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W TOPICS FUOil STAGELAND.
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Jj 4 TJrarpjrsr timt is jmoj.v x.v -
Efj J THEATRIC Ah TEAPOT.
Wf V, BmlnrM ! Art In lhi rtntrrprlsee f Dr-
BJy ll' nillr hons-LlfrratiirA fur flip fee of 'hB
II BlTerts Combined Ylnr- or the Blase.
f II A tcmpost I raffing fiercely In a theatrical
F Xv epot. Tho general publlo doesn't know It,
I I 111 "" Pn no,T roallnif of It won't caro n rnp
f I Wf "boot it. So much of n row na tlicro Is relates
) K7 wholly to tho bnslnoss of amusements, and can-
i I Ml not ttIIoct lll UTt of "l0 t"it nl "" Thc pc0
,1 , II plo who support tho theatres by paying money
ijj I for admissions aro concornod with the plays
ifA I nd tho act Ins of thorn, but h irdly nny with
iff I I the management of tho Pieces that they go to
' 1 I aeo. Theroforo tho outcry against tho "thcatrl-
' cal trust," whon hoard at all, reaches few In-
Jlercstod listeners. Tho facts In tho matter nro
rery simple Tho first American manager to
make a marked adtancn in tho production of
i plays was tho lato Lester Wnllack. After iilm
'" 1 eamo Augustln Daly, who ga.o n strong lm-
i petus to worthy dramntlo interests In this
j country. The ensiling operations of Albert M.
I Palmer were opocli-tnnking tn thiir bcncllual
I Beet. Next In tho valuablo iloi elopmnnt of
' ' real art and literature on tho stago was Daniel
I U Frohman, and tbo latest of tho managers to
! 1, 1 'Bake commendable progress will" n stock
1 tfjM company was Charles Vrolimnn, tho most ener-
lAM Btlo and daring of Uicm nil. 1 hi. younger
fA l 1 1 Mr. Frohman went into comprchensli o business
' I'l undertakings, too, and there wero soon nsso-
M if ii elated with him Al Haymnn and Isaac II. Hkb,
Tft it wealthy owners of theatres. Meanwhile tho
Wi j Arm of Klaw & Krlangcr dovolopcd from what
I; 11 Jl axe collod booking aorents-thnt Is, arrangers
I 'VlUX of routes for travelling comp-inlei Into con-
I S'fm trollors of many theatres, ond 'original pro-
1711 ducers of numerous plays. At thu same tlmo
P- li I Iho Philadelphia II rm or Nixon & Zimmerman
ff built UP an cxtcnslio and lucratlvo business in
I V) I owning and managing theatres. A yoar or so
'v t 111 I i 60 some of thcM) men, Al Hnvinan, Charles
"j T 1 V I Fronman, Klaw & Erlanger. Mxon 'Am-
I III j merman, and Web. & Harris, entered into nn
I ,J nrrangtunent for tho purpo of avoiding need-
. U ' less rivalries and operating to a certain extent
t tn unison. Their combination of interests Is
S " dubbed by some folk "a trust."
l ' The methods of this "trust" seem to pro-
I duce a dezreo of Harmony, solidity and
t I prosperity hitherto unknown in tho business
1 I . of theatricals. It does not seem inclined
.V I ' ,'t to conQno Itself to tho promotion of plays
I .( and companies controlled by its members. The
"Vj. i f local manapcra of most of the flrst-olass thea-
&'l ti ll txta throughout the country, and oil tho "star
i 'I actors of Importance savo two Mlnnto Maddcrn
xlli I Flske and Francis Wilson are included In tho
illi) ,1 Trust,'.' through which tho routes aro planned
Wtrii II and carried out. I'resumably, mutual Inter-
li l I ets aro Berved. NothlnK hinders any one of
71 ill II h hundreds of participants In the "syndlcnto"
'ilfM ll tram withdrawing at will. No doubt they will
' do so as soon and as fast as they tlnd that it
I !? I does nt servo their purposes. Mrs. FIskoand
If. Mr- Wilson assert that it does not, and they aro
-1 V ll conducting their tours lndcnondcntly. It is
kl 111 ?&" Flske who has set the theatrical teapot
li'l boiling tempestuously with accusations, ro
ll I criminations, and lawiults. Hut tho tempest
. I) Is still confined to tho teapot, and tho great
A IJI public of theatre supporters will know uttlo
; VI about It and care less. Mrs. Flsko will still be
I . . I; admlrablo and prosperous as an actress with
" ,1l irenlus, and tho men composing tho "trust" will
y l contlnuo their art and trado of manufacturing
Jv, I and dealing In a large and gonerally excellent
ff n line of theatrical entertainments.
j Good literature has never been more plentiful
i ir. I on tho stage than It Is to-day, and some of It
Vli nJ' aayr coming from authors of popular
IXff. j j novelB. Two of tho oxtremely prosperous plays
jp s with us at present aro Mr. Harris's "The Uttlo
fc l Minister" and Mrs. Burnett's "A Lady of Qual-
V J Ity." Anthony Hopo is about to hve n picco
h , called ."The Adventure of Lady Ursula" pro-
!tc I I duced by Edward II. Sothorn. Ian McLaren's
l 1 "Tbo Bonnla Briar Bush" is being dramatlzod
ff by Dr. McArthur, and will hnvo J, H. Stoddart
' r n its chief role. Archibald Gunter, whoso first
II I1 work was a play, "Two Sights in Home," and
7 I who planned "Mr. Barnes of Now York" for the
i stage before lssuln? It as a novel, is said to bo
r U making a stage ersion of ono of nls roccnt
p. j books. Dr. Thomas Dunn English was a dram-
lj. J ' atfat as lon.3 ago as whon he wroto "Bon
1 I)' Bolt," and perhaps the renowed popularity of
; I that ballad in "Trilby" has Incited him to do
l n some moro work for tho theatre. Ho is col-
1-- j ( laborattng with a Newark journalist In n com
ll. f ody meant to contain truo studios of Irish life
Mh III and character. It. NT. Stephens's latest plur,
K- ! ' which treats of colonial times in this nolgu
H' iv' f borhood, is to be issued In the form of a novel
IBtV -j fi before It Is used on the stage.
IP i , Branson Howard has been ut work two years,
wy? I In his slow If not lary way, on a comedy of
fll American life. Ho brought it back from hi
ll iV summer journeyings completed, and now ho
Will ,1 baa placed it for production with Herbert
S.i Hr Kelcey and Effle Shannon. It Is said to deal
Wit- I I With themos of fashionable society. A rfllo
HE.- ' ,1 I of a young man in It is to be acted by Bruce
!Z' h ) ilacltae, a nophew of tho nnthor.
Hl'i V Joseph Arthur, who has had equally vto-
j, lent successes and failures, and who achleed
aKt ono ' 'be formur with "Blue Jeans." a scrlo-
llls comic depiction of Indiana folks, appears to
llS ill havo done tho same Kind of work In "Tho
i ' Bait of the Earth." which is having its trial
mm . VH in Washington Oils wcok.
IK CI Sudcrmaun's "Johannes; which was for-
IjKfti l hidden by the censor In Berlin find then re-
, 1 ferrod to tho Emperor for Onal Judgment, will
IKJ I be actod here at tho Irving 1'laco In January.
In t Charles!. Hoyt's now play, "A Day and a
I mi- I I NlghU" will not bo produced so soon us ho
H L'i Intended. Ho will wait until next fall, and in
K",v tho meantime Otis Harlan will be seen In "A
jU I Htranger in New York" at the head of one of tho
JBif three companies.
HKj ll Tho Edison projectoscope, tbo Lumlero cine-
iJK1 if tuatographe, and tho Edison talking machine
() V combine in one inning at Pastor's. And there
Wf' should not bo forgotten a large man who makos
d j dozen trips botween wings and footlights to
S announce tho glories of "A Trip Around the
World." From long habit at talking into pho.
