTAN OPERA HOI'SE— «—Haenael un<s ot»- tel. followed hy II narbl«re dj Wvigim. NTW AVSTERDAM )«:« Forty-five Minute, from JJEW-YORK— *:lS— **• Ror*" l Brolhera In Ireland. f VOY—»>.li Mr Hopklnson. . FT NICHOLAS5 RlNK— Three •\u25a0l-mi dally Ire Skatlnr V Al.l.At'K'S— k .rf»—The Squaw Man. WKHT END *:ll— Behind the Mask. I fjr to Ad: trtixcmevtx. VufT Col. : Per* Col. immwiifnu . 8 &-C Furnished Hoom* to An Sal« S 5-« L-ri -• * 4 BanVf-n- is Hroke.r»..l3 1 Furnished Houir* to BoKrd and Rooms... * 4. L*t. Country M \u25a0 Board and Rooms H<-ii Wanted \u25a0 •\u25a0 Warted I 4 Hotrt* and Retail Brt.uk ivn Advertise- rants JJ » mratf 2 « ; Irstruction 1J '• Erooklj-nProperty for I «darrt«ires i Deaths .. •\u25ba-« fi^l, 14 S Or*s.n . \u25a0..»•- 14 »-. Carpet Cleanlnir »• 4 Proposal* \u25a0 4 Citation* IS 1Public Notice* IS 5-« City Hotels IS 5 Pul-lif Notleft " - 4 Cltv Proj*rtr for Ru!lr.«d» 14 .-B gsle 14 :: nt-e.l I>tate .'...14 3 Ctmntry Proi*rty for P.<-h: E«iatf Wanted. .14 J Stjr 14 S Ho-taurant* 13 " Country Pror-erty for nr-Maurantu * 5 Ba!«'i.rri. :.«r 14 2 Srtwol Apenclre IS « :: l ar.r:r.r Acadtfmleu. . IS Rpceia] Nntioes < « I>e»kf and (JSlct Fur- Ptramhool» 14 8 niture » 4Ptira#re Notice* H 4 T>tv|drnd NntJoes. .. .18 1 > jrr<iFate> Notice*. ..IS 6 Xsoniottlr Situation* :To I>et for BumnMi Wanted \u25a0« r- 1 I^rrKwe* 14 \u25a0 8 Til— illlt 111 l ........ 4 Trlliune Pubtcrtrtlon I>ryrao<U » «-" R«te» J '\u25a0 EniiilojTncnt Afron- Trust - :*ni«» . IS aS ' .. 4 TIIKWUIUm *• 4 J^xcurflor.» 18 4 l'rfurr.!»r>ed -. ;*rt- JTlnanclal 13 3 menu to Let 14 3 rtnaEciaJ M«etinp»..lS 3 Winter Resorts IS 4 Tor Sal* * 4W»rk Wnr.ted 6 5 yurr.ishea Apart- Work Warte.d 14 l-« MBit toVt.. 14 S ZVfto^JxirkDaus uxibvnxt. run) ay. February b Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ijem entertained at dinner to-night Justice and Mrs. Brown. Senator and Mrs. Elkins, Admiral Dewey, Lieutenant and Mrs. T!rn- mons. Colonel and Mrs. Bromwell. Colontl and Mrs. Symons. Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Bell. Mr. and Mrs. "Welghtman. Mrs. Slater. Mrs. Barney and Mr. Cresson. AT THE WHITE HOUSE. [From Th» Tribune Bureau.) Washington. Feb. 22.— President Roosevelt went for a horseback rid* In the suburbs this afternoon with Secretary Root and Senator Lodge. In »;<lte of the fact that Secretary Loeb an- nounced yesterday that the President would not re- ceive any callers to-day, many Congressmen and social vlattoro were at the White House early this morning to receive the executive handshake. Most of them were obliged to go away disappointed for, after the President had dictated his correspondence and held short conferences with Attorney General Moody and Senators Dolllver and Crane, he left the office building and ajjent with hi* family the Inter- vening time until I o'clock, when he went for his horseback ride. Among those who called to see the President UsH morning were Representatives Olcott, Campbell and Fletcher. ex-Representative Porter, of Plttsburs. and a delegation representing th* National German Alliance, consisting of A. Ams. E. J. Tam*en. Con- cad Witt. W. E. Raedek and W. F. Hensler. who are In Washington to protest against tne passage of the Hepburn-I>olUver bill for the regulation of In- terstate liquor traffic. THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS. [From Th» Trtbuaa Bureau.] Washington. Feb. 23.-The Austrian Ambassador and Baroness HengelmUUer entertained a dinner party to-night, with the Secretary of State and Mrs. Root as guests of honor. Jonquils and yellow candles were In fine accord with the gold plate and cut glass table service. The guests, besides the Secretary of State and Mrs. Root, were the Minister from Norway and Mine. Hauge. Captain and Mme. Hebblnghaus. Count and Countess Glzyki. General and Mrs. draper. Senator and Mrs. Wetmoro. Mr. and Mrs. Purdy. Mr. and Mrs. Lars Anderson. Mrs. Cameron. Mrs. Slater. Miss Carow. Ernest Rennie of the British Embassy. Count Louis Szecbenyl. counsellor of the German Embassy, and Baron Heymerle. The Cuban Minister and Mme. Quesada will give a dinner to-morrow night, followed by a dance, and at midnight will pledge with their friends the suc- cess of Cuban independence. NOTES 0F SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON. [From Th» Trtbun. Bureau.] sfeSH are the T "• *""" Dnxl)er - « Boston, who are the guests of General and Mrs Draper At SeTaTo^Kea^Mis oo^ 8p " k " > «" M . , ' ;T eaa - Ml Xe »a. the Assistant Secretary ThTc w r *xr g those who attea^ «»»S? «2t VT UiaimtW and Mm «- Queaada were :h. ETSx? io^i 0^ Parker.^ *"* + * Mrs. George Maxwell Robe^n had dining with her to-night Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Legare Miss Durand. Miss Rogers, of New-York; Miss Mar- quand. of England; Miss Hamll. of Trenton. X J - Miss Robeson. Colonel Edwards. Signer Mor.tagna charge d'affaires of Italy; Count Nani Montagsa Ronald Lindsay, of the British Embassy; GUt Blair and William Spencer, of Philadelphia. Mrs. Kuser. daughter of Senator and Mrs. Dry- den, entertained at one of the most elaborately ap- pointed luncheons of the season In the Presidential suite at the New Wlllard to-day. Her guests in- cluded Mrs. Hobart. Mrs. Metcalf. Mrs. Burrows, Mrs. Spooner. Mrs. Scott, Mrs. Dryden. Mrs. Kean! Miss MUiard. Mrs. Alger. Mrs. Dalzeil. Mrs. R. Wayne Parker. Mrs. Olcott. Mrs. Rlxej- Mrs. Allen. Mrs. Garfield. Mrs. Bromwell. Mrs. Clover. Mrs. Radcliff*. Mrs. Jackson. Mrs. Tirnmons. Mrs. Symons, Mrs. Ros? Thompson. Mrs. Butler, Mrs. Mulligan. Mrs. Wright. Mrs. Harvey. Mrs. Kearney. Miss Stevens. Miss Sherrlll. Miss Thompson. Miss Wood. Miss Allen. Miss Chabot. Miss Sowers. Miss McCoy. Miss Clayton and Miss Squire. A portion of the Marine Band played throug-hout the after- noon. American Eeauty roses were in the m 'eption and drawing rooms. Mrs. Kuser's gown was of yellow cr?pe de Chine, heavily embroidered with Sold. ! \u25a0-- -\u25a0 ,*i£» Mn Payne Whitney has left town to star «• her sister. Mrs. James W. WaJsworth. Jr.. « &\u25a0 bany. - A daughter was bom to Mr and Mrs. J. Want ward Havro on Tuesday at th«lr hmw ta '2« 79th-st. \u25a0 - ....... -...-.'. Mr mi Mrs. J. \u25a0\u25a0— am 'ram km returned a town, and will go abroad very shortly Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Vaadertilt haw U* town for their country place a: Kyde Park. * \ Colonel Count Gleichen. Ei^tary attach* of tt. firitish Embassy at Waahlagton. a=<i a son <tf tt» late Prtace Victor Hohenlohe. has arrived !r. tctp- and is staj-inc at the rf-A«tor*a. Mr. and Mr- R. Uvineston Beekiaaa harm m town for Palm Beach, -where Aasrust Belznoat c 5 Edward C. Potter are likewise stay's-. Another dance sot for to-rJgrht 13 the anr. \u25a0.*. bt3 of the Junior class of Columbia at I-.::.'-r.i-o'». ' St. Thomas's Church was the scese vv M -^. afternoon of the wedding of Miss Nat*::e Ti~? Frederick S. BattershaU. the ceremony bela« \u25a0» formed by the Rev. Dr. Ernest M. sur*«. the tor. assisted by the bridegroom's uncle, toe Eav D- Walton W. Batr^- The bride, who is a <^sX ter of. Mrs. John Wfcthrop Almr. was dress** to white satin trimmed with lace. 91 \u25a0 was tlire: &•«» by her uncle. Logan C. Murray, and had as *c- o=lt attendant her sister. Miss Gladyi amy a a.'*~± of grray chlfToa cloth and a *ra y hat t-c.-nedisZ feather 3 of the win, hue. Mr. and Mr» Bans* shall will spend their honeymoon la Bersuii on their return wffl ma kt» their home !n EastCd-«. This evening Mr. as« Mrs. Junts a. Burde. will give a large dinner dance at their new »jn^^ in East 91st- at . Mrs. Frederick W. Wh!trt(s«e entertain^ *• Thursday Evening: Club last r.Jght at her hcuM. Js East lltti-st.. with a musical, the featur* of "wtl« was the appearance of Ulle. Tvette Gilbert. -

