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MILITARY DRILL IN UNIFORM AND WITH RIFLES HAS BEEN REVIVED AT YALE WITH MUCH ENTHUSIASM
SOLDIERING AT YALE.
Prize Drill of the Three Companies
of Undergraduates.
New-Haven. April 1* (Speclal).-Next Wednesday
evening will be held the competitive drill and in
spection of the three Tale military companies, for
■which the Yale soldiers have been training since
the early winter. Plar.s are being made to turn
the drill Into a gala affair, as a considerable num
ber of the undergraduate friends of the student
cadets will be in the M Regiment Armory to fol
low the proceedings, and as there will be an of
ficial attendance from the United States Army, the
Connecticut Militia and the Connecticut State of
ficers. The one SheffleU Scientific School and the
two academic companies win drill for a prise flag,
and there will also be Individual competitive drills
for gold and silver medals.
Governor Abiram Chamberlain and Adjutant
General Cole, of the Connecticut National Guard,
■will be the chief official guests of the competition.
Besides these State officials an inspector general
and four ether United States Army officers will
come from Washington, and will act in conjunction
with three field officers of the 8d Regiment of New-
Haven as a committee of award and Inspection on
the manoeuvres of the Yale companies.
This will be the first official Inspection and com
petitive drill ever held at Yale, such companies as
■were organised several years ago by other army
officers stationed at Tale having held an outdoor
field day only at the conclusion of their season's
drill. The ordinary company manoeuvres will be
rone through, each company being judged as to
th« precision with which it performs the more
difficult movements. In the Individual competition
The manual of arms and general knowledge of mili
tary movements •will be the basis of the awards.
The winning: Individual soldiers will have their
names sent to the United States headquarters at
Washington, and also to their home State adjutant
generals as a spsclsl mark of honor. It was at
first Intended to give a bron«e medal to the com
pany receiving the highest award, but on the re
quest of the members a Yale military flag was
substituted ■
The enthusiasm with which the Yale undergrad
uates have taken up soldiering hae surprised Cap
tain S. A. Smoke. U. B. A., who took charge of the
military Instruction at Yale on detail from the gov
ernment last fall. There are now ISO undergrad
uates parading weekly in the armory, divided Into
three companies, two from the college and the
third from the Scientific School. So many men
have taken to the drills that there have not been
sufficient rifles to g-o around, 60 that one company
has had to drill at a time, battalion monoeuvres
being postponed until next year, when a better pro
vision will be arranged for. One of the companies.
Company B, from the senior class of the academic
department, has adopted a uniform of blue flannel
shirts, khaki trousers, brown leggins and campaign
hats. Next year it is proposed to uniform all of
the four Yale companies then to be organized.
The interest at Yale in military study is account
ed for through the general interest taken through
cut the country in the army manoeuvres in th*-
Philippine?, the late war and the calling out of
the various State militia regiments on strike duty.
"Within a few months the Rhode Island regiments
were out to protect the streets of Providence from
mob violence on the trolley strike In that city; the
New-Haven and Hartford companies spent two
weeks In Waterbury. quelling the riots in that city
from the lawlessness of the striking trolley men.
and In Pennsylvania the troops guarded the mining
properties. A? many Yale undergraduates join
their home military regiments In the various States
after leaving college, their Interest in studying
military organization at this time is easily under
standable. Captain Smoke has made it a special
point, he paid to-day, to give the Yale students an
understanding of broad military questions in con
nection with their drills. He has lectured this -win
ter to the senior classes in both undergraduate de
partments on the American military problem, mod
err: war on field and map. strategy and campaign
ing. orders of battle and grand tactics, the art of
war, use of cavalry and infantry and the Russo-
Turkish War.
Captain Smoke himself has been thoroughly
drilled in war tactics, having been graduated from
West Point in UaT. servJr.g at various Western
forts, going through the Spanish War on the staff
Of General John C Bates as chief quartermaster
cf the Department of Santa Clara, and then acting
as military* instructor in Texas. Missouri and Ne
braska, before being detailed to Yale.
A use to which the Yale soldiers will put their
recently acquired knowledge of military tactics
will be in the "stunt" which is now "in the works"
for the celebration cf Dewey Day. Last year the
day was celebrated in such a manner as to nearly
result In the dropping of several well known men
from college. This year a novel and entirely unique
celebration will be in order, which will not. it is ex
pected, bring down on the participants the wrath
of the faculty. It is proposed on Dewey Day to
line up the two academic military companies as
United States and Filipino soldiers. and to have
them engage in a sham battle over the possession
of a Filipino ox cart. The rules of war will pre
veil in this engagement, and no "rush" or "rough
house" will BB permitted, the company winning the
cart winning It only by legitimate military ma
nceuvrer. As this battle will probable take place
on the campus before most of the college, an at
tractive spectacle in Yale campus "stunts" Is to
be expected.
Military drill has been tried off and on at Yale
for a number of years, the United States Army
having sent four details to the university since
MS. The first incumbent was Lieutenant < '. A L.
Totter., the well known cfcronologist, who resigned
to prosecute private studies in Biblical chronology.
Following him was Captain James Pettit. now a
commanding field officer In the Philippines, and
after Captain Pettit Major D. A. Thompson occu
pled the chair for two Man. Since 1597. however,
there has been no detalied military instructor at
Yale, so that the arrival of Captain Samuel A.
Smoke, U. S. A last fall was a welcome one to
the undergraduates.
Captain Smoke at once, in addition to his lectures
on military topics, oegan the formation of military
companies among the undergraduates. The re
sponse was Immediate ami even enthusiastic. Sev
eral companies have .now been formed or are In the
process of forming from the. academic and scientific
departments, offlct-red by their own member*, who
have first passed an examination In the fundamen
tals of military manoeuvres and who have then
been elected by the company members. George A.
