New-York tribune. [volume], January 09, 1898, Image 6

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DiYidend KeSJess.-. I 11 S
Dancing School?. 1 11 8
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SUNDAY. JANUARY 9. 1S0S.
THE SEWS THIS MORNING.
FOREIGN ?Ths French steamer Louis SM
lost with her crew ol fifteen men in th?1 afedl?
tarranean on January 1. =-= An official denial
was made In Madrid that General Blanco bad
n,%k,?. | i tu the Cuban Insurgent lead?
ers. :.\:t uprising under Chief Lerothodl has
oocuirrd In BsBUt ?land, in Smith Africa
General SU Blndon Blood has captured tw
Afghan frontier passes In India and beirun to
punish the ? -J Swatls - F sir aur
vi\, n f tl rew of the Hrltiwh steamer Claris
ea Rad ff, i hli li ' undered off Cape Flnlsterre,
were Palmouth; fifteen of the eww
Were lost. Il Is believed that Prince, the
??Tin of the actor Tenlss, in London, will he
dedal ? and ?-??ininltteed to an asylum
without ti
CONGRESS.?Ths fJe-nate was n<-?t in session.
H >usi . The debate on th?? working* of the
Civil Servli e law continued, speeches agalnsl the
;? being made by Messra Corliss,
II.?;.! urn and Clarke.
DOMESTIC S? retary Bherman Issued a
j ; ; ? rig for Sid for the suffering
fU .... , and ai the ap] ointment of s
Cen? The Hanns
fore? Le?, ?lature are believed to be
gsjnli eufllcl 'tit to in-sure the
Senator's ele Hon Th? revelations in the
N, ? \ ? k di :? I ? ave ar, ised great
Int? it an ng m f C ingress, an 1 a O n
?, ? n Is talked of. M r
of ti. - . ? - ? i ertlfltAtes were
.?era d, and t?:., numb ?r i al Ion Is
thought ?? i ? An Interesting book
Of John Han - - was found In Boston.
r ? " There a? aa t. i h n g? I h ip rtai i e In the
Maryland ... --. the Republican
situai ?? :..
? re kill? d ai ' sevei al Injur? d by the
? \ r on the Oh!^ River,
near Pltti - Major Moses P. Handy
Ga.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.?Ths dinner of the
Ohi.? Society in h ?:. r of ex-Mayor Strong was
k ! n the Wald rl Astoria ?s Jackson Day
tirta s dinner by th?- Bu
Men's Dei rat Ass elation =^= The snnual
dinner of the Military Order of Foreign Wars
vas the Brevoort. '? ' Company I
carried ff i rs at the "1st Regl
I . r 72 i ? ? -. i Company B, Uti
Gougolta and L k, the French tandem
t< ,' w .ti an Intel tloi il pursuit cycle race
In a series of exciting c ntests in Madison
Square Garden. ?- - -- Storks were strung and
?.
THK WEATHER?Forecast for to-day: Fair
? r. The temperature yesterda) .
i '. 47 : ? tecs; lowest. 38; average, -HJ'-s
TUEN ON THE LIGHT.
Some ?if the tilings which the State Engineer
and Surveyor ;- saying about the canal Im
provemenl it? are new and interesting, and
soma of them, ave have no doubt, an? mi?.-. I'? r
hajis they all are, bul the only proof of their
tnu'i which tlic public possesses is the say-so
of Mr. Aii,in.s, which, -while !t may I"1 sutnVient
for his personal friso Is who know him inti
mately, will not satisfy the rest of the tax
payers, a? h?* himself must realize. Mr. Adams
asaerta thai the contracta have !>?'..n let with
scrapnloua cars on terms extraordinarily ad
Tantageoua m the State, and thai the work is
beiiifc done in s'io'.i a n .'inner as to produce ? x
cellent results, and lie thinks tliat th?-re ought
to If no suspension of contracts As to ths ad
vi?<ihii:tr of a:i Immediate appropriation of
$7.000,000 to continue the work which the
19,000,000 eoted by the people will n.?t pay for
he htis n?, opinion to express, except that the
!.. glslal ire ?? osl d? termine thai question, Per
ha?,? his rc'->Tv?- la prudent though his under?
standing of the Situation appears to r>c some?
what defective, Inasmuch aa Governor Black
has virtually taken the matter ont of the hands
of tlie Legislature by declaring in bla message
that the question will have to be submitted to
the people, who sanctioned ?n expenditure of
IS.000.000, 'nit not of $1<Q,000,?000.
The Immediate warrant for saying that the
people avili not accepl Mr. Adams's unsupported
?asuran, i s '? found in ins own worda accom
ng them. "During the canvass of 1885,"
? ? i-.v says. "I avii" asked to writ? a lfttter
"saying that 19,000,000 would do the work, but
"I dec! ned to do go. I did writ?? a Inter stating
"my bell? f as to whal !t would cost, but thai
"letter was returned t,> me unpublished, and I
"tore ?t uj?. I said In that ??'tier that the work
'?would etaSl tn?->re than <f?9,000,000. The. letter
- no: printed, because it was believed by
? ? ei , ? . era < f Ibe canal enlargement sei ? me
"thai Ita publication mlghi cause the defeal of
"tin? proposition." We venture to predict that
Mr. Adams will wish before !,?? is through with
il he bad not mad?? this suite
For whal doea U mean.1 it means thai
ha consented to tel t!i?' n.? .?le be deceived about
a great and ? atly undertaking, lesl thej should
for ?id li 11 they knew ihe truth as .Mr. Adama
kn?-w it H? -ays thai his truth-telling le-r.-r
- Ktvrned to bin unpublished at?.i be tore
H op. Bj rl ,.i then, was it suppressed) By
Mr Adama himself. Then* was nobod* ?Is,- wi,.>
naai? suppn m ?. fot there wsa nobody from
whom Mr. Adama was under any official obit
. to take orden The state Engineer and
for la I bead < t bli own di ? artment.
Be pnhllshes whal be pleaaes : i publish ,?n bis
? sathority, and for the withholding of what
?? i>leas.'s to withhold h?? is responsible. Re?
to whom. To Mr. Aldrldge, ft.r ex?
