On the social programme for to-day Is the rscep.tlon given by Mrs. Douglas Robinson, ar., at herhouse in West Sixteenth-st., for the debut of hergranddaughter. Miss Woolridge Whitmore. HraRobinson is the mother of Douglas Robinson, Wv,married Miss Corinne Roosevelt, a si3ter of th»President

Some cf th'- passengers on th? steamer Barhs-rossa, which arrived here from Bremen yesterday

morning, were Mr. and Mrs. Howard Copland.

David R. McKc-. Herbert G. Squiers, secretary ofthe United States Legation a: Peking: Mrs. Squiers,

Miss Squiers. G. B. Sherman. Miss Blanche Sher-man. Mrs. John Kerr Tiffany. Miss Tiffany. Lieu-tenant George J. Holding, U. 8. A.: LieutenantRalph B. Parrot*. U. S. A.: Lieutenant GrosvenorL. Townsend. Dr. and Mrs. Jay and Theodore M.Sayboldt.

TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS.Among those booked to sail on the steamer Meea-

ba txr London this morning are Lieutenant F Ctic-chini, Italian Royal Navy; Colonel A. G. Pawle.

Bert C. Thayer. Colonel C. Jarvia and Mr.ar.d Mrs.Charles A. Ellis.

DENIAL THAT CECIL RHODES IS ILL.London, Dec. 20.—Inquiries made to-day at the

offices of the British Chartered South Africa Com-pany elicited a denial of the report from Cairo that

Cecil Rhodes, managing director of the company,is ill.

PROF. SCRIBNERS SUCCESSOR CHOSEN."Washington, Dec. 20— W. J. Spillman. of Pull-

man. Wash., has been selected to siicce^d Profes-

sor F Lamson Pcilbast as agrostologist of trieDepartment of Agriculture. Mr. Scribner will takecharge of agricultural work in tne Philippines.

ACCIDENT TO LORD FRANCIS HOPE.London. Dec. H T Mil Francis Hope has been

seriously injured, while out shooting, by the acci-

dental discharge of his gun. The charge shatteredhis ankle, but hopes are entertained that his fcotwillbe saved.

Mr. and Mrs. James M. Waterbury will hay» ahouse party over Sunday at Throg'3 Neck, theirplace on the Sound.

Gray. Robert L.Gerry. Howard Gray CyrilHatchG. B. Hoppin. F. C. Haverneyer C. Hitchcock, iPE. C. Hoyt. F. Hoyt. A. Harrison. C. HitchcockE. Iselln. L. Iselin. A. Isehn. E. Johnson, B. g*Johnson. De L. K. Jay. A. Jay. jr., Marshall R"Kernochan. PhilipM. Lydls.P. Llvermore. T. Uwrence. S. Larocque. G. Morris. Peter Martin.Alfoa3<sde Navarro. W. Hude Neilson r. J. Otis. CharSOelrichs. jr.. J. S. Rogers H. P. Robhins. RegnaSRonalds. H. P. Ro^era. jr.. F K. Stevens. \u25a0£"*£•Sands. C. Sands. H. Terry Reginald VanaerbijTCr3l? W. Wadsworth. E. C. Wilmerdiny. L.3. TVaifen. W. S. K. Wetmore, C. Witridge. H.H. Boye,^M Harper. Gould Hoyt and H. Markoe.

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PERSONAL NOTES.Omitting petty princes, there are In Europe three

emperors, fourteen kings, seven grand dukes arid

four dukes— In all. twenty Of these only

eleven at present have children to follow them,

while two. if not three, require an act of settle-:ment. The King of Serrla has a iheirs at all: the

j Grand Duke of Hesse's nearest male heir is con-nected with him only throng* Philip the Magnani-mous, who died in 1567: and the young Duke of'Saxe-Coburg-Gotha's heir Is the Kin? of Portugal.'In the last case there la of course, every .proba-bility of an early marriage and issue. Of *n« «?,perors. only the German has a son. ™}^Lheir is a brother, and the heir of Austria a "*?*;";

;Among kings. Edward VIIand, the tonps o* I*£mark. Greece. Portugal and Sw- <\*;n nave -on*

The kingdoms of Bavaria. Belgium.„""SutiSaxony and Spain would, as matters are. »v wnear relatives. The heirs of Italy ar

* tne Ne«<^lands are cousins, the matter being c ™^catea m

the latter case by the fact that the co noit a0

'f

ready a reigning sovereign the Grand DSB»Weimar. The heir of W urt^nburs »*]g2

remote relative, who is connected withi tae »j»only by their common descent from a prince »

died In 1737.

The Rev. W. G. Herder, pastor of an ImTepeWM*

church in Baiter, a suburb of London, c" a "

cepted an invitation from the Hartford™Mi°!['Seminary. Hartford. Conn.. and from mum in

logical Seminary, in this city, to give short courseof lectures on special themes in hymnology- 2(\u25a0•ares for Union Seminary are May \u25a0-

asiA is. «^for Hartford Seminary May 16 and i:\u25a0 I*~1*~ t̂tmutually convenient dates can be secured, ne

be invited to repeat tho lectures before _ '^erEngland Conservatory of Music Boston- «theological and musical

*institutions arenes

ntinjt for the repetition of U» le<'tu"*ology

Horder la the highest, authority onamong the Congregation:! lists of asarul rarks second only to the Rev. John Junan^a Brit authority on that subject. H's.TnSsSssaim has been to \u25a0 it-vat the standard of «-"™L0;congregations as related to the literarj Qw7hoM«hymns and the music adapted to

*h«?- thV*dav ofthat there is a new era In hymns. V h« form

°rhymed prose is over, that poetry in-^/enure*hymns is being furnished for the use of thr r̂

Ceivla

in a degree unknown, or .known bTST £*».

earlier days: that a hymn snould be a '"< pu*

that the all of one writer has given place to «_best of many, that quality and vartetj a«i?siWIngly the characteristics of modern h; a^'coffl

-that a really good hymnbook ought toN- apar.ion to the New Testament. He says: .«

&,handed a copy of my own hymnal ™ a «J-puished Roman ecclesiastic who has Wm9*£^gduced some living: hymns, and as he Vv \u25a0 Ire-pag.s he exclaimed, 'But thia }*£**!?\u25a0, *\u25a0•plied. "What right has it to be there unless »poetry?"