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Page 1: New York Tribune (New York, NY) 1906-02-23 [p 6]chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1906-02-23/ed-1/seq-6.pdfMrs. Charles T. Barney rave a costca*-,„_ last night la th.Renaissance

Mrs. Charles T. Barney rave a costca* -,„_last night la th.Renaissance tapestry room „,"*•house, in Park-ay*.. her quests being array*,the costumes of Franc*. Spain. England. HniVand Italy of the sixteenth and \u25a0rr«t*«t»a2frles. Th* long, narrow table which -was laid &Z?1th* room «ii divided Into sections, so Guta?costume* of each country were grouped tot-vThe dinner was followed by music and «>*»-th* sixteenth and seventeenth centuries,

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D,5GlUbert. Inthe guise of a Venetian troubado^ .iMlas Metcalf. In the couum* of a pa«n.

**Mrs. Barneys meats were sixty In auiai—.

included Mrs. Stanford White as Empress EW*of Austria. Mrs. Arthur ImUi as Queen SlariT?*tolnette. Mrs. Thomas Hastings as Queen Elk*of England. James I*Brees* as the latter.S3Kins; Henry VIII:Mrs. Archibald 3. Alexa^who was Miss Helen Barney, as Beatrice <rE*.-ZL'Harry Payne Whitney as a French courtier a*sixteenth century. Miss Anne Morgan. dausjZJ?J. Plerpont Morgan, aa a Dutch lady of thetW1Rembrandt; Mrs. Henry Worthlnrton Bu • «"lady of the court of KingPhilipUof Spain. ,LlM. Waterbury. jr.. as an EUzabethaa ka-m^Insley Blair as an Italian courtier of the -~-S 'century. Stanford White as the Dauphin. laT^Francis IIof France; Mrs. Arthur WUtatr L

*I>utch lady of th« court of wa^am the arZJArchibald S. Alexander as the grandlatiirilHenry IV. the latter French monarch beisg

-— *\u25a0ented by the host. Charles T.Barney.

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Mrs. Barney herself Impersonated Queen X»w,rlne de Medici In a costume of dark blue t^hlembroidered with the cold lilies of Francs, anTS!younger daughter. Miss Kathertn* aaraejQueen Ana of Cleves. one of the wives o*H«_VIIIof England.

~^*It may be added that the Renaissance eharaawof the decorations of the room in which the *-,-

was held, and which was beautifully decorate „the Rosary Flower Company, and the old I^Jtatapestries of the room on the left of tba »g^JMrs. Barney received her quests, lest thesaej^In a very picturesque fashion to the «p«ctacU -r*seated by the costumes o? the guests. The ssntsmwere dressed In the rarb worn by the scrrtton'ofthe sixteenth and seventeenth centurfes.

NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Correspondent Defends Modern School—

TellsWhat ItHas Done for Him.

To the Editor of The Tribune.Sir: The. letter of Dr. D. B. St. John Roosa in

your issue of the 19th inst. excites the interestof a class which ie represented by th» undersignedas truly, probably, as the distinguished doctorrepresents the old school of medicine— the greatclass of citizens who have been through the mill.Most of my UfaIhay had to do with doctors, oldschool, homoeopathic, and. lately, oateopathlc. Sofirmly planted In our civilization is the cult repre-sented by Dr. Roosa. If by any man. that our ver>language Is poor and halting In attempting to

describe a health adviser »ho is not a medical ad-viser, and in this day of grace we almost comicallysay. for instance, "osteopathlc physician"! Thepood doctor could not possibly set further wronsron the subject of his letter than he doe« in as-serting that "osteopaths are endeavoring to ...secure a short cut into the practice of medicine."Their belief, based on experience, is that they have

OSTEOPATHY FOE THE PUBLIC.

