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/S]EWS AND^pf^\//OM^ BOMB CMT THK rrRITAN MATRONS WHO PRESIDED AT THE NEW-EN'OLJLSD BOOTH AT THE FEDERATION FESTIVAL. TRAIL OF THE DISHCLOTH. SERVANT PROBLEM IX THE COUNTRY GROWS STEADILY WORSE. There seems to be no place in America," said a woman, yesterday, "■where the American matron an flee away and be at rest. The trail of the dishcloth Is over it all. I went the other day to visit some friends in the country. They live in a famous old historic house in the heart of the Mohawk Valley, a house that has been in the fam ily since the Revolution. The station is named after them: they are the only great people of the place: a book distributing company leaves a pack age of the latest books on their hall table every fortnight: they are people who have resources of pleasure within UkeanseHißK tney can coma to New-York whenever they like: there are neither social rivalries to weary nor social problems to make afraid. It would seem «-iat here, if any where, there might be peace. "But I found them living under the pall of a treat, an overshadowing fear. The fear Is that Man" may leave them. Mary Is a colored girl who has been In the. family these many years. The day 1 arrived Mary did not wait on table. Some days aha did. and some days she didn't. I found that th* family never knew when they sat down to table whether Mary was going to wait or not. Nobody sjioke to lier about It. No one ever gave her or ders. No one ever aeked her to do anything. They were afraid. Mary was good to them. Her rule was a gentle one, but the hand of steel was !>eneflth the velvet glove. Her reign was absolute. because If she left th* women looked forward to r.othmg but doing the en ure work of that great house tnemselves. They had money to hire a second girl, but no second CM would go there. They had worn out their beattg and their soles on the stones of New- York looking for a girl who would go five hours from *<■»•- York. They could not find one who would fo nve minutes. Consequently the entire policy of their lives is shaped by Mary. If they wish to have guests they consult Mary. If they wish to go South for the winter they consult Mary. If they wish to keen a cow they consult Mary. Mary de .d.». And they thank their lucky stars that they !id.ve a Mary to decide. ••One would think that there might be farmers daußhters round about, but there are no farmer* left— at least, no American farmer*. There are :iot «fven irish farmers any mor«. The Mohawk Valley is now Included In me abandoned farm re i'ion. My friends ha\e three farms. Not one of Lbeta Is worked. On two of them the houses have been boarded up for rears. On the home farm there are some .-.-.liiipiy rich fields down lii the nver bottom. These are rented to Slavs, who raise <ruck gardens to supply the nearest factory town. AU through that section of me valley those spa • ious pretty, typical old American farmhouses are occupied by Pules, when they are occupied at all. The polt-s are the only people who will take i he land at all, and they keep «.ne pig in the par .or along with the rent ol the family. •My friend has had an Interstate experience wlUi the servant question When her father died .til his property whh in lowa land, and her bread and butter comes from an lowa farm. bhe goes to this farm for six weeks every spring. She could make jr..*** a yej-r more from it if *he would live there all th« ear round. This, she says, sbe would be willing to do for the sake 6f the money if she could get a glrL But in lowa she has not eves a Mary. She can get absolutely no , one. If she lives there it means simply life . mith the d.sh<loUi In hand, and nh« says she will not do it. Her brother has a beautiful farm In lowa and has built a beautiful hou»e. But his wife is a slave ts that house. Bhe has never had a servant since she went there to live, an- her life Is spent In tba kitchen. There Is an «•* -Governor of the State M\lnr near them and. although money i no ob . < »!th him. his wife has to live ir .the same way. Male heln can be rot In lowa J^ v*u * *"/'« are young men there who expect to **> termer* But country boys In New- York wtUaot br hired men' any more than their i-istere will be girls. POSTPONES ITS MEETING. N,> meeting of the Women's Health Protective U-ociatlon of Brooklyn will be held M Friday. November 14. owing to one of the serslon* of the NVw-Vork State Federation of Clubs occurring on that day. EERIER OF BENEFIT DANCES. Th« dances for the benefit of the Northwestern rispenearv will take place on November 11. De ■■ ember 9. January IS, February 10. March W. »-* ; roceeds are devoted to the fitting up of the dis wrr.sary with lsstrumer.tß and necessities. The In stitution is an old established one «nd treats the poor of a large district extending from Twenty •Hrd-Et. to Fiftieth -st on the west slde^ The ■lances were organized by Mrs. George B. Mc *AmoMi the patronesses and subscriber* Mr*. rns anu Mrs. Fannie Humphreys. THE BADGE OF CRUELTY. The Midubon Society of the State of •*•>•■* h*s prepared two pamphlets for distribution, on« addressed to dealers In birds and their plumage, -moodying the provisions of the State and federal laws relative to this subject, with a statement of \m society's intention to prosecute all transgressors of these, and the other addressed directly to women. This latter ... as follows: « -nd OtHMrfN . her mort winsome charm: yet there la v that -h, .