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4 THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. EW YORK. THURSDAY. JANUARY 14. 1909.

BUSINESS NOTICES. TAFTURGEDTO RETAIN STRAUS tional committee chairmanship is credible and creditable. In some of his functions the postmaster general is a Judicial officer, notably in his control of the second class mailing privilege. Trade Mark "Eagle" Registered. this city.

That project will be stimn-i lated by the successful opening of this I New Jersey highway, and next will come a demand for a good road to connect Boston and the New England coast resorts with this city. That i would require interstate co-operation. aud will be more difficult to bring about, but it will come. At present as important to the community as ther vere In the time of Benjamin Franklin. The Fugle regards postal savings bank as inevitable.

In view of it platform declaration, and of the lit-termites of Its Presidential candidate on the stump, the party in power cannot refuse to inaugurate the system. Aud once inaugurated, the experiment will he watched with equal interest by friendu and foes. It is worth watching. immigrants have been enabled to find employment and homes in Southern and Western cities as a result of this work. When the President decided to employ the $40,000 Xoblfl Pesce Prize in the promotion of industrial peace, he asked Secretary Straus to handle the enterprise for him.

The latter was made a member of the board of trustees to take over the fund and draw up plans to out the President's It may be said that this entire work has been done by Secretary Straus. The organization has been incorporated by an act of Congress and some of the most Influential men in the country have become associated with it. There is no doubt that this institution will exert a tremendous influence in the future arbitration of labor disputes and in the genera! benevolent work of promoting friendly relations between capital and labor. CRIST. Value of Secretary's Services as Head of Department of Commerce and Labor Pointed Out.

Eagle Bureau, 608 Fourteenth Street. Washington. January 14 Strong pressure Is being brought to bear on Judge Taft to retain Oscar S. Straus in his Cabinet as secretary of commerce and labor. It is said that more requests of this character are being received by Judge Taft than in behalf ot any othei member of the Roosevelt Cabinet, save Mr.

Meyer. The influences back of Mr. Meyer are almost entirely political, while those supporting Mr. Straus represent the sound business interests of the country. Reports from Augusta indicate that Charles Nagel, national committeeman of Missouri, is being considered for the commerce and labor portfolio.

Nothing official has been given out on the subi Ject. and the stories that Mr. Straus la to be succeeded by Nagel are more or less speculative. However, their publication has served to start a big movement for the retention ot Secretary Straus by the numerous interests that desire him to be kept where he is. It develops that the work done by Secretary Straus has mads a profound impression on soma of the most Influential business men of the country, who believe that the public welfare will be promoted by his retention in the Taft Cabinet.

The President-elect Is receiving a lot ot advice on the subject and is hearing of tae achievements ol the present secretary from every quarter of the nation. He is being assured by men, whose judgment he roust respect, that his administration will be greatly strengthened, if Mr. Straus has a seat in the executive council. The latter's experience in the diplomatic service and at Washington has qualified him to an unusual degree for the discharge of the duties of the Department of Commerce and Labor. The work of this department is every year becoming more international in character and requires mature Judgment and rare tact In, the man at Kb head, if ugly situations are to be avoided.

These qualities are specially demanded in arbitrating strikes and other labor quarrels, the adjustment of which is becoming a highly Important feature of the work of the secretary commerce and labor. ot Judge Taft's attention is being directed to some of the noteworthy accomplishments of the Department of Commerce and Labor under the administration of Its present chief. First place is given to the establishment of a comprehensive scheme for the development of trade at home and Its extension in foreign mar kets. Secretary Straus, from his observations abroad, realized immediately after entering Mr. Roosevelt's Cabinet that American manufacturers were not taking full advantage of their opportunities for selling goods in Europe.

He decided to Inaugurate here the policy followed so successfully in Germany of promoting foreign trade. This involves closer cooperation between the national authorities and the various boards of trades and chambers of commerce. Secretary Straus issued a call for dele gates to come to Washington and confer with him on this subject. Representatives of commercial organizations through out the country responded, and as a re sult of the conference the National Council of Commerce was organized. It is destined to play a large part in the ex pansion of American commerce to foreign fields.