Washington, of Wessynyton, Term.. is the com
manding officer of the senior academic company.
It Is Captain Smoke* idea to organize a number
pf companies from the various Yale classes, drill
them in the manual of arms and company and bat
talion tactics, and at the end of the college year
hold a competitive drill, a prize flag going to the
winning company. At the end of the year a compe
tition will be held among the men on their knowl
edge of military questions, and the three or four
leading students will be named to the United States
Army chief offices and to the offices of the adju
tant generals of the various States.
In spite of the novelty of this ptrtJcular branch
of undergraduate activity, the students who have
gone in lor military <3ri:i have mastered the rudi
ments la an astonishingly short time. With a few
weeks' occasional drills they were marching around
the armory with comparative military precision
Of the manual of arms a great many of the stu
dents had had previous knowledge through attend
ance at military preparatory schools, and th« few
raw recruits were taught the intricacies of th«
evol-Jtion of a gun in a short tirae. Almost every
afternoon squads of the men were taken in hand
on the armory floor by undergraduate non-eommii
sloned officers, and the. thump of the gun as It
came to parade rest could be heard above the
commands from another corner of the drill floor to
"Present arms!" or "Break ranks! March!" The
grune for the drills were loaned to the Yale soldiers
by the local military companies, and the other
day the men were uniformed for the first time, a
simple uniform of slouch bats, blue blouses, khaki
trousers and legging* being selected.
The main idea of most of the Yale, men who have
taken up the new military drill work la not only to
flil In the dull routine of the winter term with
company drill, but to get an idt- a of actual par
ticipation in military manoeuvres, so that If they
should join local militia organization* on scatter
ing to their homes after graduation, they could
start in with an Intelligent idea of military service.
Captain Smoke said to-day that he appreciated th!«
fact, and had already found more enthusiasm 'than
he *xp«.-ct*d arnor.e college undergraduates far mill
tary organization. Next year it la expected that
po'slWv all of tlie undergrndurte cJasFes will have
companies. In which '"'- a Yale battalion will be
formed.
JOHN DREWS FINE GIFT TO HARVARD COLLEGE.
THE LOWE COLLECTION OF THEATRICAL LITER
ATV RE IS A MINE OF INTERESTING LORE.
At first sight the section of the Harvard Library
devoted to the collection of works about the the
atre, made by the late Robert W. Lowe, of London,
and given to the college by John Drew, the actor,
of Xew-York. appears no more important than any
other similar twenty feet of forty shelves, and
seems hardly to warrant the enthusiasm with
which the gift has been received by students and
the great care taken of it. Witness the sign, "These
books are not to be used without permission."
The seven hundred more or less books, except for
a few large and noticeable antiques, like the "Pri
vate Correspondence of David Garrlck," and some
small books, like 'Scenes Behind the Scenes," ap
pear rather uninteresting. But glances through the
books themselves reveal a mine of interesting in.
formation regarding the stage, its actors. Its his
tory, its controversies, Us struggles and Its suc
cesses.
Ryley's "Itinerant: or Memoirs of an Actor" has
the- following preface: "When the Journal, from
which I have drawn up the following Memoir, was
first penn'd. the writer "nad not the most distant
idea that it would ever bo made public; but all
powerful time, that brings about powerful revolu
tions, has render'd that an object of gain which
commenced as ar. amusement, in hours of ease
and affluence." The circular at the end of the
book bears out this hint of the actor's life: "A
committee of Mr. Ryley's friends are desirous of
obtaining assistance in providing for Mr. Ryley
such a moderate annual stipend as may decently
support him in the decline of life. . . . Others
. . . will kindly afford assistance to one who,
when the means were in his power, never refused
his mite to those who stood in need."
In the preface of "Actors by Daylight, and Pen
ciling in the Pit," an 1838 journal, illustrated with
some excruciating portraits, it is stated that "the
Dramatic Articles will be written by a gentleman
of first rate talent and ability. The Literary
Notices will be strictly impartial, and written by
the late editor of a popular magazine. The ;
Tales will be either original, translated from the
French or German, or reprints from scarce and
expensive books. The Miscellaneous Portions of
the work will consist of matter curious, useful
and amusing." Quite in contrast to the advertising
methods of the present day manager comes a col
umn of "Theatrical Putting": "A little reflection
will soon convince the reader that puffing is actual
ly an insult to the public. . . . Mr. Macready,
when he opened Covent Garden, after a modest
avowal of his intentions respecting the theatre, pro
ceeded thus: 'It remains for him to add one thing
more — instead of announcing the reception of new
performances by outrageous exaggerations In the
playbills, he will trust to the impression carried
away by the audience, and to the voice of the
public press.' Not one single' puff appeared dur
ing the whole time Cerent Garden was open, yet
it was full every night the 'Lady of Lyons' was
played."
In "The Weekly Review" ()S>s2) is an account of
an equally famous theatre. "Poor Drury Lane
closed suddenly on Saturday, after n. disgraceful
'season' of six nights— the total receipts of which
amounted to £139, every penny of which was tak p n
niphtly at the doors by Mr. Eye (the present lessee)
for rent and ga«. which should have been £140; and
I hear he positively grumbled at losing the one
pound, while the unfortunate actors, musicians,
carpenters, etc.. did not receive one penny for their
week's wi rk."
It is rather strange that the old theatres of
Venice did not fail after the manner of Drury
Lane. if we are to take for truth Riccoboni's "Ac
count of the Theatres in Europe" 0741). "The Men
and the Women, who are to sit in Chairs in the
Pit. take great Care not to put on fine Cloathes, it
being the Custom to spit out of the Boxes into the
Pit. and to throw into it the Remains of what
they have been eating, which renders it extremely
disagreeable." Here and in Holland was a good
field for a large, healthy policeman. "But at Am
sterdam, where the people are more forward and
Impudent, the Amphitheatre above the first Boxes
is very troublesome: They talk there very loud:
they call to one another from one End to the other;
they crack Nuts during the whole Performance;
they are perpetually throwing bottles up and down
between Acts, insomuch that they make a terrible
Noise, which is very disagreeable. If the Actors
displease the Amphitheatre, they plague them; they
call them Nicknames, and cry aloud to them to re
tire, or to hold their Peace, etc."