« bartering thi* fine crown ,„.,., which l*. for her. a badce of VtfZ^t&EtMs*. and words art- too clumsy ,"rt m s ' "nirituelle grace and loveliness. Only MSble^haS. rould >„■ light ■ ■X U *tV?eaf*t han It, «»f stuff liu«r than cobweb, more ethereal than :-.'>iTrvi. VtiiJ Hi- ground i- M. wii »itli the muti ,nd 1 1 1 • - «liiv«-r"H . • \\ .' , h.nltably Ik-IW-v* that no r.-.Taaiiiv woman would war an aigrette If she -Uy .li.^edl'wH- ol.r;.ned at *uc-h a sickening .m ivi , wJi.auer* proclaim the truth, and our ••^r.i.y t-. !.•::■!) .»',^ ni ,.,.., ..; Mv,njVn»mi«i. ,o' "i-i*!. 1 >C ','.■• ■' '■,!;..*•.'■•♦'-*:.'■ to 'i 0i 0 Sd - I -'*' t i: : toanrif'i! S -^.oJYIS^ y\ India is a society mecca this season -with English people, and dresses for the Viceroy's Durbar and the Indian season are coming to assume as promi nent a place In the wardrobe of the smart Lon doner as gowns for the Riviera. The larger half of 'igh society seems to be going India-ward. It Is said, and London has been crowded with people busy shopping — if Englishwomen may ever bo said to ■hop— before leaving for the Orient. The Alexandra Club, the ODly exclusively wom en's club In Ireland. Is in a flourishing condition. A third house will shortly be added to the two al ready occupied, the membership having bo In creased that the twenty-nine bedrooms which the club will soon have at its disposal are sorely needed. "Women have their clubs to-day— and fine, pala tial buildings, too. some of them— with billiard rooms and cardrooms and cosey smoking rooms. Just the Bame aa In the case of real grown-up men." says "The King." "How the pendulum has swung since the days of Jane Austen! Fainting has gone out with the crinoline, and very soon even the mouse may orapA to bo an object of ter ror. But it wfH take a generation or two before woman can become a real clubable animal. At present their mansions In Dover-*; an- still only tearooms on promotion, and lack thf air of nolid unostentatious comfort that Is the chief Mature of our own Institutions. Women dress for the club aa they dress for the park— and herein lies the dis tinction." "My landlady has done more to convert me to child Etudy and mothers' clubs than all the litera ture and lectures put together," remarked a busi ness woman the other day. "The absolute selfish ness, the weakness, cruelty, caprice, coarseness and dishonesty which form her only system of dis cipline for her little girl of four offer a fine foil for the loving, firm, wise comradeship which repre sents tfM Ideal of relationship between mother and child- "If you eat any more chocolate before break fast I pity you!' raves Mrs. 11., and Mary con cludes to take her risk and bites off another piece. Ten to one her mother Is bo busy frying potatoes she does not notice, but perhaps she does. in which case she will take astout stick from behind the stove, pursue the fleeing 1 Mary around the fiat, fish her out from wider a bed and finally Incar cerate her. weeping, biting and kicking In the bath room. "Let me out, you!' shrieks the child 'How dare you treat me like 'bis. "If you kick that door again 1 will smash your face!' snorts the mother. " 'If you open that Icebox door again, I'll kill you" snaps Mrs. 11. at 11 o'clock. At 1 o'clock. Why don't you no to the Icebox and take some thing if you are hungry, ami nut come bothering me 7* Sometimes Mary, who has been eating choco late and pears and lemonade and milk and candy ami bread and Jam all the morning under her mother's complacent nose In so Inconsiderate ax to get sick. Thin 'Yon pig, you; don't you know bet ter than to eat everything you see? It serves you right! Don't come near me the rest "i the day. I hope you'll be so pick to-night you won't be able to open your mouth. Mind, if you disturb me to-night. I will go away 11 - 1 ' leave you alone In the house. You pig, you!' " Oh, poor Mother Goose! Here Is La Touche Han cock ri«lng in the November "Success" to remark that the woman who wrote under that pen name had a mind teeming with dishonesty, cruelty, vul garity, murder and most klndß of villany. Mr. Hancock asserts that a ban should be put upon Mother Goose In the home, as her rhymes terrify and incite to theft. Incendiarism, highway robbery, poaching, religious persecution and. nearly all the other Christian virtues. He thinks Haby Bunting, the little man with the gun: Jack