Miss Cleg«; Is a nativa ef Galveston. Tex, tintremoved to Pasaalc after tha great Galveston 2a04of September. 19<». Her acquaintance with ilr-Bawen began in Paris several years ago, and sk»recently accompanied the minister's two nI*CM to

Caracas. Mr. Bowcn haa been ia taa dipiomMlcservice many years. Befor* his appelntmei\t to»•post at ('araeaa hs waa United state* MlnlfttT taPersia.

Mrs. J. Philip Sands ha* purchased Ne. 13 jaitSiity-st-eond-st.. while H. H. Rogers. Ir h..bought the house No. M Kast Thirty-eighth-st.

Montgomery Schuyler. Jr., dancing with MltaMar.iorie Vaughn Lea. af Philadelphia, willlead thaWednesday Cotillon, which takes place «•«Wednesday night at Delmonlco's. Mrs. O!iv»r >"j*Ingston1 Jones. Mrs John W. Boothby and M-,"Kdward A. Steve-i*. of »'astle Point, will re««r««

Th» funeral of Chester Griswold took pla,e« yes-terday at St. Th"ma«'s Church. Flfth-ave. andFifty-thlrd-st.. and there was a large reßreaenta-tio.i of the Vnton. the New-York Yacht and eta-rcluhs to whi'-'n Mr. CriswoW belonged. TH* hSvwas awhsaajVMMly tak"n to Troy for burial.

An entertainment willbe given on Friday, Feb-ruary 7. at the Waldorf-Astoria, in behalf of thsPascal Institute. in Lexington-ave.. an InstitutionOrsanJaaa thre<? years ago for giving free instruc-tion In sewing and dresfmakini; to poor girls. It isn. charity in which Mrs. Theodore Rooseveltl il-sJ. K'nnwly Tod. Bishop Potter. Mrs. Abram 3"Hewitt. Miss Annie Morgan and a n-imber ©t ot!l#-woll known BSOPiS are actively interested.

Mr. an-1 Mrs. John R. Drex»l left town yesterJayfor LaJwweod and expect to be absent for at laaata week.

mn ODELL GAVE $500.[BT TEtEGRAfn TO THE TKIBCVB ]

Newburg. X. V.. Jan. Governor Cd;U's fjk>rontributton to the New-York State tsuslcal con-vention, to be held In this city next summer. ha»created much discussion. Professer Charles E.Moscow, the veteran musician, to whom the Got-ernor made the contribution, said:

"Benjamin B. Odell, Jr.. Is a lover of music, «\u25a0at one time played the violin. What he did for thaNew-York State Music Teachers" Association, iaguaranteeing the 1500 for the local expenses, wa»done from friendship, and to promote and revive, <*

possible, the art In our ragtime, musically forloraState."

The <"h»rlty Ball en Thursday night gives pron-l.<>e of a larger fashionable attendance than on anyprevious occasion. Among the floor committee ar«Colonel Astor. T. J. Oakley Flh.ne;and*r, BevtrlyRobinson, Herbert I*Satterlee, James D. Cuttla«Alexander M. Hadden. Ersklne Hewitt and HerbertParsons. Among those who hay» obtainedIn addition to those already published are Mr*.Henry C. Dtmock. Mrs. James D I-ayng, jjt».Postliy. Mrs. Van Nest, Mrs. Joseph Stleknty andMrs. Edwin Berwind.

MINISTER BOWEN MARRIED.

Caracas. Jan. 25— United Stataa Minister Herb«rW. Bowen was married to-day to Misa Carolyn Mi»Cltgg. o:" Paasaic, N. J.

In the Fifth Avenue Collegiate Cnnreh, ia Tottrelghth-st. The bride waa dressed in a. coirncjPoint d'Alenqon, wiu. a train of white satin. H»rvail was of tulle. Her maid ef honor. Miss v«,h<»regory, and her five bridesmaids, consisting o*":^Misses Catherine Wilson. Elizabeth Swift! v,letta Ludlngton. Jan.- "athcart and Cora van \v^*den. wore frocks of white mouaselh*? da ids ,n'Jlace, and white tulle hats trimmed with feat*S2and flowers, and carried houquets of pink roaam ?Waldron Glllespie was best man. while Joaecn ISimmons, Alexander Rutherfurd. Harry Otw^*James H. Mcl^an. Town.sen«l Thom-lyke and Em7»Brisbee were ushers. After the cerem«ny a SeiS!tion took place at the house of the bride* Bai-SrVMr. and Mrs. E. St. John Hays, m Madison-iTT^

Mrs. Clarence Dinsmore has rented her eatU*»«tI.akewnod and goes abroad next month.

Mr«. Arthur Mason Jonea, accomp»nled by h«rw'fT Miss Julia Waldo, and her brotii-r H*rrvWald«. has <Xi? to Bermuda.™l

—r. «*rry

Th« Italian Government has decided to purchanathe Borghesl Villa, In Home, with Ha enslno, mu-\u25a0aum and statuary and gallery of pictures. The ln-tantion is to ii«i» It as a public museum for thomagnlflcont art collections belonging to the State.The l-udiviso Museum of Statuary, lately pur-chased hy the. government, an<l now exhibited tobut poor advantage in the small rooms at theMuseo Nationale, in the baths of Diocletian, willboat once moved to the villa.

Man—Vain Man.—He will glv« his seat in thestreetcar to a feeble old woman— and ho prou<l inth« thought that the other paasengara considerhim the jiitikof Kallantry.

He will nlve his seal In the streetcar to a prettygirl,and wonder if s>ha <I<m sn ibelieve in love itlirst aJght.

He willsit up until 1n. m. at a penny ante game.and rejoice more over a winning of \u25a0»>> rents thanh< will nexl day over a buaineaa .1.-al that nets him11,000.lie will lose 60 centß In the. aaflM poker gam« and

b« angrier with the other players than h« would |>cwith a man who aold nlm a $40 horse for $.".V>

lie jibes at womun becausi of her vanity, anr!spends an hour before the mirror when ho la iire-paring to call on one of the fuir ccx.

Ha tells hia wife just how the government Bliou'dtile the canal question, and haa to hire a laborerto map oufa druln through his hack yard.He prates about the foolishness of courting pub-

lic notice, but ho never drives through vacantstreets.— (Baltimore American.

