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mV HAVEN MORNING JOURNAI AND COURIER, TUESDAY, MARCH 11; 1902. REV. DR. GLADDEN'S LECTURE SIIBBiya ADDRESS IN THE ZTMAN BEECHER COVHSE. "Social Vices" VVai the Subjeot and the I.ecCnr Waa a Very Pointed One Gambling In Society One of the Topics lllicnised by the Able Preacher. Rev. Dr. Washington Gladden of , Columbus, O., spoke again yesterday afternoon in the Lyman Beecher course of lectures and the subject was"Soclal Vices." The lecture was largely at tended. Rev. Dr. Gladden spoke in part as follows: . The Christian pulpit cannot Ignore the forms of social disorder known as the social evil, the gambling mania and drunkenness. There is no community, however remote, where their ravages is not found. The work of salvation will be the task of rescuing men from these evils. The impression made by the popular presentation of reformers up on the mind of a drunkard, a gambler or a habitue Is that the community or the public officials or the purveyors of vice are to blame for his degradation, that he is a victim rather than a sinner that there is no very loud call for him to be a man so long as there are oppor tunities for him to be a brute. The one thing for a man who has fallen into evil habits Is to stand and fight for his manhood. I cannot help feeling that the effect of the temperance propa ganda, especially ror tne iasi iony years, has largely been to undermine character, to dlspaVage moral forces, and to turn the mind of men away from the central truth. "It seems a monstrous thing that sections of our cities should be over run with the curse of the so-called so cial evil, that there should be portions of large cities in which a decent woman cannot appear by night without danger, nor a decent man without suspicion. The resolute attempt of Dr. Parkhurst. to abolish these plague spots, it is as serted by those who ought to know, have spread the Infection Instead of stamping it out, and that in New York the conditions have been far worse than they were before. "I do not think that we have risen to a very high level of morality when we have merely determined that the pub lic highways shall not be market places of lust and shame. It is -ridiculous to say that the applying of the accursed trafflo In the street cannot be prevent ed. Such open allurements exist in no city without the connivance of the po lice. Places of refuge for women who chose to abandon this life should be supported. ' "One of the chief real causes of the social evil Is the growing unwillingness of young men to assume the responsi bilities of families nnd of young to take the risks and tasks of maternity. "A large number of the young people of the more cultivated classes seem to shrink from the family life. This unwillingness- Is the prime cause of the diminution of marriages and one of the inevitable consequences is the in crease of the social evil. The artificial and luxurious life of our modern socie ty is the heart of the trouble, the over valuation of style and fashion, the un dervaluation of the happiness that consists of plain and simple living. We are not called upon to condemn specu lation as essentially immoral, but it is plain the principles on. which it rests and the motives to which it appeals are decidedly lower than those which are involved in legitimate trade. The evil of gambling is supposed to be the in Jury of the gambler's character In mak ing him restless and indisposed to hon est industry. The truth is that the gambler is essentially a thief. I am told that polite society is suffering from the invasion of gambling. A young girl from my own city recently visited New York and found herself in an ele gant home when a card party was to assemble. The girl had scruples against gambling and asked to be excused. Her hostess insisted that she must play, making her feel that she would violate the obligations of hospitality if she re fused With great reluctance she yielded. She lost considerable money. The essential vulgarity and brutality of a society W which that can happen does not need to be pointed out. I marvel that any gentleman or lady can find diversion in playing for money. Have we sunk in our miserable money . . . i. fhat tx. art grubbing to sura a- forced to turn even our pastimes into schemes for gain! The new rich are apt to cultivate questionable amuse ments.' Against these the voice of the Christian minister must be lifted up. Gambling places in many of our large cities are as public as drug stores. Such a defiance of law ought not to be tol erated. There is no such difficulty here i th nsw nf linuor laws, the only t difficulty in enforcing the law is in the .'Inefficiency of tne nonce aumorinea STho roots of a niustice, or an word lessness and cruelty are in the disposi tion to get rich by short cuts, to win success by some lucky throw, i' "As to the evil of drunkenness, I Vtnvo come to one conclusion: that L'lmraiMF the saloon must bo it is the J-bounden duty of those who abolish