Dandy, daddy longlegs and some of the others are not fit com pany for a tender little American child. Scientists have generally upheld Mother Goose, on the ground that fhe feeds a natural want of the child mind, but If Mr. Hancock is right, the affection of the child for Mother Goose is only one more proof of th*- natural depravity of the race Dr. Klein is an expert on the government medical board. After Investigating plea on behalf of the government, he reports: "All contained the spores of anaerobic non-pathoger.ic bacillus balyrlcus. the spores of bacillus mesenterlcus vulgatus. and slaphylococeus albus of at least two different kind*' How shocking! Slaphylococcus albus In particular sounds virulent and stirs one to gratitude for perils survived. Supposing Dr. Klein's scalpel and microscope to have dealt thus far with the simpler species of pie only— and custard, for Instance— Imagination falters on the brink of what he might have unearthed had he explored the more complex and recondite varieties, such as lemon meringue and mince. Mince pie! For generations that has been a name to conjure with. Irving was moved to describe in admiring accents an English mince pie to which he was introduced sixty odd years ago. while did not dear old Sir Roger de rf.verl€-y ion* before Irrtng's day. bequeath mince nie* to his tenantry along with great coats for the men and flannel petticoats for the women? If not. U was only because it slipped his mind, for mince Dies were as familiar to him as to any Yankee of fiE? Great Pie Belt. Mince pie is food for men and angels It warms the cockles of the heart none the fes« DOtently for being an esoteric mystery; Indeed. Lart^fi"* Popularity, like that of certain theotog- Fcal dogma, may be due to this very element of mrstery in Us composition. At all events, some- Sody .nou"d Vive I>r. Klein a Thanksgiving mince Softer Thanksgiving. If disenchantment is to KT^n-s lot for pity's sake, let It come, after rather than before the grand old Pilgrim festival of church and state. "Two young Northern women who west to North Carolina in search of health have remained, to raise watermelons." says "The Designer." "They were practically at the end of their carefully hus v .. 1...1 resource* when, hearing thai watermelons *"ere lire- • "md P«or In the neighborhood of Wil * ' ] :,i,,r 1 . ••'•>• were, they bought five hundred Screw .lid --,»•<! them down to melons. That was '.iv . ..'irv a»;o Now a summer li.-in. at Har liar bor a 'house In Boston and a country cottage near the melon field* stand M monuments to their auccexs." _ • RECEPTION TO MISS WELCH MrW >>• r - Hulbert, of So I*l W*BtW * 8t E Ens nt >'-«'« r'-.,'n-J-M.'.*'r '-- 'n-J-M.'.*' «"jil * txt ' a T«c«>ptlon this afternoon in h, • ,',t .if Mu-*,?ane Mead* Welch, a "' known f-rGbwomaii of Puffalo and i delepat* to the Btat* F*««atlcev' The hostel* b* > cc "'--i I" r*«t\ XEW-YOftK DArril TRIBUNE, MONDAY. iVOVEMBER 10. 1902 ON WASTE OF COAL. A HOUSEKEEPER TELLS OF ECONOMICAL MAYS TO rSE TT. "How many men or women know the amount of coal really sufficient to keep a good tire in grate, furnace or stove?" asked an experienced housewife. "Not one in a hundred. Yet this question of sup plies ought to be nn> of the first things learned in nnrn<--stlo management. Half a ton of nut coal i« ample to keep tire nicht and day in a No. 8 kitchen range for a month In winter. From three-ehshths to one-quarte.r of a ton is all that should be used in a fall or spring month, and this does not mean poor, stunted Ores. Ir is enough for all cookery and genial warmth, and to u-e more means Igno rant w "A cylinder stove beating a room I*'> feet square and 10 feel in height will call for the san;- amount of larger coal. When strong tire is needed, In cold weather, a mixture of egg and nut roal is good in range or close parlor stove, using the finer coal to start the morning fire and egg coal for the charge to last half a day. A small furnace, keeping th« ordinary ten room house comfortable night and •lay in all weather, can be run with an average of ono ton of hard coal •) mouth the season through, which means less than a tori for'the mild- months, and something more In bitter midwinter, Half a cord of split kindling in six inch lengths will be enough for six month- of cold weather with good usage. "This looks Impossible to the •■-> Koins house keeper, whose cook throws a huge scuttleful of coal on the range three times a day. and whose, furnaceman has a commission from the coal dealer, or whose head of the family doesn't, know any more about such matter* than uMiai But personal ex perience tor years proves the allowance correct. Tt simply Includes knowing how "In cold weather a clear tire is economy. The ashes are to be thoroughly cleared by shaker and poker from rang.- arid furnace the first thine, un less a Strong draught "of .