nographs for the sake of 'making records, his
tones aro such as might be heard In Fourteenth
street were tho trip to start from thero and bo
half completed. He declares that the vlows and
sounds of his apparatus will bo changed with
each performance, afflxos a hugo megaphone to
bis phonograph and withdraws. As tho inning
I bos been promised to bo a combination of moving
photographs with the sounds that in nature
( would accompany tho pictured scenessometblnr,
I new and startllnrly distinct is reasonably ox-
I pectcd. But phonograph and clnematographe
I' alternate without tho slightest attempt to blend
one into the other. Tho inan-witb-tho-volce, or
"his lunglets," as the gods at Pastor's have al
ready nicknamed him, announces a scrno from
Berlin, and tho antics of tho Marco twins are
pictured exactly as dono at Kostcr & Dial's last
iv-rjri winter. Next the phonograph squeaks out a
mUill 1 i panjo solo, in tonos remarkably uuo us copies or
(nft Al I later piano accompaniments, and tho clncmato-
1 ill V I graphe pictures tho saving of a life nt Atlantlo
I ll City. This incident consists in casting u life
111 presorvor from a rowboat to a remarkably
If 1 Strong swlmmor, pulling hlra toward tho boat,
.., I and hauling him over Its side. Po'slbly It la to
I I make a (lcoper Impro.sion for this unusual hero-
M A ism that It Is repented, but moro likely thc causo
ri ,m lies in the use of short kinctoscopo illms. A
a, (i dozen other numbers aro glvon; there nro dueU,
Jffi Jf . songs, and Instrumental solos for the phono-
W I 'fj (rranh, a cavalry chargo, a section of President
li- Ii McKinley's inauguration parudo, ond nn ox-
l' VI Press train going fully twelve miles au hour for
. (ho cinematogruphu. Then ut the very end
f therolslhoreproluctlonof u woman's olcc, tlie
j5jf- 1,1 only ono that was tver reproduced successfully
I A ll on tho pbnnogrnph. as tho volca man declares,
ill so (here's ono rutson for satisfaction in the
V Myrtlo Martin is an actress In o way. That
I Jvf Is to say, she is a saako churmt-r In dime mu-
nl j soumi. Sho Is at least enough of an actress to
WfWU Ct stranded in Pittsburg through dotertlon by
1'Jf.fft bcr father, who Is alto her manlier, hho could
mI ll1 5 Tcrr wo" w'""lut ,llnl' llut lu louk away
MS1 Jl fcer whole outfit ot seen snakes.
lb l An invalid woman was tn'on to a Boston tbo-
A iU Jl. atro In a wheel chulr to too a ula, and twodnjs
111 Jv fiv afterward she died, but (hero was not nccsssa-
m?J fill iy any connection betwoon tho two inclilitnts.
mil III A stolen watcli uxDlouccl an actor In Ncwnrl;
VI III In a wuy that was bo)oud any suspicion of a
1 Ijl fake. He wis arrested for stealing it unci
MM ill suijed a night in jail before ho could prove his
mm i (nnocenco.
jf' ,j James HunneUcr writes: "Itghosmo puln to
j' I . reject any greatness thrust uim mo, but I
j j must deny all coimectlcin, past, present, or fu
H I . ture, with any such sclicmo as the c rltenon
,1 Independent 'Ihcntrc. M) name was used ab
(J solutely without my knowledge or i oiuciit."
m H It is curious how far some men will let them-
Al Eelves be utilized to boom un actress. Ten
JA grown-up and not ordinarily ridiculous cltizuiu
fmj 1 i ' Lewlston, Mc, tat in a row during u per
7 I 1 formanco by Funny Itlce. each with a big re I
IHr I J'Jer on his breast, the line of tlicm reading,
H I ''Hello, Fanny,"
Kt 1 I Bat there's Joy unalloyoj in other items of
aS'V I H Tastor's bill. 1 bore's no doubting that thu
sV J ,1 V world is bettor for tho remark ot the joker who
JM & I I gazes abstractedly nt a stove and remarks with
r I ll the air of a philosopher: "How could the tire
h go out with the door shut!" A prop for evo
Ei I lutlon comes, too, ill the statement of a mun
'f I U, taking the cue "in a measure" from his
!, f companion, states that that was the way he
sj ' i stopped drinking In a measure and that It's
irUSt" ii wired, him a peck ot trouble. Then all human-
IB Bit Ity should bletf tbe chap who recites verses
, I III . luwihlng a woman's hefolo reslstauco, appax
ift If
ently of aburglar, ond endljur In her throwlnir
man downstairs, tho whole explained by .the
reeling lino, "For her revolver was not loaded,
but her husband was." Though the piomieod
realism of Phonograph and moving pictures (lz
sled, there's still tho real thing in variety
show nt Pastor's.
Three hundred children of tho Roman Catho
lic Orphan Asylum will go to the Doris Circus
this afternoon as guests of tho management.
Adolf Link, rrho used to bo the comedian at
tho Irvfag Place, Is acting at tho Theatre an der
Wlen In Vienna, Max Blrn is playing with
success in Berlin.
Fanny Davenport hos abandoned tho effort to
make a success out ot the Joan of Aro play,
"Tho Saint and tho Fool," and It will not be
acted after next week. Bho may return later
to tho Snrdou heroines. Her popularity in some
of thcio role is remarkable. 'Fedora," which
sho placd first nearly fifteen years ago, was
brought to tho American last winter, and, con
trary to expectation, tho theatre was crowded.
s-anh Bernhardt, having reached tho ago of
OS, is about to produce a play in which sho will
nppear as a young girl, in order to lot thc puhllo
we how little the mere question of years afreets
truo dramatic, genius. It sho continues to looK
as .young as sho did bore two years ago, tho Illu
sion will not bo dlfllcult to tnnlntnln.
In "Tho Princess nnd the Butterfly" thero In a
Mr. St. Roche. Julio Opp calls her Mm. Sin-lloch-
lntho London manner. But Mr. Hackctt,
In tbo proud freedom of Amoricantsm. refuses
to tnito any tips from the St. James Theatre
end boldly retets to tho lady In question as Mrt.
Saint Iloche. Ho looks defiantly at Miss Opp,
moreover, whenever ho says It.
An old phrase, long out ot use, has cropped
up tn tho reorganization of tho Olympla's man
agement, this onco familiar expression Is "as
good as tho Empire in London." The stage
performances at Koster & Dial's, birring tho
richness and beauty of the elaborate ballcts.ls as
good as or bettor than tho specialty programme
at tho Empire or at any nthor music hall in
London. Tho Interior of tho Olympla muslo
hall Is far moro nttractlvo than that of tho
EniDlrc, and lacks only its spacious promenndos
and lounsing place. These havo novcr been
considered in tho building of nny New York
muslo hall, as they aro Intended tor the uso ot
a class which Is not to oponly recognised hero,
llut "nsgood as tho Empire In London" Is a
meanlnglcea phraso In so far as It refers to tbo
Gorfonnances at Koster d. Dial's or the decora
on ot tho Olympla.
TERROR CAUSED BT A RAT.
A Bis nlncU Vell.n lavadM tke Quarters or
tho Board or llr.llb.
At noon yesterday a man with a foathcr dust
er climbed out of a window on the top floor of
the Criminal Court building, where the Health
Board's Secretary has his office. He pulled
down ono of the canvas awnings to shako tho
dust from it. and whon tho canas was unfold
ed a big black bat flew from the folds and en
tered tho building. It fluttered blindly
against tho head of one ot the Health Otllce
I clerks, and fell upon tho clerk's desk.
"Ow-w-wl" yellod tho clerk. "Ow-w-wl A
rot. A rati"
The seven young women who wero pounding
typewriting machines tn an adjoining room,
where Dr. Blauvclt has an ofllce, stopped sud
denly on exclamation points and question
marks. Each of tho seven mado a leap for lite,
landing on tho top ot oOlco desks.
"nelpt Help!" yelled one of them as she
saw tho bat fly Into Dr. Blauvclt'a ofllce, fol
lowed by four white-haired clerks. Secretary
Goldcrman, threo dictionaries, and a bunch of
window mopi.
"Mammal Mammal" yelled tho youngest of
tho typewriting army, clapping her hands and
crying. Then came a tumbling of furniture,
angry shouts of men, and dashes here and there
by the bacteria chasers from the other ofllces.
"Oct him in thc corner and hit him with that
iron bar," Bhoutcd ono of tho clerks.
"Kill him! Kill him!" yo Jed the typewriters
In chorus.
"For Gawd's sake don't kill him, pleaded a
young student who had hurried from hla labor
atory. "For Uawd'e noko don't kill him he is
blindl"
"No, kill him! Kill him!" shouted tho death
certificate man. "We must kill html '
Again the air was full of ofllce furniture,
mingled with screams of "Save him from tho
doctoral" and "Ouch, ow, momma, kill him!"
from tho typewriting army.
Policeman Palmer, who: bad been sitting at
tho door ot tho District Attorney's ollce on the
floor below, heard tho screams and ran upstairs,
three steps at a time. He saw visions nf an In
saneasylum.wftb a murderer at largo, and heard
the bang! bangl bang! of heavy clubs on tho
floor. The policeman grabbed up a chair in the
hall, and, holding it abovo his head with ono
hand, boldly opened the door leading to the
health ofllces. Ho was ubout to reach for his
revolver when he heard thc student's piteous
P "DonTitill-he Is blind."
"I'll Just knock him down with a chair and
put thc nippers on hlin." shouted Palmer as bo
entered the door. "Where is hel Where is
hct"
"In Dr. Blauvelt's ofllce," answered Domlntck
Ttottkamp, tho Health Board's messenger.
"But don't use your pistol or roii'll brinj down
that blonde on top ot the bookcase."
"What did he do" asked the policeman.
"Hun up against ono ot the clerks and struck
the clerk In tha foco." answero 1 the messenger.
"In the clem deaaT asked l'aimcr.