to see that something better takes its place. I should like to see the number Kbf saloons lessened and I wish that the 'moral sense of the people would de ' -riand that they be abolished altogether. '3ut I must admit that recent investi gations have shown that the saloon, i,iiIong with its Injurious effects, serve J'ome useful purpose. It is probable . Vint with the maloritv of those wlio sequent saloons the craving for drink q a subordinate one. The saloon sup Mies the demand for "social expres ion." The time has come for Ameri i to grapple with this problem. And might be wise for our reformers to ""P denouncing the saloon keeper Ioiik oough to get acquainted with him. He s furnished a resort to which the -ople like to come and feel at home, v.iey must beat him at his own game." MRS. BRIDGET BLAKE. Mrs. Bridget Blake died at her home, 1 Blatchley avenue, yesterday morn ? Mrs. Blake had been ill only a I ..ort time and her death came unex- ctedly. She is survived by her hus nd, Charles Blake. There are no ildren. The funeral will take place m her late residence at 9:30 to-mor-v morning and from a requiem high iss at St. Joseph's church at 10 I iiic-K. rne interment will De in at. . ,wrence cemetery. EKTERTAI WEXIS. Hyperion Theater. SLIVINSKI NEXT FRIDAY. Attention is called to the prices for Slivinskl's pianoforte recital at the Hy perion next Friday night. The prices will be HOc, 7c, $1, which places within the reach of all lovers of good music an opportunity to hear the much talked of pianist, who after capturing New York and Boston by his superb playing conies to New Haven to have judgment passed upon his work by our own mu sical citizens. The sale of seats is now open at the Hyperion box office, and judging from the many inquiries that have been made he has the prospect of playing to a large audience. The rare occasion on which Henry Irving and Miss Ellen Terry visit us are red letter days In our theatrical calendar. Their approaching visit to the Hyperion on Saturday, March 15, wlil be especially noteworthy as they will then give two plays which will be novelties to the great majority of our audiences. At the matinee, which will bo given at 2 sharp both artists will be seen in Wills' historical drama "King Charles I" for which there has been a very general request. At night Irving will afford a strong contrast by passing from the virtues and dignity of Charles to the vices and meanness of that re markable monarch "Louis XI." Cur tain rises at 8:15 sharp. The advance sale of seatj opens at 9 a. m. Wednesday morning. at the box office. Not more than ten seats sold to one person. Prices $3, $2.50, $2, $1.50, $1. Telephone orders not received until the line is broken. "Annie Laurie" as rendered by the vocal chorus in The Kilties in true Scottish style should be heard by ev ery lover of good music. Hyperion, af ternoon and evening of Tuesday, March 18. Grand Opera 11 nunc One of the strongest dramatic pro ductions that have been seen at the Grand opera house this season is "An Actor's Romance," which was present ed to a crowded house last night. As the title Indicates it deals with the life of an actor, and brings clearly before the public eye not only what Is seen in front of the footlights but what trans pires behind the scenes. It is a story of strong human intere?, bringing out both the fierce and tender passions of those who serve the public on the stage. It teaches the lesson that the actor is not merely an entertainer, but that his feelings are as sacred and as much to be considered by the publis as those of any other person in a different occupa tion. The hero protests against this injustice when he asks: "What does an audience care for an actor's real feel ings so long ns he entertains them." The play shows that an actor may be a true friend, a considerate husband and a loving father. It shows the length to which jealousy will lead a woman and the depth to which a mad infatuation will degrade a man. The scenes in the theater and behind the scenes gives one a perfect picture of the way in which a play is produced, how and where the actors idress, how the scene shifters work, how artificial snowstorms and thunder storms are made, in short, what goes on behind the scenes which the audience does not see from the front. The company Is uniformly strong, but Mr. Cook and Miss Church easily bore off the honors, their acting being exceedingly artistic. Mr. Conk Is ad mirably suited for the part and played it with fine distinction, and Miss Church as the revengeful actress, Flor ence Hastings, won at once the detes tation of the audience for the character and its admiration for her acting. "An Actor's Romance' will be repeat ed again to-night and to-morrow mati nee and night. Lafayette, the Great, and his own company of vaudeville stars will be the offering at the Grand opera house Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week and Saturday matinee, and the excellence of the company will no doubt make the standing