?. ????rta.iii.v not, but t?? the people, wbom
- ?' stance be i - ht? in Ignorance
<.f facts which .'?? bimself possessed and to a
full knowkHlge of which they were entitled be?
fort' v. -
Mr. Adams Is nos permitting t)?- people to
underst.and not only thai la his opinion the work
nlri-ady under way .? being well and ??<
Ically ?lot:?- and will ?.?? worth all that it costs,
inn ais., thai an additional sun: of |7,000,nr>0
will completa It Mr. Adama will bave m body
but liiuis.'if i?, blame if the people s?|v,?. ?
tlila la not his real opinion, that he is consent
ing to hav.? them f oled again and thai
:-><- fob w ? i si ten, flftea n or twenty
millions more l?-f<.r.' it :? fl:::??h. ,| l\ ,
lutel.r certain, in our Judgment, thai they will
m>t be satlsflsd with mere assertiaatu coming
frtmi the oiMre of the Stan- ?Tdis^ne? an?! Sur?
veyor, even though they are (?ouut?-i>!iitje?| by
the Superintendent of I'ubbc Worka Taay will
positively oiid justly dcninnd tlio proof?, and
Boon? r or Inter tiny will rot them.
THF GOVERNOR BLOCRS THF OAMt.
Readern ?>f The Tribune ?1 ici not Iuit? ti? wail
fur a dedalve confirmation of i:s Judgment, ??:?
praaaed in ?in editorial article yeeterday morn
lnn, that (tovernor Black would nov? r .'..n-eiit
to ratify the patronage alliance .>(' I'lntt and
Croker by algnlng bills to place the few offices
protected by tlie charter at t?e dlapoeal o? Tarn
many Halt a dtapatch from Albany, received
after the page containing thai article bad ?j?*pne
to press, but prinie.l in the same Isaue, rnade
the clearly authentic announcement that all
surii calculation? on tlie OoTernor*a complal
unce wen? worthleaa Doubtlcaa In- bad nut.-.I
with Indignation tbe deTelopmeni <>!' plana which
could au4**ceed only by bla connivance, and de
sir??1 ?good citizens as well an the nun win? have
?been reckoning on his help to understand once
for all that he was not a party t.? any such Im?
pudent srheiiie.
We do not Imagine that Governor Black'a at?
titude would have been mlalnterpreted, outside
of tne coteiie which hoped to make a t.n.1 of
him, if he had nol permitted this notice to be
Berved; bul nevertbeleea it is ?aatlafactory t.? see
the conspirators brought up with a round timi
al this early stage in their proceedlngi. They
are no-.v forced t<? ir?> about their wretched busi?
ness in another way. und we do not believe thai
they will lind the courts any limn? serviceable
than they have found ihe Governor.
THE PEOPLE NOT CLOWES.
A characteristic bit ?>f demagogy is tbe Tam?
many attaek upon Intelligence. It is ostensibly
??ailed forth In defence of a Tammany appointee
who baa sh-.wn himself unable t.? spell correct?
ly or even Intelligibly the most familiar worda,
This inability, it appears, is not only not t<> his
discredit, but it is actually a ?recommendation.
Other thlnga being equal, Tammany ?pr?f?ra
men wh.? cannot spell correctly to those wh??
can. That ?principle is d?lib?rai ly set forth by
one of tbe Wlgwam'e foremost spokesmen, i.?
wit, ?Senator Thomaa P. Grady. n?- says in s?>
many worda that ignorance of th?.- rudlmenta
?.f Kn^llsh grammar is dealrable in a public
officer, since it BUggeatB that he is "of a truly
repreaentatlve character.*1 The people, yea
f?ee, are asa nil.? tbua Ignorant, und they want
for their nil Ts or m-rvams men like them?
selves, and not men wh?. are above them, or
wh<> fancy they are, because they know how to
spell. What a tin?? reminiscence of that "rery
'umble p'-isoii." Uriah Heep, there Is In It, t?>
b?. aure!
Um auch a bit ?>f demagog} muat be as inef?
fective ni it l-i impudent. The ?people <?f this
city and Nation arc not illiterate clowns. They
d.? imt aa a nil?, use a small "I" for the lir<t
personal pronoun, n<?r begin sentences with
small letters, as Senator Grady Intimates.
["hey have been at school and have learned
something. And they send th?*lr children to
achool in order that they may barn more. They
have respect f??r Intelligence, even for th?- "rules
"laid ?'.own in tie- b?...ks on conoc? writing and
"speaking," to which Mr. Grady refers s., con?
temptuously, To say that education Is un?
democratic and that th?' man wh?. usea th.
English language correctly is out <?f touch with
tin? people and unfit t.? repreaeni them is ?ne?
uf the moat contemptible of alandera and In?
sults, and muat be rt?aented as such by every
self-respecting man. do matter how bumble his
station in lite nor how meagre bla own educa?
tional advantages may have i.n. it is not
good pol?tica t.? call the people clowna and
boon. And besldea though this may l?e <>f leaa
Importance to demagogues it is not true.
THF COMMERCE OF NEW-70RK.
It Is an oft-told tale, of which some may be
weary. Hut the Governor does well to repeal
?t in hi? message, directly and emphatically.
New-York has ben for a hundred years tbe
foremost ?port of lo.- Nation, [ta commerce baa
i?eeu ?greater than that of all other porta put to?
gether, and th.- profit thereof to tin? city, the
State and tbe Nation has been above all rompu
tatlon. Now, however. Sew-York is l<."?in?r thai
pre-eminence, it? commerce, if not actually de?
clining, 1.- nol Increasing as rapidly as ihm of
other ports. Some of it is actually being dl
verted to the alien porta ? :' ? lanada. To aoma --x
tent this may be Inevitable. Bui Mr. Black doea
well t.? raise the questions whether Xew-York'a
comparative decline is not largely due to "a to.?
"narrow policy prevailing with reference to ter
"miii'ii facilities," and whether that and other
malefic conditions cannot be overcome. Tboae
who have studied the BUbjecl on the spot ar.?
ready to answer thoae question?*, as the pro?
posed Commission will, on Investigation, ae
suredly answer them, with an emphatic l'es!
The chief evils from which this port i> and
for y?-nrs has been Buffering are ihr?*??: Inad??
quat?, and too ?\?i.nsive dock, warehouse and
elevator accommodations; ?-low, cumbrous ami
costly means of transfer between canal and
railroad terminals and steamship lines; and In*
sufficient depth of water at the entrance to th?.
harbor. The iirst of these la a muter for ih"
city and State to deal with. Rome Improvement
in respecl to it is ?being made, especially In dock
accommodations, bul there is nrgcnl need ..t'
much more. The s .-..ml la ?partly fur city mid
Situe and partly, under the prcsenl Bystem, f'?r
the Nation to attend to. Some progress baa
?been mad" in res?pect to it, bu: with deplorable
slowness. The task "f improving th?- Harlem
Hirer and Bronx Kills, eapecially, drags wearily
as a fat cause In Chancpry. Planned by De
Witt Clinton three-quarters of a century ago
a- an Integral part of ta.? ?Erie ?anal system, :t
threatens to be found still unfinished at the
cen? iry'a end. Yet it could, with proper emer
priae, i?<- done in a twelvemonth nt a cost, ..f
les? than a '?tl ?? of oth? r lesa essential works,
and it would probably confer greater benefit a
upon thla i"?rt than any other Improvement now
under consideration.