"No," said tbo messenger, "but ihc '
"Ow-w-wl Ouchch-ch!" Interrupted the
typewriter girl an thc bookcase, "he's coming at
mo help! help!"
Palmer by this time had gotten Into Dr. Blau
velt's ofllce and discovered the crowd of bac
teria chasers throwing mucilage bottles and
dictionaries nt tbo bat. In a minute he sized
up tho situation and said in disgust: "I thought
there were about nlno dead and ten injured."
Then ho went downstairs nnd chased six
suspender peddlers Into Coroner Hoeber's
office.
In tho meantime Messenger uottknmp cap
tured the bat with the aid ot a waste paper
basket on the end of a window pole. The
seven girls cumo down on stepladders to their
type writing mnrhlnos. and drank Bcvon glasses
of lcowoier. Then they used their erasers
tn scratching exclamation marks from tho
letters they had been at work on. whllo the doc
tors went back to juggle germs in their labora
tories, and the clerks returned to their books.
$jo,ooo for PRorixa uix sake.
Dr. T. C. TTInl.r's Cau.sel Allrcrd (a Have
Ashed as Excessive Fee.
Edward M. Grout, on behalf of Dr. Frederick
G, Winter, yesterday obtained from Justice
Smith in tho Supremo Court In Brooklyn an
Injunction restraining the law firm of Dow,
Murray Si Hartrldgo from transferring certain
notes, amounting to $10,000, made by Dr. Win
ter in favor ot the Arm. The firm was counsel
forDr, Winter In the proceedings last weok
I brought to have him declared insane. Dr. Win
ter was declared sane and competent to manage
his own affairs. It is now alleged that after the
trial Dr. Winter's lawyers provailod upon him to
go to their olllco, and explained to him tbo bard
work that w s necessary to sate him from
going tn nn asylum and that be then gave them
a nolo for 9'J.000, payable In ono month; another
note for tho siine sum, payable in six months,
and two notes for $3,000 oacb, payable In twclro
months, all In paymont for their services In his
liehalf. Subsequently Dr. Winter took counsel
in tbo matter and wnsinformed that the amount
charged by the flnu was oxcesalve.
io jioAitDtso a Rian, $.1.
A Hen Industry In Brooklyn or Which Justice
Kramer llsulra Kspnrt Mnowledsr.
A trained parrot belonging to Mrs. Fannie
Graff of 777 Bedford avenuo, Brooklyn, escaped
from Its cage in the kitchen about three months
ago. It was trapped by John Cavanagh, who
Hies at -U Hopkins stront, and Qt this Mrs.
Oraff leirned Inst week. Cavanagh refused to
surrender tlio bird until ?3 for threo months'
board fur It was piid. InthoLoo Avonuu Pallie
Court yisterdiy Justice Kramer, to whom Mrs.
GrnIT had appeulcd, said: " As I am not a JuiVs
nf n bird's board, I will adjourn this enso until
Doc. 10, when each of jou m y have experts In
that Hue hero to tcstlfi as to the proper rom
prnsation f'aanat;li should rccolvo for board
ing tho parrot."
ttirliard HotTm.M Testimonial Concert.
An occislon of much Interest occurrel yester
day In tho celebration by a testllnonli.l concert.
In Chlckorlng Hill, of the fiftieth anniversary
of Mr. Illchard ilnifman'a flrst public appear
mice in ov York, Ever sinco that date. In
1817, Mr, ilolTmin lias held not only tho respect
andostcimof in in wurmfrlendg.huttheslnccre
admiration of our olt)'s public. Ills work
has been entirely conllned to this com
iiiunlt), no illusions ot trarol or of distant
places seeming to tempt hi 111 to !eao borne
nnd display his accomplishments In otbor
cities. Yesterday afternoon an exceedingly
charming programme was pUoa, consisting
of Morart'a quariol In O minor, con erlo in
C major bj Bach for two pianos, with string
qullitct.nnj lIiiuimel'soier-loBcliiatlug septet.
Mr. llnifmun wasnisisled by the Dannreutber
quartet and by Mr. Charles B. Foote, bis stanch
friend and U'st pupil, whose abllltUs
trench ory closely upon professional limits,
Mre, Fuole took tho seoond pluno In Bach's
concerto. She was cordially received by the
audlonco, nnd the concerto wns commended by
hearty applause at its close. The affair made a
delightful little ovation to a moat deserving
artist and an old favorite.
WOMAN'S RIGftt TO BEDGLY
MRg. JrniTEUEAti JtEFESDS JT RE
FORE TUE RAXSV DAT CLVD.
Her Costnme Should fie arrtlceablo and
Beauty Mill Came In Pun Tlme-ller Paper
Preerdrd by a Oenernl WIscuhIoii or Bust
ling Paper IMrta and Prettjr -lub Bd.
Tho Ilalny Day Club held a rousing meeting
In tho Now York Industrial building, ut Forty
third street and Lexington nvenue, yesterday
afternoon. Mrs, Emma Beokwlth was In tho
chair nnd thoro was a larne turn out of mom
bcrs and visitors. Everybody was in high good
humor beeauso at last tho club has a perma
nent home, and host of all, it doesn't cost a cont.
Mrs. Hal cam road n lottor from Mrs. Bertha
Welby, Corresponding Secretary, telling of a
meeting of the Itnlny Day Club Bho attended In
Biracueo last week. Tbo letter stated that
o er fifty members were present, that most of
them wore their rainy day suits, though tho
weather was fine, nnd that tho club was In a
most flourishing condition,
Mrs. Andrews, Chairman ot the Kxecutho
Commltteo, In making her report, said: "I havo
been absent from New York for t c eral months,
but wo'xo had ono oxecutlvo mooting slncomy
return. The matter of a placo of meeting eamo
up and wo were glnd to nccopt Mr. Charles F.
Wlngato's offer to meet hero for nothing,"
"I'd hoped to hao n paper petticoat hero to
day to show you all," lrroloantly remarked
tho presiding olUccr nt this point, "but it didn't
como. Thoy aro lovely. Come labour colors
and rustlo llko silk."
"Do you wear 'cml" asked eomebody In a
corner.'
"Yes," answered some ono who knew all
about it, "you wear 'cm anywhere, rain or
shine. They are mado of paper, and &o n
locly rustic, and thoy only cost 00 cents each,"
"I would like some ono to suggest that wo
send ono of our badges to tho President of the
Syracuse Club." Bald Mrs, BccUwith.
Mrs. May Banks Stacy made tho motion.
"I object." put in Mrs. A. M. Palmer. "We
have our pin. Let them hnvo theirs."
"It would make us tho mother club to let
them uso our pin, nnd there is alwuys power In
tnnt," persisted Mrs. Stucy
"I still differ," said Mrs. Palmer.
"I think tho idea of gottlnp other clubs to
adopt our pin Is to Bccuro n sourco of roxenuo
to us," said Mrs. Andrews. "Our duos aro so low,
and If wo could sell these pins wholcsalo"
"The adoption of tho same pin by all Rainy
Day Clubs would bo a bond of fellowship," in
terrupted Mrs. Celin B. Whitehead.
"Am I to understand that we are to glvo the
Syracuse Club our plnl" asked Mrs. Knowlcs.
I agreo with Mrs. Palmor. This pin belongs dis
tinctly to us. We originated il, and 1 belong to
nlno clubs, and this is the prettiest pin I huo
except the Press Club badge."
"This teems to me," said Mrs. Fowler, "to be
a matter eerlous enough to be put In tho hands
of the Executive Committee, and I move that it
be referred to that body."
The motion was carried like a flash.
"We aro just a year old noxt month, said
Mrs. llockwltn, "and according to our consti
tution to day Is tho day to name our nominat
ing officers, for our annual election Is to bo held
at our next meeting. Iho commltteo is named
from tho floor,"
Mrs. Parker Morrison, Mrs. Paul II. Cololl,
Mrs. Minnio L. rowlcr. Sirs. A. Hays Smith,
and Dr. Jessie T. Hoglc wero solcctod.
"When our Secretary sends out the postal
cards notifying tho numbers of the next meet
ing," said lira Palmor, "1 would suggest that
bho put the Now ork Industrial building In
stead ot the Grand Central Palace, ns she did
this time, Tbo Household Economic Assoela
tion puts that on its postals. Grand Central
Palaco is so horribly common. That Is too
muchl Ugh! Grand Central Palucel Common!"
Everybody sgreod thnt It was Just too com
mon for anything, und reporters were cau
tioned never to say thnt the Hainy Day Club
met in the Grand Central Palace Mrs. Deck
with introduced Mrs. Cell i li. Whitehead of
Wostfleld. N. J., tho flrct speaker of tho day.
Hor subject was "Beauty and tho Beast, or
Woman's Itlght to Bo Ugly." She sold:
'It seems to be an indisputable fact that wo
men, almost universally, aro dissatisfied
with the clothing imposed on them by fashion
in civilized countries. In making this state
ment I lcavo out tbo small and lAslgnlllcant
number, it there be any such, who devote
themselves entirely to dress parados of vurlouj
sorts; horso shows, for Instance When I
speak of women, 1 moan the vat majority
who are doing some useful work In tho world.