"Here are some rather odd things," said ajeweller the other day, quoted by "Tho Phlla-delphia cord. "They are electrical push but-tons, and they are to be used in a country housethat one of our millionaires is building. Push but-tons, you know, are coming into wider and wideruse. The dwellings of the rich contain fifty orsixty of them nowadays, and aa a consequence oftheir profuse appearance everywhere, architects aregiving a good deal of rare to their deatgnlng.These six buttons, for Instance, that are to go ina white and gold drawing room, are. you »cc, ofsilvei. Btudded with opals, and they are to be' seton a plate of onyx In a silver frame. They will gowell, don't you think, with the drawing roomsdelicate and pale decorative schema?"

"Oh.Ican marry any one Iplease,"Bald he. and <-url«d his lipconceitedly.

"You'll never marry then." said M*d*e the tease"tor there are none that you could please, you

—{Philadelphia Pres».

Petmorc IV>you sea thit lady over there? Well,she's a lad] if there ever was •< ladj In the world.

Bu< i-—

And what has she done tr> secure, youri»-r(M£regard?

"I iit'-t>pfd on her gown cnniinjf downstairs. Itwas trailing be.hlnd her in that itTttatinK way thatwomen have, but, of course. IdM tht» gentlemanlyact ami apologised for my carelaaanaas."

"And sher 1

"She Bald to ma: 'Young man, you know you ar«lying. it was no fault of yours; it was mine en-tirely, and ifyou hnd pulled my gown out at thagathers it wonM lia\e aarved me tight.' —(BostonTranscript.

A Borraapondent of "The nattlmere Sun" pays

thai West Virginia h) rapidly becoming more andmor> the Mecca of th* negroes of the. South. Th«climate of that State, as a whole, is rongptital tothis rHC«, and th« great coal nn<l coking industriesin operation in Mlmo.st every county, together withth« mtenstve railroad ruction being carriedon, furnish rea^iy as well a.s lucrathra employmentfor ne^ro Inborers, of whom i.',"1

"'STS employed in

th« mines. .

Tha growing popularity of football In SwitterlandIs not looked upas by t!>« military authorities with<i very favorabln eye, owing ta tho fact that th«young rrn»n of the country arc beginning to neglectrill. BBOOttag, devoting all their Mpara tim* to thegridiron. I:iconsequence the various ct»<t»-t SSffpgare .nVrinK from lack of members.

A Nvws Average.— Hustling, Editor— How manyBiurdei dirt that man i--immil?

Assistant— One reporter aays thn**, another saysflyrtinl another says nine.

Hustling i)<litor Three, five. nine. ehT Oh. well.we'll h\-- to trik« an average. Mak* It M(New-York eeklj

Brown—Aro you Interested in genealogy? Everlook'-fl up your anrestra! tr»e?

Black—Never did. Fact i*. I'd be. afraid ther«mlk-hi b» a man hanglr.K from on« ot Its branches,—

(Boston Transcript.

Mrs. Jan la Conrad, of N*wton County. Ind.,owns nnd farms tho largest fnrm tn the State. Sh«Is also an extensive breeder of flti* stick, directsthu planting and harvesting of her crops and doesh»r own selling ami shipping.

Tom -Idon"t think I'llever get up enough cour-age to iisk you to marry me. You know "faintheart never won fair lady."

Ball* (blushing)— H-but I'm a brunette.—(Phila-delphia Itecord.

The i!ive*tiK.itlonof the fishes of the Nile organ-

ized by th<» Kgypttan Government and the authori-ties at the Natural History Museum. South Ken-StaSjtoa, has resulted in over- nine thousand speciesbeing received at the museum. Mr. L.oat, theBuperlntandaat of the survey, la extending th*» lineof his explorations during tho next few months asfar ns Gondokoru.

THE TALK OF THE DAY

Skyscrapers are typically American, and havecome to stay. But Manhattan's Superintendent

of Buil.lings ixpresses a strong hostility to skytigns as dangeroua and unwarranted. And hisenmity seems to be Inspired by prudence andJudgment.

The Filipino Is reported as not hostile to theschool teachers, there being between eight hun-dred and nine hundred abroad !n the Islands,

distributed among five hundred different places,

r.«\niy half of which are unoccupied by VnitedStates troops, the good will of the inhabitantsbeing the teachers' only protection. That they

are treated well ia a sign that the Filipino wel-comes them and Is mindful of the value of their

services. Their old teachers were the friars,

who absorbed all their lands, laid intolerabletuxes on them, and In the end taught them noth-ing worth knowing. The American schoolmas-ter and schoolma'am belong to another type ofInstructor, and a better one.

Large automobile stables are to be built Boon

!n this borough. That Is one of countless

Indications of the marvellous expansion of themanufacture and use of self-motors. It should

not be forgotten that in the construction ofthese stables radical economies in space can bepractised. These new barns will need no hay-lofts, no oatblns and no corn chests.

Buried here! Pooh! It will be time enough

for the boss to talk about such things a dozenor two years hence. F6r the present he Is very

much on the top of the ground, though at fulllength.

and nobody willdie. Of course, captious criticsat once tried to pick flaws in this prediction,

and one of them, "The Kansas City Journal,"

did sums on its mvn account, and came out with

the assertion that the world wouldn't hold somany people, and that thf soil could not pro-duce food enough to support them. But Peter-

son made short work with this rash doubterby doing much bigger sums, which proved that

he was exactly right. HeS i<i«s, <"»°d had re-venled the whole thing to him. and M was little

less than blasphemous for "The Journal" toboggle over little details. It had brought up

the estimate of Mulhall. a mere worm of theearth, with no divine gift of prophecy, to the

effect that it requires right and one-third acresof land to support a single perBO The ab-surdity «.f such a dry-as-dttSt statement! Why,

Peterson himself knows a family of eleven per-

sons near Atchlson who have made a living

for many years on a garden patch of twelve

acn s. and they have money enough to wearstore clothes and go to tho circus. To this "The

Journal" can only weakly reply that "Itis not

"fair to make tho glorious fertility of Kansas

"a basis for an estimate of the world's produc-

tivity"—amere nppeal to local State pride.

Thus the matter stands at present. Petersonhas predicted a general resurrection for 1915,

and no matter how his prediction may be re-eelved, no one can say that he Is a false prophet

for nt least thirteen years, lie has evidently

got hold of the right Idea In the prophet busi-ness, which is to put all predictions far enough

ahead to Insure some years of unciimmed fame.