The third evil la tbe one to which moat atten?
tion has i??-, n ? aid. At th?- nr. -? m moment agi
latl n la being made through Ihe New-York
Boai I of Trade and Transpi nation for a deep?
ening of the Sandy Hook i bannet to thirty-five
fi?,-:. Tha' ts a moderate request. Tlie an
trance-way to this harbor ought to !?? nol an
Inch lesa than thirty five f.-.-i deep al the lowest
possible til?., .-ind wl?le enough for half a doa d
ocean liners tu steam abreaai with? it fear of
Jo?:1Iijl'. Nothing less than thai is worthy , f
Buch a port aa this ? r of the Nation which duda
lu-r? its chief ?gntaaway. Buch facllll ea for en?
trance and exit d? not now exlatal Handy Hook.
They may be pr Tided and maintained tl ?
suili? miit money Ik? appropri?t. . i id rightly ex?
?ponded They do exist a) this wry momenl al
tbe New York end of [/rag Island Sound, re
quiring only alight 1 '-.ti Improvement! at Port
Morris to make them available and to make
;.. aa ble the dallj dl it? , of an es pre s
steamer on the Bhortesi and aafesi route to l:,i
rope, m an bom fixed without regard t.? tide
or weather New-York la bin enough and the
Nation behind 11 la big enoi h to bare i ?. ? t n
i those gateways of this harbor thrown wide open
i ide open al all times to th? peen ful
navies of tbe world.
The ii .aid . :' l rade and Transportation looks,
??? uau.il, n? Ihe National ?.' ?vernm.
doing nf th.- work. Ii I- a pan nf tb<> present
: Bystem that rti irhor Impr. ? i n ni -
thus i ? !"? done, 'l In re are objections to I
Bystem, and there are a (vantages In ii Certain
ly sucii a port aa V? w-York la of eufficlenl value
to tlie whole Nation to warrant its Improvement
r-- i Wl\l\. 1^/111. 1 llUlJtMaii,
at the expense of the whole Nation. That fn??f Is
recognize,], and Senators and Representatives
from the Western states bare often b?en fore?
most in advocating a liberal policy with regard
to it. Indeed, they nave shown more lnt?wa*si In
this port than has this city Itself; for while inay
were spproprlating millions of the nation's
money for deepening the channels this city was
d.-liii.r.'it.-i\ .nul Industriously engaged in lillln?:
them up sgaln by dumping Its street-sweepings
Into the Hay between the Narrows und Sandy
Hook Buch acandaloua conduct, maintained for
many years, gives this city small title to ask f??r
Federal aid for the improvement of Its harbor.
For the last few years th?- city lias not sinned
In that respect, and there is reason to hope its
future conduct will be without reproach. Bui
it is not to be forgotten that the impairment ?>f
this harbor and the consequent checking and
dis ?otirai'.-iii. ;it of Its commerce are largclj
the f.'inb of the <!iy Itself. The memory of thai
fin", should he a potent factor In moving this
city to co-operate with the National and State
Government! to the fullest possible extent In
j undoing the evil It has done.
IN8TALM1 \'T ABUSES.
Mr. G. C. Bperansa has calted pulule atten?
tion to what is undoubtedly a grave misuse of
the processes of the law as a weapon for
swindling. Nobody who is it all familiar with
the life of the East Sid?- ha.? any doubt that In
bialment sales as managed there are a means
ol victimising and oppressing the poor. The
University Settlement workers have long been
convinced of this, ami some of the Justices of the
minor courts who have '<> try these Inatalmenl
. bare declared that the code should lie
changed to prevenl persecution and extortion
under eovtr of laws Intended to regulate entire
? ly different transactions.
it would doubtless be o misfortune for the
poor to have the instalment business entirely
broken up. a sewing machine may be needed
to make possible the earning <>f a living, and It
: can la? paid f??r only from these earnings. Bepu
table firma bave for years carried on the boa
i ? i of supplying auch needs, and while the
purchaser often has to pay largely for bla lack
of read] money, a reasonable extra charge over
the cash prie? is defensible on account ?>f tin
trouble and risk Involved. I'.ut the dealers
complained ?>f do noi stand ready to supply the
legitimate wants of people. Their plan Is to
lake advantage of the Ignorance ??f poor for
eignera to force upon them s r?teles which of
their own motion they never would think <?f get?
ting. Canvassers no about in th?- tenement
houses palming off pictures, clocks, Jewelry and
other cheap goods at pricea far beyond their
: valu?? on i?-(H'ie who d-? not know what tha?
art Idea aro worth ami that they are being
| cheated at the very beginning, if at any time
| the purchaser fails to pay his Instalment s
charge of conversion Is trumped up agalnsl
blm, and the law meant t<> punish real attempts
to dispose of another's property is used to wring.
more money <?ut <?f him. The last tlilntr the
swindler wants is to recover bis geoda and, ac
cording to Mr. Speranza, extensive frauds arc
' perpetrated by agents swearing falsely thai
tiny bave demanded return <?f the goods. On
? their testimony body executions are secured
linder which til,? i.r foreigner is lodged in jail
unless he paya all the demands of bla nersecu
tor. One man Is now said to be in Jail subject
to six months' Imprisonment because he cannol
pay $205. In many such cases much mor?'
than the true value of the article purchased ha?
been paid before default, and probably In al
most all of them the article would be returned
to the seller willingly, but be, rather than take
it back, according t?> agreement, manufactures
a charge of conversion under which ha hopes
to enforce furtiit-r payment as an alternative
to imprisonment
There Is certainly need of a reform In a law
which oui be made so oppressive The tene
ment-house dwellers are in tbo main honest.
Whal they buy they scrupulously pay for. The
hoiie.-t Instalment merchants to whom they
come for things that they n.1 lind llttl??
trouble with them. The sharpers who go
among them t<> play upon their Ignorance are
certainly not entitled t<> special consideration.
If they want to force trad?* they should take
their own risks. The proposal to abolish l?<??ly
executions for debts ?d lesa than ?29 is worth
favorable consideration. We pretend that we
have abolished imprlsonmeni for debt, but we
really do imprison for the most petty debts
under the law ,?f conversion In ?ases where
tli.'f.- la no real conversion at all. The honor of
Hie bar is Involved In this abuse of legal proc
esses. Mr. S|>erauxa charges that many of the
nest oppressive cases are carried <>n by one
lawyer, working with on.?urt oilier. The
Bar Associat.ou should not be blind to any sin ?.
doings. The "shyster lawyer" has been to.?
long tolerated lu the petty courts, and the bon?