These aro more and more crying out against
the restriction, tho unhaalthfulneM, tho ox
pense and Inconvenience of their clothing. I
think also that there Is a general agreement
that woman s droas is not beautiful. c irs
ago a gentleman In this city said to me: " p
man's dress Is as inartistic ns it is olminlnaMo
In other ways.' Probably thero would bo but
little if uii) dltsent from tho statement that
beauty is a desirable quality in woman s cloth
ing. . . . . , ,
"Wbllo all agreo mat Dcauiy is nosirauic-, mu
class emphasizes this desirability iry strongly,
whllo another Insists that hoiuty ma) bo left
to caro for Itself; that if ih dress be true to
Its uses flrst it w 111 blossom into beauty. This
is tbo position I stund for." , , ,
To bring out clearly the points sho wished to
make Mrs. Whitehead reid n few extracts
from tho well known story, "Beauty and tho
Beast." and' then ebo continued; "rho beast
would never liue become hcautlful hail ho I ot
been llrst accepted because of his goodness. So
it Is my firm belief that woman's dress will
never becomo beautiful until It is locd and
accepted for Its Intrinsic inorit. Although tho
Beast was hideous, ho treated Beauty so well,
did so much for her, that sho overlooked his
ugliness and then ho become beautiful.
Shall we not learn a lesion from this fable.
And a dres adapted to our needs, nnd let tho
question of beauty remain unanswered until
the moro important nnd fundamental ones
have been attended tol Our ideas of bcauty
bavo been so distorted by our customary
dress that I doubt if wc.knowery nuicli ulioiit
it, anyway. I am not sure that wo should
know a beautiful dress If we should sco one.
So let us consent even to bo uglj If need bo till
we And a dress that Is good to us.
"But hos woman a right to be uglyt Is beauty
hor transcendent dutyt And id beauty a mat
ter of dressl When I was a girl I . read
from J. U. Holland that 'No wife should ever
allow another woman to appear bettor drcssod
in her husband's ejos than herself.' I do not
know the ImprcsHon It mado on me then, but I
have thought many times since what nn igno
ble scramble Mr. Holland would bet tho women
at. He did not state hy whit incaus a wife
should prevent another woman from appear
ing better dressed than hentclf in hor hus
band's eyoi. Tho Inference did not seem to be
thnt she should drlvo all other women out of
her husband', sight, hut tli.it sho herself should
doiotc tier energies to tne iasK oi dressing su
well that no other womin could dross better
Think of the awful btrainon each woman.
EWdently Mr. Holland would not admit a wo
man's right to wear nn ugly dres.
"Judge Albion Tourgcc, in on address deliv
ered many years ago to Iho glr'slnMountHnlynke
Seminary.snld: 'Great stress should lie laid upon
tho noccsslty ot greater care In the personal
adornment of women. Tho inrtucneeoi woman
depends llrst of all utn the charm of presence
of which grace of manner and personal adorn
ment are the chief Ingredients,' , .
"Evldontlj Judge Tourgee does not think a
woman has a light to be ugly. They eiiioha.
sizo the duty of a woman to bo beautiful, or,
rntber. beautifully drossod. Much in tho some
strain hnve I hoard In tho Itnlny Da Club;
and yet I am a llrin bclioier In n woman's rUht
to be ugly, nt certain times and place under
certain conditions and for certain purposes.
Can I proie itl No; not cxactlj; nor can I
provo that woman has u soul, yet I billove It.
"Before closing I want to cull jour attention
again to Judge Tourgee's utterance, for ho
eeems to me a fair exponent of those who cm
pbaslse personal ornamtntatlon. Do vou hear
any hint of n soul tliernl This thought of wo
man as Just a body without reference to her
heart or mind Is, I licllrvd, at the root of this
insistence that sho bo ndonicd. Hunpaso
Abraham Lincoln's Influence hid been flrot of
all giuce of manner and persouul ndoruuicnt.
Suppose It of nn grcit mill or woman. Dei
you not see what a belittling offect it must
Iiaio on a man or woman other) Oram at
manner should bo nut uiu ouinaru sign 01 in
ward graro. IOt woman dcvl.o u dress that
will not hinder her from bocomlng strong,
wUe, grand and good, nnd let It by over so
uincii of a Beast at llrst, Beauty will Anally
marry It and they w ill lit o happtl) e er after."
Miss K. Marjuirlto Dudley fiiMowcd Mrs,
Whitehead, her subject lelug "r'atiltutinii of
tho Human lloiibc." Miss Liiidlei niacin eomo
excellent ixitnts regarding exercise nnd rest.
Mr. McDonald, n meiiibor of tho omen's
Literarj Club nf Arlington, N. J ,. InWted tho
Italny Day Club to n meeting of thnt organiza
tion on Dec. 7. Ihu Hutherford Club has also
been Invited to bo pro-cnt. und the throe ltibs
expect to hnie it big reunion, The next rogu.
lor meeting of tho Haiti) Day Club will bo held
oil tho Am Wednesday In January, wheu out.
cers will be elected.
S 10,000 ror Ills l-oit Arm,
Joseph Rlooa, 16 years old, obtained a verdict
of 812,000 against Iho Third Avenue nailroad
Company In Iho Supreme, Court In Brooklyn
yesterday for the loss of bis right arm. While
crossing the Bower) ut Hester street in 18U2
the boy whb run over by a car ami bis right
arm was cut off at the shoulder. On a former
trial the Jury disagreed. On motion of counsel
for the company a stay was granted by Justice
Van Wyctt until Dec IB, when a motion (or a
now trial wilt be heard. fi
ZirB TOPX08 AROVT TOWH.
A Yaluablo library w loft recently to tho
caro of a certain class ot profcsslontl men in
Now York under conditions so unusual that its
existenco Is scarcely known. Whon Illchard
M. Hunt, tho famous architect, died two years
ago last summer he left his architectural libra
ry, which Is said to bo of exceptional value and
Interest, to his son, with the proUso that it
should always be accessible to tho architects ot
Now York. Anybody who has that clnlm to tho
uso of the library need only present himself, ex
plain who ho Is, and avail himself of tho unusual
advantages of tho books which Mr. Hunt col
lected with great caro during his long career.
'Ihla library is to-day in hi; son s oillco with n
librarian In cnorgo ol It, and It can Ito consulted
by nnybody who desires to do so and Is entitled
to the privilege. But tho conditions under
which it is open to tho use of members of Mr.
Hunt's orofeuslon are .so Uttlo known that tho
opportunity to visit tho library has not bcon
taken advantage ot to any great extent.
Mrs. Emma Eamcs Story has settled down In
Paris for tho winter and Is now ut tho homo
which sho built thero about tw o ) cars ago and
which combines Jn her opinion all tbo American
comforts of llfo with tho advantages posslblo in
a French house. According to tbo latest ac
count ot her plans.Mrs. Story will remain all win
ter In Paris, and it is said that she will not ap
pear professionally until the opening ot tho
opera season in London. It was her Intention
last summer to mako a tour ot the German
cities, but that Idea has evidently been aban
doned, and after soma negotiations, during
which it was said that tho would sing in St,
Petersburg with tho Do BcszkcB, her name has
not been Included in the final cast ot tbo prima
donnas to oppearthere. Itmay be said that there
is not in this list a slnglo singer so gifted or so
seemingly certain of success as Mrs. Story. It
was with that company that sho was to hnve
appeared os Scuta and Sltgltmle for tho flrst
time, and her beauty ought to huu mado her
distinguished among such women as Molten and
Muran-Oldcn. Humor buppllos ono reason for
tho aTJandonmcnt of Sirs. Story's German
tour, ond If it be correct the closing of the Met
ropolitin Opera HoiibO for one year was really
n moro tragic oocurrenco man anybody wouia
havo supposed. Mrs. Story's ngent, after fbo
had accepted Frau ogner s invltntion to sing
in tho next festival at Uuyrouth, Is said to ha t
trlod to arrange visits to tho Gorman cities on
tho basis of 1,000 a night, fcuch o buiii is laid
to fow singers In Germany -Scmbrlch nnd ruttl
being among those who gut It and Mrs.
Story's reputation is said to hove been so little
knnwn thut S100 was tho most ndinntagcous
offer rccclcd. Mrs. Story wisely declined to
reveal her beauty und hor art to n public thut
was willing tu pay solittlo for tho prhtlege.
So sho will remain for tho winter at her home
In Paris ond contlnuo her study of tho uguer
heroines.
Somo of the older hotols mako sturdy efforts
to keep paco with their newer rivals, and tho
cfllcacv of the nalmroom in this direction has
already been noticed. Tho newly invented
artificial palms hai e helped out many nn old
house; but other steps hnvo alzo been necessary.