room only sign a permanent sign. Lafayette first introduced the impersonation of John Philip Sousa, the March King, and Chlng Ling Foo, the Chinese wonder-maker, and though others have tried to follow, audiences refused to ac cept them, and the result is that La fayette is the only recognized perform er presenting such entertainment. His impersonations are as clever as the originals and his own work has never been successfully duplicated. The com pany supporting is a strong one, com prising such prominent performers as Herbert's celebrated troupe of dogs, Edi F. Reynard, Sharp & Flatt, How ard and Bland, Roberta Keene, Barry and Halvers, and positively the most sensational scenic specialty ever pro duced In this country, called the "Lion's Bride," introducing in a startling and seemingly Impossible manner the col losal lion "Majeste." Matinee Saturday. LATEST FAIR HAYEN NEWS AXD OTHER IHKtM FROST FAIR haves axu rictstxr. Poll's Wonderland Theater. Manager Poll has a perfect vaude ville bill this week. His stars are num erous and all are first class. The Royles in their clever playette "A High Born Family," have the best piece they have produced in their vaudeville ca reer. It is full of go and comical inci dent presented with an artistic finish that leaves nothing to be desired. Tay lor, Richards and company also have a sketch "Wanted, a Stenographer," that is full of ginger. There are no dull moments in this act, and their methods closely resemble those of "The Four Cohans." Collins and North, with new comic songs and a bunch of new joke talk, and Lebiit: Bros, m a musical act were big, uproarious hits. A real bit of genuinely good writing is that sketch "Hooked by Crook" presented by the Mason, Keeler company. Pret ty Miss Keeler was a member of the Beaux and Belles Octette, and she was one of Its prettiest maidens. ' Better still, she can act. and so can her asso ciates, particularly the . droll burglar who makes the match between the shy couple in the most original manner on record. Zimmer, the juggler; Mack and Elliott, the vitagraph, with Prince Hen ry, launching of the Meteor and other views, and several more specialties are in the bill. Prices: Matinee, 10c and 20c; evening, 10c, 20c and 30c; ladies at matinee, 10c. Unusual VI eliding Ceremony Propound ed by Her. J, Lee Mitchell-Ladles' Aid Society Supper Other News. Rev. J. Lee Mitchell, recently pastor of the Grand avenue Congregational church and now pastor of the Second Congregational church, Attleboro, Mass., officiated a few days ago at a marriage ceremony where it was the groom's fourth marriage and the fifth of the bride. Both are sixty-three years of age. A press account of the affair eays: "Mark H. Wood, former town clerk of Barrington, R. I., and Mrs. Eliza beth Anson of Barrington Center, were married at Attleboro by Rev. J. Lee Mitchell of the Second Congregational church. The groom is a traveling sales man for a western house. He was town clerk for, many years. In 1S98 he was divorced from his third wife. She was from Minnesota. When the action for divorce was brought it caused an up set and division In the church, and when this last marriage ceremony was performed both parties expressed the hope that they were united for life, and the minister voiced the same." The ladies' aid society of the Grand avenue Congregational church will serve Its regular supper on Wednesday of this week, the Congregational club supper having been postponed until March 24. Next week, on the 19th, an entertainment will be given and all who have a curiosity to see March hares can have the opportunity on this occasion. The people of East Haven will be glad when the almost interminable drawbridge matter is settled. The ef fort to secure some mutual agreement In the matter last Saturday was with out result. , The contractor who Is putting In ,the foundation for the extension to the power house of the Fair Haven and Westvllle Railroad company, on Grand avenue, is pushing the work rapidly. Heavy East Haven stone are being laid on a sub-foundation of several hundred piles, driven through the mud to hard pan. The extension Is to be brick, SOx 100 foet, with steel trussed roof, covered with gravel. There is one case of scarlet fever In East Haven, a young child of Mr. Van Hoaften, a farmer, being ill. Dr. Hol brook is In attendance. The three masted schooner H. S. Lanfair of Tuckerton, N. J., which has laid up near Barnesvllle bridge sev eral weeks, has obtained a crew and sailed for Norfolk, Va for a cargo of coal. Captain Bragg was not very anxious to run his vessel during the rough weather of the past month, es pecially as freishts were so low. The schooner is of 402 tons, was built at Baltimore and although eighteen years old she does not look It, having been well bared for and kept In repair. The schooner brought lumber here. The rocks around Faulkner's Island have brought up two vessels during the past ton days. First, the schooner Wideawake, bound here with oysters, was wrecked