Under Mr. Straus' encouragement and direction the membership of this organization has increased tremendously, there being a 25 per cent, gain the first year. It now embraces every important board of trade and chamber of commerce in the United After permanent offices had been established at Washing ton, Secretary Straus withdrew, realizing that the organization was strong enough to stand on its own feet. He became personally acquainted with some of th leading business men of the country through bis work In organizing the National Council of Commerce, and these men are now taking the lead in assuring juagr rait tnat a mistake will be made if Mr. Straus is Lot kept in the new cabinet.

Secretary Straus had been in office only a brief time- when he demonstrated that he possessed a good stiff backbone by an act which created a great sensation In the steamboat inspection service. This branch of the department had fallen Into evil habits, was bp.dly disorganized and efficiency was at low ebb. Mr. Straus decided to shake loose every inspector from his old moorings bo as to break up old relations between the government agents and owners of vessels which might interfere with strict enforcement of the laws. He redistributed the entire force, oj-dered four inspections of a vessel a year, provided for frequent conferences at Washington and otherwise made the Inspectors understand that they were to live strictly up to the letter of the law.

One encouraging feature of the new order of things has been an absence of such disasters as the General Slocum horror. One phase of Secretary Straus' work, about which the public knows little, relates to the enforcement of the immigration law with particular regard, to the Japanese question. Here the Secretary's knowledge of diplomacy, gained at Constantinople, stood him in good stead. H's advice to the President in Cabinet meetings concerning the policy to be pursued during the time when it looked as though there might be war with Japan, was always wise and conservative. Later the Secretary took a trip to the Pacific coast and Hawaii, where he further studied the Japanese situation.

He came constantlv into contact with the Japanese embassy here during the administration of the troublesome immigration laws, and his tact and discretion frequently saved friction, which might have led to'serious con-serjuences. One of the most beneficial reforms in the Straus administration was the breaking up of the white slave traffic in this country. This nefarious business had grown to appalling proportions when Mr. htraus determined to wipe it out regardless of cost. A swarm of special agents was employed to secure information at.

home and abroad regarding the men who were waxing rich by bringing women to this country under false pretenses and selling them into the vilest form of slavery. Scores of men have been indicted and punished for these violations of the immigration laws, principally at Chicago, Omaha and other Western cities. So vig-ously has the campaign against them been pressed that the importation of women for improper purposes has practically ceased. The Department of Commerce and Labor has been brought into close relationship with the labor unions by reason of the services rendered by it in arbitrating strikes. The adjustment, of the strike? involving the Western Union Telegraph Company, the Missouri Pacific and the Lackawanna, as well a3 the troubles at Goirifield, is so recent as to require but brief mention.

The same department bears an even more intimate relationship to organized capital, through the bureau of corporations, and the work done by It In deter mining what the large combinations are doing. Under the Secretary's direction special agents oT the government are now investigating the following trusts: Steel, oil, coal, lumber, tobacco and cotton. The benevolent scheme of a government employment agency was established by Secretary Straus. A special division was created In the Immigration bureau to canvas the manufacturers, railroad builders, contractors of all sorts and tarmers to ascertain the need for labor. By this means the government has been able to spread Information of opportunity for employment to thousands of men.

This work hits gono hand In hand with i he plan, alo fostered by Mr. 8trau3, of dla.rlbutitig newly arrived aliens through out the country and preventing their congestion la largo cities. Thousand! ot THURSDAY EVENING. JANUARY 14. 1909.

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High-water mark in Eagle advertising was reached in 1907, with a record of 9,242,040 lines. As compared with this there was a loss last year of due to depression in business. In the same period, however, the losses of the World and Herald exceeded a million lines, while that of the American, to be exact, was 892,327. It may be added that while the Eagle is sometimes behind one or two of its great contemporaries in monthly totals, it is never worse than third. Considering the conditions created by the panic, the falling off in 1908.

as contrasted with the banner year, was trivial. Indeed. It was about as gratifying, because of its insignificance, as a large increase would have been under normal conditions. At all events, ii cannot be called a loss by comparison. Is Cook a Democrat? An old, old question is raised again by the nomination of Herbert E.