"

General Smith, of the Philippines, has recom-mended Private Helntz. of the Medical Apartmentor the army, for a medal of honor as a revraru

ofheroism at the battle of Ganda River. I-"1

"Samar. Helntz fought .8 leng .**_.% a bi« »»\u25a0while shot through both arms «d_^La taint**slash in the back. After recovering from £tl9spell, with both arms in sUnn. <;?

'"rirVive at

work of carrying the wounded till they arm*

Calbayog. r>hila-Blshop O=l W. Whlitaker (Episcopal), of I"

delphia. who has been seriously 111 with congest**

of the brain. Is recovering. ,

Robert L. McCormiek, who has fust been «*£president of the Wisconsin State Historical society.

was born at Frankhaver.. Perm.. and began

hn?iness career in the railway service J.^3uThomson, former president of the Pennsyi^a"system. :

The Czar \u25a0 reported to have advised the wit

rirawal of the sat-conmnmlcatlon wonounced or 'Holy Synod against Count Tolstoi. Theirea.assigned Is that, in the event of Tolstoi ad. r;refusal to bury him in consecrated ground* »\u25a0*

cause a popular uprising.

NEW-YORK SOCIETY.This has been a week of debuts. Each day has

witnessed the presentation of several young girlsto society. Two more, bolder than the rest, se-lected Friday for the purpose. While Miss EdithPoor was introduced at a dinner dance given by herparents, at their .house in Lexington-ave., MissElsie Waterbury made her debut at a theatre party

which was followed by a supper and dance atSherry's.

The same sobriety with regard to floral decora-tions which characterized the ball given by Will-lam C. Whitney on Tuesday last, was noticeablelast night at the dinner dance of Mrs. Poor, whosehouse, formerly occupied by Cyrus W. Field, is sofullof art treasures and so beautiful inits decora-tions that the customary display of flowers would

have been superfluous. Dinner was served at smalltables, the guests being fifty in number, consisting

chiefly of young people, friends of the debutante.who was arrayed in a frock of white tulle, trimmedwith lace and white satin ribbon, while her motherwore, a gown of red velvet. The guests includedthe Misses Elizabeth Tuckerman. Muriel Rabbins.Anna Dodge. Mary Gurnee. May Haddin. Mary

Harriman. Chloise Hatch, Julia Hoy:. Gwendolyn

Burden. Natalie Knowlton. Elizabeth Morton, Vir-ginia Osborn. Natica Rives. Helen Roosevelt, Jes-

sie Sloane. Caroline Wilmerdlng, Sybil Kane. HelenBarney. Catherine Dodge, and the Meases* Beek-

man Hoppin. Grosvenor Nicholas. Ashbel Barney.

James Barney. Richard Talbot. Henry F. Godfrey.

Sumner Gerard. Henry G. Gray. I.Townsend Bur-den. Jr.. William Burden, Francis Kinnicutt. B.

Victor Loew. Percy R. Pyne. 2d. Eugene S. Willard.

Francis M. Weld, Erskino Hewitt. John F. Tal-

mage. Eugene Hale. Francis Barnes and Richard

M. Derby.Sherry's orchestra played during the dinner and

throughout the dance, which took place in the beau-tiful new ballroom, the cotillon being led by Schuy-

ler Schleffelin. dancing with Miss Poor. The favors

were very pretty, and consisted of fans, scarfpins.

paper boas an.l 'muffs, hair ornaments, paper caps,

tinsel necklaces and orders and boutonnleres.More th in a hundred additional guests were asked

for the dance. They comprised the Misses Clare

Bryce Beatrice Crosby, two of the Misses Cryder.

Alice de Golcourla. Ella de Peyster. the Misses

Edwards Louise Gallatin. Edith Greenough. Kath-

erlne Grinncll, Dorothy Hinckley. Hester G. Hone.

Edna Loew. Wenonah Wet more. Edith Post. Kath-

erine Pratt Dorothy Rand. Natalie Schenck, Rosa-

mond Street. Edith Lounsberry, Urllng Harper.

Janet Fish. Edith Clark. Catherine Dix. EleanorMorris, May Soley. Helen Stevens. Gertrude Wood.

Mamie Pomeroy. May Edwards, the Misses Olin.the Misses Florence Twombly and Emily Taylor

ami Thatcher Adams. Charles C. Auchinclosa, C.

Russell Auehlncloss, John Auerbach. George Baker,

jr.. the Messrs. Babcock. Henry G. Barbey. JamesL Breeae. the Messrs. Barlow, Lathrop Brown,

Arthur O.'

Choate. John Crosby. Sheldon Crosby.

R. Bayard Cutting, F. Ashton tie Peyster. William

M D he Peyster, John Dix. E. Dodge, Goelet Gal-

latln. Rodman Gilder. Henry C. da Rham. the

Messrs. Harper. Ambrose Henry. Charles W. Gould.William Greenough. Morln Hare, William W. Hoff-

man F. Burrall Hoffman. Francis L. V. Hoppin.

Lythe Hull. George Hull. Phccnix Ingraham. Ernest

Iselln. Robert Monroe Ferguson. Hugh Mlnburn.

Julian Peabody. J. Cowper Lord, Pierre Lorillard.3d. Palen Snow, Bertram Cruder, Ralph Ralnsford.

J. Preston McAnerny, Oliver Macy, Henry Marcoe,

Charles T. Matthews. A. Gordon Murray,

Rudolph Neeser. Kenneth Robinson. Moncure Rob-

TS^Va^&tfe" T«re IsS£t£Stuart \V-\lke- Harold Weekes. Arthur Weekes.Lucius WUmVrdm*. jr.. Coster Wihnerdln.. Guy

Cary Howard Cary, Lawrence Rand CrawfordBlagden, the Messrs. Haggin.Louis de KovenMarshal Kernochan. Francis K. Stevens. DanoBraman Robert Goeiet, Ogden Reid. Gordon Doug-

las Walter s Gurnee. -'-i. William Paterson Ar-thur nixie Arthur Derby. Chalmers Wood Alex-ander Pratt James L. Soutter, 2d. George Morgan.Richard Thorndike. S. Haskel Derby an.i Schuyler

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InMr.1 nMr. nor Mrs. Waterbury was present at

the entertainment at which their daughter. EUrie,

made he- debut last night This was owing to thefact that they are In light mourning, and theirdaughter-in-law. Mrs. Lawrence \Vaterbury <Iklthe honors in their stead, and chaperoned MissElsie The members of the party met at Sherry's