near the island, and re cently the schooner J. S. Terry of Patchogue, L. I., badly damaged the keel by fetching up on the rocks. Sev eral planks were alwo broken, but the vessel was saved. . The funeral of Otis T. Sperry was largely attended Sunday afternoon from the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Sperry of Exchange street. Rev. D. J. Clark of East Haven out dated. The burial was in Fair Haven cemetery. There were a large number of beautiful floral pieces from relatives and intimate friends. The new mill of the rolling mill plant which has been idle for two weeks ow ing to the scarcity of scrap Iron, start ed up yesterday. The company has 1,000 tons of scrap iron bought, but the wash outs on the railroads have delayed Its arrival here. The plant uses about. 100 tons of iron in a day. L. W. Moody and his wife, Dr. Mary B. Moody, of Fair Haven Heights.have started for Pasadena, Cal., and later will visit Los Angeles, where their son, Charles A. Moody, resides. The visit Is necessitated by the condition of Mr. Moody's health, which has been quite poor this winter. They will remain away several months, and until Mr, Moody has recovered his health. An entertainment under the auspices of the ladies' aid .society Is being pre. paed to be given in the Grand avenue B tptlst church In a week or two. The tide of the laughable little sketch is "Prof. Baxter's Great Invention, or Youth Restored by Electricity." All old maids and bachelors who attend will be made over according to order. SENIOR PROM. COMMITTEE. Appointed Last Night at a Meeting of the Class of 1902. At a meeting of the senior class of Yale held last night in Oeborn hall the committee that will manage the senior promenade this year was appointed as follows: George Gould Lincoln of Washington, D. C, Ethelbert Ide Low of Brooklyn, Benjamin R. C. Low of Brooklyn, AValter Farley Roberts of Utica, N. Y., John Raymond Hall of Dansville, N. Y., and Percy Gardener White of Gardener. Me., Alfred Ludlow Ferguson of Stamford, Leslie Morgan Johnston of Westmorland, N. Y., and Henry Langtion Lewis of Cincinnati, O. The senior promenade is held during commencement time and is one of the most delightful social events of the year for the seniors. THE OLD GUARD BAND FAIR. Large Attendances at the Popular Fair in Music Hall. The Old Guard band fair at Music hall is proving one of the largest of the year and the attendance last night fill ed the hall. A number of attractive booths are In the hull and a fine list of urticles is for sale. An orchestra of twenty pieces plays for the dancing and the many attractions that are offered by the members of the company make the fair a most popular one. This young lady is looking into the baking powder ques tion in a practical way. She will find that, using Cleve land's Baking Powder, and a Cleveland receipt book, she can make cake and rolls finer than the baker's and save half the cost. Besides, she will be sure that they contain no alum and are absolutely pure and wholesome, BIG RAILROAD SUIT. (Continued from First Page.) ( Northern systems and to place restraint upon all competitive interstate and for eign trade or commerce carried on by thorn, and to monopolize or attempt to monoplize the same and to suppress the competition theretofore existing be tween said railway systems In said inter-state and foreign trade or com merce through the Instrumentality and by the means following, to wit: "A holding corporation to be called the Northern Securities company was to be formed under the laws of New Jersey, with a capital stock of $400,000. 000 to which, In exchange for its own capital stock upon a certain basis and at a certain rate was to be turned over and transferred to the capital stock, or a controlling Interest In the capital stock of each of the defendant railway companies. "In this manner, the Individual stork holders of these two Independent and competing railway companies were to be eliminated and a single common stockholder, the Northern Securities company, was to be substituted; the Interest of theindivdual stockholders. In the property and franchises of th" two railway companies was to terminate, being thus converted into an Interest In the property and frnnchlses of the Northern Securities company. The In dividual stockholders of the. Northern Pacific Railway company wrie no longer to hold an interest in the prop erty or draw their divdeiuls from the earnings of the Northern Pacific sys tem, and the Individual stockholders of the Great Northern Railway company were no longer to hold an interest in the property or drawn their dividends from the earnings of the Great Northern sys tem, hut having ceased to he stock holders In the holding corporation, both were to draw their dividends from the earnings of both systems, collected and distributed by the holding corporation. In this manner, by making the stock holders of each system jointly Interest ed in both systems, and by practically pooling thp earnings of both systems for