This dose connection of the audience and the
stage is well borne out in the history of Charles
Mardyn. "He wan a dirty, dissipated and slovenly
man, but young, handsome and well proportioned.
So great a favorite was he with his audience, how
ever, that his untidy appearance on the stage was
soon forgotten or disregarded. Still, on his en
trance, the 'gods' would occasionally shout, 'Mar
dyn, go and wash your face!" and one night a piece
of soap and a towel were actually thrown to him
from the pit."
The comments of writers two hundred years ago
on Shakespeare, Marlowe, Johnson, Dryden and
their contemporaries, represented by Gerard Lang
baine'* "Account of the English Dr.-imatick Poets"
(1691). present a large field (in themselves) for Study.
Of an ode of Johnson, to himself, the result of
"Indignation the Author took at the Vulgair Cen
sure of hl» Play." Langbaine says: "This Ode suf
ficiently shews what a high Opinion our Author
has of his own Performances; our Ben lookt upon
himself as the only Master of Poetry; and thought
it the Duty of the Age. rather to submit to, than
dispute, much less oppose his Judgment." . . ■
"He had not his Equal In his Time for Poetry."
says Langbaine of "Christopher Marloe. An Author
that was Cotemporary with the Incomparable
Shakespear. and one who trod the Stage with Ap
plause both from Queen Elizabeth and King James.
Nor was be accounted a less Excellent Poet by
the Judicious Johnson: and Hey wood, his Fellow
Actor. ctlltß him, the Best of Poets."
Among twenty-five ether B's in the Index we find
the inconspicuous name, "Will. Shakespear. 453."
On pa«« 453. "William Shakespear. On* of the most
Eminent Poets of his Time; he wa* born at Strat
for upon Avon. in Warwickshire: and flourished in
the. Relgne of Queen Elizabeth, and Kins James
the First . . . The Truth is, 'ti* agreed upon
by moit, that his Learning was not extraordinary;
and I am apt to believe that his Skill in the French
and Italian Tongues, exceeded hi» Knowledge in
the Roman Language." In the list of his plays is
"Mackbeth. a Tragedy; which was revlv'd by the
Dukes Company and reprinted with Alterations,
and New Songs, 4to. Lond. 1«74. ... At the Act
ing of this Tragedy, on th« Stage, I saw a real
one acted In the Pit; I mean the Death of Mr.
Scroop, who received hi« death* wound from the
late Sir Thomas Armstrong, and died presently
after he was remov'd to a House opposite to the
Theatre, in Dorset Garden."
Other plays receive more or less rambling notice.
We read "Midsummer Night's Dream, a Comedy.
The Comical part of this Play, is printed separately
In «to end used to be acted at Bartholomew Fair,
and other Markets in the Country by Stroler*,
under the Title of 'Bottom the Weaver." " These
notices suggest that of Rymer in his "Tragedies
of the Last Age. Considered," in which he Bays of
Othello: "There Is in the play some burlesque,
some humor, and ramble of comical wit. Borne show
and some mimicry to divert the spectators, but th«
NEW- YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. SUNDAY, APBIL 19. 1003.
A YALE MILITARY. COMPANY AT DRILL.
Captain George Washington in the centre. Captain S. A. Smoke. U. S. A. (Yale military instructor) at left
tragical part is. plainly, none other than a bloody
farce, without salt or savour."
There is a simp'" impr^ssiveness about I^ing
balne's ending of his account of Pha.kcspeare. "I
have, now no more to do, but to close up all. with
an Account of his Death, which was on the 23rd of
April, Anno Dom. 1616. He lyeth Buried in the
Great Church in Stratford upon Avon, with his
Wife and Daughter Susanna, the wife of Mr. John
Hall. In the North Wall of the I'hancel. is a
Monument fixed which represents his true Efflgtoß,
teanfng*upon a Cushion, with the following Inscrip
tion:
"Ingenio Pylum. genio Socratem, arte Maronem,
Terra tegit, Populus maeret, Olympus habet.
"Stay, Passenger, -why dost thou go so fast?
Read, if thou canst, whom envious Death has plac't
Within this monument. Bbakeapear, with whom
Quick Nature died, whose Name doth deck the
Tomb
Far more than cost, since all that he hath writ
Leaves living Art, but Page, to serve his Wit.
"Obiit An. Dom. 1616.
Act. '.; die 23. Apr."
' "Near the Wall where this Monument is Erected,
lyeth ' a plain Freestone, underneath ' which, his
Body is Buried, with this Epitaph:
" 'Good Friend, for Jesus' Sake, forbear
To dig the Dust enclosed h re.
Blest be. the man that spares these Stones
And curs'd be he that moves my Bones.' "
From a lead pencil note written on the first blank
leaves of William Prynne's "Histrio-Matrix, The
Players Scourge, or Actors Tragedy" (163?.>. it is to
be inferred that it was hardly worth while to be
dramatic critic in thos? days. The note runs thus:
"The author of this book was barrister at law; and
this book was construed into a libel on the Queen,
inasmuch as she was a patron of such diversions
as are here mentioned. The author was condemned
in the Star Chamber 'to have his Book burnt by
the Hands of the Common Hangman, to be put
from the Bar, & to be forever incapable of his
Profession, to be turned out of the Society of
Lincoln's Inn, to be degraded at Oxford, to stand
In the Pillory at Westminster" and Cheapside. to
lose both his Ears, one in each Place, to pay a
fine of five thousand pounds, and to suffer per
petual imprisonment.' "
Among the many biographies, in which the Lowe
collection abounds, of well known actors of a
century or more ago, Col'.ey Cibber's "Apology for
His Life," editfd by Robert W. Lowe himself,
presents some of the most entertaining features.