< windy night has burned the tire almost out. when the grate must be care fully shaken, leaving a bed of ashes to hold the live coals, win. -ii are to be kindled up with half a dozen pieces of kindling wood, two inches thick, ami a small shovel of fine coal, with open draughts. As soon as the coal is red and burning well, in five or ten minutes a shovel of egg coal Is 'added. If in a hurry to heat the lions- up. make the furnace tiro up with •** coal, and when well lighted close lh( back draughts. When all th.- layer of coal is alight close all dampers and draughts, bo that th* heat will stay In the house Instead of going out doors. In carelessly tended tires three-fourths the 1,. ,i from the fuel goes up the chimney. This Is speaking of hot air furnaces of the good old kind. which some knowing ; pie still stoutly aver are the only method for heating private houses. 'Careful Bring Insists on having ail »he ash*s sifted t»i. ov.-r. thf tir-t lime with rh< common coarse screen of i ill inch m< sli. which leaves the cinders read) for use. after picking out the slag The second time the ashes are run through a screen of quarter Inch mesh, which takes out a lot of cinder scales the size of buckwheat coal. useful for keeping fires at nlglit or when strong heal is not need) d. .' ; . -__ "All glassy, stony pieces are to be picker] from. the cinders with gloved hands or claw tonga Then dampen the cinders either with a spray from a tin watering pot or by sprinkling with a whiskbroom dipped In a basin of water. Dampen but do not wet the cinders, coarse and line. When the break fast fire is not needed and the house Is warm, put on range and furnace a charge of fresh coal threw or four Inches deep, open draughts five minutes to let the. smoke pass off and the coal to catch fire: then cover with an even laser of cinders, and cinder scales on that, and close draughts. A well made fire should keep from four to ten hours with out replenishing. On mild days, with little wind, a fire so tended will last till night and so made up at 10 o'clock in the evening will keep all night. If clinkers form In the furnace throw In scrap zinc and they will fuse and drop when the fire burns well." 1/l/r.-. BALAZAJCa EyTEBPRIBI Mm*. T. Zamplni Balaaar. of Borne, who la in this city in the Interests of the magazine of which she is .editor and publisher, is a ptctnresqu striking personality. Tho daughter of an Irish girl and a Spanish nobleman, she was brought up In London and Italy, married at Mxteen. became the mother of five children, took up teaching and platform lecturing and literature, founded a re view—the first to be founded by a woman, for women in Italy, and haw now turned her tlon to the establishing of a second :naK.izin<\ She went to Kngland to etudy women's I tlons and was entertained b» Miss I loi • Nownham and Mrs. lier-.ha Johnson in Oxford Ii 1893 ahe was «.-!:t by tba Italian Government lo study women's Institutions in the United Btaten, and sat on an International jury of awards I at the Worlds Kair six-- also visited Mew-York. where she lectured before Borosls. Mme. Balazux 1 !" id.-a In starting her new review was to furnish an impartial record of the situation MMX. T. ZAMPINI SALA/AK and progress of affair** In modern Italy for Eng lish speaking people. The magazine Is published at her house in Rome. The Queen Dowager Margherita and the young Queen Helena ar.- said to be Interested In tins venture of th«» up to date Italian. Mm-. Salasar will address the Woman's Press Club on th« sta tus of Italian women on the SSd. CLOTHES FOR r/FTTSIS't: BABIES. The Guild of the Infant Saviour. Room No. 507, United Charities Building, has fifty-nine babies at present in its charge. They ar<* from six months to two years Old, and they nearly all need new winter coats, warm bootees, stockings, underwear and whatever will keep them warm until the spring sunshine comes again. Any out- who can spare even the least of these winter necessities will help very much by either fending the article direct to the guild office or sending a postal card, whereupon it win be called for. It will also be a help to the nurses of these children to have hahy carriages for their charges, and second band ones will be grate fully received. THE TKIBI'S'E PATTE&y A TISSUE PAPER PATTERN OF CHILD'S PRESS. NO. UI& FOR TEX CENTS. The dainty little model illustrated suits all wash able fabrics, and soft, simple wools, and is charm ing in them all: but, as shown, is of blue . hambray, with belt, collar and cuffs, of needlework. The or iginal is unlined and ran be laundered with ease, but a body lining is provi ded an.l can be used when desired. To cut thi--* dress for a child of four years of age, thre«» and a half yards of material 21 incnes wide; three yarda .•7 Inches wide, two and, a half yards 3. inches wide. two NO. 4.1&5-CHILJ>\S MUM. yard* 44 inches wide. will be required, with two yards of Insertion. t.