Ono of these was apparent nt an uptown hotel
tho othor day when tho entire staff of servants
suddenly appeared In blue uniforms with brass
buttons. This hotel, long famous throughout
tho country, had persistently withstood all for
eign notions ond positively refused to be any
thing except out and out American. So tho
new uniforms were a surprise when thoy re
placed tho shiny cutaway coats which consti
tute thu livery of tho American hotel servants
who are not in uniform. On somo of tho old
cmployoos of tho house, who had got beyond
the ago for sudden and unusual decoration, the
new uniforms wore a Uttlo incongruous. In
order that tho Improvement mign. not bo
merely spectacular, this hotel, llko tho others.
Included a valot btriico n'nong its attractions,
llut that valet service took no more un-American
form than tho presenco of two good tailors
in the building. An) thing so foreign as a real
v alot was kept at tho proper distance.
Prof. Drisler was known probably to a larger
number of Columbia graduates than nny other
member of tho faculty who has ever been there,
as bis term of ofllce extended over a great many
years. Ho was llkod among tho studentr, for
his manner to them was always aftablo 011 1
ogreeable, and ns a taskmaster he was never
unduly Bovcre. Ho had como to bo nearly as
familiar a flgure about Now York as ho was on
tho collcgo grounds, and many people who did
not know- his nnme knew hy eight tho lanro.
vigorous old mun with tho white beard and the
stun!) appearance. Ho was ono of tho last of
thc conspicuous profeisors of tho older order
ot tilings at Columbia and ot that tlmo. with h
is 10-diir represented most consplcuousl) li)
Prof, vau Aiuringc. Prof. Drisler nlwavs
limited his participation in university nfTiirs
to his lecture rooms, but Prof. an Amringo
extended bis interests fur'ber. Ho was one ot
tho men in tho faculty who was always iiip
poscd to bo moit Interested In colleiro athletics.
Tho demand for Sundny basebill, if, indeed,
there be such a demand. Is a further indication
of New York's desire to be amused on Sundnv-t.
There were three concerts last Sunday nUht.tind
next Sunday there will bo four. Thoy appealed
to entirely different sections of tbo public, but
they all attracted good audiences, and It wna
clear that tlicro wna n ilemund for them. In
nddition to these public performances there
Were the usual number of prlvato concert i,
pla)s In foreign language, bulls, and fnlrn, that
are 11 part of ever) hiindu) night In the city.
1 ho most notnblo Incrc-iiso is in tho number of
uptown cntertnlnnuniB It Is not without en
element ot stranniss that while New 'V.oik
should contlnuo to Increabo the opportunities
for hunday amusements, tome of tho Western
cities Bhould have begun to limit tho possibili
ties of iimuEcraeni. 'iho first-class thcatreJ
of tho West aro no longer opened oi Sundivs
except for tho pcrformiiKO-, of compinlcs that
are not likel) to loso their reputations by an
Searing. But tho best of the actors hnvo lately
cgun to refuse to act on Sunday nights In an)
clt), nnd moil of them havo been powerful
enough to make the Sunday night amusements
rather tecond-closs In character.
After keeping out of public view for two yeirs
"Count" Eugene Mltkiewlcz again figures ns the
subject of 11 complaint, a bench wnrrant for
his arrest bavin been issued b) n Washington
Judge. Mitklowlcz's career has been vailed
and interesting. During the )ear or moro that
ho lived in h Now York boarding houo ho
was Interesting tho lato Elliott F. Shcpaid In
a schemu that was big and plausible. A man
who knew tho ' Count" at thnt tlmo said that
tho tccrct of his success in brirullitig wealthy
men Into coinddcrlng his schemes nilously
vwis undoubtedly tho fact that Ills Imnglnatlon
waslsuch that ho believed In them himself whllo
lie was laiKing, lie utiongs iu mo iuii,; uioi
nail class of knights of fortune, and whon he
wants to bo entertaining ho has fow equals.
He Is on oxpert billiard and pool player, nnd
he Is not averse to a quiet gnine of poker.
During his career of twelve or fifteen soars in
this country ho ho3 been on terms of iiitiiiioey
with some of tho lir wdrsl men ot tho Hint.
Hislatestescnp ululnt lt-drTJ3,and "'is nei mi
llko pretty small business fur 11 man who bus
aimed ut millions and almost secured them.
TALKI.VO AOAIVST IOVR lU.iGK".
Tbe Amttprdam Jlnlltr lias Another rubllo
Urnrlutt Iaibur Orators Aliutlre.
Tho Aldermen's Itallroad Commlttoo gave
another public hearing y elerduy to tho property
owners along Amsterdam ovenuo who aro pro
testing against tho la)lng of four tracks for
underground trolley roads In that thorough.
fare. Tho roads there ore loiscd by the Metro
politan Street Hallway Compiny and tho Third
avenue coiupan), and the underground system
for tho former has already been laid. Permission
has also been granted to tho 'i bird a veil no com
piny to Install tho sMle'in, but the work was
stopped by nn order of Ihu Couit.
The object of tho proper!) owners Is to com
pel tho two companies to uso tho sumo set of
tracks, Among tho spoilicrs were suvernl pro-
feasoiiaI labor or tura, who innuigcu in iue
regular stock abusu of corpontlons Quo of
Iboin, Martin by 11 mo, grew su abusive of
ever) body und ever) thing, including tho Iloird
of Aldermen, that Alderman Goodman of tho
Itiillruud Committee, was obliged to rcpruo
him fur his unset ml) Inngu ige
The hearing was indefinlict) adjourned.
j.v nr.UALr uf r 3i 11. isiraiiixa.
Ills touiiirl Aabs for n I erllHente or Itensou.
nblp tloiibl, bill lloc-n'l l.i I ll.
Benjamin F. Cbadsey uppcorod before Jtutlco
Smith In tho Supreme Court In Brooklyn jester
day and applied for a certificate of reasonable
doubt In behalf of hj 0 lent, Frederick Mcllonry
Kltcblng, who on Monday was sentenced to five
years In Sing Sing prison. Mr. Chadsoy said
that he wanted to appeal from the suiitonce,
and wanted to euro tne matter to tho Appel
late Division. , , .!,,,,
" How can you go to the Appellnto Division I"
Justice Smith asked. "Thero appoars to 00
nothing hero to warrant an aupoal," be added.
Mr. Cbadiey then oBked for tlmo to draw up
his papers and prepare his evidence. Justice
Smith, after having agaiu expressed his In
ability tn see how counsel could appeal the case,
granted Mr. Chads until to-morrow afternoon
W make his orguuieuL
BEANSUOOTERS MOST GO.
DARN 'EST, SATS HR. DASSE. AND
AGAIN DA UN 'Bit.
S'pose lame Boy lilt In Ibe Head with
ItocK, Then tTbrre'd Ve Be l-Vot Io ipsnW
or Women and Children, and B" PIJ
1 11c Milnny In Iho Mireel Il " n0'
Tho City Improvement Society Is determined
to do awnyvvlth Iho " so-cAlIod beanshooter,
"tho Instrument of torture" with regard to
which It addressed a communication to John
Joroloraan, Presldont of tho Board of Aldcrmon,
on Tuesdny. Secretary J. C. Pumpelly, upon
whom fell the duty of composing thoadmonltl"n
to Mr. Jcroloman, was indisposed yesterday.
Dr. Fred Donne, tho President and Treasurer ot
tho society, who said that he ordered the lotter
to bo written b) Mr. Pumpelly, was at the so
ciety's ofllce, IS East Twent) -third street, at
tho usual hour.
"Sit down," said he bb the reporter ocgon to
Btntohlsorrnnd. "Sit down. Sit down. Mnko
yourself ot homo. Sit down. Bcnpshooters, eh I
Goodl I'm glad tbo nowspspors nro Interested.
Awful nuisance, bcinshootere are. How did
wo happen to get nftcr thcml Complaints, sir.
Wo hav o a hundred or moro associate members.
Ihcy contribute to the support of tho socloty
and act ns inspectors for tholr own neighbor
hoods. They mako complaints. Then wo hove
paid InBi ectors. They go around tho city on
horsocars, transferring here, there, every whore,
ntwl Innlrlnn .... ...I ..1,1. ,1,a1 MPM ntllCn. TllCV
mako complaints. Then there are hundreds of
people bo mako complntntB on thelrown ac
count. Wo refer tho complaints to tho city
officials. Tnoy look out for us.
"Latcl) we'vo been having troublo about
then darn bennahnoters. Tbo streets arc full
of stones 11 rod by bcanshootcrs. Thcao things
gob epidemics. Sometimes they nro using a
bat and bill, sometimes It Is a football bangl
you know, right Inn woman's face sometimes
It Is slilnn,or come such darn gome ns tint.
Then wo go tn tho police ond tho police stop
'em. Can't arrest "em, you know. No law, tho
City Magistrates say, to justify It, They just
take tlio bcanshootcrs away from 'cm and bat
'cm with a club. Not to hurt 'em, jou know,
but to scire 'cm up a bit."