Although, in Professor Baker's words, "to-day Cib
ber figures far too much as the complacent, gar
rulous ass who 'lived his life to have the oppor
tunity to apologize for it' rather than as a writer
of many successful plays," yet his autobiography
is full of delightful, desultory talk, much informa
tion of his many well known friends, and many of
his own observations, more or less apropos. His
genial nature comes to the surface in the words:
"The man who chuses never to laugh, or whose
becalm'd Passions know no Motion, seems to me
only in the quiet State of a green Tree; he vege
tates, 'tis true, but shall we say he lives? Now, Sir.
for Amusement. Reader, take heed! for I find a
strong impulse to talk impertinently; if therefore
you are not as fond of seeing, as I am of shewing
myself in all my Lights, you may turn over two
Leaves together, and leave what follows ?o those
who have more Curiosity, and less to do with their
Time, than you have."
Much can be learned from the memoirs and
biographies of these men of the contemporary opin
ions of actors and actresses who later roue to fame.
For instance, says Cibber of Mrs. Oldfleld: "It was
in this Part Mrs. Oldfield surprised me into an
Opinion of her having all the innate Powers of a
good Actress, though they were yet but in the
Bloom of what they promis'd. Before she had acted
this Part l had go cold an Expectation from her
Abilities, that ?hf could scarce prevail with me to
rehearse with her the Scenes . . . However, we
ran them over with a mutual Inadvertency of one
another. . . . But when the Play came to be
Acted, she had a just Occasion to triumph over the
Error of my Judgment," etc.
Until the return of King Charles, women were
not admitted t« the stage as actresses, the result
being a state of affairs much like that at Harvard
when the Hasty Pudding gives a play. "The King
coming a little before his usual time to a Tragedy,
found the Actors not ready to begin, when his
Majesty not cruising to have as much Patience as
his good Subjects, sent to them to know the mean
ing of it; upon which the Master of the Company
came to the Box. and rightly judging that the best
Excuse for their Default would be the true one,
fairly told his Majesty that the Queen was not
BhaVd yet: The King, whose good .Humour lov'tl
to laugh at a Jest as well as to make one, accept
ed the Excuse, which serv'd to divert him until
the male Queen could be effeminated."
From the lives of those men and women— Cibber,
Betterton. the Bancrofts, Wllks. Bellamy, the
Earls of Barrymore, Matthews, Macklln. Macready,
the Davenports, Edmund Kean, Booth, the Kern
bles, Henry Irving and a host of others, a whole
history of the English stage could be written. True
to the man are Macready's Diaries, full of short
comments on his work that show his desire for
perfection In his art, his love for his family and his
generosity. No .more sympathetic biography Is
found In the whole collection than Auguetln Daly's
"Wofflngton: A Tribute to the Actress and the
Woman." "My purpose Is to set this figure before
you in Its true proportions; to fix the identity of
this visionary face; to catch the glance and
smile of this popular favorite: to write- down
everything that is obtainable of her true history:
to walk with her: talk with her." A modern book.
illustrated with old pictures of Peg Wofflngton— it
is an account of a character that stands with Nell
Gwynii, Kitty Clive and the few powerful beauties
who rose from poverty and ruled populaces and
kings.
The American stage of the last fifty years I?
covered from nearly every point of view by the
works of Henry Irving, the biographies of Booth
and Forrest and Jefferson. In fact, every phase
of the stage, its history, its architecture. Its man
agement, its scandals, Us favorites, at home and
abroad. Is touched upon in the books of the Lowe
collection, whether the character he Mrs. O'Neill,
of whom Macready says, "Throughout my whole
experience hers was the only representation of
Juliet I have even seen," or Kean, of whom Byron
wrote in his diary. "Just returned from seeing Kean
in Richard. By Jove' he 13 a soul! Life, nature,
truth, without exaggeration or diminution"; or
even Carmencita, the little Spanish dancer of a
dozen years ago, who. as the Editor of "Le Chat
Nolr" remarks, "possesses the most delightfully
limber spine that I have ever seen exercised . . .
a. sublime wriggle." From the oldest and dimly
remembered Thespian of two hundred years ago
to the variety artist of to-day i:« a far cry, but
it's all In the history of the ftage.
The Lowe collection is a great addition to dra
matic and theatrical literature at Harvard. It
may be regarded as an Ideal library for an actor
or a student of the stage, while It possesses a
great general Interest for the casual, serious stu
dent who Is more interested in the stage of the
jmst and the great actors dead and gone, than In
the rn;itin«~ Idols or histrionic divorcees of to-day.
It Is hardly a collection to which a soubrette would
come for hints on her art, but It is one. In which
the. student of the history, biography, development,
controversies, criticisms a' the stage, will lose him
self for hours at a time.
MAKING CLOTHING AMID FEARFUL DIRT.
VISITS TO THE TENEMENT "SWEATSHOPS '" LEAVE A
SICKENING IMPRESSION.
The oondWonfl under which clothing Is manu
factured in the city of New-York, the centre and
general distributing: depot of ready made clothing
for the whole country, demand the attention of
the people °f the whole nation because of the
vital connection between these conditions and every
home into which ready made garments enter, says
LJlllan \V. Betts. in "The Outiook."
When a man or woman wishes to take work
home from a BOO] or factory, application must be
made to the factory inspection department of the
Department of Labor, a Mate department, with
headquarters In Albany, with a sub-office In the
city of New-York. This application must *ive the
name and address of thi applicant, the number ef
persons who wiil work under the li'-ense. the num
ber in family, and the nationality of the applicant.