University Honors Public Men at HolHiyCelebration.

Philadelphia. Feb. Birthdaywas observed by the University or ? -'-.r.sytM*with exercises at the Academy of Music the ooa-fernas or honorary decrees upon public men bsirjpart of tht- eclebnttoxt. Dr. Henry van Dyke, pro-fessor of English literature at Princeton U=ir«fsity. was th» speaker of the day. His topic jra•'Washington and the ilea Who Stood witii Him*Th» cundidatea for honorary decrees ucre --a«3:-ea by Dr. S. Weir Hitch*!! as puMlc orator, titc!egre#s being conferred by Provost t\ C. \u25a0Maas follows:

Doctor of Laws: Dr. Henry van D-ke Prfccfton t r.ivers::v; Edwta AmesI'SSSS? J55L2* Minn^apolis^St. Pail; UoyiCr^f-~^'xr k:> States Ambassador to BrarUc;";,ffntSoapr;burr -

pre3lden: of R3^r: ***•Doctor or Scienc>»: Baron Kanehiro Takakl. w^is now Ttettto- this countr>- in tht later^aTdf t»

11a. «--V Ia V\

Doctor of Sacred Thfoiopj:T7flliaia arm*Richardson, of Philadelphia, a widHv ir.owa E?»-°?P^l-°'ers>'=:!an:J«raes Add:=^>n iler.rr ircm»

SlSratom University and Erector of'ThttWP-

PENSSYLVA2JIA CONFERS DIGKEM

ART EZETBITIOU OPENED IN L033G3.TEE WEATHER.— lndications for to-day:

Stir. The 'errperature yesterday: Highest,L decrees: lowest. 40.

CONGRESS.— Senate: A railroad rate bill con-taining a court review feature was introducedtoy Mr. Kncx; several bills were passed, includ-ing one for punishment of hazing at the NavalAcademy. =House : The day was spent Infit-bate on the Army Appropriation bill.

FOREIGN.—The deadlock at the Moroccanconference at Algeciriis remained unbroken, al-Tbough the belief prevailed that the differencesof tha delegates could be seitld and an amica-ble result be reached before the deliberationsended. \u25a0 The London branch of the Navyleague of the United States gave a dinner, at\u25a0which Ambassador Reid presided and spoke ofthe naval policy of the first President, who orig-

Sntted the "big etick" idea, which PresidentRoosevelt TTE.S carrying out. . The GermanReichstag passed the Onft and second readings

ef the government's proposal to extend recipro-

cal tariff rates to the Untied States until JuneSO 1907. ===== The religious fanatics in North-ern Nigeria. Africa, have killed flve French offi-cer* and captured two others, in addition to the

three British officers previously reported slain.. The officers of th* American cruller squad-

ron at Na;>l«-s. with a deta.chme.nt of fifty sailors.received at Rome by the Pop*-, who made

an address to them, to which the men responded

with duets. \u25a0 The Duke of DevonshireFUi'.ed in the House of Lords that he and his

menOi would oppose the fiscal policy supportedby ex-Premier Balfour and Joseph Chamber-lain == The statement was made in the

House of Commons in behalf of the Foreign

« Ifflce that the transfer of Port Arthur did not

affect the Flatus of Wei-Hal-Wei, which is leasedIw China to Great Britain. =£= Mr and -lrs.Isaaewarib arrived at Havana and were wel-

comed by a committee of th- Cuban Congress

and President Palma's military aid: they plan to

remain at the Cuban capital a week.

DOMESTIC—Tbe report of the Armstrong in-r,,^.•v«.'riv«-stipaiine cummlttee was submittedto the i.'rulmure in Albany. == Secretary;T*ft spoke on -The Army and tbe Republic

la t^e Chicago Auditorium.===== Archbishop

Ireland la Kuv.sas City prodded the "forelgnized

Americans'' in Europe ar.d the importation of.foreign fashions of Epeech and Sreas. \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 Anattempt u< advance the Elsberg Rapid Transitbffl iii Qm Senate at Albany broosbt a sharp

tfiscusfioii between Senators White. Els tiers andPL4;e.

-It was reported in Denver that evi-

dence of the alleged pl"'> again*! *x-GovernorBteuneaberg had been dlacovered In a letterpent to a miner. . The Minnesota InsuranceiK-partment upheld the New-Tor* Life surplusclaim, but condemnt-d other features. \u25a0

Eighteen euits were brought against The estate

of John N. Ferris, late banker at Stamford, byinvestors who declared he misled them.

——Christopher C. Shayne. furrser. of N«»w-TorkCity, died at Atlanta. Ga.. fmm heart disease.

ClTY—James TV. Alexander. t-x-PreFident ofthe Eguitabie Life,underwent another operationat hIF home !n this city yesterday. :, Charle*H. Turrit-r. formerly president of a St. Loui*\u25a0treet railway, died in his apartments at the"Waldorf, i— A Charity boat captain wajs

charged with insubordination for protesting&CxUun an order that th<» Commissioner's secr--ttry eijould oppn all mail, private or not. - .A crmLir.!te t-xplosion wrecked a. derrick in asew public echool building: the police say \u25a0\u25a0 wasthe work of disgrur.tled employes of a contract-ing firm, =—

There were three exciting run-aways in which several persons were hurt, atorse killed and two vehicles wrecked.

—Chants L<tve* cade a balloon ascension nearTsxedo. but the balioon went only \u25a0 few milescwlag to the heavlnees of the gas. =Homer1*Caatie made an address on political problemsat the Prohibition dinner. == Five Italians,

taeuciit to be members of a knockout dropsr&sg. \u25a0were arrested.

Ambassador Reid Pays Tribute to ThtffttAs an Etcher

London. Feb. 21—Ambassador Reid xt noon »nay formally opened the second s«-c::on of *»sixth unal ex&btthxa of the Interr.atiojwi So-ciety \u0084f Sculptors. Painters and Er.sr::.ver» «t >*New Gallery. The president of the «i>oietT, ATzusi« Rchiin. presided. The ga!>ry wuj cro«!rfwith artists an

'contributors to art. ilr.Ee!d 3

\u25a0 short and ple&stac speech rvfcmd to th» t*sthat the four^lr-r and first president of the

-:-M3

were both Americans, and expressed the hopalSs*the foundations principles may nipenetrateA3«-tea.