> trim as illustrated. . „ nhiirtron Th*- pattern. No. 4.152. i* cut in llisea for children of two four. b}i and eight years of ag>- Th- pattern will h> sent to any addrwMfon re e*Jpt o' !'J —m*.: Please siv*. number and »«rt distinctly. addrtM Pattern Dspartm^nt, Nt« York Tribun- If in 4 hurry for pattern MM " •xtra for«-c«nt «tamp. and - ■*« will mail by 1*",.. k ,...?tag'- tr. i*»l««l •n^«>^•>C'*. ■ • GOOD CHEER. Have you had * kindness ihown? Pass It on. •TVa» not riven for you »lo»«— rm It on. L*t M travel down th» year*. Let it wipe another"* tear*. - TUI In h»av«n the Ue«d appear*— Pus It OB NOTICE. All letter* and package* Intended for the T. S. S. -Mould be addressed to The Tribune *unnhiii«- Society. Tribune nnlldlnpr. Nev»- York City. If the above address la carefully nhnrrvpil communications Intended for the T. S. *. will be lens likely to go astray. The Tribune Sunshine Society »•»■ no connection with ary other oraranlint mn or publication nninß; the word "Sunshine. ' THANKBGIVINQ DAT. Man) will be the happy home gratheringß on glad Thankscivine Pay. and many the homecomings where tears of sadness minele with tears of joy. In prosperous, unbroken homes, joy will add to VIEW SHOWING PROGRESS OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. THE CORNERSTONE OF WHICH IS TO BE LAID TO-DAY. i"v; in homes where reverses have come, the bur dens, by sharing, will become less heavy and sorrows be chastened by tears of mutual sympathy. We cannot recount all God's benefits, nor mark thn things for which we should give hearty and un censinc: inks. but from the abundance of our mercies "let us remember those less favored— the poor about us.— (Rev. Charles F. McKown. It is the poor and needy ones that the T. S. S. desires specially to remember on Thanksgiving Day. The branches will, as heretofore, look after the most needy cases brought to their notice: but the Individual members have no one to look to but the neral society. An extra dollar will mean .xtrn cheer on thN festive day for many a scanty board A list of fifty of the sick poor whose ur k-em wants are known at the general office has L.en made out. and it Is booed that each one may have at least $1 as a ray of Thanksgiving cheer. That the desolate, poor may (had shelter and bread, That the sick may be comforted, nourished ami fed. That the sorrow may cease of the sighing and sad. That the -i-irit bowed down may be lifted ana glad, We pray thee. pitying Lord^ r MONEY RECEIVED. •Two Friemls" have forwarded $1 as November due? to the endowment fund: Mrs. J. V. Beam. 1- $2 with "best wishes for the society**; Mis* Penrose. $1. for the general postage fund, and 1. cents for « badge, and Mrs Leeds 30 cents for • postage CHEEK POB LITTLE GIRL. Mrs. Hartley, a T B B. member, of I'tica. N. V.. m:.k--s th.- following plea for sunshine for a little t;iri: "1 would like to make an appeal through your .Sunshine comma for cheer in th« way of toys, books pictures, scrapbookß snythtng to hv teresl a little ulrl of eieht >.-..rs. She hurt her kn id db Monday last an operation w performed and as :> result she will b. con fined to b< i bed and room for a long time, rney iiv on n farm, away from the town, and she has Ilitl.- to interest her, so the nurse writes me. Tn« addr.-s^ |h Blanche Brown, care Myron Brown, Vernon. N. V ' M,s< !■: \i. Harrison, ol Mount Vernon. asks if boom ■>;" the youniger membera of the T. S. S. wiil put t!,*> name of Miss Cora Jones, of I.uttrell. De Kalb County. Ala., on their Itet for »«>««»*••' sunshine. She is only eighteen years old. but has been « cripple for some years. Materials for .iiillt work, books, magazines, etc.. will be acceptable. Mra P M Adams Please send your copies of Woman's Pages to Mrs. W. H. Taft. North Col lins. N. V L'ONTRI BUTIONS. Two boxes by freight, containing men's ciothin-c and excellent reading matter, have been received from the Mills Young Men's Christian Association. of Williamstown, Mass.; 8 box of Christmas cheer. including three dolls from Miss Annie Miller, of Plaintield, N. J.: a large express box of miscellane ous ■irtic!«-s. to be user! in a box now being pre pared for North Carolina; a cape for one of "th<j four sisters." from "A Friend, of Putnam, Conn.