? table members of tie- profession should take
measures to extirpate him.
THE El \ DI ICO A RTEN MO\ E VENT.
Tl.Id question "Quis custodes custodiet?*1
Is of ten asked in some of its protean forms. In
few cases is li to be asked with more perl
than In regard to the scl.is. The regular col
tegs ?ourse prepares for the post graduate uni
versltj course. The academy or seminary pre
pai? s for th?.liege course. The grammar
seh? "I prepares for the seminary. The common
or Intermediate school prepares for the ?.'ram
mar school. The primary school prepares for
Ihe Intermediate. But w hat shall prepare achol?
are for tha? primar) school? There may have
boon a notion lhai no such preparation is i.I
? d. and that the .a-?- of t.n ? ? or six years is
plenty early enough for the beginning of
ruction. That notion was long s go ex?
ploded. liven practical educator now knows
that such Kiib-prlmary culture is needed, and
1 lows thai it makes a great difference whether
| the rlilld of young ?si school age has already
received regular Instruction snd discipline or
Las been altogether neglected. Al even five or
six years a child thai baa been Iralna-d lo ob
? and think ?an take up the primary school
curriculum much more readily and make much
better progress with il iban one thai has sim?
ply "run wild." Every Btiuteul of social ,-,.,
uomlcf knows, too, thai the car?' of children In
their earliest yenre, Is'forc they can enter or?
. schools, Is of ihe greatest Importalice t.,
tl... i !.. alen 1 and moral welfare of the race.
'I in- most practical and effective effort to an
??wer this question bas ha?en made In this city
by the New-York Kindergarten Association.
T!..- rgi n al Ion has not Imvu unmindful of
the l':o-t that that work In qu satten praqiei
lo t?, public - hool system, lb:' m ring
thai It was ?na b, inc. done bj id. school?, ,t un?
dertook to d" ?i. a.? far as |ioHslble, by private
. :. rprlse and beneficence li baa thus t bi ?!
. i] ni il i ni ilntainlng, or has secured the
te nance of, no lesa than fifteen kindergarten?,,
real nboui In the u< dJ si parta ol the
city, and giving Balotar?, refuge ami ma-ntnl
und physical culture lo an army of ihe little
children of the imor. Tl ? value ol auch work
.. a fe, h r to ti..- public scho .1 systi m and as
a force for so al and ? ;. I.I is above ail
estimation. The work !?? worth" ol sil encnur
tigemeiii and uuriagglUK ????ntlnuanee ] :
the effort* ol it Ion the kind, rgarta n
m hi - i.i'h - d .. ..?. i.'- :. . ... aft, i U| ,
regular schiNil ?ystem, and there I? ground for
hop. nan on, da* aa ample numha r ..i su ?li In
lions w ill !?'? pnbltely found? ?l snd main
mined. Al present hownver, the kindergartens
ol the public schools, although admirably con?
ducted, at?? gltogetbor iMufBcleni in onmber
: ?iul klze to mseg ?Mo demand!* uatou them.
Then? is thus urgent need of tbe continuation
and ?'ven expansion of the association's work
as an adjunct and supplement to them.
How groat tli!? n.1 Is, and bow earnestly and
efficiently th? Bssav-tatlon is endmeoring to meet
It, have been fully ?et forth In oecaaloual re?
porta, They win again be made clear at tbe
mnual meeting of the awx-latlon al Carnegie
Hall t<> morrow erenlng. They are cordially t??
be coininende?! to all who have the inter - t nf
th?- community and of th.? race at heart. TTie
Work nf tlie |?M0CMtl0n Will Hot be Complete
until then? is kindergarten ?ccomroodatlon for
erery child thai ne?*]? it in lb? whole city. That
d? sired end is .?.till a long way off.
FOR METHODIST ' S'lON.
On ?Friday last the Joint Commlsalon on Fed?
eration appointed by the Method!*) Episcopal
Churches, North and South, began II ? Beealona
in Baltimore, and it is believed by a few
Methodlata thai a federation of the two greal
branches of Methodism, or perhaps ?ven an or?
ganic union, will be brought about by ii. While
sii.-h a result Is not likely to follow, the meet
?nc of tbe Commlaalon is Interesting, neverthe
las?, becauae it la ibe Ural ..iii'- il atep looking
t.. a ctoaer union which ha- been taken sine
the division in lsp'?. In th.- General Conference
of the Church which was held in tin? city In
1M4 there waa a debat.? ..n slavery which
ahowed that the Church North and South took
a radically different rlewof tha; question. This
antagonism was made still more evUlent in ihe
discussion concerning the case '?:' Bishop An
drew, whoae wife before her murrtage owned
slaves tha!. in accordant? with a Mate law. be
cam? th.- ?property of the Bishop When .a roso
lutlon Bnspendlng him until he parted with his
slavis was finally adopted it was felt hy ??vr,.
one that a separation wna Inevitable, and two
y..;irs later the Methodist Kpiscopal Church
South was formally organized,
It is to promote a federation or union of these
tun bodies -iill one in polltj an 1 doctrine, In
a] . ..f tin. old estrangement ; tal this J?>lni
Commlsalon has been uppolnt?*d. Tbe Idea
originated with the General Conference of th.?
?Southern Church thai inel in Nashville, Tenu.,
three .?ears ago, ami tie- suggestion was ?acted
upon favorably by the General Conference of
the Northern Church, which met In Cleveland
a year laier. The .hunt Commlaalon now
meeting In Baltimore, apjiointed by tbe two
Churches, consists of the following members:
Methodist Episcopal Church North Bishops,
B. M. Merrill, W. X. Ninde and J. N Fitzgerald;
ters, th-. Re> .1 P*. ' '? ;> h< r, ti iltimor? ;
!??., J. . look*?, ' lhattano ga, T? nn.; H. 0 Ja
tgo, in.: laymen, R. T. Ml r, Co. Ington,
. T. B. Sweet, Topeka, Kan., and T. H. Mur
? ? arrti ; I, Penn.
Methodisl Episcopal Church Boutl B .|
J. .;. Oranbery, R K Hargrove and W, w.
I ?uncan; ministen, the K.-vs. B, E, H
. . i', n.; ? ;. N. McDowell, Bavann ih, i ;...;
.1 H I .?? ?-. Arkansas; .,',.? W i ter
i'lark. Raleigh, N. C; Professor K. W. J nes,
Oxford, .Miss., ?and Colonel Asa Holt, Texas,
The division of theae two great branebca of
Methodism and their failure tints far to re?
unite forcibly illustrate the difficulties that He
In the way of an organic union of Churches In
general The Methodists North and South have
tbe -mu1 creed, the same church government
ami the same ideal of religious life. And while
they differed radically in regard to slavery flfty
iour yean ago, alaverj does not exist now and
has not existed for many years. Moreover, the
bitterness ami antagonisme of tbe War are
gradually disappearing on both sides of the line,
and the young people of both Churches have
been coming together frequently <?f late in Ep
wi.fih league conventions. One would say that
under such circumstances a union now would
t..- ai Inevitable aa a separation waa In 1844.
