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MatRfeson. 'Silent Six."r "uJTt for those who me the bet ??? ?Tloeed boitif-s b.v (juinb.T, rxquihltr in detail and tassh, Iirra?Ji\a> at 6.'n?| Street. me cues un Coffyn's Hydroplane Navigates Ice, Water and the Air. PHOTOGRAPHER PASSENGER Aviator's Spectacular Flights Made Without Mishap? Skips Over a Boat. Frank Coffyn In hi? hydroplane mad* a conquest of two elements yesterday when he drov hie machine under Its own power out through an ice pack just off the Do? H Department'?? pier at the Battery, then Into the clear water of the harbor and nrally skimmed from the water into the llFhtn* element, air, beiriR at all times complete master of the apeed and direc? tion of his craft, no matter what the tin? k n? ^> of the medium he was In. H? made two flights, both times di the Htatue of Liberty. The second time h> carried with him as passenger "Jimmy" Puff, who photographed the goddess and the harbor from the machine in flight. This Is the first time ?i paasenger carrying trip has been made over New York Harbor. The ill luc-k thai discomfited Coffyn T.iesday was entirely lacking ye?t< a::d all of hin man?uvres were attend-1 ?vith smoothness and su? ess in bis first flight he left the wat. r uist off the Bat? lery at 4:1&, sw-seplng away toward Gov ernor's Island to the tune of the tooting whistles of the water luhber craft In the and 111? cries <>f the landlubber? on snore Over the Island he. made a long turn toward the statue, reaching It In five minutes. Then he swung back, rising higher all the time, and made three heure eight? at an estimated h.iKht of fifteen hundred feet above the ?Battery, descend a shar;? dip within striking distance of the water. }fe found it necessary to hover and ?l/i about until the passing tugboats and fer? ries 1. ft a safe opening for him to drop Into. Then h?- slid Into to? water ??*- "Kbt ly as a gull dropping from the wing and coasted along toward a row boat w for him. But he seemed to tnlnd. and. as if to show what he could ?n. h<- skimmed lightly into the air and skipped over the boat. Then he turned and dropped into the water again slong Fide the boat. The entire trip to the Statue of Liberty and back was made In leal eleven minutes. Taking Duff aboard his double seate.i i machine as It floated in the water beside the boat, he left the water again at ' 35, completing this trip at an average height Teda (?eau TECLA PEARLS are considered their greatest achievement. They potaess the identical lustre, delicate tone and weight of pearls from the -Orient. The Difference :? One is made in a labora? tory and the other in the ?thefl of an oyster. TECLA NEW YORK 998 Fias Avenue LONDON 701a Bond Street PARIS 10 Rae de la Paix NICE 16 Ave. Ma.???t AGENCES Pkl??|r!tA-.W-*>_ St. .i lfxV W..WW.D.C FS,. ?ill?b. St- Lo_?. 021 Locum Street. Bol... 15 Um?? ?n Lo-?. VntiD.. 2 Kl?????rtUiM?. Jto Other Branche? or Agentt. ! 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The photograph? r who went up in tho i i - to take his snapshots. I ,_ of live hun'lr--! f?--t .tt 1 4" 17. Incltldl the time consumed in a Ion.', big to the southward on his way bao?*. on the return trip h<- caught up with Statf-n Island ferryboat, whose d< ks we lammed with passengers. li? passed ov it. tu th-- shouting of the people snd tl shrk-k of the ferry's "whistle, und pick? a clear ian?t|pg ?.la?, asar th? Batten ilt- ha?i plant.ed. t<? inr.kt two more flgta with photographer.-, but b>s?jame so mim;?? with the cold by this time that he gave up, sayir.i; he was .'?-Hlrig so ?tiff that 1 could not control the ma.