That is where the Populists In the first Bryancampaign made their mistake ns prophets. They

predicted certain immediate disaster if Bryan

was defeated, and thus, after a few brief weeks

of glory, sank into obscurity. Peterson applies

sound business principles to prophecy.FORElGN.— Another force of Boers to fight\u25a0 their countrymen ts being; organised ===== Fur-- ther plans for the ceremony of the departure of

Prince Henry and his visit to this countrywere formulated at Berlfn. = The mar-riage of the daagrht«T of th«> Marquis of

-; Londonderry to Lord Btaverdaie took place-in London. r-r:^= Mrs. Langtry appeared In

6 "Mademoiselle Mars" at the Imperial Theatre,•InLondon.

-Plx hundred government troops

on the General Plnzon reached Colon. \u25a0-\u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0

\u25a0 In--habitants i.f the Danish West Indies were not'disturbed by hearing the news of the signing

lof the treaty of oeasion. t• It was announced

'that a chance to acceDt a contract for the con-struction of Shamrock 111 would be offeredto the Thorneycrof ===== A large sum of coun-terfeit money v.as seized near Ponce, Porto.2ilco, and two arrests were made. == HerbertW, Bowen and Miss Carolyn Mac Clegg weretnarried at Caracaa.

DOMESTIC—E. H. Harrlman was a witness"before the Interstate Commerce Commission inthe inquiry into the railroad merger, and toldhow he and hi* associates secured a large

\u25a0 »rnonnt of Northern Pacific stock and theirdisposal of it. •

-i A hearty welcome was'iriven In Chicago to Rear Admiral Schley, who"was the guest at several receptions and at a '-\u25a0banquet; he declared h<? l»a<l no political am-Wtion. —

\u25a0 ,\u25a0 The War Department has pre-pared a bill for reciprocity with Cuba which- \u25a0will probably be sent to Congress on Monday,

;and will be backed by the full force of the ad-ministration.

—Colonel Tasker H. Bliss, Col-

lector of Customs at Havana, made an argu-

ment before the Wuya nnd Means Committee ;

for liberal larlJl concessions to Cuba. -•\u25a0-—

'\u25a0'

Hear Admi-:.! W. K. Van Reypen, Surgeon Gen- !"- «ral of Ism Navy, was placed on the retired list

after forty years' service. -\u25a0 = General T.\u25a0 Estrada Palma. President-elect of Cuba, gaid

that concessions of 50 per cent of the present4 duty on sugar must be made in order to make; t*ieIndustry profitable to Cubans. -- '- General-

Miles denied that he Is a. candidate for thePresidency. = Professor Moscow, of N'ew-burg, said that Governor Odell's giftof SSOO tothe National Musical Convention was made "torevive the art in this ragtime, musically forlornState." : .. \u25a0 Edward Kern, the abscondingvalet who turned thief, confessed his IdentityIn New-Orleans, and was started on the wayto this city In custody of a detective. -.. • jPaow fell In Colorado, Wyoming;, Kansas andlowa, and a blizzard was feared.

CITY.— were dull and heavy. - It*&iannounced that the Cooper and Hewitt fam-'U«a had given $600,000 fur an endowment fundfor Cooper Union, and Andrew Carnegie hadmade a second giftof $300,000 for the same pur-pose. : \u25a0 District Attorney Jerome gaid hewould mov« slowly regarding the verdict of the'

roroner's Jury laying the blame for the Park-ave. tunnel disaster, but the evidence wouldprobably go before the February grand Jury.• . -

The railroad committee of the Board ofAldermen gave a hearing on the proposal torun trains through the Park-aye. tunnel on anne block system.

-\u25a0 \u25a0- The Mayor's commttte«

on the reception of Prince Henry met and or-E&nlzed, and an executive committee was ap-pointed to arrange the details for the entertain-ment of the Prince. .. A woman, after find-Ing that her neighbor had been murdered, wentto bed and failed to report her discovery to the-police. ==Red tape finallyreleased four casksof olive oil wM^h had been seized by customsofficers, who thought they had unearthed aFmuggiing scheme.

—\u25a0 \u25a0 Announcement was

made y^terday that the Hudson Realty Com-pany would build a theatre in Harlem.THE WEATHER.— Forecast for to-day: In-

creasing cloudiness, probably rain in th« after-- noon. The temperature ><«=t»»r<lay: Highest. .'!0fidegrees; lowest. -j'.t: average, 34."

ART A\n THE TARIFF.Tt ivas announced In a dispatch from Wash-

ington the oth*r day that Senator PJatt, ofConnecticut, had Introduced an ninen<ltnent tothe copyright law sjtaatloej copyright for twelvetnonthp to books written in a foreign lanpcuage«nd printed abroad, the Idea being that foreljm

snthors wonM thus have tlrno to make arrange-

ments tn perfect their rights under cxlstinpr law.This Ft^p In tlio direction of .i nioro liboralpolicy Is not only intprestins in itself, hut sug-gests the possibility that somcthlae; may by andby be dene with rf»fcr*in'v> to thp tariff Impoundtipon works of art brought into this country.

For years Tho Tribuno has enerseticsJly h«I-vocated reform In this department of publicrf»v#nne. Muoh has been said on tho subject,bntnot enough has boon done.

gWe have been ploapod to> obs«»rvp thnt »=ov<>ralof our contpmporarips have beon cominoutinsFrmpathetically nn the speedi at Cam«cle In-tltute. in Plttsburg, In which Mr. John W. Alex-

ander, an American artist of repute, uttered aprotect against the obstacles which our tarifflegislation has put Isj the way of the Importa-tion of paintings. lie Illustrated the llllberallty

of our law by a passage embodylns a peculiarlyeffective contrast. "Italy," ho said, "knowiug"well the value her masterpieces give to her as"b nation, has passed a law making It a penaloffence to export works of rrt executed before

*"a fixed dat«>. We. on the other han<l. haveframed laws to tax the bringing in of such

"object*." He went on to refer to the superb old"nglish masters lent to the exposition at Paris

hy an American oaHector, who had every facil-ity granted him for the occasion, but has sincekept them in London be»'.HUse to briog themhere would involve the payment of heavy sums

iatthe Custom House

Th« Incident is not an isolated one. Rumorhas it that the famous Raphael which recentlypassed Into American hands, and the "StolenDocheps" of Gainsborough, beleagftag to the'•ame collector, will remain iv London on ac-oount of our tariff. Of course, itmay be saidthat the collector who can pay a high price fora picture abroad can afford to pay a high taxupon it, and has only himself to blame if hedo«»« not bring ithome with him. But this is<.<-arc*-ly a counsel of enlightenment. Itis not aquestion of convenience, of expediency, that Isat Btake, but a principle, an Idea. The question

\u25a0 is not whether or not the repeal of all out!, sonnrt. or a substantial reduction in those alreadyleviexl. will injuriously affect the national bal-anco Kheet. Everybody knows it would not.The question is whether we can afford to allowany financial consideration whatever to inter-fer« with the augmentation of that body ofart treasures within our borders, which, how-ever lar^e it may be, can never bo too large, fortl)9 public go?d. ItIs whether we deliberately

deelre t/> bold the position of Imposing penaltiesTrpon our citizens for rendering the communitieslo "which they live >i great service. A greatpainter in Europe, ixi, asked not Jong ngo

Vh»h» 414 not"visit America, replied, v.ith feel-

The condition of Robert Hargous. who Is ill withpneumonia at tho Hotel Manhattan, is still s^rlouiBut hia physiclana entertain hopea of hla recovery!

