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A CHILDREN'S FESTIVAL.
PORTINATK LITTLK POLK BELP <>N
FAIRYLAND FAIR FOB CRIPPLES.
"Many an afternoon and evening have I spent in
this pla ■.■»." paid a prominent woman smilingly sur
.••corations of the baUroom at the U';w
dorf-A^: rla, wbt re yesterday and t..-day the Har
tor the beneiit of the Crip
pled Children's li. - - away, '"but
never b 1 liked it bett.-r than
-
Festoons of roses and evergreen and fancifully
fashioned paper blossoms reach from booth to
bootii and about tha piilars and arches. Christmas
tree* full of surprises— dainty little ribbon tied par
celscharming Mother Goose characters. Little Bo
Pe<=p and Peter the Pumpkin Eater, with the little
Oriental gowned water girls flitting everywhere.
make a fairylike setting for the throngs that
crowd from one attraction to another.
Children are much In evidence, not only the little
crippled beneficiaries of it all. many of whom are
■bout the booths and playing- in the kindergarten
of the model nursery, but hundreds of little visi
tors whose mammas have been interested in the
work. The little Bo Peeps, who in gay bonnets and
gowns stand in a daisy strewn meadow and draw
surprises from haystacks with their gilded crooks,
are a never ending source of delight to the little
people, and dimes and nickels are forever passing
over the rustic fence that separates this little cor
ner of Arcadia from the everyday ■world. Peter the
Pumpkin Eater, with a bit of yellow rind and
green stem for hat, and a very manly and business
like way of calling out, "This way to the magic
pumpkin; only 10 cents l chance." Is always the
<-entre of an admiring circle, and his small wife,
enveloped In a huge pumpkin with mammoth seeds
dangling about •'■• " preen and yellow hat. Is kept
busy handing- out mysterious parcels from the
pumpkin's spacious centre.
Little Chellah libels is one of the Bo Peeps, and
little Alice Dickson ancthr-r. Lillie Stevens, Doro
thy Quimby and Margaret Turke in turn are wives
of the cruel Peter, who kept his wife in a pumpkin.
MANY THINGS "ON CHANCE."
The *ight-months-old Irish terrier Alaginty,
»bo won a blue ribboa at. the last dog show, and is
now "on chance" at B. each, made friends with
everybody, aud tried to get out of his basket to
greet a number of visitors he seemed to regard as
old friends. There were "chances for chances"
galore, on turf favorites rex»roduced In tin and
mounted on a revolving wheel in lieu of a track;
on bric-a-brac and statuettes, and,, most thrill
ing oi all, on a '"real live steam launch." as one
s-ma:i boy described it, and an uy to late auto
mobile.
Hut the corner of the show that draws most peo
ple, and where they stay longest and respond per
haps moit quickly, is the booth filled with -wares
made by the little cripples themselves. There are
r.a.ndkf r.-hief. glove and card boxes, <scrap baskets,
sreenr, pillows and picture frames, toilet sets, dain
tily made corset covers, haj-idkerclilfcfs^ — almost
everything; in faot, that busy brains and lingers
"ould devise and fashion. The most ambitious tingle
Mccc of work, pernaps. is the bedroom set in
burnt wood made by a fifteen-year-old boy.
"The great message of this corner of the festival."
"aid Mrs. Arthur tliiot Fish, president of the In
dustrial School, "is that we have demonstrated
the possibility of making the school practically self
■upportlng. The boy who made this bedroom set
hiu> earr.< d $4 In the last few months. Of course.
a proportion of all earnings is retained by the chil
dren. The rest goes toward the support of the
school." Mrs. Fish's own table Is a sort of ealma
sur.di booth, and one of the most attractive. Every
thing, f.'..ra cut glass ware to bedroom slipper*.
may be found there.
Esau, the educated ape, who sits in an armchair
and eats with a knife and fork, is a source of
unending delight to the children, who crowd In to
**♦* him. Then there are the homemade cakes and
lilies at Mrs. Penfield's table, the tempting bon
bons at Mrs. Blood's, and. Indeed, an array of at
tractions too lavish to allow mention of. The spirit
Pervadir.g the whole is of generous goodwill, even
to the point of paying Jl 50 for tiny bunches of
violets and if) cents for a single carnation bou
ton nitre.
"But I really can't help it." explained one man
w ho had purchased lavishly from every one who
appealed to him: "You are all so generous and good
nature here. Why, it's in the air; it makes a
body feel Christmasllke." There were numerous
»*autlful costumes in the throng, that added to the
faia appearance of the festival.
9100.000 FOR A CIIUUCH.
The First Presbyterian Church of Syracuse,
"hich Is located In the business section of
*■•■ city, will occupy a plot vrhieh has been
Presented to It br James J. Balden, the
•vrner of the Hotel .Manhattan, New York.
'"" former residence in Syracuse will b«
•"d ■• a. parsonajce. In to-morrow* Tribnne.
BE KNEW WHAT HE WANTED.