**; spectacles from "M. J. A.." Minnie A. Smith, and several pain without a name; a package, contain ing new ti^-ur..i cheesecloth, thrfo pairs of stock ings underwear, hound books and pictures, from Miss Bessie Fink, of Brooklyn; a large print Rlbto left at the «>fn>e. without a name; completed fancy work fur Christmas distribution from Miss L. M. A very of Morgan ton, N. C. : pretty materials for dressing dolls, hair ribbons, laces, etc., from Mrs. C. W. Hodges, of Norwich, Conn.; a large bundle <>f bound i.i ok-, from some unknown friend: fancy work, from Ms. H. E. Parson: wools and silks, from Roselle X. J.; a book, from "L. B. V."; four 1.0.1-. without a name: a box of wools, patterns, etr.. from C. D. Vorce. of Farmlngton. Conn.: seeds, from Gertrude. Abbott, of North Carolina, and birch bark, from Miss R. M. Kimball. Mrs. O. D. Ashley has sent her usual boxes of helpful cheer; one contained clothing, several pairs of pretty bed socks, l-lov's. shoulder shawl, silks, etc.. and the other was filled with boxes of heads, attractive photographs, sachets, and enough pretty, bright colored, mounted pictures to delight the hearts of scores of children and "shut in" members. COLLEGE ANNUAL LUXCHEOS. The annual luncheon of the Emma Willard As sociation, of which Mrs. Russell Sage is president, will be given at Sherry's on the afternoon of No vember IS. Among the representative educational women present will he President Thomas of Bryn Mawr; President Wool ley of Mount Holyoke; Dean 6111, of Barnard: Dean Pendleton. of Wellesley; Professor Mary Jordan, of Smith, and Dean Irwin. of Radciiff. Mrs. Hadley. wife of President Hadley of Yale, will represent Vassar. Each of the above named women will speak, and the association is looking forward to an exceptionally interesting afternoon. It/Mr THEY DID WITH SALVATORI. Salvatorl was an Italian boy of nine, who was big for his age. His parents therefore made an affi davit that he was fourteen years old and sent him to work in a bisoult factory. Miss Hamilton, who is a resident of the famous Hull House, in Chicago, having known Salvatorl from his cradle up. could swear that he waa only nine, and went to the firm employing htm to protest a* itnst this violation of the child labor law. She was greeted with great politeness, assured that Salvatori was not a mem ber of the force, and was Invited to Inspect the premises and find her protege If he were there. An Italian foreman was even instructed- to accompany her about and facilitate her search. • She hunted In company with the Italian foreman until he said ooiitelv- "Perhaps you think you would do better If I were not here. I will go away and let you search alone He went away and Miss Hamilton lingered about the premise* all the afternoon, but finally unsuccessful, »ook her departure. The next day sh« took a walk down through the Italian quarter, »nd was greeted - all th» children of the section to % «inzsonsr of Hamilton, you couldn't fled 6>. ,_: * ' -■ "Oh J-Ilss Hamllion; you couldn't fird BalvatoM, and he was Ip th* sanai barral aU th* tl-iia«r« LIBRARY CORSERSTOUE LAYISG. MAYOR LOW". JOHN BIOELOW AND OTHKRS WILL MAKE ADDRESSES. Mayor Low will lay the cornerstone of th* new public library, Astor, Lenox and TUden Founda tions, at Bryant Park this afternoon. Many na tional, State and city officiate have been Invited to the ceremony. The Rev. Dr. Huntington will offer the Invocation. Mayor Low and President John Bigelow. of ' the library trustees, will make ad dresses, and Archbishop Farlev will pronounce the benediction. Park Commissioner YUlleox will pre side over the exercises. HE FELT "WELLE* WHt\ HE BAXQ coy while kf.im; kxamined at bel.le- VT'F FATERTAINKD PHYSICIANS AXI» NIRSES "I wish I could sing; I think I'd feel weller then?" said James Oorrigan. seven years old. as he sat In the reception room at Bellevue Hospital last evening. James lives at No. 238 East Twenty-fourth-st. He fell into an ex cavation at Twenty-fourth-st. and Second-aye. and Patrolman Schiwll got him out with the aid of a ladder Th^ ►■t -avation wag about twelve feet deep "AH right, you can sing, if you sine some thing nice," satd Dr. McLean, who -was* ex amining the boy. James threw his chest out. raised hs head high and began softly to sing "The Palms." In a moment the room was still, save for th« clear boyish tones, and when he had finished the first verse there was a round of applause. En couraged by this appreciation James sang "The Holy City." The roprano voice could be heard at some distance, and nurses, doctors and at tendants gathered from all parts of the build ing until the audience numbered nearly a hun dred. After a second generous round of applause the boy gave them "Nearer. My God. to Thee." "How'd BeabroolM strike yer." said James next. He received encouraging replies, and gave an Imitation of Mr. Seabrooke singing "Mr. Dooley." with a variation on the last verse, "Mr. Devery." "Well. I guess you are all right, little man." salii Dr. McLean, when the boy had finished. "I can't find any braise* or broken bones." "I guess, it was the singin" that fixed me.** replied the lad. "I always sing when I feel bad." Dr. McLean reached down in his pocket, took out a com and tossed it Into the boy's cap. Others followed suit, and when James left the hospital a few minutes later he had nearly $3. ClM>t: FtTCB /\ l RUN AW AT. A POLIOKMAN STOW THE HORSE OF THE DRAMATIST IN CENTRAL PARK. Clyde Fitch, the dramatist, yesterday after noon was In a runaway accident in Central Park. Frightened by a collision with a han som cab. the animal attached to the victoria of Mr. Fitch took the bit in its teeth and dashed up the West Drive. Mr. Fitch's coachman sawed on the mouth of the spirited horse until the vic toria was opposite West ntieth-st There Policeman Howard galloped up and caught the bridle of the animal In th»« morning a hois.