-Line. At tlm? he attain??t S speed In the UUng air t over a mile s minute. After he came ashore he was Invlts Into th<- f.f'l. .? .,f 1 .. r-iity Dock ?'?rninl sioner Cresaon, who had witnesssd h flights from his office Window. Mr. Cr<? ton congratulated him on his work, an ?when C'ofi'yn Invited blm t.. fly with bli he said he would be glad to avail hlmsc of the Invitation on the first Rood ?lay. coffyn announced yeaterdaa ;U?at h would fly again tins af'-rno-.n. SING PRAISES _0F LORD "Sun" Men Have Veteran Edito as Their Guest at Dinner. Above the printed list of IfO members c the Sun Alaimnl Association, more than hai of whom were present at their eighth ar nual dinner, held at the Salmagundi <Mu last Bight, appeared this stanza by Charle Wesley : Blest be the <1??ar. ur.ltlnjr 1 vn That ?.-111 not let u? j??t Our ? . far ?-ff remos i. Wa Btlll ?re one In heart. It was a love feast, sur?- enough, and I happy meeting of some of the men wh worked Bl?le by side almost a decade ago I: th? "Id "Sun" Office. ?'"Hin Armstrong president of the ?ssoclation, who preside?! used a two-foot blue pencil for a gavl. At the speakers' table, on 'be right am left of Prealdent Collln Armstrong, sa Chester B. I-ord. i.overnor Walter B. ?"lari of AJaska, Arthur Brisbane. Samuel Hop kins Adams, Talent t Williams, . WUlisn McMurtrie Speer, "Ed" Mot?. John Rogart C. M. Fairbanks and Judge Wlllard H Olmsted. Others present were Robert S. Yard. Rob ert Orlar Cook, David A. Curtis, ?.?-org? F. Lyon. Willis Holly, W. R. Renjamln John F. OelS, J. G Summers, John Tre pasklfl. Henry W. Onion, P. F. ?'ok-mar and 8. T. Mather. Tho feature of the evening was the lov Ing tribute paid to "Ros."' Lord, the gues of honor, who has Just complete hi fortieth year on "The Bun," by the. met who worked nnder him and with hin during some part of those years. Arthur Brisbane and TaJcott Williami paid earnest tribute to Mr. Lord in thei: speeches. Odvernor Walter K. ?"lark of Alaska toi? how he got ,4on" and "off" "The Sun.' Then Mr. Lord was Introduced by OolUl Armstrong. He said In part: I am mindful of the changes In "The Sun" In forty years. Then we had three roomi on the Frankfort street hide; now we hav? all that floor and we have had to hire roomi In the. Tribune Building next door. Then 1 was a four-page paper. ?Vow it Is sixteen and when we, get our new presses I under? stand it will be twenty-four pages. If our good old paper continues to grow in fame and literary excellence we shall all rejoice. If not, well?we will still re? joice that wo wete a part of It when It was the most splendid thing ever printed in these parts. The other speakers Included Samuel Hop? kins Adams and Judge Wlllard II. Olm stead, ONONDAGAS PREPARE FOR DINNER The second whoop for dinner aras yodled yesterday by the Society of the Onon daga*. with the promise that the third and last whoop would be heard at 7 p rn, on th? evening of February 17, when all the braves would be ready to ?it down to the feast prepared for them at the Waldorf Astoria wiRwam Among the war dancea on the festive occasion are scheduled a prayer by Mayor Edward Schoeneck of Syracuse that the Onondaga brave? who have come to hunt the wampum in its lair on Manhattan Isle will not be led astray by the wiles of the pale/ace?; a greeting to Charley Sherlock, big chief of the society, who managed to scalp the Typhoid Terror after a dread fight of many weeks this winter, and ?ftew songs to old music by T. Arthur Baker Collln Armstrong is sachem of the dinner com ?tltiba. ELLIS ISLAND AS IT APPEARED WHEN ?LOOfCED ?DOWN UPON. PAY HONOR TO DICKEN Thousands Fill Carnegie Hail < Centennial Celebration. POEM BY WILLIAM WATSO! Great Audience Stays to Last t Hear Each Appreciation of Novelist's Work. The trihuie being "?aid to CA >r'- I ?!? k< n throughout the a-orM In ti aras se .. m late.i in Its depth ari'l sert, i Bess I lbs number and sttltud. of tha I taand wir. Mied Carnegie Hall lasl nlgbt t?