the benefit of the former stockhold ers of each and by vesting-the selection of the directors and officers cf each sys tem in a common body, to wll. the hold ing corporation, with not only the pow er but the duly to pursue a policy which would promote the Interests, not of one system at the expense of the other, but. of both at the expense of the public, all inducement for competition between the two systems was to b re moved, a virtual and foreign commerce formerly carried on by the two systems as Independent competitors established. "In further pursuance of the unlawful combination or conspiracy aforesaid, and solely as an instrumentality through which to effect the purposes thereof, on or about the 14th day of November, 1901, the Northern Securi ties company was organized by the election of a board or directors and the selection of a president, James J. Hill, and other officers, who with their asso ciate stockholders of the Great North ern Railway company, assigned and transferred to the Northern Securities company a large amount of the capital stock of the Great Northern Railway company, constituting a controlling In terest therein, and complainant believes a majority thereof upon the agreed bn sls of exchange of one hundred and eighty dollars par value of the capital stock of the Northern Securities com pany, for each share of the capital stock of the Great Northern Railway compa ny, and the defendants, J. P. Morgan, and his associate stockholders of the Northern Pacific Hallway company as signed and transferred to the defend ant, the Northern Securities company, a large majority of the capital stock of the Northern Pacific Railway company, upon the agreed basis of exchange of one hundred and fifteen dollars, par value, of the capital stock of the North ern Securities company for each share ORGAN RECITAL, The organ recital by Professor Harry Jepson yesterday afternoon in Battull chapel was largely attended and was one of the most enjoyable of the series. Branch of 1214 B'way. Opposite Weber& Field's. The luncheons and dinners ai me Hof-Brau Haus are par excellence. The famous German government beers, including the Munich Hof Brau, daintily served. . !" 1 - of the capital stock of the Northern Pacific Railway company, and thereaf ter the Northern Securities company offered to the stockholders of the de fendant railway companies to Issue and exchange Its capital stock for the cap ital stock of such railway companies, upon the basis of exchange aforesaid, no other consideration being required. The defendant, the Northern Securities company, has acquired an additional amount of the stock of the defendant railway companies, issuing in lieu thereof its own stock upon the basis of exchange aforesaid, and Is now holding, aa owner and proprietor, substantially all of the capital stock of the Northern Pacific Railway company, and as com plainant believes, a majority of the cap ital stock of the Great Northern Rail way company by reason whereof a vir tual consolidation under one ownership and source of control of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railway systems has been effected, a combina tion or conspiracy in restraint of the trade or commerce among the several states and with foreign nations former ly carried on by the defendant railway companies Independently and in free competition .one with the other has been formed and Is In operation, and the defendants are thereby attempting to monopolize, and have monopolized, such interstate and foreign trade or commerce, to the great and irreparable damage of the people of the United States in derogation of their common, rights, and in violation of the act of congress of July 2, 1S90, entitled 'an act to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies." "If the defendant, the Northern Se curities company, has not acquired a large majority of the capital stock of the defendant, the Great Northern Railway company, it Is because the in dividual defendants named, and their associates In the combination or con spiracy charged in this petition, or some of them since it became apparent that the legality of their cprporate device for the merger of the stock of the compe ting railroad companies, through the in strumentality of a central or holding corporation, would be assailed In the courts, have purposely withheld, or caused to be withheld, a Jarge amount of the capital stock of said railway company from transferror the stock of the Northern Securities company, and have purposely discouraged and pre vented the transfer and exchange of such stock for the stock of the Northern Securities company, all for the purpose of concealing the real scope and object of the unlawful combination or conspir acy, and of deceiving and misleading the state and federal authorities and of furnishing a ground for the defence that the Northern Securities companies does not hold a clear majority of the stock of the Great Northern Railway company. 