The application la rr.H'le out in i\v.» form and placed
in the hands of a deputy inspector, wio visits the
premises, and reports, after investigation, to the
chief inspector.
The first rooms visited with the inspector were
in one of the worst types of tenement* OB the Baal
Bide. The only outafcU light or air came from the
two windows in the room fronting o.i the street.
This held three sewing machines and a long table
used for oottlng the men's drawers manufactured
In this room. The table was high enough to permit
the sewing machines to he puahed under it at
night, when a folding bed and mattress an- placed
on the floor. This provided part of the sleeping
acconupetetiOM of the family. The kitchen back
of this room was MghtPd by a window in tho par
tition wall between the two rooms. Back of this
was an absolutely dark bedroom, in which were a
bed and two mattrcssep. These rooms were the
home and workshop of a man, his wife and six
children. The three workers running the machines
the man claimed as his children; the youngest, he
said, was sixteen. They all worked, according to
the man's account, a* many hours as they wished.
Material for the garments, cut and uncut, was piled
to the ceiling. No one in the family spoke English
but the father, who s:iid the family had b<"-n here
twelve years. The man had a license. The man
conceded that his fi.mily needed all the space now
occupied by day as n workroom for living pur
poses. The family looked well nourished; a dinner
was cooking at the time of the visit. The rooms
were dirty. This license was suspended until some
changes were made as to the workroom and the
balls.
The next application came from a nearby house.
This house was an old residence, in which lived
as many' people as could crowd In. The tenant
occupied a room and hedroom In the rear, on the
rtrst floor above the street. The inspector knocked
several times, receiving no answer. At last there
was a cautious movement behind the closed door,
which was followed )>y the sliding of the bolt. The
door opened, revealing a young Italian woman.
The woman understood the errand, opened the door
and graciously invited the waiting visitors in. A
pine box. having a cover, with leather hinges, was
against the wall. On this was a tiny baby four
weeks old. In reply to questions the woman an
swered without the slightest hesitancy or attempts
at concealment.
Two people, herself and her husband, and the
PHRENOLOGY IX THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
AN ASSEMBLYMAN WHO SIZES UP HIS FELLOWS BY
THE BUMPS OF THEIR HEADS.
Albany, April The secret has at last leaked
out that the Assembly contains a phrenologist.
Many of the legislators on learning the fact say
they are glad the session is fo near its close. They
say they may now be able to leave Albany before
all the convolutions of their cerebrums and cere
bellums have been publicly exploited. Others, more
timid still, fearing that their brains will not es
cape detection, have tried to hide them by keeping
their hats on. Such a plan, however, has been
fodhd Impracticable. As soon as the session opens
each morning (hey arc compelled to again expose
their craniums, and, as the phrenological member
occupies a rear sent, lit- has ■ comprehensive view
of every skull in the chamber.
The phrenologist is Halbeii D. Stevens, of Ma
lone, the Editor of "The Malone Farmer," tho
champion trout fisherman of the Adirondacka and
an amateur hen fancier, who has represented
Franklin County In the Assembly for the last four
years. On returning to h!s constituents each sum
mer Mr. Stevens lia>- been wont, after the fashion
of a successful oaera singer, to announce that it
has aeon his last performance, and that he v.'ants
to settle down to writing editorials, catching trout
and raising: chickens. But the good people of
Franklin County do not think Mr. Stevens Is as
coy as he would make them think, and promptly
re-elect him.
Although the Editor of "The Malone Farmer"
has been a member of the Assembly all this time,
it was not until the close of this session that his
fellow associates began to comprehend his genius
as a "brain reader." Some may have remarked
on the fact that be has always chosen a seat well'
In the rear each year, where, from an elevated
site, he might have a sort of mosaic view of the
promised land, but none had sought out a rea
son. Others may have noticed that often when a
member was speaking Mr. Stevens seemed to be
studying the man's head more than his words.
This is the way Mr. Stevens came to be a phre
nologist: Having curiosity one day to know what
was In his own bead, be went to a famous "brain
reader" and let the expert examine every nook
and cranny of his scalp. After the searching ex
pedition had been completed the "brain reader"
professed himself astounded by having found a
genius greater than his own. Between the eyes of
Mr. Stevens the phrenologist found a growth in
the region of Individuality, which he said was of
"predominating bigness," This bump, said the
"brain reader," was larger than nls own. and he
added that If Mr. Stevens should study th« art he
might become «yen a greater phrenologist than
himself.
Beneath your penetrating glance," said the ex
pert, "you will be able to read human character
like an open scroll. In comparison with you. I will
be a veritable John the Baptist '
With such words of cheer. Mr. Stevens started to
master the science of phrenology and was sur
prised with the advancement he made. Skulls that
before had been thick and had resisted all his
arguments revealed their hollows and weaknesses,
and off.-red half a hundred clews by which he
could Influence the gray matter within. He found
that his new knowledge proved a k-y to many
legislative difficulties which he had been unable to
overcome before. Chairmen of committees who
had hitherto turned a deaf ear to entreaties to
report bills began to how to his mysterious power
Bills that the Republican leaders' were In doubt of
passing, they finally learned to intrust t.i the
Franklin County member. Par example, when the
opposition to the excise legislation was becoming
very spirited, and had generated so much alcohol
that the Republicans feared the Democrats would
baby lived th-re; no MM vis.-. "No room, with a
sweet smile and a bewitching shrug of the shoul
der* Me she never worked before; she could not
get work; she, had no license. No pa* would give
her work. Rolled tightly and pushed back against
the wail under th<> Bad was diM-ov-nd an ex
tremely dirty mattress, from the ends of which
protruded .-till more dirty bedding. A slight flush
cam< as the woman answered that her brother,
nineteen years old. alefH on that. The Inspector
went into tiM bedroom md took from behind OK
bed, covered by the ■ii«wy. two doaen pairs of
unfinished Uuuaara. For one minute the revelation
IW lini brutal. The woman grew oM and ashen.