A- small boy on his first visit to town received
'Tom a little city cousin a bit of new and wonderful
*ndy, of the highly colored, fantastically shaped
*°rt so attractive to the eyes of the uninitiated,
KaMher knew the name of the novelty, the little
donor explaining that she had bought it "Just by
*!*ht." but she pointed out the shop where It was
■ be had, and when next the small boy became
"•esasßor of a penny there was no doubt In his mind
M to its disposition. Marching proudly up to the
counter he planked down his coin. "I'd like to have
•■cent's worth." he announced, "a cent's worth of
*hat Susie got last week!"
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oray CLOTfi rn^Tr^rF;
"I wish." said the housekeeper, "that th<* re
signing of bouses was left entirely In tho hands of
women architects I don't suppose that they would
do the work perfectly, but thero .ire some BXChi
a which I feel sun- they would n"t
• ■I'mmit. if ,i woman wer« designing a h
nenl she would p< t m ime
oth< r women would have to spc. [ i . er part
of their tin-- In the kit.-h.vi. and >- c « she
would probably see that the room was niada as
nt as possible, and that the sink was not put
in the darkest corner, where no one would be aM»
apt by the Fens.' of touch, whether the
clean or not. She would also, let us
hope, put the sink at such a h<Mpht that backrtrhe
Itable every time the housekeeper
had to spend half an hour over it. ani we n
sure that, she would not i ;t hooks an i
shelves so high that the women and children w< . :
hn'« to stand on a ch;ilr or on tiptoe to res ;h
them. I sometimes won.ier If all plumbers are
short men and all carpenters tall, tha t the sinks
are so low and the hooks so high. Finally, we
could surely depend on the woman architect to
supply plenty of closet room. One would think
that even men would know enough to do this. "
Spealung of the infatuation o? part tits fur t;ie!r
children and the firm conviction of every young
mother that her baby In the moet remarkable child
that the world has ever s^en, a klndergartner re
cently expressed the opinion that such parental
pride Is rot so absurd as It appfars at first to be.
"The thoughtful observer of child llf« soon comes
to the conclusion," she saM. "that nearly all chil
dren are extremely Interesting and wonderfully in
telligent. B'-cnuse an adult Is uninteresting la no
reason for supposing that he was born in tl
fortunate condition and th;t hU fond n'.^'hr-r had
ro grounds but her own maternal folly for her ad
miration of his juvenile h
•■ Ices to re
duce all Intelligences to a fir-n-l io V n!, and U
ibly assisted assiduously
Spencer long ago called attention
to the fact that th<- effect r >f much that waa
education was tn destroy Intelligence, And. though
education has Improved enormously since thla w:is
written. It Ie still pretty successful at the buFlnesa
of destroying intelligence. Parents h*ve. also lin
proved considerably, but there Is room for ?<tin
further progr"=s. and most of them atlll labor un
der the del ision tnnt education is a thing whl'-h
can only be obtained from hooks, or, at least, in
school, from properly cci I teachers a ■
cordlngly they think It no harm to repress at homo
;ir>- manifestations of Intelligence or energy that
happen to be Inconvenient, or even unusual."
A f"hicago society called the Old Settlers' Asso
ilation the other day conferred a pold medal on
one Barbara Kolh. who had served in the
of one Chicago family for forty years, and with
the medal was presented a certificate of M. I.
("master domes=tic"i. In an Interview the woman
bald: "It is th<- domestic .)Uit" hs much as tli^
mistress who makes or mars the home, f I
the servant girls of America have ;i mission to t»-r
form: it is their duty to elevate the stai lard of
the kitchen."
That Is a nice, thoughtful, kind way some women
have of buying their household supplies at the va
rious philanthropic bazaars that are h-'ld, instead
of trying to make them. "I must go and get my
cup towels." said a handsome matron at a recent
festival. "When I found I must get som.- new
towels I wrote to the chairman of the h
booth that I would take half a dozen. lam going
to buy a shoe bag at the Pascal Fair; they make
very nice ones there. Another said: "I never
dream of going to a shop for face cloths.
bags, handkerchief cases or any of the hundred
little accessaries that women give each other on
Mrthd.-ns and Chrlstmases. Of course, I don't
wa.=te my time sitting down to make them, either.
I Just put my purse in my chatelaine bag and
•blow in' my money for the benefit of the 'Little
Mothers' or the Hebrew infants, or the crippled
children. They are helped, lam helped, while I
c into the bargain a pleasant sensati in of
having aided and abetted my friends in their phil
anthropic efforts. 1 think I kill several birds with
my one little stone, don't you'"
Itahau womanhood has asserted itself In a quite
unexpected quarter. In Verona, the olty of gentle
Juliet, the women have declined to remove their
hats at the Ristori Theatre, though requested to
do so by no less a person than the prefect of the
town 'Their stubbornness am) selftahnesa brought
down on them a veritable blizzard of masculine
censure which resulted in the rebels being led from
the playhouse by the police, amid the Jeers of the
male portion of the audience.
Belgium has a toy dog that Is little known In
this country, which Is a pity, as it makes a charm
ing pet It is known as the "papillon." on account
of its butterfly ears. I'sually they wear their
ears erect, when they exactly resemble the out
si.read wings of a butterfly, but it is said they
suffer from stag* fright when photographed, SO
th'Vt a good picture of one of the tiny animals is a
rarit* Small as is the species, there is a dwarf
variety that is smaller yet.