1 The Northern Securities company was not organized in good faith to purchase and pay for the stocks of the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific railway companies. It waa organized so solely to Incorporate the pooling of the stocks of said companies and to car ry Into effect the unlawful combination or conspiracy aforesaid. The' Northern Securities company is a more deposito ry, custodian, holder and trustee of the stocks of the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific railway companies, and its share or stock are but beneficial certificates issued against said railroad stocks to designate the Interest of the holders In the pool. The Northern Se curities company does not have and never had any capital sufficient to war rant such a stupendous operation. Its subscribing capital was but thirty thou sand dollars and Its authorized capital stock of four hundred million dollars Is just sufficient, when all Issued, to rep resent and cover the exchange value of substantially the entire stock of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railway companies, upon the basis and at the rate agreed upon, which Is about one hundred and twenty-two million dollars in excess of the combined capi tal stock of the two railway companies taken jit par. "If the government falls to prevent the carrying out of this combination or conspiracy, not only will a virtual con solidation of two competing trans-continental lines with the practical pooling of their earnings, be affected and a mo nopoly of the Interstate and foreign commerce formerly carried on by them, as competitors be created, and all effec tive competition between such lines in Ihe carrying of Interstate and foreign traffic be destroyed., but thereafter, to all desiring to use It, an available meth od will be presented, whereby, through the corporate scheme or device afore said, the act of congress of July 2, 1890, may be circumvented and set at naught, nmi all trans-continental lines, indeed the entire railway systems of the coun try, may be'absorbed, merged and con solidated, thus placing the public at the absolute mercy of the holding corpora tion." ' The petition prays that the Northern Securities company, its stockholders, officers, etc., be perpetually enjoined from purchasing, voting, etc., any of the shares of the capital stock of either the Northern Pacific or Great Northern companies and that a mandatory in junction may issue requiring the North ern Securities company to recall and cancel any certificates of stock issued by It In purchase of or In exchange for any of the shares of the capital stock of either of the said railway companies, sir. renderi'iij in return therefore the certificates of stock in the respective railway companies In lieu of which they were Issued. It is also asked that the defendants, the Northern Pacific and the Great Northern railway companies, their officers, stockholders, etc., be per petually enjoined from in any manner recognizing or accepting the Northern Securities :omiai;y as the rv.vr.er ft: holder of any of the shares of their cap ita! stock, etc. The petition is signed by Milton D. Purdy, attorney of the United States for the district of Minnesota; Philander C. Knox, attorney-general of the Uni ted States, and John M. Richards, solicitor-general of the United States. How to Cure the rl. Remain quietly at home and take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as direct ed, and a quick recovery is sure to fol low. That remedy counteracts any ten dency of the grip to result in pneumo nia, which is really the only serious danger. Among the tens of thousands who have used it for the grip not one case has ever been reported that did not recover. For sale by aU druggists. NEW SPRING SUITS. EARLY MODELS. EXCLUSIVE DESIGNS. NEW SPRING WAISTS. DAINTY CONCEPTIONS TOGETHER WITH PRACTICAL IDEAS. NEW WALKING SUITS. NEW MATERIALS, STRICTLY ALL WOOL. WAhl.JXG I'Olll). Complaint comes from all sides regarding the stoppage iu tho cu-cli basins in different sections of the borough, cuused by the fail ure to have them cleaned out mid attended to during the past six or more months, nnd it is believed that much of the damage dune ry the floods would have been avoided if the eaten baslus on North Colony street hud been iu working order. Many think (hat the economy iu the borough govern ment has not been r finauciul success. There was quite a change of real estate between Saturday morning and Sunday afternoon on the plains. Eiguty-tlve loads of soil changed from above tne rubber shoo to the corner of Cherry ami Hi Ik streets, and from there to the lowland before Wash ington street, when it is now merged into other soli that moved a week ago, and the borough bus to pay all the expense. At lust II. nils been decided that a diuln for surface witter will bo put in on Cherry and Silk streets, nnd that it will be put iu at once and the excavation filled iu afterwards. Had this decision been reached and acttid up to a week ago there would have been quite a saving to