Spe;... of Whistler. Mr. Reid said liat ho **»one oi the foremost ttchers. tf not the foreaost.

<his century.

PLANHOWASD CROSBY LI3&&3YFU33

TEE PURE FOOD BILL.The rota cast la the Senate last Wednesday on

tie Ecbura Pure Food bill betrays the insin-cerity of the opposition which has long blocked ;

the passage of that measure. Fur fifteen year*,

legl&l&tica flenltns with the abuses of food adul-teration end fraudulent branding has been side-cracked \u25a0Minn after session. Allkinds of spe-daJ pleas bare been made on behalf of man-ufacturers who bare flooded the country withfood substitutes. Itwas argued that the adul-terated articles furnished were, as a rule, mmrbmlman* as the non-adulterated products theyreplaced, and that a groundless prejudice against

roods Incommon use would be excited if manu-facturers were compelled to disclose the for-mulas by which they were compounded. WhereIgnorance Is bliss 'tis folly to be wise was theprinciple insisted on by representatives of theseInterests and their apologists In the Senate.Why destroy the public's Illusions and ruin itsappetite by proclaiming the secrets of the pre-serving room or the packing house? The rightof the benevolent manufacturer to bunco his cus-tomers without the officious interference of agovernment chemist has been so bravely ex-ploited for years that a much more formidable\u25a0towing was to have been expected on the partnt Senators who want to limit to a minimum thefederal government's power to regulate com-merce and business. Yet on the final rolloallWednesday only four votes were recordedagainst the Heybuxs bill, and tbey came from6enciors dlejxaed not so much to quarrel withths principle of isterfereacß as to hold that theevils complained of should be dealt with by thestates and not through federal legislation.

The theory that federal regulation of the saleof food products was unwise and unxkseseaarrbeoauM the enlightened self-interests of thettiaiiuUcturert could be depended upon In th«end to protact th« public was abandoned whenthe obetructars of pur* food legislation had toput tb«nselT«a on record. It« absurdity was aspatent as it* Insincerity. The suggestion thatthe passags of a pure food act would Injurelegitimate business wunothing but a flls« pre-(Mitc*. sj^if fnniintenf

—Trrisss bad &sx>

It would be useless within the limits of anewspaper article to attempt any discussion ofthe details of a report fillingmore than threehundred closely printed paces. A perfect under-standing of the exact effect of the many tech-nical recommendations can come only after longstudy. Nevertheless there are a few large feat-ures of the insurance problem the handling ofwhich Indicates the scope and spirit of the pro-posed reforms. These go to the root of the evilsexposed in the conduct of the great insurancecompanies. Concerning industrial insurance thecommittee has little or nothing to say. thoughbelieving there is need of reform in that quar-ter, because Ithad no time to give attention tothe subject. A recommendation Is made thatthe law be changed <o as to prevent the incor-poration hereafter of assessment or co-opera-tn-e companies. Itwould secure true Investiga-tion by publicity of lists of policyholdere. bygiving an opportunity for a comparativelysmall foody to make nominations, and bythe distribution of official ballots to all poi-lcyholdens containing the names of regularund independent candidates. Such a plan, whilegiving full opportunity for opposition to' mani-fest itself, would also protect companies fromsnap votes and chance changes? of administration..Stock companies are encouraged to motaaJiae,and the propriety of permitting the purchase andextinguishment of stock II\u25a0 reasonable value isurged, though that recommendation doe- notapparently contemplate \u25a0 valuation unrelated todividends and •Bible lieu on surplus, but basedon the speculative value of the control for busi-ness purposes of vast sums. Still more impor-tant for curbing the misuse of funds is the rec-ommendation that all future investment instocks be prohibited, and also investment in col-lateral trust bonds based to more than one-thirdof their face value on stocks. Present stockswould have to be disposed of in lire years.Manipulation of real estate would also be greatlyrestricted. All syndicate participations and ailinterests of officers or directors in purchases orsale* are to be forbidden. The amount of newbusiness is to be limited according to the out-standing business

—in the case of the three great

companies to 1150.000.000 a year— thus stoppingthe enormous agency waste. Rebating is to bemore strictly forbidden, deferred dividend pol-icies re t. be prohibited for the future, andstrict aocounting for and apportionment of thesurplus up to the full limit of a conservative re-serve Is to be enforced. Forms of policies areto be made standard and the right of any policy-holder to resort to the courts without the per-mission of the Attorney General is to be secured.

These are the chief recommendations respect-ing insurance proper. Campaign contributionsand secret expenditure* for legislation are ultravires, and are m treated in the report. Theremedies suggested properly apply to all cor-porations, but, since the evils have come tonotice in connection with insurance, the com-mittee wisely proposes legislation to cure them.It would make political contributions by insur-ance companies criminal— prohibition in whichall corporations not themselves political mightwell be Included. It would also stop the secretexpenditure of money, which made possible themethods of Hamilton, Fields and Jordan andwould also forbid any person to influence legis-lation as the paid representative of anotherwithout making public record of the fact, stat-ing the measures he is concerned with and theinterests he represents. This Is a plan whichhas hitherto been described and commended byThe Tribune, and we think it would go fartoward curing the abuses of the lobby andtoward discouraging the activities of strike leg-islators.

The committee does not believe that additionalpower Is needed by the Insurance Department,though it suggests many points on which morespecific reports should be required. The commit-tee thinks the department has failed to exerciseits powers ; and, while making allowance for Itsavowed theory that the sole duty of the stateofficials was to see that companies were solvent,not to wpervlse their management, the commit-tee points out that the examiners' own reportsdeparted from that theory and pretended to give\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0ranee to poUcyholders that their propertywas not being wasted. Criticism of the depart-ment for hablta of many years' standing underAfferent chiefs is temperate, but severe, andnnxit Had to a much keener sense of responsi-bility In the future. The preliminary reviewof the fact* on which recommendations arebaaed contains many scathing characterizationsof Insurance transactions, but these are only ln-diUatml to the porpoae th« comann»e h*» from