- driven by Lewis C. Bacber was struck by the shaft of a hansom cab at Sixty-tirst-st. and Central Drive. Mr. and Mrs. Bacher were thrown to the road. The horse was stopped at flirty st by Police man McNulty. Mrs. Bather, who received slight bruises on the face, refused " allow an ambu lance to be called. Policeman John a. Park stopped a saddle horse In the east bridle path at Ninety-seventh at. The policeman found the rider a block further down the drive la an angry frame of mind. The latter refused point blank to have anything further to do with the horse. The po liceman led the animal to a riding academy, where he found that th«» rider was Henry Hu senmakes". of the Endtcott Hotel. ITS CORXERSTOyE LAID. . | CEREMONY AT NSTSV HOLT TRINITY LUTHERAN' CHURCH. CENTRAL PARK WEST The laying of the cornerstone of the new Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, at Central Park West and Slxty-flfth-st.. yesterday afternoon, was wit nessed by nearly three thousand persons. It was as much as the police could do tot a time to prevent people from being run down by trolley cars and automobiles, as many persons were compelled to stand in the middle of the street. The cornerstone was laid by the Rev. Dr. C. Armand Miller, the pastor. He said a few words in praise of the work of the Lutheran Church, and after the singing of an anthem he Introduced the Rev W F Pacher. president of the Synod of New- York and New-England. Dr. Bacher spoke of the history of the church, and praised the work of the Rev Dr G F. Krotel. who was the first pastor of the old church when it was opposite Trinity Church. In Rector-st. Dr. Krotel later thanked Dr. Bacher In a brief address. The new church Is to be of Gothic architecture of the thirteenth century, with a base of granite and walls of Indiana limestone. Its dimensions are to be 65 by 100 feet. The auditorium will seat about twelve hundred people, not counting the gallery at the east end. At the rear is to be a parsonage, and the entire cost of all is to be about Jli-.flOu. It is said the church will be finished In May. THE, FIRST SHEKEL DAT. A COLLECTION FOR ZIONIST MOVEMENT TAKEN OP AMONO THE JEWS. To test the strength of the Federation of Amer ican Zionists in this city and throughout the country, a collection of 25 cents an what will be known as "Shekel Day" was taken up yesterday in every Jewish congregation. The payment of this small sum of money, which in the aggregate will amount to millions of dollars, entitles the con tributor to become- an enrolled voter in the Zion ist party The "SbeUoiim." or certificate of en rollment, permits ' the holder. if eighteen, to vote for a delegate, and. if a payee of two years* stand ing and twenty-four years old. he Is eligible to elec tion as a delegate to the Zionist Congress. The outcome of the enrollment yesterday will be. wa tehee with interest, because It will tesinr t--i th* efficacy ex th* Zionist propaganda la America- Toe Zionist .movement was started abou* ux years DR. ABLER DISCUSSES PLE iSfRF HE POINTS OUT WHAT HE THINKS 13 I'nVOW IN TOLSTOY'S PLAN. "Our Attitude Toward Pleasure" was the subject of Dr. Felix All. address at Carnegie Hall yes terday morning. He said in part: A new kind of asceticism is making -elf felt to day. Strange to say. It is not based, as o* old, *n the fear of pleasure ana its demoralizing effects, but on the excessive valuation of pleasure. The key to this paradox is in tne democratic movement of the period. Democracy, which we associate with the ballot box, freedom and the equality of man, has also 4 spiritual side. Peop.e see that the lives of so many of their fellow beings are so utterly Joyless that they :eel that they have no right to enjoy what their brethren cannot have. It Is that which has made ToUtoy leave a life of ease ami luxury and live like a peasant: In fact, become a peasant. It is the feeling or" brotherhood. The emigration of many oi our best citizens from the more fashionable parts of the city to the East Side, where they live in settlements, la not alto gether that they may elevate those among whom they .make their home?, but that the] may ouiet that still small voice within ihelr nature* which condemns them for taking so much when others can have so little. Communism has never succeeded except in a few communities which were he.d together by religious feeling. One does not have to be a deep student to realise that the difference in the a^i.i.ies of men , proves that the equal distribution of wealth Is not the solution of the problem. But we do not have to have communistic laws. The law only rebate— ■ a limited amount of good conduct: but we are not compelled to stop where