Yet. In point of fact, the two Churches have
fulled t.. ciinie together, and they tire nol likely
to come together for many years. When two
sister Churches find It s.? hard to heal an old
schism, the cause of whlcb bas been wholly re?
moved, no one need be surtir sed when Churches
differing In creed and polity continue to remain
apart. Even if a universal creed, that all Chris?
tiana could accept as a auffielen! form of Chris?
tian faith, were t.? !>?? found, organic unity
would not be assured. M?thodiste in 1MI be
lleved the sain" creed, and they continue to d ?
I . ?'11. In spite <?f whl<?h they separated. And
to-day It Is doubtful If they care for organic
union enough to ?rive up for U their denomina?
tional pride and the little rea ntmenta that grew
out of the division. Speaking generally, h may
be Bald that there is no organic unity ?if Chris?
tianity, because the majority ?>f Christians do
not believe that It la either necessary or pos?
sible.
it will ti" not the leaat honorable Item In Gov?
ernor Black's re. ?rd thai he manfully resisted
all pressure brought to bear upon him in behalf
??f McKane, and refused to make a mock of jus.
tice and tho suffrage by pardoning that arch?
Bcoundn 1.
-a
There waa ready response to th?? appeala for
relief for the destitute Armenians and fur the
plairue sufferers al Bombay. Bui right here in
Cuba more people are perishing or have per?
ished than all the victims of Kurdish savagery
and bubonic plague put together. Th? total
massacre roll In Cut.a is iimr.. than twice as
greal sa the greatest estimate ever made of ex?
termination In Armenia, tt is surely imp.
for the American ear to remain deaf to the cry
for ifip that comes up from starving scores of
th< laanda almost within .?h-ht of our shores.
... ?v
That "midnight Civil Service order" hobs up
In a new f.irm. ("Seneral Or. ivenor argues thai
lh. Republican platform is nut binding, In view
..f .Vr. Cleveland's wholesale extensions o? ths
t .: -. IL- saya "it waa not until November,
"ls'.i.;, that the enormous scope of that order,
"covering forty-atx thousand officials, waa pub
"Hcly .1-.'hired. Th-- Republicans, coming Into
"now? r "ii a platform ad ipted beirre tl ? \ ast
"...\t. ne i ma were made, wer? not 'ti h<m. r bound
"-., agr? ? to them " Something I | <;, n
.-rai GroBvenor as t,> the order "f hia facts, The
Republican platform pledging not onlj the
maintenance of the merit ??-stem, bur its "ex
i: .... In i.-\. r practicable," w as e pted n
.inn?, 18. Mr. Cleveland's order was issued on
Q, und waa commented on by almosi every
newspaper In the country, snd was plainly
: In almost all of th? m to covi r fully
thou ind new pli.s. at any rate, whal
e< ? r the number rali ht h?, practli ail) the v. h< le
. Ii s? iti.-d a re? and of
requlring Senat, confirmation, it is time
to i m., the I ' i rder" fable with all
pr< geny
?
? ? < omplalnl u le thai tru tka are al
'? '??? d ' land Ii ? ? trecta over i .ht. a
f dayi ' he prei nee o? half .? ,.
: - In Motl s?. wa ; report? d If this is the
:.; -t fruit .?f Tamman > ml , the harvi al la I
to i ?? bad
?a?
it seems u trifle harsh for the British ?. ivern
ment to refuse to arbitrate it?- lifllculty with the
? aal, tuit it is entirely logical ?For it t..
consent to arbitration would be to give its whole
.... away. Th? coi m . st. m ..." th ? Bi Itlsh c< n
tentlon la that th? Tran real has such relatl na
. lib < In at Britain .?s rend np .a
.l'i-t as arbitration between tha United
and South Carol Ii i tiboun' ? S'ulll
n stIon " ?Uld hav- I ? ? ble,
*
? ' "lii< ago m.m sd> ertlses l hal hs ? III paj
IM for I est toast on a
. 1? ..\ ?a a ? ' m Id for the s Its ..r thai
i Ity '?? ?!. poi t ; :. in r . as? i i ?
b? curiosity, ?and ..is,, as som. sort o| guide to
?..m.,.? in?,is. ha ought t.? ?signify uhal be In?
tanda to do wltb tha toast wtaen he gets it ah
the toi/iuoat blossom ui Chicago esprit, perhaps
tits beat thin?; would be to dissolve It In his cup,
Ilk?- ''?eopatnVs pearl, and drink It standing and
In silent*. It might then be surmised that It
was really worth the money, wharaaa its pr??m
ulgatlon would bs likely to sxplods that theory
Ilk.? a roasting ehSStnut From ?,f old hath th?
Injunction been laid on the tenderer sex. ? i.-t
the toast !???, dear woman!*' and a ilk*? mandata
nii.rht not bs amlsa now and then In the east
of i' rsons of the other genater, the chiVago ad
vertlssr affording a ; example In point.
PERSONAL
Tho F.cv. Charlea A. Berry reports to hi? Ilrltlsli
fticndS that during his recent visit to this coiintrj
hs Bras most ImpraSSSSl by the frank, manly, rev
eren I speech of American Chrlatlsna whM cuseuas
Itig divina things, their leal for th?'lr OWB parties
lar . hun h, minister ami denomination, an?l th?
thorough ' fflclency of their Sunday ??school work
ti- ais. is reported to h iva aaid tin:, on lbs whole
it iras well that the 01nsy-Paunc?fotc arbltrstloi
tr? . failed, for it woulil not have been populsr 01
had tho support of th>. msases. He believe? It bet'
ter t., wall r, r public sentiment t.. ,-iiher f?.r?'e. s<
that ll will resolutely back up any treaty con?
struct* i on similar lines.