Among tho .linntrs given yesterday was one hyMrs. William Post, at her home in East Slxty-sev-enth-st. A dinner was likewise given by Mrs(Jeorge R. Schlefrelln. at her home InEast FoMyflfth-st.. and by Mrs. J. Woodward Haven «t h^rhome In Kast Tlilrty-nlnth-st. Mrs Ji.hn MurrnvMitchell had an "at homo' at her "h me m rastSiMy-scvcnth-st.. and James Henry Smith gave «luncheon at his house In W,.-.st Flfty-aeeoiiriIfollowed hy a coaching party.

* *eCoild-s*-.

In the evening there -was another of the Satur-day evenlns dances at Delmonlco's. th^ guestsbeing received by Mrs. Charles R. Huntlngton andseveral of the other patronesses. Mont'omervStrong led the cotillon, dancing with Ms lSKrancke. Dancing ended promptly at rnhfnlKh

'when supper was served. The next and la« Satur-raLWry?' the

—tak"0$

The marriage of Miss Mollie Hays to HenryDater took placa yesterday afternoon at '4 o'clock

Miss l:->*!ns, Roardman gives a luncheon party to-morrow at her house In West Forty-elghth-sr. Mis*Mattie Het'ckman has a euchre party In th»- after-noon at her house in Wttl Thirty-slxth-st.. whtloMrs. Edward t. Keyes willhave a muclcal at herhouse in Knst Seventy-fourth-st., ai which Mi-sHenrietta Waber and Charles Russell willplay.

On Tuesday afternoon th» Mlasea Preston, daugh-ters of tl,. lato Stephen Preston. wh<J \u25a0«*:<«< for somany years Maytlan Minister and dean of tii-Diplomat!*) Corps ut Washington, willgive a "teachantant" at the Waldorf-Astoria under fashion-able patronage. Miss Gurnet- has an •at home" ather h'Mi<.- In Plftn-ave., an*l in the evening a musi-c;il entertninment will he given, also under fashion-ablo patronage, In the Oerrli Smi;ti Studio, In EastThirty-third-st.. In .-tillof the New-York Red OoaaHospital and Tr.iinitiK Sch<K>'..

Mrs. Frederick U. ltalsey gives tha first of aseries of receptions on W«djiead«jF afternoon at herhouse in West Flfty-third-st.. aad Mrs. Joseph i.Ivowha? an "a.t home." In the evening tht-re willbeanother of tha Wednesday cotillons at Delraonlco'aand a dramatic recital at thr West Fifty-seeond-stBOOM of Mrs. .lay Muhlenburg Ballay by Mi»s(ir.11' Atklna Dabaon, under the patronage of MrsHlchard <;nmbrlll. Mrs. Gerald lioyt.Mrs ISayaniTinkerman and Mrs. J. Larimer Worden

Among lha dtnn«rs r>f the preesai weeh wtM h?a lnr«(» one rlv*n by Colonel and Mr*. Astor attheir house in Kifth-ave. on Tuesday, Mr. andMrs. Harry S. I.i»hr have a r!tnn*r for twenty-etsbton tho janw evening at thrir hon^> in \\>-r Kifty-pi-xth-st. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Payaa wvi,•\u25a0 nn<iJames Henry Smith give dinners or Wednesdaynight, While on Thursday Ml* Lucius K. \vu-naerding, Mrs Daniel S. I^amont, Mrs. .1. AllenTownsend and Mrs. James D. l^aynpr willbe amongthose who "illgive dinners in connection with th*Charity Ball, t«» which they will aft ir.i r»k*their -'].\u25a0 its.

NEW-YORK BOCIETIMr« .lames a. Stillman'i dance •• Imi hmiM Iq

Baal Bmantj at. tor Mips Ethel Wacsaftllffon Tuaaeay night, and tli>- Charity tiall on Thurs-day, whleti * number of fasMooabla people havearranged to attend, will cdhstltute. the principalf»atiir»s of ioe!ety*a sronmafaM fot the week or*n"ln*r to-day. Not that Iher< la any decline in theruiiui of cayety. Inde^ii, th<»re are '"\u25a0-' aa manydinners, "at homes" ami •ntCTtatnonenta of a minorcharacter a.-= ever, and It Ia only ih«> relatively fewl.iiv.-affairs that still r^rniin •>n thr soh^rtul* <">fthe season that s»rv*> to rail atfntirtn to th» Jip-I>roftfh of Lent.

AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

Washington. Jan. 25 (Special).— President • and

Mrs. Roosevelt invited Secretary Gage to brln<his little protege, Florlzel yon Reut*r. the ten-

year-old violinist, to the Wtjito Houm this even-Ine to play at an Impromptu musical. Informal

invitations were sent to the Cabinet officers and

their families, and a few other friends were askM

to he present at the performance. Florizel playeJ

the violin and the piano.On Tuesday there will he a dinner at the "White

Hou«e for young people, and later In the evening

there Will t.e a musical entertainment. There willalso be an afternoon tea In the early part of theweek, and on Thursday evening the officers of thearmy and navy will he entertained at the annualofficial reception. This willbe the largest reception

of the season, ar.l. aa there are 90 mar.y army and

navy officers stationed near Waehington, there will

not be many civilian guests.