the law does. A certain man has recently said that it la a disgrace to di» rich, and he has given away large sums of money. But while he gives millions away he has million* left. May he logically go to the point that Jesus did when he told the young man to sell all that h» had and give it all to the poor. It is a much mooted question whether too much giving la not really hurtful Instead of helpful to the poor in that It makes them less self-reliant. To those who feel this unrest I would say that there are many chari ties which are progressive and constructive, ana really help those who are benefited and make them more self-reliant and energetic than before, and which it would require many millions of dollar*, to support. . It has frequently been said that th* luxuries or the rich are beneficial to the poor, but this Is a great mistake. If the rich spent less money on luxuries they »ouW spend more on the more need ful things, and the artists would still paint, and all the arts would flourish still as they do now. It would be better if the rich instead ■■: adorning their homes would put the same amount of wealth Into the public builuii art galleries, museums, etc.. Where the beautiful thiners could be enjoyed by a. greater number. It would be better for them If they lived in less luxury. I am not disciple of Tolstoy, though I feel the strength of the appeal which actuates men Ilk» him. Society hi- been en.leavorins for centuries to reach a civilized plane of living. Would It not be a crime to throw away any measure of that which we have achieve.' an.! ?■> bark to the lowest stage because others are still there? The object of life is work. We are all here to do a certain work. Ft matters not whether we deserve to be in the plane we are. We are there, and we must ?lr> that which we have to do to the very best of our aMHty. It would be a crime to seek a lower Diane of usefulness. All grades of society iv,- their pleasures. Pleas ure I- a bat)\ a recreation, a cordiaL We can perform our tasks far better after » period of relaxation. Ask yourself <f .*»■■ pleasure which you are er.Joylnt: hi one which will be a bath, to you. one that will put you in tune. Avoid sensual pleasures and all others which undermine th* character an.l befog the mind. DR. 3PBWEEXEJ CELEBRATES. CLERGYMEN HERE FROM MANY CITIES TO HONOR ST. BBicmya PASTOR. The Rev. Dr. Patrick Seal M. Sweeney cele brated yesterday the fortieth anniversary of hi» ordination an.l his twenty-fifth anniversary as pas tor of St. Bri,-i.. Church, at East Eighth-st. and Avenue B. Sixty-five prominent clergymen from neighboring cities gathered to do him honor, and 1 presented a striking picture to the lay mind as tiler marched around the oM church in their vestments. Archbishop Farley presided at th.: 11 o'clock: mass. Monsignor Loughlin delivered a pennon ea the work of the Catholic Church. He said in part; If m have read the works of those who hay* assailed the Catholic Church you will find that they have dons it for two reasons— the one because th*» Church Ist unchangeable: the other because of its stubborn adherence te> past belief. Is it possible." these critics and slanderers say. "that the Church Is not to be Improved and is for ever to be dictated to by a clique of potentates?** Let us pass Ml tilts for a moment. These same* writers are willing to admit that the Catholtn Church has brought civilization out of chaos and despotism, and that she has been tha salvation of the world. Take the Catholic? Church all and all, and there is not the slightest reason to doubt that ah* bast done more "or the world than any other religion; but despite this they say there must be a Chang* sooner or later from antiquity. And again they ask us why we should beat out our brains against antique doctrines. Yet they conclude that If that Catholic Church will not come up to the times It SB easy to foresee or rather foretell the result. I want to say that our Church is stronger to-day than she was at any time during her history. After two thousand year of hard struggles it would set hard for us to believe in any new doctrines, »M I guess we will not. Dr. Loughlin added that M the Church liseaneal to critics she would sink out of sight and brsaaf back the "dreadful days of the Dark Ages." Dr. McSweeney said he had heard of the "btgetki Protestant, the bigoted Jew and the bigoted infi del." but in his long service as a pastor he had failed to find any such nersons: but he d!d find, hat declared, good Protestants, good Jews and good la fidels. Dr. MeOweeney was appointed rector of St- Brigid's Church on September 8. 1*77 His pastorate has been successful He has paid a debt of 540.0C0 and has spent over $30,000 in Improvements. All that remains of the debt of tne church is Cs,uuo. PROSPERITY. THE NET SALES OF THK Daily & Sunday TRIBUNE For the Month of October. 1902. tvere 17% More than for the jafnm month of 1901. 9