THE I\SUitAXCE REPORT.The report of the Armstrong committee is as

searching ant! satisfactory as was its work of

examination. Legislative investigations are

proverbially unfruitful, serving more often as

an outlet for personal spleen and political ani-mosity than as an effective instrument of reform.The Armstrong committee lias l>een a conspic-

uous exception to that rule. With complete de-

votion to the task of improving insurance af-fairs, it has diligently. thoroughly, impartiallyand ably delved into the secrets of the businessand revealed shocking abuses regardless offriend or toe. Neither political nor personalpressure could swerve the committee from itsduty. It will probably never Ik- known howgreat that pressure was. All warnings by the

companies of what they might expect if they

asked too particularly alH>ut campaign contribu-tions or lobbying bills were lost upon SenatorArmstrong and his Republican colleagues, and.whatever blame the Republican party shareswith the business world and the whole com-munity of which it Is a part in the insuranceabuses, we owe to the fearless and patriotic work

of these Republicans and their Republican coun-sel, Mr. Hughes and Mr. McKeen. the complete-

ness of these revelations leading not merely to

a reform in insurance, but, it may be hoped, tohigher moral standards in all business. Thepublic has followed the long continued exam-ination, at which almost daily high reputationssuffered, with great interest, perhaps not en-tirely creditable. If,as may be believed, a largepart of that interest was due to a keen desirefor righteousness, possibly something of it wasalso due to the jackal in human nature, the loveto tear down and to gloat over ruined greatness.

The necessary work of tearing down has beendone. The work of reconstruction is at baud.The committee, which perforce furnished adaily sensation to the populace, now reports itsserious conclusions and offers its remedies. Allthat was righteous in the popular interest mustbe as intent upon understanding that report andcarrying out its recommendatious as in hangingupon evidence of scandals.

thin* to fear from a law forbidding poisonous

adulteration and compelling an honest labelling

of articles offered at food product*. The public

mar be willingto accept the Btatement thatmany adulterations are beneficial But It has

'be right to determine for Itself whether It will

bur an adulterated or an unadulterated article.

Itproperly protests against being swindled Into

buying a substitute when It 1* willingto pay a

better price for an unsophisticated article It

especially protest* against being hoodwinked by

misleading labels, the unpunished use of which

puts a premium on fraud altogether too tempt-

ing to the average manufacturer and retailer.

ruder conditions as they exist to-day the honest

manufacturer and dealer have no protection

acainst their dishonest rivals, and the wonder is

tlsat the makers of food product* have not

tbemwlves shown \u25a0 greater eagerness to securea system of federal inspection and thus rid the

trade of imi>ostcirs and swindlers who bring It

into disrepute. The Heyburn bill might beentitled a bill to promote common honesty in the

sale of foods, drugs, medicines and liquors. As

such it Is entitled to every consumer's and every

honest producer's support.

PHOTOGRAPHING MICROBES.Jena, Germany, has for many years been fa-mous for the Improvements In optical apparatus

that originated there. One of these was bur-greeted about three years ago by two universityprofessors In that city, named Siedentopf andSzlcmondy. These men proposed that in pho-tographing objects of microscopic proportionslike bacteria, Illumination be effected by meansof ultra-violet rays. They also invented an In-strument for that purpose. Among the Ameri-cans who Investigated the merits of the newprocedure was Professor H. C. Ernst of Har-vard University, and a recent dispatch to TheTribune indicates that after prolonged experi-ment he is much pleased with the result

Both those who study the infinitely bi™ (theastronomera) and those who study the infinitelysmall .the raicroseoplsts) employ two generalmethods of research. Most of their work Isvisual observation. Some of It,however Is per-formed with the aid of a photographic phnewhich will renter thin**which cannot be seenThe superiority of this procedure over the otherlies in the fact that the retina responds only tothe impressions of a moment, whereas the ef-fect on a sensitive plate is cumulative Exposures have been made In astronomical ob-servatories lasting several hours. Up to thepresent time the advantage has been more mani-fest to the star gazer than to the bacteriologist.It is doubtful if the latter has secured muchmore, by photography than a permanent recordof what ha has actually observed. He might intime nave developed still further the usefulnessof the means already at hla disposal, but therecommendation of th« Jena experts promisesto give him distinctly better facilities than bopreviously enjoyed for microscopic investiga-tion Ultra-violet radiance, though practical' vlaru^i^ ijua hig*m a.;r.r,. pavw uuu." ooa.

USING rivers as sewers.Every one who Is alert to the danger result-

ing: from the contamination of public watersupplies willbe Interested in a decision handeddown this week by Justice Holmes, of theUnited States Supreme Court. Years ago Chi-cago discharged its sewage Into Lake Michi-gan, and then drank it, greatly diluted. Con-cluding that the latter practice was the causeof great mortality, the city decided to get ridof the sewage in another way A costly drain-age canal was constructed which led to a trib-utary of the Illinois River, which empties Intothe Mississippi only a few miles above St.Louis. Shortly after the new system went intooperation St. Louis thought it discovered thatdie prevalence of typhoid fever within its bor-ders had sensibly increased, and the suspicionwas entertained that Chicago was responsiblefor the trouble. The stare of Missouri, In be-half of the one city, thereupon brought a suit ina federal court against the state of Illinoisto secure an order forbidding the other city touse the Mississippi River as a sewer.

The highest tribunal denies the application,on the ground that the fault of Chicago is notclearly proven. Either some doubt was enter-tained about the genuineness of the alleged in-crease of typhoid fever or else other possiblesources of contamination were not logically ex-cluded from consideration. The decision Is ren-dered "without prejudice." That is to say, St.Louis is at liberty to try again, if it thinks Itcan make out a stronger case, but for the pres-ent Chicago willremain undisturbed.

Disinterested sanitarians have followed theseproceedings closely, in the hope that facts wouldhe adduce*! which would be useful in futurelitigation of the same kind elsewhere. Whenthey took note of the distance which the out-flow from Chicago must travel before reachingSt. Louis (300 or 300 miles) they might wellfeel uncertain whether any impurity containedin it would stand so long a journey withoutundergoing changes which would make it ab-solutely innocuous. When, they recalled howmuch hardier the typhoid bacillus Is than otherbacteria they were not so certain about theremit. There was some reason to suspect that\u25a0in epidemic of typhoid fever in Columbus.Ohio, two or three years ago. was caused bythe discharge of germs into' the Scioto River atKenton. sixty or seventy miles above the capi-tal city. No one yet knows exactly how farsuch microbes may be conveyed without losingtheir vitality and virulence. Hence, if evidencehad been presented strong enough to convincethe Supreme Court that typhoid fever could becaused in St. Louis by sewage from Chicago..in important precedent would have been es-tablished. As it is, the world Is no wiser inconsequence of The suit just disposed of thanit was a few years ago. Disappointment willbe felt at the failure, but this is the onlyrational cause for regret at the outcome Thecourt was particularly careful not to deny theresponsibility of one community for the healthof others situated below iton the same stream.If St. Louis should determine not to renew

the fight, it may conclude to adopt other meas-ures for the purification of Its water. Filtra-tion is obviously the most promising expedientIt would remove coloring matter as well as dis-ease germs from the water of the Mississippi,on which St. Louis now relies and on which itwill probably be dependent always. The requi-site plant would be expensive. no doubt butin introducing it St. Louis would be pursuingthe policy already adopted by Philadelphia andstrongly recommended by th- Health Commis-sioner of the metropolis for this city as well