\u25a0WIIIT Platt saw the President about some New-

York people and offices. OM office discussed was

that of Commissioner of Immigration at the Port

of New-York. Thomas Fitchie, the present com-missioner, is to retire on the appointment of a suc-

cessor.Delegate Flynn, of Oklahoma, presented n delega-

tion of citizens from that Territory. They are in

Washington to work for Statehood. Those Intro-duced were A. J. Leay. J. Melberger. IJ. E. Havens,

J. M. Dodson. J. I*Panedast and W. M. Dial.Senator Pritchard. of North Carolina, introduced

pome friends from his State, among them beiiiß

Frank B. Mebane, a cotton manufacturer, of

Spray, who has recently jolnM the Kepub»<-an

parti

Governor Otero of New-Mexico had a talk with

the President, and a nurnher of Representativespresented friends* and constituent?. t.«hm»Among the President's .-alien, was Justi,

Tasehereau. \u25a0 member of the Supreme Court ofCanada. He was received at the request of LordPaunoefote. the British Ambassador, and talker'with the President for som« time in the « abinetroom. Justice and Mrs. TaselMMM are at tne

Grafton Hotel.student, of »n- Hav,rford

About thirty-five students rminrv. I

"anver '£2

Grammar School, of Delaware County. Perm.. were

"t'),'.-"President. Postmaster General /fjnne «Bd

Senator Hanna were in conference for a long; tin..

to-day. Postofflce appointments. some «f them .nthe South, with which Senator Hanna, as chair .in

ofrehe Republican National <v>mmitte... If 1

were diseased, although larger questions \u25a0

S&rglSStei. Whit, House this forenooto see the President on business were toena.tor»

Foster, of Washington: Quarles Bacon. Dubola andTurner. ex-Secretary Noble ami Judge V. 8- Clarke.of St. Louis; Representatives Robinson, of India n.i

Knox and Loverlng. of Massachusetts: Padgett, ofTennessee; I.loyd. of Missouri, unU Butler and

Melville E. Stone, general manager of The A«o-

ciated Press, took luncheon witn the President.

NOTES OF SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON.Washington. Jan. 25 (Special).-The last week wai

on« of the gayest of the season. At the White

House there were several large receptions and din-

ner parties. Uptown there was a serin of dances,

dinners and receptions for young people and otherentertainments for the oiler act». Dinner givln*

still holds its popular place in entertaining at

Washington. Next week thera will be four big

dances, including the Century CoUIIOB to-morrow

evenlns. the second ladies 1 subscription danca at

the New Willard and others. There seems to be

no limit to the sayetles this year, and Instead of

looking for a cessation of the entertaining \u25a0» the

next few .weeks, leaders of society are inclined to

believe that the season will continue bright at least

until the. end of February- Certainly the height «f

the season here willnot be reached for three weeks.

Th guests invited to dine at UM Russian Em-

bassy to BMet MIMRoosevelt were Mr. and Mrs.

LV Margerie. Miss Root. Miss \V«tniore. Miss M«?r>rlam Miss Alice Ward. Mi-s McCauley. Miss De

Smirnoff. Miss Josephine Boardman. Mlsa Sargent,

of Boston: Count Montgelas. Count Arnim and

Baron Kui>-herr, members of the German Embassy.

Mr. Wyndham. Mr. Dal Viso, Mr. Aysuesj-arae.

Walter BIIIJ Robert Wlnthrop and J. Van >-.-^Philip.

Mr. anl Mrs. Letter entertained at dinner this

evening the Hr'.tisli Ambassadur and Lady Paunee-

fote. th© Cei wii Ambassador, the Austrian Min-ister and Baroaew HengelmUller. Senatoi and Mrs.Forakvr. Senator and Mrs. Deoew, Senator Allison.Commander and Mrs. Cowies. Mr. an* Mrs. Wayne

MacVeagh, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin MaeAeash. ofChlcayo; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Townsend, R. R.Hitt,Mr. Hague and tha Mlssea Loiter.

Mrs. Audenreld gave a dinner to-night for the

Be< retarj of War and Mrs. Hoot. Mr. and Mrs.MoClellan. Senator Kean. Mr. and Mrs. Newtand*.Mr and Mrs. Bradley and Mr. and Mrs. W adsworth.

Mrs Olmsted held a reception in honor M theGovernor of Pennsylvania and Mrs. Stone. Assist-ing were Mrs. Bate* Mrs. Gr;»nt. Ml.'s Kean, Mlsasht-rldan Mrs Ross. Misa Langhorne. Miss Quayand Miss Alice Ward.

Mr and Mrs. Charles A. EpauldJnc ga\e* dinner

to-night.Mr. and Mrs. William Gordon Crawford, of New-

York who ure in Washington on a visit, h-i-1 -i

christening party on Friday afternoon for theirInfant daughter at the Ime of their aunr. Mrs.Qu^en. In Connertlcut-ave The Rev. Dr. Mackay-imitn. of r<t. John 'a Church, p»r?.»rrr!ert th* cere,iiionv, •% nlch waa mad« Impressive, by a choral so.--vlce. A reeeptloi followed the ceremony, andMaster Pobson. the soprano of Bi lohn'a choir,sang. The wife of Justice Wh;:e Mrs. LothropBradley and Miss Harlan presided In the tearoom.Xhe Riiests Included Baron nM t>tr \u25a0:•!\u25a0<« Henitel-mUller. General and .Mr^. i.'orl>in. Senator and Mrs.Depew. Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnston. Dr. and MrsMackay-Smlth, Mrs. Fairfax Harrison, the Miys**Olover. Harlan. Forakrr. Pauidinc Hanna anI.Nterritt. Justice Brown, Judge Hasner. ex-SecretaryHerbert. Mr. Wauter*. of th« Belxian I.e?ation: ex-Governor Carroll, Truzi H-'ale. Mr. Zelrnoy, t>ttli« Russian L'n.b.\s«v. and Richard M»-rrl-k

There |a one example of seeming neglect inthe vk-inity of the Tribune Building which hasexasperated a multitude of psrsQßjj who dallybars occasion to cross Pnrk flow In going toaud from Broailwuy. Krotu a point Just south

AT PARK RO^Y ASH MAILHT.Itis creditable to the people of this city that

while suffering msntfoM annoyances from thedipping of the rapid transit tunnels they havemade few nomplainta. The general public atti-

tude has been one of exemplary patience, and\u25a0we trust the contractors appreciate the fact.On the whole, they have seemed to be reasonably considerate, and there Is no reason to doubtthe official statement that they arc ahead oftime with their work. InIts early stages TheTribune expressed a hope that the Inevitableafflictions incident to Its progress would heamiably borne, In view of the benefits to fol-low, and also because the enterprise was notforced on the community, but undertaken inresponse to nn overwhelming demand. Weshall not be suspected, therefore, of encourag-ing unjust Complaints when we sny that ninny

persons are sure that they del,ct here and theren gfewtag disposition on the part of sub-con-traetoie to abuse their privilege*, and that suchm tesjdmry. if it raeUy exists, needs to besharply checked.