"Women devote too much time to children when
they are little, forgetting that the mother 13 more
needed when the children are older and out in the
world says Miss Thomas, of Bryn Mawr. In
this one finds the real philosophy of the "new"
mothers who are studying to simplify the needs of
young children. Incidentally simplicity is better
for the child, but it Is absolutely necessary for
the mother who would not wear out her vitality
long before her life is the most needed for spiritual
guidance and sympathy in her own family. For a
woman to spend her time tucking toe lawn for a
TbUd seems foolish enough if one stops to think
now an hSur or two a day of some oroadening In
flSS," would be fitting her tobeareal companion
mSnIA"/women afaTnst allowing themselves to
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mad/! £»«? Companionship for her children.
NEW- YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 22. 1902.
POPCORN AS A FOOD
a DOMESTIC SCIENCE TEACHER BINGB
TTS PRAISES FI.OI-R A\f> CKREAI.S.
"Popi-orn is on* of the best foods we have; peo
ple don't begin to appreciate its value," said Mrs.
Mary D. Chambers, in the course of a lecture on
cereals to a class of women in domestic science
at th^ Library Building; in Brooklyn yesterday
And then, seeing the surprise on the faces of the
women before her. she went on: "Let your chil
dren eat all the popcorn they want. Jt contains
a valuable oil. has high calorific power, and is
mostly starch cooked thoroughly by high pressure
of steam."
"^Vhere does th« steam come from?" and "Are
popcorn balls gno.J food, then?" asked two stu
dents at once
"Popcorn.' said the lemirer. tackling the first
question first, "is made of corn with a great ex
cess of water in it. surrounded by a tough en
velope All the time the corn is in the popper
this writer and the r"=>ar from the fire combine tn
form steam When the pressure of the steam gets
so hlch the skin can't resist it any longer, it
hursts and the .-orn is ready to eat A? for corn
bails, they are a very good food, only a little J i.t
sprinkled over them is better than sugar or mo
lasses.
"The trouble with cereals as a food Is that they
are deficient in fats— that's why we put cream on
them. Don't believe what the manufacturers put
on their labels about the time necessary for cook
ing tha different oatmeals. The three-minute oat
meals never need less than half an hour."
"We cook ours all night." put in a slight woman
wan a mink hat. "We put It over the gas range
in a double kettle the last thing before we go to
bed, and the next morning it Is delicious."
"I make my breakfast of cereal and fruit." said
a email woman with eyeglasses, who had been
taking notes industriously. "Is that a good break
fast?"
"Capital," said Mrs. Chambers, "only you ought
to eat the cereal first and the fruit afterward. The
stomach is in a better condition to do its work if it
is first stimulated with the cereal, followed by
fruit. The ideal breakfast begins with cereal or
toast; next the proteine food— eggs, meat or fish —
last fruit. At the big hotels many people will be
seen to set aside their fruit till the last of the
meal. Somo people feel they can't eat breakfast
without first having had something acid, but this
is an unnatural taste. I should think, however,
that if ono had only a light luncheon at noon one
would get pretty hungry before dinner on a break
fast of cereal and fruit only. '
"My family insist on toast with their oatmeal,"
remarked a woman who had not spoken before.
"Good. Then there wouldn't be any doubt about
masticating the oatmeal enough. A New-England
habit— toast with cereal isn't It?" asked Mrs.
Chambers. And the woman had to acknowledge
that her husband was a "Down Easter."
Modern white flour," went on the lecturer, "rep
resents one way In which the advance of civiliza
tion has brought about retrogression Every one
knows that modern Hour la neither 80 wholesome
nor so palatable as old fashioned flour, although
its manufacture Is the result of the most scientific]
and skilful processes. Bakers' bread Is so taste
less one might as well eai paper napkins. Entire,
wheat flour represi nts the revolt from this starchy
food, but people are divided as to Its merits. Gra
ham flour Is simply bran added to the ordinary
white flour, and it is said that the flour is th«
cheapest and tne brat; the sweepings of entire
wheat. The poor teeth of the present generation
are attributed to the miserable flour we eat."
"Don't you think cutting off the crusts from
bread may have something to do with making
poor teeth?" suggested a large, motherly looking
woman.
"Yea and no." replied Mrs. Chambers. "Teeth,
need exercising as much as the other organs, but
the crusts don't furnish the missing chemical con
stituents that teeth re<iuir<\"
Continuing, Mrs. Chambers said that not all
breakfast cereals are very cheap. There is one.
that costs the manufacturer three-fourths of a
cent a pound to buy. which he ■Us at 12 cents a
pound. Another popular Mod. she said, was made.
of stale graham bread, Indian meal— any old thing
—mixed with molasses and toasted anl predlgested
to such an extent as to be unwholesome ' for
healthy persons.
-(The Lilies' Fi*!rt
ro
l K'/ARJ
Thin writ- veils are worn extensively, .«om«
having a three Inch border of lace. A few others
have heavy, black chenille dot*.
Many elaborate gowns, both tor carriage and
evening wear, are enriched by handsome silk em
broidery or Irish lace. No woman need fear coins
astray on the point of elaborate trimming. If
they are skilfully applied.