Miss Prances k. WUlsrd Indignantly denies th?
r-i ? it report that sh- fainted while ?pea kins last
? V evening, Bha s.iy.? ?hs was never In ?tettci
health, and expects l i coma to till? ?ity in a fan
'1 lys, t?, remain here tor BOOM time
A foi m? r teacher of Prince Henri of Prussia, wh?
has gone to China, thus ?peski of him: "Ha wsi
his Prusslsn grandmother's darling, s
?i ?jtrl easy going, contemplstlv?, ami frsmsd, nol
for war and -'rife, bul for pesca .in.l quietness
Hi.- heart was tzcellsnt, and In the right placa
Ills fit ?:? r used to say that he would make a per?
lltutlonsl Kintt of ESngtsad, If he eould
la) the foundation Btonei and open exhibition?
hv rtaputy, Ha understand? hi? duties .is a nsvsl
and is well up in naval n tiers However,
fonder of land ?ervtce than of sailing aboui
the w ?rid The Empress Pre !? rick thought hir?i
. .-. r md often said hs never ?aid or did sny
ti " - to give her a p.mK. Th?? Km pre?? Augusta
' im >i? her angel grandson, and ?'a?- 1st?
l'.k- ol Bax< i'i .ri' ; or h?. was veri l.ke th?
late Prince Consort, hut would resemble iilm mor?
If ! it well o" hi* mettle "
The Ret Pstsr MscQueen, psstor of the Wesl
rvllle (Mas? | Congr gstlonal Church, has |usi
??<-.- of ry, on tie- gr, u I tl
the chur h cannot afford to poy more than it li
pa)Ing : ov
Mr. Ruskln eontinues to take dally walk-, ?eei
personal friends, and spends mucb Urns In read -
li an address the other evening Bishop Hal!
(Kpl? ... il), of Vermont, referred to Banta Ctaui
as ;ir. imaginary personsge, whereupon i ?msll 1?.?>
the < o? gregatlon audibly corrected Mm.
Mr. Glsdstona w?? one of th? founders of th?
: colony of North Australia, now the north
. ru half of . ? ?I : '. The only r-minder of th?.
the f.. urlshlng town of Qla li
?king of the .at" Qsneral Johnson Hsgood, ol
Barnwell, B. ?'.. "The Bsltlmore .Sun" ?ay?: "Next
to Generals Hampton and Butler, his position li
war ind In peace h.a.? been more conspicuous thar
? r public man In the State. He en
tho i 'onfed? i ate ?ervl i i r i leneral B? o .
: ?. ai ci lorn i of mllltla, taking part in th* sieg.
if Bumter, After the flr?l t ittle of Manassas ha
:?? u mad? brigadier-general, and tubaequently rec.
ommended to General Lee for promotion for gal
ry."
Prank Steunenherg. Governor of Idaho, nevei
?.'.. ira a necktte.
THE TALE OF THE D iT.
A til! will probably be Introduced In the Hrltlsr
Parliament prohibiting master? and mlstre?se;
isctlng more than ten hour? a day of worl
from domestic servan'?.
A? quitted. "I am Innocent!" he protested.
Th mob was sweeping the gtwrd? aside.
"I urn Innocent!"
A b ow of the hlc-dge. and the grilled door of th?
gSVB WS v.
"I am in: ocentf h?? ihrleked. the rope at?out
his neck. "Before Heaven, Innovent!"
Ah. a( las? they I.?--.r him.
"Ye?," they exclaim, "ha must be :nno?'ent. oi
the Isw would ha-.- ?sved him from us."
Pssslon ' id shrivelled up and vanished at th?
touch of logic.?(Detroit Journal.
The markets in Omaha are overstocked witr
fine rabbits, which are ?elllng a* low a? Ci and U
cents a dosen. "Strangs as It may seem," nays
"The Bee," of that city, "the rabbit Is not th?
.- man's game All attempts to Induce th?
poor of ?h?, lit;..- In this country and England t?
? ibbits, on the around that th.-y nr?> eheai
ind wholesome, have failed, Australia could ?up.
ply the poor of all Lond <n and then have plentj
ibbits to spare, but tho poor despise '.??
rabbi AI tli?< same time lie Is welcomed to th?
? of the wealthy, and is estcumed ?is a tooth.
some morsel."
A co.?red evangelist, who was Soliciting rulv
tlons for de po* heathen sinners what Uva
???,.-: ,:.. , ..m." S..-..1 in the course of his remarks
"Dem tt..::k er dem, ??ear brothefln dem po'. be
? i peopl? soin' eroun stsrk asked, in n
te dial s it not es de place whsr lots er yoi
I? wine '?!' No? i .: OU '.er doy backs!
.. re an old deacon aros.- and said:
'May I ax de I.rudder one question?"
en two, ef you Ilk? s "
"Well." exclaimed th? deacon, bringing Ms Hal
down "T? the pew railing, "what I wants ter k:.. s?.
What does dem naked heathen wa I a?
In a climate ea hot a? dat" In my opinion
dey rsly need? mos" is umbrellas!"?(Atlanta
? ', nstltutl ?:.
Alb.i?i Leal, of West Chester, Penn., who hasjusl
died, wa? a genuine "ol?l sexton." For flfty-flv?
years he was 'he ??.xton and grsvcdlgger of th?
i Birmingham Meeting House, of that town
whl h w is used as a hospital after tho battle ol
Bl mdj wlr.i
Not Just sa II" Meant.?"Johnson wants to bor?
row some money of me. Po you know nnythin?
about him?
"I know him aa well as T do you I wouldn't lot
htm have a cent.'*?(Indianapolis .Tournai
It Is ?aid that Adam Wicke, who Is now ltvln?;
In Ventura County, Cal., i? the only person Ilvln?
wh.? ?sw James Marshall pick up the first gold
? In California.
r Van W'vk i? evidently a ne;?;?, ry fellow
1 <? \ office three secular dsya and he hai
.' trai ?li '"?it>i.. scolded the prest.
- the H.'ir.l ?:' Rducutlori. swept the hat?
oi't' politicians' heads in his office, and sharply
? irned oui of that sacred place "Joe" Che?te
field, who has blacked the ?bo?.? of city officiait
t ? fifteen yeani. Van Wyck has an Initiative in
one hie he doosn'1 OWS 1:1s temper to ?rok?-r. -
(Springfield Republican.
Robert Sherwood, an aired rtoneer of Michigan.
that he has hunted and trapped In awry St.T?
in the L'nlon
An ' scellent pt??ry I? told of a former presiden!
>1 i i h tmoail h ? 'ollegs:
He ?? : i ii' csughl ?? student helping hlmsell
In wood from hi? well-fllled ?hed, and. collar?n?
the offender he demanded sternly: "Young man
whal authority have you for taking away thai
W "1 ' '
"Well, "ir." replied the student, mindful of his
Latin syntax, "opus and usus si^nifyin^ need, r.
q?i re the ihj itlva "
The president'? <\>s twlnktod, In spite of Mm
'?it he ?nid. Bravely: "Take it. my bos-, ta lei
it and welcome. But when you have need again,
come ? . me, and I will give you even botter au?
thorlty than that."??Youth's ?'ompanlon.
iii?i general Impression that women hav>> only
recently been employed in business houses Is nol
correct Ml - Emetine K. Woodbury, who has jusi
died, wa? f r nearly Hfty years the h<?okke..per in
a Boston business house, ami ?he Bu??oeeded an?
other W, man Who had held the same ;,|n?-e
Benevolent < >M Gentleman (pointIns a moral t?