the borough, as the filling In done Hntm-day is washed clean into tuo lot west of Washington street. The uuclaimud letters in the post, office yesterday morning were for Miss Hena -Martin and Charles Turner. At the meeting of the New England In surance Exchange at Boston Saturday a committee was appointed to draw up suit able resolutions in recognition of the deavn of H. L. Hirons. who was a member of the exchange and who died suddenly here lust week. , Michael Joab has been granted a pension of (S per month. Miss Cecelia T. Kvrby, organist of t. Joseph church. New York City, and Miss Monica T. Bracken, a violinist of New York, are stopping at Mrs. Edwrda Meiules of North Elm" street. , S. O. Preston of New Haven, superin tendent of Ihe Organized Charities, was the guest over Sunday of V. M. Stnley. J. J. (iraliam, secretary of the Dutchess Insurance company of Poiigukeepsie, -V ., was here Sunday at the funeral of II. 1.. Hirons. , .Mr. nnd Mrs. Edward M. Iicnru have twin girls born Sunday. . David ffoss has returned home and given up his position In New York ciiy. The bearers at the funeral of Herbert D. Hirons, Sunday afternoon, were: Frederick I.lovd of New Haven, Frank. . f-aton f NaugatuVk, H. It. Davis, W. A. t.oodiich, Chm les 1). Morris and Henry A- Norton of Wnllingford. Itcv. J. li. Wildmiin offici ated at the burial at 2 o'alock yesterday afternoon. LAST OF A GREAT RACE. Deaths of West, Emerson and Rice Negro Minstrelsy Seems Doomed. Billy West, Billy Emerson, Billy Rice the stars fall fast. Yet these artists had all but survived their art, for negro minstrelsy seems doomed, nor can even the witty Mr. Dockstader give it a long reprieve. The public taste changed; the minstrels relied too much on their old laurels and wore out their welcome. 'We. know the weakness of the-'praiaerB Or past time, and we will not say that the thea.ter at present seems to' be intend ed mainly for the benefit or detriment of girls too young to appreciate it or as a means of passing an evening to well dressed, well-fed, mostly unimaginative folks to whom it represents a few hours' rest, the interval between dinner and a supper at one of the lobster palaces of which New York will son principally consist. It seems, though, as though tastes and times were simpler once. Perhaps people laughed more easily. The gen eration that felt the death of Dickens as a personal loss had the gift of hearty, laughter. During the civil war and af ter, there was a natural reaction to ward gayety. The great gods of ennui,, TKpona nnfl the Tolstois, were not droning as yet. People were willing to enjoy themselves in tneir own way, couldn't boost a stick Into a star, and a playwright was not a cheap pathologist. Burton naa not i v.cr, floor! . Wnllnok was still in, his prime. The name of John Brougham will recall to many not yet aecrepn. something of the gayety of temper, the high spirits, of those not altogether re mote days. Joseph Jefferson is the one aminnt survivor of the eminent actors orn whom the patrons of negro minstrel sy in its best estate were prougnt up. Why, the boys who waited with beat ing hearts for the curtain to rise, who wouldn't have missed a sound of the orchestra, who yelled so ferociously at the appearance of a "supe," had heard 'Eddie" Booth offer his kingdom for a norp, especially of a Saturday night, and felt their hair stand up as "Ned" Forrest cursed Gonerll and Regan with all the wind of those tremendous lungs. Negro minstrelsy was no foolish whim. It was a legitimate art In its good time, and Mr. Dockstader and Mr. Primrose have not forgotten the tradi tions. A long bead roll of names and companies comes to the mind. The rat tle of the bones tickles the ear agree ably. The eye, of memory sees those preposterously black faces, impossible red lips, abysmal mouths, world-shadowing feet. Where did those monumen tal shoes come from? The banjo has fallen into the hands of the girls lucky banjo! and they play It as if they were petting a canary bird or toying with a caramel. The old min?trels used to whack it, thump it, take it by vio lence. They were robustious with it, and yet they dragged sweet tones out of It. The dialogue between the interlo cutor and Mr. Bones were meatier if less artistic than Plato's. The songs, comic or sentimental, were given with an Irresistible heatriness, often with a clever art. We can see Billy Emerson as Policeman Moriarity threatening the truckman: "I'll have you off that dray for ogling the ladies:" "The girls all cry, As I go by: 'Are you there, Mo-rl-ar-i-tee?' " Good old Billy! He used to make everybody feel just as happy as a big sunflower. He sang that, and "Love Among the Roses." and "Moriarity", around the world. And he was only one of a jovial crew, high livers, honest and thirsty souls, most of them. Like every honest good Jellow, they spent their money free. Rich again and again, and paupers at the end. Billy Rice with his stump speech! How many ludicrous monologues, tem perance lectures and