Snatching the shawl that covered the baby, she
darted through the door without speaking. One re
jetoed that the river ami BO far away. Before the
trousers had been tassed. she returned with an
eider woman, who said she was the sister. The
trenaan wen hers. She had come to wa?h for her
si:-ter. and was go»ng to sew on th«m in the after
noon. She had just Ron.- out a minute. Yea, she
ha<; a Ncaaae. Sh<» hurried out and returned with
it. "Where is the ard^"' All the assurance and
confidence dieM out of her face. There was an ex
citing consultation in Italian. The mother of the
baby snatched It up. raised 'he covtr and produced
the card. The inspector i«it the license and card
in his pocket. At once consternation settled on
every face. By this time the room wal crowded
with other tenants. The older woman, who claimed
the license and card, almost dropped on her knees
as she begged for tfceir return. The license and
card were another lady's, she pleaded. The secret
was out. The license belonged to a third woman.
not present, who performed the office of neighbor
and friend by lending hrr card to her needy neigh
bors to secure work.
The next house visited was in such a condition of
dirt anu degradation that the marvel was that one
eoold work who lived in it. Yha halls were
dark. In each hallway was a sink and water.
fcight families lived In this BOOB*, with sanitary
conveniences of the most primitive order for one.
The halls to the top were stifling with the odors.
Every inch of space in the rooms was occupied.
Every family took lodgers to reduce the rent.
The next visit revealed two boys of eight, with
caps and coats on. sitting on the floor, sewing
buttons on trousers. A little girl with a needle and
long thread ran from the r.»om wiien the visitors
appeared. Th« father and mother, both finishing
trousers, claimed that the bo>s had just come from
school. It was ten minutes after 12. The children
corroborated the statement. The place was vilely
dirty— dirt that had been accumulating for weeks.
Even a glass sugar bow! standing on a table had
dirt thick in the interstices of the pattern. The
beds made the street seem preferable as a resting?
place. Fifteen persons lived in three rooms.
Very little home work except finishing clothing
for m"ii and lw>ys was found in the tenements. As
ontt looked at the men's clothing lying on dirty
beds, strewn over dirty floors, lying on the laps of
WOBM9 whose dirty dresses or aprons suggested
disease, and pictured the apparently fastidimts men
on whom these garments would be s^en during the
coming spring and summer, one wondered why the
struHie to secure prote -tion for the consumers
should be left to women: why it was so impossible
to rouse men to the horrors of sweatshop garments.
adopt Inflammatory methods, Mr Stevens made ■
phrenological study of the whole situation, and
succeeded In passing the bill by a safe majority.
Now that ihe secret is out. the Editor of "The
Malone Farmer" has taken a few into his con
fidence, and explained to them some of the rules
of his art. It thus happened the other day that
Mr. Stevens was sitting in his seat, surveying the
bald head of a man from Manhattan, when a
friend dropped into the chair beside him with the
remark:
'•Hello. Hal! Whit skull are you studying now?"
"That hairless ore yonder." he replied as if still
absorbed in thought. 'Even at this distance I
can see two bumps on either side of the very
centre of th*> top of his head Don't you see how
the light strikes them?".
"Why, yes. I do notice them, now that you've
called my attention." replied the other.
'They signify that the man is strong in hope."
said the Adirondack journalist. "That felloW
•loubtleas has most of his bill;., in committee, where
they will stay until the crack of doom, and yet he
will bo on hoping to his grave that they will be
reported favorably."
Here the bald Manh:itt;mjte turned h!s head so
that he revealed the smooth expanse of its back.
"Ah, 1 have it." exclaimed Mr. Stevens, fairly
forfeiting where he was. "Do you see that hol
low in the very centre of the back of his head?"
• Well, yes. there is a sort of depression there;
hut what of it?" queried the friend.
"That is the region of concentration.* answered
the Franklin County member with considerable
gravity. "That's the reason he has so many bills
11l committee. He can't concentrate himself on the
work of getting them out. He fritters away Hi
time on this and that, but can't stick to one thine
to the finish."
Just at this moment another New-Yorker walked
up th- aisle and took ■ seat only eight feet dis
tant from Mm phrenolosist. He was a young man
with a heavy growth of black hair, and" he turne 1
h:s head so that he showed his profile.
"Yon can't make much eat of that skull can
you?" asked the conflJant. as he looked from the
New-Yorker to Mr Stev.ns. -There's too much
hair on it."
"Hair or no hair.' was the reply, "that head
could be read with cataracts on both eyes. Do you
sea ho*- that head runs back to a point? Don't you
see it Is highest at the crown, and slopes down to
the forehead? Why. that head In a 'cinch.* That
man has the region of self-esteem developed so
that it dominates all his other qualities. Not
only is there an enlargement of the region of self
esteem, which Is right on the crown, but there art
two bump*, one on each side of it. which are the
bumps of love of approbation. That fellow would
rather ret his name in the newspaper than his
bills in the executive chamber. He is forever look
ing for an opportunity to advertise himself. in
front of the region of «elf-love. going toward the
forehead, come the regions of firmness, veneration
and benevolence. In due order. Firmness Is only
moderately pronounced, veneration is Jacking, and
benevolence hi wiped out by a regular gully. The
forehead Is planting and low. showing a further
lack of the various Intellectual qualities which find
their expression h r- "
Mr. Stevens's discourse wan Interrupts here by
ih- object of his study taking out of his pocket a
dozen or more manifold sheets of a speech he In
tended to make. Going to the "newspaper row "
in front af the clerk desk, the member handed a
copy to eacli correspondent.