\u25a0it 7;30 o'clock, were conveyed In electric stages

thence to the Lyceum Theatre, alter which theyreturned to Sherry's, where a stated supper wasserved In the reception rooms adjoining tile ball-room in which dancing took place afterward.Among those asked by Mr. and Mrs. Vaterbury to

take Dart in their daughter'! debut were Mrs. JohnJacob Astor, Mrs. Cooper Hewitt. Mrs. CorneliusVanderbilt, Mrs. Egerton Winthrop. Mrs. Laden-burg Mrs Stanley Mortimer. Miss Gladys Brooks.Miss' Barker. Miss Babcock. Miss L. Bryce. MissBeekman. Miss E. Barrymore, Miss Cutting. MissCryder, Miss Dodge. Miss Edgar, the Misses Ed-wards Miss Fish. Miss Gerry. Miss Haven, MissBeatrix Hoyt. Miss Hall, the Misses Isettn. MissFernochan, Miss Livingston. Miss Metcalf, Miss L.B. Marshall, the Misses Mills. Miss Newbold. MissKathleen Nellson. Mis? Lily Oelrlchs. the MissesOlln. Miss Parish. Miss Twombly. the MissesThayer Miss Perry. Miss Webb. Miss V.". Wetmore.Mss Whittler,. Miss Caroline Wllmerdine, H. G.Baibey. J. P. Benkard. H. W. Bull. J. D. Baldwin.S D. Babcock, Jr.. W. P. Burden. August Belmont,jr.. A. do L. Coster. J. de Wolfe Cutting, theMessrs. Cross L. B. Clark. Bertram Cruger, R.J. F. Collier, E. Dodge. G. Emmet. G. Francklyn.J. C. Gray, jr., Le G. Grlswold. Austin Gray. Albert

Mr. and Mrs. G«">r?e F. Huff gave a box partyto-night at the National. In the party were MissCarolyn Huff, who has just returned from boarding

school for the Christmas vacation, ami RandallHagner.

Mrs. Richard H. Townsend gave a box party at

the National to-night. In the party were MissTownsend and a small number of young friends.

Senator and Mrs. Burrows entertained at dinnerto-night Senator and Mrs. Elkins, General andMrs. Miles. General and Mrs. John M. Wilson. Colo-nel and Mrs. Fleming and Representative and Mrs.Joy.

Senator and Mr?. Foraker have issued invitationsfor the wedding reception of their daughter Julia,

and Francis King Wainwright on Wednesday, Jan-uary S, at 12:30 o'clock. Only a family gatheringwill witness the ceremony.

The leap year cotillon, for which Miss HiklesardeMcKenna. Miss Lydia Lortng, Miss Helen Be!l.Miss Isabel May and Miss Caroline de Peyster formthe committee, will be h-^ld at the New Willard onJanuary 18.

Mrs. Asplnwall gave a tea yesterday to meet M!?sMargaret Worth Hubbeii. daughter of Major Hub-hell. Mrs. Woolaey Aspinwall, Miss Anna Breek,Miss Hoebllng, Miss Marie Barnes and Miss HelenJohnston were in the receiving party.

Mi.^s Minna Cromwell, daughter of Rear Admiraland Mrs. Cromwell, ard Ensign Needham LeeJon<=s, V. S. N.. will te married at the Church ofthe Ascension on Tuesday. December 31. Miss Cyn-thia Richards wlilbe maid of honor, and the MissesJuda Scott and Alice Hyatt, of this city; EllaHuher and Fsreli* Willouehby. of Philadelphia,the bridesmaids. Ersii-n S. C. Hart win be the be?tman, and Ensigns Watts and Houston. LieutenantsC. H. Poor. Edward McCauley, jr..and J. H. Roysand Paymaster J. H. Merriam the ushers.

Mrs. W. W. Finley. wife of one of the vice-presi-dents of the Southern Railway Company, will give

a dance for her daughter at Rauscher's on Decem-ber 30.

AT THE WHITE HOUSE.Washington, Dec. 20 (Special).-President Roose-

velt received only a few callers this forenoon be-

fore the Cabinet met. Secretary Gage called by ap-

pointment at 9:30. and remained with the President I

until after the CrfMnet meeting. Among the early

callers were Senators Hanna and Penrose. Repre-

sentatives Graham, of Pennsylvania, and Hamil-

ton, of Michigan: Commissioner MacFarland. Regis-

ter Lyons of the Treasury, and Harry B. Kirtiand.Mrs. Roosevelt will hold a public reception M

women to-morrow from 2 to 5 o'clock. She will

he assisted by the women of the Cabinet, and will

have with her a number of young women.Mrs. Roosevelt has issued invitations for a tea

on Monday, from 4 to 6 o'clock, to meet her sis-ter. Mlrs Carrw. who arrived at the te KoJse

last night, find willremain through the holidays.She has been abroad several years, ana onij re-turned a few days ago. .-._-..

Leavinc his office this afternoon about 4 ociock,

President Rooseveli started for a walk. H«wdressed in a bla-k sack suit, with tan shoes

slouch hat and no overcoat. Few persons seemedto recognize him. On Pennsylvania-aye. ne nar-rowly escaped being run into by a messenger boy ona bicycle. The President was not at all flurried,

and soon returned to the White House.

THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.

Washington, Dec. 20 (Special).— Lady Pauncefotereceived at her first at home this afternoon, whenonly a tew visitors called. Assisting in the recep-

tlon of the guests was Mrs. Crackanthorpe. wifeof the Third Secretary of Embassy.

Frederico Alfonso Pezet. Charge d'Affaires o.Peru, will change the home of the legation to a 1

house at Twenty-first and O sts. this wees.

.VOTES OF SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON.>

Washington. Dec. 20 (Special).— Among the col- ;

lege boys who have returned to Washington forthe holidays are Elihu Root, jr., and Edward W.Root, sons of the Secretary of War. They will re-tarn to Hamilton College after New Year's Dny.

The Secretary and Mrs. Root to-night attended a jdinner given by the Assistant Secretary ot War jand Mrs. Sanger at their home In Vermont-aye.

Mrs. Johr R. McLean entertained at luncheon ;this afternoon.

About Teople and Social Incident*.