Tho President of tho City Improvement So
clct) laughed Iu mcrr) glco
"Bcanshootcrs, I was talking about, wasn't
1 1" ho resumed, " Good. Woll, wo beard of
'cm. I heard of one tnysolf." Tho uoctor rubbed
tbo back of his cir ruofullv. "I took It
away from thu boy and broko it. It isn't de
cent, thnt sort of thing isn't, ho I ordered this
letter written, Mr. Perkins, bring mo the let
ter book, please. Now. That's It. Now listen :
CITV IMPUOVEME.NT &OCICTI. 1
U Last Twcntv tiiipd Stucet.
New ouk, Nor. lit). )
Hon. John Jtroloman. rntiittnl Lourd Aldtrmen,
run Hull.
IlovoRiBicSin- We reipcrctfiillr rf quest that you
will Introduce into the Hoard of Al lernn n
"We all know Mr. Jeroloman and admire
him, nnd ho knows us, so, of course, we goto
blm. Fine man. ho Is. Excellent man. Well:
in ordinance forbidding ball playlog
"Now, wo haven't nny objection In the world
to an) one pluylng ball in front of his own tene
ment; but he mustn't come out o i tho res
ide nco streets, where decent peoplo live. City
Magistrates talk about poor little bo), who
havo no place to plo). Humph I Can t they
plni in front of their own houses I Streets too
crowded I Well, that uin't my fault, is it I Auy-
w a) "
ind the use or Ihe locallcd "braUBhooter" in tho
str eta of ihe city The latter Instrument of torture
l wearecrelltl lnrornied bole largely manufac
tured In the ctt)
"Now that's a fact. Seems Incredible. Actuol
ly manufacture them, wire, wood, rubber, any
thing; all sorts of things. Who makes 'cml
That s what I wish wo knew. We go into n
Btore and ask and they won't tell us. No they
won't. Sometimes the) He. Yes the) do. Lcmmo
tell you. 1'v i! seen a bov take a shot with one of
thone blnmcd bcanshootcrs ut a uuiot.
respectable citizen, lhcn when tho citizen
took the thing away from him and broke it,
what does thu bo) do but run into a store and
buy another nnd shoot at the man again. What
do you think of lhati And then when
nnybol) asks tho storekecpo about it, whit
docs he say 1 Wh),ho doirt know what you
mo in. That's wbai ho says. I tell you.
those things aro dangerous to llio and limb nnd
propert). They shoot stones ns bi as that
the doctor pic turcd a ctono as big as nn Eng
lish walnut. "Om-of 'em lilt )OU in tho heud.
and then where 'd e bul To siy nothing oT
women nnd children, f-tones, bullets, beans,
flying ul! around; Just ns I any here:
In the clly nnd In use- U daiiR, rout lo lift-, limb, nl
proi?rty, atones Lelug frequently employed as mis
site
1-iiothall playln by gsniri or tioyi, who Invariably
Invade dldtrtctn win re the) do not ri.ldc. I. Krcatly
on tht incnaftt unci Maul&trat--s when arrtttts are
lnal-b) the poll r, tainot act villi siirn-lent ctierlty
In the aUteuee of a cumclent ordinance covering tBeso
onvrii is
Uc.liall I greatlr ptrasecl If you will communi
cate to u nt youre truest convrnicu e njr views In
rtsanl to this natter Very re p-ctfull).
Tile CITV iMHlOVtXl-NTSoCIETV.
J. C. PcurELLV, Ecerrtary.
"There! That s all )ou want to know.isn t
It? And hero's one of our little booklets. Better
take it. .May prove useful."
Ihollltlc- linnclbonV. contained requests that
tho rouler would com liln to tlio society In any
one of u great number of contingencies, Btich ns:
Whenever horses or vehtcle-t are In ihe habit of
itanriltig In or atone th roadway no as to obstruct
the en khvc ullc ctf an) otree t
Vh never cari-ets. ruts clothing or material or ,-inr
lcirfttou are shaken or beaten where parttep s
ther rrom or t.et In inotlnn thereby, may pas luto
an occupied preniUes
Whenever utlead animal Is expose 1 or allowed to
remain In a street or other pul lie place
This last mav explain to man) a poor copper
Who his been fined fivednjs'piy "for falling to
report a dead eit on po-,t 'Just how tlio news of
his aw ful dereliction reached the Commissioners
sociuli klv.
Iho list ingo of the Utile hand book Is filled
with the) iiumos of the biilmcrlblng members.
The last name on the list is the " Hon. Selh
Low."
van rr.tvn niHJitvE suit
Tbe Wire's Stars or Her lire Willi lb .1111
llniinlre III! itperntur.
Bufpaio, Dec 1. After fourteen months'
legal lighting the divorce spit ot Mrs. Mario
Louise Van Vlcck against George II, Von Vleck,
tho oil operator, came to trial in opon court
to day. Mr, and Mrs, Van Vlcck quurrclled
fifteen years ago and hnve hud only formal
eommuiiUatlon Willi each othor since that time.
Mr. Van Vleck Is O'J jeirs o'd, his wlfo ten
years )0iinger. Thoy wero married in 180J.
Van Vlcck was poor. Ilo went Into the oil Aolds
und two yenrs later made i--100,000 ono day on n
ealootull lauds. Hoplii)cd tho markot andwas
seon known ns one of the most daring nnd sue
cissful operators In thu l'c one) h aula region.
Ho undo several million dollars, i-ome ot this
unit lost In speculation, but be Is bald lo have
S-'J.OOlMMiOof It )ot, llu owns USO oil wells in
Ouiu which brln.' hlin 630,000 to $75,000 a yo ir.
and is tlio principal sluckhold rln thu Paragon
Hctlnery at Toledo.
Mrs. vnn Vleck testified to-diy that they lived
bnppll) until ho enrno back to Buffalo rich,
bought a fine houso In Delaware avenue, Jnlnod
tbe clubs, and begun lo stay out nights. At
first, site snld, it was cards that kept him nwny;
later It was women, t-ihu told of tho reports that
had ro ichcd bur at v nrlous stages of his llfo con
cerning his relations with other women. One
day she received a letter from a woman usklng
her Intercession to prevent Vun Vleck ruining
hor daughter. Shu showed the letter to Van
Vleck. Ho struck her with an umbrella and
slapped her face. She cnmpli-inod to him one
day that bo was running a :; inibllng shop In tbo
houso where their set nnd child was iwru, nndJio
again ass lulled her, she b il I. About fifteen years
ago lie begnn to absviit liiliisclf from homo for
a week at n tlmo, gotllng his meals at Ibuilubs
nnd sleeping bho did not kiiow where. Somo
times lie came home fur buiidny dinner and
went own) auuln without spenklnc to her. He
pild llltlo attention to tbe children, she said,
and none oher. This lifo the) Jed fur twelve
yoars For a long time li3 caused hor to bo fol
lowed bv Hi teenies aim accused ner wiui im
proprieties with oilier men. About two years
ago ho slopped providing for her, she alleges,
and Bhul nil her source of supplies. She was II),
but ho mid tho plinrmuc) not lo trust her. hho
could not get i lothes or nboo1. Wlintov r money
ho paid tow trd ilic in liuti uuiiccof tho Delaware
avenue in in-' on lie liild tu Iilsdaiitihtur, Mrs.
Van Vie I. did not llko tho starving out policy
and brought suit for divorce, biekliv financial
Mrs. Van Vleck went on the stund to-elay
fortille I with h tiers twenty iciirH o!d to prove
lierchse, ihe told how Van Vleck sued her sis
ter for J00lotiied for the wedding prepara
tions for her daughter because the sister sun
pnthlze I with Mrs Vnn Vlcik In this trouble.
Van Vlcck denies tho charges of eiuclt), and
sots that his wife's nffenslvo habits compelled
him tmepiratofroni her fifteen) ears ago. He
claims to have given hor sulllclent monoy to
lliotomfortablv, Iho suit Is attracting gen
eral nllciino i hero, os Van v In u Is ono of tbe
best-known nnd best liked club men In town,
and Is a famous fisherman,
Ilr. ler Adjudged Intone.
Dr. Gottlieb Steger, tho specialist in skin dis
eases, w bo was taken from tbe Wrstport, Conn.,
Sanitarium on Nov. 20 and placed In tbe Belle
vue Insnnu Pavilion for examination, was ad
judged Insane yesterday and was Sent to tbo
Mauhaltau State Hospital.
A RAZAAR ran cuaritt,
Tba "Don te le Thrace" SocUty Storta
with nn Anttlan dale or Reeks.
The " Doe Ye Nexte Thyngo" Society, an or
ganization of )oung women banded together tor
charltahlo purposes, will hold tu bazaar to-day
and tomorrow In the pink ballroom at Sherry's.
At the virlous booths will bo found an extonslvo
collection ot fancy articlcxof all descriptions, as
well ob many useful things, all appropriate for
holiday gifts, Among the young women who
will bo In clnrgo nro Miss Emily P. Dolafletd.