Cook to represent the Democracy on the Highways Commission of New York State. The law is explicit. One commissioner must be a Democrat. The purpose of the law is wise. Such a vast amount of money is to be spent in creating good roads that the enforcement of the statute at the present time is of great importance to the interest of the state.

Governor Hughes has named Cook. Senator Grady has discovered, he says, that voted for Hughes, voted for Taft, and is not a Democrat at all. But, as is usual with such statutes, It is not provided that the minority representative shall lie nominated by, or shall even have the approval of, his own party organization. Except in the case of elections commissioners, no such demand has ever been made, sp far as the Eagle knows, and, even in the case of election commissioners, It may lie noted that 'the statutory phraseology is so vague that Tammany Hall is represented by Commissioner Dooling. who is a determined enemy of the New York County Democracy as at present coutrolled.

What makes a man a Democrat? Intent of the lawmakers must be the decisive consideration. What was the intent of the lawmakers, in the creation of the Highways Commission? Clearly to make a Republican Governor the judge as to the Democracy of the minority representative. Why? Because Republicans drafted and passed the bill. Because if there had been any other purpose the law-would have contained different terms. We have very little doubt that Cook will be continued.

Whether he is a Democrat or not. he calls himself one, and it is to be taken for granted that in checking majority extravagance in the expenditure of moneys for roads, lie will be at least as useful to the slate as any Democrat who could be buggested by Thomas F. Grady. Postal Savings Banks. The argument of that veteran Manhattan banker.

John Harsen Khoades. Ijefore the West Side Young Men's Christian Association against postal savings banks commands general attention. Mr. Rhoades notes that the postal savings banks of Great Britain are paying only two and a half per cent, interest to depositors, and that because of a deficit, the question of reducing interest to two per cent, is under consideration. He notes also that the benevolent savings banks of Xew York ami of other states, taking a period of twenty-five years, have averaged about four per cent.

He doubts the advisability of bringing the government into the management of institutions like those which are so well managed already. It is well that an issue like this should be fully aud fairly discussed by men who are for it. and men who are against it. Mr. Rhoades' argument is plausible, but not convincing.

The postal savings bank will not be. and cannot be, a substitute for the benevolent savings bank. That is not to be expected. But it will offer to the small earner many advantages that the present Institutions do not offer. It will make each and every post office in the United States a place where, upon short notice, one who bas deposited money at another post office, perhaps three thousand miles away, may draw on his account.

The name of the government will he a guarantee of security. The ease of opening an account -will be vastly Increased. It Is almost certain that hundreds of thousands who do not use the benevolent saving! banks at all. now. will be helped forward toward of Intelligent thrift which are A Significant Tribute.

The tribute of littjiary New Y'ork to the memory of the late Edmund Clarence Stednian. in the Carnegie Lyceum meeting, just one year after Mr. Stedman's death, was at once significant and impressive. The Cen tury Club, the Authors Club, tbe National Institute of Alls and Letters, the New England Society and the New York Stock Exchange are not often brought together on such an occasion llie keynote of. appreciation was given by Seth Low, when be said of Mr.

Stedman: "He mav have carried literature Into his business: be surely did not carry business into bis litera ture." Yet it is unfair to think of Mr. Stedman as merely a figure in "Literature." lie was a poet, and poets belong to literature, but are above and beyond the scope of the term as commonly understood. If he had never written a line Mr. Stedman would have been just as true a poet. It is good to have literary New Y'ork and financial New York brought into touch, one with the other.

As a banker-poet, Mr. Stedman's place is empty, and may be empty for a very long time. But it is nevertheless true that as the years go by the powerful men in Wall Street are more and more opening themselves to Influences broader and deeper than money broader and deeper than even the material national progress with whlcn they are proud to be Identified. Lafayette Avenue Subway. The most optimistic citizen could hardly call the Lafayette avenue subway a live Issue, but it is still on the map at least.