TARIFF OOWCEB6IOVB TO FILIPINOS.Coincidently with the passage by the House

of Representatives of the bill imposing theDingley rates of duty on goods from the Phil-ippines' comes the report of-the Philippine Com-mission recommending a reduction of 50 per

cent in the imposts on tobacco, hemp, sugarand other products of the islands. Probably, if

this recommendation had been before the lead-ers of the House when they prepared the pend-

ing measure, or at any time while it might havehad consideration before the final vote, some

change would have been made in the bill to

conform to the needs of the islands as setforth by those best acquainted with their con-

dition. The fight that has been successfully

made on the constitutional question involved inthe Foraker act for Porto Rico was to establishthe power of Congress to deal with the outly-ing possessions with a perfectly free hand as

their interests might require, unhampered by

our own domestic revenue and administrativesystems. The object wns not to build a wall to

shut our dependents out f 'om reasonable ac-

cess to our markets. In Porto Riqp. after theForaker act had served the purpose of estab-lishing that freedom and furnishing neededimmediate revenue in the island until a schemeof Internal taxation could be perfected, its im-ports lapsed, and the Porto Ricans now enjoy

free entry for their products to this country.

It is undoubtedly necessary to pass a tariffbill applying to goods from the Philippines.They have rates of duties on imports from for-eign countries different from our own. We al-low other nations to trade with the Philippineson the same terms as ourselves, and are boundto do so if we would have the privileges of theopen door in China. If we maintain no customhouse through which Philippine goods mustpass, the imports of Europe and the Orient intothe Philippines can be brought on here withoutpaying duties at our established rates, and ourwhole revenue system can be put in confusion.This is not a question of the protective tariffor of Republican policy. T'nder any party, withprotection or so-called free trade, a large ©art

Thomas Sturgis. Mr. Low's selection for FireCommissioner, held that office for a time underMayor Strong and made an excellent record.He is a business man of large experience and

the highest reputation for integrity. He can beimplicitly trusted to break up the scandalouspractices which under Scanneil have made thecity pay unreasonable prices for (supplies, andextorted from merchants as commissions forfavorites their fair profit on sales to the city.

The president of the Department of Taxes andAssessments is to be James L. Wells, who was

the fusion candidate for President of the Bor-ough of The Bronx. He is a prominent real

estate man and is well qualified for his new

work. Mr. Low's Republican appointments

fully measure up to the standard set by hisearlier Democratic selections.

BEFVBUCAHS IX THE CITY GOVERXMEXT.

Mr. Low yesterday announced the names ofseveral of the members of his official family

selected from the Republican wingof his sup-

porters. They will be received with approval

both by their party and the general public.Some time ago the Mayor-elect gave it to be

understood that in making appointments, otherthings being equal, he would prefer the activeparticipant in politics and worker for the over-

throw of Tammany to the person who holds

aloof from the hard work of campaigns. Hehas with good reason now taken several of hisassistants from the ranks of Republican work-ers. The organization supported him earnestly

and furnished the majority of the votes neces-sary for his election. It has made no claims to

patronage, and has kept its pledge to uphold Mr.Ixiwwithout regard to the distribution of loaves

and fishes. Mr. Low recognizes the Republican

party, however, as one of the necessary props

of a successful administration, and naturally de-

sires its co-operation. He also sees the pro-priety of taking some of his assistants fromamong the active organization men of ability

and integrity. In so doing he serves not only

his own immediate purposes as head of the city

government, but tends to promote honest poli-

tics in all parties. The idea that good govern-

ment is not to be looked for from active party

politicians is one of the most harmful ever circu-lated in the name of reform. It tends to turn

the management of parties over to the bad ele-ments in them, and to create organized oppo-

sition out of what might under proper leader-ship have been powerful assistance to reforms.

The old type of district leaders which at one

time disgraced the Republican organization in

this city has been givingway before the work

of earner and honest men to place the control

of their districts in worthy hands, who woulduse party power for the public benefit. One ofthe leaders in the Scht against the old selfish-ness and corruption is MoDouenll Hawkep,

named for L>ock Commissioner. He is a districtleader who stands for thn progressive policy ofPresident Morris, and has won his district away

from the old Tammany Republicans. His busi-ness and personal reputation mark him as a

man excellently equipped to discharge the dutiesof the office to which he has been named. Will-iam R. Willcox, who is to be Park Commissionerfor Manhattan and Richmond, and doubtlesspresident of the Park Board, is not a districtleader, but he is an energetic party worker. Hewas the Republican candidate for Congressagainst O. H. P. Belmont last year, and in a

heavily Democratic district made a strong cam-

paign and greatly reduced the Democratic ma-jority. Mr. Wilicoi is a lawyer, has been inter-ested in East Side settlement work, and is ex-pected to devote much attention to the question

of small parks. He can also doubtless be

trusted to take an enlightened view of thelarger questions of park management and con-

tinue the development of Central Park in har-mony with the ideals of landscape art which in-

spired Olmsted in creating it, but which have

not been faithfully followed ny Tammany. Itis understood that Mr. Willcox was not a candi-date for any office under the city administra-tion, and reluctantly consented to accept Mr.Low's invitation.

save way. but that vastly more serious mischiefthan has yet been discovered did not result.

We hope itis safe to assume that no such lack,t care and system willbe tolerated or even be

conceivable hereafter— that there will never be

occasion for giving effect to the grand jury

declaration as to The limits of leniency. If its

recommendations are followed the bridge, whichI? now found to be safe, though at some points

the present strain leaves little margin, will

remain safe. If. as is said, the examinationsmade since the break last summer have not

been exhaustive, there should be no delay in

ascertaining the exact condition of every part;

and in the future a system of competent Inspec-

tion at frequent intervals, probably under thesupervision of an engineer who has no other

duties to perform, ought to be established.Nothing less than that is an adequate safe-

guard. Indeed, common sense would require as

much as that ifproperty interests alone were atstake. We observe that Commissioner Shea ispleased to interpret the action of the grand jury

in making a presentment Instead of finding an

indictment as a "vindication."' It was hardly

necessary that he should give the community

another reason for being glad that he is about

to be retired, but that is just what he has done.

Itmay be hoped that no future incumbent of

bis office will be so situated as to rejoice in

such an escape.

Mrs. Jenkyns—lsee Mrs. Hootong is (Ping tohave "King Lear" at her next private theatricals.

Mrs. Newrich (furious with envy)— ls she? Theattected thing. Do you know, 1 don't believe he'sa real king at all.—(.Til-Bits.

A young Philadelphia man gave a Klondike din-ner the other evening. The dining room was ar-ranged with canopies of rough canvas to give theappearance of a tent. The table was of rough hewnboards, and there was no covering. A tin plate

was at each place, and the plates were flanked byknives, forks and spoons of the cheapest variety.All the guests were invited to come in Klondikecostume. The men wore flannel shirts, and thewomen were dressed as suited their individualtastes. The butler who served the dinner worehigh boots, and slapped the food down at eachplace in true miner spirit. Nothing but beer wasserved to drink, and as there were no glasses theefforts of the guests to drink from the bottleswere weird in the extreme.