? ?chool children) Now. why do I take all
>ul?le to leave mj home and come ..ver her?
and ?cale to vou thus? Can sny buy tell me?
Bright Child (Innocently) Please, sur p'rapi
yeow lolkei to 'ear yourself tnak. sur' (Tlt-Blts
Thai repr? tentative ITnltarian journal, "Th?
?'.in Register," of Boston, celebra ted the n? w
. .: b) ai s,.ri in- "The Unitarian" and "The Old
and New." It ha? adopted the folio form, and
?? the vigorous policy ,.f its n?>w editor, th?
Rev. G? :?:? Hstchelor, It promis.s to ba bettet
-
'n.- for Safety.?"I guess." ?...i?t m , ?
Illy, "thai 1 won't play anvihln? tut i
h, reafter "
"Bui a great man) people don't enjoy it " replied
Mamie.
i ki ..u it But they have to ?;u- it's goo.) b,..
' i'i know whether I muk.? mistake?
or nol " <Waahlngton Stnr.
Tha recent frosi did s great deal of dunuige tc
resa la th.- northern pan , t
la Jamea \ Haydea, of Wllllmsntlc, Conn
? .i . ?rai ?pi intatlon al Palmetto, Pia
hs? i" elvsd won! th?.! hut loss will bssboul 130,000
Tl.,? and Pra tie? Mme Ts.Iled.?e (princi?
pal ..f greatt dramatic ?chool)?I wa? ?,. mit) 1
: :. it tie present at your d?but l?ai night
Dl.l \.m, folios ni) advice, and hold youi powers li
.. i .iii.-r sets, ??? u? t.. reserv?
elf for the Brand ellmsx In the fourtli act*
Nes :? . I'-'v ActreBB \
??1" ? i i m so glsd! Ami didn't the audleaa
go perfect \ wild "ver that giand clitnacteric ?cent
in the fourth act?
H?W ?Actress (aadhr) They went before the fourtU
act-all of thim (Nsw-York Weekly.
MUSIC.
a NEW coMi'o.srno.v by loefti^b.
fnv TKl.lK.l'AIM TO Tllr" Tp.rn.-Nr. )
?Botatoa, .tan 1-a n?w coiBiaealttoa By ?mm of
Hostr-n'* miiKl-lin?. ?r,.| one of the BBOSt SX?*elleal
In Am'-rlr-?, was prodii??-! to-night *t th?? . lr-v?nth
eonrert thi?, naflaon of rh? HoOXOO. Hj ir,;,!.',:,-, Or
ehestra Th?; work t- g syrn|?honl? |x>-rn. ei.Mtl??*
"Th? I tent h of Tlnt.-tf-lles." ar,?1 th? tom-nvr la
Charlea Martin i-o.-ffir, who ?it? at tl-,?? first violin
d?sk with the principal, frana KiMtael it is not
the ilrsi time thai Mr \joon\ot baa ventured into
ths Seid Of i Wiix,?|!lon. though h<" la <-'.mpuratlv..-?y
unknown aa a oompossr in N?w-Tork
??Some ?rears air-? a sex ret for strings of hi? pro?
duction waa piny,-?! ?,t n ror-^rl of rh? Knela?!
Quartet in Cbsmtxar Munir unu. r.u? than the
suillsriees which came to b?aar the K?ie?fa?H Quart?.,
were not numerous, and the work, with tU Its
merit??, pmmooa and l?rfi no ?jiana, like rauch alea
that I?, -rood In this? world bul I* no? exp! '?I for
th* mo.??- In BoMoa mor? of Mr l/,?.|i>r'i
music has been heard, and row h? haa won at
tentlon from nie public, .ind. what is better ?.tin.
th- profound admirntton and r?Bgsrd Of hi* pro
.1 colleagues H;? ?ist work ..?-,-,. the
composition produ?v?d to-nlghi waa a - ? f r
contralto aolo, with viola obbllgato, of a number
of ?MKl-of-the-century ?Trench lyrtea and ?,* tha
ri.?w work he also Indies tes a fond?n
fantasies. for Ii li i ,-js, ,j upe-? -, dramatl? rhi psody
eterlinck, bu tha drama did no more
tlon f ? the mood of the | i
' i ' hotce aa .1 aubject waa to ?
coincidence than to anything else. It desla v-.-h
th? murder of a it:-. ? by an old Q made
distraught by her sm tlon to I
The boy ?Prim ?? la bro ight to th? ru ? >
where rh? old Queei lives, toi ? t from tha
? r. rgralne wh . - v
? irottad to him, and murd?r?rd ?
attempting to force a - ?r from
him. Th" I" . ? rf th? two . . ! t y
th?- door . ' ? tr . ager kl ?sea upon ? ? ? - *:
barrier, form the climax of th? pli a R t?.
glna with ;. description of th?- v . ?? ?o
'-??!?: l. th? hlld has be? n It. ? ? ? 'tea
nd i
?vhlch has ? i- ,... .
rh< ' ?' f M rllnck to make auch s
subject pathetic or ro lift It info tho pr ?? <f
and i und. ratand I ?
whi.-h prompted |ta choice n.-.? tho death of a
youthful brother of the . ; ; ,., .. ,it>t
h?. char.c? I to be reading the drams
The music, however, Ii d. ? latter-day
order, d? pending lesa . -,t rf
pregnant themes In a natural and logical m
than upon the lllustratlona of Iramatlc mo? la ?
dint of harmonic and Instrument T *?
? ??triklner of the latter Is the ami men! '.
two vi lea d'amour obbllgato, f-r the ol ? .- , ..
pose of ftivinif vocal emt-odlm-mt t> tha :?? ?.-.- f
Tin trague? end rgrains This part was played to-night
by thi.mposer and Mr Knetsel, andaaan expert?
ment In the dir? 'tlonof a restoration to theoi ea -a,
of an obsolete but extremely interesting instr . t,
the work was no leas pro .a
sa .1 compoaltlon ??i ?... y
Berilos snd Liest, sn I pursued sii ce by ths ?? r
.... s of m?- nee-romantic school. Com? I
with some of tha recent products of this :.
however, that to which th* Phllharmonl ?