That is tbe result of the action of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in extending the time of the Public Service Commission for its construction. The Lafayette avenue subway is a part of that subway loop route which the old rapid transit commission laid out as a. substitute for an elevated loop between the bridges, and which, if It could have been built as quickly as it was laid out, would have been of inestimable benefit to Brooklyn. The Manhattan end of that loop is actually under construction, under some sort of an optimistic idea that when done the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company may conclude to use its tracks between the bridges as the Manhattan link' In the loop service for which Brooklyn has long been suffering. Perhaps it was a part of that delusive idea of getting a loop service of which the Brooklyn end should be elevated while the trains ran under ground in Manhattan, that the time in which the Public Service Commission might begin the construction of the Brooklyn subway loop was sharply limited.

That limit had almost run and there was no money in sight to dig even a few rods of subway ditch. The court has now extended the time in which a beginning may be made for two years and a half, until October 15; 1911. By that time the Manhattan bridge will be open aud the need of a subway up Lafayette avenue will be even more pressing than it is now. Perhaps by that time, too, the money for some of the transit extensions so urgently needed iu Brooklyn will be available. At least this court decision still makes the subway possible If the money can be found.

that the rest of us can do is to hope aud to make war on the reckless waste of city funds which impedes greatly needed public works. Texas reports the first real blizzard of this winter. Texas bas always been jealous of the Great Northwest. Coroner Harburger of Manhattan says that "during the encuuibraucy of the present Board of Coroners much good has been accomplished." Mrs. Malaprop wasn't always so delicious.

PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL Mr. Foraker bold that he ii has convinced i right. Mr. Arch- Men in Chicago have organized a club to light for women's rights. Only good listeners need apply.

Messrs. Roosevelt, Pulitzer and Tillman agree unanimously as to Mr. Harrl-man and they have saved him the trouble of stating in precise terms what he thinks ot them by submitting majority and minority reports which he, no doubt, will gladly adopt. The white rhinoceros will probably appear in this country first as a trademark for a laundry soap whose maker will claim he scoured the hide of the original in its native pasture. The letter by a saloonkeeper in last night's Eagle was a warm defense of the saloon against Its pharasaical opponents.

In writing of the high financiers he says they do not drink because "they want to have their heads clear so they can better carry on their corrupt methods." Concerning the homes that are blasted because husbands, brothers and mothers are drunkards, this capable expert has little to say. and it is on that branrh of the argument that the fruit grafted by the W. C. T. is growing.

It must be galling, however, for a man on the inside of the saloon business to hear so much said against him and his business by men suffering from a curse worse than that of the love of drink the love of money, the root, of all evil. Principal Fetter tells the girls at his high school that secret fraternities are not democratic. In ttme they will be. Mr. Bryan Is Joining all the secret societies for the very purpose of making them that way.

The Hungarian noble who married the wealthy Chicago wldcw yesterday was not speculating pork, but taking his profits through a louery. A svjsage ending, nil In one piece, and 73 ten 9 Inches long, holds tho rword at C.rey. Ohio. Attorney Oenrnl Bonaparte R.lil Inn hopes of culling out a bigger one before March 4, although the hnus are not running so plump as they did this time last year. we are laboring with a national movement to improve waterways as a relief for the freight traffic of the railroads.

The aulomobile is bound to create a. demand on the states for highways which will make possible an escape for some passengers from the steam cars. The New Jersey project is the entering wedge of a movement which is bound to grow. Making Mining Alore Safe. The establishment by the Federal Government of rescue stations for the protection of coal miners is in response to the growing demand that human life be made more safe through the whole range of our industries.

The lists of killed and injured in our railroad statistics have long been a national disgrace when contrasted with the smaller figures of the railroads of Europe. The disregard of life in our mines aud factories Is begining to receive sharp criticism and to arouse protest. The coal country is a good region in which to tench the lesson of a care for human life, and that is what the government proposes to do. Rescue stations will be established in co-operation with mine owners and with state authorities. When men have been trained In the work of rescuing prisoners from gas filled mines and iu the details of other work for the protection of life, the government's connection with the station will cease, and instructors will be passed on" to other stations.

Stations will be established In Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Iowa. Missouri and Kentucky. Of course, for specific life-saving as the result of this work we shall have to await for some accident in a mine, a sort of disaster which Is unhappily seldom long absent from the news columns of the papers, but the effect of tbe example ought to be wholesome in many industries from the time the work begins. We have had exhibitions of lifesaving appliances designed for many forms of industry. But such appliances too often remain unused because of their cost.