There la no wants* In the. popularity of white.
Never was so much whit* ihown In the shops. It
cornea In every fabric and d«;>lgn that li dainty
and beautiful, from sheer muslin, that is used In
many ways in winter, and crepes both In wool
and silk, to the fa .•■■■.. lace robes, cloths and
other rich weaves. White broadcloth. In pure
white, cream and Ivory, is far and away it; the
Wad for modish gown*, coats and wraps for the
winter.
In the "ready to wear" suits shown by all the
modistes are smart velvets, many of which are
black, but In the latter there are touches of color
in the trimmings and much lace For wear are
shown coats of Siberian squirrel skins, a novelty
of the season. These <-o;,ts are finished with er
mine or Persian lamb collars and rivers anl
lined with rich brocades. They are either in short
blouse or thi •■• -quarter length.
This Iberian squirrel fur is shown In many of
the hats, and some entire tnquea and hats are
made of It, and trimmed with some of the new
velvet fruits, Bowers or foliage, making the rich
est possible combination. in some instances only
a knot of warm toned velvet, plain or plaid with
an artistic buckle in old gold or Russian enamel
la added to these hats.
An exceedingly modish reception gown Is of
white doth, combined with chiffon and Irish
crochet. The skirt la untrimmed and box pleated.
but the bodice la elaborate and lovely. it is a.
blouse model, the open fronts being edged with the
lace, revealing a full vest of white chiffon. white
the sleeve* are pleated at the armholes. and fall
in loose points to the elbows, where they are
edged with the lace, which In turn falls over
under.sleeves of chiffon, drawn into hands or cuffs
embroidered in seed pearls. A stock and belt
embroidered with the pearls complete this eta
gant if own.
For visiting, receptions and all functions attended
In carriages; th» long coats of delicately colored
cloths and brocades are the correct thins They
are all made loose and ample, with i.i« sleeves.
thai permit slipping on and off with ease, and
nearly all are lined with whit»» silk, though a
few are lined with pale, harmonizing tints.
Wraps for later wear in winter, to be worn en
route to balls and the opera, are shown In er
niln>- and other white fur.
_
NEEDLEWORK AUCTION TO-DAY.
The art needlework creations from Oriental and
Latin countries on exhibition this week at the Silo
Fifth Avenue Art Galleries Include thousands of
color harmonies in rare tones, mellowed by time.
There are fin? specimens of the ancient retlcella,
mother of all picture laces, a soft, rich, square
meshed net, upon which quaint designs of men,
animals and ornamental detail arc wrought in
darning stitch. There is the One Sicilian embroid
ery in its own peculiar ruby tone, over cream, the
ancient punto tagliato, the Neapolitan Spanish,
Moorish and Maltese points; Grecian. Cretan and
Flemish laces, and examples of rip.' ne< die point
and Piombo work.
Then are also brilllantl) colored Turkish bro
cadea and satins, rich priestly vestments and chapel
and prif dieu hangings, with the quaintest and
raresi of Italian tapestries and wrought chair cov
erings. The display of rugs In this collection ranges
from the n:>-.-t. siiki. si Klrmenshah !■■ tbi heavi
est products of the nomadic looms. Contrasting
with these an superb salon carpets, covered with
the jewelled branches ol the tre< nd «oft
piled >i!k carpets from Eastern palaces and
harems, and rugs bordered with Inscriptions from
the Koran in solid gold and silver thread.
The entire collection was gathered and brought
over for the Bt. Louis Exposition, but. owing to the
postponement of this ev»-nt, is now on exhibition
and sale in this city.
The collection will be sold at auction to-daj
o'clock in thi- afternoon.
SECOND UOU AX TO TAKE DEGREE.
Berlin University has again conferred the degree
of Ph. D on a woman, this time a German, Anna
LOdertts, only the second of her nationality to
earn the honor, while three Americans have re
ceived the same degree at the university's hands.
Anna Liiderlcz's essay was entitled the "Proven
cal Theory of Love Among the Minnesingers of the
Slaufer Period."
VEGETARIAN" THANKSGIVING.
The Vegetarian Society of Philadelphia
him a church of it* «>« and maintains a
vegrtarlaD reitanrant for the benefit of the
poor. Menu of their Thank*a;lvins; dinner in
to-jiiorruw'» Tribnne.
JX T^BiNt^^n^r^ogtrv;
GOOD CHEER.
H«v* yon had a kindness •hownt
Pm It on.
'Twai not given for you «Jo«i«
P>H It on.
Let It travel down the years.
Let It wipe another * tear*.
Till In heaven the deed appear*—
PIM It OB
A WOMAN' 3 PRAYER.
Not mine to sing life's greater songs, but. Father,
may I be ,
Ir good attune if Thy dear hand should wake my
minstrelsy .
To little songs of common things, which wise hearts
know are best, .
To lullabies of babyhood, or love songs of the nest.
Just as a child who knows not how to form her
letter yet ...
Looks up from her long striving, perchan, c with
eyes grown wet, .
And lets the teacher hold her hand to write where
Fh<- could not —
So. Father dear T look to Tbee: define and shape
mv lot. .Alice Crary
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■with any other organization or publication
lining the word "Suiinhine.**
THANKSGIVING FUND.
y. U Palmer, of the Palmer Brothers Company.