Fooling Diamond Expert-.— "l am convinced thatfew people know anything about diamonds., no mat-ter how much th>'y may pose as experts," said :iyoung business man yesterday. "A recent experi-ence of mln<- has forced me to this conclusion. Ibought, as a Christmas present for my wife, a

brooch containing a cluster of diamonds, and tookoccasion to show it to several of my friends at the.club. They examined it very closely, looked wise,

and then started to show me where my judgmenthad been at fault. Every man in the crowd seemorlto be a diamond expert. By the time they had gotthrough Ireally felt as though Ihad been buncoed,

and was considerably depressed. Next day Igotto thinking the matter all over, and came to theconclusion that my friends had been talking ofsomething they knew nothing about. At any rate.Idetermined to make a test. Iwent to one ofthose imitation diamond stores, and tor 50 centsbought a brooch, which Iplact si in the box that

hart formerly contained the real one. AgainIwentto the club, and announced to my critical friendsthat Ihad taken th.tr collective advice, anrt bypaying an extra $50 had exchanged the. brooch inwhich they had picked so many flaws. They all

agreed that the 50 cent bauble which Ishowedthem was a great improvement over the other, andwhen Itolcl them of the trick Ihad played onthem they wouldn't believe me. To a man theycontended that they couldn't be fooled on dia-monds. Now Ifeel better Batlsfled with my pur-chase.—(Philadelphia Record.

Dr. J. E. Rothrock. the Pennsylvania State Com-missioner of Forestry, believes that he has founda place In the Pocono Mountains where consump-

tion can be cured. "Through private subscription,"

he says. "I was able to send to Reslca a man re-siding in Philadelphia who was In the last stage

of consumption. He was so weak from the diseasethat he could hardly stand a minute. This wasIn July. Now the man can walk six to ten milesa day. and does so without exertion." It Is th<»idea of Dr. Rothrock to show that Pennsylvaniapossesses in the Pornnn belt a climate of benefit to

consumptives.

Eastern Ignorance.— Drummer (on Western ex-press—Your deal. What makes you so nervous?

Mr. Gotham— l'm afraid I'llget carried past my

station. •

Drummer— Where do you get on?

Mr. Gotham— Chicago.— (New-York "Weekly.

"The Watchman" (Baptist), of Boston, which re-cently declared that the question of Sunday liquor

spiling in this city should be decided by local op-

tion, declares that this does not imply an approval

of Sunday opening, because It believes that New-York would decide against Sunday opening.

A Gentle Touch.—" 'Do unto others as you would

have others do unto you." said Markley. "That'sthe golden rule, and Ibelieve In it, too. Don't

"Well," replied Borroughs. "ifIdid I'dbe offer-ing to lend you $10 this minute."— (PhiladelphiaPress.

"Whenever the question of liquor Is raised." says

"The Wine and Spirit Gazette," nt this city, "an

outspoken hostility of the organized labor move-

ment to the liquor interest la manifest at once.

\u25a0We may regret this hostility, but ItIs there. Th«

organized liquor trade of the country Is humiliat-ing and stultifying Itself in seeking an alllanca

with a body of men so outspoken In their hostility

to the cause of personal liberty as the labor leaders

are."

THE TALK OF THE DAT.

Paris, the city of pleasure. Is under a blanket

of snow. But benoath the mantle Itpersists In

Its payety. Its restless activity. Its pulses arenot stopped or even slackened. So of New-York!n thfl West of winter weather. A true metropo-

lis cannot b« overcome for many days by tem-

or even the most adverse of weather

niiF<-han<-es.

A police oaptaln who squeezes a poolroom

graft into an Icebox Is entitled to credit. Chap-

map holds the blue ribbon of the refrigerator.

No other wearer of the uniform ventures to dis-puT» his l<»ao>r«hlp.

The furious Impatience which CommissionerScanneil of the Fire Department expressed afew months ago to appear before a Jury of his

peers and prove his Innocence of the charges

against him seems to have cooled amazingly

with the lapse of time. When he was first in-

dicted, nothing could burn more fiercely thanthe flames of his virtuous rage. He was all

ablaze with Impetuous zeal to meet his accusers

and put them to flightIn confusion and dismay.

But there has been an election since then.

According to the figures prepared by the Con-

troller, this city is a landowner on a great scale.

In this borough and in that of The Bronx New-

York holds the title to real estate valued at thetidy sum of a half billion dollars. And it Is by

no means "land poor" at that.

Dogs delight to bark and bite, whether they

are on show In Madison Square or at larg* else-

where.

THEY WERE NOT FARSIGHTED.

Could our Knickerbocker forefathers have Im-

agined how great a metropolis New-Amsterdamwould become in the first year of the twentieth

century they would have laid out all the streets

and avenues with the generous breadth of theBowery and Canal-st.

When the lines of Broadway from the lowerend of Manhattan Island to the northern ex-tremity, of Xassau-st. and of the thoroughfare

which formerly bore the name of Chatham-st..but is now the upper part of Park Row; of

Elm-st. and Marion-st. and many others whichmight be named, were mapped out, had thewidth of every one of them been allotted witha spacious and liberal breadth of beam, howmuch better off would be the New-Yorkers ofto-day! What a pity it Is that our well meaning

ancestors from Holland and from England didnot take larger views and a longer look ahead:

FOR THE SUNDAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS.

X Christmas story by Miss Mary E. Wilkins

will be a seasonable feature of The Sunday

Tribune to-morrow. Timely also willbe a finearray of pictures of scenes in Argentina, the

great South American State whose relations

with Chili have of late excited so much appre-

hension. The series of illustrated articles on

the National Guard will be continued with oneon the famous "Brooklyn 23d" and its stately

armory. Suburban folklore will receive an

Interesting contribution in the form of Indian.

Huguenot and Hessian legends of New-Ro-

chelle. The New-York Athletic Club will bethe theme of an enterfainiug illustrated article.

The artistic treasures of the White House, thePhiladelphia exhibition ofdomestic animals, Dr.