What is needed is a public sentiment hich will compel employers to make the work in their mines and shops as safe as It can be made. These rescue stations are an evidence that such a sentiment has begun to grow and their operation should foster and develop it. "Sunday Schools." A Socialist. Sunday school has been established in the Borough of Manhattan, and one is to be started in the Borough ot Brooklyn, soon. The academic Socialists will be in charge, women volunteers will be the teachers, and it is said that "history and oilier subjects will be taught from ihe Socialist standpoint." When women volunteers begin with preconceived notions to teach anything from a particular "standpoint" the misinformation in perspective is alarming.

Luckily such experimenters, whatever their line. are. as a rule, without the very rare ability to fix the minds of children on their teachings, and, therefore, accomplish less of evil than the pessimist would be inclined lo fear. We, have no great apprehension that Johnny Jones and his sister Sue will be distracted from green peaches by Immature leheHrsings of the philosophy of Karl Marx and Edward Bellamy. We are convinced that Willy's purple monkey climbing on a yellow stick will interest him more than anything Mrs.

Rose Fastor Stokes can offer, aud. if he sucks the paint all off. will do him a lot more damage. Brooklyn bas had all sorts of Sunday schools, admissible and non-admissible to the "May Walk." The Eagie will be surprised if any Socialist Sunday schood ever gets big enough to want to show itself on that annual eelebraiive occasion. If an application should ever be filed, it may be considered on its merits.

There Is wisdom iu not crofting any bridge mi' til we come to it. Dr. Wiley Approved. The Wholesale Grocers Association of New York, at its annual business meeting, adopted resolutions complimenting the honesty, integrity and tenacity of purpose of Dr. Harvey W.

Wiley in his rulings under the Pure Food Law, which largely concerns the wholesale grocers. The immense development' of the trade in package goods has made it of vital importance to dealers in groceries that the responsibility of packers be fully established and enforced. The grocers bear the brunt of customers' complaints in any case. They are selling in the original package, cereal, meat, baking powder, canned fruit and score of other things. The contents of each package Is to them as well as to the buyer, a "pig in a poke." Considering this fact, it is not a bit surprising that the grocers should be enthusiastic over the work of such a man as Dr Wiley, and should contrast it mentally with the possible doings of a man of a different type.

Their approval and indorsement of the honest expert was to have been anticipated. Controller Metz is exonerated by the State Civil Service Board on the charge of violating the law. The comments made by the hoard are n-perfluous. if not ultra vires. There's a genuine pathos in the hun-drels of dollars in copper cents given by Immigrants from Italy to the earthquake relief fund.

Likewise, It is noteworthy that even the collectors realize that these poor people are giving more than they ought to give. A story of torn hearts Is bohiud such Tim determination ascribed tu rreslilent-cleci Tiifl that Mr, Hitchcock as post iimsler general shall be actually, out of the Republican an- Entitled to Hearing. A bill providing for the appointment of a municipal commission, with power "examine Into the methods, expenditure and general conduct of any department or bureau of gov ernment in any city or county in this state," has made its appearance at Albany. It Is to consist of three members, appointed by the Governor and subject to removal after a public hearing. Senator Travis and Assemblyman I.ee stand sponsor for it, but the propelling force is understood to be the Brooklyn League, of which former Senator Brush is chairman.

According to accounts from the capital, it is doubted whether the promoters of the measure expect it to receive serious consideration. Mr. Brush, however, characterizes its preparation and presentation as anything but a joke. Nor is he without warrant when he says that such a commission might prove to be an excellent investment for the state to make. The commonwealth has had considerable experience with special committees appointed to Investigate, and for some of them It has paid anylhiug but a low price.

Of course, there are reasons why members of the Senate, more particularly, should object to the passage of such a bill. It would curtail a prerogative to which they are partial. Most of them nre more than willing to serve wheu inquiries are in order, thnnkg to the assurance that they will not have to pay their own expenses, to say nothing of some other reasons why they should be reluctant to delegate the powers they now monopolize. It is not a little to ask that they vote to surrender what they regard as a privilege worth keeping. On the other hand, investigations are ordered by the state only when there is flagrant provocation.