New-London, Conn., has sent $." for Thanksgiving
cheer, and there will also he delivered to the gen
eral office his usual winter contribution of com
fortables from the New-Tork office of th*> tirm;
Mrs. M. F. Kichell, of Manhattan, t.as given $.". for
Thanksgiving cheer; In a tetter from Denver signed
"Granny," $1 was Inclosed "toward giving some
one a Thanksgiving dinner from a New-Tork boy
In a Rocky Mountain hospital"; in another letter,
from Brooklyn, tl was sent In the name of j. ssie
Howard Christie toward the Thanksgiving fund.
"to help to . . 'her t.> one or two little
children."
OTHER CHEER
S. W. Mcßwen sent $1 toward buying a cow for
the crippled boy In Alabama. Mrs. Belle McCauley
II for special fund
A GENEROUS DEED.
An Interested friend, who does not wish her name
used, has generously offered to assume the payment
of $12 a mouth for the support of little Harold
Clarke, a crippled boy it the Home for Crippled
Children, at No. 21« West Thirty-third-st., whose
sad condition was noted in the column on Novem
ber 11>. The m-asurer tor the home is Mrs. Wyatt
llannath. The Ami. i. .ii. Broadway and Eighty
thlrd-at., Manhattan, to whom monthly checks
should b« sent.
Mrs. F. I, Thompson, who kindly offered to be
one of twelve to support the boy, will be asked if
she is willing to do as much for another cripple, as
Harold ha.s already been taken care of.
NEW BRANCH.
President of the T. S. S. :
We have formed the Elm City branch of tha
T. S. S.. arid from our now society we hope to
organise many branches, that our work may be
permanent and of great .-■ to those in need of
help. i send you the list, of members: President,
Mrs. F. B. Walker; vice-presidents, Mrs. G. G. Pow
ning ami Mrs. Josephine Fitch; treasurer. Mrs.
F. H. Benton; recording secretary, Mrs. W. U.
W-Uuia:.. corresponding secretary, Mrs. S. H. Daw
son; board of directors, Mrs. S. A. Howe, Mrs. W.
P. Tuttle. Mrs. H. S. Woodruff, Mrs. F. K. L. key
and Mrs. Clifford Booth; members. Mrs. S. S.
AUum.s. Mrs. Wilson i.c.-. Mrs. S. J. Fox, Mrs. H.
B. Armstrong, Mrs. Don Thompson. Mrs. J. E.
TudU. Mrs. W. A. Harris, Mrs. A. O. Norton. Mrs.
J. H. bogaxt, Mrs. W. li. Qarde, Mrs. W. S. Garde,
Mrs. Carl Mears, Mrs. G. ii Butler and Mrs. A. A.
Cummins, Yours, for service.
SOPHIE I'II.KPONT DAWBON
Corresponding Jiccreiary.
No. L4J Dwlght-st., New-Haven, Conn.
A REQUEST i-""ii LETTERS.
There is an elf •...■ut of pathos In a letter received
from lira A. Wirih.-.. of No. 316 BeweU-ave., At-
Uiuic City, S J- Bhe says "Will you kindly ask
Home of your members if they have a spars moment
to write me once In a. while a cheering letter? My
lif« of sixty-six years has been one of many
troubles, and I am very lonesome, us I have no
friends here. I ask no favors, no presents a
Cheering litter now m.d men. 1 fee! that were are
many youd people In tni.s world who will be K'aii to
«ena a suiisiuny letter to me "
'liiere am so many i. S. 8. members who write
cheery, and therelore helpful, letters, that th«
president feels sun they win spare several moments
to man'- the lito of tins .>■!.•.> woman a little less
lonely.
CONTRIBUTIONS.
A new dressing sack came from "Manhattan," a
Bible and velvet pieces from Montclalr, N. J.:
monograms from Albany, scrapbooks from the
Crippled Children's branch, a Christmas offering
from "Mrs. li. and May," of the Hill branch;
"Good Housekeeping," without ■ name; a book,
bound handsomely in gold and white, from Mrs
George K. uishop; a •!..!!.. Mothers' " Christmas
•'- and picture frame from Miss Edith Broekett.
school book and ttower album, without a name- a.
box from Mrs. Henry Alien, of Connecticut; mono
grams anu utatnpa tor postage fund Irom "K. 1 1
'•• two tio\.* oi reading mutter from Somervilie,
N. J.; silk piects tul stamps from "A fr'riciul." si.v
beautiful siik book marks trom .\n _. A. J. Brown
ol New-liampanire; several package*) ot embroidery
.silks, without a name; a package of cards from
Julia Bennett, a box of uaimy Christmas cheer
from Mi a. M. lieavins. ..; the Dover (X. H.)
Branch -No. l. and a suawl from .Mrs. George Karl.
SUH.VAL M.I \i\ i SETTLEMENT.