-> cel ?i.iiit.- ih<- un?- hundredth annlveraary o the novelist'? berth It s?-cme.i as if the audience could nev? dr" of the spe?*-ches snd comments on itn celebrated writer? ?orKs, and even sft. tu?, lull hours when the lasl speaker, Dr Henry van T>ykc, appeared after havlni been delayed In his arrivai, .?..rni.arnilv.-l-. few left tha ball, th.- majority prsferrlni n..t te miss a farther appreciation of CM k ans from anoth.-r point of view The celebration wa> held Undei Ihl n'is pices of the League fOT p.".Mil .il Edu. the Civic Komm and tha Dickens Centena?] Committee, Hamilton Wright Mal.le pra Sided an?! William \\'at.??'ii. the Baguala jr.. t. cam? ben from [/Mt4on sapaclally f??i this occaalon to read a poem which hi composed for it l?r. John H Flnley, president of the ro|. lege of the ("Hv of New York, ?poke ?-ii "Dickens and Amerl<*e;" Elgin H !,. Gould, former City '"harnherlnlti, took the them.1 of "The Human Appeal" In the ROVellSt'l works; Augustus Thomas, the playwrtghl n-oke ..ti "Dickens an.i ti-..- Drama," and Dr. Henry van Dyke had the theme of "The Knchantcl City of Dickens." Miss Edith "Wynne Matthtson read "Little liorrits Tarty."" Among those occupying platform scats were ("-coree Havm Putnam, A S Kr Henry Cleara, Professor John Bates <"iark, Hollo oi-'ien, William H miss, Profeasoi Samuel Mc*une Undsey, Marcus If. Mark?, Hamilton Holt, Mrs. Anna f'arlln Fpenrer. the Rev. Thomas H. Bllce? an.l Robert Krs klne Kb' Fund for Kin Now $8,000. Mr. Mahle opened the meeting by an nounelnK that the fund raised in America to aid the five granddaughters of Charles TDrkciis. who were In nfved. had reached ?jHrtO, anri he transmitted a request from Joseph H. Ch-Oata asking for further con? tribution?! ?s Americans should not give ""a/*""'! only, Wh?n the fund gathered In En*,' land had reached ?Vi.f?O. Thf. genius of Dickens could not he ques? tioned, Mr. Mahle Raid, and such a large group of a.lmlrers of his art could assemhle only for a man who struck the. major chords of human experience. ?When WS 11 Ink of Dickens we do not think of a shelf of books," Mr. Mabie add? ed, "but of a roomful of people."' Dr. Flnley followed Dickens through hli first visit to this country, seventy years ago, and, using the novelist's own words, he drew the background of America as it was then to show how It Impressed Charles Dickens and how, despite the many sharp crltloiHms and biting sarcasms, the humor? ist foresaw how the Country would grow and change toward the better Mr. Mahle then lntrodueed "William Wat? son as one of the most distinguished con? temporary poets of England, and Mr. Wat? son read the following poem written by him for the occasion: When Nature first deilsn?-?* In her all-pr<vrrant mind The man wheni irre to-night we are met to honor? When firm the Idea of Plrkena flaahed upon her? "Where! where!" ?he Mid, "upon my populoua earth Phall thin predlgloua child ? brought to birth? Where alia!! he ti?>" h?? earlleat ?.-?uiderinu look Into my mul?* book? Shall he be horn where life runa like a brook, Pleaaant and placid a* of old It ran, Far from the aound and abock of mighty deeds. Amid aofl Engllah meada? Or ahall he firat my pl?