Patrick Is now on trial. The Jury hns beensecured with eouwnendablo promptness. MoM-neux Is to be tried again hereafter. But In thoPatrick trial, in the Molineux prosecution. Inany of the notable criminal contests whichare to lie settled In the term of the present Dis-trict Attorney there willbe no such reckless de-mands upon the city treasury as prevailed underMr. Phllbln's predecessor.

What an Hinnzine quantity of money, too, wnsWasted l>y Mr. Philhin's predecessor on poultry"experts" In handwriting, and upon wellnlgbevery conceivable kind of extravagance In courtproceedings which a district attorney could im-pose upon a long suffering community. Itis notto be expected that Mr. Jerome will try to ran-sack the universe in efforts to surpass everyprecedent In unbridled expenditure upon crim-inal canes. Mr. Gardiner plunged both armsinto the municipal treasury, not only up to theelbows, but even to the shoulders, and rolled upbills in the Molineux case ns Ifhe were bent onthe creation of a vacuum In the city's strongbox. No one ever doubted the personal honestyof the most eccentric nnd whimsical publicprosecutor In the history of this county. Buthe was (such a spendthrift with the publicfunds that sensible citizens were perplexed nndindignant.

.4 CHANGE FOR. THE BETTER,

The Patrick Jury was brought together withno Immoderate detaj-n. Ex-District Attorney

Gardiner opens wide eyes of wonder. When hewas the public prosecutor Inthis county, gettinga trial Jury In n much bruited murder case wasa task like that of Sisyphus

—over and ovor

again the heavy stone fell back after it hadbeon pushed the hill with painful endeavor.Hut the fault in those days lay largely in thernismansigoment of the office of which Tiunmanyheld the key«. How Plow and fe« iile. was theadministration of the great bureau whenpotttlea] pulls and Intrigues governed theenforcement of the laws, and the failures tr>punish the men who laid grimy hands upon thevery horns of the altar of justice were so fr'*-qilelitI

TEE EAGLES SPAN.The purchase of theDanish West India Islands

willnot greatly add to the area or to the popula-

tion of the poaseeskms of the UnitedStates, suchadditions as it does make in those respects will,

however, make up in quality for what they lackIn quantity. So far as the islands are susceptible

of cultivation, they are amazingly productive.One of them affords one of the finest harborsIn all the Antilles, and the Inhabitants are In-telligent and thrifty folk, worthy of high esteem.

The acquisition of tho Islands will, however,

In one respect notably enlarge the scope ofAmerican possessions. It will carry our ex-treme easterly boundary many miles furthertoward sunrise, nnd thus Increase the already

enormous span of the- wor!d"s longitude underthe Amerieau flag. From the eastern extremityof Santa Cruz, In longitude 64 deg. M4mm. west

from Greenwich, to the western edge of Bala-bac, lalongitude 117 deg. 3 mln. east of Green-Wie!*, is a span of ITS deg. 2'i mm. of longi-

tude, leaving only 181 deg. •"." mm. of the cir-cuit of the frlobe unspanned. That is a stu-

pendous extent of empire. It Is surpassed bythe British Empire, of course, upon which truly

"the sun never Bets." Theoretically the SpanishEmpire once encircled tho globe. But no other

domain in modern or In ancient times has evenapproached such dimensions ns those of theVnited States and its possessions.

According to the books, the bald, or Ameri-can, eagle has a span of wing of seven or eight

feet. According to the maps, the Americaneagle seems to have a ppan nearly half roundthe biggest part of the world.

Whether or not It would be wise to require

additional reforms is ;i question which theState Kailroad Commission will undoubtedly

consider. Mr. Rives having confirmed the opin-

ion recently expressed by The Tribune, that the<ity bad forfeited Us power to exercise compul-sion In this matter, the responsibility of the Al-bany authorities is increased. Several sugges-

tions have been made concerning the tunnelwithin the la*t few weeks which ought to becarefully weighed. One is to Introduce venti-lating fans. Another Is to reduce the speed andshorten the blocks. A third is to allow onlyone train at a time in the Tunnel. But whetherany of these are appr"\ed by the commissionor not. the railway company should not be per-

mitted to be too dilatory In initiating the meas-ures which it has itself already promised.

THE TUNNEL DISASTER.The coroner's Jury which has been listening

for a fortnight to explanations of the recent dis-aster in the tunnel above Forty-second-st. couldnot well have rendered any other verdict than

that u|K>n which it po promptly agreed. Engi-

neer "VYisker ran past the slg,mln because they

were tfbscured. That state of things was not

his fault, nor was it exceptional. It was shown

that other engineers had done precisely thesame thing, and for this same reason, for yearspast, though fortunately with a different result.To place the responsibility elsewhere than onthe corporation which controls the tunnel, andwhich was perfectly familiar with the situationthere, -would have been illogical and unjust.

The righteousness of this judgment was con-

fessed In advance when, a few days ago, theCentral announced Its plans for tunnel reform.These do not contemplate any material im-provement in the system of signalling, nor a

stricter discipline of disobedient employes. They

are directed solely to the elimination of thesmoke and Pteam which caused the collision ofJanuary S. Satisfied at last that public opinion

would not tolerate the conversion of the tunnelInto an open cut. the company has decided to

employ electricity for motive pur]>oses. «»nlypartial relief will be afforded at first, but thiswillbe sufficient to make a conspicuous change

in the visibility of the signals, which Is th<»nrlmc essential.

be precisely \u25a0iniquitous," but it is certainly un-reasonable as well as unnecessary.

PETERKOV THE PROPHET.We hava not been able to learn Peterson's

given name, nor what ia his mundane business,if he has any. Our esteemed contemporariesof Kansas which have chronicled his sayingsand doings with true Homeric simplicity referto him only as Teterson the Prophet of Atchi-son. That Is enough. The world needs not toknow more, for always and everywhere thelittle ephemeral details regarding a great manare lost tOKht of in the loom of history, and thedoer lives only in the deed. Sutlicient for theworld that a prophet has arisen in Kansas whopredicts thlnps in a large, breezy way that putathe best efforts of the old Roman augurs de-cidedly in the shade. Peterson appears, too, atan opportune moment; for BOCkless "Jerry"Simpson has disappeared from public view,Mrs. Lsaas has ceased to be a stateswoman, andMrs. Nation is no longer able to secure even atwo line reading notice. Moreover, the pro-phetic office In Kansas Is practically vacantsince the Populist prophets of disaster are nowtoo busy making money to do any more pre-dicting. The stage Is thus cleared for v newman, and, behold, he appears!