The proposed commission would always be available. A written request from any of the properly constituted authorities kf a city would bring an immediate response, with not a little assurance that the trip would not be of the junketing variety. Moreover the knowledge that the services of such a commission were immediately available would have a tendency to restrain excesses, likely to be otherwise committed. To say the least of it, the advocates of tbe bill are entitled to a hearing. A Nebraska Reform.

A bill Is now pending before the Legislature of Nebraska providing for a governmental inspection, once a year, of all the beds in all the hotels in all Hie cities of that state; aud guaranteeing each guest at a Nebraska inn, clean sheets, a clean towel and clean pillow slips. Representative Sink, whose name is inseparably associated with cleanliness (and wllh iniquity) is the introducer of this reform measure. The bill itself is modeled after a certain bit of Georgia legislation which was widely commented on about two years ago. Manifestly, tbe need of such reform was a h.t greater in Nebraska a year ago than it is now. To statesmen all over the country who journeyed to ihe now obsolete and discredited Mecca of Lincoln, there is a subtle satire iu thus locking the stable door too lute.

Why should mere commercial travelers of to-morrow have protection that was not afforded to the high lights of Democracy yesterday? That is a question that will force itself on the minds of nation-savers, one or two. at least, in every state and in some of the territories. And yet. that is ii wise saying. "Belief late than never." A state commission for the inspection of hotel beds will have Its uses.

Patriots will be found in Nebraska who will be ready to face the guying of their fellow citizens with entire equanimity, if the salaries provided are sufficient. The average Nebraska taxpayer, a man of strictly domestic tendencies, is not worried much about hotel beds. He will confine his activities to paying the bills which the creation of the commission will entail. New Jersey Sets an Example. Governor Fort and some of the leading citizens of New Jersey have decided to have a state boulevard along the water front, from the Atlantic Highlands to Cape May.

They will take a bill to the Legislature at Trenton and expect to secure its passage. The proposition Is to take over the various waterfront highways now maintained by the counties, to connect and widen ihem. and then to bring under the state administration some 745 miles of roads ruuning in land from this waterfront to various i towns, making 870 miles of road under state care and control. The cost of maintenance is expected to be a year, but this state expenditure will considerably lessen the taxation of the counties through which the roads run. The new boulevard, if it is built according to the present plan, will be of the greatest value to the summer resorts along the coast, hich are one of the chief sources of income to the people of the state.

With the development of automobiles this hotilevard will make those resorts more pleasantly accessible from New York than they have ever been. The quick auto run from Philadelphia to Atlantic City has been of value to that resort, and the new road will make the entire coast accessible to riders from this city and Philadelphia both. That development will lead to an Incrensed demand for similar roads In other states. There bas been a good deal of talk about a boulevard up the west bank of the Hudson, once the new Hudson bridge across the Spuyten Duyvll connects those highlands with! The Derby sale overshadows everything again to-day. Intended for our regular $3.00 and hats, these Derbies are classed as "seconds" because of blemishes which usually you cannot find without the help of our expert salesmen.

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It was a Tetrazzini night at the Manhattan, Wednesday. The madame was Anneta in "The Cobbler and the Fairy," and at the close of it she gave a rendition of "The Carnival of Venice," with all the startling effects with which the ever old and ever new composition of Benedict Is instinct, or is invested. Afterward "I Pagllacci" was heard, in which Miss Esplnasse took the part of Nedda in place ot Mme. Agostlnellt, who was said to be indisposed. Zenatello assumed the role of Tonio and filled it with the energy, harmony and skill for which he is distinguished.

The night was a. gala one. The recalls were frequent and the responses cordial. The manifest delight of the audience Inspired those on the stage to increase in each succeeding scene or act the pleasure their prior at. tempts had aroused.