Th« will i» i rummage sale on ih. Friday and
Saturday of Thanksgiving we. at the Normal
College Alumna Settlement at No. t4>; Easl Sev
enty-second -at. "Rummage, not rubbish, sale."
said on- ot the officers, m speaking of It "We
sell ail the hits, bric-a-brac, clothing, pictures,
etc., thai anybodj will stud us. expressage pre
paid, to the mothers of the neighborhood As we
sell for next to nothing, the buying; is brisk. Th.
little articles that have beer given one from time
to time, hut have since lost their significance, are
very acceptable •.. bright! up these other homes "
The Associate Alumnap of the Normal College
will give .i reception to the class of 'nj in the
college library on November 14, from 3 to 5 o'clock
On the same afternoon the school representa
tives* committee of the Associate Alumnw will
meet to decide on work with the science commit
tee, and Mrs. Rrittain, who has been -• active In
gathering geological, botannlcal and other speci
mens for distribution to the public schools will
Kive an address, riie work of the science commit
tee is the gathering and distribution of material
for nature stud} In the public schools. Six hun
« red classined speefmens from The Bronx will be
distributed on November IS.
THE TRIRI \F PATTERS
A TISBI X PAPRH PATTERN <)K WOMAN'S
HUNGARIAN DRESS SLEEVE, NO I.L'M
FOR 10 CENTS
Thai the sleeve makes or mars tin sown of
the season admits r no argument, it is the feat-
NO. 1.284-WOMAN* HUNGARIAN "shown with
DRESS SLEEVE. v p "porUon
and puff ot one material and the cuff of lace; the
three-quarter sleeve has a cap of lace and the
Short sleeve is tucked: but the plain cap can be
used with the full length sleeve or for the short
one whenever preferred, and combinations and ma
terials can be varied again and again.
The quantity of material required for the medium
size is: For full length. 2<S. yards .'1 inches wide,
-Vs yards ■:: Inches wide or 1% yards 44 inches wide,
with a half-yard of allover lace for cuffs; for three
quarter length, IS, yards 21 inches wide. 1% yards
.. inches wide or I^, yards 44 inches wide, with a
naif-yard of allover lace for capes; for short sleeves
1 yard 21 inches wide. 1 yard 27 inches wide or a
half-yard 44 inches wide.
The pattern. No. 4.254. is cut in three sizes— small
or 32 inch, medium or 38 Inch and large or 40 inch
bust measure.
The pattern will be sent to any address on re
ceipt of 10 cents. Please give number and bust
measure distinctly. Address Pattern Department.
New- York Tribune., If in a hurry for pattern, send
an extra two-cent stamp, and we will mall by let
ter postage in sealed envelope.
FOR UPTOWN COURTHOUSE
JUSTICE TRUAX FAVORS OPPOSES
MUNICIPAL ART SOCIETY'S CITY
HALL PARK PLANS.
The Municipal Art Society's recommendations for
the removal from City Hall Park of all the build-
Ings except the City Hal! and the County Court
House were made public yesterday The Tribune. It
may be remembered, last spring told of these
recommendations, giving the reasons advanced by
the Art Society for wanting the changes made. A
special committee of the Art Society has had the
subject in hand for some months. This committee
consisted of Calvin Tompktna. chairman of the
committee on parks; Charles C. Haight. chairman
of the model city committee, and Charles R. Lamb,
chairman of the committee on thoroughfares.
The committee recommends that all the buildings
In the park except the City Hal! and County Court
House be removed; that the ground area of the
County Court House he not extended: that the
property between Chambers and Reade sts. extend
ing from the new Hall of Records to Broadway be
acquired by the city.
The recommendations follow the suggestions of
this committee since the administration of Mayor
Gilroy. and also the suggestions made by Con
troller Grout, paving the way for a large municipal
building in the block to be condemned.
Justice Truax. of the Supreme Court, chairman
of the justices' committee on the improvement of
the County Court House, said in regard to the first
recommendation of the committee, that Interior
alterations to the Court House or the use of tem
porary quarters on the north side of Chambers-st.
would solve the problem, that both suggestions
were highly impracticable. Th.» justices could not
approve, he said, of the courts being separated— one
justice in one place and another Justice in another
place. He said that under the discarded plans for
the improvement and extension of the County Court
House the new portion of the building would have
run 70 feet in the direction of the City Hall, and
that if the work of construction were carried on
properly the erection of the extension would not
interrupt the sitting of the courts in the present
Dunning. It had aiso been proposed, he said, to
nave two additional stories placed on the present
Building, and it was contemplated to have this
wor.K _ uone during the summer vacation, so there
would be no interruption because of it.
While. 1 said Justice Truax, "it might be possi
ble to erect two additional stories on the existing
building, these two stones would not give us any
larger accommodations than we now have, and they
would be subject to the same structural objections
as are found to the building at present. I may add.
on behalf of the committee, that I do not think any
»uch addition to the building would at all give the
accommodations required, and certainly they would
not be worth the expense entailed. The plans which
we adopted would, in our opinion, have given the
supreme Court satisfactory accommodations for
many years to come."
The plans which the lustlces advocated were de
signed by Horgan & Slattery and rejected by Mayor
Low.
Justice Truax also said:
"Unless our plans are carried out. it Is useless to
attempt to improve the present County Court
House, and a new building— a completely new Court
House— should be built, at least as far uptown as
Twenty-sjxth-st.. which, if the city increases at
the present ratio, will practically be as near Wall
st, in a few years as Chambers-st. Is now."