-<ure<1 volume acan "Where London lift? lta hot and fevered brow Fer cooling night to fan?" "Nay! Nay'" ahe said. "' h*v* ? happier plan! For where at Portamouth on the embattled I tide? The ?hipa of mar atep out with ihu_<_tfi_j prow, And shako Utlr stormi ?ides-- ( I In rentier r'"'?* ?f ?rm?. whose saunt ??-a ?s-all Klinsr? In the rloud? the far near?? butle a.ill Hi shall h" loin an ' H? ri III In bom mnnni rm flshttns ?"?"?? ? i? here frown 'he f.-r?? ?-'1 ta" s Neta n's nain?. Int?, the w-rlal this la'?r tiara He, t?*?. ? rti.ir. ti.?i knew a - - bul f?M?r. II?. loo, *. ftsht?-r V?-l r.i.l hi? the strlf? That li.vri dark nur* on tb? fib face "f life. Ha 'i '--i aShi to ftii iba world apart; lie fniiKht to rn.-.ke It . n? In mln-1 i Ifl Bplldlns a t.roM.i sad ?r?" the I v iha.rii t'a' s.it: I? r? BM ' ? ? r W ropg has tied I ? .-.- '114 his fl> r-? -. >-t sa? a?iaiilr ?urpflsa ??.rtr?s? ?Irt wt'h III re oi with lie?, Th.re II? Mftit t .-r. ; SOUO I'<ul'l?r.?u? keep. ' .t???.| he up th? - A Km?'.! mi wholn n.. palSJTtag t??r|aor (ell, Ksss U Um :*?? t<? break a lance with Hrii \r I ?? ?? ?. .; -it.? shine: - ? ? ? ? .-t of rust appears; At ! ?till, a rauss the \a-ars. Mis soul gMS 1 ???? I I?"-. ?-.'. In the fare ??f whatsoe'er i? fai??-, or .ru-. .- t . ? lie ?... ?apa a.n.ins the ?| .-ar?. i.itrB armed ?.in. pity and i"-.?>. an: ? ?li? in.. Immortal Uu|(it. r and irr-m.-rt?) tear?. The assertion mini.- by vara.us writers on Charles DtekeOS thai he .s,is o dramatist was attacked by AuguatUS Tbomaa, who Said that DlekCQS Was a painter, but not a dramatist. n<- lacked eoBstruetlvs t?. tb? ?legres required i> the theatre, Mr. Thomas said au of Dickens's books have basa dramatised, snd ret no community has e\ .-r i '?< ii satisfied und ths transfer ot Dickens t<. the st..*?-, be added, despite the fa?-t that the J em,le in DlckeaS'S bonk? were ?.a. rir.imati?? thar no a? ta.r ever mail? ? a personal faillira in p?irti.ivlng any of them. Mr. Thnma? spoke of (tie "pathos ?nd the granoly simple eloquence" of pirkens. Who, he said, was not a ?Iramatist, but the greatest dramatic novelist "Nobody ever wr?'te a lullaby for a rich I baby," fald Mr. Thomas, amid the laughter I of the audience, 'and if every hill war? | emwn-rd by .? ca tls with waving flags r?"*t:* s.-?nil?! ?till dwell In the valley of ob? scurity." ? * I. i T r I ? - Iiorrif's Party" ?as r> a.I by Ml?! Matthlson In a breathless silence, and thunderous applause follow?.; her .:<.;-ing ol tin- book rote i.-.i oi ly arlth moral tar* vor. tut arlth a moral purpose, and he set i for himself a stupendous moral t isk." said I Elgin I! L C?iuld. after discussing th. va? rious degrees of human appeal contained j In the novelist's works "He did not bc , llevs thai snythlng wga high m?rely be ! cause 11 oeeupled a high plac? or that any , thing was low lie?.ms?- it occupied a low ' place." Dr. Henrj va? i lyke, who had s prev? ous engagement to speak ?t the Brooklyn A< a?l? my of Musi.-, ?Tatted t" arrive, and the ainlleni >? waited patiently f.'t !ift?en minutes, during which ti'ii?- Robert B.. Ely read a larga aumber of letters ami tele? grams s-ni from all parts of the world. H.-r\ F DU kens and Mrs. Kate PerUglnl, th.- sur?, hing chlldren of .'hurles I'lckens, wror.- th.it they w.-re sorry at th?lr in ahihty to be present, but they would b? I there In spirit. There irers letters from .lames Rryce, tlie British Arri.iiJ-.-ia.lor. Jale? J. J? rand, the French Ambasssdor; Benator Henrj C Lodge, F, Hopklnaon smith, Robert Crant. Arthur T. lla?lley. president of Vale University; Bien Terry and Win? ston Churchill. f'ilhert K. Chestorton sent the follow? ing cable message; "Dickon.