As in the case of all great prophets, Peter-son's predictions shade off Into th« fascinatingdomain of the mysterious and the unknown.But the thing that stands clearly out Is thatIn the year 1915 all tho dead will return tolife, which will mnke the population of theworld to be in round numbers i.'52,000/H)0,00O.We have not ourselves figured Itout, but that Iswhat Peterson says, and what Peterson saysgoes. When this wholesale resurrection is ef-fected, we are furthermore Informed by Petersonthat the- population of the world willremain «ta-tionary at this figure, since nobody will be bom

STILL QRKATBR BBIPB.The huge ('•\u25a0ltic, one of the biggest levlathnna

ever launched, is t,» be Burjiassr>«i hy a ntillbigger vessel, the Oedric. .At ].>«<«t current re-port says so. Are steamships n furlong inlength to be excelled by Titanic bulks morethnn an eighth of a mile from stem t" Bteraand proportionately wide and deop? What Isto be the limit of ambitious shipbuilding? Thelargest of ships now on the se,-is ,-ire Boatingcities, marvellous not only In size, but iii thecosmopolitan types of their occupants, In thediversity of the countries, tribes and raceswhich are represented, in the bewildering arrayof the activities and industries which are inprogress while the voyages are under way, Intho complexity and ingenuity of the machinerywhich is constantly employed, in the numberand importance of the departments of adminis-tration, In the efficiency of the discipline main-tained among the armies of officers and men, Intho unremitting vigilance and the precaution!against possible disaster— these mighty hullswhich cross the Atlantic almost with the pre-cision and accuracy of the movements of a goodchronometer.

Now wo are told that even greater Bteamahinaare to be constructed for the Atlantic ferry.Floating cities we have already, and superbthey are. Are we to see hereafter tiontlng re-publics and kingdoms?

Santos-Dnmont and Sir Hiram Maxim havealready signified their intention to participateIn the exhibition and contest. No two foreign-

ers now living have done so much to advancethe art of aerial navigation witliin the last tenyears ns they. Their participation in the St.T.ouls enterprise, therefore, Is particularly gritl-fying. It certainly looks as Ifthis feature ofthe exposition would be much more striking andrepresentative than any similar collection andset of tests that the world has yet seen.

The propositloa to devote 1200,000 to prisesin this one department looks at first like ex-travagance. Certainly th*« sum is all out of pro-portion to the practical value of aeronautics.Material civilization might be more effectuallypromoted in a dozen different ways, Itwoulddo a vast amount of good, for Instance, to offerthat amount of money for Improvements Inautomobiles. The managers, of the exposition,however, doubtless have more regard for itspopular and nuanclal success than for the en-couragement of useful invention, pure nnd Aim-pie. Such v policy may expose them to criti-cism, but they are profiting by the txptrl*ence of Paris nnd Buffalo. Races betweenflying machines will undoubtedly prove a re-munerntlve attraction, and will help to avertthe deficit which It might otherwise b*> tie..-,

sary to face.

An admirable beginning has been made Inselecting experts to take charge of this depart-ment of the show. Professors Langley and Belland Octave Chanute have been invited to serve,and there is said to bo a good chance of theirconsenting, though Itis possible that ProfessorHell may prefer the role of an exhibitor.Though best known, of course, as the inventor

of the telephone, he has loup felt a lively inter-est in aerial navigation, and has devised manyoriginal forms of kites. Professor Langley hasprobably Investigated the principles of flightwith the aeroplane more thoroughly than anyother livingman. Mr. Chanute was educatedas an engineer, but has for a dozen years ormore been engaged In much the same rlnssof experiments as Llllenthal. ItIs reported thatim attempt has also been made to secure theco-operation of M. Deutsch. He is better known;!s ipatron of aeronautic science than as <i stu-dent of its problems, but his munificence haswon him worldwide fame, obviously, men ofsuch experience and standing as these are ex-cellent guarantees of the character of Mr. Skiffsproject.

A ERONA UTIC CONTESTS.That ti» a strong array of names which the

Western press Is using in connection with thescheme to make flying machine races a con-spicuous feature of the Louisiana Purchase F.x-position next year at St. Louis. Mr. Rkiff, di-rector of exhibits, with whom the idea origi-nated, was prominently identified with the man-agement of the world's fairs of IS'.W and i'.">o.

The energy and fairness with which h<> per-

formed his duties in both Chicago and Pariswon him golden opinions. Equally notable washis resourceful way of meeting unforeseenemergencies.

of the City Hall to a point Just north of thePostofflce a solid barricade extends nlonff theexcavation. Tliis would be quite Inconvenientrnoush If at the lower end of Itthere were afree and spacious juissajje for the use of per-Fona on foot. But there is nothlnp of the sort.The only crossing is hy way of the east endof Mall-Ft. The width of this has been re-duced one-half, and It Is frequently crowdedwith mall wacons and other vehicles, whilen line of streetcars moving swiftly or stalledin close order further complicates the situa-tion. This conditiooi of tilings is not merelyinconvenient in an excessive depree, but dan-gerous. Itis also inexcusable, inasmuch as itinifrht easily be improved. At the point wherethe crossing from tho corner of the TimesBuilding ordinarily connects with the broadwalk through tho City Hall Park a bridge inthe form of a stout gangway with well pro-tected M<los ought to be laid over the excava-tion, a sulllclent opening inthe timber barricadehaving been made for the purpose. It wouldcost about S'J'i. we suppose, and it would notinterfere in the slightest degree with the tunnelwork, the City Hall section of which, by th«way, seems to be making extremely slow prog-ress. Ifwhoever is in authority there thinksthat the difficulty and peril to which we invitehis attention are trivial matters ho can readilyconvince himself that he is mistaken.

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ZV>it>-7Jor]c Oails ©riixittt.SUNDAY. JAMARY i!«i. 1902.

THE VEWB THIS MORXIXG.