It has been argued that if a new Court House is
built it should be erected downtown to be most con
venient to lawyers.
STATUTE SAID "BILLIARD TABLES."
THE CITT •'"HEREFORK CANNOT TAX THOSE FOR
POOL— A LOSS OF *1.i0..)0ii YEARLY.
According to a decission of Judge Connorton in
the Borough of Queens yesterday the city of New-
York is out a large sum of money.
Mortimer Fishel. a lawyer, of No. 33) Broadway,
when defending the case of an Astoria man who
was arrested for not paying his tax of S3 a
year on his pool tables at No. &5 Fulton-aye.. where
ha conducts a pool and billiard parlor, pointed out
that the statutes read "billiard tables." and no
mention is made of pool tables. Dictionaries were
brought out by the Assistant Corporation Counsel
and an effort made to connect the meaning of the
two words.
Judge Connorton finally discharged the prisoner
rU .!! n ",'' th " law a PP lied only to billiard tables
• This flaw in the statutes will cause the city of
New-York a loss of OOO.OuO." said Mr. Fishel, "and
there Is a chance that as much more may have to
be refunded which has already been paid. There
are over thirty-five thousand pool tables in the
city and taxes on them have been paid regularly."
RETIRED MARBLE DEALER DROPS DEAD.
HK SI CCVMBB TO HEART TROUBLE IN THE
BRTTXWI HiiTKU BROOKLYN
Joseph J. Sett. ■ retired marble dealer, sixty
seven yean old. dropped dead yesterday morning
in the Bridge Hotel, No a Sands-st.. Brooklyn.
Mr. Scott lived with bia bob and daughter-tn-k«w
in the apartment house No "t Plasa-si . Brooklyn.
and had been in poor health for some tlsae "m'»
was accustomed to take walks through Prospect
i'ark and was usually accompanied by in Irish
setter dog. He i,.ft home on Tuesday aa usual.
and when th.- doc. returned alone his famliv were
alarmed, i>>;t did noi !:if.irm th.- p. .lice of his dis
appearance They heard of his death through
John Kitzsimrnons a Court-si florist, a card of
.Mr. Fitssimmona was t"ou:;d in Mr Scott's pocket.
Mr Pitzsimmons had been summoned
! • ld< I titled Mr. Sett.
It was learned thai Mr Scoti went t.> th. hotel
k on Thursday evening and engaged
rday morning h«
. the ! arroom and complained t.> the bar
• his heart and
queer sensations In his head. Suddenly he fell on
the Boor and died befon the arrival of an ambu
- on.
Mr Scoti ha.! been In the marbh business in
South Brooklyn lt o\er forty years. His son
;••-. said yesterdaj thai his father ha 1 beer!
mentally deranged since he failed in business three
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LAW LIBRARY IX \F\V QUARTERS.
Th.> taw library of the Mutual Life Insurance
Company of New-York has just been moved into
the rooms specially designed for It on the second
floor of the building, at No. 32 Naasau-st The main
reading room of the library is Italian Renaissance
In style, baa a vaulted celling and mural decora
tions. Th« woodwork Is In English oak. and the
floor is of Irish preen marble mosaic, with Sienna
marble borders. Large stained glass windows add
to the attractiveness of the room. The hook stacks
are of bronze. The library consists of about eleven
thousand volumes, comprising reports and statutes
of the several States, and of Great Britain. Canada",
etc.. Intended for the use of the law staff of th*
company and of the tenants of the building.
HOTELS IS \ {PI r v
The opening of he new Savoy- Ro«s«onlgo Hotel, of
Naples, adds another example of the improvement
In hot.i accommodation in F.uropean cities, De
lightfully situated on the fashionable Promenade
< nraccloto, with full southern exposure and pano
rama of Vesuvius and Bay of Naples, it appeals in
ever] way to Americans wintering in Naples.
ORDERS SECOND (^^BLE^ DIVORCE mi I /
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yes
terday reversed Ihe judgment of the Special Term,
decreeing that Carlie Well Sihley receive a separa
tion from her husband. Richard Clay Sibley. Jus
ti. c Ti!i,ix. who granted the decree, save the ',
custody of the two children. Adele and Aline, to !
the plaintiff, and also awarded to her $4.2i»i a year
alimony. Justice Laughlin, who writes th* opinion I
of the Appellate Division, says it Is doubtful if the .!
evidence Is sufficient to sustain the judgment. \
Sibley had fled the jurisdiction of the court to •
evade paying alimony and counsel fees. When he i
applied to have orders for them set aside he set I
forth that he hid .1 cause of action for absolute I
divorce, which was not known to him when the
orders were granted. A motion to vacate the or
ders was denied, on the ground that he should first !
submit himself to the jurisdiction of the court. The
action was then brought to trial. The defendant j
appeared by counsel, who. however, was only per- ;
mitted to cross-examine the plaintiffs witnesses — ;
not to introduce affirmative ♦»stimony. The opinion
says that the defendant, though In contempt, could
not be deprived of his property without due process
of law, and as he was not allowed to present his j
case, a new trial is ordered
lire .>f features.