-* SU popular, | >et in.i.-pen.lent. He may yet survive the American Constitution: he has the Brit? ish." ? - ? - - BOSTONIANS HONOR DICKENS Personal Stories of Author's Visit to City Told in Public Meetings. Boston, Feh 7 - Several thousand Hos tonlans paid homage to the memory of I Dickens on the centennial of his birth by attending public meetings. The largest I number met In Tremont Temple to-night and listened to personal reminiscences of the author from Massachusetts men who were associated with Dickens when he paid a visit to Boston half a century ago. Kx-Governor John D. Long presided, and among the speakers were Professor Bliss Perry, of Harvard; F"dwln D. Mead, Major Henry Havme and Colonel D. C. Pavev, of Boston, and Frank B. Sanborn, of Concord. m CELEBRATION IM ENGLAND Special Ceremonies at Rochester and at Westminster Abbey. London, Feb. 7? The centenary of the birth of Charles Dickens Is being cele? brated throui?hout the United Kingdom and the British colonies by comm?mor?t] v? servl-va, Dickens carnivals and fea?ve ban? quets. The great novelist's grave In Westminster A'.'hey is lavishly decorated with flowers. Including wreaths from many of the Dick? ens clubs of the United States. Rochester Cathedral is the special mecca of great crowds of the author's admirers SONS OF JOVE HURL BOLTS Electricians Initiate New Mem? bers with Fearsome Ceremonies. The Rejuvenated Sons of Jove, a national fraternal organization of electrical engl- ! n.-ers, sale.-men and others connected with the electrical trade, put llri neophytes through a high-power initiation last nl?ht in th- Belvedere at the Hotel Astor. From hints that cam? from the chamber of says terles, JOVS himself with his thunderholt. ! after whom tie order takes its name, might have quailed at some of the tests the "un- I rejuvenated satellites'' had to undergo he- ! f. re being declared "worthy for admittance ' 'into the full fellowship of Jovtantatn." Before the electrical sho.-k part of the Lost by Fire " Over $200,000,000"" !n the United Stales yearly Yet, s simple device,?now install? ed in the most progressive business houses of the country, ? makes heavy fire loss an impossibility. An average loss of but J2SA.92 in 15,000 fires is the record of the Grinneu automatic Sprinkler "Sttndard ol the WsrM" Let nt tell rov ???- it part for tttelf, General Fire Extinguisher Co, Sen York Office, l Liberty St. evening began three hundred members and initiates sat <iown together to dinner, over which Robert L. Jaynes, of Pittsburgh, ths Jupiter, or national head of the order, pre? sided. The new members to be were dis? ?nsulahed from the veterans by a label reedlag "Victim." After thla part had served its purpose of raising the courage of the victims with sufficient nourishment they were sent out Into the corridors while the chamber of torture was prepared for them. Instead of the traditional goat for the rough work, ?t was hinted by those having charge of the affair that devices more after the style of electrical chairs were being used to try the courage and eligibility of the new ones. The organization wm formed In 1390 and has a present membership of lis thousand The Charm of Adam Furniture THE typical English Boudoir of the Eighteenth Century,?with its simple Time-mellowed furnish? ing cf Adam design and its high narrow windows between whose faded hangings the light discreetly finds it way,?preserves a fragrant memory of aristocratic elegance and classical refinement. 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