Miss Mnr) trvln, Miss Julia Graham, Miss I
MaryF. Ogdcn, Miss Cornelia Clarkson, Miss
Oeorglnm Wllmerdlng, Miss Emily Norrle.
Miss Madeleine Haiterlee, Miss Margaret Clark
son, Miss Kverettu Kornochan, and Miss Board.
man, President nf tho society.
An miction salo of books Is on for to-night nt
tho barnur.and nf spec! al Interest Is tho fact that
each volumn 1b signed by Its author. Among
tboso are the works of Denn Farrar. Ian Mac
laren, Austin Dobnon, George Meredith. John
Flske, Chirlcs Dudlev- Wamr, Hamilton .
Mnble. Knto DoubIis Wlggln Ellrabeth Stuart
I'boips, Mrs. Burnett, Dr. Van Dyke. Dr. Nan
sen, Anthony Hope. Thomas B. Aldricb, and
Thomas Nelson l'.vgo.
H-YEAR-OLD ROT A FATHER. 1
minors lines Mot Deny That tbe Child Bihlb
Ited In au Incubator Is Ilia.
Charles Gllmore, a negro, 14 years old, who
sets up pins In n bowling nlloy at tho Union
League Club nnd lives nt 140 West Twenty
soventh street, was arraigned by Gorry Agent
King In Special Sessions yesterday on a chargo
of being tho rathor of n child now being exniu
Itedby an Incubator concern. Ellen Thorpe, a
14-ycnr-o'd negro girl, of 145 West Twenty
seventh street, tho mother of the baby, was In
court with her mother, and tcstlAed that tho
child wn3 born on Oct. 30 nnd that Gllmoro was
its father. Agont King road a letter from the
incubator company to tbo effoct that tho baby
was In good condition and would probably grow
as large ns nnybody. . .
Gllmoro did not deny tho charge, and Justice
Hayes committed him to tho care of tho Gerry
soclet), pending an Investigation.
31 A It 1A E IXTELT, IO E.VCE
MI1UTIRK 1LSI KiC THIS DtV.
Sunrties ,, 7 08 I bum-In . 4 S3 Moonsets .IS 40
man wiiEit mu nev
Sandy Hoax. 2 21 I Oov.ttl'd !! 33 I Hell Oats.. 4 48
' Arrived Wldxisdav. Dee 1.
Es Furneut, Harris, Olaigonr Nov. 20 and Uovllle
91st
Fi FuMa, Petermann, Olbraltar Miv J 2.
M Mr (larnst Wolieley, I.aurr, Gibraltar.
St l'lln. leu it, Hamuiim
Si Harden Tower. . Swansea.
?a Utler, hvendten, Oeraerara.
Si Kitty. Olsen. Jacmel.
tt Atlltitiea, Peers. Colon
Fanitma, Curi-t, lltinleaux.
issturayin. ctramtn, iect,auriru.
SsNew York. Johnson. Uarcorls.
fit Simon Dumots. Kanltz Sanchos.
Bi ExreUlor, Ho yd New Orleans.
Ft San Marco. Itzen OalveMton
Ra One'da, staples, Wtlmluglon
StMoT'laco. Forater. 1'hlladi-lrbta.
Et Old Dominion, lllakeinan Ulehraond.
Sa Comanche. PemilnKtem, Jacksonville.
8a Colorado, lltik. Ilrunsivkk.
For later arrival! ass First Page
ARRIVXD OCT.
a Maje itlc. from New York, at Liverpool.
SaM Louts, tront hew ork. at Southampton.
Ea Manitoba, from New York, at London
Ea Europe, from New York, at Loudon
aiixtn rnox romioi roars.
Ba Teutonic, rrom I Iverpool tor New York.
MTravf. irom Southampton ror New York.
Es Venezuela, rrom Curacao for New York
saii-id rnoM domestic ronrs
Ba Nacoochee, from Savannah for New York
Ea benitnole. from Jarksouviiie for New York.
Sa Lily or August fromSavnnnah ror New Vork.
tt Nuec-n, rrom ilalvetnu for New York.
St lludtoD, rroui New Orleans ror New York.
OCT0010 6TCAMSUirs.
iui! To li;.
ilaUs Clote. IVnct Salts.
Corean, Glasgow
Santiago, Nassau I Oil Pit it on V M
Trinidad, Bermuda. 8 00AM 1000 A Jl
Sail To-Morrow
Comanche. Charleston 800 P 11
Colorado. Druuiwtck. aOOPM
Sail Saturday, Pec. 4.
LaTouralae. Havre 1 00 A St 10 00 A M
Mrurla. Uverpoel It no AM ll no p M
Fulda. Genoa , S 00 A 51 10 00 A 11
VeMiilam. Rotterdam. . .. Hon A M 10 ou A M
Hekla,Chr1stliinsand. ...1100 IM 1 00 1 )I
Kurneala, Glasgow 1 oo V M n oo V )t
Mohawk, London lino AM
Patrla, Hamburg 2 1)0 V hi
Sclndla, Naples
MarMllo. Hull
St. Cuthbert, Antwerp .. . .
Iiurrou, Ifrnambueo . S nn A M 10 00 A M
Aleve. Kingston . ... lnuo A M 12 00 M
Kltt). Haiti ... ... .1011(1 AM 12IM1M
Yuniuri. Havana lotin A SI 1 00 1' M
IT Ins W litem II . Haytl .. 10 in A M 1 nn P It
Caracas La Oua)ra 11 00 AM 100PM
y I Sol, New Orleans :10I) 1 M
Leoliii, Uali i ton 8 00PM
Creole, New Orleans BOOPM
IScOUItel hTESHSIIIrS.
llut To tin j.
Hetnerla . . . Glbrvltar Vovia
Fvelvn . Cnrellrr Sovia
Tbomis Tcirnhull Gibraltar Nov 13
Co icho Itaeana Nov 27 t
KansasClty Savannah Nov2S i
(lerumnlc .. .Liverpool Nov 24 '
Aner oi London Nov 20
LlaudafT Cltv. .. Kvsantea . . Nov iu
lic&ini .. Oatvefton. , , Novell
EIDorado Nevr Orleans. Vov'JT
Vue tri.Uiy. De. 3.
8t Taut Southampton Nov 27
Cemuanla , , ..! Iverixiol Nov 27
JJeutm-hland . Hamburg . vm 20
city or Everett Ulbraltir. . . N'ov vo
Nacooebee Savannah Vov 30
Seminole Jacksouvllu .Nov 30
Due Saturday. Dtc. 4
Phoenicia Hamburg Nov 22
Werkeudam Amsterdam Nov SJ
City ot Augusta Savaunab Pee 1
Due Sunday. Dee. 5
La Dreltirne Havre N'ov 27
roeationtas Gibraltar. Nov 21
Mrathrsk Havre Nov Jl
F.I Norte New Orleins Nov JO
Iroquois Jaektonvllle Deo I"
Vue Monday, pec 0
Hera, . . .. llremen Nov Jl
Tmirlc Liverpool Nortel
Yucatan , ...... .Havana Dec J
Bellanocb St Lucia Nov 2J
Due Tuitday Deo 7.