Greer's work at St. Bartholomew's and his rea-sons for declining a bishopric, and the mural

painting of the Pilgrims on the Mayflower, inthe Boston State House, are among other sub-

jects which will be treated with literary and

artistic attractiveness.Besides all these, there willbe the usual liter-

ary, musical, dramatic, social and sporting re-

views, household departments, miscellany fromforeign and domestic contemporaries, humor,

cartoons, special London and Parts correspond-

ence, and. of course, all the legitimate news of

the world, well gathered and well presented. It

will be- a capital paper for the Sunday beforeChristmas, which no one can well afford to miss.

ply because the commlssion-and perhaps the

povernm ent— takes it at its own word.

The gTand jury find from the evidence beforethem that The New-York and Brooklyn Bridgehas never been either regularly or systemati-cally inspected, and that its management In thisregard has l.«y no means been in accord withthat which would naturally characterize itsmanagement had it bet-n private property underthe control of a good business man charged withresponsibility for its safety. Methods of inspec-tion well known and even common among bridgeengineers have been whollyomitted, and we aresatisfied that if the bridge had been periodicallysubjected to a proper systematic inspection suchan accident as that of July 24 last would havebeen avoided. We further find that during theperiod under consideration such inspection ofthe bridge as did take place was made by car-penters, riggers, riveters and such mechanics,wholly undirecu-d and uninstructed as to

methods by any engineer, and that, too. at nostated time and at no regular intervals, andthat their so-called inspection did not in any

ca5 A include a comprehensive inspection of thebridge as a whole, even by such methods asmight suggest themselves to these mechanics.

So far as is known, the mechanics referred to

did their work ina satisfactory manner, and no

discredit attaches to them on account of thework that was left undone. But the quiet state-ment of facts which we have quoted is adecisive condemnation of the men charged with

The maintenance of an immensely importantstructure and responsible for the safety of allwho use it. When a large allowance has beenmade for the spirit of laxity which service

under the municipal government ha? too com-monly engendered, it still appears amazing thatnridge officials could have been so reckless. It< scarcely possible to think of another publicrust so well adapted to inspire a profound

cuse of obligation in those to whom it is com-mitted. Itseems as if the mere sight of the

vf. with the stream of traffic incessantlyflowing over it. would compel its guardians (o

l^erform their whole diity with the utmost vigil-ance. Yet the grand jury finds that it "has•nf-^-er been either regularly or systematically"inspected"— in other words, that the first essen-tial of prudent management has been deliber-ately neglected. Under the circumstances the\u25a0woj)der is wn that merely a few rods and bands

THE BRIDGE PREFEXTMEXT.The grand jury's presentment on the breaking

of suspender rods and cable bands on the Brook-lyn Bridge last July and certain conditionswhich that occurrence indicated is studiously

moderate in its tone and conservative in its

conclusions. The grand jury has not foundsuch proof* of -wilful" neglect as would de-

mand the indictment of those responsible forthe care of the bridge, but it calls the neglect"culpable." and admonishes all concerned thatthe circumstances which are now regarded asextenuating could not properly be so regarded

hereafter. The character of the neglect whichled to the rupture of rods and bands is thus

described :

But it does not appear that the commissionacted wrongly. On the contrary, it seems tohave done just what it should have done. Itwas not appointed to purchase a canal route orto offer a price for one. Ithad uo authority totell the Panama company that it was askingtoo much for its property and that the UnitedStares would be willingto pay only such or sucha price. Itwould have been not only undignifiedbut altogether improper for it to enter upon anybargaining with the Panama company, tryingto "beat down" the price it asked for its un-finished canal. There was really nothing for ittodo but to ascertain what the company wantedfor the canal and to report that to the Presi-dent, together with an opinion as to what, inits judgment, the canal was really worth.

The Panama company's grievance is thusreally against itself. Confessedly it asked morethan the price which it was willingto accept.That was suspected in this country at thetime, and the opinion was expressed here thatthe Panama company was "fishing for an offer"and was trying to get this government to com-mit itself to Itin some w«y. In that it did notsucceed. It tried to play too shrewd a gameand lost. Really, we cannot see that it is en-titled to much sympathy, certainly not that itscomplaint against the Isthmian Canal Commis-sion is well founded. If it really wanted to sellout to the United States Itshould have namedJts minimum price and should have abided by it.It is not becoming for it now to complain eim-

A GRIEVANCE AGAINST ITSELF.The Panama Canal Company seems to be try-

Ing to air a grievance which it thinks it hasagainst the United States Isthmian Canal Com-mission. It complains that the commissionwould not enter into a discussion of terms withit, but simply asked its lowest price for itsproperty and agreed to report that to the Presi-dent. There is no allegation that the commis-sion failed to keep this agreement. On the con-trary, the fact that itdid so seems to aggravatethe supposed grievance, since the commission'sreport of the company's asking price is supposedto have practically decided the case apainstPanama.

CUBATf ELECTION ARRAXGEMENTS.In another column of to-day's paper we pub-

lish a letter from Mr. Fidel G. Pierra reviewing

briefly his petftion to the Secretary of War for

a postponement of the Cuban election and a

reorganization of the election boards, together

with some salient extracts from his letter to

the Secretary of War in reply to the latter's

decision not to interfere in the matter. Mr.

Pierra will be pleasantly remembered by our

readers as one of the most conspicuous and

most esteemed Cuban leaders in the late revo-lution, and h)s representations upon this subject

are entitled to courteous and careful consider-ation. We cannot, however, regard his appeal

as altogether convincing. There are some de-tails of mattr-rs of fact upon which his testi-mony is not to be ignored. But neither can weignore the expert opinion and deliberate Judg-

ment of th» United States administrators whoare responsibly dealing with th" case.

So far as the general principles involved areconcerned, it does not seem posr-ible to agreewith Mr.Pierra, We do not for a moment sup-

pose that he and his blends, su;>i">rior!* of thecandidacy of General afaao, intended for om*

moment to involve the United States in anylocal faction feuds in Cuba- Nevertheless, ?uchwould surely have been the effect of n grantingof their plea. The T'nited States must, aboveall things, maintain an altitude of sin<'<>re im-partiality toward the various political parties inCuba, and when once a suitable dau* for flec-tion has been fixed and a representative elec-tions board constituted this government cannot

revoke or alter those arrangements to suit the*ends of some individual candidate. There Is noquestion that the Board of Scrutiny, to whichGeneral Maso's followers object, was Impar-tiallychoson. without regard to any man's can-didacy and before any candidate had been putforward. Mr. Pierra himself concedes that suchwas the case. That now. long after, it shouldhe reconstituted in the interest of a candidacywhich has since been developed is a demandwhich cannot be regarded as reasonable. If itwere granted there i*no assurance that anothersuch demand would not be made thr* next weekIn behalf of another candidate, and so on. withthe net result that there never would be any

election or any Cuban government.