METROPOLITAN OPEBA HOUSE. Honors were heaped by an audience that filled the Metropolitan Opera Houa last evening, at tho revival of Mozart'a "Le Nozze di Figaro," on the singers a.n4 on the conductor, Gustav Mahler, who was largely aecounta'ble for the production. In so many ways was it different from the revivals seen hitherto In America that it was, In effect, a revelation of Mozart's intention, musically, dramati cally and in scenes. The period of opera was advanced to the of Louis XV, which made for pretty costuming. The fresh scenery, especially In a ballroom scene iu the third act.

and a park scene In the fourth act. was beautiful and effective. But all this was subservient to the singing of the remarkable cast, which included Sembrich. i.auies. Farrar.

Matt- fie'd. Scotil. Didur- tas Figaro). L'Huil- lier and Paterna. It was also secondary to the conducting by Herr Mahler, whose spirit inspired the singers to their best interpretation of the constant, delicate melodies.

To most hearers Mozart's flow of melody seems quite easy and obvious, but, in fact, to sing it with proper nuancing is another matter. It almost requires special voices and special training. Though somewhat cool at the beginning of the opera, the singers eoon picked up tho comedy style and spirit, aided by Herr Mahler, who set a rapid pace in his tempi. Moreover, he had re quired the entire score from tbe orches tra, as Mozart, wrote it. with a lew sugnt exceptions.

If any artist should be se lected for uraise. it belongs to Mme. Sembrich, as Susanna. With Mme. Eames.

she sang the "Still' Aria" so well that the audience demanded an encore, and got it; it was the only encore of the evening. NEEDS NO DEFENSE. To the Editor of the Brooklyn Eagle: 1 "read with great interest William Phillips Hall's call for universal prayer tor a present day Pentecost as summarized in the Eagle, and I have had the. privilege of reading the message in its entirety and have heard it from his own lips. "Twentieth Century Christian," who writes a letter published in your issue of Monday last.

It must be said in all kindness, has no conception of what Mr. Hall alms to accomplish and which there are already manifold signs of being brought to pass. He knows the religious trend of the time, and no man does more personal service for his Master and for his fellow men than he d.es. More than this, as I happen to know through the privilege of a somewhat intimate friendship during nearly twenty years, he is a stalwart, devoted Christian in his home, his business and his public life He needs no defense from me. as his' life is his own best defense.

He is not in the service of Christ for personal gain, except spiritually, for he consistently refuses to accept any honorarium for his public work, which covers a wide field, and he annually gives out, of his income a larger percentage for Christian work than ha uses upon himself by a good many dollars. Mr. Hall does believe In the old Gospel, he has hosts of friends in the religious world. In which he is a prominent figure, and his recent call Is receiving the approval of strong men from Maine to California and across the sea. Brooklyn.

January 12. 1909 JUSTICE. TIME, THE TEACHER. BY ALFRED AUSTIN. Pnet Leureato of England.

tFrom the Independent. 1 I wrote my name upon the sands of time. Deeming that it would there remain for aye. When lo! there came a rush of spray and slime. And with a crush swept the vain words away.

Then I engraved it on the granite rock. Assured that there it ever would abide; But breaker after breaker, flock on flock Of waves unshepherded. vociferous tide. Broke on the beach, and thunderstruck the air, Then backward ebbed. But when I gazed around Through tattered hollows of subsidini: sound, To find my name, not even the rock wan there.

Thus humbled, I rejoiced that I should be Merged In the Incommensurable sea, $20 PER DAY FOR JUDGES. Increased Pay for Outside Jurists Serving in Kings County Provided For in Murphy Bill. (Special to the Eagle.) Albany, January 14 There was a flood of bills in the Assembly at yesterday's session. Warren I. Lee of Kings introduced the Municipal Commission bill, as did Senator Travis in the Senate.

Charles F. Murphy of Kings Introduced a bill amending the county law so that county Judges who are called from outside counties to hold court in Kings may hereafter be paid $20 per day instead of $5. The long illness of Judge Fawcett last year made it necessary for Kiugs County to call In an outside judge for a considerable period. Harrison C. Glore.

of Kings, has a bill to provide for voters on Election, Day copies' of proposed constitutional amendments or any question to be submitted to the people. William G. Miller of Nassau County Introduced several bills, among them one providing for a separate surrogate for the county at a year; another increasing the number of town assessors, and a third excluding Nassau from the Jurisdiction of the highway commission and making it independent in the matter of maintaining its public roads. Assemblyman Francis of New York bis Introduced a mandatory three platoon police bill. Assemblyman Beverly Robinson introduced the Agnew State police bill.