Augu'te Victoria Olbraltar Nov SU
Mobile. .. Loulon Nov J3
Noordlaiid Autwerp Nov 27
Weill city Sncnsca ,. . Nov21
htrjlhtord ... . I tverpt ot . ., . Nov 3
Nueeet Galveston Dec 1
Hudson NewOrteaut Dee 1
CHARLES a. nOTT JKKs ', fll
The trail-Known Author af Musical rare ulafl
Hnmstlng torn Overmnrat, I "ttBsLfl
Charles It. lloyt, tho author ot many success- lH
ful musical forces, went to Old Point Comfort) HLI
last week to work on a now play. Yesterday ll iH
was said that he was seriously HI tboro nnd had t$
decided to deroto hla tlmo to rest, abandoning
all Idea for tbo present ot continuing work on jiLLI
his contemplated farce. 'aLLI
Ills partner, Frank McKco, returned from 014 "siiil
Point Comfort on Tuesday. Ilo said last night MaLLH
thnt Mr. Iloyt had been 111, but was already JltllH
much better. JttM
"Ha was tired from overwork." Mr. Mcb! sTaBH
said, "nnd nt thendvlreof tho physician thert) .'VaHBH
doclded to give up nil Idea of work and deroto i mbbbH
himself to rest. Ho Is up and about, eats three, pnbHbH
meals a day, and smokes a cigar whenever ho VHHsH
wants to. Ilo will bo oil right again aftot VbbbI
short rest." fHLH
Pror. Jlacoiio'a Ilia Ken Lists. JLbbH
Ottawa, Dec 1. The sea lion which was cap-' v
tured by I-tbf. J. M Macoun, tho Cana lion soal- tLLH
in-r eipert, In 1BP0 has just neon put on ImB
exhibition In the department of the Geological 'jH
8urtoynt Ottawa. It is said to bo thc largest ot ll
lis species in nny museum. It measures 0 feotO 'wHal
inches from tho tip nf tho nose to tho end ot the; ViatHLH
tall, and ns mounted It nt nds tl feet high,' Ir esHsH
weighs l.POO pound. Mr. Macoun captured l "XiiHbH
at St. Paul Island, ono of tho l'ribylov eroup,' 'm
having had permission from the United 8tAtisV vOtH
Government to do so. Ho says that it was, tho. ''LLH
largest of scvcr.il hundred of sea lions on tho SfLLH
islands. "IIH
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3htj9iiirft glotirtji. 9H
i, w w 1 .. w .. I. t. . y 7-H
MStssssssssssa
Pearls and all kinds or Preplans Rtenrsl WH
orthohest nunlltynnly. Prieetlow as anywhere, her 4!aiHiH
or abroad IIOWAI1D & CO , 204 Fifth Avenue. TeiiH
cfLlBBBBBBl
Only twenty more business clari before Xmas. fll
1'ssssssH
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A. I cirs. Ttellahlerurs at moderate prices. Every' ilViLLI
article guaranteed I1UIIKB, UtO ilroadway. t&Nm
furl II. arhulla'a Pure and Correct "i.l
mineral waters are used by over ,00 pbytlelaot. aiiiiiiiiifl
3DXX3X3. Eal
COKI.IVOn Dee 1, at his rctldence, 341 West -Tt!BH
STIh t , this city, Luther S. Conklln. In the 40th -sBH
year hla age. 'VVy Ltiiiiiifl
Services at house, Friday, 3d tost. It o'clock. In- -1?bbLb
tenmnt at convenience nt ramlly 'it&lH'Btfl
Cnoas. On Tuesday. Nov. Bo, 1HU7, at his residence, 3lIH
101 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn. Alfred FerdW $IH
hand Cross vJ'SLbh
luncral on Thursday, Dec. 2, at 2 30 P. M. WiH
DltsitlilEvr.-OnWcdnesday.Dea 1, lhU7, at MadV 'TsH
son, N J , Dautol Demarost, ton ot the late N, J r?stiiiiifl
Dcmarett, aged 37 yeara. ?l
Funeral on Saturday at 2 P. M. rrom his mother's' 'tiiiiiiiiH
residence, 78 Mount Tleasaut ave , Newark, Nt ltl
Friends are Invited to attend. sLB
Btlt-LK. On N'ov. 80, 1807, Itoiolle A , wits Of SH
Arthur W. Larle lf-1
Services InSt. John't Eplacapal Churcb, Orange and flH
Humphry tta , New lUvcn. at 5 o'clock, Thursday 1
afternoon Interment at Pougbkcepala, Friday, ' H
IHXII-TVIITKII. On Tueaday. Nov. 3D, 8ophls 'H
Uochttadter, In horOid year. H
Funeral from her late residence, 0 East 65th at, H
on Thursday, Dec. 2, at 0 30 A. M. bLI
JIODIlF On Monday. Nov. 30, at Bergen Folnt. N. H
J , Martin Holmea. wife ot Charles C. Moore. V liiiiiifl
Funeral servlais at Wnretown Friday noon. J$atiiiia
I1(lltlllsil.-t seranton, Miss , Nov. 22, ot yellow Stl
revrr, Percy Stuart, sou or the late Oeorge D. and 'SsH
Annie M Morrison, age 1 27 years. .
nI)I'.vl VI nut suildrnly, on Monday. Nov. 9, ;(
1807, Edwlu Hadcmaeher, aged 18 years and ?
months LtM
PHeeitls nnd r,UUrr in Invited to Attend tho S.tsssT7orJ
funeral on Thursday Dec 2, at 2 I'. 31 . trom his 9M
late ruBtdeuce, t5 lcnlph av , JJrooklyn, tiiiiiH
ni'll.lll. On Nov. 30, after a short illross, at his '$H
residence, 143 Last 31th at , Hotiert T , ton or th al
late Thomas Rclley, In the Outh year ot his age. H
Funeral trom St. Stephen's Church, East 2Htli St., il
wl cro a Eolemn mass nt rerjulemivlll bo celebrated 1I
on 1 rlday at hair past 10 Kclalties and rrtends itl
arc resp"ctfully luvlted to attend. Interment hi 'l
Caivary Cemetery. 'eB
nil.F.t, At hit residence. 1010 11 ad I son av . after 3iH
a lingering ttlaecu. ou Monday, Nov. 20, Matthew tH
Itlley H
Tuneral on Thurs lay, Dec 2, at t o't lock I. M., StH
from ft Andrew's M. Y Church, West 7oth at, aH
betwoen Columbus anJ An sterdam ava. ,sl
DIM I.V1IH. Ou Tu"tclay, Nov. 3u, 1807, Geo. b'jH
Nelson a William, In bis 7Dth year. Slil
Fuueral rrom his latu residence, 100 Park pla-a, '$1
Hrooklyn. N Y at l.'U V. Jl , Thursday, Dee. il.
Interment at convenience, of ramlly. Kindly"' fB
omit flowers l.wB
THE EFN'Siro CEVtETERY. Private station. n SH
lem lUllroadi 43 minutes' rids trom tha Uraot ciH
Central Depot OITlce. in East 424 st. 'il
litrinl aiotirriS. .vH
HKI'I1 out the cold Use RnehueL's Weatherstrips jl
on vour doors an t wlnlows. For sale or applied by tLH
ltol'lit'c K, 17J billion st. New York, and UthtL MM
and Hamilton ai . Hrooklyn. IliI
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"FIGHTING A FIRE?7 I
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I FIGHTING A FIRE I A Qreat Book About Firemen.
?Sv By Written and Illustrated by '
ifnShi c-T--1- CHARLES T. HILL. M
'wjfl 246 pages. 60 engravings. Bound in red cloth and H
JOi stamped in ulack and fold. Price Jl. 50 M
lwnvittfcG Describing; the workings of a great fire department and M
ritS' thoroughli covenni; all the different H
Published by The followine; are extracts from letters to the author
j THE CENTURY CG.,N.Y. jt tectlvei. M
From James R. ShefTfeld, From J. Elliot Smith, vl
Fire C01.1rula.lc.Mer. Vev, York Clli, Superintendent Ilureno .r
1 havo rearl your tool. 'MlghtlnB a Frathor- trB !,, Telesraph, . V. 1
ouuhly. nnd am very much plo iseclwth the) " " ' 9
waj In which the risks of a flrcmin s life nntl I particularly appreclato sour description of
all the other jftkid thliiBS in tbo took arc pre '"An Alarm nf Klro by Teleurapli " and the
scntoltniul I belieic It ivlll doattreat jleilof method of receiving end transmlttlnit tiro sic a
uonil In brliiKlni: to tho knonlodieo of the pec-1 nnls to hiiiI from tlio Ce'ntral Olllco, which you Jf
pleot the city vhatu splendid tire department hnvo mado astonlsliluel) nccursio and plain. Jl
they possess. ' Iho lllustratloiH nro porfeet, I'lo isu uccont a
Crnm Unnh Rnnnnr I my con.'ratulatlons and lit'H wishes for your "i
rrom HUtjn UOnncr, success nnd that of thelMiok. and nit earnest M
Ciller or ov ork Hre Ilaparlment, jiopu that you will spcil. nrtiii upon thu sains M
You should ho connritiiliteel on tlio corrnct- subject, w
ncbSofjoiirworkBswellasltsplctiirej.nud I 1 .,.,, B
wish you oior succcbs on presontins the took 1 From Benjamin A. Gicquel, K
to tho itcneial public. Itepuly llilerur Va lorb Klre Urp't. M
From Abram C. Hull, I It Beems as If a word of thanks was duo you M
Sup'i of Fire rmrsl, ew Vorls Clly, . from inysblf nnd all those whose duty it is to ,
I havo carefully looked over your chapter on help In tlio tlirlitlnu' Tho truthfulness nnd lack if
our department, and with iloasuro I Bay tho of exaggeration In tho descriptions, as well as V
Flro I'itrol of Now York City has rocelved 1 your ulLtures, must appeal to every one who -r
recognition that Is so often orerlonkod hy , knows unj thing about the business. )ur
trriters on tire subjects. Your pictures nro tho , evident familiarity and symp-ithy with what
roost lifelike and correct that I have ever sean, a fireman snork actually Is and nt what risks t
whllo your description of the worklnirs of tho he accomplishes the rosults makes your boot m
department at rlrej is as correct tn all details not only very Interesting to blm. hut iustruiv &
as thouirb tlio writer bad performed this par- til ons well lo any right minded luan whoso lite "5
ticular service) for many years, mill property aro in tne tlreruau s care. Jf
Just the book to give your young folks tor a Christmas present.
bold by all booksellers, or sent postpaid on receipt of f 1 50 by
THE CENTURY CO,, Union Sq.f New York.
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