It would never do to establish such a prece-dent of mingled meddling and delay. TheUnited States must keep itself entirely apartfrom the local Insular politics of Cuba, andCuba itself must proceed with the organizationand establishment of its own government at theearliest practicable date. This latter fact isstrongly emphasised by the urgent plea forimmediate commercial reciprocity. We believesuch reciprocity is much needed and should begranted. But Itis evident that the granting ofit would be much siraplih'ed and expedited ifCuba now had a responsible government of herown. Less factional Intriguing and more prac-tical getting down to the serious business ofself-government are what Cuba most needs.

Cf the revenn« of the United States must come

from duties on Imports. Ithas been so from

the beginning whether Federalists. WMg*

Democrats or Republicans ruled: and. with the

sphere of Federal taxation limited ac it is br

ihP practical reservation of general property

iax to the States, such duties will probably

be levied for a lonjr time to come. Now. if they

are to be levied at all. there must be no loop-

hole through which they can be evaded at

wholesale. Therefore, unless we are prepared

to impose our domestic tariff rates on imports

into the Philippines, both from the United*tnte

* and from foreign countries-and such

rate* are absolutely unsuited to comuuons and

co«t of living there-we must maintain a bar-

rier here. That barrier, however, does not need

to be raised to full height against products of

the islands themselves. Its purpose with re-

card to them should be rather to provide a

means of inspection of all froods from the Phil-

ippines so as to prevent fraud in foreign im-

ports and to furnish revenue needed for the

islands.The Philippine Commission is undoubtedly

the best judge of the revenue requirements of

the inlands and of what imposts can safely be

reduced and how much. It is also the best

iudpe of the political effect within its jurisdic-

tion of a tariff law. If. therefore, the commis-

sion believes that 50 per cent of the Dingley

duties on certain island products will,with the

increased trade likely to follow, furnish sulh-

cient revenue, and at the same time encourage

industry and tend to pacify the Filipinos, its

advice is entitled to most, respectful considera-

tion The Dingley rates can ingeneral be levied

on imports from or by way of the islands and

so meet ail requirements of the situation, and

at the same time lesser duties, amply sufficient

to subject all goods to inspection, can be levied

on products of the islands, the cultivation of

which the Philippine Commission desires to en-

courage. Ifby granting this request we can

teach Filipinos that peaceful tilling of the

soil pays much morp handsomely than bush-ranginc. we shall be solving our colonial prob-

lem and saving much money. The few inter-

ests that might possibly suffer somewhat by

the proposed reduction in duties are not to be

compared in importance with the whole na-

tion, which is concerned to establish peace andprosperity in the Philippines at the earliestpossible minute.

XEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 21. 1901.

3.mascmcnts.AMERICAN THEATRE-2—S:ls— Aristocracy.

ACADEMY OF MUSIC—2—*:I3—

'Way Down East.BIJOU THEATRE—I:I4— Auctioneer.BROADWAY THEATRE *—Tk» OhlVll*\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0* si-

the .-'•»«_ . <..•<-. i>t-,i'

-rARNEGIE HALJ^-2:3l>—rhrlstmas Coneeri -•*.\u25a0!.»- 1™

harmonic Society Concert.CAt-rVO— S:IS—S:IO—The UtUe "ucbess. .CRITERION THEATRE 2:15-«:»— Helmet c. >a

DAL-rS*THEATRE—2—S:1O—The Messenger Bc>-

tMPIRL THEATRE—2:IS-B*B-«eoBod In-.pj.pv THTATI'F 215

— —Alireof OH * lncer...r. .

GARRICKT

THEATRE—2:IS—B:3O—A Message «*—

HARLEM OPERA HOT*«;E—"

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New-Er.Rland Folks.HERALD BQCARE THEATRK-Z-^IS-Beaucalre.IRVING PLACE THEATRE— 2—Wllheim TeU—»3o—L»r

Helrathfrnarkt.KEITH'S

—Continuous Performance. „,, e.~, oua'itv

KNICKERBOCKER THEATRE—

2:15—

8:20—

Quality

LYCEX3I" THEATRE-2:15— Girl and the

MADISOX SQUARE GARDEN—B a. in. to 11 p. in.—Dog

MADISON SQUARE THEATRE—2— Liberty

MANHATTAN THEATRE—2:IS-S:2O-The Unwelcome

l-L-RRAY HILL 2-S—Tarnlnp of the *>»"*.£•NEW SAVOY THEATRE:—2:IS—*:2O—D'Arcy of the

OcarotNETV-TORK THEATRE:—2:I5

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—ricrodora.

PASTOR'S— Continuous Performance. -,-.,«_,»,- phPROCTOR'S FIFTH AVENUE—I:3O to 10:30— Pri-

vate Secretary and Varieties. ? f-- •_\u0084.«»

PROCTOR'S TWENTY-THIRD STREET—I:3O to 10.30—The Cycle -Whirl and Varieties. .

PROCTOR'S 125TH]

STREET— I:3O to 10:30—7-20-8 and

PROCTOr. S 'FIFTY-EIGHTH STREET— I:3O to 10:30—The SUM Alarm and Varieties.

THEATRE REPUBLIC——

8:15—

Under Southern EKies.

VICTORIA—2:2O—6:2O—The Marriage Game.•WALLACK'S THEATRE—2:ls—S:2O— Colorado.

3nbex to QVDocriisemcius,

Par". Col. Page. Col.Amusements 16 S-4, Furnished Houses toArncucoemtPiE ... .16 2] Let. country 12 «Autumn Resorts 12 4-5,Help Wanted la «Bankers & Brokers.. ls 2 Instruction 33 *-«

Board and Rooms. llltoet 15 *-•}Books & s»ub:icafce.lO $-* Marrinpes & Deaths. » o-jjBasinets Chances. . 15 i'. Miscellaneous « *-»Citations. 13 5'Ocean Steamers 15 --*City HotSU 15 4 Notice to Creditor. . .13 0Country Board 12 5; Xntic* of Plfsoiu- nCountry Property for i tion 15

»Sale 12 3-»: Proposals !••-

Divldecd Notices. ... 15 liPublic Notices 13 •"Long iElard Property iRailroads 13 6

lor Sale.. 12 I;:.:,iEstate 1" 3-4Domestic Situations iReal Estate for Sale. 12

_Wanted 15 "ißelUdom Notices ..12 5-«

Dane. rig Academies ..15 6 Savings anks 13-

I>resHnakins 15 <!School AKen.-!es 15 «Smployment Ac°r.- :Special Notices 9 «

ci«s 15 4 Sporting Goods 5 «European Advertise- 'Surrogate's Notices. .1- \u25a0

menu 11 2-6 Storage Notices 15 aFinancial Elections. .15 l|Teachers 15 <>

Financial Meetings. IS 2 Tribune Sub. Rates. 9 «Financial \u25a0 2 Trust Companies 15

-Foreclosure Sales ...16 8 To Let for BusinessFurnished Apart- I Purposes 1- 3

mmte to Let 12 ."Work "Wanted 15 6-4

3&a»^rk Sails &nbm&

SATURDAY. DECEMBER 21. 1901.