In New-York were listening a: tha ham? ?
for Instan te, Mr. L-oeffl. r a work Is distlni i :
by real eloquence and pUstldty of Meas, and ad?
mirable musicianship In their treatment. Pawlr-u
lariy skilful is his rise of mstxumeatal colora in
combination With the tones of rhe vlo.a ?J'imuur,
which Is apt to h?com? cloying beeaus? of Its toa
persisten?, sentimentality.
The composer was enthusiastically receive?1-, re?
celled several times and congratulated by Mr.
Paur, who conduite.!, with fine mastery of his
forcea nul obvious sympathy. II. E. K.
DR. BARROWS NOT DECIDED ON.
THE CrOMMITTPB Of THE! BltOADWAT TAHEaV
KACXa li.\? K?3T VOTED TO I'.iv OMMEND
HIM aarjg PABTOR
It*. H. Thomson, chairman of tr:? committee ap?
pointed by ths Broadwaj Tat>ernacla to roeom
niemi a pastor, writes to Tne Tribun? that I: Is
wrong to suppose that it has fixed on the Rev. Dr.
J H Harrows, of Chicago His nime. wr.fs Mr.
Thomson, ha? not svefl come up for consideration,
and no member of the Pulpit Supplv ?.'.-.m mit tee
suggested It. The article printed in The Tribune
n. i - supplied i?y tha Church Siews Asso tattoo,
s ? - previ ualy ftmlabsd artlclea which h.u*
n... . i? been fuunl to be an iirno and :: ...
worthy. ,
A BIQ GUN FUR ROUER SHOAL
IT WILL BOON Bt" I'I'T IN PLACK-NO V'ES?SI?
COULD BTAXD TJIH IMPACT OF A
HHi >r PROM IT.
Wnrl was lecelved at the Army FulMlng. In
Whltehall-et, yesterday toroaooa that the Mg gun
to '?? placed in a turret on the (toner Mu al tn
New-Tork Harbor is rap: i:y approaehlng o
tion at the Bethlehem Iron W cks, ami w... , ?
read) for delivery to ths Government on March ij.
The gun, which is to be protected by a turnt com?
posed of Hsrveylssd steel plates at?out two feet
thi k and with a foot of wood snd ?steel as ba tklng,
is the hsavlea ; le a t rdnan ?? ever manufact?
ured, li?-Ina; live fe? I longer and M\ tons I ?
than the Krupp gun s.iown at the Columb is Bag - ?
tlon. it baa been mad? under tv din tlon anl
i .... ?-?-. >f Capl ? ''? L Zalinskl, wl entsd
the dynamite gun. u i L-leutenaat Jo:m F. .'
form? : I) of the ?a?. >
The weapon l? to . ?? forty-nine feet In length I
f. ? ? m diameter ??t the br.th, and will w.
tona Ii will thro?- s ronl .1 ah ?t, wetghlni I
five hui ired pounds, over s range
ibout one tho. ? and ; ? i of pos r al
ei s and ordnen. ?? ? spei ta a
jf.iin- ' ?? ? .-? l afloat or ai preaeni :? - :
I wit ind the Impaci tbe i and
,\ ould be ,i i werf il .-?- I ' '
foreign warships on e\il ?ntenl keeping th
tai -?, without the additional ( rce ol th? proposed
narbor defencea The e. wh. npleted, will in*
elude twenty 10 and 12 Inch rifles at r rt Han
fifi .... ,it Fort vVadsworth twenty-two at S.?ndv
Hoik, together with wenty mortars at the lloJk
and fort?, mortars at Plum I
INCIDENTS IN SOCIETY.
In the Bel??ctlon of .i ?'? te BO far ahead u Frt?
day, February n, for the annual CI irlty ?Sail, ths
chief managers of th? sffalr ahowed wlsd m, aa
they bavs ample time f r ?? luxe -.ale of box?a
and tscketa. rh? iniS'-n?? ballroom of the Aa
t,.r'i ?ni te the seen? of th? ball and with a
large and eitlclenl n ??f mes t? a-' ?s
fli ?r managers ther. la every chanca for a brilliant
and ?ucceasful entertainment, with -x ??',??-,( re
la ? iy for ::,-? Nur-ty and
, H ?spll <i Mi- ? : ' ''" -?sfi,r. ?< la thought
probable will lea.l the gnu l n i h baa
always been a fcatur? of tha Charity Ball and
Alexander M Haddsn Will DB the flour BUUsaftr.
Mrs. Thomas liu*.-r Hratt. of No. ^> Waverley
Hi', .? ga?.? a r<?,. mien yesterday afternoi i ta
Introduce her daughter, Mtss Harrtetta ?flight
vs-istifkt the debutant? m reoenin?; wer? Miaa
pfumme? Miss Sedley, Misa ?Paulina lvaa
und Miss Alberta itun -
Mrs Edward King ?'"". the Misse* Klag, ti So. 1
iTnlversllJ Place, gave a r^ptlon yestcnUy after
noon? honor ol Win Frederksa MbLa
Mrs Paul I'' Munie ??id Ml?a MurtiW, of No D
West Flftj ilfth-st., 1 iva sent o?..t rjr,is f.-r Thurs
days In January _
Mr an?! Mrs. John riloane. of No *?3 Klfth-ava-,
w?;i give a iaraje dinner party on Thursday night.
January -" _
Norman O* K. Whitehour-e, who www t?? sail for
,. ,.,., w... ?. has ?otomi hi? derartur?
until .-?.itiir.lay. January ?2.
Mrs rh.irles McBmmey. of No. ii West Thlrtr
,-Venth-si ?mi: be al home on \ve.m. .?.laya is
, , .. rv \ir? McBurnei will tn by h?J
rMtotMMay Buth lIcBurney. a debotsaBaH
t?,., aeasen.
Mtsa Martina JohMt? *r??:laa. v.. Ilnist) gav.
;;--'\i?r:,f:"r^-''':.s^??.-rM..^
?nand Alberl Morria Hagt.y.
^Trairr-iS^r-rS
Thompson. No m f??st ',.,...,,,. oeoasratei
raaa - Ev. Th. -. won?P?*?J *
wlth holly snd ??ergeaena ^J^JT^m
.?thuslastlcall, ''?";?";?.?'!; ";;,\,? a Ima? ??3
midnight hour a a ati ? a ' , )ub ,,r?s??i?
?-hiili Amo..? '-'.'?;;.',; 'M' ftomp?n. Mr. oj.4
?,!.. Mr snd Mr- ,'V i.? u. noli "??'hm'..lt. M*
I Mr? Dana. Mr snd ??/ar?& ^JSSA
?nd Mi, iVraaer, Dt ww? uro. jjr, Ed??"
1 Mr and uto Joa.-ph M'"rl;.??uburtan Fales.
Kendall. Mlaa Graham snd HallO"???