>'iiml more surely
than an\ other
determines styli
and date Th •
• xcelleni model
Illustrated is op
to daie. correct
and smart, and
sun.. I alike f.
the making of
new gowns and
remodelling The
full lengtl
Bir, DAY EOR THE ME7BODISTB,
Special service to-m..rrov. will he conducted in
thirty of the Methodist churches of Manhattan and
The Bronx in behalf of the Worn < >w Preachers'
run.i of the Metropolitan Thank Offering Commis
sion It has been appropriately entitled "Vet
erans' Day.' and some of the prominent bishops
and clerg-ymen of the Methodist Church will fill
the pulpits. A mass meeting is planned in Carnegie
Hall at 3 p. m.. at which John M Cornell will pre
side and Bishops FowW. Hamilton and McCabe
will speak. There will he music by the combined
vested choirs of the Methodist ehurehea
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CAPITALIZED AT S^i.OOO.fmO.
The American Barrel and Package Company filed
articles of incorporation with the County Clerk in
Jersey City yesterday, heing capitalised at 120.000,-
OftO. The eskapaaqr la to manufacture and deal
in wood, stone, clay, metal, and paper barrels and
packages." The par value of the shares Is l 5»
each, and the corporators are Horace 8 Gould
Raymond Newman and Louis D. Dailey.
HAWS FOR THE ST. MART'S.
NAUTICAL. SCHOOL. COMMISSION RECOM
MENTIS HIS APPOINTMENT AS
SUPERINTENDENT.
At a mating of the Nautical School Commis
sion yesterday at the hall of the Board of Edu
cation, it was voted to recommend that Com
mander Gustavus C. Hanui>. C. S. X. (retired), be
appointed to succeed Commander A. V. Wad
hams, as superintendent of th* srhoolshlp St.
Mary's.
Commander Han us hat* as yet made no re
quest to tat Navy Department to be assigned
to this duty, preferring to wait until after the
Board of Education had taken action on the
commission's recommendation.
Commander Hanus lives at No. 7 Lefferts
Place. Brooklyn, and is the brother of Pro
fessor P. H. Hanus. of Harvard University. He
i.» fifty-three years old. He was graduated from
Annapolis in the class of '71. In lsi>6 he was
appointed a member of the New-York Boundary
Commission to settle the dispute over the water
ooundaries between New-York and New-Jersey.
At the time the second survey was made he was
a member of both the joint and the New- York
commissions. He was superintendent of marine
transportation at the Chicago Exposition, and
Immediately afterward was chief of the Ord
nance Department, at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Since then he has served on the Coast Survey
at several times.
CHAFFEE TAKES COMUAXD HERE.
• HAT' TO GET BACK AFTER HIS \jT>SriCAM
PAIGN IN THE EAST.
Major General Adna R. Chaffeo arrived here a*
midnight on Thursday to take the command of Htm
Department of the East, to which he has been as
signed to soccsed Major Geenral Mac Arthur. Hi*
arrival at Governor's Island was formally reeog>
nized at .i o'clock yesterday morning by a salute of
thirteen guns. General ChsJfee was accompanied
by his aid. Captain I.in.ls.y He expressed himself
as ■seal at seeing New-York again after hi»
three years' campaign in China and the Philip
pines. He declines' to discuss the reports of cruel
ties practised by American soldiers, but said that
he believed the conditions in th*» Philippines new
were, such that order could he preserved by the»
constabulary. Then had been no organized op
position to American occupation, he said, since the>
decisive victory of th» American troops at Malabar
last spring.
"Considerable annoyance and trouble." continued
General Chaffee. "Is. however, occasioned by th«
unscrupulous highwaymen and brigands.
who wander about in small groups and do not hesi
tate to rob. murder or pillasre. Ladronisn* has
existed In the Islands for many years, and it will
be many more before it is : imped out. Most of
the natives iv- been disarmed, and this, with th«»
fact that the fighting qualities of the American
soldier command great respect, has finally com
pelled a general submission to American authority."
•
PECANS FOR THAXKSGrvrXG.
The Catherine of pecan not* for the'
Thank««Elvinit market in a perilous task.
How an enterprising American =r!ri used a
balloon in this work. In to-morrow's Trib-"
BDr,
h\THER DIES FROM GRIFF.
AFTER THE DEATH OF A FAVORITE SON mi
REFT TO EAT. PRrXK OR SMOKE.
George VTiemers. a retired box manufacturer,
of No. 170 South Nlnth-st.. Brooklyn, sixty-eight
years old. refused to take any food after th« death
of his son. John H. Wiemers, forty years old. a.
fortnight ago. and died yesterday morning. The
physician in attendance attributed hi 3 death to
grief.
John WisaaMH was his father's favorite child.
and about a month ago was stricken with pneu
monia. Shortly before his death he suffered in
tense agony, and this almost deprived hi» father
of reason. The father could not bear the specta
cle of his son continually gasping for breath. Mr
Wlemers, after the death of his son. would not
eat. drink or smoke, and count not sleep, and
several days after the funeral he was compelled
to take to hi» bed.
Mr. Wiemers was a member of th* Bushwick
Club and the Inominata Bowling Club.
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yotir business more
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