Some of those on the steamer La Bavete ft*here from Havre to-day, are Mr. and Mrs. R. B.

Hoffman. Miss G. L&Uaa Robinson. Mrs. G. L.Gladwin. W. C. Reick. Albert Alvarez. E. Reboulm.Baron de la Gote'lerie and Lazare Wcaat

X

FOREIGN— was a warlike demonstra-

tion of the populace of Buenos Ayres In front of |

the palace of the President; in Chili steamer? |have suspended their voyages Us order to be jleady for transport duty, if needed. \u25a0 The jtrial of Theodore and Laura Jackson (Ann jO'Della Diss De Bar) ended at the Old Bailey <

In London, both defendants being found guilty;}Jackson was sentenced to fifteen years' penal ;servitude and the -.voman to seven years'. jPeace advocates in England are becoming con- .vinced that Lord Rcsebery is the only Liberal ;statesman who can induce the government to jdiscuss the terms of peace to be offered to the •Boers; a steamer reached Bermuda from Cape |

Town with three hundred more Boer prisoners.

\u0084 it is sa?d that a -.veilknown German bankcontemplates opening branches in South Africa. \

DOMESTIC— Advocate General Lemly jand Solicitor Hanna, of the Navy Department. ;replied to Admiral Schley's bill of objections,and counsel for Admiral Sampson filed a protestagainst Admiral Dewey's opinion; Secretary

Long is expected to approve the verdict of the ;

court of inquiry to-day. =President Roose- ;velt summarily removed Appraiser Wilbur F. jWakeman <rom office, and Colonel George W. ,Whitehead will be appointed to succeed him. j• It was announced In Washington thatSecretary Gage will resign as soon as the Presi- |dent finds a suitable successor; Secretary Hay \u25a0

willremain in the Cabinet.'

CITY.—

Stocks were strong and higher.=j

Mayor-elect Low announced the appointment of {Thomas Sturgis as Fire Commissioner. Thomas \W. Kynes as Commissioner of Correction, j

James L."Wells as president of the Tax Board jand William K. Willcox as Park Commissioner jfor Manhattan. ===== Edgar A. Whitney was Iarrested because he refused to testify against !

Wardman Glennon; later he testified against Ihim. ===== Appraiser Wakeman made public :his letter refusing to accede to Secretary Gage's :request for his resignation. = The grand \jury renders a decision finding that the man- jagement of the Brooklyn Bridge was culpably,;though not wilfully,negligent in its care andinspection prior to the accident of last sum- i

mer. ===== Charles P. Chipp, the deputy col- jlector in the Bureau of Taxes and Arrears in jthe Controller's office, was held to bail and con- jfessed his thefts; it was discovered that a for- jmer employe of the bureau, who died severalyears ago, was short in his accounts.

=The'

building and site cf the French Hospital, inWest Thirty-fourth-st., were sold. ===== De- ;

tails for the improvement of the block front on ;the east side of Broadway, between Thirty-

third and Thirty-fourth sts.. were announced.THE WEATHER.— Forecast for to-day: Part- j

!y cloudy. The temperature yesterday: High-

est. 26; lowest, 17: average. 22.

THE Vf.ll.v THIS' MOSSING.

Booked to sail on the steamer Etruria to-day forLiverpool are Mr. and Mrs. 5. Bass, Captain R. J.

C. Eastwood. James W. Forsyth, Mr. and Mrs.

Frank Goodwin. Mr. and Mrs. James A. Gilleaj*?.George Herbert. Mr?. E. Nieoll. Miss F. -Mcol!.Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Onderdonk. Mrs. Louise B.Plunkett. W. Seligman and E. M. Seligman.

R. C. VANDERBILT GETS INHERITANCE.Reginald C Var.derbilt attained his majority

ve=terriay. nr.d under the provisions of Ml father'swill cam* into the possession of 57.500.G00. He isthe youngest of the sons of the late CorneliusVand'erbilt. He is a student at Tale. He came toNV'.v-York yesterday to attend to the legal re-quirements of taking control of his property. Hereturned to New-Haven last evening.

THE GOVERNORS RECEPTION.Albany, Dec. 20.—Governor and Mrs. Odell wt!l

give their annual reception to State officers andmembers of the legislature on the evening of Janu-ary 23 at the Executive Mansion. A small daacewillbe given on December 27 in honor of the Gov-ernor's son. Herbert Oiell. a student at ColumbiaT'nivf-rsity. Mrs. Odell's at home days have beenfixed for the f.-vilowine date?: January % 15 and 3and February 5.

Miss Nicoll gave a luncheon party at her house,in East Fifty-seventh-Ft., on Wednesday last. Tiedecorations were very artistic.

Mrs. Seth Barton French ha? arranged to give abridge whist tournament on January 20. and Mrs.H. De Berkeley Parsons has Issued invitations forone on Friday next.

Mr. and Mrs. William Rhinelander have Issuedinvitations for a large Christmas dinner party atSherry's on Wednesday next.

The second of the Junior Saturday CotUloni wjjjtake place to-night at Delmonlco'a, and Mr. an*Mrs. James Lawrence Breese will give a dinneparty this evening at their house, in West 3tx.teenth-st., in honor of Miss Julia Edgar.

James Henry Smith will spend the Christmasholidays at his cottage at Tuxedo.

Dr. and Mrs. Octavius A. "White give a party onJanuary 4 for their granddaughter. Miss ElizabethWinthrop Stevens.

A nother debut this afternoon willbe that ofMl«sVirginia Randall, <-t an at home given by hermother, Mrs. Russell Randall, at her hou3e. inEastThirty-fourth-st.

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