And, quite aside from Patrick, the precedentof such testimony would be evil. Suppose Pat-rick now allows Mr. House to speak and dis-proves the talk of confession and perhaps helpshis own case. The next time a prisoner is askedto waive his privilege and refuses, the assump-tion of his sruilt willbe all the stronger becausePatrick dared to face the trial. We have underour law a well established method of prosecu-tion and defence, and attempts to go outside ofit are not a healthful sign of the times. Dis-trict attorneys may think short cuts and brill-iant expedients to test truth warranted by par-ticular emergencies, but they would be wiserto avoid such dangerous experiments. Criminalprocedure in This county was badly strained inthe Molineux case, and we had hoped that thelesson of that trial had taught prosecutors thatprisoners had constitutional rights which theywere bound In the spirit as well as in the. letterto respect.

WAirrya RIGHTS.Even if Patrick should be willing to permit

his former counsel to answer questions abouthis alleged confession, the taking of such testi-mony ought not to be permitted and the Dis-trict Attorney should be forbidden even to sug-gest such a thing. The rights of other men aswell as those of Patrick are at stake In theestablishment of any such rule of procedure.IfPatrick refuses to release his counsel fromthe bond of professional secrecy, as be has aperfect right to do without prejudice, that re-fusal inevitably nets to his prejudice. if not onthe court at least on public opinion, which may

be quite as important to Patrick at last. Therule which forbids a prosecutor in any way totwit a defendant for not taking the stand Inhis own behalf should likewise forbid the issu-ing of any "dares" to waive any other constitu-tional right. Patrick is entitled to have his casepassed upon according to the legal proofs againsthim, not according to anything else, even hisown admissions to his counsel. Ifhe ever madeany.

the beginning kept steadily In mind. Itsought

not sensations, but remedies. It has given na

exhibition of great energy and ability In thatsearch, and we believe that ac Its measures arecarefully studied they will be found real rem-edies, conservative and safe, but thorough, andwell adapted to put life Insurance once moreon a Bound business and moral foundation.

BILL.JONESBUI Jones. h« was a curious chap.He allus likert 10 chaff.

H?d *Xii}luct cau*ht hlm »° * »apAf*9°.Z?llm***

out to lau»h,An watt fur Ume to let him outH« wouldn't git dellrtoua

An Utat lectur* him an1

bum!

Eaft°°no IVC>St"' th*re 'l

' *no North.no South, no"I'll be clad oS that, gTandpa: 'twill make reoir.raphy a burned tight •asler.^PWladelphla Bull^In the** days of adulterated food* even thetempting chocolate oaks may not be what It \u25a0««ma.

Its cover, as wit recently shown In Chicago by th«analysis of the products of a firm which extensive-ly advertised the purity of Its preparations maybe. like the obelisk in Central Park, paxafflned-poealbly aa a protection against the *a*trlo juicesof the stomach.

OF COURSE.To kiss a lady's hand 1b chlv-

Alrous and full of grace:Yet ouch a kiss. I'm positive.

Is rather out of place.—

<Judge.

Baltimore, which received In the Johns HopkinsUniversity and the Johns Hopkins Hospital and Inother forms $10,000,000 from Its famous philanthro-

pist, Is to erect a memorial In his honor. The in-stitutions named are his greatest memorial, but thecity, with characteristic Southern generosity, feelsthat It must Itself do something to show its ap-preciation of one whose clttsenahip and mrttemso greatly benefited It. The form the memorial willtake has not yet been decided, and probably willnot be until the entire sum needed for the purposeIs raised. One suggestion Is that a fountain shouldbe erected In the heart of the business section ofthe city, crowned by a statue of the philanthropist,and with the figure* of Charity and Education oneither side.

STRENTJOUS WILLIE.Willie tied the baby's earFirmly to the chandelier;Baby chuckled, fullof glee—'Twas his ear of corn, you see.—

(Princeton Tiger.

"Willie pulledhim by his tongue:Round and round the room they swung.Baby seemed to like It, though

—'Twas his wagon tongue, you know.

—(Chicago Tribune.Little Willie took a dropWhile held by his loving pop;Did Ithurt him? Not a bit.Paregoric makes pain grit.—

(Yonkers Statesman.

A French Judg-e visiting England was rldmsc In aLondon tramcar when the conductor asked for hisfare. The Judge offered a sixpence, and when hereceived fourpenee change (aye th« conductor two-pence, saying:

"Here, my man, get yourself a glass of r>«»«r'

A clergyman. sitting opposite, Interposed:"Excuse me. sir. but Is it wise to encourage

drinking? Ihave not touch« a glass of beer foryears."

"Poor man!" exclaimed the Judge. "Take zeodder rwopence."

Some elocutionist has made a collection of morethan two hundred "tongrue-twlater;»":

"A growing clean glowing green.""The bleak breeze blighted the bright broom blos-

soms.""Flesh of freshly dried flyingfish."•Six thick thistle sticks.""Two toads tried to trot to Tedbury

""Give Grimes Jim's great giltgig whip.""Strict, strong Stephen Stringer snared slickly six

sickly elIky snakes.""She stood at the door of Mrs. Smith's fish sauce

shop welcoming him In."The first three are the gems of the collection. It

la said to be impossible for any one to repeat themrapidly.

THE TALK OF THE DAY

After a conference of leading Republican Sen-ators and Representatives at th«» President'soffice Speaker Cannon told The eager reportersthey had been "merely discussing love andflowers and poetry." Speaker Cannon's viewson these subjects would be of great Interest tothe public, but the reporters do not seem to

have Insisted strongly upon his giving themthe \u25a0wide publicity they doubtless merit.

Aujrust Belmont has Just bought a lake. TVehope he is not goins to use the wa:»r on trae-tinn storks.

The biscuits of science, as we learn from ascientific chef, are compounded of feeale, tartrs.eau distille, saccharine, blcarbonat de soda andlalt (complex). They are such biscuits asmother never made and never would have daredto eat had the oomponeata been rut before herin their French dlspuise.

Is the New-York Central going to have anllth-ave. subway, or 1b New-York City going

to have Mine condemned surface tracks on Its

hands?