Assemblyman MacGregor of Erie Intro duced a bill which makes radical changes in the liability of employers for Injuries to workmen. Assemblyman Travis of Dutchess has a bill creating a state board of probation, to have charge of the probtaion of children. It is an elaborate measure and provides that the board shall consist of three magistrates from each Judicial district, to be appointed by the Appellate Divisions and the attorney general. THE NEW RIDGEWOOD BANK. Gratification Over Announcement of Approval of Application.

The announcement in the Eagle last night that the application for the or ganization of a national bank in Ridge- wood had been granted by the controller of the currency, was received with much Interest by the residents of that section. No topic has aroused greater interest in Rldgewood than tbe plan to organize a bank with $200,000 capital. There is a community of 30,000 persons in that part of the Boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens who have had to depend on other parts of the borough for banking facilities. Several months ago a number of the leading business men began' to agitate the plan of organizing a bank and steps were taken to hold public meetings to stir up sentiment. A provisional committee of a score of the leading citizens was formed to provide for the raising of the necessary capital, and a sub-committee, composed 01 Merger.

August Bauer, Kilian Schurger, Philip J. Wagner and Paul Stler. was appointed to take steps to secure the necessary approval of the au: thorities at Washington for the formation of the bank. Within the next two months the organization will be completed and the institution will be opened. It is proposed to erect a building for it at Myrtle and Cypress avenues, as soon as the conditions warrant tha taking of this step.

For the first year the officers and directors will serve without pay, so as to put the institution on sound basis at the starl. MEN'S LEAGUE FORMED. First People's Borough Park Church Completes Organization of Society. A permanent organization of the Men's League of the First People's Church of Borough Park was effected Tuesday afternoon by the election of the following officers: President, George R. Hick-erson; first vice president, George A.

Keller: second vice president, James F. Ritchie; secretary. Henry W. Voss; financial secretary, Kirby S. Blauth; treasurer, Richard B.

Shannon; -flergeant-Rt-arms, N. E. Nelson; marshal, Linus ,1. Ryder. After the vote was announced, the chairman, the Rev.

Lyman C. Pett.it. and the secretary. William W. earner, of the organization committee, immediately surrendered their posts and assisted In the Installation of the permanent officers.

Mr. Hickerson. upon accepting the presidency, set forth the objects and purposes of the league Secretary Vos marks. in a very happy speech. followed with few re- EMOTION TESTING.

Two professors In the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have invented an "emotion tester" usin a very sensitive galvanometer. It is said to be a success. News. A million girls havo wrecked their lives, Accepting matrimonial gyves. Because they had a notion That men who seemed with passion thrilled Whose tones with sympathy were filled Had genuine emotion.

A million men by widows caught Post-mortem wisdom have been taught. When knowledge stilled devotion; They made the very grave mistake Of dreaming tears could only break From genuine emotion. But. now. if doubt strikes him or her, The ready galvanometer 'Tis wise to use.

and so shun The lifelong woes of Hymen's nest Unless your flame can stand the test Of genuine emotion! J. A. BROOKLYN CORPORATIONS. (Special to the Eagle.) Alhary, January 14 The Secret Party Line Telephone Company of Brooklyn has been incorporated with the Secretary of State, with a capital of The di rectors for the first year are Robert Hamilton. E.

F. Linton and J. R. Clark of Brooklyn. The Post Trunk Company of Brooklyn has been chartered by the State Pepart-ment with a capital of J25.0OO.

The directors are T. W. Post of New York City and F. X. McCaffry and James Ryan of Brooklyn.

DECLINES 11TH YEAR CALL. The Rev. Dr. William Hamilton, who has been for ten years pastor of the South Third Street M. E.

Church, received a unanimous call from the ofiVial board to return for the eleventh year, but he has declined for the reason, as he says, that he thinks ten years Is long enough for a man to remain In a pastorate, and that a younger man can probably do better work In the parish. This decision is regretted by the people, as Dr. Hamilton cai been successful in hts work,.