C.4.N7; FOR SECRETARY SB***. Dcs Molnes. .^w». Jan- 25.-0" hi. arrival^fw«Denlson former Governor Shaw. th« new *«*«"£of the United States Treasury Department. J^called on by a party of State o«««r«. *na L*«'Amos Brandt. P*P«ty Auditor of State . Pr

vhim with a can* from a ai.:;ir«rT.e^n/tree. Captain Brandt inuujtea PrSdant R««it-wlth t»o similar canes, one •*..;'« A.'v«rs«vrlt and th*- other tnr Secretary .» -Shaw will start for Washlr.gton on »oca*» «v

PERSONAL NOTES.Alfr^.l Sharre. C B. who has been appalstrf

commissioner, eommander-ln-chief and consul 5«*

*r«l for the Brirtsh Central Africa protector***

has had a large «-xp.rienc# of Ifaalaal Africa. «for the last five years has presided over th* terri-tories under British Intlu-. po«h,e'th£.f., t-ibeat He %\a« made .i i'o:niMt:ion of tfto *?""fh-'t1597. anl taa received l*« Jtitilee medal c- t»"year. •

n»f»»i> Edmund J. James, af the University or

Chicago, who has be*n elected by the tru*"*Vlthr Northwestern Vniverj-ity as president « "*"institution, was born In Jacksonville, 111.. fart?"'y,»ars ago. After his graduation from U» Bl

*,Normal School of Illinois, in 1?^, he •««a

Northwestern T'niversity for one year *na v>

jears Uter went to Harvard. He then lU"*''a

Uerlin. l.eipsir and Halle, receiving hf-TiSk-nn.i doctor's degrees In IST7- !««Ig™iSL£tmUljIn IST* he became principal of th* *J*"**°S«im»HiKh School. row year- later B« was C3J ifa

the University of Pennsylvania. wher» W» WSTin economics so.^n won him wid; repute. *o.

teen years he was at the head of th« puMICSSSS-lsir.ii...M department of the Fennaylvania • »^v,h#tlon. Since I*6 h« has b«^n connected

•w ,,Iniversity of .hi.ag.. as U'*",, l^11-^^-*and director of extension work

i."* «s

Ocl*-tha orßanlzers of the American Kill\u25a0» f^°- ottlon and the founder or Urn American Av^^m

j,JJ

cadeadPolitical and Social Science. His '^f.V^.Sprpvedof Northwestrrn I'nlversiiy is »»*"*! jit,t

"<Sjr1»hy i..,-al educators, and If h« <

t \ \..n t0 h*v»regarded as a gain for the bis Jnsi tJtlon to nas its president so capable and esperiencea ancator. , ''

GOVERNOR OPELL AT NEWBURG.Albany. Jan rS.-Gov-racr OMI left for "*w'

bur« at neon to-day, and will remain there ÜBt'-lMonda«- when >v^ will r<*t\irn t» Albany.

TRANSVTI. VNTIC TRAVELLERS.Among those w|m sailed Ml the ••-•'.m-r Ir««!«

yesterday for Uv*rpool were Charles M. Early. c-M Gait Walter T? i!tv-". Mr and Mrs. George J".Moor* F B M\u25a0 '•«, the Misses S. and £. M^CoU.A. Mackenzie. XT. H. Wilson and Bi»hcp t. T.

t-haffrr.

On the strainer Pretoria, which arrived here T«i-

terday from HarnSurr. were Mrs. E. Chur«W:iHart, M:?s Ii.v G. ifortoa, Mr and Mrs- <5. •*•Stover and Mrs. R, M. Tuttl-*.

Some of these wh« sailed fsr I»nd«a •» t}}9

steamer It—lwi v.-si.Tday wer* Dr. G. 8. Beck.M's? G A Freer. mim omh \u25a0 Player. J- H- Qwiewand Mr. airi Mn D. W. Roper.

AasSßjf the rasjensers en ths steamer St. P*^whu-h arr'v-.i here f™m Southampton yeinw.

were Harold Btnney. Ltentenaal A. 3. Bliks. C*P-tain A da Soon Caaavairo, V!.ert Bailey OM>P«r»Henry S- Jn!m Dtx. Baron Georges <i» Fraacxea-s?Hn." attach* of the Austrian LaaatiM at y*?*TIngton; Clemens F «le Franokensttin.

'r- *aurtIiink C.ocdwln, W. C. Harvey. -Mr. ar.d }«*•}'•w*H. Lawrence. Henry Wheeier. Mi» rrrl'vMrtS*Stewart. Mr. and Jfr*. A. C. Whitaker. MissJitter.Mr. and Mrs. F. K.A. Pinsree and Count***F«?-penhclm.

MR. GAGE DECUNES A ST. LOUIS OFFEB.Washington. Jan. J5.— A representative »f th«

Bankers' Trust Company, of St. Lou;a, ean«d «--.Secretary Gage to-day ani intimated that th« CCH-pany would like to wake htm a yr«posu!oi to te-eept a pla<*a as its head. Mr. Gage informed K«visitor that when he turned over his offlot to hi*auccessor he would live in either Chleasa or >«'«»-York, and he could not entertain a proposttkjs

from any other source. It is well known uMfSecretary Gase'a intimate, friends that, walla t>«New-York offer ia a t«roptin3 one. his inelinatjaa isstn-njly In favor of aceepttng an '>ff^r frara a CW-cago trust company, and the probabilities »re that.after takirg a re»t of asout two ms:itha inFlorida, Ibe willnr»kt» hia perm<in?r.t honw ia CWcisa.

SAIL FOR A WARMER CLIME.j?om.' of Ihoaa who sailed for F*rm--ida yesterday

•\u25a0>n ir:» stpsra-r Pret >ri» ware Mr and Mrs. SasaAlvonl Mr. and Mn Geors« Barrl*. Jr.. Mr. aa<sMr-. J. Luth«r Urisht. 2lr. and Mrs. Harry B.

Broad. Mn J. H. Cronk. nßaa Adelaide 3. Franck*lln. Mr. n ' Mr?. Thomas C. Wood. M'.«s "Wood.

Mr. anvt Mrs. W. il. Reese. Miss Margaret M.

K<H*e. I'art.itn .-.tvi Mrs. Frederic* Russell. SIT.and Mrs. Henry Redmond. 3ttea Virpints. Rooserelt.W. H. l»;i!Te Mr« Jsmfs Fi- "t:<--\ Mrs. Jr. «TJ**M<-.». Übi «-aro! S. Pr*miee. Graham W. Kins. «r.an- Mi K-iwar.l J. Kerns. H. T Kins. Mr. »aaMr.-. Lamtert Muson and Miss Cerlnna Jlasoa-

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