The inventor whose life saving apparatus for

skaters was the means of his death at least

had the courage to try It himself. Had the

manufacturers of the life destroying belts usedon the Slocum been compelled to test their owndevices New-York would not have sufferedfrom the greatest catastrophe of the kind in itshistory-

Some one ought to call President JohnMitchell's attention to the old adage, "Don't

prophesy unless you know."

mon light Hitherto objects under scrutiny on

the stage of a microscope have been illuminatedwith the risible rays of the spectrum thrown

up from below or In from one side, first being

concentrated by ordinary lenses. Common glass

obstructs the ultra-violet light, and the essen-tial novelty of the Jena plan Is the employment

of lenses of quartz, which will transmit it.Though the Innovation would have no value

for visual work, therefore, it ought greatly to

enhance the results obtained when a sensitiveplate is substituted for the eyepiece of a mi-

croscope.Professor Ernst declares that bacteria exam-

ined by ultra-violet light reveal themselveswithout any preliminary staining. It has al-ways been necessary when making bacteriolog-

ical tests for tuberculosis, diphtheria or typhoidfever to apply aniline or other dyes to a speci-

men before putting It under the microscope.

Different stains are required for different or-

ganisms. If that preparatory measure can bedispensed with, bacteriological work will begreatly simplified. To gay that the change is"revolutionary" is extravagant, perhaps, but thegain is not to be despised. Hence it Is grati-fying to notice that Professor Ernst confirmsthe assertion made by Professors Sledentopf

and Szigmondy on this point three year* ago.An even more Important advantage may rea-

sonably be expected from the Improved appa-ratus. The hope that smaller particles might

be Identified (photographically) than have everbeen detected before has been freely expressedin Jena. The germs of some diseases are largeenough to be seen and photographed, and by

their diversity of form and other traits (liketheir susceptibility to particular stains) diag-

nosis in suspected cases is facilitated. But,

while other—

eerobro-splnal meningitis,

for Instance— behave as if they were caused bysimilar organisms, the latter have not yet beendiscovered. The reason may be that they aresmaller than the germs which have already beenrecognized and that they are beyond the rangeof the best microscopes. Ifultra-violet light

will reveal these objects unmistakably, thescope of bacteriology will be broadened, medi-cal practice and public sanitation directly bene-fited and humanity placed under profound ob-ligations to Sledentopf, Szigmondy and theirfollowers.

Admirers of Venerable Clergyman *\u25a0Celebrate Birthday by Starting MescaLNeat Tuesday will tw> the e:£hti«:h blrtii&y•*

the Rev. I'r Howard Crosby, a w«i: ...jwnN«^York etanamaau who was at one time profw**of Grcfk in New- York University. AtotM»«t2lCroaby will start a movement on that uay to »**in hta hOEor a Howard Crosby Library .:;J

•Cww. thu incomt. of which ts to bt K;>yli«J » ipstreu Kth«uine of the cUsslcal library m tH« »«;cXoL^" acquisition of the Huk-r CiHf^|Übrary

m m provided a Full tor**'

outgrown medicine. They are taught as thoroughlyas are medical loners— some essentials, asanatomy, much more thoroughly They are taughtquit** as much chemistry, for example, hut theyutilize the knowledge In mastering physiology. ni>tin crowding: down our throats processions cf chemi-cal"!

—my class calls them medicines, and take?

them with resignation born of Ions: submission.No. osteopathy wants nothing- to do with the"practice of medicine." It knows better.

At this point Ihear you. Mr Editor, being a justman. say: "Hold on! What do you. a mere victim,know of these things?" Well. Iknow of my ownknowledge three things.

First— For many years Ihad an unsatisfactoryheart. Both schools of medicine looked wise aboutIt. and did nothing. An unpretending osteopathput It to rights by taking off the unnecessaryload Imposed by poor circulation and by enlarglnsmy chest measure nearly an tnch and giving thepatient heart room to work In.

Second— For ten years Ihad a much Impaireddigestion. Osteopathy freed the pressure which wasInterfering: with the work of the easentlal nt-ryes,and now Ieat anything and assimilate perfectly.

Third—For many years Iwore classes prescribedfor astigmatism by the distinguished writer of theletter in question— head of his profession.Osteopathy found cause-* for astigmatism of whichthe "old school"— well named— denien the existenceand I hay»- my sight back in full measure andclearness, and have no more use for clashes Isthat enough"Itake Itthat one weß authenticated fact Iswor;n\-

of more consideration at the hands of my longBuffering- and much abused class, the public thanthe opinions held by all the anatomtsts ana phynt-ologlsts referred to by the eminent doctor, meaningof course, those of his own school.

Trie "Interesting fact" Instanced by the doctor"that men already educated In th» science of medi-cine rarely turn from the ordinary practice to be-come osteopaths." happens not to be a fact at allas the cases cf medical practitioner* having theirpractice seriously cut Into bjr neighboring osteo-path* ami tuking up osteopathy In order to regaintheir livelihood are many.Igrant freely the inference drawn by the doctorthat -the claims of osteopathy ... do not gen-

erally appeal to educated physicians." Ihave manywarm friends who practise medicine, but my expe-rience and observation of them have led me to theconviction that they are the. narrowest. th«» mosthidebound of men. and Icannot help regardingtheir present attitude toward osteopathy as of onepiece with the attitude of medicine, ever since thedays of Harvey. Emphatically the medical profes-sion has not "passed through the stage of heresyhunting." as the doctor claims. It la In that stageand the doctor fitlyrepresents his medical brethrenin erring out against a man who can make abroken down digestion strong and cood. a thin*that all the medicine on the planet could not accom-

We of the public, the oldtime victims of drags ofnumberless kinds, have no reason to h^ proud ofthe State of New-York if It la** behind thirty ofUrn Bister States In recognizing and regulating n hv-Jteni of rescue from disease which Is paiaablv Istep In the advance of the race toward self-know*

New-Tork. Feb. a. IJOt*

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QUEEN MARGHERITA'S TRIP.Rome. Feb. =.-Th. Queen Dowager Marrherttahas ordered her attendants to hasten the prenara

tlons for her Journey to America, winning to ZZZIItaly at the «nd of April. Her m»jMtvI,L.stop a weeA in NeW-X*irfc taXtM^L- " ' '

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Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ijem entertained at dinnerto-night Justice and Mrs. Brown. Senator and Mrs.Elkins, Admiral Dewey, Lieutenant and Mrs. T!rn-mons. Colonel and Mrs. Bromwell. Colontl andMrs. Symons. Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Bell. Mr.and Mrs. "Welghtman. Mrs. Slater. Mrs. Barney andMr. Cresson.