A Tammany member from an Kaat Side district
took a position in the middle of the aisle and be-
Iran to wave his hand* to obtain recognition frr.tn
the Speaker. H» was a short, bulldog type of'dt
»s«n. ami <* he kept jumping up Baa" <V>i»- h,
looked Ilk* the trained dog bi vaudeville wh: i
punch** the has; with his head.
"There's a. pronounced specimen." said Mr. g*.?,
yens. lapsing again into profound thought. "CH#r
each ear and a little to the rear you will observe
a large protuberance. That Is the- bump «f 4?.
struct! veness. Now, Just beyond the bump of de
structiveness. coin* toward the has* cf th* head,
you will observe another bump. That B the region
of acquisitiveness."
At this point the Tammany man zot the floor
and began to shout In a loud voice. At th» <mrr,<>
time he turned the back of r.i* heart tow th<^
Ma Jon* editor.
"Ah. that's magnificent," continuM Mr. Stevens.
"See how the rilge runs right around Mb hea>t
from ear to ear. Between the bumps of H'-<(uisttr»e
ness and the very centre of the back of his hea>t
you will see another protuberance which la ever
the region of concentration. That was where that
baldheaded fellow over there was lacking. "
"But what conclusions do you draw?" remarked
the friend. "I should think such a mountain rani*
would confuse you."
"He who runs may read." said Mr Steven*.
"Take, for example, that bump of destructlveniws.
This fellow wants to kill everything, and if he can't
kill it outright, he wants to maim it. He will votn
against a bill as often as he -can, and when hi*
leader whips him into line. why. be wants to amenl
the bill. You see. he's talking now against thia
measure, and wants It sent back to committee,
although I'll wager he doesn't know what It 13.
Then those bumps of acquisitiveness show he want*
everything he can pat his hands on for himself,
but just to destroy it. all for the pleasure of de
stroying it. That bump of concentration further
more shows that when he starts into a fight ha
won't give up. He's got too much of the bulldog
in him. He'll hang on till hl3 eye teeth rorae out"
Mr. Stevens was interrupted by the Democrats
member shouting In remonstrance to the vote. It
favor of the bill that he would offer several dozen
amendments on the next reading.
An up-State Assemblyman changed to pass by
at this moment and took a seat directly in fror.t
of Mr Stevens, with the hack of his head toward
the editor.
"Do you see that enlargement right over his col
lar." said Mr. Stevens. "You can't help but see It,
That is th« bump of philoprogenltlver.ess. J-. :
wait, and I'll prove it to you." and bo saying, he
shouted the man's name The up-State member
nodded in recognition, and then came up and shoot
hands.
"I was Just reading Roosevelt's speech out West"
he saii.
"What do you think of Roosevelt*' asked Mr.
Stevens quietly.
"Roosevelt." exclaimed the up-State m»mb#r with
enthusiasm, "is the noblest type of Presi^
have had since Lincoln! You have read what ho
said about race suicide, haven't you? Well, I Mi
you. h<? told the truth. I tell you"
"There." interrupted Mr Stevens, as he turned r-»
his friend. "Didn't I guess that bump right?" A".
this moment the sergeant-at-arms laid his feaad
gently on the admirer of President Roosevelt ar. i
whispered:
"Pardon me. You know it's all right fnr anas*
bera to brins; their wives and families to th» Capi
tol as spectators, but we can't allow them
dren of yours to play pass the handkerchie
lobby."
For the purpose of finding out whether hi* a :
sociates are levelheaded Mr. Stevens carries m h:j
pocket a small spirit level.
AT THE LAXEWOOD HOTEL.
Lakewood. N. J.. April 13 (Special)-— Joseph W.
Haniman and J. Border* Harriman. of New- York.
who are associated with E. H. Harrlman in many
large enterprises, aro among the week's arrivals at
the Lakewood Hotel. They are taking the hydro
therapeutic baths at the hotel, and expect ta as«
main here until the polo tournament opens.
The coach Lakewood took a. Jolly party of Lake
wood Hotel patrons to Allaire, the deserted ▼fl'.ag'i.
on Thursday. Miss Elolse Warren, an accom
plished younsr horsewoman of Baltimore, drove.
The afternoon was spent among the ruins of whac
was a prosperous and thriving village early in th«i
last century. A game supper was served at tha
HaH, and the party returned home by way ot
Point Pleasant over the new boulevard. Thoser
who enjoyed the trip were Mr. and Mrs. Harrison
D. Moulton. Mrs. Joseph R. Grace. Miss Eloisa
Warren. Mrs. Frederick Martin. George R. Taylo*
and Albert C. Van Arsdale. of New- York.
The final? in the women's pool tournament at
the Lakewood Hotel were played on Wednesday?
evening, and after a closely contested match th-r>
first prize was won by Miss Josephine Tryson, o?
Philadelphia. Two series of fifty points each w»r<»
played. Miss Tryson's opponent was M!ss Eloisa
Warren, of Baltimore. So closely were they
matched that they broke even at the beginning off
the last frame of the series. Miss Warren made a
run of six on the break, and then missed an easy
shot. Miss Tryson followed this with a run "<
seven. Her opponent scored one and missed th«
next, which was the deciding ball. Miss Trysori
won the match by one point. The prize was ai
handsome set of sterling silver brushes.
Mrs. Walter T. Wood, of New-York, gays 4
bridge whist party In the palm garden of the Lak--*
wood Hotel on Tuesday evening. A supper wa*
served in the tearoom afterward.
Late arrivals at the Lakewcod Hotel are as foI-«
lows: From New- York— J. Borden Harrteian,
Joseph W. Harrlman. Herman Steckel. Mr. n-r
Mrs. W. D. Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Straus
an.l Miss Aline Straus. D. M. Brady. Mr. and Mrs.