what-not, punctuated by the thumps from an im possible cotton umbrella, have the min strels given! The Moris brothers; Nelse Seymour, one of the mightiest minstrels: of all; Mr. Birch, Mr. Backus, Mr. Ber nard, Mr. Wambold, all fresh in proper ly regulated and grateful memories;' Luke Schoolcraft, the Watermillioni Man. and Harry Bloodgood claudita jam rlvos: turn off the reminiscences! They say Neil Bryant is lying strlck-, en over in Brooklyn at a hospital, and they say he is more than seventy. Lord, Lord, what a foolish thing Time Is! It must be nearly twenty years since Neil Bryant stripped off the cork, and he is forgtoten already. He was in the twen- ties when be and his brothers opened a theater on Bradoway, somewhere in the four hundreds, three or four years be fore the war. Bryant's Minstrels had! their home in. Fourteenth street .after ward, say, from 1867 or thereabouts, and! moved to West Twenty-third street lm 1870, perhaps, but we are not swearing to any statistics. Bryan't minstrels were as well known as the Custom House, and they have chased the blues! away from thousands. George Fox. too) son to become the melancholy figure which used to be led about the streets of Cambridge in the early seventies, was at the Olympla. Mr.' Birch and hlat facetious halo were at five hundred and! something Broadway. Kelly and Leon's) Minstrels were on Broadway near Elev enth street. Harry Becket was at Mlasl Lina Edwin's , theater O, yes, there! was such a theater in '70, and near It we think, was the Globe, where we havel had the ineffable pleasure of seeing Mr. Josh Hart In the "Yankee Sea Serpent."1 Mr. Antonlus Pastor, the immortal, was) on the Bravery1 then. Mr. Pastor camel over with Mr. H. Hudson, and his hand! already grasped that immortal opera hat or "dry hide." May Tony HVe for ever and a day; but most of thai theaters and the actors of that time are) gone. The race of negro minstrels will be as) extinct as the cave bear or the mani moth In a few years. They gave a good; deal of harmless pleasure-; and there ava many who will join us in, kind recalling and remembrance of those libtsy, rol licking and sentimental artists. It'eati not be denied that there Is some selfish ness in ,the regret. The death, of the favorites of his youth makes a man feel more keenly that he, too, is growing old. Poor old Neil Bryant, and all the rest of that gay company! The Finches ot the Grove are silent. The Cave of Har mony is closed. New York Sun. NEW POSTAL CARDS. When' Four Millions Have Been Bunx ' died Up They Will Be for Sale. A new one-cent postal card is now be- iiig printed at the Bureau of Engraving: and Printing and when the first issua of 4,000,000 has been counted and bun dled the new card will be placed on! Sale, Its distinctive feature is that thei hew card contains a vignette of Presln dent McIJinley in lieu of President Jef ferson's portrait. The issue of the Jef ferson card will be discontinued when the present stock on hand is exhausted When desired by purchasers the new postal card will be furnished, in sheets) of forty cards each. It is expected thia arrangement will effect a large saving to purchasers who have their messages or addresses printed on postal cards. In order to avoid the heavy black devioei at the top of the Jefferson card and! leave a clear space for the postmark thai new postal card has three lines of small type printed about an inch below thef top of the card. The card is thus divid ed laterally into two sections one fori the postmark and one for the address. The official description of the new card is as follows: "In the upper right hand corner Is a portrait of the late President McKin-i ley, three-quarters face, looking to the left, with the words: 'Postage One Cent' above and '1843-McKlnley-1901' below the stamp and following Its elliptical contour. The portray used for the sub ject of the stamp is one which was pre ferred by Mr. McKlnley himself. Thei stamp is practically devoid of orna ment. To the left of the portrait are three straight lines of lettering, the top line being one and one-sixteenth inchest below the upper edge of the card and! containing In small capital letters the words, 'The Space Above is Reserved for Postmark.' The second line Is mado up of the words 'Postal Card' in large, plain capitals. The third line is in tha same type as the first, and reads 'The Space Below is for the Address Only. In the upper left-hand corner is a coat-of-arms of the United States, its posi tion balancing that of the ?tnmp in tho upper right-hand corner. Above the coat-of-arms in the same style of capi tal letters used above the stamp are th- words, 'United States,' and below It tba words 'of America,' following the con tour of the coat-of-arms. Black ink will be used in printing this card! The card will be same size, 3 1-4 by 5 J.-2 Inches, as the old one bearing Jefferson's por trait." From the Washington Evening! Star. 6&& CMi signature ii on svery box of tha gnataa I Laxative BromoQuinine Taueu