AT THE WHITE HOUSE.[From Th» Tribune Bureau.)

Washington. Feb. 22.—President Roosevelt wentfor a horseback rid*In the suburbs this afternoonwith Secretary Root and Senator Lodge.In »;<lte of the fact that Secretary Loeb an-

nounced yesterday that the President would not re-ceive any callers to-day, many Congressmen andsocial vlattoro were at the White House early thismorning to receive the executive handshake. Mostof them were obliged to go away disappointed for,after the President had dictated his correspondenceand held short conferences with Attorney GeneralMoody and Senators Dolllver and Crane, he left theoffice building and ajjent with hi*family the Inter-vening time untilIo'clock, when he went for hishorseback ride.

Among those who called to see the President UsHmorning were Representatives Olcott, Campbell andFletcher. ex-Representative Porter, of Plttsburs.and a delegation representing th* National GermanAlliance, consisting ofA. Ams. E. J. Tam*en. Con-cad Witt. W. E. Raedek and W. F. Hensler. whoare InWashington to protest against tne passage ofthe Hepburn-I>olUver bill for the regulation of In-terstate liquor traffic.

THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.[From Th» Trtbuaa Bureau.]

Washington. Feb. 23.-The Austrian Ambassadorand Baroness HengelmUUer entertained a dinnerparty to-night, with the Secretary of State andMrs. Root as guests of honor. Jonquils and yellowcandles were In fine accord with the gold plate andcut glass table service. The guests, besides theSecretary of State and Mrs. Root, were the Ministerfrom Norway and Mine. Hauge. Captain and Mme.Hebblnghaus. Count and Countess Glzyki. Generaland Mrs. draper. Senator and Mrs. Wetmoro. Mr.and Mrs. Purdy. Mr. and Mrs. Lars Anderson. Mrs.Cameron. Mrs. Slater. Miss Carow. Ernest Rennieof the British Embassy. Count Louis Szecbenyl.counsellor of the German Embassy, and BaronHeymerle.

The Cuban Minister and Mme. Quesada willgivea dinner to-morrow night, followed by a dance, andat midnight will pledge with their friends the suc-cess of Cuban independence.

NOTES 0F SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON.[From Th» Trtbun. Bureau.]sfeSH

are theT "• *"""Dnxl)er- « Boston, whoare the guests of General and Mrs Draper At

SeTaTo^Kea^Misoo^ 8p"k"> «"M1«., ';Teaa-Ml3» Xe»a. the Assistant Secretary

ThTcwr*xrg those who attea^ «»»S?«2t VT UiaimtW and Mm«- Queaada were :h.

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Mrs. George Maxwell Robe^n had dining withher to-night Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Legare MissDurand. Miss Rogers, of New-York; Miss Mar-quand. of England; Miss Hamll. of Trenton. X J-

Miss Robeson. Colonel Edwards. Signer Mor.tagnacharge d'affaires of Italy;Count Nani MontagsaRonald Lindsay, of the British Embassy; GUt Blairand William Spencer, of Philadelphia.

Mrs. Kuser. daughter of Senator and Mrs. Dry-den, entertained at one of the most elaborately ap-pointed luncheons of the season In the Presidentialsuite at the New Wlllard to-day. Her guests in-cluded Mrs. Hobart. Mrs. Metcalf. Mrs. Burrows,Mrs. Spooner. Mrs. Scott, Mrs. Dryden. Mrs. Kean!Miss MUiard. Mrs. Alger. Mrs. Dalzeil. Mrs. R.Wayne Parker. Mrs. Olcott. Mrs. Rlxej- Mrs.Allen. Mrs. Garfield. Mrs. Bromwell. Mrs. Clover.Mrs. Radcliff*. Mrs. Jackson. Mrs. Tirnmons. Mrs.Symons, Mrs. Ros? Thompson. Mrs. Butler, Mrs.Mulligan.Mrs. Wright. Mrs. Harvey. Mrs. Kearney.Miss Stevens. Miss Sherrlll. Miss Thompson. MissWood. Miss Allen. Miss Chabot. Miss Sowers. MissMcCoy. Miss Clayton and Miss Squire. A portionof the Marine Band played throug-hout the after-noon. American Eeauty roses were in the m 'eptionand drawing rooms. Mrs. Kuser's gown was of

yellow cr?pe de Chine, heavily embroidered withSold.

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Mn Payne Whitney has left town to star «•her sister. Mrs. James W. WaJsworth. Jr.. « &\u25a0bany. -

A daughter was bom to Mr and Mrs. J. Wantward Havro on Tuesday at th«lr hmw ta '2«79th-st. \u25a0

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Mr mi Mrs. J. \u25a0\u25a0— am 'ram km returned atown, and willgo abroad very shortly

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Vaadertilt haw U*town for their country place a: Kyde Park.

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Colonel Count Gleichen. Ei^tary attach* of tt.firitish Embassy at Waahlagton. a=<i a son <tf tt»late Prtace Victor Hohenlohe. has arrived !r. tctp-and is staj-inc at the rf-A«tor*a.

Mr. and Mr- R. Uvineston Beekiaaa harm mtown for Palm Beach, -where Aasrust Belznoat c 5Edward C. Potter are likewise stay's-.

Another dance sot for to-rJgrht 13 the anr. \u25a0.*. bt3of the Junior class of Columbia at I-.::.'-r.i-o'». '

St. Thomas's Church was the scese vv M-^.afternoon of the wedding of Miss Nat*::e Ti~?Frederick S. BattershaU. the ceremony bela« \u25a0»formed by the Rev. Dr.Ernest M. sur*«. the i»tor. assisted by the bridegroom's uncle, toe Eav D-Walton W. Batr^- The bride, who isa <^sXter of.Mrs. John Wfcthrop Almr. was dress** towhite satin trimmed with lace. 91 \u25a0 was tlire: &•«»by her uncle. Logan C. Murray, and had as *c-o=ltattendant her sister. Miss Gladyi amy a a.'*~±of grray chlfToa cloth and a *ray hat t-c.-nedisZfeather 3 of the win, hue. Mr. and Mr» Bans*shall will spend their honeymoon la Bersuiion their return wfflma kt» their home !n EastCd-«.

This evening Mr. as« Mrs. Junts a. Burde.will give a large dinner dance at their new »jn^^in East 91st- at .

Mrs. Frederick W. Wh!trt(s«e entertain^ *•Thursday Evening: Club last r.Jght at her hcuM. JsEast lltti-st.. with a musical, the featur* of"wtl«was the appearance of Ulle. Tvette Gilbert.

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