G. S. Lings, Mr. and Mrs. P. Sherwood Dunn. J,
H. Sulzbacher. C. F. Blrdseye. C P. Jameson. Ar
thur M. Hess, Mr. and Mr- Charles S. Furst, Mr.
and Mrs. Irving S. Lehman. Dr. M. Hyman. Mr.
and Mr?. S. Edward Kuhn. S. H. Hess. ■BBBMi A.
Bicknell. Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Eddy, Mrs. Will*
lam B. Wood. Fisher Wood, D. T. Smith, Mr*.
E. A. Barwis. J. Mantener, J. H. Cahlll M. I*
Cahill. Miss M Mackay. E. Livingston. Jr.,
Miss M G. Bissau. Jesse \Vlnebursh. Mr. and Mr*.
Louis G. SchtfTer. Miss Schiffer. .1. H. Koehl^r,
Herbert H. Lehman. Mr. and Mr". Nathan Strau.-.
Mr. an.l Mrs. F. R. Anson. Mrs. Frank Barker,
Miss Evelyn Hunt. James U Shark*?, Robert .f.
Vogel. Howard Peck Sweetser. A. I* Sylvester.
Mrs. Anna Good. Mrs. L. McKinlev. Mrs. C. Ely.
Dr. William Benjamin Wood, Miss Jackson. Schuy
ler B. Jackson. Abraham Bernhard. Miss Sara.
Sholes. Oliver P. Malone, Miss I. G. Lewi*. T>. H.
Lewi*. Phillips Phrenix. Mr. and Mr* V WilHni,
John A. Miller. c. S. McKenzie. J. L. Hough. Mrs.
Marshall Rawlins. Mr.». Jerlery Ruston. Mi*.n Leo
nore Baa* Janata W. Treadwell. Mr. anil M".
John F. Wilson. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Uurbridtj.',
Mr. and Mrs. Ma< kin. William E. Phelps. the Rev.
Thomas F. Myhan. John R. C. Desmond, John F.
Baker. Mis* Emma Baker. R. Emm ConoHv.
Phillip B. Connolly. Mrs Charles A. SmyU<\ M:s-«
Marlorle Smvlie. Miss Thome. Mr. anil Mrs. S.
Wolf. Mi** Elaine Wolf. Miss I-ouis«» Wolf. Mr.
and Mrs. W. B. Mallev and Wallace Malley.
From Brooklyn: Mr and Sir? Richnrrt Hy<f*.
Miss Lara Hyde. James Hyde. Seth L. Keeaay. W.
Wlckham Smith. Mr. 11 id Mrs. James Jourdan.
Mr. .1--.1 Mm. E. R. Joun! in. Mr. and Mr*. F. B.
Jourdan. Mr and Mr* J. H. J. >.:••- Mr. an>t
Mrs. V. D. Jourdan. Mr. and Mrj. Frederick W.
Bu.Ul. Mrs. H. B. McKnisrht. Miss ENle Smith. Mr.
and Mrs. James Ga."»colgne Mr. and Mrs. GeuihO
W. j'pence. Mr and Mrs. Emit H. Frank ami Mlsj
Grace Frank.
DEER HUNTING IN AUTOMOBILES.
The idea of ustne the automobile in de?r huntlrta
has been introduced in the West. W. W. Price, cf
Colorado Springs, probably has the honor of being
the first one to «o after deer and other bie game in
a motor car. Mr Price has recently returne-3 from
a tour in which he was quite BBCCOBBfat and which
covered several hundred miles through the *\li*«t
portion <•< the State. Accompanied fry Dr. C. E,
Smith. Mr. Price started In a Wlnton car of abe;C
fifteen horse power, going through South Park ar.-i
But.* Vista, and climbing Ute Pass, one of t.e
most difficult passages in the Colorado Rscktes.
They entered the "Fiat Top" country, a* it i*
called, going directly to t>e deer rang«a in th*
vehicle. Several flae specimens were shot. anS th»
game "packed" on the front of the touring- car tc»
be brought back to their headquarters at the Ciirp
of the Montgomery Land and Cattle Company-
During the trip th* auto passed t^rou?h a cors
sldernbl* portion of the country whi'-h h.*.i n«ver
before b«en visited by a chauffeur. Near th* town
of Meeker a ban of deer actually followed th* car
som? distance, apparently astonlshei at the strands
animal While within easy ranse of rhe rifle* car
ried by Mr- Priw jn : his lompar.loi-.s no Attempt
waa made to shoot them, an it v.a* net considered
sportsmanlike.
Th»- arrival of the huntsmen at Meeker caused a
sensation, is few In th« tuv.T* had ev*r seen siuen
.1 vehicle, and it was tin* Mr?i to rnak* I;* appear
iTK>- Within the limit* The 't»eal ivi;>*>r. cemrtrent-
Inif upon th«» arrival. saU»: "Thf tlrst QntofnobtSa t<»
make its jpptar-.inc^ in *hi:-- valley ;irrivc<t Tuesday
evrnlng. the dlatanc* bftwrfO Rifle :>n.l Meeki-r
havtri? >•••■!• .-rv>. ,-r.- • ■■ tt>rs»e nmi om^-h.-tlf hotir^.
Including slops and em s!!«ht breakdown. W. W.
I'rlce anil Dr. C. E. Sra!;h were the i»u-wons;er.».
The machine was Riven a r«<x stall :it Simp Harr>'«
Hvery. and 'Pally' w»s on hunt! with * n»w .*.>
foot rope ami » pair of bobbin ti» mm Che thin*.
All tli«- bi»i«c9 •.!• the burn ialk*->l It «>v#r thut
nUht. and rwtctoded that wbra the rinds wr<>
bad M would - the «t«ni- 01.1 Ihlnc— l<Mih!«» tip sr* i
tret up in tht- collar. It will c«>t prove »•* destruc
tive on the range as — vli*riKi a Weekly.